That Funny Feeling -- Bo Burnham (from "Inside")

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  • @EarlyOwOwl
    @EarlyOwOwl 2 роки тому +12747

    I'd describe Bo's style of comedy as "that moment when you feel so powerless to change anything or stop catastrophe that all you can do is laugh."

    • @FS-bg1yb
      @FS-bg1yb 2 роки тому +366

      definitely. The futile attempt to at least grasp hold of all that's left- and get a good laugh or cry out of it. To at least still be able to feel something at the end of it all.

    • @sammybutler3027
      @sammybutler3027 Рік тому +79

      Art is dead

    • @HeyLeFay
      @HeyLeFay Рік тому +211

      I think the term for that is “Gallows Humor”. Named after the gallows where people used to be publicly executed. Basically cracking jokes about the shitty situation you’re in because you feel powerless to do anything else. Although Bo’s form of it still acknowledges how serious and devastating the situation is for all involved.

    • @TheJerome1502
      @TheJerome1502 Рік тому +57

      Could you not have described my default mental state?

    • @psyrover
      @psyrover Рік тому +39

      Welcome to the absurd. Pick up some camus!

  • @jetix4397
    @jetix4397 2 роки тому +12991

    "I don't really play guitar... Or sing"
    Drops an absolute masterpiece.

    • @michealarenas1698
      @michealarenas1698 2 роки тому +34

      Fr

    • @joshz8803
      @joshz8803 2 роки тому +22

      Fr, fr

    • @lizk.4937
      @lizk.4937 2 роки тому +242

      I'm pretty sure it's part of the genius to be honest, it's a very obviously false and almost corporate statement, similar to those that large powerful figures make to try and relate to thier audiences

    • @felixkoch8833
      @felixkoch8833 2 роки тому +373

      I think it's the cliché thing someone says before playing the guitar at a campfire

    • @mr_blue_penguin
      @mr_blue_penguin 2 роки тому +36

      I think it’s indicative of the fact that he feels like he has lost all sense of himself catalyzed by the absurdity of the America, he also is wise enough to know that some if not many have experienced the same feeling(I know I have).

  • @ninortiz9448
    @ninortiz9448 4 місяці тому +1412

    Coming back to this years later, I wanna point out the genius of the set design. The entire song to me feels like "trying to be human in a society that's not" and pointing out the irony in the way things work today. "Gift shop at the gun range, mass shooting at the mall", "book on getting better hand delivered by a drone". The set PERFECTLY compliments this whole thing. He's sitting in the woods, illuminated by a campfire, singing a campfire song, but the backdrop is projection and the campfire is LED, and in reality he's sitting alone in a shed. The music alone is a work of art, but the thought put behind the set design makes the whole thing come together so beautifully.

    • @jimharvey205
      @jimharvey205 4 місяці тому +8

      *tips hat* nice brother, 100% big fact

    • @ishubetterthanyou1582
      @ishubetterthanyou1582 3 місяці тому +10

      That's an amazing insight. Damn

    • @IrishCalves
      @IrishCalves 2 місяці тому +14

      The contrast to his other songs rings of authenticity and the place this one has in his heart. It's a subtle invitation to listen up, as he's pushing his chips into the artistic pile.

    • @mysteradio
      @mysteradio 2 місяці тому +5

      awesome observation. thanks for pointing this out.

    • @lanawr80
      @lanawr80 2 місяці тому +1

      Wow yes ❤

  • @matts3740
    @matts3740 Рік тому +2976

    "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" that line really resonates with me. It just feels like the whole world is a speeding train racing towards the end of the tracks and instead of looking for the breaks everyone is just looking out the windows.

    • @cephi
      @cephi Рік тому +18

      completely agree

    • @Damingo63088
      @Damingo63088 Рік тому +36

      Beautifully said friend

    • @sababezhashvili598
      @sababezhashvili598 Рік тому +12

      Listen to "we didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel

    • @geekjokes8458
      @geekjokes8458 Рік тому +67

      in the outtakes theres a line he says (pretending to be a spokesperson presenting to companies) that gives a different context to this fear: "And the other fear, the deeper fear, the unspeakable fear, of never hitting the wall. Of this feeling never ending, never slowing down, but rising forever, like a shepherd's tone, an endless and pointless climb towards a terrible and dense nothing"

    • @clickbait6646
      @clickbait6646 11 місяців тому +10

      And the ones that know where it is aren't doing anything about it

  • @maxducks2001
    @maxducks2001 2 роки тому +6229

    “That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all”
    Fuck, man…

    • @peace4kings275
      @peace4kings275 2 роки тому +343

      Everyday I'm reminded of climate change because I clearly remember when we had seasons.

    • @samuelvoorhees3982
      @samuelvoorhees3982 2 роки тому +67

      Memento Mori

    • @Weaklytune
      @Weaklytune Рік тому +42

      @@samuelvoorhees3982 Memento Mori

    • @Castofinfluence
      @Castofinfluence Рік тому +25

      @@Weaklytune Memento Mori, and I wish you well, Uunus, Annus.

    • @lennartverhagen8633
      @lennartverhagen8633 Рік тому +8

      Joined XR for a liveable future, awesome people. They know these lyrics, but still go for it

  • @miles3908
    @miles3908 2 роки тому +4482

    "That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" is one of the best lines of poetry ever. So, so beautiful.

    • @jaxelt1
      @jaxelt1 2 роки тому +209

      And it coexists with "Reading Pornhub's terms of service, going for a drive and obeying all the traffic laws in Grand Theft Auto V" in the same song hahaha

    • @august1871
      @august1871 2 роки тому +62

      @@jaxelt1 Equally relevant socially and poetically. One more general and one more specific, both speaking to the times.

    • @TheBob877
      @TheBob877 2 роки тому +39

      Having a very mild January at the moment. My Alder trees are beginning to bud. It's unsettling.

    • @shacka95
      @shacka95 2 роки тому +17

      In California that is the exact time when there’s so much smoke in the air from wildfires

    • @Tetragrammaton22
      @Tetragrammaton22 2 роки тому +12

      @@TheBob877 Yeah, it shouldn't be this warm in January/February.

  • @russelltietjen4407
    @russelltietjen4407 10 місяців тому +518

    It's like "We Didn't Start the Fire", but instead of being an upbeat acknowledgement that "the world has always been awful and will continue to be awful, but we'll get through it", it's more of a realisation that things aren't getting better and perhaps the best we can hope for is to just shuffle off quietly in the dark so we can finally get some rest at least.

    • @Praisetotheholyclaw
      @Praisetotheholyclaw 2 місяці тому +7

      Thats a pretty apt summary

    • @Theorpo
      @Theorpo Місяць тому +7

      The list of weird nihilistic things that have happened really did remind me of Billy Joel's We Didn't start the fire too. Except that's just the Historical events. (Mostly was or tensions) That have happened

  • @BarrowsBOY
    @BarrowsBOY 7 місяців тому +258

    Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) just tweeted this:
    I get a strangely sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach - I look around and the world is on fire, and all our culture is talking about is a popstar dating a football star.
    There's a song for that!

    • @gengarsbutt
      @gengarsbutt 2 місяці тому +4

      Ironically I'd still take some pleasure in watching Dwight reacting to the apocalypse, if we were already doomed.

    • @king124kine
      @king124kine Місяць тому +2

      Yea its really sad

    • @plebisMaximus
      @plebisMaximus 29 днів тому

      I had to hear there's talks of putting NATO troops in Ukraine from a friend. The risk of ending all mankind in a few hours of nuclear fire was less important than football to my own national news. I honestly feel like I've gone crazy sometimes. It's some fucking Kafka shit, surely I'm not the only one noticing I'm turning into a bug here???

  • @lanturn3239
    @lanturn3239 Рік тому +9075

    I just realized this song is basically the quiet, hopeless version of "We Didn't Start the Fire." Man, that's beautiful and horrible. Billy Joel makes it sound like active chaos, there's this feeling of anger and energy. But this shows the underside. The quiet, creeping apocalypse you watch from your TV, outwardly opposing it but deep down accepting it, knowing there's so little you can do.

    •  Рік тому +261

      Oh what an insightful parallel

    • @colonel_yuri
      @colonel_yuri Рік тому +29

      @ indeed

    • @thesoupin8or673
      @thesoupin8or673 Рік тому +165

      Damn bro this analogy slaps so hard. Hit me like a truck

    • @killjoychris8021
      @killjoychris8021 Рік тому +148

      That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking. Our generation’s We Didn’t Start the Fire.

    • @krogan3760
      @krogan3760 Рік тому +51

      @@moanadaniels1684 it's acceptance, the 6th stage of grief.

  • @gentlesandladymen
    @gentlesandladymen Рік тому +10143

    “Googling derealisation and hating what you find” one of the most underrated lines in this song. The desire to figure out what’s wrong, but once you find something that might fit, is too much to admit.

    • @John.0079
      @John.0079 Рік тому +86

      Derealisation is Gen Zs new cope that we are all going to have to unfortunately deal with till the next hot word emerges.

