my first time i was in new york city, i was newly sixteen and not sure about anything i wanted in life. i remember strolling for hours through the freezing air of brooklyn, down through williamsburg and over the bridge into manhattan. i had never been on the subway before and took the wrong train a couple of times. but when i realised i was headed in the wrong direction i would stay in my seat for a while and then get out at the next most lively station to do it all over again. it was a strange feeling to have nowhere to be and to watch all the people rushing past, each leading a different life. this song makes me feel the air and lights of the city.
This song punches me in the chest every time. "I want someone to grow with, songs I can sing to, and a family to cling to. But if I can't get the things I want, just give me what I need," is exactly where I am in life right now. So relatable, it hurts.
Just hang in there! You're not the only one. And they say it always gets better. I hope they're right :') Sending love from the other side of the world
Damn.she is my mom.idk wtf happened.anyone could get screwed up at a early age.i raised my own,while in school.she happen to be smart,hanging out with me
fenderchick2010 exactly it hurts really bad not having that one person that can understand you without even saying a word I don’t even believe that will ever be but I hope you feel better your comment was written about a year ago and here I am 31.12.2019 going into the new year confused,hurt not knowing what to do but it shall pass right ?for all of us
@@SiddharthGanguly same at 2:06, the comments just warm my heart. It really does show me that humans are all the same, emotionally, mentally is a whole other level, but the emotions. We go through them. And I’m not the only person in the world who feel like they flow right thru me
Whenever I see people travelling late at night in buses or trains alone, I always think where are they going? Do they have families/friends? I don't know but I think this. I just wish people to have what they really need in life. I was sleeping on these amazing artists and songs, I never knew before. I am finding some underrated artists and they feel at home for some reason.
I am 68 years old and these guys are old souls. Very emotional and talented. They always make me cry and bring back all kinds of memories. Love them! I would listen to their music and lyrics forever.
Waiting down at the station I don't remember I think it was late then Standing, always so quiet We're like elevators Filled up with strangers No sound, no Hallelujahs Still, I was prayin' on the train ride home If I can't get the things I want If I can't get the things I want Just give me what I need Our words fill up the pages Fill up the days with songs for the ages Still, those vows that we all speak We break them like concrete And just make our words cheap I want someone to grow with Songs I can sing to And a family to cling to But if I can't get the things I want If I can't get the things I want Just give me what I need Just give me what I need
I will always come back here whenever I feel lonely. This song just feels like a hug from a stranger. Whoever is reading this, I hope you find courage to continue. There is so much more from life that you are yet to experience so hang on.
This song is for all the lost lonely souls up at 2am considering texting that ex or that crush. Praying that the feelings will be reciprocated. Longing for that feeling of warmth and love. A love that helps you sleep at night. The kind that when you feel it you sigh with content. And relax knowing that you are loved that you are special to someone. It makes those moments you dont forget. You cling to them. You want them to last for forever. There is no greater feeling. So for all the wandering souls out there. Take that chance. In the end no matter if they outcome goes the way you want it you'll get what you need.
Yeah. I took the chance. That was over a year ago. We never got back together. I dont think she even loves me anymore, I dont know for sure how she feels about me. But I could never stop loving her. She's the one girl that I truly loved and I never felt the way about anyone else as I did for her. The aura that used to linger in her presence, that's something I can't put out in words. I really wish I could stop loving her and clinging to our history or her memory, but I can't un-love someone. It hurts. It hurts a lot at times.
But this is not meant to discourage someone from taking a chance. Its completely opposite. Take the chance if you have it! Even if the probability of rejection is 100%. At least you wont have to live with any regrets for your old age. Go talk to that person, see how they react. Dont miss out on chances in life. There's room for mistakes, but there's no room for regrets. Besides, even if you get rejected, you can sleep peacefully knowing that you are now free.
i didnt even grow up in a big city yet the video just seems so nostalgic? it's like the kind of childhood that i never got to experience. walking around at night, the bright lights, the subway, running your hands along the fence to an old parking lot that has grass growing through the cracks; the nightlife, the old abandoned buildings whose windows reflect the warm and yellow sky as the sun begins to set, exploring around in the long deserted streets in the outskirts at dusk. the sky and the stars would hold more value to me, because when i see them they'd blow me away with how amazing they look. it's something i've thought of but nothing i'll ever have
This song helped me a lot 2 weeks ago. I traveled to another country to meet a "friend". I fell in love with her six years ago and I though she was the love of my life, but bad things happened (she told me that she will marry to someone else) and I came back to my city listening to this song and praying: "If I can't get the things I want, just give me what I need". Thank you for this song, and this whole album, The Paper Kites.
..... Why person be in long distance relationship if they can't control over themselves and then end up with be with someone else. Same story as you .. hope you stay strong and find that true deserving person waiting for you.
Buddy believe me when i say this she is not worth it! I know you think she is but your living inside a bubble! If your able to fly out to another country to see this girl then fly to a different country and travel and trust me somewhere along the way you'll meet that special someone shes waiting for you, I was in a situation u were in where all i wanted was this girl to grow old wit her and just be together forever but after a few months now honesty she was a waste of my time, and tbh i can do so much better than that, for someone like her to lead me on and tell me that it would work out was what was keeping me in, but once you stop daydreaming and fantasizing about being with her and go meet new people you'll realize the worlds a big place
Sometimes I want so much happiness for other people in my life and then I get depressed at the fact that they won’t be as happy as I want to see them. Sometimes I’ll see past all the smiles and see in their soul that they aren’t where they want to be. Lost in what everybody else is doing. Sometimes I just want to sleep and not feel what everybody else is feeling.
