"If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me." W.H. Auden

@fatoufrancescambow5876

3 ай бұрын

🧡

@Wyoming_Life

2 ай бұрын

Me googling WH Auden

@michaelwalsh9046

Ай бұрын

❤

My brother used to play this on my mums grand piano and it would fill the house. I always thought it was beautiful but I hadn’t appreciated it fully until the last few years. After he passed I learned a simplified version (that I don’t have to stretch for) and it’s taken me back to this video so many damn times. Miss you bro x

@ElizabethDZapata

Ай бұрын

I miss my brother too, music was something we shared a deep love for.

My daughter passed in December-the most sensitive person you could imagine, her love, the deepest I’ve ever experienced - this was her favorite song. The world lost a living Angel - should’ve known….

@Raybee100

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss 💗💗

@inmyfeels4028

Жыл бұрын

💔💔💔💔

@barbarafrances5130

Жыл бұрын

@@Raybee100 thank you 💔

@MONTOYARECORDS420

6 ай бұрын

i'm so sorry

@84Victorious

4 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss, I can't even begin to imagine the pain. I keep you in my prayers.

He left me three weeks ago, im 5 months pregnant. The grief during this time is undescribable. Ive listened to bon iver for 10 years and somehow never heard this song yet.. what a beautiful time to hear this song for the first time

@jakesommer8321

2 ай бұрын

Hope you know that you are loved… and know that the pain you feel is nothing compared to the love you will have for your child.

@hallo7475

Ай бұрын

wishing you the best! :(

@Chlouless

Ай бұрын

Time to shine

@itsnotshaniece

2 күн бұрын

you deserve & are worthy of love. you are a strong human. keep going lovely, it will all be worth it in the end 🖤 :)

this version will never be topped

@keithtgibsonful

4 жыл бұрын

You need to listen to Bonnie Raitt's original and also Paul Carrack. This is good but not a patch on the two that I have mentioned. Enjoy

@AndreEST

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, you're right!!! Pauls' is also incredible!!!

@87beaned

3 жыл бұрын

George Michael beats anyone

@Username-ww2cd

3 жыл бұрын

I love this version but I prefer George Michael's much more - as well as Teddy Swim's amazing cover, you should check it out

@barbarapybus5660

3 жыл бұрын

There are some really great versions out there - can we just agree that, without needing to decide which is best. Three weeks later ... I’m absolutely slayed by George Michael’s version. And now I’ve found one by Justin and Sean Carey which is pretty special.

I'm MJ and I'm an alcoholic. I've been listening to Bon Iver/Justin for years. He's got me through some tough times. This song resonates with me so hard because I've lost so many potential great relationships due to my drinking. But I'm glad they each saw their worth and left me for something better. I don't wish this pain to anyone. They deserved better, and I'm hoping they did. Sometimes, I wish I was worth loving in spite of my faults. But it's not easy loving someone like me. I just want you to know if you find this and i have loved you, please know that I still do...with all my broken heart.

@DUBHGEAL

9 ай бұрын

❤

@MONTOYARECORDS420

6 ай бұрын

that's my life too brother

@jasminemoorehead9710

4 ай бұрын

I haven’t dated you but I have dated you. It is heartbreaking on this end too. Your alcoholism robbed both of us of a beautiful relationship. It’s not so easy to leave someone behind.

@jasminemoorehead9710

4 ай бұрын

I see how this song could work both ways. In the end I want to say I found love darling love in the Nick of time. I love this singer. I have listened to this song so many times. If it were a CD it wouldn’t work anymore. I also love Skinny love.

@jasminemoorehead9710

4 ай бұрын

You also have to listen to Lonesome by Evan Bartels. I think you will identify with it.

Been in love with a guy for about 5 yrs… or crushing on him at the very least. Only saw him once a month cus we were going to the same charity meetings but looked forward to every single one. We seemed to have a connection - he was a lovely, kind human being. finally summoned up the courage to ask him out for a coffee (after surviving covid) and he said he doesn’t like hot drinks. Then I asked him out (OUT) and he said he “wasn’t expecting that and was hoping to just stay friends”… oof. I thought I had given a few hints like texting him ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ followed by a Jim & Pam meme and Xxxxxs but I guess he doesn’t watch the Office. I love you, you beautiful human being. I’m the Jim in this equation and he’s my Pam, except in this version Pam is not interested and Jim got no real closure. I hope someone sees this and that it makes them laugh/cry ahah. Yours sincerely, future cat lady xoxo

@trowdwp

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to read this. Love hits when least expected. At 19 I was alone, stopped worrying about it and then things changed

