I just discovered Mandolin Orange last month while in California.. (wildfire) just discovered this song on this day, the 11th year after my wife passed. raised our three children alone and today they all found comfort in this song. Thank you for that!!!
There is probably nothing more harrowing in the whole damn universe than the quiet passing of a mom who hasn't asked for anything other than the happiness of her children. This majestic piece, if anything, should remind us that our existence is so extraordinary, so unexpected and so beautiful that it could only come with an unbearably heavy price attached to it...
Mine left a few days ago. I'd already found the song. Already had the feels. As I sit here, alone in the car, I'm trying to figure out how to download the audio to upload it for the funeral service photo slideshow... One musician to others, thank y'all for this song. And many others.
Without saying so explicitly, this song expresses that paradox of grief. That the pain of loss flows from the the fact that what was lost was so precious and there in your life, unearned but oh so treasured. And then you have to learn to wrap your heart around the memories.
Heard it first by great fortune on the radio in the car. I had parked in front of my house when the tune started and I stayed in the vehicle because I could not leave. I could not breathe. Then came the flood and I sobbed long after I turned the dial off. Never heard of Mandolin Orange before until this moment. And now I am a fan for life. This song is an instant classic with a haunting beauty beyond description. It will sound just as amazing and have the same impact long after I too have left this world. A gift indeed.
Crazy... The same thing just happened to me and I only heard a clip of them on a friends Instagram post live , for the first time. I wasn’t even sad, but tears just came running uncontrollably and I could not stop listening or stop crying... Such a beautiful song. For 12 years I’ve been seeing the number 444 almost everyday, I searched for the song online and to my surprise the length of the song is 4:44... Reading the comments & how this song has impacted people is unbelievable.
@Ewan McEwan yes thank you for putting that into words so eloquently. I couldn't have said it better myself. I found this song 🎵 by accident and after just a few seconds I was hooked. Their harmony is incredible and it's lyrically beautiful. I've never heard of this group before but I'm also a fan for life now. I've listened to it atleast four times and cannot get through it without crying. One of the reasons I love music so much is because it forces me to feel emotions that have been buried for years, esp the uncomfortable ones that I mistakenly thought were buried long ago.
I shared this in honor of my late Mother tonight. I just realized it's been 20 years since she passed. This is for all of us who've lost our Mom, biological or otherwise. Merry Christmas, Mom❤
Me too brother, I haven’t had the emotions this song hit me with in way too long. I haven’t even listened to country in a long time, all this drill music and rap shit... But I’m glad I somehow stumbled across this masterpiece, This song hits deep. Sad but so damn beautiful.
This band having only 38k followers is criminal. They and Jason Isbell have written more beautiful, elegant yet heavy songs than any other recent bands I know. They should be household names.
Drew so proud of you man. From listening to you play back in school till now it’s amazing. You’ve come such a long way and made Warren County proud. Keep it up man you deserve it
That just broke my heart. I couldn't have put that any better, so thank you, and thank you Andrew and Emily, for making every day a little easier to get through. 🤗
My Partner committed suicide a day before this song was released and how much she loved mandolin orange and was one of the reasons we connected and i am forever grateful for those times......i heard this song and got the chills and as i looked at the date published it almost seemed as if it was written for her....for me. Thank you so much for this in a hard time of grief and pain. So Much Love. Rest Easy my sweet Lindsay Joy Maushak
"Golden Embers" first reeled me in a little over a year ago when I accidentally came across it. Its footprint haunts and helps and, I don't think a day has gone by without my mind's playlist sampling it. So, I had to see Mandolin Orange when they stopped in Dallas, March 2019. There was such a crowd at the Kessler I couldn't even see the stage, but I still heard "Golden Embers" live and it pierced me just the same. My Mom passed Jan. 6, 2020. I set it in motion in my truck during the funeral procession on the drive to the Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery -- feeling the grief soul squeeze of reality as I inhaled it for real. Thank you for this musical tribute which, despite the loss and pain, summons the memories. Inhale their fragrance. Repeat.
