Gotye - Hearts A Mess (Official Music Video)

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  • @borizovskimilan
    @borizovskimilan 6 років тому +5048

    I knew this song even before his hit song. He says he do not want to sell his music, and if anyone wants to use his work for a movie is free to do so. The most humane artist that ever existed, his music is from the heart for the heart and not for the money.

    • @thatnike2604
      @thatnike2604 5 років тому +30

      Source?

    • @dawudidris9106
      @dawudidris9106 5 років тому +74

      What a guy

    • @Galaxy-rj1kj
      @Galaxy-rj1kj 5 років тому +98

      Ezequiel Magnaye yeah no shit he will make money off of people listening to it because it’s an art and he should still be able to eat off of his art

    • @richtofen4888
      @richtofen4888 5 років тому +21

      Tristan Lavictoire A lot of people are. What are you talking about?

    • @goodguyguan3412
      @goodguyguan3412 5 років тому +29

      @Tristan Lavictoire You joking??? It's literally everyone's dream. Famous artist. Famous meaning well known and RICH. But yeah have fun in your fantasy world where people don't ever do anything for the financial aspect 😂

  • @lostinspace013
    @lostinspace013 3 роки тому +5887

    What I don't understand is that Gotye hasn't made a major career worldwide, except for one song everyone knows. This guy is a great musician, totally unique.

    • @Insertnameher3
      @Insertnameher3 3 роки тому +378

      Not everyone is in it for fame

    • @tzovanos
      @tzovanos 3 роки тому +439

      One song that everyone used to know

    • @chickpea
      @chickpea 3 роки тому +241

      It's clear that he wants to stay sort of underground his new band is also super hidden

    • @armandoguerrero7314
      @armandoguerrero7314 3 роки тому +31

      @@chickpea what is that band?

    • @chickpea
      @chickpea 3 роки тому +117

      @@armandoguerrero7314 The Basics

  • @brianmay9106
    @brianmay9106 5 років тому +3957

    I love how timeless Gotye's music is. Criminally underrated artist!

    • @sunther8041
      @sunther8041 4 роки тому +8

      Bunkuio gotye isn’t underrated, and neither is ah ha.

    • @cypherusuh
      @cypherusuh 4 роки тому +10

      I'm very surprised this is from 2006, or even beyond in term of the song itself.
      It looks really good

    • @sunther8041
      @sunther8041 4 роки тому +6

      Bunkuio you know gotye has other songs that are popular aswell? And they also made “somebody that I used to know” which hit a billion views? Gotye is not underrated, and neither is ah ha. They both have a good following that is pretty big.

    • @statom985
      @statom985 4 роки тому +4

      its not even that old

    • @lanadelray2354
      @lanadelray2354 4 роки тому +8

      Monarchy Of Forlorn Ed Sheeran has 2 billion views and its overrated af instead of gotye

  • @benji274
    @benji274 9 місяців тому +647

    This was actually released in late 2006. That’s now 17 years. My word.

    • @Andiewhyte2149
      @Andiewhyte2149 9 місяців тому +14

      I remember how much I loved this when I was little. Of course my music taste has changed by now 😔Edit: 17 YEARS????

    • @wookx
      @wookx 7 місяців тому +1

      Lol

    • @NeedyBoBeedy
      @NeedyBoBeedy 7 місяців тому +12

      i wasn’t even alive when it released lmfao

    • @erikahentschke5208
      @erikahentschke5208 7 місяців тому +5

      The visuals are almost as outstanding as the words.

    • @tcme11
      @tcme11 7 місяців тому +16

      ​@@NeedyBoBeedyBut look at you now . . . all alive and shit. Good job!

  • @dbush2216
    @dbush2216 3 роки тому +605

    LaydiNite
    4 years ago (edited)
    My interpretation is that it's about a failing relationship. The lyrics seem to suggest this. Each of the creatures that follow him are the negative emotions piling on as he's stuck in a relationship that can't be saved. The creature on crutches is hurt, the one with the bundle on the stick is feeling like you don't belong (don't have a home), the crying creature in the woods is sadness, the wrecking ball is anger, the snake on the ice is isolation, the skeleton is grief, and all of them are followed by the spider that is taking away the light on the planet they inhabit. Also, note that Gotye's creature is wearing headphones and carrying a megaphone. I take this to represent that the people involved are shouting, but not listening to what's being said. In the end, all the emotions pile on, until the only solution is to let go entirely, shown by the scattering into space.
    I really appreciated this description pf the video and I wanted to see it at the top of the comments section again.

    • @Alskasaur
      @Alskasaur 3 роки тому +30

      YES! Same!! Thank you for finding this comment and reposting it, I remembered looking for it again a while back but was unable to find it. I was really upset that all these comments that basically repeat the same three things somehow knocked this one into the depths, when this is such a perfect description!! Especially the bit about Gotye wearing headphones and carrying a megaphone! Love this interpretation!!

    • @elizabethducote
      @elizabethducote 3 роки тому +7

      That makes so much sense

    • @borkolan821
      @borkolan821 3 роки тому +4

      omg you're a genius

    • @ammagon4519
      @ammagon4519 3 роки тому +3

      Now the one I need is the one talking about world disasters

    • @katybarata6059
      @katybarata6059 3 роки тому +2

      I always appreciate people like you in the comment section 💕

  • @uzagami8269
    @uzagami8269 4 роки тому +1252

    The way he says “connectttttttt” gives me goosebumps

  • @bardakg9861
    @bardakg9861 4 роки тому +742

    Hearts a mess, Gotye
    Pick apart
    The pieces of your heart
    And let me peer inside
    Let me in
    Where only your thoughts have been
    Let me occupy your mind
    As you do mine
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this
    You have lost
    (Too much love)
    To fear, doubt and distrust
    (It's not enough)
    You just threw away the key
    To your heart
    You don't get burned
    ('Cause nothing gets through)
    It makes it easier
    (Easier on you)
    But that much more difficult for me
    To make you see…
    Love ain't fair
    So there you are
    My love
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this (2x)
    Love ain't safe
    You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
    So you can wait
    But I don't wanna waste my love.
    idk why the lyrics aren't in the comments yet :b
    Edit: because they are in the description XD

    • @人間-失格
      @人間-失格 4 роки тому +14

      Cause its in the description. But good on you hhh.

    • @bardakg9861
      @bardakg9861 4 роки тому +12

      @@人間-失格 Oh sorry I didn't realize that, it was for a good cause anyway :DD

    • @silwavereznor1516
      @silwavereznor1516 4 роки тому +4

      Damn, sounds like me though...

    • @happyteaparty1063
      @happyteaparty1063 2 роки тому +1

      Yours are better

    • @bardakg9861
      @bardakg9861 2 роки тому

      @@happyteaparty1063 I appreciate it, pal!

  • @SllodEntStudios
    @SllodEntStudios Рік тому +1551

    15 Years had passed and it still a great song

    • @sonnie720
      @sonnie720 Рік тому +9

      such a classic go to song for years will always be a great song

    • @SllodEntStudios
      @SllodEntStudios Рік тому +1

      @@sonnie720 I like that.

    • @thomasclements5353
      @thomasclements5353 Рік тому +4

      That's surprising after 15 years?

    • @SllodEntStudios
      @SllodEntStudios Рік тому +1

      @@thomasclements5353 yep!

    • @marinaburatino
      @marinaburatino Рік тому +1

      Cause ppl will forever have issues with the heart, the love... or ? What do you think ... ?

