I Knew You Once - original song || dodie

Teacher: what do you want to be when you grow up?
Me: dodie clark

Dear Ella,
I knew you once. Do you remember being friends? Do you remember skating together at the arena everyday? Do you remember sleeping over, and putting so much ketchup on your grilled cheese that you couldn't see the plate? And then do you remember moving away? I started to think about you less, but sometimes my mom would bring you up and we would laugh about all the fun we had. Six years later I met a girl with the same name. We became friends. Can you believe it took us two months to realize we knew each other all along?
I'm so glad I met you again. I'm so glad that we can talk openly about how we feel, and understand each others emotions. This will probably get lost in the ocean of comments, but Ella;
I knew you once. And it was nice. I know you now too. And that's even better.

this comment section is so heartbreaking

it’s just a cluster of regret and apologies and reminiscing

and i’m here too

i knew him once. he was the closest thing i had to a best friend for around two years. secrets shared, stupid jokes and people against us. the “anti skylar association.” that one kid who’s a furry now. all the times i died in a video game, yelling at him to avenge me. the plans we made for the future. funny, we were just kids. we had no clue what we were doing, but we were happy. i left eventually. i was forced to leave. we stopped talking. we would maybe chat here and there, but fast forward about 3 years later and here we are. together. and i love him. he’s everything to me, really.
i knew him once. and it was nice.
i know him now. it’s even better.

I love how Dodie’s songs can relate to all situations, I will be singing this song at my grandpas funeral. He was like my dad

That was so cute at the beginning how Dodie pointed at her decorations like she was so proud 😂 :)

me: oh man, everything that comes from Dodie's mouth sounds so good

dodie: sneezes

me: beautiful.

When I first heard this song, I thought of my best friend from middle school. We were inseparable, close as can be. Then she cut me out of her life, with no explanation. It left me feeling betrayed and extremely hurt. It really hurt, for many years. This year I finally came to peace with it. Then out of nowhere, she texts me and apologizes. People can change, it just takes some time.

2 things made me cry today: this song, and the beautiful stories in the comment section. Thank you Dodie, and thank you everyone for sharing your light and inspiration.

to all the best friends who are now strangers. you'll always be a part of me

This song came out 2 days after my best friend passed away in a car accident. I know it's a little bit different interpretation of the song but it really helped me figure out my feelings and now I look at the song in a more positive light. I knew him once. It was nice.

This is so beautiful yet so unfamiliar, being 14 I've never been smitten or broken.... Or anything for that matter. Should I try it? Is it worth it? Those are thoughts I'm a bit preoccupied to focus on, but of course one day I'll be responsible of a heart, that I will handle like glass. Is that a good thing?

I knew a boy once...He was my best friend, and I loved him. I really, truly loved him. I saw myself marrying this boy, and living together. But sadly, he didn't feel the same. So as time passed, I fell less and less out of love with him romantically. I started to love him in a different type of way that I can't really describe. If you had a soulmate for a friend, he was mine. He was my friend soulmate. He was kind, he was stubborn, he was funny, he was talented, he was anxious and depressed, he was a boy who didn't feel like his light was bright enough in a world of dark. But I knew better; he was a ball of light in my darkest days. However, as time went on, we got into more fights...We faced harder challenges...We didn't talk as much...We along with our chorus went to Rome, and I told him the truth about our so called 'friends' and how they had been bullying me subtly for the past year. He told me to talk to them. I said no, because it wasn't worth it. Eventually after him saying he would take care of things if they went badly, I did. Those 'friends' attacked me in ways that didn't wave bruises on my body, but scars in my heart. I told him what happened. He broke his word, and didn't say or do anything...He was a boy who didn't like making decisions. He was a boy who didn't know how to be mature and chose when to do the right thing. He was my best friend, and I wanted him to stand up for me or at least acknowledge what they did was wrong. He did neither. He was a boy who I screamed and cried over, because no matter what I said, it was somehow my fault and he was the victim. He had a choice to make. Either fight for me and tell them what they did was wrong, or lose me. He was a boy who had to make a choice, and he didn't like the outcomes of either choice. So I made the decision for him, and I left that kind, stubborn boy. I knew him once, and we told each other everything. Now, I just watch him laugh and smile with those who were cruel to me, and try to hide the tears.

I want this to be on a new EP so bad :)

i knew u once
i knew u twice
but love aint cool
and love aint nice

(You can ignore this, sorry)







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I know that she won’t see this and I usually never ever comment these things, but Jordan. You were the best friend I could have ever had the opportunity to have met. You lived in Fort Lauderdale and was my neighbor when we were younger. I can’t get that image of you dancing in the sun showers one beautiful warm morning out of my head. It was the first time I saw rain and sun together and you fit so perfectly with it all. Every time I think of sun showers I think of you. You were so aware and intelligent and such an incredible ballet dancer. So blessed to be yourself, you were so mellow and just melted like the perfect smear of paint in a sunset. You were perfect in my young eyes. I don’t know who you are anymore but I hope if I see you again you’ll be the warm wonderful person you were. Thank you for the moments we shared playing pretend in a blindly perfect childhood world. I went to visit your house last summer, but you had moved out. It looked like the life torn from it and it was just some other beige house on the street. The same road I stood barefoot on with you as I watched you spin and twirl and dance was all gone but still scary to think it’s all there. It happened and it happened there. Just in another world and lost in time and our minds. I hope to talk to you soon if time gifts us that.

did anyone else notice she was about to cry

I was really expecting the line
I knew you one
but never twice

Dodie I implore you to add this to Spotify because I’m crying to this song

I love the humming

i see other people doing this, so i thought i’d give it a try. here goes.
dear anna,
i knew you once, in sixth grade to be exact. i remember having sleepovers and staying up late without our parents knowing, just texting and talking. i remember you comforting me through facetime when fights would break out, and me comforting you when things would happen. we had one year. one year of silly nicknames and crazy experiences, but then it all ended. we drew farther apart, you wanted to be with the “cool kids”. you wanted to be popular. so, you ditched me and all my friends. you left me in the dust for the popular crowd. now we’re in high school, we haven’t talked in two years. we avoid each other, rarely make eye contact. so yeah, i knew you once.

I knew you once. You had a weird name that I remembered the first time you told me, which doesn't happen often.

You were one of the few people who could handle me, which is quite the feat considering how much of an obnoxious, anxiety-filled ball of energy I was at the time. I'd make jokes all the time just to be able to see you smile. Your laugh was sweet, contagious, and fluffy like marshmallows, and I wish I could hear it every day like back then.

I remember the day we spent riding and nearly crashing the golf cart and singing out our favorite songs. I remember when I went to your family's farm and we skipped around in the woods barefoot, holding hands. It's weird to think we were fifteen when we did that.

You cried into my shoulder, and I cried into yours. For a couple years, I woke up every morning thinking that everyone hated me and wanted to see me dead, but there you were, proving me wrong every single day. You were my light, my sun, my reason for living.

But I transferred schools, and I heard from you less often. We haven't talked in a year now, and I just want to know: do you still love reading? Do you still love music and singing? Do you still obsess over books and tv shows? Do you still wear the necklace I gave you? Do you still love dancing in the rain? Do you still consider me a friend?

lost someone i loved with all my heart, and this was the last song we listened to together. I am still heartbroken.

Laura, I knew you once, and it was nice... until it wasn’t.

We were best friends, ones who shared not only a birthday, but our lives. We grew up together, and we helped make each other the people we are today.
We were practically glued at the hip for eight years, but after five of those fun filled years, I noticed how we didn’t have the same friendship as all the other kids. Other best friends were equals, and they had balance, but in just second grade, I was forced to evaluate our friendship. I saw that I was always giving while you only took.
Over time I gave up more and more important parts of myself; my independence, my freedom of speech, my opinions, my knowledge, my confidence... my freedom. You talked me down and I would just build you up more. I gave you kindness, companionship, mandatory gifts, and too much of my time, while you presented me with self doubt, loathing, and pressure. Pressure to dress and act differently to satisfy your twisted idealism. I changed myself for you.
By fourth grade, I knew that things needed to change. I strived to confront our toxic relationship, but I was met with turning tables, hurt, and false accusations. I finally admitted to myself that I was no longer loyal to you, that I hated you.
Now that I finally knew it, fifth grade was torture. From simply faking my agreement on your heartless opinions, to the time you physically backed me into a corner and tried to make me feel ashamed of who I was. Who I still am.
I got lucky when our paths split in middle school, and I tried my hardest to forget those eight years, but I soon came to the realization that I wouldn’t change them. Your negativity may have left me with depression, and my own blood on my hands, but you also ensured that I never treated anyone the way you treated me. To this day, I apologize for things I didn’t do, simply because I can’t stand the thought of making anyone as miserable as you made me.
I knew you once, Laura, but it took me a bit to learn more about you and who you truly are. Now, many years later, you still don’t know how I feel about you, but you don’t need to; I’m done wasting tears on the ‘best friend’ I thought I knew.

dodie, as usual, your music connects with me.

i had a friend who i unfortunately had to stop talking to in december. i'm devastated.

i miss her more than anything in the world. she was my She. i love her and would do absolutely anything for her. i hope oneday she can be in my life again.

i knew her once, and it was nice.

such an underrated song!!!!

2018 and after all these years, i shed my tears again when her images flashes back,,

Not something one should be listening to when missing someone... sigh

"silence was comfy, without having to try"

honestly if u find anyone like this (which is so rare) , they're someone you want to be with, for life.

I knew him once — the prettiest, goofiest dork you’d ever meet. a kind smile, red hair, more freckles than stars in the sky. his cheeks would get rosy and pink, even inside with the ac on. he made me happy for 2 years; and then I broke his heart. entirely my fault, I understand now. I’m a better person now, and I wish I could talk to him again, but every message I send doesn’t deliver.
yes, I knew him once, and it was nice.
I’m sorry, Andrew. I hope you’re doing better without me, and that high school treats you well, love. 💞 you were the first person I fell in love with; I will always be in love with you.

Okay and know I’m crying because this is exactly something that happened to me omg

I kind of want to share this with my mum on facebook, but I still wouldn't get a response and I would still be sitting here, crying

I fell in love with a girl. Was too much of a coward to say anything. We were best friends, I trusted her with my darkest secrets. She destroyed that trust. Turned into an entirely new person. This song fits everything so well and listening to it breaks my heart.

What happened Zoe?

This is truly TRULY insert every synonym for amazing

This song reminds me so much of my best friend and I. Every day I wish I could have the chance to speak to her again. Just once.

this song really comfort’s me in a way that i didn’t expect. it made me a little more joyful.

