This is THE closest thing man has been able to take love between a mother and her newborn child, and write it on paper in lyrical form and perform it. Simply beautiful.
I am in love with this song. Makes me think of happy, sexy, beautiful, and better things as I press the replay button for the 12th time today at work! :) xxxooo
My soul hurts listening to this song and this beautiful, beautiful banjo solo. I don't deserve listening to such beauty, it's like scars in my soul... Sam Beam! <3
I'm still in so much love with my ex. We talk everyday avoiding certain subjects, talking like we're good friends. She's moving to Australia and there's nothing i can do. Shall i wait for her return or move on?
Such a beautiful reflective song for me. It hits very deep. I love Sam Beam so much. If you like music that is sad and dreamy and beautiful, you should check out Ali Murray too. So good.
Tonight, we're the sea and the salty breeze the milk from your breast is on my lips and lovelier words from your mouth to me when salty my sweat and fingertips Our hands they seek the end of afternoon My hands believe and move over you Tonight, we're the sea and the rhythm there the waves and the wind and night is black tonight we're the scent of your long black hair spread out like your breath across my back Your hands they move like waves over me beneath the moon, tonight, we're the sea
I feel entirely at peace when I hear this song, but it never fails to make me cry (it gives me this sad, nostalgic feeling as well). I'm not sure what it is about it... I guess it's doing what music is supposed to do - make me feel.
Beautiful does not fully describe this song. It is so sensual that I don't even want to have sex to it; I just want to sit there with [the one] and stare into his eyes, touch his skin, feel his breath, feel the sea breeze, feel the rhythm of love between us ... and that will rock us into only half the bliss this song makes me feel.
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What an amazing song; though really came back here to like the top comments cause the were just 1 like away from both being 20..; -goes to listen to such great heights now-
I don't really, fully know how to feel when I hear this song.. It just makes me wish I understood this, understood the love that formed these words of poetry, and the feelings that he felt holding whoever this lovely lady must have been. But really, it just makes me wish I wasn't lonely anymore, that each night I didn't have to wake up to an empty side of the bed.. Maybe that's silly.. I don't know, but I love this song, it helps me dream purely of what I think I need.
what i got from this song is that it's about making love, not just having sex. it's about two people completely connected (as "the sea"), and the movement of them (obviously having sex; "the rhythm"). "the milk from your breast" is about the nurturing and gentility that a woman shows.
Does anyone know the freaking tuning? cuz I've tried a half step down and a whole step down and regular tuning and NONE, I repeat, NONE of them have worked.
i read a few feedbacks on the meaning behind this song and i cant help but think how sensual it is. its about love making. soothing and sensual but its beyond just the physical connection they have. its an internal connection that binds them together and no one else can come close to understand the genuine connection they have for one and another. Kudos to Sam Beam...
@lindzzzfaith Same! It puts me to sleep every time. I was doing my '30 day song challenge' nonsense on Facebook, and today's was... what song puts you to sleep. This one and 'Such Great Heights' were the first ones I thought of.
The lyrics seem like something that Dante Gabriel Rossetti could have written (or painted) ......the same kind of sensory beauty. One can taste the words.
@ARFstudios: Holy shit you're right it is the same chord progression! Heres the thing though, I'm pretty sure it wasn't intentional. Theres gotta be a bunch of songs that are composed of this progression. Just like 90% of pop songs on the radio have the same progression as blink 182's "all the small things".
this is so tender, beautiful,and sweet that it makes me blush......much like Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine, Sam Beam can be absolutely erotic without ever crossing over into the bounds of discomfort or impropriety.......
Imagine a dark night with two shapeless souls dancing in the moonlight to the symphony known as love. The souls seep sweat and drops of passion as they slide past each other over and over again. The wind wraps them like a cool blanket as they draw ever closer. Plump bossoms collide with with hard skin and heartbeats pulsate like drums. As the grip ever tightens....then loosens in fell motion. The whispering souls slide into pillow sheets as the moonlight dances with the wind over their bodies.
