Music video of 'ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL' from the 2021 debut self-titled album by Salt Lake City, USA based Post-Progressive Rock group, BLACKSHAPE. vevo.ly/djM0cu
Director of the video here! Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for all of the love on ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL. This community has been really kind and supportive and it means probably more than you know. I love BLACKSHAPE and ultimately I'm just really happy that they are getting some of the attention that they deserve. Cheers y'all!🚪
This was really powerful...i was clicking around and stumbled on this and think its fantastic!!! so much trite stuff around and this was thought provoking ...thanks
TL;DR: Thank you for watching/listening. As someone who is generally a little wary of algorithms and their knowing us, I feel both conflicted and stoked to see how many of you have found us because of one. We’ve been watching the numbers go up and have been a bit baffled, but it honestly means everything to us to be able to connect with so many of you. Since I can’t really thank a bit of code for the reach, I’ll just thank all you wonderful humans for watching and listening. We’ve got new music in the works and our vinyl preorder has just gone live on bandcamp. We hope you’ll stick with us. WHYL xScott/BLACKSHAPE
I'm the guy who gets murdered and also the waiter at the restaurant haha, I had a blast on this project!! Props to everyone involved and to blackshape for blessing us with this incredible piece of art.
BLACKSHAPE here, Just wanted to stop in and thank everyone for watching, listening, following, etc. We’re so grateful for all of it-especially all of your kind and often vulnerable comments. Thanks x1000000 We also want to give massive thanks to all the incredibly talented people who made this video possible and recognize them here: Cast Sarah Santore Micah Bode Production Company - BLACK RABBIT MONOLITH Producer- Trevor Free Director - Trevor Free DP - Bentley Rawle AC - August Framer Gaffer - Brandon Carraway PA - Micah Bode CGI - Seth Ringer VFX - McKay Olson Additional VFX - Seth Ringger, Trevor Free Editor - Trevor Free Colorist - Michael Ashman ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Recorded and mixed by Matt Goldman Mastered by Troy Glessner BLACKSHAPE is: Joe Woit - Guitar Josh Dunn - Bass Perry Burton - Drums Scott Shepard - Guitar / Vocals IHYL
Its funny, how right when you're feeling lowest, random chance can drop the most impactful display of human creativity right into your lap to remind you you're alive.
hell yes! but... "random chance?" not what I would call it. I would call it synchronicity. when we attune ourselves to our own needs of mind, body, soul connection through acceptance and we embrace our shadow it creates resonance, it ripples out and reality is like a mirror. the universe is mind. we get what we need. I'm not christian or anything like that, technically atheist but this has been my experience lately. I've had this exact experience too many times to ignore it or dismiss it as mere coincidence or random chance. edit: (I know that there's many diff factors including the Algorithm that create the right factors for internal & external to converge. not saying it's all like god, magic, or mystical mumo-jumbo. IMO for magic to exist it does not mean that one must dismiss science, rationality, or logic. quiet the opposite it includes them.)
Hey everyone I was the asteroid that obliterated the earth at the end. While my role was small, it was still a fun, worthwhile experience. Thank you Blackshape ❤
@@blackshapemusic I've had the album on repeat since that day. I love the structure of it, and it's so engrossing to sit through a full listen. Consider me a new fan and keep it coming :)
Hey all, I’m the stone that’s being used to bludgeon the young man’s head in, in the forest I want to thank everyone involved in this production it was such a blast.
Hi all, the tree's from the forest scenes here. Please continue to nourish our soil with the blood of your loved ones, your life essence is essential if you would gaze on eternity. We would also like to thank the production staff, we truly had a blast.
I feel like half the people here found this by complete chance. Literally just popped up on my recommended even though I don't listen to post hardcore. So glad I pressed play because I'm obsessed with the meaning and symbolism this holds. "I hope you live" has a sad but hopeful feeling to it, like a warning that today's world isn't designed for us to live life like it's meant to be lived, but that there is a way to just be happy with what you have, which the empty plate symbolizes at least for me. I know the meaning is probably about mental health which I also agree with, but I love that it has different meanings to everyone.
Same - this song immediately meant everything to me. It's just filled with... everything to be honest. It's just speaking to me and the video tells its own story. It reminds me of the days of the deftones and like I said in another comment gives me this strange false nostalgia.
Damn these vocals... was not expecting them! If this is it If this is all there is I hope you live I hope you live If there's no end And we are infinite Still, I hope you live I hope you live If this is it If this is all there is I hope you live I hope you live If there's no end And we are infinite Still, I hope you live I hope you live I hope you live I hope you live I hope you live
@@blackshapemusic same here. Guys this is an awesome track, those lyrics and that delivery hit the spot. I listen to it for days on loop! Nice touch with the title being the first letters of the first few vocals... probably that will be the tattoo! Love from Switzerland!
wow, I managed to almost entirely correctly guess what the acronym stood for just from seeing the title pop up on my youtube home and having never heard of this band or song before. I'm surprised, but, neat.
Carrie Fisher said something along the lines of 'If you need a reason to stay alive, let it be out of spite' to paraphrase. It speaks to a lot when ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL is a radical statement.
Hi y'all, I'm the bathtub in the video! I wasn't quite sure about the direction at first, you know, with the naked lady in me and cold water, but it was for this beautiful song. It came out magnificent in the end. I'd really like to thank everyone in production and catering. Everyone was so professional and discreet. I hope the band remembers my role when they accept their eventual Grammys! ❤
I'm a gentleman and I'd never ask a bathtub her secrets, so I'm not sure if you are real porcelain or not. Honey, all I do know is you looked like nothing but the entire time. You hold an ocean of water and make it feel like a lake.
Without being too... direct, i was hoping to ask if your hardware is original or aftermarket? Either way i suppose it doesnt matter - you're absolutely perfect
I feel like this is depicting psychosis, depression and toying with suicide - it resonates with me so deeply. Whoever directed and/or wrote this video is a god damn genius
It also resonates with me. But what I get out of this piece is a sense of overcoming adversity, a widening lens, a sacrifice of the present for the future. It makes me feel strength. @SageHexen if suicide is on your menu, know that there is always a bigger picture. Don't be too proud or too afraid to ask for help. Life is suffering. But finding your way to overcoming that suffering is what makes you - you. It's why we're all here.
This is about the heat death of the universe. She is the Cosmos contemplating her own inevitable submission to the law of entropy. We (i.e. whatever intelligent life is in the universe) are the guy asking "YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT?!?!!". We play an insignificant role with even less agency. She is wondering, what is the point of it all? In the end the Cosmos concludes that if this is all there is, or if after the heat death of the universe everything collapses until there is another Big Bang, still ...She hopes we live.
@@bogdanshevchenko this song kind of gives me a sense of hope and letting go. Not for myself, but for others, like hugging a friend goodbye for the last time ever being a good thing. I take it as a song about transitions in life. About letting go of your baggage, of your past. Take it from the words: "If this is it, if this is all there is (what already happened, the past), i hope you live (live as a memory)". There's this duality between these verses.
Found this sitting in the hospital, waiting to know whether i was gonna lose my grandfather. Hoping he was going to live. Now I know they can save him, and I’ll never forget this song now.
