I'm 44 and I have recently been diagnosed with a grade 2 inoperable oligodendroglioma (brain tumor) and have been told that I have perhaps 1 year left on this earth, I think this is the saddest song I've ever heard, I love this song so much and want it to be played at my funeral but I worry it will upset my daughter to much, it scares me to think of my daughter on her own and that I won't be here to comfort and support her through the trails and challenges that await her through out her life and it breaks my heart that I will never see my daughter graduate university or that I won't be there to walk her down the Isle on her wedding day or meet my grand children, I love you Esmee to the moon and back and want to make as many happy memories with you as possible and I am so very proud of the beautiful, intelligent and courageous young woman you have become, I know that one day (many many) years from now we will meet again. Esmee, my dearest darling daughter, those day's will be truly glorious fore we shall walk hand in hand through the fields of paradise as we listen to the heavenly choir of angels having shed the sins and the struggles that we carried for all our years, but until that time I will miss you so so much, with all my heart and soul. All my love, your dad. may god bless you all, please be kind to one another and cherish your loved ones because life is just to short and far to precious to waste on bitterness and hate "gather ye rosebuds while ye may"
Stay in there I have lost my mother n grandmother 2 weeks apart and I can tell you to fight only God's has the last say so and from a kids point of view spend as much time and then some with your daughter cause all we have are the memories we have of 1 another make sure she knows and hears that you love her and God bless you my brother 🙏
I'm so sorry to hear of your situation mate. I don't know what else I can say to you. I don't have any family and if it were possible I'd gladly trade my health to you.
Hang on there darling.It's not over till it is and its only God that has the last say.I was in the same situation a year ago and can almost feel what you are feeling now.Sending you my love, huggs and prayers.😘
Am dedicating this song to anyone out there who has lost something or someone they loved so much, there is always light at the end of the tunnel, this too shall pass just hold on. In 2022 am sending love to you all🥰🤗🇿🇲
@@ritakreger3463 hold on and keep trying hard it will get better, just look on the bright side of everything 💚 sending love to you from Zambia 🇿🇲in this new year 🥰
This song is so precious to me. It reminds me of my mom who put me up for adoption when I was a baby. I want her to know I love her. She was so brave for doing that, I can't imagine what that feels like. I want to play this for her to tell her I want to be with her someday. If that day ever comes. I was so empty for all those years until adoption records were finally opened. Now I know who my family is. She is truly my hero, she shined even though she let me go. That took a lot of courage. I want to thank her for who she is and what she did. I would not be here today if it weren't for her.
My wife has been living 400 Km away in Mexico City for four years now where she gets chemo and has had several surgeries for breast cancer (It's the best Oncology hospital in Central america). She is doing great and has already had her last reconstruction surgery. I had to stay in our city to work and pay for household and cancer expenses as well as College for our two kids. We are now so near to being phisicaly together again. This song is the promise I make: "If you wait for me, and I will come for you. Although I travelled far... I always hold a place for you in my heart."
Tracy Chapman is probably the most profound artist I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. The lyrics and melodies of her works reach deep inside of me and grab ahold of my heart, mind and soul. You can feel the purity in her words and messages conveyed in her works. Tracy, you have truly approached immortality with your awe inspiring messages. Thank you for your contributions to humankind.
Agreed. I just saw her in Boston decades ago opening for I can’t even remember who now. I think it was love at first hearing. She’s stunningly beautiful to me and I absolutely feel that her music is just real for me in my gut. Her music feels humbly presented in truth. All that being said, this is one of my absolute favorite “love songs”. Perfectly honest.
I lost my beautiful wife of 27 years recently. We were deep soul mates. This song ALWAYS elicits tears of sadness...and of hope. Thank you, for YOU...Tracy.
I lost my dad almost 2 years ago now and this song really made me feel safe, Ive cried, been happy to this song it has a way. I hope you are feeling much much better, my mom still struggles as they had been married since, I can only imagine the pain.
Right?!! I heard this song for the first time recently when I watched “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” and I can’t stop listening even though it completely wrecks me emotionally.
I'm 75yo. I saw her in 1980 in a queue in Karlovy Vary and lightning hit me⚡After 4 weeks I was so stupid to leave her back at Bratislava Station and we never met in rl again. June 2020 we were reunited on Facebook and the bliss is back again 💥 Never leave me again Lulu, I love you forever!!! 🥰💘💋
Soooooooo very much. I have sent it to a lost love from forever. Hope it works it's beautiful Chapman magic!! Please say you'll be waiting . . together again . . it would feel so good to be in your arms.. . . I vow to come for you, if you wait for me!! Beautiful!!
@@petranaylor7370 I Love that you did that. Be strong and Womanly,. If you are meant to be together, then it will be, if you have done your time together, then let that Love goooooo and focus on being YOU, in all you glory. You are magnificent, honour yourself first and foremost.....Namaste....
