Will mentioned on tour that the song is about suicide, and I didn’t catch that at first, but after a few more listens, I think I’ve finally pieced together my interpretation of the song. The white noise is depression, suicidal desires, and meaninglessness. You’re living day to day without purpose and the world feels gray and fake. However, as a creative person, you’re trying to make your own meaning out of this life through your art, but because the world around you is meaningless, so is the art, even though you’ve dressed it up to look significant. No matter how much you want it to mean something, it just doesn’t. (At least, it feels meaningless to you) At the end of the song, you’re examining the thoughts themselves. All these horrible thoughts you’ve been having aren’t you. They’re becoming more powerful because you’re ruminating on them. I know what you’re going through is hard, but these thoughts aren’t you. They’re white noise.
It’s like a movie where his earlier songs are in the beginning and these are at the conclusion after the climax as been reached and resolved. Character development ✨
I'm certainly getting the album, I'll admit I'm not a fan of every release but most are definitely growing on me. It's rare I find an artist I can enjoy most of their discography but I've found one.
Will's newer music is a lot less chaotic, and while I personally prefer the older things for now, I can't deny that the new stuff is still gorgeous, and I love that he's trying new styles!
It's not really ''trying out new styles". Will said in an interview that he thought having a specific genre that all your songs fall under was just limiting. I think this is just an example of how he doesn't fall under any genre, he just does what he wants.
I... I don't even have the proper words. This is just, this is just absolutely fucking beautiful. This one isn't an emotional punch in the gut as much as its just absolutely fucking beautiful.
i made an artpiece from that line but i feel like despite the effectiveness of the simplicity it could use quite a bit more effort to really show my appreciation... but i don't really know what to do. i just feel like... it needs to be worthy? oh well.
i believe the song is a message conveying the impact of seemingly meaningless gestures. there is an experience happening, people are cheering, celebrating, showing thier love each other -- yet for seemingly nothing. no ring, no flowers, no chocolates, no strings on an instrument, no mouth moving to create words that calls forth emotion. maybe it's because the gesture isn't what matters, rather it's the impact it has on others. maybe the songs we listen to can be as complex or as simple as they can but if they don't make us feel, then aren't they just white noise? the outro made me pause though, because when i heard the phrase 'i know it's hard but they aren't who you are, it's just white noise', it sounded like something people with intrusive thoughts (including myself) use to soothe such. we aren't the thoughts we create. so tracking back the three lyrics before that one tell of a person attempting to clear themselves of their intrusive thoughts that they can't even 'feel', because they do not take pleasure in those thoughts. they try so hard to get them to leave, but they multiply and feel overwhelming. here will tells us that we are not our thoughts, they are simply just white noise. and how does this tie back to the message of a source that's arbitrary in regard to the impact it has? perhaps in spite of these thoughts, we do not inflict them upon others. it is not the ring that matters in a proposal but the hope it causes, the flowers are not what brings love but the implication behind the gesture -- intrusive thoughts do not make someone a bad person, it is the impact they have on others that determine it. if we love those around us, then those thoughts are just, as will states it, white noise. apologies for how messy this is, i'm mainly just spitting my thoughts out about this track. very beautiful and impactful. from the bottom of my heart, thank you will. words cannot describe how excited i am for in case i make it.
you, random stranger in the comments. this analysis literally made my day and almost made me cry tears of joy during a particularly draining day, and i want you to know that this one little analysis means the world to me
what i love avout will's music is i 100% disagree with this analysis, but it doesn't matter because you saw so much depth in places i didn't. His songs are so rich in metaphors that it means whatever our subconscious needs to hear. All good songs should be like that.
This! I have been trying to understand the music video and song for so long, when I showed others they always commented on how empty everyone’s gesture were because of the physical things missing, but all I could think of was just how happy everyone was. Reading this I kept thinking yes! It didn’t matter that there weren’t any flowers or rings, what mattered was how much love was in every gesture and how happy they all were! I hope you don’t mind that I took a screenshot of your comment, it’s described in such a lovely way and reading it just makes my heart happy :)
yeah i have them as well. whenever i talk to anybody about it i feel like im being judged. ive learned to just tune them out most of the time but its nice to hear that im more than just my bad thoughts for once
im currently homeless, and its a brutal wat to live, life doesn't give you much but today i decided to buy a votive candle holder, some strong tape, and some wax melters and affixed it to the dashboard of my car. ive been getting my taxes done, cleaning up and putting up pins and thinking about getting some stickers when i get some spare cash, and this song really hit on that. i actually wrote down "they don't give you this, you have to take what you can from this" i really feel this, i feel like this is a song about feeling life slip between your fingers, the frenzied chomp of understimulation and finding that your teeth never touch, you're just endlessly cutting through air, the empty, vaccous nothing. a life not made for you, but you have to find something to make it livable. you HAVE to find joy.
this song took me by surprise cause its a lot different than a lot of his other stuff but i love it oh my god i love it so much the choir in the background sounds amazing !!
I haven't heard this yet, but it's probably gonna be pretty good. EDIT: I just listened to it, very good song. Please go support Will so he can buy his AC.
@@lemonsideddice Yes, this is a reference to the livestream that happened after White Noice premiered, where Will said that if people would all listen to the song on streaming services he would be able to buy an air conditioner.
