Plain White T's - The Giving Tree (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Music video by Plain White T's performing The Giving Tree. (C) 2013 Hollywood Records, Inc.
One of the best songs that never went "viral" it's one of my favorites
You are absolutely right. It is definitely underrated.
😳 hi Lonnie
@@altheamaemorales4 maybe check out some of these:
* SoKo - First Love Never Die
* Tom Rosenthal - Go Solo
* Langhorne Slim - For a Little While
* Vandaveer - Spite
* Keaton Henson - Small Hands
* Low Roar - Nobody Loves Me Like You
* Ane Brune - The Dancer
* José González - Stay Alive
* Kaleo - Vor í Vaglaskógi
* ajj - Linda Ronstadt
* The Antlers - Kettering
* Alexander - Glimpses
* Joshua Radin - Winter
* Lord Huron - Lullaby
* Crywank - It Was a Swift Not a Swallow (I Never Listen)
* Cosmo Sheldrake - Pelicans We
* Made in Heights - Murakami
* Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times
* alt-J - Pusher
* Beirut - Port of Call
* Billy Joel - Tomorrow Is Today
* Son Lux - Yesterday's Wake
* Woodkid - Wasteland
* CocoRosie - Lemonade
* Dead Man's Bones - In the Room Where You Sleep
* Bon Iver - iMi
* Timber Timbre - Demon Host
* The Cat Empire - Song for Elias
* Syd Matters - Cloudflakes
* Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage
wow
Me too. This is a very emotional song that a lot of people need to hear. It has a special place in my heart.
This song is so underrated, with a very important and powerful message. If you give too much of yourself to the wrong people, you'll end up giving everything away. It's important to know you should give to yourself too. For you are just as valuable.
It's a fine and difficult line.
@@Nephertiti1 But one you are able to make out the more you try.
This is one of the most neglected great songs of all time.
yup
I am so sad about that!
Jacob Stringham so true.
Jacob Stringham i
Omg it's Jacob startouris
This song has so much meaning and depth behind it, I wish the Plain White T's got more recognition for their incredible music and songwriting!
true true
Sarah O i agreed
most of the lyrics are from the book, btw
They did not write this
@Nhân Trần Trọng "Hey there, Delilah" was unbelievable popular years ago.
This is the kinda song that just tears you apart.
Whoever wrote this must really have been hurting.
Ik but do you think he's still with Delilah?! Lol
That wasn't TL. That was TH.
+ICraftMadness he never was with deliah
A member in the band wrote it about an ex of his.
Well I'm sure, because I've felt the same pain before.
The book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein is such a sad book, so deep, especially for what's supposed to be a child's book.
I read it to my 9 year old daughter and told her the moral of the story is that in a relationship, in ANY relationship, if all you do is give, and all the other person does is take then that's NOT a relationship. smh
Jennifer Turkette my favorite book as a kid
PamMommaWolf2012 mine too! made an everlasting impression on me and so I bought it for my son:)
MEL I know right I got it for my son too
Leeman Thomas well, both parties are supposed to give.
Jennifer Turkette rrttytygtt
This song is just timeless. One of those songs that feels like it's been around forever even though it's not even a decade old yet. Simple and honest melodic perfection.
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The Giving Tree was is my favorite children's book from when I was a kid. Now at 33 years old, it makes me a little emotional. It's such a sad and sweet story.
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WHy isn't this as popular as it should be?
I think like u ı don't know why it's a very good song
In a way, it's better this way..kinda like diamonds you know? Rare but beautiful when you found one.
Yeah I can see it that way.... Because once it does become popular it could be over played and then people would just get bored of it too fast...
Yeah, bored, overplayed and it won't feel that special to you because almost everbody's listening to it and you hear it everywhere. It's better when the song get's kinda old when YOU overplay it and not the radio because you can reach for it again, in the right time and it'll feel kinda new in a way. Dunno, it's just better this way.
