Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel (Lyrics) 

8:14 you could literally hear someone in the studio screaming "holy shit" at just how amazing the song was. and probably on how they did it in one full take.

This song man. I made it a mission to learn every lyric in middle school. Still one of my go to shower songs.

This man only stopped because he knew something this beautiful might not happen again and it pained him to believe this. I, for one, am sad to not hear his voice anymore.

"Place you body here, let your skin begin to blend itself with mine" I haven't heard this album in a while but that part still gives me chills.

6:44 onward is probably one of my favourite parts of any song ever, the way Jeff sings “mine” gives me chills every time

Jeff's lyricism and the imagery portrayed in his lyrics are absolutely beautiful.

5:50 - 6:05 This transition is just pure bliss.

This song is honestly a blast to sing along to

Disturbingly beautiful

Wow, I did not realise how hard it is to sing along with this song. I don't know if I just have terrible breathe control or if his is amazing.

a very special person showed me this band and I love him

No song has made me enter such a hypnotic state like this one whenever I play it on guitar and sing along. It sends my brain on autopilot and no other song has had that effect on me. Such a unique gem and no other song will ever come close to recreating that feeling for me

"Say what you wanna say. Hang for your hollow ways. Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracles aimed for me." Holy, Holy, Holy. 💗

Posted 3 weeks ago? I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that still listens to them

5:50 and 7:30 are honestly 2 of the most chilling and all around greatest things I've heard listening to an album. This is up there with my favourite albums of all time, and this is one of my favourite songs of all time. Holy shit indeed.

I was 7 and playing Morrowind.. While my mom played her cleaning music when I first heard this song

This is probably my favorite song off this album

They literally made "lalala" and "dididi" sound good

ive listened to this song probably over 2000 times in my life. it talks to me whenever i have no one else to turn to :p

I memorized every word of this song when I was 16 and still remember every word 7 years later. Will always be in my top 3

I remember hearing somewhere that this album was loosely based on the writer’s retrospective love of Anne Frank and when I first heard it I was intrigued by all of the subtle references made to Holland and aeroplanes dropping bombs and death and the aspirations of a young girl. Then this song came on; “I know they buried her body with others, her sister and mother and 500 families, will she remember me 50 years later, I wish could save her in some sort of time machine..” I was so dumbstruck by the cogency and forwardness of the lyrics that a few tears fell, just like when I finished reading her diary. Both her diary and this album are unquestionably beautiful and tragical beyond compare

Can't help but sing along to this one

I cannot believe I'd never heard this song when it was current. Brand New made me discover it and I couldn't thank them enough 💜

God I have to listen to this song twice cause everytime I hear it I wanna look at the comments for like 8 minutes so I switch to this video from the other one

this is the only thing in existence that I think is a honest to god trigger , fuck this instantly makes me feel like I’m gonna die for no reason

this is a really good song I saw NMH on their last tour and it was pretty awesome... i hit my weed vape the whole time lol

Best song ive ever heard, 10 years standing

I wandered into a room as a child and this discourse continued... it's been twenty years...

How does anyone listen to this song without crying

i absolutety LOVE playing along to this loud as i can, its so much fun HAH

I've had dreams like his before in my life, consistently for months, you can't ignore them, they lie within your subconscious mind, helping make the decisions that are important the most without your permission, and it’s really weird and sorta hard to explain lol Edit: I wrote this during a time where I was taking a lot of LSD and just, was not doing so good, still lucid dreaming though.. it’s been like 3 years since it started lol

Took forever to find this video. Not a popular song of there's but this is the staples of the beginning of my teenage years and where some of the best music from that time that I still listen to. This song is so good too.

I still smile that such a morose song brings to mind happy memories.

HOLY SHIT!

Oh man. I dont think music is much to me anymore. This

Epic song. Full volume singalong

The verse starting with “your father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies” might be the best lyrical verse in popular music.

This album is a magical, ineffable experience. It's an album that has stuck with me for many years, and will continue to have a special place in my heart for years to come. Mangum and company crafted a masterpiece in '98. Nothing else musically comes close to rivaling In The Aeroplane Over The Sea's emotional intensity, as far as I'm concerned.

Like life, sometimes it’s too much to take, then other times you need as inspiration and/or catharsis. Or maybe just into good tunes. Regardless. Thanks for the post.

if anyone ever tries to tell you that one person singing with a guitar cant make a beautiful song please send them this

