Can’t believe it’s is 11 years old. I just turned 20. Now 30. I have a 3 year old daughter and I play this song for her and she loves it. Just wild how time flies…
Time flies but the best music not only stands the test of time but always transports the subconscious back there. So many memories with this band in the background. High-school 10 years ago this is how I coped.
Funny how a song is simply a song until you lose someone you care about. After that, you truly realize what a song is trying to convey. This is one of those songs.
My Dad just died 2 and a half weeks ago. I live alone now and my mom has been gone for 15 years at least now. I’m only newly 26 and am an only child and no wife/kids. Aside from Jesus and some church people I feel so alone.
Dance Gavin Dance, as a whole, is such an artistic band. They put music together so specifically. I love it. I am outraged that I have yet to see them live.
Its quite the treat. Upset i never got to see the full mess, tilian lineup. Mess was sick with tillian, and then andrew filled in for tilian during this hiatus.
"Listening to the answering machine. Over and over. Only to hear your voice one more time. Just one more time." Still gives me chills. Been a fan and always will be a fan.
This song strikes a weird place within me because i try to keep voicemails of people important to me so i can still hear them if something happens to them. Thank god it hasnt come to that but still really made me pause for a sec, incredible track as well that doesnt get enough love.
"I negelcted her life! now what!... what do i do with mine?" Oh I love the way kurt travis sings this part. I think of this song as a story told beautifully :) but its about losing your happiness :'( I find so unique...
wow wow wow this song legit just made me think of a friend that ended up taking her own life a while back, and now i'm crying because it reminds me how me and my friends all felt terrible, like it might have been our faults, we were her friends always there laughing and hanging with her. i would occasionally watch videos of all of us hanging, just to see her gorgeous smile and hear her crazy ass laugh again. and what's sad is, we don't know why she did it. Like, just looking back at it we could have been there to help her but were so caught up in our own lives for those COUPLE OF SECONDS and when we came back around, AHHHHHHHHHH TT________________________TT R.I.P ADRIANNA CORTEZ
I've been writing this story since I was 16 (I'm 19 now) and this song perfectly describes the back-story of one of my characters as he turned his head for a split second and the little girl he was babysitting ended up drowning in a lake. I never really thought about how that affected him mentally, but hearing this beautiful piece gives me so much thought and inspiration. Thanks, Kurt.
That's really cool, man. I hope the story comes together the way you want it to. Understanding and manufacturing character motivations and emotions is difficult to do. Good luck to you, brother.
people take this song the wrong way its way more deep then your girlfriend leaving you, listen to the lyrics its about someone you care about just out of the blue dying and you battleing your thoughts and guilt because you feel like you could of prevented it or should of had more time with the person
+Tyler Fink yeah the lyrics even say it " Drowning in the lake I only left her for a couple of seconds and now she's gone." i don't see how people got girlfriend leaving you from that.
I actually wrote a short story that was based off of this song. in the story, the guys girlfriend drives into a lake and dies. He felt like it was his fault and goes crazy and kills himself in the same lake that his girlfriend and their unborn baby was killed in. I was 15 or 16 years old when I wrote this story. I knew the meaning of the song.
Its about a mother who's baby girl drowned while she wasn't looking. Its so fucking depressing but can really happen. At least thats what I got out of it.
This is the thing about music, it's entirely subjective. The listener relates it to his or her own experiences. No one is right or wrong so just enjoy it. Personally, I hear the drowning in a lake as a metaphor for leaving someone in a bad situation and it not working out. For example, leaving your loved one in the depths of drug addiction and then they overdose and die. Perhaps if he tried hard enough or cared more he could have done something but he didn't,. Now he has to live with it. But again.. this is my view and it's molded by my experiences. That is what makes music so wonderful. There is no right or wrong.
