something to believe - Philip Labes (Official Music Video)

Official Video for “something to believe” by Philip Labes
https://beacons.ai/philiplabes

Written and performed by Philip Labes (from the album SUMMER)
Directed by Jacob Reed
Production Company: All Trades Co
Produced by Jacob Reed & Matt Mazany
DP: Carissa Dorson
Gaffer: Rene Yescas
Best Boy: Clay Larsen
Pyrotechnics: Scott Harrison
Editor: Jacob Reed
VFX: Lehr Beidelschies, Jim Paez, Jacob Reed
Color: Lehr Beidelschies
Special thanks: Heather Sundell, Coconut Grove Pictures, Eric Bader, Michael Langan, Joey Clift, Nathan Kosta, The San Bernardino County Film Office, The Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department

LYRICS:

I wake up
Check my phone
"Hey the world is sorta ending, did you know?"
But my boss is gonna freak if I don't show
So I go

Off to work
Stare at the screen
"Hey the world is sorta ending, did you see?"
Someone's talking 'bout "the new reality"
On TV

Someone lit themselves on fire in the middle of the square
Feels like everything is ending and I am barely there
And I'm not a goddamn quitter I just need a chance to grieve
And if I could have just one thing it'd be something to believe

Get a call
Oh how nice
If I make a big donation we'll be fine
Politician setting ransom, here's the price
For your rights

I get home
Can't relax
I recall the active shooter drills in class
And half the world don't even care about the facts
But hey... low tax

Someone lit themselves on fire in the middle of the square
Feels like everything is ending and I am barely there
And I'm not a goddamn quitter I just need a chance to grieve
And if I could have just one thing it'd be something to believe

Filmed on location in Southern California on native Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga’yam, Vanyumé, and Newe Segobia land

TUNNEL VISUALS:

Alarm clock from One Hot Momma, Rooster at a local Brazilian farm by Ricardo Porto, Sleep tracker designed by Orely.co, I am blue by Adrian Swancar, man holding black phone by Manuel Del Moral, empty shelves at Sainsbury’s in Putney by John Cameron, tweet and video of Grubhub driver in Hurricane Ida by Johnny Miller, Capital Insurrection by Leah Millis, Reuters, SF Fire by Noah Berger, AP, Everything Fine dog by KC Green, toothbrushes by Jim Winstead via Flickr.com Licensed under a creative commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0), Sad shower by Rosanna Wan, astronaut putting on pants by NASA, Commute by Hari Menon, New York by Roland Denes, Taxicabs by Nelson Ndongala, work clock by Joshua Olsen, Coffee Caffeine by Levi Reardon, Spreadsheet by Mika Baumeister, Typing Monkey by Getty, Facebook Animation by Zach TBD / We Invent You, Thermometer from One Hot Momma, Kneeling Democratic Leadership by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images, Ted Cruz at Airport by Stringer / Reuters, Joe Manchin on Yacht by EoinHiggins on Twitter, Kyrsten Sinema by Alex Wong / Getty, Smug McConnell by Win McNamee / Getty, George Floyd protest photos by Clay Banks, Additional protest photos by Colin Lloyd, Gayatri Malhotra, Manny Becerra and Michael Muthee, Ceiling fan by Jason Anderson, Chris Hemsworth Tinder GIF By Lunarpapacy, Have a game to unwind the day. by Glenn Carstens-Peters, Active shooter drill photos by Phil Mislinski / Getty, Dougal Brownlie / AP, and Jim Seida / NBC News, Bill signing by White House / Joyce N Boghosian. Additional visuals created by Jacob Reed, AdobeStock, and Open AI / Dall-E

ADDITIONAL SOUND EFFECTS
Desert silence at night by Diegolar, Fireball Cast 1 by LiamG_SFX, and Sliding Heavy Equipment by ultradust via Freesound.org and licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
After dark in Arizona by Marnie Devereux licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0
Fire wood bonfire low eq by homejrande via Freesound.org, licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 3.0

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