this comment section is beautiful. this is one of those bands that never went "too mainstream" to be constantly on the radio, but still gold enough for them to finance all the next albums. it's was like a best kept secret. and it meant so much to all of us. I'm pretty sure all of us have listened to this album back to back through a certain period of our lives. and it will forever bring back those memories, feelings and people. it's a shame what happened. but I'll cherish this album until the day i die. it's why I survived middle school. I'm sad I'll never see them live. but I am grateful for the music. after all, isn't that why we're all here, listening to this on repeat, still..?
This is one of those things that we all had to come to terms with but growing up with this great of music for me outweighs the atrocities Ian Watkins committed and I’m not going to let that spoil the music. The music is just that: music, it never glorifies or supports any of his awful crimes. And I’ll enjoy it for what it is. Fuck Ian Watkins
Honestly all of them were masterpieces front to back (personally). To this day, there has not been another band that has been able to put out multiple (hell a single) albums to where front to back wach song touches a part of my soul. Another thing lostprophets (Jamie) has done for the industry, is perfecting the intro outros. Hell the one for this song is actually my favorite out of all of them.
I will never will forget the first time I listened to this song. It was in December 2008. A friend of me gave me the first three LP-albums on a USB-stick, because I asked him for some new music, without mentioning a band's name, without even knowing Lostprophets. After listening to some songs, I put all these albums on my iPod. Back in that time I was 16 years old, so I had to go by bike for 6 kilometers to get to work, straight through the landscape. On a cold evening in December when I was on my way back home, this song came up. I already knew the beginning, so it was nothing special until then. While I was listening, it started snowing, right when the outro started. I never heared it before, so I was surprised to find something like this in one of LP's songs. It was such a great experience to ride on my bicycle through nothing than darkness except my headlight, and thousands of snowflakes rushing towards me, listening to this beauty of a song for the first time in my entire life. Very intensively... even though it may sound quite ordinary :D
I really regret the way Ian brought lostprophets' down. He literally killed this great band. Now even their songs are limited in Spotify and such. Start Something will always be one of my fave albums.
I really regret close minded people who don't realize what the end of this song was fucking referencing. IDIOTS. If ANYONE who hears this song was ever the victim of child sexual abuse and had a mother who looks a LOT like Ian's (Elaine Davies) then you would know that it's talking about the fact that Elaine was into black magic and would hynotise him into "telling her the truth". Hence the creepy dialog. Piece of SHIT! Of course he gor convicted! He had to grow up with a mother like that and 'take take the blame and be made the scapegoat once again' because of them. How does the world not think that children are what they're taught. He wanted control over others because his mother gave HIM no control over his own life. Why don't you actually LISTEN to ALL of lostprophets lyrics and you tell me where Ian was coming from in his mind when he wrote this shit. Because MY grandmother looks a LOT like Elaine. And she LOVED to punish me sexually with PUPPETS. At least I had a mother that got me into fucking therapy! I always knew that if I would've been raised by my dad I would've turned out just like him. And he was JUST like Ian. So judge all you want but if we're raised in situations like that and taught that telling ANYONE will only guarantee that the world doesn't care just like those bitches taught us, then how are we SUPPOSED to cope? Artists express they're inner selves through their passion. His being music. So figure it out wise ass.
Who else is here in 2021...this brings me back 19 years..getting high with my buddies..this album encapsulated how we all felt. A gem that brings me goosebumps. I want this played at my funeral
One of the best outros of all time. Regardless of what happened with Ian and this band, the memories I have created that are attached to their albums will always be mine. Still here listening in 2022 remembering a time when everything was so much simpler.
Yeah man, when that 'second half' kicks in.... it's pure ecstacy I still often listen with headphones, late at night, watching the stars. It's just epic, even after all this time
Same I love music more than life itself music is greater than the musician in my mind those chords those beats the structure thats what i worship not the ppl who wrote it anyone can write music
@@eatass5627 no. Not good music. Musicians write their emotions into song. And if he was writing about his sexual tendencies then maybe people need to stop and think that this song is about hope. His childhood. "When the trees start to sway" "Mark your place in time with another Christian why" "BUT THROUGH IT ALL I'D STILL BE LOST WITHOUT YOOOOOU" his mother by the way. "All you want is to find hope. When you are lost (just sway)" his mother wants him to just sway like the trees. Turn him into her puppet no pun intended.😂 Oh if you only knew the irony of that. People into black magic, know this song? "I WONT LIE. IM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH" hypnotism. Use. Your. FUCKING. HEADS. In my life I remember hearing this song from my dad's mom.5:06 is where i start to want to cry. I don't REMEMBER why just that it's out of fear. And at 5:49 I get this fear like that song was in my nightmares. Let's just say women like Elaine Davies, Ian's mother and my grandmother as well, really need to grow up and stop playing with dolls. 😅😂😂😂😂 if you only fucking knew
I was 21 when I heard this...I had a noose around my neck. The bells chimed and I relaxed. This song saved me from ending my life after my miscarriage in 2010...she sways ...Audra Victoria we remember. Ian I forgive you.
4:24 onwards is legitimately some of the best atmospheric music I have heard, which is quite an achievement for a band largely known for the complete opposite in terms of genre.
But why Spotify version lasts only 4:25??? I noticed while this song was ending that the music is not fafing but rather starting something new. Why Spotify version is shorter?!?!
I don’t know if any of you can relate, but the pure nostalgia I have for this song is astounding. I remember so many family road trips traveling up the Rocky Mountains listening to this album on my CD player and falling asleep, waking up to this absolute masterpiece.❤️ A true piece of art.
I can definitely relate to the nostalgia. I was 18 with my first love of my life we would drive around, listening to this album and I would always ask him to put sway on. He is dead now and this reminds me of him. But I always come back here and listen when I want to relax.
best lostprophets song Also this music was recorded _nine_ years before Ian went off the deep end, so as far as I'm concerned, they are entirely unrelated. It's still a great album.