I knew a girl once. We became best friends quickly at 8 years old and were friends on and off for years. A couple of those years we didn’t talk to each other at all but eventually we came back together and were friends again. Yet still she cut me out of her life due to something very small and it made me feel so bad for ages. It’s been months since we’ve spoken now and I don’t even know if I’m going to see her ever again. We’re not as school anymore and her family has moved away. I feel such a strong nostalgia over all our memories but I still see all her manipulative behaviour that hurt me even as an 8 year old. Right before school ended I was given a chance to reach out to her. I told her I hated how things turned out between us. She agreed and said she missed me. I missed her too, I nearly cried but still even as I was the one to extend a hand she pulled hers back as quickly as she pulled it out to mine. I knew her once and I’ll never forget the great times of friendship we had together but I’ll always remember the hurt I carried with it.

Love you kiddo keep singing always singing emotionally well

casually waits for chords

i always come back to this song. i relate to it a lot, and its honestly beautiful.

dodie, as usual, your music connects with me.

i had a friend who i unfortunately had to stop talking to in december. i'm devastated.

i miss her more than anything in the world. she was my She. i love her and would do absolutely anything for her. i hope oneday she can be in my life again.

i knew her once, and it was nice.

This song puts me in my feelings. I had a best friend a while ago and we we're so close that it was borderline a relationship. I soon found out she was doing and saying things behind my back. I loved her and I thought she loved me enough to always be there for me. But, nope.

Sitting in the garden, smoking once in a blue moon and drowning my sorrows in a bottle of red. Dodie, your voice it beautiful. It fills me with calmness.

I lost someone very important to me.My brother.This song really spoke to me and I love it Dodie.

After being dumped on Christmas Day I think I've listened to this 1000000 times. Bless u Dodie ❤

4 years later and this song is still so relatable and makes me want to cry

i knew her once, and she knew me too. it’s impossible to reminisce our memories without regretting. i can’t ask for forgiveness what i did was unforgivable, we weren’t perfect. but you put up with me incredibly and i wish for more of those moments. Remember when I got Dodie’s human vinyl signed i came over and we listened to it on your brothers player because i didn’t have one. i remember every friday i’d come over. i sit in the places we hung out.
we knew each other once and it was nice

My dearest Ivan:
I knew you once, and it was nice. I miss you darling, we were best friends for 6 years, and I'm so sorry things ended like this. I'm so sorry we never said goodbye when I left. I'm so sorry your girlfriend made us stop talking. I'm so sorry I didn't wish you a merry Christmas.
I'm so sorry it's been so long, I'm so sorry we couldn't solve it. I'm sorry my parents hate you because of how many times they've seen me cry.
The world seems like a fever dream without our silly talks, without walking into the classroom and seeing you and your bright smile.
I'm sorry. Please come back to me.
Love,
-Your little sister

I recently lost touch with a friend of over 10 years, this hit close to home

Honestly, so many times, I've tried to make real friends with someone. I'm super young, and my older sister's friends are all so supportive and sweet and awesome. I want to find someone like that, but we always float away. If I could just hold onto them, maybe I'd not fall asleep wondering if I'm going to die thinking these same thoughts. Now that my older sister has a boyfriend, I'm even more sad because I want someone special like that. I guess I just need to be a better person... But I don't know if I can try any harder than I already am.

i knew her once, and i had to move. we stayed close and she visited me. it was like nothing changed. and now time has passed and she found someone else. a new best friend. she changed a lot. i’d like to blame the people around her but i know i can’t. people change. i knew her once, and it was nice.


i miss my best friend.

When this song came out, I sent it to my best friend because the feeling of knowing someone this deeply, then losing them, really made me feel something and I wanted to share it with her. Three years later and she is the person this song reminds me of... It's hard when you know you shouldn't miss someone but you still do.

when I first heard this song, I wasn't reminded of anyone. it's been 3 years since that, and a lot has happened. now im reminded of my best friend; or at least, she was. until she stopped talking to me or coming online to the game we played very often. it's quite sad for me, but at the same time, she was a good friend during a really bad time in my life. and i'm grateful for that. we were pretty close, joking around together and helping each other out when needed-- she was called 'Reese'. if you're still out there, or even read this comment, good luck for the many years to come.

i knew a girl once and she was amazing. now she's just a stranger. and even if it has been some time since i realized that she has changed, it still hurts.

i miss my fucking best friend

This comment section is a huge therapy session, so


Chevii, I know you’ll never see this, but you were one of the best friends I ever had :) it was fun and you made me happy. You pretended to be my girlfriend when I had a stalker, you introduced me to the actual love of my life, and you were all around amazing in every way. I’ll never know what I did to you, but I hope you’re doing great.

I was angry at first when you cut me out, but life happens, and people change. And I’m finally at peace with our relationship, and I can finally look back at our memories and smile at how good it used to be. Thank you for all those memories, even if you don’t remember me with kindness, I always will.

Dear old best friend, I knew you once and I hope we can be together again we haven't talked in six months but you'll always be one of my best friends even if I'm not yours I'll never forget your laughter and kindness towards a sad dark soul like mine you were my light when I needed it most you were an amazing best friend for those two years, old best friend even if you leave me for good our friendship will live on in my mind heart I hope this little letter was a reminder of what is truly in my heart, dear Caitlin you will always be my friend even if I'm not yours and I know you'll never see this but oh old best friend my best wishes to you in your future!

i knew her once.

she hasn’t changed a lot, I still love her (best friend) a lot. But she just has other friends and I’m happy for her and I don’t want be jealous but she always drags them into what we do and will always stop me from being the chaotic person I am. It sucks. I suck for feeling this freaking way

THIS NEEDS TO BE ON SPOTIFY

did anyone else instinctively say 'bless you' after she sneezed i can't help it oops

i love this woman more that anything in this world

It's sad how much i can relate to this song...thank you...<3

That sneeze portrayed that this video was gonna be amazing.

i knew you once...but now you’re a stranger with all my secrets.

I like listening to your music when i'm writing. You have a vibe that gets me in the feels for a good short story. (: thanks for that

This takes me back. I was in love with my best friend, I really shouldn't have told her. It's been years since the last time we spoke.

This song sounds like a love letter to lost friends- you make peace with the fact that you’ll probably never meet again, that you still miss them, but that you were happy while together and that that’s worth remembering fondly

Okay, it's well established that you rock.

To my dear childhood friend A,
I never pictured a live without you. This pandemic has made me realize how important you've been and you are to me, but it has also distanced us. I'm sorry for all the mistakes I've made and for taking you for granted. You're always going to have a part of me, and I'll never forget the times we were inseparables. I'll always miss the times when we were kids and everything was simpler. Thank you.

Dear Friend,
I knew you once and it was nice. But the key word: was. A good distant memory is all it'll ever be, but I still hope you're happy even though you put me through hell.
Best wishes, The friend you left behind.

i'd say god bless you but it seems like he already did

she needs to put this on spotify omfg

I can't even play any instruments, but I just bought a fuckin ukulele because of this channel.
fuck me
fuck my life
fuck my broken English

BUT I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

I loved this song so much! i've made an animatic of this song because of it, its on my channel if you're interested!... this song really puts me on an specific mood idk why but I really love it!

This is the song that I will be playing over and over for the next week. :3

I knew you once
You knew my soul. You saw my cuts and bruises, and the cracks in my life
And now we're strangers

How is it possible that i haven't heard it before??? It's so beautiful 😍

Does anyone know the chords to this?❤️

Dear Eddie,
I knew you once. And it was nice.
After being friends for a while we started to grow closer to one another. Spending summer days playing Minecraft for hours on end and talking about life. Then we started to share almost every minute that we could with one another. Making dumb jokes and planning out our lives together as best friends. And slowly I was falling for you. I wanted to share every bit about me with you. All my secrets, my fears, my hopes and my dreams, and all of my life. Not too long later on I shared my first kiss with you. My first relationship was starting to bloom. And we where happy. We both loved living life with one another and loved each other so much. Sadly, all good things come to and end eventually right? Over time the quiet moments between us felt suffocating, and our differences felt large and painful. Conversations dulled to meaningless nonsense and we drifted apart. It’s painful because we both still love one another, we just don’t know how to stop the growing distance between us. Our futures started to look different than the ones we planned together. And I miss you. But please know that even though I know what we have is coming to a close, I will always still love you and what we had. So thank you. For everything. And I’m sorry.

I knew you once, and its completely my fault. I hope you have the best life. Thank you for the beautiful memories. :) you were the best part of my year

5 years later, and I'm still wishing this was a full-length 3+ minute song

Oh Please put this song on spotify! I have a playlist with a friend and I would LOVE to add this song to it.

Thank you to all who shared their stories. I would not have been able to get to this point of personal expression without your sharing. Now it's my turn to be honest.



I knew you once & it was nice.

I know you now, though it's been awhile & that's alright.

We use to be, but that was then.

I'm still a close sorta friend.

You've had a few, since way back then. I'm still here to help you keep up a grin.

I can't keep this smile or gifting advice.

Yeah I knew you once & it was nice.

I love how quickly you can flip from silly to serious. :-)

This makes me think of the best friend I had of 9 years who i recently lost touch with. We probably listened to this song together, too.

This touched me because my friend, doesn't seem to want to be my friend anymore. Trusting is no longer something i have.

Listening to this song several months ago while missing someone was incredibly difficult. Listening to this song now coming out the other side and feeling okay is a beautiful experience.

This song was my favourite song but it hurts after 12 years of being with someone, that silence was comfy till she decided drama was comfiest for her

Dear Abby,
I didn't stop being your friend becuase I stopped loving you. I stopped being your friend becuase I stopped loving myself. It took me a while to realise it, but you were toxic.
I still love you.
~Serenity

There have been countless nights I’ve fallen asleep to this song. I love you, Dodie 🖤

caN YOU NOT MAKE THIS SO RELATABLE TO ME, IM CRYING RN

i stopped counting after 12 replays in first listen
love it so much! ❤️❤️❤️




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it's been an hour can't get enough of your sneeze!

The sneeze replaced the snap-clap. I love it

every time i listen to this song, i message my friend who i don't see often. sometimes you have to reach out. stay safe everyone

I knew you once. It was.... nice? You knew my brain and my heart.... All my insides. I thought I could tell, with just a look what you were thinking. I thought that was all it took. I shared my secrets. You didn't share yours. Silence was terrifying, without having to try. We "swapped" our smiles. I gifted advice. I knew you once, it wasn't nice.

dear Alex,

You taught me so much about myself that I am forever greatful for. Joining theatre and meeting you was one of the best decisions I ever made. We both met at a time when we were broken and I think we helped to build each other back up and make everything okay. You are the only person to truly understand me. You never judged me for my interests. Because of you I have learned to be strong and stand up for myself but I hade also accepted that it’s okay if I’m weak and cry and can’t be strong all the time. I learned that I am beautiful because of you, you also saw the best version of me and thought I was beautiful no matter what. Last night I couldn’t forget about our first date and all the times we hung out late being goofy together. In the end we still decided to be friends with college and different schools tearing us apart. Yet you left so I could achieve my dreams, so thank you for it all. Thank you for letting me go even if it is hard I know it’s better for both of us. You taught me how to love and I’ll forever be greatful for that. Thank you for making the last year and a half of my life the best ever :)

I'd give anything to be know someone like that again.

