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I understand this song more since losing my dad. He probably wouldn't want me to cry for him, but I do. For what was lost. The chance to resolve our differences.
The Soul Cages was his most introspective album - so full of water - the symbol of grief at the passing of both his parents. This song is a masterwork.
I remember playing this over and over after my father's death. I found it comforting somehow, although a moving recording. Eternally grateful, thank you Sting.
@@BickBickersen this whole album, feels like an ode to the father. My dad introduced me to Sting, and now that he's been gone for three years, I can't not think of him when I hear this. I think he knew I loved him, although I only "loved him in my fashion."
The caliber of musicians on this album (and Dream of the Blue Turtles) was top notch-New York jazz and funk musicians at the top of their game. I’m not aware of anything being done like this since. R.I.P. Kenny Kirkland-the heartbeat of Sting’s first two albums.
Love how Sting is able to make literary allusions to this song and his other pieces. In this case he alluded to Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This is one of those very rare songs. A song that has the power to make time seem to stop. It has a melancholy that is very specific in the way it causes me to shut out everything except those bittersweet memories that only exist in the space between life and dreams. A temporary time machine that takes me back to days when life was simple and love existed in the night sky and on a breeze.
I'd be honored if some Sting fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal RU-vid performances of ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK and WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU in tribute to the master of lyricism and composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
I'm not sure I'd label Sting a genius. He is certainly a talented musician and songwriter. Maybe a musical genius...maybe...but who's to say?...and would that be true?
This is not a story. It is a confession. But yes. He knows how to structure a narrative, but you always feel like he is talking about real stuff that happened to him. Even in songs that take place in foreign lands or times. He inhabits his lyrics and takes up residence in the words and images.
Towards the end you can hear him celebrating as he has broken free of the grip grief had on him. This compliments a more optimistic change in the music. He does something similar with They Dance Alone. Brilliant artist.
Sometimes I see your face The stars seem to lose their place Why must I think of you? Why must I? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Very beautiful music, I always get emotional when I hear it ❤❤
I think of my late father and both of my grandmothers and how much I miss them. But after crying a lot to this I’ll think of how much great they did for me when they were alive.
The Soul Cages is a brilliant album and especially this song. Sting’s music has always reminded me it’s okay to be honest and emotional sometimes but that’s important to celebrate life. This song while I cry because it makes me think of my father who died in 2011 but I celebrate the wonderful moments I had with him. I never got to show my dad Sting’s music but I suspect he would have enjoyed some of it.
Under the dog star sail Over the reefs of moonshine Under the skies of fall North, north west, the stones of Faroe Under the Arctic fire Over the seas of silence Hauling on frozen ropes For all my days remaining But would north be true? All colors bleed to red Asleep on the ocean's bed Drifting on empty seas For all my days remaining But would north be true? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Dark angels follow me Over a godless sea Mountains of endless falling, For all my days remaining, What would be true? Sometimes I see your face, The stars seem to lose their place Why must I think of you? Why must I? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Why would you want me to? And what would it mean to say, That, 'I loved you in my fashion'? What would be true? Why should I? Why should I cry for you?
Love this song♥️ Sting is such a brilliant writer. Originally written for his relationship with his father who used to work at the docks. I'm so fortunate to have grown up hearing these gems
One of the best songs ever. Took on new meaning when my dad died. Played this over and over. Still makes me cry 😢 when I hear it. Funny I always hear my dad's voice with the lyric..why should I cry 😢 for you. Why would you want me to. My dad would have said....what are you crying 😢 for.
What I've always loved about this video: we see him showing himself as the romantic sailor-with-a-poignant-lost-love-backstory, but then realize: no, he's not setting himself apart from the others with that -- *every one of them* privately has his own version of the same story.
DEDICATED TO MOM, DAD AND MY LAST VISIT TO RED LOBSTER BEFORE MOM WENT TO HEAVEN. SEE YOU SOON MOM. THIS SONG PLAYED AS WE ATE. STING WRITE " SOUL CAGES" IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS PARENTS. THANK YOU STING. I GIVE AWAY MANY COPIES OF " SOUL CAGES" TO MY NEW ACQUAINTANCES TO INTRODUCE THEM TO STING'S SOULFUL AND MUSICAL INTERLECT. 💜
This is the song that my brother used to dedicate to my father on his death aniversary, exactly 6 years ago. Now my brother is been gone for eight months already. It makes a lot of sense now. I miss them both so much. I hope they are holding in heaven. Thank you Sting for such a beautiful song. Hope someday that we will meet again. This means a lot for me.
