it’s okay to be not okay. need help? https://www.hftd.org/find-help + https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-helplines

i have anxiet

I wish I had known that

But it's not ok to suffer in silence I believe is the last part of that quote

*Everybody liked that* Fr tho, thank you for pointing to helplines!

Thanks

Everybody is talking about which lyrics call out to them the most, but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this one: "Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow." The line is just a small detail in comparison with all of the bigger ideas in this song, but that's what makes it so powerful to me. In the midst of the hopelessness and confusion, he's asking for instructions. And I don't know about everybody else, but when I'm at my worst, I find myself wishing somebody could just tell me how to be okay. I just want somebody to tell me that there's an easy answer, a switch I can flip to not have these thoughts anymore. _Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow._

Search for the Lord. Just start. Or if you already believe then start opening your bible and read stuff you've never read. I recommend the Gospel but there's even cool stuff before that. Seek and yee shall find

Yeah honestly I completely understand that if you want to vent you can here anytime!

I say that I'm better , why don't I feel better ' I don't know if it's ment to say ' you say I'm better why don't I feel better' but still I can relate because people say that in fine and stuff like that but I don't feel right and after a while I started saying it even if I'm not because people don't listen , no one understands each others problems even if they're similar

@Skyz25 Don't apologize for something that isn't your fault. You may think it is, but, it really isn't. Many people have their ups and downs. They feel like they have to hold it all in, or they'd just be a burden. But then you tell yourself it isn't good for you to be doing that to your mental health. So when you finally tell yourself, "I'm going to tell them". Getting the courage to go and find them, but when you do. You see them, happy, sad, or anything at all. Now how can you tell them? They have enough to worry about. They shouldn't have to be placed with your burdens. Again, you know that they won't mind. But really, you're just scared of opening up.

That also hit me to. I can't help but think of how lost I was, still am, and I just wanted someone to hold my hand, and tell me something, anything. I just didn't want to be lost anymore.

to all the lost souls reading this: did your best friends just start ignoring you? did you just fail your exams despite all the all nighters and sleepless days? was your dog just put down? did you argue with your family again? job interview didn't go well? wallet empty again? that one person you'd die for not talking to you as much as you'd like? embarrass yourself in front of everyone with a sudden panic attack? i know you feel like crap. i know you want to crawl into bed and stay there forever. you might wanna lock yourself up and cry forever. well, i've been reading some of the other comments, and a lot of em' caught my eye. " i feel this, " " this is so relatable it hurts so bad, " they really just spoke to me, but the ones that hit hardest were along the lines of " why do good things happen to bad people? " well...i know you can't smile. i know it stings like hell and i've been there, i've been there too, so many times. kicked to the dust by ourselves, wondering why life treats us, of all people, badly as we curl up in a ball, crying for the thousandth time. i'm no therapist. i'm no professional. i won't try and reassure you, i wish i could. but here's a reminder. when i was in kindergarten, i had almost no friends. everyone despised me for being such a crybaby and i was alone most of the time. the friends i did have went to different primary schools when we all turned seven.  moving three years into the future, in primary three, i remember one scene so vividly, sitting in class, drowning in my own salty tears as the teacher continued teaching, as the bully behind me continued to taunt me, the " are you okay?? "s and " she's so weak... "s coming from all around me. time skip two more years. i lost my dog. last year my depression almost destroyed me from the inside, my grades and school stress from the outside. i came home sad every day, lonely and anxious, watching as friend after friend backstabbed and left me. i felt like such a failure every time my family scolded me, and receiving my end of the year grades was a cherry to top the massive sundae of self hatred. i was going to a school i wouldn't have any friends in, i was going to be by myself. secondary school. i've finally made friends and i'm finally happy with myself. but then they start arguing over boys. their jealousy tainted the air with its poison, i stood by as they ignored me one by one. i fight on, buying them stuff and trying to support them and lending them things when they so desperately need it. now we don't talk anymore. i had a break down in january, who was i even? why didn't they want me? i found a letter one girl was writing, " she's so annoying... i don't wanna be friends with her... " and so she left. the other did too. and to make matters worse, i fail two subjects and barely pass several. but look. i'm sitting at my desk now, a week before my best friend's birthday. the friend i love so dearly. two months have passed. i run to her class every day after school just to talk, each and every recess is filled with laughter as the whole friend group tells stupid jokes and laughs about the most pointless things. i couldn't love any other people more. my grades are improving, not rapidly but they are. things are going to be okay, alright? when this whole coronavirus thing is over, go make some new friends. get a study buddy or ask a friend / sibling to tutor you. your dog is watching you from puppy heaven, and they love you still. your family cares, work something out. try at another job. maybe do some freelance work for a couple bucks, or ask trusted ones for help. unrequited love is temporary, it will hurt but you are so, so strong and beautiful and brave and you will get past this. confide with loved ones about your anxiety, i'm sure it will help. everything will be fine. trust me.

