will wood and the tapeworms - hand me my shovel, i'm going in! (lyrics)

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My heart was stolen by a blind pickpocket
In the deep city streets in the summer of 2012
And I never even saw her face
My dreams were shattered like a stained glass window
Jesus in Pieces, I believe I threw a brick right through Him
But my memory could not be saved
It just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame
So I bookmark my DSM 'cause I need to remember my place
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Take you with me
​
My soul was crushed like a tall boy
Underneath the boots on the curb
And I’m still picking up my molars
And putting them back in my face
My name was soiled by a last call spill
With a backwash swill and the blackout killed me
Sober on impact from a fall from grace
​
Take the road on higher ground
And tell me “Don’t look down! You’ll fall and break your back”
But that just reminds me how there’s more to be found beneath the black
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Take you with me
​
Bottle, well, or barrel? All are empty
Dug, or drank, or poured it out
When too much is not enough there’s plenty
More where that came from around
Looking up we see the point of entry
Between where we are and we’ve been
Looking up I could say Heaven sent me
Hand me my shovel, I’m going in
Looking up we see the point of entry
Between where we are and we’ve been
Looking up I could say Heaven sent me
Hand me my shovel, I’m going in
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta gotta get, gotta gotta get, gotta get
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta gotta get, gotta gotta get, gotta get
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta gotta get, gotta gotta get, gotta get
Gotta get to the bottom of this
If it kills me
Gotta gotta get, gotta ow!
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Gotta get to the bottom of this
If it kills me
This is not enough, this is not enough, not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough, this is not enough, not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough, this is not enough, not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough, this is not enough, not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom

[@thegongoozler69]

you ever read the lyrics to a song you like then go "hey, what the fuck have i been singin this whole time"

[@thegongoozler69]

i been singin the boots wit the fur

[@unholyamountofsugar4940]

@@thegongoozler69IN WHAT COMTEXT

[@MasterMagikarp]

@@thegongoozler69shawty got the whole club lookin at her?

[@BOZMINE]

​@@thegongoozler69 she hit the floor?

[@3x0rc1st9]

​@@BOZMINE(she hit the floor)

[@meow3276_]

for me this song means not being "sick enough" (mental illness) and feeling the need to get worse to feel valid ("this is not enough to prove it yet, no i need to hit the bottom")

[@m1st_m4tt3r]

YES. that's what i've been thinking too

[@soontobechannel743]

LORD, I’ve never experienced it firsthand but ableist doctors/therapists must be the WORST. Like-how do you study mental illness or just illness in general yet have the audacity to not believe your patients when they tell you they need help??? Like I get people fake disorders and disabilities all the time but if someone is literally *paying* to see and get help from you then at that point they shouldn’t be ignored and brushed off and you should at least TRY to help them and acknowledge their issues.

[@BarneyHunter12sBiggestFan]

Yeah I thought that too

[@T1DAL-RUSH]

WOAH! IT’S ME! 😨😨😨😱😱😱😱😱

[@tamarbeker1701]

And the chaos that you throw yourself into, and the way the song keeps going back and forth between extremely fast-paced franticness and the desperate cries of the person suffering

[@entitythatexists7554]

will wood sounds like evil neil cicierega

[@tactat3174]

Damn, ur right

[@alienfrograbbit5310]

Fr tho

[@explodingegg123]

imo he sounds more like evil tally hall.

[@spyritsolz]

NO WAIT UR RIGHT

[@Jackson_Penelope]

Like Neil isn’t evil?

