"I don't really play guitar... Or sing" Drops an absolute masterpiece.

I'd describe Bo's style of comedy as "that moment when you feel so powerless to change anything or stop catastrophe that all you can do is laugh."

The audacity of this man to say he can't play or sing then proceeds to release one of the most raw societal reflections of our time

"The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" that line really resonates with me. It just feels like the whole world is a speeding train racing towards the end of the tracks and instead of looking for the breaks everyone is just looking out the windows.

“That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all” Fuck, man…

"That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" is one of the best lines of poetry ever. So, so beautiful.

Coming back to this years later, I wanna point out the genius of the set design. The entire song to me feels like "trying to be human in a society that's not" and pointing out the irony in the way things work today. "Gift shop at the gun range, mass shooting at the mall", "book on getting better hand delivered by a drone". The set PERFECTLY compliments this whole thing. He's sitting in the woods, illuminated by a campfire, singing a campfire song, but the backdrop is projection and the campfire is LED, and in reality he's sitting alone in a shed. The music alone is a work of art, but the thought put behind the set design makes the whole thing come together so beautifully.

It's like "We Didn't Start the Fire", but instead of being an upbeat acknowledgement that "the world has always been awful and will continue to be awful, but we'll get through it", it's more of a realisation that things aren't getting better and perhaps the best we can hope for is to just shuffle off quietly in the dark so we can finally get some rest at least.

“Googling derealisation and hating what you find” one of the most underrated lines in this song. The desire to figure out what’s wrong, but once you find something that might fit, is too much to admit.

I just realized this song is basically the quiet, hopeless version of "We Didn't Start the Fire." Man, that's beautiful and horrible. Billy Joel makes it sound like active chaos, there's this feeling of anger and energy. But this shows the underside. The quiet, creeping apocalypse you watch from your TV, outwardly opposing it but deep down accepting it, knowing there's so little you can do.

Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) just tweeted this: I get a strangely sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach - I look around and the world is on fire, and all our culture is talking about is a popstar dating a football star. There's a song for that!

The vibrato on "it'll be over soon" is so moving and comforting... but in, like, an apocalyptic way. it's a gut punch every time.

"The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" is an unbelievable line. God what genius writing.

Turning on this special expecting “haha” time and instead having whatever this show was is unforgettable. I’ve never been so happy to be disappointed.

My high school theatre teacher told us once that good art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable. This does that perfectly

"Full agoriphobic, losing focus, cover blown. A book on getting better hand delivered by a drone..." Is one of the hardest lyrics in modern music lol. Bo is incredible

‘Total disassociation, fully out your mind. Googling derealisation, hating what you find.’ No lyrics have ever hit me so hard. Thanks Bo, for finding a way to articulate that funny feeling none of us had the right words for.

My favorite in the whole special.

I will forever be HAUNTED by bo being robbed at the Emmys. Only reason Hamilton even qualified that year was because of the disney+ release. Inside was COMPLETE genius. It showed so many people what we had all been saying about bo for years. I pray his mental health stays up and we get more from him. The man's a genius.

“Gift shop at the gun rage, a masa shooting at the mall” that is a MASTERFUL bar.

This feeling has never sounded so good.

He should've won a grammy for this, not for All Eyes On Me. Though they're both pretty good. Scratch that, he should win another grammy.

When existentialism comes, choose absurdism rather than nihilism. It’s over, just laugh while you can.

Our generation's "We didn't start the fire". Brilliant Bo

Our man deserved so much more than a Grammy, but he should have got one.

“A book on getting better, hand delivered by a drone.” I felt that one.

"The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" "Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go" "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" "Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, you wait" Man. Nailed it. Went thru a really rough patch with my own mental health a couple years ago after becoming collapse-aware & trying to come to terms with what's in store for us in my lifetime. Found this song just a couple months ago & I feel like it's the theme of our times.

the fact that almost every lyric is quoted in the comments somewhere shows how deeply thought-out and beautiful this song is

This song is so unexpectedly emotional. "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" gets me every time.

