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  • Passenger - Life's For The Living
    From the album "All The Little Lights" available on: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all-...
    Lyrics:
    Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic
    Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
    The boy laughed at the spastic dancing round in the rain
    While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rubbed toes
    Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
    Dressed in their suits and their boots well they all look the same
    I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books
    And crackling vinyl
    And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you'r given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better of dead
    While the evening pulled the moon out of its packet
    Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket
    We needed a nail but wetacked it 'til it fell off the wall
    While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
    The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
    And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call
    And i stumbled down to the stomach of the town
    Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
    With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you'r given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better of dead
    Well i'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage
    They take your dreams down and stick them in storage
    You can have them back son when you've paid off your mortgage and loans
    Oh hell with this place, i'll go it my own way
    I'll stick out my thumb and trudge down the highway
    Someday someone must be going my way home
    Till then i'll make my bed from a disused car
    With a matress of leaves and a blanket of stars
    And i'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you'r given
    You know life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better of dead
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you'r given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better of dead

КОМЕНТАРІ • 836

  • @Onederfail
    @Onederfail 5 років тому +249

    Here it lies. A drunken comment on a sad song that no one read. But at one point in time a man felt so desperate as to put it here hoping that no one would see it, while secretly hoping that someone would. All the while not really caring. Anxiety flaring, but desperation driving he couldn't stop. Even if you never read it, he did, and he already regretted hitting that little blue arrow. Go in peace friend.

  • @gingerpennyk
    @gingerpennyk 11 років тому +69

    This song helped a lot...I just lost my husband 2 months ago today...It's hard, but Life's for the living!!!! Thank you for posting this song.

  • @return2innocence221
    @return2innocence221 4 роки тому +208

    I think people need to hear this song now more than ever ✌️💞🌎🌱💮

  • @atharva4180
    @atharva4180 2 роки тому +37

    For anyone who wants to sing along:
    Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic
    Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
    The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain
    While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heels rub toes
    Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
    Dressed in their suits and their boots
    Well they all look the same
    I took myself down to the cafe to find all
    The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
    And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead
    While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet
    Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket
    We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell of the wall
    While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
    The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
    And we all had new iPhone's but no one had no one to call
    And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town
    Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
    With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead
    Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage
    They take your dreams down and stick them in storage
    You can have them back son when you've paid off
    Your mortgage and loans
    Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way
    I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway
    Someday someone must be going my way home
    Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car
    With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
    And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    You know life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead

  • @ShantelleyLace
    @ShantelleyLace Рік тому +17

    This song got me through my heroin detox. I listened to it everyday, multiple times a day for about 10 days. It was that little bit of hope and small burst of dopamine that the song would give me to keep me going through until the end . Ofcourse there was a lot of treatment and help after that, but without this song, I really don't believe I would have gotten out or made the decision to stop. Its been 6yrs since then, and im still clean from heroin. I have my children and my life. I am truly grateful for this song.

    • @dryest-bones
      @dryest-bones Рік тому +4

      You might not believe me because i'm just some person on the internet, but I am so, so proud of you. You are so strong. 🫂

    • @ali.2412
      @ali.2412 10 місяців тому

      Glazing

  • @ladyloulou9374
    @ladyloulou9374 9 років тому +80

    To anyone who thinks this song is depressing, this song literally changed my life!! I fell in love with the lyrics when I was in a very dark place and decided that lifes for the living :)

    • @joshharvell1036
      @joshharvell1036 7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah man. This song made me let go of the dead things in my life. I'm now happily married. 3 kids. And I am living rather than existing.

  • @avishekdeb6544
    @avishekdeb6544 Рік тому +12

    " Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you'r given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better of dead " - What a beautiful line that gives happiness, positivity and HOPE in that phase of your life when everything seems to have broken down :)

  • @matthewjackman8410
    @matthewjackman8410 8 років тому +519

    "A mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars" is the most beautiful way of describing having nothing I have ever heard.
    Mike truly is an artist

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut 5 років тому +12

      Matthew Jackman, thanks for saying this ..
      quite the reminder, be what may be in your wallet,
      the gift of consciousness unfurls, before us,
      the awesome nature of the universe ... only a blink away.

