"There is goodness in the heart of every broken man who comes right up to the edge of losing everything he has." That line followed by the instruments in the background is so powerful to me and always gives me goosebumps.
"Our questions ricochet, like broken satellites, How our bodies, born to heal, become so prone to die?" I swear, SAL is a man of talent... gives me chills every time.
It's actually a common misconception that in ww1 they didn't know about shell shock and PTSD, they did, just the methods they used to try and cure it were questionable. And they viewed soldiers as sick rather than mentally ill, or having trauma.
Gage Priest I have ptsd, and I’m a young teen. No one believes me. I feel awful for those older who aren’t believed, it takes over your whole life especially when you have other mental illnesses, I wish people could understand how loudly you need to scream sometimes but you can’t even get to a single place in the world where you feel safe
The lyric "we were young enough to sign, along the dotted line" I believe is the most poetic as it suggests both they were young enough to still have their naivety and innocence while also showing that age wasn't important. Those who are young are more likely to do it as they have the hope those older and wiser have lost in replacement of their realism. Also, I know this is beginning to feel like an English essay but I thought I should convey my feelings as I always read the comments where people express their feelings on the songs as I feel they are all so correct in different ways letting me see different perspectives on the songs and allow them to gain even more meaning than they already have.
When do will we hear sound advice? How long until we reach the other side? Whats there on the other side? What all of use want is answers. Answers to all the infinite questions.
@WAY Near sound advice means therapy for mental illness and PTSD, let the brokenness be felt till you reach the other side means enduring the damage that the war has done to them till they die(the other side), call it afterlife or heaven or nothing.
@@waynear6856 I think of this as shadow work, in Jungian terms. On the other side is light, The Self (Jungian archetype of psychic wholeness). Conscious individuation (spiritual growth) is needed for the person to be aware of this light. As Jung says: "If the individuation is not conscious, the end is as dark as the beginning"
@@silverisshiny I will always find something special in people who have never seen war yet can speak and touch people they are speaking to who have as if they had seen it, as if they knew what it was like.
I love reading through the comments and seeing what lyrics effect people the most. It gives a perspective into their views and possible past experiences. It really is beautiful. For me the most hard hitting lyrics are “now we’re young enough to try to build a better life”
I used to think Billy Joel was one of the best lyricists of all time and maybe he still is but now sleeping at last is definitely my favorite modern poet.
I have two brothers who are veterans of two different wars and Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon was always a song I associate with my purple heart in Vietnam brother Bobby who committed suicide 25 years ago but I think I found Danny's song in this one. My baby brother was army ROTC in pre-med when the war in the desert began and he had wanted to be a pediatrician. He's been career army since the war in Iraq twice Afghanistan once and now I think I have his song in here but I think about my friend Andrew and I don't know if maybe he would want me to write his own song because he was less than a week to get home from his second USMC Iraq tour and he was killed by an IED that took out everyone but one of the guys in their humvee. Why's it that every generation seems to have a place to deploy their young people who are barely out of childhood? I remember I wanted to fill out a draft card too but I am a girl. Human nature is a mystery.
For some reason, every time I listen to this song, I can't help but think of the men and women who served during World War I. The infamous "Lost Generation".
@@solarflare6036 Mars is the Roman God of War and Ares is the Greek God of War so basically the same thing the song name is Mars so it makes more sense
These are such nice videos. You manage to make the lyrics synced to the music, the font easy to read, and the backgrounds visually appealing. Keep up the great work!
"Every time someone tries to prevent a war from beginning... people get killed." - Steve Rogers (Captain America). "Whatever happens tomorrow you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man." - Abraham Erskine (Captain America).
Captain America isn't a good source for wise quotes. He's hardly well written. Why not look into the great minds of real people who actually took action, like Albert Einstein. He has a book out there on his opinion on society, personality, etc. It was written by him too
@@nathansilvestre1866 Why you getting all philosophical on a RUclips comment section. Lmaaaooo. Get outta here. Let people quote who they want to quote, it's not that deep. Quotes and words can resonate with people in different ways. Just because you read it one way doesn't mean everyone else reads it the same way or relates to it in the same way.
