Eels - Elizabeth on the bathroom floor

[yummytrousers]

my name is elizabeth.

[KeyLimeCouging]

This song just makes me want to curl up and die.

[RXTVonline]

i left a secret in my library book

[AlexisNicoleCrowley]

Christ....this fucking song.

[maddie6218]

i love thhis video! how did you get to do that line thing its supper cool! nice jobe on the video! :)

[marciobree]

This song must have been composed of the height of winter.

[Bugenhagenification]

"I'm going to find my dad in a parallel universe"

[thecuckoosnest912]

Life is a beautiful struggle...

[JoyGrenade]

Who made this video?

[WilliamHartnelll]

how one man who has suffered so much loss can find tranquility in his sister's own journal and put his emotion behind it to cope with such a tragic loss is such a gift. The kin of the man who created the many worlds theory, I am sure he has many theories of his own.

[GoMeggie]

i got the chills. this song is so sad but its like beautiful.

[zootier]

ha! that's a good animation. It motivates maybe others to start being creative though they might have not the proper knowledge to make a walkcycle or that hard stuff.

[what55ify]

:( My computer hates me and decided to make the video all screwed up. It's green and stripe-y and all blurry.... It doesn't do this on any of the other computers I've watched the video on, just mine. I'm sad now.

[abiiizapanda]

@what55ify My computer does that too! O: I have no idea why though. To get it away I just hit my screen a couple of times and it actually works x) but I don't recommend doing that lol.

[TheSinbank]

Honestly I feel a deep sense of nothing from this song as it feels like every other song I've ever heard in this style. It is an oddity to me how this could evoke emotion in someone as to me it feels soulless there is no heart here it is made to sound this way for a certain audience and I know it is because I've heard the same themes done a thousand times in the same way. So no its not depressing or sad unless you realize how asinine it is.

[dmhale72]

@TheSinbank It's from the point of view of his sister, who committed suicide on the bathroom floor. Some songs are like mirrors - if a blue assed baboon looks in, it won't see an angel looking back.

[lakejautman]

@TheSinbank awesome troll is very clever intelligent and all around better than everyone else

[Bugenhagenification]

@TheSinbank I can totally understand you thinking that, not being an E fan. But once you know it's the words of a dead girl it's pretty interesting to listen to this album. Because it's not like this was written for ANY purpose, it is quite literally the words of a dead young girl sung by a boy whose entire family have passed away in tragic circumstances. Take from it what you will, but he did not write these words. They were found with Elizabeth. On the Bathroom floor.

[Clanger311]

@TheSinbank Your comment was five months ago so i'm pretty sure people have replied telling you the same thing I am going to. These aren't his lyrics, they're his sisters suicide note. He memoralised her final thoughts in song, is that so wrong?

[imagineloveneverdies]

@Clanger311 Uh, this is 6 months old, but no she didn't die on the bathroom floor. That was just one of her suicide attempts. Read his book :)

[koaranomachisan]

10 people have disliked this song?!?!?? seriously? I am so offended by whoever clicked Dislike to this... they either have no idea of what this is about (which would make it understandable)... or they just felt like being heartless a** holes

[CEPandSMA]

wow... powerful...

[abiiizapanda]

I wish this song was longerrr. I listen to it like 12 times each time.

[patachu666]

wow. that's even shittier than FOTC and NMH combined.

[NightAvenger92]

It's amazing how you can really feel how genuine his pain is through the music. Highly underrated musician.

[xXxSteziExXx]

"'Cus I think that I am going to a place where I am always high."

[harrytheblurfan]

Sounds like James Woods...

[shhmellshlikeasshhhh]

Waking up is harder when you want to die.

[helenHeller01]

he may as well have written Helen on the Bathroom Floor.

same story.

[zachbdude]

@helenHeller01 elizabeth was his sister who killed herself. as far as i know.

[helenHeller01]

@zachbdude oh :(

that's sad :(

i never went through when i was on the bathroom floor.

don't know why.

[Lawliet103]

@helenHeller01 It's called Elizabeth on the bathroom floor because it's based on the first time his sister tried to kill herself. Please have some respect.

[helenHeller01]

@Lawliet103 i didn't know. and i DIDN'T MEAN any disrespect.

[Jonnyfletchbob]

@helenHeller01 Geez, have some respect will you! (Sorry, I just wanted to follow the crowd)

[XerkDaniels]

@Lawliet103 She didn't just try. She succeeded.

[davidrbell]

best.