Yeah but not as much as many other popular songs...They AT LEAST have 1,000,000... But that's alright....WE concluded that its nice to have a secret song :)
lyrics -
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
No shade to crawl in underneath
I've got scars from a pocket knife
Where you carved your heart into me
If all you wanted was love
Why would you use me up
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
Whose covers you're between
And it's sad laying in his bed
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
If all you wanted was love
Why would you use me up
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Well, I see a trail that starts
A line of broken hearts behind you
That lead you back to me
The once sad and lonely fool
With nothing left but roots to show, oh
If all you wanted was love
Why would you use me up
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Amazing lyrics
I want to ask why this band is soo underrated because it makes soooooo good songs and music..... It needs more appreciation
This song help me get through the hardest breakup of my life. I would listen to it once a week. For a long time it was torture but as time went on the pain faded until one day I listen to the song with no pain or regret. I'm very grateful for the person that wrote this in the band that sings it and I hope it will help somebody else get through a time in their life get me otherwise seem like it will never end.
It helped me through a few hard breakups too I know how you feel this song is amazing
i am listening now because this is a real bad one for me
One thing I have learned from this song is that I will never actually be over her.
From 2005's "Hey there delilah" to here. Wow what a change :O From when i was a kid listening to that to now to me listening to this.
You still are a kid
oh ok ...
oh ok LOL
Ikr
oh ok huh i guess 26 years old is still a kid
I'm in Rochford where we tried to save a 150 year old English Oak tree, right outside the gates of two primary schools. the council decided it was worthless because they just want money. 😥 They destroyed it so they could build a 3 lane junction and a massive new housing estate. 😥 This lovely song really gets me now. We are devastated. 😥
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Once there was a tree....
and she loved a little boy.
And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves
and make them into crowns
and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk
and swing from her branches
and eat apples.
And they would play hide-and-go-seek. And when he was tired,
he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree....
very much.
And the tree was happy.
But time went by.
And the boy grew older.
And the tree was often alone. Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said, "Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be happy."
"I am too big to climb and play" said the boy.
"I want to buy things and have fun.
I want some money?"
"I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I have no money.
I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy."
And so the boy climbed up the
tree and gathered her apples
and carried them away.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time.... and the tree was sad.
And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy
and she said, "Come, Boy, climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and be happy." "I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy. "I want a house to keep me warm," he said. "I want a wife and I want children,
and so I need a house.
Can you give me a house ?"
" I have no house," said the tree.
"The forest is my house,
but you may cut off
my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy." And so the boy cut off her branches and carried them away
to build his house.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time. And when he came back,
the tree was so happy
she could hardly speak.
"Come, Boy," she whispered, "come and play."
"I am too old and sad to play,"
said the boy.
"I want a boat that will
take me far away from here.
Can you give me a boat?"
"Cut down my trunk
and make a boat," said the tree. "Then you can sail away...
and be happy."
And so the boy cut down her trunk and made a boat and sailed away. And the tree was happy
... but not really. And after a long time
the boy came back again.
"I am sorry, Boy,"
said the tree," but I have nothing
left to give you -
My apples are gone."
"My teeth are too weak
for apples," said the boy.
"My branches are gone,"
said the tree. " You
cannot swing on them - "
"I am too old to swing
on branches," said the boy.
"My trunk is gone, " said the tree.
"You cannot climb - "
"I am too tired to climb" said the boy.
"I am sorry," sighed the tree.
"I wish that I could give you something.... but I have nothing left.
I am just an old stump.
I am sorry...."
"I don't need very much now," said the boy. "just a quiet place to sit and rest.
I am very tired."
"Well," said the tree, straightening
herself up as much as she could,
"well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did.
And the tree was happy.
PurpleSpacecat ...if only we can learn that happiness comes from within ourselves, we would stop hurting the world for our own selfish and shallow desires.
Thanks. Is that the whole "book"? Everyone keeps talking about a book in the comments.
@@Jetlag408 its an official book copy pasted.
@@seanshamblin1131 yes
brooo i thought this was the lyrics for a sec
I saw them live last night, this song was amazing in person. They even explained the meaning before the song. It’s deeply personal, and you can feel it :(
I know it's a bit late to ask but what did they say for the meaning? Just curious :)
this should have been a much bigger hit. my favorite of yours.
zooMZooMlikeATyphOOn So true!
