The fact that this girl’s face is blurry is such a perfect symbolic representation. She still exists in his mind, however it feels like he doesn’t know her for real. She belongs to the past.
@@kendramcgee9382 The girl wants to hurt him by cheating but he sings that he isn't hurt. He "enjoys" that she's willing to have sex with other people hence the line, "the more of you the merrier". In actually though, he is hurt as he seems to sigh a lot in this song.
At the end of the day, it's only music and artists like this who'll be there for you, lying next to you while thoughts are racing in your mind, telling you that everything will be okay. No one else would do that for you.
4:21-4:36 is the best part of the song to me. The disappointed acceptance and then power/anger in is voice when he says, "I know everything." Ugh. Why you do this to me Abel.
if you know music you notice how the fourth chord is major after three minors and everytime on the major when that epic bass goes away he says its ok and its like bringing you from this darkness and desperation to hope and dreamy feel. And u cry. Dudes a genius. Doesn't even matter what he says I was crying to this song back when I didn't know the whole subject. Its legendary
the weeknd is more then just that catchy artist you hear on the radio.. he's an escape. Taking his listeners to a place where they feel so at home and understood, a calloused place. Somewhere they can understand that darkness and move forward, dealing with it. I could walk into oblivion with the winter rushing against me, long with this song playing where I could hear.
when I hear this song, it brings back memories to my first year of freshman year. I would always listen to this song in the morning going to school and during school. it would always put me in that mood where everyone seemed to be walking in slow motion. and made me missing someone I didn't. this song was a drug.
damn bro you hit the fucking nail on the head. I remember it like it was yesterday. walking to and from school listening to this mixtape. shit was crazy.
Honestly same! I remember walking throughout the hallways listening to the lyrics . Listening and understanding the meaning of every song Abel writes!. Abel is a very very talented artist who can easily relate to any and everyone!!
My entire world was recently destroyed by a woman who use to call me her heartbeat. We we're best friends. One night we laid in bed and she laid her head on my chest and our heart beats we're literally a split second off from beating the same. She was everything to me. You honestly and truly do not know pain until you watch your favorite person turn into a complete stranger. Out of no where she left me and went back to her ex from college and they're married now. She split with me the morning before my mom passed from an undected brain aneurysm. This song literally speaks to me and I can relate to Abel on multiple levels. If you really take time to watch and decode this video you can really feel the pain and darkness in this song. These lyrics alone at 3am with 3 or 4 blunts and a bottle and your thoughts is very very dangerous. 😔
I think it’s fair to say we’re a community of broken hearts. Healing isn’t a linear process. Stay as true as you can to yourself and allow things to fall in place as they should.
The Knowing will make you feel like you’re current love is in jeopardy. Even when you know everything is good, the thought lingers in your head. You can tell The Weeknd went through a hard time accepting the fact and putting it in a song. Such a heartfelt song that takes your sanity into the place and time he was hurt. The lyrics provide such context that can be applied to many lives and having that remorse of loving someone who couldn’t love back.
I remember the first time i heard this. 18 years old... Almost a decade ago. Partying post high school vibes. Good times. That time where life changed. So much crazy shit has happened since then. Relationships, jobs, moving out of state on my own , friends changing, being homeless, getting hurt, so many fucking memories and it still seems like yesterday. "Take care" and the trilogy mixtapes hold so many memories and strong emotions.
This fucken song, my favorite song of all time by my favorite artist of all time. You can hear the pain, the heartbreak in his voice. The instrumental, his voice, his lyrics, they coincide so well to make this fucken dark masterpiece. The line "So Ima let you taste her, I ain't washing my sins". This is Abel at his best, this is The Weeknd.
@@tahamohammad1741 at the end of the day it’s personal preference but HOB is greater with better moments but i think both kissland and EOS are better throughout
@@williamfoote5701 Kissland comes next IMO cause honestly some of his most underrated tracks are from kissland especially songs like Adaptation, Belong to the world, and odd looks. But they can’t top HOB I’m sorry bro
4:22 That gasp means so much... It is not ok, and yet he keeps saying it is.. it seems like he's so, so done, so tired, so fed up with all the lying, the cheating, the life he's been living... That gasp hits me more than any part of the song because I let out this exact same gasp so so many times before.. and it hurts, hurts so freaking much. Being bottom level of disappointed, tired, exhausted, for so long, but yet accepting and swallowing it because he is trapped. Its the most powerful part of the song for me; that little break when he tells us that absolutely *nothing* is ok with only a gasp. Not everyone can be that expressive.. We can tell he was really living all of this, really feeling all of this, this song carries so many emotions, feelings.. Everytime I listen to this song is when I'm not okay, most likely feeling that exact same way, and everytime I get to that part, I break down along with him, but the difference is that he's holding everything...
some of us are stuck in the past because we miss the memories,the people,the little things that made you feel complete. but i know that every single one of us has definitely struggled to get where they are now- no matter how little youve moved or how far youve came. it took effort- i just hope you all keep moving forward- nobody else gets to choose what your destiny is. nobody else gets to choose who you are except yourself. Life keeps moving and some of us stay back waiting for things that wont return. it hurts to know but thats what living feels like.. im tired of seeing people who once lived so happy, to drown in an ocean full of their own tears. sometimes you have to sink to learn how to swim, sometimes life has to hit you in your weakest spots for you to get stronger. sometimes you have to stay back to get ahead. sometimes you're stuck, but that doesnt mean that you can't survive. you're all worth it. i GENUINELY HOPE that you , one day, will come to realize how precious your life is. Please hold onto yourself and never let go. i may be only 13, but i really hope i change someones life.
