Tally Hall - The Whole World & You

It's so cute how his tie keeps changing to match the members of the band!

I love how this actually looks like something you’d find at the actual Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum.

Notice how sotrie's tie and bow color change every different scene to correspond to the ties and bows of tally hall.

These guys have some of the most visually interesting music videos I've ever seen. This one in particular.

Andrews voice is just so unique. Its so quirky. Feels like a hot drink on a cold night

0:56 Oh my god, this video has a literal Chekhov's gun. (When an item important to the plot is teased early in the beginning and the people watching are only made aware of the importance just before the story ends.)

I love how the part where he says “please don’t just laugh or clap right now” people are clapping along

Andrews voice is so good here he should've sung more

I have a feeling that this is one of those really upbeat songs that have messed up lyrics, but I don't get them so I can't say for sure.

Ok but why is no one talking about how beautiful Andrew's voice is? I love it so much

The view count's broken. It's only showing my views.

Lyrics: There's lots of pretty people here Sharing sotries and passing letters and There's lots of questions answered And metaphysical astronomical songs Words printed all on papers that Seem too mystical it's so magical People that dance and compute that No one's better than you There's kings in distant cities Who rule their persons and make them happy and We won't forget about all the servisory congratulatory Even the animals know that Something's brewing and they're all cooing 'Cause in the end I'd like to say No one's better than you I hope you're happy now that I've revealed the truth I've even written this whole song about you And not about me And not about me... Please don't just laugh and clap right now This is serious I'm not delirious I've waited very patiently just to let you know Who should run this show 'Cause we all know these are the facts Nothing to retract nothing too abstract Concluding in this song I'll say No one's better than you No one's better than you No one's better than you

When it began, I was confused. At the end I was confused. I was confused throughout this entire video.

You know what I realized? The guy never actually straight up says "no one's better than you". He only says things like "in the end I'd like to say no one's better than you" or "concluding in the song we'll say no one's better than you"

The basic allegory and prose that the best leaders are the ones that allow you to self govern, and that they will always have a gun pointed at them for saying the truth. Pretty sophisticated yet oh powerful of a message.

I miss tally hall...

I haven't seen anyone properly decypher the theme of this song yet. Tally hall aren't just musicians- they're poets, so every line counts. If you don't know why a line exists, you're probably missing something. So, I'll share my thoughts; A lot of people wanna say tally hall is talking about a spouse or something. But in the song, he's not saying 'She/he/they'. He's saying 'You'. He's talking to US. Another thing that's important to remember is that the singer is somebody named Andrew Sotry- a misspelled version of 'Story'. So, the president, or the 'highest office' is the Story. Sotry is also our main singer, who, at the end, is assasinated by a gun that was crafted by the spectator. The viewer is killing the story. I believe this song is about b everyones individual interpretation of Tally Hall's songs, and how sometimes viewers take themselves too seriously and, once they find a strong interpretation, they put their word for what the song is about as absolute, sharing it and spoiling other people's interpretations of the song. In this, the viewer is assasinating the story by solving it. "Nothing too abstract" - Sometimes lyrics aren't super deep. "Please don't laugh or clap right now, this is serious, I'm not delirious" - Many people enjoy the songs and listen to them without thinking too hard about it. In reality, these songs may be a cry for help- not the ramblings of a madman or just another pop song. "I hope you're happy now, I've revealed the truth. I've even written this whole song about you, and not about me, and not about me" - Ultimately, the person with the most control over a story is the spectator, because they can fill in any gaps they want, and they get to answer all their own questions. Tally hall is basically having the Story say 'Yep, you got me. I'm just a story. And this story isn't about me. Its a story about you.', this also creates some inception, since- if the story is about you... then maybe Andrew Sotry is us, and we're spoiling the song for ourselves by understanding it. It's like how people thought Banana Man was a song about drugs, but Tally Hall said that it wasn't. Maybe that was just to cause chaos, maybe it was true... but either way, this shows how an incorrect interpretation can spread like a wildfire. Especially with Tally Hall's abstract and symbolic music. "Seems to mystical" = "Seems to miss the goal", maybe this is Tally hall introspecting on how their own themes both inspire others- but can be entirely different from what they intended. I have more to say; but not off the top of my head. I'll probably edit this comment later and add more. For now, I wanna hear what others have to say about my interpretation.

I really love this song

I wish this was longer. ;~;

This song is absolutely my favorite from Tallyhall. I wouldn't even say it's close. The song is genuinely just so beautiful, and its one of the only songs that makes my cry. I find the music video to be very beautiful, happy, and sad at the same time and its incredible. The symbolism was also great. Thank you Tallyhall for touching my heart with this song.