I lost my best friend today. I've been listening to this song since I was in middle school, but today its gained entirely new meaning. Fuck I miss him. I would trade my life for his in an instant. Rest in Peace Triston Jones #TitsOutForTriston
I miss the old times 😢 I used to go to their shows back when they were still just a California band back when the Lodi California scene started popping off a skylit drive too such good memories
10 years later, I revisit this album. I somewhat skimmed over this song when I first heard the release. Listening to it once again, it struck a chord within in. The lines "Listening to the answering machine , over and over, only to hear your voice one more time, just one more time" rattled me because this was one of the first things I did when my friend Bianca committed suicide. This flooded back memories of me calling her cell phone just to listen to her answering machine. Never thought I would hear this in a song, but of course it would be from a DGD song. I know this was in a different time and place, but I'll always be thankful for having you guys around making music that so many of us need to get by.
unfortunately this song perfectly represents my emotions after my best friend passed away. I listen to this song every day and think of her. It's been five years
When I listen to this song, I think about my ex.. he brought me so much happiness and then took it all away and no matter how much it hurts to listen to this song, I live through it. This song is my happiness with sadness inside it. "Only to hear your voice one more time"
This song reminds me of a close friend who died of a heroin overdose. It’s like one minute he was here and the next minute I was at a memorial wondering if I could have stopped him from going on that trip back home. “It’s not your fault.”
Despite not being able to understand what they're saying, I still find it awesome! And yet when my dad hears a song that he can't understand, he doesn't like it and his excuse is "can't understand a word they're saying." And I tell him I can't either and I still like it.
@dylaloo2 yeah I think they have respect for each other since they HAVE performed together before as dance gavin dance. and at some shows kurt wears a emarosa shirt and Jonny wears a DGD shirt
I always thought the words were "Drowning in the light Only left to fall a couple seconds" To me this song has always been about being an introvert who can't see someone they wish they could again and trying to be happy but it will always be a lie because they will never be satisfied with life without that person. Even though that person that person is still alive. Unfortunately that's how i have come to feel after too many years...
Jonny Craig is an absolutely amazing singer regardless of his "acts". Jonny Craig is awesome in DGD, but personally in my opinion Kurt fits better. Even though I personally think Jonny is a better singer than Kurt, Kurt fits better in DGD. Not just Kurt himself, but the whole sound contribution just fits in. it's just my personal preference. Sure i love the new DGD album with Jonny and Jon Mess, but personally Happiness was the best album in my opinion it has a very unique sound
didnt really like this album at first, cuz jon mess wasnt in it but i listened 2 it and i got used 2 it and learned the lyrics now i sing this song like a johnny/kurt protoge ;)
Almost 10 years later I finally notice what this songs about... this whole time I thought it was about losing a friend/loved one to death. It's actually about losing a relationship :/ wow I'm in my feelings so hard right now.
sometimes this song makes me cry
Yep
Sameeee
Sometimes? Try every time
3 years later and its still got me crying
Not the only one
this was my boyfriend's favorite song before he was killed in a car accident... the lyrics take on a whole new meaning to me now..
I'm sorry to hear that
Savannah Barton that’s fucking crazy
Savannah Barton sorry for your loss
wow that's fucking heavy, im so sorry :/
Damn... RIP
Can’t believe it’s is 11 years old. I just turned 20. Now 30.
I have a 3 year old daughter and I play this song for her and she loves it.
Just wild how time flies…
Time flies but the best music not only stands the test of time but always transports the subconscious back there. So many memories with this band in the background. High-school 10 years ago this is how I coped.
Same brother. Kurt was the best. So funky
So true man.
Exactly the same feeling here bro, kinda scary, isn't it?
Funny how a song is simply a song until you lose someone you care about. After that, you truly realize what a song is trying to convey. This is one of those songs.
My Dad just died 2 and a half weeks ago. I live alone now and my mom has been gone for 15 years at least now. I’m only newly 26 and am an only child and no wife/kids. Aside from Jesus and some church people I feel so alone.
One of my closest friends just passed away, it hurts so much more now
I get it now
This song isn't about happiness
It's about losing it
Blew my mind
Juan Zune XD
Raymond Reyes shit sherlock
Raymond Reyes uh... Yeh
Fuck.