This songs speaks to me on so many levels, I’ve buried a daughter and a father and it makes me feel seen and heard...so so hauntingly beautiful and the subtle nuance of lyric and melody are captivating. Love you guys so much, thank you for this.
My Daughter “2” was having a hard time getting to sleep the other night, I grabbed my phone and laid in the floor next to her bed and played mandolin orange. And held her hand and by the time the 1st song was over she was fast asleep! Thank you for making such beautiful music and helping this tired dad get his daughter to sleep.
Can't help but see my son and I in this song. He lost his mom/my wife at 11yo. I am the dad that locked up and just tried to put one foot in front of the other to keep going. I don't acknowledge his mom or our pain nearly enough.
This video was my life in 1991-1992, right after my mom died of cancer. I was 11 years old, living with my dad in Joplin, Missouri. My dad had about a '76 Ford F100 that was a brown color like the truck in this video. I spent a lot of time hanging around in the woods and near gravel pits trying to make sense of had happened in my life, and hanging around with my dad, grabbing donuts and a Pepsi every morning at a local donut shop before we'd go to work at his construction business. This video was my life.
Thanks for sharing this Dan. I grew up just a few hours from there in Arkansas, and I can envision the scenes you're describing. Wishing you all the best.
Sometime we find songs that help us do the emotional work we need to do. For me, this song is helping me deal with the death of a postgraduate academic advisor, tough as nails, kind as lilacs. I admired him, I adored him in the way a student adores an amazing teacher. Not a day goes by that think "Let me talk to Steve about this .... Oh. Yeah. Oh." I wish there was someone in my life now with whom I could share his golden embers .
My Daughter sent me a link to this song. I have lost a son, and she lost a brother. I find it difficult to go to deeply emotional places with the exception that music can take me there in seconds. Beautiful and sad. ....life
I've been listening to Mandolin Orange ever since 2014 when I heard their song, "One More Down" on Pandora. I was reading a book at the time with music on in the background and I remember stopping to just listen to that song. Andrew's voice initially drew me in but the melody and Emily's harmonizing was magic to my ears. I immediately went to TH-cam to listen to the song again....and then every other song they had out at the time. I've listened to them almost every day since. Just a truly wonderful band playing great music.
Andrew and Emily, you are amazing. A "hightide of teardrops" has fallen down my face since i listened this lovely song for the first time, and helped me to deal with my loss. God bless you ! And congrats, for these years of success on the road that i'm enjoying to discover.
Lyrics **~~ Just like an old friend, kinder than expected That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride Loss has no end, it binds to our connection We don't speak of it, we don't even try If you could help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night I miss the old hymns, when she used to sing The sparrows spread their mortal wings Now they've all lighted with the silence of strings Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things If you could help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night Just like an old friend, reach out to me Bathe me in the light of understanding Try to help me to share the trouble But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night
Just like an old friend Kinder than expected That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride Loss has no end It binds to our connection And we don't speak of it, we don't even try If you could help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night I miss the old hymns When she used to sing The sparrows spread their mortal wings Now they've all lighted With the silence of strings Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things If you could help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night Just like an old friend Reach out to me Bathe me in the light of understanding And try to help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
Great beauty, you know it when you hear it, and this is it! Discovered Mandolin Orange about a week ago and have fallen in love with their music. You guys are making truly soulful, heartfelt music. Hope to see you perform live some day. Thank you so very much! 👍💖🎸😎
A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee: Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be. Alfred Tennyson
This song feels out exactly how bad it hurts lost my wife 17 months ago. After fifty years together. You hurt is just about unbearable.i miss her so badly❤
I played this song on acoustic for my snap ppls and everyone showed love. I'm hoping they listen to thus beautiful thing. I feel like when I play it, ppl are somewhat moved and their Brains are processing what they're hearing. This is such a beautiful sound. And the words make it that much better. I love it.
what a wonderful poet - writer of beautiful meaningful lyrics! Reminds me of Joni Mitchell's depth - Love your music, your songs, your harmonies, your instrumental compliments - wonderful talent! Thanks for your music!