I really just love the line "Twenty-Thousand years of this, Seven more to go." Something about it just hits different.

Jesus. If only you knew how much this song helps me when I'm feeling depressed. It's the exact way how "putting up with something you cannot change and the only thing that's left for you is simply accepting" would sound if it was a sound instead of an abstract idea. Like, seriously, thank you Bo.

Bo is Humanity's version of the Quartet Band deciding to play as the Titanic sank. Enjoy the music and hold your breath.

"The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" is delivered with such lightness and beauty, but it's possibly the most devastating line in the whole song. Incredible.

The first time I heard “20,000 years of this, 7 more to go” I had to pause the special to catch my breath because it’s a perfect, succinct, nihilistic encapsulation of where it feels like society is at.

I actually cry every time I hear this song, or a piece of it. This song touches into the soul. Honestly.

Bo Burnham is the only person I’ve ever felt truly understood how to express the constant depression and sadness I’ve felt my entire life. This special was a masterpiece.

listened to this hundreds of times

I know I’m not the only one who feels like every line of this song was taken directly out of their head. It’s so just relatable. “Hey, what can you say? We were overdue.” - me to myself many times over the last year as my mental health has worsened.

The bah da dahs at the end kill me every time. That’s what makes the whole song for me. Like, here he’s saying we’re at the end times, but like… what else can you do? Keep sobbing? You might as well find some light where you can. And maybe that light is a fun little tune to hum to yourself. It’s a very hopeful ending to a hopeless song.

Bo, simply the only musician that says sorry before playing one of the most beutiful songs ever played

bo - if youre out there and you can read this - thank you. my life has been turned upside down and inside out in the last few months since my wife was diagnosed with very late stage cancer. your art has helped me stay focused in one of the most intense and chaotic periods of my life. if only a youtube comment could share the gratitude and empathy I have for you and your art. you have made a colossal impact on me at this point in my life, and i feel strangely un-alone in the disarray that i currently call home. thank you very much for your art - and for taking care of yourself, and for being here with us.

August 2023 and still vibing to this song. I remember when i first saw the special when it came out on Netflix and almost cried listening to it because the song described so well the feelings i was going through during the pandemic. Bo is a genius.

Only 4 and a half years left, thank goodness.

"A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall" is one of the most terrifying yet poetic lines ever written

“A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall” hit me like a train

I know this is primarily a sad song. But I find comfort in it too. Knowing that other people feel this way. That I'm not the only one who steps back every so often and goes, "this whole thing's kind of messed up"

Time for my yearly Bo Burnham-fueled existential crisis

That "funny feeling" seems to be a feeling that everyone has: a feeling that the world, that humanity, is headed in the wrong direction, and that no matter what you do you can't seem to change anything. So you sit here, in the quiet, comprehending the ending of it all. But hey, what can you say, we were overdue? But it'll be over soon, one way or another....

There it is!

March of '24, and this song remains relevant as ever, and the perfect song for a tear-letting session. It's like an emotional hand-job; get those silly emotions out of me, so I can human around, doing human stuff for the rest of the day. Great song.

NOTHING could explain this sensation, I thought I was making it up. Just “anxiety disorder” or “depression disorder” didn’t cut it because it was a specific part of it all. And I still can’t explain it, but hearing this makes sense and feels like “hey, this is real, you’re not … I don’t even know what

the lines that hit the hardest for me: “20,000 years of this, 7 more to go” “that unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all” “a gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall” “total disassociation, fully out your mind, googling derealization, hating what you find” “hey, what can you say, we were overdue, but it’ll be over soon, you wait”

This song is great. Especially the lines "a gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall" and "the whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" are downright genius. I also love the atmosphere that Bo's created with both the visuals and the tone of the song. I imagine this song being played on a campfire, in a burnt forest, in the middle of an apocalyptic wasteland in a world that's about to end. And also, at the ending of the song, the cheerful singing about the end of the world tops it off perfectly.

