Vampire Empire - Big Thief

[@ashskelington6540]

God I love when songs have that surprising high pitched breathy note it’s so comforting and raw

[@Natureenthusiast333]

Psst, you might like big thief's other song 'change' it's really calming and has the breathy notes your talking about

[@scenesluttt]

Right

[@Remx373]

you might like A LOT pretty much every songs from the album songs by Adrianne Lenker (Big thief's singer). i recommend especially zombie girl, come and not a lot, just forever (And if you can, i recommend to listen to the whole album)

[@WaitingforshirtsAltermay]

I agree with this comment yes yes…. Yes yes 🤓☝🏽

[@peckmech]

You should check out cats millionaire and black squares

[@mushroomsangels3668]

oh to be a rotting corpse in an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods with this song somehow playing over and over from a faulty old radio

[@shansmx]

yes

[@thatdudesawyer4262]

The walking dead vibes

[@michellemcleod6945]

what.

[@pooodonklooopdoop5672]

What the…

[@asuspiciouslyefficientmito8338]

This is so Ethel Cain vibes.

[@Str4wB3rry_J4ms]

"You spin me all around and then you ask me not to spin" is when they turn you into someone you hate and hate who they turned you into

[@vaniiarojas4812]

My father be like...

[@Spy_cr4b]

​@@vaniiarojas4812 real

[@Amjoking23]

I feel like this from one of my ex's but I'm healing ❤

[@JaidaHood-ue1kh]

to me, it’s like they give mixed signals, like you want love from me but then you don’t? i can’t take all the damn spinning then stopping cs it’s making me dizzy asf

[@theoneandonly926]

I love how this song chooses to say “we’re nothing with the pills” instead of the opposite, because this suggests our narrator is acutely aware of her possibilities and potential when sober, but is compelled to continue using because of the little highs that come when she uses. This is a microcosm of her relationship to a partner who she feels she is bound to despite their abusive relationship. “I’m the fish and she’s my gills” implies a relationship that is infinitely co dependent, which is horrible considering the following revelation of emotional abuse and manipulation. I really like this song btw

[@AliHussain-ns8hr]

Analysis ate

[@spjira]

i really like you btw

[@toliczka9]

this is all so spot on what the hell, congrats man.

[@ontheoffbeat012]

probably the best youtube comment I've seen ever

[@CalinJohnson-jh7oh]

Love this analysis ❤

[@JorieTheStar]

"I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read" UGHHHHH SO GOOD

[@GloryPlath]

Me because I've read: Girl in pieces, Virgin Suicides,The way I used to be,Speak, You'd be home now,If he had been with me ,The bell jar 😭

[@owl2944]

@@GloryPlath what can i say except im sorry

[@shoot8141]

the perfect poetic and verbal form of emotionally abusive / toxic relationships. Applying this song to my life just makes me realise and hold an understanding of all the fucked up shit I've felt / witnessed. I adore it.

[@margaritasanteporcos]

I think it is also more than this. It describes the everything that happens in any kind of relationship, humans are chaos, disorder finding life in the search of meaning and multiple meanings themselves.

[@Dead00017]

What's this song about??

[@dcjcphone6636]

????m😂😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielle69420]

this version will always be better than the spotify version idc. its sm more raw and emotional, i'll love this version forever

[@Iloveu2boo]

Me too

[@evie3997]

they actually took almost all the emotion and it ruined it for me

[@CaddyProd]

WHATTTTTT, no way bro, the new one is so much rawer, the vocals being so isolated feels like a panic attack, this version is cool but it sounds like a demo

[@kevinkempt]

@@CaddyProd i dont like the lyric changes in the official one to be honest

[@gijinkabug]

@@CaddyProd it sounds like a demo because it is one . and its still fucking better then the spotify ver.

