Dave Matthews - Stay or Leave

[naneanilau]

Wonderful....just amazing, atcually makes me cry.

[xyzbob3]

i played this song when me and my gf were breaking up

[Chaninees]

@xyzbob3 did it save your relation?

i hope so!

[miketarara]

this, every song, how does he do it, just amazing. i'd love to hear how he approaches writing.

[MrDracula7]

So what to do with the rest of the days afternoon...how anyone could put the feeling into words is beyond me

[pixiep61]

oh I'm GOING thats for sure !

[gabehimelfarb]

utterly amazing 

[smurphy339]

I'm not sad or missing anyone but this song just breaks my heart in a beautiful way. Dave makes me believe in love.

[Clewayze]

Yea :) Our species is capable of brilliance. (See Example 0:01)

Don't let anything hold you back

[animalboy64]

@Clewayze <3 that was very inspiriational to a young musician like me

[8GRUM8]

4 people accidentally pressed dislike or this songs about them.

[talivry88]

what a beautiful song! amazing

[Jmoney1109]

Makes me kind of depressed... but at the same time the best dave matthews song out there

[277surfergirl]

Besides the day u left me....my favorite song

[marktrib]

Goosebumps

[chriswalk27]

We used to laugh under the covers, maybe not so often now, the way I used to laugh with you was loud and hard.

Just thought that line needed more attention, just love how that line made me feel. That playful nature we all seem to have when we first fall in love with someone. I truly hope everyone gets to feel that sort of love.

[Clintondmb]

@chriswalk27 The song is deeply emotional, a lot of old memories, emotions and images are stirred by this song.

[JennyWise24]

its soooo gooooooooood

[8GRUM8]

Never been a huge fan, this song has definately turned me ;)

[1danrobbins]

What a great, great song.

[jessicaannewatson]

such a brilliant song. his music takes me somewhere else.

[jcast1976]

@thepowerr3-similar situation here.this song hits home for me!it was better the she'd leave but I wanted her to stay sooooo much.

[thepowerrr3]

I cry so hard when I listen to this. Recently the love of my life and I had to part. He says he still loves me, and I love him too. We can't be together now because while we were making plans to change the world, the world began to change us. This song speaks louder than anything I could have come up with. He is truly the greatest friend I could ever have asked for in this life of mystery and misery. It's too bad we have to put a hold on our love...I hope one day well be happy & together again..

[rgl3ma57]

this song is amazing!

"wake up naked drinking coffee,

making plans to change the world

while the world is changing us"

how fucking real is that line?! dmb just amazes me



[Gigalord3]

This song is one of the few things on earth that are truly beautiful

[handsofdave]

someone tried to tell me this morning that dave was a "little faggot". i threw my drink on him.

[izzpop98]

dmb have changed my life

[MegaATM]

absolutely incredible song, one of my favorite songs. makes me feel content :)

[jeep795]

some dave fans are such fruits...

[maximelia]

Just amazing

[1997armybrat]

i think i could hear this song from the time i wake up to the next da y and still not be tire of it... <3

[wjcrouse913]

This song got me through my first heartbreak ... girlfriends come and go but ill never stop listening to dave

[MegaDaveMatthewsFan]

So unique and amazing

[SylvGrac9]

Perfect.

[nochange123love]

this song is the most depressing, horrible and wonderful thing i have ever heard.

[RagDollFromHell]

this song never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

[melfitz13]

this is one of my favorite songs ever. it is so beautiful, i love dave's voice, and he is a really talented guitar player. this song got me through some tough times.

[maija022]

fell in love with the song the first time I heard it.

[izzpop98]

GOT THE INTRO ON THE GUITAR LICKED IT! and im 13!!

[izzpop98]

awsome!



[tmickeymike101]

amazing. first time hearing this sadly.

[FaintSketches]

One of the best songs ever made.

[pumukellll]

when he sings stay or leave its awesome, really, thats art.

