Eigentlich schon eine allgemeingültige Aussage: "..natürlich muss eine Frau praktische Schuhe tragen, die keine Knochen brechen, oder den Fuß missgestalten.."
It seems to me this song could be about a woman with DID, or multiple personalities, thus why we see the inmate in the straightjacket. Being that I have DID as well, this is what the song seems to me. Very beautiful and a classic none the less.
@Tigerpaw1979 I'm not trying to be mean or anything I just wanted to let you know that the song is actually based off of the character Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet
@tawari6 She was the singer for the 10,000 maniacs in early '80s, the had a song liked called Because the Night. She also has other solo album called Tigerlilly which is great.
@ManicansandUnicorns Yes I agree..i've been listening to this song/album for years & this is the first time i've ever seen the video...lol, but i always thought that before just by the album cover and the lyrics! i think u are spot on MandU!!!
@ManicansandUnicorns Yes I agree..i've been listening to this song/album for years & this is the first time i've ever seen the video...lol, but i always thought that before just by the album cover and the lyrics! i think u are spot on MandU!!!
Natalie Merchant es de los grandes musicos y cantantes que nos dejaron las decadas pasadas, es una pena que la musica de calidad y creatividad no tenga su cabida en las radios actuales.
People mention that Ophelia was indeed a character from Hamlet, its worth looking her up, you will understand this song better aswell as the connections she wants to make to strong femle characters and our inate weaknesses. No woman is a fortress and there are many sides to us all.
Be self-aware, employ self-respect. Don't be a puppet. (I'm not saying that's what the song is exactly about). Too few women respect themselves: they bend and break at the whims of their fashion magazine, boyfriend, soccer mom club, etc. Stand up. Be more than that, or you let the superficial and the blindly hollow win...
while i enjoy the sound of the sweet violin and other instrumentals in the back ground i find the lyrics and video offensive. it is not about religion status but about respecting the religion itself. i guess it's a form of art but what might not be realized is that if someone wrote a song about something or someone they loved and the song was contradicting what they stand for they would be ofended. she has a great voice no doubt.
@darkNoTcrazy This song is not about religion. She is commenting about the stereotypes of women. All these women are stereotypes that are explored frequently in stories, myth, and religion. Ones beyond the usual mother/harlot. The pious woman is a very popular character in fiction and nonfiction, so she included a nun. Is that what you find offensive?
@crystal3001 in a way it's not about religion and i do understand the references of oppression towards women; however, why is it that they have to use such religious symbols to emphasize a point. other of the characters that are portrayed are offensive. i have talked to many women who have played this roles and are contempt and who are we to tell them to reject this position they are in. it is up to them to accept them or reject the roles.
@3spirituDeDios It's not about religion. Why do they use such religious symbols? Probably because they're a very large part of our society. Don't you define people on whether or not they're religious? As for whether women are able to reject these labels that society has decided are acceptable.. can they? Don't we collectively label people? Think about it in your own life. How often does your community/religious group/friends label others and stick to those labels together?
@crystal3001 I personally don't care about whether or not people are religious bc as long as i have my religion right it doesn't matter what others are. everyone has reasons to have one religion or another so placing labels furthers discrimination. yes ppl can reject labels and women especially bc they r the ones who have the most labels and the more opportunities to get to another level if they choose to. no ppl i know and myself do not stick to labels that is why so many fads are created.
i just discovered her ! WOW ! what an artist ! i wished i would have heard her music years before.....this song is so haunting, and the video so great !!!! ophelia blew me away......thank you natalie merchant !!!
i just discovered her ! WOW ! what an artist ! i wished i would have heard her music years before.....this song is so haunting, and the video so great !!!! ophelia blew me away......thank you natalie merchant !!!
seems to me that Ophelia is really every woman, in many walks of life, from God's bride as a nun to a courtesan , aside from the suicidal shakesperean character - riddled with insanity, using suicide to "forget", or perhaps just a woman with multiple personalities
Una sensazione incredibile.Performance a dir poco esaltante, una voce viva, toccante.Natalie una delle più grandi artiste di tutti i tempi.Semplicemente adorabile.Grazie di esistere
This song is about a girl named Ophelia who is in a mental hospital because she has multiple personality disorder. She thinks that she is all of the different women in this video. It's sad but at the same time beautiful. I absolutely love Natalie Merchant. Her music has gotten me through some tough times in my life.
