When i made this game 11 years ago i never thought something like this would come out of it... AWSOME RIDE!!!!!111 p.s. i VJ-ed for a living and this gave me goose bumps:)

When you get emotional over a dude riding a sled.

For the little guy on the sled who pushed through all the bumps and turns throughout his life, he has never given up by letting go of what mattered to him most, his sled and the experiences that came with.

Incredible, this was a great way to re-experience one of my favorite albums

I really want to see what the map looks like as a whole zoomed out.

Around 3:30, I noticed the guy's arms will whip the reins of the sleigh in perfect time to the drumbeat. Holy shit, the level of detail is incredible.

watching makes you forget that linerider can actually fall off the sled

4 questions: why does this exist why did i click on it why did i watch this whole thing why did i love it so much

In a way, we're all a little dude riding a sled.

doctor: you have 54:26 to live me:

This is the most beautiful comment section I've scrolled through. So many unique perspectives. Open minded discussions with Positive feedback. It made me smile

And now, a full documentation on how I felt throughout this amazing experience: Pt. 1: Why this so long? Pt. 1: Ok, this is epic? Maybe? Pt. 1: How long did this take? My god! Pt. 2: K, this is gettin’ trippy and I love it. Pt. 3: Picking up speed here. Pt. 3: Why is this so good?! Pt. 4: Why do I love this so much?! Pt. 5: This is an experience, I tell you. Pt. 5: Well, what’s gonna top this part? Pt. 5: It keeps going? Color me happily surprised! Pt. 6: I’m... I’m speechless... Pt. 6: I’m liking these beats. Pt. 7: Am I getting sad that we’re close to the end? Pt. 7: I feel like I’m never going to see Line Rider again after this... Pt. 7: It feels like an old friend is moving out of town... Pt. 7: HOLY CRAP. ENDING: NOOOOO!!!! LINE RIDER!!!! AFTER: Oh my god... I’m actually crying right now. I was planning on making a joke about feeling ascended at the end here, but I can’t. But, I guess all I can say is: That was a Ride.

Easily one of the best random videos I clicked on.

dude wtf you cant just go around flexing on us mortals like that

I didn't think humans could make something so beautiful

Is it just me that senses an incredible amount of symbolism in this? Like in part 4 the entire time he's moving backwards to a dark sounding track then in part 5 returns to moving forward to a more warm opening track? Absolutely astonished by this!

Isn't it interesting how one can find meaning in something as simple and as beautiful as a man on a sled riding on lines. Absolutely Beautiful.

I feel like there are two simple cocepts in this video: 1. No matter how complicated the path is, you will always move forward. 2. The rider never ever falls even when things are moving to fast or unpredictably.

This is a video I cant wait to see years from now and just remember how special it was

this is art I don’t care what anyone else says

When I was younger, I played video games with my dad rarely and it was one of my favorite things to do. Nothing made me happier. One day, after my friends showed me this in elementary school, I ran home to show my dad. We got onto our old little HP desktop and got onto a flash game site I've forgotten the name of and he hogged the thing the whole time. I wasnt mad or upset, instead, I was happy to see my dad turn into such a kid over something so silly and random. it made me happy. We would spend hours on this game, making crazy courses and I'd watch videos of new tricks to try and show off to my dad. I'm not sure when it was exactly, but sometime before I moved of from grade school, we stopped playing and I forgot all about those days we spent on here and I forgot about this game. For some reason this was posted in my recommended videos and it just brought all of it back. Thank you for this. I'd love to tell you all more but i gotta go call my dad now.

My favorite part of this was when the little guy on the sled rode on the lines.

After spending a few minutes on the comment section I came to realize how something like this can get people to express themselves in beautiful ways, we need more of this, more people like them. I feel as if every single person here is filled with joy and ready to share it with others, their will to live and also the way they see things as every comment shares it's beauty with their uniqueness. I found myself immersed in those comments and on what people had to say on the brief minutes on which I traveled trough these wonderful lands. After writing this I will surely return to enjoy my night along with the video playing once again on the background filling me with many emotions. I feel like I could watch this over and over again.

