Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus 

I’m lying down next to a girl that I think I’m falling in love with. She’s asleep and I’m listening on my headphones. Life is good and also weird and also confusing and I’m also unsure. What a trip

This is how it feels when a good day ends and you know you will remember this day often in the future.

Today I was found not guilty for a crime I didn't commit, it's been a brutal 6 months and this song came in my feed. With that and reading the comments, it made me tear up and value my life more

I’m 41. Been married for 15 years, have two daughters, own a home, decent paying job. And it’s all happened in the blink of an eye. Seems like just yesterday I was a jackass 23 year old without a responsibility in the world. This song sums up how I feel when I look back at everything, how it’s all unfolded, and how it all had to happen (even the bad stuff) the way it did for me to have the life I do today. Life’s a trip, what might seem like something small today is leading you down your path to where you’ll be, and you can’t even realize it (yet). If you’re young and reading this, live it up and enjoy it, you’re in “the good old days”. You never know where today’s decision or minor detail is taking you. And you’re gonna be 41 too before you know it.

Currently recovering from two emergency brain surgery's. Sitting in my garden with a coffee on a beautiful sunny morning, sun on my face, breeze gentle blowing the trees, birds chirping and singing, the distant sound of cars going by all add more beauty to this track. Happy to still be here 🙏🏻

This is how it feels to not know if you’re getting better or worse and you’re stuck between wanting to keep fighting or just let go

I like to imagine that, here, at the comment section, we just gather around this music and share bits of ourselves. Total strangers, who happened to cross each other's ways by bumping into this random, yet special, piece of art.

My mom has cancer. Since everyone is sharing. I’m 22. About to open my first office and have my first employee. Just recovered from a seizure. I’m not stopping. I’ll make my mom proud. I wish you the very fucking best.

This is not just music. It’s like a blank canvas, upon which we can paint our emotions, thoughts and stories.

Just discovered this gem today, October 28, 2023. I'm at a point of my life where I am still unsure about what next steps I should take. Hearing this, atleast for a couple of minutes was pure bliss. I guess I needed the break. Hopefully in the next time I check into this song, I have life figured out- or maybe at least have a sense of direction. Best regards to you future self!

I’m a 22 year old single father. I lost my job a couple days before thanksgiving and have just finally gotten a new one. I’m falling in love for the first time since the mother of child left us for alcohol over a year ago. I’m healthier than I’ve ever been. I’ve regained my love for reading. I have picked up new hobbies. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been even though I’m in the most stressful position I’ve ever been in. Things get better. Life has a billion small joys that must be sought out. Keep going and you can find them.

I am 26 years old. I have been a carer for my unwell parents for the last 3 years. I don't see my friends, I don't have any love in my life, I am isolated from the world and very alone. I am a deeply sad man. Every day I feel further from myself than the last. This song, this comments section, allows me to both pity myself and maintain a glimmer of hope that things will get better, that my life will improve. That one day I can again feel like the man I was who now seems a stranger. I hope all of you here now, who will be in the future, find happiness and peace, whatever form that takes for you.

RU-vid comments are so beautiful when you think about it. Especially on videos like this. Here we are, all of us strangers, sitting together with this gentle song as we leave little pieces of ourselves for others to discover. Here I am part of something much bigger than myself. Here I see others out from under the guise of an introduction or a first impression. We can simply leave things of ours such as our thoughts, our wisdom, or stories for anyone else at all who might appreciate and just now I find that so beautiful. Thank you for reading this little piece of me.