    • @tamald7364
      @tamald7364 5 років тому +18

      His words are not as appreciated as it deserves to be but I'm pretty sure 50-60 years from today people will rediscover his music and wonder what a great artist he was.

    • @trinitychambers8123
      @trinitychambers8123 3 роки тому +3

      That's the best way to live. When we appreciate nature, we appreciate ourselves and God much more.

    • @DOUGIEFRESH007
      @DOUGIEFRESH007 3 роки тому

      @@trinitychambers8123 ua-cam.com/video/yiJjyd7eYJA/v-deo.html.
      .
      You're welcome Ms Swift and Gomez.
      .
      Google DOUGIE FRESH 007
      .
      Fresh from Florida Group Clothing
      Imagine if this is the only website I have?
      New WORLD ORDER
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    • @zetetick395
      @zetetick395 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah man,
      I also like Seasick Steve's "I started out with nothing and I've still got most of it left"

  • @dryest-bones
    @dryest-bones 3 роки тому +12

    Please, everyone, live life to the fullest. Enjoy it. Live for each moment. Smile at the sunrise, smile at the sunset. Love the ways of life and how they change. Find joy in simple things. Avoid things that make you unhappy. *Live.*

  • @shreyanshjain4250
    @shreyanshjain4250 3 роки тому +62

    I don't get it. I just don't get it. Why is Let Her Go is the only so popular and not the others? This album is an absolute masterpiece ffs.

    • @sirro4362
      @sirro4362 2 роки тому

      Ikr all of his works are a masterpiece but you know modern gen dont like these kind of songs all of them want to have ......songs about dicks, money, drugs, nigga, bitches and bla bla bla and what not you get my point ryt!!!

    • @user-tx8un4is9l
      @user-tx8un4is9l 2 роки тому +2

      @@sirro4362
      I am 20 years old and English isn't even my first language. I discovered his music 4 years ago and i am hooked. I return to hear his songs from time to time and it always amaze me

    • @sirro4362
      @sirro4362 2 роки тому +1

      @@user-tx8un4is9l i am 20 yrs old too bro....but beleive it or not what is said about our generation is absolutely true.

  • @leigoddard1888
    @leigoddard1888 6 років тому +9

    I originally got into Passenger because my dad listens to him, and this is the song he would always sing with the most passion. I have no doubts when I say this album is my favourite of all time. I can listen when I'm happy or sad and the lyrics are so clever and meaningful. It reminds me of a gentle stroll through a forest, or sleeping in on a morning. It makes my heart flutter and it puts me at such peace. This album truly is a work of art.

  • @TheDeathsReclaimer
    @TheDeathsReclaimer 8 років тому +274

    Mike really is a powerful artist at heart. Don't be the man of a million dollars who decides to spend it all on his sorrows and have only a dollar left to his name. But instead be the man who only has a dollar, and puts the million into the eyes of his lover. Smile at the sun, and marvel at the moon. Shine with the stars and float with the clouds. Don't cry for lost times, smile at the present. Shine the light into the darkness of a man's heart and add the joy into a tired girl's eyes. After all folks, Life is for the living. Treat everyone with such divine intentions and they shall reward you with the same. Inspire greatly, and care deeply. Get what you need and give what you're given. Or for God Sakes, you're better of dead.

    • @reharm_reality
      @reharm_reality 7 років тому +4

      That was beautiful.

    • @chazzawazzaaa2120
      @chazzawazzaaa2120 7 років тому +2

      TheDeathsReclaimer although it sounds like half of that was from deepquotes4u.com ill drop a like for the deep words🙏

    • @TheDeathsReclaimer
      @TheDeathsReclaimer 7 років тому +2

      Haha mate, I didn't even know that site existed until now. I just wrote that myself, no strings attached. Enjoy the day my friend.

    • @chimmiebomb
      @chimmiebomb 7 років тому +2

      that was beautiful...

    • @Polarwhisper6
      @Polarwhisper6 5 років тому +1

      TheDeathsReclaimer Wow, thanks for making that comment dude, its beautiful.