thats nothing compared to the feeling of near perfection in ur life getting taken away and coming back and taken away again, literal torture. if i had friends i would be happy, i wouldnt care if they argue over boys and stuff. i wouldnt care getting scolded by my family as long as they didnt all leave after scolding me and sending me away from my friends and to literal hell, lost contact, and i even forgot most of their names. so many times my life was near perfect and it would have been all i wanted but something so ridicules happens and now i barely have anything to lose anymore. my pets that couldnt stay with me are probs all dead now, and even if not i know i wont see them ever again. god i hate human nature that makes me always desire more only if i could enjoy despite life not being near perfect back then but its already too late now.

rookie levels, my life is that times 10, at this point im just playing it like a game and see how far i can go

my dog got put down

Deep reSPect 😔. 👏👏👏

Why youtube... why... WHY CAN’T I SAVE A COMMENT?! THIS COMMENT IS TOO GOOD, I WANT TO SAVE IT BUT I CAN’T!

So, for me personally, this song represents one's frustration really well. You follow instructions, you're nice to those around you, you do all of this stuff, and yet: -The girl you like blows you off -The job you wanted doesnt hire you -The friends you have wouldnt understand how you feel -You can't explain why today of all days you're down in the dumps -The Bread you bought a week ago is already moldy -There's nothing good on TV anymore -And now the car wont start I know it gets a tad bit silly towards the end, but I think a lot of peoples view on depression is "Always Sad, all the Time." And while Sadness is a major factor, for some there is frustration. "Today hasnt been that bad! So why the hell do I still feel this way?" Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

For me a part of my depression is the exhaustion. That no matter how much sleep I get I am always exhausted and it is infuriating. That’s what this song captures for me.

@Mortal Bean I can also say that talking to people does help, it seems like a thing that everyone says but it doesn’t do anything. I THOUGHT THAT TOO…thats not true though, if you talk to someone, it does help

I understand how this feels specifically, I've been kind for so long and yet all I got was the cruelty of others. Depression honestly is sadness and frustration, and I'd know since I have the shit. It's not like I'm sad all the time, no I have my happy moments, it's just that whenever you have a good day yet still feel down you're just wondering why. So if we're being honest it just makes you feel like you're hollow and not really you, you wish to go back to the old memories of happiness yet no matter how much you scream and beg and try to reach that it feels impossible. To anyone reading this, if you feel sad, try talking to someone! I remember I ended up figuring it out the hard way when I had to be taken to the ER due to (Not so good stuff). Though I've improved since then, and you can too. You just need to find the right person to help.

@Kino Cartoon it’s been awhile since you had that whole talk but I just want you to know that you helped me understand what I’m doing even if that’s not what you were trying to do, so thanks

One whole-some ted talk and honestly i feel the same

This song is.......for lack of a better term, a whole-ass mood

yes.

sadly it is

For real

I love your username! Are you keeping the bees happy and healthy?

yeah thats about right

I just started crying when i heard this song for the first time it just hit me so hard

I listened to this today and last time i listened to it, i didnt cry but this time i pdid cause in that small amount of time my life went downhill

Same

Same

Same

same

This is the kind of song i’d listen to after having a breakdown from finishing all my individual work and group projects, hearing my family’s disappointment of how i never go out with them anymore, knowing my friends are having fun with their’s, bottling up all the emotions that i should’ve asked for help with— with my 3rd cup of coffee and my cat-plush by my side at around 11pm. update i gues: still sad af and homeworks are much worse. difference now is i do it til 5am now. (cat plush is still by my side♡)

In the end of the song they messed up with the lyrics where it says “ I say that I’m better, why don’t I feel better” it’s “You say that I’m better, why don’t I feel better” which personally hits more than saying I

if there is one thing i learned from a crappy life is to enjoy the present moment, even tho its crappy, it will get worse, and even worse when u get the realisation that u could have been happy but u didnt choose to be happy. if i could hear my family's disappointment that i dont go out with friends anymore, id be willing to for the rest of my life because it would mean i at least still have family members

Painful a mood

i love cat plush

"I've been so good, where the hell is the karma?" -every Redditor ever

@Sapozhnik Konnik SAME

accurate tho

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT MAKING ME LAUGH THIS MUCH

all these comments are deep tho- lol thanks for the laugh :)

XD

4:02 is my favorite line. The singer had been working but is still stressed and lonely and even though the therapist is saying their better, they don't feel like they are. Just that feeling of "if good deeds don't matter than I'll do the opposite" and that I can relate with, when I was in the darkest point in my life.

@peemaster1014 yea, it doesn’t make sense!

you do some good deeds, and people don’t care but you do _one_ bad thing and people flip their lid

This may be my favorite comment in this section💕

I just can't put it into words, how much I appreciate the lyrical genius of this song. I go see a therapist myself, and just hearing the emotion (especially from the last part) behind the lyrics when the therapist appointment is ending, it hit me so hard. God I love this band.

