“When the world ends, I want to scream into the chaos that I loved you more than anything, in hopes that the sound will continue to exist after everything stops.” - Mitch Welling
Mono no aware (物の哀れ?), literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常 mujō?), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.
Simple As This Simple description of japanese term "Mono no aware": sadness you feel when you realise that beautiful things you see are not forever, but will vanish soon. That things will eventually change. That "to live" means "to lose."
wow not even knowing that translation it's how I have felt every time I listen to this track. I always picture two loved ones having to part ways as one finds out one can't stay anymore. I love Hammock and this is one of my favorite song of theirs for sure.
Mystical Gaming I feel exactly the same as you!! I am a big fan of Hammock and this is one of my favourites of theirs, possibly my number one favourite.And, like you, I strongly felt the "transient gentle sadness" before knowing the translation of the name of the song.It's such a sad, biittersweet song, isn't it?
kathryn mathews I agree. I always feel sad when listening to it but in a good way if that makes any sense at all. I never feel unsatisfied after listening too it like there is always hope afterward. I'd say one of my other favorite songs from then is 'All Is Dream and Everything Is Real' it's just so moving. It's honestly hard to put Hammock's music into words since it's just so pure and good. The feelings it evokes is beyond describing for me at times. It's made me appreciate even the simplest things in life and to always be content.
To me, this type of music, with ambient soundscapes and such, has a positive attitude even with low toned violins. I wish music like this was appreciated more so than songs with lyrics.
a boy is walking through a grey, dead forest. When out of nowhere, he comes across a waterfall, but the water isn't falling. it instead is flowing upward, into the sky. the boy touches the water, and slowly starts to drift. He drifts up, away from earth, away from life. Into the light... that's at least what I think of when I hear this masterpiece :')
sometimes i feel all my life i have been asleep with my eyes wide awake untill the light the light shines and gives me power love to all peolpe who sufer and hope that some day they will become the thing of the sun rays hitting the floor as they sweat and hurt abd burn from the hurtful things that has became one thing that is LIFE
You will, as this universe is finite but time itself is infinite, other universes will emerge, an infinity of them, until the one where you will see him again, and again and again.
I loved her more than anyone I have ever loved, before or since. But no amount of unconditional love could make her love me, and no goodbye could make me forget her. I will love her until I forget to live.
+Matt Brown Having a broken heart can actually be a good thing. It means that you tried for something, and you felt something that many people never experience. Sometimes your soul mate comes into your life for only a short time to open your heart and reveal a deeper layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. She shows you who you are, and she shows you the things that you let hold you back so that you can make the changes you need to grow. They break open your shell and teach you how love gives meaning to life. They expand your awareness and prepare you for what comes next. You can have more than one soul mate as well, and you probably do. As the new door opens, you close the one behind... Have the courage to trust love, always one more time.
how can a sound make you feel so connected to everything and everyone... even with all the hate and evil in the world this music takes me to a peaceful place.
best soundtrack i ever listened to in my entire life. all its feelings hit me hard when i listen to it with headphones in the bus. i don't know why exactly at that moment. Maybe because i'd be watching people passing by and thinking many things like how my life coincidence with theirs, or like if i was late 5 minutes would all the future be the same, or if their life is as complex as mines, or how much our interests may vary, or i probably would be feeling so baffled by the way they probably have dreams and fears and billions of stories to tell. I really love this soundtrack, regardless of the amazing video and story displayed behind it, it has its own story in my mind.
I always think about that every time I go out! sometimes my friends upset me for not paying attention, but I'm actually watching the people. It is that each of the unknown has a hidden universe, and each is unique (:
11 years later, I found this beautiful song. This feeling I’ve never felt is amazing. I wish everyone heard this at least once. You’re talent is so beautiful. Tank you for that Hammock, that’s amazing ❤️
This piece truly captures “Mono no Aware”- and Japanese culture described this human emotion brilliantly all that is missing is the cherry blossoms, that bloom beautifully then fade quickly-like the seasons of our lives
my interpretation of this video : the loneliness, the emptiness, the sadness, the hopeless, the cold, the lost childhood, the innocence. I really like this music video! the director made it perfectly, and the sound is good. they both collaborate perfectly.
Makes much sense, it is a combination of those sensations along with the joy of the memories, the term Mono No Aware is a japanese term to define the awareness of impertinence, or the transience of things, of which a sense of gentle sadness remains, a longing for what's been. I believe that the video is a representation of that, the girl went to her childhood home and went to play to the playground in which she used to play, and revived joyful memories, but then she went back to her former home, and it was just different: it was quiet, empty, lonely and cold, a place that once was her beloved and lively home, and the place in which her treasured memories of childhood happiness and innocence are stored. The video and the music indeed are made and merged perfectly the way they are.
If tomorrow starts without me, and I’m not here to see, If the sun should rise you find your eyes all filled with tears for me; I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today, While thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say. I know how much you love me, as much as I love you And each time that you think of me, I know you’ll miss me too. But when tomorrow starts without me please try to understand, That an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand. He said my place was ready, in heaven far above And that I’d have to leave behind all those I dearly love. But as I turned and walked away a tear fell from my eye. For all my life I’d always thought, I didn’t want to die. I had so much to live for, so much left yet to do. It seemed almost impossible that I was leaving you. I thought of all the yesterdays the good ones and the bad. I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had. If I could relive yesterday, just even for a while, I’d say goodbye and kiss you and maybe see you smile. But then I fully realized that this could never be, For emptiness and memories would take the place of me. When I thought of worldly things I might miss come tomorrow I thought of you and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow. When I walked through heavens gates I felt so much at home. God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne He said, “This is eternity and all I’ve promised you” Today your life on earth has passed but here life starts anew. I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last And since each day is the same there’s no longing for the past. You have been so faithful so trusting and so true. Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn’t do. You have been forgiven and now at last you’re free. So won’t you come and take my hand and share my life with me? So when tomorrow starts with out me don’t think we’re far apart, For every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart. Author: David Romano
@@sohaibalam4168 Exactly. Hammock's music "Cold Breath" just appeared in my Yt homepage 3 days ago...3 DAYS AGO!!! I loved the song;-;-; Sorry the bad English, I'm Brazilian
It may be because Hammock music is so emotive and gives so deep sensations, pleasant and nice and somewhat wistful at the same time, with some kind of gentle sadness, it's beautiful.
