The Crane Wives - The Moon Will Sing (Lyric Video)

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We darkened the cover art so hopefully it's a little easier to read!
Full lyrics:
Tell me once again
I could've been anyone, anyone else
Before you made the choice for me
My feet knew the path
We walked in the dark, in the dark
I never gave a single thought to where it might lead
All those empty rooms
We could've been anywhere, anywhere else
Instead I made a bed with apathy
My heart knew the weight
Ten years worth of dust and neglect
We made our peace with weariness
And let it be
The moon will sing a song for me
I loved you like the sun
Bore the shadows that you made
With no light of my own
I shine only with the light you gave me
I shine only with the light you gave me
Name your courage now
We could've had anything, anything else
Instead you hoarded all that's left of me
Swallowing your doubt
Like swords to the pit of my belly
I wanna feel the fire
That you kept from me
The moon will sing a song for me
I loved you like the sun
Bore the shadows that you made
With no light of my own
I shine only with the light you gave me
I shine only with the light you gave me
I shine only with the light you gave me
(I could've been anyone, anyone)
I shine only with the light you gave me
(I could've been anyone, anyone)

[@cm5061]

holding up characters i like to this song like paint swatches in a home depot

[@cm5061]

anyway this is a horatio from hamlet song because i said so

[@simeonwormwood3658]

EXACTLY

[@oreo_6206]

SAME BRO I be projecting onto this song like a spotlight on a stage

[@kittikataclysmic]

Great comment

[@jareaus]

this is so real (this is a reyna and hylla song from percy jackson bc im severely hyperfixated on them 😕)

[@thatspiderinurroom]

2:24 "I wanna feel the fire that you kept from me" The lyrics reminds me of, when someone tells you to conceal your emotions or control your anger

[@Woofanoofus]

I feel this 100% I was wondering why I felt so connected with that line lol. I don’t mean to sound super edgy or angsty but I haven’t felt strong emotions in a very long time because they were always punished. I want to feel those fiery emotions that everyone else gets to, but it feels like they were taken away and I don’t know how to get them back. I want the warmth of happiness, the fires of anger, the burning of embarrassment. I don’t want to feel numb anymore. I used to be proud of it and I used to be praised for being so level headed, but I don’t want this anymore. Your interpretation really helped me out here, and I hope you’re having a good life. Thank you :)

[@boudidouboudi3891]

The people who did the subtitles have serious skills. The song writers too.

[@kittyplayz1480]

I’ve listened to this song so much it’s started showing up in my dreams

[@berri8411]

I'm not going to lie i never had an interest in music before, not really getting the intense love people had for it before (but I respected it ofc!) But when I first heard your songs I kid you not it made me feel such raw, intense, yet unexplainable emotions and now I truly get it now! I now see how music can make you feel things youve never had and how it tells stories or convey feelings with such creativity in it's lyrics, tone, and rhythm! And so I've now basically become one who always has earbuds on 😅😅 I don't regret it!

[@Vykrazia]

this song made me cry, happy, sad, nostalgic, healing tears all at the same time

[@bashtar]

Don't know if anyone else gets it but this song gives major Shadowheart from bg3 vibe

[@literally_me972]

Fr

[@Atlasworld2005]

holy shit words cannot describe just how much i love this song

[@uwu_genosans1655]

The ocean in my body pulled toward your moon Oh! How you made me swoon But alas, it was all lies, and you were the sun Vaporating the water that I was and then you choose to run The moon now sings to me, an unfound memory For everything you said I could never be, hidden beneath false apathy I realized I could be so much more than what you said I could be The light you left guides onto me, and not the path you wrote, but one I had the saying vote

[@Mollymauking]

this was my first crane wives song, first heard it about a year or two ago and almost immediately became favourite band :-)

[@HungryMungry]

Exact same here.

[@puregoldengrace5810]

same!! first song of theirs, around a couple of years ago

[@jones_y]

mine was curses damn you youtube for taking advantage of my furry algorithm and giving me this masterpiece of a band

[@wetterneck12]

My first was also Curses! Ironic that a furry introduced this song to me lmao

[@edenpk8541]

For me it was Curses

[@Treeater77]

I see this song as a relationship between a parent and child. A child loves their parent unconditionally. A parent is supposed to love their child the same, but for whatever reasons, this sometimes is an abusive love. The parent has gone through life and their failures weigh on them. So in an effort to spare their child the same fate they tell them they can't do it, don't try, they aren't bright enough, and so on. The child listens because their parent's advice is all they know, and their parent loves them, so they must be right. So they don't try, dimly reflecing their parents apathy through life because they were never told they had their own light, their own destiny. Through circumstance they see their potential was always there, but hidden away, stolen and buried by their parent. And this song is them confronting the parent about the lies they were told all their life.