13-14 years and such a wise person.... I loved your text, i felt it all the way.... suffering is an important part of life, because its a learning experience that can get the best out of ourselves. KEEP IT ON MY G's, life is beautiful!
This is the song that cracks me the fuck up every time I listen to it. Every fucking time. I am crying right now, still thinking about her after more than a year.
Damn, I'm sorry, that must be really hard. I hope you're doing better now and you get over her as soon as possible. There are better fish in the sea :)
I first heard this in my bedroom back in 2011. Instantly liked it. As time passed, events happened that made this song relatable. The more time passed the more this song meant to me. 10 years later, I’ve been sitting here for the past 10 minutes dissecting every sound, every instrument used, I have no words. The bass, the drums, the guitar. The way they are orchestrated. The build up. And how Abel’s voice just cuts through it all smoothly. Even though this song is dark & twisted, I can’t help but to see God’s hand behind a piece of art like this, the beauty in destruction, the peace in pain. This has gotten me through the toughest of nights & eased the pain. Thank you Abel for putting your heart into this one. What comes from the heart, is felt in the heart.
Oh, oh, oh Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah I know what you did I know So I'ma let you taste her I ain't washing my sins I ain't washing my sins Now we're lying about the nights Hiding all it behind the smiles, yeah Take a look at what you did, yeah You probably thought that you'd break my heart, oh You probably thought that you'd make me cry But, baby, it's okay I swear it's okay, yeah 'Cause I know everything, yeah I know everything, yeah I know everything, yeah I know everything, yeah, yeah Now these tongues don't twist like they did before It's hard to keep me up And you are dry But, baby, it don't hurt Oh, like you thought it would The more of you the merrier (oh, oh, oh, ooh) Now we're lying about the nights Hiding all it behind the smiles Take a look at what you did, ooh, yeah You probably thought that you'd break my heart You probably thought that you'd make me cry But baby it's okay It's okay, yeah I know everything, yeah Everything, yeah I know everything, yeah I know everything
Abel's music is the only thing that makes me feel like iv'e kinda left this world when everything feels dark and scary.. his music is truly something else. Xo
+Shelis torres Same here... I feel bad that when I first listened to this song I didn't like it. Now I can say that it's one of my favourites from The Weeknd.
I was JUST commenting that on "the party and the party after" he has come so fuckin far. privilege is my current fav but his old shit will forever be the best to me
I broke down so hard to this song on repeat after the death of my aunt. This whole album helped me through everything. This man truly saved my life and even to this day. He's the only person keeping me here.
I don’t miss her. As a matter of fact, I don’t want to see her face ever again. I miss talking to her for hours without a single moment of silence in between sentences, I miss her texts, I miss her sense of humor, I miss her presence. The fact that she went from my favorite person to a mere stranger hurts me more than what she did to me, using me as an ego boost and then dumping me whenever she felt I wasn’t needed anymore. All those promises, all those plans we made together, all gone. For once in my life, I was looking forward for tomorrow, for the future, now I’m just living one day at a time. If she ever comes across this comment, just know that I don’t hate you and wish you no harm, but I don’t love you anymore. I still want you to eat, just not at my table. Karma will catch up to you. Edit: this deserves an update. 9 months later, I’m doing better but still not fully over her. She got a man now, and I suspect it’s her ex that cheated on her countless times. Fuck it, we stay winning. OVOXOTWOD 🖤
i remember looking back, how my mom cheated on my dad countless times, yet he still loved her to death. i went through as much pain as my father did when our lives fell apart because people in our lives are selfish. and looking back at these songs, they bring me an understanding - that i’m not alone in this heartbreak.
Some people can never be faithful. Its.. they can never be no matter how much they try. I loved a person so much with my soul for 8 years...he got impulsive and married another woman. He loves me still but he cant stay loyal. He cant stay loyal to his wife too. He still wants me back. I cld understand his personality. He just wants everything. He is too restless to stay with one person. My life turned a tragedy because of this. I was angry and i couldnt accept that. But time taught me that u couldnt control others behaviour. Now i dont hate him. I just wish him luck and stability in life. Its not ur fault.
@@scarjo9635 exactly. Society should start accepting that not all humans are monogamous.it's true. it's so much pressure on everyone when we deny that. Good point.
this song and picture itself are a perfect representation of what happened to me recently. was in a 6 year relationship with her and found out she cheated on me and I was completely destroyed. now she is just a faded memory and a blurry image and remnants of my life are slowly fading away. in this same year I lost my grandma. this song is the embodiment of what i’m going through right now
the short melody of keys played at the beginning of the song give me goosebumps every time. such simple stretch of sound that puts me into a place that’s beyond speakable comprehension. it’s like all my emotions of her come back at once
its so beautiful... he got 3 minor chords filled with sadness desperation and theres D major on the 4th hit and he says but baby its ok on that one with his angelic voice and it fills your soul with so much hope and happiness. OMG the musicality and the genius of weeknd is on some god level.
