"I'm not living... I'm just killing time." is one of the greatest lines I have ever heard in music. It really hits me during the personal struggles I am currently going through.
@@teamataraxia6244 Thanks for commenting. But honestly, I'm not. I have a lot of friends that I'm very thankful for, yet none of them know about my depression. None of them know that I've considered very serious things. None of them know any of my struggles over the past two years. I wish I had the strength to vent to them, but I just don't... and I don't think anything will get better anytime soon. I hope you're good. I return to this performance quite a lot.
and if anyone is wondering where they can find the full performance, there's another video on UA-cam that shows it all: ua-cam.com/video/gYHPplTwdw8/v-deo.htmlsi=f0OSfdCpxMtbmgm6 Cheers.
I’m a huge fan and have loved this song since seeing it live in 1995. It means as much as ever nearly 30 years later.. especially considering the grief and loss you experience over the decades. I first read the line “This isn’t living. This is just killing time” in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I don’t know whether Thom was influenced by that, he may well have been, he’s well read. Although he’s obviously capable of coming up with genius on his own repeatedly.
I give so much credit to Thom for having the maturity to perform this song without tearing up. There is no way his heart wasn't broken when he wrote this.
There's nobody out there who can come out on the stage like that with jeans and a button down shirt... and give an acoustic performance like that with their eyes closed. It really is amazing, whether or not you're a Radiohead fan. I used to hope like 10 years ago that they'd record this song, but it's almost like a phantom now and I think that's why people always request it.
Amazing comment. I love seeing that kind of comments, because as someone who got into Radiohead at the "end" of their journey, seeing the imput of someone following their journey alongside Radiohead is amazing
Even though he messed up at 1:51, it genuinely sounded like a beautiful new piece to the song with immediate "I'm living" he didn't even waver either... just kept strumming beautifully
"This is a song that really didn't see much of the light of day, for a long time. And it sort of did, but, whatever, it needs to do it more. This is called true love waits!!"
This is the song that my girlfriend and I fell in love to and my biggest wish was to take her to a Radiohead concert. We broke up the day before the Coachella lineup was released... :(
everytime, i come back to this song, quite often actually, not the song’s lyrics but the melancholic melody just proves me again and again, how ‘true’ love could never be understood or expressed, it could only be felt through your heart and bloodstream. i guess we’re not evolved enough yet to understand love but it exists and we’ve understood a very very little of it’s meaning but we have made this ‘love’ very unnatural and with a selfish intent of our feelings and emotions but it is much more and beyond the level of our thinking and feeling. anyways i guess i’ll listen to this bittersweet and melancholic melody and feel it running through my heart and only get goosebumps. sigh.
Before I die there are two things I want to do; Travel the world, see Radiohead live. I will die with a smile on my face knowing I have seen life from a different perspective... well, until then it's google earth and youtube for me.
Their (radioheads) tunes are so melodic and addictive it feels like you are wandering down the rabbit hole. I am sure they have featured in so many good film soundtracks. What a band...
you just know there's bands out there who would kill to have this as a major release and dine out on the song for their whole career. yet radiohead haven't even bothered doing a studio recording of it. crazy.
i saw them at the roskilde festival this summer. it was a beautiful summer night and they played perfect. Liturally perfect. sad they did not play this song, but a perfect concert never the less and one for the ages. one of the best concerts in Denmarks history.
I'll drown my beliefs To have your babies I'll dress like your niece And wash your swollen feet Just don't leave Don't leave I'm not living I'm just killing time Your tiny hands Your crazy kitten smile Just don't leave Don't leave And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps Just don't leave Don't leave Just don't leave Don't leave
Yeah. You can hear the difference in the versions though. The connotation changes, the feeling shifts, but its still the same song. It is beautiful and sad.
You rarely hear such clear, unbridled joy from an audience at a rock concert. Listen to the audience when he introduces this song, the response is almost comical (but mostly heartwarming.)