[@usagimanachan5091]

Honestly, I always saw it that way too

[@vinzent2881]

Wow u should be a poet

[@vinzent2881]

Or the reters for that matter

[@infynimedits7497]

Kratos and Atreus who-

[@Onix.wuaaaa]

wow man that’s beautiful. and belive it or not but this realy helps thank you

[@tythespy2809]

The Crane Wives are the stuff dreams are made of. Elegant, soft, and calm with some of their songs, rowdy, jumpy, and powerful with others, but all of them just completely take over your mind. Like listening to the songs puts you under some sort of enchantment. This band truly is something else, in all the best ways

[@a_trans_weirdo]

Yealokre and Amèlie Farren both have similar vibes if you're looking for more of this

[@ryunosukeakutagawa7325]

This song meant so much to twelve year old me that was dealing with bullying amongst "friends". I used to be very scared of the dark but these songs made nature and the night feel less daunting and more freeing, I'm so happy I got to find this again!

[@a.4858]

nice profile

[@ryunosukeakutagawa7325]

@@a.4858 ah yes, another akutagawa enjoyer. Thank you very much!

[@mimi_popu]

@@ryunosukeakutagawa7325 (:

[@zuzannarak9392]

Hello fellow bsd fans how we feeling before new episode?

[@ryunosukeakutagawa7325]

@@zuzannarak9392 after nearly having a stroke when chuuya appeared, I would say excited is an understatement

[@beautifulpineapple]

‘We could’ve had anything else’ ‘Swallowing your doubt like swords to pit of my belly, I wanna feel the fire that you kept from me’ ‘I could’ve been anyone’ This song has comforted me through my first heartbreak. I was completely in love with my best friend, and they often referred to me as their sun. It felt sweet, but in reality I was pouring myself into the relationship and giving them all my light which I believed I owed them as they were my moon (giving personal gifts, supporting them with their abusive parents and writing love notes etc). They put me on a pedestal and told me how much they loved me often, especially after I helped them with their mental health. They’d tell me how I was the best thing to ever happen to them, how they’d be lost without me (writing songs/gift giving/quality time). Only to break up just before our anniversary with no closure in a very harsh two minute phone call (the only reason they could give was ‘I don’t want to risk it, what if we break up once we’ve moved in together’) Despite telling me I was their sun, I feel like the roles reversed, and I feel cheated out of that light I once had. My purpose felt as if it had been taken from me, and I felt like I had lost all of my goals because we once shared them. ‘I could’ve been anyone’ but I chose to be the person who loved you, and then you left me alone after being the only person who was there for you. ‘We could’ve had anything’ but you walked away the moment I asked for some of the same energy back. (Your music helps me realise how harmful codependency can become and that I’m not alone, and that we can hopefully all heal together, and feel that fire again

[@Finnythefox]

This is beautiful, as a story, and as a representation of the song! I wish you the best with what happens next-

[@nex_._]

BRO SAME BUT THEY CALLED NE THEUR MOON AND I CALLED THEM MY WORLD (bc I always circled around them in a game) AND WE BITH ADMITTED EE HAD FEELS ABD NIW SHES GHOSTING ME FIR TWO MONTHS 😭😭

[@beautifulpineapple]

@@Finnythefox Thank you so much, I am healing every day. Sometimes people aren’t meant to be in our lives forever, and that’s okay ❤️ But the comment means a lot :,)

[@ehn3607]

This made me tear up a little. I had a relationship with my best friend almost exactly like that. We ended up fine, but I still felt lost and purposeless after our breakup. I gave up everything for them, but they just couldn't respond to that love the way I wanted. Of course I was at fault too, yeah, codependency sucks. Months later they were in a relationship with someone else, and it broke me. I know that's completely fine and I don't hold any grudge, but at that time it hurt terribly. Nowadays I'm feeling better, but I'm still healing from that experience. I hope we can all move on from experiences like that and learn from them :')

[@kibalev]

I swear we have lived the same experience!!! I hope you are doing fine and shining with your own light!✨

[@Sourichi]

I love this song :> Was never sure if I got the lyrics correct though ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

[@thecranewives]

No such thing as wrong words, just different interpretations

[@andreaskhan5744]

​@@thecranewivesthat feels like such a bob ross quote and i love it

[@bubblelovessans]

@@thecranewives lovely quote :D

[@Amethyst_the_rain_night]

​@@thecranewives I love this! In birds (imagine dragons) the first line is "two hearts one valve" but I heard it a "two hearts one vow" which added a lot more meaning because I saw the song as a song of the loss of a partner. I still see it as a song of loss but it's just different.

[@astralluna]

feeling the need to learn music theory just so i can fully get the effect of these songs oh my god. lost count of how many times i’ve listened to this song and i never even realized the vocal harmonies were like a call and response that’s NUTS

[@neeharika422]

.O.

[@neeharika422]

my brain is exploding rn

[@karasaigjikaguya3273]

As someone who knows music theory, it hurts. Every note, every change, every slight carry and change to Forte or piano, it all holds a meaning.

[@nerimaken482]

Oh wow so the call is the person in the narrative singing and the response is the moon (“the moon will sing a song for me”)

[@JohnnyWalkerBlack142]

The vocal harmonies are beautiful

[@aussie_alex9186]

Oh my God oh my God oh my God. Breath. Maintain composure. It's been so long but it's going to be so great so it doesn't matter. Oh my lord I'm so excited

[@tsktsktsk-jq4eu]

? Is it a line fron a movie?

[@nataliematson2595]

“i shine only with the light you gave me.”

