I met someone online four years ago, who lived in another country, and we drove ourselves miserable trying to know each other and share our lives with each other as much and any way possible without even having met. Tried to take each other everywhere we went through a cellphone or a computer... Now we're married. We saw this movie together in the theatre and it was like going back in time... Very anxiously.
+Colm McDonald Wow, your comment almost exactly reflects on a LDR I had with this guy I had. He's from England and I'm from NY. The only difference was that I knew him 8 months before I dated him and we dated for almost 6 months. It's so weird because he broke up with me a day before you posted your comment. Thanks for sharing your story!
As for you Janelle, I'm so happy that it last for you. I'm so happy that your significant other had the patience to wait for you, and you for them. I hope your marriage lasts a life time, as it's supposed to. Yours truly, C.P
I'm lying on the moon My dear, I'll be there soon It's a quiet starry place Time's we're swallowed up In space, we're here a million miles away There's things I wish I knew There's no thing I'd keep from you It's a dark and shiny place But with you my dear I'm safe and we're a million miles away We're lying on the moon It's a perfect afternoon Your shadow follows me all day Making sure that I'm okay and We're a million miles away
How the fuck did this lose to Let It Go at the oscars? This song is great. Her is one of the most well crafted movies ever made. A perfect score/soundtrack, superb acting, great cinematography, great script and a very emotional love story.
I find it so idiotic how people judge this movie based on what they think they know about it. I've heard claims of it being a "stupid movie where some guy falls in love with siri" when looking at it from the outside, that is what it appears to be. When I saw it in theaters, I realized how much deeper of a meaning this movie has.
Its hard to explain this movie to someone. You tell them the story it sounds really stupid but when you watch it your mind and emotions that can't be explained are what get affected by this movie which makes it awesome. It is the best example of can't judge a book by its cover.
I shit you not, that's exactly how I described the movie to my cousin before I saw it and we rented it in hopes of having a good laugh.... Now I'm here listening to the soundtrack.
I am reading all your comments and I'm thinking how people are so similar and are able to feel the same/or similar emotions while listening to this song and it's such a shame we are in different parts of the world and we cannot comfort each other ...I also feel somehow sad,lonely and melancholic when I'm listening to this song, but at the same time happy because I know that I am not the only one who feels that way...
I'm alone in every conceivable way. There are 4 people who even know me by name. Thank you making me feel like I was connecting with someone. It's such a pleasant idea, but at the same time, it fills me with longing and just....emptiness.
patrick kinnear Dude lol you are not serious right? I know plenty of immigrants like my self that live here alone in the States. I being one of them have gone through a lot of bullshit. I don't cry about nor bitch about it. Grow a pair of balls my friend cause there are bunch of people that deal with harder shit than just being alone. Oh btw besides of being alone in this country i have to deal with racism too, but instead of crying and feeling sorry for myself I move forward. Men don't complain men give and provide boys take and complain.
i sang this song for my gf when we went hiking near a beautiful lake in Nepal.with every strum of my guitar, her eyes were filled with tears and c cried. deep down we knew that we couldnt be together. this song is so beautiful
I was in a long distance relationship for four years. We'd talk everyday and spend every night telling each other what our days had been like. I knew everything about her and she knew everything about me. We were incredibly in love, planning for everything we'd do when we were able to finally be together. There were tough times when the distance was almost too much to bear, but the thought of our future together would keep us going. Every night we'd go to sleep smiling at the idea of being one day closer together. A couple months ago we were finally able to go on our first real date together. Five days later she left me for someone else and we haven't talked since. My heart is still hers. She used to sing this song to me when we'd FaceTime because she knew it was one of my favorites and because of what it and the movie meant. Sometimes I listen to this song and try to remember what things were like. What we were like. I'll never hear her sing it again.
I hope you're doing better and better man, that's harsh. I don't have the same experience luckily and hope I never would, the disappointment would lead me to dark places if that's the case. Just wanna say that you're tough, and your true "her" is on her way
+anthony de la cruz when you record music, you usually buy a studio microphone to guarantee best sound quality when recording an instrument, whereas this composer decided not to use any equipment to record the guitar and just used the microphone in her computer.
i know i wish she wouldnt have lefted also but i didnt feel empty after i watch this movie i csnt really put my finger on it but i know i wanted something like they had n if you put ur self out there u can find love anywhere
I love this movie so much. it brings a spark of joy but at the same time a huge amount of sadness... i relate to this movie so much... i met my girlfriend in high school. ever since we started dating she would always mention how she wanted to study abroad and discover new places. i always supported her but secretly wished that she would never go... but she did... we have been in this long distance relationship for 3 years now (we have been dating for 5 years) and i only see her twice per year and these past three years have been the hardest for me to endure. when she is not with me, i fall into what it seems an endless depression and melancholy. I'm a very antisocial person so i never go out, i don't really have a lot of friends. sometimes i wish i could make friends as easy as others do... for me she is my only friend and when she is not with me, i feel like loneliness surrounds me on a daily basis especially when i get home and there is no one there.. just me in a empty room... we are both now on our last year of college and are planning to get married on summer. even though we are so close to finishing, it feels so distant... not sure if anyone will read this and i don't really care.. i just wanted to freely vent my emotions somewhere.
The movie Her is almost unbearable to me. Amongst many other things, it reminds me of my incapability of facing true, concrete relationships, which are full of disappointments, and in which love commonly ends, which leads to me living in a world of fantasy to keep me from looking directly at these problems. It also reminds me of how I could have had a relationship with someone that was trully fit for me, but I chose to continue in my confort zone and lived this relationship only in my mind. Today, I suffer from depression because I can't allow myself to make decisions that may alter my reality, but maybe will make me happy.
+Letícia G. This movie is brutal to me too because for the longest time I was like him, I was really afraid of loving someone because I always thought I would get hurt in the end. A few months ago I fell in love with this guy and I got really hurt and I'm still suffering but I wouldn't want it any different because I feel alive now. Allow yourself to feel things without being afraid of them, you'll grow so much and learn so much, don't be afraid of being human. Every time I'm afraid of leaving my comfort zone I look at my life and think: "Am I happy like this?" If the answer is "no" the fear goes away because in the end, what matters more than being happy?
