It's a metaphor. Saying lay me out with the wind, your mind can wonder and take you to places you're not fond of. Your mind can wonder and take you the place where that person you don't want to think about is. Therefore the balloon represents thought. That's my interpretation.
i think its that now he has someone, something that makes him happy and keeps him company, vice versa, just for someone else to take it away too soon and he didn't see thing to do anything about it
This was probably really awkward during the making of the video because it probably looked like a guy taking the girl out for a walk like a dog... But I love this song :)
I feel number one, that this was purposefully left to be interpreted several different ways.Personally, I feel he was searching and found only a piece of someone he thought was amazing, she in turn was hurting and vulnerable. He chased it, kept it, held it. Fell in love with only a part of a whole. The vulnerable part of another person. His vision of perfection however was shattered by one careless stone ( a word, a look etc) from someone - even when he found out that she was not what he thought
A loaded gun is much like a heart full of love. A gun's purpose is to shoot. A heart's purpose is to love. If it's loaded and he isn't using it, what can she do but give it away to someone else?
Remember playing this song on the piano at Guitar Center @ ontario mills mall pregnant, singing it as well, and a crowd all around me...memories im really going to start picking up piano again.
dumbasses, the severed heads probably symbolize his burdens, and how he must carry them with him.Its just a guess but hey what would a thirteen year old smart ass girl know?....EVERYTHING!
LOL Freeairproductions :) Luv this song. I have learned through personal experience with two men that we forgive not for the sake of the person who has hurt us; rather, we forgive for our own. We regain the power they once held over us and we are able to move forward in life without all the emotional baggage we've carried for so long. Great musician !
THIS MAN HAS CAUSED SO MUCH PAIN AND AGONY TO THIS WOMEN AND ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT IS HOW BAD HE FEELS AND THE WRONGS ABOUT IT.HE IS WALKING ONE DAY AND COMES FACE TO FACE WITH HIS PAST AND FEELS PAIN FOR WHAT HE DID. BUT EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS SHE CAN'T FORGIVE HIM,EVEN AFTER ALL HER PAIN,SHE STILL FORGIVES HIM AND LOVES HIM TILL HIS DEATH. (srry bout the caps) this is what this song truely means. sometimes people forgive others even though deep down they are hurting. this song is amazing <3
Why cant people understand that this video is about a guy who likes to attach heads to strings, then fill them with hellium, then walk around with them. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
PAULA REBECCA VALDEZ!!! YOUR THE LOVE OF MY LIFEE AND YOUR THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS WORLD THAT MAKES ME HAPPY IN A WAY THAT IS IMPSSIBLE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO DO. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU LOVE ME BECAUSE I WOULDNT BE HERE ASKING YOU TO HOLD ON TO ME:) I KNOW ITS BEEN KINDA DARK LATELY BUT I KNOW WE CAN PULL THROUGH TO THE LIGHT! WE ALWAYS HAVE... SO HOW ABOUT WE TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME... ? I WILL NEVER HURT YOU AGAIN ..... I GIVE YOU MY WORD, I GIVE YOU MY BODY, I GIVE YOU MY LIFEE ! BRYAN JUAREZ
I really like this song but can anyone tell me what " give my gun away when it's loaded - if you don't shoot it how am I suppose to hold it - give my gun away when it's loaded" is symbolic of? Are they talking about giving his love to another person while staying in a relationship with someone else? If so it is a very unique way of saying it.
in my opinion i think this song has nothing to do with cheating its just that there both with diffrent people but still have feelings for each other which causes him to feel like hes cheating.. there using "give my gun away when its loaded" as a metaphor i think the true meaning is "give my heart away when im still in love with you. no its not"
It may not have to do with cheating really. I get a totally different view from the video. The deeper meaning maybe something like...She died and he feels her near, wants her near but she's gone and to him her memory is the balloon. To him it feels like cheating even though he has to move on.
My take is that he's asking her if its alright if he cheated on her and she's like its not alright. Her head on a string is symbolizing him trying to keep her still even if he did cheat on her. She is floating away and trying to get over him and move on but he keeps chasing after her and when he doesn't let her go, she just falls apart and leaves him for good. Idk... that's just what I got out of it.
My take on this song is that it's about these two people who once loved eachother, but had to split up. And now they find other people, but how are they supposed to give their gun away, when it's still filled with love for that other people. Or something like that.
God this song is beautiful. Makes me cry everytime.
i Looove how many different meanings of the song and video there are. there is the one where it seems they are waiting for the other to do something, anything, and neither does because they have lost all passion. also "he is carrying the death of his lover with him everywhere he goes until he finally let's her go." or that the man cheated and is horrified as to what is has done to their relationship. <3
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@NikkieFreakshow It's symbolic. As are many things in this video: It's no coinsidence that we find her near the dumpster; she was taken for granted. Her value and self worth was destroyed. The severed head is a metaphor for the tramatic state which he placed her in. The fact she takes the form of a balloon futher examplifies the fact she is fragile. At first she pushes (or rather floates) away from him, but soonly returns. She still loves him even after what he did.
@NikkieFreakshow watch the movie the Red Balloon.. jeez. I guess it's my age/sense of knowing foreign film, but I hope more people don't freak out and watch the source material for the video.
