Same here. I love the final version but his vocals are incredible here, especially towards the end. It hard to describe, but his voice slightly cracks during the lines “fade to white, yeah” and “I’ll only take”, and I don’t mean that in a bad way at all. It sounds like he’s pushing his vocal cords to their absolute limit, almost as if he’s the verge of tears, which makes the song that more emotional. Genuinely one of the best performances he’s ever done, in my opinion
Absolutely adore his voice so much. Especially when he starts really getting into it and lets some of those emotions really bleed into his singing. This song is gonna be so good
walking by and hearing a man screaming "I GIVE UP" while playing the ukulele must be an absolutely surreal experience, yet i would immediately sit down and listen
This song is literally saving me right now, I learned a bit of it on guitar today, plugging it into an amp that can be super duper customizable to make the tons sound different, and omg, singing and screaming the lyrics at the top of my lungs while jamming out to this song, I love it, I feel so alive, currently gotta go to sleep, wishing I could keep playing it, but I know for sure that I’ll play it tomorrow To who showed me the artist will wood, thank you so so much, you mean a lot to me :)
@@dougkavendek I think (?) if you put the time stamps at the start of the line, UA-cam takes care of displaying it in the video. EDIT: I looked at UA-cam's documentation, and it seems you need to put in at least 3 timestamps for them to be recognized as chapters, with the first chapter beginning at 0:00, and each chapter lasting at least 10 seconds.
It's been more than a year since this one was posted. Even with the release of the absolutely wonderful In Case I Make It album from Will, with the amazing Cicada Days, I regularly come back to this one. There is something about this version that is so incredibly impactful, to me more so than the album version. This version has something that I can not describe, yet resonates with me so much more. It is wonderful, bittersweet, emotional. Thank you for even just recording and sharing this version, Doug. (And of course, thank you Will for making it, and permitting this version of the song to be kept up.)
idk how to put this, but i have a hard time expressing emotions, idk what this song did to my but it fucking broke me. i was crying when i first heard this, whenever i hear this i just feel, real, you know? idk it's weird
I can never explain this in my own words, thanks for doing it for me! I can barely cry yet, the first few times I listened to this I would tear up and cry a little bit, wacky..
It's mainly been a matter of living near where he usually plays, a few perks from his last indiegogo campaign, and keeping an eye on his social media (this boardwalk thing was announced on instagram with just three hours notice)
tried to type out the lyrics to the best of my ability please let me know if i made any mistakes i have auditory processing problems so there probably are a couple lol Greener grass grows where wildfires fertilize With ashes of sparrows, peppered moths, and butterflies Ghosts of trees and termites bloom in the beanstalk And if you get lightheaded when standing too fast As if shaking out the weight of phosphenes And past salt deposits of warm middle rivers that burst from our words And God knows crying ain't gonna change a thing She said take care, but I take more than I bring She said it just feels inhumane to lose this much 'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love Wake up in a cicada daze, we're losing touch And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much Our veins were tangled under plastic stars The will of glow in the dark hanging over queen-sized purple waves Of ancient chemicals just whisper And did you ever build with those endangered bones? Well the ground looks soft enough to bury this now Oh please, oh no And then my sponsor said "Do nothing. Nothing works." And then my doctor said "Don't do that if it hurts." She said it just feels inhumane to lose this much 'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love Wake up in a cicada daze, we're losing touch And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much Oh, oh, oh, let all my red flags fade to white, yeah I give up Don't let me leave, I'll only take more than I gave Okay, I'll pack my stuff I'm counting up cicada days 'til I wake up And my God, it feels damn inhumane to lose this much Oh, oh, oh, oh, so Keep coming back It works if you work it, so work it, you're worth it, it won't if you don't One day at a time, tomorrow's too late, amen
@@scally6 it was super fun! he’s incredibly skilled and also connected with the crowd pretty easily i think! after a few mins of sitting there, i felt like i knew everyone :) i just happened to be in the area on a one-day trip and saw an instagram post about him being there, so i was extremely lucky to have the opportunity:)
Can someone tell me what cicada days are? :( This is one of my fav Songs on the New Album but I still dont know what cicada days are and I didn't even find something on Google.
