I like how the uncle looked a bit weirded out right at the end of the movie, as if he already knew there was something off about Joshua. His rendition of this song was just too good, too disturbingly perfect. Hannibal Lecter and Joshua could be father and son!
Except Dr Hannibal “the Cannibal” Lector had what’s known as a “Freudian Excuse”. Several! Joshua Cairne was just plain evil and absolutely sick, and for no reason.😠🤢😷
@jay miller true. That’s a scary thought! Remember somewhere in the beginning of the movie when his father was talking to his teacher, and she said she was looking to “move him up a few grades”? That could give him a head start on that. Largely, what made him succeed in his plan was that he was indeed a literal confirmed boy genius. If he was able to pull off that much at just nine, who knows how far he could get!
Its 2020 and I just watched Joshua. Man this song is beautiful and haunting. It is now one of my favorite songs. In the 90's I never paid attention to this band but now I feel like I missed out on a lot of good music.
it was very sad what he did to his own family. the father was clueless all the years prior to the sister's birth that anything was the matter with him.
The Fly When I pull the wings off of the fly The fly never wonders why I did it When I pull the wings off of the fly The fly never wonders why I did You know they didn't ever Have to love me No, no, no And no one will ever Love them now Oh, oh, but they They always wanted somehow To save me Why, oh, why For pity's sake, they should've saved themselves Oh, oh, but you You always said I never missed a note I only ever wanted to be with you I only wanted someone to play Play, play, play When I pull the wings off the fly The fly never wonders why You know they never really ever had to love me No, no, no But no one will ever love them now Oh, oh, but they They always thought that somehow they could save me But why oh why For pity's sake me, they should've saved themselves but you you always said I never missed a note and nobody ever knew me like you do, you do You always said it's gonna be ok, ok I only ever really wanted to be with you I only wanted someone to play, play, play, play When I pull the wings off of the fly The fly never wonders why I did it
This movie surprised me. I was ready to pass it off as some fluff film id arroganly throw in the massive pile of cinematic duds ive collected over the years. How pleasantly surprised i was! Jacob's vocals brought literal tears to my eyes! And that end scene proved to be cinematic perfection! Bravo!!!!
Can't believe i've heard this song the first time 12 years now, hearing it again can even make me recall the smells and the memories so sharply as if it was yesterday...
That moment the movie is over and you hear an amazing heartfelt song for the first time. Yeah I'm feeling this one. Love them and always will. A true band is able to tap into ones feelings. Into the soul.
wow can't believe after 14 years this video its still here. I watched this back in 2009... this song is a treasure and the film is severely UNDERRRATED!
Letra When I pull the wings of a fly The fly never wonders why I did it When I pull the wings of a fly The fly never wonders why I did But you know they didn't ever have to love me No, no, no And no one will ever love them now, oh oh But they' they always wanted somehow to save me Why, oh why, for petty's sake they should've saved themselves Oh, oh but you, you always said I never missed a note I only ever wanted to be with you I only wanted someone to play, Play, play, play When I pull the wings of a fly They fly never wonders why You know they never really ever have to love me No, no, no But no one will ever love them now, oh oh But they, they always thought that somehow they could save me But why, oh why, for petty's sake they should've saved themselves Oh, oh but you, you always said I never missed a not And nobody ever knew me like you do, you do You always said it's gonn'a be o.k., o.k. I only ever really wanted to be with you I only wanted someone to play Play, play, play When I pull the wings of a fly The fly never wanders why I did.
Love this song. Kept listening to Joshua singing it over and over :-) . Downloaded it with Dave and loved it even more. Enjoyed the movie, acting so good.
Beautiful song, really adds to the mood of the Joshua movie. Just watched it again now. Very good film. Jacob Kogan was really good as a real creepy little.... well creep, in it! The end scene when he was playing this song with his uncle was very eerie and one just had the feeling the little bastard would tell tall tales about his uncle touching him when he decided he got tired of him and couldnt use him any more for whatever purpose, and that would have been the end of poor uncle too, leaving Joshua to descend even further into the abyss of his own detachment and psychopathic insanity!
just watched the film and it was freaking amazing. The end really caught me by surprise lol The ssong at the end was just perfect though :) really explains Joshua's feelings throughout the film :) AWESOME SONG!!!
this is really a beautiful song. it reminds me of growing up and how i used to do bad things just to get my parents attention. i never knew why, just why they never asked me why?
this song describes my life so much. we were horribly abused by our parents until my grandmother saved us and adopted us. flash forward I'm 28 now and mother is homeless addicted to every drug out there,dad is spending 20 years in prison..."and no one will ever love them now". all I remembered going thru the abuse as a kid was how badly I just wanted to be with my nanny.
You know, I've seen a lot of DMB concerts and I'm from Virginia so I'm def. a huge fan! I love this song! Even though it was compsed for Joshua - which is a really creepy movie - but I like the piano version and this version.
luv it, the way its inserted in the end of JOshua's movie, with the kid singing is brilliant, too bad that this scene and the ending is not available .. thanks 4 this vid :))
When I first heard this song in its entirety, it reminded me of my youth, making mud pies with the other neighborhood kids. Then this little kid came by and we haned him a worm. So with his hands he pulled that worm like a piece of taffy and it broke into to pieces.
...into two pieces. But it was all good because then one worm became two living halves; two living halves that could help aerate and fertilize the soil, become food for birds, or go on to make a whole bunch of other little baby worms. Then the whole process could start all over again. So anytime anyone ever compares me to a lowly worm, I think of this childhood anecdote and this song. It's from a really cool movie, too.
In my interpretation this song is about the dysfunctional relationship between a parent and a child. As a child, we aren't questioning the behaviours of our parents, whether it's good or bad (when I pull the wings off of a fly, the fly never wonders why I did it). We think it's just normal. That's how it works and have always been that way. But the child recognises now, that the parents has also been hurt in the past which is the cause of their behaviour - which obviously was toxic for the child and emotionally abusing (they always thought that somehow they could save me, for pitys sake they should have saved themselves). On one side there is so much anger and bitterness from the child but also a big, deep down yearning for the love of the parents... This song is truly a masterpiece imo, it always makes me so pensive and melancholic...
DMB is infamous for having songs that are only heard in concert. They are also a tape friendly band so you may want to utilize AntsMarching to find a show that has them playing this song.
