The War On Drugs - Thinking Of A Place [Official Audio] 

fun fact: the first time i heard this song was on a roadtrip along the west coast of ireland on the only channel that had signal. we were all quiet and just listened to it. honestly, that was a feeling i still have no words for.

I was 21 and working as a gardener i a small company, for years people (mostly my some of my teachers at school) told me that i worked to slow to work in a normal company but instead needed to go to a special sort of company for people with a disability. Suprisingly my boss found me that good that he gave me a little second hand company car to do some of his costumers, a few days later i was driving around in that car and then this song pops up on the radio, and i just felt so proud at what i had achieved. Moral of the story never stop believing in yourself. :)

As a truck driver I listen this words and music over and over..........great inspiration, enjoying the loneliness over the road. Thinking of that place!! ✌

I turn 74 tomorrow, a lifetime Dylan fan. I heard The War on Drugs for the first time just the other day. How did I miss them, their earlier albums? Age maybe? Huh? Anyway I heard this song this afternoon and instantly knew it was a GREAT one. Think of it, I have heard and taken in music of all kinds since shortly after WWII, so much water over the dam, in my life, and yet this strikes me as a beautiful, deep song. See it through my eyes. :)

discovered this on my helicopter going home from oil platforn where I work the northern sea, Norway. The cabins mandatory headphones/ear protection and a playlist designed by its own company. flying low over the sea, ascending slowly towards soft blurry white clouds no sun. so trippy, whimsical and marvellous. Had no clue how long it lastet..lost track of time and space after a long nightshift. Too many hours awake, Love at 1st sight. Thanks guys. Bless

This is like Pink Floyd, Dire Straits and Brian Adams mixed into one. What a masterpiece.

I quit my soul sucking job after listening to this song for a couple days. 2nd best decision I've made in my life. Live without fear.

Im truly happy for everyone who found this song during quarantine

This song is hauntingly beautiful. When that harmonica kicks in at 7:35 you melt in your seat. What a timeless masterpiece.

My uncle showed me this. His dad recently died and he told me that he found this song when his dad requested it a few minutes before he died. He remembers the serenity of playing that song in the hospital room, holding his phone up to his dad's ear, one last song before it all goes black. I was sitting outside under the stars when he told me this. Really hit differently.

This song is a journey and a healing for the soul.

People who suffer great pain can be greatly comforted by beautiful music like this. Often I did not understand this well enough for persons I cannot bring back to life now

I just pray to God I meet atleast one person in real life who loves this song and we tell each other our stories attached to this song.

First time you hear this song it hits you like a hurricane.

First heard this song at a bar while waiting for my date (ex girlfriend) to show up. I was completely drawn in to the music structure and melodies. She arrived seconds later after the song started and we had one of the best nights ever talking the night away, having drinks, and laughing. Every time this song comes on I think about that one night last year when I was with her having a great time. It pains my heart whenever I listen to it because I'm reminded of her so much. I miss her.

One of the best songs written during the 2000's. Poor souls to those who will never experience this masterpiece

this song is a beautiful melody, the progression is perfect, provoke in my different sensation, in art , is perfect Greetings from my little country Chile, hidden in a corner of this world, my room ........

Words can't describe how much I love this song. Truly a masterpiece.

I turned 31 years this year in August 25th, on my birthday I woke up at 4am and drove to my favorite beach (Manhattan beach, CA). Upon arriving there I was alone and free from everything and everyone. Ive battled with depression and anxiety all of my life, one of my most recent battles I was facing was my codependency issues people have brought up for me. First time in my life I was okay being my self, by myself. I felt the true understanding of the fear I was being held back from loving the most important person I have in my life and that is myself. This song takes me back to that moment standing there in the waters of the beach finally feeling free and accepting myself. It takes me back to that moment where I wish I could live in forever; that moment.

It was back in Little Bend that I saw you Light was changing on the water Where birds above had flown There was pain in your eyes So you vanished in the night Missouri River in the distance So I lied upon the lawn I remember walking against the darkness of the beach Love is like a ghost in the distance, out of reach Travel through the night 'cause there is no fear Alone but right behind, until I watched you disappear I'm moving through the dark Of a long black night Just moving with the moon And the light it shines And I'm thinking of a place And it feels so very real Just moving through the dark Once I had a dream I was falling from the sky Coming down like running water Passing by myself in light In the morning, I would wake To the sound of someone's voice Like little whispers through the silence I'm moving through the dark Of a long black night I'm looking at the moon And the light it shines But I'm thinking of a place And it feels so very real Oh, sufferer of love Come and take my hand, babe There's a turn in the road that we've been taking Let it set you free 'Cause there's a rhythm in the way that we've been moving Yeah, there's a darkness over there, but we ain't going See it through my eyes Walk me to the water Hold my hand as something turns to me Love me every night Drown me in the water Hold my hand, is something turning me? See it through my eyes Love me like no other And hold my hand as something turns to me And turns me into you Lead me through tonight Pull me from the water Hold my hand as something turns to me Turns me into you Just see it through my eyes Love me like no other Hold my hand as something turns to me Turns me into you Turning me into you

