The Longest Johns - Bones In The Ocean (Lyrics) (Best Version)
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- The Longest Johns - Bones In The Ocean (Lyrics)
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LYRICS
Oh, I bid farewell to the port and the land
And I paddle away from brave England's white sands
To search for my long ago forgotten friends
To search for the place I hear all sailers end
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my mind
I'll search without sleeping 'til peace I can find
I fear not the weather, I fear not the sea
I remember the fallen, do they think of me?
When their bones in the ocean forever will be
Plot a course to the night to a place I once knew
To a place where my hope died along with my crew
So I swallow my grief and face life's final test
To find promise of peace and the solace of rest
As the songs of the dead fill the space of my ears
Their laughter like children, their beckoning cheers
My heart longs to join them, sing songs of the sea
I remember the fallen, do they think of me?
When their bones in the ocean forever will be
When at last before my ghostly shipmates I stand
I shed a small tear for my home upon land
Though their eyes speak of depths filled with struggle and strife
Their smiles below say I don't owe them my life
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my eyes
And my boat listed over and tried to capsize
I'm this far from drowning, this far from the sea,
I remember the living do they think of me?
When my bones in the ocean forever will be
Now that I'm staring down at the darkest abyss
I'm not sure what I want but I don't think it's this
As my comrades call to stand fast and forge on
I make sail for the dawn 'til the darkness has gone
As the souls of the dead live for'er in my mind
As I live all the years that they left me behind
I'll stay on the shore but still gaze at the sea
I remember the fallen and they think of me
For our souls in the ocean together will be
I remember the fallen and they think of me,
For our souls in the ocean together will be
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A man who has lost everything he loved contemplates suicide, but he thinks better of it and instead lives on to continue remembering his old friends.
He will join them when it's his time, not before.
whom searched for, in when he found them, they said "i don't owe them my life"
Or he just died at the end and his grave overlooks the ocean
@@snazzyshark20 "live all the years they had left me behind"
Meaning he chose to live instead
Bruh, you’re making me tear up
This song makes me depressed af
For anyone who doesn’t know the song is about survivors guilt. The man was the only survivor of a shipwreck and he feels guilty that he was the only one to survive. He believes if he goes back to the location where his ship sank and die he will join the rest of his crew members in the afterlife.
That’s extremely deep. It’s amazing how a simple, 3 minute sing can convey such a powerful theme
I wonder how anybody could possibly miss that
His deceased crewmates advised him to return to land, away from the abyss. He returns, and forges on with the knowlege that his crewmates still think of him. He is released from his guilt, knowing that their souls will one day reunite in the ocean.
@@adaug27 Well I think what the song says is that the sailor sails out to the place his fellow crewmates drowned, and wants to drown there so he can join them, but at the last moment comes to the realization that there are people who are still alive that think of him and that his crewmates would want him to live on, so that their deaths would not be in vain, so he gets back on his boat and sails back to shore and lives on with survivors guilt for the rest of his life, believing he will be reunited with them when he dies.
This song has such deep lore...
This song weaves such a heartfelt story. The man singing it has lost his entire crew and his ship, and believes that the only way to cope with the sadness of losing them is to join them. He searches for their final resting spot without pause or rest, like a man possessed. When he finds it, he makes his way to them, promising to see them soon. But at the last moment, he realizes that this isn't what they would want for him. They would rather see him live a long, happy life and join them when the reaper deemed it his time. And so he did.
This song tells a story of regret, grief and grappling with it. And I love it.
Bro lsd is great.
Survivor's Guilt is a Bitch. Even back then, Sea Shanties helped sailors cope with it, as a rudimental (partly) unintentional form of therapy.
denial-anger-bargaining-depression-acceptance
In sure other people have thought about this in real life too
This song really touched me no lie beautiful and painful
My grandpa used to tell me to never stop living once he goes away.
Now here I am, a grandpa and a sister down, with a few good friends also lost due to time and tragedy.
I remember you grandpa, I'll keep on living onwards for both you and Sophia.
keep on going bro, make them proud!
You can do it bro!!!
Proud of you. Don’t let anyone stop you!
Your gramps probably saw people stop living when others passed and had to make the choice he told you to make.
Remember to say this to your grand child bro , . Keep the legacy alive . .
Salute , you are a legend.
This makes me feel like I’ve lived a long and fabled life out at sea.
I feel I need a boat and sail the ocean now
@@luciuse1756 do it.
Maybe you did and forgot about it
@@OwnedEpicStyle that was adorable what you said. Maybe we just forgot
Same
man this song ain’t got no business being this sad
and i got business crying like a little bitch
@Antek Knapek that in itself is plenty manly
@@antekknapek4635 yes
Ain’t that the truth 😔
It's not that this song is sad, it's that there are always ninjas out there chopping onions.
No lyric throughout all of history will ever hit as hard as
"Though their eyes speak of depths filled with struggle and strife, their smiles below say I don't owe them my life."
