Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead

[XTinaKSNS]

KONY 2012 watch the video & spread the word PLEASE! We can make a change :-)

[midreal]

@XTinaKSNS go fuck yourself

[NightTimeCoffee]

She left me, my parents left me, Doubt left me, Jane left me and everything else is falling into place. I am the only one left... just like before. Time for creation and destruction.

[Azvntea]

This song and the music video definitely has a connection to the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The laying down on the ice, lyrics, and song name altogether. Amazing song, and an amazing movie....

[MrCheck1989]

eternal sunshine!!

[SirGambleo]

Am I the only who notices the connection between this, and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND!? If you haven't heard of it, look it up and watch it. Because it's as amazing as this song is. Imo.

[beberia]

Erin suggests this!!

[AlmostGotSome]

Oh god, beautiful.

[maRuskie]

song literally makes me want to cry and i dont know why

[spsiegelutube]

@maRuskie Me too.

[Valdraya]

Never once listened to this song without getting goosebumps

[subinrajck]

beautiful......



[ShowMeeTheSkyLinee]

Beautiful , <3

[Meligali16]

I listen to this song in Daydream Nation, a great movie, i love it since then!

[Airw4rs]

still listening to this lovely canadian band in 2012? HELLZ TO THE YES!!!

[takovarra]

OMG i've been looking for this for SOOOO long i'm so happy i found this!!

[KristaC1220]

A beautiful song. Love the cello and the opening proclamation--- "When there is nothing left to burn, you have to set YOURSELF on fire."

[ogamus2006]

anyone here listen to broken social scene? just curious.

[alejarc90]

@ogamus2006 I doooooooo!!!!

[wackinstack]

I normally listen to TOOL, Queens of the Stoneage, Kings of Leon, Korn, Led Zeppelin and Death From Above 1979. Hard rock/metal is my thing. I love it.

But I also love this.

Beautiful.

[naynuhful]

I could listen to this song forever.

[sarahfalsonable]

@naynuhful Me too. One of my favourite songs of all time.

[fireblacksandblues]

reminds me of ice skating.

[jesterkp]

This might be one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[baysideX93]

the only reason people start arguments are to evoke reaction just leave him/her alone she is just obviously seeking attention to compensate for the fact that he/she is forgettable at best in the real world.

[Pinkyfusia1]

"If she looks back, then everything's okay" i remember hearing this on Degrassi a few years ago and been trying to find it, finally. the best song i have ever listened to.

[QSirRagealotQ]

fuck vevo.

[beautifulbones101]

Reminds me of 500 Days Of Summer

:3

[thecookiemonstur]

This makes me want to run outside in the snow and open my arms to embrace the world.

[DoctorKazefa]

Damn, these people are ugly.

[whiterichboy]

@DoctorKazefa you're an asshole. They look like normal people to me.

[Wraagh]

@DoctorKazefa ...The chick's pretty hot imo.

[guarrana]

this puts into words almost perfectly how I feel about my ex

[madnessgodman]

I knew this before it was cool. :trollface: HAHAHHAHAHA! XD

[SqueesitPlease]

@madnessgodman damn dude! Can I be your friend? I've never known a real hipster in RL

[madnessgodman]

@SqueesitPlease Sure! I've never known that people can be sarcastic jackasses to jokes in real life! :trollface:

[SqueesitPlease]

@madnessgodman Im not sure I want to be your friend if you keep making troll faces. thats just weird

[madnessgodman]

@SqueesitPlease Why? You don't like trolls? :-S

[SqueesitPlease]

@madnessgodman The only time I like troll faces is when my tiny schwantz is inside a female squish mitten. So no I dont.

[DoctorKazefa]

@madnessgodman I cried for 50 hours when I read your comment. Your words so depressed me about the state of the people in this world that I had no other choice.

[madnessgodman]

@DoctorKazefa Your grammar works in the same way. Not to mention the obvious sarcastic tone with the given interjection of 50 hours.

[andhesaidtoher]

this reminds me of sleepless nights in my friend's ranch house, tucked away in the wilderness and surrounded by 50 acres of orange groves. We'd watch 'Wristcutters' and 'Garden State' to the soundtracks of our lives. I miss those days spent without saying a word and understanding each other perfectly.

[LaHatterFan]

@andhesaidtoher I love Wristcutters soooo much, and fuck the other person making fun of you.

[madnessgodman]

@LaHatterFan Wristcutters the movie was good.

