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  • great blurb and fantastic tune

    

  • Thumbs up if you were not brought here by a T.V show.

  • vote in positive you hear this song in lost im sorry for my bad english im spañish

  • Goodbye Sayid, i dont judge you, sawyer deserved it. You'll be back soon anyway.

    PS- watch out for crazy french chicks.

  • i love blind boys because they sing to Lord

  • Love is universal.

  • @thomsonindinc What does that even mean?

  • anyone know of other from them that are like this or any from other groups like this??????

  • Another one of the perfect songs LOST gave. :'(

  • The blind boys are amazing...I tell everyone about them.

  • wow one of the best songs ive heard in a couple of years..

  • This music is so comforting... LOST forever.

  • @geifson And ever :)

  • LOST - 1x08

  • Gandhi's method was inspired by the Sermon on the Mount, and as someone who has studied modern biblical scholarship for years, I think we can say that Gandhi got it right.. When I listen to Harper with the Blind Boys on "Picture of Jesus," I sometimes think of Gandhi.

  • goosebumbs

    

  • First time I've heard this. Beautiful.

    Thanks for the upload.

  • You get a "like" for your commentary as well as the video! :)

  • 4 people wish they were blind instead of hearing impared..

    Oh man.. This song fills me with this... *lost for words*

  • i can´t bealive lost has finished

  • LOST brought me here. such a great song for an EPIC show.

  • Ben's original was great but the boys just left me open-mouthed

  • a Ben Harper song

  • heard this on lost, just saying

  • Sooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

  • I think this is an absolutely amazing song, despite being atheist.

  • Amazing song. Thank you for uploading. :)

  • You can't write better poetry than this.

  • This is a very powerful song....I really like it. Don't much care for the video tho.

  • YEA I HEARD THIS ON MEMPHIS BEAT IN HAD TO FIND IT!!!

  • Memphis beat sent me too! WOW

  • Memphis Beat sent me here... I needed to find this so good :)

  • Memphis Beat sent me here too. I am from Memphis. This is truly beautiful.

  • Memphis Beat sent me here..... so glad I found this...

  • I believe that at sometime in the future most of modern society will see that what religions have in common is more important that what differentiates them. These things are humanity, empathy, peace, respect for each other and the world we live in (the environment and animals) Your placing of the pictures with this song shows this perfectly! Thank you :)

  • Normally isn't my type of music but I acutally heard it in one of the early episodes of "Lost" and I was hooked!

  • a lake of tears broke from my heart from the strong faith which all of us has

  • the power of this song is unbelievable.....amazing....th­is is the power of real love....this is the power of Someone who lives in us....

  • Courage isn't about one religion or one faith. It's about carrying on when you don't want to. Beautiful video! Who gives a damn if anyone is offended. It doesn't matter.

  • Oh my....

  • Oh my....

  • perfect idea of comunication between people and the Lord

    

  • found this on lost

  • seein these boys tomorrow!! probably going to need a box of tissues haha

  • Hey TheChubbbhead? You sound like Metal is you're groove. But what, you listen to this? Peace, from douche bag number 5

  • Tears really do speak for my heart with this song. Amazing.

  • I gotta see the four douche bags that disliked this? What the fuck is your problem?

  • @TheChubbbhead Those four are still loved. I hope you find inner peace. "An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind" - Ghandi

  • @jimbobf1 Fuck you, you tool. Take your inner peace and cram it up your ass. Its a youtube video comment, you aren't saving the world you douche. Get over yourself.

  • @TheChubbbhead misclicks. If not, then I just lost faith in humanity

  • i bet if you asked the blind boys they would say its about Jesus :-D

  • Wow, this is amazing!! thank you!! incredibly inspiring!!

  • LOST. ♥

  • @Zuckerflashzombie My first time hearing it was on Lost and "wow" the trivial TV world became something better.

  • The best...tears and joy.

  • I might of called it a belief in a higher power...that more lies beyond our earthly existence, which is faith. But men will do the same things for love. Maybe they loved mankind, having a willingness to sacrifice for something they believed was in the greater good, once again taking faith. I cant imagine those men did it for the love of an individual. Their martyrdom almost guaranteed, they proceed as if part of a prophecy. Thats faith, faith that it's worth it.

  • Your description is interesting. You say that they acted out of faith. I would say that they acted out of LOVE. What makes Jesus special was his uncompromising message for us to love all, regardless. What makes his followers pathetic is that they too often create barriers between people and see faith as more important than Love. There is no higher calling than to love all equally. This video reflects that. Thanks for posting.

  • @geryrefail You're doing the Jesus thing again, which misses the whole point of the uploader's comment.

  • Wish I could thumbs up the description.

