Views : 26,208,653
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Apr 29, 2010 ^^
Rating : 4.918 (3,746/178,712 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T19:50:33.678301Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
When i was a kid, i used to watch this video on MTV. In my head i was like : "Oh.. poor boy. he had to take care of his dad all the time..."
15 years later, my prespective in seeing this video has changed. "This is me in depression and the boy is just a little voice in my head who convince me to stay alive."
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When I was young this song and music video used to make me think about my childhood, being parent of my alcoholic dad and schizo mom. Now as an adult I changed my point of view and makes me think about my inner child guiding me to be a better person and finally get a happy life. A song to say goodbye to all my past.
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My mother had a brain stroke (thrombosis) when i was 10.
I don't need to analyze this video so much. from then, i grew up very fast and i became her personal assistant, translator and her right arm (she doesn't move it, and she never spoke one word again since that day).
When she fell down, a part, or my entire childhood fell with her.
Everybody can make his own interpretations, but i can feel this song and video very directly and i hope can let her go someday.
I'm 26 now and i always wanted to share my story each time i saw this video. Thanks for reading and thanks Placebo.
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When I was 9 my step dad died, my mum and him were literal soulmates, you just couldn’t believe it. He died because of an overdose of a medication a nurse had given to him in hospital. My mum told me once that the only reason she was staying in this world was me, she cried every night, I comforted her every time (I now get startled and tense when I hear something like a sob). I took care of the house, her and myself, the type of thing that scars you: I now don’t experience emotions in the same way, they just « slip », something just broke.
I am nearly 18 now, she is still very depressed and I was the kid in the video and will always be, the scar is still there and will never leave.
And the fact that this song is played with the video is really getting to me: the song is already really weird, it brings up deep feelings that mix nostalgia, fear, depression and is, in an unhealthy way, comforting, similarly to when your disorder becomes your friend, it reminds me of a part of my childhood in a weird way and the clip of an other part of it. I can’t believe it became so personal to me and that it is to many people too.
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It's a song about heroin addiction and I can't thank this song and strong video enough . It gave me the strenght to get help after 30 years of addiction to mostly every drug I touched. I am in my second year of recovery, two amazing children 9 and 7. I was always a functioning addict so thankfully my children haven't been effected. Being clean is so much better. Thanks placebo.
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Brian, un des meilleurs artiste que j’ai pu écouter, ma maman était fan de Placebo.
Toute mon enfance pendant les trajets en voiture j’écoutais tout ces albums, mais aussi dans mon lecteur MP3 de l'époque
cette musique représente beaucoup pour moi, aujourd’hui j’ai 28ans j’ai perdu ma maman et chaque fois que je l'écoute je re plonge 15ans en arrière.
Beaucoup de mes souvenirs sont associé a ce morceau.
Brian fait partie des artistes qui ma donner envie de composer.
Absolument tout ces albums sont ancestral surtout (Battle For The Sun) qui traînera dans la boîte à gant de mon véhicule à tout jamais.
Cette version longue est encore meilleure à écouter, il argumente encore plus le sentiment de dépression et de nostalgie avec ce solo de guitare batterie. JUST INSANE !
Love Placebo et MERCI🙏🏼🖤
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@PhilippeAndreFilms
10 months ago
I wrote and directed this video for Placebo in 2006. It’s so much heartwarming to see how my short film can connect with all of you. ‘Song to say goodbye’ was so inspiring, I wrote a story following the lyrics but being distant from them at the same time, to not illustrate and let it open to interpretation. I first made a 4’ music video for ‘Song to say goodbye’ then suggested this 8 minutes extended version.
Thank you so much to all of you for your wonderful comments.
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