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  • I love this video, pretty beautiful if you take a step back and think about the message it sends. I just don't understand the part when she asks.... "Why Pyramids", and he replies "Immense Invitation"?

  • Such a beautiful song and video 3

  • ACID!? D=

  • Liam Hurley, take a bow my friend.

  • just sitting here crying

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  • my life in 5:37 min :(

  • Thats A 'Low' sperm count

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  • i was suffering from such bad depression that i literally could not get out of the bed. i felt drained and hopeless, i had lost all passion for love and beauty. then i found this song, and i opened the blinds, and i sat there in the sunlight and cried my eyes out. but they were cleansing tears. this song reminded me of the love in this world, that it does exist. it's so strong but so delicate and sweet. i was truly moved by this song.. i don't feel numb anymore. c:

  • Hipster Collective's mixtape brought me here. (FYI you can get the song free through them...)

  • Its a beautiful song, love to interpret in many different ways.

    The curse, i guess, is that Mummy cannot die. And he has to suffer loneliness and silence.

    The girl cures him when she finds him and gives him a new lease of life or so the mummy would like to believe though he knows it wouldnt be long enough ( until the girl grows old and passes away ) before he will be back to his curse.Maybe that's the reason he wants to meet other ppl too..havent seen earlier comments..pardon repetition..

  • When I saw curse the first thing i did was check the comments O.o

  • The curse is eternal life, guys. Don't take it so literally.

  • Even after hearing this this song probably 100 times, it makes my soul bleed.

  • I dream away with this song... Just floating away ;)

  • great song great album. nuff said!!!!

  • Does anyone know why the pyramids are an "immense invitation?"

  • @tinit63 Because for the curse to work someone had to find the tomb. Ergo they mas it easy to find.

  • @winningsince1992 But I thought it was more that he didn't want her to find the curse, that it was his curse. Or was it not up to him?

  • @tinit63 He didn't want to take her life because he fall in love with her but when the priests did the curse so he had to still the life of the one that came into the tomb and disturbed him.

  • @tinit63 Basically what is happening here is that the mummy was cursed, until she disturbed his sleep, and then the curse was transferred to her. I am sure you noticed how as the mummy gets stronger, she gets weaker... until finally she succumbs to the curse, and the mummy puts her in the pyramid so that, some time in the future, someone will come and investigate the pyramid and she will get to live again...

  • @Froggy711 I considered it more that she got older as he got more used to being alive and that while he was immortal, she wasn't, so his curse was that he had to see her get older and die, but I don't feel like consuming the comments section anymore. Everyone has their own opinion, and that's fine. :)

  • The most beautiful love story ever!

  • Awh i love this song so much D; My dad and i where talking about this song and how he thinks that the mummy is still cursed and that he is actually sucking the life out of her the more they spend time with each other O_o i was like mind=blown because it actually kinda sound like it if you listen.. im not saying its true but i thought that was a pretty neat idea O_O if i do say so my self.. but i still love this song :D

  • @NervousDreamer1

    What he means is that the mummy's curse is that his life is eternal, but hers isn't, and he's doomed to watch her age and wither away. That's why he never gives her a straight answer, so she doesn't feel guilty. That's just what I think though :)

  • 4 people are just plain wierd. ;) Joking.

  • If she wasn't mummified or even embalmed before being sealed in the casket, wouldn't she just rot?

    Great video, though.

  • My Junior English teacher played this video for us in class two days ago. In short, the whole class was throwing out insults. I fell in love with it first thing. I think it's such a beautiful song.

  • @Megan5asdf your teacher is awesome.

  • Made me cry

  • What Loodee14 said.

  • my lovely neighb brought me here :)

  • I brought myself here. Great song.

  • My grade 10 English teacher brought me here

  • 4 people are cursed...

  • 4 people have no souls

  • such a deep song... no wonder my teacher is making us do a practice essay on it

  • que buena rola mi Josh, tienes mucha sensibilidad... Jah bless

  • wow. just wow.

    

  • I was looking to download a kooks song and instead I got this. Now its my favorite song.

  • Awesomeness.

    

  • How special is this...... it shows that you should love someones inside "look" than the outside look of a person. Poor thing..... and when I mean thing I mean thing.

  • GOD I love this song!

  • Good song but weird as fuck, no?

  • I think this video kinda ruined the song a little. I mean i still love the song, but its not as good now.... :(

  • @lynny282 i saw the vid and heard it at the same time, to me it paints such a beautiful story:)

  • who made this video???? its as cute :) the puppets are brill!!!

