Gang Of Youths - Achilles, Come Down (Lyrics)

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    • Artists: Gang Of Youth
    Album: Go Farther In Lightness
    Genre : Alternative/Indie
    Year: 2017
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 13 тис.

  • @smwhtok
    @smwhtok 3 роки тому +9765

    I understand the song is someone speaking to him, but I can also picture this song as two sides of his mind, him fighting against his own thoughts and impulses

    • @et0g3n
      @et0g3n 3 роки тому +127

      That's what I thought, like this is my first time listening and that's the first thing that came to my mind

    • @unjustfool12
      @unjustfool12 3 роки тому +17

      i love your pfp

    • @kirierjiro6436
      @kirierjiro6436 3 роки тому +79

      My thought was what if it was the same person, outwardly they are trying to calm them down and get them off the roof, but the tone and choice of words makes it seem like they want him to jump

    • @p.j.gamergirl6480
      @p.j.gamergirl6480 3 роки тому +52

      I see so many perspectives, it's making my brain hurt.

    • @quinlanshearing1720
      @quinlanshearing1720 3 роки тому +90

      i thought maybe the nice guy was patroclus and the mean guy was apollo

  • @illusion3227
    @illusion3227 3 роки тому +9244

    Can we talk about how listening to this whole song feels like watching a whole ass movie. I'm not complaining.

    • @crimsocinth
      @crimsocinth 3 роки тому +107

      I mean its whole ass book

    • @Llamadrama19
      @Llamadrama19 3 роки тому +36

      @@crimsocinth is based on a plot of a book? If so what's its name?

    • @crimsocinth
      @crimsocinth 3 роки тому +60

      @@Llamadrama19 “Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller, you can find it in like young adult in Barnes and Nobles

    • @chekab2603
      @chekab2603 3 роки тому +144

      @@Llamadrama19 Technically it's based off of "the illiad", which is what "The Song of Achilles" is based off of. "The Song of Achilles" is just a more modern day retelling that goes more in depth with the story of Achilles and Patroclus and leans into the relationship aspect more. It's definitely worth the read!

    • @orbismworldbuilding8428
      @orbismworldbuilding8428 3 роки тому +11

      I can only agree it's almost eternal and it's beautiful

  • @DavidStroodle
    @DavidStroodle 4 роки тому +9162

    I feel like the line "the most dangerous thing is to love" is not to be interpreted as "loving is dangerous because love can be lost" but instead as "it's dangerous to love because love can inspire you so passionately that it can become a force to rival the gods"

    • @rebeccas.6800
      @rebeccas.6800 4 роки тому +237

      That's actually really insightful, I love the interpretation

    • @perciousmatter7001
      @perciousmatter7001 4 роки тому +67

      I thought that was like a short-term thing very fast but it doesnt last. Like a obession. It wouldnt sound good if it was like that.

    • @doriangrayapologist
      @doriangrayapologist 3 роки тому +39

      yes!!! i caught onto this right away! and i think that this is one of, if not the most beautiful line in the song.

    • @evafellmann2206
      @evafellmann2206 3 роки тому +186

      I thought it was more because Achilles dies as a direct result of his love for Patroclus. According to the prophecy, Achilles wouldn't die until Hector did, and he'd be the one to kill him. Logically, under these conditions, Achilles has no reason to kill Hector - it would cause his death and he doesn't want to die. But because Hector kills Patroclus and Achilles loves Patroclus, he kills Hector even though he knows that'll lead to his own death. If he didn't have a Patroclus, he wouldn't have had a reason to kill Hector and maybe would've survived the war. His love for Patroclus literally leads to his death.
      But obviously that's just an interpretación and I thought yours was really cool.

    • @doriangrayapologist
      @doriangrayapologist 3 роки тому +27

      @@evafellmann2206 yes!! this is exactly what i thought, you’ve put it into words better than i ever could

  • @DJFlare84
    @DJFlare84 Рік тому +5447

    "See life as a worthy opponent."
    Underrated line.

    • @ZCisCool
      @ZCisCool Рік тому +11

      Very

    • @Damienshannon663
      @Damienshannon663 Рік тому +11

      Very underrated. Very true line

    • @cheeps1329
      @cheeps1329 Рік тому +2

      Who said it's underrated?

    • @TheSoulHunter69
      @TheSoulHunter69 Рік тому +21

      This line is more saturated with meaning then anything any psychologist could say to someone

    • @DJFlare84
      @DJFlare84 Рік тому +7

      @@cheeps1329 Me. I said.

  • @drits9715
    @drits9715 4 роки тому +3010

    Nobody:
    Me:*imagining myself dramatically playing the violin*

    • @letschat2075
      @letschat2075 4 роки тому +15

      Sameee

    • @letschat2075
      @letschat2075 4 роки тому +39

      Though I'm not to sure how hard it would be to play a cello on a violin?

    • @diko1061
      @diko1061 3 роки тому +15

      @@letschat2075 it won’t be hard, the same variations are played through the song, depending on which violin/cello you want to play. You can hear the one that does not change, the one that appears during the voiceover by Alberto, and the other one appears during the main parts of the song

    • @drnarwhal2888
      @drnarwhal2888 3 роки тому +13

      @@diko1061 violin and cello have a totally different range. Cello is about an octave and a half lower than violin. You might be able to play it 8va but it won't sound the same at all. Not nearly as rich and soulful.

    • @CristinaAshley8
      @CristinaAshley8 3 роки тому +2

      Me 😂

  • @irmasetyaningsih1916
    @irmasetyaningsih1916 3 роки тому +5798

    'Have you no more memories?'
    'I am made of memories.'
    me, who read it at 2 am: sobbing

  • @cantbetamed2210
    @cantbetamed2210 2 роки тому +5948

    As someone who read The Illiad and Odyssey. Achilles' pride and the death of Patroclos really drove him to the edge. This song definitely highlights it.

    • @yomikuro6153
      @yomikuro6153 Рік тому +305

      Not to mention the person who stopped him from killing himself after the news of Patroclus’s death, Antilochus, was also killed and drove Achilles to vengeance again, this time against Memnon. All three were buried together, Achilles and Patroclus had their bones together while Antilochus was separate from the two. There’s an island that was believed to be a temple to the three where Thetis laid them to rest.

    • @josephdowie976
      @josephdowie976 Рік тому +20

      "As someone who read The Illiad and Odyssey." you make this sound like a big deal?

    • @skyeperez8305
      @skyeperez8305 Рік тому +154

      @@josephdowie976 some people never read either, let people enjoy 💩

    • @toxinilla899
      @toxinilla899 Рік тому +91

      ​@@josephdowie976 They just said they read it wdym?

    • @ayshazaheen3402
      @ayshazaheen3402 Рік тому +137

      @@josephdowie976 they're clarifying their understanding of the character to deeper lengths. I don't see how it's making a big deal.

  • @adabelle05
    @adabelle05 3 роки тому +3846

    i can imagine patroclus's ghost singing this to achilles, and desperately hoping that achilles can hear him, and begging achilles to not kill hector and complete the prophecy

    • @juleswithanx
      @juleswithanx 3 роки тому +40

      Y E S

    • @juleswithanx
      @juleswithanx 3 роки тому +151

      and the other person is achilles' angry and grieving side telling him to jump

    • @phiammotta
      @phiammotta 3 роки тому +76

      The other person is Apollo, end of the story🙏

    • @juleswithanx
      @juleswithanx 3 роки тому +27

      @@phiammotta i guess everyone is free to interpret music their own way : )

    • @emberfawcett8794
      @emberfawcett8794 3 роки тому +8

      OMG that’s how i always saw this

  • @carmenn1350
    @carmenn1350 3 роки тому +7590

    “he was half my soul, as the poets say”

  • @_telling_tales_
    @_telling_tales_ 4 роки тому +2412

    I'm having a religious experience??? My soul is transcending???

    • @isaofaeaea
      @isaofaeaea 4 роки тому +23

      Bro same

    • @ARHanif-ej7oz
      @ARHanif-ej7oz 4 роки тому +41

      Never ever before I encountered a song like this. 😭

    • @friedlemon5172
      @friedlemon5172 4 роки тому +28

      Same bro, this is, like, my 20th listen just today, and today is when I clicked on it for the first time

    • @friedlemon5172
      @friedlemon5172 4 роки тому +5

      @春honey ik, bro, right!? Soo much passion !

    • @nah_.
      @nah_. 4 роки тому +8

      Maybe a better word would be spiritual instead of religious?

  • @okey7281
    @okey7281 Рік тому +1463

    "You're scaring us, and all of us-"
    *Looks at Agamemnon*
    "Some of us love you"

    • @michaelmorales1602
      @michaelmorales1602 Рік тому +34

      LMAOOOOO this made my day

    • @emraankazmi7340
      @emraankazmi7340 Рік тому +105

      I feel like agammemnon says the "Jump Achilles do a flip" part, while Patroclus (his ghost) tries to convince him not to. He says there is no me without you' and he also says he'll jump after achilles, but in my cash-money hellscape, thats Patroclus thinking about how he'd comfort achilles if he were still alive.

    • @ZCisCool
      @ZCisCool Рік тому +7

      😂

    • @RiverThief
      @RiverThief Рік тому +46

      @@emraankazmi7340”do a flip!”
      “SHUT UP AGAMMEMMON!”

    • @Elly339
      @Elly339 4 місяці тому +3

      NOOOOO DONT RUIN IT

  • @e.taylor1369
    @e.taylor1369 4 роки тому +5391

    Patroclus: Some of us love you
    Agamemnon: Emphasis on SOME

  • @hugomacleod
    @hugomacleod 4 роки тому +6286

    randomly in my recommended. not complaining

    • @pakki6555
      @pakki6555 4 роки тому +4

      Same! 🥰💖

    • @seth5229
      @seth5229 4 роки тому +53

      Same for me. I only clicked it because I have a weakness for Ancient Greece but I wasn’t expecting to love it at all

    • @janai735
      @janai735 4 роки тому +5

      Same, this blew my mind!

    • @fatixa6792
      @fatixa6792 4 роки тому +1

      Saame

    • @lhumyaki
      @lhumyaki 4 роки тому +1

      same! :D

  • @adelweiz2307
    @adelweiz2307 3 роки тому +6117

    “When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together.”

    • @lamenkwe6352
      @lamenkwe6352 3 роки тому +543

      his homophobic red headed 12 year old son: I think not good sir

    • @ly1636
      @ly1636 3 роки тому +246

      @@lamenkwe6352 THATS REALLY THE ONLY THING MEMORABLE ABOUT HIM, HES RED HEADED AND HES HOMOPHOBIC

    • @thedeadpoet3582
      @thedeadpoet3582 3 роки тому +9

      @@lamenkwe6352 .

