My daughter was killed in a tragic car accident before Christmas she was 23 this was her favorite holiday ,I miss her so much I love her so much ,I will never be the same God help us ...
its December 18th ,It's christmas, lost my wife of 33 years to cancer on september 17, 2022 stumbled apon this song searching for christmas songs. This song reminds me of her and how i feel. Now the tears that flow are tears of joy and sadness. God bless
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and it resonated with me from the very moment I heard it. It came out a year after my dog had passed. We had her for 18 years. I grew up with her and she was always a special part of my Christmas, right there with me opening presents. This always makes me think of her and cry in the most heartwarming way, I called her "my love" ❤
I’m so sorry. I had 2 dogs and 3 cats. Each had their own Christmas stocking which I filled with packages of their fav treats. As if they were children, I’d make a big ado about wishing them Merry Christmas and we’d tear into their stockings. That was a time never to be again on this earth but we were blessed for a season, as were you. ❤😊
The first time I heard this song, I had just left my husband's hospital room. I knew it was going to be our last Christmas together. We had seen Sarah together early in our relationship, her music holds a special place for me. I HAVE to listen to it every season, but it makes me cry every time. Merry Christmas, my love.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
I am a Father of two girls. My wife and I tried to raise our kids the right way. We even homeschooled, because our Western culture has become so toxic. But lo and behold, I’ve been cancelled by my eldest daughter. My younger is on the spectrum.. and I have her 24/7, since my wife abandoned us. This song makes me think of my girls playing in the snow, when the whole family was together. So sad, but such warm memories, makes me know I am still alive, to feel such deep emotions. What a beautiful song..
This was my dads favorite Christmas song. He passed away in August of this year. The song always meant a lot to me, but now I understand the meaning on a much deeper level… The first few notes alone brought me to tears.
Sorry to hear about your dad. Everyone has to go at some point, but it's always an incredibly difficult thing to lose someone you're close to. Heck, even losing a pet is downright devastating. But what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, and your dad is not lost and gone forever. He's no doubt still looking out for you from the world beyond, and you'll see him again one day.
i cry every time too. I've never cried to any song as i cry to this song. i think about my grandpa I'm crying rn typing this i cry listening to the first note
This is one of the greatest Christmas songs ever. It Takes me back to 1990 and my one and only Christmas with my first wife, our marriage didn’t even last a year but the wonderful memories will be with me forever... time goes by way too fast.
My husband bought me thiaalbum when it was new. I remember listening to this with him right beside me. Now it's been almost 9 years since he died. This year, missing him has been more intense than any other. Sadness has turned to depression and i give up more days than not. Things will just never be right without him.
Hearing this song on the Voice for the first time - it was so thought provoking. I looked it up as a song sung by Sarah McLachlan. I listened again and again, memories of my childhood, family members flood my thoughts with visions of happiness - precious times I took for granted. Yes Merry Christmas to Mom, Dad, grandparents - all those near and dear to me. I just never knew what I had.
FOr my mother..our very own Queen of Christmas..the one who made me promise that when she was gone, I would carry on the tradition of a big family celebration. The one who could turn the house into a winter wonderland that time of year. She loved Christmas and its magic so very much. I never thought she would be gone so soon..her last Christmas was in 2007. Recently I started to feel that magic return, and it felt ok to really celebrate once agian.
Breaks my heart every time. I came home to Maine in the Fall of 2006. Moved myself and my special needs daughter into a house in Harpswell Neck Just before my divorces was final. . And we rode out the hard winter. This song reminds me of the times staring out the window, watchin the snow fly;g. And aching.
I'm watching this as I rock my 10 month old daughter back to sleep. Something about a darkened room, a piano, and Sarah's voice that bring the gravity of this moment in time into complete focus. The only sound within earshot more beautiful than Sarah's voice is the soft cooing from this perfect being bunched in my arms. Oh how I wish I can live this moment for awhile longer... "Love and happiness surrounds you, as you throw your arms up to the sky. I keep this moment by and by."
I lost my Grandad on 25th of December my Nanny on the 1st of April and my Daddy on the 10th of July some things will just be etched in your mind forever.
Lake is frozen over Trees are white with snow And all around Reminders of you Are everywhere I go It's late and morning's in no hurry But sleep won't set me free I lie awake and try to recall How your body felt beside me When silence gets too hard to handle And the night too long And this is how I see you In the snow on Christmas morning Love and happiness surround you As you throw your arms up to the sky I keep this moment by and by Oh I miss you now, my love Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Merry Christmas, my love Sense of joy fills the air And I daydream and I stare Up at the tree and I see Your star up there And this is how I see you In the snow on Christmas morning Love and happiness surround you As you throw your arms up to the sky I keep this moment by and by
This is one of my all-time favourite songs. I used to play this note for so long. It always reminds me when winter comes. I have been listening to it again since a week ago. Merry Christmas to everyone if you see this comment.
