Kero Kero Bonito - Visiting Hours

from the album Time 'n' Place

Hi it's me how are you is the food OK?
Did you order the usual or something else?
I remember you said you were after yoghurt so
I bought two

Let's draw the curtains back to bring in the light
Press the button so that you're sitting right
All the people that I spoke to said
They think you're doing great

Back home they're all asking
They wanna come and see you real soon
We're all really missing you
But please
Take the time you need

Ooh-ooh-ooh

I've been thinking about you coming home
I was asking them when but they don't know
We can order a taxi on the day
All the way

Is that the time I should let you go to bed
Brush your teeth take it easy get some rest
I'll be back here again tomorrow morning
I'll see you then night night

[FrHorrigan]

the food here is actually terrible but thank you for the yogurt

[nintenjoeb]

So the lyrics to this are conversations Gus's Mum had with his Dad while in the hospital. Really makes the track that much more meaningful, mundane conversations about yoghurt have never been so beautiful.

[MagicManCM]

I recently got really into KKB and I heard this song while my girlfriend was in a hospital and a psych ward. My father and uncle were also in the hospital. So bizarre. Their music hits like nothing else. Getting into them during this horrible slump in my life is... well, I guess there couldn't have been a better time. My father ended his life while in jail yesterday... this music is one of the only things holding me together right now.

[vvvvvvvv]

this hits hard. my dad passed from cancer a few years back and my mom is ill and the lyrics sound like our hospital visits. love u kkb

[drakesuxx]

This one really hit me cuz a few weeks ago I got released from being hospitalized in an asylum for suicidal reasons and this is literally the only time during the day I’d look forward to and this is literally what the conversation with my mom would sound like

[annurkamalia]

I was questioning the title at first and now that I heard the song, it's kinda sad and sweet at the same time. Bittersweet, you may say.

According to the lyrics and title, somebody's visiting a person in the hospital, hence the title 'visiting hours' and a few of the lyrics that tells us that somebody's visiting somebody else at the hospital. That fact alone is sad enough, at least for me.

But the person visiting the patient is just happy to see that the patient is doing well and still breathing. That's the sweet part.

Honestly, I just think this is wholesome. This cheer me up big time, no lie.

[taeyeonspie]

i remember thinking about this song when i got surgery... it made me feel better. none of my "friends" visited me or even asked me if i was doing well (that's when i realized i don't have true friends). my nurse was the kindest person but sure thing the food was terrible. i miss the hospital but i hope i won't be there any other time hehe
now every time i hear this song i remember those moments. if anyone is in the same situation as i was, let me tell you that everything will be ok, just wait a little bit! hope you're doing fine and soon you'll comeback home

[joemuis]

This song really helps reconcile with the death of family members. No matter if they're gone the pleasant memories are still in all of us.
At first this album shocked me cuz the upbeat image sarah presented was like a escape from depression. After sorting some things out and getting helped though and going to the concert this album has really helped me see trauma in a more positive light.

[salvadorlarreynaga]

I don´t know why I met this band so late... I wish I could listen to this before I got old... This group and the entire songs makes me feel like a teenager again... Hapiness feeling, thank you KKB. <3

[jmes]

Time n' Place makes me need therapy but is also therapy at the same time

[_soggypancakes_]

This song reminds me when I got out of the darkest points in my life and slowly changing my negative mindset so I can feel more lighter and happier.

[archivehans]

if i hear this song when i am old and sick.
slowly fading
Turing back into meat warped in a cloth bag
i will cry.

[cheekunlol]

Recently my father passed away in the hospital. The situation was unfortunate in that my mom was bedridden with disability and my sibling was overwhelmed with being her caretaker in his stead while caring for his own family. I live in a different country.

I read recently that having advocates for you in a hospital during visiting hours is so incredibly important for your chances of survival. My father didn’t get that.

This song has been on my mind ever since. There’s a combination of hope that I could be this kind of support to my next loved one in the hospital. And the pain and guilt that my father didn’t have that in his final moments.

[bigeffingidiot]

here’s my mental health comment contribution: i’ve been repressing suicidal feelings and feeling as if i have no escape from the pandemic, online school, and the lack of being able to see my friends or do anything. it’s all sort of come to a boil and i’m a mess right now. but this song reminds me of how it would be if i went through and committed. it’s not even a harsh reminder but it’s so bleak and sad for me that it makes me never want to put anyone through the stuff described in this song. kero kero bonito has saved my life and once we can, i’m getting the first ticket to see them live and tell them how much they mean to me. because in a state of feeling like a disappointment and a failure, this music is the most beautiful thing in the world to me.

[downwardspiral]

This feels like I'm being put in an alternative universe where everything is okay.

[what-esjh]

Best song on the album. This or Flyway.

[nerdygmr]

this song is so important to me genuinely like this is such a meaningful song it’s i can’t even explain how much this means to me

[karak]

Listened to this song a lot when I was diagnosed with my illness. Now years later, I'm in the middle of being diagnosed with another illness, and I remember this out of nowhere! memories.

[christophergann]

Wholesomeness lives and its name is KKB

[kinesthetiac]

Anyone else crying because they were in an inpatient facility for a week winter 2017 because of their extreme mental illness and their only human contact was phone calls from their mom and occasional visits from the family and this song brings back feelings you had about the whole thing that you had buried because they were somewhat traumatizing