I'd marry the man that understood the subtle nuances of this song in a new york minute. LOVE this song! The woman that inspired this is a very lucky woman indeed and I would love to be in her shoes! *sighs and wishes* Blessed Be =^_^=
This song is perfection to say the very least. I hope I get the chance to here this live with a banjo player soon. I would also like to here a recent Jezebel with a banjo.
Another interpretation is that he is talking about his wife who has just given birth to his child, thus she is lactating. Considering he has, I believe, three daughters it may be written from personal experience.
Either way its beauty and meaning are undoubtedly transcendent of interpretation
The imagry may come directly from personal experience, but I think it speaks to a...fondness for the nurturing aspects of his wife. His beloved addictions to them.
i've known this song for a while now and have listened to it a zillion times and it still is the most beautiful song i've ever heard in my life.. and still makes me cry now and then
Tonight, we're the sea and the salty breeze the milk from your breast is on my lips and lovelier words from your mouth to me when salty my sweat and fingertips Our hands they seek the end of afternoon My hands believe and move over you Tonight, we're the sea and the rhythm there the waves and the wind and night is black tonight we're the scent of your long black hair spread out like your breath across my back Your hands they move like waves over me beneath the moon, tonight, we're the sea
This is THE closest thing man has been able to take love between a mother and her newborn child, and write it on paper in lyrical form and perform it. Simply beautiful.
Toth32 4 days ago
I am in love with this song. Makes me think of happy, sexy, beautiful, and better things as I press the replay button for the 12th time today at work! :) xxxooo
didi012578 1 week ago
My soul hurts listening to this song and this beautiful, beautiful banjo solo. I don't deserve listening to such beauty, it's like scars in my soul... Sam Beam! <3
TheMagicMrRoyStaale 2 weeks ago
I love this song. So beautiful that it makes me remember beautiful moments...
themlovelynights 2 weeks ago
VORKUTAAAA
meankid95 3 weeks ago
This song was played at my wedding reception, and my wife and I danced to it. Everyone was pretty well oblivious to the meaning of it. Pretty sad.
Enoch1970 3 weeks ago
@Enoch1970
that's so awesome! congratulations on your marriage :)
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this song sucks but my girlfriend likes it.. so i have to listen to it
ckfastback 3 weeks ago
@ckfastback I'll date you're girlfriend.
Telecasterpunk 1 week ago 3
this song somehow gives me a reson
kris6ohor 3 weeks ago
favorite Iron & Wine song ever. It WILL be played at my wedding...no matter how many old people think its inappropriate!
georgiaanellmorann 4 weeks ago
8 people have never been to the beach
antiuser69 1 month ago
Wanna ma' soulmate right now!
MrBidabliu 1 month ago
I'm still in so much love with my ex. We talk everyday avoiding certain subjects, talking like we're good friends. She's moving to Australia and there's nothing i can do. Shall i wait for her return or move on?
This song cuts so deep...
maninahole 1 month ago
@maninahole Move on. Open yourself up to new relationships.
TheSillyHobo 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
I think this must be my favourite song in the world... its so full of love.
RuthPrescott 1 month ago in playlist More videos from krodd24
Sam Beam's music is the healing kind. When I listen, I feel my soul mend a little tighter every time.
MzBabsie 1 month ago
Such a beautiful reflective song for me. It hits very deep. I love Sam Beam so much. If you like music that is sad and dreamy and beautiful, you should check out Ali Murray too. So good.
jenniferjjjx 1 month ago
pinojerry 1 month ago
Hi all. I have to say that those kind of lyrics should be written within the description
of the video. Another great song. WOW!
pinojerry 1 month ago
I feel entirely at peace when I hear this song, but it never fails to make me cry (it gives me this sad, nostalgic feeling as well). I'm not sure what it is about it... I guess it's doing what music is supposed to do - make me feel.
evvie06 1 month ago
I did a cover of this great song, it's on my channel if anyone wants to hear it, nowhere near as good, but someone might enjoy it.
tilourlightsburnout 1 month ago
Beautiful Sonq <3
Merina022610 2 months ago
I'm so speechless this song have no word to example how beautiful it
Fashionofk 2 months ago
Beautiful does not fully describe this song. It is so sensual that I don't even want to have sex to it; I just want to sit there with [the one] and stare into his eyes, touch his skin, feel his breath, feel the sea breeze, feel the rhythm of love between us ... and that will rock us into only half the bliss this song makes me feel.
thinkonthis2 2 months ago 19
incredible beautiful...the most delicate of sensual songs. so much love behind it.