This song was part of a life changing event that took place 8 years ago from today. I'll never be the same. I happened to get stuck on 10000 maniacs and Natalie Merchant today and was reminded of my experience. Thank you, Natalie, for your beautiful music and for being such a huge influence on my life. Life is SWEET!
do u fuckz even have a minor clue as to what this video represents? it's called multiple-personality-disorder. and those "characters," and their "voices" are "all" nat. grow a fucking brain fuckz. ur italian. u betta check ur dna.
@Kikadaaf its a hamlet character..... (you know,shakespear?) They do still teach this stuff in the education system dont they? I havent been out of schhol that long!
@angelachebert is this a reply to my comment on schizophrenia? and i dont think I read Hamlet in school :>/ several other shakespear plays but not that one.
@Kikadaaf ...You asked a question and I was saying Ophelia was a character from Hamlet. I dont remember what else was said because my comment was removed? I guess I am just feeling old because when I was in school they taught Shakspear! lol...
@nags2bitches Oh well...spelled it right just above on previous comment. Im sure you always hit the right key when you type. Sorry we cant always be as perfect as you....
Natalie Merchant has been around a long time and steadily does great, she was in the ten thousand maniacs before she went solo, I have been listening to her for 17 years now, she is my favorite.
i can say quite for sure she lip synch playing the characters at the end of the clip. i'm italian and i recognized Carmen Consoli's voice when she speaks italian. she's a well known italian singer who collaborated with her in this record. so, i suppose, all the other voices belongs to artists who collaborated for the album
@damselnat "ist ein Architekt" is correct, you can trust me on that. but you can as well drop "ein". there is a slight difference between them, though.
@lamusevenale i can say quite for sure she lip synch playing the characters at the end of the clip. i'm italian and i recognized Carmen Consoli's voice when she speaks italian. Consoli is a well known italian singer who collaborated with her in this record. so, i suppose, all the other voices belongs to artists who collaborated to the album
God, this woman is so talented. Just discovered her recently. Why isn't she bigger? The Winehouses and Duffy's are nowhere near her... Natalie is up there with the great Mitchell, King, Simon, etc...
Same here, just found her recently and she absolutely crushes all the new "pop" artists, in voice, lyrics and alltogether music. She deserves to be mroe famous
Natalie Merchant has been around a long time and steadily does great, she was in the ten thousand maniacs before she went solo, I have been listening to her for 17 years now, she is my favorite
This is one of the more deep and meaningful songs I've ever heard. Natalie has those songs that just managed to burrow under your skin... In a good way.
The fact that Natalie plays all the different characters is awesome, and only emphasizes all the thousands of daily choices each woman made, over a long period of time, which led her to a point so different from from all the other women. (Except the last Ophelia, of course, who seems, unfortunately, to have had no choices at all. )
Maybe one of the points of this haunting song: each of us is choosing to progress to being one of any number of people, based on the daily choices we make now.
I first heard this song in my shakespeare class my teacher had put together paintings of ophelia and played the song with it. I fell in love with this song right away.
Hmm... so the sybolism is that they were all the same person( having multiple personality disorder) or different women who ended the same way? Please somebody do tell.
I was in a bad mood today & watched this...I have seen it probably 50 times, and yet it meant more to me today than it ever has. The music picked me up, made me feel every part of my sorrow fully instead of denying it, and at the end, I felt much better.
All of those amazing women...living out their lives.....and in the end, its just Ophelia.....to fall in love with a woman like her, will cause you to lose yourself....I know...I did
I love this song, it's so sad, but so beautiful. I can't help but to wonder what made Natalie Merchant think of those lyrics. I love this so much, thank you for putting this up.