@@hel6ova9 Thanks. Didn't work out in the end. I will save it for someone else now! Love that you loved that though. There is a reason he's an ex. I forgot! ❤
This was my mom's favorite Tracy Chapman song. I wish you can return to me. You made a promise, you said everything going to be fine. Not yet... I miss you mom. RIP...
I am so sorry for your loss. Your mom is your angel. She is with you and watching over you. Know that. Breathe deeply. Smile. Trust it will be fine. The Divine plan is not always easy, but trust. May your Mom RIP. May you find peace. You will be ok, Know that. She would want you to be happy and to go on. It is raw now, time will help. Do what you love to do and dedicate it to her. You will be alright. Wishing you well Blessings
I love this song, even though it makes me cry, the ugly cry. I think of my two sisters who both died of cancer, I look to Almighty God's promise that I will one day I will see them again. If they wait for me I will wait for you, and fill that place in your heart. I always hold a place for them in my heart. I miss them both.
my grandma told me in the car one day when i was about 9 years old that if anything ever happened to her, this was her song to me. it’s been 3 years since she’s been gone & this still makes me feel the closest to her that i ever could anymore
Nobody will ever know what this song means to me very few people out there who knows what kind of emotion this song brings to a person only the true ones know.
My dad died suddenly 2 years ago of cancer . It hadn’t been diagnosed until it was too late … we had only 9 days with him before he went . I have struggled everyday with losing him, I can’t move on and miss him so much my heart is shattered in pieces . I so need to be with him …life will never be the same again , my world my hero my entire life. I won’t be long Dad ….xxx
Not good , I need to be with him , losing my dad was worst than losing my triplets at birth and that was hard watching my 3 babies die in my arms . I really need to be with him . I love my mum , 2 brothers , my fiancé. My nieces and nephews…. But I just need to sit and cuddle him and laugh with him . I have no purpose here .
Your dad would want you to be happy and thriving in your life. He’d want you to move forward with your grief. Carry his memories, love and lessons with you as you move FORWARD WITH your grief (you never MOVE ON from losing a loved one…always FORWARD). That’s the best way to honor him. I pray you’re doing well and have found your path and peace through this life.
I found my son 7 years ago. My heart was finally full. He died last year. I always thought I would have more time with him. I hope you find her and find peace.
One night someone showed me this song, telling me what it meant to them, and I can never listen to it without thinking about this person. Now whenever I'm drunk, I always come back to this song, and the one they said reminded them of it, and it's starting to have its own meaning to me.
This used to be my sister's favorite song,she would play it on repeat over and over again.I play it every time I think of her. Continue to rest in peace Dee,you are forever in my heart 😢.
I wish I knew of this song for my Dad's funeral. I've lost both parents and many loved ones. Only my Dad came for me for a brief second. I awoke one night and he was standing right next to me and my wife. He said nothing but he smiled at me and that said everything. What a gift those few seconds were.
I've loved this song for years. Nowdays, I feel it with every bone in my body. Sometimes, you just have to let go that person you thougt you'll spend your life with. Love stays in heart, you pray for them to be happy, you hope you'll be happy in the future. And you keep going on...no choice...
After a relationship ended in 1996 I was left completely heartbroken and couldn’t listen to this without crying. 2018 I can now listen to this song without a single tear and I’m thankful that relationship ended when it did. Time heals and there’s always light just around the corner even in your darkest times ♥️
I heard this song after I said goodbye to my friend in Australia, I told her to wait for me and be back soon.. I received a big hug and she whispered “don’t be to long, I’ll miss you and I love you dearly my friend”
This song attached me with a person who I promised him that I will for sure come and visit him, in another country. He expected for me, and I know deep inside, we expected this as a mark of our start in a so-called relationship. But distance is a scary weapon challenging the wait, especially we’re just in a promising phase, not yet in a relationship. Then 2 years passing with Covid interference, i cannot make it. I didn’t even have chance to make my promise come true before I know for now he has a girlfriend. I’m happy for him, and he deserves happiness. Sometimes, we’re heartbroken and keep thinking of a person while they’re enjoying the best of their time, without knowing abt them. I feel nostalgic whenever I hear this song, reminding me of incomplete love story. Maybe the moral story here is to just keep love inside me. Or nothing to be analyzed and let go of overthinking, and things are well organized !!
Watched 'A beautiful day in the neighbourhood' starring Tom Hanks and this was part of the soundtrack. Beautiful song, we don't hear much of Tracy now. Such a talent.
Someone very close to me that I wronged and he kept a distance from me even after apologizing. He told me he needed space and I respected his decision. Today he has sent me this song after not talking for a while. I'm happy that this could be a sign that he's forgiven me and wants us to reconnect. It's a very beautiful and sweet song.
