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  • Its not that you don't need jesus but when a heart breaks is when you need him the most expescially after losing someone you love

  • I share this song with someone special. :) I love it.

  • beautiful song!

  • this is sooooo fuckin beatuifull ... ♥♥♥

  • My best friend just lost his dad...... I feel horrible, because just days before I told my friend that his dad was going to be okay.........

  • @CowgirlTuff47 no don't feel guilty, cuz year ago, my dad was very ill .. and I called my friend crying , she told me that he's gonna be fine , then day after he died ..

    the point is that she was being a good friend in that situation , just like you ..

    just go to your friend and be with him he needs you now ..

  • this song seriously changed my life

  • I'm f*cking broken, and this song is a little bit like glue. It can't fix without scares, but it's a good beginning.

  • After you lose someone close to you like I did Jesus isn't going to help you get going again it's the people around you

  • @SuperKeith64 God can move through the people around you. He is always moving. He is always hoping. For you. If God is for you, who can be against you? Jesus said, "I am the vine, you are the branches." If we aren't connected to him, then we truly shrivel and die. Inside and out.

  • Did he just tell me i dont need jesus?

  • @igotanswers101 I dont think he is implying that message. I was confused when I first heard the song. I think what he is trying to say is you know need JESUS until your heart gets broken. And when you are with HIM the ''confusion and doubts you had up & walk away"

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  • You Jesus freaks crack me up.

  • @Zer09iine In case you haven't noticed, Jesus freaks are proud to be Jesus freaks. I have something amazing to look forward to after this life. Do you?

  • @pinkfantasy9699 That's not what I'm saying. I'm talking about the people flipping out about the one line in the song when they don't even understand it. Because I laughed at the Jesus freaks (aka the funny comments), it makes me an Atheist? Quite an assumption, an ignorant one at that.

  • @Zer09iine we're a pretty weird bunch, yeah? haha :)

  • @mikumi0920 Nah, you're all fine. Guess I shouldn't have said Jesus freaks because I'm not trying to refer to everyone who believes in Jesus. Nothing wrong with that. :)

  • @Zer09iine Yeah. It's just sad that some christians reply badly to non-christians. Like how they're going to heaven and what about you kinda way. If you know what I mean. Just an observation.

  • @mikumi0920 I understand what you mean. As a christian, I am supposed to love. I Corinthians 13 - it's all about love. If I speak or act without love, I am just a noisy gong or a clanging symbal. Who would want to listen to that? Because I am saved doesn't make me special. I am no better than someone because I am a believer. Jesus saved me, therefore I am. He did the work. I just believe. It's my role now to love others as He loved me. At work, at home, on youtube :)

  • @1980skevin And that my friend is well said :) Hope you'll continue to be like a salt in this earth, shining your light for His glory.

  • Its not that he never needed jesus but after finding out someone is gone and not coming back it's when you need him the most

  • @RUBBERDUCKZILLAMILO

    Christianity isn't a religion. Jesus came to abolish religion. Christianity is having a relationship with Christ. Religion can kill if you don't realize that you can't be a Christian by just following rules when that's not what it's about. Yeah I actually agrees with you. And I'm a devoted follower of Jesus.

  • he's so right 0:45-1:13

  • this song is helping right now.

  • He has such a beautiful voice! Excellent song.

  • Seriously, everybody listen. Ben was my counselor at Kanakuk which is a christian summer camp in Branson, Missouri about five years ago. He is a devout christian and everybody is misinterpreting the lyrics.

  • ich Liebe dieses leid :) einfach groß artig!!!

  • Seriously....why are people so offended if someone mentions Jesus? JESUS JESUS JESUS...yes that does say what you think it does. If you don't believe in Him then that's on you but don't bash someone else for believing in Him. Are you afraid that you like a song that has a positive reference to Him? I will never understand that if people truly don't believe in Him and if He is fake...then why spend so much energy trying to discredit Him and bash believers? Just saying...

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  • i love it *-*

  • Who cares, the song is not about religion and he is just saying he was doing well until his heart was broken, so he then actually needed jesus. =_=

  • FUCK RELIGION :')

  • 6 dislike?Haha nice try Justin Bieber

  • The lyrics, "you don't need Jesus, till you're here" means that he never even called for Jesus until he got this big heartbreak and now he is calling for Him---- It is not offending as you thought it is...♪♥

  • I like how fickle people can be. Just because he says that one line you don't like it.... wow. I'm secular and Agnostic and I still listen to some Christian music and don't care. Keep an open mind peeps and enjoy the song. What I was thinking he meant is that ppl in hard times use Jesus or some religion as a crutch, so until you're here, he probably means you won't seek help aka Jesus, until you really need it when you're lost or hurt. I may not share the same beliefs, but it's good lyrics.