[@jellypanda7461]

"Name your courage now, we could've had anything, anything else~"

[@NatSuki._.Star765]

“Instead you hoarded all that’s left of me..”

[@LaliaCooper]

"Swallowing your doubt, like swords to the pit of my belly"

[@jellypanda7461]

"I wanna feel the fire, that you kept from me!~" (got bored so I kept going :3 l

[@NatSuki._.Star765]

“The moon will sing a song for me, I loved you like the sun!” ( I Might as well continue too :) |

[@usernameusername7900]

The song of the child that remained “loyal” to their abusive parent.

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

Ngl your Rise Donnie pfp really emphasizes your comments sentiments lol

[@UNKNOWN-d4r4e]

I live in a toxic family but am not remaining loyal anymore for I am tired of the torture. When I turn 16 me and my friend are running away from our homes together and going to live with my lover which I'm so grateful they offered for me to stay with them.

[@airbornemelody6156]

i sobbed to this song in freshmen year in a toxic relationship . this was the comfort i got during that time, and one of the first songs i heard from this band. it’s been my comfort band since. every song is wonderfully composed, and the singers voice is so calming and she has amazing range

[@SafariSnipey]

:)

[@Froggie_bloom]

:)

[@curiosity1154]

hopefully you got out of a toxic relationship that you're in ^^

[@paullucas3]

One things for sure, this song reverberates through my heart as well.

[@majiwarusentosen]

Hope you’re doing better!! Love seeing a SDRA2 fan in the wild, love ur pfp :3

[@doorbuster2459]

I don't know who will read this but. My dad died when I was 9. I know the song is about a toxic relationship but the words about shadows hit me a bit different today. To a lot people, I am a shadow of my father. His personality, his legacy. By those people, I have never been me. Just an extension of him only being able to shine where he already did..

[@Jewel_InOcean]

Never lose yourself and your desires, know that the roads that have fallen into darkness can be illuminated by you! Never lose your roads, sometimes it turns into a lot of suffering and regrets, do not choose the path if you do not feel that it is yours, but only the desire of your family. I hope the translator understood the meaning of these lines correctly

[@curiosity1154]

​@@Jewel_InOcean indeed don't get lost in the sauce, indeed it takes a long time to find where yourself begins and where your father ends but at the end of it all you are still you one day, I hope that you can find your own autonomy, who you are as a person, and your own self-worth separate from the legacy of your father. And if your family does not accept this then it's probably time to have some time away from them.

[@wiedaatfrans5202]

Your dad will always be with you even if you don't see him... he still cares about you ❤

[@caramelizedkiwi483]

Crane Wive songs are very interesting. When I think about it, most song's lyrics have pretty depressing meanings, if you just read them by themself. But the music is always a mixture of bravery and some kind of stubborn determination. Combined with the lyrics it gives me a feeling of revenge, but in the good way. Idk if that makes sense. But this is definitely one of my new favorite songs and it is so catchy :) 💚

[@wren_.]

most of them feel like driving in the backseat of a car after losing a loved one. you put your hand on the window and can feel your heart hurting, but then you look up at the sunset hitting the hilltops you’re passing by. the sun will dry your tears and give you peace, but your heart will still be cold. You realize those feelings can coexist, and you wave goodbye to the person that once was and the person you once were. They see you out the window. They wave back, but you have already driven too far to notice.

[@caramelizedkiwi483]

@@wren_. oh wow... that is beautiful.

[@starletnight2849]

@@wren_. So have you ever considered poetry as a career?

[@actuallyansel4697]

i KNOW its just a lyric video of an already made song but i will take any new Crane Wives content and cherish it. also please tell me youre touring soon id give anything to see you guys live

[@thecranewives]

Keep an eye out for us this summer!

[@mimi_popu]

@@thecranewives I certainly will ^^

[@nashthelime8475]

I really love this song, I don’t know it embodies a relationship that is very common place I think but isn’t talked enough about “I shine only with the light you gave me” is such a great line cuz like that’s literally how the moon works but can also make a wonderful metaphor

[@Bitchy-girl]

Yeeee!

[@Eas697]

Just want you guys to know your music strikes an emotional chord with me that no over band or artist can. Thank You for your amazing music

[@zoel5223]

this song specifically reminds me of an ex best friend of mine who was abusive towards me emotionally. so crazy how all these years later i still feel like her light shines through- one day it’ll be my light

[@mimi_popu]

Aw

[@dickersoncharlie4961]

I'm confused, what does that mean

[@drawingdoritu]

@@dickersoncharlie4961she means her ex Best Friend was emotionally abusive to her. Even now she still feels like her ex Best Friend has power over her.

[@Zerisnowleopard]

Same, except it was an old toxic boyfriend, luckily we broke up and he no longer goes to my school, so I don’t see or talk to him now. I’m now in a much better relationship with a new boy, and he’s wonderful. I hope you’re doing better after that.❤

[@ewrancid]

I love the build up at 1:21… it makes me feel so alive like staring at the stars in a field of grass surrounded by all sorts of creatures… am I the only one? 😭😭

[@Albertfingernoodle627]

The electric guitar at 1:53 makes my soul leave my body it’s so good

[@vanillaicecream-_-love]

“The moon will sing a song for me” “I loved you like the sun.” Such beautiful words yet such sad words 😢❤

[@Skielear_The_Greatest-SM]

I can never listen to this song too much, I am adding this to my forest playlist!

