The Presets - Girl and the Sea (Official Video)

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Lyrics:
onight the
Tonight the hills are watching her
As she runs towards the sea
Yeah she runs so she'll be free
And of all the friends and enemies she’s made along the way
They are no where in her thoughts
As she dives beneath the waves
And he's the one that you've seen sometimes on TV
And his shirt is on the ground
While he's tackled by police
And the parcel that he throws across the bridge into the creek
It'll flow towards the sea
It will meet with her tomorrow
No place
Some time
We'll clear
Our eyes
And when
You're down
I'll come around
And all the
Places she’s been along the way
Flames are licking at their walls
Night glows with their remains
From far away the animals come gather round to see
But she knows not how they feel
And she knows not what it means
When she was young we'd ask her what she'd like to be
And she'd close her eyes and dream
Now we're no where in her thoughts
As she dives beneath the waves
A place
I've found
Could be
All ours
But I’ve seen
Where you
Would rather be
Directed by Lee Lennox
© 2005 Modular Recordings under exclusive license to Universal Music Australia Pty Limited
Songwriters: Julian Hamilton / Kimberley Moyes / Samuel R. Dixon
Girl and the Sea lyrics © O/B/O Apra Amcos
Artist: The Presets
Album: Beams
Released: 2005
Genre: Pop

[@musicisbrilliant]

THIS SONG IS LEGENDARY! FUCK. So few people appreciate it too! Which means its ALL FOR US! Its all the more special to me because of that fact. Its our little secret.

[@mowgli123456789]

+musicisbrilliant You almost just described the definition of hipster.... which I most certainly must also be.. :/ lol

[@RunFaster011]

For anyone who doesn't know this music video is a homage to the 1979 Russian animated film "Tale of Tales". It is widely considered the greatest animated film of all time. Was super excited to see the presets use this film as their inspiration.

[@ChaoSTrophicS]

thank you for the info

[@Lyndanet]

It’s done so beautifully thank you for sharing the 411 .

[@stormway289]

It is "widely" considered if barely anyone has ever heard or seen it?

[@erinloveswendy]

@@stormway289 I wonder who directed the Music Video called "Girl and the Sea".

[@sphinxscu2022]

​@@erinloveswendy dunno about any of that, but to call something the greatest animated film of all time... Bold statement. Like saying the best movie ever made came out of India

[@Yosho2k]

It's a fucking crime that The Presets aren't huge everywhere.

[@unnecessaryfairy]

+Yosho2k Yeah... I can't believe this video has so few vies. It's about 800k, when I posed. The clip is amazing. =/

[@maskedguitarboy7725]

+Yosho2k i agree

[@sugarayofsunshine]

+Yosho2k They are ahead of the world.

[@ryanpatrick9685]

I agree. Saw them in Cleveland when they were touring Apocalypso. I remember my brothers and I all talking about how we caught them before they blew up. Makes no sense that they didn't get bigger.

[@rakeshnelapati7286]

Yosho2k t

[@ashswan7092]

so many years later and this song still makes me feel things deeply

[@lucianoestebang.c.7257]

I agree with you Ash!. I feel this song very deeply in my heart!!, it's timeless!!.

[@josephg32541]

There is something about the melody that just cuts straight to your soul.

[@erinloveswendy]

@@josephg32541 Did this Music Video called "Girl and the Sea" come out on Friday, September 9, 2005?

[@mandyhazen2515]

Few songs make me cry, and this is one of them. I remember listening to the song/ watching this music video in my early 20s and was just captivated. I am so moved by this song's message that it brings me to tears every time. I need to add that the director of this video is a true artist. The wolf sitting next to a dwindling fire at the end really shows the pain he's feeling when the girl leaves him.

[@chrispowell4456]

Hi

[@nervchemnitz]

Same here. I can't listen to this song with out tears appearing. Not sure if tears of sadness or tears of happiness or why at all. Just happens.

[@klaritavital]

mee too.

[@carlanguers]

Lovely thoughts!

[@btdfw]

This song only brings positive emotions to me. The music, bright and optimistic to me.

[@crookedwiretap89]

Probably the only presets song i ever found that actually seemed to go deeper than just pump up dance music

[@thatholiday]

You should probably listen to their album Pacifica then

[@esteveslorena]

Its 2019 and i still listening this Song... remember Kelly Slater ripping...

