Buffalo is a sad place to be, honestly. Lots of really great people living in horrible conditions. You genuinely wouldn't believe you were still in USA. Even police vehicles are just totally rusted out and old. I have friends there, not being a jerk. But it's a sad place to be.
yes it was already one of my fave songs ever (and fave of theirs), but now I'm sad I never got to see them live too (also jealous my partner saw them several times _without even trying or wanting to_ )
Man I just found out lastnite. WTF; what, too out spoken in terms of political content. And his brother and the rest of the members. Has Keith been wired and thatXs the real reason. But at this point and all the speculation. Regardless the album and it's content and odus yo your comment bro. Hands down the current RADICAL album is pure GOLD to current times. I thought this song was revelant when it came out, but as you respectfully stated, has more reverence now 2022.
"The bottom is not the lowest we get" is what has been going through my head with all that is going on politically and socially. It's led me back to this video tonight.
"Clinched in the jaws of anguish are only godless men Chaos is drawn to silence Like life is drawn to death The dusk is so much clearer than the dawn had ever been I'm a ghost" Brilliant writing my god
It's a bit cliché to say "this song saved my life," but this one really did. This dropped the year I was first stationed in upstate NY, a year of harsh realities. Abusive treatment from higher-ups, treating guys with hypothermia or frostbite who were put in shitty situations by our commander, binge-drinking to stave off the relentless loneliness and resentment and cold. Nothing to do in a frozen-solid backwater town but do stupid shit with your friends and distract yourself in any way possible. Blasting this song in the car on the way to some dive bar, or through a shitty little Bluetooth speaker in a truck with a broken heater in a -20 degree blizzard. When my relationship inevitably fell apart, and depression began to set in, this song was there for me, and continued to be there through deployment, coming home, and eventually my discharge. This band will forever have a special place in my heart. Thanks ETID 🤘
@@mikemiltko7151 thanks man, I appreciate it! I'm doing better now, out of the army in a stable relationship, just working a regular job and trying to make time for my hobbies. Hope you're well as well 🤘
I love it when bands made a tribute video about where they came from. And on this case they made it about their hometown Buffalo, NY. It beautifully done as well.
uhh, I might be old, but everything they released prior to 2005 is better than this right here. Hell even the stuff between 2005 and 2008 is better than this. It's like their creativity shriveled up and fell off.
I mean yea highschool was fun as fuck and all but you can't tell me that it was the best version of yourself. Same logic can be applied here. Its great, and so was that. But its a different kind of great.
Elgin Coates I agree man, I've been an ETID fan since day one. There isn't an album they've put out that I don't enjoy, but this latest is my favorite since Gutter Phenomenon. And this song was my favorite since the release of Low Teens, love seeing their progression without becoming all "radio friendly"
As an australian just finding this song, i'm taken back. The video along with keith's singing of "i've weighed down the earth, through the stars to the pavement" genuinely fills me with pain. It's not often that music touches me - and from what it seems, most people that have listened to this song. No matter how many views this gets, it will forever be not enough. Absolute masterpiece.
Such a great lyric. So much stress and anxiety is caused by being made to feel unimportant or non-existant and so many people worry about just living, dying and being forgotten. I'll never forget anyone involved with this band as long as I live. Tell people what they mean to you, acknowledge shy souls and look out for people in need. It shouldn't need to be said but you can make such a difference with a few words. I'm not a saint or a wise man but I hope this song has changed at least one other person's life.
I'm not the most poetically literate person to be honest so I don't know exactly what the song is about but this and other lines throughout never fail to make me well up. There's such a melancholy, desperate feeling to it that taps into some primal sadness in me. I honestly don't listen to this one often unless I'm prepared for that. Also, I realized this video is more or less a love letter to the people of Buffalo, but I can't help but feel like it represents humanity as a whole with all its highs and lows and even the mundane.
Heard this for the first time on the drive home. I'm 46 yrs old. In 5 minutes 30 yrs melted off, and 30 more were added. Well played boys. Thank you and damn you in equal measure....
I just keep coming back to this. Not on spotify or iHeartRadio or their album but specifically here on youtube. I feel like the video itself has so much stronger of a message, especially hitting home with me, than the song by itself ever will. A+
02:52 "The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of hand These hearts cannot be salvaged, these bones cannot withstand I have either been forgotten or I was never seen Now I'm in the negative space between" That makes too much sense to me unfortunately.
