the fact that i watched this when it came out, then coming back to this 8 years later, it becomes way deeper and meaningful hearing the lyrics. What a world of difference it makes being 13 and listening to this then coming back at age 21 when you've realized not only your mortality but also your father's.
@@xelop5648 I'm on my thirties and Damn man! I came here after the host of a podcast I love quoted the sneeze part… After my fathers's passing 2 months ago y couldn't help but to burst into tears.
Same dude. This song has always been something very special to me. I started listening to Watsky about a year after my dad committed suicide and this song hit me like a ton of bricks when I heard it. Watsky will always have a special place in my heart. I even got my grandpa listening to him and he loves it. He’s an old Jewish guy so when he heard Never Let it Die, he was moved to say the very least.
I'm almost 24 and am coming up on the 5 year anniversary of my mums death. As well as having lost many friends over the years. Plus realizing that my dad is getting older and wont always be around it hits a little different everytime I listen to this song.
I went to one of his shows in Idaho and he asked for songs from the crowd and I yelled this one, and the mad man played it. One of the best nights of my life.
Saw him in concert 2 days ago I bawled my eyes out while he played this, then he followed up by taking someone's phone who pulled up the lyrics for feels alright real emotional whiplash between the 2
Watsky's explanation: My dad's best friend committed suicide a couple years ago. Both he and my dad are/were psychotherapists (specifically Jungian analysts) and committing suicide is a major taboo for therapists with active clients. So it was especially confusing and heartbreaking for my dad. Carl Jung (i.e. Jungian) has a plank of his theory about being a "Wounded Healer," which means that the therapist brings their own experiences and trauma into their relationship with a patient, and uses that to help inform their advice and empathy. I wrote the song about that experience paired with seeing my dad ,who I love a lot, get older.
Watsky, I know you probably won't see this but I just gotta say, my dad loved this song. I know I liked it a lot when I showed it to him years ago, but I'd say he liked it even more than me. He'd always ask me to play it on my guitar while I'd hilariously attempt to match your rapping skills. Singing was always more of my natural niche. I'd see my dad's pill bottles for his diabetes and neuropathy on the counter while I'd sing "a year's a bottle and a bucket of trash, it'll tip over the more that it stacks" and it hurt so much that I struggled to keep wanting to sing or listen to the song as much as I loved it. Sometimes he'd ask me to play it and I'd shake my head because I just couldn't. I wish I had. My dad passed 6 years ago in June 2015. The year before he died, I had a girlfriend that I had bought VIP tickets to one of your shows. She broke up with me before we could see you, so my dad told me he wanted to go with me instead. I was a stupid 18 year old and refused the offer because I was too upset over my ex. Not even a year later he passed. The regret over missing out on such a wonderful memory I could've shared with my dad is something I still struggle with. I had trouble listening to your music for a few years after that because it hurt too much and reminded me of the pill bottles that stacked until they tipped over. In 2019 I started listening to your music more again and finally went to see you in concert for your Complaint tour by myself for myself and in my dad's memory. I wound up recording Wounded Healer on my phone when you performed it, and the reason for me writing all this is because I still feel so bad for recording it, since I know you don't like people pulling out their phones during concerts. I completely understand as a musician myself, and as someone who'd rather live in the moment than on a phone, but I just had to record that song for my dad. I just wanted to both apologize for that and to thank you for writing such a heartfelt song that a son and a father you don't even know were able to bond over. Thank you so much. "And when Papa's gone, he will never be gone because the sound of our sneeze is the same" is still a line that makes me smile. It's so true. My dad always thought that was a good line.
I will just give my input: Saul, papa watsky's bestfriend who were a psychotherapist (Which is why i think the song is called "Wounded healer" since he heals people) a year after Giants winning playoffs Saul killed himself by taking a bunch of pills. Now he's singing about him.
The little things we get from our parents, grand parents, friends, and family... The little things we get and take for granted will one day be all that's left of us.
It's the little things you miss when someone is gone. A laugh, a greeting as you arrive home, or even a sneeze. It's a sentimental moment as he says his dad will never be gone as long as he is alive. It might be something small, but it means the world to him.
For those wondering what the "Wounded Healer" is or is about, it's a Carl Jung term that is believed to derive from a Greek occurrence. It is a person not born or made but created from conquering adversity, trial and error, extreme suffering etc. Even so they seek out to say the truth no matter if they are afraid, or if it alienates them in the hopes of shining a light for all of the people lonely in this world. Through their experience and suffering they can do good in this life, hence the "everyone said what he put on his page, so he threw it out and spoke from the heart". So someone who is a Wounded Healer, would fit in the top spot of Maslow's Hierarchy making them someone to look up to or aspire to be.
^Hence my lines " It is a person not born or made but created from conquering adversity, trial and error, extreme suffering etc.", "shining a light for all of the people lonely in this world. ", "Through their experience and suffering they can do good in this life". One point you are wrong on is that they 'heal' this isn't a necessary criteria for a 'Wounded Healer'. A Wounded Healer is just classified as someone attempting to help alleviate other people of their problems, which sometimes can be healing, however simply by standing up against a bully picking on someone who may begin harboring feelings of being aggrieved, addresses the primary criteria for a 'Wounded Healer', and this does not directly 'heal' the individual that they save. Henri J.M. Nouwen has a prime quote for what qualifies as a 'Wounded Healer': "In short: “Who can take away suffering without entering it?” ". So to qualify as 'Wounded Healer' it isn't a necessity to 'heal' rather being able to tap into that person or persons suffering from one's own experience and be able to alleviate that pain more thoroughly than say a basic medical procedure. Though healing professions can have significantly better results if the individual is a 'Wounded Healer' it is not exclusive to the word 'heal'. Overall the person who is the 'Wounded Healer' spurs the innate healing inside of the person they are helping much like how anyone in a Psychology field 'treats' a patient.
I saw Watsky do this love about a week ago, and let me tell you.... It's an experience like no other. The raw emotion, and passion he displayed while preforming was intense. My father passed a year ago this coming thanksgiving so it really hits home. Just know that your never alone. There's always a voice or an ear if you look for it.