    • @s.t7282
      @s.t7282 3 роки тому +93

      Truly the bestest besties on all of history.

    • @Hecateofcrossroads
      @Hecateofcrossroads 3 роки тому +9

      @@ly1636 wasn’t Agamemnon red headed or was the menalus?

  • @galaxy7979
    @galaxy7979 Рік тому +1412

    The French parts of this song (the faint parts) translate roughly to:
    On the other hand, I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying).
    ...
    Of an apartment-building manager who had killed himself I was told that he had lost his daughter five years before, that he had changed greatly since, and that that experience had "undermined" him.

    What sets off the crisis is almost always unverifiable. Newspapers often speak of "personal sorrows" or of "incurable illness." These explanations are plausible. But one would have to know whether a friend of the desperate man had not that very day addressed him indifferently.

    ...the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.

    ...either yes or no. This would be too easy. But allowance must be made for those who, without concluding, continue questioning. Here I am only slightly indulging in irony: this is the majority. I notice also that those who answer "no" act as if they thought "yes." As a matter of fact, if I accept the Nietzschean criterion, they think "yes" in one way or another.

    • @idontcare6629
      @idontcare6629 9 місяців тому +36

      Thank you so muchh for writing it down
      Do you happen to know where the sound comes from?

    • @galaxy7979
      @galaxy7979 9 місяців тому +33

      @@idontcare6629 unfortunately not... But I love translating songs, so your appreciation means a lot to me

    • @dmitrifydodrovichkaramazov
      @dmitrifydodrovichkaramazov 9 місяців тому +76

      @idontcare6629 It's from The Myth of Sisyphus, a philosophical essay by Albert Camus.

    • @idontcare6629
      @idontcare6629 9 місяців тому +13

      @@dmitrifydodrovichkaramazov Thank youuu

    • @dmitrifydodrovichkaramazov
      @dmitrifydodrovichkaramazov 9 місяців тому +38

      @idontcare6629 No problem! Camus was a French philosopher, born in Algeria and The Myth of Sisyphus with The Stranger, The Rebel and The Plague are some of his most famous works. He is associated with existentialism and, a special philosophy of his own, absurdism.

  • @the_nameles.s6964
    @the_nameles.s6964 3 роки тому +4348

    The damn cello in the background is gorgeous. This typically isn’t the type of music I listen to but I’ve been listening to this song over and over again

    • @mikec8321
      @mikec8321 3 роки тому +47

      @@peterpan9617 Take it from a cellist, definitely a cello

    • @blairbitch42069
      @blairbitch42069 3 роки тому +33

      @Anna Henrichsen 3rd cellist here, can confirm it’s a cello

    • @nyooom9729
      @nyooom9729 3 роки тому +33

      @@peterpan9617 4th cellist, no way in hell that’s a violin

    • @phoebecao4442
      @phoebecao4442 3 роки тому +34

      Violinist here, it’s a cello

    • @maggie3544
      @maggie3544 3 роки тому +27

      @@peterpan9617 actually a bassist, but i can confirm that’s a cello

  • @maddieharvey3489
    @maddieharvey3489 3 роки тому +7190

    how can people listen to this and not instantly want to create- the poetry, the mythology, the violins, everything,, i just want to create to it, films, music videos dances, everything. i love this

    • @ericcaissie9137
      @ericcaissie9137 3 роки тому +141

      I couldn't do it justice.

    • @damidraws4521
      @damidraws4521 3 роки тому +60

      I now want to write a script for a movie about Achilles' whole life, all the way to death. I also want to create a dance for the song. So I also don't understand, how people can't listen to this, and want to create something.

    • @whatever-eg4kd
      @whatever-eg4kd 3 роки тому +14

      I can😅
      Instead, this is the perfect song for creating a new movie(I'm talking about daydreaming) haha..

    • @maddieharvey3489
      @maddieharvey3489 3 роки тому +18

      @@whatever-eg4kd i see that, but listening to it makes me itch to get out there and make the film, to write, direct and act in it. i cant just listen to music, i become it and want to put it into the world as the visual art i see it as, if that makes any kind of sense

    • @whatever-eg4kd
      @whatever-eg4kd 3 роки тому +4

      @@maddieharvey3489 😄💓

  • @olivebenninghoven9861
    @olivebenninghoven9861 3 роки тому +5356

    Imagine naming your cat Achilles.

    • @anvakathazit1102
      @anvakathazit1102 3 роки тому +806

      Achilles, get off the roof!
      Achilles can you hear me, I'm talking to you! Stupid cat I love you cut it out before you get hurt!

    • @tinat1322
      @tinat1322 3 роки тому +192

      The fact that i've planned to name my cat Achilles when i get it:)) lol

    • @atlasy_y
      @atlasy_y 3 роки тому +84

      You just got me convinced

    • @jenahazelwood7900
      @jenahazelwood7900 3 роки тому +83

      i HAD a cat named achilles😐 she was beautiful

    • @weteafart
      @weteafart 3 роки тому +21

      I’m doing that

  • @44res
    @44res 2 роки тому +10907

    Patroclus was so scared of seeing Achilles die, promising that after his death he would kill himself right after, but never did it cross his mind that he'd die first. He completely ignored thetis' warning that he'd die soon because the thought of his lover dying was eating him alive

    • @DazzlingPotatoes
      @DazzlingPotatoes 2 роки тому +118

      Omg 😭😭

    • @LostSaints_
      @LostSaints_ 2 роки тому +97

      STOP I'M SOBBING

    • @saraxxxx5458
      @saraxxxx5458 2 роки тому +59

      @That.one.freak._. I cried when I read that part!

    • @44res
      @44res 2 роки тому +20

      @Angela I'm definitely talking about the book in the comment

    • @caitlinbestley7568
      @caitlinbestley7568 2 роки тому +117

      The best of the greeks will be dead, but you Achilles will still be alive.

  • @awerzo2128
    @awerzo2128 3 роки тому +15940

    The moment in the harmony where one voice says "Get off the roof" and the other says "Jump off the roof" just hits different

    • @idolizationist
      @idolizationist 3 роки тому +52

      time stamp?

    • @cassstefani5877
      @cassstefani5877 3 роки тому +106

      @@idolizationist 4:55

    • @royald2799
      @royald2799 3 роки тому +188

      I don't think I've ever noticed that because I'm mostly working when it comes on. Thanks for bringing that up!

    • @frankiewazzaz8965
      @frankiewazzaz8965 3 роки тому +109

      it scratched a lil crinkle in my brain that is just SO SATISFYING. its so beautiful ToT

    • @shaylachartrand5095
      @shaylachartrand5095 3 роки тому +6

      Irk

  • @user-so7nd5zl2b
    @user-so7nd5zl2b 4 роки тому +5979

    It was very sexy of my FBI agent to put this on my UA-cam recommendations

  • @mm-ji8mo
    @mm-ji8mo 3 роки тому +12128

    If Song of Achilles ever gets a live- action show or movie this song should be in the soundtrack.

    • @林田秋山
      @林田秋山 3 роки тому +233

      oMG WATCH ME PRAY FOR A LIVE ADAPTATION

    • @literallyaflower
      @literallyaflower 3 роки тому +220

      Not should be. HAS to be. I’m forcing them

    • @greta1973
      @greta1973 3 роки тому +194

      YES! for example: in the last scene, when their souls met again in the ade, I imagine them touching each other with their hands and at their touch appears a golden / white and dazzling light that fills the screen, and in the background this part 5:30 plays.
      I know it's pretty detailed lmao

    • @greta1973
      @greta1973 3 роки тому +40

      i mean... i think it represent well their "recover peace" after all they've had to go through (sorry if i made some mistakes :P)

    • @jaysurfer
      @jaysurfer 3 роки тому +15

      @@greta1973 omg please let this happen ( yea I'm really desperate )

  • @omransaeed1988
    @omransaeed1988 3 роки тому +4291

    Patroclus: Get off the roof, Achilles.
    Achilles: Sure, let me get off the roof by jumping.
    Patroclus: NO THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEA-

    • @atlasy_y
      @atlasy_y 3 роки тому +49

      Comedy gold

    • @santoshaveera7084
      @santoshaveera7084 3 роки тому +143

      -cut to kermit falling off a roof vine

    • @merryinfires5295
      @merryinfires5295 3 роки тому +8

      @@santoshaveera7084 😂😂

    • @lizas3239
      @lizas3239 3 роки тому +14

      @@merryinfires5295 omg I’m cackling, INFIRES MANNNN~

    • @merryinfires5295
      @merryinfires5295 3 роки тому +7

      @@lizas3239 OMG HEY FELLOW ARMY!
      I swear we're litterally EVERYWHERE 😂

  • @ridleyk1423
    @ridleyk1423 4 роки тому +9347

    I feel as if this song is from Patroclus’ ghosts’ perspective. He sees the sorrow Achilles is in after his death and he’s trying to remind him that there’s more to life.

    • @skyt8327
      @skyt8327 4 роки тому +250

      God damn that hurts, especially after reading song of Achilles lmao

    • @meike9323
      @meike9323 4 роки тому +168

      Definitely, it feels as if Apollo and Proclus are both trying to get through to him, Proclus trying to get him to continue living after his death, and Apollo encouraging his actions. Anyway, I also am reading the song of Achilles and crying

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 4 роки тому +208

      What's sad is that Patroclus knows he would do the same thing in Achilles' position. Neither of them can exist in the world that lacks the other because they are each others lifelines. As much as they want the other to live on without them they realize how cruel that life will be. And people still have the nerve to say they're straight

    • @placefantasy1821
      @placefantasy1821 4 роки тому +87

      I actually just finished the Iliad for my university course and his love for Patroclus is so heartbreaking. After his death all he wants is to kill Hector so he can bury his beloved. He refuses to eat or sleep until he gets his revenge and he knows in fighting Hector that he is sealing his fate to die young but all he cares about is avenging Patroclus.

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 4 роки тому +94

      @@placefantasy1821 And after that he kept praying someone would come and kill him. Achilles wouldn't kill himself because he couldn't let Patroclus die for nothing. Patroclus sacrificed himself for Achilles' honor so that Achilles would always be viewed as a hero. So Achilles fought with every last breath not because he wanted to or his mother wanted him to or because the Greeks wanted him to but because Patroclus would have wanted him to die a hero

  • @hanritter2584
    @hanritter2584 4 роки тому +2200

    4:33 to 5:08 really be the gods pushing Achilles towards his death and patroclus from the afterlife telling him not to jump into war

  • @user-kb7vr6wc6m
    @user-kb7vr6wc6m 4 роки тому +6333

    This comment section is in wholehearted unity that: a) Patroclus trying to talk Achilles down is very gay and very sad. b) this song invokes a melancholic and loving feeling. c) the blend between the voices hits hard.

