This is weird to share on a public music video but, I am so glad to have discovered Epilogue when I did. I unfortunately went through the reality of the metaphor that it discussed- a caretaker deeply in love with a constant suicidal hospital visitee. I can't thank Peter Silbermann for bringing my own trauma to words as well as his and creating what he did. I discovered this melody so many years later after knowing about Hospice, and the line "I won't pretend I understand, because I can't and know I ever will." resonates with me in ways beyond written words. There's nothing more powerful than music that describes a pain nobody in your life has gone through.
Beautiful song… I love the connection to all of Hospice it has. “But he returns to you at night just when you think you might have fallen asleep. His face is up against yours and you’re too terrified to speak.” gave me CHILLS the first time I heard this song… I didn’t even know it existed until about a year ago. I’ve known of Hospice for longer. The second verse where it says “It made you crawl under that house” (Thirteen) “And stick your head under the stove” (Sylvia) are beautiful… it’s so simple, yet so deep. Sylvia’s whole predicament is tragic.
When you were younger, you had nightmares You had scissor-pain and phantom limbs And things that kept you nervous Through that twelve-year interim When you fell crossing that street South of Houston, old Manhattan land Those nightmares fell from building-tops And took you by the hand And you were brought into those rooms With sliding curtains, shining children's heads And one of them, that boy Was not as lucky as you then But he returns to you at night Just when you think you might have fallen asleep His face is up against yours And you're too terrified to speak Oh, Sylvia Oh, Sylvia You may think that I'm not listening But I am, goddamn, I am I won't pretend I understand Because I can't, and know I never will But something makes you sting And something makes you want to kill It made you crawl under that house And stick your head under the stove It's all connected In those complicated nightmares that you wove Oh, Sylvia Oh, Sylvia You may think that I'm not listening But I am, goddamn, I am
i haven't listened to this song in so long. after years of listening to the LP and the spotify release i almost forgot it existed. come to think of it it's been exactly 10 years since i was shown the album and downloaded it with this track included. still holds up just as much as it did then, and probably always will.
I won't pretend I understand Because I can't, and know I never will But something makes you sting And something makes you want to kill The most powerful verse to me, as I can so flipping relate to being on the recieving end of that!
This is actually not on Hospice. It's on their EP "New York Hospitals"....the 10th song on Hospice, "Epilogue," is the final track. Incredible song/album/band, in any case!
Im pretty sure this the first out of four songs that tell the same story. Sylvia an introduction, sylvia, bear, and epilogue. Listen to them in order. Its the most beautiful work ive ever heard
It's in the tune of Bear, isn't it? I love this. I saw the lyrics at first under prologue when I first discovered hospice, and was terribly disappointed when they weren't actually on it because they're really beautiful
@iamthebyron It's a bonus track on Hospice if you buy it on iTunes, so I get why he said that it's the final track, but "Epilogue" is of course the final track on hospice.
@@laila0000 eu até entendo pq ninguém do meu círculo social não curte o tipo de música que eu ouço, já que minhas playlists são todas de sons contemplativos e niilistas. São o tipo de música que a gente ouve sozinho, no metrô, carro ou trem. Mas acho que seria bem legal ter uma galera que curtisse o mesmo som, junto com você.
@@Gauss777 exatamente. cada um tem uma experiência mais introspectiva com musica, mas eh legal ter gente pra conversar sobre albums e artistas. big sad
I LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM A MILLION FUCKING TIMES??? DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS SONG TIL NOW??? IM IN TEARS
same.
i know, right? apparently it's a bonus track on the itunes version, and also appears on a free EP called New York Hospitals
Right? This is amazing it's like discovering the album all over again
This is weird to share on a public music video but, I am so glad to have discovered Epilogue when I did. I unfortunately went through the reality of the metaphor that it discussed- a caretaker deeply in love with a constant suicidal hospital visitee. I can't thank Peter Silbermann for bringing my own trauma to words as well as his and creating what he did. I discovered this melody so many years later after knowing about Hospice, and the line "I won't pretend I understand, because I can't and know I ever will." resonates with me in ways beyond written words. There's nothing more powerful than music that describes a pain nobody in your life has gone through.
