The Mars Volta - The Widow (Album Version (Edited))

Music video by The Mars Volta performing The Widow. (C) 2005 The Mars Volta License exclusively to Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

[@KenzoTheBuddha]

I went to Highschool with them. They were in my art class as seniors and I was a freshman. First time I heard them at battle of the bands on our football field. I knew they would be world famous from 1 minute in!

[@aud6571]

That's dope as hell!!

[@adamsandlersspleen]

Were they At The Drive-In at the time?

[@alexandracondra3820]

So jealous - shoulda made sure you helped or had all those babies

[@allenmcdonald1878]

Oh wow

[@amandaredd3057]

dude, that is freaking awesome-sauce

[@elchebracanadorvitruvio]

I was lying on a stretcher with a blood vessel in my neck severed, I had already lost about a litter of blood or so and the doctors didn't know if they were going to be able to stitch it or close it somehow, so I started singing this song to myself. It was an experience that I will never forget and the fact that The Mars Volta came to me at that moment where I didn't know if I was gonna live or die is one thing that truly makes me appreciate how this band has impacted my life. Omar, Cedric and everyone involved, you are true artists, whatever the hell that means.

[@soleclaw6521]

So happy to see that you made it through!

[@elisanchez2742]

Omg I love how you tell your experience

[@rebeldeville9430]

You are on point... what a beautiful sentiment

[@dannyboy6885]

I'm happy to know you're still alive and breathing brother 🙏🏼

[@dbrutiger8232]

Glad you recovered but it’s cool that you were happy to sing this on way out if it had of been that.

[@punktart1555]

Cedric's voice is so amazing. His range, the power, the raw emotion. It's perfect for the story.

[@nikateymurzadeh8284]

It's been 11 years, and this song randomly popped into my head.

[@jesseisBAWCE]

Mine too!

[@modiggady]

Bro you have no clue! I've had the instrumental in my head but could never remember the name of this song!!! It popped on my Spotify and when it started playing it came right to my head that this was the song!! Thank you Spotify and thank you Mars Volta🤤🤤🍻🍻

[@buffalophil3630]

Still rocking this amazing song

[@kashrenolds6735]

N I hear him every night..

[@CADsAnonymous]

Same

[@ashlynnlongnecker5887]

2020 and I'm still smitten with this sound and this song.

[@codyjoco]

Have you heard Antemasque?

[@sthomasond]

It's actually my favorite of Cedrics vocals

[@ivonbeton4725]

I find it difficult to reconnect with it because I listened to it every day straight for a few months since I only had a discman. It's just burnt into my brain.

[@maleficium4742]

Liar. Profound love develops eventually you know. 🔍

[@goneburnforher]

🤘

[@gkasper6741]

For those that don't know, the trumpet in this song is performed by Flea from the RHCP.

[@PNWfishingFILES]

Thank you so much for that fun fact

[@plumlogan]

GKasper link?

[@gkasper6741]

I don't have a "link" to the information, but if you own the Francis The Mute CD the information is right there in the liner notes: "Joining the band for selected moments are: - Flea (trumpet and trumpet solos on The Window and Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore)" also: "- John Frusciante (first 2 guitar solos on L'via)"

[@slimturnpike]

Very cool

[@slimturnpike]

There's no trumpet solo. There's trumpet accompaniment/harmonies.

[@B1ackReign]

The Mars Volta, pure classic! Music like this comes only once in a lifetime. The best way I can describe them; it is like finding wheat in a sea of chaff.

[@WeerdMunkee]

Serverus That ain’t no shit. This was the first tune I heard from them back in 2005. It was like a breath of fresh air that I hadn’t had in a very long time. With the climate of the music industry these days, fresh air doesn’t come along very often.

[@unSelf21]

One of the last bands I caught on MTV. "Who the hell is this?!" Doesn't happen very often with me.

[@rosedawson435]

For your Karaoke: He's got fasting black lungs Made of clove-splintered shards They're the kind that will talk Through a wheezing of coughs And I hear him every night In every pore And every time he just makes me warm Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame Must I hide 'Cause I'll never, never sleep alone Look at how they flock to him From an isle of open sores He knows that the taste is such Is such to die for And I hear him every night On every street The scales that do slither Deliver me from... Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame Then I'll hide 'Cause I'll never, never sleep alone Oh Lord Said I'm, said I'm, said I'm, Said I'm bloodshot for sure Pale runs the ghost Swollen on the shore Every night In every pore The scales that do slither Deliver me from... Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame Then I'll hide 'Cause I'll never, never sleep alone Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame Let me die 'Cause I'll never, never sleep alone Like if you use it!