[Willowheart4321]

When did this get so many views? :O

[FalseProphet501]

@Willowheart4321 Idk it was on Degrassi =P

[Willowheart4321]

@FalseProphet501 Haha, yay, that tends to happen to alot of songs :P

[SuperAustenfan]

rumor has it this song will be part of the Perks of Being a Wallflower soundtrack. it's off by more than a decade but it does have a perks vibe

[171717rj]

@SuperAustenfan ii think soo too. and that book was amazing !!

[juliethefnpirate]

i've never been so in love.

[andre19891]

"There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave

You were what I wanted

I gave what I gave

I'm not sorry I met you

I'm not sorry it's over

I'm not sorry there's nothing to save"

[modernhalo999]

★★

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[mnika021]

i just love this. so much. :)

[YoursTrulyChris]

I wanna go ice skating now.... Winter! 

[dancray]

lovely

[tangzhexuan8]

240p....WE MEET AGAIN!!!!

[DAVET0NE]

@tangzhexuan8 hahahaha

[sayhitoashley]

@tangzhexuan8 hahaha eeexxxxxxaaaactly. :)

[MarkWF5485]

Beautiful song. It sort of reminds me of Sufjan Stevens.

[challettify]

Got to love The O.C.!

[BrooklyntoBrixton]

@challettify Was this song on the show. I used to love that show before they killed Marissa. An then Skins came out. An I was like the O.C wtf is that.

[kissyface456123]

Stars helped me sooo much. whenever i was in the right place it was becuase of songs like this.

[technicallyhuman]

I love how a song could provoke thousands of beautiful thoughts. <3

[Vizery85]

I wish i didn't watch this. The song has been a favorite because of how practical and anti-drama the lyrics are and there contrast to the music.... but this has to be one of the worst pairings of video to song I've ever seen. I am a huge Stars fan, don't get me wrong.

[22jdyer]

I am so in love with this band and have been for years!

[MG53895]

i love canada.

[TBEffect]

Youtube is a beautiful place for discovering music. I've won today.

[phoebeforthewin]

my little sister fell for a guy she thought was the one , had her heart broken and played with , tossed in the fire she was very sad for a while , out of the ashes a kid lent her his hand and was tired of her being treated like shit , she moved on with out reliseing ,she is happy as ever and the first guy is mad and causing trouble because she is happy , but now that she found the guy that is worth fighting for she is willing to forget the guy she only fought with ,

she thought did the same

[davideligana]

build man fire: warm for the day

set man on fire: warm for rest of life

[TheRobinBestia]

0:08 Skip the first part. Trust me. o______o

[MuMastr]

This song makes me hate the information age, there are just some people I wish I could unexpectedly run into further down the road after we have both grown up and moved on. Just to catch up and make up from a retrospective point of view. Facebook was the death of catching up and the romanticized random rendezvous.

[RedBlueOmega]

Beautiful!

[CloverSunstarRC]

Oh. My. God. It's Ben from lost! (Well, hay, it looks a hell of a lot like him)

[CloverSunstarRC]

Whats with the old man?

[hQ369]

This reminds me of every other hipster song.

[MsUnreliable]

@hQ369 haha, it's still good!

[skylerEATSkids]

This reminds me of Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind 

[XxXEvilLoverXxX]

@skylerEATSkids Yeah i'm pretty sure this song was in the Movie and they're kinda giving it a tribute here =)

[fbook95]

@skylerEATSkids I was thinking the exact same thing.

[spsiegelutube]

@skylerEATSkids That's because it's based on it. (check the Wiki page)

[thisisntsarika]

lol youtube fights

[viva114]

this always reminds me of that scene in "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"

[lovewillsaveusall]

these people thesaurus-d the fuck out of this argument, you can just tell. I like STARS :)

[cvg1099]

@lovewillsaveusall Well, the idiot I'm having the discussion with might have been using a thesaurus (especially since she's been misusing some words, clearly not in the right context). But as for the rest of us, it's called 1) an education (paying attention in class, and actually absorbing and internalizing something called "knowledge" that is being handed out), and 2) having a brain that actually works. So, go stick that in your thesaur-ass and smoke it. :D

[shauno5166]

FUCK JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC PEOPLE

[thecottingleyfairy]

heavenly

[steevenlaing]

@Danielpecotic in concert, they said that they're from Montreal and proud of it.

[steevenlaing]

so proud that they're from Montreal.

[Danielpecotic]

@steevenlaing False. They're from Toronto (makes me proud). They are now based in Montreal.

[aarondirt]

underbelly!

