Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance [Audio]

[@scribblingraven]

I listened to this song every single day I went to my paramedic clinicals... 20 years ago. It inspired me to be as tough as I needed to be. Someone's life depended on me walking towards with others fled from. Thrice will never know the lives they saved by making this song. I shared it with my class & it inspired a generation of paramedics in Wake County, NC. Now I'm a paramedic instructor at the same college I went to. I'm passing on the legacy that this song helped me live.

[@urahonky]

Keep on keeping on.

[@FlowersByTheDoor]

depressing but beautiful comment

[@stratacastor4720]

Hardcore mate, rock on with your bad self 💪😎👌

[@HeavenlyWindStudios]

No way that's awesome! I'm working on becoming an EMT myself in Wake County and wanna do the Internal Paramedic Program with WCEMS once I'm employed! Would be pretty cool to see ya if I ended up in your class lol

[@scribblingraven]

@@HeavenlyWindStudios I had the honor of teaching the IPP as an instructor when I was with Wake County EMS. I work fulltime at Wake Tech now, running my own medic program. The next one starts in January & will be WCEMS shift-work friendly. I'm pretty easy to find if you are interested in becoming a medic. I can provide you with information. I'm Raven.

[@michelledaffin]

Now 32 and still know every damn word to this song. Thank you, Thrice!🙏🏼

[@ratpack505]

32 too. we sang this song over and over.

[@marcoflores2688]

Yessss me too

[@Cynocehali]

Me too!! Listening at 4am

[@Cognitoman]

33

[@kibalysonom518]

Singing it right now 🤭🤭☺️☺️

[@juansolis1087]

Thrice helped me get through some of my darkest times. I struggled with addiction from the age of twelve, and these guys were like a lighthouse. Here I am now 38 years old and after 26 years in addiction I am 6 months clean. Thanks Thrice, continue to shine

[@briandegnan2502]

I'm happy for you. Earlier this year I got sober but now have relapsed. Thanks for inspiring me

[@arthuroliveira4326]

keep on going my friend! i'm very happy for you rn

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !!!!

[@dekotamaynard4220]

Hope all is well!! Your a very strong person, keep going!! One love!!

[@haizrocdrums6020]

❤️

[@TheElectricBuddha]

This is the most uplifting and beautiful song I've ever heard.

[@jeremytrzeciak590]

If u like these guys, check The Used, "taste of ink", "buried myself alive" and "a box of sharp objects"! Rock on 🤘

[@randomworldofmaryjane7810]

It's 2022, I'm now 36, and this song still hits me so deep. I listened to them in highschool. Just remembered this song and threw it on and I love it just the same.

[@dkrovo9133]

Instantly remember it and all the memories it brings back from that time period. And how do lyrics just come back after not hearing them for over ten plus years

[@billyturk8117]

Man I was just thinking the same thing. I was probably 15 when I first heard this song. 20 years later and i still get chills when I hear it.

[@davidruble7699]

Thrice is one of the most underrated bands from the 2000s..hell even the 2010s with their more recent albums were overlooked yet amazing..

[@heric_]

I remember that when this album came out they were so forward in time. At that time this style sounded so fresh. it was something that not everyone could get... then thousand of bands came out stealing it.

[@jfish1212]

I have said this for years. And they were amazing live

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !

[@Becausing]

Hope you got the good news about the re-recording! :)

[@BLAS214]

Yes very underlooked

[@SeanAlexander897]

My dad introduced this to me because he’s a paramedic. The lyrics are good, love this song. Glad I heard this when I did.

[@Willdreynolds870621]

2024? 34 year old that had a band and played similar and opened for this band. Anyone still here with the good music???

[@OGTPG]

Im 33 now and from malaysia still listening them

[@nix1654]

35 here and I still listen to all my old bands I grew up with. Thrice, Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, Taking Back Sunday, Deftones, Thursday. Music lives on forever.

[@bobwalz3502]

37 here, and still listening

[@Willdreynolds870621]

@@nix1654 deftones!!! Omg i thought I was the last living fan!!

[@MarionCarbonell]

@@Willdreynolds870621dude, Deftones are literally one of the most mainstream bands of all time, and they’ve become extremely popular again ever since their songs kept getting used on TikTok videos lol. They have more fans now than ever.

