Will Wood - Tomcat Disposables (Official Video)

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"In case I make it," now available to stream everywhere. Vinyls, CD's, & cassettes coming soon from Say-10.com.
Engineered, built, and animated by Ivan Fisher-Owen of Beyond the Bark
Written, directed, and edited by Will Wood & Ivan Fisher-Owen
Post FX & digital animation by Will Wood
Original illustrations by Spectoron
Composed & produced by Will Wood
recorded & engineered by Simon Ficken at Backroom Studios, NJ
Mixed & mastered by Kevin Antreassian at Backroom Studios, NJ
Saxophone & flute by Matt Berger
Bass by Vater Boris
Guitar by Mike Bottiglieri
Drums & percussion by Mario Conte
Strings by Yoed Nir
Baritone Ukulele, keys, & vox by Will Wood
Special thanks to:
Ivan Fisher-Owen & his family, say-10 records, adam Gecking, Symphonic Distro, Mike Bottiglieri, Mario Conte, matt Berger, Vater Boris, all tapeworms past and present, Jon Maisto, Kevin & Simon, yoed nir, Sarah Chu, matt Keiper, Juno Loaiza, Suzanne Torrison, Mike Abiuso, Chris Dunne, meeps, the mouse, the patreon folks past present and future especially VIPs, my friends family and other people I've connected with who didn't get involved directly but I still want to thank. if I missed anyone, blame my terrible brain and worse personality, you are not forgettable. maybe we left things off weird and I'm not sure if you'd be comfortable with me mentioning you idk.
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@nicolecann7840 2 года назад

It's the innocence of the mouse that makes this song so devastating to me; "They must want to be friends!" and "What's the moon made of? Meet me there after I'm gone." are the bits that hit the hardest.

@moss9642 6 месяцев назад

It truly is such a beautiful song, as well as the pure hope expressed when food is presented on the stove top again AGH it's so good

@That_Goiky_Gowrl 5 месяцев назад

You explained it better than me

@terabyteoftflipflopswitche6981 Месяц назад

The "why does it hurt" really dug into me

@kbglenn 2 года назад

I tried to show this song to my boyfriend but before I played it I said it was really sad and he asked if I wanted to explain the backstory first (because I often do that with music I show him). And of course I said yes but then just BURST into tears for no apparent reason. He was very taken aback but waited till I got a hold of myself and I finally managed to say "so it's about a mouse . . ." Then I burst into tears again and he tried so hard not to laugh to no avail. God bless you, Will Wood.

@darkacadpresenceinblood 2 года назад

this is such a mood and honestly understandable, if i didn't have a literal inability to cry i would cry my eyes out to this poor little mouse :(((

@riffraff2454 Год назад

I’m a pretty new fan but uhh there’s backstory to this video?

@arminek.1310 Год назад

@@riffraff2454 it's about a mouse will tried to feed and befriend. he was told that the mouse carried a deadly disease though, so in the end he had to trap and kill the little guy. the name of the trap he used is "tomcat disposables"

@riffraff2454 Год назад

@@arminek.1310 oh wow thank you

@EndisBored Год назад

this songs the good shit made me cry alot 10/10

@duetsinatimeloop 2 года назад

This feels like a campfire made from the door frame you once used to measure your height on growing up

@PhantomObiWan Год назад

thats a really good analogy

@calico_moth7049 Год назад

op this hits so hard what the hell /pos

@Idiotbrain 11 месяцев назад

how can you describe something so right and saddening at the same time

@LucaTheStar 9 месяцев назад

Wow, you beat "baby shoes never worn" in the competition for saddest single sentence 😢

@rebeccaarias. 6 месяцев назад

ow, dude.

@StraightestDakregor 10 месяцев назад

Something I just realized that made tear up, is that the little mouse never blames the person for poisoning them. They just know they were served a feast, but then something went wrong. The little mouse just waits for death, and they wish for "their friend" to meet them on the other side.

@catinnasuit1597 3 месяца назад

this one and the uthanasia one had me fucking crying

@catinnasuit1597 3 месяца назад

(they are related )

@Things-with-wings 8 месяцев назад

“My stomach starts to turn with thirst, wait why does it hurt?” When a victim gets rabies, they become physically unable to drink water, to the point it physically hurts to try swallowing it.

@bucketbuoyancy235 18 дней назад

I’m pretty sure the mouse didn’t have rabies, but I could be wrong. Lyrics didn’t say anything about it feeling painful to drink water. It’s also implied whatever illness he has came from the food his “friend” gave him. It would make little sense to poison a mouse with rabies instead of regular poison.

@cosmotellurianTheory 3 дня назад

@@bucketbuoyancy235 it was poisoned food

@bucketbuoyancy235 2 дня назад

@@cosmotellurianTheory Exactly.

@ThePotionMaster413 2 года назад

The fact this song is about an actual mouse who Will tried to befriend but ultimately had to trap and kill because it carried diseases makes this whole song so much more tragic. Fantastic work: the addition of an orchestra and this stellar stop motion animation sells this whole piece. Absolutely stellar, Mr. Wood - cannot wait to hear the full album! Now excuse me as I wipe the tears from my eyes.