@andybowlcutneill2930

2 жыл бұрын

Love finds you when you least expect it and hits in the best way! This was your trial run for the real thing that's around the corner :)

@dumena

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good story and you told it well. You have a fine sense of humor. Pam however seems to me incredibly awkward. I mean..."I don't like hot drinks?" That's like the lamest reply since..."No thank you Eve, but I don't feel like eating an apple just now, I've just brushed my teeth". Come ON, where would we all be if it had gone that way then? I hope these past five years, one wasted on Covid anyway, have taught you that life is SHORT. You should spend it loving and being loved. You have the guts for loving someone, you lucky woman with the fine sense of humor (dear me, that's already TWO gorgeous things about you: a fine sense of humor and the ability to love). Stop searching and have a wonderful man find you. He'll be lucky and I bet there'll be a lot of joy for the two of you. Don't mind the pain. The cat can wait til you're eighty-five.

@TheUnboxerable

2 жыл бұрын

Your Jim is out there.

@jughead390

2 жыл бұрын

@@dumena Adam should have done that. We'd all be living in paradise. Restraint is the parent of civility.

Those first few piano keys hit me every time

I was in love with my guy bestfriend when i was in highschool but i never told him because i didn’t wanna ruin our friendship ! I regret it because now it’s been 7 years since he passed away and i miss him so much ! He was such a pure human being ,the most beautiful soul i have ever met… today i’m 27 years old and still can’t get over him , over our friendship It kills me to say that i lost my soulmate and my bestfriend ! I will always keep our memories together in a special place in my heart… and i will always remember you, my dearest friend !

Four days ago my partner of 6 years told me that she doesn't love me anymore... I never expected anything like that and it shattered my world. never felt anything like that... I've known and loved this song for so many years but only now I can really understand the words and pain Bon Iver is describing. Eventually even the worst pain will slowly fade, but at the moment fully submerging into that pain is my way to go. It's better to feel pain than nothing at all.

@michaellukic3755

Жыл бұрын

Keep your chin up 🤗

@ooglibooboo5213

Жыл бұрын

that sucks

@rakanal-qasim3197

Жыл бұрын

your love for yourself is what matters now. heal and rediscover yourself at your own pace.

@leogirl2985

Жыл бұрын

It will pass eventually . Stay strong my dear friend ❤️❤️

@familyvlogsellieneavejackb3251

Жыл бұрын

And I am having to let someone go I love so much and was my first love and then met up again 3 years ago but it’s been a very rocky road and I have been so ill and had strokes now and have so much wrong with me and he can’t cope with it all and I know doesn’t love me enough so in need to let him go and that’s one of the hardest things I have had to do and I want him to go and be happy x

KZread suggested this literally the day after my wife told me in couples counseling that she’s done. I said I was putting my foot down and I wanted to fight…and she cut me off “No. I said I’m not feeling those feelings for you”. Nothing to do after someone says that. So I leaned into…I listened to this song all day and sobbed.

@fatoufrancescambow5876

3 ай бұрын

🩵

@hasanmehmet6087

Ай бұрын

Hope life is treating you abit better now xx

Turn down the lights Turn down the bed Turn down these voices inside my head Lay down with me Tell me no lies Just hold me close, don't patronize Don't patronize me 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't I'll close my eyes, then I won't see The love you don't feel when you're holding me Morning will come and I'll do what's right Just give me till then to give up this fight And I will give up this fight 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't

@elisev.o.1765

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@sandrasousa7734

2 жыл бұрын

It's said that music finds you at the right moment. I need this. Gonna sing it to him today. And hope he makes me stay. Thank you 💙

@laurenrees1920

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandrasousa7734 did he?

@sandrasousa7734

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenrees1920 he did 💚

@peterdoherty8518

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

Confession: Ive listened to this on loop for three days straight at work. not ever joking. it helped me process some of the most difficult chapters in my life.

@3DCGdesign

2 жыл бұрын

Careful- when I did the same I nearly left everything and everyone I loved.

@TheJoestewart

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you're doing better now

@feedapony

2 жыл бұрын

Hope your doing well brother

@jojolostie

Жыл бұрын

Listen to Bonnie Rait's version. Also wonderful.

@pedrogaio8182

Жыл бұрын

I hope you're in a better place, man

Thank you for putting this up. Was heartbroken when they took the video down. I completely LOVE this version of the song. Love Justin’s voice x

@PartialS

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. I'd regularly find it during late nights. It was a reliable, whether I needed to cry, or just needed to listen to something beautiful, or both. When it disappeared I searched for hours trying to find it.

