The Morning Benders - 'Excuses (Yours Truly Session)' 

Still listening in 2024 ❤

just checking in years later, and yep, still a masterpiece

To believe this song is 13 years old now and still carries this much weight til this day. Absolute banger 🔥

That song was my wife and I first dance, at our wedding... Best waltz ever, for that occasion ! Now we can't hear that song without falling into each others arms..

Man this song haunts me in the best possible way. So bloody beautiful.

“We’ll still be best friends when all turns to dust” is one of most beautiful things I’ve heard so far ❤️

*edit* 12 years later. Metal head to the core. Still busting out a lil man cry when I listen this. You know that cry where you're kinda laughing but you can't catch your breathe so you just bow your head and giggle? Yep . That's the one!

If God strolled through a park humming a tune, this would qualify to be the one.

people with great taste in music come here.

Still one of the greatest recordings of all time

Danced with my wife to this song for our wedding 😊

Samsung reminded me of this song. Can't believe it's been 10yrs

My mom always liked my music whenever I would play it around the house and in the car, but she would never learn artists or songs, she just enjoyed it. However, this song instantly stuck out to her and she would always ask me to play it. Reminds me of her every time I hear it!

have watched/listened to this so many times over the years

A TV commercial brought back some memories and I was like wait - I know this music. Shazamed it and was like OHHHH, I used to listen this on repeat :D Another song for our advent playlist xD

I used to listen to this song daily 9 years ago. And somehow I just forget about it, until now. I just spend the last 2 hours trying to remember the lyrics and even did stupid searches on Google like "song with violin and the drums intro". Glad that I found it again!!

wish they made more songs like this, its just such a dream.

Still here in 2019 you're voice is more than beauty.

I'm honestly shocked by how good this is. Music at its finest. Everyone should listen to this.

I always come back to this video around Christmas time.

I totaled my car to this song

as soon as the beat came back after the chorus, sounds so good when he comes in with "we are so smooth now"

Noticed this was used in a Best Buy/Samsung Christmas commercial and I'm hoping that a whole new generation of folks will be turned onto this AMAZING song ❤️ a Reese's commercial introduced me to it about 10 years ago 😊

Still fucking great after all this time

I discovered this song after watching the movie “a case of you”. It is sang at the very end of the movie. That was in 2013. And since then I can’t stop listening to it. It is a masterpiece and gives so much positivity

no other song gives me more motivation, happiness and good vibes and takes away the negative feels like this one! it pushs me so hard!!

This song just does something to my soul everytime I hear it... I get chills when they start harmonizing

I revisit this song every year for the past 10ish years, still gives me chills

I only have one memory associated with this song. Sleeping at my grandparents house because my parents were out of town and there was a plumbing issue at my house. It’s an odd memory to associate with such a pretty song, but hey. Music is music

That base part! This is what happens when a perfect amount of great musicians come together.

I love coming back here. I wish I could have been in that room while they were recording.

My wife and I used this version of the song as out exit song from the ceremony. Great song!

This song.... I can't put it into words..... IM CRYING TEARS OF JOY!!!...... his voice......AAAAHHHHH...... the storyline..... JESUS CHRIST I FREAKIN LOVE THIS BAND SO MUCH!!!!

I found it. After three years of vaguely remembering incorrect lyrics and typing them into wherever I could, I found it. Thank you for answering my prayers, Genius Lyrics.

How could I forget this song... I remember listening like 10 years ago as a teenager, almost 30 now still etches in my brain. I'll dance to this song at my wedding. Such a wonderful performance.

2020 & I found this again after struggling so hard to remember the name of the band only to see them listed in a Land of Talk performance 10 min ago. My nostalgic heart aches.

Anyone listening in 2020? I loved this song so much back when I was a young college student #memories 💕

Oh, this song just moves me in ways I never thought possible. Such brilliant lyrics and the violins and his voice. I melt.

I’m with my girlfriend for almost 4 years now because of this song! We both loved it first time we talked and have been together since❤️Thank you-The Morning Benders 😭

10 years later and still in love with this song! ♥️

He sounds like he's smiling while he sings... I love it.

2020 and this song is still perfect

You tried to taste me And I taped my tongue to the southern tip of your body Our bones are too heavy to come up Squished into a single cell of wood I made an excuse You found another way to tell the truth I put no one else above us We'll still be best friends when all turns to dust Dum-da-dum Da-dum da-dum Da da-dum Da-dum da-dum Da dum Da da-dum We are so smooth now Our edges are beaten, drift wood whittled down Old bodies slip when they make love We'll mine our sparks to shoot us above

13 years later and this is still one of the most magical songs to me🥰

I heard this for the first time yesterday, I fell in love with it and was shocked that a guy who can barely speak two damn sentences in a minute was capable of singing like that.

