No other song can make one's heart both sing, soar, and shatter all at once. I grew up listening to Gordon Lightfoot because my parents loved his music, this is my favorite song of his. I heard this song yesterday at the local grocery store on the speakers, I almost lost it right there in produce. Such a gorgeous song.
Same. And well said. 💜 And, I confess, I have lost it a time or 2 in the produce section. 😁 I guess they probably think I'm so touched by their zucchini that it moves me to tears 😛 (hehe, oh well) Such a beautiful song. I have always loved it, also since I was little. Our parents must have been listening to similar music. I still have to say, there has never been a better era for music than the late 60's early 70's ("peace hippy" era) not before or since. (Except for maybe like Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and the like) I think more music has come from that era than any other that has the power to reach in and touch the soul the way so much music has from that time. Even all the best music since then is usually inspired or influenced by music and artists from that era. Leave it to pain and tragedy (like the Vietnam War) to bring out the most beautiful art.
@@rocksandoil2241 yeah this song did that to me as well. I was driving to my Mom's to visit with my daughter, and I had to pull my truck over and just break down.
I never let go. Not ever. He pushed me away. Twenty-five years later I still can’t read his mind about the real reason he did it. It seems he is never going to gather enough courage to tell me; and that will always hurt me deeply.
Guys, HERE is Our Savior YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@marks1417 I've lost relationship with my daughter. I hum and cry to this song on a regular basis. Every couple of months I email this song to her, as it expresses my feelings like no other.
I'm late 50's, and this song was on the radio in the USA for most of my early childhood, whenever I would ride in the car with my parents. One thing this song shows, which is rare today, is the state of mind of a caring man who is essentially a gentleman dealing with his feelings of lost love in a constructive, healing way. The one he loves is never degraded or blamed, and there is no anger. It is as graceful as it is hauntingly beautiful. In fact, if there were any real feelings left in the heart of his lover, hearing this would surely get her to fall in love all over again and, if not, then the love wasn't meant to be, and therefore this musical love poem becomes an emotional release and cleansing for the one still broken. When the words and musical emotions are taken together, they are literally a blueprint for how to handle the loss of love in a dignified and meaningful way, always leaving hope for your own romantic future in the gracefulness of the delivery of the message, which is ultimately respectful of human emotion and therefore uplifting, despite a melancholy mood. It was good for me to hear this as a child, and still helps me even now, encouraging me to go on searching for the real thing despite never having found it. Gordon's song is enough to keep me believing, and where there is hope, there is life. Thank you, Mr. Lightfoot, for a true lifetime gift.
How hauntingly beautiful. I remember hearing this as a young woman and not appreciating the words or the meaning behind them. I've never really been successful in love but i can say I have loved no matter how painful its always turned out. I wish for everyone who comes across this post to find the love that makes you want to get up in the morning. But never accept someone that doesn't bring out all the good things out in you. You deserve the very best!!
@@stephennewcombe452 thank you. The struggle I have is I am, as of today, 30 years into a loveless marriage that likely needs to end. I cannot endure much more of the crazy false accusations
I love Uncle Gordons music. Saw him in concert in 2019, I think. In a Louisana casino. I was singing right along with him. My wife thought I was crazy...but hey, she bought the tickets, and I aint crazy.
Yr mind has a problem.Go back to the reality. What u did is wrong.Who tell u to have the fear of meeting. If u r afraid of everything so give up yr post let others have the capacity to dominate n in- fluence the employees employees n go to live with the toxics in the love hell.
I first heard this song when I was 21. I am now 68 and have heard it thousands of times. I listen to it every night when I go to bed. My favorite song of all time. I know of no other song that makes me feel the way this one does, sad, melencholy, lonely, but somehow content.
I remember when this song came out, I was a tiny kid in my car seat, and | would sing it to the back of my mom"s seat. I was maybe 3 or 4...but I knew every word, and I knew those feelings were all for her. Sad, but content in knowing I would be set free, that one day the feeling would finally be gone, and I wouldn't get it back.
The lyric where he says “I’m just tryin’ to understand the feeling that you LEFT” is actually “I’m just tryin’ to understand the feeling that you lack”. His daughter later made him change the lyric while performing it live. This song was recorded in California somewhere between September and December of 1969. It was originally released on the album “Sit Down Young Stranger”, later to be re-titled “If You Could Read My Mind” released April of 1970. It’s very personal, and it’s sad, but in some cases relationships can’t be repaired, especially when both parties are not on the same page, and one cares more than the other. In many cases pride can get in the way, and destroy relationships. It’s unfortunately true, and a hard pill 💊 to swallow.... I’m with a woman 👩🏼 that I love that means the world 🌎 to me now, and it took so many years to find her.... She’s truly my soulmate. There isn’t anything that I wouldn’t sacrifice to help make her life better because she loves me for “me”.... Flaws and all.
Joe Reich I’m very glad joe and to this day I hope it’s so. I lost my relationship 13 years and this song is on the other foot. I loved her so very very much and she left me with our dog that knows me as daddy. I cry all the time. I’m not abusing or on drugs and I worked very hard to give her what I had even though she made very little. I think about her and puppy all the time and want to die cause my life ended. I’m trying very hard to continue and slowly exceeding almost a year. Guess I know cause this song belongs to my LEE. Not me.
Jim Gross - Jim, I have been to hell and back in past relationships. It took me finally giving up on looking for “the one”, in order to find my soulmate. I started talking to my lady December of 2016, and I had realized that I had lost “me”, and “my sense of humor”. I know it’s harder than some guys may think, because some can just be clearly insensitive to there woman’s feelings, and they care more about themselves than anything else. take things for granted. I treated women exactly how I expected to be treated myself. I was burned badly in past relationships, and I fully understand what it feels like to lose EVERYTHING, and stand there with my jaw dropped and in shock over what I had gone through. There is hope for a much better life with a woman that would fully appreciate and be on the same page as you. Yes, I had lost my dog-child, too, but I did end up with her, when my ex-wife decided to go out with a guy who dislikes dogs. You need to see yourself as being worthy of a much better life with a woman who will love you for yourself. You deserve that. You deserve to be happy, in a great relationship. DON’T GIVE UP HOPE.... Something wonderful may be just around the corner for you, too.... Sooner than you think. God Bless you Jim.... May HE put the best woman you could ever wish to have in your life now.... 🙂
I remember when this song was played on the radio when I was a child. I would listen to it through my pillow at night. It was as though he was singing to me. I was being physically abused by my mom's boyfriend which didn't bother me half as much as the feeling of betrayal I had for my beloved mom who had been my world before then. This was so cathartic just listening and connecting to another soul, that I felt renewed and strengthened to deal with anything. RIP Mr. Lightfoot. You are with the angels now.