@jakemisselbrook5001

4 жыл бұрын

Yes me too as its mine and my girlfriends song or my song to her just before we actually went into our relationship. I can remember playing it on KZread and my eyes just started welling up with tears then her just holding me and us both sobbing and her saying "why do you always play sad music like this" I express myself with music so I listen to songs of how I'm feeling.

@beckiizZ007

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this, means very much to me and have been missing it for years

@harrywestlake8789

3 жыл бұрын

Why they take it down

@harrywestlake8789

3 жыл бұрын

Jake Misselbrook it’s okay bro

This song was my gateway drug to Bon Iver, and I'm so glad for it.

@johnpauldickinson8509

3 жыл бұрын

Snap

@Kenny-dv8tm

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@paulbrimelow9200

8 ай бұрын

Same here🙏

A few people have commented this but my many thanks for re-upping this. I really missed it!

Used to listen to this when mum threw me out regularly in my teens. Bonded with a girl over it, was our song till she cheated on me when we did long distance. This version is a part of me but it will eternally be bitter sweet.

@MrYorickJenkins

4 жыл бұрын

"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"

@fatboy_notsoslim6582

3 жыл бұрын

4 years of love, 4 years later i still can't listern to certain songs

@niallcloherty9306

3 жыл бұрын

Get over she has and just enjoy the raw talent of this guys voice

Nothing can prepared you for a long conversation with someone, who doesn't really care, really doesn't know what empathy feels like or really loves you.

@pepperjanehq

Жыл бұрын

this is such a lyric

Thank you for putting it back up, have been discovering Bon IVer and all he has done solo and collaboratively, what a muscian sense of storytelling through his delivery of a song, his or others.

This song is truly a work of art.... Like it puts into words so perfectly what I often feel time and again when I have fallen in love. If you ever love someone who loves you back consider yourself blessed. Not everyone is as fortunate.

@remuslaurentius535

10 ай бұрын

"... If you're in love, then you're the lucky one. 'Cause most of us are bitter over someone..." - Daughter (Youth)

@Linkest

4 ай бұрын

Truth

Thank you for re-uploading this :)

Our saviour thanks

@greghelm843

3 жыл бұрын

I always really struggle to find this version. I don't know why it's absolutely beautiful

@seagulls566

3 жыл бұрын

@@greghelm843 the video used to work but got removed for legal reasons , absolutely love this version the video is on Vimeo.

@barbarapybus5660

3 жыл бұрын

George Michael’s and Tank’s versions are pretty special too.

@andytaylor248

3 жыл бұрын

The one in "Live at air studios" is better

@barbarapybus5660

3 жыл бұрын

@@andytaylor248 Is that the one with Sean Carey? Very lovely too!

That one song, that no matter what.... Will always remind you of what could have been if only you'd have tried. But, I can't make you love me if you don't! Truest of words.

“Morning will come, and I’ll do what’s right; just give me til then to give up this fight - I will give up this fight.” One of the most beautiful songs ever written 😭😭😭

It reminds me of my true first Love. Many nights in tears have passed by, new loves, an happy marriage and a beutiful kid. But still, this one sounds of him to me, and i think that not only this is beautiful, but also super healthy and healing.

this song saved my life. Thank you, dear Bon Iver

@bugsandflowers7807

2 жыл бұрын

Its not his song. But he has a great version of it yeah

@AdamOwenBrowning

Жыл бұрын

you saved yourself. have faith in yourself!

When my Gran died I found this song and listened to it over and over again as the voice, melody and raw emotion summed up what I was feeling. It’s indescribable the power that art has, and this is one of those pieces.

@jamesgoldsmith5360

3 жыл бұрын

My nan very recently passed and I came to find this.

@tac08826

Жыл бұрын

May I suggest Charles Bradley - Changes. It's a beautiful cover, a song I listened to on repeat after my Gran died. Very powerful.

@ionlywannawatchstuff

Жыл бұрын

Your gram probably died with you in her heart, and where ever she is in the infinite cosmos she’s more than likely carrying a piece of you with her until you meet again

@JohannSebastianWainwright

3 ай бұрын

Try Vulfpeck - Grandma

Thank You Victor this was my song when my mum passed, it’s 11 in the am I’m crying beyond belief, but in a good way I’ve been searching for at least 6 months, so thanks again what a gift my friend you will never know x

@leahsilverstein

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss joe ❤️❤️ stay strong

@joethepope3

3 жыл бұрын

@@leahsilverstein I’m fine but thanks x

@GingerbreadGirl1983

2 жыл бұрын

In 2 week its been 18 years without my mum I miss her so so much

@joethepope3

2 жыл бұрын

@@GingerbreadGirl1983 yeah I know it’s supposed to get easier with time and I think it has for me although I feel great sadness is balanced with great memories of joy in my life because she was a remarkable woman that still gives me strength x

I spent months distraught and broken looking for this version. You are a saviour

@sakshiwadhwa8868

2 жыл бұрын

Why it is was taken down? I don't know the background story.

