The Real Folk Blues - Lyrics

The Real Folk Blues by Mai Yamane (Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless)
**Edit: at 2:40 the romaji is "koin no omote to ura mitaida"
I do not own the music or any of the pictures
Thanks for watching!

[@puniopenetrante]

"Faye, I'm not going there to die. I'm going there to find if I really am alive." *we all cry*

[@toastmcporridge8069]

... and then he dies

[@ppaapdfg5438]

Zi?

[@prinnygod1073]

@@ppaapdfg5438 Bang!

[@cathoderaytube4956]

@@toastmcporridge8069 you are wrong Spike not die he is find really alive

[@themindset4164]

@@toastmcporridge8069 having realised that he was alive the whole time. Sorry gotta go cry now 😭

[@flipkiller8521]

This song hits differently on an emotional level once you listen to it after a hard and stressful day of work.

[@loversandlosers]

Cowboy Bebop is the working man’s fairy tale

[@jayk806]

💯

[@axelanonimo5213]

Or just after a break up

[@narendarnaik2308]

Relatable af

[@Avalanchanime]

My fucking god, hell yeah... Sometimes, rather than singing it I feel more like screaming it 💥

[@anoob8582]

Admit it, there is a Spike in all of us after this show

[@Kiroisawesome05]

Yep but thats just cause ive been impaled by one

[@anoob8582]

@@Kiroisawesome05 😆

[@Tibosan2]

Yep that one who dies at 27 and let me uselessly get old ...

[@gautamkrishna9904]

Whatever happens, happens.

[@VeitCuf]

Ive come out of watching the show with the spike mentality

[@Peter-Meter]

There ones was a tiger striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives, he was owned by various people who he didn't really care for, The cat wasn't afraid to die. Then one day the cat became a stray cat, which meant that he was free. He meet a beautiful white cat, and the two spent their days together happily. Well, years pass and the white cat grew weak and died of old age. The tiger striped cat cried a million times, and then he died too. Except this time, he didn't come back to life...

[@somebunny2619]

Spike: Years ago, back when I was much younger, I was afraid of nothing. I had not the slightest fear of death. I was ready to die anytime. But then I met a special woman. She made me want to go on living. For the first time, I was afraid of death. A feeling I’d never had before.

[@davong2980]

Just like Diavolo

[@davong2980]

Just like Diavolo kinda

[@zeperoth07]

Really love this story since my high school days.

[@tommeramabama]

"I hate that story. You know I can't stand cats."

[@aaguramudra3679]

Its Cowboy Bebop's 20th anniversary! - See You Space Cowboy

[@thomasjess5029]

@Sheldon Cooper I like to think that Cowboy Bebop and Carole and Tuesday share the same universe. (Screaming internally)

[@RWZiggy]

@Sheldon Cooper types that, hits [ENTER] and the moon explodes

[@pandybee1011]

@@thomasjess5029 I like to think that Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in the same universe as Cowboy Bebop.

[@henrlima87]

Jesus really? Am i that old already?

[@tsktsktsk-jq4eu]

Do they mean it as See you space from cowboy or are they identifying him as space cowboy?

[@JH-aTimeForEverything]

I fell in love with Cowboy Bebop at only 12 years old. As little as I was, this sang to the sadness deep in gash of my own heart. I’m 35 now and I’ve started rewatching it. I still feel the same. The difference is that I now understand what I have mourned all my life: my innocence.

[@CynicalRealist8488]

Me at 13 years when I saw it for the very first time

[@nw82534]

Few shows evoke the type of "feeling" this one did. KZbinrs have analyzed it to death, which is fine, but there's a certain emotion and weight to the series that transcends description. For many of us, Cowboy Bebop is more than simply what it's about.

[@hobboskins8591]

Nick Wurthmann You’re right, Cowboy Bebop is all about the “feeling”. I started watching it again after about 18 years and I still get the same feelings I did back then. It’s truly a masterpiece.

[@deburrito6882]

YES

[@hereticsign]

Samurai Champloo and Gungrave has the same feelings attached.

[@hereticsign]

And then there is Black Lagoon.

[@thearidwitch8526]

I experienced no feeling when I saw the first episode, so I just watched robot chicken instead.

[@KendrixD]

"With one eye I see tomorrow, and with one eye I look at yesterday." Wow...that's Spike's eyes... Now I love this song even more.

[@hobboskins8591]

Khôi Nguyên Damn I didn’t realise it said that in the song! Cowboy Bebop is amazing still!

[@LexieAssassin]

Reminds me of the Imperial Eagle in Warhammer 40k, only the one looking at yesterday is blind, iirc.

[@sarkhan7913]

@@LexieAssassin It was only until recently I discovered the meaning behind only one of the eagles having an eye, totally bad ass and fits the 40k narrative so well.