[@ConnerzPalace]

Forever listening to this version amen

[@kaytamurray]

Lmaoo

[@lorraineentes3145]

Amen🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Khloeeerrr]

Fr

[@stormyco]

Unrelated, love to see a fellow Sam gladiator fan in the year 2023

[@dertegh]

the released version is just as good💀

[@Alliasvoiceacting]

this song makes me feel so empty and hollow but full and filled at the same time. it sounds like pure pain and emotion, because the voice is coming from the gut.

[@ashlynxlover4425]

I wanted to be your women. I wanted to be your man. I wanted to be the one that you could understand.

[@Chryzalizz]

real

[@neil5694]

fire ass line man

[@severelyconfused1489]

me imagining the most gutwrenching, bloodcurdling, heartbreaking animatics with my ocs that fits this song perfectly

[@mckinleygirl98]

REAL

[@mangosteen177]

Tell me, pls

[@Number1MikaFan]

this is so real

[@somethingsunnyyy]

one of the things i love so much about this song is that it can be taken to so many perspectives. there can be people that take it as relationships, parental issues, expectations, etc

[@carlgrimes9025]

This song is all I can listen to. It's been on loop for days 😭

[@websmads]

I LOVE YOUR USERNAME AND PFP 🤩

[@carlgrimes9025]

​@@websmads THANK YOU

[@aykoui]

same

[@unsicher-ce8ud]

CORALLL

[@UZYTYS_BACKUP]

CORAL!?!

[@iwachan2581]

[Verse 1] Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead I'm not quiet, you've been quiet, just receiving what you said Reeling feeding feeling filled by everything you fed I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read Overwhelmed with guilt and realising the disease [Chorus] You give me chills I've had it with the drills I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills I am empty 'til she fills Alive until she kills In her vampire empire, I'm the fish and she's my gills [Post-Chorus] Falling, yeah Falling, yeah [Verse 2] I see you there rejecting all your earthly power Protecting and dissecting 'til you've emptied every hour We jumped into the pond and then come under the shower We lay upon my pillow and you open like a flower I wanted to see you naked, I wanted to hear you scream I wanted to kiss your skin and your everything I wanted to be your woman, I wanted to be your man I wanted to be the one that you could understand [Chorus] You give me chills I've had it with the drills I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills I am empty 'til she fills Alive until she kills I’m her vampire empire, I'm the fish and she's my gills [Post-Chorus] Falling, yeah Falling, yeah [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] I walked into your dagger for the last time in a row It's like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow Well, you can't seem to hold me here, you can't seem to let me go So I can't find surrender, can't keep control You turn me inside out and then you want me outside in You spin me all around and then you ask me not to spin You say you want to be alone and then you want children You wanna be with me, you wanna be with him [Chorus] You give me chills I've had it with the drills I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills I am empty 'til she fills Alive until she kills In her vampire empire, I'm the fish and she's my gills [Post-Chorus] Falling, yeah Falling, yeah Falling, yeah Falling, yeah [scream]

[@xei4547]

I apologize for the person i become once this drops on Spotify

[@eloisearthrell2832]

19th July!!

[@mushroom7082]

@xei4547 it’s on Spotify as a podcast

[@emmamonarrez9518]

TOMORROW

[@haydenferris3465]

@@emmamonarrez9518WHEWWWW🥳

[@WompWomperson]

It's there now but it sounds so much worse...

[@annabelleharper1893]

i saw this live and screamed and cried. this was probably the last time me and my ex girlfriend were happy together in a way. i love this song with my whole heart and it holds so much for me

[@crustyboogers]

this song makes me feel like being lost is where i'm supposed to be and it's been such a comfort lately

[@_m3di_]

I’ve watched this 17 times in the last 3 days, this song makes me wanna rip my bones out in a good way

[@edsterpretzel]

that’s the name of my playlist!!!

[@_m3di_]

@@edsterpretzel EYY THATS AWESOME!

