Not saying anything against you personally, but why is it that people and society in general equate happiness with being in a relationship? Why can't someone be happy single? Like oh I remember listening to this back when I was single and depressed and now I'm engaged and happy. Huh!!!? So in order to be happy you need another person's validation? You can't be happy alone? Just doesn't make any sense to me.
@@jbro8934 I understand that. The way I see it, once you're happy w yourself, you realize the type of partner you want bc you now know what your inner being wants in a partner. People can choose to be alone and happy or be in a relationship and be happy. And as for society I feel like now is when people are being more aware of their own inner being and how it's important to love yourself first and that it's okay to be single and be happy with yourself. It just depends on the person I guess.
I was 17 when this came out and I still remember listening to it every morning on TV while getting ready for school. Been in my head all these years even at 33. 😌
the worst part of having an almost lover is getting so close to dating and getting a taste of what it would've been like to be in that relationship then it just ending.
SLH yes it is such an unknowing and always wondering broken heart n when life jus intervenes n neither lost feelings life just intervened r paths. It leaves for a bewildered feeling ,going thru it RN
There is this colleague of mine whom i have feelings for,but i can't tell her cause she's 15yrs younger to me but the both of us get on really well,i hate this situation i am in.
the first time I heard this song I was "almost" broken-hearted, now 12 years later I'm in the same situation and this line, make thing if I'm the problem. Why "almost" because I coulnd't give my heart to my "almost Lover" :-(
It's amazing how you can hear a song hundreds of times over the years and appreciate it, but not really feel it until life teaches you some hard lessons. Here's to all the almost lovers, here's to what comes after, and here's to finding peace in whatever form it may come. Love y'all.
I used to be dismissive of how many songs there are about heartbreak, even into my 30s. It's just so cliche to write a sad song after a breakup, I thought. So melodramatic. This year I experienced my first real, absolutely crushing heartbreak. All of a sudden, every song makes sense. I finally understand that it wasn't being melodramatic or cliche... It's just that the songwriters are trying to make sense of impossible emotions. Of truly inescapable feeling, soul bleeding emotions that you have no control over. It's impossible. It's beautiful. It's scary and painful and so human. I finally get it.
thinking about what was and never will be again. I assure you, much worse than might have beens. I don't mean a break up. I mean the death of the person you love.
Gina Kameron I know. It's like being punched in the gut and getting your heart ripped out because you know they are to good for you and you are too ugly. I always fall for people waaaaaaaay out of league.
RUclips reccomend this to me, not knowing that I was already here 17 years ago. My age was double since that time. I'm glad finally I have a chance to meet this old friend again, after all these years.
I was married to my "almost lover" about 13 years ago. We had a very intense, passionate and short relationship. Together for 4 years and even had a child together. He was (is) the master of illusion, and a man of many faces. I fell for one person, but another would come out to play, after I had our child. It was the hardest thing I had to endure and soldier through, even after a pretty intense upbringing. I thank him for giving me the ability to love better, after him. Without that kind of sadness and pain, I probably would never have found, my now husband., and truly appreciate what REAL love is. Not everyone you meet, are meant to join you, on your path through life.
In 2021, please promise to stop feeding energy to people who don't deserve your authenticity. You deserve someone who feels wholeheartedly that you are a blessing to their life and the feeling is mutual. You are worthy. You are enough. You deserve happiness. You deserve someone who wants joy for you too.
i met a guy who became my best friend (seemingly overnight) and i fell for him harder and more deeply than i ever imagined would be possible. never in my life have i loved anyone with that kind of raw and limitless passion and never will i again. how amazing it is to love someone so fiercely that all else in this world disappears, but when everything else has disappeared what is left when this person also is no longer there? nothing more than a void, of course. a sharp, painful piercing in the center of your heart that acts as a vacuum, systematically consuming every ounce of your being, right down to the very fabric of your soul. here i am years later, still haunted by his face in my most sublime dreams and only in sleep does my heart find solace. i must hide this pain on a daily basis and when it becomes too much to bear i release my tears in the shower under the comfort of the water's disguise. and when thoughts of him creep in and deteriorate my feeble attempts at sleep, i use the mask of nighttime darkness to conceal the tears as they flow relentlessly upon my pillowcase. this heartbreaking life has become my existence and i can no longer remember what it was to feel anything other than this, or to laugh, smile, enjoy life for what it was before i met him. and yet despite the pain, i cannot bear to wish i never met him for during that brief time in which i looked into his eyes, felt his touch, enjoyed his presence- i felt something so undeniably beautiful that it managed to both awaken and destroy me, in an instant. i want so badly to tell him how i feel and this song does a pretty good job- as do numerous others, but i cannot bear to put myself out there and risk a painful rejection. i guess i'd rather live in my dreams where i am able to confess my adoration without hesitation or fear- for it is there that without fail he always embraces me and tells me how much he has missed me, how dearly he loves me, how painful it has been without me. it is there that he is not my 'almost lover', he is not an untouchable piece of the past, he is not my painful and lonely present existence... it is there, in my dreams, that my heart takes a break from the misery of his absence and instead basks in the pure happiness derived from loving the one person who i cared for so much that he actually had the power to break my heart into a zillion pieces. without the complications of life and it's commitments it is just him and i and an undeniable love and it is in these most spectacular of dreams that i am able to feel what it is to live rather than to simply exist. SGDCII, i may never have a chance to say this to you in person, so instead i will exclaim to strangers what i cannot bear to hold inside another moment and what i only wish i could actually say to you- which is that without fail, without doubt, without hesitation, without judgment, and without waiver: i love you. more than can be comprehended by the human mind- I completely, fully, purely, limitlessly, unconditionally, truly love you. i am yours; always have been and always will be. my heart has belonged to you since the -day we met- beginning of time.... should you ever decide you want it, just say the word. ~HB~
Thank you so much AJL179 ! It was very therapeutic to get it all out. I wish he would see it and tell me he feels the same, but I know the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. Either way it was worthwhile to just get it all out in the open, instead of bottling it up as I have done for the past 5+ years. As my mom used to tell me- "whatever will be, will be"! In the meantime, I am waiting patiently. :)
I totally understand that feeling and the need to express it anyway... trust me... Those words you wrote, those exact same words could have been written by me! I can find myself in every word, every dream and every fear you expressed. I wish you best of luck cause I know the hell of a pain you must be in... And like your mom, I have a similar philosophy... "Everything happens for a reason..."
AJL179 I am so sorry to hear that you know this kind of suffering firsthand. Not to be so dramatic, but as you know it is a true pain not unlike a physical injury (actually worse). I would not wish this feeling on anyone, but I am so thankful that you shared your thoughts with me because I do find solace in knowing I am not the only one. I hope you take comfort, as well- in knowing that you are not alone. It is a really sad way to live though! Thanks again for your kind words and letting me know you can relate to this type of sadness. I don't think anyone can understand unless they've experienced it firsthand. And I agree- everything does happen for a reason and things will turn out the way they are meant to be. ...If only we had a crystal ball so we could know exactly how it tuns out without having to wait and wonder. lol :)
Unglaublich nach langen jahren,Habe ich durch zufall dieses beruehrende wieder gefunden.dieses lied kann man yehr oft und immer wider anhoeren.eeinfach sehr, sehr gut fuernalle liebenden.
I listened to this dozens of times on repeat when I was broken hearted. I cried until I was almost sick. I got through it & now I am finally with the love of my life. Married almost 9 years now.
