Besides videos like this one, I write my own songs inspired by bands like BCR, blink-182, and more! Make sure to check out my original work here: bit.ly/2LkRNoe I also have several covers of songs like this one in a playlist: bit.ly/3dEF6k2
Tom has a rare unique ability of writing objectively simple songs but filled with so much emotion, don't care what anyone says, I'd put him with Brian Wilson and George Harrison in terms of songwriting ability
Him and mark both tbh. When it comes to harmonizing and complimenting each other’s song writing and vocal abilities they are the millennial version of John and Paul.
Mark and Tom are extremely underrated for their songwriting abilities. I'll never compare them to the Beatles in terms of popularity, but they are very much doing now what the Beatles were doing during their time. M/T have even acknowledged that their songs are simple on purpose.
Yeah only a few albums can do that. It has that perfect balance where all the songs are similar, but don't all the sound the same, so it's really easy to listen. Insomniac by Green Day also had that quality.
Makes me cry. My BF passed away in 2016. We loved blink and Box car Racer . This song makes me think this is what he was saying as he passed at my mothers house
One of the best albums I’ve ever owned, from beginning to end. What a hell of a time to be a middle-schooler / high-schooler. This and +44s album, AVAs first album, self titled, TOYPAJ, and Enema of the State will be with me forever. Oh, and of course The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show.
I read this comment and how to say something. What a time to discover yourself and your music and your spot in the world. And yes, hands down one of the best albums I have ever heard.
@@isaacperez1362 Nah... It is about Death, or at least something that is beyond being able to be brought back or repaired. So the Singer maybe doesn't want to go. But he is gonna BE forced to... by the flow of life. Down with it like in a strong river current. As in Death. That's maybe why the song is called 'Letters to God'.
This song never got the attention & praise it truly deserved back when the album was released. No words can accurately describe how much I love this track. 💕
"They gave more." Debating saved by grace verses by works. "Maybe I don't wanna go." Church? Heaven? Hell? The afterlife in general? I love how this song gets the the root of trying to be a good person even when everything seems crazy and unsure and you're full of angst.
😮💨 I swear that sudden progression from the smooth soft soulful piano sonata to the absolute hardcore aggressive guitar riff gets me turnt tf up EVERY GAHDAMN TIME
My brother passed away from cancer an sang this song to his daughter on there last bday together RIP kelvin I love you an will always cherish every moment with you I tried my best brother
UA-cam really needs a Love button. Anyway, I'm just leaving this comment so in years to come when my child is searching Brilliant tunes and finds this one, he'll see Daddy was here 🙏☮️❤️
18 years since album release, still my favorite song from my favorite album of all time. And I'm a metalhead, I don't even listen that much to this kind of music anymore but still this album stays very, very close to my heart.
Blink isn't blink without tom... don't get me wrong I like skiba as a musician, he just cannot take Tom's place. Period... I love you tom!! Box car racer got me through some tough years in high school, blink for as long as I can remember. I'm just so upset... wahhhhh
Most fans agree with ur statement. But blink is blink. Not Tom. Look how Tom on the box car racer and Angel n airwaves? I think nothing. But at least blink try hard to make blink alive than Tom Cz Tom's busy with ufo.
my brother passed away this year and this song reminds me of him. cant describe in words how much i adore him and this song. thanks for making this lyric video.
Very few bands have had monumental impacting lyrics like Delong with boxcar , just glad I was in my most vulnerable part of my life when I heard them. Forever they will be the top tracks of my life
I performed it solo the other week when my band mates guitar string broke.. got to that first chorus and the tears started streaming.. I’m also 28 😂 ua-cam.com/video/g5IM5J5OecM/v-deo.html
All this years have pass I still comeback to this beautifully made vid. I was in college back then, now Im on a day off basking in the covid infused Sunlight.