[@CherryRedBanshee]

This song is straight up the reason why I’m not allowed to have the aux cord in my one friend’s car anymore

[@Dk8250]

Friend failed the vibe check

[@potato9811]

Same

[@willsshoeheleftbehind2704]

@@Dk8250 what's a vibe check? Sorry if this sounds like a peculiar question to ask but I'm not up to date on the internet and don't really pay attention to it

[@violentab7920]

@@willsshoeheleftbehind2704 ptreey much the feel in the air i gusse

[@Dk8250]

@@willsshoeheleftbehind2704 That’s ok just google urban dictionary then the phrase you want to learn about in the future if you don’t know something

[@nexilius9570]

honestly, this kinda reminds me of when i asked my doctor for a mental health referral, and then after like a month of waiting in line for a therapist, they basically told me i wasnt suicidal enough to be waiting in that line in the first place, and then showed me a bunch of self-help shit lmfao ah yes, genius

[@haruka-sama8451]

Same

[@soontobechannel743]

Wow, I hope you got a therapist that sounds awful 💀 like you don’t need to be suicidal to go to therapy???

[@moonfoxarise]

Exactly the type of shit I wanna kill myself in the first place. Ya know, to prove I’m suicidal enough lmao

[@gambasfritasconcorbata5936]

Yeah... Let's wait for them to get worse we'll do something then

[@mementomori1871]

I have a similar experience. Mental health care is a fucking joke tbh

[@randomphyre]

who's breakin' minecraft potions at 4:00 ?

[@ImNotEd]

O_o

[@ImNotEd]

We gotta get to the bottom of this

[@soapbur5463]

Dude I was l playing Minecraft while listening to this song and started panicking because I thought there was a witch or some shit near me

[@untiedshoelace4319]

My bad g

[@wesleyjose9919]

He found a bunch of witches in a cave while was mining

[@_cindi_reads_]

It’s MY mental breakdown and I get to choose the music!!!!!

[@wenierjuice]

Real

[@stinkyrat5357]

gonna start using “jesus in pieces!” that’s a new one

[@prismoth]

nice username. i agree

[@erlanddrow7950]

Indeed 😅

[@Darek_B52]

I love how everyone has their own interpretations of this song and the stories it could be referencing

[@lemon-velvet]

Listened to Will Wood for the first time today! As a Lemon Demon fan, this gives me similar vibes but way more sinister… I love it!

[@Ji___-]

Omg literally the same experience as yours

[@retaanderson3873]

Same bro

[@Explosivepancake]

I was will wood first then lemon demon lol

[@neznamkakvoimedastavim2489]

Yup! Most fans I've met listen to both of them and few more bands in the same group, like Tally Hall. It's super cool!

[@suziebelle3738]

I like to think this is about an unstable man trying to prove his innocence about a murder he’s done, but doesn’t realize he’s already cleared as a suspect. So he keeps trying to scrounge up as much evidence to prove himself, but all it does is make the detectives more suspicious, reinforcing him to make up more evidence. At one point he has a breakdown, digging up the body he buried to “prove his innocence”, causing him to be found guilty and put into an asylum. The first half is his rambling alibis, and the second half is him digging the body up.

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

Oooh I really like this interpretation!

[@bigearcat96]

Kind of like The Telltale Heart

[@prismoth]

condemn him to the infirmary?

[@Ratio16180]

@@prismoth a hawaii part ii reference in the wild!

[@awdefgbfrwef]

@@prismoth Think of these thoughts as limitless light

[@void4283]

I really like a lot of the interpretations for this song, but one that I think it could be is someone trying to get a diagnosis for something while dealing with ableist and just not good doctors, and feeling like they have to purposely make themselves worse so that people will finally take them seriously. The lyric about the bookmarked DSM kinda also goes along with that

[@yeontanseyebrows5588]

This is exactly how I interpret the song

[@jhivarr4202]

The entire album deals with mental illness, I think. A lot of "I don't remember myself" and explicitly mentioning various disorders like cotards and cagras. I think it has a heavy dose of "I have to get worse before I deserve to get better", but that might just be me projecting.

[@LailaNightmage]

Also it sounds like he ended up getting a lobotomy and that didn't help...like, at all.

[@zofi6410]

Oh dang me too then! :D

[@Isopodian_Commonwealth]

I thought it was murder

[@nathanielhinz4946]

Tis a good song for a detective dissillusioned with the sins of humanity, terrified of looking into that black void. Yet he does anyways because it's the one thing that will distinguish him from his twisted brethren the willpower to uphold what little morsels of justice he can.

