I just looked it up 21 missing children were found because of this video. That is the single most amazing and important thing any musician or band has ever done. Mad respect.
This song was on repeat through my troubled youth. I’m now 44 and still listen to it every once in a while. Takes me far back but also reminds me how blessed my life has turned out to be. To all the missing, abused, exploited and lost kids out there, you are loved and your voices are heard and matter. May your train find its way to peace.
Thank you, Soul Asylum, for starting the fire to raise awareness about child sex trafficking and passing the torch to bands such as For Today. Love you guys.
As a runaway at the age of 15, this song means so much to me even all these years later. I was unbelievably lucky and was able to build a life for myself and have a wonderful family and job. I know how horribly wrong it could have all gone so I am grateful every single day to be here now. Every time I hear this song, I cry for those who are still out there. You are loved and you are important.
He wrote this song about his severe depression, I also think the song is about addiction, but just didn’t come out and say that. Back in the 90’s talking about drug use/addiction was taboo, it’s just now becoming acceptable to society to openly talk about it. I’m glad they used the video they used though, they actually found a lot of the kids from the video being played worldwide.
I was a Runaway as i was 16, back in the mid 90ths. I slept on Stairways,eating from Containers..it was rough and marked my Life. Now i am a Father of a 21 year old Girl and i kept her safe and she grew of as comfartable as she can,that she never become a Runaway like me. This Song is over all the Years my Hymn and i listen to everyday. God bless all unfound Children out there.
I came here after listening to the latest Crime Junkie episode on missing children. Stories of some of the missing children featured here has been discussed in this podcast. May these beautiful souls find peace 🙏
Same here. For anyone here who wants to know the stories of some of the missing children featured in this music video, you might want to listen to Crime Junkie's recent episode: MISSING: Runaway Train Kids
Me, four! Man. SO sad. :( I'm so grateful to this band for making such a self-less video, and getting these kids names and pictures out there! So many who went missing around the time I was born, and who could have been impressive mentors and leaders, today.
My little brother just died 4 weeks ago at age 35. He always tried to run away from himself. In his last days, he was lost, stressed, depressed, suffering from anxiety, and without even being able to sleep more than 2 or 3 hours per night. Then he just colapsed and had a heart attack. Now you're free, hermanito. Go in peace. I will forever love you. You will always be my little brother! ❤
Probably the most ‘real’ and ‘raw’ songs ever made. You can sense the desperation, longing, loneliness, and realism in this track. One of the most heartfelt, personal, unforgettable, impactful yet painful songs of all time
It’s now 2024. I don’t know what these guys knew or how they knew it but given all that has surfaced in the last 3 or so years, this song gave an early glimpse into a darkness in this country, in this world, that most never knew of.
I may be wrong but back then it was about money but also just because these people could not get pregnant so whatever the reason it is so shocking that our country has become one of the biggest sex trafficking countries in the world! WE ARE BEING JUDGED AND IT BREAKS MY HEART! THE END OF THIS VIDEO IS VERY DISTURBING!😢
@@CORAMDEO-ot1nq there is absolutely a curse on this land and many others because of this. the trade is one of the biggest. and people are acting like they don't know or that it doesn't matter because these kids made a bad choice. they dont want to think about it happening to someone they care about it. imagine turning on your favorite "website" in the late evening and seeing someone you know in one of those videos... doing something unspeakable. A sister or brother or even your own child.
I am 40 now. Coming from a dysfunctional family, was thrown out by my mother when i was 15. Was drugged and raped at workplace hostel when i was 17. Lost my smile for life but managed to get things around somehow. My son was born 3 years ago and my world is now full of smiles. This song reminds me of how i fell hard after being thrown out. I will be a father that my son will always look up to. Thank you soul train.
This song and video hit so different now that I’m 44 and not 14. I grew up. Some of these young kids didn’t. Damn man, that is sad. This band really cared. This song will live on forever.
This song is so bittersweet for me. I first heard the song on the radio in the middle of a particularly rough night when I was 17 and being treated in hospital for depression. I got the CD as soon as I was able to find the name of the song and it was my stable comfort song for so many years while I was in treatment. I’m now 30 and loving life more than I thought was ever possible (though 2020 obviously sucks).
normally i never answer to any posts but in this fact i do, enjoy your life always as best as possible no matter how hard and senseless it seems to be!!!! Your parents gave you that unique gift so dont waste it cause of anything, whatever it is! greets
unfortunately too many are still unaccounted for I heard Crime Junkie is trying to air each story is the missing in guess it might stir someone's memory or conscience
apparently i was told by the police they were gonna post on this video for missing people they were not really dead or missing, they were just criminals from the department NYC Police, i believe that everyone is okay!❤maybe some of them are still,
Being a child prostitute and running away from a mother who tried to kill me and as a 50 year old woman now who is trying her best to stop running away from myself, this is the hardest work I’ve ever had to do is to feel those emotions This song and video encapsulates said emotions that I have long since disassociated myself from.
I hope these words bring you comfort. You are not what happened to you. You are so much more. I hope you find an outlet to turn these dark happenings into light. Prayers for peace ❤
Which children from this music 🎵🎶 video have been found? I remember hearing this song back in the days. It hits home for someone out there. I wish all of the people who are still missing or otherwise, I wish the best for them find their way home to their family and friends and sincere condolences to those who are no longer with us. 💜💜💜💜😭😭😭😭✝️✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🙏🙏 !
This song was on repeat after my older brother died of brain cancer at the age of 17yrs old. It destroyed me, it took me years to recover my downward spiral of drugs on my runaway train. It’s been over 31 years and that void is still there but learned to cope by finding purpose in the pain instead of getting on the train. We will be reunited in with our Father in heaven. That will be a glorious day indeed. God bless everyone who reads this message and seek the Father and he will give you peace and comfort.
i never knew that 21 of the 36 missing children featured in the first video for ‘runnaway train’ were recovered!! 💗 the video still makes me cry & i am so in awe of the band’s vision and effective change they brought to the lives of those youngsters. heroes. 🌟 🎶
Very sad for all the lost. Extremely happy for the folks who could be found because of this video. This is one meaningful video. Showed it to my 9-year-old son to help him understand the ill effects of running out of house without informing us. Thank you Soul Asylum!
Some sources say there were 21 people found from this video while there’s some others that say 26. Either way, it’s amazing that so many missing people were found because of this music video!
It’s at 26 found now but the video shows different kids depending on what country you watch it in. I grew up in Chelsea (London) and the video showed children missing throughout England. Like the US list, some were found dead while some are still missing but some were also found alive.
@@am4456~ Even if they start as a runaway, they can very quickly end up being trafficked. Minors leave home because they don't know what else to do with themselves -- undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, neglected, abused, misfits, seeking adventure or seeking escape, and thinking the way to get that is to go find it elsewhere. And then in any city in the world, or even in their own hometown, there are predators looking for them for their own purposes. And they're young and impressionable, needy or desparate, easily led, and all-around easy marks for predators.
I know this song is about missing people and I'm sorry to anyone that lost a family member or friend😔 But this song hits so different in other ways for myself personally. It sucks. It's amazing how one song can mean something so different from one person to another
He wrote this song about his severe depression, I also think the song is about addiction, but just didn’t come out and say that. Back in the 90’s talking about drug use/addiction was taboo, it’s just now becoming acceptable to society to openly talk about it. I’m glad they used the video they used though, they actually found a lot of the kids from the video being played worldwide.
@@Ep0nzI've had depression for thirty years - from stroke. I just think about the frustration that caused it. Right now I have had an episode for three weeks.
