this song is unforgiving with its extremely sorrowful tone and lyricism, easily my favorite will wood song of all time now. cannot recount the amount of times ive sobbed to this already
It's because most people only hear "I love you" from relatives, and like good morning, it's mostly just a formality that's lost it's meaning. Hearing it from a non-family member in such a sincere tone coupled with you being the kind of person to listen to will wood makes it very meaningful, to the point you break down crying in a taco bell 2 bites into your triple soft taco supreme because you accidentally remembered this song at the wrong time instead of remembering some traumatic thing that happened when you were six and a half.
i see a theme of death goin on here tomcat as ignorance, cicada days as mind and soul and this song as others around. which hits hard from how we are dealing with life right now ...ALSO THIS SONG IS JUST GREAT AS HELL
that makes so much sense cause you know how he came up with this album???? tw on death he was in a mental health crisis and had a delusion that hes gonna die soon so he wrote this album and called it "in case i die" at first. then he started doing better so he changed the name but the death theme seems like important part of the album to me. also theres a song on this album called main character which didnt come out yet but if you know this one wanna discuss the potential death theme in it??????? cause its not that obvious i think
I’m currently listening to this with my cat cuddled next to me sleeping. while he’s still pretty young, I’m mortified if something would ever happen to him. Even if he’s young, i still understand that he’ll get old and die someday, not to mention the chance that he might get something at a young age. I still wonder what happens to both animals and humans when we die, even as a christian i always have that fear that i’ll never see him again after he dies. I’ll be sure to remember this song when the unfortunate day comes when i have to put him down. My only wish is that he doesn’t suffer in the afterlife, if there even is any.
even if there's nothing after death, we know that we'll still live on through the memories of others. even if we aren't there to hear it, people will speak to us
I lost my dog last year and I cannot stress how important it is to spend as much time with your pet as you can because you never know when their time will come and if you don’t spend enough time with them that guilt will eat you till the day you die, I know from experience.
@@Buried_BluYeah, that absolutely sucks man. I know how you feel. My Nan passed a few years back. I didn’t spend near enough time with her as she wanted and now it’s too late to make up for it. That absolutely sucks. Don’t take anything for granted. Enjoy things while they last because no one knows whats in store.
Saw this soon after I got the news that my very old dogs condition was going down. I am gonna cry myself to sleep tonight. The lyrics are just a little bit too accurate to how I feel and what I think about. It's kind of nice to be able to start crying about this though, I was feeling bad about not crying before
@@ronaldreaganhater6982 A little girl I think said something wise once: “People have to learn how to be good. Dogs are already good, that’s why they go so soon.” It’s alright to cry, and you’re not a monster for not crying sooner.
The day my cat died was the absolute worst day of my life. We actually didn’t get the chance to put her down; without getting into too much detail (because I don’t know any of you people), she woke me up really early in the morning the day I was going to give in and have her put to sleep and, long story short, while I was trying to make her comfortable again, I ended up watching her die. I was the last thing she saw. It’ll be four years this October. I still miss her every single day (heck, I cuddle her urn when I’m feeling especially lonely). Pets are your family just as much as your human family members, and that cat was my best friend for 16 years. This song hits *hard.* But it does make me feel a little better to think that I’ll see her again when it’s my time to go. ❤️🐈⬛
Oh boy, this songs just kills me. My dad died back in 2019 and I could only wish I was able to say goodbye to him. Being agnostic, I know there’s most likely nothing after death, but I still have that hope that there just might be something, anything.
@@knock_knock9161 Thank you man, I am doing better but there’s still times where it comes back and hits me like a truck It did get a lot worse a few weeks ago, I actually had to put down one of my dogs, which we always called her my dad’s dog. I can only hope she is getting lots of love wherever she’s at.
This song is about Wills experience having to put down his pet rat. You can find the story on an old reddit post. Tomcat disposables is about a mouse that was living in Wills house, and his landlord made him set traps to kill it. Seems like Will has a lot of sad rat stories.
