Possibly one of the best albums of all time, no exaggeration

"A spitting image of me- *except for the heart-shaped hole where the hope runs out"* gets me right in the feels every time..

Aged like fine wine, still one of my absolute favorites.

kalopsia still gives me goosebumps, after all that time..

Does anyone else get emotional at the second song and the characters misery that he cant touch anything without destroying it . and how lonely he is

Almost 10 years later and this album is and forever will be a masterpiece.

I get emotional when I hear I appear missing.

How the fuck has it been three years? Still feels like it was only yesterday I was sat on my bed, listening to the album with headphones on, and being completely blown away.

from start to finish, ...like clockwork NEVER gets skipped off my playlist

00:00 I Appear Missing 03:00 Kalopsia 07:35 If I Had A Tail 10:58 My God Is The Sun 14:44 Ending 14:57 Credits

A set of lyrics for the clipped versions in the video: Calling all comas, Prisoner on the loose Description: A spitting image of me Except for a heart-shaped hole where the hope runs out Shock me awake Tear me apart Pinned like a note in a hospital gown Prison of sleep Deepened now A rabbit hole never to be found Again Where are you hiding, my love? Cast off like a stone Feelings, raw and exposed when I'm out of control Pieces were stolen from me But dare I say, given away Watching the water give in As I go down the drain I appear missing now I go missing, No longer exist One day I hope I'm someone you'd met Shock me awake Tear me apart Pinned like a note in a hospital gown Deeper I sleep Further down A rabbit hole never to be found It's only falling in love Because you hit the ground I never lie To myself Tonight. Rose, tinted eyes Color my sorrow A shade of 'why? Bye bye black balloon See you real soon Wave bye bye Bye bye Why were you so sad What have they done? Forget those mindless baboons They're off playing God Is it wonderful? Don't look, just keep your eyes peeled Thoughtless, trapped in my minefield Shotgun, never behind the wheel anymore Danger, monsters of smoke and mirror Slowly, can one so lost be found? And I know, you will never believe I play as though I'm alright If life is but a dream, then Wake me up Fallen leaves realize they are no friend of autumn The view from Hell is blue sky So ominously blue Daydream until all the blue is gone And I know you'll never believe I play as though I'm alright If life is but a dream, Wake me Gitchy, gitchy Ooh la la Da doo ron ron You won't get far I'm machine I'm obsolete In the land of the free Lobotomy I wanna suck, I wanna lick I want to cry and I want to spit Tears of pleasure Tears of pain They trickle down your face the same It's how you look Not how you feel A city of glass With no heart If I had a tail I'd own the night If I had a tail I'd swat the flies Yeah, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Yeah, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Gitchy, gitchy Ooh la la Da doo ron ron It won't get far Animals in The midnight zone When you own the world You're always home Get your hands dirty Roll up them sleeves Brainwashed or true believers? Buy flash cars Diamond rings Expensive holes to bury things I'm machine I'm obsolete In the land of the free Immortality If I had a tail I'd own the place If I had a tail I'd swat the flies Oh-oh-oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh-oh-oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Far beyond the desert road Where everything ends up So good the empty space, mental erase Forgive, forgot Heal them, like fire from a gun Kneeling, my god is the Sun Heal them, with fire from above Kneeling, my god is the Sun I don't know what time it was I don't wear a watch So good to be an ant who crawls Atop a spinning rock (beyond) Heal them, like fire from a gun Kneeling, my god is the Sun Heal them, with fire from above Kneeling, my god is the Sun Heal them, like fire from a gun Kneeling, my god is the Sun Healing, kneeling Godless heathens Godless heathens always waltz on the sky I really hope these are right. I've been looking for similar

This is a Masterpiece, the most underated rock album ever,.

Josh Homme is one of the greatest musical and even moreso lyrical, geniuses of the 20th and 21st centuries... Everyone in the band is one of the single best in their respective fields.... This album is unbelievable...

Josh, if you read this stuff....unbelievably brilliant. Have not stopped listening to this album since it came out. My favorite song keeps changing, they are all killer. Cannot say enough how good this is.

Press (numpad) ,,0" - I Appear Missing ,,2" - Kalopsia ,,3" - Keep Your Eyes Peeled ,,5" - If I Had A Tail ,,8" - My God Is The Sun

I still adore how unique this animations are, i come back every two years or so to wach em again just because they're that good

ok, i loved the music and all, BUT THAT WAS THE BEST FUCKING MUSIC VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN! YESYESYESYESYES! ME NEEDS MORE!

All it took was an illustrator, an animator, and a band. And, they were all three really good!

EVERYONE! The badass guy in Keep Your Eyes Peeled is Josh himself! 1.) The guy that kills everyone is obviously Death and at the start of KYEP the badass guy punches him in the face. This represents Josh cheating death with his KNEE OPERATION. Which leads onto my second point... 2.) At 5:11 you can clearly see the guy is wearing a LEG BRACE which backs up my first point quite nicely. I'm pretty sure all of the characters are suppose to represent Josh in different ways but this one was the most apparent.

The music, the animations, the art, all of this is perfect!! Thank you QOTSA for these beautiful songs!

