Funeral Diner - I Was The Sword

Funeral Diner - I Was The Sword from their split 9" with Ampere.
Lyrics: The first morning, the first time you realize you've laid it to rest yourself.
That god died in you, and I couldn't save you, even then.
"Lord come into my life."
These scars that never heal and the clarity that allows you to feel.
Enveloped, like the dead enveloped.
I wanted to change.
As if being discarded were that easy and the nights ended up being that empty.
It's so much more free, you were led by no one here.
This place is warm the change is definite.
And I've been stripped down, time and time again.
And left for the gray, and the cold.
Your voice changes pitch and blurs, like a storm carries a ship, you couldn't save me even then and I should have known that.

[@JIMBO_UK]

It really makes me sad how all these old bands just faded into obscurity when they've made some of the most powerful music I and many other people ever actually heard.

[@Mybzrecords]

Burned Out Bright 🥺

[@marian2581]

It didn't fade away... here they are, made of steel because of us

[@ranvierx9207]

Yes

[@PRINCEVIOLENT]

It takes some diving to hit the underground layers of youtube then the related video list below does the rest..into the unknown obscurity all the gems to be gathered

[@ericlopez5218]

it is up to us to carry the torch

[@cornhorn280]

Crazy to think last time i listened to this i was a idiot highschool kid and now im a grown man with a wife and kids.

[@iwouldsetmyselfonfire4u]

and now the cycle repeats!! Currently i am that idiot highschool kid :-D

[@CherryZomb13]

Bless 💗💗

[@ForumArcade]

I thought you were gonna make a joke like "now I'm an idiot adult with a wife and kids".

[@ForumArcade]

​@@iwouldsetmyselfonfire4uHere's to your future.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

Pray for me to get there friend

[@user-nv7so5nd8p]

is no one gonna mention how insanely good the drummer is?

[@zombieteenager007]

Goes without saying, I suppose.

[@yungpxnk]

Definitely what drew me in when I first heard these guys. I love how raw and unpolished his playing is at times, he definitely took a lot of risks on the take, and it paid off big time.

[@RyanKaufman]

The drummer goes so hard in this song, it's incredible.

[@chrissieraiine]

Matt is super underrated

[@takeshikistun8944]

Honestly everyone fits so well with each other its absolutely orgasmic to my ears.

[@andy5994]

ill never doubt my algorithm again

[@riojb07]

Deadass

[@zombieteenager007]

Personally, I think this is their greatest song. Oddly appropriate for it to be one of their last ever releases. Like a final bang that would forever resound throughout the ages.

[@MrAerobitch]

I think so too, I listened ALL their music dozens of times, and this some & lyrics, for me, is their best, or at least the song which brings me more emotions.

[@gimmigimmigimmi]

imho their best one is Lie in Headlights from the Zann/FD split. lots of people don't know it, but it's a great track!

[@saetia13]

Yes - sharing your opinion entirely. It's crushing and powerful...I adore it.

[@No1WillMakeItOutAlive]

@@gimmigimmigimmi never heard of that one, I’ll listen rn

[@majklfaradej294]

@@MrAerobitch nnn0nnn0ii. 0jou

[@TobiasVokes]

I remember back in 2015 I was stuck in Perth airport for 12 hours with no money and 30 minutes free airport WiFi. All I did was play this KZbin video on repeat. This is literally one of my biggest inspirations. The way the screamer channels himself through his vocals so emotively that we can all connect to, and the whole emotion of the vocals and song helps relieve your deepest emotions

[@wseam1]

The connection between music and a particular time & place is especially poignant, even if it’s being beyond massively delayed in an airport lol.

[@3th4nhun1ey8]

@@wseam1that might be the most beautiful quote ever holy crap

[@MountainDaughter]

This song is like running thru the woods naked at night under a full moon, you turn to the right and see a cave with a light glowing from within, you reach the glow and notice that it is a screen, a computer screen with some dumbass on youtube poetically writing about how some song makes them feel.

[@dorkdickington4086]

so true haha

[@SomerandomShmuck]

Can’t help it 😭

[@yooumusic]

Just imagine feeling all this on a live show. I think I'd die

[@milesfig1939]

I would

[@Coachwillyjayjumpshot]

Been listening to this repeatedly the last week, since discovering it. I’m an addict, of many vices. I’m starting fresh tomorrow it’s been decided. I won’t let the seas of my compulsions carry me any further.

[@cassierbutler6073]

Remember, there are no failures, only setbacks

[@partykrew666]

godspeed. i wish you the best on your journey

[@sunbun7-mo9wo]

Amen brother. I struggle too. Everything you need you have. One day at a time🕊

[@jcmick8430]

One sad day I decided not to drink anymore and I was sober for over three years. I don't know what demons I had clinging to me but all these years later I can drink without destroying things

[@apeescapefan]

"I won't let the seas of my compulsions carry me any further" goes hard as fuck. good luck to you my man 🤝

[@brap_brap_]

yay. another amazing song that isn’t on spotify 😢

[@zemapg]

When "you couldn't save me even then and I should have known that" hits ya late at night thinking about shit god damn last night was rough

[@RyanKaufman]

This song goes hard on drums at the end. It's a good cardio song because of that. I just imagine I'm the drummer breaking my sticks mid-performance and I wake up from my zoned out listening to find I've ran miles. Also I'm bleeding somehow...