    • @g.w.k.y6869
      @g.w.k.y6869 Рік тому +466

      @@John.0079 So much bitterness! It's almost like you, a grown man, goes on comment sections solely to make angry, sad comments as some weird coping mechanism lol. At least make your comment good, like damn.

    • @spicyramengaming8465
      @spicyramengaming8465 Рік тому +190

      Can confirm: I googled Derealization right after hearing this song and did, in fact, hate what I found.

    • @tristankendrick2582
      @tristankendrick2582 Рік тому +1

      @@John.0079 derealisation is a serious mental disorder triggered as a trauma response.

    • @iamthetruemichael
      @iamthetruemichael Рік тому +80

      If you don't mind me asking, what is it about derealisation?
      I know the feeling well, it's a common response to stressful or traumatic experiences or situations - where you sort of "zone out", stop caring, don't feel like the situation is real, or like it couldn't possibly be actually happening, but it's pretty mild compared to having full on panic attacks
      Is it that people who think they're perfectly fine are googling it and realizing that they've been there, and that they're not as okay as they thought they were?

  • @lGreyl
    @lGreyl 9 місяців тому +938

    The audacity of this man to say he can't play or sing then proceeds to release one of the most raw societal reflections of our time

    • @MrGobi
      @MrGobi 8 місяців тому +6

      IT MAKES ME SO GOD DAMNED MAD

    • @kevin3350
      @kevin3350 7 місяців тому +5

      Check out Phil Ochs if you dig this. I’d suggest “when I’m gone”, “here’s to the state of Mississippi”, and “draft dodger rag” (two have an emphasis on the era they came out in, but that’s what makes them similar to this). His rendition of “the Highwayman” is also top-notch, even if you don’t like the other ones.

    • @jakkgolescu9514
      @jakkgolescu9514 4 місяці тому

      zero cap.

    • @tunnelsloth5948
      @tunnelsloth5948 3 місяці тому +19

      It's a joke referring to some old viral videos of people playing acoustic folk music and starting the video like this

    • @aliendxde
      @aliendxde 2 місяці тому +1

      that’s on purpose

  • @VernStarr
    @VernStarr 10 місяців тому +811

    The vibrato on "it'll be over soon" is so moving and comforting... but in, like, an apocalyptic way. it's a gut punch every time.

    • @shaym4306
      @shaym4306 10 місяців тому +6

      So perfectly said friend! It’s such a beautiful and captivating line. Magically sung 🌼

    • @edenstar196
      @edenstar196 9 місяців тому +7

      His voice in the whole song really. The guitar sounds rich and the production is so well done. 🥲

    • @MrGobi
      @MrGobi 8 місяців тому

      Underated take. Does Bo know sommin

    • @georgelane6350
      @georgelane6350 8 місяців тому +1

      +1, I think it's moving and comforting because it sounds like he is on the verge of tears. That's obviously moving, bit it's comforting to know that others are in the same boat

    • @jasper-does-not-exist.
      @jasper-does-not-exist. 7 місяців тому +3

      "Comforting in an apocalyptic way." Thank you for putting this into words.

  • @songbirdellen
    @songbirdellen 2 роки тому +3163

    ‘Total disassociation, fully out your mind. Googling derealisation, hating what you find.’
    No lyrics have ever hit me so hard. Thanks Bo, for finding a way to articulate that funny feeling none of us had the right words for.

    • @lbarnesmusic
      @lbarnesmusic 2 роки тому +21

      That moment when you read this comment as he sings those words O.O

    • @JasonFrankenstein
      @JasonFrankenstein 2 роки тому +13

      Hits me hard too. The whole special does, but that line... oof.

    • @TheHuginandMugin
      @TheHuginandMugin 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed ...

    • @alstinson
      @alstinson 2 роки тому +1

      I agree.

    • @joshuallewellyn2648
      @joshuallewellyn2648 2 роки тому +16

      I've been battling DPDR for 10 years straight. Whenever I feel like I'm totally alone, and no one can relate to my struggle, I think of that line in this song. I hope Bo knows how many people's souks he has touched.

  • @Henzoid
    @Henzoid 2 роки тому +3460

    "The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" is an unbelievable line. God what genius writing.

    • @xOxmortal
      @xOxmortal 2 роки тому +19

      Ikr! It's so underrated

    • @merlordmodding
      @merlordmodding 2 роки тому +248

      At first I understood it as "you spend all your time on the internet when nature is right outside", then I realised it was about climate change.

    • @nimishvermani5123
      @nimishvermani5123 2 роки тому +43

      I read this comment at the perfectly same time when Bo was singing this line. What are the odds of that

    • @mollymol8755
      @mollymol8755 2 роки тому +21

      @@merlordmodding Thanks for the explanation. I had misinterpreted it as well.

    • @FreakoftheAngels
      @FreakoftheAngels 2 роки тому +48

      This line makes me think of what it's like to be young with global warming knocking at humanity's door. I wanted to be an artist, a storyteller but a lot of good that'll do me when climate change really kicks it into hard drive 😞

  • @jimmyk4445
    @jimmyk4445 Рік тому +378

    "Full agoriphobic, losing focus, cover blown.
    A book on getting better hand delivered by a drone..." Is one of the hardest lyrics in modern music lol. Bo is incredible

  • @vaporwavecow7462
    @vaporwavecow7462 Місяць тому +84

    My high school theatre teacher told us once that good art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable. This does that perfectly

  • @leah-m-holmes
    @leah-m-holmes 2 роки тому +3216

    "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" is delivered with such lightness and beauty, but it's possibly the most devastating line in the whole song. Incredible.

    • @wackJackle
      @wackJackle 2 роки тому +56

      Well, that's because it is the truth and we know it. Unfortunatly.

    • @libertyprime7911
      @libertyprime7911 2 роки тому

      Don't worry, it's just human bullshit.

    • @JB-ms5by
      @JB-ms5by 2 роки тому +4

      Not really bro. I’ve been a science guy my whole life.
      So in the past 50 years, humans have learned a lot more stuff about the universe.
      However, this doesn’t make the data projections of the future infallible.
      No I’m not saying “it could all be wrong”.
      What I’m saying is-in another 50 years, there will be many more keys discovered, which will unlock more discoveries, and then in another 50 years…
      So we can’t be SO hasty in thinking that are projections of the future are complete and unchanging.
      In fact, they are the opposite.
      And anyone who has studied scientific discoveries through history knows that this happens over and over and over.
      “This is it! We know everything now.”
      Hahaha, but that’s not what everyone thinks. Isaac Newton said didn’t think he found what gravity really is.
      However, a million other people thought they knew what gravity really is because of what they learned from Newton.
      --
      Humanity is the best life form we have seen and we haven’t found fossils of a more capable life form in our past here on earth, but in its current condition it isn’t my prime pick for the journey on into the late universe to discover what is possible and what will occur. But things change a lot in 1,000,000 years. Or 10,000,000,000 years.

    • @JB-ms5by
      @JB-ms5by 2 роки тому +3

      Sorry that’s to sideshow bob, thought it would automatically tag him or whatever

    • @Volvary
      @Volvary 2 роки тому +20

      To me, the most devastating line will always be "Googling derealization and hating what you find". Since I started to derealize far harder since the beginning of the pandemic than I ever had, to the point of noticing.

  • @DanielGreeneReviews
    @DanielGreeneReviews 2 роки тому +14065

    Turning on this special expecting “haha” time and instead having whatever this show was is unforgettable. I’ve never been so happy to be disappointed.

    • @dumpster_mcgee_96
      @dumpster_mcgee_96 2 роки тому +173

      It actually was funny at moments (the kids show and reaction video sketch), but it was still amazing, despite the overall lack of humor.

    • @milospollonia1121
      @milospollonia1121 2 роки тому +87

      wtf I just turned off your WoT review to watch this. man's everywhere.

    • @KakosKairos
      @KakosKairos 2 роки тому +56

      I'm starting to think daniel is just stalking everything we all like so we dont forget him

    • @xerowon3490
      @xerowon3490 2 роки тому +20

      Hey Daniel is a Bo fan yay!

    • @tracy2919
      @tracy2919 2 роки тому +7

      🎵When worlds collide
      You can run
      But you can’t hide
      When worlds collide🎵

  • @rhetthalik6392
    @rhetthalik6392 3 місяці тому +42

    I will forever be HAUNTED by bo being robbed at the Emmys. Only reason Hamilton even qualified that year was because of the disney+ release. Inside was COMPLETE genius. It showed so many people what we had all been saying about bo for years. I pray his mental health stays up and we get more from him. The man's a genius.

    • @hunterreeves6525
      @hunterreeves6525 2 місяці тому +2

      Just another example of why those awards shows mean nothing to most people

  • @DrJDeck
    @DrJDeck 20 днів тому +8

    “Gift shop at the gun rage, a masa shooting at the mall” that is a MASTERFUL bar.

  • @beccasinc
    @beccasinc 2 роки тому +3407

    This song is so unexpectedly emotional. "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" gets me every time.