  • @jubieandrubinrevieweveryth5768
    @jubieandrubinrevieweveryth5768 2 роки тому +4948

    "The goddess, the mortal, and the boy who was both"-the song of achilles. Hands down one of my favorite route's. Its not talked about too much, but for some reason that line truly broke my heart.

    • @mac_6705
      @mac_6705 2 роки тому +54

      i loved that line sm. i highlighted it as soon as i read it bc it struck a deep cord in me.

    • @wackwack8966
      @wackwack8966 2 роки тому +5

      @@mac_6705 would you mind sharing the page?

    • @mac_6705
      @mac_6705 2 роки тому +17

      @@wackwack8966 368 ! :> should be the second to last page

    • @angiequizhpe2630
      @angiequizhpe2630 Рік тому +8

      i truly think its very underrated. I was about to finish the book with just sadness, but this single line directly broke me into a million pieces. Started sobbing uncontrollably bc of it...

    • @painfullythicc
      @painfullythicc Рік тому

      ​@@mac_6705for me there are 353 pages lols

  • @char6325
    @char6325 3 роки тому +6617

    “Name one hero who was happy."
    I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back.
    "You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
    "I can't."
    "I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
    "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
    "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
    "Why me?"
    "Because you're the reason. Swear it."

    • @adrii2076
      @adrii2076 3 роки тому +571

      "I swear it.. I swear it." This book absolutely destroyed me, it was so beautifully written I can't :(

    • @ankitadinesh6815
      @ankitadinesh6815 3 роки тому +66

      Where is that from??

    • @Bjorqette
      @Bjorqette 3 роки тому +242

      @@ankitadinesh6815 the book named ‘the song of Achilles’

    • @fiipknife3830
      @fiipknife3830 3 роки тому +426

      “I swear it,” I said, lost the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.
      “I swear it,” he echoed.
      We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.
      “I feel like I could eat the world raw.”

    • @sunflower-es1po
      @sunflower-es1po 3 роки тому +135

      this is the most sad quote in the book after finishing it i think

  • @ch3rryc0la79
    @ch3rryc0la79 3 роки тому +6766

    "So jump and I'm jumping, since there is no me without you." I CANT.

  • @signior-fabian
    @signior-fabian 3 роки тому +6565

    Agamemnon: You want my opinion, my opinion you've got
    Patroclus from the Underworld: NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION AGAMEMNON

    • @artemisa9327
      @artemisa9327  3 роки тому +993

      all the greek army: NO ONE ASKED YOUR OPINION AGAMEMNON

    • @tired895
      @tired895 3 роки тому +419

      Every god except Apollo: NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION AGAMEMNON BOOOO *throws popcorn*

    • @ameliamartinez5669
      @ameliamartinez5669 3 роки тому +23

      Lmaooo

    • @Mars_The_Human
      @Mars_The_Human 3 роки тому +132

      Agamemnon: IT'S JIST MY OPINION

    • @brisa2810
      @brisa2810 3 роки тому +80

      @@Mars_The_Human HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT´S GOOD FOR ME?

  • @브론즈롤유저
    @브론즈롤유저 Рік тому +737

    "If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles."

    • @ameenahansari1709
      @ameenahansari1709 Рік тому +34

      Leaving a comment so I can see this every time someone likes ❤

    • @leenaken5626
      @leenaken5626 Рік тому +18

      @@ameenahansari1709 I'm joining u too

    • @angelinasophiakamaratou1205
      @angelinasophiakamaratou1205 Рік тому +5

      ​@@leenaken5626same

    • @abbster515
      @abbster515 Рік тому

      What’s this quote from? It’s really good!

    • @angelinasophiakamaratou1205
      @angelinasophiakamaratou1205 Рік тому +12

      @@abbster515Beautiful, ikr? It's from the 2004 movie Troy, starring Brad Pitt as Achilles. It's Odysseus speaking. It was the perfect end to the movie. Highly recommend, even tho they changed a bunch of things to the story but... that's Hollywood

  • @cherizar1854
    @cherizar1854 3 роки тому +8591

    I love how in this song, Patroclus is literally fighting off Achilles' demons (Don't listen Achilles..No one asked for your thoughts..). And I love how it it implied that Achilles ends up listening to Patroclus, as the song ends with his voice and not his negative thoughts. His love managed to drown them out.

  • @Mx.Mantis
    @Mx.Mantis 3 роки тому +3950

    If anyone wants to know what they're saying in french here you go :
    (Just so you know I'm french and I couldn't remember where I knew these quotes from at first, so here is Albert Camus with The Myth of Sisyphus/Le Mythe de Sisyphe)
    1- Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent parce qu'ils estiment que la vie ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue. J'en vois d'autres qui se font paradoxalement tuer pour les idées ou les illusions qui leur donnent une raison de vivre (ce qu'on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de mourir.)
    I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.)
    2- D'un gérant d'immeubles qui s'était tué, on me disait un jour qu'il avait perdu sa fille depuis cinq ans, qu'il avait beaucoup changé depuis et que cette histoire « l'avait miné ». (fin de citation : On ne peut souhaiter de mot plus exact. Commencer à penser, c'est commencer d'être miné.)
    Of an apartment-building manager who had killed himself I was told he had lost his daughter five years before, that he had changed greatly since, and that the experience had "undermined" him. (end of the quote : A more exact word cannot be imagined. Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.)
    3- Ce qui déclenche la crise est presque toujours incontrôlable. Les journaux parlent souvent de "chagrins intimes" ou de "maladies incurables"... Mais il faudrait savoir si le jour même un ami du désespéré ne lui a pas parlé sur un ton différent. Celui-là est le coupable. (fin de citation : Car cela peut suffire à précipiter toutes rancœurs et toutes lassitudes encore en suspension... )
    What sets off the crisis is almost always unverifiable. Newspapers often speak of "personal sorrows" or of "incurable illness." These explanations are plausible. But one would have to know whether a friend of the desperate man had not that very day addressed him indifferently. He is the guilty one. (end of the quote : For that is enough to precipitate all the rancors and all the boredom still in suspension...)
    4- des souvenirs d'une patrie perdue ou de l'espoir d'une terre promise. Ce divorce entre l'homme et sa vie, l'acteur et son décor, c'est proprement le sentiment de l'absurdité.
    the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.
    5- Ce serait trop beau. Mais il faut faire la part de ceux qui, sans conclure, interrogent toujours. Ici, j'ironise à peine : il s'agit de la majorité. Je vois également que ceux qui répondent "non" agissent comme s'ils pensaient "oui".
    This would be too easy. But allowance must be made for those who, without concluding, continue questioning. Here I am only slightly indulging in irony: this is the majority. I notice also those who answer "no" as if they thought "yes."
    Enjoy~

    • @KeitieKalopsia
      @KeitieKalopsia 3 роки тому +83

      Thank you, this helps a lot! I’m learning French, and these translations are always useful for picking up new phrases and idioms. ❤️

    • @Mx.Mantis
      @Mx.Mantis 3 роки тому +23

      @@KeitieKalopsia no problem ! I'm so glad I could help 😁

    • @coolgirlzinuwu1615
      @coolgirlzinuwu1615 3 роки тому +19

      THANK YOU

    • @jasminea.3118
      @jasminea.3118 3 роки тому +12

      Thank you x

    • @exenzer6007
      @exenzer6007 3 роки тому +9

      You are such a blessing. Thank you!!!!

  • @Axhicleos
    @Axhicleos 4 роки тому +32398

    Patroclus : Achilles come down
    Agamemnon : DO A FLIP

  • @noorzahra5150
    @noorzahra5150 2 роки тому +915

    Still cant get over how achilles smiles when his heart is pierced by the arrow. Hit right where he burned the most. His heart being the ultimate cause of his destruction.

    • @parthchandra3798
      @parthchandra3798 Рік тому +7

      Whats the name of movie/show , u guys keep talking abt😭😭I listen this song on loop, but idk what u talking

    • @ttwice4258
      @ttwice4258 Рік тому +28

      ​@@parthchandra3798The Song of Achilles. It is a novel by Madeline Miller.

    • @parthchandra3798
      @parthchandra3798 Рік тому +4

      @@ttwice4258 thanks!

    • @angelinasophiakamaratou1205
      @angelinasophiakamaratou1205 Рік тому +8

      ​@@parthchandra3798BUY IT, READ IT, DO WHAT YOU MUST TO EXPERIENCE THIS

    • @somethingj8957
      @somethingj8957 Рік тому +13

      correction my beloved friend, Achilles was shot by an arrow in his achilles heel, hence the name. The ultimate destruction of Achilles was his pride and overconfidence along with the death of patroclus. an angel guided the arrow sent by Paris, the angel who guided the arrow was Apollo.

  • @tetrapharmakon6336
    @tetrapharmakon6336 3 роки тому +3790

    The talked part in French comes from The Myth of Sisyphus, a philosophical book about absurd and suicide. One of the best I've ever read.

    • @tetrapharmakon6336
      @tetrapharmakon6336 3 роки тому +27

      @Delilah Poole it is translated :)

    • @paris5410
      @paris5410 3 роки тому +19

      Yeah, that’s my comfort reading when I just cannot deal with the lack of meaning XD

    • @liliamuseum196
      @liliamuseum196 3 роки тому +11

      D'apres ce que j'entends dans la video ,caa a l'air tres intéressant !merci pour la referance

    • @marchosiasu9700
      @marchosiasu9700 3 роки тому +1

      Hey, i was looking for it, but found only a pdf that has like 3 pages. This isn't it, right?

    • @tetrapharmakon6336
      @tetrapharmakon6336 3 роки тому

      @@marchosiasu9700 no it isn't, it's a whole book!

  • @notsoul2573
    @notsoul2573 4 роки тому +18679

    Achillies: I'm going to jump
    Apollo: do a flip

    • @Corviidei
      @Corviidei 3 роки тому +1098

      You did it, you broke the song down into its bare essentials

    • @summer_theperson
      @summer_theperson 3 роки тому +69

      stolen

    • @Just_stoptalking
      @Just_stoptalking 3 роки тому +58

      Literally copied this comment

    • @tired895
      @tired895 3 роки тому +28

      i love this

    • @gabesynnott6506
      @gabesynnott6506 3 роки тому +345

      Nope! Apollo would grab him and throw him off the roof such that he does two backflips

  • @muchadoaboutusername5995
    @muchadoaboutusername5995 4 роки тому +4302

    Patroclus: Positve/Encouraging voice
    Apollo: Negative voice
    Paris: Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent, parce qu'ils estiment que la vie ne veut pas la peine autre d'etre vecue ashie f jfwjop ejfi jf dkak;vmkjgisogthgkds

    • @squeemchie7764
      @squeemchie7764 4 роки тому +125

      this was too funny goddamnit

    • @isaofaeaea
      @isaofaeaea 4 роки тому +36

      Wait, is this the actual characters/people who are in the song?

