The Decemberists - Burial Ground (Lyric Video)
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4 ай бұрынThe Decemberists - Burial Ground feat. James Mercer
Stream The Song: orcd.co/burialground
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Directed by Mertcan Mertbilek (www.mertcanmertbilek.com)
Lyrics:
Oh Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
Here among the fallen leaves
Are we alone the ones that dare to breathe?
Throw your worries down, they’re oh so gravely held
You have carried them so well
Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
You laid down below a stone
Saying, “Wherever they have gone, I long to go.
Somewhere out beyond these maladies in my head.”
At least I think that’s what you said.
Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
Contract malaria, meet at the burial ground!
© and ℗ YABB RECORDS, 2024
@peggyf8168 4 ай бұрын
and when the world needed them most… they returned
@michaelwhite6689 4 ай бұрын
Happy sounding for a song about a final resting place. Cemeteries were places of reverence where families can picnic and celebrate. Not just a place to cry.
@netforce0 3 ай бұрын
@@michaelwhite6689 so true
@darylbeyers2719 11 күн бұрын
And take lunchtime naps
@doreengilmore3952 3 ай бұрын
My son passed day before Christmas. My car radio didn’t work three days. This song popped on. A channel I don’t even listen to. I miss him so much. I love you son
@VanessaGarcia-bj7qd 2 ай бұрын
You will see your baby one day again🙏🏼💙
@pigletti Ай бұрын
My daughter,, in 2013, by her own hand. This song blindsided me and broke me down.
@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl 4 ай бұрын
The Decemberists have been by far the best band in the world for the last 22 years, and they still are. I will see them again in May.
@godlygamer911 4 ай бұрын
... Bit of an extreme statement but go off queen.
@matthewdennis1739 4 ай бұрын
they're excellent. I don't know if I'd say best, but dang I'm just happy for a great new song from them.
@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl 4 ай бұрын
@@matthewdennis1739 and that other new song is even better. It's proof that the Decemberists have finally gone back to what made me a fan of them in the first place: prog rock.
@matthewdennis1739 4 ай бұрын
@@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl its great, I love both
@DanDiffendale 3 ай бұрын
"You have carried them so well" gets me every time.
@danaclass 4 ай бұрын
AND James Mercer?! What a fantastic combination! Very Beach Boys.. Great stuff, y'all! 😁👍
@multicaruana 4 ай бұрын
certainly one of my favorite songs! Trouble is I've played it so many times I'm getting all sorts of solicitations for cremations and funerals.And I'm in that age bracket. But I love the song, one of favorites ever, funeral ads not withstanding.
@RogaineForEwoks 4 ай бұрын
And now you've said cremation and funeral in a comment, that's gonna super charge the ads!
@billhammer9241 7 күн бұрын
Me too. I even got a mortuary services gift card from my ex and my current girlfriend and I got a buy-one-get-one-free coupon form our local cemetery.
@marcnevins9491 3 ай бұрын
It’s the best and happiest song I’ve ever heard about a cemetery. I wish I could give it a like every time I hear it.
@reggznbakey 2 ай бұрын
“contract malaria, meet at the burial ground” 👌🏼 classic
@AutomaticShoes 4 ай бұрын
Classic song! We need a new Decemberists album, please! ❤
@Kae6502 4 ай бұрын
Yes!
@jamesbrown9524 4 ай бұрын
god yes we do
@netforce0 4 ай бұрын
sounds like they working on it
@peacemealgarden 4 ай бұрын
June 14
@robustfawn 4 ай бұрын
june!
@Naomi-ns1lo 4 ай бұрын
Fantastic song!! I especially like the line 'somewhere out beyond these maladies in my head' :)
@janeripley8541 3 ай бұрын
The perfect juxtaposition of a nice melody with dark lyrics.
@stevev1107 Ай бұрын
Fun and catchy, and as good as anything they've done, which is saying plenty. The girls coming in with "Merry go round" at the end is absolutely worth the wait.