I had split up from my girlfriend, we had been apart for a few years when she came back into my life. She gave me Tracey Chapmans album and told me to listen to listen to this song. It was great to hear as I had never stopped loving her, it fitted perfectly. We then went on to have a son who was stillborn, this was played at his funeral so this song is very bittersweet for me.
Everyday for the last 20 years I miss my mom so much nothing can take away the hurt but I know when my time to rest comes she will be waiting for me thank you Tracy for this song
listening to this song while remembering the passing of my kid brother. I can only take joy in cherishing the memories we had together all of his 11 years while on this earth. I love you to the moon Harold and we'll be together one day. You are forever my guardian Angel.
In 2001 as a brand new soldier on United Nations in the Green Zone cyprus, I use to play this song every single night on repeat as my room mate and I went to sleep. He was called Az (Arron) and he use to hate it, he would get so pissed off haha that's army life. I loved that guy and we went through loads on that tour together. I hope that when he hears this song now he remembers those nights in that cabin in the old airport on tour. We were just gunners (no rank). I write this today as a Sergeant having seen action in Iraq, Afghanistan among other places. I haven't seen Az since 2003 when I left that regiment (5th RA) to move to Germany and be stationed out there for 10 years. Listen to this song and think of service youngsters all around the world like me and Az were, in bases and camps that are not comfortable, and remember that life is never easy.
This voice hits something else. How is it possible to feel like crying and laughing all at once. Her voice seems to have a matter to it which intertwines and encapsulates the listener in their own little coccoon. Profound.
I dedicate this song to my dad whom I never met nor seen in my life.how I wish I could even seen your face I hope I have a place in your heart just like u have a place in my heart .it hurts so much knowing maybe u are still there or u Dead for real .I wish I had loving parents
I played this at my sisters funeral.She absolutely loved Tracey Chapman. This song so much reminds me of her.Thanks for such beautiful words and the memories with your music x
Miss my two boys so bad. This song helps so damn much. Haven't seen them in 3 years, its painful. 💔 I love you Paul and Jude. This song says it all boys.
Gather here is watching “A beautiful day in the neighborhood” brought you here. 20 years gone since I first listen to this and the words still sink deep.
My mom plays this song every time my dad goes away for work cz my dad sang it to her They are so In love I hope you find my soulmate just like they found each other ❤❤❤
I'm listening to my own funeral song when I listen to this, I've told my husband this is what i want, i spent months in hospital in 2014 and its left me with serious lung issues and the Corona virus is a very serious threat so weve completed all the Admin in case it happens I'm 38 with 2 children and life is just scary at the moment #staysafe
If I die from this virus I will be ok with that. 1999 December 23 the day after her birthday I will be with my wife Jennifer egnaty. I feel like yesterday every day. I love you always
I wasn't born in your era but oh Tracy if you only knew how your songs resonate with me in a much deeper vibration, thank you for such a master piece and I don't know why as a young man that I am I still love the songs and the singers from the 70's 80s & 90s, somehow I think that they are the only songs that makes me able to connect with my inner self.
I found this song about a month before my mom died on July 16th 2022. She died from Alzheimer’s and I was able to get there 4 days before she died. I was there when she took her last breathe and went to heaven. I will miss her and mourn her for the rest of my life.
Yah me to 2020 in lockdown time 😔🥺 with no jobs with no one next to me . Only this song I'm listening again and again. bless everyone how like this song 🙏❤️
This song speaks the words my heart speaks deep down but my mouth is unable to speak ❤️💔 hardest thing in the world is to grieve the loss of someone who was the closest to you and they are alive. The pain lingers around
I really needed this today. I signed over my rights to my 3 year old son when I was 22. I wasn't man enough to provide for him & his family kept him from me his whole childhood. I spent that time trying to destroy myself. 3 weeks ago my wife had my 2nd son, James. Today I'm in the position to be his daddy & I'll die before he leaves my side. I pray all the time that Matthew Jr. is happy & having a good day.
Stacy Steele, I’m I love with an amazing women who doesn’t love me back. It’s a beautiful disaster. When she brushes my arm or hugs me, it’s both wonderful and soul wrenching all in a single moment.
I lost my baby son on Christmas Eve last year. It has been a long road for both myself and my wife, I will always remember those few special moments I got to hold you my son and I will hold them close for the rest of my days. I have been a Tracy Chapman fan for many years but this song was somehow missed until Father's Day just gone, laying in the bath with my wife and this masterpiece comes on from related RU-vid videos not speaking just balling our eyes out hanging on every word of this beautiful song. This really has reached the depths of my heart and always will, thank you for making me feel my son again Tracy, I will be eternally grateful. ❤️
For me you’re the most special and amazing singer ever… I love your kindness, your warming voice and words!! I’m sure someone like you with such special talent must be angel! You’re absolutely a enrichment for all the people around the world !! Love you Tracy!! ❤️❤️❤️
A truly beautiful and classic song...... discovered Tracy Chapman in my early 20's and am 50 now....her songs have an eternal message for all of us..... xxxx..