LYRICS We laid our names to rest Along the dotted line We left our date of birth And our history behind We were full of life We could barely hold it in We were amateurs at war Strangers to suffering We made our families proud But scared at the same time We promised we’d be safe Another lie from the front lines Our backs against the wall We’re surrounded and afraid Our lives now in the hands Of the soldiers taking aim Our questions ricochet Like broken satellites: How our bodies, born to heal Become so prone to die? Though time is ruthless It showed us kindness in the end By slowing down enough A second chance to make amends As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim: “Lay your weapons down! They’re calling off the war On account of losing track Of what we’re fighting for” So we found our way back home Let our cuts and bruises heal While a brand-new war began One that no one else could feel Our nights have grown so long Now we beg for sound advice “Let the brokenness be felt ’Til you reach the other side There is goodness in the heart Of every broken man Who comes right up to the edge Of losing everything he has” We were young enough to sign Along the dotted line Now we’re young enough to try To build a better life To build a better life
@@Riftwalker84 idk for some people it’s helpful?? did they do something that disturbed u? i dont think so; maybe you dont find it helpful but some people do
@@Riftwalker84 I like to read the lyrics all at once to understand the message of the song. I can't comprehend it as easily when the lyrics play as the song is playing. Maybe for once in your life realize that other people who aren't you exist and have different needs from you 😒
@@Riftwalker84 some people like myself like to read the lyrics first. When I find a new song I usually skip through it to see if I like the music. Then I check out the whole lyrics. Then I conclude if I want to listen to the song whole. It is very helpful if youre scouting for new music without wasting much time. It works for me
Am I the only one thinking about school shootings and March For Our Lives? I'm not even American, but all the mentions of being young, but so afraid? It just reminded me of all these children all the way across the Atlantic. Also the "THEY are calling of the war" and "young enough to build a better life" line too? It just makes me think of the hopelessness some feel, because of politicians silencing them, and then the ones who are still doing everything they can. There hasn't been a lot of news about all of this lately, but I still couldn't help thinking about it.
This song reminds me of my great grandmother. She survived two wars without much as a scratch. She got put up against a wall and almost shot by a soldier. After a year of healing from the trauma she got up and kept living. I am so proud to be from such a strong bloodline.
This song reminds me of the theory that mars was once like earth but then was destroyed by humans, and then we moved to earth, and the same thing is happening again
This is why I love Sleeping At Last. This might just be my favorite song ever. It carries so much emotion and has so many morals that really make you think. Been on my self imposed deadline for the last hour and a half, and been doing nothing my drawing. I’ve listened to this song three times now.
I really love how all the Planets have themes suitable for their respective characters; Mars is named after the Roman god of War, Mercury the God of Wind and wine, Venus god of Love etc.
I'm leaving everything to hurt everything because once I was an innocent kid so pure so filled with life but now I'm a raging teenager who doesn't understand anger and what it means to lose everything
@@poxl9222 ayo how did you find this cringy af comment… I’m embarrassed as hell reading this 😭 I’m doing good now, thanks for asking. Still got some problems but I’m working thru ‘em better than before. No more terrible angsty poems in random internet spaces for me!
"They had so much to offer and he knew it. Hadn't they triumphed in everything they'd attempted? Weren't they the heroes of every story so far? It would be nothing at all to them. They could end this war and really begin their lives."
littleblu33 pffftt no, I'm just naming the Greek counterparts... Though I do happen to harbor a bit of salt toward the fact that the planets are named after the Roman gods and not the Greek gods. 1000 years after the Greeks came up with them, the Romans took all of their god ideas, called them different names, and claimed it was their own. They essentially plagiarized an entire religion. The Romans studied astronomy, and named the planets after their gods. As astronomy progressed the names stuck. What I'm bitter about is that the Romans gods get recognition for ideas they stole. Why does no one even know who Chronos is, but automatically recognize Saturn, his Roman counterpart?? Greek mythology is so well developed and interesting, and though it solves nothing to be angry that Roman gods get the planets named after them when practically no one even knows they're named after gods, I'm still gonna bitch about it.
Minicy no, it's not. they just wrote songs to be like anthems to the Roman God's/goddessess. It's actually like placing a sacrifice to the gods on their alters.