We walked all over this town. We made memories on every sidewalk, every street, every back way and all the gas stations. I can't go anywhere without suddenly realizing I'll never walk any of these paths with you ever again. That's the sad thing about memories. Sometimes you remember, sometimes you don't. When you do remember, it's a truly bittersweet situation. You want those days back. The holding hands, cuddling, kissing, laughing, watching movies, the love. You want it all back. But you're stuck with just remembering, knowing they have forgotten, or that they are trying to forget. I don't know if I should hold on to these memories, or if I, too, should forget them. I don't think I could forget if I tried. Good for you, my almost lover. Good for you.
@@Vaelosa I really hope that you left the past behind and that now you're with someone who does deserve your love and who does love you back. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. That's why one shouldn't re-live the past over and over again, passing by new chances on the way until all of them are gone.
I came across this just now, and as Im listening to it, I realize that I used to listen to this song regularly 11-12 yrs ago. But I had forgotten it to time. Hearing this once more again trudges up the old memories, like stepping back in time. How things in life seemed so ephemeral and fleeting in the way of relationships, and how I had yearned for something lasting. And 11-12 years later… nothing has changed 😱🤣. To whomever read this far, have a nice day !
Honestly for me though, even if the relationship aspects of life aren't much changed, a lot else has and I'm glad not to be that angsty person anymore. Listening to the song again after so many years and remembering what life was like then, I realized that I no longer felt any of those former emotions. These days now, whether in the presence or absence of certain aspects, my outlook on things remains consistent, and I'm glad for it.@@inheritmyshoes9559
*A melancholic, passionate, emotional song.* The message of the song ‘Almost Lover’ by A Fine Frenzy is about the sadness and pain left behind by a love that almost came about but ultimately remains unfulfilled. 💖
I met him about 2 years ago. We fell for each other pretty quick. Spent every other day, if not everyday, together. Told each other we were exactly what the other was looking for. About two months in, he just fades out. Disappears, and ignores me completely. He had personal drama in his life, but I hoped he might sort it out and come back to me... For months I waited. I came across this song and it killed me. "I never want to see you unhappy, I thought you'd want the same for me". "The sweetest sadness in your eyes.... clever trick". Made me realize that maybe he just wasn't that amazing. Maybe he treats women like this. Tells his sad story. Plays the victim. Up and leaves. Without notice. Treats you like you never mattered in the first place.... Someone leaving you hurts, but realizing that they simply aren't even concerned about you in any way is what is truly heart breaking. You don't only lose an "almost lover"... You lose a friend. Someone you grew to wish the best for. To really care for. Just to realize they don't care about you. They don't even call you to give you a warning. They don't even check up on you months later to see how everything is in life. And if you have an encounter they try to play it off like nothing ever happened... And you're left with these memories. You think about how much value they brought to you initially and are left wondering, "Did I make it that easy to walk in and out of my life?" Because they sure as hell didn't make it easy for you to let them go.... BTW, am I the only one who wants to cry even more just seeing the singer sad? lol
+Christina Stoudt been with my boyfriend for 4 years, even quit college in Vienna and come back home for him.. yet he tells me on NYE that he doesn t feel the same way about me.. we ve broken up ever since, i blocked him on every way i could and he keeps coming back.. i m happy now, but it s so hard having to reject him every time.. i m afraid i might fail sometimes..
Many years ago I found an iPod on the bus. The music on it was terrible, but I still went through all of the songs, trying to peak into the mind of whoever had lost it. Then, at some point, I come across this song. I didn't know it, but instantly fell in love with it. To think I might have never heard it otherwise.
whoa...hooo..hoa.. Arthur.!!!.. and to THINK... A bit FURTHER... WHAT IF... that ipod belonged to the LOVE OF A THOUSAND OF YOUR LIFETIMES....and... and.. what if.. she has been CONVINCED THAT SHE WOULD FIND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE ONE DAY... ever since she lost it... WHEN .... Y.O.U..... came up one cloudy day..... holding out your hand to give her... that.... iPod.....?????!!!!
Hab Alison Sudol grad in "Phantastische Tierwesen" als Queenie gesehen und dachte mir, es wäre mal wieder Zeit, sich "Almost Lover" anzuhören. Überfällig, sind es wirklich schon 16 Jahre?
This song will always reminds me of my late husband... we would always listen to this and sing it to each other. He was 27 when he passed & I was 25 (with 4 kids ) Kyle you truly were my almost lover.. we promised forever now your gone. You will forever have a special place in your heart.
Even in a sad song like this, I get lost in her voice. It’s perfect and calming. I’ve listened to her songs since her first album and have never been disappointed. This is one of my favorites
AN NA I understand what you mean, I fell in love with a woman who was ten years older than me, we were just friends but we had relations sometimes, and it was lovely, but I fell in love with her, and I fell deeply in love with someone who couldn’t love me back. To this day 8 years later I still don’t understand what went wrong or how it happened or why she truly broke up with me. She said it was her and not me, but I know it was definitely me, but I didn’t know why, I woke up next to her one day and she said that we needed to break up, I was confused at what was happening, was it a joke, was it real, was I dreaming? Then my heart ached so hard, it was beating out of my chest and I then knew what true love felt like, I was head over heels in love with her and she let me go, we spent the day together one last time and then 7pm came and it was no more, I went home, the next day I nearly killed myself because I imagined a life without her, I took two boxes of paracetomol, and I ended up being sick and falling to the floor and thought I was going to die, I was by myself but I managed to get up and be sick and I looked after myself that day. But then the next week was the same, I couldn’t heal and I was a mess, and I then started cutting myself. The rest is history but to this day I still can’t understand what happened. Love is powerful, love is special, love should never be a secret. You do crazy things for love, to everyone out there hurting and struggling, you are beautiful and brilliant in every way, look after yourself and time is a healer, look after number one and you’ll pull through
Back in 2009 I had my first love and first big heart break. I played this song on repeat for almost a month after that. 10 years later I am married to an amazing man. But on a whim I listened to this and I cant help smile, not because my first love ended but because it happened. Corny yes but true.
My ex always used to sing this Song in the early days of our relationship, but I never actually heard it, until now. Needless to say it has a lot more significance today...
My almost lover, although he is gone, but I can't be more grateful for his existence, this experience helped me growing, helped me healing, knowing more about myself, my wounds, my hopes, my fears and my only dreams.. he saved my life by being cold and mean to me, he rescued me when he left me..thanks to him❤
Such a beautiful song. Ladies, don't think men don't go through bad break ups but when you learn to love yourself it makes things much easier. Just know that the only one that matters is you. Its not love that hurts its the person that we have allowed to hurt us. When we own the power we can heal ourselves. Whatever you do don't put up walls because it will only make you bitter...just LOVE YOURSELF AND TRUE LOVE WILL ONE DAY FIND YOU. This is a beautiful song... Let's all enjoy it in a good way. Blessings to each and everyone.
I've listened to this song for a few years and didn't knew the meaning or even watched this video and now that I speak english search it. its so sad and touching.
