Gang Of Youths - Achilles, Come Down (Lyrics)

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• MY SECOND CHANNEL ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY:

• Artists: Gang Of Youth
Album: Go Farther In Lightness
Genre : Alternative/Indie
Year: 2017

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[gloriosa]

I kind of really love how the voice telling him to jump is so monotone and emotionless, while the voice telling him not to is full of emotion and sounds so much more human.

[awerzo]

The moment in the harmony where one voice says "Get off the roof" and the other says "Jump off the roof" just hits different

[roshi_rk]

this song is literally perfect in every ways. the slightly frantic violin, the french interlude, the singer's voice gritty like the insides of a pear, the almost overpowering intrusive voice towards the end. brings such a vivid imagery of their love, achilles and patroclus, everytime i listen to this song. a close of the eye and it feels like i can have a glimpse into their love, feel a piece of their heartbreak. it's like a high, i fucking love this song.

[DJFlare]

"See life as a worthy opponent."

Underrated line.

[clairelafaille]

The talked part at 0:41 is actually French, he says,

"Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent parce qu'ils estiment que la vie ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue, et j'en vois d'autres qui se font paradoxalement tuer pour les idées, les illusions qui leur donnent une raison de vivre. Ce qu'on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de mourir"

Which translate to:

"I see a lot of people die because they don't believe that life is worth living, and I see others who paradoxically get killed for the ideas, the illusions that gave them a reason to live. What we call a reason to live is also an excellent reason to die."

[jillianedgar]

i will never shut up about how achilles’ weak spot was never really his heel, but his heart. about how grief from patroclus’ death drove him so enraged that he eventually brought his own destruction. it’s such a beautiful, tragic story.

[the_nameles.s]

The damn cello in the background is gorgeous. This typically isn’t the type of music I listen to but I’ve been listening to this song over and over again

[cantbetamed]

As someone who read The Illiad and Odyssey. Achilles' pride and the death of Patroclos really drove him to the edge. This song definitely highlights it.

[ScorpionFlower]

The change from "Achilles don't jump we love you" to "Jump the crowd doesn't want you" hit hard

[cherizar]

I love how in this song, Patroclus is literally fighting off Achilles' demons (Don't listen Achilles..No one asked for your thoughts..). And I love how it it implied that Achilles ends up listening to Patroclus, as the song ends with his voice and not his negative thoughts. His love managed to drown them out.

[DavidStroodle]

I feel like the line "the most dangerous thing is to love" is not to be interpreted as "loving is dangerous because love can be lost" but instead as "it's dangerous to love because love can inspire you so passionately that it can become a force to rival the gods"

[jubieandrubinrevieweveryth]

"The goddess, the mortal, and the boy who was both"-the song of achilles. Hands down one of my favorite route's. Its not talked about too much, but for some reason that line truly broke my heart.

[LadyAmadala]

The poetry of the lyrics
The violin
The kickass harmonies
The heartbroken, detached wistfulness of the singer’s voice
The Greek mythology

Yep, I’ve found a new band to obsess over

[maddieharvey]

how can people listen to this and not instantly want to create- the poetry, the mythology, the violins, everything, , i just want to create to it, films, music videos dances, everything. i love this

[Axhicleos]

Patroclus : Achilles come down
Agamemnon : DO A FLIP

[galaxy]

The French parts of this song (the faint parts) translate roughly to:

On the other hand, I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying).

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Of an apartment-building manager who had killed himself I was told that he had lost his daughter five years before, that he had changed greatly since, and that that experience had "undermined" him.

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What sets off the crisis is almost always unverifiable. Newspapers often speak of "personal sorrows" or of "incurable illness." These explanations are plausible. But one would have to know whether a friend of the desperate man had not that very day addressed him indifferently.

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...the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between the man of his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.

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...either yes or no. This would be too easy. But allowance must be made for those who, without concluding, continue questioning. Here I am only slightly indulging in irony: this is the majority. I notice also that those who answer "no" act as if they thought "yes." As a matter of fact, if I accept the Nietzschean criterion, they think "yes" in one way or another.

[signior-fabian]

Agamemnon: You want my opinion, my opinion you've got
Patroclus from the Underworld: NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION AGAMEMNON

[kbvrwcm]

This comment section is in wholehearted unity that: a) Patroclus trying to talk Achilles down is very gay and very sad. b) this song invokes a melancholic and loving feeling. c) the blend between the voices hits hard.

[Mx.Mantis]

If anyone wants to know what they're saying in french here you go :
(Just so you know I'm french and I couldn't remember where I knew these quotes from at first, so here is Albert Camus with The Myth of Sisyphus/Le Mythe de Sisyphe)

1- Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent parce qu'ils estiment que la vie ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue. J'en vois d'autres qui se font paradoxalement tuer pour les idées ou les illusions qui leur donnent une raison de vivre (ce qu'on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de mourir.)

I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.)

2- D'un gérant d'immeubles qui s'était tué, on me disait un jour qu'il avait perdu sa fille depuis cinq ans, qu'il avait beaucoup changé depuis et que cette histoire « l'avait miné ». (fin de citation : On ne peut souhaiter de mot plus exact. Commencer à penser, c'est commencer d'être miné.)

Of an apartment-building manager who had killed himself I was told he had lost his daughter five years before, that he had changed greatly since, and that the experience had "undermined" him. (end of the quote : A more exact word cannot be imagined. Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.)

3- Ce qui déclenche la crise est presque toujours incontrôlable. Les journaux parlent souvent de "chagrins intimes" ou de "maladies incurables"... Mais il faudrait savoir si le jour même un ami du désespéré ne lui a pas parlé sur un ton différent. Celui-là est le coupable. (fin de citation : Car cela peut suffire à précipiter toutes rancœurs et toutes lassitudes encore en suspension... )

What sets off the crisis is almost always unverifiable. Newspapers often speak of "personal sorrows" or of "incurable illness." These explanations are plausible. But one would have to know whether a friend of the desperate man had not that very day addressed him indifferently. He is the guilty one. (end of the quote : For that is enough to precipitate all the rancors and all the boredom still in suspension...)

4- des souvenirs d'une patrie perdue ou de l'espoir d'une terre promise. Ce divorce entre l'homme et sa vie, l'acteur et son décor, c'est proprement le sentiment de l'absurdité.

the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.

5- Ce serait trop beau. Mais il faut faire la part de ceux qui,  sans conclure,  interrogent toujours. Ici, j'ironise à peine : il s'agit de la majorité. Je vois également que ceux qui répondent "non" agissent comme s'ils pensaient "oui".

This would be too easy. But allowance must be made for those who, without concluding, continue questioning. Here I am only slightly indulging in irony: this is the majority. I notice also those who answer "no" as if they thought "yes."

Enjoy~

[okey]

"You're scaring us, and all of us-"
*Looks at Agamemnon*
"Some of us love you"