The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight (Majordomo Version)
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The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight (Majordomo Version)
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LYRICS:
And it starts
Sometime around midnight
Or at least that's when
You lose yourself
For a minute or two
As you stand
Under the bar lights
And the band plays some song
About forgetting yourself for a while
And the piano's this melancholy sound check
To her smile
And that white dress she's wearing
You haven't seen her
For a while
But you know
That she's watching
She's laughing, she's turning
She's holding her tonic like a crux
The room suddenly spinning
She walks up and asks how you are
So you can smell her perfume
You can see her lying naked in your arms
And so there's a change
In your emotions
And all of these memories come rushing
Like feral waves to your mind
Of the curl of your bodies
Like two perfect circles entwined
And you feel hopeless, and homeless
And lost in the haze
Of the wine
And she leaves
With someone you don't know
But she makes sure you saw her
She looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
Your blood boiling
Your stomach in ropes
And when your friends say what is it
You look like you've seen a ghost
And you walk
Under the streetlights
And you're too drunk to notice
That everyone is staring at you
And you so care what you look like
The world is falling
Around you
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
And you know that she'll break you in two
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Music video by The Airborne Toxic Event performing Sometime Around Midnight. (C) 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
12 years later, still hits the same 🖤
Nah, it feels like yesterday, but it hits different now....
This song has summed up around a million relationships and how it plays in the mind of a midnight alcoholic
WELL put
And how it reflects on the violinist.
I don't think I have ever thought about this song during the day, or while sober.
......Yup......
The mind of a midnight alcoholic.... fuck that's poerty brother
If i could only hear one song for the rest of my life it'd be this one
I completely agree. Tbh if I could only listen to 1 band for the rest of my life this would be the band.
Agree☝
this buildup in this song gives me chills!
Because you want to die when you hear this.
Me too no shit. Hope you feel some love wherever you may be tonight
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
And you know that she'll break you in two...
Brilliant!
There is something undeniably addictive about this song. It truly evokes a visceral response every time I hear it. Brilliant song writing, especially when you consider there is no chorus in this song. Truly the definition of Art.
The song just keeps building!
Eyeblossom not a bad song.... but THE definition of art?? Go look at a painting by Albert Beirstadt, killer.
How long you been a fan?
@@nolanknows1401 art isnt only about paintings. This song conveys an emotion, a message, a mood and an experience that is understood because it's damn near universal. It's also original and raw. Sounds like art
@@nolanknows1401 And some people think a canvas with a dot at the center is great art. Or a painting of a soup can. I just see a soup can. Thats the great thing about art, it's subjective and can be interpreted in many ways.
This song came out during the worst heartbreak of my life. I'm better now. But everytime I listen to it. It still hits me and takes me back to the moment I went thru the exact same story this song describes
I just listened to it again for the first time in years and had the same experience. it was a very cathartic song for me many years ago, strange how those wounds never fully heal :(
@@modestmouse6 x2
Same here
You know a song is good when it affects your physically, as well as emotionally.
The pain in this song is evident.
this song hits me hard. every damn time i hear it. chills. tears. speaks to my soul.
14 years later, it still hits the same!
Nah, it feels like yesterday, and it hits different now....
If you're heart doesn't ache when listening to this song, you're not human.. Everyone has that one person in mind whilst living out this song in their head.
I'm drinking and listening to this song right now the alchohol enhances the song x1000
It started sometime around 1:30 am. I was at the bar and saw her with another person, and she saw me. We made eye contact and that was it. I came home and stood at every place we ever loved and ever fought. I closed my eyes and thought about her and imagined every moment we had spent in each spot. I thought about her as her, not for her mistakes or what she's done, but simply thought about us being us, perfect and imperfect as we were in those moments.
Damn. This comment is old af but that’s such a perfect way of putting it. really hits home
Oh and your friends say "What is it?
You look like you've seen a ghost"
**** man I felt that, nothing brings on more feelings than that line. The build up towards and the way the music hits right after. This is absolute art at its finest. Goosebumps and chills. I love it!
this song never gets old
Three words for this song: Absolutely gut wrenching.
It's been years. Tears in my eyes.
80 people were that "someone you don't know" she left with...