Beautiful song… I love the connection to all of Hospice it has. “But he returns to you at night just when you think you might have fallen asleep. His face is up against yours and you’re too terrified to speak.” gave me CHILLS the first time I heard this song… I didn’t even know it existed until about a year ago. I’ve known of Hospice for longer. The second verse where it says “It made you crawl under that house” (Thirteen) “And stick your head under the stove” (Sylvia) are beautiful… it’s so simple, yet so deep. Sylvia’s whole predicament is tragic.
This really should have been on the vinyl release of Hospice, since the 'Introduction' in the liner notes is the lyrics to this song.
the repetition of the strongest lines of epilogue here still fucks me up
When you were younger, you had nightmares
You had scissor-pain and phantom limbs
And things that kept you nervous
Through that twelve-year interim
When you fell crossing that street
South of Houston, old Manhattan land
Those nightmares fell from building-tops
And took you by the hand
And you were brought into those rooms
With sliding curtains, shining children's heads
And one of them, that boy
Was not as lucky as you then
But he returns to you at night
Just when you think you might have fallen asleep
His face is up against yours
And you're too terrified to speak
Oh, Sylvia
Oh, Sylvia
You may think that I'm not listening
But I am, goddamn, I am
I won't pretend I understand
Because I can't, and know I never will
But something makes you sting
And something makes you want to kill
It made you crawl under that house
And stick your head under the stove
It's all connected
In those complicated nightmares that you wove
Oh, Sylvia
Oh, Sylvia
You may think that I'm not listening
But I am, goddamn, I am
this song uses the main motifs from Bear (most of the song) and Thirteen (the chorus)
i haven't listened to this song in so long. after years of listening to the LP and the spotify release i almost forgot it existed. come to think of it it's been exactly 10 years since i was shown the album and downloaded it with this track included. still holds up just as much as it did then, and probably always will.
I won't pretend I understand
Because I can't, and know I never will
But something makes you sting
And something makes you want to kill
The most powerful verse to me, as I can so flipping relate to being on the recieving end of that!
This is technically the actual prologue to Hospice
It has become my favorite album, I did not know what this part was ... I love it and it has become my favorite
Beautiful. Ugh, I love them too much.
This is actually not on Hospice. It's on their EP "New York Hospitals"....the 10th song on Hospice, "Epilogue," is the final track. Incredible song/album/band, in any case!
Im pretty sure this the first out of four songs that tell the same story. Sylvia an introduction, sylvia, bear, and epilogue. Listen to them in order. Its the most beautiful work ive ever heard
Imagine doing this instead of just listening to the full album
the whole album hospice is telling the same story though
It's in the tune of Bear, isn't it? I love this. I saw the lyrics at first under prologue when I first discovered hospice, and was terribly disappointed when they weren't actually on it because they're really beautiful
the chorus is to the tune of Thirteen, too
@iamthebyron It's a bonus track on Hospice if you buy it on iTunes, so I get why he said that it's the final track, but "Epilogue" is of course the final track on hospice.
My name is Sylvia. I want them to play at my funeral.
Taken off streaming. We war
É assombroso saber que essa música tem alma própria.
outro brasileiro com bom gosto por aqui!!
@@laila0000 Nós existimos, mesmo que seja apenas um ou dois fãs em cada estado do país rsrs
@@Gauss777 que alivio voce por aqui!!!! ja tava ouvindo /mu/ sings pra me sentir numa festa com galera de mesmo gosto musical xd
@@laila0000 eu até entendo pq ninguém do meu círculo social não curte o tipo de música que eu ouço, já que minhas playlists são todas de sons contemplativos e niilistas. São o tipo de música que a gente ouve sozinho, no metrô, carro ou trem. Mas acho que seria bem legal ter uma galera que curtisse o mesmo som, junto com você.
@@Gauss777 exatamente. cada um tem uma experiência mais introspectiva com musica, mas eh legal ter gente pra conversar sobre albums e artistas. big sad
1:20 just putting this here for myself
S C R E A M
Why?
first comment of 2015 here! 2/3/15 :D
hey, I'm from the future ;)
Hi
i feel like this a prelude to Hospice, yet explains Sylvia.