The first ones famine. Stranded in a desert, scavenging animals everywhere and the guy himself "hungers" to reach the city/sun. The second one is death. Wearing a reapers guise, bringing death to those around and dancing around the "light of god". The third one is conquest. He's constantly picking fights, even staring at the face of death and instead attacking it. At first there doesn't seem to be a reason for it all, but he simply wants to conquer anyone and everyone. In the end he's beaten by a "pig" which represents the nature of conquest and the greed behind it. The fourth one is war. She's bringing destruction to everything around her, setting the world on fire. On the most basic of levels, she basically starts a gang war. In the end, all that matters is the destruction from the war she wrought and she destroys her car and herself to destroy her enemies and reach that goal. Then it ends off with a billboard with "The end is really ****ing nigh" and an apocalyptic sun rising up and calling them all to it, followed by the destruction of the city, and then it starts all over again. I can see how it'd be based on the four horsemen. vOv

*The way I see it is like this: This video represents human emotions The first guy obviously had something traumatic happen in his life. He doesnt even care about what's going on, and he gets dragged to hell. He starts to change and wake up. He puts on a happy smile for everyone around him, but underneath that he is a dark mess. He finally snaps. He doesnt care anymore, but this time he still has some feelings. He doesnt give a shit about anyone else, and he spits in life's face. After a while, he feels like he is missing something. Like there is more out there to conquer. He doesnt just spit in life's face, he burns with a fiery vengeance, and he will stop at nothing (even taking his own life) for that rush. Then, something beyond him happens. A major event in his life, so strong that all of his true colors are shown at once. They are all destroyed, sending him back to that shambled, careless body he was before. Being dragged to hell without a care in the world.*

One of the top 10 best rock records of all time.

it is my own head cannon each character knows they are in a loop and each handles it in a different way. the bandaged man kills himself, hoping that this time he won't get back up, blue guy tries to form connections with others, but is unable to, red guy fights because that is the only way he can feel alive, and car guy does whatever he wants because of the lack of consequences.

I love this whole album. I love the video too.

as a recovering heroin addict the first song and video accompanying it reminds me a lot of life as a junkie, and the process of waking up sick and scoring your first bag.. im probably just assosciating this with something thats so familiar to me, but part of me wonders if it was made like that on purpose.

I remember when i saw them live playing this full album and they were also playing all the videos in the background with some parts that were unpublished and helped understand more of the concept. Amazing. Few bands nowadays can do something like that.

Artwork: Boneface Animation: Liam Brazier

chills at 4:42 - greatest song in a long time

this is criminally underwatched masterpiece from a criminally underrated album

After 6 years this is even more beautiful and touching. I wish i could give it 1000 thumbs up more.

I think its a simple play on the four horseman of the apocalypse personified through the attitude of the songs. This is more strongly apparent in parts 2 and 3, obviously Death and War. Still even if im wrong Boneface, the artist behind it all has made something that compliments this album perfectly. I dont care if there is no apparent message behind it this is still the coolest fucking series of music videos ever.

The only thing I did not like about this album, was that there were not 10 more songs! It was so amazing I wanted more! It is so good it had the potential to be a monster double album, like "The Wall"....can't wait for the next album !

....very few albums actually changed my life, this is one of them, and orobably the nost recent...

I love this album, the songs, the artwork, and this video immensely. I've been a huge fan ever since SFTD and I've seen them perform 3 times. This album meant soo much to me when it came out it was silly. And after surviving my own incredibly near death experience my appreciation for this album and Josh as a human being has expanded tenfold, but why oh why did they have to edit "I Appear Missing". That song, especially it's climax and resolution, is IMHO the most beautiful and humble bit of art Josh has ever created. It is true that the most profoundly moving art comes from tragedy and I believe and am just one of many who are so very grateful that Josh's tragedy was not a complete sentence but rather his coma was just a comma.

Best 15 min ever.

This is just amazing. Mind blowing actually. I’ve rewatched it 5 times just because of how amazing it is. Also a good tip is to look around. There is a lot of secret stuff on the walls and on the characters. One more thing, I wish that the song ...like clockwork was on here. I would like to see what they could do with that

We were quite a spectacle, weren't we? Quite a spectacle, indeed.

This is one of my favourite pieces of art. Very inspiring.

I just started listening to this, having picked thru some of their hits across the discography, and I simply love this album!!!

I don't care how old I get, Queens is so legacy for this video. I cannot stop watching or listening to this when I drink or smoke just to chill! I know oddball this is my chilling music and I listen to it without judgment in my home. Good Vibes!!! #420ongod #420ongodfamily #OGF

Holy crap!!!! My first time to hear anything by QOTSA.... I am jaw dropped. The video, there aren't even words, totally trippy. And the vibe with Josh's vocals...👍 I have to listen to If I Had a Tail some more.

You have pictured the emotion’s of depression, the dread, anxiety & feeling of hopelessness very well.

some are entertainers, others are ARTISTS! this really is brilliant both musically and visually

Did anyone notice the "Your face here" written at the bottom of the shoe at 14:09 in the video? This could be a separate joke, or it could be a reference to Era Vulgaris. On one page of the album art pamphlet for CDs of Era Vulgaris, there is an image which says "your face here" as well. I think it is unlikely that these are connected, but did anybody else notice this?

