My daughter, only 32yrs old, has just passed away after a battle with cancer for 18 months and this song/vid truly reflects my loss. As much as it hurts listening to this song and watching the storyline it is comforting to know I am not alone in grief. Thank you.

I lost my niece who was a daughter to me 10 months ago. She was only 17. I stumbled upon 'Running to the Sea' and 'Something in my Heart' by mere chance. These two songs kept me from losing it. Thank you. Never stop doing what you love.

This deserves a hell of a lot more views. People are missing out on this masterpiece

One of the best songs I have ever heard. And Sussane Sundfør's vocals are amazing as well.

In memory of my very brave friend Evita Fytrou. Evita lost tragically her life among 102 people on Monday July 23 2018 in Mati, Greece after witnessing the death of her father and her little brother in the fire. She was running towards the sea in order to save herself from the flames and lost her life by falling from a cliff. Did the smoke blinded her and thought she would fall in the water? Did she jump to her death in order to end the pain? Uguess we will never know. One thing is for sure, I won't forget you Evita. My deepest respect to anyone who lost a loved one in this horrible disaster. This wasn't fair. We can't forget this.

The symbolism in this video is mind blowing. Three parts to pay attention to: The old man, the dog, the birds. The old man is a symbol of the god Odin, often depicted as an old man with a beard carrying a spear (or in this case, a gun). He presided over the land of Valhalla. Odin was often accompanied by a wolf. The birds symbolize Huginn and Muninn, which are a pair of ravens. Their names translate as "thought" (Huginn) and "memory" (Muninn). Every morning, the two ravens would set out and fly all over the world. Every night they would return to Odin and bring him knowledge and news from his kingdom. In the Poetic Edda, Odin expresses concern that the birds will not come back from their daily flight. I believe this video is about that. The old man's daughter has died. The song is from the voice of the daughter/bird, trying to tell him what she remembers from her flight. She remembers the flash of white, turning to black, and being pulled out to sea. She remembers her death. But the old man doesn't want to accept that, and every day he sets out to look for her. You'll notice that the first bird in the video immediately catches his attention, only to be followed by a look of disappointment. Just like Odin in Edda, every parent fears for the safety of their children. The old man doesn't want to accept that the worst has happened, so every night, he returns to his throne, watching and hoping for her return. His faithful wolf remains at his side, but he his lost without his birds who brought him knowledge and memories. The bird is herself now just a memory, and the great Odin is now a broken man.

I found this yesterday and I lost count how many times I've played it! The music and video is a masterpiece to me!

As a father myself I can't imagine the pain of losing my daughter. I am forever grateful for her health and for being able to ensure her wellbeing... I fear letting her go in this utterly spoiled world when she will grow up, but it cannot be helped. Nobody tells you about the challenging feelings you experience as a parent. I regularly stop by here to remind myself to be grateful.

I interpret it as him losing his daughter and family in a tragedy. It happened near the ocean, so he retreated to the mountains so he didn't have to look at it again. But even there he can't escape the death, as he is faced with having to kill things as a means of survival.

I could hear them howling from afar I saw them rushing to your car In a moment all went screaming wild Until the darkness killed the light I remember running to the sea The burning houses and the trees I remember running to the sea Alone and blinded by the fear And the river flows beneath your skin Like savage forces kept within And all is wasted in the sand Like breaking diamonds with your hand I remember running to the sea Remember falling to my knees I remember gliding off the shore Until I touched the ocean floor And the river flows beneath your skin Like savage horses kept within And all is wasted in the sand Like breaking diamonds with your hand And the river grows inside of me And the river grows inside of me And the river grows inside of me And the river grows inside of me And the river grows inside of me And the river grows inside of me

0:27 "Daddy" gets me every time. I miss my daughters so, so much and I'm sobbing.

This is one of the most beautiful songs Ive ever found

when i found Royksopp i found music and im glad i found them

Susanne Sundfør is marvelous in this...her performance really made this song for me. The video is also exceptionally well done....like a short film brimming with emotion.

