adrianne lenker - sadness as a gift (official lyric video)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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    lyrics
    you and i both know
    there is nothing more to say
    chance has shut her shining eyes
    and turned her face away
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i think you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    feel too heavy to hold
    snow fallin’
    i try to keep from callin’
    watch the spring turn to winter
    fireflies all frozen
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    been searching for your eyes
    all I see is blue sky
    and that old man beats his crooked cane
    it’s time to let go
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i bet you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    you and I could see into the same eternity
    every second brimming with a majesty
    kiss so sweet so fine
    you could hear the music inside my mind
    and you showed me a place i’ll find even when i’m old
    just leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i hope you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask

Комментарии • 253

  • @lily_lxndr
    @lily_lxndr 7 месяцев назад +729

    she rly feels like a once-in-a-lifetime talent to me

    • @Caves_of_Altamira
      @Caves_of_Altamira 7 месяцев назад +22

      Its good to know that the only trans woman who could be earlier to the Adrienne Lenker single than me was Lily Alexander. Thank you for your videos!

    • @screwtapee
      @screwtapee 7 месяцев назад +10

      No way goat youtuber comments on goat musicians song, that's awesome

    • @ryanphelan6861
      @ryanphelan6861 7 месяцев назад +3

      agree so much...sacrelige for some but she is joni mitchell to me where joni was pure abstract and painted loved unresolved tormented tones adriennes writing to me is pulitzer prize level stuff. I can listen to solo songs and big thief and say this is one of my favorites about 35 songs I swear : ) Tough to keep up shes relentless

    • @kristen7687
      @kristen7687 7 месяцев назад +7

      of course you’re a fan omg

    • @blechtrommel90
      @blechtrommel90 7 месяцев назад +1

      she sure is

  • @ddude1212
    @ddude1212 7 месяцев назад +338

    just a small observation, but with adrianne's lyrics it's the small details that are the most poignant. the way that over the course of the song the chorus changes from "you could write me someday and i think you will" to "i bet you will" and finally "i hope you will" just fucking destroys me every time

    • @rraau__
      @rraau__ 5 месяцев назад +8

      I know it's banal but my jaw dropped when I read your comment. Brilliant artist.

    • @JimmyLBass
      @JimmyLBass 4 месяца назад +11

      Pairs so well with “thinkin’ this season was gonna last.” You think you’re gonna feel this way forever, but your feelings can soften over time.

    • @jeremywills104
      @jeremywills104 2 месяца назад +3

      Yes, the sense of assurance which fades over time!!

  • @nicolev198
    @nicolev198 3 месяца назад +36

    “Been searching for your eyes, all I see is blue skies” gets me each and every time.

  • @user-gu7jn1gf6o
    @user-gu7jn1gf6o 7 месяцев назад +339

    postponing my lobotomy until after this album is released

    • @scoobybag
      @scoobybag 7 месяцев назад +9

      Is this a joke gang

    • @user-gu7jn1gf6o
      @user-gu7jn1gf6o 7 месяцев назад +18

      not at all@@scoobybag

    • @scoobybag
      @scoobybag 6 месяцев назад

      @user-gu7jn1gf6o is there a discount or somthing

    • @mbroc242
      @mbroc242 6 месяцев назад +5

      wise man

    • @flore5746
      @flore5746 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@user-gu7jn1gf6oreminder to stream bright future

  • @hollieb5084
    @hollieb5084 5 месяцев назад +66

    her lyricism always blows me away. Devastating and so honest.. she encapsulates the longing, the pain and light of the human condition like so few really can

  • @hannahwhite1729
    @hannahwhite1729 7 месяцев назад +220

    Adrianne makes me feel happy to be alive and young right now. I've always felt displaced in time, but when I listen to her... everything feels right for a few minutes.

    • @nerolilaine9973
      @nerolilaine9973 7 месяцев назад +13

      She makes me feel happy to be alive and old❤

    • @bhamama2966
      @bhamama2966 7 месяцев назад +3

      She is the best thing to come from gen y/z

    • @mikegreen2417
      @mikegreen2417 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@nerolilaine9973❤

  • @gierasole
    @gierasole 7 месяцев назад +254

    I know not many people will read this, and fewer still will pay it kind, but I want you to know that I'm glad you're here together with me. I'm feeling a little lonely myself, but leaving this comment helps me feel more connected, to Adrianne, and to the people who listen to their music. thank you for being you, thank you for being human. the sun rises again and we meet another day.

