Maria Mena - Cause and Effect

[mottenad]

weak.. music....  binge and barf... how profound..... Everyone has problems... doesn't make it great music.

[lillililililyy]

it scares me how accurate this song is to my life...

[crystalookami]

1:45 oh gawd, you can hear her pain when she said "when my daddy up and left."

[XxDazedandConfusedx1]

"The only male influence I've had, after daddy up and left, was my mother's weekend Lovers and their alcoholic breathe."

^so powerful

[k35ish]

0:09 OMG SNAILS :3 <3

[MuddyTonic]

wow this is so deep and powerfully upbeat

[NoEscapeFromDarkness]

She stole my diary again...

[randomgirly5]

what does she mean when she says "whos mother applied the same rules to her kids body as her own." What did her mother do to them???

[LunacyPunk]

@randomgirly5 It means that her mother placed her on diet and made her eat like her mother was eating.

[suessKaetzchen]

@randomgirly5 Maria battled with an eating disorder when she was younger, so I'm guessing it has something to do with that =/

[XxDazedandConfusedx1]

@randomgirly5 A child's body doesn't need as much food + nutrients as an adult's (obviously), so I think she's sort of stating how she's not eating enough for a woman of her age but rather as much as a child should need. that's just my interpretation.

[AnaAndMiaxX]

holy damn this is amazing!

[iamapotatochip90]

CHA CHA CHA

[Srahrah16]

10 peop e were so amazed at this song they clicked thumbs down for making them dance.

[bh13001]

I feel bad for maria. It sounds like she had a very bad childhood. : (

[nchollywood]

Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter

[jolixx93]

why does it feel like its not complete? (:

[AmberTalksTooMuch]

love this song.

[Maaiike0911]

i've got her album cause and effects, it's really great! <3

[waarachtigwaar]

i always start smiling when she sings the first line of this song !

[justwanabebeautiful]

wow its so full of emotion great video too thank for making it I <3 maria mena

[TransmissionFilms]

Today in class my teacher used this song for a lesson on our "Cause and Effect" unit!

[doootuz]

@TransmissionFilms So do I....

[skysamfreeman]

@TransmissionFilms Me 2.

[DJVirgoNeun]

@TransmissionFilms OH MY GOD, You too? Same thing here! :D

[SugarMonger]

Ok the visuals were amazingly powerful. Someone has got skills for real. The song was pretty and touching as well. Overall I liked it way way lots ! Thanks for posting it !

[BethyDiNo]

Does anyone else think she sounds like Ellie Goulding? lol.

[SnowHenofAusterlitz]

Holy crap. I had never listened to Maria Mena before today, but now I think she's one of my favorite artists. I really need to thank the person who suggested that I might enjoy her music.

[lollikeomgteen]

Lyrics part 2. And this is just a theory, But I think the reason Why I'm scared you'll croak is: The only male influence I've had, After daddy up and left, Were my mother's weekend lovers, And their alcoholic breaths. I'll tell you what caused it If you'll handle the effects (the effects, the effects) X2 Yes, I'll tell you what caused it If you'll handle the effects (whoa!)

[lollikeomgteen]

Lyrics to Cause And Effect : I can't laugh too hard, I'm on a diet. I'm trying to lose myself, You ought to try it. Just starve for six days straight, Oh, it's a riot. Ev-e-ry Sun-day night. I binge, and I barf, 'cause I carry the Scars of an eight-year-old, Whose mother applied the same rules To her kid's body, As her own. I think you'll leave me soon, Though I've no proof of it. But I'll make it easier for you By being a little bitch. .

[XxDeadParrotxX]

She's incredible. Somehow she made such a dark situation into something crazy, and yet she got the message across with every word <3 loved it

[Flexserve]

Ok, are ya joking? WTF? Sung horribly, out of key, terrible lyrics.

I put my speakers on mute, because this song was so bad.

There's cause and effect.

[kimmnieu]

How can her own song be out of key?

And what are good lyrics to you?

Just curious. (:

[aqua200aqua]

@Flexserve guy she wrote the song. There's no way it can be out of key. Listen to the song. You have to respect anyone who talks for those who couldn't.

[Flexserve]

@aqua200aqua Who says????

[Nickjustforpussies]

beautiful song, I would have appreciated it a lot to hear it when I was younger. Its honest and beautful. Maria is a absolute cutie!

[BlaineDeschain]

My head hurts from being hit with the message.

[xXbbbexterXx]

great song :) xxx

[AcheronakaMatthijs]

NICE, my favourite of her

[lacrosseplayer49]

what would constitute mature for you?

