There's something so nostalgic about the instrumentation in this song to me. The chord progression, the guitar and how it sounds like it's playing far off in the foggy distance; in a way it captures the peacefulness and innocence of childhood.
The part when he says, "I'll do anything for you" and the background voice saying "In the dark" really hit me hard. Like, when I think about someone that I loved or a lost relationship, I really would've done anything for them but only somewhere the both of us could be. I loved them so much, but much like Frank, I wasn't really the type of person to express themselves.
I think it has 2 meanings. (1) He would do anything for that person, even when he cant see why or what he does. He would give everything for that person. But (2) only in the dark, because he or they are ashamed, or its a forbidden love, or something like that.
Best line of the song imo. So many people these days live in another person's idea or view of life. Nobody says you have to go to school, get married, have kids, and buy a car + house. Thats another man's idea. Create your own destiny and be your own person.
@Martha Marcy May Marlene it's not just a thing that black people do, it's a human thing. It's a means of attaining the unattainable for some ppl. to live in a way that keeps the monotony of our everyday lives at Bay.
Bruh when the strings come in and he sings “this is not my life, it’s just a fond farewell to a friend”, it hits deep. I almost cried the first time I heard it. I had to stop myself because I was sitting on the bus at the time haha.
If those lyrics hit you I would really encourage you to listen to the sample artist Elliott Smith. Thats where those lines are from :) I love Elliott and Frank so I bet you would as well.
If you listen to Seigfried for the first time, you might not like it. It takes time . So take your time. But I promise you when you listen to it at 12 midnight for the 6th time, it will become your favorite song of all time. Its powerful just wait, its gonna hit you.
Weirdly I started really liking this song while playing Minecraft and exploring a giant cave in the new experimental mode of caves and cliffs. It was real surreal, couple with the fact that I swear I dreamt of that exact cave a few years ago, somehow. This song is great.
blonde by frank ocean. the love of my life. the album that brought heaven down to earth. the album to fall in love to and provide comfort in the most loneliest hours in the same breath. the album that heals wounds. my favorite album ever. the epitome of art. eternally grateful.
@@knotthesuspect Hey. I'm very well actually. A bit busy with school and all, but everything's alright. And yes, i still dig Frank (of course haha). How are you?
@@mattismlkristensen3464 oh shit hey lmao. i can very much feel you, school is heavy on me right now, and life is very complicated, close people are going in and out right now and I don’t know where anything is gonna take me, kinda scared lol but glad you’re doing steady
This album will forever be apart of me. It changed me. It will never get old…like when I don’t know what to play while I shower or drive it’s Blonde. I cry to this song every time and sometimes idk why…you just had to be there when this album came out I cannot explain haha TY Frank even if this is the last album you put out you made a mark on a specific group of ppl I realize …still listening in 2024❤
Conor Aday this is actually how I first heard this song, was streaming the album for the first time as I went to sleep and this song came on as I was in that sleep/dazed state.
The part where he sings “I’d rather live outside, I’d rather go to jail, I’ve tried hell,” sounds so painful. There’s so emotion in specifically that part, it’s insane. It’s such a talent to be able to communicate and express feeling so honestly, I really wish I could do that.
Dated the love of my life a while back and it unfortunately came to an end almost a year ago. I used to fall asleep to this song every night, just thinking about her. It was the most heartbreaking break up I've had. I still think about it to this day. Now I joined the military and am 2,000 miles from home. It's so funny how a song can take you back to a time that feels like just a dream.
King Krin ur forgetting 1 in order : Nights , Seigried , Self Contol & Ivy . if it was an album made with just those 4 songs that should be the order they come .
It's weird for me, I shove all my feelings for people in a box. When songs like this come on, the lid is blown wide open and i feel weak and submissive
this is a master class in psychedelic music production from the dreamy filters on the guitar riff that makes it sound like you can hear it from the next dimension over, to the soaring strings and reversed vocal samples
this song has gotten me through the worst, the saddest, the loneliest, of times. its brilliant all these years later. best song on the album. i love you, frank ocean
I dont know if its necessarily an outsider. I think in the song he is talking about settling down in life and living that normal life that everyone expects (marriage, kids etc.) He can't relate to the people around him that live this normal life and would rather live outside than settle down in a home.
nateskate11 oh my geez HE'S TALKING ABOUT FAME!!! AND THE DISCONNECT WITH HIS PEERS IN MUSIC WHILE EVERYONE IS GOING INSANE IN THE INDUSTRY INCLUDING HIM IN LA OR WHERE EVER HE'S CAMPED OUT NOT COMING OUTSIDE BECAUSE PPL ARE TALKING ABOUT HIM HE'S NOT BRAVE BECAUSE THE FAME HAS HIM HIDING IN THE BEGINNING NEW ARTISTS NORMALLY END UP HOMELESS CUZ THEY CANT STAND THEIR HOME TOWN ANYMORE AND DONT REALLY HAVE A PLACE OR STABILITY IN THEIR ISOLATION BEXAUSE YOU CANT TRUST NOBODY FAM PROB FLIPPED ON YOU AND YOU BROKE UNLESS U DOING SHOWS SO ON TOUR AND CAN END UP ON THE STREETS UNTIL CASH COMES IN OR YOU BLOW UP, THE NEW FAMOUS PPL HE COMES ACROSS ARE LIKE HIM WHEN HE FIRST SET OUT HOMELESS CUZ YOU BE UNKNOWN AND BROKE AS FUCK WHEN U START AND OUTSIDE IS THE TORMENTS OF HIS PERSONAL HELL OR THE PPL WHO CAN'T RELATE TO WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH AND TALK ON HIM LIKE YOUR DOING! WARPING HIS PERCEPTION ON HIMSELF, HE'S ALSO ASKING HIMSELF IF HE SHOULD JUST QUIT RUN FROM MUSIC AND SETTLE WITH WHO HE'S LOVING ON IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG LET IT ALL GO AND BE WITH THE PERSON BUT HE'S NOT BRAVE ENOUGH TO COMMIT AND LET IT GO NOW HE HAS IT FAME, AND DOESN'T KNOW IF HE CAN WALK AWAY BECAUSE HE WANTED AND PICKED IT FAME, BUT ULTIMATELY IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WITH THE PERSON SO HE CHOSE TO RUN AND DO THE DRUGS AND LEAVE SOMEONE HE LOVED AND THOSE CHOICES LED HIM TO PENNING THE SONG OR THE PERSON HE LOVED PROPOSED THE TWO KIDS AND A POOL AND FRANK SAW THAT AS COWARDICE AND NOW HE'S REMINISCING ON THE LOVE AND THE PERSON'S DEVOTION FOR HIM THAT HE THREW AWAY QUESTIONING WHAT WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER, WANTING TO ASK GOD AND GET APPROVAL FOR THE NEW PHOENIX HIM THE DAZZLING BRIGHT ATTENTION GRABBING FAMOUS HIM!! NOW STOP BLOWING UP MY NOTIFICATIONS!!
just lost a good friend of mine the other day, I feel completely broken and lost right now. it’s one of those things where you wished you could’ve done more to help them with their problems but there was only so much you can do and I cannot stop feeling guilty over it. This song has been helping me so much coping with this loss. I hope you are resting well my brother, till we meet again. Michael Abbot May 23, 2002 - July 20, 2021
There is no other song I've cried, grieved, and felt more at peace listening to. I've literally tattoo'd my body in memory of this song. There will never be another human alive quite as enarmoring as Frank Ocean. I'm thankful to live a life where I can fall deeply into myself when listening to any of the art he's given us. Who knows where I'd be without him.
this is the type of song that makes you cry both happy and sad tears. Reading all of your guys comments is so beautiful and sentimental. I feel so fulfilled seeing the things you guys have to say. Best of luck to all of yall, I hope you find everything you're looking for. Happy new year.
every time i hear the violins start at the 3:00 area, all i can think about is a boy whose face i can't remember anymore. all i can remember is how looking at him used to make me feel. and how he loved this album. and how he held my hand when i got anxious.
whatever lexi ... M sure its in your past life.. I feel it too.. I think of girl I have met before probably in my past life buh I can't remember her face buh I wish to meet her everyday
Such an underrated gem of Frank Ocean's "Blonde"...Yeah, many people said that this song is underrated and one of the best, but this song just deserve more attention than it has right now...Also switch from "Seigfried" to "Godspeed" was perfect.