Am I the only one that saw the sun burn out? The locusts keep their rhythm My watch is broken down I wake up and take on water, sink to the peak of despair What I need is a cigarette No more prayers The planets unaligned We are saints without a shrine A storm comes and the city's abandoned The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh A storm comes and the city's abandoned The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh I am the man that sank Atlantis I am the man that sank Atlantis I am the man that sank Atlantis, the bottom is not the lowest we get Further down still the dark's absolute And further down than that, it's only me and you I assure you that hell is not a myth We both vacation there Hell is not a myth We spend each winter ther, no one can prepare A storm comes and the city's abandoned The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh A storm comes and the city's abandoned The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh I am the man that sank Atlantis I am the man that sank Atlantis I am the man that sank Atlantis, the bottom is not the lowest we get I thought I knew the best part of the secret I thought I knew the best part of the secret I thought I knew the best part of the secret, the truth is the thing we forget The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of hand These hearts cannot be salvaged These bones cannot withstand I have either been forgotten or I was never seen Now I'm in the negative space between I've weighed down the earth Through the stars to the pavement I've weighed down the earth No use trying to save it I've weighed down the earth Through the stars to the pavement I've weighed down the earth Not sure I can take it I've fallen out of frame A strangled, distant flame Clenched in the jaws of anguish are only godless men Chaos is drawn to silence like life is drawn to death The dusk is so much clearer than the dawn had ever been I'm a ghost, I'm a ghost and yet I've weighed down the earth Through the stars to the pavement I've weighed down the earth No use trying to save it I've weighed down the earth Through the stars to the pavement I've weighed down the earth No use trying to save it
I remember when I was listening to this album for the first time on shuffle and this song came up. It immediately stood out to me. It's one of the rare instances where the melody, lyrics, instrumentation and structure speak so deeply in sync. I was moved for days. Keith has never ever met me and yet the experience that the song paints is something that I feel so deeply, it still gives me chills. And I think a lot of people feel the same way, seeing the comments. There's a universal humanity to loss, tragedy and disillusionment that I think is perfectly portrayed in this song. It's a time we experience our own personal hell and everyone around us is completely unaware. Keith had this to say about the song in a track by track commentary he did: "There are as many versions of reality as there are people to experience it. Do not expect anyone to suffer the horrors of yours with you no matter how far your grief extends. It is yours alone." This is such a beautiful way to describe the song. The whole album's incredibly dope but to me this is a killer closer. That haunting guitar riff at the end is the frosting on the cake.
The music video (and song) completely speaks to the beauty in the fallibility of human beings. The genius of the layman . The majesty and poise of the proletariat. It tells your story without knowing you or caring about you while also being very tender with your experience. It gives a spark of significant light to a life a lot of people have written off. It gives the spotlight to the odyssey that we embark on as soon as we pull the covers off every single day. It hurts, but damn does it hurt so good. It looks you dead in the eyes and says " you failed so many fucking times. over and over and over and over and over, but still your life is perfect poetry". It brushes back the gray tone for a vibrant color pallet that paints the daily struggle in a way that is undeniable.
Thank you for having created such a wonderful piece of art. After all those years, this song and video still make me cry not only because it is so full of bittersweet emotions and - yes, I have to say this - musical genius. But also by making me feel understood. It is like a musical guardian angel that holds you and whispers: "There there... You've been through so much. And you're seeing it all, still. You'll always will. I know. It's ok. I'm here." ... This is one of your many legacies. And I truly thank you for this. Much love from Germany. D.
Losing everytime I die was the last nail in my youth. They stood the test of time. Better lovers and Many eyes are great but this was my everything. Just like everything else as we get older we move on and get over it. I’m gonna hold on to this one as long as possible. Hello mid 30s! Be nice to me!
This was an automatic upvote for me, because this band can do no wrong. I got into their music around Gutter Phenomenon, and they've put out consistently good material ever since, in many cases outdoing themselves.
I agree.....i had seen ebolorama on uranium and liked it so i went to the record shop and gutter just come out and i had seen kill the music that same day and got it then a few months later i went and got hot damn and last night in town.....i like burial plot bidding war even though the band hates it.....ive seen em 4 times and got to get my pics with em and it was jordans b-day that night and also i was lucky and got a used drumstick from Ratboy that night,they played with the bronx that night in Greenville SC.....i think it was in about 07 or 08
Cant believe its been 7 Years since this absolute masterpiece released. RIP ETID , Still my favorite band of all time! "Now I'm in the negative space between"
"I'm a ghost / i'm a ghost and still / I've weighed down the earth - Through the stars to the pavement." - This line is for me a little depressing. I still remember, when i walked through street in rainy night and Map Change was on my playlist. I love themes, about Universe and this line describes, how i feel. Double entendre - when i feel like a ghost, i can't still fly over everything, cause ghosts or spirits, can levitate over the ground. I can't, cause i've weighed down the earth. Yeahh, with mind, i can fly through that stars, universe, but in the end, i'm still on the pavement. Hm.. In other view - i'm a ghost for my city, or every people around me. "I have either been forgotten or I was never seen. Now I'm in the negative space between." Anyway, Map Change is maybe the best song from this band. Amazing vocal varibiality from Keith, phenomenal lyrics, so much emotions, iconic guitar riff. It is just so much touching. Yeahh, my favorite track is still Wanderlust, but i understand if anybody says, that Map Change is..."so every time i die". From disappointment, by Beartooth - Disease, ETID becomes my favorite band and i'm proud, that i have almost every CD, with Damned Things.
this honestly perfectly captures buffalo as a city. ive lived here my entire life and this couldn't be more accurate. we chain smoke, day drink, and set shit on fire
Living a few hours away in Syracuse seeing shit like this definitely touches my soul. Completely accurate depiction of the area. Nothin but love for these dudes!
This video and song combo still haunts me for years. I'm german and crossed Buffalo on a roadtrip a decade ago, but the intensity of emotions this video delivers is absurd. I never listen to this song without watching this with at least one eye. You can say that the song itself is not a "masterpiece" like Bohemian Rhapsody f.e. , but with the cinematography combined...holy shit. Especially what the cutter did at the "line dance" part after 1:40 is simply insane.
I was born and raised in Buffalo. This is a very depressingly accurate representation of our hometown. Brilliant, beautiful, ugly and wrought with emotion and disease. This is a hard watch for such a great song.
@@migueldemoina hopefully everyone focuses on what they need to do to get well. All parties included. My heart doesn't want to accept that this is the last time we hear from the hometown heroes.
I've spent lots of time in your hometown and have some really great friends from there. It really is a weirdly accurate representation of how the place feels in the winter.
