i love all the precise little things that went into the album - like *10* feet tall being the *tenth* track, *888* being the *eighth* and the fact that the final track is an acapella version of the first all give the album that more depth. sure, it would be given that an acapella version of a song on the album would be the final track would be a given, where else would it go, but the fact that it's the acapella version of the *first* track seems very fitting.
Also, for 888, the first 8 is it being the 8th song in the album, the second 8 is there being 8 letters in Lemon Boy, and the third 8 is there being 8 letters in Cavetown. (And, I did not come up with this theory.)
@@zerozeroeszeroed *Also*, in 888, the verses are in 3/4 and then when it gets to the chorus it changes to 4/4 when he says thinking in figures of 8. Always thought that was neat and didn't know how many people would get that. edit: don't quote me on those time signatures, I'm not 100% on it and I'm still learning
This song gives me a sense of wanting to be stronger and 'taller' then everybody else, but at the same time the feeling of loneliness and isolation for being different.
Before clicking on this I thought "alright, this is gonna be amazing like all of cavetown's music, but it won't become a favorite and blow my mind away" but then the violin first came up, and I realised I was wrong :'> Tho, I shouldn' t really be surprised by this point - I know the sensation of falling in love and it's what I feel every single time I discover a new cavetown song
I wanna be tall and scary, I want to be tough and protective, I want to be hard and cold, I want to stop empathizing, I want to be mean, I want people to be afraid of hurting me. Instead I'm short and small, soft, anxious, empathetic, nice, a pushover, and the one who always needs protection. And I'm so damn tired of getting hurt. I wanna be 10 Feet Tall.
I've talked before about the connection between trauma and defiance. this song reminds me of how violent I used to be in middle school, as a defense mechanism so people wouldn't notice I couldn't pay attention in class due to ADHD, I didn't want to be seen as stupid. I was also aggressive for other reasons, just other things I internalized, this song always lets me connect with those feelings. I always expect it to end with "I wanna scare everyone, so that they'll never know." cuz it'd rhyme with snow
@@EveningRose_BigRed I remember one day watching the birds fly past the window in my 7th grade grammar class. I loved birds and was mesmerized by their flying patterns and colors, I was completely unable to hear or see anything else, completely submerged in my own little world, I remember feeling so peaceful and relaxed. the teacher decided to instruct the whole class to shout my name at once. I jumped out of my skin, ripped out of the only place I felt safe, that felt normal to me. Saying my name multiple times obviously wasn’t going to work, but it was an unpleasant reminder that my differences were a “deficit” not a peculiarity or quirk, let alone be a gift and that I should fall back in line and struggle on work that wasn’t designed for children like me
~lyrics~ I wanna be ten feet tall I wanna grow big red horns Fingers covered in thorns that pierce everything I wanna be ten feet tall I wanna eat fire and snow I wanna scare everyone (MUSIC) I want to collect swords stab my walls when I'm bored Wear clothes made of old socks which are missing their pairs I wanna be ten feet tall I wanna eat fire and snow I wanna scare everyone (MUSIC) Climb over the circus walls Finally feel at home Cotton candy floss Haunted houses ghosts I wanna feed the ducks I wanna eat some stones Sink down to the bed Finally feel at home x4 My tooth falling out again the dentist called my name I didn't answer him I feel it in my gut I'd tear them piece by piece But I don't care enough For centre 33 Now I wanna be 10 feet tall With big red horns Five-star banquet Twenty course I got no friends I feel so ill I'm so dang tall Growing still I wanna be ten feet tall I wanna grow big red horns Fingers covered in thorns that pierce everything I wanna be ten feet tall I wanna eat fire and snow I wanna scare everyone (THE END) Hope this helped anyone! c: Edit: I just noticed that the lyrics are in the description A
I subscribed to this channel after listening to your cover of “The Judge.” I love your voice and your music. Your videos help me relax when I’m stressed - I would guess because you always seem so calm - and you always make it a bit easier for me to smile. I just wanted to let you know that I think you’re awesome, easily one of my favorite RUclipsrs, and probably my favorite singer - next to Tyler Joseph. :p
It really makes me wonder what inspires you to write the lyrics. Maybe you can tell us that in the description below. You know, the hows, whys and whats. And I love your music btw
adeen 17 In case you haven’t seen since making the comment, he often puts the meanings with the lyrics on his bandcamp uploads. iirc, this one is about how he wants to be cool and scary but that isn’t him and would end with him lonely
This song makes me so emotional. I don’t have anything to cry about, yet this song makes me let it all out. I remember sitting on the bus when I was younger, watching the other kids walk to their buses after school. I remember I got 2:00 into the song when my crush walked by. I watched as she ran to her bus, almost missing it. Ever since, this song has reminded me of her. And also ever since that day, when my crush walked by, 10 Feet Tall was always playing in my earbuds. Just makes me so happy.
