I was driving to work this morning and I listened to this song. I am 39 years old, 220 lbs, I lift weights, I work in construction and I can be pretty aggressive. But I can't remember the last time I cried as hard as I did this morning while I was listening to this song. And I mean not in about 30 years. I was audibly wailing in my truck. See, I almost lost my wife over the past two months after she gave birth to our little one. I slept many nights with her in the ICU, wondering if she was going to pull through. Remembering our own sunsets together - the most beautiful moments of my life. I love her so much. Twelve hours after she had an emergency C-section, she was wheeled to the ICU, from the part of the hospital where people enter the world, to the part where many leave it. I started crying then, but she told me to stop, and I knew that I had to be strong like a rock for her. So I got on my knees every night, praying to the Lord to not take her, or at least to give me peace. I didn't really cry through January or February. I had to bring her to the the ER seven times. She went to the ICU twice. She was admitted to the regular hospital four times. This song reminded me of my own helplessness in watching someone that I love get confronted by death. Someone full of beauty and life. So this song made two months' worth of stored up tears come out. And now I can empathize with our little baby daughter's crying like never before. I really needed this.
He watches her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave. Then he climbed my tower and off the edge of me he ran. This song is portraying the feeling of helplessness over and over again. Showing us that when you love someone sometimes your helpless. Sometimes you have to watch them struggle
Pov: you're in college it's 2012 freshman year. Your English professor puts on this song. His first wife had passed away a while ago. But from time to time it eats at him and one time in class before he had a breakdown. But he's calm now, listening to this song. And as you hear the chorus you can see the look in his eyes as he stares in the distance and he goes back in time to a place where she wasn't gone and they were together.
I listened to this for two years and finally listened to the lyrics one day and just bawled. Most beautiful line, "the winds that blow remind me of what have been and what can never be."
I'm a 174 year-old man and I still cry when I listen to it. I first heard this song when it was released in 2000, back when I was 154 years old..I cried then and then I cry now.
Just heard this for the first time today on a local radio station. Had to pull over, find it and make sure I had it in my playlist lol. It just has that sort of sound that gets ya.
Man, this brings back some memories. I went on a lot of long car trips with my dad when I was younger, and he had some mixed CD's we'd always listen to (mostly 'cause he didn't like a lot of what was on the radio at the time); this was always one of my favorites. I'm not even that into this kind of music (I'm honestly more of a rock/metal/alt. rock guy), but this has always been sort of a guilty pleasure song of mine. :)
I had this on a CD I had when I was little that my dad made named, "Cecelia's Car Songs." As it says, it was songs I listened to in the car when I was young. This included this song, "Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond, I believe "Home" by Michael Buble, and I believe "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. There were other songs, but I don't remember what they were. I used to dance around my room in my old house to this song, totally unaware of what the story meant. I just loved the instruments and the singing. *Now that I know what it means, it's even more beautiful, but a bit sad.*
Holy crap, I used to listen to this all the time when I was younger. I used to ride in my dad's car with him, and he always played music from the 70's and 80's, so this would be one of the songs I heard a lot. I haven't listened to it in so long, but it's bringing back some memories.
Such an incredible song. It's one of those that I hesitate to listen to because it triggers memories and brings me to places I'd rather not be. But sometimes I have to listen, relive those losses and move on.
This song used to put me to sleep (in a good way) when I was little (is 25 old enough to say that phrase?). I always feel a sense of nostalgia and peace whenever I listen to it :)
When I was really young, probably 4 or 5, im not sure because I don't remember much from my childhood..we had a case of CDs in our truck that we'd listen to all the time. There was a CD with mixed songs on it and i remembered the intro to this song. For years and years and it would always pop up in my head at random times but I could never remember for the life of me what it was called but I never really thought to try and look it up. But here I am, 10pm on a Tuesday night.. probably 11 years later & I'm 16 now overwhelmed by the heaviest waves of nostalgia I've ever felt. I almost feel like crying. Sorry for rambling I just thought I would share :)
As a young child (6 or 7), this was one of my favorite songs but I never really understood the lyrics. I knew the girl had died but that was about it. I recently re-discovered Nickel Creek and I knew that one of my favorite songs had been about a lighthouse. So I re-listened to the song and had to fight back tears; the suicide had blown right over my head as a child. I don't think I will ever stop loving this band or this song.