Jordan, Steve and Clayton have a new band with Will Putney and Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan). It's called "Better Lovers" they just released an EP called God Made Me an Animal. It's not ETID like we know but it's damn good. The familiar riffs are present in it. Highly recommend
@@jmpiazza86I'm sure you know about it already, but the band Many Eyes is worth checking out. Fronted by Keith, they've only released three songs this far but it feels like a natural progression
@@shekelwarlocke Yup, on that one too... my buddy saw them play with Thursday actually, said they were great. I hate that ETID is gone but it is cool getting new music from 2 great bands now haha. cheers!
this is the song that pushes me to be great. i constantly put this on repeat to create songs of my own. this is the heartbeat of my and i need this to create my own music
its such a masterpiece I am so proud that you guys are from Buffalo. No maybe it's that I am proud I'm from Buffalo, because of YOU guys. Maybe it isn't a surprise Buffalo could produce such a prolific, hard working, "salt of the earth", ever-improving, powerhouse. It really is impressive that every single album is an improvement upon the previous. This progression speaks volumes to your work ethic, creativity, drive, love for it all (or most), and minds. Love you guys, GO BILLS
Soo. This song has haunted me for days. First time I have absolutely HAD to listen to a song over and over and over. I have never felt a song so deeply . Damn. Smh.
I remember this song coming up on pandora during a jam session of mine. Sit behind drumkit and jam along to any song. It's usually how I find new music. This song came up and i couldn't play along. Not because of difficulty but I need to sit and actually enjoy it. This song was my introduction into ETID and it's been glorious
The famous rust belt, the once core of the US industry . No hope just nihilism, love it and love the music. Cheers from the same place but in another continent.
i'm from a small town in kyrgyzstan and somehow this music video always reminds of my hometown. it's especially depressing here in winters, even though we have an astonishingly beautiful nature. idk something makes me wanna ...quit
It's been two years now. And you have been keeping its rhythm. Thank you man. From child. Till death. And you've showed it passed there. Thanks and always. Ily.
I love it when a band pays homage to their hometown. This video is definitely a tribute to Buffalo, and i love that it's Buffalo "as is" from the flashing lights to the dirt under the fingernails. Good, bad, and ugly, this is the place that gave us ETID.
Is it any surprise that great sorrow can make some of the best music ever? It's so evident that Keith went through some shit prior to writing on this album. The last time I heard something comparable was Howard's last Killswitch album. The lyrics were so fucking dark compared to his previous stuff, and IMO, that album is phenomenal.
Keith was going through some real shit...I read an interview where he talked it about it....I'm sure it can easily be found online...and I love the comparison to Howard's last album with KWE. \m/
If you guys like this one look up "After the Party" by The Mezingers and "No Halo" by Sorority Noise. The director of this video did those as well and while those bands don't sound anything like ETID they're both amazing videos as well.
I know, Kyle Thrash is a leyend and so ETID, The Menzingers and Sorority Noise. Even Modern Baseball, Kyle Thrash directed the music video of "Your graduation" by them, it's an amazing video and song
Ohhhhh how did I miss that Kyle did this video too!!! It makes so much sense now why I love it so much. Kyle Thrash makes some of the best fucking videos out there these days
I've been listening to ETID religiously since I was 15. My 30 year old self thought I would hate this song, but it's one of my favorites. ETID surprises me again.
Awesome vid for an awesome track that shows this great band emotional without loosing any of their heaviness. There is so much love in all this emptiness.
Yeeeeaaahh. You should get your money back from that school if you believe this is an "American" thing. This represents maybe 10% of all human kind, some countries just prohibited some of the things shown here.
Exactly, don't let medias, politicals scum and greedy people make you think otherwise, we're all the same broken, abused and brotherly people. From France, cheers!
This is so like the rust belt community in the winter...wrestling, truck drivers, moms stripping, dirty snow slush everywhere, factory smoke stacks everywhere, hanging out at Walmart...so gritty and not you're typical Beverly Hills neighborhood...wow!
I've been listening to Low Teens every week since it came out. I'm not ETID connoisseur, but these songs have made an eternal impact in my musical journey. Just reading the comments about them splitting up right now, too sad :(
I use to listen to this song but never saw the video until today, absolutely masterpiece & the lyrics/video are relevant in 2023 Rock & Roll is my Religion 🤘 Keep Pounding, Never Give Up
My favourite music video ever, and i watched 10 fucking million of them. Poor, drunk, miserable and afraid, we’re all the same. Doesnt fucking matter if it’s a flyover state or the middle of LA.
I lost a tooth when a crowd surfer kicked me in the face at the Koi Fest Show in Kitchener Ontario, it is still to this day, and forever will be the greatest live performance I have witnessed. i wish all the members the best going forward on what ever endeavors they pursue. 20 years, 9 albums, and I cant believe its already over.
Everything about this is the deepest shit ever.lyrics,music,video, people...i feel this,the same way I felt in that winter night of 2002,stopping in,on my way elsewhere.I felt that cities pain,and I never got off the Greyhound bus.
This music video gives me heavy nostalgia to my earlier half of childhood in the less developed areas of western Canada. I live in the deep city now, but many of these scenes look straight out of the frigid northern prairies. Everything is frozen, even the people. The landscape that's so beautiful for the rest of the world is ugly and gray here for most of the year. Everything is in various states of disrepair. A cloud of alcohol abuse hangs over everything. Cracked lips and dry throats and numb fingers and a heavy head is what this all reminds me of.
I watched this video probably 100 times on the four day train trip I took last year when I moved back to WNY from Cali after 13 years. I made the right choice to come back for sure.