Last October I left France for England, after 2 years of hard work and saving money I finally afforded me a music production school based in Manchester. On 17th October, after saying goodbye to my dad I jumped in my car, and started a very long journey to England. On 20 th October I finally arrived in Manchester. After few days of room research, finally found a place to stay. a lovely room in the suburbs of Manchester (Salford/ walkden). There was a lake next to my place that I used to walk almost every day even though it was raining and cold lol. There was this bunch at the lake where I used to sat and listening to this track with a good view on the lake. Damn it felt so good. Then I discovered that pub 5 min walking from my home, a pub full of very good lads, they all accepted me. Had very great times there My class was perfect, good student, good teacher. My times there was Epic. On Monday morning 12th December I made a song, I posted it on SoundCloud then send it to my dad, he responded me " son you getting better and better " On Monday evening, my step mom send me a text saying " your dad was admitted to the emergency cause he was feeling very bad and kept puking. The next day doctor found a pancreatitis to my dad. My step mom went to see him at hospital she told me he's very tired. On Wednesday 14th I woke up at 9am check my phone, I had a text from my step mom saying that he still tired but he's doing fine he's on his way to recovering Here's come 12pm I got a phone call from my step mom saying " your dad passed away ". I was there alone in my room sitting on my bed, couldn't realised what was going on. I bought myself a ticket flight the next day to go back to France, I had to quit my school and everything I started in Manchester. 7 months later I'm here in his house taking care of his dogs, and still listening to this music, watching stars in the sky at the same times and thinking about him. He was a very good man, always here for me. I can say I'm very proud to be his son ! All this made me realized that life is too short, and you have to enjoy every moment you spending on this planet. Thank you England for this very good experiences. Rest in peace dad, we will meet again. I love you forever dad ♥️

Came home from uni today. Took a walk through the woods, past the spot I had my first kiss, the place I used to smoke at, and the spot I tried to take my own life. Just watching the water move at it’s own pace and my breath in the cold was true peace life can be beautiful bros

i think most of us don’t realize how technology has changed us and how intertwined and connected we became. the total opposite is being said, we are being told that we are losing connections bonds with people but here we are millions of total strangers gathering in a comment section offering a look from a small window to our lives. we come together to tell our story, share our pain and cherish our good memories. we are human and we are connected. it is incredibly hard for me to live a life where i dont stop and think about the others who walked on the same streets as me or drank from the same cafe as me. it is exhausting at most times but sometimes it can be comforting. i go through the comments read bits and pieces of you guys’s lives and i smile, i get sad with you or i relate to your struggles. then when its time i like your comments and wish you the best. to all the strangers out there reading mine comment, have a wonderful day❤

“When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.” - Dmitri Shostakovich

This comment section is gold. I love how everyone talks about life, feelings, meanings etc. This shows how much music affects us people.

leaving for the military today, this song helped me calm my mind and ease the thought of entering the unknown. i hope i can come back and listen to it when i make it through and have my life together.

Sometime earlier this year, me and my twin brother, when we couldn't sleep, would get dressed and go on a walk, usually starting at some time just before 5 AM. Everything was calm and still, like him and me were the only living souls on the planet. We would walk and chat bullshit until roughly 6 AM, when we would head down to the local corner shop and buy a drink, then head home. Every day me and him did this was cloudy and foggy, and I would have this repeating either in my head, or through my trusty wireless earphones. I will stand by my word that those few days I'd did that with him is a very brief period in my life to remember forever.

I’m currently 17, I just finished my first trimester of junior year. Hopefully i’ll come back to this song later on in my life and realize how good my life was during this time. To the future me, thank you for sticking around, be yourself. Enjoy the people you have around you. I know it’ll get hard. You need to help yourself before you help others.

She’s my first thought in the morning when I open my eyes, and my last thought when I close them. I hope one day our paths converge again, for good this time. Forever and always.

This is my first comment ever. I'm one of those people that are too ashamed of sharing their feelings and feel that everything about them is embarassing. I'm 15 and struggling with life, alone, well, I'm just too different from others. Family problems and had a very hard childhood, worried for my 2 brothers and 4 sisters. Mother hates me now because of father, and father expects too much of me. There's just so much I wan't to share with people but they never understand, they just...never do. Most of the time I feel like I'm not living and just exist. Thank you Aphex twin for all the emptiness and I swear it, I will never forget this song.