@NikkieFreakshow watch the movie the Red Balloon.. jeez. I guess it's my age/sense of knowing foreign film, but I hope more people don't freak out and watch the source material for the video.
@NikkieFreakshow : ...to graphically show her mental activity is separate from her sexual/physical activity. she is without integrity. (it is kind of awkwardly blunt, isn't it...weird and uncomfortable -- just as are emotional affairs). i suppose showing a man's lack of integrity the way the song exhibits would be a bit too pornographic for the video medium. i think it succeeds in showing the starkness, desolation, sadness and pain when hearts stray, when committed relationship fail...
@NikkieFreakshow : ...to graphically show her mental activity is separate from her sexual/physical activity. she is without integrity. (it is kind of awkwardly blunt, isn't it...weird and uncomfortable -- just as are emotional affairs). i suppose showing a man's lack of integrity the way the song exhibits would be a bit too pornographic for the video medium. i think it succeeds in showing the starkness, desolation, sadness and pain when hearts stray, when committed relationship fail...
@rbccstmrtn I believe there is a reference between the 7 deadly sins in addition to the two people in the relationship, so 7 deadly sins + person 1 + person 2= 9 crimes. Just what I've heard.
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this song remind me of my best friend .... he got murderd n get stap in a heart beep this August. :( we usally play call of duty all the time and now i cant replace him cause no one else is not like him. he ownlly had 11 years of life :(... Meet him on january 6 2010. I always thing about him and it seems in just not fair cause im still alive n hes not. So im thinking of murding myself to see him again in hevan :(
@Icedcoolcamron dont kill your self life is a car ride u cant stop u may hit a few bumbs even if u get a flat tire u have to keep going dont kill yourself god made a plan for you and he wants you to come to heaven when he wants u to
@Icedcoolcamron Hunny, My best friend died a while back... i tried to overdose... i took 17 vikoden and 35 tylonal and lived... its a miracle im still alive but at the time i was angry that i lived... but just know that suscide is never the right option out. its been a year since i tried to kill myself and i'm very happy... if everyone who had a loved one die killed themselves the world would be goen. It'd just b a chain reaction... you've got family and friends that care deeply about you.
This is such an incredible song... why.... did ....they do THIS to it? This is one of the worst ideas for a video ever... at least in the way it was conceptualized. Wow. I'm going to play it again, and close my eyes....
@kaiserman9 That stupid video ALMOST ruins the song. It's a sophomorish of the great painter Rene Magritte's surrealism. Thus it offends two artists (Damien and Rene) at the same time.
@Ygdrasel I've been a visual artist for forty years my friend, studying it seriously all those years and viewing it carefully in the great museums of this country. I know "sophomorish" work when I see it. How much do you know about Surrealism, and specifically Magritte?
@Zeppolino100 (continuing response to Ygdrasel) The video is TOO easy to interpret, part of what led to my first comment. It didn't matter whether Damien did or did not have anything to do with the video, as either way it falls way short of the depth of artistry in his music. Liking that video is akin to believing that fast food is dellicious gourmet fare.
The video is too easy to interpret...for who? You? Well, here's a news flash: The entire point of art is that everybody can interpret it differently. Just because you personally found an easy interpretation doesn't mean it's shit. Just like just because you personally consider his music to have artistic depth, doesn't mean it's good.
@Ygdrasel There IS no 'entire' point of art. Many books and discussions, etc., are devoted to the multitude of POINTS in it. I don't claim to have THE last word on it. I gave my opinions and it was you who jumped on my back. My negative response to the video is almost totally due to its visual STYLE. I'll be the first to admit that the video maker may have intended more content than I saw. The # of learned critics with similar views is what ultimately establishes quality in the arts.
Argumentum ad populum. Quality isn't even legitimately possible to establish because every individual will differ. As to the idea that Magritte was one of the first to use disembodied fragments, so this video must be trying to copy him...Have you ever seen The Simpsons? Everything's been done, in every medium. Coincidental copies abound. Scooby was a canine sidekick to Shaggy - but Snoopy was the same to Charlie Brown two decades earlier. Did one try to copy the other? Doubtful.
@Ygdrasel When the discussion devolves to the point that you are using cartoons to advance your ideas, there is no point in continuing. You are welcomed to your beliefs, I to mine. I stand with those that believe quality exists and that it can be established through careful pereception and learned analysis. You don't believe in critics, you think all those that try to be artists get the benefit of the doubt and that originality isn't necessary. This ends the conversation. Best to you.
@Zeppolino100 Funny. You never hear about great critics. Only great artists. Now why is that? Because critics don't have the talent to create the art they are criticizing. Critics are fucking assholes who can't do that which they love themselves. Most critics are envious pricks who will NEVER create something as original as the art being discussed and will therefore never be REMEMBERED. So please, STFU!!!!
@RyanKaufman Oh wow. ONE movie critic. Give me the name of a famous art critic, please. Like I said, you can think of five artists off the top of your head and Siskel and Ebert is all anyone can come up with? Movie critics! LAME LAME LAME
@vintonbonner Movies take art. If you don't agree, perhaps you need to look in the mirror. No one remembers art critics because only a small portion of EVERYWHERE favors art. And normally the people who do are pretentious, so they have few friends that don't favor art to possibly be converted. Ebert and Siskel will be remembered because they reviewed one of the most popular forms of entertainment in America at least. That's all.