I’m crying because after so many years we still coming to this song, even with absolutely different emotions and thoughts, but this sings is feel important for us❤
I met a foreigner a week ago, and he has to go back to his country. It's only 3 days, but it's like a dream, a short movie. And I liked him, sadly and unfortunately. And it sounds crazy but he still haunts me until now. When he had already gone back, he didn't want to keep in contact with me anymore. I know he think like what happened in Rome stays in Rome. Then I randomly found this song, and it sounds like it's perfect for what I'm feeling. "And when you left you kissed my lips, you told me you'd never ever forget these images." It's heartache, but it's not love. It's a painful but beautiful memory. Feel like what I'm feeling now is put into a song, and it sounds wonderful :)
I listened to this as a broken- hearted teen..over and over again... Im now happily married, but still love this song ( married to my college sweetheart not that high school douche bag)
Your fingertips across my skin The palm trees swaying in the wind Images You sang me Spanish lullabies The sweetest sadness in your eyes Clever trick Well, I never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me [Chorus] Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do We walked along a crowded street You took my hand and danced with me Images And when you left, you kissed my lips You told me you would never, never forget These images No Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me [Chorus] Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do I cannot go to the ocean I cannot drive the streets at night I cannot wake up in the morning Without you on my mind So you're gone and I'm haunted And I bet you are just fine Did I make it that Easy to walk right in and out Of my life? [Chorus] Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should have known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do
Some of the best songs do that. Two songs from my time that do that to me are "How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia and the song "I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis.....
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has brought me here! Alison, you were AMAZING as Queenie! You and Dan Fogler totally stole the movie for you. Such a delight to watch you two together!
Was just looming up her music today. And realized she’s Queenie in Fantastic Beasts. Blows my mind. This song stuck with me as a young adult. And then to think of it randomly today...and just learn this. Mind blown.
I've just realized and this makes me so happy out of nowhere like I didn't know I needed to know that alison sang this song which I still remember from my childhood!!! I completely fell in love with her as queenie six years ago
Heard this when I was in 9th grade. I was 14-15. I’m about to be 26 now and I don’t know why this song just keeps ringing in my head all of a sudden. I find myself signing it when I least expect it. I’m not even feeling melancholy but it just keeps ringing in my head. Good old times back in 2007..
This is literally THE number one greatest heartbreak song and video ever made. I honestly don't think it can be topped, and the real-looking pain in this young woman's voice, and face just tears your heart out. SO well done.
Wish i would have been to this comment section in 2008. I really needed it. I was an awkward teen hopelessly devoted to a guy that didn't reciprocate my love. Wish I could tell that young girl crying to "Almost Lover" on repeat to just be patient, you're going to meet the man of your dreams and have a wonderful family together, so focus on finding yourself and enjoying your teen years instead of giving this dude all your energy and attention!
Last summer I was listening to this song while crying over wine and 5 months later I have a wonderful man who is crazy about me and would never hurt me this way. Keep faith ❤ the good ones are out there ❤️
It's crazy how songs come out, and you discover them years after they have come out. This song came out in my sophomore year of high school, but I just discovered it last year. I'm sure I wouldn't have liked it back then but now I consider it a treasure!
When the person you love says they dont love you anymore, that ish hits different. The fact that you have been rejected makes you want to hold on but deep down you knw that the right thing to do is to let them go. Its the hardlest thing i'll ever have to do because I honestly have never imagined my future without him.
I remember listening to this on repeat and it meant soooooo much to me at the time! Really helped me heal. Just thought about it today and came here to listen to it!! Beautiful song and finally doesn't make me cry
Our hearts can't help but hurt as it breaks into thousand of pieces.. We loved whole heartily to only find out that in the end.. It's just an almost lover.. 10 years has pass, but coming across this song again made it seems like yesterday.. This is truly a song for the forever heart broken! If not for this song played over and over.. I wouldn't know how to express my inner emotions.. For when I find it hardest, I return to this song.. To remember the beautiful and not so beautiful imagist.. May you all find peace and contentment from this song as it has for me.
He is my almost lover when he suddenly ignored and leave me without saying any words. It feels like your feeling are hanging up there , and got no way down here. He makes me feel so special for a day, then makes me feel that I'm nobody at all. This song is so much reminding me about him and at the same time, it is also made me feel so strong to let him go. :)
Been trying to remember the name and singer for so long and she showed up on my feed. I used to listen to this song a lot when I was going through my divorce. It’s so beautiful.
What??😮 I almost forgot this song. I listened this around 2011-2012. And out of nowhere it's recommended here on this day when I'm feeling sad and broken😢 😢
Years later one of the best songs to emulate what happens to me through my life. God I love a man who doesn't love me, so much pain. It really makes you not want to live. I know I know life is worth living its just....when the love of your life doesnt want you life ceases to stop being worthy to live. God please help me to get over this.
Still just as great and masochistic 12 years later. Hate to love it and love to hate it. "I cannot drive the streets at night...I cannot go to the ocean." Breaks my heart more than just romantically during this quarantine. ❤
I was exposed to this talented artist, introspective song back when I was 25yo. She was the opening act for a Rufus Wainwright concert in San Francisco. Always in my heart.❤️
It's sad when you've finally found your soulmate, your other half, the one you truly loved but she doesn't care about you as much as you ever did. You know no matter how much you love her, you can never make her love you. Never can.
then that isn't really your soulmate. I think you label her as your soulmate too soon. I feel like soulmate is a term that you can say when reflecting back on life but not forward.
everyone's like "someone broke my heart", while I am the one that broke someone's heart and it was the biggest mistake of my life and i regret it every single day.
+binna XCX i actually know how you're feeling... broke up with my girlfriend who has been with me for over four years.. and there has not been a single day that i didn't regret doing so.. at least she doesn't have to be with someone who could not appreciate her.
I've sadly done both. neither ever really get any easier. you just eventually learn to live with your scars & stop trying to heal or conceal them. best of luck loveys.
The song is just so amazing. I am not going to talk about my really, really failed love life, I will just say one thing. Songs like this should be written more often, having content and emotion. It is rare to hear songs with such breath taking feelings now.
Ok. So there was this guy (yeah, yeah, that's how everything starts). And we met in the National phase of a Red Cross competition. We were from different teams. It was literally love at first sight. I remember I was so shy back there, and also, I had severe depression and social anxiety disorder. And I really tried to hide those. But in that time I looked awful, you know? It all effected me physically as well. One of his friends once told me, in the first day, that he had a crush on another girl, so I refused kissing him at a stupid dare. We then made some pretty amazing memories, like sneaking out from his room, while he was just in underwear (we had to get to my room so we'd play cards with some friends, but I assure you nothing happened), or one time he hid me under his bed, and then laid on me on the ground so the guardian wouldn't see us. Those kinds of things, and lots of others. The idea is that, on my way back home, I texted his friend, asking him whether this guy liked me or not. And he said that he did. I mean, I felt the most awful and wonderful feeling ever: he liked me too. But he was 382 km away, and there was no way I was ever going to see him again. So I also told him this. And he told me "Most of all, I regret not kissing you that night. I thought you didn't like me, or you didn't want to." Then there comes the suffering, all the love songs and ice cream. We always put in the literally same time the same statuses on WhatsApp, or lyrics from the same song. We had a certain common fave TV show. I tried talking to him, but he tried to get over me by ignoring me. I tried everything, you know? A long distance relationship, or anything. But it never worked. He's my 'almost lover'. He's my one true love, damn it. I know it, because it's been fifteen months since we last saw each other, and hugged for the first and maybe last time. I know that both of us have changed- I. at least, am mentally stable now. I'm fine and everything. But I still wanna see him, kiss him, hold him, show him I love him. So yeah, that's my failed love story.
