I've actually listened to this song various times before I actually became aware of it; I have a habit of playing Chutes Too Narrow when going to sleep, and as a result, never got to listen to this song, per se. One sleepless night, I reached the end of the album; I became entranced. I never knew that such a magnificent, such a perfect song could ever exist. After playing it on repeat, it's meaning became clearer; the song dies only to "strangely return," much like life itself.
@Msosw I listened to Pillow of Winds, nice song but I didn't hear the similarity to this song. Just me I guess? The Shins would have been huge in the 60's and 70's, but I'm glad they're around today.
when I listen to this song I picture a girl, someone I really love, in a sunny morning, making tea on underwear and then picking some fruit in the yard, with her hair messy, in bare feet, unawear of my attention ... with the leafs wispering
hey guys this song is really doable on the guitar! it feels great singing and playing this song. Its just plucking the bottom strings of D over and over, then switching to A then back to D. Try it! feels so good.
I like to think it's about the experience of life of which other entities try to influence. Angels, Demons, Aliens, The Admixed. We have been set at the most high place and they just want to experience what we have been given. Do we appreciate it enough? Do we savor every moment? Do we consider the blades of grass?
Meaningless repetition is an existential spin on a song that seems to be contemplative rather than philosophical. I prefer to view this song as being about the acceptance and realization of the mystery of life. Whether it is absurd and meaningless or magical and meaningful is up to how you experience it. Either can be true.
Song is about coming to the realization that life is absurd. Thoughts are constructions of trying to solve away reality; control. Good or bad is in the air, the only assured thing is the absurd; meaningless repetition. - I think
i love this song too - i remember it from the movie - In Good Company, when he's staring at her picture on his computer screen, and i was hooked from then on! But I'm not sure i know what this song means.... can anyone help me?
I had this on while ordering a pizza and the person taking my order told me that it was fantastic and wanted to know what it was. Obviously the quality of the song has just be verified.
cocoanino made a music video with this song, and it prompted me to buy it. It's too bad she no longer has a presence on YouTube. This is a beautiful and deep song.
@fivepointsix it's because the best stuff is different then what you hear everyday, if it was famous then it would no longer be "the best stuff" it would be "the regular stuff"
@fivepointsix "it isn't famous because it's just so good."? You don't honestly believe that tripe you're spewing do you? Don't get me wrong it's a great song but you might want to check your scarf and tight pants because they seem to be restricting blood flow to the parts you think with.
I drive and live in this shitty town of Alabama, this song comes on and the trees are more vivid and the sky is much bluer. And everything just doesn't seem as bad.
best song on an amazing album imho
thenameisbond 1 day ago
this song reminds me of lazy mornings. perfect.
primavolta 1 week ago
oh man forgot about this wow
Interstate08 2 months ago
I've actually listened to this song various times before I actually became aware of it; I have a habit of playing Chutes Too Narrow when going to sleep, and as a result, never got to listen to this song, per se. One sleepless night, I reached the end of the album; I became entranced. I never knew that such a magnificent, such a perfect song could ever exist. After playing it on repeat, it's meaning became clearer; the song dies only to "strangely return," much like life itself.
Perfection.
Ninjaboi37 4 months ago in playlist My Vlog 3
Winter Passing brought me here ,and i love it
BillTHLoveU 5 months ago 4
i love this song, its the best time.
farloo100 6 months ago
Great little song....
artisticluminiere 6 months ago
Beautiful yet simple melody....
artisticluminiere 6 months ago
This Is Honestly The Only Song I Can Listen To Repeatedly
MeowMekenzie 7 months ago 6
Chuck the tv show got me listening to these guys, first song i heard from them was
"A Commet Appears" there brilliant!
NewHooKsDaily 7 months ago
the beauty of pandora, i make a "band of horses" radio and get this, thankgod
couldcarexless 9 months ago 3
@couldcarexless The Shins is how I found Band of Horses on Pandora! :)
lilmeganjanine 6 months ago
earection
cooliodork97 9 months ago 9
Put both headphones in, close your eyes, and listen to this song while you're swinging. It is sooo relaxing.
greatsong<3
CheerHottie771 9 months ago 2
@ur1andonlyloser is it pretty easy, sounds like it i was going to try to figure it out.
rafear91 9 months ago
I love this song. I just learned how to play it on Guitar yesterday. =]
ur1andonlyloser 9 months ago
Thx to radio paradise!!!! This song is so gooooooooooooooooddd
ukhio 10 months ago
Listen to this song with rainymood! It's awesome! <3
MariaHamsterLover 10 months ago
i love this song its so calming and soothing.
:)
MrCheesehead241 10 months ago
The Shins are just mindblowing.
Chameleonardodavinci 10 months ago
Absurd...that is the word that resonates like a shivering cymbal in my mind.
If we are nothing than we must be absurd.
