I wanted to let you know how much this song means to me. My husband is a 3 tour combat Retired Army veteran & has severe PTSD among physical limitations. I heard this song and I cried & cried. These words speak volumes to how he has built up walls to protect himself from his damaged traumatic past. We have been married 13 years now & I played this song for him and he broke down and cried. Your music reaches beyond just those who listen to songs, they reach the heart & have the power to heal............Thank you so much for this song!! You two are my favorite
+Combat Barbie, I cried when i see your comment, 7 lines of your post make me realize what real love is better than 7,000 lines of bestseller love novel! Hope you guys be strong and happy forever ps. sorry for my bad english, i'm not native speaker ;-)
*LYRICS:* It's not your eyes It's not what you say It's not your laughter that gives you away You're just lonely You've been lonely, too long All your actin' Your thin disguise All your perfectly delivered lies They don't fool me You've been lonely, too long Let me in the wall, you've built around And we can light a match and burn it down Let me hold your hand and dance 'round and 'round the flame In front of us Dust to You've held your head up You've fought the fight You bear the scars You've done your time Listen to me You've been lonely, too long Let me in the wall, you've built around And we can light a match and burn them down And let me hold your hand and dance 'round and 'round the flames In front of us Dust to dust You're like a mirror, reflecting me Takes one to know one, so take it from me You've been lonely You've been lonely, too long We've been lonely We've been lonely, too long
my boyfriend dedicated this song to me.. we used to be friends, and i never let anyone, any guy come in my walls due to the fact i suffered an incredibly amount of mental illness.. and suddenly, me and him became more then that... and soon it will be 9 months for us, and honestly i never could feel so happy to let him through the gates of my heart. to be honest, i was scared. but, now i forgot what fear is like. he changed me. no more meds. no more cutting. no more hospitalizations. it's crazy, but so satisfying how a human being, can change you and your perspective on how you look at things and life. i love you babe. thank you so much.
This song is too powerful. My girlfriend won't listen to The Civil Wars anymore because it hurts so much. I can't stop listening to them, for the same reason.
unfortunately their voices make each their own way separately. I recommend you this video ua-cam.com/video/DD5HkG38pbY/v-deo.html where you can hear those two voices harmonising together without music... Perfection !
This is, hands down, the deepest, most heart wretching song I have ever heard. It's simply miraculous. Duo's like these two don't happen very often. To listen to this song is like having a cord going straight into your heart, pumping the exact emotions deep inside of it. Possibly one of the best songs my ears have ever had the honor of listening to.
@@rosiepena8917 They had such great chemistry. Poison and Wine, Dust to Dust, 20 years, and The One That Got Away are my favorites. My wife and I have both albums long with their solo stuff and they are each amazing in their own right. My wife found The Sweeplings while listening to The Civil Wars station on Pandora and they are very similar to The Civil Wars. I believe John Paul White produced some of their music. Let's hope for a reunion at some point, sooner vs later to be sure. Cheers!
This song is me and my husband all around. We both came from hard backgrounds. Abuse, drugs and alcohol....Abandonment. It was a hard life to get through as children. He was tossed from foster home to foster home, back and forth to the abuse of his parents, all the while being abused in the foster homes. I was just emotionally and physically abused by an alcoholic father who never wanted me, and a mother who would get beaten and leave me behind while she ran from it. It never ended for either of us until we physically left it behind. He was shipped to live with an aunt in my school system, and we met. It was truly LOVE AT 1ST SIGHT for us both! Our hearts melted, we fell in love, and 28 yrs later, and 25 married, here we are! Both of us knowing what it means to break down one another's walls, and let someone in to really, truly love each other! Did we hurt each other some, OF COURSE! We were broken individuals.....But what our raising taught us (if nothing else) is YOU DON'T GIVE UP!!!! We hung in, toughed it out, and made a wonderful life together. I feel so sorry that these 2 couldn't fight harder, and beat their demons. We should pray for them both.....Because I can still hear the pain when I listen to him sing. 😔🙏💗
Its not easy to write a song this way. It takes lot of courage and momentum, feelings and trust.. to me its a song of two friends who truly understand one another, but also in A pause' falling in love with each other, but belong to different Hearts. Its pure art.