Yeah but still not many people know about Royal Blood, I heard watsky is also a headline at sziget festival in the summer hope he'll get some more fame after that :)
Most greats are, look up edubble-nyquil, coming of age, let go of it. The legend that was e dubble past without even getting the life he deserved, now im just hoping Watsky doesnt get forgotten by most after his death also only time can tell.
Listening to this now at the same age Watsky was when this was made, had given me a much deeper appreciation of the lyrics. My parents are in their 60's now, and I don't have nearly as much time left with them than I want.
My grandmother passed away a few days ago and I keep coming back to this song. It's difficult and this has been somehow oddly appropriate not only to relate to, but to cry to. She was my wounded healer. 10.23.2016.
Ramandip Singh my mothers parents have been dead for a while, and my dads mom passed 3 years ago, so my dads father is the only grandparent i have left. i see the pain in his eyes, the sadness in his voice. after 3 years he's never stopped thinking about his wife. his wounded healer.
this song chokes me up every single time I hear it, and I've listened over fifty times. beautiful song. watsky is one of the most honest talents in music.
Yesterday night after dark He carefully wrote his remarks But everyone said what he put on his page So he threw it away and went straight from the heart
you never cease to amaze me watsky. your music, your words, your voice, it's all so beautiful. you are an incredible singer, writer, and harmonica player. thank you so much for your music.
That look in his eyes... Every man who has been through some shit knows that look... That struggle to not let a single tear out, until it becomes instinct and you just can't cry anymore.
i listen to this a lot every summer, because its the season my dad passed away in, and the season i have the most memories of him from. its been 6 summers now.
I get that Watsky likes to make humorous music, but I really wish he'd focus more on serious songs like this one, roses, talking to myself, and sloppy seconds. I really love his more serious stuff but can still appreciate his humorous music.
Watsky, I won't lie. I'm not exactly the type of person who actually buys albums. I just don't ever seem to be attached to any songs enough to justify that to myself. So yes, I did take advantage of the pay-what-you-want pricepoint on "Nothing like the First Time" back when I thought you were just some goof, writing stuff like IDGAF and Stupidass and listened to them on repeat. Eventually I listened to the 12th song on the album. Wounded Healer. And it just hit me like a ton of bricks. And I felt horrible for just taking this song for free. I plan on re-purchasing it soon. Keep up the good work.
...Dude, he's 30 and still making music. The album is still on his bandcamp. The album was only released 4 years ago. I'm sure he would enjoy the sentiment if he ever read the comment.
1:07 - "A years of bottle and a bucket of trash, it'll tip over the more that it stacks/ didn't notice it till now but Dad's been movin' slower every-time we go play catch/ I'm scared of the day when he'll carry a cane/ I carry his dream, I carry his name/ And when Poppa's gone he'll never be gone because the sound of our sneeze is the same" beautiful
This song makes me cry almost every single time. I've got the worst depression problems, and have thought about suicide more than once. And this song just illustrates the effect suicide has on people, which most suicidal people don't think about. I'm so sorry about your dad's friend.
Technically, this song is about his dad getting older and older. His song "Send in the Sun" off Cardboard Castles is about suicide and it's effect on people.
I love the little smile he does in 2.49. It's the typical smile you give someone when you opened up about something and they don't really know what to say so you smile a bit to say "it's okay, that's just how it is"
I had a wounded healer. He was the only person who was there for me that night. When my brother died. A year before that my best friend was murdered for no reason at all.. All it took was one long hug and cry with me to know that he was the only man I would ever truly love. I had moved to VA so there was always 300 miles between us. But he still loved me and I him. Real love. Pure love that never even became physical. For 8 years everytime i wanted to give up. Everytime another friend left me in this fucked up life were calling a party. All i had to do was think of him and i knew there was still good left in this shitty world. I held the knife to my wrist and started to cut one day but something told me to look up and i did and his picture was right there and i stopped. He had a gf and I had a bf but we still told each other we loved each other not caring what our partners thought because the love we shared wasn't even like that. I knew that even tho he laytex with someone else it was me who owned his heart and vise versa..8 years.. Till one day right after I left my sons father and he was gonna leave his gf. They were suppose to come see me in VA along with my sister but got into a fight and he was killed. Hit a tree head on to avoid hitting her who was in her vehicle coming from the other way. .. Two years ago she messaged me and begged me to forgive her for killing him and taking him from me. His gf from the time. Begging me for forgiveness. You know sad part about it. I already had. But at the time when she messaged me i was in an abusive relationship with my daughters father that I couldn't get away from at the time without being homeless so when I cried I got my ass beat. I couldn't even grieve. I left my daughters father 5 months ago. I lived in my car for two of those months and in that time i realized that it was my love that got him killed. That he died because we loved each other and she knew he was leaving her. Its a hard pill to swallow knowing that the only real love you'll ever have was killed because of it.. Point of the story is My wounded healer left me too and now I have nobody, but its ok. Its ok because after finally seeing you play and having the honor of meeting you I know now that I dont need a wounded healer anymore. I AM MY OWN WOUNDED HEALER and thank you for helping me step into the light and having a huge heart filled with love and peace. Not many people understand us. They claim to relate but they dont. They cant.. And your not a just rapper. Your an amazing poet that uses your voice to express how you feel. Keep staying awesome!! Can't wait to see you again!!!! Hopefully you come back around soon!!!