[@devinwatson4594]

I always appreciated their music but the lyrics always left me nonplussed. Like brides bruised brains teetering above golden daisies bleeding pollen polka swing disaster crash diamond switch beholder

[@keithwallace1693]

@@devinwatson4594 I don't think their lyrics are abstract at all, maybe a bit surreal at times but always symbolic which have their roots in a long history passed down from ancient times so needless to say when it comes to symbolism and what they represent, their meaning is fixed and easily understandable. As to your display of disconnected word poetry, which itself has roots in automatic writing, the cut-up technique, word vomit Etc... A very pretentious form only useful as a means and not an end. The best excuse for which could be that it represents the chaotic nature of reality but even that it is a misconception based on lack of perception. What has my life come to spending this much time replying to a KZbin comment reply to another KZbin comment, I feel like I'm going to Twilight Zone or maybe it's just the drugs or maybe both am I losing my mind...Lol

[@aldencoley6841]

Thank you sm!

[@llortaton2834]

i have genius but thanks

[@EricAustinYun]

Bless the heart of anybody who tries to karaoke this song lmfao

[@arleenthomas7061]

2021... I remember listening to this song as a sad lonely goth kid. Now I'm a sad lonely average adult and this song still is absolutely memorizing. 🖤🔥🖤

[@moejuggler6033]

Haha same

[@soleclaw6521]

Same

[@TheXCXX]

Same x4

[@jazmin6031]

Same

[@jonathanhernandezrosas2913]

Ok; GOTH KID Better than a Emo Kid 🧓🏻 because Emo Kids gets a Normal Life. 🤘🏻😇

[@MoTrFinger]

To the guys that wrote this and the man that sings this. THANK YOU. A freakin masterpiece. As a musician I would die happy having created something like this.

[@litgirlablaze3432]

Ray Kau think it’s the same dude

[@litgirlablaze3432]

Cedric Bixler Zavala

[@Aphex51]

I was volunteering for an environmental agency going back 8 - 9 years now and some hippy dude played this in our van heading to a job. Such an eye opener to this band.

[@ITSMrBubbles1nOnly]

I remember seeing this music video on MTV when they were actually music television. I was a kid but the singer's amazing voice and the trippy video always stuck with me. Now i understand it more and wow im glad this song stayed in my head for all these years. MTV, go back to playing this great music damn it!

[@lostxlate]

ITSMrBubbles1nOnly same man. One of my favorite bands now

[@LaLokita4ever8]

ITSMrBubbles1nOnly Same over here...¡! ...n went 2 c em later that year n obviously became my favorite band...! ❤💋

[@audiofreeq1]

It's like reading my own thoughts seeing your comment....

[@gonzaloNMF]

Man, the 2000's was the last decade in which rock ruled supreme.

[@SelimxBradley]

Frances The Mute & De-Loused In The Comatorium are masterpieces.

[@slimturnpike]

Indeed. Too bad they couldn't keep the band going, but we're fortunate to have these two.

[@justinwright1745]

All but noctourniquet are masterpieces.

[@fungusamongus89]

Don't lose hope, I've seen reports of an anticipated reunion!

[@SatoshiKong]

Amputechture had its moments, but anything after that album is completely skippable, imo.

[@justinwright1745]

@@SatoshiKong I love bedlam in goliath. But I can see why people don't like octahedron and noctourniquet.

[@startupconsultant]

On of the most underrated bands in the world.

[@ericphilen3433]

Real G’s know what’s up!

[@moldybongrips]

real

[@eclipse3580]

@@moldybongrips they suck live tho

[@Beisush]

this song is absolutely beautiful

[@liquidfirepainting1169]

I remember hearing this for the first time at the age of 15 and couldn't get it out of my head. Such a great song and brings back so many memories of being a teenager.

[@johnjackson8975]

Never heard of this band until I Shazamed it while Grocery shopping at a Winn Dixie in New Orleans.

[@LessDivine]

Ok, that’s wild that Winn Dixie is blasting TMV while you’re like, bagging your produce lol.

[@IM1deadMONEY]

This is probably one of the most glorious slow rock songs of all time

[@SergeCruso]

I remember watching MTV before school and I heard this song open and I stopped dead in my track to listen to the whole song and I have been a fan of The Mars Volta since then.

[@michaelnugent9758]

Just rediscovered this and forgot how incredible this song was! What a vibe, what a song, what a voice. Unreal. Super underrated band. This whole record is killer.

[@ChadOckstadt]

this gives me chills I havent listen to this in sooo long...

