This is one those songs that just gets me, that I catch myself humming out of nowhere. A woman from far away who I was lucky enough to love and have her love me in return sent me this a long time ago when she had to leave and to this day I can't listen to this without thinking of her. We loved each other very much but she had to go back home to Canada. Listening to this both kills me and makes me unbelievably, ecstatically happy each time I hear it, particularly this version. Strange tears. We grew apart eventually as people often do but a part of me will always love her. Always. I hope she still listens to this every once in a while and thinks of me. The dreams of men are often foolish notions but I still smile and think of her when I hear this. When you find love I beg of you...keep hold of it.
This song is about a man who is willing to do what ever it takes to stay with the love of his life. That means killing aspects of himself and making them part of his past. He wants to be the man that he tells her he is, as opposed to lying about it, which he normally would. The runner, the spy, and the leak are all aspects of his past that he chooses to bury. Instead of just completely forgetting about these things he uses them to fertilize the garden he plans to create (his new life). He is truly a gardener who uses waste in order to produce life. He can now stand before his love not as a fraud, but as a true man with nothing to hide. Which is exactly what she wanted to hear in the first place instead of his macho falsities.
Objectively wrong beyond the first sentence. Confirmation bias posters should not be speculating beyond the original, very transparent message. This song is not for you.
I cant stop listening to this guy! Amazing songwriter Amazing singer Amazing Guitarist !! The most original awesome sound I have heard in a long time and it just ONE dude.
everytime i listen to this I get tears in my eyes. Not because it reminds me sad, but it reminds me of the pure innocence in nostalgia and the "perfect moments" rarely captured in a lifetime
like this song so mucht thanks to my friend introducing it for me while far away in China. Love this video too, feels like sitting around a campfire with close friends!
I love that you tell an entire story with every word you sing. Honesty and intention should be the true guiding light of art, not how "popular" X and Y are going to be. Keep it up, you have a new fan.
this is probably one of the most magic videos in the whole world..... cant describe the feeling i first saw it .... just stunned *-* by all this beauty!
This song makes me the happiest kid on earth... whenever bad shit happens I just sing it to myself and a lame as it seems cant help but smile. life just goes on =D this songs greatttttttttttttttttt.
This song has always been so passionately haunting much like The Cheiftans- Long Black Veil. The lyrics paint such a beautifully brutal picture of a man with nothing left but his soul to lay before the Earth. 💕
Kristian is one of the kindest people i know. I have the extreme fortune of calling him a friend. I can't wait for his new album. He's finishing it up right now. Also, beautiful video. seems to be the perfect setting to hear him play.
il me semblait bien que je connaissais cette belle vidéo, sur laquelle je tombe par hasard ! (en plus, au lendemain des élections américaines qui me plongeaient déjà à l'époque où je l'avais vue) porte toi bien, Alexis!
Tabbed the song out and played it at an event, it went from drunken loudness in the hall to a silence where you could hear a breeze, this is when I realized what the lyrics and song meant to others as it may have be for me.
His songs take me somewhere else. Far, far from here. I don't know If I've been there before, maybe it's just my imagination. But It feels great to drift off, not often does someone captivate me like that. Great musician.
Bästabästabästa låten i världshistorien som gått på repeat i flera år! Leksands största stolthet! Får jag också en privat spelning vid Siljan (eller vilken sjö det nu är) i solnedgången i sommar lever jag på det resten av mitt liv!
This is one those songs that just gets me, that I catch myself humming out of nowhere. A woman from far away who I was lucky enough to love and have her love me in return sent me this a long time ago when she had to leave and to this day I can't listen to this without thinking of her. We loved each other very much but she had to go back home to Canada. Listening to this both kills me and makes me unbelievably, ecstatically happy each time I hear it, particularly this version. Strange tears. We grew apart eventually as people often do but a part of me will always love her. Always. I hope she still listens to this every once in a while and thinks of me. The dreams of men are often foolish notions but I still smile and think of her when I hear this. When you find love I beg of you...keep hold of it.
