I've got to say that all these 5 years this video exists I've been always coming back to it. If someone ask me before I pass away what I want to listen to, I would choose this one. It's definitely one of my favorite videos on RU-vid in general.
Kristian, we might not know each other, or ever meet, but because of this song and others like it that you have made for us, I consider you to be one of my close friends who has been there through many hard things . Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
I can't believe how beautiful this is. I can't believe how talented he is. I've been sitting on my chair for the last fifteen minutes and I don't know what to do anymore.
I'm like the many others who wish this song (and more from this era) made their way into an album. Still....i just told my wife tonight that this is one of my favorite videos in the world! Hope you're doing well, Kristian.
You are magical. I feel a closeness with you and your art that I have not felt before. Thank you for being kind to us all and being selfless. Thank you for your time.
This series is already making my life more full. I think there is something unique in addressing an audience online through videos like these. Some medium perhaps beyond a live show- at least different. Because I have listened to your music, now, at 28 years old, since a young adult, and I feel like there is an augmenting intensity from you, a personal expression, that allows me to comprehend you and relate ever more to your music. I guess it's just nice to see others with the same heavy bulging heart putting it out there in the world. Because I wander, endlessly, I lack a community of artists. I stumble along them on the arbitrary winding path of life, but then I have to always leave and look elsewhere due to my own forever insatiability. So I thank you for giving me a light of community- even if that light is wan, even if it is but a mere youtube video- because it proves that there is someone else out there that feels this heaviness of life, this enormity. -From one 'grain of sand to another
i‘ve been listening to this song an entire year now, since then, when my unborn child died, i find comfort in the beauty and depth that lies in it. it converted sadness into melancholia, melancholia into serenity and then into happiness. your songs are full of authentic, understanding love. they showed me that even if something really bad happens you can still find a way out, if you’re honest and humble with life. thank you kristian for giving me that gift!
It's a late summer night just sitting with a sad friend listening to his troubles and put on this song. Kristian I just would like to thank you for all the beauty you've been sending us in the years. You inspire me everyday. Thank you from the deep of my heart
Thank you for the music Thank you for the moments of beauty in times of chaos it means more to me than I can express in one comment. Your music has been a huge inspiration to me, and I recently got a tallest man on earth tattoo, which I cherish dearly. Thank you
Last year, the beautiful project of songs/videos “Island Songs” by Olafur Arnalds made my month of august special. This year, this project by The Tallest Man on Earth will certainly be the soundtrack to the end of my summer. I listen to it while I look through the window, the summer season slowly starting to fade away here in Canada. Soon the autumn will come. I listen to it while thinking about the girl I secretly have a crush on right now, dreaming of just lying in the grass with her somewhere, talk and get to know her better. All these feelings come together with the feelings of the songs and the videos, and it makes me feel good. If by chance you happen to read this, Kristian, thank you: sometimes we wonder if we make a difference in the world... well your songs and videos truly makes a difference in my life. (p.-s. English is not my first language, so maybe I made some mistakes in my choice of words)
Chords as best I understood E-B-A-E B-C#m-A E B On certain nights A E the ringing in my ears B C#m A louder than the rustle of leaves E B along the path A E but who am I to scare B C#m A and who are you to follow out here? C#m B E A deep in the mile I will walk for you C#m B E deep in the lines of our summer C#m B E A I see the clouds and they seem so young F#m B what wicked mind did set their trails F#m B were they the ones that got away? E B the longest train A E that I ever saw B C#m A but what is in a ticket to move? E B could beauty lie A E in my place of fear B C#m A run and the horizon will too C#m B E A deep in the mile I will walk for you C#m B E deep in the lines of our summer C#m B E A I see the clouds and they seem so young F#m B what wicked mind did set their trails F#m B were they the ones that got away? E-B-A-E B-C#m-A E-B-A-E B-C#m-A B E B you might as well be on my shoulders, I suppose B C#m A B I can pretend I do not see you, and so it goes A B we can talk about just where the clouds are from E-B-A-E B-C#m-A
You're absolutely right. When an artist does something like this it makes them more accessible, making the world feel a little smaller. This makes me feel like our lives are much more connected than we think they are ;) Be kind to each other internet humans.
I wish more people would do this. This is creation right here, the space between spit and polish. This art form fosters such deep engagement with your music. Thank you for undertaking this project.
Sverige i början av sensommaren.. en perfekt dag med blå himmel, fågelsång & lugn över klarblank sjö. Det var på kvällen denna sång kom rullandes över dalälven, vidare ut i evigheten.
