When this song came out I was an 18 year old kid with the whole world ahead of him. The world was new and exciting and full of possibilities, but as I sit here and write this on April 27, 2024 I am now 36 years old and wondering if my best days are behind me. I come back to these old songs to reminisce of a different time in my life, and ponder what’s still in store for me. Unfortunately that great optimism I once felt has greatly diminished. If you’re a young person reading this, don’t be like me and take your youth for granted. It goes by so much faster than you could ever imagine. One day you’ll wake up pushing 40 and wondering what happened.
@TheTheofrei
7 ай бұрын
Today is the day.
@moviekid42
7 ай бұрын
My sister’s friend passed from a rare form of ovarian cancer a little over 10 years ago. She was only 19. She was so bright and such a good person and her life was just stolen from her. This song breaks my heart and makes me think of her every time I hear it
@arrisabeverly9531
7 ай бұрын
Its the first of march
@richardjanics1863
8 ай бұрын
I stumbled into this song around 9 months into my 15 year old son's Ewing's Sarcoma (bone cancer). This song REALLY hits home for me. None of our doctors opinions were the same so I went into battle mode and learned all about beating cancer. He had a 20% chance of survival due to metastasis. Long story short I regret being less of a father while fighting and coaching him into surviving this thing. He lives today and is gracious for what I did for him. But he really needed his Dad back then, too 😢
@Joetorres3
9 ай бұрын
Welll, that was terrible depressing.
@soijustlistenedto...
11 ай бұрын
this song always makes me uncomfortable because it's so real and because i also lost someone i truly loved.
@xCUFFURCHICK
Жыл бұрын
Shaye had no idea that at the time of making these videos that he would be creating childhood memories that would live forever through Shaye’s Way.
@travis_singh
Жыл бұрын
i just would like to listen to this song today , did not realise at first that this day is the day Casimir Pulawski died.
@19tet
Жыл бұрын
childish gambino remixed this lool
@claudiakrizay
Жыл бұрын
I love this song!!!!!! Can't stop listening to it!!!!!
@theresapalmer9238
Жыл бұрын
How is it I'm just hearing of this song?
@robbeh506
Жыл бұрын
This is my sons bedtime song most nights
@jordanlarson6488
Жыл бұрын
one of the most beautiful songs ever written imo
@stephenbreslow193
Жыл бұрын
My favorite song of Sufjan's, and has been for a long time. The word paintings are magical. I often think that "And he drove his car into the Navy yard Just to prove that he was sorry" is such a fantastically somber yet so realistic painting of a grieving father that knows not what to do, or perhaps it comes from a different time and place when many of us grew up. Either way, I'm so impressed with his writing and ability to evoke images within our emotions.
@taka-taktak
Жыл бұрын
"And he takes and he takes and he takes"
@jimometry
Жыл бұрын
" On the floor at the great divide... I am crying in the bathroom... "
@seburox
Жыл бұрын
4:13 Hikaru thinking of a play
@madsondeluna
Жыл бұрын
listening to this song and crying before fall asleep...
@JonOnFilm
Жыл бұрын
Sitting back with a nice bowl of green, this song hits deep, if you actually listen to the lyrics and tempo to the song. It’s a masterpiece. The horns tie in perfectly
@gustavoonthetelephone2103
Жыл бұрын
Goldenrod and the four H stone The things I brought you When I found out you had cancer of the bone Your father cried on the telephone And he drove his car into the Navy yard Just to prove that he was sorry In the morning, through the window shade When the light pressed up against your shoulder blade I could see what you were reading All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications you could do without When I kissed you on the mouth Tuesday night at the Bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens I remember at Michael's house In the living room when you kissed my neck And I almost touched your blouse In the morning, at the top of the stairs When your father found out what we did that night And you told me you were scared All the glory when you ran outside With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied And you told me not to follow you Sunday night when I cleaned the house I found the card where you wrote it out With the pictures of your mother On the floor at the great divide With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied I am crying in the bathroom In the morning when you finally go And the nurse runs in with her head hung low And the cardinal hits the window In the morning in the winter shade On the first of March, on the holiday I thought I saw you breathing All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications when I see his face In the morning in the window All the glory when he took our place But he took my shoulders and he shook my face And he takes and he takes and he takes
@waveoflight
Жыл бұрын
My friend told me he has cancer. I want to send this song to him, but ... What to do. He is a great sole. I have often told him he is too nice, to good of a person.
@JonOnFilm
Жыл бұрын
Send him the song, it’ll put a smile on their face. 😊❤ Blessings and good vibes to your friends and fam!