"Carrie", the movie remake based on the Stephen King novel brought me here. I'm in love with this song. And the scene where Carrie and Tommy dance together is just adorable ❤️ #goals
In reply to those folks who wonder why they broke up and can't make this music anymore, I believe Joy when she said just listen to the new album. I think that they came to the realization that they were soul mates, perhaps, and just fell in love, or got as close to it as any two could dare to venture, when that love is so fraught with complications and cannot be fulfilled.
I’m basically never for straying from marriage but in this case I’d hate to think that two pure soulmates had the unlikely odds of finding each other but simply let it go because they already happened to settle down, do you know if they’re really in love with their married partners? Cuz I think it’s possible to have more than one great love, but if they don’t even love their partners as much or they’re thinking they wish they could’ve been with each other... that might be even worse for their partners’ sakes
Yes and the song “the one who got away” was maybe telling us that they got too close . They were married to other people and probably fell in love with each other!
"Dust To Dust" It's not your eyes It's not what you say It's not your laughter That gives you away You're just lonely You've been lonely too long All your acting, your thin disguise All your perfectly delivered lines They don't fool me You've been lonely too long Let me in the walls You've built around We can light a match And burn them down Let me hold your hand And dance 'round and 'round the flames In front of us Dust to dust You've held your head up You've fought the fight You bear the scars You've done your time Listen to me You've been lonely too long Let me in the walls You've built around We can light a match And burn them down Let me hold your hand And dance 'round and 'round the flames In front of us Dust to dust You're like a mirror, reflecting me Takes one to know one, so take it from me You've been lonely You've been lonely too long We've been lonely We've been lonely too long
This song is comforting. I feel like I need to cry but I cannot even I've tried, it's so hard to cry or have emotion to ease inside my chest. But this song, once again, so comforting.
My loved one sent me this song in 2016, we broke up this year but I still love her and wish her well. We don't talk, we don't see each other but I am so grateful I've experienced love in my life, even if it was temporary I still appreciate it deeply. I will always love you, Dominika.
Most of the time if not every time the reason an artist looks at another artist so intently like they are studying them or watching them lol, is really just because they need to make sure that harmonies are totally on point. So sometimes you’ll see singers looking at someone else mouth or face lol. It’s especially true when one of the singers is an ad-libber like these two. That’s basically the only reason these two ever looked at each other while singing. It wasn’t romantic at all, so calm down people. They’re both perfectionists, they wanna get the vocals right.
Perfect!! "Dust To Dust" It's not your eyes It's not what you say It's not your laughter That gives you away You're just lonely You've been lonely, too long Oh, you're acting your thin disguise All your perfectly delivered lines They don't fool me You've been lonely, too long Let me in the wall You've built around We can light a match And burn it down Let me hold your hand And dance 'round and 'round the flames In front of us Dust to dust You've held your head up You've fought the fight You bear the scars You've done your time Listen to me You've been lonely, too long Let me in the walls You've built around We can light a match And burn them down Let me hold your hand And dance 'round and 'round the flames In front of us Dust to dust You're like a mirror, reflecting me Takes one to know one, so take it from me You've been lonely You've been lonely, too long We've been lonely We've been lonely, too long
This isn't Brandon, it's his better half, regardless of whom it might be, this will BE our wedding song. His idea, not mine. He turned me onto this band when we first met a few years ago. So glad he did, music is our string that has sewn us together. I Love him madly
This is one of my favorites and I've listened to it a million times and seen the video... And yet, I only just now saw the possible storyline that this song is about them, about their discord. How they've been lonely in this duo ever since the discord, how they want to be let into each other's walls to get back what they had, and yet understanding that there are scars, that they did their time... I am beginning to see that this could be one of the songs through which they communicated what they couldn't just come out and say.
amsaric That's a good theory. I also thought they could be talking about their marriages and going through a rough patch. Joy has not been shy about admitting that at the time when their hiatus was announced, her marriage had been suffering greatly. As to why she has not disclosed, but it's her right to not do so. However, I do believe they had a genuine chemistry that was pretty much out of this world. I'm sure that can't be easy on any marriage, to see your supposed other half connecting so spectacularly on that type of level with someone that isn't you. I believe they could of had an affair, but also believe they could of not had one and that's why they stopped working together. To not cheat on their spouses and preserve the families they had. If that were/is the case, that's pretty honorable and they sacrificed a huge chunk of themselves for their families.
