Like The Dawn - The Oh Hello's 

“Bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, at last...” if that isn’t the most perfect expression of how it feels to meet a soulmate, romantic or otherwise. Chills.

I am not religious, but I love The Oh Hellos. Their music reminds me of adventures in the woods.

A woman singing from the perspective of Adam is super cool and interesting

It didn't occur to me that this was a religion based song until I read through the comments. I though it was simply a beautiful love song. Either way, even though I am not religious, this is still a beautiful song. Love in it's purest form.

This is about Adam meeting Eve for the first time, isn't it? "I was asleep in the garden when I saw you first, He put me deep under so He could work." God put Adam in deep sleep, took a rib from Adam and made Eve. This is such a cute take in the story.

To me, this song describes the frailty of human love as it was experienced in the very first human relationship - and every one after that. Our beloved appears as the brightest shade of sunlight we've ever seen. We come alive at the delight of intimacy with someone made of the same stuff that we are. Finally, thank God, we are not alone in our being. Then, in most relationships, there is the painful separation, the fall from grace that follows. That line, 'And you will surely be the death of me, but how could I have known?' - that sends shivers up my spine. It's the saddest musical moment I think I've ever experienced. We've all felt the death of intimacy and the disappointment of taking our beloved down from the pedestal. The Adam and Eve story is an archetype - and this song is so powerful - because it flows through every one of us like blood. But that's why we need music like this - to give us the greater comfort of knowing that we all share this struggle for companionship and wholeness.

When I saw The Oh Hellos in concert they played this song and when the woman sang "and you will surely be the death of me" it was literally so beautiful....best concert experience I have ever had tbh

Lyrics I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you first He'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work And like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you At last, at last Bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, at last You were the brightest shade of sun I had ever seen Your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kings And like the dawn you woke the world inside of me You were the brightest shade of sun when I saw you At last, and you will surely be the death of me But how could I have known? I was sleeping in the garden (oh oh) I can show you I was sleeping in the garden ? (oh oh)

This is a phenomenal song. I know a lot of people are comparing it to Adam and Eve, but I wanted to note that there's almost a parallel between Christ and the Church--Jesus' side was stabbed while he was on the cross, and from his sacrifice, the Church was created, just like Eve was taken from Adam. And the line "You will surely be the death of me" really applies to Jesus and the Church too because he had to die for us!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG

the Deep, Dark valley feckin sucks. months of endless despair, depression and anxiety. then little lights like this band pass by and remind me the love exists.

Listening to this on repeat and thinking about Jesus 😌

All the interpretations I am seeing are lovely and valid. Everyone experiences songs differently. But this one to me feels so intensely maternal. A mother to her perfect, newborn son, and that alchemical moment that shakes everything when you see new eyes.

why is it a band like this doesnt get too much attention, this song is soothing, melodic and magic!

I cry my eyeballs out to this song. Reminds me of the love God has for us.

The love of a woman...is mans greatest gift from God most high!

This song reminds me of just walking through the golden meadows and sharing a great memory with someone. You know living the simple country life. I didn’t realize this song was religious, I just loved it so much because its full of nature and thats where I want to be all the time.

The lyric that hits me the most is I was sleeping in the garden when I say you. Like it makes me really think about creation and how it came to be.

I turned agnostic when I was 12 years old, when I decided I needed proof to believe in stuff. Funny thing, since then I discovered dozen and dozen of christian bands that makes heavenly good music.... Makes me think that I'm sure glad faith is still around for some people... It provides us all with the best kind of music in my opinion :)

their music makes me feel like i’m strolling threw the a deep forest in the summer just feeling the sun on my face

I think it would make yall happy to know this song was what my sister danced to for her first dance with her new husband. Yalls music is truely a gem.

I'm not religious, but my boyfriend is Christian, and I dedicate this song to him, and play it for him. I send it to him to let him know how much I love him.

I just realized that this song is about Adam and Eve and it's so cool! The garden is the garden of Eden. After God created Adam, He put him under a deep sleep while He removed his rib and made Eve from it. ("He put me deep, deep under so that he could work"-see Genesis 2:21.) When Adam saw Eve, he said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (Genesis 2:23). And then Eve ended up being the death of Adam because she ate the fruit and they were cast out and became mortal. Now when I listen to this song I find it even more beautiful because of the extra meaning.

I imagine this song to be sung by a woman who just lost the love of her life to war. They lived together in a cottage with their baby and used to sing together happily every day until he was drafted. His best friend was the one who delivered the news. She could never be complete again. She's describing him in past tense because he's no longer alive. "You were the brightest shade of sun I'd ever seen. Your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest king." I imagine her singing this while sitting down in the fields. When she fell asleep, she dreamt of seeing him again and they talked. "Well I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you first" "At last... and you are trying to be the death of me?" "But how could I have known.." Then the guitar solo is just them dancing for the very last time. "I was dreaming in the garden" Even if he was just in her head, she's glad to be able to see him again.