  • @Justaperson660
    @Justaperson660 5 месяцев назад +28

    I was with this girl for a while, I've never loved anyone like I loved her. This song reminds me of her so much. We both know that theres nothing left to say. I still hope she "writes me" (texts), I was so sure she'd come back again, as the song progresses adrianne seems less and less certain that this person will write her, which is exactly how I feel. After a week without her I'm all like "yeah I think she's gonna be back", now it's been 6 months, and I hope she writes.

    • @nostringsattatched7725
      @nostringsattatched7725 4 месяца назад +4

      Have you tried contacting her? If not, I would. Even if that means handwriting a letter & putting it in her mailbox. Nothing too pushy, but meaningful. You don’t know if you never try.

  • @jacksonmiked
    @jacksonmiked 7 месяцев назад +44

    This is a masterpiece. Up there with the very best of 60’s Bob Dylan.

  • @joed7185
    @joed7185 7 месяцев назад +147

    Hands down the best singer-songwriter among the indie scene. Her guitar playing is criminally underrated. The Townes Van Zandt of her time.

    • @rubyh.497
      @rubyh.497 7 месяцев назад +3

      realest comment

    • @joed7185
      @joed7185 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@rubyh.497 real recognizes real

    • @JimmyJAKosman
      @JimmyJAKosman 7 месяцев назад +3

      Two favourites for a reason ;)

    • @-elijahriggs-
      @-elijahriggs- 2 месяца назад

      she's got that thing that townes had. authenticity.

  • @yokaii7109
    @yokaii7109 7 месяцев назад +36

    i cried so much listening and relistening to this song. thank you Adrianne for making me not feel alone in my grief.

    • @Fredwilson45
      @Fredwilson45 3 месяца назад

      Stay strong fam, lean on your people. You are loved!!!!

  • @alabamaisyourdaddy6137
    @alabamaisyourdaddy6137 5 месяцев назад +25

    One of the most beautiful songs I have heard all year

  • @redadamearth
    @redadamearth 7 месяцев назад +83

    "Blood on the Tracks"-level writing. Stunning. And an absolutely gorgeous arrangement.

    • @ksb994
      @ksb994 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, her music brings to mind “Blood on the Tracks”. Exactly!

  • @Dovelunalove
    @Dovelunalove 7 месяцев назад +72

    Adrienne Lenker is my Mother & Sufjan Stevens is my father. My childhood is loving & gentle. But then I wake up & i’m 25.

  • @CatPianoClassics
    @CatPianoClassics 7 месяцев назад +16

    Occasionally there will be a song that comes along in your life where you stop everything you are doing and you just listen. Today that happened to me with Sadness As A Gift, and wow. This song goes straight to the heart and this takes me back to a place i havent been in ages, but in a good way! It doesnt make me sad anymore, it makes me hopeful that the people who were in my life who arent anymore are doing okay and thats okay!
    Thank you...

    • @hiroprotagonitis
      @hiroprotagonitis 7 месяцев назад

      she already did it with "change," adrienne makes lightning strike as many times it wants

  • @starsabout
    @starsabout 7 месяцев назад +25

    you and I could see into the same eternity
    every second brimming with a majesty
    🖤

  • @bikalkunwar5260
    @bikalkunwar5260 7 месяцев назад +59

    Greatest songwriter of this generation

  • @MallcopsRulezzz
    @MallcopsRulezzz 7 месяцев назад +18

    Adrianne is really out here writing memories not even just songs. so lovely

  • @milkjugs4771
    @milkjugs4771 6 месяцев назад +17

    i’ve been listening to this song since it came out but it just struck me tonight like a truck and now i’m crying at 11:26 pm while making a cake for my grandpa’s birthday tomorrow ♥️

  • @strumbadstroller7350
    @strumbadstroller7350 7 месяцев назад +15

    On first listening I thought, ok, just another break up song but on listening again, the pain & intensity struck me. This is from the Heart. Beautiful.

  • @franccci
    @franccci 7 месяцев назад +23

    this song came to me at just the right time, my messenger for spring

  • @s4_kk4r
    @s4_kk4r 7 месяцев назад +25

    Can't believe I caught this video 38 minutes ago, I'm so lucky to have found Lenker . Her music has moved me in the way no artist has in a while . Waking up is usually so extraneous & painful, but seeing this video in my reccomended moments after turning off my alarm made it feel good . I smiled after waking up, instead of lazing around depressively because I found this song . I think I'll have a good day today . Thank you Adrienne Lenker .