I've lost both parents and my only 2 siblings from 2010 to 2016 all to cancer. And my only child was stillborn on Christmas Eve of 1996. My father and 2 siblings died around the holidays. I pull this video up and play every yeat at Christmas time. I'm not alone I know. This song makes me realize that and it allows me to go outside of my own heartache. It's kind of a 4 minute support group. I thank you for this Sarah
This song reminds me of my mother at Christmas. She died of breast cancer Aug 23, 2009. I There are so many things in the song that i can relate to my relationship w her. cant explain the way i felt when i heard it for the first time.But I sat alone and cried. I miss her so much. Thank you for writing an incredible piece of poetry and music. I've always been a big fan. Now its just that much more special.
Good for you. My mother was weak and let my philandering father put me and my two brothers in a state home for boys. It was a tough, violent environment but we survived 11 years in that place. I admire your courage and determination. You made my day! Thank You.
This song will forever remind me of just one person in my life, my late husband. I am moved to tears when I hear it. Merrye Christmass, David! ((HUGS)) for all you gave me and the boys. Sweet melancholy! [Though the Wintersong CD is meant as a Christmas album, I listen to it at other times during the year as well.]
Hey Molly, reading your lines makes me feel sorry for you and for your hushband.... I am sure...if your David looks down from above and sees you and the boys and then would read your words here,it would cast a broad and proud smile onto his friendly face..... Especially in these trying days,it is hard,I know.... But dont forget...... He is,I am sure,very happy that you still think and talk about him,-but he also wants to see his little platoon content and surrounded by happiness.... God bless your family. Roger
The year I bought a copy of this album was my fondest Christmas memory of my mom... and that was the last Christmas we spent with her. She died of Brain aneurysm last April 2009. We miss you so much.
Everything about this beautifully intimate song--the lyrics, her voice and her piano--is a gift reminding me of wonderful, quiet moments with the love of my life. I'll forever miss you, Emerald Eyes, but never more than on Christmas morning.
How does she do it? Sarah is one of the few artists that sends me to this place, that's in my head, that I only can understand.......WOW! truly amazing
I remember the first Christmas after my beautiful wife passed away from ALS. It was so close, November 14th. I had no time to grieve. I couldn't understand, I needed to hide away until i could understand......I may have started that journey out of hiding.....
You hang in there as close as you can..I pray I never have to go through what you did...let your strength come from a place that you will see soon...God bless you
I'm so very sorry for the loss of your wife. I list my beloved husband Bob to cancer on November 14th, 2014. Every time I hear this song it makes me think of him. I miss him every single day. Praying for you this Christmas.
Listening to this song after having lost loved ones is one of the most saddest reminders that we are human beings and emotions are the biggest part of our existence.To whoever needs to hear this, you are still here , you are still strong , you will get stronger ,making it happen each day when you feel like throwing in the towel.There is still light at the end of the tunnel.evrey step you take towards that light is a step , count that as your victory , Be Blessed. Inloving memory of our boys who where never meant to be RIP Ryan Tylor & Isaiah Daniel, we will never forget you,until we meet again 🙏💔💙💙👨👩👦👦👨👩👦👦👨👩👦👦👨👩👦👦😭😭😭
I'd really love to sing this song but I just can't bring myself to stop crying when I hear it! I lost my mother in the January of 2013 so just after Christmas. It will never be as meaningful a time without her. She was Christmas to me & to my daughter. Thank you Sarah for speaking my heart with those lyrics & warming my soul with that voice.
I lost my mom in 2011, and now that I think about it, I can't believe it's been that long. I was 22 and she was 50. This song reminds me of her every December. All of Sarah's music helped me through it, and she also inspired me to learn piano when I was 13. Anyway, stay strong, friend.
+Rachel Gregg i lost my mom when i needed her the most. he suffered 2 years and in the end cancer took her from me. my life was never the same even after 10 years i suffer
i am so sorry @TheIntunecatu. i understand how hard it is. every day i miss my mum terribly. but i do believe your mother is always with you, your guiding star, smiling when you are happy.
My husband of 20 years' Grandma Irene made me feel like I fit into their family so many years ago..she is gone now, but every time I hear this song I feel her..her love of her grandson and her hope that his life with me would be just like this song says... 20 years later, I love him as much as the day I met him and knew he was the one...she saw how much I loved him, and even at the young age of 18, she knew I would love him like she loved her husband...a love that lives forever...
