when i watched scrubs, and this song was played different time, i just, well, the frist seconds i just liked the guitar riff, but then i start notice the text, and all, just a verry good, sad, and beautifull song.
it's been one month since you've told me that the distance between us is too much of a hassle for us to have a relationship. i love you. so much. you're the best person i know. come back to me.
@BrainChild42 .... We all have one ... " fair thee well , my lost love " .... I try not to look back , but as you can tell ... sometimes I still do ... and wonder " what if " ....
I loved you. 2 years I waited to see you. I love you, more than anything. I always will. I'm leaving for the Army, all I can say is I'll miss you. Everyday is a struggle without you, it breaks my heart knowing that I never got the chance to Bridget Nicole Hitt, you'll always be in my heart, my mind, my soul. kiss you at least once. Farewell, maybe one day you'll decide to find me. Till then, farewell my love.
Guy, I remember the day you played me this song. It was Good Friday and I had come over to go to Dree's house with you. Good Friday 2007. Such a long time ago. I heard this song, you were impressed that I guessed the artist, but I was rocked by it's truth for me. I knew then, even then, that it would be true for the rest of my life, and it's looking to be so, isn't it? I want to wait for you forever. I have been waiting, you haven't been ready.You want to give up on me now,is it my turn to wait?
I waited two years to get the chance to see you. I know we met though your best friend. but I fell in love with you. i have done everything i could, and said every word i could say to bring you to me. but you refuse me. you fight me, but you say you love me. and you keep telling me to wait. but i'm leaving for the Army, and time is up to you. if we're never together. i'll always think of you. because if you come in my life, i will always choose you. always.
@OneManRightHere i told him and he said he didn't have time for a girlfriend right now, but later maybe. now i know why, and even though it's just a maybe, it's enough :)
What he sings is how I feel... I've always been looking for somebody who feels like me about this. It's unexplainable. But I was always confident I could not be the only one on this planet who moved on from his one big love but just cannot forget about her.
this song made me depressed. which is a good thing. when i find a song that carries this much emotion, no matter how it makes me feel it becomes my favorite.
imagine the prettiest girl you have ever seen, imagine you talking to her on the phone until 8:00 am, imagine you and her laughing on a park's bench, imagine you and her at a cafe late night just listening to jazz, imagine her telling you you're special to her, imagine her saying to you: "please don't go", imagine her choosing him over you...... I miss you so bad.
@jozdali00 we change, grow, and become very different people over time. Keep her and these memories with you, because they are important parts of your life. But also be open to love again and still, or you won't be able to live happily. I only know this, and how hard it is, because I'm trying to do so myself. I wish you peace of mind x
part of the point of these songs are to make you feel emotion about personal things that happened to you so telling the world about them kinda takes that away
This song reminds me of my wife that died 16 years ago...I tried to move on but I guess nobody could ever take her place, I raised our kids alone...and now they are grown and on they own, I still live in the same house..alone. sorry folks for the boo-hoo story. I miss you Micheal.
@youeatbeans I have never been able to love a respect a man that can leave someone behind without ever looking back. I feel the same way that you do. I suppose that is a better indication of your capacity to love than anything else that ever could be said. I wish that I knew you.
when i saw garden state i was taken by the music. it stole me... idk how else to put it. that and scrubs with colin hay lead me to find so much good music. i wonder if zach braff picks any of the music...
Isn't there always that ONE? That one that you loved without diluting your emotion with reason? The one that you let slip away because you were too young and inexperienced, or maybe just too afraid? Yet, we move through our lives loving others as we go, but every once in a while, that smell of crushed leaves or clean cotton brings it all back and there's nothing to do but reminesce and then move on again. I will remember you.
I love you. I'm thankful for the time we spent together. You were worth it to me. I wish I was worth it to you. You haunt me. I hope I can love again, but I'm not sure if I want to.
Compliments deeply appreciated. When something speaks to you analyzing your interest is the next step. This will almost always lead to a greater understanding of yourself, which can benefit anyone. I could go on but I don’t want to exhaust the subject (or those reading my opinions).
This is a rare song. Straight forward and sad in a happy way. He is haunted and misses someone "even after all these years" without being bitter or angry, or, unbearably sad. Obviously written by someone who has loved, and lost, and can now enjoy his memories as the time he shared that was as special as the person he spent it with. If you've been there you will understand this song because it will seem as if it were written just for you and how you've felt at one time or another.
@brandenshane81 A lot of songs sounds like they're written for one self, but what I wanted to tell you is that you shoul seriously consider becoming a poetry analyst - seriously..
This is a rare song. Straight forward and sad in a happy way. He is haunted and misses someone "even after all these years" without being bitter or angry, or, unbearably sad. Obviously written by someone who has loved, and lost, and can now enjoy his memories as the time he shared with someone he shared a special time with. If you've been there you will understand this song because it will seem as if it were written just for you and how you've felt at one time or another.