  • @valerrie
    @valerrie 11 років тому +14

    How does this song have a single dislike? It sends shivers down my spine :)

  • @MitcyDupres
    @MitcyDupres 10 років тому +38

    This song is the diamond in a box full of jewels.

    • @littlejune131
      @littlejune131 10 років тому +7

      A very accurate metaphor. ^_^

    • @linklindquist
      @linklindquist 4 роки тому +1

      yep, and "All the Little Lights" is the emerald.

  • @maxcalzone
    @maxcalzone 10 років тому +28

    Pure Poetry

    • @DOUGIEFRESH007
      @DOUGIEFRESH007 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/yiJjyd7eYJA/v-deo.html.
      .
      You're welcome Ms Swift and Gomez.
      .
      Google DOUGIE FRESH 007
      .
      Fresh from Florida Group Clothing
      Imagine if this is the only website I have?
      New WORLD ORDER
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      USA
      HOW ABOUT A JOB HERE?

  • @kevinbee25
    @kevinbee25 7 років тому +3

    Words cannot describe how much I love this song.

  • @katerinazirpi4937
    @katerinazirpi4937 9 років тому +41

    Being able to understand reality in a diffrent way through his lyrics ,is what makes the difference in every single passanger's song... don't you think?

  • @sirhumpalot2700
    @sirhumpalot2700 4 роки тому +5

    a boy laughed at a spastic who danced around in the rain.... is the right lyric... dont ever change your songs to please others...

  • @TheChannelWithNoReason
    @TheChannelWithNoReason 5 років тому +5

    This song came on while I was seeing lost pictures of deceased family members from old negatives . I was fully in tears already. Powerful moment!

  • @gonzalooraazubiaga1662
    @gonzalooraazubiaga1662 2 роки тому +6

    Con canciones como estas es imposible que los corazones no latan con más fuerza.

  • @Michellecici4
    @Michellecici4 5 років тому +18

    "So you're over him?"
    Never.
    "Life is for the living."
    I had no idea where I'd heard that saying before.. So I looked the quote up and found this song I guess was meant for me.
    But life is for the living.
    I am finally apart of this world, not lost in some unattainable fantasy. Now I can cling to a little hope in this universe. Even if it's only a little.
    I will always love you. Rest in peace, my eternal love.

  • @shaala7771
    @shaala7771 2 роки тому +4

    This song is utterly beautiful and he is a lyrical genius.

  • @dovahkiinkhajiitmaster6295
    @dovahkiinkhajiitmaster6295 8 років тому +125

    This song makes my soul cry

  • @marthacartwright1921
    @marthacartwright1921 10 років тому +42

    The first time I heard this song was the night my grandfather died. It really helped put things into perspective. I can't stop listening to it now!

  • @cafewan5770
    @cafewan5770 7 років тому +143

    "Life's For The Living"
    Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic
    Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
    The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain
    While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toes
    Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
    Dressed in their suits and their boots well they all look the same
    I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
    And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
    Don’t you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you’re given
    Life’s for the living so live it
    Or you’re better off dead
    While the evening pulled the moon out of it’s packet
    Stars shone like buttons on an old man’s jacket
    We needed a nail but we tacked it ’til it fell of the wall
    While pigeon’s pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
    The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
    And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call
    And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town
    Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
    With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
    Don’t you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you’re given
    Life’s for the living so live it
    Or you’re better off dead
    Well I’m sick of this town, this blind man’s forage
    They take your dreams down and stick them in storage
    You can have them back son when you’ve paid off your mortgage and loans
    Oh hell with this place, I’ll go it my own way
    I’ll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway
    Someday someone must be going my way home
    Till then I’ll make my bed from a disused car
    With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
    And I’ll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
    Don’t you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you’re given
    You know life’s for the living so live it
    Or you’re better off dead
    Don’t you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you’re given
    Life’s for the living so live it
    Or you’re better off dead

    • @merfquake2434
      @merfquake2434 7 років тому

      Cafe Wan neato

    • @undefined0_
      @undefined0_ 6 років тому +1

      ...the lyrics are in the description, but thanks anyway?

