Thrice - Black Honey [Official Video]

2016 ж. 16 Мам.
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The New Album 'To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere' Out Now.
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Lyrics:
I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees ‘cause I ...
I want honey on my table
But I never get it right ... no I never get it right
I keep swinging my hand through in swarm of bees
I can’t understand why they’re stinging me
But I’ll do what I want, I’ll do it what I please
I’ll do it again till I got what I need
I’ll rip and smash through the hornet’s nest
Don’t they understand I deserve the best
And I’ll do what I want, I’ll do it what I please
I’ll do it again till I got what I need
I tried to stick this pin through a butterfly ‘cause I ...
I like all the pretty colors
But it just fell apart so I flung it in the fire to burn with all the others
And this time I’ll get it right ... yeah this time I’ll get it right
It’s gonna be this time I’ll get it right ...
Oh God let it be this time I get it right
So I’m cutting that branch off the cherry tree
I’m singing this will be my victory then I ...
I see them coming after me
And they’re following me across the sea
And now they’re stinging my friends and my family and I...
I don’t know why this is happening
But I’ll do what I want, I’ll do it what I please
I’ll do it again till I got what I need
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Full Credits:
Directed by Y2K
Produced by Jason Lester
The Boy: Jesse James Baldwin
Mother: Jennifer Lee Laks
Sister: Madison West
Concept by Patrick Mckenzie
Cinematographer: Powell Robinson
1st AD: Colton Toles
1st AC: Erick Turcios
G+E: Hiram Borges
Hair/MU: Frances Ferris
Drone Operator: Rene Vara
Key PA: Nick Gall
Edited by Y2K
Colorist: Powell Robinson
VFX: Alex Familian
Director’s Rep: Yvette Lang-Einczig
Commissioned by: Taylor Bringuel
For Relentless Artist Management: Kenneth O’Leary

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  • The guy who is driving when the chorus starts delivers a hell of a performance.

    @StrikerVulsine@StrikerVulsine7 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear "The Wave" or "Whispering Wolf" by SLT 🤘🐺

      @beezybeez6285@beezybeez62857 ай бұрын
    • I could really feel his expressions.

      @bman6198@bman61983 ай бұрын
    • rhay pretty much all do

      @nevertell2449@nevertell24492 ай бұрын
  • My dad introduced me to this song. Makes me a little emotional to listen to it now. He passed away 2 weeks ago.

    @clover223@clover2234 жыл бұрын
    • Condolences Clover. Stay strong.

      @dalepadman7540@dalepadman75404 жыл бұрын
    • Stay strong 💜

      @iHalliex@iHalliex4 жыл бұрын
    • This was one of my boyfriend's favorite songs. He passed away unexpectedly in May of 2018. This is the first time I've listened to it since he passed...I find it oddly comforting. Stay strong...it gets easier with time. Never easy, just easier.

      @stacewalker6722@stacewalker67224 жыл бұрын
    • I'm just reading this now and see that you posted it 6 months ago, that's exactly when my father passed as well, your statement really struck a chord with me watching this just now

      @chrisketchum3603@chrisketchum36034 жыл бұрын
    • Stay strong...

      @eyesneverlietheycant7690@eyesneverlietheycant76904 жыл бұрын
  • 2023 and I’m still here listening to this masterpiece of a song, it’s a song I always go back to, never fails to hit!

    @nicoleviper4090@nicoleviper4090 Жыл бұрын
    • Just heard this where the fuck have I been wow awesomeness song

      @Awj781@Awj781 Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Awj781 thrice is the greatest band of all time … u got lots to catch up on

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
    • @@beezybeez5971 yes Ik them songs to there awesome 👏

      @nicoleviper4090@nicoleviper4090 Жыл бұрын
    • @@beezybeez5971 just amazing

      @Awj781@Awj781 Жыл бұрын
  • With my meds, my adhd, the declining state of society, and half of my waking hours dedicated to mindless repetitive tasks on a computer for money, I dont really feel much of anything anymore. Occasionally I might feel a shred of the dreams and ambitions of my youth flash inside my mind, but it all just fades away bit by bit everday. That energy and enthusiasm I once felt in my chest and in my soul, watching the sunset with my friends, walking the streets on warm summer nights, wondering what great adventure life had in store for me; they were just memories of what was never meant to be. But when I play this music, I feel again. The energy of those summer nights, of my destiny, they come rushing back through me. I havent wanted to sing in so long, but for the first time in years i found myself singing along. You dont know how much this song, your music means to me right here, right now at 5pm on september 8th, 2021. I know what I need to do and now, you ignite the embers that were growing cold and stoked the flames that were dormant inside me. Thank you for this gift, Thrice. Thank you.

    @andrewgotlost@andrewgotlost2 жыл бұрын
    • Very beautiful & thanks for sharing. Nothing surprises me anymore. I feel it as well man.

      @jimmyjames7s@jimmyjames7s2 жыл бұрын
    • ♥️ I feel you on all of this so-called life

      @girratono@girratono2 жыл бұрын
    • Speakin’ truth

      @JB-ze3sz@JB-ze3sz2 жыл бұрын
    • Every time i see another broken soul in this broken world, it makes me want to change it even more, i want to change it and make everyone's dreams come true.. i want us to be part of the nature we are made of, want this life to have amazing adventures and meaninfullness for everyone... not the world slowly dying around us. No matter how i word this, it sounds hollow, but it is a daydream of mine.. depression shouldn't be something what we feel daily, it should be an exception. We are no machines. Try to focus on what you reached, look back and forgive yourself, because you always gave your best and you always chose the way which seemed best at the time. Your past self would not be sad about what you did instead of having those adventures, instead it would be proud of who you are today despite everything that happened and took your motivation and clear vision,... it is never too late, everyone has a meaning, even when it is just to have the right mindset. All those bad times will make the good times shine even brighter, they are yet to come. The spark which you feel is real. I have this spark and my past inside me as well, and after forgiving myself, the monotony faded, the meaninglessness faded, the grey world got a little bit colourful. And i see possibilities where there was hopelessness before. No one despite you yourself tells you what you have to do and how you treat yourself. Look at what you accomplished lately, with your own hands.. always keep the circumstances in mind, you, we all, we always give our best. I wish you the best. - Infy

      @Infy6444@Infy64442 жыл бұрын
    • Don't worry about anything. Just live for you. It scares the hell out of you, It did for me. You will be happier for it. Just live and keep going. Life is not perfect and it never will be. All any of us can do is keep living to the best possible way we can. Keep going! Live well!

      @shawnford2607@shawnford26072 жыл бұрын
  • First time hearing this band and jesus this dudes voice is amazing. It's like smokey and painful.

    @hansolo5206@hansolo52067 жыл бұрын
    • yeah, his voice changed a lot. This band's been around forever, you won't recognize the vocalist in their songs from 10 years ago, it's like 2 different people. Check out "red sky" by them

      @eludereluded@eludereluded7 жыл бұрын
    • alright cool.

      @hansolo5206@hansolo52067 жыл бұрын
    • Unless they do that in the live versions too, because he sounds pretty much the same live. =)

      @erethesun@erethesun7 жыл бұрын
    • he sounds like kurt cobain

      @TakeMeBackTo1986@TakeMeBackTo19867 жыл бұрын
    • listen to the acoustic ver.!!

      @keriadams4663@keriadams46637 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you to the random guy in the optometrist's waiting room who recommended this to me.

    @wack6169@wack61695 жыл бұрын
    • Their radio studio acoustic version is awesome too ..

      @dibsjukeboxnirvanaplusrest6299@dibsjukeboxnirvanaplusrest62994 жыл бұрын
    • You're welcome

      @sktboarddyl22@sktboarddyl224 жыл бұрын
    • Aw I love dat

      @elizabethmadeline8318@elizabethmadeline83184 жыл бұрын
    • good find. if that's considered a find.

      @nachosNipples@nachosNipples4 жыл бұрын
    • Anonymous Addict just became the 666th person to like your comment.

      @sirgalah4d20@sirgalah4d204 жыл бұрын
  • Every time I come back to this song, the energy just blows my mind. I must have watched this like 50 times. It hasn't lost any of its appeal at all. Just makes me want to watch and listen more. Just brilliant.

    @chetthehoss@chetthehoss2 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/iN2NfN6NeXawjJE/bejne.html u gotta hear this!!! :) :) !!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42072 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/iN2NfN6NeXawjJE/bejne.html U gotta hear this !!!!!!!!!