I don't usually mind ads on UA-cam videos, since I know that that's how it stays afloat and I really enjoy the site, but I just hate them when they're between things like Hammock songs. The beautiful, almost transient or incorporeal sounds of the songs, along with Altobelli's excellent videos, lull me into a great state, and then a little Lynx ad or whatever brings back the crappy, shallow commercialist parts of the world (which are important to keep the world running, I know, but I'd rather not have to focus on them in between Hammock songs).
Just when I was starting to take for granted my free ad-blocker- Are they [Intrusive advertisements- disruptive in every sense of the word] 'actually' "important to keep the world running?" The "spirit of our time" would have us believe all this senseless commercialism is of vital importance to 'the system;' what of a less corrupt alternative, though? The reign of Capitalism will draw to an end just as soon as it has exhausted the last of its historical energy, and with it the concomitant, detrimental indignities of intrinsic obsolescence, materialism, consumerism et cetera (Damned if I stop there- the list goes on and on). Support not that which you know to be hindering humanity's transcendence.
Nikola Filajdic How do you actually imagine this commercialism-free society of yours working? What would it really be like? The following post is long, and goes quite deep into economics for a UA-cam comment on a music video, so for most people it's not worth reading further. However, I really think it's important to argue against what Nikola said and to try to reduce the amount of people using ad-blockers on sites like UA-cam. People - including musicians - need to eat. However, musicians do not make food. Hence, musicians must be supported by the farmers and similar. This could be done directly; farmers could produce the food and give it to musicians directly in exchange for the entertainment/transcendence that the musician's music gives the farmer. This is called the barter system, and it has now been replaced to a very large extent by a system with money as an intermediary since that is far more efficient. In any case, the musicians must be supported somehow or they will die, and it is unrealistic to expect society to simply pay them or feed them, particularly because there are far more people who'd like to be musicians than there is need/demand for musicians. Obviously this a big simplification of our very complex, interconnected society/economy (since there are loads of other factors apart from music and food, such as medical care and luxury goods), but the basics pretty much hold, and mean that musicians need to actually get money somehow, and one small part of how this happens is through there being ads on their UA-cam videos. And alternative would be for the musicians to also produce food themselves, but that could be a waste of their particular talents and time, or they could simply be bad at that sort of thing, and anyway there are economies of scale and benefits of specialization, so it's generally better for individuals to not try to be completely self-supported, and to instead focus more on certain aspects of things and support other people in these aspects, and to in return be supported in other aspects by other people (that's pretty obvious and foundational to society and to economics). This is particularly obvious when you bear in mind that the musician wouldn't just have to be a farmer too to support themselves completely without some money or bartering needing to be involved; they would also have to manufacture their own guitars/keyboards, cure their own illness, program their own music-making-softwares, invent+construct their own computers, and even do all the research required to take them from a caveman's understanding to the modern physics (discovered by thousands of years of scientists) require to design computers. That's clearly ridiculous, so it's better if the musician focuses primarily on music, creating a "product" that others enjoy, and in return those others give the musician what they have focused on, and money makes this system more efficient, though also more complicated. I'm not advocating pure or unhindered capitalism (which has never actually existed anywhere anyway; there's always been some degree of non-monetary transactions and non-capitalistic altruism and stuff), nor am I saying our current system is anything like perfect. However, not watching ads on UA-cam videos from good musicians does not help to increase humanity's transcendence (this is a bit of an odd term to use here, but I'll use it anyway to more directly counter your point); it is actually a very selfish thing to do. It increases the transcendence of the specific individuals who don't have to watch the ads - that is true. However, it means that the site - UA-cam, in this case - and the musician - Hammock, in this case - both make less money. Hammock has to spend time to make this music, and UA-cam has to spend money running servers. If they don't get something in return, they will be motivated to do other things with their time, or they will simply be unable to continue (many musicians just have to go back to do "normal" jobs and have to give up their careers in music since they don't have time to do both and they weren't making enough money from music to support themselves or their families). I know there are other sources of income for musicians, but this is one part of it, and also UA-cam and similar sites are an important part of the process so they have to be supported as well. Just you not watching ads doesn't make a significant dent in the revenues of Hammock or of UA-cam. However, if everyone acted as you do then UA-cam would be completely forced to close - as would many other great sites - and Hammock would probably have to spent more time doing "normal" jobs, and if people only ever watched their UA-cam videos without ads and pirated their music then they'd be forced to do other jobs. Really, you're essentially cheating; leaching off other people's contributions; the only reason that you can get what you want slightly better than how other people get it is because the other people make the sacrifice of watching the ads to keep the system working and the servers running. I'm not an economist or a sociologist, and this is just a UA-cam comment, so feel free to do more research or thinking of your own, but please do think about what would happen if everyone turned on ad-blocker, and please stop advocating for people to do that, at least. I don't even really ask that you yourself turn it off, but just don't tell others to turn it on without at least thinking of the consequences. Some stuff certainly needs to be changed, but it would be foolish to just do away with everything that is flawed without thought for what we'd be left with without it. It's actually pretty easy to point out flaws with the present state of something (I could write a thousand essays about what's wrong with society, even as I defend commercialism to the limited extent that I do in this comment), but often pretty damn hard to propose a solution or a better state or a way to actually reach a better state, so I again put to you these two questions: How do you actually imagine this commercialism-free society of yours working? What would it really be like?
1Shatter1 I enjoyed that comment, but I do think it's probably a bad idea to bring up the Bible on UA-cam if you are trying to *avoid* arguments... often turns out badly...