@@EvanStarDream I've heard a couple people mention his livestream. Where does he stream? Is it just on here and I missed it or does he do it somewhere else? Wanna make sure I catch the next one
everytime will wood drops something i feel like a new piece has been added to my puzzle brain. like there wasn't a gap before but something was added anyways and it has made me better and more complete
Will Wood had a concert recently that I got to go to, and throughout it he had an extremely amusing story about timeshares with intense meaning in between the jokes and the songs. I was drunk and no recording was allowed and a lot of it was personal stuff he was talking about, so it’s not really all too important that I get into specifics, but what he had said was eerily similar to something I had also been dealing with an artist and person myself and struck a chord that clicked so loudly in my brain I could hear it echo, and then he played this song. I actually hadn’t listened to In Case I Make It in full until a week before the concert, I had maybe only heard this song once before, but its crazy how it basically forces the words out of you to sing along with the crowd parts. You feel the entire concert hall deep in your bones and you hear everyone around you. Earlier that night I was talking about how it was great to see so many people dress as weird as I do for once, and the meaning changed to something deeper during this song I feel. With that and the story that resonated with me, I started bawling my eyes out during the chorus. I dont cry easy at songs, but it really hit me then and there. After, he played skeleton appreciation day as an encore, and as I was leaving out the door someone rushed over and traded kandi bracelets with me after seeing mine(whoever traded me the 2nd 2ight 2eer bracelet btw, you made my night even better. I literally brought a spare kandi just for the small hope someone would wanna trade with me). Seeing the songs meaning more clearly, it really is starting to warm up to be a favorite of mine. This is getting rambley so I’ll cut it off here, but that experience meant a lot to me and I wanted to share it with anyone who sees. Have a good day :)
LYRICS [i finally finished, they’re not perfect but i tried my best!!] They paint the walls with colors that you’re not meant to notice Beiges and browns, off-whites and grayscales Fluorescent lights to shine on the eggshell ground Now you’re lying face down You blend into the background Of white noise They fill the homes with tunes you can’t get into your head 4/4 and Dorian wrote ‘em for ignoring ‘em Yeah it sort of sounds like a retro Top 40, but wrong You’re not meant to sing along It isn’t that kind of song It’s white noise But if you listen closely I swear, to God I swear You can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear here Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (If you listen close between the waves) Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (If you listen close between the waves) Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) (Check one-two, Check one-two) It’s high fidelity Lossless quality It’s MP one-two-three-four-five F-L-A-C It’s polyphonic The new philharmonic With the Juilliard doctorate Live from the Metropolitan It’s theoretically dense, it’s impressive It’s microtonal and it challenges Western notions of art It’s post-avant-garde It’s going places ‘cause it comes from the heart And its personality’s a lack of identity It makes no statement but does so quite loudly It’s an aesthetic I mean, an anesthetic It’s an experience for your seven senses Does it cure cancer? (Yes, it cures cancer!) (Wow!) It begs the question to tell you the answer Do you believe in the power of silence? Well, if you walk the walk can you talk more- (Shh!) Quiet Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (If you listen close between the waves) Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (If you listen close between the waves) Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) You fill you head with thoughts you find you can’t even feel Try to make room in your skull but it’s full of them All of the things that you think and then think about thinking I know it’s hard But they’re not who you are They’re white noise :)
He left us as he was always meant to be. In control, himself while still learning and becoming himself. Sure, sober, but not without a touch of avante garde and chaotic magic. The hiatus is hard but I hope it's for the best for him. Thank you, Will 🤍
This song is honestly making me reflect on my own values. The superficiality of what we do, the immense artificial value we attach to things we enjoy. This song is basically saying “The world doesn’t care, you’re not special, you spend all this time trying to get people to like the same things you do and attempt to stand out but in reality you’re no one”. It’s kind of a reality check for me, my actions aren’t driven by my “personality” but rather what I want others to think I like. Maybe misinterpreting this song but even so it’s making me reflect on myself in a really harsh way that’s brutally true. I don’t like the cliché of “This song changed my life” or some other artificial bullshit we say as a compliment but I do think this song told me things I needed to hear. Things that I need to change about the fundamental way I interact with people, how I listen to people, what I like and who I am, and to let go of the false dream of being special or unique and just enjoy things for me and not the sake of others
Any piece of media that have a great emotional affect on you will change your life, some just more and others. So it isn't actually hypocritical to say any piece of media changed your outlook on life as even the smallest of self reflections will be 'life changing'. You are not a hypocrite, you are a person. :)
This piece sounds so angelic it’s not even funny. It sounds like a lullaby at the start but then becomes a beautifully angelic harmony and later returns to that lullaby and the start, and I fucking love that. It sounds so peaceful even though the lyrics are so meaningful, powerful, and interesting. I bet this is going to be one of my favorite songs out of the new album, thank you Will for the stunning piece.
Hey man, this song is so powerful, a year later this song still pops into my head all the time, there's just something so moving about it especially since I've been stuck dwelling on some pretty bad thoughts, and now almost a year later, I've completely changed my old mindset, and things are really looking up for me. And now I find myself relaying this message to people, about those kinda thoughts just being white noise. It's started a pattern now, and I'm lucky to now be able to help people out as well. It's funny how some things can seem so complicated, yet not really mean a whole lot, only in the moment. That's just the something about this song, that keeps me coming back. All of your music does this, I keep coming back to it, even 5 years later, it's just so creative and meaningful. Best wishes to you
I remember when this song came out I had just been diagnosed with ocd, getting the proper medication and being able to hear the white noises of the world instead of the intrusive thoughts in my mind was comforting, the simple sounds and visuals of life became harmonizing melodies because I could finally live outside of my brain. The end of this song always makes me cry tears of joy because it reminds me that the intrusive thoughts I have are not me, it's hard, but those thoughts are just white noise, and they will pass ❤
I've been struggling with intrusive thoughts since I was a kid and just this week I've been trying to get to the bottom of it. The ending of this song felt like Will was speaking directly to me and my struggle. I have tenitus as well (constant sand/ringing/white noise in my ears) so thinking of my intrusive thoughts as just another kind of sound to mix in with the background hum is something I'm going to take going forward.
God, I love will wood's music so much. my personal take on this song is how when listneign to white noise your brain signles out noises that arent really there and you can hear them, and i think the song takes that topic and aplies it to how people are either often talked over or not heard, or things people say are oftentimes taken by someone with a larger reach and basically plagerised. I love the rythm in this song so much it makes me so giddy and happy ^_^
This song has been my go to to calm me down. I struggle with depression and high anxiety on almost a daily basis, and even though this song sounds sad, it always helps me calm down and cope. It's almost as if Will is telling me that the problems that I go through are just noise, and they don't define who I am. Thank you for everything Will
what a profoundly gorgeous, deeply relieving song. sometimes it really does feel like the world is both too-much and empty, stark black-and-white and muddy greys. brain-fried, lost in the numbness of white noise, deaf to meaning, trying to somehow to get unstuck... i feel like this song captures that feeling in a really special, hard to articulate way. the strings returning to the ukelele for the last lines made me cry. thank you.