[@paulg6142]

I have epilepsy. I was listening to this song while I was in the break room at work. I had a seizure, cracked my head open on a counter and woke up in the back of an anbulance. My last memory of the entire ordeal was listening to this song and waking up in an ambulance. Ironic

[@domg7789]

I also have epilepsy and listening to this song rn lmao lets hope i dont have a seizure

[@paulg6142]

@@domg7789 I definitely hope not. 🙏

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. :)

[@heartsara]

I also have epilepsy! I was told to cover 1 eye when I see strobes.. Thrice has been my favorite band since high school and I wish they didn't have so many but I understand for production

[@jamesward8140]

I had an absence seizure whilst listening to this song - the irony was not lost on me 😅

[@j.d.buchanan4897]

The way the guitar lick is the ambulance siren... incredible

[@fadedsun303]

Whoa, I never thought of it that.

[@MrTexaszx2]

Didn't ever notice that

[@cheesesteak983]

Where

[@nickroberts9603]

@@cheesesteak983 1:13 - 1:20 And other spots where that's played in the song

[@mattwood07]

❣️💯❣️

[@justinmau3975]

Any of you listening to this in 2022 helps me realize real music isn't dead. Keep on rocking on my friends. Love y'all

[@phantombunny8324]

This song is amazing and completely underrated

[@magnitofon84]

Im with u guys

[@SHADOW-ke6xz]

The band is also.

[@davepike3194]

Considering this song was hella overplayed back when it came out. I don't think it's underrated. Time has just changed. This was THE thrice song. It's in video games.

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !!!!!!!!

[@Exodus2pt0]

Man, I haven't thought about Thrice in years. Listened to a song today where the voice brought Thrice to the front of my mind. I remember this song well. Reminds me of my ride in an ambulance after a motorcycle accident years ago. I used to listen to these guys all the time. Going to give it another go. Provlem is, whenever I go down this nostalgic music road, I end up in tears after these songs bring back memories I have will all my old friends who have since passed.

[@jrod1591]

My late godfather was in a car accident back in 2015 and was paralyzed. He was my dads best friend and also mine. This song makes me miss him so much, because he was a beacon of positive energy and I hope I’m making him proud.

[@surfstarcc1]

This was the first song I ever heard from Thrice!!! 🤘

[@cecilecavallaro4924]

I remember the whole crowd singing along with the beginning. It gave me shivers and felt incredible. Still amazing in 2020.

[@SurferSandman]

Probably one of my favorite songs of all time

[@SurferSandman]

Still one of the best songs ever.

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AydenHaggarty-vc1hg]

This band has that soft, Christian rock appeal but the truth is, back in the day everyone loved Thrice. All the kids you knew in junior high knew the lyrics to Stare at the Sun, the mosh pit at the only Thrice show I went to was absolutely insane. People went hard for this band and I get why, they were a great, great band.

[@AbstractHaha]

2020 and hearing this song still brings back some of the best memories in High School!

[@smitty9054]

I agree, sucks at the same time , realizing how much you age after 30 years! Be safe!

[@Az56818]

I was already out when this came out

[@thomasmorris7541]

This whole album just brings me back to skating and snowboarding through high school. A full kick of nostalgia like an adrenaline shot to the heart.

[@nathandavidson5805]

2021

[@briango]

FUCK YES!!!

[@emeraldprincess8123]

They just don't write albums like this anymore. What a time to be alive! Timeless.

[@cmant2024]

The band so nice, they named it 'Thrice'

[@thaisadeodato8416]

This drummer is amazing!

[@xXUpFromFlamesJC]

cant beileve this came out in 2003, so ahead of its time.... i hope we're remembered

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@andrewjarvis1694]

I'm an older guy. Played in bands for many years, taught guitar lessons and heard this song and it really grabbed me. So glad to hear real people play real music. There's hope

[@Casosecsasos]

I'm remembering my favorite PlayStation 2 game MTX MOTOTRAX and it had this song and it was my favorite.

[@agustinserrano3727]

I heard this song the first time when i was playing driven to destruction what a masterpiece i still have it on my ps3 but my console is old but I'll fix it soon

[@senororlando2]

Test drive: Eve of destruction on ps2 for me

[@Casosecsasos]

@@agustinserrano3727 I've never heard of this game, but it looks good.

[@Casosecsasos]

@@senororlando2 In other words, both games have good musical taste.