True Love Waits I'll drown my beliefs To have your babies I'll dress like your nurse To wash your swollen feet Just don't leave Don't leave I'm not living I'm just killing time Your tiny hands Your crazy kitten smile Just don't leave Don't leave And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps Just don't leave Don't leave Just don't leave...
BRILLIANT SONG... AND VIDEO! Thom's performance here is so... I don't know, just perfect! So intimate, so 'honest.' Every sound he creates here rings true and can be related to.
I first heard this song years ago and myself wondered why it wasn't on any of their studio albums, but I like it better this way It remains non-commercialized and unexploited. You also get the feeling that this song may have been too personal to be on an album. Easily one of the best written and most haunting love songs I have ever heard.
@freakintrick ive always thought about it that way too. i used to wish there was a studio version of this song, but when i think about it, i like the idea of it being a rare live song better. its like a gem. that when you actually get to hear it live, you can brag about it to the world, and will forever remember the day that thom yorke played it. it truly is a masterpiece.
its amazing to see all of the different ways people interpret this song. that's what music is about really. that's what makes radiohead so fuckin epic.
absolute crime that this, the most high quality/well-shot version of this song, the most watched youtube version of this song - gets cut off early at the end without the final chorus!
One of the most beautiful heart wrenching songs Of all time and this performance does it justice. Love the new 2016 version as well...the time on the new version is 4:44 and I see 444 everywhere. My soul song
"This is a song that really didn't see much of the light of day for a long time. And then it sort of did, but, hum,whatever, it needs to do it more. This is called true love waits"
DarkKnighto I feel like the album version is even more sad because there's a new meaning of it to Thom since his ex wife past away. There's also this sense of heartbreak from his voice that's completely different from this onw
I would agree but for mainly nostalgic reasons. I heard the acoustic version a few years back, when I was still in school. Being sent this song by this girl I had a crush on was the definitive high school experience
@AustinBrock Just thought I'd take the opportunity to say, AustinBrock you legend. I've watched the Le Reservoir show and the Glastonbury set in full all because of you, you're a complete genius. Keep it up, man.
![Radiohead - True Love Waits - 12/5/95 - [2-Cam/Tweaks] - Song Debut - Luna Theatre, Belgium](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KzyOfQeK-bY/mqdefault.jpg)
"I'm not living... I'm just killing time." is one of the greatest lines I have ever heard in music. It really hits me during the personal struggles I am currently going through.
Gets me every time, hope you're doing better bro
@@teamataraxia6244 Thanks for commenting. But honestly, I'm not. I have a lot of friends that I'm very thankful for, yet none of them know about my depression. None of them know that I've considered very serious things. None of them know any of my struggles over the past two years. I wish I had the strength to vent to them, but I just don't... and I don't think anything will get better anytime soon.
I hope you're good. I return to this performance quite a lot.
and if anyone is wondering where they can find the full performance, there's another video on UA-cam that shows it all: ua-cam.com/video/gYHPplTwdw8/v-deo.htmlsi=f0OSfdCpxMtbmgm6
Cheers.
@@jonahhh. Bro..
I’m a huge fan and have loved this song since seeing it live in 1995. It means as much as ever nearly 30 years later.. especially considering the grief and loss you experience over the decades. I first read the line “This isn’t living. This is just killing time” in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I don’t know whether Thom was influenced by that, he may well have been, he’s well read. Although he’s obviously capable of coming up with genius on his own repeatedly.
Sometimes you go years thinking you'd be the subject of a song like this, only to wake up one day and realise you're the singer.
reednj01 I find this really sad, but incredibly beautiful.
reednj01 7 years later and this still applies :’)
Beautiful and devestating
Today is one of those days
@@jacobmorin485and today me too
I give so much credit to Thom for having the maturity to perform this song without tearing up. There is no way his heart wasn't broken when he wrote this.
There's nobody out there who can come out on the stage like that with jeans and a button down shirt... and give an acoustic performance like that with their eyes closed. It really is amazing, whether or not you're a Radiohead fan. I used to hope like 10 years ago that they'd record this song, but it's almost like a phantom now and I think that's why people always request it.