Yesss. Bitches made me mad when they was like. Omg the weeknd been with me since day 1. After she heard one song I'm like. Name a day one song. I brought him up to you two years ago and you said you didn't like him.
No artist has ever touched me, the way his music did. To be honest, I miss when he wasn't so famous and I had this connection with his music. Now he has become this famous but the trilogy was the best ever and I miss him.
the thoughts that used to run thru my head when i listened to this is just insane, im super blessed that ive pretty much beat depression, i still have some bad days but its not how it used to be. if anyone is reading this and been thru a heartbreak, im here to tell u it will get better even tho it feels like it will never will. be strong my friends.
driving through downtown Toronto while The Knowing is on is amazing. Really shows you the inpiration and where it all started. In the sketchy and depressing streets of Parkdale. No wonder this is so dark.
This song hits so different, don’t even have to involve a relationship just in general this song resonates so deep when you’re depressed or sad. Thank you, Abel xo
House of Balloons just has that feeling that no other main stream album ive come across could never replicate like jesus it still shocks people that i talk to when i reveal that house of balloons is his first mixtape
everytime I listen to house of balloons, this song makes me feel sad af, even when I'm in a good mood the production, the raw vocals, the emotion, it's too good and shows Abel's vulnerable side. absolutely beautiful
I feel like we all can relate to a dark time with his music and listen to it back again it’s like listening to the ghost of your past and that shit scary
It's crazy cus i feel like he was ahead of his time. He made love songs that wasnt so upbeat. He made it them raw & told us love hurts and it's okay. This music has gotten me thru alot cus of how honest it is
Hearing this song helps me cope with the pain I've experienced. I've never been in a relationship. My pain comes from the fact I was molested and psychologically abused since I was a kid by a parent. I feel trapped by my repressed memories. It's like I know now, I admit my pain but what's next? Who will hurt me and take my innocence again?
@@Shakz_Mathemaniac098 I ran across my comment today. I just want to say thank you. I have made progress! I moved out, and I am currently finding a new therapist (long story). I nearly went through a Trilogy phase in my college campus lol.
I feel selfish because of how much I want the weeknd to still be depressed and more underground so he can put out songs like this, but now it's all earned it, can't feel my face, and more "radio songs"
My first true love and I broke up 19 years ago. He is still in my heart and I think of him still every day. I wish I could erase him from my heart and memory.
Man, my teenage years were amazing. Sitting the at the park watching the sunrise after a weekend of drugs and partying. I could never relive that but I remember that feeling fondly.
I’m glad he’s getting the respect he deserves now even though this project still holds a special place in my heart. I couldn’t be more proud watching him ascend to iconic status
I cried on the inside when I heard this I broke down , on the inside and I didn't cry physically I found myself constantly putting it on repeat for the beginning and I realized it sung how I've felt for years on the inside 💖
![The Weeknd - The Birds (Complete OG) [CD Quality Audio]](/img/n.gif)
The fact that this girl’s face is blurry is such a perfect symbolic representation. She still exists in his mind, however it feels like he doesn’t know her for real. She belongs to the past.
It’s kinda creepy cuz it feels like she’s looking at me
@@user256-85a same
@@user256-85a fr tho lmaoo she looks demonic
Nah man “she belong to the world”
@@tahamohammad1741 🤣🤣🤣👌
"But baby it don't hurt.. like you thought it would. The more of you, the merrier"
That line. Jeeesus
i never understood this line
Can someone explain please
I think he’s talking about the drugs or drinks
Or maybe he’s talking about sex
@@kendramcgee9382 The girl wants to hurt him by cheating but he sings that he isn't hurt. He "enjoys" that she's willing to have sex with other people hence the line, "the more of you the merrier". In actually though, he is hurt as he seems to sigh a lot in this song.
Nobody has a right making music this good on their first album.
@@notoriouskid7105 Don't think Overly Dedicated is as good as what can be found on trilogy. Illmatic is probably the best debut album ever tho.
@@notoriouskid7105 section 80 is his debutalbum then
@@notoriouskid7105 it’s not. I Googled it. It said it was kendricks debutalbum
the crazy thing is that this song is from House of Balloons, which is his first mixtape! Not even an album and he crafted a masterpiece
Honestly
This song was there for me when no one was.
Same bro
same...
Exactly man I’ll always remember thinking at 3:00 am with this song on repeat
My guy ! This comment hit . Lick your wounds brotha, lions are made not born 👑
At the end of the day, it's only music and artists like this who'll be there for you, lying next to you while thoughts are racing in your mind, telling you that everything will be okay. No one else would do that for you.
