Some Native American traditions believe that when Death comes you have the chance to dance your last dance and Death has no choice but to watch. The wooden Native American looking into the distance is a tell tale sign of this artistic vision.

This song feels like waking up from one of those really weird dreams when you take a nap in the afternoon and when you open your eyes it's already dark out and you feel so unsettled.

This song is a musical mosaic of nostalgia, longing, grief, and comfort...forming a feeling that has no name.

All of these years later...still, chills. What a well-executed vision.

It looks like they used that filming technique where you choreograph to the song at a faster tempo but then in editing, you slow the footage down to match the actual song tempo which creates this uncanny, lagging effect. It works really well with the video, it feels both frantic and delirious, like how it feels to run in a dream

This creates a mood I cannot get anywhere else. It leaves me wanting more and so empty as the same time. It creates the feeling of nothingness.

It's strange to think that the song will be 10 years old in 2025 at the same time you feel that the vibe it gives is as if it were recent.

This song was way ahead of its time. It wasn't for good times like 2010s, it was for hard times like 2020s

I love how as the song progresses, the main cheerleader slowly gets more and more "dead" looking. The first half, she only has a few bruises, scuffs and cuts. Once she rejoins her team, she's as dead as the rest of them. It's so bittersweet from her realization that she too has died in the crash. So bittersweet that it literally makes me choke up and want to cry for them.

I was searching for Korn and I typed Lorn. Now I'm hearing this song over and over. The best mistype I've made.

I love how the second and third dancer seem to know very well what happened. They have blank expressions, are focused on the dance. The first dancer is shaken, confused and in pain. She dances somewhoat involuntarily as if to establish she's well and alive. The others already know. Specially the third dancer, who pops eerily behind the POV and beckons us to follow her to the final dance.

Every year I come back to remind myself that a music video about deceased, dancing cheerleaders can be poetic with the right music.

This isn't even just a song or a dance video. This is an experience

I just noticed the missing clock hands, representing how time no longer applies in the twilight of limbo as their souls have left their bodies. wow

Music 10/10, Choreography 10/10, Cinematography 10/10. Very very impressive!

i was jus in a wreck almost a month ago lost my best friend still tryna pull it togethr in hospital glad my daughter brought my laptop up. LOVE U LENZEA FLY HIGH MY PERFECT ANGEL! ALWAYS

“If a dying warrior has limited power, his dance is short; if his power is grandiose, his dance is magnificent. But regardless of whether his power is small or magnificent, death must stop to witness his last stand on earth. Death cannot overtake the warrior who is recounting the toil of his life for the last time until he has finished his dance” - Journey To Ixtlan

I always seem to come back to this song, no matter how much time has passed..

Still one of the best artistic masterpieces ever created.

2024, who is here??

“If a dying warrior has limited power, his dance is short; if his power is grandiose, his dance is magnificent. But regardless of whether his power is small or magnificent, death must stop to witness his last stand on earth. Death cannot overtake the warrior who is recounting the toil of his life for the last time until he has finished his dance.”

I'm loving the comment section on this video. It's like we're in an art gallery discussing a standout piece.

For many years after my sister died from a rare form of cancer, I had a hard time crying. I thought I was broken, or at least a bit not right. Then one day this song played, and the tears flowed, I still have no idea how how the music triggered the tears that waited years to flow, this song is beautiful, sublime, yet SO beautiful.

To me, this reminds me of one of those small midwestern towns in the middle of nowhere that is just plagued by a dark past. You drive past the crash spot every day and everyone in town knows about that “awful night where four high school cheerleaders died”. From that time on, the town has never been the same… the older generation is still haunted by four souls taken away at a young age while the newer generation takes it more as a joke or a folktale doomed to repeat this dark mistake all over again…

They died in the crash. They are having what's known as the death dance. The dancing the soul does before leaving this world. Beautiful.

dude... i cannot get over this video and song. Its like the saddest most beutiful thing i have seen. and everytime i watch it i feel like i knid of understand it a bit more, its so haunting, does anyone else get choked up watching this?

