I grew up on this album, I'm 26 this may of 2012 I've been through alot in that amount of time I was seperated from my first two biological brothers when I was 5 then from my half brother and half sister when I was 8 to coming back reunited to then never see them again by age 12. I have been in 2 fauster homes and 4 holding institutions for children. I was also incarcarated for over 5 years. my daughter passed away at birth and I lost the love of my life forever. This song kills me over & over.
I seriously can't get enough of this song! This is truly what music is, right here! For anyone out there who wants ambiance, play this song and have a rain sound effect playing in the background. It's awesome!
'Roses' 'R' 'Red' 'Violets' 'R' 'Blue' 'I LOVE' 'Being inside' 'Your' 'Love' with 'You 'Adam' and 'Being' with 'You' 'My LOVE' is faithful' and 'True' cos 'I LOVE' 'You' 'Your Darling and Queen' XXX
I am 22 years old. I have been listening to this song for literally my entire life, as far back as I can remember. My family and I drove from Portland to L.A. in 1997 and I played the August and Everything After CD in my Walkman the entire drive. It is January 24, 2012 and this song is even more powerful to me now than it was back then.
I am a connoisseur of all kinds of music, but this is by far my favorite song. Ever.
Since the day it came out, the day I bought it, Its NEVER not made sense. But this song.. " You get what you pay for, but I just had no, Intention of living this way.." to this day It makes me make sure my decisions aren't just whims... just like I can't remember how many days on the street it took to get back to a house, I don't know how many times this made me realize what I WANTED and what I NEEDED
I'm 15 years old and the Counting Crows were one of the first bands I ever listened to, some of my favorite memories are accompanied by August and Everything After playing in the background. My parents love them and I grew up with blasting "Round Here" and "Omaha" out of the car window. I love those summer nights at my neighbor's house playing Mr. Jones on the guitar and everyone's singing. Counting Crows are a great band and their music definitely soothes the soul. I'll always love them. :)
I heard this song for the first time when dating this girl who got me into all the music I like today. While dating her, I lost half my family, got cheated on, and left. Her birthday is in August, and now that she's gone I look at this album as maybe a means to get past all the pain from that. My life will consist of Everything after August.
I hear this and I just think about what it's like to be alone. Feeling isolated from the rest of the world. Your peers don't know who you are. You're nothing to them. They don't know you exist. You would talk to them, but you don't have anything worthwhile to say. For whatever reason, you didn't make friends as easily as they did.
You need someone to talk to. Or maybe someplace to go. Or maybe something to keep you occupied. If nothing else, something to comfort you. Even if only a little bit.
Great Song! I live 50 miles east of Baltimore, so ive always assumed he was in my town when he wrote it but i dont actually know if he did or not. This song helped me get through bad times last year, its timeless
i attempted suicide twice...this album really helps me cope with a lot of my struggles. Adam Duritz is a great lyrcist, i dont even think he realizes the impact he's made to so many of us.
@mohammad5 I am sorry for your struggles. When this album came out in 1993 I was just starting High School. I had a very hard time being picked on by bullies. Every night as I laid in bed I listened to this tape in my walk-man until I cried myself to sleep. It really helped me cope with suicidal thoughts, so I can understand where you're coming from. It's been 19 years and although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Have Hope.
@Batgirl1979 I wasn't really bullied by kids back in high school, but I was certainly left out by the popular kids. Also, I had a lot of family issues with abuse and neglect and was tossed into group homes for several years. This album helped me to cope with a lot of the hardships and pain in which I endured. As a now 34 year old male, this album still moves me and takes me away to a safe haven somewhere in middle America, where no one knows my name. To dream is beautiful!
Its amazing how this song still gives me goosebumps after all these years and can sometimes even reduce me to tears. There is just so much emotion in this song. Thank you for a great album with so many great songs like this
I am 20 years old. I have been listening to this song for literally my entire life, as far back as I can remember. My family and I drove across the country in 1996 and played the August and Everything After cassette tape at least once in every state we drove. It is July 29, 2011 and this song is still exactly as powerful as it was back then.