It feels like the violins towards the 3 minute mark came from a god itsself. Im not religious or anything, but that was absolutely heavenly. I would die to hear this for the first time once again.
Those strings were arranged by Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead in case you wanted to know. He's got a very unique style when it comes to string arrangements
When I found out the strings were arranged by Jonny I SCREAMED 😭 I thought I recognized his style when I started listening to this song. (I’m a huge RH fan)
I've listened to this song a million times already but I just understood how complex, deep and beautiful it is, you can't really point what are you listening to, there isn't any musical instrument in particular that you can hear, everybody can describe it differently, you also don't have a music video, for me seigfried is a blank space, an empty canvas that you can draw on everytime you listen to, you can spill your emotions on this canvas, you can listen to it whenever your sad, happy, it's neutral. It's always there for you. You can play it in the background and let yourself shift through your thoughts and emotions, it has such an unique vibe, I can listen to it another million times and it's still going to sound fresh to me. Amazing job Chris
I was 14 when this album came out. I'm 22 now, and I'm realizing how much Frank has influenced my character. He showed me happiness, grief and bravery and am so thankful for that. This song is like, meeting an old friend from my childhood but understanding that we're not kids anymore and everything is full of complexity. Still, we are enjoying ourselves and even for a bit we feel happiness and warm breeze around us. Yes, that's what this song is for me...
"I'd do anything for you... In the dark" might be the most powerful musical motif I've ever heard. It's hard for me to not start getting misty hearing it. If this song comes on shuffle I have to skip it because it instantly puts me into a different mood. I've cried too many times to this song.
The markings on your surface Your speckled face Flawed crystals hang from your ears I couldn't gauge your fears I can't relate to my peers I'd rather live outside I'd rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here Maybe I'm a fool Maybe I should move And settle, two kids and a swimming pool I'm not brave (brave) I'm not brave I'm living over city And taking in the homeless sometimes Been living in an idea An idea from another man's mind Maybe I'm a fool To settle for a place with some nice views Maybe I should move Settle down, two kids and a swimming pool I'm not brave I'd rather live outside I'd rather live outside I'd rather go to jail I've tried hell (It's a loop) What would you recommend I do? (And the other side of a loop is a loop) This, this fe-, this feel This feel, this feels This feels how molly must feel This feels how molly must feel How molly must feel, this feels how molly must feel How molly must feel This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend It's just a fond farewell to a friend This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend It's not what I'm like It's just a fond farewell (brave) Speaking of Nirvana, it was there Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix There with my crooked teeth and companion sleeping, yeah Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought That could think of the dreamer that thought That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God I be dreaming of dreaming a thought That could dream about a thought That could think of dreaming a dream Where I cannot, where I cannot Less morose and more present Dwell on my gifts for a second, a moment One solar flare, we're consumed So why not spend this flammable paper on the film that's my life? High flights, inhale the vapor, exhale once and think twice Eat some shrooms, maybe have a good cry about you See some colors, light hang glide off the moon (In the dark) (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you, anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you, anything for
There’s no words for what this song does to me. The atmosphere, the lyrics, the messages, the references. Everything about this is just a complete masterpiece. I really don’t think there has ever been a song that really touch my heart, mind and spirit. I feel like I’m in a shuttle watching over earth and as I inch away, I realize how fast we come and go from this world. I love you frank ocean, thank you for this.
I cry so hard to this. It puts me into this state that's a mixture of extreme sadness and inspiration. My head fills with visuals and I would love to one day create a film to capture the specific feeling this song gives me. Thank you, Frank.
You should make that film! Would love to watch it. I totally agree with your point. This song is kind of indescribable to me but it’s filled with so much feeling
We don't deserve frank no lies ,I love how he's music is so relatable, frank literally sings about things we're too afraid to say out loud ,truly is the voice of the people
@@except_nothing i say do it after atleast 2 weeks of chatting cause many of us missed their chance and are regretting it for a long time so , be cool be smooth and be you ! Good luck
This is the best song ever made. There is no song that can make me feel the way this song does. It’s an emotion that can’t yet be explained by us because our language isn’t extensive enough for that. Frank I’ll love you forever for making this
The markings on your surface Your speckled face Flawed crystals hang from your ears I couldn't gauge your fears I can't relate to my peers I'd rather live outside I'd rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here Maybe I'm a fool Maybe I should move And settle, two kids and a swimming pool I'm not brave (brave) I'm not brave I'm living over city And taking in the homeless sometimes Been living in an idea An idea from another man's mind Maybe I'm a fool To settle for a place with some nice views Maybe I should move Settle down, two kids and a swimming pool I'm not brave I'd rather live outside I'd rather live outside I'd rather go to jail I've tried hell (It's a loop) What would you recommend I do? (And the other side of the loop is a loop) This, this fe-, this feel This feel, this feels This feels ironic This feels ironic Ironic, this feels ironic Ironic This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend It's just a fond farewell to a friend This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend It's not what I'm like It's just a fond farewell (brave) Speaking of Nirvana, it was there Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix There with my crooked teeth and companion sleeping, yeah Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought That could think of the dreamer that thought That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God I be dreaming of dreaming a thought That could dream about a thought That could think of dreaming a dream Where I cannot, where I cannot Less morose and more present Dwell on my gifts for a second A moment one solar flare we're consumed So why not spend this flammable paper on the film that's my life? High flights, inhale the vapor, exhale once and think twice Eat some shrooms, maybe have a good cry about you See some colors, light hang glide off the moon (In the dark, in the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you, anything for you (In the dark) I'd do anything for you, anything for
Blonde took me so long to get used to. On my first listen, the songs i only liked were Close to you, Ivy and nights. Songs like Seigfried sounded so off tune to me at first, almost like an out of tune orchestre. Like i'd never heard anything like it before but it really did grown on me and is now one of my favourites.
Yeah, you really have to ease into this album. I have 3-4 songs for different emotions and phases. The songs hit you when you're vulnerable enough for them.
Blonde is definitely an album you’ve gotten listen to at least 4, 5, 6 times before you can really vibe with it.. but once you do start wrapping your mind around his lyrics and the subtle instrumentals you get transported to another place. This album is just beautiful.
this song shatters my heart. i’ve listened to this song so many times but this time when i turned it on the second i heard franks voice, i started sobbing; with every lyric.