[reenieandjake]

@pumukellll love this too, check the one of him and tim reynolds at radio city! well, there's no such thing as a bad version of a dave song

[RaquellyKelly]

i love this song!!! & this band <3 wish i would of heard them sooner<3

[GamingImpact]

this blows

[jthrunz]

@GamingImpact lol your just a troll. this is like the fourth aol session dave video i've seen you comment that on. too bad no one likes you

[gnrfanatic141414]

@GamingImpact you blow

[itskaale]

it´s amazing how 1 person is capable of this!

[CaponeFavilla1]

you think so ? (laughs)

[jujubilianinha16]

Perfect...

[wavzunltdmusicdesign]

Love the chord changes in this song .

[izzpop98]

dmb allways cheers me up and has brought joy to me and my dad and my friend

[19Chronic91]

dmb saved my life.



[NoCeilingsGaming]

@19Chronic91 Gotten me through some hard times as well man.



[helainarusso14]

Omg love this

[TheCitychefstl]

4 people are crazy.

or the wrong thing got clicked.

[Trustinguns89]

This is one of my top 5 songs of all time!!! Absolutely love it

[trinifishstix]

how can u dislike a great piece of musical art such as this???

[boarderthesnow911]

this is summer

[melfitz13]

@boarderthesnow911 this is heartbreak.

[Nero87A1]

This song is so amazing :)

[Alismiles62]

Is there anyway to download this onto my itouch. I can't find it on itunes?

[plhiszhful]

@Alismiles62 its on the some devil album # 8 i think

[WTHihtsM3]

@Alismiles62 youtube-mp3DOTorg

[cutesummergirl]

this makes me cry.

[eric4041]

ummm, brilliant

[artisthealer]

perfect

[ninoc123456]

Jesus christ is our lord and savior and only through him can we enter the gates of heaven

[KatatInTheHat]

@ninoc123456 wtf does that have to do with this???

[pseudogenesis]

@ninoc123456 Oh come on.

[Lilybeelove]

I love this!

[TheWasatch]

Sweet guitar!!



[GazerS1]

beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[sanduand22]

The most heart warming beautiful piece of music. Gives me chills everytime

[diequinox]

I love/hate how Dave makes me cry. How can I not wanna be loved like Dave writes in his songs? He breaks my heart.

[bremcnamara]

easily one of his best songs.

[bremcnamara]

easily one of his best songs.

[GAKvideoproductions]

i love dave i wish i was his daughter so i could say i love u daddy every day!!! lol i love him as a person and 4 his songs 2 but my favorite i "The Space Between" and "Stay or Leave" and "Lying in the Hands of God"

[paniclikeitshot1019]

washingtonjournal is def joking, unless he is a fan of a band and doesn't know how to spell their name (Phish not "Fish"). Now if he's serious well then God help us all folks....

[LehighLandscape]

3 people definitely should leave

[JoshTheBand]

Fall out boy is real music? Since when? Dave Matthews is real music. Heart and soul. Fall out boy is cash and girls. You fuckin homo.

[rgl3ma57]

it's songs like these where you realize why you were born with ears.

[washingtonjournal]

wow, this dude SUCKS! ALL I LISTEN TO IS FISH, THE BEATLES, AND FALL OUT BOY MAN, THEY ARE REAL MUSIC! NO THIS. YOU KIDS LIKE THIS STUFF. NOT ME. I AM TOO MATURE BECAUSE I AM REALLY INTO MUSIC.

P

[MrJtitan23]

@washingtonjournal I honestly hope your joking with fallout boy guy, shits weak and DAVE IS AWESOME DOCHEBAG

[StringSerenades]

@washingtonjournal You'd be surprised what you'll find if you expand your horizons. Loser.

[Shapingle]

@washingtonjournal troll is trolling.