@RyanKaufman Very well said! Kudos to you for that! I agree that they are two critics etched in pop culture history, there's no argument about that. My only point was that I can't think of any "art" critics but I can immediately think of Picasso, Van Gogh, Alex Grey, Dali, Boris Vallejo. Poets, musicians, actors, filmmakers. I can think of so many different talented people from separate genres but I still can't think of any famous critics besides a movie critic.
@vintonbonner I honestly can't remember any time I've heard an art critics... review I suppose of an art piece. I honestly cannot say I've ever heard anyone judge art. I've been to art museums, and I'm always looking around for cheap pieces that can go in various rooms of my home, never heard a single comment on anything I've seen though. Aside from the "This is nice" etc. Sad really, there should be a TV show about it. Maybe then art can branch out a little more.
@vintonbonner Dude! Without critics shit like Twilight would have won academy awards, even though some people don't agree with critics they are sometimes right about majority of the films, bu then again not all critics agree the same on everything, thats why we have our OWN opinions
@ThatGuyGus I agree. Our opinions mean more than some douche bag that no one cares about enough to hear their opinion. Best thing is to look at it for yourself, no matter what genre.
@vintonbonner So by your faulty logic, only someone who can actually create art can understand and appreciate it? So someone can't analyze and deconstruct something like Michelangelo's statue of David, for example, unless he or she can pick up a chisel and create it himself?
@lexahb Faulty logic? I wasn't talking about someone who "appreciates" art. Criticizing and appreciating are two totally different things, but I guess that's just YOUR faulty logic, huh? And you're damn right, unless you have created something like that yourself, you can't rightfully criticize it. That's MY opinion. You've made my point. Anyone can appreciate art, but who has the right to constructively or non-constructively criticize? A fellow artist of course. A peer who truly knows the craft.
@vintonbonner Here: Lawrence Alloway Guillaume Apollinaire Zacharie Astruc Albert Aurier Charles Baudelaire Michael Baxandall Sister Wendy Beckett Clive Bell Bernard Berenson John Berger John Canaday Champfleury Kenneth Clark T.J. Clark Robert Coates Clarence Cook Douglas Cooper Royal Cortissoz Arthur Danto Denis Diderot
@lexahb Very good. Although I do recognize quite a few names, I can't say I'm sure what kind of art or genre they critique. But I am intrigued. I can see you got it off of an alphabetical list, so these names aren't from the top of your head. But I would still like to know what they all critiqued. Very fascinating though, lex.
Louis Leroy Lucy Lippard Giovanni Lista Camille Mauclair Octave Mirbeau Robert C. Morgan Linda Nochlin Frank O'Hara Saul Ostrow Griselda Pollock Arlene Raven Herbert Read Pierre Restany John Rewald Rainer Maria Rilke Barbara Rose Harold Rosenberg Robert Rosenblum John Ruskin
Oh, here are some more: John Russell Frank Rutter André Salmon Jerry Saltz Irving Sandler Meyer Schapiro Peter Schjeldahl Brian Sewell Roberta Smith Rafael Squirru Leo Stein Leo Steinberg Michel Tapié Théophile Thoré-Bürger Tristan Tzara Kirk Varnedoe Louis Vauxcelles Karen Wilkin Émile Zola
@vintonbonner There are lousy critics and there are brilliant critics, just like in everything else. It's also absolutely false that you never hear about great critics. I can name several in different genres, but you probably wouldn't know who they are.
@vintonbonner Wow. Easy there. No need to get so agitated. I love how people like to attack each other in youtube comments. Here are some famous art critics:
All apologies for getting pissy there. I removed the comment myself because I was a little harsh. Like I said, I DO recognize a lot of those names. Are they all critics of a specific genre? Which ones critique what. As I said, that's pretty intriguing. I still have to say though, most artists names are more recognized than the names listed. Although to me some are known, they are just not well known. Thanks for the research and sharing your findings, lex!
@vintonbonner John Elderfield James Elkins Félix Fénéon Hal Foster Peter Frank Michael Fried B. H. Friedman Roger Fry Théophile Gautier Gustave Geffroy Clement Greenberg Dave Hickey Robert Hughes Edouard Jaguer Michael Kimmelman Hilton Kramer Rosalind Krauss Donald Kuspit Julien Leclercq
@Ygdrasel The reason I brought up Magritte is because he was one of the first to used disembodied fragments of human forms in his work. The fact that you don't care about him, and that you prefer Dali is immaterial, because the maker of this video DOES try to copy Magritte and does NOT try to copy Dali. No, I am not personally acquainted with Mr. RIce, but I'd love to have a conversation that included him, you, myself, the video maker, and an Art Historian to explore these matters in depth.
@Ygdrasel Oh? You believe the entire world of art criticism (of which there are tens of thousands) has no validity? Sir, you and I will never agree on this point.
I believe critics are, for the most part, pretentious douchebags that judge things based on assumptions they have no legitimate support for. Such as what you're doing.
The sole difference between critics and everybody else is that critics are more pretentious with their opinions and they get paid. Reality bites, but that's how it is.
The look in his eyes... He's horrified of what he did and the pain he caused. You almost feel sorry for him, even though his infidelities caused his turmoil.
