The Streets - On The Edge Of A Cliff (Official Video)
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Mike Skinner's recordings as the Streets marked the first attempt to add a degree of social commentary to Britain's party-hearty garage/2-step (and later grime) movement. Skinner was initially an outsider in the garage scene. Although his initial recordings appeared on Locked On, the premiere source for speed garage and 2-step from 1998 to the end of the millennium, he listened first to hip-hop, then house and jungle.
The Streets biggest hits include “Blinded By The Lights”, “Dry Your Eyes”, “Don’t Mug Yourself”, “Fit But You Know It”, “Let’s Push Things Forward” and “Has It Come To This”. The iconic Streets catalogue also includes the albums “Original Pirate Material”, “A Grand Don’t Come For Free”, “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living”, “Everything Is Borrowed” and “Computers and Blues”.
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Lyrics:
"I'm really okay, thanks, there's nothing to witness"
I said as I looked back from the edge of the cliff
The old man looking down leant over the ridge
Just looked with a grin as if a blessing had hit him
I slumped on the jut of the cliff:
"Just leave me alone, this is none of your business"
"I will", said the old man, "but just one thing"
And what he said was so lovely it stunned me
He said: "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump, I was ever so lost
But this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
[Hook]
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors' survived
Every single person on your mum and dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
And then the old man walked away and out of sight
Til the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence
I just froze in a profound surprise
And from down on my pride I found a smile to my eyes
And for many days again I've been passing the same cliff
And on many occasions I'd chance on the same thing
Laying in the moss, in the same way I was
Would be another man looking like he needed a change of luck
So I'd say: "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump, I was ever so lost
But this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
[Hook: Repeat x2]
Friendly reminder to listen to this every time youre on the edge of your own cliff.
A real inspiration. I met Mike in coffee shop in Amsterdam in 2003, I never knew who he was or heard his music. I was sitting at the bar by myself, when he asked if I would care to join him at a table. Best decision I ever made, that day changed my life. I couldn't thank Mr. Skinner enough to this day.
Lucky bastard, I'd give anything to be in Amsterdam with the legend. I was meant to go see them live in Amsterdam in 4 days but this shitty virus has stopped it. Gutted. "Just try to stay positive!"
So lucky! That's amazing
Yeah lucky guy! Life can be good!!!! Bet you blazed that good shit!! Big up the streets /mike skinner !!! Soundtrack of my life!!!! 💯 bangers not anthems
Henry James fuck the virus it’s FRAUD! If he’s playing I’m there ! And it’s the ducking dam !!!
Wow that's amazing man
When I was a young girl contemplating if I should stay on this earth, this song gave me hope and courage things might get better one day. Five years later, and it all did. Thank you for giving me strength in my dark hours
❤
I'm glad things worked out for you :)
✌🏻💚
Honestly one of the best most underrated songs... ever... period!
Yes it is.
ABSOLUTELY
not the best song ever but its really good and really is so underrated
Top 3
@@MrJ0mmy what is your top 10 please?
Stay strong brothers, we can make it
actually started crying a little bit. remember when I was 16 and this song told me everything my parents couldnt
👍👍
no one got the right word for everything, glad this song stand for something deep like that
Nice comment Supr raman
We friends now
This track gets me every time I hear it. 😢 But I love it nevertheless. 😁
Does he even know how much his words mean to people?
Just want you to know that a guy from Serbia is fighting to live his life and lyrics like this are a great help and an inspiration to move forward and go on with said life.
keeping fighting brother🙌
@@masterwindu1234 thank you for the kind words and I kept fighting.
I'm in a stable relationship now with an amazing girl.We recently moved in together and she is full of understanding.We motivate each other and life is good 🙂
So if anyone is reading this I just want you to know that things can change for the better.
Just keep on fighting and please don't give up.
Life can be good 🙂
@@draganmilicevic2987 good to hear my man!!😊👏🌄👌
I'll always come back to this song on a hard day, because it reminds me that tomorrow can be better.
