"Liars" - Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony (official video)
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2016
- Music video for "Liars" from the album GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV WITH THE COLORADO SYMPHONY
iTunes (US): apple.co/1Sw8g5N
iTunes (EU): apple.co/1VVIXO6
"Liars" written by Ron Scott
Arrangement by Jay Clifford
Colorado Symphony conducted by Scott O'Neil
Directed & Edited by Sarah Megyesy
Red Rocks Amphitheatre Footage: Condorcam & Sarah Megyesy
Boettcher Concert Hall Footage: Laura Goldhamer & Sarah Megyesy
All other footage captured by Sarah Megyesy
www.gregoryalanisakov.com
www.sarahmegyesy.com
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Courtesy of Suitcase Town Music
My daughter is 5. When I look at her and say "been riding lots of trains" she sings the rest with me. It's magical. Thanks for those moments.
Wow she has impeccable taste ❤
Awwww!❤ I hope my nephew and I do the same thing🌈 love from India:)
Raising your child correctly,
Nicely done, ma'am.
Gregory makes me think of a life I never had, places I've never visited and people I've never met. It's like a dream. A nostalgic, beautiful dream.
Andrés Reyes you summed up my feelings about GAI’s music wonderfully. This is exactly how I feel
I've tried to explain it like that since the first time I heard his music. You said it perfectly. I'm so happy he's finally getting heard
@@demolitionwilliams Been a fan for four years now. Trying to make him known in Chile 😊
We all need to get into the space that he is God Bless you
Yes!! So much dreamy magic in his music. I am adoring fan.
There is maybe 6-8 songs I've heard in my entire life (40+ years) that I can FEEL in my BONES.
This is one.
May I ask what are the others? If it's not too personal. I'm curious.
@@bogtree100 what are yours?
Liars would definitely be one for me too. Drive Darling - BOY will always have a place in my heart, as well as Conrad - Ben Howard.
I'd also like to know what the others songs are.
Tell me the rest
@@PhiNguyen-vg2zo Promise - Ben Howard
The buildup to this song is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Gregory Alan Isakov is by far, one of the most underrated musicians in the history of music.
Oh my gosh. THE BEST EVER
@@sadbastardfolk dumb comment, dude
Ever heard about Alexi Murdoch ?
Underrated by who?
The music industry
I was in the audience for this at Red Rocks Ampitheater... it was magic.
Jelly
I was right there with you; flew from Chattanooga with my daughter as a treat for her 30th Bd. Isakov is a favorite of us both.
Sad that concerts are a thing of the past.
I’m glad I’ve seen my share.
At 57, I’ve lived free, NWO changed everything with the Covid scare.
Jeeze that must have been an absolutely religious experience.
@@billie6814 It was amazing..the entire crowd was awed and enthralled ...the performance was absolutely brilliant.
You take the big one
And i'll take his brother
Let's get this over with
'Cause i'm late for work
Do you remember when we were young
The swing sets, the costumes
The dirt in the sun
I sold all my baseball cards to buy me some clothes
That's how it goes
That's how it goes, and that's how it goes
And i keep on thinking
It's time to move on
Move out to the city so huge
Meet me some people
Seems these old hills
They keep on calling
The clouds 'round here talk
Man, i been listening
I sold all these clothes to buy me this land
I'm sorta happy most of the time
Most of the time
Been riding lots of trains
The same ones as you
How come you get to talk to everybody
I'm just looking out my window at the night view
You keep on pointing out my halo
Your big pointy finger
The six-fingered hand
I sold all this land
To buy me some dreams
Just like those movies we played when we were kids
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Thank you
This song is a near-spiritual experience...hearing 'Liars' at Red Rocks one day is one of my life goals! 🖤
When they sing this live without the orchestra it’s also phenomenal ua-cam.com/video/1gtOJ1VVUAg/v-deo.htmlsi=-q_bgGj-SN5rjNIa
Isakov is a modern day poet with an ear for melody. His lyrics typically drive his tunes and they marry each other well. This song speaks of the artist’s duality, the two differing approaches to his life. They both exist within him like brothers-in-arms, taking on the world in his mind before daybreak . His responsible side traded his childhood for ‘clothes’, the necessities of life. And yet he yearns for something more. He fights to maintain a semblance of reality as he progresses through life, rooted in the land, but all the while the sense of loss from compromise persists. Now as he looks back on the eras of his life, coarsing like a train, he sees that the artistic side of him engaging in life, and yet somehow apart. He is telling himself that the compromises he made were for the good and allowed the artist side to live but he feels also that maybe it is a lie; perhaps it is the artistic side that allowed the responsible side to be alive. As he finds his responsible side has dreams, too, the realization comes that both sides are liars, living only half a truth.
