Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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TOUR TICKETS:
georgewatsky.com/tour
all footage shot by Gaby Esensten
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gwatsky.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-the-troubadour
facebook.com/gwatsky
TOUR TICKETS:
georgewatsky.com/tour
all footage shot by Gaby Esensten
gabyesenstenphotography.com
![Watsky- Lovely Thing Suite Part 2: Knots [x Infinity]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uwXOB_kW300/mqdefault.jpg "Watsky- Lovely Thing Suite Part 2: Knots [x Infinity]
Summer Tour Dates: http://www.georgewatsky.com/tour
x Infinity album download: http://radi.al/xInfinity
http://facebook.com/gwatsky
@gwatsky
Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada & Diego Huacuja
Animation Director & Art: Diego Huacuja aka deachete
Animators: Pablo Díaz, Carlos Miguel, Alberto Bala, Diego Huacuja
Compositing: Diego Huacuja
Supporting animation and design: Jesus Vargas
Produced by Basa (basaestudio.com)
Song written by George Watsky, Ryan Whyman & Kush Mody
Additional writing by Samora Pinderhughes
Produced by Kush Mody
Grand Piano—Ryan Whyman
Violins- Philip Marten, Rachel Ostler, Nicole Sauder
Violas- Laura Jesson, Tim Richardson
Cellos- Max Mueller (orchestra manager), Daniel Lim
String Bass- Freddy Hernandez
Bass Guitar- Kush Mody
Mixed and engineered by Andrew Oedel
Grand Piano engineered by Nils Montan
Additional vocal engineering by Sean Paulson
Mastered by Howie Weisenberg & Gentry Studer
Lyrics:
What a tangle
What a strangling knot to be caught in
To be exiled here
To be stuck in Berlin with Vienna so near
Yet so far from the Emperor’s ear
What a strange and impossible sum
To be old while to still be so young
to have sung before speaking a word
to be heard, to be hailed, then to fail, to be done
To love but to be so naïve
To trust and to be so deceived
To mourn, forlorn, to be torn from you
Scorned for another who suffers no grief
To curse God, seeking lightning, and to still be ignored
To hide in this room, now too rich to afford
To hear armies of creditors bang at the door, always yelling for more
and to have nothing to sell that could help
Except for the Steinway that sits in the corner
For Arthur it all came too easily
to learn the scales in every key
to play the etudes and the suites
the nocturnes and The Fantaisie
to master the sonatas, minuets, and symphonies
to seek the truth fits and starts
to strike the middle F like it’s an arrow through the heart
to wing the right hand like a dove (the peaceful flutter of a dove)
and with left a violent shove (some moments will demand a shove)
to needle gently yet relentlessly, a steady foot upon the pedal
and to clench the iron first inside the velvet glove
to learn to whisper and to scream (the whisper justifies the scream)
to let each yearning finger breathe (no, nothing lives unless it breathes)
to burn, to worship, to mislead
to pose a question with a pinky on a key
to flee, to fight, to bleed, to float, in air, nothing solid underneath
to rap those heavy knuckles on the gate to heaven til there’s nothing to achieve, but...
To go retrieve the length of cable hidden in the cabinet
to metamorphasize the twisted rope into an alphabet
to lay the lazy C upon the shabby wooden floor to rest
to send the end across the top and bend the C into an S
to curve the tail beneath the S to turn the tangle to a B
to hug the wretched root around the fibers suffocatingly
to wrap again, to wrap again, to give the coil seven loops
to penetrate the yawning hoop, to tug the loose appendage through
to yank the knot until it’s ready for the job it’s got to do
to toss the braid above the ceiling beam and to affix the noose
to bid adieu to all of you
until there’s nothing left to do but climb the chair
to cinch the collar
find the edge
to step into the air")
![Watsky- Tiny Glowing Screens Part 1 [Cardboard Castles]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vAqVmUciDSc/mqdefault.jpg "Watsky- Tiny Glowing Screens Part 1 [Cardboard Castles]
TOUR TICKETS ON SALE TODAY!
