Mastodon - Hearts Alive - lyrics

[centsamilia]

bands like mastodon allow me to emote just what i want. years of taking away fear, anxiety and pain and turning it into inspiration. i wouldn't be the same without it, and neither would anyone who pays attention. 20 people have dial up.

[heavymetallbrett]

imaa jusst sittn in the chairrg and this wahle is gona eat me,. and this song,, god imr soo fuckinngr stoned., didk i typr goodg?

[bballgrrl19]

@heavymetallbrett No, no you didn't.

LOL but hope you had fun being stoned.

[1245metal]

This song reminds me Call of Ktulu - Metallica

[QingLong90]

@1245metal Only a million times better and less dull.

[1245metal]

@QingLong90 Your right ;)

[TheLastAaron]

@QingLong90 I wouldn't say that. Essentially, no Metallica - no Mastodon. Know your role!

[JustWannaFeelGood]

@1245metal me too

[Jamesp1972]

amazing stuff

[gmaaailGrisha]

call of ktulhu

[MrThembones]

this is one of the GREATEST songs I have ever heard. Just great.

[filth69ify1]

EPIC! i just wanna go fishing with this song playing.

[haircutbob2]

Mastodon's writing blows my head wide open, but then the concentrated awesomeness reassembles it.

[YornMan]

This drummer has sick skills. Sick skills.

I can't stress this enough: sick

[elitezealot17]

@YornMan I totally agree, hes my favorite drummer

[recon500]

if you search "Mastodon sucks" nothing comes up, thats how fucking cool they are.

[elitezealot17]

Mastodon is just pure win. Enough said.

[blacksgotyoback69]

@lyrad666 yeah, I hear it too. and I checked out the tabs & they are a bit similar. 2 awesome songs though!

[joseph21394]

where did you find the full artwork that they used for this album? its beautiful

[ChainsawVsGod]

@joseph21394

buy the album

[ChainsawVsGod]

Without a doubt one of the greatest songs of all time. Fun ad fuck to play too.

[xxxP41Nxxx]

The riffs and bass in this song sound like drowning... like... being sucked into the ocean helplessly....

[BloodedKnife]

this song is cream

[GaijinNH]

@neunmad This fucking band is amazing...

[gearsofwartworocks]

such a great song, one of their best.

[HeatMaster22]

@neunmad

Amen to that.

On the normal cover it's just the head, but when you see the full vinyl cover it just takes your breath away. It really represent the title, "Leviathan".

[CreatureCore7]

@neunmad Paul Romano Jr. is the name of the artist who designs the Mastodon album artwork. Leviathan is my favorite.

[BDizDaBest]

intro reminds me of something rush might write

[CHICKMAGNET66666]

i honestly jizzed on my bands when isaw mastodon live and they had thunder and the moon going by on the levithan artwork

[GripTightThin]

Reminds me of Neurosis

[Sunderlanding]

@GripTightThin Can't see why. They sound nothing alike.

[rhcp4565]

I want to buy that artwork on the second half of this vid.....that shit blows my mind, as does this song!!!

[Cacio93]

All my influences are in this

It's unbelivable

[Endstille00]

@humbug102tf

you dont need to thank us for viewing this video. its not like we're viewing it because of you. we just listen to mastodon.

all the liking and commenting is about mastodon and not about a dude who puts a song and 2 pictures together.

but thanks for uploading

[SeeThroughHead1]

now that youtube raised the time limit to 15 mins you should post a new vid of the whole song.....

[HoosierMF]

@SeeThroughHead1 Upload it yourself you lazy asshole

[CherishTheKill]

The intro to this song always reminds me of the intro to The Call of Ktulu by Metallica....well the bass line does anyway.

[xxxP41Nxxx]

@CherishTheKill Hahhh... nahhh call of cthulu has more of a james bond appeal

[daxle19]

@neunmad If you like their artwork and music give Baroness a try. They're from Savannah and very similar to Mastodon. I know it might not be necessary to recommend them because they just went on tour with Mastodon, but no harm in not trying.

[DrSpoon1991]

He swims the surface.

[MrTibbsDKF]

wow, you cut off the song before the best part. i understand why people would thumbs this down

[humbug102tf]

@MrTibbsDKF Not like I have any choice in the matter :S

[TheLastAaron]

@MrTibbsDKF I don't know if he left out the "best" part, but a crucial part has definitely been excluded.