Sex, money, bling?

bc honestly, I'm tired of that kind of trash that some call music. Maria Mena has an amazing voice, and she sings about real problems. How many people do you thing she's helping with her music? How many teen girls with eating disorders? How many abused children?

Don't hate on her because she's singing about something that happened to her once, she obviously moved on if she's comfortable with letting others know that this happened to her

[Sopranelsker]

lacrosseplayer, neither of the above. Maturity, when it comes to music is dynamic use of frequencies that leaves a distinct fingerprint where vocal is important, but not necessary the text, and if the text is put in front, then maturity exclude things like not getting over trouble in life that has passed long gone. Personal trouble should be worked out with the person involved and not made public. This way Maria would actually learn something from her experiences which seams impossible now.

[TheKuttapanna]

@Sopranelsker oh wow. your words sound like someone's who has never experienced abuse, childhood trauma, depression, self harm or addiction. you can't just "work things out" its not that easy. from someone who's been there and done that, i can tell you that sometimes its just better to cut yourself off from people that destroy you. when it comes to music, i like it pure. one that comes from deep within the soul. it doesn't have to be mature, especially if you didn't have a childhood like maria.

[Marilyn3rietveld]

@lacrosseplayer49 I am also so tired of that 'music' of so-called 'rappers' Maria Mena is real and very talented!

[freakyblonde88]

well love, eating disorders, abuse etc, are very real things in some people's lives... And when songs are about something you really feel it in the song, makes it 100times more beautiful...

[fuzzybottom]

One thing that I do have to admit, she's one of my favorite artist truly however, her writing style rotates around Love, Eating Disorders, Abuse ect.

That doesn't make her music bad, honestly say whatever its your opion but you do have to have a mature taste in music to except her genre.

[darafeth]

actually most those songs come from the album cause and effect because well she said it was basically her coming to terms with her past

[valerield72397]

If anyone else is here for computer class dont leave a hurtful comment because the people who youtube this on purpose get pretty offended when you talk shit about their idols so stop cuz ur offending alot of people and its not a good idea ;} fans can get VERY violent, remember that next time;}

[jLiekeee]

waaaaauw, maria mena is so good! ('lll)

[solracord]

lol i have to watch it form my comp class to.... hahah

[valerield72397]

i love her music i love this song and this is about an eating disorder she had when her parents divorced so u need to shut up and stop talking cuz i cried the first time i heard this and i have more insight into the world and im 12

[HappySadLove]

lmao, youre my new hero xD

[valerield72397]

geez u stupid haters

[bongobilly9681]

lol SPC comp class! i think this song is hilarious lol lamee!!

[HorizonEternity]

Me Too ;-)

[ecdact]

It's so scary how much I can relate to her songs!

[JHendrix721]

Comp assignment for me. Ms. Dietzer.

[TylerBaumbarger]

Another person here for Comp class. SPC?

[aurilcia]

Lol, this is my comp. assignment too.

[michicubichi]

cause: had to watch it for comp class

effect: me wishinq i was deaf

[AutobotWindstalker]

Ugh... I hate my instructor for giving this assignment out... This has gotta be one of the dumbest assignments ever...

[cwhitchard]

yeh so im pretty sure i have all you guys in my class lol. i kinda like it too

[dace118]

I gotta watch it for comp as well

I really hate my teacher lol

[nalalala]

I have to watch it for Comp, too. But I kinda like it. >.>

[anthony9899]

haha i must be in your class too..this is the weirdest thing ive ever watched...

[ovrboost]

...I can't believe I gotta watch this for a college assignment.... Go figure.

[LetTheMelodyFlow]

You must be in my class lol

[gotmilk21891]

me too! wtf.

[loveorhateme007]

lol you have to watch this for an assignment? wtf

poor you

[MaryOfRosewell]

she's such a genius

[GemmaButterfly]

I love this song.< 33

[erninioX]

great song, beatiful pictures 5*

[Elwin2907]

Still, this one's awesome too.

[Josssuy]

all this time is best song for maria mena :)

[ceciliefilbert]

i just loooooove maria mena! :i

[YourSilentWhisper]

She's so cool.

[Innergoth333]

OMG!

I can identify with this song sooo much sadly....

[SuaveSweetie]

i loved it. you're great a video-making. it made the song even more enjoyable. like an expirence.

[KellyRocksClarkson]

Thanks! ^^

[MaddyFlowerChild16]

it seems to me that she says something in the background after she says the line "by being a little bitch"?

something like "Fuck off"? idk

but i love her!