Loved how around part 3 at 19mins he travels through the messy part again like 4 times but this time with confidence and ferocity as if after beaten beaten up by that place he had the confidence to make it out and even look back as a better person... truly beautiful

I want to watch this in a cinema.

something about the song, the name of the band/video, the fact that this little, lifeless representation of a boy on a sled just being thrown around at will of the beat of these songs, the fact that i listened so much to this album after one of my first breakups and then even more after my second- something about it.. it really did destroy me. it made me take a long breath and a look around myself... im happy where i am. thank you

Is it just me or is it the kind of thing that should be winning oscars and/or grammy's? I mean musically and visually this is amazing. It makes you feel totally invested in what you are experiencing. It makes you reflect on yourself. This short film convey so many emotions that any other film as ever done. I truly believe that this is a masterpiece in every way and that it deserves to be analyse in music and/or movie classes. Great job to anyone who has worked on this

The simple change in slope at the start of part 2 is a perfect example of the artistic potential of the medium

I don’t know why this showed up in my recommended videos. In fact, I’m not entirely sure what this even is, but it looks like it took a lot of time and effort to make so props for that.

Wow that effect at 21:18 with the feedback in the music I don't know that I've ever seen music visualized so well before. just wow

I always thought that the "Hall of the Mountain King" was the best I've seen.... but this.... this is GODLY.

I just watched this whole thing while high. It was an experience. I hope that little guy's okay.

Unironically, this is art. Something you cannot properly describe with words, simple but full of emotion... This is art. And this is the first thing that i've been able to truly call that.

I came here to watch line rider, but I stayed to feel

This is not something that you can sit back and watch. This is something that drags you along with it. I’ve never thought that something so simple such as a boy, his sled, and a journey through a maze of lines could carry so much emotion. I feel like everyone can relate to at least one of these parts. For me it was, 1, 5, and 7. I’m glad there was no “Thank you for watching” screen, because the real person who should be thanked is you. Thank you for putting the endless hours into making something like this and then sharing it with the world.

So, I'm late and all but I can't seem to shake off the feelings that the last part (Part 7) instilled in me. For some reason this song reminded me an "I'm fine" spiral. Lemme explain. At first, you are mostly fine. A bit melancholic, a bit disapointed in what life has to offer? I'm fine Then, when the drums start 45:18 , you start a slow descent, you are not really happy anymore but you lie. I'm fine A lie calling another, you start getting trapped in them. At 46:50 you realize it. But too late. I'm fine After that, you start having small crises. You think about solutions but you don't have the courage to tell the truth, so you lie to yourself. With time, the crises become panick attacks and your solutions become darker and darker. Suicide? But each and every time you think everything is going to come out, your wall of lies and fake emotions comes back and holds everything at the last second At some point, 49:17 , you become numb and dull to everything. But slowly you feel all these contained feelings swelling inside of you, eventually breaking everything and you enter a kind of rage fueled by all these left out feelings. You set everything ablaze. The world, yourself. There that's something that the music alone didn't make me feel. But the visuals realy put an emphasis on that and made these feelings burst alive. I just wanted to share it

The ending with the expanding lines and then the huge launch upwards gave me chills. Amazing.

This is now one of my favorite videos on the internet... If I ever happen to be the curator for an art film exhibition, I will come back for this video

I actually cried. I cried because I finally found someone who visualized what I go through while listening to this album. it's been 10 years and it is still the most played album for me. Always with me on journeys and phases in my life. And I finally saw it in that sliding bro on taking his own journey. Thank you from the heart. (I wanted to write this comment long ago, but now I'm reminded that I didn't after seeing your "read out loud" announcement)

This is a work of art. Genuinely one of the best videos I've ever seen.

Wow...in the first minute as I started watching, I thought to myself that this is boring af, then I started scrolling down to the comments to see..and I didn't understand why are so many people in the comment section getting so emotional and say this is very inspiring and motivational. But I was so bored and had nothing else to do so I decided to watch it. Its was still boring for me but I didn't skip one bit, as I started to get to part three I was thinking, about so many things, I was just listening to the music and thinking so many thoughts and ideas where popping into my head. I will say no more but thank you to whoever made this.

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

The most memorable thing for me is that he never let go of the sled. Despite how bumpy it got.

Honestly, better than pretty much all the Oscar winners. Not even joking.