[jr34v3r]

Every time you think this song can't get better, it does. And that feeling goes on for 13:00 until your mind is completely blown.

[fanofnothingface]

This song is fucking unbelievable. My favorite Mastodon song and it's up there as one of my favorite songs of all time. I could listen to this over and over again and never get tired of it.

[SonicProvocateur]

TAAAAAKEN DOOOOOWN! WITH HEEEEARTS ALIIIIIIVE! OOOOOUR HEEEEARTS ALIIIIIIIVE!

Fucking epic.

[Heinrick192]

I like the intro, it's a lot like Call of Ktulu,

[wyldeman100]

mastodon is the most original band to come out in the past decade...their awsome artwork really puts a face to the music

[Shivemaster]

not going as far to say its stealing, but does anyone else hear a mild resemblance to metallica's call of ktulu?

[Heinrick192]

@Shivemaster totally

[Milner871]

at 2:05 it sounds like on of the origional mario tunes hahaha

[Alex1981990]

@Milner871 not!

[AncientMariner22]

The asshole that disliked this can go die

[humbug102tf]

@AncientMariner22 lol! wow what a douche that person is

[ZurkonTheDestroyer]

@humbug102tf I know right cause they have an opinion different then ours! Let's hate on them!

[Nindoclan]

@AncientMariner22 agreed this is the bomb

[xxxIronHeadxxx]

@AncientMariner22 you can suck the herpes out of my fuck stick.....

[nineinchfeetnails]

bellissimaaaa

[enterfireandice]

Wicked song, wicked cd, wicked band, wicked artwork

they are just perfect!!!!

they even play wicked live shows

[humbug102tf]

@neunmad yeah :D most of their albums have awesome artwork

[ChainsawVsGod]

@humbug102tf

Exactly which of their 4 albums don't have awesome artwork?

[666metalsucks666]

does he do that same snare roll in every song?

[renzolikescheez]

so what if its 13 minutes. theres a video on youtube thats 42 minutes.

[humbug102tf]

@renzolikescheez they are sponsered or some shit like that... I am not.

[AnubisRising667]

@humbug102tf

Yeah, if you made a directors acc in 2006 or before you can still upload videos of any length.

[phyriamusic]

@humbug102tf It seems Youtube has now extended the maximal length allowed.

[Onedarknight]

7:16 = Ol'e Nessie !!! Hahaha...isn't exact, but still awesome

[nappa666]

love the artwork for the album cover

[Tdrummer888]

Pantera and mastodon are different styles of music, so they can't be compared...but Mastodon is my favorite but pantera is another absolutly badass band

[aznativethug]

how the fuck did i get a thumbs down for my comment. i'm defending mastodon for gods sake.

[ligerman30]

Tom Hobbes' leviathan sucked but mastodon's Leviathan RULES!

[Splinterblood]

Battle theme 2:04 lol

[TamitShah]

bands in the 60's used each others riff, its cool

[camboishawt]

FUCK THE POLICE~!!!!

[eatshitbuy]

it stops at the best part...just when your about to start headbanging to that fucking amazing riff

[humbug102tf]

I know but switching videos to part 2 just ruins the experience

[aznativethug]

Classic!!!!!!!!! mastodon is up there with led zeppelin, black sabbath, pink, floyd, pantera and early metallica. hell mastodon is better than some of those bands.

[FatMetalFan]

@aznativethug here here mate

[TamitShah]

ACE BRO !!!

[pokezilla12345]

not better than metallica :D

[aznativethug]

yeah. i think they are better at this point. all of them are great musicians and they haven't done anything stupid and each of their albums are awesome. if they make 2 more great albums i don't know if they will be better than pantera or not.

[seanbob24]

one can NOT be better than pantera-only different

[aznativethug]

damn dude you are very wise. i apologize for my comment. both bands are pretty much perfect. i love every member of both bands a lot. they are all so talented.

[w00tpantera]

is it just me, or is the opening riff the EXACT same as main riff in metallica's call of cthulu (or however you spell it) ?

[FREEWILLYyouprick]

yeah it really is the same riff

[EbonfrothCovers]

i know, but then there are time that make it more mastadon

[evtanoxx]

yay, indeed. it struck me from the very first time I listened to this song. mastodon just added a note in the top as well as omitted one note in the bottom, apart from that, it's identical.

