Empathy? It's about self-pity and contemplating suicide. I drink myself of newfound pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why, don't know why So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below
Has our conscience shown? Has the sweet breeze blown? Has all the kindness gone? Hope still lingers on. I drink myself of newfound pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why. Are we listening To hymns of offering? Have we eyes to see That love is gathering? All the words that I've been reading Have now started the act of bleeding Into one. So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below. And I laugh at myself As the tears roll down. 'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.
Yeah buddy!!! I'm 48 now! When this came out I was young and had the world by the balls! Seems like yesterday man, now I'm old and gray, divorced and the world has me by the balls!
@@c.a.r.n.a.g.e4288 I am a teen now (17) and I listen to all the grunge because I grew up listening to it as far back as I can remember my parents loved this kind of music and would always play all the grunge bands so I know most grunge bands and popular grunge songs and I really wish this kind of music came out today. It's really sad that there's no mainstream rock anymore and the thug rap has taken over my generation and all of mainstream music. Really wish everyone else my age loved this music the way I do.
That we did, I started my career as a stage tech in the early 2000s seen good bands play and seen some amazing performances, but the hardest thing for me aside from the drug use was watching music go down hill and turn in to what it is now.
🎶🎶. Damn this song is great! ! I was 25 yrs , Just growing up.....lol I’ll be 50 in a few. Wow 😮 25 yrs have . It’s the World I Know , what is that ? 🌍 I really like this song. Takes me to a place I don’t know 🤷♀️....
Cheers, mate. Cheers to you. I just wanna know why almost every singer I grew up listening to has committed suicide? I need a solid answer to that question. Really badly.
I listened to this on repeat back in the 1990s on a tour bus trip to Manhattan. I was in my teens. Remember sitting under the World Trade Center stuck in traffic for probably an hour (it was the Fourth of July) with this playing in my headphones. To this day I can't think of anything but the city and the WTC when I hear this.
Used to cover this, back when we were playing on the same stages as "Godsmack", "Kittie" and "Superjoint Ritual", got the contract, and of course, it all fell apart at the apex. All I have left is my Taylor acoustic and a Jackson V that never sees sunlight. This one I still pick on, in those rare moments I'm alone, and want to relive the early 2000s for a few minutes. Then I set it back down, and time marches on.
Get this man a Lexapro! Haha. Jk bro. I'm turning 40 next year, and I've been feeling the effects of reliving too much of the past lately. Nostalgia can be a great thing, but it can also bring you into a depression if you let it. Weird..... But damn if this ain't a great song, great times. 😎
You wanna relive it? Do it. There are enough people on earth to share such a vision. If you were anywhere near me and I wasn't crippled to shit I'd join you immediately in such an endeavour. Because while you might yearn for an earlier glory, you have it in grasp. You got an instrument, and arthritis hasn't eaten your hands, I'm assuming. Find it and make the world your stage.
Que buenos tiempos, y aún mantengo esa nostalgia cuando escuchaba esa música con mis hermanos. ahora cada uno tiene familia y no los veo hace tiempo. 😢
I’m an elevator mechanic which puts me on top of buildings a lot, every time I’m top of a tall building looking down at the cars driving around and people living their lives I think of this song.
I travel the United States working on rotary equipment, great song while sitting on top of a kiln welding, lift my hood and just think of how little time I get to spend at home, very tough looking life ✌️🤘❤
I love the song I was listening to it a few days ago on the way home from work I had tears in my eyes and I realize what the song was all about the song really really hits home and it shows that you can go through so much in life that your heart desires a walking along that edge and knowing that you can make that leap anytime you want to but honestly it also tells me. That there is always someone looking down at us could be a family member or could just be an old friend looking down on us from heaven. And sometimes when we take that leap of faith and we step to the edge. It's our decision.
My dad use to soak to this song when he was in his mid 30s. I’m almost 40 and find myself soaking to the same song. The a-hole doesn’t fall far from the tree. At least I wasn’t abusive like he was to me.
For a long time I would get this song and Iris mixed up. It wasn't until I was in middle school that I heard them together and realized they were two different songs.
Has our conscience shown? Has the sweet breeze blown? Has all kindness gone? Hope still lingers on I drink myself of new found pity Sittin' alone in New York City And I don't know why Are we listening? Hymns of offering Have we eyes to see? Love is gathering All the words that I've been reading Have now started the act of bleeding Into one Into one So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laughed at myself While the tears rolled down 'Cause it's the world I know Oh, it's the world I know I drink myself of newfound pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why, don't know why So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laughed at myself While the tears rolled down 'Cause it's the world I have known Oh, it's the world I know Yeah, I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laughed at myself While the tears rolled down 'Cause it's the world I have known Oh, it's the world I know Some people believe everything is about them. Like, somehow the rest of us couldn't be wonderful if they weren't around. Well, I was wonderful before I met any of you, and I will be wonderful long after you are all gone. Life is not a competition with winners and losers. Life is about we are all in this together. Life is about love. Life is simple. Stop making it chaos and you might see something new.
:| :) :| Bought the album more than two decades ago Saw the music vid a little after that (early napster etc era). . this song has been the reason I haven't jumped. a few times. ...I always see a bird landing when I'm about to. . . hope I see you in another five years.
I worked for dover in Dallas in early 80s until 2 friends fell 23 floors I was in next shaft on 37th one guy actually survived but the nightmares got to me
This band is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who is here after the subway shooting that happened on the same day that Gilbert Gottfried died? Here is a hint: Gilbert was not at the subway when the shooting had went on. Make more guesses or something.
Thank you UTube! I can no longer see the official video now because someone complained. You totally missed the point of the video. It's about a man despairing about the heartlessness around him and wants to end it all when his spirit is uplifted and renewed when a dove sits next to him.
My Mom passed away 6 years ago from Leukemia and this song makes me think of Her looking down upon me and my brother and sister. We miss you and love you dearly Mom! 😢❤️❤️😢
Im sorry my best friend passed away when we where junior's in high school he had leukemia by the time they found out he passed he was 16 n best friend he was also like a brother now Im 33 yrs old that was back in 06
I have to say collective soul is by far one of my favourite bands of all time. I’m 17 now and first heard this band when I was 6 so a full 11 years of listening to this band!
People always tried to pidgeon hole this band--post grunge, blah blah blah. They're just a damned good rock n roll band who can write fine, meaningful songs with great hooks. They're woefully undervalued.
Has our conscience shown? Has the sweet breeze blown? Has all the kindness gone? Hope still lingers on I drink myself of new found pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why Are we listening To hymns of offering? Have we eyes to see That love is gathering? All the words that I've been reading Have now started the act of bleeding Into one, into one So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laugh at myself While the tears roll down 'Cause it's the world I know Oh it's the world I know I drink myself of newfound pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why, don't know why So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laugh at myself While the tears roll down 'Cause it's the world I know Oh it's the world I know Yeah, I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laugh at myself While the tears roll down 'Cause it's the world I know Oh it's the world I know
Driving Down Magazine Street In New Orleans; its 78 degrees Windows down, Sunroof Open Belting Out a Song that conjured memories of San Alaskan Nights and San Diego Days Gone. Cheers! “So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below And I laugh at myself While the tears roll down 'Cause it's the world I've known It's the world I have known”
Then in what seems like 5 years will really be 20. Don't waste your life on bullshit like drugs. Live your life and make the most of what you are blessed with. Then when your 38 you won't be like me, looking at the wasted potential, friendships and relationships broken, and the all the hell that comes with it. Live your life and don't waste it because it goes by fast.