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez72312 жыл бұрын
    • I just found out Scott Vance passed away last year. He's on 1:07

      @gabrielbevis1961@gabrielbevis1961 Жыл бұрын
    • Absolutely agree. There is something magic about this song, it's almost spooky. A few years ago when I was going through some emotional stuff I used to listen to this song, and I don't consciously listen to lyrics in general, but my subconscious must, because I kept listening to it and it brings out something deep and emotional for me. There's a spiritual aspect to music as well, some of it can be so powerful..

      @_EightySix@_EightySix Жыл бұрын
    • Yes it’s crazy !! I haven’t heard this song in over a year. Then it came on my Spotify and I had to play it 100xs

      @josephdooo3139@josephdooo31397 ай бұрын
  • LYRICS: I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees 'cause I I want honey on my table I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees 'cause I I want honey on my table But I never get it right No, I never get it right I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees I can't understand why they're stingin' me But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need I'll rip and smash through the hornet's nest Do you understand I deserve the best? And I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I got what I need I try to stick this pin through a butterfly 'cause I I like all the pretty colors But it just fell apart, so I flung it in the fire To burn with all the others 'Cause I never get it right No, I never get it right I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees I can't understand why they're stingin' me But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I got what I need I'll rip and smash through the hornet's nest Do you understand I deserve the best? 'Til you do what I want, I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need And this time, I'll get it right This time, I'll get it right It's gonna be this time, I'll get it right God, let it be this time, I get it right So I'm cuttin' that branch off the cherry tree Singin' this will be my victory Then I See them comin' after me And they're followin' me across the sea And now they're stingin' my friends and my family And I I don't know why this is happening But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I got what I need I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees 'cause I I want honey on my table

    @Alex_OMalley@Alex_OMalley Жыл бұрын
    • … Thrice is beyond the best !!! But you need to listen to Whispering Wolf 🐺 by SLT right NOW!!! You’re missing out 🤘-//- !!! :)

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks!

      @colinhill5366@colinhill5366 Жыл бұрын
    • I didn't know that these were the lyrics. How profound.

      @phismp731@phismp7312 ай бұрын
  • The angry old man driving and yelling the lyrics is me whenever this song comes on the radio.

    @danielpohl2014@danielpohl20144 жыл бұрын
    • SAME

      @taylorgarton6983@taylorgarton69834 жыл бұрын
    • How dare you make me laugh during sad and meaningful time! Just take your thumbs up and go. Pft.

      @BunniLovePickle@BunniLovePickle3 жыл бұрын
    • Because I do what I want, I do what I please, And I’ll do it again till I get what I need.

      @danielpohl2014@danielpohl20143 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html You gotta hear this!!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • imagine someone lip-syncing it like the kid

      @trentonmoonias239@trentonmoonias2393 жыл бұрын
  • Black Honey is the song that made me a fan of Thrice. Great, gritty vocals and cool melody.

    @BlackArroToons@BlackArroToons4 жыл бұрын
    • I’m into gritty vocals and cool melodies, if you have any recommendations let me know

      @LuisLopez-jz6wi@LuisLopez-jz6wi4 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html U gotta hear this !..!..!..!..!..!..!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • Same, I heard hurricane first though and went looking for them

      @Tiffaloni@Tiffaloni3 жыл бұрын
    • Their new record just dropped. The opening track, 'Colour of the Sky' is incredible.

      @normang3668@normang36682 жыл бұрын
    • @@normang3668 Yes, very cool, thanks Norman.

      @BlackArroToons@BlackArroToons2 жыл бұрын
  • Talk About Discovering A Song Late, Yet Pleased You Discovered It All.

    @unplayedpiano7039@unplayedpiano70392 жыл бұрын
    • now you've got quite the discography to dig through :D I would suggest Beggars and The Alchemy Index

      @logang7982@logang79822 жыл бұрын
  • My dad is 68 this year....I still see his face looking at me screaming just like the dad in the video, nearly 30 years later. Be careful with how people will remember you.

    @codyrichardson1676@codyrichardson1676 Жыл бұрын
    • Your dad screamed at you like that so you would understand the sacrifices and pain a man endures to feed and take care of his family, your probably a spoiled ass adult just like you probably were as a kid

      @jforrester9282@jforrester9282 Жыл бұрын
    • @@jforrester9282 you probably attack others on KZhead comments because you have poor self esteem. I imagine you beat your poor family.

      @codyrichardson1676@codyrichardson1676 Жыл бұрын
    • I’m sure he did some good things for you as well. He did raise you after all. I’m not trying to lecture you. I’m working on forgiving my dad for the energy he spent making me feel bad for the energy he wasted on me. I’m trying to forgive myself for the times I have wasted my energy hurting others and myself over the energy I’ve wasted complaining about the energy I’ve lost. Sometimes we get it right. Sometimes the life we put into the world is enough.

      @chootloo7970@chootloo79704 ай бұрын
    • I can relate to the both of you it's hard I know you want love but got something totally different . I wanted the approval . My father was a very violent man & still is some things you can't change 😢😢😢 no matter how hard you try. It's not our fault how things ended . Still I kmow it hurts I know from experience to . Just don't repeat thier mistakes.

      @cindymaxa942@cindymaxa9424 ай бұрын
  • Extremely powerful. Each person driving the car, represents a different person in power, driving the next generation towards the same outcome, and not learning the lesson. Hence the line "can't understand why they're stinging me". The kids going through the field, led to make the same wrong decision as the rest, because "this time we'll get it right, gotta let it be this time.. Get it right!". Love this song, and powerful video.

    @Relusion1388@Relusion13884 жыл бұрын
    • I honestly like your interpretation of the video, love the song and watched the video a couple times to try and figure out the correlation be the lyrics and the video, i like yours synapses. feel it fits very well

      @rowensetchell8119@rowensetchell81192 жыл бұрын
    • ⚜️

      @hubertbarrett3934@hubertbarrett39342 жыл бұрын
    • It's hard to learn to be diffrent when all your ever exposed to is the same thing. Not saying you cant be diffrent but of something is learned and passed down through generations usually change happens because of an external source. My wife likes to call them generational curses. Where the mistakes of our grand parents were passed to our parents and so forth. My father was abusive physically and verbally. My mother was dysfunctional and I grew up with trust issues insecurities and a mean vile temper. When I was younger I was on the path of ending up dead or on prison. God put my wife in my life and two beautiful children who gave me a purpose. My wife has so much patience and I swear she was the gun and I was the ammo and I constantly gave her reasons to shoot me. But she never pulled the trigger. She proved to me things can be diffrent and after 22 years we are still together. My son is grown employed no kids never been to jail. Blessed my daughter is my mini version of me. And she reminds me to keep an open mind in life. Sorry good music makes you think reflect feel.

      @Republican_Extremest@Republican_Extremest Жыл бұрын
    • Art is beautiful , but the interpretations of the art is what is more beautiful...

      @sailorjerry7070@sailorjerry7070 Жыл бұрын
    • Holy shit. THatcomment of yours just made me see the video in such a new way. Much obliged @Relusion1388 Even if it's two years later.

      @tinusjoubert3026@tinusjoubert3026 Жыл бұрын
  • It's 2020 and this is still one of the best songs of all time.

    @stalkercrf@stalkercrf4 жыл бұрын
    • one of the best bands with the best discography of all time

      @Fromagreatheight@Fromagreatheight4 жыл бұрын
    • Lol. No.

      @happyfuntime7098@happyfuntime70984 жыл бұрын
    • @@happyfuntime7098 This is shit i have to agree with you. Like real bad.

      @rhys896@rhys8964 жыл бұрын
    • And one of the least understandable music videos

      @dustisbored2328@dustisbored23284 жыл бұрын
    • @@rhys896 the song is good but the video is pretty bad

      @dustisbored2328@dustisbored23284 жыл бұрын
  • This song shows the timeless genius that Thrice has been able access over the past decades. The gut-wrenching honesty, and unflinching incisiveness calls for all to look at the root and effects of our toxic habits, unresolved trauma, and most damning of all; deceit of self.

    @anthonyscott8285@anthonyscott8285 Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Seen\Unseen” by SLT 🎸🎧🤘

      @beezybeez6285@beezybeez6285 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you for pointing that out! I missed that the first time I watched it several years ago. Rewatching it today I realized the people in the car can represent the people through generations who passed down t he trauma and toxic behaviors they learned to the generations after him. And how the guy in the hat "cuts the branch from the cherry tree" by facing those childhood traumas in the orchard, by acknowledging them and making the choice to do *better*.