Found this after not listneing to it in a decade or so and found out my wife used to listened/found it back in college when it first came out! Now we can re-enjoy this master piece of almost being.
This was my song with a girl I dated for literally 4 days when I was 13. 12 years later, I still can't listen to this song without thinking of her. Strange how our minds hold on to things. Beautiful song regardless.
I don't know why but u just come here after 7 years and still i got some water in my eyes...... Old songs are soo connected to us that this new generation never know
If you like romantic songs, you could listen some fine ones almost unknown outside Italy and latin countries, like Margherita and Bella senz'anima by Riccardo Cocciante or Vento nel vento and E penso a te by Lucio Battisti. This one is played by Tanika Tikaram in english, titled I think of you. These songs are quite old 40/50ys, but still touching.
When I was about 11 or twelve this song used to always pop up on the Florence + the Machine Pandora radio. I used to skip it because I thought it was to slow and boring, but god listening to this ten years later sure does hit differently...
This song will ALWAYS remind me of my first real heartbreak and honestly the one that got away, we were young, stupid, and crazy about each other, neither of us knew any better 💔💔💔💔
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I remember listening to this 6 years ago, broken-hearted and depressed. And now, i'm happy and engaged to the love of my life.
Not saying anything against you personally, but why is it that people and society in general equate happiness with being in a relationship? Why can't someone be happy single? Like oh I remember listening to this back when I was single and depressed and now I'm engaged and happy. Huh!!!? So in order to be happy you need another person's validation? You can't be happy alone? Just doesn't make any sense to me.
@@jbro8934 I understand that. The way I see it, once you're happy w yourself, you realize the type of partner you want bc you now know what your inner being wants in a partner. People can choose to be alone and happy or be in a relationship and be happy. And as for society I feel like now is when people are being more aware of their own inner being and how it's important to love yourself first and that it's okay to be single and be happy with yourself. It just depends on the person I guess.
Im so happy for you
@@jbro8934 You can be happy and single but not complete. It's in us to look for another
Aww how did you two meet?
“I never wanna see you unhappy. I thought you want the same for me.” Gets me every time
yh
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this song is transporting me to 2008, highschool, myspace, angst, ipod minis, yellow school-buses and staring out the windows
OMG Myspace!! Wow. There's a thing from the past!
One of my favorite comments on RUclips of all time
Right there with ya
Allie Bluesky this song transports me to my good teenage years by the beach and seeing my crush there.
Thats honestly me now except with a phone
Thank you for being with me since I was 15. I'm 31 now and every so often I have to listen to this song again and share space with it.
I was 17 when this came out and I still remember listening to it every morning on TV while getting ready for school. Been in my head all these years even at 33. 😌
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Same :) !
I feel this, I'm 27 now, turning 28 this year
This song deserves way more recognition .
yeah. in today's culture the bad songs are the most hyped about and the good songs are thrown in the gutter
I agree. I love this song!
I agree 100%!!!!!
this is more melodramatic then good
You must have never had pain from relationships then
the worst part of having an almost lover is getting so close to dating and getting a taste of what it would've been like to be in that relationship then it just ending.
SLH yes it is such an unknowing and always wondering broken heart n when life jus intervenes n neither lost feelings life just intervened r paths. It leaves for a bewildered feeling ,going thru it RN
SLH yeah :/
There is this colleague of mine whom i have feelings for,but i can't tell her cause she's 15yrs younger to me but the both of us get on really well,i hate this situation i am in.
I know how you feel, been there...
SLH I know. Just went through this.
"Do I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?" Still feel that shit in my soul.
Every damn time
It's the hardest hitting line
the first time I heard this song I was "almost" broken-hearted, now 12 years later I'm in the same situation and this line, make thing if I'm the problem. Why "almost" because I coulnd't give my heart to my "almost Lover" :-(
You ain't kidding. Im bawling right now...
Made me insta sob
It's amazing how you can hear a song hundreds of times over the years and appreciate it, but not really feel it until life teaches you some hard lessons.
Here's to all the almost lovers, here's to what comes after, and here's to finding peace in whatever form it may come. Love y'all.
I used to be dismissive of how many songs there are about heartbreak, even into my 30s. It's just so cliche to write a sad song after a breakup, I thought. So melodramatic.
This year I experienced my first real, absolutely crushing heartbreak. All of a sudden, every song makes sense. I finally understand that it wasn't being melodramatic or cliche... It's just that the songwriters are trying to make sense of impossible emotions. Of truly inescapable feeling, soul bleeding emotions that you have no control over. It's impossible. It's beautiful. It's scary and painful and so human.
I finally get it.
@@Kuroth_ Beautifuly put.
Been through this soo many times that my heart is shattered..seems I'll never have one true love that lasts
The vocals in this song always gives me chills. Her voice is so gorgeous.
her voice is lit.
ethan landry unreal...
The saddest word to describe love is, "Almost".
It's all in one's head. So much better to expect and imagine.
also the only word
much better to take it as it is, and don't be afraid to let go. it makes everything feel real and really gets you in the *'moment'*
Nothing worse than thinking about what could have been😢
thinking about what was and never will be again. I assure you, much worse than might have beens. I don't mean a break up. I mean the death of the person you love.
Knowing they'll never feel the way you feel about them is the hardest.
and.. this is my life
Gina Kameron I know. It's like being punched in the gut and getting your heart ripped out because you know they are to good for you and you are too ugly. I always fall for people waaaaaaaay out of league.
It is... Especially when your sexuality is different from thiers. Gays can't be with Straights...
Gina Kameron and this happend to me for the 4th time, I wonder that I'm still alive .. but what doesn't kill you, makes you only stronger ❤
Gina Kameron im feeling that now. i was bawling last night when i found out he's attached
RUclips reccomend this to me, not knowing that I was already here 17 years ago. My age was double since that time. I'm glad finally I have a chance to meet this old friend again, after all these years.
I was married to my "almost lover" about 13 years ago. We had a very intense, passionate and short relationship. Together for 4 years and even had a child together. He was (is) the master of illusion, and a man of many faces. I fell for one person, but another would come out to play, after I had our child. It was the hardest thing I had to endure and soldier through, even after a pretty intense upbringing. I thank him for giving me the ability to love better, after him. Without that kind of sadness and pain, I probably would never have found, my now husband., and truly appreciate what REAL love is. Not everyone you meet, are meant to join you, on your path through life.
Milady Pio Damn, you just laid it out there and I appreciate it.
People are in your life for either a reason or a season. Thank you for laying bare your soul.
I literally just cried at this comment. Preach!
trying to find the strength within after 10 yrs and 3 kids.. shits complicated and hard as fuck..
Keep fighting👍👍👍
In 2021, please promise to stop feeding energy to people who don't deserve your authenticity. You deserve someone who feels wholeheartedly that you are a blessing to their life and the feeling is mutual. You are worthy. You are enough. You deserve happiness. You deserve someone who wants joy for you too.
Wow _youʼre_ a Blessing! *
I needed this, well said and 100% right
Beautiful words to live by....I needed this too! Especially today. Thank you
This made me cry so hard. You are a sign from the galaxy to me.
Well written 👍 💐
"Almost" is infinitely close to "yes", yet it is still a "no".
That hits different
Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes only a moment.
Aaah, the asymptote. A curve that infintiely approaches a given value, but never actually meets it.
