"As I lay on my deathbed, looking down that long dreary hallwaty of life I leave behind, I just wish I spent less time snooping around, poking my head in doors and more time looking at what was right in fron of me." "What is that ? What was there ?" "Love. Love, Theodore. Cuz there's so much you can do in this life, that means nothing. But the one thing that means anything - and I'm sure of it now - is love. Love, Theodore. Love while you still can. Try to minimize all that bullshit they tell you do do, and just love. Cuz life...can be so damn complicated. And you just want to look around, and ask questions. You got no reason to ask questions, when you have something as inexplicable as love...cuz you know there's no answers."
@@cbberry1 Upside down Who's to say what's impossible and can't be found? I don't want this feeling to go away Please don't go away Please don't go away Please don't go away Is this how it's supposed to be? Is this how it's supposed to be?
How did Joel Haver so seamlessly make such a powerful video with this track? It's just unreal to me about how it had resonated with me so strongly even two weeks after having watched it.
And its still wrong in its message, love isn’t even an answer in this life, I still don’t get what the hell the point of all of this, maybe we’re just meant to ascend eventually into 4th dimensional beings and we use love as our motivation to reproduce and care for our offspring. Don’t get me wrong I love people in my life, but these are all temporary and regardless of how much you yourself can love someone they can always just not love you the same even for just a day and that’s enough.
@@jebril The point is to not consume yourself in the worlds tragedy. Stop getting consumed in politics, war and pain. You forget the people right in front of you. Tell them you love them because they can get sick and die tomorrow. Spend time with your pets, friends, family and yourself. Look for the good in the world and love it. It's not about there being an answer. There is no answer and there never will be because we're all only here by coincidence. Stop looking for answers that aren't there. Find love. It's the only thing that means anything in our short time here. The purpose of life is whatever you want it to be because you're not here for a reason. Decide that the reason you're here is to be happy, to love and to be loved. Love for people, love for art, love for nature. It doesn't matter what it is, just love. You may not have the love of every person you want to be loved by but that's exactly it, don't try to figure out why they don't love you. Know that you are loveable and someone else will. More than that, love yourself. Romantic love may be temporary but self love is not. You will always be there for you. Be your number one supporter. Tell yourself that you deserve love because you do.
Who's to say What's impossible? Well, they forgot This world keeps spinning, and with each new day I can feel a change in everything And as the surface breaks, reflections fade But in some ways, they remain the same And as my mind begins to spread its wings There's no stopping curiosity I want to turn the whole thing upside down I'll find the things they say just can't be found I'll share the love I find with everyone We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs I don't want this feeling to go away ♪♫♩ ♩ ♬ ♪♫♩ ♩ ♪♫ ♩
I found the video this song came from on Aug 23 2023. I loved it and went searching for this song which I found shortly after. At the time of writing it is Aug 31 2023. 4 days after watching this video and 4 days before it popped back up in my recommended I lost my Dad to a massive heart attack. I'm not the superstitious type but I will admit that I find George's words very comforting right now. My Dad was nobody if not someone who could make you laugh or smile and I would like to think that he went to sleep that night knowing how much love he had put into the world and how much love we all had for him. He poured everything he had into giving me and my sisters the best life he could and by God did he do it. So to everybody out there who really needs to know what the meaning of life is or worry about how you'll be remembered; the answer is love. Because even though my Dad will never know his grandkids, they will know he was the best husband, father, brother, and friend anybody in our family had. You did good Dad. You did damn good. R.I.P. Joseph Macenka 1962-2023
This made me cry.. I thought of my dad.. He deserved better than me as a son.. I don't think i've given him much to be proud of.. I'll say sorry to him.. give him a lot of my appreciation when i meet him..
I think we're all just as lost in this sick little game. Because if you dig deep enough you get to the ultimate answer. And that is that there are no answers. As I lay on my deathbed looking down that long dreary hallway of life I leave behind, I just wish I spent less time snooping around, poking my head in doors, and more time looking at what was right in front of me: love. Love, Theodore. Because there's so much you can do in this life that means nothing. But the one thing that means anything, and I'm sure of it now, is love. Love, Theodore. Love while you still can. Try to minimize all that bullshit they tell you to do and just love. Because life can be so damn complicated, and you just want to look around and ask questions. You've got no reason to ask questions when you have something as inexplicable as love. Because you know there's no answers.
Love is explicable, it’s what motivates us to reproduce to bond together with a person and create a stable life for our offspring and then to take care find reasoning in sacrificing ourselves for the offspring. Why we do this for our offspring I dont know, my daughter is a brat maybe she’ll be the one who gets to ascend to a higher level of existence when her life is easy enough.