Thank you! My father passed away on Valentines (2/14/2012)! This was my first Christmas without him! My daddy was my everything!!! I'm an only child and don't have anyone else. Mother is in the beginning stages of dementia. Just got divorced after 14 years, my son moved away to college and trying to raise my 12 year old while being disabled with auto immune disorder! Thank you for this beautiful song!
Awww, so sorry about your loss Maria. I truly understand how it feels losing a loved one, my wife passed while having our daughter, also lost both parents due to car accident when I was 24, wasn't easy for me though but I'm grateful to God for today 🙏. My deep and sincere condolences, how have you been? 🌺 😢
My lovely sister, Diane, died 10 days after Christmas last year. I haven't really cried, yet, but I know its coming. She was only 51 and loved animals and raised horses - warmbloods. Imagine that. Warmest wishes, Diane. See you, someday.
I am sure that Sarah uses minimal technical resources. I know she does not use autotune. An very, very fine singer just won't use it. Her voice is so perfect because she knows how to breathe, how to balance the highs and lows. It is almost as if her singing and the piano are one. I have seen her in concert twice. It was incredibly beautiful -- or, as one critic said, "ethereal." This song is so, so filled with longing and joyful memory.
How heartbreaking for those families. We all grieve with them. THe pictures and stories coming out of Newtown are absolutely gut-wrenching. Our hearts go out to those good people....
I had this song on my Christmas song list. I heard it on the way home and with what happened today with the shooting in CT, it made tears just fall down my face. This song seems very appropriate now with what happened. I can not imagine what those parents are feeling right now. How can they ever have a good Christmas ever again. I am sorry for all they are going through. I hope God gives them so peace.
there is an inner strength in all of us, harness the good things that your life has brought you as I'm sure there must be lots...I know the loss of parents and the despair that watching loved ones decline can bring.....try to be strong and focussed and you will find a peace rather than sadness...
I listen to this song over and over.......I feel like she pulled this out of my heart and sang it for my Marty. Thank you Sarah. My second Christmas without you my love, it is not getting any easier. I miss you every day. You are one of God's shining stars. Be a good Angel.
Heartbreaking an' timeless. Sarah has the magical ability to touch listeners in places deep within their hearts that they may have not even known existed before. She truly has a gift...her beauty is ethereal an' totally embracing...Her lyrical an' musical creations are quite unique...I cannot tire of listening to her...or watching her.
I LAY AWAKE AND TRY TO RECALL HOW YOUR BODY FELT BESIDE ME.....SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS BEHIND THIS SONG......ONE THING IS FOR SURE WE NEVER FORGET SOMEONE THAT WE TRULY LOVED SO DEEP AND SO MUCH .....OUR HEAT BREAKS AS MUCH IN OUR MEMORIES AS IT DOES IN LIFE ITSELF....LOVE, BOB S. FOX, PALM SPRINGS/LAGUNA BEACH, CA. USA
this is my second christmas without my mother and my first without my beloved fur baby, bambam....my twin sister moved to france just one week ago and we obviously did not share this christmas day together....this song is great for crying to!!! so sad....
Another one of Sarah's gems and there are many of them! Not easy to have a dry eye listening to her! Listening to her helped keep me alive and sane in some of the darkest times of my life. Her voice is so touching and she's always been a beautiful girl and she's my favorite female vocalist!
Conseigo feel all the love that song too, in every way .. The brotherly love, human and spiritual. Know that wherever she is, through music she can get to you All the best ...
Had to come back again... What a wonderful piece of music...and sung beautifully... somewhow poignnant through voice and lyrics.... Its especially this one line that gets me...."this is how I see you..." Great song. God bless.
The lake is frozen over The trees are white with snow And all around Reminders of you Are everywhere I go It's late and morning's in no hurry But sleep won't set me free I lie awake and try to recall How your body felt beside me When silence gets too hard to handle And the night too long And this is how I see you In the snow on Christmas morning Love and happiness surround you As you throw your arms up to the sky I keep this moment by and by Oh I miss you now, my love Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, my love
Sense of joy fills the air And I daydream and I stare Up at the tree and I see Your star up there And this is how I see you In the snow on Christmas morning Love and happiness surround you As you throw your arms up to the sky I keep this moment by and by
There is a song called Late by Roxanne Emery that did the same for me. My mom died in church 12-2-2001 of heart failure. Start looking for her in your siblings and her relatives. You have all those years of lessons she taught you yet to learn as well. She will always be with you.
I doubt very much that this is a break-up song, I believe it is showing the stages of grief, and acceptance with death. With that... that is the wonderful thing about music, it fits our needs and is open to interpretation, I have never lost anyone close to me, but it hits me hard to listen to it, for those of you who have. I hope those who are coping with their own griefs, are able to hear this song, I imagine it puts words to your despair, and truly wish it helps you.