Cicadas are a type of bug that emerge during the summer months if I remember correctly, so I assume cicada days means the period of time where they're around
@@mars3943 ok I assumed something like how long they live bc I heard that they have a really short life. And with that he means with cicada days a short relationship where you almost get more than you give. (That's what I get from the lyrics xd)
This is a lovely and great song, but Doug, I gotta ask, what happened to some of the other videos from these? Saw the day you uploaded all these, one of these for the First Step. got a bit bummed out that you privated that and others. Was there some reason for doing that?
I had initially put up all the publicly-released songs, but when I confirmed things with Will there were a handful where he didn't like the performance and didn't want it to be available forever, unfortunately
@@dougkavendek Oh! That is completely understandable! While a little bummed that some of the songs can't be listened for this, it's understandable that Will prefers not to have them posted, and respect his wishes and all that!
Some of the songs are not yet released (he's made an exception for me for this song), and some of the others he wasn't super happy with, so I couldn't make all of them public
I talked to him and got the ok for the ones I've posted, and left the rest down. For some reason he specifically ok'd this one despite being a new song
Still coming back to this version after the official release. There's just an emotional punch to it that I can't quite describe.
the raw vocals
Same here. I love the final version but his vocals are incredible here, especially towards the end. It hard to describe, but his voice slightly cracks during the lines “fade to white, yeah” and “I’ll only take”, and I don’t mean that in a bad way at all. It sounds like he’s pushing his vocal cords to their absolute limit, almost as if he’s the verge of tears, which makes the song that more emotional. Genuinely one of the best performances he’s ever done, in my opinion
it just feels so honest
Cicada Days is probably one of my favourite upcoming WW songs; something about it just hits different...
hi al
but me too
RIGHT?
well guess what
@@Frank_144 LITERALLY WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING
Hearing that's enough let's get you home for a half second triggered sum in my brain and I'm in love with it again
YES I HEARD THAT AND HAD TO DO A DOUBLE TAKE
Absolutely adore his voice so much. Especially when he starts really getting into it and lets some of those emotions really bleed into his singing. This song is gonna be so good
0:49 That’s Enough, Let’s Get You Home
walking by and hearing a man screaming "I GIVE UP" while playing the ukulele must be an absolutely surreal experience, yet i would immediately sit down and listen
Im so excited for this album.
@renniee is this positive otr negative help
Oh hello there I didn’t expect to see you here 😧
@@aurorareign_ it would be more of a surprise if you didnt find me here tbh
@@willywigglearm7788 yeah
OMG SOONSOONSOON
This song is literally saving me right now, I learned a bit of it on guitar today, plugging it into an amp that can be super duper customizable to make the tons sound different, and omg, singing and screaming the lyrics at the top of my lungs while jamming out to this song, I love it, I feel so alive, currently gotta go to sleep, wishing I could keep playing it, but I know for sure that I’ll play it tomorrow
To who showed me the artist will wood, thank you so so much, you mean a lot to me :)
Will's gonna be the next tourism ambassador for the north east istg
0:49
Oh hey! Is that That’s Enough, Let’s Get You Home i hear??
4:07 is so good my ears are blessed
Song starts at 2:34 for anyone who wants to come back and relisten
I've already put song times in the description when there's a long intro! Though maybe if I add annotations it'd be more noticeable
@@dougkavendek oh :O I hadn’t noticed thank you
@@dougkavendek I think (?) if you put the time stamps at the start of the line, UA-cam takes care of displaying it in the video.
EDIT: I looked at UA-cam's documentation, and it seems you need to put in at least 3 timestamps for them to be recognized as chapters, with the first chapter beginning at 0:00, and each chapter lasting at least 10 seconds.
00:49 My sweet girl, those eyes that nose
Oh god, I'm hyped now.