Thank you for posting this....I can't help but feel the resonance in my heart for a past relationship and love that's missed....makes me sad, but helps restore my faith in that we can all feel and go through this.....thank you.....beautiful song and lyrics....
I got to see him a few years ago. It was a great show. He's one of those guys like John Hiatt or John Prine, where you just don't realize how many great songs he has. I'm glad he came to Austin to share with us!
i used to think this about someone and now i don't care about them like that atall.idk how,but i'm pretty happy i am over him(: thought i never would be!
I gave all a man could possibly give a woman and it wasn't enough. Oh well. Maybe she need to be with a woman! Any fellas out there listening to this song with a wine buzz-uplift yourself brother! Forward!
i remember the first time i heard this song, my bestfriend sed she hated me nd i have to see her everyday, now i listen to this song all the time to think
I think this is the best a song has ever described how I feel - "distractions" may come and go, but doubting anything will ever replace him. Trying to accept that there is nothing I can do to get him back in my life, despite my willingness to do anything to have him again even just for a moment.
Oh god I feel like crying so hard. I am crying.. I lost the love of my LIFE because I was stupid.. and he was stupid.. we both doubts. I'm so unhappy without him.. I can't believe I lost him and I truely can't stop crying. I can't get over him.. he will always have a place.. and I will never be able to fill up that place in my heart.. I can't get over him. I don't want to.. Please.. everyone who reads this. Never ever let go of what you love.... it's a mistake you will regret intensely...
Each day, I wake up missin him just as much, despite the passage of time. I keep living my life, trying to do my best and put on a brave face, but yet each day he is there in my thoughts. Maybe some "loves" your never meant to get over
Yer, you feel so lonely and lost loosing the 1 you love so much then eventually you get used to it .. still having hopes someday she'll be back ..and no matter what she'll always have a special place in your heart...i honestly love this song .. quite sure many of them actually feel like it..
The longer we r apart the more I realize he was the "one" - cant imagine anyone even comin close - thinkin if I live to 102 I'll still have a place in my heart for him
Strangely enough, still love him just as much, but feeling no regrets. Maybe I will never get over him, but at least I got to know him for a lil while
As its said -it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all;we all have love affairs that end abruptly and leave a hole in its wake,commit it to good memories and make some new ones
It's been over a year and a half. and although i moved on with my life... i still know that i will never experience a love like i had shared with her. she was my best friend. my lover. and the one person who ever truly understood me and loved me for me. I'm just grateful i had you if only for a little while. and though the pain was unlike anything i had ever felt... the love i held for you then and hold for you now matches it, if not surpasses it. You changed my life and i thank you for that.
Just when I think its gettin better, I miss him more than ever - I dont think I'll ever get over him - wish i knew where it all went wrong and i could change it
"Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."
we used to dream to grow old together... we lived on different countries and agreed on a neutral country to live our lives. we separated and life, funny, brought me to the country we chose... sometimes i like to think that life brought me here to wait for her, and i she might appear one of these days knocking at my door... :-)
I understand - it was 4 months ago today that I told him I loved him and that day is so fresh I feel like I'm falling to pieces - I would give anything to get that day back even for a moment
Jesse, we made foolish youthful promises of eternal love, but when things fell apart and you went away, I lost the meaning of my life. But to this day I cannot help but keep those promises. If you have kept them too, you should come home.
This is for Michael - I dont think you could ever know how much I still love you. You are the most special person I have ever met, you will always have my heart. I know I need to move on, but i just don't think I'll ever get over you.
thats what Colin can do with a sond. He isnnt the worlds best guitarist, but he is great at telling a story and making you feel with it and connect in some way. The first time I heard this I was almost in tears and it took awhile to figure out what it meant to me, but I did thanks Colin.
perfect song but first of all greatest musician ever... his songs are so true,deep and make you think about what you have/had...this made me cry...i dont thing it was coz of lyrics but coz of remembering how amazing it was with my exgfriend...sorry if none cares but this is how i feel bout this song...
If you never knew love; eventually you would want to. One day those of you who wish they never felt love will one day appreciate it. I guess love is taken for granted. But for most that will change and love will then be treasured.
i hope ur right. god i do. but as for now, im stuck havin to watch her wit someone i thought was a brother, but i guess i was wrong. they seem oblivious to my pain, but those are my problems and i apologize for burdenin u wit them
no man its true.... one day you will appreciate what you had. I know for a long time i would have agreed with you, but not i realize how blessed i was.
One thing I'll bet, you'll be back. I am blown away by these posts, and a place to go to let *it* come to the surface, feel it, and go forth with a renewed spirit that you are not alone. It feels good to relive a moment in time that could never be eclipsed. A sweet memory that remains firmly anchored inside of you.
