Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it
I just lied to
Get to your apartment
Now I'm staying
There just for a while
I can't think 'cause
I'm just way too tired

Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?

Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted
When they lied, I knew it was just stable children
Trying hard not to realize
I was sitting right behind them

Oh dear, can't you see? It's them it's not me
We're not enemies
We just disagree
If I was like him, all pissed in this bar
He changes his mind, says I went too far
We all disagree
I think we should disagree, yeah

Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?

Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it
I just lied to
Get to your apartment
Now I'm staying
There just for a while
I can't think 'cause
I'm just way too tired

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Julian Casablancas

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Dylan Priester

3y↑258

Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it. I just lied to
Get to your apartment, now I'm staying
Here just for a while
I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired

Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?

Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted
When they lied, I knew it was just stable children
Trying hard not to realize I was sitting right behind them

Oh dear, can't you see? It's them it's not me
We're not enemies; We just disagree
If I was like him all pissed in this bar
He changes his mind, says I went too far
We all disagree
I think we should disagree, yeah

Is this it
Is this it
Is this it

Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it. I just lied to
Get to your apartment, now I'm staying
Here just for a while
I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired

Jenna Marcus

2y↑1

Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it
I just lied to
Get to your apartment
Now I'm staying
There just for a while
I can't think 'cause
I'm just way too tired
Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?
Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted
When they lied, I knew it was just stable children
Trying hard not to realize
I was sitting right behind them
Oh dear, can't you see? It's them it's not me
We're not enemies
We just disagree
If I was like him, all pissed in this bar
He changes his mind, says I went too far
We all disagree
I think we should disagree, yeah
Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?
Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it
I just lied to
Get to your apartment
Now I'm staying
There just for a while
I can't think 'cause
I'm just way too tired

All comments from YouTube:

davidfirechops

3y↑568

This bass line speaks "it's gonna be okay"

Thomas Gongora

21w

Absolutely brother

MT Metcalfe

35w↑2

haven’t seen a comment more accurate, thank you for putting it into words my friend.

kckrye

1y↑5

Exactly. I'm playing this now solely for the bass line

Skibbo

3y↑15

Da-Vids You're right

ken kaneki

3y↑609

This is most definitely it chief

Ione Lohnes

18w

Haha, what the fuck, that’s so funny

colin hoban

34w↑2

Best strokes song

Colin

39w↑4

Hey kaneki, huge fan

Corndog Man

3y↑387

0:52 Most relaxing Bass riff ever

Gus 'n' Eve gaming

27w

My mom can play it ;)

a name

lol yah I came here to play it along with the song.

Lennon Hunt

howtoeataham i mean, I did. Especially Is This It, that song is a gem. Everything on this album is perfect

howtoeataham

2y↑4

Lennon Hunt true. Apparently Brandon Flowers cried when he first heard this album bc it sounded so perfect

Lennon Hunt

2y↑12

why not the killers were inspired by the strokes

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Sss Nake

4y↑511

you can really feel the pain in his voice. he's put a lot of emotion in this song and I'm mad because this song is highly underrated.

Thankyou For Looking

52w↑2

Yeah cuz nobody ever shows 'is this it' love 🤦‍♀️

Gian Garcia

1y↑6

u MaD bRo?!

Ulfric Stormcloak

2y↑3

Don't be mad it's underrated. Be happy you are one of the few who appreciate it

tony mazziotti

2y↑6

This has to be an ironic post

ed Moca

2y↑13

"he's changing notes every time he says a word" yeah that's kinda how it works

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This Is My Name

3y↑574

I love to just listen to this song on repeat in bed after midnight when everyone else is asleep. It's just so relaxing and peacefully sad. However weird that sounds.

colin hoban

22w

@jesus idfk

jesus

22w

@colin hoban who said what he does is unique? you’re just looking for a place to vent...

Sebastian Villenas

24w

Do you like spongebob

Keith A Carey

24w

We all have those thoughts until the end.

colin hoban

40w

How is that weird? I know you're fishing for likes by acting like something a fuck ton of people do is unique, but to entertain this thought, what about using the loop function (or manually repeating the song for mobile) while laying in your bed (what beds are fucking made for) odd in any way?

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Phoebe Torres

1y↑257

Just read on reddit that The Killers scrapped all the songs they were working on except for Mr. Brightside after listening to Is This It :0

okay frogg

22w

@Thomas Healey same name, I’m sure that’s what they were saying

WilshirecityBlues

36w

@HULK HOGAN 😬

Jj Dunlap

37w↑1

@wayward_wyn cars r gay

Jj Dunlap

37w

@Royal Alchemist how's it not punk

Swag Jay Jeff 4 The Award Loval

45w↑4

they also had interpols album on repeat. this is the era of great indie music

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Elías MG

4y↑532

How can this song be so underrated if it's the the title track of their most popular album????

