@@ju2545 yes Matilda is five in the book but this is an adaptation of the musical and to find a Matilda who could handle all of this at five years old would be incredibly hard, not to mention that the other kids are also supposed to be younger but none of them look younger as well. That’s something casting directors think about, time and money
@@jaydehawkins7016 I didn’t say they had to cast an actual five-year-old in it, I just said she doesn’t LOOK like she’s five. If a character is supposed to be a certain age, they have to make sure they can pass for that age. And can this Matilda really pass for five? Maybe, if they did her hair like it or had her wear certain clothes. Or maybe with some makeup.
@@ju2545 Alisha is thirteen years old and was most likely 12 filming this. They made her look 8 that’s more than good enough. Especially since the original Matilda didn’t look five years old either. Looking 5-8 is fine, for this movie. None of the stage Matildas looked five either, it doesn’t make that big of a difference because the age difference isn’t that big either. She’s still primary school child like she is in the book
This girl acted her heart out when she 0:22 says “which seems right in a way” and it’s such a short moment but it breaks the chaos just a bit. Like a whole monologue beat. Amazing.
For me its that very quick shot when she sang "WOULD STOP FOR JUST ONCE" at 0:47 Her acting, the camera movement, and the pace of the cuts leading to it made it very visceral. The ability to make subtle contributions to such an intense show of emotion is quite a feat.
My favorite song in the movie and that is probably my favorite part😂 It's like she's finally letting her frustration out and she stops for a second to be like, yea that makes sense😂
As someone with ADHD and autism this hits so hard. The fast-pace in the beginning, the shifting of topics, the loudness and heart beating, reminds me so much of what a sensory overload or autistic meltdown feels like. I always dream of that quiet but with how my brain operates it never shuts up. Totally didn’t cry when this song came on hahaaa :’)
Saw Tim Minchin last week and he spoke about the number of people who've written to him about this song. It was a very sweet moment in the performance; seeing the author of this song so happy to have made something that people relate to, but also a little sad that people can.
as someone who comes from a abusive home this absolutely hit home..i really hope she wins an award for her performance and this movie wins an award for original songs because those lyrics were RAW
As a child, many of us grew up around lots of yelling and shouting from our parents or toxic family members, and I would dissociate like this just to get through it. I'd stop listening and just be in my head. This song and scene explains exactly how I felt better than any piece of media I've ever seen.
I experienced yelling, shouting, physical fights, beatings mainly between my parents and sometimes directed to me. Growing up I always wondered why the abuse I experienced didn’t even slightly bothered me, I could witness my father beat my mom in the evening and the next day at school I could go on with my day like nothing happened. For a long time I thought something was wrong with me because I did not feel anything negative about the abuse. Years later I finally realized that I dissociated like this to simply survive
I am almost 30, this song made me teared up because it resonated so clearly with me and the little girl that I was. Dreaming of the sound of quiet, always.
I'm sorry ,the same for me as well . I grew up with alcoholic parents who fought my whole childhood. I was also beaten. Then wound up marrying a narcissist. 😭
These kids are insanely talented (not just Alesha, but yes she's incredible)! I'd heard the music for years and loved it, finally I got to experience the entire story. Remarkable.
I don't come from a background of abuse, but I have a great deal of trouble processing background noises and conversations if it's not something I'm directly and purposefully engaging in. Watching this yesterday after a busy and noisesome Christmas Day with my 8yo twins was the closest I've ever felt to having the lyrics of a song strike at my insides like lightning. Especially with it beginning with the restless and unusual and uncannily self-aware inner monologue. It felt like the inside of my world was suddenly visible in the form of song. I sat, transfixed, mouth open, eyes streaming as Alisha Weir's fierce performance drew me into the eye of the storm. This scene is transcendent and transformative. Bravo.
I have adhd and this song also feels really relatable to me. The first time I took medication I couldn't believe that my head could just be this,, quiet. All the chaos and trains of thought inside my head suddenly being managable really felt like the eye of a storm. That's one thing I loved about the book as a child, and love about the different adaptations as well - that almost everyone can relate to Matilda in some way. Be it abuse, standing up against a bully, being underestimated, caught up in your head; believing in yourself and helping each other are important. This song can be about magic powers and abuse but still feel the same as sensory overload, adhd, anxiety.
@@bros402 I have autism and ADHD. So I agree, whenever things are too intense I feel like Matilda felt in this song. It can be scary, but then there are moments of beauty like it says 🎵just that sound of your heart in your head🎵
@@grodriguez7225 also in the middle of a meltdown "And when everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting / The noise in my head is incredibly loud / And I just wish they'd stop"
to me this song is that strange calmness you feel when you’re SO angry. Ever felt so mad that you’re calm?? When all this chaos and anxiety just whirls in your head that you blank out?? that feeling.
It's about dissociating. It's when you go through so much stress that your brain shuts off almost all external stimuli and takes you to a completely different place
Alicia’s acting in this was phenomenal- the whole time but for some reason the first big of quiet was just amazing to me, the emotion in her eyes and face is just perfect
As someone who took up writing to ground the thoughts in my head, this song made me sob. I know exactly how it feels to be so overwhelmed with thoughts and memories and outside influences. She made this song her own with her singing and acting and showed such a perfect representation of how it feels to be in such a state.
@@Aldc_DANCE-MOMS_Roblox Not just the dissociation but the buildup to it. And, I can say one thing, this song nails the feeling of being overwhelmed more than anything I've ever seen.
Its so sad how this is about dissociating so you can survive trauma. With dissociative idenity disorder and so much trauma from a parent, this musical hits different.
Very true.. At least it brings awareness to dissociative disorder though. I feel like it's very overlooked and people just think depression or anxiety.
@@jenniferhalf1650 so true. Therapists are taught that DID is rare. But the truth is coming out now that dissociative scales are much more common than originally believed.
This is probably my favorite matilda song bc it really accurately depicts having sensory overload and then going into a different room with no people. I acted it out in my room and her metaphors perfectly described the feeling when you finally can breathe after everything being so loud.