[@Skielear_The_Greatest-SM]

And my self-therapy-days playlist…

[@certifiedsillyhead_]

im just realizing that the "i shine only with the light you gave me" part while obviously being a great metaphor also relates to the sun and moon because the moon shines only with their light the sun gives it 😭

[@ShadowDarkrai002]

I was in a 9 year relationship and it ended tragically when I realized that not only did they love me, but I was being emotionally abused. Listening to this song, it makes me know that I gave all of my light and all of my strength to them when I should have been giving it to myself. 9 Years of pain and suffering for someone who not only cared, but never supported me. It's amazing what a single song can do for a person. Even a single sentence worth of lyrics can open up a large void in your heart. I thank you greatly for that, Crane Wives. To this very day, I am still recovering and collecting the light that was taken from me. And to those that have suffered the same way, have hope. The light will come back, it always does.

[@callumjohnson1483]

The opening lines "tell me once again I could've been anyone, anyone else before you made the choice for me" hits me on such personal level. Being a trans guy with a strongly transphobic mom I feel like this song describes my relationship with her and a lot of other people.

[@dickersoncharlie4961]

So do you feel like you where given the light to be trans and your mom does not accept it?

[@sou.p]

​@@dickersoncharlie4961I think they mean their parents told them they'd love them/support them no matter what the did and etc, but when they stepped outside of the confines of what their parents considered 'okay' (or however you'd like to phrase that), it wasn't okay- basically making the choice of who they are for them? I could be wrong but that's what I thought they meant upon first read.

[@TheHammyYammy]

I know the feeling. I found a very similar meaning in the song myself. Stay strong out there, you'll shine by your own light, if not today maybe tomorrow! We'll find our way through, eventually.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

I always thought that line was hella queer

[@callumjohnson1483]

@@sou.p yeah you right lol, thats how i meant it.

[@Lavlikessquids]

This song fills me with a familiar sense of mourning, a mourning for something that could have been. Despite the sorrow of the song, I love it so much. It’s currently 11:20 and I can’t stop listening and crying, it’s absolutely beautiful I only recently discovered this group but it’s an automatic fave

[@bird6566]

People think of this song with relationships, but this feels like my relationship with most of my family. This is a good song to cry to.

[@HungryAsh]

This is the most detailed lyric video I’ve ever seen 💀

[@dakotaskysings]

SOBBING bc I hear this in such a wholesome way even though I know that's not what the songs about bc of mine and a friend's DND characters who are married 😭😭😭 They're so broken and apathetic towards the entirety of the world except for each other. I hear "I shine only with the light you gave me" and see them giving each other the small bit of hope and love that keeps them both going and AUGH GOD MY SOUL MAN 😭😭

[@theholygeckolord]

Ever since I joined the fandom for the Life Series (3rd Life, Last Life, etc) everybody kept talking about this band, and I had never heard of it. A friend I made told me to start with this one. Amazing band. You were right hex, it is divorceduo coded.

[@AquaEclipse324]

👀 Another Life series fan, eh?

[@Liveyourelife]

AYYYY LIFESERIS FAN

[@Liveyourelife]

@@AquaEclipse324AYYYY

[@JordanWahl]

I too am a life series fan I actually heard of the band before the Life series so I just kept listening to curses over and over again and it was last life I believe that had the animatic it was pretty cool

[@PixelatedAxolotl]

I FOUND MY PEOPLE

[@lp2934]

My daughter played me this the other day, very nice - can anyone else hear the echoes of "You and Me" by the Delays? Very different style but the song definitely has something in common especially at 1:30 - 1:40. No disrespect to either artist, it's always fascinating to hear these subtle echoes and familiarities.

[@kocius22]

love to see another lyric video from you guys! i really like how they are more than just the lyrics, and give a deeper insight into the creative process for them they always make me notice things i hadn't paid attention to before :)

[@thatfamiiiarnight3665]

this song definitely has a meaning but unfortunately i'm too busy jamming out to the tunes to figure it out

[@Beetlegirls]

"I shine only with the light you gave me..."

[@Syn4t4_K0k0i]

“I could have been anyone, anyone!”

[@PaleoBasil]

This is the outro theme for my 8+ month and still running dnd campaign (we’re still in season 1 of 3) And holy shit, the memories attached to it. Rest In Peace, Taoi. On his sheet, he was an Orc Barbarian. In our hearts, he was our Brother, through and through. We’ll you - we’re currently chasing after Pyruda, our current BBEG, and Taoi’s killer, while also arranging for Taoi’s funeral rites, and trying to stop Pyruda’s boss, Malachis, from starting a the end of the world. But we’ll get him for you, Taoi. We’ll never forget you. The Intrepid Traveling Squadron (T.I.T.S.), the name you gave to our group, will never forget you.