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 Haha, Nice!! I think every American family has done this. I used to listen to this with my mom and brother on our way up to Maine for vacation. My mothers response to why she didn't mind listening to it - "It's the only music I can listen to of your's"
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 the simplicity of this Stunning song is its Abaolute Beauty..... i think when i bought this album in 97 this song stood out for me, youre words just made me cry!!!! dont ask me why but i think we just understand it the it should be understood...... :)
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 My family took road trips across France and Spain in the early 80's, 5 kids piled in the back of the Merc...and the Da would play CCR, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Elkie Brooks, Nancy Griffith to name but a few.....Knew all the lyrics to all their songs by the time i was 12 yrs old. I am 37yrs old and i still go back to those songs, along with the more "modern" Counting Crows. Good music has no time......
this song can touch so many with the large use of small word... but for me, its the fact that life hits ya hard, and sometimes ya gotta grab onto the moments that are bad, because those moments make the good ones that much better
i wasnt riding down the highway but in 1995 i was trying to convince my gf that this was the best she could ever hear, and we were here singing it @ 7:00 n the morning 2011 M.F.
My '92 Black Geo Storm....Buckingham Park all to myself....420....pouring rain outside, tears inside....playing this cassette (particularly this track) over and over and over! Over 17 years later....Geo gone, no mas 420, Park in another State....and it's still raining. LOVE OUT LOUD
This has always been my favorite Counting Crows song, and the number of times I listened to this album when it first came out was like when one of those great albums of the decade came out like Neil Young's Harvest Moon or U2's
All that you can't leave behind-- a seminal album-- that leaves you breathless, but always wanting more, again and again and again! Eternal. Like a spirit itself!
I need a plane ride...my dream school, I've come so far to earn it, to go overseas for school and I'm held back by paper. I didn't get what I paid for. Leave it to society to oversimplify man. I'm so close to losing everything I've worked for...
Good Song. If you like this check out Adam Gilbert, “All of us are missing” or “I’ll hold you in my arms”. He does a lot of charities and fund raisers and will most likely blow up in a couple of years despite being low key.
If I stayd til the end / id slip further away / all im promised is more of this rain / the lies people tell me / as i step outside / it seems no1s no longer alive**
If I left here 2day / escape the lies n the pain / would some1 sweep these leaves away / would all of my loved 1s believe what they say / Ill go still but what if I stayd**
Its dark as I enter this passage / so u wont c me wave / is there a light at the end, baby / my whole life no1 could say**
this is the second time i have wanted to end my life while listening to this song on repeat....i dont know what it is.. the first time, i did try to end my life but this time, i just wished i had the strength to follow through with it.. i dont...
Somehow Counting Crows music explains my life in great detail.
micky1156 4 days ago
I grew up on this album, I'm 26 this may of 2012 I've been through alot in that amount of time I was seperated from my first two biological brothers when I was 5 then from my half brother and half sister when I was 8 to coming back reunited to then never see them again by age 12. I have been in 2 fauster homes and 4 holding institutions for children. I was also incarcarated for over 5 years. my daughter passed away at birth and I lost the love of my life forever. This song kills me over & over.
Guess539 1 week ago
thank you for uploading this kalashT4 i have the album and have always loved it but great to see it up here and hear it again while just browsing
floggsy 1 week ago
I seriously can't get enough of this song! This is truly what music is, right here! For anyone out there who wants ambiance, play this song and have a rain sound effect playing in the background. It's awesome!
ThisIsCertainlyExile 1 week ago
'Roses' 'R' 'Red' 'Violets' 'R' 'Blue' 'I LOVE' 'Being inside' 'Your' 'Love' with 'You 'Adam' and 'Being' with 'You' 'My LOVE' is faithful' and 'True' cos 'I LOVE' 'You' 'Your Darling and Queen' XXX
ericsson123abc 2 weeks ago in playlist The angels should be weeping
'Thank You' '4' this 'Brilliant' and 'Beautiful' 'Music' 'Lyrics' and 'Yes' 'I know' 'I LOVE'' 'You' 'Adam' 'Come on' 'Let' 'Us' 'have a 'Big' 'LOVE' 'Your Darling and Queen'. XXX
ericsson123abc 2 weeks ago in playlist The angels should be weeping
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BigTy3046 3 weeks ago
Beautiful song.
ames123ify 3 weeks ago
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@TheAmazingAnarchist1
I am 22 years old. I have been listening to this song for literally my entire life, as far back as I can remember. My family and I drove from Portland to L.A. in 1997 and I played the August and Everything After CD in my Walkman the entire drive. It is January 24, 2012 and this song is even more powerful to me now than it was back then.