[@ST4RG4ZER-n3f]

SAME 😭

[@witimesh]

6.33-4 times a day is real

[@Andyyy6]

this song has me rocking back and fourth in a fetal position

[@sick_bed]

Same

[@daxypoo-gp4hz]

I met a girl and her name was sam. She was the most perfect thing I’ve ever met. She understood my humor, my train of thought, my love for poetry, everything. She was perfect and I loved her and she loved me. We broke up almost 2 years ago and I still love her. I dont know if I’ll ever get over her but I know I’ll always love her because I’ve never loved anyone like that before.

[@AZ-ql6nz]

I too had a sam. although different nane, I completely feel the same way. and I know I don't ever cross her mind yet she lives rent free in mine and I'm ok with that unfortunately

[@archivdchannnel]

@@AZ-ql6nz same

[@izzyornquist5084]

I feel bad for liking this version so much more then the released version but I literally can’t stand the new one

[@gijinkabug]

it fucking sucks , dont feel bad . it sounds like shit . big thief is no longer my favorite band tbh

[@Rancidd_Meat]

Don’t feel bad I can’t stand the official release either😭

[@hannahmargaret5773]

the note change

[@jomo4680]

I like how angry she sounds in the new one, but this one just flows a lot better with the lyrics and the flute

[@devyn762]

I am so sad the official release is so different than this

[@rougesilver]

Honestly both versions of the song are amazing, but the one line leads to two different stories, this version were she dosent escape and sings very dully as she accepts her complacency while in the official release she is much more angry and emotional as she realizes how awful this relationship is and finally walked into her dagger for the last time and escaped

[@Thats.me_422]

2:18 this moment will change you your welcome (luv this song so much)

[@mia3-x2q]

TYSMMMMMM

[@Staresinautistic]

this song is the music embodiment of my mommy issues and I’ve been sitting here sobbing to this song for the last three hours.

[@dani-jv1ns]

SAME!!! i can only think of my mom with this song 😄

[@vaniiarojas4812]

Same thing here but with my dad :')

[@ath0lbr0se]

I honestly like the official release but removing the flute, 'for the last time in a row' AND the fish/gills line is criminal. It's her art, she can do what she pleases with it. But no one is a lesser fan for disliking ONE song.

[@aellawest2699]

THE LAST PART IS SO TRUEEE!! And also we’d probably have all loved it if she didn’t sing the demo first Wait edit THR FORST PART IS TRUE TOO I JUST DIDNT WANT TO COMMENT ON IT

[@blissful.doodlez6209]

Last part is so true, I'm sick of ppl pretending u have to love every choice a artist does with their music or personal life or ur not a "true fan" look at the ari stans defending cheating just so they can be considered real fans, is it ever that deep 😭😭

[@six9058]

YEAH THE FLUTE BRO

[@sneakupandhitya]

the "last time in a row" being removed makes me CRAZYYY. without it the dagger lyric feels so out of place and awkward

[@leeannlovescats]

@@sneakupandhityaThe “last time in a row” states it will happen/ happened before, without it states it won’t happen again

[@mollycook6031]

I love how music like this makes me feel. It's probably not healthy but I just chase this soul crushing feeling I get from things like this. I'm obsessed

[@mynameisntemma167]

I know it ….. the first time I heard it I became manic and then so sad and then empty and then manic again. how it sounds is so horrifying and sad and beautiful and i never thought I would be so GAY for a song god this makes me feel so. weird.

[@max73916]

i dont find this particularly soul crushing compared to like screamo

[@aaronismanly3733]

A bit literal, but I'm picturing a vampire depending on their old, emaciated lover for blood but trying to keep them alive because of how much their mortal lover means to them. And then their lover, nearly a corpse at this point, opening the window and jumping out of the window so they don't have to play this game anymore. Dependent and miserable for both people involved. The vampire joins them last second, burning up in the light of the sun as they plummet.

[@zyndetta]

This speaks to me on a different level.