There's so much feeling and emotion in this song. If I were a DJ, I would play this every Thursday at midnight just because. Brilliant.
Michael Paterson I know I’m three years late, but why Thursday? Haha
Ben Song b/c we are alcoholic lovers that are wrecking our lives over someone
@@marissamadeline I know I'm 1 year late but here's your answer : Thursday is the night of the week when a lot of students go out because many bars usually offer discounts on drinks every Thursday. At least, from where I come from, it's when students go out because it's cheaper than the other days of the week :).
I have seen this band live and I have heard the album so many times and I always,always come back to thisnsong cause "you just have to hear it,you just have to hear it,you just have to hear it you'll know it'll break you in two"
I listened to this on repeat for about 3 months when it was first available, and this is still one of the best music videos I have ever seen.
Which one? There are half a dozen of this song! (all good, of course)...
Summer of 1987... then 20 years later I saw her again. Twice broken.
"You just have to see her...you just have to see her...you know that she'll break you in two." Absolute puurfection...
you can see the profound emotive sorrow glowing in the singer's face .u can feel the hurt n pain
This is the video version of this song that I like the most. Yep, been there before myself... 💔
Those opening ten seconds and that look. We have all been there. Hurt.
"The song is autobiographical, about the night that lead singer Mikel Jollett met a former girlfriend while out at a bar, during which he discovered that he still loved her. The entire band was present during this event. The lyrics to the song were written in isolation by Jollett over the course of the next three days."
-Wikipedia article for "Sometime Around Midnight"
The composition of the video is a perfect match to the song.
This song NEVER fails to touch me each tyme. I will never forget the first nyte I heard it. One of my best musician friends, the lead singer of A Friend Called Fire, was visiting from Chicago. This tune came on the background radio station. All other conversation was then "lost in a haze" during the next few minutes. We were definitely affected.
If you haven't seen Mikel's recent post on the band's Facebook page about a new album and book, you need to.
That sweaty hug we exchanged after their show at the 9:30 Club in D.C. means so much more now.
The way this song builds is a magical spectacle to behold. This video version captures the emotion best also.
I first heard this song with this video's version and loved it; then they hide it for a while. This version became "that white dress she wearing, you haven't seen it for a while".
I was obsessed with this song in 2010 because I was going through a rough breakup and really a breakdown. Truly this song is the epitome of what it feels like to go through this type of heart ache.
"And all these memories come rushing
like feral waves to your mind"
Two words to describe this band and song: Severely underrated.
August 31st 2014, sometime around midnight, the night I saw her again and she broke me in two.
This song is a testament of how the mind can be your own worst enemy sometimes especially when you add alcohol to the equation this by far is my favorite video of the song.
I have loved this song for years and somehow just found this version of the video in late 2018. It is amazing! I relate to this song so much; the way it builds up to the final few lines is just like the feeling of getting steadily more drunk until one loses control. I love it.
One of the best songs I've ever heard.
I freakin' love this song. I think it's one of the most underrated songs of all time.
This song is a masterpiece.
ua-cam.com/video/CMrku1NN69w/v-deo.html .... !! 😉
I am obsessed with this song. I love how the lyrics tell a story- they don't have the typical song structure of a repeating chorus, verses, etc. The lyrics are beautiful.
Plus, the amount of raw emotion in his voice is incredible.
This is one of the best songs I have ever heard. I was born in the 60s and have heard lots of great songs throughout my life and this is one of them. I mean... the lyrics... the build up... his great David bowie sounding voice amd the gut wrenching emotion... everything about this song is perfection! I can't help but get emotional every time I hear it.
I’m 52 it’s 2021 I’m an Australian fan and still love this song
Today’s world will never understand what a song would say on your behalf.
I really admire how the different instrumental layers develop as the song progresses and how it builds tension and then releases. Lovely
Totally epic! This song rips out my heart and leaves me devastated each time I hear it. Is there a better song that captures the crushing pain of losing the person that you love?
It's just as ovewhelming live too! Incredible.
this song and its accompanying emotional pain is a reminder to us who love and have loved to treat your partner very well and do NOT take them for granted because once they are gone, it is too late. great song!!!!!
The111Queen yep.
