Ed Kowalczyk is one of the most underrated rock vocalists of all time by far. True fans on the other hand, we know he's a legend. Such a badass, powerful, unique voice and the band is top notch.
Too deep for the mainstream listener, too lyric for the average translator of meaning in music, too detached from the painted canvas stage music turned into, decades ago. I still treasure the few cds I own of the band. They're pure gold. No easy listening there. They demand full commitment. And reward you for it. Cheers, lads.
Agreed. I think the reason they weren’t more popular is try googling live albums or live concerts. You can find them, but only if you know what you are searching for. Another really good vocalist and lyricists is Vast. I wish more people knew them as well. Jon Crosby has a heart of gold.
No surprise Live helped me through the darkest time in my life. Before I knew how to worship, my soul was able to praise God with the help of their music and I was saved from despair. They've remained my favorite band since 1994, Throwing Copper. God bless Live, and thank you. ❤
Their faith is exactly why they’ve been pushed out of the industry & never given their props! They refused to compromise their integrity, which makes me love them even more ♥️
This song and video speak directly to my soul as I'm about to depart for a few months to rehab to conquer some demons more than a decade old, since my teenage years, here goes nothing.. for everything! Thank you to Live for the inspiration I'm feeling right now! Here's to all of us finding our "clean water" whatever that means to each of us individually
I wish you all the best my friend 😊. We must learn to love ourselves enough not to want to destroy ourselves. Life ain't easy, but there's always hope 🙏👍. The small things matters, like love and kindness !!! The rest is the matrix we live in trying to confuse us, find joy in simple things like animals and nature or hobbies !!! Freedom in self is more valuable than gold or money 😁🖐️
This is probably one of the best songs in the world, no exaggeration.. It is recorded so crisp and clear, their playing is fantastic, the chord progressions used and how its layered w/vocals, build up to the solo is fantastic, the modulation after the solo just adds to the epicness, Ed's singing is absolutely superb, the lyrics are beautiful. Its a song that after 4 minutes and 40 seconds you take your iPod back out and skip back just so you can listen to it again... This song is a masterpiece
There are a couple of songs (outtakes) from this album that never made it, they could have made a double album or another album with that tracks 😒. Still disappointed bout that. 1. Don't wait, (a favorite) 2. Vine street 3. Deeper 4. Still aroused, (another favorite) 5. Walk into this room 6. Change 7. New city, and a few that luckily made it on V in 2001 😊
same here, I have just understand the whole meaning of the song after many years, cause English isn't my first language, so it took me many years to learn, and even though , there are a couple of words I couldn't understand at all. but in the end the music doesn't needs to be understood, music is to be felt🎧😎🎶
Anyone here who comes here to watch these videos, dont let the music die, pure poetry on the lyrics and we all need to keep it alive!!! All Hail To Hard Rock!!
@@rnchensley absolutely! There is so much power in songs that make such a difference to our lives, I would be lost without the soundtrack of my life from a collective of all my songs I have in my soul. It’s such a unique playlist in my heart and my soul. Prayers for your Mother and you. And all of us 😀
This is one of the most beautifully written poetic songs of all time. Its felt with the most deepest emotions and touches your heart. Absolutely exceptional.
My intro to Live was someone (like my Guardian Angel maybe?) singing this song specifically to me in a dream, back in 2006. When I figured out what the song was and who sung it but I cried when I read the lyrics. I finally got to see them in concert 2 weeks ago! This beautiful song is quite special ❤
When my 2 years and 10 months old niece died I couldn't bear any type of music. I shyed away from everything. One day driving to work the chorus of this song came to my head and I realized that even if I felt burnt to the core, I wasn't broken. Thank you Live!
Which was the message if Christ,that we live on...this world,is not our world,this world,is death,and our burdens are over when this life is over,but for some reason,our flesh ,our culture tells us we must live on,this is our life,don't die,you can live with all our medical miracles...it's a culture,a world that refuses to let us go,as to leave us bound to this earthly world,most cristians forget,and hold on to it,because they've forgotten,that this is not our world. Jesus wanted and had a way of living that would give us a little bit of paradise,had we chose to live the way he did,and said to follow...a guide to make some if this hell turn to an earthly paradise,to as much as we said,we love him,we follow him...we followed a name. We followed an idea of a Christ we no longer know,if we ever knew,because the person I know,is far from who he really was. He said,do as I do...he offered a way for us to live at peace,for both heaven and Earth...but sadly,the way were living,far apart from his ways,I'm afraid most of us miss our heavenly heaven also,because of what our hearts became...I'm afraid were so bound and in love with this world,the moment we feel all of the tribulation,our spirit will be crushed,because we weren't prepared for another reality...this was the world we lived,and our spirit was crushed because it was fixed upon it,which will pass on to our resurrection...had we only prepared for the real eternity,not if this world...but I'm glad you felt that way,glad you realized that this life,isn't the end. .because it isn't...just don't forget that...when all else dad,remember,that there is hope,if you simply don't set your mind on this Earth...and I hope,when I go through loss,I can do the same,nomatyer how I lose ,nomatter what way I lose them,I hope God gives me the strength to not focus,but eliminate that horrible thought,but focus on the peace of what's next,and pass that on to my family,so that God can do the same for them,because in the end,we are all one,but only when we pass it along,so I shall...God bless
I just discovered Live recently. Jeez, I must have been living under a rock during the 90's. I love this era of music and this band is exceptional. These songs and lyrics with Ed's voice are timeless.
I only discovered them recently also… I guess we were both living under that same rock LOL! Another song that you might love is…Pain Lies On The Riverside by LIVE!
