Josh Ritter, in an interview explained it, as how when someone who hasn't had their heart broken finds someone who had just been heart broken. And so as the unbroken (woman) brings love and life back to the broken (mummy), her love (and literal heart) makes him feel good again. So as he is brought back to life, he doesn't return her love so she is instead now broken, as he heals. He then goes off to win back his lost love, while she stays behind heart broken as she gave her heart to him, and he used it selfishly. The metaphor for pyramid is explained as it attracts people to find what is beneath like a broken person attracts kind hearted people to fix them.
@Regimeshifts
8 жыл бұрын
+Stygian Pyre Wow, intense explanation.
@StygianPyre
8 жыл бұрын
Yea it's a fucking awesome song
@danielschwarz8711
8 жыл бұрын
+Stygian Pyre Thanks for sharing this. I've listened to this song countless times and this adds so much more dimension to it.
@StygianPyre
8 жыл бұрын
Daniel Schwarz Yea, same for me after I read the interview.
@matthewknotts818
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing..
@HomerIdaho
10 жыл бұрын
THE saddest song I've ever heard. First one to actually get me teary-eyed and I generally cry for nothing. Not at funerals, not when visiting hospitals, not when receiving bad news. Josh Ritter is an exceptionally talented songwriter.
@jamiavernette8457
9 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one. This is the SADDEST song I've ever heard.
@jonathansimmons7808
4 жыл бұрын
Have you heard Another New World? That's another Ritter song that is SO sad. And SO GOOD.
@ann-kayapollon3883
Жыл бұрын
Same
@TheNitendoDude
12 жыл бұрын
I am a 8th grader. We read the poem in class. And we talked about what we thought and stuff. We ended up having a debate about who he was, who the girl was, and everything. It was awsome because we found out he was a mummy and the girls traits like if she was an worker at a museum or a curator. Every one participated. This poem is a great thing to talk about in class. We watched the music video (this). And every one felt so smart. Alot of people liked the song after. Great song!!!!!!
@starspangledhiker
Жыл бұрын
The fact that the Nintendo dude is probably 23 or 24 now is wild. Hope you're doing well man!
@marklion315
Жыл бұрын
What do you think of the song now nintendo dude
@TheNitendoDude
Жыл бұрын
OMG HI GUYS! I am 24 years old now. Just graduated with a degree in Elementary Education. I still remember this video! Haha. It's still so interesting omg. Thanks for the support!
@sarilka1
9 ай бұрын
@@TheNitendoDude Neat! Congrats on graduating. Good luck in your career. I remember "songs as poetry" from grade school as well, so perhaps you'll be able to use some song or another to reach your students.
@MarseillesVanPopta
6 ай бұрын
@@TheNitendoDude Congrats! this is by far one of my favorite songs from him too. I was gonna ask how you were doing too. :]
@stormywerner9601
9 ай бұрын
Randomly remembered this song 13 years later. Still makes me cry
@jjunglas
8 жыл бұрын
This is one of the few songs ever that I can listen to no matter what mood I'm in, and will never skip past. It is just so... perfect.
@RochaRules
3 жыл бұрын
I only listen to this song because if your comment and this song is a masterpiece. Amazing guy
@snoozing68
2 жыл бұрын
It's a great song and I really enjoyed the video. Thanks 🖐😉
@matthewknotts7003
2 жыл бұрын
An old friend of mine showed me this song many years ago. He over dosed last year. Any time I hear this now I shed a tear..
@stickyfruutloops
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewknotts7003 I’m really sorry to hear that. This song has serious emotional and nostalgic ties for me as well and it’s the reason I’m here too
@DoroRoger
4 ай бұрын
It´s raining teardrops....so sad and beautiful.
@andyrooireland
14 жыл бұрын
this is a masterclass in storytelling, a fragment of a mind that is, imaginative, soulfull, and heartfelt. a beautiful song that will be missed by most but should be heard by all.
@fohakhalid9375
3 жыл бұрын
I've read several explanations for this but to me it will always remind me of a mother's relation with her child. He learns from her, he starts to speak her language, he takes life from he and loves her above everyone else . Eventually the tables turn and he begins to correct her instead, support her instead; she grows old and becomes a burden to him.
@celebratedend
4 ай бұрын
you gemini?
@wiliamandrews
14 жыл бұрын
Not enough songs out there like this one. Beautiful story.
@jayeckstein7831
17 күн бұрын
As others have said, this is about a mummy, but it's also not. It's every love story. And it's mine. I met my wife 25 years ago "what a face to wake up to"! After dating for just a few weeks she had a medical episode and was diagnosed with MS. Not too intrusive at first but then it really took hold. As the song says, "She is using a cane, and her face looks too pale, but she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her...then one day her heart stops its beating." This was our love story, as my wife passed just 8 months ago. Such a beautifully sad song.