This video is fantastic. Only the interview-like thing in the end kind of ruined it. I think after watching the video, I understand the song a bit better. So is Ophelia really just fantasizing about all those great lives while she's really a sad and lonely soul with a damaged spirit?
I think, if she is Ophelia out of Hamlet, that is to say a mental patient, the interviews are important in describing her multple personalities. Regardless, this and Kind and Generous, are two fantastic songs from OPhelia.
Remember, Ophelia was originally a Shakespearian character, so the depiction of her mental illness should be consistent with the general feelings held over 600 nyears ago.
Bravo...ive never seen this....awesome, thank you, and in keeping with all women, are we not all full of all sorts of wonderful characters? id like to think so, anyway.
Greetings. Natalie is pretty awesome. One of those artists I can listen to all day. Does anyone know why the video of "Wonder" is apparently no longer available on Youtube?
I love this song! So tragic, yet at the same time, a bit hopeful. I love how Natalie Merchant brings the character of Ophelia to full light in this song while Ophelia embodies what is inside us all!
(pardon that speech. I'm pretty bombastic for a teenager!)
no, this is a song about the character ophelia from William Shakespears play Hamlet. She represents all women all over the world, and what is inside each of us
A possible source for Ophelia is Katherine Hamlet-a young woman who fell into the Avon river & died in December 1579. Though it was eventually concluded that she had overbalanced while carrying some heavy pails, rumours that she was suffering from a broken heart were considered plausible enough for an inquest to be conducted into whether her death was a suicide. It is possible that Shakespeare-16 at the time of the death-recalled the romantic tragedy in his creation of the character of Ophelia.
Eigentlich schon eine allgemeingültige Aussage: "..natürlich muss eine Frau praktische Schuhe tragen, die keine Knochen brechen, oder den Fuß missgestalten.."
Thank you for sharing! kind regards
196Stefan2 1 week ago
You're right, it does sound like DID.
Grovfu 3 weeks ago
I still think this could be about reincarnation.
Grovfu 3 weeks ago
It seems to me this song could be about a woman with DID, or multiple personalities, thus why we see the inmate in the straightjacket. Being that I have DID as well, this is what the song seems to me. Very beautiful and a classic none the less.
Tigerpaw1979 3 months ago 3
@Tigerpaw1979 I'm not trying to be mean or anything I just wanted to let you know that the song is actually based off of the character Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet
pjtherriat 2 months ago
I love you Natalie
OverdrivePacing 5 months ago
Wow what an amazing voice, why have I never heard her before? I came across this randomly
tawari6 5 months ago
@tawari6 She was the singer for the 10,000 maniacs in early '80s, the had a song liked called Because the Night. She also has other solo album called Tigerlilly which is great.
candelazul 5 months ago
@candelazul And "Noah's Dove"-fantastic :)
nangijala2682 3 months ago
At 4:45, she actually speaks German :D
DisneyWouldLoveMe 5 months ago
OPHELIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!
filmset67 5 months ago
This song is so beautiful ! I am doing a Lyrical/ Contemperary dance to it and it is my new favorite song ! (: <3
DancerPrancerNumber2 6 months ago
this is amazing, she needs more credit.
Ullygirldk 6 months ago
I can totally identify w/the other opinions of it being about the dif. sides of a woman & think it's probably a combination of several things.
mdm469 6 months ago
Yeah..didn't mean 2 post that twice! I also agree that she is EXTREMELY UNDERRATED.
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@ManicansandUnicorns Yes I agree..i've been listening to this song/album for years & this is the first time i've ever seen the video...lol, but i always thought that before just by the album cover and the lyrics! i think u are spot on MandU!!!
mdm469 6 months ago
@ManicansandUnicorns Yes I agree..i've been listening to this song/album for years & this is the first time i've ever seen the video...lol, but i always thought that before just by the album cover and the lyrics! i think u are spot on MandU!!!
mdm469 6 months ago
It is a beautiful song with a great sense of humor no?
lasttribes 7 months ago
Natalie Merchant es de los grandes musicos y cantantes que nos dejaron las decadas pasadas, es una pena que la musica de calidad y creatividad no tenga su cabida en las radios actuales.
deadwood2 8 months ago
People mention that Ophelia was indeed a character from Hamlet, its worth looking her up, you will understand this song better aswell as the connections she wants to make to strong femle characters and our inate weaknesses. No woman is a fortress and there are many sides to us all.