[@darthdarius7319]

[Intro] Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel My world goes black before I feel an angel lift me up And I open bloodshot eyes into fluorescent white They flip the siren, hit the lights Close the doors and I am gone [Verse 1] Now I lay here owing my life to a stranger And I realize that empty words are not enough I'm left here with the question of just What have I to show except The promises I never kept? I lie here shaking on this bed Under the weight of my regrets [Chorus] I hope that I will never let you down I know that this can be more than just Flashing lights and sound [Verse 2] Look around and you'll see that at times It feels like no one really cares It gets me down but I'm still gonna try to do what's right I know that there's A difference between sleight of hand And giving everything you have There's a line drawn in the sand I'm working up the will to cross it [Chorus] I hope that I will never let you down I know that this can be more than just Flashing lights and sound [Bridge] Rhetoric can't raise the dead I'm sick of always talking when there's no change Rhetoric can't raise the dead I'm sick of empty words, let's lead and not follow Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel My world goes black before I feel an angel steal me from the Greedy jaws of death and chance and Pull me in with steady hands They've given me a second chance The artist in the ambulance [Outro] I hope that I will never let you down I know that this can be more than just Flashing lights and sound Can we pick you off the ground? More than flashing lights and sound

[@oceanmew]

These are legit really really well written lyrics If only I could understand the vocalist better huhu

[@FaceFaceMan]

The best lyric write up. Godbless you stranger.

[@fanihi]

Thank you for this

[@FA0LAN66]

Wow! Thx!

[@JoeShowers]

Been listening to Thrice for over 15 years, and these words are as true and relevant as they ever were.

[@jonahsmith4501]

As an emt, this song really slaps sometimes. 🤘

[@inalingthedead]

Thank you for all your hard work 😃

[@DevPatel-if2jj]

thanks for your work bro, y'all are something else

[@thomaslathrop4778]

@@kurtlamprecht93 you kinda have to work hard as an emt or ur not gonna keep the job 😂😂

[@glasswolfgaming]

@@kurtlamprecht93 can I judge your life sometime? Seems like its fun for you so it should be fun for everyone else reading this thread. What's your occupation

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !!!!!!!!!!

[@joerainah9360]

Came across this tune on Instagram and now here I am. Lovely stuff, especially the intro!

[@Skodoodum]

The song that got me hooked in thrice.

[@leaflock7462]

This entire album is legendary.

[@xdswagmasterxd4870]

same awesome song in MTX mototrax the old days when i used my PSP (i still do actually)

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Dreezie]

Vivid memories of being like 11 and playing Test Drive Eve of Destruction are flooding back to me

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

Finally, someone else in the comments who remembers that game lol

[@levipayne801]

​@@Eye_Of_Odin978 me three

[@senororlando2]

Buh-kwawk gang

[@MrOrchidion]

Still using this song to help manage my..energetic days. Thanks

[@samblack5313]

One of the very few songs that never fails to bring a tear to my eye. It was my biggest fear to let those around me down.

[@lucasporter1800]

Where da views at. This song is awesome

[@iwatchvideos297]

My respect.

[@bitcoinbeast]

How did I miss this? Love it

[@maryvoneye1491]

Such an amazing song. I came across it randomly and remembered every single word.

[@JeffA-p9v]

In high school I listened to thrice everyday, this band got me through a lot of tough times. Almost 20 years later it’s till just as good 🙏🏽

[@jacobestrada7115]

I remember back in 2004 I was living in Franklin Tennessee I was into partying. Had a overdose I thank that cop for rescuing me. By pushing on my chest and the paramedics for rushing me to the hospital and the doctors rescuing me not to die. So this song reminds me of getting a second chance in life

[@overfrozen1]

Thrice's music is God tier. All of their songs have such amazing lyrics. Its all meaningful in one way or another. Alot of their catalog gives me goosebumps every time.

[@bigsadmcgee61]

Test drive eve of destruction brought me to this amazing song and album

[@weepo2651]

For real same played that game in 2004 or 05 and this song always left me in a great mood

[@DudeMcGuybro]

Yes, that game easily has one of the best soundtracks of all time. Every song is a banger.

[@agustinserrano3727]

I still play that game from time to time on my ps3 :)

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !.!.!.!.

[@senororlando2]

only OG’s know how to launch out of the Home battle course and dick around out of bounds

[@lorenzocarloni5992]

So underrated band. I saw them in Bologna, last October. They gave us a Great Show and Performance. Love It!

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@sly11benal7]

This entire album is perfect! Thank you Thrice!

[@giuseppepratola5749]

The voice of dustin in this album hits me in the gut like years ago!!!! I just can't stop listening them

[@Dudewithnoface1]

One of the best intros of all-time. This was a banger when it came out and is just as good today as it was the first time I heard this. Beautiful song 🫶

[@patrickrindy2019]

Brings back great memories from High school and a time when music was incredible. Epic song that will never get old. Thank you Thrice!