      @Aahzsome@Aahzsome3 ай бұрын
    • @Aahzsome I always took this as an incredibly subversive political song. Mainly about the US involvement overseas and how we never get it right and it comes back to bite us in the ass. But I love how music speaks to people in different ways and there's an interpretation I'd never even considered. Cheers!

      @CrankyOldDave@CrankyOldDave2 ай бұрын
    • @@CrankyOldDave Yeah, it was pointed out to me more recently that it is, in fact a very pointed song about USA in conflict in the Middle East. I don't think the two are opposites though. Similar to generational trauma in a family expressing itself through abuse (sometimes differently, sometimes in the way), so too does the US keep meddling overseas! Like each generation of policy makers failing to learn from the ones before them, convinced that 'this time they'll get it right', similar to the way each generation in a family with a history of abuse may tell themselves 'this time I'll get it right' about disciplining their children or being a good partner to a spouse, etc, except they might not realize they need extra help to really avoid falling into the same tar pit.

      @Aahzsome@AahzsomeАй бұрын
  • This song captures human nature in a bottle, absolutely brilliant.

    @vyndaio@vyndaio2 жыл бұрын
    • I think they're referring more specifically to the US/West's imperialism abroad. You can hear these themes in other tracks to 'Death From Above', 'Cold Cash and Cold Hearts', and their more recent track 'Buried in the Sun', which literally opens with the lines: "I saw the fire on the television. The DOD or the CIA. If we're the cops then the world's our prison. 2, 4, 6, 8 USA!"

      @grady7420@grady7420 Жыл бұрын
    • Thrice is beyond the best !!! But you need to listen to Whispering Wolf 🐺 by SLT right NOW!!! You’re missing out 🤘

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
    • @@grady7420 The US/West has done nothing that wasn't done by someone else first, the world over. We just do it on a grander scale than our ancestors ever imagined possible. The first "modern" humans left Africa and they moved North, and colonised the world, stealing land from the Neanderthals. That's why Europeans have about 3% Neanderthal DNA, which decreases to 0% by the time you reach as far South as Sub-Saharan Africa.

      @fredmercury1314@fredmercury1314 Жыл бұрын
    • @@grady7420the beautiful thing about music is individual interpretation. My meaning is much different than the writers, which is different from the next guy.

      @Tiffaloni@Tiffaloni Жыл бұрын
    • What kind of car is in the video?

      @crystalclark3037@crystalclark3037 Жыл бұрын
  • For those looking for the bands meaning in the song: “Black Honey was built from one of the first ideas we started jamming on when we got back together to write this record,” vocalist Dustin Kensrue told NPR who premiered the track last night. “Lyrically the song spawned from an image that popped into my head; someone continually swatting at a swarm of bees to get their honey, but somehow not understanding why they would sting back in return. It seemed a fitting metaphor for much of U.S. foreign policy.”

    @kengirard9726@kengirard97265 жыл бұрын
    • interesting, I extrapolated the oil idea from the title and drew the conclusion of middle east interference to maintain hegemony over oil pricing and contracts. thanks for posting

      @madirishman007@madirishman0075 жыл бұрын
    • Bad ass!

      @kennypenzien5383@kennypenzien53835 жыл бұрын
    • Agree but means more for shep and goats...and g.. Mafia of entertainment.....mason and Pharisees will fall..depends which side you land on...faith hope love or choose a fallen arch named luis...will c kid...great song nevertheless

      @csevenb9c767@csevenb9c7675 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for ruining one of my favorite songs right now. It could have meant battling any painful, seemingly overwhelming situation trying to get a sweet ending but you want to go with politics? Foreign relations? That's disappointing.

      @terrieoneal7322@terrieoneal73225 жыл бұрын
    • @@terrieoneal7322 Music means whatever you want it to. Even if a song is meant to mean one thing, but strikes an emotion in you toward something different, the songs original meaning is irrelevant. The overall purpose in music is to speak to you, and if it was your favorite song, don't abandon your feelings because somebody else heard it differently.

      @Muffineater666@Muffineater6665 жыл бұрын
  • To me this song is the definition of addiction. Doing the same thing over and over... thinking this time will be different... and then not understanding why everyone around you is getting “stung” so you just keep doing that cycle of addiction. It’s very sad but there is help. You don’t have to keep doing this. 💚💜

    @andreasanguinet6900@andreasanguinet69004 жыл бұрын
    • that s what I got from it too,perfect example of it

      @rachel8769@rachel87693 жыл бұрын
    • Or the swatted gets stung from doing the same shit over and over

      @Tiffaloni@Tiffaloni3 жыл бұрын
    • Songs about how people hurt others to get what they want, and then don't seem to understand when the ones they hurt retaliate. Like you piss off bees to get their honey and then you complain when they sting you. You want a beautiful butterfly to display but in the process of framing it, you kill it. You act like a child, getting what you want through destructive force and not understanding the consequence. More specifically, the song was about USA foreign policy. Black honey is oil. The USA invades and meddles in the middle east and around the world then doesn't understand why we get attacked or why we are hated. The most obvious line is, "They're following me across the sea and stinging my friends and my family". Basically referring to how we meddled in other countries to get "black honey" or whatever we wanted and then they attacked our friends and family i.e. 9/11.

      @Zvn1c@Zvn1c3 жыл бұрын
    • people wrapped up in their own feelings lmao

      @360.Tapestry@360.Tapestry3 жыл бұрын
    • That's the beauty of music, regardless of what the original artist meant by their lyrics you still get your own personal perspective. I just love how music helps you come to certain realizations, puts your thoughts into words when you couldnt and slowly but surely things finally start coming to light, seemingly out of nowhere. I am so thankful for music, without it I never would've grown to be the man that I am today. Much love and God bless!!

      @Noelsterrr@Noelsterrr3 жыл бұрын
  • To me this song is about the vicious cycle of self-gratification of an individual making the same mistake(s) repeatedly and not having the presence/peace of mind to change their course of action, or seek treatment. Ultimately, their sins and infallibility will causally and negatively affect their loved ones - whether it be spouses, siblings, or more commonly, their offspring. Pathological selfishness can be very detrimental to those exposed to it, on so many levels.

    @aivisionart@aivisionart Жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, more specifically about the US aggressively pressing other countries for oil over and over again, resulting in terrorist attacks or other aggressive retaliation, before the US does it again, with the name of the song being a pretty heavy handed reference to oil

      @leanderbrandle2476@leanderbrandle24763 ай бұрын
  • The first time I listened to this song, not catching all the lyrics, it resonated with me. Swinging my hand through a swarm of bees even though it'll hurt me, over and over again, because I deserve "the best" or, in the very least, better. That, to me, represented retaliation against mistreatment, knowing that it'll get you hurt in the end, because you love yourself and you know you deserve better. You won't stop fighting for better. And then, upon reading the lyrics in full, it almost reads like the opposite perspective. This person is childish and destructive, and they harm people for something that they feel they need (luxury, control, "honey") but they have no tact. They fucked up the bees' nest. And yet they don't understand why the bees retaliate because they're apathetic. They haven't thought about the bees, and frankly, care more for themselves than what they're destroying. Their untreated narcissism has affected innocent creatures and then ultimately their family and friends. People they love. One commenter pointed out the interpretation that this song is about the USA's relationship with the Middle East. "Black honey" is oil, and people are too blinded by nationalism to figure out why there's retaliation. What adds to that interpretation is the video, where a young boy is told this story over and over, angrily, by people much older than him. An angry old man, a father maybe, a blonde woman. They teach him this nationalism so repetitively and so matter-of-factly that he begins repeating it himself. It mirrors experiences a lot of young people have had, where their older relatives tell them what to believe. That's scary. All that being said, I'm not from the US and can't really comment further on that interpretation of this song

