This is what the band said about the voice mail at the end of the song. "The voice mail, in the breakdown is from one of our friend’s dads to our friend about some dumb shit about a girl. He saved it and we added it later on to our song. Months later, the girl’s mom cornered me in the grocery store and asked me if we could take that voice mail out of the song. But we’re punk rock so we left it."
its so cool that everyone that likes this band LOVES this band, with like every cell in their body and with the most enthusiasm possible. its not like that for a lot of bands anymore
My favorite part of this song is "There's no doubt in my mind that if you could then you would try To crack my ribcage open and pull my heart right through".
My friend and I went into some pretty deep analysis as to the lyrics of this song one night. The lived in symbolism of the swimming pool was always an interesting perspective of the world. Elements of isolation, drowning, and awakening parallel the ways in which water has been used in literature for decades. Yet, the relevance of the metaphors really drive the soul of this song throughout. Allusions to irate telephone messages, secrets in an ominous house, and "a creature of a culture I create" all openly describe the middle class anxiety of having limited agency in moving oneself past barriers both emotional and mental. The Front Bottoms do an excellent job of transplanting the most complex feelings of sorrow into revivalist punk/emo.
Justin Ricafort i was more thinking as the first swimming pool was the past of all the ugly shit n them going to all those new pools symbolizes the future and freedom
The lyrics remind me of The Great Gatsby: being at the bottom of a swimming pool, being obsessed with someone's past, the imagery of a dance floor with a chandelier…
so when i first listened to this band about six months ago (i was already hesitant bc I hated the name) I just didn't feel it at all and clicked off within ten seconds. but then, a few days ago when I was feeling sad I impulsively clicked on this video and found myself loving every second of it...proceeding to cry my eyes out then listen to ten more of their songs. it's weird- I don't know what changed my mind but I just thank that I love them now
+Unirpb23 they have a way of putting your pieces back together when you're down. I adore them to bits, but when I'm in certain happy moods, I sometimes find myself cringing at their songs. it's weird. I think their music has some kind of broken quality to it that you connect well with when your own cracks show similar patterns.
+Unirpb23 I heard their name before I listened to them and hated it also, and never listened to them for a year or two. But I finally listened to them, and loved them now.
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool I'm holding my breath for you There's no doubt in my mind that if you could, then you would try To crack my rib-cage open and pull my heart right through There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool I'm holding my breath for you There's no doubt in my mind that if you could, then you would try To crack my rib-cage open and pull my heart right through But I'm a creature of a culture that I create I'm the last one on the dance floor as the chandelier gives way And I am permanently preoccupied with your past I've been around long enough now To know that the good things never last They never last There's comfort in the silence of a living room, the TV is on for you Hide in your basement while your house burns down Your teeth are loose inside of your gums They will eventually fall out Follow an orange extension cord Under a carpet, to a closet door Feeding the black light that will someday make me Very, very, very, very, very rich But I'm a creature of a culture that I create And I'm the last one on the dance floor as the chandelier gives way And I am permanently preoccupied with your past I've been around long enough now To know that the good things never last They never last [Verse 3] How low is your self esteem? And how low could it possibly be? I know, I know you're in love with me And I've been ignoring you I will stop cutting my pants into shorts I will address the issues I cannot ignore And I will do the things I think you might like And I will be alone probably the rest of my life There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
Dude i started listening to this band when i was in middle school and now im in my senior year of High School man as this song hit harder every year that passes.
there's something so inherent in this song. like drunks nights smashing things, or destroying things because it feels good, or sitting next to a bonfire and throwing everything you dont mind living without into the flames. For years, i've kept coming back to this song. It's hating your parents at 23 because you dont understand human nature yet, its tangible in the way that letting someone goes is, it feels like looking at the sweat stains on your favorite shirt so you have to toss it out. i just feel it. its useless and edible and intangibly intangible all at once. its human nature, in the most simplistic form. its incredible, and painful, and gotdamn if i dont keep coming back
Lol I just visited GA for the first time and it rained the entire trip. The streets of Savannah flood heavy and my dumbass brought my fav Jordan’s. Yea, fuck soggy shoe life 🤣✌🏼🤘🏼
The good things never last, they never last. I love this band and this music and this song. But you know that heartache that tells you to not exist. But you don't really know why. Why does it always come back to you.