[@ohhJavier]

My sister and I would always listen to this song when were kids. One of my favorites from Thrice

[@stephenstathis4]

I get tired of people going “oh I used to listen to this in high school” Why not listen to it now? Who set the norm for what kind of music you listen to as an adult? No one. You’re just following a norm that you have no idea where it came from and you’re just doing what everyone else is doing. So shut up and listen to good music, like this.

[@pixiemeats]

2 years later and i still stand for the comment

[@griffithjohnson8409]

Such an awesome song in a wonderful era of music.

[@jeffavila5922]

Tonight I walked into a bar and this song was playing. Reminded me the first time I heard it in high school, I left went home and listened to the whole album. Love you thrice 💙

[@LiesThatBind]

The lead guitar in this song steals the spotlight

[@plebplane5037]

The lead part of the song is super hard

[@shaunbang]

Not once. Not twice. But THRICE! 😉

[@Aenygma_]

This album is a goddamn masterpiece.

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@vr6prodigy]

I'm coming back year after year, everytime something bad happens I come back here. A few days ago I got diagnosed with melanoma. And I'm at the in-between stages before I find out how bad it is. This song, I sit here and I listen, hope an angel will steer me away from the jaws of death and chance.

[@Dragonlochd0815]

One of the best songs ever.

[@Hthurr]

This song reminds me of when life was so simple and good. I miss those days.

[@cvbattum]

It's amazing that twenty years later, they only got better... They never lost the magic of this sound and subtly improved in every aspect with each album.

[@jakoblarson4714]

Tired to take my life in a car crash a few weeks ago.. this song was always my favorite but just means that much more now.. thankful for the strangers that night..

[@brentonm2640]

Thrice was/is amazing. Thank you Lee Richardson for introducing me to what is now one of my favorite albums sir!

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@athenamartin3442]

I heard this song while shopping at CEX as a teen, asked the assistant what the song was. Now listening to it, I feel like the angel who is giving him a second chance is a paramedic trying to save him ❤️

[@rickcarter3481]

2022 still hits just as hard as it did in school, glad to have lived through the rise, fall, and rebirth of the best sub genre of music out there

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@nothertreeinbox]

That kick is so clean

[@SH4DOW-L0VEL]

im 16 and i wish that i was a teenager in the early 2000s it hurts so much not finding someone like u this generation is bunch of posers and wannabes and it hurts i always loved these type of music ever since i was 6 i'd steal my brothers ipod to listen to these type of music omg

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@SH4DOW-L0VEL]

@@beezybeez5971 thank u for suggesting it, i really liked it

[@beezybeez5971]

@@SH4DOW-L0VEL thx for listening 🙏🤘

[@bigga5406]

Don’t sweat, Thrice is touring this album for their 20th anniversary. Hope you are able to attend one of them. They’ll be here in Tempe, AZ this year 2023 🤘🏻

[@irishguy9187]

Such a damn good song full of so many memories

[@theodorevegh6030]

"Thrice" rocks. And rocks. And rocks. - TAV

[@justinmau3975]

Music keeps me going

[@thrice2565]

Same man we gotta

[@bradspeerbmx2571]

I have frontal focal epilepsy (seizures) and this song always pops into my head when I’m in an ambulance after a seizure😖 thrice is one of my favorite under rated bands and this is just an overall masterpiece lost in time, that didn’t receive the credit it deserves☹️

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@jamesward8140]

Lots of fellow epileptics in the comments, hope the seizures are better controlled now mate

[@BrutalBradVr]

The seizures have been controlled after I stopped all meds and resorted to medical cannabis for a few years. Now I’m in the process of joining the United States Marine corps and plan on leaving this fall! Oohrah!!

[@jamesward8140]

@@BrutalBradVr wow I didn't know you could join the armed forces with epilepsy!

[@BrutalBradVr]

@@jamesward8140 if it’s been 5 years or more unmedicated without any seizures you can join! Still a bit of a process with medical

[@kimberleethomas8010]

This song never gets old and hits every time 🤍

[@iamdanzach2652]

Song changed my life

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

Test Drive Eve of Destruction 🐐

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@BlackWidowMac]

THANK YOU

[@carlo7849]

Damn...don't know how I forgot about this one.

[@84jdgregory]

Sound doesn't get better than this!

[@frostzx855]

I'm from Brazil and I listened to this song all my childhood with my friend that I don't have contact with anymore on a PS2 game I finally found the song and the tears don't stop.

[@frankperez6325]

Pain

[@braydonmackinnon5359]

MTX Mototrax...