This song take me out of this time. It remembers that beautiful moment of my first son's birth. Today I'm Fifty and I could think this song it's the best song I've ever listened. Thankyou Sting.
"I loved you in my fashion" sums up the way I felt about my own father. My feelings are very conflicted still. I do wonder "Why should I cry for you?", yet I do anyway.
I felt that about my dad who died in 2011. He died from alcoholism but he wasn’t abusive he just was a troubled veteran. I quilt drinking in 2023 because I didn’t want to check out young like he did. But yeah sometimes the stars lose their place when i think of him
Played this in the car, coming back from my ex husbands funeral...I sang, I screamed and talked to him about the stupid mistakes that brought him to that day...this song helped...r.i.p. Victor...
❤❤❤ LAST SONG I ENJOYED WITH MY BEAUTIFUL PARENTS BEFORE THEIR PASSING. BITTERSWEET. MISS THEM SO MUCH AND ALL WE DID TOGETHER. THANK YOU LORD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THEIR CAREGIVER...PRICELESS❤❤❤ LOVE YOU LILY AND FELICIA GIRL ❤❤❤
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Beautiful remastering ! Used to be a groupie in my 80’s life, and ’til today, never came across that powerful husky voice of yours. And, keeping on dreaming that Sting will one day tour in my beautiful country, Madagascar !
As I have become older and lost both of my parents, this song has become not only relevant to me, it has become quite comforting. Beautiful, beautiful song.
Sting, what an accomplished storyteller & lyricist. This song speaks of a complicated, painful relationship, so many mixed emotions. But with a difficult person you love, it's torture, when it's ended, a song is born.
When it was released, i bought the cassette ( Still got it 😊) but for me at 19 , it was too slow, too clean, hard to appreciate. But then i played it at 45 years and the beauty of the album, rhe lyrics and the music surrounded me. Can’t stop playing it now . Beautiful album.
Sting, I love and admire your work, I respect you as a person and a musician. I wish you creative success and longevity. Best regards, Vitaly. Kiev. Ukraine.🇺🇦
My father carried around the guilt of not being a perfect father for his whole life. He cried on many occasions to me. He wasn't a great father. He was actually a very self absorbed man and died that way. He was very typical in that he did not have role model. My whole point is that this is so common between father and son. This is the greatest song written IMHO to capture that tugging dark emotion that fathers and sons both feel as a result. Beautifully cathartic. It's not an answer, just an honest picture of the relation that most fathers and sons have to make peace with.
The Soul Cages is an amazing album, which kept me company in a very challenging period of my life. I was 17 when it was released, and very confused, and one of the (few) anchors of my life was music like this. Thank you
Always loved songs of the sea, but I had just broken up with my first serious GF when I first heard this song. Perfect timing... hit me very hard. It will always be my favorite Sting song.
I lost my father on 2. april 2024. Thank you Sting, I am your fan since i was very young (born 1970). I never thouth that this song would mean so much to me in this sad, sad time.
I honestly love this song and lyrics so much🥺❤️such emotional songs are really rare... I feel very touched. Thank you Sting for this beautiful piece of music❤️
Sublime ❤️❤️ comme souvent avec Sting..ce type est un pur génie..le plus grand ? Pour moi oui j'ai 56 ans je le suis depuis les années Police Que du bonheur 👍😛
"Sometimes I see your face, The stars seem to lose their place Why must I think of you? Why must I? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Why would you want me to? And what would it mean to say, That, "I loved you in my fashion"? What would be true?" - She may have truly loved me but could never say it, she knew I loved her but may not have truly believed it, and nonetheless there remains with her a piece of my heart and an empty space where she once belonged. She will surely never see this, but she knows who this is and she knows who I mean.
@@nicck I know that. Someone doesn't have to die for you to mourn them. I don't expect you to understand what I meant because you don't know me, you don't know her, you don't know what happened or why. But I'll tell you from firsthand experience that the hole in my heart is about the same size and shape as the one when I lost my mother. That's the thing with love and grief and loss.
My number 1 of top 5 tunes of all time. Your music instantly brings me into the present and the past simultaneously; miraculously. Sublime composition. Come to think of it, top artist of all time. And all my top fives are Sting. Your instrumentals are especially wonderful. Mad About You. Shape of My Heart. When We Dance. Music plus poetry beautifully blended. Ad infinitum...
This has been in my top 5 favorite songs since I was 11 years old. I thought I was pretty deep back then, but now it means so much more. This is one beautiful song.