I'm fully prepared to go whenever I'm taken.""I've been almost dead a couple times, once almost for real ... I have more incentive to continue now because I feel I'm on borrowed time, in terms of age." We'll miss you forever Gordon. RIP, 1938-2023.
I used to play this song with Gordon lightfoot. I did the rhythm for him and we were going to call our band, either leadfoot rhythm or lightfoot rhythm. I used to call him "Gordo the Magnificent" . Long time ago
He was in a class by himself during a time of pretty solid songwriting. Master Artist. Intelligent and civilized during a time of drugged hell with it. Salute!
What a great honor, to play with Gordon, it seems to me. He is such a humble and great personality .......When did you play with him? Fred from Holland
As a child I heard him sing this at Red Rocks in Colorado. Red Rocks amphitheater is beyond big. The one place you can go as an adult which actually looks bigger than it did when you were a child. When Gordon sang this song, the entire audience sang softly along with him, word for word. Can you imagine it? It's one of my most profound memories.
I AM 58 years old ..n this song transports me right back to when i was 8 years old ...50 years ago....this is one of my songs ...a song that wakens me frm sleep..my husband could not fall asleep sometimes n used to get to sleep while radio was playing the whole nite... n i used to listen to his heartbeat as this song was playing ...now ive been widowed fo 11 years ...n i remember those moments...❤❤❤
As a young women in her 20s never grasped the meaning of this beautiful song. I loved Gordon Lightfoot music but its a love story of loving so hard abd being so hurt that the love just dies and you can't get it back. It actually happened to me and looking back after finding my soul mate uts worth it all. ❤🎶🎵
@bostongirl555 I think most do. I was just so lucky to find love. Since I posted that, my soulmate passed away. And I'm broken. It's fresh. It just hurts. He had been battling cancer for 3 years and was doing so good. I honestly don't know what happened. But it hurts so bad. He'll never ever be out of my heart. RIP my love, Douglas Derry. Forever in my heart. 🙏💔⚓️
@@protoville4251 I've pondered that myself. But, I really think he means the two of them. "I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone..." I think he's including himself as well and that neither of the two feel it anymore. Could be wrong, though.
BericDonderrian Also try 'Just another day without you'. Certainly not as dark as 'Black' or as mature as Lightfoot, but adds misplaced hope, and with it, desperation.
I’m 55 and can remember this song from my childhood. It’s always been beautiful, but now that I understand the song, I can’t help but tear up. I’m happily married, but it still makes me cry. I love this song!
Music like this has an unbelievable power to bring out feelings and emotions that are buried in ones heart and soul. So yes, I get it. Do you not wish that today's music could capture those buried emotions?
I will say what I did was wrong and I’m trying to salvage my relationship with her but I feel it just isn’t the same and I will never have that same love and affection ever again from her and I’m dying inside so slowly and heart broke….I don’t know how much of an effort is left in me…time heals but I’m not sure about this….I cry alone a lot about it
Thank God for my mother! Not only was she a very intelligent woman she had the presence of mind to introduce us to beautiful music. I love, love this song.
Repeat what he said to but no judgement coz no1 is perfact. Just astonished with his saying n act . As a friend he she knows his problem but try to help him get out of darkness. He said God n Lord r strong powerful why must he played drama with his friend for many years.That 's the problem his friend no understand. If he is God or Lord must be clever n wise for solution n settled in 1 second Work , house, honor dipped by toxics.... There r camera everywhere witness of the toxic's trap
Just heard the sad news of this icon’s passing today. 🥲 This has been one of my favorite songs for 50 years 😍 I was an international student, who stayed in an almost empty college dormitory during Christmas break my freshman year. It was eerily quiet and lonely. Thankfully, some friends were kind enough to leave their favorite records with me. Among them was a Gordon Lightfoot LP. I almost wore it out playing this song over and over again. It helped get me through not just the crushing isolation of the deserted dormitory, but many challenging times since. Thank you, Gordon. RIP, see you down the road. 🙏🏼
Always reminds me of my mom. She was always very hostile and hard to talk to. After she died of cancer when she was 53 I happened to hear this song in a movie I was watching. It crushed me. I knew it was about not being able to communicate with someone and connect with them. RIP mom sorry that we never really knew each other and hope you are happy in heaven now.
Your Mother loved you, as much as she could, as much as she could love herself. She, was a Gift. And by your writing, you are living the lesson. Be Love, Be Present, Be You ...
@@carriemindplsable i felt this way also about my father. "enter number two" made me think of my step dad. ugh it hurt to understand this song in a different way then a romantic song. it is so much about life isnt it? my father died of cancer also. he was a complicated man. i feel like mark said above they loved the best they knew how. (your mom and my dad and so many other parents). again complete stranger commenting. i dont think i ever have commented on any videos. but felt lead to this time. peace be with you.
Whilst the following is, IMO, an accurate assessment of the lyric’s meaning, I cannot claim them as my own thoughts. It seemed important enough to share…… "If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark, or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see." This verse describes what is going on in the man’s mind, feeling trapped and invisible, not sure how to mend the relationship or make his feelings known. The figurative chains on his feet keep him from both expressing his feelings and from leaving … he feels powerless. He wishes she could read his mind -- hence the song title -- because that would be the only way for her to really see how he feels. The second verse, "If I could read your mind, love, what a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel, the kind the drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me, but heroes often fail And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take." describes the woman's mind, like a romance novel or a fairy tale - dreaming of the knight in shining armor she hopes for her love to be. He realizes that she wanted for him to be the hero, the knight in shining armor … but he failed. And now she won’t come back to him because it is too painful and she already knows how it will turn out. "I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script, Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now, love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone And I just can't get it back." Here, he describes the end of the paperback novel and what was simultaneously occurring in his mind. His pride (as the movie star) makes him want to walk away rather than compromise or communicate. He thinks that there's some other woman out there who will bring out all the good things in him, and he won't have to work on the relationship or deal with arguments. In "escaping" from the relationship and the chains upon his feet, he is expecting to find the perfect relationship to take its place, but realizes this is unrealistic and can’t figure out why he thinks this way. The last verse, "If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie, 'bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just trying to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back." Relationships, like stories, come to an end. He uses an interesting tactic to show the abrupt end - unlike the first verse where he finishes the thought, he interrupts the verse to say “but stories always end.” He can’t understand how she doesn’t care anymore, in the powerful line, " And if you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just trying to understand the feelings that you lack." This is oh so representative of the lack of clear communication in so many relationships. We sit there, feeling so many things that we just can't express. And we wish that the other person could just read our mind and understand us. But our pride gets in the way. And we are silent. Then those feelings gradually fade and we can't understand where they went or how our relationship went wrong.