Her voice gives me chills every single time ❤

54 year old man brought to tears EVERY time I listen to this beautiful song. Musical Magic.

The song is so beautiful...this video made me tear up. My interpretation isn't much different than others. I think the man lost his daughter in some tragic way. He remembers her as a young child. Perhaps the older version of her represents the age she died, or the age she might be if she hadn't died as a child. How sad it must be to live alone, with only memories of a lost loved one to hold onto. I can't imagine that...The world is so beautiful, but also filled with pain and death.

I listen to this everyday.

I love the voice of Susanne Sundfør, what a sweet jewel

Apart from the song which is phenomenal, I’m totally in love with the music video. Watched it countless times already. Just found out by coincidence that actor and actress are actual father and daughter. Very nice! ❤

Her voice is incredible

This song is a reminder that there are so many lonely people in this world, whether rich or poor, developed or developing countries fighting their own personal and inner "demons. This thing call life is so fleeting though some would think they are immortal. Despite all that, we have to live and give, take nothing for granted, breathe and cry, laugh and eat, make love, give compassion and look out for your neighbour, even if it once in a while...check in on families an old friend just to say "Hi". Even if you have only one piece of bread please share with someone in need. PEACE, LOVE, HEALTH & TRAVEL LIGHT::))))))

This is tear fuel for a grown man. Every time I hear this, I either have to completely skip the song or go away. Cheeks soaked with tears, when I do listen. This is so good! And Susanne Sundfør is just magical!

Real y triste... Como todo amor por nuestros Mejores Padres del Todo Universo!!! Adoro esta tema!!

This is the most magnificent voice and music I've ever heard so far, I keep humming the tune when I'm not listening to it, everything is perfectly placed here, from the audio to the video. I wish Röyksopp have had worked with Susanne Sundfør some more! They are perfect together.

Absolutely stunning! I'm not usually a huge fan of using shaky camera work, but it was utilized so perfectly here that I could only be impressed. Way to go, Lauren! Making a beautiful song that much more tear jerking.

I'm just going to say it. This is the most beautiful song ever. It literally makes me tear up when I listen to it.

Pura nostalgia. MY LOVE ........ Este tipo de arte me enamora. Everything works in this mv ...I fall in love

I love this song so much but it’s really difficult for me to hear without getting teary eyed because it feels very personal like it speaks directly to my heart and my experiences. This song to me is about a father-daughter relationship. A father who lost his daughter and is trying to cope. I’m fighting with my own demons everyday and this song reminds me of my father who I don’t see anymore. He’s far away all alone, hunting, trying to deal with his demons.

This is not music. This is art.

Losing one's love is like a living death.

Any of you out there that lost a daughter and made it through the otherside, You are so much stronger than I could ever be.

I came here by myself

This is the most heart-wrenching music video ever. It just brings me to tears seeing this man, this father unable to cope after the loss of his daughter and how he just cant move on, still seeing her. I have recentaly lost my grandfather-my best friend and I relate deeply to this man. Everywhere I look I see him, all his things were left exactly where he left them nd it just feels like one day he's going to walk though the door and come home.

Röyksopp + Susanne Sundfør = musical bliss

The song is absolutely devastating and the video is just the cherry on the cake. An amazing production. From Susannes unbelievable voice to Röyksopp amazing song this is one of the most emotionally pure songs ever. Its heartbreaking. Its lovely. Its dark. A MASTERPIECE

I cried so hard watching this...

People of Norway... I know very little of your country. I've met only a handful of friends from there, always kind spirits. I was born in the complete opposite of the world, still it's so great how much the music you make touches my soul, wether it's kings of convenience or roysköpp, it's special to me...

It's not her who died, it's him. She tells ("Daddy, I saw them rushing to your car"), he remebers (scenes on TV of her). He finds himself in a strange ideal world, a sort of heaven, she sings for him a beautiful sad song.