[imnotmechanical1304]

The ice reminds me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

[Thrashslashedmashedp]

@imnotmechanical1304 Bingo! I thought that as well man!

[jaykgrey]

@imnotmechanical1304

The ice reminds me of it, but so does the music itself. Dunno.

[steevenlaing]

@jaykgrey it reminds me of Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

[buscoitaly]

WHEN THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO BURN YOU HAVE TO SET YOURSELF ON FIRE

[GlassGirl17]

I can't stop playing it

[espionage69979]

is this band canadian?

[GlassGirl17]

@espionage69979 yup

[lissa405]

@espionage69979 yes<3

[espionage69979]

@lissa405 ARE YOU CANADIAN?

[lissa405]

@espionage69979 no:( but I want to go visit one day :D

why?

[espionage69979]

@lissa405 oh im just wondering . where are you from ?

[brightsideofrealism]

"when you have nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire."

and i want to tell you this video saved my life:: a dear friend and an ex lover...left this world, and every fucking word of this changes every perspective in my mind. And, now I know I need to live, I want to live, not because of him. because of me. thank you.

bittersweet

"live through this, and you won't look back"

[mca2793]

the beginning gets me every time

[mellymutton]

When there is nothing left to burn - you have to set yourself on fire....

[ctam01]

WHERE'S THE DRUMMER'S HEAD???

[CheersToMusic]

@ctam01 Aha LOL

[tardz12]

@ctam01 it's there! it just looks crooked

[rampant1apart]

Hahaha, I just got it!

Your ex-lover is dead because they don't exist anymore. I've out grown it, and I'm not the same person that was in love with you. Maybe it's because it was just time, maybe because it was really bad. Heck, maybe it was because it was really good.

But that's over now. That person that loved you isn't here or anywhere now. I'm not that person anymore, and I never will be again.

I'm sorry, for what it's worth.

[AnnyLaRockera]

@rampant1apart beautiful (:

[lurizdarooster]

Damn, you people were right. This song is amazing.

[PaisleyWilde]

All that fire at the beginning, you'd think it'd have melted the ice.

[RayatoTV]

it's been five full days and I cannot stop listening to this song. it's so fuckin gorgeous.

[yeahhitsSKyNiCOle]

utterly beautiful

[cvg1099]

But if there's nothing left to burn, that would mean even you don't exist, so it would be impossible to set yourself on fire if you didn't exist.

Just like when someone says "children are our future". They can't be our future, because by the time the future is here, they won't be children any longer.

[tardz12]

@cvg1099 troll

[cvg1099]

@tardz12 Have you ever thought of trying to have something original of your own to say, or do you just like getting by on current trendy bandwagon one-liners? Answer: the latter. You're boring, stop talking.

[tardz12]

@cvg1099 ridiculous! U obviously kno wt tht phrase means, so if u wanted 2 interpret it, do it right! It's clearly not 2b taken in2 such literal terms. u're so shallow, & u don't go above any horizion of meaning. b/c ur "not boring" dsnt mean ur right, or tht u've any logic w/ wut ur conveying. I've done plenty of research ondis song since I 1st heard it, & da quote's a reminiscentof da suicide of jan palach, from the former czechoslovakia. in protest of soviet-led invasion, he set...continued.

[tardz12]

@cvg1099 ...himself on fire in wenceslas square.his funeral turned in2 a major protest against da soviet occupation&, contrary 2 his wish tht no1 else die the same death as he,palach nevertheless inspired 2 other men, jan zajic & evzen plocek, 2 die in protest in da same manner as palach, torquil campbell 1st said the quote, further describing da incident.

[tardz12]

@cvg1099 "trendy bandwagon one-liners" that is the most old fashion language I have come across in quite some time lol. again, it doesn't mean you're right, just because you're "not boring".

[cvg1099]

@tardz12 I know. It means I'm right, because I'm right. duh

"old fashioned language"? haha. All language is old-fashioned. Would you suggest I invent entirely new words and phrases with which to communicate to you? Are the words I'm using right now too old fashioned for you to comprehend? Man, you're too much. lol

[tardz12]

@cvg1099 Not at all. On the contrary, your conviction of my comprehension of language is assessed based on what I typed, and for comments on Youtube, I use abbreviated words simply because it results in fewer characters, so I have more room to express more concepts. You seem like one who would sit through a conversation primarily to listen to their very own voice, and it amuses me how you even prorogued a reply to my comment on the very basis of this discussion; the quote, out of resentment.