Such a beautiful song. I had to play it on reading that Gordon had passed. This song is part of the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for sharing your talent with us all. RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
@@sandrawoolwine5061 Entertainers like Gordon Lightfoot remain timeless to us. Their voices don't age in the albums they cut, and nor do their faces on album covers. They then pass away with old age leaving us with their music as we contemplate our own mortality. Regards from Sydney.
"I can never be set free as long as I'm a ghost you cannot see." This song has been with me since college days and I am 60 now. What a beautiful arrangement, what fabulous lyrics. Everytime I listen to this song, I get some new insight.
"And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see" is a tremendous line that says so much. Describes my life and so many Ladies I have loved near and far but they never see me. Great song.
I came home from the desert hell and this played on speakers in the airport. I was pretty messed up. I have now been married for 24 years. I would never have made it back without her and to hear this today brought tears to my eyes. I remember the day and the long journey back...and the woman who stood by me and walked with me on that trip back from the darkness. I am very, VERY blessed to have her.
I first heard this song on old AM clock radio in my bed room as a teenager. Became a Gordon Lightfoot fan from that point on. Saw him at least ten times in concert and have all his albums on vinyl. He is a classic story teller. Gordon wrote this song while his first marriage was falling apart. You can feel his pain in the lyrics. My wife is not the fan that I am but as this song came on once I explained the back story behind the lyrics. She then teared up while listening to it. I think everyone who has gone through a painful breakup can relate to it.
Remember hearing this on the radio in my Grandfathers car as he was driving sometime in the 70s. He always said about songs “what a load of rubbish, call this music” etc. However when this song finished he said “ that is a beautiful song!”
Here is the full lyrics: If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take I'd walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three-way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
So beautifully painful. Truth. Unrequited. They've moved on, and are happy. Alas, you're here listening not quite understanding why. When do you forget? When do YOU move on? So terrible. The story is over, but you're repeating it. Tears fall, and one more night you go to sleep, knowing that perfect person is gone, and you were the one to shed them because of your inability to deal with your feelings. Tears of a clown. Ty for listening.
Eric Tuten If you listen to it, it isn't really a love ballad, it's a ballad to a love which has died. That said, it is beautiful and evocative and I've loved this song since I was a kid and didn't have any idea what it was about, but just loved the sound of it.
@@cletus1n3 Your are correct that it's about love that has died, but in my opinion it's still a love balad because it expresses a depth of sadness about losing love that he apparently once felt deeply. Either way, we both agree that the song evokes feeling and memories; and for me it's a feeling the source which I can't quite understand and grasp.
I don’t know why this song always makes me cry, but I just can’t seem to stop listening to it year after year. Now it’s on my Alexa (Amazon Playlist.) I’m 58 years old and I’ve been listening to it every since I was approximately 10 years old. My late mom had a beautiful voice, and would sing it to me. I’ve been singing it to my 21 year old daughter, and now to my six month old grandson. Best song ever!
Sadly I lost my husband 7 months ago, 46 years ago as I was falling in love with him, we used to listen to his Gordon Lightfoot cassette, I also fell in love with Gordon's beautiful words and music
I think this is Gordon's signature song. In 1970, when it first played on the radio, I immediately fell in love with it. I was only six years old, at the time, and its charm still hasn't diminished. I consider it a "perfect" song, where not one note is unappreciated, and I don't tire of multiple listens. Years later, I debated on whether I should spend $15 on "Gord's Gold," just to get this one song. It was one of the most satisfying purchases of music, for me. Only one song (out of 22) didn't thrill me, but all the rest were great!
"I don't know where we went wrong, But the feeling's gone, And I just can't get it back" So profoundly, yet helplessly true, when you love someone so much but the feeling is gone, and you want desperately to go back and start over - but, you can't.
This is the first time I've heard this song; I just want to play it over & over...it's so soulful & deeply moving, sad, yet hopeful somehow. Beautiful song by Gordon Lightfoot "If you could read my mind."
Rest in peace, Gordon! You warmed my heart and saved my life so many times with your words and melodies. The world is significantly more of an empty place without you. ;_;
@@briankoski817 I was just thinking about Chris today, and lamenting the fact that these IMMENSELY gifted people can feel so lost that they take their own lives. Gordon Lightfoot died today. I played this song for my 33 year-old son, and I just sat here and sobbed.
it absolutely is!!! Before my time but alas people of my generation must go back in time if we want to listen to music that came straight from a heart and soul...there is no genuine feeling in the so~called music out today...it's quite disgusting and shameful....we are meant to be progressing, instead humanity as a whole in the area of music is definitely regressing! SMH
beautiful song with lyrics many people can relate to. Reminds me of a a very special lady I fell deeply in love with and made me realise that I'd never been in love before. sadly we got lost somewhere along the way, even today 12 years later I miss her so much!!!!!
if there ever was a song that would remembered for being heartbreaking and melodic for no other reason than just being written and composed then here ya have it! get choked up every single time i listen to this masterpiece!
Generation x and the early ones remember hearing Gord's music constantly on AM radio and then FM in the latter 60s. all through the 70s and early 80s! A timepiece in a literal sense!
We learned this song in year 6 in school in the 70s. At the time I loved the melody and Gordon's voice but I never really took in the words. Here I am, 45 years later, happily divorced but in love with someone who loves me but who won't do anything about it. This song sums us up. Feeling melancholy but ok.
I first heard this song at the end of the movie "Wonderland." Then I listened to it more and read the lyrics. As a fan of many songs and more modern bands, I have to admit that Gordon Lightfoot has created a sad, positive, beautiful masterpiece! This song literally could be the theme song for my loved ones. The ones I lost, pushed away, and left me. More than any other, this resonates with me.
Hey Darko7743. So u saw Wonderland? I lived those years when Johnny "Wad" Holmes was out here doing his thing. I remember that part of the movie. Perfect song for that ending, wasn't it? Your comment was on point. I just left this chick that just wasn't acting 🎬 right. Enough was enough. I sent her daughter $50, I let the girl know why I was bouncing, then sent her 2 songs. This one and "Trying to Get That Feeling Again" by Barry Manilow. She texted me, "Why?" Then I blocked her. Anyway, you seem like a young dude with a very good ear for music. Makes me feel bad for those who can hear the beauty and meanings in the music. Take care brother, and never stop listening.
memories love my heart hurts for you, it was one of the favorites for the love of my life that died in my arms in our bed Today would be his 64th Birthday. So much love he took with him, it’s been almost 4 years and I ache to be held by him again. 😢💔
5-1-2023, heard of his passing today, came to listen to my favorite song of his. Reminds me of my youth, my father would listen when my parents were getting divorced. Sad but brings me the content feeling of my youth. Rest in peace Mr Lightfoot. Thank you for the music.❤
Always my favorite from Gordon. Brings a tear to my eye every time. We are young and foolish, older and wiser, but you just cant get it back. What's lost is lost!