Listening to this on my last day of being 18, this song stuck with me for a few years now and I feel oddly safe, bittersweet but safe, I am in a better place and I am thankful, I hope my 19 will be a great year :)
So, I made a little short story for Mars kinda based off this song and about an episode I saw on NOVA about how Mars used to have life (like Earth) and they lived for like 4 billion years then died off right as Earth was just starting to cool down or something like that. So, here it is for your enjoyment. :) A body once filled with life, a mother so grateful for children of the stars. But she was found too late, her babes born too early. Her moons wept the loss, as she smiled sadly at her younger sister’s children. When the last oceans dried up into clouds of copper dust, she grew into great despair. But her little sister trying to pull her from the darkness, sent a little robot named Sojourner. She knew Earth had felt pity for her, and when Sojourner rolled around her red surface she was delighted. He didn’t last long, but years later two other gifts had been sent, named Spirit and Opportunity. Those two robots lasted for years, helping her forget her pain. During a strong dust storm in June, when her kind Oppy breathed his last, she sadly buried his silver body copper sand. But when she looked to Earth, she knew. One day, her sister will send more gifts to help fend off the dark. Also, here's the link to the doc with all the rest of the planets (not finished yet). docs.google.com/document/d/1GvTQiqdNYNK3DpVG3jZNubHUx5RUX1J7af03GkIghik/edit?usp=sharing
This is the lyrics translated in Latin back to English *MAY NOT BE ACCURATE* We put our names to rest In the line. We left our day of birth On the back of our history. But we were not full of life, Barely able to keep. We we went to war Strangers no more suffering to gather. Family, we But at the same time scared. We promised we would not be saved Some of the camp of the lie. And our backs against the wall We're surrounded by, and fear. In our hands TAKING AIM of the guard. Our questions ricochet As the guards broken; To our bodies are born healthy; So it is prone to die? However, time is ruthless, Lenient end points By slowing down enough From the second chance to make amends. Replayed life, as we have heard a voice announce: "And now, please take weapons down! They were descended'll call it off war Due to the loss Spirit They that were men of war. " So we find ourselves back in the home; Do not try our heal our wounds. While the war was on the new, For by one another no one is able to sense things. More nights are grown. However, the plan to hand. 'I might be done for grief While reach the other side. There is no goodness in my heart every broken Who is right up to the edge The losing everything you have. " We were young enough signal In the line. We have enough youth To do so might find a better resurrection. To do so might find a better resurrection.
I never met my grandpa because he died pretty early. Weird thing is I was researching the last couple of days about where my fathers uncle died in war 1945 and while I finally found it where he is buried I was writing about it into my journal and this song came on spotify... I was like that's really reminding me of him what he was going through as a German died in Poland.. like a voice about what happened in the past... so happy to know where he is now
"For years and years afterwards, once the agony of all those funerals and obituaries and memorials and speeches had faded, Remus would be left with memories of his last months at Hogwarts, when they had been stupid and naive and indescribably happy without even knowing it."
I love the Repetition of “to build a better life”. It’s like he’s saying after everything he’s been through, his life’s only gotten worse with the ptsd. Even though the whole point of war is to build a better life in the end.
I dont know Who is sleeping at last before saturn, and i just listen all his music, all this make a strange melange Which became an addiction. His music just give me the sensation that i fly. I don't know if you know sufjans stevens, but his music are just also appaysing.
I found this song through an Avengers edit (that made me CRY) and now I’ve been sucked into his music and I’m not complaining tbh. Probably gonna choreo a dance to this ngl
We laid our names to rest Along the dotted line We left our date of birth And our history behind We were full of life We could barely hold it in We were amateurs at war Strangers to suffering We made our families proud But scared at the same time We promised we'd be safe Another lie from the front lines Our backs against the wall We're surrounded and afraid Our lives now in the hands Of the soldiers taking aim Our questions ricochet Like broken satellites How our bodies, born to heal Become so prone to die? Though time is ruthless It showed us kindness in the end (By slowing down enough) (A second chance to make amends) As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim "Lay your weapons down They're calling off the war On account of losing track Of what we're fighting for" So we found our way back home Let our cuts and bruises heal While a brand-new war began One that no one else could feel Our nights have grown so long Now we beg for sound advice "Let the brokenness be felt 'Til you reach the other side There is goodness in the heart Of every broken man Who comes right up to the edge Of losing everything he has" (Losing everything he has) (Losing everything he has) We were young enough to sign Along the dotted line (To build a better life) (To build a better life) Now we're young enough to try To build a better life To build a better life
We laid our names to rest Along the dotted line. We left our date of birth And our history behind. We were full of life, We could barely hold it in. We were amateurs at war, Strangers to suffering. We made our families proud But scared at the same time. We promised we'd be safe, Another lie from the front lines. Our backs against the wall, We're surrounded and afraid. Our lives now in the hands Of the soldiers taking aim. Our questions ricochet Like broken satellites: How our bodies, born to heal, Become so prone to die? Though time is ruthless, It showed us kindness in the end, By slowing down enough, A second chance to make amends. As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim: "lay your weapons down! They're calling off the war On account of losing track Of what…
"How our bodies born to heal become so prone to die"
Very deep line..
