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  • Words can't describe how much I love her.

  • 27 people weren't hugged enough as children.

  • So beautiful...

  • You are my sweetest downfall :)

  • 2 people clapping? :D

  • they're just old light, they're just old light

  • Your hair was long when we first met.

  • she radiates talent.

  • She's the ONLY person who makes me not quit making music. She's the only one left around who proves it's possible to be succesful, talented and uncompromised at the same time.

  • @Hanske90 That's good. Don't ever give up :) miracles happen every day and will occur if you keep trying.

  • I love how people just quote their favorite lines of this song here so you can see what's important to them.

  • @SharonaElin I loved you first. I loved you first.

  • Older LIz Lee?

  • Just love how she never sings it the same<3

  • Really love u!

  • The history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us.

  • you are my sweetest downfall <3

  • She reminds me a little of Joni Mitchell, and that's good... very good... great in fact.

  • This song us just too beautiful.

  • she has really good songs

  • i have cried so many times to this :) 

  • Love how she gives a sweet, almost melancholy tone to the alluded Samson story.

  • Beautiful in a visual sense, in an audio medium, in the creative cortex , in the shape of her words... melts me... .Regina can I carry your books to class?

  • marry me Reginaaaa ♥

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  • Regina, my sweetest downfall.♥ (:

  • 22 people had their hair cut while they slept.

  • Who would dislike this?!?!?!?!?

  • i'm high with this song ... :'(

  • @logossano

    What do you mean?

  • so so rare to see pure talent like this...she's such a beautiful soul

  • What happened to her? =(

  • absoutly amazing<33 its actually about the incredible bible story

  • @loveweezy Nah, it's not. It uses religous allegory in the form of the "Samson" story to illustrate her experience of a loved one contracting cancer and to depict their relationship, but it's not purely about that story in the slightest.

  • a few summers ago i fell asleep in a hammock at a friends house while the stereo was still playing. it just so happened that this song was on repeat, and it played all through the night. honestly, it was the most peaceful and calming night of my life

  • @aqueducts it always makes me cry.

  • I wish this song didn't end. Absolutely beautiful. Well done.

  • Amazing now thats talent!.!

  • justin bieber and regina spektor are my 2 favorite artists.

    who says bieber fans have bad taste in music? : )

  • @tonyismyrat dude thats like saying you like shitty music and good music at the same time

  • Its amazing that this is live...and it sounds exactly the same as not live!! TRUE TALENT!

  • Genius.

  • amazing

  • hey look 22 people missed the like button cuz they were to mesmerized and distracted by her awesomeness and vocal beauty

  • when i show my friends my music collection they are always shocked to see regina along side lamb of god and metalica ect.

  • @sam345

    I'm the same way, if music is great, music is great right?

  • @sam345 hahahah this is awesome because i have a friend who likes a lot of hardcore and heavy music like SOAD, but when i was looking through his ipod i saw regina and had the same shocked reaction, he loves himself some regina spektor!

  • It's great to know there's still people who dont rely on autotune to sing, this sounds exactly like the recorded version, Regina Spektor is incredibly talented!

  • @pinamusic123 I don't know. She sounds better here than on the record :P

  • I like the grand piano better than the keyboard but she makes it work because she puts her heart in it. She makes such beautiful music.

  • In love.

  • I really like how she sounds the same in and out of the studio.... (: just saying....that's what you call an amazing artist.

  • @Chellineiz yeah man, she is freakin amazing looooooove her. this song is soooo sad.... :'( did he die? samson?

  • @Joashiscool123 she got the background from a story in the Bible . Samson was seduced by Delilah who wanted to know the secret of his strength to tell his enemies. Samson loved her so much that he eventually told her that if his hair was cut he would be as strong as any man. his hair was cut in his sleep and they gorged out his eyes and bound him and tied him to a pillar. one day his enemies(philistines)were having a feast and Samson was brought out and he pulled down the pillars and killedthem

  • @ohjohnushouldnthave It's about her friend who died of cancer , and he went through harsh chemo....but died.

  • @KyleMac92109 I never knew that. Gives this whole song a whole new meaning for me. My mother-in-law died of cancer in 2005 at the age of 46... Regina Spektor is so creative with how she evokes so many emotions in her lyrics and songs. I'm always amazed. :-)

  • You are my sweetest downfall.. I loved you first.. [..] and the bible didn't mention us.. not even once.. [..] Gosh!! This song is just amazing!! This version is my favorite by far.. :) Regina has an angel voice.. :D

  • What kind of aplaus was that? Where is the rest of the crowd? That was a beautiful performance!

  • @music19910 I don't think there was anyone else in the room.

  • Amazing voice <333 

  • Everytime i hear this song I cry bittersweet tears. It is so beautiful and reminds me of my grandmother and her strength and beauty...and then i see that she can't experience the beauty of this song with me..Regina Spektor is an angel

  • what the presenter said at the end?

  • @nokmn0t

    She ask the other if it they thought it were good and then she said that it gave her chills :)

  • @carolineelundin : I thought so. niiice :)

  • a truly beautiful singer :)

  • 21 people are deaf...