Today...
every single human should hear this song x
Mr Skinner I wish I had the right words to tell you my deep gratitude for being there for most of my adult life. you've made me laugh out loud, burst into tears, explode with joy, remember old friends, and reconnect with life... last year I tracked down a friend that I fell out with in 2008 always weighed heavy on my heart. I didn't have the words to start that conversation so first I sent them this song. 5 minutes later we were talking like not a day had passed...you were part of the soundtrack to our friendship and you were the catalyst to bring us back together - we missed sharing our 30th year on earth but we will share our 40th in 2020. and we will play your tunes. every day counts. you've changed my life, and I think of you as my brother. At the beginning of this century there was a lovely Brummie named Mike, we hung out ata few small club nights with good tunes and crew. When I first heard your music I was almost convinced you were that same guy, because he was genuine and poetic and looked out for everyone. I'm still glad I hugged that geezer and thanked him... use that as vicarious thanks
Sending big love and hugs from Perth, Western Australia. Erin
Well said my good sir. Miles helped me tho some real shit
Awe just came back and found this comment, still feel the same joy and connection, and yeah still share your music with my best friend. Thanks for being the soundtrack of reality, honest, occasionally brutally so, but always beautifully so.
Honest
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors has survived
Every single person on your mum and dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed on to you life.
What are the chances of that, like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile.
The streets were the soundtrack to some of the best years of my life. 😎👊
Jackson Currell so true mate.
And the worst?
i
The Streets are the sound track to life. There is a streets song that fits just about every situation. From running around the club, to breaking up, feeling depressed, getting married, to losing a loved one.
were???
your memories will be one of the only things you will die with...
dont forget the sound.
Felt so lost, depressed, suicidal. Sat and listened to this track and my cat came and sat on my lap. She is antisocial and doesn't like people. I felt blessed at that point. You got to find the little things in life, they're the most important.
My kitties have definitely saved me a time or eight. I hope that things are better for you now though. Give your kitty some extra treats for me please.
thanks mike this song has saved me eveyday for the last 4weeks, 4weeks ago today when my beautiful husband lost his fight 💔💏loving+missing you angle💙
Much love
How you doing love? X
@@teresamercer4867 im doing good thankyou xx merry Christmas and thankyou for asking xxx
@@catherinejohns9972 merry Christmas to you. No doubt it will be a tough Christmas, look after yourself x
RIP
Damn this song saved my life no doubt
No it didn't.
@@RR-bn5wo oh yeah it didn't
@@RR-bn5wo bruh why you gotta be like that dude just shared how the song affected him and you were no it didnt like you know him.
it saved me aswell after my husband passed 8mths
ago keep strong mate you cam do this much love xx
@@catherinejohns9972 I was widowed when my youngest was 6 months old, my heart goes out 2U
One of the most underappreciated tracks of all time.
They should have an abacus keeping score of how many lifes this song has saved. Genuis lyrics.
2024 and still bangs! One of uk best hands down 💯
I don't think I've ever heard a better, more succinct, or beautiful way of expressing the true importance and significance of human life.
I once stood on an edge of a cliff...this song saved me and today i thrive with a mini me...onelove fam
Dude, this is the best song I have ever heard. These lyrics keep me alive. I'm an alcoholic and every day is a struggle. But this song just keeps me trying to survive another day! Thank you so much for your amazing music!
I hope you are doing better my friend. May God bless you and Guide you towards better days. Days that alcohol has promised us and never delivered.
How fortunate the old man had figured out which way not to go. People could say who life was saved him that day win win in my book
The escapist: don’t fear death
On the Edge of Cliff: don’t want death
Only ten generations ago there are up to 1,024 people that would be proud of you trying to live your life
Mike skinner is one off the UK's most underrated artist such a talented guy
If you’re listening to this in 2020. 2021. Or any year at all. Remember you’re amazing and you will get through these hard times. Also I will also be a person you can talk to.
We use to listen to this when our sons were 2 and 3. Now they are 14 and 15 and both know all of the Streets music and words to their songs. It certainly puts a smile on my face when I pick them and their mates up, put this song on and they are singing it together as my boys introduced the streets to their friends and now they are big fans to 🙂
I heard this song in the days after my cousins suicide. It broke my heart and got me through some of the worst times of my life.
Mike Skinner. King of Poetry 🏴🇬🇧
🏴🙌👊
I bumped into skinner after his gig in Bristol, he was giving a homeless guy some money and food, what a down to earth bloke and his music has changed my life. Original pirate material is a master piece and you have so many other tunes. You are the soundtrack to my childhood x
one of those nights, thanks for the liveboat Mike
Hope your doing good bro
If youre reading this remember tomorrows another day and anything good that can happen will happen
31 pricks Mike's a legend n this songs got real meaning if u been there
Coming back and listening to The Streets feels a lot like meeting on old friend for a drink.
Cheers Mike.
