This song hits home for me, as I am sure it does many others. I have my degree in accounting and have been very unhappy for years now sitting behind a computer looking at numbers. One night a couple of years ago, I was driving around, listening to Alexis and Boiled Frogs finally hit me. Thanks to this song, I am about 9 months away from being able to apply to career fire departments as a firefighter.
The title of the song "Boiled frogs" is a concept lifted from the screamer George's fathers life. The story is that his father worked his whole life and when he neared retirement the company that he worked for gradually gave him more and more work for him to crack and quit - making him ineligible for his pension. The idea of boiled frogs is that if you place a frog in a pot of water and slowly turn the heat up gradually, the frog will not notice until the water is too hot and it will eventually die in it.
Dude could have only taken like 35 hours a week.... Courts protect workers rights cant fire someone for not working alot... Its illegal. But, hindsights 20/20 ive been in situations like this now approaching 40 though good luck pulling the wool over my eyes now im a verbal paper work savage... Lul
Didn't know about George's father. I hope he's doing well now. This is why the song is so relatable: it's true, as many of Alexisonfire's songs. Their songs helped me in many times of my life
"Between the light and shallow waves is where I'm going to die" I always interpreted these lyrics as a slow and uneventful death, surrounded by what we perceived as safe, yet dull, comforting, but betraying.
It seems like a more realistic interpretation now that you mention it. But the way it's presented in the song, after a 2x chorus of self-affirmation, personally I feel it more as an ideal to where the narrator wants to end up, satisfied and closing their eyes for the last time, on their own terms.
Man...I always loved this song, been jamming out to it since 2007 when I was just out of high school....but it just hits you so much differently when you're in your thirties and you're already just absolutely at wits end with the monotony of life. AOF forever man 🤘❤️
Strange how even though none of the members of Alexisonfire have ever been stuck at a mundane desk job or (I'm assuming) ever been homeless, yet they still manage to put themselves in the shoes of others and deliver lyrics that are as honest as someone who is in that situation. Amazing :D
This is my "lucky song." I'm nearing my 30s and life is not looking good for me at all, but I'm not giving up yet. I feel like this will be my anthem until I either give up or die. 🤘🏼
The lyrics resonate more than ever! I'll be 46 in November haha. But I packed up 11 years ago and moved to Vietnam, became my own boss, stopped worrying about careers and living a "buttoned down life", best decision I ever made.
I was in jr high when this song used to be played on much music lol used to come home from school in the afternoon and after dinner around 6:00-9 I would watch music videos on my tv on much music lol I’m 25 and this song helps me never give up on life and makes me go through a new chapter!!
thanks for translating George's vocals! i know it's not necessary to understand what he's screaming ( the SOUND of his voice is the instrument ) but it's still cool to see it alexisonfire are truly something special--and they make me proud to be a Canuck
Such a fantastic band. One underrated part of the band l think is their awesome lyrics. The tinman line is one of my favourite ever lyrics. Seems to be like a euphemism for someone trying their hardest to succeed but they're being held back by something. Also, this is their best song for sure.
I don't have all the same "things" and "security" as some people my age but I do a job I genuinely love and am trying to build a career in it. I'm thankful to God every day that this is the case.
I’m in the same boat. Although sometimes I think that it’s better to go to college for something you don’t enjoy doing, making money, then regretting it and wanting to do something else. At least there’s no struggle financially. I’ve been poor and mentally tormented. Better to be stable and mentally tormented. I think that’s why people like us are thankful when we get a job we don’t entirely hate. Not the dream gig, but it’s something.
Put this on cus its 5 in the morning, ive had no sleep and need to be at work in an hour so i wanted something to get me hyped up but after listening to it im just thinking fuck work its bullshit
ughhh im so jealous i saw dallas when he played in toronto in june and im DYING to go see him play again hes fkn amazing live. I saw alexis in decemeber though and they were soooo good!
This song goes so well with themes in Fight Club. We're the middle children of history. No great war, no great depression. Our great war is the spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. I made the dumb mistake of listening to my parents decades ago that you go to school, you go to university, you get a good paying job, and you'll be satisfied. 20 years in and I work 60+ hours a week, am underpaid and under constant threat of being laid off, fired, or forced to quit. I hate my job. I hate what it's done to my health, my social interactions and I have nothing to show for it. I've already told my kids to do what they love, be that a janitor, a welder, a soldier, a police officer, a historian, an academic, whatever it is. Money might be tight sometimes, but doing what you love will make you happiest. Remember that. Having lots of money in the bank but hating what you do to get it is not fulfilling.