I fully enjoy this scrap-book like animation. Well done!

masterpiece... I don't know how they didn't create a series of this like daft punks interstellar 5555

If you get the chance to see QotSA live this tour, please do! You won't regret. They're in perfect form right now. QotSA at their best!

When you own the world You're always home

bone face is a truly artist.

This was like some kind of neo-greaser Akira.

This is probably my favourite band! I've been listening to them for about 12 years now.

This is one of the most awesome things I have ever seen

And really dig how Josh gives credit to every contributor on the album,.....he turns the wheel but realizes there's no ship without a crew,...gotta love the maturity and progression in his vision.

This is such an underrated album. This is a masterpiece.

I love the story carried out between all the separate songs

I love this entire compilation, but... If I Had A Tail is one of the catchiest goddamn tunes to ever grace my ears with its timeless presence. All-Time Favorites list engaged.

336 people don't have a tail.

I love the transition from Keep your eyes peeled to If I had a tail to My God is the Sun.

God this was fuckin' brilliant. I remember when it came out I anticipated each new video of the 4. So glad we have them all now in order in a full video. My God is the Sun is so amazing and a fitting culmination to these godless heathens.

Welcome to 2020 you beautiful animation

These videos are so entertaining and it's nice that they pay like a quarter of the price or less to make something better than MTV. I love this band.

This whole album and video is so symbolic it blows my mind what a genius lyricist josh is

This montage was created by a British artist. It set the scene perfectly for one of the darkest, and best, rock albums - in my opinion.

QOTSA one of the best bands ever!! keeps surprising me every album and gets better, hope to see them in Mexico this time!!!

Just love the artwork! It fits the music absolutely perfectly.

I have to see these guys live...One of my favorite bands..

Proving there is still amazing and creative rock bands out there. What a beautiful album.

This is perfect... I don't even have any words...

*if u are here in 2021* U are a legend, u have my respect ngl..

Seeing QOTSA in March, so excited!

I just finished primary school when this came out, and look at it now, I've graduated. That's a mighty long time.

RIP, Mark. :(

We know that time loops because of the ending, so I think all four characters are aware of the looping. None of them seem to value their own lives, they all seemed resigned to death and misery but express it in different ways. Bandaged Man just floats through apathetically, waiting for the next loop to start. Masked Man relishes the time he has alive, though he spends that time alive completely alone. Helmet Man just wants to fuck shit up and seems to crave pain, both inflicting and receiving it. Car (Wo?)man seems to be similar to Helmet, though I get the feeling their attacks are more focused, maybe people that wronged them in the past? They all know they can't escape the cycle, so they just do whatever they want in the meantime.

Back again. I see something new every time I watch this. Thank you production team, Boneface and Liam and my boys. Sending love always

I get emotional when I hear keep your eyes peeled

8 years? Holy fuck I swear this came out a few months ago. I got to stop drinking.

Ohhhh...Trent Reznor...that explains a lot.

it always feels so good coming back to your music

I just spent a week at Canyonlands and this video captures the Desert vibe so so well. I've listened to this album to the point I know what song comes next and it should be listened to as a whole.

I love that transition from "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" to "If I Had a Tail"

Absolute work of art.

Qotsa gets better and better, got all the albums and listen everyday, this is my life´s soundtrack

So freaking good...this band is unbelievable...

Been years since this has been released and it's still one of my favourites

This is one of the best things that I've seen. Ever.

This is the autumn of my 37 n I woke up. Homme you write and preform from a place I just stepped on to. Thank you REALLY. Change my state.

conquests exalted yearning, famines bloated rot, wars unrelenting onslaught, death ends death together.

This is basically an epic 15 minute lesson in how to get people ridiculously excited about your new album

This series of videos are a paradox because when you finish all the clips , you se the levitation man hard grunded near crows and if you replay all , the first clip is the next part of the last clip so it is a paradox

I love how it can loop perfectly

Remember reading a passage in a book about a kid at the turn of the (twentieth) century heading on a steamer from the U.S. to Europe and being told that "you won't come back the same." How I feel about anyone experiencing that guitar solo in I Appear Missing for the first time. Lucky bastards.

I would love to see these characters and this world explored more in future albums/ artwork, their so cool.

Utterly brilliant.

I've come back and listened/watched this video like 20+ times already. In love with this album.

The animation is so fkn badass. Bravo whomever did this.

Someone once posted this...Their interpretation of these songs were that they represent the four horsemen of the apocalypse. 1) Death 2) Pestilence 3) War 4) Conquest And in a way they are all part of life and like clockwork (like in the end) they will all repeat again.

Pink Floyd & early Alice Cooper would be proud of this album

The nostalgic art & music make up one hell of a amazing group of musicians and I absolutely love everything about these guys ❤what a beautiful concert in Portland Maine. So much love & absolutely delivered 🙏

This is the best music video I have seen in years. Captivating.