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My nan only purchased one cassette tape in her lifetime and this was it. At the age of 8, I'd sit on her side porch with her and we'd play this song over and over, singing it on the top of our lungs. My nan passed away 6 years ago now and honestly, I've never been the same. Life became a little more dull and a lot more scary. How can I do this life without the person who kept me strong? I miss you Fay Good. You were my everything. I miss you with every ounce of my soul. You once told me that my son had your eyes, and you were right. Not only does he have your eyes, he's a complete spitting image of you. I feel blessed every day to see your reflection in my son and I hope you are there waiting for me when it's my turn. Love you eternally nan ❤️💖
@@ironylulz Ironically, I always say that I was in my nans belly whilst mum was a baby growing. It's something that I hold very dear. And I also call my nan nan "Fairy May" , as apposed to "Mary Fay" which is her given name. Thank you for commenting, I thoroughly enjoyed the read ❤️
im sorry for your loss. but now you have this song to remember her with. my great grandma died in 2020. i still miss her so much. i love you ouma grooitjie. i think about you every day.
Even after decades, this song, still hits deep in my heart. I'm 40 now and understood the song as a teenager, and now as an adult only realize how much worse things have gotten. I pray for all the lost souls ❤️
Of course I’m listening on September 2024. This is a classic and an anthem for the vulnerable-our children. Evil is among us and they are coming for our children. I pray for all of those who disappeared and have yet to be found. Thank you Soul Asylum for this alternative, soulful music. 🖖❤️💯🇺🇸
Yeah around that time a lot of bands were about misery, angst, and self hatred. But Soul Asylum made a music video that raised awareness and reunited people. This band are a group of heroes as far as I'm concerned..
Actually just before this great song soul asylum were about misery, angst and self hatred and no one knew who they were. This song saved them as well as other people..
@@nok4799 thanks for teaching me a new term. i actually learned about the band on wiki and i thought it will be a nice observation. I guess u younghead are too cool for that😎
This song was written about misery, angst, and self hatred. It wasn’t till they were making the video for it that they decided to feature actual runaways.
This song is very personal to me. I lived on the streets of Boston in 1974 for several months very lost at the age of 14. I credit my foster Mom Marelyn DeGregorio who saved me. RIP Mom
@Vincent Cuttolo Hi Vincent. My life has turned out so much better than when I was a kid. Not all my dreams came true but I have 3 beautiful children, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. So, yes, my life turned out so much better since then. Thank you for caring and I pray for ones who are still lost and the ones who are still in foster care. The ones in foster care have so much to look forward to with the right person supporting them and their dreams. Take care.
I sometimes wonder what my life would've turned out like if I'd run away from home at 14. That's when family life was getting rough to say the least. I often had that urge not to go home after school, just keep walking, but I don't think it would have helped much. When the careers guidance teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be a tramp. I definitely didn't fit in with my school friends either which didn't help. In another sense I was already getting lost and it just got worse. But I survived and here I am 31 years later, still a bit rough around the edges and still a bit baffled by life but content enough.
It was written because he was struggling with depression and he made a beautiful song because of it. Life can be hell, but there's a reason for everything and look how beautifully this song affected america since the 90's. Beautifully written and produced. I'm in love with this song and I've struggled with mental illness since I was a child and this was one of my favorite songs when I was a little girl. Dave is a genius for sure and incredibly good looking.
@@psychedelicfright85 I'd have to disagree with you on a certain level and only because I have any music I want to hear on a small device that fits in my hand which also allows me to connect with my peers which is important when you need to listen to music. I've needed music my entire life. It almost has the same affect as marijuana. It's medicine to me and that's how I handle my cards.
@@LeilahsMama420 pretty soon, people will make streaming either obsolete, or ridiculously expensive. I personally miss CDs, and music stores, and meeting people like that. I live for music, and I fear people will make that just like living downtown in any city. Weed used to help me too, until it turned on me. Whatever is in it now, makes me paranoid and way too energetic, quite the opposite of how it used to. All people have to do, is start a loud enough whine, and people cave in.
This song is about ME 💔🥹!!!! I remember this song from the 90’s so well, but I was like 10 when it came out, so… I didn’t HEAR 👂🏼 the lyrics until now 😭😭. I was a teenage runaway drug addict/alcoholic prostitute on the streets, strung out with severe untreated mental illnesses. I shouldn’t be here today, but only by the grace of God I am! This song hits WAAAY different now!!!! A CLASSIC!! Always a fave!!!
This song came out in 93 and my mom would goofingly dance with me to it just so I'd remember it. It worked. Being that young I had no idea what the lyrics meant. Never forgot it though and I intend to repeat the process with my own kiddos.
I pray all who are missing, either literally or figuratively, get found. I also pray that anyone who is being abused has the courage to tell someone who can help them. I wish I had just told my teacher or something. I wouldn't have ran away if I could have gotten help. I pray for all! Much Love and Respect
When I was a child this song gave the strength to say something about my abuse... I still cry every time. This song hits different for most people but to me it was an awaking.
It was 2 years after this song I went to CPS about the abuse my brothers and I were going through. No one believed me because the ones who knew covered it up and the others were too scared. So I was a 15 year old girl who stood alone in the truth. But was viewed as a liar by everyone. I went into rebellion and began to Surpress the trauma of it all within drugs. Or how the pedophiles love it when we became addicts cause they use it against us. Finally I took a chance and went 1200 miles away to be homeless. In Nature I began to learn. I wanted to live for the first time ever. So I did a lot of work getting off drugs off the street within myself removing self hatered. I found my spirit who has a name. We are spirit with a name and they keep us from knowing this cause this is our power. So much trauma because without it the Elite would have no control. Comedy brainwashes parents to sexually abuse children. While colors brainwash us to Surpress trauma decimate mind deny astrocities compartmentalize and destroy self core. Like I said I did a lot of work. Many are brainwashed to be addicts. Free the mind from that and it is freedom from addiction. I won they lost
Im 28. For the past 15 years I have been crippled by severe depression, anxiety and abandonment issues. I've very recently left a 5 year extremely abusive relationship. She got me addicted to crack and heroine (I understand I am an adult and should have left sooner), controlled me, told me when and what I was allowed (if I was allowed) to eat, constant mental bullying and torture, didn't let me have friends or go anywhere without her. And so much more. It got so bad with self harming and suicide attempts that some people who knew me actually got me help and got me away from that. It's been 6 months now and I have to struggle and battle day and night with the damage that 5 years of constant, daily abuse has done to my head. But I am slowly starting to feel like I may actually be worth something. This song means so much to me. Sorry I know you probably don't care or want to hear any of this but I just wanted to share. Have a good day and fight because life should be worth it.
Thank you for sharing! Do not apologize for sharing your truth...listen to me bossin'...sheesh! Sending love and light to you as you unwind and heal from all that you've experienced.
Good luck friend. I have been there. I learned to hate. Then I realized that. I hated everything/everyone. Then I hurt bc I didn't want to hate. Then I hated her bc I didn't want to hurt. The cycle didn't end, I couldn't find the way out of it. The way out is just wanting to love. Big part of that is admitting you got hurt and need to get healed. Love you bro. We will make it.
I don't know you but I love you and I'm proud of you ❤ you're on the path of healing, you're stronger than you know, you're proving it everyday. I'm rooting for you and so are many others ❤
This is without any hyperbole one of the greatest music videos ever made. It is also one of the most tear-jerking, heart-rending, and thought-provoking music videos ever made.
Lyrics Call you up in the middle of the night Like a firefly without a light You were there like a slow torch burning I was a key that could use a little turning So tired that I couldn't even sleep So many secrets I couldn't keep Promised myself I wouldn't weep One more promise I couldn't keep It seems no one can help me now I'm in too deep There's no way out This time I have really led myself astray Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a one way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there Can you help me remember how to smile? Make it somehow all seem worthwhile How on earth did I get so jaded? Life's mystery seems so faded I can go where no one else can go I know what no one else knows Here I am just drownin' in the rain With a ticket for a runaway train Everything seems cut and dry Day and night, earth and sky Somehow I just don't believe it Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a one way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there Bought a ticket for a runaway train Like a madman laughin' at the rain A little out of touch, little insane It's just easier than dealing with the pain Runaway train never goin' back Wrong way on a one way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there Runaway train never comin' back Runaway train tearin' up the track Runaway train burnin' in my veins Runaway but it always seems the same....