[@stephenbutler1623]

Chad Ockstadt it's not that good

[@samuelflabra7326]

Got chills during the guitar solo.

[@audiofreeq1]

@@stephenbutler1623 Yes, it is...

[@ashasi7497]

One of the most underrated bands of all time.. Their sound is so unique and ls something out of this world..

[@willt6661]

If Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd had a drug fueled half Mexican baby and left it in el paso, that is this!

[@TXblues512]

will t BEST DESCRIPTION EVER!!

[@oscarduran2096]

Steven Leach

[@DakiniBorealis]

+will t ... Well done, 'will t.' I also hear Jack White. Today is the first day I am hearing this music, this man's voice. Oh, holy day.

[@_AriseChicken]

+will t you are fucked in the head, thats like saying protest the hero has roots from lamb of god

[@stephendouglas4343]

+Hingle McCringleberry Your name is dope. It made me laugh bro. "construction noise."

[@Unister86]

The band, the voice, the solo, the video… 👏👏👏👏👏👏 …just in awe of this piece ❤️

[@amandaredd3057]

there's something very special about this song

[@jpbm1873]

It's called talent.

[@redherronrecords]

They straight balled on all of us with this. Masterpiece.

[@abdulazizzz]

A drunk guy in Seattle suggested this band to me .. Thank you drunk guy :)

[@jorgeeltrikimadness4056]

this song is a masterpiece ..

[@bahg888]

Amazing, breathtaking. This band deserves heaven, they are so underrated.

[@sebastian7494]

totally agree

[@brendaholguin5447]

I swear... No matter when n where i hear this it makes my entire shiver... The emotions the struggle the sadness the anger the fire..m i feel it all... Just makes me break down internally allowing me to appreciate the light n beauty

[@neti23]

I just discovered this band and now I'm addicted to this masterpiece

[@bctupapa12]

Recuerdo haber visto este video en MTV y despues nunca mas volvi a escuchar esta cancion. Finalmente lo encontre y solo recordaba la melodia

[@devinnn9027]

This song is actually perfect. Wow!

[@ry8729]

I love their "commercially-conscious" and radio-friendly composition to this song! It lets me breathe in between listening to their more ferocious, break-neck tempo tunes they're well-known for! LOL

[@neshamazing]

I remember being a kid and I fell asleep with my TV on...and I woke up to the end of this video ..scared the crap out of me

[@Allyourbase1990]

Man this brings back nostalgia of high school in 2005 . Love Mars volta

[@girrlgetlow]

Will always love this song. Nobody sounds anything like them

[@najmiebinmaliki]

The song that was short and mainstream enough to make it into Billboard, made me download it, made me search the album, which turns out to be the greatest human art in history

[@204776439]

When I listen to - and especially when I saw them perform - I felt like I'm hearing swirling bits of almost every band I love mixed together - I hear Led Zeppelin, Santana, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, and many more, their influences are all over the place and it's awesome

[@bargui3445]

I’m so happy i got the chance to see them live. It’s an spiritual experience. Almost 10 years

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

Man ...the lyrical content is from out of this world .

[@MrhibyeTV]

I just woke up at 5 in the morning with this song in my head after not hearing it for like 7 years. I'm gonna have to cover this now..

[@glameventstylist95]

Omg me too.

[@Gaesl]

same here

[@upvidfacil4662]

Dammit man!

[@karlyj7108]

+Mark Adkisson if you guys need help let me know what i can play

[@EstrellaRatonPerez]

+Christopher Johnson This happened to me with a song from Mama Ladilla (a spanish group) even i was dreaing of a big running event and the soundtrack of the course was their song, clearly understandable.

[@Neurodisco77]

This definitely deserves an HD remaster

[@allenmcdonald1878]

The buddy who showed me this song and band died of suicide a few months ago, love you Tanner. Rest easy buddy ❤️. Sometimes I guess I just miss my friend (s) ...

[@HollyBynoe]

I’m sorry buddy

[@TimberwolfCY]

Remember this from early college days. Brilliant, just brilliant. Reading their history on Wikipedia is like reading some sort of crazed adventure novel. What a time these people had.

[@HanSolosTV]

Totally forgot how much I absolutely adore this song!

[@esteban578]

I remember the day I heard this song. It was watching MTV in the morning before school and it blew me away

[@RocketRoketto]

This song is genius. Period.

[@anteaterborzoiTheBigBorzoi]

I first heard this song when I was about 4. I only recently remembered who they were and this song again.