Couldn't of said put that any better! I'm learning from those mistakes as we speak.
This song is perfect in so many ways!
When I first heard this, It was like being struck by musical lightning....just a very good song, reminded me of Bowie!
Yeah version of Bowie that sucks
Even though I am happily married now, this song brings back memories of all of the emotions that I went through after a breakup of a long term relationship many years ago. We had the same circle of friends, and hung out at the same bars so I relate so much to this video.
2024. and still hits and brings emotions.
I am so tired of being this vulnerable!
Great song, blends well with the video. Genius how the pace of the song and urgency of the singer's voice increases as the emotions of the video character heightens
everything about this song I can relate to
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
really? cause your pic suggests you could careless
that pic is 41 yrs old
couldn't* care less
what is the most you ever lost in a coin toss
This song is so relatable for me. From the white dress to the part where she leaves with someone you don't know. Masterpiece.
It's comforting to see so many others feel the same way and truly understand the emotions thhs song provokes. What a beautiful and heartfelt work of art.
saw them live in Detroit on valentines day even met mikel and got his autograph best night of my life
There is something about both this song and video that I just love. It is just so well put together.
This song is so well done! Fucking, ROCK ON! 🤘🏽
I am a 60 yo woman who had almost stopped believing in male passion. Yet, someone had to write this, someone had to produce it, someone had to sing it. It is the most raw, passionate musical effort since Bob Marley did "No Woman No Cry' at Harvard in 1979--just after he had diagnosed with a fatal cancer. The lead singer is about the hottest act I've seen since early Springsteen....rock on.
I CAN'T STOP PLAYING IT
This song hits home, even twenty years later! It’s been six months and you thought you were ok, you know she moved on but when you parted ways she gave you that little hint of hope that it could still be. This song could have been written to my exact situation. Sitting in a bar late at night, she is the last person you expect to see. You aren’t prepared. Then you realize she isn’t alone and is there with another guy. You knew she moved on but in your mind it wasn’t real, now you are forced to face reality unexpectedly. She looks happy, any hope you had just got crushed. You forgot how beautiful she was and she looks more beautiful than she ever has. We all want what we can’t have and only realize what we had when it’s too late. She is sitting there at the bar, you still go unnoticed. You break into a cold sweat and your stomach is in knots and you are oblivious to everything around you. She crosses her legs and you see her perfect legs, and you see his hand touch them and you feel sick. She lights a cigarette and the glow from the flame illuminates her perfect face, the reflection against her French manicured nails, the way she pushes her hair to the side, her laugh , her smile and you feel crushed . She walks past you to go to the bathroom and you turn your back so she doesn’t notice you but you really do smell her familiar perfume, it’s not only intoxicating but evokes nostalgia. She comes out and you act surprised to see her. You feel pitied, and although the conversation is polite quick and friendly you know she isn’t feeling what you do. You hate her for not hating you, you hate yourself for not realizing what you had when you did . It hurts to talk to her but it also hurts for her to walk away. This was by chance and may be the last time you talk. There isn’t a single guy that hasn’t experienced heart break and that hasn’t been in this situation that can’t relate to this song. The girl in this video (Brunette) even looks like my ex. There is no other song that can ever describe this feeling we have all had. A true masterpiece!
Amazing song, MTV played this early in the morning in 2008 and I woke up to it before going to work. I heard a little of it but it never got out of my head so I did research on it, it so well done. very sad but I'm happy for them all to have found such a sound.
I've had this song on repeat for weeks....
2020 and still listening to a song that reminds me that I’m glad I moved on
the saddest song i ever heard,
Love how fast-paced and intense this video is.
The music just matches every emotion a person would go through experiencing this. The way it builds at points of stress and and the bass drops to a lower key when the lyrics explain defeat...adding extra layers as the night gets more chaotic and emotional til finally accepting as the music components fade to minimalistic and a final conclusion of moving on. What a masterpiece of writing both lyrically and musically.
I can't believe this song only has 1,923,103 views and 80 dislikes??? what the fuck is that about??? this song is a masterpiece
There are actually two versions of this video. The other one has 4.5 mil views
Ben Song there should be at least one more zero behind that number. This song is way underrated.