Well, the lyrics were always intentionally meant to be a bit melancholic. It's about being a kid with a curious mind and having the enthusiasm to solve and find things which people (adults) say can't be solved or found. The end of the song, the singer hopes that enthusiastic feeling never leaves them because they're finding that things aren't always what they seem. It's actually quite profound and this cover turned those lyrics into something more real and sad using the same words. I love this version too! In fact, Jack Johnson actually wrote the original version for a more grown audience. The original was called "Whos to say" and you can find it here on RU-vid too.
@@davida6146 I went into this thinking it would be funny to turn this feel good Jack Johnson song into a more serious ballad, but quickly realized the emotion was already there in the song, and so I just leaned into that.
@@kevinkevinkevinkevinkevin I honestly didn't notice it either too, until I read the lyrics carefully. Your version definitely elevated that emotion and it sounds beautiful!
I loved how in this story George only talked to the man with the yellow hat because he respected him the most because of how many happy years he gave George.
Been a fan of yours since I heard the soundtrack you did for one of Joels movies - and you keep making really great songs! Hope to see another album release from you in the near future!
Thank you!!!!! I watched the video about 2 hours ago and have been trying to find the cover, it was so good. I hope you get a ton of new followers, all your stuff is fantastic!!
Damn, you made one of the most iconic childhood songs so emotionally Sad but so beautiful at the same time and it’s amazing how much people love this song that you were able to know what made it good,thank you 🙃🥲
Thank you, you made me want to listen to the original with the one in the video, and then that made me want to listen the version you made without the video around it, and now it exists, you're awesome.
This is such a beautiful piece of art. The song is about appreciating life and just by making it slower and creating a somber melody changes the message. I hear a man trying to be positive instead of a man promoting positivity.
I'd love an extended version of this, can't stop listening to it! Has so much emotion behind it EDIT: I came from Joel's video and immediately went to find this cover, love it so much
i think an emotional movie about curious george could honestly work. he doesnt need to die, but this piece proves that it could work. like george gets too curious, to the point he loses himself, and the man in the yellow hat has to bring him back to george. somebody make this. why am i so passionate about this lmao
Love, Theodore. Because there's so much you can do in this life that means nothing. But the one thing that means anything - and I'm sure of it now - is love. Love, Theodore. Love while you still can. Try to minimize all that bullshit they tell you to do, and just love. Because life... can be so damn complicated, and you just want to look around, and ask questions. You've got no reason to ask questions... when you have something as inexplicable as love. Because you know there's no answers. - George, 2003-2023
this song proves to me that, if you want to make a more adult version of a kids show, it’s so much funnier to make it the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen than to just have it be “oh, george said the fuck word”.
Im going through a really tough breakup rn. I loved this girl so much she made me feel so special she lived across the street from me and we hung out together everyday and made new memories every day. I loved her and she had helped me through so much. Even in my darkest moments I thought of her and she made me smile. She then moved and we tried long distance..things got unhealthy between the both of us. I loved her a lot but its just so hard to cut someone off from your life forever who was there for so long. This song is helping me get through it and making me want to cry all over again. Thank you Kevin
As the other person said, it definitely gets easier. Another great breakup song is “A song for a lover of long ago” by Justin Vernon. And a poem that really helped me was this one: “When the ship is first wrecked, you're drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. And all you can do is float. You find some piece of the wreckage and you hang on for a while. Maybe it's some physical thing. Maybe it's a happy memory or a photograph. Maybe it's a person who is also floating. For a while, all you can do is float. Stay alive. In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and crash over you without mercy. They come 10 seconds apart and don't even give you time to catch your breath. All you can do is hang on and float. After a while, maybe weeks, maybe months, you'll find the waves are still 100 feet tall, but they come further apart. When they come, they still crash all over you and wipe you out. But in between, you can breathe, you can function. You never know what's going to trigger the grief. It might be a song, a picture, a street intersection, the smell of a cup of coffee. It can be just about anything...and the wave comes crashing. But in between waves, there is life. Somewhere down the line, and it's different for everybody, you find that the waves are only 80 feet tall. Or 50 feet tall. And while they still come, they come further apart. You can see them coming. An anniversary, a birthday, or Christmas. You can see it coming, for the most part, and prepare yourself. And when it washes over you, you know that somehow you will, again, come out the other side. Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny piece of the wreckage, but you'll come out. Take it from an old guy. The waves never stop coming, and somehow you don't really want them to. But you learn that you'll survive them. And other waves will come. And you'll survive them too. If you're lucky, you'll have lots of scars from lots of loves. And lots of shipwrecks.” Take care friend!