This is what kids will be reading in English class 100 years from now. This is a profound piece of poetry.

This video kept a friend of mine from committing suicide. I appreciate his work and his love Please upvote this. So he understands the appreciation and love we have for him

"20 thousand years of this, 7 more to go" still hits way too deep

This song describes so many things. The feeling of not knowing anything but needing to in order to feel sane. Watching everything around you as you slowly slip into mental anguish. Only being able to describe it as a funny feeling.

what’s awesome is that these songs all resonate so deeply with people who have mental health issues. they feel so good because finally, FINALLY someone has expressed exactly what you have felt. what’s sad is that this means bo has felt this to its depths. i’m sorry you’ve been going through this, dude. i’m glad you’ve made something so beautiful from it.

This may be the greatest folk song ever made.

My friend put it perfectly when he first watched inside, "Did Bo Burnham just write the modern 'We didn't start the fire'?" It feels so much like more contemplative version that fits so well given how the pandemic has changed things

Bo has always pushed music & comedy to the fullest. He never misses & I hope we're able to get much, much more from him in the years to come. As real as it gets.

Ah, nothing like having Bo Burnham sing you to sleep.

I don’t think there is enough people who appreciate just how cool this whole project from Bo is.

This is a song where you just close your eyes throughout it's entirety and feel every word.

"Total disassociation, fully out your mind. Googling de-realization, hating what you find." That hit hard

I think Bo Burnham impacts so much because he represents a portion of the humanity that exist and shouts to be heard. The humanity that is financially stable and safe but mentally and emotionally destroyed. Is a mixture of the calm and the chaos. Sometimes I feel sad, and I see everything good I have around me, but I feel empty, despite the abundance (I am not rich btw, just middle class) but anyways, things simply don't fill a person, and apparently, people and kindness also don't fill a person. A constant disconfort with life. I think Bo Burnham represents that. I feel thankful for discovering him and his music.

After a year or two of letting this special cement itself in my brain, I genuinely can't decide whether this song or "All Eyes On Me" is the better one. They're both practically the same thing presented in different tones. This one is more big picture, more descriptive. The other is more overtly personal and emotional. Either way, they are both peak human creation.

Watching Bo Burnham since high-school and seeing this bright energetic whimsical person mature and age and grow calmer and more introverted gives me a since of melancholy. He hasn't lost his touch but I can feel the world has worn him down a bit. I feel he has aged with me in these times and I'm sad yet excited to see what's next for him.

lyrics: I can't really, uh, play the guitar very well, um, or sing So you know, apologies Stunning 8K-resolution meditation app In honor of the revolution, it's half-off at the Gap Deadpool's self-awareness, loving parents, harmless fun The backlash to the backlash to the thing that's just begun There it is again, that funny feeling That funny feeling There it is again, that funny feeling That funny feeling The surgeon general's pop-up shop, Robert Iger's face Discount Etsy agitprop, Bugles' take on race Female Colonel Sanders, easy answers, civil war The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door The live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall There it is again, that funny feeling That funny feeling There it is again, that funny feeling That funny feeling Reading Pornhub's terms of service, going for a drive And obeying all the traffic laws in Grand Theft Auto V Full agoraphobic, losing focus, cover blown A book on getting better hand-delivered by a drone Total disassociation, fully out your mind Googling "derealization", hating what you find That unapparent summer air in early fall The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all There it is again, that funny feeling That funny feeling There it is again, that funny feeling That funny feeling Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, you wait Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, just wait Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, you wait Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, you wait Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, you wait Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum

To me, this song is the embodiment of, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

It’ll never get old to me how he so vividly reflects the way our minds distract us with thoughts of entertainment and everyday living, but every now and then, our minds will pepper in the invasive existential thoughts we all have. He captures the unspoken parts of the human experience so beautifully

It seems like the "funny feeling" is one that's surprisingly familiar to a lot of people, but still ambiguous enough to seem foreign at the same time. That's probably why it's a song that sticks with a lot of people well after hearing it, it's almost like hearing the thoughts that they can't define articulated? Like it's almost uncomfortably relatable, but mainly to the things you push to the back of your mind. That's been my experience at least. It's a masterpiece if you ask me.

