YOU THOUGHT THIS BOAT WAS PILOTED BY SOMEONE WITH BOATING EXPERIENCE BUT IT WAS I, *CAPTAIN DIO* !

I see this a metaphor for someone ignoring their negative thoughts and allowing only the happy, though throughout the song they realise they can't keep everything negative hidden and have to face all their emotions. The ship is their mind, they have no crew and are the captain because it's ultimately a battle in their mind.

I really love the "oh captain deal" part so much.

I see this song as a huge metaphor for someone who is dealing with the flaws they see in themselves and is trying to improve themselves. They make a deal with themselves to improve themselves. Their thoughts are, however, dragging them lower the more they try to deal with their issues. They're trapped inside a bottle. Near the end of the song, I imagine them opening up to a close friend/family member about their thoughts and emotions and them making another deal with their friend/family member to start talking about their problems and emotions.

Captain listen, this may be your ship, but there IS a crew aboard you're going to take with. Whatever you do it will affect us all, whether its winning, failing or our downfall.

Modern sea shanties are up there among the greatest things out there.

I thought I was going to not love this song and then that pre-chorus hit.

A crew protected a treasure more sacred than gold For the treasure itself was a sight to behold But the treasure itself could never believe It was worth more than hardened dirt on a string

did... did this song just inspired me to make a character and a whole fcking world and story just for him- edit: it did

I wrote a poem cause I got inspired by this song. Truly, a masterpiece

That's the first song that really motivates me after only caring the bare minimum for myself for two months '-'

I like songs like this, that can mean so many different things to different people. Adhd for some, anxiety and depression for anothers, or alcohol abuse. Even anger issues or ptsd can find comfort in this song. I love how so many different people can connect over a song that can describe so many struggles

This would make for a good animatic Edit: This blew up, thank you. Also GO ARTIST GO!

I wanted to watch the like ships in a bottle and people building them but I found this and it’s 10/10

It took me until the last time he said "poppin the cork" to realize this song is a metaphor for drinking problems. More specifically, drinking problems with severe anxiety or depression.

May or may not have made a character based off this named Alistair Deal, a Commander of a fleet of British galleons and captain of the man o' war, "Phoenix" that deserted the royal british navy They are pirates. This is a fancy way to say they are pirates.

I'm so glad that this song is getting more attention. ADHD/Maladaptive Daydreaming brethren! Let us all imagine a super cool fight scene/storyline!

I love the way it basically shows a fight between the urge to speak up and the urge to stay quiet, wanting to be heard and seen, yet at the same time not wanting to be judged, the Captain being our thoughts and fears, and the person singing, is us wanting to break free and actually get help, but since we don't let anyone help us, we have no crew, it's a battle between the mind and the heart in the end

Me hearing this song for the first time a few months ago: hmm, pretty good, let's save it on my playlist *immediately forgets about it* Me accidentally rediscovering this song a few weeks ago: *immediate obsession, let's listen to this 3x a day*

I hope even if it’s just 1 single person that sees this, that they have an amazing day and an even better future!

spotify recommended this to me and oh my god they did me right for once

2024 anyone? Or am I the only one?

This is one of the most powerful songs. This song is everything to me. It feels like the one of the few songs of all time where the singer IS actually singing DIRECTLY to YOU. It conjures such a powerful imagery and emotion in my mind, like sliding on bloody knees to your dying best friend who only moments before confessed his feelings, and locking hands and making desperate, empty promises. It's like a God parting the hellish skies as you lay broken and bleeding out for repentance, and they've offered that chance, but only if you agree to relive the moments you regret most word for word, eye for eye. It's like breaking down at two in the morning, weighed down like stones piled high by all your problems and feelings, screaming like bloody murder and knowing your neighbors won't save you or even ask questions. This song is the purest concentration of regret and tragedy. Your heart is crying out for the pain to stop, but you can't look away from it all. You can't stop it. It only is.

This song has been plaguing my brain for DAYS it fits an OC way too well. We're maladaptive daydreaming full scale animatics in the club tonight

This strikes me as a metaphor for trying to bottle your feelings up and deal with your problems alone. The hardest thing to do is reach out for help, especially with mental illness or insecurity, but this song really says it well. Letting people in is so hard for me; I'm trying but it's only getting harder and harder to trust people with that sort of thing.

I love this song so much. It also reminds me of a poem I’m looking at in school right now called “O’ Captain My Captain” I think.

The quote "and you lose touch with all the things that made you feel sane" is a big mood for me. A really depressing mood but a BIG mood

This song helps me calms me when I’m overthinking or overwhelmed with my PTSD. I remind myself that my mind is the ship and I’m the captain of my body.