    • @Guacamool
      @Guacamool 2 роки тому +28

      That’s the line.

    • @paige2606
      @paige2606 2 роки тому +36

      Something about that line makes me feel the most calming sense of relief, "the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all."

    • @AlmiNia
      @AlmiNia 2 роки тому +1

      same, same...

    • @emilyharfst6468
      @emilyharfst6468 2 роки тому +28

      For me it’s “The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door”

    • @Szajn_
      @Szajn_ 2 роки тому +23

      "20 thousand years of this. 7 more to go." Global warming.

  • @ncrno
    @ncrno Рік тому +4654

    He should've won a grammy for this, not for All Eyes On Me. Though they're both pretty good. Scratch that, he should win another grammy.

    • @brookemcglasson9725
      @brookemcglasson9725 Рік тому +299

      All eyes on me was about anxiety, while this was about depression and society’s downfall. I feel both hit hard, but all eyes on me had a more engaging video. The eye contact man.

    • @pizzaipinya2442
      @pizzaipinya2442 Рік тому +110

      Personally, I prefer That Funny Feeling, but All Eyes On Me is also good. And I didn't know he had won a grammy lol, it should have been because of Welcome To The Internet!!!

    • @gregjuillerat5230
      @gregjuillerat5230 Рік тому +99

      @@brookemcglasson9725 *PROLONGED* eye contact lol

    • @aquelehiro
      @aquelehiro Рік тому +12

      If you didnt notice the clear reference to police violence in all eyez on me, go see it again with this in mind.

    • @nzephier
      @nzephier Рік тому +38

      All eyes on me won a Grammy because by the time you hear it, it's a culmination of everything we've heard up to that point. Everything after is the chaser to how powerful that moment was.

  • @sydneybaker5239
    @sydneybaker5239 Рік тому +194

    the fact that almost every lyric is quoted in the comments somewhere shows how deeply thought-out and beautiful this song is

  • @HelpMe_OrNot
    @HelpMe_OrNot 5 місяців тому +141

    When existentialism comes, choose absurdism rather than nihilism. It’s over, just laugh while you can.

    • @marocat4749
      @marocat4749 5 місяців тому +3

      Yep, and hope, whatever left is the last to go, keep somr
      And yes embrace absurdism, and that no one is alone with that, really
      Listento exgirlfriends," no one is singing my song"

    • @FernBlackwood1995
      @FernBlackwood1995 2 місяці тому +3

      Are you sure? True Nihilism is YOLO. Albert Camus and Nihilistic beliefs go hand in hand.

    • @jedi_connor3030
      @jedi_connor3030 2 місяці тому +3

      Personally, I believe there's meaning but this is strangely comforting; if the end is coming, laugh instead of cry / find beauty in the madness. Kinda makes me think abt games with moral choices - there's no real consequences so some people say why not be bad (nihilism) and some say why not be good (absurdism)

    • @HelpMe_OrNot
      @HelpMe_OrNot 2 місяці тому +1

      I don’t remember saying this but it made me a little sad 😅

  • @WhitneyAvalon
    @WhitneyAvalon 2 роки тому +13244

    The first time I heard “20,000 years of this, 7 more to go” I had to pause the special to catch my breath because it’s a perfect, succinct, nihilistic encapsulation of where it feels like society is at.

    • @tragedy815
      @tragedy815 2 роки тому +95

      This.

    • @mondemamon929
      @mondemamon929 2 роки тому +120

      I'm kinda dumb so can you elaborate?

    • @waxenknight8864
      @waxenknight8864 2 роки тому +34

      @@mondemamon929 same here

    • @dropkickpherby6994
      @dropkickpherby6994 2 роки тому +658

      @@waxenknight8864 recorded humanity has existed for about 20k years or so including caveman era and at the rate of civil war and bitterness we as societies throw at one another, it means in 7 years from a Nihilist perspective our world will be over soon.

    • @AnTiCamPr
      @AnTiCamPr 2 роки тому +1136

      I think it's actually a reference to the Climate Clock. The climate clock says we only have 7 more years to get to zero emissions before we are guaranteed to end up with more than 1.5C of global warming, which in the near future would make areas of the tropics completely uninhabitable to human life due to temps above the wet bulb temperature. Making a large chunk of the planet uninhabitable will cause major issues for the whole world, not just affected regions. Expect mass migrations and war within the next 25 years as people in mass try to flee uninhabitable regions.

  • @PixelatedPerfection
    @PixelatedPerfection 2 роки тому +2421

    I really just love the line "Twenty-Thousand years of this, Seven more to go."
    Something about it just hits different.

    • @jcinfan
      @jcinfan 2 роки тому +187

      If humans don’t change their gas emitting habits by 2028, we’re literally doomed

    • @sum1v
      @sum1v 2 роки тому +133

      @@jcinfan YEAH STOP FARTING BECKY

    • @NecroMorrius
      @NecroMorrius 2 роки тому +59

      Six now

    • @beepboop4103
      @beepboop4103 2 роки тому +47

      @@jcinfan They have said stuff like that for 60 years

    • @ccpink99
      @ccpink99 2 роки тому +51

      @@beepboop4103 I mean moving forewards into sufficiency without the need of a resource that will eventually deplete should be the goal anyways all it is doing is speeding it up its not like we have endless supplies of oil on our planet

  • @lukeslaney4675
    @lukeslaney4675 9 місяців тому +47

    Our generation's "We didn't start the fire". Brilliant Bo

  • @thelonestranger2109
    @thelonestranger2109 9 місяців тому +103

    August 2023 and still vibing to this song. I remember when i first saw the special when it came out on Netflix and almost cried listening to it because the song described so well the feelings i was going through during the pandemic. Bo is a genius.

    • @viviandoherty6354
      @viviandoherty6354 6 місяців тому +5

      November 2023 now. 4 years to go now.

    • @Jhook15
      @Jhook15 2 місяці тому

      March 2024. Getting even closer

    • @king124kine
      @king124kine Місяць тому

      Whats supposed to happen?@@Jhook15

    • @riswanthvallala7922
      @riswanthvallala7922 14 днів тому

      I can't really, uh, play the guitar very well, um, or sing
      So you know, apologies
      Stunning 8K-resolution meditation app
      In honor of the revolution, it's half-off at the Gap
      Deadpool's self-awareness, loving parents, harmless fun
      The backlash to the backlash to the thing that's just begun
      There it is again, that funny feeling
      That funny feeling
      There it is again, that funny feeling
      That funny feeling
      The surgeon general's pop-up shop, Robert Iger's face
      Discount Etsy agitprop, Bugles' take on race
      Female Colonel Sanders, easy answers, civil war
      The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door
      The live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show
      Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go
      Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul
      A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall
      There it is again, that funny feeling
      That funny feeling
      There it is again, that funny feeling
      That funny feeling
      Reading Pornhub's terms of service, going for a drive
      And obeying all the traffic laws in Grand Theft Auto V
      Full agoraphobic, losing focus, cover blown
      A book on getting better hand-delivered by a drone
      Total disassociation, fully out your mind
      Googling "derealization", hating what you find
      That unapparent summer air in early fall
      The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all
      There it is again, that funny feeling
      That funny feeling
      There it is again, that funny feeling
      That funny feeling
      Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
      But it'll be over soon, you wait
      Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
      But it'll be over soon, just wait
      Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum
      Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
      But it'll be over soon, you wait
      Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum
      Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
      But it'll be over soon, you wait
      Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da
      Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
      But it'll be over soon, you wait
      Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum
      Hey

  • @ConnorEatsPants
    @ConnorEatsPants 2 роки тому +14904

    My favorite in the whole special.

  • @meaghansr
    @meaghansr Рік тому +4428

    Bo Burnham is the only person I’ve ever felt truly understood how to express the constant depression and sadness I’ve felt my entire life. This special was a masterpiece.

    • @trendybistro
      @trendybistro Рік тому +29

      Never listened to The Cure?

    • @Bella-rt3xx
      @Bella-rt3xx Рік тому +16

      You're not alone with this man.

    • @ArgusStrav
      @ArgusStrav Рік тому +51

      Hey, if you ever see this: I, a random stranger, hope the best for you.

    • @kayw8224
      @kayw8224 11 місяців тому +19

      It really f*cking is. The ups, the downs, wow. Every song was a slap in the face.
      But I don’t mind being slapped by this.

    • @brianc3761
      @brianc3761 11 місяців тому

      @@trendybistro I heard they inspired that Robbie Hart single.
      ...BUT IT ALL WAS BUUUULLLSHIT

  • @sarahmckinney1479
    @sarahmckinney1479 Рік тому +538

    I actually cry every time I hear this song, or a piece of it. This song touches into the soul. Honestly.

  • @b.5034
    @b.5034 Рік тому +596

    I know I’m not the only one who feels like every line of this song was taken directly out of their head. It’s so just relatable.
    “Hey, what can you say? We were overdue.” - me to myself many times over the last year as my mental health has worsened.

    • @localnormiegirlyt
      @localnormiegirlyt Рік тому +16

      I relate to "That unapparent summer air in early fall
      The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all"
      I'm prepared, I'm comprehending everything is gonna end for me soon, I'm so ready.