The single purpose of art is to invoke emotion. I never thought 55 minutes of a panda riding a line would make me feel things, let alone provide insight to how humans experience and share emotion. Kudos to the artist, I don't regret watching this

This video shows how complicated, repetitive, or simple life can be. It also shows how important ever little intricate detail is to the outcome of something so amazing.

I found this piece.. years ago now, it seems. The first time I came upon it, I watched it out of nostalgia, had it on in the background, looked at it every now and then when things got intense and I found myself emotionally moved in a way I can't hope to describe. But here I am, years later, wanting to... analyze what exactly made me feel this way, and I think I have it. When it comes to something as emotionally driven as music, we can't help but attach meaning to it. This piece makes me think of... the passing of a life, an entire life. The lines describe the path, while the rider defines the self. Part 1 reminds me of early childhood. The simplicity. There are ups and downs, but for the most part the line is consistent. When it stops being so, we've reached full consciousness. We realize the path wasn't simple. We start to deal with the idea that there are legitimate bumps on our path, and it's jarring. Then we hit adolescence, and everything seems to move so FAST, but it's all contained. Traveling the same path that hundreds of thousands of children are pushed through. Every loop has been carefully designed to take children where they need to go, as fast as we can get them there. Then... part 2 comes. We realize that the path we have in front of us is our own, and that we alone will make it and take it on as teenagers and young adults. The path isn't... concentric though, it has flaws, it has holes... because we are still children, truly, and don't know how to fill those gaps. For most of us, it will drive us crazy with our ignorance. Part 3 enters with true adulthood. Thousands upon thousands of lives and the lines they have traveled all around us, it's almost impossible to figure out what way is the 'right way'. And then, like a magic trick, we figure it out. Navigating the 'jungle' is suddenly so much easier, because we've struggle and become wiser for it. Not only do we navigate others' paths, we create our own, truly, and it isn't even simple anymore. We're flying, we could do anything! Because we are young, and confident, and strong. Part 4 is the blockage, or perhaps the remembrance. The time in one's life where we either can't figure out what we're doing wrong and keep falling back into old habits, or we simply have the time to truly consider our past. Think on the path we grew up with, wondering if it was truly like we remembered it. But constantly backtracking isn't healthy, so we resolve to move forward.. in part 5. Part 5 is the steady march of your middle-aged folk. It is moving forward, sure, but you're getting older. It's not as easy as it used to be, you feel the bumps on the way more than ever. You're aware of your own mortality. You're moving forward, but you know at the end of your line, you will die. It feels like the desperate reaching of a person who wants to make a mark on the world, and it is beautiful, but it has a sadness to it as well. When you've done what you can... there's still time left. There's still so much time, and you're reminded of childhood. Of part 1, the calming feel of life passing by. There are obstacles sure, and they feel different from before. You see them differently though, they're more complex than you remembered. Part 6 is old age truly taking a hold of you. The bumps in the road make every path uncertain, any movement is plagued by this unsteady feeling. Your path, your life, feels like it's falling apart. Your body fails you in times you don't expect. Then comes part 7, the end of your life. Everything else feels so far away, the problems. The good times and the bad times are more clear, more acute, you feel them more because you know your time to experience them is coming to an end. It's solemn, you aren't always moving forward, or back, you just are. And things do still seem similar. It's still life, your life. And in the end, the very end, everything is... beautiful. Every step you take has aspects to it that you never saw before. The "sound waves" we see along each line is the pure intensity of LIVING, of being alive, and suddenly... it ends. You fall away, the sound fades, and life continues on, even if you're not riding the line anymore. (If you made it this far, thanks for reading!)

My god. This is spectacular, congratulations. How long did this take? 3 solid months? *Edit* - Whelp, it's in the credits. 18 months, holy fuck.