  • @heardemma
    @heardemma 6 років тому +2022

    Something oddly seductive about this song and yet something so nostalgic and sad about this video

    • @pluhhhhfr
      @pluhhhhfr 5 років тому +28

      emmallieh music for me its low key disturbing but I’m addicted and can’t help but watching it for the 39838384995 time

    • @Onigirli
      @Onigirli 5 років тому +51

      You took the words right out of my mouth. I don't know how he married loneliness with seduction but he pulled it off here

    • @lilac_reed
      @lilac_reed 4 роки тому +10

      The Nostalgia aspect is cause its Gotye and you remember that hes somebody we all used to know (Get it?)

    • @exmanMAREK
      @exmanMAREK 4 роки тому +2

      @Brenda Duesman thank you very much for explanation 💕💕💕💕 love this song soooo much and just found out that there is a video to this song, but couldn't get the video at all.... But thanks to you, now I do... Much appreciated it and lots of love from England 😏❤️

    • @UXtatic
      @UXtatic 4 роки тому +1

      2020 and still loving it.

  • @nibyafternight1983
    @nibyafternight1983 3 роки тому +1253

    "it makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect"
    I deeply relate to that line

    • @archevil22
      @archevil22 3 роки тому +20

      You are not the only one. I think in 2021 this particular sentence is so relatable. As we become more and more connected in truth we are becoming more and more disconnected. I really miss a deep connection sometimes.

    • @EZ-qg7hp
      @EZ-qg7hp 3 роки тому +3

      @@archevil22 True

    • @lyssnicole
      @lyssnicole 2 роки тому +8

      I noticed as time goes on, it’s harder to connect with people. So many have become so closed off and disinterested to even keeping a conversation. i miss sharing something with someone else

    • @jojoferguson2246
      @jojoferguson2246 2 роки тому +1

      I gave you a notification listen with me🖤🇬🇭

    • @vibespidersstudios8895
      @vibespidersstudios8895 Рік тому +7

      Even the ending part hits too when he says, “but I don’t want to waste my love.”
      Lyrics wise it is a lot sad than someone that I used to know because the meaning that the relationship is done and they don’t want to waste their time into something that isn’t there.

  • @ItisMoody
    @ItisMoody 4 роки тому +1851

    An underrated, anonymous, forgotten masterpiece!.. Gotye is a genius!

    • @superkatarsis
      @superkatarsis 3 роки тому +37

      With 25 million views I strongly disagree with you.

    • @sarvo_1
      @sarvo_1 3 роки тому +33

      @@superkatarsis it's been overshadowed by Somebody You Used to Know

    • @superkatarsis
      @superkatarsis 3 роки тому +7

      @@sarvo_1 You are very right about that I think 😃

    • @Lebeauski
      @Lebeauski 3 роки тому +4

      Agree. Damn good song

    • @garygetty6599
      @garygetty6599 3 роки тому +3

      It's not that forgotten if we are listening to it

  • @zoaph13
    @zoaph13 3 місяці тому +106

    Unpopular opinion: this song is better than somebody that I used to know.

    • @danielmedina4276
      @danielmedina4276 Місяць тому +2

      I agree. I love that song as well but this song always struck more of a chord.

    • @thomasschumacher1716
      @thomasschumacher1716 Місяць тому +1

      Agree completely.

    • @rogerdodger1984
      @rogerdodger1984 Місяць тому +2

      Its absolutely a better song. Maybe not as catchy or as much of an ear worm but its a better song in almost any other regard.

    • @tama_yaga
      @tama_yaga Місяць тому

      A thousand times better

    • @karensuazo-ti5pz
      @karensuazo-ti5pz Місяць тому

      Not unpopular!!!

  • @dimitrisaad
    @dimitrisaad 4 роки тому +505

    Something that really gets to me is the "I'm desperate to connect" line. You can find so many people to be with in the world, but it's remarkable how hard it is to find someone you can connect with.

  • @jacksonjackson3561
    @jacksonjackson3561 4 роки тому +1143

    When your internet / Wi-Fi is.down
    " I'm desperate to CONNEEECCCCTTTTT............ "

    • @elkstuff
      @elkstuff 4 роки тому +12

      LOL

    • @theseangle
      @theseangle 4 роки тому +25

      Basically Gotye has a slow internet so he's still uploading a 7 year old clip

    • @brianabehling
      @brianabehling 4 місяці тому +1

      😂

  • @leonardobatista369
    @leonardobatista369 3 роки тому +3985

    So this is where my sleep paralysis demon go’s to chill after traumatizing me

    • @yazidefirenze
      @yazidefirenze 3 роки тому +60

      Where he used to go.
      The spider killed his home

    • @shiaabdulla5739
      @shiaabdulla5739 3 роки тому +37

      2:48 there it is... Your sleep paralysis demon .. 😖

    • @wafflegod6661
      @wafflegod6661 3 роки тому +14

      @@shiaabdulla5739 its not scary tho 👀

    • @almamakoni4740
      @almamakoni4740 3 роки тому +10

      Goes.

    • @Dylan-bj3zy
      @Dylan-bj3zy 3 роки тому +13

      @@almamakoni4740 so glad someone else noticed that. 😂😂

  • @matthewkennedy3769
    @matthewkennedy3769 Рік тому +847

    I personally think this a better song than Somebody I used to know. Under rated track

    • @birko4507
      @birko4507 Рік тому +6

      Fr

    • @Nagoragama
      @Nagoragama Рік тому +41

      A lot of his songs are better than his one hit (and I like that song plenty, don't get me wrong).

    • @BJBee
      @BJBee 10 місяців тому +2

      Agree. I love this song more than SIUTK

    • @silpherwoulf
      @silpherwoulf 10 місяців тому +18

      Agreed. 'Somebody I Used To Know' makes me know Gotye, but Heart's a Mess is what make me stay

    • @Neeeeeefi
      @Neeeeeefi 10 місяців тому +1

      Facts

  • @zaeemhadi357
    @zaeemhadi357 3 роки тому +3240

    I kind of feel bad that I am listening to this song now for the first time.

    • @CrazyTaters
      @CrazyTaters 3 роки тому +19

      Same

    • @Rich1746
      @Rich1746 3 роки тому +32

      One of my favs after searching up gotye after listening to the other more popular song. This song is beautifully sad.

    • @melissalayton213
      @melissalayton213 3 роки тому +38

      I'm just glad more people are listening to his other work, I cringe every time I see someone say he was a one hit wonder.

    • @naomicanales6875
      @naomicanales6875 3 роки тому +1

      Hahaha its great!!

    • @chynafoster5714
      @chynafoster5714 3 роки тому +1

      Fr

  • @LoganSoul
    @LoganSoul 3 роки тому +1044

    Seeing Gotye as a tall, depressed bean is all I ever wanted

  • @Moramany
    @Moramany 5 років тому +4343

    Me n the boys going to the grocery store at 11 at night to get soda and carrots

  • @VictorDiazhunterxxx4444
    @VictorDiazhunterxxx4444 Рік тому +40

    Pick apart
    The pieces of your heart
    And let me peer inside
    Let me in
    Where only your thoughts have been
    Let me occupy your mind
    As you do mine
    You have lost
    Too much love
    To fear, doubt and distrust
    Its not enough
    You just threw away the key
    To your heart
    You don't get burned
    'Cause nothing gets through
    It makes it easier
    Easier on you
    But that much more difficult for me
    To make you see
    Love ain't fair
    So there you are
    My love
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you can't live like this
    Love ain't safe
    You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
    So you can wait
    But I don't wanna waste my love

    • @BJBee
      @BJBee 10 місяців тому +2

      Thank you victor.