Sometimes I get really down, and find myself on this place where only Will's music seems to reach me. Thanks for what you do.
ow ow owwww- damn it, will. i’m sobbingggg
Can we just appreciate how this guy answers all the questions we have?
It's been more than a year since this one was posted. Even with the release of the absolutely wonderful In Case I Make It album from Will, with the amazing Cicada Days, I regularly come back to this one. There is something about this version that is so incredibly impactful, to me more so than the album version. This version has something that I can not describe, yet resonates with me so much more. It is wonderful, bittersweet, emotional. Thank you for even just recording and sharing this version, Doug. (And of course, thank you Will for making it, and permitting this version of the song to be kept up.)
And now it's coming out! :)
YESSSSS AAAAAAAHHH IM SO EXCITED THIS IS PROB ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF HIS
I heard it for the first time in the indiegogo launch livestream and now I can’t stop thinking of it
idk how to put this, but i have a hard time expressing emotions, idk what this song did to my but it fucking broke me. i was crying when i first heard this, whenever i hear this i just feel, real, you know? idk it's weird
Me too, well put
well said
that is exacty how it makes me feel. its the type of song you slowly sway to with tears in your eyes yknow
I can never explain this in my own words, thanks for doing it for me!
I can barely cry yet, the first few times I listened to this I would tear up and cry a little bit, wacky..
I have been unable to stop listening to this song it’s so good
Yes... just yes
Any one else sobbing? (/pos)
It's Will Wood. Of course.
@@saucepanman8188 valid point
Obviously
it's a beautiful song..
Can't wait to hear the actual song in its final form 🙌
I have been listening to this song nonstop it is just so good!!! Im so excited for it to come out
1. Oh my god I’m so excited for this song
2. How do you get to song much of wills performances?? Like you’ve got to so much of them I’m so jealous
It's mainly been a matter of living near where he usually plays, a few perks from his last indiegogo campaign, and keeping an eye on his social media (this boardwalk thing was announced on instagram with just three hours notice)
@@dougkavendek whereabouts does he usually play?
@@spicyduck473 roughly around new jersey, new york, pennsylvania
tried to type out the lyrics to the best of my ability please let me know if i made any mistakes i have auditory processing problems so there probably are a couple lol
Greener grass grows where wildfires fertilize
With ashes of sparrows, peppered moths, and butterflies
Ghosts of trees and termites bloom in the beanstalk
And if you get lightheaded when standing too fast
As if shaking out the weight of phosphenes
And past salt deposits of warm middle rivers that burst from our words
And God knows crying ain't gonna change a thing
She said take care, but I take more than I bring
She said it just feels inhumane to lose this much
'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love
Wake up in a cicada daze, we're losing touch
And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much
Our veins were tangled under plastic stars
The will of glow in the dark hanging over queen-sized purple waves
Of ancient chemicals just whisper
And did you ever build with those endangered bones?
Well the ground looks soft enough to bury this now
Oh please, oh no
And then my sponsor said "Do nothing. Nothing works."
And then my doctor said "Don't do that if it hurts."
She said it just feels inhumane to lose this much
'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love
Wake up in a cicada daze, we're losing touch
And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much
Oh, oh, oh, let all my red flags fade to white, yeah I give up
Don't let me leave, I'll only take more than I gave
Okay, I'll pack my stuff
I'm counting up cicada days 'til I wake up
And my God, it feels damn inhumane to lose this much
Oh, oh, oh, oh, so
Keep coming back
It works if you work it, so work it, you're worth it, it won't if you don't
One day at a time, tomorrow's too late, amen
Pretty sure its "greener grass grows" at the start btw. other than that it seems perfect, thanks for the lyrics!
@@johsh__ thank u lol that makes more sense
In all fairness, since when was making sense a big part of will wood's lyrics lol
i was there for this !! it was such a cool experience to attend and he’s such a cool musician !!
god thats awesome!! Being not in america and underage i doubt ill ever get the oppertunity to see him live, hope you had a BLASSTT!