Oh man, 14 years ago! 😳 It's curious how that song always makes me watch my own life like it's a film... And it's kinda sad cause it feels so distant and nostalgic at the same time. Pure gold
I feel it's someone focusing on the memories of his childhood and a girl he once knew and loved who maybe passed away and he's looking back on the joy and fun they shared together.
Imagine Your walking through an open field. There's no end the endless amounts of flourishing green. You run your hands along the soft blades, closing your eyes as you gently tug off a few strands and bring them up to your nose. Inhaling the scent as nostalgia and childhood memories float through your mind. It suddenly turns night. You feel as though your heart has stopped. You lay down on the ground gently, resting your head against the pillow like surface. The last thing you see before your drift into the hard and darkening thoughts of reality are the millions of stars surrounding your vision. You shut your eyes, leaving everything you've ever wanted and dreamed about behind. This is my interpretation of it
My girlfriend and I saw Hammock play in a church in Philadelphia years ago. Caught in traffic during the long drive, we arrived right as Hammock finished setup. We took a seat quietly and absorbed the atmosphere as little green stars swirled around the room and ghostly projections danced on the walls. And then they played this song. I'll never forget it; how I held my girl in my arms and was choking back tears. It was one of the most beautiful moments in my entire life and to this day I miss it.
Hammock are one of my absolute favorite artists. Their music touches me in a way I can't even explain. This is the music I put on when I want to get deep into my writing. Thank you for making this wonderful music.
What a beautiful tune. I love this very much. I am Japanese and this "Mono no aware" has a very deep and insightful meaning. Somehow this piece brings me into tears.
Hammock always touches my soul. Every single song does it. These sounds are like universe or band's members can feel the universe's soul and put it in their songs. Very emotional and relaxing. That's what real music is all about. Truly amazing! And I love people who understands this kind of music.
Every night I come to this song, I sit in my dark room with the memory of past and the content of my being. Mono No Aware resembles my life; it's a slow, somber passing, but can be enjoyed without explanation.
I really wanted to play the start of the song backwards, because I was curious what it would sound like. so I downloaded it and edited it to play in reverse ... I was so surprised how much I liked it, there's this really beautiful piano bit playing at the start that you can't hear in the normal song. I would recommend you try it if you like this song !
:) .. ohh just for future reference, there's a version of this song playing in reverse already on youtube. So you don't need to download and edit it yourself.
The dawn sang to me that day. We've never had such emotions before, and it was literally the pathos of things. We recalled the great atmospheres we'd had. We looked up to the blue sky, just to see it change to night. It was astounding. Don't ever let me be forgotten, for I live next to you.
His name was Paul. He was so handsome and so kind. A sweet boy , so talented. On saturday 7th of January he said "i'm sorry but i don't feel anything for you". I have been depressed ever since. I love him.
Dziękujemy. Not only the music but also the video is beautiful. The model - her beauty, movements, expression, this naturalness - beauty that takes your breath away. This music is tearing my soul apart.
Они нравились мне в юности, иногда включал их фоном. Лето, я дома, смотрю вечером на закат и перьевые облака, как и сегодня, спустя 20 с чем-то лет, посмотрел на закатные облака, а в голове фраза, название их песни Mono no aware, и вот я снова тут
Same here, and it's not only a game for the people that says that its the worst game... it's an experience, weird that some people can listen to this music and don't appreciate that game, it's a truly beautiful piece of art that not anyone can appreciate with an open heart..
So sorry for your lack of perception, John. But clearly that game/experience is not for the masses, people nowadays just want to run and shoot, run and shoot, I'm not even a teen, but it has a lot of realistic stuff and moral behind (besides of the time travels that are an excuse just to see the consequences of our actions, it can apply in real life). Common issues/situations at any age such as drugs, sex, bullying, abuse, kidnapping, suicide are in them, I don't see any ''tumblr teens stuff'' there... but sorry if that's your perception... as I said, is not for everyone to appreciate.
Well, you like to say that some things are for ''tumblr teens'' and for ''white girls'' and I don't know what else, you just can't go there saying that to people, John. I do know people that love the game, and others hate it, I can't do anything but to share my point of view. You don't know a lot about different taste and you just said that you are a teen..... and then deleted it... don't know why. I won't judge you for that.
Even though we may never know why things are happening the way they are, what the purpose of life is, why are we here, whether time-travel will ever become a reality and most importantly where does all of everything (planets, spirits, people, Universe, life.. etc) that there is come from, this song reminds me that I have to appreciate all that there is, explore as much as I can and stay REALLY happy, because I'm going to die one day. -Love
Death is also beautiful when you have hope to hold on to and acceptance of the end. I think the point of this video is to show how even the childlike memories and feelings we have can be a sad reminder of simpler things in a now complex world, but that we can cherish and feel loved by right until your final moments. Love the things you have lost, and know that the losing is what makes them prescious.
I miss my cat Lucy so much. We would listen to Hammock in the morning together. It's been only 2 weeks but I will be sad forever aboht her..but also my love for her is forever..
There was this well-worn Hammock tied to a beautiful oak tree that rustled against the summer breeze where i would escape the mundane and lazily gaze into the vacant ocean of the sky until I feel asleep. It's music like this that reminds us to stop and appreciate the beauty in simplicity and imagination.
I remember when you wrote that, you were in Rammstein Germany, on the 6th floor of the Rammstein Inns, in transit to Iraq... You were drinking a German beer and it was gray outside your hotel window.
The video combined with the melody really captures the poetry of memory. This is like taking the memory that someone is most fond of directly from his own brain, and putting it on film, exactly how that person reminiscence these moments in his head. Brilliant. Never seen and heard anything like it on this level. This beauty can easily sweep many of current 3-hour long films and short films easily in my list, placing it in one of the best, in art, and in humanly sense. Reminds me of childhood....
