Uploaded by echoparkrecords on Aug 20, 2009
"On the Water" by the Walkmen, directed by Nir Ben Jacob, from 2008's beautiful and brilliant "You & Me"
Couldn't find it on YouTube, so we uploaded this nice video by one of the best bands out there
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Lyrics:
All the windows are glowing
The branches bending low
The skyline is swinging
Rocking back and forth
Walking down this dirt road
Watching at the sky
It's all I can do
It's all I can do
All the years keep rolling
The decades flying by
But ahh, the days are long
So here's one to the pigeons
The tugboats on the river
Here's one to you
For walking in my shoes, ah
Oh, you know I'd never leave you
No matter how hard I try
You know I'd never leave you
And that's just how it is
Oh, everybody sees right through
Oh, the static
That is, dear, everyone but you
Oh, it's funny to think it through
Everybody... that is, dear, everyone but you
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In my opinion, the only way someone could have disliked this song and video is because it tells so much truth that it hurt.
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Can anyone tell me whether the band officially released this or whether a fan made it? Thanks. Either way it's great; just wondering.
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This is the greatest video ever made.
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Thank you 24/7!
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Have to agree with others here: I've rarely felt/seen such a perfect video/music combination as this and I've seen a *lot* of music videos since I was a teen in the 80s. I feel like a teen again just watching this video & falling in love with the song over & over. The way it builds to that beautiful intensity and just funny things like Leithausers "haiiiow" yell at 1:17. The lyrics are understated and thus work as good poetry, but this only came to my attention *because* of the great vid.
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I genuinely wish this song went on for 10 minutes. I'm always disappointed when it finishes... but then again i always manage to find the replay button :)
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heard it live (opened for a fleet foxes concert!!) and instantly fell in love with the song.... then i saw the mv.... im soo sad and depressed right now u.u.....
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Ohh, the static!
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this video is sooooooo sad :(
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fucking idiot youtube..."ramona falls, i say fever"
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this is just perfect, one of the most underated bands. every song they do is special in its own way. love them.
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Ахуенно!
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