Permafrost - (Laurena)

[stickerlover164902]

I have officially listened to this song over 400 times on my iTunes account, not counting how many times I've listened to it on YouTube ^_^

[tyrannoravenbot37]

Can't tell if giant banjo, or tiny person...

[Last42Tides]

You remind me so much of Regina Spektor

[waterman561052]

this is the song for the cover for the fault in our stars book trailer

[AnnaBanan2012]

This is so beautiful :) Thank you for soothing my mind! I feel so much calmer listening to this.

[KieaOfZion]

@lullation13 It's curious how one's state of mind can alter how we perceive a situation or even how we hear the words of a song. I've always really loved this song, but today (after a rather emotional day) it suddenly sounded as if you were saying "I'd rather you make up your mind/ you little bastard/ you were such a waste of time"....so...yeah...that happened. lol

[lullation13]

@KieaOfZion Hahaha.. that's pretty funny.

[MicroCraftTV]

Chills. Every Time.

[sabreli1]

Thanks, John Green.

[DinastiaJonas]

"Gracias por los mapas"???

Your voice and all in this song is beautiful! super sad but beautiful!!!

[lemonice2700]

@DinastiaJonas Thank you for the maps?

[leon123leon]

You are my Valentine.

[lullation13]

@leon123leon Aww :)

[mahimadhesi]

Your voice is absolutely angelic.

[TuckerMacMillan]

There should be 0 dislikes. Not even joking.

[BlurgMaster3000]

I had a hard time finding words, but this is simply beautiful, pure awesomeness and at the same time so sad... Love it...

[sydandtaytum]

hope you tour with the other nerdfighter artists one day. it takes so much courage to put yourself out there, and i commend you. this song and your voice are truly lovely

[Thefrickenator]

You are amazingly talented and beautiful. That is all.

[suchaspacecadet]

So I finally bought your ep today and then I was all like "Laurena is the best I'm going to go listen to the other songs on her channel again" and then I realized I wasn't even subscribed to you! I have no idea how that happened because I definitely was at one point. Well, that problem was promptly amended :)

[arcticdeserts]

Listening to this song so close to Valentine's Day has depressed me in the best way possible. Your music is beautiful and for that I thank you.

[26syntax]

I woke up with this song in my head... now your music is helping me get through a difficult essay due in four hours. I like how your music acknowledges sadness without play into it, without making you feel more depressed like some sad songs do. There's a lot of hope of contiuation in your music, like something's going on, but at the same time everything's still going forward... definitely what I needed to get me through the day. :) DFTBA from one Canadian Nerdfighter to another!

[dlo925]

Simply put... Beautiful.

[NatalieMcMurry]

You have the voice of an angel :)

[th3soviet]

I'm so in love with you

[Thytiny1]

HER EYES STARE INTO UR SOUL!

[Izaak247]

WOW

[JurassicParkingLots]

this is so gorgeous.

[katemley]

this is so beautiful!!!

[4thatbeyondtheshadow]

My Nerdfighter friend often says she listens to this on repeat. This is the first time I really sat down and listened. I totally understand why now. Though I have jealousy of your SHEER talent, I also really want you to be recognized, so much. (almost 200 000 views!

And if this was written about a real guy, HE MISSED OUT on something wonderful :)

[TheAccelerated]

In fact you discovered a fantastic new world of harmonies , very , very , very , very

outstanding

[NearlyPublished]

I LOVE this song. Love it.

[heyguysitsmel]

Listening to this while reading TFiOS was a fantastically dreadful idea. I've never mourned so in my life. Thank you.

[Bnoffeepi]

I really like that hat and, why isn't this song on DFTBA.com anymore? I wanted to get the CD :(

[ducttapechik]

Your eyes are simply bewitching.

[ChiodosIsMyLove]

I can't stop listening to this and thinking of TFiOS. Thank you so much for this! :D

[hadiaIAM]

I listen to this when Lana del Rey makes me sad.

[Yarjibo]

This song is amazing. I usually don't like songs like this, but this one is fantastic! Keep up the great work!

[cupcakes1348]

this is amazing. its my favorite song at the moment :D do you have tabs or chords or sheet music for it or something? cause i'd love to cover it.

[RainBOWTiex]

I named my tumblr after this song :) suddenpermafrost

[TaaniAmatani]

you are so amazing! congrats on winning Nerd Factor!