@ashe9112 2 года назад

Where can we hear about this story ;w;

@julienlinconnu 2 года назад

Are we sure that this song is about this? Does we have official confirmation? Because last time we thought that will had a daughter with better that the alternative but it was proven wrong

@julienlinconnu 2 года назад

@@audrey0919 Oh well that's poggers :0

@necoarcofficial3598 2 года назад

@Julien L'Inconnu well even if it has official confirmation it could be false lol, he literally lied about having a daughter just for funsies (which, like, tbh same)

@korova.mp3321 2 года назад

idk man, i heavily doubt he lied about that. he fucking loves mice and owns like 5

@eye_in_a_bottle 2 года назад

Lyrics: I have mapped the cupboards and drawers Tracked the least-walked spots on the floor Happy to be home, safe and warm As shadows by their feet, the odd vanishing treat Quietly eating while they sleep So here’s where I’ll be raising my kids If I can find someone to start a family with Till then I dream of the day my odds and ends fit I’ll wake up, there’ll be food on the stove forever And never want for more Is there cheese in the great beyond? Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn Life gets shorter, teeth grow long Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours Do I belong in “right and wrong?” Nature, I guess. One night one flung light through this place So I run for cover, over under, left the rind out on the plate Little heart racing and praying “something keep me safe, I think it saw my face, okay, One hungry day is nothing, come what may.” But then winter came inside for three nights Left me grinding my teeth between my walls and gripping my dreams tight Curled up kept my head up and put up the fight I’ll make it through again. I have before. Come on now, what’s one more? Is there cheese in the great beyond? Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn Life gets shorter, teeth grow long Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours Do I belong in “right and wrong?” Nature, I guess. Spring bloomed in the kitchen again So I crawled out of the wall and squinting Saw hope on the stovetop just like I’d always imagined it More than I could eat, my dreams were finally reality My struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends! My stomach starts to turn, with thirst, why does it hurt? My just desert is served, dig in. And so I stumble back to bed Something’s not quite right. Guess I’ll just go rest my head Now as I lay me down to sleep I expect no dreams, and no sweet goodbye to me Flatline in the morning light. I held on so tight for so long It’s just not Right, let a sigh out as I close my eyes. Was that all there was to this? What’s for the best? Is there cheese in the great beyond? What’s the moon made of? Meet me there after I’m gone Life gets shorter, teeth grow long Mind me not and I’ll mind my own and my mind Held the same light as the one in your eyes. Do I belong in “right and wrong?” One dies alone? And why? Don’t know. Goodbye. So long. To mice in homes. Nature, I guess. Nature, I guess. Nature, I guess.

@Mars-uf5tf 2 года назад

@saltycracker4623 2 года назад

thanks!! im going to translate the song now :))

@pangalacticgargleblaster1369 2 года назад

my saviour tysm

@amoureux6502 2 года назад

It's 10:22 AM and I'm crying for the mouse that this song is about

@vampire_money99 2 года назад

@@amoureux6502 youre not alone dude this is so fucking sas 😭

@ohitsaqueerworldafterall 2 года назад

This is the most gut-wrenching thing I’ve ever seen. He worked so hard and stayed optimistic only to fail anyway. My whole day is ruined. Thank you so much for this piece of art. I will never be the same again.

@jazmindodds 2 года назад

Your comment broke me man

@mattatta 2 года назад

Death's only temporary. In the long term, the mouse is okay.

@improbablytheguy 2 года назад

@@mattatta ?

@mattatta 2 года назад

@@improbablytheguy Just me being optimistic in a philosophical way, lol

@thilsiktonix 2 года назад

a real fella.

@clawcakes 2 года назад

i'm a time traveler, this shit's a banger

@clawcakes 2 года назад

@@SmallAndInconvenient uhhh

@clawcakes 2 года назад

@@cuddleanimates no

@PockettGirl 2 года назад

You better not be lying.

@aaronwebb9379 2 года назад

He played it in ft. Worth. Shit is a banger

@f4r3sss 2 года назад

well, you werent wrong, and im not surprised one bit

@addisonm.8618 2 года назад

this really reminds me of the poem we talked about in school. it’s about a mouse who works so hard to build a nest and when it finally finishes it gets ran over by a plow and the symbolism of how even if you work hard and stick to the plan something can completely ruin it for you

@improbablytheguy 2 года назад

Isnt that the one of mice and men was based off?

@addisonm.8618 2 года назад

@@improbablytheguy yeah

@thelemondropgirl2140 Год назад

As in “the best laid plans of mice and men will often go awry”?

@TheTinyDiamond 6 месяцев назад

It's _To a Mouse_ by Robert Burns, which as @improbablytheguy said, inspired the title of _Of Mice And Men._ And yeah, although it was written "...best-laid _schemes_ of mice and men...," as @thelemondropgirl2140 said, it's the source (afaik) of the expression "the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry."

@okapi_q 2 года назад

I’ve had the “nature I guess” part from the little teaser stuck in my head all week, I’m so ready to hear the full thing (and cry a bunch)

@vampire_money99 2 года назад

me too, and now im crying for the poor little guy :(

@Herbentto 2 года назад

After reading his recent interview and watching his live chat for this song I absolutely one hundered percent understand why he said what he said about his fanbase and why he wrote sex, drugs, and rock and roll. This song is a heartwrenching piece about trying to fit in and what it's like to fight so hard just to end up dead and alone, and all you see in the live chat is fucking memes and baby gays talking about how gay they are. Honestly annoying as hell. I'm glad to hear that the live shows irl are better though. I hope he finds true happiness one day.