AJR is obviously the best band. 11/10

The music is so happy and joyful, then the lyrics are sad and depressing

@Lavi_ Bluez that makes sense

Someone please help me I’m not ok :( I can’t tell if it’s depression and I don’t talk about it ever to other people and it just stays I wish that person would stay instead..

like pumped up kicks, exept lesss depressing and more disturbing

It’s like pumped up kicks it’s joyful but depressing

that's how it can be sometimes, always seeming fine at a first glance but broken when you listen to what they are actualy saying

I don’t mean to blabber on but this song spoke to me on a certain level I’ve always been the shoulder to cry on for all my friends and even some family members. I’ve helped people with self worth issues, I’ve talked someone out of suicide, I’ve talked a friend through several breakdowns and been an ear as they word vomit about their problems and I’ve either just listened or helped them through it. But even with all the thanks I get I still sometimes feel like I’m just going through the motions, like my words of love and encouragement mean nothing and I shouldn’t have even tried, I sometimes feel like a useless hollow piece of junk But then I them smile and hold me tight with happiness in their eyes and I realize So what if I’m not showered with gifts and awards, I’m not doing this for reward, I’m doing this because I want to see others smile and go through life with joy. Thanks to them I am still the same optimistic man I am today

@AG Games hey, do you have a discord or something. Maybe I can give you someone to talk to

I'm not trying to sound like I'm putting myself on a pedestal and say "look at me and my great actions I'm so amazing, worship me" but I basically do what you do cactus, and I'm glad I'm doing it, it's just right now im feeling like the lyrics being sung rn when I know I dont have a real reason to I just, am. It's something I can't put into words except, "I don't know why I'm sad". But ik I have people around me who care it's just like the song/AJR says, when you get sad thoughts and don't know if you can fend them off. I just hope I can get to the end happily ya know? I'm glad I'm helping everyone out but it just feels like after I'm done listening to everyone else's problems and helping them out, nobody is there for me, and I fade into the background and become, for lack of better words, "the own side character of my own life". Sorry if that sounds selfish dude, but I just want the mental and emotional pain I cause myself to stop

Thank you for being such an amazing person , i adore you

Thank you for being an amazing person god bless you

How I sing the last part **breathe** To give me some diagnosis of why I'm so hollow Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow I tripped on my ankle and **breathe** fractured my elbow But doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell though? **breathe** I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted But after an hour it sounds like complaining Wait don't go away, can I lie here forever? **breathe** You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better? The universe works in mysterious ways But I'm starting to think it ain't working for me Doctor, should **breathe** I be good? Should I be good this year?

Same 😔🤚

I do all of them besides the second and and the last one, which is moved to the end of the line.

i breathed during the sentences of the songs

Never breathe between phrases unless necessary

THANKS SM

"You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better?" Damn that hit hard.

A friend that I made a few months ago just sent this to me. Yesterday she told me that even though our friendship has barely started, she enjoys hanging out with me and that I'm the kindest person she's met in a while. When she left I started crying and now I'm fighting back tears again. She's had a rough life, knowing I've helped her a little bit makes me feel immeasurably happy. In short, I'm moved. Thank you for this song.

My best friend sent this to me i think its awesome your friend sent this masterpeice to you

Why do bad things happen to good people? Edit: But if the good person dies by the hand of someone bad they had no choice over that so the good person doesn't even get to make it in life they never find happiness because there life was cut short by someone else

@Anil Palan complete truth.

because karma and god don’t exist and we live in a cruel and unaccepting world and everyone here is a bitch and you aren’t supposed to be good, humanity is one big example of survival of the fittest you do what you can to be the best

@Anil Palan this should be pin

Dont hate anyone or life its just how things work i guess. Dont worry things will work back up to where u want them. Trust me

This song hits me so hard, this song accurately shows how I feel with the bad luck I have.

"F" Bro,same here

"fine? oh no everything's fine" "you say that i'm better why don't i feel better" is me tho

