Will Wood and the Tapeworms - Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In! (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- From Will Wood and the Tapeworms' 2016 album, SELF-iSH. Available to stream on all major services and purchase on vinyl, cassette, and CD at Say-10.com
Directed by Mark Jaworski - www.MarkJStudios.com
Produced by Mark Jaworski & Will Wood
Music & Lyrics by Will Wood
Produced by Kevin Antreassian
Vocals, keyboards - Will Wood
Guitars - Mike Bottiglieri
Saxophones - David Higdon
Bass - Jonathon Maisto
Drums, percussion - Matt Olsson
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Lyrics:
My heart was stolen by a blind pickpocket in the deep city streets in the summer of 2012, but I never even saw her face.
My dreams were shattered like a stained-glass window: Jesus in pieces! I believe I threw a brick right through Him but my memory could not be saved.
It just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame.
So I bookmark my DSM 'cause I need to remember my place.
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet: No I need to hit the bottom!
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
Gotta get to the bottom of this.
Gonna get to the bottom of this.
Gotta get to the bottom of this, take you with me.
My soul was crushed like a tall-boy underneath the boots on the curb and I'm still picking up my molars and putting them back in my face.
My name was soiled like a last-call spill with the backwash swill and the blackout, killed me sober on impact from a fall from grace!
Take the road on higher ground and tell me "don't look down, you'll fall and break your back."
But that just reminds me how there's more to be found beneath the black.
This is not enough! This is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
This is not enough! This is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
Gotta get to the bottom of this.
Gonna get to the bottom of this.
Gotta get to the bottom of this.
Take you with me.
Bottle, well, or barrel; all are empty. Dug, or drank, or poured it out.
When too much is not enough there's plenty more where that came from around.
Looking up we see the point of entry, between where we are and we've been. Looking down I could say "Heaven sent me; Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In!"
Gotta get to the bottom of this.
Gonna get to the bottom of this.
Gotta get to the bottom of this.
If it kills me.
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet: No, I need to hit the bottom!
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This has the energy of someone obsessively solving a paranormal mystery that should not be solved.
Definitely. I see it as someone obsessed with solving some unsolved scandal that ends in them grave robbing to find enough proof of their suspicions.
why should it NOT be solved though? mysteries are mysteries for a reason
Do you want to raise the elder god Cthulhu? Because that’s how you raise the elder god Cthulhu!
@@fam0uslastw0rds37 They shouldn't be solved because the consequences may be dire and/or world ending
Cough cough Jonathan Sims.
my energy while watching this is simultaneously the guy sitting there calmly eating in a suit, but also the skeleton absolutely VIBING in the background
Don't forget the mermaid on the left just vibin
That skeleington do be vibin tho
I bet ya he's eating go-gurt
Same here
damnit wrong comment, how did i get this lost
I love the girl happily and passionately playing the trombone despite the fact there is no discernible trombone in this song
There is 2:20
@@serinruzgar4896 thats a bari sax
I play the trombone and I'm four nine it's a big instrument
At 5:15 there’s a “ber ber ber” from a trombone. Right at the end, barely noticeable
Bangin socks too
Imagine thinking "I'm gonna go get a tattoo done today" then walking into this
That would be so fun
i wish i could, its like whole another world
*finishes tattoo*
"Hey guys, can we do another take? there was a boom mic in shot"
That would go estly be awesome :D
She looked as if she didn’t know if she should’ve been there
Bugs when you lift up a rock:
Ok that is the funniest visual right there
Lmao
Gotta love that skeleton on the right.
She says thanks 🎃
You just made a stranger's day. Love your music!
@@WillWoodmusic Its the spooky scary skeletons
She’s really going at it bro.
Straight up vibin'
Teacher: Leaves the
classroom for 0.01 seconds
The class:
THATS SO ACCURATE
i cant believe theyre handing people shovels so they can go in
@@elice-raimei-6358 I chuckled
@@suburbiaawhereyoubelong oh my god really ?! this changes everything
@@eybal mephone my beloved
"Why didn't you use the restroom during break?"
The restroom during break:
REAL
My friends: I had a dream where my crush asked me out
My dreams:
lmao relatable
Honestly though
hello benrey from hlvrai
My dreams: Eldrich abominations and fleeing for your life, take it or leave it
Haha I WISH! Mine are just about tearing apart. Very vivid that I feel the lines on my limbs where they were torn.
"Watch your step, my room is a little messy. Try not to step on anything."