    @Andrew-eb3xs@Andrew-eb3xs2 жыл бұрын
    • I truly admire and respect your take on this song's underlying themes and presentation! Personally, as a Christian, I always took this to be a retelling of the story of Samson, ancient Israel's worst judge (and, as my youth pastor put, "the life well wasted"). He was chosen by God before he was even born to be a Judge of Israel (which, in terms of biblical narrative and Mosaic law) meant that you were among one of the most revered individuals in the country. You were responsible for the preservation of God's text, and handing out righteous and authoritative justice on the people who revered God. He was also the guy who, at every opportunity, screwed it all up. He married a woman from a culture that didn't revere the God of the Israelites, and during his wedding feast, gambled away the clothes of 300 men; only to turn around and burn their houses to the ground by tying torches to the tails of foxes and letting them loose. He then broke one of God's laws that he was taught to protect by eating honey from the stomach of a lion he had killed a few days ago (which, the titular Black Honey may be referring to - honeycomb stained with coagulated blood). He murdered an entire battalion of men with the jawbone of a donkey just because he knew he had the physical strength to do so, with complete disregard for the political consequences of killing the soldiers of a neighboring hostile empire. Next, as my youth pastor put it, he was so bad at his job as a judge of Israel that the author of the Book of Judges was instructed by God to not jot anything down from the time of the slaughter to the time Samson met Delilah! And of course, most familiar with this Bible story knows where it goes from there - Samson (presumably) slept around with Delilah, was wooed by her into giving up the secrets to his colossal strength, and was then shaved and blinded (which I think is what the singer is mirroring during the bridge of the song - his helplessness and vulnerability, FINALLY turning his blinded eyes to the Lord for what seems like the first time in ages). .....Only for his ego to once again strike as he brings down the temple the heathenous Philistines had built with his bare hands using strength he never thanked God for, and dying in the process, leaving the era of the Judges of Israel at an unfulfilled end prior to the time of Ruth, King David, King Solomon, and the Babylonian exile - hence why the song ends so unfulfillingly, with the singer sounding as though he has ultimately learned nothing from where he started; sounding weaker, but nonetheless prideful and selfish. At least, that's just what I get from this song. :)

      @The1WithoutFear@The1WithoutFear6 ай бұрын
    • i learned early on it had to do with feelings a vet might have but to me it always meant addiction. through my battle i heard this song multiple times. probably has no similarity but i hear it still none the less.

      @jakewilferd6093@jakewilferd60936 ай бұрын
    • @@The1WithoutFear I like the interpretation, I also invite a deeper look into it in terms of theology and ethical philosophy This man blinded by pride was destructive in the name of his god, and each time he was, this was illustrated as something that he'd done wrong. It makes sense to me that a loving God, as god is, has no desire to see suffering in his name. To bring down a temple, a feat of strength as unnecessary as it is ridiculous

      @Andrew-eb3xs@Andrew-eb3xs6 ай бұрын
    • So many parallels to the situation in Palestine.

      @adayinforever@adayinforever5 ай бұрын
    • This is exactly what I just thought, listening to this song again. Thank you for speaking out my thoughts.

      @mvb_music@mvb_music5 ай бұрын
  • Still think this is one of the more profound pieces of music I've heard for the last four years.

    @AlphaBravoDingo@AlphaBravoDingo3 жыл бұрын
    • It's certianly better than most of the drivel that has come out since the last 2000's that's for sure.

      @chrisjackson1215@chrisjackson12152 жыл бұрын
    • exactly!!

      @dontwnnagrowup13@dontwnnagrowup13 Жыл бұрын
    • Profound is an extreme exaggeration. It's very straight forward with the lyrical message and it"s been confirmed by Thrice that it's about American interventionalism.

      @Mattress1996@Mattress199611 ай бұрын
    • @@Mattress1996 Eh, the metaphor and writing is sharp and the delivery is blunt in a way which enhances rather than detracts from the delivery and the emotions it evokes. Profound and straight forward aren't oppositional so I don't see how the ease of comprehension is evidence for the description being an "extreme exaggeration".

      @spellbound1875@spellbound187511 ай бұрын
  • Glad to see the alien kid from System of a Down's -Aerials hasn't aged a minute.

    @sallymcfield2888@sallymcfield28884 жыл бұрын
    • yikes

      @chairarms@chairarms4 жыл бұрын
    • Holy shit

      @deathbynas@deathbynas4 жыл бұрын
    • Dude i was watching the other music video thrice has him in and i thought the same exact thing

      @RogerRabbitt@RogerRabbitt4 жыл бұрын
    • first heard both songs on the same rock station. 89x

      @nooffencebut-7872@nooffencebut-78724 жыл бұрын
    • I was just thinking this haha

      @poptartevil2433@poptartevil24334 жыл бұрын
  • Saw them live for the first time. My teen favourite band. Thankyou for making me feel like 17 year old again. I missed me. Thank you music. Thank you Thrice!

    @magnificentsteiner6061@magnificentsteiner60612 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🎶🤘🐺

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez4207Ай бұрын
  • This hit right to the middle of my chest!! Growing up with a narcissist mother and then marrying a narcissist husband I feel every bit of that kids pain. A narcissist doesn’t give 2 shits about your happiness, it’s all about them. Much love to all of those recovering from ever being in this type of relationship ❤️

    @reginarepp3639@reginarepp36392 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html Gotta hear this !!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42072 жыл бұрын
    • Damn this hit me hard

      @Stterling21@Stterling21 Жыл бұрын
    • @@C61Wolf what an amazing story thank you for sharing ❤️💚

      @reginarepp3639@reginarepp363911 ай бұрын
    • @@C61Wolf i became a single mom something I said I never wanted to be. I have 2 grown children I’m so proud!! I’m so very sorry about the loss of your son, I can’t imagine that kind of pain.

      @reginarepp3639@reginarepp363911 ай бұрын
    • @@C61Wolf it’s horrible how broken the system is 💔

      @reginarepp3639@reginarepp363911 ай бұрын
  • That voice of Dustin O____O This is the best day of the year.

    @keevanski@keevanski8 жыл бұрын
    • +Alejandrito Quezada Que te doy Alejandrito! xDDD Pero sí, con Thrice soy lo más fangirl que existe :DD

      @keevanski@keevanski8 жыл бұрын
    • This song is tough!

      @beneaththesound@beneaththesound8 жыл бұрын
    • +Keevanski Until may 27th when the album drops ;)

      @lolzalot44@lolzalot448 жыл бұрын
    • +Keevanski Its become so strong over the years its crazy

      @squatchmaster5000@squatchmaster50008 жыл бұрын
    • I liked thrice before. This album just put them in the love zone! His voice is so great!

      @AndreFosstvedt@AndreFosstvedt8 жыл бұрын
  • I'm so glad I finally found this band. I caught this song on the radio about a month ago. never heard the band name or song title.... I just stumbled on it by random here on KZhead! Hell Yea!!!!

    @connorjinkins4049@connorjinkins40497 жыл бұрын
    • Bro you've missed a lot. But catch up ,it's worth it.

      @michaelflores6772@michaelflores67727 жыл бұрын
    • Same here - like how have I never heard of them before? Been catching up on their stuff and I'm hooked

      @tracymillerphotography7049@tracymillerphotography70497 жыл бұрын
    • Connor Jinkins check out alchemy index double album

      @youronlytruth@youronlytruth7 жыл бұрын
    • The Alchemy Index is definitely one of my favorite albums. Hands down a work of art.

      @Fromagreatheight@Fromagreatheight7 жыл бұрын
    • Hoping their shows will get them into some of their other music. I never thought about that, how many people are gonna go to their show for black honey? This band is one of the best bands and hopefully people are receptive enough to realize something special other than something that reminded them of their hard rock favorites.

      @Fromagreatheight@Fromagreatheight7 жыл бұрын
  • 2024 and still listening?😎 leave a Like❤️😊

    @GlizzyNinja@GlizzyNinja3 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf “ or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🔥🐺🤘

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42072 ай бұрын
    • @@beezybeez4207 - you've typed that on so many comments that I will now never listen to SLT as long as I live.

      @JohnnyWednesday@JohnnyWednesdayАй бұрын
    • @@JohnnyWednesday thx for listening 🤘🙏

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez4207Ай бұрын
    • If it's great music you're damn sure I'm listening

      @DavidOliveira-gy2dg@DavidOliveira-gy2dgАй бұрын
  • I was introduced to Thrice via The Artist in the Ambulance back when I was a kid getting my EMT in ‘05 & paramedic in ‘07. They’ve had a permanent spot on my playlists since. So underrated.

    @medic0213@medic0213Ай бұрын
  • Love this song, it sounds like it should have came out in the 90s, which was my fave generation for music.

    @richieherlinger4545@richieherlinger45457 жыл бұрын
    • The 90s were the best. No doubt about that. Lots of memories!!!

      @tysonnguyen4136@tysonnguyen41367 жыл бұрын
    • yes for sure 90s forever man

      @matthewtrahan3431@matthewtrahan34317 жыл бұрын
    • I went to college from 92-96. Best years ever for live shows. $5 for Green Day. I want to see these guys and Highly Suspect. So does my 12 year old. Life is good.