I was high tripping while watching this. Holy shit! Try this shit dude

Only music video that's ever given me full body emotional chills. An absolute masterpiece.

_Lyrics (in case anyone wanted to know):_ _Daylight_ _In bad dreams_ _In a cool world_ _Full of cruel things_ _Hang tight_ _All you_ _Nothing like a big bad bridge_ _to go burning through._ _(2x)_

My friend and I used to get high listening to this song. Used to read real deep into the music video, then he dies in a violent car crash. It's been almost 3 years and this song being suggested brings back painful memories. How ironic though..

This song feels like a realization of the fleeting passage of time that not many people seem to have sometimes. Of the temporary aspects of life, and the fact that we’re only here for a moment in the grand scheme of the universe.

Just discovered this through a youtube short and had to hunt it down... My heavenly graces...this track is amazing. The riffs are so subdued but the strings on that violin are the real star of the show. The percussion is incredibly majestic too.

This music video is art omg..

This music video makes me think back to the time I was a Junior in High School. I was on the Swim Team, and one of the guys on my team an upperclassman had just turned 17 or 18 that week, well him and four other guys went out partying and drinking later on in the week, it was winter and they were driving a convertible, the driver lost control and slammed into a light pole on an angle, it landed on the backseat killing him (the guy from my team) and his friend in back, the two guys in front survived. We went to his wake, he sat their in the coffin, lifeless, but youthful, it just felt uncomfortable, the first young person I saw that had passed. I didn't know how to process it. My brain couldn't imagine someone so young gone at the time. I was just quiet. We knelt said our prayers, hugged his family, that weekend we went to his funeral mass, and I saw a girl maybe around his age, break down, she started shaking and crying, his family sobbing, his mother screamed, from what we heard the driver who survived it had become catatonic and had a breakdown, i don't remember if he was even there, but I recall the other guy who was with them went up and cried and just kept apologizing. Crying surrounded us, muffled wails sometimes. We all walked out silent. An atmosphere of sadness and despair engulfed that Church. You never forget a moment in time like that, and it makes you appreciate getting older. I'll never forget him, I didn't know him in life, saw him during practice maybe a few times, but i'll remember him in death for the rest of my life. Makes you feel so lucky that you got to see 21 or 25 or 30, when so many young people don't. They are the eternally young. Everyday is a gift. I'm sorry to go deep with a dark chapter but the memory just entered my mind. Appreciate this gift.

I listened to this one time tripping face. Your take on this song depends entirely on your state of mind. It’ll either feel like you’ve just lost everything or won 1st place in a worldwide championship.

This video has always been able to envoke a mix of emotions. Something about watching the way they move the look of desperation confusion and realization setting in. I truly love music (videos) like this

How Lorn made a sound from the deep dark depths of the abyss is amazing. *Edit:* I made this comment specifically about Lorns deep, moody artistic style which can be found in all his productions. From this song, to 'Anvil,' to 'Timesink,' to 'Sega Sunset.' Where he pulls from a depth of emotion that is visceral and moving. I wasn't mentioning anything religious or kabbalistic, no. Nothing strange... no nonsense. Innocent comment. This art is just real, raw emotion that we universally experience. Speaking to the ineffable transience of life, and the courageous acceptance of it.

This video is about 5 girls who died in a horrific! car accident. it's about given the chance to dance your last dance before your spirit leaves you "forever"... a bit sad, but yet beautiful & artistic way of showing death.

This is not just a song. THIS IS A FEELING. Like a deep despair living underneath your stomach. The place where Dread and fear live.

It’s been 8 Years and it’s STILL SO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!

Its the last moment when the cheerleader looks at the camera, a moment of realisation when she knows this is it. This is it. Nothing more to do but accept. That no matter how hard you fight, it wasn't enough. Good Lord, it breaks my heart. Beautiful dancing and incredible music.