And what of a tear ? How is it possible that music can hit us so hard we can't see straight for a moment. I don't know but I do know that I can come here and feel OK.
Its scary how appropriate this song is. The first time I heard it it brought me to tears because I am scared its true. The pssibility of new relationships to come, not having to drink that 'strong whisky' its all so real. Thank you Colin and thank you to other posters its nice to know i'm not the only one feeling like this. Good luck to you all.
This is a nice place to come to. I thank everyone who put themselves out for others to respond to, and be honest with their emotions.
It's a very beautiful thing to be able to do, and feel safe with the anonymity of using an alias. There is no one to turn their back on you.
It's nice, and beautiful.
Thanks Colin for this moment in time to come clean with the feelings that just never seem to go away for long. The memories are too fresh, still, after two years. I am afraid to say "Hello".
Thanks for the kind words. (And I used to be trapped behind the Orange Curtain, too!) I'm working at being open to "hello" again, and it's getting a little easier. I just reconnected with someone who had hurt me deeply a few years ago, so maybe a bit of healing and forgiveness will help me open up more.
Good luck and peace on your journey back to the beauty and magic. You're right, they are fleeting, but that just makes them even more precious.
Another beautiful song from Colin. In some ways, I feel this about every woman I've ever loved...lost family members...sigh. So many goodbyes in life, it sometimes gets hard to say hello to anyone new--just because I know goodbye is coming along right behind.
Very nice comment. I am happy to know that there are people out there who can connect on a higher level. You brought up something about getting hard to say "hello". I am there, and I know it's me, not the world, nor anyone in it. At some point I hope the past becomes just that, and the future remains open, should you ever walk the razors edge of trust again. Yes, the goodbye comes, but how do you carry the time in between ? The beauty and magic seem to be fleeting. *Can* you do it again ?
it's funny the duality of love it can send you to a heaven so sweet and complete you think you can never get enough,,then if you get complacent boom you in a hell so dark and lonely if you had the strength you would probably kill ur self ..love is a c*u*t bah meh pffit
It's been over two years now. He will always be the one that couldn't be...but should've been. He will always be with me. Always. Thanks for the song. It's good to cry sometimes :-).
I didn't really know you, Alex Len, but I keep thinking about you almost two years later :/ Sorry I was so shy...
sprochamaedli 1 week ago in playlist Garden state soundtrack
I just don't think i'll EVER get over you...
franci0219 1 week ago
when i watched scrubs, and this song was played different time, i just, well, the frist seconds i just liked the guitar riff, but then i start notice the text, and all, just a verry good, sad, and beautifull song.
Merijn95 2 weeks ago
Take care of you
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missfrancypants 3 weeks ago
it's been one month since you've told me that the distance between us is too much of a hassle for us to have a relationship. i love you. so much. you're the best person i know. come back to me.
emostooge 1 month ago
this song is sad
biebergirl463 1 month ago
I'm surprised that this is the same Colin Hay that sang for Men At Work
Doobie1975 1 month ago
@Brokengypsy Its been a year since you posted that and i am just now seeing. Well said and very beautiful.
mgarrison1980 1 month ago
To me, this song is not about a boy or girl that I miss being in love with. It's about a life I used to have: a time when I was happy.
BrainChild42 2 months ago
To the one that I had no other choice but to break up with. I'll always love you.
BonFan2 2 months ago
To the one that got away :'(
BrainChild42 3 months ago
@BrainChild42 .... We all have one ... " fair thee well , my lost love " .... I try not to look back , but as you can tell ... sometimes I still do ... and wonder " what if " ....
MAHARDWAY 2 months ago
He is one of my faves ever!!
bottomfeeder73 3 months ago in playlist cilin haye
Happy Birthday Pamela...I miss you.
TheeZulu 4 months ago
I loved you. 2 years I waited to see you. I love you, more than anything. I always will. I'm leaving for the Army, all I can say is I'll miss you. Everyday is a struggle without you, it breaks my heart knowing that I never got the chance to Bridget Nicole Hitt, you'll always be in my heart, my mind, my soul. kiss you at least once. Farewell, maybe one day you'll decide to find me. Till then, farewell my love.
WolvesKnowWisdom 6 months ago 2
@WolvesKnowWisdom Man, I'm gonna cry.