This song means so much to me, I always try to be a good person, I say thank you and your welcome, I say yes ma'am, no ma'am, and yes sir and no sir, I hold the door open for people, offer the few friends I have advice, try to be there for them when they're going through shit, yet still, I was born fucked up, I had problems with my ears when I was young, followed by problems with my teeth resulting in me having silver crowns on all of my teeth as a child, which made it hard to make friends, as they scared people. Then when I was in third grade, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and felt like it was my fault, at that point in my life, I was a pretty shitty person, so to be fair, all of that, I deserved. I spiralled into a pit of self loathing and depression, and reflected, realized I was a shitty person, and tried to reform myself, that was around eighth grade, I tried to kill myself, failed, and things started to look up briefly, I started high school, made some new friends, but then they moved away, or stopped talking to me after ninth grade, I stopped talking to people, and before I knew it, I was right back where I was two years ago, in a pit of spiralling self loathing and depression. I learned that when I was four, my sister molested me. I always remembered that in the back of my mind, I never mentioned it to anyone because I thought it was just an awful dream, and I'd get in trouble, but I told my (other) sister, and she told my mom, who confirmed that that did indeed happen, and that was one reason she didn't live with us anymore. I continued to live, thinking about all of these things that I'd been through in my short 15 year life, and wondered if living was even worth it, I mean, if all of this happened in the short span of 15 years, shouldn't much more shit have happened to me by the time I'm 30? 45? I couldn't tell if life was worth living if this was it. In the following two years, I've been diagnosed with osteonecrosis, lost the rest of my friends, missed nearly a half a year of school due to health problems out of my control, nearly failed that grade, and missed even more school the following year, again, due to health complications out of my control, and that's been my life, despite my best efforts at being a good, decent human being, I'm still leading this sort of a life. I'm somewhat sick of it.

cheer up buddy, losing everything i loved except for my self kinda made me realise of how valuable life is. in the end nothing in the world is worth compared to ur existence, happiness is a choice, and everyone should be happy despite what they lose knowing that literally every star in the universe needed to be in a precise location and millions of fish had to climb out of water just for the birth of a very mortal and fragile pile of atoms that has the GODDAMN ABILITY TO BE SELF AWARE, no matter what happens in ur life, u are literal god

You deserve friends and happiness. I really hope your situation improves and plz don’t stop being a good, decent human being. You may not realize it, but I’m sure plenty of people appreciate you, even if they’re strangers, and you don’t even realize it! You’re important and things will hopefully get better for you sometime soon, cause based off of what you wrote, you deserve to have things turn out better for yourself, and I’m sure they will :)

I’m sorry mate you’ll get through it I promise

i'M SORRY BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO POINT OUT THE 100 BAD DAYS VOCALIZED BITS IN THE BACK????

it is what it is lol

Oh wait I haven't noticed Thanks for pointing that out

You'll hear bits and pieces of other songs on the album throughout other songs. They decided to do this rather than the overture they've done in their previous two albums.

Yea it actually does sound like 100 bad days

this  sameee

This song really speaks to me. I am surrounded by “friends” who don’t really care, because they all hang with each other but I am not welcome. Yet they are the closest thing I have got to friends. Then I go home and I have to deal with my family, and I can barely take how they look at me already, so I can’t get help until I am able to leave the house because no one but me would care. I feel like a bird locked in a cage so long I stopped trying to escape the cage and instead I am trying to escape the world that locked me inside in the first place

enjoy ur family while it still lasts, just in case life gets worse at least u dont regret choosing to be a bit happier

Best AJR song ever. Love them. They played an un-publicized show here in my town of Valparaiso, IN this summer for the University staff and students, and my ex works at the University, so she invited me to go. Totally amazing show! Free food, rides for kids, they went all out (the college, that is). Their trumpeter, JJ, sat with us during the opening acts, which put my son on cloud 9, as he plays the trumpet, and follows all of JJ's music, and has learned the beginning of "Burn the house down" The whole experience was surreal. (but they didn't sing "Karma") Love AJR

Such a UNIQUE sounding song, love it.

"As you sow, so shall you reap" "It may take time, as seeds often take time to grow"

3:46 This part hit hard. They say that it’s ok to vent and that’s they’d be there to listen and support But when I finally tell them, all they do is say how it was my fault and that I should of been better. It sucks

This song is just a whole mood. I'm 32 and my childhood overall just sucked. It consisted of bullying at school and family problems. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 4 and I think I reminded my dad of my mom too much (she has it as well). He cheated on her with my now stepmom and my relationship with both my dad and stepmom was dicey up to a few years ago. I believe my parents would have eventually gotten a divorce and I know it wasn't all me but I do think that I did have a portion in why it ended up happening. My whole school life I was targeted as that weird kid and was shunned and bullied. I only had one friend. She got targeted because she was my friend and had to move schools to escape. I never blamed her and just wanted what was best for her, but it was hard being alone. Now I am a successful member of society. I hold a full time job, pay my bills, and get along cordially with my dad and stepmom. I have a good friend. All the medication I took from my childhood for the bipolar had the side effect of me having both long term and short term memory loss so I don't remember the specifics of my childhood but I remember the emotions. Tiny pinpricks of light in overall a large, dark rain cloud that filled the sky. So, although life just freaking sucks sometimes, it does get better. There's going to be times in which you don't want to get out of bed or you feel worthless and as if life is not worth living. It is. Remember that there is always at least one person that cares for you and wants what's best for you (even if you haven't met that person yet). Although life may be horrible right now there is so much that you will discover and bring you joy if you fight and perservere. To anyone that reads this I hope life is treating you well and I wish you lots of love. God bless! ❤