2:06 i’m convinced this is one of the best songs of all time. the transition between the first half and second half of the songs is nuts. absolutely amazing song
Listen to his album. If you really wanna hear his talent. Tom delonge to the stars ... demos, odds and ends. This album is who he truly is. I recommend listening to the invisible parade.
I have listened to this song so many times I cry everytime, as I nurse and a mother it hits me hard, but regardless of that, it is just an incredible song, that would hit anyone right in pit of the stomach.
This song has and will always bring a heaviness to my heart, not even necessarily in a bad but also not necessarily in a good way either. It's just such a deep song and makes me think so many things it puts me in a haze. Love this song and this video conveys the feelings visually for me pretty damn well. Good job
All Music FM Damn, sorry for your loss, I wish I could tell you that it gets better, but we have a similar story, our friend DC took his life, we wrote a song for him, it haunts us
But hip hop is the new punk. I didn't like it at first, but if you study it and look into certain platers and the messages they're saying and the people they attract, this wave of hip hop is punk.
Matt Noble, nothing ~ the douche bag, treat-women-like-garbage-look-@-all-this-expensive-shit-I-have-(to-drink)-threatening-to-kill-each-other mentality is fucking punk. P.S. Kanye West is an admitted Trump supporter AND he pussied out when he called George Bush, Junior racist.
Whatever THAT means, Myk Plaze. It sounds exactly the same, but band's a 4piece and Mark never got HIS turn. RIP BCR because you weren't MARK HOPPUS-friendly.
I was randomly in a Lyft ride the other night and All Systems Go came on the driver's radio and got all excited. Realized I hadn't listened to this record in awhile. I then realized I hadn't heard this song in years. Felt like I got hit by a ton of bricks when it came on when I listed to it for that first time in awhile...definitely sat on the shelf for too long.
This song breaks my heart. To hear someone question their good works as a means of getting into Heaven, just makes me sad. Good works won't get you there. The line, "Maybe I don't want to go"..... the despair of dying and now knowing what will happen.... the fear.... I just can't wrap my head around why anyone would want that. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I will be in Heaven. I know that Jesus died for my sins, rose again, and took my place as a sacrifice. It isn't about good works. The good works will come with the knowledge of Christ. Yes, I know people don't believe as I do. I get that. I just wanted to share the peace that I have and I hope that someone out there may want to experience that peace. The song is a great picture of despair and guilt and I love how he portrays that. I wish all of you a blessed day.
@@Bamaseahawk I'll disagree. I know, for a fact, my place in the afterlife. You believe that you can't be certain about anything....are you certain about that since you say you can't be certain. Its all about faith. What we put our faith in. I put my faith in Jesus. We all have to make our own decisions. I will pray for you and thank you for the input. Be safe out there.
@@asutodd Please enlighten myself and others as to how you know "for a fact" your place in the "afterlife". No, I'm not certain about anything. And faith is the belief in things "hoped" for. Read that over and over and tell me how that makes more sense than me believing no one knows anything.....
I remember my past and only love sang this while I was with him. May he R.I.P. from Cancer!! I still love him, I still remember him. He will be in my memories.
This song is so well written butt so underrated beautiful job Box Car Racer! This song means so much to anybody that has ever felt very alone or has lost someone close to them. Thank you so much! Love it.
Personally for me B.C.R. is Tom's best work period. So underrated. It weird tho kinda of feel like this could of been blinks next album after self titled would of fited the next progression
Besides videos like this one, I write my own songs inspired by bands like BCR, blink-182, and more!
Make sure to check out my original work here: bit.ly/2LkRNoe
I also have several covers of songs like this one in a playlist: bit.ly/3dEF6k2
2023
pra min box car racer e melhor que blink 182 mano mais cada 1 tem seus gosto ne mano
2023, still one of the best albums of all time and always will be.
Tom has a rare unique ability of writing objectively simple songs but filled with so much emotion, don't care what anyone says, I'd put him with Brian Wilson and George Harrison in terms of songwriting ability
I'll die on the hill with ya bud
@@guitargodxbox22that makes 3 of us
Him and mark both tbh. When it comes to harmonizing and complimenting each other’s song writing and vocal abilities they are the millennial version of John and Paul.