I love this version. Coming here is like comfort food

Since I was a kid this song has sent me to another world ❤

i will always come back to this song no matter how much time passes. please never delete this.

This is some godlike music.

The backup singer in the dark red flannel is totally in love with the singer...

my and my beloved’s wedding song. thank you

First time I ever heard this song was in the Reese's peanut butter cup commercial, instantly hooked!!!

There isn't another song like this, it's amazing

All time favorite ❤️

The song and this video together are the definition of friendship. God bless humanity.

i miss this band.

yeah it's been three years and i watch this religiously never take this for granted!! cherish it

10 years later and I rushed back after hearing it on a samsung commerical

The movie "A case of you" just reminded me of this beautiful song. So many memories ❤️

This is a song you keep coming back to once every couple years after good deal of memory wracking

Thank you, Samsung for introducing me to such an amazing song.

Forever re watching, probably my favorite live musical recording ever. Completely absolutely madly beautiful

Almost 10 years since I heard this beautiful tune and I keep returning here from time to time just to remember there's still beauty in this world.

I've Loved This Song Every Since I First Heard It On The Reese's Commercial. Great Song

Still one of the most epic and special videos I've ever seen, and I was watching this 3 girlfriends and 2 cars ago haha. "We'll still be best friends when all turns to dust"

Still Goosebumps everytime I listen this after how many years🎼🎵🎶

I listen to this song once a day...I have for the past year. It keeps me sane, gives me hope, reminds me of the beautiful things left in this world. Love everything about this masterpiece.

I first heard this song on the final scene of the film A case of you. It's a ball dance. Been hooked since then!

Had this on loop for the past 4 hours... FnAwesome.

This would have to be one of my favourite songs of all time. It has a special spot in my heart. This is an incredible recording, what I would give to have been in that room!

I love the 50s style of this song. So good!

my father introduced me to this song, it's such a staple in my childhood. thank you for the incredibly dear memories!

This truly never gets old, if not better every time...

365 people have no idea what they’re talking about. Anyone with a smidge of musical background can appreciate this. I’m so glad I listened to this again. We need more of this in 2020.

STILL FUKING GOOD. 12 YEARS ON.

I listened to this on 2010 and I had a serious issue while trying to remember who played this back in the days, so I read all my conversation history that I had with my BFF and GOSH! Worth IT!

Not only is this song amazing, but the environment just looks so wonderful. Everyone looks so happy :)

Does this sound like a lost track from in the aeroplane over the sea to anyone else?

I came here at 2010 after watching Sony Bravia ad and now after 10 years it's me again here. Feeling attached ❤️

This kind of arts has been on my brain for 9 Fukkin yearsss.....

This guy's a sweet little angel.

This really reminds me of Pre-British invasion Rock in the very early 1960's.

I first heard this almost 10 years ago...and it still moves me. I am so grateful I got to experience this in my lifetime. Bless them.

Still can't get enough of this session..

Love the story of the process, the meaning of the song, and the melody ❤️ this song is perfection

I wish I could've been there. Not to see the performance, but to convince Christopher Owens to keep Girls together.

When I came across this song and I was sure I would never hear it play anywhere else beside from when I play it.. It played at a bowling alley on a date with this chick I was head over heels for. We made it our song. I still miss here to this day.

I remember watching this since it merely had 200k views. I'm glad to see so many more people liking it, yet I think it deserves millions of more views.

every now and then I remember finding this video on youtube YEARS ago and the live music just making my chest feel like it soared. Still hits man

I think that the method of recording with a large group of people is BEAUTIFUL. It must be so uniting and exhilarating being all scrunched into a smallish recording studio with all those people making music. Thank you, The Morning Benders, for your beautiful music and words :) Your music fills my whole being with joy!

“And I made an excuse, and you found another way to tell the truth”

Shoutout the Reese’s gear commercial. Such nostalgia

Who listening in 2019?

2023 still here damn I'm 32 I was so young and naive. I smile upon what was, but find happiness is what is.

These past 3 years, whenever I'm down, I just listen to this song and instantly feel better.

2021 and still can't get enough of this song...

A hug for the soul 💜

Man, the nostalgia. This session is still special, crazy it’s been 10 years. Anyone know where to find Big Echo (and any MB album for that matter) on vinyl?

This guy is a genius.. holy crap. Conducting, singing, playing guitar, it's unfair.

Truly sublime.... Kudos & BRAVO! Genius! Pure love via music!