Neil Hilborn - Future Tense

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  • @marvelouslymundane
    @marvelouslymundane 9 років тому +141

    "she filled something in you that is still full, even though she's gone"

    • @Weirdo0258
      @Weirdo0258 5 років тому +2

      Joel D'Souza she didn't leave him empty when she left him..Even though they are not together, that love gave him something. So even though he wants her back, he can respect her wishes..he is not going away from this empty handed.

  • @kiaranotkiara
    @kiaranotkiara 8 років тому +232

    "she made you want to live more than anything else, and know you want to leave the world, because you've seen it."

  • @ksmiles124
    @ksmiles124 9 років тому +363

    "How beautiful and tragic it is, to feel everything so deeply." Neil, you're a beautiful poet and Honestly, my favorite. You feel everything so deeply and you understand, you understand my thoughts and put it into a poem, you put it into words, everything I feel about my own lost loves or life in general. You're beautiful.

  • @redredsweater1026
    @redredsweater1026 8 років тому +88

    This is the poem that I wake up to at night.
    When I wake up sweating and gasping, choking on air and tangled in sheets that fit just a little unright.
    "In her, you have seen the color and shape of your perfect life."
    I see these lines and hear them and I can't breathe because I imagine the way they have a future that I don't.
    "I can! I can! I can!"
    This is the sound of the beating heart that stabs itself further and further onto the knife embedded in your chest.
    "Because she filled something in you that's still full.
    Even though she's gone."

  • @CrocketX
    @CrocketX 8 років тому +89

    When you smile because of the 'masturbate in public' part and then your smile slowly starts to turn into tears.
    Love this so much.

  • @Syd-istic
    @Syd-istic 3 роки тому +5

    4 years ago this poem saved my life and made feel less alone when I was in such a sad place. Thank you. I came back today and listened to it and it makes me smile knowing what I have overcome.

  • @priscilaperson3784
    @priscilaperson3784 9 років тому +50

    What the hell ?!
    I swear I love this man
    His an inspiration, I admire all his poems
    He writes in such a beautiful way

  • @abriannaleerae2280
    @abriannaleerae2280 9 років тому +21

    every piece of his makes me so sad but i love it. absolutely beautiful.

  • @byby200116
    @byby200116 8 років тому +45

    Neil and Patrick Roche are my all time favourite poets 😊

  • @florprz
    @florprz 9 років тому +45

    I shriek whenever I see Neil in my subscription box

  • @ThyWorshipMetal
    @ThyWorshipMetal 9 років тому +36

    This poetry + alcohol + Damien Rice is quite.. heavenly.

  • @katiesharbaugh3741
    @katiesharbaugh3741 8 років тому +9

    Something about his poems is so unique and stunning, it leaves me in awe every time.

  • @aja5156
    @aja5156 2 роки тому +1

    This has been my favorite poem for 5+ years. I listen to it often. I share it with anyone I think may need it.
    Some days though, like today. I don’t play it. I see it in the suggestions, I sit with it paused for a moment. I catch my breath. I smile, unconvincingly, then till it hurts my cheeks, then i move on.

  • @HaleyGrace666
    @HaleyGrace666 8 років тому +9

    I am in love with Neil's poems, So beautiful and real.

  • @MegansCloudyMorning
    @MegansCloudyMorning 9 років тому +16

    This man is a gift

  • @lachlancampbell7838
    @lachlancampbell7838 4 роки тому +4

    I know you'll never read this. But Neil you've saved my life so many times by giving me the words I lacked. Your ability to be vulnerable and communicate at the same time is pure art

  • @bellahernandez92
    @bellahernandez92 8 років тому +15

    Neil gives me so many feelings

  • @DarianneMitchell
    @DarianneMitchell 9 років тому +8

    I am in love with Neil hilborn

  • @greyae5911
    @greyae5911 9 років тому +1

    This one brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for existing, Mr. Hilborn.

  • @vidhitiwari21
    @vidhitiwari21 6 років тому +42

    "...you need to feel vulnerable in front of somebody else." The joke made so much sense that it was sad

  • @kjhgjhg100
    @kjhgjhg100 4 роки тому +3

    This poem has always been sad to me, but now that I can relate to it, it is absolutely heart wrenching and destroying me.

  • @artemis4935
    @artemis4935 9 років тому +2

    finally, a good quality video of this poem.

  • @lucyj5490
    @lucyj5490 7 років тому +1

    "In her you have seen the colour and shape of your perfect life and now the children, the house, the arguments about tablecloths, they are all fading like things left in sunlight.
    Like any dream left too long in the light."
    So beautiful

  • @diniwata
    @diniwata 7 років тому +1

    3:06AM and I'm bawling so hard. Damn. It ended in a way I know reconciling would be a very bad idea but it just hit so hard because yes, everything reminds me of him. I saw a future with him and it all made sense, but of course, it was just a dream. Such beautiful art right here.