LemonadeTheFifth:p omg just quoted the same thing!😂😂
So profound
"We promised we'd be safe,
Another lie from the front lines"
Man that was deep
cut into my chest and ripped out my heart, thats how deep that was
who else is going on a planet song spree by sleeping at last?
me
pearl nuri me 😂
Me!!!
Me :)
How did you know
"No one wants a soldier once the war has ended, kid... After that... all you are to society is a monster..."
Is this a quote from somewhere? Its really good
What is this quote from?
it's from the song
Holi Dog not this song. I didn't hear it in mars
yeah i saw that, i googled the quote and it said it was in this song, so i don't know
_they're calling off the war - on account of losing track of what we're fighting for_ is such a _powerful_ line
"There is goodness in the heart of every broken man who comes right up to the edge of losing everything he has." That line followed by the instruments in the background is so powerful to me and always gives me goosebumps.
Felt that too
Come back again
i love how these songs all have their own themes, and how those are connected to mythology
mars, the roman god of war
Pyrite Paladin it all makes sense now lol
Pyrite Paladin yeah, that's true.
You guys should watch his new podcast. He walks through his new songs with you and gives reasons why he did things or made things this way.
the album all these songs are on is called space;)
Sarah Warenfelt whats it called
"Our questions ricochet,
like broken satellites,
How our bodies, born to heal,
become so prone to die?"
I swear, SAL is a man of talent... gives me chills every time.
Come back again
“We let our cuts and bruises heal
while a brand new war began
one that no one could feel”
Reference to PTSD?
DUH
Sadly yes, and sadly sometimes no one believes them. PTSD is a cruel thing, it changes a person so much.
It's actually a common misconception that in ww1 they didn't know about shell shock and PTSD, they did, just the methods they used to try and cure it were questionable. And they viewed soldiers as sick rather than mentally ill, or having trauma.
What's PTSD? I'm not a English native speaker, so I don't know what does that mean.
Gage Priest I have ptsd, and I’m a young teen. No one believes me. I feel awful for those older who aren’t believed, it takes over your whole life especially when you have other mental illnesses, I wish people could understand how loudly you need to scream sometimes but you can’t even get to a single place in the world where you feel safe
The lyric "we were young enough to sign, along the dotted line" I believe is the most poetic as it suggests both they were young enough to still have their naivety and innocence while also showing that age wasn't important. Those who are young are more likely to do it as they have the hope those older and wiser have lost in replacement of their realism.
Also, I know this is beginning to feel like an English essay but I thought I should convey my feelings as I always read the comments where people express their feelings on the songs as I feel they are all so correct in different ways letting me see different perspectives on the songs and allow them to gain even more meaning than they already have.
“Our nights have grown so long, Now we beg for sound advice. Let the brokenness be felt, till you reach the other side.”
When do will we hear sound advice? How long until we reach the other side? Whats there on the other side?
What all of use want is answers.
Answers to all the infinite questions.
@WAY Near sound advice means therapy for mental illness and PTSD, let the brokenness be felt till you reach the other side means enduring the damage that the war has done to them till they die(the other side), call it afterlife or heaven or nothing.
@@waynear6856 I think of this as shadow work, in Jungian terms. On the other side is light, The Self (Jungian archetype of psychic wholeness). Conscious individuation (spiritual growth) is needed for the person to be aware of this light. As Jung says: "If the individuation is not conscious, the end is as dark as the beginning"
Whoever wrote the lyrics for Sleeping At Last songs is one hell of a god damn poet.
He is one person
His name is ryan
He plays the instruments, writes the lyrics and sing them
@@silverisshiny he is Legend
he is a king
i hope we never reach the end
when he stops to sing
Ikr
@@silverisshiny I will always find something special in people who have never seen war yet can speak and touch people they are speaking to who have as if they had seen it, as if they knew what it was like.
Ryan wrote everything by himself, and he has a blog talking about how he came up with the lyrics of all if not most of his songs.
I love reading through the comments and seeing what lyrics effect people the most. It gives a perspective into their views and possible past experiences. It really is beautiful. For me the most hard hitting lyrics are “now we’re young enough to try to build a better life”
I used to think Billy Joel was one of the best lyricists of all time and maybe he still is but now sleeping at last is definitely my favorite modern poet.