[@pablomendoza5376]

With one eye I see the tomorrow, and with one eye I see your ass

[@Julie-mb4nj]

This song was made specifically for this show

[@newflesh666]

It's kind of a cliche to say that you cried like a baby when you see something very sad, but as a teenager watching "The Real Folk Blues pt 2" I cried like a fully developed human who only recently discovered what sadness was and realized that it would be with them forever more. I was absolutely inconsolable for days after. Great anime.

[@marceljohnson9634]

Same. It makes rewatching this series hard now because you know what's coming and there shear weight of it just builds the closer you get to the end. This song hits way different before and after watching and it will never hit the same way again after, and that feeling you get knowing that perfectly sums up the show.

[@oceanberserker]

"You're gonna carry that weight."

[@b.b.a.2886]

I can't get enough of Cowboy bebop. I watch it every year and each time is better than the last. As I get older I get more understanding to the themes and meanings of the serie and it grew on me so much .

[@RonDoudou39]

same tradition, same feel bro :'D

[@rcookie5128]

Never have more true words been spoken! The first time I watched it, I was like, hey that's a pretty good show. But somehow now, months after watching it the first time it drew me back. The music (and I personally LOVE jazz anyways), the atmosphere, the topics, the character discovery. Top notch, it really grows on you over time and you understand better which every time you watch the series and every year you live longer and get more mature...

[@RogeliusZ]

See you spice cowboy... I'm loving the same

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Yep. This, Samurai Champloo and Space Dandy. Every year.

[@Clepovoron]

Bebop Fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood Trigun Three media only [films included] what i see every year. And with every year all of them becoming so... me I am ukrainian in two years of war who did tonns of things duaring this two years. This trinity forged me before war This trinity was with me in war And now I am all of this I mean man If we talking only about cowboy bepob I was so many times in such yolo extra dangerous things, got through so many lethal events to protect people, feed them or even prevent to die Man I saw bepob in march 2022 inbetween my 24h shifts on seiged city to charge myself with this YOLO things And now In mid feb 2024 I cried right now in 18 session where Fay saw her own time capsule video. Man In war and after what i came and what i will overcome or die in future I AM a Wash the Stumpest I AM an Edward Elric I AM a Spike Not sayijg that i feel them or related I literally made a moves and choices and faced events and deaths and what makes me understand them all in full I cried with dry tears in Fay's video to her future self cos all my tears are gone for literally ten years ago in 2014. Man. Sorry I just decided to see the lirycs of ending song after every year watching marathon And now i feel it way stronger Mostly because i am not shure that i will live in next month, not saying in next season or year. In ten days will be 2 years of full ukrainian-russian war And man In march 2022 when i worked in hospital in besieged city I had no faith to live in april 2022 And here i am Watching all three titles, bepop included third time in war. And this time Im crying with dry tears. On side look it may seems like im laughing in the mid of night. Man. Or whoewher reading me. Dont. Want To Be A Spike Or related to him charachters. U can glorify such type Like it But believe me The lad who came through hell and still melting in lesser one You don't want to be so empty as spike Peace.

[@policeman4446]

see you space cowboy

[@LSTORMTheMC]

The ending to my ep❤🌌👏👏favorite anime OF ALL TIME stormdynastyheadquarters.bandcamp.com/track/ill-thoughts-outro-the-real-folk-blues-2 💨👆 words can't explain my love for this series #cowboybebop #seeyouinspacecowboy #Lstorm Be a friend and tell a ton

[@FloofyCloud115]

L-STORM The MC damn that’s amazing

[@LSTORMTheMC]

@@FloofyCloud115 Love and blessings you're way💓👏thank you

[@tropics1513]

Mera naam bhi Ashay hai

[@izanami.3225]

This is veteran now, we all like veteran s, aren't we

[@watyawatya-mm]

何度聴いても魂に響く良い曲

[@fantasiaibrahim8459]

One of the few animes to stay in my heart and brain forever.

[@opheliaseren8843]

That bass player was having the time of his life during the recording of this masterpiece.

[@Cuppamilky]

Definitely and even the main guitarist as well dude was just riffing it

[@digitalojos]

Melty_wave the guitar with the wah is amazing

[@markdjoumo5968]

I can imagine him having the time of his life banging his head around while sobbing at the same time.

[@RobertoAguilarMX]

Both was killing it

[@victorortiz193]

you gonna carry that weight ...

[@jake_smith7219]

:'(

[@mmxxmxm]

;( x2

[@Ren-tq4hw]

:'(×3

[@shadowshifter267]

:'( x4

[@berkaykerem8559]

:(x5

[@MrYusef99]

Cowboy was really different from the animes today. It has a sense that you couldn’t feel with another anime. You can’t compare the animes with cowboy bebop. I’ve watched this when i was a grade schooler I didn’t really understand the concept of spike but as i grew older I rewatched cowboy bebop it the story hit me hard. And to think of if its not just the action why i loved this as a kid growing up.

