The Waterboys - This Is The Sea

[mcleod1andyou2]

since 1986 i hear the waterboys in munich my firstr time.... i only could say great...

now you are free .... this is the sea

[Fferiwr]

The sea, the river they both run into one.

[1i1feat]

Behold Life !!!

[JJimHuinink]

25 years later, the opening of this is still gorgeous... such a beautiful, absolutely lovely song.....

[MARGOTTA15]

UN POISSON QUI CHANTE..!..:-)

[MARGOTTA15]

QUI ME MANQUE GRAVE......DEPECHE TOI COME BACK..!

[MARGOTTA15]

TO MY SOSEXYSURFEUSE...:-)

[rmevans0309]

This song is beautiful!

[mjconnollyIII]

HA,I WAS RAISED ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND NOT THE RIVERS!

[billybob19761111]

@mjconnollyIII This man raised up other mens privates because he is gay - but not the Pacific HA HA

[TheZimmy7]

@billybob19761111

Order Order !! He Is Not gay- do your Homework.

[MrMonsterstiffy]

25 years later and still one of my favorites.

[cbmorgan365]

Much of this album is sheer poetry. This is a truly wondrous song.

[thornhillmiracle]

The artist inspired; the creation in motion and revised and continued:

We can ride the wave, the train of His Grace...there is still time...to journey and journey and wash ourselves clean.

We can accept His invitation...we can choose to See...we can breathe...with Him and in Him...and Behold

Heavenly and Earthly Peace

[thornhillmiracle]

The artist inspired; the creation in motion and revised:

The Waters of Grace

The Sliver of Baptism...the River

The Waterfall of His Body and Blood...the Ocean

The Almighty Protection...confirmed...with the Drum of His Beat

The scar on your conscience...relieved...in the Sacramental Gift...Penance and Reconciliation...we are free!

[pkaramer]

This is the BIG music....

Incredible.

Sublime.

Ingenius.

[thornhillmiracle]

The Ocean of DIVINE MERCY

[thornhillmiracle]

The Sliver of Baptism...the River.

The Waterfall of His Body and Flesh...the Ocean.

Protection from the Divine...

The scare on your conscience...relieved...in the Sacrament...the Gift of Penance and Reconciliation...we are free!

We can ride the wave, the train of His Grace...there is still time...to journey and journey and wash ourselves clean.

Christ is my answer...and sacrificial love...The Key

We can See...we can breathe...with Him and in Him...and Behold

[looking4thepast09]

omg wish they would come to the states, maybe  prescott AZ

[ACERAMGAD]

Ahhh,,,Iiiiii...love it!!!

[kiwimale1]

Too close to home .... I must be another beach getting thrashed by waves ...

[4everClassicrock]

This song is so amazing, it kind of reminds me in a way of highschool being the river and afte ryou gradutate its more like real life, so its like the sea...

[grzniuk]

@Mangotan66 So sorry to hear your loss. I hope the song gave you some small solace and that life will treat you better in the future.

[GNARshreder911]

u gotta listen to the lyrics its just an all arount great song so many different instruments being played

[ACERAMGAD]

Great Joy!

[Incomplete6230]

Perfection!

[BinroWasRight]

One of my favourite songs ever made. Great video to go along with it :~)

[BluebellWould]

Superb - really fantastic video and such a long time since I listened to this track ....... thanks, really beautiful

[kiwimale1]

Brillant balance ...thank you !!!

[BonzJR]

Rip out my heart and feed me to the fish -( in parody) - O M G - - -the Power if poetry and melody!!!Infinite depth and reason!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MsAnnestube]

what sweet...intelligent lyric's....

[RoHoRambleon]

einfach nur gut

[MrSkeff]

hang on a second, before today i only knew whole of the moon and fishermans blues.... what have i been doing with my life?!! what a band! :D

[jmking3]

A wonderful song from a genius!!

[TheLastResortPa]

A classic, love this... My mantra!

Thanks for sharing it!

[Recuerdos1980]

Esto es musica 

[KiaraChelseaReese]

It is the Almighty true God Jehovah that has the power to save us out from the sea of mankind by His Word alive; fishing us out from this world (the turbulent sea) through the Amen (Jesus Christ) rescuing us all who exercise faith in him. We can be fished out of the dark world which continues to harm and hurt its inhabitants.

[KiaraChelseaReese]

This is the sea of mankind in need of rescuing: Come be fishers of men by means of the Spirit of the Sword (God's Word alive) through God's Son as we are being prepared for the greatest Tempest to hit a world of unbelievers.

[waterpumpee91]

this song is surfing!

[tallpaddy]

waterboys- yes those lyrics inspire you- the music engulfs you- there's no hiding place... a long time ago back in the 80s my brother came back from france- playing in his car was this is the sea- it was my first time ever to hear this band- we lived near a river but from that moment onwards l wanted the sea- within a year l was on the sea...

[thatwardgirl]

Oh how this song brings His healing to my soul. It's not the past, that was the river, it is the now. This is the sea. (Ah, but the river has led us to the sea.)

[andeereyy]

this brings me home! 

[OnShoreGuide]

Dope!

[misticae]

brilliant

[albetty100]

im moving to a closer place where i can live and feel this music... thank you.

[Bambooandlotus]

So wonderful.... really fantastic video & music .... ♫♪ Լღvє ♫ ♪♪

[Mergirl03]

Beautiful lyrics and beautiful big gorgeous sea. Life is like this, so big an beautiful and just tumbles you ..... learn to flow as that river takes you to the sea.