+zooMZooMlikeATyphOOn You are so right.
Can I cry?? Is it alright if I cry? Imma cry
No... It's a tree... it's like a squirrel house. You feel bad for a squirrel house!
Cadenthor yes I feel bad for a squirrel house
I feel ya man it reminds me of every one whose used me to get there own happiness.
amen whiteboi rappn
its abit late for me to commen on this section but u know what. i kinda feel sad after hearing this song. it makes me flashback all those beautiful memories when we were together. haha i cant help but to rrply. im just so sad.
I was there for the filming of this, such a shame I was so little, I didn't know what was happening. Dad did the body painting for this and it turned out to be so great.
cap
@@jacintosaenz4504 No cap
I'm so in love with this song right now
IFKR!!
I can't believe I just found this now!!!! This was my favorite childhood book!! I shed a tear every time the old man comes back and the tree, who IMO is feeling sad because has nothing left to give, and the boy (now an old man), just wants a place to sit. Such a heart warming book.
I should add that the tree is just a stump by the end of the book.
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
No shade to crawl in underneath
I've got scars from a pocket knife
Where you carved your heart into me
If all you wanted was love
Why would you use me up
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
Whose covers you're between
And it's sad laying in his bed
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
If all you wanted was love
Why would you use me up
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Well, I see a trail that starts
A line of broken hearts behind you
That lead you back to me
The once sad and lonely fool
With nothing left but roots to show, oh
If all you wanted was love
Why would you use me up
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Abigail Lee Much obliged
Abigail Lee thank you!
It feels like there's more lyrics than this but there's not 😂
Thank you good woman
makes me sob like a goddamn baby.
i won’t lie. it does. a perfect song.
It's 2016 almost 3 years later... i stil almost cry watching this video! 😭 Anyone else get the feels?
+Link_lawl Plays Yes!! I'm crying right now help ;_;
Incredible interpretation and lyrics if you've read the book - which I assume most anyone has. This song is an example of good, proper songwriting. Well done.
Oh wow. I just learned that a book by this name existed, and when I went to find out more about it, the mere plot synopsis already got me bawling like a baby. Ha ha I´m still deep in tears, this is great...
I know I loved the book so much and then they made this song and I was so happy cause they made it match perfectly!
I'm sorry but how old are you? b/c just about everyone knows that THE GIVING TREE is a real book. either you didn't read it in elementary school or you just don't know the classics of children's books in general or schools now a days don't teach these classics. i was born in 97 and i loved all these classics
Mg Reyes dude calm down, not everyone reads every book in existence and you don't have any right to get on their case just for not reading a kids book
Mg Reyes
I´m from Brazil; American literature isn´t distributed or ordained as obligational reading worldwide, in case that´s what people normally think =/
Mr.Maia sorry i forgot that it's a worldwide thing i was ignorant to remember that it's from the USA and not the whole world but i think everyone should read the book it's too cute not to read and to see if it's in different languages
this song is so underrated. my absolute favorite
you know that feeling when you talk to a girl, then she just stops talking to you. but you two relate so much. and she meant a lot to you?
yeah . this explains it.
i feel it every moment
Bro, you just said my life story
Killaxe4444 Every time right? Every single friking time
Emmaline Hopps * cough *
Yeah. 'Cept this happened with a guy...
How was this song not a hit?
phi5head Because pop shit got popular. Rip buddy.
I have been spending over 6 months of not watching the video because I thought it would ruin the song for me, as most music videos do.
It just made it better, in my opinion. Whoever the talented film director that was in charge of this video, I seriously love.
My friend who passed away, loved this song. Friday was her birthday. 😭😟💜
Madeline Mackey aw, hope you’re doing all well ❤️❤️
Definitely one of the most underrated great songs.
The greatest children's book of all time, translated to a beautiful song. The pain and loss in their lyrics is heart breaking
Just heard this for the first time 2020, hits home wish I would have known this was out there a long time ago, it may have saved a life. Very well interpreted.
ITS BEEN YEARS AND IM SEEING THIS NOW???