    • @americanbookdragon
      @americanbookdragon Рік тому +3

      They were saying we’re overdue for a pandemic before it hit.

    • @FaeQueenOG
      @FaeQueenOG Рік тому +1

      Aye, true. xD Felt that way many time sin my life to be fair.

    • @64raptor
      @64raptor 10 місяців тому +2

      Dude yeah. I remember watching this for the first time during the pandemic and don't get me wrong the whole special was surreal and depressing and hit home but when this song came on and every lyric felt like a quote from my personal brain over so many points in life, I had like an internal melt down. Forcing me to realize that this isn't a disaster that my fear is feeding on. It's not a speed bump that'll blow over. This was a small payoff of where things have been going for a while and I had been simply noticing and pretending I wasn't to protect myself. It was quite unlike anything I've ever experienced.

    • @thefamilydog3278
      @thefamilydog3278 10 місяців тому +1

      @@americanbookdragonjust like we’re overdue for an asteroid strike, super volcano eruption, etc…

  • @FellStar10
    @FellStar10 2 роки тому +808

    This song describes so many things. The feeling of not knowing anything but needing to in order to feel sane. Watching everything around you as you slowly slip into mental anguish. Only being able to describe it as a funny feeling.

  • @kclo
    @kclo Рік тому +2289

    “A book on getting better, hand delivered by a drone.”
    I felt that one.

    • @dathaniel9403
      @dathaniel9403 Рік тому +80

      Especially since the book is for getting better from agoraphobia. Can’t even stand human contact to get the book about getting more human contact.

    • @petrolmonkey4228
      @petrolmonkey4228 Рік тому +28

      @@dathaniel9403 is it a mechanical drone though? or just someone transformed from all the routine and pressure of the conformist society - a drone employee?

    • @Switch_Zone
      @Switch_Zone Рік тому +7

      I read this right as that line played. *Creepy.*

    • @octangula1212
      @octangula1212 Рік тому +2

      I felt as if that line was ironic though.

    • @irascib1e
      @irascib1e Рік тому +8

      If he's suffering from agoraphobia, it's actually nice that he can access help without having to leave his home

  • @Daedalus273
    @Daedalus273 Рік тому +420

    "The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door"
    "Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go"
    "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all"
    "Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
    But it'll be over soon, you wait"
    Man. Nailed it. Went thru a really rough patch with my own mental health a couple years ago after becoming collapse-aware & trying to come to terms with what's in store for us in my lifetime. Found this song just a couple months ago & I feel like it's the theme of our times.

    • @mickgrimes9078
      @mickgrimes9078 8 місяців тому +15

      its so wild to see more and more people become collapse-aware, and seeing it in media and from important people..

    • @lordmarcusrax
      @lordmarcusrax 7 місяців тому +12

      "That unappearing summer air in early fall." always hits me hard.
      Especially now, when there are 27°C here at the beginning of October, ten more than the average.

    • @tuttiFrutiikawaii
      @tuttiFrutiikawaii 5 місяців тому +4

      How to cope? Im not doing well thinking about colapse

    • @amaiakagane5612
      @amaiakagane5612 5 місяців тому +1

      @@lordmarcusrax I think he's saying unapparent summer air in early fall. Which I interpret as the fact that "summer" is slowly getting longer and longer, but a lot of people aren't, or are refusing to, notice it.

  • @BarnabyCodswallow
    @BarnabyCodswallow Рік тому +47

    Bo is Humanity's version of the Quartet Band deciding to play as the Titanic sank.
    Enjoy the music and hold your breath.

  • @tylerloconte8974
    @tylerloconte8974 2 роки тому +902

    Our man deserved so much more than a Grammy, but he should have got one.

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 2 роки тому +20

      at least he got an Emmy

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 2 роки тому +2

      I like people with long brain. I have long amount of disl*kes btw. Why? Maybe people with short brain disl*ke because jealous of my long amount of subscr*bers. Please have long brain, dear tyler

    • @alimansouri4199
      @alimansouri4199 2 роки тому +4

      Idk Grammys never mattered to me

    • @maxxxxxxxxx108
      @maxxxxxxxxx108 2 роки тому +10

      I think he desrves a noble prize ngl

    • @LinkinX112
      @LinkinX112 2 роки тому +35

      He's nominated for 2 Grammys. Best Music Film and then All Eyes On Me is nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

  • @lieska3642
    @lieska3642 2 роки тому +818

    This song is great. Especially the lines "a gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall" and "the whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" are downright genius. I also love the atmosphere that Bo's created with both the visuals and the tone of the song. I imagine this song being played on a campfire, in a burnt forest, in the middle of an apocalyptic wasteland in a world that's about to end. And also, at the ending of the song, the cheerful singing about the end of the world tops it off perfectly.

    • @miacatherine2
      @miacatherine2 2 роки тому +15

      the line “a gift shop at a gun range, a mads shooting at a mall” is one of the most emotional lyrics i’ve ever heard, i remember the first time i heard it gasping and just thinking about how messed up that is. the line itself really did give me that funny feeling

    • @theDudeOfDudes
      @theDudeOfDudes 2 роки тому +11

      I've been working almost every day in the forest that I grew up in that saw 302 square miles burned last year. This song perfectly describes how I feel every minute of every day between our climate disaster and our political disaster.

    • @wonderwaxxer5086
      @wonderwaxxer5086 2 роки тому +8

      dont forget the before that "Female Colonel Sanders, easy answers, civil war" great comedic line inserted seamlessly

    • @robowealthy820
      @robowealthy820 2 роки тому +5

      Completely agree. It really gives me the vibe of people huddled around a campfire during an apocpalypse, just accepting their fate.

    • @robowealthy820
      @robowealthy820 2 роки тому +4

      I just got that 'ocean at your door' line and boy, lemme tell you, that funny feeling is not going away any time soon.

  • @greermhy
    @greermhy 10 місяців тому +74

    The bah da dahs at the end kill me every time. That’s what makes the whole song for me. Like, here he’s saying we’re at the end times, but like… what else can you do? Keep sobbing? You might as well find some light where you can. And maybe that light is a fun little tune to hum to yourself.
    It’s a very hopeful ending to a hopeless song.

    • @Galamoth06
      @Galamoth06 3 місяці тому

      I like that in the special he doesn't even give you time to sit in peace with the song, it's immediately followed up with Bo having a complete breakdown on camera.

  • @CorVids1031
    @CorVids1031 2 місяці тому +14

    I know this is primarily a sad song. But I find comfort in it too. Knowing that other people feel this way. That I'm not the only one who steps back every so often and goes, "this whole thing's kind of messed up"

  • @MissFazzington
    @MissFazzington Рік тому +5574

    Bo, simply the only musician that says sorry before playing one of the most beutiful songs ever played

    • @Irithind
      @Irithind Рік тому +144

      I feel like that might have actually been a joke about the usual unsincere humble bragging tbh.

    • @MissFazzington
      @MissFazzington Рік тому

      @@Irithind Let me guess, you hate people with more fame than you

    • @Irithind
      @Irithind Рік тому +33

      @@MissFazzington what? No, I don't. It just sounds like making fun of the people trying to be more relatable by being fake humble.

    • @higuysimcharley
      @higuysimcharley Рік тому +39

      @@Irithind it seems genuine to me, he isn’t happy with himself and him being alone with himself for a year may have made him think low of himself

    • @Irithind
      @Irithind Рік тому +26

      @@higuysimcharley I would probably think so if it was only about the guitar, which he doesn't play too often. But he built a career on signing. So to say he can't sing near the end of the special and only then feels more like poking fun.

  • @BenMarriott
    @BenMarriott 2 роки тому +3916

    This feeling has never sounded so good.

  • @juliamdp
    @juliamdp 9 місяців тому +19

    NOTHING could explain this sensation, I thought I was making it up. Just “anxiety disorder” or “depression disorder” didn’t cut it because it was a specific part of it all. And I still can’t explain it, but hearing this makes sense and feels like “hey, this is real, you’re not … I don’t even know what

  • @OllieBeeCookswithKnives
    @OllieBeeCookswithKnives 2 роки тому +2697

    bo - if youre out there and you can read this - thank you. my life has been turned upside down and inside out in the last few months since my wife was diagnosed with very late stage cancer. your art has helped me stay focused in one of the most intense and chaotic periods of my life. if only a youtube comment could share the gratitude and empathy I have for you and your art. you have made a colossal impact on me at this point in my life, and i feel strangely un-alone in the disarray that i currently call home.
    thank you very much for your art - and for taking care of yourself, and for being here with us.

    • @robinrehlinghaus1944
      @robinrehlinghaus1944 2 роки тому +16

      How is it now?

    • @snailgovernment
      @snailgovernment 2 роки тому +64

      i am a stranger to you but i hope you and your wife are alright, sending you so much love

    • @zoeesmith11
      @zoeesmith11 2 роки тому +20

      hope everything will be okay friend :)

    • @gbeach85
      @gbeach85 2 роки тому +11

      Hope it works out for you both, my friend. Love from Atlanta.