@AylaMarionSU 2 года назад

i believe its mostly his under 18 audience. the shows are 18+ for a reason heh. glad they’re going well for him, though.

@kiteacup 2 года назад

what did he say? i listen to will wood but i don’t really follow him. i do think i understand what you said for what i’ve seen about his fanbase, but i got curious as to what happened

@ConfettiCasket 2 года назад

@@kiteacup From what I've seen alot of the kids in his fanbase insist he should make stuff like Self-Ish and Everything Is Alot again. And aren't letting him move on from it even though he was in a really bad place when he wrote that stuff. Alot of his fanbase is definitely younger than he would like too, considering his shows are usually 18+ so thats probably what its about. Im not 100% sure though.

@daisy-lk1lt 2 года назад

ive heard some pretty bad things from the live shows on reddit ( i live uk so cant go :( ), apparently people throwing stuff at the stage and talking/screaming over him etc... fans who have no respect for will are missing the point of most of his songs lol

@Herbentto 2 года назад

@@kiteacup he was talking about how socially inept they have become thanks to social media + the pandemic and how at one of his gigs he was being screamed at and disrespected on stage because of it. He said recently that the shows on his new tour have been good however.

@Subparanon 2 года назад

Strange how different it sounds from his earlier music, and yet it still sounds like Will. Gave me Wes Anderson vibes.

@vampire_money99 2 года назад

the melody may change however it wants, but will wood's unique voice always shines through. pretty sick.

@pixieskitty 2 года назад

I felt like Radiohead and Danny Elfman had a beautiful baby >.>

@tituslafrombois1164 2 года назад

It's like the chaotic energy of this early music was restrained and put under much more deliberate control. Not doing "EVERYTHING" musically, only doing what you need to do.

@FancyShrimpp 2 года назад

It sounds like the gravity falls theme with the woodwinds in the beginning

@thilsiktonix 2 года назад

Agreed. Gives me Radiohead vibes, too. They do so much stuff, but Thom Yorke's voice always sounds distinct.

@plimbo751 Год назад

Someone sang this with their own ukulele today at my school's talent show. It was great, glad I learned about this song

@TheMazZT Год назад

hey that was me ! this song and the artist are amazing i'm glad you've found them

@plimbo751 Год назад

@@TheMazZT I'm glad I found them too, but I wanted to say that your performance of the song was incredible. Your song trapped in a peninsula is also really good!

@TheMazZT Год назад

oooo thank you !! i very much appreciate you taking the time to check out my other stuff

@sw00ferz Год назад

hi plimbo

@greatestyoutuber 11 месяцев назад

LISTEN TO MORE WILL WOOD I PROMISE IT WILL

@whydowehavehandlesnow Год назад

Nothing can make me cry quite as hard as this song does. Mice just want to survive. They fight so hard. They didn't ask to be mice, but they're hated just for existing, even though they're adorable little things. They do their best to stay out of the way and not bother anyone. They're incredibly intelligent. How we dispose of their lives and efforts without a second thought is heartbreaking to think about :(

@creacherfeacher8232 9 месяцев назад

I know this is an old comment, but this sort of thing makes me sad when it comes to "pests" in general. Maybe I don't want them in my home, but it's not their fault that my house - which is warm and has a steady source of food - seems like great shelter! They just want to live, like anyone else :(

@maximodubs4189 5 месяцев назад

it's not fault of parasites to be parasites, they just want to survive

@rubolph1954 4 месяца назад

man this reminds me of a wasp that was building a nest on my porch last year. when we first noticed she was building a nest, we knocked it down (which i kinda feel bad for in retrospect) but i guess she was determined and came back and built another one. we figured, if we kept knocking them down, she would just keep building them, so we let her be this time. she stuck around, and i always watched her slowly progress on her nest. i'm normally terrified of wasps, but eventually i learned to be comfortable around her and her alone. (wasps can recognize individual humans, so i'm sure she had become familiar with me as well.) eventually i began to notice that she was hardly ever around anymore, and her nest was just sitting there abandoned. this went on for weeks, maybe even months, and we eventually came to terms with the fact that she probably met with some fate in the outside world and wouldn't be coming back. the fact that she most likely always knew i was there and yet continued working on her nest as if i wasn't there probably means that she knew me and she knew i wouldn't do anything to her. animals really are just little individuals. like the song says, "my mind's not one bite smaller or lesser than yours"

@DJSilly9 2 года назад

I'm gonna sob uncontrollably when this drops, aren't I? Can't wait Edit: yes yes i did poor mousey :(

@bingusthegreat4659 2 года назад

Most likely Lmao

@uni8123 2 года назад

you are so active in the fandom holy shit i recognize your pfp every time on insta and here

@Lunar_Scapes 2 года назад

I know that I did

@ashe9112 2 года назад

Yep

@ocie_ 2 года назад

we all did

@realuity3075 2 года назад

as a lover of rodents and insects alike, this song and the story behind its creation breaks my heart. god it just hits everything I feel about the little guys, the alien yet familiar conscience behind black beads and the betrayal of death after hopes of survival. I hope will’s mouse friend got their rinds of parmesan up there.