  • @ErykaSoleil
    @ErykaSoleil 6 років тому +580

    I really wish some of Gotye's other stuff had been played on the radio along with (or instead of) "Somebody I Used to Know". Because that one had never really struck me, I hadn't bothered to look him up until a few days ago, when I heard "Eyes Wide Open". Now that I've checked him out, I feel that he's terribly underrated.

    • @lauraelizabethbrown
      @lauraelizabethbrown 5 років тому +25

      I don't know if underrated is the right word. I think it's a combination of things such as poor promotion considering how big he got, also combined with the fact that he doesn't appear to enjoy getting too much publicity and dipped out of the public eye for a more behind the scenes role in the music industry.

    • @noisyminer
      @noisyminer 2 місяці тому

      Many of his songs were played on Australian radio stations, just didn't have as much luck outside of the country until a certain song

    • @drivingintothedesertuntilt3202
      @drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 2 місяці тому +1

      im from australia, hearts a mess was 1st song I heard

  • @vinidaireedy2982
    @vinidaireedy2982 4 роки тому +1344

    One day he'll come back to us

    • @Nadia-se2ev
      @Nadia-se2ev 4 роки тому +48

      he is a band called the basics, check their yt channel

    • @Amdaad
      @Amdaad 3 роки тому +4

      Amen

    • @viewerdiscreationisadvised660
      @viewerdiscreationisadvised660 3 роки тому +6

      ua-cam.com/channels/Mf5H2IgwK1IjfcP2rfISzw.html

    • @artmeatj6620
      @artmeatj6620 3 роки тому +1

      Nope 👎

    • @kurushi857
      @kurushi857 3 роки тому +13

      He doesn't need to come back because his music will always be here.

  • @kristjanveski
    @kristjanveski 3 роки тому +996

    3:54 that part always got me. It's like that final plea, that burst of emotion and energy to try to make it work, when you already know it's over, and you're empty and exhausted, but have to give it that one last push to say you did all you can

    • @calmacca5751
      @calmacca5751 3 роки тому +24

      Too accurate 😕

    • @gufsgrrrl19
      @gufsgrrrl19 2 роки тому +22

      This is exactly how I've felt about that part as well...that feeling behind the last push... this whole song is just perfection

    • @lyssnicole
      @lyssnicole 2 роки тому +11

      damn… your comment really stuck to me when listening to this song

    • @m1lkywaygalaxy
      @m1lkywaygalaxy 2 роки тому

      daamn, man, thats true…😭🙌🏻

    • @lampmonkey8u708
      @lampmonkey8u708 2 роки тому

      Yea me 2

  • @shawnaa.2448
    @shawnaa.2448 Рік тому +304

    I accidentally clicked on this video and was like WTF. Never heard of this guy or the song. Long story short, that mis-click just changed my life. Holy shit. What a revelation. I'm absolutely obsessed.....replayed like five times!!! Amazing. A true artist. I just love him.

    • @jamaaldagreatest2748
      @jamaaldagreatest2748 Рік тому +12

      How had you never heard somebody that I used to know ?

    • @georgegeorgel7254
      @georgegeorgel7254 Рік тому +4

      Gotye is my favorite singer of all times😁 im mechanic i can fix his car for free for ex i can do the timming as a discount only if he can sing a song for me live😂

    • @garygetty4958
      @garygetty4958 Рік тому +3

      Make sure you know his other hit song somebody I used to know

    • @mybestfriendisfood
      @mybestfriendisfood 7 місяців тому +4

      I didn't know a song could make me sob. Therapy I didn't know I needed.

    • @margaretcundall9637
      @margaretcundall9637 4 місяці тому +1

      What! you've never heard of " somebody that i used to know" where have you been?? living in a cave...😊

  • @shivatiwary3899
    @shivatiwary3899 4 роки тому +511

    "But I'm desperate to connect"
    I felt that.

    • @bigtonka82
      @bigtonka82 4 роки тому +7

      It hits you right in the feels

    • @dhanushdelish2418
      @dhanushdelish2418 4 роки тому

      😎

    • @dhanushdelish2418
      @dhanushdelish2418 4 роки тому +2

      Ha caught you

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 4 роки тому +3

      No you see, he was just trying to connect to a tech support guy on the phone. He goes into detail in Thanks For Your Time.

  • @kemistree.
    @kemistree. 4 роки тому +1542

    I clicked this in 2020 after thinking I hadn't heard any other Gotye songs other than Somebody I Used to Know, but I got this really weird feeling, and i know I've seen this before. Freaked me out, but I'm glad I found this masterpiece again.

    • @binkiebunnie
      @binkiebunnie 4 роки тому +40

      This song is on the Great Gatsby Soundtrack album . Perhaps you heard it there?

    • @kemistree.
      @kemistree. 4 роки тому +46

      @@binkiebunnie Nah, mate. I've seen this video before somewhere. When my mom and I lived in Mexico, we'd go to a pizzeria for a treat sometimes and they played MTV on their TV a lot. You know, when that channel used to play music videos? And I think that might've been where. Gnarly tho.

    • @anthonywilliams5299
      @anthonywilliams5299 4 роки тому +5

      Pun Queen I think I saw this when I was like 8

    • @yourmothersuckscocksinhell426
      @yourmothersuckscocksinhell426 4 роки тому +21

      Gives me james n the giant peach vibes

    • @graceneilson9155
      @graceneilson9155 4 роки тому +6

      He's got a band called Basics ~

  • @LaydiNite
    @LaydiNite 8 років тому +2168

    My interpretation is that it's about a failing relationship. The lyrics seem to suggest this. Each of the creatures that follow him are the negative emotions piling on as he's stuck in a relationship that can't be saved. The creature on crutches is hurt, the one with the bundle on the stick is feeling like you don't belong (don't have a home), the crying creature in the woods is sadness, the wrecking ball is anger, the snake on the ice is isolation, the skeleton is grief, and all of them are followed by the spider that is taking away the light on the planet they inhabit. Also, note that Gotye's creature is wearing headphones and carrying a megaphone. I take this to represent that the people involved are shouting, but not listening to what's being said. In the end, all the emotions pile on, until the only solution is to let go entirely, shown by the scattering into space.

    • @IAmTheKnight26
      @IAmTheKnight26 8 років тому +43

      Omg that's actually what I was thinking as well

    • @Daevoz
      @Daevoz 8 років тому +22

      wow thats a really interesting thought

    • @thegreatslothlord7796
      @thegreatslothlord7796 8 років тому +46

      Now knowing this the song has gotten a lot sadder for me.

    • @Chilloutsleepsounds
      @Chilloutsleepsounds 8 років тому +33

      Beautiful interpretation

    • @cassiefoldi5272
      @cassiefoldi5272 8 років тому +17

      i love your thinking behind it!

