"I remember in Elementary School when my friend Opie was killed, and it was the first time I really experienced a death of a friend. And the grievance counselor came to school and said: ‘This was Opie’s desk, he no longer occupies the desk. Now he occupies heaven.’ And it was really strange because there was this palpable physical and emotional vacancy where he was. There was this space, this energy beforehand but now it no longer is there which was really difficult for me to kind of manage that. And then as I get older, dealing with other deaths - friends and family, grandparents and my mother - and I started to realize that there’s all these vacancies that are created and yet I still feel this sort of weight - this heaviness from it. So it seems bullshit that there is a vacancy there, there is actually a palpable, physical weight in which we carry around, at least I carry around, and I started to think its because even though they no longer occupy the physical space - they now occupy my space." Sufjan Stevens, Chicago Theater 4/24/2015
@toevlugsoord
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this.
@jaymccuin4665
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, as toev said, for sharing this! I love this song so much, as I have grieved for friends lost when we were young. Thank you Sufjan for writing such a beautiful song.
@gwendeseminat8r
11 ай бұрын
insane. greif lore just dropped
@joshuathompson2404
Жыл бұрын
This video/song perfectly encapsulates the small midwest college experience. So much nostalgia----I cry every time I watch this, and I've been watching it for a decade.
@jdavidsparham
14 жыл бұрын
I would just like you to know that I have been watching this video on a semi-regular basis for two years. You have taken your previously useless footage and turned it into something that truly means something to me. I grew up in Southern Ontario, on Lake Erie. Somehow this video is home to me. I live in London England now, and lived in Ottawa before that, but whenever I needed reassurance, whenever I needed calm, I sought out this video. It may seem strange, but this video means a lot to me.
@ana-he9cw
4 жыл бұрын
ive lived in london my whole life but i stayed in canada for a while with people i consider to be my closest friends, we regularly had dock nights where we would sit on the dock and i would play this on the guitar and play either john denver or sufjan and look at the canoes on the lake its my favourite memory. This was in Ontario too. Have a good one mate wherever you are since its been 9 years.
@ghostsoftherepublic
2 жыл бұрын
Me as well friend.about once a month or so. Be well. From Missouri.
@DevoxMD
8 жыл бұрын
one of Sufjans best. Never understood why this is so unknown
@flipsmcgee3518
6 жыл бұрын
yes. yes. yes.
@toevlugsoord
4 жыл бұрын
That's how I feel about all his songs lol
@blakestebbe7937
3 жыл бұрын
It really is. I don’t know why he didn’t include it on any of his earlier records.
@Lunar_Wombat
9 жыл бұрын
this song makes me feel human but simultaneously suspended from reality
@OSUbuck3y3
8 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Dayton, OH - noticed the Speedways and the I-75 signs. Brings back a lot of memories of the melancholic beauty of the Midwest.
@kevinmccunemusic
4 жыл бұрын
Home of GBV
@norahorphzinger6721
4 жыл бұрын
I move a lot. Born in Utah, raised beside pine trees and watermelon in Missouri, but spend my teen years in Indiana right behind a corn field. Many folk around the Midwest can be harsh and oft' times it feels alienating, but at the same time, I'd never wish to actually be anywhere else. You find the best of gems in people here.
@hittingthekeys
14 жыл бұрын
Sufjan has the best lyrics. The best Ive ever heard. He can make the simplest sentences sound so deep and complex. I easily feel what he feels when I hear him sing.
@julianevimont93
8 жыл бұрын
"I was invited for once." :(
@HeyiPlayMusic
8 жыл бұрын
+julianevimont93 preaching to the choir.
@funnymonkeyzzz
6 жыл бұрын
you make it beautiful, friend you make it worth it to the end you put a hole in my head just like you put a fire in the tree ever since dawn and ever since when you put the note in my pocket again and you said you wanted to meet me at three i was invited for once yes, i was invited for once you make it difficult, friend you make it worth it to the end you put a hole in our heads just like you put a fire in the tree and ever since dawn and ever since three we made the plans at your party to be and we tied the ribbon beside your back tree yes, we tied it upside down yes, we tied it upside down
@toevlugsoord
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe the saddest song he's written, although most of his songs are sad. This one got me in the feels tonight. That friend really made an impact on him. Sufjan was clearly a really sensitive kid.