When i first heard this song and saw this video, i was on a plane heading from Europe back to the US. I just bought that plane ticket the night before, having taken a one way trip for a two week backpacking trip through northern Europe in winter. I quit my job right before the trip and was heading back to the states for a job interview i secured for the next day. I was on the plane before take off listening to and watching this video again and again and again. This helped me so much preparing for that next chapter in my life. This music video and song was a summary of all i was feeling at that point; it was like a balance of pain and pleasure mixed in to one uncertain and beautiful thing, called life.
2023 and this song is still an emotional bulldozer. Sometimes art is messy. Its too bad they are done, but this one is a masterpiece.
The last riff to be played at Warped Tour. Legend.
2024
One of my all time favorite songs! Absolute Masterpiece!
well fucking said.
This song will always hit
Honestly moved to tears by this video. Such a gorgeous, honest, raw, desperate poem to their home town. Absolutely fucking beautiful.
Yeah, this one just hits different.
Sweet og necropotence pic!!!
I actually started playing mtg right before ice age was released. So, yea that set is close to my heart...
This is a requiem for 21st century America
Buffalo is a sad place to be, honestly.
Lots of really great people living in horrible conditions.
You genuinely wouldn't believe you were still in USA.
Even police vehicles are just totally rusted out and old.
I have friends there, not being a jerk. But it's a sad place to be.
That’s etid
This song hits different now. Very different.
RIP ETID.
rip.
yes it was already one of my fave songs ever (and fave of theirs), but now I'm sad I never got to see them live too (also jealous my partner saw them several times _without even trying or wanting to_ )
Fingers crossed they can patch things up. I really wanted to see them live :'(
Am I the only one that saw the sun burn out?
Man I just found out lastnite. WTF; what, too out spoken in terms of political content. And his brother and the rest of the members. Has Keith been wired and thatXs the real reason. But at this point and all the speculation. Regardless the album and it's content and odus yo your comment bro. Hands down the current RADICAL album is pure GOLD to current times. I thought this song was revelant when it came out, but as you respectfully stated, has more reverence now 2022.
This has to be, full honesty, the best music video of all time.
It’s up there
It’s a brutally honest video about western New York State. I grew up in Arcade. I know.
as a western ny native (allegany county) this captures wny very well
Agreed has my old high school (Lamcaster) in it
Apparently you have never viewed Peaches Vaginoplasty
"The glory that I had witnessed was just a sleight of hand"
Way too real man, way too real.
felt that shit, man.
"The bottom is not the lowest we get" is what has been going through my head with all that is going on politically and socially. It's led me back to this video tonight.
I dont even like music videos, and this one is fucking amazing!!
If youve never been to Bufallo..... this is basically it lol
"Clinched in the jaws of anguish are only godless men
Chaos is drawn to silence
Like life is drawn to death
The dusk is so much clearer than the dawn had ever been
I'm a ghost"
Brilliant writing my god
It's a bit cliché to say "this song saved my life," but this one really did. This dropped the year I was first stationed in upstate NY, a year of harsh realities. Abusive treatment from higher-ups, treating guys with hypothermia or frostbite who were put in shitty situations by our commander, binge-drinking to stave off the relentless loneliness and resentment and cold. Nothing to do in a frozen-solid backwater town but do stupid shit with your friends and distract yourself in any way possible. Blasting this song in the car on the way to some dive bar, or through a shitty little Bluetooth speaker in a truck with a broken heater in a -20 degree blizzard. When my relationship inevitably fell apart, and depression began to set in, this song was there for me, and continued to be there through deployment, coming home, and eventually my discharge. This band will forever have a special place in my heart. Thanks ETID 🤘
Beautiful comment bro. Thanks for sharing and I hope things get better for you.
Were you at drum? Winter is fucking relentless in northern NY
@@meghanvirginia1925 yep, spent three years up there. Shit sucked
10th Mountain sounds like a shit place to be. Keep your head up and I hope you’re doing better now.
@@mikemiltko7151 thanks man, I appreciate it! I'm doing better now, out of the army in a stable relationship, just working a regular job and trying to make time for my hobbies. Hope you're well as well 🤘
one of the best songs ever written. and one of the saddest. i think about it every winter. Keith's emotions are just so... real.
This music video really fits anywhere on the east coast (NY,MI,MD,PA,WV, ETC)
RIP ETID
Honestly it fits most midwestern towns/cities as well, though a bit less specifically
Rustbelt baby!
Also most of Russia)))
:c
Felt that on Michigan. RIP EID
Even in the UK to be honest. I'm really going to miss these guys.
There is so many beautiful lines in this song. What a fucking stunning piece here by the boys.
Buffalo's new tourism ad is looking great!
I always think of buffalo now as a red hot dildo! Lol
Better than the Cleveland tourism ads that one guy made
@@wtfpwnz0red There isn't much of a difference between Buffalo and Cleveland.
@@punkccorpse but Cleveland's main export is crippling depression. Buffalo's main export is kickass rock.
From Cleveland here.....we might have crippling depression but at least we are not Detroit.
I love it when bands made a tribute video about where they came from. And on this case they made it about their hometown Buffalo, NY. It beautifully done as well.
In my honest opinion this is the best song and best music video ETID has ever put out. Period.
I relate to that thought
uhh, I might be old, but everything they released prior to 2005 is better than this right here. Hell even the stuff between 2005 and 2008 is better than this. It's like their creativity shriveled up and fell off.
Now way! Floater was their best song, but this is rad too.
I mean yea highschool was fun as fuck and all but you can't tell me that it was the best version of yourself. Same logic can be applied here. Its great, and so was that. But its a different kind of great.
