Music video for DeVotchKa "How It Ends" Directed by Bridger Nielson Follow DeVotchKa: / devotchkamusic / devotchkamusic / devotchkamusic www.devotchka.net
This is how I came to know of it. I like this kind of sad song feeling. Makes you feel like you are cutting your heart with a soft knife and it feels good.
Gears of War brought me here, I didn't know this song existed until I revisited the old trailer of GoW2. I still remember the trailer and the launch of Epic Game's sequel to GoW franchise as it was yesterday. Now they're doing FortNite and all, but to be honest I'm glad this song is on my playlist, not only just because it's nostalgia for a IP game franchise I deeply adore but.. it just sounds so appeasing and beautiful. Thanks DeVotchKa.
My first ever friend that I made had this song play at his funeral. It was his favourite song and everytime I hear this I can remember his beautiful smile. Rest in peace Declan I hope you have found a Better place than here on earth
I've listened to this song at least 4 times times day, and from what I can tell, the lyrics are about a slave about to make an escape. Knowing it will surely fail
Nobody ever thought of this song as happy and hopeful.. You might have been the first person in history. The instrumentals for me are the most devastating.
The harmony kinda just revolves around C major and E minor for a lot of the song, but theres hidden dissonances. For example the piano plays minor seconds when it comes in and there are tritones contained within the piano part aswell
My dad is dead. There was so much I wanted to say. Now screaming at the unknown, my friend is gone. The only thing I can count on when I wake is tears. I know he didn't want me to end up in hell, but hell is already here.
Así es en esa época ver el trailers de Halo 3 y Gears 2 en la TV fue algo que no pensaba ver, me trae tantos recuerdos de mejores días donde era muy feliz y no lo sabía.
Hold your grandmother's Bible to your breast Gonna put it to the test You want it to be blessed And in your heart You know it to be true You know what you gotta do They all depend on you And you already know Yeah, you already know How this will end There is no escape From the slave-catcher's songs For all of the loved ones gone Forever's not so long And in your soul They poked a million holes But you never let 'em show Come on, it's time to go And you already know Yeah, you already know How this will end Now you've seen his face And you know that there's a place In the sun For all that you've done For you and your children No longer shall you need You always wanted to believe Just ask and you'll receive Beyond your wildest dreams And you already know Yeah, you already know How this will end You already know (You already know) You already know (you already know) You already love will end
This song is so appropriate today. Sammy left me at 10:30 a.m. I asked my vet to come to the house. I loved him so very much and he will always be a part of me and I of him. To my beloved Sammy, I love you.
I'm also sorry but this thread is so nice, like there is literally no hate in this comment section. Give credit where due. Applauses viewers of this video*
2 years later since the comment.....4 years since her passing....i still miss you mom...you and dad...im sorry I am still in the same place....just so hard without y'all...
@@gerardoreyes5961 it's ok to feel that way. There's no written schedule for when you're meant to snap out of it and stop grieving. I lost my mum 32 years ago and I still break down thinking of her. Those tears turn from anger and sadness to happy tears tho eventually. Hope you find peace and happiness 🙏
' you know what you gotta do , they all depend on you ' I come back to listen to this as a reminder of my responsibilities sometimes. Admittedly its at 1am when ive had a few drinks too many. i shed a few tears - some angry , some sad and some happy tears. After a bit of a cry i feel cleansed and reset ready to deal with the world. Thankyou for creating this and healing me when i need it.
ill never forget seeing the gears of war 2 trailer when i was a kid. This song got me into that game, ive never forgotten it, still in 2024. What a masterpiece
This song means so much to me. One of my best friends use always tell me to listen to the words carefully and I never did until he sadly passed and today I know what this song meant to him and how much it meant for me to understand it. Now I know the struggles he had and this was a way of him communicating to me, as he was unable to verbalise how he felt himself. Love you Chris you may be gone but your never forgotten.
Gears of War brought me here. This song is just beautiful. Ever since I’ve watched the trailer for 2, I searched for this band and their music, now I’m in love with it.
Esta cancion marco una etapa de mi vida para ser mas preciso mi adolecencia epoca de amigo Fiestas gears of war y tener a mi madre cerca ... Ahora junto con gears esta cancion me trasmite una sensacion de felicidad y nostalguia al mismo tiempo.. Me hace recordar pero a su vez me deja un vacio.
"Start Wearing Purple" and "How It Ends" both carry me back to Ukraine - I spent last summer in an aid group feeding villages after artillery and air strikes, from Mykolaiv, Kherson, to Kharkiv. I miss the people and the experience terribly. Those two songs transport me right back to the breakfast tables of borshch, the laughing farmers, the busy markets. I miss Ukraine and this gives me a little moment, thank you for posting.