Thanks, your music inspires me, I write stories and when I listen to all your music it inspires me for a new story. Your music also calms me when I have a panic attack.
i really love this i just can't explain why but i've really, honestly, wanted to be all of the things in the song above. i just this really resonates with me
I love this song so much! It reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are, a movie (and book) that I love to pieces. Such beautiful music brings tears to my eyes. You're so amazingly talented ♥
listening to this at 2:00 in the morning during a mental breakdown because of all the dysphoria i have felt lately about how short and soft my body is. i love this song and i have for years but right now its hitting me in the face, I want to be ten feet tall, and scary, and sharp, with harsh edges, not this soft tiny human that can barely get out of bed
I don’t know exactly what it is about this song but it always takes me back to those far off distant memories of my childhood. The good ones that made me feel warmer. Those times I’d stop for a second at the park to just feel the sun on my face. Coming home from school and finding my mom had cleaned up my room, plopping down on freshly washed sheets Birds outside my window and I’d have to tiptoe to try to look outside and find them Driving by with the car window rolled down, my hair caught in the wind I’d swing open the cabinet door to climb up on it so I could reach the top of the fridge where my mom put the cereal so we wouldn’t eat it late at night Scraped knees, ripped jeans and grassy shoes My hands didn’t shake as much then
I would love to animate this, yet I lack any technology to be able to and currently lack time to do it traditionally. However if I could this is the story I imagine. A kid getting bullied imagining what's it's like to gain power and scare them away to stop hurting him. It goes for a while showing how they treat him, for you to feel sympathy for this kid who did nothing wrong. Through elementary and middle school this kid went through things, and to help him he imagined "growing 10 feet tall" and "scaring everyone" so he can not think about how much it hurts. Later it's revealed that he's autistic and in turn receives this pain from kids, yet he did nothing and doesnt deserve it. But I want a conclusion to this, in high school he thinks of his past self and smiles thinking about how far he has come, he has friends for the first time in his life and is happy, no one is bullying him. I have a friend who is autistic and I think some of my friend group doesnt even realise it. He has learned to make friends and inturn is very happy ♡ I dont know what his life what like before so I can only imagine. And I know he's a good kid and doesn't deserve pain so I'm very happy to see him smiling with us. He is smarter than most and can do amazing things, he does these awesome edits I couldn't imagine doing, he has so many great natural talents that he works very hard on to improve. Every autistic kid deserves to be happy, it's just a little hard for then to understand other people but they can be some of the greatest friends. ♡ Thanks Robin for alowing my mind to wander while listening to this beautiful song
Please for the love of god keep going your all i have left besides my bed you make me so happy and you help me through my endless nights of tears and staring at the ceiling please keep doing what your doing ive always wanted to go to one of your show and im in scotland but im to young to go to them im 11 and i know that its kinda weird hearing this from a kid but youve helped me so much robin thank you and recently for my birth day i got a ukulele and found my old guitar but im no good and my uke only has plastic strings but its better than nothing ig and im still greatful for it
I really relate to this I try to be threatening and weird to scare everyone off so I cant be hurt but I end up hiding my emotions and getting more hurt
I came here from a KiriBaku fantasy au Animatic. Thanks for introducing me to cavetown, kiribaku Animatics! Cavetown makes awesome songs, and I love them!