Elgin Coates
I agree man, I've been an ETID fan since day one. There isn't an album they've put out that I don't enjoy, but this latest is my favorite since Gutter Phenomenon. And this song was my favorite since the release of Low Teens, love seeing their progression without becoming all "radio friendly"
This video is hard af. Exactly how I expected Buffalo, NY. Wish I heard this early because I have this on repeat here in 2023.
As an australian just finding this song, i'm taken back. The video along with keith's singing of "i've weighed down the earth, through the stars to the pavement" genuinely fills me with pain. It's not often that music touches me - and from what it seems, most people that have listened to this song. No matter how many views this gets, it will forever be not enough. Absolute masterpiece.
"I've either been forgotten. Or I was never seen. Now I'm in the negative space between" Damn dude... that hits hard
Such a great lyric. So much stress and anxiety is caused by being made to feel unimportant or non-existant and so many people worry about just living, dying and being forgotten.
I'll never forget anyone involved with this band as long as I live. Tell people what they mean to you, acknowledge shy souls and look out for people in need. It shouldn't need to be said but you can make such a difference with a few words. I'm not a saint or a wise man but I hope this song has changed at least one other person's life.
I'm not the most poetically literate person to be honest so I don't know exactly what the song is about but this and other lines throughout never fail to make me well up. There's such a melancholy, desperate feeling to it that taps into some primal sadness in me. I honestly don't listen to this one often unless I'm prepared for that.
Also, I realized this video is more or less a love letter to the people of Buffalo, but I can't help but feel like it represents humanity as a whole with all its highs and lows and even the mundane.
Heard this for the first time on the drive home. I'm 46 yrs old. In 5 minutes 30 yrs melted off, and 30 more were added. Well played boys. Thank you and damn you in equal measure....
I just keep coming back to this. Not on spotify or iHeartRadio or their album but specifically here on youtube. I feel like the video itself has so much stronger of a message, especially hitting home with me, than the song by itself ever will. A+
Yep, that’s what I’m doing here. Every time I hear the song, I need to go watch the video.
02:52
"The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of hand
These hearts cannot be salvaged, these bones cannot withstand
I have either been forgotten or I was never seen
Now I'm in the negative space between"
That makes too much sense to me unfortunately.
"I've either been forgotten or I was never seen, now I'm in the negative space between"
The shot of the chickens running through the snow is the most authentic WNY thing I have ever seen.
Am I the only one that saw the sun burn out?
The locusts keep their rhythm
My watch is broken down
I wake up and take on water, sink to the peak of despair
What I need is a cigarette
No more prayers
The planets unaligned
We are saints without a shrine
A storm comes and the city's abandoned
The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh
A storm comes and the city's abandoned
The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh
I am the man that sank Atlantis
I am the man that sank Atlantis
I am the man that sank Atlantis, the bottom is not the lowest we get
Further down still the dark's absolute
And further down than that, it's only me and you
I assure you that hell is not a myth
We both vacation there
Hell is not a myth
We spend each winter ther, no one can prepare
A storm comes and the city's abandoned
The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh
A storm comes and the city's abandoned
The ship is going down with the captain, oh, oh
I am the man that sank Atlantis
I am the man that sank Atlantis
I am the man that sank Atlantis, the bottom is not the lowest we get
I thought I knew the best part of the secret
I thought I knew the best part of the secret
I thought I knew the best part of the secret, the truth is the thing we forget
The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of hand
These hearts cannot be salvaged
These bones cannot withstand
I have either been forgotten or I was never seen
Now I'm in the negative space between
I've weighed down the earth
Through the stars to the pavement
I've weighed down the earth
No use trying to save it
I've weighed down the earth
Through the stars to the pavement
I've weighed down the earth
Not sure I can take it
I've fallen out of frame
A strangled, distant flame
Clenched in the jaws of anguish are only godless men
Chaos is drawn to silence like life is drawn to death
The dusk is so much clearer than the dawn had ever been
I'm a ghost, I'm a ghost and yet
I've weighed down the earth
Through the stars to the pavement
I've weighed down the earth
No use trying to save it
I've weighed down the earth
Through the stars to the pavement
I've weighed down the earth
No use trying to save it
I honestly thought he was saying I'm a man of steak and lettuce
the great secret... the great reset... the great solar flash... If this song was a warning, would you take it seriously?
2:49
I remember when I was listening to this album for the first time on shuffle and this song came up. It immediately stood out to me. It's one of the rare instances where the melody, lyrics, instrumentation and structure speak so deeply in sync. I was moved for days.
Keith has never ever met me and yet the experience that the song paints is something that I feel so deeply, it still gives me chills. And I think a lot of people feel the same way, seeing the comments. There's a universal humanity to loss, tragedy and disillusionment that I think is perfectly portrayed in this song. It's a time we experience our own personal hell and everyone around us is completely unaware. Keith had this to say about the song in a track by track commentary he did:
"There are as many versions of reality as there are people to experience it. Do not expect anyone to suffer the horrors of yours with you no matter how far your grief extends. It is yours alone."
This is such a beautiful way to describe the song. The whole album's incredibly dope but to me this is a killer closer. That haunting guitar riff at the end is the frosting on the cake.
Agreed
Just here to ask what kind of maniac listens to a new album on shuffle? You’re wild my man! ❤️
This video is a pure example of a work of art. Every time is like the first time.
hope the best for u guys, this band has a very important place in my heart.
RIP ETID.