Only Lost... Until it returns; Quiet Gift of Our Love Crazed God, He; Forever Hearing and Mingling in Endearing Affairs of His Humble People! Love; in no greater a Shadow have I lived, With Spirit Holy of our Divinely Awesome ‘Cupid’! God IS love; our Link to that purely Awesome Relationship... Who, to Know better; your; our, Unique Soulmate! Trust; believe and remember to be thankful! Always share your everlasting experience!
So So powerful still after all these years. Who's still moved by it in 2024
me
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I walk away like a movie star....I head this song in 75...now I am 70...
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Who gets burned in a three way script...enter number 2...
In all these years the effect is still the same. Absolutely beautiful.
No other song can make one's heart both sing, soar, and shatter all at once. I grew up listening to Gordon Lightfoot because my parents loved his music, this is my favorite song of his. I heard this song yesterday at the local grocery store on the speakers, I almost lost it right there in produce. Such a gorgeous song.
👍 You don't hear songs like this nowadays ! Old school forever 😎
Same.
And well said. 💜
And, I confess, I have lost it a time or 2 in the produce section. 😁
I guess they probably think I'm so touched by their zucchini that it moves me to tears 😛
(hehe, oh well)
Such a beautiful song.
I have always loved it, also since I was little. Our parents must have been listening to similar music.
I still have to say, there has never been a better era for music than the late 60's early 70's ("peace hippy" era) not before or since.
(Except for maybe like Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and the like)
I think more music has come from that era than any other that has the power to reach in and touch the soul the way so much music has from that time. Even all the best music since then is usually inspired or influenced by music and artists from that era.
Leave it to pain and tragedy (like the Vietnam War) to bring out the most beautiful art.
What an amazing song. I wear radio ear protectors while cutting the grass and I heard it yesterday, and I welled up. This is what music should do.
You can just feel the pain he is feeling. So sad a song, yet so beautiful
Ditto!
Relationships are the most precious, frustrating, rewarding, complicated things on this planet.
...when I was also going thru a divorce...this song knocked me to my knees.
@@rocksandoil2241 yeah this song did that to me as well. I was driving to my Mom's to visit with my daughter, and I had to pull my truck over and just break down.
The regret of losing someone you never should have let go of in the first place.
Did you get your person back??? Oh how I hope for the fairy tale ending for you!!💜
I never let go. Not ever. He pushed me away. Twenty-five years later I still can’t read his mind about the real reason he did it. It seems he is never going to gather enough courage to tell me; and that will always hurt me deeply.
Guys, HERE is Our Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
That's what happened to me.
This song always makes me want to cry about everything and nothing all at once
==everything and nothing all at once== yes, well put
@@marks1417 I've lost relationship with my daughter. I hum and cry to this song on a regular basis.
Every couple of months I email this song to her, as it expresses my feelings like no other.
Thank you!!! My feelings exactly 😢❤😊
You said it so simply and true.
I'm late 50's, and this song was on the radio in the USA for most of my early childhood, whenever I would ride in the car with my parents. One thing this song shows, which is rare today, is the state of mind of a caring man who is essentially a gentleman dealing with his feelings of lost love in a constructive, healing way. The one he loves is never degraded or blamed, and there is no anger. It is as graceful as it is hauntingly beautiful. In fact, if there were any real feelings left in the heart of his lover, hearing this would surely get her to fall in love all over again and, if not, then the love wasn't meant to be, and therefore this musical love poem becomes an emotional release and cleansing for the one still broken. When the words and musical emotions are taken together, they are literally a blueprint for how to handle the loss of love in a dignified and meaningful way, always leaving hope for your own romantic future in the gracefulness of the delivery of the message, which is ultimately respectful of human emotion and therefore uplifting, despite a melancholy mood. It was good for me to hear this as a child, and still helps me even now, encouraging me to go on searching for the real thing despite never having found it. Gordon's song is enough to keep me believing, and where there is hope, there is life. Thank you, Mr. Lightfoot, for a true lifetime gift.
You have a good way with words my friend and they are felt here in South Wales UK 🏴👍
I love your post, and agree. It is Melancholy but healing and uplifting at the same time.
Wow...what an amazing comment, beautiful.
He is alive and well with his music
Your narrative is as beautiful & emotional as the song.
How hauntingly beautiful. I remember hearing this as a young woman and not appreciating the words or the meaning behind them. I've never really been successful in love but i can say I have loved no matter how painful its always turned out. I wish for everyone who comes across this post to find the love that makes you want to get up in the morning. But never accept someone that doesn't bring out all the good things out in you. You deserve the very best!!
Well said Rachel*Jayne. Wishing you happiness.
Beautifully said ❤
I hope the blessing you speak would come into my life
@@davidkyle-fu3vl Hold the line Brother Do the best u can
@@stephennewcombe452 thank you. The struggle I have is I am, as of today, 30 years into a loveless marriage that likely needs to end. I cannot endure much more of the crazy false accusations
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Couldn't agree with you more...very true.
I agree100% A creative genius! His storytelling musically is amazing!!!!!!
So true
And the saddest. It's absolutely genius.
Yes
RIP GORDON LIGHTFOOT. Your music is legendary. You will be missed. 🙁
Didnt know he hás passed away.
Im só sorry
How did he passed away!
@@marilia920 He died May 1st of last year of “natural causes”. He was 84.
Shout out to my uncle! He Was on point with this Piece! Much love to all.
We are proud of your uncle...just 👌
Same last name? 🤔🙂
I love Uncle Gordons music. Saw him in concert in 2019, I think. In a Louisana casino. I was singing right along with him. My wife thought I was crazy...but hey, she bought the tickets, and I aint crazy.
Condolences.
He was an amazing artist. We shall not see his like again. We lost one of the greats today.
I read once where Bob Dylan said when he listens to Gordon Lightfoot songs he doesn't want them to end what a hell of a compliment that is
Damn right about That 👍👌✌️✌️🎶🎶
Yr mind has a problem.Go back to the reality.
What u did is wrong.Who tell u to have the fear of meeting.
If u r afraid of everything so give up yr post let others have the capacity to dominate n in- fluence the employees
employees n go to live with the toxics in the love hell.