@@InternaIRevenueService Loud and somewhat surreal. We encountered drones, got mortars shot in our general direction, ate in farmhouse kitchens and in a former German underground bunker. Sixty four air raids in thirty seven days on the line, between Mykolaiv in the south to Kharkiv. The country is lovely, the people are kind and opportunistic, I have some memories that will last a lifetime. Miles many kilometers of placid sunflowers. Mostly, we dealt with orphans, very few families, and only a handful of men out of hundreds of people we met every day. I met heroes everywhere I went - housefraus feeding dozens of abandoned dogs & cats, soldiers fresh from the hospital, eager to return to their units, dozens of ordinary men thrust into the role of patriotic defender. Everyone lives for the moment, because each and every person knows someone gone in a blink of an eye. I met entire villages full of people that had been displaced, forcibly moved into a single apartment buildings, and surrounded by barbed wire - these were citizens of a town under Russian occupation, so the neighbors cannot trust if they are collaborators or not, so they are isolated but in the middle of an unfamiliar town. Many injured children, I had to walk behind the truck to bawl once, I have three kids. We are so lucky here, and these people, these children, have been through so much, and have done nothing to deserve it.
I was 14, a videogame introduced me to it. I’m 29 now about to turn 30. It has been with me ever since. I’m not really sure why I’m telling you this but yeah, time flies.
I'm 49. First time I heard this song it was with the Gears of War 2 commercial. It just perfectly encapsulates what I've had to go through for the past several years. I may ask for this to be played at my funeral too (hopefully MANY years from now! :-) )
@@theknightshiftvideo boy what a time to be alive, I remember when the first gears came out, it was the only thing me and my friends talked about for days
Marc kakarotto may i ask who the hell is this curtis fella some people talk about? i came here from gears of war so.....i dont remember a curtis from that game
Learned this on piano when I was a kid, 13 years later I found myself remembering and dying to find the song again. It's not the best piece of music out there but damn did I feel good playing this song as a kid. Nostalgia at its finest folks 😁
Gears of War me cambió la vida. Gracias a la primer entrega de esta saga, tuve mi primer acercamiento con el xbox 360, y despues con xbox live, en el cual llevo toda una vida, donde he conocido grandes personas de distintos países, donde he tenido momentos de victoria, frustración y reflexión. Tengo 18 años actualmente y llevo activo en xbox live mas de 11 años. Sin duda alguna Gears of War me cambió la vida:,)
La verdad igual gears me cambio la vida, el gears 1 fue mi primer videojuego que jugué en toda mi vida y ahora ando al tanto de gears y sigo siendo fan desde que tengo memoria
I miss making playlists back in college. This would find its way on many of them. Reminds me of my early twenties, when this came out. It transcends age though.
This song is so hauntingly beautiful. My mom would used to play it while she cooked food when i was really young, and we recently listened to this song again and just couldn’t help but cry😂
Amo demasiado ésta canción, desde muy pequeño me acompaña y siempre me ha encantado escucharla aún la versión extendida, es tan hermosa. Te quiero mucho Gears Of War 2 que me hizo conocer ésta hermosa canción y me acompaña tantos años
I was suffering from depression when I first heard this song and this was exactly how I felt at the time - it’s like my heart, my mind, and my soul - has been poked with a million holes. The never ending sadness hurt too much but at the same time I was also numb. I tried my hardest to not let it show - because what for? My family and relatives didn’t know how I felt. And the one time I confided with a family member all I got was “you shouldn’t be depressed. There’s a lot more people who’s dealing with something way worse than you”. It just hurt too damn much to be invalidated by people who you trusted and was supposed to support, guide and understand you, you know? I’m a bit better now - but still have to keep my guard up around family. When I have panic attacks, I always hide away so no one sees me. Just saves me the trouble and is always the best thing to do, I feel like - so in the end, I won’t be judged by having an anxiety attack. If you’re reading this and are going through or have gone through the same - HUGS! 💜
I know exactly what you mean. I stay optimistic for other people but when depression really bites down, as much as I want to hide, the worst part is the loneliness and the sense of wearing a false face. I want to be honest about what's going on, but...why bother? Like the song says, I already know how this ends. Platitudes, people telling you to cheer up with their voices while their faces say resentfully that they don't have time for you. Or wonder what problems *you* could possibly have for whatever reason. I was born very privileged in a few particular ways--not wealth, but family connections, a family legacy over 1,000 years in the making, and frankly, genetics--and people mistake that for felicity and good luck and happiness. Or rather, that privilege means you don't have the right in their eyes to be unhappy. So all the people I'm supposed to connect with don't have any idea who I am, and the times I've tried to open up, it's clear they don't want to know. Any more than they want to visit, though they're happy for me to spend the money and take the time. At the same time, they wonder why I don't call. Why should I? They don't either, and for all the dozen times I've visited them in the last 10-15 years, they've never once come to see me. Supposed to love you, and they can't even demonstrate that they like you.
