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  • Drew the guitarist here...went to Switchfoot.

  • After so many years.. This song is still so fresh and rejuvenating.. Got Goose bumps all over. Wow what a great band.. This song stood the test of time.. Hence the "awesomeness"

  • man,,i watched this song for the first time when i was 13..i'm way older now,,,and i'm stiill coming back..who knew that that hot lazy afternoon, me sitting on the couch doing nothing and then bam...it was like a ray of light that just shone into a dark life...whenever i meet anyone new, i tell them to come and find this song

  • Classic, will always be a fav! 

  • man... i still love this song

  • saw them at a Bible study in Costa Mesa CA in 1998 and had to buy their CD!

  • What happened to this DUDES..

  • I don't believe in God, but this is beautiful , Good job guys.

  • freakin beautiful

  • wow i have never heard of these guys i likes em

  • Best Christian song ever no is better

  • Oh wow the lyrics to this song! masterpiece!

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  • This group rocks!

  • I've heard this song many times and every time I'm left speachless. Awesome, simply awesome!! What a vocal. What is he doing these? Is there still a band?

  • One of the greatest Christian Rock Anthems of all time!

  • i miss the days when christian music was good, miss angie, small town poets, bleach, supertones, plumb... today everything sounds the same...

  • i'm not a christian, but this is some god shit.

  • i havent heard this song in forever!!!! wow.... still struggling with feeling free but this song is the truth!!!

  • Man...that's an awesome song...would love to hear more like it!!!

  • awesome song!! I heard this awhile back, memories!!

  • love this song!!

  • mmm mmmm mmmm ! that voice!

  • Always been one of my favorites

  • This song always puts a tear in my eye :')

  • I love this song-- great lyrics awesome lyrics with an awesome build in it!

  • Drew Shirley was in this band before getting in Switchfoot. We can see him at 1:05 veeeery clearly (:

  • This song saved my life back in 2000. Was a very bad night, and was close to death, and I saw this song on a random channel when I lived in Knoxville tn, and called a friend up, and I'm alive today because of it. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

  • probably my favorite song of all time

  • so much soul in his voice WOW!

  • This song has been my favorite for YEARS. Every time I play it on YouTube i end up listening to it over and over.....where did these lyrics even come from???? First introduced to it on a Christian video satellite station when my kids were very young now they are about to fly the nest and just roll their eyes when mom goes into crazy mode singing with the band!!!!

  • omg, so many memories....when I was 16 I seriously thought I was going to marry Dex..lol

  • Dex use to sing at the Fellowship Church in GRAPEVINE, ...last I saw him there was 2008ish I think....dont know why he left? Im not a mbr there but went once in a while.......

    Anybody know what he is up to now?

  • @webbertools He is back home in Southern California. He leads the young adults ministry at the church he first started out at.

  • LOVE this song! Thanks for posting the video!!  :D

  • Miguel--your paradigm is most definitely shifting! I pray that God helps you to stand solid!

  • Exactly what i needed to hear.. today

  • @sonicveritas sonic truth, really nice user name (no sarcasm) agreed completely, I as a musician love hearing Vai, Satriani, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, August burns Red, As I lay dying, and I can completely like this type of music as well, its the musicianship that matters, 90% percent of what's out there today can't even say its written when its fabricated on some 90,000 dollar peace of equipment, anyway Christ is lord peeps lol

  • @Migel :

    Not to start an argument, but it's your statement that lacks integrity. Simple does not equal bad. In this case, the band most likely chose to keep the music simple in order to let the vocals and the message stand out. This song is not 'popular', but it speaks volumes more than 99% of what is. It's fine if you don't like this song, but your opinion doesn't translate into what is 'good'. This song has saved lives. I know, I'm one of them. You vehemence produces nothing.

  • @SonicVeritas I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU GOT SAVED , THIS SONG TRULY WORSHIPES OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, HE IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR ALL PEOPLE , IT'S TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO GIVE THIER LIVES TO GOD AND GET SAVED , FOR THE RETURN OF THE LORD IS NEARER THAN WE EVER EXPECT ( JESUS IS COMING )

  • @SonicVeritas Isn't that the truth? I've always loved the part of the song where the singer talks about a shattered window pane, and then seconds later the guitarist goes into "rock out" mode.