Not gonna lie when i say i started bawling at 0:40 , Because the lyrics, her facial expressions and the music really capture how it feels to be overthrown by emotions, anger, and feelings. When everything around you just gets so loud and you cant think straight anymore.
ive been obsessed with matilda the musical off and on since i was like 8 and experiencing the horrors of going through school with undiagnosed neurodivergence and to this day ive never seen anything understand autistic little girls like it. i quite literally wrote a 6 page handwritten essay for senior ap english on matilda as a metaphor for autistic trauma just a couple weeks ago. on a lighter note back when i was an excessively smart little girl obsessed with this musical for reasons i couldnt explain the lines referencing relativity were some of my favorites because i heard those and would go omg omg shes just like me for realsies. the lyrics of this song are quite literally some of the most accurate to how my brain and thought processes work through things and it will forever be so awesome. the dissociation from emotional and sensory overload...the rambling metaphors that seem so advanced yet so plainly stated and the "which seems right in a way but im trying to say"/"im sorry im not quite explaining this right" of dealing with thoughts and feelings far too big for you...i rarely write comments and this is far more than i meant to write but god this song changed me as a person. god its so good
this song spoke directly to my inner child. the undiagnosed AuDHD and auditory processing disorder, feeling "othered" even by friends, the yelling/dysfunctional parents, the constant feeling of overstimulation and being overwhelmed, etc. All of it! the first time i heard it, i burst into tears the moment the chorus started with "quiet". It's maybe is not exactly what they were going for, but it almost feels like a song about dissociation. Going somewhere else, mentally, to cope with your surroundings. i'm not much of a fan of musicals, but this song is lovely and brilliant.
i don’t come from an abusive background but the first half of this song still resonates with me as a perfect depiction of what it’s like to be autistic & adhd in an overstimulating environment. racing thoughts, the noise only making them get louder, the futile effort of begging for everything to stop, and the sudden building of emotions until all i can do is dissociate. alisha weir was absolutely perfect for the role of matilda and this song was my highlight of this movie and i can’t wait to eventually show the scene to my parents👏👏
Getting this role meant so much to Alicia and you can tell she just poured her everything into it. I haven’t seen it in full, but all the clips I’ve seen she just looks like a wonderful Matilda. She’s got so much to be proud of, sweet girl. ❤️
I especially love the line: "Like silence, but not really silent. Just that still sort of quiet, like the sound of a page being turned in a book." Perfect.
@@Mini-kyu My favourite part is the one at 2:37 aprox where she just stands there ignoring trunchbull and keeps singing she says sth like "their mouths are still moving but the words they are forming cant get me anoymore" , its just so powerful and Alisha is insanely talented
I thought I am the only one who cried not just at that scene but also for the whole movie… it’s just so relatable to the dreams and wishes we all have, that world be in peace… Matilda was one of the best books I ever read as a kid which they did a pretty decent job with the adaptation ❤️🌹
Rare instance of the musical version enhancing the source material and making it more effective. Praise Tim Minchin, the director, team, excellent cast
Have you ever wondered-? Well, I have About how when I say, say, 'red' For example There's no way of knowing If 'red' means the same thing in your head As 'red' means in my head when someone says 'red' And how if we are travelling At almost the speed of light And we're holding a light That light would still travel away from us At the full speed of light Which seems right in a way But I'm trying to say- I'm not sure But I wonder if inside my head I'm not just a bit different from some of my friends These answers that come into my mind unbidden These stories delivered to me fully written And when everyone shouts Like they seem to like shouting The noise in my head is incredibly loud And I just wish they'd stop My dad and my mom And the telly And stories would stop for just once And I'm sorry I'm not quite explaining it right But this noise becomes anger And the anger is light And its burning inside me would usually fade But it isn't today And the heat and the shouting And my heart is pounding And my eyes are burning And suddenly everything, everything is- Quiet Like silence but not really silent Just that still sort of quiet Like the sound of a page being turned in a book Or a pause in a walk in the woods Quiet Like silence but not really silent Just that nice kind of quiet Like the sound when you lie upside down in your bed Just the sound of your heart in your head And though the people around me- Their mouths are still moving The words they are forming Cannot reach me anymore And it is quiet And I am warm Like I've sailed Into the eye of the storm
The first time I saw this, I cried bc I knew exactly what was happening there. Matilda is dissociating and it's so, so so sad. I really think this is a more sad view of the original movie. In the original movie you never think: oh poor little girl, she's lonely against the world and everyone around her is abusive. No, you don't think that bc she's having fun, she has friends and powers. Here she has all those things, but the story isn't really about Matilda and her powers against the evil. Nonono, it's about Matilda, the girl who needed to be saved so bad that get something to defend herself
me as well, and I agree, I found primary school very challenging because I was never very socially aware and was achieving high grades, but didn't have many friends.
It made me cry when I heard it for the first time for a few years ago. Alisha did it justice here but trust me, those stage Matildas and hearing them sing it live with so much emotion is absolutely amazing
This is as relatable as relatable can get. The explanation of the trauma response and her face when the trunchbull is yelling at her, (totally emotionless, hearing the shouting but not listening) this is my response when someone yells at me. I've been living with it, and the feeling after the shouting is done is exactly what Matilda did here😅
I’ve been listening to quiet since I was five years old so this song is always so nostalgic to me. 2:002:33 is my favorite part.The instruments and the lyrics always make me tear up
ALISHA KILLED IT she absolutely deserves an award for her acting especially for her age this whole crew in this move was incredible. I hope it wins awards
im a teen and this song makes me sob. its very relatable, the throughts in the head, the comparisons even the beginning at the chaos and the philosophy's because that is my exact way of thinking.. the cello also makes me even more emotional. but the small rise at 2:34 gets me even more. and then having to go back at 3:09, and the change to a minor key. this song hits so different.