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 2 роки тому +7

      ♥️

  • @tonyadair0754
    @tonyadair0754 2 роки тому +2547

    That "funny feeling" seems to be a feeling that everyone has: a feeling that the world, that humanity, is headed in the wrong direction, and that no matter what you do you can't seem to change anything. So you sit here, in the quiet, comprehending the ending of it all. But hey, what can you say, we were overdue? But it'll be over soon, one way or another....

    • @brendanbuehler4352
      @brendanbuehler4352 2 роки тому +10

      Yes.

    • @absolutebedlam
      @absolutebedlam 2 роки тому +4

      Love that comment

    • @MM-mu5pz
      @MM-mu5pz 2 роки тому +31

      I constantly ask myself if I’m just being a nihilist but… what else can you be?

    • @diegowushu
      @diegowushu 2 роки тому +24

      Bold of you to assume that. Obviously all those who benefit greatly from the status quo think we're doing awesome. Sadly trying to change is akin to trying to alter the course of an oil tanker with a plastic oar. Not even COVID, the most traumatic event in 100 years did anything other than making all the already rich and powerful even more rich and powerful.

    • @ejm1225
      @ejm1225 2 роки тому +2

      You wait, ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da-da

  • @damneh8688
    @damneh8688 Рік тому +54

    The lyrics and theme are beautiful, but I also gotta appreciate how much Bo has improved as a vocalist. He sounds as good as any proficient professional singer here. Beautiful vocal tone, also good dynamic control on the guitar.

    • @prorobo
      @prorobo Рік тому +3

      Agreed. His earlier stuff was somewhat rough and often flat, but this entire song is spot on. Maturity does wonders for some vocalists.

  • @zoerosey
    @zoerosey 6 місяців тому +25

    this perfectly captures how it feels to live in the 21st century.
    (did anyone else get we didn't start the fire vibes from this?)

    • @Zangamarth
      @Zangamarth 5 місяців тому +2

      This is "we didn't start the fire" if instead of feeling like fighting back, you just... accepted it and gave up. Just accept that it's happening and we can't do much about it.

  • @betsyb
    @betsyb Рік тому +2109

    the lines that hit the hardest for me:
    “20,000 years of this, 7 more to go”
    “that unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all”
    “a gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall”
    “total disassociation, fully out your mind, googling derealization, hating what you find”
    “hey, what can you say, we were overdue, but it’ll be over soon, you wait”

    • @DarksteelPenguin
      @DarksteelPenguin Рік тому

      @@lodougherty 20,000 years of human civilization, 7 more to go.

    • @ZzGeWizZ
      @ZzGeWizZ Рік тому +40

      @@lodougherty climate clock. 27 club. take your pick.

    • @MitsuoRLCoach
      @MitsuoRLCoach Рік тому +19

      the 27 club reference hit me too...the world's sad as fuck

    • @hedlosa9574
      @hedlosa9574 Рік тому +15

      @@ZzGeWizZ I didn't connect the 27 club reference at all, nice catch

    • @Sam-vp3pw
      @Sam-vp3pw Рік тому +31

      ​@@lodougherty 20,000 years ago is about when the latest ice age peaked in coldness. 7 more years very likely a reference to Al Gore predicting 5-7 years of polar ice left (i.e the ending of the current ice age we are in) in 2009 or something (also a possible interpretation of a line in all eyes on me about having thought the world already ended being a reference to these types of predictions).
      It's just another part of the song that's adding to the funny feeling that I think is the one mentioned in the "That feeling" part of the inside outtakes, that things are ramping up to this big long coming conclusion or collapse or something but that nothing seems to be happening ('we were overdue, but it’ll be over soon, you wait') and that nothing happening might be even worse.

  • @door.5976
    @door.5976 2 роки тому +3603

    "A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall" is one of the most terrifying yet poetic lines ever written

    • @notfamedtvpersonalitydrphil
      @notfamedtvpersonalitydrphil 2 роки тому +33

      Fr that one just hits hard

    • @door.5976
      @door.5976 2 роки тому +5

      ​@Premiumboxingtips Predictions You're missing the point of the line. It's supposed to show how guns are so central to America that they now can have the purpose of stores yet are turning actual stores into a shooting range, swapping the roles. It's supposed to highlight the tragedy of how common gun violence is now.
      There have been over 100 mass shootings this year, yet it's only 85 days into the year. There were 11 school shootings and at least 9 shootings at shopping centres. If that's not terrifying, what is?

    • @damkylan3
      @damkylan3 2 роки тому +117

      ​@Premiumboxingtips Predictions Oh, what a surprise, a bit of actual research dismantles your narrative that you formed by twisting the stats to fit it. Exhibit A of why people from the UK don't deserve to be taken seriously when they want to comment on American culture. Or in general, really. lol

    • @amadax780
      @amadax780 2 роки тому +15

      @@damkylan3 You do understand that your last line is very racist? Yeah that person is wrong, but why continue their negativity further? Just let it be.

    • @awwastor
      @awwastor 2 роки тому +123

      @@amadax780 ah yes “British” my favourite race

  • @loklan1
    @loklan1 3 місяці тому +22

    Only 4 and a half years left, thank goodness.

    • @Mutavr
      @Mutavr 3 місяці тому +2

      it certainly feels like his words about "7 more to go" are prophetic

    • @julianjaffe
      @julianjaffe 2 місяці тому +1

      Considering how things in the world have been recently, might only be 1 or 2 years left.

  • @bl_ss
    @bl_ss 8 місяців тому +18

    After a year or two of letting this special cement itself in my brain, I genuinely can't decide whether this song or "All Eyes On Me" is the better one. They're both practically the same thing presented in different tones. This one is more big picture, more descriptive. The other is more overtly personal and emotional.
    Either way, they are both peak human creation.

  • @travisharnedmusic
    @travisharnedmusic Рік тому +3704

    This is a song where you just close your eyes throughout it's entirety and feel every word.

    • @rj3892
      @rj3892 Рік тому +26

      And every single time I cry

    • @travisharnedmusic
      @travisharnedmusic Рік тому +9

      @@rj3892 I feel ya

    • @rosecity_chris
      @rosecity_chris Рік тому +15

      Yea everytime I hear him sing "deadpool" I tear up

    • @BlackLamb003
      @BlackLamb003 Рік тому +5

      Logan Paul 🤔

    • @mezesadam1997
      @mezesadam1997 Рік тому

      Cry hearing every word, except Pornhub when you laugh for a moment

  • @oompaville
    @oompaville 2 роки тому +7054

    listened to this hundreds of times

  • @morgansholtis5077
    @morgansholtis5077 6 місяців тому +28

    This is what kids will be reading in English class 100 years from now. This is a profound piece of poetry.

  • @VVierzbowski
    @VVierzbowski 11 місяців тому +65

    This may be the greatest folk song ever made.

    • @kevinwillems8720
      @kevinwillems8720 10 місяців тому +6

      Nope, it's ultimately stifling.
      The best folk songs are meant to stir revolutionary furver.
      This does the exact opposite.
      It tells you to give in.

    • @gangrenousgandalf2102
      @gangrenousgandalf2102 10 місяців тому +1

      @@kevinwillems8720
      It's the ultimate be-sad-to song

    • @kevinwillems8720
      @kevinwillems8720 10 місяців тому +1

      @gangrenousgandalf2102 it is that indeed, and I'd be lying if I said I've not felt many a night lying on the floor listening to Inside

  • @driftingstatic1274
    @driftingstatic1274 2 роки тому +1912

    Watching Bo Burnham since high-school and seeing this bright energetic whimsical person mature and age and grow calmer and more introverted gives me a since of melancholy. He hasn't lost his touch but I can feel the world has worn him down a bit. I feel he has aged with me in these times and I'm sad yet excited to see what's next for him.

    • @jordanbaggett4425
      @jordanbaggett4425 2 роки тому +52

      Yes growing with him is wild.

    • @prlewis320
      @prlewis320 2 роки тому +24

      @drifting static There is something uniquely satisfying about reading the comments of long time fans enjoying the least "liked 👍🏻" song the most. Too dark for the masses, though I can't help but envy the bliss in that crowd.

    • @InTheNameOfMusic77
      @InTheNameOfMusic77 2 роки тому +23

      same i've been watching bo since I was in junior high and seeing the changes in him makes me feel some sort of way (read: "that funny feeling"), because I almost see myself in him, in a way. when we were younger everything just felt more hopeful and exciting, and now as an adult, I realize that there was no reason to be excited about adulthood.

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 2 роки тому +14

      It’s sad how true this is because he’s always had a cynical edge to him. Guess comedy and horror can be two sides of the same coin sometimes

    • @Volvary
      @Volvary 2 роки тому +23

      I've always wondered if that "bright energetic whimsical" he started his career with wasn't always a facade, a character. Look at the message he leaves us with in Make Happy, "Are you happy? Cuz it sure is destroying me to give you that" and that evolution was him coming to term with it and finally exposing it to the audience.