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    Checkout CIRCLE OF ONE FOUNDATION (dot) ORG (dot) AU and click on events for more details!...Tickets will be drawn on 30th August 2011

  • Beautiful video!!! Beautiful song!!

  • four people can't forget that question...

  • Four people are cursed.

  • I first heard this song and Josh Ritter's voice over a year ago on NPR, yet I still love every word of every song; they are the songs I never skip on my iPod's shuffle, the songs that are still haunting, the lyrics that are still unfolding. Ritter is an amazing, rare talent, a genius.

  • i sit here at my computer trying to find words to explain my love for this song , but i am speechless , josh ritter i have loved you for so long , but i can honestly say , this time you have made me utterly speechless ! :')

  • @SuperBredin Right? It's... It's just one of those songs.

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  • absolutely beautiful

  • Thank you for this song Josh Ritter and band. Just... Thank you.

  • try this: pause this video, open another tab and pull up the video rainy mood, then play them at the same time

  • @ianian12455

    Genius!

  • Brilliant.

  • Before I die, I will perform a Waltz to this song!

  • Simply lovely. It makes me nostalgic and I'm not certian why. I'm thrilled to now know about this artist... pure class.

  • oohhhhwww tis is so beautyful, I let my tears running.....

    Thanks for posting this!!!

  • What kind of person dislikes this video...? This video is amazing, and the song exceeds all expectations of humanity.

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  • Never date foreign dudes. This is beautiful, I love Josh Ritter.

  • I know one thing about whoever brought you here. That person is awesome.

  • Josh Ritter never ceases to amaze me... An incredible lyricist, a fabulous artist, and a wholesomely good person.

  • This breaks my heart but I can't stop watching it

  • well done hand made film!

  • Mr. Stcaey Brought Me here

  • me too :D

  • They aren't puppets, they are Marionettes. 

  • so SO beautifully done!

  • omg when i hear this song i remember that girl i love.. but she dont love me =(

  • What a beautifully sad love song.

  • I literally cannot stop watching this video. It's ridiculous how much I love this song.

  • Love this song... enthralled by the puppets. <3

  • a love of josh ritter brought Me here. 

  • I can't believe how awesome this is

  • Its sad but Its an amazing music video

  • It's lovely, really. I didn't think I would cry but the end got me.

  • i cry everytime

  • My boyfriend's name is Josh Ritter. :]

  • and to think I was looking up an SNL skit...I'm glad I found this instead.

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  • Ingrid Michaelson brought me here

  • time is the saddest curse...

  • Heartbreaking.

  • awww beautiful, but sad <3

  • This song Is so amazing, I love how there can be so many different interpretations and I can understand all of them and each is just as wonderful as the other

  • I saw it more as them using each other, despite feeling love. The lines "the halls of the tomb that she calls a museum" and "Think of them as an immense invitation" really stuck with me. He uses her to regain life, she uses him to gain notoriety. In the end, her life fades into obscurity while his becomes immortal in history and the memories of those who came to see him/read her books.

  • They genuinely loved each other. She built him up to be what he became and then he "outgrew" her. She couldn't handle his being put on display. It changed their relationship and it killed what they had. Her heart grew old and stopped beating because she couldn't take his moving on.

  • Why did they replace this video? Last week the mummy was playing the trumpet, now it's her playing it. Why? I thought it was better with him playing it.

  • this is so sad

    i like never cry and this redused me to tears

  • love that Ritter makes me weep like a 4 year old

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  • Did you notice this: He is cursed. He gets stronger and famous quickly as she ages quickly.The cure is him taking her life. There is also a part that says she's just a rag dragging behind him. So he never really loved her, he just needed to take her life. In the end, it talks about pyramids. If they were buried in normal graves, then archeoligists wouldn't be that interested. the pyramids 'invite' people for the mummies to suck the life out of. It said that he hoped she'd forget that question...

  • @icedream1100 : That's one interpretation. The way I understood it, years passed off-screen. The woman he loved got old and eventually died while he remains, cursed with immortality. But I like your idea too.

  • This song is SO creepy. Did you notice: Here is a lyric that reveals, "She asks 'Are you cursed?' He says 'I think that I'm cured'. So, he is cursed. Did you notice that she gets old quickly throughout the song? He gets stronger and famous? He seems to suck the life out of her in the music video. He is cured because he finally has someone after thousands of years to suck the life out of. This lyric also reveals it is a curse, "But she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him".

  • Went to Josh Ritter in Cinci last night--amazing!