[@javieralba4333]

give Baccano! a try, i think you'll like it

[@karenm1634]

Then you might have also liked Wolf's Rain as well.

[@MrYusef99]

Karen M oh thank you!

[@AtrociousAK47]

Yeah, I've tried to convince my niece to watch it in its entirety but she said she got around 1/3 of the way through and just got bored..... I dunno maybe its an age thing coz I always thought it was an odd show as a kid watching episodes out of order whenever it happened to be on adult swim, and it was only when I got older and watch it in full was i able to appreciate it for the masterpiece it is. She still likes the series but likes samurai Champloo more.

[@MrYusef99]

AtrociousAK47 there is something with this show. That its hard to explain that Only and adult can understand haha. I dont blame her for not liking it. Hey samurai champloo is good too.

[@user-ur7hl5ek6z]

後奏でカウボーイビバップの「本来全話放映されるはずだった」全26話のタイトルを並べるのは鎮魂歌みたいで切ないな。 カウボーイビバップが放映された年はドラマの暴力シーンを模倣した殺人事件が相次いで暴力描写に対して ＴＶ局が神経過敏になっていた、そこへ監督がＴＶ東京へ全26話の脚本を持参したが第１話ですらも放映が認められず 大幅な修正を加えたうえで１３話分＋総集編の放映が認められた。 タイミングが悪かったとしか言いようがない悲運のカウボーイだった。

[@user-dj9ul7vq5q]

This anime is like, one by one when you watch the episode, know the characters and their past and the choices they make, you realize that the anime is like a Sunset that is tragic but beautiful at the same time... Filled with past memories and dreams.

[@ElTuxedo]

Cowboy bebop, evangelion, serial experiments lain, texhnolyze and Monster. Five brutal animes i could see ever.

[@DMCK2000]

Amen brother

[@Sabiyori]

Amen cowboy

[@hasi706]

this is literally my top 4 mate. great taste

[@youtubeaccount3829]

Great fucking taste

[@tententenge6]

If you like something like serious story, i recommend such as " wolves' rain" or "darker than black", which are directed by the same person

[@mohamedali7486]

......Bang

[@jeromebryantjr.3602]

I cried at that part.

[@DivineLightPaladin]

@@jeromebryantjr.3602 We all did, those of us with a heart.

[@jeromebryantjr.3602]

Kingdom Hearts?

[@izanami.3225]

Bang is my nick on a game

[@yusefhart5442]

😭😢😢😭😭

[@bijoyroy11]

This video has been put together quite thoughtfully. 3 texts for the lyrics, iconic picture in the background,along with other stills. And the end episode titles at the end of this song was the finishing stroke. Thanks a ton for making this video.

[@gurivisuals]

I get extremely emotional listening to this because this anime wasn’t just a show...it was a nostalgic feeling like you were there living it...

[@forthelulz6449]

on repeat in 2020... ill be carrying that weight

[@jeremymason8081]

It's forever

[@Jazzadrin]

It’s only 35lbs, not like it’s that heavy. Do you even lift, bro?

[@user_sycL]

One more to perfection... also man do I miss this show

[@joshwesker6466]

Dylan Campbell facts brother ✊🏾

[@Derk_Studios]

Dylan Campbell so do I

[@wilykat]

I like how towards the end of the video when they show all of the episode titles to every session. Kudos.

[@liamvinck8705]

they missed session 11 though -. -

[@ietaka8480]

@@liamvinck8705 ep 11 was just sci-fi/comedy/horror cowboy bebop spin-off but it was cool

[@Cesar-bw4hk]

@@ietaka8480 Even that boring lackluster episode has a message in it “Procrastination is something we should take seriously”, goes to show how even the most boring episodes have a meaning in Cowboy Bebop

[@DALTangerine]

日本語ver. 愛してだと　嘆くには あまりりも時は過ぎてしまった まだ心の　ほころびを 癒せぬまま風が吹いてる 一つの目で　明日を見て もう一つの目で昨日を見つめてる 君の愛の揺りかごで もう一度やすらかに　眠れたら 乾いた瞳で 誰か泣いてくれ The Real Folk Blues　本当の 悲しみが知りたいだけ 泥の川に浸かった 人生も悪くはない 一度限で　終わるなら 希望に満ちた　絶望と 罠が仕掛けられてる　このチャンス 何が良くて悪いのか コインの表と裏みたいだ どれだけ生きれば 癒されるのだろう The Real Folk Blues　本当の 喜びが知りたいだけ 光る物の全てが 黄金とは限らない The Real Folk Blues　本当の 悲しみが知りたいだけ 泥の川に浸かった 人生も悪くはない 一度限で　終わるなら

[@channelshampoo]

２年前、結婚して１年３ヶ月で死なれた男の後を追うか考えながら歌っていた。声枯れた。彼の遺した車に乗るために免許を取って今ドライブが１番の趣味になった。この人生も悪くないと思いながらまたこの曲を聴いている。

[@user-we4nn8ot5e]

彼といた思い出はあなたの中に一生残る。そして、愛し愛された思い出は全てあなたが死ぬときに塵一つなく甦る。

[@micahfries7878]

An unforgettable song from an unforgettable anime. RIP Keiko Nobumoto and RIP Spike Speigel.