[crocje]

she does;) I've heard it too!

[SuaveSweetie]

yea i think so too! lol

[danielthomasyoung]

yeah you're right. she says "but I'll make it easier for you by being a little bitch (fuck off)" lol

[TheGooseKita]

i heard it too

[JuliaFromRomeo]

Yes the voice you hear in the background is her mother saying fuck off.

[LauraBlln]

WHEN? ;O

[dreamsandfantasy]

I love her voice.

[transessence]

ona spiewa troche jakby miala zatkany nos xD

[theposhnosh1]

these lyrics r real blatant

[harink25]

You don't praise her but GOD!

but it is a nice song!

[Chris1Joyce]

harink, did she record a great CD too?

[JohannesLepisto]

What do you mean with "you don't praise her but GOD!"?

[Niickjuhhh]

I don't get it? XD

what do you mean by that?

[DanieleDevastation]

they meant that the person who said they praise her should praise god instead.

but praise doesn't necessarily mean you worship them!

[SuaveSweetie]

as in she's not hiding anything. she's saying i'm messed up cuz my mom was horrible."

[IoLOVEoYOUoDAN]

i love her. i wanna meet her and like just like get down on my knees and praise her. she is amazing. i love her with a passion.

[ecdact]

this song is amazing.

i love it. it's so powerful & raw. her lyrics strip you to the core & leaves you with emotion.

[lostinwonderland92]

were did u get ur pics?

[Edecaa]

i love it <3

[CJudge36]

Does american itunes not have any of her new stuff? The only cd is part of White turns blue.

[lostinwonderland92]

no it dosn't! i was pissed off, i m gonna just buy her cds i guess

[sunshineblueyes]

In alot of her songs she talks about EDs and weight and trying to find herself. Its really sad.

[Simone8D]

2:38 is a nice pic d: Loooove this song, like I do with all of her songs (:

[Juli2905]

1:29

i love this pic!

[112WildCat211]

her CD is quite dark, yes.

I think she struggled with an eating dsorder, that was caused by her mother or something, some quotes: "just starve for six days strayght oh its a riot, every sunday night, I binge and I purge, cuz I crry the scars of an 8 year old, whoes mother aplied the same rules to her kids body as to her own"

[CYPB]

it's barf, not purge ;)

[112WildCat211]

oh well XD

it still means the same

so you get the point, hahah XD

[vbfrapgrl323]

I'm almost positive it was anorexia. One of her songs is about it, (besides this one) though she calls it Ana in the song for short. I think it was eyesore. It's kind of sad that people do that, i feel so bad sometimes. And sadly, a major cause of anorexia is dancing, believe it or not. Some get pressured into it, and it's horrible.

[LittleDane1991]

yes, it is her song eyesore.

[nalalala]

Bulimia, actually. She speaks of "Binging and Barfing" ....that's bulimia. They over-eat until they are forced to purge.

[nathanberrima]

this is a very dark cd does anyone else think this?

from this and other sonds her mother does not sound like a nice person

[uberprogamerdavid]

das ist doch scheisse

[28offebruary]

was?

[JingleBellRock2292]

guys all maria menas albums are on itunes, get em there!

p.s. love this song

[StrangeRapunzel]

i dont have itunes :(

[sgt1337]

u can download it fo' fr33 ;D

[Bauchnabenpopel]

@sgt1337: It doesn't work on Linux or UNIX machienes.

[sgt1337]

u shuldnt use that poop

[ATSareamazing]

i could only find her first album on itunes

[donatello7777777]

me too. i want the songs, all of them on this CD, but I cant find the CD anywhere!! :S

[StrangeRapunzel]

please SOMEONE send me her songs?

I have never seen a Maria Mena CD EVER!

[emorocks91]

Itunes has it

[marijxxx]

so cool

i love it

<3

[dangirms]

this album is so deep and persoanl, and i love it.

She is an Amazing artist.

She is fantastic

I can't eve get enough of her.

[xoxRikuShadowxox]

Hey, what's the font you used in the beginning of the video and where did you download it? I love it, it's SO adorable. :D

[KellyRocksClarkson]

It's Fiolex Girls;)

I haven't download it,

It is just a font in Microsoft word or Windows Movie Maker;)

[dixieVonRuppel]

Please dont upload Norwegian music so people can enjoy it for free! Just kidding. Only want to make a point here, this artist is Norwegian! Yay!

[musikofthetime]

this song has been nominated as the song of the month(and this video has been chosen to be the example on the playlist;nominated songs of all time, lucky you, owner of this video;) hope you will vote for this song.