I don't know about "affair", exactly. Connection? HELL yes! Attraction? Hard to deny. Physical intimacy? Well, they toured small venues WITHOUT her husband for a while...so the possibility of a slip-up exists. AND, she'd been married for like 8 or 9 years without having a kid, then toured with JP...BOOM! Pregnant. And now no kids since the break up. And in, "I Wish You'd Been the One That Got Away", she flat out states she wanted to go back to when the attraction was only mental, only potential...indicating that at some point, at least once, it became physical reality. So, they did the honorable thing, sad as that is for those of us who loved them together.
Didn’t find you until watching Vampire diaries in 2020 and now find myself a62 year old woman lost so deep in your music and lyrics that I just cry knowing you split before I had ever heard the haunting sounds of Jean Paul white and Joy Williams ( The Civil Wars ) I love your voices singularly and will continue to listen to you both but would love to see and hear you as the duo before I die. Please just one concert that I can attend !!!!
I miss them singing together!! The Civil Wars got me through some really tough times. They were all I listened to when I was going through my divorce. I'd get so lost into their music that I'd forget the world for a little while. Just like this song. =)) I love everything about Dust to Dust. It's so easy to understand because the emotion is so real. This is pure art.
I believe God is sometimes revealed to man through art. What these two have when they sing together comes from another place. I have really enjoyed what they have created as a duo.
Yes Yes Yes I get it...pause the damn video as she walks by...don't let her go. Do you think I miss anything these days!!! A lovely wedding song. Thank you from the body of our hearts.
It just breaks me apart knowing I've FINALLY found this amazing duo who makes the most amazing music I've ever heard. I love each and every song they've put out. It all Moves me...and to think they may never put out anymore music because they can't get past their differences... So truly heartbreaking!! It makes me SO sad!!! I can't imagine not having more music from them :(
Almost every night for several years, when our boys were ages 0-5 or so, we would play this song for them to sleep to... often in the car. I'll always cherish those memories and connect this song to those incredible years.
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS. This is a magnificent love song. You created such incredible music together. The two of you are missed terribly. The harmony between your voices is so delightful. Oh my Lord 😄👍👍👍🎸🎹🥁🎻🎸💚💙💜💖❤️💛🧡
if you've ever lived or experienced their kind of heartache, you'll get it. they made their choice based upon what they needed to. their music is more than what you hear, as a duo they are amazing but I think it's bc what they've experienced. I have been through what their music speaks. some of us aren't alone.
There was a guy who introduced me to this song...he's gone, but this song remains with me forever. I miss him sometimes, especially when I listen to this song but that's okay I guess, life moves on....
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS One of the best duos in music. Their voices were in perfect harmony. Such terrific music. That guitar solo is lovely 😄👍👍👍🎻🎸🎹🥁🎸💚💛💙💖❤️🧡💜
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS This one and the song "The One That Got Away have always been two of my favorites. The entire album is a gem. They write great music. There is no disputing that. Some of the finest songwriters in the business. I just regret they did not stay together longer. I dig their sound. I only have two albums to listen to, I was hoping for ten to fifteen before they retired. But, that was not the case. You just take what you get and be grateful. The Civil Wars were in a class all their own 😀👍👍👍🎸🥁🎹🎻🎸🧡💛💚❤️💖💜💙
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS Joy and John Paul, the sound of your voices together is the most glorious thing. And, I love the beautiful sound if the guitar and piano. This is simply a gorgeous song 😀👍👍👍🎸🥁🎹🎻🎸💜🧡❤️💖💙💛💚
smart phones and the crappy apps have destroyed UA-cam..People don't bother to login and comment...This song deserves millions of views...Great tune...
More sheer brilliance from the glorious Civil Wars. While I thoroughly enjoy their solo efforts, I really feel that together they exceeded the sum total of their parts. Their catalog may be small but the quality is just off the charts.
Listen to the song "my December" the reanimation one. Or the original. Yeah its linkin park which is kinda lame but I think it's the best December feeling song ever. Lol even had it in the name for us
Wow, the line,"You've done your time." That hits hard. It seems like I'm still doing time. Just waiting for someone to parole me. Some things can't be asked for, they just have to be given.
Here in 2023.. got introduced to this beautiful song a few months back.. it's a gem 💎... I dnt know but I am just attached to these two voices, the lyrics.. it is beyond imagination..❤
This song is so precious to me, it carries my hearts love to heaven , where my darling son Michael will one day be reunited with all his loved ones. I love you for ever Michael. ❤️ Mum
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2024, still love this song.