I just always wanted to see people happy smiling and be a nice guy, but someday I understood that this world doesn't work like this that day I found out that maybe this world isn't meant to be for me perhaps I'm just the wrong person in the wrong place even the songs that I like they are not intended to be for this place
CloudedSkies I know what it’s like too, I just want people to be happy. I feel bad because I want to help them, but they don’t want to put all of their problems on me, but then it just makes me more sad because I know they are going through that and I can’t do anything about that except just tell them I’m here for them, and do whatever they tell me that could help them. I hate it. :(
Often times we find ourselves lost and caught up in our own little world wondering how we all fit into this one big puzzle. Instead of it being a puzzle it’s actually a painting; a painting in which we all control what direction the next stroke the paint brush takes because we are the painter. As true artists we don’t have a specific image in mind we just express how we feel at the time and it takes our minds to a special place. Remember it’s not about the destination or how you get there, however it is about the journey and the experiences you gain out of them. I hope all of you reading this comment have a great day or night and enjoy the journey as well.
I’m going through one of the toughest times in my life. I found this song back in November of 2021 and have been in love with The Paper Kites ever since. I can’t describe the feeling I get from this song, but it somehow makes me feel less alone….
I found this sound by accident it's so relaxing and makes you think about life in the past to your future . so keep going and fight for it regardless of its love or dreams that will take you. . so never give in
This song makes me think of all the simple happiness I used to own when I was a child. Everything changed, and I always try to convince myself that things have changed for the better future, even if it hurts a lot to realize that some of the old feelings are never getting back. There’s no one to blame. Hearts are broken and healed, and there are often moments that show true beauty in people around me, and I’m also deeply loved and in love. However somehow I just miss the old time, the time that I barely knew anything about this world and lived with a golden, care-free heart. This song brings me back to this time like a train.
Old feelings come back with a same scent, similar situations, same music, same clothes, there it is,every second day, you need to Open your eyes and heart, its still there!!! But we are different....closed, full of bad stuff Tv and internet Bring that to us...choose what you see, Heat and do, and there you Will see that light again, and IT Will rise!
I am listening to this masterpiece while on a train back home. It accurately sums up how I'm feeling right now. To all those who read this, may your life get better. ❤
I took a girl to see them live with me in Austin this last year. We had originally met at a cafe. She was dressed in a beautiful blue/white striped dress. We talked briefly and exchanged information. It was the best conversation Id had with someone in so long, I didnt want to leave. We kept in touch over the weeks and I finally worked up enough courage to ask her out. From what I understood from her she was in a healing phase. And so I wanted her to have that moment and me just there to support her. After the show we walked and talked for almost an hour. She told me she wanted me to hold her at one point in the show. And I wish I had.
Verse Waiting down at the station I don’t remember I think it was late then Standing, always so quiet We’re like elevators Filled up with strangers [Chorus] No sound, no Hallelujahs Still I was praying on the train ride home If I can't get the things I want If I can't get the things I want Just give me what I need [Verse] Our words fill up the pages Fill up the days with Songs for the ages Still those vows that we all speak We break them like concrete And just make our words cheap [Chorus] I want someone to grow with Songs I can sing to And a family to cling to But if I can't get the things I want If I can't get the things I want Just give me what I need Just give me what I need
One song, different people, different stories. This song is so beautiful in so many ways. You listen it for the first time, close eyes, and you can feel this song.. this comment section makes me realise we aren't alone, there are so many people who share same feelings. Wish we could all connect n make nights lil less lonely...❤️❤️
I love coming to YT comments of the music I adore so much and being able to read how others experience that same indescribable feeling that others just don’t and will never understand from this type of music. Sometimes it makes me feel empty because people around me don’t get it, then I think about it and realize they’re the ones that are empty inside for not feeling those things. Thank you all in the comments for “getting it” and making me feel at home on the internet 💙
A scenario i picture in my head that id like to live someday when I listen to this song: I live in a big city alone with no relations, family & friends live in another country, i work full time with 1 day off every week but nobody knows about that one day, its a secret day all to myself, so i put my phone on do not disturb, grab my earphones, some money & my jacket then head out of my apartment, no ID no license nothing that can label or identify me, no one knows me and i know no one, its the afternoon and i step out of my building, the low sun's weak rays hit my face and reflect off my eyes as i start to walk aimlessly, i take a different road every week, and always get of on different bus or train stops, i meet random people and share a cigarette with them while exchanging life stories, then we say goodbye with no commitment between us, i walk around drinking coffee here and there until my legs are sore, but i still continue walking, trying to hold on to this liberating feeling, this thing that makes me feel like i have no attachments, no responsibilities, like im not part of anything, just peacefully observing the world through a window, taking in everything slowly, until the city streets start to get empty and the lights start to go out, thats when i head back home to my apartment building, and go to the roof to have a few cigarettes & a great view of the city infront of me, sometimes i see the janitor and we share a cig and talk about his day, i go back to my apartment, wear my pajamas, open the window and tuck myself under the blanket & fall asleep, wake up to work early in the morning and look forward to doing all of this again next week
I used to have a mini adventure every morning at 6am before my work starts. I walked and walked for hours on the streets just to observe the raw beauty of things in life. I tried to remind me that there are a lot of beautiful things in life. Those small joys and little flames of life keep me alive, and keep me going. Thanks for the great story. I'm inspired to do those mini adventures again ;).
i just want to see and meet with many unknown people, travel around every edge of the world, dream continously and feeling overdosed by all these amazing feelings.. i hope i can always be this emotionalistic in my life. sending love to all of you ❤️
There's always something about the western indie music that no other culture can achieve. Something so special about it that even an Asian like me always crave for western music instead. Haha...
here i am stepping into my quarter life crisis, waking up everyday just to answer each questions that has been around in my brain 'coz i'm not so sure anymore what i'm going to do in my life then this song came across my ears, each notes suit every picture of memories in my head that appears one by one almost like a slideshow.. listening this song just made me realise that everything in life wont last forever, how sad it is when you think about how fragile they are (the people, the moments, the times, and also life itself) every moment to come just another bridge of the ending and another beginning, people we met, places we went they are like stations, you got off in few and just passed by the others you'll never realise how far you've gone until u look back and see that long list of stations you've passing through
Buddy, I don't know who you are and I will never know you and in general I see you for the last time in my life. Just know that you are not alone .. Maybe you will live, you will die mediocre, but know that your thoughts are not alone and they will touch someone.