@@myphuonghuynhthi1423 what are you talking about it makes zero sense...
@@Eman-wj8gq I agree....Read this 3 times and I couldn't make any sense of it either...Geez....
@@mzubu yeah he never replied back... bummer I think he/she might have replied to the wrong comment.
This song is one of the few rare songs that will go on forever .. it’s beyond a classic , it’s timeless ..
I first heard this song when I was 21. I am now 68 and have heard it thousands of times. I listen to it every night when I go to bed. My favorite song of all time. I know of no other song that makes me feel the way this one does, sad, melencholy, lonely, but somehow content.
I am now 70 years old as a German -Canadian and I still love his music.
I remember when this song came out, I was a tiny kid in my car seat, and | would sing it to the back of my mom"s seat. I was maybe 3 or 4...but I knew every word, and I knew those feelings were all for her. Sad, but content in knowing I would be set free, that one day the feeling would finally be gone, and I wouldn't get it back.
Sad but content, Yes I know.💙
Listening to WABC 77AM📻
1970's
Now 2019💃...🎵still touches my ❤💃
Bo Youngblood I’m 62 and been racking my brains trying to remember this song, that goodness for Google. Found it.
Bo Youngblood You’re a lyricist! 👍
The lyric where he says “I’m just tryin’ to understand the feeling that you LEFT” is actually “I’m just tryin’ to understand the feeling that you lack”. His daughter later made him change the lyric while performing it live. This song was recorded in California somewhere between September and December of 1969. It was originally released on the album “Sit Down Young Stranger”, later to be re-titled “If You Could Read My Mind” released April of 1970. It’s very personal, and it’s sad, but in some cases relationships can’t be repaired, especially when both parties are not on the same page, and one cares more than the other. In many cases pride can get in the way, and destroy relationships. It’s unfortunately true, and a hard pill 💊 to swallow....
I’m with a woman 👩🏼 that I love that means the world 🌎 to me now, and it took so many years to find her.... She’s truly my soulmate. There isn’t anything that I wouldn’t sacrifice to help make her life better because she loves me for “me”.... Flaws and all.
I thought it was lack. Thank you!
@@jesseepalmer5405 It's all good, man. Been there...
Joe Reich I’m very glad joe and to this day I hope it’s so. I lost my relationship 13 years and this song is on the other foot. I loved her so very very much and she left me with our dog that knows me as daddy. I cry all the time. I’m not abusing or on drugs and I worked very hard to give her what I had even though she made very little. I think about her and puppy all the time and want to die cause my life ended. I’m trying very hard to continue and slowly exceeding almost a year. Guess I know cause this song belongs to my LEE. Not me.
Jim Gross - Jim, I have been to hell and back in past relationships. It took me finally giving up on looking for “the one”, in order to find my soulmate. I started talking to my lady December of 2016, and I had realized that I had lost “me”, and “my sense of humor”. I know it’s harder than some guys may think, because some can just be clearly insensitive to there woman’s feelings, and they care more about themselves than anything else. take things for granted. I treated women exactly how I expected to be treated myself. I was burned badly in past relationships, and I fully understand what it feels like to lose EVERYTHING, and stand there with my jaw dropped and in shock over what I had gone through. There is hope for a much better life with a woman that would fully appreciate and be on the same page as you. Yes, I had lost my dog-child, too, but I did end up with her, when my ex-wife decided to go out with a guy who dislikes dogs. You need to see yourself as being worthy of a much better life with a woman who will love you for yourself. You deserve that. You deserve to be happy, in a great relationship. DON’T GIVE UP HOPE.... Something wonderful may be just around the corner for you, too.... Sooner than you think.
God Bless you Jim.... May HE put the best woman you could ever wish to have in your life now.... 🙂
He told me that he wrote Early Moning Rain in a storage shed in the rain.
I remember when this song was played on the radio when I was a child. I would listen to it through my pillow at night. It was as though he was singing to me. I was being physically abused by my mom's boyfriend which didn't bother me half as much as the feeling of betrayal I had for my beloved mom who had been my world before then. This was so cathartic just listening and connecting to another soul, that I felt renewed and strengthened to deal with anything. RIP Mr. Lightfoot. You are with the angels now.
you are with the angels
I'm fully prepared to go whenever I'm taken.""I've been almost dead a couple times, once almost for real ... I have more incentive to continue now because I feel I'm on borrowed time, in terms of age."
We'll miss you forever Gordon. RIP, 1938-2023.
I used to play this song with Gordon lightfoot. I did the rhythm for him and we were going to call our band, either leadfoot rhythm or lightfoot rhythm. I used to call him "Gordo the Magnificent" . Long time ago
He was in a class by himself during a time of pretty solid songwriting. Master Artist. Intelligent and civilized during a time of drugged hell with it. Salute!
What a great honor, to play with Gordon, it seems to me. He is such a humble and great personality .......When did you play with him? Fred from Holland
@@MrLoek2000 it was in the eighties. He is really down to earth dude.He let me play his martin some too ! That was a nice guitar. A d-28 martin.
Glad to hear your priceless comments! Congrats for taking part in this masterpiece!
Bob stop that!!
Snicker
As a child I heard him sing this at Red Rocks in Colorado.
Red Rocks amphitheater is beyond big. The one place you can go as an adult which actually looks bigger than it did when you were a child.
When Gordon sang this song, the entire audience sang softly along with him, word for word. Can you imagine it? It's one of my most profound memories.
I just read that you passed away. I hope you made it to Heaven. This was my favorite song with High School memories.
one of the greatest songs ever written...
waytomordor truth
waytomordor u
E. Reyes ?.?.?
Victoria Evidently hi
Victoria Evidently hi... Have a bless day
Songs today don't tell stories like this...70's were special.
Tear jerker, hopefully there will be someone who can write and sing songs like this again. RIP Gordon
❤
I AM 58 years old ..n this song transports me right back to when i was 8 years old ...50 years ago....this is one of my songs ...a song that wakens me frm sleep..my husband could not fall asleep sometimes n used to get to sleep while radio was playing the whole nite... n i used to listen to his heartbeat as this song was playing ...now ive been widowed fo 11 years ...n i remember those moments...❤❤❤
As a young women in her 20s never grasped the meaning of this beautiful song. I loved Gordon Lightfoot music but its a love story of loving so hard abd being so hurt that the love just dies and you can't get it back. It actually happened to me and looking back after finding my soul mate uts worth it all. ❤🎶🎵
Amen. You took the words right out of my mind. Loving so hard and being so hurt that the love dies and I just can't get it back. 💙
@bostongirl555 I think most do. I was just so lucky to find love. Since I posted that, my soulmate passed away. And I'm broken. It's fresh. It just hurts. He had been battling cancer for 3 years and was doing so good. I honestly don't know what happened. But it hurts so bad. He'll never ever be out of my heart. RIP my love, Douglas Derry. Forever in my heart. 🙏💔⚓️
This song is so touching. Loveless and lonely he tries to find where his feelings went, even though he still is in love with her.
same as me with my first wife ,,,,,,love her with all my heart,,,,,hate her with all my soul
After many years, I think he is trying to figure out not where his feelings for her went but her feelings for him (the feelings that you lack).