[@luisf.r8146]

2020

[@rafaelcampos86]

13/12/2020 - and 15 years have passed after then moment

[@mcpato22]

2021

[@rollargirl23]

The girl was born a mermaid- meant to live a different life than most. She could hide her secret but at the end, that was who she was meant to be. The wolf was her protector, her family, who raised her unconditionally and understood she was different. At some point she leaves him to explore, he is sad and understandably feels betrayed. He rips off his own tail, a piece of himself to throw into the water. It is not lost however, she finds it and at the end as winter is coming she emerges from the water. The apples are no longer rotten and wormy- they are new and shiny. I feel this is a metaphor of the unconditional love between a parent and a child.

[@DW-rs1pr]

I listened to this today and a tear came to my eye

[@Krinkov]

Ive loved this song for over 10 year but now that i have a little girl Ive finally realized this video is about the unconditional love a father has for his daughter, even when she grows up and leaves him. But then comes back at the end. I love this.

[@Herkimer_Snerd]

This song reminds me of different times, of a person long ago in a different life. Still brings a tear to my eye every time.

[@samcee8659]

❤

[@paintedrow]

Well said.

[@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv]

When I watch this I think the mermaids pregnant, so wolf let her go. Incase he ate her and the babies the wolf also let her go because he knew if she tried to be a wolf like him she would die and the babies perhaps But by letting her go they had a chance. And no chance the wolf would hurt them himself or other wolves worse than him Compared to a wolf The mermaid is free The next unwritten love song song is where now she is drowning and There's larger enemies than a wolf Surrounding the mermaid and her family And hes got stronger and her weakerr from raising his young They need him to come back and show his teeth. Protect their offspring. And she sings a siren song And he hears it. And theres another album that could be written where theres a truce So they can simply fight a bigger enemy than just one wolf to protect their Babies. Sunshine Returns Protects them.

[@abluecassette]

Makes me nostalgic :3

[@Birndogger]

I get a profound sense of sadness and hope when I see this lovely video.

[@sandraparlin]

I agree with your interpretation. My best friend just passed a few weeks ago from substance abuse.....she nodded off in the bath tub and went under. =( Her father was always there waiting and trying to help her get better but in the end the addiction was too powerful and now my best friend is gone....and I miss her terribly.

[@justinw2232]

Sucks😭

[@discodivo]

one of the only truly magical pop songs of the new millenium, rare quality for it's time

[@vacovic84]

2023 y me voy encontrando está joyita. 😻 🇲🇽

[@garethmitchell7723]

This to me is the story of everyone who I have been with and who has moved on one way or another, it is bitter sweet

[@maddisonbutler6773]

This song takes me on a journey. After all these years, still in my top 5.

[@brandonjoselindemarcypugin7098]

Agreed ♡

[@guystokesable]

Just yes

[@jeansebastientlebreton]

#Truth

[@kirstyriver7689]

All these years? Could be five minutes for all I know x

[@latenightlogic]

...all these years. 2004? 😕 It’s time to get going on my life.

[@ianryder4879]

Lived in Aus when this was new...takes me back to a magical time 😊

[@cinammondream]

Hard to describe what this song means to me. Difficult to put it into words. The freedom it expresses...

[@AdamBorseti]

Man, I remember driving all around Massachusetts back in like 2005/06 trying to find a CD store that had the "Beams" album..... I saw the video for "Are You The One?" on MTV one night as a young teenager and was instantly a fan, then I started collecting whatever of their music I could fine. Eventually I found the album at a Strawberry's store in Natick if I remember correctly. I played the SHIT out of that CD. Now I look back on those days that I hated in the moment, full of teenage anxt and naivety, and I miss them like an old friend. It's hard to believe that was my life..... actually, it's hard to believe anything existed before 2020.

[@ggtamayo]

This is one of those songs that just haunts the bowels of my musical soul. So eerie, so beautiful, so trippy. I love the shit out of it.

[@brygianmode]

Have to say, this is by far The Preset's best track!

[@alandouglas7969]

De 2007 do dvd da Quiksilver... até agora 2019 ......muita nostalgia... paz pra todos...

[@kaaniguirra6018]

sim mano,🤘🏽🎵🏝

[@MrSuparadise]

Na verdade ele já apareceu no Quiksilver Country de 1997 …. Tem o filme no meu canal. Eu tinha em VHS SÓ TRACK PESADA.

[@alandouglas7969]

@@kaaniguirra6018 ✌️

[@alandouglas7969]

@@MrSuparadise grato pelas informações irmão, não sabia.

