The song is beautiful regardless of lyrical content. I think we can both agree that cancer is a piece of shit cunty disease who have taken our dearest and brightest.
I have always believed this song was about panic attacks/social anxiety. The feeling that everyone is staring at you, stopping whatever they are doing, thinking about you, talking about you, following you. But when the panic attack is over or the anxiety is gone you realize it was all just a delusion in your head - no one cared or even really noticed you at all (as they have their own life to contend with).
As someone who has ADHD and bipolarism, I couldn't agree more, I also remember the line Star Wars: "Who is more fool? The fool or the fools who follow the fool?" I wonder if Jesus ever felt like this when the crowd followed him around expect him to perform the next mircial?
Prince. But Annie! So Much Love! Not just for the guitar. She makes me uncomfortable like all good art should. Makes One think and feel about our place in the Universe
legit, thank you! thought i was the only one who felt that! this was my JAM in my highschool days when i was just starting to deal with sexual trauma from my childhood as well as, in the current, dealing with my alcoholic and abusive dad. Dissociation mine as well be my middle fucking name. lol it was nice to have a artiest like her all her songs have this.. euphoria of numbed out, under currented emotions...ya know what i mean, this one though, just yeah so perfect for the dissociation shit i dealt with. Glad im not the only one :)
yeah, currently i'm dealing with the process of healing from severe trauma and as a result i dissociate a lot, and she perfectly captures what it's like. I'm glad to find someone else to relate to
Golemstorm I like your theory! Add that to the fact that she is the center of attention, I thought she might be making a statement about the burden fame must be; or her music career. MGMT had a similar thing going on with their video for Congratulations
Only discovering Annie now in 2024 and I'm absolutely blown away by how brilliant she is. A true artist. Great jams but also very interesting and crafty. Just brilliant
It's ridiculous how an artist this talented can be so underappreciated, especially if you compare her work to that of most of the artists who appear in the "best albums of the year" lists. Keep up the great work Annie!
Am I the only one that notices that her every movement is perfect, her blinks, turns(specifically at the end),and steps, even her skin and FRECKLES....jeez she's so beautiful and perfect
Every time I hear this song, I get that scary feeling of a panic attack that I've had since I was little. At the beginning when you hear the heart beat, and the music makes everything feel surreal. That's how it feels like to me. Asking people for help, but can't because I'm trapped in my mind so everyone feels like they're in slow motion. I love this song.
the lyrics are meant to portray the over-analysis, connections, and paranoia that anxiety sufferers endure. like, drawing connections in (directly) unrelated things and stuff.
St Vincent was one of the artists that helped me through the early and worst parts of the pandemic isolation. I'd always liked her and always of course loved her music, but I gained a deeper appreciation for her videos and absolute talent.
My first thoughts on St Vincent was "wow she's pretty and her guitar is cool" now it's "I couldn't care less how she looks, her music is awesome. And her guitar is cool"
Nothing wrong with how she looks but,.. ...I did not recognize her until I saw a clip of her with blond hair. We played the same venue in Austin Texas in 2009.
I'm an old man, and I've been a fan for years. Annie Clark is the future. Great guitarist (Fripp-ish), great singer, great composer. She's visionary, in a way few musicians are.
She's leading all these people who listen to her music but even she isn't completely sure where she's going, at the end there is a scene that parallels her situation with a man with goats around him.
I saw her in concert and she was the opening act and she blew the main act out of the water. her guitar playing is next level, then she crowd surfed whilst playing - it was epic
Seeing some theorizing, and will throw my thought in. I feel like she's imagining who potentially was killed at the side of the road, as she comes across the roadside memorial. As her mind continues to come up with possible stories, the collection of souls follows her train of thought as she thinks up more potential scenarios. Then she snaps back into reality at the end. I could be overthinking this, but as someone who overanalyzes things myself, this seems like an accurate depiction of what my mind goes through.