She was abused, in a relationship where nothing felt real, she just stood and stared, coming to terms with her situation despite the overwhelming feeling of drowning and loneliness. One day, she realized she wasn't in the same situation. She had found her way out and there was a peace. But how could there be peace? Something had to be wrong. Her world couldn't be OK. The peace is unnerving before she sees him again. Water. Drowning. Despair. She lashes out against the feelings of old, she can't let him go. Anger. After she's finished, her mania dissipates. She looks around. He really isn't here anymore. There really is peace. So she reflects. On the person she knew, the person she loved. Despite it all, the absolute consuming feeling of trauma and the torture she was tragically forced to endure, despite how all consuming the abuse was and how little space she had in her reality for anything but her abuser, despite everything, "I hope you live". The trauma never leaves. The true reality almost seems dull compared to how all consuming the past relationship was. And the love for some reason will never go away, despite the anger and other emotions that come in parallel. We will lash out to the innocent when everything is OK, we will struggle to live despite the abuse being behind us, it will be a life long battle, but that's what it is to live. I can't express how close this song feels to me but it's absolutely beautiful and painful and a perfect portrayal of trauma. That's the takeaway I had although I didn't dig in to every bit, but it's absolutely beautiful and makes me feel like I'm not alone with what I've been through. To everyone out there, I hope you live.
Love your beautiful depiction. Yes it’s a life long battle, but things can get better with the right support. We can again have beautiful moments and emotional regulation. The brain is maleable and we deserve to heal from our hell that is post traumatic stress.
Bury the rage. Kill it. Forgive yourself, move on. Kindness is king and I ensure every one of you reading is worthy of it. I hope you have a fantastic day, truly. And may you walk always in wisdom.
Best comment ever. Absolutely true. Thank you, and I hope the same comes your way. May you have an amazing day and remember that of it ever feels like no one cares- at least a random person on the internet does. :)
Hey all, im one of the trees in the forest and i just wanna thank all my tree brothers that helped on this project, stay hard boys, and of course to blackshape for hiring us and going paperless on billing invoices. Mahalo!
Learning to accept the past and let go and forgive is the most difficult task that will define your world. The freedom you gain from the peace allows you to be be okay with everything from here on out. Even as you face death, simply unbothered and okay.
For those still not figuring out that the title stands for, even after listening to the song: "If This Is It If This Is All That Is I Hope You Live I Hope You Live"
I've been going through the motions, and by chance, I randomly clicked on it out of curiosity. This song just came to me at the right time. It was meant for people like me to hear, and it feels beautiful.
Chance is my best friend. He passed back in 2001. We have transcendental music in the fiber of our very DNA. If Chance brought you, it was not by happenstance or random fluke. You’re radiating. And you were meant to be here. Special delivery to make certain you arrived. ✨Purpose is deliberate. You’ll see. ✨
Yes 😭 i feel like I'm waking up recently. I stopped listening to music like I used to. I still enjoyed nice songs(Coke Studio Pakistan shoutout!), but not this genre. I grew up on Rage, Tool, etc. But since I left my old life behind, in order to finally live, I haven't listened to this genre as much. So happy the algo finally hit the right spot! Seems they've tweaked it recently bc I've been getting low view count vids recommended more. I think tiktok has strongly influenced YT's decision to tweak it more democratically. Anyway sorry to ramble. I'm over here crying after seeing this vid. Really needed this good cry, been holding it in too long 🥲
what a lovely Dark ride this song was with the Lyrics coming right at the end but so worth waiting for: If this is it if this is all there is I hope you live If there's no end and we are infinite still, I hope you live
This hit me in a way I wasn't expecting, and it made me break down. My brother has been struggling for many years now with deep depression. It's getting worse and he uses alcohol as an escape. He won't talk to anyone so I don't know how to help him. It kills me because my biggest fear is that I'm going to find him dead somewhere and I'll blame myself for not trying hard enough. I've struggled with depression all my life too so it's that much worse because I know how bad it can be. I don't know, this song just hit me, especially after today. It's beautiful, painful, and hopeless.
As an older brother, who struggles with alcoholism, please don't stop trying. My siblings mean the world to me, and I'm sure he feels the same. Sending the best vibes.
I'm a non practicing alcoholic who's been sober a little over a year and active in AA. I'm lucky to be alive. I've struggled with depression lifelong and traumas happened, turned to alcohol the same as your brother. I wouldn't listen to anyone but I ended up getting alcohol induced hepatitis and I just wanted to be free more than Anything. I'm going to pray for your brother that the desire to stop drinking and be free would be his, and he will take action. I can also understand how you feel as a sibling...I have a brother with schizophrenia who's been off his meds about 5 years and my family and I can't be in contact because he's dangerous. My heart goes out to you my friend. Please take care of yourself and find as much joy and beauty in this world as you can.❤
Get him to detox and a treatment center if you can. Just keep in mind he has to truly want the help. I was in the same boat 2 1/2 years ago but after 90 day treatment and realizing that's not who I was I'm still sober and just doing the right things. Wish you all the best because you're worth it 👆
This comment hits home. You're not alone. My older brother deals with his inner depression and demons the same way as yours, by keeping it all inside and trying to drown it with alcohol. This has been how it is for 20 years. Just know that just the fact that you care, listen and are there is enough. For me one of the most frustrating parts is me expressing my concern and him just brushing it off. But at least I've said something, and that's all I can do if he doesn't want to talk. At least he knows the opportunity is always there. We can't live their life for them. Remember to take care of yourself first. It's ok to be happy about and enjoy things in your own life. But it is painful. I'm sorry you and your brother are going through this.
I lost my sibling to anorexia and drugs, she absolutely cut off contact and drank herself to death. Be a thorn in their side, u can't make it worse if u show up and just love him. I hope he lets u in.
Forest from the video here! Had such a great time with this video and really appreciate all the love for this awesome band, super happy I was able to help with this video.
This came out of nowhere, I love it when RUclips chucks something at me I had no idea about and it's brilliant. That's why why I always pick stuff to try by bands I've never heard of, it's where the secret gems can be found, and then hopefully they're not so secret any more!!
Hey y'all. I'm the grapefruit that gets brutally hacked to death. HAHA. Actually, that was a life size fake model of me. I'd like to thank everyone, especially the SFX team. It was great to be a part of this project. Hopefully we can work again.
Hey! I’m the guy they used for the moon orbiting the earth 🌎!! Very little cgi used if you look close enough you can see my fat face 😊! What a masterpiece to be a part of, Thanks!
for me this is beautiful, understanding bipolar schizophrenia is difficult but this absolutely registers with my mind, the chaos that our mind can create is infinite, i work every day to push myself to be more happy and more stable than yesterday, but this song and video basically portrays the message that we are suffering and mentally ill, the world feels like its ending, but we are not, even we wish you would live.... because i wish i could live, please push to be happy
This song has been stuck in my head ever since I first listened to it. Today my son and I lit a few fireworks and as I glanced up at the black infinite sky I took in the moment as this song echoed in my head. If this is it ...I will live as much as I can, if we are infinite like the expansive unlit space above I will retain as much of this life as I can and one day be with the stars looking back down.
Once again the algorithm hard @work. With its guidance, My life was Changed. I've been hooked since. As with everyone here, I was not expecting this. This Beauty hidden in the cloud of Decimation. Sometimes I wish it would just all End in some instantaneous flash. The reality is much more horrific. We're pressed to endure.