[@theaxolotlinthetoaster]

MMMMM DUDE THAT *ADD TO PLAYLIST* BUTTON IS LOOKIN SO FINEEEEE

[@farawlaos4083]

“I shine only with the light you gave me” chills. Literal chills.

[@ennu3925]

This will always be my favorite song

[@irem.ilayda.amalia]

"the moon will sing a song for me i loved you like the sun" i loved this so much as an apollo & artemis worshipper

[@daniellecarriere2845]

real

[@barnesrm76]

this may be my new favorite band

[@chaoticcow4357]

I cannot believe that i held off on this band for so long, were my ears broken? Probably. This band is the best.

[@sketchedout4080]

My crush sang this song in class today and now I'm hooked because it's so beautiful

[@Grace-fx1zr]

I'm not the first to say it, but this song hits as a trans person. Just... the idea that someone else made every choice for me. That to them, I just reflected the light they wanted me to. That I never shone with my own light. Well, I'm here to say fuck that. I'm me, now. The real me.

[@weigu6744]

I love this song, found it through a NightDream animatic of Desert Duo and it is now one of my favorites

[@zpyo27]

So, this is probably obvious to everyone else, but after listening to this song for like, over 20 times on Spotify, I finally realized that the moon and sun metaphor is a reference r to the fact that the moon’s light is just a reflection of the sun’s, and that dependent on the sun, the moon can go dark, because it’s just a barren, lonely rock in space, and it has no fire of its own. So the metaphor is for relationships where the other person leaves you feeling barren unless you’re around them, only letting you shine a fraction of their light, and then leaving you dark and empty inside when they abandon you on a whim. This is why I love the Crane Wives so much.

[@Trollingmmast]

i feel like this song shows a mother spmewhat jealous of her child, almost like she had nothing growing up and its her child that is able to live her childhood. not abusive, but like this song is a breaking point

[@gabylopes2215]

What's up fellas? New songs coming? I wish more songs, you're amazing!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@thecranewives]

Definitely! We're working up a bunch of new tunes to get them ready for recording. In the meantime, we'll be posting more of these lyric videos to keep the channel alive, but we're hoping to get some new songs up soon! Thanks so much for checking in

[@gabylopes2215]

@@thecranewives ❤❤❤❤

[@ratlobber6670]

@@thecranewives we cannot wait, particularly while I and a friend campaign to get our jazz band director to have us play curses

[@just_a_doggg]

Lyrics Tell me once again I could have been anyone, anyone else Before you made the choice for me My feet knew the path We walked in the dark, in the dark I never gave a single thought to where it might lead All those empty rooms We could have been anywhere, anywhere else Instead, I made a bed with apathy My heart knew the weight Ten years worth of dust and neglect We made our peace with weariness and let it be The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me Name your courage now We could have had anything, anything else Instead, you hoarded all that's left of me Swallowin' your doubt Like swords to the pit of my belly I want to feel the fire that you kept from me The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me (I could have been anyone, anyone) I shine only with the light you gave me (I could have been anyone, anyone)

[@marymadolynn]

This songs makes me feel like I’m being transported to a book where I’m some princess traveling through and enchanted forest scorned and betrayed by her lover, friend, or even family. The moonlight illuminating her in small sections with the shadows of leaves adorning her face.

[@insertname1857]

i love the descriptions of the musical breaks and the wordless singing. its not just "guitar solo" or "oooooh" its a peek inside the meaning behind each moment, the thought process in the writing.

[@peggo1217]

Thank you for a deaf accessible song!!

[@Anxiousbug]

Ah good old codependency

[@Mystfordays]

This song is such a masterpiece. I’m a lesbian who has a crush who I’m too scared to tell, and I see this as me and her. She’s beautiful and this is how I feel about us two. She might move but I’d be willing to go long distance relationship just to listen to her voice and let her be mine ( if she wanted to ). This song carries my heart. To her: If you see this comment and know it’s me, I love you. I have for a while. You’ve brought light to my life

[@FHenriqueVF]

I met The Crane Wives this week and i immediately loved Tongues & Teeth, so i decided to listen to the whole album and now i'm listening to all of their songs. I just can't stop listening to them, i really like the voices, the instrumental, the lyrics and even the cover art!!! Everything is a masterpiece !!!! I'm really happy that i came across this wonderful musical group!

[@-cherry-6091]

Nah this song reminds me of The Song of Achilles

[@rebeccataylor5763]

'I want to feel the fire that you kept from me' speaks so much to my younger self who watched my father give all the love I was so desperate to recieve from him to someone else's kids. Even at 30 years old now it still stirs that old hurt in me and makes me wonder about the nature of our ireperably damaged relationship. Deep down, I'm still just a child that wants my father to care about me.

[@lailapreston5132]

can you post a bass tutorial for this? It's really hard to get the bass notes correct for this song, especially as a beginner

[@LordWeems]

Currently writing a tragic love story where one of them loses their memory and doesn't remember the other and lemme TELL YOU this song has me IN A VICE Like oh my GOD the amnesiac literally loved astronomy before losing their memory. The "I loved you like the sun" line BROKE ME thank you for making something so emotionally dense. My writers heart FEASTS. (And no, the lovers never reconcile. A broken cup can't hold the water, but it can hold the paintbrushes)

[@Sincerely..Star..Youtube]

why would you hurt me like that with the last line

[@peytonrosie]

UM I NEED TO READ THIS, WHERE CAN I READ/BUY IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUBLISH IT

[@LordWeems]

@peytonrosie working on that! Thinking of publishing it independently if I can manage tbh

[@saneplathreader637]

my god that broken cup line absolutely demolished me. what the fuck. i need to be notified when you release this book man.