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Ghostlymuso 2 months ago
mmmmmm....milk.
CJay141 2 months ago
This song does wonderful things to my tummy.
canaryxblue 3 months ago
What an amazing song; though really came back here to like the top comments cause the were just 1 like away from both being 20..; -goes to listen to such great heights now-
Sirkoalaa 3 months ago
I don't really, fully know how to feel when I hear this song.. It just makes me wish I understood this, understood the love that formed these words of poetry, and the feelings that he felt holding whoever this lovely lady must have been. But really, it just makes me wish I wasn't lonely anymore, that each night I didn't have to wake up to an empty side of the bed.. Maybe that's silly.. I don't know, but I love this song, it helps me dream purely of what I think I need.
tilourlightsburnout 3 months ago 8
this song, and smooth by santana are the songs i want to have sex to. RIGHT NOW
PeaceLoveandMovies 3 months ago
what i got from this song is that it's about making love, not just having sex. it's about two people completely connected (as "the sea"), and the movement of them (obviously having sex; "the rhythm"). "the milk from your breast" is about the nurturing and gentility that a woman shows.
thecottingleyfairy 3 months ago
Makes me miss her that much more...
akajambas 3 months ago
@akajambas i hear ya. Feel the same way...
colbysproduction 3 months ago
My boy Daniel got me hooked on Iron and Wine. c:
KylieIshBeast 3 months ago
such a great song :) so sexy and relaxing :)
whitecrane4ever 3 months ago
seven heartless
Hiyenor 4 months ago
His woman must be both amazing and incredibly happy lol O_o
Pineappletaco 4 months ago
the O.C. !!!
AndreSum41 4 months ago
is that a banjo at 2:00 ish?
mattms33 4 months ago
been listening to Iron and Wine here lately. I REALLY like Flying Bird, but wow, this song is unfreakinbelievable. I truly love it.
Vr4Tuner06 4 months ago 3
I listened to iron and wine before sam beam was born.
Cause I'm super trendy like that
ps, If you've never had sex to this song, your missing out.
cagedbear187 4 months ago 3
The way he whispers the lyrics make it much more intimate and romantic
rthrock10 4 months ago 5
All of his songs make me feel like what I assume it means to be in love, but better.
childatheart94 4 months ago 4
"my hands believe and move over you"....damn i have so fallen hard for this guy!!!!!!!!!!!
hollyraeraeful 5 months ago 5
Thiss Sonqq Iss Thee Bestt<3
Iron&Wine(:
Very Nicee Lyrics ♥
Merina022610 5 months ago
Beautiful!
girlmeetzboy 5 months ago 3
I really like. very much poetic
SimplyCecileP 6 months ago
Does anyone know the freaking tuning? cuz I've tried a half step down and a whole step down and regular tuning and NONE, I repeat, NONE of them have worked.
LivefromtheCloset7 6 months ago
@LivefromtheCloset7 Here's what I'm liking: Standard tuning, Capo at 3rd fret. Cmaj7, G5/B, Am7 .
bobegee123 5 months ago
@LivefromtheCloset7 try open D, mate, that's what most folky sounding stuff is.
JohnDaKilla 4 months ago
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italiadraper 6 months ago
</3
NatalieNourick 6 months ago
It almost makes me cry..
AtThemWeLaugh 6 months ago
It sounds a lot like simple man by lynard skinard..
R0dn3yRam0n3 6 months ago
this will be the song i blow my brains out to
tslyman15 6 months ago 2
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jehilomo 6 months ago
This is such a beautiful dreamy song... Thanks for posting!
namastelola 7 months ago
such a beautiful song.
Kayo3788 7 months ago
so relaxing and beautiful.
alicewallfore 7 months ago
This song reminds me of the ocean when it is calm.