I have two brothers who are veterans of two different wars and Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon was always a song I associate with my purple heart in Vietnam brother Bobby who committed suicide 25 years ago but I think I found Danny's song in this one. My baby brother was army ROTC in pre-med when the war in the desert began and he had wanted to be a pediatrician. He's been career army since the war in Iraq twice Afghanistan once and now I think I have his song in here but I think about my friend Andrew and I don't know if maybe he would want me to write his own song because he was less than a week to get home from his second USMC Iraq tour and he was killed by an IED that took out everyone but one of the guys in their humvee. Why's it that every generation seems to have a place to deploy their young people who are barely out of childhood? I remember I wanted to fill out a draft card too but I am a girl. Human nature is a mystery.
For some reason, every time I listen to this song, I can't help but think of the men and women who served during World War I. The infamous "Lost Generation".
what are you on, the armies of the first world war didn't allow women to serve on any front.
@@aston4057 i think they mean nurses? people who were on the front but weren't soldiers?
@@harvard8215 I don't mean to cause conflict but nurses were thousands of km from the front lines and combat medics were all male at the time.
Same, although, as some others have pointed out, women didn't serve on the front lines
@@JohnJames-nl8ji True, well, unless they went undercover as men.
I love how all of Sleeping at Last's songs have so much meaning in the lyrics
"we were so full of life ... we could barely hold it in" 🌹💖
@@valkywolf0187 for real… and who knows, that may very well be our destiny too 😅
"Though time is ruthless It showed us kindness in the end"
It's a perfect song that is impossible to describe how good this is.
I love how the meaning of "to build a better life" changes between the first verse and the last.
Mars is the Roman god for war. This fits so well, just wanna say that.
Such a sad and powerful song. War is so dreadful
Not Roman, Greek. Mars is the Latin name for Ares, the God of war
@@solarflare6036 you‘re right, I wasn‘t precise enough
@@solarflare6036 Mars is the Roman God of War and Ares is the Greek God of War so basically the same thing the song name is Mars so it makes more sense
There is goodness in the heart
of every broken man
Who comes right up to the edge
Of losing everything he has...
These are such nice videos. You manage to make the lyrics synced to the music, the font easy to read, and the backgrounds visually appealing. Keep up the great work!
ThistleRat don't forget about the background. They are really cool and go with the songs!!
Ikr!!
ThistleRat I'm just feeding time. Thank you!
"How our bodies, born to heal become so prone to die?" Uuu that gave me chills bro!
I think I love Mars most in the Sleeping At Last solar system mythology song line up. It just sounds so poetic, sad, and yet inspiring.
This song comes to mind tonight after several years. It still resonates so much.....
It’s crazy how relevant this is now
"Every time someone tries to prevent a war from beginning... people get killed." - Steve Rogers (Captain America).
"Whatever happens tomorrow you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man." - Abraham Erskine (Captain America).
Captain America isn't a good source for wise quotes. He's hardly well written.
Why not look into the great minds of real people who actually took action, like Albert Einstein. He has a book out there on his opinion on society, personality, etc.
It was written by him too
it's a great source of perspective
@@nathansilvestre1866 Why you getting all philosophical on a RUclips comment section. Lmaaaooo. Get outta here. Let people quote who they want to quote, it's not that deep. Quotes and words can resonate with people in different ways. Just because you read it one way doesn't mean everyone else reads it the same way or relates to it in the same way.
@@Mnxeu I know all this and never really said you can't or shouldn't do this :T
Work on yourself bby
@@nathansilvestre1866 No need hun, I'm fab as I am.
This is sheer poetry
LYRICS
We laid our names to rest
Along the dotted line
We left our date of birth
And our history behind
We were full of life
We could barely hold it in
We were amateurs at war
Strangers to suffering
We made our families proud
But scared at the same time
We promised we’d be safe
Another lie from the front lines
Our backs against the wall
We’re surrounded and afraid
Our lives now in the hands
Of the soldiers taking aim
Our questions ricochet
Like broken satellites:
How our bodies, born to heal
Become so prone to die?
Though time is ruthless
It showed us kindness in the end
By slowing down enough
A second chance to make amends
As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim:
“Lay your weapons down!