[@Leuka_]

yo I just listened to this after having it on my watch later for months and it's fucking incredible

[@yuutafiles]

i adore bands like these because it makes me remember why i love time so much. no matter the time feelings will always be consistent and masterpieces like this are made.

[@MePatra]

I keep coming back here to get sadder

[@karensmith1353]

That f-ing drummer.. ⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐

[@bengaydos92]

Too this day I don't think I've heard another song that has resonated with me like this one. The end of the song most specifically. The way he describes powerlessness.. "like a storm carries a ship". It almost brings me too tears Everytime.

[@nambisobaka2999]

It's their lyrics that got me. Love that angry poetry

[@davidbussell2300]

this song, two more, and lie in headlights are what nietzsche and wagner talked about together in regards to bringing back the potency of greek tragedy in music form. it would be hard to state just how beautiful, nuanced, and poetic these compositions are.

[@PRINCEVIOLENT]

That's a beautiful thought and it should be like the debate, on any random street corner to dark back road, it gives me a vision...all passionate genre's intertwined

[@As-fs6qd]

if your'e looking for a soundtrack to the aryan revival...this is not it..thats a terrible and dangerous thought with disastrous ' consequences as already proven by history..

[@thebigchum9830]

@@As-fs6qdbro what are you talking about?

[@freshuuusername]

this song is so haunting and powerful

[@MsMiguel70]

As I’m just now hearing it, I have no insightful comment. It’s New Year’s Eve. 28 degrees sitting out here. And this came up. Rock n roll 2024. : )

[@blurofmemories]

Literally still one of my favorite songs ever

[@urbestyeste7106]

how bout now?

[@blurofmemories]

​@@urbestyeste7106I'm in uni now and I was going to use this song for a homework analysis lol. I need a non bootleg source tho and asked Seth if he could post it on Bandcamp and Spotify and he said he's getting to it this week lol. Might be a bit too late for this homework but I am still using another FD song, This Truly Is God's Country

[@jamescockayne9794]

And back to this song I come 😩✌️✌️

[@garydrocella5652]

don't we all?

[@kmcollectible2580]

This was the last song they ever released.Then some of the members went on to form Who Calls So Loud... Ampere's side also bangs!

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

This song to me feels like someone stripping you butt naked in an empty field in the middle of the night and spraying you with a hose on the highest power while someone recites quotes from Greek philosophers at you.

[@NiallsSongs]

That’s exactly what I was saying.

[@emanojc8878]

This is a beautiful mental image, thank you.

[@everaced]

I'm sorry but this made me laugh so hard 😭 pure poetry

[@lumiq713]

Lol I love you

[@nicholasgunn2982]

God I wish that was me

[@DevinH.420]

I like to imagine this is one of those underground bands youd only bring up to flex on someone to show you know music

[@fungustheclown666]

Yeah, I think it is. This is a fairly popular song though so I know that some people would be like "you just like it because it's popular🤓". Music freaks can suck.

[@MarshFogBand]

Who's here because the KZbin algorithm randomly recommended you this video?

[@danielemaranzano6872]

"As if being discarded were that easy" It truly is, easy.

[@Finngrinder]

no, it murders.

[@danielemaranzano6872]

And my nights ended being empty once again.

[@communityprepper6153]

good music never dies. I still listen to Portraits of Past on a weekly basis. SXE

[@eagle5818]

Listened to this on repeat for about half a year now

[@danrockwell420]

ITS SO crazy i know ive heard this song nut so long ago it feels like a different life

[@OmaChief]

I got this so randomly. I love it :D

[@trollgenius5472]

dude this is one of the best song's ive ever heard, such a powerful song

[@eagle5818]

Really hits me deep

[@ZO7]

Thats Definitely a Emo Song 👍🏻

[@cdgchucktaylor]

I NEED this on Spotify man 😩

[@wseam1]

Same. Write to your congressman 😜

[@Cxdyy]

I could put it on there but idk about the legal issues

[@ryandavis6217]

Great track! Personally, my favourite Funeral Diner song is We All Have Blood On Our Hands from The Underdark. Saw them two nights running in London at The Swan and at The Free Butt in Brighton when they were touring said album. So fucking good.

[@soundtrackmountain]

Its 2023. Hope to be here 2043 having not changed my music taste even a bit!

[@cruz36]

Funeral Diner always and forever!!! ALL the big names ripped ya'll off!!!

[@UnteroFizzieR]

2020, still hurts

[@rururu5877]

Still alive

[@kidneystonermusic]

Omg i can't believe i stumbled across this again. Back when I was heavy into pg99 and Circle Takes the Square and stuff. Wow

[@blurofmemories]

This is great, found this by accident but I'm glad I did :o

[@blurofmemories]

I found the vinyl on eBay I'm so happyyyyy I paid 40 bucks for it bc shipping is more expensive that the record itself but it's worth it imo

[@Kuato]

No such thing as accidents

[@HenryMeredith]

My favorite song of all time

[@nigelgrim]

This song reminds me of how good cologne can smell sometimes.