Mark and Tom are extremely underrated for their songwriting abilities. I'll never compare them to the Beatles in terms of popularity, but they are very much doing now what the Beatles were doing during their time. M/T have even acknowledged that their songs are simple on purpose.
Not as consistent. He has had incredible moments like this, but also wet farts.
This is one of my all time favourite albums, so underrated and one of the few I can listen to from start to finish and enjoy every minute
+Francesco Yoshi Gobbo (FraYoshi) timeless :)
Yeah only a few albums can do that. It has that perfect balance where all the songs are similar, but don't all the sound the same, so it's really easy to listen. Insomniac by Green Day also had that quality.
King I won't lie, I won't sin
100th like :)
it's not underrated. It's rated very well
Makes me cry. My BF passed away in 2016. We loved blink and Box car Racer . This song makes me think this is what he was saying as he passed at my mothers house
I'm so sorry to hear that
❤ Maybe I don't want to go...hurts like nothing else
When i lost my bro this song was like my only comfort. Times move on but the sorrow still stands
🙏
@@Utubesanarc music helps you through sorry for your loss :((
Travis beating those drums like his life depends on it 💪💪💪
One of the best albums I’ve ever owned, from beginning to end. What a hell of a time to be a middle-schooler / high-schooler. This and +44s album, AVAs first album, self titled, TOYPAJ, and Enema of the State will be with me forever. Oh, and of course The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show.
I read this comment and how to say something. What a time to discover yourself and your music and your spot in the world. And yes, hands down one of the best albums I have ever heard.
Still here listening in 2019. An amazing unforgettable album.
Agree completely. This album was a masterpiece.
So underrated. The fact that some ears have never heard this is a sin. Their loss I guess.
Thought I was the only one!
Agreed. Brings back so many memories.
Agree 100%
2020 and still one of the best tracks ever...
That drum intro is on par with Phil Collins in the air tonight
2021 now
@@otokowor I'm still vibing. Always will be.
So true 🤘
2022 😊🎧
I haven’t heard this song in over ten years, and somehow still remember every word
Graças a Deus irmão
Same
Same
Crazy isn't it?
same brozay
the word "MAYBE" gives so much power to that sentence and chorus
Holy shit...
Leaves it open maybe vague Haha
@@isaacperez1362 Nah... It is about Death, or at least something that is beyond being able to be brought back or repaired. So the Singer maybe doesn't want to go. But he is gonna BE forced to... by the flow of life. Down with it like in a strong river current. As in Death. That's maybe why the song is called 'Letters to God'.
I love how the song explodes at 2:07
Felipe Eduardo yeah man explodes whit the powers guitarrs
Turn it up loud
Yeayyy me too
And I like the way this guy from the video explodes
15 years later and still listening to this. many friends gone, many family members lost, and this song is still just as beautiful.
Box Car Racer so nostalgic bro... i'll listen forever
This song never got the attention & praise it truly deserved back when the album was released.
No words can accurately describe how much I love this track. 💕
Thank you Tom, Travis and David for creating this beautiful song.
The drums and guitar at the end immense I love this song
"They gave more."
Debating saved by grace verses by works.
"Maybe I don't wanna go."
Church? Heaven? Hell? The afterlife in general?
I love how this song gets the the root of trying to be a good person even when everything seems crazy and unsure and you're full of angst.
Still listening in 2020 - love you Tom! Side-note: Travis' drumming performance in this song makes me love this song even more.