http://www.georgewatsky.com/tour
http://smarturl.it/CardboardCastles
buy Cardboard Castles on iTunes NOW!!! ^^
http://smarturl.it/Watsky.Google
Cardboard Castles on Google Play ^^
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Directed by Jackson Adams
http://www.jacksonhadams.com
Director of Photography- Jess Dunlap
Produced by Cara McKeown
Edited by Peter Gould
Visual Effects by Jesse Toula
1st AC frank Mobilio
1st AD Ari Eastman
PA Adam Goldberg
Special Thanks to Nils Montan
starring Veronika Mikulasek
Music produced by Kush Mody
Engineered by Nils Montan
Mixed and mastered by Mike Denten")
![Watsky - Welcome to the Family [official video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wEqs91ZCAgc/mqdefault.jpg "Watsky - Welcome to the Family [official video]
Fall tour tickets! http://georgewatsky.com/tour
Stream/DL song: http://smarturl.it/watskyfamily
Music production - Ryan Spraker
Additional production - Chukwudi Hodge
Mixed by Patrick DiCenso
Mastered by Howie Weinberg
Director/Choreographer - Andrew Winghart
Executive Producer - Kimberly Stuckwisch & Carlos López Estrada
Producer - Paul Blood
Production Manager - Daniel Kesner
Production Manager (Little Ugly) - Neil Garvey
1st AD - Sam Shapson
PA’s - Madison Gallup, Colin Tombs, Kyle Shin
DP - Kai Krause
1st AC - Chad Nagel
2nd AC/Media Manager - Katie Ritter
Gaffer - Thomas Smith
Key Grip - Leonard McLeod II
BBE - Samuel Diaz
BBG - Pierre Zamora
Dolly Grip Swing - Joseph Baltazar
PD - Mark Helmuth
Leadman - Brendan Sheley
Costume Designer - E.B. Brooks
Makeup Artist - Kimtsy Sanchez Gomez
Editor - Chandler Lynn
Colorist - Kai Krause
Asst. Choreographer - Kirsten Russell
Tent Dancers: Nico Lonetree, Nicole Ishimaru, Shelby Davis, Jobel Medina
Ensemble Dancers: Dan Santiago, Patrick Ellis, Jack Moore, Alyssa Allen, Kelly Choi, Erin Smith, Dee Jay, Lizzy Russ
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Watsky-welcome-to-the-family-lyrics
Welcome To The Family Tour Dates:
Tues-Sep-25 - Albuquerque, NM
Thu-Sep-27 - Austin, TX
Fri-Sep-28 - Dallas, TX
Sun-Sep-30 - Houston, TX
Tues-Oct-02 - Baton Rouge, LA
Wed-Oct-03 - Pensacola, FL
Thu-Oct-04 - Orlando, FL
Fri-Oct-05 - Atlanta, GA
Sat-Oct-06 - Charlotte, NC
Tues-Oct-09 - Lancaster, PA
Wed-Oct-10 - Silver Spring, MD (Washington DC)
Thurs-Oct-11 - Asbury Park, NJ
Fri-Oct-12 - Boston, MA
Sat-Oct-13 - Portland, ME - Aura
Sun-Oct-14 - Burlington, VT
Wed-Oct-17 - Columbus, OH
Thu-Oct-18 - Cleveland, OH
Fri-Oct-19 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
Sat-Oct-20 - Grand Rapids, MI
Mon-Oct-22 - Des Moines, IA
Wed-Oct-24 - Chicago, IL
Thu-Oct -25 - Milwaukee, WI
Fri-Oct-26 - Lawrence, KS
Sat-Oct-27 - Boulder, CO
Tues-Oct-30 - Portland OR
Thu-Nov-01 - Seattle, WA
Fri-Nov-02 - Vancouver, BC
Sat-Nov-03 - Eugene, OR
Tues-Nov-06 - Santa Cruz CA
Wed-Nov-07 - Pomona, CA")