This is one of favorite Damien Rice and Lisa Hanigan duets! Kinda obsessed with it....
michelejuskomusic 1 week ago
Absolutely INLOVE with Damien Rice & Pablo Blaqk's song Find Your Way. We need more artist like this <3
sweetfish87 2 months ago 2
9 Crimes and Cold Water are incredibly beautiful songs. I wish Damien Rice could just keep on making gorgeous music forever.
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Keyskamama 5 months ago
It's a metaphor. Saying lay me out with the wind, your mind can wonder and take you to places you're not fond of. Your mind can wonder and take you the place where that person you don't want to think about is. Therefore the balloon represents thought. That's my interpretation.
Mandymoo2254 5 months ago
i think its that now he has someone, something that makes him happy and keeps him company, vice versa, just for someone else to take it away too soon and he didn't see thing to do anything about it
theheckwithit 6 months ago
This was probably really awkward during the making of the video because it probably looked like a guy taking the girl out for a walk like a dog... But I love this song :)
TheMicahJonElliott 6 months ago
I feel number one, that this was purposefully left to be interpreted several different ways.Personally, I feel he was searching and found only a piece of someone he thought was amazing, she in turn was hurting and vulnerable. He chased it, kept it, held it. Fell in love with only a part of a whole. The vulnerable part of another person. His vision of perfection however was shattered by one careless stone ( a word, a look etc) from someone - even when he found out that she was not what he thought
SlowAsChristmas 6 months ago 8
A loaded gun is much like a heart full of love. A gun's purpose is to shoot. A heart's purpose is to love. If it's loaded and he isn't using it, what can she do but give it away to someone else?
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Brirae15 6 months ago
the metaphor used in the video is incredible..
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musikcreator93 7 months ago
sorry, but this is not alright with me.. : / haha
musikcreator93 7 months ago
this is what i do with all of my girl friends.. wait.. probably shouldn't of said that.. shhh
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Leticiafregoso 7 months ago
Awwww...stupid kids popped balloon girl. kinda freaky but I still <3 this song!
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DickLovellRodrigues 7 months ago
thumbs down if u first heard this song on shrek.
8dwb 8 months ago
@8dwb I know man. I loved this song when I heard it the other day. But then I realized where I first heard it.. stupid shrek the third.
tysosyd11 8 months ago
Remember playing this song on the piano at Guitar Center @ ontario mills mall pregnant, singing it as well, and a crowd all around me...memories im really going to start picking up piano again.
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paigelikesaliens 9 months ago
dumbasses, the severed heads probably symbolize his burdens, and how he must carry them with him.Its just a guess but hey what would a thirteen year old smart ass girl know?....EVERYTHING!
TheSolarLife 9 months ago
i just got lightheaded watching this video...
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Seato479 9 months ago
LOL Freeairproductions :) Luv this song. I have learned through personal experience with two men that we forgive not for the sake of the person who has hurt us; rather, we forgive for our own. We regain the power they once held over us and we are able to move forward in life without all the emotional baggage we've carried for so long. Great musician !
GeorgiePPuddinPie 9 months ago
currently obsessed
blackrose2422 10 months ago
This video is like a shorter and more fucked up version of "The Red Balloon."
Love this song.
dragonx329 10 months ago 2
THIS MAN HAS CAUSED SO MUCH PAIN AND AGONY TO THIS WOMEN AND ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT IS HOW BAD HE FEELS AND THE WRONGS ABOUT IT.HE IS WALKING ONE DAY AND COMES FACE TO FACE WITH HIS PAST AND FEELS PAIN FOR WHAT HE DID. BUT EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS SHE CAN'T FORGIVE HIM,EVEN AFTER ALL HER PAIN,SHE STILL FORGIVES HIM AND LOVES HIM TILL HIS DEATH. (srry bout the caps) this is what this song truely means. sometimes people forgive others even though deep down they are hurting. this song is amazing <3
AnimatorJapan101 10 months ago 2
This is a beautiful and emotional song. The symbolism within this music video makes it even more genuine (=
janyary123bc 10 months ago
Why cant people understand that this video is about a guy who likes to attach heads to strings, then fill them with hellium, then walk around with them. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
Damn.
People are so stupid sometimes
FREEAIRPRODUCTIONs 10 months ago 84
@FREEAIRPRODUCTIONs people can be so judgemental
noamtheman 9 months ago
PAULA REBECCA VALDEZ!!! YOUR THE LOVE OF MY LIFEE AND YOUR THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS WORLD THAT MAKES ME HAPPY IN A WAY THAT IS IMPSSIBLE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO DO. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU LOVE ME BECAUSE I WOULDNT BE HERE ASKING YOU TO HOLD ON TO ME:) I KNOW ITS BEEN KINDA DARK LATELY BUT I KNOW WE CAN PULL THROUGH TO THE LIGHT! WE ALWAYS HAVE... SO HOW ABOUT WE TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME... ? I WILL NEVER HURT YOU AGAIN ..... I GIVE YOU MY WORD, I GIVE YOU MY BODY, I GIVE YOU MY LIFEE ! BRYAN JUAREZ
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FlyingIceTea1 10 months ago
No the song is all about how realationships can be on a string and how easy it is to lose it if you cheat and don't work on it... listen to the words
leighandcallum 10 months ago
the video looks weird at first but if u don't get it then somethings wrong with u
xoxoangexoxo 11 months ago
i think you all are giving way too much credibility to a couple acid heads.
demigodtorpedo 11 months ago
It's all deeply symbolic peeps. Representing betrayal and infidelity that turns into a fleeing love that will always be out of your reach.