@@sofakingwhat4798 I'd like to think that if that were the case, victims would have come out once shit started hitting the fan and he got convicted and all that. It would have added to his demise. I'm not saying that he wasn't pulling shit like that early on for sure, but these songs were written before the band started making it big, and before he had much leverage as a "rock star" to get away with that stuff. This logic is the reason that I'm able to separate his actions from the music and the reason I'm still able to listen to their first 2 albums. Like I said, of course this isn't concrete by any means, but it makes sense to me.
He had been doing this nine years before. The authorities didn't touch the case until he was arrested for drugs and found an insane amount of videos. He died 7 days ago.
Agreed. His current actions do not take away from the music they created years ago. I only hope he's getting the help he needs, and in the meantime, I will continue to be a loyal Lostprophets fan because their music is what I enjoy.
I will never forget how I walked into a random CD store in my town, browsed around and bought this masterpiece just because I found the album art badass. I was blown away how good it turned out to be and had a lot of memories with their songs. I listened to the album at least 3-4 times a day, loving every single song!! Good times! It‘s been 15 years, incredible how time flies and it still sounds so fresh and new.
@@cwrichardson3 Holy shit, been a fan since 2004 and this album is one of my top 5 of all time, and I had no idea! Thanks for the trivia, that's crazy haha
Просто невероятно насколько музыка может объединять людей. Читаю комментарии и практически в каждом узнаю себя и свои чувства. Спасибо группе за незабываемые эмоции. Жаль что все вышло как вышло.
Oskie Was once, how so what Ian did was beyond deplorable yet why does the actions of one need to tarnish the whole band, They were a part of my childhood and now I am listening to more of their work again. ITS a band not just Ian don't get why people hate on the BAND for the actions of one disturbed MAN
Anyone else gets a bit depressed listening to this or Lostprophets' music in general ? They meant everything to me when I was younger and their music helped me get through so much... but it doesn't feel the same listening to it now. I still go through phases of LP binge listening every once in a while, but it makes me feel kinda sad tbh...
@@jacobestrada7115 it really is. I still love this album today. One of the greatest ever written and produced. Ian is a sick fuck. But I don't let it tarnish my love for a perfect album made in a perfect time. It's a shame that people won't ever get to see this bands name and not think of all that went down.
@@voidofhope6259 i listen to this album. This is one of my favorite songs to listen when I go for a walk. Or if I'm thinking about some one. Its ashamed that we will never hear from this band ever again. After what Ian did. He had it all and he threw it all away for nothing they would have still been making music
@@jacobestrada7115 I've been listening to this album ever since I heard Last Train Home on NFL Street. This is a timeless masterpiece to me...along with Finch-What it is to Burn. Perfect albums. I highly recommend Finch if you haven't heard them.
It's funny, this song was nowhere near one of their hits, and if you asked me what was my favourite song of theirs I probably wouldn't list it (probably something off Fake Sound of Progress), but I think it's the one I come back to the most due to how chill/atmospheric it is. Shout out to the production/engineering team on this album too, still sounds 'brand new' and so well-produced even when listening in 2022. Their first two albums were so much more of the "style" I enjoyed before they went for more of a pop-punk type vibe after this.
I used to blast this often and on repeat way back in 04-05 during the earliest of college years and during my transition of majors. Such a shame what Ian did but doesn’t take away what the band as a whole did for the genre and landscape.
Picked a copy up of this in 04 from a Walmart in Waycross Ga... i played this everyday over and over and overand over. Still one of the best albums ever made, regardless of what happened.
I have been looking for this song for legit 10 years. I heard it a few times as a teenager and remembered liking it and the only lyrics I could remember were ‘when the sun goes down and the rain wash away’ and it’s so satisfying to have finally found it again omg.
As awful as the crimes are that Ian committed I’ll still love this song. It’s such an underrated gem that was far better than the singles of this album, the vocals and ending are just so haunting. Huge thanks for uploading this 🖤!
To this day, this is my favorite song of all time. The ominous melody, to the lyrics that remind me of a fallen hero (something into which i am personally invested), there will never be a better song.
This song is so depressing and hollow sounding but beautiful too. When he sings that it's hard to find a new soul, I wonder if he's talking about his own. A lot of the songs in this album have always had a very depressing undertone to them. I remember feeling it when listening to it as a kid. Listening back on it now you can clearly hear his emotions and cries for help. It's sad that he never got any. He must have always been battling his demons and feeling guilty and some of that came out in his music.
I do believe a lot of the earlier Lostprophets songs deal with this theme. "Still Laughing" from the first album is a particularly obvious example. From what I've been able to learn of Watkins from the details that emerged from the case/internet rumours etc. it seemed like he's always had these feelings and has struggled against acting on them. He probably gave in around the same time he started doing drugs (2007ish I think) so perhaps this whole "straight-edge" thing was a defence mechanism of sorts to stop himself slipping into depravity. You're right that it's sad; the whole saga is a tragedy for everyone involved. This doesn't diminish in the slightest from what Watkins has done of course. He is scum for making the choice to succumb to his desires and harm the innocent and he deserves every second of the sentence handed down to him. I do think he is an interesting case though.
I feel the same, seems like he fought for a good long time, and slowly began to act on the urges until he realized that he was too weak to suppress those urges anymore, and started caving in on them and joking about it, like a town called hypocrisy, the christmas video and the picture of him with the baby doll, it was like his way of saying 'who wants the glory of catching me', even in his sentencing he said he did it 'for the lolz', it's like he had just given up and wanted to see how awful he could become, I can't believe someone so artistic and musically capable was completely fucked up that entire time, he was human at one point, despite the fact he no longer is
I haven't listened to this ever since hearing about the singer's heinous crimes...but on a whim I threw it in the CD player on my way to work. Such great music. Such a terrible tragedy. It's a shame that such awesome music has been tainted forever in my mind.