MahmodFTW 5 months ago
Guy, I remember the day you played me this song. It was Good Friday and I had come over to go to Dree's house with you. Good Friday 2007. Such a long time ago. I heard this song, you were impressed that I guessed the artist, but I was rocked by it's truth for me. I knew then, even then, that it would be true for the rest of my life, and it's looking to be so, isn't it? I want to wait for you forever. I have been waiting, you haven't been ready.You want to give up on me now,is it my turn to wait?
urspaz 6 months ago
I waited two years to get the chance to see you. I know we met though your best friend. but I fell in love with you. i have done everything i could, and said every word i could say to bring you to me. but you refuse me. you fight me, but you say you love me. and you keep telling me to wait. but i'm leaving for the Army, and time is up to you. if we're never together. i'll always think of you. because if you come in my life, i will always choose you. always.
DistanceWontChangeUs 7 months ago 2
All YouTube cover 'artists' need to play for their ma, and fuck off from the internet
thesergen 7 months ago
I'm seeing him tomorrow in a show in my city. Sure hopes he plays I don't think I'll ever get over you. Beautiful song.
henriquecsouza 8 months ago
Beautiful song, very sad, brings up old memories and wounds, mistakes made in the past and how it costs you the person you love.
feeks84 8 months ago 5
this song helped me realize i had to tell him...and i'm so glad i did :) <3
twilight0sylum0forme 9 months ago 4
@twilight0sylum0forme - I wish my love would tell me that, too. That's awesome :) I will never get over her...ever.
OneManRightHere 9 months ago
@OneManRightHere i told him and he said he didn't have time for a girlfriend right now, but later maybe. now i know why, and even though it's just a maybe, it's enough :)
twilight0sylum0forme 9 months ago
beautiful
bacbri 9 months ago
Genius...
VANYO21 10 months ago
We saw him last night in Charlotte, NC.
I can't say enough about what an excellent show it was.
He's a beautiful, humble, and talented man.
It was our privilege to see him.
clifflef 10 months ago 2
I suck so bad with words...so glad I found this video...sending this to her right away. :'(
IridescentChitin 11 months ago 2
What he sings is how I feel... I've always been looking for somebody who feels like me about this. It's unexplainable. But I was always confident I could not be the only one on this planet who moved on from his one big love but just cannot forget about her.
"But don't think I am unhappy..."
HaSDeeee 1 year ago
It's amazing... I like much Colin Hay... The Guy has amourous spirit.
diegovintem 1 year ago
isn't this a cover of the rocket summer?
madde23 1 year ago
@madde23 No, it's not. This is Colin Hay's material. Rocket Summer covered it.
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@madde23 The rocket summer is to young to sing the songs like this one. BTW he is singing like Emo kid singer...
rampamponik 6 months ago
this song made me depressed. which is a good thing. when i find a song that carries this much emotion, no matter how it makes me feel it becomes my favorite.
Bricky1138 1 year ago
Sounds kinda like Duncan Shiek
MrFamulaw 1 year ago
@MrFamulaw
shut up.
EyeHawk777 1 year ago
imagine the prettiest girl you have ever seen, imagine you talking to her on the phone until 8:00 am, imagine you and her laughing on a park's bench, imagine you and her at a cafe late night just listening to jazz, imagine her telling you you're special to her, imagine her saying to you: "please don't go", imagine her choosing him over you...... I miss you so bad.
jozdali00 1 year ago
@jozdali00 we change, grow, and become very different people over time. Keep her and these memories with you, because they are important parts of your life. But also be open to love again and still, or you won't be able to live happily. I only know this, and how hard it is, because I'm trying to do so myself. I wish you peace of mind x
Auddiec 1 year ago
@Auddiec hey thanks... memories is all that we truly own, right? Thanks for the words and "Enjoy the ride" :D
jozdali00 1 year ago
Magic...
From one of the great...
allaanglar 1 year ago
I like liking things.
hugadarn 1 year ago
This has to be one of the most moving and saddest songs I've ever heard. It's so beautiful.
RainPoetry 1 year ago
his emotions speak through his music. Very awesome song
razahs 1 year ago
part of the point of these songs are to make you feel emotion about personal things that happened to you so telling the world about them kinda takes that away
euanpark 1 year ago
@euanpark No it doesn't....at all, you are only 21 years old, you have no idea what you are talking about.
youeatbeans 1 year ago
This song reminds me of my wife that died 16 years ago...I tried to move on but I guess nobody could ever take her place, I raised our kids alone...and now they are grown and on they own, I still live in the same house..alone. sorry folks for the boo-hoo story. I miss you Micheal.
youeatbeans 1 year ago
@youeatbeans - your wife was blessed to have a good husband - not many real men exist today
mustangersalie 1 year ago
@mustangersalie Thank you
youeatbeans 1 year ago
@youeatbeans I have never been able to love a respect a man that can leave someone behind without ever looking back. I feel the same way that you do. I suppose that is a better indication of your capacity to love than anything else that ever could be said. I wish that I knew you.
ramonago1 1 year ago
@ramonago1 Thank you for your kind words.
youeatbeans 1 year ago
when i saw garden state i was taken by the music. it stole me... idk how else to put it. that and scrubs with colin hay lead me to find so much good music. i wonder if zach braff picks any of the music...
larmoly 1 year ago
Perfect for that someone special that you just can't be with.....