When ı finished the anime only thing ı felt was loneliness:(

[@urmomcom4153]

Same. Listening to this while lonely hits different. Or skip a few meals and give it a listen while hungry.

[@randyruiz5387]

see you space cowboy ....thats all you need partner.

[@rabbidwolf3256]

I fell the loneliness as well, it's been years since I finished;😞🍻

[@rabbidwolf3256]

@arroz it is!

[@LiaVinicius]

Gotta carry that weight

[@alexm7627]

“A life soaked in muddy water, isnt so bad, if it ends after the first time” The hope of a better after... I believe that better after is real, when you have a hope of eternal joy and peace, maybe the muddy water of this present life isn't so bad after all...

[@senhoramarocas.5285]

Maybe.

[@alkimista981]

At least we are alive

[@senhoramarocas.5285]

@@alkimista981 Probably a good thing.

[@oceanberserker]

So long as you only have to go through it the once.

[@Kya71887]

Session #11 Toys in the Attic My favorite lessons of the episode If you see a stranger, follow him. - Ed Don't leave stuff in the fridge - Spike Lesson that touched me the most in the series You guessed it, You're gonna carry that weight..

[@tommyvercetti1111]

Seriously tho the episode was really good.

[@TheBrotherHolmes]

I use to have the words to this song memorized when I was a teenager. Back then I could sing this by heart.

[@KornmanUNstoppable]

I still dont even need the lyrics almost 20 years later, the stupid shit you memorize

[@henryclem2487]

Yeah, well, people will do a lot for the stupid shit they care about.

[@Space-Babe]

The best and most impactful thing this show has are the feelings of loneliness and the sad truth of the future of humanity in case of interplanetary conquest and immigration (and most importantly, in case of losing Earth)....little interactions with other people, no sense of society or community...most days spent on a space ship in the middle of space, few humans scattered here and there.....Sad Sad Saad. Faye's depression after regaining her memories and Spike's self destructive state after losing his only anchor were the best example of how abnormal such a reality would be.

[@user-ln6xc3qz8b]

98年、兄が亡くなった年、このシリーズが始まった、今でも胸をえぐられるナンバーです。

[@calpicool]

this song is so goooooood!!! rewatching cowboy bebop now!!!

[@missbritt288]

This is why we used to stay up late as a kid . Miss those days.

[@rishap7870]

Sincerely wanna thank whoever put this video together.

[@machito53]

I initially read that as "I sincerely wanna wank"

[@tudeptrai69]

@@machito53 both are appropriate for this masterpiece

[@oscarjackson5284]

The vibe both the anime and this song gives away is just so goood. I can’t help but feel melancholic, it’s a cocktail of so many feelings which kinda take you far on a journey

[@Xel_Rendwyn]

Showing the titles of all the episodes was a beautiful touch. A true fan. See you, Space Cowboy.

[@chicaatomica]

We all here are carrying our own weight. And that's all Spike's blame. He ain't dead. Nah-ah. He can't. He is just resting. He found peace. Exactly as he said to Faye.

[@tamber706]

he went there to find out if he was really alive, and that's exactly what he did

[@somebunny2619]