[ThatWeirdKidAtSchool]

This is the saddest song ever. I really want to see something top this

It's amazing how he tends to use alot of nice little high pitch melodysm (in a weird way are kind of pleasent to the ear) but still makes the song sound so damn sad.

EFL 

[FontanaCinemas]

@ThatWeirdKidAtSchool "tends to use a lot of nice little high pitch melodysm"

what a stupid word clusterfuck.

but you manage to top it:

"in a weird way are kind of pleasant to the ear"

fucking stupid...

[saiiiiiilor]

@ThatWeirdKidAtSchool Listen to "I can feel a hot one" by Manchester Orchestra, every time I cry.

[missygreendaychimp]

I find this video slightly hypnotic. This is one of my favourite songs, i cry every time i hear it

[crescentfreshbret]

One of the saddest songs of all time from one of the saddest albums of all time.

Even sadder if you've read E's autobiography and found out the details of Elizabeth's messed up life. She was a big enough wreck as it was, and then she got gang raped at an ATM, which made things even worse. I think it all REALLY spiraled down after that.

[Fentoman]

@crescentfreshbret I read Things the Grand Children Should know about a week ago and I listen to his songs in a completely new light....Most of all "Last stop this town" once i heard the story behind that song it sends shivers down my spine any time i hear it .... E is an absolute genius

[Fentoman]

@crescentfreshbret I read Things the Grand Children Should know about a week ago and I listen to his songs in a completely new light....Most of all "Last stop this town" once i heard the story behind that song it sends shivers down my spine any time i hear it .... E is an absolute genius

[Soundofhysteria96]

wow, i love this song

[chrispollock]

@davegrohl2k98 i wouldn't expect E to care. that's not my goal. just calling it like i see it

[FontanaCinemas]

@chrispollock i thought you were going to go listen to some happy stuff.

go - get lost - good riddance

[chrispollock]

@davegrohl2k98 yeah deep and filled with emotion...and depressing as hell. i will go listen to positive music now that doesn't make me feel down. masochists like this sortof stuff

[irockthisworldalone]

beautiful vid..

[raymanlegy]

Overdose, Last moments of life.

[zachbdude]

did his sister commit suicide?

[hellohandgunxx]

Waking up is harder when you want to die

[ghostlymonkey50]

I think this song has reach perfection...perfect it is amazing I think that this might possibley be the best song ever written ...

[kaiewedd]

WOW...

[condiersea]

this isnt that depressing. someone told me it was super sad. i mean its sad. but ive felt shittier and lower after listening to the first 30 seconds of Dramamine by modest mouse. i mean take it as a compliment or insult im sure the artist wont give a fuck what i say cuz this song is for him. whatever we all have our opinions i dont want to get hated for mine.

[googletoper]

i love this comment, i feal the same...

[akeel456]

Shit and Piss is meant to be a play on Hit and Miss, or is it coincidence?

[what55ify]

@akeel456 probably a coincidence. Basically, she's saying her life sucks.

[Genduh]

I quite honestly love this. (:

[Slothth]

this is, by far, the best song I've ever heard.

[akeel456]

Wow, suprising that this is a fan video, very proffesional.

[googletoper]

wow, thats sick...

haha! hospital *beeb!*

XD

[SeminarieLatijn]

@akeel456 Maybe you should consider writing professional like this o.O

[akeel456]

@SeminarieLatijn Wow, really? That just for misspelling a word? A word that I typed over a year ago? REALLY?

Meh, at least you brought me back to this video. <3

[lovemissblueeyes0o]

this song really gets to me. and this video is just gorgeous.

[harlekin0263]

feels like: alles kaputt...

[noebyus]

wow. Excellent video. Fits this song as a glove

[elfontherun]

Isn't it amazing how one could say so much in just over two minutes, and with so few words? This is true musical talent. This is Eels. We love you E. <3

[crescentfreshbret]

One of the saddest songs ever recorded.

[what55ify]

I might be wron, but isn't this about the guy's sister?

[elfontherun]

@what55ify Yes, it's about Liz.

[drezler5]

I hope someday to dance to this song at the old folks home that I end up at in about sixty years. I would like the lights to be dim and the windows to be open, and to ask some woman just as old as myself for a dance. When the song ends I would like to drop dead and allow my soul to rise through the open windows, armed with this melody as I prepare for the eternal battle ahead.

[lizzybear95]

Waking up is so much harder when you want to die...

[bobafooz]

Wow, he really understood her...she was lucky to have him when she was alive.

[MissTiffyToxic]

@Don'tTouchTheWires14

It was nine times, I believe.

She killed herself in 1996.