Me before dissecting the lyrics: "haha what a funky bop" Me after listening to the lyrics and thinking about them: *unable to listen without almost crying*
as a bipolar person reaching a point in my life of stability and more... normal ups and lows to speak, will woods newer stuff truly speaks to me. suddenly able to recognize and enjoy the nuance of day to day, the little things, the stuff easy to ignore or miss out out during both mania or depression. along with the regret of ehat you did or said during those time... its just coming at a really right place for me right now, and im happy that will wood is going in a direction that is helping him and is so genuine and vulnerable
This song came out when I was having a really hard time due to intrusive toughts. It felt like hug. Now, with the recent realse of In Case I Make It, i'm here to say: thank you, Will. Your music means a lot to me, and to a lot of other people too. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful album with us
On first listen, this felt like a funny song mocking soulless corporate art, and, it is, but the more I listen the more the ending hit me. Throughout the song he has no voice, no instruments, and is just taking part in this empty production. Because his song is soulless, it's easy to see him as the same. However, at the end, he has a chance to express himself in earnest. What does he use this opportunity for? He delivers a simple, sincere, and quiet wisdom of self-love, perfectly set up by the prior lyrics. It shatters the preconceived notion of this character, instantly humanizing this him in one brief sentiment. It also makes his participation in the previous vapid production feel all the more tragic and hollow. I can't know if that was the intent, or if I've invented that story in my head, but I find it beautiful regardless.
I haven't been in a good mental state recently. It's the lowest point I've ever hit. This song is the only thing that helps shut my mind up. Thank you, Will Wood.
I absolutely loved this song oml. Also shameless promo My friend is the one who hit the piñata. She’s got a cartoon coming out on yt called Valued Customer so you should totally check it out.
Will, I doubt you’re reading my comment, but if you are I hope you know that you helped me and so many others get through some crappy times. I remember watching one of your interviews and crying because of how much I resonated with you. It reminds me that everyone has been through some stuff, and they’ve been able to get through it, so why can’t I? Thanks for reminding me that my bad thoughts and anxieties are just white noise.
The section where will is bald is my favorite I can’t help but smile to hard each time because he’s so happy and yeah it’s great this song is amazing Going on repeat just like the rest of the album! This album is truly amazing Can’t wait until I can fully parse what the song is actually about 😅 always takes a bit for me
I remember hearing this song for the first time in a RUclips video where Will played it on there ukulele in late 2019. I fell in love with it immediately and I can’t believe I’m finally hearing the studio recording now, in 2022. So much has changed, it feels like everything has changed, but this track stayed the same
Finallly a will wood song that I can play without needing to be able to play an instrument! But in all seriousness, this is a masterpiece. Love the incredible attention to detail in such a comparatively minimalistic music video.
everytime a new song is released i listen to it then go "oh thats.. something" then at 3am i have it on repeat with the lyrics memorized lmao. bangin song as always:)
lyrics: they paint the walls with colors that you’re not meant to notice beiges and browns, off whites and gray-scales fluorescent lights to shine on the eggshell ground now you’re lying face down you blend into the background of white noise they fill the homes with tunes you can’t get into your head 4/4 and dorian wrote ‘em for ignoring them yet sort of sounds like a retro top 40 but wrong you’re not meant to sing along it isn’t that kind of song it’s white noise but, if you listen closely I swear, to god I swear you can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear, here white noise (listen close between the waves) white noise (feel the ocean through your wake) white noise (listen close between the waves) white noise (check 1 2) (check 1 2) it’s high fidelity lossless quality it’s MP one, two, three, four, five, F-L-A-C it’s polyphonic the new philharmonic with the Juilliard doctorate live from the Metropolitan it’s theoretically dense it’s impressive it’s micro tonal and it challenges western notions of art it’s post avant-garde it’s going places ‘cause it comes from the heart and it’s personality’s a lack of identity it makes no statement but does so quite loudly it’s an aesthetic i mean an anesthetic and it’s an experience for your seventh sense, yes does it cure cancer? (yes it cures cancer!) wow! it begs the question just to tell you the answer do you believe in the power of silence? well if you walk the walk, can you talk more (shhh!) quiet white noise (if you listen close between the waves) white noise (you can feel the ocean through your wake) white noise (if you listen close between the waves) white noise (you can feel the ocean through your wake) you fill your head with thoughts you find you can’t even feel try to make room in your skull but it’s full of them all of the things that you think and then think about thinking i know it’s hard but they’re not who you are they’re white noise (i tried my best, the transcript is missing portions^^)
I couldn't help but laugh at the visuals, but it felt very comforting regardless. That one scene where they celebrate at an empty box just reminds me of Christmas. Unwrap it... you got a box! Ensue cheering. Great song, it feels so special.
somehow this video feels like a more mature version of the Mr. Capgras video (RIP) but the biggest difference between that video and this one is that.... Will looks genuinely happy in this one. Like, fuck yeah dude live your dreams
Me and my mom always listen to Will in the car and the kitchen, I just know that this is gonna be her new favorite song by you. This is absolutely beautiful !!
this was always my favorite of will's songs and right now, it's my favorite song generally. i'm glad i got around to watching the music video, because it's really awesome.
The album this is from has been getting me through this week and I just feel the need to say how good it is. I don’t exactly have anything more to say and I don’t know if I’m supposed to. Sorry
look this may not be the most complicated song, or even the best, but god damn it Will, I LIKE THIS SONG. this is MY favorite song right now, and I’m completely in the love with the new sound, keep it up
I use white noise for meditation, and I feel like that use case perfectly lines up with this song. I never understood this song before, but sitting there with that sound filtering out the business of the world and allowing me to communicate with my true self just made it click, and I cried.