[117badassbuddy]

beyond the 7 minute mark is what i consider the best music ever made. DAMN youtube and its under 10 minute limit!!

[fanofnothingface]

@117badassbuddy

Hell yeah!!!

[DethmetalUSA]

when i listen to this song i think of a group of sailors who have a nasty run-in with a sea monster (much like leviathan) and many sailors are taken down by the sea monster and thats the kind of vibe that i look for when i listen to songs like this.

[moridinWOT]

as a bassist you have to love mastodon..... the shit sounds so simple............. then you try to play it... its like mastodon wrote most of their songs to fuck with us inspiring bassists. id say this is one of their easiest songs to play thank god or satan or whomever

[exavier091]

no offense, i just can't get into dream theater. and no offense, this song is probably 5 times better than anything dream theater or 97% of bands ever created. this has to one the best pieces of music i ever listened to.

P.S I'm a classicaly trained musician. When i listen to dream theater, there stuff seems to TECHNIQUAL. lacking emotion, there earlier prog. stuff sounds like musical scales, and like they copy and pasted chord progressions into their songs, but oh well . . .

[canadianhumanist]

soooo..... octa-posting, are we?

[exavier091]

this song is absolutely epic!!

there is not one second of this song i don't like. The is one of the best moments of music i've ever heard.

p.s The Solo at the end is SOOO SICK!!!!

[SOADHEAD666]

I love the vocals in this one! SO dark!

[childgod18]

this band is so sic!

[robotsforever]

Epic intro.

[DethmetalUSA]

I read both Leviathan and Moby Dick recently and this song like all the others from Leviathan (album) i played as i read the books

[exavier091]

my fav off leviathan!

[Deadmeatproductions]

Oh. My. God.

I can't find anything I dislike about this album. Hell, I can't find anything I dislike about Mastodon at all.

I think I now know what true love feels like..

[tnopkcaz]

@Deadmeatproductions . i hate to crash the party but remission is the only disslike. but hell you cant blame em for a first album

[TheFuneralMist]

@tnopkcaz remission was awesome

[jb1563700]

@tnopkcaz And it wasn't their first album.

[JokerHimself]

This is Leviathan. Their newest album is called Crack the Skye. You should check it out. 10/10

[teabag619]

Leviathan

[humbug102tf]

hell yeah south park rules!

[godlikecharacta]

So gay how it doesn't get to the solo!

[Shockheadd45]

hem huh he hehhe! Oh shit, that was funny, dude

I know it is gay, but dude, this song is 13 minutes fucking long the solo wouldn't make it in time anyways.

[Capacity539]

I'm going to see them on sunday and this song has me wanting to punch holes up and down my walls. The pit here I come!!!

[exavier091]

i can die listening to this song dude, it's my favoritte song by them!!!

[boomershadow]

this song makes me wanna go rent a boat, grab a spear gun, and go after that fucking bastard seabeast and everyone like him

[humbug102tf]

lol r u japanese leave the whales alone!

[terrac0re]

DORPHEEN AND WHAALLLE!!!!

[EliteDoomer]

LOL comment win.

[xtorrantx]

Lolol

[MastodonManiac]

best...comment...ever

[MariahAndTheCity]

this song kills!!

[reeseman60]

when i listen to this song i picture the battle with moby dick at the end of the book.

[drk13324]

dude that is so true lol xD

[exavier091]

i think the first 1o minutes of this song is a emotional, climatic build up to the battle with moby dick. I think the battle is like the last 3 minutes of the song(which is marked by the solo).

any, this is by far one of the best moments of music i've ever heard!>

go mastodon!!!

[mtblay]

oh and i was calling him a fag not you haha ur ok

[mtblay]

bahaha whatever fool, mastodon rocks, dream theatre are talented but man theyre fuckign singer is sounds like some 80's glam rock FAGGOT

[kostas09gaskp]

metallica is a great band, they have influenced most of todays talented bands like Mastodon and many others, metal wouldnt be as we know it if it werent for them. Now for Mastodon i think they write their own separate history in music

[sirhoon87]

wrong metal wouldnt be metal without Judas priest, diamondhead and the likes of them they influenced metallica

[jonathanmisonne]

wow this song has the perfect vibe for its lyrics. it really sounds like whale fighting music haha

[rubycannon]

wow this is amazing. i need to get a mastodon album. anyone listen to between the buried and me? their albums are so epic too.