Me: Ah yes time to check out this music video
ADHD: *Hello there.*
Sparky Marie mood, had to rewatch several times cause I kept getting too distracted by the background to appreciate the song
Then listen to the song first then watch the video
Lol I have adhd and this is accurate
lmao I love this because I'm the exact opposite, mine is like "yes perfect finally something with almost enough stimulus to actually make u pay attention"
General kenobi!
I only now realise theres a guy just standing on the piano.
Yo wtf how did I not see that?
Looking for this comment 😆
And there getting a tattoo too
There’s also a business man eating cereal at the bottoms left, right next to a tortured looking typeset on a typewriter
@@verdezapo ikr
My dad walked into my room saying he found a crazy song he thought I might like and played this video.
I paused it immediately and told him I've known this band for 4 years and this is one of my favorites (aside from Mr. Capgras). Small world.
I would like to mention my favorite parts from the video
1. The skeleton
2. Will getting accidentally hit in the head by one of the girls on the hoop and still going on.
3. The tattoo girl near the end not knowing what to do so she just does picks up random stuff and use it.
4. The bass player throwing balloon and a purple ball thing at will.
5. That one random guy eating like yogurt or something sitting on the floor in a business suit and somehow not getting anything in his food
I was looking to see if anyone else saw that he got hit. He also kept rubbing the spot he got hit lol
1:44
You missed the guy destroying his guitar when Will gets the purple thing thrown at him (4:45 ish)
This really is one of those "I made a character based on this song" songs
it's also just a really good song
Me who actually did this recently:
I made a character based on this song and dr sunshine is dead
Made em 'buddies'
@@goobsterboobster I do this to an every good song I listen to lmao
Don't know if you've ever heard of an audio drama called Malevolent but this is ABSOLUTELY Arthur
@@someoneawesome8717 AYYY Malevolent! I take your Arthur, and raise you a Jonathan Sims (TMA)! We sure do love our haunted podcast men.
this aesthetic runs in my family. but this music seems to be specifically made to make me happy
damn
same here, i grew up around ppl who looked like this and im glad to see that this sort of stuff is still around considering i dont talk to a lot of my family or ppl i knew through them anymore
I really love this aesthetic, what would it be considered?
.
Hi so basically ADOPT ME
"this is not enough to prove it yet, i need to hit the bottom"
This line hits differently for me as a person who struggles with mental health and sh. The way i feel was unvalidated and ive never got real help becasue what was happening with me wasnt seen as important. I felt like i NEEDED TO get worse for people to take me seriously so i can get help. I dont know.
My mental health recently has not been great and I really know what you mean. If have been putting off asking help because I am scared that nobody will believe me and that I need for everything to be worse so they do.
I tried that too, but all it did is make more people tell me I don’t deserve to exist because of the way I am.
Very relatable, I feel very sorry for you
I just have to say that every time I watch this music video I'm impressed by the visual metaphor created by the way it's filmed.
The motionless camera, with no cuts, pans, zooms, or movement of any kind, contrasts really heavily with most music videos and makes the whole thing feel static and "stuck" despite the chaos being filmed. The fish-eye effect is kind of reminiscent of dissociation to me personally, a kind of warped and detached view of the setting. However, the video itself is packed full with as much chaos as possible: tattoos, dancing, destruction, wild partying, imagery of death, fantastical creatures, a businessman. Just representing that "this is not enough" - no matter how desperately he tries to fill the void by reckless behavior, partying, drugs, fantasies, work, everything falls flat, and nothing brings him back to reality in the way that he hopes. Each time he leans into the camera is a desperate plea for something, anything, to be enough, and nothing ever is.
After I got over the original confused chaos of the first viewing of this music video I started to get kind of bored with it, because even though the song and the subject matter of the video have so much energy, it didn't translate through the way it was filmed. But now I interpret it as a very purposeful sense of helplessness and desperate attempts to fill a perpetual emptiness, and whether that was the original purpose of this music video or not, I think it's rad
Just want to clarify that the vibes of this video are immaculate, and if chaos was the whole point of the video that's rad too and it was absolutely achieved. School has trained me to write multi-page essays on conspiracy-theory level interpretations and I'm using that knowledge to engage with media in a way that makes me happy, so whether it really is "that deep" or not, I really enjoy this video and think it's made in a really cool way.
Wow, that's actually a really interesting way to think about it
Good read for it.
🤓
You went to school in the UK?
wow, I love this comment
sorry to discover this man 3 years late
SAME
Same
Same
i think everyone is
Yup
Will: Is feet away from the ladies feet but moves out of the way
Also Will: Doesn't flinch when they're feet are centimeters from his face.