Endgame Summary In Session 1, Laughing Bull foretells of Spike's death being brought on by a woman. Laughing Bull: Swimming bird will meet a woman. The bird will be hunted by this woman. And then death. Spike: One more time. Laughing Bull: What's that? Spike: I was killed once before by a woman. Spike is speaking of Julia. Losing her love was so painful as to be considered a form of death. He was left in a detached dream-like purgatory from that day on. In Session 26, Julia is shot in front of Spike. White doves fly by in slow motion. Horror, shock, and agony are expressed in Spike's left eye. He screams her name, drops his weapon, and runs to her. He takes her in his arms. Hears her last words, which are inaudible to the audience. Spike looks down at his lost love and then up to the sky. The camera is now focused on Spike's right eye, which is shaking in a disturbing manner. The camera zooms into Spike's pupil and everything fades to black. The next scene is of Laughing Bull predicting Spike's imminent death. Holding Julia's coat, Vicious speaks of Spike. Vicious: A beast that has lost his place. He has nowhere to return to now. He will come. Vicious is both right and wrong. Spike will come, but he does have somewhere to return to one last time. Two rose petals are shown blowing away in the wind. Spike returns to the Bebop and tells Jet a story. An allegory about his life which he uses to explain why he will never return. Spike: There once was a tiger striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives, and he was owned by various people who he didn't really care for. The cat wasn't afraid to die. Then one day the cat became a stray cat, which meant he was free. He met a white female cat, and the two of them spent their days together happily. Well, years passed, and the white cat grew weak and died of old age. The tiger striped cat cried a million times, and then he died too. Except this time, he didn't come back to life. Jet is keenly aware that Spike's death looms in the horizon. He is wary of the tale's implications. When Spike gets up to leave, Jet asks him one last question. Jet: Is it for the girl? Spike: [beat] She's dead. There's nothing I can do for her now. This is true. Julia is dead. There is nothing Spike can do for her. This does not lessen the impact she has on the events that are about to unfold. Jet understands this. Upon hearing of Julia's death, he has a resigned if devastated reaction. He knows exactly what this means for Spike. Faye confronts Spike while holding him at gunpoint. She knows that he is marching towards his death. Faye: Where are you going? Why, are you going? You told me once, to forget the past, ‘cause it doesn’t matter, but you’re the one still tied to the past, Spike! Spike does not deny this. Instead, he explains the truth about his eyes. The camera spans from his left eye to his right eye. Spike: Look at my eyes, Faye. One of them is a fake because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I've been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other. So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture. Faye: Don’t tell me things like that; you’ve never told me anything about yourself, so don’t tell me now! Spike: I felt like I was watching a dream I could never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was all over. This is not the first time Spike has expressed this sentiment. One of his most revelatory quotes was said in the teaser for Ballad of Fallen Angels. Spike: The music box is broken, or is it? It starts to play, and a haunting tune fills the air. I wake suddenly from my dream. There is no music box! And yet there it is. A tiny one nestled in my hand. And I awaken from my dream again. As if I were peeling an onion. It’s a dream no matter how far I go. I can never reach reality. Trapped in an endless nightmare. Spike is so affected by the loss of the woman he loves that even an item she once possessed haunts him. It is her death that has finally woken him from his detached dream-like state. Faye shares with Spike that her memory has returned. She explains that there was nowhere for her to go back to. She pleads with him to stay. Spike ignores her please and instead leaves her with these parting words. Spike: I’m not going there to die; I’m going to find out if I’m really alive. I have to do it, Faye. Faye is not comforted by this statement. The audience should not be comforted either. Spike's words eerily echo what Jet said to him in session 25. Jet: Men only think about the past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive. Faye cries and shoots off her gun. An act reminiscent of the 21-gun salute that is used in the military to honor the fallen. Spike walks away from Faye without looking back. He is never shown thinking about anyone from the Bebop again. The song "See You Space Cowboy" plays as Spike leaves the Bebop. "Everything is already over", You say with closed ears The words only flow Towards a tomorrow without peace "There's nothing that won't change" Even if my life ends This love will not disappear It's something that will live forever Even if dreams are hidden in darkness I got a rainbow Rainbow in your hands... The camera focuses on Spike's left eye. The eye that sees Spike's past. The lyrics begin as Spike is recalling romantic memories of Julia. He thinks of the first time he saw Julia and was captivated by her beauty. He thinks of a time when he made love to Julia and she cradled him in her arms. Given that Spike confided to Jet just the previous session that Julia was a part of him, the image shows a moment in Spike's life when he felt whole. Spike: She was a piece of me I had lost. She is my other half that I had longed for. The song continues to play as Spike attacks the syndicate. It is a ballad of undying love alluding to lovers being reunited in the afterlife. When Spike faces off against his hated rival, Vicious makes a proclamation. Vicious: So, you're finally awake. I told you before, Spike. I'm the only one who can kill you and set you free. Spike does not deny this. But makes a proclamation of his own. Spike: Those words apply to you as well, Vicious. During their fight, there comes a moment where the two disarm each other by swapping weapons. Vicious getting Spike's gun and Spike getting Vicious's katana. It is at this moment that Spike makes a statement of great significance to both men. Spike: Julia passed away. Let's end it all. Vicious: If that's your wish. The rivals return their weapons. Spike shoots Vicious but gets sliced across the abdomen. Vicious's death comes quickly, while Spike lingers as was foreshadowed. Vicious: Don't forget, a snake's venom poisons slowly after the bite. Spike watches Vicious's body fall to the ground, spends but a few seconds looking at him, then looks up to the night's sky. The camera is focused on Spike's right eye. Now calm. Spike sees Julia. This is the first time in the entire series that Spike is shown seeing Julia with his right eye. In session 13, during an auditory flashback, Spike and Julia discuss his eyes. Spike: My left eye sees the past. Julia: What about your right eye? We do not hear his response. In the penultimate scene of the series, we are specifically shown what Spike sees with his eye that sees his present. He sees her. In Spike's vision, Julia is cast in a white light. She says her last words to Spike, this time they are audible to the audience. Spike is shown reflected back in Julia's eye. He glumly concurs with her. Spike is then completely engulfed by a blinding white light. The scene fades to white. This light is reminiscent of the divine light that is cast upon a soul that is ready to ascend to heaven. Julia: It's all a dream. Spike: Yeah. Just a bad dream. From white we transition to the final scene of the series. It is now day. A white light is now cast over the entire syndicate. Spike smiles, points a finger gun at the remaining syndicate goons and says "bang". This is a callback to Wen from session 6. As Wen was dying he asked Spike if he understood the relief that came with one's own death. In response, Spike threw Wen's harmonica up in the air, pretended to shoot it while saying "bang", but then said "as if". When Spike says "bang" this time he is acknowledging that he now understands that relief. Spike falls to the ground. He is never shown moving again. White doves are shown flying over Spike's body. White doves also flew by Julia when she died. The camera follows an ascension into the heavens, while the song "Blue" plays. The song's lyrics allude to a soul ascending to heaven. Free Wanna be free Gonna be free And move among the stars You know, they really aren't so far Feels so free Gotta know free Please Don't wake me from the dream It's really everything it seems I'm so free No black and white in the blue Everything is clearer now Life is just a dream, you know That's never-ending I'm ascending At the end of the credits a star goes out but never falls. In session 13, Laughing Bull informs the audience to what a falling star truly is. Child: A star just fell from the sky. Laughing Bull: That is not an ordinary star, my son. That star is the tear of a warrior. A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet. Child: What warrior is it? Laughing Bull: A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm. Where the great spirit awaits us all. Given that the star we are shown does not fall, it is reasonable to infer that the soul the star belonged to did make its way to the great spirit that awaits us all. That soul has broken away from the cycle of death and rebirth and is never coming back. As was foreshadowed to happen to Spike in the fable of the tiger striped cat, who followed his love into death and never returned.

