Why I Love the Song “High to Death” by Car Seat Headrest 

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This is my favourite song of all time. I got drunk on new years this year ( or technically last year (?)) I slumped into my bed and put this song on.When it got to the “keep smoking, I love you” I cried. I cried a lot. I don’t have any friends and I feel extremely lonely despite my family being with me. My mom tends to say that I’m “too negative.” I hate it. But even though I’m very pessimistic, I want to get happier and I want more in life.

would totally recommend Ballad of Costa Concordia for a long car seat headrest song as well! really beautiful song that I personally interpret to be about growing up in a toxic environment and moving on from that experience

This is possibly the song of all time

I had never heard of this band until your original video. I just want to thank you for introducing me to this song. It has been a very long time since I've had a song resonate with me this deeply. Thank you, Cardinal West.

I love the breakdown but I'd have to argue that The Yellow Wallpaper had as much of an impact on the song as All Summer in a Night. The verse about having a breakdown in your room following the wallpaper is a direct reference. "it keeps following me/used to be so human" also seems inspired by the story. And in the Face to Face version instead of "let me out william" he uses "you and jane can't keep me in the paper anymore".

This song and a cloudy snowy field

I'm so happy to see other Watership Down Car Seat Headrest lovers! i hope y'all have a great Christmas!!!

I would like to highlight a curiosity: after the song starts with the outro, the machine sounds, many "words" that are being said along with the woman's sample, sound like words in Portuguese such as "accept" and "wait" (aceita, espera em português). I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but I always took these "words" as great additions to the song, because "aceita" would be the robotic part of the relationship demonstrating what has become of the coexistence of the two lovers and shows that there is no way it works anymore, making Will give up the idea of continuing with it, and surrender to the last seconds of the night. and "espera", which would be "wait" I think it's pretty self explanatory, and you can think what you want. are great additions that I like to overlook when listening to High to Death, even if it's a coincidence, but I really like it

Fantastic analysis, this is definitely one of my favorite albums of all time. I always used to interpret the "let me out, William" sound byte as representing the memory of the other person in the relationship - even though it's in the past, that version of them still exists inside Will's head. and it's only at the end of the album does he accept it, this memory being a separate version of themselves that doesn't have to stay trapped. Once they become only lyrics, both the memory of that person and Will are set free. But I also like this interpretation that it's an internal struggle, that feeling of being trapped by your own depressed intoxicated thoughts. I'm just kind of rambling here but tl;dr great video :)

It was the perfect song for a lonely cristmas I love it

this video made me cry. 10/10.

this song is insanely relatable to me, the part when its, keep smoking i love you, but i dont wanna die, it makes me cry everytime. it reminds me of a relationship i had where i just ignored all my needs to make them happy until i finally know i needed to live and i couldnt put my life on hold and ignore who i am for them. its personal, but they were just killing me bro and this song made me cry all the time when i was in a relationship, twin fantasy is insanely relatable to me, and it hits so deep after going through a similar experience and going through toxic codependency. love this love, love this album, love the band.

I have the album art tattooed on the back of my right arm, this album changed my life. glad to see it getting the video essay treatment!!

The original upload of this led me to listening to this album in full, and it has become my favorite of all time. You do a great job breaking it down! I would love if you made a video on "Famous Prophets (Stars)" at some point, too :)

Oh my gosh I'm from VA too. And now I have new music to listen to! 😍 Thanks!

This song has left me sleepless in bed multiple nights.

I try to avoid being cheesy or overly sentimental/melodramatic, but a few times recently when I've hit some low points or was at a crossroads in my life, High to Death has spoken to me in a way no other song can. It's so comforting

high to death is my favorite song from this album and honestly one of my favorite songs of all time. it never fails to make me cry. i haven't seen a lot of people discussing this song (i feel like usually bodys, beach life in death and sober to death are more praised) so thank you so much for this video ! ❤️ edit: i love the deep interpretation of the lyrics but imo the most impactful one (maybe after and i sat there on the steps, considering death) is "i can't get off the ground". as much as twin fantasy is about, well, fantasy it's also about living outside of one - living a life. that's why i think lyrics on this song are so literal and non-literal at the same time. "i can't get off the ground" hits me so hard because it feels so human. you fall and you feel like you're not able to get up. you're not able to continue. you just lay there and think about everything you could do if you weren't laying down. it's just my theory and thoughts about that line you seemed to skip tho. a great video ❤️ didn't actually know about the origin of "let me out, william" and it adds so much to the song!

amazing as always :3

Another fantastic video, Cardinal West!!

Thank you for making these breakdowns. The one on "Bodys" is what got me to finally listen to them and they are in my top 3 now. Thanks man and keep up the good work :)

Dang, I just remembered this video, and how big of a douche I was when I originally watched it in 2021-2022, I can't exactly remember All I can say is, sorry for being such a huge jerk I remember just absolutely dunking on this song and anybody who liked it, calling the song, and the people who enjoyed it, cringe and edgy, which is really funny, because around that time, I think I was going through an edgy phase lol But yeah, I really apologize for my poor behavior, and I wish you the best with all of your creative endeavors This is a really high quality video, and I think it's really cool that you're able to find value in something I don't Best of luck moving forward!

Never heard of it but I definitely will check it out now.

amazing video !! absolutely love this song and man will toledo is too damn real

i love it too!!

this is such an underrated video wtf

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I'd love it if you reviewed Sober to Death or The Gun Song, this is my 6th rewatch of this video 😭

my goodness I forgot about this channel!! im a year behind !

Just subbed because of your Xenofiction vids, I do love me some Car Seat Headrest though.

i was reading the description and had to click off at the last sentence....... this video is fucking goated

I'd love to see a video about your thoughts on the Warrior Cats series. I read the first series as a child - my sibling and I were really into it.

Do you have a schedule for releasing videos, if so how often do you post vidoes?

Hey, I'm glad that you're taking the time and effort to remaster all your old videos, but are you going to make any new content soon?

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Hello everyone. I'm just here to remind you all of the fact that MIRROR TO MIRROR > FACE TO FACE! Fact beyond dispute.

how dare you talk about csh's long form songs withut mentioning the ballad of the costa concordia? for shame...

Fantastic video. Loved your analysis. But I’m sorry, recommending teens of style over teens of denial seems criminal to me

This isn't the remaster; it's the face to face version

I realized one of my old comments got removed... Yikes, the only comment criticizing the song...

Not my kind of music but I can respect the love for deeper meaning. I definitely prefer my metal and rap with "Bullet" from Hollywood Undead being that one song that seems personify my mental image of myself

34:16 come on madlo is at least a b lol

I have to skip this track on the album, I just can't get through it, it's too uncomfy

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high to death is criminally underrated i personally think its at least top 2 of twin fantasy (2011 version)