I am a connoisseur of all kinds of music, but this is by far my favorite song. Ever.
lovesomethingcurse 1 month ago
Will someone PLEASE get that man a rain coat!!!
XXliltipsyXX 1 month ago 10
Baltimore..... Ravens :)
TheRevanchist9000 1 month ago
Since the day it came out, the day I bought it, Its NEVER not made sense. But this song.. " You get what you pay for, but I just had no, Intention of living this way.." to this day It makes me make sure my decisions aren't just whims... just like I can't remember how many days on the street it took to get back to a house, I don't know how many times this made me realize what I WANTED and what I NEEDED
chaozchild 1 month ago
I need a plane ride !
golfyob 1 month ago
amazing how songs can take you back to certain places.. and you have no choice but to go..
SuzanneDeniseB 2 months ago 7
this song + rainy mood = EPIC!
Tuckoutwfs 2 months ago 3
He needs to "phone Carl"? He needs to "ring Cole"? Who are these people? And then he said he needs "a big glove". Hmm..
EminentKnight 2 months ago
@EminentKnight Are you retarded??
ZDub86 2 months ago
@ZDub86 Are *you*?
EminentKnight 2 months ago
Last song may Father listened to before he died. R.I.P Dad
Iamonepercent 2 months ago
im in the county will u accept my collect call funny ass shit right
MrDog2264 2 months ago
I'm 15 years old and the Counting Crows were one of the first bands I ever listened to, some of my favorite memories are accompanied by August and Everything After playing in the background. My parents love them and I grew up with blasting "Round Here" and "Omaha" out of the car window. I love those summer nights at my neighbor's house playing Mr. Jones on the guitar and everyone's singing. Counting Crows are a great band and their music definitely soothes the soul. I'll always love them. :)
heregoesnothing69 2 months ago 3
I heard this song for the first time when dating this girl who got me into all the music I like today. While dating her, I lost half my family, got cheated on, and left. Her birthday is in August, and now that she's gone I look at this album as maybe a means to get past all the pain from that. My life will consist of Everything after August.
SuperRileyFoster 2 months ago 3
I've always loved this song and had to listen to it because it's actually raining here :)
neonrainstorms 2 months ago
i am 13 years old and this band helps me get through life and actually gives some life lessons unlike most of todays music
fiveslayer 2 months ago 2
i will never forgive you
siliconetech2000 2 months ago
I hear this and I just think about what it's like to be alone. Feeling isolated from the rest of the world. Your peers don't know who you are. You're nothing to them. They don't know you exist. You would talk to them, but you don't have anything worthwhile to say. For whatever reason, you didn't make friends as easily as they did.
You need someone to talk to. Or maybe someplace to go. Or maybe something to keep you occupied. If nothing else, something to comfort you. Even if only a little bit.
InjuredStatus 3 months ago
I am a 100 lb. white girl. And I heard this song and cried like a bitch.
tay2thelor44 3 months ago 6
My friend does a cover of this song all the time and I get emotional every time. Such an amazing song!!
marissarockel 3 months ago
I jizzed at 1:43
ABIackMan 3 months ago
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ABIackMan 3 months ago
20 years later, this song still moves me...