My friend lost his battle against cancer this morning. He was the most amazing person i have ever met. I'm currently just not even sure what to do with my life, he has brought so much joy into my world. And now he's gone. Rest in peace, Matthew, you will be immensely missed.

Consciousness is a hell of a drug.

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.” -Lao Tzu.

for you who are reading this message, I want you to swear that you will never give up, no matter what happens in life, always believe that something beautiful will happen.

I have so much fear of playing this, because if whenever i do, hours pass away, emotions flow like gushing river, cant focus on work to be done. I've always wanted to have some music that i have reserve for rare moments (good or bad) and this is the only one till now. Its a masterpiece. Thank you Aphex Twin

If life was a videogame, this would be its main menu theme.

My 8 year relationship fell apart last January, it’s transitioning from fall to winter now, for the entirety of 2023 I was stuck in limbo, not knowing what to do with myself everyday felt like a repeat. Listening to this while waiting to clock into work, I can feel 2024 will start a completely new and foreign chapter in my life. I am at peace now.

I doubt anyone will read this but I wanna journal this moment of my life here. I’m currently laying down on a bench at my college, staring at the empty blue sky and thinking about how I’m both in an incredible, but equally lonely point in life. I feel so happy with how much I’ve powered through just to be going back to college and doing something I love. It feels lonely being here, all my friends have graduated, I’m 23 now. I feel like I’m not able to relate to anyone on campus as I’m not young, but I’m certainly not old. I feel alone in my accomplishments.

two days ago i had one of the worst days of my life and cried for more than an hour straight while watching videos of my dad who comitted suicide a few months ago and now im sitting at my dining table studying classical mythology with the sun shining off and on through my window thinking 'oh what a wonderful world we live in. it is going to be okay' and it is. it will. i am speaking to you, someone who is also having a tough time, you will find moments where you'll think this exact same thing, you will find peace and light and safety again. and i believe in you and i love you and i still miss my dad and wish he was here but i also still love him very much. and time will heal all wounds i promise

Last winter i was extremely depressed and listened to this song alot, i cried to it alot. I used to feel so incredibly empty but recently im feeling way better and hope this winter will be better. I hope everyone who is struggling sees through their struggles.

Listening to this while I‘m zoned out in my bed and suffer because I lost my Dad who was my hero, my idol and my best friend through all these times. I still can’t get over it and have to think about him everyday. Today would‘ve been his birthday… Happy Birthday Dad, I love you and I always will

i’m 22 years old and i just stumbled across this song. i love the fact that everyone is sharing their stories as they come across this song, so i figured i’d add my own. the path i’m on feels so uncertain. i know i’m still young, but i feel like life is rushing by me faster than i can keep up with. i’m at a point in my life where i feel as though i’ll never find happiness, but these comments gave me hope and reminded me i need to slow down. the song feels a lot like me coming to this realization. instead of worrying and overthinking everything all the time, i need to let go and just go with the flow of life and let it take me wherever it’s gonna take me. i feel a lot lighter with the decision that i’m going to just live life and let it do it’s thing rather than me trying to control every aspect and keep up with my peers who i am often jealous of. i always seem to think they have better things than me and a brighter future, and maybe that’s true, but i need to just let my life run its course. i don’t need to have everything figured out… i’m only 22 after all. sometimes i just get so caught up in being alive itself that i forget to actually live. thank you to everyone who left a comment on this video, you all helped me realize things will get better eventually and everything will fall into it’s right place, whatever it may be. i just have to be patient and wait on it.

This song makes me appreciate what it is to be human. In a world full of deception and false glory, going through core emotions with yourself is still so real. Especially while listening to this song… take care.

Hopefully, someday, I come back again to this song, and feel better than I feel right now.

