I turned my life around at 44 and started to attend college. Now at 49, I'm starting law school. My wife has been my rock, as she helped me find myself in this crazy world. This song is a testament for those who have the courage to chase their dream.

I used to be a drug addict and every time I listen to this song I cry. I’m over 4 years clean now.

My brother passed away Nov 21 2019. He was only 39. He had a work related accident. We were SO close. We always listened to synthwave music like this. And he was SUCH an 80s head, and I was too, by default lol. Ralph Macchio reminded me SO much of my brother that I couldn't always finish watching the Karate kid. Anyway, the Midnight has made me feel closer to him

How this shit is not topping the charts is beyond me. I listen about 10 times daily.

The Comeback Kid was my introduction to The Midnight. Went through a really rough time 3 years ago. I was lost and in a dark place, but listening to the Midnight helped me get through, then two years ago I met the love of my life and we went to see them live in Manchester in November last year, easily one of the best nights of my life.

All my life I kept suppressing my undying urge to make music. I did it all, worked dead end jobs, blue collar jobs and was jobless for a bit. Now, at 41 I am married, have a kid, and a decent job. This year, I pushed myself to try to learn how to produce music and then I came across this master piece from Midnight. Since I heard it, I've never stopped learning music production. Last week, I released my first single "Words are not enough" by my stage name DJ Sid Neon. Every time I need inspiration, I come back to this video. Never will I stop, no matter how difficult or impossible it seems.

Mr. Miyagi, always remembered, never forgotten!

Best line: "I've made mistakes and I've been hard hit, I say, 'So What? What If I Did?". We all need to remind ourselves of this. Unless your mistake cost someone else their life, or caused serious, irreversible damage, a mistake has the potential to be undone, or the damage cannot be repaired. So many times, we really do have to "Start Over, Start Over Again" to move ahead.

I am here, listening like it's 1985, but it isnt. I am just happy reading comments while listening, I ain't alone, thx everyone for being like me. I am a loner, but here, I feel like I belong.

This song is so fucking good, seriously why are these guys not the most popular group in the world.

Man the nostalgia is strong.

driving with music like this in the sunset

This video is euphoric. So many memories rush through my brain and senses . The melody in the background is mesmerizing. Reminds me of 4th of July , 1988 . Riding my bmx bike with great friends , the laughter, the pranks, living life with No worries, the innocence era . Emotional, you got me!!!

This song has saved me from myself countless times, has brought me back from the brink of death and continues to play a pivotal role in my life. I’d say it’s the soundtrack to my chaotic life. I’m 37 years old, trying to beat 27 years of drug addiction - 17 of those years hardcore heroin and crack use - and slay the demons that lay beneath powering that addiction. So, The Midnight - I am so very grateful. I will never give up on me. ❤️ To you my friend - that’s why I get up again ❤️🌈⭐️

I saw The Midnight live in NYC March 2018, before they played this Tyler took a second to say something about the song: "This next song is about a friend who has had a rough time... maybe a rough week, a rough year... maybe even a rough life". Food for thought.

So here is me: 35, Recovering from a back injury, a surgery, drinking beer and making breakfast at 1:43am, yesterday was the first day I just changed my mind and said F-IT, I'm going to be in pain the rest of my life according to the doctors; I practiced my Karate earlier yesterday like I haven't in 3 years today and feeling so great besides the pain, started downloading my favorite tracks. . .and I found this. . .and it made tear up a bit. . .you know something's just are meant to be. . .I started over, I started over again. . . Sharing this with my gf when she wakes up. She and I have always been avid Karate Kid fans. Sincerely, A True Martial Artist

Synthwave makes me feel nostalgic to a previous life I remember nothing about, a place in some parallel universe I never visited before, a person I loved but never met before.

I found this song on the cusp of a pending divorce after a messy separation. It felt like my life was being torn in two and I was losing everything that I'd worked hard for after a youth filled with bad luck and worse choices. The song at the time reached me as a call for me to try harder to make things work with her, to make her see I could be that come back kid again. Things didn't work out, sometimes they aren't supposed to. Now, I listen to this song and realize no matter what you have to be the reason you come back, you have to be the reason to work hard and you should always be the person you need to impress and find fulfillment in. I'm still that comeback kid, just now I know what I'm actually coming back from and what I have to look forward to - health independence and a brighter outlook on life after being beaten up and pushed down. I won't say this song saved my life, it didn't save my marriage, and it didn't save the household my kids would have grown up with - but it does help me reflect on all of the decisions that led me here and give me a much needed perspective on life in a way not many other things do. If you ever feel like you aren't going to make it through something hard, or feel like you've lost everything just know that you only lose when you give up. Everyone's got a comeback kid in them, you just have to work hard to see it. If it was easy the first time you wouldn't have failed, so don't expect it to be easy this time. Push through it, earn it, and come back.