Just like an old friend, kinder than expected That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride Loss has no end, it binds to our connection We don't speak of it, we don't even try If you could help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night I miss the old hymns, when she used to sing The sparrows spread their mortal wings Now they've all lighted with the silence of strings Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things If you could help me to share the trouble That you've got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night Just like an old friend, reach out to me Bathe me in the light of understanding Try to help me to share the trouble But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night
Holy Cow....incredible...got so teary. Been there....me and my girl....after her Pa died. You capture grief so well in many of your songs. So sorry for your loss Andrew.
I found out this weekend that my long-ago lover passed away, and the news was devastating. She and her son, then in his early teens, had been a big part of my life, 40 years ago. I'm older. He's older. But the stunning loss of her, and this video showing up today, makes this feel so surreal.
It is a blur now where I found this song, but that line "that Cadillac gave our girl a ride" caught me. Now, in death this is our song. Like so many love songs that capture that beautiful feeling of happiness, this captures the depths of sorrow for me. There are so many inside jokes or phrases that we shared that no one on this earth would truly get. But we got it. Now those meanings are lost forever and not shared but buried with my love. It has been five months and the tears have become fewer and fewer. But it builds up and this song helps it let go. And I rub the belly of the tender mutt whose eyes gazed so deeply in hers. And I let go. His rhythmic breathing paces mine and he lays with paws in the air. The creature she so loved more than anything remains a bridge between us and life and death.
My Mama left here 32 years ago I never heard her say one unkind word to anyone her whole life. She spent all of her life giving to others. I cherish the memories of her.
Are you from Canada? Mandolin Orange is coming to Canada. They'll be in Toronto, Ontario. Check their website. It is just one time but it is in February
Golden Embers Just like an old friend Kinder than expected That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride Loss has no end It binds to our connection And we don’t speak of it, we don’t even try If you could help me to share the trouble that you’ve got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night I miss the old hymns when she used to sing The sparrows spread their mortal wings Now they’ve all lighted with the silence of strings Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things Chorus Just like an old friend Reach out to me Bathe me in the light of understanding And try to help me to share the trouble that you’ve got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
My mom passed away July 2013 . It took a little over a year for me to get through this song , without bawling ! "Loss has no end" ... every time !! 😢 I'm proud to say , i can now sing the whole song right along with them ... most days . 😉 Easily one of the most beautiful songs to ever bless my ears !
This song and video are exquisite pieces of sensitivity and grace on the subject of loss and grief. I'm a pessimistic, tough critic, but this is the genuine article. The song is clearly considered, nuanced, artfully crafted and bursting with the pain of loss, and the video is unusual in the way that it adds to the experience with a similar level of careful, heartfelt consideration. The dichotomy of two ways of dealing with grief in various stages in life is truly elegant and brutal, all at once. As a viewer, I knew exactly how both characters felt, and sympathized with both. The tiny cut of the boy touching the car window he destroyed was important to me. If it was a slow pass, it would feel obvious or goofy. Because the director asks the viewer to extrapolate and regard the video, emotional content feels much more genuine. I'm not analyzing my feelings as a teenage boy going through a fit of rage when I realize the world sucks. The director expects some effort from the viewer to evaluate the emotional impact of the way he put together his piece, which is refreshing. The Dad is made of hardened steel chased with gold inlay. Throughout the video, his small, gentle glances and enveloping touches to his son are heart melting, and all of that is done naturally and organically without obvious fanfare, and easy to miss if you're wiping away tears. Great, subtle acting. The later primal scenes with the fire are a clear climax and assure the viewer that everything will eventually be ok for a loving Father and Son, as it has been for time immemorial. I really believed the actors were having a genuine heart-to-heart talk about the late Mom.