Jossie Kerrick The blame isn’t yours to take. You can not control the actions of other people. The girl who asked you for forgiveness was the one who needed it. That day when you were about to cut and something told you to look up. I want you to do that again. But this time look to god. Look to Jesus. Jesus is my wounded healer. He was pierced for my transgressions and crushed for my iniquities. You don’t need to rely on yourself. I pray that you see this
***** sadly,,... yes i think this song really affected me and i have a better realization of the world and my perception has tooootally changed Watsky is the best :)))
His footprints are fading away from the beach We're not a family to pray or to preach But daddy's best friend took a handful of pills and now he's at a podium making a speech Yesterday night after dark He carefully wrote his remarks But everyone said what he put on his page so he threw it way and went straight from the heart I thought this was a party But all my friends are leaving And I still want to play You wrecked me when you stepped out Cause you're the wounded healer And you're supposed to stay A year's a bottle in a bucket of trash It'll tip over the more that it stacks Didn't notice it till now but dad's been moving slower every time we play go play catch I'm scared of the day when he'll carry a cane I carry his dream I carry his name And when papa is gone he will never be gone because the sound of our sneeze is the same So God bless I Hear your voice In mine I want to stop time Like a carnival ride Because I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it I mean it say I thought this was a party... I thought this was a party But all my friends are leaving And I still want to play You wrecked me when you stepped out Cause you're the wounded healer And you're supposed to stay Self reference because I'm tired of looking up the lyrics.
Oh my gosh I knooooow! So glad you enjoyed it. :) he's the best. ugh. I get to see him again in November, he's doing a book reading and a concert. How was the xinfinity part of the tour? I'm stoked!
This song breaks my heart. I miss my dad so much, I’d give anything to have him back. This was so touching. I can see the pain in your eyes. I know that pain. 😔
I didn't realize until today that the word "party" didn't mean what I thought it meant in this song. The Wounded Healer is a type of character in a role-playing game, where a group of people work together and are known as a party. When George says "I thought this was a party", he means "I thought we were supposed to stick together", kinda like saying "I thought we were a team".
Thanks for the insight, never thought of it that way. It makes much more sense to me that way. Couldn't understand why a wounded healer would be at a party in the first place
I don't know if it was meant that way but I love the interpretation. If I may add on to that: "You wrecked me when you stepped out cause you're the wounded healer And you're supposed to stay" This could be a reference to the fact that often in MMO's or other RPG's any Party activity such as dungeons or raids become nigh on impossible without a healer, e.g. the Wounded Healer. If the Healer leaves, it usually results in all the other players in the party quitting as well which is what could be referred to in: "I thought this was a party But all my friends are leaving And I still want to play" The overall interpretation being that Wounded Healer is someone who keeps a group of friends together, and after the Wounded Healer's passing the group starts to drift apart, even though you might not want it to.
I cry every time I hear this song. I love it but makes me feel sad at how I have been forgotten by my father since I moved. This song should remind you that life is worth living and not being a statistic. Be alive and be part of the party.
krtkndsn damn man I somehow feel you but not because my dad forgot about me but he died some months ago and it hurts me that I slowly forget how he looked like or how he sounded most of watskys songs keep me up tbh
I couldn't help but shed a tear listening to this song and then shed another reading a few of the comments below. I know where a lot of you are coming from because I too, am a wounded healer. I spend every day I can trying to make someone else's day better because sometimes seeing their smile or hearing the gratitude is the only thing that keeps me going. I have felt so low at times that suicide weighed heavily on my mind day in and day out. I realized that a majority of the time I do not have the strength to live for myself, thus I do everything I can helping others because at least in that, I can be proud.
I sound like everyone here but, this song speaks volumes. Yet not like a dial... I found out my marriage to my fiance Will might be held back, i'm losing my home and being dropped from my school in my 12 grade year due to my horrible learning process to math. But this song... Thanks Watsky, that's all I can say without crying or sliding into a steady sob. Thanks comrade.
Good luck bro ^^. I hope you're doing good! And IF he ended his own life (I don't know ofcourse), please keep thinking straight and don't follow his footsteps alright? Stay strong.
RsGoodGuiding Bruh, positive attitude FTW. I respect you man, better your fellow man so that we can all grow together. ^_^ I love people like you, keep making the world a better place!
I cry everytime I hear you speak about your dad because I think of my son and can only hope he views me the way you see your father. I love you watsky. You've helped me through a lot.
This song probably isn't made for emotional purposes but I'm only 17 & have been through a lot of deaths from family & best friends over 50 family & friends have passed on since I was 7 not to mention watching my father die at the age of 11 bit my point is this song hits my feelings makes me tear up everytime I love this song it's a realease for me
This song was released on George Watsky’s mixtape “Nothing Like the First Time” on June 11th, 2012. Father’s Day fell on June 17th, and this song is a tribute to Watsky’s still-living father, written from the perspective of a child watching his father aging.
Thinking back on hearing this for the first time and comparing it to hearing it now, 11 years later, hits me in the feels pretty hard. Watching your loved ones grow old can really make you think... There's a realization that happens and you figure out, we're not here forever. And neither are they...
It's a rather common combination of chords for songs that are meant to evoke emotion, such as sad songs and love songs, but he put in a few minor chords, thus making it a touch different, and a lot more emotional, and the melody of it sounds rather similar to a lot of songs as well, so you might not have heard this particular melody before, but you've certainly heard ones rather close to it before
This song genuinely brought me to tears. My dad is still with me but I don't know how I will cope once he is gone. He is such a huge influence on my life and I wouldn't be able to let him go. It hit me on a personal level with the line "because the sound of our sneeze is the same".
His footprints are fading away from the beach We're not a family to pray or to preach But daddy's best friend took a handful of pills and now he's at a podium making a speech Yesterday night after dark He carefully wrote his remarks but everyone said what he put on his page so he threw it way and went straight from the heart I tho- DONT GIVE A FUCK
why don't people just look things up... a "wounded healer" is a personality type... not some reference to games, those are just called healers, I know cause I am both a wounded healer in real life and tend to play as a healer in mmos. The term refers to people who seek to heal others as a way to heal themselves. Nothing makes my aches and pains fade more so then when I heal and help others.
This song hits completely different after all these years! Everytime I listen, it gets me in my feels but damn did it do a number to me this time... Watsky if you're seeing this, I could never thank you enough so thank you to infinity and beyond
This song makes me hate myself, I never made the choice to tee dad that I loved him and how much he means to me. Now I can't and he would have never known. I know this is just a comment but if you're reading this I want you to stop and think, if your loved ones were to die at this moment. What would you wish you had told them.
