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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Feb 9, 2015 ^^
Rating : 4.911 (1,813/79,819 LTDR)
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December 3rd 2021, Bar 31 in Hartlepool. I played my whole two sets as normal but then for the final song I played this. My girl was there, as were around a hundred of our family & friends, but she was the only one that had no idea why I started playing our song to close out my own gig. By the time I got to the chorus I had arranged for as many people as possible to sing along with me, and it was at this point she started to get a little emotional, but she had no idea what was coming next.
Chorus ends, I take off my guitar and walk to her, get on one knee and reach in to my pocket.
She said yes.
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Saw this video about 3 years ago and heard the song and loved it so much. Then suddenly I moved onto another video and forgot the name of the band and the song and spent about three years typing "Scottish, beach/ rock band" into YouTube search bar looking... And now, three years of searching and I wasn't even looking I was watching Mumford and Sons play the shit out of a banjo and suddenly here I am. I'm happy and I've found some of the best music I've ever heard. Again.
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In my experience, Bear's Den has undergone a transformation since 2014 that has deeply impacted me. While I acknowledge that their music continues to be of high quality, there's a distinct difference from the earlier sound that resonated so deeply with my soul, particularly the banjo-infused melodies and the presence of John Revelle (aka Joey). This isn't to say that the current offerings are negative; rather, they speak differently.
The truth is, during a challenging period in my life when I was grappling with depression, Bear's Den's music was a source of hope for me. The anticipation of their new releases was a lifeline, their harmonious and soothing tunes a source of warmth and solace. I cherished the moments when I could escape into their music, surrounded by the familiarity of my old laptops, finding some sort of peace and connection.
My journey with Bear's Den has been long and deeply personal. I've been there since the beginning, supporting the band, celebrating their growth, and feeling the pang of change when the band's direction shifted. The adjustment to a new musical style was a shock to me for weeks, if not, months.
Despite these changes, my affection for Bear's Den remains unwavering. Watching you grow and evolve is a privilege.
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Man, this song is so relatable. I first came across it at a time when I was dating this really awesome girl, and it turned out she actually liked this band too. It took on a personal meaning when I started to get this terrible feeling that I was going to lose this girl despite all the hopes I had, and I didnāt know what I could do about it. That terrible feeling was realized when she ended things with me... The symbolism in the video of them sinking deeper and deeper into the sand is like that terrible feeling that came over me slowly but surely and then was realized. Iām left in this pit of sand as my fear of not wanting to know who I am without her is realized and Iām left āclutching at strawsā wishing I was clutching her instead.
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Agape
Please don't dissipate
I know that I have got it all wrong
I'm reaching out
To touch your voice
But baby, I'm clutching at straws
Even though
Your words hurt the most
I still wanna hear them, every day
You say let it go
But I can't let it go
I won't leave, every word that you say
For I'm so scared of losing you
And I don't know what I can do about it
About it
So tell me how long, love, before you go
And leave me here on my own
I know that I don't wanna know
Who I am without you
Oh agape
Please don't dissipate
Yeah I know I've got it all wrong
I'm reaching out
To touch your voice
But baby I'm clutching at straws
For I'm so scared of losing you
And I don't know what I can do about it
About it
So tell me how long, love, before you go
And leave me here on my own
I know that, I don't wanna know
Who I am without you
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
For I'm so scared of losing you
And I don't know what I can do about it
About it
So tell me how long, love, before you go
And leave me here on my own
I know that
I know that
Tell me how long, love, before you go
And leave me here on my own
I know that
I don't wanna know who I am without you
I don't wanna know who I am without you
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I think this song is about when we want something a lot, when we want some relationship to work out. You get the ideal of love Ɣgape on your mind, but you are moving away from it, and you know it is not right, but you are so attached to the feeling, ego, the fear of lose it that it makes you lose more quickly. So you start to question if you even know what love is, cause your expectations are falling into place, and you want to sustain something that maybe doesn't happens like this: "Yeah, I know that I've got this all wrong" cause we idealize a lot too, and maybe its not too acessible to us in this world: a perfect love. Then, at this time, you are charging yourself to love righ, but the other people start recognize you are not getting it right, and start to move away from you: "I'm reaching out
to touch you now" and it only make it worse, cause your feelings of fear start to make sense. So, if at the start it was just a creation of your own mind, now its real. You create everything from your fear.
At the start of the music he still knows about his feelings is going wrong, so he begs to agape not to dissipate, but along the music, it does. The sand can be the ego, the attachment, and in the end he just confess his feelings, right now, stronger, without much rationality, while he is drowning in that sand, when the last phrase he says is just like a acceptance of something he don't wanted to feel, but feel: "I don't wanna know who I am without you". This is song is clearly about a affective dependence, but he is conscious about it. Sometimes we lose ourselves in someone, and this is the worst thing we can do to ourselves: to hitch our existence to something. A relationship require so much maturity, confidence and centering coming from the both parts. I love the song, the melody, and the sincerity about those feelings that is not too welcome, but, sometimes, it happens.
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Agape
Please don't dissipate
I know that I've got this all wrong
I'm reaching out
To touch your voice
But baby I'm clutching at straws
Even though your words hurt the most
I still want to hear them
Every day
You say let it go,
but I can't let it go
I wanna believe every word that you say
For I'm so scared of losing you
and I don't know what I can do about it
About it
So tell me how long love before you go
and leave me here on my own
I know it
I don't want to know who I am without you
Agape
Please don't dissipate
Yeah, I know that I've got this all wrong
I'm reaching out
To touch you now
But baby I'm clutching at straws
For I'm so scared of losing you
and I don't know what I can do about it
About it
So tell me how long love before you go
and leave me here on my own
I know it
I don't want to know who I am without you
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
For I'm so scared of losing you
and I don't know what I can do about it
About it
So tell me how long love before you go
and leave me here on my own
I know it
I know it
So tell me how long love before you go
and leave me here on my own
I don't want to know who I am without you
I don't want to know who I am without you
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LIVE TWITTER Q&A
ON THE MAKING OF THE BRAND NEW AGAPE VIDEO
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Bear's Den and director Ed Sayers will be hosting a Q&A about the creation of the Agape video live on twitter, Tuesday 10th Feb, at 5:30pm GMT. Join the band @bearsdenmusic
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I used to listen to this song when I first started going out with her ... used to be petrified at the though of losing her ... convinced myself that weād never actually get to this point ... 2 years of ups and downs ... Iāll probably miss like hell if she does move on ... but Iāll always be glad for the memories we shared ...
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@taranveersingh93
5 years ago
I don't get it. Why is youtube not counting the million times I alone have listened to this song?
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