@colejames423
Жыл бұрын
@@JonOnFilm ... yeah bro, send your friend with cancer a song where a dude sings about his friend that died of cancer and how broken he is over it. That'll ... cheer them up? Goodness. It's a beautiful song, but maybe not the ideal circumstances to share it. But hey, OP is their friend, so they'd know better than randos on the internet
@skeemag
Жыл бұрын
beautiful song, never tire of it
@PatoNani18
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how influential Coldplays's single clocks was for this album especially when you listen to Chicago and Casimir Pulaski Day.
@CoopStewy
2 жыл бұрын
The all time saddest song ever
@Rio_Yeti_
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art about being human that I’ve ever heard in my life.
@neubauer.p
2 жыл бұрын
i am a pretty inconvincible atheist, but when the doctors told me that my father who had lung, liver, and bone cancer at the same time can not be saved, i have prayed near his bed for the first time in my life. and nothing ever happens...
@crackerjackrappr
2 жыл бұрын
Used to listen to this so much in high school. Heard Chicago by him playing at the start of The Bear episode and it led me to re-finding this song. Stoned off my ass on the verge of tears now. Lol.
@korggan
2 жыл бұрын
We never left Glover, you and I, under our tree, in the snow and the rain. And when I finally pass, I will go back.
@dinnner
2 жыл бұрын
i thought i saw you breathing
@witchassbitch3
2 жыл бұрын
Well it happened. After years of listening to this song and appreciating its beauty without being able to relate, I unfortunately can. Just lost an online friend to cancer. I don’t even know what she looks like, but I’ve been crying all day. The only silver lining is that she’s no longer suffering and she gets to be with her son and husband now.
@lilflip272
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry. I bet she was a wonderful person
@niredge
2 жыл бұрын
I never realized how much "Crow" by Bears Den sounds like this song, with the horns and chord progressions especially.
@LackofAmbition
2 жыл бұрын
I'll always come back to this song. Thank you Sufjan. Michigan, the acoustic version of Chicago... The eco of Holland... you have so perfectly captured my feeling, and yours too.. Again. Thank you.
@ColinPaints
2 жыл бұрын
Part of the song is about grief, loss, and shaken faith, and it's heartbreaking. But I think a lot of people miss the point of the hopeful outro horns and chorus. The song is also about the glorious, miraculous experience of loving someone.
@joaojonas5750
2 жыл бұрын
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@michaelkennedy8270
2 жыл бұрын
This it it. Nothing realer, nothing more profound, than the short foundings of this song.
@joaojonas5750
2 жыл бұрын
removeu voce
@andygtmo
2 жыл бұрын
And he takes and he takes and he takes
@johnfdm123
2 жыл бұрын
This song hits me in the gut every time I listen to it. Can never make it all the way through without sobbing.
@thepenguingang650
2 жыл бұрын
A friend sent me this, asked me how it made me feel. It's almost like someone's singing me a song so I'd go to sleep, joyful, but also filled with grief. I haven't lost someone close to me yet, but I'm scared of it. My grandpa recently almost choked to death, he was saved but it reminded me how quick someone can go. I can't imagine getting told one day that someone close to me is dead. Sometimes I break down crying at the thought of that happening. I've thought about it a bit. Something like that could tip me over the edge. When you're a child, you could never imagine killing yourself, sometimes it feels like I won't be happy until I'm dead. I'm so happy music can keep me away from dark thoughts, but sometimes you just need to cry it out. I forgot my point, think I just wanted to vent, but the song's pretty good.
@Valinor1425
2 жыл бұрын
Listening to this on Casmir Pulaski day so it can hurt me more emotionally
@redblue2358
2 жыл бұрын
Didnt even know it was casimir pulaski day today. Just wanted to listen to this song again. What a surprise
@jmargolin
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Casimir Pulaski Day, everyone.
@RockfordRoe
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Casimir Pulaski Day everyone
@beatrice1787
2 жыл бұрын
Everytime I listen to this, I immediately feel heavy and start crying. Someone important to me showed me this song and I have not been okay since ha
@toongamer2810
2 жыл бұрын
I heard this in a stop motion animation I saw on KZitem a long time ago. It's been a long time, but this song still gets me choked up. Not like, crying, but... I'm not sure.
@kesaya3806
2 жыл бұрын
I listened to this song when I was way younger
@savannahm1223
2 жыл бұрын
"all the glory that the Lord has made... And he takes, and he takes, and he takes..."
@savannahm1223
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sufjan for being here for me when no one else understands. Rest in peace Jack Rudolf McCall. I miss you, I love you.
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