I'm currently 17 , i had best friend he was like a brother to me when we were in highschool he was always sharing his headphones with me when i tell him abt things that are going low & he always gave me it with this song on & always told me to fight & he knows that i struggle & how does it feel even though he never even cried or showed negative emotions to everyone besides he was always the therapist friend . One night him & i & bunch of our friends met & had fun & laughed & he laughed most and made us all laugh by his silly funny jokes that we used too . The day after that we heard that he took his life on his way home. Everytime i hear this song it reminds me of you dear Jacob 💗.

here i am, i was just laying in my bed, looking at the moon with this track playing next to my ears. i’ve gone through heartbreak recently, which ended the toughest year i’ve had so far. i feel deeply sad, frustrated, exhausted, but also hopeful. it is frustrating to be used to this shitty feeling that is heartbreak, although this time i turn to music and relaxation and crafts for relief, instead of substances like i’ve always had. what a strange year it’s been, i let myself get too comfortable, i was not responsible for myself, i spent my days in a high haze still hopeful, yet unwilling to do anything and detesting the environment and sometimes myself. i’ve always thought i need to break myself fully to start healing, only recently i have shed myself of that belief and i am slowly moving back to a healthy lifestyle and mindset. as i let myself go, anxiety caught me. i was supposed to go and have a half year of studying abroad instead of staying in the country that i hated, yet i gave in to the fear and anxiety and stayed back in my home country, which i adore. i now spend my days working a regular 9-5 office job, taking care of myself, feeling at ease with myself after all this time. mundane but fulfilling. life is beautiful, and this sonic masterpiece proves it. i get to feel my emotions to this wondrous track, and they may be unpleasant now, but i feel them instead of numbing myself again. which is beautiful and makes me feel alive and i remain hopeful, deeply hopeful, i wish for everybody to remain hopeful and curious, as that’s the youthful spirit to keep us going. i loved entering this touching space of your intimate personal comments, thank you and bless you

I swear Aphex Twin songs have the best comment sections. It‘s incredible how music makes you feel and can change your life.

I'm listening to this knowing it is time for me to take action and chase my goals because nobody is going to save me, to all of you out there i wish you the best guys we can do it. I Belive in you🙌

I will never understand what kind of emotions I am feeling when I am listening to this masterpiece. I can’t tell if I am happy sad nostalgic or just lost. When I first heard it I started crying like I just needed to get it if my system but I don’t know why I was crying or why I had this strange sensation on my stomach. I think it was the first time I felt at peace

I listen to this song every night to help me sleep but it usually ends up keeping me up, thinking about life, where I want to be, where I am, if I’m doing it right. Half the time it’s that or the other half is thinking about this girl that I’ve only been on one date with recently but she is just, well, different. Makes me smile, makes me happy. This music is the core of music

When I was in utero my dad would play aphex twin and place headphones on my mums stomach. He used to wake me at dawn and bundle me in his arms as we strolled to the crisp Cornish beach to catch the sunrise listening to ambient works. When I was older he’d wake me up on nights where his insomnia was particularly bad and we’d stroll to the beach arm in arm watching the stars. I came across this as I’m sat in a daze alone in my bedroom. I’m 24 now, just under four years ago I woke to find my dads body after he took his own life. He requested #3 Ambient works as one of the songs for his funeral. I can’t listen to that album anymore without feeling deep turmoil, but this song gives me some will to fight. I feel as if my silhouette is a lightbulb and I could shatter at any moment but even still, there’s something in me willing to find the light.

Ive instructed my friends and family for years that this song is to be played at my funeral. There should be no eulogy, no talking, just this song and silence. Played one time, and then its over. Everyone is to go home, and get on with their lives. Over the years much has changed, but not this. Never this.

It’s a Monday night/ Tuesday morning, it’s 2am and I was just about to head to bed and went to the kitchen to grab a drink then seen light shining through the window and went outside and seen it was a full moon. I don’t know why but I decided to get my headphones and listen to this song while watching the moon and stars. It’s a warm night and the sky is clear and for the first time in years I feel as if I’m at peace. I never really sit down to enjoy the little things in life cause life has been passing through so fast recently and it feels as if everything has sorta stopped and it’s just me and only me in this moment but while I was reading through the comments I was touched by the amount of people in here sharing a story so thought I’d add my own little one in here. The world is so beautiful but also so cruel at the same time, I need to appreciate things more in the sense as nothing lasts forever. I see why sunsets are so pretty, they may happen most days but only for a certain amount of time. It’s very quiet as i sit here at night time just looking up at the sky. The air feels clear, my mind feels free and the universe seems to stop for a minutes while I just lay here watching the stars in the distance and the full moon shining down. Appreciate little things like this.