4:21-4:36 is the best part of the song to me. The disappointed acceptance and then power/anger in is voice when he says, "I know everything." Ugh. Why you do this to me Abel.
this is my favorite part too... it’s like breaking in tears and denying it at the same
Truly the best part of the song
Literally bro like you can feel his range coming up
THE INTRO ALWAYS RIPS MY HEART APART, BECAUSE I KNOW WHATS COMING
SAME
“i know everything”
swear to god
Same brotha
knowing
I’m 30 now. I remember being like 18-19 playing this on repeat during my first heartbreak. What a time to be alive
27 here 😂 Used to blast this on my headphones on the bus to school lol
@@MassHysteriaHD this song would make me not even wanna go to school cuz “I know everyyyyyythinggggggg” 😂😂😂 corny I know
@@ashb234 i was 6 :((
29 now...The Weeknd got me thru that first heart break at 18 as well..crazy how it works
@@tomfoolerysbignuts3436 it’s all good! Probably still hit for a 6 year old. Just hit differently lol
Saddest song of him. Even sadder than call out my name
Echoes of Silence is up there
@@joshwilliams6517 till dawn is sad too
Last Tearz i feel like twenty eight isnt even sad hes just kinda complaining that this girl wont leave him alone
tears in the rain ??
next ??
Stop ur gonna make me cry Haha
The way he sings "Take a look at what you did" at 3:56 is amazing.
I agree with ("Take a look at what you did ) it reminds me of my ex)) ,so he must be revering to a ex of his ??
It's amazing to find an Indian who appreciates The Weeknd's old music 😊😊
Its equally amazing to see an Indian female who's fond of The Weeknd. Interesting! Your ears are special
That man is tha fucking GOAT
& simple
That sigh after 4:23 😩😭 it's like you can hear the sadness in it
if you know music you notice how the fourth chord is major after three minors and everytime on the major when that epic bass goes away he says its ok and its like bringing you from this darkness and desperation to hope and dreamy feel. And u cry. Dudes a genius. Doesn't even matter what he says I was crying to this song back when I didn't know the whole subject. Its legendary
Heard it😓😓it made me wanna cry and I'm a 28 year old grown man😅😅
@@introvert_expert9042 Tbh this song hits harder in your 20s/30s lol
this song has a 99.9% chance it will get you in your feels
LeAnn Garcia oh yess alwaysssssssssss
it's 100% to me
bro.. jus heard it for the first time, you right lmao
@@irvingsanchez9273 I hope you’re okay
Are you here 📼
the weeknd is more then just that catchy artist you hear on the radio.. he's an escape. Taking his listeners to a place where they feel so at home and understood, a calloused place. Somewhere they can understand that darkness and move forward, dealing with it. I could walk into oblivion with the winter rushing against me, long with this song playing where I could hear.
Not this comment tearing me up
I forget he’s famous. It’s so special
when I hear this song, it brings back memories to my first year of freshman year. I would always listen to this song in the morning going to school and during school. it would always put me in that mood where everyone seemed to be walking in slow motion. and made me missing someone I didn't. this song was a drug.
+Sarah Velasquez the best explanation ever for this song.
damn bro you hit the fucking nail on the head. I remember it like it was yesterday. walking to and from school listening to this mixtape. shit was crazy.
Honestly same! I remember walking throughout the hallways listening to the lyrics . Listening and understanding the meaning of every song Abel writes!. Abel is a very very talented artist who can easily relate to any and everyone!!
Yooo. I did the same freshman. Walked to school smoking while the fall's cold misty morning breeze blew.
Did the same thing, but it was my sophomore year
My entire world was recently destroyed by a woman who use to call me her heartbeat. We we're best friends. One night we laid in bed and she laid her head on my chest and our heart beats we're literally a split second off from beating the same. She was everything to me. You honestly and truly do not know pain until you watch your favorite person turn into a complete stranger. Out of no where she left me and went back to her ex from college and they're married now. She split with me the morning before my mom passed from an undected brain aneurysm. This song literally speaks to me and I can relate to Abel on multiple levels. If you really take time to watch and decode this video you can really feel the pain and darkness in this song. These lyrics alone at 3am with 3 or 4 blunts and a bottle and your thoughts is very very dangerous. 😔
Damn. Sorry, my friend.
Wow so sorry. How are you holding up?
Jesus
ChefDamone Cook something very similar happened to be except it was my grandfather who passed away and I got left the night before his funeral
I can relate. Really painful
"The more of you, the merrier"
That part always gets me :(
Sudharshan V. Hari rt everytime ..
I don't get that part...explain please lol
Sudharshan V. Hari what does the merrier means?
Lenny De Weer merrier = characterized by festivity and rejoicing, slightly and good-humoredly drunk, cheerful and lively.
thanks for the complete answer =)
4:22 the way he says "it's okay" brokes my heart every single time
yessss
The power and emotion in this track is breathtaking..
4:22, that sigh. It's so subtle yet adds to the song. It's okay. A heavy sigh tells us it's really not. But he'll continue saying it's okay.
The Best Part Of The Song
The Best Part Of The Song
If you searched this up everything’s gonna be ok
Edit: Happy 1 year to this comment thanks for the likes. Still vibing out to legendary music
Nah.... it’s waaaay tooo laaaate
I hope so😔
facts. one of my absolute favourite songs by abel
i listen to this even when im in the happiest of moods
Kap🤧😭
And to think, if it wasn’t for that one girl from Toronto who broke his heart, Trilogy wouldn’t exist.
