For those of you who don't understand the video, The dad is a detective who beats his daughter to the point of near suicide. The daughter, looking for revenge, then puts together a whole case for him to investigate, including the dead horses, the writing in the garage, and finally at the station. Once he arrives at the station, she's waiting for him, and kills him by striking him with an axe in the back. (Not the front, because they weren't True Friends.)

if any one needs help understanding the video: The father is a detective, but he mistreats his daughter over the years to a degree that she contemplates suicide (as depicted in the beginning). So the daughter "sets up" the case for her father to solve, the father being unaware that it was her, to lure him into a trap at the end. She strikes him in the back, not the front, because they weren't true friends.

everyone: aggressively playing their instruments Jordan: *agressively presses buttons*

Okay, so first of all, this was not just a music video it felt like a whole movie with an actual plot and a very well directed screenplay. Tbh, the first time i watched this i didn't understand everything but it got me very intrigued, so just like when i watch a movie that i don't fully understand but it hits my mind with the intrigue i start doing research about it trying to understand what i couldn't and i did the same with this music video because it had me really intrigued and i wanted to understand every small details. So i found out that the man in the music video is a detective who has lost his wife (i first thought that she apparently left him because it was explained only in the of the video). And he has anger and temperament issues and abuses his daughter for no reason. His daughter has had enough and wants to end this "THIS ENDS NOW" line screamed expresses her anger very well. She wants revenge. So she sets up a case for her detective dad to investigate, the case with the murdered horses. Those horses were shot in the end, (very good refrence to Follow you here). Then she also makes up that whole writting in the garage and calls him a murderer, who or what has he murdered? Her mom? or maybe he has murdered his daughter as she feels dead inside after going through what her dad makes her endure everyday (i actually like this interpretation). I really liked the other refrerence to Follow you when they are sitting at the bar you could hear the song playing, genius!! His wife left the other man at the bar for him, but then he couldn't keep her either... Then when he returns home he finds out that everything is out of place and that his daughter has went missing. The other guy then tells her that she's been hiding at the old station and thats when we found out that his daughter has found her mom's dead body and so its made clear that her dead killed her. She stabs him from behind to kill him and take revenge for her mother and for herself. She doesn't stab him from the front because she doesn't even consider a friend, he is just a murderer and justice has to be served. Overall, this was a whole amazing cinematic experience!! I have never seen a music video like this that is so challenging to follow yet it makes you curious enough that you want to understand it better. It really is an effin MOVIE!! Loved the dialogue parts, very origianl idea there too and the fact that we could only hear the music during the dialogues and not what the characters are saying gave it a mysterious and thriller type of feel. Also the way the lyrics match so well with the scenes is another genius move, lyrics like "you can run but you cant hide cause Karma has no deadlines" shown with her dad's scenes where he finds out that he's about been served the karma that he deserves was perfectly well done. Brilliant BRILLANT WORK from Bring Me The Horizon, im speechless.

so the main character is a detective troubled with anger issues. in the past, he stole his wife from the other man in the bar, but as the other man said, "he lost her". the detective's marriage thus also falls apart and in one of the many angry fights, he kills his wife, buries her somewhere and claimed she was missing. however, the only person who truly knew was his daughter, who he repeatedly abused in the time after the wife's death. she contemplates suicide, but decides that revenge is the only way. thus she mutilated the horses, left the spray painted signs foreshadowing her father's demise, leaves a message calling him a murderer and finds her mothers buried body. she sits her mothers corpse up, shown by the wedding ring, and lures him into the trap, where she finally takes her revenge on her murderous abusive father.