Sorry for your loss Sara . this song reminds me of the woman that i loved so much and that walked out on me for another man . now all i have is my memories as she walked out on Christmas eve i have never been able to enjoy the holidays since then. just never been able to get her out of my head. but it is a very lovely song and an even more lovely person singing it thank you so much for your music.
i miss you, mama, two years later feels like two days from your passing....now my sister, my twin, departs to live half way around the world.....i am living alone, in a city with no family.. i miss all those that i love and i miss my family those still alive and those departed...
I will always remember my Canada and my dear friends up there... miss you so much... I wish to go to have a true Christmas with snow and cold, but with much love.
So incredibly beautiful 🤓😅😍! First time I ever heard Sarah in the Radio was back in 1996 on a trip during a Florida vacation of me, my wife and our toddler son and our friends. The song she sang was: "Will you remember me ..."! Never forgot her ever since😘💖! To my opinion one of the World's greatest english speaking Singer-Songwriters, fabulous 🤗😇❤!
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My daughter was killed in a tragic car accident before Christmas she was 23 this was her favorite holiday ,I miss her so much I love her so much ,I will never be the same God help us ...
Sending love to you at this time, Sherry. She is one of your guardian angels now, I hope you feel that xx
Im so sorry for your lost
Much love...♡
So sorry to hear :(
I would be absolutely crushed!
May God be with you and your family
Be strong 💪💪💪
Trust, she is still living with you in another way ♥️♥️♥️
its December 18th ,It's christmas, lost my wife of 33 years to cancer on september 17, 2022 stumbled apon this song searching for christmas songs. This song reminds me of her and how i feel. Now the tears that flow are tears of joy and sadness. God bless
He was my love.. fell threw the ice and drowned. January 13, 1980.. my love. 44 years later and I miss you in every star. Every snowflake.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and it resonated with me from the very moment I heard it. It came out a year after my dog had passed. We had her for 18 years. I grew up with her and she was always a special part of my Christmas, right there with me opening presents. This always makes me think of her and cry in the most heartwarming way, I called her "my love" ❤
I immediately thought of my pets that have passed too. Their love is the most pure, and I miss each one so much.
I’m so sorry. I had 2 dogs and 3 cats. Each had their own Christmas stocking which I filled with packages of their fav treats. As if they were children, I’d make a big ado about wishing them Merry Christmas and we’d tear into their stockings. That was a time never to be again on this earth but we were blessed for a season, as were you. ❤😊
The first time I heard this song, I had just left my husband's hospital room. I knew it was going to be our last Christmas together. We had seen Sarah together early in our relationship, her music holds a special place for me. I HAVE to listen to it every season, but it makes me cry every time. Merry Christmas, my love.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
Yes~ love it.
Whoah. That's deep [x]SAVED
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@@Some_One_One who are you?
Yes.
I am a Father of two girls. My wife and I tried to raise our kids the right way. We even homeschooled, because our Western culture has become so toxic. But lo and behold, I’ve been cancelled by my eldest daughter. My younger is on the spectrum.. and I have her 24/7, since my wife abandoned us. This song makes me think of my girls playing in the snow, when the whole family was together. So sad, but such warm memories, makes me know I am still alive, to feel such deep emotions. What a beautiful song..
この曲は私の知る中で一番美しく、切ない曲です。
サラの歌声は聴いていてとても穏やかなのに自然と涙が溢れてしまいます。
そしてコメント欄の皆さんの想いを読み、涙が止まりません。
みんなそれぞれ大切な愛おしい誰かを想い、涙を流しているのですね。
全ての人に幸せが訪れますように。
Merry Christmas...
This was my dads favorite Christmas song. He passed away in August of this year. The song always meant a lot to me, but now I understand the meaning on a much deeper level… The first few notes alone brought me to tears.
Lauren, you have good taste. God bless you and your family. Father.
Can not talk. Too many people.
God bless you. Princess. I'm sorry.
Lauren?
Sorry to hear about your dad. Everyone has to go at some point, but it's always an incredibly difficult thing to lose someone you're close to. Heck, even losing a pet is downright devastating. But what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, and your dad is not lost and gone forever. He's no doubt still looking out for you from the world beyond, and you'll see him again one day.
This song reminds me of my beloved pup, we had to let go.
Smiles, hi Kathy 🌺 😊
It's a beautiful, sunny day in May 2024. And here I'm crying to a Christmas song. Perfect.
Saddest Christmas song ever, and it takes years of life to understand the lyric. It means different things to me now. Beautiful and heartbreaking.
+stevers62 Indeed. More now than ever
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I think Faith Hill's "Where Are You Christmas" is even sadder
So much more meaning as life changes
Totally agree. I play this every Christmas season. Deepens with time.