Last saturday, my mom brought home a puppy we named Charlie. The owner claimed he was 8 weeks but by the vets assessment, he was only 4 or so weeks. As the week went on he became more and more sick. On tuesday, he had to stay at the vet bc he had parvo. Vaccines are possible but he's way too young for them so the vets put him on an IV and hoped for the best. I only saw him again today when we had to euthanize him. He was as big as my palm and he was crying the whole time. Just before the vet injected the drug, he started vomiting up blood. We had to rush through and he died pretty fast. I miss Charlie despite only knowing him for only a week.
i said goodnight to my 15yo cat a few hours ago at around 10:30 pm. it actually wasn't through euthanasia since she passed away peacefully at home in a small bed under a blanket but the lyrics still match up perfectly to the event. we knew the time was coming up soon but considering we were also saying that a year ago when we got her, it was unpredictable exactly when that day was going to come. she was suffering from old age, arthritis, and a thyroid issue, and she had been getting worse recently we knew it was either her last day or getting close to it because she couldn't even get up and walk without wobbling/collapsing and she wasn't eating anymore. i just hope we did enough and gave her a good ending to her life worth appreciating. it's hard to believe that she's really gone, that there's just no more her, and it'll be very quiet without her in the house breathing loudly through congestion. she was spicy and independent, and and treated like a princess who knew (and deserved!) what she wanted. this isn't my first time bidding farewell to a beloved cat but it never gets easier ─ it's absolutely worth the mutual love for each other, though. please adopt elderly cats from shelters if no one else will and give them the hospice and care that they're owed. it pains me to think how many of them probably die alone in an unfamiliar/uncomfortable place around people they haven't bonded with just because they can't be lifelong friends anymore. rest in peace, harley 2008(?)-2023. i'm so surprised by how much of a fight you put up with every time we thought it was getting near to the end for you until it really was. be at peace now without suffering anymore. i'm so sorry, much love. ❤🩹
The entire song is just Will Wood walking to me and beating me right where it makes me go 😭 I know it's about a pet being put to sleep, but also a loss of a loved one, a friend, which just makes me go cry my heart out everytime I hear it It's a beautiful song I can't listen to without crying and sobbing I didn't even had a pet I ever needed to euthanize, because it was suffering. I have loved ones that someday will die and this painfully makes me aware of that.
Just found this song due to someone recommending it in the comments of a short animated bit about losing a pet, called "my entire being". And honestly, sometimes I'll be lying in bed just looking at pictures of my dog who lives with my parents as I'm studying elsewhere, and suddenly the horrible unavoidable thought pops into my head. "Someday he won't be here anymore." and I just feel this horrible crushing weight on my chest. He's around 8 years old now, and still has a good few years to go at least, if not more. But he's 8, and sometimes dogs just don't go past 10, or 12. So everytime I see him, I give him as much love as I can. But I fear that if something suddenly happens, I might not get to say goodbye. It's a 5-hour-drive by bus into the town where my parents live, if I can even buy a ticket to one that goes the same day. He might not be able to wait. I dread the day when he finally goes and I inevitably feel a piece of myself die. my darling sweet boy, you are basically the most important thing in my whole life. When I go visit my parents, it's mostly because I missed you so, so much. However, one thing that will make losing you just slightly less lethal is that I know you are and always have been loved, you get to run free in the countryside and stay outside as much as you want to, you can come inside when it rains or snows and you have a cpzy spot on the carpet in front of the fireplace when it's the coldest daays of winter - not that your fur wouldn't keep you warm, you fluffball. When you go, I'll remember you through the many pictures I have and the many more to come. I'll remember your silliness, your intimidating guard bark, your adorable puppy eyes, the way your tail wags so hard, the way you go crazy for cheese and sausage and your dental sticks. I'll remember your gentle nature and your thick fur that threatens to drown us alive when you shed your winter coat. I'll remember the special few times when you gently woke me up with the click of your nails on the floor and stood by my bed with a wagging tail. I would scoot over and you'd lie down to cuddle. I know you got so warm so quickly, so I will always appreciate the 20 or so minutes of cuddles... even if I had to stay still as a corpse so you wouldn't leave until you chose to, and even if both my arms went numb from how tired they were from petting you in that awkward position where I couldn't quite rest them on anything. You will always be the light of my life even when you're no longer there to welcome me to my parents' home. And maybe someday I'll have a dog that resembles you.
In loving memory of Gran. Gone, but not forgotten. I miss you everyday. It's hard everyday. But sometimes it will all hit me. That I'll never see you in this world again. And sometimes it's hard to go on. But I still try. I'm 16 now. I wish you could have been there for that. I wish we could have baked a red velvet cake, or made fudge that wouldn't solidify. But the only thing I can do now is keep going. I can't go back, or change the past. All I can do is move forward. You will always hold a place in my heart. It aches when I think of you. You were too good for this world, for me. I love you Gran. Whether or not I see you on the other side, nothing will take away what you've given me in life. Thank so, so much.