😮💨 I swear that sudden progression from the smooth soft soulful piano sonata to the absolute hardcore aggressive guitar riff gets me turnt tf up EVERY GAHDAMN TIME
fr i’m convinced it’s one of the best songs of all time
its strange sometimes a song brings back so many memories, great song
this entire album brings back so many memories! here's to making more!! 😃
Chrissy Haderman
Hi
Tom should start Box Car Racer back up, this honestly stands up amongst the best blink albums
At least we still have Angels and Airwaves
@@MartyMcFly88at least we now have blink
My brother passed away from cancer an sang this song to his daughter on there last bday together RIP kelvin I love you an will always cherish every moment with you I tried my best brother
UA-cam really needs a Love button.
Anyway, I'm just leaving this comment so in years to come when my child is searching Brilliant tunes and finds this one, he'll see Daddy was here 🙏☮️❤️
Just seen this daddy, love you
the drums on this song are sick
What he said
That's king travis
Glad someone else noticed 🤘🏼
Sexual assault
@@Unpluggedcables The question is how cant be it noticed
18 years since album release, still my favorite song from my favorite album of all time. And I'm a metalhead, I don't even listen that much to this kind of music anymore but still this album stays very, very close to my heart.
thats awesome music brings nostalgia too, what are ur band metal bands now?
Blink isn't blink without tom... don't get me wrong I like skiba as a musician, he just cannot take Tom's place. Period... I love you tom!! Box car racer got me through some tough years in high school, blink for as long as I can remember. I'm just so upset... wahhhhh
Brandy Hayward waaa, there's always TTS. lol
Brandy Hayward yeah but nothing lasts forever
Brandy Hayward, I never saw blink with Tom because he was too busy chasing UFO's.
Most fans agree with ur statement. But blink is blink. Not Tom. Look how Tom on the box car racer and Angel n airwaves? I think nothing. But at least blink try hard to make blink alive than Tom Cz Tom's busy with ufo.
@@bradpaton3927 doing the greater good is bigger than music sometimes.
my brother passed away this year and this song reminds me of him. cant describe in words how much i adore him and this song. thanks for making this lyric video.
I'm Sorry For you're Loss, Just remember To Blast This Song when you Feeling down Stay Spicy Friend.
My dad passed away this year as well and i know he wasn't ready to go 😢 i wish God would have waited longer before taking him.
This is my favorite song of the box car racer album
Very few bands have had monumental impacting lyrics like Delong with boxcar , just glad I was in my most vulnerable part of my life when I heard them. Forever they will be the top tracks of my life
This song still makes me cry and im 28. 2019
Since when is crying a matter of age???
😚
This song is been making me cry since I was 22 and I'm 38 now
Same
I performed it solo the other week when my band mates guitar string broke.. got to that first chorus and the tears started streaming.. I’m also 28 😂 ua-cam.com/video/g5IM5J5OecM/v-deo.html
All this years have pass I still comeback to this beautifully made vid. I was in college back then, now Im on a day off basking in the covid infused Sunlight.
2:06 i’m convinced this is one of the best songs of all time. the transition between the first half and second half of the songs is nuts. absolutely amazing song
This album is my all time favorite album tom ever did. So much raw talent. I love this album so much
Listen to his album. If you really wanna hear his talent. Tom delonge to the stars ... demos, odds and ends. This album is who he truly is. I recommend listening to the invisible parade.
listened to this song since I was 16. Until now 31 I still love listening. I really like this song How to reach the mood? Can't tell. I love Blink.
This is Box Car racer. I know it's members of blink but complete different style.
I have listened to this song so many times I cry everytime, as I nurse and a mother it hits me hard, but regardless of that, it is just an incredible song, that would hit anyone right in pit of the stomach.
Travis must of hated playing this live hahaha
no, Travis loves this song, he can pee, drink water, doing anything necessary (or unnecessary) at concert hahaha
+disamperin.com travis uses a catheter during live shows so he doesn't have to get up from his set
why?