How cool is a song that way back in the day encapsulated an idea so real that the people leading the great resignation are the same people who were just old enough to start working when this song came out... Thanks alexisonfire, you adulted for me before I could for my self.
the light. I believe their situations are also reflected in the lines "Youth sold for a pension cheque ... he can't say no." George did an interview talking about how in the last year of his father's work, they were trying to force him out, but he stuck around for his pension cheque. So they have a way out of something miserable (ie. they can quit their jobs) but they choose to stay. Meanwhile, Dallas finds a gold watch, which is usually given when one retires. It seems like a gift to try to
Legends Never Die. They just find a signal to carry their song. Sometimes they find a disenfranchised person who pumps the speaker. In that moment the song keeps going.
This is just a guess, but I think a lot of the video is centred around the "safe in monotony" line. The video shows George working, Wade in prison, and Chris swimming towards a light, all clearly unhappy with their situations. Each is presented with a way out -- George wakes up in a grocery store; Wade finds that the prison gate is wide open; and Chris reaches the light. None of them take the way out: George runs out of the store; Wade willingly walks back into prison; and Chris doesn't reach
The video is clearly just about the ways people waste their lives. Factory work, office work, prison, sitting at home doing nothing. While someone else is trying to swim to surface for air.
In 2012, roughly more than 10 years ago, I found out that my friend and coworker was killed in the Dark Knight Massacre. Worst night of my life hands down - I'm also an alcoholic. My friend that died once spent like an hour or more talking to me about my drinking. He was the first person ever that I ever had an honest conversation about my drinking problem with. The night I found out he was gone, I have never ever gotten so drunk. I kept playing Crisis by Alexisonfire over and over for literally hours till the sun was about up. I especially kept listening to Mailbox Arson and Boiled Frogs. Im in AA now, and Im an atheist cause of indoctrination by a public school teacher. So I've always struggled with what my higher power is. Listening to this song again just now I just realized my friend (who died as a Navy sailor that saved two lives that night in the movie theater, shielding his girlfriend with his own body. Died a damn hero) is my higher power.
My youth is slipping away. Calgary at Mac Hall a number of years ago, crowd surfing and George grabbed my hand, and said those lyrics. Then I got kicked out for crowd surfing🤣. Ended up breaking back I to the show. Was not gonna miss that
when i look back at this video, the directional photography is so fucking on point with George's scenes. It makes the pressure of his life seem so fucking real its not even funny.I think it has alot to do with the above the shoulder shots (simply put)
wow, i just watched the movie Office Space. The video is so similar, especially the opening. The song is the whole premise to the film. and plus George looks exactly like the main star!. Watch It!
This song was awesome when they played it @ London & Toronto Ontario. I posted some vids' of their recent / last show on their tour with billy talent, the cancer bats and against me.
@p8ntballmatrix0 If you put a frog into boiling water it'll just jump out, much like a worker would if you pile on the workload all at once. If you gradually turn up the heat, the frog will just go to sleep and then eventually die.
This song hits home for me, as I am sure it does many others. I have my degree in accounting and have been very unhappy for years now sitting behind a computer looking at numbers. One night a couple of years ago, I was driving around, listening to Alexis and Boiled Frogs finally hit me. Thanks to this song, I am about 9 months away from being able to apply to career fire departments as a firefighter.
@@ronan5610 how're ya now*
Atta Boy!
@Brandonsaurus64 How're ya now? soon to reaching your goal?
That's awesome dude! Great job taking your life into your own hands :)
@@pa1nted I am a firefighter in the City neighboring the town I live in. In April, it’ll be 2 years.
The title of the song "Boiled frogs" is a concept lifted from the screamer George's fathers life. The story is that his father worked his whole life and when he neared retirement the company that he worked for gradually gave him more and more work for him to crack and quit - making him ineligible for his pension. The idea of boiled frogs is that if you place a frog in a pot of water and slowly turn the heat up gradually, the frog will not notice until the water is too hot and it will eventually die in it.