ThaTruthsTeacher 11 months ago 2
love the song and the video her part made me cry!!!!!!
daniellebrynetta 11 months ago
Odd that I should hear this song in the kid movie, Shrek The Third, that brought mne here. Did it bring you here?
SevenEagles 11 months ago
@SevenEagles Yup, same with me lol.
Silthrith 11 months ago
@SevenEagles Same here, i heard this on shrek and looked it up, not disappointed though, beautiful song.
TerrorDomeRules 11 months ago
I really like this song but can anyone tell me what " give my gun away when it's loaded - if you don't shoot it how am I suppose to hold it - give my gun away when it's loaded" is symbolic of? Are they talking about giving his love to another person while staying in a relationship with someone else? If so it is a very unique way of saying it.
hockeypuck23 1 year ago
I love this song, but.. uh... WTH?
whatuhhidk2 1 year ago
in my opinion i think this song has nothing to do with cheating its just that there both with diffrent people but still have feelings for each other which causes him to feel like hes cheating.. there using "give my gun away when its loaded" as a metaphor i think the true meaning is "give my heart away when im still in love with you. no its not"
ilse72229 1 year ago
i just discovered this song yesterday. where have i been in the past three years
knobylob 1 year ago
It may not have to do with cheating really. I get a totally different view from the video. The deeper meaning maybe something like...She died and he feels her near, wants her near but she's gone and to him her memory is the balloon. To him it feels like cheating even though he has to move on.
Almondskies 1 year ago 2
darn kids!
awesomeness0711 1 year ago
My take is that he's asking her if its alright if he cheated on her and she's like its not alright. Her head on a string is symbolizing him trying to keep her still even if he did cheat on her. She is floating away and trying to get over him and move on but he keeps chasing after her and when he doesn't let her go, she just falls apart and leaves him for good. Idk... that's just what I got out of it.
roflravenclaw 1 year ago 2
thats fucked up, that lil kid is such a bastard
whysosirius 1 year ago
My take on this song is that it's about these two people who once loved eachother, but had to split up. And now they find other people, but how are they supposed to give their gun away, when it's still filled with love for that other people. Or something like that.
God this song is beautiful. Makes me cry everytime.
dinosrawring 1 year ago 2
Assisted suicide.................give my gun way when its loaded,if you dont shoot it how Im suppose to hold it
ETHANNAH1902 1 year ago
i Looove how many different meanings of the song and video there are. there is the one where it seems they are waiting for the other to do something, anything, and neither does because they have lost all passion. also "he is carrying the death of his lover with him everywhere he goes until he finally let's her go." or that the man cheated and is horrified as to what is has done to their relationship. <3
drew11700 1 year ago
is that alright?
umovelikehoney2 1 year ago
Hey, Can you ''thumbs up'' this comment so people can see it? Thanks. :) Go to - hereinmyhead1981 - youtube channel and listen to her upload. She is really great at singing this cover. She needs to be recognized. It will give her more confidence to upload more videos. Please and Thank you for your time. ^_^
Belairedbiatchezz 1 year ago 6
omg this is just indescribable
Amyfrust 1 year ago
i am SO sorry, i love this song, but why the fucking hell does he have a severed head on a leash??
NikkieFreakshow 1 year ago 74
@NikkieFreakshow he's carrying the death of his lover with him everywhere he goes until he finally let's her go.
justicee2k9 1 year ago
@NikkieFreakshow balloon head>?
picklettoes 1 year ago
@NikkieFreakshow i have no idea either..i think its supposed to be like a balloon.. "le ballon rouge" ish
bowesgoes 1 year ago
@NikkieFreakshow It's symbolic. As are many things in this video: It's no coinsidence that we find her near the dumpster; she was taken for granted. Her value and self worth was destroyed. The severed head is a metaphor for the tramatic state which he placed her in. The fact she takes the form of a balloon futher examplifies the fact she is fragile. At first she pushes (or rather floates) away from him, but soonly returns. She still loves him even after what he did.
BjornUltimatum 1 year ago 2
@NikkieFreakshow I don't know, but I'm pretty sure its more like a severed head balloon.
BAMFinTheBox 11 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow she's supposed to be a balloon and she symbolizes happiness that damien cant quite get a hold of.
tallkid100 11 months ago 2
@NikkieFreakshow my guess is the meaning of it is that hes LEADING her along
ThePawn666 11 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow guess you and 37 faggots dont understand the song
Sacred1one1 10 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow Think like an artist, my dear.
ironkatia 10 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow
I love your comment, makes me laugh! But seriously, I never understood the meaning behind it either.
tipdiggs420 9 months ago
@tipdiggs420 thanks(: hahah most people are little bitches when they read it. IT WAS A JOKE, PEOPLE!!! hahah
NikkieFreakshow 9 months ago
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Well... I laughed... hard. lol.
tipdiggs420 9 months ago
@tipdiggs420 THANKS(: hahahah i feel like people don't laugh enough in this world, so i try(: hahah but i do love this song!!