No matter what style he does, his music always makes me feel incredibly deeply. Discovering Will Wood’s music gave me a way to feel as intensely as I did before starting psychiatric meds. I can’t even name the feelings his music evokes but nothing else can make me feel this much and this present and I’m thankful beyond words for every song
I feel like Will Wood's Music altogether was a growth of character. From the beginning it was chaos, but as Will grew and changed as a human, so did his music. I hope you enjoy your Hiatus Will, whether if be for a year or forvever, I hope you can be proud.
"oh that's so clever, he's not actually pressing down on the ukulele strings, so in reality the sound would be muted" several minutes before rewinding and realizing there aren't any strings
I REMEMBER THIS SONG ON A LIVESTREAM!!! This song was legit amazing! I can't wait until the album comes out! This would probably be the most hyped I've been for an album in my life so far lol! Will did an amazing job as always!
will; your music has got me through so fucking much. everything you create has so many different beautiful aspects to it. “everything is a lot” especially, even though it’s your early music; has offered me so much comfort. i know i’m not alone in my struggles. i’m at a loss for words; i honestly don’t know what to say here. i don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but *thank you.* your music actually saved me. when i had nowhere else to turn at the darkest point of my life; i started exploring your music and that gave me a crutch. i’m not perfect, but truly; your music saved me from the shit i was diving into. i cant thank you enough.
My favorite off the album, by far. I can never know the intended message. For me, it expresses how our fleeting thoughts are all we have, yet it's an empty and ignorant attempt at grasping true reality. We are a product of our stimuli and genetics, our thoughts are a response to what we perceive. If they are correct or not, we may never know, but we can trust our feelings. We can trust something will make us feel a certain way, even if we'll never know why. Hope I'm not too wrong, regardless, this is an emotional masterpiece that i fully believe makes me feel as the artist intended, even if im oblivious to the intended lyrical message. That's the beauty of music, it's undefinable. Instruments convey emotions and ideas as well as words can, perhaps better, yet we can't always put that experience into words.
Will Wood has gotten so powerful he doesn't even need to move his mouth to sing anymore
He is now a celestial being
lmao
He always had that power, you just didn’t know it until now
I thought for a bit he was using asl lol.
Or hair
bro i accidentally had it on mute and i actually thought it was silence
It was truly a privilege to be a part of this shoot. That piñata would not back down.
Honestly props to ya!
yalls outfits slayed, you did great/pos
Rlly cool end product!!!!! :)
his genuine surprise at white noise's anti-cancer properties is what really sells the song
Wow!
@@BreadLoeuf It best the question just to tell you the answer!
That's like a flat 50% of why I come back to this song, and it's a great song regardless
@@Mingo.Sunshine begs*
Wait. It does? It Would be good knowing it before: (
Will mentioned on tour that the song is about suicide, and I didn’t catch that at first, but after a few more listens, I think I’ve finally pieced together my interpretation of the song.
The white noise is depression, suicidal desires, and meaninglessness. You’re living day to day without purpose and the world feels gray and fake. However, as a creative person, you’re trying to make your own meaning out of this life through your art, but because the world around you is meaningless, so is the art, even though you’ve dressed it up to look significant. No matter how much you want it to mean something, it just doesn’t. (At least, it feels meaningless to you)
At the end of the song, you’re examining the thoughts themselves. All these horrible thoughts you’ve been having aren’t you. They’re becoming more powerful because you’re ruminating on them. I know what you’re going through is hard, but these thoughts aren’t you. They’re white noise.
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So that's why this song was like a wallop to my gut!
Damn … i cried while reading your comment, it simply resonated with me and the things i struggle with.
@@scarletramirez8569 I hope things get better for you then
That speaks to me so much. Truly why Will Wood is one of the best artists ever.
i always thought it was about intrusive thoughts
will's new music is so different from before.. and im absolutely loving it.
Its amazing how its so different and yet still so Will
Sober Will's songs are wayy different in love it sm
It is and it’s still amazing
It’s like a movie where his earlier songs are in the beginning and these are at the conclusion after the climax as been reached and resolved. Character development ✨
I'm certainly getting the album, I'll admit I'm not a fan of every release but most are definitely growing on me. It's rare I find an artist I can enjoy most of their discography but I've found one.
Will's newer music is a lot less chaotic, and while I personally prefer the older things for now, I can't deny that the new stuff is still gorgeous, and I love that he's trying new styles!
i think its still chaotic but in a different way which i think is pretty cool! :)
@@yourmoter2818
old music; chaotic evil
New music; chaotic nuteral
It's not really ''trying out new styles". Will said in an interview that he thought having a specific genre that all your songs fall under was just limiting. I think this is just an example of how he doesn't fall under any genre, he just does what he wants.
omg how did I not notice he's "playing" the piano with the cover still on it, that's awesome
He's also playing the string instruments with no strings
@@tomw3863 I wondered!! I couldn't see close enough hehe
He's singing withot moving his lips
I... I don't even have the proper words. This is just, this is just absolutely fucking beautiful. This one isn't an emotional punch in the gut as much as its just absolutely fucking beautiful.
agreed
Wow it is certainly just absolutely fucking beautiful
GARF REAL??
Fuck it hit me in the gut lol. Watching this the first time a single tear fell from my eye lol. 🥹🥲Yes It is beautiful.
god, that last line hit me like a truck. as someone who deals with…let’s say not the best thoughts holy hell I needed to hear that
GRAND DAD?!?!?!?!?!
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i made an artpiece from that line but i feel like despite the effectiveness of the simplicity it could use quite a bit more effort to really show my appreciation... but i don't really know what to do. i just feel like... it needs to be worthy? oh well.