PsiChoCybia 9 months ago
@PsiChoCybia I heard the Carmelite part. I know Carmelites are an order of nuns, and I just thought of the line "get thee to a nunnery."
soldiergirl84 1 month ago
Be self-aware, employ self-respect. Don't be a puppet. (I'm not saying that's what the song is exactly about). Too few women respect themselves: they bend and break at the whims of their fashion magazine, boyfriend, soccer mom club, etc. Stand up. Be more than that, or you let the superficial and the blindly hollow win...
lunarfloor 9 months ago 2
I personally think ophelia's just supposed to simply represent all of the women waiting for equal rights.
heartofagreengirl 10 months ago
Natalie Merchant's Ophelia: Plays with perception of identity and well worth a ponder and a hearing...
MichaelBeckettesq 10 months ago 2
while i enjoy the sound of the sweet violin and other instrumentals in the back ground i find the lyrics and video offensive. it is not about religion status but about respecting the religion itself. i guess it's a form of art but what might not be realized is that if someone wrote a song about something or someone they loved and the song was contradicting what they stand for they would be ofended. she has a great voice no doubt.
darkNoTcrazy 11 months ago
@darkNoTcrazy This song is not about religion. She is commenting about the stereotypes of women. All these women are stereotypes that are explored frequently in stories, myth, and religion. Ones beyond the usual mother/harlot. The pious woman is a very popular character in fiction and nonfiction, so she included a nun. Is that what you find offensive?
crystal3001 11 months ago
@crystal3001 in a way it's not about religion and i do understand the references of oppression towards women; however, why is it that they have to use such religious symbols to emphasize a point. other of the characters that are portrayed are offensive. i have talked to many women who have played this roles and are contempt and who are we to tell them to reject this position they are in. it is up to them to accept them or reject the roles.
3spirituDeDios 11 months ago
@3spirituDeDios It's not about religion. Why do they use such religious symbols? Probably because they're a very large part of our society. Don't you define people on whether or not they're religious? As for whether women are able to reject these labels that society has decided are acceptable.. can they? Don't we collectively label people? Think about it in your own life. How often does your community/religious group/friends label others and stick to those labels together?
crystal3001 11 months ago
@crystal3001 I personally don't care about whether or not people are religious bc as long as i have my religion right it doesn't matter what others are. everyone has reasons to have one religion or another so placing labels furthers discrimination. yes ppl can reject labels and women especially bc they r the ones who have the most labels and the more opportunities to get to another level if they choose to. no ppl i know and myself do not stick to labels that is why so many fads are created.
darkNoTcrazy 11 months ago
She was on I think it was Letterman a few months ago and it
was so amazing..sang nusery rhyme.. beautiful.. it's still on
my DVR and I ran out and bought the CD...
run a search on Classic Poems turn Lyrical in the middle
she sings part of Dancying Bear.. what a voice!
stampnsp2 11 months ago
I love this version with the violin (I'm sorry if its not a violin lol) in the beginning!! OMGZZ
dearmissedessa 1 year ago
my cat's name is ophelia....
jazzyt333 1 year ago
Natalie Merchant is so talented. Her songs are full of such emotion, and come from her heart.
And I have to say...I am pretty impressed of the fact no one is cheaply comparing JB to her.
Love it, great video. Thanks for posting.
tessiemarie1 1 year ago 2
Holy shit Natalie, you're fucking amazing.
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CrazyGrin 1 year ago
"A reflection of women driven mad by social limitations."
moonishlips 1 year ago
j'adore votre vidéo mlle Ophélia et votre accent francais a un je ne sais quoi de charmant .
kalyfest 1 year ago
Makes me want to read Shakepere all over again.