[@juanaortolachipe8773]

Sorry, Did you just said Chloe Decker?

[@alixoctopus4993]

@@juanaortolachipe8773 Where is this character from ? It reminds me of a Webtoon

[@juanaortolachipe8773]

@@alixoctopus4993 Nono hshshs , it is from Lucifer a Netflix series

[@alixoctopus4993]

@@juanaortolachipe8773 Oh yeah ! I've heard of it ! People told me It's reallya a great serie

[@wtfjackaboy]

Made me think of Curt and Owen from Spies are Forever

[@Themostmysteriousmoth]

I saw people comparing this song to The Magnus Archives so i got curious and listened to a few episodes…by a few i mean 70 so far, I’m absolutely obsessed now. Finding this song was the greatest accident ever.

[@exphi909]

ooo where are u now?

[@mayonaka558]

thats great!!!! i actually found this song from people saying it fit the magnus archives, instead of finding the podcast from the song, and from there ive become completely obsessed with will wood. we've got parallel journeys 🙏

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

I found tma through a killing kind animatic lol (first one if you look it up). Also! There's a tma animatic with this song out now if ya wanna look it up! It's pretty good!

[@ck_lind]

@@drownedtrashrat3501 hello I just need to say how much I LOVE the killing kind animatic

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

@@ck_lind FRR it's seriously so good tho, makes me cry every time

[@emilywebb6826]

The song makes me think of like seeing how bad things can get and wanting to prove to yourself that you're fucked up but taking some joy in it like yeah things are bad now and it's not getting any better so how much worse can I get. And the idea of reaching a bottom and the sound of smashing glass could also relate to reaching the end of a drink, so it's also to do with that ig

[@emilywebb6826]

Basically just spiralling and but letting yourself spiral, you're digging yourself a hole willingly. It could also be about how as you let yourself spiral you discover like what made you fucked up.

[@emilywebb6826]

Or just trying to work out what's wrong with yourself even though you're not a professional with great determination

[@godomoths242]

It's somewhat True. The Song is about having to Hit Rock bottom so you can know how you can start climbing up and bettering yourself.

[@astraltophat_at]

that chorus is infectious i love it

[@prismoth]

THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, NO THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROVE IT YET

[@itsnathanu8924]

@@prismoth NO, I NEED TO HIT THE BOTTOM

[@wwandmitski]

@@itsnathanu8924 THIS IS NOT ENOUGH!

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@crepe-chips NO I NEED TO HIT THE BOTTOM

[@deedramurdock2645]

It's been stuck in my head for days

[@nowayjose1870]

I will forever associate this song with my first day of high school because I was on the verge of crying for, like, half of it, and in my head all I was doing was singing the "HAND ME MY SHOVEL, I'M GOING IN!!!" part of this song. Good times!

[@ImTired17]

Imma do that the next time I have trouble with school

[@candy_shark]

@@ImTired17oh hi 👋 didnt know i would see you here

[@ImTired17]

@@candy_shark hello!!

[@SergeantSarcasm1]

For some reason Will Wood's music really speaks to me when I'm having manic episodes.

[@incomplet3535]

When you realise you’re looking down in the picture

[@mariabrady4900]

OH SHIT

[@orangejuice6360]

you could say that looking up we can see the point of entry

[@beastofedelwood1473]

@@orangejuice6360 and it's right between where we are and we've been

[@antpebble624]

@@orangejuice6360 you could also say that heaven sent me

[@soggypopcorn8959]

@@antpebble624 so hand me my shovel im going in

[@kalykeasteria]

I believe this is song is someone just falling down more into the darker side of mental health and never getting help to the point it leads them to insanity. This is what I take it as if there's an official truth I'd love to hear it o7

[@Bleplebeian]

parts of this song kind of remind me of my own experience with OCD, like ''this is not enough'' ''i need to hit the bottom'' reminds me of when i would obsess over memories to try to find out exactly what happened in them

[@C_Films.]