I used to have intrusive thoughts; that shit sucked man. Nice that this song actually helped you in some way
@@flawlesspiner1674 used to??? howd you fix it???
i believe the song is a message conveying the impact of seemingly meaningless gestures. there is an experience happening, people are cheering, celebrating, showing thier love each other -- yet for seemingly nothing. no ring, no flowers, no chocolates, no strings on an instrument, no mouth moving to create words that calls forth emotion. maybe it's because the gesture isn't what matters, rather it's the impact it has on others. maybe the songs we listen to can be as complex or as simple as they can but if they don't make us feel, then aren't they just white noise?
the outro made me pause though, because when i heard the phrase 'i know it's hard but they aren't who you are, it's just white noise', it sounded like something people with intrusive thoughts (including myself) use to soothe such. we aren't the thoughts we create. so tracking back the three lyrics before that one tell of a person attempting to clear themselves of their intrusive thoughts that they can't even 'feel', because they do not take pleasure in those thoughts. they try so hard to get them to leave, but they multiply and feel overwhelming. here will tells us that we are not our thoughts, they are simply just white noise.
and how does this tie back to the message of a source that's arbitrary in regard to the impact it has? perhaps in spite of these thoughts, we do not inflict them upon others. it is not the ring that matters in a proposal but the hope it causes, the flowers are not what brings love but the implication behind the gesture -- intrusive thoughts do not make someone a bad person, it is the impact they have on others that determine it. if we love those around us, then those thoughts are just, as will states it, white noise.
apologies for how messy this is, i'm mainly just spitting my thoughts out about this track. very beautiful and impactful. from the bottom of my heart, thank you will. words cannot describe how excited i am for in case i make it.
This is an incredible analysis
you, random stranger in the comments. this analysis literally made my day and almost made me cry tears of joy during a particularly draining day, and i want you to know that this one little analysis means the world to me
what i love avout will's music is i 100% disagree with this analysis, but it doesn't matter because you saw so much depth in places i didn't. His songs are so rich in metaphors that it means whatever our subconscious needs to hear. All good songs should be like that.
This! I have been trying to understand the music video and song for so long, when I showed others they always commented on how empty everyone’s gesture were because of the physical things missing, but all I could think of was just how happy everyone was. Reading this I kept thinking yes! It didn’t matter that there weren’t any flowers or rings, what mattered was how much love was in every gesture and how happy they all were! I hope you don’t mind that I took a screenshot of your comment, it’s described in such a lovely way and reading it just makes my heart happy :)
Goated analysis
I think I can imagine "you're not meant to sing along" part in a concert and everyone up to that point singing along like a choir.
this is just damn fun. can't wait for the rest of you to hear this you'll all love it. it even cures cancer!
Does it cure cancer?
@@pico2623 YES IT CURES CANCER LEARN TO READ
@@DJSilly9 Wow!
@@pico2623 it begs the question just to tell you the answer!
How are you everywhere... I literally see you on every piece of media that remotely relates to will lol
As someone who experiences a lot of intrusive thoughts, that last line was really nice to hear. Thanks, Will :)
I took it as about intrusive thoughts as well :) and it made me tear up its a very good line
yeah i have them as well. whenever i talk to anybody about it i feel like im being judged. ive learned to just tune them out most of the time but its nice to hear that im more than just my bad thoughts for once
yeah, i don't have intrusive thoughts but i often have existential crisis and i took it to mean that as well. it made me feel better
im currently homeless, and its a brutal wat to live, life doesn't give you much but today i decided to buy a votive candle holder, some strong tape, and some wax melters and affixed it to the dashboard of my car.
ive been getting my taxes done, cleaning up and putting up pins and thinking about getting some stickers when i get some spare cash, and this song really hit on that.
i actually wrote down "they don't give you this, you have to take what you can from this"
i really feel this, i feel like this is a song about feeling life slip between your fingers, the frenzied chomp of understimulation and finding that your teeth never touch, you're just endlessly cutting through air, the empty, vaccous nothing. a life not made for you, but you have to find something to make it livable.
you HAVE to find joy.
Good luck to ya
there will never be a wood like this guy
I cackled
this song took me by surprise cause its a lot different than a lot of his other stuff but i love it oh my god i love it so much the choir in the background sounds amazing !!
I haven't heard this yet, but it's probably gonna be pretty good.
EDIT: I just listened to it, very good song. Please go support Will so he can buy his AC.
you were right
ac? like air conditioners or does it stand for something else???
@@lemonsideddice Yes, this is a reference to the livestream that happened after White Noice premiered, where Will said that if people would all listen to the song on streaming services he would be able to buy an air conditioner.
@@EvanStarDream I've heard a couple people mention his livestream. Where does he stream? Is it just on here and I missed it or does he do it somewhere else? Wanna make sure I catch the next one
@@jsk-art This one happened on RUclips, it was really fun! (I think he only streams here, no clue if he streams somewhere else)
everytime will wood drops something i feel like a new piece has been added to my puzzle brain. like there wasn't a gap before but something was added anyways and it has made me better and more complete
Will Wood had a concert recently that I got to go to, and throughout it he had an extremely amusing story about timeshares with intense meaning in between the jokes and the songs.
I was drunk and no recording was allowed and a lot of it was personal stuff he was talking about, so it’s not really all too important that I get into specifics, but what he had said was eerily similar to something I had also been dealing with an artist and person myself and struck a chord that clicked so loudly in my brain I could hear it echo, and then he played this song.
I actually hadn’t listened to In Case I Make It in full until a week before the concert, I had maybe only heard this song once before, but its crazy how it basically forces the words out of you to sing along with the crowd parts. You feel the entire concert hall deep in your bones and you hear everyone around you. Earlier that night I was talking about how it was great to see so many people dress as weird as I do for once, and the meaning changed to something deeper during this song I feel.
With that and the story that resonated with me, I started bawling my eyes out during the chorus. I dont cry easy at songs, but it really hit me then and there.
After, he played skeleton appreciation day as an encore, and as I was leaving out the door someone rushed over and traded kandi bracelets with me after seeing mine(whoever traded me the 2nd 2ight 2eer bracelet btw, you made my night even better. I literally brought a spare kandi just for the small hope someone would wanna trade with me).
Seeing the songs meaning more clearly, it really is starting to warm up to be a favorite of mine. This is getting rambley so I’ll cut it off here, but that experience meant a lot to me and I wanted to share it with anyone who sees. Have a good day :)
*What a talented ventriloquist!*
Seriously though, love your work. This song is beautiful and I can't wait to hear more on the album.
hi harp
@@TheRealJToaster hello toaster!
LYRICS
[i finally finished, they’re not perfect but i tried my best!!]
