i met a stranger on omegle 5 years ago and we talked into the wee hours of the night about everything and anything. we told each other secrets that we swore we would keep. although ill never know who that stranger was, i remember they told me this was their favorite song. so i come back to it every now and then and wonder how they’re doing. i hope life has treated them well. i hope they know someone out there is rooting for them. and i hope sometimes, somehow, they might think of me too.
I have 4 kids, another on the way, and it’s always the first time. A new life, a new burden, a new joy, a new hope. They’ve all been awesome in their own way. And they seem to keep getting better. By the time I’m a grandpa (God willing), I expect a lot of honest living, loving, and to eventually pass that torch of knowledge to those who are unsure how they’ll do it. Well, that’s easy: just like I did. One step at a time.
I think it's worth noting how positive and encouraging the comments on this video are. This song taps into deeply shared need that is a basic part of our humanity. It's a beautiful thing. “let’s wash each other with tears of joy and tears of grief and fold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach”
For what it's worth, I found this video about 10 years ago. It's my go-to on bad days, when I need to let off stress, or when I get the "what song always makes you cry?" question.
This saved me from my thoughts and going to harm myself I am almost 2 months clean from cutting I don’t know why but I just wanted to share this God is good and all the time God is good😊
Take it one day at a time, and soon you’ll find that you’re far removed from those old ways. Praying for the highest level of joy and peace in your life. No matter where your are, God loves you more than you know! 😊
God's hand is in all of our lives, finely tuning each moment to perfection, every tragedy and blissful crescendo. Once you get in touch with that, once you know what to look for, once you grasp the hand that is reaching out for you, it's unimaginable what becomes possible. I am literally living proof of that being an absolute truth. We don't come into this world alone, but we do have a choice if we want to live our lives alone (even surrounded by people) and leave this world alone. It is a choice. To anyone who reads this who is in the midst of what they can't imagine could ever be healed, know this, anything is possible through God, and at this point 30 years of agony and seemingly neverending struggle has already been redeemed in less than a handful of years of walking with god, and knowing in my deepest parts of my soul that he is there with me and has his hand on my life, helping me to heal, helping me to feel, and helping me flourish into a soul that wants and will serve my fellow brothers and sisters who have suffered and are suffering like myself.
I happened across this song the day after my father died and this song hit me like an atom bomb starting from the opening line. I still can't listen to it without tearing up. I miss you, Pop.
This came out 9 years ago. Here I sit on my couch in 2021 with headphones on hearing this for the first time just in tears. Such a beautiful song. The world needs this.
OK I don't even understand what is happening its like this song speaks directly to your soul. I am a grown man that had to hold back tears as I listened and I can't really say why. Mind Blowing simply mind blowing.
Same here, man! I can hardly think of a song that I can identify more with than this. My life is also build like a raft made out of floatsam from sunken ships...
I can’t stop listening to it. The videography is so simple but so raw. I’m not someone who will cry easily, but fuck...it’s just that raw and emotional. Especially right now with what I’ve gone through the last few months? Done. This and Levi the Poet’s “resentment” and “keep forgiving”? Guaranteed mess for a good hour hahahah
Dan Smith has a special way with words that most of the world will never know because he will never be popular. So many of Listener’s songs have impacted so many people. This song guided me through some of the toughest times in my life over these past 13 years.
This runs deep and makes me think… Jesus is merciful and wants to repair this broken ship. He also wants to repair the other ships, and I can be there for that… Love and rest y’all.
“ Everything falls apart, at the exact same time comes together perfectly for the next step” This line is one I live my life by, helps keep me positive.
I will always remember the long, lonesome beaches, the ghost cities, the tiny villages, midday sun, midnight stars, dried out lakes, glowing waves, smiles, cries and alcohol-laced conversations seeping from within me, polluting the vast distances around me, roaring like a broad sea between me and everything else, neverendingly distancing us, with this song ringing in my head all throughout.