I don’t have OCD but I do experience the obsessive act with memory like I NEED to figure it out so yeah I understand that and I really like that interpretation of it

[@thedougler8492]

Some of the lyrics aren't right but most of them are, I couldn't make much of the lyrics out myself so I still think its rather impressive.

[@inactiveaccount7304]

Yeah, I listen to Will Wood all the time and yet I can never tell what half the lyrics are without looking up a lyric video

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@inactiveaccount7304 just the will wood enjoyer experience

[@spaceisntgreen3578]

this is actually just what it’s like to be into math, actually

[@theimpirialistorio]

Math or Math with an E?

[@spaceisntgreen3578]

@@theimpirialistorio yes

[@toolatetothestory]

Also getting somewhat Detective vibes from this. Maybe a Detective absolutely obsessed with a case to the point of insanity, digging further and further without ever getting to the bottom of it, no matter how much it destroys him, further and further.

[@Olive_what]

i’m actually writing a book about this :)

[@forgottenstuds8795]

Exactly what I was thinking, relating to a murder of that certain someone they reffered to at the beggining of the song, and that someone who caused all of this was no one but himself but can't remember.

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

_Sherlock Holmes has entered the chat_

[@Olive_what]

@Procrastination-Time thank you :D

[@Olive_what]

@Procrastination-Time I’m actually almost done lol

[@ryanchristie3345]

What have I stumbled upon? Its amazing

[@thefuturemustknowwhereyouv1405]

the insanity that is will wood. there’s no going back now

[@ImNotEd]

@@thefuturemustknowwhereyouv1405 fr tho

[@ruiikas]

will wood

[@puffy6233]

I accidently clicked the dislike button on your comment i deeply apologize and hope you a good day

[@willsshoeheleftbehind2704]

This lyric video was in my recommendation and is exactly how I discovered Will Wood

[@Mr.SoggyShoes]

I will be forever grateful that this song is 6 minutes long

[@skunko1871]

Is this a song of someone digging themselves into debt, or someone going down the rabbit hole of mental illness? Considering the singing, I'd reckon the latter

[@rubi8480]

Uh, I believe this song is about a journalist or a theorist trying to prove something, going into madness and being arrested for digging up a dead body or smth, not sure.

[@exhaustedanger]

as far as i'm aware, it's about a period in will wood's life when he was not in a good place mentally and taking a lot of drugs (2012, a year he said he has no memory of). "getting to the bottom of this" could be in reference to "hitting rock bottom" (often said in reference to addiction). perhaps either wondering how low he can get or needing to get to his lowest to prove to himself he needs help

[@skunko1871]

@@exhaustedanger damn, thanks for the reply, that's really awful

[@sprinkles2578]

I thought it was about a mad scientist or a conspiracy theorist. Looks like I was wrong, oops.

[@The_Real_Hikki]

Maybe about a ghost denying it's death

[@ssalmon]

1:10 *Timbers: Shivered 🥶*

[@thistleywistley681]

god this is such a tma song

[@Companion92]

indeed

[@rachellou26936]

Yeah! I actually came here from a TMA animatic

[@thistleywistley681]

@@rachellou26936 same shawty B)

[@rachellou26936]

@@thistleywistley681 yeah!!!!! It was such an amazing video too

[@kathycat4452]

TMA FANS RISE UP

[@chrishagemarcou9174]

I finally found a lyric video...thank you

[@thefuturemustknowwhereyouv1405]

b-but.. the lyrics are in the description of the official video 🥺

[@chrishagemarcou9174]

@@thefuturemustknowwhereyouv1405 Oh really? I didn't notice lmao I'm an idiot

[@thefuturemustknowwhereyouv1405]

Chris Hagemarcou nah you’re fine lol

[@Qwerty-wk3jy]

did i just let out all my buttled up feelings by silently screaming this song alone in my room at 11:37? yes, i think i did

[@k3ndr4_cl3v3l4nd]

for me, this song reminds me of being the oldest child/gifted kid. always feeling like i’m not enough help, but also feeling like i don’t deserve help myself because i could be doing more. basically running myself ragged before i’ll ever accept help.