I never thought a song could show my inner monologue so well, and that alone makes me cry but then paired with the genius that is the backing track omgggg I become a wreck
the first part of this song sounds like what it’s like before I put on headphones at school, or in a large group of people or at a store, and then middle is what it’s like with noise canceling headphones, the end is what it’s like when someone is talking to me and i am zoned out, fr my daily life man
"These stories delivered to me fully written" My God she's definitely right how when I dissociate I daydream most if times or sometimes "Quiet, like silence but not really silent."
I didn't have a super abusive background but I've had unstable living situations. My mom always had someone in the house and I could never catch a break or get a good proper cry. My whole life I've bottled everything up and let me tell you, this song took that cap off. I feel heard with this song, I feel like someone understands (even if she's fictional lol). And seeing all the people in the comments understanding too I just feel, better?
It's not just someone fictional. If someone had to write this to begin with. These feelings are masterly described. And you're definitely not alone in feeling validated by this song. I'm glad you can find comfort in it you are not alone.
One of the only songs in a musical relating to mental health and harsh upbringing. I haven't been able to stop listening and relating to it since I first saw the movie.
I was watching Tim Minchin being interviewed. He started talking about this song. That brought me here and I am listening to this song for the very first time. Wow!!! Tim must have some level of autism and ADHD himself. I can remember the "silence" I experienced when I was very young like it was yesterday. Sitting in a tree, patting a cat. No one else near me, just experiencing the peace and magic of "silence".
I've been replaying this *Quiet* on repeat for the past month, this song is so relatable and emotional, Matilda makes me feel like this is her real-life Kind of how Ms. wormwood reacted when Matilda was telling Ms. Wormwood the story😶 Such A talent she has, Definitely One of a kind.💙
The Matilda soundtrack is at times so so, sometimes reasonably clever. But this song is on another level, as if made for some other musical for some other time and some other atmosphere.
Growing up in a home with a narcissistic parent (my dad is diagnosed and it is something that a bunch of mental heath professionally have seen and do agree on) . Its similar to how I felt growing up and I think that goes for a lot of kids who grew up in an abusive environment. I never realized how much I dissociate until a few weeks ago. and it really does feel like you are floating. you know whats going on around you but you arent there fully.
She’s among my favorite Matilda’s but some of my favorite Matilda’s would be actors like Elsie Blake, or the four original Broadway Matilda’s, if you ever get a chance to check out any of their performances on UA-cam you absolutely should
This is so well written both in lyrics and general sound. It’s like going from sensory overload to disassociation, not to mention just the Autistic experience as a undiagnosed kid esp. I love if
How many people on the spectrum feel that things are so chaotic and loud at times that all they want is the peace and quiet Matilda describes in this song, or is it just me?
Lyrics: Have you ever wondered, well I have, About how when I say, say, red, for example, There's no way of knowing if red Means the same thing in your head As red means in my head When someone says red? And how if we are travelling At almost the speed of light, And we're holding a light, That light would still travel away from us At the full speed of light? Which seems right in a way, But I'm trying to say... I'm not sure... But I'm wondering inside my head, I'm not just a bit different from some of my friends... These answers that come into my mind unbidden... These stories delivered to me fully written... And when everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting - The noise in my head is incredibly loud, And I just wish they'd stop, my dad and my mum, And the telly and stories would stop just for once. I'm sorry - I'm not quite explaining it right, But this noise becomes anger, and the anger is light, And its burning inside me would usually fade, But it isn't today, and the heat and the shouting, And my heart is pounding, and my eyes are burning, And suddenly everything, everything is... Quiet... Like silence, but not really silent... Just that still sort of quiet Like the sound of a page being turned in a book, Or a pause in a walk in the woods. Quiet... Like silence, but not really silent... Just that nice kind of quiet, Like the sound when you lie upside down in your bed. Just the sound of your heart in your head... And though the people around me, Their mouths are still moving, The words they are forming Cannot reach me anymore. And it is quiet... And I am warm... Like I've sailed Into the eye of the storm...
This song makes me tear up everytime. It hits so hard especially because I was a gifted child, so I found school very very difficult because it wasn't challenging me enough. I was also extremely awkward and socially unaware, so I would try and copy the more extroverted people in my class because they never seemed lonely. I felt like an outcast, and was often confused by how easily everyone else coped with and expressed their emotions. The original Matilda was my favourite movie growing up because she spent a lot of time by herself and it made me feel less alone. I literally cannot find the words but this song kind of puts the fragments of both eight year old me and me today into lyrics. ❤❤❤
I had neither seen the film nor the musical before and I didnt even know the story but I sat there having just put the film back on after a long and difficult school day and I sat there in tears for the while second part of the film. Was deeply moved and felt so seen by this film.
I had my own visual idea for Matilda's transcendent moment - that Ms. Trunchbull and all the other characters would suddenly turn into Quentin Blake's drawings and Matilda would be sitting by herself reading the actual scene as if it were a book; it just makes sense that Matilda's out-of-body moment would take the form of reading, and I kept wishing there was more visual tribute to the actual book in this movie.
Have you ever wondered, well I have, About how when I say, say, red, for example, There's no way of knowing if red Means the same thing in your head As red means in my head When someone says red? And how if we are travelling At almost the speed of light, And we're holding a light, That light would still travel away from us At the full speed of light? Which seems right in a way, But I'm trying to say... I'm not sure... But I'm wondering inside my head, I'm just a bit different from some of my friends... These answers that come into my mind unbidden... These stories delivered to me fully written... And when everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting - The noise in my head is incredibly loud, And I just wish they'd stop, my dad and my mum, And the telly and stories would stop for just once. I'm sorry - I'm not quite explaining it right, But this noise becomes anger, and the anger is light, And its burning inside me would usually fade, But it isn't today, and the heat and the shouting, And my heart is pounding, and my eyes are burning, And suddenly everything, everything is... Quiet... Like silence, but not really silent... Just that still sort of quiet Like the sound of a page being turned in a book, Or a pause in a walk in the woods. Quiet... Like silence, but not really silent... Just that nice kind of quiet, Like the sound when you lie upside down in your bed. Just the sound of your heart in your head... And though the people around me, Their mouths are still moving, The words they are forming Cannot reach me anymore. And it is quiet... And I am warm... Like I've sailed Into the eye of the storm...