This song speaks to my soul 😢 hits even harder years later…
lost my sister a couple years ago, and days before she left, we made up for years of fighting. i stumbled upon this song and man, does it kill me now
I'm sorry to hear that. At least you guys both got some closure before the end.
Dance Gavin Dance, as a whole, is such an artistic band. They put music together so specifically. I love it. I am outraged that I have yet to see them live.
Its quite the treat. Upset i never got to see the full mess, tilian lineup. Mess was sick with tillian, and then andrew filled in for tilian during this hiatus.
@@johnlancaster1592 yo dude that comment was 10 years ago LMAO
Listened to this randomly for the first time and it just rocked me. Raw stuff. Hi everyone.
"Listening to the answering machine. Over and over. Only to hear your voice one more time. Just one more time." Still gives me chills. Been a fan and always will be a fan.
Rip in Peace Tim :(
This song strikes a weird place within me because i try to keep voicemails of people important to me so i can still hear them if something happens to them. Thank god it hasnt come to that but still really made me pause for a sec, incredible track as well that doesnt get enough love.
"I negelcted her life! now what!... what do i do with mine?" Oh I love the way kurt travis sings this part. I think of this song as a story told beautifully :) but its about losing your happiness :'(
I find so unique...
wow
wow
wow
this song legit just made me think of a friend that ended up taking her own life a while back,
and now i'm crying because it reminds me how me and my friends all felt terrible, like it might have been our faults, we were her friends always there laughing and hanging with her.
i would occasionally watch videos of all of us hanging, just to see her gorgeous smile and hear her crazy ass laugh again.
and what's sad is, we don't know why she did it.
Like, just looking back at it we could have been there to help her but were so caught up in our own lives for those COUPLE OF SECONDS and when we came back around,
AHHHHHHHHHH TT________________________TT
R.I.P ADRIANNA CORTEZ
my heart breaks listening to this
This is the first DGD song i ever heard, it will always have a special place in my heart
I've been writing this story since I was 16 (I'm 19 now) and this song perfectly describes the back-story of one of my characters as he turned his head for a split second and the little girl he was babysitting ended up drowning in a lake. I never really thought about how that affected him mentally, but hearing this beautiful piece gives me so much thought and inspiration. Thanks, Kurt.
That's really cool, man. I hope the story comes together the way you want it to. Understanding and manufacturing character motivations and emotions is difficult to do.
Good luck to you, brother.
where's the story published/posted, if so? Sounds like a good read
Hmu when you finish
Please let us know if you finish writing the story
My best friend since I was 14 died in a car accident on Saturday and this song makes me have so many feels right now, I'll never forget him.
Damn, well all you can do is move on with his or her memory right? My thoughts went out to you
What kind of car did he have?
"you son of a bitch"
shut the fuck up
I hope you are coping well and are safe
Kurt's Voice
people take this song the wrong way its way more deep then your girlfriend leaving you, listen to the lyrics its about someone you care about just out of the blue dying and you battleing your thoughts and guilt because you feel like you could of prevented it or should of had more time with the person
+Tyler Fink yeah the lyrics even say it " Drowning in the lake I only left her for a couple of seconds and now she's gone." i don't see how people got girlfriend leaving you from that.
Thank you!!!
I actually wrote a short story that was based off of this song. in the story, the guys girlfriend drives into a lake and dies. He felt like it was his fault and goes crazy and kills himself in the same lake that his girlfriend and their unborn baby was killed in. I was 15 or 16 years old when I wrote this story. I knew the meaning of the song.
Its about a mother who's baby girl drowned while she wasn't looking. Its so fucking depressing but can really happen. At least thats what I got out of it.
This is the thing about music, it's entirely subjective. The listener relates it to his or her own experiences. No one is right or wrong so just enjoy it. Personally, I hear the drowning in a lake as a metaphor for leaving someone in a bad situation and it not working out. For example, leaving your loved one in the depths of drug addiction and then they overdose and die. Perhaps if he tried hard enough or cared more he could have done something but he didn't,. Now he has to live with it. But again.. this is my view and it's molded by my experiences. That is what makes music so wonderful. There is no right or wrong.