Bet you’re happy now.
Wow it was the start of a new decade when this was written. You basically had to wait almost a whole decade. How do you like the AMSP version?
Amazing comment. I love seeing that kind of comments, because as someone who got into Radiohead at the "end" of their journey, seeing the imput of someone following their journey alongside Radiohead is amazing
Even though he messed up at 1:51, it genuinely sounded like a beautiful new piece to the song with immediate "I'm living"
he didn't even waver either... just kept strumming beautifully
Singing this at night with my guitar has been the pills for my untreated depression
Hope you're better, if not, it will get better. I've been there too, each one with their own reasons. Don't give up
@@annaasilv thank you very much, still with ups and downs but better I think
I do the exact same it's beautiful and heartbreaking
Let's be honest. This is the definitive version.
Tesla Death Ray its always been. Idk what you're on about.
mario Alex he's talking about the 'A Moon Shaped Pool' version
every version is definitive.
Oslo live version is my personal fav
the debut version is where its at, mate
"This is a song that really didn't see much of the light of day, for a long time. And it sort of did, but, whatever, it needs to do it more. This is called true love waits!!"
Chinguetas
Poetic Awkwardness at it’s finest
1:50
i love that extra "not living"
it just feels good
Yeah, he fixed that mistake extraordinarily. oh 10 years ago haha.
@@ignacioalfonsobascunan4033 🤣
@@cartersauce1344 I saw this 11 hours after you post it, coincidence? I think not 👁o👁
@@ignacioalfonsobascunan4033 Seen this 11 months after you posted it, coincidence?
@@joeneedsfood Well, I guess it'll be up to me to wait 11 years
This is the song that my girlfriend and I fell in love to and my biggest wish was to take her to a Radiohead concert. We broke up the day before the Coachella lineup was released... :(
hey man i just saw your comment, it's been 10 years damn. how's everything going? i hope you're doing well.
Hope you doing well.
How has life been going?
How's it going?
How's it going?
So few songs reach my soul. This is one of them.
Your crazy kitten smile :(
If you love this song, I love you.
Bro I'm underage
Love you back.
Love u too bro
love you too :)
@@CatUnderscore did he stutter?
Cannot imagine my life without this music. Thom Yorke must have so beautiful soul..and his camarades too! Thanks for everything..regards.
This is a song that really didn't see much of the light of day , for a long time.
And then it sort of did,
but, ah,
it needs to do it more.
This is called true love waits!!
This song is very special for me, each time I hear it, I cry.
True love weights
calitocalito whhhhy but whhhhy
calitocalito that’s heavy
bout 6kg
なんてことだ、、、
nahh bro
i'm glad that they finally put it on a record but this is the definitive version for me
everytime, i come back to this song, quite often actually, not the song’s lyrics but the melancholic melody just proves me again and again, how ‘true’ love could never be understood or expressed, it could only be felt through your heart and bloodstream. i guess we’re not evolved enough yet to understand love but it exists and we’ve understood a very very little of it’s meaning but we have made this ‘love’ very unnatural and with a selfish intent of our feelings and emotions but it is much more and beyond the level of our thinking and feeling.
anyways i guess i’ll listen to this bittersweet and melancholic melody and feel it running through my heart and only get goosebumps. sigh.
Only MTV would cut the ending off of that song.
larrysauce
It was too fucking GOOD!
It was better
we need a thom yorke appreciation day
it's been 10 years since this comment but i 100% agree :)
His birthday
jesus fucking christ, i miss my favorite person.
Before I die there are two things I want to do; Travel the world, see Radiohead live. I will die with a smile on my face knowing I have seen life from a different perspective... well, until then it's google earth and youtube for me.
did you travel yet?
this song is SO radiohead, that when I heard it in Mike Masse cover I said: Damn! It must be Radiohead! And PRESTO!!! It really is! nice song.