[PaniicRoom]

did you make those maps? I'm just wondering because I go to college, studying map making. I have to say those maps are really amazing.

[roboticstardust]

Wait, all her songs are about being single. How is she single? How? Someone please explain this to me.

[roboticstardust]

I think that she plays every instrument know to man. French horn, guitar, according, banjo, whats next?

[AWESoMEPLATYPUS]

we learned about permafrost today in chemistry. and i like jumped and i was like laurena!!! yay!!

[fallingjupiter]

I think your album was the first thing I've bought on Itunes with no doubt at all. Your song has brightened my day...my week. Sidenote: The things I love are connected...this girl...Wheezywaiter...Nerdfigh­teria...

There are no such thing as coincidences...

[Ayshafr]

I need money. Ever since John talked about this video, I've kinda been obsessed with this song. You are amazing. DFTBA!

[TessieLane]

I'm absolutely obsessed with this song.

[TroyCottonJr]

I srsly LOVE! this girl!! and this Gorgeous song.

[MirrorMask3J]

laue, vendetta est un caca :(

[Zoofnick]

Care-institutions make mistakes, but nothing that's going that's going to blip on your radar :)

[FaustoWriter]

thanks to john green i download and discover your amazing song

[stormcloud847]

sounds similar to First Aid Kit :)

[stude444]

That, is one beautiful guitar!. Brand and model please?

[Lucyisbored64]

I.AM.BUYING.THIS.SONG.OFF.iTUN­ES.RIGHT.NOW.

[nemothehobofish]

it makes me cry. Every time.

[Thisisnotapipe1]

everything looks smudged now. i cant tell if im crying or if the song is actually melting and fading the world around me. :')

[Hadreleii]

I listened to this while reading The Fault in Our Stars. Wow.

[PinstripedNotebook]

When I first saw the TFiOS trailer, I saw it online. I saw it today when I accidentally watched MTV. I was so excited for you as a musician, for John as an author, for nerdfighters as a community... it's a good time to be alive. c: Beautiful song.

[lula839]

0:32 Ukulele win

[jmridingred]

@lula839 ...the banjo?

[thelazyhufflepuff]

This is so pretty. I'm at a loss of words.

[photoartistfy]

me encanta esta canción

[OddmentTweak]

This is so so so stunning.

[kenzietheterrible]

CHILLS: I have them.

[ProblemStick]

the lyrics to this song are perfect.

[4271Dreamer]

Hey...I love this song (bought it on Itunes) and I just wanted to say that you have an amazing God given talent and someday I hope you become a famous singer because you deserve it. I love your music so keep writing, deary :) and keep pursuing music!! I have a band myself and we're trying so hard to become noticed, so I know how hard it is sometimes.

[SaraMSyed]

this song is so pretty that it makes me feel alive in this warm and fuzzy way.

[radioactivecakeX]

So I'm going to keep listening to this to pass the time until receive my copy of TFiOS

[mikalaeaste]

So everything kind of went to shit today. This song helped.

[onecoolnerd]

This song fits so very perfectly with a situation in my life. Thanks for writing it. :)

[MrsSpunkzilla]

I was laying in bed with the tv on and I heard this and saw TFiOS commercial and remembered I'm meeting John & Hank in two weeks. FRENCH THE LLAMA! (:

[0Reinne0]

"The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

[MsBinary101]

At first I saw this song as really calm and mellow, until I saw the TFiOS trailer, which was really fast paced and made the song seem really intense. Now when I listen to the song, I hear both views, constantly mixing within each other... Really cool :)

[twilighter3000]

I am so happy that John Green led me to this song. One of the many, many ways that my life has improved since becoming a Nerdfighter. DFTBA!

[jespeakfranglais]

This song is just put-it-on-loop, reminisce-about-times-gone-by beautiful. Thank you for sharing your incredible talents.

[ilycrystalir]

wow, this is shivers-down-my-spine amazing

[rubius0]

This really is a fantastic song, and definitely my favourite new song for 2011. I wonder, have you heard the singer 'Hera' from Iceland? Her style of song is a bit similar and I think you might enjoy her songs. Her youtube channel is herasings.

[blue872872]

This song has become really special to me. Thanks for creating it : )

[Hadreleii]

I pet my cat while this song played. It was the most relaxing feeling I've ever felt.

[springerjesse7]

This is one of those songs that just really grows on you.