[@C47662]

Thrice will always be my all time favorite band. I love you guys. ❤

[@MinxJoker2004]

Brings me back to my emo middle school yearss !! Now I’m 17 lol

[@ZenoAkame]

Brings me back to elementary school haha im 25 now

[@MarcusNash-hd2ud]

Dude it's great song I Love It

[@ChrisWadsager]

the best song I've ever heard

[@joshuaallred2171]

It sounds kinda sappy but I discovered this song a few years ago, after I was involved in an accident and was left in a coma for over a week. And it's one of the only songs that helps me deal with the trauma I went through.

[@justinls13]

Still have the CD 15 years later

[@macfin4862]

This song still goes so hard

[@JaredFlett-vq2me]

Anyone listening in 2024

[@JanPlzr]

this song followed my whole childhood with the ps2 game driven to destruction. as a german i never understood a single word but now im so thankful for my ps2 still working and coming to the idea then to research about this song and his artist

[@StephenWilliams-ro5uj]

Now I feel old

[@jacobestrada7115]

Yes

[@Justin_Bellitti]

Absolutely

[@Mrtokito.]

Yes I’m 14 btw this is my favourite song

[@Hemoplaguer]

I love this song.

[@novastar2486]

Still my go to answer when someone asks me what my favourite album ever is. Answer has been unchanged since I was 17, didn't expect that. 34 now, not that i don't have new favourites, but very few, if any, have struck the same chords as this album did way back when, and continues to do so till this day.

[@lssf6245]

Can I find the album online???

[@novastar2486]

@@lssf6245 The Thrice Merch store or most any other place you buy or listen to music? Spotify/iTunes/KZbin

[@beezybeez4207]

my first time hearing it !!! Love this new discovery…reminds me a lot of the band SLT. !!!!!!!!!!!

[@braydoncarter2954]

love this song!

[@SkyfallOficial]

Test Drive Eve of Destruction!

[@soflojae]

this song popped up on my pandora the other day…. forgot how much i love this band and this song ❤️

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@daltonmurphy5268]

Can we just talk about the bands musical evolution like they still make hard stuff like rock wise but then they have beautiful tracks like beyond the pines and hurricane they have really come into excellent musicians I only discovered them a year or two ago but I love all their music

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@facgce960]

Will forever be in love with this song!

[@LindseyRusin-ld3tb]

Good song ❤

[@NectisOW]

Hearing all you adults talkin bout how Thrice helped you get through hard times, im only 17, but i can relate, these guys help a lot.

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@4zoil]

Dedicated to my dad who got pushed off a 3 story building and died for 6 minutes a woke up in the ambulance to this song playing in his head.

[@warcrimescostextra3992]

Their names were Smith and Tarasovich. They saved my life, and I'll never forget them.

[@unsupervisedarts5109]

2024 gang 🎉

[@luiscoronel4363]

When this song comes on, I think of my brother he a first responder. So dang proud of him

[@erickhuntsman240]

Hello darkness my old friend, It's me again just wanna say I don't wanna live today But it's okay That's what I always say. "I'll be okay" There's nothing worse than being strapped to a gearny thinking about fighting the EMTs knowing you have no choice. If you're struggling don't speak.SCREAM! "I NEED HELP!" as a young child I never thought I'd live to experience the day that I'd become the greatest threat to my own well being. All my foes have since moved on yet I still feel the thrash of the whip cracking down on me. I live moment to moment and day to day "I'm fine, I always have been and always will be" a phrase that kept me alive through a torturous decade of severe and undiagnosed PTSD that would almost cost me my life 3 times within 2 years. I'll survive, if only out of spite for those who said I'd never make it but this song along with OCEANA-BIRTHEATER(THE ALBUM) kept my feet shuffling through all those terrifying multiday black outs as a kid. Nothing short of gospel.

[@DrįppÿKīd0810]

Let’s go this is one of my favourite songs in the world after stare at the sun. This is my favourite band I love you❤

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@tanjimpranto6545]

the song is amazingly intense

[@thedead3530]

they are amazing

[@androusqc3025]

love you thrice !!!!! you guys rock

[@dorianmanrriquez8931]

This song is an absolute banger just thought you all should know

[@beezybeez5971]

This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺 🎶 🎸 🔥

[@XxDrag0nslayerZ]

I first discovered this gem when I was a wee lad playing test drive: eve of destruction on the ps2. I cant be the only one...

[@urielgarciarodriguez7495]

Is someone hearing this in 2022? I remember when I was a kid and it was the best