Whenever someone likes this comment, I'll come back to listen to this masterpiece

Acoustic versions of songs have a rare uniqueness that resonates with the soul. 💪🔥🔥💯

@gque1685

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah go listen to Jacob Banks (Mercy) on Colors channel

@buzzdriverable

4 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾

@StereoChimps

4 жыл бұрын

yeah man ! i feel the same, im a musician and most of songs sometimes are written from a acustic guitar before the whole produced and mix inside your empty room, so i guess thats what this huge feeling comes from !!

@r-erin2go380

3 жыл бұрын

I always prefer live stripped down acoustic, it resonates like nothing else can. Leon brings me to a different time on this earth and not many musicians do that to me. His soul is in every word, note 🎷🎶🎙 he is HOPE for us all 💜

@RicoG_405

2 жыл бұрын

Anything acoustic from Chris stapelton

Why is everyone sleeping on this? It's a masterpiece, I don't understand how it doesn't have more views.

@ebonywhyte615

4 жыл бұрын

He we're n

@dougmcghee6344

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@buckleybarratt5230

4 жыл бұрын

Yo Sash, we ain't sleepin' on nothin'. Can feel this one down in my bones.

@PanaMaJwaaRd

4 жыл бұрын

Cuz ppl rather listen to lil baby ... “get outta bed when i wake up” ... 🤷🏻‍♂️

@oyelancelot8320

4 жыл бұрын

Not everyone appreciates art in its true form, darling

He makin that sax cryyyy!!! This is a hell of a duet.

Hoping for a life more sweeter Instead I'm just a story repeating Why do I fear with skin dark as night? Can't feel peace with those judging eyes I thought we moved on from the darker days Did the words of the King disappear in the air Like a butterfly? Somebody should hand you a felony 'Cause you stole from me My chance to be Hoping for a life more sweeter Instead I'm just a story repeating Why do I fear with skin dark as night? Can't feel peace with those judging eyes The tears of my Mother rain, rain over me My sisters and my brothers sing, sing over me And I wish I had another day But it's just another day Hoping for a life more sweeter Instead I'm just a story repeating Why do I fear with skin dark as night? Can't feel peace with those judging eyes Hoping for a life more sweeter

@gloriaalee1246

4 жыл бұрын

cassandra didn’t know this was written in response to George Floyd’s murder.

@bluecollar58

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@rafitchaable

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@melissaphillips3088

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. His words are powerful!!

@loraineelliott6100

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Leon is always evolving. He’s brilliant with his words and music. He is so deep.

@amyj.grunder4412

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree! Lived him since River, and his songs are lyrical genius!

@jaydickey1049

2 жыл бұрын

His wonderful voice is otherworldly.....

Damn homie, this song messed me up. Marines don't cry but this song had my eyes sweating a little, respect.

@joselase6894

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't get issued those tears Marine. Pick them up and put them back into your pocket.

@bb5461

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@covenantcounseling4529

3 жыл бұрын

Healing tears!!!

@aaronnichols9444

3 жыл бұрын

Same here man. We just need the enemy to think we don’t cry, empathy and sadness are natural emotions. Embrace them!

@kevinwest7458

3 жыл бұрын

Humans are born to cry.......

Lost a great friend last week and have played this song hundreds of times Ive cried many tears to this song Music heals. Love it.

@TURTLES231

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss

@kathleenpohlman9727

Жыл бұрын

Hope you are healing

@RicoG_405

Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace to your friend man. May we reunite one day with the beautiful souls we lose during this life..

@RicoG_405

Жыл бұрын

dang man i replied to your comment 3 months ago, and now I'm back cause i lost a good friend this week also. Life's a trip man

@user-zz4wj8hq1z

10 ай бұрын

Condolences to you. Stay strong and be encouraged. God got you. 🕊️

When the Sax came in ❤️ there was some comfort I don't know how but yeah and honestly your music Sir is amazing. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦

@rootsdubz

4 жыл бұрын

True, very true. Sax has a certain warmth to it.