Love this song for many years it's got me through since the night I put my mommy to bed and she went back out and I lost her forever. Loss has no end even after 28 years but we have to make it however we can ! Thank you for this gift Watchtower!!
Gosh..these amazingly talented people...so many emotions.... It’s the strings for me ...Like the sorrow we all carry is being stretched out so thin....gets me Every TIme.....solid gold y’all ...hurts so good
Just like an old friend, kinder than expected That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride Loss has no end, it binds to our connection We don't speak of it, we don't even try If you could help me to share the trouble But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me And in our time together, her memory will ever Shine like golden embers in the night I miss the old hens when she used to sing The sparrows spread their mortal wings Now they've all lighted with the silence of strings Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things If you could help me to share the trouble But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me And in…
Hi, I think your lyrics are wrong in one place. Where you have typed, "I miss the old hens? It should be, "I miss the old hymns when she used to sing."
Madolin orange has made me really think about the type of music I listen to from here on forward..
I totally get it!!! I'm just it so many loss of love ones to understand. It has been a gift to a hurting soul.
Ditto
I feel the same exact way
I just discovered Mandolin Orange last month while in California..
(wildfire)
just discovered this song on this day, the 11th year after my wife passed.
raised our three children alone and today they all found comfort in this song.
Thank you for that!!!
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It hits home...every time. Peace to you and your kids.
Blessings to you. Thanks for sharing.
I have sat around many camp fire, as golden embers reached the sky......... That is Gods love, eternal . My what a song.
There is probably nothing more harrowing in the whole damn universe than the quiet passing of a mom who hasn't asked for anything other than the happiness of her children. This majestic piece, if anything, should remind us that our existence is so extraordinary, so unexpected and so beautiful that it could only come with an unbearably heavy price attached to it...
Thank you 🙏 My mom passed on a couple years ago. Your comment made me smile and cry at the same time 💕
I was 3, 60 years later I still can’t take its measure
Mine left a few days ago. I'd already found the song. Already had the feels. As I sit here, alone in the car, I'm trying to figure out how to download the audio to upload it for the funeral service photo slideshow...
One musician to others, thank y'all for this song. And many others.
@@ShogunAutoworks .... Eternal Love
Like mine in February. I'm 36.
Too early.
She had apparently also written me and my brother each letters in 1992 that I never had seen until now.
My family was too demented for this kinda niceness.
Mom certainly deserved better
Without saying so explicitly, this song expresses that paradox of grief. That the pain of loss flows from the the fact that what was lost was so precious and there in your life, unearned but oh so treasured. And then you have to learn to wrap your heart around the memories.
Heard it first by great fortune on the radio in the car. I had parked in front of my house when the tune started and I stayed in the vehicle because I could not leave. I could not breathe. Then came the flood and I sobbed long after I turned the dial off. Never heard of Mandolin Orange before until this moment. And now I am a fan for life. This song is an instant classic with a haunting beauty beyond description. It will sound just as amazing and have the same impact long after I too have left this world. A gift indeed.
Right on Ewan I had the same uncontrolable reaction, it resonates so much and so deep...
Crazy... The same thing just happened to me and I only heard a clip of them on a friends Instagram post live , for the first time. I wasn’t even sad, but tears just came running uncontrollably and I could not stop listening or stop crying... Such a beautiful song. For 12 years I’ve been seeing the number 444 almost everyday, I searched for the song online and to my surprise the length of the song is 4:44... Reading the comments & how this song has impacted people is unbelievable.
@Ewan McEwan yes thank you for putting that into words so eloquently. I couldn't have said it better myself. I found this song 🎵 by accident and after just a few seconds I was hooked. Their harmony is incredible and it's lyrically beautiful. I've never heard of this group before but I'm also a fan for life now. I've listened to it atleast four times and cannot get through it without crying. One of the reasons I love music so much is because it forces me to feel emotions that have been buried for years, esp the uncomfortable ones that I mistakenly thought were buried long ago.