+Letícia G. I met someone a few years ago who fit everything I'd ever looked for, and I took the leap and asked her out. Things were absolutely fantastic for a while, but we never fully opened up about how we felt about each other; when I finally told her how strongly I felt, she freaked out and cut me off completely. I was devastated, and it took me forever to get over her, but my method of doing so was to throw myself into as many overwhelmingly positive experiences as I could. This led to a number of amazing opportunities that have improved my life in many ways, and I now credit her with being the catalyst that led me to pull myself together. It was an experience as awful as it was wonderful, but I wouldn't change having gone through it for anything.
My brother killed himself about 1 year ago and I wasn’t able to see him for 2 summers. This songs reminds me of when we’d sing tunes and play board games together :( god I miss him
The most interesting thing about this film is how closely you end up mirroring the connection between Sam and Theodore. That scene when she first leaves him and he runs to the subway staircase - that sense of crushing anxiety when you feel like the one thing you need to survive might consciously leave you - I haven't had that feeling since the last time I was brutally dumped. It was honestly frightening. My heart was pounding so hard and it felt like I couldn't breathe. Seeing Theodore running like that and falling but not giving a shit because he was addicted to that feeling of being loved and being special and being understood, and that sense of urgent danger at the mere thought of it being taken away, man I hadn't felt that pure fear in a long long time.
Since I cant tell you directly... I decided to comment it here... You are the one who asked me to play this song with the guitar... I learned and played it for you... You smiled when I put your name and my surname together... You sent me a flying kiss when I look at your way... You sent me lip kiss emoji at messenger... You are my inspiration... 6 years in school together and we only spent about 5 months with each other... Graduation is in 3 months... And now... all the years in our high school seems misspent... because I didnt spent most of it with you... I will treasure this song in my heart forever... If you are reading this... I love you
Red, yes. Tell the person. You wrote this 2 months ago, so you have a month. Tell her how you feel, please. I'm not writing this for no reason - you have a chance with her. For all you know, she shares the same feelings, it sounds like it in your comment. The worst that can happen is... she doesn't share them back, but that is nothing compared to the regret you will feel if you don't take that step. Please Red.
Met a girl miles away from me.we would listen to thing with such hope together. Went down there this past month and she broke my heart. Went to go experience my dream. Still glad I did, but now its lost.. probably both our mistakes, but I still love her and still experienced my dream. I just want more of it. Good and bad. The good is what makes me alive.
My sister died on 23-3-24. She told me the meaning of this song. I introduced her to this song and movie. We use to sing this together. She was only 21.
I'm lying on the moon My dear, I'll be there soon It's a quiet and starry place Time's we're swallowed up In space we're here a million miles away There's things I wish I knew There's no thing I'd keep from you It's a dark and shiny place But with you my dear I'm safe and we're a million miles away
The lyrics, so you guys don't have to google it. I'm lying on the moon My dear, I'll be there soon It's a quiet starry place Time's we're swallowed up In space, we're here a million miles away There's things I wish I knew There's no thing I'd keep from you It's a dark and shiny place But with you my dear I'm safe and we're a million miles away We're lying on the moon It's a perfect afternoon Your shadow follows me all day Making sure that I'm okay and We're a million miles away
Raul Hernandez Why'd she have to leave?? :( she said she loved him! You don't leave someone and cut them off and never keep in touch again when you love someone!
Am I the only one that listens to this outside whilst looking at the sky and moon, wondering if someone else is doing the same ? Hahaha, I'm totally weird!! But this song invokes some kind of feeling, that there's someone out there that understands you ! This is just one of those songs that is really fitting dark at night at around 3 am ;o
Im here, smoking a blunt, and thinking about life after watching this movie. My heart says one thing but my mind says another and i dont know what to do. This blunt means a lot more to me right now than it should, i feel that this is the only way i can connect with someone or something, thats how empty i am right now. If you are reading this and feel the same way then this is to you: Stop feeling it!! May this blunt unify the whole world and bring peace to our planet, may this blunt bring back my love, may this blunt bring happyness to you. We all are just one
I'm in a long distance relationship and I have been for awhile now.. Our 11-month versary is coming up soon and.. Well, nobody around us though separated thought it was possible. We're both madly in love with eachother even if we can't hold, touch, feel eachother like most couples do. It's okay though.. Because in a way I do feel him. He's the warmth emitting from my jacket, the wind that blows, even the leaves that fall around me. The shadow that follows me isn't just my own anymore. 3000 miles can't separate the heart. He's visiting me this summer.. This movie and this song just brings me to tears every time.
+Lupis Ferus Lionheart I had this very same feeling during the three years of my long distance relationship. We grew apart, it did not work out for us in the end, but we both know it could have - if he would have had the "lionheart" that it takes to make things work. I still believe in long distance, I still feel the same about the kind of closeness that cannot be measured in centimeters. It's real, it's love. Go on and make it work, because it's so worth it. Hope everythings goes well for you. Bless
Thank you so very much Tardis, his visit went over much better than I had previously expected.. I'm going to visit him now this winter over my vacation. I'm never going to give up.. I'll always feel even when there's nothing within physical contact to touch. Your moving words only encouraged me even more..
I'm lying on the moon / My dear, I'll be there soon / It's a quiet and starry place / Time's we're swallowed up / In space we're here a million miles away / There's things I wish I knew / There's no thing I'd keep from you / It's a dark and shiny place / But with you my dear / I'm safe and we're a million miles away / We're lying on the moon / It's a perfect afternoon / Your shadow follows me all day / Making sure that I'm / Okay and we're a million miles away
I feel so sad deep inside listening to this song but I know that one day I well find that special someone and all my worries well disappear and I'll see happens ones again
The first time I heard this from the film I incredibly cried cause it reminds me of my girlfriend and I when we were in a long distance relationship. I met her online and we endured the two hard years of not being together. I love her so much even without even meeting each other yet in person. Now we're together and it's just so nostalgic hearing this again. So much love for Her
This reminds me of someone who played mi ukelele for days trying to find the fingerpicking chords, when they were so simple, so familiar. Now I play the song by myself, thinking of him, knowing he never thinks of me. It's so damn bittersweet.
Saw the movie earlier today. I really can't believe how great it was. It was so incredibly touching, i can't even stop thinking about it.. masterpiece and beautiful song
This song makes me sad because it reminds me of my best friend and I. He lives in Australia and i live in the states. Glad i heard this song :) It sounds sad but it still makes me smile. because if you really listen to the lyrics it can relate to you like it does me :3
Everytime I listen to this song I cry like a baby. My first relationship was long distance. I still remember how I use messenger and desperatly use the cellphone in order to keep in touch. Well the things didn't work. Actually they got pretty nasty. But listening this I remember with nostalgic those beautiful yet miserable days.