Absolute power in that line
That verse hit like a tsunami
I feel you, but for me, the line that always kills me is "As the souls of the dead live for'er in my mind, as I live all the years that they left me behind"
Just... Fuck, man. The emotions, they're too strong
some of y'all need to go out to and listen to other shanties cause i promise bones in the ocean isn't the only song that hits like this
No I don’t want another does of feels like this the lyrics hit like a freight train right into my heart
Salute to the 53 brave Indonesian Navy sailors of KRI nanggala. May they live forever in their eternal patrol under the waves
About KRI Nanggala:
The Indonesian Navy Cakra-class attack submarine sank in the northern waters of Bali on April 21 2021, with all of its 53 crewmen on board. Investigation shows the submarine sank due to a blackout leading it to dive deeper than it should, which let the pressure destroy the sub splitting it into three parts. Despite the joint efforts from China, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia for search and rescue, it was concluded that she could not be excavated out of the sea floor, which is now her final resting place all along with all her 53 crews.
👍
Never met but live the same story. Their watch is done and their oars are laid to rest.
Nah man, they served their duty- let them rest!
May god rest their souls.
Bro you just said the nword you cant say that
"My death is not your fault, you've got to let me go."
-souls of the ones we regret losing
The end is more bittersweet than anything
That’s easy to say but im still here missing them
@@TheJoethud22 i do too
Ok this comment low-key hit me hard tho.
Surreal entertainment go brrrrrr
"Their smiles below says that I don't owe them my life."
It gives me so many chills everytime. It literally makes him realize that they wouldn't want him to die like them, they would want them to live a happy and long life. And that he doesn't owe them anything, he couldn't di anything to stop their deaths and that they just want him to move on without them. And they'll sing of the seas when he dies in peace.. this damn song makes me tear up everytime.
That line hits me like a bus
Every time
That's the line the gets me every time. I struggled with survivors guilt for a long time and when I first heard that line in this song I literally broke down and cried like a baby. Its a great lyric, and its true
@@scotthill1728 well it’s good to know your better
And this god damn song makes even the simplest people tear up
@@scotthill1728 I lost my best friend to suicide 5 years ago and another friend to a motorbike crash back in April, I discovered this song shortly after. The first time I heard that lyric I could literally feel my heart skip a beat and it honestly gave me some closure.
me too man.. im fcking crying
This is such a depressing song.
Keep the homies close, and even if they pass they're always there with ya.
Keep them close even after their dead? Like the corpses? Then I have plenty of friends... Hehe..
Anyways no offense this is one of my favourite shanties..
@@potatopewpew I'm not... authorised to send someone to therapy but...
@kneeger it was a joke tho
@kneeger nah don't worry about it.. All of us are fools someway or the other...
@@potatopewpew in yeh heart lad
"the ocean is a blue abyss, calling to those who hunger for adventure, luring them to the salty air and cool breeze, its a welcoming feeling, but the travellers who sail the wide expanse are sure to find there end, happy or not".
My grandfather, god rest his soul 1937-2019.
let him rest in peace now and wil you remember him
your grandpa was a poet?
thank you for the memorabilia, Spamton G. Spamton.
May he rest in peace, I hope you have a nice whatever your doing. Remember to keep your chin up, godspeed mate
Very touching, Mr. “Spamton G. Spamton”.
The people that disliked this song should get covid tests done, because one of the major symptoms is no taste.
Good comment here
This is underrated, Hope it blows up soon.
Now I'm sad and laughing at the same time
You are goddamn right
That is rarer than rare insults
Not a lot of peeps care of the symptoms of diseases (like me)
Sea shanties sound cheerful but are actually fucking depressing
true
their about the friendships formed and ends
Life of a man
@@bigusdickus4210 They're*
@@phitsf5475 thanks mate
fun fact: shanties are sang so the sailors dont become depressed while theyre away from family and friends
We lost my brother to the unforgiving ocean, he was one of the most experienced drivers, with over 17 years of experience. It took five days to find him, and some surfers found him, but in those five days, we had taken a boat out, and were searching for like five hours, and previously we had been searching nonstop every day, and honestly, this song makes me reflect, and it was my greatest worry, that we would never find coverage and this song encompasses my fears, however, good news is we found him, he is at peace, and I feel like this song now has a huge meaning to me...
Rip. My condolences
Rest in peace mate
Condolences to you and your brother. Your souls will one day meet once more at sea ♡
i feel like the last line would hit you the hardest than, "i remember the fallen and they think of me, for our souls in the ocean together will be"
i am sorry for your loss, stay strong brother
As a merchant mariner:
Goosebumps. Goosebumps everywhere.
I would love to hear your story, as a lost soul on the prairies....... a glass to you brother, survivor, you... Trapper Al, I think I hear you.
how a song can make me feel like a man whos allies have died is beyond me but i don't care. this is awesome
Dude i fucking cried when i first heard this no cap
@@rogelioruiz583 I've never cried watching a movie, but this song, man, it made my eyes get reddish. Such a good and sad song
DUDE SAME I can’t understand but this makes me feel like I lived a life i never lived and now I desire a sailors life. I guess I’m becoming a real man
The beauty of art.
@@thekarnyx sameeee I never cried in movies or songs or even funerals but this legit made a tear fall
It's crazy how those guys could sing it perfectly without one of them just starting to cry in the middle of the song
Sadly, when I tried to sing it, I can barely go through the final verses without choking up and shedding a few tears because God damn this song really makes me sad.
They probably had to do a whole bunch of tajes
I found this in the middle of class and I fucking cried and I swear I feel this man's loss
@@Red1Regiment ima be honest. how in tf do you cry for a song?