[@Nk-ev9be]

I hardly ever comment, much less look at comments, but I NEED to read your book now. Please update me if you are ever going to publish it❣

[@the_most_feral_rat]

I didn't know Agnes Montague had a band

[@Maddison-not-here]

This would be used for an edit ngl

[@brotheraracon3646]

The first wave of covid in my country was a bitch and a half, I broke down a couple times. This particular song kept me sane during some nights

[@karymoon5256]

I followed you. I felt like I had to. You were the light, the warmth that comforted me in the darkness of a cruel world. I started to see that light fade as my mind became clear. Even when the darkness showed me the truth, I hung on to the light. It was the only thing I believed in. The loving lie in that wonderful cruelness. I blind myself as the darkness fills my body, my lungs. I lived an addicted to that light, that cruelness that I made sweet in my mind. What now that you left me light with, what will I keep the darkness away? My light is weak. When did you become that, cruelness. The one you once shine over. Were you ever as lovely as you look? Why do I still hope for that warmed? I know it's because you are the only thing I ever hope for. The only lie that I still want to believe in.

[@DEXTERITIES__]

TCW’s music means so much to me, it has for a while now and I love the amount of metaphors incorporated into each of their songs. Oh what I’d give to see them live…

[@mistysprinkler288]

Someone sent me this song and told me it reminded them of me, so I listened to it and I am now crying My family moved around a lot , and they would constantly tear away everything that made me happy, slowly but surely, and expect me to be completely fine with it. This recent year was rough, we moved from a place I'd lived in for years to an unfamiliar town, but everyone accepted me with open arms and I felt like I belonged. And the moment I saw the hope in front of me, it was snatched again. I fought so hard to stay that time, I was tired of holding the burden I did, having to give up everything I held dear to me just because my parents wanted to do things without giving us any advance, making our desicions for us because they thought we were doing the wrong thing. I fought so hard, but it didn’t work and now I’m stuck in an unfamiliar place again and I’m meant to hold up this act of pretending I like it here because otherwise they’ll get mad again

[@Catnap_0-0]

Im really sorry i hope you find a home you get to stay at..

[@gothscenefurry]

" the moon will sing a song for me, *i loved you like the sun..* " (i could have been anyone, anyone!) yeah this really hit deep, since every time i try to have friends it flops VERY hard, we both do something from spite or the need to be heard and it crumbles, i usually do the bad thing after the other person does the bad thing, and i honestly hate my school bc of my peers and more, and i've been sayin it for years on end but i got 2 months left of this wretchid school, upbeat songs and songs like this make me feel happy! currently wanting to draw this with one of my ocs!

[@gothscenefurry]

why i mentioned friends is: it sounds very much like my past experiances, and my process of healing from opening up all those times lol

[@gothscenefurry]

update, IM DOIN WAY BETTER! even thought theres stilla gash, i'll certiantly last! while they've hurt and tried to manipulate me, they'll NEVER. dim me out. I SHINE ONLY WITH THE LIGHT YOU GAVE ME! (and turned it into my own!!)

[@Basteal]

Non-lyric descriptions are professional quality.

[@lunascarlet4819]

I feel like this is me singing to my depression

[@valenqea]

*sigh* desertduo. >> also the lyric "i loved you like the sun" :(( the fact that sun means grian in irish 😭

[@solacefalls]

this is so patrochilles coded

[@yomomaisdelicious9248]

This reminds me of a chapter I have to write for a short story I'm doing in the chapter a mom comes to term with the fact her child whose nick name is little fox has changed forever and is never going to be the sweet kid he used to be. The guy is a high-ranking officer and the mom who hasn't come to acceptance about his job receives a patient who got tortured by her son because the patient owed the military money she also catches him in the town in his work persona and comes to accept the fact that her once sweet child has been death for a while and the only thing that remains is his love for their family

[@N0tE1_yz3]

People who dont know the back story obout this song: this song is so amazind People who know the back story: ....

[@Adjeelaa_]

"The Moon will sing a song for me" so inspirational

[@peteconway121]

“I loved you like the sun” this verse is just good tho😭

[@BEN_DROWNED423]

I remember myself blasting this almost on full volume untill I can’t hear my outside surroundings

[@Hydro_Waterbottle]

i wish i knew how to figure out who i am to me. not to others. i want to be the person i am, not the person other people wanted. but i don’t know how

[@jellyzimmermann9688]

1:27 i really love this part

[@Nina-wh6hb]

Samee :D

[@BuzzardClaw]

Id like to imagine that in the picture of this song, is that its a slight cold breeze and jogg with a wolf. Perfectly fit the song and music. Just know that the wilderness is something i can feel while listing to this song doubles the points.