It's literally impossible to choose my favorite song
honestly that's so true
Yes
True
this is still true
Percisely
This gives me “where the wild things are” vibes
Tatorandtot OH SHOOT I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT
Same
I used to be scared of where the wild things are as a kid lol
AH- YES YE- YEESS
@@finneth same, I still kind of am
i love all the precise little things that went into the album - like *10* feet tall being the *tenth* track, *888* being the *eighth* and the fact that the final track is an acapella version of the first all give the album that more depth. sure, it would be given that an acapella version of a song on the album would be the final track would be a given, where else would it go, but the fact that it's the acapella version of the *first* track seems very fitting.
I also realized that the first beat is hit on 0:10
@@izzylacroix4131 excellent
Also, for 888, the first 8 is it being the 8th song in the album, the second 8 is there being 8 letters in Lemon Boy, and the third 8 is there being 8 letters in Cavetown. (And, I did not come up with this theory.)
also this song starts at 10 seconds in
@@zerozeroeszeroed *Also*, in 888, the verses are in 3/4 and then when it gets to the chorus it changes to 4/4 when he says thinking in figures of 8. Always thought that was neat and didn't know how many people would get that.
edit: don't quote me on those time signatures, I'm not 100% on it and I'm still learning
such a specific, yet relatable, mood
emma this literally sums up his entire style. I never thought of this. It fits so well.
the birds in the background make this song so tranquil ?????????? im so glad this album exists
This song gives me a sense of wanting to be stronger and 'taller' then everybody else, but at the same time the feeling of loneliness and isolation for being different.
I can finally feel at home because of your music :,)
Ik this reply is too damn late but i agree with you :') .. this is the most calming music of him.
*Is this a pun*
Did someone say home? Like this is home??!!
🎵Finally FEeL AT Home🎵
love the violin
xXSlayerXxD same ;o;
fr tho! my violining will never sound that good
Before clicking on this I thought "alright, this is gonna be amazing like all of cavetown's music, but it won't become a favorite and blow my mind away" but then the violin first came up, and I realised I was wrong :'> Tho, I shouldn' t really be surprised by this point - I know the sensation of falling in love and it's what I feel every single time I discover a new cavetown song
idk why you assumed it wouldn’t be a favorite without even hearing it yet…. 😐
I wanna be tall and scary, I want to be tough and protective, I want to be hard and cold, I want to stop empathizing, I want to be mean, I want people to be afraid of hurting me. Instead I'm short and small, soft, anxious, empathetic, nice, a pushover, and the one who always needs protection. And I'm so damn tired of getting hurt. I wanna be 10 Feet Tall.
I know how that is
U ok bro
I know how that is. I really think that's what the song is about
I've talked before about the connection between trauma and defiance. this song reminds me of how violent I used to be in middle school, as a defense mechanism so people wouldn't notice I couldn't pay attention in class due to ADHD, I didn't want to be seen as stupid. I was also aggressive for other reasons, just other things I internalized, this song always lets me connect with those feelings. I always expect it to end with "I wanna scare everyone, so that they'll never know." cuz it'd rhyme with snow
@@EveningRose_BigRed I remember one day watching the birds fly past the window in my 7th grade grammar class. I loved birds and was mesmerized by their flying patterns and colors, I was completely unable to hear or see anything else, completely submerged in my own little world, I remember feeling so peaceful and relaxed. the teacher decided to instruct the whole class to shout my name at once. I jumped out of my skin, ripped out of the only place I felt safe, that felt normal to me. Saying my name multiple times obviously wasn’t going to work, but it was an unpleasant reminder that my differences were a “deficit” not a peculiarity or quirk, let alone be a gift and that I should fall back in line and struggle on work that wasn’t designed for children like me
Waking up to this early in the morning is the best way to wake up
2:27 my fav part when the bird cheeps. makes me feel happy
Oh i didnt notice it. Thank you ^-^
Oh I love that thank you-
^v^
Today's been rough this was deeply needed
Yup
Yup
~lyrics~
I wanna be ten feet tall
I wanna grow big red horns
Fingers covered in thorns that pierce everything
I wanna be ten feet tall
I wanna eat fire and snow
I wanna scare everyone
(MUSIC)
I want to collect swords stab my walls when I'm bored
Wear clothes made of old socks which are missing their pairs
I wanna be ten feet tall
I wanna eat fire and snow
I wanna scare everyone
(MUSIC)
Climb over the circus walls
Finally feel at home
Cotton candy floss
Haunted houses ghosts
I wanna feed the ducks
I wanna eat some stones
Sink down to the bed
Finally feel at home x4
My tooth falling out again the dentist called my name
I didn't answer him
I feel it in my gut
I'd tear them piece by piece
But I don't care enough
For centre 33
Now I wanna be 10 feet tall
With big red horns
Five-star banquet
Twenty course
I got no friends
I feel so ill
I'm so dang tall
Growing still
I wanna be ten feet tall
I wanna grow big red horns
Fingers covered in thorns that pierce everything
I wanna be ten feet tall
I wanna eat fire and snow
I wanna scare everyone
(THE END)
Hope this helped anyone! c:
Edit: I just noticed that the lyrics are in the description A
I also just realized that 😅
Umm... excuse me.. but ah... I'm pretty sure something this beautiful is illegal. Sorry.
