Great country song with a great message. Hearing anti-racism from an angry Black rapper wanting to be heard is one thing; hearing it from a privileged, White, male, blonde, blue-eyed country singer is another. Newborns don’t see race. As they grow up, they will see race and differences, but instead of turning into racists and xenophobics, they should learn to EMBRACE diversity. The world needs to hear this song again.
I cannot thank you enough for your kind gesture to my friend, David, last night. He came out of an 18 day coma as a Marine, and remembered every single word to this song which is very close to his heart. It was an absolute honor working your security detail and having the pleasure of hearing your beautiful music and speaking with you. You are a true gem of a human being. Don’t change a thing!!!
In memory of my husband, Jerry Parish, whose inner light lit up every room he walked into. He embodied this song & I'm a better person for having known him ❤ Until we meet again amore mio ❤
I just had the pleasure of working with Shawn on a private solo acoustic gig. This song so hit home to me right now it brought tears to my eyes. We ALL need to think this way and teach our kids LOVE not hate, COMPASSION not violence! These will help us grow as a species. I’m afraid the alternative will scare many for many generations once again.
*LYRICS* Sharing with us what he knows Shining eyes are big and blue And all around him water flows This world to him is new This world to him is new He's born to shimmer, he's born to shine He's born to radiate He's born to live, he's born to love But we'll teach him not to hate And this thing they call our time Heard a brilliant woman say She said you know it's crazy How I want to try to capture mine I think I love this woman's way I think I love this woman's way she shimmers, the way she shines The way she radiates The way she lives, the way she loves The way she never hates Sometimes I think of all of this that can surround me I know it all as being mine But she kisses me and wraps herself around me She gives me love, she gives me time And I feel fine I feel fine But time I cannot change So here's to looking back You know I drink a whole bottle of my pride And I toast to change to keep these demons off my back Just get these demons off my back 'Cause I want to shimmer, I want to shine I want to radiate I want to live, I want to love I want to try to learn not to hate Try not to hate We're born to shimmer, we're born to shine We're born to radiate We're born to live, we're born to love We're born to never hate
this song reminds me of my mum, who i havnt been able to see for most of my life. now im staying with her we constantly play it. makes me want to cry. beautiful song
This song is so much better than Lullaby. Never understood why that one took off and this one not as much. We really need this in this day and age. Keep shimmering.
I miss 90s fashion. You could wear a dress over a tshirt and look DAMN GOOD. Nowadays you gotta show skin/leg, plus accessorize, heels... ugh. Too much bother.
I've been listening to you Shawn Mullins for a very very long time. I've been raised partly by then half native American Vietnam vet in the woods. Before your psychology major, and a national guard. Tramp RIP Rex Dog Rip. And the rest of you taught me unity helping each other out and the real world that I'm about to enter at that time..
WOW. Its amazing at 4 1/2 yo how much something like that can have a everlasting effect on you. Hopefully you can reach inside to find that special person you are and are to have survived this, and let that person out to shine on the world!
And we’re not born to cover up our faces and our breathing holes and stay 6 feet apart or be forced to shoot up government mandated concoctions into our blood or to live in fear. Were born to shimmer and shine and radiate and love in touch and be with each other. ♥️💔
I remember this song had the misfortune of releasing only about a year after Fuel's smash hit, also called Shimmer. It ended up a bit overshadowed in the public consciousness. Maybe Mullins should have called it "Shine" instead? Still a legendary song in its own right.
+Paul Russel I went and saw Fuel live in concert when they opened for Van Halen (I think in '98) and it was 2 months after the release of Fuels "Sunburn" album which barely anyone knew of at that point. The reason I'm writing all this is because when they performed "Shimmer" I was blown away!! I obviously had no ideas who they were at the time, I was only 16/17 yrs old, and I remember going out the very next day and buying their album and listening to it non-stop all Summer long!
I can't believe this song is 14 years ago. I have always loved this song and artist. It exudes love, compassion and understanding. Well written song and melody ! 👍😎
Still one of my go to albums, this man is a genius, the lyrics of this song touch me deep inside my soul, to the point of having awsome running down my face...
I've been here a lot longer haha Dawsons creek It's part of my life when it was released when I was younger. And I always love to remember a past of good nostalgia. I'm Brazilian and here in Brazil the series did and is very successful. And where are you from?
My favorite song in the 90s I heard this song when I was living in San Angelo Texas and this song so emotional for me when I departed to San Antonio Texas to begin my high school tennis carrer
I used to shine. I used to radiate! But lately I cant seem to keep these demons off my back!!! I was 4 1/2 yrs old when I watched my father shoot my mother, then shoot himself, leaving me and my little brother orphans. I used to be EVERYBODYS friend and confidont! I've been married for 21 plus yrs and now? I'm just a shell of a person!!!! He makes me feel guilty about everything!!! Like he's my father! I don't shine or shimmer anymore!! I have become submissive. He means well. help me!!!!
Nothing "happened" to Shawn Mullins except that he's got a great life as a musical troubadour and as Captain Mullins to Cayamo music cruise devotees like me... search youtube for "Cayamo 2010 - Shawn Mullins - Light you Up" and make sure to watch thru 5 minutes for the hee-larious Kappy Rap
Hey Cathy--I understand, I was married 20 years. We just grew in different directions and now, 4 years on my own and the last 2 in a love affair just with me, I am shimmering and shining again. I've never had this much time with me, out of a relationship, for my entire life! It takes guts to leave the ruts, it is hard but it seems worth it. I felt like I was no longer living, just headed toward dying, Now I a fully ME again!
I can understand artists having to make a few compromises , here n there, but the album's version of this song is so much better! This hip hop-y production just destroys the song's intent.
I believe the intent shined right through and it is catchy. I think that sound would be considered pop and not hip hop-y but I love the way it sounds all the same.
One day we learn to love hate. Because we need it.. No use trying to fight what our feelings.. Can Never Love What We Hate.. Because We're Not Suppose To. 🌐⏳❤️
It's always quality music, but it's cursed with the, if you heard one song you heard them all. Needs more exploration of tempos and riffs, it's stuck in a rut. If you need some new lyrics that will drive it home contact me. I'll just give you the music Your voice is a great style. Cheers
I play this on guitar and years ago while I was playing for some friends and my boyfriend at the time , my boyfriend said “ I thought you said “sharing with a sweaty nose”…” 🙄 and now whenever I sing and play it it’s always made me feel embarrassed at first … he kinda almost ruined it fir me. Ass hat. 😑😪😂
I thought maybe I became an empath because of my family. I became an empath because of this song. Definitely don’t feel any hate today yet never felt so close to God. Religion didn’t do much for me but God. And it’s true how this world teaches us how to hate.
i grew up listening to this song then in 2001 i gave birth to a beautiful girl and i would dance around the house with her in my arms listening to Shawn some artists you just don't grow out of. i still listen.
My father is of one, my mother of different. Greatly to this day do I appreciate your words. Everyone should shimmer and shine, no matter who. Much love. 💖🌞🙏