This is exactly what it is about these guys. It's like hearing Say Anything or Brand New for the first time again. Where you just get a goofy grin on your face because you finally found another album that's going to stick with you.
i'd been waiting to see them live for ages. finally did and i wasn't let down in any way. brian & matt are so damn genuine. Maybe taking a train down to brooklyn to see them again.
This reminds me of "The Swimmer" by John Cheever, how they're making their way through their neighbor's pools and talking about the past and how the 'good things never last'
I thought it was the two boys fighting about something but then at the end the guy says I'm breaking up with you, I thought they were brothers or something but maybe they are boyfriends having a fight??
Literally ball my eyes out every time I here this song 🥲😭 I went and saw Brian Sella last Sunday in New York n it was just him n his guitar! I love you Ari so so much 🙈❤️
i dont see a single comment mentioning the fact that they look like 13-15 year olds at the beginning of the video but they look like adults by the end theres no way im the only one that noticed this but its pretty cool
so is it just me or does the whole extension cord under the carpet/blacklight/make me rich line in this song mean this guy's growing some fire indoor???
my friend and I were fucking to this song and I forgot about to voicemail part and omfg the voicemail came on in the middle of the deed, killed the mood for like 5 seconds. LMAO
JERSEEEEYYYYYYYY (hahaha)! Hi! I’m from Florida and I think your band is totally awesome. This video is like visual poetry (and it’s totally FUN)! Thank you for being so great!
Something I see while watching this is that while they're in the swimming pool, Brian has moments where he looks distant and pretty sad but then it returns to both of them being happy. And at the end it just ends after he puts his face in the water.
These guys deserve more credit than they get, they are saying truer shit than most of the popular artists of our generation, I'm disappointed in us tbh
this band is great. the feelings i get from listening to this are the same that i got from the music i listened to when i was 15-19. im 24 now and its fucking awesome to feel that again '
As someone in a band, i can definitively say that every other person in a band should be jealous of their lyrics and the fact that they can make a damn good music video...
These guys are seriously so good. I saw them in Lincoln last night with Say Anything and... wow. I didn't think I'd like any of the opening bands, but I was mesmorized.
my friend loves this band (i think they're alright) and she recommended me this song but i've never been able to listen to it the whole way through because there's something about it that really really makes me want to slash up every inch of skin on my legs. it's not even the lyrics or anything, just something about it just makes me feel ridiculously depressed. probably the voice mail part. anyway this is probably a good song
last time i listend to this song was a year ago when life was alot differnt and when i started listening to it again right now and it brought back so many memories now im in tears
This is what the band said about the voice mail at the end of the song.
"The voice mail, in the breakdown is from one of our friend’s dads to our friend about some dumb shit about a girl. He saved it and we added it later on to our song. Months later, the girl’s mom cornered me in the grocery store and asked me if we could take that voice mail out of the song. But we’re punk rock so we left it."
Their friend told their Dad "I'm breaking up with you"? Link to the interview or it didn't happen.
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Butts McKracken Looks like it happened.
MrRobertEller w-wh- loOKS LIKE YOU DIDNT HAPPEN
Butts McKracken I love your passion.
I love how this video starts without any context as to why he's wearing a wig
Do we really need context though?
RobiTheRat I want some context
Hes just acting goofy having fun
It could be in correlation with the Looking Like You Just Woke Up music vid
I think it's because he's wearing a fake hairdo hyuck yukyuk
The Front Bottoms make me feel like I don't have to, because the feelings are already embedded in their songs.
toastburntbread trueeee!
its so cool that everyone that likes this band LOVES this band, with like every cell in their body and with the most enthusiasm possible. its not like that for a lot of bands anymore
I went to their Seattle show by myself on the Back On Top Tour. One of the best shows I've been to. The energy in the room was one of a kind for me.
My boy introduced me to to this band via this song. He took his own life a couple years later. Love you, Alex. RADE Forever.
this video is bromantic
Ma'am they're gay
Dan Granger no they aren’t, atleast not Brian
pls period 🦨
@@grangergranger8983 Not everything is gay you dimwit
@@Noctali_Volkova They didn't say everything is gay? Don't need to be such a bitch.
My favorite part of this song is "There's no doubt in my mind that if you could then you would try
To crack my ribcage open and pull my heart right through".