Hahaha so true but so sad, sometimes the best tracks can come out of pain...
totally:(
@@joannesmith5594 replying so i can come back and view your link
This isn’t from trilogy trilogy isn’t even an album
@@jakec6010 trilogy is an album🤔🤔🤔 you are right tho because this song is from HOB
I think it’s fair to say we’re a community of broken hearts. Healing isn’t a linear process. Stay as true as you can to yourself and allow things to fall in place as they should.
In sort of a weird way, pain is amazing.
@@MichaelNoMyers right, its draining yet so comfortng
@@heidisarkis3818 comforting AF
Agreed.
100
The Knowing will make you feel like you’re current love is in jeopardy. Even when you know everything is good, the thought lingers in your head. You can tell The Weeknd went through a hard time accepting the fact and putting it in a song. Such a heartfelt song that takes your sanity into the place and time he was hurt. The lyrics provide such context that can be applied to many lives and having that remorse of loving someone who couldn’t love back.
When he sings " I know everything" the last time, it sounds like it's his soul bursting out of his chest, its so intense
🎶🎵
I remember the first time i heard this. 18 years old... Almost a decade ago. Partying post high school vibes. Good times. That time where life changed. So much crazy shit has happened since then. Relationships, jobs, moving out of state on my own , friends changing, being homeless, getting hurt, so many fucking memories and it still seems like yesterday. "Take care" and the trilogy mixtapes hold so many memories and strong emotions.
Life is a beautifully scary roller coaster ride
yesss me tooooo
Man im there with you
I haven't had social media in 7 years and shit like this brings me back.
sounds like you had an interesting life :) how's things going for you now?
@@SiiNTi sounds like a ordinary life to me😂😂 thirsty ass
FUUUCK, I WISH HE MADE MORE SONGS LIKE HIS OLD ONES! THE BEST
Ann Kumiko Ik the only things close enough on Starboy were Party Monster and Stargirl interlude
Ann Kumiko
He do it
Listen to i was never there
Listen to Rolling Stones it's for the fans 💕
Legitimately one of the greatest masterpieces of all time
This fucken song, my favorite song of all time by my favorite artist of all time. You can hear the pain, the heartbreak in his voice. The instrumental, his voice, his lyrics, they coincide so well to make this fucken dark masterpiece. The line "So Ima let you taste her, I ain't washing my sins". This is Abel at his best, this is The Weeknd.
+Kevin Hoang Deep
you can listen to the track he sampled which I like a lot more tbh.
It's called Cherry Colored Funk by Cocteau Twins
Kevin hoang beautiful commet
He's still the best
Idc what anyone says “Trilogy” will remain his greatest album, and House of Balloons will remain his greatest mixtape
kissland is typing...
@@jadenfernandez1334 Nah man I love kissland I’ve heard every song but it can’t compete with HOB
holy fuck you´re right
@@tahamohammad1741 at the end of the day it’s personal preference but HOB is greater with better moments but i think both kissland and EOS are better throughout
@@williamfoote5701 Kissland comes next IMO cause honestly some of his most underrated tracks are from kissland especially songs like Adaptation, Belong to the world, and odd looks. But they can’t top HOB I’m sorry bro
His music is meant to be. Never heard anybody as deep to what they say and feel in almost all their songs.
so true your comment :)
omg yes
Dude fr
listening to this with nothing but your 3am thoughts can be dangerous...
Oops...
4:30am thoughts... time to go out speed recklessly at 130mph+ on the freeway and see where i end up...back home, jail, injured, or dead.
Joel Perez very true
Joel Perez to tru as I listen to this song at....2:00am
Oh fuck it’s 3am
4:22 That gasp means so much... It is not ok, and yet he keeps saying it is.. it seems like he's so, so done, so tired, so fed up with all the lying, the cheating, the life he's been living...
That gasp hits me more than any part of the song because I let out this exact same gasp so so many times before.. and it hurts, hurts so freaking much. Being bottom level of disappointed, tired, exhausted, for so long, but yet accepting and swallowing it because he is trapped.
Its the most powerful part of the song for me; that little break when he tells us that absolutely *nothing* is ok with only a gasp. Not everyone can be that expressive.. We can tell he was really living all of this, really feeling all of this, this song carries so many emotions, feelings..
Everytime I listen to this song is when I'm not okay, most likely feeling that exact same way, and everytime I get to that part, I break down along with him, but the difference is that he's holding everything...
it almost feels like the gasp someone lets out during crying, so perfect
some of us are stuck in the past because we miss the memories,the people,the little things that made you feel complete. but i know that every single one of us has definitely struggled to get where they are now- no matter how little youve moved or how far youve came. it took effort- i just hope you all keep moving forward- nobody else gets to choose what your destiny is. nobody else gets to choose who you are except yourself. Life keeps moving and some of us stay back waiting for things that wont return. it hurts to know but thats what living feels like.. im tired of seeing people who once lived so happy, to drown in an ocean full of their own tears. sometimes you have to sink to learn how to swim, sometimes life has to hit you in your weakest spots for you to get stronger. sometimes you have to stay back to get ahead. sometimes you're stuck, but that doesnt mean that you can't survive. you're all worth it. i GENUINELY HOPE that you , one day, will come to realize how precious your life is. Please hold onto yourself and never let go. i may be only 13, but i really hope i change someones life.