Man, that is a good story. Good job getting out of that :D

This song makes me remember when I was 12 years of age. I would always keep things in because I cared too much for others. I would always listen to their problems when they didn’t want to hear mine. That lead to me breaking down on my own a lot. I told my family about it once but all that came from them was judgment but I go on smiling. I hated myself for breathing and wouldn’t be who I am today without my sister to help me get through things even though she didn’t really care, she cared more than the average person. I had friends but most of them were fake and only used me because I acted like I was nice . My parents ignored every sign and wouldn’t let me see a doctor or therapist. I had gotten used to smiling through the pain and getting anxious around people for fear of them judging me. My family was complicated and my mom and dad didn’t have the best relationship. I was the middle child. I always got good grades in order not to disappoint them but they didn’t care and ignored my hard work. When I got bad grades they’d at least pay attention but they would scold me a lot I hate the use of the word perfect because my classmates would use it too much on me back in school. I was someone they knew almost nothing about but just because I smiled a little and got good grades, they would assume I was perfect. I felt like not disappointing them either which lead to me having to hold more in. Thanks to holding everything in I cried less than my older sister who is known for having tough skin even now but I cried at the very least, yearly. I once broke down in front of my mom and when she asked why I was crying I tried to explain but halfway in, she walked away. Whenever I try to let my feelings out, I have no way of doing so. My phone is something that brings me entertainment so I find myself on it for longer than I need to be because I can’t rely on people. I also told one of my best friends who I consider family how I felt. I told her I felt depressed. She responded by saying “ how do you know you’re depressed if you haven’t been told by a doctor.” She started going on and on about how I wasn’t depressed. The only though that went on in my head was do I need a doctor to tell me I want to die? I didn’t tell her though and went on smiling. I didn’t know who I was and wanted to be so I would always get attached to people who weren’t like me in most ways like my sister and cousin who ignored me most of the time.

depression and life is a bitch but take it from your extra triple shot depresso guy here, that's just because life doesn't know how cool you really are inside. keep goin yall, we'll all get there eventually and when we do we're gonna kick life's ass.

@Aloe just remember, even if you're a riceball you can still be the hero bro B)

i love your profile pic XD mochi America

This song feels so familiar Like a distant memory Maybe it's because I've lived through it A few years ago everything just kept on getting harder No matter how much I grinned and beared it things kept overwhelming me Honestly sometimes I feel the same way back then but not nearly as long as it was before I still have issues with telling people how I really feel

Well, it's the end of the year so it's safe to say that this song is my actual damn mood. See you all December 2020 when we feel this again.

Same

This aged badly . . .

It's January 18th 2021. We're still hoping for a better world.

2021 WOOOOOO

So um Chile.. we here?

this song makes me feel relaxed over 2 years of stress and depressed

I get close to crying every time I hear this song because of how close to home it hits. It has never failed to do that to me, it really opens a wound I thought was sealed.

I feel this way...you do good things and still get shit.

@AsperTree it's alright, you didn't waste our time.

Honestly it's true. All I ever do is try to be helpful to my mom and I try my best in school. However she says that all I have is attitude and if I have one missing assignment in any of my freaking classes, I loose my only source of peace and life (my phone) for weeks. Life is a big piece of crap and I'm not sure how much longer I can take it. I don't want to die, I just wish I could stop caring about everything and be who I want to be, which I don't even know who that is because I haven't been able to explore who I could be. Sorry I uselessly took your time... It's just that I always say I'm fine in real life, but I come on yt and I can let everything out to strangers who can relate to me. Life is shjt and people need to let us be who we are.

or getting in trouble for doing something good and feeling like shit

@TeaRex_844 you feel like your good deeds never give you anything good in return, no matter what you do, completely understandable.

@Prince of hell Elmo wrong, there is a reward for every single good deed. Growth

This song represents so many things and I love how everyone can relate to AJR songs, I mean out of all of their songs I can relate to all of them, including this one. And the songs are so amazing I cant stop listening to them.

This is one of my sister's favorite songs, and at first I didn't like it, but I just memorized it and I'm going to surprise her :)

I relate to so many of these lyrics that it’s hard to list them all but if I had to chose the most relatable one it’d be “”I try to explain the good faith that’s been wasted but after an hour it sounds like complaining”

I've been so good, I've been helpful and friendly I've been so good, why am I feeling empty? I've been so good, I've been so good this year I've been so good, but it's still getting harder I've been so good, where the hell is the karma? I've been so good, I've been so good this year Why, are you asking me why? My days and nights are filled with disappointment Fine, oh no, everything's fine I'm not sure why I booked today's appointment I've been so good, I've been helpful and friendly I've been so good, why am I feeling empty? I've been so good, I've been so good this year I've been so good, but it's still getting harder I've been so good, where the hell is the karma? I've been so good, I've been so good this year What, am I normal or not? Am I crazier than other patients? Right, I've done everything right So where's the karma doc, I've lost my patience 'Cause I've been so good, I've been working my ass off I've been so good, still, I'm lonely and stressed out I've been so good, I've been so good this year And I've been so good, but it's still getting harder I've been so good, where the hell is the karma? I've been so good, I've been so good this year Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah I've been so good this year I've been so good this year Time, I know we're out of time But what if sad thoughts come and I can't stop it Bye, I don't wanna say bye If only I could keep you in my pocket To give me some diagnosis of why I'm so hollow Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow I tripped on my ankle and fractured my elbow But doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell though? I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted But after an hour it sounds like complaining Wait don't go away, can I lie here forever? You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better? The universe works in mysterious ways But I'm starting to think it ain't working for me Doctor, should I be good? Should I be good this year?