[PantheonMan]

I would, but after I heard the abortion that was their cover of Pantera's Cemetery Gates, I refused to listen to any of their music...

[Barsader]

Have seen them live..but will 2 weks from now

And agree GREAT metal musicians(not fond of the growl) but bypass on this......

[143229]

They are so god damn skilled with their instruments! screw metallica

[LovingYou4ever15]

are they good live?? boyfriend want to take me on th 2st of october.

[humbug102tf]

not the best live but still very worth going to see

[LovingYou4ever15]

alrighty thanks!!!

[HeavyRiff9]

who gives a fuck if they are or not ITS FUCKING MASTODON

[SirAwsomness]

lol 2st

[666jaymes]

this song is sooo fucking good, ive seen them open with this song 1st live. awsome!

[exavier091]

wow, when was this. i wouldn't think they would open up with this one, even though it's like their best song. i'm planning to go see them when they come back from their europe tour. i hope they it!!

[squeezeslemons]

Mastodon > Metallica

Sad but true (no pun intended)

[exavier091]

haha yeah right (referring to your pun).

honestly dude, i like metallica and mastodon equally. i own every metallica album and every mastodon album (including the underrated "call of the mastodon") i don't know if you agree with this but hear goes nothing (this is my opinion)

mastodon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dream theater

[Infuzor]

Whoever thinks that Metallica is better than anything fails as hard as this man right here.

[ladyazula]

Tool is better than Metallica.

[humbug102tf]

dont come here spreadin that shit

[ladyazula]

That's just my opinion, I happen to think Tool is better than Metallica and so is Mastodon.

[tycuza]

thank you sir... while metallica are talented, they have nothing to really set them apart as artists

[ladyazula]

Your welcome, and I'm not a sir!!!!

[tycuza]

my bad, didnt even look at the name... accept my apologies

[J0NNO]

well they did...but then when everyone copied them...now they certainly don't sound so unique

[exavier091]

thank you !!!

[snoryman]

cut off the best part of the song

[scuma3]

badass cd cover

[sAmRivErsPT]

masterpiece.

[ipo1103]

I believe this is the best rock song ever composed. It is the perfect final piece of the Leviathan story, narratively. Musically it is paints such a vivid mental picture. It is technical without being pretentious, heavy without being bombastic or overwrought. It gives me chills every time to play or hear it. Simply beautiful.

[SoftRX]

i couldnt have put it any better myself

mastodon are the gods of creating a mental environment and atmosphere through music

[TroyRiot314]

if you like that kind of stuff, go have a listen to neurosis. im sure you heard of them or scott kelly.

[SoftRX]

you its ironic

i always HATED that band growing up and i know how much mastodon loves them

but i just cannot get into um

its nothing against them as musicians it just aint my steelo

[exavier091]

holy fuck dude, you took the words LITERALLY out of my mouth. i've been always thinking that, but i could never articulate the way you did. i mean wow . . .

you don't know how much i agree with you on that. it's probably the best thing i ever listened to in my whole life!

stay musical dude =)

[classicr0ck43v3r]

Levithn=Bst Fuckin Cd Evar

[dinofred82]

spettacolare!!!

[quefnot]

WHALECORE

[javas16]

this is NOT the call of ktulu

and doest seem to it

THIS IS HEARTS ALIVE

a perfect song created by mastodon a band that plays a sound that is simply epic

suckers

[californianmojo]

a section of it does sound like call of ktulu , there is no ignorance to that????

[ShadowChickenz]

oh yeah, definately sounds like call of ktulu at the begining.

[SlimJimVG]

You're right! It reminded me something. The intro does seem like The Call fo Ktulu.

[pokzep]

Have you heard the guitar riff???It sounds like "diary of a madman"!!! Javas16: you're completely right, I can't stop listen to this wonderful song!!!!

[kornguy437]

this song is a metal feast...technical drumming, thumping bass, great guitar sound, awesome lyrics, vocals..everthing happening different at the same the same time..I wish wish..wish ..this never ends!!

[javas16]

just cant stop listenning to this song

one of the best everr

[SoftRX]

i would have to say dream theater