I can't listen to this song very often because it moves me to tears every time. I can't help it, it's just raw emotion that cascades out of me every single time.
If you like these you might like La Dispute, Old Gray, Hotel Books, Front Step Porch, Modern Baseball, Being As An Ocean, Citizen - some are more post-hardcore influenced but they have a similar vocal style and meaningful poetic lyrics.
Guys, After decades of struggling, crying ALONE, raising cats 🐈 and people. Someone heard my dreams and repaired my sails. I didn't believe it would get better but.... I GOT MY WOODEN HEARTS BACK DEC 2024. Please stay with me guys so we can celebrate YOU in 2025 and EVERYDAY. WE only have what we REMERBER🧿 ❤🧿
03:05 "While these machines will rust, I promise, but we'll still be electric Shockin' each other back to life Your hand in mine My fingers and your veins connected Our bones grown together in time Our hands entwine and my fingers and your veins connect And our spines grown stronger inside" Much love and respect from the Philippines! I keep coming back to this song all these years. :(
I've come back to this song; time, and time again. It's honestly one of the most passionate, and beautiful things I've ever had the pleasure to experience. The world needs people like this.
My Friend mike showed me this song yesterday, he is an atheist. Me and him get along quite well now, in the past he would bully me for being a christian. Last night he showed me this song, i was hooked instantly. So many illustrations to be taken from this. I have listened to this song 453 times since then. I am buying the album. Thank you Mike. Thank you, i feel like im in the best part of UA-cam right now. Even in the darkest times, you can call strangers family. God Bless you all.
Not sure if anyone in the band still checks this, but I want them to know their music has helped me through the waves of life. Hearing the same humanity in the music and lyrics helps pull me back to earth. Thank you Listener for crafting an art that I feel is for myself.
I spent sixteen years being drunk and high, the last three of which I had no desire to be on this rock anymore. The last time I got drunk and high, I listened to this, ate a bunch of pills and drank some cheap rum and didn’t plan on waking up. I did, and I was pissed, but that day was the last day I drank and used drugs. 18 months clean and sober, and I still get to listen to this amazing song, that I never find true meaning in, but so many meanings. I’m happy that I got to wake up now, that I do remember, and will be able to experience the rest of the troublesome, and happy roads ahead.
"We Only Have What We Remember" I'm From The Southside of Chicago " Chi-Raq" And I Met A Good Friend At a Warehouse Job.. Who became like a brother to me. He Mentioned one thing about listening before speaking.. and empathizing before criticizing. So I Randomly entered in Listener on both the webster dictionary and on you tube. One Gave me a formal definition of the noun, and the other gave me a melodic poem that takes me to a unique place in my mind. Really crazy how someone that comes from a salvaged community, with the origin of culture and strength.. that reduced to frustrated rubble; Resonate so well With this song. It Only Clarifies that we're not that different after-all! I Feel the Exhaustion of the delivery the stress in his speech.. reflects so much of our spirits.. I Love this song Bro.. Hope Everyone is Well These Days.. Hard Times.. But We'll get through them.
Many people just hear music not listen to it. You can have your opinion, it's your right, but the beauty in music is the passion of the artist and Dan Smith definitely has that.
I’m always drawn back to this video. I have lost count how many times I’ve seen it. But there are certain times when the wooden heart just calls and I sit and stare in awe every time.
Just when all my hope is completely gone and I don't think I'll make it, God whispers to me. He points me towards hope, gives me reassurance that there is still hope, and that I'm still here. "I still believe in anchors." This song is one of mine.
Got off drugs listening to Listener for months. Brain was on fire and I felt this manic happiness with waves of emotions again while playing this. Unfortunately I’m back on drugs and I don’t have the emotional reach I did when I quit but I cherish that time.
"We only have what we remember..." Such a complicated idea put into the most simple words. Watch this video, then watch it again and again. Close your eyes and let the chill bumps raise. "These dreams are sails that I point to my true North.."