I'm a fairly well-adjusted, over 50 adult and for me the noise and opinion shouting can all get to be too much sometimes. I can't imagine how hard it is for kids today with social media and parents and politicians acting like three years olds having constant temper tantrums. They just don't have the coping skills to handle it all. We are throwing too much at these kids. Too much and too fast.
When I’m crying I never think about anyone else’s feelings or life’s except for mine so this movie really change it also made me more confident about standing up for myself/others ❤❤❤ I hope this movie will continue to change other people’s life ❤❤❤❤❤
I always come back to this to look at her eyes. Their so mesmerizing and hold so much emotions that I always end up in tears just listening to this song
Even the start of the lyrics can look like it makes no sense, it makes total sense to me, it is just so hard to explain with words that it gets all scrambled in the brain... They explained these feelings perfectly 🥲❤🩹 I cried
"do not fear, even us sometimes can have trauma from parents and if you experience the same, try to close your eyes and imagine you're above the big blue sky, trust me."
I just realized (cause I like looking for details) you can tell that the actual quiet calming part of the song is filmed after the trunchbull scenes because Alisha has her canines when she's up in the Hot air balloon. I thought it was cool that I could pick up on it. Anyway great movie 1000/10 watched it with my twin and we sobbed! This song is so pretty too!
@@twist_ending7545 I think they're trying to say they noticed this sequence was filmed out of order because Alisha lost some teeth. In the quiet bits of the song, she has all of her teeth, in the more sped up chaotic version, she looks like she lost some teeth.
“And it is quiet, like silence but not really silent” she said it so beautifully I teared up.
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@@gaycartoonaddict 0:03 woah whys she looking at us.
@@Gabriellovescatswdym😂
@@Sonyyy27 She asked a question🤔
@@Gabriellovescats yeah and I was just wondering what she meant?
This is the most emotional song from the movie and Alisha Weir did an amazing Job! Gosh she is so talented!!!
Yes she did!!!! But Matilda is supposed to be five and I’m not sure she looks five…
@@ju2545 yes Matilda is five in the book but this is an adaptation of the musical and to find a Matilda who could handle all of this at five years old would be incredibly hard, not to mention that the other kids are also supposed to be younger but none of them look younger as well. That’s something casting directors think about, time and money
@@jaydehawkins7016 I didn’t say they had to cast an actual five-year-old in it, I just said she doesn’t LOOK like she’s five. If a character is supposed to be a certain age, they have to make sure they can pass for that age. And can this Matilda really pass for five? Maybe, if they did her hair like it or had her wear certain clothes. Or maybe with some makeup.
@@ju2545 Alisha is thirteen years old and was most likely 12 filming this. They made her look 8 that’s more than good enough. Especially since the original Matilda didn’t look five years old either. Looking 5-8 is fine, for this movie. None of the stage Matildas looked five either, it doesn’t make that big of a difference because the age difference isn’t that big either. She’s still primary school child like she is in the book
Okay, maybe in this adaptation they aren’t five, but ten.
This girl acted her heart out when she 0:22 says “which seems right in a way” and it’s such a short moment but it breaks the chaos just a bit. Like a whole monologue beat. Amazing.
Also the little emphasis on “Well, I have!”
Yeh, when Emma Thomson is not the best female actress in a movie…
For me its that very quick shot when she sang "WOULD STOP FOR JUST ONCE" at 0:47
Her acting, the camera movement, and the pace of the cuts leading to it made it very visceral. The ability to make subtle contributions to such an intense show of emotion is quite a feat.
My favorite song in the movie and that is probably my favorite part😂 It's like she's finally letting her frustration out and she stops for a second to be like, yea that makes sense😂
I love the sound
As someone with ADHD and autism this hits so hard. The fast-pace in the beginning, the shifting of topics, the loudness and heart beating, reminds me so much of what a sensory overload or autistic meltdown feels like. I always dream of that quiet but with how my brain operates it never shuts up. Totally didn’t cry when this song came on hahaaa :’)
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I have the same thing too I cried too 😢😢❤❤
Same here I’m tired of the struggle
I didn’t think of it like that but yeah. I can relate
Same. When I first heard this song from the Og Broadway, I gasped a little in my head. This song needs to be heard more
Saw Tim Minchin last week and he spoke about the number of people who've written to him about this song. It was a very sweet moment in the performance; seeing the author of this song so happy to have made something that people relate to, but also a little sad that people can.
its also relatable to people with ADHD and autism
@@ShowierData9978and ADD too. 😢 (I relate to this song a bit, as I was diagnosed with ADD and Mosaic Down Syndrome when I was 5.)
@@RabbitsFunWorld ADD was combined with ADHD iirc, ADHD-H, ADHD-I, ADHD-C
@@ShowierData9978 🤦♀️ I hate that. Just why? The medical field is just plain weird.
Saw him perform tonight, and he talked about the same thing. He was so touched by how many people have reached out.
This is my fave Matilda song, and I have to say this was a masterpiece of a scene!! The depth, the silence, the void u can feel it all!! 1000/10
I love this song, too
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Yes like everyone here should like😊❤
CALM DOWN 😂🤣
Lol the silence
as someone who comes from a abusive home this absolutely hit home..i really hope she wins an award for her performance and this movie wins an award for original songs because those lyrics were RAW
The songs in this movie are from the broadway musical Matilda. It not original to the movie.
She Did Win An Award In Her Home Country For This
@@pumpkinpumpkin8354the original is from the Matilda Westend tho
As a child, many of us grew up around lots of yelling and shouting from our parents or toxic family members, and I would dissociate like this just to get through it. I'd stop listening and just be in my head. This song and scene explains exactly how I felt better than any piece of media I've ever seen.