I'm a Survivor of sexual abuse when I was 12 years and this happened in Maple leaf gardens by 3 monsters but like I said I'm a Survivor it took me 30 years to tell someone and thank God I did because I got the help I need to survive and I can speak about what happened to me and feel no shame about it thank God
I to know this pain and I did run away with no where to turn, but as I grew up I learned different techniques to let all the extra baggage go, I just wish I had a helping shoulder and ear I could of cried into while growing up
Well done for haveing the courage and knowing to overcome the sub human feeling of toxic shame...sexual abuse is rampant and my heart goes out to anyone who has suffered by it
I cannot help but have tears streaming down my face as i watch this. I was a run away child myself. I spent 9 years in the foster child system hated and unwanted. I ran away multiple types trying to get hone to my real family. I am 31 now and still have major trauma from my past. I wish so badly that i could help other kids that are like me when i was young. Kids know someone out there loves you and cares you are never alone. 🙏❤
Same here, never forgot it but the first time I saw the video with the pictures of the people who were missing and their names it left an impression on me I never forgot how lucky I have been in life
To the two girls my daughter brought home, I was happy I could help. You stuck by me when my daughter died to Covid and you did so much more. You gave my last name to your children.Thank you for the gift of more grandkids. I'm glad we claim each other as family.
Sometimes it is not blood that deems family as family, but rather a bond of living through the hard times and enjoying the good. rest in peace to your daughter. she sounds like a beautiful soul. And blessed wishes to you and your families
Update as of 2024: Wilda Mae Benoit - still missing Christina Ann Wood - still missing Byron Eric Page - still missing Ginger Sue Hudson - found (alive) Michelle Anne Farley - found (alive). However, she did not want to be found. She had willingly run away to escape an abusive home and due to this video, was found and ended up being forced back there. Christopher Matthew Kerze - still missing Martha Wes Dunn - still missing Emily Tamara Pois - found (alive) Thomas Gibson - murdered by father, body never recovered.
All though mine is strictly Acoustic ( I have words) but people take them very Differently who really deserves them?..The Heart & Soul is in everyone such as this..Yes this is an Amazing Song for all ages!
Well, a lot of those kids run away from home because they have parents who have failed them, abused them, and then some end up dead on the streets. The song speaks very poignantly to the anguish such kids feel. They are desperate and want to escape. The person escapes the home, but becomes aimless. The escape looked attractive, like a nice promise, but it didn't deliver. I guess that's what I took from the song. I am sure your parents are very lucky to have you.
I remember this song when I was broken, isolated and without hope . To ME, this song is also to all those who may be Suffering in Silence like I once was, deep depression, anxiety, loneliness, darkness,.. It is MY Hope for YOU to find your inner- strength and overcome whatever it is that you think is impossible,.. it's NOT impossible, I did it, YOU CAN too ❤
I was stuck in a bad relationship and I told my friend that this song is exactly how I feel. She saw it as a cry for help and gave me the strength I needed to leave. I have been out of the situation for almost 4 months and happier than I have ever been.
You are a strong person. It can be hard to get out of an abusive relationship. For me she was never physical but she made me feel like shit and isolated me from family and friends. Every time she allowed me to meet my friends she made me feel like abandoning her and the worst person ever. It took me a long time to understand that this was not a normal relationship and that she made me feel horrible.
I didn't speak English at the time the song came out but remember loving it and being sad at the same time. Now with the understanding of the lyrics and the horrible images, it's amazing that, 20 years later, we regressed and human trafficking can not be talked about openly...
I grew up without cable so while I knew the song well, I'd never seen the video until today. I had no clue that they had missing children in the video. It blows my mind that 21 of those 36 were found. Simply amazing. Perhaps the video could be re-done yearly with updates to children that are missing now.
F*ck me this is still a tear-jerker almost 30 years later. Those faces have been burned into my consciousness for almost 3 decades. These guys should get Nobel Peace Prizes for helping bring some of those kids back home. And it worked.
Me three, means something different to anyone but for me I'm 36 and I feel I haven't been happy since I was 16-19 yr old. Best 3 years of my life, lost love, heartbreak, to drugs 13 yr clean but I feel broken. Life can be hard but i know their are other people who have it worse than me. Count ya blessings and head up. Much love to anyone who feels lost tonight.
People will say live aid actually did something. It did, it raised money for food. It was supposed to help a suppressed group of people to free them from their government. So what did we do? We gave the food to the government. To which they told the people, if you want food, you will submit to the government or be exiled or killed. Good job, doing.. the opposite of the thing you were supposed to do. This song. Actually did something. 21 children were rescued from the streets. They put names on faces, and people made phone calls. This band was a real hero!
After many years of physical, emotional, and verbal abuse from my step father, I had countless moments where I nearly ran away. Police officers had failed my brothers and I, school counselors did not take our pleas seriously...no one would help us. I had contemplated daily, about just getting up, walking away and leaving for good. Never looking back. Usually this overwhelming sense to flee came over me while I was on my 15 minute break, at my first job when I was 16. I would sit on the curb outside staring at the traffic going by, the open roads, and the sunny blue sky...and I would imagine being free, then I would feel compelled to just run. This song/video, however, was always in the back of my mind and I never followed through. Sometimes I wish I had, but at the same time, I’m glad I didn’t. He was eventually arrested for abuse when I was 19 and a mandatory restraining order was put into place. I still have moments where the urge to flee from stressful situations come over me...but I always choose fight over flight.
Bless your heart, I hope you are able to move on and leave that part of life behind you.... Pick someone you would not naturally be attracted to and give them a chance ! You never know but the mind plays tricks on us we end up becoming what we never ever wanted to be. Best wishes 😀
This song is one that keeps me going, and I still listen to it especially when I feel almost at that point of no return.. As a kid I ran away many times, but was luckier than most that I was a Scout who taught wilderness survival. Sometimes I think about what life would be like if I had stayed gone, but never regret not doing so after seeing what it could be like... Love and peace, Brothers and Sisters ❤ it all starts in the home.
I lived this..I remember hearing this on the radio in a motel room when I was maybe nineteen and crying..I was suicidal, homeless, and badly addicted to drugs..it still brings up so many emotions ..I'm thirty five now, and still battling drug addiction,been clean for nine months now though and pray i never have to relive that kind of pain
Debbie Holliday sorry your life got off track for a minute.. but that's the past, can't change it that's why you don't look back but you take steps forward and keep moving like you're doing now god has a plan for everyone you just have to have faith god loves you and good luck on your journey.. life is what you make it... it's all up to you 😊
Debbie Holliday I don't know u, but I hope u make it. I'm 37 & in a similar place. But I'm not clean- & prob will never be. Was never planning on going this way. Life, eh?
i remember watching this video as a kid and crying back then. still makes me cry (i’m 36 now). great video and so glad of how many kids were found because of it.
@@mrsquackers8368 OMG, I've learned recently that social services is pretty much useless. I'm so sorry for what happened to you, I pray you're in a good place now.
It's so awful that so many young people are out on the streets or have disappeared. I keep them and the families in my prayers. It could have been any of us is the way I look at things. My growing up all I wanted to do was runaway even with me being grown I have wanted to runaway also. I'm just now at a point in my life where I'm finally happy and learning on my faith and God I know I can get through anything. Join me in prayers for all the lost young ones❤
The way this song brought us entertainment while simultaneously helping solve a social issue is something that I hope will be studied and emulated by many future generations to come. I don't have any children, yet I can't imagine the terror of losing touch with a child regardless of the reasons. Thank you Soul Asylum for all that you've done, and for what you continue to do. I salute you! Please keep sharing your gifts and your message with the world. We need it so desperately right now! 🙏
This song wrenched my heart to the core. Sad thing about it is, this still goes on even today. Children running away from broken homes due to dysfunctional families as well as children being kidnapped. Very heartbreaking to see how reality can knock a gigantic hole in your heart when you see the horror that goes on in this world. Very good video.
@@laurieberry4814 The moral of the story there is: NEVER leave your baby in a carriage outside a store while you go inside for just a minute. Anything can happen!