you'll never take him alive
yeah! preaty sure
No arrest da gudboi!! Nuuuuu!
You'll Never Take Me Alive! -Blows Horn-
call the cops
I subscribed to this channel after listening to your cover of “The Judge.” I love your voice and your music.
Your videos help me relax when I’m stressed - I would guess because you always seem so calm - and you always make it a bit easier for me to smile.
I just wanted to let you know that I think you’re awesome, easily one of my favorite RUclipsrs, and probably my favorite singer - next to Tyler Joseph. :p
Ev oof, those are some tøp notch puns
Ev Lol thanks
Man, thinking of another pun is making me *stressed out*
Oh! Hello fren! ||-//
CaveTown: "I wanna be ten feet tall"
5 feet gang: Don't we all?..-
yeah right 🤣
Bro I'm 4'11
Me who uses centmeters-
4'10" and feeling it.
YUP
Robin: I want to be 10 feet tall
JennaMarbles: HELL YESSSSS
oHH heLL YeAAA
I was looking through the comments just to see this .... I'm not kidding i hopped that someone also thought about jenna while listening to this song
I hate that I get that reference
Can someone explain?
AJAJAKSODORD
I've been listening nonstop to this album on spotify. Thanks for the good tunes.
I can’t get over the fact that u did this like it’s just so good I aH
Also I’m crying
fav on the album
I relate to the title
U are 10 feet tall?
that moment when ur 10 feet tall
#relatable
@@childofgod759 RELATABLLLLEEEEE!!!!!!
the violins, im crying o wowie
Im crying
colleen don't
Mari 93 crying because im half 10 feet
colleen mood
same
who isnt crying when they listen to this album? i mean except when they aren't 🅱️OPPING THEIR 🅱️USSIES.
I named my ukulele ‘Robin’ because of you and I ordered a lemon ukulele so I think I’m going to name that one ‘Lemon Boy’ 🙃
Wow cute!
Sh4pe Shifter The internet
no like how does a uke be a lemon
the colour! lol
But then wouldnt it be yellow
It really makes me wonder what inspires you to write the lyrics. Maybe you can tell us that in the description below. You know, the hows, whys and whats. And I love your music btw
That’s for him to know and you to wonder about.
@@kimrunic5874 *spooky tones*
adeen 17
In case you haven’t seen since making the comment, he often puts the meanings with the lyrics on his bandcamp uploads.
iirc, this one is about how he wants to be cool and scary but that isn’t him and would end with him lonely
Kim Runic *menacing*
Another flawless song.
i really love how cavetown has a small c. it makes me so freaking happy and idk whyyyy
I’m so glad that you uploaded this! So much love from Japan ❤️
Yuka Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
I’m not sorry
@@SnailMan63 ;-;'
that’s some good bass right there love the tone
I love this song sm
I’ve listened to this almost every day-it definitely makes me feel smth, almost like the song understands where I’m coming from yk?
This song just says everything that I got in my heart and somehow I can't express
strangely, he doesn’t feel at home in THIS place
IKR. I wish him a chance at Home, with someone , anyone , as long as He's Happy.