@dead channel Exactly, the lyric video is slow

I would just like to say you are the best kind of person. Yes the video already has the lyrics but I still find it really nice to have the song written out so it’s easier to look back or forward in the words.

Thank you for putting the lyrics in the comments it really helped me because usually the speed of a lyric video is to slow for me.

And thats what i want. Because i copy song in a paper. And im telling the truth

Lore Lima lol lyrics on a lyric vid. At least they did correctly the lyrics the vid didn’t

This song represents me: Helpful, caring, but stressful and alone. Each day it adds on more pain so it gets harder, i love being nice but i dont feel anything. I suffer from depression and anxiety and when im alone in the dark i normally shake, because i can feel *THEM* watching me.

This song hits me so hard. I would cry if I had the energy.

I adore this song. The background instrumental is amazing, along with the vocals, and the lyrics are so good... I think they portray the expierence of fighting through depression/other mental problems so well. Like, you can try your hardest, but sometimes it can still feel so pointless... Escaping a bad mindset is very difficult. If gotten used to, it can be comforting, so to go out of your way to change it, that takes courage and continuous effort, it takes perseverence to go on despite how many tines you may relapse or how little good it seems to have brought you. But personal growth is important. It may not always be easily noticeable, but it is eventually inevitable. You just have to be patient. Or, at least, that's what it personally means to me.

I've been through so much recently and hearing this song makes me feel like I'm not the only one because this sounds just like what I've been through

This song is literally my life I have depression and suicidal thoughts. I’ve been so good to my friends but then they treat me like nothing. And I’m gonna be honest no matter how hard I try I’m just sad and can’t get over these past 6 1/2 years in school and how much they felt like hell. My life freaking sucks and I know none of you will care but I wanted to let it out. I’m not even around them anymore and the past still hurts me. I’m sorry for wasting your time if you read this. Bye 👋

You did not waste any of my time I can relate to you I've always been told to never be rude do people and to smile everyday but I cant its hard sometimes

@Boris From QFTIM - oh good! I’m glad that you’re doing better. Sometimes life *does* give you miracles :)

@Lunar_Memories I am doing so much better! I’m still friends with the girl that hurt me! She realized what she’d done and I forgave her... now it’s middle school and I have no classes with her or the people that were involved in it. So I don’t have to worry!

I was going to comment something but it looks like you’re doing much better! I’m glad that you and your friends made up - sometimes just talking is how everything can be fixed.

You are welcome! Sorry for late response

We struggle a lot. To find what makes us happy and it can take years to figure it out. While working hard and being good with anyone. To feel apathetic on what you build to get to the top and don't feel right. We all had this feeling at some point in life. Whoops got too moralistic. - Chaarvin

@Kruger pool The 13th GOD DAMN IT I WAS 7 HOURS LATE

This song is basically the story of my life

After all the hell I've through these past 5-8 years, listening to this song opened a metaphorical wound and I still can't help but at least tear up. I know I've made it this far and I should celebrate that... but i cant

This hit me how almost real/relatable my life has been since the new year, parents sick, lost a best friend, almost attempted suicide.. I like this song

100% sure this is the theme song to my life

This song gets me hyped up and happy but also a little upset but still in a good mood

With everything going on right now, this song hits too close to home. I’m a college student, and I was in a very good place. I was surrounded by people who showed me love and made me feel good. I was working towards the goals I want to achieve. Now it feels like all of that was stripped away. Regardless of Facetime and online classes, it still feels like this. It feels like right when I was doing good it was taken away. I know that’s a really negative mindset and I try not to stay in it for too long, but this whole situation is giving me this sense of dread in my stomach. I know it will be over eventually. It’s just the not knowing when that’s getting to me. Thanks for reading if you did, I just needed to let it out :)

Retro Grape aww thank you🥺❤️ i’m working on it i promise. It gets easier :)

Don't give up! think positively even though it's hard it will get better!

Every time I listen to this song it takes me on a journey and I love this song so much, it’s absolutely amazing!!

