This song has a story. If you did not know, this song was written as a tribute to a fan who died in a car accident trying to get to one of his concerts.

"For a fan who can't be with us in person, but in Ghost n' Stuff" - Deadmau5, 2011 R.I.P Bobby Clifford

i remember as a kid, i used to listen to dubstep for the drops and never really cared about the musical or atmospheric element. when i discovered this song, i waited and waited for the drop, and it never came. but when i was waiting, i realized how absorbed and moved i was by it. i cant put it into words, but it shifted my dumb noise obsessed teenage mind into finding beauty in the sonics and composition of music as opposed to some gimmicky "drop". this song really changed the way i listen to music.

I'm 29, I just recovered a ton of photos from an old hard-drive I saved in a box, it's was broken but I managed to make it work, I'm now going through it as I listen to this music, the pictures from my teenage years, people I don't speak no more hugging and kissing me. What is this feeling, I feel so hopeless, I'm having this huge reality check, nothing is forever, enjoy every moment.

This is the type of song that makes you blankly stare at the screen as you mentally drown in your emotions.

Listen to this song if you want to cry. Sometimes you need a good cry.

This is art.

This is what missing someone sounds like

It is so astonishing to think that you could have missed some unknown emotions hidden in your mind and that this kind of magic sound just arise from the deepest places of your soul...

Most comments are people thinking of sad things, however I think about every memory I have ever had, everything I've done, and everything I have yet to do. This song hits me deep and makes me realize that we have to enjoy every moment in life. I'm 19 years old right now and have lived an excellent life so far... here's to another 84 more years!

Respect for deadmau5 doing this, even if he wasn't crazy important, Robert was still one of us. rest easy buddy.

This song is a portrayal of the 5 stages of grief/how it feels to lose a loved one. As the song progresses, this is what each section of the song reminds me of. 1. Denial - 0:00 You are lost. You feel empty, overwhelmed, nothing makes sense. 2. Anger - 0:25 You question yourself: Why didn't I spend more time with this person? Why me? Why didn't I do something about this earlier? 3. Bargaining - 1:33 You will do anything to get that person back. You want your loved one restored. 4. Depression - 3:36 You feel emptiness once again. It lasts forever. Why go on in life? Is there any point? 5. Acceptance - 5:25 You must live in a world without your loved one. It is the new norm you need to accept. The person will always be in your heart. I can't describe what this song makes me feel. I am extremely thankful that I have not lost a loved one during my life, but I can only imagine that this song is what it feels like to go through a loss. If you took the time to read this comment, thank you :)

4:26 This beating heart sound is actually what you would feel if you were bleeding to death as your heart accelerates and pumps harder in a desperate aptempt to keep blood pressure high enough but failing because you're losing too much blood. This is called hypovolemic shock btw.

this that type of song that makes you stare blank and think deep shit while driving alone at night..

This is true electronic music. Deadmau5 is a modern day Mozart...

I miss you mom. Wish i could see you again.

Close your eyes and think about the memories of your life. Start with the small memories, then as the song builds, think about the more prominent ones.

This is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. It's amazing how the same melody repeated over and over can have such a huge emotional impact.

Pure emotion in this one. Just sit back and think.....

Must've been very emotional for everybody when deadmau5 played this...

I recently lost one of my friends to suicide And I feel Indescribably bad knowing I failed to save their life I hope he’s in a better place now

When things gets complicated or everything is fucked off,this is my ideal song.

This song makes me proud to be on the same planet as this magnificent artist. This alone makes me forgive and forget all the horrible things humans have done. Joel has talent of which humans weren't supposed to have. If there is a heaven, deadmau5's soul was mistakenly misplaced on our world, and his music is a way for him to feel the heavens.

I miss you my friend. Wish i could see you again!

I'm 22 years old, starting July 11th. I found this song 8 years ago as I started my 8th grade year, moving from my grandparents' house to my mother's. When I first found this song it was literally nothing short of an escape. And to this day, it's euphoric. Thank you, Joel.

still cant get over the fact specific wavelengths, and notes can trigger emotions, feelings, memories; to bare into a pool of tears, to wreck out at an object, or even tear your heart out to many other beings witnessing

May your soul be in peace Bobby Clifford RIP :'(

Feels like healing.

For my dog who died in January... i still miss you Dyna.