[@Blind_Eye046]

This is an determination song for me, It feels like wanting to ghost hunt, but being horrified to, but YOU AINT NO WHIMP It also feels like someone trying to prove hell is real.. Concidering the "Gotta get to the bottom of this!" and "Until I hit the bottom.."

[@scoundral2995]

When you’re a pussy but you’re about as stubborn as they get

[@nowayjose1870]

That is a master class interpretation and I love it!!! You just gave me so many AMV ideas, oh my GOD

[@south452]

points, FINALLY SOMEONE WHO TAKES THE VAGUE RELIGIOUS UNDERTONES INTO ACCOUNT AT ALL WITH THE HELL INTERPRETATION.

[@arxsaur]

i have no idea what this song is about but i have it memorised

[@HeyAHappyHuman]

"it just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame .... -" That's so true, I'll go and try to scientifically prove why I'm not in the wrong and then ending up proving that I am

[@destituodaemonis]

Took me way to long to realize the image in the background is looking down a staircase. A Downward Spiral.

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

I can't yet feel the vibrations from this song from 10 feet away, a good sign that I need to get more speakers

[@NoradIguess]

The last part literally gives me whiplash

[@agent3swife]

i love the chorus SO MUCH i also love 3:13

[@siamenace4680]

My heart was stolen by a blind pickpocket In the deep city streets in the summer of 2012 And I never even saw her face My dreams were shattered like a stained glass window Jesus in Pieces! I believe I threw a brick right through Him But my memory could not be saved It just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame So I bookmark my DSM 'cause I need to remember my place This is not enough This is not enough to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom This is not enough This is not enough to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom (Gotta get to the bottom of this) (Gotta get to the bottom of this) (Gotta get to the bottom of this) Take you with me My soul was crushed like a tall boy Underneath the boots on the curb And I'm still picking up my molars And putting them back in my face My name was soiled by a last call spill With a backwash swill and the blackout killed me Sober on impact from a fall from grace Take the road on higher ground And tell me "don't look down! You'll fall and break your back." But that just reminds me how There's more to be found beneath the black This is not enough This is not enough to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom This is not enough This is not enough to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom (Gotta get to the bottom of this) (Gotta get to the bottom of this) (Gotta get to the bottom of this) Take you with me Bottle, well, or barrel? All are empty Dug, or drank, or poured it out When too much is not enough there's plenty more Where that came from around Looking up we see the point of entry Between where we are and we've been Looking down I could say Heaven sent me Hand me my shovel. I'm going in Looking up we see the point of entry Between where we are and we've been Looking down I could say Heaven sent me Hand me my shovel. I'm going in Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta gotta gotta get gotta get gotta get Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta gotta gotta get gotta get gotta get Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta gotta gotta get gotta get gotta get Gotta get to the bottom of this If it it kills me Gotta gotta gotta get gotta get gotta get Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta gotta gotta get gotta get gotta get Gotta get to the bottom of this Gotta gotta gotta get gotta get gotta get Gotta get to the bottom of this If it it kills me This is not enough This is not enough, not enough, to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom This is not enough This is not enough, not enough, to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom This, this is not enough This is not enough, not enough to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom This is not enough This is not enough, not enough, to prove it yet No, I need to hit the bottom

[@FatMacBig]

Theres a lyric video for a reason?

[@joeytofil2259]

@@FatMacBig the "if it kills me" correction may seem insignificant and is not explicit, it certainly is an important correction regardless, to me it really sets the tone for the intended message of the piece as a whole.

[@FatMacBig]

@@joeytofil2259 okay thanks for correcting me

[@unicorn4612]

I think this song feels like a detective trying to get justice for a loved one who was murdered but keeps getting told that theres not enough evidence to hold the person accountable. even though the detective has very good reasons he keeps getting declined because the person who did it is part of a rich and powerful family so his family gets him out of punishment. So the detective keeps searching for more evidence untill he goes insane and eventually dies.