[guyanaprincess66]

i cant stop replaying this.

love it.

[uberbleachfan]

where are the tabs for this......

[tubadame]

I had to come back and rewatch this after seeing that it was used in the TFiOS trailer.

[mthielssalvo]

DFTBDFTBDFTBA

[paigelfinch]

Laurena, you are such an inspiration! Congrats on everything you have accomplished recently. You deserve it for your beautiful voice and beautiful song. :) DFTBA!

[musicgal123abc]

i can't get over how amazingly beautiful this song is, and you are, and your voice. and ahh.

[Worriedwoodchuk]

Don't mind me. Just sitting here, hitting replay again and again.

[NYUevanskis]

You make an amazing trailer music writer!

[Azureluna]

Congrats on being featured for the trailer of John's book. :D

[Snophie12]

So Beautiful.! You AND the song.

[DaEdsta]

Ugh, you're too freakin' cute. It's annoying.

[thekilljoypotato]

I know I'm an awful singer, but I can't stop myself from singing along to this <3

[hellawesknight]

Looking back, this is the best song I've listened to in 2011.

[sortoffish]

wow, amazing.

[okayNOWpanic]

I always end up coming back to this song, and it's always beautiful.

[dandelionsarecool]

I BOUGHT YOUR ALBUM AND I LOVE IT!!!

[robinocracy]

This may sound silly, but it's like the snowflake setting was meant to go with this song. :)

[yourmomlovesefron]

@robinocracy I was totally gonna say that. :)

[stickerlover164902]

I want you to have a million views. You deserve it.

[vlogingmylife]

chords? :P

[iamasecretnerd]

You're amazing.

[Zaniahiononzenbei]

ಥ_ಥ So beautiful.



[McDicksRocksSocks]

I fucking love your sound

[TheMadMsHatter]

We're doing a project in my AP bio class on biomes. I chose taiga because this song was stuck in my head (:

[talye05]

These lyrics are so beautiful. Unlike a lot of the songs on the radio, this is truly poetry set to music. Thank you for sharing this.

[WritingIsHappiness]

My dad used to say he wanted to learn to play the banjo because it's impossible to not smile while holding a banjo. This song is an exception.

[meenasaurusrex]

As of thirty minutes ago, this song has become the story of my life.

[whereinthewrld]

I love this song. It's so calming and it really helps me think. Thanks for helping me get through finals at college without going insane!

[crazycookie76]

i love this song so much!!! i am sooo glad you won the nerdfighter's thing-a-ma-jig...i love all your songs!! i listen to them every day!!!

[YouGottaBeJokingz]

Please marry me.

[crazycookie76]

@YouGottaBeJokingz you gotta be joking!!!

[Stevieization]

I know its "you shouldn't wander where the hemlock grows" but I keep hearing "you shouldn't wander while I have no clothes"

You are beautiful, as is your voice, a true undiscovered Canadian treasure

[CountryGirlColby]

@Stevieization Funny, I have the same problem XD Only I hear "You shouldm't ponder with the hands of hope." XD

[Stevieization]

@CountryGirlColby well that sounds alot better then what I said

[kmecameron]

Your songs fill me with all sorts of FEELINGS. Thank you for existing, and putting pieces of yourself on the internet.

[tarb00shnik]

My god, your beauty is painful.

[windgemini66]

She's staring into my soul!

[debsterstar]

Beautiful.

[brandishednail]

It don't matter how many time I hear this song. I come back at least once a day to listen again.

[Ayshafr]

I remember the first time I heard this, I fell in love with it. Still love it. Y U MADE OF SO MUCH AWESOME?

[iamnotanasshole]

is not avialable to buy outside the US, WHY?

[xXHana3Xx]

lyrics are amazing. I know this feeling of being always the 'other' girl. Never the first. Always in between two people.

[MsWasteland101]

So pretty! Your voice, this song, and you! hehe! 

[dapa4]

The worst part of this, their is no made of awesome button.

[7207elliot]

I asked laurena a question on tumblr. she answered. the answer made me happy. she is a good youtuber<3

[QuestionableCharactr]

She sounds like Regina Spektor :D <3

[Redwhiteblue8]

Once i get an ipod this is the first thing being put on it. =)

[animehellion1]

January American Idol returns you should totally try out

[SHALYN8]

@animehellion1 All of Nerdfightaria will vote. Especially if John or Hank mentions it. :)

[CountryGirlColby]

@animehellion1 I don't think she can because she's Canadian and I believe you have to be American, but I think there's a Canadian version :)

[maxmusicyo]

i am so covering this tomorrow. ^^ (well on my main channel. i dont really use this one anymore. lol)

[Musiclectica]

I love this song in general, but the verse about riding the bus is so applicable - the bus on the way to school was where I fell for my crush.