I can't listen to this song without crying. It cuts like a knife. Yet somehow it still manages to give me hope. I absolutely treasure this song. Thank you .
I (we) stole a packet of rivita and a payed for the cheapest little bottle of "panda cola, and off I went,at the tender age of just 12,,,,ITS STILL VERY RAW BECAUSE ONLY MYSELF TRULY EXPERIENCE SUCH A DISPICKALE,ACTS OF VERY DEEP ABUSE
May the runaway train hit home FOREVER AND EVER TO INFINITY'S GRACE AND BEYOND GLORY AND PRAISE TO SION THERE CAN ONLY BE ZION SUNBIRDS OF CREATION ALL FOR ONE ONE FOR WHOLE OF WHOLENESS THEIR RIGHTFUL PLAN ZIONMADE GLORY AND PRAISE TO SION!!!⚓💮🦃🌻⭕💐🌺🌸🏵️🌹🌏🏠🌉✌️💍💍💓💯🏆🌷🎁🎉🥀🪙🌠⚔️🌈💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
Too All The Children Trying To Find Their Way Home We Won't Stop Looking For You Thanks Soul Asylum For A Meaningful Song Still A Powerful Song On 8 /23 /18
Awwww... We were in the 90's now we are adults.. but many kids like we were didn't reach our ages.. We need to do is wish them they are in a better world than this....
@A Blast From Your Past I get where you are coming from but the truth is that except for those who were abducted, "home" was the last place most of us ever wanted to see again.
This is what music should be used for. This is what stars should use their voices for. This is what music should be. Meaningful and world changing. Not the poisoning ilk they play on the radio. This is awesome. I love this. I'm glad that this video helped locate and save 21 lost youth. Thank you Soul Asylum. I love you guys.
@@sandyflanagan2794 I pray. I haven't seen change. I'm only one person. Nothing I've been doing has made anything change. I'll continue to do it, and just hold on to faith.
Notice how their career basically died after this track's success and nobody ever heard about them again. Makes you wonder.... Who wanted to stop something like this? And how were they able to?
This song always makes me cry it describes how I have felt since I was in my twenties and now I’m in my 40s I’ve always felt stuck in my life and years are passing by and I feel I’m still in the same place and when I think finally something different something takes me back again. No matter how much I try to change it.
When my best friend and I were 12 and 13, we listened to this song all the time, even into adulthood. My best friend passed away in 2020 and I always come back to this song and re visit all the memories we shared. I miss my best friend everyday! Always make sure to tell your loved ones how much you love them, because you never know when it will be the last time you will ever see them.
I feel your pain.. I lost my childhood best friend almost a year ago... we went through everything from 7th grade to our 40s ... there was so much left to say.. this song hits differently than before. Sending love and peace to your heart...✨️✨️✨️
I can never read the comments here...my eyes are always filled with tears. God be with all these children and give strength to those who are waiting for them.
I would give anything to go back to these days. I was 24 when the towers were hit, so I remember life before 9/11. This song makes me think of those days.
I lived this song ran away so many times ...bless these guys for making this public .I don't think many people realize how deep this song and issue really is !🙏
Almost all the kids in this video were found. Soul Asylum is amazing just for this alone. Thank you for being good hearted and not losing your ability to be humble and care.
My boyfriend my partner died on March,15th, 2021. I miss my baby... I remember he sang me to sleep one night singing this. He told me this was one of his favourite songs.. I miss him and I’m lost 💔
So sorry my sweet ,I kmow it's hard really hard Take one day at a time ,one hour st a time if it's easier Lost my mum 6 weeks ago ,no family left on Island Will hold you in my heart You will heal, we both will Jenny 💔💔
Please get safe and loving support to help you-grief is so hard and changes lives, you can be you. Sending lots of love and hope you find the comfort you seek. Keep looking for support that is a little better than the best support you can find today.
This September will be 30 years my sister Martha Dunn has been missing. Thank you Soul Asylum for featuring her. Much love, Cora Dunn❤
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I’m so very sorry! I can’t even imagine what you and your family go through....how old was she?
Im sorry for what happened ❤️
i am so sorry that you’re going through this. i hope everything turns out okay.
I’m genuinely so sorry for you, I wish you and your family the best :)
I just looked it up 21 missing children were found because of this video. That is the single most amazing and important thing any musician or band has ever done. Mad respect.
The crazy thing is the original reason the song was written wasn’t even about missing kids
Watch our kids nowdays.
Thank you 🙏 a parents biggest nightmare
@Paul Middleton dafuq, do you even know what you said? My iq dropped just attempting to read this
How do I find the one that shows me? I’ve tried looking and can’t find it….
I don’t want to glorify myself, I just want to show a couple kids!!
This song was on repeat through my troubled youth. I’m now 44 and still listen to it every once in a while. Takes me far back but also reminds me how blessed my life has turned out to be. To all the missing, abused, exploited and lost kids out there, you are loved and your voices are heard and matter. May your train find its way to peace.
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Beautifully said
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Respect
Same for me, thanks for that reminder of how lucky we are
This band helped find alot of these missing kids, God bless them
I just watched the new Netflix documentary and knew I see her face! RIP Aundria
@@sarlee333wich documentary?
You know what the DNA stuff that's going on now they can find a lot of these people
@@jeremycoffman9771 yes they can
@@patriciadiaz8240into the fire
Thank you, Soul Asylum, for starting the fire to raise awareness about child sex trafficking and passing the torch to bands such as For Today. Love you guys.
Starting the fire? REALLY? Like no one was before?
They did that? 😮❤
@@AngryCanadian1971did you really come here to argue with this comment? What have you done?
@MetalClown1974, Yes Now tell the truth! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr!
@ , my name is Sean.
As a runaway at the age of 15, this song means so much to me even all these years later. I was unbelievably lucky and was able to build a life for myself and have a wonderful family and job. I know how horribly wrong it could have all gone so I am grateful every single day to be here now. Every time I hear this song, I cry for those who are still out there. You are loved and you are important.
This song is making a come back with the new movie out Sound of Freedom , glad you made it out safe .
Fair play
He wrote this song about his severe depression, I also think the song is about addiction, but just didn’t come out and say that. Back in the 90’s talking about drug use/addiction was taboo, it’s just now becoming acceptable to society to openly talk about it. I’m glad they used the video they used though, they actually found a lot of the kids from the video being played worldwide.
I ran away at 14 as well... let's just say we have lived similar lives & I feel this song as well
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This video was ahead of its time. To feature missing children before the age of social media and to have helped find over 25 of them is amazing.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, LOLITA ISLAND, the "Clintons" Everybody and his brother - this shit's being going on for A LONG LONG TIME - LET'S END IT N O W
8/10/19 - I guess HE ended it HIMSELF - No I don't think so!
8/10/19 Just heard Epstein ENDED HIMSELF in his jail cell - but I don't BELIEVE it
I didn't mean KILL HIM, for Christ's sake!
How can you be so stupid? The world didn't begin with media and it worked just fine without it. Missing children were found all the time.
I was a Runaway as i was 16, back in the mid 90ths. I slept on Stairways,eating from Containers..it was rough and marked my Life. Now i am a Father of a 21 year old Girl and i kept her safe and she grew of as comfartable as she can,that she never become a Runaway like me. This Song is over all the Years my Hymn and i listen to everyday. God bless all unfound Children out there.
I came here after listening to the latest Crime Junkie episode on missing children. Stories of some of the missing children featured here has been discussed in this podcast.
May these beautiful souls find peace 🙏
Same here. For anyone here who wants to know the stories of some of the missing children featured in this music video, you might want to listen to Crime Junkie's recent episode: MISSING: Runaway Train Kids
Fr me to, i forgot how dark but true this video is
Saame
Me, four! Man. SO sad. :( I'm so grateful to this band for making such a self-less video, and getting these kids names and pictures out there! So many who went missing around the time I was born, and who could have been impressive mentors and leaders, today.