Yeah, exactly the same with me! Ian did a really bad crime but a great job with his voice & Lyrics! It took me a very long time to seperate that! great tune, love it!
Especially this song helped me survive harsh times, when i was looking for myself. Start something will always represent something special in my life. It's has been 18 yrs since I first heard this song.
This song brings back memories, geology at college, isle or Arron, deep blue skies during the summer, ancient oceans with early life and aliens for some reason.
Chills!!! I freaking love this song!!! Brings back memories! Such a great song! So many different aspects to this song. Every time I hear it I hear something different. Love this so much!
Had a pretty shitty time in school and found this song from listening to them on Kerrang! Got me through it! Shitty times have now turned into fond memories. What Ian did was disgusting but my god, do I feel for the rest of the band. Remember the good times
una de las canciones mas subestimadas de todos los tiempos, Extremadamente atmosferica y memorable. Una verdadera pena por como termino la banda. Encontre este album gracias al juego Need For Speed Underground de 2003 y desde siempre lo atesoro en formato digital como uno de mis albumes favoritos de todos los tiempos. Cada cancion es tan buena que te transporta inmediatamente a la decada del 2000 donde todo era tan nuevo, diferente y especial, tiempos antes de la era de internet y la triste decadencia moderna que vivimos
I'm so glad people can still enjoy the music, regardless of recent discoveries. I thought I was the only one! It's a shame the other band members have been stripped of any credit due to Ian's... well...
This song saved life so many times. Even to this day. I know the horrible things Chris has done. Is it wrong to still listen to this song? Even this day, it has saved me from what I thought was inevitable. I find myself listening to this song, no matter how suicidal I feel. It gives me comfort, even 15 years later.
Look not at the wrongs the singer made, but the message in the song. If you look at other bands that had lyrics to fight the system. They all have a crazy and shocking crime, act, or even death occur. Chester Bennington, Scoot Wylen, Chris Cornell, Avicii. Madness at the core.
Yes, the lead singer deserves to rot. I feel for the victims/survivors. ♥️ I only knew of Lostprophets because of my first bf. He loved them. He also loved Story of the Year. It was in 2004 that him and I and some friends went to see Lostprophets and Story of the Year in concert. I loved it. I wasn’t familiar with their music then and I really really wish I was. It was so long ago…almost 20 years ago. My Chemical Romance opened for them. I don’t remember that at all lol. Later on when I actually listened to this album, I was always playing World of Warcraft. I will always have a special place in my heart for this album and playing the Burning Crusade expansion constantly while raiding. It literally makes me want to cry lol. My first boyfriend has since passed away…and this was something we shared. It’s fucked that the band is tainted by unspeakable acts. I want the memory of my ex to be good and well remembering the great times we had together and this was one of the bands we both loved.
One of my favourite Lostprophets songs. After all that's happened it does make me sick to listen to them, couldn't do it since the scandal. It's a shame as they were a great band and I feel for the other members.
Watkins did something for which he doesn't deserve to live, but I will forever support the rest of the band. Because they stuck with me via their music through the most difficult periods of my life. Lostprophets isn't only Ian Watkins, Lostprophets are also Jamie, Lee, Luke, Mike and Stu and those guys clearly distanced themselves from Watkins and shunned him via public statement. For that I thank them, because now I will listen to this and know that not ALL of it was a lie, just the input Watkins was responsible for. Start Something will forever be my remedy for depression and blues. And Ian, I hope you rot in prison forever and I hope you never make it out to daylight again!
"Watkins did something for which he doesn't deserve to live" btw this seems quite the hot take (and not a very civilized one at that). (and no, I'm not in ANY way justifying his crimes. all I'm saying is there are reasons that literally all Western countries other than the US have abolished the death penalty - and even about half of the US states did so, as well. as well as many other nations in which it's abolished or factually not used anymore)
@@xxxaragon give me a better punishment for someone who cannot be reentered into society because he is a massive danger to others. Explain to me, how would you deal with offenders who destroy lives of others. Sincerely, survival of childhood sexual abuse.
@@xxxaragon so now I am adult survivor of child sexual abuse and aside of life long trauma I get to work and pay taxes so that someone who destroyed my life can live? Neat....not
this was the last song they played when i saw them in dublin last year,blew my mind compleatly,regardless of ian watkins being guilty or not,i will never stop loving the music of lostprophets.
5:35 Reminded me of "Heroes" for some odd reason. Haha Hey, does anyone remember trying to get to 4:30 on an ipod to listen till 10:-?? And then repeating skimming back to listen again? Oh, man haha.
While Ian can die in a hole if he's guilty, I have to say this song is special to me. It is the first song I heard when I got out of Air Force boot camp. And I feel the lyrics mirror my own personal feelings at the time.
@BasedAres, ah, okay. Reminds me, I know someone planning to join the Marines after they graduate this year; wonder how long it's going to take for them to get a hold of that. Lol And thanks for your service, my guy.
in my car stoned after my break up with the ex listening to all their songs one minute down the next thrashing my air guitar and being mental. top tunes
Had my music on random and this song came on. Haven’t listened to it since 2004… wow, it was like the first time all over again! My best friend and I used to listen to this on repeat while getting high in his car. I’ve never heard a song that you could get high to, run to, workout to, and cry to…. All in the same song. So many emotions to song and here 17 years later, still so many…. Just wow….
This is probably going to sound really weird and random, but when I first got this CD, it was right around the same time Star Wars Episode III came out, and for some reason back then, and ever since then, I've always felt like this song (both "Sway" and the hidden track) really fit well with the darkness of that movie. I still have all these scenes in my head for a fan made video come up whenever I hear this.