I want you to know that have good taste in music
thank you for sharing this, it helped me so much. i wish i was as wise as you when i was 13, XOTWOD
Thank you
well said. just in time TBH
13-14 years and such a wise person.... I loved your text, i felt it all the way.... suffering is an important part of life, because its a learning experience that can get the best out of ourselves. KEEP IT ON MY G's, life is beautiful!
so deep and so beautiful, thank you Abel for saving my life with your music.
BallestJenn Glad you’re alive Jenn 🙏
truly @honeybunny1234567891
When your ex cheated on you and you knew but loved them too much to let them go. Memories...
lilkamabeast Same...
Right on ✊🏽
this is the exact situation i was in a few months ago.. glad i finally found the courage to leave.
just a friendly reminder that she doesn't like you back
cant even listen to the weeknd anymore without my heart hurting from being cheated on. hes all we used to listened to ):
This is the song that cracks me the fuck up every time I listen to it. Every fucking time. I am crying right now, still thinking about her after more than a year.
pussy lol
probably never been in love before, have a heart bud. don't be so cold.
I've had sex a couple of times since then, it's just a short comfort.
s1d3k1ckRO try magic mushrooms
Damn, I'm sorry, that must be really hard. I hope you're doing better now and you get over her as soon as possible.
There are better fish in the sea :)
I first heard this in my bedroom back in 2011. Instantly liked it. As time passed, events happened that made this song relatable. The more time passed the more this song meant to me. 10 years later, I’ve been sitting here for the past 10 minutes dissecting every sound, every instrument used, I have no words. The bass, the drums, the guitar. The way they are orchestrated. The build up. And how Abel’s voice just cuts through it all smoothly. Even though this song is dark & twisted, I can’t help but to see God’s hand behind a piece of art like this, the beauty in destruction, the peace in pain. This has gotten me through the toughest of nights & eased the pain. Thank you Abel for putting your heart into this one. What comes from the heart, is felt in the heart.
The weeknd is a gift from God
Mikey Molloy The Weeknd is God
he's so true
Oh God from God
its a shame that a lot of ppl dont even know this song exists tbh
Dudeeee this is my first time, I’m so angry at the fact I was missing this at my 15-16
well i missed this cuz of me being a little kid and now I'm 14 and listening to this
gotta say i wish i could listen those times
@@betha3601 i feel sorry for y’all i got soooooo much up through with girls with Thursday HOB and EOS in high school. Junior year was THE SHIT
you only can listen to this song if you realy want, this is hard to find even in the weeknd chanel...
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
I know what you did
I know
So I'ma let you taste her
I ain't washing my sins
I ain't washing my sins
Now we're lying about the nights
Hiding all it behind the smiles, yeah
Take a look at what you did, yeah
You probably thought that you'd break my heart, oh
You probably thought that you'd make me cry
But, baby, it's okay
I swear it's okay, yeah
'Cause I know everything, yeah
I know everything, yeah
I know everything, yeah
I know everything, yeah, yeah
Now these tongues don't twist like they did before
It's hard to keep me up
And you are dry
But, baby, it don't hurt
Oh, like you thought it would
The more of you the merrier (oh, oh, oh, ooh)
Now we're lying about the nights
Hiding all it behind the smiles
Take a look at what you did, ooh, yeah
You probably thought that you'd break my heart
You probably thought that you'd make me cry
But baby it's okay
It's okay, yeah
I know everything, yeah
Everything, yeah
I know everything, yeah
I know everything
This song makes me feel like I'm floating helplessly lost and alone in space.
Abel's music is the only thing that makes me feel like iv'e kinda left this world when everything feels dark and scary.. his music is truly something else. Xo
Lenny De Weer k lol
GO find something else to do, this is how i feel and you are pathetic trying to ruin the good.
+Erin Cathey doing it even in spring
I do agree
Years later and the music still hits me as hard as it did before. Every real fan out there should reply. XO
+Shelis torres XOXOXOXOXO love this song so much, it brings back memories of when things were better
+Shelis torres Same here... I feel bad that when I first listened to this song I didn't like it. Now I can say that it's one of my favourites from The Weeknd.
The lyrics 😓
+Shelis torres This and Echoes of Silence make me sad and mellow me out like a mufucka.
XO
The most beautiful voice ever!
the truth has been spoken lolz
and harmonies and ;yrics
Voice of an angel
Old comments
Still crying to this song in 2020
I'll be in 2050 😢
makes me cry harder when he hits the high notes
still me in 2021 lol
2021.
Still crying to this song in 2022
Can't believe it's been this long. Really proud of Abel.
dane ewen thank you lol
I was JUST commenting that on "the party and the party after" he has come so fuckin far. privilege is my current fav but his old shit will forever be the best to me
dane ewen aye nice Mustang buddy. Lol. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👿👿👿👿👿👿
He's living the life, fly boy fly.
ItzYaBoiDane YT
What betrayal feels like. Great song. One of my all time favorites
Who else cried their tears out when he said “I know everything” at 4:31
I broke down so hard to this song on repeat after the death of my aunt. This whole album helped me through everything. This man truly saved my life and even to this day. He's the only person keeping me here.