First time I heard this song I was driving. I realized how deep it was after listening a couple times. Then pulled over and wept as I thought about the words spoken thru my speakers into my soul. Wow, I felt God touching me at that moment and every time I listen. Yes, Powerful song for me, too, brother.
How does this have dislikes?? Those must be the coldest 113 people on earth. This song breaks my heart, it's the most beautiful thing ever spoken. It makes me proud to human. Someone MADE this out of nothing... why can't people see how profound that is?
What I enjoy is that it was made out a person's experience. A part of their life has been committed to something others can tangibly grasp. It makes you feel something, not necessarily what they did when they wrote/performed it, but something. Life has been made that little bit richer for those that it affects.
I heard this song, and band for the first time last night. I've listened to it about 30+ times by now. It was immediately moved to my favorite song. I've never been so touched in the soul by a song in a long time. And when that drum beat kicks in, I literally melt on the inside, and almost shed a tear. This is the meaning of beautiful. This song...is for lack of better words....how my heart beats. Wooden Heart is how you move mountains, my friends.
Seriously i live my life but the words of songs and this has to be one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard and this has helped me get through some of the hardest times in my life and by those hardest times i mean spending time in the gulf fighting for our country. I didnt want to be there but this song mad me see all that I have to live for and make sure I get home safe and in one piece. And I did!! for those who cant understand lyrics of music especially this song well keep looking
Jenna Gibson well usually that isn't accompanied by music, although that isn't always the case, and I'm pretty sure if you were to look up "talk music genre," they'd be mentioned as one of it's founders. It is very spokenword like though. In fact I was introduced to the song in an online group dedicated to poetry and poetic appreciation.
Balls as big as grapefruits; he unabashedly flys his mind on a higher plane, right in your face, and with a thousand tears for all we lost. Something here is real and I dig it.
I just discovered this band today, and I’ve been moved by song after song. The lyrics are pure poetry, and the whole style is so unique. Please make more music! The world needs to hear it.
I will never forget the first time I heard this song I was at work and I could not hold back my tears and I feel this every time I listen to this beautiful piece of poetry thank you listener
this comment section is filled with people sharing what line or lyric has impacted them most.....and it’s beautiful how one song can touch so many people in different ways...
First time I heard this song I was driving. I realized how deep it was after listening a couple times. Then pulled over and wept as I thought about the words spoken thru my speakers into my soul. Wow, I felt God touching me at that moment and every time I listen. Yes, Powerful song for me, too, brother.
I feel honored that I got to hear this song and see Dan sing it live to me and some of my closest friends... The raw emotion that he puts into a song is simply astounding and amazing... This is art as its most basic yet at its most advanced stage
Heard this on the drive back from an exhausting gig. 20-mile stretch of pine-covered highway, the sun was just coming up. Overtired and eyelids heavy, I believed in time travel for those four minutes. Like others have said, it brings you back to life.
I've never felt so moved by any other album. Wooden Heart is truly beautiful, every time I listen to it, I feel like I'm out at the lake, underneath the stars with my family. My sisters taking summer classes this year and wont be home...its gonna be tough makin it through the summer without her. I wish I could make the same memories that i did when i was younger, and I'm only 16 now. I wish i could feel like i did when i was 12. Just innocent with my family, god i miss it.
I remember seeing you in Keene forever ago. I also remember getting to hug you. I believe I was 17. You really spoke to my soul. I am so glad I found you guys a friend of mine just sent me this song and a whole wave of nostalgia came crashing at me! I am so happy to have been able to find your stuff all over again!
"if we hold on tight we'll hold each other together and not just be some fools rushing to die in our sleep." holy shit did that speak to me. I've been so ready to go like that for years.
I saw him live last June. I have never cried at a show but when he did this song and got to the line "But we'll still be electric, shocking eachother back to life, your hand in mine...." I cried like a baby. and I'm proud to say, I wasn't the only one.