    • @jamesholland1796
      @jamesholland1796 5 років тому

      This song is awesome

    • @indiaalmeida8606
      @indiaalmeida8606 4 роки тому

      Thanks

    • @DOUGIEFRESH007
      @DOUGIEFRESH007 3 роки тому

      @@indiaalmeida8606 ua-cam.com/video/yiJjyd7eYJA/v-deo.html.
      .
      You're welcome Ms Swift and Gomez.
      .
      Google DOUGIE FRESH 007
      .
      Fresh from Florida Group Clothing
      Imagine if this is the only website I have?
      New WORLD ORDER
      BTC & DOGEcoin
      USA
      HOW ABOUT A JOB HERE?

  • @blackkeysfan100
    @blackkeysfan100 12 років тому +5

    All the Little Lights has got to be my favourite album of all time along with Cosmo's Factory by CCR and Led Zeppelin II by (obviously) Led Zeppelin. This was the first album of Passenger's that I bought, and I've been listening to it repeatedly. Holes, Life's For the Living, The Wrong Direction, I Hate, Let Her Go, All the Little Lights the list goes on and on of the masterpieces that he has put in this magnum opus.

  • @stokat5317
    @stokat5317 3 роки тому +6

    I heard this song for the first time on the radio today, beautiful lyrics and music🌟
    "...And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call..."😧💦

  • @dordil
    @dordil 3 роки тому +1

    So true, people need to listen and learn or you will cry for the dead when you didn't make time for your loved ones. ❤️

  • @Oascany
    @Oascany 8 років тому +4

    "Life's for the living, so live it. Or you're better off dead."
    Gave me the shivers, thank you Chaine de Jahung!!!

  • @Paultheend
    @Paultheend 10 років тому +32

    He surely is the best thing to come from my country in a long time :) makes me proud to be British

  • @evelinekettle1150
    @evelinekettle1150 3 роки тому +1

    Passenger is an angel man - his humanity shines out of his music

  • @lila133
    @lila133 2 роки тому +3

    I have literally been singing the solo at 2:35 to everyone I talk to, desperately trying to realise what song it's from, just wanting to listen to that beautiful brass melody again...and I've found it!

  • @alexandern3160
    @alexandern3160 3 роки тому +6

    This song was written for 2020. Can't let the government keep you from living. Live your life and find enjoyment and bring your passion into your work.

  • @xipzews
    @xipzews 8 років тому +4

    Cannot understand certain people commenting that this song is depressing!! Seriously, how??? Upbeat, uptempo song that tells you to actually go "Live your life" to the full because you never know when you might be leaving this place. "Life's for the living so live it or you're better off dead" means exactly that. Live it!! Don't waste it. Weird how certain people draw negativity from things that have no negativity. It must be inborn in them or something. This is one of the best songs I've honestly heard for some years. Passenger seems to be a group that write some unbelievably melodic songs and I can't wait to listen to more of their music. Keep up the good work :-)

  • @Maartje150
    @Maartje150 11 років тому +3

    This is just beauthiful music, it means a lot to me. I know I have to go further right now. But I'm still crying for my grandma. This song says I have to go on.

  • @evelinekettle1150
    @evelinekettle1150 Рік тому

    The heart of this man is just beyond...

  • @annelazarus8303
    @annelazarus8303 9 років тому +3

    Such beautiful lyrics. "Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead"

  • @msearthlight
    @msearthlight 10 років тому +20

    Just recently found this music.. How beautiful, and what wise words as we all become wrapped up in the unimportant and spend too little time fully in the present moment.
    As I write this I look out of the window the mist is creeping in and the rains coming, there's a chill and I need to light a coal fire. I glance over at my daughter the tears just pour down my face - the love in this present moment I feel should warm everyone's heart, I hope it does....

  • @jerryventillo2857
    @jerryventillo2857 2 роки тому +1

    Anyone 2021? You’re legend!

  • @Uncle_Tijikun
    @Uncle_Tijikun 7 років тому +22

    Everytime I listen to this song I'm one step away from bursting into tears. It makes me think of all the peoples I loved and lost. Whish I could get just an hour with you. This is for you.