There is something about this video that makes it so haunting, more than most horror movies I’ve ever watched. I still come back to this video and get the chills.

Это навсегда со мной! Низкий поклон создателям этого шедевра.

I listened to this song on my bike after breaking up with my partner. I bawled my eyes out sobbing loudly as I rode through Berlin.

“Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

For anyone wondering, the official Synopsis : A group of cheerleaders in Suburbia, America find themselves in limbo after a devastating car crash. Unaware of their untimely demise, they perform one last dance while slowly nearing death.

i always watched this when i was in a really dark period of my life, addictions, near death experiences, slowly fading away..picked up my life and i am a really healthy woman now, clean, got lovely friends and family and am very happy. watched this back, and damn...tears fell down my face. music can take you some places man.

Eight long years later and this song still has an affect on me. Mesmerizing song and performance.

no rearview mirror, no hands on the clock, different car they dance by at the end (different vehicle, the body is a vehicle) empty pool..this is about death. This video both disturbs and intrigues me. The music is hypnotic. Truly haunting, and sad. It is the dance of the dead. I give it an A+.

She's dancing with the dead One last dance As she follows the footsteps of the others who suffered from the same or similar faith Great tribulation at the end where she realizes Death is upon her shoulders (Idk i just made this up) [i did not get this from one of the top rated comments, i honestly thought i was alone in this perspective. I looked and saw it was right below mines lol and yeah its similar but we are far from the same thing. Its good to know others share the same perspective tho.]

💀What gets me is that they are already dead, but the girl in the beginning doesn't quite know it yet. The music is so sad; it makes me think of their young lives and potential, now gone and lost forever: laughter, friends, love, and a chance at a happy life all taken away. It's like the other girls died first and already grasped that they are gone. Now, they are waiting for their friend to catch up. The girl who gazes into the camera and beckons you forward with a knowing look on her face seems to be saying, "This is it; it's time to go, one last dance before we leave." They appear to be alone in the parking lot and diner, but I imagine that they are in an in-between realm before they move on. There must be many people around the car and in the establishment; I could see several of them shiver for a moment as they feel a sudden chill in the air as the girls' spirits move past or through them, causing the living to experience a momentary twinge of loss and despair. In the last scene, she realizes as the mist rolls in that she's dead. I get goosebumps watching this. It makes me feel strange, and I keep watching it. Haunting! 😢

This is too atmospheric, creepy and nostlagic just like 80s 90s horror films. I like it.

Me when I die: Death, hold up, hold up. Lemme show you something. *does the running man* Death: ... Get in the damn car.