2024 BABY! What a masterpiece! 🥹
Civil Wars ... OH HOW I MISS YOU.
am i missing something..? i literally was on their page moments before i came her.. just kinda feeling the vibe i guess
BUT I HAVEN'T MET YOU, OH BUT I WANT TO!
pridden76 i get the reference
I didn't get to either. I actually bought tickets but they cancelled.
Ditto!!!!!
"My walls were up. You brought them down."
Leaving this here, whoever understood understood
T T
I wanted to let you know how much this song means to me. My husband is a 3 tour combat Retired Army veteran & has severe PTSD among physical limitations. I heard this song and I cried & cried. These words speak volumes to how he has built up walls to protect himself from his damaged traumatic past. We have been married 13 years now & I played this song for him and he broke down and cried. Your music reaches beyond just those who listen to songs, they reach the heart & have the power to heal............Thank you so much for this song!! You two are my favorite
So happy that you and your husband could connect by the power of great music!! :) hope you guys are well and have an amazing day!
Thank you for your service!!! I salute you.
+Combat Barbie, I cried when i see your comment, 7 lines of your post make me realize what real love is better than 7,000 lines of bestseller love novel! Hope you guys be strong and happy forever
ps. sorry for my bad english, i'm not native speaker ;-)
thank you both for all your sacrifices
+Justin Snyder Are you the Justin Snyder I know? Hope so!
I don't think i'll ever get over them breaking up. Watching them sing together just catches my breath.
+kaitlynn grovesteen mine too..such a shame.
I was pretty sure they only stopped making music to take care of their child, they'll be back
Not going to happen. He has four kids, and his wife wants him at home. Joy still wanted to tour. And apparently some other problems.
I feel like they doomed themselves by calling themselves The Civil Wars. But yes listening to this or Poison and Wine makes me miss them VERY MUCH!
DJ_CRUEL They don’t have a kid together.
*LYRICS:*
It's not your eyes
It's not what you say
It's not your laughter that gives you away
You're just lonely
You've been lonely, too long
All your actin'
Your thin disguise
All your perfectly delivered lies
They don't fool me
You've been lonely, too long
Let me in the wall, you've built around
And we can light a match and burn it down
Let me hold your hand and dance 'round and 'round the flame
In front of us
Dust to
You've held your head up
You've fought the fight
You bear the scars
You've done your time
Listen to me
You've been lonely, too long
Let me in the wall, you've built around
And we can light a match and burn them down
And let me hold your hand and dance 'round and 'round the flames
In front of us
Dust to dust
You're like a mirror, reflecting me
Takes one to know one, so take it from me
You've been lonely
You've been lonely, too long
We've been lonely
We've been lonely, too long
Amber Carter thx for lyrics
Run to you
Merci pour les paroles :)
You are a true hero for this❤😉
☹
My childhood is slipping each year lol
April 2024. Still brings tears to my eyes every time.
2024 still loving this song...when 2 souls are lonely , great chemistry ...
my boyfriend dedicated this song to me.. we used to be friends, and i never let anyone, any guy come in my walls due to the fact i suffered an incredibly amount of mental illness.. and suddenly, me and him became more then that... and soon it will be 9 months for us, and honestly i never could feel so happy to let him through the gates of my heart. to be honest, i was scared. but, now i forgot what fear is like. he changed me. no more meds. no more cutting. no more hospitalizations. it's crazy, but so satisfying how a human being, can change you and your perspective on how you look at things and life.
i love you babe. thank you so much.
Joelle Borillo i would love to hear a response too
i'm glad for you :) i hope that as of now, together or not, you're doing fine as well
we closed our hearts because we were once hurt, but we then hurt those who love us because we built a wall around our hearts
omg how r u doing now? i've known a lot of people just like you, and i wanna help them too. hope you two are doing fine
I hope things are still good...Beautiful song.
after years i've come back to civil wars and i swear, no other music has made me feel the way their music does
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Try a Canadian band, called " Clann " I'm sure you enjoy them.
@@albertawheat6832 will do! Thanks for the suggestion!
Same here. I always be a fan of this duo. Some of the best music I've ever heard.
"Gone west" Also have a few masterpieces that gets close to these guys. They sadly also disbanded.
This song is too powerful.
My girlfriend won't listen to The Civil Wars anymore because it hurts so much.
I can't stop listening to them, for the same reason.
the way. they look at. each other.
Angie Wiranata pure lust i see
+Angie Wiranata That may have been part of the problem.
+Angie Wiranata I know what you mean it feels like I'm intruding on an intimate moment between lovers.But that fire makes for some great music !!!