  • @supersandy1984
    @supersandy1984 7 років тому +258

    My dearest darling Daisy,
    I know dogs can't read UA-cam comments, not even from dog heaven, but I hope you know that I'm doing it, I'm living, I'm keeping my promise, I haven't given up, and I won't. Thank you for saving my life over and over, thank you for being my very best friend. I will never forget you; in fact, I will miss you every day until our souls reunite.

    • @chimmiebomb
      @chimmiebomb 7 років тому +6

      shit man ;-;

    • @sydneywalls9040
      @sydneywalls9040 7 років тому +4

      oh dear! you must be devasted
      xoxoxoxoox yours sincerly your old friend syd

    • @shzde_best7359
      @shzde_best7359 7 років тому +4

      Super Sandy that's so sweet u made me cry

    • @sadhanadutta19
      @sadhanadutta19 6 років тому +4

      Miss my dogs :(

    • @rwturbo
      @rwturbo 6 років тому +3

      Made me tear up over my lab in heaven.

  • @cfopeter102
    @cfopeter102 6 років тому +12

    This song is so underrated yet it touches my heart every time... Learned how to play it on guitar & I will bringing this song anywhere I go.

  • @zarachew
    @zarachew 10 років тому +12

    I was feeling really sad about how bias my parents are, but damn i am going to live my life. Passenger songs really make me feel so much better.

  • @bcsroberson
    @bcsroberson 10 років тому +4

    His voice

    • @dancer101945
      @dancer101945 10 років тому +7

      Reminds me of an angel tho ;)

  • @BATAMANirkitos
    @BATAMANirkitos 2 роки тому +1

    Somehow reminds me James Blunt in his voice. 😄 This song is very cool!😉❤

  • @_rusith
    @_rusith Рік тому

    This is the most underrated thing in the world

  • @averycrosley8667
    @averycrosley8667 6 років тому

    One of the finest modern day examples of artistic value, lingual dexterity, and poetic language. Simply magnificent.

  • @getnaenaeddazley8942
    @getnaenaeddazley8942 4 роки тому +3

    This song is kinda old, but this seriously helped me change the perspective on a lot of my thoughts about my dead gramps that I loved and wanted too keep living... but “don’t cry for the lost, smile for the living.” And keep on “give what your given” and that “life’s for the living, so live it. Or you are better of dead”

  • @MrStuffyXex
    @MrStuffyXex 9 років тому +70

    3:08 has to be one of the greatest moments in music

    • @Ben-ex1kv
      @Ben-ex1kv 9 років тому +7

      I know right!

    • @diamondwhite9963
      @diamondwhite9963 7 років тому +4

      Benjamin Baker its literally the best part in the song. this song is my obsession

    • @s2thek323
      @s2thek323 6 років тому

      true, that's the best part of this song

    • @finitudeimperial8930
      @finitudeimperial8930 5 років тому +2

      absolutely agree . probably one of the greatest moments in the history of music 3:08 -4:33

  • @birgitgrabenkamp
    @birgitgrabenkamp 6 місяців тому

    Never give up dear ones. There is Hope. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @piergiorgioturina6764
    @piergiorgioturina6764 10 років тому +5

    passenger is a fantastic singer and, judging from what he writes, a fantastic guy too

  • @nicelady4069
    @nicelady4069 Рік тому

    I miss you Sonny. So much.

  • @bernardking1122
    @bernardking1122 5 років тому +7

    I love the metaphors and similes in this song. One of my favorites!!!

    • @rubytalty9895
      @rubytalty9895 4 роки тому

      A man a legend

    • @DOUGIEFRESH007
      @DOUGIEFRESH007 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/yiJjyd7eYJA/v-deo.html.
      .
      You're welcome Ms Swift and Gomez.
      .
      Google DOUGIE FRESH 007
      .
      Fresh from Florida Group Clothing
      Imagine if this is the only website I have?
      New WORLD ORDER
      BTC & DOGEcoin
      USA
      HOW ABOUT A JOB HERE?

  • @seanwatson4699
    @seanwatson4699 11 років тому +2

    Found one song, listened to them all, downloaded the whole album, i hope he gets recognized for his amazing voice.