@@popsay I actually put that string of tracks together after I left that comment! It's on my other TH-cam channel [ Vinylskill ] . Here's the link.. th-cam.com/video/sxOeCm8K-s4/w-d-xo.html
This January 19, one of my closest friends was hospitalized due to severe asthma then I get to know of this song. I used to listen to it while praying that soon she'll get better. Two days later, she passed away. Leaving some unfinished plans, her advisory class because she's a great instructor, her readers as she was a good writer too, her tons of friends and a loving family. This painful yet beautiful masterpiece will always have a special place in my heart that no one could ever touch. Gia, you will always be remembered for sure. See you soon
@@liamsnow4642 hey man! you know just like people… feelings come and go. I’d like to think that time has healed us all and we got to accept it in that span. Appreciate you checking in on me, mate. It really feels good to be reminded that I made it though.
I'm currently working here in Singapore. The Train system here is great. Listening to The Paper Kites (particularly this song) gives me nostalgia. I miss my country even if it's messy. I miss the people. My family and friends. I miss home.
This song has helped me a lot with my inhibited grieving. For some reason this song and video allow me to really cry and let my emotions out. I come back about once a week and watch this 2-3x while I let everything out.
Lovely song. Listening to it, I am always taken back to 2018, a 23 year old touring Europe alone after saving up. I took the trains/buses/walked a lot, i was just a wanderer for 1+ month. Whenever i took the wrong train (happened a lot!), i always sat back and enjoyed the ride since i had nothing else to do but explore, watching people as they rushed off the train to work/school while I just sat there. It was great. I learnt a lot about myself, understood some cultures better, and met amazing people while on this journey. Although i experienced some low points and prejudices in some countries, I repeated this trip in 2019 for another month. I will do it again, but this time I'm bringing this song with me💜
I did the same many years ago. Your words brought back profound memories .... and the journey l experienced ..... the journey to myself. You have written and conveyed this hauntingly and beautifully. A warm and heartfelt hello from Melbourne, Australia.
Moved across the country a year and a half ago on a whim because my sister thought it would be good for me. While I was trying to heal or come to terms with multiple known/unknown complications, mentally and physically, I wasn’t in a good living environment. Even though I was around people I loved, I felt alone because my struggles and my interests were so different and not easy to understand, and I didn’t feel like I was cared about. I was constantly longing for a place to call home again. When I think of home, I think about a place/time with good friendships, a family, less health problems, a place where you don’t feel alone (even when you physically are), and a place you feel safe (even though it wasn’t at times). That’s the home I long for. I may be in a better living environment where I am now, but I’m overworked in my job and it’s affecting my health. I still feel alone, lost, confused about what I really want in life, don’t have health insurance anymore, and I really really miss my family... and after loosing a lot of loved ones in 2020, it feels even harder to be so far away! Anyways, I feel numb/anxious most of the time, and songs like these help me feel again. If anyone has any song suggestions like this one, please send them through. Much love 🖤
3 years late but it does not matter. In a world that taught us to hustle in bustling cities, to always try to figure things out, to make ourselves known, this song validates our moments of silence, that feeling of uncertainty, and the gift of mystery. It’s okay to be just you and it reminds you to be patient with yourself as you navigate in this daunting reality called life.
I think this song and the melody can strikes a chord to those who have been alone at times. There's a really soothing, meditative and introspective feel about this song. Really enjoy it, could just close my eyes and....feel it. Does remind me of times, when maybe I've had things on my mind and happened to have been on a train ride by myself.
It’s weird how things change so much. One minute you are surrounded by people you love, and slowly but surely things happen, people get busy, people pass away, the connection fades. Whatever it may be, one day you just look up and realize, there’s no one left.
This makes me feel like the way "Young" made me feel... I can't believe it's been 5 years since then and I'm almost a year away from graduating college and moving out of state. It feels like things have come full circle with this release. Thanks so much for coming back with more wonderful music. It really enriches our lives
I grew up in Jersey City right across the Hudson. Manhattan was my playground as a kid and when I returned to the area during my college years. Even during some of the most painful days and nights before I left the area, just walking around the city for a while had a way of putting me at ease. Amongst eight million strangers, I never felt alone because the city itself was my companion. Hopefully one day I will see it again and walk those streets and feel the city's heartbeat once more.
I walk downtown, surrounded by bright lights and crowds, and take in the vibrant atmosphere and buzz of chatter around me. I'm right in the middle of everything, yet belong to nothing. As a mere observer with no connection to anyone or anything, I trudge home and fall asleep alone in my little studio.
As a guy who grew up in the 80's, when I stumbled across their album twelvefour, I couldn't believe it. They captured the essence of a sound that was nostalgic, melancholy, original, and beautiful. I have been so impressed by what they create. Vocals that have this understated emotion that is so rare. Arrangements that are simple, but stunning. Bravo.
this song threw me back to the time i was really happy in a relationship, seven years ago. he left me, went back to his old lover and got married. we remained as friends and used to talk a lot, then he disappeared and never talked to me again. it's been two years. i told him that he was the love of my life, that he made me whole; i still feel empty without him to this day. if i can't get the one i want to love, give me the one i need to love.