+John Pearce That's what I'm thinking.
+Linda Maddox no he is married
I'm so in love with their duets. It's as if their voices were made to be together.
unfortunately their voices make each their own way separately.
I recommend you this video ua-cam.com/video/DD5HkG38pbY/v-deo.html where you can hear those two voices harmonising together without music... Perfection !
It's such a shame that they couldn't get past their differences! They were magical together
I let my walls down and you left me lonely all over again.
It's October 2022. I still miss the every loving hell out of The Civil Wars . . .
This is, hands down, the deepest, most heart wretching song I have ever heard. It's simply miraculous. Duo's like these two don't happen very often. To listen to this song is like having a cord going straight into your heart, pumping the exact emotions deep inside of it. Possibly one of the best songs my ears have ever had the honor of listening to.
The One That Got Away and Poison & Wine are two of my other favorites that I think are absolutely hauntingly beautiful and sad at the same time
@@rosiepena8917 They had such great chemistry. Poison and Wine, Dust to Dust, 20 years, and The One That Got Away are my favorites. My wife and I have both albums long with their solo stuff and they are each amazing in their own right. My wife found The Sweeplings while listening to The Civil Wars station on Pandora and they are very similar to The Civil Wars. I believe John Paul White produced some of their music. Let's hope for a reunion at some point, sooner vs later to be sure. Cheers!
What a great text from you to explain how this song goes to your ears and your soul thank you very much I'm so happy to read it🙏❤️
Imagine if they got back together and made music again, that would be amazingggggggggggggg.
you are right. snif snif all my favorite bands split up
This song is me and my husband all around. We both came from hard backgrounds. Abuse, drugs and alcohol....Abandonment. It was a hard life to get through as children. He was tossed from foster home to foster home, back and forth to the abuse of his parents, all the while being abused in the foster homes. I was just emotionally and physically abused by an alcoholic father who never wanted me, and a mother who would get beaten and leave me behind while she ran from it. It never ended for either of us until we physically left it behind. He was shipped to live with an aunt in my school system, and we met. It was truly LOVE AT 1ST SIGHT for us both! Our hearts melted, we fell in love, and 28 yrs later, and 25 married, here we are! Both of us knowing what it means to break down one another's walls, and let someone in to really, truly love each other! Did we hurt each other some, OF COURSE! We were broken individuals.....But what our raising taught us (if nothing else) is YOU DON'T GIVE UP!!!! We hung in, toughed it out, and made a wonderful life together. I feel so sorry that these 2 couldn't fight harder, and beat their demons. We should pray for them both.....Because I can still hear the pain when I listen to him sing. 😔🙏💗
wishing you both all the happiness this life had to offer.
Beautiful testimony. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Its not easy to write a song this way. It takes lot of courage and momentum, feelings and trust.. to me its a song of two friends who truly understand one another, but also in A pause' falling in love with each other, but belong to different Hearts. Its pure art.
its easy when its stolen melody..lmao.
Well said .
Poor Man's Guitar plenty of songs have similar melodies. Big deal
@@poormansguitar5471 stolen? What do mean?
How does this video only have a little over 500,000 views? What a shame. Such a beautiful song.
Exactly! This a beautiful song
Exactly! This a beautiful song
Heading for 3-and-a-half mill now. Some people don't forget amazing.
6 mil now
6.5 million today/August 6,2023
"Carrie", the movie remake based on the Stephen King novel brought me here. I'm in love with this song. And the scene where Carrie and Tommy dance together is just adorable ❤️ #goals
Me too
SAME! it was so emotional
Yeah that's the first time I heard it and I was in love
And then of course Carrie murders her whole school...
#goals?
I feel sorry for anyone who has not heard their music yet. They are just simply divine.
In reply to those folks who wonder why they broke up and can't make this music anymore, I believe Joy when she said just listen to the new album. I think that they came to the realization that they were soul mates, perhaps, and just fell in love, or got as close to it as any two could dare to venture, when that love is so fraught with complications and cannot be fulfilled.
So sad, but it seems like you're very right.
I’m basically never for straying from marriage but in this case I’d hate to think that two pure soulmates had the unlikely odds of finding each other but simply let it go because they already happened to settle down, do you know if they’re really in love with their married partners? Cuz I think it’s possible to have more than one great love, but if they don’t even love their partners as much or they’re thinking they wish they could’ve been with each other... that might be even worse for their partners’ sakes
@@ilovenycsomuch she's now divorced from Nate.