I didn't really think about it until now but in the beginning the story of Adam and Eve is kind of romantic. God knew man couldnt do it alone and he gave him a woman,a wife.And the way they make this song is so beautiful. In many books of the bible talks about man and woman and the romance of it,its not just a plane boring 2,000 page book,its so much more.

Achingly beautiful song. Runs like a pulse through me every time I hear it.

My life needs their music as a soundtrack to it

I saw them live and they sound even better and I legit started crying in the middle of one of their songs 😍😭

I’m not joking I was listening to some of their songs and I started smelling a pine forest it’s probably my imagination but that shows the power of great music

Moments like these, after I have stumbled upon art like this, leave me speechless, the kind of speechless that makes you feel so many different emotions at once and you realize nothing is okay, it never was and you knew it all along.

and nine years ago, a gentle song was born and wound between trees and over rivers, beginning to infect the world with its beauty

This has strong cottagecore/fairycore vibes

This song is so beautiful, it made me tear up the first time I heard it. I'm so in love with this group.

The hairs on my body are standing on end. There is some real magic in this song.

I know this is a biblical song but when I first heard it all I could think about was my fiancée. We’re 5 months out from our queer handfasting day, been together for just over three years. The first time we kissed was definitely an “at last” moment for me. Finally the perfect person for me. She’s everything I ever wanted in a partner and whenever I see her this song pops in my head.

I dedicated this song to my soulmate around two years ago, and every time I play it, I think of him.

You ever picture an animation in your head to match a song and then make yourself emotional over it

Wow, this song really gets me.... makes me remember that darkest places I've been and how "little angels" saved me from it....

I finally read the comments and did not know this was Christian. I have not been paying attention to the lyrics, but what a new take on it, I feel as though I enjoy it more.

I want to walk down the Aisle to this someday

This song is about how Jesus breathed life into me! While I was living dead in my own body . HE brought me life

I love their music so much! It reminds me so much of my childhood and early adulthood in Appalachia. And their religiously based lyrics remind me of a far less toxic form of the faith I was raised in. Their music feels like home. Warm and comforting, even their sad or depressed songs. It’s like “We know how you feel because we’ve been there.”

This song is permanently tied to a trip I took to alaska where I listened to it exclusively. They weren’t tied because of a reason, just coincidence. But I think it kind of works. It’s about being human, raw, and not making excuses for it. It’s about passion, and the truth. The pulse of life. The promise of meaning. Shucking off the layers of social training that facilitate the word-bound world of success. Anyway, it just makes me think someday, things might be different, and better.

I never get tired of this song.

Lyrics (couple more lines at the end): I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you first He'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work And like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you At last, at last Bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, at last You were the brightest shade of sun I had ever seen Your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kings And like the dawn you woke the world inside of me You were the brightest shade of sun when I saw you At last, and you will surely be the death of me But how could I have known? I was sleeping in the garden (oh oh) I can show you I was sleeping in the garden ? (oh oh) ***Such a cool song! So beautiful! The high part is really cool at "surely be the death of me" And yeah I didn't even realize it involved religion until reading some of the comments, either :D I had thought it was a love song

A moment of silence for those who have not yet found this song. (Deep, deep, deep, sigh) Thank you, That is all.

I cant be the only one who doesn't want them to be famous because i feel so much trough these songs

I love the ambiguity of the message of this song, it can mean a lot of things for anyone. If you're religious, this song is a hit, if you're not, it's still a hit! All though The Oh Hellos are Christian, they consider they're band secular, so whatever songs they make, it's for everyone, because it depends on how you view the message of the song, like an author to it's reader audience.

and thus always to thoose who say christians are all preachers, Well done on this one, i know no one reads the comments of theese videos anymore, but i'm glad you folks are spreading the word and spreading good music at the same time.

There really needs to be more Christian music made in this style 🥰

Heard it for the first time with the girl i loved. Every time i hear this it reminds me of her

I love how all the songs in the album “ Through the deep dark “ are about hard times but when you listen to them at hard times they help you get through it

4:06 is definitely the best part......

I remember the days of this music...most beautiful time of my life.

The oh hellos music is much like the word of god in a sense. It doesn't reveal it's truth to the receiver untill Christ has been accepted in their life. If you want the meaning of either, accept him and it will be made clear

This music is so great. I live at the beach and they are perfect beach songs!

reminds me of monsters and men

Such a beautiful song we are dancing to this song this year at my dance studio💕

I know this is about Adam and Eve, but it reminds me of a mother watching her child run through a sunlit forest, full of wonder that has only just reawakened within her, and knowing that she would happily give her life for her family.

For me, this song just reminds me of meeting my partner while I was fighting my depression. Sleeping the Garden of depression when the brightest shade of sun found me and woke the world inside of me.