@davidmckee6968
7 жыл бұрын
Ritter is a poet with an enormous imagination - brilliant
@dianescotter8089
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely poetry,with dancing too.....guess I'm just an old romantic 💗x
@BronsonsUkLive
9 жыл бұрын
This is so deep, so clever, both the song and the video. Love it.
@earthtrotterjones7835
5 жыл бұрын
I randomly ran across this over internet radio based on other music I listen to. This song grabbed a hold of me in the first few cords...what a hauntingly beautiful creation...then I was looking for a lyric video and found literally the most perfect artistry of this song that could of ever been done. I have listened to this and read everyone’s take on the meaning. Obsessed and can’t seem to stop yet. Just beautiful and tragic at the same time. Art at its best.
@michaelschranz8640
9 жыл бұрын
I love songs that you hear for the first time and they just grab you and suck you in. This is one of them. Great song
@amandak4148
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Schranz this happened to me driving from the south to Indiana. When I first heard it, I repeated the song and over again.
@robertduffy8343
Жыл бұрын
Michael. I saw him in Pittsburgh with my sister on Wednesday and like you, I was blown away at hearing this song for the first time. This is an amazing poetic song. Would be a wonderful song for the the younger generation to analyze and as well older students as well. Amazing.
@SuperBredin
13 жыл бұрын
i sit here at my computer trying to find words to explain my love for this song , but i am speechless , josh ritter i have loved you for so long , but i can honestly say , this time you have made me utterly speechless ! :')
@Gaylord69420
3 жыл бұрын
Hey. U still here?
@AntoNio-rz1kw
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, this is so wonderful! How can someone write such words, such lyrics for a 5 Minute song? However-MASTERPIECE!
@einarjimenez5051
10 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely story, it seems like a tribute for those who give their lives to history and research ... the dream of reanimating the history by the fact of telling ...
@kelliemelodie
13 жыл бұрын
Josh Ritter never ceases to amaze me... An incredible lyricist, a fabulous artist, and a wholesomely good person.
@jamesaburke7
6 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this video my eyes tear up. A beautiful tune, with sad, and poignant lyrics, it's probably my favorite Josh Ritter song.
@lazymike07
10 жыл бұрын
So many subtle messages in this song. So beautiful!
@stevieray56
7 жыл бұрын
“For a song like this, the goal was to try and tell a full story. You try to leave something to the imagination but you can only leave so much. It was really important to get the character just right. The narrative was simple but I really wanted the character to have a serious interaction. The fact that he was a mummy was the funniest part.” - Josh Ritter “The Curse” can be found on the album So Runs The World Away, which takes its title from a Hamlet quote. That’s telling, because the song flows like iambic pentameter as Ritter sings over a lilting piano waltz. Some dreamy keyboards add atmosphere and a mournful trumpet makes an appearance late in the track. What could have been a fanciful story about a mummy falling for the archaeologist who digs him up after eons of slumber turns into an examination of the way some people use love as a springboard to a happier self, even if that means leaving behind the person who gave them the loving boost in the first place. As the song progresses, the mummy slowly returns to humanity through the beneficence of her affection and attracts hordes of outsiders who are amazed at his transformation. By contrast, the archaeologist seems to age prematurely as he drifts apart from her, until she essentially becomes mummified at the end in a tragic turnabout. Hiding between the lines yet evident in Ritter’s wistful vocal is a sad commentary on how the best intentions of love are often undercut by the fickleness of human nature. The mummy’s “dried fig” of a heart is reanimated by the girl’s attention, and the romance in the beginning is undeniably pure: “The days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh/ The first time he moves it’s her hair that he touches/ She asks, ‘Are you cursed?’ he says, ‘I think that I’m cured.’” When she asks that question a second time in the song, he has already started to move beyond the cocoon of their initial bond to bask in the attention of the wider world. As a result, she can’t even hear his answer. The transformation is complete soon after: “He gets out of limos he meets other women/ He speaks of her fondly their nights in the museum/ But she’s just one more rag now he’s dragging behind him.” Her heart is now the “dried fig.” The final verse returns us to the couple’s happier times in the museum, when he explained to her, in a bit of foreshadowing that she overlooked in the bloom of new love, that his pyramid was in essence the bait to lure her. Josh Ritter’s inventive, enchanting song makes it clear that “The Curse” of the mummy actually did exist, and that the archaeologist discovered too late that it was always meant to be visited upon her.
@rebeccahindwoods9909
5 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me so much bof a relationship I had 💔💔
@Mike_Anonymous
11 жыл бұрын
Ah, fuck it. After watching Seymour wait for Fry, I decided I'll cry whenever I damn well please.
@roddypiper2940
3 жыл бұрын
Poor Seymour, he waited all those years for Fry and in the end they never reunited 😢
@vapidity8140
10 жыл бұрын
this is so gorgeous. Genuinely poetic and so original.
