PSYCHOTHERAPIST REACTS to Gang of Youths- Achilles Come Down

To me "the most dangerous thing is to love" doesn't mean that it is dangerous to love because you might lose it but because of what you might do for love. Achilles died because of his love for Patroclus.

I absolutely love this song’s subtle details. Like how when the two voices are arguing for achilles’ attention at the end one says “jump off the roof” (unalive yourself) and the other says “get off the roof” (walk down the steps and go back to “normal life”) It sort of shows the duality of man. Also when they sing “achilles come down” he could come down in two ways, jump off or walk down the stairs.

when I first heard the song, the line that really got me was "you crave the applause, yet hate the atenttion" and I love the fact that it got through someone else

Every song in their repertoire is worthy of analysis. Dave, their lead singer and writer, has had an incredible life and writes from a place of experience. He is incredibly talented at putting the rawest human emotions into song while still making them feel hopeful. The album this comes from, Go Father in Lightness, is about his journey of love, loss, and healing. Their newest album, angel in real-time, is all about him dealing with the death of his father and discovering that he was not necessarily the person he thought he was. Highly recommend “forbearance”, “the man himself” or my personal favorite, “Still Unbeaten Life”.

It's a paralel between Achiles's despair over the death of his lover Patroclus and the singer's suicide attempt after his ex wife's death

Hey Tom! I'm so lucky I have the opportunity to work with such amazing people, and thank you so much for the kind words! I know this song means a lot to me and a lot of others, so thank you for listening to it! :)

The back and forth between the two voices is so cool to me. And the fact that the song keeps going after the "good" voice triumphs is a metaphor (at least to me) that even after you conquer an suicidal episode, the thoughts can still remain. The battle is not just a one and done, it is truly a battle that you have to fight more than once and that it won't be easy, but it will be worth it. That's my take, at least ❤

In the song ,Patroclus ,Achilleses lover sings to him to get off the roof. After Patroclus died ,Achilles fell into deep depression. It's not 100% ,but some say it's Apollo that tells Achilles to just give up and unalive himself in the song. ("How the most dangerous thing is to love" ,after finding Patroclus dead ,Achilles starts massacreing anyone on sight, that's why Apollo tells him to just die ,instead of continueing his meaningless existence)

The most beautiful song! The internal monologue of someone on the edge, literally. It's so dark yet hopeful.

This song means so much to me, this song got me through the darkest time in my life.

The words in between the English parts are French and they go somewhat like this: 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). ... 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. … 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. … ...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. … ...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.

I always love lyrics before anything else, so songs like this scratch my brain just right.

I'm fairly certain this song was written with the book "song of achilles" in mind.

omg thank you this is one of my favorite songs its sad that many people dont know it so im even more happy to see your reaction

I still remember the first time I realized what exactly this song is about, and I remember crying because it puts into perspective something that I have been experiencing nearly my whole life into something others can understand! I'm happy to say that these days the back and forth between the little brain goblin and my self preservation leaves the positives louder than the negatives🥰

I love this song and have been listening to it a lot lately. The music is gorgeous and the interaction between the voices, including the French in the background is stunning. Great review.

We do love Emily, so much hard work put in behind the scenes, the goat!!

Omg thank you so much for doing this song!!!!

SHOUTOUT TO EMILY!!!

There is this song of them "in the wake of your leave" it's as great as this one