I shared this in honor of my late Mother tonight. I just realized it's been 20 years since she passed. This is for all of us who've lost our Mom, biological or otherwise. Merry Christmas, Mom❤
Jeez, this song chokes me up. Beautiful
Me too brother, I haven’t had the emotions this song hit me with in way too long. I haven’t even listened to country in a long time, all this drill music and rap shit... But I’m glad I somehow stumbled across this masterpiece, This song hits deep. Sad but so damn beautiful.
This band having only 38k followers is criminal. They and Jason Isbell have written more beautiful, elegant yet heavy songs than any other recent bands I know. They should be household names.
Drew so proud of you man. From listening to you play back in school till now it’s amazing. You’ve come such a long way and made Warren County proud. Keep it up man you deserve it
This song reached in and put a blanket around a hurting heart. Thank you, NPR, for playing this in a sun- speckled winter’s drive.
That just broke my heart. I couldn't have put that any better, so thank you, and thank you Andrew and Emily, for making every day a little easier to get through. 🤗
Umm that was beautifully said. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
All the love.
My Partner committed suicide a day before this song was released and how much she loved mandolin orange and was one of the reasons we connected and i am forever grateful for those times......i heard this song and got the chills and as i looked at the date published it almost seemed as if it was written for her....for me. Thank you so much for this in a hard time of grief and pain. So Much Love. Rest Easy my sweet Lindsay Joy Maushak
take care of yourself, Henry, this is the best thing you can do ... to throw away everything is the worst
Sending love with full intent.
I’m so sorry, just heartbreaking. Music is the only medicine I use.
Bless you
Signs will always be there keep the love of your heart open and you will see every sign they send you friend god bless
I still can't get through this song dry eyed . Lost my mom in 2013 . 😢
I just fell in love. And also my heart broke into pieces.
Hope you are doing fine now.
"Golden Embers" first reeled me in a little over a year ago when I accidentally came across it. Its footprint haunts and helps and, I don't think a day has gone by without my mind's playlist sampling it. So, I had to see Mandolin Orange when they stopped in Dallas, March 2019. There was such a crowd at the Kessler I couldn't even see the stage, but I still heard "Golden Embers" live and it pierced me just the same. My Mom passed Jan. 6, 2020. I set it in motion in my truck during the funeral procession on the drive to the Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery -- feeling the grief soul squeeze of reality as I inhaled it for real. Thank you for this musical tribute which, despite the loss and pain, summons the memories. Inhale their fragrance. Repeat.
One year after losing my mom this song still resonates deeply with me.
This songs speaks to me on so many levels, I’ve buried a daughter and a father and it makes me feel seen and heard...so so hauntingly beautiful and the subtle nuance of lyric and melody are captivating. Love you guys so much, thank you for this.
This song...this video....just hits me right in the feels. Lost my father three years ago. It speaks to my soul.
Sister is in bad shape from Covid. This song broke me. Sad but beautiful song. Thank you MO!
This is the first Dispatch song I ever heard. Got it on a mix tape in 1999. Lifetime fan since.
I'm with Ewan...the World stops when I play this.
I had never heard of the duo until two days ago . . . what a treasure to find them.
tears are flowing of joy and sorrow for all that is and all that was
Sad But Great Song, May Her Golden Embers Shine Always...
Beautiful. Real. Thank you for creating music for this human journey.
My Daughter “2” was having a hard time getting to sleep the other night, I grabbed my phone and laid in the floor next to her bed and played mandolin orange. And held her hand and by the time the 1st song was over she was fast asleep! Thank you for making such beautiful music and helping this tired dad get his daughter to sleep.
Can't help but see my son and I in this song. He lost his mom/my wife at 11yo. I am the dad that locked up and just tried to put one foot in front of the other to keep going. I don't acknowledge his mom or our pain nearly enough.
This video was my life in 1991-1992, right after my mom died of cancer. I was 11 years old, living with my dad in Joplin, Missouri. My dad had about a '76 Ford F100 that was a brown color like the truck in this video. I spent a lot of time hanging around in the woods and near gravel pits trying to make sense of had happened in my life, and hanging around with my dad, grabbing donuts and a Pepsi every morning at a local donut shop before we'd go to work at his construction business. This video was my life.
