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  • I just love that this song, like all of Sara's songs, can be interpreted in so many different ways! It's amazing!

  • i would have cut it my self if iknew men can climb hair :)

    <3

  • I love this song!! I love how she just sticks to one guy, not looking for a new guy while she's in this relationship- not waiting for the next best thing!! Genius!

  • I love this song, It is awsome and the message in it is soooooo True!!!

  • I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreamin'...

    <3

  • I love Sara bareiles songs! She is all about women having the power and such! And her songs are really catchy! Awesome :)

  • One thing I noticed (and loved, personally) about every Sara Bareilles lyrics video so far, is that there are no "Thumb if you're watching this in 2012" or jokes about the dislike button. The comments seem to have an air of maturity to them. Why can't all videos be like this? This is awesome!

  • @HORSEZZZZZzzzzz96 Thumbs up if you are watching this in 2012!!!!! haha just kidding I totally agree with you! :)

  • this song shows how love can be :) love it tho

  • I love this song it basiclly tells everyone that waiting for prince charmings isnt always the best idea. Move on with your future and when you meet the one you'll know. Don't wait for him, find him

  • i love fairy tales, and would love to be a princess. this made me sad :(

  • @maria80153 girl this is telling you that EVEN being a princess isn't as souped up as they make it <.<

  • @girlsailormoonbunnie: no way bro, some girls are born a princess, not spoiled, but graceful and beautiful, and some arent. For you, obviously your not a princess, but not I, I was made a princess

  • <3 keep away from the windows lol

  • i love how most of her songs always imply a "fuck you" note to them...

  • favorite part: "Wouldda cut it myself if i knew men could climb hair. I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windowsss" <3

  • Love this song cuz it speaks the truth.. You shouldn't try and find you prince charming but only let him find you... He'll come around some day :)

  • You're right about one thing; you shouldn't wait around for "the love of your life" to show up at your doorstep, but you shouldn't go looking for him either. Looking for him will only disappoint you when you can't find him. Just be patient and, as Mika says, "live your life until love is found or love's gonna get you down." (:

  • My love remains unwavered-Love is patient (1 Co. 13)

  • To her, the next best thing is settling for a love like that simply because it is what is considered the 'perfect fairytale love,' and, ultimately, being unsatisfied with her life. Ergo, the best thing in her opinion would be to pursue her dreams, and be who she wants to be completely, and not held back by a stereotypical romance she, PERSONALLY, isn't satisfied with.

  • Personally, I think what she's saying is that she wants something more out of love, other than what some might consider a typical 'fairytale' ending. Meaning, she wants to be strong and independent of her partner, but nevertheless be loved and supported by said partner. And that she would forgo her fairytale if it meant sacrificing who she is to submit to a man who doesn't respect her, and who she's doesn't feel completed by.

  • this song is awesome

  • "And stay away from the windows"! haha! I love this song!

  • So since I see so many interpretations of what people think it is, I was gonna share mine. Then I thought about it doesn't matter what I think or how I take the song. That's the beauty of music. It's whatever I want it to be, whatever I need it to be. And you can take it however you want to! Lyrics are always going to speak to different peoples situations differently. Either way I love this song, and I find it to be deep and to the heart of things!

  • Love

    

  • . . . . . . dude this song is epic

  • never mind fixed it self or u put it back ont hanks i was going to have a heart attack there

  • why why why??????? i loved this video for this song it was the only place i heard it please put it back on somehow i love this

  • I love her: one of the most clever with words/ her sarcasm in this song puts the icing on the cake for me! I love honesty~

  • I think this song is genius!!! ... In my opinion .. The song is about fairytales put pressure on everyday relationships.. We have such high expectations that arent realistic ... Like fairytales .. Sure they are wonderful to think about ... But we obviously know that not everyone wants a fairytale nor can live up to one .. .I cant help but love this song !!! ... And does it really matter what you think it means .. .Just blast it and enjoy People!!!! <3

  • A few years ago two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to see if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said "Get the kids and get out of the house, we'll call the police we don't have a clown statue". The "clown statue" was actually a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this on 10 videos tonight the clown will be in your bed at 3:00am with a chainsaw in his hand. Sorry don't want this to happen to me.

  • @kitkatladygirl copycat

  • my name is Amy Bruce. I am 7 years old, and have severe lung cancer. I also have a tumor in my brain,from repeated beatings. Doctors say I will die soon if this isn't fixed, and my family can't pay the bills. The Make A Wish Foundation has agreed to donate 7 cents for every time this message is sent on. For those of you who send this along, I thank you so much, but those of you who don't send itwhat gose around comes around. Have a heart. Re-send this,help her <3

  • I was just skimming through Sara Bareilles songs and I this. Love at first sight... with a song... :P :D

  • Dear Jon, you're a terrible liar. I know you only like me for one thing. I might be just another "hot freshman" to you but I'll find someone who treats me right. Just wait...