What I got at the end was that maybe she's a ghost of a woman who died in a car wreck and is stuck in a loop on that small path of road (the video ends in the same place it begins, so it's a loop), and this is just her seeing all the people who pass through / have interactions in that same spot while she walks, no way to get out of her predicament, begging them to help her, but when they look at her, they stop, stutter, cannot do anything to help her. i got mega chills.
I feel like this song and music video could be about people being frustrated with their lives and wanting to break from ordinary experiences and routine. Especially in the lyrics, since there's a line, "I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made of iron/ So I pretend there aren't ten strings tied to all ten of my fingers".
As we move toward the middle of the 20's, looking back it's safe to say that Annie was one of the absolute brightest stars and special talents to come out of the preceding 20 years. Her first few albums are historically significant and will remain so.
I mean, I’m absolutely obsessed and I’m glad that I’ve gotten to meet her and I have four of her autographs I’m just not loving the progression after the album St. Vincent. I’m sorry if it’s offensive I’m tired of her underplaying beauty. I don’t know if she would agree or disagree but she’s one of the most beautiful people but lately and so often she looks like a manly robot or something.
I try to work while listening to SV...but it's impossible. I find myself drawn in to Annie's vibe instantly, every time. When I finish a song and return focus (physically, mentally and emotionally) back to my now-insignificant computer screen, my "work" makes no sense and I have to start over. Thanks...I think.
There's a muted backbeat on this song that is a really simple thumping sort of sound, but when listening to it w/ headphones it plays one in left one in right, so on so forth
she is timeless! in 50 years we can look at her and say "she is really good" im really old and youtube is still around.. the future hasnt changed people! wait... how did this get about the future?
I remember listening to st Vincent when new moon came out I fell in love with her voice. This Was one of my favorite songs when I decided to look her up. Kinda funny I was obsessed with her and Kristen Stewart and then they ended up dating and my bisexual heart was so happy
I'm stunned. I thought I was hopelessly jaded and beyond getting excited over any band in this day and age. Thank you St. Vincent, for blowing in a fresh breeze of beauty and noise - a perfect combination. Seattle in February, 2010. I cannot wait...
Muscle connects to the bone And the bone to the ire and the marrow I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron Mouth connects to the teeth And teeth to the loves and curses Honey can you reach the spots that need oiling and fixing? H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me Muscle connects to the bone And the bone to the ire and the marrow So I pretend there aren't ten strings attached to all ten of my fingers H-E-L-P Help me, help me If you want, we could go somewhere else H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me H-E-L-P Help me, help me
Please see her in concert! State theatre in Sydney with David Byrne was mind blowing, conceptually, musically. The entire state theatre was uncontainable ! A seated theatre at its feet!
Dark Disney Princess just walks and sings. All the animals are hypnotized by her singing and follow her. She starts to feel like she is a hostage and asks for a help, for a way out of this situation.
i saw her open for john vanderslice a few years back and every time she started a song the whole room fell silent. she's absolutely mesmerizing to watch. love.
...So you're going about your usual livingness, when this girl comes along. While she's very pretty, there's something kind of odd about her. Nothing frightening or creepy, but there's something going on that you can't quite put your finger on. Almost against your will you find yourself following her, trying to work out the mystery even as you wonder why you want to know so badly. Every now and then she turns and looks straight at you, but you realize that the world that she's in is not yours. Yup, that pretty much sums up my experience of St. Vincent.
I've only heard digital witness, cruel, and this. Fuck me if she ain't a goddamn musical genius. Fucking hell I love it.
And hot.
this is cancer. are you serious? -.-
The song is beautiful regardless of lyrical content. I think we can both agree that cancer is a piece of shit cunty disease who have taken our dearest and brightest.
Doug Steele i actually meant the song..but its just me.
You aight.
I have always believed this song was about panic attacks/social anxiety. The feeling that everyone is staring at you, stopping whatever they are doing, thinking about you, talking about you, following you. But when the panic attack is over or the anxiety is gone you realize it was all just a delusion in your head - no one cared or even really noticed you at all (as they have their own life to contend with).
Yeah she is dead on the highway. Flowers and everything.