can anyone think of another song like this one? Recommended so far: I'm God - *Clams Casino* [it's a bit lighter and more melodic, space-out mood] A Perfect Circle - *Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm* [much darker, less melodic, heavier on drums, rock vocals] The Acid - *Basic Instinct* [really similar melody and mood! cleaner and slightly more mainstream-sounding, guitar] Shlohmo - *Relentless* [kind of a twisted play on 80s synths/beats, similar mood, syncopated/less smooth, non-consistent] M83 - *Outro* [really similar synths, more peaceful vibe, more melodic] Calvin Harris - *Slow Acid* [similar mood, more motivating and less spacey, less melodic] Lorn - *Sega Sunset* [awesome, and very similar, much less melodic, Anvil is also really good] Darude - *Sandstorm* [not at all similar, an old meme] Korn - *ADIDAS* [heavy/dry rock, near constant vocals, similar mood/attitude, cool song I wouldn't have heard otherwise] Thundercat - *Jethro* [similar rhythm and mood, smoother and a bit more jazzy] Chrome Sparks - *Goddess* [similar synths, similar melody, attitude is sweeter and more mainstream] Desire - *Under Your Spell* [similar synths and genre, much sweeter, very LaRoux, vocals quite different] Crystal Castles - *Not in Love* [similar genre, more motivated and energetic, similarly synths. I forgot about Crystal Castles!] Panda Bear - *Boys Latin* [much drier, heavier on rhythm, similar genre] Sevdaliza - *Human* [heavier mood, similar attitude, slower, sexier, hint of R&B, vocal focus] **Neboscrub - Burnt Light** [the winner so far!! similar beat, mood, synths, motivation, a bit darker/hazier/more aggressive, as JJ pointed out :)] Sidewalks and Skeletons - *Bodies* [also _very_ similar, same mood and feeling, more hip-hop beat, less melodic] Woodkid - *Iron* [super good song, but not super similar. instrumental, more noble and motivating, more energetic, but vocals fit the mood] [also, can we all take a second to be annoyed by how the Waka Waka music video totally ripped off Iron? they weren't even subtle] Flume - *Jakarta* [rougher, lighter, less melodic, equally spacey, similar attitude] Kavinsky - *Nightcall* [different genre, melody heavy, simpler synths, awesome/similar vocals] Thundercat - *Tenfold* [very different genre, similar attitude? much lower production value I think] Goldlink - *When I Die* [similar mood, very repetitive, bit weird rhythmically] Deftones - *U U D D L R L R A B Select Start* [totally different genre, faster and slightly higher energy, but a cool song] Deftones - *Rosemary* [it's metal... alternative metal, but it's really not very similar] JUTRØ - *TRAVVA* [actually extremely similar! maybe slightly darker, and more energetic. a bit more experimental] Zoo Brazil - Heart's a Legend [faster, lighter, and the vocals are more pop/retro/synthwave, but it has that watery quality Acid Rain has] Röyksopp - *Here She Comes Again* [I love Röyksopp! lighter, more playful, but still sleepy like Acid Rain. just a taste of early 2000s] Burial - *Forgive* [much creepier, experimental distortion, a _lot_ like the theme music for the UK show Requiem, bit repetitive] Joji - *Will He* [cleaner, simpler, a bit slower, but actually quite similar! more acoustic, recognizable sounds and effects] FKA - *Lights On* [experimental, really non-homogenous/inconsistent. sort of sleepy like Acid Rain, but much lighter and cooler] Atoms For Peace - *Ingenuine* [super similar! much more optimistic, more energetic. strong Muse flavors] oOoOO - *Seaww* [also very similar, vividly retro beat, sleepier/more distorted vocals] XXYYXX - *DMT* [similar mood, but very different rhythmically, very different drum samples/style, ghostly vocals] Death's Dynamic Shroud - *ゲーム* [vaporwave, slightly cheaper sounding samples, different mood, similar motivation] Fever Ray - *If I Had a Heart* [relatively very acoustic, baseline very Eyes on Fire, vocals are super cool and remind me of Acid Rain, sombre] Lil Silva - *Fist Mark* [really distinct, plastic (cheap synth) melody, different feeling, almost drum and bass drums although it's far from drum and bass] Burial - *Come Down to Us* [inconsistent, ranging from psychedelic to pop electronic, generally ambient, experimental, other-worldly] Of Montreal - *We Will Commit Wolf Murder* [alternative rock/pop, vocal heavy, energetic, not similar] Fever the Ghost - *Calico* [also alternative rock/pop, but slightly more psychedelic, not very similar] River Tiber - *No Talk* [downtempo, smooth, similar rhythmically, similar mood, sort of jazzy, a bit like Massive Attack] Lorn - *Farr* [darker, more experimental, industrial, more energetic] Fade Into Black - *Blouse* [alternative rock, almost Lana del Rey, not super similar but I kind of see why it was recommended] Silversun Pickups - *Dream At Tempo 119* [rock/alt rock, vocals almost hard rock, not similar] The Epilogues - *Handshake Heartattack* [woooah this is super similar! vocals very Sigur Ros, synth and electronic effects are the closest I've heard so far although they fade out during the build. mostly instrumental-sounding after intro] Wet - *Weak (Clams Casino)* [vocals more traditional electronic, similar drum track, background music is pretty similar] Sisyphus - *Take Me* [cool song! really similar vocals, much softer and sweeter. pretty similar overall!] Lorn - *Entangled* [similar but more staccato, a bit harder and colder, a bit more energetic, a bit more "off"/unusual] Sleep Party People - *I'm Not Human At All* [unnerving vocals/verses! similar drums and mood, same sleepy atmosphere, very different synths and effects, more colorful, less homogeneous, break/chorus is kind of alternative] Bonjr - *It's Ok, You're Ok* [lighter, similarly sleepy, slightly more creepy, repetitive, more traditional drums] Grasscut - *Muppet (Nathan Fake)* [smoother, faster, really busy (overpowering) drums, similar instruments besides the drums] I'll keep updating as I can! Usually only have a few minutes here and there, but I'll try not to fall too far behind :D Getting close to the 9970 character limit, might need to switch out some of the songs that aren't similar