[@cajunkms1]

I definitely remember sleeping on this band but liking this song as a guilty pleasure since I was more of harder rock listener at that time. I think I also just had something against higher register singers because of all the "whiny sounding" postpop bands that i also didnt vibe with. Well now that I've grown up a little more and I don't have anything against great music or musicians that I discriminated against in my former ignorance. So when I got the chance to see them live at Rockville in Daytona this past April I was immediately impressed and thankful that they didn't slip through my fingers forever. I was there for tool and the Deftones and anything else was a bonus but the Mars Volta was an experience that I'll never forget. Oh yeah, Coheed and Cambria was great too and I had similar feelings when I was younger and a similar change of heart.

[@ladyowl9187]

Take me back to this time 😭😭

[@ntn6103]

14 años me demore en poder llegar por casualidad a este tema que solo lo pude escuchar una vez ... Y me encantó . Pero no recordé nada del nombre de la banda... Fue un milagro aunque tardo

[@lindapawlowski8560]

Lol, you silly guys! My son got me into this band years ago and im 62 and still love them! Haha!

[@TaintShot526]

Saw them open for System of a Down over 20 years ago. Just beautiful.

[@robertrichardson3424]

vivid memories of when they first got big air play with at the drive in. one armed scissor can still take me back and feel exactly like I did then (I'm old guys) and we also used it to pump ourselves up to go on convoys in Iraq 04 to 05. good stuff

[@Alice-ow6qc]

If that makes you old then that means I'm old....and I'm not old, dammit....😉

[@cmguitar1]

Amazing song.

[@dayzeed]

You're right.

[@ShredFlanders_1]

remember the first time I heard these guys. will forever be one of my favorite bands. reminds me of getting high in high school with my lady and friends and just enjoying each others company. nothing will ever be like that again.

[@traviscorzine5080]

Exactly the same for me. This band will always have a special place in my heart.

[@andreea7396]

You guys have a distinct vision on how to make music. Be wise and don't lose it.

[@tigerlilly2012]

The Mars Volta cannot break up. They are the best band in the last 30 years and true artists. Francis the Mute and especially DELOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM translates perfectly into classical symphony very easily if you had an orchestra. The surrealistic lyrics, it is perfect music and everything that rock music should be. Like Pink Floyd but evolved and more sophisticated. Its sad they dont get the credit for everything they have done.

[@lemonadesaudios]

Discovered the band way too late, absolutely love them. I’m a younger audience, in middle school. Can’t get them out of my head, downloaded the albums onto my phone.

[@TheLarryburns84]

I remember when this album came out.. I forgot about it for a while until recently, this and their debut are incredible

[@Voujdjr]

be open to music now. When this song came out I was a little older than your age and didn’t appreciate it

[@astroreflux]

im a baby

[@soleclaw6521]

You're definitely someone who knows good music.

[@bloodflower11375]

It's never too late

[@linzief]

I sang this to my baby when she was fussy. I got to meet them backstage at a Perfect Circle concert 2006 (ish).

[@Schrodingers-Fat]

This band/song was my absolute favorite in my late teens. I got through so much listening to TMV. It's hard to believe that was 13 years ago

[@Tom-V]

I just now noticed how much the lead singer in Mars Volta sounds like the lead singer from Led Zeppelin.

[@gilbertgalindo1247]

Another great song by The Mars Volta! They made some great music to bad they are no longer together

[@joaquinjiren4264]

in tears right now listening to this and emembering the good ol mtv days

[@thebaconflapsable]

Holy shit, I avoided this band like the plague because I got them confused with some boring death metal. This is amazing.

[@TheBaySav707]

Same here!

[@depauleable]

Mee too, because, mea culpa, I confused them with 30 seconds to mars :D

[@TheBaySav707]

haha, ya not quite the same thing

[@plumlogan]

depauleable funniest thing I've read in a while. At least you finally got here

[@depauleable]

Yep. Failed super hard :D

[@Cherryfreezy61]

I’ve been looking for this song/video for years!!!

[@obelysk4209]

And now you have found it

[@Yumicpcake]

One of my favorite voices!

[@davidbell5433]

Every so often a song comes along that haunts your soul forever. This is one of those songs.

[@YetMoreCupsOfTea]

I have a vivid memory of sitting in an Irish pub in Hachioji in Tokyo in 2006 and seeing this come up on the television in there. Funny how these things pull memories back. The smell of the beer, the vague warmth of its creeping intoxication, and the pungent garlic and truffle blanketing the otherwise earthy smell of the potatoes on my plate. Some creeping anxiety about things back home in Australia. Thinking how funny it was that a relatively obscure favourite from my then shiny new mp3 player had found its way onto a television screen in suburban Tokyo.