  • @r.1599
    @r.1599 Рік тому +109

    I love the song, but let's talk about the video:
    Gotye starts out resting on what is very clearly Earth's moon. Then he drops down onto what looks like a devastated Earth. Its skies are darkened to night. The only things we see on the surface of the planet are a few destroyed buildings. He is followed by a mechanical spider weaving a dark shadow. As he walks, he holds a megaphone up to his lips, calling out a message.
    He walks through a formation of soldiers forcibly marching a creature with a tank of water on its back, a tear in its eye and moving on trembling crutches. The last of the clean water. It leaves the soldiers to join Gotye.
    As the trio approach a collapsed home, three little spirits precede it and jump into the beak of a seemingly dead crane that is laden down with a broken fishing shack, a fishing line, and a stork's baby bundle. It has a Radioactive sign on its side, and its eyes have been bound shut. When the little spirits jump into its beak, it rises and joins the group.
    They continue to traverse the wasteland, the spider walking backwards as it watches the ever-growing shadow that it weaves, cover the land. They pass through the burned remains of a forest, where the eyes of what used to live there watch them. A logger with an axe in its hand and laden down with a cargo of felled trees, joins them.
    "You just threw away the key."
    Ahead, the only seemingly living things are the still-polluting factories and an oil refinery, still belching out their poisons long after life has left the planet; in the foreground a crane with a wrecking ball mindlessly demolishes what's left of the apartment buildings; it's made for destruction and is driven to destroy until everything is gone. As the group passes it, it looks up from its mission, sees them, looks over the buildings it has been wrecking, and leaves its work to join them.
    As they leave that area, the dirty glare of the factory lights and the oil refinery's gas flare gleam sickenly in the distance.
    Above, to the left, the light of a tiny craft shoots up and out to escape through a thinner patch of sky where sunlight struggles to shine through weakly. It is not night after all; the sun has been blotted out by the thick cloud of pollution.
    They stop by the sea's edge. A lonely sea monster with the head of a fish rows in on the last remaining piece of sea ice, which is rapidly melting. The sea monster joins the exodus as the spider gently pulls a blanket of shadow across the planet - it is almost completely covered now.
    They pass through a cemetery where the Big Five (Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies) finally grieve and wring their hands while surrounded by the gravestones of the protesters that were killed for raising the alarm. A tortured spirit rises from the ground, his mouth bound and silenced. He has a flower on his head and twisted around his body is the spirit of the thing he died trying to protect: life. With a backward glance back at the tycoons, he too joins the parade.
    They reach the place Gotye first landed when he jumped down from the moon, and the spider finishes pulling the funeral shroud over the Earth.
    The members of the little parade climb each other up past the reach of gravity, and float into space. Farewell to the home we destroyed and lost. Is it a kind of suicide?
    The song is sad but the _video_ is so full of grief.

    • @LeFerrvz
      @LeFerrvz 11 місяців тому +8

      there’s nothing left to be done but to give up. it’s inevitable, just like it appears to be with his unreachable muse

    • @traviscarr9079
      @traviscarr9079 11 місяців тому

      I could be wrong but this is my theory. The themes represent man, war, homeless, deforestation, polution, global warming and death. I thought the spider meant the end of the earth. Mankind is leading the charge. He has those no noise ear muffs because his hearts a mess and can't admit to it, he doesn't want to hear it. In the end you can't live like this. Literally... Look at the water at 3:51 the earth becomes barron, and there's nothing left.

    • @thedarkness9893
      @thedarkness9893 7 місяців тому +3

      Thx for sharing🔥❤️

    • @Musiclover333-3
      @Musiclover333-3 6 місяців тому +6

      You are a legend for this comment, tysm for this

  • @whistlegoeswoo2953
    @whistlegoeswoo2953 4 роки тому +807

    Guys this was 12 years ago and its still a golden piece today

  • @louisebelcher7494
    @louisebelcher7494 4 роки тому +1444

    It’s so weird but like I’m addicted to the way they walk

    • @gummyguttz
      @gummyguttz 4 роки тому +27

      Louise Belcher felt that

    • @TheMymlan
      @TheMymlan 4 роки тому +17

      Same

    • @Mei-st5bq
      @Mei-st5bq 4 роки тому +39

      you're a fan of nightmare before christmas then

    • @Silkorb
      @Silkorb 4 роки тому +6

      Same lol

    • @louisebelcher7494
      @louisebelcher7494 4 роки тому +8

      Mei lmao I actually am, that’s my favorite movie

  • @annabellegadabu7566
    @annabellegadabu7566 Рік тому +307

    just discovered this masterpiece. Love Gotye's style

    • @cannaisuer2091
      @cannaisuer2091 Рік тому +6

      sucks no other song has this weird song type vibe. i want more like this

    • @annabellegadabu7566
      @annabellegadabu7566 Рік тому +3

      @@cannaisuer2091 yeah. But he's still very creative. 👌

    • @shanellaj
      @shanellaj Рік тому +3

      So did I and omg. This could be a Tim Burton theme song

    • @vasillij_nexust
      @vasillij_nexust Рік тому

      ​@@annabellegadabu7566check out Missy Higgins like a version cover of this.. both versions are amazing.

  • @tam7180
    @tam7180 3 роки тому +753

    It's a fucking masterpiece deep lyrics and a good melody and a perfect voice

    • @richtofen4888
      @richtofen4888 3 роки тому +15

      His voice is quite phenomenal

    • @iagree5313
      @iagree5313 3 роки тому +1

      I'm seeing this for the first time (and hearing) I can see all these references, like obviously The Police and Pink Floyd, .... Brilliant!!! In lock down again Auckland, trying out new true wireless earbuds but still not enuff BASS.!

    • @zigzigzig
      @zigzigzig 3 роки тому +1

      bro so true

    • @oui0384
      @oui0384 2 роки тому

      This is an amazing song and one of my favorite songs of all time but the lyrics of this song are not that deep.

  • @guillelamas
    @guillelamas 5 років тому +476

    "...But I'm desperate to CONNEEEEEECT..." WOW

    • @sterlingattaway5225
      @sterlingattaway5225 5 років тому +2

      😊💯🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @lizzytytysgirl36
      @lizzytytysgirl36 4 роки тому +3

      Lmfaoooo xD Idk why this comment made me crack up. The WOW 😂😂😂😂

    • @lizzytytysgirl36
      @lizzytytysgirl36 4 роки тому

      All the extra e’s I’m dead 😂😂😂😂

    • @zeta5155
      @zeta5155 4 роки тому +11

      Real talk tho smth abt the way he sings that hits hard asf

    • @angerincarnate9167
      @angerincarnate9167 4 роки тому

      Four

  • @kariswoodard1597
    @kariswoodard1597 3 роки тому +410

    LYRICS
    Pick apart
    The pieces of your heart
    And let me peer inside
    Let me in
    Where only your thoughts have been
    Let me occupy your mind
    As you do mine
    You have lost
    Too much love
    To fear, doubt and distrust
    (It's not enough)
    You just threw away the key
    To your heart
    You don't get burned
    ('Cause nothing gets through)
    It makes it easier
    (Easier on you)
    But that much more difficult for me
    To make you see...
    Love ain't fair
    So there you are
    My love
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this
    Love ain't safe
    You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
    So you can wait
    But I don't wanna waste my love

  • @dallasturner8516
    @dallasturner8516 8 місяців тому +1009

    Anybody still listen to this in 2024 or is it just me?

  • @sthuvbot
    @sthuvbot 3 роки тому +3953

    Repeat after me, GOTYE IS NOT A ONE HIT WONDER.

    • @deethesimp9169
      @deethesimp9169 3 роки тому +157

      SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

    • @shasha-og6yy
      @shasha-og6yy 3 роки тому +79

      @@deethesimp9169 WHY ARE YOU GUYS SCREAMING?!

    • @deethesimp9169
      @deethesimp9169 3 роки тому +62

      @@shasha-og6yy BECAUSE YES

    • @marew7562
      @marew7562 3 роки тому +34

      Two hit wonder then

    • @sthuvbot
      @sthuvbot 3 роки тому +65

      @@marew7562 Wrong,
      Somebody That I used To Know,
      Hearts A Mess,
      7 Hours With A Backseat Driver,
      State Of The Art,
      Etc.