Explanation The father is a detective, but he mistreats his daughter over the years to a degree that she contemplates suicide (as showed in the beginning). So the daughter "sets up" the case for her father to solve, the father being unaware that it was her, to lure him into a trap at the end. She leaved messages and photos dor the case. When he was talking with the other man, he thought he was talking about murdering the wife, not hitting the girl. At the end the daughter sits her murdered mother, the father sees it and she appears. She strikes him in the back, not the front, because they weren't true friends

This band is art people judge music for sounding heavy ( even though this isn’t their heaviest of songs) but it’s like if only more people knew the artistry these types of bands show through their storylines and music

That moment when a band makes a better movie in 8 minutes than most directors do in 2 hours.

I love how they play another one of their songs in the middle of the video 😂

did anyone else notice the song Follow You playing in the background at 4:00

“You got a lot of nerve, but not a lot of spine, you made a bed but you’re worried about mine” Great lyrical choices

When you're happy, you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

I wouldn't hold my bread if I was you

Holy shit Oli is.., very attractive oh man

That intro is powerful af. The powerful riff and the omnious orchestral strings behind it definitely suits the whole idea of a sad abusive relationship. This whole video hits hard with the music.

"So how dare you try and steal my flame just 'cause yours faded? Well, hate is gasoline, a fire fuelling all my dreams" This part gives me chills True Friends is my favorite BMTH lyrics so far

2:37 I JUST KEEP GETTING CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE.

I KEPT GETTING READY TO HEAD BANG AT A BUNCH OF PARTS.. AND THE MUSIC NEVER STARTED. I cried

I like this song because it remind me that it's hard to trust someone. Many times who we consider a friend is not really a friend, we never really get to know someone so it's better to trust ourselves first before doing it with someone else.

I found this out last week honestly. The lyrics make so much sense now.

Olisaurus looking good in ever fucking piece of clothing he puts on...even if the damn thing is ripped ...if i were to wear that sweater i would straight up look like a homeless person begging for spare change

Well, the video seems heavier than the song itself

This song is so true! It captures all of the emotion when a true friend hurts/leaves you

Songs become much better when you can finally relate to them 💔

I would watch this as a movie. Like it would be a bad ass movie

It's honestly getting really annoying reading half of these comments because a lot of you who claim you're "old fans" of bmth keep on dissing their new stuff. Yeah, I understand their older stuff like Suicide Season is different from their most recent stuff like That's The Spirit and I also like their older stuff more but I still appreciate their new music and you don't have to complain about it being different on every fucking video. If you're a real fan just learn to appreciate all of their music because it's completely normal for any bands music to change over the years. Does anyone agree with me?

this is probably one of the best music videos i've ever seen. i've loved this band for so fucking long and everytime i watch it, it's like i'm watching it for the first time all over again. the chills and emotion it gives me is insane, i love them so much

É incrível como posso gostar de tantas bandas, ter várias fases mas BMTH sempre estar em Primeiro!!❤

First: I need Oli's shirt i love it Then: I am lying i just need Oli

can they please just make a music video that is nothing but Oli sykes jamming out in a ripped sweater in a abandoned building cause honestly, hottest thing ive seen in a long time

I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you 'Cause I'll forget but I'll never forgive you Don't you know, don't you know? True friends stab you in the front It's funny how Things work out Such a bitter irony Like a kick right to the teeth It fell apart Right from the start But I couldn't even see The forest for the trees (I'm afraid you asked for this) You got a lot of nerve But not a lot of spine You made your bed When you worried about mine This ends now I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you 'Cause I'll forget but I'll never forgive you Don't you know, don't you know? True friends stab you in the front I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you You broke my heart and there's nothing you can do And now you know, now you know True friends stab you in the front It's kind of sad 'Cause what we had Well it could of been something I guess it wasn't meant to be So how dare you Try and steal my flame Just 'cause yours faded Well hate is gasoline A fire fueling all my dreams (I'm afraid you asked for this) You got a lot of nerve But not a lot of spine You made your bed When you worried about mine This ends now I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you 'Cause I'll forget but I'll never forgive you Don't you know, don't you know? True friends stab you in the front I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you You broke my heart and there's nothing you can do And now you know, now you know True friends stab you in the front You can run But you can't hide Time won't help you 'Cause karma has no deadline You can run But you can't hide Time won't help you 'Cause karma has no deadline I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you 'Cause I'll forget but I'll never forgive you Don't you know, don't you know? True friends stab you in the front I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you You broke my heart and there's nothing you can do And now you know, now you know True friends stab you in the front And now you know, now you know True friends stab you in the front And now you know, now you know True friends stab you in the front