[Qu3s91]

just got into listening to them and im like amazed srsly i love it the song is life changing

[AnnArckey]

... read his book if you haven't already.

[overphloh]

@AnnArckey

there's a book? what is it called?

[AnnArckey]

@overphloh Things the Grandchildren Should Know - Mark Oliver Everett .

[overphloh]

@AnnArckey thanks :)

[drezler5]

This song reminds me that I have to clean the bathroom before my guests arrive.

[43447]

This is pure quality....

[clipside2]

This video/song combo is absolutely incredible. Amazing package deal with the eels, all quality.

[joeotley]

Whenever I listen to the Eels, I always get the sense that the song is for himself, his own thoughts. A rare thing in music these days. No pretense, just dealing with his emotions...this song is painfully sad. What an amazing band.

[melopne]

@joeotley

so incredible well put.

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

@joeotley Well his sister was called elizabeth and suffered from mental problems and did kill herself.

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

@joeotley I do love the eels for that

[mizikal]

@joeotley I believe this song is from a line in his sister's diary.

[ikeehw]

@joeotley 'cept while mostly true this is about one of his sister's last diary entries

[youhavethechemicals]

This is really cool font, you put this together really well.

Great song.

[scudbunny]

havent listened to this in a while this band literally changed my life been into them for a few years

[bhelliom3]

My science teacher introduced me to them a few months ago and I've been hooked ever since. Songs like "I Like Birds" and "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" have had a massive impact on how I see the world.

[bladecat4]

I think she commited suicide, and was successful...

[CannyProductions]

At her ninth attempt, she was finally successful to escape.

[bladecat4]

How do you know?

[BsUaBkBuLrEaS]

Duh.

[DontTouchTheWires14]

@bladecat4 it was his sister and she did kill herself after trying unsuccesfully like 3 times

[DatabaseLove]

@DontTouchTheWires14 Actually, i read somewhere that she tried 9 times to kill herself between the years 1989-1996, succeeding with her ninth in 1996.

[crescentfreshbret]

@bladecat4 And then his mother died of cancer not too long after that. His dad had died just a few years earlier as well. Man, what a time of loss the 90's were for Mark Everett, the poor guy.

[bladecat4]

There are some bands who are good. There are some bands who are great. Then there's Eels. I've really never heard a bad Eels song. Sometimes, you see a band that is wonderful, but has a few bad songs. But eels genuinely has NO BAD SONGS. Can someone come up with a name for this phenomenon?

[wolfjeanne]

Awsome! ;) or legendary...

[CannyProductions]

It's called Mr. E.

[bladecat4]

Amen.

[TheCandidaAlbicans]

You did a fantastic job with this video. Really inventive, well done.

[mushulaika]

perfect video for a perfect song

[mizikal]

okay I am depressed now ,

[Grunge4ever]

wow cool song and someone who writes the same as me

[ninofficialfan]

Amazing, awesome...

[Laloetie]

seriously you are amazing

love this

and the song so much

[WoWHerm]

probably the best video I've ever seen.

[tillycat1]

wow... just beautiful .x

[lyonslaforet]

Electro Shock Blues (1998) is one of the best albums released in 1998 It's highly superior to "Beautiful Freak" (1996).

[eamonreillydotcom]

I agree. and Beautiful Freak was a great album too though.

[Jooles99]

Simple but effective video that totally gets where the song is coming from. Brilliant work!

[rafficaxx]

But waking up is harder when you wanna die!

[dasanald]

The Good Headmaster by Chuck Coleman is about a bunch of kids at a school committing suicide

[DracoMalfoyxFanSLASH]

Brilliant song, love it.

[NZchooks1]

i really like it. understated just like the song

[LyricsNirvana]

awesome

[ohheybby]

The song "Courage" by Superchick is also about anorexia.

"SRXT" by Bloc Party is about suicide.

[j1mm1nycr1cket]

I really like this video, it's got a nice feel to it. I liked the curly wire at the mention of 'telephone' but the flat-lining at the end is over-stating the obvious and doesn't occur in the song. Shame, cos that spoiled it for me but I really liked the animation other than that.

[Suge7429]

Ana's song by silverchair is a song about anorexia. I hope that helps :)

[Thyroidproblem1139]

five

[keimfa]

is this the official video for this song?

[Tronlet]

Nope, this is a fan video.

[hoorayforBG]

From The AV Club:

"With lyrics drawn from the diary pages of Mark Everetts sister, written just prior to one of her nine suicide attempts (she succeeded in 1996), Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor sums up decades of regret and despair in just over two minutes. Quietly strummed electric guitar and whisper-sung details—some mundane, some anguished—outline a plaintive sketch of someone giving up in their darkest, most hopeless hour."