    • @isaofaeaea
      @isaofaeaea 4 роки тому +16

      Sorry for asking, this is my first time ever hearing this song

    • @squeemchie7764
      @squeemchie7764 4 роки тому +413

      Isabella Morales so, achilles and patroclus were lovers in ancient greece. they went to fight in the trojan war, together. patroclus was slaughtered by hector, a trojan man. achilles, the son of the sea nymph thetis, fell into a rage and carved a bloody canyon into the trojan army. he killed hector and paraded his body around the city. he even chased apollo around.
      during the war, paris, the trojan prince, fired an arrow and apollo guided it to achilles’ heel, killing him instantly. however, in the song, it seems that achilles is racked with grief at the loss of his lover, and is considering suicide. there are two voices in the song, a positive and a negative voice, one encouraging him to live on and the other telling him to jump. we can assume that patroclus would want achilles to live, while apollo, angry that a mortal tried to kill him, the god who guided the arrow to kill him, would want achilles dead.
      the joke here is that paris is also the name of a city in france and there is french being spoken during the song-

    • @crustythetuba3958
      @crustythetuba3958 4 роки тому +28

      I'm pretty sure the encouraging voice is Patroclus

  • @colt9836
    @colt9836 2 роки тому +2293

    For those who don't know:
    Achilles was killed by Paris, a prince of Tory, (yes, the same one who gave Aphrodite the golden apple) when the royal fired an arrow (guided by Lord Apollon) that pierced the hero's heel (literally Achilles' tendon).
    This song seems to be inspired by "The Song of Achilles," a book written by Madeline Miller; which retells the Iliad by from the perspective of Patroclus, Achilles best friend and lover.
    "Achilles’ eyes were bright in the firelight, his face drawn sharply by the flickering shadows. I would know it in dark or disguise, told myself. I would know it even in madness."
    (Edited grammer)

    • @s3nsation646
      @s3nsation646 Рік тому +45

      It definately seems like one can connect the boona nd this song. But how this song came to be has a completely different story. Apparently the Artist of this song divorced and (I think) lost his wife to cancer. He had a terrible depression arc and this song is based on that. He used the Greek mythology as a metaphor of sorts.

    • @milenachojnacka4183
      @milenachojnacka4183 Рік тому +25

      This song was released in 2017 so it was not inspired by the book

    • @nomivdm
      @nomivdm Рік тому +16

      ​@@milenachojnacka4183 The book is based of the Illiad, which was written by Homerus, during the time of the ancient Greece, so the song could be based off the original Illiad

    • @Yournansaman
      @Yournansaman Рік тому +4

      There is one moral that stays from the Ancient Greek days to now:
      never EVER trust the tories.

    • @MaCome4631
      @MaCome4631 Рік тому +8

      If I recall well, Patroclus presented himself in front of Hector, firstborn of the Troyan king, elder brother of Paris, who was hiding behind.
      Patroclus was wearing Achilles' helmet, and defyied Hector in a deadly duel, in which he died.
      Hector realised afterwards the scourge he plagued his city with by killing Patroclus.
      This is why once Hector was slewn by Achilles, the latter humiliated his dead body by pulling it around the city walls with his horse.

  • @imacommenter1255
    @imacommenter1255 3 роки тому +5900

    I found this song today. The comments mentioned Greek mythology characters I was unfamiliar with and a book called The Song of Achilles. So, naturally, I read the whole book in a day and now I’m back here to cry.

    • @imacommenter1255
      @imacommenter1255 3 роки тому +19

      @@Ally-pc9sk of course!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)

    • @theSkin_of_a_Killer_Bella
      @theSkin_of_a_Killer_Bella 3 роки тому +3

      Oh.

    • @theSkin_of_a_Killer_Bella
      @theSkin_of_a_Killer_Bella 3 роки тому +3

      Wait wait wait
      What is this book exactly about?

    • @imacommenter1255
      @imacommenter1255 3 роки тому +76

      @@theSkin_of_a_Killer_Bella it’s about the Trojan war and Achilles but it’s from Patroclus’ perspective. It starts when they’re younger.

    • @imacommenter1255
      @imacommenter1255 3 роки тому +88

      It also portrays them as lovers as opposed to just companions as many people believe that’s more accurate

  • @gloriosa8155
    @gloriosa8155 3 роки тому +10772

    I kind of really love how the voice telling him to jump is so monotone and emotionless, while the voice telling him not to is full of emotion and sounds so much more human.

    • @birdup6449
      @birdup6449 3 роки тому +381

      They also disagree:
      Jump: "But be real, just jump, you dense mother******."
      Don't Jump: "You're worth more, Achilles."
      Jump: "...You won't be more than a rat in the gutter."
      Don't Jump: "So much more than a rat!"
      Jump: "You want my opinion..."
      Don't Jump: "No-one asked your opinion!"
      Jump: "-My opinion you've got."
      Jump: "You ask for my council-"
      Don't Jump: "No-one asked for your thoughts!"
      Jump: "-I give you my thoughts."

    • @LoneTraveler488
      @LoneTraveler488 3 роки тому +360

      I'd argue it has an emotion but one of disdain and from the perspective of someone who thinks they are above Achilles
      It's almost like they are disgusted with Achilles

    • @tamayako2000
      @tamayako2000 3 роки тому +266

      @@LoneTraveler488 I think it's a personification of anxiety and self-hateful thoughts, not just in Achilles' case, but anyone's. You tell yourself you're pathetic and not worth anyone's time, and maybe even the people who say they love you don't actually love you at all. And all the while, the people who love you are begging you not to jump because you're worth more than diamond to them.

    • @imnotcreative6904
      @imnotcreative6904 3 роки тому +114

      might sound dumb but the voice that criticises sounds like its being said through a megaphone which could signify that that voice is louder

    • @thecreaturescorner539
      @thecreaturescorner539 3 роки тому +13

      @@imnotcreative6904 Indeed

  • @-dolsen-
    @-dolsen- 3 роки тому +6615

    “You crave the applause yet hate the attention, then miss it.”
    Well that’s deep

    • @kyrapickens7963
      @kyrapickens7963 3 роки тому +139

      i read that as applesauce

    • @meat_doughnuts3457
      @meat_doughnuts3457 3 роки тому +78

      *A P P L E S A U C E*

    • @humanposer6433
      @humanposer6433 3 роки тому +65

      For once I can agree with the statement ”thats deep”

    • @eviel4754
      @eviel4754 3 роки тому +11

      Just came to that part when I read this comment

    • @messy9757
      @messy9757 3 роки тому +10

      kills me everytime

  • @n_n3535
    @n_n3535 2 роки тому +455

    This song hits different when you listen to it but without thinking of the song of Achilles but actually relating to the lyrics in some kind of way

    • @molly.dog8brooke792
      @molly.dog8brooke792 2 роки тому +18

      Yeah, this is the soundtrack to many of my mental breakdowns. It’s 12:20… I have to wake up at 6 tomorrow. I’ll be surviving on tea and mania! I am not okay and this song makes me able to cry!

    • @n_n3535
      @n_n3535 2 роки тому +8

      @@molly.dog8brooke792 we are not ok but we will survive this and it'll get better difficult times will pass cause everything does so we'll be fine

    • @teshankipramanik9024
      @teshankipramanik9024 2 роки тому +2

      Are you okay? Just wanna check...

    • @camiblack1
      @camiblack1 Рік тому +10

      That's kinda the point, people hear Achilles, but forget that it's a not uncommon name, so rather than a guy named Achilles having a sort of talk with himself, it's gotta be about the Trojan War hero.

    • @someoneontheinternet16
      @someoneontheinternet16 Рік тому +4

      When in a mental breakdown this song is what makes me feel better, because it reminds me that someone might be the voice of patroclus for me. And while i am my own voice of apollo, it makes me realize that you can listen to one voice more that the other if you try when the voices overlap

  • @Nablyudatel08
    @Nablyudatel08 3 роки тому +7645

    the perspective of patroclus trying to get achilles to not kill himself over his death while hector's voice echoes through his head to do it after hector killed patroclus..its sad

    • @paigealura1381
      @paigealura1381 3 роки тому +125

      ugh this comment hurts. the wound soa has left will never heal

    • @madhuvanthik8403
      @madhuvanthik8403 3 роки тому +69

      I always thought it was Agamemnon and not Hector oof

    • @here-have-a-potato6641
      @here-have-a-potato6641 3 роки тому +65

      @Alia Esmili exactly , I believe that hector only did what he had to , that fucker on the other hand-

    • @nevaehnisa
      @nevaehnisa 3 роки тому +4

      I'm confused is it Hector or Apollo?

    • @here-have-a-potato6641
      @here-have-a-potato6641 3 роки тому +32

      @@nevaehnisa who killed patroclus ?
      Well who killed is hector . but who made that kill possible is Apollo

  • @cryptid4131
    @cryptid4131 3 роки тому +2874

    "They never let you be famous *and* happy." [Achilles] lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
    "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
    "I'm going to be the first."

  • @afxqah-7734
    @afxqah-7734 3 роки тому +11292

    “I did not plan to live after he was gone."
    Little did Patroclus knew.

    • @themarauderstaylorsversion9549
      @themarauderstaylorsversion9549 3 роки тому +218

      STOPPPPP

    • @nuzeee_k
      @nuzeee_k 3 роки тому +115

      Gets me everytime

    • @cephi
      @cephi 3 роки тому +95

      it's time to stop

    • @fauxhuman0
      @fauxhuman0 3 роки тому +28

      I wanna like but it’s at exactly 900 soooo…

    • @fauxhuman0
      @fauxhuman0 3 роки тому +22

      @@youssefhidri4262 Achilles is a guy from Greek mythology

  • @lemur3568
    @lemur3568 Рік тому +430

    "Loathe the way they light candles in Rome, but love the sweet air of the votives. Hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone, engage with the pain as a motive" Pure Poetry

  • @coe.3181
    @coe.3181 4 роки тому +1171

    "Name one hero who was happy"
    More like "Name one 'The Song of Achilles' reader who was happy". You can't.

    • @worldeater2414
      @worldeater2414 4 роки тому +27

      Jokes on you i am happy i read that masterpiece

    • @tessacarstairs5998
      @tessacarstairs5998 3 роки тому +14

      @@worldeater2414 me too, but I also got shattered too hard

    • @worldeater2414
      @worldeater2414 3 роки тому +16

      @@tessacarstairs5998 Was always a fan of greek mythology as a child, this book made me sad but i knew where this story was heading. I took the reins of this carriage, starred eternity in the face and laughed while the whole thing crashed.