@@lscurtis9158 a sense of overwhelming emotions
I swear, this song gives me survivors guilt for something that I've never experienced
Same man
Same...
Same
Same bro
While you are the only survivor feeling the grief of leaving your crewmates behind...
Same
This song is about grief. Particularly Depression, Bargaining, and most importantly, Acceptance. It shows his loss of hope, and his attempt to see his crew again, but it ends beautifully, with him finally accepting their deaths and learning to live again. A true piece of art. There is always hope for the future.
What no it's about survivors guilt dipshit
I always got confused because he sang "When their bones" to "When my bones" so I thought he met the same fate as his crew
This song stirs emotions coming from experiences from my long ago Navy life. Every time getting under way and wondering "will I ever see land again, will I ever make it back home again"?
@@supremevictoryduck1488 in that part he's putting himself in his fallen comrades' place and thinking about all the people who will miss him dearly just like he misses his friends, realizing just at the edge of death what a horrible mistake this was.
Nope, it's about Survivors Guilt.
This song makes me mourn friends that never existed and for a ship that has never touched real waters
Riight
lul
It does
Mood
The song was made by some old sailor who never forgotten his friends and the good times. I hope they drank a lot, sang songs and banged a bunch of hookers.
Bois I’m ngl, I shed a tear
Me to my friend... multiple tears
Same 😔😔
You’re not alone
i want to become a sailor
@@crypted4010 don’t we all :(
1. Curl up to a ball
2. Try not to cry
3. Cry
4. Cry alot
5. Flood your house with tears
6. Float to the bois
7. Drown in tears
8. It was a dream
9. Go back to sleep
Today, after 4 days of intensive search assisted by the US, Singapore, Malaysia, India, and Australia the Indonesian governement finally declared that one of their submarine has sunk. Type 209 submarine that has been on duty since 1981 finally rest on the depth of 850m with it's 53 crews. Farewell sailors, may you rest in peace.
They're on eternal patrol
On Eternal Patrol....
May they rest now
There was a video released and they went out singing, knowing there was nothing else to do.
May they rest well.
@@Jetsetradio link?
It’s kinda crazy how sea shanties unlock something within you that you’ve never experienced
Right? Like a nostalgia for a time and place I’ve never seen or experienced
@@fatnicker1078 yer was a sailor once
@@fatnicker1078 Exactly. I got kold all over and just started crying. I’ve honest to god never cried at a song ever before. I think it’s my great great great great grandpa tryna fuck with me. Also I laughed at your username
Ikr
I think it's the excessive isolation we've been experiencing lately. The soul longs for freedom and companionship.
My NCO I served in Iraq with passed away this last November and this song made me think of him. Thank you The Longest Johns. This song is so beautiful.
@@Sound-Waves Thank you very much.
Im sorry for your loss, and thank you for your service
Thank you for your service my friend
I'm sorry for your loss
Thank you for your service
Rest in peace.
God bless 😔🙏
Added to "play this at my funeral" playlist
I have that same Playlist. Huh
The narrator is playing this at his friends funeral
I'm ngl if someone played this at a funeral id probably cry
@@xcitricx8294 I'd cry if someone played this at my funeral
No problem homie
"their smiles below say I don't owe them my life." That hits me every time. This song is too much of a roller coaster but I can't stop listening to it
isnt it funny how some songs can comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable
I knowwww
exactly!
silence
Indeed
It reminds me of my grandfathers when I‘m really depressed and thinking about doing something stupid. They‘d want me to get up and keep going because life is worth every moment of living
Everyone always says why British Navy, but never how British Navy
Royal navy*
No no, just sailers, the navy don't have any song, they was prohibited
Royal navy
@@FucaBigGew they weren't. just some. sea shanties were sung to keep in time with doing tasks with the rest of the crew, if all shanties were banned the navy would become way less efficient. songs like leave her johnny were banend as they talk about desertion from the navy or could at least be taken that way.
@tubeyou haynes sing and drink were the favourite pass times for the navy
"Now i'm staring down at the darkest abyss, I'm not sure what I want but I don't think it's this"
I wonder how many people didn't have an option to turn back...
That was the line that broke me. I‘ve had trouble with suicide and suicidal thoughts for years and that damn line made me fall to my knees and cry like a fucking child. All the memories came rushing back, all the pain, all the confusion and fear and uncertainty and I just kinda stayed there sobbing. I didn’t know what else to do
@@lets_get_illuminaughty6351 you got the boys if you need help
@@lets_get_illuminaughty6351 the boys in shanty comments always got you if you want someone to talk to
I remember watching a documentary on golden gate bridge jumpers. And I remember one survivor had talked about what he thought as he fell, he said that the second he jumped he had nothing but regret, all he could think about on the way down was how he wished he hadn't jumped. All the suffering he had experienced in life felt like nothing compared to the sense of doom he felt right then. He was pulled out of the water alive. I can't help but imagine that's what every single jumper had thought about on the way down. I had been struggling with depression and was actually watching that documentary to decide on the best way to die. Him saying that made me decide it wasn't worth it. The next day I talked to a therapist. While I've never stood on a ledge, or stared down into the ocean. But I can only imagine the emotions flowing through the original author of this song as they came to terms with the loss of their crew.
@@AlphaFatti I'm very glad you made it out of that mindset. I've had those thoughts too but I never acted on them and I'm glad I never did.