Dear Friend, Its been a while since I have heard from you hope you are doing well. I know we are from different worlds with different thoughts but I thought that is what made life for us more adventurous. Having our ups and downs getting to enjoy the wonders around us and the people we met together.... We played this song numerous times even when you were in the hospital, you found out you were diagnosed with bipolar depressive. This was the only thing you listened to in a loop. Hope you are fine and hope you are able to create a new journey and see different stars as well as planets, since we are both from different worlds. Hope you find the endless road to happiness.... My beloved friend..
I saw this movie with her when we were still together. At that time I did not understand the movie, nor why she was so moved to see it. Now she left, and I saw the movie again alone, and in this part, exactly in this precise part I began to cry. It was like our own story, and I could not understand it. Now, every time I listen to this song, I remember the best moments of my life, right before everything was over.
This movie hit both myself and my boyfriend hard when we first watched it, after both having some pretty disasterous but long term online relationships it effected us both in ways we couldn't imagine. It captures every emotion I had during a long distance relationship, and every weird thing I did, and even the disasterous end as well. I will never be able to thank the film-makers enough - it made so many things clear to me. Her is an absolutly beautiful film. xxx
Every time I hear this I cry, it makes me think of my grandfather. And how I'm shown love every single day of my life and I don't really notice. This song means more than words say to me.
when I was 7, me and my friends were going to Chuck e cheese, I played this song on the radio. Everyone hated it, but I was just jamming out to it. Now 4 years later (I know I'm young haha), Im crying because I just rewatched Her... omg
This song will always remember me of the girl I will never forget, we never fought or discussed. But maybe we weren't meant to be together and maybe we were just supposed to make each other happy for a while. Wherever she is, and if you ever see this, just know that no one will take your spot. I Love You!
this was mine and my cat's song, every time i would sing this she would come running to me and wouldn't leave my side. I lost her two weeks ago to the neighbor's dog, the mutt mauled her to death and now every day is living hell because i can't stop thinking of her. Its made me hate my life even more now knowing i can never hold her again, that she'll never be here with me again and i wasn't there to protect her. I would give the world just to hear her meow again and i have panic attacks every day due to hearing her or seeing her in the house, its an agony i'd not wish on anyone. I've had her since i was a little boy, its so empty and lonely now that shes gone.
So I'm this ordinary guy like anyone else, I saw this movie again (I've already lost the count how many times I've seen it) and I can't stop thinking when am I going to find true happiness. I'm so sad, worried, desperate to be really happy... so happy that I can hear this song again and feel the way you should feel when this song is playing. So I think that everyone feels something different, but everybody wants to find the same thing at the end, so maybe I am not just this ordinary guy. Maybe we're all special in a different way searching for something better in the worst way possible. That's what this song makes me feel.
Wow I used to cry to this song like everyday and now I’ve met the love of my life whom calls me his moon and now the song has changed for me because I literally cried to this and repeated it like 1000x times
truly one of the most amazing films ive ever seen in my life (in the 14 years ive been alive) the film not only delves into some of the most fundamental accepts human nature (love) but also, has a way of going out of the bounds of what was once thought to be taboo-and can leave you wondering if us as a species, will ever love the way the characters in this movie loved and interacted with each other.
This comment is 9 years old. You're 23! Still an amazing film? i feel Its unforgettable. ^ like the prior guy said, does the story resonate more now that we're older?
I met a girl online some time ago. we talked on KIK for a year or so. i haven't spoken to her like 10 years ago. she sang this song to me and sent it on kik. i saved it to my phone and had it there a long time. listened often. i lost that file and i tried to find her again on KIK going through old contacts, nothing. I had no idea this was a real song until i found this today and im so happy
Henry Barnill Yea, nothing really does come close to Beauty and the Beast. Well I actually like UP a lot. that's probably the best CGI animated disney movie, or at least the best Pixar movie.
In my opinion the song is being sung by a couple. One who has already passed away "It's a dark and shiny place" referencing an afterlife and the other person saying "Your shadow follows me all day, Making sure I'm okay", "My dear, I'll be there soon" is the other person who sees their love as a ghost watching over them and is waiting to die to be with them again. I think the song can be interpreted in a lot of different ways though with many different meanings, it could just as easily be a song about being together with your love since the word "we're" is always repeated at the end of each verse. "Your shadow follows me all day, Making sure I'm okay" could mean how their shadow is always following them because they are always together. I think that's why this song is so popular, it can be sad if you want it to be or it can be happy, it's all up to your emotions at the time of listening to decide that.
I dated a boy who lived across the country through an online dating app, though the actual love seemed a lot more magical than it probably actually was. This was our song, but I learned that he was a legit manipulative psychopath who mirrored my qualities to get me to fall in love with him, as well as a few other girls at the same time. so yea that's what this song/movie makes me think of. It felt magical to be in love so strongly without having even met or touched him, but then when I found out the truth, I realized I was alone the whole time. it taught me that you can fall in love while completely alone.
This song makes me feel ok no matter what, it reminds me that life is beautiful not in spite of adversities but because of them. We are all doing the best we can to find peace, we fall so hard but are still capable to get up and find our slice of meaning in this universe. And now my eyes are sweaty.
This movie was beautiful, heartbreaking, and scary. It really freaked me out, because imagine how easy it would be to fall in love with an OS that understands you, and then have your heart broken finding our that your one of many people this OS falls in love with. Performances were amazing, Joaquin Phoenix was outstanding, and even though Scarlett Johansson was just a voice, she was incredible. 10/10
this Song reminds me of the constant battles i have with my own head. Telling me to try harder but always finding fear ti make me invisible. I just never thought id ever want someone to understand me so much than now. Its like im blank and i cant write anything on my paper because no matter how often i look for a pencil ill lose and ill always forget what i wanted to write down.
every time I listen to this song, it gives me a depression, but a beautiful, mesmerizing depression. the kind of depression that makes you happy when you cry because you can feel it. the feel is real.
