Synopsis

Matthew Houck wanders through a bleak, snow-covered landscape, where a strange encounter with a local taxidermist gradually turns the video into a small, surreal fable. A beautiful white horse, eerie interiors, and quiet images of isolation give the film a wintry, dreamlike mood. Houck eventually leaves the taxidermist's world behind, moving toward the woods and the open landscape beyond. The video's subdued pacing and handmade atmosphere mirror the song's melancholy meditation on distance, memory, and emotional exhaustion.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was shot near Fairfield, Iowa, using the area's snowy rural landscape as a major visual element.

• A local taxidermist appears as one of the video's central characters, creating an intentionally uncanny contrast with the song's soft, intimate folk sound.

• The white horse became the video's most memorable image and reinforces its fairy-tale atmosphere without turning the film into a conventional narrative.

• The song comes from *Pride*, Phosphorescent's third album, released by Dead Oceans on October 23, 2007.

• Contemporary coverage described the clip as the second video made for songs from *Pride*.

• The official video was later uploaded to Dead Oceans' YouTube channel in July 2012, helping preserve the clip for a wider online audience.