+boudicca storm Understandable... Even now there are some albums by different artists that when i start listening to, i just instantly transported to the time i first heard of it. I can feel or hear the atmosphere at that time.
damn, 99% of the comments seem to about the singers personal life. couldnt give a shit about any of that, this is a favourite song off a very special album.
well he is a convicted child abuser son, its not like he was fiddling his taxes lol, people have a right to be pissed, however i to continue to play the music, i just disconnect the music from the man
Arguably the best track on the album. We used to call it “the bug out song”, because I was pretty much constantly high for the better part of the 2000’s. Eight minutes into the song we were like “holy shit, it’s still going.” Hahahaha
I just looked this up because Sway from the rolling stones came up while my ipod was on random. I remember a lot from the release of this album. I fully enjoyed this album, I never owned any of the others, this was peak perfection for me. I remember telling friends about this album & they blew it off as garbage, which annoyed the shit out of me, I listened & searched out music they recommended but they never returned the favor, assholes. I know I have this cd in a box in my closet with all my cds. I will have to pull this out & put it back on my ipod. As for the song, I'm not sure to this day which part I like more the 1st half or 2nd half... in its entirety this song is so calming.
You killed a masterful band Ian and you will pay both now and in the afterlife for your crimes. That being said, I will never stop banging Lostprophets.
This song just popped into my head earlier. Also I dont keep up with celebrities so I just learned oh something rather heinous from the comments. But I still love this music
This album dropped when I was in high school, a friend of mine and I used to play Need For Speed Underground, and Lostprohets had a song on the playlist. I ended up getting this record from him at some point, and this song, the second half in particular, really piqued my interests. It got me into many genres of music I hadn't yet had exposure to. Interesting how one thing kind of leads into the next. I still think this is a really cool record, and stands almost as a unit of study in early/mid 2000's rock production techniques.
If you actually read the court notes it says there he showed no remorse so he didn't have any pain from what he was doing or crying out for help. Just a sick man
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The 10 most beautiful minutes ever.
this comment section is beautiful. this is one of those bands that never went "too mainstream" to be constantly on the radio, but still gold enough for them to finance all the next albums. it's was like a best kept secret. and it meant so much to all of us. I'm pretty sure all of us have listened to this album back to back through a certain period of our lives. and it will forever bring back those memories, feelings and people. it's a shame what happened. but I'll cherish this album until the day i die. it's why I survived middle school. I'm sad I'll never see them live. but I am grateful for the music. after all, isn't that why we're all here, listening to this on repeat, still..?
This is one of those things that we all had to come to terms with but growing up with this great of music for me outweighs the atrocities Ian Watkins committed and I’m not going to let that spoil the music. The music is just that: music, it never glorifies or supports any of his awful crimes. And I’ll enjoy it for what it is. Fuck Ian Watkins
well said :) 100% true
Exactly. It was a time, a place, a feeling. Maybe we will tell our children about it one day
one of the best album of our lives
@@Giratina1999 Well, he's dead.
Damn, this song is incredible. Start something is genuinely a flawless album. Front to back it’s perfect. Such a shame how it all ended :(
Truly a shame... such a good band
Music lives forever
It would be absolutely huge now with the streaming platforms like Spotify, such a waste
Top to bottom its such a masterpiece! This album was the soundtrack of my senior year.
Honestly all of them were masterpieces front to back (personally). To this day, there has not been another band that has been able to put out multiple (hell a single) albums to where front to back wach song touches a part of my soul.
Another thing lostprophets (Jamie) has done for the industry, is perfecting the intro outros. Hell the one for this song is actually my favorite out of all of them.
I will never will forget the first time I listened to this song. It was in December 2008. A friend of me gave me the first three LP-albums on a USB-stick, because I asked him for some new music, without mentioning a band's name, without even knowing Lostprophets.
After listening to some songs, I put all these albums on my iPod.
Back in that time I was 16 years old, so I had to go by bike for 6 kilometers to get to work, straight through the landscape. On a cold evening in December when I was on my way back home, this song came up. I already knew the beginning, so it was nothing special until then. While I was listening, it started snowing, right when the outro started. I never heared it before, so I was surprised to find something like this in one of LP's songs.
It was such a great experience to ride on my bicycle through nothing than darkness except my headlight, and thousands of snowflakes rushing towards me, listening to this beauty of a song for the first time in my entire life. Very intensively... even though it may sound quite ordinary :D
Martin Th that was intense. Nice idea for a music video
Sounds similar to me. My friend burnt me a cd with this song on there . 😊
First three are FSOP, Star something, Liberation transmission. The rest are EPs, rarities, covers etc
Sounds nice 👍
I'm Brazilian and I listen to this one without understanding the lyrics, but I think it's very good
I'll never forgot all the late drives home and the memories made with it
Absolutely. This was my university years!
This song was my very favorite for many years of my teenage. Still today, 20 years later, it gives me chills just listening to it
You're not the only one m8
I listen to this every week
Have done for years
I bought this album in 2005 but in a cassette and played this every weekend after going home from college.
Every song on this album is gold.
This thing is still a masterpiece
This thing is incredibly earth moving.
It forever will be
Absolutely
Agreed
One of the best songs ever. The last part is beyond words
-2023
Am I the only one this band brings Jeff Hardy to my mind? Gold old days..
Ian clearly has his demons but this song is on another level - it hits home
I really regret the way Ian brought lostprophets' down. He literally killed this great band. Now even their songs are limited in Spotify and such. Start Something will always be one of my fave albums.
Someone should make a cover band (so I can stop cringing when I hear Watkins' voice)
@Brekability I have started working on music and who knows, maybe I will remake this album.
Yeah I'm super sad :(
All we can do is push the bad things out of our vision and embrace the music.