[@somebunny2619]

​@@tamber706 Spike was actually just rewording what Jet had said to him earlier that day. “Men only think about the past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.” -Jet Black

[@somebunny2619]

Spike: "Julia passed away. Let's end it all." Vicious: If that's your wish. Spike shoots Vicious in the heart. Vicious slices Spike across the abdomen. Spike looks up to the sky. For the first time in the entire series he sees Julia with his eye that sees his present. Julia is cast in a white glow. She tells him "It's all a dream." He agrees with her. He is engulfed in a blinding white light. The entire syndicate is cast in a white light

[@mutivosstriker]

I ending Cowbow Bebop yesterday, and this really dont go away from my mind. I love this show so much and I appreciate every single episode. Thank you and see you Space Cowboy.

[@henrlima87]

I remember watchjng cowboy bebop back in the day. As i grew older it only became cooler. One of the few true anime that aims to an older audience

[@NEWSUPERCHARGER2001]

Take me to 2001, adult swim was my life as a child...

[@williamseipp9691]

who could have imagined back then that it would STILL be going strong in 2019. Blows my mind

[@rockthevisualarts]

My favorite anime still to this day 🥃

[@serbiantoehead1873]

Same here

[@tiffanymcneal3307]

Why is this song not on Spotify with her singing it??? But that soul in her voice....I love it!

[@marcelitu06]

Actually, it's on Spotify

[@MrLayton1990]

Been on there for a while now mate

[@priscilianaa]

This is the BEST ending music in history

[@lampilloestampillo4365]

Obviusly

[@Nicolas-je2hc]

this music is engraved in my heart and I will never forget this final scene

[@chezamoonangelaiemma497]

This bring me back to my childhood at 12 back 1999, and staying up for Toonami on Cartoon Network. Wow this song has been my favorite for years and all emotions. Life is not easy but we make it and " not carry all that weight" alone.

[@user-js4xt1pe7e]

ぐぉぉ、しっぶぅぅ😭 浪人して疲れ切った身体に染みてたの思い出した。

[@rhelerinnon5553]

Happy Birthday, Steven Blum!

[@budsyremo]

Can't get enough of this song . Just incredible . So much Nostalgia , sadness , love and hopelessness .

[@br1cksniper]

Just finished watching the final episode... was speechless for a few minutes and then it hit me... Bang!

[@Curse_of_the_moon]

How long do i have to live until I’m healed… God. Damn. It.

[@mookiestewart3776]

It’s a big part of the story a lot of people don’t pick up on. How each character is trying to work through the trauma they have experienced long before we ever met them

[@GAAATSSS]

Whenever i listen this song i start crying. This song remind me something i had lost...

[@jerrieyum]

One of my favorite songs of all time! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🔥🔥👍🏾👏🏾

[@jazz3911]

When I was a kid I thought this and Samurai Champloo were crazy boring, I know, I had shit taste but now as an adult I'm able to appreciate their value.