How's that for
My little brother just died 4 weeks ago at age 35. He always tried to run away from himself. In his last days, he was lost, stressed, depressed, suffering from anxiety, and without even being able to sleep more than 2 or 3 hours per night. Then he just colapsed and had a heart attack. Now you're free, hermanito. Go in peace. I will forever love you. You will always be my little brother! ❤
I'm sorry for your loss
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😢😢😢
God took your beloved brother home he is well cared for.
LO SIENTO. QEPD.
No other band had ever given so much publicity to the lost ones, and none have since.
Now they don't print their faces on milk cartons, but maybe they should make a song about amber alert children.
❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂
DJ Groove made a similar clip about children who disappeared in the CIS - this clip is "New day"
I had no idea. This song means so much more to me now
Ma fille est au ciel je l'espère 😢
90's music videos just hit harder than nowadays.
Wait until you discover the 50’s, 60’s 70’s and 80’s music.
Something To Believe In by Poison
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Hit hard then too
@thetalisman963 Watched the music video for the first time. With my first foster brother. He was the youngest of their sons.
Probably the most ‘real’ and ‘raw’ songs ever made. You can sense the desperation, longing, loneliness, and realism in this track. One of the most heartfelt, personal, unforgettable, impactful yet painful songs of all time
Yeap I understand that. Desperation, alone, and abandoned.
@@tinasalem9491 these guys helped a lot of parents find their missing children
never connected
@@tinasalem9491 you are never alone ❤🙏
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It’s now 2024. I don’t know what these guys knew or how they knew it but given all that has surfaced in the last 3 or so years, this song gave an early glimpse into a darkness in this country, in this world, that most never knew of.
I may be wrong but back then it was about money but also just because these people could not get pregnant so whatever the reason it is so shocking that our country has become one of the biggest sex trafficking countries in the world! WE ARE BEING JUDGED AND IT BREAKS MY HEART! THE END OF THIS VIDEO IS VERY DISTURBING!😢
@@CORAMDEO-ot1nq there is absolutely a curse on this land and many others because of this. the trade is one of the biggest. and people are acting like they don't know or that it doesn't matter because these kids made a bad choice.
they dont want to think about it happening to someone they care about it.
imagine turning on your favorite "website" in the late evening and seeing someone you know in one of those videos... doing something unspeakable. A sister or brother or even your own child.
Our government has known it all along , don't be fooled !!
I am 40 now. Coming from a dysfunctional family, was thrown out by my mother when i was 15. Was drugged and raped at workplace hostel when i was 17. Lost my smile for life but managed to get things around somehow. My son was born 3 years ago and my world is now full of smiles. This song reminds me of how i fell hard after being thrown out. I will be a father that my son will always look up to. Thank you soul train.
I cried when I read your story. God bless you! Your story reminded me of a story of my friend which I lost many years ago.
May Allah always guide your steps and bless you and your family.
God bless you deserve all good
God bless u for the remarkable strength u harvest !!! Im happy for u and wish u eternal happiness .. Love will always rule planet earth and heaven !!!
God bless u w eternal happiness and sorry for the pain u suffered. So many cruel humans and sadly some can be family ..
This song and video hit so different now that I’m 44 and not 14. I grew up. Some of these young kids didn’t. Damn man, that is sad. This band really cared. This song will live on forever.
This song is so bittersweet for me. I first heard the song on the radio in the middle of a particularly rough night when I was 17 and being treated in hospital for depression. I got the CD as soon as I was able to find the name of the song and it was my stable comfort song for so many years while I was in treatment. I’m now 30 and loving life more than I thought was ever possible (though 2020 obviously sucks).
Inspirational ❤️
Youngstern Haha.
✌️🕊️2020 was a Runaway 🚆
normally i never answer to any posts but in this fact i do, enjoy your life always as best as possible no matter how hard and senseless it seems to be!!!! Your parents gave you that unique gift so dont waste it cause of anything, whatever it is! greets
Fucking yes megs r, this is the kind of thing decent folks want to hear, good on you, much love
They found majority of those kids. That makes me happy. Never let this song die, guys
unfortunately too many are still unaccounted for I heard Crime Junkie is trying to air each story is the missing in guess it might stir someone's memory or conscience
apparently i was told by the police they were gonna post on this video for missing people they were not really dead or missing, they were just criminals from the department NYC Police, i believe that everyone is okay!❤maybe some of them are still,
They played different pics on MTV weekly for years on behalf of missing children & donated cash.great band
No. Every one of them are real.
Actually when they put this video out part of the contract was when 2 is closed they add a new 1
So many missing since
lost forever though.
He exposed the world without internet in the 90s threw his music, Jesus
Being a child prostitute and running away from a mother who tried to kill me and as a 50 year old woman now who is trying her best to stop running away from myself, this is the hardest work I’ve ever had to do is to feel those emotions
This song and video encapsulates said emotions that I have long since disassociated myself from.
I hope these words bring you comfort. You are not what happened to you. You are so much more. I hope you find an outlet to turn these dark happenings into light. Prayers for peace ❤
May you heal ❤️
Never give up find love and try to live day by day bless you
Oh yeah..I hear you !
I'm sorry...you had such a hard life I hope your life is better now
No words. My deeply respects, Soul Asylum. This song must live for ever
It will!
Está canción vive siempre en los corazones y en la gente de bien. nunca se olvida el arte, es lo que pervive. Amor, fuerza y paz a todos❤
Which children from this music 🎵🎶 video have been found? I remember hearing this song back in the days. It hits home for someone out there. I wish all of the people who are still missing or otherwise, I wish the best for them find their way home to their family and friends and sincere condolences to those who are no longer with us. 💜💜💜💜😭😭😭😭✝️✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🙏🙏 !
one tortured chikd, Fler
4 ever 💯💯
私が海外で生活するようになった時に一番最初に買ったCDはSoul Asylumでした。魂に一番訴えかける曲で、涙がとまりませんでした
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I understand you, man
Be at peace, get stronger everyday and stay strong. 🌷
@@reachtrita thank you . Woud like to write More, no, not abput me. Thank you, for trying to make US stronger. Never change. 🌹💜 universale love.
@@フロメシツル das bringt nichts, wo ist die Übersetzung.? Danke für die Antwort.
This song was on repeat after my older brother died of brain cancer at the age of 17yrs old. It destroyed me, it took me years to recover my downward spiral of drugs on my runaway train. It’s been over 31 years and that void is still there but learned to cope by finding purpose in the pain instead of getting on the train. We will be reunited in with our Father in heaven. That will be a glorious day indeed. God bless everyone who reads this message and seek the Father and he will give you peace and comfort.
Sorry for your loss. Congrats on your recovery! God bless.
This isnt just a band...this are heroes guys...thanks god and thanks Soul Asylum for this...Im sure that guys will be remembered forever!
1992 - This song made me cry!
2021 - This song still makes me cry!
...and never loses its importance and relevance...
Yeah, me too. You must be a fellow Gen X.
@@damone70 Yes, it is! You too, in that case? A "good" generation :-) Have a nice weekend and best greetings from Switzerland...
We had a guy in class of 1996 (aged 16) laughing his head off at missing persons (dark humour).😳😳
@@atillaozturk7075 More like a coping mechanism to mask his true emotions so he doesn't look weak.
@@damone70
True👍👍
i never knew that 21 of the 36 missing children featured in the first video for ‘runnaway train’ were recovered!! 💗 the video still makes me cry & i am so in awe of the band’s vision and effective change they brought to the lives of those youngsters. heroes. 🌟 🎶
Quite a few "found children" were angry at being found as they didn't want to be found.
I was about to try to find out the status. Been listening to this song since the 90’s. Thanks for sharing.
So then are they removing children from the music video as they're recovered?
We don't know what they were running from. I pray the lord walks with them. Some I am sure had to run for horrible reasons. Prayers in Jesus name
I'm still missing
I never saw this video. I was 14 when it came out. What a nice thing they did. It's so nice to see when people use their platform for good. Well done.