      @eautiger@eautiger7 жыл бұрын
    • Richie Herlinger Those were damn good times all around! People actually talked to each other face to face instead of being glued to a fucking phone!

      @dustinjohnson6351@dustinjohnson63517 жыл бұрын
    • dustin i so agree i've been bitching about the phone thing for years as well as online dating that's why i love going to shows you make concert friends that are cool as shit. then they bitch that kids are getting fat so i say do what i do make them do other things besides sitting on their butts playing games lol people have gotten ridiculous these days and this politically correct shit is annoying too i'm indian not native american my people were here looooong before it was called america just saying lol

      @minimaggotsic@minimaggotsic7 жыл бұрын
  • I honestly think this should be one of the best rock songs this year. Absolutely incredible.

    @jmccann482@jmccann4828 жыл бұрын
    • They play it a ton on SiriusXM Octane.

      @radicalraz@radicalraz8 жыл бұрын
    • +Raz Fiasco literally why I am here. Off a free trial of it as well. What are your thoughts on subscribing?

      @everadept@everadept7 жыл бұрын
    • +everadept I love it; I recommend just getting the 'Mostly Music' plan. it comes out to something like $12.57/mo. I went to BestBuy and got the Sirius radio kit with the docking boombox for $120 or so. I highly recommend the boombox if you want to listen to music in your home like I do.

      @radicalraz@radicalraz7 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for the info.

      @everadept@everadept7 жыл бұрын
    • I think this is the best.

      @ThePlatinumsquirrel@ThePlatinumsquirrel7 жыл бұрын
  • When i first heard this song on the radio i didn't really pay too much attention but thought it was kinda stupid but had a cool track. It wasn't until i read the lyrics along with it that i was blown away. How utterly profound.

    @phismp731@phismp7312 ай бұрын
  • The way my jaw hit the floor after the first 3 seconds...as my memory recalled every friggin last lyric being stuck so deep and plated inside my brain....i forgot about this song entirely until 2 mins ago. I love music.

    @xpewxpewx1771@xpewxpewx1771 Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you just hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave Acoustic” by SLT 🐺🌊🤘

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez420711 ай бұрын
  • I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees cause I I want honey on my table I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees cause I I want honey on my table But I never get it right No, I never get it right I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees I can't understand why they're stingin' me But I'll do what I want I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need I'll rip and smash through the hornet's nest Do you understand I deserve the best? 'Til you do what I want I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need I try to stick this pin through a butterfly cause I I like all the pretty colors It just fell apart, so I flung it in the fire To burn with all the others Cause I never get it right No, I never get it right I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees I can't understand why they're stinging me But I'll do what I want I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need I'll rip and smash through the hornet's nest Do you understand I deserve the best? 'Til you do what I want I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need This time, I'll get it right This time, I'll get it right It's gonna be this time I'll get it right God, let it be this time I get it right So I'm cuttin' that branch off the cherry tree Singin' this will be my victory Then I See them comin' after me And they're followin me across the sea And now they're stingin my friends and my family And I Don't know why this is happening But I'll do what I want I'll do what I please I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need I keep swingin' my hand through a swarm of bees cause I I want honey on my table.

    @dari4922@dari49224 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html You gotta hear this!!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • these lyrics are wrong

      @morgruff@morgruff Жыл бұрын
  • Thrice is possibly the most underrated band of these last two decades! Their body of work is deep and their sound has changed many times but always for the best. Though, I still listen to Artist In The Ambulance and get chills every time. I’m just extremely appreciative that this band exists. The Alchemy Index meant more to me than just about any piece of music I’ve ever heard. Connection on a spiritual level... At this point in my adulthood, I heavily relate to Beggars and this new album as well lyrically. This song in particular. If this is your first time hearing Thrice, PLEASE go back into their catalog! You’ll thank me later.

    @buddhasmokesbuddha3077@buddhasmokesbuddha30774 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/fJuOmtCqn4xraok/bejne.html A must hear! :)

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you!

      @joewhite2822@joewhite2822 Жыл бұрын
    • , Have you listened to Jester by badflower it's really powerful also

      @racheldurham2146@racheldurham2146 Жыл бұрын
    • Top play in Phoenix.always welcome awaited.yep.

      @Paul-eb4mb@Paul-eb4mb Жыл бұрын
    • People who like this version of Thrice might not like Artist in the Ambulance or Illusion of Safety, but I listened to those albums nonstop when I was in college. Metalcore Thrice is best Thrice.

      @B3Band@B3Band Жыл бұрын
  • I found this song by accident (think it was suggested by Spotify) and I was totally blown away by it. It completely hooked me and I absolutely love it. His voice is so gritty. Amazing.

    @anjizetland-von-kiesel3346@anjizetland-von-kiesel33462 жыл бұрын
    • Check out Ghost by Clutch. The gritty voice gets me. Blacktop by Colton Wall, different genre but amazing rasp. We need more music and less television in our lives in my humble opinion.

      @mateosmind751@mateosmind7512 жыл бұрын
    • @ Mateos Mind Just listened to your suggestion and I totally get it! So many underrated bands around. And yes, I wouldn't care if I never watched TV again!! It's total crap.

      @anjizetland-von-kiesel3346@anjizetland-von-kiesel33462 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @clonecommanderrex8542@clonecommanderrex85422 жыл бұрын
    • Promises is another good one they've got.

      @karynmaddox9397@karynmaddox9397 Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🐺🤘

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
  • I'm begging you if this song makes you sad PLEASE STOP

    @nullstar6604@nullstar66047 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🐺🎶🔥🎶🐺

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42075 ай бұрын
  • This song never gets old. I can listen to it every day and still love it as much as I did when I first heard it years ago.

    @dinosaursinloveeee@dinosaursinloveeee4 жыл бұрын
  • Perfect song to train to.

    @glasspretender@glasspretender7 жыл бұрын
    • Caleb Trevino I like Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name for training, especially when your hitting the slump and that tune comes on.

      @iaincowell9747@iaincowell97477 жыл бұрын
    • Caleb Trevino machinehead

      @bigmoney4635@bigmoney46357 жыл бұрын
    • Civalry hell yeah. thats😎👍👍

      @AngelHeart555@AngelHeart5556 жыл бұрын
  • 2023 and still listening to this like it’s my first time .. definitely hits something in the human soul

    @codykeefer6700@codykeefer6700 Жыл бұрын
    • Same. Its that first line. Love it.

      @EuphoricNightmare@EuphoricNightmare Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
    • Reminds me of my life as a heroin addict. Doing the same shit over and over again despite all the “bees stinging me” which to me means trouble with the law, ruined relationships, ruined health, pretty much leaving a wake of destruction everywhere I go, and bringing everyone around me down with me just to satisfy my selfish needs.

      @artvandelay48@artvandelay48 Жыл бұрын
    • Agreed. Try out To whom it may / The great Filter. Perhaps you like it as well

      @McDafty@McDafty5 ай бұрын
  • I remember my dad showing me this song, I'm literally the girl version of my dad he raised me on the best music ever God does this make me miss the times we had together

    @ZoeCienkowski-zg7mn@ZoeCienkowski-zg7mnАй бұрын
  • Digging that little 1965 Chevy ll Wagon. lol

    @URBANHILLBILLYVIDEOS@URBANHILLBILLYVIDEOS4 жыл бұрын
    • Same here....I have weakness for 2 things....blondes and wagons....🤣🤣

      @Mr88hatch@Mr88hatch4 жыл бұрын
    • Maybe a black wagon with flames and smiley face on top of it? This is a great song... long live the Tydo wagon!

      @EXCESSIVENOISETIRES@EXCESSIVENOISETIRES3 жыл бұрын
    • mikead24 kzhead.info/sun/l6qihsiJiJ58pHA/bejne.html

      @EXCESSIVENOISETIRES@EXCESSIVENOISETIRES3 жыл бұрын
    • Everyone is

      @michaelviardable@michaelviardable3 жыл бұрын
    • . i P1

      @malachihannah@malachihannah3 жыл бұрын
  • I love music like this. Even though the songwriter had a specific interpretation of the lyrics in mind when they wrote it. There are so many ways to interpret it, to make it your own. For me the song is about my choices, my actions, how they affect everyone. Family, friends, people I just meet. How every time I try to get it right, I am still "swinging my hands through a swarm of bees". That as humans we will always do what we want, do what we please, and we will do it again till we got what we need. But maybe, just maybe. This time, we will get it right.