They paint the walls with colors that you’re not meant to notice
Beiges and browns, off-whites and grayscales
Fluorescent lights to shine on the eggshell ground
Now you’re lying face down
You blend into the background
Of white noise
They fill the homes with tunes you can’t get into your head
4/4 and Dorian wrote ‘em for ignoring ‘em
Yeah it sort of sounds like a retro Top 40, but wrong
You’re not meant to sing along
It isn’t that kind of song
It’s white noise
But if you listen closely
I swear, to God I swear
You can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear here
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(If you listen close between the waves)
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(You can hear the ocean through your wake)
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(If you listen close between the waves)
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(You can hear the ocean through your wake)
(Check one-two, Check one-two)
It’s high fidelity
Lossless quality
It’s MP one-two-three-four-five F-L-A-C
It’s polyphonic
The new philharmonic
With the Juilliard doctorate
Live from the Metropolitan
It’s theoretically dense, it’s impressive
It’s microtonal and it challenges Western notions of art
It’s post-avant-garde
It’s going places ‘cause it comes from the heart
And its personality’s a lack of identity
It makes no statement but does so quite loudly
It’s an aesthetic
I mean, an anesthetic
It’s an experience for your seven senses
Does it cure cancer?
(Yes, it cures cancer!)
(Wow!)
It begs the question to tell you the answer
Do you believe in the power of silence?
Well, if you walk the walk can you talk more-
(Shh!)
Quiet
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(If you listen close between the waves)
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(You can hear the ocean through your wake)
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(If you listen close between the waves)
Whi-i-i-i-i-ite noise
(You can hear the ocean through your wake)
You fill you head with thoughts you find you can’t even feel
Try to make room in your skull but it’s full of them
All of the things that you think and then think about thinking
I know it’s hard
But they’re not who you are
They’re white noise :)
"post off on guard" should be "post-avant-garde", i think!
It begs the question to tell you the answer
@@waltzfantasia got it! thanks!
@@TheHolySemiColon thank you!
Pretty sure its “Do you believe in the power of silence? Well, if you walk the walk can you talk more…
(Shhh)
…quiet”
He left us as he was always meant to be. In control, himself while still learning and becoming himself. Sure, sober, but not without a touch of avante garde and chaotic magic. The hiatus is hard but I hope it's for the best for him. Thank you, Will 🤍
This song is honestly making me reflect on my own values. The superficiality of what we do, the immense artificial value we attach to things we enjoy. This song is basically saying “The world doesn’t care, you’re not special, you spend all this time trying to get people to like the same things you do and attempt to stand out but in reality you’re no one”. It’s kind of a reality check for me, my actions aren’t driven by my “personality” but rather what I want others to think I like.
Maybe misinterpreting this song but even so it’s making me reflect on myself in a really harsh way that’s brutally true.
I don’t like the cliché of “This song changed my life” or some other artificial bullshit we say as a compliment but I do think this song told me things I needed to hear. Things that I need to change about the fundamental way I interact with people, how I listen to people, what I like and who I am, and to let go of the false dream of being special or unique and just enjoy things for me and not the sake of others
Any piece of media that have a great emotional affect on you will change your life, some just more and others. So it isn't actually hypocritical to say any piece of media changed your outlook on life as even the smallest of self reflections will be 'life changing'.
You are not a hypocrite, you are a person. :)
I loved being in this shoot- thank you so much to everyone involved
U were there that's so cool!
Where are u in the vid?
@@tomw3863And he was never seen again
I cried when this was played on a livestream and I am ready to cry again
Ayo u first?! 😳
@@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc Indeed I am 👁👁
bro how
@@gibbyneutron1433 clicked the notification as soon as I got it bro
@@eclipsed_oracle6818 no i meant like the song aint even sad lmao
The last three songs he released have been incredible, so Im gonna be my life that this is going to be even better!
This piece sounds so angelic it’s not even funny. It sounds like a lullaby at the start but then becomes a beautifully angelic harmony and later returns to that lullaby and the start, and I fucking love that. It sounds so peaceful even though the lyrics are so meaningful, powerful, and interesting. I bet this is going to be one of my favorite songs out of the new album, thank you Will for the stunning piece.
Hey man, this song is so powerful, a year later this song still pops into my head all the time, there's just something so moving about it especially since I've been stuck dwelling on some pretty bad thoughts, and now almost a year later, I've completely changed my old mindset, and things are really looking up for me. And now I find myself relaying this message to people, about those kinda thoughts just being white noise. It's started a pattern now, and I'm lucky to now be able to help people out as well. It's funny how some things can seem so complicated, yet not really mean a whole lot, only in the moment. That's just the something about this song, that keeps me coming back. All of your music does this, I keep coming back to it, even 5 years later, it's just so creative and meaningful. Best wishes to you
Thank you so much for this comment. Everything will get better. I know it.
@@amethyst..2 Thank you very much. Hope you are well!
I remember when this song came out I had just been diagnosed with ocd, getting the proper medication and being able to hear the white noises of the world instead of the intrusive thoughts in my mind was comforting, the simple sounds and visuals of life became harmonizing melodies because I could finally live outside of my brain. The end of this song always makes me cry tears of joy because it reminds me that the intrusive thoughts I have are not me, it's hard, but those thoughts are just white noise, and they will pass ❤
I've been struggling with intrusive thoughts since I was a kid and just this week I've been trying to get to the bottom of it. The ending of this song felt like Will was speaking directly to me and my struggle.
I have tenitus as well (constant sand/ringing/white noise in my ears) so thinking of my intrusive thoughts as just another kind of sound to mix in with the background hum is something I'm going to take going forward.
God, I love will wood's music so much. my personal take on this song is how when listneign to white noise your brain signles out noises that arent really there and you can hear them, and i think the song takes that topic and aplies it to how people are either often talked over or not heard, or things people say are oftentimes taken by someone with a larger reach and basically plagerised. I love the rythm in this song so much it makes me so giddy and happy ^_^
closing the album with a sweet message about intrusive thoughts is honestly so beautiful
The fact that William went bald for this video further convinces me that he is secretly a reanimated skeleton hiding in a bag of skin.
He's been foreshadowing this reveal since Skeleton Appreciation Day. Truly remarkable.