Какие Светлые, замечательные парни, так талантливо донесли это другим. Искренне восхищаюсь уже много лет
Such a beautiful song
Причём те дети в клипе пропали
По клипу их распознали
25 нашли
4 дела замяли, или те дети умерли
Только судьба 1-ого ребёнка неизвестна.
Very sad for all the lost.
Extremely happy for the folks who could be found because of this video.
This is one meaningful video.
Showed it to my 9-year-old son to help him understand the ill effects of running out of house without informing us.
Thank you Soul Asylum!
U got right
I thought you might ask me what is going on ask me next time ok princess
It is truly amazing that 25 missing people were found because of this video even though sadly some of them were found dead I believe. RIP.
Really? I always wondered if any of those were found
Some sources say there were 21 people found from this video while there’s some others that say 26. Either way, it’s amazing that so many missing people were found because of this music video!
It’s at 26 found now but the video shows different kids depending on what country you watch it in. I grew up in Chelsea (London) and the video showed children missing throughout England. Like the US list, some were found dead while some are still missing but some were also found alive.
And what was the stories behind them going missing? We're they sex trafficked or they just ran away from home?
@@am4456~ Even if they start as a runaway, they can very quickly end up being trafficked. Minors leave home because they don't know what else to do with themselves -- undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, neglected, abused, misfits, seeking adventure or seeking escape, and thinking the way to get that is to go find it elsewhere. And then in any city in the world, or even in their own hometown, there are predators looking for them for their own purposes. And they're young and impressionable, needy or desparate, easily led, and all-around easy marks for predators.
I know this song is about missing people and I'm sorry to anyone that lost a family member or friend😔
But this song hits so different in other ways for myself personally. It sucks. It's amazing how one song can mean something so different from one person to another
One of the most brilliantly written and important songs in the history of music.
I totally agree with you.
Im totally agree. It makes me cry every single time 🥺
Esta es única y especial que a nadie se ocurrió escribirla solo a estos genios #ROCKFOREVER
There is words for this video never lose hope
Amen
I dedicated this song to my brother who took his own life at 18.
Not missing, but lost.
RIP, Kevin. He would be 48 today
I will pray that his Soul finds peace.
Bet u can truly feel this song . I neve4 imagined this song had so many profound meanings . May your brother find his way.
Sorry for your loss 💙
Good force I wish you for your lost
Heroes never die
This song proves that kids across the world should be protected against any kind of domestic abuse and should live as kids in a happy environment
Agree 110%.. Every child deserves a good chance! 👍
He wrote this song about his severe depression, I also think the song is about addiction, but just didn’t come out and say that. Back in the 90’s talking about drug use/addiction was taboo, it’s just now becoming acceptable to society to openly talk about it. I’m glad they used the video they used though, they actually found a lot of the kids from the video being played worldwide.
My grandma once told me say the truth it will set you free
ya but if not we grow up hateful , dont trust anyone , full of anxiety and fully alone . joys of abuse
@@Ep0nzI've had depression for thirty years - from stroke. I just think about the frustration that caused it. Right now I have had an episode for three weeks.
Плакала сначала смотрев клип, теперь - читая комментарии.
Боже, помоги нам быть добрее и внимательнее друг к другу. Помоги сделать так, чтобы зла и горя в мире стало меньше.
My nan only purchased one cassette tape in her lifetime and this was it. At the age of 8, I'd sit on her side porch with her and we'd play this song over and over, singing it on the top of our lungs. My nan passed away 6 years ago now and honestly, I've never been the same. Life became a little more dull and a lot more scary. How can I do this life without the person who kept me strong? I miss you Fay Good. You were my everything. I miss you with every ounce of my soul. You once told me that my son had your eyes, and you were right. Not only does he have your eyes, he's a complete spitting image of you. I feel blessed every day to see your reflection in my son and I hope you are there waiting for me when it's my turn. Love you eternally nan ❤️💖
@@ironylulz Ironically, I always say that I was in my nans belly whilst mum was a baby growing. It's something that I hold very dear. And I also call my nan nan "Fairy May" , as apposed to "Mary Fay" which is her given name. Thank you for commenting, I thoroughly enjoyed the read ❤️
Как трогательно..я плачу 😭
im sorry for your loss. but now you have this song to remember her with. my great grandma died in 2020. i still miss her so much. i love you ouma grooitjie. i think about you every day.
What a lovely message 💚✌ my gran 🙏 was and still is my hero🙏 god love them🙏💚✌
30 years later and this song still punches you right in the heart.
im now 42 and I will weep like a child if it ever plays nearby.
Totally agree
En todo el mundo desaparecen niños y jóvenes
Buen dicho ...
Maybe even harder, especially if you have kids of your own.
Even after decades, this song, still hits deep in my heart. I'm 40 now and understood the song as a teenager, and now as an adult only realize how much worse things have gotten. I pray for all the lost souls ❤️
So do I
All my hopes even hurts still burn 🔥, you have hints of faith and happiness that make you look foward . 💜🌷✨ I been there.
I understand. Born in March of 81.
Same here, I was 10 when this album came out. It still plays. Amazing.
I too was born in 81and feel the same as you
Of course I’m listening on September 2024. This is a classic and an anthem for the vulnerable-our children. Evil is among us and they are coming for our children. I pray for all of those who disappeared and have yet to be found. Thank you Soul Asylum for this alternative, soulful music. 🖖❤️💯🇺🇸
We are all children struggling in this world and need some kindness
Yeah around that time a lot of bands were about misery, angst, and self hatred. But Soul Asylum made a music video that raised awareness and reunited people. This band are a group of heroes as far as I'm concerned..
Not all hero's wear capes and fight crime head on.
Some use music to rescue people and reunite people
Actually just before this great song soul asylum were about misery, angst and self hatred and no one knew who they were. This song saved them as well as other people..
@@eleanorx115 Alright oldhead, I don't know about that. But it's a good song though.
@@nok4799 thanks for teaching me a new term. i actually learned about the band on wiki and i thought it will be a nice observation. I guess u younghead are too cool for that😎
This song was written about misery, angst, and self hatred. It wasn’t till they were making the video for it that they decided to feature actual runaways.
This song is very personal to me. I lived on the streets of Boston in 1974 for several months very lost at the age of 14. I credit my foster Mom Marelyn DeGregorio who saved me. RIP Mom
@John Jourdan No
@Vincent Cuttolo Thank you.
@Vincent Cuttolo Hi Vincent. My life has turned out so much better than when I was a kid. Not all my dreams came true but I have 3 beautiful children, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. So, yes, my life turned out so much better since then. Thank you for caring and I pray for ones who are still lost and the ones who are still in foster care. The ones in foster care have so much to look forward to with the right person supporting them and their dreams. Take care.
@@AmyJoyceWingDesigns God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
I sometimes wonder what my life would've turned out like if I'd run away from home at 14. That's when family life was getting rough to say the least. I often had that urge not to go home after school, just keep walking, but I don't think it would have helped much. When the careers guidance teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be a tramp. I definitely didn't fit in with my school friends either which didn't help. In another sense I was already getting lost and it just got worse. But I survived and here I am 31 years later, still a bit rough around the edges and still a bit baffled by life but content enough.
Until every missing child gets home, even if it’s with King Jesus. This is the anthem for all missing children.
So true
It was written because he was struggling with depression and he made a beautiful song because of it. Life can be hell, but there's a reason for everything and look how beautifully this song affected america since the 90's. Beautifully written and produced. I'm in love with this song and I've struggled with mental illness since I was a child and this was one of my favorite songs when I was a little girl. Dave is a genius for sure and incredibly good looking.
That it was made is just proof there is a little light in every dark.
so lovely 🌹
Modern society has made my mental illness so much worse. It just keeps taking and taking.
@@psychedelicfright85 I'd have to disagree with you on a certain level and only because I have any music I want to hear on a small device that fits in my hand which also allows me to connect with my peers which is important when you need to listen to music. I've needed music my entire life. It almost has the same affect as marijuana. It's medicine to me and that's how I handle my cards.