  • love for humanity and faith are not the province of any one religion

  • one of the most beautiful songs ever!

  • My favorite song! I just gotta learn it on the piano now (:

  • ed sheerans top played song on his ipod

  • This is the first time I've actually read what someone had written about a song lest alone an upload - well said! Good on you for talking sense. Wicked tune. Speaks VOLUMES. Lx

  • well said sahneknuff. I'm not religious but this song is very moving.

  • Ben Harper sings it good too. But this is pretty boss

  • Thank you Lost for this amazingly beautiful song.

  • woa! would you believe that i have NEVER heard of these singers until just now. Oh my gosh, i have goosebumps all over my arms and my back and this overwhelming feeling. WOW. Truly great singers. Thats all i gotta say

  • this is great, but its better with the island in sync

  • Oh my! I happened upon this song as background music on a tribute video to Tom Crean, an Antarctic explorer. He had faith and then some. Every now and then you have a moment when you count your blessings. Listening to this does that very thing. Absolutely hauntingly brilliant.

  • First time I ever heard this song.....I have been reduced to a blubbering mess. Possibly the most beautiful song I have ever heard. Thank you.

  • First time I ever heard this song.....I have been reduced to a blubbering mess. Possibly the most beautiful song I have ever heard. Thank you.

  • I'm an atheist, but I'd be lying if I said this song wasn't beautiful.

  • @Chiller326 Stole the words right out of my mouth.

  • @Chiller326 wish u wernt athiest bro.. :(

    Jesus loves u, my man.

  • @MrNathanasher Please don't say that. It is actually quite offensive.

  • @kavols Nah, it's cool. People believe what they want to believe. He means well.

  • @Chiller326 not trying to argue, just wondering... what does beauty have to do with atheism?

  • @ArtFart001 The song is clearly a testament to the power of faith ("I just reach for Mother Mary, and I shall not walk alone"), so a non-believer might be unimpressed. I still am, simply because the joy and love with which this is sung moves me.

  • @Chiller326 i think though, a purely religious or even spiritual reading of this song doesnt do justice to the topic of companionship and community that it is also about. the song uses a spiritual lens to view humanity, not the other way around.

  • @Chiller326 So glad you took the time, and really listened with your heart, it is a beautiful song, and those fellers are amazing. They do another one called Way down in the hole, try it sometimes.................. You are getting closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @shelley72222 I don't need to get closer to anything. I'm perfect where I am, faith-wise. Of course, what works for me might not work for you, and vise-versa

  • thank you lost for bringing me to this song

  • i jumped out of the seat with my sound hound app open before i got to the tv

  • I agree with your assessment of the song. If faith isn't the foremost image in your mind when you listen to this song, then you have never had faith in anything...

  • @allnightjohnson I'm not big on faith, you see pictures of MLK, Ghandi, the guy in front of the tank... tell me how is the state of racial tension and government oppression in countries like China, India and the US?

  • I hate this bullshit style of piano playin... I mostly like the group though, they're like a funky version of old time gospel groups like that Fairfield Four

  • @busessuck1 im curious, what do you mean by "bullshit style of piano playin", it sounds just fine, sounds like something i would want to learn how to play

  • @midnitewite ain't sure what it's called... like a toned down version of the stuff you here on soft rock, you'd probaby find an identical progression on something by the fray or coldplay or whatever indy bands are called

    it's just not accomplished music

  • @busessuck1 I was agreeing with the person who posted the video. If it is your intention to undermine my faith, or bolster some misplaced feelings of intellectual superiority you have, with trying to draw me into some philosophical debate, your barking up the wrong tree. There are some of us in this world who find inspiration is songs of other folk's faith. I ignored your comments about the validity of the music, feel free to ignore my comment as well, it wasn't directed at you.

  • heard this while watching lost. keen as to play this on piano...anyone know where i could get the score? =]

  • It's Beautiful. (:

  • es lindo y bello me gusta el como empieza y termina. atte analicita

  • i was introduced to the blind boys from alabama on a ben harper dvd. i have seen them live and as they walk out on stage they hold each others belt loops to stay in line, they sing with a soulful grace. i enjoyed the pics you put with the song. i believe in all paths to god. they really are a moving force of emotion .

  • IS BSO LOST

  • @Lorrain23

    What the hell is BSO?

  • if my life had a soundtrack, this would play about two years ago. i was 15 when i lost my left leg in a car accident on a major street near my home. i was bleeding so bad, and the doctors said that if the person that was there to save me had not put the tourniqute on me, i would have bled out two minutes before they arrived.

    i just have to thank my best friend for doing that, he saved my life, and i can never repay him

  • anyone know what that first image is? The statue...? Is it a famous painting?