[@Chryzalizz]

mfw i see y’all guys coming back after the official release

[@lorraineentes3145]

Demo ver better:(((

[@accardilover187]

i js wanna say i love ur pfp

[@GoodElissabat]

💀

[@Khloeeerrr]

The demo is js better…

[@elenaekinai3598]

Demo is so much better

[@laughingpanda4395]

"im nothing you are nothing we are nothing with the pills" hits so hard

[@F.L.A.R.E]

1:34

[@rocketxd6795]

I've listed this over and over on repeat. It gets better every single time.

[@WaitingforshirtsAltermay]

“I wanted to be your woman I wanted to be your man I wanted to be the one that you could understand” hit hard like bricks

[@r4v3nzcr0ws]

ive cries to this on loop for 20 minutes

[@LandLand7228]

I used to listen to this at a very quiet, lonely and cold time of life. Figuratively and literally. I used to listen to this on repeat in Jan after a horrible experience with family. I met my now ex and she was the kindest and sweetest young woman I knew at the time. My grandfather passed around this time after I had left home for a homeless shelter. I wish I were able to cry and go back to the people of my past but they've all left me (which I don't blame them for) I am now back in bad habits. I drink frequently and get high. Hell I'm almost alone again as I am not able to vent to any of my friends or family and am actively using a yt comment.

[@ashgallego7780]

i hope your good man

[@I-hope-ur-okay-ml]

Hey I promise life gets better. I just went through some tough times and almost ended it. It gets better and I hope that a light enters your life soon. I’m rooting for you. I know it’s not easy but stick with it. ❤

[@neothelittlemoon1589]

Checking in, are you doing better now? :)

[@GerbestOfNerbs]

2:18 reminds me a lot of my relationship with my mother.

[@jayce.3220]

"Its like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow"

[@TR4SH.K1TTYYY]

"I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read Overwhelmed with guilt and realising the disease" I read all the time and this shit hits hard holy fuck.

[@on_satvrn]

Forever gonna listen to this version.

[@Gaywitch709]

Just a quick reminder, if you’ve been listening to this song, thinking about the same person for more than 2 months, it’s over. Let them go, and I’m sorry for what they’ve done to you

[@A_Random_Drummer]

Thank you.

[@AddieCat_Music_Official]

…….. Ha…….. Yeah…thanks..

[@Atlasisgay]

Yeah it hard when there your parents

[@Kyliee-r3m]

Ow

[@butterscotchbulldog8]

its been a year and a half

[@odettyspaghetti]

This is my first time listening to this song, it's so beautiful

[@rosiep7243]

I can’t stop listening to this on repeat

[@Thebest_aly]

Sometimes I listen to this while driving my dirt bike debating if I should drive into ongoing traffic and just take a quick swerve

[@dustinbustin]

if this song ever releases on spotify im gonna be so helpless

[@vampbytes_2117]

is there any news it will? been waiting MONTHS for this song ugh!

[@TigerLilyss]

​@@vampbytes_2117 they have hinted it will be released with an album they are creating! No date yet but it should be this year!

[@sleepyzzz2096]

july 19th !!

[@TigerLilyss]

@@sleepyzzz2096 OMG REALLY

[@izzys_cringey]

About that…

[@add11e]

This version is sm better. They removed the flute, some of the lyrics and ruined my favorite part in the released one😭

[@katwithak8252]

i love this song sm i cant wait until it's released

[@youthoughtthisisausernameb6713]

wlw situationships gonna be the death of me. because even with no words i will always be reminded that i can never give what a man gives, and i can always be replaced by one.

[@eddy5994]

literally my roman empire.

[@destroy2enjoy]

Me when I walk into her dagger for the last time in a row

[@lolabaum8109]

this song makes me feel so nauseous and upset but I love it sm

[@Sunny-pw8xd]

playing this on repeat for ever

[@AddieCat_Music_Official]

YASSS

[@maxeatsbugs]

the part at 2:19 makes me genuinely nauseous. its so gut wrenchingly sad. its just so sad it makes me genuinely sick to my stomach to hear it

[@FishVirus]

peashooter blunt

[@maxeatsbugs]

@@FishVirus peashooter blunt 😎

[@tobyclarkthomson8443]

The backdrop in this video truly adds to the listening experience

[@aylinitzel.]

