Loathe - Is It Really You? (OFFICIAL AUDIO STREAM)

From the full-length album 'I Let It In And It Took Everything' out now and forever.

Face away
Deal with the pain
Your own way
How could they,
Deal with the pain?

I knew
It was mine too
And you?
Is It Really You?

Let’s search the sky for a while
You and I collide like two stars for a while
You and I

Crushed by silent snow
Not the first I know
Caught in ebb and flow
I’m bleeding out, oh you know

Let’s search the sky for a while
You and I collide like two stars for a while
You and I

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[raph]

No joke, this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[jakesnake]

this is the most bittersweet song. it feels like getting to spend a few minutes with someone you'd never see again.

[mattfain]

Finally a band that sounds like Deftones while having their own unique sound. I hope they make more songs like this one, A sad Cartoon, and Two-Way Mirror. Absolute masterpieces!

[filloneandonly]

I'm from Russia, an old fan of Deftones and I don't understand why this magical track is viewed by so little ammount of people... In my opinion it's the best on a album. Forgive me my bad english.

[cylynt]

After reading the lyrics while listening, I absolutely broke down in tears. I interpret this song as someone dealing with the death of a loved-one.  Trying to deal with the sadness however he can. Going outside to gaze at stars to find their spirit. When he sings "is it really you?" I interpret that as him asking the sky if it's really his loved-one's presence he feels - as his gaze meets a particular set of stars that resemble their eyes.  Then he just lays there letting himself be "crushed by silent snow, " embracing his loved-one's spirit.

The really sad part to me was when he sings, "I'm bleeding out, oh you know." That could mean that he cut his wrists so he can "collide like stars" to be with his loved-one again in the afterlife. The "silent snow" can be a metaphor for depression.  The "ebb and flow" line could represent how depression tends to be chronic and intensifies when traumatic events happen. The "oh you know" could be him talking to his loved-one. Reminding them that they ”know" how devastating life changes can ruin him. 

More optimistically, one can interpret the "bleeding out" line as him feeling empty while letting out all his pain. Or that he feels completely alone without their company.  Maybe that's why he sings "collide like stars for a while." Meaning he just wants to break down in tears for a while, let it all out.  Embrace the pain and longing - to work through the trauma and start to heal from his loss. 

I couldn't help but think of my aunt Norma who passed away from brain cancer.  She beat it with surgery and chemotherapy when she was in her 30's. Unfortunately, it came back in her 50's and she simply couldn't beat it again in her advanced age.  She was the kindest and strongest person I've ever known.  I miss her so much.

[Kalitayy]

My most played band on Spotify
2019: Issues
2020: The 1975
2021: Loathe, for sure

[jhossuealban]

I remember this album came out a year after my girlfriend passed away. Back then I still hadn't gotten out of that abyss. When I first heard this song I swear it was love at first sight; I still couldn't understand why, but when analyzing this lyrics it was inevitable to fall into tears. Even to this day, whenever I listen to it, it brings me chills and other sensations that I cannot describe.
The memories, the lucid dreams I had and her last words before never seeing her again, I feel that everything is connected to this song; call me crazy, but my connection to this melody literally makes me sit next to her again.

"Let's search the sky for a while, You and I, Collide like two stars, for a while, You and I..."

[kazexyl]

My friend passed away a few days ago. He led a group of people who loved the same things he did, and he always managed to keep us in high spirits. Now, all any of us can think about is what we would do for one more day with him.

I used to listen to this just because I thought it sounded good. Now, I listen to it as a way to remember him.

I think he would’ve liked this song.

Rest in peace, friend.

[el_mal_de_ojo]

At their heaviest, they are crushing; at their lightest, as soft as a whisper. This album slingshots you from one extreme to the other with truly mind-bending results. Brilliant album. Amazing, fucking amazing experience live.

[funnyperson]

This the kinda song that leaves you staring up at the ceiling

[oscaralas]

Screaming - Is It Really You? - Two Way Mirror - A Sad Cartoon (Reprise) - A Sad Cartoon, in that order all these songs are perfectly connected :'D

[carolyns]

How can a song be so brutally, crushingly painful yet so beautiful

[matt-phow]

“Name a few dimensions we can flow between,
With no obstructions,
Another timeline,
I’d give anything to find,
Adorned by countless souls seeking further untold,
At this Winter you will be,
And if I join you there, you will ask me,
Is it really you?”

[tugkanardal]

My cat died yesterday unfortunately and this is the song where i am looping the whole day upon his grave while drinking and smoking to cope with the harsh reality of losing your friend/pet. From digging the hole to burying him, i am still crying as a guy who cried 4-5 times in a decade. it is still hard to accept it yet it is a must, i know, but I was a guy that does not like to create bonds to prevent emotional pain.. Then the cat came and was different that we clicked too well to make me reconsider and change my emotional behaviour. I made a 'bold' move to love again after my dog's departure when i was 11 about having a pet again then the same reality yesterday, my cat LILY.. The thing is, i met my girl and the cat in the same week where i felt emotionally complete and capable of love again, after the passing of my grandma who was my mother figure that left this material world in Valentines Day of 2016. We buried her beside my granddad who i never saw but heard of from people. I remember that I told her you can meet him again after spending almost half a century apart and loyal. Still today, i visit the grave in Valentines Day which puts me in a mood where i cant explain with words.

The cat and I met while he was as little as my hand, struggling to walk. Now all the memories are going through my head, I listen to this song to remember our days together and the lyrics are exactly reflecting how i think, dream, hope and feel about my reality. I do not know if there is heaven or not but i hope there is one to see we all meet at the same time, spending time together. Now all i know is my boy is free of pain and limits and in a place where he loves to spend time, my garden, where i still feel close to him and feel his presence whenever I look out the window to his grave. I love you boy and will remember you forever.. We shall meet in my dreams until my day comes. To that day, take care LILY, remember how my love was pure for you, enjoy being free, I love you.

[TacoCrisma]

When I first heard the opening vocals I thought it was Chino.

God this album is a masterpiece. I haven’t felt this way about new music since I was a teenager

[jill]

This song is so good when you have a crush on a person and feelings are so vulnerable.

[CDobbs]

Parents divorced for the second time, drove down a back road and sat in my car in a field and played this song. Doesn’t even match with the words, just felt right in that moment. Cried for the first time in 2 years

[KardavoxAcademy]

Hey dudes in Loathe. Just wanted to say how much I've needed this song lately. Life has been an insane coliseum of stress and nonstop work, but this song is one of the few things that can bring me back to earth and calm me down. Your music has been some of the best medicine for my mind lately, and I deeply appreciate you all for making it. Much love, much love.

[mag]

Imagine chilling with the girl you want just watching the stars at night while you listen to this banger, just imagine.

[tilinfiniti]

This song is saving me right now from succumbing to a lifelong depression and struggle