  • I love his vibrato.

  • Really weird that this is your video description, considering how this is similar to the main message of LOST...this song was in one of the first episodes.

  • heard this song on lost back in 2004 and ever since then i have loved it.

  • Great song, Thanks for the upload

  • to Faith no mather in Human and/or God

    Faith in the good in life

  • im not christain or buddhist or sikh i am a musician and this is beautiful

  • in love with this song <3

  • Awesome Song! Thanks! Hannah's Dad...

  • someone edit this to tribute the soldiers the have left there love ones to be with the lord and still fighting for our freedom ! i know they deserve this ! from a soldier who will soon have to join the fight

  • Ahh..I see. You aren't Catholic. If you're interested in knowing more regarding this, granted you have an open mind, I suggest you reading the works of Scott Hahn.

    Blessings

  • Mr.Nathansasher: It says reach for Mother Mary because the song is speaking about "not walking alone" Mary helps us all walk to Jesus. Many religions now-a-days have shunned her out of their lives because they are under the incredibly false belief that Catholics in particular believe she should be worshiped. MARY should NOT be worshiped, nor does she desire to be. However seeing as she was the first tabernacle, no one better to help us in our journey. We could all use the intercession.

  • @haissely

    point taken. but at the same time Jesus is equelly as accessable without Highlighting and giving praise to Mary. i firmly believe that music is strickly to be used as a tool to uplift Jesus Christ (as it was created for). when you replace the main focus on any gospel/praise song with Mother mary and not Jesus then i truelly believe this is a problem. we dont get strength nor any form of power from someone who is in the grave awaiting the ressurection like anybody else...

  • this is quite easily one of my favourite gospel songs... the music is devine... the singing is so beautiful and harmonic. but reach for mother mary?? i dunno, i think thats wrong. JESUS is the only one whom praise and worshop is worthy....

  • @seanpoet0 - truly soulful songs like this remind us that a parents love is eternal. I can never har this without singing along with tears in my eyes. One of the greatest songs and definately the most inspiring delivery of all time.

  • Warms My Soul!

  • such a beautiful song

    could you please send this to me? (:

  • It's perfectly right that you combine different images - different cultures, different events, same impulse - and it's right that you say it's all about faith. Good luck and thanks for sharing this,

  • ...seemingly unrelated... what the images and the song have in common is a common thing everywhere available for free, and so often missed dearly: LOVE.

    Thank you, Sahneknuffi, for sharing this lovely song with the world, and for reminding us how fragile life is.

  • i agree. the feeling in this song isnt so much about one religion but about striving for whats right and pushing through the storms.

  • This song is truly divine....Truly heartfelt.

    Thank you @THRILLAKILLA187 for shairng.. Bless you my sweet friend

    Thank you sahneknuffi for a divine post!

  • I dont know many songs that can make me tear up, and this is one of them

  • if you dont love this song and be instantly moved by it, you dont have a soul

  • Lost was a good show, but I got turned onto these guys through the Late show with David Letterman. Lost stole this song, and I have now returned it to it's rightful place, that is with the Veterans who have made the ultimate sacrifice all over the world fighting for our freedom. It is now linked to my tribute on flickr. : ) God bless the USA, and the soldiers who have made possible the freedom that so many take for granted.

  • I heard this song, and the only way i could describe it was "beautiful."

    Thanks for posting. :)

  • R.I.P. Lost

  • @camaro25 Best TV show ever. :(

  • @camaro25

    Lost will never die in our hearts :)

  • This song is incredible.

  • This is one of my favorite songs. Period. Have you ever seen an a cappella group cover this? The UGA Accidentals did an amazing cover in the ICCA tournament this year!

  • sss

  • anyone know what that first image is? I agree with most of the comments, that is is an incredible song, I've been a Ben Harper fan for 10+ years, and this version is better than any Ben has, no offense Ben; my favorite image is of the column of tanks being stopped by the one protester...to me that images represents the history of progress for the human race, those of us who have some semblance of freedom have it because of those who stood against impossible odds before us

  • Infinite Love and Blessings to You and Yours.

  • Oh come on. If anyone would find that inappropriate, they live in the middle ages. Surely we have seen through the delusions of fairy-tales and religions by now?

  • I found this a few months ago, and every time I come back, this really touches my soul and heart. I can totally relate to the words, and the music is simply wonderful. Such power and conviction! It is my mission to spread God's word, not only on Flickr, where I have linked this piece, but in real life. I shout it from the highest mountains, that Jesus Christ is my saviour.

  • this is absolutely beautiful and should be required listening for anyone that likes inspirational songs. i wish i had known of this for my own mother's funeral service. it would have been so fitting to see her off so her journey and heavenly reward.