I ONLY NOW HAVE REALIZED WILL'S LIPS ARE NOT MOVING
This song has been my go to to calm me down. I struggle with depression and high anxiety on almost a daily basis, and even though this song sounds sad, it always helps me calm down and cope. It's almost as if Will is telling me that the problems that I go through are just noise, and they don't define who I am. Thank you for everything Will
this new era of will’s music is SO beautiful and feels so genuine and raw i cannot wait for the album to drop
Willard! ends and the album is over, then this song starts
what a profoundly gorgeous, deeply relieving song. sometimes it really does feel like the world is both too-much and empty, stark black-and-white and muddy greys. brain-fried, lost in the numbness of white noise, deaf to meaning, trying to somehow to get unstuck... i feel like this song captures that feeling in a really special, hard to articulate way. the strings returning to the ukelele for the last lines made me cry. thank you.
I will tell my children that I was the second person to comment on this masterpiece
Gonna be real funny if it's literal white noise
@@guse7688 still being a masterpiece if it is uploaded by will wood
I will tell my children that i was the 48th person to comment on this masterpiece
@@doomys4135 real
cool
Me before dissecting the lyrics: "haha what a funky bop"
Me after listening to the lyrics and thinking about them: *unable to listen without almost crying*
as a bipolar person reaching a point in my life of stability and more... normal ups and lows to speak, will woods newer stuff truly speaks to me. suddenly able to recognize and enjoy the nuance of day to day, the little things, the stuff easy to ignore or miss out out during both mania or depression. along with the regret of ehat you did or said during those time... its just coming at a really right place for me right now, and im happy that will wood is going in a direction that is helping him and is so genuine and vulnerable
Listening to this song for the first time and it hit like a brick. I love it
This song came out when I was having a really hard time due to intrusive toughts. It felt like hug. Now, with the recent realse of In Case I Make It, i'm here to say: thank you, Will. Your music means a lot to me, and to a lot of other people too. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful album with us
I don't know if I'm ready for this one after Euthanasia, but I know it is going to be amazing.
On first listen, this felt like a funny song mocking soulless corporate art, and, it is, but the more I listen the more the ending hit me.
Throughout the song he has no voice, no instruments, and is just taking part in this empty production. Because his song is soulless, it's easy to see him as the same. However, at the end, he has a chance to express himself in earnest. What does he use this opportunity for? He delivers a simple, sincere, and quiet wisdom of self-love, perfectly set up by the prior lyrics. It shatters the preconceived notion of this character, instantly humanizing this him in one brief sentiment. It also makes his participation in the previous vapid production feel all the more tragic and hollow.
I can't know if that was the intent, or if I've invented that story in my head, but I find it beautiful regardless.
I haven't been in a good mental state recently. It's the lowest point I've ever hit. This song is the only thing that helps shut my mind up. Thank you, Will Wood.
Gorgeous. Positively a stunning song and performance. You never fail to impress.
EDIT: Phrasing mistake amended.
I absolutely loved this song oml.
Also shameless promo
My friend is the one who hit the piñata. She’s got a cartoon coming out on yt called Valued Customer so you should totally check it out.
So this it,the last single. I can't wait for it to wreck my heart like the others did
Update: this song literally cures cancer, thank you will wood
Will, I doubt you’re reading my comment, but if you are I hope you know that you helped me and so many others get through some crappy times. I remember watching one of your interviews and crying because of how much I resonated with you. It reminds me that everyone has been through some stuff, and they’ve been able to get through it, so why can’t I?
Thanks for reminding me that my bad thoughts and anxieties are just white noise.
The section where will is bald is my favorite I can’t help but smile to hard each time because he’s so happy and yeah it’s great this song is amazing
Going on repeat just like the rest of the album! This album is truly amazing
Can’t wait until I can fully parse what the song is actually about 😅 always takes a bit for me
I remember hearing this song for the first time in a RUclips video where Will played it on there ukulele in late 2019. I fell in love with it immediately and I can’t believe I’m finally hearing the studio recording now, in 2022. So much has changed, it feels like everything has changed, but this track stayed the same
I love Will Wood, I wish Noise was real.
@@That_Goiky_Gowrl Fan pfp mention!!!
@@emofannys :D
bald will wood isnt real he cant hurt you
bald will wood:
Finallly a will wood song that I can play without needing to be able to play an instrument!
But in all seriousness, this is a masterpiece. Love the incredible attention to detail in such a comparatively minimalistic music video.
everytime a new song is released i listen to it then go "oh thats.. something" then at 3am i have it on repeat with the lyrics memorized lmao. bangin song as always:)
you arent alone, ive had tomcat disposables stuck in my head for weeks and its giving me some wacky ass dreams
@@FiSH-iSH same, minus the wacky dreams part lmao.
I didn’t get a chance to listen to this song, I just did and cried. This is spectacular, Will you’ve done it again!
lyrics:
they paint the walls with colors that you’re not meant to notice
beiges and browns, off whites and gray-scales
fluorescent lights to shine on the eggshell ground
now you’re lying face down
you blend into the background
of white noise
they fill the homes with tunes you can’t get into your head
4/4 and dorian wrote ‘em for ignoring them
yet sort of sounds like a retro top 40 but wrong
you’re not meant to sing along
it isn’t that kind of song
it’s white noise
but, if you listen closely I swear,
to god I swear
you can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear, here
white noise
(listen close between the waves)
white noise
(feel the ocean through your wake)
white noise
(listen close between the waves)
white noise
(check 1 2)
(check 1 2)
it’s high fidelity lossless quality
it’s MP one, two, three, four, five, F-L-A-C
it’s polyphonic the new philharmonic
with the Juilliard doctorate live from the Metropolitan
it’s theoretically dense it’s impressive
it’s micro tonal and it challenges western notions of art
it’s post avant-garde
it’s going places ‘cause it comes from the heart
and it’s personality’s a lack of identity
it makes no statement but does so quite loudly
it’s an aesthetic
i mean an anesthetic
and it’s an experience for your seventh sense, yes
does it cure cancer?