Im glad this song exist in the universe

Music is the highest art form in the universe, nothing else can so eloquently translate human thoughts and emotions into a language that is universally understood across the planet. Thank you Joel for this masterpiece. Words can not describe what it makes me feel, but if you listen closely you'll feel it too.

To my deathbed, this will be the most important piece of music in my life. So many memories attached to it. Still remember 7 years ago staying at the beach overnight watching the stars

It really saved me from suicide. Thx so much man 😢😢😇😇

man, I remember listening to this song on repeat when i was in the 10th grade and only 15 years old. I was texting this girl and finally mustered up the courage to tell her how I felt, always the worry of uncertainty being the biggest roadblock as a kid. Turns out she was into me and I got the text back listening to this song. It was the first time i felt something like love towards a "partner". I can still recall the feeling listening to this song now. it changed me...Anyway, the point of this comment is to say that you will never be the best version of yourself if you don't seize every opportunity you can in your life. Take a leap of faith! believe in yourself! you may have people to help you on your way but nobody is going to do it yourself. It comes down to you...YES YOU! Be the best version of yourself and you will radiate happiness until the day you die.

0:00 - 0:20 - waiting for diagnosis 0:21 - 1:04 - oncology 1:05 - 1:33 - notification of the closest people 1:34 - 2:19 - crying too much 2:20 - 3:00 - life continues, the search for a cure 3:01 - 3:30 - "i will die like a street dog" she said 3:31 - 4:15 - pain 4:16 - 4:50 - novocaine is useless now 4:51 - 5:14 - agony 5:15 - 5:40 - goodbye mom

I’ve been listening to this song almost every day for the past 2 years. It fills an empty void in my heart. How I interpret this song, is every memory I’ve ever had, and can remember, open in one full 5 minutes. From the start of life to the end, I believe this masterpiece is a happy one. I can genuinely see myself having a happy ending by the end of the song. Thank you deadmau5. I’ll never forget how this made me feel.

Makes me think about all those pencils i lost in school

For Anna.....1981-2017 I miss you everyday!!!

Was listening then all of a sudden i started tearing up like dafuq

I lost my cat a few weeks ago, I heard this a couple months earlier than the death. I thought of this song when we had to put her down. Ever since I've been crying myself to sleep. This sort of depression inside me. It feels horrible, she was an amazing cat. 4 years of pure joy. Joel, you are amazing. R.I.P Jessie 2014 - 2018

perfect music to meditate, think about life

I dunno what I think of when I hear this song. Perhaps it's sad, but also happy, like living a bittersweet moment, or maybe like a happy memory, wishing you could relive it. I dunno. All I know is that it fills me with some deep emotions.

i miss my mom soo much right now

I love this song but hate how it makes me feel

Am i the only one that wants to talk about the absolutely beautiful sound design and production on this? That synth is on a whole new level...

This is the only song I've ever cried to

Someone already posted this, but it's been long since flushed into the comment section, here it is again for you all to enjoy as you listen to this master piece. i want this song to be playing on my deathbed. when it builds up i will remember all the good times i had with my friends and family and the hardships i had in between and how i overcomed it all and the struggle, blood, sweat, and determination brought me to where i lay that fateful day. and when the song drops off at 5:24 is where i slowly close my eyes and embrace the welcoming into the dimension beyond.

The sound of loneliness fills you with determination.

Deadmau5 is inspiration.

I think about my brother when listening to this song.... He's not dead or anything, he just likes Deadmau5 hehe xd

well... here i am again at 12am... ready to cry my heart out not only for what i lost but for what i have.

If I'm just being honest... this song just makes me tear up. It just makes me remember all of my young days..... makes me remember when life didn't be so hard... but as time does go on... life will get more stressful or harder..... If you think about it... this song just makes you emotional either mentally or physically... and it just makes you remember what life was and is like now. I just love what Deadmau5 does for his music.... and as Tim Vista said "This is what missing someone sounds like" Just be who you are and enjoy your life while it lasts... We will end up being 6ft below the ground one day. whoever reads this, have a great life..