  • i would never have known about this song if it wasnt for lost very beautiful song gives me goosebumps :D fantastic x

  • The first time i heard this song it was on Pandora on a station i started on the Fairfield Four (my favorite gospel group), and i have been playing it over and over since then

  • Saw this group for for the firs time on David Letterman. Awesome. Keep spreading the Gospel. God Bless You.

  • I know that's right!!!!!!! nb2d

  • Beautiful song...

    Always...Makes me cry

    In final of Lost 1x08... Perfect, perfect ;~;

  • long time since a song makes me cry like this did

  • Oh My God! I haven't such a peacefull music for a long time... Thank You for this, man! Still trying to find the piano sheet for this music....it's just TOO beautifull

  • thanks Lost! <3

  • @ichvitus : fuck yes. This, Wash Away, Make Your Own Kind of Music, Shambala, Shotgun Willie, Walking After Midnight, etc, etc, etc.....

    Thanks Lost a million times.

  • i couldn't agree more

  • love this song so much...all thanks to lost! best show ever!x

  • Great song and great Vocals...

    it´s just beautiful how music can create such emotions.

    I like the piano version more than the version with the acoustic guitar. Unfortunately i can´t find the sheets for piano :( if someone could help me out, i would really appreciate it.

  • They should have had the guys perform this during the Hope for Haiti thing. I think it's a very uplifting song and very appropriate for the situation

  • Just bought tickets - Salem OR 1-22-10

    They are well wotth every penny.

  • LOVE <3

  • This is truly an amazing vocal and song. It touches my soul. Amazing. Great job aswell putting the video together. Met them after a gig and they were pure sound. We had great fun trying to get them to autograph my ticket stub. Great people great music. What more could anyone want.

  • I couldn't agree more.awesome song,..powerful all around..one of my all time favs

  • HALELULIA

    WET FROG

  • These guys are great musicians. I love this song, its classic. but i am a little confused. when did this guy become catholic? I in now way mean anything negative. can someone explain this to me? why are they saying mother Mary, instead of Jesus? ive never heard any of his other songs mention mother Mary?

  • this songs so nice, id never heard it b4 i heard it on lost

  • yea, its such a great show =) I love this song

  • I loved it on Lost because it was one of the first times they had used music as the background instead of it appearing naturally in the scene. It made it so much more powerful, and it fit Sawyer so well.

  • I love the slide show =)

  • Lost put me on to these guys. I love their music. Actually lost has introduced me to a lot of more obscure but awesome stuff.

  • That's why we love Lost so much :)

  • @SimpsonPlaysJackson same hahah

  • @SimpsonPlaysJackson

    Couldnt agree more

  • @SimpsonPlaysJackson really? was the wire that put me on to them

  • @SimpsonPlaysJackson that's it!

  • @SimpsonPlaysJackson Like being a faggot?

  • @TheChubbbhead

    YouTroll Score {2/10}

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    Ambiguous. At first I thought the wording was a standalone sentence asking me whether I enjoyed being homosexual, but then I realised that it was actually a continuation of "obscure and awesome".

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    Flawed. Use of a derogatory term like "faggot" implies homosexuality is bad, but the trolling leads from my comment "obscure and awesome"; it leaves me wondering whether Chubbbhead likes ChubbbHead.

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    RIP Christopher McCandless.

  • @SimpsonPlaysJackson Nice reply faggot. McCandless is a dead rotting fucking moron. No wonder why you like him. He was a faggot too. Eat shit and kill yourself. Faggot

  • @TheChubbbhead lol dude, whats your deal? just enjoy the song mate

  • I want the sheet music soooo hard!!!

    I searched for it but in couldn´t find it :(

  • your comment on thi vid is great, sahneknuffi...people should be more open-minded like you :) this song is really beautiful =)

  • that's the song played at the end of sawyer's very first episode... and usually i don't listen to that kind of music... but god... i love that song...!!! it touches me everytime i listen to it and it's so peaceful...

  • Man you're totally right !

  • justicewithasword- They Wash Away by joe purdey. Kinda an uplifting song about how your problems will go away

  • it strange its so fuckin hard for me to find great music like this anyone know anything else that is good nothing mainstream

  • eh in relation to you looking for good non mainstream things.

    if your in any way into guitarists

    i HIGHLY recommend an irish blues guitarist called Rory Gallagher.

    i mean the guy was loved by the likes of bob dylan, john lennon (rolling stones wanted him) he influenced Slash.

    Check out WheelsWithin Wheels for a more sad song by him.

    Too Much Alcohol is an unreal blues acoustic song that he did.

    Tom Waits is good for hmm piano jazz kind of music

    Jose Feliciano Puerto rican blind guitarist