0:29
"I Remember The Fallen,Do They Think Of Me"
1:50
"I Remember The Living Do They Think Of Me"
2:57
"I Remember The Fallen And They Think Of Me"
When you and the boys have to go your separate ways after the sleep over:
Thats what the song "here's a health to the company", not this one
After the college*
*After the last sleepover before you graduate
Sadness
damn that one hurt
God this is fucking depressing but so catchy.
Edit: 4.6k likes in 4 weeks? I didnt think anyone agreed with me. Thanks :)
More like bittersweet. A man who has lost a lot but still continues moving forward regardless in hopes of achieving happiness.
@@klmt03mt you misunderstood, he survived.
@@klmt03mt He lived but his friends died, He cant let them go and the guilt and grief drive him close to suicide so he can be with them again. As he's drowning he realises that dying isnt the answer he's looking for and lives out the rest of his life in the best way he can to honour their sacrifice.
Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain, please repent for it’s a sin
@@Tyler.Kennedy shut up
Last time I cried like this... I was kneeling before my brother's memorial... Gone, but never forgotten.
hes resting now
I'm sorry for your loss my friend.
Losing the person Who Was Close to You Is Rough, But We Have Move on When Time Past They Can’t be With Us Forever.
The sea calls to me and you it calls to everyone respect the sea and it will respect you
I'm sorry for his lost, may he rest in piece up in heaven
This song becomes more and more relatable as you age, I probably first heard it in middle school when my music class did shanties, at that point I thought it was just a little catchy but didn’t think much into it.
Now when I hear it my mind always turns to family and friends who have passed away or I have not been able to see in a long time.
"I remember the fallen, and they think of me"
I heard this one about three months ago....... I bust into tears.... it is so true of life.
I heard this for the first time tonight after being on a quest for old British and Irish music for a good while now and this is by far the most memorising one I've listened to yet , been playing it over and over and listening to the words and meanings in the song , just beautiful English singing!🏴🏴🏴🇨🇮
Dad is working all the way on Cali, I live in Florida, I miss you dad.
The one freshman in your friend group when you all graduate
Ayyo we were all that freshman once, and we all picked up that freshman, in one way or another, by the end of highschool.
I miss them...
I entered public school in middle school, and had shadowed a student when I was in fifth grade to see the middle school. Got to know all the kids at the middle school before anyone else. Got to see them all graduate before me
@@pond7068 same brother
Damn that hit hard I was in sixth form/college and we had a few secondary school aged friends we left behind after we graduated. I'm in university now and we have all parted ways and study different things though we are all still friends and talk from time to time.
"Though their eyes speak of depthsn filled with struggles and strife, their smiles below say I don't owe them my life" Okay, this line is what got me crying like a baby ngl
This song is the first time I've cried in years
Man I can't even force myself to cry at a sad movie or a moving scene in a game but bring out this song and suddenly I'm on the ground in a puddle of tears.
@@Devisidev couldnt have said it any better myself. Its like these songs allow me to really open up my emotions and just allow them to exist not struggle against them
@@Devisidev nice pfp
"Our deaths we're not your fault, you need to stop blaming yourself and move on. Our lives are a burden not yours to carry"
"I remember the living. Do they think of me?"
If you're in a dark place right now, remember those words, because the answer is yes. No matter what you think, there are people living in this world who love you. I love you.
Thank you
Thanks. Love you too fren.
What if I'm racist?
@@McSeal I'm trying to be nice, dude. Don't ruin it.
But you don’t know me 😕
In memory of the crew of KRI Nanggala 402. All 53 of you will be in the memories and hearts of your family, friends, and the people of both Indonesia and our SEA brethrens.
"My hope died along with my crew"
Damn💔
:(
my hope died and i died
We have the exact sam pfp
kak?
That touched my heart a little :(
Remember bois,
Shanties Before Panties.
Who are you, so wise in the ways of science?
@@jackfish3792 They're Alejandro Azombra can't you read
r/wooosh you ass
@@shash._. r/wooosh
@@bruhbruh9895 whooosh
“Their smiles below say I don’t owe them my life.”
What would a man give for absolution from the dead?...
One of the most powerful lines in this
What a beautiful way to put it, truly.
It wasn't right. Wasn't his time, and he knew that.
“As I live the years that they left me behind” This one hits me the hardest.
Always remember, lads:
"Shanties over panties."
Godspeed, lads.
🙋
Cheers mate
:]
Everybody likes that
Aye lad🧔🏽🍺cheers
came here for the meme. because this was so emotionally good.
Always choose the bois instead of sex
Hahaha i think we saw the meme together and the fate brought us here for a new adventure
same here, i’m glad memes like that exist
So glad I found that post.....
Ohh how wholesome that a meme unites the bois here
It might seem silly but this song makes me think of my cat, Tigger, who passed away just 2 days ago after being sick for a while.
I’ve been into the sea shanty thing a lot lately and would walk around my house singing, and he would love it every time I sang this song - especially when he would lay on my chest. He was so happy and would purr up a storm as I softly sang.
I sang it to him just a few days ago, the night before he passed. And now this song takes on a whole new meaning as I sit here without him, singing his favorite song.
I remember the fallen, and I hope he thinks of me...wherever he is.