I really regret close minded people who don't realize what the end of this song was fucking referencing. IDIOTS. If ANYONE who hears this song was ever the victim of child sexual abuse and had a mother who looks a LOT like Ian's (Elaine Davies) then you would know that it's talking about the fact that Elaine was into black magic and would hynotise him into "telling her the truth". Hence the creepy dialog. Piece of SHIT! Of course he gor convicted! He had to grow up with a mother like that and 'take take the blame and be made the scapegoat once again' because of them. How does the world not think that children are what they're taught. He wanted control over others because his mother gave HIM no control over his own life. Why don't you actually LISTEN to ALL of lostprophets lyrics and you tell me where Ian was coming from in his mind when he wrote this shit. Because MY grandmother looks a LOT like Elaine. And she LOVED to punish me sexually with PUPPETS. At least I had a mother that got me into fucking therapy! I always knew that if I would've been raised by my dad I would've turned out just like him. And he was JUST like Ian. So judge all you want but if we're raised in situations like that and taught that telling ANYONE will only guarantee that the world doesn't care just like those bitches taught us, then how are we SUPPOSED to cope? Artists express they're inner selves through their passion. His being music. So figure it out wise ass.
I think the situation with Ian is disgusting, but my god, I still love this song.
Good music regardless of the monstrous things Ian has done.
Saturnus C. Daaé same
That's the thing that saddens me as the music was good just a pity about the scumbag. 🤬🤬
Beautiful song... Mind the dirt.
Me too. Sucks about the artist, but this song is still one of my favorites.
Who else is here in 2021...this brings me back 19 years..getting high with my buddies..this album encapsulated how we all felt. A gem that brings me goosebumps. I want this played at my funeral
I feel ya man
2022
The Lead singer dies in prison
I can sing every lyric to every song on this album...crazy the impact their music has had on me....shit gets me amped to do anything in front of me
One of the best outros of all time. Regardless of what happened with Ian and this band, the memories I have created that are attached to their albums will always be mine. Still here listening in 2022 remembering a time when everything was so much simpler.
Yeah man, when that 'second half' kicks in.... it's pure ecstacy
I still often listen with headphones, late at night, watching the stars.
It's just epic, even after all this time
Same I love music more than life itself music is greater than the musician in my mind those chords those beats the structure thats what i worship not the ppl who wrote it anyone can write music
@@eatass5627 no. Not good music. Musicians write their emotions into song. And if he was writing about his sexual tendencies then maybe people need to stop and think that this song is about hope. His childhood. "When the trees start to sway" "Mark your place in time with another Christian why" "BUT THROUGH IT ALL I'D STILL BE LOST WITHOUT YOOOOOU" his mother by the way. "All you want is to find hope. When you are lost (just sway)" his mother wants him to just sway like the trees. Turn him into her puppet no pun intended.😂 Oh if you only knew the irony of that. People into black magic, know this song? "I WONT LIE. IM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH" hypnotism. Use. Your. FUCKING. HEADS. In my life I remember hearing this song from my dad's mom.5:06 is where i start to want to cry. I don't REMEMBER why just that it's out of fear. And at 5:49 I get this fear like that song was in my nightmares. Let's just say women like Elaine Davies, Ian's mother and my grandmother as well, really need to grow up and stop playing with dolls. 😅😂😂😂😂 if you only fucking knew
@@backfrup
I was 21 when I heard this...I had a noose around my neck. The bells chimed and I relaxed. This song saved me from ending my life after my miscarriage in 2010...she sways ...Audra Victoria we remember. Ian I forgive you.
4:24 onwards is legitimately some of the best atmospheric music I have heard, which is quite an achievement for a band largely known for the complete opposite in terms of genre.
SQUIZZLER24 reminds me the soundtrack of Mirrors Edge :)
But why Spotify version lasts only 4:25???
I noticed while this song was ending that the music is not fafing but rather starting something new. Why Spotify version is shorter?!?!
Kacper Rafalski The international edition have "Sway...." with 10:32, US edition have tracks 12."Sway" 4:25 and 13. "Outro" 6:06.
I'd say its ambkent/sample inspired....like DJ shadow for example
Now spotify doesn't keep lostprophets songs anymore :'(
I don’t know if any of you can relate, but the pure nostalgia I have for this song is astounding.
I remember so many family road trips traveling up the Rocky Mountains listening to this album on my CD player and falling asleep, waking up to this absolute masterpiece.❤️
A true piece of art.
I can definitely relate to the nostalgia. I was 18 with my first love of my life we would drive around, listening to this album and I would always ask him to put sway on. He is dead now and this reminds me of him. But I always come back here and listen when I want to relax.
@@jesca734 sorry for your loss. I’m glad I’m not the only one that this track helps in a positive way.🙌
Damn. Memories of music entwined with people. That is a very special feeling
best lostprophets song
Also this music was recorded _nine_ years before Ian went off the deep end, so as far as I'm concerned, they are entirely unrelated. It's still a great album.
THANK you
What if he'd been doing it for over 9 years but hadn't been caught?
@@sofakingwhat4798 I'd like to think that if that were the case, victims would have come out once shit started hitting the fan and he got convicted and all that. It would have added to his demise. I'm not saying that he wasn't pulling shit like that early on for sure, but these songs were written before the band started making it big, and before he had much leverage as a "rock star" to get away with that stuff. This logic is the reason that I'm able to separate his actions from the music and the reason I'm still able to listen to their first 2 albums. Like I said, of course this isn't concrete by any means, but it makes sense to me.
He had been doing this nine years before. The authorities didn't touch the case until he was arrested for drugs and found an insane amount of videos. He died 7 days ago.
Agreed. His current actions do not take away from the music they created years ago. I only hope he's getting the help he needs, and in the meantime, I will continue to be a loyal Lostprophets fan because their music is what I enjoy.
I will never forget how I walked into a random CD store in my town, browsed around and bought this masterpiece just because I found the album art badass. I was blown away how good it turned out to be and had a lot of memories with their songs.
I listened to the album at least 3-4 times a day, loving every single song!!
Good times!
It‘s been 15 years, incredible how time flies and it still sounds so fresh and new.