@RunAmok86
13 жыл бұрын
This breaks my heart but I can't stop watching it
@calebfritel
3 жыл бұрын
This guy is absolutely brilliant.
@ryan82scott
10 жыл бұрын
Obviously, the best collection of comments on KZitem.
@sydneygolba3574
7 жыл бұрын
This song makes me sob whenever I hear it, no matter where I am- absolutely beautiful
@brown08pgse0912
6 жыл бұрын
this song always make me cry and it makes me thank god so much for my amazing wife.
@obsidianice7776
9 жыл бұрын
Ooh, that was unexpected! Quite the twist on the whole "True Love's First Kiss," trope! Loved it.
@patrickbrowning5059
10 жыл бұрын
Josh Ritter is one of the best ballad writers today...try The Temptation of Adam if you like this one...
@gregoryreese8491
5 жыл бұрын
I will. Thanks for the suggestion.
@bensteamroller6418
11 ай бұрын
An old gf of mine introduced me to Josh Ritter with The Temptation of Adam. I still love it.
@Sulis90
11 жыл бұрын
.........me encanta es simplemente precioso...
@quaintsquawk4033
8 жыл бұрын
My friend showed me this song in the car on a recent road trip and it's so beautiful I love it so much
@pianoderm
7 жыл бұрын
Amazing ... heartbreaking... beautiful song and video
@kinkammomable
3 жыл бұрын
From the moment, a few years ago, that I heard this song, I was immediately drawn to it. Then to watch the video and get all the feels...it’s so beautiful. I’ll never stop loving this and the meaning behind it ❤️
@diezrosales
14 жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful music video I've seen in a long long time. THANK YOU. The album is pretty amazing too!
@HarryMason_85
5 жыл бұрын
I love the song but ADORE the video. To me it defines the art of making a film to already existing music.
@francisomalley783
10 жыл бұрын
Just noticed the writing in the book are the lyrics to the song.
@dougskriver6216
10 жыл бұрын
Yep, and if you look at the coffin, her hair has the same white stripes as the outside of it.
@matthewchambers-sinclair8772
4 жыл бұрын
Have never made it through without at least 1 teardrop. COVID relatable-inevitability-comfort found here
@gabrielleelaine4093
3 жыл бұрын
i heard this song during vespers at the camp i attend, i love it so much
@Ms.BrandTeachesArt
11 жыл бұрын
This is my 3 year old's new favorite music video. Supplanting Elmo I think. So glad we can share a love of Josh Ritter's music.
@Gaylord69420
3 жыл бұрын
Hey. Just to remind you of this song
@austing.998
7 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this was at my school everyone was shedding a tear,I may be a tough guy but this song is touching
@zaydlogan882
6 жыл бұрын
PlagueDoctorYolo same
@69kumquat
8 жыл бұрын
This is the saddest and most beautiful song I think I have ever heard. It made me cry.
@janedoe630
6 жыл бұрын
He is like a young BOB DYLAN , superior story teller. Wow. :)
@84bucco
5 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way, reminds me of a love had to say goodbye to
@jaqueitch
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely... Unfortunately, most people just don't get it - threy think I'm odd
@1996mjones
3 жыл бұрын
Temptation of Adam by Josh Ritter haunts me
@JackBurtonsHaulageCo
Ай бұрын
Reminds me of THE girl....
@wynkelly1389
6 жыл бұрын
What a haunting song! Makes me wanna cry!
@jackieau123
10 жыл бұрын
It's not that he wanted to take her life away from her, but he loved her and accidentally did this to her. The curse is that he has to live forever while his one true love has died...
@alanasecrets7
6 жыл бұрын
Jackie Au that's not the curse
@RedHotMammaJen
13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this song Josh Ritter and band. Just... Thank you.
@Regimeshifts
8 жыл бұрын
A friend sent me this song and I cant seem to stay away. Its so intense
@zeevon9
14 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful, both the song and the video, I thoroughly enjoyed the two.
@bellgravia
13 жыл бұрын
It's lovely, really. I didn't think I would cry but the end got me.
@Imalexzander
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine having a man that loved you with all he had and more, sing this to you without you ever hearing this, and then you realise you now relate to her more than you ever thought you would.
@FirstorDirt
5 жыл бұрын
One of the most Beautiful songs that not everyone knows.It makes me cry too
@echo2046
2 жыл бұрын
This is a good and heartwarming song
@dianescotter8089
3 жыл бұрын
Love this found it randomly many years ago but still feels like yesterday ❤️x
@barrryrocket
14 жыл бұрын
This is such a lovely song, easy liestening absolutely beautiful.
@vazmo14850
6 жыл бұрын
i have only Just heard this for the first time on a local radio station.so sad and so beautiful and completely unforgettable!!