This song makes brain go brrrrr

You can fit everything you know In a bottle for you to show Pick your brain apart and put it in (pick your brain apart) And build it again With needles and pins Everything you have earned is a ship With blue waves crashing into it But nothing can touch your happy thoughts anymore (nothing can touch your happy thoughts anymore) With your glass ceiling, walls, and floor {Pre-Chorus} Sailing on a ship in a bottle Anchor all your thoughts to the bottom Pulling ropes and pulling your head back To see what is breaking the foremast You set sail alone there is no crew No one on the deck who can help you This is all your own battle to win This is your ship and you are the captain {Chorus} Oh, captain, let's make a deal Where we both say the things that we both really feel I feel scared and I'm starting to sink And I only sink deeper the deeper I think Oh, captain Oh, captain, deal Oh, captain deal Oh, captain deal Oh woah {Verse 2} There are red spots under your eyes From when you cry Into the sky Ocean waters rising above your neck, mmm You feel the glass Start to crack {Pre-Chorus} Sailing on a ship in a bottle Water's leaking through holes in the bottom Flying flags of ships that have long since Sat at the floor of the sea, but in defense You set sail alone there is no crew No one on the deck who can help you This is all your own battle to win This is your ship and you are the captain {Chorus} Oh, captain, let's make a deal Where we both say the things that we both really feel I feel scared and I'm starting to sink And I only sink deeper the deeper I think Oh, captain, make up your mind Before the salt burns your eyes and you run out of time 'cause you're popping the cork You get lost in your brain And you lose touch with all the things that made you feel sane Oh, captain Oh, captain, deal Oh, captain deal Oh, captain deal Oh woah {Bridge} Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh {Chorus} Oh, captain, let's make a deal Where we both say the things that we both really feel I feel scared and I'm starting to sink And I only sink deeper the deeper I think Oh, captain, make up your mind Before the salt burns your eyes and you run out of time 'cause you're popping the cork You get lost in your brain And you lose touch with all the things that made you feel sane Oh, captain Oh, captain, deal Oh, captain deal Oh, captain deal Oh woah Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh

"and I only sink deeper, the deeper I think"

The way I thought it said “dio” instead of “deal” I need to listen to less Latin music

Since everyone's interpreting the meaning of this song, here's my thoughts on it (admittedly influenced by a game I'm playing right now). Something terrible happens to the subject of this song (or they have depression that they can no longer hide from those around them, perhaps) so they withdraw from everyone around them and the real world, creating a happy place inside their head. They're safe there from the "blue waves" of sadness and pain, but it's not real, the way a ship in a bottle isn't a real ship, and they're really alone. And no one can hold off pain and trauma forever, so it begins to leak in despite their best efforts to not think about it, then to fight against it alone, until they're pushed to the brink as the "water" rises up to their neck. In the end, the song offers a choice- should they stay inside their bottle, "pop in the cork" to seal themselves away for good, and drown in their own head, for fear of the outside world? Or should they escape the no-longer-happy place in their head and seek a "crew" of friends/supporters again, despite the dangers the outside world has to offer?

This is now one of my OC's theme songs. His name is White, he has short term memory loss and what presents itself as dissociative identity disorder (

I think this song is metaphor for someone who is losing themself, they are trying to keep everything inside to not be a burden or to worry other people. They don’t want to believe it’s happening so they bury their feelings. The good things in their life is the ship that crashing around in the waves, they are losing control. They have no crew to help them gain control, they won’t talk to anyone about their problems. They try and ignore what’s going on, but things keep getting worse. Some person or event happened and they are losing their reasons to stay alive, the ship thrashing around in the waves represents that. This happens to too many people. Someone you know can be going through this and you wouldn’t know because they won’t talk to people. And if you are going through this, it won’t fix everything, but trust me, talk to someone will in fact help. You wouldn’t be a burden to anybody. If you have no one in your life to talk to, just talk to me. You are not alone so please don’t believe you are. There is someone out there who deeply cares about you. You might now know this person but they are there, they exist. Hope you are well, and thanks for reading ❤️❤️

It's weird to think that 2 years ago was 2021. These past few years have been an actual fever dream.

this is such a Nikolai Lantsov song and dont tell me otherwise

And if the ship goes down, the captain will go down with it.

Rise, animators, artists, adhd’s, ect, TO IMAGINE THIS IN YOUR HEAD AND THEN TRY TO MAKE IT AND THEN GIVE UP HALFWAY!! IMAGINE MY BRETHREN. IMAGINE!!

This song never gets old omg

I found this by accident. Honestly the best accident I’ve ever made. It makes me happy

Fantastic song to listen to while playing sea of thieves by yourself. Feeling very dramatic captaining my tiny ship by myself rn

I don’t wanna jinx anything but this is the first video I’ve ever seen on KZfaq that’s gone 2 months without getting even 1 dislike and I’m here for it🥳

Yk, listening to this when i was younger i just maldaptive daydreamnt to it but now coming back to it i realize it has a much deeper meaning too it,, love this song ❤

This song has such a great beat and a wonderful message.