  • @Glowsticks1000
    @Glowsticks1000 9 років тому +32

    Can someone bring Neil to the UK? I'd love to see him perform at some point

    • @miaaw51
      @miaaw51 6 років тому

      he’s coming this fall !!! look him up on twitter !!!

  • @mechgt5
    @mechgt5 8 років тому +4

    30 seconds in and I'm crying. Then smiling...now I'm crying again.

  • @Hiros29TV
    @Hiros29TV 5 років тому

    this is by far my fav poem from him, it’s justso beautiful, so full of feelings and i relate sooooo so much to it

  • @raynashley2505
    @raynashley2505 8 років тому +4

    How could someone dislike this??!!

  • @jayshreedas8002
    @jayshreedas8002 8 років тому +1

    I just Love you Neil Hilborn!

  • @AnotherGenericUsername
    @AnotherGenericUsername 9 років тому +2

    I absolutely love this man!

  • @amyfaith3245
    @amyfaith3245 7 років тому

    His words are so powerful they speak to my soul! 💕

  • @melicruzr
    @melicruzr 9 років тому +4

    Neil and Sam are my favorite spoken word poets

    • @4444smc
      @4444smc 9 років тому

      Melissa Cruz sam who?

    • @melicruzr
      @melicruzr 9 років тому

      Sean Clarke Sam Sax

    • @4444smc
      @4444smc 9 років тому

      omg he id so good too

  • @Chrispbacon94
    @Chrispbacon94 9 років тому +9

    Isn't this the same guy who did O.C.D? Love this guy

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin 9 років тому +2

      yeah. he is amazing

  • @jasminehoran4541
    @jasminehoran4541 9 років тому

    He is such an amazing writer and speaker I can't with him

  • @MishaDKroon
    @MishaDKroon 9 років тому +1

    Honestly one of my favourites from Northbound, it's nice to see it performed. Neil is an exceptionally phenomenal poet and performer ^.^

  • @vivienly5722
    @vivienly5722 7 років тому

    I love Neil as an artist, and I hope he finds someone who will be his sun everyday even when the clouds come

  • @alyssaortega9222
    @alyssaortega9222 9 років тому +1

    Neil has done it again

  • @disasterdump
    @disasterdump 8 років тому +3

    i love him too much tbh

  • @kalynhosler5797
    @kalynhosler5797 4 роки тому

    i can’t explain how this makes me feel

  • @vivianruiz2733
    @vivianruiz2733 9 років тому +1

    he's my favorite poet

  • @heyimmaballerina
    @heyimmaballerina 9 років тому

    He makes my heart swell with happiness

  • @kubbytustard
    @kubbytustard 9 років тому

    this is my fav off of his spoken word album but listening to this brings up so much pain. ah, too relatable

  • @melissaalcala3450
    @melissaalcala3450 9 років тому

    Hands down favorite poet

  • @jupiterfan013
    @jupiterfan013 8 років тому +2

    This is beautiful...and is exactly how I felt after losing my first REAL love

  • @Yankeesiheart
    @Yankeesiheart 7 років тому

    "Like any dream left too long in the light"

  • @clairedavis8922
    @clairedavis8922 8 років тому +1

    This honestly broke my heart

  • @notanotherindieband
    @notanotherindieband 9 років тому +1

    This is so relevant.

  • @ernsavestheday
    @ernsavestheday 5 років тому

    I'M SOBBING

  • @jeanettejensen9076
    @jeanettejensen9076 7 років тому +1

    i watch all his poems every day i am not even exaggerating

  • @MinniMouseLuver143
    @MinniMouseLuver143 9 років тому +25

    He recovered from that hiccup really well

  • @AfterOwls
    @AfterOwls 9 років тому +2

    Amazing

  • @mariamahmad9407
    @mariamahmad9407 7 років тому

    i love neil hilborn ❤

  • @ssriluna
    @ssriluna 9 років тому

    Beautiful!

  • @donny273
    @donny273 6 років тому +62

    who hurt this man

  • @daphnegrace64
    @daphnegrace64 9 років тому

    Amazing as always, Neil.

  • @jakekrause961
    @jakekrause961 4 роки тому +2

    "But you will stay silent
    Because of her, because she asked for this,
    Because she filled something in you that's still full
    Even though she's gone."

  • @musicgamer33
    @musicgamer33 7 років тому

    He did a version of this with Kevin Kantor I believe and it was my favorite thing ever and I can't find it anywhere

  • @MiZzKristel
    @MiZzKristel 9 років тому +1

    yesss you've done it again 👌👌👌😍

  • @makeartsteph919
    @makeartsteph919 9 років тому +1

    Is this man everybody's favorite!?

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin 9 років тому

      He is number two for me but it is close

    • @makeartsteph919
      @makeartsteph919 9 років тому

      chris latin who is number one?

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin 9 років тому

      Stephanie Cano Andrea Gibson

  • @horsecrazy2266
    @horsecrazy2266 8 років тому +5

    She filled something in you that's still full, even though she's gone...