[@explodingegg123]

goodness me this song is so good. even though I've been a will wood fan for almost a year, i can still appreciate how great this song is

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

Good lord this was the first willwood song I'd ever heard, it was unlike anything I'd ever heard before, and so for some reason it was immortalized in my mind with super speedy lyrics ? But coming from not having heard this song is a w h i l e _and_ just having memorized blackboxwarrior I was s t u n n e d at the speed of the beginning lines,,,,, they're talking speed,,,,,,,

[@hannahu.6220]

damn jon sims, calm down, we get that the archives suck.

[@tinygreenfiend7937]

love it!

[@ashist]

Its giving villain with a really good motive

[@Spartacus005]

if i knew about this song last year when i had my mental breakdown i would have played this 24/7. i mean i am now but.

[@brucecipher]

Never thought I’d hear nihilist polka

[@tinygreenfiend7937]

perfect description tho

[@apolloina19]

this song has no right going so hard 🕺💃

[@Jackson_Penelope]

Why do I see you everywhere?

[@collectivewhore]

This is very much clearly a western. The old saloon piano, the rattle snake in the beginning, and the hawks scream confirm it

[@karisacisneros-coker]

i want an entire song out of the piano intro- Just to listen to in class on full volume.

[@madeleinep.828]

I’ve known this song for like two years and I think I still haven’t recovered from how freaking good it is

[@Itz_NinaCottonCandy_XD]

Am I the only one who interprets this song as a failing lawyer that finally has a client,because they have failed too many trials,and they think it's their last chance to redeem themself and finally win a trial,so that their reputation would be better and their career would be saved? The line 'this is not enough to prove it yet' is like the lawyer is trying to prove their client's innocence. 'the point of entry' is the start of their career. I can also see that they go mad over this trial,wanting to win to the point of threatening their client ('take you with me') and prepare su1cide ('hand me my shovel,I'm going in') if they loose once more. Edit: plus,the start of the song: "My heart was stolen by a blind pickpocket,in the deep city streets in the summer of 2012": could indicate a trial they had lost in,well,summer 2012. "My dreams were shattered like a stained glass window": their dreams of being a good lawyer. "It just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame": they mean they aren't to blame for their reputation as a lawyer becoming worse and worse.

[@pinklemoonade6992]

It’s ace attorney animatic time now ig

[@C_Films.]

Prequel to thermodynamic lawyer perhaps?

[@phantombit_zemeti3031]

Yo what kind of genre is this music tho?? I've seen music sounding similar to this and I'm down for more

[@ariannap.7965]

i believe this song and all the other songs from this album could be considered dark cabaret, which tends to merge with the steampunk genre a lot. hope this helps!!

[@phantombit_zemeti3031]

@@ariannap.7965 ey thx a lot man for the help

[@ariannap.7965]

@@phantombit_zemeti3031 np!! i could give you a couple bands that are in that genre if you want

[@soozana]

@@ariannap.7965 could you recommend me

[@ariannap.7965]

@@soozana these are just some of my favorites, but there are bunch more in the genre!! - the dresden dolls - evelyn evelyn - thoushaltnot - pretty balanced - this way to the egress if you're interested in more, i really reccomend checking the steampunk genre since the two tend to overlap, hope this helps!!

[@VDotBlank]

Mmm yes the perfect song to enjoy as someone who refers to himself as an entity and not human lol

[@Thestuffdoer]

Will Wood is currently filling my villain arc

[@Companion92]

love this energy

[@JoshuaAndres]

This song and all other will wood songs perfectly summarize the madness of The Joker

[@florinettebrune4236]

This remind me of SO MANY FICTIONAL CHARACTER I- Perfect ✨

[@ronnieloveshorror]

you understand me sm

[@spiritwarhol707]

Damn this hits in the feels

[@someguy-whythehandle]