Escuché èste tema x casualidad en el 2016, conecté emocionalmente con la canción desde el primer momento. Fue amor a primera vista. Mi padre llevaba mucho tiempo enfermo, la canción me hacía llorar, sentí q lo iba a perder. Y ciertamente murió 3 semanas después. Se quedó en mi corazón, siempre me recuerda a él. Lo más bonito es q pude verlos en directo en el festival cala de mijas del 2022. Fue una sorpresa para mí, porque no sabía q iban a tocar. Volví a conectarme con él a través de esta canción, y siempre estará conmigo cada vez q la Escuche. Es preciosa, delicada,emocional y sentida. Te llega al ❤. Una catarsis emocional. El amor de una hija x su padre y de un padre x su hija. Mi padre lucho x mi hasta que se fue. En este caso soy yo la que me quede, y él se fue. Pero el sentimiento de pérdida es el mismo. Espectacularmente cantado y la composición sublime. Enhorabuena al grupo❤❤❤

Шикарный клип, шикарное исполнение! Шикарный вокал! Норвегия позитивно воздействует на музыкантов и их вкус, что делают такую музыку?))

The video is so heart braking. One can really feel the pain of the father who desires so much to see again his child, only to realise over again that she is completely lost and he will never have her again in his life...

My dad was a fisherman, he died in 2015, we were living in different cities, our relationship was never the dream one all I had was memories from the past from our country house, but I loved him. I didn't have his future but I had his past, I had those old negatives, I used to watch them growing up, he always enjoyed nature and fishing, he had a german shepherd. When I got the news I was listening to this song and I was high af. It was just a coincidence, I always loved Royskopp but this was a coincidence. It was 2015 9th of Jan when we lost him. Since 2015 I come back here every year to see what happened. So thank you for this, I couldn't have asked for something better. He was cool all above even though I never got to live with him, I lived him

It’s been nearly a week since I lost my dad to cancer. This song hits differently for me now. Thank you for this.

So beautiful. The look on his face in the final scene... I love this song so very much.

Опять слезы наворачиваются, и так каждый раз когда слушаю эту песню и думаю о дочке которую не видел так долго... Люблю свою дочу, сколько бы лет ей не было, для меня она всегда меленькая принцесса 😍

😢❤💔💕❤️‍🩹 incredible this song... it gets me to tears. A 57 year old daddy... Missing his daughter/s and son. Leading a lonely life. This video is so reflecting. But happy for life ❣️

Royksopp, L A D Y T R O N, Heilung. Music is not dead. You just have to know where to look.

Una hermosa hermosa canción, siempre que la escucho me deja con un sentimiento de tristeza por el emotivo por el cual fue escrita pero a la vez me da mucha calma. Es una verdadera obra de arte.

god bless norway

When she says 'daddy'... It brings a lump to my throat. Every. Time. I. Hear. It.

The part where she says “daddy” at the beginning always breaks my heart to sand. I know I’ll feel that one day when my dad won’t be here anymore 😓

Сильная песня... Особенно с таким видеорядом.

this video made me stop and appreciate my own parent's love for me. I've always been amazed and honestly confused by their unconditional love. It's nice sometimes to see things from their perspective. To be reminded that they're depending on me to have continued success because it's important. because they've worked hard to bring a human being into this world ♡

I just can't stop listening this masterpiece.

You can taste the grief in this video.

In my next life can I be born in Norway please? Pretty please!

Грустная, но вместе с тем очень красивая история! Тронуло за душу! Спасибо большое!

Se me ponen los pelos de punta al escucharla, me encanta este grupo!!! 👍🏼👏🏼😉

обалденное сочетание божественного вокала и супер инструменталки. а кататься на машине под эту песню, вообще крышу сносит...