@thabisomsimang90

3 жыл бұрын

Haow mkhaya, sisonke kanti la😂 beautiful music this

@tshepomokhadi9052

3 жыл бұрын

It completely summed it up nicely

@nomfundobuthelezi9100

2 жыл бұрын

Just amazing 👏

Music just doesn't get sweeter than this, absolutely transcendent and a pure privilege to get to listen to it.

his voice is so naturally sweet, so unique.

This song is all about Change. Having a burning desire to change for the better but failing due to circumstances. It's a story of most black people all over the world...before we reach our success we have to go through a thorny road while barefooted.

This touched my soul DEEP. Music for the Soul....

@kennygold217

2 жыл бұрын

Me too family like a angel singing to you

This song makes me cry, it's so so powerful

Please God please let everyone understand we're all the same, loving our children , we're all different colours, faiths, one enemy, wake up

Leon I just love you more and more. You’re so beautiful 🌻 and that 🎷 is heavenly. What a gift to the world.

What an amazing performance. Just gorgeous. His voice is like velvet. The sax adds to it so elegantly. There were parts where the saxophone sounded like it was crying. What a beautiful job. 💕

Thank god you’re here Leon!! You’re just what the world needs, some real, soulful, raw amazing talent. Just absolutely out of this world😍

Leon, you captivated my heart when I first heard/saw you at Roots n Blues in Columbia, MO in 2017. This stripped-down version of Sweeter is my favorite. It’s pure, raw emotion and tells the story of the struggle of your people from when the first boatload of your ancestors landed on these shores in 1619. It both breaks my heart and makes me cry, but as a 67 year old white woman who lived in the 60’s during the Civil Rights era, your lyrics and melodic voice inspire me to do more in examining myself, and speaking out against racism wherever I see it. I love the dark as night skin of your people, and I know that your people & people of all colors seek the same things: to love & be loved, to have opportunities to follow whatever paths we choose; to feel valued as individuals and respected for our humanity; to go about our daily lives with no fear, without judging eyes upon us. I am so so sorry for society’s purposeful wrongs done to your people, and also wrongs committed out of plain ignorance. Let justice and freedom ring for us all. Your music is like a healing balm. Thank you!

@valerir.thomas-magee9878

3 жыл бұрын

*crickets*...Shut my ;-D

@pjj.5649

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, 67 and still missing ''the boat'. Who is 'your people'? And who are you in 'the society?'

@gwendolynbailey6247

Жыл бұрын

❤

@wheelrecognizewheelz7667

Жыл бұрын

When I listened to it I thought Is was about a man who committed suicide but is wishing for another day but then again it’s just another day of the same pain he escaped

@mikewilkins2030

Жыл бұрын

Thank you fellow HUMAN! I hope Love stays your abundance!

People who love music, always find the ones who love to make it. This is everything..........

Better than the original. Love hearing more of that Sax!

@ninosimone

2 жыл бұрын

The SAX 🎷 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Close my eyes and listened to this a dozen times. Felt something different each time. Spoken word... Black History....the Blues,,,,the sax and acoustic guitar ... front porch on a hot summer day.... this song and performance is 🔥, in its power and simplicity. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

@user-zz4wj8hq1z

10 ай бұрын

Well said

Everything about this is simply on a different level.

Thank you Bridges and Martin, for such a beautiful performance. Brought tears to my eyes.

@tayloralexander4771

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@heathermaclean6826

2 жыл бұрын

Everytime i ball my eyes out!! He is amazing !thank you!❤

The sax gave me chills throughout the song. Love this so much...

The way that sax is killing me softly. 😭❤️

I listen to this song everyday ... so much so I have fallen in love with the saxophone 😭❤️ ... this is just amazing ... showing love from South Africa 🇿🇦 🇿🇦🇿🇦

This man is beautiful...inside and out. He couldn't hide it if he tried.

He is Legendary! This duet is perfection.

I’m going through the trials and turbulence in life… it’s on repeat! God is my all and my saviour… thank you for this masterpiece it brings me peace and hope, At this dark time that’s all I have to keep pressing on! Mental health sucks! Onwards and upwards 🙏🏽❤️🙌

He is such an amazing artist. I play his music daily. Keep the love alive

I love so much this song, Brazil here! thank you, Leon.

Mmmmm that saxophone 🎷and his voice... This is so peacefully and pure can't stop listening.