    @soullessdreamer7635@soullessdreamer76356 жыл бұрын
    • I turned 50 and the swarm showed up and Ive been swinging through the bees for a year now and the harder I try the faster it came apart Everything is gone the hardest and to be clear life is the bees but the hardest was my wife of 25 years the worst fear the one person I could count on who said as long as we had each other left but I keep swinging that us how I took this fucking amazing song .the other that hits home ghost by bad flower .

      @davidj4673@davidj46735 жыл бұрын
    • i love you for this comment buddy :D feel the same dude

      @nicolasmaxheim8188@nicolasmaxheim81885 жыл бұрын
    • You and me I just need to stop trying to please other at my expense be it Monetary or emotionally it is the fault of my own to derive my happiness from the happiness of others so I jumped in my car I gassed it up $1,500 in my pocket and I'm road tripping no special destination I guess the destination would be to get my head right. Cuz at this moment would like to have the people buried up to their necks instead of swinging my hands for bees have you swing in a f****** Golf Club just never been this dark and f****** pissed off a people that were supposed to have loved me and I cared more about them than me now it's time to care about me and just get out of here she's cost me everything my house my family my job so she ain't going to get my car

      @davidj4673@davidj46735 жыл бұрын
    • Me too!!! This music is my life!!! The lyrics, the beat, everything is awesome!!!

      @Babydollwy87@Babydollwy875 жыл бұрын
    • @@davidj4673 well at least you had the guts to stand up for yourself.. whatever the situation is or was. Hopefully you will be able to get it right. Definitely

      @natashabenitez7650@natashabenitez76505 жыл бұрын
  • I love this song. I found it because I read an interview with Shaun Morgan from Seether in some magazine. He said when he first heard this song he had to pull his car over to listen and take it in because the song was perfection. I have to agree. Awesome. Intriguing video, too. Thank you!

    @floridanaturally@floridanaturally Жыл бұрын
    • Funny you said that because I was introduced to this song from Seether. They played it live when I saw them

      @EvolutionIX219@EvolutionIX219 Жыл бұрын
    • … Thrice is beyond the best !!! But you need to listen to Whispering Wolf 🐺 by SLT right NOW!!! You’re missing out 🤘!!! :) !!! …

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
    • @@EvolutionIX219 Oh, how cool! And lucky! I haven't seen them live yet. One of these days... (:

      @floridanaturally@floridanaturally Жыл бұрын
    • @@beezybeez7231 Lol. The urgency. Ok, ok. I gave it a listen. I like the way it builds. Love the guitars. Thanks for the rec.

      @floridanaturally@floridanaturally Жыл бұрын
    • @@floridanaturally thx for listening 🙏

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
  • Can’t believe this is already 5 years old, Thank God my brother had tons of Thrice in the 2000s I could headband to while doing homework in middle school. Always been up there in the top of bands for me.

    @Jitterzz@Jitterzz2 жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🐺🤘

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
  • At least part of it, i think, is about how we learn the habits of those who came before us. If you notice in the beginning the boy is just sitting there while the adults lecture him, and by the end of the ride hes saying the words in unison with them. I think the glowing eye bit is just supposed to symbolize that he is still innocent and is absorbing whats going on around him. When he finally leaves the car is right when Dustin is through singing "This time I'll get it right". I think this means he's out on his own. He walks past all of his elders as if to say they're in his past, he has their memory, but they are no longer directly influencing his decisions. The last scene is in a garden to me is symbolic that a choice must be made. Fruit is only ripe for a certain amount of time until it rots..it could also reference the garden of Eden. (ultimate choice was made) In the end he walks away without his shirt. I think this symbolizes that he chose to do things differently and is stripped of the baggage of those who came before him. Someone had said earlier they thought the song was about the US' pursuit of oil overseas. I could see that. Until we break the cycle we'll just keep experiencing the same things we have in the past.

    @trickboarder247@trickboarder2478 жыл бұрын
    • +Christopher Young I agree with you man, is something like this.

      @hooba8@hooba88 жыл бұрын
    • The branch with the oil-looking drops makes sense now!

      @sick_as_frick@sick_as_frick8 жыл бұрын
    • +Not Debby The stuff dripping from the lemon branch is Black Honey, it falls from certain trees but is most commonly found from the interior of certain bee hives. However I think the resemblance of it looking like Oil is no mistake.

      @blankface911@blankface9118 жыл бұрын
    • Blankface91 Ah, I should've figured with a title like that. Thanks for clearing that up! I also think it has to do with oil.

      @sick_as_frick@sick_as_frick8 жыл бұрын
    • +Christopher Young Nice analysis.

      @perpetualgrimace@perpetualgrimace8 жыл бұрын
  • Still the best song Thrice has ever produced. The lyrics are gorgeous and so accurate. How is it we still don't understand that we're hurting ourselves with our own actions?

    @MerrySidhe@MerrySidheАй бұрын
  • Glad that Seether was so impressed by this song so they covered it out of nowhere and help them to better success.

    @Keyc94@Keyc942 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html Gotta hear this !!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42072 жыл бұрын
    • Back the f****** up

      @onlyNtimE@onlyNtimE2 жыл бұрын
  • i love this song from the first time i heared.

    @martin_bei_nacht@martin_bei_nacht7 жыл бұрын
    • Same here.

      @nikolanowak5074@nikolanowak50747 жыл бұрын
    • me too awsome

      @hillarycollins7754@hillarycollins77547 жыл бұрын
    • Martin bei Nacht

      @carissastubbe1442@carissastubbe14427 жыл бұрын
    • Martin bei Nacht Same

      @kingcrab05@kingcrab057 жыл бұрын
    • Same bro

      @gamer-wm2eo@gamer-wm2eo6 жыл бұрын
  • I've loved Thrice since I was 13. I was so happy when I heard this song.

    @cdtmburton@cdtmburton7 жыл бұрын
    • Defttonesp

      @michaelgalle3285@michaelgalle32857 жыл бұрын
    • cdtmburton

      @chelseawhitehouse328@chelseawhitehouse3287 жыл бұрын
    • So two years ago.... lol

      @Bigbrotherthunder@Bigbrotherthunder6 жыл бұрын
  • I found you guys last year, 2023. Its on all my playlists. I make sure its io front so I hear it every time I listen. Thanx for the great tune. Love it.

    @JeffZaste-gy1ci@JeffZaste-gy1ciАй бұрын
  • My wife an-d myself were sick with "covid" and listened to this song a hundred times. My wife was sick of hearing it. I enjoyed.

    @davidrichardson9883@davidrichardson98838 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🎸🐺

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42078 ай бұрын
  • I'm getting that the black honey is our vices. It's so sweet we are willing to put ourselves and others through so much pain for that sweet taste of honey. We feed our flesh with the black honey and it slowly destroys us and pulls us in.

    @MatthewTrujillo@MatthewTrujillo8 жыл бұрын
    • I think it's about US involvement in the Middle East. Black honey = oil.

      @tomcornwall1360@tomcornwall13608 жыл бұрын
    • +Tom Cornwall I think that definitely makes the most sense - I don't know why he'd choose to write "and they're following me across the sea" unless they were trying to intentionally reference global conflict.

      @naadiaahsan4553@naadiaahsan45538 жыл бұрын
    • +Matthew Trujillo Black honey = oil. Not that hard lol.

      @georgebaggy@georgebaggy8 жыл бұрын
    • +georgebaggy haha maybe I read a little to much into this. 😂 that was my initial thought.

      @MatthewTrujillo@MatthewTrujillo8 жыл бұрын
    • It could be both, or neither. Dustin is a Christian, so it makes since if it's about a certain sin that he's trying to shake but is having a hard time since the temporary reward is so sweet.

      @Brokenhill42@Brokenhill428 жыл бұрын
  • I'm very happy to be here with you all

    @JonCofer@JonCofer8 жыл бұрын
    • +jccjproductions Me too, friend!

      @nexleveldota8947@nexleveldota89478 жыл бұрын
  • Been listening to Thrice since I was a teenager but this song is just beautiful. So powerful and relevant. ❤

    @nikkiwelday2697@nikkiwelday26974 күн бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🐺🤘

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231Күн бұрын
  • Thank you to the algorithm that played this song after every other song i actually wanted to listen to!

    @lyteskys1@lyteskys1Ай бұрын
  • These guys know how to work a metaphor like bosses. Lyrical genius

    @conniesewell5740@conniesewell57405 жыл бұрын
  • *All he wanted was some damn honey on his table*

    @pinkamenadianepie8609@pinkamenadianepie86093 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html You gotta hear this!!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • And a Pepsi, Is this what Mike has been up to?

