Rachel Platten - Bad Thoughts (Official Music Video)
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Published 2024-05-01
Bad Thoughts by Rachel Platten
Produced By: Rachel Platten, Jason Evigan, Gian Stone and Nick Lee
Written By: Rachel Platten, Kyan Palmer and Nick Lee
Video Credits //
Written by: Rachel Platten
Directed by: Jade Ehlers & Brooke Harcrow
Director of Photography: Gabe Kimpson
Production Coordinator: Izzy Lux
Gaffer: Zach Garcia
1st Assist Camera: Tony Hart
Best Boy Grip: Caleb Czuszak
Wardrobe: Cristina Acevedo
HMU: Lyndsey Zavitz
Assist MU: Scotia Boyd
Production Assistant: Ari Arroyo
Video editor: Zoé Kraft
Colorist: Jade Ehlers
PA/BTS: Nick Whitmill
Red Light Management: Jared Rosenberg & Ashley Arendt
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LYRICS:
Breathe in… breathe out… (spoken)
Can someone tell me I'm not going crazy
the thoughts in my head make me hate me
Maybe I’m too far from saving
Can someone check that the room isn't spinning
Seems like the oxygens thinning
The monsters in my head keep on winning
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m better than the way the way they make me feel
I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
So why do they feel so real
Breathe in… breathe out… (spoken)
Sometimes I don’t like the cards that I’m handed
Life can seem too hard to manage
I’m proud of myself for just standing
When light feels too real that the door shuts on reasons
Voice in my heads preys on my biggest weakness
I count my breath 1, 2, 3 , 4
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m better than the way the way they make me feel
I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
So why do they feel so real
When I know they’re not real
Breathe in… breathe out… (spoken)
Just cause I think something don’t make it true
Been here before but I’ve gotten through
Maybe not now but I’ll be okay soon x2
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel
I’m bigger than the lone nights
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
So why do they feel so real
I know they’re not real
Bad thoughts aren’t real
Imma be alright x24
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All Comments (21)
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Please give this girl a Grammy.
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Just discharged from the hospital for dark thoughts. This video should be played for the patients. Positive message. Thank you from my heart.
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Military veteran here. All I can say is so many of your songs resonate with me as I'm dealing with PTSD. Thank you so much for putting these out.
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Why does every Rachel Platten song bring a tear to my eye? She's so powerful.
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Wow, I'm in awe. For anyone who suffers from mental health issues, this can be a hard message to convey, but so necessary and important. Everyone has "Bad Thoughts" now and then, but for someone who is depressed, those bad thoughts can be literally be the difference between life and death. Rachel, thank you for this song. It truly is a gift. Just beautiful. May God Bless you.
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Lately I feel her music is more written for healing than a Grammy. I love it!!!
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This song is simply stunning, I struggle with PTSD + panic attacks and this song helps me get through them. Thank you for helping so many of us with this song Rachel. It means so much to me listening to this song and just knowing I’m not alone ❤️😊🙏.
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Who else breathed in and out with her 🥹==>>
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😭😭😭 THIS is what should have billions of views. We NEED this song, this message, this voice. God is surely all up in this. Beautiful. 💜
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She took her pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you. You are Amazing just as you are, more beautiful than you can see. You are my Inspiration and Motivation. Love You Rachel.❤❤❤
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This song is perfect for Mental Health Awareness Month. Thank you for this beautiful song.
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Thank you for this. Depression is a daily battle for me. Thank you, Rachel, for this song.
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This song was literally made to embrace those in their darkest moments. This helps a lot
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My grandpa passed last year and we're selling the house I grew up in. Some days it's really hard not to drown in the sea of sorrow and depression. I like your song, It's a sweet reminder that everything is gonna be ok. Who else cryed the first time you heard this song?
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The timing of this release is crazy. A little over a week ago we had to say goodbye to our eldest cat who had been part of the family for nearly 17 years, days later we had to do the same with my brother-in-laws dog, and Monday I received word that my career coach/co-work of the past 6 years passed after a heart attack. it's been a rough 2 weeks. Thank you.
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I have had bad days, but today was one of the worst. I opened YouTube, the first video I see is this one❤️
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The lyrics , piano, & voice of her, such a beautiful combination & i can say that so touching...She deserve A Grammy
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I have OCD and deal with severe intrusive thoughts. I can not even begin to tell you how much this song means to me. Thank you for writing such a beautiful song and being vulnerable enough to share it with us. ❤
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you gave to all the mental issues people a song to cry on, thanks you soooooooo much
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This song came at the perfect time. It’s like it was made for me. Thank you Rachel for being the voice I needed to hear, instead of my own bad thoughts.