I need a full version mix between the clip and the extended intro with all the orchestra parts from both in one piece

I love how in the bar place Follow You is playing in the background 😂

Oliver's sweater is full of holes in the front ;^; stabs from true friends?

This version of this song is so atmospheric I love it ❤️

This music video alone has a better plot than most films these days in 2019

i love how they used Follow You in the story part of the song.

I really like the message here but I really want to go to the Abandoned warehouse the band was in

Desde quando lançou eu nao consigo parar de ouvir essa musica

looks like the song is made for the video, cause it fits just so perfect, years later and i stil got chills

FOLLOW YOU IN THE BACKGROUND RADIO NGGGG

bmth, the band i walk round school listening to

Love this song! This is such a cleverly crafted song, and the interlude is so clever 💜💜

it's crazy how this song still gives me goosebumps all over, five years later

I used to listen to bring me a few yeas ago, (chelsea smile, pray for plagues) then I moved onto to more mellow stuff, and here i am in 2015, declaring thats the spirit is one of the best rock albums of the decade, that doest mean that I never liked them because I did, peoples tastes change, and i think they needed a change too, that album was meant to be. What screamo/metal band has ever made such glorious transition? None.

Should've won album of the year

I wasn’t very sold when I first heard the song but this music video changed my mind. Now it’s one of my favorite BMTH songs. The production quality of their music videos are just insane.

i remember hearing this back when they released it and thinking it sounds nothing like their other songs, now looking back it sounds so much more similar than what they are making currently :')

Love this video so much!!! It helps me understand the song more!

The father is abusive towards both his daughter and his wife, which ends with his wife killing herself. The daughter almost does the same thing. The father has an affair with the wife of the man he meets in the bar. That´s why he blames the father for ending his marriage, although they didn't have a good marriage to start with. Another reason for the mothers suicide could've been that she knew about her husbands affair. The person behind the horse and the other messages is the daughter, because she wants revenge on her father. The father finds the woman he had an affair with in his garage and gets sad and also scared I would guess. His daughter killed her because she knew about the affair and wanted her gone as well as her father. She then kills her father by hitting him in the back of the head, not the front. Because they are not true friends. The reason why we can't hear the father speak might be because he doesn't confront people directly, he doesn't stab people in the front so to say. This is just a theory. There's a lot of theories but I don't know which one to believe in.

Without the video, just listening to the lyrics the song sounds like a relationship/marriage that ends in betrayal. This brings a whole new perspective.

For some reason this song reminds me of my dad today. He's been gone 2 years. Thank you for the lesson, he would say this to me 💙 and I miss you Dad.

Anyone wanna make a The Walking Dead tribute for Rick & Shane with this song?

Wtf i had no idea true friends had a video

Anos se passaram e aqui estou eu... BMTH me ajudou muito..

I discovered this song when i realized my girlfriend of that time was sleeping with other guys and not gonna lie this song was fitting and keeping me up. Love the song.

Beautiful film and music. The muted colors and dim lighting gave the video an authentic feel. The acting was superb. I really love the vibrating of the camera in such a way that it's almost as you're seeing the sound waves shake the air. The breaks in the music for the acting scenes were great and well thought out. Also I was crying in the first 30 seconds. Love this album, this sound and this image! I remember when sempiternal was released and it was great, this record even exceeded that.

i really like the sweater that oli wear dude:vv

If they made an album that sounded more like this I'd be happy. Cause it's fast paced, he screams , and it's epic. It took me awhile to appreciate this album. But I love it now

2:17 MY FAVORITE PART! LA MEJOR BANDA AHORA MISMO!