[@holleleger3186]

It's beautiful how this song hits so many people in so many different ways. For me, it's so pertinent to indoctrination and religious trauma. Growing up being told that the only value you have is god showing through you and that you, personally, are nothing but a sinful meaningless vessel...

[@hopetrick750]

I love when a song can mean so much to different people. I have a few songs that I have been collecting and now I really have my own meaning for them. (Rant below, sorry) I have been dating someone for three years, funny enough they are the one who got me into Crain Wives in the first place. But, a few months ago I realized that the love I had for them was gone. For the first time in years we spent a month away from each other and I realized that I was nothing without them. When we started dating, it was the beginning of the pandemic. I made a group chat with my friends and we planned to have a DnD campaign together so we could still have a reason to see each other while school was non existent. Earlier in the school year I had just broken up with one of the people in the group and I honestly wasn't over it and still wanted to feel loved. So, when one of my other friends asked me out I didn't want to damage our relationship and also wanted to see if it would work out so I said yes. From there, the group desolved and I blamed myself for it, but I still had them. I grew to be extremely dependent on them from then on. The other two people in the group stopped talking to me and my new partner at the time was the only one who really stayed in touch while I was basically all alone. During our years in the relationship I had ups and downs in my mental health, but I didn't want to be a burden on them so I never really expressed how I felt and being with them made me feel happier so it didn't feel as dire anymore. Resulting from my poor treatment of my mental health has kinda erased a lot of my memories of our time together, but earlier this year something changed and we were seeing each other more than ever. I thought I didn't mind the changes, but when I finally stepped back and had a break I realized that all of my butterflies were anxiety and uncertainty. I also realized that all of my family, friends, and acquaintances associated me with them and some people basically treated us as if we were interchangeable. I also noticed that anytime that I had something that brought me joy, it felt that they would immediately make that a part of themself as well and do it better than me. My clothing style, my comfort activity, and then one of my favorite shows. "We could have had anything, anything else/Instead, you hoarded all that's left of me" is the lyrics that resonates with this to me. All of this made me extremely uncomfortable to the point that I am afraid of seeing them because I know that they already can tell that I seem off. Though my brain wants to blame them and say that all of this is their fault I know that it is mine and I don't want to hurt them because of my Idiocracy. I still care so much for them but I can't bring myself to feel anything for them anymore. "We could have been anywhere, anywhere else/Instead, I made a bed with apathy". During our relationship we also both came out as not our birth gender, and I still am struggling with who I truly feel like I am. During one of my name changes they suggested a name and though it kinda clicked, I didn't sit right with me that my partner named me. So I added it my names that I was going by and they would always specifically refer to me as that even though I would introduce myself as something else completely. Sorry that this is long, I have been leaving a trail of my thoughts in the comments of songs that I have been projecting onto with my current mental state. So much of this song feels like my current feelings and I want to express them but have no outlets anymore.

[@mataschmata]

to me, "i could have been anyone" has so many meanings. in the beginning, it's the narrator disregarding themself as unimportant and replaceable to the person they're speaking to. in the end, it's the narrator cursing the subject for making them who they are, eliminating the narrator's opportunities to have potentially been anyone else. the way it's sung with so much pain and anger really makes me feel that.

[@MajestiquePridol]

This song reminds me of my mom, I never really understood what your music was about, but subconsciously I think I did. I was raised in a household where showing any humanity got your torn apart, my mother was the reason it was like that. I was adopted into the family, and she saw me and my little brother as projects to fix, not letting us live our lives or have fun, I love this band so much and I hope you make music forever

[@Jmyth14]

I See a abusive relationship. I’ve been through one. They called me fat pig as a “joke” and did something that hurt me and said it was a “dare.” They also blamed me for everything they did, when I said “this won’t work”, they will act all innocent and start begging me to come back. I really loved them like the sun, but then broke my heart. Now I just listen to the night sky, and look at the moon like it’s singing to me as I still remember this song and the relationship. I loved them so much, and I didn’t realize the pain. I *loved* them like the sun. my favorite part was “I loved you like the sun” it was beautiful and also almost made me cry.

[@mii.stery_]

I love the melancholic and nostalgic vibe, it feels like a Sunday afternoon (now I'll listen to this song every Sunday) Thank you for that ❤(brazilian here)

[@Local_Venti_Fan]

The demon in me that wants to draw Venti and Istaroth singing this to each other from different locations bc for the of god it fits them so well

[@Natp69]

I didnt know this about toxic relationships, and the chorus makes ke think of something better... like i am almost only happy with him (not bc of him btw hes amazing) and i feel like i shine only with the happiness he gives me.. its hard for me to be hapoy since my childhood, and he just makes it better 😔😊

[@HalimaAkhter-gl2zo]

I was listening to this song while reading A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini and now whenever i hear this song i just get war flashbacks😭

[@terralovi3578]

Three generally unrelated to each other things The Garden was the first song I ever heard of yours and the first I ever obsessed over but this is the first I ever truly connected to. It's helped me through a lot of hard days, your music in general has, and I truly appreciate you for putting all the effort you do into your songs. I adore your lyric videos because they're so incredibly detailed in descriptions. It makes the deeper aspects of your music accessible to those who may not necessarily have a musical background and helps deconstruct the music much more than typical lyric videos. I also absolutely adore that you've made them more accessible with the darker cover art. I really hope I get the chance to see you guys live at some point in my life because I think it would be an incredible experience. Thank you for all you do❤️