@sleepingredwolf
6 жыл бұрын
I’ve never even been to the US. But somehow, this video feels like home.
@edsheeranandcoffee
8 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite video on youtube. Just something about it so relaxing and familiar. Anyone who lives in the U.S where it snows will surely feel as if they've been these places before...
@christopherwalker6056
8 жыл бұрын
Wow, the melancholy music goes so well with this video of what reminds me of growing up in Michigan during the winter when you can go 2 months without seeing the sun, nothing but gray skies. Uhgg... SO depressing. But this music is absolutely beautiful. Can you imagine Eliot Smith and Sufjan playing together and singing a duet? Gorgeous..
@ElishaDavid
6 жыл бұрын
It really does remind me of Michigan winters, the sort of mundane beauty of it. I don't mean to self promote or anything but I feel like you might like some music on my channel inspired by Elliott and Sufjan, they are both a few of my favorites and the songs are in the same sort of world. I'd appreciate the listen!
@ElishaDavid
6 жыл бұрын
I love this edit - the birds, the trees, the snow, the sort of mundane aspects. Thank you for making this, it's really comforting in a way.
@ZimmerSquash
4 жыл бұрын
I love your music too! Big fan from Singapore
@ryanstoddard9067
9 жыл бұрын
My favorite video on youtube. I watch it about once every 6 months when I need a stress relief; reminds me of growing up in the Midwest
@hobbittimelord
8 жыл бұрын
Dayton, OH here too!
@scientificguitarist
16 жыл бұрын
This video feels like home; the begining of winter, the sunsets over leafless trees and cold nights when you walk and think about how lights inside homes look soo beautiful. Thank you for the nice video!
@onlyinthemornings
12 жыл бұрын
Wow. THIS comment above is exactly why artists - musicians, film-makers, etc. - do what they do. Because, just maybe, someone may garner some meaning, some purpose, have a moment of meaning and passion with a piece of their art. Probably because they, too, had those moments, and want to share the same. I wish more people expressed in such a genuine way their moment. Lovely. That is what life's about. A series of meaningful moments.
@lindsaydennison24
11 жыл бұрын
I watch and listen to this all the time. Over 6 years after uploading and it still can tug special strings, you can call this a beautiful success. Congrats. Mr. Stevens would love this.
@liancemusic
8 жыл бұрын
This is such a understatedly beautiful video. The lo-fi intimacy of it makes the song even more powerful.
@Dumbwhasian
8 жыл бұрын
the video goes nicely with the song It makes me feel so nostalgic for places and people i dont know sorta makes me want to cry
@CinBjarne
5 жыл бұрын
That's exactly why I like this video, too. Better times, better places, better people......
@bhrisphoria428
7 жыл бұрын
This is one of those rare songs that can make you feel sad but at the same time make you feel like everything is going to be okay.
@kristophergrunwald2833
8 жыл бұрын
I'm going to start a surf rock tribute band called Surfjan Stevens. This song will be #37 on the charts
@vertyisprobablydead
2 жыл бұрын
Been listening to Sufjan for a decade and gems I haven't heard still pop up.
@janedickerson2520
8 жыл бұрын
Athens!!! I'd recognize it anywhere. Beautiful song, beautiful video!
@jane5841
6 жыл бұрын
my favorite video on this website...very specific, very hazy feeling
@blakeparker8098
8 жыл бұрын
Low production value video that captures the easy-to-miss nuances of life that are really quite beautiful. Really great stuff; thank you for creating/sharing
@stripeyninga
14 жыл бұрын
I shrugged my shoulders and resigned myself to the same silly foreign name, a sequence of odd letters stitched together like a crazy quilt, easily misspelled, misread, mispronounced, teased and squeezed and tickled and jabbed at during recess, along with Nataki the black girl (my first kiss), Opie the foster kid (who died in a car crash), and Kiki the Japanese boy (who didnt even speak English but we played marbles during recess and communicated with our own form of sign language).
@ghostsoftherepublic
6 жыл бұрын
wow this song and video capture growing up in Nebraska i watch this video about once a month..lov it ALL.
@flipsmcgee3518
8 жыл бұрын
WHAAAT WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS ONE!?!?!? oh my freakin freak what is going on??? haha but no seriously this video goes very well with this song. i really dont think this is just a bunch of random footage thrown together. its like things we see at a distance, or for only a few moments which goes really well with it, and i feel like thats what this song about.