This truly is a Sarah's masterpiece...extremely touching... makes me cry everytime, every Christmas.
This song perfectly captures a friendship I had which ended in death. The beauty of what we had tears me apart and yet I cherish the years
#YouCry?
@@zgs12212012 @#Margots
@@angelawho9083 Are you asking if I cry about the loss of a friend?
i cry every time too. I've never cried to any song as i cry to this song. i think about my grandpa I'm crying rn typing this i cry listening to the first note
My God! What a stunningly beautiful song, Sarah. Thank you.
This is one of the greatest Christmas songs ever. It Takes me back to 1990 and my one and only Christmas with my first wife, our marriage didn’t even last a year but the wonderful memories will be with me forever... time goes by way too fast.
My husband bought me thiaalbum when it was new. I remember listening to this with him right beside me. Now it's been almost 9 years since he died. This year, missing him has been more intense than any other. Sadness has turned to depression and i give up more days than not. Things will just never be right without him.
Meus sentimentos! Deus te conceda força nesse momento dificil!!!
Hearing this song on the Voice for the first time - it was so thought provoking. I looked it up as a song sung by Sarah McLachlan. I listened again and again, memories of my childhood, family members flood my thoughts with visions of happiness - precious times I took for granted. Yes Merry Christmas to Mom, Dad, grandparents - all those near and dear to me. I just never knew what I had.
Do we ever know what we have?
FOr my mother..our very own Queen of Christmas..the one who made me promise that when she was gone, I would carry on the tradition of a big family celebration. The one who could turn the house into a winter wonderland that time of year. She loved Christmas and its magic so very much. I never thought she would be gone so soon..her last Christmas was in 2007. Recently I started to feel that magic return, and it felt ok to really celebrate once agian.
Breaks my heart every time. I came home to Maine in the Fall of 2006. Moved myself and my special needs daughter into a house in Harpswell Neck Just before my divorces was final. . And we rode out the hard winter. This song reminds me of the times staring out the window, watchin the snow fly;g. And aching.
I'm watching this as I rock my 10 month old daughter back to sleep. Something about a darkened room, a piano, and Sarah's voice that bring the gravity of this moment in time into complete focus. The only sound within earshot more beautiful than Sarah's voice is the soft cooing from this perfect being bunched in my arms. Oh how I wish I can live this moment for awhile longer... "Love and happiness surrounds you, as you throw your arms up to the sky. I keep this moment by and by."
That was me before I lost my two small children & wife. I played Sarah's CD's when they were infants.
So very beautifully written. Thank you for sharing that perfect moment. I just love that.
the most calming xmas song ive ever heard. so soothing❤❤
RIP mom and dad. Christmas will never be the same.
Lost my Daddy this July just gone and you're right Christmas will never be the same :( He used to love Sarah McLachlan.
+Emily Walker indeed true we lost my uncle 16 years ago his birthday is a day after mine in December never a day something doesn't remind me of him .
I lost my Grandad on 25th of December my Nanny on the 1st of April and my Daddy on the 10th of July some things will just be etched in your mind forever.
Lake is frozen over
Trees are white with snow
And all around
Reminders of you
Are everywhere I go
It's late and morning's in no hurry
But sleep won't set me free
I lie awake and try to recall
How your body felt beside me
When silence gets too hard to handle
And the night too long
And this is how I see you
In the snow on Christmas morning
Love and happiness surround you
As you throw your arms up to the sky
I keep this moment by and by
Oh I miss you now, my love
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, my love
Sense of joy fills the air
And I daydream and I stare
Up at the tree and I see
Your star up there
And this is how I see you
In the snow on Christmas morning
Love and happiness surround you
As you throw your arms up to the sky
I keep this moment by and by
.... a wonderful song ...
.... to start this morning ....
.... her voice is like a caress ....
.... a tender kiss to wake you up..
"" Счастливого рождества ! ! ! ""
xxx Mona the soulful xxx mehr wie schön Mona.xx
So beautiful melody !!! Thanks sweet soul !!!
Virginie A. vivi. ♥♥♥♥♥
Jérémy Joubert ♡ merry Christmas Jérémy
I cry rivers of tears everytime I hear this song. It is so very touching.
This song brings memories of my Dad.....I'll put a star on the tree for you Dad....I miss you tons!
That is so sweet of you. I will will do that for my dad too
Love to my Elizabeth for showing me this beautiful song. She'll always be my Lighthouse Keeper x
This is one of my all-time favourite songs. I used to play this note for so long. It always reminds me when winter comes. I have been listening to it again since a week ago. Merry Christmas to everyone if you see this comment.
As beautiful and peaceful as quiet candles on a winter's night.