@@shanepilgrim5802 I feel that way at times. A reset, rebut or just an end to it all after a long life of pain, struggle and endurance a finally would be sufficient
This is an instance where I'm glad I was late to the party. While I would have loved this as audio alone, the video is beyond stunning. So cathartic, and really connects to a pain I'm trying to let go of.
Been listening to this song all week and while thinking about other situations in my life I finally understand the song: If this is our only chance at life, live it how you want. Even if we have infinite chances live each one how you want
You don't know how much this video saved me, i was going through a lot lately, i found this song while sitting on a elevated bridged, watching the cars passing under me, contemplating ending everything... This came up in yt music, i felt every bit of the instrumental and when the volcals came along i broke down in tears, it ressonated so much, thank you, thank you😊
Despite all the horror in the world, there's so much beauty too. Try to fill your days with nothing but things you are truly grateful for. Nothing else matters.
The way the music builds up to about 3:30 is like living life building up to this one moment that's either incredibly beautiful or completely disastrous. Man, what a complete rollercoaster of emotions. It's insane...
I was browsing the comments while listening and found this a few minutes in before the vocal. I thought it was going to be some etheral ahhhs and ohhhs at the end, but then the vocal hit and it all made sense.
This youtube algorithm is vapid and overbearing a lot of the time, a tool that is supposed to help bring things into your scope but often just repeats the same few subscribed creators ad infinitum. Today, the algorithm worked. Now to go through all your other works. Glorious.
Song blew me away, rattled my bones! Please for the love of the gods bring this vocalist back for more tracks or better yet as your full time singer. Wow.
So I’ve been listening and watching this video on repeat. I often get goosebumps or tear up a bit from songs that just hit right and make me feel deeply…but this song…this masterpiece…along with the video, just make me feel something entirely different. The imagery of space showing how insignificant we are on this blue dot. The existentialism is real. We want to value our time but are aware of our inevitable end of this life and we don’t know if there’s anything more to this…we hope there is, we want there to be more…but we don’t know This song is just so damn beautiful
If this is it, if this is all there is, both living and dying are meaningless. If this is a universe without a grounding to all meaning, then concepts like life and death, good and bad, love and hate, beauty and horror, all of it is simply the arbitrary conceptual convulsions of the deluded beings secreted by death clock deterministic fizzing of physics and chemistry hallucinating self awareness and play acting agency. All while suffering greatly. A nihilistic mad house of capricious pain wrapped in a cosmic joke. "Full of sound and fury, signifying.. nothing.. " to be sure. But I do not hold to that. I cannot, for one second, accept that this is all there is. Why? More than a few reasons, but here are few reasons.. Everything that begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore the universe has a cause. This is known as the Kalaam Cosmological Argument. It's one among a family of arguments from Contingency. They seek to reason about the existence of things that owe the explanation of their existence to something else, and what we could logically derive from that analysis. By the universe, I mean all space, time, and matter. The cause of space, time, and matter must therefore be emptied of all of them, as in, the cause is spaceless, timeless, and immaterial. But what spaceless, timeless, immaterial entities are there? Numbers perhaps? I don't buy it, actually, but even if they do exist in that sense, the number 33822 cannot CAUSE anything. It simply describes, or measures.. never causes.. So what else? I, and many good philosophers much smarter than I can only come up with one other good explanation: A Mind. A timeless, spaceless, immaterial, uncaused, necessary being of incomprehensible intelligence, complete agency and immeasurable ability. Yahweh, or as many like to call him, God. So if Yahweh exists, which seems to be the best explanation of the cause of the universe and why there is anything instead of nothing at all, then we have to examine another important question: how has this being interacted with what it caused? Well, there are some pretty solid evidences of a first century ancient near eastern man who went around claiming to be this being. That's pretty crazy. He'd have to make some sort of drastic, unbelievable demonstration of who he said he was, or he'd be yet another lunatic. So, in this case, he DID. Jesus of Nazereth, was crucified under the roman prefect Pontius Pilate at the behest of the religious leaders of his own nation, because in their tradition, no one gets away with saying the kind of absurd claims this Jesus was making without being put to death for blasphemy. You don't just get to call yourself the uncreated, most high God, and pretend like that's just going to be fine, not in that context. He died, and was buried in the tomb of a Jewish religious leader named Joseph who was secretly a follower, and a giant round stone was rolled into place, one that no one could just easily roll away. A few days later, a group of the women who followed him before he died came back and claimed that Jesus had physically risen from the dead to the rest of the dejected and fearful men who had spent the last 3 years devoting every moment to the service of the one they thought for sure this time would save them from Roman oppression. They were rebels with a disgraced and murdered messiah, and their hopes dreams were broken and as dead as their teacher, and it was most likely going to be the same for them all soon. No that couldn't be true, they thought, they're just women, their testimony wouldn't even hold up in court half a man's testimony, why would they believe such outlandish nonsense? No one gets up from the dead.. at least not until the Final Day, the Great Resurrection, where all who die would rise together out of the depths of Sheol, and be given new life and new bodies to be with God. There was no reason to believe these women, these men had no concept of a single person resurrection... But soon the women weren't the only ones who started seeing the risen Jesus. Soon it was two of them, then all eleven, then up to 500 people at one time. Was He just a Ghost? Well no, He ate fish.. ghosts don't eat .. and ghosts certainly don't invite you to put your fingers in the giant holes in their hands or the gaping laceration in his side... But if God exists, and Jesus Christ rose from the dead, then Christianity is true. If that's true, then this is NOT all there is.. and we have deeply failed the standard that God has laid out for us. But, the good news, the Gospel, is that living is given as an option and opportunity to become sons and daughters of the family of the Most High God, if only we let Jesus bear the legal penalty of our missing the mark, and according to ancient scripture, offending a perfect being comes at the punishment of death. But Jesus took that punishment. He died so we could live. I hope you consider all of this honestly. I hope you see the hope in what seemed so hopeless. I hope you become part of the family of the source of life, Himself. This isn't it. This isn't all there is. I hope you live.
I have NO idea why this video popped up on RUclips, and I’m even more baffled as to why I felt the need to urgently press play on it but I’m so glad I did. It grew and grew and grew into this lovely, interesting, bizarre, amazement of a song and video. I couldn’t stop watching it, and listening to it, and now I think I have played it over 10 times. It gets better and better the more I see into the meaning and the story the video presents. And just…. Wow.
Hello there! I'm the spoon from the restaurant scene, I know I didn't have a major role, but I can honestly say that I enjoyed every second of the experience. I really loved to be a part of this project and I wish the very best to the band.
I lost it when she looked down on the ground and saw that there was nothing there. Like it was all in her head the whole time. Fucking brilliant directing and acting on this.
What a beautiful song and video. Simply amazing. I was NOT expecting the lyrics. Going thru a divorce and I'm shaking right now and crying amazing tears of happiness.
Going to add this to my daily rotation. I've been going through a really tough time mentally and this is the kind of music that reminds me what being alive means
I’ve struggled with bipolar depression my entire life. I get trapped in spirals of pure darkness and sometimes it feels like I won’t stop spinning until I hit rock bottom. I was spiraling when I found this video. I downloaded the song, put it on repeat for hours. It brought me back to myself. I’ve never been more grateful for a song in my life. I hope I live too.
The number of times I watched this video before I picked up on the repeat of the line, " I'm fine with this " at the end being from the cafe scene at the beginning is embarrassingly high.