The abyss is horrifying, yet comforting in how it can take you in when you feel your loneliest. You can't help but find some peculiar peacefulness as you push away those who love you, while managing to loathe yourself for doing it. If we keep everyone out, then they can't see our weaknesses, our flaws and imperfections. You feel something deep in you, desperately clawing through the skull and heart to try and reach out for something more; distractions and reasons to stay around. These might be people, projects, drugs, crimes, anything to busy the mind. To keep this soothing darkness at bay. To keep it from pushing you into doing the irreversible. Sooner or later, these distractions fade away. You find yourself being unable to feel what you define as genuine happiness and love. You start to convince yourself you're some monster. That you are unworthy of love and kindness. You toss around in bed, on the floor, in the shower, trying to be okay. But you feel like you can't. The throat begins to swell, your eyes wettening, the sides of your mouth pulling downward, the mind is rushing with an overload of information, thoughts, memories, and images. You can't breathe. You may find yourself doing something you wish you could take back. There's a darkness within you that you can't describe to other people, for fear of being outcasted. You feel isolated, and unworthy of anything but the mental hell you have trapped yourself in. But you are not alone. If you need proof, just listen to the music, and allow yourself to feel Joel/deadmau5's pain through this track. There's a deep sorrow there, but one can almost feel at ease to know finally that they are not alone. As shitty as that sounds. Wherever you are in your life, or how you're feeling at this moment, I hope you can get on the right track to heal. Much love, A rando on the internet (P.S. I seriously recommend following this song by "Strobe". It feels like two blend into each other.)

I remember listening to this on the way to the airport with my Mom. She found out how my Dad had been treating me for around 2.5 years. To keep it short it was hell, abuse, food insecurity, moving from place to place, homelessness. And then it was over and this song came on, and I cried so hard. Thank you Deadmau5 for making this, it's a beautiful peace of art that has helped me process my emotions and grow better as a person. I was 12 then, now I'm 18 going on 19. Very precious memories.

this will forever be my favourite deadmau5 track

This song is an emotional rollercoaster. In the beginning I feel really sad and at the end I feel happy.

Miss you pencil , you may never be found , but you will always be in my heart

this song makes me think of all the dumb mistakes I've made. Any young people listening... Be really careful with drugs. If you take it too far, it's only fun for a couple years maybe, before your life goes to complete hell.

I dedicated this song to my boyfriend, who gave me the love no one had before... He broke up with me a week ago because of me. I keep making the same mistakes...

I wish I could see you again, grandma. I went to your house to have lunch everyday. We talked about modern days when we turned on the computer. Don't you remember all of those pictures? Don't you remember when you showed me the internet? Please, grandma, now show me how to live without you... How to live without the one who introduced me to the world, without the one who made my childhood, without the one who made the cousins be together. Now that you're gone, they're gone too... They went with friends, and I'm alone, grandma, I'm alone... I found a friend, but my thoughts are still private. Thank you for everything, grandma. I love you.

Like I said, this is one of those songs that makes you question your existance in the universe

I've come to realize, as i am listening to it over and over again, that this song has its own language. This is why we can't possibly describe it with words, and this song in particular is beyond art. Music is the most precious thing we've ever been gifted.

Definitely one of the saddest songs of all time and that says a lot because I am the lord of sad songs

This is the sound of my feels everyday

4:59 It's like your heart beating

Out of all the songs deadmau5 has made, this is my favorite. Forget the dancing, forget the fist pumping. This is that rare feeling that you get only when you know nothing can harm you, and that you're proud of who you are. And I'd say that's a hell of a lot better than dancing.

Man this song still moves me. I never had anything specific that connected with to this but rather the expression is how I often feel. It’s funny how sound can mirror emotion. I wonder if anyone that reads this can relate to that.

This version is way better than the release version. The doubletime "heartbeat" on the later half of the song is superb.

This song is very emotional. I LOVE it, my mind can completely relax to this masterpiece.

Joel made this track to let our guys to member that fans,dead on a fucking traffic mistake before deadmau5's live.R.I.P is so emotional.

As someone who has never personally been a huge fan of Deadmau5’s style of music, this song is absolutely incredible in so many ways.

This is the feeling of tears welling up, remembering beautiful places and bittersweet moments.

I miss my socks. Each laundry day at a time, I'm losing a pair. Fml RIP nike socks

The emotions this song gives is truly amazing

Still coming back, but then again, what else could give me this feeling?

Probably one of the best and most natural representations of severe depression and the pain and the unknown that comes with it.