@@MrBrachiatingApe HUGSSS. I hope it gets better for you. Let’s just keep on fighting! I am honestly still soo surprised everytime I see comments from people here on YT who are going through the same. It kinda puts my mind at ease that I am,somehow, not alone and that brings me comfort? IDK. 😅 I wouldn’t wanna wish this and all the shit I went through on other people coz I know the hardsips and sufferings that comes along with it.
Well it is a huge sin for it not to be there, SPECIALLY on the portuguese one, after this soap opera came out with this song, it was like, the bomb, for DAYS!
Adam Mclean I think It really just might be not available in some countries, I checked many times, and the most popular one here is All the sand in all the sea( which by the way I love ), I suppose all I can do is hope that it gets available soon.
My father died 13 years ago. I randomly come here sometimes to feel the nostalgia & cry like a lil baby. This song reminds me of the time when everything was way easier, unfortunately time flies way to fast.. Miss U Dad i hope your doing fine wherever you are ❤
la forma tan melancólica en la que canta el, el hecho de haber jugado todos los gears, saber como muere Dominic...................... es un sentimiento muy extraño, es triste........ y eso que es un juego nada más...............
After so many years I always recall and come back to listen to this song. It's so beautiful. Whenever I'm sad, I listen to it. Whenever I'm really happy, I listen to it. This song seems to fit any emotion. "I already know how this will ends." Do you?
the feeling that this song conveys is the same as coming back from a long journey. Going through an experience, and knowing that even if everything happens the same way, it won't be the same.
I’ve covered this song and have loved it from the beginning of time… I also met the band once on a cinco de Mayo w calexico in Tucson - and the verdict … sweetest people ever, love them immensely! I remember my first devotchka concert and fell in absolute love at first sight and song … so grateful for this musical magic! Tugs the soul in so many places. XOOXX
I’m 33 years old high school dropout never went to college both parents died don’t have family or friends spent my 20s on drugs and was homeless 5 years ago I fell in love with someone that helped me get sober for the first time in my life then got my heart broken by that person 3 years later had brain surgery and almost died year later doing well I now have a six figure salary career and now on my way to actually being something for the first time in my life listening to this song I’m crying for the first time in years because I think I know what my purpose is in this world and my past was to make me what I am today
Iam addicted to this song! And hearing it soothes my hungry ears that yearns for it. Like a fish gasping for water. As it tugs painfully in my heart as it remember a forgotten perfume from scent long gone, blown into the abyss that's the horizon of my ever expanding life.
Lyrics Hold your grandmother's Bible to your breast Gonna put it to the test You wanted it to be blessed And in your heart You know it to be true You know what you got to do They all depend on you And you already know Yeah, you already know how this will end There is no escape from the slave catcher's songs For all of the loved ones gone Forever's not so long And in your soul They poked a million holes But you never let them show Come on, it's time to go And you already know Yeah, you already know how this will end Now you've seen his face And you know there's a place in the sun For all that you've done For you and your children No longer shall you need You always wanted to believe Just ask and you'll receive Beyond your wildest dreams And you already know Yeah, you already know how this will end You already love will end
The immortal song of DeVotchKa, I still love this song and it is still renewed beautifully every time I hear it, your fan from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ouvi essa música na novela Meu Pedacinho de Chão e me encantei com ela. Pesquisei qual a banda que a tocava e descobri esse grupo maravilhoso: DeVotchKa! Ótimo som... ^^
I want this to be played at my funeral. I had some of the best moments of my life playing gears of war 2. Love you Holden. Wingmen for life and brothers til the end.
Yes. Same here. I had so much fun playing Gears of War 2 and made so many friends online. Found this song from the trailer and loved it ever since. Gears of War 2 and Halo 3 are some of the most fun I've had in gaming but I'd have to give it to GOW 2. Miss those days.
Finished watching all seasons of misfits and nothing prepared me with Curtis’ death in season 4. He was probably my favourite character from the show. When this song started playing when he was on the phone to Rudy It was just so good. This song is undoubtedly my favourite song. Devotchka are a seriously underrated band. R.I.P Curtis Donovan
I've always had a soft spot for sad music as a lot of us have. I think this is my favorite of all time. I don't know the technical words for it but there is a note that is throughout the whole song but at the very end its drowned out by other notes. My interpretation is that the song is about the note and the note represents someone that is going to die. When the other notes drown out that consistent note it hits me every time.