[@gabegoldswain]

Yea bru same

[@cooliestguy45]

I completely forgot this song, I first heard it in High school and now I dont even remember where I found it from. its been almost 13 years since then... this is magical.

[@theneighborhoodkid545]

I love the ocean

[@jackkelly4668]

So underrated

[@thewizz6697]

I love this song, first heard it on the Quiksilver Soundtrack for Young Guns. Could listen to it all day. Sick Film-clip

[@Boweevel]

nearly the end of 2021 and still fkn loving it fella's! Masterpiece

[@eamonshields]

!00%

[@minitstop]

Still one of my favorite things to bump after all these years. This song slams!

[@cicconefortin]

minitstop I totally agree with you, on of my favorites too! n,n

[@Observationfreak]

I'm pretty sure she returns in the end, or at least, you are lead to believe she most possibly will, since she pops out of the water and look up at the cliff where the wolf is.

[@BubbaLudwig]

One of my all-time favourite song/video combo and the one that really echoes the loss I feel when I think of my unfulfilled desire of become a father and having a daughter to take care of. I’m a little heartbroken each time but it's still, somehow, a beautiful sadness.

[@milkm53785]

Just found out about these guys a couple of months ago. Why cant we get good music like this on American radio??

[@CDVHistorian]

+milkm53785 I found it on Pandora-or it found me. Inspired song.

[@magicpowers]

Ron Coddington me too. i missed some good songs. wish i hadn't but at least i did eventually get them

[@lozziestar4eva]

When the wolf cried, I felt like crying!

[@brittinea]

I would like to thank the OC for introducing me to this amazing band I still can’t get tired of after so many years 🔥

[@lucianoestebang.c.7257]

It's an outstanding Australian band!!!, I love them!!!

[@kway745]

This song was my introduction to these guys. Listened to the rest of their catalogue since; some good stuff, but still none of them hit me quite like this one. Amazing track

[@anthonycantu8879]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@JHNNtube]

Love this song forever and always.

[@lucianoestebang.c.7257]

I love this song, it's really stunning, deep and it also has a perfect beat!. Regards from the south of South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina!!

[@bj3peters]

One of my favourite songs from the 2000's.....

[@el_apolloo]

One of the best songs, no doubt.

[@geturphil69]

One of the best songs of all time

[@animatedskeleton9549]

I feel warm

[@1dreamfoundationcanada]

wow this song is so powerful, watching the wolf all alone makes me so sad i almost cried

[@holdmybeer]

some of the best bass lines are so simple.

[@mrbabeycakes]

I'm getting addicted to this song

[@Kaioko_Kerm]

I've done an analysis on this song before and took the view that she took drugs and I got a high mark for it but now that I watch the video it looks to me that the main message is that she is different and doesn't belong on the land. So she goes where she belongs but in doing so leaves the person closest to her.

[@ceciliemortensen2158]

One of my forever top 10 favourites ❤❤❤

[@SeachelleMichelle]

that's so beautiful and so sad at the same time :(

[@pipperoooo]

The music in this song gives me the big o.

[@natasharawrs]

I downloaded the song on iTunes from the free weekly songs, best decision ever made

[@doogiedog1234]

This is either the saddest or happiest song ever written thumbs up if u agree

[@alisonrolleston4420]

I stil love this song it's kind of haunting, gorgeous.....

[@johnmarlow1681]

This is absolutely wonderful.... Its like Royksopp,... but from a different angle: simplistic tripout and a pleasure to the mind!.....

[@candz13K]

this is still on my top 10 of ever - haunting, beautiful and sweet.

[@sMASHsound]

Saddest song i ever come across

[@westcoastaerialimagery4690]

First time I heard this was on a surfing video many many moons ago, god damn it still slaps

[@looneyngilo2]

Woah. I'd never really watched the video closely, and now I'm brokenhearted for the wolf. Man...

[@ivetagurko]

looneyngilo2 you might like the cartoon that inspired it russianfilmhub.com/movies/tale-of-tales-1979/

[@obnoxiousowl761]

Speechless

[@TheProntoOne]

I don't know how i missed this film clip for so long. Very cool clip, yet depressing at the same time.

[@Frankagator]

I never understood this song in such depth before. Thanks.

[@teredelosloros2156]

Almost 2021 and here i am

[@pheargoth]

fifteen years on, and I still love this track. One of my all-time faves.

[@KodiacPanda]

I really hate these advertisements. But lovely video and song, the Presets are amazing!

[@coolperson-dz9vf]

1 million views in 10 years it’s 2019!!!!