Thanks for sharing this Dan. I grew up just a few hours from there in Arkansas, and I can envision the scenes you're describing. Wishing you all the best.
Sometime we find songs that help us do the emotional work we need to do. For me, this song is helping me deal with the death of a postgraduate academic advisor, tough as nails, kind as lilacs. I admired him, I adored him in the way a student adores an amazing teacher. Not a day goes by that think "Let me talk to Steve about this .... Oh. Yeah. Oh." I wish there was someone in my life now with whom I could share his golden embers .
This is how music connects! We listen. We live. We connect...
Gosh, this beautiful song & video will tear your heart out and give you hope, all in less than 5 minutes.
How breathtaking thr organ is at the end. The whole song is a work of art .
My Daughter sent me a link to this song. I have lost a son, and she lost a brother. I find it difficult to go to deeply emotional places with the exception that music can take me there in seconds. Beautiful and sad. ....life
I honestly don’t have words for how beautifully heartbreaking this is and what volumes it speaks to my soul. pure magic. real. raw.
truly ineffable ♥️
Echoes and heartache surround sounds of a forgotten story.
The strong, unique melodies continue. I don't take them for granted.
I've been listening to Mandolin Orange ever since 2014 when I heard their song, "One More Down" on Pandora. I was reading a book at the time with music on in the background and I remember stopping to just listen to that song. Andrew's voice initially drew me in but the melody and Emily's harmonizing was magic to my ears. I immediately went to TH-cam to listen to the song again....and then every other song they had out at the time. I've listened to them almost every day since. Just a truly wonderful band playing great music.
MAkes me cry each time I listen to it, just wonderful
The fiddle touches my Soul. Music for the working Man.
Lost my mum a few months before discovering this song. Makes me think of her.❤️ thank you
This song just simply says it all....about our loved ones....who have cared for us..
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Happiness is only real when shared...
Andrew and Emily, you are amazing. A "hightide of teardrops" has fallen down my face since i listened this lovely song for the first time, and helped me to deal with my loss. God bless you ! And congrats, for these years of success on the road that i'm enjoying to discover.
Sorry for your loss little Andrew =( and fantastic song older Andrew!!
Lyrics
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Just like an old friend, kinder than expected
That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride
Loss has no end, it binds to our connection
We don't speak of it, we don't even try
If you could help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
I miss the old hymns, when she used to sing
The sparrows spread their mortal wings
Now they've all lighted with the silence of strings
Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things
If you could help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
Just like an old friend, reach out to me
Bathe me in the light of understanding
Try to help me to share the trouble
But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
Gracias! thank u
Her memories will ever shine, like golden embers in the night. Epic.
I have never had an album touch my soul like this one 😢
I've lost a lot of people but this really makes me dread losing my mom, man.
Just like an old friend
Kinder than expected
That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride
Loss has no end
It binds to our connection
And we don't speak of it, we don't even try
If you could help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together
Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
I miss the old hymns
When she used to sing
The sparrows spread their mortal wings
Now they've all lighted
With the silence of strings
Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things
If you could help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together
Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
Just like an old friend
Reach out to me
Bathe me in the light of understanding
And try to help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together
Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
Great beauty, you know it when you hear it, and this is it! Discovered Mandolin Orange about a week ago and have fallen in love with their music. You guys are making truly soulful, heartfelt music. Hope to see you perform live some day. Thank you so very much! 👍💖🎸😎
Touching my soul and my heart thanks you? 🙏🏻
A shadow flits before me,
Not thou, but like to thee:
Ah Christ, that it were possible
For one short hour to see
The souls we loved, that they might tell us
What and where they be.