This came out at a such relevant time in my life, I love how I can come back and smile positively at this lil tune💛

I knew you once
The pain you caused still stings till this day
But I lost our friendship that day
Something that broke me
But something that I now crave

This.... was so lovely.
You are lovely.

I knew them once.
I remember running throughout the hallways of school, laughing and yelling. I moved away without warning, not being able to see you again. It's been years by now, I wonder if you remember as clearly as I do?
At least I knew her once.
I'd say it was nice

I don't know what it is about your music, whether it's the beautiful harmonizing hums or the softly strummed cords... I always get goosebumps and a weird but comforting warm feeling inside. every. single. time.

when this song first came out i never thought i would relate to it i just thought it would be another song i like the tune to,,,, turns out i do relate to it I meet her in dark times not really looking for love, if it wasnt for her i definitely would be dead but she came into my life and swept me off my feet. texting till early in the morning and soon enough we met in real life and called every night to go to sleep going to eachothers houses and meeting family and friends we made the forever promise,,, it wasnt true we would say you and me were set, then the other one would say were set, a year later of kisses and cuddles and forever promises she stopped the promises but it didn't really cross my mind until she said we need to talk she was moving 30 minutes away i said we could make it work she said we still needed to talk about it i tried to let it go but i couldn't, i went to a graduation part for her then the day after she came over and we talked we cried into eachothers arms and cuddled as she told me shes not strong enough for me, and i guess i understand but she doesn't need to be strong for me im strong enough, i miss her so much still it fucking hurts so bad

I had a best friend once , we’re were two halves that connected so well. Now all of its dark and broken , we knew everything about each other , now it just hurts. Everytime I see you I break my heart again , and I bend over backwards and shut myself out of things just not to see you.


To that person , I knew you once , and it was nice, thank you for showing me who I am strong enough to be.

I swear dodie could probably write a song about murder and I'd still get excited

After listening to this song years later, I realized who I thought about when I listened to this song. I was thinking about myself. The relationship I once had with myself. I still know myself but I think the wounds make it hard to want a relationship with me. It hurts to know all of me, because I'm just so scarred within.

Love this. Makes me think of all the friends with which I've drifted apart over the years.

OUTSTANDING!
made me smile 😃 tugged a little on my insides & yeah it is just OUTSTANDING...
Bravo 👏 👏 👏

the little humming bit at the end is probably one of my favorite parts of any dodie song
the harmonies are top notch, 11/10 would listen to for hours

I was in love
It was the brightest sunshine I had ever felt

Then it was gone and the darkness was painful

Even if there was no darkness at all

i knew her once, then i didn't.. then i did again, but then i didn't... i messed up, we both did and i miss being your friend

Dodie, your songs speak to my soul. It helps me work out a lot of old feelings with happiness in mind and a good cry along with it💖

this song gets so much more beautiful when you think about it being a song to herself, looking back at memories and photos and whishing she still knew that girl )-:

I love hiw her facial expressions change with what shes singing, shes so connected to the music

wow. I just finished listening to that for the first time and I have tears streaming down my face. You just perfectly capsulated a friendship I once had and it really hit me hard, thanks for this amazing song dodie.

this song hits different since the first time I listened to it... :(

I knew you once, Jaxon. I loved you for two years, and you didn’t love me for a second. But that was ok. We laughed over the substitute, I was crying and then she stood up. Remember how tall that woman was? I do, we turned to each other and laughed. I knew you once, you had a nickname for me and I had one for you. I knew you once, and you knew me too.

My virtual best friend got grounded from all social medias by her parents, I’d just known her for a year. I also messed up all my other friendships recently
This was one of her favorite songs :(

this is by far my favorite song dodie has written. it's so simple and yet so packed full of meaning. Love it!

"Silence was comfy
Without having to try"
I love that lyric.

You’re so freaking talented! Love your voice!

Dodie! There’s so much healing in this song, thank you for writing it. I love the way you write songs. It’s like finding peace of heart by viewing this as a new memory to press into a beautiful scrapbook of life. 💗

I adore you dodie ❤❤

Reminds me of my sister. She and I live apart and even though we are still in the same state it feels like we are world's apart. I miss her so much and the games we used to play. She taught me how to imagine worlds and create amazing stories while I taught her how to be safe around others and learn to trust...I miss her so much.

*Just some person who can REALLY, REALLY relate to this song*

edit,, holy crap thank you for 2.9 likes hot damn jeepers

Dodie, this is my favourite song youve ever written. Just wow. 😍

The simplest of this song makes it awesome! Good job I’m really hard to please but you made me really happy to hear this song!!!!!❤️❤️ keep up the good job!

A sad little tune but so beautiful. I love the harmonies!! :D

Will this ever be on spotify?

Hey, Doddie
You are gifted to make a song and compose rythems. Your songs are very simple to listen but I can read your heart! You express your heart honestly! So you can sing your songs very naturally and I can have much connection to your songs! I appreciate you.

I was playing this out loud & at the beginning when she sneezed I​ guess my little sister thought it was me so she called out 'bless you!' from the other room lmao

ello bub (if i’m even allowed to still call you that),
thank you for all the amazing times and it still breaks my heart it didn’t work out. i loved knowing you and being part of your life. i loved laughing with you and talking about silly things that were just ours to laugh about. i loved the times we could cry together, let all of us out to be there for each other. i knew every face you could make and every time i saw you it felt like coming home. thank you for being there for me. thank you for sharing your passions and your rants. i’m so honored i once was the reason of your smile. i hope i could meet you again someday, but if not: your happiness means the world to me so please be the happiest you can ever be.

i knew you once
and it was nice.

Uau!!!

Release this on your next album/EP I love it so much

You came , and as quickly as you came you left .

You left a scar , but I grew , and you no longer hurt me .

I am a woman now , and I have seen , that words although they hurt , don’t mean a thing .

I knew him once .

[Edit]

You tried to come back, after you saw the mess you made .

I never let you , and now you wish to see the little girl you broke .

Guess what ? She’s gone , replaced with a women who has countless self-issues , who is scared of everything and everyone .

but she still loves

so no, you didn’t break her , you only made her stronger .

I knew you once .

Now , I don’t

this is the most calming thing i've listened to today , thank you

This song is so beautiful, it is so... Realatable... Thank you for making it. ;w;

I lost my cat today. I needed help to get the tears out. Thank you for such a beautiful, helpful song

when i first heard this song i didn't know how real i'd one day know it to be.

This is my absolute favorite song by you.

chandler, I knew you once. I thought I knew your heart, your mind, the way you told witty jokes in such a deadpan joke that you wouldn't even crack a smile afterwards. I knew how you liked your coffee and where your favorite spot on the couch was. I knew your favorite Baywatch character and who you trusted most. I know you will probably never see this, but its always felt like we were separated. like you were distant, and I was just watching you on a screen as your life played out, and I didn't have any say in it. I know you are with her now, and I want you to know, I'm happy for you. you deserve her. I know you won't see this but, chandler bing, I knew you once, and it was nice.

I love how when you go into the comments section on Dodie's videos, it's a community of people pouring their hearts out into a YouTube comment. A family of people who can relate to the song. God, I love this community.

your voice is so soothing it makes me want to cry for an odd reason

I need this song on spotify now!!🎶🎶🎶

This song is so so beautiful <3

I knew him once and he dumped me twice.

I knew you once. You told me everything, every boy you liked. You may still be here but you’re not the same. You’re cruel and cold, not the warm and nice person I knew. I guess I could say the same about myself, though. I knew you once, and that was nice.

It's been 4 years since this song came out, i still listen to it. it reminds me of a old girlfriend i had, even though i still sometimes miss her. i think this song really helped me moved on. and all the other songs you released in 2017, they still bring me joy. thank you for everything doddle.

Please please put this song on your album!!! It's beautiful❤️

This song is amazing! Thank you for writing it

Every time I see this I quietly say "Bless you, dodie." when you sneeze in the beginning. <3

one of my favourite dodie songs for sure !!

I knew her once.

I met my friend, calling her M, during 5th grade. I came into the same elementary school as her in the middle of the year. I had cataracts, so I had to have help reading textbooks. She, along with someone else who I’m still friends with, helped me out by explaining what was on the page and saying the problems. It was the best, to be honest. Not the whole cataracts thing, but the friendships I had built because of it. I was in a sort of depressive mood, so it felt nice to have some people around who I though cared about me.

Sixth grade rolls around, and we’re still great friends. I even gain another new friend through them, but this isn’t really about her. We would play Warriors, and we even began to collaborate on a story based off of our game. My character was a sassy she-cat... it was pretty much the only thing I had to look forward to. The rest of my life was covered in shadow.

Come 7th grade, and I had to go to a different school for the first semester. One of the worst 4-5 months f my life. Eventually, though, we moved , and I transferred to M’s school. I sat with her at lunch, but whenever I talked to her, she seemed so... different, I suppose. She seemed distant to me, like she didn’t want to talk to me.

So gradually, I stopped trying to make little conversations and sat in silence at the table.

8th grade (this year, actually). At this point, she straight up ignores me in the halls, at lung, at our locker bays... it hurt me every single time I saw her.

But I knew I shouldn’t talk to her. She seemed just like a “cool kid”, not wanting to sit with the loser in the Connor sweatshirt. She acted like it too. My other friend (the other kid I met at 5th grade) asked her what was going on, and she said she wasn’t interested in us anymore.

This was recent, and I’m still tryin to get over it. I thought our friend group would be together through high school. Because of this, I feel lonelier in a crowd than when I do alone. I’ve found more friends, but it still hurts when I look back at the memories I made with the friends I met that year. 5th grade.

... I knew them once...
... and it was nice...
... now it hurts...

I know I'm late but this is beautiful ❤️

It’s 2019, I’m obsessed with Dodie’s songs, and I just find this now? thanks YouTube

Omg i love her voice its sooo freaking beautiful

I just automatically said "bless you" when Dodie sneezed <3

BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!! Also love your voice! :D

I always come back to this song, so beautiful. Thank you <3 x

It's so cute how she adds voices humming in harmony in her songs. I just adore this.

A past boyfriend of mine has recently past away, this song hits hard. I love it❤️

this song is too adorable, just like dodie T^T

Even a couple years after this video comes out and it still melts me and inspires me to keep writing. Ugh I love this song.