I experienced yelling, shouting, physical fights, beatings mainly between my parents and sometimes directed to me. Growing up I always wondered why the abuse I experienced didn’t even slightly bothered me, I could witness my father beat my mom in the evening and the next day at school I could go on with my day like nothing happened. For a long time I thought something was wrong with me because I did not feel anything negative about the abuse. Years later I finally realized that I dissociated like this to simply survive
I am almost 30, this song made me teared up because it resonated so clearly with me and the little girl that I was.
Dreaming of the sound of quiet, always.
I saw this movie with my family and had to stop myself from tearing up. A month later I'm here and bawling my eyes out
I'm sorry ,the same for me as well . I grew up with alcoholic parents who fought my whole childhood. I was also beaten. Then wound up marrying a narcissist. 😭
@EagleBoxx She actually Iittle girls she is 15 yo
These kids are insanely talented (not just Alesha, but yes she's incredible)! I'd heard the music for years and loved it, finally I got to experience the entire story. Remarkable.
her and meesha (red beret girl "horentasia") ate this movie up and the whole ensemble cast and everyone
Tim Minchin ❤
I don't come from a background of abuse, but I have a great deal of trouble processing background noises and conversations if it's not something I'm directly and purposefully engaging in. Watching this yesterday after a busy and noisesome Christmas Day with my 8yo twins was the closest I've ever felt to having the lyrics of a song strike at my insides like lightning. Especially with it beginning with the restless and unusual and uncannily self-aware inner monologue. It felt like the inside of my world was suddenly visible in the form of song. I sat, transfixed, mouth open, eyes streaming as Alisha Weir's fierce performance drew me into the eye of the storm. This scene is transcendent and transformative. Bravo.
I have adhd and this song also feels really relatable to me. The first time I took medication I couldn't believe that my head could just be this,, quiet. All the chaos and trains of thought inside my head suddenly being managable really felt like the eye of a storm.
That's one thing I loved about the book as a child, and love about the different adaptations as well - that almost everyone can relate to Matilda in some way. Be it abuse, standing up against a bully, being underestimated, caught up in your head; believing in yourself and helping each other are important. This song can be about magic powers and abuse but still feel the same as sensory overload, adhd, anxiety.
Yeah, I have autism and this song struck a chord in me - it was great!
@@lilia3944 I agree - this song was great and it might've been my favorite of the movie
@@bros402 I have autism and ADHD. So I agree, whenever things are too intense I feel like Matilda felt in this song. It can be scary, but then there are moments of beauty like it says 🎵just that sound of your heart in your head🎵
@@grodriguez7225 also in the middle of a meltdown "And when everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting / The noise in my head is incredibly loud / And I just wish they'd stop"
to me this song is that strange calmness you feel when you’re SO angry. Ever felt so mad that you’re calm?? When all this chaos and anxiety just whirls in your head that you blank out?? that feeling.
BLANKING OUT? YEA
It's about dissociating. It's when you go through so much stress that your brain shuts off almost all external stimuli and takes you to a completely different place
Alicia’s acting in this was phenomenal- the whole time but for some reason the first big of quiet was just amazing to me, the emotion in her eyes and face is just perfect
Yes!! This exactly. Her eyes are so expressive and her cute little voice it’s just too much. This song always stands out in the show and she killed it
Alisha deserves an award. Her performance in this movie was phenomenal
As someone who took up writing to ground the thoughts in my head, this song made me sob. I know exactly how it feels to be so overwhelmed with thoughts and memories and outside influences.
She made this song her own with her singing and acting and showed such a perfect representation of how it feels to be in such a state.
yup this song is abt dissassociating from reality
@@Aldc_DANCE-MOMS_Roblox Not just the dissociation but the buildup to it. And, I can say one thing, this song nails the feeling of being overwhelmed more than anything I've ever seen.
Yes this is a major struggle of mine almost daily. Too much noise and chaos is torture to me
Its so sad how this is about dissociating so you can survive trauma. With dissociative idenity disorder and so much trauma from a parent, this musical hits different.
As a system, this song destroys me. The musical did. I never got a Miss Honey.
I cry so so much listening to this song.
Very true.. At least it brings awareness to dissociative disorder though. I feel like it's very overlooked and people just think depression or anxiety.
@@jenniferhalf1650 so true. Therapists are taught that DID is rare. But the truth is coming out now that dissociative scales are much more common than originally believed.
😭😭😭
This is probably my favorite matilda song bc it really accurately depicts having sensory overload and then going into a different room with no people. I acted it out in my room and her metaphors perfectly described the feeling when you finally can breathe after everything being so loud.
This. Exactly. Ten year old undiagnosed autistic me had no idea why they kept listening to this song on repeat
Not gonna lie when i say i started bawling at 0:40 , Because the lyrics, her facial expressions and the music really capture how it feels to be overthrown by emotions, anger, and feelings. When everything around you just gets so loud and you cant think straight anymore.
ive been obsessed with matilda the musical off and on since i was like 8 and experiencing the horrors of going through school with undiagnosed neurodivergence and to this day ive never seen anything understand autistic little girls like it. i quite literally wrote a 6 page handwritten essay for senior ap english on matilda as a metaphor for autistic trauma just a couple weeks ago. on a lighter note back when i was an excessively smart little girl obsessed with this musical for reasons i couldnt explain the lines referencing relativity were some of my favorites because i heard those and would go omg omg shes just like me for realsies. the lyrics of this song are quite literally some of the most accurate to how my brain and thought processes work through things and it will forever be so awesome. the dissociation from emotional and sensory overload...the rambling metaphors that seem so advanced yet so plainly stated and the "which seems right in a way but im trying to say"/"im sorry im not quite explaining this right" of dealing with thoughts and feelings far too big for you...i rarely write comments and this is far more than i meant to write but god this song changed me as a person. god its so good
This song isn't necessarily sad and yet it just makes me cry every time. It is such a poignant and sweet little song.