It's 6:22 am (EST), 15th January 2024, third week of the year. Our shops have just been looted and burnt down in the last few days. It all happened in a blink of an eye. I thought I was gon loose my job. My partner is pregnant with our first child, the thought of losing a job and the responsibilities of being a father. Thank God, I'm still here. I hope I can revisit this video when I have everything I always dreamed about.

11 seconds it took for 10 minutes of tears. Rewind, swollen eyes, endless gaze, soul empty, mind paralyzed. Rest in piece my best friend.

this is a certified hood classic

Day after Christmas and I’m crying again listening to this song thinking abt my dead mom. I got her chain as a gift and wearing it makes me feel protected yet guilty because im not the person I want to be yet. But im still alive so I’ll just keep going. It’s so hard knowing she isn’t and will never be there to hug or congratulate me. The holidays have never hurt me this much. I love you and hope you’re safe.

I feel like that because of the insane speed that the world is moving, we often get caught in the routine of the daily life and get used to think only in ways that would make us more effective and successful. Tracks like this remind me of a distant place and time, before 18 when everything had a special vibe and I had a lot of moments just to stop, listen to music while watching the sunset, and think. Those times feel long gone and forgotten, but every now and then I come around a track like this and remember to stop, and think

This piece was carved out of rock a billion years ago. This is what the universe sounds like when you can't die from time.

Reading all these comments really helped me feel like i wasn’t alone with my problems. Its one thing for a parent or guardian figure in your life to say to you “you’re not alone”, but really seeing it with your own eyes is something else man. I appreciate all of you and am glad that you were all able to share your stories and experiences. Thank you, cheers 🍻

This song is the only song I can listen to right now, going through really hard times

I've been a lonely person in my whole life. I had no purpose. But Today was the first day that I felt Power. First time I felt like an adult. My father got invited to a dinner party and I went with him. For the first time in my life I talked with people who I always wanted to become. Free. Happy. Ambitious. I talked with them like a man. Had amazing conversations.. I found what I want in life. My path. My goal. I will succeed

Not even halfway through this video and I’ve shed the first tears I’ve had in years. I miss my family but they’ve all accepted that I’m different from them and moved on. I just want to feel loved by my parents again, I want my father to be proud of me without denying me affection.

dude i'm just tired of feeling so lost. i don't even know where life is taking me, it's just like i'm always on autopilot waiting for something to happen

im 3, been struggling with constipation all my life, this song help me feel better when i shit my pant. Love yuo

Life is beautiful. It’s painful, scary, treacherous, but damn is it beautiful. I’m listening to this while getting ready to leave my childhood home. I’ve lived here for 20 years and it’s all I know. I’m reminiscing on all the memories that I’ve experienced here. The ups and the downs, the laughter and the tears. I’ve lived many lives here, had so many friends, so many parties, had love and heartbreak, had all my firsts here. Damn this is the last place that I ever saw my dad alive. This place has been my solace and has been the vessel to allow me to grow into the man I am today. I am afraid to leave, I don’t know what is to come, but change is so important and it is inevitable. We can’t just hold onto the past because we are afraid of letting it go. The more we strip the house of its furniture and Knick knacks the more I realize it was never the house that was my home, but the life I lived within it with my family and friends. I don’t know what the future has to offer, but I know it will bring more life, more friends, more love, more ups and downs. All I can do now is be grateful for the time and experiences I was able to have here, and be excited for what’s to come. Time to find my next home.

This song feels like a long, drawn-out hug from an old friend.

"It's gonna be f***ing cold when I stand up outta this water. I'll just sit here a little longer....."