  • this live is better than the video version :L

  • I think if people have the right to interpret lyrics in whatever way they wan't. If they think this song is about cancer let them think so, Jezee....

  • jkno is right, it's not about cancer. It's about love.

  • GUYS THIS SONG HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CANCER

  • Perfect.

  • best song ever. *-*

  • Guys. Arguring on youtube doesnt help pursuade anyone. Everyone has their preferences. I personally love Regina Spektor. Her music is one of a kind. For my graduation i plan on singing laughing with.

  • @redeyejedi99

    Haha. You're cute, sweetie.

    You obviously have no taste for real music.

    Or you're just to stupid to understand the meaning and beauty of this song.

    Just sayin:)

  • @limeforesterry uhhh actually im a musician. its probably just because im a guy that i find it so gay. it also did help that my friend who has the image of being a tough guy put that on a cd for his girlfriend

  • @limeforesterry I agree, it's funny that you call her stupid though 'cause it's "toO stupid" and not "to stupid"

  • @limeforesterry Why so mean?

  • @redeyejedi99 well, if I was that girlfriend and he had given me that CD, I would had fckd him until he passed out.

  • @redeyejedi99 Silly child with no insight......

  • @redeyejedi99 Poor ignorant child. Youll understand one day that there are better bands than metallica and disturbed.

  • @redeyejedi99 Wow, you're such a calamitous philistine. *blinks* No no, go look that up in the dictionary. I'll wait.

    Also, if you or a loved one of yours ever gets cancer, please remember to laugh your ass off at them. Especially when they're too sick to eat more than bread and water, and lose all of their hair. Because that's what real men do.

    Also, being a real musician doesn't mean playing the same three chords on your Fender. Just so you know.

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  • @missapriori actually i have a friend whos dying of cancer and in jail right now in another state because of some warrant from before he got clean 18 months ago. This song has powerful lyrics but it was funny seeing my tough guy friend have my other friend put this on a mix cd for his girlfriend. and as a straight guy i have to admit it does sound really really gay the first time you hear it and if you dont know what its about. furthermore, a musician is anyone that wants to be a musician

  • @redeyejedi99 I'm sorry about your friend. That sounds very tough to deal with.  Regardless of the rest, at least you acknowledge the depth of the song. As for musicians, it's all about practice, and an appreciation of music that has furthered the quality and diversity of music. That's how I feel about it, at least.

  • @redeyejedi99 this song is about love between samson and his first lover, before delilah. She is literally reminiscing about a time when she was in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man throughout the entire song. What could possibly be more heterosexual

    The gayest song of all time is "It's ok to be gay" by tomboy. look it up. its awesome.

    tell your friend he should totally add it to the mix cd

  • @jkno21892 haha alright. or what about "fireflies" by owl city

  • @redeyejedi99 yeah that too, but my friend and i still blast that song out of his car and sing along

  • @redeyejedi99

    ......@missapriori i dont care what you think a musician is and actually i am a real man. and youre a cunt. go look that up in the dictionary and youll find your moms face

    I was just commenting on my feelings for music, not saying you AREN'T a musician. Actually, I never even said you WEREN'T a man. Wtf? I take BACK my contrition for your sick friend, because apparently showing a little remorse and trying to have a small conversation was too confusing for your small mind.

  • @missapriori haha im sorry i dont know why that comment randomly went through. actually posted that before i posted the one about my friend but then i deleted it because i felt like an idiot. im sorry

  • @redeyejedi99 I see. Alright, that's fine then. I was just like...wait huh? What did I say?! lol

  • @redeyejedi99 i don't understand how a song can be gay....especially when the song is about a man....and a woman.

    i really don't want to start an argument, and i do agree with what you said about a musician is anyone that wants to be a musician but...

    gay? seriously?

  • @94bananapancakes They didn't mean gay like that they meant gay as in stupid or corny. Which this song is neither.

  • @polkafrenzy666 true. and people need to stop using the word gay in that way..

  • Bäm!! Gute Nacht! :]

  • its nice to see a femal singer who draws inspiration from multiple sources and not just being dumped a hundred times like t swift. 

  • @91gstein Hahaha Exactly!!!

  • @91gstein also nice to see one with actual musical/vocal talent. shes perfect.

  • the song is about her boyfriend who died of cancer?

  • @spaik007 probably because its not live

  • she looks so sad...  probably because its in sweden

  • @spaik007 HAHAHA im from sweden and i think you are right :P

  • sound aint live..

  • @Akandesh what do you mean? it is live

  • @spaik007 really? I dont think it sounds live, her mouth dident move like she was singing that words.. u know what I mean, and theres no backround sounds wich it usually is :)

  • @Akandesh if you listen to the video version its much different, this sounds live to me

  • SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR ( i bet wunderfull ) MOTHERS!

  • oh my gawsh - what a ridiculous aplaus? that was sooo amazin people

  • no cabe duda de que s una mujer talentosisima

  • @stearmanpd

    Dude... speak English. I understand what you're saying, but it should be common sense to write in English.

  • Linda!