I'm the guy who shared this with all my friends and across platforms because I want these people to get as much exposure as they can. They deserve it ❤
This song is incredible. I first listened about 6 months ago and every time it comes across my recommended again I stop to listen to and watch this amazing piece of art. Can't wait to experience it a little stoned here before too long. If weed does nothing else, it greatly expands the ability to appreciate music in new ways.
Cinematic masterpiece to say the least. The way the music blends with the content of the video, the flow of the song, the unexpected vocals. So poignant and emotional. It was an experience.
I've listened/watched this dozens of times now, but somehow I missed that the "I'm fine with this" statement appears at the beginning of the video too. The full circle of what "I'm fine with this" actually means to her is intriguing, and adds to the many-meaning feeling of the whole premise. I'm fine with what? Accepting the bare minimum? The end of the our reign, to make way for another? ..... like all great art, there are more questions than answers and I am here for it.
Вот это я понимаю музыка, эти мелодии, атмосфера, необычная ритмика... Лучшее, что я слышал за последнее время. Этот шедевр должны услышать как можно больше людей
This song is f****** magic. Seriously, I watch this at least once almost every day, and I've shared it with everyone that I know. I think you all have done it... made a perfect song.
Your song is connecting with people who don’t even listen to the genre boys. It’s beautifully written, and the video as amazing as well. It’s brought grown men to tears
This song came up on my recommended months ago and I found it so mesmorizing and captivating. It popped back up on my feed and I lost it when she started singing. Tomorrow it will be two weeks that my mom passed away. This song really resonates with the emotions I've been feeling. What a heartbreaking beautiful song of sorrow and hope.
Am i the only one who teared up from this range of emotion through pure genius artistry both musically and cinematographically. Am i mistaken seeing that subscriber number...? It's criminally low for this quality. To the youtube algorithm, thank you for bringing me here. To the artists, thank you for what you do. Your gifts and talents show through your work and you're appreciated. I'm genuinely excited to see what other music is in store.
This is pure art. Only a great piece of art makes you think about your existence but encourages you to live and feel alive. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks RUclips for this recommendation, it will be always remembered :)
What a deep contemplation of reality. The youtube algorithm seems to have found the right crowd for this song. It's a great work of art. Very existential.
My first time hearing this song and or band and i have to say... this is absolutely beautiful. Legit started crying for no reason and got goosebumps. I felt so connected to just the overall atmosphere that was created by not only the music, but the video as well. Well done to everyone involved in this. This project was/is ART
Видеоклипы
![BLACKSHAPE - S/T [Album] (2021)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/A7WjJH01f7I/mqdefault.jpg)
Director of the video here! Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for all of the love on ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL. This community has been really kind and supportive and it means probably more than you know. I love BLACKSHAPE and ultimately I'm just really happy that they are getting some of the attention that they deserve. Cheers y'all!🚪
I’m only 40 seconds in but I know I love it already. Thanks for your creativity.
This was really powerful...i was clicking around and stumbled on this and think its fantastic!!! so much trite stuff around and this was thought provoking ...thanks
Absolutely incredible job.
great job on ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL
You have visualised this is such a visceral way. Top job. As emotive as the music.
TL;DR: Thank you for watching/listening.
As someone who is generally a little wary of algorithms and their knowing us, I feel both conflicted and stoked to see how many of you have found us because of one. We’ve been watching the numbers go up and have been a bit baffled, but it honestly means everything to us to be able to connect with so many of you.
Since I can’t really thank a bit of code for the reach, I’ll just thank all you wonderful humans for watching and listening.
We’ve got new music in the works and our vinyl preorder has just gone live on bandcamp.
We hope you’ll stick with us.
WHYL
xScott/BLACKSHAPE
algorithm find here. i couldn't of found this at a better time in my life. thank you from a new fan.
really stellar stuff
You guys rock! The algorithms gods may have shined favorably on you today but its YOU and YOUR ART that captivated us.
Algorithm
I was brought here because of not only the algorithm, but an accidental click while scrolling! Glad I stayed and looking forward to more!!
I'm the guy who gets murdered and also the waiter at the restaurant haha, I had a blast on this project!! Props to everyone involved and to blackshape for blessing us with this incredible piece of art.
bro what did you do to her 💀
rip
I’m sorry for your loss (of life).
JK
Great job.
That was a sad story my bro.
I hope you live, though ❤
I bet you told her to "Calm down", didn't you?
"Hey kid what are you listening to?"
"ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL"
Hey kiddo, take this iPad and type something. Ok, good, that's the name of my new song.
pensdospilhe
>looks at kid awkwardly
> "yeah.... um thanks, you too"
If this is it
If this is all there is
I hope you live
I hope you live
For real how do I even say that?
BLACKSHAPE here,
Just wanted to stop in and thank everyone for watching, listening, following, etc. We’re so grateful for all of it-especially all of your kind and often vulnerable comments. Thanks x1000000
We also want to give massive thanks to all the incredibly talented people who made this video possible and recognize them here:
Cast
Sarah Santore
Micah Bode
Production Company - BLACK RABBIT MONOLITH
Producer- Trevor Free
Director - Trevor Free
DP - Bentley Rawle
AC - August Framer
Gaffer - Brandon Carraway
PA - Micah Bode
CGI - Seth Ringer
VFX - McKay Olson
Additional VFX - Seth Ringger, Trevor Free
Editor - Trevor Free
Colorist - Michael Ashman
ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
Recorded and mixed by Matt Goldman
Mastered by Troy Glessner
BLACKSHAPE is:
Joe Woit - Guitar
Josh Dunn - Bass
Perry Burton - Drums
Scott Shepard - Guitar / Vocals
IHYL
Thanks for the credits, especially the name of the actress. She's phenomenal.
Wow, not meant to be a diss but I assumed she was the vocalist based on the video and felt it fit, if maybe a bit of a deep voice.
@@geoff3610me too!
@@geoff3610no diss taken-Sarah’s performance is incredible and very convincing. We were blown away when we first saw it. Still are.
Crazy work from everyone!
Its funny, how right when you're feeling lowest, random chance can drop the most impactful display of human creativity right into your lap to remind you you're alive.
j’espère que tu vis, j’espère que tu vis, j’espère que tu vis 🎉❤🎉
Literally me. I'm glad I'm not alone.
Me too 😢❤
hell yes! but... "random chance?" not what I would call it. I would call it synchronicity. when we attune ourselves to our own needs of mind, body, soul connection through acceptance and we embrace our shadow it creates resonance, it ripples out and reality is like a mirror. the universe is mind.
we get what we need. I'm not christian or anything like that, technically atheist but this has been my experience lately. I've had this exact experience too many times to ignore it or dismiss it as mere coincidence or random chance.
edit: (I know that there's many diff factors including the Algorithm that create the right factors for internal & external to converge. not saying it's all like god, magic, or mystical mumo-jumbo. IMO for magic to exist it does not mean that one must dismiss science, rationality, or logic. quiet the opposite it includes them.)
@@KosMik_Skul 😁 well said
This actress is really good, it's not often you can watch something and think "Wow this actress *really* looks like she's beating someone to death"
yeah but why do you think she is a good actress then?
Is this your personal threshold?
It wa so damn visceral. You can tell she was working through some sht there...
@@MishaExAye Bullshit
Hey everyone I was the asteroid that obliterated the earth at the end. While my role was small, it was still a fun, worthwhile experience. Thank you Blackshape ❤
Spoilers
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, ASTEROID
Hey Asteroid! Bathtub here, remember no part is too small. You made the ending!