I live in the very last Northern coastal town in California that people never heard of. There’s a lighthouse here called Point St. George Reef Lighthouse...it’s about 6-8 miles offshore, right smack dab on a reef in the middle of the ocean. This song reminds me of this lighthouse. There’s many tragedies that fit perfectly into the lyrics of this song...it gives me the chills. There was a shipwreck long ago of the Brother Jonathon, in which many lives were lost. The lighthouse has been decommissioned for some time now but the Frenzel Lens light has been replaced and still shines to show ships their way. Although it is decommissioned it has since become a historical landmark that you can take a helicopter ride over to actually tour it.
I always found Nickel Creek was always half and half, half bluegrass and half country, however I love all the songs that Nickel Creek has ever done, especially this one, an amazing sad story sung beautifully
I met Maggie on Beaver Island in 2016. We fell in love, swam naked in the moonlight by the Lighthouse, climbed to the top of the tower at midnight, and wrote of our love in the lighthouse journal. Our love lasted maybe 9 mos and then faded. "I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts."
First band I saw live was then at Telluride's blue grass festival. First song to ever bring a year to my eye. I was 10 at the time and after 20 years it still fills me with emotion
I first heard this song last year when a boy in my ASL(American Sign Language) class signed the lyrics for a song project we had to do. Though he only played 2 minutes of the song, I fell in love with this song and had to know what it was called. It's beautiful and sad all at the same time.
I forgot just how sad this song is, I actually felt bad for the lighthouse, even though buildings can't feel, they can have intense emotions imprinted upon them. If you don't believe me, mythbusters proved our emotions affect our environment.
@mrsmoney69 its abotut how a lighthouse keeper lost the love of his life and took his own life inturn and its told from the point of view of the light house
Man....I don't know if I have ever heard a more brilliantly told story in my life. How is this song not at hundreds of millions of views yet?
The original upload has 2.2 million views but it still deserves more
You answered yourself in the beginning. It's just too good and beautiful to be popular in this day and age.
This song is perfect. But if you enjoy story telling through music, check out The High Kings and Marty Robbins! Cheers!
I was driving to work this morning and I listened to this song. I am 39 years old, 220 lbs, I lift weights, I work in construction and I can be pretty aggressive. But I can't remember the last time I cried as hard as I did this morning while I was listening to this song. And I mean not in about 30 years. I was audibly wailing in my truck. See, I almost lost my wife over the past two months after she gave birth to our little one. I slept many nights with her in the ICU, wondering if she was going to pull through. Remembering our own sunsets together - the most beautiful moments of my life. I love her so much. Twelve hours after she had an emergency C-section, she was wheeled to the ICU, from the part of the hospital where people enter the world, to the part where many leave it. I started crying then, but she told me to stop, and I knew that I had to be strong like a rock for her. So I got on my knees every night, praying to the Lord to not take her, or at least to give me peace. I didn't really cry through January or February. I had to bring her to the the ER seven times. She went to the ICU twice. She was admitted to the regular hospital four times. This song reminded me of my own helplessness in watching someone that I love get confronted by death. Someone full of beauty and life. So this song made two months' worth of stored up tears come out. And now I can empathize with our little baby daughter's crying like never before. I really needed this.
I know this comment was made a while ago, but this is a beautiful story. Did your wife make it?
Yeah, she’s still here. She’s doing pretty good. Got some lingering problems but doing well over all.
@@asagehopkins that's good man! Happy for you
Hope you, your wife, and baby girl are thriving friend. God's rich blessings to you.
May the lighthouse always shine on you and your family.
He watches her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.
Then he climbed my tower and off the edge of me he ran.
This song is portraying the feeling of helplessness over and over again. Showing us that when you love someone sometimes your helpless. Sometimes you have to watch them struggle
Without question this is among one of the most beautiful/heartfelt songs Ive heard in years and it deserves a lot more recognition
The mandolin in this song is absolutely on fire 💚
Pov:
you're in college it's 2012 freshman year. Your English professor puts on this song. His first wife had passed away a while ago. But from time to time it eats at him and one time in class before he had a breakdown. But he's calm now, listening to this song. And as you hear the chorus you can see the look in his eyes as he stares in the distance and he goes back in time to a place where she wasn't gone and they were together.
"I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts." So deep.
“I saw him crying…
Watched as he buried her in the sand
And then he climbed my tower
And off the edge of me, he ran…”
Ice cold…
Straight chills
I listened to this for two years and finally listened to the lyrics one day and just bawled. Most beautiful line, "the winds that blow remind me of what have been and what can never be."
I seriously cry every time I listen to it. This song is literally as close to perfection as I have found.
I'm a 174 year-old man and I still cry when I listen to it. I first heard this song when it was released in 2000, back when I was 154 years old..I cried then and then I cry now.
no one has lived past 120 something though o.o
@@fluttorinaa7871 Haha, glad you see the humor in it!