The extended build and especially the escalating key changes are so powerful and she absolutely NAILED the song!
this song spoke directly to my inner child. the undiagnosed AuDHD and auditory processing disorder, feeling "othered" even by friends, the yelling/dysfunctional parents, the constant feeling of overstimulation and being overwhelmed, etc. All of it!
the first time i heard it, i burst into tears the moment the chorus started with "quiet". It's maybe is not exactly what they were going for, but it almost feels like a song about dissociation. Going somewhere else, mentally, to cope with your surroundings.
i'm not much of a fan of musicals, but this song is lovely and brilliant.
i don’t come from an abusive background but the first half of this song still resonates with me as a perfect depiction of what it’s like to be autistic & adhd in an overstimulating environment. racing thoughts, the noise only making them get louder, the futile effort of begging for everything to stop, and the sudden building of emotions until all i can do is dissociate. alisha weir was absolutely perfect for the role of matilda and this song was my highlight of this movie and i can’t wait to eventually show the scene to my parents👏👏
I have autism and feel the same way too
Getting this role meant so much to Alicia and you can tell she just poured her everything into it. I haven’t seen it in full, but all the clips I’ve seen she just looks like a wonderful Matilda. She’s got so much to be proud of, sweet girl. ❤️
Tim Minchin is a lyrical genius!
I especially love the line: "Like silence, but not really silent. Just that still sort of quiet, like the sound of a page being turned in a book." Perfect.
@@Mini-kyu My favourite part is the one at 2:37 aprox where she just stands there ignoring trunchbull and keeps singing she says sth like "their mouths are still moving but the words they are forming cant get me anoymore" , its just so powerful and Alisha is insanely talented
I hope people will check out his other work! I've really gotten into his videos lately and they're awesome.
Agreed, recommend the groundhog day musical. He has some achingly good songs in that one too.
Agree, other Matilda songs are witty yet beautiful
I cried at that scene...
I thought I am the only one who cried not just at that scene but also for the whole movie… it’s just so relatable to the dreams and wishes we all have, that world be in peace… Matilda was one of the best books I ever read as a kid which they did a pretty decent job with the adaptation ❤️🌹
@@parsahekmatpanah7033 you are not the only one that cried for the whole movie... and you're right the adaptation is really great ❤️
So did I
The whole movie I was absolutely amazed at the acting talent of all these kids. Matilda could not have been played any better😭❤️
Rare instance of the musical version enhancing the source material and making it more effective. Praise Tim Minchin, the director, team, excellent cast
Have you ever wondered-?
Well, I have
About how when I say, say, 'red'
For example
There's no way of knowing
If 'red' means the same thing in your head
As 'red' means in my head when someone says 'red'
And how if we are travelling
At almost the speed of light
And we're holding a light
That light would still travel away from us
At the full speed of light
Which seems right in a way
But I'm trying to say-
I'm not sure
But I wonder if inside my head
I'm not just a bit different from some of my friends
These answers that come into my mind unbidden
These stories delivered to me fully written
And when everyone shouts
Like they seem to like shouting
The noise in my head is incredibly loud
And I just wish they'd stop
My dad and my mom
And the telly
And stories would stop for just once
And I'm sorry
I'm not quite explaining it right
But this noise becomes anger
And the anger is light
And its burning inside me would usually fade
But it isn't today
And the heat and the shouting
And my heart is pounding
And my eyes are burning
And suddenly everything, everything is-
Quiet
Like silence but not really silent
Just that still sort of quiet
Like the sound of a page being turned in a book
Or a pause in a walk in the woods
Quiet
Like silence but not really silent
Just that nice kind of quiet
Like the sound when you lie upside down in your bed
Just the sound of your heart in your head
And though the people around me-
Their mouths are still moving
The words they are forming
Cannot reach me anymore
And it is quiet
And I am warm
Like I've sailed
Into the eye of the storm
Thank you for this. The song looks beautiful even just written down.
Thank you
1:23 I cried right here. This whole verse and the sound of the music makes me feel something. It’s so beautiful
I feel you man
The first time I saw this, I cried bc I knew exactly what was happening there. Matilda is dissociating and it's so, so so sad. I really think this is a more sad view of the original movie. In the original movie you never think: oh poor little girl, she's lonely against the world and everyone around her is abusive. No, you don't think that bc she's having fun, she has friends and powers. Here she has all those things, but the story isn't really about Matilda and her powers against the evil. Nonono, it's about Matilda, the girl who needed to be saved so bad that get something to defend herself
This actor is amazingly talented
" Just the sound of your heart in your head" nailed it.
This whole scene felt like dissociation to me and made me really sad, one of my favorite parts of the movie though, this was really well done
I was a child with high abilities. It might sound cool but it was incredibly challenging and often lonely. This song describes it perfectly.
Same. I was categorized as a “gifted” child. I burned out fast.
me as well, and I agree, I found primary school very challenging because I was never very socially aware and was achieving high grades, but didn't have many friends.
This song made me cry for like 30 minutes and I don't know why
For me, it slammed me hard as I’m autistic. It’s like. It’s a peak into my brain I can’t express any other way except this perfection.
@@annorabelle same
It made me cry when I heard it for the first time for a few years ago. Alisha did it justice here but trust me, those stage Matildas and hearing them sing it live with so much emotion is absolutely amazing
@@annorabelle lmao
Same ❤
This is as relatable as relatable can get. The explanation of the trauma response and her face when the trunchbull is yelling at her, (totally emotionless, hearing the shouting but not listening) this is my response when someone yells at me. I've been living with it, and the feeling after the shouting is done is exactly what Matilda did here😅
This movie is pure art.
The cast is perfect.
This girls is A STAR.
and this song touch me in deepest of my heart and soul.
💗🥰❤️
I’ve been listening to quiet since I was five years old so this song is always so nostalgic to me. 2:00 2:33 is my favorite part.The instruments and the lyrics always make me tear up
One of my favorite songs in any musical ever! This has been done with justice! Love love love this! (So underrated too!)
ALISHA KILLED IT she absolutely deserves an award for her acting especially for her age this whole crew in this move was incredible. I hope it wins awards
im a teen and this song makes me sob. its very relatable, the throughts in the head, the comparisons
even the beginning at the chaos and the philosophy's because that is my exact way of thinking.. the cello also makes me even more emotional. but the small rise at 2:34 gets me even more. and then having to go back at 3:09, and the change to a minor key. this song hits so different.