@Renaldo Matadeen cause i'm a creature, of a culture that i create
i enjoy screaming this as i sit at red lights
My friend and I went into some pretty deep analysis as to the lyrics of this song one night. The lived in symbolism of the swimming pool was always an interesting perspective of the world. Elements of isolation, drowning, and awakening parallel the ways in which water has been used in literature for decades. Yet, the relevance of the metaphors really drive the soul of this song throughout. Allusions to irate telephone messages, secrets in an ominous house, and "a creature of a culture I create" all openly describe the middle class anxiety of having limited agency in moving oneself past barriers both emotional and mental. The Front Bottoms do an excellent job of transplanting the most complex feelings of sorrow into revivalist punk/emo.
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I always felt that it related to isolation, and contemplations of suicide
Justin Ricafort i was more thinking as the first swimming pool was the past of all the ugly shit n them going to all those new pools symbolizes the future and freedom
They use water and floods often as methapors often. I dig it.
Dope comment man! Love shit like this
"I am permanently preoccupied with your past"
+PeepsILoveEllie I've been around long enough now to know that the good things never last.
killerkirby247 THEY NEVER LAST!
@@PeepsILoveEllie how low
right when i read this comment It came on in the song lol.
is your self esteem
The lyrics remind me of The Great Gatsby: being at the bottom of a swimming pool, being obsessed with someone's past, the imagery of a dance floor with a chandelier…
+Contrariwise37 i was just abt to watch the movie and somehow im reading your comment!!!!!
Brian Sella's an avid reader maybe he got inspired by the book
Reminds me of bojack
Yeah
i always thought the chandelier line was a reference to phantom of the opera
all their lyrics are so depressing but all their music videos are so wholesome
I honestly love all of their music videos, not too hip or pretentious or trying too hard, they're just fun
I just love this band so much. I want to write every lyric from every one of their songs on every surface of the world.
this is so beautiful
I don’t understand how no one is talking about how well the video is synced with the music
so when i first listened to this band about six months ago (i was already hesitant bc I hated the name) I just didn't feel it at all and clicked off within ten seconds. but then, a few days ago when I was feeling sad I impulsively clicked on this video and found myself loving every second of it...proceeding to cry my eyes out then listen to ten more of their songs. it's weird- I don't know what changed my mind but I just thank that I love them now
+Unirpb23 they have a way of putting your pieces back together when you're down. I adore them to bits, but when I'm in certain happy moods, I sometimes find myself cringing at their songs. it's weird. I think their music has some kind of broken quality to it that you connect well with when your own cracks show similar patterns.
PeepsILoveEllie yeah I like that- broken quality
+Unirpb23 depression, my dude
+Unirpb23 I heard their name before I listened to them and hated it also, and never listened to them for a year or two. But I finally listened to them, and loved them now.
+Unirpb23 same shit happened with twenty one pilots.didn't like them at all,felt sad >>>> started crying over them :/
My favorite part in this song is the last bit with the piano. It just sounds like complete desperation in a situation
I love all the new fans to this amazing band, but to be honest, they really have there own sound. I personally think they are completely original
And I know
I know
I KNOW
You're in love with me
...And I've been ignoring you.
Fuck.
What happened smokelocc
When you hear lyrics and it feels like someone stabbed you
Do all sadbois just have the same life?
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
I'm holding my breath for you
There's no doubt in my mind that if you could, then you would try
To crack my rib-cage open and pull my heart right through
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
I'm holding my breath for you
There's no doubt in my mind that if you could, then you would try
To crack my rib-cage open and pull my heart right through
But I'm a creature of a culture that I create
I'm the last one on the dance floor as the chandelier gives way
And I am permanently preoccupied with your past
I've been around long enough now
To know that the good things never last
They never last
There's comfort in the silence of a living room, the TV is on for you
Hide in your basement while your house burns down
Your teeth are loose inside of your gums
They will eventually fall out
Follow an orange extension cord
Under a carpet, to a closet door
Feeding the black light that will someday make me
Very, very, very, very, very rich
But I'm a creature of a culture that I create
And I'm the last one on the dance floor as the chandelier gives way
And I am permanently preoccupied with your past
I've been around long enough now
To know that the good things never last
They never last
[Verse 3]
How low is your self esteem?
And how low could it possibly be?