A true piece of art . You won't find this type of music video in mainstream media, but it is nevertheless a gem

This song is written in honour to the Utoya victims in Norway 22.7.2011 - and the video is bringing tears to my eyes... It is so emotional. I will never forget that day, and I will never forget how we met this with love and thousands of roses standing hand in hand regardless of religion, political view, living in a Villa or on the streets.. Love this song - simply love it

It’s so much harder finding any songs/music like this that really grab your soul and rip your breath away.

I'm not entirely sure what I just watched, but it broke my heart.

The greatest piece of music you'll find is right here.

music that releases any of your prisoned emotion and flow out any remain drop of cry! An emotional relief.

I can't listen to this and watch this footage with dry eyes. It's like flashbacks from my fallen loved ones (grandma and pop especially) start rolling in the back of my eyes...

The expressions on Paul Michael's face are so moving. Sorrow, grief, tenderness, longing, acceptance, numbness, loneliness. He conveys the deepest emotion without a single word -- it's incredible. An amazingly talented artist, and the same can be said for Lauren Rothery's direction. I feel like crying, I feel sad for people I've lost, I even feel sad for people I haven't lost but will lose one day.

The actor Paul Michael is teriffic. i wish he was in more films. He has one of those leading man faces.

This is an ethereal masterpiece in every conceivable way

I miss my daughter. She isn't even born yet. And I haven't met her mother either. But I miss her, them both actually.

You can hear the whisp of her Scandnavian accent in her singing- twinged with pure melancholy like the best of old ABBA and Bjork (yes she is Icelandic!). Just brilliant.

This is one of those songs that gives me chills every time I hear it.

A música conta sobre uma garota que se jogou ao mar (To the Sea) depois que sua mãe morreu em algum tipo de incêndio. A parte que fala “Uivando de longe” (howling from afar) representa o som das vozes ouvidas debaixo da água. Na parte “Correndo para seu carro” (rushing to your car) é o momento em que as pessoas estão tentando salvá-la. “Até que a escuridão matou a luz” (until the darkness killed the light) é o que ela vivenciou enquanto afundava até que ela tocou “o fundo do oceano” (touched the ocean floor). Então o pai se muda o mais longe possível “do oceano” (the sea) já que isso o faz lembrar da filha que “correu para o oceano” (runs to the sea), lugar que ela amava e decidiu se suicidar ali. Ela decidiu cometer suicídio por não ter seu pai presente depois que a mãe morreu, pois se sentia sozinha. A mãe morre queimada, e a filha morre afogada, e o pai se culpa pela sua morte e não consegue mais seguir em frente. (traduzido de um comentário anterior)

Adoro essa música. Coloco o fone e viajo nela. Muito boa...❤

Only 5,813,692 views ? Are u serious? Meh, this masterpiece deserves more than these views. Anyway, i'm glad that the true art lover people are here and supporting Röyksopp. Thanks for this amazing song!

I tattoed "the river grows inside of me" for this masterpiece.

this is probably one of the best electronic songs written in our generation showing the brilliance of Roykshopp. On top of that, the selection of this video really shows the loneliness and despair of life in Scandinavia when you don't have someone beside you.

Jesus, this is a master piece, why didnt I find this before? My bestia friend told me about this, and I have no regrets about that

When I hear this song I can't stop thinking of what happened at Mati Greece, "The burning houses and the trees,I remember running to the sea" exactly what happened on 23/07/18 so much pain and fear for many people "when the darkness killed their light".. Such an old song describes exactly the tragedy happened to my country nowadays.. So beautiful and meaningful song... ⓖⓡ

Best thing in this song is that you can explain the lyrics and the video in so many different ways.... it combines every kind of pain... i mean...if you broke up its your song to listen...if you lost a father..a mother...a loving person... a dog...if there is any tragedy... !!! so many different kind of pain in one song!

I keep listening to this song since it was released. And every time I hear it, I wish every human being on this planet will keep in mind the fact that our lives are extremely fragile and priceless. We need to love ourselves and everyone around. This is the best thing we can do to each other. So please do it. There is not a signle reason in this world for the hate.