This song sounds like a story from the vantage point of a man who’s grown up and adopted a kind of cold resignation to life in light of its hardships and disappointments. He remembers when he was young and the dreams he’d once had which played out in the movies him and his friends watched together as kids. But as he grew older, he found he had to give up the things he’d once loved for the necessities or things he thinks will give him the feeling he’d always dreamt of. He feels the tension of wanting to leave and head toward new opportunities while not wanting to let go of what he has. He goes through this cycle for many years and yet, he’s never truly happy. Not in the way he’d always dreamt of. He looks around him and wonders why everyone else seems happy while he’s alone in his sadness. People misunderstand him and don’t see the inner emptiness that plagues him. He comes to the conclusion that he lives and participates in a world where everyone wears masks, pretending to be happy when they aren’t. It makes me think of an Augustine quote - “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” In some sense, we’re no different from Adam and Eve in the garden after they fell and made coverings for themselves. They used fig leaves as a kind of mask. We use filters, success, and possessions. We’re liars just like they were.
I thoroughly appreciate your thoughtful interpretation. Thank you
This hit hard
There are two brothers in this story. The responsible one (who has a job) is still protective of the wild
one (even though it means getting in brawls on his way to work). The narrator’s self-survivalistic upbringing is evidenced by his stoic willingness to engage in a street fight with the same casual energy of household chores. It is also indicated by the first transaction of the song: selling his childhood baseball cards for clothes. He has resigned himself to this lot in life (“that’s how it goes, that’s how it goes, that’s how it goes”).
With each transaction, he sells one item to gain another, each with escalating value. But when considering what each item represents, every transaction loses value. It wasn’t just baseball cards he gave up, it was the innocence of childhood: swing sets, costumes, and playing in the dirt on sunny days. The clothes were probably for a job or an education; when he sold those clothes to get the land, he had to cash in years of job-earnings or his degree. But obtaining the land that had once called to him only resulted in him being “sort of happy most of the time.” Now he hears something higher calling to him (“the clouds round here talk man, I been listening”). So that’s why he wants to “move on” again, this time maybe to the city. Something bigger, more opportunity, new people. To do this however, he must give up the permanency and security represented
by land ownership.
This new life entails a lot of travel. More ground covered but confined in the small spaces of “lots of trains.” With every move, he brought his brother with him (“same ones as you”). He was the one making all the sacrifices while his brother shared in the reward. And now he resents that his being the responsible & good one afforded his brother the freedom to be the more social & wild one (he’s stuck “looking out the window” while his brother “gets to talk to everyone.”) His brother brings attention to the virtue of the narrator (“pointing out my halo,”) and whatever the brother’s intentions, the narrator perceives it as a slight or even as a grotesque accusation (“big pointy finger from a six-fingered hand”). He feels cornered into being
the good brother.
So, he’s made a series of bad trades (though they seemed responsible at the time) to get him where he is now, looking out into the darkness from a train window considering what it has all cost him: the innocence of childhood, years of savings and labor, even the old familiar land he thought would bring him happiness. And what did this last costly trade-off get the narrator? He’s trying to recapture what was lost a long time ago: the unrealistic, ethereal dreams of childhood aspirations (“dreams just like those movies we played when we were kids.”)
But they’ve been untrue to themselves, trading in who they are - to become who they think they should be. So long as the lie remained unspoken, it could be believed. But finally, in the cold darkness of this
moment, he admits to himself what he’s known for a long time.
"six fingered hand"...God bless...doug
Damn...
This is gold man.
Rayan with observations such as these I hope you will soon have some content on your channel, I am sure there are many that would like to see it.