(yes it cures cancer!)
wow!
it begs the question
just to tell you the answer
do you believe in the power of silence?
well if you walk the walk, can you talk more
(shhh!)
quiet
white noise
(if you listen close between the waves)
white noise
(you can feel the ocean through your wake)
white noise
(if you listen close between the waves)
white noise
(you can feel the ocean through your wake)
you fill your head with thoughts you find you can’t even feel
try to make room in your skull but it’s full of them
all of the things that you think and then think about thinking
i know it’s hard
but they’re not who you are
they’re white noise
(i tried my best, the transcript is missing portions^^)
We’ve seen this man grow through his music… and god damn he’s grown up so much. Lovely works of art
this is the best chorus/bridge I've heard in
Ever
I couldn't help but laugh at the visuals, but it felt very comforting regardless. That one scene where they celebrate at an empty box just reminds me of Christmas. Unwrap it... you got a box! Ensue cheering. Great song, it feels so special.
Wow can't believe Will Wood was able to get Will, Woody, Wilford Wooder and And William Woodington play music for this video.
Where your nightmares end, Willard begins…
Where Willard ends, Ben begins…
Oh, nevermind, white noise comes after Willard
I didn't think anyone could unseat the Mountain Goats as my favorite band. Will Wood and the Tapeworms managed it
somehow this video feels like a more mature version of the Mr. Capgras video (RIP) but the biggest difference between that video and this one is that.... Will looks genuinely happy in this one. Like, fuck yeah dude live your dreams
Thanks for showing us a different kind of ASL paired with our memories and moments
Me and my mom always listen to Will in the car and the kitchen, I just know that this is gonna be her new favorite song by you. This is absolutely beautiful !!
my son is in this video! Thank you Will Wood, such a beautiful song! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This man needs to write a musical.
BRO HOW DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO FIND THIS ONE THIS SLAPS DUDE
That last line is kinda sorta exactly what I needed to hear this fine evening, thank you. This is amazing work.
At first I thought the entire song would just be Will dancing to actual white noise. Not that it would be a problem.
My favorite video from Will Wood was Mr. Capgras.
My favorite now is this.
Look forward to seeing you live.
I absolutely adore this song and the feelings it resonates!
this was always my favorite of will's songs and right now, it's my favorite song generally. i'm glad i got around to watching the music video, because it's really awesome.
I can tell I’m going to cry because of this, and that is a good thing
Edit: LOVED IT AMAZING, VERGE OF TEARS, HAVE MY STANDING OVATIONS
that last line is such a powerful one
The album this is from has been getting me through this week and I just feel the need to say how good it is. I don’t exactly have anything more to say and I don’t know if I’m supposed to. Sorry
look this may not be the most complicated song, or even the best, but god damn it Will, I LIKE THIS SONG. this is MY favorite song right now, and I’m completely in the love with the new sound, keep it up
that last line is absolutely gut-wrenching to me bc i deal with intrusive thoughts and i need to hear that they don't define me every now and again
All your songs make me want to cry (in a good way)
!!! Favourite so far!!! The softer vocals that slowly build up and get strong near the end! And the spoken part where he laughs at his own jokes 😭
This song feels like it’s giving me a hug in all the best ways possible
I use white noise for meditation, and I feel like that use case perfectly lines up with this song. I never understood this song before, but sitting there with that sound filtering out the business of the world and allowing me to communicate with my true self just made it click, and I cried.
I'm loving this new era
Ever since the normal album with the "new sound" I've been loving it so much
No matter what style he does, his music always makes me feel incredibly deeply. Discovering Will Wood’s music gave me a way to feel as intensely as I did before starting psychiatric meds. I can’t even name the feelings his music evokes but nothing else can make me feel this much and this present and I’m thankful beyond words for every song
I feel like Will Wood's Music altogether was a growth of character. From the beginning it was chaos, but as Will grew and changed as a human, so did his music. I hope you enjoy your Hiatus Will, whether if be for a year or forvever, I hope you can be proud.
god the way will writes blows me away every time i love it
Me having no clue who this dude is and not expecting it to be special then he talks about wall paint and brain goes oh, he gets it
"oh that's so clever, he's not actually pressing down on the ukulele strings, so in reality the sound would be muted"
several minutes before rewinding and realizing there aren't any strings
I REMEMBER THIS SONG ON A LIVESTREAM!!! This song was legit amazing! I can't wait until the album comes out! This would probably be the most hyped I've been for an album in my life so far lol! Will did an amazing job as always!
"YES IT CURES CANCER" we all say in unison
YES IT CURES CANCER
YES IT CURES CANCER
YES IT CURES CANCER
YES IT CURES CANCER
Sometimes the greatest works aren't the ones that make you think of others, rather the ones that make you think of yourself.
I mentally can't comment on this video. Well done.
*Disappears into the White Noise*
Thank you whoever liked and found this comment -(Me/Myself/I)
will; your music has got me through so fucking much. everything you create has so many different beautiful aspects to it. “everything is a lot” especially, even though it’s your early music; has offered me so much comfort. i know i’m not alone in my struggles. i’m at a loss for words; i honestly don’t know what to say here.
i don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but *thank you.*
your music actually saved me. when i had nowhere else to turn at the darkest point of my life; i started exploring your music and that gave me a crutch. i’m not perfect, but truly; your music saved me from the shit i was diving into. i cant thank you enough.
Will is an aesthetic, I mean, an anesthetic.
Just have no words. So beautiful.
But it's Will and the guys. It's obvious.
My favorite off the album, by far. I can never know the intended message. For me, it expresses how our fleeting thoughts are all we have, yet it's an empty and ignorant attempt at grasping true reality. We are a product of our stimuli and genetics, our thoughts are a response to what we perceive. If they are correct or not, we may never know, but we can trust our feelings. We can trust something will make us feel a certain way, even if we'll never know why. Hope I'm not too wrong, regardless, this is an emotional masterpiece that i fully believe makes me feel as the artist intended, even if im oblivious to the intended lyrical message. That's the beauty of music, it's undefinable. Instruments convey emotions and ideas as well as words can, perhaps better, yet we can't always put that experience into words.