  • 85 people dont know music

  • such a amazing song, fairytales 

  • sometimes, people don't know the fairytale until it's biting them in the ass. i know i was too blind to see it. for years i bounced from asshole to asshole and the one person that was perfect for me, was sitting across from me every morning, asking if i was okay and bringing me coffee. it took one really traumatizing break up to realize the love of my life was always with me. now i'm engaged to the man of my dreams and couldn't be happier. just remember to keep your eyes open. love is close...

  • Dear Calvin, You led me on last friday night. I found out you just liked me for one night. Honestly i liked Nick the whole damn time!! But im only waiting on the next best thing!

  • ..Is it wierd this song makes me feel upbeat?

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!

  • love this song. totally agree with her. i don't want the next best thing.

    also, do you realize how traumatizing most fairy tales are for little kids? ditto disney movies. i mean, cinderella was a victim of domestic abuse, dumbo got drunk and high, lion king - mufasa gets trampled to death and simba gets PTSD ... the list goes on and on. lol.

  • @silverfire713 i think it's more of survivors guilt for simba ;)

  • @darkpaw1964 yes, but that's encompassed within PTSD. i mean, think about it - if you saw your dad fall to his death, wouldn't you be traumatized?

    and he only feels guilty because scar put that in his head. later, when he finds out scar did it, he's not guilty anymore, but in the lion king 2 when kovu comes to pride rock, he still has that nightmare about him being mufasa and kovu turning into scar. PTSD, plain and simple. :P

  • i like it

  • you like this song ? be smart or dumb and check 234ivana cuz she could have this song subscribe

  • This song just makes my life. It's just such a great song!

  • it's not even funny...!!lol!

  • I love this song!! Favorite to sing when I'm bored<3

  • my name is Ariel.. im a little bit offended she doesnt mention the little mermaid lol

  • @Skadoosh21495 thats cause neither Ariel, nor her story counterpart waited until their love would notice them and take them away. they took matters in their own hands, pursued, and made their presence part of the life of the one they believed they were meant to be with, even if because of their loss of voice they did to wait. Of course, both were foolish to chase such a sudden love so brashly; in the case of the original little mermaid, she died and watched her love marry another.

  • thumbs up if you agree to either of those comments

  • plus im also a lil like sleeping beauty because im constantly tired and i would rather dream than be awake

  • im the tall blonde, because i really am tall and blonde and im always like 'i should've done that instead of this"

  • i love this song because it shows how i feel, i feel like sara

  • love you're interpretation of the song!

  • i completely agree with your opinion on this song. sitting around won't do good you gtta go out and get it. and if u are the one tht gets it easily the great! but just kno as easy u got him its just as easy to lose him

  • I loved your take on the song, preach it!!! :)

  • Can u make one tht is just the music? Without her singing? Pleaz???

    

  • @1Beautiful33 its called karaoke 

  • well, i think rapunzel and her...uhh...thief are perfect for each other. ;) a thief turned good for the girl he loves? oh yeah. ;)

  • I love this song sooooooooooo much! But how did u get this version because i only have the acoustic and the piano version?

  • @DumbTheBlonde I got this version from the CD.

  • anyone what id have to search to get this version? i only have the acoustic, and i cant find this one

  • the only fairy tale i believe in is William and Kate <3

  • Woulda cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair!!!

  • im doin a cover of this song

  • Cinderella's on her bedroom floor

    She's got a

    Crush on the guy at the liquor store

    Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore

    And she forgets why she came her

  • I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming...<3

  • i love this song its decribes me 

  • This whole song is about not needing a fairytale all those girls that always need the excitement rather than the love. At the ending I see it as her saying I have the one I want I don't need the next best thing.

  • nfruehqug htuhug

  • For all you single gals in a hurry to get married, here's a piece of Biblical advice: Ruth patiently waited for her mate Boaz. While waiting on YOUR Boaz, don't settle for ANY of his relatives: Brokeaz, Poaz, Lyinaz, Cheatinaz, Dumbaz, Cheapaz, Lockedupaz, Goodfornothinaz, Lazyaz, Marriedaz, and especially his third cousin Beatinyoaz. Please, wait on your Boaz; make sure he respects Yoaz

  • @anewmoonlover999 I want that painted in my wall.

  • @OwlsnTurtles Same :) It would remind me every morning not to do anything that stupid :)

  • @anewmoonlover999 I have never laughed so hard!!!