M0onlightKiss 1 year ago
No offense, but.............this video is about multiple personality disorder (not drug use/abuse).
glenneveaux 1 year ago
Take a look at my video production. You will find all kinds of interesting between heaven and earth! You will not be disappointed!
Movielunatic 1 year ago
Oh thank goodness Ive known her for some time. The 90's had bad clothes but good music. I named my cat Ophelia♥
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i just discovered her ! WOW ! what an artist ! i wished i would have heard her music years before.....this song is so haunting, and the video so great !!!! ophelia blew me away......thank you natalie merchant !!!
heiko1977 1 year ago
i just discovered her ! WOW ! what an artist ! i wished i would have heard her music years before.....this song is so haunting, and the video so great !!!! ophelia blew me away......thank you natalie merchant !!!
heiko1977 1 year ago 10
"Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you" - The Dude
vtcpdx 1 year ago
When i listen to the lyrics my impression is Ophelia is a euphemism for drug use.
jerkball07 1 year ago
no prob..ur welcome
kiPiTsiLent 1 year ago
@kiPiTsiLent
seems to me that Ophelia is really every woman, in many walks of life, from God's bride as a nun to a courtesan , aside from the suicidal shakesperean character - riddled with insanity, using suicide to "forget", or perhaps just a woman with multiple personalities
allieinthebx64 2 months ago
@allieinthebx64 love the song and all of her music - CD TIGERLILY is just amazing
allieinthebx64 2 months ago
Wonderful!!!! Thank you so much! best wishes, Willemina
auntiewewe2 1 year ago
Capolavoro totale ,voce meravigliosa, calda ,intensa.Questa performance è un'opera d'arte.Natalie sei unica.
ciuryman 1 year ago
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Una sensazione incredibile.Performance a dir poco esaltante, una voce viva, toccante.Natalie una delle più grandi artiste di tutti i tempi.Semplicemente adorabile.Grazie di esistere
ciuryman 1 year ago
is that her as well at 3:18 and the whole scene thereafter?
cuntsound 1 year ago
@cuntsound she is playing all the roles.
stealthyeros 1 year ago
This song is so amazing!
"Your common sense, your best defense, lay wasted and in vain."
This gives me hope that women don't have to be pigeonholed - we can be whatever we want to!
eternalish 1 year ago 15
I think song really captures the character Ophelia from hamlet :)
amabilis77 1 year ago
I identify with this.
Contessology 1 year ago
This song is about a girl named Ophelia who is in a mental hospital because she has multiple personality disorder. She thinks that she is all of the different women in this video. It's sad but at the same time beautiful. I absolutely love Natalie Merchant. Her music has gotten me through some tough times in my life.
finewindingtendrals 1 year ago 3
This song was part of a life changing event that took place 8 years ago from today. I'll never be the same. I happened to get stuck on 10000 maniacs and Natalie Merchant today and was reminded of my experience. Thank you, Natalie, for your beautiful music and for being such a huge influence on my life. Life is SWEET!
MarielleStay 1 year ago
do u fuckz even have a minor clue as to what this video represents? it's called multiple-personality-disorder. and those "characters," and their "voices" are "all" nat. grow a fucking brain fuckz. ur italian. u betta check ur dna.
glenneveaux 1 year ago
Hauntingly beautiful.
FireandWind 1 year ago
The ending of this video just breaks my heart. /tear
electronicoffee 1 year ago
so... the different characters where the different personalities of her schizophrenic mind?
Kikadaaf 1 year ago
@Kikadaaf its a hamlet character..... (you know,shakespear?) They do still teach this stuff in the education system dont they? I havent been out of schhol that long!
angelachebert 1 year ago
@angelachebert who was a hamlet character.. and what was my comment? heh
Kikadaaf 1 year ago
@angelachebert is this a reply to my comment on schizophrenia? and i dont think I read Hamlet in school :>/ several other shakespear plays but not that one.