  • really awful, lacking musical integrity, ridiculously fucking simple. Awful, I can't believe bands as bad as this are so popular :|

  • @MigelMeUp Really? I'm surprised people even responded to this. We're obviously not dealing with a Christian taking a Christian look at Christian music. Just a person (or Satan) purposefully trying to stir things up.

  • These guys were a great group. A very blessed group.

  • man, this band is awesome...his voice...wow...beautiful and filled with passion...

  • This is one of the best songs I have ever heard.

  • I went to youth group yesterday and this girl from the missions field said a song touched her. She had us listen to it. So I listened, and I wasn't even looking for this song but here it is! Out of no where! I didn't even remember the lyrics or anything. I believe God is trying to speak to me. God works in mysterious way. I'm still pretty shocked that I find this song out of the blue. Remember, "What you give God He will multiply 100x over." "Your life is small compared to what Christ can give."

  • @iclesnowpop Bless!! <3

  • Maybe it's just me but I think it's pretty cool that these guys started at CBU in riverside. My mom and sister go there for master's training programs so I thought that was pretty sweet. One of thse guys also ended up on switchfoot so that is for sure an achivement.

  • This song is one of the best EVER written! I don't know why it gets so little views. I wish there was more music from them as well...

  • I used to listen to these guys in Riverside, CA when they were called Praise House

  • now this is music p.s its so hard to believe hes black

  • now this is music

  • DEMA BUENO ! 

  • Luvin' Drew's short hair..... :)

  • I can't even begin to describe what this song does for me.

  • great song ,from what year isn this¿ , i cant remember.

  • Yes! I cannot get tired of this song! It is incredible! =)

  • 666

  • @joejoeriley lol 666, the number of imperfection. the only significance to that number is, it falls short of perfection.

  • Man, oh man, do I really miss these guys, i wish they were still around, we need to get them back on tour, asap, why did they break just when they were at their peak?....must of been God's will....peace b with you guys!

  • @scottsrphillips I think that a couple of these guys are in Switchfoot, so they are still bringing it, but this is my all time favorite.

  • I agree! This song is SOLID and has been around many years of goodness!!

  • amazing song!!!

  • howd you do that

  • This is a true worship song....Praise God, we should all give our lives to God so that we can gain it back again...

  • Every time I hear this song I am brought to tears...every time. And I think in this case it's a good thing.

  • Love, love, love this song.

  • I adore this song. Best song in the world probably. I tear up and get shivers every time!

  • @Theonlyerink312652  me too !

  • bummed these awesome musicians split up ATS, saw them twice live!

    Christ lives!!

  • GREAT SONG !!!

  • wonderful music. God bless you even further.

  • that band added me on myspace actually they friend requested me

  • I made a music video using this song, they are amazing!!!

  • the words in this song ARE SO POWERFUL they God for music like this!

  • haha i love Drew Shirley!:)

  • You still keep up with him because he's been in Switchfoot since 2004.

  • @Rawk4Life hmmm what?

  • I meant to end my reply with a question mark. I was saying that Drew has been with Switchfoot since 2004 and asked if you listened to them since he records and tours with them currently.

  • Whoa is that Dex lol dude i love this song O my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL This song is awesome!!!!!!

  • where are these guys at?

  • Nice song, I just keep coming back to listen its so emotive

  • Wow, awesome song. Puts things totally in perspective... Are you going to stand firm in what you believe? Or shift, right along with the standard and culture around you? Powerful!

  • is this a christian song??

  • @100truesmile yes. Yes it is.

  • @teparadox I dnt see how this is a christian song..

  • @100truesmile Well the band is a Christian band. You can drawn anything and make the song mean what you want it to mean. To me it talks about the brokeness of man, about looking through life from a "shattered window pain" since we do not really see the whole picture of eternity. "We say live and let live, but a lot of people are dying everyday".. not physical but spiritually.

    Again its open to mean what you want it to mean.

  • @teparadox lol ok ur awesome dude

  • @100truesmile fail....

  • @100truesmile I give my life to you (Christ) so I can gain it back again! (Living like Christ not like the fleshly body!)

  • @gx43321 oooh thats so kool ^_^

  • @gx43321 It reminds me of the Scripture that says "He who loves his life will lose it, but he who hates his life will gain it."

  • @100truesmile yes

  • so in love with this band

  • Oh Oh Oh OoooooooH Years later I find this rockin redition of Scripture and it rocks like the rock over 2k years ago! yeeeeeeeeeah my children are going to love this

    BTW: the bassist is ex alice in chains (for all those metal heads over thrity)

    :-) :-) :-) :-) : (4 and a one third smileys out of five) lol!