@ingejustavanderhelm5208

2 жыл бұрын

@@sakshiwadhwa8868 Probably by the record company.

@MaryCarolineColeman-gf7tt

4 ай бұрын

❤

i still remember his moves over the piano though, the video was also touching, but this version is sick in every single way possible, thank you

@nawtyurbzniis6134

Жыл бұрын

Check this out... kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2eKzMN8qZjNk84.html

@joiis

Жыл бұрын

I cant understand why it was taken down. Its truly one of the most beutifulles songs i have ever heard

And just when you need it, it’s back 🙌🏻

@gemmagaliffa9749

4 жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

I think given this song is so difficult to get a medium to listen to makes it even more unique and why I've no doubt in a decade's time folk will still be listening to this....

After barely even hugging a female for the last 8 years.. This shit hits hard.. But it's more important to be happy in your own company, we don't truly need anyone else- just sometimes it would be nice 😊

@canbo6064

Жыл бұрын

i feel you. eventually "the one" will find you brother, just keep doing your business and one day you will come across her 🙏🏼

So immensely glad I could download the video when it was still here. As historian, I'm still thinking that one day, the first decades of internet will be considered as period of a huge loss of written sourcess. Everything is online in the cloud until...

Brings me to tears every time but I absolutely love this version ❤ gutted when Spotify removed it! Hits hard like my throats closing up every time, his emotion is obscenely transparent you can hear how hurt he sounds 💔

@sharonborley5408

2 жыл бұрын

i know ive only just discovered Bon Iver after tracing back the origins of Skinny Love....and it took that song to awhole new level for me... as skinny love was a staple when my nephew was so ill and now i know this extraordinary singer songwriter and thats an unexpected blessing .Isnt he so heartfelt and brave about sharing it. i understand your tears louise thats what music is about in the end ... moving someone completely with your truth😌😌😌

@fuckwittiy

4 ай бұрын

It truly does... what a wonderful experience!

I haven't listened to this in ages. It's strange that I should stumble across it now - it's rather apt for this period of my life. Thank you for posting it💚

@andrewhersey5624

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I’m going to see Bon Iver tonight for the first time. Hopefully he plays this song on repeat. Cheers!

This is a beautiful Bonnie Raitt cover. First time hearing this. Piano is to die for

This song touches in a way nothing else can, beautiful ❤

One of the saddest songs I've ever heard!

@gunvaldgunvaldson8216

Жыл бұрын

I love this song, although it´s very sad

Thank you so much for putting it back up. This is one of my fav songs in this specific version, and I could not listen to it had a few months. it was on my fav youtube videos playlist :) Made my year.

This version is so good, this piano sounds just like the one my grandpa used to have, very special.

An interesting fact about this version is it that it's still on KZread but since that EU law came in last year, it is unavailable in a lot of country's. If you use a VPN you can still find the video in KZread given you set your location to the right country (I don't know what country's it works in unfortunately) I can't thank you enjoy for the reupload though since I personally don't have a VPN on my phone, where I listen to most of my music :)

@davidblaine4real

4 жыл бұрын

vimeo.com/25446572

@bmg2507

3 жыл бұрын

The other video with this exact song with video of the sea works in the UK

@greysalt3792

3 жыл бұрын

@@bmg2507 it's not the same without the video though :(

@NicheUpdates

3 жыл бұрын

Daichi Brands thank u so much for this

@wittywilf

3 жыл бұрын

@Chris Leggat So does the US

This hits so hard. It's the song of the worst heartbreak I ever had back in 2012 (but it lastet soo long). I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power but you don't...no you don't" and "I close my eyes, then I don't see the love you don't feel when you're holding me" - it was like these words were just written for my situation (he who just wanted to be friends with benefits and I was so in love).

This song holds so much memories of you. I still miss you. Even after al this time

I keep coming here every single week. Thank you

Thee best and most heartbreaking version of this song, so raw and you can feel every single word 💜🤍

thanks so much ! I was looking for that specific version from Bon Iver, which is perfection to me. Bon Iver you rock !

I did not know this version was ever taken down? Been a minute but this song unfiltered with his every breath to each note. That raw sounding emotion trumps any recorded filtered crap in a studio 10 out of 10 😍

This cover means everything to me. Thank you for uploading this.