(00:00) 1:20 A Three-Legged Workhorse 9:08 Villa Del Refugio 16:14 Threads 21:49 Leather Wings 25:25 The Mighty Rio Grande 36:34 They Move On Tracks Of Never-Ending Light 43:35 Burial On The Presidio Banks 51:25 The Puritan

Part 2 is so great. It slowly lulls you in, then all that noise starts to build up, you don't even notice it at first. At some point, you can't ignore it anymore, but you still try to listen to the peaceful sounds. Then they disappear, only chaotic noise. Then it normalizes again, but only with a stutter. I feel like it describes the way we sometimes fail to deal with problems. As long as they are small, we don't notice them, so they grow. When we realize that they have grown big, we try to avoid them because we are afraid we can't solve them. At some point, we have to face them. Then the catastrophe happens, and it can leave a scar that won't heal

5 years ago when this video came out I was in a very dark place. 5 years later I always come back when I’m feeling under or need motivation. Overall this film changed my life and showed me a positive perspective on life: No matter how bumpy or crazy life can get, just keep riding :)

I’m at a loss for words *Slow Clap 👏 ... *Clapping Speeds Up 👏👏 ... *Clap Keeps Speeding Up 👏👏👏 ... *Applause 👏👏👏👏

Whoa... this is totally incredible, an excellent representation of how we visualize music, this is what the internet was made for. Fucking bravo

I like to think its creating the music not following it

I've thumbs-upped maybe 2 videos in about 12 years of watching stuff on YT. You can have the third. This is crazy good. Amazingly good.

Why is it that when I'm having a bad day I flip on KZfaq and something like this comes on and totally puts everything into perspective. We are one with technology.

I would of never expected this. This. This is so amazing. You wouldn’t even think it to be that interesting when you see the title screen. You scroll down through the comments during that first, long, drawn out line and you think it’s intriguing enough to stay in. Then you see the comment “... I didn’t skip any part of the video...” and you wonder why and you’re up to the challenge, so you start watching. During the first song you become relaxed, you enjoy the increase of intensity of the music and then you really enjoy it. And by time song two comes you’re really, really enjoying it and you wanna stay put. So you listen and watch and by the third song you’ve spaced out, in your own mind. Maybe you’re creating fictional stories between you and real people, stories you wish would happen, or maybe you’re thinking about the past, or even the future. The growing and shrinking rythym controls your mind and you feel explosions of emotions and you’re up and down and before you even know it it’s over. And you just wanna feel it all again. I would explain this entire film as my life, every drum, strum, pick, and pluck explains every little crack and crevice in your mind. At least that’s what it did to me. And I will never regret putting time aside to enjoy this in my dim lit bedroom with a fluffy blanket and a cup of tea. Thank you so much... this truly did destroy me...

The real emotion that people are experiencing here is really just projected onto the blank canvas that this beautiful movie provides. It's like a mad libs hero's journey, but it can represent the story of ever person who watches it. I am 16 years old, with a stable family and good outlook on life without hardly working for it. This video did nothing for me. It meant nothing. The friend who showed it to me has seen some shit. His family is unstable, his life is a pit that he can't claw out of, and he distracts himself from his thoughts 24 hours a day. He was in tears by the end and he didn't know why. This gave him time to think, and the opportunity to meditate on his past. It hit him like a truck. Meditation is essential to understanding oneself and the influences that shape one's own person. This is a video that forces you to meditate.

this video has a remarkable ability to make time speed up

I... I can't describe this. It's beautiful. The attention to details, the music, everything. Somehow this made me cry a bit. I never thought I would find such beauty in such a simple concept. The whole thing is the best that I've ever seen. Even with amazing CGI animations and all, this right here gets the prize. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.

Take a moment to appreciate hoe fucking difficult this actually is. Not just the 50 minutes of perfection but also matching it to the beat EXACTLY....

I never thought I could get emotionally attached to this little line rider...this has literally put my growing depression to the side, and has thought me to care for the smallest joys in life...because just like emotions, they can build, and create something truly grand....thank you.

I just can’t click off, every time I want to my brain just says no This is definetly in the top 10 of my favorite KZfaq videos I’ve ever seen after just 15 minutes

About 14 minutes in... Everytime I want to click off I don't

It's amazing how such a simple thing as a little minimalistic guy riding lines on a sled can transmit so much emotion

You are a line rider. You get to choose how fast and slow you go, but it also depends on the very journey you're on now. There's days where the uphill slows you down and you feel tired, exhilarating downhill that fills you with adrenaline. There's days you get to glimpse over what the beautiful horizon have for you, and days where you ground yourself and return to reality. You miss the calm days when it's over, yet you find yourself only reminiscing the adventurous days. You only know what's ahead but not the destination. We all ride on the very line called life. Not knowing what we can expect from it. But what we have is our family, friends, lovers, enemies that very lines happen to cross upon. And sometimes they've been moving each day closer and closer to you. But there's also times where people move away from your line. It can get lonely when it happens. But I hope you see further than a stone's throw away because you'll never be always alone. I am a line rider. You are too. We all are.