The rawness in his voice always gives me chills. Pure talent.
This song is about a man who is willing to do what ever it takes to stay with the love of his life. That means killing aspects of himself and making them part of his past. He wants to be the man that he tells her he is, as opposed to lying about it, which he normally would. The runner, the spy, and the leak are all aspects of his past that he chooses to bury. Instead of just completely forgetting about these things he uses them to fertilize the garden he plans to create (his new life). He is truly a gardener who uses waste in order to produce life. He can now stand before his love not as a fraud, but as a true man with nothing to hide. Which is exactly what she wanted to hear in the first place instead of his macho falsities.
Very aptly put!
very clever
Also notice how all the flowers he mentions are also common names for women. Lilly, Daisy, Rose.
basically the plot of secret window
Objectively wrong beyond the first sentence. Confirmation bias posters should not be speculating beyond the original, very transparent message. This song is not for you.
I used to be silly thinking the age of amazing music was dead and gone, the 60's-70's are great, but we have AMAZING artists too!
This man changed my life. Saved it multiple times. I’m very grateful to have met him..
BEEN MY TOP SONG SINCE 2009, THIS HELPED ME GET THROUGH A 3 YEAR HEARTBREAK :(
I PLAY THIS SONG TO MY TWO NEW BORNS NOW :D
Absolutely an amazing song. Such a timeless classic 😊
I heard that LIVE. Amazing!
everything about this makes it the most beautiful thing i've ever seen/heard,
I can't get enough of this. As has been said, modern day Bob Dylan. Wonderful.
I really love this song. It's the first I've heard of his stuff, and I've been hooked ever since.
My heart screams with this song. So much emotion.
In my opinion one of the best love songs ever written. Some will say insane. I say genius.
A wide smile across my face and tear on my cheek - thank you.
I cant stop listening to this guy! Amazing songwriter Amazing singer Amazing Guitarist !! The most original awesome sound I have heard in a long time and it just ONE dude.
My favorite song to play.
I'm from Sweden... and I'm so proud of him!
I PLAY THIS SONG TO MY TWO NEW BORNS NOW :D
Makes me proud of being swedish when I listen to this
This is a great song and I love this dudes voice.
he is epic. amazing. and inspiration! i fell in love with his voice and his music. i adore him, hihi :)
One of the best lyrics I've heard in a long, long time. Amazing song!
everytime i listen to this I get tears in my eyes. Not because it reminds me sad, but it reminds me of the pure innocence in nostalgia and the "perfect moments" rarely captured in a lifetime
Hot Damn! This isn't even a style of music I normally enjoy--but I've gotta admit this guy is unmistakably awesome!
in love with this man, forever and ever...
what a song, what a singer, what a setting. This IS perfect......
Was ist das denn????? Wie geil!!!!
Lange nicht mehr so gute Musik gehört!!!!
I am blown away by him. He is just so amazingly great.
going to see him live in a few weeks - can't wait!
this is incredible. Sounds amazing. I love the sound of his guitar outside and his voice. Thanks Reddit!
He was in my first concert along with John Darniel and John Vanderslice. Absolutely blew me away. The tallest man on earth is amazing in every way
Lucky duck
Gotta love it. Exceptionally unique voice. Amazing!
He sings amazing, this is art, this is beauty, thank you tallest man in the world, you make me feel a bit taller atm. :)
So awesome that there are people doing things like this. I couldn't imagine a better moment.
I have never listened to this band before until last night and until this video. It was a good feeling.
My favourite singer. Hands down.
Some beautiful and calming music
i´m in love with his music.
Your show last night at the 9:30 Club in D.C. was unreal. Thank you for being such an inspiration.
I love how you can feel the pain in his heart with this music.
like this song so mucht thanks to my friend introducing it for me while far away in China. Love this video too, feels like sitting around a campfire with close friends!
