Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Save up all the days
A routine malaise
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)

Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Think of all the ways
Momentary phase
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay

Every time you try
Quarter half a mile
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)

Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time

Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time

Always, sometimes
Easy, time

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Christopher Robert Bear, Edward Droste, Daniel Raphael Rossen, Christopher M. Taylor

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

DethBringer0

6y↑956

Lyrics

Save up all the days
A routine malaise
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay

Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time

Think of all the ways
Momentary phase
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay

Every time you try
Quarter half a mile
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay

Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time

Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time

Always, sometimes
Easy, time

All comments from YouTube:

sophia clark

3y↑1.1K

Does this song make anyone else feel weird, yet you love it and can’t stop playing it?

Ash _530i

This band took a lot of psychedelics.

Raww

13w↑1

its about drugs

SnufflySpy

18w

It does. It makes me want to freaking cry like a baby. God it's magical

MentosLV

22w

Nah, the video makes me feel weird...

Ansley Brown

24w

YES I’ve been trying to understand how this

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Dan J

5y↑433

I saw these guys live for my 18th birthday at a small theatre in Brooklyn..they had an entire children’s choir perform with them on some songs , it was amazing.....I’m 27 now ..lol damn time really does fly

Raww

13w↑1

30 is super young no worries

The Adventures Of Beef

19w

And BAM you’re those 20s are long gone now! :D

Lish FC

52w

Mr Pringle it will bro I’m 23 and the past 3 years don’t feel real

Street Shots

1y↑2

pitty they only had one great song

Mr Pringle

2y↑1

I’m 18 now and it feels like I have been alive forever but I feel like my life is about to start going by way faster

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ET Maligalig

4y↑453

I love it when a series I'm watching leads me to awesome songs.

Thanks HIMYM!

Kevin Karnes

1w↑2

Over the entire course of that show, there are a handful of truly great songs, with heart and beauty. These songs really epitomize the series.
THIS is one of them.

✌🏻&❤️

Top G

Yess

Alberth

10w↑1

@Noah Loftin OH, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT MAKES SENSE

Noah Loftin

10w

@Alberth how I met your mother

AllAtOnc3

16w

I’ve seen that show so many times and it never clicked

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Brady Lowery

27w↑138

2022 : Still an absolute banger.

Maxime Savard-Beaudoin

2w↑1

Also in 2023!

Santi Sosa

14w↑3

2:00AM escuchado está canción

Hoolz

17w↑4

Ahhahahah!!!! Damn straight! Haven't heard this song since 2009. Love it!

ari

7y↑838

i don't think I'll ever get tired of this song. so beautifully dark.

Occam

40w↑10

lol its melancholic and a bit cynical for sure. But dark, no way.

9λ

1y↑3

@Zack Zallie apparently there was a TV show that paired this song with a horror scene.

Lots of songs use minor harmonics and dont sound scary. At least to me.

Zack Zallie

1y↑4

@9λ Probably cuz of the minor key melody.

Lord Blazfemur, Acolyte Ov Baphomet

@9λ oh you are so horribly mistaken my friend. Trust me, you are better for it, no offense intended.

9λ

2y↑16

Why do people find this song dark?
Was it associated with some movie in a dark or disturbing scene?

Only reason I can think people think this is a dark song.
Lyrically and composition wise, nothing about this song is dark.

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Montalvo Sánchez Anthony

19w↑48

I read a comment about two years ago when I discovered this song explaining what the lyrics meant to them. I captured the message and now, two years later after ironically experiencing that exact feeling, I can affirm what the songs message is (in my opinion):

Its about uncorresponded love; living for somebody that doesn't feel the same about you. It's the dreadful and self-consumming effect of staying with somebody because you love them more than you love yourself. It doesn't matter if they don't love you like you love them, because you will still be there for them; "take your time, I told you I will stay". Thats why I also like the music video a lot, I feel like it reflects beautifully the feeling of bottling and pushing away your emotions for the sake of loving that someone... until you just, can't.

Marty Schwartz Here

2y↑129

It's absurd how underappreciated Grizzly Bear are. I'd put them on my Mount Rushmore of 2000s indie.

GLBizzie

@chril born what about Keane?

Fly Eagles Fly

26w

@Animalcollectiveintern Animal Collective are the best band since The Smiths.

Yes AnCo are better then Radiohead.

Ethan Porette

49w

@Animalcollectiveintern anco the best

Animalcollectiveintern

1y↑10

@chril born what about Animal Collective I mean there practically the poster boys for 2000s indie? I mean just the influence they had alone should be enough to put them on there

chril born

2y↑12

Oh hell yeah... Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and Beach House

kmb1

9w↑17

This was my first dance at my wedding, 12 years ago. Still blows my mind.

budgles

18w↑9

Got to admire their dedication. Still harmonizing as their heads catch fire.