I was surprised when I saw this was one of the least popular songs on the album, it’s probably my second favorite Will Wood song of all time to be honest
Gonna be real i was reading thru these comments like "damn ig this just isnt hitting me that hard" and then halfway thru idek the line but i just burst into tears. Had to put my cat down almost 2 years ago and i still get hit by it sometimes. Always expect her to be waiting for me at my parents house when i come home. It just wont sink in that shes gone. She was a year younger than me and id had her for like 18 yrs. We grew up together. The "i choose to believe" line at the end fucking broke me. I really hope theres dreams after all this or in our last moments so i can see her and all the people i love again. I hope all of us crying in the comments get to have that. God this is sappy lol but its true
my wife and i lost one of our cats at far too young an age, she had a disease incredibly rare for a cat so young...we lost her a couple days after her first birthday. there just wasn't anything we could do. i hope she knew she was loved, and that we think of her every day. fly high, little lady i don't often listen to will wood with the intention of crying but this song rips me up
I really really love this song, it reminds me of my two sun conures, they did not pass away but we had to give them away. My parents may be happy that they're gone but it hurts to remember all the times they made me a happier person, I still miss them to this day and wish to see them again someday...
This goes to my recently passed away lovebird Papaya, you're still too young little buddy. I'm so sorry for everything and I wish a peaceful rest for you.
My dog had to be put to sleep nine days ago on July 26, and this song makes my cry *so hard* when I listen to it. She was suffering, and there was nothing anyone could have done. If there's a heaven or something like that out there, I hope she's there. She *absolutely* deserves it. I love you Daisy, and I will miss you always. ❤
Had to put my dog of over a decade down *_two weeks_* before school started back up for me. I considered him my son. I haven't had time to grieve due to my schedule and the types of classes I've been taking, and I've been consistently having a full-on breakdown every so often about his death, primarily late at night in the communal dorm showers (with of course there somehow _always_ being a constant stream of people coming in to use the bathroom solely on those nights, so I can't even get myself to cry it or cry fully because a new person will be popping in within 5 minutes :/) Having one of those nights tonight. The day I drove out with family to come back to school, I had put on Will Wood for the drive, entirely forgetting about this song. Thought I should try it, couldn't last more than a few seconds, and ended up having a major breakdown once I was in more dorm room, unpacking my stuff with my family (had to keep stopping because a new wave of tears would hit). While crying tonight, a segment kf this song would not stop playing in my head, so I've finally decided to bite the bullet and listen to and somewhat sing along to this song, even through my tears, and hope this can help me through my grieving process. RIP Marley, you will forever be my son, and I'm always going to miss you so goddamn much
1 year ago I had to put down my dog for various intestinal issues she had. I was right next to her while she got euthanized, and I’m happy I could give her a proper goodbye and be right next to her, I know it was the right thing ‘cause she was suffering, but this song describes perfectly my experience. my friends tell me it’s been a year and I should stop crying about it like a baby, but I literally grew up with her and it absolutely destroyed me.
I’ve known so many animals and a lot of them died, including all of my 3 dogs, i remember when i would come home from school and enlightened to see them cheering up my day.. good days
(Apologies for the long comment, I talk a lot LOL.) I had a dog that we had to put down due to illness about 5 years ago, when I first started high school. She was one of my best friends for nearly 7-8 years. Because I was 15 and stupid back then and didn't know how to process my emotions, I just pushed down any semblance of grief and considered it "being strong." I didn't even go with my family to the vet to put her down, because I knew it'd just be too much. To this day, me pushing down that grief messed with how I regulate my emotions, and discussing her is still a sore topic. This song not only made me cry, it made me *bawl* within the first thirty seconds. By the time he sang "now goodnight, and i love you," I was genuinely inconsolable for the next hour. I've cried over music, but I've never "full-body-shaking, hiccuping, twisted-face" bawled over a song before. I still choke up whenever this song occasionally pops up into my head. And I think that's 100% a testament to how amazing Will really is at conveying the meanings behind his lyrics, as well as the emotion. His gentle yet sorrow-filled falsetto, almost as if he's whispering/cooing this song to his pet as a final goodbye, seriously tugged at my heartstrings and certainly didn't help me stop crying. I'm really looking forward to this album.