I first heard this song the week before my brother took his life. I didn't know then that this song would forever haunt me. I try to avoid it, but digging into it sometimes helps. He struggled so much with his own internal conflicts, whereas I've always felt as though living life was such a blessing. I always picture him praying the chorus to God, begging for, at the very least, peace and ease of mind, a break from the incessant depression, something he desperately needed, something we desperately wanted for him. Aside from all his aspirations in film, medicine, writing, all his family ever wanted to see was him in a stable mindset, something that unfortunately evaded him during his time here. The disparity in enthusiasm for life between him and I will forever frustrate and confuse me. If I could have transferred any amount of my mental fortitude to him, I would have in a heartbeat. I'll miss you forever. If only you could have seen yourself through our eyes, seen the joy you brought us, and known that your peace was all we ever wanted.
I'm so sorry 😔 but we have the hope of resurrection, it will happen (John 5:28) Your brother lives through you now, and he is at peace. Keep your joyous attitude towards life that a lot of people need that type of energy in these times, hugs to you and your loved ones 🫶
I'm not from America, but this video reminds me the 9 days I spend in NYC alone, surrounded by many people, many buildings, many incredible stuff. But I was there, nine lonely days. At least, I knew the city of my dreams. Peace out from Brazil. Have a nice day, guys.
The cinematography is just breathtaking and so well put together! The different perspectives of each person's life, how small and different we are but how easily we can end up at the same train. I haven't seen anything more beautiful.
I miss the city. I used to listen to music like this each night on my way to the subway, lights blaring walking briskly watching people along the way. There's nothing like nights like those. There's nothing like New York City.
A life soundtrack for many of us taking a train (or any transports) everyday. When we are alone in our heads thinking of so many things, amidst the chaos around us.
Pre covid, I used to listen to this song on most of my nyc subway ride especially when I would come home alone from a night out. Nyc was wonderful place to be pre pandemic. Miss that. Still live here , its not the same.
walking through the streets at night with the cold air passing through your hairs which suddenly makes you think of someone ... someone you once loved. you smile and end up getting sad while Remembering those moments with them and still continue walking . This song gives me that kinda vibe❤️
John you got what you wanted. ME!! I am here for you always because I love you ❤️. God loves you too. I am so blessed I have you in my life. I thank God for that. God 🙏 is amazing.
so many people in the world, so many thoughts, so many ways of living. it’s unbelievable if you really think about it, sooo so unbelievable
Right, to think that every single person on this wide earth has their own story. It's crazy.
Yeaaah its magnificent and beautiful yet sad and weird....can't explain
world is becoming a better place, where we go next everyone? :D
The word for that is 'sonder' :)
@@锁金秋 mars
my first time i was in new york city, i was newly sixteen and not sure about anything i wanted in life. i remember strolling for hours through the freezing air of brooklyn, down through williamsburg and over the bridge into manhattan. i had never been on the subway before and took the wrong train a couple of times. but when i realised i was headed in the wrong direction i would stay in my seat for a while and then get out at the next most lively station to do it all over again. it was a strange feeling to have nowhere to be and to watch all the people rushing past, each leading a different life. this song makes me feel the air and lights of the city.
Now I wanna go New York.
We are all heading somewhere....
To have no particular destination,to keep moving forward till you finally find somewhere your heart truly wants to be. Isn't that nice
city lights and the cold air...just my type of setting
reading this while listening to this song i felt like i was right there with you.
"If I can't get the things I want
Just give me what I need"
This is so where I'm at in life right now ...
What do you "Need"?
Same
So am I buddy. Let's hope something good is on the way
Nick Villanueva your not alone..
Nick Villanueva feel you man
sometimes songs make u fall in love with life. this is one of them.
Natalie Nguyen 🙏🏻
I really loved ur comment ❤️
Bless your heart
I also loved your comment...
Hears saxophone, yep this is gonna be a MASTERPIECE.
This song punches me in the chest every time. "I want someone to grow with, songs I can sing to, and a family to cling to. But if I can't get the things I want, just give me what I need," is exactly where I am in life right now. So relatable, it hurts.
Just hang in there! You're not the only one. And they say it always gets better. I hope they're right :')
Sending love from the other side of the world
@@iamsantanubanerjee Thank you. I hope one day we'll have the things we want.
Damn.she is my mom.idk wtf happened.anyone could get screwed up at a early age.i raised my own,while in school.she happen to be smart,hanging out with me
Me too... But don't worry... The day of our salvation is coming! I believe it!
fenderchick2010 exactly it hurts really bad not having that one person that can understand you without even saying a word I don’t even believe that will ever be but I hope you feel better your comment was written about a year ago and here I am 31.12.2019 going into the new year confused,hurt not knowing what to do but it shall pass right ?for all of us
it's worth staying up all night , listening to this song and scrolling down the comment section.
I'm doing just that.
Doing the same at 1:26 am
@@SiddharthGanguly same at 2:06, the comments just warm my heart. It really does show me that humans are all the same, emotionally, mentally is a whole other level, but the emotions. We go through them. And I’m not the only person in the world who feel like they flow right thru me
@@SenorbryanA hey me too im doing the same right now just eating
@@SenorbryanA bro I literally just read your comment at 2:06 Am 😳
This makes me want to ride a train to an unknown destination.
me too
Actually, this comment makes me feel that this song makes me want to ride a train to an unknown destination
Ann Davis me too
:)
This bend,this beatiful voice for my this is best bend i ever hear.I want more songs 😊😘👏
If you're listening to this, you have a good taste in music.
Yes.
Whenever I see people travelling late at night in buses or trains alone, I always think where are they going? Do they have families/friends? I don't know but I think this. I just wish people to have what they really need in life.
I was sleeping on these amazing artists and songs, I never knew before. I am finding some underrated artists and they feel at home for some reason.
I am 68 years old and these guys are old souls. Very emotional and talented. They always make me cry and bring back all kinds of memories. Love them! I would listen to their music and lyrics forever.
اتمنى لك السعادة دائما ً 💙
وأتمنى أن يغنوا اغاني مماثلة لمثل هذه الأغنية الجميلة
Absolutely their live shows are incredible the music is thought provoking and heartfelt don't you think??
I agree. Wish I could have found those words in my voice when I was young.