Damomo Fox

5y↑11

Why does this song always remind me of a beach boys record? Melody and harmony in the chorus is exceptional. Love it.

Mr Pringle

2y↑40

This song makes me want to break down and cry there is just something about the harmonies so beautiful

Jacob Jones

5y↑5

Words can't describe how much I love this band

Bryan Tringali

19w↑6

I miss this time in music

KiiBoY AMV

5y↑7

a song I will cherish forever!

Mason Leach

2y↑26

Just re-discovered this song in my Spotify liked songs. This song really made me feel happier just from hearing the sounds you created. Thank you for spreading your creativity through music as a medium. Peace and Love to all you guys✌🏽

steve perez

4y↑32

Almost 10 years since it came out..sometimes you look back and realize you miss your childhood

Saidif Mejia

4y↑4

definitely do, i was 8 when this was published. now i'm 18.

queenzam

32w↑12

I was 15 when it came out. This sounds fresh still. Oh the memories

Julia Toramanian

2y↑6

This song makes me feel like I’m exploding , like I’m letting out all my pent up emotions all at once . All the sadness and fear and stress and happiness ripping me apart but in a good way . I like it

crisanto

2y↑5

Cuando estaba en casa de mis abuelos y su rocola tocaba está joyita 😔❤️

Carmella

26w↑6

Truly timeless record 🎶👌🏾

twisted tree

4y↑13

One of the greatest drum compositions ever

Neal H

5y↑185

"Beautiful, haunting multi-part harmonies really define this song, as they rise gorgeously above the quarter-note piano chords, and then seem to soar into their own atmosphere for a moment before coming back down to earth, drawn by the steady rhythm.

That kind of studied, chorale treatment of vocal harmonies in pop music was arguably invented by The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, as he wrote ever more complex music that allowed the classic surf band to evolve into cutting-edge pop artists. (Paul McCartney once famously said that The Beach Boy's 1966 Pet Sounds was his favorite album, for that very reason.)

That masterful blend of high vocal harmonies, almost madrigal in style, is on its greatest display in The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" from the aforementioned Pet Sounds" author - Anne

ARRGHHH

42w↑1

@Lunatic MD The endinging of God Only Knows is probably one of the greatest individual sections of music ever made. Just perfect.

Lunatic MD

2y↑1

God only knows, such a dope song

Ashley Bentley

3y↑3

I have often thought that if the Beach Boys were just starting today then they would have sounded like this :)

shashashanora

3y↑2

Perfect description

Lilia_Spn

3y↑3

You described it perfectly <3

majordookage88

31w↑2

Just keep coming back to this song when I need a pick me up. Never gets old, and I'll never stop air drumming or playing the piano to it.

Junga J

48w↑2

I love this all their videos, this adds a visual effect to the song I would have never ever imagined. Absolutely creative, and good music to listen too <3

JeremyZapSmash

1y↑4

Coming back to this nostalgic song. Man it makes me feel such deep feelings. I feel like I time traveled to the past to feel the feelings of that year. I haven't felt that different in such a long time. I feel like I can fly. I feel so bliss, happy, and joyful.

SirFiggy

32w↑11

My dad used to play this song when i was like two or three because it was the only thing to help me fall asleep. That explains so much now eleven years later…this song is amazing and so relaxing and nostalgic for me!

Tay B.

2y↑3

So many bands out there but this is my number one fav band for years already. I could never have enough. I never get tired. Got their Horn of Plenty album on Vinyl two weeks ago and it’s my treasure.

DTM Weather Videos

5y↑3

I LOVE THIS SONG & BAND SO MUCH! THE COMPOSITION IS OFF THE CHAIR!! The video is totally awesome!

Sadshark's Vehement Comics

4y↑2

I first heard this song pretty soon after it came out in 2009. I listened to it a whole bunch that year especially but I like to come back to it every now and then. Veckatemist was an awesome album.

DethBringer0

6y↑956

John Kackley

2y↑39

Are you sure about this? I turned on closed caption and it says [Music]
Over and over again for the full video

Winslow Barger

4y↑5

+ oooowwwoooww ooooww

O K

5y↑38

So many scrolls to reach this comment lol

Sebastián Francisco Figueroa Neira

5y↑4

DethBringer0 <3

Keezy

5y↑5

Looove this song! Love the vocal harmonies and the piano and all the instrumentation and beat! Amazing song!!!

Rodrigo Chumpitazi

3y↑6

the chorus is outstanding! amazing!

bruno {valter bue}

5y↑10

The chorus is absolutely perfect! #TheWindowIsOpen

zachary sherry

36w↑2

This is one of the greatest songs and music videos ever made

Red Skies

33w

Hi I recommend an indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

McCall Trent

7y↑265

This song ever gets old, and this band is unbelievably talented

DTM Weather Videos

TOTALLY AGREE!!!

blahblah blahblahb la

5y↑3

This song gets old forever.