@macklag
15 жыл бұрын
The song alone makes me feel so many deep emotions, but this video makes it all the more powerful. I want to cry. Good job.
@vishnu2407
4 жыл бұрын
You truly did make this song even more beautiful, friend. Thank you for this video
@casiswedish
17 жыл бұрын
I have to comment that this is the best homemade video i have ever seen of any song. you captured the mood of sufjan stevens on video perfect...which is the simplicity of normal everyday life. i loved the car ride part with the farms..i always think of these things when i listen to his music
@LeeAnnLovelace
16 жыл бұрын
This video is perfect.
@bird_synth
6 жыл бұрын
Can't count how many times I've watched this. Such an affecting video and song.
@Andrewmaster0
12 жыл бұрын
Man, this video mixed with this song makes me almost wanna cry. So amazing man.
@eric_lander
6 жыл бұрын
... regarding the video, it is an absolutely brilliant and perceptive Americana film ... ... and yes Sufjan is always a pleasure ...
@flobyboby84
3 ай бұрын
When I was like 15 and I moved to a new place with my family and I didn't have any friends yet, "I was invited for once" hit me so so so hard. Because I was friendless and I just wanted to be invited for once.. Then at some point I was.
@Crudux-Cruo
6 жыл бұрын
every single screen is genial. fits perfectly to the music
@ZestyItalian2
15 жыл бұрын
What a beautifully yearning, achingly melancholy video. Your choice of Sufjan was inspired-- i've come back to this video time and again to feel it's impact.... and i'm not the indulgent type. Kudos.
@j07harper5
4 жыл бұрын
0:58 that's a handsome fella
@yellowflowers
17 жыл бұрын
i love this video... i dont know if there's anything more to say than that. thanks for taking the time to make it, people are watching.
@twinklefrufru
17 жыл бұрын
have been drawn back to this one time and again, not just for the haunting ss tune, but also because it is very visually pleasing. thanks for such a beautiful post!
@jr2413
16 жыл бұрын
i keep going back to this. this video makes me feel too much.
@Allyouneedisluv1
12 жыл бұрын
God, this song beats so many other songs I've ever heard. It makes me cry, and it's so beautiful/ I'll never not love this song.
@jammwill
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@JonathanKandell
14 жыл бұрын
Amazing shot at 3:30! Love the contrast of the sky/light and the parking lot.
@abyssal666nocturnus
9 жыл бұрын
i lvoe you for making this video. you get it.....you get it!!!!
@aussiebogan3208
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm blown away
@williake
17 жыл бұрын
Wow...I added this video to my playlist a long time ago, and I still appreciate the visuals!! A great video that can capture any mood!!!
@ejh2066
7 жыл бұрын
crazy to see that this was uploaded over 10 years ago, i'm disappointed i haven't found it till now.
@aishwaryamishra3202
8 жыл бұрын
Beautifully put together. Thank you.
@fillXinXblankXstares
12 жыл бұрын
So beautiful.
@joshuacooper9666
10 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of home in South Dakota.
@tonymontana122333
15 жыл бұрын
sufjan and OU, that is so fantastic.
@atiron6543
17 жыл бұрын
gorgeous.
@aceking11
11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful......thanks for a gem
@ghostsoftherepublic
11 жыл бұрын
A haunting tune and great video fits the melancholy and infinite sadness of life in the midweast.. great job friend.
@mushuplus
13 жыл бұрын
LOVE the cloud shots
@willwalsh3436
8 жыл бұрын
I just took a Grayhound through Ohio. It's springtime, but this is still spot on.
@juliakerrigan5133
4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of bitter winters in NW Missouri
@rachaelsmith2817
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video and footage. Thank you for the song. I can't find it on spotify.
@meshelnoori383
4 жыл бұрын
we were walking through the indiana suburbs, watching the wooly bear caterpillars on the pavement in the afternoon light, a year ago today
@blakestebbe7937
6 жыл бұрын
A Sufjan deep cut is the best
@Myrmelie
14 жыл бұрын
I read it on the Sidebar (What's in a name?) that Opie was a friend of him and died in a car accident
@dhiggs90
14 жыл бұрын
my favorite song
@lauramantis5826
Жыл бұрын
Sadness is back
@CinBjarne
11 жыл бұрын
That is amazing. How can that many people dislike this?