    • @monci5814
      @monci5814 3 роки тому +4

      archiveofourown.org/works/27339184 I found a fanfic, it's like the epilogue of the book, it's pretty good :D

    • @yourmumlikesrice7768
      @yourmumlikesrice7768 3 роки тому +1

      @@monci5814 i cannot thankyou enough for this link i want to give you the moon!

  • @ScorpionFlower95
    @ScorpionFlower95 4 роки тому +17267

    The change from "Achilles don't jump we love you" to "Jump the crowd doesn't want you" hit hard

    • @oceanpaisley8260
      @oceanpaisley8260 4 роки тому +187

      Are those the exact words? Because if so I can’t find that spot in the song

    • @adamka0925
      @adamka0925 4 роки тому +970

      Because the positive voice is Patroclos, while the negative is Apollo, both talking to Achilles

    • @somebody2809
      @somebody2809 4 роки тому +898

      @@oceanpaisley8260 no, it's not exact words. It's more about the switch in the tone. from patroclus saying to achilles "there's no me without you. Soldier on, achilles. achilles, come down, won't you get up off get up off the roof" to apollo saying to achilles "jump now, you are absent of cause or excuse." Patroclus loves him and doesn't wish for him to die, but apollo is pushing him over the edge.

    • @somebody2809
      @somebody2809 4 роки тому +281

      **The time for patroclus' lines would be from 1:14 - 1:28 and for apollo's would be from 2:15 - 2:20

    • @pallasproserpina4118
      @pallasproserpina4118 4 роки тому +258

      @@somebody2809 And then the part where they go back and forth, trying to get Achilles to come down/jump off at the same time

  • @morgle3948
    @morgle3948 3 роки тому +2248

    I guess im the only one who just randomly stumbled upon this song without reading the book

    • @sabrinadebos4113
      @sabrinadebos4113 3 роки тому +76

      Make that the two of us

    • @salyhanazir
      @salyhanazir 3 роки тому +37

      Someone like me

    • @MythEnthusiast
      @MythEnthusiast 3 роки тому +91

      I read the book after listening and paying attention to the lyrics of this song. Best decision ever!

    • @cabbyunn
      @cabbyunn 3 роки тому +15

      @@MythEnthusiast whered you get the book? whats the name?

    • @jessbean.100
      @jessbean.100 3 роки тому +10

      Ermmmm what book even

  • @devilfruitenjoyer2930
    @devilfruitenjoyer2930 2 роки тому +375

    My favorite part of this song comes around 5:30 to 6:19. At 5:30, the strings calm down, as Achilles "comes down" off of the roof, having not jumped. It seems like the song is about to end. The question a lot of people ask after a near-suicide is, "what now?" The segment starting at 6:03 is an answer to the question. Like an inspiration to move on.

    • @reetikabiswas829
      @reetikabiswas829 Рік тому +14

      Yes... And the part after 4:25 when the voices start to argue and contradict each other brings tears to my eyes. Truly a beautiful creation. ❤

    • @CloveChicken
      @CloveChicken Рік тому +3

      I’ve always loved this part of the song. It makes it feel so much more meaningful as a person who has struggled with self harm and multiple times being close to attempting suicide.

  • @tommysilvertongue42
    @tommysilvertongue42 3 роки тому +4105

    Patroclus' ghost: "engage in the pain as a motive"
    Achilles: Kills Hector and drags his body around the city walls in his chariot for 4 weeks

    • @georgiapall3945
      @georgiapall3945 3 роки тому +125

      @Random Stuff yes... That actually happened

    • @akhilapnuri8277
      @akhilapnuri8277 3 роки тому +91

      If only Achilles had just participated in the war in the first place. His pride is too much, Hector was simply doing his job

    • @adiba_lekha
      @adiba_lekha 3 роки тому +136

      @@akhilapnuri8277 So was Achilles.He would not have killed Hector if he didn’t kill Pat

    • @arheme5056
      @arheme5056 3 роки тому +18

      Was it 4 days of 4 weeks? I thought it was 4 days, not makes so much difference tough

    • @berri_balls
      @berri_balls 3 роки тому +23

      i just googled this and it says he dragged hector for 12 days?? can someone confirm this cause i don’t wanna spend like an hour looking through the book to find out

  • @martinaproietti280
    @martinaproietti280 3 роки тому +4883

    This should be definitely the soundtrack for “The Song of Achilles”

    • @kondorr2831
      @kondorr2831 3 роки тому +183

      It is. Just not officially. I listened to this song on repeat starting during Patroclus' charge

    • @onixy606
      @onixy606 3 роки тому +13

      555 likes

    • @melissag834
      @melissag834 3 роки тому +103

      I read the whole book with this song in the background. Pain and only pain

    • @coniferous-
      @coniferous- 3 роки тому +59

      @@melissag834 i finished it last night and i sobbed for a solid half hour

    • @TheVideoNooDOLLeS
      @TheVideoNooDOLLeS 3 роки тому +43

      i feel like this would be perfect for the end credits when everything just hits you as the story ends

  • @vorieen
    @vorieen 3 роки тому +3348

    This song hits different, when you read Song of Achilles.

    • @utahimeiori8739
      @utahimeiori8739 3 роки тому +44

      What is it about i finish my exams in a couple days and I want to read it seeing all these comments 😃

    • @stephaniea5424
      @stephaniea5424 3 роки тому +147

      @@utahimeiori8739 it's the story of Achilles and Patroclus, told from Patroclus' point of view. I would give anything to read it for the first time again, reply once you read it, I would love to talk about it! :)

    • @brightyannsarah2946
      @brightyannsarah2946 3 роки тому +85

      Oh lord, that book was my plunge into depression. It was beautiful in a heartbreaking way. I'd like to talk about it too. Please be sure to let us know what you think about the book. Oh and tissue papers... You'll need a lot of those...

    • @brightyannsarah2946
      @brightyannsarah2946 3 роки тому +16

      @@utahimeiori8739 Oh lord, that book was my plunge into depression. It was beautiful in a heartbreaking way. I'd like to talk about it too. Please be sure to let us know what you think about the book. Oh and tissue papers... You'll need a lot of those...

    • @stephaniea5424
      @stephaniea5424 3 роки тому +32

      @@brightyannsarah2946 it really was amazing wasn't it!! Absolutely heartbreaking too, it was literally the LAST page that gave me hope. The ending was heartwarming 🥺🥺

  • @imusedtoit
    @imusedtoit 2 роки тому +2284

    This song is most definitely a metaphor for the choice Achilles has to make: to chose his honor although it will kill him or choose to live a forgetful life, though it be with the love of his life.
    The voice telling him to jump off the roof is probably both him and society. Whilst reading The Song Of Achilles, I got a strong sense that back then people would rather die than risk being seen as a coward. This sort of "extreme bravery" was seemingly equated with being a good person, which is interesting because I think being a brave person would better be equated with being brave enough to sacrifice your glory for the sake of the person you love most.
    I'm getting the sense that Patroclus loved Achilles more than Achilles loved him. It's truly heart breaking because ultimately Achilles chose himself over Patroclus and still, Patroclus would die for him.

    • @Abigail-em4uj
      @Abigail-em4uj 2 роки тому +48

      Dijiste lo que quería negar :,)
      También sentí que Patroclo amaba más de lo que Aquiles lo amaba a él... Eso duele joder

    • @DazzlingPotatoes
      @DazzlingPotatoes 2 роки тому +87

      You're making me tear up at the ending of your comment.. the fact that Patroclus loved Achilles more than he loved him

    • @alexandremarques3265
      @alexandremarques3265 2 роки тому +25

      I would not tolerate a life of cowardice. I couldn't handle it. How could someone?

    • @guiltypleasure2087
      @guiltypleasure2087 2 роки тому +164

      I don't think so, throughout the book we could clearly see Achille's love for patroclus, how achilies only lover patroclus and yes he was engulfed with pride which in the end made him regret it deeply cuz patroclus died. And he forgot everything about his honour to avenge patroclus. And tbh his greif in those 1-2 chapters made it clear how much he liked him. If only the pride hadn't come on its way.. that was his only flaw.

    • @sambatra6162
      @sambatra6162 2 роки тому +8

      @@guiltypleasure2087 true

  • @WrathofKore
    @WrathofKore 3 роки тому +3293

    Ok, but the fact that you capitalized the words telling Achilles to NOT jump. I don't know the song has them at the same volume, but you just know that the desperation for him not to jump
    just hit differently.

  • @lallou21
    @lallou21 3 роки тому +12946

    “I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”

    • @thatsgreat6564
      @thatsgreat6564 3 роки тому +328

      stop you are going to make me cry.😣🤚

    • @lallou21
      @lallou21 3 роки тому +74

      @@thatsgreat6564 Sorry, I'm crying too :c

    • @basil7565
      @basil7565 3 роки тому +213

      no stop, i finished the book literally today it’s very raw 💔

    • @gizemy2937
      @gizemy2937 3 роки тому +27

      @@basil7565 which book??? plss

    • @cassidykiss6178
      @cassidykiss6178 3 роки тому +106

      @@gizemy2937 I think it's The Song of Achilles

  • @Avalanti
    @Avalanti 3 роки тому +3103

    Okay so I just HAVE to put this down in words; I love the whole metaphor of getting down from the roof, and the concept of Patroclus singing this to Achilles. Especially because, in his rage over Patroclus’ death, Achilles kills Hector knowing that it will cause his own death. So the “come down” could also be Patroclus telling him to come down from his anger so he won’t act so rashly. And the “the most dangerous thing is to love part” hits so hard - Losing Patroclus made Achilles essentially accept his own death in order to avenge him, especially since Patroclus died (more or less) due to Achilles’ own action (again, the line, as Patroclus did this out of love for Achilles/for the other warriors)

    • @kitoodle
      @kitoodle 3 роки тому +63

      YES!! THIS IS ALSO HOW I INTERPRETED IT AND ITS SO PAINFUL BUT FITS SO WELL

    • @jannekevanelst7827
      @jannekevanelst7827 3 роки тому +70

      It could also be patroclus calling him to come down to him in the underworld basically encouraging him to come back to him

    • @Avalanti
      @Avalanti 3 роки тому +12

      @@jannekevanelst7827 YOOOOOOO 👀👀👀

    • @jannekevanelst7827
      @jannekevanelst7827 3 роки тому +9

      @@Avalanti i mean... it could right?