Love you, Tig.
dam, now im crying
sorry for your loss
I’m sorry about your cat
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
so your to in the dead pets club
i miss my birdy
it was a good 5 years with him
My cats passed a few years back, I always sung to them, and I did on the nights they died. Fuck, you made me cry.
I lost my father to lung cancer earlier this year, and in the final weeks he knew it was happening, but never once showed fear - he remained so strong for us, no matter the pain or how much his body began failing him. This song will always make me think of his courage. "So I swallow my grief and face life's final test, to find promise of peace and the solace of rest."
Damn, man. I can't even imagine
Love to you and your father, sir
that must have been horrible may he rest in peace
I lost my nan last year and we visited her days before she left, she was so full of life. We saw her the friday, she passed on the next tuesday
@@itsvortex0162 I am sorry for both of your loses his father and your Nan, I'm very sorry for your loses
we mfs crying so much that ocean levels are gonna rise 10 ft
hats the point of this song i gess
more sea to sail i guess
I confused this with a completely different shanty and was expecting a nice whaling song and now I'm sitting on my bed with a new type of depression
I think Wellerman was the song you were looking for. :3
You’re in what I call a sea shantie shit
sailorpression™
"Son, I think I have what the kids call depression"
⁰
"Ayo bro let's play tomorrow!"
"sure"
*Last Online 10 Years Ago*
Sigh..
Happened to me.
I salute you Lord_Badger where ever you are my old friend
Shit dude this hurts
Dr.Blood, i wonder what are you doing now, my friend
As a attempted suicide survivor I always cry listening to this song, especially "I'm not sure what I want but I don't think it's this" gets me every time
I always cry when I hear it too. Something really deep in my soul sings in tune with this song like no other. Always a deep emotional experience listening.
My father took his own when I was young, 2 years ago I went and tried to join him. I see this song as an analogy to my struggle with the guilt of growing up without him. Knowing that's he'd be thinking of me and tell me that he'd much rather see me live a life that he'd be proud of rips my heart out
When the chorus changed from "do they think of me" to "and they think of me", I legitimately shed a tear. Such a small but beautiful detail.
My best friend was so obsessed with Sea shanties.
Two year ago in August i was chillin' with him in his giant pool and he was singing songs like "Leave her Johnny" "Randy dandy oh" and "Bones in the ocean". I can't listen this song without cry. Miss that bro.
What happened to him ??
@@bvllseye4068 we will never know
@@dini6617 he was last online 2 years ago
@@bvllseye4068 Alex had a motorcycle accident. He had a bad head injury and after few days in the hospital he passed away.
@@eddy4068 I'm sorry to hear that he sounds like a great friend
"Their smiles below say I don't owe them my life" that part makes me cry everytime
It's a sad song
Can't help but think of my old man when I hear this. Didn't lose him to the sea, but he did go into the River, ripping our hearts out of our chests. Even 5 and a half years down the line it still hurts and we were lucky to get him back between high tife and the dam bursting it's banks, we managed to get him at the Port of Cork before he truly did end up going out to the sea proper. He had his demons that he hid so well from us but I understand him now and why he did what he did, but it doesn't make his loss any easier to bear.
He's forever with us and his first grandchild that he never had a chance to meet, recognises his face and kisses his picture every time she sees it, saying "Danda" and smiling. It's bittersweet, but she'll at least know who he was and how much he would have loved her.
o7
May you and your child live in his honor.
I’m sorry, brother. I wish you well. Live.
This song is the embodiment of survivor's guilt
Fr tho
In the end he conquered it though, and that makes me happy.
@@Suninrags Yes they did
sea shanties are the very few rare instances of song genre that will sound good no matter what generation you're in
Its working man music... Always a good thing...
Some sea shanties have been around for centuries but we still sang them today
Because these shanties describe feelings in the purerest form
It's not a genre, it's an art form
yeah and it is good without instrumental ;D i think because it is a worker music with deep meaning something like Banana Song
This song makes me wanna tear up, but i just can't, seems like my old pirate life mourned to this song just enough.
Never thought a sea shanty would describe survivors guilt in such a succinct, bittersweet way.
It's pretty accurate to my personal experiences with it.
Best friend offed himself a few years back after a stay in a mental hospital.
He made it back home, seemed to be doing a lot better; but in hindsight, it was the burst of happiness people sometimes get before they go through with it.
His parents were at his house, he ate lunch with them, talked, laughed; and then when they left for 5 minutes, he locked himself in the bathroom and put a bullet in his brain.
I was about to come see him and hit him with a big ass hug; when they called me.
I remember falling onto the floor and curling up, saying "no no no no" over and over.
The rest of it is a blur, the only thing I really remember vividly was carrying the casket to the grave.
For the first year it felt unreal, I kept typing messages to him on facebook and then remembering he's not there.
Just little things I was excited about, things we normally talked about.
It all felt like a dream.
I would get this thought in my head that it would be over soon, and I'd wake up to everything being back to normal.
But then I'd snap back to reality, and the feeling of something missing would overtake me completely.
The second year, I yearned to join him.
Honestly, if I didn't have people that need me, I would have.
I was ready to go, I was done.
But then I started messaging all his accounts, half jokingly doing rituals, all sorts of shit; just to see if he's still out there somewhere.
No response ever came, but I realized he's still around in my mind; and I can keep him alive there.
