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  • A beautiful song.

  • very good

  • To have lived the most fulfulling life and to have discovered its true meaning is to realize at the moment before you die that you have not a single regret.

  • powerful words friend. Thankyou so much.

    loveandpeace:)

  • one of the greatest bands ever!

  • ..that every 1 u know, someday, we'll die!! yeahhh... this special one makes me weak °0°

  • Everytime I hear this now I will think of Matthew King! :'(

  • Haha! Me too ! :(

  • I hear this on 50 first dates the other day and i remember how much i love this!

  • He's not playing the guitar because he doesn't need to!!

  • the best video ever ....fact

  • The pipe tuneat the end is a March called "Cabar Feidh"! I couldnt beleive when i heard it. I love this band and missed that. I wonder where they got the sound from, if it was found sound or if they arranged for it to be recorded. Either way it doesnt sound well played, but kudos for effort!

  • Yeah he needs to learn to play guitar

    I mean Its Not like he Worte the song or Anything

  • Those videos don't fit their amazing lyrics

  • are you kidding the vid r hellahhhh dankkk

  • he needs to learn how to play guitar!!!

    hes just playing the same chord

  • its a video shoot

    he doesnt have to play the song

  • maybe a C chord is good enough for an entire song?

  • i think you should train your ear man its a few chords he's playing also listen to the flaming lips clouds taste metallic or transmissions and you'll see he can really play!

  • well, my english is probably not so excellent, but I fell exactly the same as neotex555. thanks for posting this beatiful poem and thanks for this words. Flaming Lips and Sigur Ros bring up so many positive emotions that sometimes - it hurts! I enjoy every microsecond of their songs

  • The Lips have great songs, but really weak vids. This one is too pig Floyd waiting for Godot at first and then goes into a 1-man, 6-girl, Krishna and the Gopis version of the Magical Mystery Tour hitting a Vegas shopping mall/circus. I run better vids in my head.

  • Yes, but is britney spears who have all the money to do things with escenografy, effects, make up, and she is awful, thats how the world works. But i think that flaming lips should work to do something great (i dont think they are poor, so, but its also true that they have a tremendous imaginary, to the point that to make it video, they must have a Big prodution, and thats a lot of money) i like "yeahx3 song" video, is just a good idea. but others not so well videos have a good trashy pop style

  • I love how Wayne looks at the camera when he sings "that everyone you know someday will die", just smiling, like saying "everything will be alright", instead of put a sad face.

    Cause in every song of Flaming lips there's magic and joy in the air, i have this belief, that we live in an ordinary world, created upon a magically infinite life. And Flaming Lips brings that to us, so we could breathe... :>

  • I choose to see life as a wheel. Inconsistency is my very essence says the wheel. Rise to the top of my spokes if you like, but don't complain when you come crashing back down to the depths. The best of times like the worst are always passing away.

  • this video would be crazy on acid

  • or even on weed

  • Oh, it is.

    Trust me.

  • Strangely I've seen this on acid and I didn't find it that crazy. Might try it again to make sure though.

  • it pretty sad when you guys gotta take drugs to make something "crazy". what even more sad is that fact that you feel the need to bragg about about it. like "this video would be crazy on acid..or even on weed....OH, IT IS TRUST ME.. (whatever billy big time)etc....."

  • Yeah that's pretty true,having just looked at my comment even I was annoyed by it. I'm not bragging about the experience,there's nothing to brag about,but you were quite right to pull me up on it. I can't believe I used the word crazy.

    The Flaming Lips still deserve massive kudos for creating a great video for a great song though.

  • you seem like a sound dude. sorry about that. it was maybe a bit much from me. done drugs myself a few years back and from my experience they are both brilliant and shit all at the same time. i stick to the beer and smokes these days but they're no better or worse. it seems we all need our vices! i think what i'm saying is it is possible to enjoy something as special as music without drugs, beer etc. whether or not drugs enhance this enjoyment is debatable. keep on rockin my friend. peace.

  • Damn, what's not to love about this band?

  • I'm new to the Lips, I do

    realize the sun doesn't go down

    it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round, and I do realize that they're brilliant!

  • Who cares who the girls are ...there's girls like these all over my city ....:)

  • Wayne Coyne looks like Wayne Coyne

  • I just found this band. I am glad i did!

  • I saw it on the Iphone commerical in Norway :P

    They said: U can listen to songs too adn it stayed Flaming lips on the screen so i searched for it :)

  • I think everybody should listin to this song

    it's amazing!!

  • y2e2s

  • Wayne Coyne looks like Earl.

  • I always levitate away from people in pig costumes too.

  • HAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa ;)

  • and whos the very last chick it shows and the very first chick and whos the old guy and the kid?

  • whos that hot chick with the scar on her mouth?