      @nullwii@nullwii3 жыл бұрын
    • Idk why but this song kinda makes me feel the struggle with my son. Then I read your comment and shit cracked me the fuck up. Lol.

      @mikewest1488@mikewest14883 жыл бұрын
    • It wasn’t his to take.

      @northdakotasecurityforceii7328@northdakotasecurityforceii73283 жыл бұрын
    • Whyd I laugh so hard and out loud to this comment

      @LipBlake@LipBlake11 ай бұрын
  • I love how he keeps swinging. He knows it going to hurt, still haven't healed up since last time. But you gotta have that honey 🔥

    @user-wm3en6pb8e@user-wm3en6pb8e11 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🎼🔥

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez72319 ай бұрын
  • If you relate to this song its time to let go and let God bring love and light to your darkness. God Bless

    @jasonu.s.buffington2972@jasonu.s.buffington2972 Жыл бұрын
    • Yes!

      @eflow4786@eflow4786 Жыл бұрын
    • … Thrice is beyond the best !!! But you need to listen to Whispering Wolf 🐺 by SLT right NOW!!! You’re missing out 🤘!!! :) !!! :)

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
  • Dustin Kensrue explains, “Lyrically the song spawned from an image that popped into my head; someone continually swatting at a swarm of bees to get their honey, but somehow not understanding why they would sting back in return. It seemed a fitting metaphor for much of U.S. foreign policy.”

    @SindyJB@SindyJB8 жыл бұрын
    • thanks

      @SP-wk1en@SP-wk1en8 жыл бұрын
    • True. But that is NOT what the video is about.

      @BookerTease42@BookerTease428 жыл бұрын
    • Well then explain how it's NOT about foreign policy/oil.

      @binonuts@binonuts8 жыл бұрын
    • It may be about foreign policy, but it's a powerful song because it's also, maybe primarily, about the fundamental blindness of the greed in each one of us. Thrice makes powerful art because they always depict universal human emotions and struggles. This is not just a self-righteous blame-anthem, it is also a reminder that all of us as sinful individual human beings are responsible for the sins of our society.

      @zacharymeckley3390@zacharymeckley33908 жыл бұрын
    • +Zachary Meckley Its literally about a hooker he met named honey

      @matthewmelvin6349@matthewmelvin63497 жыл бұрын
  • ~I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees I can’t understand why they’re stinging me~ This sums up 2020

    @TheSquishiest1@TheSquishiest13 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html U gotta hear this :) :) :) :) :) :)

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • This guy. Is the shit. That is all.

      @jerrymuddtheracecardriver9097@jerrymuddtheracecardriver90973 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @AK-NERFER@AK-NERFER3 жыл бұрын
  • Including every genre I listen to, this is my absolute 100% no doubt favorite song. Can’t believe i slept on this for like 7 years lol I’m gonna be playing this on repeat. I’ve been a fan of Thrice since Artist in the Ambulance days. Some bands grow and change for the worse, Thrice is NOT that. And that rich soulful voice with tons of emotion in it. Absolute banger.

    @evan198719871987@evan1987198719873 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf “ or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🔥🐺🤘

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42072 ай бұрын
  • I love this song more than life - which is very easily done - although please consult a beekeeper as a matter of urgency.

    @JohnnyWednesday@JohnnyWednesdayАй бұрын
  • How the hell did I just find this song today? christ i got goose bumps

    @BlueBeaTLP@BlueBeaTLP4 жыл бұрын
  • I'm not an old school fan of Thrice, I don't claim to be. But this song writing is one of best I've heard in years.

    @polishmf@polishmf7 жыл бұрын
    • polishmf same

      @MrVandyVideos@MrVandyVideos6 жыл бұрын
  • 2023 and as an adult this song for me is a perfect description of every narcissist in my family. I've known this song since it came out.

    @endgameSyndicate@endgameSyndicate8 ай бұрын
  • JULY 10 2022 I still love this song. I play it constantly and Godspeed to you guys. Keep rockin

    @randomvideogameplayer@randomvideogameplayer Жыл бұрын
    • … Thrice is beyond the best !!! But you need to listen to Whispering Wolf 🐺 by SLT right NOW!!! You’re missing out 🤘!!! :) !!! :) !!! :) !!!

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
    • @@beezybeez7231 I'll check it out

      @randomvideogameplayer@randomvideogameplayer Жыл бұрын
    • @@randomvideogameplayer 🙏

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez7231 Жыл бұрын
  • I just heard this at money in the bank, i'm now hooked

    @beatingstuff88@beatingstuff887 жыл бұрын
    • Drink it in man, gift of the greatest band

      @Thebigredmachine22@Thebigredmachine227 жыл бұрын
    • same

      @Abalamski@Abalamski7 жыл бұрын
    • exactly that's where I heard it

      @nsdr3am473@nsdr3am4737 жыл бұрын
    • Same that was a heck of a way to package that match. Fantastic.

      @BoomstarPrime@BoomstarPrime7 жыл бұрын
    • Same bro now it's time to put it on my iPod great song

      @ThePottsy1993@ThePottsy19937 жыл бұрын
  • Just saw them play this song live tonight in Houston. Best show I've ever seen in my entire life. Thank you so much Thrice.

    @johnjohnson2103@johnjohnson21034 жыл бұрын
  • I wear glasses and have recommended this song to everyone, what a cool tune 3:02

    @samdenardo2180@samdenardo21807 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear "The Wave" or "Whispering Wolf" by SLT 🤘🐺

      @beezybeez6285@beezybeez62857 ай бұрын
  • People don't know what REAL mysic is. And this is it, rightchere.

    @fothrmuckr@fothrmuckr8 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘🎸🐺

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42078 ай бұрын
  • The algorithm recommended me this song so many times and I ignored it and now here I am 2 years later and thrice is my favorite band

    @emekao502@emekao5023 жыл бұрын
    • look into their discography, it's all gold

      @Fromagreatheight@Fromagreatheight3 жыл бұрын
    • From A Great Height haha trust me I have and I’m glad I did

      @emekao502@emekao5023 жыл бұрын
    • @@emekao502 what albums/songs are your fav?

      @Fromagreatheight@Fromagreatheight3 жыл бұрын
    • From A Great Height my favorite album is definitely major/minor and my favorite song is words in water

      @emekao502@emekao5023 жыл бұрын
    • Welcome! Been a Thrice fan for almost 20 years. Their sound has changed, but they've always kicked ass!

      @rustynail914@rustynail9143 жыл бұрын
  • I feel like this is one of those songs where the meaning will differ from person to person, and that that's okay... I can totally understand what people mean when they say this song is about drugs, or about making mistakes... For me, it always felt like it was about sacrifice. About constantly sacrificing your own well being and happiness for friends and family, and learning who was worth the sacrifice and who was using you... So you needed it "get it right" next time. I don't think any one person is wrong or right. I think it is amazing that one song has made so many people feel so many things. That is the torch of great music.

    @AlliSpears07@AlliSpears076 жыл бұрын
  • I just came across the song and although I'm not a native English speaker, I immediately understood the metaphor and got goosebumps all over my body. Wow, such powerful lyric! Love it!

    @eastfrisianguy@eastfrisianguy Жыл бұрын
    • Thrice is the best 🤘 but you gotta listen to “ Seen / Unseen “ by SLT 🤘🎧🔥🎸… right away! U R missing out _!!!!!!

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
  • I just found this song not too long ago and I am IN LOVE. Not with just this song but the band in its entirety

    @leahfranklin4141@leahfranklin41412 жыл бұрын
  • I must say, reading through the comments, I have to conclude Thrice's music congregates the best group of people. You're all civil and open minded people compared to the greater KZhead community, or any online community for that matter. Thanks Thrice, and thank you guys for being awesome.

    @nexleveldota8947@nexleveldota89478 жыл бұрын
    • +NexLevel Dota it's still early on but, hopefully it remains this way :) I usually don't get caught going down the rabbit hole of KZhead comments but couldn't believe my eyes how civil it has been. Still my favorite band and I see a lot of like-minded people in here.

      @pacss20@pacss208 жыл бұрын
  • Thirty Three Million views. Holy shit. Come a long way since Artist in The Ambulance. I love it.

    @stoneosborne9247@stoneosborne92474 жыл бұрын
    • Is sad to see that the most famous song of my favorite band is on his 8th album

      @moiseslopez5185@moiseslopez51853 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/Y9CkZLKkqHyifpE/bejne.html You gotta hear this!!!