[Kaiyelynne]

@washingtonjournal You are a joke. Dave matthews is one of the greatest songwriters alive today. Based on your grammar I can easily guess that you are either foreign or retarded, and based on that combination of "favorite bands" that you havent the slightest idea what "real" music is. Granted, The Beatles are great, and Fall Out Boy (though I'm not a fan) really isn't as bad as everyone says. But you dont listen to either of them. You misspelled the best ones name. ITS PHISH YOU DOLT. DMB FTW

[BeamThatBitch]

@washingtonjournal I gotta say that at some point in my life I'd have agreed with the Fall out Boy part. I think that might have been when I was 12.

[mlbb262]

Its songs like these that make you choose to be blind over deaf any day if you had to choose one.

[scout005]

What model Taylor is that? Looks like a cedar top.

[deveneauh]

absolutely love this song. amazing

[seatonk3]

how can you not like this omg

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[horseluver0092]

such a beautiful song... words cannot describe how this makes me feel

[sarahexox1]

This is easily the most hauntingly beautiful song EVER.



[KimbaPower]

His words and voice bring light to my life...

[liquidpersuasion]

HOW THE FUC KDOES HE TRANSITION FROM PICKING TO STRUMMING SO SMOOTHLY

IM SO STONED RIGHT NOW

[liquidpersuasion]

im totalluy stoned right now.. and this song is FUCKING EPIC

[gravesofqueens]

What a touching voice...I'm heartbroken

[headstock48]

This is soooo good and so utterly heartbreaking. I started learning it on my guitar, but I had to stop. Way too sad to be playing this twenty times a day!

[Bellekat1]

Just beautiful...

[ChuteSpades]

Auntie passed Monday.........



[headstock48]

@ChuteSpades Aw, sorry about Auntie. 

[aprilsue428]

This song is dedicated to my soul-mate!

[allyechols]

The very first time I heard this my boyfriend at the time played in on his acoustic for me and I fell in love with this song. Dumped the guy, still love Dave :)

[budsAok420]

@allyechols i guess that means he didnt play it quite right. perhaps the guitar was a little out of tune

[allyechols]

@budsAok420

Nah, he played it very well, he was just an ass LOL

[alexmantzakanis]

@allyechols Fu

[camann33]

@allyechols Ouch!

[MadmanAndMystic26]

@allyechols

Great comment. It's starts out romantic and ends pragmatic... I think Dave is amazing... way back in 1997 my girlfriend was crazy for him and I was soooo jealous(I was 18)...after her and I broke up I fell in love with him...lol... he is such a great artist!!!!

[metabalcanico]

@allyechols haha good to know, I will never player this song for a girl ..;)

[citrix99301]

Is he playing a high-tuned guitar here, or a regular guitar restrung to high-b tuning?

[peavyt15]

@citrix99301 high B i believe

[GAKvideoproductions]

i love u and ur songs im looking up ur biography now! lov u...LOLZ!!!!!!...:D

Anyone who hates dave matthews band shame on u... brats:((

[GAKvideoproductions]

i love u and ur songs im looking up ur biography now! lov u...

[habooboo3]

dave matthews. you are too great

[acidtrance101]

this song is soo great. its beautiful cause he sings of a love so deep that he's willing to let her go but he wants her to stay and remember the memories and make more memories. ;) not to mention the tune is great. such a sad song

[seanmcgpa]

My lover Brian taught music ... every afternoon I'd drive to pick him up from school. Every time I hear this song I think of him .... xoxoxoxoxo Sean

[Lina4203]

What kind of guitar he's playing in this video?

ps: Great song! As always!

[vincentaust]

can't find this aol session in itunes, anyone know where to find the audio?

[Prometheus1st]

The phrase 'it was good as good goes...' haunts me. I mean it really haunts me. I can't explain it. If you can't understand, then I could never explain it.

[andrea8413]

</3

[protoman2885]

2 people don't know what music is.

[whit256]

damn, that hurts.

[beccalalap]

dave will still be my number one artist the day i die

[gesosorey]

the older you get the more his songs mean something different...right?