I’ll never get over this song

[@Addgrace24]

"Do you think we're friends in every universe?" "60 seconds Percy" 😭

[@Livlovesmusic]

"Do you think we're friends in every universe?" "You're a size of the universe." (I THINK)

[@estherpeepeepoopoo]

DTOP IT 😭

[@laylawalker6122]

This song makes me feel something, not to sound corny but I haven’t felt something so genuine in months.

[@butterscotchbulldog8]

if someone puts a gun to my head and tells me to sing this entire song without messing up, I'll tell my family I'll be home in five

[@lemon-ue4hy]

this song is literally perfect.

[@azfallz]

being a child with bipolar parents that can go to being your best friend to telling you that they wish you were dead

[@admasq]

2:33 is what it feels like to have a mother that chose a man over her child

[@emobunny8890]

This sounds like one of those songs you would randomly find in Spotify back in 2014 if you happened to like indie/folk music

[@knifekisser]

the chokehold this song has on me is insane.

[@missrae222]

this song is such a gem omg

[@Wrath_of_the_bagel]

I swear no one is obsessed with this track like i am I listen to it every night I learned the cords despite not touching a instrument in years im currently animating to this song its in my every waking thought I randomly say the chorus mid sentence ugh i just love it so much

[@D1N0S4UR_R4WR]

Hearing this after a breakdown because your own mom is insecure about her self so she yells at you for her assuming something completely different from what was actually going on trying to get it through her head but she won’t listen instead she yells at you more making you cry and fuss then your voice starts cracking so you run up to your room then a few hours later you come back for your room and she acts like nothing just happened but you almost decided to end your life but she doesn’t know all the harm she’s done to you is just so great to hear this song💃🪩🕺

[@FiddleFern_]

2:17 This is literally how I've felt these past 2 weeks. My mom has made a friend at work, and that's fine, but it's gotten to the point where she doesn't come home until 2 in the morning. The summer is literally the only time i get to spend with her because she likes my little sister more than me. I'm so tired of being the second choice.

[@HamletsPawsomeLife]

I will always love this version more

[@TASI-g4o]

SAMEEEE

[@mia3-x2q]

SAME

[@mia3-x2q]

SAME

[@mia3-x2q]

SAME

[@AddieCat_Official]

Is anyone going to talk about the art? It’s amazing!! 🎧🗣️

[@ImDeadFam._.]

Went to an art-pop bar last month and they had singing as the "art of the day" and a lady sang this and I'm obsessed, she did such a good job!! Sounded just like the song. Wish I could tell her that in person, low-key hopping shell see this so I can tell her 😅

[@magnustherogue]

this song never fails to make me sob bro

[@Evankelmp394]

this is my fucking favorite song after trying to further and failing a situationship

[@MrLnmolnar]

me too

[@jubjub4603]

I had the most devastating breakup, my heart felt torn and spilled - it felt like this song. I am waiting for the future now; but its a different one from what I had once imagined.

[@Knox_today]

i like the vers on Spotify, BUT THE FLUTE IS JUST WAY TO GOOD BRO 😭

[@monster_madeline]

this song is low key keeping me going rn

[@mushroomsangels3668]

idk why i keep coming back here to stare at the illustration while bawling my eyes out lol i need help

[@juliadempsey5061]

sorry but this version is better than the spotify version

[@Vesko224]

This but I’m not sorry

[@lowenergygirl]

saw this live this week and i will never recover

[@elenaekinai3598]

Jealous

[@Moldsp0nge]

This took me forever to find- Thanks Gnarpy to introducing me to this song

[@susanwhistler4130]

Are you kidding me, where has this band been all my life…xxx

[@man1ac-r0x_11]