I agree, although I'm not sure what your age has to do with your taste in this band's music.
Waiting down at the station
I don't remember
I think it was late then
Standing, always so quiet
We're like elevators
Filled up with strangers
No sound, no Hallelujahs
Still, I was prayin' on the train ride home
If I can't get the things I want
If I can't get the things I want
Just give me what I need
Our words fill up the pages
Fill up the days with songs for the ages
Still, those vows that we all speak
We break them like concrete
And just make our words cheap
I want someone to grow with
Songs I can sing to
And a family to cling to
But if I can't get the things I want
If I can't get the things I want
Just give me what I need
Just give me what I need
I will always come back here whenever I feel lonely. This song just feels like a hug from a stranger. Whoever is reading this, I hope you find courage to continue. There is so much more from life that you are yet to experience so hang on.
This song, Is absolutly beautiful
Very beautifuls words you said,bless for you also .
❤❤❤
Just what I needed to see right now... Thanks.
Came here tonight for the same reason. Your comment was so much needed, thank you for your words 🤎
So many people who are alone. Individually alone. Its kinda beautiful n sad at the same time
This song is for all the lost lonely souls up at 2am considering texting that ex or that crush. Praying that the feelings will be reciprocated. Longing for that feeling of warmth and love. A love that helps you sleep at night. The kind that when you feel it you sigh with content. And relax knowing that you are loved that you are special to someone. It makes those moments you dont forget. You cling to them. You want them to last for forever. There is no greater feeling. So for all the wandering souls out there. Take that chance. In the end no matter if they outcome goes the way you want it you'll get what you need.
Yeah. I took the chance. That was over a year ago. We never got back together. I dont think she even loves me anymore, I dont know for sure how she feels about me. But I could never stop loving her. She's the one girl that I truly loved and I never felt the way about anyone else as I did for her. The aura that used to linger in her presence, that's something I can't put out in words. I really wish I could stop loving her and clinging to our history or her memory, but I can't un-love someone. It hurts. It hurts a lot at times.
But this is not meant to discourage someone from taking a chance. Its completely opposite. Take the chance if you have it! Even if the probability of rejection is 100%. At least you wont have to live with any regrets for your old age. Go talk to that person, see how they react. Dont miss out on chances in life. There's room for mistakes, but there's no room for regrets. Besides, even if you get rejected, you can sleep peacefully knowing that you are now free.
Very well put! 🖤
:)
The only woman I have in my life is my mum so think yourself lucky you even have a crush lol. This tune is also for depressed suicidal loners.
I was born and raised in NYC. I'm 63 years old. One of my music students taught me this song. One of the most beautiful songs and videos ever.
i didnt even grow up in a big city yet the video just seems so nostalgic? it's like the kind of childhood that i never got to experience. walking around at night, the bright lights, the subway, running your hands along the fence to an old parking lot that has grass growing through the cracks; the nightlife, the old abandoned buildings whose windows reflect the warm and yellow sky as the sun begins to set, exploring around in the long deserted streets in the outskirts at dusk. the sky and the stars would hold more value to me, because when i see them they'd blow me away with how amazing they look. it's something i've thought of but nothing i'll ever have
you might. there's still time, places to go
Well that sounds and looks really nice but it always smells disgusting.
stormqfox very poetic and relatable, it’s amazing how you translated your thoughts coherently into something just as visual as the video.
Beautifully said.
you sound like a writer :)
This song helped me a lot 2 weeks ago. I traveled to another country to meet a "friend". I fell in love with her six years ago and I though she was the love of my life, but bad things happened (she told me that she will marry to someone else) and I came back to my city listening to this song and praying: "If I can't get the things I want, just give me what I need".
Thank you for this song, and this whole album, The Paper Kites.
Really? What country are you from?
@@osayreecamp6189 Mexico
..... Why person be in long distance relationship if they can't control over themselves and then end up with be with someone else.
Same story as you .. hope you stay strong and find that true deserving person waiting for you.
I know the feeling, I went through the same measure. 💝
Buddy believe me when i say this she is not worth it! I know you think she is but your living inside a bubble! If your able to fly out to another country to see this girl then fly to a different country and travel and trust me somewhere along the way you'll meet that special someone shes waiting for you, I was in a situation u were in where all i wanted was this girl to grow old wit her and just be together forever but after a few months now honesty she was a waste of my time, and tbh i can do so much better than that, for someone like her to lead me on and tell me that it would work out was what was keeping me in, but once you stop daydreaming and fantasizing about being with her and go meet new people you'll realize the worlds a big place
As a person who takes transit a lot, this song hits home ❤️
Always fan of paper kites, their music is my home, my sweet home, thanks.
Colin Askey so true ❤
Colin Askey your so right....
This is my favourite band :)
Good taste in music ❤
Sometimes I want so much happiness for other people in my life and then I get depressed at the fact that they won’t be as happy as I want to see them.
Sometimes I’ll see past all the smiles and see in their soul that they aren’t where they want to be. Lost in what everybody else is doing.
Sometimes I just want to sleep and not feel what everybody else is feeling.
It's ok boo. At least we're all here together
CloudedSkies and then you wake up again only to be flooded by the emotions waiting on you,living it everyday on a loop, driving you insane.
I just always wanted to see people happy smiling and be a nice guy, but someday I understood that this world doesn't work like this that day I found out that maybe this world isn't meant to be for me perhaps I'm just the wrong person in the wrong place even the songs that I like they are not intended to be for this place
Damn dude! i know. it´s so draining i hate it. sometimes i wish i couldn´t feel everybody feelings.