I watched her a week ago and I still can't get over it. I really liked the concept. Such a sad but beautiful ending. The scene with this song was so beautiful 😭👏🏽
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There are things I wish I knew. I fell for a ginger in the summer of 2009. Once we were at a park and I found this little red rose, and the moment was so precious that I decided it was my heart and I told him, as I lifted my arms towards him, that it was only his to keep. So many stories to tell about him, I haven't forgotten any detail of the time I shared to his side. The first time I realised I was in love was at a party when we were bored and started playing running under the rain. And the first time he told me he loved me was when he asked me to close my eyes and out a caramel ring on my finger. Despair took our heart and had to say goodbye for the first time in 2011. I remember I went to the rooftop and talked to the moon asking to see him again and have another chance. So maybe it was the moon, or just by chance when I met him among the crowd at a music festival. He took my had and we asked for a wish after I found a "Y" shaped branch. My wish was there. But it all ended too soon. It is 2018, I am almost 26, and I see him sometimes. He has his life and I have mine. However, I wonder at nights like this one if we are meant to be apart, because the look in his eyes makes me doubt. Do you miss me?
as much as i like that quote i cant agree with it. for me the past is what formed me. everything i have done has led me up to where i am now. and in that sense the past is not just a story, at least not for me.
I met someone online four years ago, who lived in another country, and we drove ourselves miserable trying to know each other and share our lives with each other as much and any way possible without even having met. Tried to take each other everywhere we went through a cellphone or a computer... Now we're married. We saw this movie together in the theatre and it was like going back in time... Very anxiously.
+Janelle Wilson I can relate to all of that, except our ending wasn't as fairytale-like it. Suffice to say it didn't work out
+Colm McDonald Wow, your comment almost exactly reflects on a LDR I had with this guy I had. He's from England and I'm from NY. The only difference was that I knew him 8 months before I dated him and we dated for almost 6 months. It's so weird because he broke up with me a day before you posted your comment. Thanks for sharing your story!
As for you Janelle, I'm so happy that it last for you. I'm so happy that your significant other had the patience to wait for you, and you for them. I hope your marriage lasts a life time, as it's supposed to.
Yours truly, C.P
+Janelle Wilson better love story then twilight : ,
+Janelle Wilson
and a tear fell down from my eyes...
this movie talks about love, pure love
beyond any physical form
masterpiece indeed
That is so well-put
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I'm lying on the moon
My dear, I'll be there soon
It's a quiet starry place
Time's we're swallowed up
In space, we're here a million miles away
There's things I wish I knew
There's no thing I'd keep from you
It's a dark and shiny place
But with you my dear
I'm safe and we're a million miles away
We're lying on the moon
It's a perfect afternoon
Your shadow follows me all day
Making sure that I'm okay and
We're a million miles away
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Thanks for the lyrics
Thank you for the lyrics.
I think this song is about what happened at the end of the movie.
yes, cause we don't have google
How the fuck did this lose to Let It Go at the oscars? This song is great. Her is one of the most well crafted movies ever made. A perfect score/soundtrack, superb acting, great cinematography, great script and a very emotional love story.
Disney owns the Oscars, why else do you think Cars won best Animated feature?
All of this are bribery from the judge, they're fixed (Sorry for my english)
Let it go had more impact and much better music. Yeah, this lyrics are way better but the music it's just a guitar with few chords.
Ricardo Daniel Zapata Carreón Is only a pop song and the lyrics are not special
+NeverSaySandwich1 But... Cars didn't win Best Animated Feature...
I find it so idiotic how people judge this movie based on what they think they know about it. I've heard claims of it being a "stupid movie where some guy falls in love with siri" when looking at it from the outside, that is what it appears to be. When I saw it in theaters, I realized how much deeper of a meaning this movie has.
It is! This one is my favorite movie in 2014!
Its hard to explain this movie to someone. You tell them the story it sounds really stupid but when you watch it your mind and emotions that can't be explained are what get affected by this movie which makes it awesome. It is the best example of can't judge a book by its cover.
***** Beautifully put, man.
So right!
I shit you not, that's exactly how I described the movie to my cousin before I saw it and we rented it in hopes of having a good laugh.... Now I'm here listening to the soundtrack.
The feels were real in this movie.
That made me lol so hard. But indeed, the feels were real! lol
Her was totally snagged for best original song.
the feeling of being so close, yet so far. So connected but so anxiously.
I feel him :(
I am reading all your comments and I'm thinking how people are so similar and are able to feel the same/or similar emotions while listening to this song and it's such a shame we are in different parts of the world and we cannot comfort each other ...I also feel somehow sad,lonely and melancholic when I'm listening to this song, but at the same time happy because I know that I am not the only one who feels that way...
I'm alone in every conceivable way. There are 4 people who even know me by name.
Thank you making me feel like I was connecting with someone. It's such a pleasant idea, but at the same time, it fills me with longing and just....emptiness.
patrick kinnear I am so sorry to hear that... Most people often feel lonely, and I hope you will find someone who will make you feel less lonely...
patrick kinnear hang in man!
patrick kinnear Why are you so mean?
patrick kinnear Dude lol you are not serious right? I know plenty of immigrants like my self that live here alone in the States. I being one of them have gone through a lot of bullshit. I don't cry about nor bitch about it. Grow a pair of balls my friend cause there are bunch of people that deal with harder shit than just being alone. Oh btw besides of being alone in this country i have to deal with racism too, but instead of crying and feeling sorry for myself I move forward. Men don't complain men give and provide boys take and complain.
Reminds me how many random human beings you'll meet throughout your life. How these human beings have such an impact on us. We're just all so... lost.
yes
So true
Hannah Cheng
When you say "us", it doesn't feel right cause we are just as random as they are.
Hmm, maybe that's the answer
A wizard is never lost. Nor is he found. He is exactly where he is needed.
Jeez no need to be so melodramatic
i sang this song for my gf when we went hiking near a beautiful lake in Nepal.with every strum of my guitar, her eyes were filled with tears and c cried. deep down we knew that we couldnt be together. this song is so beautiful
wow thats beautiful
Anjesh oh wow quite sad
Why couldn't you?
whats the chords for this song
dm,g,c and f ,fm
I was in a long distance relationship for four years. We'd talk everyday and spend every night telling each other what our days had been like. I knew everything about her and she knew everything about me. We were incredibly in love, planning for everything we'd do when we were able to finally be together. There were tough times when the distance was almost too much to bear, but the thought of our future together would keep us going. Every night we'd go to sleep smiling at the idea of being one day closer together.