He likes feet
@@princesssparrow4530 yasss respect the fetish lmao jk
He also bumped his head into the blue haired person and didn’t flinch
@@sallythedino no he said it in an interview, dunno if he was joking, was an offhand reference to "not minding feet" but idk
They're man feet 😱😂
This band is unlike anything I’ve heard or seen. It feels like a combination of everything and then it’s also just it’s complete own genre all at the same time. I can’t stop listening
I don’t think I could explained his music better.
Совершенно с вами согласен
one of my favorite characters in this video that isn’t mentioned as much is the guy playing the broken guitar who just starts SMASHING it against the wall later in the song
The fact that I didn't notice him until you pointed him out 😂
There’s just a window in the back so I like to imagine someone, like, walking home from the grocery store or something, hearing some music, and glancing through a window to see: a woman getting a tattoo, a man playing a keyboard with one of his feet while another person stands on top of it, four people crammed onto one aerialist hoop thing, a mermaid??? Lying in the background??? A man bashing his guitar against a brick wall, and a skeleton dancing awkwardly in the corner, and god knows what else I missed here. Delightful
If I saw that I would have completed all my life’s goals
2:52 will wood is so good at playing piano he doesn't even need to touch the keys
telepianesis
@@blairebelarus why’d i laugh at this
@@blairebelarus ong dude
Theres like, 20 people shoved in this room. I feel like it takes multiple viewings to even understand what everyones doing.
The video totally somehow suits the vibe of the song though.
no one's going to make a comment on how good of a piano player he is- like he's playing with one hand without looking or anything
also- he put out the cigarette on the piano keys- thats neat 0:40
what a fun friend group
Honestly, I'm more surprised by the fact that he can play with all that crap on his keys. Sometimes I'll forget to pick up a rubber or my pencil will fall on the keys and playing is literally impossible
drowsii daydreamz it’s pantomime, those aren’t the notes you’re hearing at all
@@justabitsketchy I gotta ask, do you mean "rubber" as in "eraser" or "condom?"
@@nytemarequeen2365 I'll leave that decision for you :))
@@justabitsketchy as a pianist myself: if you practice and play something so many times you can literally just play it with your eyes closed. Been there, done that... but I can't imagine how annoying it must be when you play that way and you have some confetti stuck to your fingers. It's not impossible but not pleasant either XD
that glitter is gonna stay with em for the rest of there lives
Can confirm. The lights in the back belong to me and I'm still finding confetti in my cases.
So is the girl on the left really getting tattooed? That would be a cool one to look back on
Yep, it's a picture of a tapeworm in a bowler hat.
@@WillWoodmusic was that just for the video or was she planning it and you guys just put it in
@@WillWoodmusic props to that tattoo artist
@Chandra indeed
Archer girl, tatto guy and girl, acrobats in a loop, cello dude, sax dandy, mermaid tail, trombone pinstripe rainbow socks lady, guitar and battery, sparkle throwing twins, ilumination white ghost lady, colourful cloth dancer, pudding eater in suit, bass player, skeleton, and of course, bowler hat and piano feet.
Edit: dude in front of mirror, and its not pudding, its cottage cheese
El Catrin C it’s not pudding, it’s cottage cheese.
@@WillWoodmusic oh, sorry
@Logan Munier i mentioned her as "mermaid tail"
@Logan Munier dont worry, i also missed a lot
i think thats a double bass not a cello
BRO 1:43- 2:22 THIS IS SUCH A STIMMING THING NOW IVE BEEN PLAYING IT OVER AND OVER FOR LIKE HALF AN HOUR AND THE FLAPPY HANDS ARE REAL HAPPY EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH
My soul was crushed like a tall boy
Underneath the boots on the curb
And l'm still picking up my molars
And putting them back in my face
My name was soiled by a last call spill
With a backwash swill and the blackout killed me Sober on impact from a fall from grace
Take the road on higher ground
And tell me,
"Don't
look down, you'll fall and break your back" But that just reminds me how there's more to be found beneath the black! This is not enough
This is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough
This is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom!!!! EHEHEHEHE AHAHWHEHSJHDBFIDBCHUDNFKCBSJD
:)
(P.s. sorry for my rambling but like GOD MOTHER FCKING DAMN AHHHHEHEHUFBCJBFODNWO :3)
Cool thanks for reading all the bullcrap I wrote >:3
2:22??? 2ECOND 2IGHT 2EER REFERENCE????
everyone talks about how will recalls something in 2012, but they fail to see that a few lines later he mentions his memory failing him about the specifics
a l s o this reminds me of one of those I spy books, theres so much to see and the more you see, the more it gets better--
Will Wood gives the exact vibes I need in my life. I've only heard a few of his songs, but I love them.
my absolute favorite part of this is the skeleton. she is having SUCH a good time & i love her dancing
This is everything I've been waiting for THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TATTOO
you were the girl in the video getting the tattoo?