Yes and the song “the one who got away” was maybe telling us that they got too close . They were married to other people and probably fell in love with each other!
"Dust To Dust"
It's not your eyes
It's not what you say
It's not your laughter
That gives you away
You're just lonely
You've been lonely too long
All your acting, your thin disguise
All your perfectly delivered lines
They don't fool me
You've been lonely too long
Let me in the walls
You've built around
We can light a match
And burn them down
Let me hold your hand
And dance 'round and 'round the flames
In front of us
Dust to dust
You've held your head up
You've fought the fight
You bear the scars
You've done your time
Listen to me
You've been lonely too long
Let me in the walls
You've built around
We can light a match
And burn them down
Let me hold your hand
And dance 'round and 'round the flames
In front of us
Dust to dust
You're like a mirror, reflecting me
Takes one to know one, so take it from me
You've been lonely
You've been lonely too long
We've been lonely
We've been lonely too long
This song is comforting. I feel like I need to cry but I cannot even I've tried, it's so hard to cry or have emotion to ease inside my chest. But this song, once again, so comforting.
This was me and my husband's wedding song. Love the civil wars and I wish they wouldn't have broken up
Beautiful...so soulmates do exist...
Not really :D
Too soon
Is there one for me?
My loved one sent me this song in 2016, we broke up this year but I still love her and wish her well. We don't talk, we don't see each other but I am so grateful I've experienced love in my life, even if it was temporary I still appreciate it deeply. I will always love you, Dominika.
There are so many descriptive words that The Civil Wars embodies; empathy, musicality, passion ...
No one can sing better together than these two
Most of the time if not every time the reason an artist looks at another artist so intently like they are studying them or watching them lol, is really just because they need to make sure that harmonies are totally on point. So sometimes you’ll see singers looking at someone else mouth or face lol. It’s especially true when one of the singers is an ad-libber like these two. That’s basically the only reason these two ever looked at each other while singing. It wasn’t romantic at all, so calm down people. They’re both perfectionists, they wanna get the vocals right.
Beautiful. This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. True.
Yesss..
Listening and loving the track in 2024 in South Africa.
Same here bru
still listening this song in 2024
Perfect!!
"Dust To Dust"
It's not your eyes
It's not what you say
It's not your laughter
That gives you away
You're just lonely
You've been lonely, too long
Oh, you're acting your thin disguise
All your perfectly delivered lines
They don't fool me
You've been lonely, too long
Let me in the wall
You've built around
We can light a match
And burn it down
Let me hold your hand
And dance 'round and 'round the flames
In front of us
Dust to dust
You've held your head up
You've fought the fight
You bear the scars
You've done your time
Listen to me
You've been lonely, too long
Let me in the walls
You've built around
We can light a match
And burn them down
Let me hold your hand
And dance 'round and 'round the flames
In front of us
Dust to dust
You're like a mirror, reflecting me
Takes one to know one, so take it from me
You've been lonely
You've been lonely, too long
We've been lonely
We've been lonely, too long
This isn't Brandon, it's his better half, regardless of whom it might be, this will BE our wedding song. His idea, not mine. He turned me onto this band when we first met a few years ago. So glad he did, music is our string that has sewn us together. I Love him madly
They have such beautiful songs, I love their voices and how tender their songs are. "You're like a mirror reflecting me"
This is one of my favorites and I've listened to it a million times and seen the video... And yet, I only just now saw the possible storyline that this song is about them, about their discord. How they've been lonely in this duo ever since the discord, how they want to be let into each other's walls to get back what they had, and yet understanding that there are scars, that they did their time...
I am beginning to see that this could be one of the songs through which they communicated what they couldn't just come out and say.
amsaric That's a good theory. I also thought they could be talking about their marriages and going through a rough patch. Joy has not been shy about admitting that at the time when their hiatus was announced, her marriage had been suffering greatly. As to why she has not disclosed, but it's her right to not do so. However, I do believe they had a genuine chemistry that was pretty much out of this world. I'm sure that can't be easy on any marriage, to see your supposed other half connecting so spectacularly on that type of level with someone that isn't you. I believe they could of had an affair, but also believe they could of not had one and that's why they stopped working together. To not cheat on their spouses and preserve the families they had. If that were/is the case, that's pretty honorable and they sacrificed a huge chunk of themselves for their families.