I've lost both parents and my only 2 siblings from 2010 to 2016 all to cancer. And my only child was stillborn on Christmas Eve of 1996. My father and 2 siblings died around the holidays. I pull this video up and play every yeat at Christmas time. I'm not alone I know. This song makes me realize that and it allows me to go outside of my own heartache. It's kind of a 4 minute support group. I thank you for this Sarah
I know this comment is 2 years old but I want so send much love and strength to you, John! ❤️
@@ZwockelMonster Thank you. Sending well wishes your way too.
Never heard this before, what a beautiful song!
You have now beeeeotch.
This song reminds me of my mother at Christmas. She died of breast cancer Aug 23, 2009. I There are so many things in the song that i can relate to my relationship w her. cant explain the way i felt when i heard it for the first time.But I sat alone and cried. I miss her so much. Thank you for writing an incredible piece of poetry and music. I've always been a big fan. Now its just that much more special.
Sarah is the one of the few people on earth, that can make me feel completely at peace
Good for you. My mother was weak and let my philandering father put me and my two brothers in a state home for boys. It was a tough, violent environment but we survived 11 years in that place. I admire your courage and determination. You made my day! Thank You.
OMG - I've got tears in my eyes and I don't even know who she's singing about!
Jessica J her mom
It is about her mom that died.
So profoundly beautiful and peaceful, and yet relentlessly heartbreaking
What a sublimely beautiful song. For everyone who has ever lost anyone . . .
This song will forever remind me of just one person in my life, my late husband. I am moved to tears when I hear it. Merrye Christmass, David! ((HUGS)) for all you gave me and the boys. Sweet melancholy! [Though the Wintersong CD is meant as a Christmas album, I listen to it at other times during the year as well.]
Hey Molly,
reading your lines makes me feel sorry for you and for your hushband....
I am sure...if your David looks down from above and sees you and the boys and then would read your words here,it would cast a broad and proud smile onto his friendly face.....
Especially in these trying days,it is hard,I know....
But dont forget......
He is,I am sure,very happy that you still think and talk about him,-but he also wants to see his little platoon content and surrounded by happiness....
God bless your family.
Roger
Merry Christmas..
So beautiful. I think back to Christmases with my husband. What beautiful memories.
It's the middle of the summer and I'm listening to this. Why? Is impossible beautiful...
The year I bought a copy of this album was my fondest Christmas memory of my mom... and that was the last Christmas we spent with her.
She died of Brain aneurysm last April 2009.
We miss you so much.
Her voice keeps me sane in this world falling apart.
So true.
Second Christmas since the departing of the love of my life, RIP my sweet love...will forever hold on to those Christmas mornings with you.
Everything about this beautifully intimate song--the lyrics, her voice and her piano--is a gift reminding me of wonderful, quiet moments with the love of my life. I'll forever miss you, Emerald Eyes, but never more than on Christmas morning.
This song make me break out in tears every time.. it never fails.. Rest in peace dad, I really miss you.. :(
Hello my earlier me haha..
Still listening to the song every now and then :)
How does she do it? Sarah is one of the few artists that sends me to this place, that's in my head, that I only can understand.......WOW! truly amazing
Excrpt everyone else in here understands it, so talk to us instead of thinking youre alone in it - there are kindred spirit everywhere.
I remember the first Christmas after my beautiful wife passed away from ALS. It was so close, November 14th. I had no time to grieve. I couldn't understand, I needed to hide away until i could understand......I may have started that journey out of hiding.....
You hang in there as close as you can..I pray I never have to go through what you did...let your strength come from a place that you will see soon...God bless you
I'm so very sorry for the loss of your wife. I list my beloved husband Bob to cancer on November 14th, 2014. Every time I hear this song it makes me think of him. I miss him every single day. Praying for you this Christmas.
Listening to this song after having lost loved ones is one of the most saddest reminders that we are human beings and emotions are the biggest part of our existence.To whoever needs to hear this, you are still here , you are still strong , you will get stronger ,making it happen each day when you feel like throwing in the towel.There is still light at the end of the tunnel.evrey step you take towards that light is a step , count that as your victory , Be Blessed. Inloving memory of our boys who where never meant to be RIP Ryan Tylor & Isaiah Daniel, we will never forget you,until we meet again 🙏💔💙💙👨👩👦👦👨👩👦👦👨👩👦👦👨👩👦👦😭😭😭
Call.
Try
Nothing can change. Future is a chance
I'd really love to sing this song but I just can't bring myself to stop crying when I hear it!
I lost my mother in the January of 2013 so just after Christmas. It will never be as meaningful a time without her. She was Christmas to me & to my daughter.
Thank you Sarah for speaking my heart with those lyrics & warming my soul with that voice.