@kentuckybred1 4 ай бұрын
Heard this on radio today, had to look it up. Excellent song !
@rylotech907 2 ай бұрын
Saw them for the first time in St Louis last week, the wife and I had such a good time that it only compounded on my regret of not getting into them 20 years ago. An insanely talented ensemble and the song writing is nothing short of brilliant.
@H-Vox 3 ай бұрын
Instant classic.
@CinnamonPinch 4 ай бұрын
I love how you can also hear "melodies" for "maladies". Love the song!
@unexeous5918 4 ай бұрын
Such a decemberists thing to do lyrically, I love it every time!
@johnfroude4507 3 ай бұрын
Heard this for the first time on Sirius XM. Had to look up the video and save it. Great song. Great melody!
@dewainkoester1026 3 ай бұрын
Nice song, the trumpet solo was great!
@michaelcasino4380 Ай бұрын
The burial ground is the most beautiful and peaceful place on earth.
@Dank-Hill 4 ай бұрын
“At least I think that’s what you said”: Blank headstone Lmfaooo I love your sense of humor. 💀
@erichimes3062 4 ай бұрын
And that last lyric: “contract malaria, meet at the burial ground”
@Dank-Hill 4 ай бұрын
@@erichimes3062 That’s actually the lyrics! 😂
@erichimes3062 4 ай бұрын
@@Dank-Hill I like how it wasn’t included on the scrolling headstones
@Dank-Hill 4 ай бұрын
@@erichimes3062 oh lol hahaha.
@petergiaschi35 4 ай бұрын
Can't wait to see you in Vancouver. Bring the trumpet.
@peacemealgarden 4 ай бұрын
it's a flugel horn
@j-man5353 4 ай бұрын
NEW SINGLE!?!?!? My day was bad and now it is good.
@anomalees 4 ай бұрын
forty nine comments later, thanks to James Mercer and his falsetto. I haven't been this intrigued in years since The Hazards of Love. solid. ear worm worthy too.
@connells36 3 ай бұрын
What a Great Song!!
@GuppyCzar 4 ай бұрын
Brb contracting malaria.
@mccypr 4 ай бұрын
Very retro cool! Thanks! 🎻🙂🙂🙂🙂😎😎😎😎😎
@pretty14kitty 4 ай бұрын
So excited to see them live in May ❤❤
@rheliadarview 4 ай бұрын
Lucky!
@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl 2 ай бұрын
Me too
@bryanlappert5482 2 күн бұрын
I’m feeling nostalgic for The Shins- One by One All Day.
@chrishack7467 4 ай бұрын
Amazing as always!
@ThatCoolKidYouKnow 4 ай бұрын
With this song, I think of Beachboys meets the Shins. Decemberists seem to have a huge range though... If you see this listen to 'When the War Came'.
@mathair4 4 ай бұрын
Yasss!
@cleary_hazy 4 ай бұрын
You've done it once again! 👏🏻 Can't wait to see you all in Philly!
@leornere 4 ай бұрын
Yay!
@franklentz4727 4 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@Lockdheart 4 ай бұрын
I want to know who "Len" is.
@toomanymoose 4 ай бұрын
I came to the comments to seek that answer
@etaknar 4 ай бұрын
He’s the Capricorn
@Szicsooo 4 ай бұрын
Goood stuff
@simondavies658 4 ай бұрын
Very cool
@juliebirdgirl9059 4 ай бұрын
Love this so much!
@ThePollaton 4 ай бұрын
Hoorah!! ❤❤❤
@Hiccuple 4 ай бұрын
Brings me back. Reminds me why/how much I love you guys. Like a friend coming back after moving away for sometime. Great song. Looking forward to the new album.
@zacox 4 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for the live show!
@gracie565 Ай бұрын
Great music!
@matthewthorson1441 3 ай бұрын
This world's all wrong ... Let's go where we belong
@AndrewWatsonChangingWay 4 ай бұрын
Sounds like Sloop John B, not a bad thing.