  • The singer looks like Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine

  • to all the ppl quoting, im a christian myself so im not dissing, but just coz this song might be about god do u all have to go quoting the bible like theres no 2moro? geez.

  • @returnofbhavar99 we are all scripture! work that one through! for it is written, you, me, your grand dady, my grand dady and on and on it goes. "whosoever is ashamed of me before man, that same man I will be ashamed of before my Father in Heaven" (the word of God in the flesh: Jesus). Levi Wulf; New Zealand

  • @888WulfDog888 nothing to do with shame dude, its just boring to read everyone saying the same thing.

  • @returnofbhavar99

    They may be helping some one in return

  • something to live your life by, my whole life no song has ever affected me so much

  • Beautiful!

  • this song is so beautiful. <3

  • The song is OK

    The words just seem to say "I" give "my" life to you so "I" can gain.

    for me it is more

    HE claimed my life HE took my life So the HE could give me life

    It is all about what HE does not what we do

    It is all about him not us

    it shouldn't be "I" it should be HE

    SOLI DEO GLORIA

  • @TheGloriaaDeus : Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but just wanted to know by what you mean that HE took your life. Not sure what scripture your referring too. The WORD tells us to give ourselves to HE so that we may have everlasting life. When did HE claim our lives? Don't understand "HE took my life So the HE could give me life". He has already given HIS life for us and gave us the WORD to follow so it is important what we do. HE has already done. I kinda feel what your saying, but...

  • @bigbriansbeast ...the I in the song is important to HE. It is important to understand that HE gave his life for us so that we will have eternal life with HE. Know what I mean?

  • @bigbriansbeast

    Joh 6:65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."

  • @bigbriansbeast

    Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen."

    Mat 11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

    Rom 9:16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

  • @bigbriansbeast

    Rom 9:18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

    Joh 17:9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

  • @bigbriansbeast

    This is only a few of the many verses.

    But here is one I have been looking at in the last few weeks.

    Notice: in this that Lot "lingered" and had to be seized and taken out of the city

    This is a picture of Salvation. As we linger in sin and have to be seized and removed by Christ (this is God's Mercy)

    Gen 19:16

  • @bigbriansbeast

    Gen 19:16 But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

  • I like this band and the song. Very original group and it is sad that they are no more. I don't know what happened to them other then the guitarist being on Switchfoot now, but man what happened to these guys? Great voice and good musicians.

  • TwiztidBlak: Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

  • lol dex...he cheated on his wife...had sex with another singer at FC (who is also married with kids)...and is now contemplating leaving his wife to marry the "other woman"...i think it's safe to say that his credibility as any kind of church leader is pretty much destroyed. congratulations.

  • @TwiztidBlak what can you please tell me who cheated please thanks!

  • Where can I buy the whole album on mp3? I love this band!

  • Thanks Dex for this song. We miss you at New begginnings Community Church, Corona.....Bobby

  • : O WOW! Great Song, I'm going to listen again.

  • prophetic

  • Gorgeous song. Was a very foundation song in my life.

  • Love this song

  • such a beautiful and refreshing song

  • Why so few views? This is hands down one of the best songs of all time. Song arrangement and instrumentation make this a good song but the lyrics take it to another level.

  • oh and his voice ain't too shabby either.

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  • @sunkistkid22 I watch this so often, I'm sure my views make up a good percentage of that #!

  • @sunkistkid22 I totally agree!

  • I found this song by accident years ago. I caught the last 12 seconds on a gospel channel. It touched me and stuck in my head so strong I got it on NA_STER and loved it soooooooo much! Many years and many songs have come and gone. This song just popped in my head in my You Tube bliss. It gave me chills all over again. I can say that for some songs but I am so happy with the path this song has taken in my life!

  • so much emotion - puts tears in my eyes everytime i hear it. Thank you Jesus for giving me life.

  • my sentiments exactly!

  • @GodsGladiator777 Oh I hear that. I get teary eyed as well when I hear this. This man truly loves God and God loves him.

  • Love it !!

  • Great song!!!

  • man has some pipes @ 3:00........nice vocals

  • do they have a new cd out

  • this song was partly filmed in my highschool. the bathroom scene and the black and white stage shots. GO HUNTINGDON,pa BEARCATS WOOO

  • aweome song,blows me away every time!!!every single time

  • The first time I heard this song, I was blown away. This song never grows old, it's perfect.