    • @Avalanti
      @Avalanti 3 роки тому +8

      @@jannekevanelst7827 that’s such a smart take I love it 👏👏👏👏

  • @alexanderbuentello6702
    @alexanderbuentello6702 Рік тому +156

    "I'm talking to you"
    Makes me tear up every time. It's rare that an artist connects to the audience on more than a superficial level. It's that second iteration into a repeat that says it all, I'm talking to YOU the listener. The listener is Achilles, we are Achilles; indomitable until our smallest insecurities become our downfall. This song is simply beautiful from beginning to end

    • @reetikabiswas829
      @reetikabiswas829 Рік тому +8

      Never thought of it that way, but it makes it so much better now. My favourite part is from 4:25 when the voices start talking over each other. And after reading what you said... It's like the smaller voice is our own insecurities and the singer is speaking over it, drowning it, trying to convince us that we're worth more, don't listen to that little voice inside... Then finally confirms it by the repeated "I'm talking to YOU", yes YOU (the listener... emphasized by the sudden softening of the cellos...) can you hear me?
      Oh! Truly a masterpiece!

    • @nmurray9384
      @nmurray9384 4 місяці тому

  • @toolazytochangecringeprofile
    @toolazytochangecringeprofile 3 роки тому +7470

    Screw life. I want to be the Achilles to someone's Patroclus.

    • @morrigancull6428
      @morrigancull6428 3 роки тому +59

      Same

    • @rekimeki8070
      @rekimeki8070 3 роки тому +36

      Im in

    • @luuuuux_
      @luuuuux_ 3 роки тому +30

      mood

    • @swee_zaide
      @swee_zaide 3 роки тому +90

      Harry?? 😏😏
      Sorry I just came back from reading 2 whole drarry fanfics and both were angst.

    • @arshaaaa
      @arshaaaa 3 роки тому +36

      Why not Patroclus ?

  • @madiha5401
    @madiha5401 3 роки тому +1698

    "No hands had ever been so gentle, or so deadly."

    • @UrMom-rs1jw
      @UrMom-rs1jw 2 роки тому +4

      omfg i loved that sentence so much

  • @amphitritemists4595
    @amphitritemists4595 3 роки тому +2232

    It's strange how love works. Patroclus begs Achilles to live on, but, if the roles were reversed and Achilles died, Patroclus wouldn't hesitate to jump off that roof. The idea that these two souls are so dependent on each other is beautiful (seriously I love Romeo and Juliet but this is the true romantic tragedy that should be taught in all English classes)

    • @m.meghana2365
      @m.meghana2365 3 роки тому +17

      He would have ........

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 3 роки тому +123

      @@m.meghana2365 Plus Patroclus wouldve had less holding him back. Unlike Achilles, he wouldve believed that no one in the camp really needed him. He wasn't a fighter and sure he made a decent medic but there were other medics to call on. No parents at home who care about his wellbeing so truly it wouldnt even be up for debate. He'd join Achilles

    • @kashe7285
      @kashe7285 3 роки тому +101

      FRRR WHILE READING THEIR STORY THAT'S ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT. In Romeo and Juliet there's so many ridiculous factors that contribute to their deaths, it feels as if it was SO avoidable, like if they weren't so stupid they would have lived. Patroclus and Achilles are true star crossed lovers, their deaths feeling unavoidable despite how long they tried to prolong Achilles's death.

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 3 роки тому +142

      @@kashe7285 Exactly! But I think what makes Achilles and Patroclus’ deaths even sadder is that they were just as, if not more, avoidable than Romeo and Juliet’s. Achilles and Patroclus were both made fully aware that going to Troy would be a death sentence for Achilles. They were told that they could choose to live a long life in hiding, but Achilles would never be the hero he always wanted to be. They made the choice to give up a long happy life together for the chance that Achilles would be remembered. Romeo and Juliet flung themselves to their deaths because they were blinded by their infatuation with each other, but Achilles’ was blinded by his desire for greatness. It was only after Patroclus died that he realized he made the wrong choice because he was prepared to happily die for the fame, but he was never prepared to lose Patroclus for it.
      The desires Achilles had outside of his love for Patroclus is what really drove this tragedy and showed a healthy relationship. Even though Achilles was essentially a deadman walking, Patroclus supported his choice because heroism was Achilles’ dream long before they fell in love. And I love seeing that represented in these characters because Romeo and Juliet had no real desires outside of wanting each other. They were children who didn’t understand true sacrifice if they were so easily able to give up everything to be together.

    • @here-have-a-potato6641
      @here-have-a-potato6641 3 роки тому +20

      @@amphitritemists4595 don't mind amma just be crying over here

  • @sir_s_scarlett
    @sir_s_scarlett Рік тому +205

    "There may not be meaning; so, find one and seize it - do not waste your life on this roof." Is my favourite lyric.

  • @conniesmall1548
    @conniesmall1548 3 роки тому +8539

    but it can also be used as a metaphor- "achilles, come down" is in referrence to his suicidal thoughts, but could also be seen as patroclus begging achilles to come down from the heady heights of his pride and honour

    • @fouzya8310
      @fouzya8310 3 роки тому +171

      honestly this is what I thought at first before I saw the comments

    • @souhiyori8032
      @souhiyori8032 2 роки тому +85

      I honestly thought it was about suicide since I dont know much about Achilles.

    • @devashrikulkarni1337
      @devashrikulkarni1337 2 роки тому +11

      Wow beautiful

    • @maxbell2643
      @maxbell2643 2 роки тому +8

      that isa really good idea

    • @delina9735
      @delina9735 2 роки тому +4

      My exact thoughts

  • @morpheus6421
    @morpheus6421 3 роки тому +7835

    And they were roommates.

  • @avnigupta8647
    @avnigupta8647 3 роки тому +9978

    "You crave the applause, yet hate the attention,then miss it, your act is a ruse"- every introvert who likes external validation

  • @theduck0
    @theduck0 Рік тому +729

    As someone who has been fighting with suicidal thoughts recently and depression in general, this song really touched me

    • @firstsupper
      @firstsupper Рік тому +28

      Hope you're doing better

    • @theduck0
      @theduck0 Рік тому +23

      @@firstsupper I'm doing much better, thank you so much

    • @firstsupper
      @firstsupper Рік тому +6

      @@theduck0 so happy to hear that :))

    • @MrKevmor
      @MrKevmor Рік тому +8

      My friend......as one who chose not to jump also my heart is with you.
      I appreciate this song....the lyrics..cadence....the truth....the Declan O Rourke voice of this man....this song is such a help to many....thank you

    • @theduck0
      @theduck0 Рік тому +8

      @@MrKevmor I am really happy for you as well! Life has many obstacles indeed, but it is truly a gift, that out of all the odds, our souls get to experience it in every shape and form. Be that sadness or joy.
      Stay happy and healthy :)

  • @frosostrilakou8886
    @frosostrilakou8886 3 роки тому +5482

    Hector : Kills Patroclus
    Achilles : SO I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY

    • @marianarojas1630
      @marianarojas1630 3 роки тому +75

      This may be funny but I’m not laughing

    • @bleyddypolanco6337
      @bleyddypolanco6337 3 роки тому +132

      @Just lanie OMG YES LIKE HE USED TO SAY “why would i kill him? he didnt do anything to me” AND THEN THAT I LITERALLY CRIEDDD

    • @doriangrayapologist
      @doriangrayapologist 3 роки тому +149

      @Just lanie achilles: what has hector ever done to me?
      me: oh HONEY, you’ve got a LONG STORM comin

    • @meaning1346
      @meaning1346 3 роки тому +9

      Sometimes friends are loyal.

    • @seanarifin6737
      @seanarifin6737 3 роки тому +1

      @Just lanie lol

  • @kenzeethompson2024
    @kenzeethompson2024 4 роки тому +5687

    Why does this sound like Patroclus' perspective

    • @artemisa9327
      @artemisa9327  4 роки тому +748

      yeah right?? this is the reason why i wanted to do this song

    • @kenzeethompson2024
      @kenzeethompson2024 4 роки тому +220

      @@artemisa9327 i haven't read song of achilles yet but i reread the illiad and i was like Pat was done dirty 😤😤

    • @artemisa9327
      @artemisa9327  4 роки тому +275

      @@kenzeethompson2024 ohh read the song of achilles is a beautiful book

    • @artemisa9327
      @artemisa9327  4 роки тому +93

      @Bethany Belbin get ready to cry

    • @robin6097
      @robin6097 4 роки тому +24

      oh definitely. But i can't pin who the other guy would be

  • @vanessa8073
    @vanessa8073 3 роки тому +1625

    tell me you've read soa and can't recover from it without telling me you've read soa and can't recover from it

    • @artemisa9327
      @artemisa9327  3 роки тому +405

      i'll go first: i made this video

    • @tidepod2004
      @tidepod2004 3 роки тому +82

      Rude-a** sea Nymph becomes compassionate for 2 seconds

    • @prakriti9417
      @prakriti9417 3 роки тому +104

      What has hector ever done to me?

    • @adeleaslan8182
      @adeleaslan8182 3 роки тому +72

      The last thing I think is: Achilles

    • @jessicahulbert5214
      @jessicahulbert5214 3 роки тому +48

      I've listened to this song 169 times in 2 days

  • @tonyadair0754
    @tonyadair0754 2 роки тому +416

    "Ah, it's more courageous to overcome."
    This is the most important and powerful line in the song to me. I have my problems, such as bad habits, and they're difficult to get over. I oftentimes just want to give in (and I often do), but I know what I should do. This line emphasizes that little voice in my head that tells me truth and comfort.

  • @emilyg4739
    @emilyg4739 3 роки тому +5798

    This exists on the same plane as hozier’s music

    • @raye866
      @raye866 3 роки тому +320

      Playing hozier while reading the song of Achilles just feels right

    • @imalittlemffrog2374
      @imalittlemffrog2374 3 роки тому +81

      Holy shit you’re right

    • @morriblack8483
      @morriblack8483 3 роки тому +34

      lol this is exactly how i got here tho what-

    • @gabrielmac3927
      @gabrielmac3927 3 роки тому +57

      Mythological Hozier

    • @kb-ih7ni
      @kb-ih7ni 3 роки тому +37

      Ah yes, on one spectrum we have this haunting Greek man in his lover’s armor, and on the other end we have funky bog man Hozier
      I kid tho, I’m a big fan of Hozier, you should check out his IG lives when he reads poetry

  • @flabalabalush7341
    @flabalabalush7341 3 роки тому +16688

    I saw a comment saying "its so cool that that there is ancient Greek playing in the backround" ...Thats French bro

    • @kalopernaw8585
      @kalopernaw8585 3 роки тому +1345

      Ancient greek 😭😭😭

    • @sophaloaf56
      @sophaloaf56 3 роки тому +612

      THATS SO FUNNY

    • @anya.973
      @anya.973 3 роки тому +1019

      even though it is french it would have been nice to put Greek in the background

    • @flabalabalush7341
      @flabalabalush7341 3 роки тому +262

      @@anya.973 that would be really cool

    • @EmRose.r
      @EmRose.r 3 роки тому +171

      My real question is can you translate it? Because I'm dying to know!

