Watsky- Cardboard Castles [Cardboard Castles album]

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Director: Jackson Adams
Production Designer: Natalie Groce
Director of Photography: Jess Dunlap

Producer: Brad Simpson
Producer: Cara McKeown

1st Assistant Director: Kyle Morrison
2nd Assistant Director: Ben Molyneux

Assistant Camera: Mike Dempsey
Key Grip: Mike Riccitelli
Gaffer: Fernando Morales

Art Director: Emily Grant
Art Assistant: Erica Smith

Editor: Joe Shahood

CAST
Michael Angelo: Boy
Veronika Mikulasek: Girl
Noah Odegaard: Bully

Background:
Brennan Gale
Sara Torres
Morgan Ford
Jake Riegar
Corrina
Jen Halbery
Dylan

Lyrics

On the curb again
On the curb again
I've come to learn at least it's firm
Out on the curb again

Hook
I'm in my room making cardboard castles
with shoestring rope
Soup spoon drawbridge
tinfoil moat
I'm still dreaming after all these years
(x2)

Verse 1
because if we don't build it who will?
I do things on a shoestring that you couldn't do for a cool mil
I run with no laces
And when I fall I start
to build my Taj Mahal with shit I found at dollarmart
this life's our greatest project
the journey's all an art
But I built my perfect nest
And it's bout to fall apart
Again and again and then I just I make it twice as high
And I give my tower teeth
And I watch it bite the sky
Because I might just cry if I don't keep it moving
I focus on what I can make and not what just got ruined
Cause every stone will crumble down to dust to to dust (it must)
And I say love thy neighbor
And I say fuck thy hater
There' s nothing I can't solve with duct tape and construction paper
I don't want a band aid, I'll only rip it off

Chorus

Verse 2
I know someday I'll pass
And maybe then rest
Im laying on my back
Heaven's my bench press
Cause my imagination is crazy as Glenn Beck
A cloud is floating by in the shape of a rent check
And when the world ends, that's what I'll plan towards
Then I'll trust girlfriends and maybe landlords
Cause I been played but I'm looking for more
I say, what would I gain if took it to court
Cause if, If people were perfect then there wouldn't be war
we stay pushing but once we get a foot in the door
we get our toes chopped off
and a foot of manure
I still gotta believe people are good at the core
cause if we weren't, what's at stake
why would we stay to break what we make
And create all these beautiful mistakes
when they blow our house down let's draw on the walls

[jrancj]

I used to listen to this on loop years back. Had forgotten about it. Came across it today and it made me well up inside.

[AdvyDeven]

Does anyone else get a sense of nostalgia when listening to this? Like you've heard it long ago?

[TheDrakeProjectTDP]

"Because I might just cry if I don't keep it movin', and focus on what I can make and not what just got ruined." So. Fucking. Inspirational.

[kaseyhollar]

Haven’t heard this since I was probably 13. Being 22 now I really understand the lyrics and how simple life used to be back back then. I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm out on the curb again

[dragonkings]

at half a century approaching me and nearly behind me,
I'm still that kid building Cardboard castles too, and I owe alot of my life, good and bad to him.
thank you for the song.

[joannemeeks]

As a full-grown adult, I still feel this way!

[leonardfromfortnite]

i dropped out of college a couple months ago and now im listening to this song and trying not to cry as i fill a digital art portfolio for a job job offer i just got doing what i wanted to go to school for in the first place. thank you so much.

[tragra]

We didn't deserve this man his music is so unique you could tell it was his vision coming to life.

[donnamillsify]

My only child, Travis Robert FE 32, passed 6 months today 💔😭 He loved Watsky 💞 This album especially this song is special to me because Travis will never be on the curb again 💙🪽💜🪶 He struggled his whole life, but never gave up his dreams 🙌 I love you my Travis 💞😘😘

[AlexThePigGames]

"Love thy neighbour fuck thy hater"
Words to live by right there

[muricahellyea]

I remember being 15, this was the first CD I ever owned, my gma gave it to me for Christmas. We had to go to multiple stores to find it. Then finally one store said they’d help us get it, I didn’t know shit about getting music back then, I’m 23 now. The stores didn’t have the album, we had to order it. Once I got it I was in love. I remember crying and laughing with this CD, it was my favorite. And to this day, it’s still my favorite album I have EVER owned. Listening to this makes me wish times were as simple as they were then. But, it is was it is.

[Tony_Yo]

I Remember Listening To This When I Was A 20 Year Old Homeless Single Father.. Nowadays I Listen To It While My Son Sleeps Safe And Sound In His Bed Next To Me. Music Like This Has Changed My Life And Is The Kind Of Music I Thrive To Make Myself. The Mainstream Could Never.

[dmillz]

Cardboard Castles is Watksy's best album so far. although I'm liking what I'm hearing in x infinity

[VocalMusicMinority]

watsky that last shot of the kids pulling out with the depth of field and the cardboard crowns would have been the most perfect album art ever. not that yours is bad, just a very beautiful shot kudos to the cinematographer  

[BongToker]

I was at work this song came on and made my day. I think I've listened to it about 13 times within the last hour. Wheeler Walker junior you couldn't hit this day on the nail, any better for me? Thank you much, sir, and f*** this job.

[jacklomas]

someone who actually gives a fuck in this day and age in the music industry. really reignites your faith in humanity :D

[MDonis]

This song speaks volumes to me. Life isn't easy... some of us have it better than others... some of us come from humble beginnings, some from extravagance... don't give up - don't ever give up. Stay true to yourself and try to do right by others.

[TurboChicken]

Played a bunch of watsky jams for my kids. My 14 year old teenage boy loves this one. I think it resonates with him well. It did with me when you released it. Thank you

[movedtoadifferentchannel]

I heard the song before seeing the video, but wow.. the video actually made me smile and tear-up a little bit. Great direction. Great song. <3

[farley]

No but really. This makes me almost cry. We had it too. Me and my two cousins would every summer meet, steal some empty boxes from shops and hide in attic, making cardboard models. Not exactly castles, but anyway, great times. One of that cousins got in some trouble, the other one is now traveling to all possible mountains of the world and I work for a broadcasting company not being at home pretty much all the time. Lifes went on, but I still can't refuse that kid inside. ...just hoping the other ones have it the same. This song touched me deeply. Thank you.