@fledkill9928 Год назад

nuff said

@shepdon 6 месяцев назад

i just now realized the shadow in the final contraption is not a fish but a dead rat on its back, welp now the video makes more sense to me

@That_Goiky_Gowrl 5 месяцев назад

HELP😭😭💀💀

@kubagrotowski 8 месяцев назад

She Found Me Crying, She Crew Too, We Both Crode

@mint3465 2 года назад

"Is there cheese in the great beyond? What's the moon made of? Meet me there after I'm gone" Chills

@transfixedtomography 2 года назад

i was on the stream, and people were saying the song was okay. (they were from the discord, and this was before the premiere started.) i starkly disagree. this is a masterpiece, especially after watching will woods recent interview. understanding the lyrics make them hit harder, and the tapeworms did such a good job with the music. so well done, i am now samual’s #1 fan.

@elvingearmasterirma7241 2 года назад

I know art is subjective and music is art but _theyre wrong_

@odditycat2716 2 года назад

upon first listen I didn't like it purely because it wasn't what I had grown to expect from Will Wood. but I loved it every listen after that. this is seriously beautiful and so soothing,,

@HolloTheRaven 2 года назад

imo the pacing on some of the lyrics feels a little off and was kinda jarring on my first listen when i wasn't following along with the words. but ive listened to the song like at least 25 times now so clearly it wasnt a deal breaker lol overall id definitely agree that this is some of his best work yet. the instrumentation and mixing are fantastic, and the lyrics have a lot of nuance and thematic depth. congrats on becoming samual's #1 fan btw

@claudiagomes1104 2 года назад

It took me a few listens to fall in love with it but goddamn do I love it now

@butasimpleidiotwizard 2 года назад

@@odditycat2716 I genuinely find it amazing how different people think this is to the rest of his stuff because I have such a hard time seeing it, superficially yes it's quite different I suppose but the building blocks are all perfectly the same, it's still got the clear distinctive sound of a Will Wood song. I wonder if the album people first listened to has any bearing on how different they perceive this song compared to his other stuff, mine was Everything Is a Lot, specifically my favourites were Cover This Song and Skeleton Appreciation Day and those songs are a lot more like this one than say Dr Sunshine is Dead or I/Me/Myself. Idk I just find it strange

@spaghettayyyyyy 2 года назад

My grandfather is in the hospital and is not gonna make it. This song is tragic but i think it’s honestly helping me get through this. It just hits like “everything was just starting to get good. and then - sudden tragedy” now i cry while singing this

@spaghettayyyyyy 2 года назад

He died about two hours after this comment. RIP Grandpa, may there be cheese in the great beyond.

@earth2cody Год назад

@@spaghettayyyyyy hey mate, im so sorry. How are you doing? Sending hugs your way.

@yipyip3044 2 года назад

i remember hearing this in his early showcase livestream and just knowing that it was going to be my favorite song. the "is there cheese in the great beyond / rinds of parmesan" has never left my brain since i am So Happy that this has been released. i am at peace. there is in fact cheese here

@truebobbian 2 года назад

Oh same here. I was hoping to hear it again and I am so glad. This music video is so pretty.

@yipyip3044 2 года назад

@@truebobbian so glad it came out. I love the full version so much. def worth the wait since march '21

@teamstryfe3592 2 года назад

And if I did, you deserved it would've been cool to hear as a studio version

@tessaminick8745 2 года назад

The line "Do I belong in right and wrong?" hits really hard for me. Before I heard this song I was in a dark place, thinking about how in nature, everything has a place, and yet I can't seem to find one. But this song, this line, given the context to the meaning of it.....sometimes things don't have a place. Sometimes a situation isn't moral or immoral. Sometimes life just is. And a lot of the time there is no higher purpose to anything, and a lot of the time the way things in nature and life fit into each other is far less romanticized, more mundane, and sometimes even tragic. Sometimes you don't get to figure out what your place is. It's humbling. Nature, I guess.

@fledkill9928 Год назад

Nature, I guess.

@Siyko 3 месяца назад

Yeah. Little mouse did all the things he knew to do. Find a warm place, flee for safety from scary things, gather food, hold out when hunger strikes. His mood follows these events - happy, fear, hope, resilience - and in the end he puts it together and what does he get for all his troubles? Dead mouse. You can spend your last few moments terrified, or embracing the peace, or just feeling ill. The mouse is dead and will never get the result of those initial hopes for family and friendship. But that's just nature, I guess. The mouse can't fathom something else at play, or think about his role in the universe. Nature is unfair, and I'm dead, that's Nature I guess.

@lobsterexpert4558 2 года назад

As the lobster expert, I can guarantee that this will be a banger

@Hoonter 2 года назад

Thank you for your expertise

@IAmSneak 2 года назад

as the lobster expert, do you recommend chewing lobsters before swallowing or, like rice, swallowing it without chewing?

@lobsterexpert4558 2 года назад

@@IAmSneak As the lobster expert, both is acceptable

@IAmSneak 2 года назад

@@lobsterexpert4558 very intelligent wisdom lobster expert. I will keep that in mind next time I meet a bluey

@rat_mikey 2 года назад

I'm so glad we have an expert here

@jmolsen8328 2 года назад

My daughter turned me on to WW. I took her and friends to see him a few weeks ago and really loved everything about it. This song, this is so gorgeously dark and lovely; like a short story crafted tightly. So much meaning in such a small space. Breaks my heart and makes it melt all at once ❤

@jmolsen8328 2 года назад

I cant stop thinking about this song. It's haunting me.