Who listens to this song and hears in the repetition cycles of human existence from the individual to the collective...
Chico313 11 months ago 2
this song makes me want to lay down in a snow drift during a snowstorm... dont know why but its sooo soothing best song be the shins
freeskiier112496 11 months ago
If you like this listen to its inspiration... Pink Floyd - Pillow of Winds.
Msosw 11 months ago 23
@Msosw thank you so much
llveddermanll 11 months ago 6
@Msosw I listened to Pillow of Winds, nice song but I didn't hear the similarity to this song. Just me I guess? The Shins would have been huge in the 60's and 70's, but I'm glad they're around today.
aSafePlaceToHide 10 months ago
master piece !
baidggg 1 year ago
its so mellow and calming I LOVE SHINs there very awesome ! :D
vampiremelon 1 year ago
when I listen to this song I picture a girl, someone I really love, in a sunny morning, making tea on underwear and then picking some fruit in the yard, with her hair messy, in bare feet, unawear of my attention ... with the leafs wispering
LetsWelcomeChaos 1 year ago 4
highly relaxing music.
Saebylla 1 year ago
Our favortie by far :)
HaleyandChelsea 1 year ago
Anyone else think this song's about taking shrooms, cuz I think it is
sfarzo911 1 year ago
Favourite.
ExiLyx 1 year ago
hey guys this song is really doable on the guitar! it feels great singing and playing this song. Its just plucking the bottom strings of D over and over, then switching to A then back to D. Try it! feels so good.
toocoolotool218 1 year ago 2
omg this song is an eargasm after a great night or herbing with your pals. A great way to end an awsome birthday.
carlosm112 1 year ago
Beautiful and simple song! Brilliant!
deflouren 1 year ago
this is genius.. <3
queenofdorksandstuff 1 year ago 2
perfect.
MoreThanASong 1 year ago 3
love it.
angelrocks87 1 year ago 3
I like to think it's about the experience of life of which other entities try to influence. Angels, Demons, Aliens, The Admixed. We have been set at the most high place and they just want to experience what we have been given. Do we appreciate it enough? Do we savor every moment? Do we consider the blades of grass?
Tifftoe7 1 year ago
I like to think that the best of things are saved for those who actually seek them. This is one of the best of things. Seek and ye shall find.
Tifftoe7 1 year ago 7
i am having fun here in the pinapple, listening to shins rock, hellz yea
TimUrgent 1 year ago
I always look forward to this track at the end of the album :)
skel3t0nX 1 year ago
It's Rather Lovely
OGARAINTDEAD 1 year ago
It's Rather Lovely
OGARAINTDEAD 1 year ago
It's Rather Lovely
OGARAINTDEAD 1 year ago
Existential....
komraderyan 1 year ago 7
I make tea in my underwear.
It's drafty.
tr0llzorz 1 year ago 8
a kiss on your molten eyes
whataboutcaitlin 1 year ago 6
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whataboutcaitlin 1 year ago
presiosss
ThePanditha 1 year ago
Funny.. I hear "circles" within this song... over and over.. circles! :)
Melindaca2 2 years ago 8
@Melindaca2 i hear it too (glad it's not just me) it's kind of perfect :)
overtherain 1 year ago
Winter Passing.
vindiggz 2 years ago 8
Meaningless repetition is an existential spin on a song that seems to be contemplative rather than philosophical. I prefer to view this song as being about the acceptance and realization of the mystery of life. Whether it is absurd and meaningless or magical and meaningful is up to how you experience it. Either can be true.
arie8k111 2 years ago 12
Song is about coming to the realization that life is absurd. Thoughts are constructions of trying to solve away reality; control. Good or bad is in the air, the only assured thing is the absurd; meaningless repetition. - I think
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slalombabe87 2 years ago
i love this song too - i remember it from the movie - In Good Company, when he's staring at her picture on his computer screen, and i was hooked from then on! But I'm not sure i know what this song means.... can anyone help me?
slalombabe87 2 years ago 3
This song is about the absurdity of human existence, i.e. a repetitious, meaningless, and extremely finite circle.
Anarchosyndicalism1 2 years ago 3
im so glad i know this song otherwise id just be lost
richardsonfence 2 years ago 3
Why were you thumbsdownded twice???