I don't know about "affair", exactly. Connection? HELL yes! Attraction? Hard to deny. Physical intimacy? Well, they toured small venues WITHOUT her husband for a while...so the possibility of a slip-up exists. AND, she'd been married for like 8 or 9 years without having a kid, then toured with JP...BOOM! Pregnant. And now no kids since the break up.
And in, "I Wish You'd Been the One That Got Away", she flat out states she wanted to go back to when the attraction was only mental, only potential...indicating that at some point, at least once, it became physical reality.
So, they did the honorable thing, sad as that is for those of us who loved them together.
I literally love how both of them seems like dancing while singing to their mics. And the way they look at each other.
"We've been lonely, we've been lonely... too long" such a beautiful song!!!
Didn’t find you until watching Vampire diaries in 2020 and now find myself a62 year old woman lost so deep in your music and lyrics that I just cry knowing you split before I had ever heard the haunting sounds of Jean Paul white and Joy Williams ( The Civil Wars ) I love your voices singularly and will continue to listen to you both but would love to see and hear you as the duo before I die. Please just one concert that I can attend !!!!
I don't know why, but this song makes me cry.
You and me both...
my heart breaks every day that the civil wars are not together
I don't think i've ever loved two voices together more then these guys
Man. This video gives me all sorts of feels knowing they're not together anymore.
This song is new to me...been listening to it on repeat for almost a hour.
Thanks for sharing. Great song.
Me too! Been on repeat for two hours.
Yup...I'm doing it again. Over a hour and still going. Love it so much!
Yea me three! still repeating for 24 hrs haha. and still doing in process
So easy to do! Such a beautiful song. I just heard it for the 1st time last night!☺️
A short tenure for this great music duo, but forever lasting influence and joy to us all. Will forever miss The Civil Wars.
I miss them singing together!! The Civil Wars got me through some really tough times. They were all I listened to when I was going through my divorce. I'd get so lost into their music that I'd forget the world for a little while. Just like this song. =)) I love everything about Dust to Dust. It's so easy to understand because the emotion is so real. This is pure art.
This actually made me cry.
I believe God is sometimes revealed to man through art. What these two have when they sing together comes from another place. I have really enjoyed what they have created as a duo.
2022. I miss them, too. Dust to dust made me so motivated to sing...so beautiful song!
anyone else ever just get sad as hell that there's no live performance recordings of this and almost certainly never will be
Yes Yes Yes I get it...pause the damn video as she walks by...don't let her go. Do you think I miss anything these days!!! A lovely wedding song. Thank you from the body of our hearts.
It just breaks me apart knowing I've FINALLY found this amazing duo who makes the most amazing music I've ever heard. I love each and every song they've put out. It all Moves me...and to think they may never put out anymore music because they can't get past their differences... So truly heartbreaking!! It makes me SO sad!!! I can't imagine not having more music from them :(
Almost every night for several years, when our boys were ages 0-5 or so, we would play this song for them to sleep to... often in the car. I'll always cherish those memories and connect this song to those incredible years.
They clearly fell deep with each other. They also both had established families, so good on them for breaking apart the band.
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS. This is a magnificent love song. You created such incredible music together. The two of you are missed terribly. The harmony between your voices is so delightful. Oh my Lord 😄👍👍👍🎸🎹🥁🎻🎸💚💙💜💖❤️💛🧡
you know what would make this EVEN better? if it was real and live. *bursts into brokenhearted tears*
First listen. 0:00-hopeful, 0:20-tears in my eyes at the beauty. Thank you.
if you've ever lived or experienced their kind of heartache, you'll get it. they made their choice based upon what they needed to. their music is more than what you hear, as a duo they are amazing but I think it's bc what they've experienced. I have been through what their music speaks. some of us aren't alone.
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS The music is spot on. That guitar sounds so delightful. I could listen to this album all day, every day 😀👍👍👍🎸🎻🥁🎹🎸💙💖❤️💛🧡💚💜
There was a guy who introduced me to this song...he's gone, but this song remains with me forever. I miss him sometimes, especially when I listen to this song but that's okay I guess, life moves on....
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS One of the best duos in music. Their voices were in perfect harmony. Such terrific music. That guitar solo is lovely 😄👍👍👍🎻🎸🎹🥁🎸💚💛💙💖❤️🧡💜
I ended up here by accident. I didn't know this song and this duo. But that will change now. What a beautiful song!! A treat for the soul!!
