The older I grow, the more I appreciate this song from 23 years ago and the more empathy I feel for Mariah, who came from a dysfunctional family and later trapped in what she described as an abusive marriage.
in the studio recording, she uses a softer tone and seems detached (at least in the main vocal). here, she used chest voice for the whole thing and belted out the bridge with all the passion she had. not only does this song mean a lot to her, here she tells us how intense the story behind it is. she won’t avoid the pain she’s articulating, she’s feeling it full force and facing it with courage. this performance is my favorite if the song and maybe of her whole career; i don’t know what exactly each and every lyric means, but i can feel how meaningful it is. thank you for sharing this.
that endurance & perseverance she has even as a young child, that's why she always jokes abt being eternally 12 as she experienced all these since childhood. As in the lyrics: ""And I learned many things Little ones shouldn't know" "And though time's rolled by Still feel like that child" "Funny how one can learn To grow numb to the madness And block it away I left the worst unsaid Let it all dissipate And I try to forget''
2:44 listen to what word she changed here: on the studio recording, she says “thankfully i, woke up in time.” none of that here. “THANK *GOD* THAT I, WOKE UP IN TIME!”
If life is also about having beautiful moments and being grateful for them , I thank God for being alive in this lifetime and seeing and listening to this beautiful human .
The vulnerable, personal, and expressive way Mariah sings is something truly unique and uncomparable. And .... How does a human being have such a complex tone with so many textures? How? It' s insane
Omg mariah's live is always better than studio version altho there are flaws here and there but mariah make up by adding adlib here n improvisation here n there
Remember also that on the album version this song is recorded mostly in head voice and falsetto but here she is using her chest and head belting which makes it sound a bit harsher, still beautiful and unique. The arrangement in this song is quite complicated
This was actually 1998. I thought it was 1997 too, but in the interview with Rosie from this section, Rosie shows the audience pictures of Mariah and Arethra at divas live, which was in April 1998. So this performance had to be after that date.
I was wayward child With the weight of the world that I held deep inside Life was a winding road And I learned many things little ones shouldn't know But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And though time's rolled by Still I feel like that child as I look at the moon Maybe I grew up a little too soon La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da Funny how one can learn To grow numb to the madness and block it away (block it away) I left the worst unsaid Let it all dissipate and I try to forget But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And though time's rolled by Still feel like that child as I look at the moon Maybe I grew up a little too soon La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da Nearing the edge (nearing the edge) Oblivious I almost (oblivious) Fell right over (fell right over) A part of me (a part of me) Will never be quite able (will never be) To feel stable (will never be) That woman-child falling inside (that woman-child) Was on the verge of fading (I) Thankfully I (thankfully I) Woke up in time (woke up in time, time, time) Guardian angel, I Sail away on an ocean With you by my side Orange clouds roll by They burn into your image And you're still alive (you're always alive) But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And though time's rolls by Still feel like that child as I look at the moon Maybe I grew up a little too soon La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da La la la da da La la la da da da da La la la da da Da da, da da
@@Xelth4 I don't think it's dubbed. She doesn't dub performances like these. Mostly her performances in dvds/albums like MTV unplugged & MSG 1995. It sounds mostly the same anyway.
I've always think about her hand movements. Particulary in her early days it looks like she naturally did those to flown through the songs. Bumpin up the stamina and make It easy to push through the melodies. Like in waves. Then she heard everybody notice the fact, and she almost shut It down. She cages that body outlet the moment the world notice about It. And It transitions to her overall performance wise and confidence. Mariah...work those hands Mariah. 🙌
I take the hand movements as proof of singing live. Whenever she sings live her hands can't stop holding the compass for her. It's a Mariah movement and I love to see her do it. Her figers are also a butterfly when she riffs and I live that
It's the organic in the moment movement of being a performer and an artist. I love it when she feels the spirit of a song and runs across stage like in her 1993 Xmas special at St Patrick's Cathedral. Sometimes the church get up in you.
La-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da, da da La-da-da-da-da Da, da, da, da I was wayward child With the weight of the world That I held deep inside Life was a winding road And I learned many things Little ones shouldn't know But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And the time's rolled by Still feel like that child As I look at the moon Maybe I grew up a little too soon La-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da, da da La-da-da-da-da Da, da, da, da La-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da, da da La-da-da-da-da Da, da, da, da, da-da Funny how one can learn To grow numb to the madness And block it away I left the worst unsaid Let it all dissipate And I try to forget As I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And the time's…
I'm so glad she overcame her obstacles!!!! she's too much of great beautiful magnificent talented woman to think that her Destiny could have ever been interrupted by her struggles...... I mean she could've ended up like her sister!..... and we would have never had Mariah Carey :(
Somebody should edit these vocals into the studio stripped version. One of her fans do it! She sounds better here, than on the album version, cause she's singing in chest dominate voice.