Did you know that's Justin Timberlake on the cover. Look it up
@@cwrichardson3 Holy shit, been a fan since 2004 and this album is one of my top 5 of all time, and I had no idea! Thanks for the trivia, that's crazy haha
@@cwrichardson3 wait what??? Justin Timberlake???
@@cwrichardson3 Stu said thats Ian i think
The singer died
Seriously under-rated song and album!!
+xken02 start something is a fucking masterpiece and sway is one of the best lostprophets songs :).
For sure! Very underrated!
Просто невероятно насколько музыка может объединять людей. Читаю комментарии и практически в каждом узнаю себя и свои чувства. Спасибо группе за незабываемые эмоции. Жаль что все вышло как вышло.
Shit was ahead of its time. Better than any similar style music came up in 2010s
2024 and this song is still amazing! Shame about what happened
This song and 4am Forever are among the moodiest of Lostprophets songs
I used to have a random 4am alarm set to wake me and my ex up purely to annoy the shit out her. Absolutely hilarious. Hold a little tighter.
2015 and still listening to what was once an amazing band
well until he did what he did sick tosspot
Oskie Was once, how so what Ian did was beyond deplorable yet why does the actions of one need to tarnish the whole band, They were a part of my childhood and now I am listening to more of their work again. ITS a band not just Ian don't get why people hate on the BAND for the actions of one disturbed MAN
well i would not call that disturbed behaviour he has been reading fifty shades of grey and that's what brought it on
+Oskie Nothing wrong with that. Just totally normal
Lewis bush you bellend they're still a great band apart from Watkins..what a fucking idiot you are
Asked Google what is this song then sung the only line I remembered, it's this song. Amazing song. Just sorry this band ended the way it did.
Anyone else gets a bit depressed listening to this or Lostprophets' music in general ? They meant everything to me when I was younger and their music helped me get through so much... but it doesn't feel the same listening to it now. I still go through phases of LP binge listening every once in a while, but it makes me feel kinda sad tbh...
its very sad. especially a song as fucking amazing as this.
What was your reaction when you found out Ian died?
Bought this album in 2004 at Walmart in Franklin Tennessee would listen to this album mostly every day.
Picked a copy up in 04 from a Walmart in Waycross Ga...just like you, I played this everyday over and over and over and over.
@@voidofhope6259 its a shame what he did.
@@jacobestrada7115 it really is. I still love this album today. One of the greatest ever written and produced. Ian is a sick fuck. But I don't let it tarnish my love for a perfect album made in a perfect time. It's a shame that people won't ever get to see this bands name and not think of all that went down.
@@voidofhope6259 i listen to this album. This is one of my favorite songs to listen when I go for a walk. Or if I'm thinking about some one. Its ashamed that we will never hear from this band ever again. After what Ian did. He had it all and he threw it all away for nothing they would have still been making music
@@jacobestrada7115 I've been listening to this album ever since I heard Last Train Home on NFL Street. This is a timeless masterpiece to me...along with Finch-What it is to Burn. Perfect albums.
I highly recommend Finch if you haven't heard them.
Watkins voice is beautiful. Great song! Lostprophets!!
He died
@@JoeMama-sy8cgnope.
Even after all of these years, and when I really think about it, I'd have to say that this is my absolute favorite song.
2019 and still in love with this song
2021 30 years old and still remember hearing this masterpiece in freshman high school...
It's funny, this song was nowhere near one of their hits, and if you asked me what was my favourite song of theirs I probably wouldn't list it (probably something off Fake Sound of Progress), but I think it's the one I come back to the most due to how chill/atmospheric it is.
Shout out to the production/engineering team on this album too, still sounds 'brand new' and so well-produced even when listening in 2022. Their first two albums were so much more of the "style" I enjoyed before they went for more of a pop-punk type vibe after this.
Us oldheads coming back for this good shit right here, love to see it.
I used to blast this often and on repeat way back in 04-05 during the earliest of college years and during my transition of majors. Such a shame what Ian did but doesn’t take away what the band as a whole did for the genre and landscape.
Picked a copy up of this in 04 from a Walmart in Waycross Ga... i played this everyday over and over and overand over. Still one of the best albums ever made, regardless of what happened.
I have been looking for this song for legit 10 years. I heard it a few times as a teenager and remembered liking it and the only lyrics I could remember were ‘when the sun goes down and the rain wash away’ and it’s so satisfying to have finally found it again omg.
As awful as the crimes are that Ian committed I’ll still love this song. It’s such an underrated gem that was far better than the singles of this album, the vocals and ending are just so haunting. Huge thanks for uploading this 🖤!
To this day, this is my favorite song of all time. The ominous melody, to the lyrics that remind me of a fallen hero (something into which i am personally invested), there will never be a better song.
This song is so depressing and hollow sounding but beautiful too.
When he sings that it's hard to find a new soul, I wonder if he's talking about his own. A lot of the songs in this album have always had a very depressing undertone to them. I remember feeling it when listening to it as a kid. Listening back on it now you can clearly hear his emotions and cries for help. It's sad that he never got any. He must have always been battling his demons and feeling guilty and some of that came out in his music.
I do believe a lot of the earlier Lostprophets songs deal with this theme. "Still Laughing" from the first album is a particularly obvious example. From what I've been able to learn of Watkins from the details that emerged from the case/internet rumours etc. it seemed like he's always had these feelings and has struggled against acting on them. He probably gave in around the same time he started doing drugs (2007ish I think) so perhaps this whole "straight-edge" thing was a defence mechanism of sorts to stop himself slipping into depravity. You're right that it's sad; the whole saga is a tragedy for everyone involved. This doesn't diminish in the slightest from what Watkins has done of course. He is scum for making the choice to succumb to his desires and harm the innocent and he deserves every second of the sentence handed down to him. I do think he is an interesting case though.