[@Smokerolla]

this is a badass video in so many ways... outstanding vocals.... amazing guitar, etc.

[@starrykat7263]

10 years later, this is still one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[@bmuenster02]

This music videos told real stories...truly a lost art

[@gabemorton3186]

Dear diary, Dec, 2021, I am 33 years into life, and this song is just as mesmerizing as it was back around 03' or 04' when I first herd it.

[@lacabramacabra12]

Hoy después de 14 años la he vuelto a escuchar en vivo y sigo sintiendo la misma emoción... 🥺

[@andrewchaney4160]

Said I’m blood shot for sure😎😂😭😂😂😂

[@k00lstra85]

I really miss these guys. Traveled different countries to see them as much as I could. Have some really great memories. I am grateful for that ❤✌

[@Nikorain77ttv]

Top 50 songs all time.

[@xoluka2189]

heres my expirience tripped out on TMV, in the deloused intro son et lumiere i started tapping with the rhythm and tapped through the whole intro, song changed to inertiatic esp and i lost the rhythm, couldnt catch it for life and cedric started singing now im lost.. ive shit my pants and stoped, it was too powerul at that time, couldnt handle it, crazy good band, that was in 2009 and still im listening to them, love them so much, favorite band hands down

[@mommachupacabra]

Remembered this song a few days ago. Not only did I love it, but my 90 (at the time) year old mother heard this in the car and she liked it too. This is the first time I saw the video, and yes, almost literally a trip. Wouldn't recommend it for anyone with a seizure disorder triggered by flashing lights.

[@sebastian7494]

i love the mars volta. cedric is really talented. omar is a perfectionist. come back guys!!!

[@liammagnisium]

just saw them live and there concert was so good. this music is amazing.

[@miroslavabautista7985]

Alguien escuchando en 2024?🖤

[@Vojife]

One of the strangest music videos of all time. And one of the best songs of all time as well. :)

[@grindcoreninja6527]

watch 40 minutes/ 20 years

[@Vojife]

Joseph Chamberlain Oh. I know that song, but I didn't know it had a music video. Will do. ;)

[@jkschulte3448]

Saw these guys perform in San Diego with System of a Down. Best show I’ve ever been to.

[@MarkAngelo-jingleschats]

this song so hit the spot

[@marine4life3531]

This song is so damn good for reasons I can't explain and to this day gives me chills.

[@marketliftparts4097]

this song never gets old ♥

[@13boudreau]

Yeah when I comes up I freak out. I'm from so cal but got to see the Mars Volta in Cleveland Ohio. What a trip. It was like the dead met slayer. In reverse.

[@karenborrero5601]

This album is magic to me. Magic and muse I LOVE YOU..YOU ARE LOVE

[@mynchNstars]

Man this brings me back to being a bad teenager doing drugs and skipping school.

[@ashleysettles814]

wow....same!

[@michaelwhity7382]

Brings me back memories, of getting seduced by a gothic girl with this song. She is the one who introduced this song to me. Damn girl left a dark mark on me, with those dark sharp eyes.

[@AlteredState7]

Sounds like the type of shit my parents where doing when they listened to music like this. Their taste has certainly rubbed off on me, but not their life styles.

[@ericphilen3433]

Hahaha yup

[@MuchoMas640]

Yup😏

[@4espair]

Kanye brought me and I’m glad he did this band kicks ass !!!!

[@canionoksqwad5014]

Go down the rabbit hole. Trust me, you will not regret it.

[@litgirlablaze3432]

Now go listen to in absentia

[@midnight-2021]

Here is a cover to this song kzbin.info/www/bejne/goS3hYyLltljqac

[@fightinghellfish8949]

At the drive in is where is at

[@fat69]

I'm legit waiting anxiously for Kanye to "finish that album" with Mars Volta lol

[@Melquiadeseljitano]

No me canso de esta canción. Me eriza la piel.

[@rmg03c]

That was the first song I've heard by these guys. Weeping... I've been missing out, I believe. Gottat listed to more to be sure. So far, very nice!

[@natewalker7064]

Remember when L A was cool enough to have a radio station called Indy 1031 that played this song a whole fucking lot

[@obedluna8082]

Nate Walker Mee too

[@crazziemonkke]

used to hear it on KROQ a bunch too

[@terr4c0]

Omar and Cedric, they're back!

[@Shellegify]

2021 still playing this and enjoying drowning in this 💜

[@kavijackson868]

It's hard to listen to this without bursting into to tears!

[@Palominondas]

Cara, que música espetacular. Gosto demais de Mars Volta!