A beautiful song from the best pop/hip-hop album of the ‘90s and one of the greatest ever produced… Butterfly 🦋 is perfect front to back. EVERY DAMN SONG. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Her voice was so nervous here. I think that some songs are hard for Mariah to sing because of the emotions and memories they bring back to her. I can listen to this woman sing all day long.... 🎶🙏🏾❤️
You're right, it was an emotional performance, but she's still a perfectionist, she must struggle a lot with those two sides of her, but i think it's the very essence of her magic and talent :)
![[RARE] Mariah Carey - Close My Eyes (Live in Perth, Butterfly Tour - 1998) UNHEARD SOUNDBOARD](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mA6AaHIDRcg/mqdefault.jpg)
I came here after her stellar GMA 2020 performance.
Me too
Same
Same
Bingo
Me too hahaha Mariah is Mariah!
What a vulnerable, relatable song.
They call her the wind Mariah. This song she sings for every child within us who feels like an outcast .😔
Can I have your number baby?
My favorite Mariah's song ❤❤❤❤
The older I grow, the more I appreciate this song from 23 years ago and the more empathy I feel for Mariah, who came from a dysfunctional family and later trapped in what she described as an abusive marriage.
Yes and witnessing the choices her older sister made forced her to be guarded and introverted.
Yeah, look at her bigger sister. We all know now what was going on there....
Nenne Veiden ok so you’re putting faith in an addicted prostitute with a history of lying
Exactly inspite of being multi talented in both singing and writing.
She's really been through so much. She's such a strong person 💪 ❤
in the studio recording, she uses a softer tone and seems detached (at least in the main vocal). here, she used chest voice for the whole thing and belted out the bridge with all the passion she had. not only does this song mean a lot to her, here she tells us how intense the story behind it is. she won’t avoid the pain she’s articulating, she’s feeling it full force and facing it with courage. this performance is my favorite if the song and maybe of her whole career; i don’t know what exactly each and every lyric means, but i can feel how meaningful it is. thank you for sharing this.
I think it would sound better if she included belts in the climax in her studio ver
that endurance & perseverance she has even as a young child, that's why she always jokes abt being eternally 12 as she experienced all these since childhood. As in the lyrics:
""And I learned many things
Little ones shouldn't know"
"And though time's rolled by
Still feel like that child"
"Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness
And block it away
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate
And I try to forget''
This song is about overcoming the abusive marriage she had
@@setapartforHim this song is about her childhood not a abusive marriage
@@tonnymitch4016 exactly. It's 100% about her childhood and growing up with abandonment issues ect
Everytime I hear this song, it brings back my childhood moments, specially the bad moments... but i love the song. A true legendary iconic artist.
Who’s here after her live performance at home ??? Lamb Forever ❤️
Meee
me too
me
me
Everyone lol
This its just incredible. She's a legend.
Juan Gonzalez hola
It’s truly amazing song writing
The best vocalist ever ❤️
I love her Butterfly tone 😍
YES SING MIMI. Thank u for saving me from suicide with those vocals
Lux Lux meeeee tooo
Preach
Same. I'm glad you're still here with us and hope you are doing well now. ❤️
Wow. I do not have words for describe the value of your testemony. I'm so happy for you still be with us. God bless your life forever.
literally
"Maybe I grew up a little too soon"
deep 😢
Nothing can touch this vocal performance. Nothing before. Nothing after.
2:44 listen to what word she changed here: on the studio recording, she says “thankfully i, woke up in time.” none of that here. “THANK *GOD* THAT I, WOKE UP IN TIME!”
in the harmonies of the studio song she says god in the background
I never heard this song but I’m happy I discovered it and I love that Mariah is a little spiritual
@@elusive7244 the harmonies are gorgeous, i saw a video where someone isolated the stems
Mariah performance was very humble here and she sang beautifully.... ❤
She still is lol
Pryna Catria I said something positive ? Lol
That "Thank God that I woke up in time" was powerful. That part made this performance for me❤
Wow I love this particular performance of "close my eyes'' 🙏🏽
Love Mariah perfect voice angel
If life is also about having beautiful moments and being grateful for them , I thank God for being alive in this lifetime and seeing and listening to this beautiful human .