NikkieFreakshow 9 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow watch the movie the Red Balloon.. jeez. I guess it's my age/sense of knowing foreign film, but I hope more people don't freak out and watch the source material for the video.
badfishcrew 8 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow watch the movie the Red Balloon.. jeez. I guess it's my age/sense of knowing foreign film, but I hope more people don't freak out and watch the source material for the video.
badfishcrew 8 months ago
haha yeah im wondering the same
zombiegrl11 8 months ago
@NikkieFreakshow : ...to graphically show her mental activity is separate from her sexual/physical activity. she is without integrity. (it is kind of awkwardly blunt, isn't it...weird and uncomfortable -- just as are emotional affairs). i suppose showing a man's lack of integrity the way the song exhibits would be a bit too pornographic for the video medium. i think it succeeds in showing the starkness, desolation, sadness and pain when hearts stray, when committed relationship fail...
rbccstmrtn 7 months ago 2
@rbccstmrtn well stated.
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@NikkieFreakshow : ...to graphically show her mental activity is separate from her sexual/physical activity. she is without integrity. (it is kind of awkwardly blunt, isn't it...weird and uncomfortable -- just as are emotional affairs). i suppose showing a man's lack of integrity the way the song exhibits would be a bit too pornographic for the video medium. i think it succeeds in showing the starkness, desolation, sadness and pain when hearts stray, when committed relationship fail...
rbccstmrtn 7 months ago
any ideas about the title?
why *9* crimes?
is there a list i'm missing?
or is it an allusion to another work?
rbccstmrtn 7 months ago
@rbccstmrtn I believe there is a reference between the 7 deadly sins in addition to the two people in the relationship, so 7 deadly sins + person 1 + person 2= 9 crimes. Just what I've heard.
mrgray12 7 months ago
I liked the part with the floating head
jaygo64 1 year ago
@jaygo64 that was dumb and not funny, stfu
justicee2k9 1 year ago
thanks true blood... for helping me support an artist i haven't heard of, or would of even gotten close to searching for.. without your help. itunes tiem.
MarcieCastillo 1 year ago
@MarcieCastillo thank you for acknowledging the artist and all instead of just saying something like TRUE BLOODD <33 :P
daniii37 1 year ago
this video is CREEPY as hell!!!!
kaiserman9 1 year ago
why would someone feel its necessary to click dislike on this i dont care if its not your flavor of music
ncampbe2 1 year ago
standoff
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OrdinaryMusicVideos 1 year ago
Love his music. Sounds like my style of music:
OrdinaryMusicVideos 1 year ago
this video reminds me of Le Ballon Rouge, only more of a downer.
dirtyhippieville 1 year ago
this song remind me of my best friend .... he got murderd n get stap in a heart beep this August. :( we usally play call of duty all the time and now i cant replace him cause no one else is not like him. he ownlly had 11 years of life :(... Meet him on january 6 2010. I always thing about him and it seems in just not fair cause im still alive n hes not. So im thinking of murding myself to see him again in hevan :(
Icedcoolcamron 1 year ago
@Icedcoolcamron dont kill your self life is a car ride u cant stop u may hit a few bumbs even if u get a flat tire u have to keep going dont kill yourself god made a plan for you and he wants you to come to heaven when he wants u to
NonStopBeliver 1 year ago
@Icedcoolcamron Hunny, My best friend died a while back... i tried to overdose... i took 17 vikoden and 35 tylonal and lived... its a miracle im still alive but at the time i was angry that i lived... but just know that suscide is never the right option out. its been a year since i tried to kill myself and i'm very happy... if everyone who had a loved one die killed themselves the world would be goen. It'd just b a chain reaction... you've got family and friends that care deeply about you.
daddysgirl3193 1 year ago
another powerful song.
MIZLilspoon 1 year ago
I just took a massive dump while watchiing this... amazing poop power!
Gammagooo 1 year ago
Weird
coldwindism 1 year ago
OMG, flying head :O
XRockCatX 1 year ago
lisa hannigan is the female singer...she's dope check her out!
flabbychicken19 1 year ago
Love song but odd videos.
neonatat7 1 year ago
This is such an incredible song... why.... did ....they do THIS to it? This is one of the worst ideas for a video ever... at least in the way it was conceptualized. Wow. I'm going to play it again, and close my eyes....
AntoinetteSong 1 year ago
what the hell did i just watch...
xosrose22xxo 1 year ago
omg i did a cover for this song. its probly one of the best songs ive ever heard
austinc102 1 year ago
pretty. Weird.
isisdron 1 year ago
aw geez, I hate those stupid kids!
reeftanks1 1 year ago
This song, is beautiful, I have so much respect for Damian Rice, I would really love to meet him, or at least go to one of this concerts
TastingCreativeInk 1 year ago
lol I'm watching cause i heard it on true blood :)
starsfallonus 1 year ago
great song, creepy ass video
kaiserman9 1 year ago
@kaiserman9 That stupid video ALMOST ruins the song. It's a sophomorish of the great painter Rene Magritte's surrealism. Thus it offends two artists (Damien and Rene) at the same time.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100
Yeah, because Damien didn't have anything to do with his own music video...Your inability to interpret the work doesn't make it "sophomorish", sorry.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
@Ygdrasel I've been a visual artist for forty years my friend, studying it seriously all those years and viewing it carefully in the great museums of this country. I know "sophomorish" work when I see it. How much do you know about Surrealism, and specifically Magritte?