@Plorpoise 2 года назад

It's the kind of song you think about after you listen to it, then you listen to it again, think more, and eventually decide it's time to get a little mouse friend to give them the life they deserve.

@mothclaws8019 2 года назад

man…. the imagery on the different puzzle pieces showing all the good things the mouse is looking for…… and it’s so hopeful because it should make the shape of a perfect life but it just ends with death…… beautiful. i’m now going to go sob

@Acaigoeschrip 2 года назад

how was the sobbing?

@ZweiForgot 2 года назад

not sure if I've heard anything better than this in a long while.. i'm enjoying the shift in genre, Will great work.

@jameshampton3102 2 года назад

Will Wood had a genre?

@athroneoflies8785 2 года назад

@@fuyopon Can't really say that about Your Body, My Temple tho lol. That shit was kinda feral and very good

@ZweiForgot 2 года назад

@@jameshampton3102 It was kinda a chaotic jumble of a bunch of other stuff like Leonne said.

@cractor6307 2 года назад

@@athroneoflies8785 It was high energy, but nothing at the level of 2012 or EIAL. Where i think will speed up his own audio

@ocj1313 2 года назад

He's always had more slow songs like this (jimmy mushroom, Skeleton Appreciation day, sex drugs rock n roll, etc.) These were never the major feel for his music, but the origins are definitely there.

@alik9783 2 года назад

music is crazy. it can make you cry at the normally funny phrase "is there cheese in the great beyond?"

@yourmomssweetbod 2 года назад

You can’t eat cheese after death so is there any in the great beyond? I HOPE THERE IS THIS MOUSE DESERVES EVERYTHING EVERY RAT AND MOUSE DO

@t.m.gacutan5523 2 года назад

absolutely in love with this new sound, it's so much more orchestral and floaty and the lyrics are so much more pared back. it feels so deceptively simple, and also so intentionally put together, especially in the instrumentation. super excited for the rest of this album, gonna be looping this

@azarath5688 2 года назад

Tes

@azarath5688 2 года назад

YYesS

@ineffable_bungee_gum8251 2 года назад

You took the words right out of my mouth! I love this sound, it’s so cool seeing Will evolve as an artist

@witheredx6354 2 года назад

"intentionally put together" is probably one of the best descriptions I've heard for Will Wood lyrics

@anonhikkastiy 11 месяцев назад

another thing that breaks me is that "is there cheese in the great beyond?" becomes less and less of a rhetorical question as time goes on. at first it's a sweet dream, full of hope for a greater future, it's an "if", an expectation of a warm embrace after all this uncertainty and struggle then it gets darker and more fragile, and now it's a different kind of hope - the one you're clinging tight to for the sake of getting through, a light you follow to not give in to the darkness and in the very end the mouse is already on the threshold of the great beyond, and it's a fearful question to the void and to the world it's just abandoned due to a cruel fate it didn't deserve. it's denial and a "didn't i deserve it? is there really nothing more?". i hope there is cheese after all, little one.

@anonhikkastiy 10 месяцев назад

do you really think i'm over it 3 weeks later because i am not and sometimes it gets stuck in my head and i occasionally cry

@narrowbonemarrow5153 2 года назад

Hello Mr. Will Robbin Wood( Your middle name is almost certainly not Robbin but if it is then it's pretty creepy that I know that) me, my bands guitarist, and our bassist held a listening party for this song and it immediately blew our heads off and I instantly said we should make a cover of this which was then shot down by our bassist saying " It makes Will Wood uncomfortable when people cover his songs." and then she explained that you feel weird with people yelling such introspective works to the world. But heres the thing, I still REALLY wanna do a cover because this song really Willy's my Wonka and I think we could make something pretty cool with this but I don't wanna hurt you in making a cover so I thought I would ask for your approval before making it.

@WillWoodmusic 2 года назад

Man, people have the weirdest ideas about me. I've never once said I don't like when people cover my songs. I actually really fuckin love it when people cover my songs. I literally have a song called "cover this song" on my first album. I don't know who made it up, but let it be known I've never once said that I'm against covers. Would love to hear your cover.

@carythacker8049 Год назад

Ok but even besides the original notion being wrong this is so sweet? That you asked?

@L0rdOfThePies Год назад

Pls link the cover when you’re done, brother, i’d love to hear it

@tampapublicaccessvault6868 Год назад

The subtle brilliance of Tomcat Disposables - The chorus of song is a mere 10 words, and at first listen came off to me as just a throw-away: "Do I belong in right and wrong? Nature, I guess." It doesn't seem to say much. But listening to the story of this rodent, and his attempts to live in the world, make him relatable to our own human lives. Where this rodent has chosen to live does not work out. He frightens the owners of the house and they poison him. We are left to consider what this rodent ponders. Was he right in seeking food and shelter in human home? Was he wrong in scaring and taking the human's food? Were the humans right or wrong to kill him? He asks himself: "Do I belong in right and wrong?" and concludes "Nature, I guess." For wasn't it in his nature to seek food and shelter ? Isn't in human's nature to rid their house of vermin? Isn't it in a cat's nature to hunt and kill rodents even if they don't eat, and just dispose of them? (see song title) The choices we make can be seen as both right and wrong. Should these determine what may be in an afterlife? Do we belong in being right and wrong? Do we belong in this world?