You were that gentleman for me bro. Saved my life when I heard this song more than twice. Keep up the work brother. Bless you and yours.
so many years later & im still disapointed, that this gem doesnt have a video, shot on the edge of a sandy dune!
this song saved my life
This song has saved me a countless amount of times
Man... I got a chance to do photography for a friend at treasure Island when Mike performed. She asked because she knew I was a huge fan and it was so cool to be that close to him. Didn't get to meet him but god has this man changed my life.
Love this track, it’s helped me a lot after my son died suddenly aged 24, thank you Mike 🙏
I don’t think he knows how many times he has saved my life
Thanks from Nebraska in the US
If you ever feel shit this song will help
the old man has some quick words of wisdom. he must of been cool as a cucumber. what a way to look at life. very true and real
Saved my life. Here is to the power of music. God bless.
Mike is the only one that gets it and is here for me every single time
Reminds me of Vajrayana prayers that invoke reaching out to all your Grandmothers. Powerful.
This is growing on me man, geezers a legend
If you're reading this congratulations on being you, you're the creation of Billions of years of your own successful ancestors.. I've faith in you!
The way this song helped me and I listen to it over and over. Mike skinner is just iconic ❤️
Hey. You reading this. You can get through those hard times. I promise it will be worth it
thank you
Everyone needs to have this tune downloaded/bookmarked/added to your playlist or whatever so that you have it ready to share with someone who might need it. This tune is like a loaded gun aimed at depression and suicidal thoughts. So so powerful!
Was on the edge of beachy head couple weeks ago. I feel this. Let me ya mike
Love ya fucking autocorrect
Absolutely one of the best song writers this country has had.. Mike is a genius
this world...
This is still and will always be one of the realest tracks ever recorded. Big ups Mike. One love to you and anybody who reads this.
this song helped me when i was a little lost a few years back
exactly, it literally safed my live
Me too. Now 4 years on I've forgot her, gotten married and am expecting my first baby in 3 months time. Thanks Mike ✌
The Streets, especially Computers and Blues got me through my hardest time, forever grateful for Skinner.
Not matter had hard it gets this song makes it all better. Everyone that has problems should hear this. Puts the world into perspective!
Tears in my eyes.... to... Smile to my eyes.... thank you Mike.
Mike is really the best storyteller.
I've only realised yesterday when listening to his 2020 July Freestyle, that he imbued a lot of morality, thought process and general outlook at life.
Mike Skinner is my sons spirit animal
this track is the lightness in my darkness, thank you Mike Skinner for giving me a reason 2 carry on
This song kept me alive when I was almost beyond. song is as relieving as painful. [edit is bad grammar correct]
I have tried for years to find this band and in particular this song. I heard them and had no clue who they were. I'm so happy.
I know this song is real i was there! But the getlemen dident say anything to me he gave me a picture and reminded me of my family who need there dad/husband back so i dident jump im blessed thank you god
One of a kind
Been hooked since I heard Original Pirate Material on some random mix all those years ago. Saw them perform in Dublin Castle, just epic atmosphere. Proper lyrics that have stood the test and I still regularly listen to my whole collection to this day ♥ 🎶 😎
Happy birthday Liz I ll always love u can't wait to catch up xxx
I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS A coincidence BUT I WAS ON A BRIDGE THE SAME , AND A GUY SAID THOSE EXACT WORDS TO ME !
This song has helped me so much through my depression and mental health problems just can’t love it anymore
hope you are doing ok dude
Mise Anseo I am a lot better these days thank you so much for asking
@@liamsmart6543 am glad 2 hear that :)
One of the best songs ever written top 20 at least
Those words/thoughts saved me everytime...
Even though the thought of just letting go feels so comforting and the dark place you set up for yourself seems calming and warm, until you realize that your warm nest, your dark hole, your safe-spot has never been safe at all...
Reaching out to someone close isn't easy and you fear that if you do, they will think differently about you or you're afraid to reach for help because you don't want to be a burden....
Please try to talk to someone close! They rather listen to your problems than your eulogy! You would be missed and you mean a lot to someone! Stay strong
Beautiful words with such deep heartfelt meaning
UNDERRATED ARTIST!!!
Dirty Duck, much more goes into song writing than singing. This is his original style; it’s what he does. The lyrics are dope and the beats are 🔥.
29 and already so bitter? You got a lot of life to go kid, buckle up.
@Dirty Duck lol u gotta be trolling right?