Many songs make you feel like it was so good in the past but now it's gone, this song is exactly the opposite, it shows how down in the dumps you can be and stand up again, because even after the dark night comes the bright day. I didn't have a good past, i grew up being bullied at school, i hate my life to be honest because everything i do i fail,i was on the verge of suicide but this song makes me believe that it's going to get better, that one day i'll be happy.Thank you Hammock.
I hope the girl in this video, whoever she is and wherever she is, is safe, happy and healthy today. I wonder what she is doing now... Mono no aware my friends
I just play a game when I miss my dad. I put this song on and close my eyes and start pretending he never died. I am in the bed and I pretend he's there playing with nieces and nephews while my mom is still happy and not depressed as now. I simile and cry at the same time. And i pretend everything is still normal. After the song ends i feel a deep emptyness in my heart
So much symbolism in this video. I literally had chills when I saw the hand print dissipate at the end. It's a perfect visual metaphor for the transient nature of life. It's there, and then it's gone. Enjoy every moment while it lasts.
I would really want to know where this was shot, this place looks beautiful. Also is there a official meaning to the girl in the video? I have my own interpretation sure, but Im curious. For me this symbolizes heaven, i feel so peaceful when im listening to this. This whole place is so beautiful, it reminds me of a place in my hometown.
I'm real late but I interpret her as consciousness. There to experience joy, fulfilment, peace progress, discovery, curiosity. But also to experience sadness, regret etc. Because that is life. What is your interpretation?
@@Elysium346 That she is some kind of Angel that spends some time with you after you died. Especially at 4:48, when there are two persons, like you are the other person.
Musicians who composes this song are brilliant, and we are here listening to their masterpiece. So we are also brilliant like them because we are putting our thoughts and feelings into it, just like they did!
I never thought there are words for this feeling I,ve always had in my childhood: that this moment, right now, is a beautiful memory. Living in a permanent nostalgia of the present moment...
S'émerveiller sur peu de choses, rendues futiles par notre mode de vie. Prendre cinq minutes par jour pour se rappeler que nous ne sommes que des enfants dans des corps d'adulte. Se souvenir permet de grandir.
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“When the world ends, I want to scream into the chaos that I loved you more than anything, in hopes that the sound will continue to exist after everything stops.” - Mitch Welling
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@@nathand4500 lol I know, right? 🤙🏼🥰
These are very beautiful words. Thank you for sharing...
That's cringe atheist nihilism.
We never stop existing. Our souls are eternal and God is real.
Beautiful
Mono no aware (物の哀れ?), literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常 mujō?), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.
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Simple As This Simple description of japanese term "Mono no aware": sadness you feel when you realise that beautiful things you see are not forever, but will vanish soon. That things will eventually change. That "to live" means "to lose."
wow not even knowing that translation it's how I have felt every time I listen to this track.
I always picture two loved ones having to part ways as one finds out one can't stay anymore. I love Hammock and this is one of my favorite song of theirs for sure.
Mystical Gaming I feel exactly the same as you!! I am a big fan of Hammock and this is one of my favourites of theirs, possibly my number one favourite.And, like you, I strongly felt the "transient gentle sadness" before knowing the translation of the name of the song.It's such a sad, biittersweet song, isn't it?
kathryn mathews I agree. I always feel sad when listening to it but in a good way if that makes any sense at all. I never feel unsatisfied after listening too it like there is always hope afterward. I'd say one of my other favorite songs from then is 'All Is Dream and Everything Is Real' it's just so moving.
It's honestly hard to put Hammock's music into words since it's just so pure and good. The feelings it evokes is beyond describing for me at times. It's made me appreciate even the simplest things in life and to always be content.
The impermanence of everything.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful video. It was good to watch it again
And the futility of it.
To me, this type of music, with ambient soundscapes and such, has a positive attitude even with low toned violins. I wish music like this was appreciated more so than songs with lyrics.
It is, you just have to ask the right people ;P
this is my life favorite song, only listen to it once or twice a year to prevent it from being overplayed..
James Casillan i know what you mean, in times when you need i greatly you turn it on and just enjoy. the strongest medicine
Sia Scissorhand Cellos :)
well it's been 13 months, haha
all I can think is
"why so many backwards cords?"
hurts my head now -.-
I wish everyone in the world could listen to this at the same time
I wish the same thing
first one to talk gets shot
Me
and take it seriously, of course
That would be beautiful, I can make it happen.
a boy is walking through a grey, dead forest. When out of nowhere, he comes across a waterfall, but the water isn't falling. it instead is flowing upward, into the sky. the boy touches the water, and slowly starts to drift. He drifts up, away from earth, away from life. Into the light...
that's at least what I think of when I hear this masterpiece :')
sometimes i feel all my life i have been asleep with my eyes wide awake untill the light the light shines and gives me power love to all peolpe who sufer and hope that some day they will become the thing of the sun rays hitting the floor as they sweat and hurt abd burn from the hurtful things that has became one thing that is LIFE
thats how i do me
Aerrius zollicoffer
:)
Great idea for a music video.
Måmbø Kíwí you are a genius
I miss you grandpa. I hope one day to see you again!
You will, as this universe is finite but time itself is infinite, other universes will emerge, an infinity of them, until the one where you will see him again, and again and again.
Maybe.
Looks like a copy paste comment
i know how you feel but just my dad and my mom
My grandpa died 10 years ago still miss him everyday.We will meet them someday don't worry 😕😞
These scenes make me feel so cold and empty, but its underlying beauty just changes me
Peter Griffin You have no place here.
Everyone has a place here
No, I mean Peter Griffin doesn't belong in the comment section of a sad song
Axelius Three says who?
I loved her more than anyone I have ever loved, before or since. But no amount of unconditional love could make her love me, and no goodbye could make me forget her.
I will love her until I forget to live.
Beautiful
+Matt Brown
Having a broken heart can actually be a good thing. It means that you tried for something, and you felt something that many people never experience.