Absolutely beautiful...the man and the song
i'm in love with this song
I love that you tell an entire story with every word you sing. Honesty and intention should be the true guiding light of art, not how "popular" X and Y are going to be. Keep it up, you have a new fan.
this is probably one of the most magic videos in the whole world..... cant describe the feeling i first saw it .... just stunned *-* by all this beauty!
This song makes me the happiest kid on earth... whenever bad shit happens I just sing it to myself and a lame as it seems cant help but smile. life just goes on =D this songs greatttttttttttttttttt.
This song has always been so passionately haunting much like The Cheiftans- Long Black Veil. The lyrics paint such a beautifully brutal picture of a man with nothing left but his soul to lay before the Earth. 💕
thank you random drunk me for finding this guy and remembering to save this awesomeness so good gigh five drunk me
How is he so amazingly fantastically good???
I felt this way for someone once.
Beautiful!
Kristian is one of the kindest people i know. I have the extreme fortune of calling him a friend. I can't wait for his new album. He's finishing it up right now.
Also, beautiful video. seems to be the perfect setting to hear him play.
This is beautiful, thanks for posting
i could listen to this dude all day long
The most beutiful and awesome thing ever captured on film
this video is so simple but it is absolutely stunning, What a great song
man, what a songwriter and singer!
this is the best song I have ever heard
I checked them out a few months ago, really enjoyed them. I enjoy most of your stuff actually, keep up the good work!
I heard this on WRAS in Atlanta. Took me a while to track down the title but so glad I did! What a great song.
when you started singing i was like oh my god i love this
A force of nature, this song has taken hold of me.
Makes me feel so good I'm actually laughing as listening to this...
This man has something within him.
Wonderful, every note, every chord every word.
If he only he would have his songs tabbed.
Great songs, cool lyrics.
This guy has prehaps my favourite voice ever.
this is absolutely amazing.
I have found love in these lyrics
This makes me so darn proud to be a Swede, biggest dream would be to record one of these songs with him, no matter how silly it seems, lol :)
Absolutely brilliant.
Beautiful!!! Thanks for posting!!! :)
saw him last night @ the Paradiso in Amsterdam. He blew the roof off the place *goosebumps still *
which soulless machines disliked this??
Linda! o tipo de música que você simplesmente ouve e viaja.
il me semblait bien que je connaissais cette belle vidéo, sur laquelle je tombe par hasard !
(en plus, au lendemain des élections américaines qui me plongeaient déjà à l'époque où je l'avais vue)
porte toi bien, Alexis!
I love these videos; I particularly love the fact in this series of videos, the sky behind him changes every video.
This is amazing.
I have so much love for this.
I freaking love this guys work, check out his group "middle brother"
Det finns inte ord för att beskriva hur bra jag tycker detta är. Så unikt och så otroligt bra!
Tabbed the song out and played it at an event, it went from drunken loudness in the hall to a silence where you could hear a breeze, this is when I realized what the lyrics and song meant to others as it may have be for me.
Beautiful
His songs take me somewhere else. Far, far from here. I don't know If I've been there before, maybe it's just my imagination. But It feels great to drift off, not often does someone captivate me like that. Great musician.
Let down? Wow, this should have been the best surprise you have ever happened upon. This guy is awesome.
just great! awesome! cant say more
I love this song
this is just breathtaking..
That's just beautifull.
I prefer to think of Bob Dylan as thinking..
"Damn, wish I wrote that....!"
I wish I could grow stuff as good as him in MY garden.
wow!!! that's amazing
The guy i really like sang this song to me
Amazing! Raw and authentic
this is one of the most beautiful things on all of the you tube.
so so so so so so beautiful
I can't handle how beautiful this is.
This video made me in love with that guy......
91 dislikes? How can anyone dislike this man? He deserves respect!
Bästabästabästa låten i världshistorien som gått på repeat i flera år! Leksands största stolthet! Får jag också en privat spelning vid Siljan (eller vilken sjö det nu är) i solnedgången i sommar lever jag på det resten av mitt liv!