Idk i'm making this commentary, but, anyways, my granpa died in 2021 and it's been really hard for me. I have never had any loss or something like that, and that man was the one that I could call "father". No one ever told me that the proccess of griefing was not "be sad and then you'll be good", but the griefing proccess is everyday. Everytime I see a spike gray hair, I think it's him, but then I realize: it's not possible, he's dead. Everytime I see a Chevrolet Black Prisma (not that common here in my country), I think "its him", but then I realize: it's not possible, he's dead. I'm broken. He would not want it, but I can't help it. He was my best friend. Miss you so much, grandpa.
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the fact that i watched this when it came out, then coming back to this 8 years later, it becomes way deeper and meaningful hearing the lyrics. What a world of difference it makes being 13 and listening to this then coming back at age 21 when you've realized not only your mortality but also your father's.
come back in another ten. thirty makes this song heavier
@@xelop5648 I'm on my thirties and Damn man! I came here after the host of a podcast I love quoted the sneeze part… After my fathers's passing 2 months ago y couldn't help but to burst into tears.
Same dude. This song has always been something very special to me. I started listening to Watsky about a year after my dad committed suicide and this song hit me like a ton of bricks when I heard it. Watsky will always have a special place in my heart.
I even got my grandpa listening to him and he loves it. He’s an old Jewish guy so when he heard Never Let it Die, he was moved to say the very least.
I'm almost 24 and am coming up on the 5 year anniversary of my mums death. As well as having lost many friends over the years. Plus realizing that my dad is getting older and wont always be around it hits a little different everytime I listen to this song.
Lost one of my best friends fairly recently to a strike of lightning. Miss him every day. Death comes for us all, we just have no idea when.
I went to one of his shows in Idaho and he asked for songs from the crowd and I yelled this one, and the mad man played it. One of the best nights of my life.
Saw him in concert 2 days ago I bawled my eyes out while he played this, then he followed up by taking someone's phone who pulled up the lyrics for feels alright real emotional whiplash between the 2
i wish i didn’t live in the uk so i could hear this live mannn makes me so emotional
May mediocre music bring us all together ❤
the mad man played his own song? lol
Watsky's explanation:
My dad's best friend committed suicide a couple years ago. Both he and my dad are/were psychotherapists (specifically Jungian analysts) and committing suicide is a major taboo for therapists with active clients. So it was especially confusing and heartbreaking for my dad. Carl Jung (i.e. Jungian) has a plank of his theory about being a "Wounded Healer," which means that the therapist brings their own experiences and trauma into their relationship with a patient, and uses that to help inform their advice and empathy. I wrote the song about that experience paired with seeing my dad ,who I love a lot, get older.
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@@cmoss132 fuck you
Thank you I was actually curoius
@@Redo97 i agree
It's from his book
I will always come back to this song.
This is my fave watsky song. Wish it was longer
the replay button is pretty helpful xD
Ikr! I got goosebumps from the melody probably millions of time over. AMAZING
oh snap,you just went there at 2 in the morning
repeat =]
lordwonka99 conversations new album
Watsky, I know you probably won't see this but I just gotta say, my dad loved this song. I know I liked it a lot when I showed it to him years ago, but I'd say he liked it even more than me. He'd always ask me to play it on my guitar while I'd hilariously attempt to match your rapping skills. Singing was always more of my natural niche.
I'd see my dad's pill bottles for his diabetes and neuropathy on the counter while I'd sing "a year's a bottle and a bucket of trash, it'll tip over the more that it stacks" and it hurt so much that I struggled to keep wanting to sing or listen to the song as much as I loved it. Sometimes he'd ask me to play it and I'd shake my head because I just couldn't. I wish I had.
My dad passed 6 years ago in June 2015. The year before he died, I had a girlfriend that I had bought VIP tickets to one of your shows. She broke up with me before we could see you, so my dad told me he wanted to go with me instead. I was a stupid 18 year old and refused the offer because I was too upset over my ex. Not even a year later he passed. The regret over missing out on such a wonderful memory I could've shared with my dad is something I still struggle with. I had trouble listening to your music for a few years after that because it hurt too much and reminded me of the pill bottles that stacked until they tipped over. In 2019 I started listening to your music more again and finally went to see you in concert for your Complaint tour by myself for myself and in my dad's memory. I wound up recording Wounded Healer on my phone when you performed it, and the reason for me writing all this is because I still feel so bad for recording it, since I know you don't like people pulling out their phones during concerts. I completely understand as a musician myself, and as someone who'd rather live in the moment than on a phone, but I just had to record that song for my dad. I just wanted to both apologize for that and to thank you for writing such a heartfelt song that a son and a father you don't even know were able to bond over. Thank you so much.
"And when Papa's gone, he will never be gone because the sound of our sneeze is the same" is still a line that makes me smile. It's so true. My dad always thought that was a good line.
That’s a beautiful
im sorry.
Tried to play it on guitar aswell, but can't seem to figure out the correct chords.. do you mind telling me which you used? I'm sorry about your loss
Watsky's teary eyes gets me every time....
It's 2016 and I still come and listen to this song.
like all the other man
Gotta love this shit
same
2017 and here we are
lee same
The summer evening feel to it, the sample, the footage, this song is perfect. The summer of 2012 was something.
The last year before the timeline split.....
Fault it really was
It didn’t get any better the last comment :/
Reading How to Ruin Everything & knowing the story behind Saul makes those first few lines even harder to bear.
Totally. I recognized Saul as the guy he was talking about in this song.
Any way you could give a quick summary?
would be appreciated
Just listen to the sing. The guy had a speech to make and offed himself after. Him being watskys daddys best friend
I will just give my input:
Saul, papa watsky's bestfriend who were a psychotherapist (Which is why i think the song is called "Wounded healer" since he heals people) a year after Giants winning playoffs Saul killed himself by taking a bunch of pills. Now he's singing about him.