Find me. I'd love to talk!
The genius of Isakov. For me…unrivalled, exquisite, authentic, soulful, beautiful, peaceful, loving ❤
Yep. Following the world's "Steps to Success" leaves you feeling like you have to lie to everyone about how happy you are ( I will never attend a high school reunion for this reason 😉). I'll likely never be seen as "Dr. Success" - at least not according to the world's standards, and I don't really want to.
I believe that I've traded cards in for clothes, clothes for land, land for dreams; and now I am even trading dreams in for other people's wellbeing and happiness. I think that's how God built us to find the most peace: less focus on ourselves, and more on helping others.... a paradox of returned joy, really.
This version of the song will probably stay as one of my favorite songs for the remaining years of my life. Thanks, Gregory (+ band + Colorado Symphony... + friends and fam of those just mentioned).
This man is haunting, absolutely magical.
This could be a beautiful soundtrack for a movie, I really think Isakov is a great musician! 🎶♥️🎶
One of the few artists who is able to translate emotion into music so beautifully.
Alexander Reynolds. if you haven't given him a try, Bon Iver!
Kasie French Bon Iver has gone to shit recently
try Ben Howard if you haven't.
Him and Sleeping at Last
koweratus came here to write the same thing 😄
OMG... this song is INCREDIBLE! Now THIS.... THIS is AMERICA!
I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I've just discovered this artist. Been listening to so many awesome songs. Wow
Ain’t no shame in that ❤
“I’m sorta happy, most of the time. Most of the time”
He really is a magical experience live. the Colorado orchestra adds a whole new level too
This is so beautiful, I love his ability to capture such raw, intense emotion. I also love the progression of the lyrics from "I sold all these baseball cards" to "I sold all this land to buy me some dreams...now we're just liars" Love this artist, wow just wow!!
LYRICS:
You take the big one
And i'll take his brother
Let's get this over with
'Cause i'm late for work
Do you remember when we were young
The swing sets, the costumes
The dirt in the sun
I sold all my baseball cards to buy me some clothes
That's how it goes
That's how it goes, and that's how it goes
And i keep on thinking
It's time to move on
Move out to the city so huge
Meet me some people
Seems these old hills
They keep on calling
The clouds 'round here talk
Man, i been listening
I sold all these clothes to buy me this land
I'm sorta happy most of the time
Most of the time
Been riding lots of trains
The same ones as you
How come you get to talk to everybody
I'm just looking out my window at the night view
You keep on pointing out my halo
Your big pointy finger
The six-fingered hand
I sold all this land
To buy me some dreams
Just like those movies we played when we were kids
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
Now we're just liars
This song is like waves, builds up and comes to a crescendo and just haunts and yet its poignant.
I listened to Gregory's song "Amsterdam" almost non-stop while on a train from Landscheid, Germany to Amsterdam in January of this year, and I just remember thinking to myself: "Damn, this guy can really make people feel."
Thanks for another beautiful song, Gregory!
Your music, from solo acoustic to in front of a grand orchestra, is some of the most beautiful life affirming music. It's the words, the music, and your delivery. Gets me in every song. Constantly brings tears to my eyes. You are one of my favorites. Please come to Louisville Kentucky on your next tour.
This gives me goosebumps. The emotion in the music is so refreshing. So little real music nowadays.
Listen to Rone's Motion .... man that is a J.O.U.R.N.E.Y. Hope you like
I literally burst into tears at 3:21. So freaking good and it just sings to my soul.
Diabitus same
Couldn’t agree more
Gregory Alan Isakov with a symphony is like a rainbow after a summer’s storm .❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏
This is just incredible. This Canadian girl is flying to Utah to see him in August. I've been listening to him for a while. Man he just keeps getting better. Soul stirring Mr. Isakov. ❤
yo how was the show?? :)
the feeling this man must have to play music like this in front of all those people sitting still and listening with their soul..must be a great feeling. you can see the band is happy by the way they are playing and the effort that is put into each song!!! i love this band!!!!
It was one of those rare magical moments ..I have been to Red Rocks so many times and this was the first time ever that literally everyone in that audience, all 9,000 + just sat quietly enthralled at what they were hearing and seeing. It was absolutely breathtaking. I will never forget it.