This is how it feels when you no longer know whether you should continue pursuing your dream or give it up in your 30s. Born in '94, it's 4 AM and I'm wondering where the years went so fast.

just recently got into aphex twin, it helps me keep my head up even after all the unfortunate events that happened in my life. last month felt like a true rollercoaster, college, work, my grandfather passing away, everything, just gone by so quickly. yesterday my girlfriend decided she couldn't take it anymore and we broke up, i feel like everything i had have been taken away from me, i feel paralyzed ever since the person i thought was the love of my life just turned cold and dont even want to talk to me anymore. but i do know that at some point these will all be memories i'll laugh at, realizing i've become a stronger and better person. all i need is to live one more day. 01/09/2024

Currently laying in bed, listening to this masterpiece, overthinking everything that’s happened, thinking about what I could’ve done better or changed in my life to get to where I am. I feel like every time I’m at my lowest point in life I notice everything that’s happening around me, who’s really there for you and who’s not, the pain and struggle just hanging from my shoulders, the thought of giving up, always fatigued, no motivation or drive to do anything fun anymore, distancing myself from my loved ones, just mentally drained at this point. Whenever I come back to this sound it just keeps me at peace, and for anyone going thru the struggles right now, just know that this shit is temporary, we’ll be out the gutter soon! The people who were there for you when you had nothing keep them close, I know it’s tough but you gotta thug it out for your loved ones, Stay strong Kings! don’t let the struggle tear you apart. ❤️👑

It’s 6:48 in the morning I’ve been lost in my own thoughts and couldn’t sleep, I listen to this amazing song and can’t help but feeling some kind of peace, im going to sleep now, stay safe out there and have a nice life to whoever reads it.

Im still alive, these past months have been hard, i broke up with the girl i thought i would marry, no job, and other things, but i believe that one day i will be happy, this feeling of sadness is temporary

Me and my ex just broke up. She loved to listen to apex twin. Somehow I found myself stumbling upon this video reminiscing. Not a bad but thankful reminiscence. Thankful we met. Thankful for how she changed me as a person. Thankful that we still share the same sun. Even though we couldn’t see eye to eye on our differences I still wish her the best. I’ll always remember the times we spent in room 450

The monkey footage is from a movie called “Baraka”. The entire film is an audio and visual spectacle that is unmatched. Was filmed in 70 millimeter.

I was with the love of my life for almost three years, and for two of those I was her carer. It was the hardest part of my life so far, and I put every fibre of my being into helping her to live a meaningful life, despite her disability.After multiple suicide attempts, endless trips to hospitals, and constant pressure to hold together our world while everything tried to tear it apart, I was exhausted. In the end I broke it off because I'd lost myself in the process and couldn't give anything more. I was done. But she was doing better - she finally had a network of support around her and was on a path that gave her hope for the future. For a long time I was in a deep depression, oscillating between being angry and bitter, and sadness - in mourning for the life I should have had. I hated myself for not being a strong enough man to resist the abuse and fit the masculine profile society tells me I should be. And I hated her for what she made me become. But then I started running again, spending time in nature, quitting alcohol and confronting who I really was; relearning the things I loved, revisiting old relationships and reminiscing about the people we were and the things we did. And I forgave her, because none of us are perfect, and navigating this world and the people in it is a challenging endeavour, not least when you're ill. Things aren't perfect, and life hasn't followed the trajectory I expected, but, a year later, I think I've finally found peace. I've realised that you can only do what you can do, and that every experience happens for a reason, and teaches you to be a stronger, more resilient person. Life isn't fair, but that's what life is. A beautiful collision of circumstance and helplessness, of love and anger, of reconciliation and acceptance. As I try to put my life back together now, I still think about her everyday, and the life I could be living. I don't think I will ever love anyone like I loved her, but I know we can never be together. And that's OK. I hope she's doing well.

My wife is on the other side of the room studying for school. My kids play with their toys just before bed time. I just got done doing dished by hand after a long day at work. This will be my day tomorrow and I am totally okay with that.