  • @pyrokineticaura
    @pyrokineticaura 2 роки тому +703

    My friend put it perfectly when he first watched inside, "Did Bo Burnham just write the modern 'We didn't start the fire'?" It feels so much like more contemplative version that fits so well given how the pandemic has changed things

    • @radialintrepid
      @radialintrepid 2 роки тому +26

      Love this comparison!

    • @CousinBowling
      @CousinBowling 2 роки тому +15

      I mean the government reaction to the lockdown has had 1000x more impact than the pandemic itself and we all gave in. Now we are on a never ending road to giving up our individuality. I expect many to disagree with me and that's fine. But the people who see this 5-10 years from now may think differently.

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 2 роки тому +50

      @@CousinBowling If we had done a solid, strict lockdown in the first couple months and then had strict national border controls, we wouldn't have COVID in the US. It's people like you who have made this nightmare drag on because Republican brainwashing makes you feel good.

    • @ashackatak
      @ashackatak 2 роки тому +33

      @@googiegress7459 and that right there is a great example of what Bo was singing about. We’ve kind of doomed ourselves because we have been programmed not to work together

    • @user-jx8tb8jx5y
      @user-jx8tb8jx5y 2 роки тому

      @@CousinBowling I agree. I‘m very scared of the future now that the right to protest even got taken away somewhere. I think it was Australia but so much is happening at the same time I don’t even remember.

  • @avashahi4179
    @avashahi4179 5 місяців тому +13

    It’ll never get old to me how he so vividly reflects the way our minds distract us with thoughts of entertainment and everyday living, but every now and then, our minds will pepper in the invasive existential thoughts we all have. He captures the unspoken parts of the human experience so beautifully

  • @lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo
    @lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo 10 місяців тому +51

    what’s awesome is that these songs all resonate so deeply with people who have mental health issues. they feel so good because finally, FINALLY someone has expressed exactly what you have felt. what’s sad is that this means bo has felt this to its depths. i’m sorry you’ve been going through this, dude. i’m glad you’ve made something so beautiful from it.

  • @MetalDrummer767
    @MetalDrummer767 2 роки тому +1174

    It seems like the "funny feeling" is one that's surprisingly familiar to a lot of people, but still ambiguous enough to seem foreign at the same time. That's probably why it's a song that sticks with a lot of people well after hearing it, it's almost like hearing the thoughts that they can't define articulated? Like it's almost uncomfortably relatable, but mainly to the things you push to the back of your mind. That's been my experience at least. It's a masterpiece if you ask me.

    • @anthonyweinersnose2583
      @anthonyweinersnose2583 2 роки тому +10

      To me it's about modernity, all out of balance. Female colonel Sanders, it's whacky.

    • @ashleywilson1237
      @ashleywilson1237 2 роки тому +35

      “I cannot define it, but I know it when I see it.”

    • @saumyasharma6790
      @saumyasharma6790 2 роки тому +2

      That's so true! Totally agree

    • @ashackatak
      @ashackatak 2 роки тому +9

      I think it encapsulates the quaking mess of the human condition and how on a macro scale how we are perpetuating it in our society that celebrates and worships convenience, pop culture, and our political views that are literally that of pop culture. I mean, when civil war is the easy answer…how fk’d are we?

    • @jjcapanegra
      @jjcapanegra 2 роки тому +2

      My take is that probably it's not just one "type" of funny feeling but it depends on the fact he is talking about. It's cool that it's ambiguous enough that multiple people will relate in different ways to the same song, but kind of make sense for everyone at the same time. Most of the analogies from the song point to one thing, but then say another one that kind of makes you doubt or rethink the first thing he said.

  • @artomaly
    @artomaly 2 роки тому +474

    "Total disassociation, fully out your mind.
    Googling de-realization, hating what you find."
    That hit hard

    • @collinhelstien8942
      @collinhelstien8942 2 роки тому +12

      I'm scared I'm losing my mind

    • @Frewdy
      @Frewdy 2 роки тому

      @@collinhelstien8942 Too late fella

    • @wtfimcrying
      @wtfimcrying 2 роки тому +1

      no it didnt, you are not derealizied.

    • @Stopes.
      @Stopes. 2 роки тому +6

      I spent a whole day once staring at my own arm and hand on and off. I couldn’t figure it out, but it just felt off. Like fake. Or not mine. Couldn’t exactly place what or why. That was when I realized my “weird head feelings” about me or the world around me and how it felt to me or how it interacted with it were maybe something more than just feeling off. Where getting into the shower and scared to be alone was the only comforts I had. Thank god for then gf now wife at the time. Even when we split up for a year during a really bad time, she’d still open her door for me late nights to comfort me. Even though I didn’t even deserve to knock on the door. Thank god she gave me a chance. I never got medical or professions help, I just learned to live with it. The world is weird anyway, what’s a little weirder.

    • @reneebush2399
      @reneebush2399 2 роки тому

      Yeah, with all the other lyrics I always feel like Im being made to reckon with the boring dystopia we allowed ourselves to be in at that point in the song.

  • @travissorenson9554
    @travissorenson9554 Рік тому +177

    I don’t think there is enough people who appreciate just how cool this whole project from Bo is.

    • @jeffyneedsanap
      @jeffyneedsanap 6 місяців тому +1

      One of the most unique things I’ve ever watched.

    • @anthonynowak4401
      @anthonynowak4401 5 місяців тому +1

      Literally did it all alone! Every song you watch was filmed in 3 different angles with different lighting on top of writing and preforming the songs!? It’s ridiculous

  • @timjones3
    @timjones3 2 місяці тому +5

    March of '24, and this song remains relevant as ever, and the perfect song for a tear-letting session. It's like an emotional hand-job; get those silly emotions out of me, so I can human around, doing human stuff for the rest of the day. Great song.

  • @arian41148
    @arian41148 Рік тому +604

    lyrics:
    I can't really, uh, play the guitar very well, um, or sing
    So you know, apologies
    Stunning 8K-resolution meditation app
    In honor of the revolution, it's half-off at the Gap
    Deadpool's self-awareness, loving parents, harmless fun
    The backlash to the backlash to the thing that's just begun
    There it is again, that funny feeling
    That funny feeling
    There it is again, that funny feeling
    That funny feeling
    The surgeon general's pop-up shop, Robert Iger's face
    Discount Etsy agitprop, Bugles' take on race
    Female Colonel Sanders, easy answers, civil war
    The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door
    The live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show
    Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go
    Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul
    A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall
    There it is again, that funny feeling
    That funny feeling
    There it is again, that funny feeling
    That funny feeling
    Reading Pornhub's terms of service, going for a drive
    And obeying all the traffic laws in Grand Theft Auto V
    Full agoraphobic, losing focus, cover blown
    A book on getting better hand-delivered by a drone
    Total disassociation, fully out your mind
    Googling "derealization", hating what you find
    That unapparent summer air in early fall
    The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all
    There it is again, that funny feeling
    That funny feeling
    There it is again, that funny feeling
    That funny feeling
    Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
    But it'll be over soon, you wait
    Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
    But it'll be over soon, just wait
    Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum
    Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
    But it'll be over soon, you wait
    Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum
    Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
    But it'll be over soon, you wait
    Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da
    Hey, what can you say? We were overdue
    But it'll be over soon, you wait
    Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum

  • @firefly-fez
    @firefly-fez Рік тому +2887

    Every lyric in this somg is crafted to evoke a sense of unreality, and “loving parents” is one of the first things he mentions. Supremely underrated line.

    • @larserus8286
      @larserus8286 Рік тому +400

      The term “loving parents” gives him a funny feeling because parents should automatically be loving. It infers that there are parents that aren’t loving.

    • @clarrie93
      @clarrie93 Рік тому +64

      @Larserus i read it as a whole "deadpool's sense awareness, loving parents, harmless fun" like even tho they have loving parents, they still have deadpool's sense of awareness and sarcasm towards the world

    • @emmuli1999
      @emmuli1999 Рік тому +44

      @@clarrie93 I read that "loving parents, harmless fun" as "loving parents" seeing their kids doing bad things as just "kids will be kids, it's just harmless fun". Could be totally wrong, though. Just makes me very uncomfy

    • @cve884
      @cve884 Рік тому +70

      @@larserus8286 it feels like a dig at the current trend of UA-cam parents that cash in on their children by portraying how loving and modern their family is with 'harmless' skits, pranks, vlogs, and whatnot- while putting immense pressure on the kid to make consumable content when they can't even fully comprehend the magnitude of what they're putting on permanent record for the world.
      at the end of the day, you're left with this funny feeling of watching a scripted 90s quirky family show... except you slowly realize, instead of a 'cut' from the director, this child is still going to be stuck with these 'loving parents' for decades more to come.

    • @mkat2325
      @mkat2325 Рік тому +5

      @@larserus8286 I like this interpretation the best.