  • @somethingaboutsomeone7641
    @somethingaboutsomeone7641 4 роки тому +2390

    Hear me out.
    A Tim Burton film with Gotye songs.

    • @Nadia-se2ev
      @Nadia-se2ev 4 роки тому +41

      we need to make this

    • @Jonkstrap
      @Jonkstrap 4 роки тому +70

      I can really FEEl Jack Skellington vibing with this on that swirly mountain

    • @omsnaga
      @omsnaga 4 роки тому +20

      Danny Elfman would feel so betrayed

    • @Tsutsu5
      @Tsutsu5 4 роки тому +6

      I’m listening

    • @MrsZSmith300
      @MrsZSmith300 4 роки тому +5

      we’re listening...

  • @short_cutie_pie_15_72
    @short_cutie_pie_15_72 5 років тому +161

    He finds someone to love so he takes a dive into her heart and finds her and everything negative, lonely, depression, useless, fear, unhappy, and sad, he wants to make them seem small and her bigger than she really is, he tries as hard as he can but no matter how hard he tries she just gets smaller and smaller and everything negative surrounds her, he eventually gives up in the end and finds a way out of her heart and leaves because he doesn't want to waste his love on someone who won't let him in and makes him depressed that he cant do anything to make her happy like she once was.

  • @TurboTheTerrier
    @TurboTheTerrier 7 місяців тому +18

    You searched this in 2024. Welcome. We're still here and enjoying.

  • @kjyerg2126
    @kjyerg2126 8 років тому +2018

    Is anyone else obsessed with this guy's songs?????

    • @donaldtrump3870
      @donaldtrump3870 8 років тому +6

      KJ Yerg I obsessed too your no alone either

    • @kennethmccormick1791
      @kennethmccormick1791 8 років тому +6

      Even 'Seven hours with a backseat driver'...
      And that's not even a song! technically.

    • @nickjackson-ms8gv
      @nickjackson-ms8gv 8 років тому +9

      yes this song is soooomuch better than most

    • @kaylee3205
      @kaylee3205 7 років тому +5

      Tell me about it! My favs are Hearts a mess ( this one ) and Somebody I Used To Know

    • @yerlishernandez8262
      @yerlishernandez8262 7 років тому +2

      He's unic. I love his songs

  • @ahmedalshamy3113
    @ahmedalshamy3113 7 років тому +339

    "Hearts A Mess"
    Pick apart
    The pieces of your heart
    And let me peer inside
    Let me in
    Where only your thoughts have been
    Let me occupy your mind
    As you do mine
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    You can't live like this
    You have lost
    (Too much love)
    To fear, doubt and distrust
    (It's not enough)
    You just threw away the key
    To your heart
    You don't get burned
    ('Cause nothing gets through)
    It makes it easier
    (Easier on you)
    But that much more difficult for me
    To make you see…
    Love ain't fair
    So there you are
    My love
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you can't live like this
    Love ain't safe
    You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
    So you can wait
    But I don't wanna waste my love

    • @justinamarina3774
      @justinamarina3774 6 років тому +3

      Sad. Sounds like me now.

    • @mdgh9971
      @mdgh9971 6 років тому

      شاطر يابطل
      اغنية جميلة فن وابداع

    • @ploopy8483
      @ploopy8483 6 років тому +4

      Why tho lyrics in description

    • @meghanmonroe
      @meghanmonroe 6 років тому +1

      @@ploopy8483 Probably for people who are curious about the lyrics and/or too lazy to look them up themselves lol

    • @meghanmonroe
      @meghanmonroe 6 років тому

      @@justinamarina3774 Sounds like me every day of my life.

  • @premmhetre2167
    @premmhetre2167 3 роки тому +322

    Don't worry you are not the only one watching this master piece in 2022

  • @monster_head98
    @monster_head98 6 місяців тому +71

    Anyone 2024 ?

  • @-suprapersonal
    @-suprapersonal 3 роки тому +288

    It’s been 13 years. Still slaps, speaks to my soul. Slaps too hard.

  • @Khushi-Shah
    @Khushi-Shah 3 роки тому +513

    If Gotye were here, he'd let us download his music on UA-cam without buying Premium because that's the kind of musician he is.

    • @HowDoYouTurnThisOn_
      @HowDoYouTurnThisOn_ 3 роки тому +21

      HE FUCKING DIED??????

    • @ghosttoast8610
      @ghosttoast8610 3 роки тому +54

      @@HowDoYouTurnThisOn_lmao no

    • @c0rpster462
      @c0rpster462 3 роки тому +29

      @@HowDoYouTurnThisOn_ if he was here as in on the UA-cam team

    • @bartallen6849
      @bartallen6849 3 роки тому +23

      Gotye is in a band as the drummer, the band is called "The Basics"
      (Im gonna get r/woooosh-ed but whatever)

    • @WoockerSocket
      @WoockerSocket 3 роки тому +3

      Well you already can download it anyway

  • @hafsasyed3808
    @hafsasyed3808 3 роки тому +314

    The more i want to share this song with my friends, the more it makes e want to keep it to myself as my song

  • @peterc2876
    @peterc2876 Рік тому +84

    It feels like this song sums up the human condition of losing a piece of your heart over lost love until you can lose no more… thanks Gotye for this timeless masterpiece!!

  • @АлександрРулетов-и4о
    @АлександрРулетов-и4о 4 роки тому +590

    2007: no
    2010: no wait
    2015: WAIT!
    2020: YES!

    • @obeyiv2466
      @obeyiv2466 4 роки тому +9

      (update) 2020: No again

    • @yanastanimirova8786
      @yanastanimirova8786 4 роки тому +4

      I just didn't watch it r\through until a while back and thought it was too weird for me, but it rocks :)

    • @kotaar8535
      @kotaar8535 4 роки тому +3

      actually this came into my recommended last year.

    • @Radnugget
      @Radnugget 4 роки тому +6

      I didn't realize this was that old, its a pretty good song with nice CGI for 2007

  • @blackberry8615
    @blackberry8615 4 роки тому +13383

    Don’t worry guys he just forgot his UA-cam password

    • @mika-ik6vx
      @mika-ik6vx 4 роки тому +244

      very original

    • @lizzytytysgirl36
      @lizzytytysgirl36 4 роки тому +138

      BlackBerry he sure did this video is from damn near 10 years ago xD

    • @tonyrios5600
      @tonyrios5600 4 роки тому +42

      Oh I thought it was something else 😪

    • @couldntbeotherwise
      @couldntbeotherwise 4 роки тому +35

      Where is he at thou

    • @kentv1052
      @kentv1052 4 роки тому +15

      BlackBerry I think so

  • @abbymedina8758
    @abbymedina8758 4 роки тому +199

    Idk why but there’s something so nostalgic about how dark and unusual this song is, yet something so oddly familiar, it’s as if we’ve experienced something similar to this in a dream, or at least I have, i mean, probably

    • @sammbci
      @sammbci 4 роки тому +7

      The melody of the chorus was borrowed by Craig Armstrong for The Great Gatsby, when Daisy is talking about how she wishes that her daughter grows up a fool. Perhaps it reminds you of that, or perhaps it's just a really nostalgia-inducing song and that's why Armstrong picked it.

    • @monkeymadness5789
      @monkeymadness5789 4 роки тому +2

      The music video gives super Mirror Mask vibes if you’ve seen that! I get all the nostalgia from that!

