I honestly feel that this song will stand the test of time in the same way as Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. The emotion that builds throughout the song is mesmerising and engulfs you in the song and feeling. An incredibly sad song that really makes you feel the music, utterly stunning. Thank you for gracing us with such a beautiful sound.
I heard this song featured on 911 lone star and I was like gotta Google this and really get the meaning of it. It was so much emotion in the deep grizzly voice with that heavy guitar pluck. Not even into this type of music but that amen was resounding.....A+ for this song
i lost my dad 5 months ago. im only 19, and im not sure how to navigate the world without his advice. i miss him everyday, but this song always makes me feel like hes around, watching over me.
Lord I know the feeling, sometimes you'd go to Mom for advice but when you do it's just so different than what you're used to and then you hesitate and now you put so much thought in your decisions and it's just so lonely. Because I was so much closer to my Dad, and I'm guessing you were too? So all I can say is it'll be okay, maybe not soon, but eventually.
I understand you too! I am missing my mom a lot today and came across this song a few minutes ago. It hurts feeling the loss. Even though she passed a year ago it hurts just as bad as the day she died sometimes.
This song is so unbelievably beautiful and never fails to make me feel calm and at the same time, as though I'm two seconds away from breaking. Beautiful. The pain in his voice gets me every single time.
Came here from 9 11 lone star. I'm listening to this song and crying about my grandma and it's so insane cuz she is still alive. No one has ever loved me the way she did and does. I love her. I have mourned her a dozen times and she is still alive. Really don't know how to bear it when it becomes real. This song really cuts in deep. Very deep. Now...I will try and wipe my tears and watch some more.
Saw them perform live in Austin TX a week ago and Joe performed this live. He said he didn’t like performing this song live, but he does it because he wrote the song for his grandfather, who passed away while he was on tour a couple of years ago. His live performance of Amen was of the most moving musical performances I’ve ever seen. Truly beautiful song & amazing band.
You guys, this is a reverent and spiritual experience in concert..he shared the story of this song and everyone in the audience was quiet and respectful. It was literally so beautiful.
@@lndiho he had lost his grandfather who he was very very close with. He just said how he’d put his thoughts about him being gone into a song and then started to play. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
This song is so powerful. But when I heard this live I literally bald my eyes out. It was in this very small venue and everyone was just silent. So moving and emotional. Thanks for making this version!!
And are those real angels in the magazines? Oh, is there a heaven? You'd know now you've been Are those real stars that hang in the sky? Or are they man made? A trick of the light? Amen, Amen Amen And is there a God up there? 'So, where does he hide? 'Cause the devil is raging inside my mind And is there a moment where it all makes sense? When saying goodbye, doesn't feel like the end? Amen, Amen Amen Sometimes I can't help blaming you For leaving me here, what am I supposed to do? There's plenty of women, there's drink and there's drugs But we both know that won't be enough 'Cause I see you in the daytime, and I hear you at night There's a pale imitation burnt in my eyes I don't want to be here, I don't know what to do Sometimes I'd rather be dead, at least then I'm with you Amen, Amen Amen, Amen Amen, Amen Amen, Amen Amen
This song is asking honest questions to a God he's not sure is there. I've been there and He answered. Perhaps that wasn't the writer's intended meaning, but that is what it said to me.
I lost my twin brother at 28 seven months ago and this song is exactly my feeling. Miss ya and always love you bro. I wish I didn’t have to carry on without you
I've loved this song a long time, but my dad was just diagnosed with an aggressive firm of cancer. He my best friend, and I'm lost. Thank you for this beautiful song that captures so much of this pain
I cry every time i hear this. I cried when it was first released, i cried when i heard it live the other night, I cried when i heard the backstory, I’m crying now. Its so powerful, so full of emotion and power. It’s one of the most important songs to me and i don’t think it will ever stop being so important.
The cherry on top for me is the genuine approach to perform this. It’s all in one take from one angle. None of that horrible lip-syncing or anything. This song gets me into tears every time.
Thank you for crafting and wielding your sorrow into this masterpiece so each of us that have felt all encompassing grief have a way to put words to this feeling. Listened to this on repeat for MONTHS after a family member’s suicide. May all those we love no longer with us live on through our remembrance.
Lost my dad 7 years ago and have never been able to handle the grief since I was so young when he died. Listening to these lyrics give me comfort knowing that I can be sad.
It boggles me to no end that this only has 102k views and 4k likes, are people insane? Did 98k people fall into comas mid song? Because that's the only way to justify not giving this a like.
This... this is absolutely wonderful 💓💫💓💎🌟 truly and deeply wonderful... I am literally in tears now, loving it to my core !!! 💓💎💓💎💓 This.. represents one of the true diamonds of life... may God bless your talent and strengthen your spirit 💓 so that you'll keep delighting the world with your wonderful melodies ✨💫✨💎🌟
So emotional, so beautiful and raw. Seeing this live was stunning, everyone was holding their breath and just listening to this. I remember having goosebumps throughout the whole song and being teary-eyed. It really was quite a moment.
Wow many times have I had that conversation saying and meaning those exact words....very powerfully shared. I do not how many times I say to God what did I do, I know I must have really messed up to be stuck in this life. "Got the life"
Ho conosciuto questa canzone per caso, poi ho iniziato a sentirla e risentirla, il fatto che mi accomuna al cantante è che lui fece questa canzone per il nonno appena morto e inizialmente non voleva pubblicarla. Io non avrò fatto una canzone, ma tutto quello che dice mi si addice a pennello. Mio nonno se n’è andato un anno fa, ma ancora oggi ho delle ricadute, mi fa male; ho perso una tra le persone più importanti della mia vita e non l’ho potuta neanche salutare. E questo mi brucia e mi logora piano piano dall’interno.
Perfect! I agree with comment about the likeness to Jeff Buckley. Not so much in the similarity of the song, but in voice and ability to invoke emotion. A tone of Thom Yorke as well. A masterpiece!