I still have his music, his art, his games, our videos, screenshots of chats, even a pair of his shoes are still hanging around here.
His mark on the world still stands, even if he's really gone.
As for the current year?
It's hard, I miss him severely; but no longer seek to join him just yet.
I don't feel guilty anymore, there's nothing I could have done; he had it planned out in advance.
I still drive by his house, it's bittersweet.
His parents still own it, so his car still sits out front; sometimes I see them out in town driving it.
The once welcoming little house just feels wrong now, as if all the warmth left.
They've asked if I wanted to go into it, and I just don't think I can; I wouldn't want to leave.
Everything is still in there, down to the gifts I had given him over the years; mostly untouched.
It's like a time capsule of our friendship, and I just don't think I can do it without breaking down completely.
But, I guess I'm happy now.
I definitely feel a lot better than a few years ago, but the hole never really gets any smaller; I just grow around it.
Dude that is some heavy shit. I commend you staying on it but not following. Dont feel like you should not live when others do.
I knew a girl who took her life. Went to school for about 9yrs with her and on hindsight i barely knew her but fucked if i wasn't wrecked when i heard. She was one of us and then she was gone. I dont know why and dont want to. She was always nice to me, literal life embodied but she was just gone. It made me confused and i pondered how i could go on and not her which made me feel worse. I felt like i had to do and say things but i could never and that made the feeling worse. In the end i chalked it up she was loved and my friend and she will never not be.
Keep holding on, my friend.
While I was reading this I just started crying so much...
@@lavia7151 same.... Same......
The world is a better place with you in it.
man this shit hits way too close to home, this songs a journey. in the military you form bonds with each other like ive never had before n when you lose someone you go through every verse of this song, n they always live with you. i really really fucking love this song, especially the end. i remember the fallen and they remember me.
The sea is a force, a dark force powerful enough to transform the weak to strong, and strong to weak.
"All the powers of the 'Neath agree. There is nothing beneath the Zee."
"The sea is emotion incarnate. Whatever you say about it, there is always that which you can't." Brom, Inheritance Cycle
@@Callsign_Bear great series
@@neiljaqua7397 fucking amazing series
Remember: shanties before panties, my kings
No coochie is as strong as a brotherhood forged from the sea
@@mrmoonman4552 Let's find a crew to sail once the Covid-19 pandemic ends, shall we?
Count me in mate
Count me in!
Aye sir!
I can never listen to this song without getting emotional. There is so much heart and soul in this song and the lyrics really hit deep. Anyone struggling with depression/suicide should hear this every now and then
"Though their eyes speak of depths filled with struggle and strife
Their smiles below say I don't owe them my life"
Of course you don't, they still love you like a brother, no matter what. Damn, I'm crying...
This makes me want to understand the power of manliness and friendship 😞
Watch My Little Pony on Netflix.. you'll learn about...
The Magic Of FRIENDSHIP
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖
It starts with you bud! The boys will always be here!
This song sums it up pretty well
Keep living my homie!
It's simple yet complex. Manliness isn't exactly clear, it's about facing the great unknown and being the person to face the horrors of life head on. Friendship is establish through life long bonds that ascend beyond simple trust, good times, & compassion; it's much deeper. The question men must ask themselves & find is how to gain those traits for themselves personally; easier said then done. It's not simply go join the military, etc. There is no rite of initiation for men except those men who decide for themselves personally. You can be called a man yet not feel like it yet personally until you prove it to yourself. You can have friends, but, not really until you truly feel it. That's what's ignored now a days as people think it can just be ignored, shunned, not essential when it is very essential for men. You must find it yourself & search for it; there is no helping you out, you must plunge yourself into chaos in order to find this. However, once you did this, and you know you did personally, you will be enlightened & have all of life's treasure to your standards. I hope all of you reading this have a good voyage towards this mighty task that makes a man truly; one of the hardest yet rewarding aspects of life for men.
@@logangotcha8429 Thanks you for your words.
This made me cry. I must have sung this in a past life
Dude I was just thinking the same thing my ancestors were from Spain after all
@@No-cl4uv this is a British song and also not from the 1700s. so no.
Yeah, this song came out in 2013
@@aidenconley3378 Its actually redone in 2013, NOT made.
My ancestors were German
I've been listening to this for the past few weeks and it never fails to make me cry every single damn time. 😭
Aye. Aye, brother. Deep message.
The only way out of hell is through it.
We're all gonna make it, boys.
amen
💪💪
Amen
Aye captain!
Bro... I felt that
This song made me think of how PTSD and survivor's guilt have been around for as long as we have. From the hunter gatherer societies, long since forgotten and buried, a friend lost in the hunt of some great beast or a wife who died in labor from improper medical procedures. To now, where we see veterans and many others who suffer in silence, tormented by the memories of their friends that once brought them comfort. Memories that they didn't even know they had, coming back in droves to bring unending pain.
I can't offer much advice, because though I've suffered from traumatic memories, I've never suffered them on that scale. But I can say that even if it seems like nobody understands, it doesn't make your suffering less legitimate. You are not weak for feeling this way. It is only natural to miss what once was, that is no longer. You are stronger than you could ever know. Stand fast and forge on.
Under appreciated comment
It’s also depressing how people during ww1 didn’t believe it existed, even killing people who suffered symptoms because they didn’t think it existed.