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100 (continuing response to Ygdrasel) The video is TOO easy to interpret, part of what led to my first comment. It didn't matter whether Damien did or did not have anything to do with the video, as either way it falls way short of the depth of artistry in his music. Liking that video is akin to believing that fast food is dellicious gourmet fare.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100
The video is too easy to interpret...for who? You? Well, here's a news flash: The entire point of art is that everybody can interpret it differently. Just because you personally found an easy interpretation doesn't mean it's shit. Just like just because you personally consider his music to have artistic depth, doesn't mean it's good.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
@Ygdrasel There IS no 'entire' point of art. Many books and discussions, etc., are devoted to the multitude of POINTS in it. I don't claim to have THE last word on it. I gave my opinions and it was you who jumped on my back. My negative response to the video is almost totally due to its visual STYLE. I'll be the first to admit that the video maker may have intended more content than I saw. The # of learned critics with similar views is what ultimately establishes quality in the arts.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100
Argumentum ad populum. Quality isn't even legitimately possible to establish because every individual will differ. As to the idea that Magritte was one of the first to use disembodied fragments, so this video must be trying to copy him...Have you ever seen The Simpsons? Everything's been done, in every medium. Coincidental copies abound. Scooby was a canine sidekick to Shaggy - but Snoopy was the same to Charlie Brown two decades earlier. Did one try to copy the other? Doubtful.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
@Ygdrasel When the discussion devolves to the point that you are using cartoons to advance your ideas, there is no point in continuing. You are welcomed to your beliefs, I to mine. I stand with those that believe quality exists and that it can be established through careful pereception and learned analysis. You don't believe in critics, you think all those that try to be artists get the benefit of the doubt and that originality isn't necessary. This ends the conversation. Best to you.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100 Funny. You never hear about great critics. Only great artists. Now why is that? Because critics don't have the talent to create the art they are criticizing. Critics are fucking assholes who can't do that which they love themselves. Most critics are envious pricks who will NEVER create something as original as the art being discussed and will therefore never be REMEMBERED. So please, STFU!!!!
vintonbonner 6 months ago
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vintonbonner 6 months ago
@vintonbonner Yeah, Roger Ebert won't ever be remembered.
RyanKaufman 6 months ago
@RyanKaufman Oh wow. ONE movie critic. Give me the name of a famous art critic, please. Like I said, you can think of five artists off the top of your head and Siskel and Ebert is all anyone can come up with? Movie critics! LAME LAME LAME
vintonbonner 5 months ago
@vintonbonner Movies take art. If you don't agree, perhaps you need to look in the mirror. No one remembers art critics because only a small portion of EVERYWHERE favors art. And normally the people who do are pretentious, so they have few friends that don't favor art to possibly be converted. Ebert and Siskel will be remembered because they reviewed one of the most popular forms of entertainment in America at least. That's all.
RyanKaufman 5 months ago
@RyanKaufman Very well said! Kudos to you for that! I agree that they are two critics etched in pop culture history, there's no argument about that. My only point was that I can't think of any "art" critics but I can immediately think of Picasso, Van Gogh, Alex Grey, Dali, Boris Vallejo. Poets, musicians, actors, filmmakers. I can think of so many different talented people from separate genres but I still can't think of any famous critics besides a movie critic.
vintonbonner 5 months ago
@vintonbonner I honestly can't remember any time I've heard an art critics... review I suppose of an art piece. I honestly cannot say I've ever heard anyone judge art. I've been to art museums, and I'm always looking around for cheap pieces that can go in various rooms of my home, never heard a single comment on anything I've seen though. Aside from the "This is nice" etc. Sad really, there should be a TV show about it. Maybe then art can branch out a little more.
RyanKaufman 5 months ago
@vintonbonner Dude! Without critics shit like Twilight would have won academy awards, even though some people don't agree with critics they are sometimes right about majority of the films, bu then again not all critics agree the same on everything, thats why we have our OWN opinions
ThatGuyGus 5 months ago
@ThatGuyGus I agree. Our opinions mean more than some douche bag that no one cares about enough to hear their opinion. Best thing is to look at it for yourself, no matter what genre.
vintonbonner 5 months ago
@vintonbonner So by your faulty logic, only someone who can actually create art can understand and appreciate it? So someone can't analyze and deconstruct something like Michelangelo's statue of David, for example, unless he or she can pick up a chisel and create it himself?
lexahb 5 months ago
@lexahb Faulty logic? I wasn't talking about someone who "appreciates" art. Criticizing and appreciating are two totally different things, but I guess that's just YOUR faulty logic, huh? And you're damn right, unless you have created something like that yourself, you can't rightfully criticize it. That's MY opinion. You've made my point. Anyone can appreciate art, but who has the right to constructively or non-constructively criticize? A fellow artist of course. A peer who truly knows the craft.
vintonbonner 5 months ago
lexahb 5 months ago
@lexahb Very good. Although I do recognize quite a few names, I can't say I'm sure what kind of art or genre they critique. But I am intrigued. I can see you got it off of an alphabetical list, so these names aren't from the top of your head. But I would still like to know what they all critiqued. Very fascinating though, lex.