The music video (and song) completely speaks to the beauty in the fallibility of human beings. The genius of the layman . The majesty and poise of the proletariat. It tells your story without knowing you or caring about you while also being very tender with your experience. It gives a spark of significant light to a life a lot of people have written off. It gives the spotlight to the odyssey that we embark on as soon as we pull the covers off every single day. It hurts, but damn does it hurt so good. It looks you dead in the eyes and says " you failed so many fucking times. over and over and over and over and over, but still your life is perfect poetry". It brushes back the gray tone for a vibrant color pallet that paints the daily struggle in a way that is undeniable.
beautifully and poignantly written
😅e
This guy is such a poet. This song has some memorable lines. One of my favorites: "In the jaws of anguish are only godless men. "
I think it's "clenched in the jaws of anguish"
"I have either been forgotten or I was never seen. Now I’m in the negative space between." fuck man i felt that shit so hard. LONG LIVE ETID
Thank you for having created such a wonderful piece of art. After all those years, this song and video still make me cry not only because it is so full of bittersweet emotions and - yes, I have to say this - musical genius. But also by making me feel understood. It is like a musical guardian angel that holds you and whispers: "There there... You've been through so much. And you're seeing it all, still. You'll always will. I know. It's ok. I'm here."
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This is one of your many legacies. And I truly thank you for this. Much love from Germany. D.
"I've weighed down the earth through the stars to the pavement".
Art in lyrics. Musical poesy.
Losing everytime I die was the last nail in my youth. They stood the test of time. Better lovers and Many eyes are great but this was my everything. Just like everything else as we get older we move on and get over it. I’m gonna hold on to this one as long as possible.
Hello mid 30s! Be nice to me!
35 here. And couldn't have said it better
This was an automatic upvote for me, because this band can do no wrong. I got into their music around Gutter Phenomenon, and they've put out consistently good material ever since, in many cases outdoing themselves.
Oh hey :D
I agree.....i had seen ebolorama on uranium and liked it so i went to the record shop and gutter just come out and i had seen kill the music that same day and got it then a few months later i went and got hot damn and last night in town.....i like burial plot bidding war even though the band hates it.....ive seen em 4 times and got to get my pics with em and it was jordans b-day that night and also i was lucky and got a used drumstick from Ratboy that night,they played with the bronx that night in Greenville SC.....i think it was in about 07 or 08
Didn't think a video could be made to do this song justice, but they managed it. Incredible.
Cant believe its been 7 Years since this absolute masterpiece released. RIP ETID , Still my favorite band of all time!
"Now I'm in the negative space between"
RIP 1998-2021 thank you guys.
this is a music video to make you believe in music videos again.
Nicholas Walker exactly that
Kyle Thrash is incredible, please check out his other work.
Or just the music.
Jayse, man, his works are truly amazing. Thanks to you i'm his fan now!
I’m surprised I just discovered it
"I'm a ghost / i'm a ghost and still / I've weighed down the earth - Through the stars to the pavement."
- This line is for me a little depressing. I still remember, when i walked through street in rainy night and Map Change was on my playlist. I love themes, about Universe and this line describes, how i feel. Double entendre - when i feel like a ghost, i can't still fly over everything, cause ghosts or spirits, can levitate over the ground. I can't, cause i've weighed down the earth. Yeahh, with mind, i can fly through that stars, universe, but in the end, i'm still on the pavement. Hm..
In other view - i'm a ghost for my city, or every people around me.
"I have either been forgotten or I was never seen.
Now I'm in the negative space between."
Anyway, Map Change is maybe the best song from this band. Amazing vocal varibiality from Keith, phenomenal lyrics, so much emotions, iconic guitar riff. It is just so much touching. Yeahh, my favorite track is still Wanderlust, but i understand if anybody says, that Map Change is..."so every time i die". From disappointment, by Beartooth - Disease, ETID becomes my favorite band and i'm proud, that i have almost every CD, with Damned Things.
this honestly perfectly captures buffalo as a city. ive lived here my entire life and this couldn't be more accurate. we chain smoke, day drink, and set shit on fire
SLINKY CUBEZ I second this comment
I did do all of that when I lived in Buffalo. Once I moved to Olean I stopped doing all that. Strange the effect Buffalo has on people.
It is similair to the midwest. it invokes a feeling of heartland acros the united states.
It perfectly captures most of America.
SLINKY CUBEZ that’s a fuckin fact
Living a few hours away in Syracuse seeing shit like this definitely touches my soul. Completely accurate depiction of the area. Nothin but love for these dudes!
This video and song combo still haunts me for years. I'm german and crossed Buffalo on a roadtrip a decade ago, but the intensity of emotions this video delivers is absurd. I never listen to this song without watching this with at least one eye. You can say that the song itself is not a "masterpiece" like Bohemian Rhapsody f.e. , but with the cinematography combined...holy shit. Especially what the cutter did at the "line dance" part after 1:40 is simply insane.
I was born and raised in Buffalo. This is a very depressingly accurate representation of our hometown. Brilliant, beautiful, ugly and wrought with emotion and disease. This is a hard watch for such a great song.
Even harder now after knowing that the band is dead. Fuck.
@@migueldemoina hopefully everyone focuses on what they need to do to get well. All parties included. My heart doesn't want to accept that this is the last time we hear from the hometown heroes.
Do you presently reside on Buffalo?
@@shawnryan2197no. But I do go back and visit just about every year.
I've spent lots of time in your hometown and have some really great friends from there.
It really is a weirdly accurate representation of how the place feels in the winter.
Six years later. RIP to my fave band of all time, and one of my favorite songs of all time. Hope the band's all doing well.