@@Paint_Eater The Great War was hell for all, even those who were to be executing those who suffered from Shell Shock. The ones ordering it would be either in denial of the horror, or so short-sighted that they don't realize the consequences of their actions.
But in one way or another, The Great War was a special kind of hell for everyone.
@@Paint_Eater it wasn't killing for not believing it existed. It was mercy killing they believed in it. The reason it got named Shell Shock. They just didn't know what it was. Because for those who served in World War 1 and if their minds weren't prepared were better off dead than living a life of constant remembrance and fear. Since therapy didn't exist back then death was more preferable.
Remember sailors.... girls are temporary.
*The sea is forever*
“Shanty’s before pantys”
-master oogway
@@Paint_Eater i love you for this
@@mtravt3445 no, I love you random person on the internet!
Wise words from a random person may I salute u
:O he rite
Indonesia's submarine, KRI 402 Nanggala, is sunken recently. A tragedy. I know it doesn't 100% relate to this song, but the grief brings me here. Their bones in the ocean, forever will be. RIP
It is related. Its about the tradegy of sailors, they are now on eternal patrol.
They wil rest in peace
You're Damn right I'd rather sing sea shanties.
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When you're happy with your wife but you gotta sing sea shanties
"Their smiles below say i don't owe them my life"
Damn
That hit hard💔
You will be online, right?
Yes bro, as always,
See you tomorrow
*Last seen 8 years ago*
Gods that hits me hard man, i remember that like it was almost yesterday...such simpler times...such happy one's too
Makes me think of my friend..........he was online all the time practically.........until one day he wasn't. I'm less without him.
My entire clash of clans clan was having problem paying for internet access and having trouble with school matters since quarantine started. They all shared how they are now tired of the game and how long they'll log off. They said only a week. I've been waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Eventually I uninstalled. Coming back once in a while and become sunk in sadness as nothing changed in the chat. It was still the same messages from 3 months ago and that was back at 2020. I still miss the bros. We were with each other from start to finish.
Damn I still remember playing CS 1.6 with every member of our group. We still have windows XP computers back then, no beefy gaming pc, only windows XP. Either you play cs 1.6 or CS Xtreme. Been awhile, I would like to come back but they probably now have girlfriends 💀. Our "crew" already disbanded a year ago.
Back when I started playing roblox,I used to have a friend I met in a racing game. Their username was "11travin" and they have never been online since, I think it is because he quit roblox, but I still remember him as the first friend I had to this day, so travin, if you see this, I hope you come back, little Raiding_Gamer403 is still here :)
Since i'm drinking, i'm raising my glass to all those who've fallen, may we remember them fondly.
Next time Im drinking Ill try to remember and raise a glass to the fallen. But thank you
Let's raise a glass to the ones we've lost on land and the sea. 🍺
Im in 👍❤️
A toast to those that have passed on may they find rest
Ay
🍻 cheers, boys. May the fallen rest peacefully. We won't forget.
Here, here! 🍻
I like how the song ends with his realization that eventually he'll be reunited with his crew no matter what, so he should go ahead and live the years that they never got to.
How did he make such a bomb song without any backround music, like tf his voice is so amazing it can make a whole song by itself
Sea shanties kinda don't have any background music. It's just a buncha sailors singing.
@@maroonring OHHHHH
ty
@@thekirstenempire No prob.
@@maroonring drunken sailor is a sea shanty, it has music
im pretty sure it aint one dude
Imagine this: your an old man on a dock with a beer in your hand looking at the sunset over the ocean and remembering the times you had with your now dead crew
And then I cry
And then seeing a ship with youngsters just like you and your old crew
makes me miss being a sailor, even though i was never one.
That feeling is why reincarnation has to be at least somewhat real
@@Thehomieibrahim its not
@@vrmax1919 name a list of people who tf asked you
@@Thehomieibrahim your mom your dad your sister and your granma
@@vrmax1919 we found him boys, the guy who laughs at his own jokes
RIP to those lost to the pandemic, the boys will forge on and live the years ahead of us til we meet again! 🍻
Souls lost to the sea. Did they deserve it? No. Did it happen? Sadly, yes. What can we do? Remember the fallen...
@@blueberryboi8645
As the living, we can remember and cherish them.
Until we meet again, brave souls.
Yes, lets remember the hordes of dead from a disease with a 98% survival rate. Wait, only the old and obese reliably died from it. Hmmmm.
@@John-Adams not just the virus, quarantine made a lot of people face demons they couldn’t beat and ended their lives. Think before u speak man.
@@VILEPAINTS Yes, Fauci & Co. have blood on their hands for spreading mass fear and hysteria over a fabricated pandemic.
"Its enough to make a grown man cry..... and that's ok"
“You can go right ahead, tear.”
*tear drops*
I just found this song and it instantly hit home and made me cry.
I was on a ship and we would patrol the Bering sea for SAR. My bunk mate in my corner was the greatest dude ever, genuinely nice, made everyone smile and made time on board easier. Easily one of my favorite people to talk to and joke around with. When we went to port at one of the random islands out there to resupply after we had a fire in the engine room. We all went out to the one bar to drink but him and a few other underage guys would go to the beach to drink without being seen. That night we caught wind he was missing and after launching search parties they found him face down in the water unresponsive.