vintonbonner 4 months ago
lexahb 5 months ago
Are the ones I listed enough? Or do you want more?
lexahb 5 months ago
lexahb 5 months ago
@vintonbonner There are lousy critics and there are brilliant critics, just like in everything else. It's also absolutely false that you never hear about great critics. I can name several in different genres, but you probably wouldn't know who they are.
lexahb 5 months ago
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vintonbonner 5 months ago
@vintonbonner Wow. Easy there. No need to get so agitated. I love how people like to attack each other in youtube comments. Here are some famous art critics:
lexahb 5 months ago
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vintonbonner 4 months ago
All apologies for getting pissy there. I removed the comment myself because I was a little harsh. Like I said, I DO recognize a lot of those names. Are they all critics of a specific genre? Which ones critique what. As I said, that's pretty intriguing. I still have to say though, most artists names are more recognized than the names listed. Although to me some are known, they are just not well known. Thanks for the research and sharing your findings, lex!
vintonbonner 4 months ago
lexahb 5 months ago
@Zeppolino100
Who gives a goddamn about Magritte? Did Rice personally tell you this video had anything to do with Magritte? No. Dali's work is better anyway.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
@Ygdrasel The reason I brought up Magritte is because he was one of the first to used disembodied fragments of human forms in his work. The fact that you don't care about him, and that you prefer Dali is immaterial, because the maker of this video DOES try to copy Magritte and does NOT try to copy Dali. No, I am not personally acquainted with Mr. RIce, but I'd love to have a conversation that included him, you, myself, the video maker, and an Art Historian to explore these matters in depth.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100
Do you know the video maker? No. So you've got exactly jack shit of a right to decide what he was doing.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
@Ygdrasel Oh? You believe the entire world of art criticism (of which there are tens of thousands) has no validity? Sir, you and I will never agree on this point.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100
I believe critics are, for the most part, pretentious douchebags that judge things based on assumptions they have no legitimate support for. Such as what you're doing.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
@Ygdrasel I refuse to dialogue with someone crass enough to call legitimate and learned critics "douchebags."
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
@Zeppolino100
The sole difference between critics and everybody else is that critics are more pretentious with their opinions and they get paid. Reality bites, but that's how it is.
Ygdrasel 1 year ago
this song makes me cry because at my best friends funeral they play this song...i love this song
andrewv96 1 year ago
oh, i forgot how this song makes me cry.
DiscardedHarmony 1 year ago
balloon head weird
ghostshellX9 1 year ago
Why are there 135 dislikes? Do people Search for things just to hit the "Dislike button? Why search for it if you don't like it?
JoshuaCharmley1 1 year ago
@JoshuaCharmley1 Completely agree, but there are like 5,000 likes. I did hit dislike on your comment out of humor. Feel free to do the same to me.
proehljm 1 year ago
@JoshuaCharmley1 this made me smile
lovesfirsttoken 1 year ago
the girl in this video looks like the girl in the original blair witch project
TheMzHailz 1 year ago
I never get tired of this...
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KidCudiBizalls 1 year ago
Booooooooooooooring
captainbadd 1 year ago
The look in his eyes... He's horrified of what he did and the pain he caused. You almost feel sorry for him, even though his infidelities caused his turmoil.
htdrumline11 1 year ago 25
I first heard this song on his album.
ho0lee0h 1 year ago
i dont know where i heard this song i just know that i love it lol and its really beatiful
greatestsinger101 1 year ago
Love this song first heard it on True Blood.
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i heard this song in shrek back in the day. lol... best song i heard in forever. haha woooo!
vampiresnvrhrtu 1 year ago
i heard this song in shrek back in the day. lol... best song i heard in forever. haha woooo!
vampiresnvrhrtu 1 year ago
i definitely heard this song on Grey's Anatomy lol it took me forever to find it. this song is so beautiful(:
ilovejb4eva890 1 year ago
Woah! This song was on True Blood!?!?! I heard it in Shrek 3 haha
SoccerxChic47 1 year ago
I am watching this because my boyfriend broke up with me and it reminds me of him ;_;
never cheated on me, but makes me terribly sad...
mrsberrycool 1 year ago
I am watching it because i heard it in the show jericho but I am in the process of watching true blood. What episode in true blood is it in?
ashleyberge 1 year ago
i can finally play this on the piano
it's so beautiful<3
rawrimfuzzy 1 year ago
why does she not have a body!!!!!!!!!
Punkrox1596 1 year ago
@Punkrox1596 because that make the video better it would be boring is she had a body.
rawrimfuzzy 1 year ago
fuck, this was on true blood? next thing you know a bunch of SC3N3 teen bopper ass holes and giggly school girls are gonna be all over damien rice =/
thegonthebass 1 year ago
@thegonthebass black i know whatcha mean
p3irce16 1 year ago
@thegonthebass lol SC3N3, gotta love it.
Baracudaflaps 1 year ago
I first heard this on grey's anatomy
franny10788 1 year ago 3
@franny10788 Thank God I'm not the only one who found it there! I fell in love with it....the scene it was supporting was so compelling
TopazLove1901 1 year ago