  • Had the oppertunity to see them live in 2000. Great band. Great song. I'll remember them playing this song as long as I survive.

  • This is such a powerful song. I was in a drama that used this song. it was amazing.

  • I loved this song the first time I heard it and still love it. My favorite part is right at 3 minutes exactly! So powerful!!

  • I've got a question. I've been thinking of a song and I was sure it was these guys but I can't find it. it goes:

    "I can't remember innocence it's been so long

    So far down this winding road I can't remember my way home"

  • The song is "On & On", and it is this band.

  • Poetry and Passion for God - I love it!

  • This is song is STILL on of my favorites of all time....& one of the most powerful, it never ceases to amaze me. =) i was truly blessed to see this band perform many times....they touched my heart!

  • Whatever happened to the band? I was so blessed when I first heard this song about 2 years ago.

  • I have no clue, but the lead singer is the worship leader at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX.

  • and andrew shirley the guitar player is now the guitarist for switchfoot

  • this song carries the anointing of Gods presence! When you listen with an open heart God will speak love beyond measure.Gods presence is overwhelming. God Bless

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  • I remember when this song first came out. The video was played on TVU all the time and I bought the cd. This group opened my eyes and made me realize that there were young Christians who were really living a spiritual life and had an important message to share through their music. I wish this group was still together because they were so inspiring.

  • LLLOOVVEE this song. !!!

  • its a shame this band is not together anymore! they put out two really good albums. I had the privelege of seeing them live at Alive festival in Ohio a few years back man they had a good vibe.

  • I LOVE this song.... :))))))

  • I believed the composer was filled with a holy spirit when he was writing this because everytime I listen I felt a wonderful presence of God, and that feeling can not be explain. THank you so much, Lord for a wonderful composer and wonderful music!

  • I would like to meet the man singing this song. The majority of christians I meet are the fake hipacritical monsters that destroy more lifes than they help. I can tell this man singing this song isn't doing the christian thing because his parents did it, or to fit in, or just to get to heaven. He fully believes what the bible says and actually intendes to follow it you can tell. un like all these pop stars government officals and the entire cast of TBN. There is no qeustion of his belief.

  • yeah you can truly tell he has a strong passion just by this video alone

  • yah i know

  • love this song

  • At first I didn't know it was a Christian song. My wife and I used to play it on our annual trek to Solvang, CA. The song brought me back to the time when everything was simple in life--my wife and I madly in love!

    I didn't hear the song for several years then I heard again. It brought me to tears. This song not only epitomizes Christ but I feel this way with my wife.

  • wow...... plain and simple.

    i barely heard this song on AIR1 . the chorus gives me chills!

  • amazing song!!!

  • Man I love this song!

  • i absolutely love this song!! i was listening to it one day and i broke into tears! this song is so beautiful!

  • i get to play this song at my church tommorrow :)

  • Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I give me life to YOU!!! so I can gain it back again!!!

    This was my song back in the day, so glad I found it again.

  • When I first heard this song I broke down just realizing that i was A prodigal son lost and not knowing, ashamed of my life but didn't have the power from within to make the transformation. Jesus is Truth and anything contrary is false. The paradigm is shifting and the pressure is closing in on our faith in this country, I pray that we will all take a firm stand for righteousness and be solid while God pulls back the final curtain! God Bless and by the way Awesome and truly deep song!

  • Amen to that!I can tell through your words that you are getting stronger in the Lord and He is strengthening your heart through Him...He is hearing your prayers so don't worry!!!

  • @davidrb06292000 Hmmm .. Why would you be ashamed of your life? You did exactly what you were supposed to do

  • ohhh i LOVE this song it makes me cry the lyrics r beautiful evertime i hear this song it jst hits me u know I Love It!!!his voice is wonderful he knows how 2 sing!!ive heard this song on Air One nd i always put the radio full blast wen i hear this song come out!!its lovely

  • I love this song, moves right through me!

  • melodiesfromheaven... ur very intelligent but i think that from the standpoint of even sum1 who knows the truth of christ, denominations are divisions in the church i see as individual religions. but a man named jim elliot once said,"he is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose".

  • If you are a Dex Alexander fan (lead singer)... here is his YouTube account ---- dexinTX

  • satan

  • this is real worship to me