This song makes me feel utterly exposed. I don't know if it's the guitar loop, or if it's the way Frank sings, "I'm not brave!" The way he sings, "I'd do anything for you (in the dark)." The memories of the parts of my life this song and album soundtracked. I love this song, but I can't listen to it in public. I don't trust myself to hold it together.
The violins and strings in the middle of the song is just legendary. there is no other way to describe it. legendary. it feels like you’re floating it kinda reminds me of paris
I couldn't gauge your fears. I took me a long time to understand this. I thought I had understood it, but I never had. Thanks for making this Frank. This whole project was really important for me and it still is. You're never going to know it, but you've made a huge impact on me. Thank you.
I tought I was fine in the last month, trying something, being something again, picking up the pieces... Untill Frank showed me the truth tonight, I'm not okay, I'm not fine at all, but I love you, man, for make me feel this, at least, this tears are real. I can't lie to myself.
this is exactly how I felt last night man. he showed me the truth. he made me realize the truth. the truth that I didn’t want to hear. because although I didn’t want to know, I still knew deep down I wasn’t okay. it hurts so bad knowing you’re going back to the same old place again :(
I just lost my cousin a few days ago to a drug overdose and Frank Ocean has been the only thing helping me cope I wish I could thank him For holding my hand through this I feel a little less alone in this painful life and it means the world to me
This song has something in it that after having a breakdown, and an anxiety attack. It makes you feel like you are being hugged from Frank, and him telling you that it's going to be okay. You feel warm, not cold, you feel safe, not alone.
THIS: Retro, Blues Rock, Experimental R&B Funk on Shrooms. This song is so SLEPT ON!! This is so beautiful in literally every way. Its an album within itself. Lyrics, instruments, production, poetry, vocals (as usual)
I absolutely love this album and the extreme care put into every detail in production. Every song carries it's own atmosphere and paints beautiful pictures in my mind. This song particularly has to be my favorite for it's uniqueness, and because I've stayed up one clear summer night, gazing at many stars above me at 4 in the morning listening to this song. It felt like a scene out of a movie. Hearing birds begin to chirp and crickets silence all while surrounded by a dark glow from the sky and stars was super surreal, and with this song playing on top of it all made me forget all my worries for a moment, and made me realize that even at the depths I've sunken to, everything is and will always be ok.
thats exactly what im doing sometimes while listening to this song. its just so beautiful i cant explain it hurts me i want to listen to it with someone while were stargazing together and talking about life to be honest
This song is so layered with sounds like the middle part where the orchestral sounds come in is probably one of my favourite moments in any song ever. It’s so simple yet it always makes me feel so much and the ambient noise that feels like it’s a weight on you is amazing. I adore this album and this song especially
Slow motion. Sinking slowly into the dark cold abyss as the sunlight glittering on the surface of the water grows smaller and smaller. Small pockets of air bubbles escaping above u as you reach towards the light, something so familiar and attainable. At least once upon a time it was. But now we are here. Suspended in a viscous void. The weight of our emotions now becoming external the further we sink into the deep. And then...~ Silence
Beautiful and bittersweet. Very humbling. I treasure this song a lot. It's medicinal. Listen to it when i need to. As i grow older and my life expands, my interpretations of the song change. Very greatful for it
Frank has a special power to make himself vulnerable through music which allows us to learn about ourselves. Some of us get mad, others fall in love because we find someone that feels what we feel.. All in all, I think he is so vulnerable to empower us to be vulnerable.. he does it for us.. thank you frank.. kid Cudi does the same thing.. thank both of y’all.. there is so much strength in what y’all do
I know a lot of people that have gone through tragic events whether they be outside influenced, mentally or self induced. For him to have been through such a low point and come back so strong and proud all while showing his weakness during that time is remarkable. Little does he know that he IS brave. He's making us all stronger by showing people that they can bounce back even from the lowest of lows. I have enjoyed songs on this album but never stopped and listened to this one until August 2017. I'm glad I did. The message is beautifully heartbreaking and the Melody is heavenly. I appreciate the way this song was arranged. He is a Genuine Genius.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who just gets (even more) goosebumps when that subtle instrumental comes in at 1:42 ..idk what that instrument is, but it’s so soothing. It just takes this song to another level.
I still remember listening to this song for the first time. It was July of 2020 and my dad decided to take my family to a cabin in the mountains for the weekend and it was his birthday a week before so it was more of a trip for him. I had never listened to Blonde in it's entirely due to school and other personal life things and since the pandemic shut down a lot of things I had more time to listen to albums I never could and this album was one of them. Skip past all of the other songs and seigfried plays and I remember I'm sitting on a chair across from where my brothers are sleeping and the room is dark and quiet and the song just plays and from beginning to end everything just felt so peaceful in its own way. The entire blonde album is amazing but this song specifically just brings me back to that time. Idk if anyone is gonna read this whole thing but if you did then thanks. Just wanted to share this experience.
Me and my ex did mushrooms and listened to this entire album. I was leaking water the whole time, slowly crying. When a teardrop touched my tongue I could taste the universe, an expanse of openness. When this song hit, we were staring into each other’s eyes, pupils dilating back and forth as we spoke through them. He began shaking his head. And we both knew that what we had would not last. And when morning came and I asked him what he was thinking, we both denied what we’d thought. But it was so clear. And now we’re no more. Forever thankful he showed me Frank Ocean.
I’m not the type who easily cries, but a few years back I took psychedelics alone at home and somehow ended up listening to this song and I cried unlike anything I experienced before. As if the sadness I had accumulated all throughout my life suddenly got the opportunity to get released for the first time.
Never thought there be such a creative way to express the agony of his not wanting to live as outside of how he actually feels inside. we all know his sexual preference. but to creatively put this in a song is amazing. he didn't want to settle living a so called heterosexual life (I'm not brave). living and not able to express what he really feels that was hell, and he'd (I'd rather go to jail). since the norm is for a man to have kids and a nice house, he said (maybe ima fool to settle for some nice views), he can't see himself living a life that most men live, ( another mans mind).... he shows his vulnerability, and his weakness by yelling (I'M NOT BRAVE!) and not willing to live any other way than how he really feels. this song relates to any one feeling trapped. I'm a heterosexual man and identifies with not wanting to ever settle.
I admire ppl who actually listen to and comment on heartfelt lyrics instead of just “wow omg this song is a mood” type comments with irrelevant interpretations. Don’t get me wrong, I listened to this song when a relationship I had was over for good, and mood-wise it was my release, but I knew lyrically it didn’t apply exactly. I always feel it’s important to give songwriters their respect in their writing, to separate from the fakers who just string words together and expect their celebrity to carry them.
Every single time I listen to this song, i cry. when I hear it, I instantly get sad, even if my mood was okay. Not so long ago I burst into tears in public transport of my way home when it started to play It’s so unbearably beautiful but so painful for me at the same time
This guy is so underappreciated. I feel like he isnt talked about enough. His lyrical content alone, not to mention the complete production of these projects, is unmatched in many ways.
The beautiful thing about this song is that the lyrics are so vague yet so relatable that mostly anyone can feel this song and draw a personal connection to it
This is one of my favorite songs, this and Godspeed. Seriously Frank, as an artist, means so much to me. He's so honest and his voice always makes me emotional.