  • @prplpotatoes
    @prplpotatoes 7 месяцев назад +15

    I live in South America but listen to Adrianne when I need to reimmerse myself in the feelings, turmoil of my nomadic young adult years in the midwest U.S. Her work is more than poetry of great heights--it's homebound, no matter which way.

  • @sarahchapman4946
    @sarahchapman4946 7 месяцев назад +18

    This was the anthem for my marriage falling apart last year… we were happy it could accompany us for the tenderness.

  • @sophiafox6474
    @sophiafox6474 7 месяцев назад +18

    my fav artist of all time

  • @germancampuzano5919
    @germancampuzano5919 7 месяцев назад +15

    I'm so proud of her, theres not much to say, what a songwriter! What a storyteller! What a musician! And most of all, what a salvation are her lyrics, thank you, dear friend adrianne.

  • @hoselrocket2001
    @hoselrocket2001 7 месяцев назад +18

    News flash - "Brilliant, timeless songwriting is alive and well!"

  • @deepakchoke-ya2560
    @deepakchoke-ya2560 5 месяцев назад +4

    Such a wonderful talent she is. She seems to connect the dots between styles old and new with a voice that pulls you in to whatever she’s singing about. A lot of times the music business has it wrong but god bless whoever discovered her and Big Thief and brought them to the public.

  • @Caves_of_Altamira
    @Caves_of_Altamira 7 месяцев назад +44

    I don't know if this cured or worsened my lesbian blues all I know is that this song made me feel things. Thank you Adrienne ❤

  • @zie4212
    @zie4212 7 месяцев назад +38

    mother we love you

  • @dmdrosselmeyer
    @dmdrosselmeyer 7 месяцев назад +10

    God damn this is such a beautiful song; shimmers like headlights under the stars of a lonesome winter highway
    Heard it on Colorado public radio and had to write down what lyrics I could catch, so glad to be here🙏

  • @MrBaumGeo
    @MrBaumGeo 7 месяцев назад +12

    It feels like she does it effortlessly, create a masterpiece like this...

  • @usernamesrtoostupid
    @usernamesrtoostupid 7 месяцев назад +44

    Your art matters. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @deanwinchesterswife9251
    @deanwinchesterswife9251 Месяц назад +2

    This hits hard especially with going into the military. “You could write me someday and I think, bet, hope you will” Im talking to a boy right now that I really like but our paths are about to go completely different ways and I can’t stop wondering if when I go away to basic if he will stay in contact with me through letters or if he will break things off

  • @agnese3172
    @agnese3172 7 месяцев назад +29

    lyrics
    you and i both know
    there is nothing more to say
    chance has shut her shining eyes
    and turned her face away
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i think you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    feel too heavy to hold
    snow fallin’
    i try to keep from callin’
    watch the spring turn to winter
    fireflies all frozen
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    been searching for your eyes
    all I see is blue sky
    and that old man beats his crooked cane
    it’s time to let go
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i bet you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    you and I could see into the same eternity
    every second brimming with a majesty
    kiss so sweet so fine
    you could hear the music inside my mind
    and you showed me a place i’ll find even when i’m old
    just leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i hope you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask

  • @crash936
    @crash936 3 месяца назад +2

    I got shivers when i listen to this.....and i cry.

  • @victoriabennett3789
    @victoriabennett3789 7 месяцев назад +9

    Thank you for this, Adrianne. Your soul is ancient and wise.

  • @emilylangedyk957
    @emilylangedyk957 7 месяцев назад +10

    This is the exact song I needed to hear today.

  • @comradehermit9320
    @comradehermit9320 7 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for this. Having a really hard time struggling with gender dysphoria and childhood trauma, Complex PTSD and parts work. Everything hurts so damn much. Sometimes I just need to feel it. Sometimes I just need to cry and scream. I need to believe it all means something. This helps. Everything you do seems to help. I need this. I need what you do. Keep doing it. Thank you.

  • @cameroncoyle2487
    @cameroncoyle2487 7 месяцев назад +9

    This definitely shifted something in me. That’s all I know

  • @eekowarrior4409
    @eekowarrior4409 7 месяцев назад +4

    What a beautiful songwriter. Can't wait for the album.