+Rachel Gregg It sure would indeed be hard to sing after losing your mom
Try and at least see how it goes this year
I lost my mom in 2011, and now that I think about it, I can't believe it's been that long. I was 22 and she was 50. This song reminds me of her every December. All of Sarah's music helped me through it, and she also inspired me to learn piano when I was 13. Anyway, stay strong, friend.
+Arielle Sioux
+Rachel Gregg i lost my mom when i needed her the most. he suffered 2 years and in the end cancer took her from me. my life was never the same even after 10 years i suffer
i am so sorry @TheIntunecatu. i understand how hard it is. every day i miss my mum terribly. but i do believe your mother is always with you, your guiding star, smiling when you are happy.
The voice of an angel.
Beautiful...perfect night song... ;-)
My husband of 20 years' Grandma Irene made me feel like I fit into their family so many years ago..she is gone now, but every time I hear this song I feel her..her love of her grandson and her hope that his life with me would be just like this song says... 20 years later, I love him as much as the day I met him and knew he was the one...she saw how much I loved him, and even at the young age of 18, she knew I would love him like she loved her husband...a love that lives forever...
its one of the most beautiful songs ever!
Thank you! My father passed away on Valentines (2/14/2012)! This was my first Christmas without him! My daddy was my everything!!! I'm an only child and don't have anyone else. Mother is in the beginning stages of dementia. Just got divorced after 14 years, my son moved away to college and trying to raise my 12 year old while being disabled with auto immune disorder! Thank you for this beautiful song!
Awww, so sorry about your loss Maria. I truly understand how it feels losing a loved one, my wife passed while having our daughter, also lost both parents due to car accident when I was 24, wasn't easy for me though but I'm grateful to God for today 🙏. My deep and sincere condolences, how have you been? 🌺 😢
My lovely sister, Diane, died 10 days after Christmas last year. I haven't really cried, yet, but I know its coming. She was only 51 and loved animals and raised horses - warmbloods. Imagine that. Warmest wishes, Diane. See you, someday.
I am sure that Sarah uses minimal technical resources. I know she does not use autotune. An very, very fine singer just won't use it. Her voice is so perfect because she knows how to breathe, how to balance the highs and lows. It is almost as if her singing and the piano are one. I have seen her in concert twice. It was incredibly beautiful -- or, as one critic said, "ethereal." This song is so, so filled with longing and joyful memory.
How heartbreaking for those families. We all grieve with them. THe pictures and stories coming out of Newtown are absolutely gut-wrenching. Our hearts go out to those good people....
I had this song on my Christmas song list. I heard it on the way home and with what happened today with the shooting in CT, it made tears just fall down my face. This song seems very appropriate now with what happened. I can not imagine what those parents are feeling right now. How can they ever have a good Christmas ever again. I am sorry for all they are going through. I hope God gives them so peace.
I could stay hearing her for ever...
A heart breaking, gut wrenching, beautiful song.
Happy, sad, reminders of you every where I go...this is how I see you in the snow on Christmas morning...I miss you..I keep this moment bye and bye..
This just shreds me...as in 10 onions in the eyes levels.
I visit this song every winter just to feel sad and happy at the same time.
there is an inner strength in all of us, harness the good things that your life has brought you as I'm sure there must be lots...I know the loss of parents and the despair that watching loved ones decline can bring.....try to be strong and focussed and you will find a peace rather than sadness...
I agree, I hear the angel sing to me, and that angel is Sarah
I listen to this song over and over.......I feel like she pulled this out of my heart and sang it for my Marty. Thank you Sarah.
My second Christmas without you my love, it is not getting any easier. I miss you every day. You are one of God's shining stars. Be a good Angel.
Merry Christmas........... Stop making me cry.
Man, this is one of her many amazing songs. She can make a new song out of an original like no one. Very touching..very emotional.
i cried like this is soo beautiful
Heartbreaking an' timeless. Sarah has the magical ability to touch listeners in places deep within their hearts that they may have not even known existed before.
She truly has a gift...her beauty is ethereal an' totally embracing...Her lyrical an' musical creations are quite unique...I cannot tire of listening to her...or watching her.
Sarah always makes me teary. I just love her.
I love this song and the powerful and deep emotions it invokes.
I LAY AWAKE AND TRY TO RECALL HOW YOUR BODY FELT BESIDE ME.....SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS BEHIND THIS SONG......ONE THING IS FOR SURE WE NEVER FORGET SOMEONE THAT WE TRULY LOVED SO DEEP AND SO MUCH .....OUR HEAT BREAKS AS MUCH IN OUR MEMORIES AS IT DOES IN LIFE ITSELF....LOVE, BOB S. FOX, PALM SPRINGS/LAGUNA BEACH, CA. USA
this is my second christmas without my mother and my first without my beloved fur baby, bambam....my twin sister moved to france just one week ago and we obviously did not share this christmas day together....this song is great for crying to!!! so sad....