Speaking of Nirvana, it was there Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix There with my crooked teeth and companions sleeping, yeah Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought That could think of the dreamer that thought That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God I be dreaming a dream in a thought That could dream about a thought That could think about dreaming a dream Where I can not, where I can not
I just listened to this for the first time and for the first time in a while I sat down in the dark of my room and just gave my mind to a song. this song is for those who still think about your first love and still dwell over the tiniest details of heartbreaks. thank you frank for bringing beautiful tears back to my eyes.
This guy is my little sister's favorite artist. Elliott Smith is mine. Never thought I'd see this kinda thing happen. XD Respect to Frank for the tribute!
Isn't that awesome? I've always loved Elliott Smith and just started listening to Frank Ocean, and out of nowhere I hear him reference in this song. Made me like Frank Ocean a lot more, and brought me right down to the comments to see if anyone else knew haha
I remember sitting in New Orleans trying to fix a relationship that wasn’t going to work no matter how much either one of us tried. And this song brought me so much peace
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
WestSidePorter Tv ikr
Same🖤
agreed
Franks most genius song imo
Wither is by far the most beautiful song ive ever heard
There's something so nostalgic about the instrumentation in this song to me. The chord progression, the guitar and how it sounds like it's playing far off in the foggy distance; in a way it captures the peacefulness and innocence of childhood.
Andrea
When I hear the instrumental it takes me to a place that I've never been but have visited a thousand times before
I thought i was the only one that thought about this!!!
Andrea 69th like
Andrea yessssss
As someone who struggles to cry, when I want to, this is where I always find myself.
The part when he says, "I'll do anything for you" and the background voice saying "In the dark" really hit me hard. Like, when I think about someone that I loved or a lost relationship, I really would've done anything for them but only somewhere the both of us could be. I loved them so much, but much like Frank, I wasn't really the type of person to express themselves.
"ill do anything for you" always hits hard because when you feel that way for someone and it isn't appreciated or reciprocated it breaks you .
Reminds me of the Oliver Twist song🤣 but it's my favourite part
Listen to that chorus on acid you can hear the passion and emotion put into that verse
I think it has 2 meanings. (1) He would do anything for that person, even when he cant see why or what he does. He would give everything for that person. But (2) only in the dark, because he or they are ashamed, or its a forbidden love, or something like that.
i dont even have to hear the song just reading the line will take me back to when this album dropped.. simpler, yet chaotic times as well
is seigfried anyone else’s favourite off blonde? personally i think it’s one of his best and most under appreciated songs
YES my favorite too :)
@@danis9201 Mines too
Yeah, it’s my favorite
My favourite too
it's my fav too
Everything in this track are sentimentally and beautiful
when i heard this i feeling like a transition to another reality
No matter how many times I listen to this song. I'm always brought to tears.
Man this album changed my life damn 😢
this song has quite literally broken me down like no other song has
MaiyaHD for real . never felt so hard as I have when listening to this song
I cried a river listening to this for the first time
Yup. Song literally broke me just now. Was just looking for this comment.
This and “U” by Kendrick Lamar
thought I was the only one
This song is a sad summer night
realest comment out there
no sad summer nights for me
Me rn
nvm
Collin Simpson all summer sad nights for me.
“I’d do anything for you, in the dark” Nothing explains my heart currently than this song. This is heartache and love.
been living in an idea, an idea from another man's mind
Best line of the song imo. So many people these days live in another person's idea or view of life. Nobody says you have to go to school, get married, have kids, and buy a car + house. Thats another man's idea. Create your own destiny and be your own person.
nateskate11 I feel like that’s impossible in today’s world tho😞
hope it's not elliott smith's mind, and not THAT idea
@Martha Marcy May Marlene it's not just a thing that black people do, it's a human thing. It's a means of attaining the unattainable for some ppl. to live in a way that keeps the monotony of our everyday lives at Bay.
scrolled past this right when he said it 😂😂😭
Bruh when the strings come in and he sings “this is not my life, it’s just a fond farewell to a friend”, it hits deep. I almost cried the first time I heard it. I had to stop myself because I was sitting on the bus at the time haha.
that’s elliott smiths line
The strings get me every time
Where ever I'm at this song breaks me down.
Jonny greenwood helped with the strings I believe
If those lyrics hit you I would really encourage you to listen to the sample artist Elliott Smith. Thats where those lines are from :) I love Elliott and Frank so I bet you would as well.
That guitar riff will take you wherever your heart desires. Will always be my favorite frank song of all time 🙏🏾
amen
John mayer on the guitar
this is 100% the best song on blonde- nearly 5 years later and i NEVER get tired of it
Same
7 years and still the best song in the whole world
self control?
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Yesss
If you listen to Seigfried for the first time, you might not like it. It takes time . So take your time. But I promise you when you listen to it at 12 midnight for the 6th time, it will become your favorite song of all time. Its powerful just wait, its gonna hit you.
True
Weirdly I started really liking this song while playing Minecraft and exploring a giant cave in the new experimental mode of caves and cliffs. It was real surreal, couple with the fact that I swear I dreamt of that exact cave a few years ago, somehow. This song is great.
@@Ash_Boop wha- that was the same scenario i was in
@@MarMar-uy8xt oh, hmm
First time listening today it’s 11:30pm and I’m in a dark room with a red light on let’s hope this is good
blonde by frank ocean. the love of my life. the album that brought heaven down to earth.
the album to fall in love to and provide comfort in the most loneliest hours in the same breath. the album that heals wounds. my favorite album ever. the epitome of art. eternally grateful.
I swear to god, the title "Seigfried" looks beautiful on its own...this might be one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard...
hey, had weird intuition to reply to you, how are you now? This comment is over a year old, do you still listen to frank? I hope everything’s good.
@@knotthesuspect Hey. I'm very well actually. A bit busy with school and all, but everything's alright. And yes, i still dig Frank (of course haha). How are you?
@@mattismlkristensen3464 oh shit hey lmao. i can very much feel you, school is heavy on me right now, and life is very complicated, close people are going in and out right now and I don’t know where anything is gonna take me, kinda scared lol but glad you’re doing steady
@@knotthesuspect i aint doing well. Shitt, highschool been the peak of my depression and anxiety
the world seigfried means peace
absolutely in love with the end part of this song
chris m me too 😩
Such a harmony that comes out of these tunes.
Zuko one of my fav characters of all time ATLA is my second fav animated series of all time to first Batman TAS. Zuko is the GOAT I rate you username
I'd do anything for you
Reminds me of Annie in the best way
This album will forever be apart of me. It changed me. It will never get old…like when I don’t know what to play while I shower or drive it’s Blonde. I cry to this song every time and sometimes idk why…you just had to be there when this album came out I cannot explain haha TY Frank even if this is the last album you put out you made a mark on a specific group of ppl I realize …still listening in 2024❤
Listen to this when ur falling asleep there's nothing better
Conor Aday I always do lol
Conor Aday yes
I cant go to sleep without listening to this first! 😍
Conor Aday this is actually how I first heard this song, was streaming the album for the first time as I went to sleep and this song came on as I was in that sleep/dazed state.
speaking of nirvana, it was good
This is undoubtedly one of the best written songs I’ll EVER come across
Straight
You still think that ?
@@zxwarp. ye
you haven't listened to many songs then
darude sandstorm
The part where he sings “I’d rather live outside, I’d rather go to jail, I’ve tried hell,” sounds so painful. There’s so emotion in specifically that part, it’s insane. It’s such a talent to be able to communicate and express feeling so honestly, I really wish I could do that.