Sometimes your soul mate comes into your life for only a short time to open your heart and reveal a deeper layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. She shows you who you are, and she shows you the things that you let hold you back so that you can make the changes you need to grow. They break open your shell and teach you how love gives meaning to life. They expand your awareness and prepare you for what comes next.
You can have more than one soul mate as well, and you probably do.
As the new door opens, you close the one behind...
Have the courage to trust love, always one more time.
g'd day m'lady
+Matt Brown its the same with me man
Geloradanan R'lyeh couldn't have said it better.
I want this to be playing when I die.
You have no power here
+You have no power here I want this to be playing now
+TheRicanLover press the play button
ME TOO!
You never died before and will ever die again. You are ETERNAL being.
how can a sound make you feel so connected to everything and everyone... even with all the hate and evil in the world this music takes me to a peaceful place.
They touch the collective consciousness
I see the original post was 6 years ago, things of gotten so much worse in the world, your original statement still stands true!
@Tala Elise you're in the wrong place
Hammock breathes life into me...
best soundtrack i ever listened to in my entire life.
all its feelings hit me hard when i listen to it with headphones in the bus. i don't know why exactly at that moment. Maybe because i'd be watching people passing by and thinking many things like how my life coincidence with theirs, or like if i was late 5 minutes would all the future be the same, or if their life is as complex as mines, or how much our interests may vary, or i probably would be feeling so baffled by the way they probably have dreams and fears and billions of stories to tell.
I really love this soundtrack, regardless of the amazing video and story displayed behind it, it has its own story in my mind.
Nice way to show your feelings. :)
I always think about that every time I go out! sometimes my friends upset me for not paying attention, but I'm actually watching the people. It is that each of the unknown has a hidden universe, and each is unique (:
amen. fucking likewise :)
Me too, you and I are alike in our thoughts... :)
You're just like me. I never thought I'd know of someone who thinks like this..
This song is very emotional, make me cry..
11 years later, I found this beautiful song. This feeling I’ve never felt is amazing. I wish everyone heard this at least once. You’re talent is so beautiful. Tank you for that Hammock, that’s amazing ❤️
I found this song today. I'm so glad..
Hallo, please enjoy it once again!
@@jemitdave4678 never left my playlist!
This song had me crying buckets of tears.
me to
This piece truly captures “Mono no Aware”- and Japanese culture described this human emotion brilliantly all that is missing is the cherry blossoms, that bloom beautifully then fade quickly-like the seasons of our lives
my interpretation of this video : the loneliness, the emptiness, the sadness, the hopeless, the cold, the lost childhood, the innocence.
I really like this music video! the director made it perfectly, and the sound is good. they both collaborate perfectly.
Makes much sense, it is a combination of those sensations along with the joy of the memories, the term Mono No Aware is a japanese term to define the awareness of impertinence, or the transience of things, of which a sense of gentle sadness remains, a longing for what's been. I believe that the video is a representation of that, the girl went to her childhood home and went to play to the playground in which she used to play, and revived joyful memories, but then she went back to her former home, and it was just different: it was quiet, empty, lonely and cold, a place that once was her beloved and lively home, and the place in which her treasured memories of childhood happiness and innocence are stored. The video and the music indeed are made and merged perfectly the way they are.
To see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wildflower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour
- William Blake -
If tomorrow starts without me, and I’m not here to see,
If the sun should rise you find your eyes all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say.
I know how much you love me, as much as I love you
And each time that you think of me, I know you’ll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand.
He said my place was ready, in heaven far above
And that I’d have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned and walked away a tear fell from my eye.
For all my life I’d always thought, I didn’t want to die.
I had so much to live for, so much left yet to do.
It seemed almost impossible that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays the good ones and the bad.
I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday, just even for a while,
I’d say goodbye and kiss you and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized that this could never be,
For emptiness and memories would take the place of me.
When I thought of worldly things I might miss come tomorrow
I thought of you and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow.
When I walked through heavens gates I felt so much at home.
God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne
He said, “This is eternity and all I’ve promised you”
Today your life on earth has passed but here life starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last
And since each day is the same there’s no longing for the past.
You have been so faithful so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn’t do.
You have been forgiven and now at last you’re free.
So won’t you come and take my hand and share my life with me?
So when tomorrow starts with out me don’t think we’re far apart,
For every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart.
Author: David Romano
Best ghost story I've seen in a LONG time......
Ah, so that's what the video's meaning is
I've been listening to Hammock every day since 2011, over and over. It transcends time and space.
I keep coming back to this, my absolute favorite song I only play once a year. its my song.
This was released in 2009... And I just found out about it
found it today, almost after 9 years! It's like a hidden gem on UA-cam
@@sohaibalam4168 Exactly. Hammock's music "Cold Breath" just appeared in my Yt homepage 3 days ago...3 DAYS AGO!!!
I loved the song;-;-;
Sorry the bad English, I'm Brazilian
same here
I just find now :D 10 years and a half.
@@crazygamertr2726 Yeah me too
i cried when I listened to this song I don't know why
I feel the same
It may be because Hammock music is so emotive and gives so deep sensations, pleasant and nice and somewhat wistful at the same time, with some kind of gentle sadness, it's beautiful.
Same here.
This is my favorite song in the world. If only everyone in the world could hear it
true masterpiece
At 4:54 when the violin starts to play, I just lose it...such art in this song, so much beauty this band holds...
Corina Frenchy It's a cello :)
+Max L they think there is no differeant xD
I don't usually mind ads on UA-cam videos, since I know that that's how it stays afloat and I really enjoy the site, but I just hate them when they're between things like Hammock songs. The beautiful, almost transient or incorporeal sounds of the songs, along with Altobelli's excellent videos, lull me into a great state, and then a little Lynx ad or whatever brings back the crappy, shallow commercialist parts of the world (which are important to keep the world running, I know, but I'd rather not have to focus on them in between Hammock songs).