Most often, no one will care about your pain until it's a problem for more than just yourself, until it's at its absolute threshold. Hence the digging. I would say I'm very high functioning in my issues, but the problem with that is you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who cares or believes that you're struggling. When this happens you realize how alone you truly are. Are you depressed enough if you haven't stopped entirely? Are you manic enough if you aren't a problem? Are you traumatized enough if you can be productive? Are you anxious enough if you aren't self-medicating? Are you ill enough if it isn't fatal? Is it a problem if it's only beginning? Aiming for that sweet sweet perfection and admiration in just how tolerable you are, you see, will not get you anywhere. Acting out is what draws attention. When you take the path of the façade, pretending to be something you're not, you may eventually end up acting for the amusement of others in order to bolster your own need for attention and connection. When you no longer have the will to live and you're running on empty you will be living for other people. You will be nothing but a character. It's addictive, feeling worth something, but if you fall from grace, then what will you have left? Is it worth it? Where I'm at, I can't imagine stopping. I've flown too high. Hitting the bottom is often necessary to get help. Prevention would be more effective, but it's only those doing the worst and the best that will be focused on, like it is in a lot of other areas. What's the incentive to keep yourself afloat indefinitely beyond having no self respect? Anyway, hey, someone acknowledged it. And it's groovy.

[@soggyfries41]

the picture matches the song so well wow

[@futuretone]

this song makes me wanna boogie

[@scoundral2995]

Surprisingly goes well with Don’t Starve

[@lytenazawata1661]

everyone: "this is amazing!" me: "how can he speak that fast" I'm talking about 4:19

[@IronBoy-hf2lp]

"something is wrong with me, and-" "-and they won't take me seriously until i'm worse." "-and i need to rip all of myself up to the surface until i know everything that it causes." "-and i need to find out who i am under all of it." "something is wrong with the way i am treated, and-" "-and i need to get worse to be worthy of it." "-and i need to figure out why i'm such a horrible person that i deserve it." "-and i need to escape." "something is wrong with the reality i am seeing, and-" "-and i need to know what it is." "-and i need to expose it." "-and i need to fix it."

[@mattyhatty_72]

id like to think this song is about a defense attorney trying to defend his client, who is his wife, even though shes guilty and he saw her murder the victim but cant remember. he maybe even lies a bit to get her out of trouble even though it goes against his morals. he sorta drives himself insane with the case and by the end hes gone crazy and remembers seeing his wife murder 💔

[@ToffTheDawg]

Phisnom jump king moment

[@Vox_Rhododendron]

I’m a pretty paranoid person. This song might as well be my madness mantra.

[@MEOWMIX3DS]

damn he really went crazy in this huh

[@Sunny-ic5fl]

nobody gonna talk about a bit at the start was in the tune of "Laplace's Angel" starting at exactly 0:13

[@melodave210]

game theory bad badly summarised

[@doodleghost6225]

Magnus Archives,,,,,,the vibes of this,,,,,,perfect

[@TonyToed]

so trueest yesest

[@StarPlatinum7912]

Me when somebody says “it’s not that deep”:

[@wesleyjose9919]

This is not enough i want, i NeEd MORE, MORE, MOREEEEE, I NEEEEEEEDDDD

[@Hankychief-zt9cx]

3:53

[@Liv_4223]

Love the song and great video, btw the lyric at 4:29 is “if it kills me” not hand me, hand me

[@St0nek]

How come so many of Will Woods songs resonate with an Entity? Like this is possibly The Buried, I/Me/Myself is either The Stranger for Identity stuff, or The Flesh for the violations to ones body Memento Mori is surely The End Dr Sunrise is Dead goes with The Dark

[@altoclef4989]

This Is About Alcoholism

[@Lu4455]

I think Mr. Capgras fits The Stranger better than I/Me/Myself tbh

[@kaitlynburke9511]

@@altoclef4989 who cares what it actually means?