An amazing voice <3

you posted this video right as I was going through a pretty rough breakup with someone. We had just grown apart the last few months because she was at college and didn't have/make any time for me. This song is awesome and you've been an amazing inspiration with your music and your vlog. love you°!!!

dated her for two years. was my everything and my best friend. when i first met her i listened to this song as a way to heal the loss of my best friends. she helped me through that. never thought id be listening to this song to heal the loss of her. i miss u

this reminds me off my old best friend. this song means alot to me life and says all of my happy thoughts off her. thank you dodie

Hey! Amazing song!! I just wanted to let you know that Hollie Allen has this song on spotify, and here also on YouTube as ~her song~, do you know anything about that? 💖

I relate to this song so much more than i did when i first heard it

I knew her once..but I lost her twice

every time I listen to this, I bless the sneeze. every. time.

Beautiful song. Beautifully sung!

this is the best song she's ever written. i thought it would've fit perfectly on the new ep, but its not one of the more popular songs. oh well.

Bless you








Also I love ur voice 💞

This brought back so many memories, not necessarily bad. But I did know him once. And it was awfully nice.

Any one else say bless you, but then get blessed with Dodie's amazing voice?
No? Just me? Ok....

I used to know this boy. It was so nice. We’d been friends since I was born (he’s one year older than me) but we didn’t get close until I was 13. We did theater together and talked more and we became really close friends. He was anxious and funny and talented and beautiful and i fell in love with him. And I thought he felt the same way so I told him and he didn’t reciprocate. We didn’t talk for about a year. He’s the kind of person that isolates himself when he doesn’t know how to approach a situation. But somehow after that year was over we ended up on the same bus home and got to talking. We then took the bus home together everyday for the next eight months. He was my best friend. I could tell him anything and everything. We would sing together at the bus stop and laugh our faces off at weird jokes and he would try to teach me how to beat box and I would try to teach him high notes. And it was the best friendship. But it all made those feelings come back and I was more in love with him than ever. But he graduated and went to high school and I still had one year of middle school left. And it was horrible. I finally got to high school and started doing theater again with him and we connected again as if the year apart had never happened. We actually talked about me telling him I liked him for the first time comfortably. But I didn’t know if his feelings had changed or not so I told him in November that I still liked him and surprise, he didn’t reciprocate. I started to see him in a different light after that, started think “oh shit he’ll probably never feel that way about me.” And it was hard to accept but he still stayed my friend, and we were best friends until he graduated. I haven’t seen him in a few years but we still talk occasionally and I miss him. I wish we could go back to our bus ride days when I knew him like the back of my hand. I loved him once, and it was nice.

i was on the verge of tears just now, because my "best friends" ditched me today on halloween, our bloody favorite holiday. as soon as dodie started singing i instantly felt better. i love dodie💗🎃

I reckon one of your musical friends should write a love song to you called “ode to the dodes” - just saying 😜😍❤️

dodie sneezes me, reflexes kick in BLESS YOU!!

We both sneezed at the same time now I feel spiritually connected to you

Always come back to this when I'm just having that moment of meh to myself. I will play this song so I can sit and choose to feel the moment for a while before getting on with the rest of my day. It soothes something

I play that sneeze on repeat. It's so cute omg

this hit way close to home, and

it was nice..

Omg I love this so much, this frickin made me cry, WHHYYY.😢💖❤

I knew him once. I thought he was the love of my life. My soulmate. He stopped loving me and found someone new. It still hurts. I wonder if he ever thinks about me

the harmonies in the "mmm"s pull at my heartstrings every time

it's very interesting to me how you can listen to something you've heard a million other times but somehow have a complete different feeling while hearing it....

I was doing a writing assignment and it was poetry...I wrote this because Dodie came to mind:
Dodie Clark is an amazing singer
The beautiful songs always linger
The talented harmonies
Bring me to my knees
Oh the so very talented singer



Sorry if this is weird

I never felt emotions that come out of this song until now. My life's a mess and I just feel the lyrics. This a piece of art. Painful piece of art. And that's beautiful. Thank you for making me cry (really, I needed it)

This is  e v e r y t h i n g I want to say/sing but never know how, thank you Dodie.

My heart is so full of music
I poured the sad-uncomfy-blurry-lonely into your song and now I sing

its so relatable to almost everyone, its so heartbreaking. nobody really knows how to stay huh?

I really really needed this. My grandma died Tuesday and I've been thinking about her nonstop. This sums up my thoughts. Thank you so much Dodie!

I love you with all my heart my Queen 💞

I knew you once. It was nice at first. You were my best friend, my first time, my saviour from the world. Then you were my abuser, my life-ruiner, my nightmare. Those three years were the best, and worst thing I had ever felt.

dodie girl i know you just released human (which is absolutely amazing and i'm in love) but when are you going to release this precious gem on spotify as well? this is so pretty it hurts

This video reminds me of the saying "Strangers can become Friends like how Friends become Strangers" So thank you for giving me hope to make new real friends. :)

even your sneeze was cute asdfghjkl

Man, this song actually brings back positive memories for me. I was in a long distance relationship, note that it was a healthy and supporting relationship, but once we got into high school we could no longer uphold our relationship. We both decided to split up, but I’m glad we were on good terms. I knew him once. It was nice. ❤️

My favorite thing about this is that unlike a lot of the songs that I've heard, this doesn't have to apply to a romantic partner. It could be about two close friends, or siblings, or a parent-child relationship... it's something that a lot of people can relate to.

I absolutely adore this song, i want to know how you do your hair that way it's so cute!!!! <3

I come back to this video whenever I go through something like this. It honestly helps so much. Thanks Dodie x

Seriously, out of all the videos dodie has ever made, I come back to this one the most often.

I had a best friend all throughout my early life. From preschool until 10th grade. You see in ninth grade I was in an abusive relationship. Afterward I developed PTSD, I drew away from everyone close including that friend. I’ve now graduated high school and I finally got in contact with her again and explained everything. I’m so glad we cleared the air. Erin I really did miss you.

I swear to god if this isn't on Spotify or something I'm gonna start crying again

Love the hummings sounds:
1:23 - 1:55

The lyrics are so simple but so relatable and beautiful + a little bit depressing because it reminds me of my friends who are going to different university :( and I keep getting sad that this is my last year with them

I knew my best friend once, it was nice. Now she is still close to my heart as we shared our advice🥺. This song brought tears to my eyes, it’s so emotive and relatable💗

i’ve seen this video probably over one hundred times and every time i still say “bless you” after she sneezes

I knew her once. We listened to dodie songs together in sixth grade in the snow, the phone perched on a swing and us kneeling in the icy woodchips. I knew her once.

AAAAAAAAAA YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD VOICE

This was posted on my burfday!! Thank you for just being you! whispers at screen oh yeah, bless ya too :3

Goodbye .. I’ll miss the good times and everything..I’m sorry for how everything ended but thanks for the memories

When I listen to this song I don’t relate it to love but I relate it to one of my best friends. The song basically described our relationship. We were best friends, always could tell what the other one was thinking and we trusted each other with every secret. Silence really was comfy. But last year she started to get really distant. Not sure exactly what happened. We went to different high schools and got more distant. We still see each other but it’s not the same as it used to be. Whenever I listen to this song I think about her and I miss how it used to be

every time I hear that song (which means : everyday at least since a year ) I can't help myself but say : "bless you dodie" when you sneeze at the beginning of the video, even my husband is saying it now from the other side of the house lol

when you sneeze at the same time as dodie???

After seeing my best friend from where I used to live after 2 years, I thought of this song.
It was a shame that I missed out the years where he had grown a lot and become someone new. To me, he will always be my best friend but I think to him i am just someone that he used to know. It sucks.
I want to thank dodie for making beautiful music that we can relate to.

dodie please please PLEASE put this in your 3rd ep or album oh my god i love thisss

I knew them once, they shared their secrets, or so I thought. So I shared mine and then my heart began to soar. And then I got too close to the sun and as it warmed my skin I saw the colors of the truth reflected in their eyes. All at once a shiver fell between dancing beads of light and with breathless gasps I found the ground was longing to feel my touch. So hello again to reality and hello again to pain and hello again to all my twisting fate. And as the breeze flows past I hear upon the wind an echo bleeds through all the time again, I knew them once.

Listening to this song after I've lost my best friend, my boyfriend and my dad really fucking hits hard...

I ended two of my toxic friendships and though I don't miss them ( unless I'm hormonal/ on my period) this really just reminds me of them. I was miserable and depressed when I was with them, and having to remind myself of this every time I get emotional sucks. I should probably go therapy or speak to someone about it.

You can ignore but I needed to get this out

We used to be so close. And everything was warm and safe. What are we now more than strangers? We are just strangers. I knew you as a stubborn, loving, kind, messy, and beautiful human.
I miss you. I miss your smile so much. Your crooked bottom row and the sharp canines. I miss them so much. The way you'd be afraid to kiss me because you thought they'd cut my lip if you weren't paying attention.
But then one day, something changed. Your phone would ring but would never be picked up. Your texts became a rarity. An "I love you" and meaning it became a miracle.
You became someone you never knew. And someone I will never know.

But I knew you once. And it was nice.

asa,
i knew you once. or i guess i sorta thought i did. i listened to this the night you told me about that summer and the girl and the way you felt about her and how you were frozen with indecision. you shared your secrets before then, but i always shared mine.
it's been a year and i dont know if i will ever know somebody else as well as i thought i knew you. love doesn't come easy for me like it did when i trusted you. but those days of knowing still make me sigh.
i hope you're happy, my one love to end them all. i'm trying to be, too.

Her songs are so pure and beautiful and completely heartbreaking.

It’s 1am as I watch this. All is quiet, the family is asleep - until Dodie sneezed. Then I bust out laughing. Seriously, who opens a video with a sneeze?

I'm listening to this with a huge mug of tea.. this is good. Yes. Good

Dont cry dodie your amazing person we all love you

god, i just love the soft sadness of this song. simple words that convey so much relatable meaning. ah i love you dodie

We swapped our smiles, gifted advice-- yes, I knew you once, and it was nice.
It's so therapeutic just to type it.

Holy Cow I thought I had alergies for a second but then I realized I was crying!

This song is honestly so beautiful.. makes me cry but it’s a beautiful ugly ass cry 😂

Those harmonies touched me so much! Thank you for making such beautiful music!

pls officially release this<3

I always find this song, always.

gigantic mug of tea + new dodie song + cookies = paradise

Anyone know what font the lyrics are in? This song is so lovely :D

PLEASE. P L E A S E. PUT THIS ON SPOTIFY!!!!

I can't listen to this without letting one tear slip :(

Dear Eve, my crush.