I’m so sorry for your loss ): I’m glad he saved your life. You’re still the reason you’re here though! give yourself some credit ❤️❤️
That's some Alabama type of stuff
I’m glad you’re here ♥️
Used to zone out to this song so much in 2011. Brings me bk to that time in my life when all i'd do is listen to The Weeknd to drown my sorrows LOL
YO FORREAL
Chante Alicia D.J I'm doing the same now..
lol for 6 months literally all I listened to was the weeknd
Bruh this beat is insane, then the vocals make it the true epitome of a VIBE
Why do I always come back to this beautifully, sad, amazing, make you wanna cry, got you thinking about your ex, well produced song. 😭😭😣😣
same.
Shit was real tho😣
this song makes me blaming myself for all my exes. Makes me send all of them flowers with a note Im sorry and my parents too)
I don’t miss her. As a matter of fact, I don’t want to see her face ever again. I miss talking to her for hours without a single moment of silence in between sentences, I miss her texts, I miss her sense of humor, I miss her presence. The fact that she went from my favorite person to a mere stranger hurts me more than what she did to me, using me as an ego boost and then dumping me whenever she felt I wasn’t needed anymore. All those promises, all those plans we made together, all gone. For once in my life, I was looking forward for tomorrow, for the future, now I’m just living one day at a time. If she ever comes across this comment, just know that I don’t hate you and wish you no harm, but I don’t love you anymore. I still want you to eat, just not at my table. Karma will catch up to you.
Edit: this deserves an update. 9 months later, I’m doing better but still not fully over her. She got a man now, and I suspect it’s her ex that cheated on her countless times. Fuck it, we stay winning. OVOXOTWOD 🖤
I’m so sorry for what she did. Keep your head up king. XO
I feel so bad for you bro but try not to lose hope the “one” is out there and she’s waiting for you
i feel like im in the same position as you homie, i felt this. keep your head up king
Same here
same here brother , keep ur head up my guy
i remember looking back, how my mom cheated on my dad countless times, yet he still loved her to death. i went through as much pain as my father did when our lives fell apart because people in our lives are selfish. and looking back at these songs, they bring me an understanding - that i’m not alone in this heartbreak.
🥺🥺🥺💔💔💔😭😭😭😥😥
Remember kids, no matter how much you love someone, that wont make them love you back as much let alone love you back.
@@nameer03 such a sad truth
Some people can never be faithful. Its.. they can never be no matter how much they try. I loved a person so much with my soul for 8 years...he got impulsive and married another woman. He loves me still but he cant stay loyal. He cant stay loyal to his wife too. He still wants me back. I cld understand his personality. He just wants everything. He is too restless to stay with one person. My life turned a tragedy because of this. I was angry and i couldnt accept that. But time taught me that u couldnt control others behaviour. Now i dont hate him. I just wish him luck and stability in life. Its not ur fault.
@@scarjo9635 exactly. Society should start accepting that not all humans are monogamous.it's true. it's so much pressure on everyone when we deny that. Good point.
this song and picture itself are a perfect representation of what happened to me recently. was in a 6 year relationship with her and found out she cheated on me and I was completely destroyed. now she is just a faded memory and a blurry image and remnants of my life are slowly fading away. in this same year I lost my grandma. this song is the embodiment of what i’m going through right now
i’m so sorry for you bro, keep pushing through, it’ll get better ❤
Bro I can relate to this, same with me and I lost my Nana a few months ago, its tough.. it gets better
Smh I know the feeling
this song still gets to me almost four years later. amazing.
9 years now
the short melody of keys played at the beginning of the song give me goosebumps every time. such simple stretch of sound that puts me into a place that’s beyond speakable comprehension. it’s like all my emotions of her come back at once
its so beautiful... he got 3 minor chords filled with sadness desperation and theres D major on the 4th hit and he says but baby its ok on that one with his angelic voice and it fills your soul with so much hope and happiness. OMG the musicality and the genius of weeknd is on some god level.
remember when he was our little secret?
yea
sucks
+Hermoso Valentine yes.. and i told all my marines and friends that he will blow up. Nobody believed me until now..
+Hermoso Valentine xoxoxoxoxoxo all the way babe
Yesss. Bitches made me mad when they was like. Omg the weeknd been with me since day 1. After she heard one song I'm like. Name a day one song. I brought him up to you two years ago and you said you didn't like him.
This has always been one of my fav songs by the weeknd, it's depressing but lovely.
No artist has ever touched me, the way his music did. To be honest, I miss when he wasn't so famous and I had this connection with his music. Now he has become this famous but the trilogy was the best ever and I miss him.
This is always going to be my favourite song by him.
It's my favourite too. Nothing will ever top this song.
Me too my fav by him always ! 💓
I need to stop coming back to this video but I can't.
me too!!!
you can go to spotify ;)
+Jim Clark I got the mixtapes but still. I just keep coming back.
You shouldn't stop because this song is awesome.Depressing but awesome
Don’t
Gotta play this song every so often... Moves the soul
...
😔
the thoughts that used to run thru my head when i listened to this is just insane, im super blessed that ive pretty much beat depression, i still have some bad days but its not how it used to be. if anyone is reading this and been thru a heartbreak, im here to tell u it will get better even tho it feels like it will never will. be strong my friends.