Explains why this song slaps much harder now I'm an adult working in an office
Dude could have only taken like 35 hours a week.... Courts protect workers rights cant fire someone for not working alot... Its illegal. But, hindsights 20/20 ive been in situations like this now approaching 40 though good luck pulling the wool over my eyes now im a verbal paper work savage... Lul
Didn't know about George's father. I hope he's doing well now. This is why the song is so relatable: it's true, as many of Alexisonfire's songs. Their songs helped me in many times of my life
@@Badeh69 so true mate. They're the everyday man's heroes. Love these guys to death. Their new album is unreal.
Thank you for that, hopefully I never forget!
the older i get the more this song hits home
dude same, it's getting scary
ya dont say? i mean, the lyrics are "my youth is sliiping away"....
Same for me.
my thoughts exactly especially recently turning 30
KanaeShiki i remember 2006 your so true haha
Dear Alexisonfire;
I miss you
This.
there back!
They are back now dude! They will be playing at reading.
Carl Pearce playing Riotfest too!
+DÊ-ME DESTE
THIS FORVER
This song plays in my head all time
Me too
Yeup 💯 never gets old 🔥
"Between the light and shallow waves is where I'm going to die"
I always interpreted these lyrics as a slow and uneventful death, surrounded by what we perceived as safe, yet dull, comforting, but betraying.
Complacency. Being complacent is a slow death
I feel you shark boy
It seems like a more realistic interpretation now that you mention it. But the way it's presented in the song, after a 2x chorus of self-affirmation, personally I feel it more as an ideal to where the narrator wants to end up, satisfied and closing their eyes for the last time, on their own terms.
Man...I always loved this song, been jamming out to it since 2007 when I was just out of high school....but it just hits you so much differently when you're in your thirties and you're already just absolutely at wits end with the monotony of life.
AOF forever man 🤘❤️
"my youth is slipping away"
ye
As my taste in music changes from year to year, this song will always be on my playlist. Ages like fine wine.
Strange how even though none of the members of Alexisonfire have ever been stuck at a mundane desk job or (I'm assuming) ever been homeless, yet they still manage to put themselves in the shoes of others and deliver lyrics that are as honest as someone who is in that situation. Amazing :D
This is my "lucky song." I'm nearing my 30s and life is not looking good for me at all, but I'm not giving up yet. I feel like this will be my anthem until I either give up or die. 🤘🏼
Haven’t heard this tune in years and turning 30 next month myself. this tune hit pretty hard
31 here. Stay strong bro 👊
It's the borderline way.
There's so much to dream about, there must be more to your life.
How's 30?
The lyrics resonate more than ever! I'll be 46 in November haha. But I packed up 11 years ago and moved to Vietnam, became my own boss, stopped worrying about careers and living a "buttoned down life", best decision I ever made.
Such a fantastic track. This band knows how to write powerful melodies.
This song makes me want to walk out on my job and go do all the things I will regret never doing on my death bed. Badass song for sure.
I still think about this song all the time. I think it might be my all time favorite song ever.
Youre awesome
@@Dutasteride_Blaster88 you are!
I was in jr high when this song used to be played on much music lol used to come home from school in the afternoon and after dinner around 6:00-9 I would watch music videos on my tv on much music lol I’m 25 and this song helps me never give up on life and makes me go through a new chapter!!
"Waaait uuup for meee..." touches my soul.
Mine too ... most beautiful ending ever
There's so much to dream about,,,,there must be more to my life :)
Didn't even pay attention to the lyrics back in high school. Now that I'm 22.. fuckin scare tf out of me
thanks for translating George's vocals!
i know it's not necessary to understand what he's screaming ( the SOUND of his voice is the instrument )
but it's still cool to see it
alexisonfire are truly something special--and they make me proud to be a Canuck
I try to hold my tears back listening to this song but at 4:28 and on, I can't bare it....
Like everyone else is moving forward but you can’t keep up, desperately crying out
The dude working in the office job always reminded me of that film fight club
Before Alexisonfire I used to hate this kind of music. Love these guys
Steven Grant SAME. They flipped me.
EVERY genre has a few songs that are just too beautiful to ignore! and i mean all of them! classical, country, 8-bit, metal, rap, even black midi lol
Thought about this song randomly for the first time in close to a decade…. Definitely hits harder now.
Still loving this song all these years later and still reminds me of seeing them at reading festival.