@@protoville4251 I've pondered that myself. But, I really think he means the two of them. "I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone..." I think he's including himself as well and that neither of the two feel it anymore. Could be wrong, though.
I think he doesn’t love her in that way anymore, just like a friend.
I think he was in love with being in love and he’s at the place where he’s ready for the long run.
Devastating break up song. Probably the saddest one I know of.
BericDonderrian Try 'Two out of three ain't bad'.
Yes, Meatloaf is evocative, but Lightfoot is more heart-rending
BericDonderrian Try 'Black' by Pearl Jam.
BericDonderrian Also try 'Just another day without you'. Certainly not as dark as 'Black' or as mature as Lightfoot, but adds misplaced hope, and with it, desperation.
+BericDonderrian Try "we are the cheeky girls " you will break up then.
Crying and listening to Gordon sing to me one last time. Rest in Peace Gordon. Your music will live in our hearts forever.
I’m 55 and can remember this song from my childhood. It’s always been beautiful, but now that I understand the song, I can’t help but tear up. I’m happily married, but it still makes me cry. I love this song!
Rest in paradise Mr. Lightfoot, you'll truly be missed 😢
Indeed
Rest in Peace Gordon. Heaven has received a treasure May 1, 2023.
Beautiful and sad at the same time, really touches the heart.
Why did i do this yo myself...anyone else NOT able to stop crying? I don’t even feel like this about anyone right now. But it’s still just so sad.
Music like this has an unbelievable power to bring out feelings and emotions that are buried in ones heart and soul.
So yes, I get it.
Do you not wish that today's music could capture those buried emotions?
@@tobyfriend5589 terrific comment Toby
i wish they still made song like this as it makes people feel, something i find is missing now
All the time as I struggle to right the ship
I will say what I did was wrong and I’m trying to salvage my relationship with her but I feel it just isn’t the same and I will never have that same love and affection ever again from her and I’m dying inside so slowly and heart broke….I don’t know how much of an effort is left in me…time heals but I’m not sure about this….I cry alone a lot about it
Thank God for my mother! Not only was she a very intelligent woman she had the presence of mind to introduce us to beautiful music. I love, love this song.
@@lucymarquez4379 💄
😂
Gordon is such an incurable romantic. This song makes me cry.
me too
Me three !
He is famous for some not for all.
His music is good but paroles for sentimental girls.
Ooh me to.
I haven't Google Gordon Lightfoot yet come but I wonder if he was an Aquarian. We are just hopelessly Romantics!
you want someone so bad and it will never happen...........one of the worst feelings in the world.........
mrmedallis true👈😎
mrmedallis
So very true..
Too young and immature at the time.
Song reminds me of someone..who no longer remembers me.
Greetings from Australia.
Repeat what he said to but no judgement coz no1 is perfact.
Just astonished with his saying n act .
As a friend he she knows his problem but try to help him get out of darkness.
He said God n Lord r strong powerful why must he played drama with his friend for many years.That 's the problem his friend no understand.
If he is God or Lord must be clever n wise for solution n settled in 1 second
Work , house, honor dipped by toxics....
There r camera everywhere witness of the toxic's trap
No hurt no pain or suffering here just 1 question.
Is this man ( hero God or Lord ) normal n lucid or not?
The reality to help n not harmfulness.
Don't hide n nourish bad things give him a hand or help him destroy virus corona , codvid .ok?
Just heard the sad news of this icon’s passing today. 🥲 This has been one of my favorite songs for 50 years 😍 I was an international student, who stayed in an almost empty college dormitory during Christmas break my freshman year. It was eerily quiet and lonely. Thankfully, some friends were kind enough to leave their favorite records with me. Among them was a Gordon Lightfoot LP. I almost wore it out playing this song over and over again. It helped get me through not just the crushing isolation of the deserted dormitory, but many challenging times since. Thank you, Gordon. RIP, see you down the road. 🙏🏼
💔🕯🙏🏼
Always reminds me of my mom. She was always very hostile and hard to talk to. After she died of cancer when she was 53 I happened to hear this song in a movie I was watching. It crushed me. I knew it was about not being able to communicate with someone and connect with them. RIP mom sorry that we never really knew each other and hope you are happy in heaven now.
Your Mother loved you, as much as she could, as much as she could love herself.
She, was a Gift.
And by your writing, you are living the lesson.
Be Love, Be Present, Be You ...
@@markblu9494 Thank you for your kind words! I needed to hear this.
You already heard it, just Validation from a complete stranger who felt your message.
@@markblu9494 That is a good point! Thank you again! : )
@@carriemindplsable i felt this way also about my father. "enter number two" made me think of my step dad. ugh it hurt to understand this song in a different way then a romantic song. it is so much about life isnt it? my father died of cancer also. he was a complicated man. i feel like mark said above they loved the best they knew how. (your mom and my dad and so many other parents). again complete stranger commenting. i dont think i ever have commented on any videos. but felt lead to this time. peace be with you.
R.I.P. Gordon! Dedicate this to Olivia, who cried as we hugged to this song!
Whilst the following is, IMO, an accurate assessment of the lyric’s meaning, I cannot claim them as my own thoughts. It seemed important enough to share……
"If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see."
This verse describes what is going on in the man’s mind, feeling trapped and invisible, not sure how to mend the relationship or make his feelings known. The figurative chains on his feet keep him from both expressing his feelings and from leaving … he feels powerless. He wishes she could read his mind -- hence the song title -- because that would be the only way for her to really see how he feels.
The second verse,
"If I could read your mind, love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel, the kind the drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me, but heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take."
describes the woman's mind, like a romance novel or a fairy tale - dreaming of the knight in shining armor she hopes for her love to be. He realizes that she wanted for him to be the hero, the knight in shining armor … but he failed. And now she won’t come back to him because it is too painful and she already knows how it will turn out.
"I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script,
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now, love, let's be real
I never thought I could act this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone
And I just can't get it back."