'The sound of our sneeze is the same'. Weirdly touching
what
This hit me because my mom always tells me I sneeze like my dad
The little things we get from our parents, grand parents, friends, and family... The little things we get and take for granted will one day be all that's left of us.
It's the little things you miss when someone is gone.
A laugh, a greeting as you arrive home, or even a sneeze. It's a sentimental moment as he says his dad will never be gone as long as he is alive. It might be something small, but it means the world to him.
Yea. This is the Lyric that broke me
Really. Just amazing!
the verse " didnt notice it till now but dad have been moving slower everytime we go play catch " hurts
mach t verse
I felt that line in my soul the first time I heard it
It will happen to you and I as well
Why this musical piece of art isn't on Spotify I'll never understand
They need to stick the entire "Nothing Like First Time" and "A New Kind Of Sexy" albums on there
Hopefully it will one day
lifefuse it’s on Spotify now ❤️
@@eradoesthis where
5 years later and its got like 2 live version but not the same :(
Yup....still makes me cry every time😭 this is by far watskys most powerful song💔
this song actualy gets me teary...nothing before this ever has
Listen to Happy Ending by Mike Stud. That song is so sad it will mess you up.
Hayden Sather mike stud is garbage tweeny rap.
I actually don't like Mike stud at all. That song is just super sad.
You know it is going down when he pulls out the harmonica
That harmonica hits my heart hard... Absolutely beautiful song
For those wondering what the "Wounded Healer" is or is about, it's a Carl Jung term that is believed to derive from a Greek occurrence. It is a person not born or made but created from conquering adversity, trial and error, extreme suffering etc. Even so they seek out to say the truth no matter if they are afraid, or if it alienates them in the hopes of shining a light for all of the people lonely in this world. Through their experience and suffering they can do good in this life, hence the "everyone said what he put on his page, so he threw it out and spoke from the heart". So someone who is a Wounded Healer, would fit in the top spot of Maslow's Hierarchy making them someone to look up to or aspire to be.
+AtawkGaming thx for taking the time and explaining it, appreciate it mate
+Csaba Goeroeg Hey, no problem!
+AtawkGaming this is wrong it is a carl jung term, but it means someone who them selfs are wounded and are compelled to heal other because of which.
^Hence my lines " It is a person not born or made but created from conquering adversity, trial and error, extreme suffering etc.", "shining a light for all of the people lonely in this world. ", "Through their experience and suffering they can do good in this life". One point you are wrong on is that they 'heal' this isn't a necessary criteria for a 'Wounded Healer'. A Wounded Healer is just classified as someone attempting to help alleviate other people of their problems, which sometimes can be healing, however simply by standing up against a bully picking on someone who may begin harboring feelings of being aggrieved, addresses the primary criteria for a 'Wounded Healer', and this does not directly 'heal' the individual that they save. Henri J.M. Nouwen has a prime quote for what qualifies as a 'Wounded Healer': "In short: “Who can take away suffering without entering it?” ". So to qualify as 'Wounded Healer' it isn't a necessity to 'heal' rather being able to tap into that person or persons suffering from one's own experience and be able to alleviate that pain more thoroughly than say a basic medical procedure. Though healing professions can have significantly better results if the individual is a 'Wounded Healer' it is not exclusive to the word 'heal'. Overall the person who is the 'Wounded Healer' spurs the innate healing inside of the person they are helping much like how anyone in a Psychology field 'treats' a patient.
+James Noble Wounded Healers are classified with the ability to step into someone else's shoes because they themselves have been there. See above.
I saw Watsky do this love about a week ago, and let me tell you.... It's an experience like no other. The raw emotion, and passion he displayed while preforming was intense. My father passed a year ago this coming thanksgiving so it really hits home. Just know that your never alone. There's always a voice or an ear if you look for it.
Did you hear him do in Dallas? That's when I saw him do it and I agree 100% it was so amazing live
Watsky is honestly so underrated
Just like Royal Blood
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they're completely different tho. doesn't royal blood head line? who has been to a watsky concert lol
Watsky's shows sell out and he headlines them. Keep an eye out because they're unreal! :)
Yeah but still not many people know about Royal Blood, I heard watsky is also a headline at sziget festival in the summer hope he'll get some more fame after that :)
Most greats are, look up edubble-nyquil, coming of age, let go of it. The legend that was e dubble past without even getting the life he deserved, now im just hoping Watsky doesnt get forgotten by most after his death also only time can tell.
1:20 that's so beautiful and honest, a dad's sneeze is always memorable
8 years later and this song is still one of the greats. Take me back
Listening to this now at the same age Watsky was when this was made, had given me a much deeper appreciation of the lyrics. My parents are in their 60's now, and I don't have nearly as much time left with them than I want.
So here I am, five years later... still feeling every second of this. Still loving this song the most out of all the songs you've done
My grandmother passed away a few days ago and I keep coming back to this song. It's difficult and this has been somehow oddly appropriate not only to relate to, but to cry to. She was my wounded healer. 10.23.2016.
Ramandip Singh May she rest in peace, I bet she was a wonderful woman.
Ramandip Singh my mothers parents have been dead for a while, and my dads mom passed 3 years ago, so my dads father is the only grandparent i have left. i see the pain in his eyes, the sadness in his voice. after 3 years he's never stopped thinking about his wife. his wounded healer.
Why did I have to find this song? didn't expect to cry today...
12 years later and this is still an absolute banger. Wish this version of wounded healer was on Spotify
this song chokes me up every single time I hear it, and I've listened over fifty times. beautiful song. watsky is one of the most honest talents in music.
Yesterday night after dark
He carefully wrote his remarks
But everyone said what he put on his page
So he threw it away and went straight from the heart
I felt that ..
you never cease to amaze me watsky. your music, your words, your voice, it's all so beautiful. you are an incredible singer, writer, and harmonica player. thank you so much for your music.