Alfred Tennyson
thank you
This song feels out exactly how bad it hurts lost my wife 17 months ago. After fifty years together. You hurt is just about unbearable.i miss her so badly❤
I played this song on acoustic for my snap ppls and everyone showed love. I'm hoping they listen to thus beautiful thing. I feel like when I play it, ppl are somewhat moved and their Brains are processing what they're hearing. This is such a beautiful sound. And the words make it that much better. I love it.
My first time seeing this amazing presentation of eternal Love..., Gods Love.
Beautiful and Real
This band is all I want to listen to since discovering them.
what a wonderful poet - writer of beautiful meaningful lyrics! Reminds me of Joni Mitchell's depth - Love your music, your songs, your harmonies, your instrumental compliments - wonderful talent! Thanks for your music!
Just like an old friend, kinder than expected
That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride
Loss has no end, it binds to our connection
We don't speak of it, we don't even try
If you could help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
I miss the old hymns, when she used to sing
The sparrows spread their mortal wings
Now they've all lighted with the silence of strings
Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things
If you could help me to share the trouble
That you've got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
Just like an old friend, reach out to me
Bathe me in the light of understanding
Try to help me to share the trouble
But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
Dang, almost brought me to tears and I haven't even listened to the lyrics yet.
So many wonderful musicians here in NC. So blessed to live here.
A beautiful song
This seeing reminds me of losing my best friend and sister, 😢😢😢I miss her everyday my life has become about the time until I see her again one day
Grief is a forever feeling when a loved one is lost beautifully expressed in this song..
Holy Cow....incredible...got so teary. Been there....me and my girl....after her Pa died. You capture grief so well in many of your songs. So sorry for your loss Andrew.
Love this song for the obvious reasons and love this video, well done lads, beautiful.
The original video was awesome. This one is extraordinary and I cannot tell where the pain is greatest. How powerful.
Jeff Sandor (as the dad) in this video is Awesome!! The lyrics are so relatable when you have experienced such a loss. Great song!
Lovely song ✌️♥️✌️
I like that both me and mandolin orange used the same stock image of the mother for a video
This is just so perfect - I love you two for the way you make me feel.
Another beautiful song from these two wonderful performers
Magical
Agree 100% - just perfection
I found out this weekend that my long-ago lover passed away, and the news was devastating. She and her son, then in his early teens, had been a big part of my life, 40 years ago. I'm older. He's older. But the stunning loss of her, and this video showing up today, makes this feel so surreal.
What can one say that tells the emotional effects.
Ohhhhh i have it....
THANK YOU LORD FOR OUR GIFTS OF HEARING.
It is a blur now where I found this song, but that line "that Cadillac gave our girl a ride" caught me. Now, in death this is our song. Like so many love songs that capture that beautiful feeling of happiness, this captures the depths of sorrow for me. There are so many inside jokes or phrases that we shared that no one on this earth would truly get. But we got it. Now those meanings are lost forever and not shared but buried with my love. It has been five months and the tears have become fewer and fewer. But it builds up and this song helps it let go. And I rub the belly of the tender mutt whose eyes gazed so deeply in hers. And I let go. His rhythmic breathing paces mine and he lays with paws in the air. The creature she so loved more than anything remains a bridge between us and life and death.
This is so painfully beautiful...
My Mama left here 32 years ago I never heard her say one unkind word to anyone her whole life. She spent all of her life giving to others. I cherish the memories of her.
Great music.you connect with simple,yet complex structure.what talent.dont forget your roots.simple and touching down to your soul
I just found this song this morning. Beautiful, amazing music.
This always is devastating and make me very emotional. However, I still have to see it again, and go back. Damn!
Beautiful. I love them all.
My dream is to go to US to see them.
Are you from Canada? Mandolin Orange is coming to Canada. They'll be in Toronto, Ontario. Check their website. It is just one time but it is in February
Jana Beeke Sounds great Jana. But I'm from Japan. I don't think they will come to my country, so I MUST go to US!
I'm surprised a Japanese girl likes this type of music Haha
Saw them for the first time a few months ago. They have an energy like I've never seen. Hopefully you will see them one day.