I never thought a song could show my inner monologue so well, and that alone makes me cry but then paired with the genius that is the backing track omgggg I become a wreck
@@isitliv exactlyyyy. i think the main reason it effected me so much was because it was like 2 AM but its still so accurate
the first part of this song sounds like what it’s like before I put on headphones at school, or in a large group of people or at a store, and then middle is what it’s like with noise canceling headphones, the end is what it’s like when someone is talking to me and i am zoned out, fr my daily life man
She’s so talented and she delivered those lines and you can hear Tim Minchin but it’s hers. Bravo, bravo.
"These stories delivered to me fully written"
My God she's definitely right how when I dissociate I daydream most if times or sometimes "Quiet, like silence but not really silent."
I didn't have a super abusive background but I've had unstable living situations. My mom always had someone in the house and I could never catch a break or get a good proper cry. My whole life I've bottled everything up and let me tell you, this song took that cap off. I feel heard with this song, I feel like someone understands (even if she's fictional lol). And seeing all the people in the comments understanding too I just feel, better?
It's not just someone fictional. If someone had to write this to begin with. These feelings are masterly described. And you're definitely not alone in feeling validated by this song. I'm glad you can find comfort in it you are not alone.
I understand
One of the only songs in a musical relating to mental health and harsh upbringing. I haven't been able to stop listening and relating to it since I first saw the movie.
I was watching Tim Minchin being interviewed. He started talking about this song. That brought me here and I am listening to this song for the very first time. Wow!!! Tim must have some level of autism and ADHD himself. I can remember the "silence" I experienced when I was very young like it was yesterday. Sitting in a tree, patting a cat. No one else near me, just experiencing the peace and magic of "silence".
I've been replaying this *Quiet* on repeat for the past month, this song is so relatable and emotional, Matilda makes me feel like this is her real-life Kind of how Ms. wormwood reacted when Matilda was telling Ms. Wormwood the story😶 Such A talent she has, Definitely One of a kind.💙
Such a gem of a song
Completely agree and feels like this song explains, the anxiety, depression and autistic. flashbacks of events 😭
Autism?
@@zednerfa-e5q Yes
This actress is phenomenal
This song was instantly my favorite in the movie
(Not that I don’t like the whole song but) 0:00 to 1:14 blows my head across the wind it’s beautifully sang. So much confidence! You go Alesha Weir!
I agree! I'm aware the quiet bits are part of the song but this particular section is my favorite part of the song.
I also keep listening to the first minute of the song on repeat! Got me out of writers block 🙌🏽
I love this part. Happy she got the role!
The Matilda soundtrack is at times so so, sometimes reasonably clever. But this song is on another level, as if made for some other musical for some other time and some other atmosphere.
Growing up in a home with a narcissistic parent (my dad is diagnosed and it is something that a bunch of mental heath professionally have seen and do agree on) . Its similar to how I felt growing up and I think that goes for a lot of kids who grew up in an abusive environment.
I never realized how much I dissociate until a few weeks ago. and it really does feel like you are floating. you know whats going on around you but you arent there fully.
Alisha Weir is the best Matilda ever!😍❤🔥
She’s among my favorite Matilda’s but some of my favorite Matilda’s would be actors like Elsie Blake, or the four original Broadway Matilda’s, if you ever get a chance to check out any of their performances on UA-cam you absolutely should
@@jaydehawkins7016 She's my favorite too and also Mara Wilson from 1996.
@@graciagenoso cool
@@jaydehawkins7016yes elise blake was fabulous
@@matilda8675 yes one of my fav Matildas!!!
This is a powerful and meaningful song.
as much as i love this song i can only think of how i wish they kept "loud" in the movie!!! they are an antithesis to each other:(
That's the exact reason I'm glad they removed it.
This is so well written both in lyrics and general sound. It’s like going from sensory overload to disassociation, not to mention just the Autistic experience as a undiagnosed kid esp. I love if
How many people on the spectrum feel that things are so chaotic and loud at times that all they want is the peace and quiet Matilda describes in this song, or is it just me?
I am on the spectrum and also feel that way sometimes
I have autism
Alisha Weir is brilliant‼
Ps: I myself can relate to this song because I have ADHD and autism.
Me too
Me too
I feel like this is the closest description I’ve ever heard to my experience as an autistic person who was abused as a kid 💔💔💔
When someone asks me what it's like to live with PTSD, I now have something to show them...
Lyrics:
Have you ever wondered, well I have,
About how when I say, say, red, for example,
There's no way of knowing if red
Means the same thing in your head
As red means in my head
When someone says red?
And how if we are travelling
At almost the speed of light,
And we're holding a light,
That light would still travel away from us
At the full speed of light?
Which seems right in a way,
But I'm trying to say... I'm not sure...
But I'm wondering inside my head,
I'm not just a bit different from some of my friends...
These answers that come into my mind unbidden...
These stories delivered to me fully written...
And when everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting -
The noise in my head is incredibly loud,
And I just wish they'd stop, my dad and my mum,
And the telly and stories would stop just for once.
I'm sorry - I'm not quite explaining it right,
But this noise becomes anger, and the anger is light,
And its burning inside me would usually fade,
But it isn't today, and the heat and the shouting,
And my heart is pounding, and my eyes are burning,
And suddenly everything, everything is...
Quiet...
Like silence, but not really silent...
Just that still sort of quiet
Like the sound of a page being turned in a book,
Or a pause in a walk in the woods.
Quiet...
Like silence, but not really silent...
Just that nice kind of quiet,
Like the sound when you lie upside down in your bed.
Just the sound of your heart in your head...
And though the people around me,
Their mouths are still moving,
The words they are forming
Cannot reach me anymore.
And it is quiet...
And I am warm...
Like I've sailed
Into the eye of the storm...