28055763 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU HO!!!!!!
NachoEscamilla 1 year ago
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NachoEscamilla 1 year ago 2
Isn't there always that ONE? That one that you loved without diluting your emotion with reason? The one that you let slip away because you were too young and inexperienced, or maybe just too afraid? Yet, we move through our lives loving others as we go, but every once in a while, that smell of crushed leaves or clean cotton brings it all back and there's nothing to do but reminesce and then move on again. I will remember you.
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NachoEscamilla 1 year ago
@brokengypsy I dont want to make that mistake...
silver0078 1 month ago
@brokengypsy :'( reminds me so much of someone. i miss him so much.
megiscool123 3 weeks ago
@brokengypsy i just joined the club
carla6565 1 week ago
I'm living this at this moment. This song nails it !! Thank you. I couldn't have said it better myself.
daretowearme 1 year ago
poor maggie :(
poor colin hay :(
antimagster85 1 year ago
I love you. I'm thankful for the time we spent together. You were worth it to me. I wish I was worth it to you. You haunt me. I hope I can love again, but I'm not sure if I want to.
Sonolumino8939 1 year ago
Compliments deeply appreciated. When something speaks to you analyzing your interest is the next step. This will almost always lead to a greater understanding of yourself, which can benefit anyone. I could go on but I don’t want to exhaust the subject (or those reading my opinions).
brandenshane81 1 year ago
this song is amazing. <3
EroticxxNightmares 1 year ago
colin hay makes music make sense ..........lots n lots of love in the finest sense of the word DEWI xxxxxxx
MrDewster 1 year ago
love marks you to the bone, and you should thank god you had it while you did.
hattie1978 1 year ago
This is a rare song. Straight forward and sad in a happy way. He is haunted and misses someone "even after all these years" without being bitter or angry, or, unbearably sad. Obviously written by someone who has loved, and lost, and can now enjoy his memories as the time he shared that was as special as the person he spent it with. If you've been there you will understand this song because it will seem as if it were written just for you and how you've felt at one time or another.
brandenshane81 1 year ago 2
@brandenshane81 A lot of songs sounds like they're written for one self, but what I wanted to tell you is that you shoul seriously consider becoming a poetry analyst - seriously..
AlexanderBorup 1 year ago
@brandenshane81 I couldn't have put that any better myself.
LiberalExtremist 1 year ago
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brandenshane81 1 year ago
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This is a rare song. Straight forward and sad in a happy way. He is haunted and misses someone "even after all these years" without being bitter or angry, or, unbearably sad. Obviously written by someone who has loved, and lost, and can now enjoy his memories as the time he shared with someone he shared a special time with. If you've been there you will understand this song because it will seem as if it were written just for you and how you've felt at one time or another.
brandenshane81 1 year ago
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brandenshane81 1 year ago
BRILLIANT!!!!
mahakhalidrs 1 year ago
Although these words cut my heart like a knife, it´s a loveley song. Memories come through - I just don´t think I´ll ever get over your, dear...
MultiBaltic 1 year ago
I just dont think ill ever get over you...
JonnyBoy723 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this....I can't help but feel the resonance in my heart for a past relationship and love that's missed....makes me sad, but helps restore my faith in that we can all feel and go through this.....thank you.....beautiful song and lyrics....
ChingaSuMadreToo 1 year ago
this is the first time i have ever heard one of his songs and i love this song but it brings back a lot of memories but its still a great song :))
faliciayo 1 year ago
garden state soundtrack FTW
BrittanyBlows 1 year ago
I got to see him a few years ago. It was a great show. He's one of those guys like John Hiatt or John Prine, where you just don't realize how many great songs he has. I'm glad he came to Austin to share with us!
MrPernell27 1 year ago
I love his song titles :)
EdemsTube 1 year ago
An Absolutely Beautiful Share & Post!!!...5*s Thankyou Gaz...Anita..
anitashelby 1 year ago
double sigh....
danielferrel 1 year ago
i used to think this about someone and now i don't care about them like that atall.idk how,but i'm pretty happy i am over him(: thought i never would be!
MediAndClaire 1 year ago
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Ricketh 1 year ago
Beautiful words/senitment - love the Hay man!
womanwithgreeneyes 1 year ago
beautiful, first time ive heard it
i can relate to this song
kelseybennettx 2 years ago 2
@kelseybennettx hey kelsey lol im with u this was the first time and i can relate to it alot but it is a beautiful song
91epidemic 1 year ago
I can't believe this is the same guy that brought us, "Land Down Under"
paigedied 2 years ago
don't forget
overkill
waiting for my real life to begin
who can it be now
be good johnny
down by the sea
high wire
beautiful world
it's a mistake
and many, many more. He is simply one of the best writers of the last thirty years imho.
controlsnerd 1 year ago 3
hahahaha i was thinkin the same thing! Never knew he had it in him.
kingjojo14 1 year ago
If you get the chance to see Colin in concert, do it.