I came across it a few days ago now. I can not unhear it now. Really good song.
I lost the one. They tell me he's the sparkle in the snow flakes, the breeze on my face,...I feel him now only in my dreams. Gone.
That horizontal book placement woke a compulsion I didn't know I was capable of feeling. #RIPDeweyDecimalSystem :'(
Nothing has replaced this duo for me yet... dont think it will be replaced
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS This one and the song "The One That Got Away have always been two of my favorites. The entire album is a gem. They write great music. There is no disputing that. Some of the finest songwriters in the business. I just regret they did not stay together longer. I dig their sound. I only have two albums to listen to, I was hoping for ten to fifteen before they retired. But, that was not the case. You just take what you get and be grateful. The Civil Wars were in a class all their own 😀👍👍👍🎸🥁🎹🎻🎸🧡💛💚❤️💖💜💙
their voices are perfect together omg I'm in love
I discovered this song last night after watching Carrie on Netflix. The prom scene touched my feeling. Wonderful and Sad.
How under rated are they though? I mean, they make such amazing music!
*they were
Luke Sorensen ???
CoolBean FanGirl They broke up... the band did. :(
Oh really?!?! That sucks!
Yeah, they "Made" amazing music : (
This song reminds me of the best lover I've ever had ! She was amazing in so many ways and never knew her true value...
The most beautiful song ever written ❤
#THECIVILWARS #THECIVILWARS Joy and John Paul, the sound of your voices together is the most glorious thing. And, I love the beautiful sound if the guitar and piano. This is simply a gorgeous song 😀👍👍👍🎸🥁🎹🎻🎸💜🧡❤️💖💙💛💚
So long The Civil Wars. Thank you for 'All your perfectly delivered lines'
i am currently obsessed with this. i miss the civil wars. i sincerely hope they re-group and create more music similar to this. :)
smart phones and the crappy apps have destroyed UA-cam..People don't bother to login and comment...This song deserves millions of views...Great tune...
A beautiful wedding song. I havent changed my mind about it.
Jim Gieber yeah me too. i'll play this song on my wedding day :)
6 years later and I still think of you often...
More sheer brilliance from the glorious Civil Wars. While I thoroughly enjoy their solo efforts, I really feel that together they exceeded the sum total of their parts. Their catalog may be small but the quality is just off the charts.
I just find my december song, it such a nostalgic, sad, relaxing song, I just wana keep listenning forever
it's gonna be my december song this year as well :)
Yes....
Listen to the song "my December" the reanimation one. Or the original. Yeah its linkin park which is kinda lame but I think it's the best December feeling song ever. Lol even had it in the name for us
They make such beautiful melodic music together. One of my favorite songs.
i can't watch this video!! I feel like I'm intruding on something incredibly private, specially when they're singing and looking at each other.
That's how I feel just listening to this song- I almost get embarrassed bc it's so intimate. But I love it.
Wow. This comment is brilliant!
this comment wins the Internet. I agree completely. what a wonderful way to put it!
Haha thanks! Coming back to this months later- first time I've got so many likes on UA-cam!
Wow, the line,"You've done your time." That hits hard. It seems like I'm still doing time. Just waiting for someone to parole me. Some things can't be asked for, they just have to be given.
Every time I watch this video, it breaks me a little inside. I hope their friendship mends soon.
When they broke up, it floored me. I was, " No "! It left me with a deep sense of sadness...
This is a most beautiful song.
Here in 2023.. got introduced to this beautiful song a few months back.. it's a gem 💎...
I dnt know but I am just attached to these two voices, the lyrics.. it is beyond imagination..❤
The chemistry they created is amazing, their voices correlated beautifully. Heartfelt music, cannot imagine the world without this talented duo 😭
Beautiful. A lot of great music!! I like to write my poetry to their music. I'm 52 n still rockin!!
I just found this and I honestly don't know why I haven't ever heard of them they're so good.
One of the most beautiful songs in this earth....
Fell in love with this song the moment I first heard it.. maybe I've been lonely for too long, just hiding behind the walls I've built
Light a match & burn them down :)
I'm scared of remembering her eyes ... But it's the only way I can smile.
(This song always gives me new inspirations and healing)
This song is so precious to me, it carries my hearts love to heaven , where my darling son Michael will one day be reunited with all his loved ones. I love you for ever Michael. ❤️ Mum
Love these songs you find in a random playlist and it grows on you. You hear it over and over again untill you realise
"Wow this is really good"