    • @abbymedina8758
      @abbymedina8758 4 роки тому +2

      JGR I never saw the great gatsby Is it a musical?

    • @abbymedina8758
      @abbymedina8758 4 роки тому +2

      And CrippledArms I never saw Mirror Mask but I have heard about it and saw a few scenes like that scene where the girl is in her bedroom and she thinks she’s finally back safe at home but then she opens the door and the troll things are all outside and she finds out it’s all just an illusion. 👁👄👁

    • @monkeymadness5789
      @monkeymadness5789 4 роки тому +2

      Detective Pikachu it also reminds me of the Ruby Gloom intro!

  • @jojo1905..
    @jojo1905.. 6 місяців тому +183

    2024 anyone with me ?

  • @vincegredo
    @vincegredo 10 років тому +182

    It pisses me off to know that a song I love so much has existed for 7 years without my knowing. Just makes me wonder what else I would love is out there that I haven't discovered yet

    • @brandrd
      @brandrd 10 років тому +16

      THIS! I was thinking the same. It's quite annoying, right?

    • @hotchocolates3828
      @hotchocolates3828 5 років тому

      @@Gsquared300 hmm..

    • @richtofen4888
      @richtofen4888 5 років тому

      Deadly Deva What are you on about?

    • @partygirlheather
      @partygirlheather 4 роки тому

      Gunship- when you grow up your heart dies ❤

    • @vinchhgaad3184
      @vinchhgaad3184 4 роки тому

      There's fckn alot bro

  • @Snee4k
    @Snee4k 4 роки тому +416

    Why am I listen to the song for the first time in the end of 2019

    • @Jactional
      @Jactional 4 роки тому +3

      Same

    • @flipen90
      @flipen90 4 роки тому +5

      Good, I'm not the only one!

    • @isaithebest9367
      @isaithebest9367 4 роки тому

      Same what?🤣

    • @WordUnheard
      @WordUnheard 4 роки тому +11

      You're just in time. Listen to all of his albums in their entirety. I feel bad for those who only know *Somebody That I Used To Know*
      Don't get me wrong. It's still a great song. But all of his songs are just as great, if not greater. Heart's A Mess, Easy Way Out, and Bronte are three of my favorite Gotye songs. I just hope he makes another album.

    • @ritagarcia9696
      @ritagarcia9696 4 роки тому +8

      2020 here

  • @joangiducos6031
    @joangiducos6031 2 роки тому +47

    Who's still here?

  • @hugoogutierrez
    @hugoogutierrez 3 роки тому +1434

    13 years🥺 if you’re watching this in 2020 (edit: or other year) you’re a legend

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- 6 років тому +1711

    Pink Floyd meets Gorillaz, and Tim Burton.

  • @imbatman4767
    @imbatman4767 6 років тому +2679

    Who's listening in their own private cave under their mansion.

  • @SaachiOfficial
    @SaachiOfficial Рік тому +142

    This song lives in my head rent free. It makes my heart ache and my brain light up with so many emotions and thoughts. When gotye said he's an ARTist, he was NOT joking. Forever in love with this whole record. Thanks Gotye, for inspiring a generation of artists. love u. rant over. bye.

  • @akmforever9
    @akmforever9 5 років тому +265

    I really don’t understand how something like this could possibly have a single dislike

    • @randomcreature3235
      @randomcreature3235 5 років тому +17

      People who have a different taste in music disliked this, I have no idea why they couldn't have just chosen a song they liked instead of having to feel like they have to make their selves known.

    • @neighbourninja
      @neighbourninja 5 років тому +9

      People who do not understand it and its beauty disliked it. It has always been so. Understanding something never bred contempt.

    • @ΝατάσαΣτ-ρ3γ
      @ΝατάσαΣτ-ρ3γ 5 років тому +5

      People are ignorant..and cant really appreciate good music.

    • @gangsterwoody1008
      @gangsterwoody1008 4 роки тому +1

      They just haterz

    • @maggiwells5430
      @maggiwells5430 4 роки тому

      Tone deaf.

  • @vfromthaburg
    @vfromthaburg 8 років тому +110

    thnx Gotye for zero commercials...

    • @sereneblurrr5227
      @sereneblurrr5227 8 років тому +3

      you're welcome babe

    • @JDiegoPR
      @JDiegoPR 8 років тому

      you're welcome

    • @victor-on1hy
      @victor-on1hy 7 років тому +7

      while you thanks an artist, i thank an extension named adblock

  • @nicoolio7310
    @nicoolio7310 7 років тому +2155

    I was listening to "Somebody I Used To Know" because it was one of those few songs that I automatically liked from the first listen and I've loved it for years. Figured I'd give some of Gotye's other stuff a chance. Don't regret it one bit.

    • @sthabimthethwa931
      @sthabimthethwa931 7 років тому +23

      same thing happened to me

    • @zleckv2
      @zleckv2 6 років тому +8

      Snap! ✋ so glad I did

    • @tuckerlacey9909
      @tuckerlacey9909 6 років тому +5

      Nicoolio same

    • @kasim7713
      @kasim7713 6 років тому +4

      So did I

    • @tuckerlacey9909
      @tuckerlacey9909 6 років тому +11

      Kaehyon I mean I get why it frustrates him I think every or almost every one hit wonder is frustrated when it comes to music. Only being known for one song must suck.

  • @elizabethyoskova
    @elizabethyoskova Рік тому +50

    Let me tell you something, it gets better when you listen to it as you grow up too.

  • @aposieczanek
    @aposieczanek 3 роки тому +135

    He isn't in it for the fame or money. Purely for the love of the craft! A true artist.

  • @pighati7774
    @pighati7774 8 років тому +846

    half of me: wow this is really cool.
    the other half: what the actual FUCK.

  • @live4thecarnival
    @live4thecarnival 3 роки тому +91

    This song could be used as an allegory for modern times. With everyone so connected we've never been farther apart. Some of us just want some company to ride out the chaos with.

    • @rock9737
      @rock9737 3 роки тому +8

      I read somewhere else that this was supposed to symbolize a failing relationship so...
      Besides most of the lines dont make sense in that context

    • @roseg2239
      @roseg2239 3 роки тому +2

      It's no different to any other time lol

    • @MrThingsI
      @MrThingsI 2 роки тому +2

      If that concept interests you, Hozier wrote an entire album on it called Wasteland Baby

  • @M0joPin
    @M0joPin Рік тому +17

    It's actually insane that this song is 15 years old as of now. It still holds up, sounding fresh and unique

  • @addieyah4066
    @addieyah4066 8 років тому +432

    People think this is weird and strange, they say it like it's a bad thing. This song feels so good, so painfully good like if you were to have a piece of glass stuck in your heart, but then this song cuts up a part removing the glass from your body.

  • @ruthrolon2771
    @ruthrolon2771 4 роки тому +72

    Why do I feel like I'm watching THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. LOVE THIS SONG AND GROUP .

  • @Blossomx97
    @Blossomx97 4 роки тому +88

    I was so obsessed with this in the 6th grade. That was 11 years ago 😳

    • @Michael-jj4ol
      @Michael-jj4ol 4 роки тому +2

      Great song

    • @ndo533
      @ndo533 3 роки тому

      Discovered him in 2006! College. I was obsessed with his song, overplayed him and drove my family crazy lol

    • @becky6568
      @becky6568 3 роки тому

      It’s 2021 and I’m obsessed.