  • @anantraymehta3598
    @anantraymehta3598 3 роки тому

    This song is a religion of its own.

  • @s2thek323
    @s2thek323 3 роки тому +1

    Any Kenyan here? I love this guy's songs

  • @like_miaow
    @like_miaow 9 років тому +435

    This song is going to be my funeral song.

    • @like_miaow
      @like_miaow 9 років тому +8

      Oops now looking at it I realize it did seem like irony...but it's totally fine :) This song is just beautiful

    • @mindyourownbusinessfatty
      @mindyourownbusinessfatty 9 років тому +7

      This guy sings as if he is severely depressed, although there's a certain harmony, there doesn't seem to be any joy or happiness in his music.
      "Get what you need and give what you’re given
      Life’s for the living so live it
      Or you’re better off dead"
      What dreadful lyrics, try telling this to someone in crisis, this guy is no Bob Dylan.

    • @like_miaow
      @like_miaow 9 років тому +1

      Yeah, I agree that part of the lyrics could be better, but as a whole, I think it's beautiful, both the music and the lyrics. To each his/her own, I guess. I'll check Bob Dylan out, though.

    • @jaylea5469
      @jaylea5469 9 років тому +12

      Mr .Creosote How is it dreadful? I think the message is a hopeful one on the contrary. "Don't cry for the lost, smile for the living"
      I really can't see how you turned that into a depressive song...

    • @mindyourownbusinessfatty
      @mindyourownbusinessfatty 9 років тому

      Jay Léa Imagine you have just lost a relative and someone says
      "Life’s for the living so live it.
      Or you’re better off dead".
      There are many people in crisis from, prisoners, the bereaved, those in debt, the unemployed, refugees, terminally ill. Can you honestly tell me that if came across someone threatening to commit suicide that you would say to them in any context, YOU ARE BETTER OFF DEAD, couple that with this guys depressed whining voice and its a recipe for misery. There are many people who need to cry for the lost, its the way we humans heal ourselves. Perhaps you have never lost anyone. THIS BLOKE IS DEPRESSED.

  • @arwamrad8928
    @arwamrad8928 6 років тому +4

    I LOVE THIS!!!!! I don't know if artists realize how much a song can do in one's life. These lyrics though... This song has absolutely been part of my little journey, now I listen to it and remember that, yes , I made it in those tough times and I'm still pushing through. Yes, LIFE'S FOR THE LIVING!

  • @mohamedsankoh4182
    @mohamedsankoh4182 Рік тому

    This guy's are sent to heal our pains 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @aishawestberg8141
    @aishawestberg8141 11 років тому +4

    This whole album is perfect,and the voice is a legendary voice.I love his songs all

  • @joenash338
    @joenash338 7 років тому

    I don't care what people say, I cried to this song. I just really moved me and does every time I listen to it. This will definitely be my funeral song just like some people have said in the comments as well. Whoever dislikes this needs to rethink about the true meaning of the song. What's ironic is when I listen I think of my mother.
    Thank you Passenger

  • @ErAgOn2610
    @ErAgOn2610 11 років тому +2

    I was at the concert in Brussels a few weeks ago, and it really was beautiful!!! :D

  • @chimmiebomb
    @chimmiebomb 7 років тому +4

    this song makes my heart and soul ache

  • @thomaswilliamson6203
    @thomaswilliamson6203 3 роки тому +1

    All I remember is me, my older brother (I’ve always looked up to him)
    And my dad (past now)
    Went on our 1st boys holiday, Cornwall... Devon even.
    My brother lent me his iPod. Life’s for the living was the 1st song that played. My dad died shortly after. This song is everything to me x

  • @enriquevasquez9600
    @enriquevasquez9600 2 роки тому +1

    Lyrics:
    Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic
    Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
    The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain
    While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heels rub toes
    Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
    Dressed in their suits and their boots well they all look the same
    I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
    And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead
    While the evening pulled the moon out of its packet
    Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket
    We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell off the wall
    While pigeons pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
    The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
    And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call
    And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town
    Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
    With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead
    Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage
    They take your dreams down and stick them in storage
    You can have them back son when you've paid off your mortgage and loans
    Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way
    I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway
    Someday someone must be going my way home
    Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car
    With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
    And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    You know life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead
    Don't you cry for the lost
    Smile for the living
    Get what you need and give what you're given
    Life's for the living so live it
    Or you're better off dead.