CloudedSkies I know what it’s like too, I just want people to be happy. I feel bad because I want to help them, but they don’t want to put all of their problems on me, but then it just makes me more sad because I know they are going through that and I can’t do anything about that except just tell them I’m here for them, and do whatever they tell me that could help them. I hate it. :(
Often times we find ourselves lost and caught up in our own little world wondering how we all fit into this one big puzzle. Instead of it being a puzzle it’s actually a painting; a painting in which we all control what direction the next stroke the paint brush takes because we are the painter. As true artists we don’t have a specific image in mind we just express how we feel at the time and it takes our minds to a special place. Remember it’s not about the destination or how you get there, however it is about the journey and the experiences you gain out of them. I hope all of you reading this comment have a great day or night and enjoy the journey as well.
I've missed this beautiful voice
one of my favs :)
I’m going through one of the toughest times in my life. I found this song back in November of 2021 and have been in love with The Paper Kites ever since. I can’t describe the feeling I get from this song, but it somehow makes me feel less alone….
I found this sound by accident it's so relaxing and makes you think about life in the past to your future . so keep going and fight for it regardless of its love or dreams that will take you. . so never give in
That's one.
Of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my life. And i Listen to everything .
❤
This song makes me think of all the simple happiness I used to own when I was a child. Everything changed, and I always try to convince myself that things have changed for the better future, even if it hurts a lot to realize that some of the old feelings are never getting back. There’s no one to blame. Hearts are broken and healed, and there are often moments that show true beauty in people around me, and I’m also deeply loved and in love. However somehow I just miss the old time, the time that I barely knew anything about this world and lived with a golden, care-free heart. This song brings me back to this time like a train.
Made me tear up.
true same
Same.
You’re not alone 🙏
Old feelings come back with a same scent, similar situations, same music, same clothes, there it is,every second day, you need to Open your eyes and heart, its still there!!! But we are different....closed, full of bad stuff Tv and internet Bring that to us...choose what you see, Heat and do, and there you Will see that light again, and IT Will rise!
The comments section is so beautiful. Listening to the song & reading others' stories. Feels nostalgic!
This feeling >>>>>>>>:)
I am listening to this masterpiece while on a train back home. It accurately sums up how I'm feeling right now. To all those who read this, may your life get better. ❤
Yes, I know this feeling. And we should never forget that in times of solitude, we find to our true selves.
why are train rides so peaceful and introspective, i always love songs like this on the train
Life is full of happiness when we reach SPIRITUAL maturity. Love yourself and boldly walk. You are loved.
I took a girl to see them live with me in Austin this last year. We had originally met at a cafe. She was dressed in a beautiful blue/white striped dress. We talked briefly and exchanged information. It was the best conversation Id had with someone in so long, I didnt want to leave. We kept in touch over the weeks and I finally worked up enough courage to ask her out. From what I understood from her she was in a healing phase. And so I wanted her to have that moment and me just there to support her. After the show we walked and talked for almost an hour. She told me she wanted me to hold her at one point in the show. And I wish I had.
What happened????
Verse
Waiting down at the station
I don’t remember
I think it was late then
Standing, always so quiet
We’re like elevators
Filled up with strangers
[Chorus]
No sound, no Hallelujahs
Still I was praying on the train ride home
If I can't get the things I want
If I can't get the things I want
Just give me what I need
[Verse]
Our words fill up the pages
Fill up the days with
Songs for the ages
Still those vows that we all speak
We break them like concrete
And just make our words cheap
[Chorus]
I want someone to grow with
Songs I can sing to
And a family to cling to
But if I can't get the things I want
If I can't get the things I want
Just give me what I need
Just give me what I need
Thank you for the lyrics :) :)
Thanks , ☺ .
Thanks😃
thank you for the lyrics
Mauliate ito
One song, different people, different stories. This song is so beautiful in so many ways. You listen it for the first time, close eyes, and you can feel this song.. this comment section makes me realise we aren't alone, there are so many people who share same feelings. Wish we could all connect n make nights lil less lonely...❤️❤️
Awesome! Good friend had me go listen to this one, and BINGO! Like it!
What a good friend ❤ best wishes
I love coming to YT comments of the music I adore so much and being able to read how others experience that same indescribable feeling that others just don’t and will never understand from this type of music. Sometimes it makes me feel empty because people around me don’t get it, then I think about it and realize they’re the ones that are empty inside for not feeling those things.
Thank you all in the comments for “getting it” and making me feel at home on the internet 💙
A scenario i picture in my head that id like to live someday when I listen to this song:
I live in a big city alone with no relations, family & friends live in another country, i work full time with 1 day off every week but nobody knows about that one day, its a secret day all to myself, so i put my phone on do not disturb, grab my earphones, some money & my jacket then head out of my apartment, no ID no license nothing that can label or identify me, no one knows me and i know no one, its the afternoon and i step out of my building, the low sun's weak rays hit my face and reflect off my eyes as i start to walk aimlessly, i take a different road every week, and always get of on different bus or train stops, i meet random people and share a cigarette with them while exchanging life stories, then we say goodbye with no commitment between us, i walk around drinking coffee here and there until my legs are sore, but i still continue walking, trying to hold on to this liberating feeling, this thing that makes me feel like i have no attachments, no responsibilities, like im not part of anything, just peacefully observing the world through a window, taking in everything slowly, until the city streets start to get empty and the lights start to go out, thats when i head back home to my apartment building, and go to the roof to have a few cigarettes & a great view of the city infront of me, sometimes i see the janitor and we share a cig and talk about his day, i go back to my apartment, wear my pajamas, open the window and tuck myself under the blanket & fall asleep, wake up to work early in the morning and look forward to doing all of this again next week
please write a book, you write so well I could read your groceries list like it was poetry.
lots of love from Brazil.
@@LuisaDBritto bruh😂 thank you i appreciate it
Damn i can relate to this so much ..
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I used to have a mini adventure every morning at 6am before my work starts. I walked and walked for hours on the streets just to observe the raw beauty of things in life. I tried to remind me that there are a lot of beautiful things in life. Those small joys and little flames of life keep me alive, and keep me going.
Thanks for the great story. I'm inspired to do those mini adventures again ;).