David Blair calm down, David
Absolutely brilliant. I love it
Yes
Is it still brilliant?
@@MLJP820 It does still rock. And she's still a bitch. And I still feel for him. But the last 11 years brought us Tinder so her loss not his.
@@bubblevision how many subs you have when you first commented?
@@TooEagerr Probably about 10k :)
i heard this song in 2010. been trying to find it for 5 years. awesome
Since 1995, 15 years later went to a bar with friends and I saw her, the way they wrote this song that’s Exactly what happened to me. A month later this song came out and it killed me.
I love how this song builds with emotion.
This song captures heartache, love, and loss all at the same time. The band doesn't need wireless microphones, stupid dance moves, cone bras, costumes made of beef, or backup singers with criminal records walking around with huge gold chains around their necks.
C chord, A minor, F , and G. It's called song writing.
Just a magnificent job by Airborne Toxic Event.
Aren't those three things all the same.
watching this video while knowing it's based on true events happened to the singer. it leaves me breathless, every single time.
If you don't feel something with this, you aren't living.
Great artists can capture the beauty in such minutiae
Still coming back to this version in 2018.
This Song is about an Experience that Everyone has Experienced..Love It..🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💃🚶💃🚶💃🚶
So painfully beautiful. Still.
this was fucking me for like a year everytime u went out after a 5 year relationship. do not miss that. if you are going through it and reading thisbit gets bettet... surround yourself witb family, friends, call your mom. whats your favorite movie. it gets better.
maybe not better, but easier....
A Masterpiece
Years later ...Im still here...
You look at the way he digs through the photos and all this happens (this whole song) in a manner of minutes. The same time it takes for you to look at a photo you don't want to - but know you need to - get rid of. At the end, he finally does what's best, but likely remembers all the memories he felt the few minutes before. The emotions that follow, while those photos burn are what we feel when we click the replay button. It's a beautiful song.
I liked this video for the times I threw my phone out the window so I wouldn't call her again.
if you are a man who has lived. ..you have been here.
Yes sir.
sure
Sometimes, when undergoing intense emotional reactions, one can sometimes wonder if anyone else has felt something like this ever; the answer is an unqualified yes.
If you have ever been a Woman losing your man.. believe me, you'd be on your knees pounding your fist and screaming the song.
Robby Frick
Yep.
I listen to this song like 10 times a day. All of them hurt the same.
this song is so amazing, I never get tired of it. 3:40 to like the end of when he's singing is so powerful, so much emotion
Best version!
After 22 years, divorced. This is the only sound that makes me think of her and everything we went through. She was cool. Hey, M!
This is one of the best songs ever written! Its the whole package, the lyrics, the story, the music, the build up of tension and the rawness of it all. Truly one of my favorites.
This song captures the true emotion of any relationship break up. And yes, this song is just about perfect.
bit my tongue hearing this... again... turn it up...
If you NEVER experienced the feelings of the guy in this video and if there was never a point in your life you were able to relate to how he felt or what he was feeling I say to you as I write this that I feel really fucking sorry for you for never being a human man experiencing a true Human Experience.
Yes of course, we are all human but to torture yourself and live in that state of melancholy for what can seem to be an interminable time, even though it may be brief can damage you more than you know.
After a while you just have to say, " for God's sake man, pull yourself together ".
Yep
I was at oxegen in 2009 and kings of leon were playin at the same time that ATE were. I just happened to stroll into the tent just as they started playin this song. I will never forget the goose bumps i got watchin this song played live. Absolute poetry.
This song plays over and over in my head whenever I think of her and those moments.
a rockband with a violin player? pretty cool
Uhh yellowcard dude
Blue October
I love Blue October. 18th Floor Balcony .
Placebo. Fiona Brice, not officially a member of the band but toured and recorded for many years.
Electric Light Orchestra :)
Some day you’ll cry for me
Like I cried for you
Some day you’ll miss me
Like I miss you
Some day you’ll need me
Like I needed you
Some day you’ll Love me…
But I won’t Love you…
Lost the girl today...came right home..turned this song on. Great song, and great community, I think we all know how it feels.
First 30 seconds are AMAZING!
Never has a song made me cry
Not even this one?