Just when I was starting to take for granted my free ad-blocker-
Are they [Intrusive advertisements- disruptive in every sense of the word] 'actually' "important to keep the world running?" The "spirit of our time" would have us believe all this senseless commercialism is of vital importance to 'the system;' what of a less corrupt alternative, though? The reign of Capitalism will draw to an end just as soon as it has exhausted the last of its historical energy, and with it the concomitant, detrimental indignities of intrinsic obsolescence, materialism, consumerism et cetera (Damned if I stop there- the list goes on and on). Support not that which you know to be hindering humanity's transcendence.
Nikola Filajdic
How do you actually imagine this commercialism-free society of yours working? What would it really be like?
The following post is long, and goes quite deep into economics for a UA-cam comment on a music video, so for most people it's not worth reading further. However, I really think it's important to argue against what Nikola said and to try to reduce the amount of people using ad-blockers on sites like UA-cam.
People - including musicians - need to eat. However, musicians do not make food. Hence, musicians must be supported by the farmers and similar. This could be done directly; farmers could produce the food and give it to musicians directly in exchange for the entertainment/transcendence that the musician's music gives the farmer. This is called the barter system, and it has now been replaced to a very large extent by a system with money as an intermediary since that is far more efficient.
In any case, the musicians must be supported somehow or they will die, and it is unrealistic to expect society to simply pay them or feed them, particularly because there are far more people who'd like to be musicians than there is need/demand for musicians. Obviously this a big simplification of our very complex, interconnected society/economy (since there are loads of other factors apart from music and food, such as medical care and luxury goods), but the basics pretty much hold, and mean that musicians need to actually get money somehow, and one small part of how this happens is through there being ads on their UA-cam videos.
And alternative would be for the musicians to also produce food themselves, but that could be a waste of their particular talents and time, or they could simply be bad at that sort of thing, and anyway there are economies of scale and benefits of specialization, so it's generally better for individuals to not try to be completely self-supported, and to instead focus more on certain aspects of things and support other people in these aspects, and to in return be supported in other aspects by other people (that's pretty obvious and foundational to society and to economics). This is particularly obvious when you bear in mind that the musician wouldn't just have to be a farmer too to support themselves completely without some money or bartering needing to be involved; they would also have to manufacture their own guitars/keyboards, cure their own illness, program their own music-making-softwares, invent+construct their own computers, and even do all the research required to take them from a caveman's understanding to the modern physics (discovered by thousands of years of scientists) require to design computers. That's clearly ridiculous, so it's better if the musician focuses primarily on music, creating a "product" that others enjoy, and in return those others give the musician what they have focused on, and money makes this system more efficient, though also more complicated.
I'm not advocating pure or unhindered capitalism (which has never actually existed anywhere anyway; there's always been some degree of non-monetary transactions and non-capitalistic altruism and stuff), nor am I saying our current system is anything like perfect.
However, not watching ads on UA-cam videos from good musicians does not help to increase humanity's transcendence (this is a bit of an odd term to use here, but I'll use it anyway to more directly counter your point); it is actually a very selfish thing to do. It increases the transcendence of the specific individuals who don't have to watch the ads - that is true. However, it means that the site - UA-cam, in this case - and the musician - Hammock, in this case - both make less money. Hammock has to spend time to make this music, and UA-cam has to spend money running servers. If they don't get something in return, they will be motivated to do other things with their time, or they will simply be unable to continue (many musicians just have to go back to do "normal" jobs and have to give up their careers in music since they don't have time to do both and they weren't making enough money from music to support themselves or their families). I know there are other sources of income for musicians, but this is one part of it, and also UA-cam and similar sites are an important part of the process so they have to be supported as well.
Just you not watching ads doesn't make a significant dent in the revenues of Hammock or of UA-cam. However, if everyone acted as you do then UA-cam would be completely forced to close - as would many other great sites - and Hammock would probably have to spent more time doing "normal" jobs, and if people only ever watched their UA-cam videos without ads and pirated their music then they'd be forced to do other jobs. Really, you're essentially cheating; leaching off other people's contributions; the only reason that you can get what you want slightly better than how other people get it is because the other people make the sacrifice of watching the ads to keep the system working and the servers running.
I'm not an economist or a sociologist, and this is just a UA-cam comment, so feel free to do more research or thinking of your own, but please do think about what would happen if everyone turned on ad-blocker, and please stop advocating for people to do that, at least. I don't even really ask that you yourself turn it off, but just don't tell others to turn it on without at least thinking of the consequences.
Some stuff certainly needs to be changed, but it would be foolish to just do away with everything that is flawed without thought for what we'd be left with without it. It's actually pretty easy to point out flaws with the present state of something (I could write a thousand essays about what's wrong with society, even as I defend commercialism to the limited extent that I do in this comment), but often pretty damn hard to propose a solution or a better state or a way to actually reach a better state, so I again put to you these two questions:
How do you actually imagine this commercialism-free society of yours working? What would it really be like?
Michael Aird
GUYS STOP! You CANT argue. This the chat under a Hammock video, it's in the Bible, right above no murdering
1Shatter1
I enjoyed that comment, but I do think it's probably a bad idea to bring up the Bible on UA-cam if you are trying to *avoid* arguments... often turns out badly...
Openness, it is spreading, acceptance too, it's the fifth dimension calling =P
still love this anyone else?
Beautiful song, beautiful video, Hammock is the light in a dark, cold world.
Oh man, 14 years ago! 😳 It's curious how that song always makes me watch my own life like it's a film... And it's kinda sad cause it feels so distant and nostalgic at the same time. Pure gold
Extremely good music. It makes me reflect on the beauty and sorrowfulness of life, best of both worlds.
There's something about that young lady. She's so natural, beautiful, lovely and happy. She's always in hammock's videos too.
Again at this corner of the UA-cam
I'm blessed to be here
I feel like,crying . This is the most beautiful thing in the world I know so far...
What about now? Lots of music has happened over those years since you've posted this
What about now? Lots hve music has been released since you've posted this comment
I am really really digging your guys' stuff. I have been trying to find this type of music for a very long time. And I have just found it, Thank you.