So nostalgic and beautiful. ❤️
i love this song
i just want to see and meet with many unknown people, travel around every edge of the world, dream continously and feeling overdosed by all these amazing feelings.. i hope i can always be this emotionalistic in my life. sending love to all of you ❤️
Hoping that when i get back to this vid a few years from now, life would be much better. This song makes me wanna live for a little longer.
Love...when did we let our hearts take a backseat to what we truly want..
felt it
i dedicate this song to God today🙏🏼 if i can’t have what i want, just give me what i need God in Jesus name Amen❤️🩹
Amen ❤
There's always something about the western indie music that no other culture can achieve. Something so special about it that even an Asian like me always crave for western music instead. Haha...
Listening since summer 2019 🙂
here i am stepping into my quarter life crisis, waking up everyday just to answer each questions that has been around in my brain 'coz i'm not so sure anymore what i'm going to do in my life then this song came across my ears, each notes suit every picture of memories in my head that appears one by one almost like a slideshow.. listening this song just made me realise that everything in life wont last forever, how sad it is when you think about how fragile they are (the people, the moments, the times, and also life itself) every moment to come just another bridge of the ending and another beginning, people we met, places we went they are like stations, you got off in few and just passed by the others you'll never realise how far you've gone until u look back and see that long list of stations you've passing through
Buddy, I don't know who you are and I will never know you and in general I see you for the last time in my life. Just know that you are not alone .. Maybe you will live, you will die mediocre, but know that your thoughts are not alone and they will touch someone.
listening to this on an actual ride home hits different
"A Gathering On 57th" then "Don't Keep Driving" followed by "On The Train Ride Home"........ 10 & a half minutes of pure and absolute freedom.
Thank you!
@@popsay I actually put that string of tracks together after I left that comment! It's on my other TH-cam channel [ Vinylskill ] . Here's the link..
th-cam.com/video/sxOeCm8K-s4/w-d-xo.html
That trumpet playing in the metro is haunting!
This January 19, one of my closest friends was hospitalized due to severe asthma then I get to know of this song. I used to listen to it while praying that soon she'll get better. Two days later, she passed away. Leaving some unfinished plans, her advisory class because she's a great instructor, her readers as she was a good writer too, her tons of friends and a loving family. This painful yet beautiful masterpiece will always have a special place in my heart that no one could ever touch. Gia, you will always be remembered for sure. See you soon
How ya doin bud?
@@liamsnow4642 hey man! you know just like people… feelings come and go. I’d like to think that time has healed us all and we got to accept it in that span. Appreciate you checking in on me, mate. It really feels good to be reminded that I made it though.
@@cyrille4510 coincidentally reading this comment on a cold January 19th, glad to see you're doing well :)
I'm currently working here in Singapore. The Train system here is great. Listening to The Paper Kites (particularly this song) gives me nostalgia. I miss my country even if it's messy. I miss the people. My family and friends. I miss home.
They missed you too.
This song has helped me a lot with my inhibited grieving. For some reason this song and video allow me to really cry and let my emotions out. I come back about once a week and watch this 2-3x while I let everything out.
Everybody is unique. We have different stories, thoughts, feelings.. hayyy, i really love observing people💞
I too...
I'm not...
A rainy day, walking in the forest and listening to this.... That's a perfect day to me!!
This is art!!!
Probably one of the best things I’ve come across recently, and completely by accident
Love from Brazil !!!!
Lovely song. Listening to it, I am always taken back to 2018, a 23 year old touring Europe alone after saving up. I took the trains/buses/walked a lot, i was just a wanderer for 1+ month. Whenever i took the wrong train (happened a lot!), i always sat back and enjoyed the ride since i had nothing else to do but explore, watching people as they rushed off the train to work/school while I just sat there. It was great. I learnt a lot about myself, understood some cultures better, and met amazing people while on this journey. Although i experienced some low points and prejudices in some countries, I repeated this trip in 2019 for another month. I will do it again, but this time I'm bringing this song with me💜
I did the same many years ago. Your words brought back profound memories .... and the journey l experienced ..... the journey to myself. You have written and conveyed this hauntingly and beautifully. A warm and heartfelt hello from Melbourne, Australia.
love from Indonesia ❤🌸
Ricky
Sometimes I get anxiety that there so many good songs like this, and I will not able to listen them all. Time is Short.
You don't know how much I love this song. thank you for this beautiful song. The paper Kites ❤
Moved across the country a year and a half ago on a whim because my sister thought it would be good for me. While I was trying to heal or come to terms with multiple known/unknown complications, mentally and physically, I wasn’t in a good living environment. Even though I was around people I loved, I felt alone because my struggles and my interests were so different and not easy to understand, and I didn’t feel like I was cared about. I was constantly longing for a place to call home again. When I think of home, I think about a place/time with good friendships, a family, less health problems, a place where you don’t feel alone (even when you physically are), and a place you feel safe (even though it wasn’t at times). That’s the home I long for. I may be in a better living environment where I am now, but I’m overworked in my job and it’s affecting my health. I still feel alone, lost, confused about what I really want in life, don’t have health insurance anymore, and I really really miss my family... and after loosing a lot of loved ones in 2020, it feels even harder to be so far away! Anyways, I feel numb/anxious most of the time, and songs like these help me feel again. If anyone has any song suggestions like this one, please send them through. Much love 🖤
3 years late but it does not matter. In a world that taught us to hustle in bustling cities, to always try to figure things out, to make ourselves known, this song validates our moments of silence, that feeling of uncertainty, and the gift of mystery. It’s okay to be just you and it reminds you to be patient with yourself as you navigate in this daunting reality called life.
I think this song and the melody can strikes a chord to those who have been alone at times.
There's a really soothing, meditative and introspective feel about this song. Really enjoy it, could just close my eyes and....feel it. Does remind me of times, when maybe I've had things on my mind and happened to have been on a train ride by myself.