@Allyson Powers true
A lot of folks from Wood's videos come to comment on them, I believe her
This man is an under-appreciated musical genius.
I listen to his one of his albums on an almost daily basis!
Prior to watching this video, i thought will wood and the tapeworms sound like my adhd feels.
Now i know that they also look like my adhd feels.
I felt that video on more levels than i was aware of. Spectacular.
@@ЕкатеринаОбухова-е1ь this is probably the best comment on here! You are absolutely correct
Ok, in an alternate universe, Gogol Bordello, Rufus Wainright, Mika, Descarte a Kant, Sparks, Weird Al Yankovic, Fight Like Apes, & Tom Waits all toured together for 4 or 5 years. Will Wood was the opening act for the entire time.
this is a great example of "the more you look at it the more details it got"
the open window is so concerning because it implies somebody could've walked past, looked inside, and seen this
I... I've got addicted to a non-metal musician's music for the first time in years. This video is such a masterpiece, the whole album this music is in.
Is anyone going to talk about the hands stealing Mr.Wood’s hat at 3:10
That’s so silly
This video is how I imagine my thought would look like fooling around in my head.
I recently found this music and artist via a online bro, and i am absolutely blow away from how good it is, absolutely been lovin the SELF-ISH album, Cheers mate!
I did a presentation in middle school about this song and my teacher fell in goddamn love with the idea, but I was to embarrassed to play the song. Hope you're well, Ms. B.
I hope she loves Will Wood now.
you know youtube recommendations hasn't failed you when you discover a new amazing artist *cough* Will Wood And The Tapeworms *cough*
The more you look at this the better it gets
Holy shit this is amazing!!! I absolutely LOVE your style! I especially love that trombonist! I also play trombone. Please tell everyone how amazing they are!!!
Pun Queen I got here the same way. I'm so glad i found them. XD
@@randomartist751 glad to see another sleepy fan and another artist! :D
actualy ive foudn this perso nthrough sleepykinq aswel helo uwu
@@mr.mistakemaker9811 hello!
Pun Queen yup! I love your profile picture.
The sax doesn't have to go so hard in this song but *it do*
this song is definitely me and the boys discovering that fractals are the key to the answer of the universe and spiraling into insanity during our research
I love how the girl getting the tattoo vapes, sings along, and throws confetti
Aww, she does!!
Man this is the coolest music video I've probably ever seen, the amount of energy Will is putting into performing is amazing
You can tell how much fun they were having, I can't imagine how loud it must have been while they were recording the video though
I still don't know if that girl is actually getting tattooed, or the other guy is pantomiming
I like your spirit phone pfp!
legends say that theres still an ungodly amount of glitter in their clothes to this day
Believe it or not folks, this is not enough. We may need to hit the bottom.
A few noticable things:
A guy eating
A skeleton dancing
A guy standing on the piano
Somebody holding a bow
the ring doorbell camera is so funny to me lol
Imagine hearing the doorbell and when you check the camera it's this outside
No phones in sight. Just living in the moment.
Thanks!
That fisheye lens is doing a lot of work in making this all feel like a weird dream.
I know I am very late but I HAVE to give props to the dancing skeleton. The costume, mwah, the moves, mwah; just jamming out and I adore it.
That mermaid be rockin' throughout the whole thing, you go dude!
thanks fam
Why is the guy just eating oatmeal.. I'm dying this is genius
APPARENTLY ITS ACTUALLY COTTAGE CHEESE 💀
this music video is built like a college dorm party
Good representation of what happens in my head
*fear and loathing intensifies*
We had two bags of grass, 75 pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers … and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the music video shoot, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
@@WillWoodmusic damn
@@garfieldissegc3281 Its a fear and lothing refrence.
@@WillWoodmusic oh my god. I am in love with you
@@artemiswallace8716 Though to be fair the dude was made into drugs, 2012 is literally a song about how he was so hopped up he could not remember anything from 2012 lol. (Though I believe now he's quit the stuff, so good on 'em.)
Anyways it was pretty silly none-the-less that people took him at face value. Like I haven't even watched the movie and figured that had to be a reference, because if not that'd be a hella weird reply lmao.
Music: _starts_
Me: *Is he playing the kazoo?*
I love the fact that there is just a guy on top of the piano chilling
This music video reminds me of the dreams I've been having the last few years.
Non of my dreams are good or bad, but they don't feel neutral either. Everything is chaotic without a meaning, making the chaos itself the focus.