I laughed, I cried, I shit my pants.
OK, I didn't really shit my pants, but he puts on a great show.
Blu3J4y 2 years ago 79
@Blu3J4y hahaha! Nice, I'd love to see Mr. Hay in concert.
Orf2008 1 year ago
@Blu3J4y you did shit your pants, i smelled it
longfootbuddy 7 months ago
I'm crying like a baby! Whatever happened to songs with beautiful meaningful lyrics? Every time Colin's voice cracks out pour the tears. Lovely song.
3rdeyecrying 2 years ago 45
@3rdeyecrying Check out William Fitzsimmons. His lyrics are true poetry.
urgranddaddy 1 year ago
@3rdeyecrying Try Ray LaMontagne, great meaningful lyrics that make you wonder why he's not more popular.
KHollandWeather 1 year ago
If I lived to be 102, I'd buy stock in Viagra!
Oh and very nice tune....=)
jakejr1979 2 years ago
This version wins over The Rocket Summer's any day. Colin Hay is flawless and emotional. I always have goosebumps by the chorus.
Chiwowwow2 2 years ago 2
I gave all a man could possibly give a woman and it wasn't enough. Oh well. Maybe she need to be with a woman! Any fellas out there listening to this song with a wine buzz-uplift yourself brother! Forward!
The80skid77 2 years ago 4
if i lived til i was a hundred and two.... i just don't think i'll ever get over you.....
mnewland 2 years ago 6
this was the song my brother gave me when my best friend was killed
petewilber 2 years ago
magnifica canción, jo bella
feliz año nuevo, por cierto me he suscrito a tus videos
Rafa
machanudo 2 years ago
never heard this song before, but sounds awsome.
heard it with a hot tea and milka choclate. thats life!
zitrone777 2 years ago 2
i remember the first time i heard this song, my bestfriend sed she hated me nd i have to see her everyday, now i listen to this song all the time to think
happygirlscout777 2 years ago
gets to me every time...first heard it on Garden State
thomascs05 2 years ago
shows u dnt need a song full of poetry. these simple words have so much of an effect...
i gues sum ppl are jst nt meant to b forgotten even if they treated u lke crap...
sanaayesha 2 years ago
I think this is the best a song has ever described how I feel - "distractions" may come and go, but doubting anything will ever replace him. Trying to accept that there is nothing I can do to get him back in my life, despite my willingness to do anything to have him again even just for a moment.
dmblover74 2 years ago 2
I feel dead sad reading all of these comments, because there are so many people that can relate to this song. (including mee)
Just want to say to all you guys, I hope everything turns out for the best. Remember, keep holding on, you'll make it through it.
Omnia Causa Fiunt ~~ Everything happens for a reason.
Everything will be okay in the end, if it's not okay then it's not the end.
I dunno if that's too cheesey. My heart goes out to you guys, seriously. "/
Love Leese. xx<3
LittleBitOfLeeseAH 2 years ago 4
I've never loved again since I lost her...
She's not falling into oblivion and she's always in my head.
This song describes exactly what I feel.
P.S.: Don't mension my english, I'm from germany
Carooni 2 years ago 2
actually your english was perfect until you said "don't mension my english."
good job. I wish i knew two languages.
chandler7231 2 years ago
I just don't think I'll get over you Daniel..
MisdermeanerJ 2 years ago
Oh god I feel like crying so hard. I am crying.. I lost the love of my LIFE because I was stupid.. and he was stupid.. we both doubts. I'm so unhappy without him.. I can't believe I lost him and I truely can't stop crying. I can't get over him.. he will always have a place.. and I will never be able to fill up that place in my heart.. I can't get over him. I don't want to.. Please.. everyone who reads this. Never ever let go of what you love.... it's a mistake you will regret intensely...
MisdermeanerJ 2 years ago 2
@MisdermeanerJ time will heal if you look for God He will heal you
marjubb 2 years ago
Each day, I wake up missin him just as much, despite the passage of time. I keep living my life, trying to do my best and put on a brave face, but yet each day he is there in my thoughts. Maybe some "loves" your never meant to get over
dmblover74 2 years ago 2
Yer, you feel so lonely and lost loosing the 1 you love so much then eventually you get used to it .. still having hopes someday she'll be back ..and no matter what she'll always have a special place in your heart...i honestly love this song .. quite sure many of them actually feel like it..
allenrulz2009 2 years ago
Just lovely!
smmangles1 2 years ago
Sooo many of us....