To me, this song feels like a montage of someone’s life and what it feels like to grow up. The build up is the growing up part and when it hits its when you realize what life really is and what decisions you’ve made and what decisions you will have to keep making. It feels like the realization of growing up. Thats what it feels like to me. I understand it may mean something completely different, this is just what it feels like to me. I want to dance to it, sing it, make montages out of it, live it, feel it, and grow with it, cry with it. I don’t know…
but I found the song and video beautiful regardless. I want to make a video of my life to this, im 16 now so maybe I can make it as I grow. One of my favorite songs 🤍
This song makes me feel so nostalgic I can't breathe and something gets lodged inside my throat and my eyes sting so bad... every single time I listen to it
I could listen to this and "The Trapeze Swinger" on a loop all day every day......Sigh.
I literally do that
I add the Stable Song too !
I do that + words + if I go I’m going + San Francisco
I have listened to Dark Dark Dark a hundred times in a row. I can't stop playing it
Add O City Lights
This is my most favorite performance of GAI, they are awesome, the Symphony is awesome, the vid is awesome!!! How could it get any better???!!!! LOVE!
This is too beautiful, his voice is mesmerizing, but this song hit me like a kick to the stomach.
It's today. Sept 27, 2021 that I discovered probably one of the best music I've heard in my life (i really love the banjo , it's kinda rare to hear it)
It's liberating to know I'm one of those who've known such underrated musician.
Enjoy the journey! Wish I could hear some of his songs for the first time again :)
7 siblings running rock bottom fields of cedar and pine in the Ozarks. No knowledgeable of MTV or indoor toilets. Believing life would stay sepia toned, smelling of wild bergamot weed. Listened whole heartedly to God & daddy and married at 16 eager to please. Joyfully raising my own babies on the outskirts of Nashville, ducks & goats & guineas…. Happy….Until 4 yrs ago, my husband best friend safety, almost killed me then vanished. Never to see his beautiful amazing children again.
Saw an old Ozarks friend in the Adirondacks this year, he says ‘ god you’re prettier than ever, how is that possible?’
Forged in fire. Pretty metal is only as strong as it’s make, but Damascus steal, folded and beaten and forged and beaten and ran through the fire, eventually if it’s the right metals….comes out more beautiful and stronger than ever.
That’s my babies and me. Together we walked strong and came out unbreakable. The world no longer sepia …. Darkened around the edges, but I hold back the dark …sheer will. And allow them the wild mint in their toes and the sepia in their eyes and hearts and I am so so full of joy to see that light in their eyes.
‘The fleeting chance to see the trapeze. Swing as high as any savior.’ From GAI version on Traoexe Swinger
Your music has helped me so tremendously, mainly the ones you wrote and even the ones you just touch. Thank you ~
The more I watch and listen to Gregory Alan Isakov the more I love his music!
This should really have 100million views and 100million likes. Good music is too complicated for most people, they turn to simple manufactured music and shy away from real, honest and spectacular music like Gregory Alan Isakov’s music, which makes you think, feel and love.
Well said.
Makes them feel too much at once
Good music is simple. Popularly would make the vibe less appealing
This man is just mind blowing.
Gragory is lovee, no one can't hate him.
He is blessed, and I am so grateful that things I've struggled to process have been evoked in me via music. Healing.
This song trascends our time. It's an Eternal Masterpiece.
Live all the life, have all the fun, weep for all the sorrows, laugh all the laughs, love all you can. Everyday. Always.
Thanks greg.
Just listened to old live version from 2010. Man he polished this song so good. Was good then but he shaped the melody from it just perfectly and obviously the production with the colorado symphony is remarkable.
There is something with the sound of his music that sends me to a different place to think about life in a very calm way and it made me feel so great.
Serene, wistful, sombre, powerful. So many words to describe this masterpiece. Simple in the beginning before ending on an emphatic crescendo of musical bliss. Bravo and Kudos to Sir GAI and the Warriors of The Colorado Symphony
I Have listened to this video dozens of times and I just cant believe how amazing it sounds every time. Just so beautiful and with the orchestra powerful and intense. I don't think music can get any better than Isakov. Suitcase full of sparks is sheer poetry, another favorite.