[seawench1]

Just re-discovered DMB after watching a concert on PBS last week....can't get enough of his voice, guitar, lyrics, killer band... I am a fan!!!

[chickenlegpig]

Beautiful.

[pandafilet]

@acdcbag69 If you were to transcribe it, it would be most easily written in 12/8, but for all intents and purposes it can be heard in 6/8, 3/4, or any other time signature that can be broken down into a lowest common denominator of 3.

[inkdeviant]

beautiful. music at its finest. ....this coming from a diehard metalhead. :) people give me, covered in tattoos and piercings headbanging to pantera, weird looks when i start singing along with dave matthews.

[acdcbag69]

is this is 3/4 or 6/8?

[osianjones25]

@acdcbag69 6/8 i think

[Rayd8807]

@acdcbag69 actually it's 12/18

[sheldini2002]

@acdcbag69

Well technically they are the same, Im a drummer and when carter plays this his snare is on 4 or I would assume he is counting in 6/8.

[mctasticbitches]

@BringTheAnasthetic i agree

[12345Mk12345]

He could make an excerpt from mein kamf sound beautiful

[EllaFlysKites]

saddest song probally ever written. soo heartfelt

[schlager233]

not a huge fan of dave but this song is so gut-wrenchingly beautiful i cannot even put it to words.

[nmoney53]

One of my all time fav dave songs... I don't really have a break up moment or anything to connect with it, i just think it's a kick ass. sexy, beautiful song.

[mrbobbie87]

I WANT PLAY A GUITAR!!! NOW!!!!

[mrbobbie87]

style man.

[cr32244]

It reminds me of my ex and I in boone, nc! I was drinking coffee naked by the fire! Good Times! He has a song for almost every life experience!

[nick23900]

2 dislikes now hahaha.

[1manwithstick]

A true artist

[TheTomProductions]

in almost every video you get those 20-30 people who just hit dislike...guess daves words are pretty powerful

[ejmannix]

1 dislike= 1 person will die of AIDS

[cucumber98765]

lol, 150,000 people have watched this. and only 1 person disliked it. not to shabby dave :)

[DaveandTimForever]

Best lyrical performance by Dave. PERIOD (or maybe even by anyone else)

[MrCopperhead1861]

This is poetry to music.

[Evilash1303]

Its still hard to listen to this song because it reminds me of such an emotional time in my life, but this is an amazingly beautiful song that makers me cry every time

[41sticky]

@Evilash1303 im going through this exact thing , it relates to almost everyone that has had a person that they love and never think it will end. Its such a hard thing to go through and dave with his lyrics and his vocals (radio city r my favorite dav vocals) bring up so many emotions and make such an amazing song

[Dephect60]

I love playing this on my guitar, as well as other DM(B) songs.. somehow just playing them makes you happy..

[Rayd8807]

Someone disliked this?

[ljbeck123]

@Rayd8807 Obviously a misclick.... its bound to happen in 350+ likes

[jdiesel413]

*Thumbs up* Soo good but live is just unreal... he makes you feel stellar

[Sarcastimus]

Thumbs up if you sang along!

[RosePorto]

Amazing song... Amazing Dave... Brilliant!

[poojie9]

Love it! love him! :D

[jgolf1446]

Easily... one of the most brilliant pieces of music ever performed.

[jordanFUNNELL]

this is amazing, but the version with tim reynolds at radio city can actually bring me to tears. His voice is like wine, it truly grows better and better with each year.

[Huberns]

Which?

[freshmint7]

simply beautiful, heard this song live made me piss me pants.

[9999ilovemusic]

like seriously this is just unreal. is it possible to be so perfect?

[NewCreationSuz]

Absolutely LOVE this song... and this is one of the BEST acoustic versions- very clean and crisp... takes me to a whole other place... <3

[pseudogenesis]

I just realized I love this song.

[MsGracie41]

I just wanna sit on his lap and listen intently to his every word....