I love how probably that everyone who listens to this song and gets a little tickle of a memory or a butterfly feeling can relate to these words. I am a private person. But... I feel like this song was made for me. The Midnight are amazing. We all have "tough/rough tears/years" it shapes who we are... the midnight makes me realise I have no regrets. Big love to anyone who is using music as therapy. It works x

Just found this band and I can't stop listening their music.

Those drums before the chorus.....literally feel the 80s in my soul.

I always felt Mr. Miyagi was a guy who wanted the same things early in life as Daniel. Because he failed to achieve that in his own life he couldn't wait to help Daniel and pass down his knowledge on how to lead a good life with balance and slowly grow to become a master in karate. At the end you can see that on his face, no wife, no kids, unstoppable master in karate but was a broken man in his own life. He sacrificed everything and maybe he felt it wasn't worth it but he was able steer Daniel in the right direction which made him happy in the end.

Wow. I cried at the end of this. Such beauty. Everything about this video was PERFECTION. In a short 5 minutes you beautifully summed up a movie about an amazing relationship with a boy who didn't believe in himself and an elderly man who taught him how to believe in himself, and the winning shot at the end

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah I been so low Felt the wind blow Like I was a screen door In a thunderstorm Yeah I've been down You've been laid out But you always were What I came here for... Waiting all day Just for our sake For a bell to ring For the first sting Yeah I been blue That ain’t nothing new It’s you my friend You’re why I get up again... I’ve made mistakes And I’ve been hard hit I say so what So what if I did I’m the clear eyed I’m the Comeback kid It’s been a rough year Been some tough tears I’ve lost so fast All that I had But when it’s time to I'll fight for you Cause you know you are Why I've come so far... I’ve make mistakes I’ve been hard hit I say so what So what if I did I’m the clear eyed I’m the Comeback kid Start it over Start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the Comeback kid Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Solo I've made mistakes And I've been hard hit I say so what So what if I did I'm the clear eyed I'm the Comeback kid Start it over Start it over again I'm the cleareyed I'm the Comeback kid !!!!! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

I love this 80's feeling. Handwritten letters and a poem, my clumsy first kiss and her shy smile. The world is changing too fast. Too fast, simple, easy, easy to meet and break up. Why did I do that? Where did it go wrong? I regret what happened, but I know it can't be undone. But I will always remember you and those days.

I was a kid in the 80’s and this movie is one of my favorites of all time. This song and the video really brings me back to my childhood.

0:45 is probably the most incredible shot in cinematography I've ever seen. I don't even think CGI can get that shot like it is. Golden.

I love The Midnight so so very much. I left my heart in the 80's. I need to go back to get it. Thankfully I was born in the 70's so I was a kid in the 80's. This is a great movie that I got to see in theaters. Thank you.

I love this song One of my fav movies ever

Mr Miyagi's smile at the end totally makes this video

I survived a very rough childhood. I nearly committed suicide in college. I self-harmed in my teens. I’ve lived through countless abusive relationships and my most recent ex was a narcissist. I developed PTSD as a result of that relationship. I ended it three years ago when I finally decided enough was enough. Ever since then, I started delving deep into my trauma and working on healing. I still battle with flashbacks and nightmares, even from traumatic childhood memories. However, as a result of my hard work from finding out who I really am and working on my mindset, my emotional strength, my confidence, finding out my core values and committing to bodybuilding, I can finally say for the first time in my life that I really and honestly love myself and I love living. It’s a wonderful feeling, and it’s so freeing. I lost my maternal grandfather last year before the pandemic due to lung cancer, when the summer of the previous year he seemed fine. I was utterly devastated. I had my dog for 13 years and one day back in March he just ran away when I wasn’t home and I never saw him again. I cried so hard when I learned he got hit by a car and was gone, just like that. It had been months since I heard this song, and I woke up with it in my head after dreaming about both my dog and my grandpa. I choked up when the first chorus hit my ears. To anyone who’s going through some serious shit right now, just hang in there. You’ve got a success story in the making. The world is better with you in it, and you’d be doing yourself a major disservice if you were to follow through with any plans of ending your own life. You matter and you have so much more to offer the world than what anyone or anything has you convinced you are worth. We’re all gonna make it. We’re the Comeback Kids.