@@scally6 it was super fun! he’s incredibly skilled and also connected with the crowd pretty easily i think! after a few mins of sitting there, i felt like i knew everyone :) i just happened to be in the area on a one-day trip and saw an instagram post about him being there, so i was extremely lucky to have the opportunity:)
Thank you so much for posting this btw. Whenever I listen tk this song I always come to this video, it's the best version and i don't know why
back again to my favorite performance of cicada days
i keep coming to listen to this version to this day
thanks doug for uploading these :)
can't wait for the new album!
Yeah! I'm really excited for fully produced versions of all these songs
I'm so happy that this songs finally officially released
Bro his voice is so calming,,
this song perfectly describes my memory fog from my depression and my disassociation i get hits home
:) I love this song.
Thank you for posting these videos!! I added them to a playlist of mine but this brought me joy over the past maybe half hour :)
this was *raw*
YES I'M SO EXCITED
I am so excited for the new album to come out on Friday!!!!!!
this album is gonna be so cool
Glorious
This is literally AMAZING!
watching this after the actual official release of cicadas feels wrong
Oh yay
Aaaa god what a good take of this song
fav vers :)
I hate that I live in Tennessee lol this would have been so cool to come to
me too, i love will wood, but i love so far away from wherever hes performing :´)
Alright boys and girls and everyone in-between. Who is coming with me to New Jersey?
Yeah come on dad!
Can't wait for it to come out!
COME ON DAD
*THIS*
*OMFG*
*AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH*
Can someone tell me what cicada days are? :(
This is one of my fav Songs on the New Album but I still dont know what cicada days are and I didn't even find something on Google.
Cicadas are a type of bug that emerge during the summer months if I remember correctly, so I assume cicada days means the period of time where they're around
@@mars3943 ok I assumed something like how long they live bc I heard that they have a really short life.
And with that he means with cicada days a short relationship where you almost get more than you give.
(That's what I get from the lyrics xd)
@@simplefroggy2369 Oh wow I've never thought of that before, that's a really good interpretation
Girl from ipanema but angsty
This is a lovely and great song, but Doug, I gotta ask, what happened to some of the other videos from these? Saw the day you uploaded all these, one of these for the First Step. got a bit bummed out that you privated that and others. Was there some reason for doing that?
I had initially put up all the publicly-released songs, but when I confirmed things with Will there were a handful where he didn't like the performance and didn't want it to be available forever, unfortunately
@@dougkavendek Oh! That is completely understandable! While a little bummed that some of the songs can't be listened for this, it's understandable that Will prefers not to have them posted, and respect his wishes and all that!
I like how at the start he plays a little bit of another new song (I forgot the name of it loll)
could i ask why some of the lives got privated?
They were probably patreon exclusive or smth
@@nellfromhell7192 one of the lives that got deleted was love, me normally and the others were songs that were already released too
@@gwenlamorte In one of the other video's comments I think Doug said Will wanted some of them off, not certain though
@@saucepanman8188 ah aight!
ah yeah will didn't like his performance on some of them and didn't want it to be permanently visible
swear this used to be called inhumane
Yeah it was a working title a while ago
Anyone know the strumming pattern?? I have q hard time figuring it out :[
It just feels inhumane 🧍🤞
Hey doug, where's the rest of this?(not the song, the him playing on the boardwalk)
Some of the songs are not yet released (he's made an exception for me for this song), and some of the others he wasn't super happy with, so I couldn't make all of them public
@@dougkavendek alright, well thanks mate
threeeee days
5:23
Can anybody better at transcriptiom than I am figure out the chords?
Wait so I've always wondered what's the context of this video, it's nit a concert, you guys are just sitting on the sidewalk. How did you find him?
hi! I hate to be a downer but think he asked everyone who attended this not to post these!
I talked to him and got the ok for the ones I've posted, and left the rest down. For some reason he specifically ok'd this one despite being a new song
@@dougkavendek it might be because you uploaded the other version of cicada days a couple years ago?
holy shit i love this
COME ON DAD