I lost my best friend today. I've been listening to this song since I was in middle school, but today its gained entirely new meaning. Fuck I miss him. I would trade my life for his in an instant. Rest in Peace Triston Jones
#TitsOutForTriston
I miss the old times 😢 I used to go to their shows back when they were still just a California band back when the Lodi California scene started popping off a skylit drive too such good memories
this is the first song ive ever heard from DGD and i was hooked ever since,
Favorite song from DGD
second favorite song after uneasy hearts weigh the most. it goes deep..
So much emotion behind this song
Sometimes I regret ever showing you DGD bc every time I close my eyes and listen them I see your face ..... it kills me
i love this album so much
10 years later, I revisit this album. I somewhat skimmed over this song when I first heard the release. Listening to it once again, it struck a chord within in. The lines "Listening to the answering machine
, over and over, only to hear your voice one more time, just one more time" rattled me because this was one of the first things I did when my friend Bianca committed suicide. This flooded back memories of me calling her cell phone just to listen to her answering machine. Never thought I would hear this in a song, but of course it would be from a DGD song. I know this was in a different time and place, but I'll always be thankful for having you guys around making music that so many of us need to get by.
I miss dgd. Obsessed with this song forever.
1:55 is this just the best part of any song ever?
whoa, i'm listening to this. and tears are welling up.. It speaks to me like a thousand symphonies.. its beautiful
Yeah. Happiness is one of the more chilled out albums of DGD, and CS is always like that.
hard to believe RISE posted something this good.
Chorus kinda sounds like we're all thieves by circa survive
One of my favourite circa songs and I couldn't put this together! There's a reason I love this track :)
Oliver Chalmers Circa Survive is life. Definitely one of my top favorite bands
Circa is the 🐐's
unfortunately this song perfectly represents my emotions after my best friend passed away. I listen to this song every day and think of her. It's been five years
Oh damn, she was a girl too? That sucks man, i hope your life goes well
the chorus always reminded me of We're All Thieves by Circa Survive.
Much respect for that!
That's my fav song yo!
Circa... such love.
+endangeredoddities Finally someone else noticed.
Oh yeah! FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICED!
Reminds me of my ex.. This song fucking kills me inside. But I can't stop listening to it... No matter how much it hurts.
Fucking sucks Huh?
Yup, sure does. But, what can you do? You just have to take it on the chin and keep on moving.
Exactly! Hope you're feeling better! (:
Eh, I still get sad over her. But it's getting better! :)
How long has it been?
VAN HALEN AND DGD ARE COMING TO MY CITY IN THE SAME YEAR IT MUST BE A BLESSING FROM GOD
this song is precious
These lyrics hit so hard.
Listening to the answering machine.
Over and over.
Only to hear your voice one more time.
Kurt Travis for life!!!!!!!
Yeah I remember first hearing this song and thinking "Wow.. It's crazy how deep and dark this song is. I absolutely love it."
this has always been my favorite song of the record as soon as i heard it i knew
I genuinely can not get enough of this fuckin song and I will come back to it every year.
crying wby
I just want to hear their voices one more time....
this song is about losing love and the trouble you go through between grief and a sense of guilt that you may be partially responsible for the loss...
All the voices in my head says that it's not your fault. But, i still miss you.
this is my favorite song ever!!!!
I love this song
Happniess and Death Star are both very different albums but I still like both the same because both have amazing songs!
Breaking bad, when Jessie loses his gf to an overdoes, he calls her phone over and over to listen to her voice
Was here to say this
I was wondering if anyone else noticed that too
When I listen to this song, I think about my ex.. he brought me so much happiness and then took it all away and no matter how much it hurts to listen to this song, I live through it. This song is my happiness with sadness inside it. "Only to hear your voice one more time"
I listened to this song at least 1000 times in the past years, and it still get me..
gets me in my feels wowow
This song reminds me of a close friend who died of a heroin overdose. It’s like one minute he was here and the next minute I was at a memorial wondering if I could have stopped him from going on that trip back home. “It’s not your fault.”