This pairs well with Hoizers "like real people do"

If u stop to think, "Adam and Eve" can be a very good love story... Haha, I love this music! It's about the Bible(what's amazing) and it's different too! (Srry if I wrote wrong, I'm brazilian 🤭)

For some reason, this sounds like it could be the story of Eve and Lilith falling in love. Now it's stuck in my head and I can't stop thinking about that concept...

"You will surely be the death of me, but how could I have known?" How beautiful that while Adam was the death of us in a soul-killing way, Jesus is the death of us in a way that gives the only life worth having.

Like a lot of others it seems, I had no idea this was a religious song. Knowing that now, the lyrics make a lot of sense. I thought it was just a beautiful song, sung by a woman who experienced a great emotion when thinking or seeing the person she loves. I suppose that's more or less the sentiment anyway. I'm not religious either like many here. But that doesn't change my appreciation for the song. It is beautiful. I will keep it in my playlist and keep enjoying it. Thank you The Oh Hellos :)

This song is so amazing! Our God is such an awesome Creator!

Reminds me of Life is Strange

QUE MÚSICA LINDA 😔❤❤❤❤

Outstanding band...pure...talented as hell...love these guys...

I’m not religious but this music is just so beautiful I can appreciate it either way

How I met beautiful songs: I searched for A beautiful world by Tim Myers Comes and Goes by Greg Laswell was recommended Then when I played it The Oh Hello's Hello My Old Heart was recommended I played it, then I found the band Sleeping at Last band which has originally 3 members and now left with one, Ryan O' Neal. I am binge watching Sleeping at Last videos. Ryan' s lyrics, use of instruments, sounds, are treasure.

Watch, stand firm in the faith; behave like men, and be strong. - 1 Corinthians 16:13

I dont think I've ever been so destaught at accidentally disliking a video before

Is this considered like Christian folk music, or soul, I'm trying to expand my music from just Broadway musicals and stumbled upon this band and fell in love, and I want to find more like it

All of your songs are magic.

thanks so much for create such a beautiful song.

the beauty in the hearts of these musicians brings me to tears. i'm buying their albums on bandcamp :)

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so many reminders of my first love who still resonates in my heart forever.

Oh, I see. This is of the love of Adam for Eve. I never thought of that as a very loving relationship, when I was a child it seemed like a simple relationship between two people who just happened to be the only people around each other. Later it seemed that Adam was possessive and demeaning, defining her as an extension of himself. As I have heard other peoples views on theology I had my attention drawn to Adam blaming her for choices he made, and concluded that Adam was arrogant and controlling and selfish and his refusal to acknowledge Eve as her own person caused the fall of Mankind from the grace of God. Of course it is just as well that we fell so we might be redeemed in the Cross but that doesn't make it right.

The music in this song is incredibly comforting. So damn beautiful!

Came here from Solider, Poet, King and know now in the marrow of my bones that The Oh Hellos are one of my favorite bands.

This song is about Adam being grateful for Eve, but he is also blaming her for his fallen state. It is really about taking responsibility for your own choices. Listen closely.

Has me searching for my adam...🌱

Ah nostalgia, I used to play this song whenever I played an Adventure Map in Minecraft, how the times has passed... Thank you TOH!

It’s so good, I can’t describe what feeling I’m feeling right now

That moment when you remember this is the first romantic love to ever exist

One of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard

Although this band is not officially a christian band, it is clear that the band members are. Look at these pretty lyrics :))

What a beautiful piece. A joy to listen to the voices and the instrumentation. I love how artists can place such life into the myths that our ancestors had imagined.

I can't even express the feelings I get when I listen to this-------

Why have I just now found this band I love them so much

i may not be religious but this slaps

I love the oh hellos just needed to say that and put it out there

Maybe there is no Adam and Steve, but how about a Madam and Eve?

8 years before i dream with the existence of this Band they release One of the best musi i've ever seen until now

So glad I found them!!

Makes me quake and tear, strong yet gentle; I love the song, Like The Dawn. Thankyou Tyler & Maggie

This music is magic..

Como a Alvorada Bem, eu estava dormindo no jardim quando te vi pela primeira vez Ele tinha me colocado num profundo, profundo sono, para que Ele pudesse trabalhar E como a alvorada, Você desmancha a escuridão e minha terra inteira balança Eu estava dormindo no jardim quando vi Você Enfim, enfim Osso dos meus ossos e carne da minha carne, enfim! Você era a tonalidade mais brilhante do sol que eu já tinha visto Sua pele estava dourada com o ouro dos mais ricos reis E como a alvorada, você desperta o mundo para dentro de mim Você era a tonalidade mais brilhante do sol quando eu vi Você E por certo você me levará a morte Mas como eu poderia saber? Eu estava dormindo no jardim E como a alvorada, você desmancha a escuridão Eu estava dormindo no jardim Osso dos meus ossos

What a beautiful thing.

How creative! This song just blows my mind. So beautiful.