I saw listener probably 3 years ago playing in the back corner of a littler burger place with about 8 people in my tiny town (3,000 people) in the middle of Idaho. I didn't really understand what it was then, but it was one of the most powerful and amazing experiences of my life. Ever since I've wanted to see him again sooo badly, I can't even explain what his music does to me or why. I'm glad he's starting to get known now so maybe I can get a chance to see him on a real tour :)
I wish the world truly understood that line about "we all have the same holes in our heart"... I love that. It's the same to me as "under the skin, we're all the same skeleton".
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2023 and this still gives me goosebumps.
2024 now, and I've lost count of how many times I've replayed this
i met a stranger on omegle 5 years ago and we talked into the wee hours of the night about everything and anything. we told each other secrets that we swore we would keep. although ill never know who that stranger was, i remember they told me this was their favorite song. so i come back to it every now and then and wonder how they’re doing. i hope life has treated them well. i hope they know someone out there is rooting for them. and i hope sometimes, somehow, they might think of me too.
This is so amazing and makes this song/work of art that much better for me 🙌🏽🖤
I hope you find them, friend
This is so wholesome
I hope you remember their name !
This is wondrous
the opening line, "we're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living" hits home more than I'd like to admit
agree
Yes moved me to tears
I feel you
I agree so much. It helps me moved passed so many of my parents faults.
I have 4 kids, another on the way, and it’s always the first time. A new life, a new burden, a new joy, a new hope. They’ve all been awesome in their own way. And they seem to keep getting better. By the time I’m a grandpa (God willing), I expect a lot of honest living, loving, and to eventually pass that torch of knowledge to those who are unsure how they’ll do it. Well, that’s easy: just like I did. One step at a time.
10 years and this still hits me just as hard as it did the first time I ever heard it
Every time
or 12 but yeah fam
Absolutely
We’re all born to broken people on their most honest day of living
and since that first breath...
We’ll need grace that we’ve never given
I love anyone who loves this song. Lets stand together not alone
First heared this 10yrs ago. Allways made me cry and feel better but i could not understand why. Now i think i do. This is honesty. Pure honesty.
ain'😢t nothing wrong with a cry bro even if ur a man fam let it goooo, let it goooooooioo
I think it's worth noting how positive and encouraging the comments on this video are. This song taps into deeply shared need that is a basic part of our humanity. It's a beautiful thing.
“let’s wash each other
with tears of joy and tears of grief
and fold our lives like crashing waves
and run up on this beach”
For what it's worth, I found this video about 10 years ago. It's my go-to on bad days, when I need to let off stress, or when I get the "what song always makes you cry?" question.
This saved me from my thoughts and going to harm myself I am almost 2 months clean from cutting I don’t know why but I just wanted to share this God is good and all the time God is good😊
Take it one day at a time, and soon you’ll find that you’re far removed from those old ways. Praying for the highest level of joy and peace in your life. No matter where your are, God loves you more than you know! 😊
Hope you're doing well =)
God's hand is in all of our lives, finely tuning each moment to perfection, every tragedy and blissful crescendo. Once you get in touch with that, once you know what to look for, once you grasp the hand that is reaching out for you, it's unimaginable what becomes possible.
I am literally living proof of that being an absolute truth.
We don't come into this world alone, but we do have a choice if we want to live our lives alone (even surrounded by people) and leave this world alone. It is a choice. To anyone who reads this who is in the midst of what they can't imagine could ever be healed, know this, anything is possible through God, and at this point 30 years of agony and seemingly neverending struggle has already been redeemed in less than a handful of years of walking with god, and knowing in my deepest parts of my soul that he is there with me and has his hand on my life, helping me to heal, helping me to feel, and helping me flourish into a soul that wants and will serve my fellow brothers and sisters who have suffered and are suffering like myself.
I happened across this song the day after my father died and this song hit me like an atom bomb starting from the opening line. I still can't listen to it without tearing up. I miss you, Pop.
😢
this song has lifted me out of the deepest of holes. thank you listener.