@allquestionsnoanswers2726 Год назад

i had a serious, days long, emotional ethical and moral debate about setting mousetraps after listening to this. my week is ruined, i will never find a more beautiful song, this is the greatest thing ive ever listened to, and ive gotten rid of all the rattraps in my house and barn

@Tulip_bip Год назад

empathy sucks sometimes

@ari638 Год назад

You could always use humane traps! Something that just keeps them in a box alive, so you can check the traps each day and release them someplace else far away if you catch any.

@thilsiktonix 2 года назад

I just noticed this, but look at all the little symbols on the mouse's body. It looks like they mean something; for example, the heart on the chest, and the mice in the brain. It looks pretty clear that the mouse wants to meet another mouse and start a family. I think that's a touching little detail.

@ranishoo5145 2 года назад

I live in an area with a lot of rats and they tend to flock to my crawlspace to live, which god I wish I could let them but they destroy the insulation and leave feces all around the garage, outside area, etc, so this song really hits me hard. I hate that I can't just live in harmony with the rats in the crawlspace, I want to share the house with them but it's just not possible. they're unintentionally tearing apart the house, they're endangering my family and my dog if any of them are carrying diseases, it's just such a shitty hand the poor rats have been dealt :(

@MattHerrema 2 года назад

Sure, it's not "typical Will Wood," but does that really matter? It's a goddamn banger, and Will Wood shouldn't be expected to stick to a style.

@lyncaejunior3318 5 месяцев назад

Over a year later and I just realized when he says ‘my struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends’, he’s not personifying struggles, he’s talking about the person who lives in the house. That somehow made this song even more sad (even knowing the story behind it).

@river3604 2 года назад

This is the first time Will is releasing something new ever since I found his music, I cant wait! :D Correction: I was here for the release of sex, drugs, rock n roll and everything that's been released since then, but I forgot (my memory is terrible) sorry for confusing those of you in the replies lmao

@river3604 2 года назад

@@yum_parmesan yeah, i found him in october 2021 if i remember correctly

@eyemoisturizer 2 года назад

camp here n there campfire songs edition came out earlier

@river3604 2 года назад

oh yeah i forgot about those lol

@LegoCommanderCody 2 года назад

I found him in September last year

@ConfettiCasket 2 года назад

I found him right after the release of Self-Ish and watching him improve his style is so cool

@cl0wngutz859 Год назад

you know its good songwriting when you cry your eyes out every time you hear it but keep coming back to listen.

@pennithemultifandomshipper9774 6 месяцев назад

I have tried not to listen to it for the past few days cause I know I'll lcry but it's been stuck on my mind. I finally cracked and yes I'm crying again

@somewhatdubz 6 месяцев назад

This song is so gut wrenching. This song and Euthanasia both had me crying. Rest in peace, all the rats in Will’s life. Including the Wooden Mouse.

@Agdune 2 года назад

Just learned the lyrics. Having recently had to do something similar after much agonizing, it's got me tearing up. Can't yet sing the last verse without some tears happening and messing up my voice. I can make it to 'Flatline in the morning light', and no further, a little bit of a gag breaks through. What a bloody lovely lament for the little guys. Their mind’s not one bite smaller or lesser than ours, and... 'tis nature I guess... indeed. Lovely way to put it, and a lovely tribute to them. (also eeeey, there's my name in the Indigogo list!)

@prestonhusk9710 Год назад

I orginally thought this song was about a struggling artist, who manages to make it through everything, the unyeilding strength of the human spirit persevering. But then I actually listened closely to the lyrics and finally realized that its really a gut wrenching tale of the life and suffering of a poor innocent mouse. This song never fails to make me cry. This is a song of true tragedy and sadness.

@g0recr0w 2 года назад

the context behind this song has me crying and throwing up on the floor. amazing job

@jeremybingus6063 2 года назад

Whats the context????????

@g0recr0w 2 года назад

@@averagechocomilkenjoyer basically, during the winter of the pandemic, will had made a little mouse friend that tried taking bits of parmesan rinds. unfortunately the mouse was a breed that is known to carry diseases and sadly had to set out traps for the little mouse, ultimately meeting his demise despite will not wanting to do it to the poor little rodent.

@ourcade2626 2 года назад

@@g0recr0w Man, this makes the fact some of his fans have been bringing him dead rodents in jars even more fucked up... :(

@g0recr0w 2 года назад

@@ourcade2626 someone showed will a vial of preserved rats at the show I went to while he was on tour... he was gonna play tomcat disposables too but didnt because of it :[

@ourcade2626 2 года назад

@@g0recr0w People are fucked up, man. In what fucking world would anyone think that's an okay thing to do? I feel so bad for Will.