I feel the same, seems like he fought for a good long time, and slowly began to act on the urges until he realized that he was too weak to suppress those urges anymore, and started caving in on them and joking about it, like a town called hypocrisy, the christmas video and the picture of him with the baby doll, it was like his way of saying 'who wants the glory of catching me', even in his sentencing he said he did it 'for the lolz', it's like he had just given up and wanted to see how awful he could become, I can't believe someone so artistic and musically capable was completely fucked up that entire time, he was human at one point, despite the fact he no longer is
>as a kid
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@@KAI3Kuroseiga this is actually a very sad story. I wonder if he would still be decent if he had never touched any drugs.
@@Msaahcore Haha, wow. 3 years ago. totally forgot about this song. Still as sad as ever.
I haven't listened to this ever since hearing about the singer's heinous crimes...but on a whim I threw it in the CD player on my way to work. Such great music. Such a terrible tragedy. It's a shame that such awesome music has been tainted forever in my mind.
Yeah, exactly the same with me! Ian did a really bad crime but a great job with his voice & Lyrics! It took me a very long time to seperate that! great tune, love it!
If it makes you feel any better, the sing died
Especially this song helped me survive harsh times, when i was looking for myself. Start something will always represent something special in my life. It's has been 18 yrs since I first heard this song.
And now the lead sing has died
Outro is beautiful
Literally every LPS song talks to my soul. But this one has always stuck
Most underrated song of the whole fucking album
This song gives me nostalgia...
This song brings back memories, geology at college, isle or Arron, deep blue skies during the summer, ancient oceans with early life and aliens for some reason.
Damn straight. Twas a favorite of an old friend, and it remains with me to this day.
All Lp were here for the music. Let us enjoy that and the band!
Chills!!! I freaking love this song!!! Brings back memories! Such a great song! So many different aspects to this song. Every time I hear it I hear something different. Love this so much!
I can’t believe I forgot this band existed! All their songs are sooo good and this was one of my faves 😱
The singer died brutally in prison 7 days ago
Man, I remember playing Jak 3 and listening to this album on repeat... So good...
same, but with sonic heroes, simpler times
Had a pretty shitty time in school and found this song from listening to them on Kerrang! Got me through it! Shitty times have now turned into fond memories. What Ian did was disgusting but my god, do I feel for the rest of the band. Remember the good times
una de las canciones mas subestimadas de todos los tiempos, Extremadamente atmosferica y memorable. Una verdadera pena por como termino la banda. Encontre este album gracias al juego Need For Speed Underground de 2003 y desde siempre lo atesoro en formato digital como uno de mis albumes favoritos de todos los tiempos. Cada cancion es tan buena que te transporta inmediatamente a la decada del 2000 donde todo era tan nuevo, diferente y especial, tiempos antes de la era de internet y la triste decadencia moderna que vivimos
I'm so glad people can still enjoy the music, regardless of recent discoveries. I thought I was the only one! It's a shame the other band members have been stripped of any credit due to Ian's... well...
This song saved life so many times. Even to this day. I know the horrible things Chris has done. Is it wrong to still listen to this song? Even this day, it has saved me from what I thought was inevitable. I find myself listening to this song, no matter how suicidal I feel. It gives me comfort, even 15 years later.
Look not at the wrongs the singer made, but the message in the song. If you look at other bands that had lyrics to fight the system. They all have a crazy and shocking crime, act, or even death occur. Chester Bennington, Scoot Wylen, Chris Cornell, Avicii. Madness at the core.
@@jeffrobeauxdean2625 You are a complete idiot to compare this lead singer with those nice people. Shame on you.
@@jeffrobeauxdean2625 That is the dumbest comment that i have read on here.
This song touches the very essance of my being. Driving on a completely desolate road with the Stars lifting and lighting my way
Can't even begin to describe how good these guys are. Let the evil rest. Enjoy the music people.
Well, the evil is truly resting now. Ian Watkins died
apparently he's still alive. just looked it up
@@JoeMama-sy8cg
Yes, the lead singer deserves to rot. I feel for the victims/survivors. ♥️
I only knew of Lostprophets because of my first bf. He loved them. He also loved Story of the Year. It was in 2004 that him and I and some friends went to see Lostprophets and Story of the Year in concert. I loved it. I wasn’t familiar with their music then and I really really wish I was. It was so long ago…almost 20 years ago. My Chemical Romance opened for them. I don’t remember that at all lol.
Later on when I actually listened to this album, I was always playing World
of Warcraft. I will always have a special place in my heart for this album and playing the Burning Crusade expansion constantly while raiding. It literally makes me want to cry lol.
My first boyfriend has since passed away…and this was something we shared. It’s fucked that the band is tainted by unspeakable acts. I want the memory of my ex to be good and well remembering the great times we had together and this was one of the bands we both loved.
Ian Watkins died in prison 7 days ago
One of my favourite Lostprophets songs. After all that's happened it does make me sick to listen to them, couldn't do it since the scandal. It's a shame as they were a great band and I feel for the other members.
Watkins did something for which he doesn't deserve to live, but I will forever support the rest of the band. Because they stuck with me via their music through the most difficult periods of my life. Lostprophets isn't only Ian Watkins, Lostprophets are also Jamie, Lee, Luke, Mike and Stu and those guys clearly distanced themselves from Watkins and shunned him via public statement. For that I thank them, because now I will listen to this and know that not ALL of it was a lie, just the input Watkins was responsible for. Start Something will forever be my remedy for depression and blues. And Ian, I hope you rot in prison forever and I hope you never make it out to daylight again!
YK KY amen! Good music
"Watkins did something for which he doesn't deserve to live"
btw this seems quite the hot take (and not a very civilized one at that).