They’re calling off the war
On account of losing track
Of what we’re fighting for”
So we found our way back home
Let our cuts and bruises heal
While a brand-new war began
One that no one else could feel
Our nights have grown so long
Now we beg for sound advice
“Let the brokenness be felt
’Til you reach the other side
There is goodness in the heart
Of every broken man
Who comes right up to the edge
Of losing everything he has”
We were young enough to sign
Along the dotted line
Now we’re young enough to try
To build a better life
To build a better life
This is literally a Lyric Video why are you putting this in the comments
Who the hell posts the lyrics on a goddamn lyric video?
@@Riftwalker84 idk for some people it’s helpful?? did they do something that disturbed u? i dont think so; maybe you dont find it helpful but some people do
@@Riftwalker84 I like to read the lyrics all at once to understand the message of the song. I can't comprehend it as easily when the lyrics play as the song is playing. Maybe for once in your life realize that other people who aren't you exist and have different needs from you 😒
@@Riftwalker84 some people like myself like to read the lyrics first. When I find a new song I usually skip through it to see if I like the music. Then I check out the whole lyrics. Then I conclude if I want to listen to the song whole. It is very helpful if youre scouting for new music without wasting much time. It works for me
Am I the only one thinking about school shootings and March For Our Lives? I'm not even American, but all the mentions of being young, but so afraid? It just reminded me of all these children all the way across the Atlantic. Also the "THEY are calling of the war" and "young enough to build a better life" line too? It just makes me think of the hopelessness some feel, because of politicians silencing them, and then the ones who are still doing everything they can. There hasn't been a lot of news about all of this lately, but I still couldn't help thinking about it.
These videos are so relaxing and visually appealing! Please keep it up!
"Our lives now in the hands of the soldiers taking aim"
That was deep.
This song reminds me of my great grandmother. She survived two wars without much as a scratch. She got put up against a wall and almost shot by a soldier. After a year of healing from the trauma she got up and kept living. I am so proud to be from such a strong bloodline.
our bodies born to heal become so prone to die
This song reminds me of the theory that mars was once like earth but then was destroyed by humans, and then we moved to earth, and the same thing is happening again
Same
With this song I picture Marvel characters like Bucky and Steve.
Also, Star Wars Rebels anyone? The lyrics are spot on.
Yes! Star Wars Rebels
I listened the song again just to check and it indeed fits!
Now I need a Rebels AMV with this-
"there's goodness in the heart of every broken men who comes right up to the edge of losing everything he has".
This is why I love Sleeping At Last. This might just be my favorite song ever. It carries so much emotion and has so many morals that really make you think. Been on my self imposed deadline for the last hour and a half, and been doing nothing my drawing. I’ve listened to this song three times now.
MY FAVORITE SONG
Annie Blithed it's mine too because I have a lot of family in the military.
2:23 Immortal lines. These lines were relevant long before us and will stay so for generations to come.
Sleeping At Last is one of the best bands to ever exist for their lyrics alone. Their music is so powerful.
I really love how all the Planets have themes suitable for their respective characters; Mars is named after the Roman god of War, Mercury the God of Wind and wine, Venus god of Love etc.
I'm leaving everything
to hurt everything
because once I was an innocent kid
so pure
so filled with life
but now I'm a raging teenager
who doesn't understand anger
and what it means to lose
everything
@@poxl9222 ayo how did you find this cringy af comment… I’m embarrassed as hell reading this 😭 I’m doing good now, thanks for asking. Still got some problems but I’m working thru ‘em better than before. No more terrible angsty poems in random internet spaces for me!
as an aries ♈, spiritually i feel so connected to this song. i really love it.
SYML Radio on Pandora introduced me to this song, this band, and so many other incredible songs
Mars sounds like the aftermath of a war and you walking along the ground looking around for another sign of life.
This song makes me think of WW1 :(
"They had so much to offer and he knew it. Hadn't they triumphed in everything they'd attempted? Weren't they the heroes of every story so far? It would be nothing at all to them. They could end this war and really begin their lives."
ARES, God of War
... is this hate against the Romans or something?
littleblu33 pffftt no, I'm just naming the Greek counterparts... Though I do happen to harbor a bit of salt toward the fact that the planets are named after the Roman gods and not the Greek gods. 1000 years after the Greeks came up with them, the Romans took all of their god ideas, called them different names, and claimed it was their own. They essentially plagiarized an entire religion. The Romans studied astronomy, and named the planets after their gods. As astronomy progressed the names stuck. What I'm bitter about is that the Romans gods get recognition for ideas they stole. Why does no one even know who Chronos is, but automatically recognize Saturn, his Roman counterpart?? Greek mythology is so well developed and interesting, and though it solves nothing to be angry that Roman gods get the planets named after them when practically no one even knows they're named after gods, I'm still gonna bitch about it.
memes tbh MARS: god of war in Roman mythology
Minicy no, it's not. they just wrote songs to be like anthems to the Roman God's/goddessess. It's actually like placing a sacrifice to the gods on their alters.
