Wake

This is essentially the theme song to my life. I can't believe people haven't commented yet.

I get chills every time I hear "It was easier to lock the doors and kill the phones than to show my skin, because the hardest thing is never to repent for someone else, it's letting people in."

I found this from an interview with Peter Silberman on the song:

"The first half of that song is the narrator speaking to his friend, kind of atoning, apologizing. The second half, the “don’t be scared to speak” part, is the narrator talking to himself and talking to anyone."

Interesting stuff.

Love this song. So beautiful and heart-breaking.

"Some patients can't be saved, but that burden's not on you.

Don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that."

It's as if he's saying "Despite our best efforts, you're going to die. Our hours will be meaningless, but that isn't your fault."

And holy fuck I am crying like a three year old right now.

Thank you for this song being 8 minutes long.

This song literally makes me weak. FUCK THIS ALBUM RULES

This is one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard. I really discovered it this week, and it makes me cry every time I hear it. Let me tell you a little bit about why.

When I was a kid, my aunt Nancy was my favorite person in the world: I idolized her. Her smile warmed up the room, her laugh was infectious, and she was loved by everyone. She was truly a rare and remarkably beautiful human being.

Then, suddenly it seemed, she became very ill with cancer. Even throughout her vicious battle with cancer, she remained positive and wonderful. I remember the last time I saw her alive: I was 8 years old, and she was surrounded by machines in her bedroom at home. They knew that she couldn't win in the end, and she wanted to be at home with my uncle while she still could.

When the ambulance was leaving with her body, I am told that my uncle chased it down the street, until he collapsed sobbing halfway down the street.

In the year or so following her death, he spent a lot of time with me. He didn't want to talk about it, and he needed a friend who wouldn't make him. It turns out that doing coloring books with a kid was easier than confronting the death head on.

I listen to this song, I see him chasing that ambulance. I cry because I feel like I understand his side of things better through this song. The numbness, the isolation, and that irreplaceably wonderful person that is suddenly missing... it's a story to big for words alone.

Well done, Antlers. This song has encapsulated one of the most trying aspects of being human: our mortality.

This song brings me back to this past summer, when a "friend" used me as an emotional landfill. He dumped all of his problems on me, and degraded me for months, and brought me so low.

And I feel like this song is about someone who feels prisoner to another, which is how I felt. This friend made me feel like I had to help him with his problems, even if my sanity took a backseat. And I finally realized that he was using me, and I didn't deserve that.

"Some patients can't be saved, but that burden's not on you. Don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that." That holds so much weight with me. This song is scary accurate with my experience.

"because the hardest thing is to not repent for someone else."

This song is flawless.

Every time this song gets to the last few lines, I start crying. I tried to help someone, but loving them with my whole heart wasn't enough to save them. I failed everyone. And as stupid as this might sound, the only time I feel really forgiven is listening to this song.

beautiful song, the lyrics are really heavy

"When your helicopter came and tried to lift me out, I put its rope around my neck."

geeze, and the ending is just wonderful

last line makes me cry every damn time