+Hugh jazz lack of percussion
But it explodes amazingly at the end
Apparently my roommate said I was screaming I dont wanna goooo in my room when I was wasted. I just realized a week later i was signing this song
Ahaha good times
me encanta esa canción una de las mejores que e escuchado de sus 3 bandas
This has brought back those forgotten memories
Thank you
This song and project has an extra layer of quality in these songs that most bands just can't reach
2:07 that guitar tone is NUTS
This song has and will always bring a heaviness to my heart, not even necessarily in a bad but also not necessarily in a good way either. It's just such a deep song and makes me think so many things it puts me in a haze. Love this song and this video conveys the feelings visually for me pretty damn well. Good job
this is so underrated! why? oh why?
U are underrated
Great song
It really truely is. I can’t believe just the views alone it’s literally disgusting. Y’all killed it
R.I.P my friend
We wont forget you :'(
I will always think of you when i hear this song
+All Music FM its the worst feeling
+All Music FM my grandad told me he wasnt ready yet 2 days later he passed :'( dunno why i toerture myself listening to this
+FIENDISH FOE maybe he made peace before he left.cheer up
+STELLA Official NC The worst is i had no chance to say goodbye. My mom told me 2 days after he has killed himself :'( That is a unspeakably feeling
All Music FM Damn, sorry for your loss, I wish I could tell you that it gets better, but we have a similar story, our friend DC took his life, we wrote a song for him, it haunts us
Best music Tom and Travis ever made. Love you Blink, but this is the best.
You make the most amazing lyrics videos ever, and to make it even better, it goes to amazing music. This deserves way more views.
The time when punk rock was everything and every kid listen to... Today every kid listen to hiphop :( Sad sad story
JustAotherBoy sad but true :(
plus, pop punk today are suck
But hip hop is the new punk. I didn't like it at first, but if you study it and look into certain platers and the messages they're saying and the people they attract, this wave of hip hop is punk.
Matt Noble, nothing ~ the douche bag, treat-women-like-garbage-look-@-all-this-expensive-shit-I-have-(to-drink)-threatening-to-kill-each-other mentality is fucking punk. P.S. Kanye West is an admitted Trump supporter AND he pussied out when he called George Bush, Junior racist.
And that shitty rap
This video is awesome, it works so well with the music. I also love the way it captures parts of Sydney.
Wish my generation listened more to this type of music
I am biig fan of AVA, and i always wondered myself where was the 1st part of Letter to God.. hehe, here it is !
I was the same way. Which is weird because you would think the first part would be by angels and airwaves as well
This was one of my childhood favourites. Still as good as the first time heard it!
You have to close your eye at 1:30 and enjoy that music and feeling
Thanks for the video. It matches perfectly with the song. Great work.
Hardest drum part in the album, along with The End With You
I’ve came back to this song for years. Resonates with me the same way.
This song make me cry.... T.T Its hard to believe we are so alone in this world.
this has so many memories, who knew a song could take you back so much
this brings me back.. 1 of the first I learned on guitar.. such an killer song
Wow this popped up on my UA-cam and brought back so many memories! I feel like all their songs were great ❤️❤️
Love the piano part, give so much meaning to the song...
Ahh the emotions! He has always been a Pheunominal lyric singer and song writer.
Tom is the most genius man on this earth!
Box car racer >Angels and airwaves. Why can't he revamp this band instead!!! 😭💯
Because it was never intended to be a full band, just an experiment to explore some ideas he felt weren't blink friendly at the time.
Whatever THAT means, Myk Plaze. It sounds exactly the same, but band's a 4piece and Mark never got HIS turn. RIP BCR because you weren't MARK HOPPUS-friendly.
this is my favorite song of all time
2:07 rip Headphone users
rip to my drywall at that part
As a teenager I used to listen to this so loud on repeat. My poor ears..
Got really emotional after listening this song again! Is too much asking to live in honesty? No lies no trouble!
Travis is playing the fuck out of this song!
So is Mark sitting at home
it's a word class drummer. Doesn't surprise me to be honest
I was randomly in a Lyft ride the other night and All Systems Go came on the driver's radio and got all excited. Realized I hadn't listened to this record in awhile. I then realized I hadn't heard this song in years. Felt like I got hit by a ton of bricks when it came on when I listed to it for that first time in awhile...definitely sat on the shelf for too long.