I was one of the trees in the video. Being an extra on this video was good fun. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
Honestly clicked because I couldn't immediately work out what that title was supposed to mean and now I'm just glad to be here.
We’re glad you’re here too. Glad the acronym drew you in. Haha
@@blackshapemusic I've had the album on repeat since that day. I love the structure of it, and it's so engrossing to sit through a full listen. Consider me a new fan and keep it coming :)
It’s the first letter from every lyric in the song.
@@blackshapemusicit's an acronym..... For what may I ask or is that part of the mystique
Mystique reveled I got it so cool
If This Is It, If This Is All There Is, I Hope You Live, I Hope You Live.
If There's No End, And We Are Infinite, Still... I Hope You Live. ❤️
Dude, just realized you were spelling out the title of the song.
How did you know that. I thought it was some utoaztechan shit
I just fell in love with this place I'm in here at this song before the intro fully rolled into the drum beat
@@vincezito3547 It's the lyrics, someone else spotted it while we were talking about the song.
Hey all, I’m the stone that’s being used to bludgeon the young man’s head in, in the forest I want to thank everyone involved in this production it was such a blast.
Damn. Good job!
Honestly you deserve an Oscar.
this is the comment. :D goddammit. this is it
10/10 job. I really felt like you were a stone.
Hey, I was the meteor!
It's almost more brutal in a world like this to say "I hope you live". It's harsh and beautiful, lovely & haunting.
I couldn't agree more. It's like the opp of seeking revenge
There's an old sardonic curse disguised as a well-wishes sentiment which goes: "May you live forever in interesting times" which I am now reminded of.
haunting for sure. consider the alternative.
Living in a man's world is certainly worse than dying.
Hi all, the tree's from the forest scenes here. Please continue to nourish our soil with the blood of your loved ones, your life essence is essential if you would gaze on eternity.
We would also like to thank the production staff, we truly had a blast.
🎉
The GOATed comment kimosabi 🙏🏾💯😂😂😂
I feel like half the people here found this by complete chance. Literally just popped up on my recommended even though I don't listen to post hardcore. So glad I pressed play because I'm obsessed with the meaning and symbolism this holds. "I hope you live" has a sad but hopeful feeling to it, like a warning that today's world isn't designed for us to live life like it's meant to be lived, but that there is a way to just be happy with what you have, which the empty plate symbolizes at least for me. I know the meaning is probably about mental health which I also agree with, but I love that it has different meanings to everyone.
Same - this song immediately meant everything to me. It's just filled with... everything to be honest. It's just speaking to me and the video tells its own story. It reminds me of the days of the deftones and like I said in another comment gives me this strange false nostalgia.
For me the empty plate is literal- *you're fine with that?* *strange smile* pans to nothing- pans back to no one. That alone is so meaningful for me.
I think you're looking for meaning where there is none.
Absolutely, and the other half of the people are the various objects from the music video apparently, super awesome to see such a diverse cast
I like your interpretation. I HATE being that guy, but that's not post hardcore, more post-rock and post-metal.
Damn these vocals... was not expecting them!
If this is it
If this is all there is
I hope you live
I hope you live
If there's no end
And we are infinite
Still, I hope you live
I hope you live
If this is it
If this is all there is
I hope you live
I hope you live
If there's no end
And we are infinite
Still, I hope you live
I hope you live
I hope you live
I hope you live
I hope you live
Pretty sure I’m tatting some of these lyrics.
I hope you live.
@@JustinPramisWe’d be honored. Share with us if you do.
@@blackshapemusic same here. Guys this is an awesome track, those lyrics and that delivery hit the spot. I listen to it for days on loop! Nice touch with the title being the first letters of the first few vocals... probably that will be the tattoo! Love from Switzerland!
@@blackshapemusic For sure. I’m thinking some sort of black shape with the words in the negative space. I’ll share on Instagram???
wow, I managed to almost entirely correctly guess what the acronym stood for just from seeing the title pop up on my youtube home and having never heard of this band or song before. I'm surprised, but, neat.
Carrie Fisher said something along the lines of 'If you need a reason to stay alive, let it be out of spite' to paraphrase. It speaks to a lot when ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL is a radical statement.
Carrie Fishers quote is the radical statement here. This right here is a masterpiece
Hi y'all, I'm the bathtub in the video! I wasn't quite sure about the direction at first, you know, with the naked lady in me and cold water, but it was for this beautiful song. It came out magnificent in the end. I'd really like to thank everyone in production and catering. Everyone was so professional and discreet. I hope the band remembers my role when they accept their eventual Grammys! ❤
I'm a gentleman and I'd never ask a bathtub her secrets, so I'm not sure if you are real porcelain or not.
Honey, all I do know is you looked like nothing but the entire time.
You hold an ocean of water and make it feel like a lake.
Without being too... direct, i was hoping to ask if your hardware is original or aftermarket? Either way i suppose it doesnt matter - you're absolutely perfect
I feel like this is depicting psychosis, depression and toying with suicide - it resonates with me so deeply.
Whoever directed and/or wrote this video is a god damn genius
It also resonates with me. But what I get out of this piece is a sense of overcoming adversity, a widening lens, a sacrifice of the present for the future. It makes me feel strength.
@SageHexen if suicide is on your menu, know that there is always a bigger picture. Don't be too proud or too afraid to ask for help. Life is suffering. But finding your way to overcoming that suffering is what makes you - you. It's why we're all here.
This is about the heat death of the universe. She is the Cosmos contemplating her own inevitable submission to the law of entropy. We (i.e. whatever intelligent life is in the universe) are the guy asking "YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT?!?!!". We play an insignificant role with even less agency. She is wondering, what is the point of it all? In the end the Cosmos concludes that if this is all there is, or if after the heat death of the universe everything collapses until there is another Big Bang, still ...She hopes we live.
Also If you listens to the full album, which is designed to play in a loop, it seems the band believes there's no end and we are infinite.
@@bogdanshevchenko this song kind of gives me a sense of hope and letting go. Not for myself, but for others, like hugging a friend goodbye for the last time ever being a good thing. I take it as a song about transitions in life. About letting go of your baggage, of your past. Take it from the words: "If this is it, if this is all there is (what already happened, the past), i hope you live (live as a memory)". There's this duality between these verses.
@@VictorMontelthat's it
Hi, I am the person who keeps coming back to watch this video because it’s awesome and makes me feel alive again!
Found this sitting in the hospital, waiting to know whether i was gonna lose my grandfather. Hoping he was going to live. Now I know they can save him, and I’ll never forget this song now.
She was abused, in a relationship where nothing felt real, she just stood and stared, coming to terms with her situation despite the overwhelming feeling of drowning and loneliness. One day, she realized she wasn't in the same situation. She had found her way out and there was a peace. But how could there be peace? Something had to be wrong. Her world couldn't be OK. The peace is unnerving before she sees him again. Water. Drowning. Despair. She lashes out against the feelings of old, she can't let him go. Anger. After she's finished, her mania dissipates. She looks around. He really isn't here anymore. There really is peace. So she reflects. On the person she knew, the person she loved. Despite it all, the absolute consuming feeling of trauma and the torture she was tragically forced to endure, despite how all consuming the abuse was and how little space she had in her reality for anything but her abuser, despite everything, "I hope you live".