[@alexanderson4497]

The weight of life and experience will bring you back home.

[@Cuppamilky]

Go back and watch Scryed too they were out around the same time on adult swim and trigun! Will change your life guarantee it

[@jazz3911]

@@Cuppamilky I actually did watch and enjoy those so i guess my taste wasn't totally shit though i don't really remember the end to Trigun so i guess I'll rewatch that

[@Cuppamilky]

jazz3911 definitely a top tier anime from start to finish .

[@youngnrestlessrecordz9905]

they were kinda boring tho lol just had to grow on you

[@socalsteve5460]

Never knew the lyrics until now. Makes it even better than I could have imagined.

[@antislutful]

There are so few anime like this nowadays. I hope they adapt this to a movie. Not a movie where they focus so much on the visuals but the actual nuance of the character and the philosophy of the story.

[@joshuagonzalez3880]

That opening sequence is a wave of nostalgia.

[@girlcrazyrockstar]

This is one.of those songs.that I put headphones in and I just play it and release myself to the song You know what I'm sayin

[@j_o6106]

The most precious song of my life.

[@mikehunt3436]

Somebody cry for me with dray eyes is a twisted lyric. Ir can mean someone who has cried so much they have no more tears or someone who is faking a cry or someone who is sarcastically crying.

[@corwinweber693]

Nice. Thanks for the translation. It's the most complete English version of this I've seen.

[@Terrell070]

Excellent song, great to hear the full version. I love Cowboy Bebop.

[@surarin01]

マジでビバップの歌だな…こりゃ。姉御凄いわ… このパワーを酒場で歌われてヤジを飛ばす客も現れないだろうぜ…酒を飲む手も止まるかもな。

[@budsyremo]

Samurai champloo and cowboy bebop, or should I say Japanese music in general , their meaning is really deep . I mean this is pure poetry.

[@Mistyde]

Yes, japanese musics are very strong in therm of message between the lyrics

[@ArvianMilzaanugerah]

Samurai champloo,cowboy bebop,megalo box,gangsta its younkou

[@lostsurferjames5]

To be fair a lot of music is deep, the Japanese don't hold the rights to creative writing. Just look around deeper than the radio and there's plenty to find.

[@shogunotaku]

Poetry in motion !

[@RoboJean1994]

You might be a Shinichiro Watanabe fan in general then. Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop are both made by him

[@jamesb1856]

This song is haunting

[@rafaeltrevino1438]

I must have been 8 or 9 when I discovered this show and I've loved it ever since. The music has never left me either! Such a beautiful piece of art.

[@yanyan9055]

心に滲みる…ヤニの匂いと共に

[@user-KnightTaisaS]

当時、初めて聴いた時に、一発で惚れた曲です❗

[@realkingofantarctica]

Cowboy Bebop is one of the only shows that I can truly consider "an experience." And not in the overused way most people use that word.

[@noveltycrusade]

I've never seen cowboy bebop and still have enjoyed this song for 15 years. This is the first time that I've read the translation. Yoko Kanno is a fucking genius

[@lauchsuppedeluxelauchsuppe1803]

it gets better once you watch it

[@dudeguy8686]

Just think of Cowboy Bebop as an extended Yoko Kanno music video. It's not, but close enough

[@itsmefm]

I remember the opening to Cowboy Bebop because, when I was a kid whenever it came on I knew it was bedtime. So I never actually sat down and went through an entire episode of the show before today. I decided a long time ago I wouldn't watch CB due to being majorly spoiled a few years ago. Today I decided I would watch the first two episodes and I got to the end of episode 1 and heard this and it was instant nostalgia, except I never heard this before. It has this haunting sound that reminds me of those nights where I did stay up to watch other shows like Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho on Adult Swim. I love this.

[@teyo8618]

This song should be known worldwide, such an amazing music.

[@vurbad]

Fuck me, what a fantastic bass line.

[@theblackswordsman4501]

1:52 One of the central messages in this anime, also the point that was made in the story with the tiger striped cat

[@jML18222]

brings a tear to my eyes every time

[@ashamya6099]

途中に出てくるアインとエドが癒し。

[@user-pr8ms7xs4p]

このハスキーボイスが最高なんです カウボーイビバップの世界観に しっかりマッチしているし 最終回を観た後に、劇場版を観た後に じっくりこの曲を聴いてみてください しみじみと、静かに涙が溢れてきます 本当に最高にクールでかっこいい 素晴らしいアニメでした アニメ史に残る本物の名作です…

[@chivfuri-kuri9463]

From Russia with Love!!!))

[@sunsetwave1033]

Claro, basicamente es eso...