This voice, and the acoutic guitar.....I agree with so many others, how is this man not on every front page....simply amazing...

That was beautiful. Thank you Mr. Leon and Mr. Terrance. ❣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❣

Brother Terrace I pray all is well. Love from your lowly Brother. This will be the song they may never know how deep it is. But I do. Salute Family

Didn’t think this could’ve gotten any sweeter, but then the sax came in and my breathe stopped for a few seconds ❤❤

the most soulful spiritually touching song I've heard in a very long time! That one imprinted on the soul!

OMG! HOW MUCH I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE....THIS BEAUTIFUL MAN AND HIS MUSIC!!! YOU, LEON, DESERVE " SIMPLY EVERYTHING"!!!!!💝💝💝

WOW I feel the words as he sings them🙏

This performance put me in an altered state. Just so beautiful.

I love your music always have, always will...play on my friend... you make my world sweeter because of your beautiful voice! Blessing to you forever...Jacqueline

My third rendition of this song i have watch and love all of them individually equal.this one really elevates the message. You are such a Breath of Fresh Air. Brother Terrance Martin, I have Boney James and Gerald Albright on my mind when I listen to you. You are fabulous.

@dxwallace55

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just lucky to have run across Leon Bridges in 2020. The dude is just a breath of fresh air (I was about to type "fresh air to R&B/Soul music", but I gotta refrain from even trying to put this brother in any music genre, would be too confining. Have you seen it's video "Beyond"? So warm and pleasant kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4CEsaWDpqfgY9o.html

Smiled and shook my head the whole time cause wtf how could a song be this beautifull ???? The sax damn near made me cry 🥲🥲🥲 LOVE Leon's voice ❤

Thank you so much Leon Bridges for sharing this other version, and the heartfelt saxophone player in this performance. Such a powerful message of our Black American community! I have been sharing your song yet again just like I did for your first album.

@gwenhargett7685

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much tears flow freely such a heart wrenching song .

@dawgyv72

4 жыл бұрын

why does it always have to be about race...... zzzzzzz

@leavemealone0819

4 жыл бұрын

This is a great message about oppression. Problem is white people think it's just a song. Sad. We need to be better as human beings, that's what we all are at base level, all the same. Long live the words of the king

@connorcascon

2 жыл бұрын

@dawgyv72 did you listen to the lyrics?

Supporting from Mexico 🇲🇽 keep doing your thing sir.

Perfection in every note - best horn playing and harmony ever guys, this is just wonderful

When I listen to this beautiful piece of poetry I envision a man singing his song of regret from beyond the grave. “Hoping for a life more sweeter but right now I’m just a story repeating” I interpret that as hoping that the afterlife is better than this one and how he’s just another human who’s taken his own life. “My sisters and my brothers sing over me” his family sing over his coffin at the funeral and his mother’s cries over it. “Thought I had moved on from the darker days but the words of the long disappear in the air like a butterfly” he found god for a period of time but as his depression crept back in the words of god that gave his strength “disappears i the air like a butterfly”

This song gives me such goosebumps. Wow.

This is stunning! It brings peace, and the harmony is beyond.. Amazing!

I love how this song tells the story from a post life perspective. We tend to listen more to an individual when they are long gone and this song personifies this in an impeccable way. Cheers!

Leon Bridges - Sweeter is the best song of 2020 hands down in tears.

Yessss, sometimes we just want a life that is "sweeter." Nowadays we just have to be thankful for life itself. This song is BEAUTIFUL. They are a perfect combination and brings reality into a sweet melody 🎵🎤🎵🎤😇🙏💖💖💖. I love this song and performance.

I miss the good ole days just like about a decade ago when we heard a lot of acoustic guitar singer songwriter stuff. Now it all sounds manufactured and digital. Amazing saxaphone, wow such warmth. "Warm Audio"

@anonymousmc7727

3 жыл бұрын

There plenty of stuff out there you have to look for it.....you got old and lazy

A masterpiece!

Beautiful voice and song🥺

Wow! this song brought tears to my eyes. So incredibly soothing!!

Wish he could be our secret but the world deserves his soul and embrace to treat their pain the man hits different

My favorite version of the ‘Sweeter’ videos.