  • @BleakMarchMusic
    @BleakMarchMusic 7 месяцев назад +4

    It's just so cool to see her so vividly evolve with each new project. There's something new to the sound each time around and it's always so enthralling

  • @VioletPrism
    @VioletPrism 7 месяцев назад +7

    BABE WAKE UP NEW ADRIANNE LENKER ALBUM

  • @luisa864
    @luisa864 7 месяцев назад +6

    im so obsessed this is everything i ever needed

  • @SamSpreckley
    @SamSpreckley 7 месяцев назад +8

    the timing of this... simply awestruck.. xo

  • @macabrekid5342
    @macabrekid5342 5 месяцев назад +3

    My God, what a beautiful song ❤

  • @joshliam1967
    @joshliam1967 5 месяцев назад +2

    One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

  • @TheresaMarie9
    @TheresaMarie9 7 месяцев назад +2

    I heard this while scanning stations on the radio a few days ago and can't stop listening. Absolutely beautiful❤

  • @oriana8700
    @oriana8700 7 месяцев назад +4

    thank you for being you. thank you for everything you create. thank you eternal. you’re so special and my heart feels so big when I listen to your music. ♥️

  • @NewAlternative40Chart
    @NewAlternative40Chart 7 месяцев назад +8

    "sadness as a gift" debuted at #5 on the New Alt 40 Chart this week.

  • @NicheNonsense
    @NicheNonsense 7 месяцев назад +4

    grateful to be on the same timeline as adrianne lenker

  • @ishikakalra7732
    @ishikakalra7732 7 месяцев назад +6

    Beautiful song😭❤️

  • @2fallguy
    @2fallguy 4 месяца назад +1

    One-off the outstanding songs this year.

  • @neildestefano991
    @neildestefano991 7 месяцев назад +5

    She breaks my heart again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again….

  • @OrbitalDeath.Beats8
    @OrbitalDeath.Beats8 7 месяцев назад +4

    Unmatched to any other artist. So excited for this.

  • @een_schildpad
    @een_schildpad 7 месяцев назад +4

    I can't sing along without the emotion catching in my throat. So beautiful! ❤

  • @nemesis1487
    @nemesis1487 7 месяцев назад +2

    Beautiful. Just beautiful.
    Listening from thousands of miles away, from the land of the Greek Gods and I am sure , Apollo is smiling right now.

  • @voodoo2267
    @voodoo2267 7 месяцев назад +1

    Adrianne , thank you so much for your music. I cry when I listen to your songs. I’ve lived them. More importantly, you live them. You are the greatest living songwriter. Love

  • @SuperKoksak
    @SuperKoksak 7 месяцев назад +2

    Such a beautiful song 🥲🧡.

  • @georgiaclark9881
    @georgiaclark9881 7 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for teaching me how to love, Adrianne.

  • @softmusings
    @softmusings 7 месяцев назад +1

    thank you for the gift of your music, adrianne. the timing of this knocked the air out of me...

  • @oliviawren152
    @oliviawren152 7 месяцев назад +2

    this came at the perfect time

  • @charlesthompson2614
    @charlesthompson2614 7 месяцев назад +2

    Not many songs make me cry everytime I hear them

  • @tykomarquer
    @tykomarquer 7 месяцев назад +4

    Can’t wait to hear the song others songs on your album, everything you do is so incredibly beautiful

  • @oleksandrvdovin7886
    @oleksandrvdovin7886 6 месяцев назад +3

    I do not understand english, but I understand this song.

  • @augustus0002
    @augustus0002 6 месяцев назад

    She never misses, this is my favorite song from hers now!!!

  • @taka-taktak
    @taka-taktak 7 месяцев назад +2

    Please never stop making music ❤❤

  • @sacredroses
    @sacredroses 2 месяца назад +1

    I know this song is probably about an ex partner, but it reminds me of my cousin.
    I miss him. It's been years since we've seen each other, but my last memory of his youthful smiling face and scratchy voice, all still remains. It's noticeably more quiet without him and his siblings, all those missed birthdays and holidays, their unreceived presents used to be piled up at my grandma's house. He was my best friend. Recently, I saw a picture of his graduation, and I was heartbroken. Not only because I missed one of the most important moments that we used to talk about experiencing together, but also because I couldn't recognize him at all.
    When I looked at the picture, I couldn't find any traces of that boy I loved. I saw a man in his place, someone older and bigger and unfamiliar and different, who I'll never get the chance to meet. I want to get to know the new version of him, but I'm scared. People change all the time, that's nothing new.
    And yet, while everyone around me changed and grew up, it's like I didn't. I feel stuck. I feel as though my growth was stunted, and I'll forever be that thirteen year old girl who wonders why her favorite cousin can't talk to her anymore. I think a part of me will always be that girl, waiting and longing, for anything. A letter, a text message, a call. Any sign that I've been on his mind just as much as he has been on mine, and that he hasn't forgotten about me. It doesn't even have to an explanation or an apology, I just want to know if he's okay.