I knew you once, and it was nice. I knew your heart, your desires all of your thoughts. Oh, I could tell when I looked at you what you were thinking, without knowing at all. You shared your thoughts, and I shared all mine. Silence was perfect, I guess, I never try. We swapped our numbers. We talked all day. Yes, I knew you once.


But you ran away.

- Sarah

when you spoke this on snapchat last night i just fell in love. I'm so glad you made a video of it because i just love it so much. Dodie you're just so damn talented

Her face is so cute and innocent<3 also wonderful song

every time i rewatch this video i say bless you aloud when you sneeze...😂❤

every time I watch this I automatically say bless you

I was in class finishing my work and I had my headphones on and had the playlist on and I heard dodie sneeze and I yelled bless you to my phone and everyone just stared at me...

this should be on spotify ))):

I swear everyone has someone in mind when listening to this

may the power of god compel you dodie (aka bless you for sneezing xDD)

I knew her once. She was the only friend I've had in my entire life. She entered my life as abruptly as she left. She stayed for seven years,and we had an absolute blast. We talked day and night, and stuck with each other through thick and thin. Then one day, I told her I loved her. She said she loved me too. We started to date. Then,after our first valentine's together,she just. Left. Gave me no reason or even a goodbye.
If you're reading this, firstly, I hope you're doing okay. And secondly, just know that you gave me the best seven years of my life. I knew you once. And you were the best person I ever knew. I could have never asked for a more perfect friendship or relationship in my life. I just hope it was the same for you.
And lastly, if we ever cross paths again, just know I'll still love you as much as I did the day I told you that word for the first time.

I'm re-listening after reading her book and just sobbing. <3

Dude your voice is so beautiful

This is extraordinary <3 I know this feeling well

I knew this song is old but I still listen to it and i still love it

I wish this was on iTunes.

When you are going to a different high school from your best friends that you have been in the same class with for seven years but still staying strong.
I watched this video and balled my eyes out

I always miss singing along to the first line because I say bless you every time I play this video lmao.

I absolutely adore this song...I relate to this with my best friend, Dale...I'm going to college soon, and he'll be in his senior year. We're both too busy to talk much, and we know everything about each other. But, I'm starting to think that connection won't last much longer...

She's so beautiful in this (and always) wtf

Your music is absolutely gorgeous and so soothing to listen to 💜 Thank you so much for the gift that is you!

I knew her once, when we were just little kids, four years old. a nice girl came up to me with a little puppy dog plush and said 'hi' with a toothy grin. she invited me to the park. years and years later, I knew her once. she was... different. focused on the gossip, getting to the top of the social chain, obsessing over her guy friends, constantly saying she didn't have a crush on them. she came up to me with her books in hand and said ' we're together' without a bat of the lined eye. she would invite me to the beach, with all of our friends. she would lay on the couch, with one of those 'headaches' that seemed to always stay. all she did was text him. she missed out on a lot, like when we almost got a group of angry teenagers to nearly come up to our hotel room. months and months later, I knew her once. she was... unrecognizable. she walked up to me, a full face of makeup and said, ' everyone loves you, no gossip here' and walked back over to her group of bitchy girls who she was trying so desperately to befriend. days and days later, I knew her once. she was... a stranger. she walked up to me, and didn't say a word. her earbuds were in, and wouldn't speak a word to me. she always seemed pissed at everything I said. hours and hours later, she was cut out of my life.

I knew her once.

I love her sneeze!!!

I lost my best friend 2 months ago, who was the only one with whom I could sit for hours in silence and it was still perfect and not the slightest bit uncomfortable.
It was my fault that I lost that, even tho I wasnt aware of my mistakes, and that I took too long to sent that letter.

I will never get our friendship back, and I will never find one as close and as good as what we had was. I will never not regret my mistakes, and that it took me so long to bring up the courage to try to make it better.

And the worst of all is, that trying to get over it just feels like betraying her, that I just dont want to let her go, even though that would be the right thing.

I am so, so sorry and I miss you so much.
I knew you once, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I love this song sooooo much!!!!<33333

I'm in love with her voice 😍

Please stop writing songs about me.

Can I use this song to make a pmv? Love you Dodes!

can't stop singing that one, I love it ! I will probably cover it on my channel one day !

I lost you to her. I miss you. I hope you're happy, happier in ways I could never make you. Love you best friend

I love it! would you be willing to offer a tutorial?

Your so beautiful in inspirational. One of the most talented people on you tube. .... Please post more... Your videos give me a reason to get out of bed everyday

bless you, dodie 😊

I'm hoping that one day you'll record this lovely song.

hi dodie! what font did you use at the beginning of this video for the intro text? it's really beautiful :)

How does dodie know exactly what is going on in my life.

BLESS YOU!

Dear Mr. Glenn
You were a great teacher, you didn’t deserve the ending you got. You changed many lives and impacted mine in such a positive way. I wish I could’ve told you that. I knew you once, and it was nice <3

You look so proud of the things in the beginning it’s so adorable aw

You honestly are a beautiful role model to me, thank you

This is wonderful and says so much with so little words. You brought back many feelings with this

I knew you once. We laughed so much. I was 21 but you were my first real best friend. And for three years, it was so nice. But then you met someone, and drifted away, and by the time you got married, I hardly knew you. We tried to meet up and catch up from time to time, but it was never the same. You're still beautiful. And so are the memories.
But I knew you once. Then. It was wonderful.

That beginning was legendary

She just have to hum a bit and she totally gets me! Love it! :)

it'd be so incredibly lovely to have somebody like this in my life, but all of my friends are loud and offensive.

This is going to get buried in the comments but,

Can you do a cover of this land is your land?
Just with everything going on right now...

:3 love this <3

I love this one.

no one:
literally no one:

dodie: sneezes

still no one:
no one at all:

me: bless you
me: likes the video

I never cry when somebody sings but she makes me cry i listen to all her songs

this is beautiful. i heard the lyrics on snapchat but with the tune it's even better :')

this is so beautiful

(Ima do it cause it’s sad boi hours)
I knew her once. Bright stars in her eyes. Slowly faded away and was replaced by drops from the broken sky. Each fallen star lay wreckless until she pushed everyone she ever loved away. The brightness replaced by a brutal dull grey. I’ll forever miss the bright star I first met. My love for her will burn forever. I wish I could go back. Back to when forever, meant forever. (Oh my god I was not expecting that to come from my brain. It’s about myself btw ahah. Okay have a nice day if you’re still reading :,))

I NEED THIS ON SPOTIFY ;-;

ooh gosh i thought this hurt my heart when it came out but little did i know how relevant it would soon become yiKES

I resonate with this so much crying😭

I love the simultaneous breaths during the humming. heheh

"silence was comfy, without having to try" yeah I had a friend like this she was the best friend I ever had we still talk but not as much as I would like. she had to leave when she had to be put in foster care after some family things and after she had told me i was fucking broken.

To my person - I’m so happy for you and where you are and who you’ve become but I miss seeing you as much and talking to you as often. I think the past year really grew us apart but I love you still.

Dear Dodie,
I am binge watching your videos with my special needs 7 year old niece. She gets very anxious and frustrated and your voice has become calming to her. Thank you.
I love you!

im sorry that i hurt you guys
i never meant to, i let my feelings dictate my actions
i don't regret it because that would mean regretting loving my boyfriend, however i regret the circumstances
it was proper for you guys to let me go, i see nothing wrong with it
but sometimes i still miss the time we spent and the love we gave each other
thank you for helping me grow as a person
i love you all endlessly

i long for this. my heart needs it.

this song makes me cry really hard every time i listen to it. hits a bit too close to home at the moment :’/

I've just recently discovered Dodie from her Sick of Losing Soulmates video, and I'm obsessed with her.

2016: let's swap chests today
2017: we swapped our smiles

my best friend who i’ve not talked to in a while just sent me these lyrics

NEED THIS ON SPOTIFY

Bless you dodie (I sneezed right after you lol)

i'm wearing headphones and I said bless you when she sneezed and my brother and sister looked at me like i was crazy

Hello, i know you won't see this. Thank you, i'm grateful for our friendship and the times you were there for me and the fun times. But i think it's time to let go, i don't know do you feel the same, but i will not keep trying to build up this friendship alone. I have other friends, i love them. I love you too, it was so nice to know you.

PLEASE PUT THIS ON SPOTIFY!!!!!!

Love listening to this song with the speed at 0.75x ❤️

as someone who has grown distant from so many previously close friends as my mental health issues have changed my personality, this shit hits hard

I’ve never heard this one beforeeeee! I love it though.

This is amazing, made my bad day into a great day thank you so much. You mean the world to me because I know if I'm feeling down you're always there to watch

I still remember it all, every moment. I miss you. Hope you're well.

i knew you once. and it was the best thing to ever happen to me. you were my best friend. you made me so happy. you were the light of my life. im so glad i met you, you were like a sister to me and you meant absolutely everything to me. we met the first day of grade seven when i accidentally hit you in the head with a volleyball. remember that? i was so worried, i ran over to you and apologized so many times and hugged you until you felt better and were giggling. i didn’t realize that with that one act i would be creating a beautiful friendship that would last for years. junior high was so bad, but it was so much better with you. you introduced me to some of my now closest friends and we made so many memories. and then high school came along and we went to different schools but kept in touch. you came to my birthday party. we were still hanging out and talking, though not much as before. and then in may, something terrible happened. your sister died in a house explosion that sent you to the hospital. we were so scared. i texted you right away. i didnt know you were hospitalized and i wanted to check up on you. you didnt answer. i called our friends and was actively reading news articles about what happened and watching the news, looking for something to do with you. we found out which hospital you were in, but we couldnt visit you. family-only. but, there was a 92% chance of recovery for you. i was so happy when i found out, i went out and bought us matching necklaces, one with a locket in the shape of a heart (yours) and one with two hearts intertwined (mine) for your birthday which was coming up in a few days. well you were never one to do as people expected and you passed away 6 days before your 17th birthday. i was broken. so lost. it felt like all the light had drained from the world and that i was alone and empty, no longer having your guidance and happiness and love. i wear your necklace every single day. i wore it to your funeral. your mom was all alone, both of her daughters were gone and she had lost her house. i hope shes doing better. the police said that it was most likely your “father” who caused the explosion but he cant be persecuted after his death. its been a few months now and i hope youre in a better place but god we miss you so fucking much. all of our friends were sobbing, our strongest friend found comfort in my arms, our friend group has grown closer once again but it’s terrible that it had to happen this way. i had planned to invite you to my birthday next month but i guess i cant do that anymore. i love you so fucking much and i miss you every day. you were and still are the light of my life and my bestest friend. i love you dorna, and i cant wait to see you again ❤️ rest in peace my angel ❤️🕊 02.09.19

Very beautiful, thank you

I remember the exact (awful) headspace I was in when I got the little notification that this video/song had been posted & I immediately watched it. Here I sit, exactly a year later at almost 3:00am after reading several chapters of your book, knowing that it is not a coincidence that I am seeing this again exactly a year after it was posted. Time to reflect & pat myself on the back for the immense amount of growth I've accomplished in the past year. Thank you, Dodie. For everything.