That's exactly how I felt when I discovered Hammock.
I feel the same way, I've been searching for a long time. All of hammock tracks are beautiful
Masterpiece
Literally my very favorite song ever. Thank you so much hammock.... You're incredible
Hallo, please enjoy it once again!
I feel it's someone focusing on the memories of his childhood and a girl he once knew and loved who maybe passed away and he's looking back on the joy and fun they shared together.
Imagine
Your walking through an open field. There's no end the endless amounts of flourishing green. You run your hands along the soft blades, closing your eyes as you gently tug off a few strands and bring them up to your nose. Inhaling the scent as nostalgia and childhood memories float through your mind. It suddenly turns night. You feel as though your heart has stopped. You lay down on the ground gently, resting your head against the pillow like surface. The last thing you see before your drift into the hard and darkening thoughts of reality are the millions of stars surrounding your vision. You shut your eyes, leaving everything you've ever wanted and dreamed about behind.
This is my interpretation of it
My girlfriend and I saw Hammock play in a church in Philadelphia years ago. Caught in traffic during the long drive, we arrived right as Hammock finished setup. We took a seat quietly and absorbed the atmosphere as little green stars swirled around the room and ghostly projections danced on the walls. And then they played this song. I'll never forget it; how I held my girl in my arms and was choking back tears. It was one of the most beautiful moments in my entire life and to this day I miss it.
Hammock are one of my absolute favorite artists. Their music touches me in a way I can't even explain. This is the music I put on when I want to get deep into my writing. Thank you for making this wonderful music.
What a beautiful tune. I love this very much. I am Japanese and this "Mono no aware" has a very deep and insightful meaning. Somehow this piece brings me into tears.
Hammock always touches my soul. Every single song does it. These sounds are like universe or band's members can feel the universe's soul and put it in their songs. Very emotional and relaxing. That's what real music is all about. Truly amazing! And I love people who understands this kind of music.
RIP Pfc Sam Williams Huff. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for your sacrifice and for your part in keeping us safe.
There's only one today, and what you do today matters.
Every night I come to this song, I sit in my dark room with the memory of past and the content of my being. Mono No Aware resembles my life; it's a slow, somber passing, but can be enjoyed without explanation.
😢
This song always helps me in all my.bad times. I'm glad you made it. It's helping me right now
this seriously makes me think about reliving memories i'll never have again and it makes me so sad
I really wanted to play the start of the song backwards, because I was curious what it would sound like. so I downloaded it and edited it to play in reverse ... I was so surprised how much I liked it, there's this really beautiful piano bit playing at the start that you can't hear in the normal song. I would recommend you try it if you like this song !
thanks !
:) .. ohh just for future reference, there's a version of this song playing in reverse already on youtube. So you don't need to download and edit it yourself.
The dawn sang to me that day. We've never had such emotions before, and it was literally the pathos of things. We recalled the great atmospheres we'd had. We looked up to the blue sky, just to see it change to night. It was astounding.
Don't ever let me be forgotten, for I live next to you.
Found this song in 2020... damn this is one of the deepest combinations of music and video I have ever heard and seen
His name was Paul. He was so handsome and so kind. A sweet boy , so talented. On saturday 7th of January he said "i'm sorry but i don't feel anything for you". I have been depressed ever since. I love him.
it's so inspiring
Thank you Hammock, for this.
this film is freaking awesome.
Dziękujemy.
Not only the music but also the video is beautiful. The model - her beauty, movements, expression, this naturalness - beauty that takes your breath away.
This music is tearing my soul apart.
Они нравились мне в юности, иногда включал их фоном. Лето, я дома, смотрю вечером на закат и перьевые облака, как и сегодня, спустя 20 с чем-то лет, посмотрел на закатные облака, а в голове фраза, название их песни Mono no aware, и вот я снова тут
This somehow reminds me of Life is Strange...
мαyυ vσcαℓσid Yeeeessssssss
SCREAMING CAUSE THATS MY FAVE GAME OF ALL TIME :')
Same here, and it's not only a game for the people that says that its the worst game... it's an experience, weird that some people can listen to this music and don't appreciate that game, it's a truly beautiful piece of art that not anyone can appreciate with an open heart..
So sorry for your lack of perception, John. But clearly that game/experience is not for the masses, people nowadays just want to run and shoot, run and shoot, I'm not even a teen, but it has a lot of realistic stuff and moral behind (besides of the time travels that are an excuse just to see the consequences of our actions, it can apply in real life). Common issues/situations at any age such as drugs, sex, bullying, abuse, kidnapping, suicide are in them, I don't see any ''tumblr teens stuff'' there... but sorry if that's your perception... as I said, is not for everyone to appreciate.
Well, you like to say that some things are for ''tumblr teens'' and for ''white girls'' and I don't know what else, you just can't go there saying that to people, John. I do know people that love the game, and others hate it, I can't do anything but to share my point of view. You don't know a lot about different taste and you just said that you are a teen..... and then deleted it... don't know why. I won't judge you for that.
Depression is like a war you either win or die trying
Even though we may never know why things are happening the way they are, what the purpose of life is, why are we here, whether time-travel will ever become a reality and most importantly where does all of everything (planets, spirits, people, Universe, life.. etc) that there is come from, this song reminds me that I have to appreciate all that there is, explore as much as I can and stay REALLY happy, because I'm going to die one day.
-Love
Death is also beautiful when you have hope to hold on to and acceptance of the end. I think the point of this video is to show how even the childlike memories and feelings we have can be a sad reminder of simpler things in a now complex world, but that we can cherish and feel loved by right until your final moments. Love the things you have lost, and know that the losing is what makes them prescious.
I miss my cat Lucy so much. We would listen to Hammock in the morning together. It's been only 2 weeks but I will be sad forever aboht her..but also my love for her is forever..
this is so beautiful.
although our lives are ephemeral and impermanent, there is comfort in this transience
Eu mal consegui segurar as lágrimas. Simplesmente uma das coisas mais lindas que eu já ouvi na vida!