Kikadaaf 1 year ago
@Kikadaaf ...You asked a question and I was saying Ophelia was a character from Hamlet. I dont remember what else was said because my comment was removed? I guess I am just feeling old because when I was in school they taught Shakspear! lol...
angelachebert 1 year ago
@angelachebert shame they didn't teach you how to spell it.
nags2bitches 1 year ago
@nags2bitches Oh well...spelled it right just above on previous comment. Im sure you always hit the right key when you type. Sorry we cant always be as perfect as you....
angelachebert 1 year ago
@angelachebert No you spelled it wrong every time; the irony made me giggle that's all.
nags2bitches 1 year ago
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angelachebert 1 year ago
I luv the circus chick. She's jumping through hoops. This is a beautiful video about the fate of women.
elleJify 1 year ago
Natalie Merchant has been around a long time and steadily does great, she was in the ten thousand maniacs before she went solo, I have been listening to her for 17 years now, she is my favorite.
dafsmom78 1 year ago
i can say quite for sure she lip synch playing the characters at the end of the clip. i'm italian and i recognized Carmen Consoli's voice when she speaks italian. she's a well known italian singer who collaborated with her in this record. so, i suppose, all the other voices belongs to artists who collaborated for the album
toompea 1 year ago
Mental illness sucks.
CactusRose33 1 year ago
@CactusRose33 Sure is, we have to fight on though.
zyniker88 1 year ago
I get to see her on Thursday in Los Angeles =D
efreyre13 1 year ago 2
How is it I didn't hear of this superbly talented artist before today? She is absolutely amazing!
wavy2525 1 year ago 2
I absolutely love this album
Niblik6015 1 year ago 2
Fra lei e Cat Power non saprei dire chi è più brava...
psicotic67 1 year ago
I love it !
MydeusD 1 year ago
My respect!!!
jeelenar 2 years ago
I like it, and I added it to a special playlist on my page!
LadyJozlyn 2 years ago
Does she know all these languages? Because her German is perfect :)
LiviaAnnRox 2 years ago
I think "ist ein Architekt" is wrong as for a profession you do not use "ein/eine" etc
damselnat 2 years ago
well but her accent is so perfect, I wouldn't know she wasn't German :O
LiviaAnnRox 2 years ago 2
@damselnat "ist ein Architekt" is correct, you can trust me on that. but you can as well drop "ein". there is a slight difference between them, though.
mentallydotderanged 1 year ago
@LiviaAnnRox is it really her talking? her french is perfect too..
lamusevenale 1 year ago
@lamusevenale i can say quite for sure she lip synch playing the characters at the end of the clip. i'm italian and i recognized Carmen Consoli's voice when she speaks italian. Consoli is a well known italian singer who collaborated with her in this record. so, i suppose, all the other voices belongs to artists who collaborated to the album
toompea 1 year ago
Why the italian speaker is Carmen Consoli?
indaindie 2 years ago
I remember seeing her at lilith fair. such a great show.
jiminykrooked 2 years ago
one of the beautiful song...
KILLERBanshee 2 years ago
This woman can do no wrong to ANY song!
vladinsea 2 years ago 4
umm she was big ... around the late 90s ... she performed at the lilith fair ^_^
....ophelia is a very beautiful concept of women who dared question the patriarchal status quo.
Chipmunk710 2 years ago
she's amazing. i have been listening to this album since i was 12.
hellolovedones 2 years ago
her new album out april 6 2010 called leave your sleep
Nahni24 2 years ago 2
to this day, one of my very favorite albums from Natalie Merchant!!!! MUAH!!!
Rikeeboy 2 years ago
*wipes a tear*
nimbunimbu 2 years ago
Natalie Merchant has such a beautiful voice.
ElectrikBlack 2 years ago
God, this woman is so talented. Just discovered her recently. Why isn't she bigger? The Winehouses and Duffy's are nowhere near her... Natalie is up there with the great Mitchell, King, Simon, etc...
treg1980 2 years ago 79
amen to that.
boomslangdog 2 years ago
@treg1980
Same here, just found her recently and she absolutely crushes all the new "pop" artists, in voice, lyrics and alltogether music. She deserves to be mroe famous
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@treg1980
Natalie Merchant has been around a long time and steadily does great, she was in the ten thousand maniacs before she went solo, I have been listening to her for 17 years now, she is my favorite
dafsmom78 1 year ago
@treg1980 She is too thought provoking for mass media attention. The populous wants musical cotton candy.