If the title is talking about destroying me emotionally... It sure as hell did.

Me: This is almost an hour long, I can't watch this whole thing. Me 54 minutes later: OMG

The thing I love about post-rock music is the emotional journey it takes you on. This film perfectly illustrates the emotion through every note. I love this and thank you for making it.

You sir, deserve an award for this.

this is how it feels to have life pass you by, never knowing how to hold onto it

This is actually the best representation I ever saw of how having music-visual synesthesia feels like to me. Music does not look like this, but listening to music often feels like riding "through" it, just like the little guy does here. The amount of detail, the accuracy is incredible. You put the music it self into visuals. It's beautiful, I watch this video every once in a while and I always get goosebumps :)

Tell me why its 3 am and I just spent an hour watching a sled on lines

Holy fuck, that ending was emotional somehow. You expressed it so well.

During part two I entered a very nice relaxed and meditative state, then an ad for the new Hellboy movie began and now I am heavily upset and actively buying KZfaq red

Once again line rider saves humanity

And suddenly line rider is art. Holy shit

This for some odd reason makes me break down. The synchronization of the rider with the music is so beautifully orchestrated and conveys such a flattened, linear, yet emotional interpretation of the music itself. The fact that you sat here and did this plus the ethereal quality of the its concept has me crying and I cannot figure out why. Good job man.

this is by far, the best thing i have ever seen on KZfaq. the sheer amount of emotions i went through is incredible. thanks for making this.

Life explained in one video...I also love they way it's perfectly synced with the music. This is next level.

Hey everyone, looks like this video has ads again now. I would turn them off if I could. They are there because of a music copyright claim by the record label. When I first uploaded this, the credits music and the album were claimed by two different labels resulting in a copyright deadlock, thus no ads. That appears to have changed and now they are sadly both claimed by the same record label. Anyway, if you hate ads as much as I do, I recommend AdBlock! It's free and I use it myself.

I didn’t expect to feel anything, but boy I sure did

Consider me destroyed. This album was largely influential to me back when it came out in 2008 and I was in my late teens out living away from home for the first time. I honestly haven't listened to it in years, and watching this brought back a big wave of nostalgia for an emotionally intense time in life. What a delightful way to rediscover an album! I'm not a connoisseur of Line Rider music videos - I've only stumbled upon them here or there over the years. I didn't walk into this expecting to be emotionally moved by a line rider track, but that's what you did. By using a relatively simple aesthetic, you put a huge focus on the music itself - Music that, to me, isn't something that you just turn on in the background and fully enjoy. This Will Destroy You is meant to have your full attention, and you gave it that with this track. I love how you used line placement to put a spotlight on the percussion, how you used curves to draw attention to the melody, and how you used speed to bring focus to the intensity. You really understood this music and you passed on that understanding to your viewers. I love love love the subtlety in track 2. The finale caught me completely off guard. There were too many great moments in between to mention. I delight knowing that this may be many people's first introduction to This Will Destroy You and to post-rock in general. Incredible work.

I haven't watched it yet, but I feel like this video is going to be one hell of an experience

2 1/2 minutes had passed and I then realized I had stumbled across a masterpiece. In someways it was exactly what I needed, where I’m at in life, where my minds at on this beautiful night as I lay in bed letting my thoughts get the best of me, the music took my emotions further into a drift, and sometimes that’s exactly what we need, a masterpiece to take our minds adrift on early mornings when we’re sad and our minds are attempting to regain hope of something we thought we’d lost. That hope for what I’m loning for is slowly coming back.