@@CrowmanhunterSo very perfectly put! I was just studying the asymptote and I looked for this song too. Your comment hits both. just perfect!
Right 😶
Ending 2024 still listening to this after 17 years. The memories, the feelings, the nostalgia, growing up sucks lol
17 years… wow, time went by
I can’t believe that it was so long ago
Everyone talking about their breaking hearts and i'm here just because I really like sad songs like this one.
Same Here 😂
+sabrina You are not alone. I have a thing for sad songs as well.
Me too xD
Same
you and me both girl!
i met a guy who became my best friend (seemingly overnight) and i fell for him harder and more deeply than i ever imagined would be possible. never in my life have i loved anyone with that kind of raw and limitless passion and never will i again. how amazing it is to love someone so fiercely that all else in this world disappears, but when everything else has disappeared what is left when this person also is no longer there? nothing more than a void, of course. a sharp, painful piercing in the center of your heart that acts as a vacuum, systematically consuming every ounce of your being, right down to the very fabric of your soul. here i am years later, still haunted by his face in my most sublime dreams and only in sleep does my heart find solace. i must hide this pain on a daily basis and when it becomes too much to bear i release my tears in the shower under the comfort of the water's disguise. and when thoughts of him creep in and deteriorate my feeble attempts at sleep, i use the mask of nighttime darkness to conceal the tears as they flow relentlessly upon my pillowcase. this heartbreaking life has become my existence and i can no longer remember what it was to feel anything other than this, or to laugh, smile, enjoy life for what it was before i met him. and yet despite the pain, i cannot bear to wish i never met him for during that brief time in which i looked into his eyes, felt his touch, enjoyed his presence- i felt something so undeniably beautiful that it managed to both awaken and destroy me, in an instant. i want so badly to tell him how i feel and this song does a pretty good job- as do numerous others, but i cannot bear to put myself out there and risk a painful rejection. i guess i'd rather live in my dreams where i am able to confess my adoration without hesitation or fear- for it is there that without fail he always embraces me and tells me how much he has missed me, how dearly he loves me, how painful it has been without me. it is there that he is not my 'almost lover', he is not an untouchable piece of the past, he is not my painful and lonely present existence... it is there, in my dreams, that my heart takes a break from the misery of his absence and instead basks in the pure happiness derived from loving the one person who i cared for so much that he actually had the power to break my heart into a zillion pieces. without the complications of life and it's commitments it is just him and i and an undeniable love and it is in these most spectacular of dreams that i am able to feel what it is to live rather than to simply exist.
SGDCII, i may never have a chance to say this to you in person, so instead i will exclaim to strangers what i cannot bear to hold inside another moment and what i only wish i could actually say to you- which is that without fail, without doubt, without hesitation, without judgment, and without waiver: i love you. more than can be comprehended by the human mind- I completely, fully, purely, limitlessly, unconditionally, truly love you. i am yours; always have been and always will be. my heart has belonged to you since the -day we met- beginning of time.... should you ever decide you want it, just say the word. ~HB~
Beautifully written!
Thank you so much AJL179 ! It was very therapeutic to get it all out. I wish he would see it and tell me he feels the same, but I know the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. Either way it was worthwhile to just get it all out in the open, instead of bottling it up as I have done for the past 5+ years. As my mom used to tell me- "whatever will be, will be"! In the meantime, I am waiting patiently. :)
I totally understand that feeling and the need to express it anyway... trust me... Those words you wrote, those exact same words could have been written by me! I can find myself in every word, every dream and every fear you expressed.
I wish you best of luck cause I know the hell of a pain you must be in...
And like your mom, I have a similar philosophy... "Everything happens for a reason..."
AJL179 I am so sorry to hear that you know this kind of suffering firsthand. Not to be so dramatic, but as you know it is a true pain not unlike a physical injury (actually worse). I would not wish this feeling on anyone, but I am so thankful that you shared your thoughts with me because I do find solace in knowing I am not the only one. I hope you take comfort, as well- in knowing that you are not alone. It is a really sad way to live though! Thanks again for your kind words and letting me know you can relate to this type of sadness. I don't think anyone can understand unless they've experienced it firsthand. And I agree- everything does happen for a reason and things will turn out the way they are meant to be. ...If only we had a crystal ball so we could know exactly how it tuns out without having to wait and wonder. lol :)
Wow deep!
worst feeling ever when someone means the world to you and you dont mean shit to them..
I know that feeling well.
i know that feeling..
Yes I know the feeling all too well....been there done that...it sucks bad
Relatable
physically aches
Unglaublich nach langen jahren,Habe ich durch zufall dieses beruehrende wieder gefunden.dieses lied kann man yehr oft und immer wider anhoeren.eeinfach sehr, sehr gut fuernalle liebenden.
Unrequited love is one of the most heartbreaking things in the world and we've all experienced it. This song is hauntingly beautiful
A co-worker of mine, when he heard this song, explained well why it's so heartbreaking: "She isn't singing this song. She's CRYING this song."
So true! The song sounds much like a cry.
Dudeee!!! WHY???? (*I’m crying all over again)
OH you guys tHATʼS why this song hurts so much! -
Yeah, her voice acting is on point with this song. Another example of a great voice acting is the song "Forgiven" by Within Temptation.
The only thing that comforts me is seeing so many other people out there struggle with that same "almost lover" thing and I'm not alone.
@@thisissydneyerin ehhh, that's not exactly true for everyone.
@@thisissydneyerin that moment when you reply to a comment 5 days old
except we all think we would be smarter..but somehow we fall for it anyway.
@@epicpika11 that moment when your comment is pathetic and you haven't ended yourself
I listened to this dozens of times on repeat when I was broken hearted. I cried until I was almost sick. I got through it & now I am finally with the love of my life. Married almost 9 years now.
❤❤❤❤❤CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉
I still love this song! Who's listening in the year 2020 with me?
Me. Because i really love it🙂
Me too
me right now
me too
It took several searches but I found it. Totally forgot the right lyrics lmao
queenie ....most beautiful wizard ever
Yep!
Eleven She is the most beautiful witch, but for me Newt is the most beautiful wizard ever ;P
No im sorry Emma Aka Hermione Will Always Be The Best For Me
Eleven só trupe :) I love her
*JUST IMAGINE THAT JACOB AND QUEENIE ARE MARRIED THAT WILL FEEL YOU BETTER*
We walked all over this town. We made memories on every sidewalk, every street, every back way and all the gas stations. I can't go anywhere without suddenly realizing I'll never walk any of these paths with you ever again. That's the sad thing about memories. Sometimes you remember, sometimes you don't. When you do remember, it's a truly bittersweet situation. You want those days back. The holding hands, cuddling, kissing, laughing, watching movies, the love. You want it all back. But you're stuck with just remembering, knowing they have forgotten, or that they are trying to forget. I don't know if I should hold on to these memories, or if I, too, should forget them. I don't think I could forget if I tried. Good for you, my almost lover. Good for you.
very well said 👍
Thanks.
@@Vaelosa I really hope that you left the past behind and that now you're with someone who does deserve your love and who does love you back.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. That's why one shouldn't re-live the past over and over again, passing by new chances on the way until all of them are gone.
@@Vaelosahow are you now my friend ?
@@paulhemming5376 all I want is to sing and I'm stuck in corporate hell. How are you, friend?