Ain't that the fucking truth.
+RyanIsARecluse yes it is. 100% truth
Same.
deathwafflez same for a few years now.
I was on the brink of death, I listened to this song 20 times in a row and it saved me. The emotion in this song is so powerful.
This came out 9 years ago. Here I sit on my couch in 2021 with headphones on hearing this for the first time just in tears. Such a beautiful song. The world needs this.
I get goosebumps every single time I hear "While these machines will rust I promise that we'll still be electric, shocking each other back to life".
this whole 'song' gives me goosebumps even all these years later, this one is truly a gem
OK I don't even understand what is happening its like this song speaks directly to your soul. I am a grown man that had to hold back tears as I listened and I can't really say why.
Mind Blowing simply mind blowing.
Same here, man! I can hardly think of a song that I can identify more with than this. My life is also build like a raft made out of floatsam from sunken ships...
Nah, dude this song has some real deep rooted emotional pull to it. I don't think everyone hears it, but those that do, it hits us hard.
I can’t stop listening to it. The videography is so simple but so raw. I’m not someone who will cry easily, but fuck...it’s just that raw and emotional. Especially right now with what I’ve gone through the last few months? Done.
This and Levi the Poet’s “resentment” and “keep forgiving”?
Guaranteed mess for a good hour hahahah
Check out You were a House on Fire. Wooden Heart and You Were a House on Fire hit me square in the chest. Both hit me on a powerful way.
Yes it does hit hard.
I've listened to this song probably a hundred times and it still makes me sob
Dan Smith has a special way with words that most of the world will never know because he will never be popular. So many of Listener’s songs have impacted so many people. This song guided me through some of the toughest times in my life over these past 13 years.
Experiencing this live is an experience of a lifetime. Im lucky.
We only have what we remember.
as long as there was a video made of you, you never die, thats why I don't feel sad when someone passes
Dan Smith is the nicest most genuine dude i have ever met. I talked to him for like 15 minutes and he made such an impact.
We're all born of broken people on their most honest day of living..
This line strikes home.
This runs deep and makes me think… Jesus is merciful and wants to repair this broken ship. He also wants to repair the other ships, and I can be there for that… Love and rest y’all.
Earl Hickey is one hell of a poet.
😂😂😂😂😂 I cant unsee this lmaoo
I'm laughing and crying thank you
In all probability, I'm pretty sure this is my favourite video on all of UA-cam.
“ Everything falls apart, at the exact same time comes together perfectly for the next step”
This line is one I live my life by, helps keep me positive.
I will always remember the long, lonesome beaches, the ghost cities, the tiny villages, midday sun, midnight stars, dried out lakes, glowing waves, smiles, cries and alcohol-laced conversations seeping from within me, polluting the vast distances around me, roaring like a broad sea between me and everything else, neverendingly distancing us, with this song ringing in my head all throughout.
Wow! Best comment yet, a being after my own heart and words. My hat is well and truly doffed.
I can't listen to this song very often because it moves me to tears every time. I can't help it, it's just raw emotion that cascades out of me every single time.
That's why I'm here today
There really needs to be more spoken word bands
Check out mewithoutYou
:)
said no one ever...idiot
La Dispute is a great poet band.
If you like these you might like La Dispute, Old Gray, Hotel Books, Front Step Porch, Modern Baseball, Being As An Ocean, Citizen - some are more post-hardcore influenced but they have a similar vocal style and meaningful poetic lyrics.
We're all born of broken people on their most honest day of living......
How true is that?
Guys, After decades of struggling, crying ALONE, raising cats 🐈 and people. Someone heard my dreams and repaired my sails. I didn't believe it would get better but....
I GOT MY WOODEN HEARTS BACK DEC 2024. Please stay with me guys so we can celebrate YOU in 2025 and EVERYDAY.