As someone who has ADHD and bipolarism, I couldn't agree more, I also remember the line Star Wars: "Who is more fool? The fool or the fools who follow the fool?" I wonder if Jesus ever felt like this when the crowd followed him around expect him to perform the next mircial?
Agree, have same feelings fir Pills
Her guitar playing is unbelievable. She's like a female Robert Fripp. One of the best new artists of the decade.
And don’t forget Adrian Belew! I hear Annie is a big King Crimson fan!
This all sounds right
Prince. But Annie! So Much Love! Not just for the guitar. She makes me uncomfortable like all good art should. Makes One think and feel about our place in the Universe
This song describes really well what dissociation feels like.
legit, thank you! thought i was the only one who felt that! this was my JAM in my highschool days when i was just starting to deal with sexual trauma from my childhood as well as, in the current, dealing with my alcoholic and abusive dad. Dissociation mine as well be my middle fucking name. lol it was nice to have a artiest like her all her songs have this.. euphoria of numbed out, under currented emotions...ya know what i mean, this one though, just yeah so perfect for the dissociation shit i dealt with. Glad im not the only one :)
yeah, currently i'm dealing with the process of healing from severe trauma and as a result i dissociate a lot, and she perfectly captures what it's like. I'm glad to find someone else to relate to
Look up "Syncopation"
Yeees
I feel like it's about how everyone always stops and stares when something terrible happens, but no one takes any action or tries to help.
yeah, plus she stands near a grave.
Golemstorm I like your theory! Add that to the fact that she is the center of attention, I thought she might be making a statement about the burden fame must be; or her music career. MGMT had a similar thing going on with their video for Congratulations
oh yeah, that could be as well! love that perspective.
Golemstorm Is your profile pic Kirito (SAO) on the left and I think Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan) on the right? Plus, I like your theory. : )
Ruben P sure is! :D good eye!
Only discovering Annie now in 2024 and I'm absolutely blown away by how brilliant she is. A true artist. Great jams but also very interesting and crafty. Just brilliant
Same here, I used to listen to her during the masseduction era back in the days. But now I'm blown away by her previous records 😭
i still want a music video for Landmines. been waiting since 2009
It's ridiculous how an artist this talented can be so underappreciated, especially if you compare her work to that of most of the artists who appear in the "best albums of the year" lists. Keep up the great work Annie!
Actor is a beautiful album
Am I the only one that notices that her every movement is perfect, her blinks, turns(specifically at the end),and steps, even her skin and FRECKLES....jeez she's so beautiful and perfect
+Brian Jean no sir you are not
+Brian Jean Well she is god.
***** :)
You Are Not Alone.
Watch "Digital Witness" again and watch the Eyelid Dance.
She is Fucking Awesome.
Falcy Chead ok I just really love her
I love the chaos in her music. It took time to grow on me, but it distinguishes her from everyone else. Love, love, love it.
Every time I hear this song, I get that scary feeling of a panic attack that I've had since I was little. At the beginning when you hear the heart beat, and the music makes everything feel surreal. That's how it feels like to me. Asking people for help, but can't because I'm trapped in my mind so everyone feels like they're in slow motion. I love this song.
Hair, freckles, lips, eyebrows, fore-arms, figure. The way she walks.
She's a goddess even without her musical genius.
I'm more partial to the black-haired girl in the leather jacket if you ask me
forearms!?
the lyrics are meant to portray the over-analysis, connections, and paranoia that anxiety sufferers endure. like, drawing connections in (directly) unrelated things and stuff.
St Vincent was one of the artists that helped me through the early and worst parts of the pandemic isolation. I'd always liked her and always of course loved her music, but I gained a deeper appreciation for her videos and absolute talent.
My first thoughts on St Vincent was "wow she's pretty and her guitar is cool" now it's "I couldn't care less how she looks, her music is awesome. And her guitar is cool"
Nothing wrong with how she looks but,.. ...I did not recognize her until I saw a clip of her with blond hair.
We played the same venue in Austin Texas in 2009.