[cvg1099]

@tardz12 Wait, exactly what abbreviated words are you referencing here? I merely called you out on your utter boredom in using trendy one-liners; not on abbreviation.

You're claiming your intellect is greater than what the content you post on YouTube conveys? There wasn't any evidence of that prior to your last post. At least you're bothering to put some effort into a response now. If I seem like one who is only interested in my own voice, how am I able to respond to what YOu are saying?

[cvg1099]

@tardz12 And by the way, your attempt at trying to "turn the tables" on someone who calls you out on stupidity, only serves to validate that you acknowledge that stupidity. Lashing out just because you're embarrassed not only doesn't work, but it makes you look even more stupid. And in saying that you're amused at my choosing to reply to your comments, only serves to validate that I'm right. A wise person would stop digging when they're already in over their head... my advice to you.

[tardz12]

@cvg1099 SILLYHEAD. You know I'm right, I have to go to sleep now but I'll reply in the morning.

[MartPmore]

This song makes me cry.

[tardz12]

@MartPmore every time.

[isaac61200]

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

[spaynlestertel]

and all of that time you thought i was sad... I was trying to remember your name...

[StrictlyPants]

I loved this song before I saw the video but this video just made me love it more.

[akewsome]

when there's nothing left to burn

you have to set yourself on FIRE ! ! !

[Johnson2Aaron]

Finally a song where the persons are not complaining on their breakup :D

[platonicmusiclover]

@Johnson2Aaron i know right. i get tired of these "another somebody done me wrong" songs... This song, is sheer genius and it takes pure maturity to think this way... <3

[BJprocom]

So... Are We Just going to pretend that that old man at the begining never happened??? Hmmm? Yeah? Ok.........

[fruitconor]

@BJprocom i like it tho :D

[platonicmusiclover]

@BJprocom how bout we just do that. heheheheh ;)

[Lacey210]

My Canadian GF just showed me this song and I love it!

[alexander2705]

Yep,solved it.

[MultiSmiley94]

:l

[saab93driver]

I just plain fucking love them.

[pokethebunny555]

does this remind anyone else of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind?

i mean them being on the ice and all

[ChromeFang]

her voice is beautiful.

[5678danceluver]

@Nerdagara im answering ths=is from a dancers POV.... when you have nothing else to dance about, you have to pick yourself apart and dance about that... when there is nothing left to burn (nothing left to light a fire in your dancing) you have to set yourself on fire (you have to use you to dance you....)

[alexander2705]

That Ice pattern,isn't that from the "Forever Sunlight of the clear brain"?

[rubicscube007]

@alexander2705 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' you mean?

[cocoruba]

No one gives a shit about the drummer so they chop his head off

[guerismycar]

@Nerdagara I think it means that when you run out of things to lose, you have to be the thing that moves you forward. In other words, when you run out of things to burn (fuel), you have to set yourself on fire (you become your fuel to propel you forward)

[Spinnemie]

@Nerdagara My sister's interpretation is that when you have destroyed everything around you, there's no reason to live on. But I think that it means that when you are struggling to reach a certain goal - or to achieve something you really believe in - you must be willing to sacrifice everything, even yourself.

[kindredvampyre]

Stars is a Canadian indie pop band. Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman, the band relocated to New York City and then subsequently to Montreal.

check out songmeanings/dot/net for over 177 comments on this song since 2005

(look via artist STARS)

[EekZombies]

This looks very Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - esque.



[daisydeadbox]

I love this song, but no matter how hard i try to read into it, i cant decide what it's about. Can someone tell me please please please

[samchho]

i love the cowbell sounds at the second half of the song!

[sydneyofalltrades]

HAHA this is like my fav song and it was my fav show (combat hospital) :) good day

[petergriffen56]

Great song and the girl is cute. I like cute girls that don't act like whores.

[riotchildx3]

This song literally changed my life.

This song will change the world.

[chibixaileen]

Julia

[Kimbeam219]

Does this video remind anyone else of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? I always get reminded of that movie when I watch it. This song has been on my top 5 list for years now. I will always love it :]

[xOhaDancerx]

"Live through this and you won't look back" constantly goes through my head. It just stayed with me.

[bloodandchocolateO]

cello! :D

[MatthewVai]

i can't wait to see them again today!! :D

[gh057117]

@msrsst Dude, I know you're trolling, but at least use different language. Seriously.

[Arcaenon]

Damn.

[sjmcas2007]

OMG I love this song 1 million buttery flys one millions summers a capture of peace and love in my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulaohsi]

When there is nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.