S A M E
Nana Veth 3 years.
dito
:3
I saw them in concert and I nearly cried during this song. ;-;
Amelia Lozano Me too!
I read the book when I was just a kid now I’m 22 and this story still tears me up
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This is an amazing song. This band is very underrated.
Shout out to the people who are still listening to this song
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When I was little my mom used to read this book to me all the time, it was one of my favorites, this song touched me...
I'm surprised with the ridiculously low view count. I was expecting around 100m.
Sittin here in 2017, this has so much meaning in today's society....
I love this song.
Like if you're watching this in 2017!
Amanda Lyons it's 2015 lol
I know. I want to look back at this comment in two years and see how many likes I get. xD
Amanda Lyons yep!
This song would’ve honestly been such a major hit if anyone else sang it
I love this song. It speaks to my heart and is exactly what I'm going through.
You're not alone😞
+Nigel Martins =(
Just came home from their concert in little old Vernal utah. My youngest came home with almost straight A's and I asked what he wanted to do. GO SEE PLAIN WHITE T's!
So we did. Excellent entertainment and I agree with some others.. this song is not given enough props
Recently went through a break up, and this song makes sense to want happened.
This song has been the representation of my life for 5 years. Never take anything in life for granted. Special things are always the deeper loss...
Couldn’t get this song out of my head for a week!
This is such an incredibly good song. Emotional, powerful
I've lost count of how many times I've listened to this song lol
I try to listen to it as rarely as possible bcs I know that after a time , if I'll listen too many times ,I won't like it anymore .Bute yeah , I can't help but listening again and again to it
I went to a talent show, and a kid was doing a cover of this. He, and the piano duet HOSTAGE made me cry.
This song tears my heart apart..
Whoever wrote this must have been really hurting inside..
I'm glad to have known this great song.I don't care if not many people know it but I'm so happy that I do.
A beautiful song that I've been in love with since before they made the video. The symbolism and amount of depth in this song is breathtaking. Good job guys.
Perfect in so many ways. Lyrics , composition, singing video, story . Painful though
Love this song, I can't believe there is no more views!
songs that blend with the soul and become the rhythm of my life that will never stop playing. One more light, giving tree, paradise, jet black heart, perfect
its 2019 already wow
Someone who can write a song this great is an amazing artist!
IM CRYING 😭 I REMEMBER SEEING THEM IN CONCERT IN 2013 - THEY DID THIS SONG!!! THE MEMORIES
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I KNOW!! ISnt it inSane?? I just saw them last month and I was MOVED to tears :((((
I bet you everyone can relate perfectly to this in some way
This song is so beautiful, and one I come back to reasonably regularly. I feel like a not insignificant portion of the 5m views it has were me through the years.
I cannot get over how much I love this song ❤️ I heard it on the radio and fell in love with it. The guy said "and that was, giving tree by the plain white t's and I was like OMG I need to see the video! ❤️ Great job!
Keep it up,
Addy
I love this Addy. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
I have been a long time plain white tees fan but somehow i didnt know about this song. It’s now my favorite song by them. I have been listening to it everyday for the past week.
we seriously need more songs like this!!!
10 years and i still love this song
¿Cómo es que esta canción no tiene mínimo 10 millones de visitas?
One of my all time favorites. Set you in different world of music.
That little boy is in my kindergarten class this year!
This song should have been a much bigger hit.
Only 2 million views!? For this great of song!? People in 2017.😑
Parkour_Lover So sad 😐 Great song with country style.
From the children's book, The Giving Tree? I'm 19 and I still love that book's story, true love right there
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein :O
That was my favorite book as a child. This song made it more enjoyable as a teenager.
best childhood book...
I just realized this. And I loved this book as a four year old. Loved reading it.
I wish I had it now but sadly I do not. Little brothers for ya XD
I know this comment is over a year old but this is exactly what I thought of!
Don't know why I feel so teenage again whenever listening Plain white T's. . . . 👍👍
this is me and and my friends favorite song and a few years ago she moved away so when i listen i tear up
Just heard them play this on tour last night in Minneapolis. Well done, and can’t believe I had never heard it before!
