Because we need to unwind

July 10, 2016 12:57 AM

Ma’agalim, a bitter-sweet music video by the Israeli band Jane Bordeaux [Youtube]
(N.B.: first link includes sketches and models.)
posted by Joe in Australia (8 comments total)

My stab at the lyrics:
Nights turn to days
Days turn to years
Within them I spin in circles.

Winds strike me
Blowing down my neck
Everything seems too far
Too much for me.

It's not me progressing
It's just time moving on
A train passing
A tightening noose.

Sunrises sink rapidly
Seasons keep passing
And I'm still there
Within the shrinking moment.
posted by Joe in Australia at 12:59 AM on July 10, 2016 [5 favorites]

That was so nice!

Joe in Australia Thanks!
posted by james33 at 2:42 AM on July 10, 2016

Thanks, Joe in Australia. It's bittersweet but not just for the sort-of stationary character. Beautifully made video.
posted by datawrangler at 2:44 AM on July 10, 2016

It's a very good song for a Sunday. Also, the translated lyrics are in the vein of what I expected, because the whole package of video, music and lyrics works together so well.
posted by howfar at 5:57 AM on July 10, 2016

Breathtakingly lovely. Both the song and the animation. Many thanks!
posted by cleroy at 6:30 AM on July 10, 2016

I love the video. All the intricacy is so absorbing.
posted by gt2 at 7:05 AM on July 10, 2016

This is lovely, thanks for posting it.
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:47 PM on July 16, 2016

Lovely indeed. Love the spiral as a metaphor for life; it encompasses both the cyclical and linear aspects of time as we experience it.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 3:04 PM on July 17, 2016