Came back to this just now and I finally feel like I get it

dear dodie,
i know you dont know me but I just want to say thank you very much for being you because i think your voice is just heavenly and your music is helping me recover from chronic depression, and i cant express how grateful i am for something so beautiful to bring me such relief; thank you very very much, please keep being you
warmest wishes

Can’t watch this video without saying bless you at the start it just happens 😂

I love your singing it no unique and beautiful x

This song hit close to home. Idk if it's what you intended, but I recently fell out of a very close friendship that had lasted over four years. I could relate very closely to this song, and it was just lovely.

Well, crap. I...um...wow. I feel the song just STABBING MY FEELINGS, DON'T MIND ME!!!

Dear Cameron,
I knew you once at least I thought. But you broke my heart and my trust to the point I couldn’t look at you the same anymore that you completely became a stranger to me. I told you so much that happened in my mind we exchanged what would happen in our lives but I never really got to know you for what your mind really was until then...I went to you when I was alone, upset, or couldn’t be with my closest friends that I started depending on you instead of enjoy the friendship. We had our good moments and bad ones. But now I’m here ready to accept that I’ve cut ties with you breaking my heart and trust. As a new year begins so does a new decade come to bloom. I hope you learn from our friendship to learn to think about others for once like how I need to think more for myself as a person. Goodbye I hope the best for you...

This is a beautiful song, how does she strum for this?

i always think of this song as something myself now would say to my past self who was happy

this is so relatable. me and my best friend have stopped being friends. she just got so mean and focussed more on becoming popular then on the friends she had already. I wish I could go back to when I knew she was nice. thanks for putting it into words ☺

recently fell in love with this

Bless you girl!! 😂😘❤️😊

How are you so good at singing?!?

This song is making me emotional at 2 am. Not usually the type to get cheesy in the comment section but it reminds me of a rly good friend I had to leave 3 months ago. I miss him and i hope he's ok. And i'm sorry for all the ways in which i failed to be his friend. He may have broken my trust and let me down but I'll still always regret the end. I wonder if he ever thinks of me.

this is a thing of beauty and should be protected at all costs

One of my best online friends and me have lost contact. We sometimes still chat, but never as personal and deeply as we used to. I miss her to a level that feels physical

My best friend of 4 years suddenly found a new group of friends and decided I wasn’t good enough anymore. This song breaks my heart.

Did anyone else get Enya vibes from the harmonies? I really enjoyed it

Sam, you helped me through more than you know. I wish you put more effort into our friendship. But people change and that’s okay. I still think about you. Hope you’re happy.

Everytime I watch this video I always say bless you after she sneezes.

My best friend and I grew apart since the beginning of high school.
It still hurts to think about but,
I knew her once, and it was nice...😊

Wow I can relate to this SO MUCH! Especially because of the fact that I’m a teen in Junior high and things like what this song is talking about seems like the end to the world. It’s a nice song and I understand it completely.

wow this song is beautiful

OK SO IM LIKE ADDICTED TO THE SNEEZE AT THE BEGGINING LEGIT WATCHED IT LIKE 100 TIMES OVER NOW ALSO THE SONG IS LOVELY OMG

P.S. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS

Well, this is an absolute delight.

i've never told anyone all of this, but i want to.




i knew him once. we were good friends through all of middle school. i'd credit him as the first person to bring me out of my shell. i was such a quiet kid, our math teacher sat me between the two most talkative kids in class to shut them up. turns out we'd actually just start talking to each other. he was my first real crush and i told him eventually, but i didn't want anything more than friendship. i valued his presence in my life too much to risk losing it. by high school my crush was a joke we shared because he never made me feel embarrassed for having it.

i think the beginning of the end was our mutual best friend going to another school. we didn't have anymore classes together, only saw each other during band practices. our friend groups developed separately. i knew he didn't like some of my new friends in the same way i didn't like his. there were moments here and there where it felt like the old days, but they were only moments. sometimes i wonder if he remembers me fondly, or even thinks about me at all. he's going to college now in another state. even if we never cross paths again, i genuinely hope he's happy. he deserves it.

Bless you, Dodie

BLESS YOU DODIE

When I was listening to this I was thinking about my friend, she took a trip to washington and said she would be gone for a month but... it's been over a month and she never talks to me... I don't know what is going on she sent me like one message and that was it. I think she moved to be honest but... I miss her.

to myself, I knew you once, it was nice, maybe I can come to understand you again someday, but I'm fine being confused for now, I know there is always a future, and there is always going to be those truly happy moments, no matter how rare they may seem now. :)

This feels bittersweet. I can apply this song to so many people in my life, and now I’m alone and tired, but I knew them once, and it was nice.

i just watched this video and you look so gorgeous i know no one will see this because i’m late but you look so genuinely beautiful i would stop you in the street to tell you that even if i didn’t know you

I SAID "BLESS YOU" WITHOUT EVEN REALISING I WAS SAYING IT UNTIL AFTER ID SAID IT AND NOW IM CRYING BECAUSE OF THE SONG AND BECAUSE IM LAUGHING SO HARD AHA

this is so simple, but it's made everyone listening feel so much. this still makes me hurt, but it also makes me want to tell everyone in my life how much i love them so i never have to feel like this again. thank you dodie❤

This reminds me of Rue and Katniss :)

I’ve only had one super really, really close friend who I had a million inside jokes with and sat beside in class and shared earbuds with and listened to the Beatles and had two or three hour long conversations at sleepovers with, and now I keep comparing all my friendships to mine and hers, which kind of sucks because I end up feeling like I never know people enough or like nothing will compare to the closeness I felt with her. She was one of the first and best close friends I’ve ever had, and now she’s kinda just drifted away. I can’t even have a regular conversation with her when we’re at hockey practice, and she just seems so indifferent to me. It’s been happening in and off for a few years now! I’m kinda scared that if I become close friends with someone they’ll drift off as well. All of my really good friends have, in a way. They’ve moved away, gotten more “popular” and found other friends, or we just stopped clicking with each other. I don’t mean to sound self-pitiful in this, but friendship is confusing, y’know?? Thanks for reading my rant lol

Some of this reminds me of a friend I used to have. We had been friends since nursery. We hung out all the time, since he lives across the road from me. I knew his family. I loved his cats. We played video games together, played outside, and stuck by each other. We did stupid things. Most of my childhood memories are with him. But we drifted. I didn't really think much of it until my mum kept saying it was sad. I then realised I had lost a good friend. There's nobody in my street that I talk to anymore. 99% of the time I'm on my own. I can't look out my window and wave at him, motioning him to come in. He can't just walk in the door without saying anything anymore. I've lost a good friend. Now I'm pretty much alone. Love this song 💜

I am blessed to be presented with such grace

Really nice song ......And a GREAT sneeze made it for me !!!!.........Human.........

Que bonita canción .me encantó

Dodie please please PLEASE put this on a future EP! Or at least release it as a single! This song is one of my favorites holy crap

i knew her once. and it was nice. we walked home together after school every day. we knew eachother like nobody else did. i remember going to the park with her. i remember laying in my bed on our phones recording videos and laughing. i never knew how much she meant to me until we both ended up at different schools. i think about her every day, and though we still text, it's not the same. i knew her once. it really was nice.

Does anyone know the chords for this? I'm new to the ukulele and want to learn it. :3

i've never really experienced something like this, as i've been friends with the people i'm friends with now since the third grade, and i've never had to cut ties with somebody, but these songs hit really hard because it's something i'm always imagining happening. it's hopefully not something i would have to deal with for a while, but i always imagine it to be.

I still come back to this. I love this. X

This instantly makes me think of my girlfriend

From the first day she commented on one of my videos I had no idea I had been blessed. I had no idea that an angel had come to me. After a while one of her friends told me she liked me. And having someone so amazing like you is even more amazing. It took me a while but i loved her back. On the 19th of may i asked her to be my gf and then we just started crying because we had never been so happy.
My darling if you're reading this (somehow) I knew you once and it was nice , I can be happy from the screen of this device

my mom heard me play this and said bless you

Dear now Ex-Bestfriend,
Things happen for a reason. 6 years of friendship and happy memories are put behind us, but tremendously awful ones as well. You have saved my life on more than one occasion, thank you. When you started going down the wrong path a few months ago I thought nothing of it, until I could tell that you were not just losing your morals in the drugs, but you were also losing your future. Please understand I did not tell your mother this in wishes to get you in trouble, I simply believe(d) that you had so much more potential. You do not just use drugs, they also tend use you back. In the blink of an eye I watched everything you have worked so hard for go down the drain. I'm so sorry it's ended up like this. I love you. I know you hate me, but I love you so fucking much. And that's why I have to let you go, this time you're the one learning a lesson. Not me. And if, or when, you're ready, we can try again. Stay safe, I'm so sorry.

I feel like everyone has a person they can relate this to. I especially do, and it’s crazy how accurate these lyrics are.

This song is heartbreaking but at the same time it's really comforting.

honestly,, one her best songs

This makes my heart ache, in the worst yet best way. This gave me goosebumps and teary eyes.

im going through the comments and most of them are so heartbreaking.
i know some of you have been through awful stuff and im here to say sorry. Im deeply and sincerely sorry for all the pain you may been through.
but keep in mind that difficulties make us grow. take that darkness and turn it into light. spread your word and help others, i assure you it's wonderful.
there are many people who go through the same things as you do and sharing it might make you feel better. dont lose hope on people and, above it all, believe in yourself.
life is hard but its worth trying 💙

I feel like one of the saddest things about drifting away from a really, really good friend who you really felt like yourself with is kind of being okay with it after a period of time. It’s like it doesn’t matter that much, and I feel like that’s so sad

When she sang that song it reminds me of my brother cause we did the Same thing as the song lyics and haven't seen him in a while 😔

j-
i know you’ll never see this but i wanna thank you for all the nice times. at least i truly can say it was nice. no matter how much the past tense hurts.

Honestly... I had the most magnificent gf I could ever dream of having. To this day, even though what we shared is in the past, I will always love her and I am so thankful that I experienced the moments we had, and I cherish every single one of them. This song really hits home for me because its how I feel often when I see anything of hers whether it be a picture or a tweet or whatever. I hold no ill will toward her. I still adore her and our memories. I love this song, Doddie.

Great way to start my morning! Thanks dodie!