Kira Denson

7y↑4

+shelby Leone TURE I can listen to this song all the time

shelby Leone

7y↑5

Agreed!!!

Abbey Grace

5y↑2

i always get chills listening to them

Dylan Barnes

1y↑2

I hope one day i can make something this incredible. This song is truly a masterpiece.

ARB San

24w↑3

The all have such beautiful voices!! Love this song!!!

Jedi Bunny

4y↑3

I love this song and video so much. It gets better every time.

Hi There

2y↑2

One of my all time favorite songs.

NiSchonneWidder

2y↑23

Its funny, one year ago i couldnt listen to this without crying now im listening to this feeling great about all this is past.

muckymcfly

46w↑1

2022 and this is still an amazing tune and video.

coconut

11w↑1

This song has become my favorite in a short time, the rarity of the video and the beautiful rhythm makes me want to listen to it non-stop, and just like the lyrics identify me at a certain point, just perfect.

Whatever

6y↑529

Everybody is talking about how this video is uncomfortable and weird but I really like it. Very aesthetically pleasing.

Brendan Black

32w↑2

Lots of people talk about it being weird because there are lots of people who think anything that isn't 100% "normal" is weird. It's what you get with something that has 15 million views.

David Espinoza

41w↑1

It’s just the acid kicking in man

GOOD MUSIC

48w

@Jaylu Vonde that's oddly specific but i get it

DTM Weather Videos

I love this song & video! It's very amazing!

Jaylu Vonde

2y↑5

Has anyone ever had that dream where they're on the toilet in church? This is that dream.......

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young neil

4w↑1

heard this song again for the first time in a decade and felt my life flash before my eyes lmao

Stutter • Allan Scott

2y↑4

I remember finding this song roughy when I was 18. I've loved Annie hard knock life plus Jay Z's version. But this was another level. Felt like the song was Origin of both tracks.. Even though it was delivered after ❤️🎶

Wiley

4y↑3

Years later, countless plays later- still one of my all time favorite songs and videos.

So damn effective, I love this so much.

Carters world

5y↑4

I've listened to this song for years and this is the first time I watched the video. Brilliant!

Joshua K.

8y↑181

grizzly bear is so unique - they have the talent to create catchy and simple songs that sound entirely fresh and unlike any other band. and all their songs have so many little quirks and hidden layers - it's like exploring a landscape, almost. (my favourite from this album would be 'fine for now')
anway, i just wanted to urge people who enjoy this song to listen to the band seaside - 'a sign' or 'the hours' are both great starting points. they are similar to grizzly bear in the way they create huge vocal harmonies and background soundscapes, and i thought they deserve more recognition so i'm just spreading the word :)

alwaysnever

8y↑8

I've always admired that in grizzly bear, these songs are almost pop, and yet completely unique (to my ears, anyway). I've listened to couple seaside songs as well, beautiful music, but I'd say their "feel" is quite different from grizzly bear. Which doesn't make them any less awesome, of course! So thank you. :)

Maria Malau

3y↑5

After ten years, never get bored listening to this song. Always have it on my playlist.

Jess Caffrey

28w↑3

July 2022! And I’m still here, going deeper into this beautiful song!

d.charlotte jensen

32w↑2

This is one of the best bands. They need credit

Victoria

2y↑7

I've had this song in my Spotify for years yet i CANT never remember the name, I'm so grateful I bumped into it again

Daniel Dionisio

1y↑1

E clipe estranho mais iluminador e fascinante vou voltar a escutar a banda aqui direto de Jaboatão a cidade do pecado e da ilusão.

Nick-E Nicole

40w↑1

Idk why but this song always makes me happy. I very much love the vocalists in this group very much. Their sound is so wonderful.

V SUS

2y↑6

This song is perfect in every way

slv

3y↑3

Loved this song since 2009, reminds me of my grandpa who passed away. I found this song just before he passed.. 🥺

slv

Bryson K thanks man ❤️🙏

Bryson K

3y↑1

❤🙏🏽

Ross Anderson

5y↑1

I recently saw them concert. They were awesome

Bean

28w↑2

This song is helping me through a tough time in my engagement for sure. Wish I had found it years before

Ryleigh S

3y↑2

I can not get this song out of my head, and I love it!

Nick Manchester

3y↑2

My dad showed me this song when I was younger. I will always be thankful for being introduced to this incredible band

Michael J.

5y↑10

I have been looking for this song for 7 years ever since i heard it in an advert, and thats not an exaggeration. My life is complete now that I’ve found it!