When you love someone so hard but they don't love you back but you want just let it all go it becomes a bad habits.
his gasp at 4:23 catches me in the feels every time i listen to this song :(
I must confess this is my favorite song of all time ❤️
It gives me chills 😢
Take it easy it’s just a drawing
The beat being an actual Heartbeat just puts this song in the stratosphere!! Still banging in 2024 and into 2025!! 😎
The raw emotion on this song is unmatched! A very impactful song, it's like I can feel his pain and hardships. Just amazing
driving through downtown Toronto while The Knowing is on is amazing. Really shows you the inpiration and where it all started. In the sketchy and depressing streets of Parkdale. No wonder this is so dark.
This song hits so different, don’t even have to involve a relationship just in general this song resonates so deep when you’re depressed or sad. Thank you, Abel xo
House of Balloons just has that feeling that no other main stream album ive come across could never replicate like jesus it still shocks people that i talk to when i reveal that house of balloons is his first mixtape
Sounds like something you would hear during the climax of a movie. Its really insane how much emotion is in this song
everytime I listen to house of balloons, this song makes me feel sad af, even when I'm in a good mood
the production, the raw vocals, the emotion, it's too good and shows Abel's vulnerable side. absolutely beautiful
How can someone make music this good in his first album!!!
I feel like we all can relate to a dark time with his music and listen to it back again it’s like listening to the ghost of your past and that shit scary
It's crazy cus i feel like he was ahead of his time. He made love songs that wasnt so upbeat. He made it them raw & told us love hurts and it's okay. This music has gotten me thru alot cus of how honest it is
I used to listen to Trilogy every single morning on the bus to school. the album will always have a place in my heart. Big ups
This instantly evokes so many emotions into me
Erin Cathey Yess .. lots of Energy
This song is such an underrated masterpiece
this song lasts 6 minutes but it hurts a lifetime
The beginning of this song is so so sad. Idk how it just hurts me
love the profile photo
the intro brings me the vibe of toronto.. just toronto, foggy and slight showers while walking in the streets, night time
Yo I’m 58 seconds into the song and I’m already in my feels tearing up, this man is the best thing that has happened to music 🖤 xotwod
Hearing this song helps me cope with the pain I've experienced. I've never been in a relationship. My pain comes from the fact I was molested and psychologically abused since I was a kid by a parent. I feel trapped by my repressed memories. It's like I know now, I admit my pain but what's next? Who will hurt me and take my innocence again?
Damn :/
I also experienced similar traumatic events. Keep your head up held high. We’re survivors. Sorry you had to go through all that abuse.
@@Shakz_Mathemaniac098 I ran across my comment today. I just want to say thank you. I have made progress! I moved out, and I am currently finding a new therapist (long story). I nearly went through a Trilogy phase in my college campus lol.
@@Shakz_Mathemaniac098 I hope you heal too dude
I feel selfish because of how much I want the weeknd to still be depressed and more underground so he can put out songs like this, but now it's all earned it, can't feel my face, and more "radio songs"
samuel.o i feel you now hes gotta girl and probably not gonna write about girls and drugs now about his girl and all that just listen to shameless
I was thinkin the same shit! I like these fucked up songs not the fucking up lifting songs 😂
Omar Mazariegos ayyyy nice profile pic Dude!
Lol thanks! Cant wait for fallout 4!!!!
lets still have faith. This hills was pretty dope
4:30 this is the moment The Weeknd shined and never stopped
My first true love and I broke up 19 years ago. He is still in my heart and I think of him still every day. I wish I could erase him from my heart and memory.
This song makes u think of soo much things 😔
🙉🙊🙈
Things like that one time you got cheated on and it hurt like a bitch
+MaajestiK 😹 actually no. Like relevant things such as life.
+MaajestiK I feel you bro. Just gotta let it go. Be free little love bird.
so much when he says take a look at what you did I think hes telling it to me. this is my favorite song of all fuckin times
This has to be his best song
My favorite ❤
Nah one of them though
@@devantewilliams5150oneof them
This song opens the windows to my soul ....
_________I know EVERYTHING________
Every emotion can be felt when you’ve been wronged
Man, my teenage years were amazing. Sitting the at the park watching the sunrise after a weekend of drugs and partying. I could never relive that but I remember that feeling fondly.
I’m glad he’s getting the respect he deserves now even though this project still holds a special place in my heart. I couldn’t be more proud watching him ascend to iconic status
listened to him in middle school. grew up. I’m back and balling with this on repeat. hits different
I cried on the inside when I heard this I broke down , on the inside and I didn't cry physically I found myself constantly putting it on repeat for the beginning and I realized it sung how I've felt for years on the inside 💖
Bro the weekend has literally been in his prime since the beginning
Weeknd***
This hits hard when you start overthinking🧠
Fuck yessss 🙃
lol rii
my man so cried recording this record lol
this meant to be cried to.
I think there was a recording of him in the studio making this and crying, or maybe something else
So?
Factual
Bryan Dominguez Don’t blame him. I’d cry too if I was recording this record
This was one of his best songs if not his best. Made you feel like you were floating in space.
This will never not be incredibly powerful. Best male vocalist