😢

i lost my best friend today so im just crying to this

That sneeze hits hard in 2020

Omg I relate so much to this song it’s so sad I cried.

I used to listen to this song on repeat and cry and cry harder every time I listened to it and today I didn't cry and I just realized how much better I'm doing than 9 months ago

I feel like I live a lil' more every single time I here Dodie's voice.

I knew you once,
It wasn't nice.
You stabbed my back,
And twisted the knife.
I cherished you deeply,
You hurt me everyday.
I knew you once,
I hope it stays that way.
You were my best friend,
Or so I thought.
I thought you were amazing,
But to you I was not.
You then replaced me,
My only friend.
I loved you once,
Never again.
Sometimes I miss you,
It makes me cry.
I knew you once,
It wasn't nice.

I feel like we can all relate to this song

Bless you!

I knew him once, my best friend, my everything. I remember all those long video calls we had. I dedicated everything to you. What I felt for you was indescribable, only I believed you felt the same way to. I looked up to you and I cared so much for you. That day you told me those awful words “I’m not obligated to talk to you” I fell to the group and cried. Because I lost everything. I felt that aching pain in my chest. I loved you and you just threw me away. Everyday I remember something we did. All our laughs and most importantly all our serious talks. Now I can’t even stare you in the eye. you were my everything, you were mine.

Hi Dodie don't know if you will ever see this but I love you and your videos so much. You were actually the person that inspired me to learn how to play the ukulele. I love your spirit and I just wanted you to know that you are an amazing person❤️( p.s. I loved the harmonies in this song)

damn, huh? that's a live voice, and its mind shattering....

This song reminds me so much of me and my friend, we used to be so close and this song perfectly describes it but not we’ve both changed, and for the better in my opinion, but he doesn’t think so. I just want my best friend back.

Oh how much I want to send this to my old friend that I betrayed. I miss her so much

Beautiful 😭😭😍😍😍

If there is someone going to heaven on this godforsaken world it is you and you deserve it so much for helping so many people with your music

(Not important)







Kota, you are the most lovely person I've ever met. I love you more then you may ever understand, and if you were to die, so would a part of me. The part that died is the part that loved to smile and laugh, cuddle and rest. I love you Kota, and I always will, no matter how much you hate yourself. I love you. And I'd miss you if you go, but I hope you dont follow in my footsteps, for you'll love me no more. I love you Kota, goodbye forever my love. I leave a blue heart, for it was your favorite colour. 💙

This remained me of my best friend oh nOOooO I may cry thanks love ya it’s great

I 'm kinda of wishing the next ep is composed by: - new song - new song - I Knew You Once - Pas De Deux - She - Party Tattoos
or some happier song in the end

I KNOW WHAT THIS REMINDS ME OF. This reminds me Baby by Relient K. So this (I knew you once) kind of sounds like your Baby to your Savannah (Intertwined). Probably isn't right context wise but oh well. x

Listening with headphones with the bit of white noise in the background really works with the vibes of this song. I keep coming back to this. Dodie is the best thing that could happen to my incoherent feels <3

I LOVE HOW SHE BROUGHT IN THE TITLE WITH HER SNEEZE

i feel such pain listening to this. beautiful song.

I knew her once, I knew everything about her but now I don’t even know her favorite color, she’s a stranger.

thank you, i got here by mistake and one great mistake it is, listened to you, arms crossed, tears down my cheeks i really needed that because i can relate so much. subscribed.

I read your book recently and I think I know what this is about.

I'm crying thinking of my ex-best friend that I had been friends with since kindergarten. We recently grew apart, and I can't help but feel it was my fault. So I hug the stuffed panda she gave me, play this on repeat, and cry

I can relate.. I had a very friend so close that I could read her mind even though she was always cooler then me. We ended up drifting apart which is a little sad but I won't let that ruin out memories together

I listen to this everyday and I still cry

Everyone is gone and now I'm alone. I knew them once, and it was nice. I was in love with his past spirit. I miss her sober eyes. I miss the friendships I had. They all changed, and left me. I'm stuck in the past, feeling isolated. Everyone moved on, and I don't think I ever will. Forever lost in time. I knew them once, and it was nice.

i'm adding to the string of comments with a thanks.
i had a falling out with my best friend some months ago and today he messaged me because of this song.
i just gotta say, thank you for writing this

I don't know why this video showed up in my recommended today after so many years. I remember watching this video when it came out, and I didn't really have my own story to tell like everyone else in the comments. But 5 years passed and in that time I have met and lost someone who meant everything to me. This song feels much more bittersweet now, and I think I like it even more.

I miss you.
I'm losing you.
I'm being replaced.
And while I'm trying to accept that fact
It's hard
Cause you've always been there for me
And now you're just...
Not

Remember playing the cheerio game? Remember the times we would just silently sit on hex and it would be the most comfortable feeling in the world?
Remember talking on the phone for hours and hours and not realizing it?
Remember promising to keep talking over summer?
Remember promising you'll always be here for me, and that you weren't leaving?
Remember every sleepover?
Remember feeling content for once?
Remember the 3am talks, confessing our deepest insecurities?
Remember how good it felt to finally feel like you belong?

There's so much I want to tell you, but I just can't, and now I have no one to tell. I can't trust you anymore.

You told him about my reason for dating him after swearing you wouldn't.
You outed me when I wasn't ready.
You chose, over and over again, to not stay with me during pa.
You choose, over and over again, to not bother texting me and asking how I am.
You decide, over and over again, that's it's okay to leave me with her since we're dating and not ever hang out with me

You decide, every day, to let more of me and what we had slip away into nothingness.

I miss you.
I wish things were different.
But it's up to you now.
I've done all I could.

I knew him once and it was nice
But now he feels like a figment of my imagination
Like I have memories of someone who never existed
But I still love him, no matter what he did, I'd take him back any time

Well, shoot. It's not the first time I've heard this, but it sure does hit home.

I was in love
It was like warm chocolate mild on a chilly winter morning
With you on my mind
I never felt alone

But then you left me
You said you would come back
You never did
Never.

I hope you got what you wanted

You could make this song really creepy if you wanted to. I love it

IVE BEEN WAITING SINCE YOUR SNAPCHAT IM SO HAPPY YOU SHOULD DO A TUTORIAL

I've never knew anyone once and I feel like I will

i love that it was lyrics with it :)

:) Awesome!

Why am i just getting obsessed with this now.

Last night I went through a list in my brain of every person I was close to but lost. Today you upload this. I think the universe is trying to tell me something.

this will probably get buried under everyone else's such sincere comments as well. but Josh; I knew you once. and it was so nice. I still think about you every day, but now instead of wanting you back, I just want to make sure you're happy. It's hard going from your best friend to someone who you disdain just because of a lack of communication. I wish you told me that I was hurting you. I wish I knew that I could've prevented it. I miss telling you everything important that happened in a day, I miss hearing you complain about your work, I miss calling you and giggling as I look at your face over my phone. I just miss all the little things. I hope you haven't changed, or if you have, I hope it's for the better, and I hope you find someone better. You won't see this, but just know that I love you, even if its not romantic anymore.

i used to listen to this song and think of my third grade best friend, now when i hear it i see my best friend from middle school through high school. i can never quite hang onto them, always gripping either to tight or not tight enough.

Omg 🤭 I literally said bless you when you sneezed. Then I was like wait she can't hear me.

I knew you once.
You knew me once.
I hope you’re happy now,
And I hope you continue to be.
I will always love you.

How does Dodie look into the darkest most hidden parts of my soul and make them beautiful?

hey.. atlas. do you remember all the fun times we had, laughing and crying, sharing everything, hiding nothing from each other. we knew how we felt with a single look or if anyone of us went silent in a discord call. do you remember when you found new friends? mich, finn, eli, them.. remember you started to get distant and left me alone by myself? I remember. I was so depressed, I even tried but never told you. or anyone. then, you left me. cause your friends suggested it and you took it. and then you came back a few weeks later.. and now you’re distant again. I’m glad you’re happy with new friends, but i miss you. we never call or talk anymore, I love you. and I miss you.

I knew you once. You left and took my heart with you. The first person I fall in love with and you shattered my heart into a million pieces. The worst part wasn’t you doing it, it was not knowing why. Then when I found out why, I couldn’t be angry. It wasn’t your fault. But you caused me pain. It’ll be ok though. We’ll find a way through.

I knew you once. I can’t wait to know you again.

Anyone else listening to this because you still know the person, but they're just different somehow?

Beautiful.

I flippin heard this on snapchat and I was entrapped already please never stop

That beginning was so cute

I sang this for an audition to get into theater class and I hAD A VOICE CRACK HNNNNNN

Okay... I'm crying. This just hit WAY too close to home. Dodie, why do you have to be so amazing?!?

Bless you dodie

emily, if you see this, i love you so much and i hope things will change. i'm sorry i couldn't be what you deserved. i hope you find someone amazing just like you.

that sneeze at the begining was so pure and adorable oml wut

Sophia, Chloe, you were my childhood best friends, now.. I don't even know you two. I hope you're having a better life than me, because I'm struggling with friends, but I always knew you guys had more important friends than me...

The feels 😭😭😭😭

Dear Maddie,
I knew you once it was nice, but I later met the real you, and the real you never stayed for your best friend when they were struggling with their mental health. I grew up, I didn’t change. I knew you once, and it was nice.

OML at the beginning of the song, where she sneezes i immediately so " oh bless you!"... no just me?

I knew you once, and it was nice. And I now I know you again, differently this time, but it’s nice.

Okay I know I watched this really late and I missed all of this hype and personally this song is so amazing and I love it so much. But I wanna tell you, Maddie even tho you won’t ever see this ever again that we were very close best friends since first grade and meeting each other in the girls bathroom was the most awkward place to meet someone but we have been so close ever since then. I know in middle school you changed but I stayed with you because I knew you needed help mentally and you wanted me to help you raise your self esteem when I tried so hard. I tried so hard to make you happy. I tried so hard to let you have fun and distract you from those negative emotions that you got. I defended you when you needed it. We were together and so close for such a long time. But highschool really got to you didn’t it....I miss you so much and I know you can’t see this because your up there now and I miss you so much and everyday I wanna think back and just imagine what I did wrong. What did I do wrong for you to keep on hurting. I miss you so much and thank you for being my bestest friend. And my family and the rest of us will remember you forever. Rip Maddie and thank you for being amazing.

i know her now and i hope that we never have to say goodbye

everytime dodie writes a really good song i feel like a proud mother

So pretty!!!!

crazy how people so close can drift so far apart in such a short amount of time

my boyfriend broke up with me four days ago, so this made me sad. But it was beautiful

Made me reminisce of a girlfriend I had back in sophomore year of college.