  • @arilionx3176
    @arilionx3176 Рік тому +21

    Still one of the most healing tracks I’ve ever heard

  • @KairiHawkeye
    @KairiHawkeye 8 років тому +570

    This is a very kind song.
    That's quite rare nowadays.

    • @EllyjTh
      @EllyjTh 8 років тому +6

      So what....it is the music that counts not the year. Check what years the cover versions come from.

    • @thegreatslothlord7796
      @thegreatslothlord7796 8 років тому +8

      I find this song really sad yet the beat reminds me of something really happy which is the song from this game called Rayman 3: Hoodlum's Havoc.

    • @soniasalah7881
      @soniasalah7881 8 років тому +1

      +1ThEj 1

    • @eye_producer
      @eye_producer 8 років тому +5

      thanks for the info really necessary.. it was

    • @Hotpocketmountiandew
      @Hotpocketmountiandew 8 років тому +11

      This isn't kind. He said, this chick is a monster . But he's desperate even if it means he gets abused. And she wont stop lying and it makes no sense. That's sad. Who could live like that, or around that? He's right. Why waste his love.

  • @laneatkinson6441
    @laneatkinson6441 8 років тому +157

    My art teacher showed this to my class four years ago as an example of a creative music video...this is my first time finding this since then, I completely forgot about it!

    • @omgmonsterhigh
      @omgmonsterhigh 6 років тому +2

      E A We should have a channel that shows only music videos.

    • @alienboi8397
      @alienboi8397 6 років тому

      For me it was my math teacher. I don’t remember why he showed us this lmao .5 years and I still listen to it

    • @hhhhhhhjj4226
      @hhhhhhhjj4226 6 років тому

      whats the meaning of the video? i dont get it.

    • @cayde-6753
      @cayde-6753 5 років тому +1

      @@hhhhhhhjj4226 theres a lot of meanings to it but sometimes I like to think of it as something to do with the Earth and its people. Gas Mask is war, Pelican is homeless, Lumberjack is deforestation, Wrecking Ball is unnecessary destruction, Lizard is ice caps melting and the Skeleton is death. And Gotye with the headphones in is the Humans obliviousness to the things happening

  • @CC-gv1yd
    @CC-gv1yd 4 роки тому +392

    The dislikes weren’t desperate to connect.

  • @lilykinz249
    @lilykinz249 Рік тому +59

    Can't believe it's 15 years old. Has a timeless sound

    • @TheNerovar
      @TheNerovar 7 місяців тому

      18. Song from 2006.

  • @Nomaswazi11
    @Nomaswazi11 3 роки тому +134

    Been listening to this song for over a decade. And it still resonates. Thank you Gotye

  • @achillesMusic444
    @achillesMusic444 8 років тому +100

    This is probably one of my all time favourite songs lyrically. The lyrics are all very easy to understand, no pretentious overused metaphors, and still they come across very poetic. The lyrics seem so congruent, it could easily have been a (quite long i'll admit) monologue from one person to another. I love the song as a whole, ofc, but the lyrics get to me every time i come by to listen. I'm glad there's music like this out there!

  • @SnowdropHill
    @SnowdropHill 3 роки тому +52

    His voice still gives me chills.

  • @ysvlog8568
    @ysvlog8568 Рік тому +32

    在以前還只有電視MTV的日子, 有天無意間聽到, 配上詭異的MV拍攝, 這旋律整個讓我中毒, 一直喜歡到現在☺

    • @xanna9966
      @xanna9966 Рік тому +3

      Same

    • @BJBee
      @BJBee 10 місяців тому

      You have beautiful taste in music.

  • @forwardlee1311
    @forwardlee1311 3 роки тому +20

    I served as a recon in the DMZ in South Korea. I was in the DMZ at night. This song came from a loudspeaker heading to North Korea. This memory lingers strongly.

  • @SSocksGrypr
    @SSocksGrypr 3 роки тому +223

    This was a huge part of my childhood, I have ADHD and my father sat with me and watched this very video with me to calm me down...
    Thanks Gotye for the memories

    • @TheNinja94a
      @TheNinja94a 2 роки тому +13

      This calmed you down? This shit creepy as hell

    • @starrynightfall00
      @starrynightfall00 2 роки тому +2

      I love this comment 😊

    • @SSocksGrypr
      @SSocksGrypr 2 роки тому +14

      @@TheNinja94a I was always mesmerized by them.
      I can't really explain it

    • @velocityraptor2890
      @velocityraptor2890 Рік тому +7

      Props to your father for helping you out in such times

    • @dankeman5266
      @dankeman5266 Рік тому +4

      I found it very calming as well, all through out my life, I got my ADHD diagnosis only a couple of weeks ago, maybe no coinsidence…?

  • @raginisharma1628
    @raginisharma1628 5 років тому +59

    The fact that this song has just 22 million views just blows my mind...
    There are so many lives waiting to be enriched by this music.

  • @meatthenole5601
    @meatthenole5601 7 місяців тому +10

    This is one of my favorite songs. Period.

  • @whatshername3158
    @whatshername3158 2 роки тому +48

    i hate myself for only discovering this gem 14 years later;
    gotye is a fabulous musician.This hasn't aged one bit which is very telling of this man's talent

  • @kingkennyhw4227
    @kingkennyhw4227 7 років тому +266

    I believe this music video shows us all of the worlds problems. The one with the crutches and gas mask represents war and nuclear destruction. The seagull with shelter on its back represents homelessness and homeless shelters. The one with the axe represents all of the trees getting cut down to serve our own purposes. The wrecking ball one represents the destruction of buildings or businesses. The dragon-like being in the middle of the water represents global warming because of that little chunk of ice it is sitting on. The skeleton represents death. Gotye represents the people ignoring these problems hence the headphones canceling it all out. The spider dragging the darkness over the world represents the starting of another day. Everything that floats up into the sky represents the people putting all of the worlds problems aside or ignoring them. I know it sounds stupid, but that's how I think...

    • @prototype7696
      @prototype7696 6 років тому +9

      Itz K3N The lyrics really connect with this meaning, or at least I think so. For example, hearts a mess is him trying to tell them that the world is dying, and you wont admit to it is the peope who ignore the problems. It makes no sense is him talking about the politicians who make no sense when denying the issues. You cant live like this is referring to how if we continue our current ways the earth will die.

    • @ExperienceEric
      @ExperienceEric 6 років тому +5

      Sounds like you are describing the book of Revelation.

    • @jasminewhitfield3817
      @jasminewhitfield3817 6 років тому +3

      What's sad about this is the fact that this video was created 10 years ago, and we still sit around and continue to do nothing 10 years later. Huh your comment made me think about the earth I live on.

    • @shushshhh1357
      @shushshhh1357 6 років тому +2

      To add on " The one with the crutches and gas mask " also represents short water as the is a water supply which could mean it is needed so that may be why he / she / it has it and it / she / he may have it for the homeless but well he doesn't look like he has a good travel / trip.

    • @shushshhh1357
      @shushshhh1357 6 років тому +2

      And dose doggos at the start probably are the soldiers. the world is like this though.

  • @TheBlueJay75
    @TheBlueJay75 4 роки тому +215

    Here’s my interpretation:
    I think the whole song is about the deterioration of the Earth because of the things humans are doing.
    The thing on stilts represents the side effects of war.
    The pelican represents poverty.
    The monster with the logs represents deforestation.
    The wrecking ball represents the large cities and the pollution they cause.
    The lizard on the ice represents the suffering of animals.
    The skeleton represents death.
    The spider represents the darkness and eventual death of everything that follows.
    And the guy at the front represents the people that ignore all these problems and continue with their lives.