Ben Garcia

Exactly 🤣

Andrew Chan

2y↑4

I think they re-uploaded this song.

Andre 3st

@Dc Krow agreed

Andre 3st

2y↑10

Because it's not reptilla

Clayton Stone

3y↑17

@Camila should be one of the most popular. Grear bass line and emotion.

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Dylan Priester

3y↑258

vee

2y↑15

im jared,19 so this didn't help😔

rassberry jam

3y↑6

You listened to the song, too

Alberto eme

3y↑5

You sexy

Tiberius Magnificus Caeser

49w↑71

When I was 13 I moved from Alabama to Hong Kong, leaving behind everything I knew to go live in one of the most foreign environments I had ever experienced. I used to climb up on the roof of the flat my family lived in and listen to this album on repeat thinking about home, my friends and everything I was missing. Eventually my family moved back to Alabama, and once I was back home it seemed like everything had changed. My old friends changed, the homeschool group I was in completely changed, my Church is completely different, even my hometown has begun to change into something I can hardly recognize. I’ve been back for a couple years now, and at this point, I’m not even sure what I was missing all that time ago.

Haku Yume

26w↑2

love you bro keep your head up KING

eponymousmoi

34w↑6

Ah, friend. I moved from Tennessee to Denmark in 2002, and I terrorized all my friends by making them listen to the album over and over again. Like, to the point of making a bus full of people hear it. I feel ya.

Jay Emm

35w↑4

Thats deep. Nothing we could do, change is always here. we have to go with it, listen to the strokes and ease our minds. 👍

Salena Salinas

44w↑12

If you realize everything changes there is nothing to hold onto.

Change is the only constant in life

Steven FakeLastName

2y↑102

I feel nostalgic of a feeling I've never felt

Johnny Harlock

50w

I feel the nostalgia of listening to this when it came out 🙃

tommypepperdick

2y↑5

I get the strangest sensation of reliving an old memory never experienced in my life, with a girl I loved but never knew.

Physc

2y↑132

Yes chief. This is it

asrael perez

2y↑129

Chief said, and I quote, This is it

Katie Merrill

46w↑15

This bassline is my will to live

NirvanaFrk97

1y↑5

This song is probably the most important in the album.

Fotosynthesis858

2y↑52

My favorite part is when that funky bass line kicks in!

jhair garcia

4y↑83

underrated song .-.

Baulx

1y↑39

I played this song last night. Was in my car at 3am, windows rolled down, beautiful breeze, cigarette, drunk, real chill vibes. It was such a good feeling

Dirt McGirt

46w

😬

UncommonSituations

1y↑17

Certainly hope you weren't fuckin driving

Bungalow Joe

1y↑20

please dont drink and drive dude... :(

paranoid plane97

1y↑33

Kid A and Is this it-the best albums of the 21st century

Jonah Dean

33w

@Jj Dunlap Reddit.

Anthony Sclafani

35w↑1

American Idiot is equally good

Jj Dunlap

37w↑2

@Ryan Zatzariny bad taste in music I see

Reongaro

38w

@paranoid plane97 easily my favorite album

paranoid plane97

38w

@Reongaro Turn on the bright lights is excellent.

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Tyquiece Jr

2y↑25

this song perfectly captured the situation with my now ex, so i interpret the lyrics differently. i relate to the opening line way too much, i was trying really hard to keep us afloat, and a lot of the things she put me through were painful, but she didn’t seem to see that or care. when things were going downhill, i needed to go to her house to get some of my stuff. i didn’t mean to stay for long but in the end i did. we talked and i asked the question, is this it? it unfortunately was, since there were people who were offering fictitious things that i knew they would one day back down on, right in front of me as if i wasn’t her boyfriend. a guy she cheated on me with got her to say that it was me who messed up, despite my efforts. we argued, and it got to the point where it wasn’t worth it. and it was it

Cosmos Dart

1y↑3

wow that was beautiful. i feel for you man, but i have to say you captured the essence of this song beautifully. Hope youre doing better now!

Taj Dyson

1y↑2

I feel you man.

vee

2y↑26

this song makes me feel: 😔

Nathan Saxon

33w↑3

Moment of silence for those who will never hear this

Felipe Borjas

34w↑3

In March 2019, an old friend recommended that I'd hear this album. The same day, me and my family went grocery shopping at Target. I put on my earphones and pressed play....My taste in music changed forever.

Jan Poelkamp

24w↑1

0:52 That bassline!!! 👍

Chase Mason

3y↑30

Beginning always reminds me of live forever

Mert Oznur

37w

my two fave bands

untitled

3y↑1

Chase Mason i would say it sounds more like supersonic than live forever...