  • @justinhamilton8647
    @justinhamilton8647 3 місяці тому +7

    “That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all” my goodness. oh my goodness this lyric

  • @emmanueljaramillo
    @emmanueljaramillo 6 місяців тому +9

    I think Bo Burnham impacts so much because he represents a portion of the humanity that exist and shouts to be heard. The humanity that is financially stable and safe but mentally and emotionally destroyed. Is a mixture of the calm and the chaos. Sometimes I feel sad, and I see everything good I have around me, but I feel empty, despite the abundance (I am not rich btw, just middle class) but anyways, things simply don't fill a person, and apparently, people and kindness also don't fill a person. A constant disconfort with life. I think Bo Burnham represents that. I feel thankful for discovering him and his music.

  • @k80power56
    @k80power56 2 роки тому +397

    “A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall” hit me like a train

    • @goodday2884
      @goodday2884 2 роки тому +37

      “The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door” I don’t know if Bo really meant this, but I interpreted this as having come so far with technology but with the consequence of climate change(ocean at your door=flooding). It’s kind of like “look, a good thing!” But then rebuttals with a consequence. Similar to “20,000 years of this, 7 more to go” as well.

    • @Makingnewnamesisdumb
      @Makingnewnamesisdumb 2 роки тому +25

      @@goodday2884 "7 more to go" lines up with a timeline Bo previously set for his own death.

    • @SylvieTheBagel
      @SylvieTheBagel 2 роки тому +14

      "a mass shooting at the mall," man I'm in Boise that did hit hard, because it happened.

    • @daniellavaladez7820
      @daniellavaladez7820 2 роки тому +9

      That line actually made me gasp when I heard it for the first time, just fucking brilliant

    • @SoVidushi
      @SoVidushi 2 роки тому +3

      Hii k80!

  • @kamisevak
    @kamisevak 2 роки тому +674

    "20 thousand years of this, 7 more to go" still hits way too deep

    • @AFRorie
      @AFRorie 2 роки тому +43

      As soon as I heard that line I had to pause, rewind, listen again, and reflect. I hope both that he is right and that he is wrong. History will always go on, but in what way?

    • @floga10
      @floga10 2 роки тому +8

      I didn’t believe him when I first heard this but recently I honestly really believe it. Technology will be the death of humanity

    • @thecrabmaestro564
      @thecrabmaestro564 2 роки тому +73

      I thought it was a reference to global warming, especially with the line beforehand "The ocean at your door"

    • @youarelikepapa
      @youarelikepapa 2 роки тому +88

      @@thecrabmaestro564 it is. The climate clock has 7 years left in its countdown.

    • @fhmcateer
      @fhmcateer 2 роки тому +55

      I'm not ready for the death of everything I've ever known. But that doesn't matter. It's happening anyway.
      I wish we could have reached the stars.

  • @__-fm5qv
    @__-fm5qv 8 місяців тому +16

    I love just how calm and peaceful this song is. A strange accepting of the end, almost glad its almost over, but still sad its coming to an end. I think it really captures where we are with everything as humanity at times.

  • @CountTheGreen
    @CountTheGreen 3 місяці тому +5

    I feel like this should have won awards over “all eyes on me” but honestly the whole inside special is just unparalleled. In a time of disguise, misleading, and shallow world, bo brings something emotional, raw, genuine, and creative depth to unite people through music and comedy.

  • @SeaStarTea
    @SeaStarTea 2 роки тому +4275

    This song is such a perfect depiction of depression. The whole special is, but especially this song. It perfectly encapsulates mindlessly scrolling through your phone with all of these random headlines popping up, none of them fully registering. Yet real thoughts also seem to creep in.

    • @shailaish1216
      @shailaish1216 2 роки тому +132

      so maybe "that funny feeling" is the feeling of emptiness we feel when we leave our phones and are left alone with our thoughts.

    • @ceciltuttle743
      @ceciltuttle743 2 роки тому +67

      That funny feeling is his anxiety of the things in the song and yes this special talks a lot about mental help but he even said he got help and got better so I think he is depicting how we all felt during the lockdown mixed with all the other political and media bs

    • @evilblack2416
      @evilblack2416 2 роки тому +53

      @@ceciltuttle743 Bo is completely sane and describing the world with perfect clarity. Modern life is totally irrational and any sane man should have difficulty accepting it.
      "We're all mad here."

    • @coyotethunderbeard4257
      @coyotethunderbeard4257 2 роки тому +14

      "our great depression is our lives"

    • @jessetreadway5249
      @jessetreadway5249 2 роки тому +8

      You think this is depression? It's so much worse than that...

  • @emilyswitzer1335
    @emilyswitzer1335 2 роки тому +643

    “Hey what can I say we were overdue but it’ll be over soon just wait”
    Is quite possibly the most depressing way to hit us all right in the feels

    • @duck8706
      @duck8706 Рік тому +1

      Makes me cry so much

  • @_CRUMP_
    @_CRUMP_ 10 місяців тому +200

    To me, this song is the embodiment of, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

    • @runningriot6399
      @runningriot6399 9 місяців тому +6

      That’s tough. Why does it have to be over? Why can’t we just start over? Have you ever been in the middle of something so epic but all you can think about it is how bad it’s gonna feel when it’s over? Why am I like this? There it is again.

    • @justaloser6254
      @justaloser6254 8 місяців тому

      @@runningriot6399I feel this

  • @basejumper01
    @basejumper01 16 днів тому +2

    'Inside' is such a work of unparalleled creative genius, I cant explain it properly to anyone who doesn't get it or hasn't seen it. It's hard to even share a song, to whet their appetite, because so much of it is so powerful, so profound, I want to force them to watch the whole thing. I must come across as fanatical, overbearing. But what else can one do. It is that good, I can't help wishing everyone had seen it, and experienced it. Absolute masterpiece.

  • @jond
    @jond 2 роки тому +8502

    Bo has always pushed music & comedy to the fullest. He never misses & I hope we're able to get much, much more from him in the years to come. As real as it gets.

    • @super6070
      @super6070 2 роки тому +10

      Ratio

    • @jond
      @jond 2 роки тому +88

      @@super6070 nah

    • @super6070
      @super6070 2 роки тому +4

      W

    • @HexIsme
      @HexIsme 2 роки тому +14

      It'll be over soon... just wait.

    • @greatarchitect
      @greatarchitect 2 роки тому +20

      @@super6070 damn no likes that’s sad lol

  • @beepbeeplettuce5230
    @beepbeeplettuce5230 2 роки тому +385

    Can't get through this song without crying. Tragic, horrifying and absolutely fucking gorgeous.

    • @wellusee688
      @wellusee688 2 роки тому

      Ok its finally Here
      ua-cam.com/video/HlF0gkKINl0/v-deo.html
      .
      .a
      .a

    • @loansommebastard65
      @loansommebastard65 2 роки тому +12

      its ironic listening to the words of this song while seeing every comment complimenting it flooded with scripts and bots. kinda cements the whole song for me...

  • @TealDisco
    @TealDisco 2 місяці тому +3

    So beautiful yet sad, terrifyingly raw yet somehow comfortable like snuggles by a campfire. You're one of my greatest inspirations as an artist, Bo

  • @PurplePandaPerson
    @PurplePandaPerson Місяць тому +4

    My anxiety turned into agoraphobia during the pandemic. Im still here...Inside. and these comments make me feel less alone. Thankyou everyone

  • @silastv1516
    @silastv1516 2 роки тому +633

    This song is probably one of my favorites. The tune of the song is so beautiful. His voice goes well with it as well!

    • @aslanlynx7400
      @aslanlynx7400 2 роки тому +2

      Yesss

    • @starryu__
      @starryu__ 2 роки тому +4

      honestly yea, it’s one of my absolute favorites hes made too

    • @fermustdie
      @fermustdie 2 роки тому +2

      It's also my favorite song, along with all eyes on me.

    • @daniellavaladez7820
      @daniellavaladez7820 2 роки тому +2

      His singing, the lyrics, the existential undertones, everything, just amazing all around.

  • @RisqueBisquet
    @RisqueBisquet 2 роки тому +2623

    I love the line "The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door."
    Yes, opening your door and seeing the ocean is beautiful. It's also terrifying. Unstoppable. Your house is on the edge and soon nothing will be left. But hey, enjoy the view.

    • @libertyprime7911
      @libertyprime7911 2 роки тому +11

      Well said.

    • @JustinZymbaluk
      @JustinZymbaluk 2 роки тому +96

      The ocean is also rising, so even if it's not at your doorstep now, it might be soon

    • @conkrcstf6405
      @conkrcstf6405 2 роки тому +88

      @@JustinZymbaluk that's what the line is about, climate change.

    • @alexandraroses192
      @alexandraroses192 2 роки тому

      Woah

    • @RyanDaMannn
      @RyanDaMannn 2 роки тому +8

      @@conkrcstf6405 that’s how I interpreted it

  • @Praisetotheholyclaw
    @Praisetotheholyclaw 2 місяці тому +3

    I never knew tears could be both happy and sad at the same time, something about the totality of it all, the pure nihilistic catharsis is just beautiful in such a profound way.