Here for my 2023 fix... I could never let this song go. no heartbreaks... just appreciate this powerful piece of work❤
It wasn’t recommended, we searched for this masterpiece.
certainly!!
True. I also wanted to find more of their songs and see what they're like.
Actually no
Found it in suggestions
@@emanimarie4505 because it was searched so many times
This woman is a beautiful angel ❤️🙌🏻💝🦋 this song always comes back to me. Alison Sudol is a sea of talent.
I came across this just now, and as Im listening to it, I realize that I used to listen to this song regularly 11-12 yrs ago. But I had forgotten it to time. Hearing this once more again trudges up the old memories, like stepping back in time. How things in life seemed so ephemeral and fleeting in the way of relationships, and how I had yearned for something lasting. And 11-12 years later… nothing has changed 😱🤣. To whomever read this far, have a nice day !
Literally exactly the same
Honestly for me though, even if the relationship aspects of life aren't much changed, a lot else has and I'm glad not to be that angsty person anymore. Listening to the song again after so many years and remembering what life was like then, I realized that I no longer felt any of those former emotions. These days now, whether in the presence or absence of certain aspects, my outlook on things remains consistent, and I'm glad for it.@@inheritmyshoes9559
2024 and this song is still wonderful!
*A melancholic, passionate, emotional song.* The message of the song ‘Almost Lover’ by A Fine Frenzy is about the sadness and pain left behind by a love that almost came about but ultimately remains unfulfilled. 💖
definetly ♥
Absolutely❤
@@annelayno3421 🌹
@@Ika_Jolika 🌸
I met him about 2 years ago. We fell for each other pretty quick. Spent every other day, if not everyday, together. Told each other we were exactly what the other was looking for. About two months in, he just fades out. Disappears, and ignores me completely. He had personal drama in his life, but I hoped he might sort it out and come back to me... For months I waited. I came across this song and it killed me. "I never want to see you unhappy, I thought you'd want the same for me". "The sweetest sadness in your eyes.... clever trick". Made me realize that maybe he just wasn't that amazing. Maybe he treats women like this. Tells his sad story. Plays the victim. Up and leaves. Without notice. Treats you like you never mattered in the first place.... Someone leaving you hurts, but realizing that they simply aren't even concerned about you in any way is what is truly heart breaking. You don't only lose an "almost lover"... You lose a friend. Someone you grew to wish the best for. To really care for. Just to realize they don't care about you. They don't even call you to give you a warning. They don't even check up on you months later to see how everything is in life. And if you have an encounter they try to play it off like nothing ever happened... And you're left with these memories. You think about how much value they brought to you initially and are left wondering, "Did I make it that easy to walk in and out of my life?"
Because they sure as hell didn't make it easy for you to let them go....
BTW, am I the only one who wants to cry even more just seeing the singer sad? lol
+Christina Stoudt Darlin this happens to much in this world
Love this.
+Christina Stoudt I am now in the same shoes as u. So, I can understand partly...
Same thing is happening to me 😧
+Christina Stoudt been with my boyfriend for 4 years, even quit college in Vienna and come back home for him.. yet he tells me on NYE that he doesn t feel the same way about me.. we ve broken up ever since, i blocked him on every way i could and he keeps coming back.. i m happy now, but it s so hard having to reject him every time.. i m afraid i might fail sometimes..
Many years ago I found an iPod on the bus. The music on it was terrible, but I still went through all of the songs, trying to peak into the mind of whoever had lost it.
Then, at some point, I come across this song. I didn't know it, but instantly fell in love with it. To think I might have never heard it otherwise.
Another great song is Wreck of the day by Anna Nalick. Masterful song writer (check out Breathe also).
Why didn't you return the iPod?
That’s god working
@@theguywhoasked.5657 Return it to who? The bus? The bus driver who will probably just pocket it?
whoa...hooo..hoa.. Arthur.!!!.. and to THINK... A bit FURTHER... WHAT IF... that ipod belonged to the LOVE OF A THOUSAND OF YOUR LIFETIMES....and... and.. what if.. she has been CONVINCED THAT SHE WOULD FIND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE ONE DAY... ever since she lost it... WHEN .... Y.O.U..... came up one cloudy day..... holding out your hand to give her... that.... iPod.....?????!!!!
Congratulation with Fantastic Beasts .... now the world will knows you as Queenie.
I must says you are my favorite part in the movie!
Mos ปฏิธาน yes, me too
Mos ปฏิธาน Agree
She was radiant and wonderful in the movie - loved it!
there is a famous thai singer called mos ปฏิภาณ.
Hab dieses tolle Lied total überraschend vorgestern beim Staffelfinale der Bergretter nach langer Zeit wieder gehört.. Noch immer ein toller Song
Hab Alison Sudol grad in "Phantastische Tierwesen" als Queenie gesehen und dachte mir, es wäre mal wieder Zeit, sich "Almost Lover" anzuhören. Überfällig, sind es wirklich schon 16 Jahre?
I can't believe this song is already this old WOW 😳 where has all the time gone 💔💔
2022 and this song still strikes the heart.
This song will always reminds me of my late husband... we would always listen to this and sing it to each other.
He was 27 when he passed & I was 25 (with 4 kids )
Kyle you truly were my almost lover.. we promised forever now your gone. You will forever have a special place in your heart.
Condolences. Broke my heart to read this. 😢
That sucks. Life just ain't fair. 4 kids...damn
Even in a sad song like this, I get lost in her voice. It’s perfect and calming. I’ve listened to her songs since her first album and have never been disappointed. This is one of my favorites
It took 13 years for this song to finally hit me.
But now I feel *every single friggin* word of it.
It hurts.
Right there with you. Life's a trip.
What hurts more,is "almost" . Realising that you were the only one in relationship, who was fallen in love,hurts.
AN NA I understand what you mean, I fell in love with a woman who was ten years older than me, we were just friends but we had relations sometimes, and it was lovely, but I fell in love with her, and I fell deeply in love with someone who couldn’t love me back. To this day 8 years later I still don’t understand what went wrong or how it happened or why she truly broke up with me. She said it was her and not me, but I know it was definitely me, but I didn’t know why, I woke up next to her one day and she said that we needed to break up, I was confused at what was happening, was it a joke, was it real, was I dreaming? Then my heart ached so hard, it was beating out of my chest and I then knew what true love felt like, I was head over heels in love with her and she let me go, we spent the day together one last time and then 7pm came and it was no more, I went home, the next day I nearly killed myself because I imagined a life without her, I took two boxes of paracetomol, and I ended up being sick and falling to the floor and thought I was going to die, I was by myself but I managed to get up and be sick and I looked after myself that day. But then the next week was the same, I couldn’t heal and I was a mess, and I then started cutting myself. The rest is history but to this day I still can’t understand what happened. Love is powerful, love is special, love should never be a secret. You do crazy things for love, to everyone out there hurting and struggling, you are beautiful and brilliant in every way, look after yourself and time is a healer, look after number one and you’ll pull through
Worst, both being madly and passionately in love with each other, but jealousy issues, and personal issues tore it all apart.
Back in 2009 I had my first love and first big heart break. I played this song on repeat for almost a month after that. 10 years later I am married to an amazing man. But on a whim I listened to this and I cant help smile, not because my first love ended but because it happened. Corny yes but true.
Maria grisalez?
That first one is such a sad but good story.
My ex always used to sing this Song in the early days of our relationship, but I never actually heard it, until now. Needless to say it has a lot more significance today...