This song is so beautiful. It's that feeling where you're so open and receptive to all the experiences in life (bliss and sadness) that you're on the verge of tears.

11 minutes have never flown by so fast. Mind = blown.

I love how all of the comments are so beautifully written and how much every person who wrote one is in love with this song

this song is an absolute work of art. i'm so glad it's 11 minutes long.

Last weeks of my pregnancy I was listening to this song for hours. Now the baby is one week old and falls asleep in a few minutes when we start this great song :-)

Drowned in the deepest sea of emotions with this song.. worlds can't describe how much I love this healing melody.

This song is so damn good

I'm a grown ass man and cried the first time I heard this.

The War On Drugs produces such soothing music. This is how love should feel.

I just took an 11:12 sentimental journey... "There's a rhythm in the way we've been moving."

2nd October 2024 ... I'm still loving on this tune ...

An ad interrupting the middle of the song is unacceptable

New War On Drugs song??? My plans for the rest of the day just went out the window.

This is one of the best song I've heard in a long time. Brilliant

I just recounted a traumatic childhood experience listening to this song and now I don't know how to feel. What in the actual fuck. This is powerful stuff.

A modern masterpiece, maybe the best song of this long decade, the most emotional and poetic evocation music that I thought it was lost in modern music, this takes you back like 30 40 or 50 years in the greatest years of music. A vibe of Dylan + Van morrison, really special album we have here. The best album of the year and Lost in the dream best of the decade.

I love this song soooo much. I play it and close my eyes in a dark room and the places it takes me are so beautiful. Try it.

One of the best songs ever, what a masterpiece! If you read this comment, I suggest also listening to "Ocean Alley - Partner In Crime" and "Khruangbin - Zionsville"

I love to hear this on the radio when driving to work. Thanks to all the radio stations which have the balls to play real music for 11 minutes :-)

Anytime my depression takes over I listen to this song, a calmness overwhelms my mind. I believe with The War on Drugs and a few other bands I can overtake it. Thank you for creating wonderful music!

My fiancé and I grew up along the Missouri River, and everytime I hear this beautiful song I think of my home, my family, and my love. Its so beautiful it makes me want to cry. Thank you.

The irony is, this song is is addictive, like most drugs.

words simply can't describe how much I love this song, I wish it was 20 mins

What a masterpiece these guys dropped on us. This song gets better every time I listen to it. Eleven minutes of magic.

I have never found a better produced 11 minute song that you can listen on repeat. Everything is just in the right place, this is true art.

dude i fokin cried

3 songs must be play in my funeral1; thinking of a place,2;still corners the trip and hozier take me to church thank you hungry people

remember being a kid and not understanding the grown-up world and riding in the back of my parents car and it was night and the moon smiled at me through the car window. And it would be silent in that car and I would watch that moon follow me through the darkness

Now that is some gorgeous music right there.

"Thinking Of A Place" It was back in Little Bend that I saw you Light was changing on the water Where birds above had flown There was pain in your eyes So you vanished in the night Missouri River in the distance So I lied upon the lawn I remember walking against the darkness of the beach Love is like a ghost in the distance, ever-reached Travel through the night 'cause there is no fear Alone but right behind till I watched you disappear I'm moving through the dark Of a long black night Just moving with the moon And the light it shines And I'm thinking of a place And it feels so very real Just moving through the dark Once I had a dream I was falling from the sky Coming down like running water Passing by myself alight In the morning, I would wake to the sound of someone's voice Like little whispers through the silence I'm moving through the dark Of a long black night And I'm looking at the moon And the light it shines But I'm thinking of a place And it feels so very real Oh, the suffering of love Come and take my hand, babe There's a turn in the road that we've been taking Let it set you free Because there's a rhythm in the way that we've been moving Yeah, there's a darkness over there, but we ain't going See it through through my eyes Walk me to the water Hold my hand as something turns to me Love me every night Drown me in the water Hold my hand as something turning me See it through my eyes Love me like no other And hold my hand as something turns to me And turns me into you Lead me through the night Pull me from the water Hold my hand as something turns to me Turns me into you Just see it through my eyes Love me like no other Hold my hand as something turns to me Turns me into you Turning me Into you

First minute-my ears fell in love, second minute-my soul was lost in the music, then I began crying with wonder, joy, and disbelief. Humans are awesome sometimes arent they?