The trauma never leaves. The true reality almost seems dull compared to how all consuming the past relationship was. And the love for some reason will never go away, despite the anger and other emotions that come in parallel. We will lash out to the innocent when everything is OK, we will struggle to live despite the abuse being behind us, it will be a life long battle, but that's what it is to live. I can't express how close this song feels to me but it's absolutely beautiful and painful and a perfect portrayal of trauma. That's the takeaway I had although I didn't dig in to every bit, but it's absolutely beautiful and makes me feel like I'm not alone with what I've been through.
To everyone out there, I hope you live.
i left 8 months ago and this is my new normal. thank you for putting this into words
This this this ❤
Love your beautiful depiction. Yes it’s a life long battle, but things can get better with the right support. We can again have beautiful moments and emotional regulation. The brain is maleable and we deserve to heal from our hell that is post traumatic stress.
Orange here
Just wanted to say I enjoyed getting sliced into! Was such a fantastic time working with Blackshape!
top notch comment
u got some nice looking skin bro
I believe its a grapefruit
@@n8doggg Maybe it identifies as an orange. Don't judge!
Aren't you glad I didn't say banana
Blade of grass here, had a whale of a time swaying in the wind, and volunteering to get stepped on! I'd love to be featured in any future projects. :)
Bury the rage. Kill it. Forgive yourself, move on. Kindness is king and I ensure every one of you reading is worthy of it. I hope you have a fantastic day, truly. And may you walk always in wisdom.
Thank you 🙏
For real thank you
Best comment ever. Absolutely true. Thank you, and I hope the same comes your way. May you have an amazing day and remember that of it ever feels like no one cares- at least a random person on the internet does. :)
Thank you friend. To return, you are worthy. All of us. Kings, queens. Worthy.
This was genuinely awesome, and right back at you, my friend 😁🤘
Hey all, im one of the trees in the forest and i just wanna thank all my tree brothers that helped on this project, stay hard boys, and of course to blackshape for hiring us and going paperless on billing invoices. Mahalo!
Hey Dude, i saw you in the Video! Great Acting!
@@TheMightyMana The performance was a little wooden if you ask me
Learning to accept the past and let go and forgive is the most difficult task that will define your world. The freedom you gain from the peace allows you to be be okay with everything from here on out. Even as you face death, simply unbothered and okay.
For those still not figuring out that the title stands for, even after listening to the song: "If This Is It If This Is All That Is I Hope You Live I Hope You Live"
I found this song exactly when I needed it.
Came for post-rock, stayed for bear trap of an emotional experience.
I've been going through the motions, and by chance, I randomly clicked on it out of curiosity. This song just came to me at the right time. It was meant for people like me to hear, and it feels beautiful.
Chance is my best friend. He passed back in 2001. We have transcendental music in the fiber of our very DNA. If Chance brought you, it was not by happenstance or random fluke. You’re radiating. And you were meant to be here. Special delivery to make certain you arrived. ✨Purpose is deliberate. You’ll see. ✨
Yes 😭 i feel like I'm waking up recently. I stopped listening to music like I used to. I still enjoyed nice songs(Coke Studio Pakistan shoutout!), but not this genre. I grew up on Rage, Tool, etc. But since I left my old life behind, in order to finally live, I haven't listened to this genre as much.
So happy the algo finally hit the right spot! Seems they've tweaked it recently bc I've been getting low view count vids recommended more. I think tiktok has strongly influenced YT's decision to tweak it more democratically.
Anyway sorry to ramble. I'm over here crying after seeing this vid. Really needed this good cry, been holding it in too long 🥲
Same! This popped up on my feed and I'm so glad it did. Looking forward to more music!
Popped up randomly on my RUclips page. I am in love with everything. The audio, the visuals, the tension, everything is perfect.
I have no idea why this song reminds me my first and only one love from seven years ago... Great masterpiece...
"I hope you live, Tat" 😥
what a lovely Dark ride this song was with the Lyrics coming right at the end but so worth waiting for:
If this is it
if this is all there is
I hope you live
If there's no end
and we are infinite
still, I hope you live
ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL
its crazy how much weight words can hold
This hit me in a way I wasn't expecting, and it made me break down.
My brother has been struggling for many years now with deep depression. It's getting worse and he uses alcohol as an escape. He won't talk to anyone so I don't know how to help him. It kills me because my biggest fear is that I'm going to find him dead somewhere and I'll blame myself for not trying hard enough. I've struggled with depression all my life too so it's that much worse because I know how bad it can be.
I don't know, this song just hit me, especially after today. It's beautiful, painful, and hopeless.
As an older brother, who struggles with alcoholism, please don't stop trying. My siblings mean the world to me, and I'm sure he feels the same. Sending the best vibes.
I'm a non practicing alcoholic who's been sober a little over a year and active in AA. I'm lucky to be alive. I've struggled with depression lifelong and traumas happened, turned to alcohol the same as your brother. I wouldn't listen to anyone but I ended up getting alcohol induced hepatitis and I just wanted to be free more than Anything. I'm going to pray for your brother that the desire to stop drinking and be free would be his, and he will take action. I can also understand how you feel as a sibling...I have a brother with schizophrenia who's been off his meds about 5 years and my family and I can't be in contact because he's dangerous. My heart goes out to you my friend. Please take care of yourself and find as much joy and beauty in this world as you can.❤
Get him to detox and a treatment center if you can. Just keep in mind he has to truly want the help. I was in the same boat 2 1/2 years ago but after 90 day treatment and realizing that's not who I was I'm still sober and just doing the right things. Wish you all the best because you're worth it 👆
This comment hits home. You're not alone. My older brother deals with his inner depression and demons the same way as yours, by keeping it all inside and trying to drown it with alcohol. This has been how it is for 20 years.
Just know that just the fact that you care, listen and are there is enough. For me one of the most frustrating parts is me expressing my concern and him just brushing it off. But at least I've said something, and that's all I can do if he doesn't want to talk. At least he knows the opportunity is always there.
We can't live their life for them. Remember to take care of yourself first. It's ok to be happy about and enjoy things in your own life. But it is painful. I'm sorry you and your brother are going through this.
I lost my sibling to anorexia and drugs, she absolutely cut off contact and drank herself to death. Be a thorn in their side, u can't make it worse if u show up and just love him. I hope he lets u in.
Forest from the video here! Had such a great time with this video and really appreciate all the love for this awesome band, super happy I was able to help with this video.
What's the difference between you and the guy that played all the trees in your scene? Are you like their boss?
@@DreiPinguine we prefer the term 'hivemind'
It's been a long damn time since I watched anything that left me just sitting in stunned silence afterwards. Incredible work.
10 months listening to this masterpiece almost daily, thanks for saving my life
This came out of nowhere, I love it when RUclips chucks something at me I had no idea about and it's brilliant. That's why why I always pick stuff to try by bands I've never heard of, it's where the secret gems can be found, and then hopefully they're not so secret any more!!
Hey y'all. I'm the grapefruit that gets brutally hacked to death. HAHA. Actually, that was a life size fake model of me. I'd like to thank everyone, especially the SFX team. It was great to be a part of this project. Hopefully we can work again.
Welp, not many videos and songs have captured the essence and torment of being alive and feeling...thank you.