God.. this reminds me of my Guniea pig, Dennis. She comforted me during the hardest time of my life. She was allowed to be at school with me, and i would just sit in the yard at break to watch her eat grass and run around. She was the sweetest. I had undiagnosed Bipolar and Autism at the time, she was all ways there for me. She suddenly developed a cancer and had to be put down. I felt like i lost a piece of myself, without her i spiralled back into an awful mental state. I would have dreams seeing her alive, and would wake up crying knowing it wasnt real. Its only been a year since her death. I really hope theres an afterlife, i just want to see her again. I just want to gently hold her close to my chest, hearing both of our heartbeats as i read a book aloud to her.
also this reminds me of my kitty :[ she got put down in the middle of the night , my dad left without telling me and only told me the next day . i never got to say goodbye
Am I the only who had go through old photos of past beloved pets whilst listening cus this song hit way too hard? :’) This is beautiful and heart wrenching…
Ngl this song makes me sob, my grandma recently had to have her dog put down, for the last couple of years I’d handled that dogs vet visits, walks and grooming, the dog used to belong to her son who passed away a while ago, she was in the room with the vet as the dog was put to sleep and due to health problems she couldn’t properly bend down to hug her dog as she said goodbye and was stuck just holding her dogs head instead. She lives alone and doesn’t get a lot of visitors on a weekly basis, plus with her health she can no longer get about outside on her own, she needs proper company and a wheelchair. Well now she is alone in her house. This song definitely hits me right in the feels, especially the line “To love one from to far to call, is not to love at all, to whom is it I talk” because it kind of calls to the feeling that everything you had just disappeared like it was never there and you feel so empty, but also because you’re left with all these little things you were used to having together that you no longer have, I got so used to walking into that house and being greeted by that dog, my grandma was so used to sharing a bit of her breakfast everyday, even when I am cleaning the house and I don’t see loads of dog hair everywhere, just feels so pathetic. Everything I got used to doing and everything my grandma got used to doing because of that dog, we still find ourselves doing only to realise we aren’t doing it for anyone that’s there. Like you can’t physically project that love anywhere and it just makes you feel so sad.
For some reason i thought a song called euthanasia _wouldn't_ be about euthanization. Incredibly happy that it is, purely, simply, about death, that's so cool! The idea of "no proof" rings so true, too; sometimes it's just easier to pretend that they're not really gone, just away for awhile, y'know?
“Well now i know, i know why we say that theres a better place that waits beyond the grave. and i know, i know its not true. theres just no more you. but as long as theres no proof… then i choose, i choose too believe that we’ll meet in sweet dreams after you’re put the sleep… “
I was listening to this song and happy birthday (my olde friend) by aurelio voltaire played after it so this song ended and then I heard "GRAB THE CHAIR BOYS WE'VE GOT ANOTHER BUCKET KICKER" so yeah that was definitely something
Why does nobody ever talk about how actually HAUNTING the instrumental is in this song???? Like, I don't know why, but this song feels like a nightmare.
on the floor sobbing. absolutely bawling my eyes out. crying my heart out. apologizing for my life and ever entering yours. i could fill a large pool with the amount of tears i am crying right now. i am shitting. i am pissing. i am standing over a warm bubble bath cradling a toaster and sobbing, chanting g-d's secret name and praying that there is indeed a hell so i can be eternally punished for having given this moral abomination one fraction of a fraction of a cent ((also it's not a good addams family adaptation)). i am wailing like a child.
I'm back here after a year from commenting about my old dog. Three of my animals died in a row this time from random terrifying health conditions. My older dog suddenly has a seizure and my aunt decided to put her down since its likely cancer. I was there but i miss her so much. She filled in the blank from my first dog dying and i wouldnt have gotten through withought her. Literally the next day my goat died from a bladder stone blockage. It was painful for him, he went into shock. I couldnt understand. Fast forward a bit and my pet bunny who i had just started to spend more time and care with ended up bleeding to death from cancer. I dont have any emotional support animals right now. Ive had one to support me since i was five. Everyday is a struggle and i want them all back
Its so interesting to analize how people deal with grief as someone who doesnt wholey "get" the concept (also who else thinks this song would go so hard in a major key)(oooo or a metal cover)
I’m writing a musical parody thing for the movie “Willard” and this and Tomcat Disposables were the saddest songs to work with (finished act one of anyone’s wondering lol)
ugh this reminds me of wwhen my cat passed awway and she looked at me horrified almost begging for help and it kills me that i couldnt savve her i wwas too late. watching her gasps for air before her terrifired eyes turned white watchin and feelin the life spill out of her with nothin i could do hurts more than any wound. some may say she wwas just a cat but i had her at 4 wweeks old, i got up evverynight to feed her and durin winter id stay up to keep her warm in her room. that cat means everything to me nobody showed me positivve attention, everyone at school and home wwanted me dead but she lovved me she was the only reason i didnt kill myself