D0ug91 4 months ago
I love the way she captures all the different sides there are to every woman, and what a beautiful song
damselnat 2 years ago 28
This is one of the more deep and meaningful songs I've ever heard. Natalie has those songs that just managed to burrow under your skin... In a good way.
chosentonessournotes 2 years ago 3
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i get this song in my head randomly.
i love it.
myblueskeleton 2 years ago
Ophelia's mind went wandering
You'd wonder where she goes
Through secret doors down corridors
She'd wander there alone
All alone
amazing!!! wonderful voice wonderful lyrics and wonderful characters!!
thank you for the upload
darkygirl2006 2 years ago 5
The fact that Natalie plays all the different characters is awesome, and only emphasizes all the thousands of daily choices each woman made, over a long period of time, which led her to a point so different from from all the other women. (Except the last Ophelia, of course, who seems, unfortunately, to have had no choices at all. )
Maybe one of the points of this haunting song: each of us is choosing to progress to being one of any number of people, based on the daily choices we make now.
anyviolet 2 years ago 5
I first heard this song in my shakespeare class my teacher had put together paintings of ophelia and played the song with it. I fell in love with this song right away.
MaineDupree 2 years ago
I have tried to get my english teacher to listen to this... she wont (shes a bitch) I wish she would... its so true to the char
KimIsMissing 2 years ago
i have this on vhs.
love it.
can't get enough.
Skiis14 2 years ago
this was beautiful and its something i will never forget
misticara 2 years ago 2
I love Natalie. I think what shes getting at here is- she makes music for everyone (with all those people) shes for all walks of life.
"ophelia was a cyclone a god damn hurricane" wow thats me completely. I feel like the reincarnation (sp?) of ophelia, wven though she was just a char.
She really explained ophelia in this song.
KimIsMissing 2 years ago
Hmm... so the sybolism is that they were all the same person( having multiple personality disorder) or different women who ended the same way? Please somebody do tell.
bookcreator 2 years ago
I was in a bad mood today & watched this...I have seen it probably 50 times, and yet it meant more to me today than it ever has. The music picked me up, made me feel every part of my sorrow fully instead of denying it, and at the end, I felt much better.
InsaneJestress 2 years ago 2
All of those amazing women...living out their lives.....and in the end, its just Ophelia.....to fall in love with a woman like her, will cause you to lose yourself....I know...I did
OnOtherWorlds 2 years ago
I love this song, it's so sad, but so beautiful. I can't help but to wonder what made Natalie Merchant think of those lyrics. I love this so much, thank you for putting this up.
AmafelElf92 2 years ago
something so sad about this...her voice...beautiful................thank you for this
Donisworld 2 years ago
thats simply wonderful...form italy
semplicemente meravigliosa...saluti dall'italia
Masino93 2 years ago
more than a song for me:)
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sevenender 2 years ago
Beauty. Poetry. Art. Not to be matched, repeated, or even measured...
LaFemmeOlowe 2 years ago
This song makes me cry. It's a beautiful song, but...the meaning is eminently profound.
pianist3221 2 years ago
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this woman is soo inspirational and awesome! The best female vocalist ever!
goodlittledollface 2 years ago 2
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goodlittledollface 2 years ago
shes such an amazing songwriter!love her!
doodlebugger77 2 years ago
I love this song.
And I love her voice
SpinaLaNana 2 years ago
This video is fantastic. Only the interview-like thing in the end kind of ruined it. I think after watching the video, I understand the song a bit better. So is Ophelia really just fantasizing about all those great lives while she's really a sad and lonely soul with a damaged spirit?
lucymia 2 years ago
I think, if she is Ophelia out of Hamlet, that is to say a mental patient, the interviews are important in describing her multple personalities. Regardless, this and Kind and Generous, are two fantastic songs from OPhelia.
vader5001 2 years ago 4
Thats exactly it and a lot to do with just being a woman in this world too or being a woman period.