I dont know how to describe it but this song helps ease that pain I get sometimes, when I think back to that year and remember him.
May he set sail on the sea forever and rest in peace.
This song is like "See You Again" but in the time of pirates
See you again is trash compared to this
This is about survivors guilt
how.
@@qwertyuiop-rg4mj it’s about a sailor whose shipmates died in a shipwreck, leaving him the only survivor. He wants to die where they did so that they could all be together in the afterlife.
See you again has nothing on this
I'm convinced sea shanties will never die. When hyperspace is accessible, everyone will sing sea shanties and it will be glorious
Sea shanties will never die
Space frigate shanties sounds dope.
Space shanties
“I fear not he moon, I fear not the stars. I remember the floating, do they think of me? With their bones in the vacuum, forever they’ll be.”
2021: sea shanties with the boys
3021: space shanties with the boys
This song literally makes me shiver, like I get cold all over wtf
the bitter chill of the ocean
Same
‘Dem goosebumps
Same man
@@bugziIla The salt of the ocean, the creak of the ship, the scratch of the rocks, the screaming of the crew, the lifeboat rowing away, as the single survivor watches Davy Jones claim his ship.
This makes me think of all ship crews, civilian, pirate, unknown, and naval. But hearing this made me immediately think of British Naval Sailors who survived a destroyed ship in WWII coming back decades after to search for the wreck. Rest In Peace every soul who perished on the seas, or the aircraft that met an end in the oceans/seas.
I think we're all here bc the original Longest Johns vid had comments turned off
They didn't. RUclips auto-generated the video because it's music, so comments are turned off.
Yeah pretty much.
@@randomwanderer2983 damn you, RUclips!
@@randomwanderer2983
Edit- all auto-generated songs had comments be disabled. Thanks for correcting me
Original comment: not exactly- I've been listening to this song for a lonngggg time now and only after it blew up we're the comments turned off. I had it in a playlist, so I know it's the right video, and I specificly remember multiple of the comments since there were only like 100. Don't know why they got turned off, though
@@Zyzzyva72 than I guess RUclips sucks
I searched for a lyric video for this song yesterday, and couldn’t find anything, so thank you
@@Sound-Waves have ever posts a non lyrical video
@@Sound-Waves yeah thanks for posting this since TLJ don't have lyrics on their own vid, but that outro is pretty cringe ngl
God damn, the end of that song had me nearly in tears.
Why am I in tears over the end of an old sea shanty? No idea but I love it
I'm also in tears man. Don't worry, I'm pretty sure you're not alone :')
it's not that old, I'm pretty sure these guys created it (the longest johns)
i cried a goddamn river, and I'm proud
I thought it was the dreadnoughts
Bro I'm crying and my dog just doesn't care-
Ships don't sink, they just sail forever
this is the first time I cry for a song.
Same
Me too.
Oh crap . . Me too :')
I think listening music is the only time I ever cry. Its my conection to my emotions. Its how I process shit. Idk maybe im just weird
@@wediscoit1989 u ain’t wierd
First it was catchy, then it was downright sad and depressing, and it ends on a bittersweet note. I almost cried ffs.
Mates, when our time comes we will reunite once again, not as a comment section but as mutual memories bonded by this beautiful song.
Amen
Amen
Amen
I might have gotten too emotional but nowdays I have been in a bad place in my mind. Not depression nothing like it, no what has been on my mind is much worse... passing and now I stumble across this song and it hit me... I think I have been crying for hours now. I just think of the last moment of my life thinking about the time I had here on earth, my friends and all the fun. Gone... took a lot to experience and took one moment do dissapear. I am getting better tho :_)
@@Hamb1 I glad to hear that you're getting better and feel free to share these kinds of things with your SO as well. And in case you worry about what lies ahead, remember that why may wither away and die, we achieve our immortality through the memories and stories we share. The boys are with you, thick and thin.
_Missing a ship I never sailed on and missing a crew I never knew_
Girls: I can't believe he didn't cry during Titanic
Men:
Oh, I did cry during Titanic
But I wept for the captain who would never leave his ship
I wept for the band that continued to perform for the frightened masses
I wept for every man, woman and child who boarded that ship in joy only to find their trip ending in grief and despair
I wept for the old couple who made peace with the inevitable in each other's embrace
And most of all
I wept for whatever surviving crewmen there were who lost friends during that unprecedented, horrifying tragedy
May they know peace and restful solace
For their bones in the ocean forever will be
@@petemadrona2252 yo remember something called a joke?
@@SaladKnife. jokes exist?
@@SaladKnife. ironic youre saying this considering YOU missed the joke
@@yoro__33 There was no joke there?
Returning to your old ps3 and see the none of your friends returned.
Honestly happened to me I booted up my old Xbox360 and saw 3 of my old mw2 friends were online
I remember the fallen do they think of me?
@@watcher-3743 a men
this definitely has this vibe!
*r e t u r n i n g*
“the shipwreck wasn’t your fault, mate. you have to let us go.”
edit: jesus christ this isn’t a quote from something, it’s literally what the song is about. this is why i can’t have nice things
Don’t put that scenario in my mind😢
;__;
C-Captain...
@@brandonevans3267
"It's alright lad. Go get married, start a family.
We'll be waiting for you"
@@hoovy5398 "that wasn't a threat, was it?"