This makes me feel that everything is as it should be

Life has been feeling like an endless cycle of nothing and loneliness. This song is an accurate description of these thoughts.

I don’t want to have to work. I just wanna travel the world with someone special, making music and expressing myself.

Isn’t it crazy how songs like this can bring together people from all over the world and make them wanna share little pieces of their lives with complete strangers? Truly fascinating…

Aphex Twin : plays 3 chords repeatedly for 10 minutes straight Us: this song literally saved my life EDIT: thanks guys for the likes

We played this during my brother's funeral. So thankful for Aphex. It still hurts

08/05/2024 today was my last day of school and tomorrow i start my exams. i havent cried yet, and its strange because it feels like the end even though tomorrow i will see all the same people again. i'll never have a physics or chemistry lesson again and im noww free to study history! i hope it all turns out well and aphex twin has been helping me get through this weird time xx

I’m lying in bed listening to this and all I can think of is how happy I am. I’m 22 and recently started my first job out of school. Took me 8 months to find something after graduating and it was probably the lowest point of my life. I watched all my friends get jobs and move out and I just felt so worthless. Now I’m in a great environment, working with people that have become friends outside of work, in the middle of an amazing city. I couldn’t be happier. It’s scary to think of how many more of those dips I’ll have to go through in my life, but knowing it can feel like this afterwards brings me some comfort. Life is funny :,)

With this song as a witness, today will be the day I revert back to the good man I once was. I promise myself to no longer procrastinate. To not waste the life that millions would kill to have. I will realize my true potential. I was given a back to bear weights, not to turn it towards the people I love. I promise to be good, help others, and die great.

Fascinating how he managed to make 3 chords remain interesting for over 10 minutes. I suppose minimalism is one of the driving factors in a good ambient track.

When i come back and read this, i will become world rally champion. Nothing less.

I'm turning 32 this year, but my mind is shackled with old memories, things I can't change, minds I can't bend.. yet my sweet heart and soul can't deny the fact that I can't ignore all the bad things that people have done to me and still do.. I've been a prisoner of my mind since 2010, I'm a prisoner to my thoughts, I'm a prisoner to the past and I'm absent to my present and blurry to the future..

In my opinion, this is the greatest song ever made, it feels like the finale to all music, the ending of everything, a good ending

We're in a middle of a big war in here and this song gives me a moment of silence

I listened to this song with a girl I haven’t seen in two years. Just her underneath the stars, giggling at comments. The perfect night. Ive missed her so much. Being with her again feels unreal in a way that only this song describes.

I’m listening to this at 18, about to take my final exams and leave school forever. Currently feel like shit and am stressed, but generally my life as is good as it has ever been. ive got nothing but amazing hopes for the years to come.

"I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me." It's one of my favorite quotes from a game. Last year, I honestly considered taking my own life. Life was becoming too hard on me, but that was mostly because of my bad decisions. Drugs, bad relationships, anger, and being overweight were all taking a toll on me. I decided to move away, cut all those people off, quit drugs, lose weight by fasting, dieting, and going to the gym every day, as well as controlling my anger with better sleep and meditation. I did everything I possibly could to feel better, and I can honestly say it worked. I still have issues with money, understanding people, especially myself, but at least I'm in a better spot than last year. I have hope that it'll get even better. Whoever reads this, don't give up, no matter how bad it gets; you have the potential. Take one day at a time. Breathe a bit; you can always make it better in some way.

14 is when I started listening to Aphex Twin and now I’m 32. I’ve never had a close friend who also loved his music. Now I’m a year in with a girlfriend who I showed this and the other tranquil beautiful songs to. We listened to Stone In Focus for the moon rising over the ocean last year and I played Lichen for her the first time I wanted to open up more deeply with her....... and last night was the first time I told her I love her. Just wanted to share that

I have an exam in two hours, was studying and this one came to my mind out of nowhere. Grabbed my airpods and started listening to it, been on loop since, reading the comments and relating to it made me feel this world is actually not so real and deep, got teared up real quick. But ayy! guess who has to go back to studying.

when you find a right song on the RU-vid you will discover unbelievable stories, so many destinies. I am 26 years old and now life is good. It wasnť always like that but I swear Iam so thankful for what I have. Remember the time when I was looking at this video and I was feeling like that monkey. Alone and stuck somewhere between past and present. Keep going please guys. It will get better.