YUKYUKYUK2447 2 years ago
this is my favorite song by them
FaceCroissant 2 years ago 4
waaaaay underrated. why dont i hear about it as much as stuff like new slang and caring is creepy?
l49pizzasondewal 2 years ago 4
wooooooooooow
TheSL6 2 years ago
song is fucking fantastic
ptercottontail 2 years ago 8
I had this on while ordering a pizza and the person taking my order told me that it was fantastic and wanted to know what it was. Obviously the quality of the song has just be verified.
entro 2 years ago 34
haha.
that. is. epic.
cascadeandfall 1 year ago
This is one of my favorite songs by them. The imagery created by it reminds me of a Thunderstorm. :)
Kykle86 2 years ago
something so calming about this song... I can see staring out a window through a raining, stormy night too :)
Melindaca2 2 years ago 4
i listen to it when i can't go to sleep, it soothes me(:
Ix3Apples 2 years ago 2
Shins at their sublime best
richardhill12 2 years ago
every song on this album is amazing
jonnienzncrazy 2 years ago 2
They are cold, still waiting in the ether to form, feel, kill, propagate.. only to die.. 5/5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thatslifeee 2 years ago
I KNOW! AHHHHHHHHHH I love it so much :)
ThePopsicleAddict 2 years ago
this is the first song I've heard from the shins and i think I'm going to buy their album!! <3
honkafrog 2 years ago 3
This has gotta be one of my favorite songs from this album.
radicaltrain 2 years ago 3
i make tea in my underwear..
phashionbeauty101 2 years ago
oh is this wonderful. i like your comments dudes!!! and of course i like this song. i love the shins. hope to see them in berlin soon
tommyinberlin 2 years ago 4
One of my favorites by the shins! XD
ModestTruth 2 years ago
i play this song all night while i sleep. wonderful.
tanaka329 2 years ago 6
Absolutely beautiful. I love to listen to this song while I'm alone at my beach house.
Trustpt 2 years ago 3
this song will be at my funeral!!
MissMissaMaire 2 years ago
This song is incredible, it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it
NewSlang94 2 years ago
This book makes me think of Seven pounds for some reason
raistlen117 2 years ago
For some reason, this song makes me think of sitting on a deck watching a Thunderstorm at sunset.
Kykle86 2 years ago 8
lazy sunday afternoon
GtoThaillDog 3 years ago 5
i love how he describes the "modern girl" making tea in her underwear. The imagery this song evokes is both unique and wonderful.
jam454 3 years ago 104
@jam454 Yes.
Beautiful indeed >:)
anumayy 6 months ago
i love how he describes the "modern girl" in her underwear. The imagery this song evokes is unique and wonderful.
jam454 3 years ago 6
one of my many favorite songs
savedhaf4u 3 years ago 4
cocoanino made a music video with this song, and it prompted me to buy it. It's too bad she no longer has a presence on YouTube. This is a beautiful and deep song.
qx773 3 years ago
making tea in your underwear?
RichRowlands 3 years ago
are there any other shins songs like this?
dudeimcool4 3 years ago 2
Try "New slang"
kurikury 2 years ago 3
New Slang's okay. Not my favorite song of theirs, but it was the song that got me in to them.
Kykle86 2 years ago
Red Rabbits kind of.
Past and Pending.
Kissing the Lipless would kinda be a stretch...
evanescenceteehee 2 years ago
this song makes everything i see more real, and more vivid. simple things become really incredible,
fav shins song.
dwightforlife 3 years ago 2
my favorite shins song on chutes too narrow.
walker1921 3 years ago
god damn i looooove this. <33333333333333333333333
xxJebsterxx 3 years ago 2
why isnt this famous?
3Xali3 3 years ago 3
it isn't famous because it's just so good. ever notice how the best stuff is a secret?... for those who know.
fivepointsix 3 years ago 207
I know what you mean. I had never heard One by One All Day, until i bought Oh, Inverted World and its easily one of my favorite songs that they do.
sagesebas 3 years ago
@fivepointsix it's because the best stuff is different then what you hear everyday, if it was famous then it would no longer be "the best stuff" it would be "the regular stuff"
NotSoCrafty2 1 year ago
@fivepointsix "it isn't famous because it's just so good."? You don't honestly believe that tripe you're spewing do you? Don't get me wrong it's a great song but you might want to check your scarf and tight pants because they seem to be restricting blood flow to the parts you think with.
entro 1 year ago 13
@fivepointsix very very true my good sir.
segroves 1 year ago
@fivepointsix yeah this is definitely a secret... NO ONE knows.
MrMrrRNELLi 11 months ago
@fivepointsix you're so right. ;D
frannielou112 7 months ago
wow this is really good, i like it a lot
1RyuHayabusa 3 years ago 2
great song! loves the fact that you put it up
ShinyValenciaFilms 3 years ago 6
Favorite one so far, love the guitar.
Machu4 3 years ago 7
i love this song...
I drive and live in this shitty town of Alabama, this song comes on and the trees are more vivid and the sky is much bluer. And everything just doesn't seem as bad.
once again...i love this song
fukivandoll 3 years ago 9
i watched winter passing and this song came up, oh man what a great song :D
linkisdaking 3 years ago 6
One of the best songs ever.
phossfore 3 years ago 7
swooooooooooooon
cirquexduxsoleil 3 years ago 6
Great =) Thx 4 uploading
mobscene1003 3 years ago 6