That look in his eyes... Every man who has been through some shit knows that look... That struggle to not let a single tear out, until it becomes instinct and you just can't cry anymore.
he is SO FUCKING UNDERRATED
and as far as his songs go throughout his fans this song in particular is way too underrated
I know his Dope as Fuck can't believe I've just stumbled upon his lyrical mastery
+Mike Rycc he is*
+davvetic davveyy it is a beautiful tune my friend
Haven’t heard these in years...... refreshing 😌
i listen to this a lot every summer, because its the season my dad passed away in, and the season i have the most memories of him from. its been 6 summers now.
R.i.p. to your dad 💯 this song got me through a lot too. Including thoughts of suicide. Watsky will forever have a fan in me. 👌🏾😓
Found this song while still recovering the loss of my dad. Now I’m back here for my grandpa. Some things never change.
Remember his voice is in yours ❤
I get that Watsky likes to make humorous music, but I really wish he'd focus more on serious songs like this one, roses, talking to myself, and sloppy seconds. I really love his more serious stuff but can still appreciate his humorous music.
Bryan Cline Hey, My friend is starting a Bob Ross religion and I see your picture, Sooooooooooo....Wanna prey to lord Bob Ross?
All hail our lord and savior Bob Ross. He was a great man with exceptional talent.
tiny glowing screens part 2*
Bryan Cline I love when he combines both humor and seriousness, like how he'll put a few jokes in really serious songs.
he has so much music that focuses on the more ''serious stuff''.
Went to his concert yesterday. It was so awesome.
Watsky, I won't lie. I'm not exactly the type of person who actually buys albums. I just don't ever seem to be attached to any songs enough to justify that to myself. So yes, I did take advantage of the pay-what-you-want pricepoint on "Nothing like the First Time" back when I thought you were just some goof, writing stuff like IDGAF and Stupidass and listened to them on repeat. Eventually I listened to the 12th song on the album. Wounded Healer. And it just hit me like a ton of bricks. And I felt horrible for just taking this song for free. I plan on re-purchasing it soon. Keep up the good work.
I absolutely love this comment
bro you are way to late to be telling him that I was little when this song was made
...Dude, he's 30 and still making music. The album is still on his bandcamp. The album was only released 4 years ago. I'm sure he would enjoy the sentiment if he ever read the comment.
4 years ain't really that much, to be fair
Yeah, I know, I was saying that it wasn't much.
1:07 - "A years of bottle and a bucket of trash, it'll tip over the more that it stacks/ didn't notice it till now but Dad's been movin' slower every-time we go play catch/ I'm scared of the day when he'll carry a cane/ I carry his dream, I carry his name/ And when Poppa's gone he'll never be gone because the sound of our sneeze is the same" beautiful
sneeze* >.>
Flippy Habrok you're not my father
Wat
DUCK KING
Dad? haha
Just noticed hes teared up at the end of the video. I know this has a lot behind it... love this song
Touches my heart
The word "Awesome" isn't good enough to describe it.
FurbahMusic maybe "GodLike" explains it ? :)
This song makes me cry almost every single time. I've got the worst depression problems, and have thought about suicide more than once. And this song just illustrates the effect suicide has on people, which most suicidal people don't think about. I'm so sorry about your dad's friend.
Maybe you should seek help? There is help to be had :)
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. :) Stay strong
Technically, this song is about his dad getting older and older. His song "Send in the Sun" off Cardboard Castles is about suicide and it's effect on people.
Ben Lavineway i mean yeah, but it still has some words to the suicide crowd as well. But i get your point
I hope you're doing better
I cried like a decade ago when I heard this, and now I'm crying again as a 25 year old 😭😭
lie down. try not to cry. cry a lot
Yeah pretty much
Hi so handsome
Kathy Polo Michael's Mom
EM TEE exactly what just happened lmao.
Currently using this song for a school project about poetry. Thanks watsky!
stahp it same
I just did the same thing.
I use Watsky for lots of my assignments based around the English language. Why not use an expert?
It’s 2019 and I’m still listening to this song.
I'm still listening to this in 2026
ZR1Terror same
Yo..
I just wish he would put this version on itunes rather than the live ones
For the rest of my life
This is my favorite version of this song. I’ve been coming back for over a decade. The harmonica gets me every time. Thanks Watsky.
quoted this song at my father's funeral yesterday. Thank you so much for this song
Know you won't see this but thanks for this. My dad is my hero and he is getting older. This is my feelings bottled and sold.
WATSKY MATTERS HE IS SOOOOOOOOOO GOODDDDDD
I love the little smile he does in 2.49. It's the typical smile you give someone when you opened up about something and they don't really know what to say so you smile a bit to say "it's okay, that's just how it is"
Watsky you're awesome...music and lyrics are amazing...
I had a wounded healer. He was the only person who was there for me that night. When my brother died. A year before that my best friend was murdered for no reason at all.. All it took was one long hug and cry with me to know that he was the only man I would ever truly love. I had moved to VA so there was always 300 miles between us. But he still loved me and I him. Real love. Pure love that never even became physical. For 8 years everytime i wanted to give up. Everytime another friend left me in this fucked up life were calling a party. All i had to do was think of him and i knew there was still good left in this shitty world. I held the knife to my wrist and started to cut one day but something told me to look up and i did and his picture was right there and i stopped. He had a gf and I had a bf but we still told each other we loved each other not caring what our partners thought because the love we shared wasn't even like that. I knew that even tho he laytex with someone else it was me who owned his heart and vise versa..8 years.. Till one day right after I left my sons father and he was gonna leave his gf. They were suppose to come see me in VA along with my sister but got into a fight and he was killed. Hit a tree head on to avoid hitting her who was in her vehicle coming from the other way. .. Two years ago she messaged me and begged me to forgive her for killing him and taking him from me. His gf from the time. Begging me for forgiveness. You know sad part about it. I already had. But at the time when she messaged me i was in an abusive relationship with my daughters father that I couldn't get away from at the time without being homeless so when I cried I got my ass beat. I couldn't even grieve. I left my daughters father 5 months ago. I lived in my car for two of those months and in that time i realized that it was my love that got him killed. That he died because we loved each other and she knew he was leaving her. Its a hard pill to swallow knowing that the only real love you'll ever have was killed because of it.. Point of the story is My wounded healer left me too and now I have nobody, but its ok. Its ok because after finally seeing you play and having the honor of meeting you I know now that I dont need a wounded healer anymore. I AM MY OWN WOUNDED HEALER and thank you for helping me step into the light and having a huge heart filled with love and peace. Not many people understand us. They claim to relate but they dont. They cant.. And your not a just rapper. Your an amazing poet that uses your voice to express how you feel. Keep staying awesome!! Can't wait to see you again!!!! Hopefully you come back around soon!!!