@Dirty Duck this new stuff is nothing compared to their original stuff but that's always been his style and genuinely one of the greatest British artists of all time imo. Certainly lyrically completely unique. Maybe over your head matey
Dirty Duck I see what you're saying. Shut the fuck up.
Always here for someone
This song is connected to so many memories in my life I can’t help but think how much more life has to give. Please people if that terrible thought ever comes to your head just remember all the things you havent done yet, the amazing people you haven’t met, places you haven’t been, foods you haven’t tried... there’s so many reasons to keep going.
This poem, these lyrics. this song has saved my life more times than I can count. I've been at the edge of the cliff so many times and this always reminds me that it's important to carry on... to pass that message along. So grateful for you my friend. As I struggle through this world-finding myself on the edge of that cliff more times than I can count... I remember my ancestors, my family, my friends, who have all found themselves there at the edge of the rock. IT IS MY JOB to say, "for millions of years since our ancestors survived.... Here we are doing the best we can to save each other/help in this difficult/harsh world.
Thank you for these lyrics my dear friend! Words can save lives.
This is my anthem. My favorite song in the world.. I hope you know how important your words are.
Ive never heard this point of view from anyone in my life apart from Mr. Skinner. Top fucking class
"Always takes me back to a place, where I think through all the Bullshit. There's still hope out there. Big up Mike Skinner & The Streets, A true inspiration and musical Poet of our Generation. 👊
@Name Face Yeah Tunes pritty sick tbf, video abit fruity tho 👁
In a low point in my life I was already marking this as my death song.......but as I contemplated this and that this track moved me to believe. Amazing track and still maybe one of my 5 funeral tracks but for a completely different reason . Thanks southern boy 👊
Such underrated tune, powerful lyrics
Mike Skinner and the Streets were the Jam of their day. Skinner's lyrical prowess can only be compared to Paul Weller....genius.
Except Weller was and still is pretentious twat.
I met Mike Skinner in London at Rough Trade East in Brick Lane he was signing albums. It was a dream come true. I told him how much I loved this song and he said started to perform this song again. Hopefully, I can see him perform this song in his London gig in November.
Im Always speechless with this song
to everyone who feels adressed...lets rebuild our lives...
I never knew how much i needed to hear this today. I thought I was on top, the tears prove otherwise. I wonder how many have been able to give themselves more time after hearing those words
Me and the boys had a little group back in the day and we were told a few times we were similar to the streets. Was always an honour to hear. I bow my head in respect to Mike skinner. Hope hes still banging out bangers?!?!?!
this song serves as a reminder every few months or so
I lose the sense something like 500 times a year so this song is a blessing to me.
A hidden gem.
This song is literally where I have been but I actually jumped but thankfully I survived. Love you Mike will never do it again
Good on you mate. Glad you survived.
wow
You folk played a part in my life I'll never forget and I'm glad you came out with this when you did. Was a while ago now but still it made a huge impression and I love and respect this so much. Could still bring me to tears. Thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart.
Do you think he realises he's our gentleman that said something we never forgot? I remember the first time I heard this song, it changed my whole perspective on life.
This song kept me going when I was going through the worst times.
smile
am sure this track has saved more than even the samaritans could & I thank U 4 it x
I was played this the other day when I was gravely under the weather by my mate, it made me cry my heart out, still does
@Name Face thanks, will check
I’m in Las Vegas Nevada this is my first time commenting on this song but this song has been a key part of my life since about 2014 and it was truly dumbly k the way I stumbled upon it and I just wanna say a few simple words from a loved one or even a stranger can make a huge difference for some people
We've all been on the edge of the cliff, if you haven't you haven't lived
"I'm really okay, thanks, there's nothing to witness"
I said as I looked back from the edge of the cliff
The old man, looking down, leant over the ridge
Just looked with a grin
As if a blessing had hit him
I slumped on the jut of the cliff
"Just leave me alone
This is none of your business"
"I will, " said the old man, "But, just one thing"
And what he said was so lovely it stunned me
He said, "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump
I was ever so lost
But, this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
And then the old man walked away and out of sight
'Til the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence
I just froze in a profound surprise
And from down on my pride, I found a smile to my eyes
And for many days again I'd be passing the same cliff
And on many occassions I'd chance on the same thing
Laying in the moss
In the same way I was
Would be another man looking like he needed a change of luck
So I'd say, "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump
I was ever so lost
But, this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
my mate Will showed me this song when we were like 18 and it still hits me the same today. such a beautiful song...