𝓔𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓮

26w↑2

Still a bop ❤️

Late Blume

3y↑1

One of the best pop songs of all time

Seth Kinghan

2y↑1

So glad my dad showed me this song when I was a kid. It’ll always stick with me till the day I die ❤️

jeff henderson

9y↑19

The vocal arrangement is really beautiful and well done.

Mark

3y↑2

A really unique and beautiful song.

Manfred Richter

2y↑5

I want this song to be played at my funeral in the far future. Has to be great at an event like that...

Raphael Dububuchim

1y↑1

The lead singer has this classic crooner voice. I love it.

BJ J10

Thanks Richie for sharing you’re awesome music with me in High school this was our song for 6th period in2011 and thanks for your friendship

Cristian Riesgo

9y↑16

I love the backing vocals Victoria Legrand does! She has such an amazing voice. Beach House is probably one of my favorite bands

Mia Zenda Palasi

45w↑1

I would probably listen to this song again later after 5 years. This is gold.

Adriana XCX

5y↑1

I hadn't heard this song in years... and this morning I woke up singing this.. lol so weird how that happened but I love it💗

Stoic_Poet

1y↑2

As a Drummer, this is one of the best drums I've ever heard.

MrTchupam

3y↑1

One of the best albums of all time

Jimbus Crust

One of the best hits of the past few decades. Incredible song

𝔯𝔶𝔢

50w↑2

I swear, music like this will forever keep me wanting to stay alive..

Sadshark's Vehement Comics

3y↑3

On the real Veckatimest is one of the best indie rock albums I've ever heard in my dang life.

April Pendley

1y↑1

Why in god’s name does this song rip my heart out of my chest every freaking time?!

Daniel Collins

8y↑345

I can't believe this came out in 2009. I feel like I've been listening to this my entire life

TH3GPS

Because you’ve more than likely heard The Beach Boys. They’re kinda popular.

They call me Bam Bam

Susie Clark understandable! It’s probably Because it’s still a fresh sound

Susie Clark

3y↑1

Honestly this music sounds like the newest thing to me. Probably cause I dont really listen to ariana grande's or whatever is new now.

They call me Bam Bam

halfhott I swear man Shit is crazy

creekandseminole

4y↑5

2009 was a good year for indie music

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Chris Forsythe

3y↑1

Grizzly Bear I forever love you for bringing back those Oldies vibes

Dee Tepper

7w↑1

The drums in this song are so perfect

m&m 6

i remember seeing this video when i was about 5 and i still love this song ^-^

EZEQUIEL CRUZ ESPADA

2y↑10

Un minuto de silencio por aquel que no escucho estas obra de arte

Celeste Ibarra

3y↑25

Wow rediscovered this after 10 years, in awe once again

Luis Vilchez

4y↑1

10 years later still love it

SnowdropHill

1y↑2

Came for Ed's voice
Stayed for Ed's smile...
And Dan's smug grin :)

Trytoxania

4y↑3

Coming back years after being obsessed with this song, becoming obsessed with the rest this amazing album and band

Jennifer Vazquez

5y↑1

When I was waitress 9 years ago this song would come on and make my night so much better

Sacred Instrumentals

what a great song , well done

Guy

One of my all time favorite songs...

İrem Zeynep Çapraz

Video is little scary but the song’s gorgeous❤️❤️❤️

F D

2y↑99

I hear this Song in my Hospital Room on tv after Doctors saved me. A good Sad Memorie.

Jessica Colindres

2y↑9

What happened to you if you don’t mind me asking? Glad your still here

Dener Santana

36w↑1

amo essa musica com a força da minha alma

asyria

48w↑2

i havent heard this song in years, so much nostalgia

djarinvanth

3y↑1.9K

“maggie’s window never opened again.”

Amir Kardooni

🥲

Adam Wilde

10w↑1

I was wondering why I loved this song!

Hunter Crawford

16w↑1

How I met ur mother legendary

Tamara Tesla

19w↑4

I swear HIMYM is the best sitcom of all time. Everything about it. Most beautiful, most inspiring, most heartwarming, most entertaining, most EVERYTHING I could literally go on all day. No other show inflicts so much emotion within me that just hearing a song that was in a small scene almost 20 years later makes me tear up immediately and run to watch the show for the 45,000th time!🥹

Isabella Raianny

20w↑1

😍😍😍😍

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suger skull 123

3y↑2

I love this song and band and I'll listen to there music till the day and second I die😁🌠

Bobby Martinez

2y↑7

Some guy was playing this inside a goodwill and I askes him what the name of this song was and Ive been in love with this song ever since ha. That was 10 yrs ago

Eric Burton

I love how simultaneously charming and weird this music video is. :)

m k

3y↑1

This has been my favourite song for the past weeks. I went to Leeds-York and this was my most played song along with Gorillaz souk eye. It's just something special to me and I'm just gonna put this here

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