This song helps me when I’m angry, its really cathartic. I kinda connect myself to the speaker, and I get really worked up as the speaker gets more frustrated but when the song mellows at at the end my “depressurizes” with it. The anger is still there, but the stress AKA strong desire to punch something goes away. Similar process for sadness and seven years. Music can change you

The song kind of reminds me when I was in therapy. I was dealing with depression, and all me and my therapist ever really did was talk about what had happened that day instead of my actual problems. Now, I’m a huge believer in the power of karma, (probably because I’m to lazy to get revenge myself) and since I was dealing with depression, you can probably guess I wanted to kill myself. One of the things that made me think suicide wouldn’t be so bad though, is because I thought that maybe the power of karma would strike once I was dead. But my therapist had told me “Nothing is going to happen, deep down, you know this.” It’s been a few years, so I probably wrote it wrong, but that’s basically what she had said. But it did teach me that karma isn’t always going to strike. Looking back on this, I was dumb to ever believe karma would hit.

"Bye, I don't wanna say bye" ... Some people may think of it as someone leaving them (which is fine! Everyone has their meaning), but for me, it means a bit more. About half a year ago my best friend told me they were in a hospital and the doctors found they had heart disease for some kind. For a long time they had depression and anxiety and even tried suicide, and when they finally started loving themselves, at least a little bit, they found they gonna die anyway, whether they want it or not. No, they haven't died. They suffering every day and night and pretending they're ok because no one knows about the disease expect me and their family (and the hospital of course), and its so hard for me to know after all this time they have a high chance of dying anyway. I know its even harder for them. But even then... It's killing me being so helpless while my best friend is dying, and I have no idea what can I do to help. That's why I want to cry because of this sentence. I gonna say bye eventually. I don't want to say bye. I really don't. That's it. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. Sorry about my grammar. Have a good day or night or whatever time it is when you're reading this.

This literally hit me in the feels because I can relate in so many ways to the lyrics.

This song and 100 Bad Days have tied. (They're my favorite songs, and AJR is my favorite band/singers)

I feel you them are my two favorite songs too.

Was not expecting that powerful instrument drop but I'm not disappointed. Badass

This song makes me so emotional everytime i hear it because it describes how i really feel so perfectly

This song is so underrated,

This song is so relatible to me. Even though I have been good and fair to those around me, they still end up back stabbing me. I recently was brocken up with and my best friend stopped being my friend. Some might say I'm overreacting, but it doesn't feel that way. Now they are both going behind my back and driving those I love away from me. I don't know how to feel anymore. The part of the song "Fine. Oh no. Everythings fine." Really stand out to me, I just started realizing how much I actually say these things to people. And at the end, "Doctor, should I be good? Should I be good this year?" Is also relatible, I'm starting to feel like being nice isn't working anymore. I don't like to be that "depressing person" in the comment section, but I honestly sometimes feel like the world or the "universe...Isn't working for me" I feel like everything's against me now. I'm so sorry for this paragraph, but I don't have anyone else to vent to.... I hope everyone is having a nice life and isn't affected by the corona virus! Stay Strong!

I feel the same way

@Aaralyn’s Playlist Channel No problem, happy to help. Hope you're feeling at least a little better. Stay safe and have a nice day!

Game Comment Channel Thank you this meaning a lot to me ☺️

Hey, don't feel the need to apologise just for being honest about your feeling. How you feel is and should be validated. And you're not overreacting, people just have different priorities and breaking points, what seems like overreacting to one person can seem like the end of the world the other, and that's fine. I'm not a psychiatrist, hell, I'm not even legally an adult yet, but if I know something is that you are allowed to feel the way you do, and you don't always need rational reasons for it. Or any reason, for that matter. For example, my best friend completly would've ignored me for two weeks if I didn't keep in touch with him and kept cancelling last-minute for scheduled talks. This caused me to reflect on my past relationships a few days ago, and I felt like I gave more to anyone then they give back to me, and I, too, considered to stop being nice and understanding if I'll just feel like shit as a result, but shutting off from everyone wasn't an option, at least for me. There's more to it, obviously, but I don't wanna ramble too long. Most people listen to these kind of songs because the world and the people around them fucked them over, but being a jerk is not a healthy defense mechanism. Don't forget that you are allowed to feel uncertain, or bad, or angry, because your feelings are valid, and they should be. I am fortunate enough to have someone to vent to, but if you don't, that's fine. Everyone has different ways of coping with this stuff, and if you want to vent in YouTube comment sections, go right ahead. Or you could always try talking to a psychiatrist, that may help if you feel like you have no-one else to turn to. And you don't have to apologise for feeling a certain way, you're human after all, you're allowed to have emotions. And you certainly shouldn't feel like you're problems are a burden to others. Hopefully people will try and support you, like I'm trying to with this message that's getting a bit long. I can tell you're a good person, don't change that; we need more people like you, especially nowadays. I hope everything works out for you, you deserve it. Stay safe, and all the best to you.