All hail Uncle Rick for teaching me about Greek and Roman gods! Forever be grateful for Percy Jackson books, they taught me so much. #IAmWithTheGreeks
Listening to this on my last day of being 18, this song stuck with me for a few years now and I feel oddly safe, bittersweet but safe, I am in a better place and I am thankful, I hope my 19 will be a great year :)
Our bodies born to heal, become so prone it die
You can take any line from their songs and all of them are so meaningful
I always think about Steve and Bucky whenever I listen to this song.
Mars is the roman god of war. Also known as Ares in greek. Thank you PJO
So, I made a little short story for Mars kinda based off this song and about an episode I saw on NOVA about how Mars used to have life (like Earth) and they lived for like 4 billion years then died off right as Earth was just starting to cool down or something like that. So, here it is for your enjoyment. :)
A body once filled with life, a mother so grateful for children of the stars. But she was found too late, her babes born too early. Her moons wept the loss, as she smiled sadly at her younger sister’s children. When the last oceans dried up into clouds of copper dust, she grew into great despair. But her little sister trying to pull her from the darkness, sent a little robot named Sojourner. She knew Earth had felt pity for her, and when Sojourner rolled around her red surface she was delighted. He didn’t last long, but years later two other gifts had been sent, named Spirit and Opportunity. Those two robots lasted for years, helping her forget her pain. During a strong dust storm in June, when her kind Oppy breathed his last, she sadly buried his silver body copper sand. But when she looked to Earth, she knew. One day, her sister will send more gifts to help fend off the dark.
Also, here's the link to the doc with all the rest of the planets (not finished yet). docs.google.com/document/d/1GvTQiqdNYNK3DpVG3jZNubHUx5RUX1J7af03GkIghik/edit?usp=sharing
Beautiful
This song is more important now than ever
I'm from Trinidad this song is so beautiful n to hear peace n pain spilling from the mouth it's pure beauty 🖤🙏🏾🙇🏾♂️💯
every one of these songs are so deep and meaningfull it makes me shiver but i love them
It brings peace to your soul! Can anyone else hear birds singing in the background?
Saturn is one of the best
The anthem of every Healthcare worker right now
This is the lyrics translated in Latin back to English
*MAY NOT BE ACCURATE*
We put our names to rest
In the line.
We left our day of birth
On the back of our history.
But we were not full of life,
Barely able to keep.
We we went to war
Strangers no more suffering to gather.
Family, we
But at the same time scared.
We promised we would not be saved
Some of the camp of the lie.
And our backs against the wall
We're surrounded by, and fear.
In our hands
TAKING AIM of the guard.
Our questions ricochet
As the guards broken;
To our bodies are born healthy;
So it is prone to die?
However, time is ruthless,
Lenient end points
By slowing down enough
From the second chance to make amends.
Replayed life, as we have heard a voice announce:
"And now, please take weapons down!
They were descended'll call it off war
Due to the loss Spirit
They that were men of war. "
So we find ourselves back in the home;
Do not try our heal our wounds.
While the war was on the new,
For by one another no one is able to sense things.
More nights are grown.
However, the plan to hand.
'I might be done for grief
While reach the other side.
There is no goodness in my heart
every broken
Who is right up to the edge
The losing everything you have. "
We were young enough signal
In the line.
We have enough youth
To do so might find a better resurrection.
To do so might find a better resurrection.
"Due to loss of spirit, they that were men of war." shit man... this thing gives me chills and makes me wanna cry at the same time
I never met my grandpa because he died pretty early. Weird thing is I was researching the last couple of days about where my fathers uncle died in war 1945 and while I finally found it where he is buried I was writing about it into my journal and this song came on spotify... I was like that's really reminding me of him what he was going through as a German died in Poland.. like a voice about what happened in the past... so happy to know where he is now
Send this to friends with PTSD, it will help.
"For years and years afterwards, once the agony of all those funerals and obituaries and memorials and speeches had faded, Remus would be left with memories of his last months at Hogwarts, when they had been stupid and naive and indescribably happy without even knowing it."