I know, I know you're in love with me
And I've been ignoring you
I will stop cutting my pants into shorts
I will address the issues I cannot ignore
And I will do the things I think you might like
And I will be alone probably the rest of my life
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
Thank you, you lyrics-posting icon :)
Saw these guys live a few days ago. They played this as part of their set and the crowd went crazy.
If Brian wasn't in a band he would 100% have a prank channel here on youtube.
There was an interview where he said he doesn't like pranks.
Dude i started listening to this band when i was in middle school and now im in my senior year of High School man as this song hit harder every year that passes.
there's something so inherent in this song. like drunks nights smashing things, or destroying things because it feels good, or sitting next to a bonfire and throwing everything you dont mind living without into the flames. For years, i've kept coming back to this song. It's hating your parents at 23 because you dont understand human nature yet, its tangible in the way that letting someone goes is, it feels like looking at the sweat stains on your favorite shirt so you have to toss it out. i just feel it. its useless and edible and intangibly intangible all at once. its human nature, in the most simplistic form. its incredible, and painful, and gotdamn if i dont keep coming back
not about that soggy shoe life lol
I be bout it
Lol I just visited GA for the first time and it rained the entire trip. The streets of Savannah flood heavy and my dumbass brought my fav Jordan’s. Yea, fuck soggy shoe life 🤣✌🏼🤘🏼
The good things never last, they never last.
I love this band and this music and this song. But you know that heartache that tells you to not exist. But you don't really know why. Why does it always come back to you.
File under: music that might make good Night Vale weather.
Wow I've been listening to TFB for a while now and in light of recent events I feel like this song in particular summarizes my situation best.
The nostalgia is so real
Thank you so much you’ve helped save my life
This is exactly what it is about these guys. It's like hearing Say Anything or Brand New for the first time again. Where you just get a goofy grin on your face because you finally found another album that's going to stick with you.
very underrated band, great lyrics different sound, unique band overall
i'd been waiting to see them live for ages. finally did and i wasn't let down in any way. brian & matt are so damn genuine. Maybe taking a train down to brooklyn to see them again.
Ending crescendo and piano is unbelievable -
I was just going to say that. I'm 23 and feel the connection & love this music just like all those passionate, great energy bands from years past.
what's it like being 30?
This reminds me of "The Swimmer" by John Cheever, how they're making their way through their neighbor's pools and talking about the past and how the 'good things never last'
Lucy InTheSky this is so funny. I actually wrote a comparison at uni about the swimmer and this song. So its not just me thinking that way
god when i read this all i could think of was that one episode of seinfeld
Because of your comment, I just read that short story. Wow, it was so wonderful! Thank you for sharing
Johaannaa12 I’d love to hear more about it!
If someone would transcribe the voicemail
I would be so happy
honestly best transcribe :)
yeah, its actually of a friend and his dad. great story tho
@@maxlambie7788 nope, it's his dad. He said in interviews it was a friend's dad as to keep the anonymity of his dad
I'm confused by the last line of the voice mail if that's where it's coming from "I'm breaking up with you done bye"
I thought it was the two boys fighting about something but then at the end the guy says I'm breaking up with you, I thought they were brothers or something but maybe they are boyfriends having a fight??
Yo I'm going swimming now
Literally ball my eyes out every time I here this song 🥲😭 I went and saw Brian Sella last Sunday in New York n it was just him n his guitar! I love you Ari so so much 🙈❤️
i dont see a single comment mentioning the fact that they look like 13-15 year olds at the beginning of the video but they look like adults by the end
theres no way im the only one that noticed this but its pretty cool
My favorite song since so many years 🖤
so is it just me or does the whole extension cord under the carpet/blacklight/make me rich line in this song mean this guy's growing some fire indoor???
Or developing pictures lmao
+Trish Acosta Well seeing as how you wouldn't use a blacklight to grow weed-- Yeah. It's just you.
no the line is about making glow in the dark softcore porn scenes
+Trish Acosta hes referring to illegally producing drugs
It's hyrophonic weed
I get chills every time they dive into the water as the cymbals crash
Personally this is their best song
This song hurts me so much but I can't stop listening to it
my friend and I were fucking to this song and I forgot about to voicemail part and omfg the voicemail came on in the middle of the deed, killed the mood for like 5 seconds. LMAO
***** it was so funny lmao
+Lea Calathea this is the best thing i've ever read lmfao
Rosie Gonzales lmao
XD
"my friend and I" sure, they were your friend. sure they were.
the voicemail. the fucking voicemail.