Best song 2017

Randomly listen this song .now it's my favourite song ❤...like who is listening in 2024 ❤

A song that can make you feel both sad and happy throughout its entirety is something special. Cannot wait for the new album. The War on drugs, you guys are something very special.

11:12 minutes of pure beauty. This is what I want to listen to every night before I sleep and hopefully in my dreams I'll find a happy place, so full of love

One of the few 11 minute songs that I can listen to fully.... and replay a million times.

I've been waiting so long for this moment, and had such high hopes... I have to say, this is by far one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I've heard in years.

The fret-less electric bass, the pedal steel, the Wurlitzer (or Rhodes, can't tell), the greatest snare drum ever recorded in the history of snare drums, the subtle synth, the crispy dry ride cymbal, the sparkling tremolo, THE BRIDGE! , the archetypal - sad, yet somehow uplifting lyrics that we've come to love from Adam, the startlingly pretty outro lick at the end that is saved just for those who listen the whole 11 minutes......marvelous.

This song is such a masterpiece that it will resonate for everyone differently in their own special way. First third of the song takes me back to the unexpected death of my baby son at one week old. Middle third takes me back to the years of grief and pain my wife and I went through after, hoping we'd one day be in a better place again. Last third of the song is the love and joy our one-year-old girl has brought us since.

this is a fucking masterpiece

They decided to go against the current and to me is perfect. A song with more than 11 minutes, on voice appears later than first minute, on calm and silence moments are again in a song, great feeling on voice and melodies. Great Adam.

This is the closest I've ever felt to meditating while listening to a song. I don't know what it is about it, but it just sucks you in and allows your mind to relax while it plays. It's magical.

I stopped writing songs years ago, I guess I grew older and tought there was no point anyomore. When I heard lost in the dream I started writing and recording again because it reminded me how profund and human a simple song can be. Thanks to these guys.

Scary times we’re in right now. This song always brings me peace. I hope everyone reading stays safe.

Reading these beautiful comments, I felt the need to tell mine. So, I just recently graduated and my life had been a rollercoaster. My mom passed away way back 2019 after fighting cancer for 4 years. My dad died last year due to car accident. I was his last backride on his motorcycle, and I still remember that last glance I gave to him after he gave me a ride to the hospital where I practiced my internship as a medtech. People may think I’m coping well with what I’ve been through but every night when I’m alone, I can’t help but feel everything at once and cry silently, hoping that I will have better days ahead and that the hardships I’ve been through were all gonna be worth it. Fast forward, on June 15, I graduated and being awarded as an outstanding medical technology intern in my favorite lab section, hematology. It’s definitely all worth it. And now, I just got hired and will start my job tomorrow. I’m still anxious whenever I think what my future will be. There may be more bad days ahead but good things have been here and will more to come. For whatever it’s worth, I guess the act of being more in the present and just try to live life, is enough :) To mom and pops: Thank you for raising me. Love you both always

driving down the roads in Iceland to this 😍pure bliss

it gives me joy to read these comments of so many people remembering how they listened to this for the first time and experienced losing track of the time. same here. I hadnt expected this coming, it just popped up on youtube sometime late in the evening. I was alone at home, put my headphones on and just danced away in the dark. will never forget.

Everyday I come here to listen this song. It makes me feel something I can't describe. It's magic for me

Guys, you should try playing it 2 times. It literally lasts twice as long.

i found this while in quarantine just now. quarantine is good!

I first clicked on this song thinking "11 minutes, dang... Ok, I'll give it a shot." Within seconds, I completely lost track of time, like a vivid dream that carries you away, and you wish would never end.

What a great song...I am speechless....

I may have teared up while listening to this...