[@TheSharkhugger]

one of my best songs ever, music video brings a lump in the throat x x

[@amandahall4234]

I remember hearing this on goth radio shows in the day. Then I saw them support the Faint at the Gailic club. . It’s a saw them before they were famous moment. But yeah it was goth radio that got me on to them. Th ese days they’de have the Faint as a support.

[@ffragsks]

I wouldn't mind watching a full movie animated like this ! It's rly beautiful and cute !

[@kazu1979leko]

Esta es la banda mas psicodelica del mundo la mejor!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@loum73]

I love you so much.

[@thiagooliveira9459]

Sempre choro vendo essa obra prima.

[@eLsk1986]

they are nowhere in her thoughts...as she dives beneath the waves...

[@szuletik]

No place, some time we'll clear our eyes and when you're down i'll come around And all the places shes been along the way flames are licken at their walls night glows with their remains From far away the animals come gather round to see but she knows not how they feel and she knows not what it means

[@mattsince69]

I gave this LP called 'Beams' by The Presets to my then friend of 15 years (her name Sarah) as a Birthday present, and she roundly dismissed it like I had stepped on her cat. She was the only person I thought would like this album, however, I was incorrect to the nth degree. She loves Goldfrapp and Morrissey and the like, so, I thought maybe this would be good for her...oh well... Anyway, I quite like the nuance and atmosphere of the tracks themselves...and especially the quality of the melody and lyrics. Such a richly textured and vibrant use of both. Cheers to the PRESETS!

[@bigpoppa1487]

The Presets at their finest.

[@bj3peters]

Such a beautiful clip for one of my favourite Preset tracks...

[@aus777]

Every time I play this song - I end up replaying it 15-20 times :) not sure why???

[@3773122]

Выше всяческих похвал. И видео, и музыка.

[@andersonvalente5882]

Saudades da lendária REVISTA FLUIR.....YOUNG GUNS - QUICKSILVER - INDONÉSIA 🇧🇷🇵🇱🏄🇧🇷🇵🇱🏄🇧🇷🇵🇱🏄🇧🇷🇵🇱🏄

[@marcoaurelioamorim3968]

Puro som do surf, arrepia .Muito som com certeza!!!!!

[@mh2289]

The best video ever.

[@tommy622222]

Underrated means that people don't give it enough credit, support your argument it's a great song

[@benji274]

Love that there are several equally valid interpretations of what this song means. It goes to show what a work of art it is.

[@colonelmilk2586]

Ben's Beard great comment

[@Kyliegh4]

It has been years and I still can't be sick of this song, definitely in my top ten songs of all times

[@artepop2023]

Reminds me a lot of New Order sound, especially the instrumental.

[@ean88888]

This song could also represent adoption, just some food for thought. No matter what I'll love this song till I'm die.

[@ean88888]

I* 😞

[@btmclachlan]

chili peppers Mr Robot

[@oiboy39]

Im from 80s and yeah Im luvin this.Reminds me of some old electro

[@remembermorrison]

I haven't heard this song in years and Pandora played it as well. Great song.

[@discodave6153]

Song and video are very beautiful

[@SurrealisticSoother]

so touching .. the wolfie took care about the girl

[@dvonpm4881]

I could watch this video forever :) Well done song, well done video :)

[@LetsGetHighOnMorris]

Hmm ... this is very chill.

[@candz13K]

This is still and probably always be one of my all time favourite videos. Love this band!

[@ivetagurko]

Candz Kaal here’s the inspiration for it russianfilmhub.com/movies/tale-of-tales-1979/

[@mr.lineleaf8111]

a really amazing song more story telling than song

[@conradbustillos3778]

This mah stuff...love this song

[@DMcG1889]

I'm so sad right now...

[@MsPOSSUM370]

same

[@kristinemullins5227]

Holy shit the symbolism. The golden apple. All of it. I've only just seen the film clip now.

[@EmiliitaRosivel]

The fact that one of their songs made it to FIFA 13 made me so happy! about time! but this is the best song ever!

[@JaimeEatsMusic]

I am really enjoying all of the different interpretations of what this song is about, can there be more discussions like this for every song? It is cool that so many people find such different meanings and concepts in this song.

[@INDUSTREATE]

One of the best bands, ever.

[@lorcazoid5474]

I'm going to get this 1 million views, deserves it!

[@86littlekitty]

Lorcazoid you succeeded.

[@lorcazoid5474]

@@86littlekitty Mission accomplished!