  • @revolutionarylass5298
    @revolutionarylass5298 8 місяців тому +8

    Over the years their have been many attempts to "modernize" We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel. THis song wasn't even an attempt at that and did it better than any parody ever has

  • @gordanz92
    @gordanz92 2 роки тому +523

    That funny feeling. Not quite anger, not anxiety, not frustration, overwhelmed by all the crap in the world that seems obvious/backwards/insane/ironic, and just having to accept it. Knowing we are only ever pushing forward and it isnt going to change so accepting that it is what it is.

    • @WeeblPrebish
      @WeeblPrebish 2 роки тому +4

      yes exactly the words i was looking for

    • @Book_Dragon2562
      @Book_Dragon2562 2 роки тому +3

      Eventually we are going to “progress” ourselves right over a cliff

    • @cipactliovalle-martinis3296
      @cipactliovalle-martinis3296 2 роки тому +5

      The fragile sheen of apathy that covers it all up 😣

    • @Grimnir_x
      @Grimnir_x 2 роки тому +2

      We really are out here all feeling the same way

    • @ccpink99
      @ccpink99 2 роки тому +1

      @@Book_Dragon2562 with climate change because nobody in charge wants to deal with it we have 7 years left

  • @nix5160
    @nix5160 2 роки тому +404

    I love how this is one of the only songs in the entire special that doesn't end abruptly or is cut off. it just silently fades to black

    • @shyla6750
      @shyla6750 2 роки тому +26

      Holy fuck just realized..

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 2 роки тому +18

      Also succumbing to mania at the end.
      And we assume the cozy setting is supposed to be a campfire in the woods, a retreat, a vacation. But it could just as easily be a post-decline US lacking utility services, acoustic guitar by a burn barrel.

    • @couldntcareless7884
      @couldntcareless7884 2 роки тому +3

      Isn’t it the only one? I was under the impression it was

    • @nix5160
      @nix5160 2 роки тому +6

      ​@@couldntcareless7884 I think its the only one, but just in case it isn't I said one of the only to be safe

    • @chriss.2978
      @chriss.2978 2 роки тому +2

      Just like humanity will 😔

  • @yayes
    @yayes Рік тому +17

    I can say my favourite thing about this song is during the bridge, at 4:09, where he hits an accidental harmonic or something it sounds like. It's a small, accidental thing, but it adds a lot I think, more depth to the chord change there in that one moment.

    • @NinjaBray
      @NinjaBray 3 місяці тому

      Sounds like he didn't push down a string far enough and accidentally got a 3rd fret harmonic. Actually, sounds like that happens a few times throughout the song if you pay attention, like little musical easter eggs.

  • @chinese_bot
    @chinese_bot 4 місяці тому +9

    If you’ve come into the new year listening to this, you aren’t alone. I feel it too. We were overdue, but it’ll be over soon. Enjoy the time left while it’s still enjoyable to do so.

  • @Josh-wj7jj
    @Josh-wj7jj Рік тому +713

    Gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall
    This line is legitimately my favourite from the entire special and its truly inspired.
    Thank you Boseph Burnham.

    • @kelleh711
      @kelleh711 Рік тому +45

      Boseph 😭😂

    • @ziggylegion1604
      @ziggylegion1604 Рік тому +25

      im honestly bewildered that so few people are mentioning those lines in the comments when quoting the best from this song

    • @itayschool4544
      @itayschool4544 Рік тому +15

      There are so many lines from this special that give me chills every time

    • @thanoscube8573
      @thanoscube8573 Рік тому +10

      It's also my favorite line. That's what scares me the most when I go to school

    • @thanoscube8573
      @thanoscube8573 Рік тому +1

      @@__m-a-x__ sounds like something Saul Goodman would say

  • @abelinasabrina
    @abelinasabrina 2 роки тому +4182

    There it is!

  • @Amtan.Personal
    @Amtan.Personal Рік тому +10

    whenever i come to this song to sing along, i always start crying. i think everyone feels it at "20,000 years of this, 7 more to go".
    and also at "A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall"
    but once he mentions "civil war", all of the nice, the bad, the confusing, painfully bleak, and heartbreaking start blending together.
    and by the time the line about "the silent comprehending of the ending of it all" comes, i'm absolutely destroyed.
    i love how much this song makes me feel. Bo is a true artist.

  • @swisscheeseluver
    @swisscheeseluver 3 місяці тому +13

    Time for my yearly Bo Burnham-fueled existential crisis

  • @grantgardner9075
    @grantgardner9075 2 роки тому +376

    I love the way this song fills me with existential dread and comforts me about it at the same time.

    • @SuperAdamadam2
      @SuperAdamadam2 2 роки тому +7

      This

    • @frimi8593
      @frimi8593 2 роки тому +3

      The music is comforting and the lyrics are terrifying

  • @thalissacarvalho4109
    @thalissacarvalho4109 2 роки тому +1261

    i never imagined the perfect soundtrack for the apocalypse would be this depressingly upbeat
    this song tears me to pieces as i giggle on the verge of crying

    • @elliespohr
      @elliespohr 2 роки тому

      komm susser tod

    • @Palafico3
      @Palafico3 Рік тому +9

      This special had me literally laughing and sobbing at the same time. It's like a religious experience with how much he's throwing at you all at once.

    • @ricknofzinger
      @ricknofzinger Рік тому

      Well, he knows nothing about the apocalypse. It's coming, but in God's timing and for his purpose. Br ready,..cause those in Christ will be saved and those who choose not to accept Jesus, they will be weeping for the fate that awaits them. Make fun of this at your peril.

    • @thalissacarvalho4109
      @thalissacarvalho4109 Рік тому +13

      @@ricknofzinger ok then rick

    • @riellylovegood2012
      @riellylovegood2012 Рік тому +3

      Oh God yes. It's like I could just listen to this on loop and giggle my sanity away while the tears fall àn veil my crazy

  • @littleredruri
    @littleredruri 2 місяці тому +3

    ''The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" fills me with so much quiet dread. Humanity's greatest achievement, and our greatest failing, all in one line. How the fuck did we get here?

  • @delinly3389
    @delinly3389 4 місяці тому +5

    I'm listening to this after a mass shooting in Czech republic. From some reason I feel better after the "calming" lyrics of this song. It's just a tragedy, I feel sorry for those lost young lives

  • @zinho223
    @zinho223 2 роки тому +264

    still can't quite describe how this song makes me feel

    • @jagged1725
      @jagged1725 2 роки тому +66

      It’s a
      funny feeling

    • @julianbello8376
      @julianbello8376 2 роки тому +22

      Just triggers that funny feeling

    • @daniellavaladez7820
      @daniellavaladez7820 2 роки тому +17

      It gives you that funny feeling

    • @shio21
      @shio21 2 роки тому +5

      you really get that funny feeling

    • @ElaFigura
      @ElaFigura 2 роки тому +1

      the feeling really is funny

  • @Oatmaster
    @Oatmaster Рік тому +1698

    Song feeling extremely relevant today. I do really feel I'm living in a generation without any hope. "Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go."

    • @fyr3st0rm65
      @fyr3st0rm65 Рік тому +44

      The world unfortunately isn't ending but it's up to us to keep it that way. All it takes for evil to win is for good men to sit by and do nothing.

    • @anetakub
      @anetakub Рік тому +82

      @@fyr3st0rm65 You say the world’s ending? Honey, it already did.

    • @pilot_bruh576
      @pilot_bruh576 Рік тому +11

      @@anetakub we're gonna go to where everybody knows

    • @austinveno6743
      @austinveno6743 Рік тому +14

      @@pilot_bruh576 ....you're name,
      And their always glad you came.

    • @TheCasualGentleman
      @TheCasualGentleman Рік тому +21

      Shook me when I realized he was referring to the climate clock

  • @shaym4306
    @shaym4306 10 місяців тому +25

    We really all have gotten that funny feeling huh? A beautifully melancholic and peaceful way to connect with each other this way 🖤 Bo gets it so well

  • @littleblueclovers
    @littleblueclovers 9 місяців тому +14

    Everyday we see and hear about things that are so sad, funny, hopeful, terrifying, ironic, depressing… I love that someone was able to take these feelings and put them into song.

  • @tenacious_leigh
    @tenacious_leigh 2 роки тому +1063

    I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2021 and listened to this song on repeat (along with Phoebe Bridger's version) throughout the process leading up to my double mastectomy. It's hard to find the words to articulate exactly why or how this song resonated so poignantly with me during that time. I guess maybe there was some morbid comfort in the reminder that we're all fucked.

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 2 роки тому +5

      ♥️

    • @superfanatico199815
      @superfanatico199815 2 роки тому +19

      Hope you're doing well

    • @jessesmith6824
      @jessesmith6824 2 роки тому +21

      The line "the quite comprehension of the ending of it all" hits hard. For the past 2 years we've been in isolation to ourselves and feeling like the world is over, and with the current world crisis it feels like that 2021 March panic is back.

    • @jimmysorensen8451
      @jimmysorensen8451 2 роки тому +4

      It’ll be over soon

    • @PatrickStewarts
      @PatrickStewarts 2 роки тому +8

      From one Internet stranger to another, i hope you're ok.