This is one of the beautiful songs I've ever heard.
I can't stop watching this video. I feel like my soul is going to explode
ditto
"I know exactly what u mean"
so sweet.
Same here.....powerful stuff
same. it's so beautiful
It was three years ago that I happened upon GAI in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, mid-week, and his unanticipated poetry watered the seeds that led me to a cross-country bicycle journey; and that put my whole self into a better place. Beware the poet with deep integrity, if you're fearing change, but don't avoid the door when it opens in front of you.
You courageously took a ride of faith and I'm so glad it led to a positive outcome. Your words are well-heeded.
You bicycled across the Country....Wow
When a song brings tears to your eyes. Absolutely stunning. 🙏
Its wondeful to discover that good music is still being made. The violinist is so into it. at 4.46 it looks like he's playing on the last string in the bow.
Jeb Bows is amazing.
You are a gift to my soul Mr. Isakov.
This song, the melody and the lyrics and the beautiful people who perform it and wrote it and lived it, this gorgeous video..... It nourishes my soul in a way that very few do... Bless you all
I've been waiting years for this song to be recorded in some way. Worth it.
There's something about this song that I always come back for more. I wish it was longer.
I've probably revisited this video alone like 47 times nevermind how much ive been listening to it on the album lol.
Greg for the love of everything good in this world PLEASE put out an album in 2017
Takes you to a place you never knew existed.
Well said
sammie1934 What like sleep ?
Exactly tho
Oh..we knew it existed. But we just didn't know how to get there...THANK YOU UA-cam.
Gregory took me to this great fish and chip shop in Bristol UK. I never knew it existed and the fish was delish ( which will be the title of one of Gregory's new songs - watch out for it)
"I loved her from afar, pitiful to most.
She never did return, I never let her go.
Drenched in hopeless sad, those three words couldn't pierce
a disposition that I had,
a brokenness so fierce.
I imagined talking with her soul
the days and nights had finked
and nowhere did they go,
and rarely did they blink.
Thousands of eyes looking up at me so down and out
wished for mercy on myself and a cease to my self doubts.
Shame was my conductor, maestro, playing me to tears.
Fingers worn down to my soul before past and future fears.
I set her free not long ago,
the last thing I told her ghost..
Of all the things you've costed me, I miss myself the most."
,dan'
Gregory music convinces you to listen and absorb the story deep into your being.I am 56 and it's one best tracks I have heard
One of my favorites of yours. Man, I traveled last year from central Florida to Durham NC by myself to see you play, and it was one of the best live shows I’ve ever been to. You’re a legend mate and such a huge inspiration to me.
this makes me feel so many things.
I am so grateful I got to hear this live in Paris last December. one of the best days of my life
Beautiful. Everything I love about Gregory Alan Isakov, but bigger and more spectacular! Cannot wait for this record.
GOD BLESS HIS FREAKING SOUL THIS IS REAL BEAUTY HERE OH MY GOD.
Would have been a transformative experience hearing this and especially at Red Rocks Amphitheater. Bucket list.
I am wondering about those people listening live in the crowd..how come they keep standing...this is just too much to take in...Absolutely mesmerizing.
Wow...I have goose bumps a day later. Lucky to have him coming to my town soon. Wish he could bring the symphony.
Glad I found this gem, one of the best songs I have heard!
This song is so beautiful. Gregory Alan Isakov is magical.
So reached at the level of soul. Stunning collaboration ~ a shower of light ~ playing your hearts out 🙏
oh my god, this is the best thing i've ever heard.
His voice ❤❤
Powerful, moving, deeply emotional, vibrates through your psyche. Thank you Gregory Alan Isakov for this experience. Blessings from Canada🍁
Beautifully said ❤ Hello Karen in Canada, peace n love from afar 🙏
@@Berretotube Hello and blessings to you too, Berretotube. Happy Autumn from Canada 🍁🍂🌻🏵🐝 Bee well.
One of my favourites. Unbelievable with the orchestra
He's incredible. I can't believe it.
My husband surprised me with tickets for his show in Seattle, on August 6th!!! The Avett Brothers and Gregory all wuthin two weeks if each other...I'm a hapoy gal!