Oh darn looks like 46 people missed that like button 😕. Probably crying because of how beautiful this masterpiece is.
I agree that this is a masterpiece, but I love how you and a lot of people can t take that not everyone likes the same things-
this song has given me strenght for the past 2years. i love you.
who dares to dislike this masterpiece
@danger mushroom it's Benny wo-o-orm
Hey is that Benny Worm?
sure is 🪕🪕
Wait, hold on a second. Is that, is that Benny Worm?
Yeah, it is.
Holy smokes!
NOOOO NOT MEEE!! 😡😡😡
thank you so much for uploading this. I love this song so much
I was just recently introduced to Cavetown and I'm so glad I was his music is amazing
Something about his voice and the backtrack makes me feel so nostalgic. Idk it makes me miss something I never had
finally understand this song after 3 years of listening to it. :'''''''''')
This is my favorite song by Cavetown. I'm a sucker for the violin.
This song makes me so emotional. I don’t have anything to cry about, yet this song makes me let it all out. I remember sitting on the bus when I was younger, watching the other kids walk to their buses after school. I remember I got 2:00 into the song when my crush walked by. I watched as she ran to her bus, almost missing it. Ever since, this song has reminded me of her. And also ever since that day, when my crush walked by, 10 Feet Tall was always playing in my earbuds. Just makes me so happy.
The background noise, the wind, instruments,...... Everything about this song is absolutely f%*king amazing....😌💨💯👍
Thanks, your music inspires me, I write stories and when I listen to all your music it inspires me for a new story. Your music also calms me when I have a panic attack.
me too, i always want to make stories when i listen to him singing anything
and when i have a big time anxious, his songs makes me feel better...
i really love this
i just can't explain why but
i've really, honestly, wanted to be all of the things in the song above. i just
this really resonates with me
Cavetown: ten feet tall
Covid 19: ten feet apart
Billie eilsih : 10 feet under
@@Loveyourself21072 I thought it was 6 feet under
@@1SKRAAC1D it is but we’re sticking to the theme of 10
@@ToeBag okay
All of Robbie's songs feel like the hugs I never got from my dad.
This song makes me feel on top of the world
I absolutely love it!
I love this song so much! It reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are, a movie (and book) that I love to pieces. Such beautiful music brings tears to my eyes. You're so amazingly talented ♥
omg that movie scared me as a kid 😭but yeah you're right, it does give those vibes
This song, Irrational, and Fool, are probably my favourites from the second i heard them.
Am taking an entrance exam today... thank you so much for this, or actually, for all of your songs that give off comfort :)
words cannot express how much serotonin this gives me
well thanks dude, you gave a purpose to my night !
Listening to this you feel at ease, such a calming and fun song
Then he goes “I got no friends” and you cry your eyes out
Still listening after 3 years
simply, a mood
listening to this at 2:00 in the morning during a mental breakdown because of all the dysphoria i have felt lately about how short and soft my body is. i love this song and i have for years but right now its hitting me in the face, I want to be ten feet tall, and scary, and sharp, with harsh edges, not this soft tiny human that can barely get out of bed
This is my comfort song ngl, it makes me forget every problem I have an it makes me feel at home and it's a work of art
transition goals
I absolutely love this song!
As a military kid this hits hard
first of all this is friggen buetiful but also it starts at 10 seconds and is the 10th track. robbie your a genius
i'm spinning around in an office char while belting dis song
ahhhh heading to school and honestly this brightens my day ♡
I don’t know exactly what it is about this song but it always takes me back to those far off distant memories of my childhood. The good ones that made me feel warmer.
Those times I’d stop for a second at the park to just feel the sun on my face.
Coming home from school and finding my mom had cleaned up my room, plopping down on freshly washed sheets
Birds outside my window and I’d have to tiptoe to try to look outside and find them
Driving by with the car window rolled down, my hair caught in the wind
I’d swing open the cabinet door to climb up on it so I could reach the top of the fridge where my mom put the cereal so we wouldn’t eat it late at night
Scraped knees, ripped jeans and grassy shoes
My hands didn’t shake as much then
thanks for writing this
I THOUGHT MY HEADPHONES BROKE IN THE FIRST FEW MOMENTS USDHSUDH
you never cease to amaze me ❤️
this reminds me of the series on this is mythical, just bc of the name lol
it was written for that!