13 years for me. Still healing, if you can call it that. Stuck in the past. I’m institutionalized.
Still get uncontrollable chills when I hear this song. Even more so watching the video. Such a beautiful woman. Beautiful soul
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 😍 SONG 🎵
Ugh. “The one that got away” is always so hard to get over.
"I never want to see you unhappy..." This line always breaks my heart :'(
Then "I thought u want the same for me" kills me 😭
I can't believe this song managed to bypass me since 2008. Heard it first today while driving and it's every bit as glorious to the ears.
i do that a lot. i think i just heard some new, awesome song, only to find out its been out for nearly a decade.
My almost lover, although he is gone, but I can't be more grateful for his existence, this experience helped me growing, helped me healing, knowing more about myself, my wounds, my hopes, my fears and my only dreams.. he saved my life by being cold and mean to me, he rescued me when he left me..thanks to him❤
Glad to hear your “happy “experience, im in your shoes, so i understanđ
Such a beautiful song. Ladies, don't think men don't go through bad break ups but when you learn to love yourself it makes things much easier. Just know that the only one that matters is you. Its not love that hurts its the person that we have allowed to hurt us. When we own the power we can heal ourselves. Whatever you do don't put up walls because it will only make you bitter...just LOVE YOURSELF AND TRUE LOVE WILL ONE DAY FIND YOU. This is a beautiful song... Let's all enjoy it in a good way. Blessings to each and everyone.
Your comment made my day!!!! 🙄
am I the only one who is single af and gets feelings of being heartbroken for listening to this song?? lol
no, i feeling that too
same
+Isa Diaz Omg! Same lol
+Isa Diaz I'm there too, the tears, oh god the tears!
I Am Single and This Song Makes Me Cry lol
I've listened to this song for a few years and didn't knew the meaning or even watched this video and now that I speak english search it. its so sad and touching.
What is your native language?
Rosheely Ortys idk why this was so inspirational to read.
fhpr68 Spanish
lovefoolxloveme why? Ahah
Rosheely Ortys Cool, mines Portuguese.
I’m crying because after so many years we still coming to this song, even with absolutely different emotions and thoughts, but this sings is feel important for us❤
I met a foreigner a week ago, and he has to go back to his country. It's only 3 days, but it's like a dream, a short movie. And I liked him, sadly and unfortunately. And it sounds crazy but he still haunts me until now.
When he had already gone back, he didn't want to keep in contact with me anymore. I know he think like what happened in Rome stays in Rome.
Then I randomly found this song, and it sounds like it's perfect for what I'm feeling. "And when you left you kissed my lips, you told me you'd never ever forget these images." It's heartache, but it's not love. It's a painful but beautiful memory.
Feel like what I'm feeling now is put into a song, and it sounds wonderful :)
+Lhacham Pema your story is about 99 percent the same as mine :))
you are beautiful and emotional. Just remember him and then forget him
+Lhacham Pema you should know to let it go too
In the end we have to let go of everything
but one moment is enough
cos thats all we need
cordy thanks, I will :D
jackie dennis you're right, it's like you're speaking my mind ^^ thanks, I will :D
Have a beautiful day!
I listened to this as a broken- hearted teen..over and over again... Im now happily married, but still love this song ( married to my college sweetheart not that high school douche bag)
Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick
Well, I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me
[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left, you kissed my lips
You told me you would never, never forget
These images
No
Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me
[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that
Easy to walk right in and out
Of my life?
[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should have known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
Thanks for the lyrics 😅
This is such a well written song. Great lyrics and a wonderful melody. Also the subject is so relatable! Truly a work of art!
When you finally relate to lyrics that you wish you didn't. Take me back to childhood ignorance...please and thank you.
This song breaks my heart into little pieces and reminds me a lot of the past moments 😢
It reminds me of terrible experiences to
Yes. Same to me. :(
what a power of one song :) and what a task for next man who will come , to collect all pieces ant put it in one:)
Some of the best songs do that. Two songs from my time that do that to me are "How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia and the song "I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis.....
yeah, everybody have own tearstarters :) mine is tesla - love song ,, i suppose that song connected with some experience is highly powerfull
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has brought me here! Alison, you were AMAZING as Queenie! You and Dan Fogler totally stole the movie for you. Such a delight to watch you two together!
Was just looming up her music today. And realized she’s Queenie in Fantastic Beasts. Blows my mind. This song stuck with me as a young adult. And then to think of it randomly today...and just learn this. Mind blown.
Omg I never knew that, you‘re right ! 😳
I've just realized and this makes me so happy out of nowhere like I didn't know I needed to know that alison sang this song which I still remember from my childhood!!! I completely fell in love with her as queenie six years ago
You are so right !! I felt the exact same way finding out this information now ! This song was so important during my transformative years.
Heard this when I was in 9th grade. I was 14-15. I’m about to be 26 now and I don’t know why this song just keeps ringing in my head all of a sudden. I find myself signing it when I least expect it. I’m not even feeling melancholy but it just keeps ringing in my head. Good old times back in 2007..
I've known this song for years but now I'm like HOLY SHIT QUEENIE!?!? :D
11thDoctor's Companion same here!! xD
Yup me too
11thDoctor's Companion Me too!!! 😹😹😹
Who is Queenie?
A character in Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. She is her actress.
This is literally THE number one greatest heartbreak song and video ever made. I honestly don't think it can be topped, and the real-looking pain in this young woman's voice, and face just tears your heart out. SO well done.
Wish i would have been to this comment section in 2008. I really needed it. I was an awkward teen hopelessly devoted to a guy that didn't reciprocate my love. Wish I could tell that young girl crying to "Almost Lover" on repeat to just be patient, you're going to meet the man of your dreams and have a wonderful family together, so focus on finding yourself and enjoying your teen years instead of giving this dude all your energy and attention!
I honestly cannot believe that I am back to listening to this song despite my perpetual solitude. Lmfao. We laugh so that we do not cry.
Granted I am now 25 and no longer a complete slave to my mind and emotions so I am not having meltdown as I listen to this which is good :)
I still can't believe this is Queenie from Fantastic Beasts. Minds blown. 💜
Really? Ian know that👀
Yooo! For real😍🔥💯💯
Noooooo what
Holy shit!! Its really her!!
I didn’t either!!!! Holy bananas. She’s so good!!!
Last summer I was listening to this song while crying over wine and 5 months later I have a wonderful man who is crazy about me and would never hurt me this way. Keep faith ❤ the good ones are out there ❤️
Oh my gosh this song!!! I loved this song so much when it came out and I'm so happy to hear this again!
Me too when this came in my recommendation after 10 years
It's crazy how songs come out, and you discover them years after they have come out. This song came out in my sophomore year of high school, but I just discovered it last year. I'm sure I wouldn't have liked it back then but now I consider it a treasure!
We gonna stop giving our hearts to people who don't deserve them in 2019 people
im still trying to get my heart back
I finally found someone worthy of my heart. ❤
2020. I messed up this year
Let's shoot for 2020
@@shaundrasmith9048 I guess i gotta shoot for 2021 now...
A moment of silence for those who can’t find this song.
And look at me, tripping over this song 🤣👐
I’ve been agonizing for weeks!!! It suddenly came to me as I was trying to fall asleep 🤦🏼♀️
Omg 😭
*opens loud chip bag*
😂😂😂
When the person you love says they dont love you anymore, that ish hits different. The fact that you have been rejected makes you want to hold on but deep down you knw that the right thing to do is to let them go. Its the hardlest thing i'll ever have to do because I honestly have never imagined my future without him.