@ImTired17 8 месяцев назад

I was listening to this while on a road trip with my mom, and I had to explain to her that I was crying because I listened to a very sad song about a rat. Guess what song came on my playlist after this? *Euthanasia.* 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@Dooodandy 4 месяца назад

The infamous euthanasia jumpscare 😔

@andrewtheclown1907 Месяц назад

My pet cat just died recently, on 06/05/2024. He was a white cat with no other color on his fur, I call him Tuyết Mao, meaning White Cat (or Snow Cat). Some kind of wasting disease got to him and due to the country my family is in, he's basically got disposed of by being placed into trash bags. Which is treacherously horrible. Rest in peace sweet prince. 04-15-2021 -> 06-05-2024 🤍

@curlygurly2112 2 года назад

this whole song was great, but I especially appreciate the use of the word "parmesan" as a rhyme for "great beyond"

@tuc-kaankaraayan 4 месяца назад

Good night sweet prince

@SM-cs2my 2 года назад

i'll never ever get tired of this one i think i caught a livestream back in like august where chat asked for "the cheese song" and i was curious so i stuck around to hear him play it, but didn't catch the actual name of it so it's haunted me for months. i was just about to believe i'd never hear it again so i almost screamed when i realized which song this was. i can't listen to any other song currently

@averiterrell3541 2 года назад

I’m not gonna lie, I did more than tear up. I’m bawling actually. This means so much more to me than I can put into words. Thank you.

@charlesmieth2467 9 месяцев назад

Working tirelessly to piece together the secrets and truths of your terrifying, claustrophobic world, only to find that the only truth is that you are going to die. Fucking devastating, love it.

@YDAA__PROTO 5 месяцев назад

this song is definition of being punched in the gut

@caitlinhsu9074 2 года назад

I interviewed Will right before this song came out. I got to listen to it before the official release...and to be honest, it wasn't really my thing. I'd been hoping for more genre-bending, kooky sounds, or at least something with piano like SDRR. Instead I got a sad ukulele folk song about a mouse. Now, two months later, after talking to Will about his evolving music style and what that means for him, and seeing this music video, and digesting the lyrics (and being cuckolded from the live performance of this song by a Dead Rat Person at the Houston show), it's really hitting me. I don't know why. It just is. I really wish I'd asked him more about the lyrics/construction of the song -- but to be fair, the official lyrics hadn't been published yet and I'm really bad at understanding what people are singing without lyrics. Sorry Will.

@EctoBabble 11 месяцев назад

As a rat owner who used to watch my grandma kill the mice I tried to befriend as a toddler, this made me sob. I still remember that little guy coming out from behind the dishwasher and I KNEW there was a snap trap in the cabinet. I set it off once to trick my grandma, ruined my finger. She did kill a couple despite my efforts and I could never get the image of the dead mice out of my head. I shouldn't have given them any food. I felt bad for them and wanted to make them happy but in hindsight, as an adult, I was just giving them incentive to come back.

@WeskersLapdog 2 года назад

Oh em jee it's William Woodicus * happy *

@Silliest-guy-the-ever 9 месяцев назад

yes, there is cheese in the great beyond

@cijq 4 месяца назад

i'm never killing a mouse again

@wileatsglass 2 года назад

parmesan appreciation day

@ConfettiCasket 2 года назад

Will Wood's music style has changed so much over time and I love his newer stuff so much. I'm super excited for his new album!

@LasagneAlForno8297 4 месяца назад

first song in fuckin forever to genuinely invoke sorrow. eough.

@That_Goiky_Gowrl 5 месяцев назад

Okay. But why did I cry

@shyred1544 Год назад

Doctor: you have 5 minutes left to live Death: I'll wait. Me asf:

@mediocreclementine7649 2 года назад

For some abysmal reason, every time anything happens regarding Will Wood, in my mind I hear that one moment from monster factory's spore episode where griffin and Justin McElroy frantically and furiously shout, "WILL?! GET IN YOUR BOX WILL." I hope that reading this has inconvenienced and mildly annoyed you have a wonderful day

@sapphiretruffle 2 года назад

I like it. Will continues to explore his fascination with death (and rodents) from every possible angle.

@KitKatKenny 6 месяцев назад

I used to listen to this song and think about a mouse going through this and it made me so sad. my friend passed away a few months ago, so now i no longer think of a mouse when I listen to this song. I think of him. and that makes this song so much harder to listen to. I still love this song though

@godisrealgoddamnit 6 месяцев назад

I think it's very cute and underappreciated . Sorry for your loss man hope everything gets better ❤‍🩹

@Hardtopleeese 2 года назад

I can almost imagine a man standing over the trap that finally worked with tears in his eyes and a feeling of emptiness that comes from putting something down. Good work Will. Neither of you deserved this but at least your friend is hurt no more and be remembered evermore.

@ohno9620 4 месяца назад

i can't listen to this song with out sobbing. every. single. time.

@MadsH5859 4 месяца назад

ESPECIALLY AT, “They must want to be friends! :D,” “Goodbye, so long, to my same homes!” AND THE MOUSETRAP SNAP AT THE END. I SOB SO MUCH TOO

@TheMain__Character Год назад

Word of advice: Don't listen to this while having a panic attack, It majes you cry even harder!

@poopingisamishpropaganda 4 месяца назад

i sob everytime i listen to this bro

@K4ANG3L35 5 месяцев назад

All i wanted was a little bit of everything all of the time.