SandwichLegends 7 months ago 3
I had an ex that would play this song over and over... Today I realize why
musicrazy124 8 months ago 4
@musicrazy124 me too
getindatasslarry 6 months ago
most underrated Iron & Wine song. totes.
deoisin 9 months ago 4
when ryan says he wants to leave newport... :'(
Julschn91 9 months ago
My friend Lauren, I call her needy, well she loves this song! It's so sexy right?
joshuanassiri 9 months ago
@joshuanassiri Really? I despise the Needy comment.
laurenanjuli893 9 months ago
i read a few feedbacks on the meaning behind this song and i cant help but think how sensual it is. its about love making. soothing and sensual but its beyond just the physical connection they have. its an internal connection that binds them together and no one else can come close to understand the genuine connection they have for one and another. Kudos to Sam Beam...
knguyen217 9 months ago 36
@knguyen217 After having sex shes probably still stuck inside his beard.
cynoodles 3 months ago in playlist Music 3
6 people can go break a leg for disliking this video.
dubbaSteppinKingz42 9 months ago
Soooo beautiful, hauntingly beautiful.
danu3247 9 months ago
forgot i was in the room. this puts me in a different place. a much better place...
clownbaby13 9 months ago
I listen to this song before going to bed/ :)
mcrouble 9 months ago 2
favorite song by them <3 it brings me so many great memories
simplysky00 10 months ago
i love this song, i cant listen to it at night because it has sung me to sleep on multiple occasions.
lindzzzfaith 10 months ago
@lindzzzfaith Same! It puts me to sleep every time. I was doing my '30 day song challenge' nonsense on Facebook, and today's was... what song puts you to sleep. This one and 'Such Great Heights' were the first ones I thought of.
killingnostalgia 9 months ago
Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
MegaBabyYoshi 10 months ago 3
I adore this song. It always makes me emotional.
Amazing.
omgfob125 10 months ago 5
<3
MrJackieryanpatton 10 months ago 3
beautiful.
TheNathanmnelson 11 months ago 3
The lyrics seem like something that Dante Gabriel Rossetti could have written (or painted) ......the same kind of sensory beauty. One can taste the words.
miriamnz 1 year ago 11
it makes me wanna cry, i love this song.
calebthomas28 1 year ago 37
it makes me wanna cry
calebthomas28 1 year ago
this shed tears- i am completely speechless
djngar 1 year ago 8
one of the best songs i have ever heard. I love it.
ald77lala77 1 year ago 2
@ARFstudios: Holy shit you're right it is the same chord progression! Heres the thing though, I'm pretty sure it wasn't intentional. Theres gotta be a bunch of songs that are composed of this progression. Just like 90% of pop songs on the radio have the same progression as blink 182's "all the small things".
VillainsvsVillains 1 year ago
I love this song and ever Iron and Wine song.. best poetry anyone could ask for.. so beautiful
prettysureful 1 year ago 3
one of the best love songs
rememberedtoforget 1 year ago
This song draws up every emotion that just seems to make the heart break and burst all at once
jennaahh1234 1 year ago 3
this is so tender, beautiful,and sweet that it makes me blush......much like Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine, Sam Beam can be absolutely erotic without ever crossing over into the bounds of discomfort or impropriety.......
fooberdoobs 1 year ago
Beam's wife is the luckiest woman everr! >.< makes me jealous ahah
XImsXdemiseXCI 1 year ago 5
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I'm sure Beam feels like the luckiest man ever. He and his wife have four daughters.
TheSilence1 1 year ago
The banjo in this song is amazing..can almost feel the emotion through it. Wish i could find more music like that.
chahlee23 1 year ago 9
love the banjo part!!
blacklightrocker 1 year ago 4
could this song be about a childs love towards his mom? I think it is, either way, what a sweet tune. lovely
josa19042 1 year ago
Imagine a dark night with two shapeless souls dancing in the moonlight to the symphony known as love. The souls seep sweat and drops of passion as they slide past each other over and over again. The wind wraps them like a cool blanket as they draw ever closer. Plump bossoms collide with with hard skin and heartbeats pulsate like drums. As the grip ever tightens....then loosens in fell motion. The whispering souls slide into pillow sheets as the moonlight dances with the wind over their bodies.