(and no, I'm not in ANY way justifying his crimes. all I'm saying is there are reasons that literally all Western countries other than the US have abolished the death penalty - and even about half of the US states did so, as well. as well as many other nations in which it's abolished or factually not used anymore)
@@xxxaragon give me a better punishment for someone who cannot be reentered into society because he is a massive danger to others. Explain to me, how would you deal with offenders who destroy lives of others. Sincerely, survival of childhood sexual abuse.
@@YKKY prison? and/or committing them to a psychiatry ward?
@@xxxaragon so now I am adult survivor of child sexual abuse and aside of life long trauma I get to work and pay taxes so that someone who destroyed my life can live? Neat....not
still in love with this beautiful music!
great music.... shame Ian is such a vile disgusting monster...
+GER GEMINI right. :(
this was the last song they played when i saw them in dublin last year,blew my mind compleatly,regardless of ian watkins being guilty or not,i will never stop loving the music of lostprophets.
Oh to be there live.....i cant even imagine
The acts of the lead singer shouldn't discredit or cancel the talented contributions of the rest of the band to create this epic song.
screw it, im still listening this song
5:35 Reminded me of "Heroes" for some odd reason. Haha Hey, does anyone remember trying to get to 4:30 on an ipod to listen till 10:-?? And then repeating skimming back to listen again? Oh, man haha.
While Ian can die in a hole if he's guilty, I have to say this song is special to me. It is the first song I heard when I got out of Air Force boot camp. And I feel the lyrics mirror my own personal feelings at the time.
@BasedAres, for a sec, I thought you misspelled "pig." Then I realized what that meant.
@BasedAres, really? I thought it meant "piece of garbage."
@BasedAres, ah, okay. Reminds me, I know someone planning to join the Marines after they graduate this year; wonder how long it's going to take for them to get a hold of that. Lol
And thanks for your service, my guy.
This album, this song... damn
Have always loved this song...really wish it was available on Spotify.
Anyone still hearing this in 2023?
in my car stoned after my break up with the ex listening to all their songs one minute down the next thrashing my air guitar and being mental. top tunes
Had my music on random and this song came on. Haven’t listened to it since 2004… wow, it was like the first time all over again! My best friend and I used to listen to this on repeat while getting high in his car. I’ve never heard a song that you could get high to, run to, workout to, and cry to…. All in the same song. So many emotions to song and here 17 years later, still so many…. Just wow….
To bad the lead singer died 7 days ago in prison. It was brutal.
This is probably going to sound really weird and random, but when I first got this CD, it was right around the same time Star Wars Episode III came out, and for some reason back then, and ever since then, I've always felt like this song (both "Sway" and the hidden track) really fit well with the darkness of that movie. I still have all these scenes in my head for a fan made video come up whenever I hear this.
+boudicca storm Understandable... Even now there are some albums by different artists that when i start listening to, i just instantly transported to the time i first heard of it. I can feel or hear the atmosphere at that time.
I get the same feeling but except it's Spider-Man 2, some songs on this really work well with that movie.
damn, 99% of the comments seem to about the singers personal life. couldnt give a shit about any of that, this is a favourite song off a very special album.
Nicely spoken
I agree100%
Damn straight.
Fuck the hearsay. This song and last summer are my favorites.
well he is a convicted child abuser son, its not like he was fiddling his taxes lol, people have a right to be pissed, however i to continue to play the music, i just disconnect the music from the man
so beautiful
Long Live Lostprophets
Arguably the best track on the album. We used to call it “the bug out song”, because I was pretty much constantly high for the better part of the 2000’s. Eight minutes into the song we were like “holy shit, it’s still going.” Hahahaha
Always remember listening to this song while playing Kingdom Hearts and being stoned...amazing combo!
From 4.24 Its The Most Beautiful Music with a Sad Undertone ...Very Prophetic
Still one of the greatest songs ever made
I just looked this up because Sway from the rolling stones came up while my ipod was on random. I remember a lot from the release of this album. I fully enjoyed this album, I never owned any of the others, this was peak perfection for me. I remember telling friends about this album & they blew it off as garbage, which annoyed the shit out of me, I listened & searched out music they recommended but they never returned the favor, assholes. I know I have this cd in a box in my closet with all my cds. I will have to pull this out & put it back on my ipod.
As for the song, I'm not sure to this day which part I like more the 1st half or 2nd half... in its entirety this song is so calming.
The ending is so eerie
Great Song! Great Vibes, one of a Kind.
This song is so underated! amazing
Amo la canción... Gracias Alicia
Incredible song
Favourite song.
You killed a masterful band Ian and you will pay both now and in the afterlife for your crimes.
That being said, I will never stop banging Lostprophets.
He payed 7 days ago. He died
Amazing!
This song just popped into my head earlier. Also I dont keep up with celebrities so I just learned oh something rather heinous from the comments. But I still love this music
Same here! I love this song
this is my fav song by them. the last four min are empowering, and I know Ian is a creep but this song is great
baloney pony I think creep is an understatement
This album dropped when I was in high school, a friend of mine and I used to play Need For Speed Underground, and Lostprohets had a song on the playlist. I ended up getting this record from him at some point, and this song, the second half in particular, really piqued my interests. It got me into many genres of music I hadn't yet had exposure to. Interesting how one thing kind of leads into the next. I still think this is a really cool record, and stands almost as a unit of study in early/mid 2000's rock production techniques.
Yeah To Hell We Ride was a song in the game.
Damn shame the singer died
I love this music
If you actually read the court notes it says there he showed no remorse so he didn't have any pain from what he was doing or crying out for help. Just a sick man
this song is so surreal. bamn. resonate.
OUTRO
Starej se
Michal Schaller :(
+Mike Oliver :-* Prophets 😍😍
Beautiful song... Mind the dirt.
i love their music ..... and this is the best song of the band in my opinion!! and i know nothing else !!!!!!
Exactly, why can't people do that?! Lol this was a great album, along withall the rest, I'm not letting one person bring that down
this band rocks i hope they make great songs like this in the future .x
This aged well.