Jossie Kerrick The blame isn’t yours to take. You can not control the actions of other people. The girl who asked you for forgiveness was the one who needed it. That day when you were about to cut and something told you to look up. I want you to do that again. But this time look to god. Look to Jesus. Jesus is my wounded healer. He was pierced for my transgressions and crushed for my iniquities. You don’t need to rely on yourself. I pray that you see this
realizing nothing is forever
***** sadly,,... yes i think this song really affected me and i have a better realization of the world and my perception has tooootally changed Watsky is the best :)))
+BlastoiseBabe realizing the fucks you don't give
Shut
His footprints are fading away from the beach
We're not a family to pray or to preach
But daddy's best friend took a handful of pills
and now he's at a podium making a speech
Yesterday night after dark
He carefully wrote his remarks
But everyone said what he put on his page
so he threw it way and went straight from the heart
I thought this was a party
But all my friends are leaving
And I still want to play
You wrecked me when you stepped out
Cause you're the wounded healer
And you're supposed to stay
A year's a bottle in a bucket of trash
It'll tip over the more that it stacks
Didn't notice it till now
but dad's been moving slower every time we play go play catch
I'm scared of the day when he'll carry a cane
I carry his dream
I carry his name
And when papa is gone he will never be gone
because the sound of our sneeze is the same
So God bless I
Hear your voice
In mine
I want to stop time
Like a carnival ride
Because
I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it
I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it
I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it
I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it I mean it say
I thought this was a party...
I thought this was a party
But all my friends are leaving
And I still want to play
You wrecked me when you stepped out
Cause you're the wounded healer
And you're supposed to stay
Self reference because I'm tired of looking up the lyrics.
This song gives me chills 😭
You are an inspiration. I dream to one day meet you!
same here
+Stephanie Robinson I got to meet him (and give him a hug!) and it was the best day of my life.
+Skyla Perry I'm meeting him Sept. 13th and I'm so incredibly excited!
+Skyla Perry I met him last night!!! I was very awkward but he was amazing and I feel so blessed. 😭💖 It truly was an incredible experience.
Oh my gosh I knooooow! So glad you enjoyed it. :) he's the best. ugh. I get to see him again in November, he's doing a book reading and a concert. How was the xinfinity part of the tour? I'm stoked!
~4.8 mil views
~48k likes
Conclusion: Each of us have watched this ~100 times
This song breaks my heart. I miss my dad so much, I’d give anything to have him back. This was so touching. I can see the pain in your eyes. I know that pain. 😔
Currently reading your book. Much deeper when you know the backstory. Love your music, sorry for your loss...
GOD DAMMIT SONG WHY YOU GOTTA MAKE ME CRY
That dorky smile George always did at the end of his videos just... gah.
10 years and still giving me chills!
I didn't realize until today that the word "party" didn't mean what I thought it meant in this song.
The Wounded Healer is a type of character in a role-playing game, where a group of people work together and are known as a party. When George says "I thought this was a party", he means "I thought we were supposed to stick together", kinda like saying "I thought we were a team".
LOL only mmo players would really understand lol XD
ian carlson League of legends reference
Thanks for the insight, never thought of it that way. It makes much more sense to me that way. Couldn't understand why a wounded healer would be at a party in the first place
I don't know if it was meant that way but I love the interpretation.
If I may add on to that:
"You wrecked me when you stepped out
cause you're the wounded healer
And you're supposed to stay"
This could be a reference to the fact that often in MMO's or other RPG's any Party activity such as dungeons or raids become nigh on impossible without a healer, e.g. the Wounded Healer.
If the Healer leaves, it usually results in all the other players in the party quitting as well which is what could be referred to in:
"I thought this was a party
But all my friends are leaving
And I still want to play"
The overall interpretation being that Wounded Healer is someone who keeps a group of friends together, and after the Wounded Healer's passing the group starts to drift apart, even though you might not want it to.
Ward P 1000000000% right THANKS
I love this so much.
so much talent, COME BACK MANCHESTER ENGLAND. I didn't get to see you in November
I did;)
I cry every time I hear this song. I love it but makes me feel sad at how I have been forgotten by my father since I moved. This song should remind you that life is worth living and not being a statistic. Be alive and be part of the party.
:'(
Elias Serneels i cry evrytim ;(
krtkndsn damn man I somehow feel you but not because my dad forgot about me but he died some months ago and it hurts me that I slowly forget how he looked like or how he sounded most of watskys songs keep me up tbh
I couldn't help but shed a tear listening to this song and then shed another reading a few of the comments below. I know where a lot of you are coming from because I too, am a wounded healer. I spend every day I can trying to make someone else's day better because sometimes seeing their smile or hearing the gratitude is the only thing that keeps me going. I have felt so low at times that suicide weighed heavily on my mind day in and day out. I realized that a majority of the time I do not have the strength to live for myself, thus I do everything I can helping others because at least in that, I can be proud.
Your a good man dawg stay strong and keep on helping others and yourself
Pfft. If you ever need to just let out all the tears you've built up, just play this on repeat and close your eyes.
Bam.
I sound like everyone here but, this song speaks volumes. Yet not like a dial...
I found out my marriage to my fiance Will might be held back, i'm losing my home and being dropped from my school in my 12 grade year due to my horrible learning process to math. But this song... Thanks Watsky, that's all I can say without crying or sliding into a steady sob. Thanks comrade.