Here, he describes the end of the paperback novel and what was simultaneously occurring in his mind. His pride (as the movie star) makes him want to walk away rather than compromise or communicate. He thinks that there's some other woman out there who will bring out all the good things in him, and he won't have to work on the relationship or deal with arguments. In "escaping" from the relationship and the chains upon his feet, he is expecting to find the perfect relationship to take its place, but realizes this is unrealistic and can’t figure out why he thinks this way.
The last verse,
"If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie, 'bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just trying to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back."
Relationships, like stories, come to an end. He uses an interesting tactic to show the abrupt end - unlike the first verse where he finishes the thought, he interrupts the verse to say “but stories always end.” He can’t understand how she doesn’t care anymore, in the powerful line, " And if you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just trying to understand the feelings that you lack."
This is oh so representative of the lack of clear communication in so many relationships. We sit there, feeling so many things that we just can't express. And we wish that the other person could just read our mind and understand us. But our pride gets in the way. And we are silent. Then those feelings gradually fade and we can't understand where they went or how our relationship went wrong.
Such a beautiful song.
I had to play it on reading that Gordon had passed.
This song is part of the soundtrack of my life.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us all.
RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
Yes, indeed. 😢
@@sandrawoolwine5061 Entertainers like Gordon Lightfoot remain timeless to us.
Their voices don't age in the albums they cut, and nor do their faces on album covers.
They then pass away with old age leaving us with their music as we contemplate our own mortality.
Regards from Sydney.
@@elisolomon8741 lll
I cry every time I hear this . So why do I keep playing it over and over ?
Because it speaks to your soul
Bcuz 'Something' is
missing in your life??
A True Artist ! RIP Gordon Lightfoot ! "The ending IS just too hard to take."
"I can never be set free as long as I'm a ghost you cannot see." This song has been with me since college days and I am 60 now. What a beautiful arrangement, what fabulous lyrics. Everytime I listen to this song, I get some new insight.
beautiful song so relaxing
Thats the exact moment the song got me.
@@BeckaBex81 Me Too! You are Lovely.
My lover is 73 and loves it from college, too💛
I was hoping that Chris Cornell would cover this awesome song before he... You know.
"And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see" is a tremendous line that says so much. Describes my life and so many Ladies I have loved near and far but they never see me. Great song.
Do u mean you left those women?
I came home from the desert hell and this played on speakers in the airport. I was pretty messed up.
I have now been married for 24 years.
I would never have made it back without her and to hear this today brought tears to my eyes. I remember the day and the long journey back...and the woman who stood by me and walked with me on that trip back from the darkness.
I am very, VERY blessed to have her.
❤
This song reminds me of my precious mom who died 9/2020...I love you mom & I miss you....See you in Heaven one day.
“I don’t know where we went wrong but the feeling’s gone and (we) just can’t get it back…” 💕🕊️🙏🏾
RIP Gordon Lightfoot
RIP Gordon , you left a great legacy of great songs that will span the ages 🙏❤️
I think I will never stop playing this.
It's a perfect song, and I can never listen to it too much.
I first heard this song on old AM clock radio in my bed room as a teenager. Became a Gordon Lightfoot fan from that point on. Saw him at least ten times in concert and have all his albums on vinyl. He is a classic story teller. Gordon wrote this song while his first marriage was falling apart. You can feel his pain in the lyrics. My wife is not the fan that I am but as this song came on once I explained the back story behind the lyrics. She then teared up while listening to it. I think everyone who has gone through a painful breakup can relate to it.
The most beautiful song ever written. RIP, Gordon.
He will always live on in the memories of those who hear his music. Rest in peace, Gordon.
Heaven gained one heck of a songwriter.
His powerful story telling is by far one of the best in music The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is his signature piece!!!
Remember hearing this on the radio in my Grandfathers car as he was driving sometime in the 70s. He always said about songs “what a load of rubbish, call this music” etc. However when this song finished he said “ that is a beautiful song!”
This song is timeless.
yes I totally agree
Thank You Gordon For All The Yr.s Of Joy And Sorrow,Song's. Rest Well,Maybe 1 Day We Will Meet.
Here is the full lyrics:
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
I never thought I could act this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
Gordon’s lyrics are like a dark cloud
I just want to wrap around myself
And float away
So beautifully painful. Truth. Unrequited. They've moved on, and are happy. Alas, you're here listening not quite understanding why. When do you forget? When do YOU move on? So terrible. The story is over, but you're repeating it. Tears fall, and one more night you go to sleep, knowing that perfect person is gone, and you were the one to shed them because of your inability to deal with your feelings. Tears of a clown. Ty for listening.
Right there with you. All we got is one day at a time though. 🌻
A devastating, but hauntingly beautiful, love ballad.
Eric Tuten Gorgeous! Now if only I could understand the lyrics. LOL
Eric Tuten If you listen to it, it isn't really a love ballad, it's a ballad to a love which has died. That said, it is beautiful and evocative and I've loved this song since I was a kid and didn't have any idea what it was about, but just loved the sound of it.
@@cletus1n3 Your are correct that it's about love that has died, but in my opinion it's still a love balad because it expresses a depth of sadness about losing love that he apparently once felt deeply. Either way, we both agree that the song evokes feeling and memories; and for me it's a feeling the source which I can't quite understand and grasp.
💯 facts
I don’t know why this song always makes me cry, but I just can’t seem to stop listening to it year after year. Now it’s on my Alexa (Amazon Playlist.) I’m 58 years old and I’ve been listening to it every since I was approximately 10 years old. My late mom had a beautiful voice, and would sing it to me. I’ve been singing it to my 21 year old daughter, and now to my six month old grandson. Best song ever!
one of the most beautiful songs ever written.....
Gordon Lightfoot: great song-writer, great lyricist, great story teller, a wonderful talent
Sadly I lost my husband 7 months ago, 46 years ago as I was falling in love with him, we used to listen to his Gordon Lightfoot cassette, I also fell in love with Gordon's beautiful words and music
RIP Gordon Lightfoot
What a legacy never forgotten.
I think this is Gordon's signature song. In 1970, when it first played on the radio, I immediately fell in love with it. I was only six years old, at the time, and its charm still hasn't diminished. I consider it a "perfect" song, where not one note is unappreciated, and I don't tire of multiple listens. Years later, I debated on whether I should spend $15 on "Gord's Gold," just to get this one song. It was one of the most satisfying purchases of music, for me. Only one song (out of 22) didn't thrill me, but all the rest were great!
Saddened this morning upon hearing your departure from us. You beautiful songs and music will forever live
R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot. 🎸🎶😢
"I don't know where we went wrong,
But the feeling's gone,
And I just can't get it back"
So profoundly, yet helplessly true, when you love someone so much but the feeling is gone, and you want desperately to go back and start over - but, you can't.