@mzaite 3 ай бұрын
Yea heavy Beach Boys/Brian Wilson vibe.
@robertlynn7332 3 ай бұрын
I'm glad others heard that influence.
@bettertimeschi 2 ай бұрын
First heard it on the radio and swore it was from a different era
@GigabyteBill 12 күн бұрын
I just discovered this song yesterday. A very good song, and all day I was thinking it sounded like something else, but couldn't figure it out. You've nailed it! It reminded me of Sloop John B!
@1fishstars 4 ай бұрын
omg im so excited for the new album !! awesome song :DD
@JaymeforJesus 3 ай бұрын
This song is quite catchy.
@ziminkirill4230 4 ай бұрын
Отлично!
@theMansalad 4 ай бұрын
cool! A new song!
@BrothSoda 4 ай бұрын
900th veiw! Love love love ur music! Was raised on it :3
@michaelcasino4380 2 ай бұрын
I will meet any one who wants to meet a the burial ground.
@Coalmine23 2 күн бұрын
I was in the bathroom of a fast food joint when I first heard this song and gave me horror movie vibes. Like I was gunna walk out to Leatherface in the dining room 😂
@angelredacted5904 2 ай бұрын
I am so excited to be seeing you guys live in Indianapolis this month.
@SasquatchLovesMe 3 ай бұрын
screams beach boys, and I do love it. great lyrics, great summer song.
@TheChitown5 13 күн бұрын
More like mid 60's Byrds folk rock ...song for early baby boomers on their last leg.
@SasquatchLovesMe 12 күн бұрын
@@TheChitown5 I can't help it that the younger kids still love mostly old guys who suck, like RHCP.
@philippedemarle7192 Ай бұрын
the return of Brian Wilson
@brichess8227 4 ай бұрын
oooh a new song
@MadailinBurnhope 4 ай бұрын
it's very Beach Boys, nice
@riley.b.o 3 ай бұрын
reminds me of a beatles / fools garden vibe
@marblefoxe7449 Ай бұрын
Need a shirt with a tombstone logo that has the lyrics "this worlds all wrong so let's go where we belong" on it.
@ChorusAndTheRing 4 ай бұрын
Cool lyric video! Reminds me of the Monty Python animated segments.
@patrickcorcoran4828 2 ай бұрын
I've been hearing this on the radio on my commute but the station's info scroll has been stuck on a Bob Marley song for 6 weeks so I couldn't figure out what it was. I finally remembered enough lyrics to google it and I can't believe I didn't recognize that it was The Decemberists. Its not like there is any other band that sounds anything like them.
@elperfildelhorizonte 4 ай бұрын
😍😍
@kundachitangala5173 4 ай бұрын
💕💕💞
@nicholsonkenney4625 3 ай бұрын
Contract Malaria! Meet me at the Burial Ground (They forgot the last lyric, which is my favorite part)
@FromBeyond99 4 ай бұрын
Who is Len? (And he steal my sunshine?)
@riley.b.o 3 ай бұрын
🤝
@EBThisThat 4 ай бұрын
When the beach won’t do, goths head for the cemetery 😆
@salemite 4 ай бұрын
The DeceBEATLESemberists. Song rules though.
@erichimes3062 4 ай бұрын
Byrds
@MortenMaehre Ай бұрын
Great song, but am I the only one who started singing "Sloop John B"?
@brodok4252 4 ай бұрын
I really want to do this one on karaoke night.
@bettertimeschi 2 ай бұрын
This sounds like it comes it from a different era
@meredithcollins4794 4 ай бұрын
Wish I could see them in Milwaukee… oh well. Would love to see them in Green Bay sometime.
@fizzygillespie 2 ай бұрын
This reminds me a little of "Bird on a Wire" by Leonard Cohen. "And I swear/by this song/by all that I have done wrong..."