You're in for a treat! I just got out of his concert in Spokane today
I've listened to this song over and over, it never fails to make me burst into tears, his voice is so perfect, but this is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. It breaks my heart. To have that voice, this song backed by an orchestra is awe inspiring. I bow down to such talent.
This is like the twentieth time I've listened to this song, but the first time I feel I understand all of it. Just wow
He is the poet of today music.
His voice does amazing thins to my heart ...
Amazing. If you haven't seen him live, do it! The quality of the entire performance is amazing.
I usually don’t care for music videos, as I don’t want to be distracted by visuals. However, the music and visuals in this video are superb- it is my all time favorite UA-cam video.
I agree. Just the fact of a relatively unknow artist performing with the Denver Symphony makes my heart swell. I'm sure Gregory had never dreamt this could happen. I cry with pride and joy every I watch this. Big love to u all 💗
I have no words.
Where have I been? I just found you and your genius - your songs are beautiful, poetry to music, and nothing like anything I have ever heard or...felt. You have magic in your songs, your work is amazing!!
This man's voice is everything
Just beautiful... the imagery in this video coupled with the music, wow.
4:45 Man, he was really going to town on that bow!
This is brilliantly beautiful, I can hardly breathe.
Elizabeth did you ever find out the (fantastic) name of the "New Song" you posted last year...just went to a GAI concert in Asheville and he sang it first song (!) but I still can't find it anywhere on any album or on itunes...any ideas?
+Chris Fox I still haven't found out what the name of the song is, as soon as I find out I'll change the name of my video.
+Elizabeth Germscheid thanks! And if I find it I will let you know too
Been waiting three years... absolutely worth it.
For some reason this seems like the script AND soundtrack to someone's very imperfect life. I feel like a voyeur every time I listen. But I keep coming back again. It's a rollercoaster of emotion each time. Above amazing.
Do you think one day we can see a documentary on Gregory ?
you could go make a documentary.
I would watch it 😀
Arguably the best lyricist/writer/poet alive today. He’s got an immense
gift for conveying thoughts, emotions and experiences through words.
Sometimes music just transports you to another place and this is one of those occasions.
This is deep. Thank you Gregory
Mr Gregory Alan Isakov's creativity, talent -- and a needless string of heartfelt adjectives -- gently brings me, through his music, back to my heart and often to joy-filled tears. This amazing ever-bubbling reality and its beauty in the middle of the current apparent chaos.
For context, I also live in Boulder, CO.
I remember watching this a while ago, and I was thinking, "Huh. This was recorded at Red Rocks. Cool." And then, about a year later, I learned that he also lives in Boulder.
I was just like, holy crap. We live in the same city.
Gregory, i dont think you will see my post or feel my thoughts about your songs but i have to express here that your songs are gentle breeze in my heart.Thank you very much..
I have 50 acres of bush, I played this album at twilight one evening during the winter down in the back 40. Awesome! I just listened to this again and tears flowed. Amazing artist. I heard him on an NPR interview just before this album dropped. I bought it the day it dropped. Told my partner about him and he said you already have his songs. I'm not a big follower of celebrity but I love singer song writer and to already have his music, in hindsight, doesn't surprise me.
I was listening to this song when I got a phone call to say my sister was dying. 3:20 couldn't remind me more of her, always pointing out my halo, forever my champion. Can't thank Gregory enough for the gift of his music.
I am so sorry for your loss. Damn it feels like we are losing important people in our lives these past few years. Hang in there. I wish you peace and love
@@bornflippy1 thank you my friend. To you too.
I'm a songwriter and this is the kind of music I've always wanted to make...but can't. It seems so simple, but is damn near impossible. Same with Iron and Wine. Pandora is filled with people making the effort and failing miserably.
That is absolutely true, I write from time to other poetry... I keep comparing what I wrote with some masters of the word like léonard Cohen, or bob dylan or Gregory Alan isakov... And it just bringsso much sadness that we simpleton can't reach their level... I hope for u and I and all those who try to grab whatever opportunity we get to get better at this writing game.
Didn't see the build up coming at the end of this song. So happy I stuck around
Me too! I was liking it ok then it got amazing!