I've always seen this song as someone who's struggling with the 'outside world' and they want to be stuck in their little bubble (bottle) where they have control, hence being the captain, where they're the happiest and are safe. Then as the the song goes on they feel like they're losing their safe place, like when the glass starts cracking, they feel alone (hence the no crew) and they feel like their losing control and spiraling and 'drowning' and desperatly trying to stay on the ship and stay happy and like the 'oh captain deal' can reference how they're trying to tell themselves it's okay and they just need to 'deal with it', and that's why this is such a comfort song to me because I can relate to that

For some reason the original video is blocked in my country that's really weird I live in the u.s.a.

I'd love to make an animatic about s gay boy that works on the docks that's in love with the bakers son and he doesn't know how to navigate his feelings for another man

I clicked on this lyric video out of curiosity and I am hooked

Just watched ofmd (our flag means death) and now I can't stop thinking about it.

The chorus sings very deliberate to me, it starts out kinda loud and sticoto and details the scene. I love it

my maladaptive-daydreaming self listening to this song be like: lets go nonverbal and build a whole story based off this song hahaha

I love it. To me, it’s about that moment where you have to prove yourself. You’ve put yourself in a challenging situation, back to the wall, you’re alone with no crew, and no one can help you-it’s up to you, only you, to keep yourself alive. It’s do or die. I’ve been in moments like that, and once you prove to yourself you can do it, you feel like you can do anything. There is nothing more liberating than saving yourself (in my opinion)

Ngl I’ve been struggling with my mental health for years. Never been to a psychologist nor talked with my family. This song realy to me feels like how I’ve been trying to deal with and fix myself to no avail and the glass keeping everything is braking, and the emotions drowning me. Trying to fix it even though I know it’s near impossible.

Trying to clean this damn ship but the captain and deckhand are having a mental breakdown

I see this song like… Captain one: (not mentally stable due to past trauma and an undiagnosed mental disorder) Other captain: (willing to let said captain express feelings by making a deal in which he ends up drowned by the end due to the said captain snapping)

The guy who disliked is the guy that got unfortunate enough to see upside down all the time at birth.

This song. They say nobody's perfect, but this song stress-tests that saying. Everything about this is perfect, the way the song transitions from part to part, the instruments, and the lyrics are amazing. Whoever said nobody's perfect was lying.

So, I know this song clearly has a deeper meaning, but right off the bat, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear this is one of my OCs. His name is Reid, and he's a great traveler sometime in the 18th century (I haven't yet decided when exactly). He's been all over the world and sailed six of the seven seas, and when people see his ship sail into the harbor, they know an adventure is about to happen. Not all of his tales took place at sea, but many of them did, so as I listen to this song, I can imagine him braving terrible storms and battling pirates upon his ship. It's so neat!! Also, if I _do_ acknowledge the deeper meaning, I could still apply it to Reid, for the whole reason he travels is to run away from every little bad thing back home and ignore any negativity. He wants to feel free and pretend everything is okay, when in reality, there's a lot that's not, and sooner or later, he'll have to confront it. Anyways, this is really cool. Gonna be listening to this for awhile, lol.

So apparently this whole album (of four songs) is inspired by the story of Peter Pan. This song is definitely about some kind of inner struggle/mental illness, and uses the allegory of a sea captain as the "enemy" that is bargained with in the chorus. Even gives the touch of the red eyes in the second verse. The first song was really on the nose with Peter and Wendy, the second song used the Lost Boys' forest, and now a ship on the seas? This song's about Captain Hook.

A lot of ppl are saying what they think this song means so I'm gonna add mine: It reminds me of times when I was really depressed and felt completely alone. The beats are like waves smashing into you everytime you try to stand back up as you slowly slip away from reality into the void of exhaustion. As the song continues the bottle starts breaking, meaning the depression is winning and when the song ends the bottle breaks completely spilling the water everywhere either freeing you from your own destruction or you losing yourself completely

This song is poetically structured as though it was written by a mathematician. It starts by explaining its own metaphors. But... It works. It all just works. I guess the proof was valid. And like any beautiful solution, hits right in the feels.

I can't explain how much energy this gives me! It's... Happening so fast... “Oh captain deal” this I love it's beauty, grace, it's... Like nothing I've ever heard before...

I feel like someone could make a pretty good metal cover of this

I don't know what but the "breaking the foremast" part gave me chills

Everyone's talking about how this song inspired them to write things and I would also like to share! I created a fictional cult which sends sailors out to die so that they can see the true power of the Sula.