@jessicarose1651
5 жыл бұрын
This looks like footage taken of late fall and winter in Illinois
@lukeisastalker
15 жыл бұрын
i love this
@asthmaticpathic
8 жыл бұрын
look up the story behind this, makes it sadder
@bird_synth
7 жыл бұрын
What story?
@asthmaticpathic
7 жыл бұрын
Nick Serido there's a monologue he did on stage about it, it's about a kid he used to go to school with who everyone hated cause he was kind of a jerk i guess, but the kid got depressed and jumped off a bridge and i guess he wrote this song cause everyone hated him but nobody wanted him to kill himself and i guess he felt guilty about not liking opie. there's a video of him talking about it. i can find it if you can't.
@bird_synth
7 жыл бұрын
Brandon I'd be curious to see it, if you have it on hand. Definitely a fascinating and tragic story.
@asthmaticpathic
7 жыл бұрын
Nick Serido I'm having a hard time finding it but I'll let you know if I do
@ZeenyTehZurjian
13 жыл бұрын
@stripeyninga Ah, I found it -- thanks! The more I find out about Sufjan and his past, the more I'm drawn to him as an artist. If he ever wrote a book, I'd be the first in line to buy it, that's for sure.
@agaetisbyrjun7
11 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of video. Just filming some things what you judged beautiful to shot. Really nice video anyway. (sorry for my english, hope that's correct)
@stripeyninga
13 жыл бұрын
@ZeenyTehZurjian uh try looking through the 'sidebar' on his record label's website - i'm pretty sure it's called "what's in a name", the tale of his parents offering him to change his name while he was a child - and in the end his realisation that he is sufjan and no one else, he can't change it!
@breeeegs
10 жыл бұрын
the guitar reminds me of Alice in Chains' "Nutshell"
@xxLukeTheDrifterxx
12 жыл бұрын
i totally agree....
@Lacheddar1990
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s a tough one to listen to
@zdarknes72
11 жыл бұрын
pretty amazing that this has only 2 dislikes out of 78.8k views
@alper4311
7 жыл бұрын
Her gece yarısında buradayım.
@zoechuang4278
6 жыл бұрын
im crying really hard )):
@sir_wesley86
5 жыл бұрын
not on itunes... sad
@aidajuma8852
Жыл бұрын
yes, we tied it upside down 😭😭
@ZeenyTehZurjian
14 жыл бұрын
@stripeyninga I was wondering -- where did you find that quote? Sufjan's such a great story-teller, and I'd really like to read that in context. :3
@fb106306
11 жыл бұрын
Oh man! Ohio University! South Green! Nelson! RIVER PARK.
@LeeluFairy
15 жыл бұрын
makes ya wonder if he wrote this song for the same person he wrote casimir pulaski day for.
@teaandcakeordeath
17 жыл бұрын
hey this is lovely - compliments the lyrics and overall melancholy of the song...but i absolutely cannot find this song anywhere is it on a collaboartive cd? its not on rhapsody and i couldnt get it off limewire... : /
@jane5841
6 жыл бұрын
god im sad
@breakingbackwards
14 жыл бұрын
Don't diss on Sufjan!! He is beautiful!!
@sir_wesley86
3 жыл бұрын
Here Again
@Sameoldfitup
10 жыл бұрын
nice
@mawiiee6
12 жыл бұрын
the bird at the beginning is freakin big
@jimbobhotdog
15 жыл бұрын
was this shot in new hampshire?
@dextroxm
16 жыл бұрын
misslizzay is obv bffs with suf and cooler than all of us.
@nubbs1320
6 жыл бұрын
1:30 was that intentional with the fireworks?
@stripeyninga
13 жыл бұрын
@ClosingSkylines i can send it to you if you want?
@amartescana
11 жыл бұрын
what album is this on?
@c10farmtruck
6 жыл бұрын
It's on a compilation album of various songs from various artists on the Asthmatic Kitty label -- 'Mews, Too'
@matthewgarnier7701
5 жыл бұрын
I was invited for once 😢
@kcdrew69
8 жыл бұрын
White, male acoustic artists sure like to sing all breath-y, don't they?
@joeboonmusic4004
7 жыл бұрын
Sufjan kind of started that... hahaha and my friend has met him and said that his voice is genuinely breathy in real life.
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