Like the static fisheye lens, there's a sort of dissociation present, different from the usual dream feeling. It's also forcefully leaves out context.
So much is happening that it all looks destructive due to how close together everything is. And some of it might also be destructive in a more fitting context, but it's hard to imagine what that would look like.
And then there's Will Wood himself. Clearly the focal point of the video but he fades away in the chaos, only ever so often being able to break lose from the background. Similar to how I only have a few moments in my dreams where I'm not being stressed out by something or someone. Where I get to process everything instead of the focus being on my surroundings until I forget I'm still there.
Not gonna lie those people on the rings have mad respect from me there strong as hell.
Also I would only wish to sound that clean on my sax what the heck.
Im gtonna make my own pair of teeth glasses.
Yassss
I’ve seen this video a few times, and I just noticed the very REAL TATTOO being given, as well as the dancing skeleton in the back right
Id do anything to hear the actual audio from this video
**fwoosh swoosh fwoosh**
**THUMP THUMP THUNP**
“AAAAA”
**tattoo noises**
**light fixture buzzing**
**breathing from the dancers**
**paper noises**
**balloon popping**
**pIANO SCREAMING**
**random guitar plucking**
**loud soup crunching**
“Hm. Mm. Good soup. Taste like dirt.”
**vanity thumping**
“Ow”
**audible staring from the archer**
3:09 POV: You’re the fork I just put in the microwave :)
no matter how many times I watch this, I am constantly finding new things/people
but none of them will ever be better than the skeleton
my favorite character is the dude in the suit next to mr wood just eating cat food or something
Same fr
Mate
Apparently he’s eating cottage cheese
I'm obsessed with this song and video. The crazy mix of an olde-timey vibe with new visuals and insightful yet funny words hits me with just the right combo of familiarity and confusion / excitement. I don't know how you do it Will Wood, but you're amazing. Keep it up - I can't wait to see what you do next!
This band is so. damn. good. its music and aesthetic is something that I find so oddly comforting. I kind of want to be Will Wood's friend.
2:01 the way he delivers "fall and break your back" sounds so amazing
i cant imagine how long it must have taken to get all of that confetti out of the keyboard
hes probably still finding pieces in it til this day
theres so much going on, and I love the skeleton guy in the back doing a little jig, because thats me while listening to this-
what goes on in my brain 24/7 (including william wood)
everyone in this video is just straight up VIBIN
oh how i wish i can vibe like that...
that person dancing in the skeleton costume is my entire life
will wood trying to perform wildly while also trying to make sure he doesnt get wacked in the face by the people on the hoop behind him is a master piece
Sorry for the sudden question. What do these lyrics mean? This song is too difficult for me to translate. I would appreciate it if you could explain it in simple words.
@@집보내줘요엉엉 oh sure! the main message of the song is about his experience with hallucinations and his previous drug addiction. He mentions how it affected his memory and how he needed to hit rock bottom which links to the "hand me my shovel im going in" showing he wanted to go deeper and explore. hopefully that was simple enough :) his songs are kind of confusing :/
@@집보내줘요엉엉 i could try translate it for you if you want?
"This not enough i need to hit the bottom" is literally such a mood rn
I love the skeleton just vibing in the corner doing her own thing
3:17 Oh my god he was so close to getting kicked. I'm convinced he has spider-sense now.
LMAO
wwwist he eevn dodged it wtfdv
This song is like a fever dream
This is the first song I've heard of Will Wood & The Tapeworms and now I listen for I don't know what time to all their songs and I think I am addicted now, just listening to them non-stop for the last few days
I absolutely can't get over the skeleton having the time of its LIFE
I see everyone commenting on the skeleton (she looks awesome) but no one commenting on the mermaid on the left!
im upside down in a wheelchair lmaoo thank you for noticing me
I swear to everything holy and unholy, each time I watch this video it's a slightly different one, I'm certain of it.
Most Criminally underrated song ever you can't prove me wrong
This is the most chaotic music video I've ever seen
thank you will woods music for the only thing keeping me sane
This is pure chaos and I love it
we are a system and our little made a playlist on Spotify! this is the only song.
That's adorable! Our host (me) and a few other alters really dig his music too. Honestly it's weirdly relatable as a system? The chaotic vibes and existential topics of his earlier stuff like this, as well as his recovery songs from the most recent albums.
I have no clue what's going on here or even how I got here but I am highly enjoying my stay
You put on a Will Wood song and think it’s a bit weird sometimes then you watch the music video 😭 (This is perfection)
Has nobody pointed out how perfectly he dodges the ring dancer people’s spins and legs?? He does it perfectly several times without looking