This song is part of a very sad and important part of my life. Yes, like this music I was running to the sea, and trying to running of my own life. Trudy, this is, maybe, our song and the song of our lives. I'll love you for ever my love.

Susanne Sundfør is such an amazing talent. And Royksopp is just genius.

This is so sad and we aren't alone in the suffering ❤

This beautiful song is set as a ringtone on my phone and has been playing every day for about 5 years. I do not lie....

Désireux d'illustrer le nouvel extrait de ce qu'ils ont annoncé être leur ultime album (The Inevitable End, 11/2014), Svein Berge et Torbjørn Brundtland, alias Röyksopp, ont invité cinéastes pros et amateurs à filmer leur version de Running To The Sea, superbe plage (sortie en 2013) que traverse l'envoûtante voix de Susanne Sundfør, que le clip de Lauren Rothery, élu (parmi plus de 200 autres) par le duo de Tromsø, image parfaitement - peut-être parce qu'il est aussi beau et simple que poignant ?

I never know how a Royksopp song is going to sound when I click on a new one I haven't heard. Their next single could be death metal and it wouldn't surprise me. Probably end up being amazing too, somehow.

I know music can inspire a wide pallet of feelings, but man, this song is something else! Beautiful!

Берёт за душу. Напоминает о самых лучших чувствах в этом мире У каждого по своему. Респект ребятам.

Doesn't fit in with my zombie apocalypse theory for the song's meaning but it is beautifully shot and edited. Nice.

Very cool Röyksopp! Thank you for giving unknown filmmakers an opportunity to put your music to their visuals. :)

You never get over the loss of your child. You see her in the crowds.You see her in the mist. It hurts so bad. For decades. Then the pain finally becomes a dull roar. We will suffer that loss till we die.

My interpretation of this video is similar to many here, with the man's daughter being gone and him missing her so much. But also there is something metaforical abouy the place. There is a sense of approaching death. The fishes, the deer, the brids falling from the sky. By noticing it I kinda hoped he was dying and soon would meet her. The ending left me thinking...

господи, как же я люблю эту песню

Susanne Sundfør's voice is perfect

Один из лучших треков в историй электронной музыки! Röyksopp - Легенды!

No words can describe how good this song is!

Стремясь к морю (перевод Константин из Томска) I could hear them howling from afar Я слышала их далекий вой... I saw them rushing to your car Я видела, как они набросились на твою машину, In a moment all went screaming wild И в тот момент раздался дикий крик. Until the darkness killed the light Он оборвался, когда нахлынула тьма. I remember running to the sea Я помню, как бежала к морю, The burning houses and the trees Помню, как полыхали дома и деревья, I remember running to the sea Я помню, как бежала к морю, Alone and blinded by the fear Совершенно одна и страх застилал глаза. And the river flows beneath your skin И твоя кожа впитывает воду, Like savage horses kept within Ведь ее не удержать, как не удержать и диких лошадей. And all is wasted in the sand И все это занесет песком, это бессмысленно, Like breaking diamonds with your hand Как ломать алмазы своей рукой. I remember running to the sea Я помню, как бежала к морю, Remember falling to my knees Помню, как упала на колени, I remember gliding off the shore Я помню, как отдалялась от берега, Until I touched the ocean floor Пока не коснулась дна. And the river flows beneath your skin И твоя кожа впитывает воду, The savage horses kept within Ведь ее не удержать, как не удержать и диких лошадей. And all is wasted in the sand И все это занесет песком, это бессмысленно, Like breaking diamonds with your hand Как ломать алмазы своей рукой. And the river grows inside of me И вода вливается в меня. And the river grows inside of me И вода вливается в меня. And the river grows inside of me И вода вливается в меня. And the river grows inside of me И вода вливается в меня. Источник: www.amalgama-lab.com/songs/r/royksopp/running_to_the_sea.html © Лингво-лаборатория «Амальгама»: www.amalgama-lab.com/.

Amazing! Bravo!!