  • this is unbelievable, i've gone through over 4 hundred comments to try and find out who that beautiful girl is on the left of Wayne during the start of the video.only to find comments about whining fools commenting on their love/hate relationship with themselves, this song and video. what's her name?

  • get a life dude

  • you know, you're not really looking in the right place...

  • great song i love it

  • This is a bit pretentious aint it?

  • Not at all. It's a carpe diem song.

  • they make english song like a beautiful language

  • itz amazing song do u realize it

  • oh, foshe!

  • dont look at the music video guys just listen to what wayne telling you. Do You realize that we are floating in space?

  • wierd shit

  • The Elephant, Hindu Ganesha: widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings, patron of arts and sciences, and the diety of intellect and wisdom.

    SO much symbolism in this video on top of a universal message all humans can take to heart.

  • This is an amazingly Beautifull song It can make me feel Happy and Sad at the same time i love the fact u used an elephant in this clip cos there my favarate animals great job i loved it.

  • i think that may have been a large part of the point...

  • in captivity we can better undersand the species as a whole. the glass isn't always half empty.

  • You have NO idea what that elephants life is like dude - don't act like you do.

  • you got that rite.

    but it's still an amazing song.

    you could see it as part of the point, everything in music is said to be intentional. even if you dont even realize it.

  • beautiful song thank for posting and to my new fiend!!!!!!!

  • You try walking and playing perfectly and looking at a camera... most videoclips have fake playing. Anywho, just look how long this guy's been playing, he could learn to play well enough to do this song in what? 3 months if he tried... so what would the point of faking the ability to play a simple song?

  • I hope the future will look something like this music video.

  • I like the the song, the words,and the melody.A song that helped me through alot sad losses.First heard this song featured on a soundtrack of Charmed!

  • Sod this technical crap.... why am I close to tears at the end of this track?!?

  • georeff23 - You could hold them back? It's difficult to analyse why this is such a wonderful song. However, the best answer is in the lyrics. After that, what else is there to say?

  • well... his fingers aren't moving because this is a music video. No one really plays the music or sings in the music vids. its just a recording and they act like they play and sing. (This sometimes happens in concerts as well)

  • Just appreciate it for what it is, dude.

  • I'm going to miss you kyle. I'll see you again someday.

  • Hey, you're right and I can't even see the sting section anywhere in this fraudulent rip-off!

  • hahah. no i didn't realize that till now.

  • RIP Edi. Love always.

  • My dog Pegasus died last night, and I buried him this morning. This afternoon all I could think of was this song.

  • I'm sorry about your dog.

  • Im sorry to hear that...hope the song helped

  • thats cool i dunno why people gave you thumbs down! people can be jealous

  • Beautiful song. Great band. Who'd have thought that in '83 they would have made songs like this?

  • if that makes you feel better then good for you. I believe in Santa 'cos it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy at christmas! and no one can tell me he doesn't exist 'cos santa speaks to me everyday, and everyone should respect my beliefs.

  • When he says 'do you realise that everyone you know one day will die,' it ALWAYS really gets to me.

  • This song reminds me of why I told her I love her.

  • There is much truth found in this song

  • do you realize is one of the best songs ever in the universe

  • my mum and dad got married to this song :)

  • they stole my idea! hahahaa, great!

  • haha trust me it's a great song for stuff like that =P

  • Have always liked 'The Lips', I go see them whenever I can. 'Do You Realise' is indeed a beautiful beautiful song. This is also an excellent and in my opinion very fitting video.

    A catharsis even....gestalt.

  • Halo3TPSClan . . . lol, wot a lame sucker. Again belief have come between understanding and a human mind and he has completely missed the point of the song . . . lol

  • i love this song

    but

    i  hate it

    at

    the same time

    shit

    bad memories

  • beautiful song

  • this song is well good love it loads of new rubbish is rubbish my mates like it but i dont lol

  • this song makes me so happy to be alive

  • this song would be better if he didnt have all those people in the chorus singing 'do you realize' with him.

  • they just seem fun

  • well lets see here....look at a shit band like fall out boy...analyze their musical and songwriting talents...or lack there of...and then look at the flaming lips...quite a step up isnt it?

  • they dont have obsessions with childish elements....they just have a sense of fun and humor....which helps with their ability to make great music...u gotta have good feelings inside yourself to be able to give other people good feelings from your music...

  • I don't know if you remember being a child but myself as a child and most children I know don't put up with any shit they cause it. and materialism and consumerism are very different. materialism means only things that can be experienced by the 5 senses are real. consumerism is what drives the economy "buy things you don't need"and "more is better" . The animal costumes are just part of their weirdness to try and stand out. also most of their fans use a lot of drugs.