The demo feels more sad,like just getting out of a bad situation.The released version is more angry,like getting mad at what happened in the bad situation.Either way both versions are good but Express different emotions:)

[@lovely_heaart9292]

I've somehow convinced myself i need to listen to this song everyday to he happy

[@spooziesirl]

I want to run away while listening to this song on repeat

[@skelli_calli]

I really love the released version too and don’t understand all the hate towards it, but this version will forever be my favorite

[@yagamiis5713]

ik most of us listen to this with some sort of relationship in mind whether it’s romantic or platonic and familial for me i listen to it and i have myself in mind, both the singer and the one with the dagger. after years i was put into multiple institutions for anorexia and was quickly discovered to have borderline personality disorder as well. it’s obvious, ive sort of known my whole life. a culmination of where i come from and who i’ve been. i’m a victim only to myself. and every line hits with my relationship with myself and my mental illnesses and my every addiction. i could rant about each and every lyric but that’s for my notes app. i j wanted to put the broad strokes somewhere.

[@Non_edible_toast]

"well i walked into your dagger for the last time in a row. Its like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow. Where you cant seem to hold me. Cant seem to let me go. So i cant find surrender. Cant keep control. You tear me inside out then you want me outside in. You spin me all around then you ask me not to spin. You say you want to be alone and you want children. You wanna be with me, you wanna be with him." I relate to this verse on an ungodly level and yet my mom still wonders why im always in my room

[@whapp0747]

i am a straight white cis man but this song makes me feel like a lesbian woman in a crackhouse covered in blood

[@Misteine]

ur so valid

[@SamaraPaci]

"I wanted to be your woman, I wanted to be your man I wanted to be the one that you could understand"

[@Peapodasmr]

this song is so comforting. The vocals are just so perfect

[@moletusk]

ive listened to this every night for like a week in a row whats wrong with me

[@themaninyourcomputer]

Disappointed that they didn't include the solo in the final version, but I actually like "in her vampire empire I am" more than "in her vampire empire I'm the fish and she's my gills," it just makes more sense.

[@nitebreak]

i don’t mind that but i think it’s an amazing line and miss it 😭, but for me the when i walked into her dagger part is what has me still listening to this one

[@yeahbank0d699]

2:01 am apr 10 listened to this for the first time i’ve never heard of this band but i like how like strange this is i like it though gotta check ‘em out one of these days -2:01

[@Horseshoecrab_lover]

This song is going to put me through such a spiral fr

[@meowmeowemw]

shakes and cries and throws up (i love this song so much)

[@bellastar507]

This song is too relatable, i stil love her

[@obellp]

i see you as you see yourself through all the books you read

[@AddieCat_Music_Official]

🫶

[@somp3r]

Fuck yeah! We crying and staring at the ceiling while we think about what or who fucked up the trajectory of our lives permanently with this one

[@shrigmaafemale]

god this song is beautiful

[@tobythealleycat2280]

“its like tryna start a fire, with matches in the snow, where you can’t seem to hold me, can’t seem to let me go, so i can’t find surrender, can’t keep control. YOU TURN THE INSIDE OUT and then you WANT THE OUTSIDE IN. you spin me all around and then you ask me not to spin.” this is when you love someone and you’ve been in a relationship but now its come to a close. a complicated close, you did wrong, they did wrong but at the end of the day you still love them and you dont know what to do. but them? they’re conflicting, they say they care about you and want you close BUT not too close, they tell you hurtful things but sometimes are so sweet or just the same as they were and your emotions come to show and then they have no care for your emotions and ask you to shove them down, they DONT CARE. they tell you they wanted to try but now its come to a close and you’re left spinning with those feelings in your head and heart.

[@moonlightlover888]

The first relationship after romanticizing them for so long, and having to realize that it’s not healthy what you two do. Building up an idealized version of them and the relationship itself, trying to justify it all, and finally breaking it off and just ending up more alone.

[@mrsinn2642]

What an amazing piece of music!

[@CandyStockings]

I love both versions so much 💕