A thought occurs to me; wouldn't people have noticed something off about the situation? I mean, some things, like her carrying him around wouldn't be weird since parents do that all the time. But she literally went to a restaurant and ordered food. Wouldn't anyone have thought it was weird she was sitting there with a perfectly still child?
I lost my dad and then my mom 8 months later. After my dad died, I moved 1000 miles back to my hometown to spend more time with her before her unexpected death. Exactly one year later I started chemo and am going through that now. I should be fine with the type of cancer I have, but it's been very emotional still. I wasn't there for my dad's death, but I saw my mom after her surgery complications. At the hospital every day for a week and a half. By her side, chatting with her, and watching her. The last thing I said to her was that I loved her and would see her tomorrow. She sent both me and my sister away after she got her meds. The next morning when we came back, my mom was braindead and I will never forget the state she was in. She had coded and the hospital didn't have her on any heart monitors or anything despite having an additional emergency surgery. They revived her when they checked on her, but she was braindead. Vomit in her hair, unresponsive, violently shaking in intervals, and her body was crying still. And so was I, sitting right across from her. When the rest of my family got there, the doctors had already gotten her body under control so that it was calm. I stayed with her for as long as I could each day until my family and I decided to take her off the ventilator. Then I was with her, taking turns holding her hand and telling stories with my siblings while we waited. We played her favorite songs, apologized for the times we were shitty kids, and told her how much we loved and missed her before her body let go at 12AM. I know that if she was still here, she'd be by my side every chemo day even though it's from 8AM to 4PM and an hour away from where she lived. But I'm glad that she doesn't have to see me in this state. She saw me struggle enough as is. Lately, I've just been thinking about how much I miss her. Her awkward car dancing. Her contagious resilience that inspires me to keep trying. Her love that she not only gave to her kids, but to as many people as she could- literally would bring in lunches at the school she worked at just so that when one of the kids she knew who couldn't afford lunch would have something to eat. I miss ya mom
Too bad when I was young. 17 years ago. A half a lifetime ago I was. So carefree, I miss my friends. Thank goodness I made it. Still dealing with depression and grief but I’m still here. Music, family, love and of course God helped ❤ 🙏🏽 🎶
Tgis was when modest mouse was good, created and Broke alot of relationships. Lost a sweatshirt at a concert in Reno back in 2002 and i remeber all of it. Why is the name Roz on the hotel slip?
You know there has to be a certain amount of pride that comes to you when you make a song that is so emotionally devastating that the people that listen to it come back and edit their comments SEVERAL years between. My biggest compliment is that I avoid this song like the plague, it rips my heart out of my chest and forces me to watch. It's so beautiful but it really destroys me. But I return to listen against my better judgement probably once or twice a year. When I'm in the mood to break down this song has the ticket! I wish I had never heard it, but it's a pain that apparently I love to feel when necessary.
I'm from Reno. I've lost so much in that town. This song definitely has always made me feel a sense of sadness but in a way that makes complete sense. The last night I got to spend with my best friend we walked right down that street past that motel. We both loved modest mouse and this tune. The next morning he was dead from accidentally ingesting fentanyl and I couldn't get him help quick enough. Rest in paradise Kyle. Love you brother. I'm sorry man.
My mom used to play this album when it came out. I turned eleven that summer. First kiss, housing crises, a long summer, Midwest highway road-trips. Memories drawn from my heart; things I had forgotten from the callous of time.
This is literally the saddiest video in existence. I have never not watched it and cried and now as a mom to a 3 year old it feels like someone rips my heart out and stomps on it when i watch it.
As a 35 year old guy that suppresses his emotions and has trouble opening up, I come to this song occasionally and the tears just flow. Thank you Modest Mouse
Genuinely don’t know how people can say We Were Dead was when they stopped trying when songs like this exist. Might be their most emotional song ever and that’s saying something after some songs on M&A and Good News.
Wow 16 years ago. I remember stealing my brothers modest mouse cds and listening to them walking through the woods with a portable cd player w headphones. Time flies
I've loved this song for years but ngl, after I had my son back in 2020, this video makes me cry every time I see it. Him being in the NICU after he was born was so hard....getting released after my C-section and not being able to being him home with me was nothing short of devastating. It was the middle of COVID, july 2020, and Ronald McDonald house was closed to most people because of it byt luckily, they had a little room they'd let people stay in right by the NICU that opened up 4 days after I was released so I was able to stay there with him but it was still so hard since I was all alone. No one else was allowed in due to covid restrictions. We made it through it together though, him and I. The day I got to bring him home finally was one of the best of my life.
Ive listened to so much music over the years, and I have to say this is hands down the saddest song Ive ever heard. The song along with the video just tears my heart in two everytime I hear it but its one of my absolute favorite songs.
Im asked to do some strange things. Truth is it's holiday season and this always happens. Moving forward, if it's frowned upon, please tell us kindly so we can change within reason. Everyone has family and loved ones and it's just a lot of pressure to keep up. Whether it's a safe hotel close to elderly parents, upgraded cars with proper safety features, a Childs playground with two swings and not just one. This stuff matters.
Who made this video?? As a father of a 7 yo this is the most heart wrenching thing I've ever seen. My throat is still hurting from crying. I've heard this song many times but I never listened to it as a final lullaby. Thank you for this piece of horrible and beautiful art.
I love this song, I've loved it for about 4 years now, but the video absolutely wrecks me. I start crying at the beggening because of how I know it how it ends
