Mother Mother - Hayloft II (Official Music Video) 

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A lot of people are saying that this song is the daughter avenged her lover and found peace in having pieces of herself like her father, but I think that this song is showing the fact that continuing the cycle of violence creates you into the monster you've been trying to destroy. The smoke and fire represents the confusion and cloying guilt that comes with addiction and the repercussions of it, whether it be violence or something else. They were both caught in the smoke and both succumbed to the violence of it. The long john's represent the cycle continuing, both wearing the clothes reflecting thier likeness. But it is up to opinion, and the song is wonderful, analysis or not.

Normally, I don’t tend to like sequels as the original is almost always better BUT OH MY GOD NO NOT WITH THIS THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE AND IVE BEEN LISTENING TO IT ON REPEAT FOR HOURS. Now can we please get ultimate guitar tabs on the music so that I can play it?

The amount of people who misinterpret this masterpiece in the comments as being about revenge or a “villain arc” depress me. It isn’t about the joy of killing her traumatizer, in fact it’s about the opposite. It’s about breaking the cycle of violence and anger. The video shows her imagining killing him in a lot of different ways, but also has her imagining him moving in the exact ways she was, drinking like he did. She realized that killing him makes her into him. So she drives off, leaving him alive but terrified. She leaves the gun behind, and that’s the entire message of the song. Leave the gun behind. It’s beautiful.

I love the attention to detail. The "my baby's got a gun" part is sung by a girl. It shows that it's not actually pop singing that. It's her imagining what she's gonna do to him and his reaction to that. She didnt actually do anything. Truly a masterpiece

I actually think the ‘revenge’ shown in this story is her outliving her father, after all the place is abandoned and the only physical manifestation of the father is in hallucinations. Also the constant imagery of the Long-Jon’s burning in the fire could also support this, her now wearing those Long-Jon’s now shows she’s now I’m power of her life now that her father has passed

The fact they made a part two shows how iconic the song is

The way Hayloft 2 sounds more aggressive especially at the end just shows the pain and anger the daughter had. Then it’s released

It has a story line that’s just phenomenal , the deep meanings. the MV’s phenomenal. The beat drops are sick bruh. After all these years still a hit. I don’t think I’m late, coz it gon live forever.🤍deserved.

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT BUT IT’S STILL GREAT

THIS IS PURE PERFECTION. the way that the child has basically become her father in that one scene is amazing. aaa and the end when she's sitting in the chair with the flames all around her. amazing

英語苦手なので歌詞の内容は全然分からないけどそれでも何度もリピートするくらいかっこいい！

この独特な感じめちゃくちゃ好き

Love the fact they made it relevant to the og without it being a rip off it has its uniqueness a true sequel! good job :)

I love how most of Mother Mothers songs sound like a normal banger, but near the end it sounds like the stage is falling apart in a fire in the most climatic way possible

This is what most modern music is missing. It manages to tell a story through the tone and lyrics. Amazing!

wow y'all. i cried unexpectedly. How can you portray the epic often years-long if not decades-long path of healing from abuse in under 4 mins? brilliant. it doesnt have to be a father daughter relationship this could be a metaphor for any kind of trauma. 10/10

I normally just watch without commenting, but holy shit. I love the original, but this. This is what sequels should look like. This is incredible and not only does it scratch the itch in my brain, but it's a lyrical, musical, and emotional masterpiece.

I have no clue what they put in their music but it's never fails to hit me

Can we take a second to appreciate the ACTING in this? The girl and the fathet both portray the emotioms so well. Good job!

Loving every aspect of this, part 1 and 2, the music, the lyrics, the video's and overall story. Just brilliant!

i love how it can be interpreted that she doesn't actually shoot him, it makes me feel like maybe we can be better than the worst of our parents

Someone: "If Hayloft was so good, why there isn't any Hayloft 2?" Hayloft 2:

I can't tell you how much I love this. It's just the perfect sequel to the first song, on the musical and visual level.

I physically cannot tell you how long I've had this on loop for-

The way they twist the story, but keep the essence of the song. Utterly amazing!

"an eye for an aye, a leg for a leg, a shot in the heart doenst make it unbreak" is the best part for me

Both parts are highly addictive. Masterpiece!!! I'm praying for the show in Czech Republic 🙏

bro, I love the "one got shot and the other got lost in drunks and punk blood on the street blood on her knees blood history"

I am SO HAPPY!! After 13 years they came up with an MV for the original Hayloft, and THEN made a Hayloft II. Mother Mother, you are all amazing people.