Their (radioheads) tunes are so melodic and addictive it feels like you are wandering down the rabbit hole. I am sure they have featured in so many good film soundtracks. What a band...
that song broke my heart
I think I might understand, but could you specify how "It's used ironically in the saddest possible way" ?
That voice
Every song of Radiohead is a masterpiece. They touch your soul.
This is what made me keep up after a breakup.
this sounds depressing after a breakup tho
Not working that well for me
Me too but not until a while later. Definitely not right after
@@hectorleon6622 it helps you immerse in the pain and loss, understand it to a deeper level, which can help with digesting it and getting through it
My ex gf talk me back after we breakup so i tell him that i cry with this song, but in a time she lives me again :"
you just know there's bands out there who would kill to have this as a major release and dine out on the song for their whole career. yet radiohead haven't even bothered doing a studio recording of it. crazy.
i saw them at the roskilde festival this summer. it was a beautiful summer night and they played perfect. Liturally perfect. sad they did not play this song, but a perfect concert never the less and one for the ages. one of the best concerts in Denmarks history.
I'll drown my beliefs
To have your babies
I'll dress like your niece
And wash your swollen feet
Just don't leave
Don't leave
I'm not living
I'm just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile
Just don't leave
Don't leave
And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps
Just don't leave
Don't leave
Just don't leave
Don't leave
A Moon Shaped Pool version is fantastic. I glad they'll finaly record it in studio after 20 years.
and they put it on there after thom broke up with his gf of 25 years :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Yeah. You can hear the difference in the versions though. The connotation changes, the feeling shifts, but its still the same song. It is beautiful and sad.
"I'll drown my beliefs
to have your babies"
to me it sounds like he predicted his own future 20 years before. i still can't believe it
He divorced from Rachel Owen two years ago.
Michele Amoruso and she died there recently Rip
i wanna cry, this performance was so beautiful
im not living.
im just killing time.
what a brilliant song.
There’s something so calm yet so romantic in this video that i don’t know
At first you think, "could this be MTV?" Then, they cut out before the song finishes, and you think, "yup. MTV."
love this song...love thom's voice.....
I was at that show.
Lady Vengeance
Lucky
Video or fake
Brian Smith I truly don't care if you believe me, love
I just wanted to watch the video :c
Brian Smith :D
I hold back tears to this song. Too powerful.
ohh.. as soon as thom played the first chord i already felt so much adrenaline i started to cry very softly.. thnk u thom for this amazing piece! :)
he feels it. his whole body feels every single lyric. excellent performance
this is definitely my favorite version of this song! it just gives me peace and idk it’s such a wonderful feeling that I can not describe it
You rarely hear such clear, unbridled joy from an audience at a rock concert. Listen to the audience when he introduces this song, the response is almost comical (but mostly heartwarming.)
wurble, perfectly put, that thought goes through my mind every time i hear it. And the chords are so simple! Truly beautiful
True Love Waits
I'll drown my beliefs
To have your babies
I'll dress like your nurse
To wash your swollen feet
Just don't leave
Don't leave
I'm not living
I'm just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile
Just don't leave
Don't leave
And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps
Just don't leave
Don't leave
Just don't leave...
*niece not nurse
ty man
Ema Nuel pfffffffffff
Ema Nuel ???
probably the best band in the world
Just...don't leave. Don't leave.
but she left.
Only a genius could make such a perfect song out of such simple chords.
I'll love this music for the rest of my life =]
Brutal... Con solo una guitarra y su voz, la que lia!
The best ever true love song!
i'm shivering again and again..
Always in love with this music, since the beginning. Thanks
imo the pre amsp versions are more hard hitting while the amsp one is more numb and painful as the passing of his partner
this song made staying alive this long worthwhile
BRILLIANT SONG... AND VIDEO! Thom's performance here is so... I don't know, just perfect! So intimate, so 'honest.' Every sound he creates here rings true and can be related to.
it's just that only thing that radiohead can do, truning complex toughts n feelings into lyrics n music, their music, their songs r just perfect
i like the way thom smiles while he's singing.