I can't wait to come back to this video in some years and see all of your success stories about how you all managed to push through and find peace in the end. I look forward to it :)

I sat and listened to this when i was 14 wondering where my life would take me....... I just turned 42 and it took me to a beautiful wife and 4 kids! Dont spend too much time wondering about life people, go and live it, it will pass in the blink of an eye believe me!

Im in bed listening to this thinking about when i got my spiderman bike when i was 4. good times, good times.😊

Divorced, broke, and adult living back at home. Lonely no friends but I’ve finally accepted it. I see my son once a fortnight and it makes it all okay. Life has its downs and I live mostly in those downs. It is the small moments that make it all worth it. Small smiles, small wins, small brief senses of joys override the seemingly endless pain, sadness and loneliness. I am alive. I am healthy. I have a roof over my head. That’s all that matters at the end of the day. Anything else is a bonus…. So I tell myself.I have to believe thats this is all that matters...

I'm 63 and only recently found Aphex Twin, quite by accident. Life is really amazingly random. For me, the lack of real control, and the awareness of that, which intensifies as you age, lose loved ones, accumulate various health issues (which may or may not be things you have any control over re behavior), etc. is what I struggle with. I had to actually look up "ambient music" to be sure I understood what it was. I had listened to some of it over the years from minimalist composers like Philip Glass (who did the wonderful music for Koyaanisqatsi), not even realizing that was a thing. But the first time I say that film at about age 24 (more like the age of various commenters here) and sat just STUNNED in the theater when it was over as everyone else in that big packed theater got up and hurried to their car, made me more aware "I'm not like most other people". For me at that point, it really dawned on me how badly we are screwing up the planet, decades before climate change became such an obvious huge problem. Now, almost 40 years later, I realize that I'm on the autism spectrum, and that's why I have trouble understanding the emotional life of lots of people. Like for me, I was really surprised at how sad so many people in comments said this beautiful song makes them feel. To me it makes me feel quiet, safe, and comfortable emotionally, even as my mind roams over many topics. It's like a calming tonic for the normal whirlwind chaos that is much of life. I agree with another poster re the quality and the compassion and positivity re all the comments here. Sometimes I am very proud to be a human being (unlike the dismay human events causes at other times), so thank you so much for this community for providing that as an adjunct to this wonderful piece of musical artwork.

I’m 14 and I’ve attempted suicide three times in the last three years. I’m listening to this while doing the dishes. I used to not see myself making it past this age now I can’t see myself dying before 70. I can see myself looking out my own window doing my own dishes with my own family in my own house. Life’s too short and beautiful to try and end it early. Enjoy it. It always gets better.

at 15 all i’ve felt was the regret of my own actions. one small decision led me to my lowest point and ruined everything down the road. i hope i’ll look back at this and remind myself how far i’ve come in the future. i wish everyone a blessed life🙏

I don’t know who will see this, nor do I know what you have and haven’t. But regardless, I wish the best for you, because somehow, in the flaming pit of agony we call earth, you found this. Something that will probably help you feel something, whether that be sad or happy. I wish the best of you from here to wherever you end up.

I go to sleep to this song almost every night. It makes me feel like I’m truly drifting away into the universe.

A few days ago my grandpa was diagnosed with cancer. Today we discovered it was stage 3 and it could have spread to his brain. Im going to get my drivers license soon. Ive been in love with someone for a long time and recently it feels like they love me back. I feel like I’m entering a new phase of my life. I miss being a little kid but i also know i have so much ahead of me. I miss playing checkers with my grandpa. Thank you aphex twin, i love this song.