The video is great..the music excellent!!!! I love this band!!
JERSEEEEYYYYYYYY (hahaha)! Hi! I’m from Florida and I think your band is totally awesome. This video is like visual poetry (and it’s totally FUN)! Thank you for being so great!
They sound like blink 182 and Mumford and Sons and Joyce Manor all mixed together and it's lovely
the best part about best friends is that they make the best music....u guys have my support from the start to the very end
i cannot even begin to explain how much i love this song
Please keep making music you guys. New favorite band, saw them in pittsburgh for the last show of the tour, soooooooooooo good
8 years of listening to this song every once in a while, every lyric. 8 seconds of reciting it, not one math formula
I've never been more confused yet entertained watching a music video...
I heard this song at a deli and I just _had_ to find out what it was! Very happy I found it, great song ^-^
i just can't stop listening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this music is just soooo beautiful
Something I see while watching this is that while they're in the swimming pool, Brian has moments where he looks distant and pretty sad but then it returns to both of them being happy. And at the end it just ends after he puts his face in the water.
These guys deserve more credit than they get, they are saying truer shit than most of the popular artists of our generation, I'm disappointed in us tbh
This comment aged well. They blew up.
Brian strikes me as one of those dudes (like myself) who wears sports teams apparel without caring or knowing anything about the team at all.
this band is great. the feelings i get from listening to this are the same that i got from the music i listened to when i was 15-19. im 24 now and its fucking awesome to feel that again
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i will NEVER stop cutting my pants into shorts.
As someone in a band, i can definitively say that every other person in a band should be jealous of their lyrics and the fact that they can make a damn good music video...
I am permanently preoccupied with Brian's bod
i love these guys so much. they always put me in a great mood, and their music really gets to me for some reason. idk haha.
Love these guys
i seriously expected something to go wrong or someone to die in this video
Just saw these guys at Meltdown. They have such fantastic energy.
I'd love to see ya'll play in Toronto.
I have a hard time listening to this song I love it but it make me think about mistakes I've made and I get really angry.
YorkShabby same
same pt2
Thats the swimming hole by the NJ/PA border. Sick place just realized some of this was fimed there.
+Tyler Kober Buttermilk or Silver Spray? I was just there on Sunday. Fucking awesome!
+Tyler Kober looks like buttermilk? no?
These guys are seriously so good. I saw them in Lincoln last night with Say Anything and... wow. I didn't think I'd like any of the opening bands, but I was mesmorized.
I feel like I am pruning just watching this music video lol.
I've been around long enough to know that the good things never last
to this day this is one of my favorite songs
THERE'S COMFORT IN THE BOTTOM OF A SWIMMING POOOOL
this is one of those songs that you would blast in the car with your friends in the summer with all the windows down
" I know you're in love with me and I've been ignoring you"
I will be alone for probally the rest of my life...the feels man
Very underrated band
I just love this song so much
I remember when this video only had 1,000 views...Now it's at 40,000+. Damn.
This video makes me miss summer so fucking much... Last summer was the best time of my life... I just want that back
this is so great, the song is fantastic, and i love the way they filmed this video.
This song a while ago gave me a stomach ache, it made me very sad, now I feel ... well.
my friend loves this band (i think they're alright) and she recommended me this song but i've never been able to listen to it the whole way through because there's something about it that really really makes me want to slash up every inch of skin on my legs. it's not even the lyrics or anything, just something about it just makes me feel ridiculously depressed. probably the voice mail part. anyway this is probably a good song
good god.
brilliance.
It's about time got a comment from four years ago
Sighed Jake paul-2022
where is it? i want to go there
These guys seem so fun to be around.
you guys are the best! thanks for a great show!
these guys remind me of a slightly tamed version of the band 'why?'
its pretty cool
Saw them live Friday night, greatest night of my life.
saw them live with at a small bar in Lansing and it was amazing
The recording is just everything 😊 - ❤
god I love this song to bits..
last time i listend to this song was a year ago when life was alot differnt and when i started listening to it again right now and it brought back so many memories now im in tears
wow shivers
i think this video is my favorite tfb video
this band makes me the happiest person alive. xx
i am unnaturally obsessed with this band.
i've loved this song for years and i never see anyone talk about how he rhymed with orange