A couple months ago we were finally able to go on our first real date together.
Five days later she left me for someone else and we haven't talked since. My heart is still hers.
She used to sing this song to me when we'd FaceTime because she knew it was one of my favorites and because of what it and the movie meant.
Sometimes I listen to this song and try to remember what things were like. What we were like.
I'll never hear her sing it again.
Nicholas Chen hey, hope you're doing better now. You deserve all the happiness in the world
I'm actually crying
I hope you're well brother 🧡
Truly I do.
Keep your head high, never know when the right person just comes around.
I hope you're doing better and better man, that's harsh. I don't have the same experience luckily and hope I never would, the disappointment would lead me to dark places if that's the case. Just wanna say that you're tough, and your true "her" is on her way
@@__silver__ nice comment bro. truly. 👊🏼
"Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity."
Your making me cry. Saddest movie ever. Fuck old yeller or where the red fern grows this wins
These words are so deep and true
This movie was one hell of a ride from beginning to end. It was gorgeous
I watched it yesterday....such a beautiful movie, i can relate to the loneliness....cried like a baby...
:(
ada amran ya I can relate because me and Siri are like a thing
It sounds very much like the guitar was recorded straight into the built-in mic on a computer. What a clever effect, especially for this film.
+Mental Set
Yep, you said it.
+anthony de la cruz when you record music, you usually buy a studio microphone to guarantee best sound quality when recording an instrument, whereas this composer decided not to use any equipment to record the guitar and just used the microphone in her computer.
The phasing is a dead giveaway. All of my scratch home demos sound like this.
The piano too. Beautiful little details like this set this film apart from others.
There's a direct quote from Karen O saying she wrote it and recorded it in her dining room! :)
I think this song actually melted my heart.
I think I might actually tear up if I watch Her a second time. Damn, it was such a great movie.
Dave Teves thanks for the spoiler.
Jenni O'Toole How is this comment a spoiler? And why would you listen to a song from the movie before watching the movie itself?
Jenni O'Toole you a fuck bih
@@jenniotoole671Wat? lol
The feels of this movie, never gonna forget
loved it
LOLS I felt empty...I really wish samantha didnt leave
i know i wish she wouldnt have lefted also but i didnt feel empty after i watch this movie i csnt really put my finger on it but i know i wanted something like they had n if you put ur self out there u can find love anywhere
vkalishnikov Yeah! :( why'd she have to leave??? :( she didn't even wanna keep in touch!
John Smith She wanted to learn everything, she couldn't be held down in a way
Hit me right in the feels.
I love this movie so much. it brings a spark of joy but at the same time a huge amount of sadness... i relate to this movie so much... i met my girlfriend in high school. ever since we started dating she would always mention how she wanted to study abroad and discover new places. i always supported her but secretly wished that she would never go... but she did... we have been in this long distance relationship for 3 years now (we have been dating for 5 years) and i only see her twice per year and these past three years have been the hardest for me to endure. when she is not with me, i fall into what it seems an endless depression and melancholy. I'm a very antisocial person so i never go out, i don't really have a lot of friends. sometimes i wish i could make friends as easy as others do... for me she is my only friend and when she is not with me, i feel like loneliness surrounds me on a daily basis especially when i get home and there is no one there.. just me in a empty room... we are both now on our last year of college and are planning to get married on summer. even though we are so close to finishing, it feels so distant... not sure if anyone will read this and i don't really care.. i just wanted to freely vent my emotions somewhere.
how are things with you now?
@@peachymineu8281 here to hear the story too 🌳
@@peachymineu8281 +
The movie Her is almost unbearable to me. Amongst many other things, it reminds me of my incapability of facing true, concrete relationships, which are full of disappointments, and in which love commonly ends, which leads to me living in a world of fantasy to keep me from looking directly at these problems. It also reminds me of how I could have had a relationship with someone that was trully fit for me, but I chose to continue in my confort zone and lived this relationship only in my mind. Today, I suffer from depression because I can't allow myself to make decisions that may alter my reality, but maybe will make me happy.
+Letícia G. I so closely identify with you it frightens me a bit..
+Letícia G. This movie is brutal to me too because for the longest time I was like him, I was really afraid of loving someone because I always thought I would get hurt in the end.
A few months ago I fell in love with this guy and I got really hurt and I'm still suffering but I wouldn't want it any different because I feel alive now.
Allow yourself to feel things without being afraid of them, you'll grow so much and learn so much, don't be afraid of being human.
Every time I'm afraid of leaving my comfort zone I look at my life and think: "Am I happy like this?" If the answer is "no" the fear goes away because in the end, what matters more than being happy?
+Letícia G. I met someone a few years ago who fit everything I'd ever looked for, and I took the leap and asked her out. Things were absolutely fantastic for a while, but we never fully opened up about how we felt about each other; when I finally told her how strongly I felt, she freaked out and cut me off completely. I was devastated, and it took me forever to get over her, but my method of doing so was to throw myself into as many overwhelmingly positive experiences as I could. This led to a number of amazing opportunities that have improved my life in many ways, and I now credit her with being the catalyst that led me to pull myself together. It was an experience as awful as it was wonderful, but I wouldn't change having gone through it for anything.
My Gosh... We are the same
ME!ME!ME! illustrates this, as well. Although a bit more violently, to say the least.
Instant tears. This song along with the movie "Hers" made me more appreciative of my relationship and I have never felt more in love
Thanks for being one of "those" people... I'm human. Humans make mistakes
I never said I loved it and I've only seen it once. I clearly stated how it made me appreciate my relationship more.
+mickennxtre68 I've been looking for it, saw it on HBO last week and really enjoyed it.
+Matt Atkins Good song, I dig where you are coming from sir.
Are you guys still together today?
One of the most beautiful songs I have heard in recent years.
My brother killed himself about 1 year ago and I wasn’t able to see him for 2 summers.
This songs reminds me of when we’d sing tunes and play board games together :( god I miss him
Sorry for your loss. RIP.
Have i read this comment somewhere before???