I love this song so much. So heartfelt.
Love the new Christmas record/songs, missing my Mom, I would driver her around and listen to it with her, Xo A ;-)
Omgg this is the Most AMAZING SONG WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL WOW IM BLOWN AWAY 🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇🌍🌍🌍🧡🧡🧡🌟🌟🌟😭❤❤❤
Smiles, absolutely beautiful Dianne, feels really great listening, how are you doing? 🌺 😊
I love it, Sara. It conjures up a memory of a Christmas long past and the sweet soul who was the love of my life. Thank you.
Goodness...I'm in love with Sarah. She touches one's heart because her music is truthful and means so much to those who listen.
Another one of Sarah's gems and there are many of them! Not easy to have a dry eye listening to her! Listening to her helped keep me alive and sane in some of the darkest times of my life. Her voice is so touching and she's always been a beautiful girl and she's my favorite female vocalist!
Conseigo feel all the love that song too, in every way .. The brotherly love, human and spiritual. Know that wherever she is, through music she can get to you All the best ...
Such a beautiful song around Christmas time!! Sarah McLachlan has a voice of an angel.
Smiles, absolutely beautiful Natalie, feels really great listening, how are you doing? 🌺 😊
a piece of heaven.....
Thank you for being there all this time
this makes me cry every time I hear it.
I've never lost someone at wintertime, so I listen to this song somewhat neutral. But it is from Sarah and this is always special.
Had to come back again...
What a wonderful piece of music...and sung beautifully...
somewhow poignnant through voice and lyrics....
Its especially this one line that gets me...."this is how I see you..."
Great song.
God bless.
Thank you for the memory of my husband at this time of year. The song is so well done and so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes
The lake is frozen over
The trees are white with snow
And all around
Reminders of you
Are everywhere I go
It's late and morning's in no hurry
But sleep won't set me free
I lie awake and try to recall
How your body felt beside me
When silence gets too hard to handle
And the night too long
And this is how I see you
In the snow on Christmas morning
Love and happiness surround you
As you throw your arms up to the sky
I keep this moment by and by
Oh I miss you now, my love
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas, my love
Sense of joy fills the air
And I daydream and I stare
Up at the tree and I see
Your star up there
And this is how I see you
In the snow on Christmas morning
Love and happiness surround you
As you throw your arms up to the sky
I keep this moment by and by
What a talented artiste. She is my favourite female artiste of the nineties. When music was music, WHEN EFFORT was put into the craft
Brian Tb it's not too late to become a fan of Brandi Carlile.
She is my favorie female artist EVER.
She is so beautiful
There is a song called Late by Roxanne Emery that did the same for me. My mom died in church 12-2-2001 of heart failure. Start looking for her in your siblings and her relatives. You have all those years of lessons she taught you yet to learn as well. She will always be with you.
I doubt very much that this is a break-up song, I believe it is showing the stages of grief, and acceptance with death. With that... that is the wonderful thing about music, it fits our needs and is open to interpretation, I have never lost anyone close to me, but it hits me hard to listen to it, for those of you who have. I hope those who are coping with their own griefs, are able to hear this song, I imagine it puts words to your despair, and truly wish it helps you.
Sorry for your loss Sara . this song reminds me of the woman that i loved so much and that walked out on me for another man . now all i have is my memories as she walked out on Christmas eve i have never been able to enjoy the holidays since then. just never been able to get her out of my head. but it is a very lovely song and an even more lovely person singing it thank you so much for your music.
We're sharing the same fate.
i miss you, mama, two years later feels like two days from your passing....now my sister,
my twin, departs to live half way around the world.....i am living alone, in a city with no family..
i miss all those that i love and i miss my family those still alive and those departed...
Smiles, hi Natasha 🌺😢
I will always remember my Canada and my dear friends up there... miss you so much... I wish to go to have a true Christmas with snow and cold, but with much love.
never heard anyone with so great a voice n control...
So true.!
Seems to be about a loved one in heaven on Christmas morning.....
Smiles, hi Suzi 🌺😊
So incredibly beautiful 🤓😅😍!
First time I ever heard Sarah in the Radio was back in 1996 on a trip during a Florida vacation of me, my wife and our toddler son and our friends.
The song she sang was: "Will you remember me ..."!
Never forgot her ever since😘💖!
To my opinion one of the World's greatest english speaking Singer-Songwriters, fabulous 🤗😇❤!
Such a beautiful voice - like a mother's voice. This one makes me cry every time.
Smiles, so so beautiful Bonnie, feels really great listening, how are you doing? 🌺 😊