  • @sharonleigh5281
    @sharonleigh5281 7 месяцев назад +1

    Your music inspires me so. 🤍 Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.

  • @filippotenisci5175
    @filippotenisci5175 7 месяцев назад +3

    I love your Art! I listen to your songs every single day. Thank you for all this beauty ❤

  • @mayhembunz8888
    @mayhembunz8888 5 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely breaks me 💔

  • @boosay1146
    @boosay1146 7 месяцев назад +2

    This is so beautiful

  • @joshingjosh
    @joshingjosh 6 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely gorgeous song

  • @SirAbyss
    @SirAbyss 7 месяцев назад +1

    Adrianne just keeps getting better. Fuck, I can't wait for the new album!

  • @Omar-zo6ro
    @Omar-zo6ro 7 месяцев назад

    Now this is something special. Thank you adrienne for your poetic songwriting this song really touched my heart.

  • @katerina1983
    @katerina1983 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love from the first second... Love, love, love it... Can't wait to hear you live in May in Brussels.

  • @DeepGrooveStation
    @DeepGrooveStation 5 месяцев назад

    i’ve been listening to this song since it came out but it just struck me tonight like a truck and now i’m crying at 11:26 pm while making a cake for my grandpa’s birthday tomorrow

  • @matiasellicker6423
    @matiasellicker6423 7 месяцев назад +2

    Fucking brilliant. Beautiful beyond words. Thanks for this

  • @joanneofarc.
    @joanneofarc. 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you

  • @Ectoplasma-re1dg
    @Ectoplasma-re1dg 7 месяцев назад +1

    I so hoped this will be recorded for the new album,loving it a it since she played it live.
    Lovely Version.

  • @manueloviedo1306
    @manueloviedo1306 7 месяцев назад +4

    You mean so much to me Adrianne!

  • @Luca-ch5uy
    @Luca-ch5uy 7 месяцев назад +1

    This came to me at the right time

  • @Lyndabeth7777
    @Lyndabeth7777 5 месяцев назад

    Heartbreaking lyrics.
    Searing soulful delivery.
    ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

  • @athanasia222
    @athanasia222 7 месяцев назад +2

    This is everything

  • @pearlsmith7554
    @pearlsmith7554 4 месяца назад

    “You and I could see into the same eternity”
    “You could hear the music inside my mind”
    Heartbreaking

  • @someoneunknown7102
    @someoneunknown7102 3 месяца назад +1

    That's literally perfect

  • @ThePetraKelly
    @ThePetraKelly 7 месяцев назад +3

    Beautiful orchestration. Will she be accompanied by other musicians while touring the EU/UK?

  • @unimaginaryemily
    @unimaginaryemily 7 месяцев назад +1

    ❤ same eternity. God bless you!

  • @akisearu1486
    @akisearu1486 7 месяцев назад

    i remember watching this live a year ago, so beautiful and sincere

  • @anteaterattack
    @anteaterattack 5 месяцев назад

    Dear Adrianne,
    Thank you so much for your music.

  • @faseka302
    @faseka302 7 месяцев назад

    she's such an angel

  • @vinceolsen9126
    @vinceolsen9126 5 месяцев назад

    Absolutely beautiful song. Listening on headphones. Amazing production

  • @dylanh9021
    @dylanh9021 7 месяцев назад

    it's only been officially released for a couple and i've cried to it more times than i'd like to admit ...

  • @garymorgan1559
    @garymorgan1559 7 месяцев назад +6

    i’m SOBBING.

  • @mrmiz12
    @mrmiz12 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful. wouldnt expect anything less

  • @patrickduffy6613
    @patrickduffy6613 5 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful

  • @iwashere368
    @iwashere368 7 месяцев назад +1

    this is so comforting 🖤

  • @BaconDrive
    @BaconDrive 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love this 💔

  • @OVXX666
    @OVXX666 4 месяца назад

    love the windows movie maker esque lyric video so much

  • @robh7680
    @robh7680 7 месяцев назад

    Getting some 'Abandoned Love' vibes from parts of this...the start of the verses especially