I mean, he's happy and by the way he is singing a painful song.
your crazy kitten smile...
Love how Thom just casually went on stage and created the saddest song in Radiohead's discography
one of the most amazing songs ever if you just pause a moment to think and absorb...
Esta canción, sobre todo esta versión, siempre golpea duro, pero la amo. Es mi canción favorita de la vida.
Beautiful as usual, Thom is great. All Radiohead is great. Thank you from the deepest of my heart:)
I love his voice it's kind of cute
The best b-side! Though the song was cut ...
Thom's so into the song in this presentation, he smiles so beautifuly in the middle of the performance!
one of my top 5 RH songs all time Tom Y sounds real good in this verision thx u for posting the video big fan frm NJ, listen to the album everynight..
i prefer this version!
i can't stop crying
this song is just incredible as a solo performance. imagine what it'd be like with all of the band playing :)
I'm not clivving not living
coming living
Lmfao!
What a powerful, beautiful song.
This is a true masterpiece! Thom Yorke you're so good!
this song make me cry
just i love it
My grandma left a week ago I love listening to this song it brings back memories
oh my goodness... this song, this song! I would be so overwhelmed if I saw this live.
This song chokes me up *every* time I hear it....
Im not living
Im just killing times
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile
Your Little hands
Wow. Literally.
I just love this song and his voice is just.....wow.....I have no words to describe it! :)
I love this ever
Radiohead...So good this song melts my heart.
this song is so beautiful
I first heard this song years ago and myself wondered why it wasn't on any of their studio albums, but I like it better this way
It remains non-commercialized and unexploited.
You also get the feeling that this song may have been too personal to be on an album.
Easily one of the best written and most haunting love songs I have ever heard.
Have you heard the even sadder finished version?
Se nota su vos con tristeza 😢
melancholic beauty
Ooh how, many times I had these words in my prayers, before I even knew that york had put it together long time before.
@freakintrick ive always thought about it that way too. i used to wish there was a studio version of this song, but when i think about it, i like the idea of it being a rare live song better. its like a gem. that when you actually get to hear it live, you can brag about it to the world, and will forever remember the day that thom yorke played it. it truly is a masterpiece.
its amazing to see all of the different ways people interpret this song. that's what music is about really. that's what makes radiohead so fuckin epic.
Love this version of this song!
And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love wins
On lollipops and crisps
Amazing...
Anyone who says radiohead are depressing has never had depression cos if you have then they are uplifting.
I love it from the first verse. Such a sweet song.
one of my favorite ever
absolute crime that this, the most high quality/well-shot version of this song, the most watched youtube version of this song - gets cut off early at the end without the final chorus!
One of the most beautiful heart wrenching songs Of all time and this performance does it justice. Love the new 2016 version as well...the time on the new version is 4:44 and I see 444 everywhere. My soul song
"This is a song that really didn't see much of the light of day for a long time. And then it sort of did, but, hum,whatever, it needs to do it more. This is called true love waits"
The new album version's great but got nothing on this
DarkKnighto I feel like the album version is even more sad because there's a new meaning of it to Thom since his ex wife past away. There's also this sense of heartbreak from his voice that's completely different from this onw
I would agree but for mainly nostalgic reasons. I heard the acoustic version a few years back, when I was still in school. Being sent this song by this girl I had a crush on was the definitive high school experience
D.J. Actually even that one was recorded and released before her death but she did divorce before.
I like this version better tbh
@AustinBrock Just thought I'd take the opportunity to say, AustinBrock you legend. I've watched the Le Reservoir show and the Glastonbury set in full all because of you, you're a complete genius. Keep it up, man.
Peak Radiohead right here
qualsiasi strumento...in qualsiasi momento..qualsiasi caqnzone...in qualsiasi modo...tom è il vero numero 1 !!! i RADIOHEAD SN I NUMERI 1