[seangotgame]

Impressive video

[jbatista84]

great song and video.

5/5

[danielperish]

this song always makes me want to cry. It reminds me of when my ex tried to kill herself. Really brings back the emotions i felt.

[MrTitchboi]

then dont listen to it.

Dont see why you should make yourself upset.

[danielperish]

It doesnt really upset me. It makes me appreciate the song. I really love Eels.

[MrTitchboi]

good to hear :)

Hope you feel good dude.

[dxleader]

Truth...they put it so perfectly in words..peace.!

[Suge7429]

This is perfect. I love it.

[stingy1sam]

Great job. Keep your stars.. you earned 'em.

[katt9966]

What a fantastic video for this song .. simple, moving, perfect.

[Dohnut93]

I thought you did a good job, its effective.

the song didnt suit a big, flashy vid anyway

well done :)

[CJaaam]

Because music isn't an expression of emotion.

twat.

[kittenflavours]

the whole song is fucking emo man! I thought this was one of the best videos ever, mainly because it's just text..it's just what the song is ABOUT..the text and the music. No unnecessary pictures or exposition, just the pure essence of the song.

i want more videos like this. ): /cuts

[mrfrosty8172]

emo?

nah man the artist went through the whole

"deppression thing"

after his parents died and all this other stuff

strangley most of his song are positive or point out societies faults

[kittenflavours]

Yeah I know, I ag ree 100% actually. Thing is I never really got the whole emo-thing. I mean the definition of it. I thought it was just about the sad/emotional stuff that's being labeled emo because teens get drawn to it and integrate it in their whole the ' the world sucks so i'm gonna sit here and cut myself T^T' thing.

[kittenflavours]

But yeah I'm not saying this fits into THAT scene. I was just replying to someone who said the vid was emo.

Fucke mo anyway, it's sucha confusing thing to me. X_X I don't think I'll ever understand it.

Eitherway it's a damn good UNpretentious song.

[kittenflavours]

I can't write comments worth shit I know. XD

[bethasdf]

blah, blah. shut up HotnessTim.

[elizabethhosking]

this. is. amazing.

[aBlewbury]

i absolutely love this song, and hope will be able to use in my next sims 3 video! :)

[cconstantin7]

it was written about his sister who committed sui\cide and who he found on the bathroom floor

[vanityH0lden]

semplice e agghiacciante.

[rolandgladden]

Awesome~

[digicult449]

what a lovely video :) good job!

[lougmk]

idk y but this song makes me cry all the time mainly b.c this reminds me of my ant beath.

[CarrieCorpsex]

This song is just to amazing for words...

[GoodDaiye]

what the hell? there is more than one way to spell elisabeth. so nothing was ruined what so ever.

[junglebunny925]

My name is Elizabeth, and I have tried to commit suicide, twice. My grandfather's name is Walter, he succeeded. This song is hard, but I appreciate it so much. I don't know, but I had to share cause the coincidences are so close.

[cconstantin7]

i hope your problems are over now and you changed your mind

the fact that you failed may be a sign

please try to live your life

[junglebunny925]

Yeah, I've "grown up"and gotten over such things. I appreciate your positivity very much though. I didn't want to come across as if what I was talking about was current, I was in high school when this song came out and that's when I wasn't thinking clearly. At the time when I heard this song it totally freaked me out, in a good way. As I said, I shared just cause... and I was buzzin' (In a good way)

[junglebunny925]

Do you need to talk to someone Noogaii? It sounds like your choking on the shit while your suck your own colon. Or were you so bored that you felt compelled to grab some attention? Just curious... I'm sure you'll vomit up a clever response soon enough:-)

[meakakarin]

this song actually kind of reminds me of the beatles.

[indrofrancovillani]

Nice work,this is an amazing song.

[jenskevdc1]

Wow, that's amazing. Thank you for making that video would you like to share with me what program you used to do this and whatnot? And obviously, the song... well no need to say too much I'd only ruin it. Well done!

[DaithiPepper]

amazing, really amazing

[WestbamVVVV]

Brilliant clip for a brilliant song :)

[raiBK]

is this video done by you? its more than perfect, its the song. i love you

[njj37]

sad...

[bwakk]

(L)

[abighairywoman]

where i am always highhhhhhh

[letthemeatwar]

That's excellent, round of applause :D

[fgajtani]

awesome song and animation