UMICH13 3 months ago
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PussPussProductions 3 months ago
yea!
musicis4life5 3 months ago
great lyrics !
mutney58 3 months ago
Great Song! I live 50 miles east of Baltimore, so ive always assumed he was in my town when he wrote it but i dont actually know if he did or not. This song helped me get through bad times last year, its timeless
Metspart 3 months ago
i attempted suicide twice...this album really helps me cope with a lot of my struggles. Adam Duritz is a great lyrcist, i dont even think he realizes the impact he's made to so many of us.
mohammad5 4 months ago 5
@mohammad5 I am sorry for your struggles. When this album came out in 1993 I was just starting High School. I had a very hard time being picked on by bullies. Every night as I laid in bed I listened to this tape in my walk-man until I cried myself to sleep. It really helped me cope with suicidal thoughts, so I can understand where you're coming from. It's been 19 years and although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Have Hope.
Batgirl1979 3 months ago 5
@Batgirl1979 I wasn't really bullied by kids back in high school, but I was certainly left out by the popular kids. Also, I had a lot of family issues with abuse and neglect and was tossed into group homes for several years. This album helped me to cope with a lot of the hardships and pain in which I endured. As a now 34 year old male, this album still moves me and takes me away to a safe haven somewhere in middle America, where no one knows my name. To dream is beautiful!
extrememetaldrummer1 3 months ago 2
I need all of these things! One of my favorites!
Braxie7 4 months ago
weird song.....
boboclyderrealboyz 4 months ago
Its amazing how this song still gives me goosebumps after all these years and can sometimes even reduce me to tears. There is just so much emotion in this song. Thank you for a great album with so many great songs like this
SandmanOz 5 months ago
@SandmanOz one of my favorite songs of thiers...
abylev89 4 months ago
You get whatcha came for ...just had no intention of living this way!....I need a sunburn...
I'm from Canada (not that makes any difference) What would you change if you could?
Simply love this at 3am ...I guess it's time to put the top down!
seeohdeewhy420 5 months ago
You get whatcha came for ...just had no intention of this way!....I need a sunburn...
seeohdeewhy420 5 months ago
One of my favorite songs!
JaysonJordanShepherd 6 months ago
I am a 300 lb. black man. And I heard this song and cried like a bitch.
MichiganIsCrap 6 months ago 87
@MichiganIsCrap you want to lose some weight then.
davezz5 3 months ago
@MichiganIsCrap I never knew Shaq was a Counting Crows fan.
BigTy3046 3 weeks ago
I need a phone call !!!!
raysonntag 6 months ago
I am 20 years old. I have been listening to this song for literally my entire life, as far back as I can remember. My family and I drove across the country in 1996 and played the August and Everything After cassette tape at least once in every state we drove. It is July 29, 2011 and this song is still exactly as powerful as it was back then.
TheAmazingAnarchist1 7 months ago 40
@TheAmazingAnarchist1
It's crazy how a song like this never loses that affect.
An album like this, really.
Zethion 5 months ago
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 Haha, Nice!! I think every American family has done this. I used to listen to this with my mom and brother on our way up to Maine for vacation. My mothers response to why she didn't mind listening to it - "It's the only music I can listen to of your's"
pdd420 3 months ago
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 the simplicity of this Stunning song is its Abaolute Beauty..... i think when i bought this album in 97 this song stood out for me, youre words just made me cry!!!! dont ask me why but i think we just understand it the it should be understood...... :)
aleemoombayeh 2 months ago
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 My family took road trips across France and Spain in the early 80's, 5 kids piled in the back of the Merc...and the Da would play CCR, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Elkie Brooks, Nancy Griffith to name but a few.....Knew all the lyrics to all their songs by the time i was 12 yrs old. I am 37yrs old and i still go back to those songs, along with the more "modern" Counting Crows. Good music has no time......
polmaccaba01 2 months ago
@TheAmazingAnarchist1 Me too., my dad introduced me to them when I was young. Always a favourite
mellowkitteh 1 month ago
Four people get too many phone calls.
Gravybelle 7 months ago
what company owns this song, i need to know. any help would be appreciated.