Who’s still listening in 2019? 🙋🏼♀️
Kinsey Brown me
I'll listen to this song until I die.
This song reminds me my dad for a few reasons. First being the book reminding me when I was a kid and the song has the group bread/ eagles sound to me, both of which my dad listened to when I was young. It is a great song.
Waiting for a guy do a guitar lesson of this song...
Jelou ? :v
Hola pinche luis alias "El serpiente", vengo del video 50 cosas sobre ti.
Vengo de tu video de 50 cosas sobre ti:)
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"all you ever wanted was love, but you never looked hard enough, it's never gonna give itself up, all you ever wanted to be, living in perfect symmetry, nothing is as down or as up", anybody else have this pop into their head?
thoughts that scream.
First hey there Delilah now this man got me all up in my feels and shit I just wanna cry and go to sleep
4 years later and I’m still crying over this song :(
I cant stop listening to this
2021 still listening
from Malaysia with love ;-)
Wow...I don't know why...but I felt bad for the TREE in the beginning!
Alicia Chains just like alice in chains lol
+Alicia Chains I got The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein when I was 6 and cried for days. I just couldn't understand how the boy could treat the tree so poorly. I still cried 20 years later when reading it to my kids. It's the story of unconditional love...which is about impossible for humans. It's good you felt bad for the tree...means you have a good soul!
+Symptomatic Pisces I'm one of the few lucky humans who have that but yes, it's a sad story.
is a tree. trees don't have feelings, feel bad for the person.
hey hi
How did I not know that this song existed. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein had always been my absolute favorite children's book since the day I first heard it. I love the tie ins in the song.
really good song.....the singing melody kinda reminds me of behind blue eyes a lil
totally
Riiight!?
I heard this song went it first came out years ago and it was beautiful here we are years later and still an amazing song ..I don't know how this song didn't become a global sensation it touches on the strings of the heart ♥️ 💔 🎶
Its amazing that 198 people have no idea who Shel Silverstien is. That's depressing.
Christian Foley I used to love shel Silverstein
More like billions....
@@markelkhatib2524 bro i commented this shit 5 years ago what a trip why u replying today...
@@christianfoley7441 because some people!e don't realize there are comments at the end.✌
Anyone here??? love this song so much! :-) makes me cry man!
What a nice reference to Shel Silverstein! It's a very nice song.
I'm so happy someone else picked up on this! I just heard this song on my way home and was shocked that a beloved book from my childhood was used as inspiration for a pop song! I think this song is great, but it may just be sentiment for playing in the mud and jungle gyms.... oh well. Going on my ipod either way :)
My youngest daughter turned me on to this song a few years ago. She passed away about 2 years ago. She was 34 years old . You have awesome taste. I love the Plain White Tees.
This melody reminds me of The Who - Behind Blue Eyes..
Marie D. exactly! I was wondering where had I heard it before
Aniket Sawant yeahh it sounds so similar to me ^ but both r good ones ^
Marie D. no doubt. different meaning to each of them. Thanks to you btw that Behind Blue Eyes is stuck in my head now :p
^________^
Marie D. yes. . . . . iwasnt able to remeber thr song. ..and wasnt able to listen to this cuz i had that tune stuck in my mind. . . .thanks now like every on else lets listen again and shed a tear or two !
Love the song. So beautiful. Sad, but so true. Saw your show at the Kentucky a State Fair last week. It was wonderful!
Why didn't they put the author of the book in the credits? Shel Silverstein? It's disappointing. If that book didn't exist, this song wouldn't have either I'm willing to bet. The book was terrific, and when I saw the video of it, it made me cry. The author deserves the credit, even if most people know about him. It can at least inform other people who created this beautiful beautiful story.
I've heard this story as a child and I cried for it all the time
Why does this not have more views?!?!
Good grief this song is exactly what I've been going through. Never bawled spontaneously in the middle of a song before but lo and behold, here it is.
We watch this in Language Arts when we study the poem 💗
I Found this cos ihv great taste in music n this song by plain white is took my breath away when I heard it frst and now I play this on my shows
.happy giving tree 🌲