  • "You don't need Jesus, *Till you're here*" - Therefore in a certain position, realising actually how much you need him. I'm sure Ben did not write that line to offend any Religious Believers.

  • And you don’t need Jesus???? doesnt make sense...someone pls explain. i was lovin the song till i heard that verse.

  • @Brianforeverbsb Because you DONT need jesus

  • @Brianforeverbsb sure there are people, who need ther believe in Jesus und God and this stuff, but there are many others, who are happy without him. Who are happy with another religion or just with their life, even without any religion. That's what maybe is meant :)

  • what he is saying about the "You dont need Jesus, Til your Here" line is that we will need and we DO need Jesus. When our heart breaks it is hard to move on in life but when we have Jesus in our lives our problems fade and we realize that the Love that Christ showed/shows us is all we need

  • Why in the world is Ben Rector not extremely famous?! His songs are actually amazing compared to all of that junk on the radio (Christian radio music is terrible. It just says 'I love Jesus, God's awesome!' But BR's songs are about going through life in general with God and finding him. Not all of his songs, but the ones that do are the best songs I've ever heard.

  • I know the pain of heartbreak too.  Three times. Being a Christian isn't easy. When you're broken like that, that's when you really need Jesus to help you, (but you still need Jesus everywhere, but he's the only one who can really heal a heart brake). And he healed me 3 times :).

    Best song ever! I can relate to pretty much everything in this song!

  • this song is unbelievably beautiful. theres no two ways about it. the ability that ben rector has to really just rip emotion out of the listener is something that every musician should strive for. this is what music is all about. i dont care about what it means or the "christian influence" and whatnot, this is just an undeniably amazing piece of music.

  • I've cried so many times to this song, bc it touches me everytime. Love it ;)

  • In reading a lot of these comments there are many who are being controversial over the lyric "You don't need Jesus 'till your here". He isn't trying to say anything bad by this lyric or anything against Jesus. Simply that there are many whom only seek him when they are at a point in their lives when they are broken, lost, sad etc.

  • @viviangely And you don't need Jesus till your here means you don't realize how important Jesus is until something sad happens. That's when you want to pray that everything is going to be ok.

  • My heart is broken since Marissa died in the best serie ever --> O. C. , California.

    it was so magical with her & ryan..// I cried so much. i know this comment is unnecessary for some of you but I dont care..

    gosh..i've never get ahead.

  • I love this ♥ I discovered him last week and I'm very happy! :)

    Greetz from Germany :)

  • *TO CLEAR UP THE CONFUSION*

    this song was written about my friends neighbor who was Ben's best friend and she died.

    this song goes out to her and always will. i never met her but Ben made it sound like she was a sweet girl. RIP

  • listening on repeat. for the next six months.

  • BEAUTIFUL ♥

  • He deserves so much more credit and fame than he gets.

  • <3 Dalton <3

  • @AnglophilicAmerican Along with the other songs, Daltons's exactly why I looked this up. O.o

  • the "Don't need Jesus" seems almost satirical. In this song, Ben wrote about more than one broken relationship; We only call for Him in times of need, but it should be all the time. Every second of every day we should strive for a relationship with Him. Only hope.

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  • wow...that song was amazing!

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  • This song is incredible, and speaks truth. We don't realize how desperate we are for Christ until everything is taken from us.. Jesus is our hope.

  • guys, the lyrics are "you don't need Jesus till your here." I think his point is that its the brokenness that shakes you to your core that opens your eyes...

    "Then confusion and the doubts you had

    Up and walk away

    They walk away

    When a heart breaks"

    I think he is saying you realize just how deeply you need Jesus, and everything else fades...

    I don't want to push this idea on anyone... just contributing my thoughts based on experience.

  • I know what the line reads, but to the misunderstood, I'm seeing that you all believe EVERYONE is Christian, as if everyone always should be and always is dependant on one figure. Sure, I would like to think there's someone or something giving me bad luck when I don't need it, but frankly I see it as far-fetched. All respect to your ideas and faith, I'm not asking for a debate or argument, just wanted to show what the other side feels.

  • I don't know how other people interpret this song, but my friends Garrett died in a car accident a year and a half ago at a very sickening age 16. I think about him every day of my life and when heard this song I instantly cried because it described so accurately how I felt when he passed away, and how I still feel a year or so later. Damn, this is an amazing piece of music.

  • sobbing because of Blaine and Dalton and and ;_;

  • this song got to me right away... anyone knows where you can order the album in europe? I dont want an mp3 download, I want the real album in my hand!