Tears are the river that carry you to the sea of change...anonymous

Wooohoooooooo <3

[Mergirl03]

Beautiful lyrics and beautiful big gorgeous sea. Life is like this, so big an beautiful and just tumbles you ..... learn to flow as that river takes you to the sea.

Tears are the river that carry you to the sea of change...anonymous

[glasgowbairn]

great song, so glad he is a 'bible basher'

[MrCrowbar00]

good music , shame he is a bible basher

[TheSteve317]

If you like this, you should watch the movie "This is the Sea". Plus it has more good songs by The Waterboys & Brian Kennedy! Happy St. Patricks day everyone!

[hargohargo2]

best irish/ scottish group ever x

[bonniebardowski]

fantastic

[tooplanx]

This song could quite happily sit on Van Morrison's album Astral Weeks, very similar sound and feel.

It would also be one of the best songs on the album too!

[Kilchattan7]

overshadowed by Fisherman's but still a belter, now where have I put...???

[Bruchag]

@Kilchattan7 just like WK

[MrPHOOKPIG]

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE

[MrJas1991]

Gem of a song

[surfin4]

aint heard this in years........still holds up

[Psikonort]

This Band becomes more beautiful, lyrical , musical , spirituality aware & so clever at communicating these our sacred truths that are so difficult to convey with words beyond words.

[helpsmeplz]

i cried.

[jonfordham]

still compelling and cathartic after nearly 25 years...Loved it then and love it still now.

it holds fast.

[goofygoat2009]

One of the BEST albums of the 1980's. Hands down. And still underated.

[cheswic]

@goofygoat2009

I hear ya!

[daner31]

wow awesomely powerful 

[AmataNobis]

This is beautiful...all about your life. No matter what journey you have taken, it was the river. Where you are now in your life, it is the sea. It is the culmination of all you have experienced. That's why this song will always be relevant throughout the whole of your life, because the river constantly flows, towards the sea. xx

[Modulater83]

Once you were tethered, now you are free...

[imRORYRIOT]

those waves are one of my home breaks. waimea bay <3

[bottledolphin]

this is thhe record 20 yrs ago,, i listened too........i am a huge fan of them..just wondering if anybody has a recording of the return of jimmy hendricks..a classic

[zoroastro66]

Great song.

[callesyavenidas]

Maravilloso video e increíble canción! Felicidades y gracias!!!

[didgimahn]

Brilliant visuals! Absolutely perfect. Thank you. This song is incredible. I can't believe the lyrics and I am so stunned by the polyrhythm. I didn't know them in the 80's but I'm sure glad I met them now. It's so fitting for my life. Bravo WaterBoys. Bravo.

[ivysphotomom]

To the Waterboys....back in 1992, my husband and I had our wedding bands inscribed with "as long at the stars"....

We now have 4 children, two girls and two boys 18 to 6.

Just thought you'd want to know you've been part of our marriage, all these years!!!

And husband is a music critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, so we definitely chose carefully.

Thank you for your art!

~Mary Mervis

Pittsburgh PA

[petewilky1967]

ive met mike on several occasions and he is the intelligent genius people describe him as?! he's a very mild-mannered guy and he is by far my musical/songwriting hero.... i will leave this world to The Stolen child from The Fishermans Blues album which is another astonishing piece of music.....

[tiberiumdemo]

i always saw this tune as bein about dying, but not in a bad way, more like moving on to the next stage of being

[israelubtcrew]

Once you were tillered,NOW YOU ARE FREE

[MsLuvvy]

because i can relate!

[MsLuvvy]

I love this!!!

[kasponya]

giovanna silvani weidmann

[GrandfatherSun]

yesssss...

[johnmckinlay67]

Great track from The Waterboys' greatest album. Thanks for posting, Ramos.

[thatwardgirl]

How good is our God to give us the sea as a reminder of just how huge and enveloping He is. Behold the sea.

[fritshits77]

and thnx a million for this GREAT post !!

SAVE the oceans , REFUSE plastic bags ! ( as a start ...its THAT simple!)

[fritshits77]

to me Mike Scott is and will always be one of the most sensitive ,brilliant ,powerfull ,talented and soul touching musicians in my life . This guy is nothing short of a GENIUS !!

[TheShirlSquirrel]

Lovin me some STRINGS

[ydrohoos7]

heal my soul

[tonetooth]

I have a love for the ocean. The song touches home.

[thegreener100]

A great song, reminds me of being in Nova Scotia

[hornetobiker]

I thought once was I was grown up this song would stop making me emotional. Another disappointment.

[westonchandler]

one of the only songs that never goes stale....

[yikesmt]

loved em then, love them now.

[hiqwertyhi]

3:15 ... amazing videography

[maxsalas75]

the lyrics, pay atention to the lyrics

[mohairsammy]

Absolutely! It's a gorgeous song on so many levels. Hits me right in the heart.

[pbl1]

@maxsalas75 - no time for lyrics...i'm busy listening to the words instead.

[Shad0wplay]

@maxsalas75 Sure thing Buddy.-) It is beautiful.

[thedolcetto81]

@maxsalas75

I accidentally voted down, but I wanted to vote up. You are right, the lyrics are awesome.

[stuzaza]

@maxsalas75 viva

[BowieinDundee]

once you were tethered.......

[ScarTheGod]

Im a huge hip hop fan and i listen to alot of other types of music and I must say I really like this song.

[WhiteWolf1088]

@ScarTheGod Yeah some lyrics or tunes aren't bound to a certain group of music lovers! I love tupac for instance, not such a big fan of other rap music.

[dreckscheuder]

great song...

[timberplod66]

ace,one of my faves