  • @tylercrowder9973
    @tylercrowder9973 4 роки тому

    I feel like he wrote this about me. I mean obviously he didn't. But that's what I love about his poems. As he said in "the future"
    "It's not to say you aren't special it's to say thank God you aren't special"

  • @berry_bunny4273
    @berry_bunny4273 9 років тому

    beautiful

  • @jeffleach5813
    @jeffleach5813 7 років тому +2

    I hate this poem so much because it makes me freaking cry because it's too relatable.. spoken amazing

  • @briannaault7666
    @briannaault7666 6 років тому

    there used to be a video of this with Kevin Kantor commentating and it was also beautiful 😭 idk where it went

  • @isis5888
    @isis5888 9 років тому +3

    Holy shit, Neil.

  • @ThebicastOrgpodcast
    @ThebicastOrgpodcast 8 років тому +1

    GOT MY COPY

  • @terricampbell9257
    @terricampbell9257 9 років тому

    Awesome

  • @maritzamata8
    @maritzamata8 7 років тому +1

    i want to be loved the way he loves her.

  • @danielleradcliff5265
    @danielleradcliff5265 8 років тому +1

    There should be subtitles or a comment with the lines.

  • @haleyz-kid9079
    @haleyz-kid9079 7 років тому

    I already had these feelings as I clicked on this video... My 4th love just left me...it hurts...a lot

  • @ThePinkipodkid
    @ThePinkipodkid 9 років тому

    hes so unique :3

  • @lexisexi2840
    @lexisexi2840 8 років тому +15

    I want to marry this guy I really really do

  • @Regory10
    @Regory10 9 років тому

    Story of my life...

  • @alicsanderdeleary7959
    @alicsanderdeleary7959 9 років тому

    Young Santa, I love you.

  • @soniayorker3342
    @soniayorker3342 6 років тому +6

    Amazing poem, but can we talk about how soft his hair looks?

  • @VdeValdir
    @VdeValdir 9 місяців тому

    My english isn't Very Sharp... Can Simeone explain me the meaning of the final words?

  • @NattyByNature-
    @NattyByNature- 7 років тому

    this entire poem is literally the perfect description of my ex and I

  • @krru9083
    @krru9083 7 років тому

    I love how his book is green, his eyes is green, even his cloth is green ...

  • @katiemacwhereuat
    @katiemacwhereuat 9 років тому +5

    This came out 4 days after my 4th love left me

  • @woopwoopified
    @woopwoopified 8 років тому

    'You've seen it'

  • @AirwrekaDoesntRead
    @AirwrekaDoesntRead 9 років тому +261

    This whole poem is bad advice, come on

    • @lexielarson8071
      @lexielarson8071 9 років тому +7

      You don't get it

    • @mcalphax
      @mcalphax 9 років тому +84

      Lexie Larson listen carefully 0:56

  • @bjorkmje
    @bjorkmje 7 років тому +1

    Laughing and quietly crying all in 3 minutes

  • @mewtwo1248
    @mewtwo1248 9 років тому

    i'm fucking crying.

  • @Absurdist1968
    @Absurdist1968 8 років тому +1

    it's a nice poem, but it really sings with Kevin's side commentary.

  • @barborarackova2597
    @barborarackova2597 7 років тому

    What if i will ?

  • @kinsleygottfried9286
    @kinsleygottfried9286 7 років тому

    I know this is a man talking about a girl, but I swear to a god above this is me talking about you.

  • @ryanmason74
    @ryanmason74 6 років тому

    Neil is becoming Kurt Russell

  • @AniketosHonor
    @AniketosHonor 7 років тому +1

    I think he handled it gracefully, but the masturbate in public line is just as serious as the rest of the poem, it's shocking and vulgar, but it's raw just to feel vulnerable again, fall in love with strangers, all those themes tying into trying to feel whole and in control.

  • @ArielBlack89
    @ArielBlack89 7 років тому

    this poems are amazing but the oratory skills clearly come from the same teacher since everyone sounds he same, there are incredibly poeerful ways of using once voice to compliment rhetoric, i doesnt always need to be loud.. i would like to hear something different

  • @l0tusmilk
    @l0tusmilk 9 років тому +1

    I'd kill to be the fifth but stay

  • @mr.sir0173
    @mr.sir0173 7 років тому

    I'm board

  • @Stephanienollyflores
    @Stephanienollyflores 6 років тому

    Am I the only one that has part of this tatted?

  • @tronnorgrande873
    @tronnorgrande873 9 років тому +3

    Crying?

  • @bananamilk70
    @bananamilk70 6 років тому

    Why’d you have to do that

  • @RandomTuber782
    @RandomTuber782 6 років тому

    I think my gf just broke up with me with this.

  • @DavidR
    @DavidR 9 років тому

    Still just not as good as "moving day." :(

  • @taboowriter9229
    @taboowriter9229 3 роки тому

    This guy is bad.