I saw Hayloft II at one of their concerts and it was AMAZING

Quite literally the definition of a perfect sequal. The amount of thought put into every line in this song completely makes it outdo the original hayloft. Crazy how mother mother can top themselves off

"A shot in the heart doesnt make it unbreak" is such true words. Im gonna start usuing that, besides that, this song is amazing! (yes ik im late)

Lyrics: What ever happened to the young, young lovers One got shot and the other got lost in drugs and punks And blood on the street Bla-blood on her knees Bloody history Whatever happened to the hayloft Burnt to the ground and what about Pop? He took his ass back to the crack shack With his long johns on Singing that old song My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun I better run My baby's got a gun It goes boom boom crack Ga ga ga ga ga Boom Boom An eye for an eye A leg for a leg A shot in the heart Doesn't make it un-break She really didn't wanna make it messy She really, really didn't but the girl gone cray My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun I better run My baby's got a gun It goes boom boom crack Ga ga ga ga ga Boom Boom She crucify She crucify She crucify She crucify Hey Pop, you die You die My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun I better run My baby's got a gun It goes boom boom crack Ga ga ga ga ga Boom Boom My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun I better run My baby's got a gun It goes boom boom crack Ga ga ga ga ga Boom Boom My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun My baby's got a gun I better run My baby's got a gun It goes boom boom crack Ga ga ga ga ga Boom Boom She's not a bad kid She's not a bad kid But she had to do it She had to do it They're not a bad kid But they had to do it They couldn't not They had to face off She's not a bad kid But they had to do it She had to crack She had to kill Pop P.s I’m totally not a time traveler

IM ACTUALLY SO STOKED, THE PRODUCTION VALUE IS SO HIGH, THE LOVE PUT INTO THIS SONG AND IT'S MUSIC VIDEO IS TREMENDOUS, LOVE YOU FOREVER MOTHER MOTHER

The part from what ever happend to the hay(LOFT to the singing that old song.. was a masterpiece✨️✨️

You guys are incredible! After 13 years they come up with not only one but two different songs and music videos for hayloft! I’ve never been more amazed!

i think this song isn't about revenge, it's about how abused one becomes an abuser

2:06 love the part when jasmin starts in the loud yelling voice... that sounds so sick, especially live! love it !

this randomly started playing on Spotify and I loved it the second it started ... just so cinematic and just so- so fabulous.

It’s not very often that the sequel is better than the original

If Mother Mother made a musical, this would be that big number towards the end that would tie the whole story together. It would be the last or the second to last number, called “Hayloft (Reprise)” Change my mind 😌

literally love songs that tell full-on stories so much

it's my first time listening this in full and listening to mother mother again and owemji..... i love it so muchhh

Hayloft by Mother Mother is a video game character's theme when you first meet them, Hayloft II is what plays when you encounter them again late in the game as a boss.

i wasnt here for the premiere unfortunately, but i really like how hayloft ii was a sort of inverted reprise of the original! it shows the change in perspective and how the protag has evolved, and the lyrics reflect it just as much as the instrumental and melody do! its really intricate for what it is and i really like it and respect it!

英語だからわからんけどこの曲のリズムめっちゃ好き

This is art. I love this. Hard to make such a convincing and thoughtful masterpiece. Interesting and remarkable voice, etching it's way forward. Great find!

I can't get over how amazing this song is, maybe 2022 isn't going to be that bad after all...

the absolute catharsis this song delivers when you say “she had to do it, she had to kill pop” and it’s just a shot of her leaving the house behind. that represents so much, damn.

It's been a long time since a song hit me like this. Great job guys.

So good! It hits that emotional spot that makes you feel the song so much more than just hearing it.

I'm gonna try my hand at interpreting this because I can't help myself and this is a song and video I wish I'd had years ago, when I was deeper in the recovery process and desperately needed catharsis. This entire song feels like the cycle of abuse, and finally breaking your mind free of it and the anger that comes from it. And I think a lot of people are missing the fact that while she has the gun with her in the beginning, she leaves it behind by the end, along with the long john's. It's up completely to interpretation whether or not she actually shot her father and burned the shack down, or if she just fantasized about it. I'm leaning towards the latter, since we see several different scenarios where she shoots him and the blood from Hayloft I might've been from her cradling her lover's body, but to me it kinda doesn't matter. Either way, she feels the rage of not wanting, but *needing* to do it. This sequel feels angrier, more primal, with short phrases ("You die! You die!") and screaming, and that's what abuse will do to you over years. It will break you down and push you past your boundaries. You may be a shy and quiet person who wouldn't harm a fly, but with the right buttons pushed you will scream obscenities and plot murder. And you will be horrified at what you've become. I don't think the girl actually took the father's place, at least not permanently. I think she tried to escape her trauma (drugs, driving away, running away in the first video), and here we see her revisiting it and finally facing it down. She is tired of feeling like she can never escape her father's judgement (father staring her down while she cowers), and she is tired of all this confused rage (smoke, imagining herself as her father, fantasizing using the gun). At the end we see her father wearing a different outfit, not in his pajamas. And he looks remorseful, guilt-filled, lonely. (Edit: I'm thinking now that maybe this is a representation not of the actual father, but the parts of her that feel infected by him. She no longer wants to hurt, she just doesn't want to be hurt anymore.) We see her examining her hands like her lover once did - maybe a metaphor for her looking back on her actions, seeing if she's red-handed (Edit: or even a metaphor for relearning to love herself and see herself as her lover once did). And she leaves the gun, the long john's, and her home life behind. She's not a bad kid, but she had to crack. And she's remembering that she isn't a bad person, she isn't her father, and she's able to move on again. Thematically, if you want another song like this, I'd recommend "The Killing Type" by Amanda Palmer, also super cathartic and exploring the idea of not being a bad person but still wanting to do bad things.