Now this is art. This is what people should be paying for. Oddly spiritual and humbling

I first stumbled upon this video a few years ago. It was a comfortably warm summer night, and I'd been up all night playing Salt and Sanctuary. It was three am; the sky was turning a light blue along the horizon as dawn neared, and as I browsed KZfaq looking for some music to have in the background, I saw a video simply entitled "This Will Destroy You: a Line rider feature film." Hah, this will destroy me will it? Pfft. My oh my, how bold a claim. One hour later I was completely blown away, entirely speechless. Awestruck. Destroyed, definitely. Over the years that have passed since then, I've often thought of this incredible work of art, and I still find it difficult to put into words just how much it means to me, so I won't try. Thank you, for making this. Thank you, for introducing me to the wonderful world of post rock, and one of my all time favorite bands. Thank you, for spending all those hours on making this and then sharing it with the world. Thank you.

This, this was the video that helped me get started on listening to post-rock. 5 years later as I am re-listening to this album I never thought a 55 minutes of a small man on a sled will impact me this hard.

I came here first to maybe just watch a few minutes and leave. This is my second listen. You somehow made it extremely pleasant and emotional (at the end) to listen/watch. I did not want for this to end. Mad props. Keep it up!

Life is quite the ride

For the past couple of minutes I was trying to wrap my head about what happened in the past hour. I watched a dude ride lines on a sled to the beat of the music. For an hour I was completely alone with my thoughts and this guy. Except that's wrong. Somewhere between us lingered a piece of the artist. Both the music and the ride. And within them lingered pieces of their inspirations. As I looked at the comment section I saw that all of that has passed on to thousands of people who watched it. And that shows the artistry of this creation. It doesn't have to tell anything specific, in fact it doesn't have to tell anything at all, but the fact that the artist could be seen through the art makes this an outstanding piece. It makes people think, it makes us discuss, it inspired all of us. It was a wild ride, if you will. It didn't destroy me - on the contrary, it filled me with joy of the most sincere kind. Thank you for creating this and sharing it with us.

This video feels like a warm hug after a long time; bringing life to something cold... I've been struggling with depression and find it hard to feel real emotion. You made me feel it. Thank you endlessly.

Wait a second. Was this one continuous shot? I was impressed before, but realizing that, ohh wow.

Guys I figured it out! The line is a payed actor! Also props to the musicians and the creator of this for actually getting me (and many others alike) to become emotional in their own way and look back on life. Although I may only be 17 this has me thinking about life. Thank you... To a once close friend of mine... If you ever read this you probably don’t know who I am but... I’m sorry... for the trouble I’ve caused you and I hope you’re having a good life. To another close friend of whom I haven’t talked to in a while. I hope you’re doing well and I wish I had said more before you left... I hope you have a wonderful life if we never meet again.

Sitting here, enjoying a cigar, sipping a whiskey, pondering the future of my marriage. Needed this. Just this and listening to the first rain in months. Thanks.

So this is what it's like to ride a wave of music. Thanks for the journey. You're cool ⛄

I used to play this game when I was younger, but just aimlessly made lines and squiggles for the guy to ride on. this takes me back. but it also makes me think of the future. this takes you on the journey of life. all the complicated spirals representing struggles and hardships. sometimes shit gets hard, and then it gets even worse. sometimes it's calm, but sometimes it's just the calm before the storm. but you just have to hold on. this was incredible and I'm so glad I watched the whole thing! by the end I was definitely crying. I can't belive all this came from a simple computer game I used to play as a child

I can't appreciate it from an emotional or whatever those other people are talking about, but I can appreciate it from a physical standpoint. This must have taken so damn long to make, syncing it up to the music for every line, going back and forth testing things to make it work properly, overall really impressive. Too bad I have a dulled sense of emotion.

possible meaning, a metaphor for life part 1: the excitement; spirals and fast music part 2: the depression; almost no movement with static part 3: the complexity; an interwoven path with an interwoven tune part 4: rigidity of society; a constant drum cadence with an almost constant path part 5: love; a constant heartbeat with pleasant music that builds in intensity, followed be a calm and relaxing intermission, back to more intense music this time with multiple heart beats, and finaly ending again with calm part 6: retirement; the initial calm, then the struggle of dealing with boredom, then the acceptance of the redundant with only minor bumps of excitement part 7: death; the calm and tranquil music and path followed by minor excitement and curiosity of entering the unknown or i could just be overthinking it

Que vídeo incrível. Me fez descobrir músicas MUITO BOAS. E com a melhor experiência visual possível.