The vulnerable, personal, and expressive way Mariah sings is something truly unique and uncomparable. And .... How does a human being have such a complex tone with so many textures? How? It' s insane
Her nodule be like : hey you mentioned me 😂
I really can feel this song because i have a sad childhood too
Like everyone had
my no1 favorite Mariah's song. This time, she was above the sky.
Omg mariah's live is always better than studio version altho there are flaws here and there but mariah make up by adding adlib here n improvisation here n there
the flaws make it better. :)
Remember also that on the album version this song is recorded mostly in head voice and falsetto but here she is using her chest and head belting which makes it sound a bit harsher, still beautiful and unique. The arrangement in this song is quite complicated
Mijail Dimopoulos I’m always impressed when people know all these music terms like head voice and falsetto and can pinpoint it
Maybe her voice was tired and could not produce a quality falsetto and head tone..@@mijalakis3
This was actually 1998. I thought it was 1997 too, but in the interview with Rosie from this section, Rosie shows the audience pictures of Mariah and Arethra at divas live, which was in April 1998. So this performance had to be after that date.
this song is masterpiece
She just sang it today. As good as 23 years ago. ❤️🇧🇷
Love the rich Butterfly era tone
You got your wish. I hope you seen her newest performance of this song. Its BEAUTIFUL 💯🤩
I love when she get to waving her hands I uncontrollably do that as well when I'm singing
Her voice is soulful in here. 😍
What a masterpiece. Thank u Mariah for writing a song to help the inner child within all of us heal. It reminds me we are all God's children.
Beautifull tone
I was wayward child
With the weight of the world that I held deep inside
Life was a winding road
And I learned many things little ones shouldn't know
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still I feel like that child as I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up a little too soon
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness and block it away (block it away)
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate and I try to forget
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still feel like that child as I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up a little too soon
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
Nearing the edge (nearing the edge)
Oblivious I almost (oblivious)
Fell right over (fell right over)
A part of me (a part of me)
Will never be quite able (will never be)
To feel stable (will never be)
That woman-child falling inside (that woman-child)
Was on the verge of fading (I)
Thankfully I (thankfully I)
Woke up in time (woke up in time, time, time)
Guardian angel, I
Sail away on an ocean
With you by my side
Orange clouds roll by
They burn into your image
And you're still alive (you're always alive)
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolls by
Still feel like that child as I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up a little too soon
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
La la la da da
La la la da da da da
La la la da da
Da da, da da
This is the best live singing I’ve ever heard
....
@@Sttephy30 is it dubbed?
@@Xelth4 I don't think it's dubbed. She doesn't dub performances like these. Mostly her performances in dvds/albums like MTV unplugged & MSG 1995. It sounds mostly the same anyway.
I've always think about her hand movements. Particulary in her early days it looks like she naturally did those to flown through the songs. Bumpin up the stamina and make It easy to push through the melodies. Like in waves. Then she heard everybody notice the fact, and she almost shut It down. She cages that body outlet the moment the world notice about It. And It transitions to her overall performance wise and confidence. Mariah...work those hands Mariah. 🙌
I take the hand movements as proof of singing live. Whenever she sings live her hands can't stop holding the compass for her. It's a Mariah movement and I love to see her do it. Her figers are also a butterfly when she riffs and I live that
It's the organic in the moment movement of being a performer and an artist. I love it when she feels the spirit of a song and runs across stage like in her 1993 Xmas special at St Patrick's Cathedral. Sometimes the church get up in you.
@@gabrieltalavera4465 1994, St John
Beautiful! :) I love that Eb5 at 3:11
Still my favorite MC song after all these years💜wish she’d perform it more
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da, da da
La-da-da-da-da
Da, da, da, da
I was wayward child
With the weight of the world
That I held deep inside
Life was a winding road
And I learned many things
Little ones shouldn't know
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And the time's rolled by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up a little too soon
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da, da da
La-da-da-da-da
Da, da, da, da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da, da da
La-da-da-da-da
Da, da, da, da, da-da
Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness
And block it away
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate
And I try to forget
As I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And the time's…
It's like she's crying out the words of the song. I am floored.
She is a music box
Thank God that I woke up in time!
the best song from mariah
I'm so glad she overcame her obstacles!!!! she's too much of great beautiful magnificent talented woman to think that her Destiny could have ever been interrupted by her struggles...... I mean she could've ended up like her sister!..... and we would have never had Mariah Carey :(
1:32
"Tried to forget"
Perfect effortless run
My FOREVER queen. One of my absolute favorites from the goddess.