  • @sumayahscott7399
    @sumayahscott7399 7 років тому +6

    I just like passenger and every thing from him

  • @lunasol5513
    @lunasol5513 10 років тому +19

    Beautiful song!^^~

  • @gregreyes7139
    @gregreyes7139 11 років тому +3

    Every time I hear their music it touches my heart and my soul... I feel I'm in heaven...

  • @jaynepowell5503
    @jaynepowell5503 Місяць тому

    What a song and what an Album AMAZING love the bones of this big fan thankfully I got to see them in Dublin hopefully they come bk soon 🙌🤗❤️

  • @anthonydelightsantiago8027
    @anthonydelightsantiago8027 9 місяців тому

    Last year I got self destructed but came across this masterpiece. I was lifted and vow to right my wrongs

  • @grillailarahmetti9535
    @grillailarahmetti9535 10 років тому +6

    I love you man, for over a year i`ve heard at you`re music. Love from Norway

  • @thatguysky123
    @thatguysky123 10 років тому +331

    The people that dislike this song just goes to show that no matter how good you are, some people will always hate you. Someone once told me that "misery loves company". Like if you agree

    • @marileck95
      @marileck95 10 років тому +2

      Thumbs up, mate! :)

    • @QisQ
      @QisQ 10 років тому +12

      Or they just don't like this song...

    • @brandontillman6265
      @brandontillman6265 10 років тому +14

      Like if you agree with the agreement we both agree on because it is very agreeable.

    • @ThatShoeBox
      @ThatShoeBox 10 років тому +60

      Killed it with the "like if you agree".

    • @HoaPham-ht5vd
      @HoaPham-ht5vd 10 років тому +1

      Yup, there are always haters in this world... But they will never win to our numbers :D

  • @bobbynairn5003
    @bobbynairn5003 9 років тому +15

    I was bullied but this song motivated me to trudge on and know life is worth living

    • @mr.ziggynathan4075
      @mr.ziggynathan4075 8 років тому +1

      +Bobby Nairn Stay Strong! Well done. Every thing happens for a reason, and you managed to push through what happened!!

  • @sarahalhassan8362
    @sarahalhassan8362 4 роки тому +3

    Brilliance in music! Mind blowing masterpiece! A true musician!

  • @josepena8292
    @josepena8292 10 років тому +5

    This song remind me too much of the movie "Into The Wild" especially between 3:24-3:56. I feel like I'm listening to the movie! Love the movie and this song! It's truly inspiring.

    • @thomd6512
      @thomd6512 6 років тому

      Jose Peña hey cool story guy

  • @emilianuotio6603
    @emilianuotio6603 10 років тому +8

    So so so so beautiful. 💕

  • @okuhlediko7067
    @okuhlediko7067 5 років тому +4

    Mmmh..... this is such a piece of music. The instrument`s team is just doing amazing!A fine example of teamwork. Thank you

  • @lummers12dub
    @lummers12dub 11 років тому

    best of luck on ur travels bud - lifes for living so live it as the man says in this song! Enjoy

  • @Thebagelwithcheese11
    @Thebagelwithcheese11 6 років тому +2

    This is easily my favorite song. I'm a metalhead, but everything about this song is so perfect and applicable to one's life - regardless of who they are.

    • @LemonGhandiMan
      @LemonGhandiMan 6 років тому +1

      Joey never have I ever read anything more true.

  • @architectfatimabuanuap4721
    @architectfatimabuanuap4721 10 років тому +3

    full of meaning..:)
    his voice is so refreshing and makes me calm.....

  • @ninamikavtadze1202
    @ninamikavtadze1202 7 місяців тому +1

    10 years 🤍

  • @grahamanswerth6216
    @grahamanswerth6216 5 років тому +1

    He is the best troubadour since Ralph MC Tell. an Aussie /Brit I believe he is.I'm 76 and have been there done that re music.