WE only have what we REMERBER🧿 ❤🧿
03:05
"While these machines will rust, I promise, but we'll still be electric
Shockin' each other back to life
Your hand in mine
My fingers and your veins connected
Our bones grown together in time
Our hands entwine and my fingers and your veins connect
And our spines grown stronger inside"
Much love and respect from the Philippines!
I keep coming back to this song all these years. :(
10 years ago, I discover this masterpiece..
Here I am 10 years later to meet again
I found this song in high school in 2010 still brings me to tears everytime
I've come back to this song; time, and time again. It's honestly one of the most passionate, and beautiful things I've ever had the pleasure to experience. The world needs people like this.
More and more, every single day, we need exactly that. More people like this ❤️
My Friend mike showed me this song yesterday, he is an atheist. Me and him get along quite well now, in the past he would bully me for being a christian. Last night he showed me this song, i was hooked instantly. So many illustrations to be taken from this. I have listened to this song 453 times since then. I am buying the album.
Thank you Mike. Thank you, i feel like im in the best part of UA-cam right now. Even in the darkest times, you can call strangers family. God Bless you all.
Wow. I listened 13 years ago and am still wanting to hear this all these years later.
we only have what we remember... I miss you and love you dad
❤
enfold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach.... this song will never stop giving me chills.
this song just ages so beautifully
Not sure if anyone in the band still checks this, but I want them to know their music has helped me through the waves of life. Hearing the same humanity in the music and lyrics helps pull me back to earth. Thank you Listener for crafting an art that I feel is for myself.
I spent sixteen years being drunk and high, the last three of which I had no desire to be on this rock anymore. The last time I got drunk and high, I listened to this, ate a bunch of pills and drank some cheap rum and didn’t plan on waking up. I did, and I was pissed, but that day was the last day I drank and used drugs. 18 months clean and sober, and I still get to listen to this amazing song, that I never find true meaning in, but so many meanings. I’m happy that I got to wake up now, that I do remember, and will be able to experience the rest of the troublesome, and happy roads ahead.
Proud of you. Glad you're still with us. ❤
I am glad you woke up. 🤘🏼🙏🏼
"We Only Have What We Remember" I'm From The Southside of Chicago " Chi-Raq" And I Met A Good Friend At a Warehouse Job.. Who became like a brother to me. He Mentioned one thing about listening before speaking.. and empathizing before criticizing. So I Randomly entered in Listener on both the webster dictionary and on you tube. One Gave me a formal definition of the noun, and the other gave me a melodic poem that takes me to a unique place in my mind. Really crazy how someone that comes from a salvaged community, with the origin of culture and strength.. that reduced to frustrated rubble; Resonate so well With this song. It Only Clarifies that we're not that different after-all! I Feel the Exhaustion of the delivery the stress in his speech.. reflects so much of our spirits.. I Love this song Bro.. Hope Everyone is Well These Days.. Hard Times.. But We'll get through them.
His cadence, delivery, and use of the language is some deep, soul revealing shit we don't get anymore in music. Shit hit's me in my (wooden) heart.
Cletus Carreiro Good job, Cletus.
Remy Carreiro check out a lot like birds bro
Chase Evis
@@rogerwilliams3606 2 years later, still here and still in awe...
5 years later, still here and still in awe..
Many people just hear music not listen to it. You can have your opinion, it's your right, but the beauty in music is the passion of the artist and Dan Smith definitely has that.
“We only have what we remember “ my favorite line
I’m always drawn back to this video. I have lost count how many times I’ve seen it. But there are certain times when the wooden heart just calls and I sit and stare in awe every time.
I have never heard a more beautiful song.
this makes me bawl every time... I get extremely emotional with music but this has hit an all time high. I feel a tattoo comin on....
My heart keeps bringing me back to this song, I just can't get enough of it.
What a beautiful 4 minutes and 13 seconds I’ve got to love listening to this!
Just when all my hope is completely gone and I don't think I'll make it, God whispers to me. He points me towards hope, gives me reassurance that there is still hope, and that I'm still here. "I still believe in anchors." This song is one of mine.