I love all of your acoustic, "old school" tunes. Love them.

Loved seeing how his style has evolved over the past few years. The new album is a masterpiece.

when it's nice you play it twice🔥💯

One of my most favorite artists now. He gets my soul❤

I didn't know that I needed this...now i know. This is special.

Not sure why I'm just now seeing this, but man... Leon's voice and that Texas-bred melody, plus the sax and lyrics-- I'm floating and sinking at the same time.

Excellence and pure talent! Music for the soul.

This song is so powerful. Incredible...simply incredible

I been waiting to see him play this song like this since he hit us with the video. Terrace Martin along here is just ...🤦🏾‍♂️. Every live he runs back that “Tears” lil bridge and man ✊🏾

Hits the soul! You can feel the pain in the sax and the voice! IF YOU DISLIKE THIS SONG.. KEEP IT MOVING BACK TO YOUR RALLY 😚

Beautiful.

Thank you!

This song genuinely takes my breath away

That sax player… boy! They both are so talented and did an amazing job!

Absolutely beautiful in so many ways... the melody, the lyrics, and how it flows together so perfectly with the acoustic and saxophone... goosebumps and warms chills. Love this!!!

Love these guys, both class musicians with HEART. Also love that Terrace got himself his own sweatshirt. Bout time bro. Own it ;)

thank you for moving my heart and feeding my Hope today. I will add my Hope to your Hope and my Light to yours and together we can walk a while on this long, long road to a far sweeter time. May we always remember that the path we are walking has been made smoother by the bloodied footsteps of those who have gone before.

What a beautiful song, just saw you sing for the first time at the convention last night, I will keep watching and listening to your music

@annewendler6670

3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique 😍😍

Shared this masterpiece. Damn it, so beautiful. So true to the moment.

I am done. Leon Bridges has graced my ears with music I will hear even when I am not playing it. English falls short as a language because I can't get my heart to write what I feel. I can't wait for the car ride to share this with my friend. Speechless. Love and speechless...

Nothing beats acoustic R and B versions! Nothing! Good to see that there still r and b artists that are also MUSICIANS that play instruments.

What a combo! That dude can make you feel that sax and of course Leon brining it as always. Thanks so much for this!

Leon is so slept on that it saddens me! This music is therapeutic for the soul

You are so great, thank you, your words and sound and voice hit my heart ❤ with beautiful son, beautiful man. No one compares.

Mesmerised and humbled. It's a pleasure listening to this sung poetry. With deference to my late mother-in-law: 'We are people too.' Thank you.

Music is a gift for the soul! This is soul food 👌🏽

I just wanna cry when i hear this song😫 the lyrics are so melancholic and u sing them so beautifully🥺🥺

This is so beautiful 💥💥💥

Also grew up in FW, by McCart&Alta Mesa, then graduated from CHS. Love the old soul vibe and sax accompaniment, great songwriting brother.

This is truly a masterpiece!

This is amazing talent, turn off your radio and bump this shit. Respect to both of these musicians.

He sings to the soul

I am making my way thru the madness and the pain of the aftermath of lives stolen by the monster created by the actions of a poisoned sick mind of racism. Now, again, with these emotional words rewinding on replay in my mind, I understand, even more now, each word, each expressed sound penetrating my soul. LEON BRIDGES ...you wrote this...and still, what is happening and continues...a story repeated....RACISM, it affects us all. Praying for Buffalo, New York and the hope of healing...keep writing and making more than music but sound calling!!!!

Been over a year when my ex and I listened to this together. Now I’m by myself having feelings that wish were gone.

The saxophone 🎷 goes crazy on this 🔥🔥

Just beautiful 🤩🤩🤩

Watching from New Zealand, I can see why you wrote this song. I'm hoping you guys will stay safe.

the difference between life and art is that art is more bearable.

@gabrielpogue6647

4 жыл бұрын

Man

@starac2346

3 жыл бұрын

💯

This man is everything!

Tears are just pouring out of me 😭 there is so much pain in this song 😢💔 why is life so hard sometimes?

I LOVE YOU LEON! ❤😍❤ YOU'RE LITERALLY MY FAVORITE ARTIST! THANK YOU FOR MAKING SUCH BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!❤