  • @et0g3n
    @et0g3n 3 роки тому +640

    I'm scared of this song lmao
    This is 7 minutes long, that's a whole ass breakdown
    I got literal goosebumps, it's so beautiful

    • @et0g3n
      @et0g3n 3 роки тому +15

      @Avery yea I have a very tight schedule gotta plan them 😌

    • @nostalgiadreamscape4804
      @nostalgiadreamscape4804 3 роки тому +2

      Mine last anywhere between 5 minutes to an hour.

    • @heysera
      @heysera 3 роки тому +4

      WHAT THE FUCK IT’S SEVEN MINUTES LONG? LEGIT THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE 1 AND I
      please i listened to all 7 minutes and didn’t reali-
      sigh

    • @Cat-lb3eo
      @Cat-lb3eo 3 роки тому

      @@heysera thats how good the song is

  • @srhnh
    @srhnh 2 роки тому +177

    "I am made of memories"
    - patroclus' soul.

  • @roshi_rk
    @roshi_rk 3 роки тому +5102

    this song is literally perfect in every ways. the slightly frantic violin, the french interlude, the singer's voice gritty like the insides of a pear, the almost overpowering intrusive voice towards the end. brings such a vivid imagery of their love, achilles and patroclus, everytime i listen to this song. a close of the eye and it feels like i can have a glimpse into their love, feel a piece of their heartbreak. it's like a high, i fucking love this song.

    • @haveagoodmourning
      @haveagoodmourning 3 роки тому +172

      You should be a writer or poet or something because this was way more poetic than it had any right to be

    • @ogorekzdzemem6830
      @ogorekzdzemem6830 3 роки тому +114

      I love the comparison with a pear!! It's on point, though I would never think about it this way. You must have a really beautiful soul.

    • @roshi_rk
      @roshi_rk 3 роки тому +64

      @@haveagoodmourning wha- you guys are too kind omg. i like writing little stuffs like this as a hobby! thank you so much♡

    • @roshi_rk
      @roshi_rk 3 роки тому +47

      @@ogorekzdzemem6830 ahh I'm blushing, tysm!! idk, a pear just came into my mind- sweet and gritty but not harsh :)

    • @Rae-xd2yb
      @Rae-xd2yb 3 роки тому +48

      My goodness you have a way with words love

  • @jillianedgar9298
    @jillianedgar9298 3 роки тому +21608

    i will never shut up about how achilles’ weak spot was never really his heel, but his heart. about how grief from patroclus’ death drove him so enraged that he eventually brought his own destruction. it’s such a beautiful, tragic story.

    • @glowcat5691
      @glowcat5691 3 роки тому +931

      it really is a tragic but beautiful story, we don't have much gay ancient stories to begin with so this is a nice change

    • @heroofangst
      @heroofangst 3 роки тому +241

      This made me tear up. It's so deeeeeeeep

    • @snowwhite8143
      @snowwhite8143 3 роки тому +77

      PREACH 🙌🏻🥺

    • @snowwhite8143
      @snowwhite8143 3 роки тому +323

      Glow Cat all ancient greek stories are gay but they describe them as close friends :)

    • @aj-dk5ym
      @aj-dk5ym 3 роки тому +417

      @@glowcat5691 even if it wasn't gay, it would be a beautiful story. what people have done in the name of love.

  • @fynnknight558
    @fynnknight558 3 роки тому +19912

    "You crave the applause, yet hate the attention, then miss it - your act is a ruse" really hits like a semi truck when you can relate

    • @kennedy5540
      @kennedy5540 3 роки тому +172

      I know I was like is this I thought you were singing to the guy about to do a flip not breaking the forth wall (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)

    • @Anari_
      @Anari_ 3 роки тому +140

      Me a Leo....even when I want to he alone I need someone to give me attention

    • @s.kirusshanthsanth9670
      @s.kirusshanthsanth9670 3 роки тому +123

      Arrghhh I also relate to this part.. Even when I'm thinking, I'm thinking that I have a conversation with someone else about the thing I'm thinking about...

    • @TheAceReactor
      @TheAceReactor 3 роки тому +102

      Thought it said applesauce

    • @fynnknight558
      @fynnknight558 3 роки тому +153

      @@TheAceReactor i, too, crave the applesauce

  • @neothesnake5600
    @neothesnake5600 2 роки тому +177

    listening to this on loop while reading song of achilles, wish me luck.
    I feel like I'm gonna finish this book sobbing.

    • @ダニス
      @ダニス 2 роки тому +4

      I wish i knew this song the first time i read tsoa😭u lucky

    • @khristenafoster7298
      @khristenafoster7298 2 роки тому

      Omg I’m literally doing the exact same thing

    • @janedoe2271
      @janedoe2271 2 роки тому +2

      Bonus points if you put this song and hozier-wasteland baby into a TSOA playlist while reading ;)

  • @idiot1.098
    @idiot1.098 3 роки тому +2880

    To me the saddest part of the song of achilles was how achilles started losing himself to a fame hungry monster and patroclus's death was the only thing that got him out of that fame obsessed state

    • @lavanya9232
      @lavanya9232 2 роки тому +122

      THIS!!! all along the story towards the end when Achilles starts getting obsessed with fame, in my mind I would be like, only one thing would be able to get him out of it and he would hate himself for that.... 😭😭

    • @jasminekite
      @jasminekite 2 роки тому +13

      spoiler :(

    • @lavanya9232
      @lavanya9232 2 роки тому +4

      @@jasminekite 🥲 sorryy

    • @crazybabuskaman3923
      @crazybabuskaman3923 2 роки тому +21

      @@jasminekite Not really, everyone knows how it ends, especially if you know a thing or two about Greek Mythology. I cant wait to read this took though

    • @jasminekite
      @jasminekite 2 роки тому +8

      @@crazybabuskaman3923 at the time i made that comment i didn’t know the story yet, but later i learned and read the book - it’s a good book! But i didn’t know patroclus was supposed to die, or that achilles became fame obsessed, etc. So, it kind of is a spoiler

  • @chillout9416
    @chillout9416 4 роки тому +7702

    I clicked on a cool looking video unaware of how I was trading my eight hours of rest for what I thought was a simple question “Who is Patroclus?” but the path there lead to another and more questions rose... then a rabbit hole formed. Figs... fighting a river... the rage of a lover missing his other half being enough to make Zeus wary of Troy falling before its due. I’m now grasping Google’s information and wanting to read the Iliad and the Song of Achilles to get more material. I had no idea what I was getting into. Thank you!

    • @julsey7
      @julsey7 4 роки тому +157

      you should check out the song of achilles by madeline miller :)

    • @Rose-xe4ct
      @Rose-xe4ct 4 роки тому +93

      Chill Out
      The song of achilles is a beautiful book! Please read it

    • @samk7470
      @samk7470 4 роки тому +38

      Chill Out as someone who had to read the Iliad for school, you dont want to read it. It’s mostly unnecessary lol

    • @lupercalia7660
      @lupercalia7660 4 роки тому +118

      Honestly? The Song of Achilles does Patroclus dirty. It's a well written book but I felt he was sort of... out of character, if that makes sense. Miller made him a healer and sort of took away his warrior aspects- man literally killed Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, and would have killed Hector if the gods hadn't promised Troy a victory. That stuff is absent in the Song of Achilles. Obv read it if you want, but read the Illiad first. In verse, if you can find it.

    • @btsdulcet6899
      @btsdulcet6899 4 роки тому +60

      Lupercalia 76 the song of achilles catered towards the selfishness, pride, and toxic heroism of achilles. that is why patroclus is portrayed that way. in order to make room of achilles’ many faults, you also have to downplay patroclus (at least for a book that size).

  • @satasfried
    @satasfried 4 роки тому +15131

    Bold of the comment section to assume I remember anything that happened in greek mythology

    • @kornykatz
      @kornykatz 4 роки тому +257

      Can't expect anything of Vriska kinnies huh /j

    • @elenarazpopova73
      @elenarazpopova73 4 роки тому +175

      Im obsessed with it so I can’t relate

    • @atticusdhdbbdbd4373
      @atticusdhdbbdbd4373 4 роки тому +365

      Lmao same my knowledge is limited to Percy Jackson asdfghjk

    • @YG21.03
      @YG21.03 4 роки тому +132

      @@elenarazpopova73 hi if u r truly obsessed cud u pls recommend me a book on where I can start on Greek mythology? There just seems so many stories/myths it's hard to know where to start

    • @harperebersold3181
      @harperebersold3181 4 роки тому +133

      Kchill_ 03 my personal favorite is the whole entire tragic story of Medusa! I’d say so some research on the gods and their children first, maybe some basic heroes like Odysseus, Pandora, and Hercules uwu

  • @harshitasharma9293
    @harshitasharma9293 2 роки тому +147

    "In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun." Im not crying😭💔

    • @sockjammers4ever
      @sockjammers4ever Рік тому +1

      i legit made a piece of art and hung it on my wall about this quote

  • @LadyAmadala98
    @LadyAmadala98 4 роки тому +9457

    The poetry of the lyrics
    The violin
    The kickass harmonies
    The heartbroken, detached wistfulness of the singer’s voice
    The Greek mythology
    Yep, I’ve found a new band to obsess over

    • @whitefang2312
      @whitefang2312 4 роки тому +15

      Same lmao

    • @maritzamejia9734
      @maritzamejia9734 3 роки тому +93

      Isn't it a cello?

    • @rosinfilledpecncil6926
      @rosinfilledpecncil6926 3 роки тому +33

      @@maritzamejia9734 I honestly think its a Viola... But it could be a cello. I'm mad at myself for not being able to figure it out!! lol XD 🎻
      The timber is off if I think of it as a cello for some reason. lol I'm second guessing myself. haha

    • @drippiink4972
      @drippiink4972 3 роки тому +38

      @@rosinfilledpecncil6926 tbh i think it might be a cello from how tough it sounds against the bow - i cant describe it. it's like the rumble from a bass but dumbed down, and I've never heard that from a viola. i think that the lil melody part during the french bits sounds like a viola though

    • @moldyfruitsalad
      @moldyfruitsalad 3 роки тому +8

      @@drippiink4972 Yeah, I play viola and cello and I still can't figure out which one it is

  • @willow5787
    @willow5787 3 роки тому +2775

    oh hey its the "i talked down my friends from suicide at a young age and now i dont have the same and im also homosexual" anthem!
    edit: thx for 2.8k in a month woah!! to anyone here in the comments feel free to message me on my twitter to talk, im here for you
    TW FOR S/H VENT POSTS AND S/H PICS ON THE TWITTER
    twitter.com/Maxxyharms

    • @connorlambson6330
      @connorlambson6330 3 роки тому +117

      I feel called out? Like.. why you do that

    • @kennedy5540
      @kennedy5540 3 роки тому +66

      @@connorlambson6330 I’m concerned that you feel called out 👁👄👁

    • @connorlambson6330
      @connorlambson6330 3 роки тому +46

      @@kennedy5540 thank you for the concern, I'm good, though I have talked alot of people down and had to deal with it myself alot

    • @kennedy5540
      @kennedy5540 3 роки тому +32

      @@connorlambson6330 well that sucks mate hopefully things work out. Perhaps taking a break could help mate :)

    • @emmeline6795
      @emmeline6795 3 роки тому +11

      Oof, I relate too much here 💁‍♀️

  • @MahaHMA
    @MahaHMA 3 роки тому +7706

    "Name one hero who was happy."
    "......"
    "You can't."
    "I can't."
    "I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." "I'll tell you a secret."
    "Tell me."
    "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
    "Why me?"
    "Because you're the reason. Swear it."
    "I swear it,"
    "I swear it,"
    We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.
    "I feel like I could eat the world raw."