XxCallOfDutyAddictxX 8 months ago
Why dislike this song? ʘ_ಠ
MissHingu 9 months ago
I don't think I could survive without this album..it is like my lifeblood
Vertigo2903 9 months ago
Saw them in Baltimore last summer. It started raining. Couldn't have been any more perfect right then.
burdmanman 9 months ago 2
this is my favorite counting crows song. the lyrics do not relate to my lif in any of way. i dont even live in baltimore. but i still love it <3
lindzzzfaith 9 months ago
can't believe how good this song is
AmeliaLidstrom 10 months ago
one of the best album's i grew up with... i still go see them when i can!!
crowleysm1 10 months ago
this song can touch so many with the large use of small word... but for me, its the fact that life hits ya hard, and sometimes ya gotta grab onto the moments that are bad, because those moments make the good ones that much better
aperfectcuremt 11 months ago
i wasnt riding down the highway but in 1995 i was trying to convince my gf that this was the best she could ever hear, and we were here singing it @ 7:00 n the morning 2011 M.F.
nowtoc 11 months ago
My '92 Black Geo Storm....Buckingham Park all to myself....420....pouring rain outside, tears inside....playing this cassette (particularly this track) over and over and over! Over 17 years later....Geo gone, no mas 420, Park in another State....and it's still raining. LOVE OUT LOUD
donniehal 11 months ago 4
@donniehal Beautifully said.
11maebelle 6 months ago
@11maebelle Thank you.
donniehal 6 months ago
i am doing that dance in a couple of months
SuperMunchkin1983 11 months ago
this song, is amazing <3
alexanderjamesninnim 1 year ago
Umm....this is the first time hearing this song its really good, but is it really this long i mean 4:37 thats really long. please let me know :)
lebanonloser1 1 year ago
@lebanonloser1 that's not that long
fetsrala 11 months ago
@fetsrala sorry i didnt mean super long i just mean its longer then most songs i lishen to
lebanonloser1 11 months ago
Baltimore! love that place, almost home.
leth4ldose 1 year ago
Amazing song! :D
benzitoful 1 year ago
I need a phone call, I need a raincoat, I need a big love.... and I need someone to say my name!
donniehal 1 year ago 2
Just watched an old episode of Homicide: Life On The Street that featured this song. Good stuff.
KarlBarl 1 year ago
This has always been my favorite Counting Crows song, and the number of times I listened to this album when it first came out was like when one of those great albums of the decade came out like Neil Young's Harvest Moon or U2's
All that you can't leave behind-- a seminal album-- that leaves you breathless, but always wanting more, again and again and again! Eternal. Like a spirit itself!
kingofsmiles 1 year ago
@kingofsmiles Yeah, man...this album kisses a broken heart :)
JayGOS117 1 year ago
I stumbled across the lyrics to this song when I was doing my homework somehow... I decided to check the band out, so glad I did =']
haiirononingyo 1 year ago
@haiirononingyo I have loved this band since I was still doing homework and I'm 32 now! So glad they are still attracting new fans!
happyryvitaeater 1 year ago 2
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truly beautiful
Orbitronbromyard 1 year ago
truely beautiful
Orbitronbromyard 1 year ago
Second favorite track on the album!
Nytefyre999 1 year ago
Beautiful beyond words.... the story, the music, voice.
sp4eva1 1 year ago
I need a plane ride...my dream school, I've come so far to earn it, to go overseas for school and I'm held back by paper. I didn't get what I paid for. Leave it to society to oversimplify man. I'm so close to losing everything I've worked for...
I need a plane ride....
I really, really need a plane ride...
Varvisa 1 year ago 3
AMAZING...I need a rain coat!
jessjamn 1 year ago
This song was playing a little over 9 years ago when my husband and I first met :) Great memories, and seriously one of the top 10 albums of all time
Laura21701 1 year ago
Every time I listen to this song it gains more meaning and sentiment..... (which, I listen to it a lot)
layalaine911 1 year ago
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layalaine911 1 year ago
i saw them in NH on the 11th, epic
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Good Song. If you like this check out Adam Gilbert, “All of us are missing” or “I’ll hold you in my arms”. He does a lot of charities and fund raisers and will most likely blow up in a couple of years despite being low key.
Cherise365 1 year ago
this album, my anthem. As sad as that is, it's this, and Blind Melons Soup.