I understand how this feels specifically, I've been kind for so long and yet all I got was the cruelty of others. Depression honestly is sadness and frustration, and I'd know since I have the shit. It's not like I'm sad all the time, no I have my happy moments, it's just that whenever you have a good day yet still feel down you're just wondering why. So if we're being honest it just makes you feel like you're hollow and not really you, you wish to go back to the old memories of happiness yet no matter how much you scream and beg and try to reach that it feels impossible. To anyone reading this, if you feel sad, try talking to someone! I remember I ended up figuring it out the hard way when I had to be taken to the ER due to (Not so good stuff). Though I've improved since then, and you can too. You just need to find the right person to help.

This song perfectly captures the frustration in trying to deal with mental illness, you can be doing everything right, the medication, the excersize, the therapy and the healing still takes sooo loonngg. It can be really discouraging I was in a rly bad place a few years ago and it took 6 whole months of doing "everything right" before i saw ANY improvement. And 2 full years to actually feel NORMAL and then another year before i was actually thriving again. This song really captures the "why am i still hurting when im doing everything right" feeling. Healing takes time, lots of time, but youll get there.

I don’t know how AJR makes songs so targeted, yet so relatable. I mean, this is literally my everyday mood.

I just found this song, and I think it has just described my whole life.

I first heard this song in a youtube vid.. I thought it was a good song so I came and listened to it. But when I saw the lyrics, it gave me some strong emotions... especially "where the hell is the karma" part.. Now here I am again, listening to this song.. with some strong depression... and it calmed my mind a lot.. Thank you for making this video.. I know no one would see this silly comment but i just felt like writing it... I'm a lot calmer now.. i don't regret writing this

I really love the part of this song when it seems like some instrumental for 100 Bad Days is playing, because idk why but it sounds REALLY good in here

To be completely vulnerable right now, this is probably the first song I've listened to that was new to my ears in 2020 that I actually really liked. The ironic thing is that I'm trying to be a better person, mostly for other people but also, for me this year. And it's good, the people around me are noticeably happier. It's just... I didn't really expect that it's going to be the magic pill for my mental health. Not at all but I was hoping, maybe a tiny bit, that it could make me feel a bit better. "If only I could keep you in my pocket to give me some diagnoses of why I'm so hollow."

This song screams what I feel I've been good, for years now, where the hell is my karma? Am I normal? Have I done everything right?

"I've been so good, why do I feel so empty." Shit bro that hit hard-

HOLY SH*T. Discovering this instantly made me love JTR as one of my top favorite music artists. I spent most of this year constantly on feeling good about myself but procrastinated when it came to anything else besides that, including all the past-due work I’ve been missing out on. I think it even gone as far as to me losing it just from thinking about them alone. This being in my recommended was just what I needed just after recovering from the most intense and complicated point in my life I’ve ever experienced so far.

2020: Earth:should I be good this year…?

@kayque_o_loko 🗿 Yeah, I'm used to it anyways

Hello past people, i am from future i am here to say just will get worst :D (depressed smile)

@Kai_Tea13 omg

I like to listen to this song a lot, I cry sometimes because the good things happen to bad people... This song makes me feel like people understand me

2:42 by far the best part in my opinion Like them 100 bad days vocals are just the best, it's just so amazing and epic

When I listen to this, I want to cry, even if I don't know why. This is one of the few things that unlock secret emotions. Along with waking up really early, drinking night water, and just co-existing with someone you love

I hope everyone in the comments section is having a good day :^) I may be only here for how good this song sounds, but I know that it means a lot to many of you and I just hope your day has been good

Dude ajr is the only artist i know that makes sad songs with an actual good beat

This song has a strong finish and I love it

I play this song on loop every time I feel down

Words cannot express how much of a mood this song is

This song defines exactly how i feel and i don't know if i should be worried or not-

This song reflects a lot of my life. I'm usually a very nice person, I help people with their emotions, troubles, depression, family issues and etc and I usually keep my emotions to myself since I didn't want others to worry about me and I can just focus my attention on others. I do this for people around me because I care for them and I want to be a nice guy who can help others with their issues. When I had a mental breakdown because of school work and overloading myself with other people's issues. My friends instead of comforting me they just ignored me and they said: "oh your just being dramatic, get over yourself". Later that week I was eating lunch and feeling down, one of my friends came over and mocked me about feeling depressed and I was just "faking it for attention". I'm usually a very calm person but at that moment I just lost it, I could not believe what this person is saying so I just responded with the coldest way possible "If you think I am faking this, I suggest you go to hell and not come back because people like you should not exist and should just die." Usually, I am really calm when it comes to things like this so when I responded with that they realized I am not faking this and should probably leave me alone for a while. later that month my best friend who've I known since grade 2 sat me down and said: "it's okay, you don't have to keep it to yourself". At the moment I burst into tears since he was the first person that had asked me "are you okay?". it's been a year now and I am getting better, thanks to my best friend he made me realize that not everybody is a friend of mine. He told me that I should stop overloading myself with other troubles, helping others is fine but too much is okay and it's okay to let my emotions out.