2019!!!! Bring back the original blink.
this song makes me don't wanna go. haha
it will be ok, you're not alone.
+Daryl Corre don't go, you got this
+Daryl Corre but cant you wait!?
Wow this video is stunning. Love this song. memories from school back in 2003
2024 🔥favorit song 🙌🏻
Great work on the cinematics FGV!
Amazing video, really good job!
Fucking favorite album of all time!! Helped me through a lot in my teen years! Thanks for being there Boxcar!
One of their best songs
there is a sad history who someone jumped of the golden bridge gate listening this song...
really?
maybe I don't wanna go
+Austin McGehee yeahhh brow
+#Turma da 101. damn that's crazy
This song breaks my heart. To hear someone question their good works as a means of getting into Heaven, just makes me sad. Good works won't get you there. The line, "Maybe I don't want to go"..... the despair of dying and now knowing what will happen.... the fear.... I just can't wrap my head around why anyone would want that. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I will be in Heaven. I know that Jesus died for my sins, rose again, and took my place as a sacrifice. It isn't about good works. The good works will come with the knowledge of Christ. Yes, I know people don't believe as I do. I get that. I just wanted to share the peace that I have and I hope that someone out there may want to experience that peace. The song is a great picture of despair and guilt and I love how he portrays that. I wish all of you a blessed day.
We can believe anything we want....but none of us know anything. Period
@@Bamaseahawk I'll disagree. I know, for a fact, my place in the afterlife. You believe that you can't be certain about anything....are you certain about that since you say you can't be certain. Its all about faith. What we put our faith in. I put my faith in Jesus. We all have to make our own decisions. I will pray for you and thank you for the input. Be safe out there.
@@asutodd Please enlighten myself and others as to how you know "for a fact" your place in the "afterlife". No, I'm not certain about anything. And faith is the belief in things "hoped" for. Read that over and over and tell me how that makes more sense than me believing no one knows anything.....
I remember my past and only love sang this while I was with him. May he R.I.P. from Cancer!! I still love him, I still remember him. He will be in my memories.
Haven't heard this song in 10+ years, still new all the lyrics.
Boxcar racer love this song...
The best 1 off album of any secondary side project band ever
only tom could sing this song! xD,no one can sing this song,not cause it's hard,it just doesn't sound good with anyone else singing it !
^ you fucking legend XD
Ryan Everest no one can sing "oooy... oy won loy... oy won sin, maybe oy don wanna know" properly... only Tom can do that
+The Kadju ma sta kazes?! :)
hahahaha,vidi ga lik sto me proganja po yt commentima
lik iz senke, bas kao i na svirkama :)
That guitar solo might be the best sounding thing ive ever heard
This song is so well written butt so underrated beautiful job Box Car Racer! This song means so much to anybody that has ever felt very alone or has lost someone close to them. Thank you so much! Love it.
Por personas como usted es que agradezco la existencia del Internet. Escucho esta canción desde pequeño. Nunca la había leído
I really like the song and tis video made it even better, good job
I repaired my guitar, and the first i do is play this song, beautiful melody.
Personally for me B.C.R. is Tom's best work period. So underrated. It weird tho kinda of feel like this could of been blinks next album after self titled would of fited the next progression
I remember my old nokia phone. Real life, real generation, and stressfree world as elementary student.
Who's here in 2024
I am my brother, just thinking about life
Me. Most of my close friends are dead. I never realized it this full scope. America is dying and we need to vote right
Still here, still trying, idk how it’s going though
Every time❤
Yapp
What a masterpiece of this song, damn!
2021 and still one of the best tracks ever
The Best Boxcar Racer song!
listening to this in time of pandemic
fuck this just took me back 15 yrs to high school
damn feels . after all these years the same chills.....
I feel you, bro.
thank's Tom for this vibes