Eu também 😭😭
There was this well-worn Hammock tied to a beautiful oak tree that rustled against the summer breeze where i would escape the mundane and lazily gaze into the vacant ocean of the sky until I feel asleep.
It's music like this that reminds us to stop and appreciate the beauty in simplicity and imagination.
I remember when you wrote that, you were in Rammstein Germany, on the 6th floor of the Rammstein Inns, in transit to Iraq... You were drinking a German beer and it was gray outside your hotel window.
Dude you're weird
You need to calm down
I'm tearing up a little at how quick life is passing.
hammock, how much i love you...
The video combined with the melody really captures the poetry of memory. This is like taking the memory that someone is most fond of directly from his own brain, and putting it on film, exactly how that person reminiscence these moments in his head.
Brilliant. Never seen and heard anything like it on this level. This beauty can easily sweep many of current 3-hour long films and short films easily in my list, placing it in one of the best, in art, and in humanly sense.
Reminds me of childhood....
12 years later , really ? Why i couldnt find this beatiful song before
Many songs make you feel like it was so good in the past but now it's gone, this song is exactly the opposite, it shows how down in the dumps you can be and stand up again, because even after the dark night comes the bright day. I didn't have a good past, i grew up being bullied at school, i hate my life to be honest because everything i do i fail,i was on the verge of suicide but this song makes me believe that it's going to get better, that one day i'll be happy.Thank you Hammock.
How u doing now?
Это шедевр!👍🎨🌹
It's been 4 years since i've heard this song, glad I found it.
There is an award-winning short story titled "Mono No Aware" by Ken Liu. It goes so well with this song, and also explains the meaning.
one of the most powerful things that can bring a human to her knees and her mind at rest: Music.
wow este video removio sentimientos , en mi ser llore excelente video
PRAISE GOD for this beautiful video the winter setting the beautiful porcelain white skin of the woman in the video I love hammock so much!!
I hope the girl in this video, whoever she is and wherever she is, is safe, happy and healthy today.
I wonder what she is doing now...
Mono no aware my friends
This one is so beautiful that it even makes MEN cry.
I just play a game when I miss my dad. I put this song on and close my eyes and start pretending he never died. I am in the bed and I pretend he's there playing with nieces and nephews while my mom is still happy and not depressed as now. I simile and cry at the same time. And i pretend everything is still normal. After the song ends i feel a deep emptyness in my heart
After this covid hit, I fear losing my parents. It's a nightmare. I don't know what I'll do if the worst happens.
So much symbolism in this video. I literally had chills when I saw the hand print dissipate at the end. It's a perfect visual metaphor for the transient nature of life. It's there, and then it's gone. Enjoy every moment while it lasts.
RIP Etika
This song is a gem among many other Hammock gems, but I think this might be my favourite, it's so beautiful and sad, it takes my breath away......
I would really want to know where this was shot, this place looks beautiful. Also is there a official meaning to the girl in the video? I have my own interpretation sure, but Im curious. For me this symbolizes heaven, i feel so peaceful when im listening to this. This whole place is so beautiful, it reminds me of a place in my hometown.
Chrissi it was shot in New Hampshire a few days after Christmas in 2008.
@@Ender1 Thank you!
I'm real late but I interpret her as consciousness. There to experience joy, fulfilment, peace progress, discovery, curiosity. But also to experience sadness, regret etc. Because that is life.
What is your interpretation?
@@Elysium346 That she is some kind of Angel that spends some time with you after you died. Especially at 4:48, when there are two persons, like you are the other person.
Musicians who composes this song are brilliant, and we are here listening to their masterpiece. So we are also brilliant like them because we are putting our thoughts and feelings into it, just like they did!
7 years... already.
yeah....
@@kylecry2502 Now 10...
@@tysobitchk Time passing more fast than the old times...
Almost 11 years now
I have known this song 5 years ago. This song makes me feel so.. sad. This is one of the most beautiful soundtrack that ive ever listened to.
Crazy how time flies hey?
@@oldnorth2666 yes I agree ! :)
I'd like to see Mono name a song "Hammock no aware"
I listen to this song and I feel like crying.! It makes me think of you, to you that I miss you and I feel your absence.!
Mini Ladd, "feels. it's always monday" :(
Same here bro
How did I miss this beauty? Over a decade it has been here waiting for me and everyone else who needs to find it.
it's always monday . . .
HezkyPC I’m recording this game
The most melancholic music video you could every ask for.
Mono No Aware: The Pathos Of Things
Lost in this world,
I see no end,
Only one sound remains,
My heartbeat.
I just wanted to learn. but youtube was like "fuck this shit, come here buddy" so here I am
its a mix of euphoria, energy, creativeness, uplifting, happiness
Hammock turns the comment section into a cheese factory
+Jennifer Turner Yeah, mature fucking cheddar.
44antman mmm. gosh that sounds so freaking good for some reason. oh that's right i haven't eaten dinner yet. wait...nobody fucking cares. byeee
it's still better than most comment sections, i have to say.
better than turning it into a bridge for trolls to dwell under I guess
Jennifer Turner I don't understand cheese factory so I guess I'm mono unaware?
I never thought there are words for this feeling I,ve always had in my childhood: that this moment, right now, is a beautiful memory. Living in a permanent nostalgia of the present moment...
Me to me: You really wanna watch this music video again and open up a wound
Me: Yes
Dang that's literally me not even 10 minutes ago
S'émerveiller sur peu de choses, rendues futiles par notre mode de vie. Prendre cinq minutes par jour pour se rappeler que nous ne sommes que des enfants dans des corps d'adulte. Se souvenir permet de grandir.
This hit different after reading Under the LED lights😃🔫 (I read it 8 days ago I’m still in pain)
istg i read it today and im too numb to cry lmao