This is the first time I've heard this song; I just want to play it over & over...it's so soulful & deeply moving, sad, yet hopeful somehow. Beautiful song by Gordon Lightfoot "If you could read my mind."
Hi Leslie💐💐💐
Maybe the best song ever describing the heartache and confusion and unanswered questions at the end of a relationship. Sheer genius!
I was 18 when this song became a hit in 1970...To this day I remember the words by heart..Sing it on my karaoke as one of my favorites
I love to sing karaoke, but this song hits me way too hard to sing without getting all teary-eyed.
I was 22.
Today is a sad day, Gordon has been a part of my life since childhood and now he's gone. Thank you and I'll miss you.
Rest in peace, Gordon! You warmed my heart and saved my life so many times with your words and melodies.
The world is significantly more of an empty place without you. ;_;
RIP Gordon Lightfoot (May 1, 2023). Thank you, Ed, for spreading this world treasure to new generations.
I remember listening-to Gordon Lightfoot in the early 1970s, His Music was so Beautiful. Rest in Peace. 🙏
The last verse is "the feeling that you lack" not "left" .
Changes the meaning of the song 💯%.
I miss you dearly Scott. I think of you so often and just wish there could have been a way we could have saved you man. Love you man ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Rest in peace, I wish you could read my mind right now! Thank you!
This is the most beautiful and sad song ever. Wonderful voice too. I almost can't bear to listen to it, if you know what I mean.
Chris Cornell would've been an ultimate cover singing & guitar solo.
i do know what you mean...
I do. It makes one's heart both soar, sing, and shatter all at the same time. It is God's gift to music through His instrument Gordon Lightfoot.
@@briankoski817 I was just thinking about Chris today, and lamenting the fact that these IMMENSELY gifted people can feel so lost that they take their own lives. Gordon Lightfoot died today. I played this song for my 33 year-old son, and I just sat here and sobbed.
@@fri814
I just heard that Gordon Lightfoot just died .. Damn! That dude was way-cool.
“Heroes OFTEN fail” could very well be theme of my entire life’s observation of humanity as I know it.
Probably one of the best songs ever written and SUNG.
Truly an ultimate classic, ultimate original ballad. It should be on everyone's short list of all time great music.
it absolutely is!!! Before my time but alas people of my generation must go back in time if we want to listen to music that came straight from a heart and soul...there is no genuine feeling in the so~called music out today...it's quite disgusting and shameful....we are meant to be progressing, instead humanity as a whole in the area of music is definitely regressing! SMH
brilliant.....very sad.....I guess sometimes love just ain't enough.....
beautiful song with lyrics many people can relate to. Reminds me of a a very special lady I fell deeply in love with and made me realise that I'd never been in love before. sadly we got lost somewhere along the way, even today 12 years later I miss her so much!!!!!
Ryan CARSON that's right, it's not...
I disagree,love doesn't have to be perfect or enough.You love the best way possible family,friends,neighbors and even coworkers.
Is anything ever enough ??????
Friendship can be real. Love is there until something better comes along. Love stinks
What a beautiful song! Brings out the despair that people feel when they have lost someone they love
Hi Sylvia💐💐
Yes it does
A very sad song but I love it ...It touch your heart way down inside. ..
Indeed
Had to come listen to this beautiful music after hearing Mr. Lightfoot has left this plane of existence today.
if there ever was a song that would remembered for being heartbreaking and melodic for no other reason than just being written and composed then here ya have it! get choked up every single time i listen to this masterpiece!
Generation x and the early ones remember hearing Gord's music constantly on AM radio and then FM in the latter 60s. all through the 70s and early 80s! A timepiece in a literal sense!
This, to me, is a perfect song.
Excellently written, arranged, performed, and produced.
Just beautiful!
R.I.P. What a talent, what a voice.
I have loved this song since my childhood, it makes me cry every time.
We learned this song in year 6 in school in the 70s. At the time I loved the melody and Gordon's voice but I never really took in the words. Here I am, 45 years later, happily divorced but in love with someone who loves me but who won't do anything about it. This song sums us up. Feeling melancholy but ok.
"But for now love, let's be real" Such deep words.
I first heard this song at the end of the movie "Wonderland." Then I listened to it more and read the lyrics.
As a fan of many songs and more modern bands, I have to admit that Gordon Lightfoot has created a sad, positive, beautiful masterpiece! This song literally could be the theme song for my loved ones. The ones I lost, pushed away, and left me. More than any other, this resonates with me.
Hey Darko7743. So u saw Wonderland? I lived those years when Johnny "Wad" Holmes was out here doing his thing. I remember that part of the movie. Perfect song for that ending, wasn't it? Your comment was on point. I just left this chick that just wasn't acting 🎬 right. Enough was enough. I sent her daughter $50, I let the girl know why I was bouncing, then sent her 2 songs. This one and "Trying to Get That Feeling Again" by Barry Manilow. She texted me, "Why?" Then I blocked her. Anyway, you seem like a young dude with a very good ear for music. Makes me feel bad for those who can hear the beauty and meanings in the music. Take care brother, and never stop listening.
Very sad song and a friend of mine died four days ago and he could hear this very song I miss you :'( will not forget you dear forever
memories love my heart hurts for you, it was one of the favorites for the love of my life that died in my arms in our bed Today would be his 64th Birthday. So much love he took with him, it’s been almost 4 years and I ache to be held by him again. 😢💔
@@maryscott8929 I'm so very sorry. I know the feeling.
I hope this song can comfort you, stay strong.
5-1-2023, heard of his passing today, came to listen to my favorite song of his. Reminds me of my youth, my father would listen when my parents were getting divorced. Sad but brings me the content feeling of my youth. Rest in peace Mr Lightfoot. Thank you for the music.❤
What a beautifully...sad but true song....
Thanks Gordon Lightfoot, always will love this song, RIP, greetz from Indonesia!
Always my favorite from Gordon. Brings a tear to my eye every time. We are young and foolish, older and wiser, but you just cant get it back. What's lost is lost!
Only Lost... Until it returns; Quiet Gift of Our Love Crazed God, He; Forever Hearing and Mingling in Endearing Affairs of His Humble People!
Love; in no greater a Shadow have I lived, With Spirit Holy of our Divinely Awesome ‘Cupid’!
God IS love; our Link to that purely Awesome Relationship... Who, to Know better; your; our, Unique Soulmate!
Trust; believe and remember to be thankful! Always share your everlasting experience!
Thank goodness for sweet memories.