I cant wait im going to one of their tours!!! :D my first concert!
Despite not being able to understand what they're saying, I still find it awesome! And yet when my dad hears a song that he can't understand, he doesn't like it and his excuse is "can't understand a word they're saying." And I tell him I can't either and I still like it.
This song is amazing. Don't even dispute anything about it. It's perfect as it is right now.
@dylaloo2 yeah I think they have respect for each other since they HAVE performed together before as dance gavin dance. and at some shows kurt wears a emarosa shirt and Jonny wears a DGD shirt
This band deserves more attention.
@mikeystanzaa
thats my favorite line too!! really sounds beautiful and sad fits perfect with his story.
Wow these lyrics are way darker than I originally thought haha
Thats not funny He lost someone he loved
I always thought the words were
"Drowning in the light
Only left to fall a couple seconds"
To me this song has always been about being an introvert who can't see someone they wish they could again and trying to be happy but it will always be a lie because they will never be satisfied with life without that person. Even though that person that person is still alive.
Unfortunately that's how i have come to feel after too many years...
1:47 always gets me
this song makes me want to cry everytime i hear it but i just...can't...stop....REPLAYING....
Love dis song
i almost cried while listening to this
forever in love with this song it's been years
try buying the physical copy on Amazon. Only 4 hundo
Dillon Caskey I have the display from a tour. Was the last one.
10 yrs later and I'm still crying like a bitch at 2:30! GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!
this song gives me goosebumps every time.
lovely.
to me this is there greatest song
My mom passed away 8 months ago from a heart attack this song kills me rn...
Sorry for your loss man. Cant even imagine the world of pain.
I am so sorry.
You're not alone.
Hope youre doing ok. Dont give up. Love ❤️
thank you guys so much
i love this song is simply amazing
This song makes me feel sad. I love it, but I've lost 4 people in my family in the past 4 years. It's just lonely now.
Woot there coming to atl imma have to go...but its a dam shame they probally wont play this song :l
Love you, buddy.
this song is badass
Jonny Craig is an absolutely amazing singer regardless of his "acts". Jonny Craig is awesome in DGD, but personally in my opinion Kurt fits better. Even though I personally think Jonny is a better singer than Kurt, Kurt fits better in DGD. Not just Kurt himself, but the whole sound contribution just fits in.
it's just my personal preference. Sure i love the new DGD album with Jonny and Jon Mess, but personally Happiness was the best album in my opinion
it has a very unique sound
My exact sentiments
dgd for life
i hit replay button like a tornado
i know how you feel lol I put this on replay while with my headphones on pure sync ~ O ~ lol also going to use this for an amv lol this song is Epic
ur a tornado
amazing song!
can't decide whats better, this or perfect
@strawberries4everr Me too. Oh god, this song makes my heart cry.
Used to have that old juicebox shirt. Wish they still sold the old prints, back when they used to put little monsters on everything
In a sea of crazy amd sometimes rediculous lyrics...this song is deep...
No wonder why this song is called happiness... it makes me so happy :)
This song goes hard😑💯🔥
I can keep this song on repeat alldaay !
😭sad. Yet so good❤
@ejohnson96 , yea ive been doing the same. i hope they are gonna perform at warped tour. their the only reason im going.
@Callmebadd I hear ya
didnt really like this album at first, cuz jon mess wasnt in it but i listened 2 it and i got used 2 it and learned the lyrics now i sing this song like a johnny/kurt protoge ;)
2020? Anybody
2021
I agree with you ^
Almost 10 years later I finally notice what this songs about... this whole time I thought it was about losing a friend/loved one to death. It's actually about losing a relationship :/ wow I'm in my feelings so hard right now.
Drowning! Drowning!