I just thank life for the time I had with her, and I know that if it didn't work out, it wasn't meant to be.
It's just an experience to make what's right in my life better...eventually
ToofyRMU 2 years ago 5
2 simple words and it's done - yet i still love, but know he's gone
dmblover74 2 years ago 2
thanks, I'm still waiting, but hopeful if I love this much he will one day return.
dmblover74 2 years ago 2
To everyone posting on this video, keep having hope as I did.
I lost the love of my life for a little while, and I thought it was gone forever.
Shortly after, she told me she loved me and missed me and wanted me back, forever.
We're recently engaged and everything is amazing, even if your lover never comes back to you, you'll always find someone new.
Even if they're not as good as that one person that'll always have a place in your heart, they'll be good enough.
Goodluck to all!
PulseAndrew 2 years ago 5
The longer we r apart the more I realize he was the "one" - cant imagine anyone even comin close - thinkin if I live to 102 I'll still have a place in my heart for him
dmblover74 2 years ago
Strangely enough, still love him just as much, but feeling no regrets. Maybe I will never get over him, but at least I got to know him for a lil while
dmblover74 2 years ago 2
petec,when you least exspect it you will find the person you were meant to spend your life with and its always when you least exspect it -have faith
vrp52 2 years ago
As its said -it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all;we all have love affairs that end abruptly and leave a hole in its wake,commit it to good memories and make some new ones
vrp52 2 years ago
At the moment it feels like it would have been better to never have loved. But I hope you're right.
petec17 2 years ago
It's been over a year and a half. and although i moved on with my life... i still know that i will never experience a love like i had shared with her. she was my best friend. my lover. and the one person who ever truly understood me and loved me for me. I'm just grateful i had you if only for a little while. and though the pain was unlike anything i had ever felt... the love i held for you then and hold for you now matches it, if not surpasses it. You changed my life and i thank you for that.
geeiwonder 2 years ago 6
I hear that man, peace to you :)
realitybytes16 2 years ago
Just when I think its gettin better, I miss him more than ever - I dont think I'll ever get over him - wish i knew where it all went wrong and i could change it
dmblover74 2 years ago 2
"Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."
-Rainer Maria Rilke
kaedenceSpeaks 2 years ago 4
Knew it for so long...I just needed the words to feel it...
hootie1753 2 years ago 2
we used to dream to grow old together... we lived on different countries and agreed on a neutral country to live our lives. we separated and life, funny, brought me to the country we chose... sometimes i like to think that life brought me here to wait for her, and i she might appear one of these days knocking at my door... :-)
xfryan 2 years ago
To Allison... there were some good times with all the bad
MostUnderratedPlayer 2 years ago
I understand - it was 4 months ago today that I told him I loved him and that day is so fresh I feel like I'm falling to pieces - I would give anything to get that day back even for a moment
dmblover74 2 years ago
In the same situation as dmblover74:
Jesse, we made foolish youthful promises of eternal love, but when things fell apart and you went away, I lost the meaning of my life. But to this day I cannot help but keep those promises. If you have kept them too, you should come home.
st4rjump3r 2 years ago
This is for Michael - I dont think you could ever know how much I still love you. You are the most special person I have ever met, you will always have my heart. I know I need to move on, but i just don't think I'll ever get over you.
dmblover74 2 years ago 3
Colin is a soulman
cincinnatisaxman 2 years ago 3
thats what Colin can do with a sond. He isnnt the worlds best guitarist, but he is great at telling a story and making you feel with it and connect in some way. The first time I heard this I was almost in tears and it took awhile to figure out what it meant to me, but I did thanks Colin.
tgunner74 2 years ago 2
perfect song but first of all greatest musician ever... his songs are so true,deep and make you think about what you have/had...this made me cry...i dont thing it was coz of lyrics but coz of remembering how amazing it was with my exgfriend...sorry if none cares but this is how i feel bout this song...
sempire90 2 years ago 4
What great comments. I visit here when I need to check my reality.
Honesty has a way with people....
I find a lot of it here.
Fliedermous 2 years ago 3
I love The Rocket Summer version of this. I like his voice better than this version. But this one is pretty great too, amazing music and lyrics.
LeavingYou94 2 years ago
If you never knew love; eventually you would want to. One day those of you who wish they never felt love will one day appreciate it. I guess love is taken for granted. But for most that will change and love will then be treasured.
berelycekim7 2 years ago 2
i hope ur right. god i do. but as for now, im stuck havin to watch her wit someone i thought was a brother, but i guess i was wrong. they seem oblivious to my pain, but those are my problems and i apologize for burdenin u wit them
FortuneCookie5277 2 years ago
I think it is true that to love and lose is better than not loving at all
berelycekim7 2 years ago
personally, i wish i had never felt the feeling of love. ignorance is bliss
FortuneCookie5277 2 years ago
:( Aweee
SventhHeaven 2 years ago
What movie?