This was absolutely beautiful, do you mind if I make an animation to it? It hits very close to home

I met them once and it was nice.
I knew them the second time and it crushed me.
I poured my heart out but it seemed like it wasn't enough. I tried to play it off and act like it I was fine, but it felt so fake when they couldn't say it face to face that they felt the same way. Months have passed since our fall out and I haven't heard a word from them. I realized way too late that the only reason they talked to me was if I talked to them first.....

I don't regret leaving that situation. And I hope that soon I'll be able to go through more than a couple of days without being reminded of them.

I don’t usually comment on videos or post personal things online. But today is different. There’s something quite therapeutic about writing down you’re feeling. My interpretations slightly different to the majority. It’s about my mum. My mum was my absolute best friend in the whole world. I could be 100% myself around her, we knew each other better than anyone else and we could be comfortably silent in each other’s company. Then, she separated from my Dad and she turned into what I can only describe as a monster. She’s been emotionally abusive. She’s trying to make amends now, but I’m still deeply hurt. This song is a nice reminder of the mum I used to have. How beautiful our friendship was.

Ahaha crying because this to me isnt about romantic love. Lost platonic love hurts too.

Lachlan, I know you won't EVER see this...
At least I hope.

When we met, you showed me such genuinely happiness that I had never felt before... Or at least not in this way.

We called and talked.. all night.

I stayed up several nights in a row just to talk to you... And I didn't ever regret a single thing..

I developed feelings for you, feelings I didn't understand.. I liked you, I wanted to be with you for so very long...

You were the only thing that could take the rain clouds of life away.

I didn't want you to know I had feelings.. I wasn't planning on ever telling you.. I wanted to stay friends, because we could've NEVER had a romantic relationship.. It wouldn't have worked out..

So while we called, and laughed with our friend Josh.. I was working through my own feelings..

You found out..

You found out and it was like a great tsunami crashed over me as I read those words "You have a crush on me?"

I did, but I didn't mean to, I tried to explain... But the conversation ended there.

We didn't talk for five months.. and almost each day I would go back and read our texts chasing that same happy high I felt while writing them...


We started talking again.. but it wasn't the same...

It felt forced.



You told me just recently that you felt forced through our whole friendship.. and damnit it hurt.

It hurts.

I thought we were really friends but you just felt sorry, felt forced... I'm sorry...

You told me not to message you anymore...

I respected that... And we parted ways.. but it feels like my heart has just been torn in half.

So Lachlan if you ever see this...

I loved you..
I miss you so so bad every single day..
I wish I could go back in time..

Goodbye... Friend.

That sneeze at the beginning was adorable I'm sorry but I'm dying

Bless you. Not just for the sneeze.

I love the sneeze part







But this is actually c u t e

This song resonates so much with me holy macaroni

Hear me out.....


air so sweet,
in the bed (demo),
intertwined,
Arms unfolding,
?,
sorry,
when,
I knew you once


They all give off the same vibe, meaning and sound wise

I'm sitting under my bed blankets at 8am watching this and it made my heart feel extremely heavy.

I love her so much

I have for so long
And now I have her
I’m so afraid of losing her
That every obstacle feels ten times bigger
Because I have to keep my El

This made me think of my use to be best friend that just kind disappeared from my life in a blink of an eye ....

Bless you! (for the sneeze at the beginning)

Dodie, PLEASE release this somewhere and I will buy it as many times as possible

Why are all you're songs perfect for what I'm going through?

This is faaaar too relatable, actually crying

this song makes me think of lost friendships. excuse whilst i just drown in tears

Who here also said "Bless you" when Dodie sneezed?


Just me?


Cool

this means everything to me.

has anyone figured out the strumming pattern/finger picking thing for this beautiful song?

the worst feeling is hearing this in your head when you see someone

Girl you need to put this on Apple Music, so I can listen to it without any problems. Cause like my boyfriend literally just broke up with me so, I’m in a bad mood :) he didn’t have the nerve to tell me in person.

HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD OF YOU BEFORE

this song made me think of my dad, i haven't seen him for like a year

The first time I heard one of your songs i said " ok who is this girl I need to listen to all her songs she's that good " then I found your channel and clicked that subscribe button so hard it went flying

I am now here after a break up, and I wish things had gone differently. What i’d do to have things be different. I miss her everyday and I wish we could recoupe what we had, but now we pass by each other simply as strangers, and it hurts immensely. Allie, I remember when we used to be driving around as friends, blasting music and going out to eat with friends. I remember when you let me drive your truck late at night, when we started watching a show together as friends, our talks we had when we got together. Now everything has just changed even though we’ve been so far apart and we’ve both grown. I have such a soft spot for you, and I truly always will. We know each others secrets and the things we know that make each other mad and sad. I miss my best friend, the person I could turn to when things got rough, to celebrate victories with, and someone I can just sit in silence with. I hope you’re doing well, it sure seems like it. I think about you a lot.

can we have this was on the album?

i clicked into the video and she looked like she was in pain and my heart broke and then she sneezed and then the adorableness killed me

There was a boy. We were best friends in primary school and pretty much inseparable. Then he moved away for a year and we lost contact. A few years later I found him on Facebook, but I was too scared to text him. This year, a few months ago, I met him on the train. We go to the same university now, but it was weird. I mean we talked a bit and I even asked for his number, but it wasn't the same. I guess the ten years have made us both very different people, and we just don't click anymore, so now we just awkwardly say hi when we see each other on campus. It's kinda sad, but hey, I knew him once, and it was pretty great.

"silence was comfy
without having to try"

i have friends like that it's quite nice

Playing this on my concert uke gives me hella anxiety. That D7 chords tho

I love coming back to this song because, my "friend" left me with no explanation. I know shes doing just fine because she still post pictures with other people- but none of them are ... me :(

Love the sneeze at the beginning. XD

I'm crying rn bcuz this applies to my life so much

bless you
also, you look lovely in this video and the song is beautiful as always

Lol I just said "Bless You!" without even thinking! 😂

I knew a boy once
He was charming and sweet
cracked smiles and insecurities
lead to defeat.

Does anyone know the strumming or finger picking pattern of this??? I really want to play it D:

this song WRECKS me girl

Slowly but surely loosing my best friend, shes gettin bored of me so shes replacing me, that makes her happier i guess, so at least that makes me happy. This song hurts, thank you so much dodie, needed this xx

I knew him once I knew everything I needed to know except that he would change.

Alright here it goes...

I knew you once, and it was nice. you're the only person I've ever been able to talk to for 7 hours straight and still want to talk more. I wish things could go back to the way they were, where the biggest thing I had to worry about was a movie suggestion from you. I miss talking to you and I miss hearing about your day. I wish I could rewind and listen to you calling me your favorite person again. When I lost you I lost a brother...

Who knows... maybe someday we'll know each other again, and maybe it'll be better.

dodie clark also known as the only person to ever still look cute while sneezing?????

There's so many best friends that I've lost over the years. Abby, Kati, Ella, Shyla, Shahad, Eiseley, the list goes on. Now I have Oli, Alvin and Teagan, and I love them all so so so much. I hope my old best friends are happy. I knew you once, and it was nice. Now we both have new people to know and love, and I hope you're okay out there.

<3

i live for that sneeze at the beginning

my best friend was like my sister. She moved to a different place and we swore we wouldn't drift apart. But distance is tough and I went from telling her everything, to hiding really important stuff. She changed, so did I. It's sad because she was and still is everything to me.
I knew her once, but she moved away.

never cried this hard to a song

Gentle... Sweet... Lovely

you can capture an entire broad section of experiences with just one song and that's beautiful

oh flip i'm sweating through my eyes.

I knew her once.
Searingglow was someone I met through a cat game on roblox. She and I would roleplay together and I met others because of her. We ended up having a small group of friends, it was 3 of us: Ro, Sear, and Me. We became really close friends outside of roleplaying, and eventually one by one we stopped playing on that specific game. We still roleplayed, just not together. But of course, our friendship wasn’t hindered or anything. We were so close. They were closer than some of my friends in real life. I trusted them more than anyone. I told Sear about me questioning my sexuality, wondering if I was depressed, personal struggles, things i was afraid to tell even my parents, she knew me so well. She inspired me and changed me and I barely knew her. And that’s what it was. I was the most open and told them things like my name and age, though they weren’t as. Still, i trusted them.
Eventually, things ended up happening and changing and stuff. One of Sear’s old friends, Cay, ended being one in the trio, and then it was us 4. We moved to discord and I heard my friends’ voices for the first time. I still remember, I was on holiday with my family and it was 1am. I was talking on my laptop and was so nervous to speak. We talked for 2 hours before my parents forced me to go to sleep. We were just talking about random stuff too, but I talked to them as if I’d known them my entire life even though we’d all only known eachother for about year and a half.


But happy endings don’t exist, it’s the real world after all.
After about 2 years, a LOT of drama happened between Sear, Cay, and another friend. They began playing a game called Lioden, and through there Cay met someone who was really toxic. Someone I’m going to call Pichu was also in this, but I’m not really sure because this all happened overnight and I was asleep because I’m on the opposite side of the earth to them. Sear essentially explained it to me and we both changed our status to “No friends left behind. 💜”
So guess who left their friends behind the next day?
The day after, I was talking with a friend from school on discord when I see 5 people added to a new group. At this point, there was another person who was really close in the online clique. When I opened the group, I saw “I have to talk to you all.” sent by Sear.
Everyone was online and everyone was silent as Sear typed the messages. She said that “I already told you I lie a lot. And I have again. My age, my religion, my life, my name. It’s all a lie. (a bit later) This is also doubling as a goodbye.”
I remember being in tears. It felt like everything she’d told me was just her trying to defend who she really was. I was struggling to send messages back just to ask her questions. I had so much I wanted to say but it felt like nothing could be said. I felt so betrayed and so confused. Someone I’d called a friend for 2 years was just lying to me. Everything she said, whether painted her horrible or innocent, was just lies.
She said she wasn’t comfortable saying why she was leaving, but when she did, it was silent. Our group of friends hasn’t talked in our groupchat since she left. Is 4 were left with eachother and we were all silent.
I messaged everyone asking if they were all okay the day after Sear left, and I only got a response from one of them. We’re only just now starting to talk to eachother again, but one of our friends haven’t been online since Sear left either.


I hate her. She dragged out the lies for so long and built a castle of who I thought she was. She took back her word on ‘No friends left behind.’ She was never really our friend.
I miss her. She was the first person I had ever told about me drawing butterflies on my arm (the butterfly project). She was someone I would look forward to talking to after school. I felt like she was a shoulder to cry on and someone who had my back.

She wasn’t a good friend, she lied about everything, but the person she acted like, she’s someone I want back. I’ll forever miss her, but she’s always going to be a bastard.

so heavenly it goes well with chariot and Croix from little witch Academia