Wigz18 1 year ago 11
DAT BANJO
omg it's just got that sound you know?
gloriouspeanut 1 year ago 2
this song ♥
hejebbas 1 year ago
Love the rift used from Lynrd Skynrd's "Simple Man".
ARFstudios 1 year ago
I love how all the songs of iron and wine sound like, its really lovely how sweet instruments can sound.
I really love this song, i do.
whenthepawn1 1 year ago
speechles
Gretal67 1 year ago
I'd marry the man that understood the subtle nuances of this song in a new york minute. LOVE this song! The woman that inspired this is a very lucky woman indeed and I would love to be in her shoes! *sighs and wishes* Blessed Be =^_^=
PaganKitty1 1 year ago 7
Daniel I love you...
ryuzaki1212 1 year ago
This song is perfection to say the very least. I hope I get the chance to here this live with a banjo player soon. I would also like to here a recent Jezebel with a banjo.
e4hookah 1 year ago
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kingkirby117 1 year ago
Another interpretation is that he is talking about his wife who has just given birth to his child, thus she is lactating. Considering he has, I believe, three daughters it may be written from personal experience.
Either way its beauty and meaning are undoubtedly transcendent of interpretation
psellers51 2 years ago
The imagry may come directly from personal experience, but I think it speaks to a...fondness for the nurturing aspects of his wife. His beloved addictions to them.
anticlimatic21 1 year ago
Iron and Wine creates, by far, some of the mosy soothing and beautiful music.
(cant fuck with it :P)
aiden1269 2 years ago
I love how Sam Beam uses the banjo in his songs, it ties in perfectly with the music and lyrics.
kire1033 2 years ago
incredible song. this is by far my fav song by iron and wine
makkafrakka 2 years ago
@twitstedbaby me too (:
wheresmywolf 2 years ago
it's.......beautifull, it's at least i could say!!
touching at the greatest level.......
carmensegarceanu 2 years ago
Painfully beautiful. It makes your soul ache.
Orian1701 2 years ago 5
makes me proud to be a mother. one can only hope that our bb's feel this way while nursing and we share eachother so simply, so purely-forever.
MsHoliday2009 2 years ago 6
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blackemperor27 2 years ago
it's so sad <3
BlackDevilSkater 2 years ago
I've listened to iron and wine for a while now, but this is the first time i've heard this song.
I think I appreciate them a little bit more now :)
androo4salez 2 years ago 4
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This song is...
incredible.
sarahannmarie412 2 years ago 6
Mmm breast milk. Delightfully romantic.
ecj777 2 years ago 6
This song is about his Mother, and no it's not incest. He's singing in the perspective of a child.
annievannity 2 years ago 4
I could listen to this forever...& I will.
twitstedbaby 2 years ago
love how sam beam always inspires me to write... his music is the perfect art form to express emotion
SteeLotus 2 years ago
i've known this song for a while now and have listened to it a zillion times and it still is the most beautiful song i've ever heard in my life.. and still makes me cry now and then
xclefaniex 2 years ago 7
your hands, they move like waves over me.
beneath the moon, tonight, were the sea <3
ilyskullsnbones 2 years ago 2
Which Iron and Wine song would you pick for your favorite? Hard to decide, isn't it? These are all so good...
blakedawg76 2 years ago 7
i suppose that's the beauty of his music...
deadbearbobby 2 years ago 3
I fell in love with this song when it played on the OC, such a sad moment with such a good song. It goes right through.
deadman9695 2 years ago
One of my favorite songs to daydream with
versusdc 2 years ago 108
I have decided it's mine too.
golucky11 2 years ago 3
thuyat 2 years ago 226
@thuyat all you did was write the lyrics out
kodared11 6 months ago
@kodared11 pfff lol yes my friend, that's what they did. it helps everyone else out, don't you think
SimplyCecileP 6 months ago
I love this song - so beautiful.
joykjoyk 2 years ago 12