  • @anewmoonlover999 ur comment is awesome i luv it

    it explains so much

    like my mom she hax 3 ex husbands and is getting married soon

    O_O wish me luck with this dumbass :D

  • @LensFavoriteFangirl I know how ya feel! My mom sucks with guys! I wish yu luck :)

  • @anewmoonlover999 Thanx :D

  • @LensFavoriteFangirl Good luck, I'm sorry that she can't choose well

  • @scubadivercl97 Thank you so much :3

  • @anewmoonlover999 Sooo muuuuuch wiiinnnnn

  • @anewmoonlover999 I chanted Ruth for my Bat Mitzvah, and that was the exact message I took out of it!!

  • i sooo agree with this song! (:

  • I think this song kind of gives a different message then some people think:

    It might point out that in fairytales the prince always saved the princess, but is it really love? Or is it simply the happily ever after that some people imagine or wish to be true?

    In reality, there is no such thing as a "fairytale love", simply people working hard to "get out of their towers" and "find their prince/princess".

    But that's just my opinion XD

  • @KitsPokePeople Haha THANK YOU! Which is why at the end she says I don't want the next best thing haha!!

  • Hey I sang this song!! go tell me what you think!! :D

  • "Once upon a time in a far away kingdom, man made up a story, said that is should believe him" What do you think what this is about? I think its about Jesus.. so about religion. Its kind of sad , because I don’t think she should compare the fairytales to religion.

    Anyway I like the song :)

  • @lkjhg813 lol i dontthink its about that at all i think its about the stareotype of man saavig the woman and the woman just marrying him without a second thought ands how men wrote the stories and how little girls believe them sarah doesnt

  • @lkjhg813 more like shes talking about the fairytales you hear as a kid, that ae suck in our heads

  • wasnt this about, even if you find your fairytale, it doesnt stop there with an easy walk into the horizon ending? from the way the artist explains as well the lyrics, i thot it was talking about how the perfect guy isnt always perfect forever, and as the story ends, the satisfaction we supposedly are taught to feel from the fairytale ending eventually fades along with the glamor of it.

    either that or the real happy ending starts with a story that doesnt start like a fairytale

  • @lilmime123 what. the. hell.?

  • "Spent her whole life being graded on ... the sanctitiy of patience... and a dumb appreciation ..."

  • 32 people are waiting for the next big thing.

  • This song is so meaningful..It's just like 'wake up girls,we have to be realistic!"

    it's also mean 'man, we are not stupid that u can fool with!' hahaa...cool! :D

  • Where was this song a couple of years ago?! Gosh I felt like crap because no one asked me out. This song would have been MY SONG! lol i love it!

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  • i found an amazing version of this song. and it was just her and a piano.. but now i cant find it :/

  • @FlyingKiwiSeeds i cant find it either! it was so much better than the album version!

  • I know this has nothing to do with the song...but why the heck is the ad for this metlife and why is it in japanese??

    Now getting back to the song, I loved this :D

    I woulda cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair X3

  • I LOVE THIS SONG

  • This is very true in most cases. I like how Sara does songs about how reality works and that not every girl will get their prince charming.

  • I love this song!! I like the fact that she plays on the fairytales that most girls live their lives by. I know I did until i heard this song. I had been waiting for a pince charming to come along and a few possible ones did but in the end they were 'the next best thing'. Now im not waiting on that prince charming!! GO SARA!!!

  • never mind i got it

  • Unfair to put guys to blame. HA! Oh, who am I kidding? Girls rule. Men are idiots. They always have been. Always will be. Undepenable if you ask me. Do I care if you ask me? Uh... no. Love this song!

  • you got the album in the description wrong. It's from her album 'careful confessions' ain't it

  • @weebleapplesmooooo Yes, but there is a version of it on Little Voice as well.

  • I think the song is about the fact that there are no real fairytale endings therefore women shouldnt be sitting waiting for prince charming. Also that we don't really need a prince to feel like a princess and live "Happily ever after"

  • haha the lyrics is so funny:)

  • i kno this sound stupid but.....can sum one explain tha song to me because i dont understand what shes talking about....???

  • This song has a real good meaning!! Girls dont need guys like the repunzel one They dont need guys anlike the old fashion fairytales!!

  • If i get 150 likes i'll call my crush and sing this to him...hahahaha! JK! 

  • 31 princes don't want to admit that this is true.

  • i think that she's saying that girls always want the newest thing or newest guy..that there the best..where she's going to wait for a guy that she likes and for something other then what's "in"

    LOVE THE SONG!!!

  • I can imagine this being sung on broadway

  • this is really good you have a good voice

  • well done . i'm italian and i've understand everything =)

  • thumbs up if ur replay button is broken from replaying this song trillions of times

  • i luv the female empowerment. it's like, "you have a choice girl. you don't need to get with the first guy that comes knockin'" and i like how nothing is perfect. so you shouldn't be waiting on perfection either, just the next best ;)

  • this song is evil D: xD

  • The way I see it this song is talking about the age old factor of women trying to get "the next best thing". The guy she thinks she can get (who isn't worth two cents aka all the jerks) or the guy ranked highest on the social chain (the selfish ego maniacs aka prince charm) . When in reality she should be aiming for what she diserves. Someone who will take care of her and truely love her till death do u part. Just because media says a man can treat u like a dog, does not mean u have to let him.