The actress is sooo pretty, her eyes are super expressive
Hey! I’m the guy they used for the moon orbiting the earth 🌎!! Very little cgi used if you look close enough you can see my fat face 😊! What a masterpiece to be a part of, Thanks!
for me this is beautiful, understanding bipolar schizophrenia is difficult but this absolutely registers with my mind, the chaos that our mind can create is infinite, i work every day to push myself to be more happy and more stable than yesterday, but this song and video basically portrays the message that we are suffering and mentally ill, the world feels like its ending, but we are not, even we wish you would live.... because i wish i could live, please push to be happy
brother I'm just browsing my recommended and the next minute im crying my eyes out, I didn't ask for this
This song has been stuck in my head ever since I first listened to it. Today my son and I lit a few fireworks and as I glanced up at the black infinite sky I took in the moment as this song echoed in my head. If this is it ...I will live as much as I can, if we are infinite like the expansive unlit space above I will retain as much of this life as I can and one day be with the stars looking back down.
Beautiful.
@@blackshapemusic Thank u guys for ur music. Take care.
Once again the algorithm hard @work. With its guidance, My life was Changed. I've been hooked since. As with everyone here, I was not expecting this. This Beauty hidden in the cloud of Decimation.
Sometimes I wish it would just all
End in some instantaneous flash.
The reality is much more horrific.
We're pressed to endure.
@@shanepilgrim5802 I feel that way at times. A reset, rebut or just an end to it all after a long life of pain, struggle and endurance a finally would be sufficient
This is an instance where I'm glad I was late to the party. While I would have loved this as audio alone, the video is beyond stunning. So cathartic, and really connects to a pain I'm trying to let go of.
Honored to be part of your catharsis. So glad you found us.
I just realized the title is the first four lines of the lyrics. WOW. That took me forever. Gorgeous song.
Been listening to this song all week and while thinking about other situations in my life I finally understand the song:
If this is our only chance at life, live it how you want. Even if we have infinite chances live each one how you want
Straight onto the "I'm moody but not sure why" playlist. Really enjoyed finding this.
You don't know how much this video saved me, i was going through a lot lately, i found this song while sitting on a elevated bridged, watching the cars passing under me, contemplating ending everything... This came up in yt music, i felt every bit of the instrumental and when the volcals came along i broke down in tears, it ressonated so much, thank you, thank you😊
We’re glad you’re still with us. ❤
🖤🖤🖤 Thank you for sharing such a vulnerable and honest moment. I see you.
Already saw that film
Despite all the horror in the world, there's so much beauty too. Try to fill your days with nothing but things you are truly grateful for. Nothing else matters.
This may be all there is...and even if all of us are infinite...I hope you choose to live.
--From one suicide survivor to another.
The way the music builds up to about 3:30 is like living life building up to this one moment that's either incredibly beautiful or completely disastrous. Man, what a complete rollercoaster of emotions. It's insane...
Shades of “Explosions In The Sky” & “Moments In Grace”.
I was not ready for the vocal part to come in. Absolutely spectacular, very well put together, from the video to the music, incredible!
Was enjoying the moody instrumentals. Then singing. "Heck yeah!"
I was browsing the comments while listening and found this a few minutes in before the vocal. I thought it was going to be some etheral ahhhs and ohhhs at the end, but then the vocal hit and it all made sense.
fucking beautiful in every aspect, ugh please let this band prosper
First time hearing this, and it moved me to tears almost instantly
Heaviness and beauty beyond words
🖤
I clicked out of curiosity, I stayed to experience the beauty of the song. Holy shit.
This youtube algorithm is vapid and overbearing a lot of the time, a tool that is supposed to help bring things into your scope but often just repeats the same few subscribed creators ad infinitum.
Today, the algorithm worked. Now to go through all your other works. Glorious.
For any one who is patient enough this song rewards like a guiding light reaching down to your soul.
Слава Україні! Героям слава!
Im back again to play this on repeat for the next 2 weeks.
When I watch this I think this singer is the most beautiful human being on Earth
it feels like Love
Thank You
Literal goosebumbs after the bridge as she begins to sing. Excellent craftsmanship, all round masterpiece
Song blew me away, rattled my bones! Please for the love of the gods bring this vocalist back for more tracks or better yet as your full time singer. Wow.
Yes. Have her be the permanent vocalist
Holy hell, that song was beautiful. I'm speechless.
So I’ve been listening and watching this video on repeat. I often get goosebumps or tear up a bit from songs that just hit right and make me feel deeply…but this song…this masterpiece…along with the video, just
make me feel something entirely different. The imagery of space showing how insignificant we are on this blue dot. The existentialism is real. We want to value our time but are aware of our inevitable end of this life and we don’t know if there’s anything more to this…we hope there is, we want there to be more…but we don’t know
This song is just so damn beautiful
If this is it, if this is all there is, both living and dying are meaningless.
If this is a universe without a grounding to all meaning, then concepts like life and death, good and bad, love and hate, beauty and horror, all of it is simply the arbitrary conceptual convulsions of the deluded beings secreted by death clock deterministic fizzing of physics and chemistry hallucinating self awareness and play acting agency.
All while suffering greatly.
A nihilistic mad house of capricious pain wrapped in a cosmic joke.
"Full of sound and fury, signifying.. nothing.. " to be sure.
But I do not hold to that.
I cannot, for one second, accept that this is all there is.
Why?
More than a few reasons, but here are few reasons..
Everything that begins to exist has a cause.
The universe began to exist.
Therefore the universe has a cause.
This is known as the Kalaam Cosmological Argument.
It's one among a family of arguments from Contingency.
They seek to reason about the existence of things that owe the explanation of their existence to something else, and what we could logically derive from that analysis.
By the universe, I mean all space, time, and matter.
The cause of space, time, and matter must therefore be emptied of all of them, as in, the cause is spaceless, timeless, and immaterial.
But what spaceless, timeless, immaterial entities are there? Numbers perhaps? I don't buy it, actually, but even if they do exist in that sense, the number 33822 cannot CAUSE anything. It simply describes, or measures.. never causes..
So what else? I, and many good philosophers much smarter than I can only come up with one other good explanation:
A Mind. A timeless, spaceless, immaterial, uncaused, necessary being of incomprehensible intelligence, complete agency and immeasurable ability.
Yahweh, or as many like to call him, God.
So if Yahweh exists, which seems to be the best explanation of the cause of the universe and why there is anything instead of nothing at all, then we have to examine another important question: how has this being interacted with what it caused?
Well, there are some pretty solid evidences of a first century ancient near eastern man who went around claiming to be this being. That's pretty crazy. He'd have to make some sort of drastic, unbelievable demonstration of who he said he was, or he'd be yet another lunatic.
So, in this case, he DID.
Jesus of Nazereth, was crucified under the roman prefect Pontius Pilate at the behest of the religious leaders of his own nation, because in their tradition, no one gets away with saying the kind of absurd claims this Jesus was making without being put to death for blasphemy. You don't just get to call yourself the uncreated, most high God, and pretend like that's just going to be fine, not in that context.
He died, and was buried in the tomb of a Jewish religious leader named Joseph who was secretly a follower, and a giant round stone was rolled into place, one that no one could just easily roll away.