Ana Arias

3y↑1

I always get confused because I have those two songs on my playlist lol both are great tracks, so I don’t mind.

Cayden Doherty

1y↑3

I love everything about this song

Trevor Gahagan

46w↑2

This bassline shaped my youth

Ryan Zatzariny

1y↑6

This was the first song of theirs that clicked with me and started my addiction lol.

Tim Dog

3y↑117

Nikolai is nice on bass

Quin

24w↑1

Righttt

Danny Martin

4y↑18

Great band

LCD drownd

4y↑3

Danny Martin Best band

Stacy Brackett

1y↑7

This is most definitely it, sir

John Cena

33w

Most underrated song of the early 2000s

Icpo

2y↑35

Im just way too tired..

Sebastian Villenas

24w

during live he said that but he said like im just way too ####king tired...

StreamGuy

1y↑1

What nostalgic feeling listening to this

kckrye

1y↑1

That bass line is soooooo good!

Yeats Bell

49w↑1

I wish this album could last forever

Gabe

28w

My ultimate rock playlist . I can guarantee you will find a new song and artist you wish you’d know earlier ( gabrielclassic on Spotify. 67 hours of songs)

boobtuber06

28w

The flagship band with a flagship album that opened the doors briefly to retro-rock

Ben Goodall

29w

I'm never gonna stop listening to this album

ibloome177

2y↑27

depression and nostalgia

The Sun Behind The Sun

1y↑1

Best bass line in a verse

Travis Murphy

22w

Slappin da bass Mon!!

Jonah Dean

30w

I can't stop listening to this.

Patry520

4y↑69

this song reminds me of my ex so much. I wish I could just forget

Seddit Guy

How you nowadays dude/dudette ?

shupliance

2y↑1

wouldn't you rather have learned so that you don't make the same mistakes though?

squanchy squanch

There are better girls out there. Keep your heads up fellas

Lennon Hunt

patry520 I feel this, this was my ex’s favorite song. After 2 years I still can’t get over what we had

Ronnie Darko

2y↑2

i’m currently in the process of losing my lover. slowly and painfully.
i hope you found peace and can smile again. time heals all wounds.

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stir my salad

1y↑2

by far the best part is verse 1 and when it repeats verse 1 at the end. no denying

Xieo TV

2y↑4

Let me up let me out my lips are trembling but i cannot make a sound!( this all behind me) is this almost over now? The walls caved in my room fell down!

Phoenix Le

51w↑1

When this album came out in 2001 and still reverberates to this day: ground breaking, genre defining, masterpiece.....best album of the decade. You can hear the influence of this album on so many future bands.

Emily Sweatt

51w↑1

I love this song sm. Its so underrated :( 🖤

Jeremias Cortez

2y↑3

Most of my friends that don't listen to the Strokes only know this song or Juicebox and they like them so idk how this song is so highly underrated lol

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Most of my friends who listen to the strokes only know YOLO, Someday, Reptilia, and Last Nite

Sara Saccone

1y↑5

Drunk at 11:05 am because the world is in shambles. Just might be it

Doug Molle

Masterpiece

Vincent Vega

2y↑5

When your going through a breakup listen to this and say “this is it” after he asks “is this it “ . it’ll help you move on .

Chris DeBellis

2y↑1

I could listen to that bass line all day.

The Crabcore Crew

1y↑1

dat bass tho...

so hecc-ing good

Mike Diaz

51w

Absolutely amazing song. So simple so awesome.

Oblivious Maximus

2y↑1

I haven't heard this in a least 15 years. I forgot all about it, but this album is still pretty damn good.

Geo S

41w↑1

My now sister-in-law sent me the files and I burned them onto a disc my now-wife and I would listen to on drives from SoCal to Vegas. Great album.

Will Bobson

43w

This is it Chief

Chris Castodio

underrated? maybe not but god damn i enjoy it

Shortcake

2y↑1

*In a British accent, "That song was bloody good!!"