I can't even fucking believe it's been 8 years..... It's aged like a fine wine.

Wish it was longer. Sucks how short this song is. It's beautiful ❤

I didn't like this song the first time I heard it. I keep coming back... it calls me back. It's ominously addicting. help..

In my humble opinion, this is a masterpiece of emotional expression. When I watch this, I have thoughts and feelings of existential dread related to the mere moments just before we die. The girls are injured and broken, but they dance... It's symbolic of how we desperately cling to life and are in denial of what death really means, and at the very end she sees the her truth. Destruction of the ego and the acceptance of the unbreakable rule that nothing lasts forever.

Forever in love with the production of this video, song, and dance routine. I can’t believe it’s been like 10 years. This song and video gives me an indescribable feeling. I hate that this account posted this and then dipped. 😭

Honestly this deserves the number of views. It feels good knowing that some people are going to see this and get confused, then remember it years later.

im glad people are finding this song! it’s always been so powerful to me, all the interpretation in this piece is beautiful to witness.

You cant get the song without the video and you cant get the video without the song. You get both you get an understanding that this is a masterpiece without reason.

2024 and I still think this vid is cool AF. Dancing their way to the pearly gates!

I can’t describe it, but this video gives me a feeling I’m so familiar with and yet I can’t explain. It’s like a bad acid dream (in a good way Iykyk) mixed with euphoria and calmness, and it leaves me feeling alone and whole all at once. It kinda makes me feel seen in a way I’ve never been seen before. I’m obsessed with with everything about this. I will keep rewatching it forever and ever. Yeah I’m weird, thanks for reading. ☺️

I found this video the week my wife passed away. The similarity between her and the main character I cant even explain how it makes me feel on top of the haunting music and imagery. I always come back here for a good cry. Makes me think my wife went through something like this after she died but I wasn't able to see her because I'm not in that realm. FML

After listening to this on spotify on repeat, i noticed that the song kinda starts abruptly and so does the end. And after listening to it for a while, you sometimes can't tell when the end is at the actual end of the song, or the middle since i have the end of the song fade into the beginning. Then after watching the video, if you ALSO put the video on loop, you'll notice that the ending frame almost starts perfectly with the beginning and the cycle begins again. Maybe a symbolism of the circle of life? Maybe some sort of endless limbo that they're in? Maybe i'm thinking too much into it, but it's something interesting i noticed.

This is the best music video I have seen in ages. I adore it!

- this song feels like waking up from one of those really weird dreams when you take a nap in the afternoon and when you open your eyes it's already dark out and you feel so unsettled.

I don't know why but this feels like it would make a great short horror film.

This song gives me the most unique feeling I've ever felt

Honestly can say this is my favorite music video. Of All The Music Videos. I have such a deep yearning to learn the choreo 😢it's so beautiful to me. I want to express such beauty😢

It's hypnotic, the dancers are so powerfull that's... hypnotic.

[Lyrics] Daylight In bad dreams In a cool world Full of cruel things Hang tight All you Nothing like a big bad bridge To go burning through My interpretation: Acid burns away at the surface until it gets to the core which will dissolve away. Happiness in a world of hate, death and hurt is hard to obtain, live until you die.