Dated the love of my life a while back and it unfortunately came to an end almost a year ago. I used to fall asleep to this song every night, just thinking about her. It was the most heartbreaking break up I've had. I still think about it to this day. Now I joined the military and am 2,000 miles from home. It's so funny how a song can take you back to a time that feels like just a dream.
if your still living and if you refer to hr as the love of your life use your time its limited
W
Melancholy that’s Frank ocean speciality
I still dream about the girl I lost
One of the top 3 songs on the album. hands down
King Krin ur forgetting 1
in order : Nights , Seigried , Self Contol & Ivy . if it was an album made with just those 4 songs that should be the order they come .
Jose Ceja Guys all of the songs are great.
PhantomDragon Gibson you forgot white ferrari
Jose Ceja up
Jose Ceja pink+white??
He spoke my soul with this song. I don't think I will ever recover from this album
This is the deepest comment any emotional artist could strive for. I hope you've recovered tho
It's weird for me, I shove all my feelings for people in a box. When songs like this come on, the lid is blown wide open and i feel weak and submissive
The Kaptain I feel you.
Being vulnerable is how you make connections with others
Me too
Maybe youre a fool?
i feel this comment. certain songs make all my feelings come alive and puts me in a vulnerable but vibrant state of mind
this is a master class in psychedelic music production from the dreamy filters on the guitar riff that makes it sound like you can hear it from the next dimension over, to the soaring strings and reversed vocal samples
I would sell my soul if it meant i could produce anything *remotely* like this
i think Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead did the strings. makes sense.
I will make tracks as good as this in the future. Mark. My. Words.
@@laww9158 I hope so. I wish you luck. This song means so much to me, artistically and emotionally.
@@justinlag3646 Thanks so much 🙏🏾
this song has gotten me through the worst, the saddest, the loneliest, of times. its brilliant all these years later. best song on the album. i love you, frank ocean
Genuinely wish you the best!
oh all those tears that i have shed to that song...
"you're the cancer of youtube" - All of RUclips to 6 Sam
6 Sam arent you the one spreading hate?
We don't deserve Frank
Justin Porter He speaks truth.
Calm down bitch lol we deserve greatness and redemption. Always.
Rt @we don't deserve frank
We really don't but I'm damn sure glad we got him
Julio Rivera you don’t deserve him, I do. Speak for yourself 😎😎.
THAT WAVES SCENE WITH THIS SONG 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
LITERALLYYYYY
Best cinematic piece fr
i watched the movie cause i saw the edit
THERES A MOVIE WITH SEIGFRIED ????? I NEED TO WATCH WTF
This song speaks to my soul. I cant relate to my peers. Id rather live outside too. Frank Ocean speaks for the outsider.
Revemupman Same
I don't think that's what he meant
I dont know if its necessarily an outsider. I think in the song he is talking about settling down in life and living that normal life that everyone expects (marriage, kids etc.) He can't relate to the people around him that live this normal life and would rather live outside than settle down in a home.
nateskate11 oh my geez HE'S TALKING ABOUT FAME!!! AND THE DISCONNECT WITH HIS PEERS IN MUSIC WHILE EVERYONE IS GOING INSANE IN THE INDUSTRY INCLUDING HIM IN LA OR WHERE EVER HE'S CAMPED OUT NOT COMING OUTSIDE BECAUSE PPL ARE TALKING ABOUT HIM HE'S NOT BRAVE BECAUSE THE FAME HAS HIM HIDING IN THE BEGINNING NEW ARTISTS NORMALLY END UP HOMELESS CUZ THEY CANT STAND THEIR HOME TOWN ANYMORE AND DONT REALLY HAVE A PLACE OR STABILITY IN THEIR ISOLATION BEXAUSE YOU CANT TRUST NOBODY FAM PROB FLIPPED ON YOU AND YOU BROKE UNLESS U DOING SHOWS SO ON TOUR AND CAN END UP ON THE STREETS UNTIL CASH COMES IN OR YOU BLOW UP, THE NEW FAMOUS PPL HE COMES ACROSS ARE LIKE HIM WHEN HE FIRST SET OUT HOMELESS CUZ YOU BE UNKNOWN AND BROKE AS FUCK WHEN U START AND OUTSIDE IS THE TORMENTS OF HIS PERSONAL HELL OR THE PPL WHO CAN'T RELATE TO WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH AND TALK ON HIM LIKE YOUR DOING! WARPING HIS PERCEPTION ON HIMSELF, HE'S ALSO ASKING HIMSELF IF HE SHOULD JUST QUIT RUN FROM MUSIC AND SETTLE WITH WHO HE'S LOVING ON IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG LET IT ALL GO AND BE WITH THE PERSON BUT HE'S NOT BRAVE ENOUGH TO COMMIT AND LET IT GO NOW HE HAS IT FAME, AND DOESN'T KNOW IF HE CAN WALK AWAY BECAUSE HE WANTED AND PICKED IT FAME, BUT ULTIMATELY IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WITH THE PERSON SO HE CHOSE TO RUN AND DO THE DRUGS AND LEAVE SOMEONE HE LOVED AND THOSE CHOICES LED HIM TO PENNING THE SONG OR THE PERSON HE LOVED PROPOSED THE TWO KIDS AND A POOL AND FRANK SAW THAT AS COWARDICE AND NOW HE'S REMINISCING ON THE LOVE AND THE PERSON'S DEVOTION FOR HIM THAT HE THREW AWAY QUESTIONING WHAT WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER, WANTING TO ASK GOD AND GET APPROVAL FOR THE NEW PHOENIX HIM THE DAZZLING BRIGHT ATTENTION GRABBING FAMOUS HIM!! NOW STOP BLOWING UP MY NOTIFICATIONS!!
SETTLE DOWN!!!!
We might not get another song like this in a decade. This is it, boys.
Now to spend a decade trying to find someone to share it with
Brandon knows what he’s talking about.
next frank album probably is gonna be it
I hope so, cause its mid af.
@@GeraltofRivia22 persona fan saying this is crazy
just lost a good friend of mine the other day, I feel completely broken and lost right now. it’s one of those things where you wished you could’ve done more to help them with their problems but there was only so much you can do and I cannot stop feeling guilty over it. This song has been helping me so much coping with this loss. I hope you are resting well my brother, till we meet again.
Michael Abbot
May 23, 2002 - July 20, 2021
My deepest condolences brotha'. May your friend rest in Paradise.
may he rest in peace
Rest in peace Michael.
How are you ?
Rest in peace Michael.
I know exactly why I'm crying in the club rn.
They play frank ocean in the club? I wanna go to clubs a bit more now
@@Yottifferent i would assume because some of his songs have that vibe
I don’t think they know the fucking song 😢
@@Yottifferent u a nerd ong
giving biggest hug to you 6 years later
There is no other song I've cried, grieved, and felt more at peace listening to. I've literally tattoo'd my body in memory of this song. There will never be another human alive quite as enarmoring as Frank Ocean. I'm thankful to live a life where I can fall deeply into myself when listening to any of the art he's given us. Who knows where I'd be without him.