The stanza below gave me such intense chills. Kristian, your lyrics are extremely evocative to me. They make me feel so many old feelings I had forgotten, or thought I'd never feel again. "you might as well be on my shoulders, I suppose I can pretend I do not see you, and so it goes we can talk about just where the clouds are from"
Dude, I'm in love with this project! Thank you so muh for sharing these sounds and sights with us, they are very beautiful and inspiring. Can't wait for the next!
The way you've combained your music on different landscapes blows me away. While walking on the shores of the ocean, fishing and watching the setting Sun I've found myself humming your songs. And this is definitely one for the darkening evenings. Thank you!
This makes me feel so at peace... it's so beautiful. I'm having a tough time in my life right now and this gives me something to look forward to. Thank you for sharing this.
Both songs that you've released through this project are so beautiful. It seems like the freedom of not having to release these as polished records allows your creativity to flow even more.
Not sure if we have any affect in expressing your usefulness to us in a way that impacts you! but you truly have a way of touching and inspiring a primal moral instinct to simplify what is real in life and to keep striving to see yourself! Love this new direction! Thanks for sharing yourself with us!
"i see the clouds and they seem so young what wicked mind did set their trails were they the ones that got away?" favorite line. so so thought provoking for me. i love this series!
We need more grains of sand like you, to make us (other grains of sands) feel. To encourage us to express, to live, to love. Thank you for sharing your life, your music. Thank you so much for creating your music, it really does transcend.
How to stand so much beauty in these videos... I don't know how to manage it. Your music is like the calm on a nice night out there in the dark nothingness and the everything. I love it, thank you.
Wow. These videos give me that moment of peace-the one Kristian described-that moment of awe when the sun gleams in your eyes a certain way, and it feels like life is happening in real time. If the point of art is to replicate those feelings of awe that we get from life and the world, than Kristian is succeeding.
You're so talented....really, ive got no words just admiration. I can honestly say you're my favorite music artist... Have been for years and probably always will be :') ❤
These videos are just perfect. Every angle and shot so thoughtfully done. The music is just wonderful. I just find myself absolutely silent, staring at them when very few things on the internet ever warrant that sort of reaction. Keep them coming and make a dvd of all these at some point, so we can all keep them forever.
On point my friend! Great song and message! It kind of fits my current path. Riding the process of life, I've worked until I've become good at what I do, then I married a like minded person who satisfies my need for companionship. We have two children together and move far away to brighten their futures. We lived in the second fastest growing city in America and lived fast. It was a little overwhelming, until we decided to slow down move across central Texas to the lost pines where we have slowed our living. I the country, hidden in the light that breaks through the shadows of the trees. We sit back now like ghosts and enjoy each other to the fullest. Just like it was always supposed to be. Can't wait until your next episode! Keep it up!
Everytime I visit your new The Light in Demos videos, a whole new bubble just wraps me up, making me feel safe while I indulge in a moment of clarity and serenity for a moment.. They are inspirational and calming, Kristian. Big love from me! Keep it up!
Love this, i relate so much to that "way in." As i'm trying to write and finish more songs myself, that initial spark is sometimes hard to grasp, and sometimes i overthink it so much that an abrupt return to simplicity is the only way to start. Can't wait for the next ep, Kristian :)
If I ever find my mind in a weird place, I listen to the first 50 seconds of this video. That seems to clear things up for me. If anything has ever made me feel deeply, it was this. Don't know why, it just did.
You seem very introspective, a trait that's admirable, and one I try to hone myself while studying philosophy. Music, especially lyrically interesting music like yours, is sometimes a way for me to disentangle the vines in my mind and explore a more clear and open path. Thanks for your music. It's very soothing when I find myself needing to search for personal catharsis.
I look forward to these. I love how complex your simplicity is, to me anyway. Only complaint, make longer VLOG type videos? Im sure Im not the only one who wants a deeper glimpse into the mind of TTMOE.
Kristian, I love these new videos. They're so inspiring and refreshing! We get to experience a new depth of insight into to your work, with your serene cinematography offering a peek into your beautiful visual & musical landscape. Thank you, and looking forward to the next! Also, your Royal Albert Hall gig last year was, put simply, THE BEST!
I really like these videos, the atmosphere is really cozy and warm. It makes me feel good and I seem to escape from where I am to go into a different place. Your songs seems to have this particular effect on me and I'm really glad to have discovered you at Pukkelpop some years ago.
I know he writes most of his songs on guitar, and they're all amazing, but for some reason (and maybe cause I play piano myself) the songs he writes on piano affect me in a special way