[@willwoodstrycicle5160]

I should be in jail for not discovering this song sooner

[@cheesytoes5226]

This song tickles my soul, in a good way

[@plantainsame2049]

This is a good song I'm planning to listen to all incredibly sleep deprived

[@Callie_Cosmo]

Do we have any confirmation on what this song is actually about? Well since everyone’s doing it I’ll share my interpretation, it’s mostly based on a similar experience I had a couple years ago So, sounds to me like something happened in 2012 (this album has a big theme of something bad going on in 2012 so I think that’s safe) that left will wood feeling like something was deeply wrong with him, so in this song he cracks open a dsm and obsessively searches through it for a mental illness to cover this pain in him, getting increasingly panicked as it seems like he can make basically any illness fit if he just searches in the right room of his mind. Eventually he gets up and leaves the dsm open on the floor as he stumbles to bed early in the morning, still trying to figure out himself but now far too tired to keep looking, his last thought before going unconscious is of the need to still get to the bottom of what’s wrong with him So yeah obviously based very heavily on my experience, but i think it fits at least somewhat

[@emberwoodruff9698]

I think he confirmed it was about his struggle with addiction as well as the fact he can't remember any of the year of 2012

[@prismoth]

i dislike your profile picture

[@fartmaster28]

@@prismoth 🏥

[@wumpus976]

Everyone is here coming up with their own stories and here I am loving the cowboy western song.

[@moneri1969]

𝕪𝕖𝕤

[@zachuur3207]

yes

[@skunko1871]

yes

[@kyoshimizimoto8648]

𝕪𝕖𝕤

[@rtay_]

yes

[@dianas6800]

@@kyoshimizimoto8648 how’d you do that

[@alexg.1764]

Thank you for posting the Lyrics to this song, I love it!

[@Soundblazer301]

i just got a wild west story now lol

[@Scout_lover]

to me this song makes me htink of an angle who fell from heaven to find thier dead lover who they thought was burried but they went to hell so they must go to hell and find them but end up getting trapped and go inssane and this is them trying to prove thier sanity

[@crawfishie]

Soundtracks to unlock ur trauma to

[@inkysio2783]

i listened to this song a lot while playing rdr2, so now I see it as a cowboy song same with Mr. capgras

[@ronnieloveshorror]

thisll forever remind me of dhmis bc i found this song via a dhmis tiktok comp

[@Femboyfcker88]

Sounds like a grave robber tbh

[@Information_Seeker]

It's not "gotta get to the bottom of this hand me hand me" it's "gotta get to the bottom of this if it kills me"

[@Davisaur3the2nd]

Uhh help my teacher told my class she would make a class playlist she would finish in a week so I requested this song and its been 3 weeks where is the playlist she promised 😭 I domt think she liked my song 😔

[@COO-E]

Maybe I'm projecting cuz of my current situation But this feels like someone in a toxic abusive situation gas lighted constantly and the victim keeps saying it's not that bad it's fine I can keep going "Let me bookmark my dsm" cuz when you're gas lighted you're told your crazy over And over And over again And then your sanity is questioned by yourself You keep going until it gets so bad you can't do it anymore That is when you wake up and get out

[@your_average_nerd6861]

This showed up on my recommended. I'm not complaining. It's just a bit unexpected.

[@mapleshadeeatscats]

me when i enter my villain era

[@ImTired17]

Fr

[@deviantsemicolon618]

For me, this song is about addiction. I guess it’s sort of like front street with “since nobody will tell me where bastards so, I’ll see for myself”, except it’s about addiction instead of rape. Curiosity killed the cat. You refuse to accept the fact that you’re addicted, and you keep taking more and more. It’s never enough proof. You keep digging yourself into this grave, deeper and deeper, until you start to like it. It’s almost comforting, away from all of the troubles of life. And so, you’ll dig deeper, just because you can. And because you can, you have to.

[@usagi_does_shit4972]

Will Wood always inspire me to write stories about.I am working on a short story right now and the whole idea of it came from this song lmao.I love Will Wood songs so much

[@stickyt4bz241]

Will wood is just evil lemon demon

[@lisuschrystus9218]

Why do people don't look up the actual lyrics? Asking for a friend because "If it kills me" doesn't sound like "Hand me, Hand me"

[@exhaustedanger]

did look up the lyrics. the page i used had it wrong and i have an audio processing disorder which makes it difficult for me to recognize the mistake.

[@tf2ctfenjoyer673]

The title sounds like what a trolldier would say on hightower 💀