Sending you love from Berlin
The most interesting thing about this film is how closely you end up mirroring the connection between Sam and Theodore. That scene when she first leaves him and he runs to the subway staircase - that sense of crushing anxiety when you feel like the one thing you need to survive might consciously leave you - I haven't had that feeling since the last time I was brutally dumped. It was honestly frightening. My heart was pounding so hard and it felt like I couldn't breathe. Seeing Theodore running like that and falling but not giving a shit because he was addicted to that feeling of being loved and being special and being understood, and that sense of urgent danger at the mere thought of it being taken away, man I hadn't felt that pure fear in a long long time.
I wish there was a full Scar Jo version. There's just something about the rasp of her voice that captured me.
fancy seeing you here, PD! 😄
yeah hahahahah
💯
too whispery, karen is the best
There is one on Spotify pretty sure!
So much better than "Let It Go." Should've won the Oscar.
True
I totally agree, Let it Go is one of the worst songs ever.
Should have won a Grammy too
I read your comment, looked for 'Let It Go', played the song and lost all faith in humanity. How is it anywhere near as good as this?
@@grantforgues720 lmao
Since I cant tell you directly... I decided to comment it here... You are the one who asked me to play this song with the guitar... I learned and played it for you... You smiled when I put your name and my surname together... You sent me a flying kiss when I look at your way... You sent me lip kiss emoji at messenger... You are my inspiration... 6 years in school together and we only spent about 5 months with each other... Graduation is in 3 months... And now... all the years in our high school seems misspent... because I didnt spent most of it with you...
I will treasure this song in my heart forever...
If you are reading this... I love you
Red just tell the person. lifes short dont let a chance pass. dont regret not telling him/her in the future.
Red, yes. Tell the person. You wrote this 2 months ago, so you have a month. Tell her how you feel, please. I'm not writing this for no reason - you have a chance with her. For all you know, she shares the same feelings, it sounds like it in your comment. The worst that can happen is... she doesn't share them back, but that is nothing compared to the regret you will feel if you don't take that step. Please Red.
Love you too man
7 years later i'm curious to know how are you doing what's your story, if you're willing to share😊
Met a girl miles away from me.we would listen to thing with such hope together. Went down there this past month and she broke my heart. Went to go experience my dream. Still glad I did, but now its lost.. probably both our mistakes, but I still love her and still experienced my dream. I just want more of it. Good and bad. The good is what makes me alive.
My sister died on 23-3-24. She told me the meaning of this song. I introduced her to this song and movie. We use to sing this together. She was only 21.
You'll get this song if you are a million miles away from someone...
I just watched the movie, i'm still crying, is beautiful
so sweet, sigh. our first dance song as a married couple.
Watched the movie and I fell in love with this song, so great !!! Just like the movie
I'm lying on the moon
My dear, I'll be there soon
It's a quiet and starry place
Time's we're swallowed up
In space we're here a million miles away
There's things I wish I knew
There's no thing I'd keep from you
It's a dark and shiny place
But with you my dear
I'm safe and we're a million miles away
Who ever is reading this ,your not to old or to broken to make your dreams come true you are beyond loved and anyone would be lucky to have you
Maybe.
The lyrics, so you guys don't have to google it.
I'm lying on the moon
My dear, I'll be there soon
It's a quiet starry place
Time's we're swallowed up
In space, we're here a million miles away
There's things I wish I knew
There's no thing I'd keep from you
It's a dark and shiny place
But with you my dear
I'm safe and we're a million miles away
We're lying on the moon
It's a perfect afternoon
Your shadow follows me all day
Making sure that I'm okay and
We're a million miles away
+Cristopher Almeida Thank you!
luv u ♡
I think this song is about what happened after the end of the movie.
This movie was so amazing
Did anyone else enjoy this movie as much as I did? Admittedly , I did have a few tears throughout it... masterpiece
me to man, a chick flick for men
Sanjay Regupathy Agreed!
Raul Hernandez Why'd she have to leave?? :( she said she loved him! You don't leave someone and cut them off and never keep in touch again when you love someone!
This movie was amazing. Surely a one of a kind experience.
Am I the only one that listens to this outside whilst looking at the sky and moon, wondering if someone else is doing the same ? Hahaha, I'm totally weird!! But this song invokes some kind of feeling, that there's someone out there that understands you !
This is just one of those songs that is really fitting dark at night at around 3 am ;o
I have to rate ur name 8/8 m8
huggy :)
C':
I was just doing that whilst on my lunch at work! Just sitting in the parking lot in my car starring up at the sky.
I'm so glad there are others that do this :')
Makes me feel like I'm not alone!!
so beautiful, I close my eyes and feel like I'm being taken a million miles away.
what u say proves u'r a sensitive soul and equipped with a very big heart...:)
Morvan Saade lol wut
Morvan Saade ur emoshens r very deeep 2
Im here, smoking a blunt, and thinking about life after watching this movie. My heart says one thing but my mind says another and i dont know what to do. This blunt means a lot more to me right now than it should, i feel that this is the only way i can connect with someone or something, thats how empty i am right now. If you are reading this and feel the same way then this is to you: Stop feeling it!! May this blunt unify the whole world and bring peace to our planet, may this blunt bring back my love, may this blunt bring happyness to you. We all are just one
Me and you are alike
I just smoked some bowls. Paz Y Amor bro
Stay strong, man. Maybe you should listen to some less sad sounding music?
We come empty handed, and we leave the same.
"There is no good or bad; it is thinking that makes it so" Shakespeare.
Thanks for the support guys. We are all going to make it!!
This song always reminds me of how good it is to wear our hearts on our sleeves with the people we trust.
It must feel good.
An Introvert, listening n the middle of the night in a dark empty room with an empty heart in 2019
I'm in a long distance relationship and I have been for awhile now.. Our 11-month versary is coming up soon and.. Well, nobody around us though separated thought it was possible.
We're both madly in love with eachother even if we can't hold, touch, feel eachother like most couples do. It's okay though.. Because in a way I do feel him. He's the warmth emitting from my jacket, the wind that blows, even the leaves that fall around me. The shadow that follows me isn't just my own anymore.
3000 miles can't separate the heart. He's visiting me this summer.. This movie and this song just brings me to tears every time.
+Lupis Ferus Lionheart "11 month versary?" You are quite fucked up.
Excuse me? I was just calling it that. I knew it's basically just eleven months..
What's your problem?