  • I love isnessx3's interpretation of this song's meaning. it's so true, you cann't always just sit around your whole life waiting for your prince charming to come along. you may end up so busy waiting for him that you forget to actually live and enjoy your life...

  • I kinda like the first version better than this one. you can kill me, but.. Yeah. i do. :3 I have to find it, then. :D

  • I love this song! Girls usually look for but I realized that mist of the prince your looking for is right in front of you. Trust me. I realized it.

  • I listen to this song when I am lovesick, because it reminds me that I don't need a man to make me happy. It encourages me. Especially- 'The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair, 'would have cut it myself, if I knew men could climb hair'.'

    I love the cynical nature behind this song.

  • i love this song!

  • Most people don't believe in fairytales, but I do. Most girls are just too busy looking for a Cinderella Story of fairy godmothers that they don't see the prince right in front of them.

    Rather than looking for castles and crowns, you have to look for the REAL fairytale.

  • Yay!!! I love this song and I agree that love just doesn't come to u if u wait for it it is totally different for MOST people !!!! This is the 1st time I herd this song and it's better than I thought it would be !!! 8-)

  • It sounds kind of like she's saying that you shouldn't "settle" for anything just because you think it's right. Or something about abusive relationships.

  • I'm the only guy listening to this. I feel misplaced. :/

  • @Neutomy Dude, if I were a guy, I would so be listening to this, so don't worry :)

  • @Neutomy No you're just one of the few who dare to admit they listen to this song. I'm with you, buddy. =P

  • @Neutomy No no you're not

  • @Neutomy no your not my brothers and firend love this and we dance to it

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  • @Neutomy Do not fret! For you are not the ONLY fellow listening!

  • @Neutomy you're not alone man, don't worry hah

  • @Neutomy Heh, good music doesn't pertain to gender. You like it, or you don't.

  • @Neutomy i feel like sara bareilles' songs including "king of anything" and this one can seem harsh to some unless the guy does something stupid like cheat or beats on the current girl or something. they seem sortof offensive.

  • @TheEmotionalGuy this is tame compared to some of the really rude 'hit it and quit it' songs about what guys are looking for in girls. 

  • @Neutomy Your awesome.

  • @Neutomy No. No you aren't.

  • @Neutomy hahaha i love youu<3 and i love you even more for admitting that:D

  • @Neutomy It's good to be different[:

  • @Neutomy Aww poor u ;) I make my brother listen to this so ur not the ONLY one ( Well, kinda...)

  • I think it is about how these poor girls are waiting on the next best thing cause they take whatever comes next cause they been waiting so long. Then they get a guy telling fairytales on how great they will be together and how much he loves her and how great he is. But then he never comes home anymore, and he just isnt all that great. So why wait for the next best thing, maybe take the guy at the liquar store like Cinderella did at the start of the song, or just wait longer. Or just sleep :)

  • <3 this song!!! <3

  • <3 this song!!! <3

  • Its a complain, ask for attention in the wrong way. There is a book where you find how woman suposed to behave, and this makes man happy,...and the woman to!

  • @MrAndreasvandenberg you let the woman decide if their happy with it because some of the stuff onn how women should act looks like they need apsolutly no brains.It looks like all they need is to know how to make the guy happy or how to let them open doors for them.So please let the woman decide if their happy with the book.I don't mean any of this as offensive but it had to be said.

  • i like it a lot. i love "love song"

  • i love this song

  • ok those 28 aren't settling for the next best thing they just personally don't like the song. .....so wow no offense but you might be messed up.....i did not like it or dislike it i like the song but the meaning is pointless yes girls don't settle for a guy that just wants sex, money or looks but you still have to believe that some guys can change for you! this is just something i have learned.

  • i think this is saying how its saying how we as girls should getting someone that loves us and respects us...not just some player that just likes you cuz of your looks! We girls deserve the BESSTT! :) <3

  • 28 people settle for the next best thing

  • Never really been fond for Snow White but I love The Little Mermaid, The Swan Princess, Beauty and the Beast etc. I also like the newest movies like Tangled!=D It made me cry while my friends just sat there watching me and laughing til their sides hurt lol

  • hmmm interesting song...

  • me and my friend love this song,we even dance and exercise to it!

  • me and my friend love and dance to this song!

  • amazing cover /watch?v=cFofzx0IbNg&

  • wHY U GOTTA TELL ME TEW READ A BOOK WEN IM LISTENIN TEW A SONGGG BUZZKILL!

  • @Bailey121798 Because you don't know how to use the English language correctly :)