This song makes me tear up everytime. It hits so hard especially because I was a gifted child, so I found school very very difficult because it wasn't challenging me enough. I was also extremely awkward and socially unaware, so I would try and copy the more extroverted people in my class because they never seemed lonely. I felt like an outcast, and was often confused by how easily everyone else coped with and expressed their emotions. The original Matilda was my favourite movie growing up because she spent a lot of time by herself and it made me feel less alone. I literally cannot find the words but this song kind of puts the fragments of both eight year old me and me today into lyrics. ❤❤❤
I have absolutely loved this song for nearly a decade now. Alisha's performance is spot on. So perfect.
i forgot how emotional this song makes me feel
I’m doing this for a play and I’m Maltilda and while practicing this song I have SO much appreciation of how fast she can sing.
her change from 3:14 disassociaing to 3:15 not disassociating is incredible. it looks so real.
yes she's so talented
Alisha is phenomenal in the movie! All the kids and all the cast are fantastic!
The opening to this song before it goes silent might be one of my favorite parts of this movie.
She is just amazing the way she acts in the movie. As if it is happening for real life.
I had neither seen the film nor the musical before and I didnt even know the story but I sat there having just put the film back on after a long and difficult school day and I sat there in tears for the while second part of the film. Was deeply moved and felt so seen by this film.
I had my own visual idea for Matilda's transcendent moment - that Ms. Trunchbull and all the other characters would suddenly turn into Quentin Blake's drawings and Matilda would be sitting by herself reading the actual scene as if it were a book; it just makes sense that Matilda's out-of-body moment would take the form of reading, and I kept wishing there was more visual tribute to the actual book in this movie.
That would’ve been so cool actually
That sounds awesome!!!
This song hits in the feels.
I loved how she's singing, the wind turns into a tornado.
This is my favourite song in the whole movie it is so sad/infuriating yet so happy and encouraging.
As an autistic adult, this song empowers the little voice that is me lost inside the madness of my own head.
This song describes anxiety and panic attacks to me and others
I LOVE HOW THIS SONG RELATES TO ME
Have you ever wondered, well I have,
About how when I say, say, red, for example,
There's no way of knowing if red
Means the same thing in your head
As red means in my head
When someone says red?
And how if we are travelling
At almost the speed of light,
And we're holding a light,
That light would still travel away from us
At the full speed of light?
Which seems right in a way,
But I'm trying to say... I'm not sure...
But I'm wondering inside my head,
I'm just a bit different from some of my friends...
These answers that come into my mind unbidden...
These stories delivered to me fully written...
And when everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting -
The noise in my head is incredibly loud,
And I just wish they'd stop, my dad and my mum,
And the telly and stories would stop for just once.
I'm sorry - I'm not quite explaining it right,
But this noise becomes anger, and the anger is light,
And its burning inside me would usually fade,
But it isn't today, and the heat and the shouting,
And my heart is pounding, and my eyes are burning,
And suddenly everything, everything is...
Quiet...
Like silence, but not really silent...
Just that still sort of quiet
Like the sound of a page being turned in a book,
Or a pause in a walk in the woods.
Quiet...
Like silence, but not really silent...
Just that nice kind of quiet,
Like the sound when you lie upside down in your bed.
Just the sound of your heart in your head...
And though the people around me,
Their mouths are still moving,
The words they are forming
Cannot reach me anymore.
And it is quiet...
And I am warm...
Like I've sailed
Into the eye of the storm...
Boost
You're a legend
I'm a fairly well-adjusted, over 50 adult and for me the noise and opinion shouting can all get to be too much sometimes. I can't imagine how hard it is for kids today with social media and parents and politicians acting like three years olds having constant temper tantrums. They just don't have the coping skills to handle it all. We are throwing too much at these kids. Too much and too fast.
There is nothing your world out there can scream that's louder than thought.
Essa garota é um MONSTRO da atuação, pelo amor de deus. O TALENTO.
I love all the songs from the movie especially this one. Thank you for giving us such a wonderful movie.
When I’m crying I never think about anyone else’s feelings or life’s except for mine so this movie really change it also made me more confident about standing up for myself/others ❤❤❤ I hope this movie will continue to change other people’s life ❤❤❤❤❤
It's such a small moment..but at 3:14, when she blinks herself back into reality..so powerful.
This is so relatable for some reason
This is how dissociation feels, at least for me
Yep. Gonna show this clip when trying to explain to my friends from now on
Made me go back to when I was little and I just wanted love and peace and quiet
I watched the movie with my mom thinking it would be a fun family movie.
Was I wrong...
But it's a beautiful movie. Beautiful and sad.
"And suddenly everything, everything iiiiiiiiiisss .....
quiet..." 😭
Back when I was little whenever we would have arguments, my mind would just be surrounded by screams and noise. Now my mind just drowns out everything
I always come back to this to look at her eyes. Their so mesmerizing and hold so much emotions that I always end up in tears just listening to this song
Even the start of the lyrics can look like it makes no sense, it makes total sense to me, it is just so hard to explain with words that it gets all scrambled in the brain... They explained these feelings perfectly 🥲❤🩹 I cried
This song is so touching.
"do not fear, even us sometimes can have trauma from parents and if you experience the same, try to close your eyes and imagine you're above the big blue sky, trust me."
Alisha and Emma Thompson deserves and acting award for this film.
Way to go Alisha❤️!!!!!You are Killing it😁!She deserves win award🎊!
I just realized (cause I like looking for details) you can tell that the actual quiet calming part of the song is filmed after the trunchbull scenes because Alisha has her canines when she's up in the Hot air balloon. I thought it was cool that I could pick up on it. Anyway great movie 1000/10 watched it with my twin and we sobbed! This song is so pretty too!
What?
@@twist_ending7545 I think they're trying to say they noticed this sequence was filmed out of order because Alisha lost some teeth. In the quiet bits of the song, she has all of her teeth, in the more sped up chaotic version, she looks like she lost some teeth.
Wow! Good observation! That explains why she looked older to me when she was in the balloon.