Now i realize that the song that's playing on 4:04 is Follow you.

I´m so glad that Oli it´s taking care of his voice, and actually I really like how he sings now :) BTW: I fucking love this video, it´s TOTALLY AWESOME.

2:00 Can we just appreciate how good the transition into the first verse sounds ;D

Something funny I noticed: Chelsea Smile - shortened for the music video True Friends - damn near doubled in length for the video

i imagined this in a forest where they're running and where oli is behind glass (in a jail) and lee punches the glass, grabs oli by his collar and they run out of the jail into the forest, trying to find everyone but when they find them they're already took over by demons and they try to turn them into demons and they turn oli into one first and lee is the only one still human and they all find lee and stab him in the front with the blade covered in poison to make them become a demon. .-. crazy right?

Never read the comments on a video you like.

This video is amazing... Whoever wrote it and everything is so creative... The editing and directing parts kudos to you also whatever that cliche means lol. Love and peace and keep ur minds on good things..... Not dark... Even tho it exists. Let's fight it but not give it power over us to dwell and bring energy to it with our minds..

2019 May 29 anyone still listening? Like if u still love BMTH

This should be a movie

bands change for fuck sake, do you expect them to still be bouncing around screaming their tits off like they did when they were 17? no they wont. they have modified the band to progress, why would they make an album like sempiternal and then think "you know what lets take a step back and make some deathcore for the small amount of fans we had then"

The friken beats this band lays!!! Soul speaking. Love love love that i finally found you

I was listening to this on auto play and my first thought was 'They just don't play music like this anymore.'

i'm IN LOVE with the instrumentals in each scene, really beautiful

I've got ,,true friends" in school... If I survive next 2 years it will be miracle...

We've all had that one "friend". It's quite ironic that by dropping only 1 letter you get "fiend"

3:58 Follow you from bmth Yea this offical video came WAY before the release of “follow you” ( a year or something idk)

I'm here in the dark watching it and crying

I was just listening to Can You Feel My Heart and had to come to this song to say it's my favorite one from you guys

No puedo creer que ya 7 años pasaron y sigue siendo una de las mejores canciones 🖤

I've listened to them for years, sang to this song hundreds of times, but why did UKposts only show this to me now!?

Love how Follow you was playing in the Pub scene

Not only is the song legendary, but the video has such deep meaning. I love them so much 🖤✨

I really love their music they are the best I will never stop liking them

I had no idea there was a vid for this song i like how follow you was playing in the backround of the bar.

there are holes in the front of Oli's jumper... from where his true friends stabbed him

Make a video for one of the good songs on the album. Run or doomed

Oliver I've never told u this brother.. but listen... I was abused and my sisters both mentally and physically in many cycles of ways till we were adults... A part of our lives just went terribly dark and was hidden and hushed and now we're all scarred and damaged and fked. Barely sane... Thx for sympathizing with stolen innocence. And things like mental illness also... Ur hitting the mark of a good artist...

this now reminds me of the sarah everard case - police officer who kills, who has a family. amazing how on point in the mood and real world this film was.

I don't have true friends

this video was wild from start to finish

This is absolutely amazing. Just the whole video and the song as well left shivers going down my spine. This song is probably one of my absolute favorites from them. Amazing job guys->This song is seriously a 10/10

damn they really made those strings sound like some frostpunk music

Make a "Follow You" video!

2:18 I thought Don't Stop was about to start I think I have an obsession someone help me

This 2:17 drum roll is insane after this smooth and calm first part

I'd love to see this made into a full length movie.

Damn, this sounds good

I love the song...and then i see the history behind the video and...simple awesome and realistic i LOVE THAT

This song always be my favorite when i need someone to be my friends

I like the fact that Follow You is playing in the background during the bar scene