TheMighty Chabunga
Yeah. What I was saying is that she is pretty but i care about her musicianship more. also it's super cool that you played with her
We were just a couple of working musicians trying to make a living.
If I remember right the venue was called Treasure Island.
that heart chick was good tho
I love this song so much! In my opinion her older and her newer work are both amazing!
I still don't why she had to cover '(Take Me to) Funkytown. Was Annie trying to be funny?
@@stevejarred6484We can all try our best to forget that cover.
I love the use of that deep fuzz bass in almost every song of hers. (not really sarcastic, I do actually like it.)
Me too! Such a thick, heavy bass
Why is she so fucking perfect?
Everything awesome about her comes through in that line "If you want we could go somewhere else". So lovely.
St. Vincent could she be here to save us all from our sins!
This song perfectly captures what having a panic attack feels like.
CountessOfPerth even the goats looked menacing!
+CountessOfPerth Hate to sound pretentious but this hardly accentuates it. This is more anxiety/agoraphobia if anything.
Steve C "accentuates"???
Anxiety, agoraphobia, and panic attacks are all interwoven anyhow.
CountessOfPerth agreed, I suffer from all three. Currently taking klonopin (a benzo) to help with it.
Steve C I also take Klonopin, though I don't feel it helps as much as it should.
I think it's an intense game of red light green light.
this comment 🤚👏👏😂
6 years later and this comment is still making people laugh 😂
Anyone reading this after Squid games? 😂
I wonder how I went more than 10 years without knowing about St Vincent. Their music is strange but I am hooked. Annie is so beautiful.
Also, existential crisis never looked so beautiful. love you Annie
Just discovered St. Vincent the other day watching her being interviewed on The Colbert Report. I'm a fan.
This is so rad on so many levels...
I love you st Vincent.
Eres hermosa y de libre pensamiento.
Te amooooooooo
I connect to this song on an almost eerily personal level.
Why am I so obsessed with this song?! So bloody good!!
I'm an old man, and I've been a fan for years. Annie Clark is the future. Great guitarist (Fripp-ish), great singer, great composer. She's visionary, in a way few musicians are.
This album is my favorite.
She's leading all these people who listen to her music but even she isn't completely sure where she's going, at the end there is a scene that parallels her situation with a man with goats around him.
etagged Satan? We are all in hell but at least St. Vincent shows us.
How beautiful and weird person. How beautiful and weird music!
I saw her in concert and she was the opening act and she blew the main act out of the water. her guitar playing is next level, then she crowd surfed whilst playing - it was epic
I first saw her on Austin City Limits, she perfomed this tune and I've been hypnotized ever since.
No this nobody is lucky one to be with Cara
Seeing some theorizing, and will throw my thought in. I feel like she's imagining who potentially was killed at the side of the road, as she comes across the roadside memorial. As her mind continues to come up with possible stories, the collection of souls follows her train of thought as she thinks up more potential scenarios. Then she snaps back into reality at the end. I could be overthinking this, but as someone who overanalyzes things myself, this seems like an accurate depiction of what my mind goes through.
What I got at the end was that maybe she's a ghost of a woman who died in a car wreck and is stuck in a loop on that small path of road (the video ends in the same place it begins, so it's a loop), and this is just her seeing all the people who pass through / have interactions in that same spot while she walks, no way to get out of her predicament, begging them to help her, but when they look at her, they stop, stutter, cannot do anything to help her. i got mega chills.
I feel like this song and music video could be about people being frustrated with their lives and wanting to break from ordinary experiences and routine. Especially in the lyrics, since there's a line, "I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made of iron/ So I pretend there aren't ten strings tied to all ten of my fingers".
You Maybe right.
Thanks :u)
most of her songs take on that theme. If you listen to her newer stuff, the feeling is even stronger, as well as the overall obscurity of the song.
I think it is about suffering, but instead of people supporting her, they just stop and watch.
As we move toward the middle of the 20's, looking back it's safe to say that Annie was one of the absolute brightest stars and special talents to come out of the preceding 20 years. Her first few albums are historically significant and will remain so.