  • @couchmayne4351
    @couchmayne4351 26 днів тому +2

    Dude music hits crazy how they only acknowledge his one song

  • @jasonkav
    @jasonkav 4 роки тому +253

    We’ll, for me this was my dating song....we were both going through divorces. 10yrs later we have two kids one survived a surgery 3 days into her life with a death sentence for a congenial diagnoses. She’s a happy 6 year old. Praise the Lord. And we are still going strong.

    • @borkolan821
      @borkolan821 3 роки тому +4

      omg what

    • @markkamunya7246
      @markkamunya7246 3 роки тому +9

      Hope ur family doing ok i know its rough but stay strong and godbless ur family

    • @randyholland2700
      @randyholland2700 3 роки тому +2

      U do

    • @echeonwugbenu
      @echeonwugbenu 3 роки тому +3

      Amen. Keep getting stronger - all of you. There is more in store. The UNIVERSE is making it all work out for your good in all areas.

    • @goncalodealmeida7287
      @goncalodealmeida7287 3 роки тому +3

      Amen. All the best.

  • @_dinarte
    @_dinarte 6 років тому +257

    I'm so mad at Spotify for taking down this album

    • @pumpkinpie8067
      @pumpkinpie8067 6 років тому +6

      María José Dinarte why did spotify take it down

    • @eriakk
      @eriakk 6 років тому +5

      what?it is on spotify

    • @_dinarte
      @_dinarte 6 років тому +5

      @@eriakk "Like drawing blood" is not :(

    • @eriakk
      @eriakk 6 років тому +7

      @@_dinarte maybe it is not allowed in your country...idk:( on my spotify it normally shows up on gotye's account.but boardface doesnt so maybe it isnt on spotify:(

    • @KarenRequenes
      @KarenRequenes 5 років тому +1

      Lo mismo pienso :(

  • @Alexa-dd7et
    @Alexa-dd7et 6 років тому +3432

    Everyone is a little depressed right?

    • @tonydan5987
      @tonydan5987 5 років тому +16

      Alexa yes

    • @gen.not.clickbait
      @gen.not.clickbait 5 років тому +20

      Just a bit

    • @kingloki8669
      @kingloki8669 5 років тому +32

      A little?

    • @jameskedward575
      @jameskedward575 5 років тому +16

      Ups and downs 😉😊😋😯😠😞😶

    • @Liminalis
      @Liminalis 5 років тому +11

      In the best way though thanks to this? Fuck Somebody that I used to know compared to this!!!!

  • @sally.in.the.clouds
    @sally.in.the.clouds Місяць тому +3

    Can't find this song anywhere. I'm so glad it's still on UA-cam ❤

  • @KeepOnRisingStudios
    @KeepOnRisingStudios 3 роки тому +101

    I don't know how this song didn't make it extremely big.. What a beautiful song man. Everything about it is just great.

    • @KeepOnRisingStudios
      @KeepOnRisingStudios 2 роки тому

      @Emronomia I'm still here wondering why this hasn't made it extremely big lol

    • @antilikka
      @antilikka Рік тому +4

      Simple.. it’s not catchy. Somebody that I used to know, is extremely catchy

    • @alexanderbaez6355
      @alexanderbaez6355 Рік тому +5

      because this song doesn't cater to the lowest common denominator. Therefore it's a financial risk to push this song over others

    • @matthewmartin9120
      @matthewmartin9120 Рік тому

      Oh it did… It’s in all our hearts. Even if most people don’t know it yet.
      Think it was on Soundtrack to Scorsese Great Gatsby too

    • @MaxKerstappen
      @MaxKerstappen Рік тому +1

      ​@antilikka
      It is VERY catchy. The chorus us memorable, the rhythm stays relatively constant throughout

  • @Caroline-hn3dp
    @Caroline-hn3dp 6 років тому +69

    this video was posted about 6 months before i started school. i was 5 years old. i found this video again recently. now i'm 15 and almost done with my exams. brings me back a bit.

    • @calesorge9457
      @calesorge9457 5 років тому +3

      I heard this when I was 1 and loved it now I'm 12 so I can relate. Also 🤥🤥

    • @anikakhan1539
      @anikakhan1539 5 років тому +1

      @@calesorge9457 bahahaha xD

    • @pseudoicon
      @pseudoicon 5 років тому +2

      I remember those days, Imma tell you something, stay with the right people and listen to good music. Do this and you will lead a very full and exciting life

  • @mimotojiyt
    @mimotojiyt 2 роки тому +43

    Gotye really hits us hard with his voice when he adds so much emotion to the "But I'm desperate to connect!" part, we can literally feel the pure dread within that lyric.

  • @Didrikkhu
    @Didrikkhu 3 дні тому +1

    Wow, this song just filled a gap I didn’t realize had been there for 16 years!

  • @maggiwells5430
    @maggiwells5430 4 роки тому +234

    "Let me occupy your mind as you do Mine..." Deep

    • @ManMan-cc2gf
      @ManMan-cc2gf 4 роки тому +6

      Not really bro

    • @maggiwells5430
      @maggiwells5430 4 роки тому +3

      @@ManMan-cc2gf you've obviously never been in love

    • @ventikay6013
      @ventikay6013 4 роки тому

      @@maggiwells5430 lol are you 14 ?

    • @maggiwells5430
      @maggiwells5430 4 роки тому +1

      ;0) Lol

    • @handan3786
      @handan3786 3 роки тому +4

      It's a really good line, it's relatable, it's impactful, but it's not "deep". It's more obvious than deep

  • @MisterBEP
    @MisterBEP 9 років тому +152

    I love this song! I found it because it's part of The Great Gatsby soundtrack and I had no idea that it was so "old".

    • @502280
      @502280 9 років тому

      ***** saw the movie and found it too. Lol such a good movie.

    • @MisterBEP
      @MisterBEP 9 років тому

      Dray F. Yeah, for sure! :)

    • @ashie2k6
      @ashie2k6 9 років тому

      ***** yea it was in gossip girl lol

    • @iandakid672
      @iandakid672 9 років тому +8

      Though the movie is good, the book is way better.

    • @502280
      @502280 9 років тому

      ill have to look into it, youre the second person to tell me so.

  • @dilipramirez
    @dilipramirez 4 роки тому +49

    Come on Gotye, I think is time for you to come back.

  • @elifebrarzelka5126
    @elifebrarzelka5126 Місяць тому +2

    this version should be available at music platforms

  • @moneevep503
    @moneevep503 7 років тому +27

    Pick apart
    The pieces of your heart
    And let me peer inside
    Let me in
    Where only your thoughts have been
    Let me occupy your mind
    As you do mine
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    You can't live like this
    You have lost
    (Too much love)
    To fear, doubt and distrust
    (It's not enough)
    You just threw away the key
    To your heart
    You don't get burned
    ('Cause nothing gets through)
    It makes it easier
    (Easier on you)
    But that much more difficult for me
    To make you see…
    Love ain't fair
    So there you are
    My love
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you, you can't live like this
    Your heart's a mess
    You won't admit to it
    It makes no sense
    But I'm desperate to connect
    And you can't live like this
    Love ain't safe
    You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
    So you can wait
    But I don't wanna waste my love

    • @C4DeadCharge
      @C4DeadCharge 5 років тому

      You literally just copied the description lol

  • @chay1048
    @chay1048 7 років тому +79

    anyone else still in love with song!?!?