This makes me remember allot of things... When I needed to put my dad in jail because of my mom... When my dad cried in front of me and said he will love me forever... When he tried to buy anything he could for me... I am legit crying.. It makes me realize that my life is wrong, I tought this was normal when this happened. I remember fighting on the phone and screaming, loud, loud screaming. Me crying in my room all alone, nobody with me. eating chocolate and staring at the wall. I also remember when my boyfriend kissed his best friend in front of me... My only friend, the only one I loved. All gone in one second, being depressed the next day. Cutting myself... Feeling useless, that leads me to the internet. To find people that care, to find songs like this... Thank you... Thank you for this song, and thank you for reading..

Man thus made me cry me and my friend anthony were best friends since pre k he left in high school to a different state the last word he said before I saw him the last time is ," believe" that realy encouraged me and thanks to him im here following my dreams memories. But sometimes you have to let go of friends some day 😩😪

BEST SONG EVER!!

my favorite song ever and it's not really close...

No puedo ser el único latinoamericano que este escuchando este pedazo de tema. Está canción me hace sentir solo y libre a misma vez. No sé cómo explicarlo.

To my ex, who ended up moving on from me while I tried to fix myself for you. Thanks for finding the new one so fast. I'm worthless, 3 years being with you, isn't that valuable for you. But at least, you're now happy. That was what I want you to be.

I will love this forever, thank you Joel

Everytime I'm having a bad day or I'm just lonely. I always find myself coming to this song. I just sit here and think about all the good times i've had in my life and the reason why i should keep pushing forward and move past all of the hardships and just make myself better

This track truly reminds me of the love of my life and all the great memories we had together. God I miss her.. never take the one you care about the most for granted, never.

Lets take a moment to pay tribute to Meowingtons and Bobby Clifford.

Idk what it is about this song. I always find my self gritting my teeth staring into the abyss with no thoughts. God I miss you Felicia why is it always car accidents...

I’ll have to admit it. I originally liked the while 1

This song makes me sad, but at the same time it motivates me

I used to live north of Paris (I now live in Belgium). There has been many terrorist attacks there recently and my parents worried about my safety there. They wanted me to leave there. So I would travel to parts of Europe to see what place I would move there. The last day I was in Paris, I listened to this song, knowing that I would have to leave a place that I have stayed for many years. This song always makes my memory drown away and the only thing I know is the song. This is one of the best EDM song of all time.

RIP , My beloved Grandma. Thank you for this masterpiece , Deadmau5.This reminds me of those emotional memories i had with her........

Sometimes words can't describe how you feel. Music can.

Memories are returning...😢😢

The low growly tones in this song perfectly describes what an anxiety attack *sounds* like

Almost 2 years ago, I lost a close friend of mine, due to him overdosing on alcohol and drugs, this made me very sad as a person, me losing a close friend is something I never imagined would happen at such a young age, life since then has been very different, more ups than downs though, and that all thanks, to one person, this person, I met 4 months ago, made my life a lot happier than it used to be, mainly her caring and kidness is what made me really like her, and I can't see a life without her, because she is that important to me, she did things for me, that no one else did, everyone failed to make me feel happy, except her, she is by far the most amazing human I've ever met, because the things she did, also means a lot for the people around me, before I met her, people would mostly see me sad and depressed, but now, people see me, happy, and thankful for living this life I am living Karla, I love you, so so much, you did so so much for me, and even when we don't talk, you do a lot for me, because I know, you love me, for who I am as a person, you are extremely special and worthy to me, te amo mucho, mi amor

This reminds me of the fact that I'll never be able to go back to memories, you think about them and you get happy because you remember how wonderful they were but you really want to do them again so you realize you can't. And then it hits you that every good thing that happens in your life can't be re-visited, and every time you try it just makes you long for better times even more. You can't remake something as beautiful as a good memory, but you can always look at them again, some of the most beautiful things in life cannot be touched or bought or even seen. Some things are just so perfect that they are just there to remind you that you are never going to acheive happieness out of things, and I know this sounds cheesy but it's true. If it wasint for these things no matter what they are, the world would not have value.

Imagine being so good at making music that you give people feels with no words at all

Joel either dedicated or made this song for a fan of his whom passed. Not sure which.

Most emotional and beautiful track ever! That track heal the soul!

And now... A little poetry. With the mist that covers my feet, the friends that I hold dear, one day again we'll meet, and burst to tears, allow me the chance to see that who you were then is truly to be. Is this you? Is this the ice or the storm? If not you then who? The ice we see is cold in form. This is the mist which covers my feet, my soul. Is it you my friend? Have you come with dice, yet again to roll?