  • @jeffthefinn That might of been one of the best concerts I've ever been too.

  • Love this <3 I went to a Josh Ritter concert in October. It was amazing <3

  • Such a great video to go along with such a beautiful song :)

  • Wonderful

  • Pharyngula brought me here... so sad... actually crying T_T

  • I've listened to this song so many times I love it I only watched because Neil Gaiman :D

  • I don't even know whether I'm crying for the mummy or the archeologist...

    Another one off Neil Gaiman's blog:)

  • Love this :) The Mummy kind of looks like Liam Hurley :D

  • Another sent over from Neil Gaiman's blog... this is just heartbreakingly amazing!

  • @shannonwhelan21 @derkrazyha

    This was just... wow; reminded me of the first part in "Up"

  • Neil Gaiman brought me here.

  • @shannonwhelan21 Neil Gaiman only brings me existential doubt and ennui. Lucky you.

  • @shannonwhelan21 how did he bring you here if you dont mind me asking?

  • @heyzeus94 He posted it on his blog :) And said he loves Girl in the War :D Awesome books, awesome taste in music

  • How very strange and wonderful this is.

  • Wow! Josh Ritter is a great songwriter! Amazing!

  • This is by far , the most beautiful song I have EVER heard... hands down. no question about it. i love you Kelly Ayotte.

  • looooooooove!

  • Such a wonderful song to play on the piano

  • Such wonderful song to play on the piano

  • This song is not really my style but it is haunting

  • @vegevey exactly the same as me mate

  • zero people are crazy. Epic song. Epic epic epic

  • I cant believe puppets have reduced me to tears

  • @MrsHouseTakeNewVegas I agree :-D The song alone is so beautiful and moving, but coupled with this stunningly powerful video-WOW!!!! :-D I'm not embarrassed to admit that I too shed a tear.

  • @mikevaughanmusic I agree :) the video and the song go so well together. Songs like this dont come very often, its a very underrated song

  • @MrsHouseTakeNewVegas Methinks, perhaps, it was the music and lyricism of Josh Ritter.

  • @MrsHouseTakeNewVegas The song may have had something to do with it... ;)

    There are movies with thinner plots and Josh crams is in 5 minutes of gorgeousness

  • @MrsHouseTakeNewVegas They're marionettes, haha...

  • @Ruggiao Toy story 3 was animated and the whole cinema was crying (including me) real or not, strange things move different people

  • @MrsHouseTakeNewVegas I meant that they're marionettes not puppets, nothing more.

  • That was fantastic.

  • So Runs The World Away is easily the best album of 2010 and this music video is just terrific. Well done to all who helped make it and Josh never stop making great music.

  • this is so beauitfully sad.

  • i cant stop watching this ,this is sorrow and joy ..no this humanity breaking your heart

  • Great song! reminds me of "Heirloom" by Brandon Snipes

  • this was amazing 

  • Amazing animation and a beautiful song to boot!

  • haunting

  • Simply beautiful, both the song and the video, I thoroughly enjoyed the two.

  • this is a masterclass in storytelling, a fragment of a mind that is, imaginative, soulfull, and heartfelt. a beautiful song that will be missed by most but should be heard by all.

  • Very nice work. Ritter is fantastic.

  • This is such a lovely song, easy liestening absolutely beautiful.

  • This is the most beautiful music video I've seen in a long long time. THANK YOU. The album is pretty amazing too!

  • This is such a lovely song, sad and hopeful at the same time. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it, and now I listen to it every day. Amazing!

  • Absolutely beautiful. Well done. Thanks Q

  • So very lovely ~ ~ ~

  • saw Josh Ritter play this beautiful song live last night, and woke up needing to watch this video again. Amazing!

  • Wonderful.

  • Wow, that was amazing!

  • Bravo! I heard Josh interviewed on CBC's 'Q' and couldn't wait to find this video. Congratulations to all who accommplished thia amazing art.

  • INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

    

  • Amazing work, very moving.

  • Great.

  • This is the first time I have shed tears for a story performed by puppets. Congratulations Josh, a beautiful story, a beautiful and touching story. My compliments and thank you for touching my heart.

  • Sad and yet beautiful. Great work, compliments to both - the musician as well as the master of puppets

  • Whimsical tender story.

  • Not enough songs out there like this one. Beautiful story.

  • Thanks Jian for the headsup for this! Poignant and beautiful!

  • Cool song by Josh Ritter.

    GREAT animation with puppets by Liam Hurley (his drummer!).....