Gosh my childhood memories in a flash when i hear this song😍
Being a lamb i remember rip’ng the play button of our cd player 🤣
After reading her memoir you truly understand the “life” behind this song.
So raw and beautiful!!!
One of her many beautiful underrated songs..
Here in 2024 still listening to this beautiful song ❤❤
Somebody should edit these vocals into the studio stripped version. One of her fans do it! She sounds better here, than on the album version, cause she's singing in chest dominate voice.
Feel like a child as I look at the moon , maybe I gruw up a little to soon ... it doesn´t matter anymore because you are the best !
beutiful transition at 2:08
i'm so happy she chose to sing this song live on rosie when she can hits. this is obscure song only precious souls will appreciate
I always loved the Butterly album, this is one of my favourites. So glad Mariah 2020 is giving some many emotional, top class performances 🥰
and what's the best part abt this is that she was the one who wrote this lyrical and melodic masterpiece👑
Beautiful song❤️
My favorite performance of this song. Means so much more after you read about the song's origin and development in her (amazing) book
Amo su tono de voz, wao ♥ hasta ahora no encuentro una cantante con un color de voz tan bonito como el de ella. que bendición su talento ♥
Nasha Atalaya la mejor! Sin duda es la
Voz más hermosa de todas!
La major voz de todos Los tiempos nadie se le acerca
raw, pure emotion
After reading her book, you this song is more important and i love her more. She definitely been through a lot. ❤️ 🦋
her back singers here are also present during her tokyo concert 1998, I just love these ladies.
I am addicted to this performance
A beautiful song from the best pop/hip-hop album of the ‘90s and one of the greatest ever produced…
Butterfly 🦋 is perfect front to back. EVERY DAMN SONG. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Love the fact that she changed the lyrics from "Thankfully I" to " Thank God I". ❣❣❣
In this depression I’m dealing with thank you for this queen ❣️
listening to this song while reading the book (especially the first chapter) hits different
I love this woman 🦋
The world’s greatest... Mariah Carey!!! ❤️🥺❤️🙏🏼
Heavenly tone ♥️
I know when mariah is lipsync.
But this one is 100% live
I honestly believed that I've seen every single performance by the goddess that is Mariah Carey, I was wrong :( ... She's amazing!
I find this song so touching..and it's evident Mariah's emotion..
I adore this one but I am in love with The angelical voice, The low notes and stunnig live performance at GMA 2020 😍
Perfection ❤
her second most emotional performance after petals live with her tears fall down. shed tears
Thanks for saving my life always Mariah... 😭❤
this is the Mariah i love, the old school Mariah
Who come back here after watching the new performance?🙋🏻♂️
I prefer this version than the recorded one... the album cut is 100% in whispers...
My biggest inspiration in music.
Her voice was so nervous here. I think that some songs are hard for Mariah to sing because of the emotions and memories they bring back to her. I can listen to this woman sing all day long.... 🎶🙏🏾❤️
You're right, it was an emotional performance, but she's still a perfectionist, she must struggle a lot with those two sides of her, but i think it's the very essence of her magic and talent :)
Ciclopea2: Well said.
🎶🙏🏾🙂❤️
“That woman child” I love that line so much😩😩
Perfetta bellissima ....infinita.....per sempre.!
The Great Mariah Carey is ❤❤❤.
This song reminds me so much of my favorite PM Dawn.
I love Mariah's voice is so, so, so beautiful.
Queen 👸🏻
23 years after it's still a beautiful song. Wonderful performance also at GMA
I love the way she replaced the lyrics from "thankfully I" to "Thank God that I" I love you Mariah😘
😇 my guardian Angel- ❤💕♥️💙💜
Nothing but perfection
I love how she sings this song in this performance !!
RIP Alison Carey. You were hated and vilified by hateful idiots in the media; when No One Cared about your pain. And yes i am a huge Mariah fan
Really miss she sing with casual outfit. that kind of performance can really connect with fans.
this performance is everything
She was a regular on the Rosie show… Rosie loved Mariah
OMG. Magic voice
i like this better than the studio version
I wish she would have recorded a version like this where she doesn’t sing so breathy! I love it
Watched this so many times.. watching it after finishing the part in the book where she started writing CME... 💔
Una de mis canciones favoritas de Mariah Carey
beautiful