I remember listening to this on repeat and it meant soooooo much to me at the time! Really helped me heal. Just thought about it today and came here to listen to it!! Beautiful song and finally doesn't make me cry
Our hearts can't help but hurt as it breaks into thousand of pieces.. We loved whole heartily to only find out that in the end.. It's just an almost lover.. 10 years has pass, but coming across this song again made it seems like yesterday.. This is truly a song for the forever heart broken! If not for this song played over and over.. I wouldn't know how to express my inner emotions.. For when I find it hardest, I return to this song.. To remember the beautiful and not so beautiful imagist.. May you all find peace and contentment from this song as it has for me.
He is my almost lover when he suddenly ignored and leave me without saying any words. It feels like your feeling are hanging up there , and got no way down here. He makes me feel so special for a day, then makes me feel that I'm nobody at all. This song is so much reminding me about him and at the same time, it is also made me feel so strong to let him go. :)
Been trying to remember the name and singer for so long and she showed up on my feed. I used to listen to this song a lot when I was going through my divorce. It’s so beautiful.
the first time i knw this song is when i was 14th. now im turning 22 and still listening this
it is! :)
SAME.
Ooooooo nie wiem ioollloooo
Anissa Ajeng K Same here!!! :D
are you still listening now, at 29?
this song is truly timeless
She is so breathtakingly beautiful, and that voice!!🖤🖤🖤
What??😮 I almost forgot this song. I listened this around 2011-2012. And out of nowhere it's recommended here on this day when I'm feeling sad and broken😢 😢
Years later one of the best songs to emulate what happens to me through my life. God I love a man who doesn't love me, so much pain. It really makes you not want to live. I know I know life is worth living its just....when the love of your life doesnt want you life ceases to stop being worthy to live. God please help me to get over this.
Still just as great and masochistic 12 years later. Hate to love it and love to hate it. "I cannot drive the streets at night...I cannot go to the ocean."
Breaks my heart more than just romantically during this quarantine. ❤
"do I make it that easy to walk right out my life"...this line resonates.
I was exposed to this talented artist, introspective song back when I was 25yo. She was the opening act for a Rufus Wainwright concert in San Francisco. Always in my heart.❤️
It's sad when you've finally found your soulmate, your other half, the one you truly loved but she doesn't care about you as much as you ever did. You know no matter how much you love her, you can never make her love you. Never can.
then that isn't really your soulmate. I think you label her as your soulmate too soon. I feel like soulmate is a term that you can say when reflecting back on life but not forward.
everyone's like "someone broke my heart", while I am the one that broke someone's heart and it was the biggest mistake of my life and i regret it every single day.
ugh. im in the same exact position. its been over a year and it still hurts and haunts me. i hate it so much.
+binna XCX i actually know how you're feeling... broke up with my girlfriend who has been with me for over four years.. and there has not been a single day that i didn't regret doing so.. at least she doesn't have to be with someone who could not appreciate her.
I've sadly done both. neither ever really get any easier. you just eventually learn to live with your scars & stop trying to heal or conceal them. best of luck loveys.
+jenny gooley I totally agree with you. Healing is definitely hard some times. I'm going through it now
exact same situation. no matter how hard I try not to think about it, it always comes back.
The song is just so amazing. I am not going to talk about my really, really failed love life, I will just say one thing. Songs like this should be written more often, having content and emotion. It is rare to hear songs with such breath taking feelings now.
Ok. So there was this guy (yeah, yeah, that's how everything starts). And we met in the National phase of a Red Cross competition. We were from different teams. It was literally love at first sight. I remember I was so shy back there, and also, I had severe depression and social anxiety disorder. And I really tried to hide those. But in that time I looked awful, you know? It all effected me physically as well.
One of his friends once told me, in the first day, that he had a crush on another girl, so I refused kissing him at a stupid dare. We then made some pretty amazing memories, like sneaking out from his room, while he was just in underwear (we had to get to my room so we'd play cards with some friends, but I assure you nothing happened), or one time he hid me under his bed, and then laid on me on the ground so the guardian wouldn't see us. Those kinds of things, and lots of others. The idea is that, on my way back home, I texted his friend, asking him whether this guy liked me or not. And he said that he did. I mean, I felt the most awful and wonderful feeling ever: he liked me too. But he was 382 km away, and there was no way I was ever going to see him again. So I also told him this. And he told me "Most of all, I regret not kissing you that night. I thought you didn't like me, or you didn't want to." Then there comes the suffering, all the love songs and ice cream. We always put in the literally same time the same statuses on WhatsApp, or lyrics from the same song. We had a certain common fave TV show. I tried talking to him, but he tried to get over me by ignoring me.
I tried everything, you know? A long distance relationship, or anything. But it never worked. He's my 'almost lover'. He's my one true love, damn it. I know it, because it's been fifteen months since we last saw each other, and hugged for the first and maybe last time. I know that both of us have changed- I. at least, am mentally stable now. I'm fine and everything. But I still wanna see him, kiss him, hold him, show him I love him.
So yeah, that's my failed love story.
Denisa Andreea my story is very similar... hope everything gets better for both of us 😭😪😔
Yeah.
Found this after not listneing to it in a decade or so and found out my wife used to listened/found it back in college when it first came out! Now we can re-enjoy this master piece of almost being.
Still beautiful after all these years ❤
This song, this video, this woman. It's all so spectacularly beautiful.
This was my song with a girl I dated for literally 4 days when I was 13. 12 years later, I still can't listen to this song without thinking of her. Strange how our minds hold on to things. Beautiful song regardless.
I don't know why but u just come here after 7 years and still i got some water in my eyes...... Old songs are soo connected to us that this new generation never know
2022 and this song is still one of the best ever written. I can’t believe it’s been 14 years!!
It's a pity that her songs are underrated. She deserve much more 🌹🌹🌹
It's ok we’ll keep her for ourselves
@@joc9596 😊🥂
If you like romantic songs, you could listen some fine ones almost unknown outside Italy and latin countries, like Margherita and Bella senz'anima by Riccardo Cocciante or Vento nel vento and E penso a te by Lucio Battisti. This one is played by Tanika Tikaram in english, titled I think of you. These songs are quite old 40/50ys, but still touching.
Cheers@@PietroColombo-em5mz
My heart aches while listening, this is so relatable to real life.
yes!
I've lived this multiple times. Just discovered there was this song about it! Memories of the times I said 'no' haunt me. Always say 'yes'!
I can't understand why this is not famous
Ahmad Alnimer it is for those who understand it and can relate like me...😢
Ahmad Alnimer cause it's good and she's real
What sOn flower said.
When I was about 11 or twelve this song used to always pop up on the Florence + the Machine Pandora radio. I used to skip it because I thought it was to slow and boring, but god listening to this ten years later sure does hit differently...
Is that where I know this song from? It started playing on my head today and I’m trying to figure out if I heard it in a movie or TV show
Who on earth could dump this woman and leave her heartbroken? I’d make it my goal to see this woman happy.
Seriously. How could someone hurt this beautiful and kind hearted woman?! 😳💕
This song will ALWAYS remind me of my first real heartbreak and honestly the one that got away, we were young, stupid, and crazy about each other, neither of us knew any better 💔💔💔💔