I mean, I’m absolutely obsessed and I’m glad that I’ve gotten to meet her and I have four of her autographs I’m just not loving the progression after the album St. Vincent. I’m sorry if it’s offensive I’m tired of her underplaying beauty. I don’t know if she would agree or disagree but she’s one of the most beautiful people but lately and so often she looks like a manly robot or something.
I seriously cannot get enough of this song.
still a candidate for her best song ever eh?
Annie is the definition of perfection.
Can't believe I'm just finding about her. Her music is so original and cool. Love this song
This is like the ghosts in Super Mario. when you look at them, they freeze. When you turn away, they follow you.
Sab Davage that’s so deep man how do u come up with this stuff? Like I’m just so intrigued and I just....... wow. 👨🏾🎓🤔🤔
They're like weeping angels or whatever they're called
@@malfunctionnnn Weeping Angels are much worse.
Why isn't she more popular? She's brilliant :D
She is so talented it baffles me i am so lucky to get to listen to her genius
Didn't know St. Vincent was around until I heard Los Ageless. Then did I fall in love with her music. Good sound.
Even her videos are fantastic. Can't wait to the next album.
St. Vincent is amazing. This stuff in unbelievable
I love this album, like its pure art, and Annie is just the definition of perfection❤️
Best song of the decade, improved and enhanced by her live performances. Top 10 guitarist.
I try to work while listening to SV...but it's impossible. I find myself drawn in to Annie's vibe instantly, every time. When I finish a song and return focus (physically, mentally and emotionally) back to my now-insignificant computer screen, my "work" makes no sense and I have to start over. Thanks...I think.
that green shimmer in her eyes ... I am stunned
There's a muted backbeat on this song that is a really simple thumping sort of sound, but when listening to it w/ headphones it plays one in left one in right, so on so forth
i love you for pointing that out hahahah
I only hear it in my right headphone, and they ain't broken... odd
This girl is a prophet, a visionary, and an absolute genius.
Damn she's beautiful. Cara is a one lucky girl..
Blenderdick Snickersbar what do you mean about Cara?
Hue-Man Cara Delevingne was her girlfriend.
They were both lucky CD is sexy af, too. Now Annie is dating Kristen Stewart who I'm also attracted to for some reason 😕
There's something about this music I don't understand but I like it.
the music kinda gives me a nine inch nails vibe, all abrupt and vaguely disturbing it kinda gets to you in a weird way
was thinking the same thing. Reznor's later stuff
Some of her songs give me the vibe of Lana Del Rey meets NIN, so I totally feel you on that.
@Caleb Pearl she actually is. check out the hall of fame induction video of nin.
talent is something you're born with. not everyone has it. training just enables the talent to flourish.
whoever is producing her videos she better keep'em because they kick ass!!
She is so smooth. Yes, definitely yes.
This was my introduction to St. Vincent: Creepy, creepy love at first sight.
She's the world's most beautiful indie singer according to a magazine, men. Of course she's beautiful.
the guitar is so cooool
I love how I can actually understand what she's saying. Listening to her music is so uplifting and empowering. Love her in general.
some of her songs and David Bowie's from "Heroes" (particularly V2 Schneider) remind me of what would happen if King Crimson went into pop music.
that sounds cool
This song is fucking awesome.
Love her more.
man this THIS is what keeps me entretained!!
THIS is what keeps the definition of original alive.
me during math class 0:53
Lol me too
haha me too
Same
+kelis javaad exactly and for some reason i can't seem to get enough of it xD
+kelis javaad I read that as "METH CLASS"...
she is timeless! in 50 years we can look at her and say "she is really good" im really old and youtube is still around.. the future hasnt changed people! wait... how did this get about the future?
im a new fan and its 2017 and
this was in 2009? that was 8 years ago.... this song doesn't feel like it was made 8 years ago...