It was inspired by my pals Mike & alex !
mike and alex is how i discovered cavetown
I would love to animate this, yet I lack any technology to be able to and currently lack time to do it traditionally. However if I could this is the story I imagine.
A kid getting bullied imagining what's it's like to gain power and scare them away to stop hurting him. It goes for a while showing how they treat him, for you to feel sympathy for this kid who did nothing wrong. Through elementary and middle school this kid went through things, and to help him he imagined "growing 10 feet tall" and "scaring everyone" so he can not think about how much it hurts. Later it's revealed that he's autistic and in turn receives this pain from kids, yet he did nothing and doesnt deserve it. But I want a conclusion to this, in high school he thinks of his past self and smiles thinking about how far he has come, he has friends for the first time in his life and is happy, no one is bullying him.
I have a friend who is autistic and I think some of my friend group doesnt even realise it. He has learned to make friends and inturn is very happy ♡ I dont know what his life what like before so I can only imagine. And I know he's a good kid and doesn't deserve pain so I'm very happy to see him smiling with us. He is smarter than most and can do amazing things, he does these awesome edits I couldn't imagine doing, he has so many great natural talents that he works very hard on to improve. Every autistic kid deserves to be happy, it's just a little hard for then to understand other people but they can be some of the greatest friends. ♡ Thanks Robin for alowing my mind to wander while listening to this beautiful song
I'm crying just imagining this
make the animation I dare you. it will be beautiful
omg I am a animator can I try to animate this????
@@the_real_frost hell yeah
I'm also autistic and this is a beautiful story
10 feet tall is the best bc I wanna be like that cavetown
Please for the love of god keep going your all i have left besides my bed you make me so happy and you help me through my endless nights of tears and staring at the ceiling please keep doing what your doing ive always wanted to go to one of your show and im in scotland but im to young to go to them im 11 and i know that its kinda weird hearing this from a kid but youve helped me so much robin thank you and recently for my birth day i got a ukulele and found my old guitar but im no good and my uke only has plastic strings but its better than nothing ig and im still greatful for it
I really relate to this I try to be threatening and weird to scare everyone off so I cant be hurt but I end up hiding my emotions and getting more hurt
I've been listening to this song for 5 months.. And everytime I listen to it I feel like my heart is warm.. :')
This is my aesthetic
Thank you Lemon Boy, I am so glad you are alive and here to make us music. I want to come to england and give you a hug.
i cant rn omg
:) still loving that violin
Same °3°
Yeah, its beautiful.
I can't get over the fact that this was inspired by Mike and Alex 😍 I love it so much I've been listening to it all dayyy
I was not expecting that mellow tune at the end there, gave the song a different vibe for me!
I love the home that is the Cavetown community
Same
This is giving me some Life Is Strange vibes, anyone else?
oh yeah, never really noticed, but yeah i see the simularitees. excuse my garb grammar
I came here from a KiriBaku fantasy au Animatic. Thanks for introducing me to cavetown, kiribaku Animatics! Cavetown makes awesome songs, and I love them!
Anyone just randomly find Cavetown one day and now he is your favorite artist?
My cavetown addiction just relapsed
when he said "i got no friends", i felt that
2:18
did anyone else hear "i wanna yeet some stones"?
idk i heard it T^T
I think he sings "i wanna eat some stones"
Stupid Girl r/wooosh
@@fredmichaels418 :O cool!
Bye stones!
Literally every single one of your songs ever are perfect??
How does such beauty exist?
Even if the lyrics are.. like that I still love your music because it gives off a calm vibe
“I wanna grow big red horns”
*Deviltown flashbacks*
Love you all
I never feel at home in my house but your music makes me feel safe
the ending should be it's own song x)
2:15 CHILLS
love it! violiiin!!
"I got no friends"
1.59 million people: "ya sure about that"
hold up did i heard violin noises---, that's weird and I love it 🤩👌🏻
Ah yes the most relatable song yet
*tears*
WHAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC HAVE I COME ACROSS. SICK FUC-
this is my favorite