@zacox 4 ай бұрын
Can someone make a mashup of this and Hazy Shade of Winter. I know it’s just the “ground” rhyme making the connection in my head but I think it could work.
@nemnyoom 4 ай бұрын
don't enthuse about your name being in a song don't enthuse about your name being in a song don't enthuse about your name being in a song GRAVEYARDS ARE REALLY COOL AND FUN
@BlueMilkDrinker 4 ай бұрын
Fir- Se- Thir- . . . . Seventh 😢
@huizilopoxtli9701 Ай бұрын
I just want a tomb with a view.
@thishouseofglass Ай бұрын
What is "the aerial"? Can someone help me
@GigabyteBill 12 күн бұрын
There are probably other meanings, but I think they're using an older term for a broadcast antenna, usually a larger one held in place by guy wires.
@thishouseofglass 10 күн бұрын
@@GigabyteBill thanks very much 🙏
@EA-137 5 күн бұрын
Satellites
@jam_bai 4 ай бұрын
Sloop John B. vibes
@joeldheath 4 ай бұрын
And Cotton Jenny by Gordon Lightfoot
@erichimes3062 4 ай бұрын
and Smiths’ Cemetery Gates
@jc2604 3 ай бұрын
@@erichimes3062 I was just gonna say.... Smiths vibes.
@FOXGEAR92 4 ай бұрын
I NEED a new Decemberists album Everything is so awful some Meloy whimsy would do my soul some good
@jayadam5710 4 ай бұрын
NEW ALBUM...SOON? we need it. Everything is terrible!
@peacemealgarden 4 ай бұрын
June 14
@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl 2 ай бұрын
Most of it is already available. They've been playing the songs live and people have been recording the shows and posting them on youtube
@duckdog68 4 ай бұрын
So what’s the connection to Thomas Rhodes Armitage I wonder? 🤔😁 (The one headstone that *is* real)
@JAKSICPredrag 3 ай бұрын
Дивна песма.
@lenalennon8746 4 ай бұрын
🙏❤❤🀄🎶🎶❤❤🙏🌬💋💋🎶🎶🎶🀄🀄🀄
@izzytoons 4 ай бұрын
This video is visually beautiful but still sucks. And the music is wonderful, too. But it skips about a quarter of the lyrics. What the hell is this?I stopped listening at :55. I'd already heard it on the other official video and this was just an annoying tease. I hope some third party comes up with a full set of lyrics, even if it's all text.
@zacox 4 ай бұрын
Huh? The only skipped lyric is 2:06. And I am pretty sure that is an artistic choice since the line is kind of an aside. Unless you count them skipping oh’s and the backing vocals (which also don’t come in until after the first 55 sec).
@lesferch 4 ай бұрын
@@zacox And the last line at 3:49.
@SWabakken 3 ай бұрын
I wonder if there are some secretive creative reasons for the two blank tombstones, or if it was just a sloppy screw-up.
@izzytoons 3 ай бұрын
@@lesferch blank tombstoned lyrics :06 - :13, the first 1.5 lines of the song. Again :46-:55. Again 1:42-147. 2:05-2:11. 3:50-3:50. These are all times when the singer is singing and there are no corresponding lyrics in fron of you. Don't get me wrong. I love the Decemberists and this song. I've also watched the live version. I am looking forward to the release in June. I have everything they've already released. I have tickets to see them this summer... I just have a thing for reading lyrics because I don't always hear well...
@izzytoons 3 ай бұрын
@@SWabakken Actually there were five of them. Creative license, I guess...
@thomasfioriglio 4 ай бұрын
Yay!!! I needed this. Thank you! Looking forward to hearing the rest of the new music. PS. What would have been super funny is to have the names of all the dead characters from your songs on the headstones in the background. 🪦💀
@duckdog68 4 ай бұрын
There is *one* real gravestone in there! 😜
@JaymeforJesus 3 ай бұрын
This song is quite catchy.
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