always, always performed the song 'Sleep Awake' as the sequel of Hayloft bc its about a girl (or person) who has to deal with the death of someone, carry that weight, which prevents them from sleeping in peace but seriously, i'm happy that there is a second canonical part, i love the song, the video, and i love you guys, i hope you prosper and people discover your music apart from hayloft, u deserve better 💝

この洋楽中毒性あって好き！！

Just found this. Love it, love it, love it! Oh, my dark soul! 🖤🖤🖤

i really cannot express the gravity of this. saving it for something important later. i'll try to tag you guys like you said. thank you for being there when i was trying to get out of my own hayloft, and thank you for justifying the choice to leave

Personally, I think that this video was really about continuing the cycle of violence . I think that although she was doing it for revenge she had realised that she was becoming more like her Dad and even the lyrics "she's not a bad kid but she had to do it" really makes it more clear that it was her way of coming to terms of what she had actually done and that she was seeping into the cycle of violence but even after she did what she did she still left the house. She may be somewhat like her father but not everyone has to be. I think that was the message I had gotten from this. Its up to your own interpretation though:)

日本人ですがよく聞かせてもらってます。

曲のリズム好きすぎて最近ずっと聞いてる

she made him finally realise what had he done. the music is amazing, i didn't really expect much from part 2 and i was wrong :)

I don’t think I’ve felt this much emotion for ANYTHING in years-absolutely stunning, holds up to the hype of the original, makes me feel like I’m in that bittersweet middle school era again with all that passion and just-I’m hard to get in that way. But this got me.

I love this. Female rage is not rage without fear and doubt.

やっぱりこれすきだわ

The first song definitely tugged at my heart's strings but this.. This is an emotional masterpiece.

OH MY GOD THIS ONE IS LITERALLY SO GOOD FHE LYRICS ARE THE BEST “what ever happened to the hay, loft?” ITS SUCH A GOOD SEQUEL!!!! AND YHE “ my baby’s got a gun it goes boom boom crack ga ga ga ga ga boom boom” AND THEN THE BEAT DROP. IT GIVES THE SAME SEROTONIN YHE OTHER SONG GAVE!! YOU GUYS DID SO GOOD!!! it’s like the revenge of the first song and it feels as powerful. ITS SO GOOOOOODDDFFD ADDING THIS TO MY PLAYLISY RIGHT NOW

Oh my god I get a shiver down my spine whenever this song plays

This song is truly a work of art!!!! 🔥

I love this so much. As someone with a shit dad I fear I’ve become too much like him and to see that portrayed so well is amazing. I’m definitely gonna draw something based off this when I get home because currently I’m blasting this at full volume in the car

In Brazil we don't say: "omg i love this song", we say: "CARALHOO HINOO", and i think that's beautiful.