Well better late than never they say. I've just rediscovered them after going to their concert on the 4th of April. My mind is playing their songs for me constantly. Currently on day 5 of 'The beauty of grey' 😂 Lucky I love that song anyway 🎶
Makes me cry, one of the best concerts I have ever been, and I have been to a lot..... This was a hard time in my life and this music just makes me feel like something I honestly can't even explain....
Live makes me feel not just intensely alive, but I also feel great to be intensely alive. (Thank you for pondering my alternatively alternating thought) Yes Bless!!!!!
This video watched in this moment of my life gave me more Revelation than I have received in a very, very long time. You can't ever know how thankful I am.
In 2006 I had a dream that my guardian angel(?) was singing this song to me/for me. I didnt know the song but figured it out eventually and cried like a baby when i read the lyrics. So began my love of Live. I finally saw them on the 4th of April 2024. I esp'd they were coming here when i was on the toilet one day! 😂
I played this song for my friend who had never heard it, and afterwards I gushed about the melody, structure, build up to the chorus, lyrics and all the awesomeness that makes it my favorite song in the entire Universe. Then I read your comment and got goosebumps because it is exactly what I feel about this song but explained perfectly! Dig it!
Absolutely superb track. Fantastic, tight, accomplished playing. The lyrics are poetic, complex and almost biblical, to be honest. Ed's singing is on-point and there never really could be another lead singer for Live.- ever. This song withstands time like no other. I could play this on repeat all day and find something new,. Tremendous.
One of the Greatest bands ever. Their music takes me back to my days as a teen chilling out in my room. When Throwing Copper was released, I was hooked. I'm 40 now and still crank their stuff. I had their music with me when I visited India a few years ago (childhood dream) For me, this is my spiritual music.
I listen to this song all the time. It's one of the few songs that can bring tears to my eyes. "Don't try to find the answers, when there ain't no questions here..."
One of my favourite band and way underrestimated. People complaining about rock music being dead should try them or Alter Bridge, or songs like this I just bumped on ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i1fVRW6z3n4.html
Thank You "LIVE" You are helping holiness helping you. I have listened to your music, seems like forever nowadays. Bless each of your Buddhist selves. Loving always, God.
His voice here is off the charts. He has a ton of dynamic range (quiet to loud) and a ton of tonal range (low notes to high notes). This is what it means to dominate with your voice. He knows precisely when and how to be soft and when to dial up his power. It's an incredible gift that few singers have.
Most people say that they wish live was a more successful band but I think they are the perfect example of how not being in the mainstream can help a band they made the music that they loved and that we loved and I think that that’s just enough for me
Great song, plain and simple. With lyrics like "it's a place and the home of ascended souls, who swam out there in love." and "recognize it all as light and rainbows," How can you not just love this. At night, when my guard is down and all is quiet, this music melts right through me. Simply amazing.
Every song ever played by this INCREDIBLE band resonates throughout my entire body!! Ed is by far my favorite singer, song writer and human in general. I've seen them 3 times when they came to NZ and I gotta tell ya this band performing in concert sound incredible!!! Some bands some terrible when live in concert but this band sound just like a crystal clear CD. I'm literally grieving the years gone by when all I ever played was live!! My babies are now 22 and 26 years and they grew up listening to this amazing band!! Thank you Live for many many years of listening and loving your music xx
I just went to see them onthe 4th of April in NZ. Yeah I agree. He sounded amazing!!!! Couldn't say the same for Incubus, who played after Live would you believe! I actually esp'd they were coming to NZ when I was on the toilet one day! Haha. Love how spiritual their lyrics are. I started loving them after someone was singing 'Run to the water" to me in 2006 in a dream I had. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Lyrics Oh desert speak to my heart Oh woman of the earth Maker of children who weep for love Maker of this birth 'Til your deepest secrets are known to me I will not be moved I will not be moved Don't try to find the answer When there ain't no question here Brother let your heart be wounded And give no mercy to your fear Adam and Eve live down the street from me Babylon is every town It's as crazy as it's evere been Love's a stranger all around In a moment we lost our minds here And lay our spirit down Today we lived a thousand years All we have is now Run to the water And find me there Burnt to the core but not broken We'll cut through the madness Of these streets below the moon These streets below the moon An I will never leave you 'Til we can say, this world was just a dream We were sleepin' now we are awake 'Til we can say In a moment we lost our minds here And dreamt the world was round A million miles fall from grace Thank God we missed the ground Run to the water And find me there Burnt to the core, but not broken We'll cut through the madness Of these streets below the moon With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts Yeah, I can see it now Lord Out beyond all the breakin' of waves And the tribulation It's a place and the home of ascended souls Who swam out there in love Run to the water And find me there Burnt to the core, but not broken We'll cut through the madness Of these streets below the moon With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts Rest easy baby, rest easy And recognize it all as light and rainbows Smashed to smithereens and be happy Run to the water (And find me there) Oh, oh Run to the water
Listening to this in July 2021 as the riots in Durban, South Africa burnt down my hometown. Proud of the communities for standing up and protecting each other. We are "burnt to the core but not broken".
Each time i hear this song. My soul weeps. Breaking, into smithariens. I love the ending, How he frantically wakes up, runs to the water, n with much gratitude, kisses his gift.. A blessing to have seen this video, at this time. At this moment, on this day. Thank you! Jesus.
I hadn't heard this song in forever and at first I didn't recognize it but when the chorus came on I got instant chills and started singing along like crazy! runnnn to the wateeer and fiiiind me there!