  • Thank you Pandora Radio :]

  • I couldn't read the whole chapter because I was falling apart so much :'( Oh mama CP, why do you do this to me?

  • beautiful, found him by accident listening to ron pope, glad i did. Really nice

  • Ben Rector led Young Life! woooooo

  • His voice is so gorgeous.

  • In my opinion. He's saying that you don't need Jesus for every little obstacle, and that you realize it when faced with such an emotional punch such as a broken heart. In other words he's not here to help you win the lottery, he's here to help you save a life, or rise up in a horrible situation.

  • When i first heard this song i hated the line "you don't need Jesus till you're here"

    But i think what he means is that while you do need Jesus every minute of every day, you don't [realize] how much you need Him until you're 'here'.

    It makes since if you don't think about it(:

  • Man i loved this song but when he said "YOU DONT NEED JESUS" what?? Jesus is the reason why we are alive OK!!

  • @viviangely read some of the comments below for some others thoughts on the lyrics. It certainly is not what you think.

  • @viviangely you should try to actually comprehend what he means by that.

  • @viviangely "you don't need Jesus, til' you're here." It's a metaphor for rock bottom, or hard times. Ben's an amazing Christian guy.

  • @viviangely The key word you're missing is "til". The point, I believe, being that people are often fine where they are, and believe they don't need Jesus "until" they experience some sort of crisis situation where their world is crumbling around them. That's when they cry out for God's help, etc. The implications of what that means are up to the listener.

  • I don't think you listened close enough. The line in question reads, "

    This isn't easy

    This isn't clear

    And you don't need Jesus

    Til you're here"

    The key word you're missing is "til". The point, I believe, being that people are often fine where they are, and believe they don't need Jesus "until" they're there and experience some sort of crisis situation where their world is crumbling. That's when they cry out for God's help, etc. The implications of what that means are up to the listener.

  • @viviangely ***"And you don't NEED Jesus, 'til you're here." He's talking about how the pain leads them to Him!

  • @buckylovee yeah i understand the thing is my main language is Spanish so i got confused but i don't like him saying "i don't need Jesus" all the time its just so catchy. its not right, he should have change that to "we all need Jesus" at the end or something... its my opinion. God Bless u all!

  • @viviangely nobody likes a youtube hater bro.

  • @FreddyLyle im not a hater my first language is spanish i got confused by the lyrics, but the truth is christian artists of today are not always talking directly about Jesus Christ because they are trying so hard for everyone to like their music they don't even talk about Jesus in the songs. example switchfoot i love all of their songs but their last album i'm not sure if they were talking about God or Buddah its just a mess. i'm sorry but its the truth.

  • @viviangely That's not what he means. BR is a strong believer.

  • @theNLRflash im not saying he is not. God Bless.

  • @viviangely yeah you didnt listen to the lyrics good enough, hes saying that when your going through heartache the only one that you feel like can save you is jesus.

  • @viviangely ...he says "and you don't need Jesus til you're here"....meaning...you may not realize it until you have had something heartbreaking happen to you...i am fairly certain he is saying he does need Jesus...

  • @viviangely If you really listen he's saying that he felt like he didnt need jesus, until his heart broke...listen well and u'll understand better. hope it helps you understand :)

  • @rican15 yeah now i understand thank you i just have another point of view of this song, GOD bless.

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  • @viviangely I'm sure you've probably made up your mind on a view point so far, but I found out about Ben Rector through related artists to Needtobreathe. And all of the artists are Christian, so I'm thinking he is too. But this is the first I've heard of him. But I'd say it's a safe bet.

  • @viviangely "You dont need Jesus, until youre here. Here being a state of brokenness.

  • @viviangely

    I think he is saying that many people dont seek christ until they are hurting or want something. I dont think he is saying that people dont need jesus...my thoughts

  • @viviangely that's what you think but not what everybody thinks

  • @viviangely

    For you it may be the reason, it's not at all for me.

    But I don't think he says something against Jesus, maybe he just wants to tell us that we can do something even without him (sorry my English isn't good)

  • @DrSheepdancer i am just saying what i think of the song and that line about "u dont need Jesus".... i respect everyone's opinion, i don't think this should all be a big issue or problem everyone haves different opinions and i have mine. period.

  • @viviangely stop being a christian fanatic xD

  • @viviangely your mother is the reason you are alive.

  • @viviangely not everyone is religious get over it. :P

  • @viviangely keep at it... God Bless you :)

  • Klaine and Rane, we love you! Thank you CP Coulter, who brought them to life before us, no one could have written it better. You have changed Glee for me forever!