This feels like 2059
Your right
It sounds like it was made by Bjork in 1995
I remember listening to st Vincent when new moon came out I fell in love with her voice. This Was one of my favorite songs when I decided to look her up. Kinda funny I was obsessed with her and Kristen Stewart and then they ended up dating and my bisexual heart was so happy
this is amazing!!!
I'm stunned.
I thought I was hopelessly jaded and beyond getting excited over any band in this day and age.
Thank you St. Vincent, for blowing in a fresh breeze of beauty and noise - a perfect combination.
Seattle in February, 2010. I cannot wait...
Amazing.
That cross rhythm at 1:14 - 1:22 had me screaming. So good! I can't stop listening!
Muscle connects to the bone
And the bone to the ire and the marrow
I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron
Mouth connects to the teeth
And teeth to the loves and curses
Honey can you reach the spots that need oiling and fixing?
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
Muscle connects to the bone
And the bone to the ire and the marrow
So I pretend there aren't ten strings attached to all ten of my fingers
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
If you want, we could go somewhere else
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
H-E-L-P
Help me, help me
She is helpless and blank in her affect in most of these videos, Give her some power and affect and she will be unstoppable.
i like this song and video
Please see her in concert! State theatre in Sydney with David Byrne was mind blowing, conceptually, musically. The entire state theatre was uncontainable ! A seated theatre at its feet!
2:11 reminds me of Nine Inch Nails nails and Battles combined lol
Tyler Haddow And I would say it's reminiscent of the later Battles work, right? Like when Jon Lenin and Pall McCockney were doing drugs.
+Ilya Kralinsky good God son read your post! ya sure its not you on drugs!
W.C. J huh
i'm not often one for declamatory statements, but this is probably the best record i have ever heard.
I like the 3d effect from wiggling the shot. :D
Genius! Yes I keep writing this on various St V videos. Because I have just made the discovery and I'm excited.
If you think this song is creepy by itself, try putting the speed at 0.5
Grant Greider Holy crap I am scared for LIFE
+Grant Greider and so does on 1.25
+Grant Greider wow i actually prefer it slow thanks
I play it at .75. It sounds so much better. I feel her songs are just a tad too fast. .85 would be ideal
Why, I can't sleep at night
Dark Disney Princess just walks and sings. All the animals are hypnotized by her singing and follow her. She starts to feel like she is a hostage and asks for a help, for a way out of this situation.
anies best song
i saw her open for john vanderslice a few years back and every time she started a song the whole room fell silent. she's absolutely mesmerizing to watch. love.
I'm gay, but this girl is supernaturally beautiful. Those green eyes...
Josh Johnson shes bi (or gay)
4AD has always had some great shit.
...So you're going about your usual livingness, when this girl comes along. While she's very pretty, there's something kind of odd about her. Nothing frightening or creepy, but there's something going on that you can't quite put your finger on. Almost against your will you find yourself following her, trying to work out the mystery even as you wonder why you want to know so badly. Every now and then she turns and looks straight at you, but you realize that the world that she's in is not yours.
Yup, that pretty much sums up my experience of St. Vincent.
Exactly.
pure beauty
Oh my god Who is Directing this??...
YYYYYYEEEESSS I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video is like a horror movie
This song is the perfect marriage of the ethereal and the jammin.
I don't do drugs, but I would imagine this video would freak someone out if they are under the influence.
***** is that ghostly drones during the verse, right?
im gonna tell you right now her videos and vibe are the most similar to a bad acd trip ive ever encountered. not that I do acid
Those guitars at 2:12 are the most beautiful sound I've heard...
#SaveAnnieClark
***** pretty much
From what she wants?
Robin Clark Lol it's just a Marina Joyce reference where Annie actually does say 'Help me'. No need to take it so seriously. ;)
Its a pun. You have to be a die hard fan of hers to get it lol
Robin Clark (That's why I winked but I also said my latter comment for future references just in case anyone starts asking).
I HOPE ANNIE JUST KEEPS THE VOLUME TURNED ALL THE WAY UP!!! SHE IS SO GOOD IN A MULTIPLICITY OF TALENT, CREATIVITY AND FRESHNESS!!!