SventhHeaven 2 years ago
movie?
FortuneCookie5277 2 years ago
Garden State
Bpaul5194 2 years ago
The fool that said it was better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all needs their ass kicked.................
fitzfarr 2 years ago
no man its true.... one day you will appreciate what you had. I know for a long time i would have agreed with you, but not i realize how blessed i was.
tommart123 2 years ago
powerful song.
rejourejou 2 years ago
I miss you, Darlene.
username121628 2 years ago
Miss you Gio.
Stevendel1111 2 years ago
Loved the movie
goinsane75 2 years ago
Wow! My sentiments exactly! 15 yrs. came to an end. I dont think I will ever get over you Vic! I miss you
lotusvic 2 years ago
...... speechless
zengerz 2 years ago
What is closer 2 the truth ?
Blows me away !!!
Ah just dont think ....
roor06 2 years ago
its sad and perfect
hummel18 2 years ago
Come back...
19KiLLa92 2 years ago
bah i hate and love this song the same time. it is great.
ieagel 2 years ago 3
One thing I'll bet, you'll be back. I am blown away by these posts, and a place to go to let *it* come to the surface, feel it, and go forth with a renewed spirit that you are not alone. It feels good to relive a moment in time that could never be eclipsed. A sweet memory that remains firmly anchored inside of you.
And what of a tear ? How is it possible that music can hit us so hard we can't see straight for a moment. I don't know but I do know that I can come here and feel OK.
It works.
Fliedermous 2 years ago 4
RUBY I miss you.
biglemoncoke 2 years ago
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jpgiii85 2 years ago
Its scary how appropriate this song is. The first time I heard it it brought me to tears because I am scared its true. The pssibility of new relationships to come, not having to drink that 'strong whisky' its all so real. Thank you Colin and thank you to other posters its nice to know i'm not the only one feeling like this. Good luck to you all.
iFNluvMelborne 2 years ago 2
Angel Yarbourough...I miss you...
LokiLasher 2 years ago
This is a nice place to come to. I thank everyone who put themselves out for others to respond to, and be honest with their emotions.
It's a very beautiful thing to be able to do, and feel safe with the anonymity of using an alias. There is no one to turn their back on you.
It's nice, and beautiful.
Thanks Colin for this moment in time to come clean with the feelings that just never seem to go away for long. The memories are too fresh, still, after two years. I am afraid to say "Hello".
Fliedermous 2 years ago 2
Thanks for the kind words. (And I used to be trapped behind the Orange Curtain, too!) I'm working at being open to "hello" again, and it's getting a little easier. I just reconnected with someone who had hurt me deeply a few years ago, so maybe a bit of healing and forgiveness will help me open up more.
Good luck and peace on your journey back to the beauty and magic. You're right, they are fleeting, but that just makes them even more precious.
paxpaul 2 years ago
Another beautiful song from Colin. In some ways, I feel this about every woman I've ever loved...lost family members...sigh. So many goodbyes in life, it sometimes gets hard to say hello to anyone new--just because I know goodbye is coming along right behind.
paxpaul 2 years ago
Very nice comment. I am happy to know that there are people out there who can connect on a higher level. You brought up something about getting hard to say "hello". I am there, and I know it's me, not the world, nor anyone in it. At some point I hope the past becomes just that, and the future remains open, should you ever walk the razors edge of trust again. Yes, the goodbye comes, but how do you carry the time in between ? The beauty and magic seem to be fleeting. *Can* you do it again ?
Fliedermous 2 years ago
it's funny the duality of love it can send you to a heaven so sweet and complete you think you can never get enough,,then if you get complacent boom you in a hell so dark and lonely if you had the strength you would probably kill ur self ..love is a c*u*t bah meh pffit
Buddadude32 2 years ago 4
This song reminds me of you, Karah.
I will miss you in my life until my last day here, and I loved you more than you could ever know.
A lifetime of wishes and happiness in another place and time, a world away.
Fliedermous 2 years ago 6
This has been flagged as spam show
How about people just keep their depressing drama to themselves.
osoqiktsi 2 years ago
How about you showing some compassion for people who are hurting.
And who gives a fuck anyway ?
Fliedermous 2 years ago 7
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Mephistophiles15 2 years ago
I miss you Tracy, still
exseebee 2 years ago
Hell yeah I've loved this guy since men at work
captpastis 2 years ago
It's been over two years now. He will always be the one that couldn't be...but should've been. He will always be with me. Always. Thanks for the song. It's good to cry sometimes :-).
Signe82 2 years ago