Glazing is on another level
@@lightplayer1014 Ratio
@@lightplayer1014 just bc a song doesnt mean the same to u doesn't mean it doesn't mean something to someone
this is the type of song that makes you cry both happy and sad tears. Reading all of your guys comments is so beautiful and sentimental. I feel so fulfilled seeing the things you guys have to say. Best of luck to all of yall, I hope you find everything you're looking for. Happy new year.
every time i hear the violins start at the 3:00 area, all i can think about is a boy whose face i can't remember anymore. all i can remember is how looking at him used to make me feel. and how he loved this album. and how he held my hand when i got anxious.
whatever lexi that violin part makes you want to look at the stars at night and just think about life
whatever lexi ... M sure its in your past life.. I feel it too.. I think of girl I have met before probably in my past life buh I can't remember her face buh I wish to meet her everyday
richard jake how would someone in her past life love this album lol.
Lexi your cute
That violin reminds me of old movies
The Ocean is deep
Not as deep as Frank.
@@uiffbkttg3945 but Frank is the Ocean
Bottomless
facts
IM ABOUT TO DRIVE IN THE OCEAAAAAAAN
I can‘t believe frank actually went to heaven to record this
I don’t know about that…this feel very purgatory-y…but in a good way
this song makes me remember stuff that didn't even happen
👋🏾this!!
or stuff that hasn’t happened yet
It happened you just dont realize
Same 😂
😂😂I needed this comment after all the crying 👍🏾
Nights is cool but this is ART
Jairo Waters Nights is equally emotional and deep, just in a different way with a different vibe imo. I love both songs to death
This is some of the most beautiful music ever created.
for real
why cant we just appreciate both?
@@valentinsavva6825 you can...
Such an underrated gem of Frank Ocean's "Blonde"...Yeah, many people said that this song is underrated and one of the best, but this song just deserve more attention than it has right now...Also switch from "Seigfried" to "Godspeed" was perfect.
It feels like the violins towards the 3 minute mark came from a god itsself. Im not religious or anything, but that was absolutely heavenly. I would die to hear this for the first time once again.
Those strings were arranged by Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead in case you wanted to know. He's got a very unique style when it comes to string arrangements
@@zacharyrobinson8401 yo really? that's mad bro
@@zacharyrobinson8401 wait REALLY?
When I found out the strings were arranged by Jonny I SCREAMED 😭 I thought I recognized his style when I started listening to this song. (I’m a huge RH fan)
I've listened to this song a million times already but I just understood how complex, deep and beautiful it is, you can't really point what are you listening to, there isn't any musical instrument in particular that you can hear, everybody can describe it differently, you also don't have a music video, for me seigfried is a blank space, an empty canvas that you can draw on everytime you listen to, you can spill your emotions on this canvas, you can listen to it whenever your sad, happy, it's neutral. It's always there for you. You can play it in the background and let yourself shift through your thoughts and emotions, it has such an unique vibe, I can listen to it another million times and it's still going to sound fresh to me. Amazing job Chris
Violin
Bass Guitar
U did it
Wow amazing description 👏
i took a screenshot of your comment
I was 14 when this album came out. I'm 22 now, and I'm realizing how much Frank has influenced my character. He showed me happiness, grief and bravery and am so thankful for that. This song is like, meeting an old friend from my childhood but understanding that we're not kids anymore and everything is full of complexity. Still, we are enjoying ourselves and even for a bit we feel happiness and warm breeze around us. Yes, that's what this song is for me...
"I'd do anything for you... In the dark" might be the most powerful musical motif I've ever heard. It's hard for me to not start getting misty hearing it.
If this song comes on shuffle I have to skip it because it instantly puts me into a different mood. I've cried too many times to this song.
same but with dear April
id do anything for you, even if you never knew.
The markings on your surface
Your speckled face
Flawed crystals hang from your ears
I couldn't gauge your fears
I can't relate to my peers
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here
Maybe I'm a fool
Maybe I should move
And settle, two kids and a swimming pool
I'm not brave (brave)
I'm not brave
I'm living over city
And taking in the homeless sometimes
Been living in an idea
An idea from another man's mind
Maybe I'm a fool
To settle for a place with some nice views
Maybe I should move
Settle down, two kids and a swimming pool
I'm not brave
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather go to jail
I've tried hell
(It's a loop)
What would you recommend I do?
(And the other side of a loop is a loop)
This, this fe-, this feel
This feel, this feels
This feels how molly must feel
This feels how molly must feel
How molly must feel, this feels how molly must feel
How molly must feel
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell (brave)
Speaking of Nirvana, it was there
Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix
There with my crooked teeth and companion sleeping, yeah
Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought
That could think of the dreamer that thought
That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God
I be dreaming of dreaming a thought
That could dream about a thought
That could think of dreaming a dream
Where I cannot, where I cannot
Less morose and more present
Dwell on my gifts for a second, a moment
One solar flare, we're consumed
So why not spend this flammable paper on the film that's my life?
High flights, inhale the vapor, exhale once and think twice
Eat some shrooms, maybe have a good cry about you
See some colors, light hang glide off the moon (In the dark)
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you, anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you, anything for
Thanks!👍
🥰
I love ty
So fucking beautiful
A soulful, haunting, beautiful song. One of the greatest artists of our time. Truly.
This one’s the hidden gem on this album. Awesome guitar rift.
Its really well known and regarded so idk if its a hidden gem
@@william6734 It's so overshadowed by Pink + White and White Ferrari so it kinda is
@@Thisiswarhuhwow and self control
There’s no words for what this song does to me. The atmosphere, the lyrics, the messages, the references. Everything about this is just a complete masterpiece. I really don’t think there has ever been a song that really touch my heart, mind and spirit. I feel like I’m in a shuttle watching over earth and as I inch away, I realize how fast we come and go from this world. I love you frank ocean, thank you for this.
I cry so hard to this. It puts me into this state that's a mixture of extreme sadness and inspiration. My head fills with visuals and I would love to one day create a film to capture the specific feeling this song gives me. Thank you, Frank.
There’s a good edit of this song paired with the film ”moonlight” which captures the feeling really well
@@VEGAS-NERVE omg yes I know that edit it fits so perfectly
You should make that film! Would love to watch it. I totally agree with your point. This song is kind of indescribable to me but it’s filled with so much feeling
We don't deserve frank no lies ,I love how he's music is so relatable, frank literally sings about things we're too afraid to say out loud ,truly is the voice of the people
this song hits hard when your sitting in a dark room thinking about a future with someone you miss
its giving me the chills just thinking about it
With..i...spot on...spot on
i do, but im not sure if i'll have her
Spot on
@@except_nothing i say do it after atleast 2 weeks of chatting cause many of us missed their chance and are regretting it for a long time so , be cool be smooth and be you ! Good luck
This is the best song ever made. There is no song that can make me feel the way this song does. It’s an emotion that can’t yet be explained by us because our language isn’t extensive enough for that. Frank I’ll love you forever for making this
The markings on your surface
Your speckled face
Flawed crystals hang from your ears
I couldn't gauge your fears
I can't relate to my peers
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here
Maybe I'm a fool
Maybe I should move
And settle, two kids and a swimming pool
I'm not brave (brave)
I'm not brave
I'm living over city
And taking in the homeless sometimes
Been living in an idea
An idea from another man's mind
Maybe I'm a fool
To settle for a place with some nice views
Maybe I should move
Settle down, two kids and a swimming pool
I'm not brave
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather live outside
I'd rather go to jail
I've tried hell
(It's a loop)
What would you recommend I do?