Jordan, Steve and Clayton have a new band with Will Putney and Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan). It's called "Better Lovers" they just released an EP called God Made Me an Animal. It's not ETID like we know but it's damn good. The familiar riffs are present in it. Highly recommend
@@jmpiazza86I'm sure you know about it already, but the band Many Eyes is worth checking out. Fronted by Keith, they've only released three songs this far but it feels like a natural progression
@@shekelwarlocke Yup, on that one too... my buddy saw them play with Thursday actually, said they were great. I hate that ETID is gone but it is cool getting new music from 2 great bands now haha. cheers!
This has been out for 2 years, I’ve listened to it countless times, but it still hits different
this is the song that pushes me to be great. i constantly put this on repeat to create songs of my own. this is the heartbeat of my and i need this to create my own music
whoever directed this is a genius
i think Kyle Thrash did it. A fricking genius behind the lens
This tour coming up was all I had to look forward to. Godamn it man.
No matter how many times I listen to this I feel the raw emotions every time such an amazing song
"we are saints without a shrine...", Line dancing to the breakdown...just awesome.
This is everything a music video could bring out of a song. Unreal.
Cant wait to see the bills and live the tailgate. Quebec feels alike. Love to my us brothers. So sad that the goat band is dead. Love and cheers yall.
It's absurd how this band just keeps getting so much better with each release.
4 years later, after their latest release, this comment still checks out.
How the fuck are they going to top this album?
The same way they topped their last 3, by releasing another.
thisvide0isterrible they've just been on the craziest streak. Even if their next album isn't "as good", that doesn't mean it won't be amazing
so good it hurts.
does this even need to be answered, hello! its everytime I die, they top every album they make.
By making another album.
I might be high, but I've been watching this for about 45 minutes now.
ARASNshane I'm sober and I can't stop watching this.
Devon Mensch right!? I'm fucking obsessing.
I've probably watched this video a good 100 times now
same! obsessed
so much emotion in this
its such a masterpiece
I am so proud that you guys are from Buffalo. No maybe it's that I am proud I'm from Buffalo, because of YOU guys. Maybe it isn't a surprise Buffalo could produce such a prolific, hard working, "salt of the earth", ever-improving, powerhouse. It really is impressive that every single album is an improvement upon the previous. This progression speaks volumes to your work ethic, creativity, drive, love for it all (or most), and minds. Love you guys, GO BILLS
Buffalo produced Cannibal Corpse as well. The biggest death metal band of all time.
Is Everytime I Die day a real thing?
This song should be the official anthem of upstate NY
AMEN to that . Schenectady NY Her in the house!!
My Dad lived on Victory Ave when I was a young!!! I'm a Howes Cave native!!! Live less than 2 miles from both the big show caves!!!
@@michaelwittmann8720 I was born and raised in Binghamton. 607 Gloom County
Shit, just NY in general
This is the anthem for the entire north east.
Reminds me of the old days- makes me sad and also happy I’m clean and sober now. It’s a great video!!!
Soo. This song has haunted me for days. First time I have absolutely HAD to listen to a song over and over and over. I have never felt a song so deeply . Damn. Smh.
Just discovered this Band and now i hear they are breaking up .... FOCK.... RIP
Such an amazing piece of music, the writing is unbelievable. Brings a tear to my eye everytime.
This is my man's favorite band. I'm really stoked he introduced them to me. They are incredible live as well.
I remember this song coming up on pandora during a jam session of mine. Sit behind drumkit and jam along to any song. It's usually how I find new music. This song came up and i couldn't play along. Not because of difficulty but I need to sit and actually enjoy it. This song was my introduction into ETID and it's been glorious
The famous rust belt, the once core of the US industry . No hope just nihilism, love it and love the music.
Cheers from the same place but in another continent.
i'm from a small town in kyrgyzstan and somehow this music video always reminds of my hometown. it's especially depressing here in winters, even though we have an astonishingly beautiful nature. idk something makes me wanna ...quit
Your name is Jamie?
I hope you haven't quit
It's been two years now. And you have been keeping its rhythm. Thank you man. From child. Till death. And you've showed it passed there. Thanks and always. Ily.
I love it when a band pays homage to their hometown. This video is definitely a tribute to Buffalo, and i love that it's Buffalo "as is" from the flashing lights to the dirt under the fingernails.
Good, bad, and ugly, this is the place that gave us ETID.
this is pure masterpiece
One the best band what I ever seen
This song so many times repair my heart again and again
98-22
I’ve been listening to metal for as long as I can remember and I think ETID is criminally underrated for as good as they are.
Honestly. It changed my life and I feel it every time I watch it.
this is aging like the finest of wines. an absolute masterpiece all around.
Is it any surprise that great sorrow can make some of the best music ever? It's so evident that Keith went through some shit prior to writing on this album. The last time I heard something comparable was Howard's last Killswitch album. The lyrics were so fucking dark compared to his previous stuff, and IMO, that album is phenomenal.
Keith was going through some real shit...I read an interview where he talked it about it....I'm sure it can easily be found online...and I love the comparison to Howard's last album with KWE. \m/
If you guys like this one look up "After the Party" by The Mezingers and "No Halo" by Sorority Noise. The director of this video did those as well and while those bands don't sound anything like ETID they're both amazing videos as well.
I know, Kyle Thrash is a leyend and so ETID, The Menzingers and Sorority Noise. Even Modern Baseball, Kyle Thrash directed the music video of "Your graduation" by them, it's an amazing video and song
That's so weird that i saw this comment. I just listened to those two songs right before I came here. Deja vu
This and "No Halo" are my favorite music videos ever. I'm so happy they're the same director.