    • @joeyb5399
      @joeyb5399 3 роки тому +96

      What's that from?

    • @soapycosart
      @soapycosart 3 роки тому +345

      @@joeyb5399 the song of achilles!

    • @avrabernadine6591
      @avrabernadine6591 3 роки тому +667

      This is so gay why are historians denying it-

    • @Simon-nh4mh
      @Simon-nh4mh 3 роки тому +153

      yeah I'm definitely crying

    • @caseyhauck7113
      @caseyhauck7113 3 роки тому +262

      *cries in ancient greek* I understood that reference

  • @babyblue3802
    @babyblue3802 Рік тому +307

    "How the most dangerous thing is to love"- Felt it in my soul🥺

  • @maevegore3670
    @maevegore3670 4 роки тому +16417

    The Greek mythology nerds spitting facts:
    Normal depressed people:👁👄👁

    • @lucyestlex6754
      @lucyestlex6754 4 роки тому +667

      I'm a mythology nerd and depressed haha

    • @Alessia-ub6wz
      @Alessia-ub6wz 3 роки тому +154

      I really wanna like your comment...
      But it's 69 ._.
      So i won't
      I'm sorry

    • @howlsaur
      @howlsaur 3 роки тому +349

      I'm just depressed and gay.

    • @bryrin2962
      @bryrin2962 3 роки тому +53

      @@Alessia-ub6wz well people ruined it :(( so you can like it now

    • @alexsatlas
      @alexsatlas 3 роки тому +19

      me too hayden rose

  • @plastovedeti
    @plastovedeti 4 роки тому +1512

    The one dislike is Apollo

  • @BrckoOo
    @BrckoOo 3 роки тому +8263

    Everyone: sad gay vibes/ mythologic jokes/ poetry
    Me: Getting goosebumps for 8 minutes from this beautiful violin in background.

    • @localghost7359
      @localghost7359 3 роки тому +387

      ITS STILL A CELLO
      APPRECIATE CELLOS
      ... please 😢

    • @kloxzp
      @kloxzp 3 роки тому +124

      ...tis a cello...

    • @norsekoda5938
      @norsekoda5938 3 роки тому +93

      @@kloxzp there are also violins so let the boy live his life Bell.

    • @comradewindowsill4253
      @comradewindowsill4253 3 роки тому +81

      @@localghost7359 it's a full quartet if you listen closely

    • @localghost7359
      @localghost7359 3 роки тому +8

      @@comradewindowsill4253 ik I was talking about the theme that is most prominent

  • @vol94
    @vol94 Місяць тому +5

    The day I find a better song than this has to be a hella lit day, because I can't imagine a song being better than this. Lyrics, instrumental, voice; everything is perfect.

  • @Anonym0011
    @Anonym0011 3 роки тому +533

    "Can you hear me Achilles?
    I'm talking to you"
    I can totally see Patroclus's ghost singing this song...
    Edit: This is the first time I've got these many likes!

    • @fabi-wj3ho
      @fabi-wj3ho 3 роки тому +13

      OMG STOOP 🥺

    • @tarainjac2156
      @tarainjac2156 3 роки тому +3

      yeaahhh same, thats why i always start crying there

  • @LC-hb5ky
    @LC-hb5ky 3 роки тому +6826

    Not to be insensitive, but what's he gonna do? Break his heel?

    • @dejectedcowboy
      @dejectedcowboy 3 роки тому +939

      the unholy noise that just left my mouth

    • @grayharding4037
      @grayharding4037 3 роки тому +909

      Sorry to be a smart ass, but in the original original myth Achilles wasn’t invulnerable, just gifted and skilled in combat. The bit about the heel and the river styx was added to the narrative later (though since it’s become an integral part of the myth) but yeah sorry for info dumping

    • @nightvvingxx
      @nightvvingxx 3 роки тому +636

      WAIT I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING-
      *the scooters. the stupid scooters that kill your ankles. they would actually kill him*

    • @mayjewel4318
      @mayjewel4318 3 роки тому +144

      I love that I clicked on this and got reminded of scooter ankle lmaoo

    • @hanilabean7263
      @hanilabean7263 3 роки тому +24

      Aha got the joke

  • @bryannamarie9609
    @bryannamarie9609 3 роки тому +6404

    Everyone: Achilles pls kill Hector
    Achilles: What has Hector ever done to me?
    Hector: Kills Patroclus, Achilles one true love.
    Achilles: Fuck-

    • @samanthalopez6687
      @samanthalopez6687 3 роки тому +355

      Hector : “do you want me to give you a reason? Cuz I’m going to give you one if that’s what you want”

    • @miriamdibella6294
      @miriamdibella6294 3 роки тому +240

      when i read the line when Achilles says "what Hector ever done to me?" I started crying, he killed Achilles's true love.

    • @alisonoconnor6864
      @alisonoconnor6864 3 роки тому +60

      To be fair though, Patroclus was the one who initiated that fight and was pretending to be Achilles.

    • @emmacovas8294
      @emmacovas8294 3 роки тому +132

      @@alisonoconnor6864 but Patroclus pretended to be Achilles because he couldn't see the greeks suffer against the Trojans, and Achilles wouldn't help them.

    • @alisonoconnor6864
      @alisonoconnor6864 3 роки тому +22

      @@emmacovas8294 you're right but Hector didn't know that.

  • @crispynuggies2186
    @crispynuggies2186 Місяць тому +5

    It's been a while since I heard this song I can't believe I'm gonna be in year 11. When I was starting secondary me and my best friend Eesa were obsessed with this song but after he had committed suicide I couldn't bear listening to this anymore. I just logged back into this account and this was the last thing I listened too. It feels nice, I dunno if anyone will read this or not but I hope you're having a good day and it's okay to not have a good day also check up on your friends.

  • @moony6576
    @moony6576 3 роки тому +1234

    I love how there's a line that says, "your so much more than a rat" cause honestly I'm not but thanks

    • @laradomleo-robertson8690
      @laradomleo-robertson8690 3 роки тому +128

      I’m more than a rat... I’m THREE RATS! Stacked in a trenchcoat

    • @vapecat803
      @vapecat803 3 роки тому +44

      Im three lazy rats in a hoodie

    • @swee_zaide
      @swee_zaide 3 роки тому +45

      I'm not even a rat. Calling me a rat would prolly be an insult to rats around the world. (Except Pettigrew. I'm not a traitor.)

    • @crush1t
      @crush1t 3 роки тому +12

      @@swee_zaide greek mythology AND harry potter??? am i dreaming???

    • @PS-vr1uv
      @PS-vr1uv 3 роки тому +6

      @@crush1t yea i think we may be

  • @clairelafaille2095
    @clairelafaille2095 4 роки тому +56592

    The talked part at 0:41 is actually French, he says,
    "Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent parce qu'ils estiment que la vie ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue, et j'en vois d'autres qui se font paradoxalement tuer pour les idées, les illusions qui leur donnent une raison de vivre. Ce qu'on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de mourir"
    Which translate to:
    "I see a lot of people die because they don't believe that life is worth living, and I see others who paradoxically get killed for the ideas, the illusions that gave them a reason to live. What we call a reason to live is also an excellent reason to die."

    • @sarcasticvampire4058
      @sarcasticvampire4058 4 роки тому +855

      thank you

    • @ericsonkuo6520
      @ericsonkuo6520 4 роки тому +2833

      It's a line from Albert Camus's Le Mythe de Sisyphe narrated by himself actually

    • @austrinemuniz7797
      @austrinemuniz7797 4 роки тому +453

      @@ericsonkuo6520 I love this man so f much, I fault it sounded like his voice btw. Thanks !

    • @clairelafaille2095
      @clairelafaille2095 4 роки тому +221

      @@ericsonkuo6520 thanks for adding that! I didn't know :D

    • @raidennaz1590
      @raidennaz1590 4 роки тому +277

      @@ericsonkuo6520 wow, that's cool. I was learning about absurdism recently. Didn't know that the line was cited by the man himself

  • @mar-rv2qb
    @mar-rv2qb 4 роки тому +6026

    this song: exists
    gay ppl who just read tsoa for the first time: *it's free real estate*

    • @ja-naeharris8193
      @ja-naeharris8193 4 роки тому +251

      I came here to have a good time and I honestly feel so attacked right now

    • @artvandelei9144
      @artvandelei9144 4 роки тому +96

      why would you come for me like that

    • @galaxbeans438
      @galaxbeans438 4 роки тому +30

      whats tsoa?

    • @ja-naeharris8193
      @ja-naeharris8193 4 роки тому +158

      @@galaxbeans438 The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller. It is a book.

    • @vidzeerox
      @vidzeerox 4 роки тому +153

      @@ja-naeharris8193 It is a lifestyle choice actually

  • @cybellefilms
    @cybellefilms 7 місяців тому +10

    those who read The Song of Achilles>>>

  • @theartistswings9810
    @theartistswings9810 3 роки тому +830

    Its funny how for so long Achilles was only known to many for his one weakness being his heel. But now really we all know his true weakness was love.

    • @im444n
      @im444n 3 роки тому +73

      I dont think patroclus was a weakness, if anything he kept achilles sane

    • @dweewooweewoo2658
      @dweewooweewoo2658 3 роки тому +9

      @@im444n yea

    • @blopbleep5263
      @blopbleep5263 3 роки тому +36

      @@im444n I think what means it's that because he fell in love he got hurt so bad that that's basically would kill him because if he wouldn't have killed Hector then he probably wouldn't have died

    • @jillianedgar9298
      @jillianedgar9298 3 роки тому +22

      @@im444n i agree, but at the very end (if you’re referring to song of achilles) he basically went mad with grief. his love for patroclus drove him to kill hector, which resulted in his own death, even though he didn’t want to kill hector in the first place.

    • @camillebernardo6457
      @camillebernardo6457 3 роки тому +3

      oh fuck that hurt