One of the most slept on bands of all time, I can't believe this song hasn't even reached 1 million views. The Only Band Ever!
Such a fantastic band. One underrated part of the band l think is their awesome lyrics. The tinman line is one of my favourite ever lyrics. Seems to be like a euphemism for someone trying their hardest to succeed but they're being held back by something. Also, this is their best song for sure.
i remember hearing this in summer 2006 when i was 16 and was thought 'holy fucking shit' literally was shocked at the quality. fan ever since.
The good old days. I get mad nostalgia watching this. The 2000s were a great time for music. I miss Much Music
The ending of the song is so Alexisonfire
It's the only band ever after all ...
Going through the hardest week of life with depression, and thanks to a friend who recommended this to me yesterday, I feel I'm.making a break through
Alexisonfire has too many good songs. I can't take it. Like seriously I can't take more than one good song at a time >_
two weeks of solid work,study and babysitting with nothing to show its finally good to have a day off and listen to boiled frogs
I don't have all the same "things" and "security" as some people my age but I do a job I genuinely love and am trying to build a career in it. I'm thankful to God every day that this is the case.
I’m in the same boat. Although sometimes I think that it’s better to go to college for something you don’t enjoy doing, making money, then regretting it and wanting to do something else. At least there’s no struggle financially. I’ve been poor and mentally tormented. Better to be stable and mentally tormented. I think that’s why people like us are thankful when we get a job we don’t entirely hate. Not the dream gig, but it’s something.
@@andrewtucker2782 why not both? Believe in God and yourself.
Goosebumps.. Love Alexis!!!
Put this on cus its 5 in the morning, ive had no sleep and need to be at work in an hour so i wanted something to get me hyped up but after listening to it im just thinking fuck work its bullshit
So did you call out that day or what? We have to know
@@andrewtucker2782 oh I definitely would have called in sick haha I don't work there anymore
just bought alexisonfire tickets going to have the best night of my life!
Still listening in 2021
Damn straight, memories. This is one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar.
Shit still gives me goose bumps
MY YOUTH IS SLIPPINNNNN!
ughhh im so jealous i saw dallas when he played in toronto in june and im DYING to go see him play again hes fkn amazing live. I saw alexis in decemeber though and they were soooo good!
This song goes so well with themes in Fight Club. We're the middle children of history. No great war, no great depression. Our great war is the spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. I made the dumb mistake of listening to my parents decades ago that you go to school, you go to university, you get a good paying job, and you'll be satisfied. 20 years in and I work 60+ hours a week, am underpaid and under constant threat of being laid off, fired, or forced to quit. I hate my job. I hate what it's done to my health, my social interactions and I have nothing to show for it. I've already told my kids to do what they love, be that a janitor, a welder, a soldier, a police officer, a historian, an academic, whatever it is. Money might be tight sometimes, but doing what you love will make you happiest. Remember that. Having lots of money in the bank but hating what you do to get it is not fulfilling.
I’ve been a welder or a machinist my whole life and have zero regrets. Graduated in 06. Absolutely love what I do. Don’t regret a bit of it.
How cool is a song that way back in the day encapsulated an idea so real that the people leading the great resignation are the same people who were just old enough to start working when this song came out... Thanks alexisonfire, you adulted for me before I could for my self.
I miss them so much! love them always. still dream of seeing them live!
the light. I believe their situations are also reflected in the lines "Youth sold for a pension cheque ... he can't say no." George did an interview talking about how in the last year of his father's work, they were trying to force him out, but he stuck around for his pension cheque. So they have a way out of something miserable (ie. they can quit their jobs) but they choose to stay. Meanwhile, Dallas finds a gold watch, which is usually given when one retires. It seems like a gift to try to
I was almost writing that this is my favorite song ever, but then I remembered "Pulmonary Archery".
great closer for watch out!
Sidewalks when she walks
Old comment, but boiled frogs and pulmonary archery are my two favorite AOF songs
Soundtrack of my life 🖤
This band got me through some rough times... RIP
2019 and still hits me.
thankyou, someone that takes music for what it is, Music. i hate all this complex labeling crap
Remember all those old days
Listening again in 2020 🖐️
Legends Never Die. They just find a signal to carry their song. Sometimes they find a disenfranchised person who pumps the speaker. In that moment the song keeps going.
That chorus is insane. top tier.