This song is such a perfect depiction of depression. The whole special is, but especially this song. It perfectly encapsulates mindlessly scrolling through your phone with all of these random headlines popping up, none of them fully registering. Yet real thoughts also seem to creep in.

We just had the Hottest Day in World History. Three Days in a Row.

this perfectly captures how it feels to live in the 21st century. (did anyone else get we didn't start the fire vibes from this?)

I love the line "The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door." Yes, opening your door and seeing the ocean is beautiful. It's also terrifying. Unstoppable. Your house is on the edge and soon nothing will be left. But hey, enjoy the view.

I have love-hate relationships with this funny feeling but I do love this song ♡

“That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all” my goodness. oh my goodness this lyric

Everyday we see and hear about things that are so sad, funny, hopeful, terrifying, ironic, depressing… I love that someone was able to take these feelings and put them into song.

“Hey what can I say we were overdue but it’ll be over soon just wait” Is quite possibly the most depressing way to hit us all right in the feels

Every lyric in this somg is crafted to evoke a sense of unreality, and “loving parents” is one of the first things he mentions. Supremely underrated line.

We really all have gotten that funny feeling huh? A beautifully melancholic and peaceful way to connect with each other this way 🖤 Bo gets it so well

That unapparent summer air in early fall The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all MAN

still can't quite describe how this song makes me feel

As a depressed agoraphobic 27yr old. This song really is a magnum opus. Always makes me wish to be a kid again running through the sprinkler in summer without a care in the world.

The "a gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall" hits fkn hard

I'm listening to this after a mass shooting in Czech republic. From some reason I feel better after the "calming" lyrics of this song. It's just a tragedy, I feel sorry for those lost young lives

Can't get through this song without crying. Tragic, horrifying and absolutely fucking gorgeous.

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2021 and listened to this song on repeat (along with Phoebe Bridger's version) throughout the process leading up to my double mastectomy. It's hard to find the words to articulate exactly why or how this song resonated so poignantly with me during that time. I guess maybe there was some morbid comfort in the reminder that we're all fucked.

Waking up to smoke filled skies once again. This song was the only thing in my head.

So beautiful yet sad, terrifyingly raw yet somehow comfortable like snuggles by a campfire. You're one of my greatest inspirations as an artist, Bo

That funny feeling. Not quite anger, not anxiety, not frustration, overwhelmed by all the crap in the world that seems obvious/backwards/insane/ironic, and just having to accept it. Knowing we are only ever pushing forward and it isnt going to change so accepting that it is what it is.

I can’t listen to this without crying

The lyrics and theme are beautiful, but I also gotta appreciate how much Bo has improved as a vocalist. He sounds as good as any proficient professional singer here. Beautiful vocal tone, also good dynamic control on the guitar.

“The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door” Me in Florida waiting out a storm as my front door is literally flooding into my living room and I’m browsing the internet until the internet goes out again… 0.o Damn Bo… you don’t have to come at me personally like that!

This is the song that really showed how far Bo’s voice has come

This song is probably one of my favorites. The tune of the song is so beautiful. His voice goes well with it as well!

I love just how calm and peaceful this song is. A strange accepting of the end, almost glad its almost over, but still sad its coming to an end. I think it really captures where we are with everything as humanity at times.

This speaks to me so much. That funny feeling is something I’ve felt for so long but couldn’t describe. I feel like certain people can relate to

bo burnham produced inside a bit too well. i’m so proud of his accomplishments. nice job