STOPP
MARS - flip the M - WARS
Beautiful song!
This song is perfect for all of the people including myself who are on frontline during this virus!
This song still has the best lyrics of any I’ve ever heard. It’s like poetry
This song is both powerful and depressing.
i'll be glad if spaceX plays this song when first astronauts of starship is about to go to Mars
WOW this song fit reiner , bertolt and marcel perfectly 👌
When songs abt war relate to you # ACAB
God, these songs hit so mf deep
Headphones& long car ride 🤍
I love the Repetition of “to build a better life”. It’s like he’s saying after everything he’s been through, his life’s only gotten worse with the ptsd. Even though the whole point of war is to build a better life in the end.
I dont know Who is sleeping at last before saturn, and i just listen all his music, all this make a strange melange Which became an addiction. His music just give me the sensation that i fly.
I don't know if you know sufjans stevens, but his music are just also appaysing.
Best music ever thank you! You should do the saturn song too nicole!
I found this song through an Avengers edit (that made me CRY) and now I’ve been sucked into his music and I’m not complaining tbh. Probably gonna choreo a dance to this ngl
aaaaaaaaa what vid??
For some reason I always think of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien when I hear this song.
I thought this song was on the theme of Mars but this song tells the condition of this earth which is full of conflict
5 years and i still come back to this song
god, this song makes me cry. so powerful jfc
Each song for each planet! So awesome ❤️❤️❤️
It doesn't matter that it was released in 2017: This is absolutely a song about young doctors working in the front-lines of COVID-19
That is so beautiful❤
😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺💖💖💖 really beautiful
fuck i was singing out loud and didn't realize
I feel like this song is about ptsd of a soldier
This is the amount of people whose favourite planet from sleeping at last is Mars
Sleeping at last brings me so much peace in troubled times.
I always think about Bucky
same tbh. im always thinking about bucky
notironically same.
I think of both Bucky and Steve when listening to this song. (But I'm thinking about Bucky always)
THANKS, NOW I HAVE EVEN MORE FEELS
Same
this song fits so much to the Covid-19 pandemic and the huge battle to keep people alive 🥺
We laid our names to rest
Along the dotted line
We left our date of birth
And our history behind
We were full of life
We could barely hold it in
We were amateurs at war
Strangers to suffering
We made our families proud
But scared at the same time
We promised we'd be safe
Another lie from the front lines
Our backs against the wall
We're surrounded and afraid
Our lives now in the hands
Of the soldiers taking aim
Our questions ricochet
Like broken satellites
How our bodies, born to heal
Become so prone to die?
Though time is ruthless
It showed us kindness in the end
(By slowing down enough)
(A second chance to make amends)
As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim
"Lay your weapons down
They're calling off the war
On account of losing track
Of what we're fighting for"
So we found our way back home
Let our cuts and bruises heal
While a brand-new war began
One that no one else could feel
Our nights have grown so long
Now we beg for sound advice
"Let the brokenness be felt
'Til you reach the other side
There is goodness in the heart
Of every broken man
Who comes right up to the edge
Of losing everything he has"
(Losing everything he has)
(Losing everything he has)
We were young enough to sign
Along the dotted line
(To build a better life)
(To build a better life)
Now we're young enough to try
To build a better life
To build a better life
💛💙
Magnifique j adore
this song feels like the tragic remnants of a battlefield during morning twilight, and like a thousand memories and ghosts of past emotions
I'm always listening this song while imagine movie 1817 inside my head, this song is fit so well!
Mars was born in March
today's been quite an exhausting day and i've gotten angry multiple times. this is the first thing that was able to calm me down.
We laid our names to rest
Along the dotted line.
We left our date of birth
And our history behind.
We were full of life,
We could barely hold it in.
We were amateurs at war,
Strangers to suffering.
We made our families proud
But scared at the same time.
We promised we'd be safe,
Another lie from the front lines.
Our backs against the wall,
We're surrounded and afraid.
Our lives now in the hands
Of the soldiers taking aim.
Our questions ricochet
Like broken satellites:
How our bodies, born to heal,
Become so prone to die?
Though time is ruthless,
It showed us kindness in the end,
By slowing down enough,
A second chance to make amends.
As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim:
"lay your weapons down!
They're calling off the war
On account of losing track
Of what…
Came back to this song thinking of what is going on in Ukraine. I can see other people have as well.
Perfect❤