@ooglibooboo5213

Жыл бұрын

no problem

@andreahooper80

5 ай бұрын

From one hooper to another 😊

This is the best version of this song. His voice ❤ it really conveys the feeling of the lyrics

Sad times when things like this come down. Would happily pay to see and listen

This is the best and only version I’m able to hear…. It’s prefect in every sense…. Thanks for the upload ❤

watching this video and thinking/questioning/contemplating out loud: Do I feel worthy of receiving a partner? Do I feel worthy of being seen, loved, respected, desired? Do I love, see, respect and desire myself? What is my belief system about men? About women? How are men in my world? How do I perceive them? How about women? What is my belief system about myself? How do I carry myself in this world? How do I perceive myself? What have my parents taught me about relationships? What stories have I adopted as my own, about relationships?

I don’t even have a broken heart currently, this cover almost makes me wish I did. It still makes me cry like a baby. One of my favourite covers of all time. Magnificent.

Still here in 2021. This version is just, well... 💙

I’m beyond happy this is back. It’s perfect.

As I stare at this hotel cealling, I'm reminded of the subtle sweetness that follows sadness. Thank you Bon Iver. Thank you.

Absolute Quality.. Thank you .

The original song was my parents song. I had them listen to this rendition and now this is their song. And my song as well, to an extent.

ITS BACK!!! Forever in debt my man!! Thank you so much

thank you so much for putting back up this is one of the most beautiful works of art ever. Much love x

Thank you for bringing this back, I love this version with Justin's vocals

My Partner and I are listening to this right now.. Dunno, its just really nice to have somebody to share this experience with.... 😪

Lyrics da ne trazis Turn down the lights Turn down the bed Turn down these voices inside my head Lay down with me Tell me no lies Just hold me close, don't patronize Don't patronize me 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't I'll close my eyes, then I won't see The love you don't feel when you're holding me Morning will come and I'll do what's right Just give me till then to give up this fight And I will give up this fight 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't

@piiirke

3 жыл бұрын

hvala druze

I can't make you love me if you dont... Can we alle agree it hurts as hell when you think you found someone special and they were not

@sophieeel4478

3 жыл бұрын

he doesn't like me anymore :(

@ParanoidParkProject

3 жыл бұрын

@@sophieeel4478 Sorry to hear it. But take it from someone experienced. Move on. There'll be lots of guys who wants you

Been alone for 10 years. Finally met a girl that made me feel again. Seemed things were going alright. Stuff happened and i had to move. She said she just wanted to be friends. I love and hate her for making me feel again. Such is life, i hope everyone finds someone eventually

Such a jam this tune.....gives me the feels evertime 😊

Gorgeous lyrics and something close to perfection when you have love and lost. Truly heartbreaking

so happy you added this back up. Best version, so beautiful

Exquisite song, voice, tempo. Soulful and heartfelt right to core. Thank you for sharing such beauty ❤️

Awesome thank you, I also love it so much and just saw here that you have been uploading it again. How precious music is! Irresistible and irreplaceable!

Thank you so much. This version has a lot of sentimental value to me. 💙

i was missing it a lot, thank you!

I just got goosebumps when i listen to this version. Love it

Everytime I hear this intro, I yearn to sit down at my dear old freinds, the ebonys and ivorys and have a little plinky plonk myself. Such a beautiful recording of a lovely sounding piano. I'm sure any fellow player can relate.

this version can’t be stopped! thank you m8

Such a beautiful cover .. heartfelt..thank you for posting. 💚

always coming back to this song

Beautiful! The emotions shiver down my spine.

Simply beautiful. Enough said

I am so glad this is back!! It crushed mr when it was una unavailable in my country! I could only listen when I eas travelling !

This song still giving me LIVE after so many years listening

Thank you for putting this up - I really missed it.

Thank you I been looking for this masterpiece for a long time 😭😭

Best version I've ever heard! ❤

❤ enjoying this rendition of this beautiful song

Cuts deep this one, everyone can relate.

If they delete it just keep adding it over and over! Never give up :) Thanks for bringing back this gem on KZread

best version of all time.

Thank you for bringing this back

Ahhhhhhhh glad we get to have the audio back at least, but the video itself was pretty intense

"Just give me till then to give up this fight" Oh, this is heartbroken 😢

Thank you for this post! I am a regular listener of this classic!

My soul expands for seconds

There are few things that soothe my heart and mind like this song. thanks for the reupload - I panicked when it disappeared

Thank you so much for putting this up❤❤❤

This version is a hundred million times better than the original song. So much more emotion.

If ever there was a case for perfection, this is its defence. Bravo that man ❤️

thank youuuu!! can't believe the video was deleted :(

Thank god this is back