this song will forever be my favorite omg

STOP YOUR MAKING ME CRY

I seriously interpret this as something to do with abusive parents / families and breaking the cycle. Just the lyrics of the song contrasting with the contents of the video. It's almost like we have a preconceived notion of what shes gonna do before she does it.We, as an audience, expect her to be violent and shoot her dad, just as he acted violent towards her partner. It just goes to show the cycle of abuse and how people thing there's no hope in kids who have been traumatised, they're just gonna end up worse off anyway. But she proves this wrong. I also really loved in the first few shots, the way she barrels in with the gun , like yes That would have been so easy, she could have just shot him and been over with it. But she doesn't. Just the scenes of her in the chair and drinking the alchohol- she doesn't want to become her father, yet in a way she does. It's the way her father cowers in fear because he EXPECTS her to shoot him- because he knows that's what she's been taught from him. It's like everyone expects her to continue the violence and hurt and take vengeance on him. The way that she takes the gun that she had and returns it, almost as if she's handing the baton back to him. telling him that she's not gonna continue this. I also really loved the scenes that reminded us that she was an abused child. Yes she's facing off her father, but she's also rexperiencing all the things she's done. The scene where she's in a maze of laundry, the huge face peering through the window etc. All of these scenes where she's scared and on the verge of tears remind us she's not some crazy unrealistic protagonist who's gonna shoot her dad in some epic revenge, she's a character and a person. And as much as she hates her dad, she fears him, and probably also related to him on some level. It just completely radiated the levels of complexity in the relationship they have. The first time I watched it all I could think was about a child breaking the cycle of pain and trauma, breaking the abuse. She was expected to turn out like her dad, taking revenge on him. But she faces her fears and gives him his gun the fuck back. Basically cutting him off not just in character but metaphorically. She drives away with a new life and leaving it all behind. For the first time in 5 years she faces off her dad, but not in the way we would expect. She basically takes her life back and moves on. And it's the fact that her leaving is the hardest thing she could have done. It would have been easy to end his life and take what he took. But instead she takes the hard route, and takes on her trauma face on, and then leaves better off. Just the line "a shot in the heart doesn't make it un break" To me that represents even if she shoots him, its not gonna make her feel any better about the things she's gone through or the loss she faced . I was just obsessed with the symbolism in this video the whole way theough - well done, seriously. it was amazing

I insist, Mother Mother is one of the best bands in the world, but people are not ready for that conversation. (Insisto, Mother Mother es una de las mejores bandas del mundo, pero la gente no está preparada para esa conversación.)

I've been looking for it! !

This is so beautiful it made me tear up

mother mother really went “here’s hayloft 2, as a treat” and didn’t miss a BEAT. imagine being that talented

The song isn’t about revenge, it’s about not repeating history and becoming the monster you once despised

DUDE AT 2:46 THE SCREAMING IN THE RIGHT EAR MAKES ME THINK OF LIKE HER MOTHER SCREAMING THAT ITS SO SAD TO ME ARRAGGH

神曲過ぎる

The way the actual gap between Hayloft I and Hayloft II is longer than the one they say at the beginning is insane

Watching at 3am and shaking and weeping soon as "she's not a bad kid" starts to kick in oh my goddd mother mother's sound literally can't get any more ✨ sophisticated I swear

めっちゃカッコいい

I’M ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH THIS SONG I CANT LIVE A DAY WITHOUT LISTENING TO IT

The “An eye for an eye, leg for a leg, a shot in the heart, doesn’t make a un-break" IS SUPREMACY

To me this song can be seen in multiple ways I'm going to list two-ish ways this can be viewed. 1. Bringing closure with negative people, including family, even if it means cutting them off. 2a. Contuing the cycle of negativity in a family, as in Hayloft 1 it was the father having the gun, now it's passed on to the child, who now ends up continuing this cycle, she wasn't bad, but she's now responsible for carrying the weight of what their father did and what she did in response whatever that may be. If left unchecked the cycle may continue 2b. Ending the cycle of negativity in the family. Again in hayloft one it's the father, who is responsible, now the child, now adult, carries the responsibility, but our Protagonist t is now unlearning the negative things her father instilled into her through many things, so that she can take her responsibility as an adult, and not repeat this cycle, hence the lyric "she had to kill pop", being taken in a symbolic sense.

I don't know how I can be so confused yet so amazed at the same time

I heard this on a youtube short video and im in love with the song now

Mother Mother making hits left right and center. Period.

This video is exactly how I imagined in my head and I'm geeked out!!!

My fav song!!

I have loved mother mother for like 3 years now I can’t wait for this sound I know it will be a banger

I WAS NEVER THAT HYPED IN MY LIFE FOR A SONG THIS IS JUST THE BIGGEST PIECE OF ART I EVER HEARD AND I HAVE A PLAYLIST OF 500 SONGS

この曲いつもショートのランキング形式のやつで流れてくる

Omg this music is so good thanks for doing

Fun fact: Hayloft was the second song I heard from you guys (first was Body) and they both made me fall in love with your sound! Omw to listen to the rest of the album like...rn!

My fav verse is “an eye for an eye a leg for leg a shot in the heart doesn’t make unbreak”

This is so comforting for some reason

you didn't expect it, you didn't ask for it, but you needed it, you really needed it.It does not lose its essence of HayLoft, it has a more neutral, lower and simpler rhythm, but it is still hayloft

THE DELIVERY ON "AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A LEG FOR A LEG" 0:53