About 2 years ago, I overdosed in the ER and died for about 30 seconds. Everytime I hear this, it encourages me to keep going no matter what happens. If I came back without resuscitation, it must mean I'm here for a reason. At least, I really hope there's a reason for me to be here. In the end tho, we create our own reasons to live, whats living without someone to live for?

We grew up with with this synth sound back in the day, it's love to see alot you young peeps got love and appreciate it also, just hope it stays around for many years to come. ❤️

Nostalgia is killing me :( I wanna go back to 80s or 90s...

"I've made mistakes and I've been hard hit I say so what so what if I did" truly inspiring.

Huge crush on Elizabeth Shue after watching this movie. Nothing like living in an era before cell phones and the internet, when you would get excited and nervous, and happy and sad. All from knowing that someone is thinking about you, and you're thinking about them. Now we are so spoiled and we take for granted that we can talk to the person we want whenever. This was such a simpler time, and a better time. Life still goes on, enjoy it, but never forget the happy times you have, and make them your present and future!

I feel lucky to be born in the 80's; growing up as a kid in that era, it was certianly a time of nostalgia and magic for me.

This song brings a tear of joy to a 50 year old man.

Such a great movie with important life lessons.

This is why I'm nice to my old Asian neighbor, hopefully he trains me.

The life THE MIDNIGHT there music always touch the soul each song is one or other aspect of our life we passed through... 've been so low Felt the wind blow Like I was a screen door In a thunderstorm Yeah, I've been down I've been laid out But you always were What I came here for Waiting all day Just for my say For a bell to ring For the first sting Yeah, I been blue That ain't nothing new It's you my friend You're why I get up again I've make mistakes And I've been hard hit I say so what So what if I did I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid It's been a rough year Been some tough tears I've lost so fast All that I had But when it's time to I'll fight for you 'Cause you know you are Why I've come so far I've make mistakes And I've been hard hit I say so what So what if I did I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid Start it over Start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid I've make mistakes And I've been hard hit I say so what So what if I did I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid Start it over Start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid

Can't stop! Won't stop!

So much nostalgia from a time I wasn’t alive

When I read the lyrics (specially the refrain) and the comment section full of beautiful testimonies I can’t help but think of the prodigal son’s parable in the Gospel. It has most probably not have been written with this conscient purpose at all thought. Thank you The Midnight ! And also for your passage in Paris few month ago , it was awesome !

the midnight is such a talented nostalgia synthwave duo

All these edited clips made me research/ discover 80s movies one by one. Thank you, The Midnight!

Lovely music, brings a tear to my eye.

In Cobra Kai Season 3 when Miguel comes back to school his friend calls him the comeback kid.

I listen to this song every time I celebrate beating drug addiction and alcoholism. Music is powerful

Badass jam, nostalgic. Mesmerizing!!! Euphoria flows through me with the 80s memories. Man this is the shiet !!! Thank you

The ending with Mr. Miyagi in pure satisfaction as the song ends gets my chest everytime

Man, I keep coming back to this .Such a great song and a great video. Reminds me of better times, before this world went mad.

Driving to this song into the pitch black night is a surreal experience on another level!

Why does this song touches my heart

a perfect video for this beautiful song... that smile of Miagi at the end, priceless

Listening to the Midnight... at midnight here in the UK. When you just want to feel good... One love.

The beginning of the track is the best thing I've heard in my whole life

My first time hearing this song was in summer of 2019 and here I am still listening to it. I love it. I love The Midnight & Timecop1983! They make me feel more alive during the summer days.

Hitting a rough patch with my health and have been searching for some answers.This songs makes me feel better every time. I love this song and this movie, makes me feel like a kid again ☺.

I am 21 years old at the moment yeah maybe i am too young listining this music but i have loved this masterpiece for 3 years. thanks brothers

I'm the comeback kid. Life can pull me down but it can't break me

Hell yeah, The Midnight is the bomb!

The end is so satisfactory

Cut through the skin! Reaches to the heart deep! Emotion in the first verse is so intense! Here is the lyrics. i been so low felt the wind blow like i was a screen door in a thunderstorm yeah I've been down I've been laid out but you always were what I came here for waiting all day waiting all day just for my say for a bell to ring for the first sting Yeah I been blue that ain’t nothing new it’s you my friend you’re why I get up again I’ve make mistakes I’ve been hard hit I say so what so what if I did I’m the clear eyed I’m the comeback kid start it over start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid it’s been a rough year been some tough tears I’ve lost so fast all that I had but when it’s time to i will fight for you cause you know you are are why I've come so far I’ve make mistakes I’ve been hard hit I say so what so what if I did I’m the clear eyed I’m the comeback kid start it over start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid

I always come back here everytime i feel down❤ Thank you Midnight for this Masterpiece.