(Hipster Scream: YOU UNDERSTAND ME!)

[greenwwefan1997]

I love your music very quirky and cool you are very talented

[UNSPOKENxANOMALY]

Wow, just wow. Your music is absolutely incredible. You are a marvelous lyricist and musician. Of course, being a beautiful young woman only helps. :P Just saying, I love everything about this video. DFTBA, Peace!

[kubrick696969]

You have an amazing voice Laurena :-) If I ever find that special someone, will you sing at our wedding?

[hotshot3434]

see the dislike bar? me either.

great song

[sethboy66]

@hotshot3434 You may need glasses because I can see the dislike bar, it is a shadow in the whiteness of the background.... So deep.

[meenasaurusrex]

You inspire me (:

[Voidmaster05]

I cannot get tired of listening to this song, no matter how many times I play it. I just get lost in that world of evergreens, snow gently falling upon that meloncholy permafrost.

[TheWarnights]

The beauty of this song has moved me to tears.

[lynnehthegreat]

So beautiful - downloaded on itunes and kept on repeat all day long. :)

[JennaSweeeet]

Promise me that when you get famous, don't let them edit your voice. x

[DancingOnTheTardis]

Hurry up and get famous please.

I can't listen to Adele or Florence and the Machine or ANYTHING any more because this is so much better :')

[ProperPunctuation]

When I listen to you, I feel like as long as the industry blocks YOU out, then I will never make it... BECAUSE YOU'RE AMAZING. Way better than yours truly.

[ibbyizaG]

the views timeline reminds me of a cliff. vlogbrothers ftw!

[DancingOnTheTardis]

Hurry up and release a CD so I can design you a cover.

[DancingOnTheTardis]

When listening to Laurena, all other music seems evil.

[CountryGirlColby]

You are so beautiful and your singing makes me jealous XD Keep writing because you obviously have the talent for it :)

[NicoleSalamen]

The first thing I thought then I saw you was that you were the twin of a girl who goes to my school, and my first thought when I heard you sing was "Oh my God this is beautiful." Keep on doing what you do and DFTBA :)

[leaburlew16]

I want to learn how to play this song. can you put up a guitar tab or chord list somewhere?

[KeepCalmEatCake]

So it's "Sometimes I feel like I'm frozen ground..."

[ProperPunctuation]

@KeepCalmEatCake but that sounds lame. If you say, "sometimes I feel like I am permafrost..." you sound deep. If you say, "sometimes I feel like I am frozen ground..." you sound stupid. Thus the awesome wordking. Plus, frozen dirt isnt a good song name.

[EclecticDog]

I feel sorry for the 31 who disliked this!

[nestryn]

you're stunning and super-talented! I love your songs :)

[lcgsxiii]

I bought this song!!!! Hell yea its a beautiful song!!!

[TheClayster1138]

Luck favors the prepared mind. Laurena was lucky to get chosen by VlogBrothers, but she was prepared with these videos and tunes.

I'm jealous.

[occlumencymaster]

over EIGHTY plays on itunes. Wow wow wow

[CelesteAoi96]

wow,this is really beautiful.you have such a clear,sweet voice :)

[MrRedspoon]

Dear DFTBA, Sign her NOW! Sincerely, Me

[MrRedspoon]

@MrRedspoon They did genius.

[beckyboo1001]

I think if Paper Towns by John Green ever gets made into a movie, this should be on the soundtrack

[Lafleur111]

@beckyboo1001 Not only on the soundtrack but a perfect song for the either the roadtrip or when Q stays the night of prom at the mini-mall

[moonshine152]

ooh. a banjo.

[tati13221]

wow

[Scrubsmegafan]

Just beautiful!!



[Gallifreak]

So after listening to this hundreds of times and singing along, I've realised I keep claiming to feel like permafrost even though I have no idea what it is..xD

[lullation13]

@Gallifreak Permafrost is ground that has been frozen for more than two years. Most of Canada is permafrost (or permafrosted...?)  So I guess when I say permafrost I really mean frozen.