I honestly can’t stop listening to his Lost at sea EP. It’s so good and so underrated.

friend that hasn't watched ofmd yet asked if this was a ofmd vibe It's a blackbeard song for sure we need an animatic for this

They blocked the original out of my country... 😭

This comment section is either people thanking pure RNG for delivering this song to them, writing deep meaning essays, analyzing the song, and then there's just the people that showed up and have been vibing

The violin in this is really amazing. As much as I love the vocals, it really blows me away.

Someone should use this song for a Critical Role animatic with Fjord, I think it would fit his earlier arc!

This is such an emotional song if you think about it, i relate to it so much like hiding your feelings inside so you dont pull down those around you but in doung so your killing yourself emotionally and you havent slept in weeks cause your trying to be everything everyone else needs instead of living your life how you want to. You just push your feelings down and stay strong but you really just need to talk to someone. At least thats how i see it

This is one of my favorite songs, thank you for uploading this! He has such a nice voice

Its no one's fault, let's just try our best to aim for Unity

why does this whole song describe me? "you'll get lost in your brain and lose touch with all the things that made you feel sane" "and i only sink deeper the deeper i think" i felt those

✨️Let's make a deal Where we both say the things that we both really feel✨️ We really should do this more often... It's so important to be open with each other, because many times people recognize your problems and feelings. Remember you're never alone with your struggles and feelings❤

“I am the captain of this ship, and I will see it to the bottom myself before I give you the power you so crave” - my coffee addled brain when this popped into my playlist

I’m completely obsessed with this song right now. I feel like it’s sung from the perspective of a person who is on a ship and is secretly in love with the ship’s captain, but the captain doubts if they can keep their crew safe and do the right thing (maybe they’re in the military and are at war, maybe they’re pirates, or maybe they’re escaping from somewhere horrible on their boat)

To me this song is like trying to protect the delicate things you hold dear. But external forces keep breaking the glass that protects one from reality

This is my comment flag to remind myself to make an animatic for this song in a year or two cause I'm working on my general drawing skills before continuing my animation studies ;D

This is my new fave song

I thought the like was “everything u have learned is a shit” instead of “ship” 😭😭

my friend made a lego city adventures animatic for this and it destroyed me emotionally so i’m just gonna weep in the corner

Thank you so much for this! This is also one of my favourite songs. It's absolutely beautiful and it's a pity the author doesn't have many songs... Have you considered "Cecily Smith" by Peter Friedman?

ive been gatekeeping this song for so long its insane

Damb this made me feel emotional his voice is so beutiful I don't know if this is about mental health but to me it kinda is when the glass breaks we break and you are the captain in control of you emotions

I came here from shandzii’s OC animatic with this song. So good!

i want to see this song as like a song that the bard wrote for the captain he's in love with. tbh i ship them.

I'm sure some of us was brought here because someone ascended as a god of the ocean. *Shandzii OC Animatic - Ship in a Bottle*

Have I played this over and over again for a full day now? Yes. Yes I have.

Listening to this I imagine a young pirate stepping up to be the new captain after the previous one died or went missing. The crew is being somewhat hunted by a strange entity who takes them out one by one, so he tries so hard to push his friends out of the situation, not wanting to lose anymore of them. I imagine The one singing the chorus “oh captain part” is his optimistic, goofy side as a young boy talking to a more mature, serious side that he’s slowly growing into as a captain.

You know what this needs? More animatics/animations/AMV's.

When I hear this song,I imagine that my present-self is there,struggling on a boat alone against a wild storm. Then,future me comes and says the part that goes “Oh captain,let’s make a deal where we both say the things we both really feel….” And then back to my current self. And my past self is saying the “Oh captain make up your mind….” Part. I just really overthink a whole lot about decisions and feel like I’m wasting time trying to think what’ll be better in the end. And then when I do make a decision,I sometimes regret it but I tell myself I shouldn’t feel bad cause my past self couldn’t possibly know wether I would regret not thinking thoroughly with my mind AND heart. Conclusión:I see this song as symbolic for time and how the thought process is for one before,during and after a decision

I don't know what it is about this Song, but it hits me hard. Feels very personal and dramatic.

this song did indeed inspire me to make a character who is stuck between two lives, mind constantly shifting between each one, until everything from both lives mingles together and he confuses places and things and eventually he's presented with a choice: he can let this continue and lose himself in the madness, or choose one life permanently, leaving the friends and family from the other life behind forever... what of it? doekoxkdi anyway, to all that read this, I hope you have a wonderful day/night,,, ♡

His voice is beautiful

Ok who came here from the Shandzii animatic? Show of hands

I can tell this is a great song because I can imagine a while animation/story in my head while listening to it 🥰✨🌊

This video makes me think of an animatic where there's two versions of the same person: the 'captain' in their head, who is colored in and living in a colored world. Then there's the real person, who is black and white alongside their world. Both versions battle with their own problems- the colored version facing a wave, for example, and as the wave crashes, the animatic transitions to the real person battling with their own problems- maybe trashing their room or coping in their own way.