Beautiful song and beautiful cut video. I remember that movie. It is legendary. It was THE MOVIE when I was a kid. The one we all refered to and spoke about. I've said the line "Just like in Karate Kid" a million times over the years. So wonderful to reconnect to that movie. I think I'll watch it again!

Synth wave, retrowave, whatever you name this genre, its just great. Takes us back to magical time when it we didn't realize how awesome it was to be young then.

I wish this song was in the Official Karate kid soundtrack.

This band, & its link to teen memories...........incredible.

Synthwave is so fucking awesome. Great video!

Класс,вновь уплываешь в далёкие 80 - 90 х годов!))) Приятная музыка,текст,без пошлостей и погружаешься в relax тех времён.)

being teenage on 80s-90s was so cool...

Overcoming one's shortcomings is essential for growth.

The midnight one of the few synthwave bands that just makes you wanna pour out memories :)

Stop making me so emotional for the 80's and simpler times with your beautiful music.

Сон. Сладкий сон, о прошлой прекрасной жизни, с прекрасными лицами, и душами. Атмосферой, и любовью.

3:38 That guitar solo gets me so pumped!!! This is perfect fitting for the whole video and music. This is the first year of my life I’ve been taking full control of my life. I’ve made so many choices to push myself for more. I’m done with settling. I’ve been beat down by a lot in my life, as we all have. I’m finally pushing myself for greatness. Keep fighting everybody!!!! Stay safe out there.

Yooo this video is wild, the music goes right with the editing its hilariously good, I love it! My favorite movie growing up in the 80s lmaoo

Oh man the good ol days.....just gives me chills listening and watching these midnight videos!

It’s about getting back up when you’ve been knocked down

Although I knew of this song a few years ago, congrats to the Midnight on being played during NFL Sunday Night Football!

Repeat, repeat. repeat. Can easily listen to this every day

I'm 3 year sober from drinking any alcohol beverages and i love this movie and this song as always, thank you so much for your inspired me, to The Midnight ❤

The midnight is the best thing to happen to music in a long long time. Sweep the leg

God sent the Midnight to let us know what we are missing from the 80s and that we have come to nothing.

Малыш-каратист! Прекрасный фильм из детства, эх как быстро время летит.

This song gave me hope for better days to come in my most depressed moments

"I've made mistakes and I've been hard hit. I say, "So what? So what if I did?" I'm the clear eyed.I'm the comeback kid." To the one who introduced me to this song, I'm really grateful. This song takes me back to some really precious memories. Thanks a lot for those last three songs you shared with me kid. Hope you stay happy and safe.

oh my god, the past makes me sigh

the best touches my heart and gives me hope when all hope is nearly lost

This is timeless music in this new priviledge era..I live for this!!!

A friend put me onto The Midnight, had me listen to a couple of songs on the album Nocturnal....I've never looked back. Nothing like a summertime drive with the windows down and The Midnight blaring through the speakers.

Who else is listening while quarantining

In the cinema it was awesome to see the training on the boat and on the beach pole, I every day train my body balance!! So important for your own life

The way he sings: "I've made mistakes and I've been hard hit. I said so what? So what if I did?" is so powerful, I don't even know why. I absolutely love this part.

i been so low felt the wind blow like i was a screen door in a thunderstorm yeah i've been down i've been laid out but you always were what I came here for waiting all day waiting all day just for my say for a bell to ring for the first sting Yeah I been blue that ain’t nothing new it’s you my friend you’re why I get up again I’ve make mistakes I’ve been hard hit I say so what so what if I did I’m the clear eyed I’m the comeback kid start it over start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid it’s been a rough year been some tough tears I’ve lost so fast all that I had but when it’s time to i will fight for you cause you know you are are why i’ve come so far I’ve make mistakes I’ve been hard hit I say so what so what if I did I’m the clear eyed I’m the comeback kid start it over start it over again I'm the clear eyed I'm the comeback kid

I'm dying hearts running at 60 percent and dropping but this song gives me the strength to keep fighting for what I believe in Life is precious friend in joy it Be the comeback kid go for yours believe in yourself family 👪🙏💯

im so in love with this and I cant wait to see them in May. Music hasn't spoken to me on this level since high school in the mid 90's. Gotta be a generation thing. Amazing

This song gives me immense hope in these trying and tough times! So, folks hang in there, as this too shall pass! Don't lose hope and endure!

Literally cried happy tears to this song.