@@LeilahsMama420 pretty soon, people will make streaming either obsolete, or ridiculously expensive. I personally miss CDs, and music stores, and meeting people like that. I live for music, and I fear people will make that just like living downtown in any city. Weed used to help me too, until it turned on me. Whatever is in it now, makes me paranoid and way too energetic, quite the opposite of how it used to. All people have to do, is start a loud enough whine, and people cave in.
This song is about ME 💔🥹!!!! I remember this song from the 90’s so well, but I was like 10 when it came out, so… I didn’t HEAR 👂🏼 the lyrics until now 😭😭. I was a teenage runaway drug addict/alcoholic prostitute on the streets, strung out with severe untreated mental illnesses. I shouldn’t be here today, but only by the grace of God I am! This song hits WAAAY different now!!!! A CLASSIC!! Always a fave!!!
We understand and love you. Solange.❤❤❤❤❤
Hallelujah praise God He protects ux
Bless you Sweetheart. I'm glad you're still here x
AMEN. Blessings.
We
Love ypu. Universal love. God. 💜💜💜🌈🌈🌈Solange.
A message to the future generations: "DON'T LET THIS SONG DIE" 💞👌😊👍
Legends never die they live forever ❤❤❤
This song came out in 93 and my mom would goofingly dance with me to it just so I'd remember it. It worked. Being that young I had no idea what the lyrics meant. Never forgot it though and I intend to repeat the process with my own kiddos.
Thank goodness we have RUclips aka "time machine" to listen to this classic masterpiece!
Agree
True classics never die
PLEASE Help just 1 person, less fortunate than Yourself, then do it again.. and again.. the best! Love, Wendy from Australia ❤xox
I pray all who are missing, either literally or figuratively, get found. I also pray that anyone who is being abused has the courage to tell someone who can help them. I wish I had just told my teacher or something. I wouldn't have ran away if I could have gotten help. I pray for all! Much Love and Respect
Thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤Solange.
Amen to that
AMÉN 🙏🏻
Glad you're here to spread this empathy and love to others going through what you have, or similar. You're a survivor.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
When I was a child this song gave the strength to say something about my abuse... I still cry every time. This song hits different for most people but to me it was an awaking.
i hope you are recovering from trauma of your abuse
Quickilver wanna be
good for you. I'm glad you told people and (hopefully) got that situation resolved
It was 2 years after this song I went to CPS about the abuse my brothers and I were going through. No one believed me because the ones who knew covered it up and the others were too scared. So I was a 15 year old girl who stood alone in the truth. But was viewed as a liar by everyone. I went into rebellion and began to Surpress the trauma of it all within drugs. Or how the pedophiles love it when we became addicts cause they use it against us. Finally I took a chance and went 1200 miles away to be homeless. In Nature I began to learn. I wanted to live for the first time ever. So I did a lot of work getting off drugs off the street within myself removing self hatered. I found my spirit who has a name. We are spirit with a name and they keep us from knowing this cause this is our power. So much trauma because without it the Elite would have no control. Comedy brainwashes parents to sexually abuse children. While colors brainwash us to Surpress trauma decimate mind deny astrocities compartmentalize and destroy self core. Like I said I did a lot of work. Many are brainwashed to be addicts. Free the mind from that and it is freedom from addiction. I won they lost
Me too 🙏 hits a soft spot.
Im 28. For the past 15 years I have been crippled by severe depression, anxiety and abandonment issues.
I've very recently left a 5 year extremely abusive relationship. She got me addicted to crack and heroine (I understand I am an adult and should have left sooner), controlled me, told me when and what I was allowed (if I was allowed) to eat, constant mental bullying and torture, didn't let me have friends or go anywhere without her. And so much more. It got so bad with self harming and suicide attempts that some people who knew me actually got me help and got me away from that.
It's been 6 months now and I have to struggle and battle day and night with the damage that 5 years of constant, daily abuse has done to my head. But I am slowly starting to feel like I may actually be worth something.
This song means so much to me.
Sorry I know you probably don't care or want to hear any of this but I just wanted to share.
Have a good day and fight because life should be worth it.
You are worth more than you will ever know....... and I hope you never allow someone to mistreat or abused you again ever!!!!! 💞
Thank you for sharing! Do not apologize for sharing your truth...listen to me bossin'...sheesh! Sending love and light to you as you unwind and heal from all that you've experienced.
That was worth reading good luck.
Good luck friend. I have been there. I learned to hate. Then I realized that. I hated everything/everyone. Then I hurt bc I didn't want to hate. Then I hated her bc I didn't want to hurt. The cycle didn't end, I couldn't find the way out of it. The way out is just wanting to love. Big part of that is admitting you got hurt and need to get healed. Love you bro. We will make it.
I don't know you but I love you and I'm proud of you ❤ you're on the path of healing, you're stronger than you know, you're proving it everyday. I'm rooting for you and so are many others ❤
Possibly the hardest video to watch. Oofta, this one is heavy. My first band shirt was Soul Asylum because of this song.
This is without any hyperbole one of the greatest music videos ever made. It is also one of the most tear-jerking, heart-rending, and thought-provoking music videos ever made.
This song broke my heart when it came out. Still does.
It is hard to believe in the USA where we have schools, freedoms - but parents create an environment where the streets look safer than home!
Same! Makes me ball my eyes out
same here
Yup
Same here...crying now
2025 is just around the corner will anyone still listen to this masterpiece❤❤
i just did. And is my all time favourite.
As a woman in her 40's who listened to this on repeat in my teen years, this song now hits on a whole other level😪😪😪😪
Same girl ♥️
Born May 18, 1979. Weird to think we're still the young ones. hehe.
Because its great
Me too !! I’ll be 40 this year
As a teenager who is currently repeating this, I hope it hits me like this aswell
This song still gives me chills and makes me tear up. I pray for all the lost souls out there.
😭
Me too
As a medic this song hits my heart. Those that see me are the lucky ones. So many don't.
good news 21 of them were found:)
Yes
Lyrics
Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep
It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
Everything seems cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
A little out of touch, little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain
Runaway train never goin' back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same....
Thank you
Thank you
new order world ! run 2023
Thanks
They need to pin this, because the lyrics in the description are apparently for a different song.
Столько детей до сих пор пропадает😢😢😢😢😢
ЛЮДИ БУДЬТЕ ВНИМАТЕЛЬНЫ РЯДОМ С ВАМИ МОГУТ БЫТЬ ГРЯЗНЫЕ НА УМ ЛЮДИ ...
НЕТ ЧУЖИХ ДЕТЕЙ 😢😢😢😢
This song is a pure reminder of sadness and how many dangerous people walk amongst us.
I’m 27 I carry everyday everywhere, to protect myself and others. If everyone did. These terrible people would think nah not worth it.
But defund the police and have social workers handle crime makes all the sense in the world
Carry Christ friend
True that. Something much worse then orwell's vision is being cultivated.
@@loganneville1221 so you saying they cant carry?
14 years I finally found my son anthony.children find their families.just have patients and positive vibes
🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤
Thank god prayers for you all for healing
OmG I’m shaking! I’m so happy for you!
Wow, just wow!
thank god
I'm a Survivor of sexual abuse when I was 12 years and this happened in Maple leaf gardens by 3 monsters but like I said I'm a Survivor it took me 30 years to tell someone and thank God I did because I got the help I need to survive and I can speak about what happened to me and feel no shame about it thank God
I to know this pain and I did run away with no where to turn, but as I grew up I learned different techniques to let all the extra baggage go, I just wish I had a helping shoulder and ear I could of cried into while growing up
Thank you for coming out and your courage to live with it. :)
Well done for haveing the courage and knowing to overcome the sub human feeling of toxic shame...sexual abuse is rampant and my heart goes out to anyone who has suffered by it
Amen🙏🏿❤️
Just wanted to thank you all for the support and kind words thank you and God bless you all
I cannot help but have tears streaming down my face as i watch this. I was a run away child myself. I spent 9 years in the foster child system hated and unwanted. I ran away multiple types trying to get hone to my real family. I am 31 now and still have major trauma from my past. I wish so badly that i could help other kids that are like me when i was young. Kids know someone out there loves you and cares you are never alone. 🙏❤
I’m 40 now and i remember this song like yesterday. When it came out it really touched me and it still does. Mad respect for Soul Assylum
Same here...grew up listening but never listened. Now in my 40s it hits differently 🌹
Ive known this song by heart since I was 8. Saw the music video the first time we had cable and was saddened. Love this song.