Ohhhhh how did I miss that Kyle did this video too!!! It makes so much sense now why I love it so much. Kyle Thrash makes some of the best fucking videos out there these days
He also did Microwave's "Vomit" vid
You guys are sooo good, it's not even fair to other bands
Jorgetime this how i feel
I've been listening to ETID religiously since I was 15. My 30 year old self thought I would hate this song, but it's one of my favorites. ETID surprises me again.
Awesome vid for an awesome track that shows this great band emotional without loosing any of their heaviness. There is so much love in all this emptiness.
Thank you, every time I die. This song is a masterpiece and this video fits perfectly. Next tattoo is from this song. No question. Fan for life
hell yeah dude, i wanna get a buffalo with the words "the bottom is not the lowest we get"
I'm a European who has a Bachelor in American Studies and this video is a great example of why the US is so intriguing to me.
You say this like no one in Europe is weird like the US. Everyone is weird. We all do weird shit. We think you're weird too.
Yeeeeaaahh. You should get your money back from that school if you believe this is an "American" thing. This represents maybe 10% of all human kind, some countries just prohibited some of the things shown here.
Talk to some Chavs or some Slavic folk and you'll get the same thing.
Well, Hello from Russia. I understand that you are the same as we are. Exactly the same. I usually don't write in English, but I use the translator.
Exactly, don't let medias, politicals scum and greedy people make you think otherwise, we're all the same broken, abused and brotherly people.
From France, cheers!
As an upstate New Yorker, I'm kinda proud that a Russian can find similarities between our lands
sending love
Kenneth Yaw upstate NY forever!
Beautiful sentiment.
A Canadian man that I really cared about turned me on to ETID and I will always be grateful to him for that. I love you.
This is so like the rust belt community in the winter...wrestling, truck drivers, moms stripping, dirty snow slush everywhere, factory smoke stacks everywhere, hanging out at Walmart...so gritty and not you're typical Beverly Hills neighborhood...wow!
sheets0f metal nice descriptive comment. Gave me a visual
This comment is 100% correct.
sheets0f metal yea buddy this is my home
the northeast man, we are full of those forgotten towns. Buffalo is the capital of that shit.
I wouldn't have it any other way
As someone who came out of a small town, this hurts to watch.
Man, this definitely captures what life upstate can get like...
I've been listening to Low Teens every week since it came out. I'm not ETID connoisseur, but these songs have made an eternal impact in my musical journey. Just reading the comments about them splitting up right now, too sad :(
"I've fallen out of frame.
A strangled, distant flame."
Fucking goosebumps. Every single goddamn time.
ive been following this band for years and can say with confidence that this is there best work
I just can't explain the amount of love I feel for that chorus' riff
I use to listen to this song but never saw the video until today, absolutely masterpiece & the lyrics/video are relevant in 2023
Rock & Roll is my Religion 🤘
Keep Pounding, Never Give Up
My favourite music video ever, and i watched 10 fucking million of them. Poor, drunk, miserable and afraid, we’re all the same. Doesnt fucking matter if it’s a flyover state or the middle of LA.
It's perfect. Has everything I look for. Emotion; energy; lyrics; instrumental; voice; video. Perfect.
Love this video and the song but hats off to the film crew. The lighting and camera work was everything. Hats off to the grips and whole grew.
I moved from Buffalo 14 years ago, and I haven't been back in about 10. I am obsessed with this video and want to visit now.
As a fan of their older sound in particular, this is one of their best songs imho.
Single best song they've ever done in my opinion.
Absolutely
Agreed
My favorite too.
haha nice troll
It's a great song. I just don't think I could pick just one Etid song though.
I lost a tooth when a crowd surfer kicked me in the face at the Koi Fest Show in Kitchener Ontario, it is still to this day, and forever will be the greatest live performance I have witnessed. i wish all the members the best going forward on what ever endeavors they pursue. 20 years, 9 albums, and I cant believe its already over.
The chorus has been stuck in my head for months, and the video is absolutely *staggering*. Masterpieces in harmony.
This song is beautifully depressing
Yep. The best worst. Yet best.
That's the joy of western New York/buffalo it's a depressing joy 716 4 life
So is winter tht imo is what makes it so great
Love your comment and agree w all my heart.
Everything about this is the deepest shit ever.lyrics,music,video,
people...i feel this,the same way I felt in that winter night of 2002,stopping in,on my way elsewhere.I felt that cities pain,and I never got off the Greyhound bus.
This music video gives me heavy nostalgia to my earlier half of childhood in the less developed areas of western Canada. I live in the deep city now, but many of these scenes look straight out of the frigid northern prairies. Everything is frozen, even the people. The landscape that's so beautiful for the rest of the world is ugly and gray here for most of the year. Everything is in various states of disrepair. A cloud of alcohol abuse hangs over everything. Cracked lips and dry throats and numb fingers and a heavy head is what this all reminds me of.
You’re kinda right, buffalo NY is like rural Canada.
I watched this video probably 100 times on the four day train trip I took last year when I moved back to WNY from
Cali after 13 years. I made the right choice to come back for sure.
When i first heard this song and saw this video, i was on a plane heading from Europe back to the US. I just bought that plane ticket the night before, having taken a one way trip for a two week backpacking trip through northern Europe in winter. I quit my job right before the trip and was heading back to the states for a job interview i secured for the next day. I was on the plane before take off listening to and watching this video again and again and again. This helped me so much preparing for that next chapter in my life. This music video and song was a summary of all i was feeling at that point; it was like a balance of pain and pleasure mixed in to one uncertain and beautiful thing, called life.