So glad this affects you as deeply as it affects me!
I just found these guys today. All I've done is listen. I'm in awe.
One of the deepest songs I ever heard, so well thought out. "We only have what we remember" and I always will remember this.
Got off drugs listening to Listener for months. Brain was on fire and I felt this manic happiness with waves of emotions again while playing this. Unfortunately I’m back on drugs and I don’t have the emotional reach I did when I quit but I cherish that time.
You got this. I'm happy you stopped once. Means you can do it again. Stay safe love
"We only have what we remember..."
Such a complicated idea put into the most simple words. Watch this video, then watch it again and again. Close your eyes and let the chill bumps raise.
"These dreams are sails that I point to my true North.."
First time I heard this song I was driving. I realized how deep it was after listening a couple times. Then pulled over and wept as I thought about the words spoken thru my speakers into my soul.
Wow, I felt God touching me at that moment and every time I listen.
Yes, Powerful song for me, too, brother.
How does this have dislikes?? Those must be the coldest 113 people on earth. This song breaks my heart, it's the most beautiful thing ever spoken. It makes me proud to human. Someone MADE this out of nothing... why can't people see how profound that is?
What I enjoy is that it was made out a person's experience. A part of their life has been committed to something others can tangibly grasp. It makes you feel something, not necessarily what they did when they wrote/performed it, but something. Life has been made that little bit richer for those that it affects.
I heard this song, and band for the first time last night. I've listened to it about 30+ times by now. It was immediately moved to my favorite song. I've never been so touched in the soul by a song in a long time. And when that drum beat kicks in, I literally melt on the inside, and almost shed a tear. This is the meaning of beautiful. This song...is for lack of better words....how my heart beats. Wooden Heart is how you move mountains, my friends.
Seriously i live my life but the words of songs and this has to be one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard and this has helped me get through some of the hardest times in my life and by those hardest times i mean spending time in the gulf fighting for our country. I didnt want to be there but this song mad me see all that I have to live for and make sure I get home safe and in one piece. And I did!! for those who cant understand lyrics of music especially this song well keep looking
This is honestly the first song I've heard in a long time that touches my heart, a song that means something.
I discovered your music a couple years ago but you quickly became one of my favorites. You are loved ❤
Best rapper of this decade
i don't think he considers himself a rapper and their genre is called talk music
Sevio Stanton or spoken word
Jenna Gibson well usually that isn't accompanied by music, although that isn't always the case, and I'm pretty sure if you were to look up "talk music genre," they'd be mentioned as one of it's founders. It is very spokenword like though. In fact I was introduced to the song in an online group dedicated to poetry and poetic appreciation.
Truth
ikr
Balls as big as grapefruits; he unabashedly flys his mind on a higher plane, right in your face, and with a thousand tears for all we lost. Something here is real and I dig it.
The lyric “don’t let these waves wash away your hopes” really resonates with me.
Love this song, my dad showed me this band yesterday, I'm hooked!
Can never believe that this doesn't have more views. I love it.
I just discovered this band today, and I’ve been moved by song after song. The lyrics are pure poetry, and the whole style is so unique. Please make more music! The world needs to hear it.
This still brings tears to my eyes, for 3 years. I think it's the most romantic song ever and I am very thankful for it
this has got to be one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard in my life.
I don't understand how anyone who has feelings could dislike this piece.
12 years and i still know every word
I've only just stumbled across these guys, & i'm blown away!
Welcome to the Dan Smith Fan club.
guuuuuuuys!!!! I just received a notice stating that Listener is coming locally (Orlando)
Listener and Dan Smith's poetry is so comforting and real. Also punk with that sweet side of anger.
This song wrapped it's fist around my soul. Thank you, Listener
I will never forget the first time I heard this song I was at work and I could not hold back my tears and I feel this every time I listen to this beautiful piece of poetry thank you listener
this comment section is filled with people sharing what line or lyric has impacted them most.....and it’s beautiful how one song can touch so many people in different ways...