+Lupis Ferus Lionheart I had this very same feeling during the three years of my long distance relationship. We grew apart, it did not work out for us in the end, but we both know it could have - if he would have had the "lionheart" that it takes to make things work. I still believe in long distance, I still feel the same about the kind of closeness that cannot be measured in centimeters. It's real, it's love. Go on and make it work, because it's so worth it. Hope everythings goes well for you. Bless
Thank you so very much Tardis, his visit went over much better than I had previously expected.. I'm going to visit him now this winter over my vacation. I'm never going to give up.. I'll always feel even when there's nothing within physical contact to touch. Your moving words only encouraged me even more..
Lauren Brown god I hope you two made it together
I'm lying on the moon
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My dear, I'll be there soon
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It's a quiet and starry place
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Time's we're swallowed up
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In space we're here a million miles away
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There's things I wish I knew
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There's no thing I'd keep from you
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It's a dark and shiny place
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But with you my dear
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I'm safe and we're a million miles away
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We're lying on the moon
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It's a perfect afternoon
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Your shadow follows me all day
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Making sure that I'm
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Okay and we're a million miles away
This song always reminds me of the movie and I end up crying eventually
***** The name of the movie is Her. You should definitely give it a watch as it's an amazing film. It's funny and sad and beautiful all at once.
I keep coming back to this song and movie even after years have passed by. That's the effect it has on me.
Yeah, that song does that to you
I feel so sad deep inside listening to this song but I know that one day I well find that special someone and all my worries well disappear and I'll see happens ones again
The first time I heard this from the film I incredibly cried cause it reminds me of my girlfriend and I when we were in a long distance relationship. I met her online and we endured the two hard years of not being together. I love her so much even without even meeting each other yet in person. Now we're together and it's just so nostalgic hearing this again. So much love for Her
Her is the best film I've seen in years, and I've seen a lot. What a masterpiece
Perfect combination of romantic with a touch of melancholy. The Oscars brought me here and i'm thankful for that
this song never fails to make me smile
Every time Karen O makes a song, it’s always emotional, the Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack was bomb with her, then I find this gold
This reminds me of someone who played mi ukelele for days trying to find the fingerpicking chords, when they were so simple, so familiar. Now I play the song by myself, thinking of him, knowing he never thinks of me. It's so damn bittersweet.
Saw the movie earlier today. I really can't believe how great it was. It was so incredibly touching, i can't even stop thinking about it.. masterpiece and beautiful song
Lie down. Try not to cry. Cry a lot.
Ron Mctrollington fuck, i was holding well till i saw this comment... im crying af right now.
😂
then you realise you cant cry and so u get more depressed
This song makes me sad because it reminds me of my best friend and I. He lives in Australia and i live in the states. Glad i heard this song :) It sounds sad but it still makes me smile. because if you really listen to the lyrics it can relate to you like it does me :3
cute
I have an issue with this song… it's not long enough.
Everytime I listen to this song I cry like a baby. My first relationship was long distance. I still remember how I use messenger and desperatly use the cellphone in order to keep in touch. Well the things didn't work. Actually they got pretty nasty. But listening this I remember with nostalgic those beautiful yet miserable days.
+Zulema Ávila Hernandez me too
+Radiohead293 :'(
me too
what a wonderful movie.
i want the whole soundtrack
Dear Friend,
Its been a while since I have heard from you hope you are doing well. I know we are from different worlds with different thoughts but I thought that is what made life for us more adventurous. Having our ups and downs getting to enjoy the wonders around us and the people we met together....
We played this song numerous times even when you were in the hospital, you found out you were diagnosed with bipolar depressive. This was the only thing you listened to in a loop. Hope you are fine and hope you are able to create a new journey and see different stars as well as planets, since we are both from different worlds. Hope you find the endless road to happiness.... My beloved friend..
When this song plays in the movie, Scarlett Johansson sings it, and I wept.
i cry evrytyme
It was so saaad.
sebastianpaulino i love you five-ever.
Dude, me too! I just paused the movie to track the song down.
and when she has to go.. damnit ninja cutting onions.. :(
I saw this movie with her when we were still together. At that time I did not understand the movie, nor why she was so moved to see it. Now she left, and I saw the movie again alone, and in this part, exactly in this precise part I began to cry. It was like our own story, and I could not understand it. Now, every time I listen to this song, I remember the best moments of my life, right before everything was over.
This movie hit both myself and my boyfriend hard when we first watched it, after both having some pretty disasterous but long term online relationships it effected us both in ways we couldn't imagine. It captures every emotion I had during a long distance relationship, and every weird thing I did, and even the disasterous end as well. I will never be able to thank the film-makers enough - it made so many things clear to me. Her is an absolutly beautiful film. xxx
Every time I hear this I cry, it makes me think of my grandfather. And how I'm shown love every single day of my life and I don't really notice. This song means more than words say to me.
This song makes me feel at ease just cos it's so soothing :)
when I was 7, me and my friends were going to Chuck e cheese, I played this song on the radio. Everyone hated it, but I was just jamming out to it. Now 4 years later (I know I'm young haha), Im crying because I just rewatched Her... omg
This song will always remember me of the girl I will never forget, we never fought or discussed. But maybe we weren't meant to be together and maybe we were just supposed to make each other happy for a while. Wherever she is, and if you ever see this, just know that no one will take your spot. I Love You!
this was mine and my cat's song, every time i would sing this she would come running to me and wouldn't leave my side. I lost her two weeks ago to the neighbor's dog, the mutt mauled her to death and now every day is living hell because i can't stop thinking of her. Its made me hate my life even more now knowing i can never hold her again, that she'll never be here with me again and i wasn't there to protect her. I would give the world just to hear her meow again and i have panic attacks every day due to hearing her or seeing her in the house, its an agony i'd not wish on anyone. I've had her since i was a little boy, its so empty and lonely now that shes gone.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope everyday gets somewhat easier and comforting for you. Just know that your cat is in a safe place now.
made me cry...
;_; i'm not alone
i automatically wanna cry when I here this.
Evangeline Sanchez it's nice to hear this here
So I'm this ordinary guy like anyone else, I saw this movie again (I've already lost the count how many times I've seen it) and I can't stop thinking when am I going to find true happiness.
I'm so sad, worried, desperate to be really happy... so happy that I can hear this song again and feel the way you should feel when this song is playing.
So I think that everyone feels something different, but everybody wants to find the same thing at the end, so maybe I am not just this ordinary guy. Maybe we're all special in a different way searching for something better in the worst way possible.
That's what this song makes me feel.
What a beautiful film. The soundtrack is really something you can put on and just forget about everything.