  • She sounds so good. Right now i am crazy about her voice!!!!!!!!! she has BIG teeth too. cuteeeeeeeeeee :D

  • omg......she was in sweden.

    i live in sweden :(

  • @MsMuliti

    I saw this live :D

    I was like who the hell is she? Then I heard her and kind of went to heaven. I don't know if that was because of my very high fever or because of her. It just might have been both.

    Also, I write all this in English so that at least the majority of the people can understand it.

  • a little fast

  • who's with me?

  • It's live... First off, the sound is unsynced for some reason. Second, the first lines are a bit out of pitch, probably due to her voice not being warmed up. You can also see on her expression that she notices it herself. After that the performance is flawless.

    The host says afterwards roughly "Wasn't that amazing? ahh, such the... shivers."

  • SHAAAAAARMOOOOOOOTAAAAAAAAA

  • @Lobaugan Why lol?

  • @Lobaugan your a fucking idiot. have you ever seen her live? no i didnt think so. have you ever thought maybe the video was lapsing? you have no respect for artists

  • @beachpeach003 I've seen your mom live, that's enough. She was going down on me. HELL YEAH!!!

  • @Lobaugan gooood one. your pathetic.

  • @Lobaugan Damn youre so fucking stupid. Seriously. I feel sorry for your brain. The video is just out of sync.

  • @Lobaugan fuckin asshole. i could kill you for that. I actually was going to stop writing to fucked up people like you but you're the biggest asshole bitch I've ever seen on youtube. i don't know if I should laugh or feel fuckin sorry for you. You're so poor. People like you have no sense of art, feelings. love and fucking life. I bet you're just jealous. I hope you have enough fuckin money left to buy a brain or her CDs. Would be good for your health, bitch.

  • @butterflypiano I could kill your mom for lacking wetness in her pussy, now stfu

  • @Lobaugan you fuckin jerk. how can u hate a person you don't know so much that you're offending my mom you fuckin bitch? you know nothing bout life. I wouldn't dream of offending your mom, even though she's guilty of breeding a bitch like you.

  • I love her metaphor.. its one of the best I have ever heard.. how she compares the Bible story of Samson with cancer... truly amazing

  • noo this isnt live

  • Samson and Delilah. The most beautiful story. Ever. I love how Regina can just take it and make it 200billion times more powerful.

  • @bigt4life

    The story of Samson and Delilah is not beautiful at all. He falls in love with her and then she sells him to the Philistines for money and they stab out his eyes. If anything, it's an ugly story about the blindness of love.

  • @AaronSauerlandFilms I wasn't using beautiful as a word of adoration or common usage. More like meaningful, not pretty. Haha. Sorry.

  • Lol, she's from Sweden like me. Didn't know that. ^^

    But she just so amazing!

  • 18 people thought there ist written: thisIlike and not dislike. xD

  • great songwriting, great voice just great music

  • where is she from?, England?

  • @ThePalmborg Sweden. x]

  • @ThePalmborg she was born in moscow and moved to new york when she was 9

  • @phs9452 okej thx, i just love she's song voice

  • @ThePalmborg i saw her live last night at a small club in new york doing a tribute to her band member who drowned in switzerland. her voice is beautiful.

  • @ThePalmborg new york city she was born in moscow and moved when she was 9

  • every time i hear this song i cry

  • OH, in Swedish tv :D totaly missed this when she were there.. love this song anyway!! <3

  • i loved you first.....<3

  • Eskimofriend83, thats so meaningful it nearly made me cry :)

  • 18 assholes that didn't like this awesome performance

  • @Eskimofriend83 good post

  • Very lyrically rich. 

  • i love u first pretty regina!!!!

  • Hey! See what you think of my cover of Samson on my channel : ) x x x x

  • she sounds great live. my bestfriend loves her and i rolled my eyes when she told me about her. now im really rolling my eyes that it fell back down my throat and ate it as a punishment for not liking her before

  • i think who ever samson is may have died of kimo or cancer because when she said with barley hair left on on his head and when she cut his hair it could been for surgery

  • @megarooish this song is about the story of samson in the bible or at least strongly refrences it

  • @Eskimofriend83 well put

  • aw she sang this on my birthday<3 i love her so much.

  • @omigodwhorehey i saw this concert, it was my birthday too

  • soulfull personality

  • I thought maybe it was about how the bible actually got the story of samson and delilah wrong on the pages, at least in the song world... if that makes any sense. But that's just what I got from it.

  • im now crying and have goosebumps

  • hey thats one day after my birthday. :D

  • @Eskimofriend83 no most songs tell the same story, but where exatcly that song takes you is all up to you. this song tells me the story that regina is telling you and telling everyone else but when i listen to it i am taken somwhere you are not, to a memory that is only mine. i think thats what you mean, but this song still and will always tell the same story.

    incredible song.

  • i am in love with this song no joke!!

  • I hope that you find much strength to carry the loss of your good friend, regina! respect!

  • at first i just listened to the song without looking at the video, but the second time i realized this was LIVE?!?! woah..shes amazing

  • She just have a beautiful voice =)