A few days later, a group of the women who followed him before he died came back and claimed that Jesus had physically risen from the dead to the rest of the dejected and fearful men who had spent the last 3 years devoting every moment to the service of the one they thought for sure this time would save them from Roman oppression. They were rebels with a disgraced and murdered messiah, and their hopes dreams were broken and as dead as their teacher, and it was most likely going to be the same for them all soon. No that couldn't be true, they thought, they're just women, their testimony wouldn't even hold up in court half a man's testimony, why would they believe such outlandish nonsense? No one gets up from the dead.. at least not until the Final Day, the Great Resurrection, where all who die would rise together out of the depths of Sheol, and be given new life and new bodies to be with God.
There was no reason to believe these women, these men had no concept of a single person resurrection...
But soon the women weren't the only ones who started seeing the risen Jesus. Soon it was two of them, then all eleven, then up to 500 people at one time. Was He just a Ghost? Well no, He ate fish.. ghosts don't eat .. and ghosts certainly don't invite you to put your fingers in the giant holes in their hands or the gaping laceration in his side...
But if God exists, and Jesus Christ rose from the dead, then Christianity is true.
If that's true, then this is NOT all there is.. and we have deeply failed the standard that God has laid out for us. But, the good news, the Gospel, is that living is given as an option and opportunity to become sons and daughters of the family of the Most High God, if only we let Jesus bear the legal penalty of our missing the mark, and according to ancient scripture, offending a perfect being comes at the punishment of death. But Jesus took that punishment. He died so we could live.
I hope you consider all of this honestly.
I hope you see the hope in what seemed so hopeless.
I hope you become part of the family of the source of life, Himself.
This isn't it.
This isn't all there is.
I hope you live.
I feel the same way, have this song on repeat since last week, every time I grow to love it more..
I'm the leftmost blood pigment number 125,590,391. I had a lot of fun on this project. Thanks all for watching!
I have NO idea why this video popped up on RUclips, and I’m even more baffled as to why I felt the need to urgently press play on it but I’m so glad I did. It grew and grew and grew into this lovely, interesting, bizarre, amazement of a song and video. I couldn’t stop watching it, and listening to it, and now I think I have played it over 10 times. It gets better and better the more I see into the meaning and the story the video presents. And just…. Wow.
Hello there! I'm the spoon from the restaurant scene, I know I didn't have a major role, but I can honestly say that I enjoyed every second of the experience.
I really loved to be a part of this project and I wish the very best to the band.
I lost it when she looked down on the ground and saw that there was nothing there. Like it was all in her head the whole time. Fucking brilliant directing and acting on this.
What a beautiful song and video. Simply amazing. I was NOT expecting the lyrics. Going thru a divorce and I'm shaking right now and crying amazing tears of happiness.
This is one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard. I'm blown away.
Wouaouuu!!! this music sticks to my skin, invades my head, resonates in my body, I take flight
Going to add this to my daily rotation. I've been going through a really tough time mentally and this is the kind of music that reminds me what being alive means
I’ve struggled with bipolar depression my entire life. I get trapped in spirals of pure darkness and sometimes it feels like I won’t stop spinning until I hit rock bottom. I was spiraling when I found this video. I downloaded the song, put it on repeat for hours. It brought me back to myself. I’ve never been more grateful for a song in my life. I hope I live too.
I hope you continue to find moments of solace ✊
The number of times I watched this video before I picked up on the repeat of the line, " I'm fine with this " at the end being from the cafe scene at the beginning is embarrassingly high.
What I’m truly grateful for is that hundreds of thousands of people have had this song impact their lives
After a very rough day, I am so glad that I found this! ThankYouSoMuch!
I'm the guy who shared this with all my friends and across platforms because I want these people to get as much exposure as they can. They deserve it ❤
This song is incredible. I first listened about 6 months ago and every time it comes across my recommended again I stop to listen to and watch this amazing piece of art.
Can't wait to experience it a little stoned here before too long. If weed does nothing else, it greatly expands the ability to appreciate music in new ways.
It shows up at least 2 or 3 times a week and I am not complaining!
One of the best songs I have ever heard. The drums during the chorus... amazing.
I've watched this so many times and recommended it to so many people, and every time I watch it I notice something new
this is EXCELLENT
Cinematic masterpiece to say the least. The way the music blends with the content of the video, the flow of the song, the unexpected vocals. So poignant and emotional. It was an experience.
Spot on. I'm in absolute awe.
As a survivor of some pretty horrible things, this video hit me hard. Thank you so much for this. It's really beautiful.
As someone who deals with mental disorders/frustration… Jesus. Wow. This hits home like no other. Thank you. Also, ouch.
Habs gerade aus rezos stream kennen gelernt, einfach unfassbar krasser song
I've listened/watched this dozens of times now, but somehow I missed that the "I'm fine with this" statement appears at the beginning of the video too. The full circle of what "I'm fine with this" actually means to her is intriguing, and adds to the many-meaning feeling of the whole premise. I'm fine with what? Accepting the bare minimum? The end of the our reign, to make way for another? ..... like all great art, there are more questions than answers and I am here for it.
Вот это я понимаю музыка, эти мелодии, атмосфера, необычная ритмика... Лучшее, что я слышал за последнее время. Этот шедевр должны услышать как можно больше людей
This song is f****** magic. Seriously, I watch this at least once almost every day, and I've shared it with everyone that I know. I think you all have done it... made a perfect song.
I keep sharing it, usually get a question about the title. At least once I day I'll sing the words 😂
This is exactly the kind of music i've been looking for.
Just came up in my recommended randomly. WOW. Never been happier whilst trying not to cry.
Your song is connecting with people who don’t even listen to the genre boys.
It’s beautifully written, and the video as amazing as well.
It’s brought grown men to tears
This song came up on my recommended months ago and I found it so mesmorizing and captivating. It popped back up on my feed and I lost it when she started singing. Tomorrow it will be two weeks that my mom passed away. This song really resonates with the emotions I've been feeling. What a heartbreaking beautiful song of sorrow and hope.
"What should we name our song?"
"I dunno, smack the keyboard, see what comes up."
"You son of a bitch, I'm in."
@@HA-lp4zt That's a crazy coincidence from smacking the keyboard.
Am i the only one who teared up from this range of emotion through pure genius artistry both musically and cinematographically. Am i mistaken seeing that subscriber number...? It's criminally low for this quality. To the youtube algorithm, thank you for bringing me here. To the artists, thank you for what you do. Your gifts and talents show through your work and you're appreciated. I'm genuinely excited to see what other music is in store.
Not at all buddy
nope, somehow its been raining in the darkness of my room for hours. peculiar. . .
I've never been more pleased by a youtube suggestion. This song is hitting every part of my soul. I can't wait to check out the full album.
I can’t find the words. Blown away. Tears rolling down my face at 4:30 am. Thank you. 🖤🔥🖤🔥🖤
PHENOMENAL song and video. The actress absolutely NAILED the emotion. AMAZING.
This is pure art. Only a great piece of art makes you think about your existence but encourages you to live and feel alive. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks RUclips for this recommendation, it will be always remembered :)
What a deep contemplation of reality. The youtube algorithm seems to have found the right crowd for this song. It's a great work of art. Very existential.
My first time hearing this song and or band and i have to say... this is absolutely beautiful. Legit started crying for no reason and got goosebumps. I felt so connected to just the overall atmosphere that was created by not only the music, but the video as well. Well done to everyone involved in this. This project was/is ART
Just found this today, and have watched it multiple times. The build up to the lyrics really hit for me. Incredible stuff.