Mr8081970 1 year ago
Why do I always play this song when I get my heart ripped out and spat on??
geminislayer 1 year ago
here again... song on repeat... i miss her, i guess that i should... still dont have the strength...
jonahstory1 1 year ago
@jonahstory1 Boo hoo.
666789443 1 year ago
wow makes me feel so small.
I've been 50 miles west of baltimore last year.
I guess I need a phone call too. But if she's not calling what am I supposed to do.
I should probably just fuck it. Bitches they come bitches they go.
Floussssn 1 year ago
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sum memories bend me / at times I jus break / Id neva try 2 4get / Is there no other soul that feels the same way / it cant jus b me
...maybe i should cut out my heart
youchewb 1 year ago 3
1st / 2nd / 3rd verse
If I stayd til the end / id slip further away / all im promised is more of this rain / the lies people tell me / as i step outside / it seems no1s no longer alive**
If I left here 2day / escape the lies n the pain / would some1 sweep these leaves away / would all of my loved 1s believe what they say / Ill go still but what if I stayd**
Its dark as I enter this passage / so u wont c me wave / is there a light at the end, baby / my whole life no1 could say**
cont.
youchewb 1 year ago 3
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youchewb 1 year ago
this is the second time i have wanted to end my life while listening to this song on repeat....i dont know what it is.. the first time, i did try to end my life but this time, i just wished i had the strength to follow through with it.. i dont...
jonahstory1 1 year ago
I love this song! Let me rephrase this... I love this BAND! ♥ Counting Crows ♥
bluethumper2006 1 year ago
lol some boy kept singing this song in my science class. -.-''
SilverMoon636 1 year ago
This is one of the best and in depth songs of all time, only one other song tops this, Color Blind. Both are the best songs in many years...
papanuts22 2 years ago
what would u change if u could?....so deep
day2282 2 years ago
I don't know about deep...I'd say it's more personal than deep. A brilliant bit of writing though either way.
barscotch 2 years ago
i agree
day2282 2 years ago
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I need a big love
I need a phone call
anangaaa 2 years ago 5
It's raining in Baltimore right now...lol
knobsdog 2 years ago 2
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It never rains in Baltimore. I don't know what he's talking about.
joesmoe06 2 years ago
Den Text sollte man sich mal wirklich gut anhören, der sagt vieles, auch übers Scheitern und übers Versagen.
ich fühl mich angesprochen, von diesem text. :(
KongoOttoIL2 2 years ago 20
i feel the same way my friend....
viloco27 2 years ago 5
this album from CC is perfect and there can be no better...
illlllly 2 years ago
I rode my bike down the highway in the pouring rain in the middle of the night and I was listening to this song on my CD player.
It was a happy moment, to a sad life.
Skilletbiscuits 2 years ago 81
@Skilletbiscuits "it was a happy moment, to a sad life." has the potential to be a line in an incredible song!
dancipp 1 year ago
@Skilletbiscuits I hope in the year since you posted this, things have gotten better.
Stay brave, amigo.
JayGOS117 1 year ago
@Skilletbiscuits that's such a lie
OhThanksIWorkout 10 months ago
@OhThanksIWorkout haha yeah that's what I was thinking but it would be a good moment. haha
leatherface12345 8 months ago
@Skilletbiscuits That sounds like it should be in a sad movie... <3
xXDeathIsBeautifulXx 8 months ago
i love the CD, great song...
Dusk2000echt 2 years ago
analyzing the song?...
kalashT4 2 years ago 6
@kalashT4 Nah, Bud. I'm not analysing...I'm feeling.
Memory can be a MoFo...
: )
JayGOS117 1 year ago
best album ever heard by me... :)
crowleysm1 10 months ago
i did an amazing dance to this song for an audition :)
sdlonyeRcM2P2maS 2 years ago
Love this song. Just beutiful.
renotsecniv 2 years ago
i love this song :D
cassini25 2 years ago 3
Awesome! 5*
SpezPiKp500 2 years ago 5
yes they are the better band... :)
kalashT4 3 years ago 4