It’s weird how things change so much. One minute you are surrounded by people you love, and slowly but surely things happen, people get busy, people pass away, the connection fades. Whatever it may be, one day you just look up and realize, there’s no one left.
I love living in Jersey and going on adventures to NY with Franco 🥺
Its okay. Everybody's going through their own hell. Thats what living is
*As a person who always feel the loneliness in middle of London...its hut me so much yet its so beautiful to hear this masterpiece thank you*
the most underrated band ever
you're my soul remedy
this is so nice and beautiful 🙂❤
I always ride the bus home alone and I never knew needed this. Beautiful song ❤
MKay Ky “never knew I needed this”. SO true. Ugh ❤️
i wish i found this band 10yrs ago.
so blessed to have seen them in concert
made me feel like home and miss home
This song makes me sad because i miss the old me that was lost a few years ago. She was such a good person. Found good in everything.
This song invokes something unexplainable inside the heart! It just keeps calling you back!
This makes me feel like the way "Young" made me feel... I can't believe it's been 5 years since then and I'm almost a year away from graduating college and moving out of state. It feels like things have come full circle with this release. Thanks so much for coming back with more wonderful music. It really enriches our lives
Hey, I hope life is treating you well. It's been a year.....
I grew up in Jersey City right across the Hudson. Manhattan was my playground as a kid and when I returned to the area during my college years. Even during some of the most painful days and nights before I left the area, just walking around the city for a while had a way of putting me at ease. Amongst eight million strangers, I never felt alone because the city itself was my companion. Hopefully one day I will see it again and walk those streets and feel the city's heartbeat once more.
I needed this tonight...
anythingauthenticmusic you are beautiful
Same here 😄😄
No matter where we go, we will share the same sky. 🌌
I walk downtown, surrounded by bright lights and crowds, and take in the vibrant atmosphere and buzz of chatter around me. I'm right in the middle of everything, yet belong to nothing. As a mere observer with no connection to anyone or anything, I trudge home and fall asleep alone in my little studio.
Same as me :(
This song is my honest prayer. Always.
As a guy who grew up in the 80's, when I stumbled across their album twelvefour, I couldn't believe it. They captured the essence of a sound that was nostalgic, melancholy, original, and beautiful. I have been so impressed by what they create. Vocals that have this understated emotion that is so rare. Arrangements that are simple, but stunning. Bravo.
One of my favorite songs EVER...makes me feel ok to always be a lonley person...---...
I have just found this song....at my age, discovering this, gives me back faith in music. Soooo beautiful!!!!
As someone who has lived in the shadow of NYC my whole life, this song captures a midnight subway ride better than anything else I've ever heard
this song threw me back to the time i was really happy in a relationship, seven years ago. he left me, went back to his old lover and got married. we remained as friends and used to talk a lot, then he disappeared and never talked to me again. it's been two years. i told him that he was the love of my life, that he made me whole; i still feel empty without him to this day. if i can't get the one i want to love, give me the one i need to love.
I'm really sorry.I'm here if you need me.
You deserve better
Am so sorry,that happened to me but he came.back
We always come back to this song periodically
Thanks Paper Kites for making such beautiful and meaningful music. When I listen to you I am overwhelmed with feeling.
I first heard this song the week before my brother took his life. I didn't know then that this song would forever haunt me. I try to avoid it, but digging into it sometimes helps.
He struggled so much with his own internal conflicts, whereas I've always felt as though living life was such a blessing. I always picture him praying the chorus to God, begging for, at the very least, peace and ease of mind, a break from the incessant depression, something he desperately needed, something we desperately wanted for him. Aside from all his aspirations in film, medicine, writing, all his family ever wanted to see was him in a stable mindset, something that unfortunately evaded him during his time here. The disparity in enthusiasm for life between him and I will forever frustrate and confuse me. If I could have transferred any amount of my mental fortitude to him, I would have in a heartbeat.
I'll miss you forever. If only you could have seen yourself through our eyes, seen the joy you brought us, and known that your peace was all we ever wanted.
I'm so sorry 😔 but we have the hope of resurrection, it will happen (John 5:28) Your brother lives through you now, and he is at peace. Keep your joyous attitude towards life that a lot of people need that type of energy in these times, hugs to you and your loved ones 🫶
This song really calms your nerves after the daily hustle!
I'm not from America, but this video reminds me the 9 days I spend in NYC alone, surrounded by many people, many buildings, many incredible stuff. But I was there, nine lonely days. At least, I knew the city of my dreams. Peace out from Brazil. Have a nice day, guys.
The cinematography is just breathtaking and so well put together! The different perspectives of each person's life, how small and different we are but how easily we can end up at the same train. I haven't seen anything more beautiful.
I miss the city. I used to listen to music like this each night on my way to the subway, lights blaring walking briskly watching people along the way. There's nothing like nights like those. There's nothing like New York City.
A life soundtrack for many of us taking a train (or any transports) everyday. When we are alone in our heads thinking of so many things, amidst the chaos around us.
Pre covid, I used to listen to this song on most of my nyc subway ride especially when I would come home alone from a night out. Nyc was wonderful place to be pre pandemic. Miss that. Still live here , its not the same.
walking through the streets at night with the cold air passing through your hairs which suddenly makes you think of someone ... someone you once loved. you smile and end up getting sad while Remembering those moments with them and still continue walking . This song gives me that kinda vibe❤️
This song absolutely encapsulates what I’m feeling at the moment.
This whole album is so beautiful it makes me feel sort of empty and at peace all at the same time
One of the most underrated bands. They deserve to be heard by the whole universe.
Ojalá pronto vengan a México porque no puedo morir sin verlos en vivo.
John you got what you wanted. ME!! I am here for you always because I love you ❤️. God loves you too.
I am so blessed I have you in my life. I thank God for that.
God 🙏 is amazing.