(And the other side of the loop is a loop)
This, this fe-, this feel
This feel, this feels
This feels ironic
This feels ironic
Ironic, this feels ironic
Ironic
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell (brave)
Speaking of Nirvana, it was there
Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix
There with my crooked teeth and companion sleeping, yeah
Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought
That could think of the dreamer that thought
That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God
I be dreaming of dreaming a thought
That could dream about a thought
That could think of dreaming a dream
Where I cannot, where I cannot
Less morose and more present
Dwell on my gifts for a second
A moment one solar flare we're consumed
So why not spend this flammable paper on the film that's my life?
High flights, inhale the vapor, exhale once and think twice
Eat some shrooms, maybe have a good cry about you
See some colors, light hang glide off the moon
(In the dark, in the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you, anything for you
(In the dark)
I'd do anything for you, anything for
Thank you for posting this :)) xo
Quick Correction: "I can't relate to my peers", not "pierce"
Ethan Jorge oh I didn't even see that thanks. i just copy and pasted it from somewhere lmaoop
No worries. Great to see this song getting some love. Best on the album imo
Masterpiece
Blonde took me so long to get used to. On my first listen, the songs i only liked were Close to you, Ivy and nights. Songs like Seigfried sounded so off tune to me at first, almost like an out of tune orchestre. Like i'd never heard anything like it before but it really did grown on me and is now one of my favourites.
Just dense chords. The more you hear them, the more you like them.
right!????
Yeah, you really have to ease into this album. I have 3-4 songs for different emotions and phases. The songs hit you when you're vulnerable enough for them.
the one you hate become the ones u adore usually
Blonde is definitely an album you’ve gotten listen to at least 4, 5, 6 times before you can really vibe with it.. but once you do start wrapping your mind around his lyrics and the subtle instrumentals you get transported to another place. This album is just beautiful.
this song shatters my heart. i’ve listened to this song so many times but this time when i turned it on the second i heard franks voice, i started sobbing; with every lyric.
This song makes me feel utterly exposed. I don't know if it's the guitar loop, or if it's the way Frank sings, "I'm not brave!" The way he sings, "I'd do anything for you (in the dark)." The memories of the parts of my life this song and album soundtracked. I love this song, but I can't listen to it in public. I don't trust myself to hold it together.
The violins and strings in the middle of the song is just legendary. there is no other way to describe it. legendary. it feels like you’re floating
it kinda reminds me of paris
I couldn't gauge your fears.
I took me a long time to understand this.
I thought I had understood it, but I never had.
Thanks for making this Frank. This whole project was really important for me and it still is. You're never going to know it, but you've made a huge impact on me. Thank you.
this song itches a part of my brain that idk what it is, either that or im high
Jc - big mac SAME this album is a whole nother world high 👌 freaking love it
LSD bro. LSD.
@@ScooterPooter6 what he do to deserve that 💀💀💀💀
Best way to explain it is my feelings are vibes with music like this and I enjoy the vibes
One of the most beautiful songs I've heard
Listen to more music
AE AMAE realistically, this is a really fucking beautiful song. You don’t have to feel all high and mighty girl, keep scrolling
AE AMAE Shut the fuck up
@@aeamae Shut the fuck up chain
This song is pure musical genius!
"This is not my life, it's just a fond farewell to a friend, it's not what I'm like...it's just a fond farewell"
If you like this lyrics please look up a Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith. That lyric is a tribute to him.
Gotta love the elliott smith references.
I tought I was fine in the last month, trying something, being something again, picking up the pieces... Untill Frank showed me the truth tonight, I'm not okay, I'm not fine at all, but I love you, man, for make me feel this, at least, this tears are real. I can't lie to myself.
this is exactly how I felt last night man. he showed me the truth. he made me realize the truth. the truth that I didn’t want to hear. because although I didn’t want to know, I still knew deep down I wasn’t okay. it hurts so bad knowing you’re going back to the same old place again :(
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend hits haaarddd. Love you, friend. Hope you doing better
I just lost my cousin a few days ago to a drug overdose and Frank Ocean has been the only thing helping me cope
I wish I could thank him
For holding my hand through this
I feel a little less alone in this painful life and it means the world to me
sorry for your loss. you’re not alone
How are you doing lately?
The only song that paints a new picture for me each time I listen.. every time I hear this song I interpret it's meaning in a different way!
One of the most beautiful and ethereal songs from recent years.
Fact: The more you listen this song, the more it becomes the best song ever. This is the best song ever.
2:50 to 3:20 is one of the most perfect moments in all of music
0:01 Till 5:35 is the best part for me
@@rafaellhuber8266 yeah true
That was my first thought the first time I listened to this song
It's a cover of a sample from 'fond farewell' by Elliot Smith. So beautiful :)
EXACTLY THANK YOU OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD
This song is a masterpiece. The outro is such a tear-jerker
this song completely encapsulates the feelings of alienation i have felt for so many years.
This song has something in it that after having a breakdown, and an anxiety attack. It makes you feel like you are being hugged from Frank, and him telling you that it's going to be okay. You feel warm, not cold, you feel safe, not alone.
THIS: Retro, Blues Rock, Experimental R&B Funk on Shrooms.
This song is so SLEPT ON!! This is so beautiful in literally every way. Its an album within itself. Lyrics, instruments, production, poetry, vocals (as usual)
Ah yes yes yes I couldn't agree more. I adore Frank so much. Incredibly talented. !
+Frank Bauknight
Your taste is right up my alley...could you tell me some of your fave artists/albums/songs I need some new music :)
EclecticFlavor. Tame impala
I absolutely love this album and the extreme care put into every detail in production. Every song carries it's own atmosphere and paints beautiful pictures in my mind. This song particularly has to be my favorite for it's uniqueness, and because I've stayed up one clear summer night, gazing at many stars above me at 4 in the morning listening to this song. It felt like a scene out of a movie. Hearing birds begin to chirp and crickets silence all while surrounded by a dark glow from the sky and stars was super surreal, and with this song playing on top of it all made me forget all my worries for a moment, and made me realize that even at the depths I've sunken to, everything is and will always be ok.
thats exactly what im doing sometimes while listening to this song. its just so beautiful i cant explain it hurts me
i want to listen to it with someone while were stargazing together and talking about life to be honest
This song is so layered with sounds like the middle part where the orchestral sounds come in is probably one of my favourite moments in any song ever. It’s so simple yet it always makes me feel so much and the ambient noise that feels like it’s a weight on you is amazing. I adore this album and this song especially
this song sounds like drowning endlessly, in the best way possible.
Slow motion. Sinking slowly into the dark cold abyss as the sunlight glittering on the surface of the water grows smaller and smaller. Small pockets of air bubbles escaping above u as you reach towards the light, something so familiar and attainable. At least once upon a time it was. But now we are here. Suspended in a viscous void. The weight of our emotions now becoming external the further we sink into the deep. And then...~ Silence
Beautiful and bittersweet. Very humbling. I treasure this song a lot. It's medicinal. Listen to it when i need to.
As i grow older and my life expands, my interpretations of the song change. Very greatful for it
Frank has a special power to make himself vulnerable through music which allows us to learn about ourselves. Some of us get mad, others fall in love because we find someone that feels what we feel..
All in all, I think he is so vulnerable to empower us to be vulnerable.. he does it for us.. thank you frank.. kid Cudi does the same thing.. thank both of y’all.. there is so much strength in what y’all do
I just lost my dear friend who took his own life. This song is my only comfort. It feels like i am communicating with him.