Remembering seeing him perform live its was so beautiful and emotional it brought me to tears, so much great energy when he's live its great!
ive never heard this band in my life, but his words are so powerful and chilling
this is seriously something so amazing and unique im a new fan today
Same here, can't believe i didn't discover them before. He's a modern poet, and one of the best
First time I heard this song I was driving. I realized how deep it was after listening a couple times. Then pulled over and wept as I thought about the words spoken thru my speakers into my soul.
Wow, I felt God touching me at that moment and every time I listen.
Yes, Powerful song for me, too, brother.
I'm strangely obsessed with this band. They make me smile :) I can't pull away from it :D
"My dreams are sails, that I point towards my true north.."💕
This band is so underappreciated, one day, they'll rule the world. Just you wait and see:)
I feel honored that I got to hear this song and see Dan sing it live to me and some of my closest friends... The raw emotion that he puts into a song is simply astounding and amazing... This is art as its most basic yet at its most advanced stage
Heard this on the drive back from an exhausting gig. 20-mile stretch of pine-covered highway, the sun was just coming up. Overtired and eyelids heavy, I believed in time travel for those four minutes. Like others have said, it brings you back to life.
The slide guitar part for this song is incredible.
My ex showed me this song and it sucks I feel like I cant thank him enough for sharing you with me. So beautiful....
Chills. All over. Thank you
I've never felt so moved by any other album. Wooden Heart is truly beautiful, every time I listen to it, I feel like I'm out at the lake, underneath the stars with my family. My sisters taking summer classes this year and wont be home...its gonna be tough makin it through the summer without her. I wish I could make the same memories that i did when i was younger, and I'm only 16 now. I wish i could feel like i did when i was 12. Just innocent with my family, god i miss it.
This is a masterpiece. I feel sorry for anyone that cant get with this song ❤
I remember seeing you in Keene forever ago. I also remember getting to hug you. I believe I was 17. You really spoke to my soul. I am so glad I found you guys a friend of mine just sent me this song and a whole wave of nostalgia came crashing at me! I am so happy to have been able to find your stuff all over again!
Seen him in Summerville, Ga a few years back. So talented.
I first heard this at like, 17? im 28 now. Still come back. Still get shivers the same. I still have the same holes in my heart.
Similar to myself! 12 years later after release and it's still one of the best songs in existence
"if we hold on tight we'll hold each other together and not just be some fools rushing to die in our sleep." holy shit did that speak to me. I've been so ready to go like that for years.
Thank you Maple for showing this to our class. You were a blessing as a teacher who actually believed in your students.
Tonight, I've just experienced my first exposure to the "spoken word rock" genre of music. I'm glad this is my first impression; it's a good one.
I saw him live last June. I have never cried at a show but when he did this song and got to the line "But we'll still be electric, shocking eachother back to life, your hand in mine...." I cried like a baby. and I'm proud to say, I wasn't the only one.
I saw listener probably 3 years ago playing in the back corner of a littler burger place with about 8 people in my tiny town (3,000 people) in the middle of Idaho. I didn't really understand what it was then, but it was one of the most powerful and amazing experiences of my life. Ever since I've wanted to see him again sooo badly, I can't even explain what his music does to me or why. I'm glad he's starting to get known now so maybe I can get a chance to see him on a real tour :)
First song I've listened to this year. Beautiful.
He is a very nice man in person, i met him in illinois at cornerstone, good music
Saw them a few years ago on a beach in the Netherlands, had a chat with Dan afterwards. Amazing band, really nice guys.
Wow! Lucky lucky. Never seen them live to date. Never mind having an actual chat!!.
Such a pure art, the expression is timeless. Beautifully raw and pleasurably painful, it's amazing... I'm jealous, I wish I had written it.
I wish the world truly understood that line about "we all have the same holes in our heart"... I love that. It's the same to me as "under the skin, we're all the same skeleton".