  • Love this song so much, Dalton brought me too. Haha the people who don't know Dalton have got to be wicked confused right now:) I feel like this could be aplied to more characters than just Blaine and Shane though, in a way it kind of represents Logan too. Or maybe I'm just biased because I ship Jogan so hard.

  • @IloveJulianLarson Another Jogan shipper! I'm not alone anymore. :)

  • who is dalton lol my cousin dalton showed me this song

  • @justHI132peeps Dalton is a fanfiction based off of Glee written by CP Coulter. You should totally read it. Even if you don't watch glee, it's still an amazing piece of fiction.

  • Cried so much at this AND Dalton :'( Shane better live, I won't be able to read the rest if he dies

  • Shane better be alive!

  • Dalton brought me here and made me start crying

  • wow. 

  • Dalton brought me!!

  • Dalton brought me!!

  • He's gonna be on UCA's campus in Arkansas next week! I'm excited

  • TheAv8tqr brought me :) Glad he did, AVIATORS ACES!

  • i think i'm in love <3

  • role.model.

    

  • My excellent taste in music brought me here.

  • Awe Blainer's let me cuddle you.

  • this is really good. It reminds me of Green River Ordinance

  • It will be alright Blaine! You to Reed, it gets better <3 We love you Shane

  • I'm freaked out. I USED to follow CpCoulter's "Dalton", since I LOVE Glee and Klaine, and I was looking at Dave Barnes' "When A Heart Breaks" and thought this was the same song, but it isn't.....but omg I love it. I still just freaked out that my two loves collided by sheer luck. O_o

  • Shane. <3 <3 <3

  • Blaine, baby, let me hold you. <3 Dalton. :3

  • Lucy Hale brought me here! And I love his songs now!! <3

  • clicked this accidently found this song when going through ron pope songs... and one word .. WOW! he is one talented person <3

  • my blaine tears never end.

  • Dalton <3, in tears.

  • bonita cancion la mejor

  • im absolutely in love with this song now, its beautiful

  • I was sooo lucky to find this video! I was looking for When a hearts breaks by Dave barnes and found this guy!! OMG is that luck or what!?

  • @TijaunV Same here! What's freakier is that people are commenting that this was shown in the fanfiction "Dalton", which I used to read religiously, but have since stopped. Totally coincidental. THAT is luck too! XD

  • beaut x

  • This CD was in the player in a used car I bought. I fell in love almost instantly!

  • what are the guitar tabs/chords?

  • musicgasm.

  • I want to see more of this guy!!! This is awesome music!!!

  • Yeah man, We played this song today in our worship band as a special...great great song. Amazing musicianship

  • @srblackbird23 does music heals?

  • I'm speechless right now! this song is truly amazing his voice is one of the best I have heard. He needs more support!!!!!!!

  • no words can describe how good of a person ben is.. he sat down and talked to me face to face for about an hour, not talking about anything specific but just talking. he on the way to the top

  • anyone have the chords to this song?

  • @hairsprayfanatic101 It's all based around B and E. With a few F# chords thrown in. Great song. :D :D

  • OMG The scene this was played in from Dalton made me cry SO HARD! CP Coulter totally brought me here!

  • I was a fan of Mr. Rector's before I read Dalton (I feel ahead of the times ;), but I'm so glad Cpcoulter gave Ben more fans. He deserves it. Especially since this is one of my favorite songs, ever. <3

  • Thanks Pandora, for playing this beautiful song<3

  • totally cried when I played this while reading dalton <3

  • 2 have never had a date.

  • dalton <3

  • every time i hear this song i think of Dalton and i want to cry my eyes out

  • I love this song

  • Found this on Pandora. Love it very very much! Beautiful!

  • Who is Dalton?? I heard this song from my friend... && yeah, Kinda confused

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  • Wow! Such a beautiful song. Thank god for Dalton.

  • this is the most painfully beautiful song i have ever heard.

  • this during dalton, cried my eyes out

  • just came back from Matt Wertz and Ben Rector's show in Austin, TX.

    Such a great show! everyone should go if he/she can. Also got a picture with ben haha they're both really chill

  • Ben Rector is an awesome artist

  • Totally wasn't the song I was looking up before, but I found a new song that I liked. :D

  • clearly CP Coulter has an obsession with Ben Rector, but hey, if it hadn't been for her (him?) i wouldn't have known Ben Rector. So thank you, dear Dalton-writer. I love you and Ben Rector almost equally :)

  • just saw him in concert... and wow such a crisp refreshing voice. I rarely buy a cd at the concert but this was def worth it.

  • just saw him in concert... and wow such a crisp refreshing voice. I rarely buy a cd at the concert but this was def worth it.

  • It's crazy how many great artists go under the radar!

  • I love this song sooo much <3. Cant get it out of my head :)