[@Brother_Aniki]

You're allowed to dislike anime. Hell, you're entitled to dislike Cowboy Bebop. (your opinion is shit, but you're entitled to it.) But you cannot sit there and in good faith say that this series wasn't an actual, literal 10/10. This is the height of it's art form, and is genuinely one of the highest forms of art humans have produced. *_YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT..._*

[@bigboss-cg5es]

Those who dislike anime just for the sake of it, are missing out on a lot of stuff. I mean yeah 80% of anime is garbage, but gems like this do exists and are 100 times better than hollywood.

[@abeke5523]

You just contradicted your first couple sentences lol

[@Mureirza]

the whole point of valuing other opinions is to not dismiss the validity of having their perspective even if u disagree

[@Brother_Aniki]

@@Mureirza I may disagree with your opinions but I'll defend to the death your right to have shit taste. I'm mostly being cheeky, don't worry.

[@TheSenselt]

AGREED

[@DavidGraham221]

This song and this series will always hold a special place in my heart. ........Bang

[@tinpan5732]

色々とやってらんなくなった時に聴いてる。なんか自棄になれて好き

[@irudamian5544]

locomotion...el primer anime que vi con un final que no me dejo dormir y me dio una perspectiva diferente a la vida

[@themisterblasterchannel]

Fue un verdadero antes y después, luego de cowboy bebop no hubo nada igual ni tampoco nada mejor como ese canal que milagrosamente existió en el tiempo correcto,see you space cowboy

[@jeromebryantjr.3602]

This song got me after the ending of Cowboy bebop. I knew when the star light faded that it meant Spike died.

[@MedioPlague]

Jerome Bryant Jr. Honestly I’m glad he died, I’m not saying that I hate Spike. I just think that this shows not all animes have to have like 20 seasons to have a good ending.

[@vicious6574]

Are you sure it was his death and not the death of vicious? Watanabe never confirmed spikes death

[@jeromebryantjr.3602]

Vicious said he was the only one who could kill Spike. So I mean yeah. Besides Vicious wouldn't have light in him.

[@youraveragegamer8832]

@@jeromebryantjr.3602 The ending is however you interpret it. It can be pretty much anything within reason

[@gantabyachannel8480]

Jerome Bryant Jr. watanabe said in an interview once that spike's future was for us to tell we could think whatever we wanted to that's why "you will carry that weight"

[@christianperez559]

This song is so good that i can see myself jamming to it a hundred years from now

[@rosiemymelody]

i've been listening to this all the time for 3 years, but today, these lyrics talk to me like it never did

[@vladimirvojtaml]

Ending of this show hits really hard.

[@Lunar4]

I miss the days when i'd stay up late to catch this show in my room... hopefully not too loud so my parents wouldnt wake up. Adult Swim used to play the full outro back then. Nostalgia af...

[@ichiigo-chan]

cowboy bebop just leaves this big feeling of emptiness behind which strangely also feels very heavy. i think it's very rare for other series to make one feel things which this show does

[@heidirobine8515]

Best anime ever music, actors, humour and sadness.. 👌

[@DarioCosta-hn5yn]

My favorite anime and the best show I ever experienced in a personal way the music inspire so much so I become a musician Cowboy Bebop will be in my heart forever

[@peepodhumperdink4456]

I can watch this anime over and over. The characters are strong, funny, and well written. Christ, it’s been so long since I first saw it on Toonami and Midnight Run- id stay up late at night and watch this at 12 AM. I fucking love this anime

[@galzeran2191]

This song is so good. I just can't believe it.

[@TheJtl420]

I fall asleep to this! That's how deep that wound runs! Good night cowboy.

[@dakotaotero4245]

How this song embodies the emotion of longing for the abandonment of sorrow; to find some structure for solace; how from occupation, human relations, and the causal laws brings chaos and peace; how our dreams haunt us with love, despair, and tranquility. The enigma of hope, how it flows through us all, to where we either are strengthened by it or burdened by it. To see if we are living, or dreaming; caught by the inescapable beauty of perception, long through the infinite existence of all.

[@RyeRye071]

Is it weird that this song hit you right in the soul make you wanna shed a tear ......beautiful

[@Megidramon]

This song is absolute legend.

[@jamesharmonia9251]

I've only see the anime once some month ago. I already feel the nostalgia

[@jooj8206]

me too

[@laivo60s]

Started watching anime this year, watched Cowboy Bebop last month. And it is my eternal favorite.

[@commondreads5173]

Man, they all loved and cared for one another but wouldn’t say it in words

[@dannygomez6940]

Those title sessions tho... 🔥🔥🔥

[@johndouglass3691]

I used to fall asleep watching Toonami and would always wake up to this song playing at like2 or 3 am. I would be in that surreal hypnagogic state and it sounded amazing. I had this song stuck in my head for years and it is very strange when it is in a language you do not speak. The meaning of the song itself, however, has always been clear.

[@DisturbedShifty]

This is the first video I've seen on KZbin since watching Bebop on Adult Swim that has the Japanese words spelled out in English. Thank you for doing this.