[@fungustheclown666]

Agreed. It's also reminiscent of the smell of the forest just outside the city. Just slightly removed from humanity, where things go wherever they want and outreach into the human side of things but inevitably get chopped back and grow the other way instead, avoiding pain again.

[@vortex9731]

youtube's music recommendations are so good

[@Dgmcfartland]

1:30 I will never get over how he sings that line. Makes me wanna melt.

[@spanqueluv9er]

@Dgmcfartland There was singing in there somewhere?🙄🤦‍♂️

[@Drojah]

You kinda suck ngl

[@Bezieboyahoy]

@@spanqueluv9erOkj😮k l

[@SnackJar]

I just shit my pants and went to heaven

[@aram9779]

this is great

[@lov-db5ez]

Keep finding great songs after great songs!

[@etelosbo7960]

I just love this song so much

[@dreamflux6964]

This amazing song and Understanding in a car crash from Thursday are the two masterpieces of the genre. Emotional, raw ,honest.

[@kakashi392]

Not the same genre, but check out Bjorn Riis - Lullabies in a Car Crash

[@eagle5818]

You just introduced me to Thursday and i love them! Especially "standing on the edge of summer"

[@genocidecrusade6534]

This song makes me feel pain

[@333homicides]

i'm crying and i dont even know why

[@darksoul8171]

So much feels coming from this song :

[@MADD-MANX]

The algorithm has once again blessed me. 😌🙏

[@bloodhound..]

i love youtube and you thank you for recommending me all these awesome songs

[@CiurAKn]

I love this song

[@iwouldsetmyselfonfire4u]

they dont make screamo like this anymore

[@Lol-mi2bf]

They really dont

[@abisexualhermaphrodite4049]

Goddamn this is pwerful

[@humanwreckage4563]

this is an incredible piece.

[@JohnDoe-qz4nm]

And so he will shine the light onto the sphinx

[@concars1234]

that build up to the climax, yeah

[@alphasierrabravo5905]

Thank you for this

[@Hannah41823]

Beautiful x

[@Luzz4136]

hands down best screamo song ever

[@cw5918]

I remember listening to this song all the time in 2019-2020 but I forgot it’s name and I finally found it

[@ricardovazquez9113]

Now thats a banger bro!

[@syahaz7088]

Simply nostalgic. 🤌🔥✨

[@XxChelsxCurse]

This is amazing.

[@HendersonHinchfinch]

Correct

[@wseam1]

@@HendersonHinchfinchjust fact checked and I can confirm

[@karenli7544]

i like a lot this song

[@bigoldgoofball]

this is beautiful

[@utopicreasons]

true skram!

[@ansleyispresent]

I love this

[@KILLA_BEA_ARTHUR_O.D.C.R]

Nice use of rushes closer to the heart

[@joemontana2240]

i like this genere

[@yryr_22]

DANGGGG THAT'S 🔥🔥.

[@Shovelglove545]

Bruh that ending

[@StormKillzone]

incredible lol

[@danilfockin9293]

Das ist die Zauberheit! Reine screamo! Diese Bands haben diese Musik erhoben!

[@milesfig1939]

Song is so good I fucking love funeral diner

[@kevinmillerelizondo439]

Just discoverd this. Fucking love it

[@jayturner3397]

Snap 😮

[@MePatra]

This is the shit srsly the lyrics hit so hard

[@ricardovazquez9113]

Another song that i think everyone should check out: Fragile - Artemis

[@dominicmartinez1429]

this is good

[@senglomein5766]

damn and here I thought post-hardcore\emo whatevercore was opposed to throwin' down the smooth, heavy-grooves, cause like we're too emotional to dance and move around at this show.

[@romulustucru]

best scramz song ever

[@zombieteenager007]

Definitely one of the best, there's too many good songs to say for sure.

[@Shovelglove545]

h.s by plunger

[@Shovelglove545]

@Cathory yeah I guess

[@dissecacao]

@@zombieteenager007 yea

[@JerryAss]

Nice

[@Lol-mi2bf]

Bad ass song name

[@Olivia-gl5mc]

2.33 amazing

[@v8mpx]

fire

[@KilledByKamadan]

Badass

[@joaopedrogomesbarbosa5855]

this is stronger than strong

[@cyrusbeall593]

This has no reason hiting so hard like god danm

[@user-lb4ew7gr2j]

nice

[@thomashamre7077]

i like the sounds but whatever it not going to change how i feel forever

[@wtfuchickenhead]

wow

[@grimmymarigoldsandwendigos47]

This is fucking awesome

[@ozienozie]

❤❤❤

[@karenli7544]

rolón

[@mikeb6085]

I have the 10 inch vinyl, both sides are beautifully etched, you should check it out

[@lekin082]

aulas aulas

[@wxchief6737]

y isn’t this on spotify

[@mr.astronuts3825]

Yeah