Oh comely I will be with you when you lose your breath Chasing the only Meaningful memory you thought you had left With some pretty bright and bubbly Terrible scene that was doing her thing on your chest But oh comely It isn't as pretty as you'd like to guess In your memory you're Drunk on your awe to me It doesn't mean anything at all Oh comely All of your friends are all letting you blow Bristling and ugly Bursting with fruits falling out from the holes Of some pretty bright and bubbly Friend you could need to say comforting things in your ear But oh comely There isn't such one friend that you could find Here standing next to me only my enemy I'll crush him with everything i own Say what you want to say hang for your hollow ways Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracle for me Your father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies While you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums The music and medicine you needed for comforting So make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving And pluck all your silly strings and bend all your notes for me Soft silly music is meaningful magical The movements were beautiful all in your ovaries All of them milking with green fleshy flowers While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines Smelling of semen all under the garden was all you were needing When you still believed in me Say what you want to say and hang for your hollow ways Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracle for me I know they buried her body with others Her sister and mother and 500 families And will she remember me 50 years later I wished i could save her in some sort of time machine Know all your enemies We know who our enemies are Know all your enemies We know who our enemies are Goldaline my dear We will fold and freeze together Far away from here There is sun and spring and green forever But now we move to feel For ourselves inside some strangers stomach Place your body here Let your skin begin to blend itself with mine

best song on itaots easily

I saw the name of the performer in a book called will Grayson will Grayson I’m happy i read the book and looked up the name of the singer

This song helped me through quarantine and some of the toughest times mentally

Not sure which is better. This or Little Birds. Both are masterpieces.

This song saved me from a bad acid trip.

i love this song

illüzyondan ibaret olduğunun farkındayım, güzel olduğunu kabul etmeliyim, aksinde kalır mıyım bu geceden farksız

Harika şarkı 👏

Thanks

Oh comely I will be with you when you lose your breath Chasing the only Meaningful memory you thought you had left With some pretty bright and bubbly Terrible scene that was doing her thing on your chest But oh comely It isn't as pretty as you'd like to guess In your memory you're Drunk on your awe to me It doesn't mean anything at all Oh comely All of your friends are all letting you blow Bristling and ugly Bursting with fruits falling out from the holes Of some pretty bright and bubbly Friend you could need to say comforting things in your ear But oh comely There isn't such one friend that you could find Here standing next to me only my enemy I'll crush him with everything I own Say what you want to say hang for your hollow ways Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracleee for meee Your father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies While you and your mother were..a sleep in the trailer park Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums The music and medicine you needed for comforting So make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving And pluck all your silly strings and bend all your notes for me Soft silly music is meaningful magical The movements were beautiful all in your ovaries All of them milking with green fleshy flowers While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines Smelling of semen all under the garden was all you were needing When you still believed in me Say what you want to say and hang for your hollow ways Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracleee for meee Da da da da da da da...Da da da da da da da...Da da da da da da da... I know they buried her body with others Her sister and mother and five hundred families And will she remember me fifty years later I wished I could save her in some sort of time machine Know all your enemies We know who our enemies are Know all your enemies We know who our enemies areee... Da da daa da da da da da da, daa da da da da da da da... Da da da da da da da da da, da da da da ah ah ah, da da da da da da da da.. Dee dee dee dee dee dee deeee... Goldaline my dear We will fold and freeze together Far away from here ('hai..r') There is sun and spring and green forever But now we move to feel For ourselves inside some stranger's stomach Place your body here ('hare') Let your skin begin to blend itself with mineeeee.... Dee, dee, dee, dee, da, da etc...

"Oh comely , i will be you when you lose you breath "

"Holy _SHIT!"_

Wow was surprised to hear this was an American band thought it was a British band the singer sounds like he is singing in a Bristol/ West Country accent.

Cool

top 5 song ever.

I see my heart begin to heal. So long ago my trust within myself was shattered, would I ever love someone else the way I did her before things went sideways?

anyone else listening to this during world war 2?

If it's bad for you to sing, imagine for me Brazilian that I subtitled it in Portuguese and most of the words didn't understand, I stayed until now 8:00 in the morning subtitling because I didn't find any Portuguese subtitles, I'm a little crazy as “Oh Comely”

this song ruined my life. 10/10

KNOW ALL YOUR ENEMIES.

Love NMH!!!!💯✌🏻🫶🏻💙

Song interrupted by commercial

It is so sincerely incoherent

If someone asked what did growing up in the 90s felt like. This.

I can't believe Google now inserts ads halfway through sings. Goodbye youtube

I wish this record wasn’t a meme.

this song fking destroys me every time. everything is so meaningless but my monkey brain can't help artificially assign meaning to things. is that all meaning is? all I know is that I'm cold and empty jeff

why tf did it play an ad in the middle of the song??? jesus.

this would be nice if not for the ad part way

wtf is this song about? I've probably listened to it a thousand times and have no idea.

i’ve never heard “ear” pronounced as two syllables before

What on Earth is this song about, a regretful hookup or Anne Frank? Either way, poetry

Live it and it looses its finesse

Who's here after reading "the Disenchantments"

what is the trumpet like instrument in the end called?

Uff

In honor of Melanie Martinez

Best albums from each decade: 60's - Pet Sounds 70's - Dark Side of the Moon 80's - Misplaced Childhood 90's - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 00's - Funeral 10's - The Suburbs

I came here when I read Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Potato

tangents aren't deep keep seething

Not sure exactly why an ad has to play halfway through this song every time I listen to this upload of it. RU-vid is garbage