"I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past. I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts"
This is truly one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Just heard this for the first time today on a local radio station. Had to pull over, find it and make sure I had it in my playlist lol. It just has that sort of sound that gets ya.
Man, this brings back some memories. I went on a lot of long car trips with my dad when I was younger, and he had some mixed CD's we'd always listen to (mostly 'cause he didn't like a lot of what was on the radio at the time); this was always one of my favorites. I'm not even that into this kind of music (I'm honestly more of a rock/metal/alt. rock guy), but this has always been sort of a guilty pleasure song of mine. :)
That's a really nice thing ♡
Haha same ^.^
Super Nerd Daniel same!!!!!
Super Nerd Daniel same except I did that with my mom
Super Nerd Daniel I don't believe in "guilty" pleasures. Like Corey Taylor said "From Abba to Anthranx and everything in between"
I had this on a CD I had when I was little that my dad made named, "Cecelia's Car Songs." As it says, it was songs I listened to in the car when I was young. This included this song, "Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond, I believe "Home" by Michael Buble, and I believe "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. There were other songs, but I don't remember what they were.
I used to dance around my room in my old house to this song, totally unaware of what the story meant. I just loved the instruments and the singing. *Now that I know what it means, it's even more beautiful, but a bit sad.*
As Society falls apart .. this brings me comfort
This comment has aged well
I heard this when I was twelve and it left lasting emotional scars
RIGHT!!!! To this day it makes me tear up.🥺🥺🥺
For sure but very beautiful ones
Its been my favorite song since I was about that age
Nothing ruins this song like looking up and seeing your dog cleaning herself.
Such pain delivered in a song, i have yet to hear in anyother recording. Beautifully sad.
Goosebumps.
this song is such a tragic yet beautiful song. so glad I got to hear this
This song always reminds me of my mom and makes me feel nostalgic. Such a beautiful song
It literally breaks my heart when i hear this song. But I just can't make myself stop listening.
oh....SO beautiful, makes me sad, and yes, joy in this lifetime seldom lasts.
Holy crap, I used to listen to this all the time when I was younger. I used to ride in my dad's car with him, and he always played music from the 70's and 80's, so this would be one of the songs I heard a lot. I haven't listened to it in so long, but it's bringing back some memories.
This is a very emotional song. It's so beautiful and sad.
sample text
*laughs under tears*
Still makes me cry all these years later-'
My music teacher played this when I was 11 and I cried in the middle of class
Same like why would they play this?
@@SolSets because you have a poem about a lighthouse and you have to compare it to a song?
I cried every time I heard it for the first hundred times
i first heard it when i was about 7 and it’s been such a sentimental song ever since
Oh, my teacher played it and most the kids around me cried, but I'm desensitized to ALOT of things so I didn't cry
my favorite part is 2:17
Such an incredible song.
It's one of those that I hesitate to listen to because it triggers memories and brings me to places I'd rather not be. But sometimes I have to listen, relive those losses and move on.
I can sing this word for word... this is my child hood song
Sad but true
I can’t listen to this without crying! It reminds me of my sister’s dog.
He is an amazing singer. Love how nickle creeks songs are always about TRUE LOVE not passive love.
Did a tone and mood project on this song in my english class today. Started crying, what an amazing song this is
This song used to put me to sleep (in a good way) when I was little (is 25 old enough to say that phrase?). I always feel a sense of nostalgia and peace whenever I listen to it :)
This song was one of my childhood favorites 😊
When I was really young, probably 4 or 5, im not sure because I don't remember much from my childhood..we had a case of CDs in our truck that we'd listen to all the time. There was a CD with mixed songs on it and i remembered the intro to this song. For years and years and it would always pop up in my head at random times but I could never remember for the life of me what it was called but I never really thought to try and look it up. But here I am, 10pm on a Tuesday night.. probably 11 years later & I'm 16 now overwhelmed by the heaviest waves of nostalgia I've ever felt. I almost feel like crying.
Sorry for rambling I just thought I would share :)
As a young child (6 or 7), this was one of my favorite songs but I never really understood the lyrics. I knew the girl had died but that was about it. I recently re-discovered Nickel Creek and I knew that one of my favorite songs had been about a lighthouse. So I re-listened to the song and had to fight back tears; the suicide had blown right over my head as a child. I don't think I will ever stop loving this band or this song.
What fond memories i have of this song while in my 7th grade english class! Thank you ms hodges.. -3
Really beautiful song and every time I hear it it's heart breaking. So many well written lines, it's one of those rare perfect songs.
Who could dislike this? It is so beautiful! And sad. I love it!