@waitsbian 2 года назад

"they must want to be friends.." anyway i'm never going to emotionally recover from that

@_LoveLandFrog_ 2 года назад

This was one of the most visually beautiful music videos I’ve ever seen, I love this kind of wooden intricate puzzle style. And Maybe I’m wrong and it’s not my place to interpret art, but the mouse looks like it’s trying to find an answer to the puzzle with the light, without having an end goal other than solving it ,but when it shows the shadow of its death, it’s scared of the answer it’s given. It could be taken as a person seeking the meaning of life to find out there’s none, and scared that death might be all that it is when it ends. It also kinda reminds me of that mouse trap game, where the goal was to just trap the mouse with this complicated machine:) Thats just without meticulously picking apart the lyrics though. Anyways it was beautiful all around :]

@butasimpleidiotwizard 2 года назад

Thats such a beautiful analysis of the video tbh, I had felt that when I first watched it but I couldn't articulate it because I was too busy crying over it lol

@butasimpleidiotwizard 2 года назад

I also like it because it's like naturally curious about this thing and figuring out what it's purpose is and then the purpose is the death of the mouse, he goes through so much trying to piece this together and find answers, at first because he just wants to know but as it goes on he becomes invested because he's put so much into it, always hoping that at the end will be some worthy reward, and as he approaches the end he can see the signs come together and finally realises that he was working for nothing, the result of his life's work and hardship was his death. It's beautiful and tragic and pulls at something deep in the human soul tbh, we all run around working hard to achieve something always believing that the reward will be in the results, but ultimately the result will always be death. That's why it's important to find fulfilment where you can now, you can work within the system for the rest of your life but it's not a game you can win, you'll die at the end like we all do, find joy in the now, not the promise of the future.

@mth9267 5 месяцев назад

So good on so many kevels. The thoughts of a mouse,the basic need for all organisms for basic existence, are my solutions right ot will it finally catch up on me and crush me.

@prioriteas Год назад

gonna have all the homies sobbing at karaoke night

@riskydash11 6 месяцев назад

Jack Stauber can make me cry over a ham, and Will Wood can make me cry over a mouse. What the hell is wrong with me

@arcade3198 2 года назад

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO IM SO READY

@danthemanonapaninacan2366 10 месяцев назад

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard

@will_the_wise7048 Год назад

THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS SO GUT WRENCHING

@w1llnt213 2 года назад

The way the lil cog stopped turning at the end when it died oml-

@MCRkaruma 2 года назад

my pet fish was dying when I first heard this song. it reminds me that we are all just small creatures in the grand scheme of things. buried him tonight life's rough

@aaronwebb9379 2 года назад

You can hear how writing music has saved his life probably several times

@foolthefooled 2 года назад

can't believe will wood invented mice

@trxgreder 6 месяцев назад

"can your pet" if it was good

@Checkmate___ 27 дней назад

LMAOOOO

@alluviumboar 2 года назад

what, wood in a Will Wood video? impossible.

@m0thb4llzz 2 года назад

My friend showed me this song earlier today and the bridge and the last two choruses have almost made me cry every time listening to the song I remember hearing the “Maybe they wanna be friends!!” Before the key swapped to a minor one and I went ‘oh no i don’t think they wanna be friends’

@cj777 2 года назад

One thing Will Wood has always gotten perfectly is chord progressions that make you feel so much emotion; this song is a beautifully done example of this. The use of augmented chords, line clichés, secondary dominates and everything else done in this piece just comes together in such an amazing way. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the rest of your album.

@prettysicknasty Год назад

screaming crying throwing up sobbing

@vesmeral9576 Год назад

I hope there's cheese in the great beyond

@thirstys 9 месяцев назад

will what the fuck im bawling now

@Wisprea Год назад

on my first few listens i never really paid attention to the lyrics, but damn once you realise then this song just becomes heartbreaking

@raybanned897 2 года назад

As someone who is part of the younger fan base (even tho I am almost 18) it was SUCH a ride to mature along with Will’s new styles. Like wow. I’m sorry that his new fans don’t respect him because they’re arrogant tweens discovering themselves. If they took a second to actually appreciate the new music they would see how utterly genius it is, just like the rest of Will’s work. This song broke my heart, thank you for this masterpiece ❤️

@PLAGUE-KARM 2 года назад

I can already tell that this is going to be a banger Edit: I was right

@Plumlight3898 2 года назад

Nice pfp

@PLAGUE-KARM 2 года назад

@@Plumlight3898 :)

@stelloola 2 года назад

This song makes me feel like Im reading a book written by Beatrix Potter if she was a horror writer

@NB-gu9rs Год назад

Every mouse dies, but how many mice get a tribute afterwards?

@raliaid3355 Год назад

RU-vid keeps on recommending this like "yes I'd like to cry again thank you"

@alext2695 2 года назад

When I was in fifth grade, I found an injured baby bird in my yard. I showed my mom, and she told me to throw it over the fence to put it out of its misery. If there's a Heaven for grackles, I hope you're at peace up there.

@L0rdOfThePies Год назад

A similar thing happened to me, the bird had fallen out of its nest and the egg had cracked open. It was a horrifying sight for a child who already was petrified of death and that

@pangalacticgargleblaster1369 2 года назад

the fact that I noticed a mouse dart through my room while watching this is too ironic

@MsEmpregetes Год назад

Broke: Pink Floyd comparing the music industry and the effects of fame to a machine that grinds you to death Woke: Will Wood comparing the effects of fame to a rat thinking its being fed when it's actually being poisoned