Makes you wanna stop and think about life...
Before it slips away
+Jaeshe lol Darth Emo
More than a decade later and this still makes me cty.
You're the wounded healer and you're supposed to stay.
this guy has my salute this song has my respect my family all praises this guy
@@xenomexgaming643 2018 I swam all night from tybee island to brunswick island dry drowning had to have chest compressions for 30 min
Don't mind me, just on a rewatching spree.
I still love you dad..... No matter what.... :(
Good luck bro ^^. I hope you're doing good! And IF he ended his own life (I don't know ofcourse), please keep thinking straight and don't follow his footsteps alright? Stay strong.
He didn't just, some stuff over the years have grown us apart. but thank you so much for you're comment. it made my day :)
RsGoodGuiding this is what i like to see comment with no trolls RsGoodGuiding respect your a good man
spinningfreshbeats ^^
RsGoodGuiding Bruh, positive attitude FTW. I respect you man, better your fellow man so that we can all grow together. ^_^ I love people like you, keep making the world a better place!
I cry everytime I hear you speak about your dad because I think of my son and can only hope he views me the way you see your father. I love you watsky. You've helped me through a lot.
This song probably isn't made for emotional purposes but I'm only 17 & have been through a lot of deaths from family & best friends over 50 family & friends have passed on since I was 7 not to mention watching my father die at the age of 11 bit my point is this song hits my feelings makes me tear up everytime I love this song it's a realease for me
im pretty sure its made for emotional purposes
This song was released on George Watsky’s mixtape “Nothing Like the First Time” on June 11th, 2012. Father’s Day fell on June 17th, and this song is a tribute to Watsky’s still-living father, written from the perspective of a child watching his father aging.
Are you Batman that your dad died when you were 11.. Anyway, I'm sorry for you.
That's really sad
+Hobie Keener what are you fucking 7 have you ever had someone in you're family die let alone in front of you
This song is more than amazing but I never want to listen to it again because it makes me extremely sad...
When is this song going to be uploaded to spotify, i want it so bad.
Never. Download it from bandcamp! It's free.
thank you, now i can get it on my phone
Thinking back on hearing this for the first time and comparing it to hearing it now, 11 years later, hits me in the feels pretty hard. Watching your loved ones grow old can really make you think... There's a realization that happens and you figure out, we're not here forever. And neither are they...
fucking sad song.... good and sad... :(
I agree.
This guitar part sounds really familiar I don't know where from
It's a rather common combination of chords for songs that are meant to evoke emotion, such as sad songs and love songs, but he put in a few minor chords, thus making it a touch different, and a lot more emotional, and the melody of it sounds rather similar to a lot of songs as well, so you might not have heard this particular melody before, but you've certainly heard ones rather close to it before
I enjoy this song because it's Watsky. Not because I'm "Depressed and Suicidal".... Simply because I'm a fan of his music. Much love.
Y'all are depressing as fuck.
This song genuinely brought me to tears. My dad is still with me but I don't know how I will cope once he is gone. He is such a huge influence on my life and I wouldn't be able to let him go. It hit me on a personal level with the line "because the sound of our sneeze is the same".
Would somebody tab this song? I really want to learn it on guitar.
psst! put this on iTunes
Link in the description for a BandCamp download of the whole album
His footprints are fading away from the beach
We're not a family to pray or to preach
But daddy's best friend took a handful of pills and now he's at a podium making a speech
Yesterday night after dark
He carefully wrote his remarks
but everyone said what he put on his page so he threw it way and went straight from the heart
I tho- DONT GIVE A FUCK
Brings back memories. I used to listen to this song all the time when he released it
why don't people just look things up... a "wounded healer" is a personality type... not some reference to games, those are just called healers, I know cause I am both a wounded healer in real life and tend to play as a healer in mmos. The term refers to people who seek to heal others as a way to heal themselves. Nothing makes my aches and pains fade more so then when I heal and help others.
o my god i just realised im a wounded healer
aaahh now I get it, haha the wonders of google
Yeah I'm the same way. It's therapeutic for me to have someone cry on my shoulder.
why aint this song on spotify? WHY? o.O
this song helped me through my fathers death.
Same I'll be 18 may 25th & my father and I were extremely close I watched him die at the age of 11
Same.
This song hits completely different after all these years! Everytime I listen, it gets me in my feels but damn did it do a number to me this time... Watsky if you're seeing this, I could never thank you enough so thank you to infinity and beyond
Fucking wounded Healers. Always wasting Turns healing Themselves.
Lol
u sir are amazing
Random9001 This song is about his dads best friend who died when he took pills listen to the song idiot
topic ninja hes fucking saying a joke to lighten the mood so leave him be dumbass
just shut up my sister wrote that comment she doesn't know anything about the song
Want to subscribe but that 777,777 subs is so satisfying.
Why can I only hit thumbs up once?
I want this playing at my funeral
I never thought a carnival on the beach would be so sad in my whole life.
Hilarious
This song makes me hate myself, I never made the choice to tee dad that I loved him and how much he means to me. Now I can't and he would have never known. I know this is just a comment but if you're reading this I want you to stop and think, if your loved ones were to die at this moment. What would you wish you had told them.
That how they kept me alive from killing myself. I know this is dark, but it is true.
+Will Reilly you look a lil' young buddy, you good?
Idk i'm making this commentary, but, anyways, my granpa died in 2021 and it's been really hard for me. I have never had any loss or something like that, and that man was the one that I could call "father". No one ever told me that the proccess of griefing was not "be sad and then you'll be good", but the griefing proccess is everyday. Everytime I see a spike gray hair, I think it's him, but then I realize: it's not possible, he's dead. Everytime I see a Chevrolet Black Prisma (not that common here in my country), I think "its him", but then I realize: it's not possible, he's dead. I'm broken. He would not want it, but I can't help it. He was my best friend. Miss you so much, grandpa.
Well I certainly didn't plan on crying tonight...