Song starts at 1:02
Thanks for recommending me this band, person! :)
this song is awesome. i absolutely adore this band
Gotta love your manners man, we need more people like you, respect.
alexis will always be number one in my book
This is just a guess, but I think a lot of the video is centred around the "safe in monotony" line.
The video shows George working, Wade in prison, and Chris swimming towards a light, all clearly unhappy with their situations. Each is presented with a way out -- George wakes up in a grocery store; Wade finds that the prison gate is wide open; and Chris reaches the light. None of them take the way out: George runs out of the store; Wade willingly walks back into prison; and Chris doesn't reach
Hands Down best song
Has to be one of my favorite sons ever. Alexisonfire is soooo amazing.
2021 October.
We always here you can't kill us. Rock on Soldiers Rock on...
theres so much to dream about, there must be more to my life..
completely fits in with me at the moment
these guys are amazing. if u don't realize good music just keep your opinion to yourself. but it really helps sometimes. just listen to the lyrics
Montebello Rockfest is gonna be lit this year!
The video is clearly just about the ways people waste their lives. Factory work, office work, prison, sitting at home doing nothing. While someone else is trying to swim to surface for air.
glad to live in a city that such an amazing band came from :D love alexisonfire
brings back so many old feelings
You're signal fades away. all I'm left with is noise. I miss the old AOF.
seriously i cant stop listening to this song
its So good
RIOT FEST 2015 LET'S FUCK SHIT UP
So young. Ugh the good old days
In 2012, roughly more than 10 years ago, I found out that my friend and coworker was killed in the Dark Knight Massacre. Worst night of my life hands down - I'm also an alcoholic. My friend that died once spent like an hour or more talking to me about my drinking. He was the first person ever that I ever had an honest conversation about my drinking problem with. The night I found out he was gone, I have never ever gotten so drunk. I kept playing Crisis by Alexisonfire over and over for literally hours till the sun was about up. I especially kept listening to Mailbox Arson and Boiled Frogs. Im in AA now, and Im an atheist cause of indoctrination by a public school teacher. So I've always struggled with what my higher power is. Listening to this song again just now I just realized my friend (who died as a Navy sailor that saved two lives that night in the movie theater, shielding his girlfriend with his own body. Died a damn hero) is my higher power.
Great song, Great band
count your blessings on one hand!
This is one of the greatest songs I've heard. Wow *_*
best rock band out right now hands down dont debate it just accept it
poor little tin man, still swinging his axe... even though his joints are clogged with rust.
still one of if not my favorite song.
My youth is slipping away. Calgary at Mac Hall a number of years ago, crowd surfing and George grabbed my hand, and said those lyrics. Then I got kicked out for crowd surfing🤣. Ended up breaking back I to the show. Was not gonna miss that
I would wait up for Dallas.
when i look back at this video, the directional photography is so fucking on point with George's scenes. It makes the pressure of his life seem so fucking real its not even funny.I think it has alot to do with the above the shoulder shots (simply put)
Memories.....I love this song
What a creative song name I love Alexisonfire
Old but gold
wow, i just watched the movie Office Space. The video is so similar, especially the opening. The song is the whole premise to the film. and plus George looks exactly like the main star!. Watch It!
This song was awesome when they played it @ London & Toronto Ontario. I posted some vids' of their recent / last show on their tour with billy talent, the cancer bats and against me.
Still one of my favorites.
Alexisonfire is all one word
I'm Canadian, I've been to shows so
I would know like heck
get it right people
It's 2019 now, and there's already too much to dream about
This is my favourite Alexis song hands down.
.44 calibre love letter
and Dallas Green is the frontman for City And Colour, never would have guessed that
+Cheeky Rick More so he's the only man in City and Colour. Dallas (City) and Green (Color)
Omg I've been listening to AOF for nearly 8 years and City and Color for almost 3 and never even realized the reference. Jesus.
7 years later still love this song
What about 11 years later?
Oh 360p how I missed you it's been a while ole friend :)
Still swinging our axes...
Love this song.
When you see George in this video it's hard to imagine he's the one that screams.
Exactly my thought :D
@p8ntballmatrix0 If you put a frog into boiling water it'll just jump out, much like a worker would if you pile on the workload all at once. If you gradually turn up the heat, the frog will just go to sleep and then eventually die.
I miss this
This song made me cry...
miss this kind of music