[@astrum4373]

this song hurts deeply after the "divorce" of crowley and aziraphale from good omens :(

[@ChibiUsaaaa]

The moon cannot shine on its own. And what we perceive to be the moonlight is actually the sun being reflected off the surface of the moon. The sun and moon don't follow eachother, the moon exclusively follows the sun. "The moon will sing" is lamenting the fact that they could've been anything but instead chose to blindly follow their partner when they didn't know where they were going. They feel their identity has become entirely reliant on that of their partner and are sad and resentful for that fact. They feel like they've been robbed of the life they actually wanted to live, but instead of tempting to resist or pose the level of control their partner exerts over their life they resign themselves to it. Largely due to the fact that they feel they can only shine with the light their partner gave them. Although they are exhausted following their partners every women desire. The only parts of their life they feel are beautiful and worth looking at are because of their partner and because of this they can't bring themselves to leave. But although they've resigned themselves to this life they still hunger for the passion they feel their partner has deprived them off

[@NinjaRuby-tk3fx]

I'm seeing it lately in short that this song is favorite's among furries. not kidding it's like the 10th time I here it or see it

[@milolouis2783]

due to the way my brain works, theres some concepts that are difficult for me to put into words. theyre images, and sounds, and sensations. this song is like that for me, but the opposite in a way? more like its a new way for me to put a concept into words. this is a very specific concept. a celestial, loving something unforgivable. like a demon i guess? the god doesnt have to be inherently good, the demon doesnt have to be inherently bad, but they long for eachother yet a heart loves too much for one that doesnt know how to love at all.

[@linexi]

keep writing please

[@milolouis2783]

@@linexi ????? wdym

[@linexi]

@@milolouis2783 i meant i liked what you wrote

[@milolouis2783]

@@linexi o! thankyou! sorry i wasnt expecting any replies to this, i didnt think it was all too special

[@linexi]

@@milolouis2783 you have a beautiful style of writing, milo!

[@youtubegirlletty]

There's this small character that I got inspiration from the song (though a bit far from the song's meaning): a well-bahaved child who turns into a lost individual, partly due to their parents but mostly because of their own people-pleasing mindset. I want to make a story where the parents are actually decent, but their child simply has self-denial and chooses to be so closed off to their parents about the child's lost sense of self until way later.

[@aespaur]

Maybe bc I’m a victim myself but I feel like I’m the only one who interpreted this from a grooming victim’s POV 😭😭😭 allow me to explain (it may be poorly written though so my bad) “I could’ve been anyone anyone else before you made the choice for me” - For me, I honestly feel like I’d have been so much happier, innocent, and more interested in romance/all the things that come with it had I never met the guy :’) I (and perhaps other victims too) felt like I had been turned into some sad victim who’d never be able to have the future love life and kids that I wanted or regain my happiness. “My feet knew the path, we walked in the dark, in the dark, I never gave a single thought to where it might lead” - While you feel like you’re “in love/happy” or “you’ll never leave”, you don’t realize how horrifying your “relationship” will be to reflect on. “We could’ve been anywhere, anywhere else” - Wondering why out of all the people you could have met, everybody you could’ve talked to, why you met them (and in my experience, why after years later I met them AGAIN???) “Instead you hoarded all that’s left of me” - The groomer taking your innocence, your firsts, romantic moments that are supposed to be happy and meaningful are instead disgusting memories of you being taken advantage of that you want to forget; It eats at your soul and takes all the hope, childlike joy, and spirit that you have away. “I want to feel the fire that you kept from me” - Simultaneously wanting to regain innocence while also wanting to be able to do the not-so-innocent things with other people and to be able to actually _enjoy_ it and not feel bad about it. “The moon will sing a song for me, I loved you like the sun” - How you adore the person grooming you because you think that they’re “good” and “wouldn’t hurt you”, or that they’re “perfect” and your relationship is “fine” when none of those things are true. You put so much love into this person despite how they’re hurting you. I also interpreted the moon as a light for what’s happening in the dark, or a light shining on how your groomer is (privately) grooming you, and the moon singing is the light revealing what’s happening that nobody knows about. “Bore the shadows that you made with no light of my own” - I literally had 0 therapy, didn’t tell anybody, and had to heal by myself alone for years. Even in cases outside of grooming (like physical abuse, bullying etc.), you have to heal yourself and make it out a darkness you didn’t even create despite it not being your fault and even if you have no light/hope for yourself. “I shine only with the light you gave me” - Sometimes people could only feel happy, beautiful, and worth something when talking to their groomer, and can only feel like they can shine/are heard by the person who’s purposefully making them feel like they‘re understood so they can use them for their own gratification. “I could’ve been anyone, anyone” - It could’ve happened to anybody else (in my case, the same person unfortunately did groom others) and yet, of all people, you were picked. It’s a beautiful song though, and I like how so many people (including me) all interpret the meaning of it differently! :]