Wow I used to cry to this song like everyday and now I’ve met the love of my life whom calls me his moon and now the song has changed for me because I literally cried to this and repeated it like 1000x times
truly one of the most amazing films ive ever seen in my life (in the 14 years ive been alive) the film not only delves into some of the most fundamental accepts human nature (love) but also, has a way of going out of the bounds of what was once thought to be taboo-and can leave you wondering if us as a species, will ever love the way the characters in this movie loved and interacted with each other.
i really do think we are capable of it... the purest form of love. free from jealousy, fear, or judgment. i'd like to learn how to facilitate it.
@@jerenmckey1800 still an amazing movie. Now that I’ve lived a bit more/felt more, it resonates even more.
This comment is 9 years old. You're 23! Still an amazing film? i feel Its unforgettable. ^ like the prior guy said, does the story resonate more now that we're older?
Always loved Karen O
Amazing song. I've just paused the movie to listen to it here
me too!! :)
It's my favorite song and I still remember her everyday. I miss her.
I met a girl online some time ago. we talked on KIK for a year or so. i haven't spoken to her like 10 years ago. she sang this song to me and sent it on kik. i saved it to my phone and had it there a long time. listened often. i lost that file and i tried to find her again on KIK going through old contacts, nothing. I had no idea this was a real song until i found this today and im so happy
Screw the incredibly overrated Let It Go. This is the true best song of the year!
*****
agree but let's say popularity often isn't good music(or anything)
Calm down, Let It Go is amazing
***** Lion King is overrated IMO
It's overrated to me, too. Beauty and the Beast is still the best Disney has made.
Henry Barnill Yea, nothing really does come close to Beauty and the Beast. Well I actually like UP a lot. that's probably the best CGI animated disney movie, or at least the best Pixar movie.
In my opinion the song is being sung by a couple. One who has already passed away "It's a dark and shiny place" referencing an afterlife and the other person saying "Your shadow follows me all day, Making sure I'm okay", "My dear, I'll be there soon" is the other person who sees their love as a ghost watching over them and is waiting to die to be with them again.
I think the song can be interpreted in a lot of different ways though with many different meanings, it could just as easily be a song about being together with your love since the word "we're" is always repeated at the end of each verse. "Your shadow follows me all day, Making sure I'm okay" could mean how their shadow is always following them because they are always together.
I think that's why this song is so popular, it can be sad if you want it to be or it can be happy, it's all up to your emotions at the time of listening to decide that.
I love those thoughts… really do… so beautiful…
This makes me think that you don't need great voice or a catchy melody to make a great song :)
Her voice is actually very fantastic, just not the typical "powerful" voice, and the song is very catchy. All relatively.
Jhune Geli in fact! The melody es awesome, it make you feel little pretty feels, and Karen's voice is so sweet :3
Bob Dylan proved your point many years ago.
Rafael Pacheco Exactly, Dylan .
Rafael Pacheco And Sid Barret.
i was 12 when this movie came out, and its only getting more beautiful.
I dated a boy who lived across the country through an online dating app, though the actual love seemed a lot more magical than it probably actually was. This was our song, but I learned that he was a legit manipulative psychopath who mirrored my qualities to get me to fall in love with him, as well as a few other girls at the same time. so yea that's what this song/movie makes me think of. It felt magical to be in love so strongly without having even met or touched him, but then when I found out the truth, I realized I was alone the whole time. it taught me that you can fall in love while completely alone.
Hey,how are you doing now ?
We're here a million miles away...
This song makes me feel ok no matter what, it reminds me that life is beautiful not in spite of adversities but because of them. We are all doing the best we can to find peace, we fall so hard but are still capable to get up and find our slice of meaning in this universe.
And now my eyes are sweaty.
I don't even know what to say about this movie. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Easily my favorite film of the year.
I loved the movie, there's a thing special in it, a different love story, and this song is soo perfect.
Missing someone is harder when you love this song.
I think I will watch Her again this evening. I love so much this movie
This movie was beautiful, heartbreaking, and scary. It really freaked me out, because imagine how easy it would be to fall in love with an OS that understands you, and then have your heart broken finding our that your one of many people this OS falls in love with. Performances were amazing, Joaquin Phoenix was outstanding, and even though Scarlett Johansson was just a voice, she was incredible. 10/10
this Song reminds me of the constant battles i have with my own head. Telling me to try harder but always finding fear ti make me invisible. I just never thought id ever want someone to understand me so much than now. Its like im blank and i cant write anything on my paper because no matter how often i look for a pencil ill lose and ill always forget what i wanted to write down.
This song is totally better than frozen. should've won best original song at the oscars.
every time I listen to this song, it gives me a depression, but a beautiful, mesmerizing depression. the kind of depression that makes you happy when you cry because you can feel it. the feel is real.
My former stepdaughter told me this song reminded her of the good times with me her and her brother. I miss them every day.
I watched her a week ago and I still can't get over it. I really liked the concept. Such a sad but beautiful ending. The scene with this song was so beautiful 😭👏🏽
There are things I wish I knew.
I fell for a ginger in the summer of 2009. Once we were at a park and I found this little red rose, and the moment was so precious that I decided it was my heart and I told him, as I lifted my arms towards him, that it was only his to keep.
So many stories to tell about him, I haven't forgotten any detail of the time I shared to his side.
The first time I realised I was in love was at a party when we were bored and started playing running under the rain. And the first time he told me he loved me was when he asked me to close my eyes and out a caramel ring on my finger.
Despair took our heart and had to say goodbye for the first time in 2011. I remember I went to the rooftop and talked to the moon asking to see him again and have another chance. So maybe it was the moon, or just by chance when I met him among the crowd at a music festival. He took my had and we asked for a wish after I found a "Y" shaped branch. My wish was there. But it all ended too soon.
It is 2018, I am almost 26, and I see him sometimes. He has his life and I have mine. However, I wonder at nights like this one if we are meant to be apart, because the look in his eyes makes me doubt.
Do you miss me?
What happened then?
This is the kind of song that makes you feel that you wish you had someone.
I didn't know I needed to cry today
I just watched this movie and it was literally one of the best movies I've seen.
The past is just a story we tell ourselves.
as much as i like that quote i cant agree with it. for me the past is what formed me. everything i have done has led me up to where i am now. and in that sense the past is not just a story, at least not for me.