I’m sorry for your loss. 🥀
keep your head up please
hope I’m not too late but I hope everything gets better for you and him rip
im so very sorry he is flying so high
It be like that sometime
grateful to be alive at the same time as frank ocean
I know a lot of people that have gone through tragic events whether they be outside influenced, mentally or self induced. For him to have been through such a low point and come back so strong and proud all while showing his weakness during that time is remarkable. Little does he know that he IS brave. He's making us all stronger by showing people that they can bounce back even from the lowest of lows. I have enjoyed songs on this album but never stopped and listened to this one until August 2017. I'm glad I did. The message is beautifully heartbreaking and the Melody is heavenly. I appreciate the way this song was arranged. He is a Genuine Genius.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who just gets (even more) goosebumps when that subtle instrumental comes in at 1:42 ..idk what that instrument is, but it’s so soothing. It just takes this song to another level.
Hmm. Sounds like a bass or cello
oh but the violines later on too man... this song its a fricking masterpiece
Your not the only one... once i start the song.. thats the part I cant wait for and like the build up. It elevates the quality of the song even more
I read this the second it came on. Hecc yea.
I still remember listening to this song for the first time. It was July of 2020 and my dad decided to take my family to a cabin in the mountains for the weekend and it was his birthday a week before so it was more of a trip for him. I had never listened to Blonde in it's entirely due to school and other personal life things and since the pandemic shut down a lot of things I had more time to listen to albums I never could and this album was one of them. Skip past all of the other songs and seigfried plays and I remember I'm sitting on a chair across from where my brothers are sleeping and the room is dark and quiet and the song just plays and from beginning to end everything just felt so peaceful in its own way. The entire blonde album is amazing but this song specifically just brings me back to that time. Idk if anyone is gonna read this whole thing but if you did then thanks. Just wanted to share this experience.
This album can create a lot of great experiences for people
Me and my ex did mushrooms and listened to this entire album. I was leaking water the whole time, slowly crying. When a teardrop touched my tongue I could taste the universe, an expanse of openness. When this song hit, we were staring into each other’s eyes, pupils dilating back and forth as we spoke through them. He began shaking his head. And we both knew that what we had would not last. And when morning came and I asked him what he was thinking, we both denied what we’d thought. But it was so clear. And now we’re no more. Forever thankful he showed me Frank Ocean.
❤️❤️
I thank you for this comment bout yo story, you literally just gave me insight of closure.💯😌I wish you the best in the thing we call life..
I’m not the type who easily cries, but a few years back I took psychedelics alone at home and somehow ended up listening to this song and I cried unlike anything I experienced before. As if the sadness I had accumulated all throughout my life suddenly got the opportunity to get released for the first time.
Crackhead flex but ok
@@septiembrelaluna2226 forreal this shit sound made up asf 😭
Never thought there be such a creative way to express the agony of his not wanting to live as outside of how he actually feels inside. we all know his sexual preference. but to creatively put this in a song is amazing. he didn't want to settle living a so called heterosexual life (I'm not brave). living and not able to express what he really feels that was hell, and he'd
(I'd rather go to jail). since the norm is for a man to have kids and a nice house, he said (maybe ima fool to settle for some nice views), he can't see himself living a life that most men live, ( another mans mind).... he shows his vulnerability, and his weakness by yelling (I'M NOT BRAVE!) and not willing to live any other way than how he really feels. this song relates to any one feeling trapped. I'm a heterosexual man and identifies with not wanting to ever settle.
Fhdudndndn every time I listen to this song I think of this I was even searching for a comment like this 😌✨
my english teacher would love you.
I admire ppl who actually listen to and comment on heartfelt lyrics instead of just “wow omg this song is a mood” type comments with irrelevant interpretations. Don’t get me wrong, I listened to this song when a relationship I had was over for good, and mood-wise it was my release, but I knew lyrically it didn’t apply exactly. I always feel it’s important to give songwriters their respect in their writing, to separate from the fakers who just string words together and expect their celebrity to carry them.
Thanks for the breakdown as I was all over the place
Yeah he also talks about how he doesnt wanna be seen as a queer or lgbt artist and how he just wants to get out of the limelight/fame and settle
Every single time I listen to this song, i cry. when I hear it, I instantly get sad, even if my mood was okay. Not so long ago I burst into tears in public transport of my way home when it started to play
It’s so unbearably beautiful but so painful for me at the same time
This guy is so underappreciated. I feel like he isnt talked about enough. His lyrical content alone, not to mention the complete production of these projects, is unmatched in many ways.
It’s cause he did that intentionally
What literally everyone knows who frank is the guy has nearly 20 million monthly listeners on Spotify right now..
Yea forsure
Huh? Bro he's one of the most popular and celebrated artists of the 2010s...
Everyone knows who Frank is and he's still somehow underappreciated for real
I can't get over Frank, his music it's pure art, he is one of the biggest artist of all time
The beautiful thing about this song is that the lyrics are so vague yet so relatable that mostly anyone can feel this song and draw a personal connection to it
such a pretty song. That dreamy, cloudy, floaty guitar backdrop captured my heart.
This is one of my favorite songs, this and Godspeed. Seriously Frank, as an artist, means so much to me. He's so honest and his voice always makes me emotional.
This song it's like the feel of the end of summer for me. I love it
One of my favorite songs of all time. Frank is a genius and a music legend.
Speaking of Nirvana, it was there
Rare as the feathers on my dash from a phoenix
There with my crooked teeth and companions sleeping, yeah
Dreaming a thought that could dream about a thought
That could think of the dreamer that thought
That could think of dreaming and getting a glimmer of God
I be dreaming a dream in a thought
That could dream about a thought
That could think about dreaming a dream
Where I can not, where I can not
This part. Completely brilliant.
Willy Wutang someone smart explain me
Elisa me too
He’s talking about homelessness ... the whole song ... taking the complete mind and thoughts of some one who you’d pass on the street
One of the best moments on the album
I just listened to this for the first time and for the first time in a while I sat down in the dark of my room and just gave my mind to a song. this song is for those who still think about your first love and still dwell over the tiniest details of heartbreaks. thank you frank for bringing beautiful tears back to my eyes.
This guy is my little sister's favorite artist. Elliott Smith is mine.
Never thought I'd see this kinda thing happen. XD
Respect to Frank for the tribute!
XO
Isn't that awesome? I've always loved Elliott Smith and just started listening to Frank Ocean, and out of nowhere I hear him reference in this song. Made me like Frank Ocean a lot more, and brought me right down to the comments to see if anyone else knew haha
@@winkmurder I'm here looking at the comments for the same reason. A really cool tribute. Love to see fellow Elliott fans acknowledging the tribute
Badout love em both
Am I the only one who gets goosebumps every time I hear this
No you're not😌
No, you're not so special. But nice try to get some likes.
@@dantex1492 bro don’t be like that i know you’re a good person and i believe in you
@@dantex1492 says the person leaving stupid recycled comments for likes
No I‘m not an emotional person at all but this song is always getting me goosebumps idk why exactly this one, just hittin
I remember sitting in New Orleans trying to fix a relationship that wasn’t going to work no matter how much either one of us tried. And this song brought me so much peace
The instrumental is something i have never thought that my ears would experience..incredible + frank's unique vocals