You can stay at my home.... we can go together
This really teared me up.😪 Really well done.❤
Please. Never stop making music.
Golden Embers
Just like an old friend
Kinder than expected
That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride
Loss has no end
It binds to our connection
And we don’t speak of it, we don’t even try
If you could help me to share the trouble
that you’ve got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together
Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
I miss the old hymns
when she used to sing
The sparrows spread their mortal wings
Now they’ve all lighted
with the silence of strings
Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things
Chorus
Just like an old friend
Reach out to me
Bathe me in the light of understanding
And try to help me to share the trouble
that you’ve got burning in you, then you can help me
And in our time together
Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
Poetry that pierced my soul
Thank you for posting lyrics
Been a fan for quite a while now. You guys make some powerful music. Really helps me put some perspective in my life when I need it. Thanks for that.
Absolutely stunning in every possible way.
Really well done, from the lyrics to the melody to the video. Hits home.
My mom passed away July 2013 . It took a little over a year for me to get through this song , without bawling ! "Loss has no end" ... every time !! 😢
I'm proud to say , i can now sing the whole song right along with them ... most days . 😉
Easily one of the most beautiful songs to ever bless my ears !
Great song and video !!
What a beautiful song. Never heard of this artist before.
This song came to me right after my mom passed from pancreatic cancer, thank you, the relationship I have with this song is painful, yet cathartic
This is perfection... can’t hold the tears...
Oh my Lord this cuts to the bone, every time it makes my eyes water, so mournfully delivered.
Great song
This song and video are exquisite pieces of sensitivity and grace on the subject of loss and grief. I'm a pessimistic, tough critic, but this is the genuine article.
The song is clearly considered, nuanced, artfully crafted and bursting with the pain of loss, and the video is unusual in the way that it adds to the experience with a similar level of careful, heartfelt consideration. The dichotomy of two ways of dealing with grief in various stages in life is truly elegant and brutal, all at once. As a viewer, I knew exactly how both characters felt, and sympathized with both. The tiny cut of the boy touching the car window he destroyed was important to me. If it was a slow pass, it would feel obvious or goofy. Because the director asks the viewer to extrapolate and regard the video, emotional content feels much more genuine. I'm not analyzing my feelings as a teenage boy going through a fit of rage when I realize the world sucks. The director expects some effort from the viewer to evaluate the emotional impact of the way he put together his piece, which is refreshing.
The Dad is made of hardened steel chased with gold inlay. Throughout the video, his small, gentle glances and enveloping touches to his son are heart melting, and all of that is done naturally and organically without obvious fanfare, and easy to miss if you're wiping away tears. Great, subtle acting. The later primal scenes with the fire are a clear climax and assure the viewer that everything will eventually be ok for a loving Father and Son, as it has been for time immemorial. I really believed the actors were having a genuine heart-to-heart talk about the late Mom.
I sincerely appreciate your careful words. Thanks for your prose and humanity.
whoa they have a video. cool!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. What a treasure your music is.
Love this song for many years it's got me through since the night I put my mommy to bed and she went back out and I lost her forever. Loss has no end even after 28 years but we have to make it however we can ! Thank you for this gift Watchtower!!
Gosh..these amazingly talented people...so many emotions....
It’s the strings for me
...Like the sorrow we all carry is being stretched out so thin....gets me
Every TIme.....solid gold y’all ...hurts so good
My favorite mo tune
Just like an old friend, kinder than expected
That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride
Loss has no end, it binds to our connection
We don't speak of it, we don't even try
If you could help me to share the trouble
But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me
And in our time together, her memory will ever
Shine like golden embers in the night
I miss the old hens when she used to sing
The sparrows spread their mortal wings
Now they've all lighted with the silence of strings
Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things
If you could help me to share the trouble
But you've got burned and then you, then you can help me
And in…
Hi, I think your lyrics are wrong in one place. Where you have typed, "I miss the old hens? It should be, "I miss the old hymns when she used to sing."