  • @redskulltube2015
    @redskulltube2015 8 років тому +5

    when i hear this song all the lovelys one i lost them see them in front of me in my imagination god bless u father and mom

  • @bangnl
    @bangnl 4 роки тому

    I love the trumpet sounds

  • @rhondapeppers747
    @rhondapeppers747 9 років тому +3

    I love this band & their music is a delightful and loving change from all the other stuff that's out there nowadays. I love a variety of music and this band for sure is one of my faves! Takes me away...

  • @marionsiempre7417
    @marionsiempre7417 3 роки тому

    Are you kidding me???? You’re a genius!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @seunalaran
    @seunalaran 2 роки тому +1

    Super Relatable Song for 2022

  • @IMNQI
    @IMNQI 10 років тому +3

    een heerlijk liedje, het blijft in je hoofd zitten, een heel mooie text opeen lekkere wals, helemaal goed gedaan. bedankt.

  • @66deez
    @66deez 10 років тому

    'life's for the living, so live it! or you're better of dead' think this is the best saying ever!!

  • @imadookyscooperrock8834
    @imadookyscooperrock8834 8 років тому +1

    I love how honest he is. Beautipus.

  • @jacquelineheslin1432
    @jacquelineheslin1432 6 років тому +1

    Talk about a pretty song...this is one of my faves ever! Keep singing, Mike!

  • @RaxaSpitz
    @RaxaSpitz 11 років тому

    Passenger - A lyrical genius.

  • @RavenMcDagger
    @RavenMcDagger 9 років тому +18

    I enjoy how there are comments from people saying, "This is going to be played at my funeral" or something along those lines, when this song clearly has nothing to do with dying or death... The song's meaning is for you to live life to the fullest, be happy with what you are given, let those you are close too know that you love them, and be thankful you're alive. Don't let anything hold you back, make an impact on this world, and truly be happy with the decisions you have made.
    If the people saying "This is going to be played at my funeral" have truly lived the life portrayed in this song... by then all means, play this song at your funeral.

    • @Thecanadianwitch
      @Thecanadianwitch 9 років тому +8

      it's also a reminder for the living to live while they still can

    • @MoralsInSongs
      @MoralsInSongs 9 років тому +9

      ***** But you could use it as a way of saying that you've lived your life to the fullest and the people that are mourning your loss should continue to be happy and live life.
      Or a twisted sense of irony.

    • @joshuawalton4023
      @joshuawalton4023 6 років тому +5

      Songs at funerals need to be about death? Is believe most people want to portray a message, a 'final words' sort of situation.. and who better to give them those words than artists they love? Just a thought..

  • @coltonsmith5997
    @coltonsmith5997 5 років тому +2

    tears come, but why do they not fall? because it's worth it. it's worth it to live. so don't cry over spilled milk. get up. go at them again. we all believe in you, don't worry.

  • @liamjoyce7299
    @liamjoyce7299 8 років тому

    thankyou young MR shannahan.

  • @elizabethstranger3122
    @elizabethstranger3122 10 років тому +3

    God, life is too beautiful. This song is the evidence.

  • @javachise659
    @javachise659 7 років тому +82

    00:0 to 4:33 is the best part

  • @leetheredlion
    @leetheredlion 11 років тому

    Was sat in Heathrow yesterday, off travelling the world on my own for 3 months. Im leaving the girl i love at home, and in the pub we go to and sit and chill they always have this album playing... so this songs comes on jus after ive said goodbye to my parents who dropped me off at the airport, im sat on my own at a bar, nervous, scared, sad... and this song comes on! I almost cried! Sat here now in my hotel in Bangkok, feeling good, and this song now means a whole lot to me....

    • @leetheredlion
      @leetheredlion 4 роки тому

      Still here loving. Lee mate, there used to be a lot of comments here, but they’ve all been deleted for some reason! Anyway, it’s lockdown now, you done the group quiz tonight, was great, but times are weird. But still, times for the living boy. Remember this.

  • @alexanderrojas8647
    @alexanderrojas8647 7 років тому

    Best song ever made

  • @coolguyj7934
    @coolguyj7934 6 років тому +3

    What did we do to deserve this man