This song gives me feelings.
i get goose bumps at the end its so sad
I live in the very last Northern coastal town in California that people never heard of. There’s a lighthouse here called Point St. George Reef Lighthouse...it’s about 6-8 miles offshore, right smack dab on a reef in the middle of the ocean. This song reminds me of this lighthouse. There’s many tragedies that fit perfectly into the lyrics of this song...it gives me the chills. There was a shipwreck long ago of the Brother Jonathon, in which many lives were lost. The lighthouse has been decommissioned for some time now but the Frenzel Lens light has been replaced and still shines to show ships their way. Although it is decommissioned it has since become a historical landmark that you can take a helicopter ride over to actually tour it.
I always found Nickel Creek was always half and half, half bluegrass and half country, however I love all the songs that Nickel Creek has ever done, especially this one, an amazing sad story sung beautifully
omg most amazing song EVER!!!!! i loved it and i cried everytime i watched it ( which was over 10 times :)
I met Maggie on Beaver Island in 2016. We fell in love, swam naked in the moonlight by the Lighthouse, climbed to the top of the tower at midnight, and wrote of our love in the lighthouse journal. Our love lasted maybe 9 mos and then faded. "I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts."
Man..im so glad my parents played this stuff while i was growing up. Im 26 now an love not only this song but gf loves it when i sing it to her
First band I saw live was then at Telluride's blue grass festival. First song to ever bring a year to my eye. I was 10 at the time and after 20 years it still fills me with emotion
I first heard this song last year when a boy in my ASL(American Sign Language) class signed the lyrics for a song project we had to do. Though he only played 2 minutes of the song, I fell in love with this song and had to know what it was called. It's beautiful and sad all at the same time.
Used to go here every summer growing up
The first time I heard it in class I knew I needed to hear it more ♥♡♥·♡♥♡
Saaaame
Dezasia Edmund same
SaltedTaffy sf
hhhhhh same
I'm watching 2019 lol
Such a beautifully hopeless story.
Never paid attention to the lyrics till now and it's a very endearing story.
I forgot just how sad this song is, I actually felt bad for the lighthouse, even though buildings can't feel, they can have intense emotions imprinted upon them. If you don't believe me, mythbusters proved our emotions affect our environment.
The feeeeeels
me and my brother cant get enough of this song
I guess the Dislikes are from those crying so hard they missed the Like button.
No one could genuinely dislike this masterpiece 💕💕💕
Its so sad!!
My favorite part, actually, besides "the wind that blows around me" was 4:29 the instrumental.
Beautiful song! I cried when I first heard this(:
this band neshama sings this. It is insanely amazing!!!
liek if you cried evrytim
I licked but I don't see what that helped. My phone screen is just a little wet
+Logan Anderson rly -_-
Whitney Miller
over a year later...
but still
;P
One of my favorites ever
My dad has this on a cd and it started playing in the car... I had to fight back gallons of tears from spewing from my eye sockets
Truth and Beauty
Absolutely lovely
You don't know what you have till it's gone
Awww, I love this song but it is so sad :(
i fell in love with this song when my writing teacher played it for us while we wrote our stories and BOOM i instanlty fell in love
Love this song! My family and I are into Bluegrass and know all the lyrics and sing to this song!
I am learning right now how to play mandolin this my first song I going to play when I get really good
Thanks for posting the version that has ALL of the lyrics!
Mission control sent me this link. What a beautiful song.
I’m here per Timmy B’s recommendation! ☺️
"Sample text." My favorite part... :,(
This is a great song, and I love the font. Thanks for the hard work.
:,). This is such a sad and uplifting song
I am a humannnn worn by the other humans and their liiiiees, i wasnt so happyyyy but joy in this life we rarely haaave
love this song
@mrsmoney69 its abotut how a lighthouse keeper lost the love of his life and took his own life inturn and its told from the point of view of the light house
I lived right next to St. Augustine South. I lived on Old Moultrie Road close to the Wal-Mart by Flagler Hospital.
Songs like this are the reason I hate mainstream crap.
Tears filled my eyes
i love this!!
Thanks for this!
Beautiful
A memorable song.
We listened to this in class a few days ago :o freakin love it !!!
I'm so happy i learned this on my guitar. i love this song....makes you think don't it?
yeah baby my childhood right here
Called it
Love it
Since it's suicide prevention month, I encourage those who listen to this song and relate to the keeper not to do the same thing.
Saddest song ever
I doubt it's the saddest song ever, but I guess it's pretty sad
this is a great song
Brilliant !
my life. what can never be.
If I had the chance I would sing this song in every single one of my classes. I swear.
Hehe in Ms.Castonguay's class.
Always makes me realize