PsiChoCybia 2 years ago
we all have these sides to us.
PsiChoCybia 2 years ago
Words will pale and fail to full express.
The weight and depth of my respects,
for this exquisite poetess.
Sincerely.
honypoboy 2 years ago 32
Ophelia is a great subject and this is very moving there is also an abstract interpretation of her called
6 Days Godbye Popems Of Ophelia
which has no words quite interesting
Albertocats 2 years ago
Absolutely beautiful song.
chocodash 2 years ago 3
The video is amazing. It is me.
FaeOmega 2 years ago 2
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yes, the video sux. it's like she's reaching for something she can't get to.
BuddyKatt 2 years ago
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i love this song, but i am disapointed in the video
i think this depiction of mental illness is extremely outdated/steriotypical
dilletante2 2 years ago
Remember, Ophelia was originally a Shakespearian character, so the depiction of her mental illness should be consistent with the general feelings held over 600 nyears ago.
InsaneJestress 2 years ago
*years ago. Damn typos.
InsaneJestress 2 years ago
its also historical.
diverrboy 2 years ago
Bravo...ive never seen this....awesome, thank you, and in keeping with all women, are we not all full of all sorts of wonderful characters? id like to think so, anyway.
venuswithahaton 2 years ago
Greetings. Natalie is pretty awesome. One of those artists I can listen to all day. Does anyone know why the video of "Wonder" is apparently no longer available on Youtube?
2short2q 2 years ago
they are scanning through videos and taking them down or muting per request of the copyright holder (i think in this case warner music)
quite a few of natalie's videos are gone.
dilletante2 2 years ago
I love this song! So tragic, yet at the same time, a bit hopeful. I love how Natalie Merchant brings the character of Ophelia to full light in this song while Ophelia embodies what is inside us all!
(pardon that speech. I'm pretty bombastic for a teenager!)
Wreven367 2 years ago
bombastic is good for a teenager best wishes to you
2short2q 2 years ago
natalie is great isn't she.. her voice just touch my heart no matter how many times i listen to it. it's just beautiful isn't it.
kiPiTsiLent 2 years ago 2
beautiful song.. natalie merchant is amazing..
onecharmedmcleod 3 years ago 2
natalie has always been a goddess <3
PsiChoCybia 3 years ago 2
AMAZING! One of the best and most dramatical songs I have ever heard...
ramirocatelan 3 years ago 2
Thank you for posting this! This song means so so much to me!
dagger4ureye 3 years ago
This is one of my most favorite songs in the whole wide world...It really stuck with me
lyssamiller 3 years ago 2
beautiful,
HunterST420 3 years ago 2
I have loved this song deeply for a very, very long time. Thank you so much for posting this!! It made my heart happy to hear it again!!!
critterel 3 years ago 4
Ophelia is in all of us, and yet we seek her. She is all that we are, and all that we seek. she is the tie that binds so to speak!!
justincrase 3 years ago 4
this is seriously one of the best videos i have ever seen. wow. she's so amazing.
elphabadance 3 years ago 2
one of the most beautiful ! she can take me away anytime,..
dancristina 3 years ago
Are these actually women in history? Or just different archetypes of women?
castratingharpy 3 years ago
no, this is a song about the character ophelia from William Shakespears play Hamlet. She represents all women all over the world, and what is inside each of us
nicolesupernatural 3 years ago 4
A possible source for Ophelia is Katherine Hamlet-a young woman who fell into the Avon river & died in December 1579. Though it was eventually concluded that she had overbalanced while carrying some heavy pails, rumours that she was suffering from a broken heart were considered plausible enough for an inquest to be conducted into whether her death was a suicide. It is possible that Shakespeare-16 at the time of the death-recalled the romantic tragedy in his creation of the character of Ophelia.
RogCBrand 3 years ago 4
Thank you for re-posting this!!! when it got deleted I was crushed!!
Masonbaconback 3 years ago 5