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42073 жыл бұрын
    • Even though artists in the ambulance is my favorite and my first exposure to thrice these guys create the most incredible albums and continually evolve

      @AaronRiegel@AaronRiegel3 жыл бұрын
  • Just discovered this fantastic song 🔥Wow. Blown away.

    @heidikarlsen3392@heidikarlsen33924 ай бұрын
  • I'm not sure why I've never heard of this band or song outside of KZhead recommendations. This song and video are so underrated.

    @JerryDodge@JerryDodge2 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🎶🤘🐺

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez4207Ай бұрын
  • I have been a Thrice fan for a few years now and I love it how they experiment with different sounds & styles. Thrice is an underrated band.💓

    @VAMPIREGIRL0121@VAMPIREGIRL01216 жыл бұрын
    • VAMPIREGIRL0121 first song I've heard by them even though it's exactly what I prefer out of music. Usually anyone who shares an opinion this inflammatory has done it before and the top doesn't like unique. Stifled talent is no rarity here in the land of the free. But man; what a sweet delicacy.

      @conniesewell5740@conniesewell57405 жыл бұрын
  • When you click on a video by accident and end up absolutely loving the song... That part

    @kevinwhiting8391@kevinwhiting83913 жыл бұрын
    • 🙌🏾 same same

      @user-gd8wk6mg7k@user-gd8wk6mg7k3 жыл бұрын
    • welcome to the fam :)

      @SonderMoth09@SonderMoth093 жыл бұрын
  • The older man who is singing with the kid has the most dramatic face out of everyone in this video!! Give a thumbs up for that!!!

    @ClintJamesLucidG@ClintJamesLucidG3 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf “ or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🔥🐺🤘

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42072 ай бұрын
  • most beautiful thing about music is that everybody has their own interpretation of lyrics, every single person is making his own picture when listening to a song. my conclusion is that he's telling about men's nature, especially if you're a "rock star", surrounded by many pretty women but men are never happy, we always think that in other's "nest" the "honey has better tasting" , we are never appreciating what we have but always think that the next one is better. men, especially famous ones that can easily have any women, like to play with their feelings, hurting them and then run away, leaving destroyed marriages and feelings. it just got me that way

    @R3T41L@R3T41L Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🤘

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
  • Can we stop and look at the boy for a second. He looks like a little Mac Miller right?.😓💕

    @LittleBat98@LittleBat982 жыл бұрын
    • I thought so too. I had a boyfriend who looked like a doppelganger of Mac Miller. He died from an overdose just months before Mac. It killed me twice

      @PonyoWantsHam420@PonyoWantsHam4208 ай бұрын
  • I keep swingin my hand through a swarm of bees cuz I, I want honey on my biscuit.

    @billx4889@billx48897 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @arank.1000@arank.10007 жыл бұрын
    • OMG LAUGHED SOOO HARD LIKE, HYENA STYLE

      @wtfan8610@wtfan86107 жыл бұрын
    • bill x lol

      @cheeriomaria1840@cheeriomaria18406 жыл бұрын
    • bill x dude thats funny af.

      @mikecherney8481@mikecherney84816 жыл бұрын
    • "I just w-anted layers, but they all just fell a-part, so I reached for a-notherrr,"

      @leatherhitman7401@leatherhitman74016 жыл бұрын
  • Thank what ever God you believe in for Beautiful music!

    @mikeymike415psn5@mikeymike415psn56 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🐺🎶🤘

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42075 ай бұрын
  • No words can describe the complexity of my existence, emotions, and desires.

    @OnekamaProducts@OnekamaProducts Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
  • I would absolutely LOVE to hear these guys live! I'd feel all the emotion and music coming from them, and it would just be a helluva time.

    @lf_murmur7685@lf_murmur76855 жыл бұрын
  • I am so happy bands I love growing up are coming back with new singles. Radio has sucked for so long.

    @shooglechic@shooglechic6 жыл бұрын
    • TRUE!

      @Jaeno311@Jaeno3116 жыл бұрын
    • shooglechic A lot of these new up and coming bands just dont get it. They think its all about looking cool and getting laid. Thats good and all, but its mainly about reaching people through music.

      @xXEmbracetheMetalXx@xXEmbracetheMetalXx5 жыл бұрын
    • xXEmbrace the MetalXx well hot groupies are a perk lol

      @corwinr@corwinr5 жыл бұрын
    • corwin .r I wont debate that, but seriously... the younger generation is missing out. There are exceptions, of course, but far too few.

      @xXEmbracetheMetalXx@xXEmbracetheMetalXx5 жыл бұрын
    • Nice to know there are other people who think the airwaves are full of garbage. Thrice is awesome.

      @Truthteller024@Truthteller0245 жыл бұрын
  • I just found this piece of gold by my self ! So proud of My right Now.

    @frankoherrera5366@frankoherrera53662 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @karynmaddox9397@karynmaddox9397 Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘🐺🎶🎹🔥🤘🎧🎸🐺

      @beezybeez5971@beezybeez5971 Жыл бұрын
  • Will continue to be one of the best songs ever. The ability to bring the calm is amazing

    @anthonyduren1156@anthonyduren11562 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “The Wave” by SLT 🎶🤘🔥🤘🎶

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez4207Ай бұрын
  • First time I heard this I thought I’d overlooked another Chris Cornell masterpiece. It’s been 3 weeks now since I first heard them and at least 50+ jams by Thrice without anything less than satisfying. Few bands have this level of talent & craftsmanship. 🤘

    @peasweet22@peasweet223 жыл бұрын
  • His voice is so satisfying. I love the gruff edge to it! Everything about this song is soooo good

    @facgce960@facgce9605 жыл бұрын
  • 2023. Still bangs, major. Most underrated and unknown bands who deserve stardom worldwide status.

    @21fnasser@21fnasser6 ай бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “The Wave” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🐺🎶🐺🎶🐺

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42075 ай бұрын
    • Thrice is da best

      @beezybeez4207@beezybeez42075 ай бұрын
  • I can't get my head around people saying "nobody makes great music anymore these days".

    @search895@search895 Жыл бұрын
    • This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Seen\Unseen” by SLT 🎸🐺🤘

      @beezybeez6285@beezybeez6285 Жыл бұрын
  • Still all the founding members of the band, 18 years strong !!

    @TheJimmyf22@TheJimmyf226 жыл бұрын
  • Been listening to you guys since before 2005. Still good.

    @MatthewStout@MatthewStout7 жыл бұрын
    • me too, don't you think Dustin now sounds like a completely different person lol

      @eludereluded@eludereluded7 жыл бұрын
    • I was listening to earlier stuff just yesterday and thinking about how much his voice has grown since then.

      @erethesun@erethesun7 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah man I saw them in 2006 with Deftones, Dredge, Atrayu, and some others... SOooo amazing... Somehow I just heard this song today though! WTF?

      @345firee@345firee7 жыл бұрын
    • Maaaaan, Deftones, Dredge, Atreyu, Thrice... I'd cut my arm to be there

      @eludereluded@eludereluded7 жыл бұрын
    • dude taste of chaos 06 was the best lineup they ever had. so glad i got to go that show

      @stephensporman8206@stephensporman82067 жыл бұрын
  • Been a fan for over 22 years. And I can say I will never ever get sick of them❤ so glad they re did one of their album. So many memories. Even met them once at warped tour

    @j3rzey2006@j3rzey20066 ай бұрын
  • And this is how we pass on what our parents go through. Isn't it time to break our chains? Yes.

    @dru7235@dru72352 жыл бұрын
    • kzhead.info/sun/iN2NfN6NeXawjJE/bejne.html Gotta listen:) !!!

      @beezybeez7231@beezybeez72312 жыл бұрын
  • The old guy really felt it lol love this so fuckin much!!

    @chairsmissing@chairsmissing8 жыл бұрын
    • fuckin A he did, right?! love it

      @staceyjessica77@staceyjessica778 жыл бұрын
    • Guys I can't wait for the record to be released, I'm super excited!

      @chairsmissing@chairsmissing8 жыл бұрын
    • +Dimitris Vasileias me too, right??!!

      @staceyjessica77@staceyjessica778 жыл бұрын
    • Stacey Colson Hell yes!

      @chairsmissing@chairsmissing8 жыл бұрын
    • +Dimitris Vasileias I listened to this song in my earbud today while working my high stress nurse manager job. I hold in so much angst. this song blasting I'm my ear made me feel so much better. fuck yeah!

      @staceyjessica77@staceyjessica778 жыл бұрын
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