Dom DelaWeeds

❤ 🌎 ✌️

I AM BABY YODA

24w

Is this it? ❤

Román Velázquez

2y↑1

2019?

gio please

1y↑1

1:57

Jenna Marcus

2y↑1

Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it
I just lied to
Get to your apartment
Now I'm staying
There just for a while
I can't think 'cause
I'm just way too tired
Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?
Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted
When they lied, I knew it was just stable children
Trying hard not to realize
I was sitting right behind them
Oh dear, can't you see? It's them it's not me
We're not enemies
We just disagree
If I was like him, all pissed in this bar
He changes his mind, says I went too far
We all disagree
I think we should disagree, yeah
Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?
Can't you see I'm trying?
I don't even like it
I just lied to
Get to your apartment
Now I'm staying
There just for a while
I can't think 'cause
I'm just way too tired

Barbara Reyes

💓💓💓

Samuel Reyna

20w

I dedicate this to a great page on Instagram shutting down soon
Rip the_newsician

GioCrafted

1y↑1

Let’s take a minute and just appreciate this amazing baseline

Frank

3y↑17

what is that sound sample in the beginning, like I always wanted to know what it was

Sebastian Medina

2y↑2

Here’s the link, I should have posted it earlier https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/TheStrokes/comments/9q8nti/the_sound_effect_at_the_beginning_of_is_this_it/

Sebastian Medina

2y↑9

It’s actually the other song Someday sped up a lot. If you google it, there’s a reddit post where somebody slowed it way down in audacity to where you can actually hear it

Robert Berardi

2y↑2

It sounds kind of like on old tape decks when you pressed play and rewind at the same time.

Leonel S

2y↑3

It sounds like "mariners revenge song" to me

Carl Sainez

2y↑1

Sam

3y↑6

Maxine Bachue

3y↑3

🎶❤️

Steve Howard

2y↑18

I WANNA MAKEOUT TO THIS.

Aarian Khan

27w

I just noticed that the drums are the same as Ode To The Mets but sounds a little different

Redd Vellvet

17w

🥰😍😌🥰😍😌🥰😍😌

Esteven Barragan

43w

Which album cover is better?

Keyan Wozniak

49w

1:58 sounds exactly like the opening to Where is My Mind by the Pixies

Keyan Wozniak

49w

It sounds like the Pixies heard this small guitar riff and extended it into a melody(even though pixies came first)

Sludgefeast

2y↑1

What a way to start of an album

Old Acc

3y↑78

this sounds like the pixies

afauxican_american

30w

@Eamon Sherris-Watt It's not the exact same riff though. There's literally a different pattern, they just sound similar. Play this riff over where is my mind and then tell me they're the exact same.

hippiecheezburger

52w

Pixies are okay, they influenced people but i always thought where is my mind is such an overrated song

WhenYoure AStranger

Good take. I see it.

Eamon Sherris-Watt

1y↑1

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Kinda? It's the exact same riff just without the ending portion and is a bit softer. I'm not saying that The Strokes can't copy from The Pixies, I just don't understand why nobody seems to be acknowledging this.

⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻

1y↑15

Yada Yada Yada guitar riff is kinda like where is my mind

most rock bands after the pixies sound somewhat like the pixies in some way

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HIDDENLeaf Otaku04

3y↑17

Ah, highschool prom....

Reongaro

40w

Tfw you hear the bassline on is this it by the strokes on the album is this it

Johnny Norris, Jr.

22w

Be real. You expect "The Modern Age" to start after this.

Elizabeth Burge

24w

Who is else is here from Nikki Nasty?

Vincent O'Connor

2y↑13

The Melon says it is.

Swageti

2y↑52

whos here from fantano

Caleb Hopkins

50w

@Aaron I'm guessing you dont watch his videos much

Amaury12v

1y↑2

Willy Romero this song is not like where is my mind at all lmao

Jake Nellett

Aaron

1y↑8

how are you here from fantano? this album's like 20 years old

Cayden Doherty

@William Colon where is my mind is one of my favorite songs of all time, have you found anything else like it?

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Claire Palmer

2y↑1

epic

Justin Bliven

51w

Pitchfork was all I stood by for years. No. It's all relative.

Puff Guff

God I fucking feel this

red_hood_justice yt

2y↑2

I can't believe it's the 30th anniversary of this song @spectacularscarletspider

Juan Alvarado

Intro sound is like mister bad guy ending part

Donna C

2y↑4

Everyone saying this song is highly underrated- it’s literally the only song of theirs I can remember.

F

@Kelly Kiernan that's by Oasis not The Strokes

Kelly Kiernan

Wonderwall? You really dont "remember" that? They played that song like 85 times a day

Aziz Demir

GÜZEEEEEEL

micro chasm

27w↑1

2:01 lip smack

Martha Rivera

37w

David Brazil baby ...is this it ....nope.lol

STEVOOO

2y↑3

Asmr With Friends Anyone?

G. Palomares

1y↑2

03/21/2020 Is this it y'all?

Bryce Williams

1y↑1

is this it?

Bungalow Joe

Damn me. The Likes-Counter was 6666. I liked. Now its 6667... x(

corey douglas

27w

is this it?

wylie

2y↑3

Imthany heretano here

Terrribleee

Playback speed 0.75x

Zachary Rizzo

2y↑1

This is most definitely a stoner album

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