Last year, Nov 5th 20, I was listening to my Dad's funeral songs on RU-vid (6years funeral date) Van Morrison, then THIS SONG randomly started playing... I had never heard this song or of the band before. I can't tell you how POWERFUL IT WAS AND STILL IS. Every beat, sound, word, lyric through to the story of the song and how its power resonated deep. My heart opened wide and the tears flooding by the end of the first verse! But it felt so freeing and loved. I can't put into words how powerful, spiritually connected and healing an experience it was. It felt like he was so present through the whole song/experience. I felt as if I finally mourned for my Dad's loss. I had only found him 4 years prior after 30 years separation and I was heavily pregnant with my daughter when he passed. So this will ALWAYS be a very special song to me. Still makes my hair stand up... Also have a thing with numbers, tgis song is 11:11 long, it first played at 23:23 ❤️👌🏻 For a year now, I feel this band have given me so much more than music but a tool to free/connect/heal. Thank you for the music magic 🙏🏻😊🎶✨❤️

The only problem with this song is that it ends.

this song is simply a tour in Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All my problems just flew away! Thanks for that!

This song is dangerous. As in a good way. It makes you examine where you are in your life and what you are doing. Who and what do you love? How are you finding your way through the dark of a long, black night? “See it through my eyes, love me like no other.” Etc. So many lines that just hit home, hard.

I heard this song for the first time after my boyfriend past away. Music really heals the heart & soul. Still moving through the dark.. but not alone anymore ✨❤️

Still Dylan, ambient and The Boss in the only right combination one could wish for, but once again polished and perfected even more. I'm a fan-boy, with teary eyes, like a teenage girl meeting Justin Beiber :-)

This song will always be my safe place. Thank you, guys ✨

"El deseo constante de morir, y el de seguir resistiendo, sólo eso es amor." Franz Kafka. (Diarios, 1913).

this song is almost painfully beautiful. I almost feel like I experience every emotion listening to it. I feel pure Bliss yet so sad and restrained yet free and grateful yet envious and light yet dark I can't begin to explain how beautiful and amazing this song is I just wish I knew someone in person who appreciates it as much as I do or even just knows about it at all. although it's a great feeling seeing all the comments from people who do appreciate it as much as me with their beautiful stories related to the song.

I'm 25 years old been on my own since I was 17 living on people's couches playing music listening to music and I dream one day I'll be able to write a song as meaningful as this because I love to see people feel music the way I do. With my mental health not being so great and not feeling as whole I hope one day I can be old and know that I did great things in my life and be able live on til I'm sitting on .y front porch in a rocking chair smoking a cigarette drinking coffee and looking back at all the memories that I have with people and know I'm not a bad person I can go on knowing I'm as good as the sound of this band makes

I am 65 and a whole lot of the people I know my age insist there isn't any good music being made anymore, No , they just don't look hard enough. This is a good as anything they were playing when I was in High School.

This is one the most Beautiful songs That i have ever listened. it made me Feel something That i had forgotten some time ago..

This may be the perfect song. The flow and feeling of it brings a lot of emotion to the surface. And don't get me started on the guitar solo, it's from a different time, gorgeous.

this is a journey not a song

this is it folks doesn't get much better

most of us are not in love with the song, we're in love with the place it takes us to

That harmonica invokes a feeling a loneliness and longing for me. It brings tears to my eyes every time.

I discovered this song around the second half of March 2017, my oldest brother just committed suicide and this song crossed my path. "There was pain in your eyes when you vanished in the night, misery river in the distance". It speaks to me this very day and still don't understand why and what for, but it comforts me that thinking of this place takes me to him. Few weeks back, the band played Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and I would have never thought they'd close a 2 hour concert with an 11 minute song. Thanks Adam, you gave me some form of closure and am for ever grateful that you've kept me close to him, thinking of a place where we'd meet again.

Quiero vivir en esta canción ❤

Play this song on the mountain, it's like being in heaven 😊😊

hook it to my veins

that final instrumental jam is pure magic

I must be nuts. I've been working all weekend and have this song on loop. Discovered TWOD by accident a few years ago at Ottawa's City Folk Festival and truly believe that this is not only the best band out there but one of the best songs ever. The depth of their music is unparalleled. Eyes to the Wind was my favourite tune by TWOD until this one! Cannot wait for the album!

The world can't be that a bad place if it offers us such an incredibly beautiful song, can it?

Beautiful...I can imagine a place where i could be in peace.

I was driving through construction zone, irritated, pissed off, then this song played on satellite radio. Suddenly everything was OK, none of the hassles mattered, it was all beautiful. How often does a song do that? Moody Blues, Neil Young, pure inspiration and artistic expression, it's all there.

there are just too many beautiful things in this universe that are just beautiful with no explanation. they are just simply beautiful. this song is an example of that.