@mikevaughanmusic
13 жыл бұрын
@MrsHouseTakeNewVegas I agree :-D The song alone is so beautiful and moving, but coupled with this stunningly powerful video-WOW!!!! :-D I'm not embarrassed to admit that I too shed a tear.
@dianaf9997
4 жыл бұрын
This is eye watering, so touching!!!!!! love it
@catcastro2521
2 жыл бұрын
How is that 145 people didn’t like this song? Are they lost?
@capitalizedletters4074
6 жыл бұрын
My art teacher just showed this to me and I am thankful for that.
@cx6wieler
13 жыл бұрын
oohhhhwww tis is so beautyful, I let my tears running..... Thanks for posting this!!!
@liselottelola
14 жыл бұрын
Sad and yet beautiful. Great work, compliments to both - the musician as well as the master of puppets
@BoppoShawzie
5 жыл бұрын
If you listen to this song without the video it can mean so many different things
@savannahwhalen8954
11 жыл бұрын
So beautiful..
@TenSuns1914
10 жыл бұрын
Soooooooooo beautiful. will always be a top ten for me, so pure.
@eline8
13 жыл бұрын
I dream away with this song... Just floating away ;)
@Gaylord69420
3 жыл бұрын
Hey. Just to remind u of this.
@alorabryan9122
5 жыл бұрын
beautiful, just beautiful
@whatryewatchin
13 жыл бұрын
a love of josh ritter brought Me here.
@clarissasaunders4842
10 жыл бұрын
such a strange but beautiful song
@Fenhawk11
10 жыл бұрын
love the p metallica
@IbadAFulaylee
7 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite videography work, this is. My favourite part is the short sequence starting at 03:04; portraying the dynamics of a couple going through such a phase.
@tylerdao
13 жыл бұрын
this is so sad i like never cry and this redused me to tears
6 жыл бұрын
I shared this vid to an ex of mine Valentine's Day 2013. She's Egyptian and I Dominican. I told her I saw her as the mummy and myself the archaeologist. She melted and cried and healed and felt she was understood, as an archaeologist understands, for the love of reading. I still hold this video in my heart. I
@reformedspel
12 жыл бұрын
one of the best songs ever
@jodie393147
10 жыл бұрын
favorite song
@boden54
12 жыл бұрын
Best song ever! The puppet idea was brilliant!
@nhojewoh
13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video!!! Beautiful song!!
@bmfc1000
14 жыл бұрын
Very nice work. Ritter is fantastic.
@barnfulofmilk5021
5 жыл бұрын
Why am I crying at the bar rn 😭
@danamoss2137
5 жыл бұрын
The true nature of love is parasitic. We idealize it as symbiotic. That's what it should be, but very rarely is. Heartbreaking but very relevant to human nature. The piano is haunting. Just bloody brilliant.
@JasmyneTheodora
12 жыл бұрын
Love can stink, but we learn to love it. ;)
@KirbiesandYoshies
13 жыл бұрын
Amazing animation and a beautiful song to boot!
@torahnoah5445
7 жыл бұрын
I heard this in Starbucks and then my sister and I asked Siri "What song is this?" and that's why I'm here.
@ohshitrun
7 жыл бұрын
That is one great Starbucks!
@torahnoah5445
7 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@Nemaiah1
13 жыл бұрын
I brought myself here. Great song.
@WhiteAsBloodCO
13 жыл бұрын
great song great album. nuff said!!!!
@garliclover101
12 жыл бұрын
I wasn't depressed when I first heard this song, but it definately is moving that's for sure.
@gillshannon258
13 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this song so many times I love it I only watched because Neil Gaiman :D
@anniewenz2
13 жыл бұрын
so SO beautifully done!
@diezrosales
13 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful love story ever!
@TheOtherDibbler
11 жыл бұрын
Well, that was amazing, and original, and made me cry.
@divnadgreat
13 жыл бұрын
Made me cry
@Mike_Anonymous
11 жыл бұрын
You're all right. The song is about what you want it to be. I figured after so many artists and authors saying "... open to interpretation... " I thought people would figure it out by now.
@HollyRos3
12 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song and video 3
@moreartthantime
13 жыл бұрын
Another sent over from Neil Gaiman's blog... this is just heartbreakingly amazing!
@lazyarthur592e
5 жыл бұрын
God i love this guy's music
@Jayoung1000
12 жыл бұрын
Epic song. Feels like a movie or a book lol
@Salineddi
13 жыл бұрын
GOD I love this song!
@MontyBottoms
10 жыл бұрын
Haunting.
@rebeccahindwoods9909
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing ❤️❤️
@ignorantear3345
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@lanagon3932
10 жыл бұрын
It's such a beautiful song but my gods it's depressing.
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