Sleeping At Last - 'Two' (Official Lyric Video)

"Two" is from Sleeping At Last's "Atlas: Year Two" project.

Produced by Wonderkind Studios
Handwriting by Ryan O'Neal

[nathannieves]

“No I don’t want to talk about myself, tell me where it hurts”
This line hit me hard

[kyleyreinhart]

What is funny about two's is that this song is speaking about how we behave, but it also is exactly what we want to hear.

[juls_sisyphus]

"I just want to build you up, build you up 'til you're good as new. And maybe one day I'll get around to fixing myself too" I felt that

[cptnwynn]

I will never get over the line "what a privilege it is to love, a great honor to hold you up"

[kenzie]

This song is for the personality trait of a” giver” which means that you give all you have to make someone else happy even if you’re miserable so this isn’t really a love song

[diyasabapathy]

the worst feeling is when you want to cry but no tears come out and it's just this heavy feeling inside your chest

[raccoon_socks]

Took the test. Got a two. And I can promise this isn’t a love song XD it’s about how you’re too caring to the point where it’s self destructive.

[lemyosotisbleu]

"It's okay if you can't catch your breath
You can take the oxygen straight out of my own chest"
Always resonates so loud and so deep in me. Absolute beauty. Did you ever love someone that much too?

[nicoleaguirre]

"Sweetheart you look a little tired. When did you last eat?" that hurt

[gdrm]

“It’s okay if you can’t catch your own breath - you can take the oxygen straight out of my own chest”
This line hits hard. I started crying at this part.

[maryv]

I think when most people first hear this song, they don’t initially position themselves as the singer. At first you kind of imagine that you are the one being sung to, especially with first lyric being a direct question. I think this is very intentional. I think it represents how “twos” want to be to others what they wish others were to them. They give to others what they never received themselves. And I think that’s pretty beautiful, but also a bit sad.

[aryannacharles]

type two’s,

you are infinite,
in simply the way you are and exist.

the way you impact people every moment,
the way you connect with others,
the kindness and selflessness you radiate,
the way you see the world,
the way you put your heart and soul
into everything you do.

but most importantly,
in all of the ways that you love.

that love will always guide you.
and despite it all,
you’ve stayed kind.
you are rare.
it’s what makes you extraordinary,
and truly
beautiful.

no matter how long it may take for you to realize,
all of the the love that you’ve put out into the world
will always find its way back to you.

you live on in the memories, minds, and hearts of others.

infinite.

- your type two pal :)

[matveyxivan]

this song is so powerful, it sounds like a typical love song originally but then the second verse comes and suddenly you start to realize that this song is actually about someone caught in a self destructive pattern of giving all and accepting nothing in return

[raiukii]

"It's okay if you can't catch your breath - you can take the oxygen straight out of my chest"

That's the sweetest line I've heard in a long time. This song, I swear. It really makes my heart go soft.

[sockonthewall]

I feel like no relationship will ever be healthy for me because I’m too eager to give myself away, and it’s nobody’s fault but mine.

[misora]

this hits different when you're crying and you feel so hopeless. it's like someone is comforting you through their words and there's an invisible hug wrapping around you.

[samanthabaker]

This song isn’t a love song. It’s about “the giver” type of persons and how they worry more about other people than themselves. Like me. I’m sobbing right now

[whiskeyeyedfool]

The saddest parts of this song aren't the lyrics or the melody, it's the fact that I thought this was what love was. I thought love existed in self-destruction, in sacrifice without anything in return. I thought love was "no, I don't wanna talk about myself, tell me where it hurts" I thought it was "I just wanna build you up, build you up, 'til you're good as new and maybe one day I'll get around to fixing my self, too". This isn't love, it never was and that's the saddest part.

[retardedtimes]

i’m going to be completely honest i’m a 2 and i just realized how true this is for my friends i would stay up with them until 3am if i had too just to make them feel better but when i’m feeling sad no one rlly knows bc i don’t make a big deal of it and when i get home i sit here and cry and i check my phone and there r no messages so i’m just sitting there alone staring at my ceiling and wondering if anyone actually cares. ok so it is now been 6 months since i wrote that message but when i wrote that i was at a tough time in my life i had lost my grandma and grandpa and now that i’m looking back at all of these comments i realized ppl can relate... rn i am doing perfectly fine and some advice i can give to u guys is to find something that u feel passionate about and focus on that for me it was video game... thank you for reading and god bless u all

[sunnyc.]

As a two who has been trying and making progress on the road of recovery and self love, i dedicate this song to my inner child. Have it child.