This music is a bittersweet nectar to me these days. On March 26, my Mother would have turned 65, passed away when I was 12; on March 27, my ex-partner, who died in my arms, would be 43 years old, I was 24 (Im now 40). The two were Aries, life has bizarre coincidences. I generally deal well with the concept of life and death but I admit that this week is always strange to me. I do not even say it's sad. it is as if it was a mental blank, an oscillating between apathy and hypersensitivity. I wake up to the date, I spend the day on "suspension" mode and only at night- or the next morning gives me a lump in my throat, no crying, nothing, just a weight within that I can not explain. The two, as well as my niece, were the only people in my life whom I said" I love you ", none, no one has reciprocated to this day. For 363 days of the year this does not seem to matter, only in these two days that vacuum, this cold and unrecoverable distance seems to weigh like a tsunami. And it is at these times that I doubtlessly agree, exceptionally, with my sign and ascendant (Leo with asc Aries), "I will always hold a place for you in my heart", especially for my Mother that I miss and need every second, every step, every day of my whole life. Not all the longing is bad and not every tear is of regret, these are more than anxiety to review and re-embrace.
I'm so sorry ❤️My mother's birthday was on March 26 also she passed when I was 5. This was always her song. Everytime I hear it, it bring up so many emotions.
This song was one I shared with my former boyfriend. We promised to be together one day. He died in January 2017. Always in my heart, Blondie. I love you forever.
I LOVE TRACEY CHAPMAN!! THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND GORGEOUS DIMPLES WARMED MY HEART WHEN SHE HEARD THE RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE!! SO GLAD THAT SHE RECEIVED HER FLOWERS WHILE SHE'S STILL ALIVE!!❤❤🥳
Currently going through the most painful phase in my life right now💔Stuffed with so many thoughts all at once. Lost so much and it’s hurts and it never gets better. And this song keeps me going even though I listen to it with tears each time. It’s soothes the pain🥺
This song speaks volumes about so many situations of life . . . the timing and simplicity of the tune and words are tremendous. Thank you Tracy for this!
I had my son taken away 5 years ago this year and this song has me in tears everytime. Such beautiful lyrics. I love you little riley pop to the stars and back. Your daddy xx
For all of us dealing with long distance, continental and intercontinental relationships, this is for us. A song that captures the depth of a loving heart missing it's love!!!!!
Haven't seen both my parents for over 2 years because of covid, it feels really weird and empty from time to time, definitely makes me look at life and people differently, just wish everyone the best ❤️
In 2011 after living in Canada for a year…I had to return to the UK and left a beautiful, kind woman who I had spent the past year with. We played this song on our last night together and when we said goodbye at the airport gate I wept. A year apart was not easy. But she came to England to be with me and we played the song as she walked down the aisle in 2014. Now it’s 2022 and we are playing the song once again as our two boys play in our home.
I LOVE TRACEY CHAPMAN!! THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND THOSE GORGEOUS DIMPLES WARMED MY HEART WHEN SHE HEARD THE AUDIENCE'S RESPONSE TO HER SONG!! GLAD SHE LIVED TO SEE THE FRUITS OF HER LABOR AND GET HER OVERDUE FLOWERS!!❤❤
I put this song on a break up cd 22 years ago. Recently, we reconnected. I hugged him and everything came flooding back, but time and age has tempered me and i am scared to venture any further. This song broke my heart then and it breaks my heart now
My one true love is far from me Don't know if we will end up with each other but I am grateful for the times we shared together A memory and a feeling money cannot buy..
Someone that I fell in love with recently (last year) dedicated this song to me. I thought he really meant it. & so I replied with Richard Marx's 'Right Here Waiting'. I really thought that he was The One. That God had answered my prayers. We were so in love, confessed about our feelings for one another. Then suddenly without so much of a sign, he ghosted me! He reconnected recently, evrytime I asked him why he did what he did, he avoided the question. Said that he will tell me one day & that 'it was out of his hands'. I wanted closure, but he wasnt giving me one. I still love him, but I'm learning to not getting too attached to him anymore. Learning to let go & move on. It's hard but I dont wanna be with somebody who doesnt wanna be with me. . If we're meant to be, then it will happen. .when d time is right. I know my worth & now Im living my life & not just sitting around moping & waiting for him anymore. .life must go on. .& so it shall 😊❤