  • tremendous point

  • go and listen to soft bulletin :-)  xx

  • I think people totally miss the point when listening to this song...IT HAS NOTHINg TO DO WITH RELIGION  its stating the facts of life and how you must deal with it, it does not make one religious refrence

  • religion is trying to state facts of life and how you must deal with them....that is religion....

  • you fucking fail religion is "belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe."

  • Religion is a form of social control.

  • Thats one way to look at it

  • Wonderful video. I emailed my friends and family to check it out!

  • It's a totally great song. Plus any video with animal costumes automatically rocks. Check out my vid for Punchy Punchy Panda. Peace

  • this song explains life and death better than religion. love it

  • the singer is atheist after all

  • jim james/wayne coyne 08

  • so beautiful...

  • This song makes me cry...

  • me too.

  • then you must be suffering from happiness

  • happiness makes you cry

  • lllllove this song

  • I think the song is a song talking about do realize that one day everyone you know someday will die and that u should live life to the fullest with them

  • for some reason, it seems to me, that he's singing about girls who dont think highly of themselves (streetwalkers, belemics etc...)

    no idea why it makes me think about that, but it does.

    what does it make you think of?

  • Amazing :D:D

  • really an amazing song. you gotta love it. it's so genius. sad yet so beautiful

  • ... Do You Realize - that happiness makes you cry

  • I love that song!! =)

  • every time i hear this song i cry because i remember my friend she was the nicest girl ever :(

  • great song mofo

  • So I'm on the wagon - literally on a wagon smoking a cigarette - while the marlboro man rides his bike in a field made of marshmellow there's a fire a-blazing in the distance The marlboro man drop his matche that was still lit this happened a couple of miles back and now the fire has spread to be ahead of us the wagon i was on lost a wheel now I'm riding on the marlboro mans handle bars
  • Eww it's so sad... but yes it's beautiful and he says a lot with few words

  • My boyfriend dedicated this song to me... i dont need to say anymore..

  • nope

  • great song, makes me almost cry because it is so great

  • this song is everything that music should be. pure genius.

  • this song is truly a great song

  • This is a sad, but beautiful, very true and real song about life and why we need to appreciate what we have. *tear dropplets*

  • this is an amazing song!!

  • hahah

    this'd be an awesome video if you were tripping on acid(:

  • purple micro-dots i think i'm having an 80's flash back now

  • I've just been reading the comments and I am amazed that people dislike the video!

    In my opinion it fits the song and the lips perfectly. The blue light on the elephant and wayne, the rabbit head on the bed, and the drum beat mixed with the quick editing are superb. Great video!

  • very strange vid.

  • what the fuck is with the pig thing

  • please do and stop being a petty asshole and wasting commenting space

  • quite possibly the best song ever !!!!!!!!!

  • sums shit up. but really makes you think of the people you love.

  • If the Beatles were better, they'd be the flaming lips.

  • hell yeah!!!

  • I don't entirely agree, but this song is definately up there with some of the most beautiful Beatles songs.

  • Well said.

  • My best friend just hung himself two ago...This is a blanket statment for everyone, enjoy your family and friends because there all going to go, do you realize?

    This isn't supposed to be some bullshit statement or whatever I just wish people would realize how fucking short the time we have is.

  • haha

  • omfg i laughed because im 99% sure you made this up :)

  • somehow i like it more how and when THE FL say it.

  • "hanged" would be more grammatically correct..believe it or not..

  • time is what you make of it...your just a self righteous asshole who thinks life is black and white, live a little dipshit

  • this song makes pink flloyd look like alphabeat!!!!!!!!!

  • do you realize..

    were floating in spaceeee.

    do you realize..

    the happiness, makes you cry

    do you realize..

    that everyone, you know, someday,

    will die.

    deep lyrics,

    favorite song,

    listen to it in any mood.

  • He uses so few words and says so much. This song really is amazing.

  • doesn't... its lovely

  • weird video but great song =D

  • I just wish everyone looked at our time here the same way; there would be no wasted time.

  • I've just realized how similar this song is to Steve Burns' "Troposphere". Which is weird considering Steve's band consists of at least one Flaming Lips member.

  • impresionante, real, y hermoso. Este video y esta canción me hacen entender claramente la vida...y la muerte, y sin que resulte insufrible, pedante, redicho...en fin

  • hermanoo concuerdo con tido y una cosa te digoo hay ke ir a verlos a guadalajaraa weyy no mames no hay ke perderse de elloss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! y si tienes compas ahi dime pa no paga hotel wey ajajajajja

  • Linda cancion ...

  • Awesome song :D

  • this song is the kind of happiness that makes you cry

  • do you realize that everyone you know someday will die

  • it's not meant to be morbid, it's looking at the beauty in life and appreciating your time here. at least that's how i interpret it..

  • Good Perspective, but it really works both ways, even the way you put it can be taken as grim. ^_^

  • My good buddy Scouse loved this band RIP funny fella.