I don't know what was more beautiful, the video or the conversations down below. THIS is the essence of art, of music. It's provocative, raw, emotional, meaningful and brings a sense of unity.

I fell asleep on the couch watching a music video playlist and woke up at 2 am just as this video started and it was a very chilling but comforting feeling watching it while still half asleep.

I'm hypnotized by this. It's poetic, tragic, poignant, beautiful, telling, moving, haunting..

Something about the way the second girl dances with the first one, it’s like her way of saying “ it’s ok, I know what happened already, we can guide each other.” She already has come to terms with it, hence why her injuries were already vividly showing. It just paints such a beautiful picture of friends guiding each other through their last dance in limbo.

The perfect explanation I read before: “Their faces and steps are tired, and while their individual moves are generally unique/stylized, each dancer pivots at the same moment to the next move. This gives me a sensation that these girls are being pulled through the movements of the dance, like spirits stepping out of their bodies as their physical form deterates.”

Dancing and editing really make the video. I always come back to this song for the video, I love it. Great job everyone. Haunting music and visuals to match

All these years later. This is one of the best music videos of all time.

I think Lorn wrote the official soundtrack to 2020 without realizing it...

I love reading peoples comments on here while listening to this, on repeat. The stories feel so powerful and real. Gives you such a weird but chill feeling

This song feels like what plays as you relive your life as you die. Slow motion but not slow enough to really enjoy the life you had but just slow enough to feel sorrow at what will never and no longer be. I genuinely feel like I may not live to see tomorrow or survive today. I'm scared and at peace all at the same time. My only regret is I have no one hold and call my own. I love you mom, sis, and big bro. I wosh I had done more I can only hope i get another chance to make things better. Maybe this life maybe the next. I never thought I'd be scared at the end but here I am naked and afraid

The bit at 1:25 always gets me. The way the song dips down, like it's slowly fading, defeated. The way the cheerleader stumbles through, clearly weakening, clearly dying. It's defeat. It's raw, and it's inevitable; just like death.

No mirrors. No looking back. No clock hands. No time. Stumbling through the Exit. Into the darkness of death. Through the window of the soul. Gathered souls finish their dance while the Lead stands alone for her judgement. I'm so happy I found this tonight. Damn this was incredible.

The progression of emotions- fear, anger, confusion, realization, sadness, and then acceptance. The last dance with death.

One of my favorite music producers and probably one of the best music dance video Thank you all, it's unbelievably good. Takes me so high

Still epic

The choreography for this song is absolutely amazing

truly one of the greatest songs to ever be created. where nothing is explained or necessarily said but conveyed through pure emotion and note changes. visceral

took me 8 years to sit, and not spazz out, and watch all of it and its astounding what you can watch 8 years ago, multiple times, but never once truly SEE the thing for the thing it IS. I'm glad I finally sat in the song.

If you put it on repeat it really has no beginning or end. It's actually more disturbing because you see no hands on the clock in the diner. The video ends exactly where it starts, and the music continues as if nothing happened, implying that time is stopped and this three minute loop is going on in "purgatory" for all eternity.

Thank god this was in my suggestions

It has such an unnerving and unsettling feel but at the same time it pulls you in and almost feels familiar and exciting.

This song is depression. Fully realized in sound and then They made the saddest most mesmerizing video to fully encapsulate that darkness.

I don't know if any one has noticed but if you look at the clock above the native american it hasn't got the arrows, I think it symbolizes the soul no longer being in physical time/space realm.

Holy shit. this was amazing.

This still give me chills. So good and powerful

In many ways I am supposed to be dead today, I’ve dodged it narrowly numerous times and this song just reminds me that even though it hasn’t happened, my mortality is still fragile.

To film this music video: The audio was sped up to 2x time while the dancers were doing their best to keep up! Then, during editing, they slowed the footage back down to create this floating ghost effect. I absolutely love this music video ❤ So creative! ⭐️