Same here, never forgot it but the first time I saw the video with the pictures of the people who were missing and their names it left an impression on me I never forgot how lucky I have been in life
27 here and I never understood I was too young. 😮
Turning 40 two weeks love this song when it came out and still do
To the two girls my daughter brought home, I was happy I could help. You stuck by me when my daughter died to Covid and you did so much more. You gave my last name to your children.Thank you for the gift of more grandkids. I'm glad we claim each other as family.
@Jay Jammer what the hell are you talking about. You really sound brain dead
Miserable person
@Jay Jammer sir this ain't the time
Sometimes it is not blood that deems family as family, but rather a bond of living through the hard times and enjoying the good. rest in peace to your daughter. she sounds like a beautiful soul. And blessed wishes to you and your families
Update as of 2024:
Wilda Mae Benoit - still missing
Christina Ann Wood - still missing
Byron Eric Page - still missing
Ginger Sue Hudson - found (alive)
Michelle Anne Farley - found (alive). However, she did not want to be found. She had willingly run away to escape an abusive home and due to this video, was found and ended up being forced back there.
Christopher Matthew Kerze - still missing
Martha Wes Dunn - still missing
Emily Tamara Pois - found (alive)
Thomas Gibson - murdered by father, body never recovered.
😢el bebé lo asesino su papa el último que dijiste era el bebe no?
21 found, not all good outcomes
@karlaandreagomezdavila8089 yes Thomas Gibson was the little one displayed at end of music video
Thank You!
Tuesday December 17th. It hurt to listen to this song today. I've been lost for so long now.
God bless Soul Asylum for writing this song and making this video. It still cuts deep 25 years later.
God bless those poor children especially those that were not found
Thank you soul asylum
Very deep.
Ikr😭😭😭😭😭😭
C’mon guys admit that this video still makes you well up. Now that we are older, Hug your kids and tell them you love them everyday
We need music like this now in 2021. I miss rock n roll on the radio.
All though mine is strictly Acoustic ( I have words) but people take them very Differently who really deserves them?..The Heart & Soul is in everyone such as this..Yes this is an Amazing Song for all ages!
Actually life is depressing enough. We don't need more sad songs like this. We need more up tempo songs with happy beats and words
Yes I agree
@@donnamomoa without the bad we couldn't have the good. All songs sad or happy have their place
@@xStabizorz I agree
As a parent, I can’t imagine the pain of not knowing where your child was for so long :(
Me neither.. god bless all those children that are missing.. we love you.
Well, a lot of those kids run away from home because they have parents who have failed them, abused them, and then some end up dead on the streets. The song speaks very poignantly to the anguish such kids feel. They are desperate and want to escape. The person escapes the home, but becomes aimless. The escape looked attractive, like a nice promise, but it didn't deliver. I guess that's what I took from the song. I am sure your parents are very lucky to have you.
No one cares, that's why they ran. I rode the highway to hell too, now I'm walking back.
My kid was taken from me and adopted out. Every child abuse/killed story in the news after that always had me wondering .....
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I remember this song when I was broken, isolated and without hope . To ME, this song is also to all those who may be Suffering in Silence like I once was, deep depression, anxiety, loneliness, darkness,.. It is MY Hope for YOU to find your inner- strength and overcome whatever it is that you think is impossible,.. it's NOT impossible, I did it, YOU CAN too ❤
I used to listen this song when I was a teenager in my depressed moments. I feel exactly the same now in my forties. This song is a master piece.
Eu também
I agree totally with you.
I'm with you😢
Yep, me too!
I’m 41 now and still cry hearing this song. Brings back childhood memories of the 80’s and 90’s
I was stuck in a bad relationship and I told my friend that this song is exactly how I feel. She saw it as a cry for help and gave me the strength I needed to leave. I have been out of the situation for almost 4 months and happier than I have ever been.
6 months now. Keep going, sister
You are a strong person. It can be hard to get out of an abusive relationship. For me she was never physical but she made me feel like shit and isolated me from family and friends. Every time she allowed me to meet my friends she made me feel like abandoning her and the worst person ever. It took me a long time to understand that this was not a normal relationship and that she made me feel horrible.
I didn't speak English at the time the song came out but remember loving it and being sad at the same time. Now with the understanding of the lyrics and the horrible images, it's amazing that, 20 years later, we regressed and human trafficking can not be talked about openly...
go you, hats off now you can be an INTERPRETER for missing persons campaigns or help others in some way!!! hope I have planted a seed 👍🏼💫
I grew up without cable so while I knew the song well, I'd never seen the video until today. I had no clue that they had missing children in the video. It blows my mind that 21 of those 36 were found. Simply amazing.
Perhaps the video could be re-done yearly with updates to children that are missing now.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but life wouldn't be the same tomorrow for someone without you.
@f a m o u s ? same...
Thank you and same to you
God bless u bro...
@f a m o u s ? I'm right there with you.
thanks
F*ck me this is still a tear-jerker almost 30 years later. Those faces have been burned into my consciousness for almost 3 decades. These guys should get Nobel Peace Prizes for helping bring some of those kids back home. And it worked.
Im 51 and still tear up like it was the first time hearing it😔😭😭
This song and video still makes me 😢 cry. Especially that line, "Can you help me remember how to smile?"
Me too teresa102761@gmail.com
Me 2. 😭
Me three, means something different to anyone but for me I'm 36 and I feel I haven't been happy since I was 16-19 yr old. Best 3 years of my life, lost love, heartbreak, to drugs 13 yr clean but I feel broken. Life can be hard but i know their are other people who have it worse than me. Count ya blessings and head up. Much love to anyone who feels lost tonight.
big hugs
Shawn Lusby how it not sad
People will say live aid actually did something. It did, it raised money for food. It was supposed to help a suppressed group of people to free them from their government. So what did we do? We gave the food to the government. To which they told the people, if you want food, you will submit to the government or be exiled or killed. Good job, doing.. the opposite of the thing you were supposed to do.
This song. Actually did something. 21 children were rescued from the streets. They put names on faces, and people made phone calls. This band was a real hero!
After many years of physical, emotional, and verbal abuse from my step father, I had countless moments where I nearly ran away. Police officers had failed my brothers and I, school counselors did not take our pleas seriously...no one would help us. I had contemplated daily, about just getting up, walking away and leaving for good. Never looking back. Usually this overwhelming sense to flee came over me while I was on my 15 minute break, at my first job when I was 16. I would sit on the curb outside staring at the traffic going by, the open roads, and the sunny blue sky...and I would imagine being free, then I would feel compelled to just run. This song/video, however, was always in the back of my mind and I never followed through. Sometimes I wish I had, but at the same time, I’m glad I didn’t. He was eventually arrested for abuse when I was 19 and a mandatory restraining order was put into place. I still have moments where the urge to flee from stressful situations come over me...but I always choose fight over flight.
🖒🖒🖒
Bless your heart, I hope you are able to move on and leave that part of life behind you.... Pick someone you would not naturally be attracted to and give them a chance ! You never know but the mind plays tricks on us we end up becoming what we never ever wanted to be. Best wishes 😀
wow your a true fighter, keep doing what your doing, life gets better
Thank you for fighting....more than you know
This song is one that keeps me going, and I still listen to it especially when I feel almost at that point of no return.. As a kid I ran away many times, but was luckier than most that I was a Scout who taught wilderness survival. Sometimes I think about what life would be like if I had stayed gone, but never regret not doing so after seeing what it could be like... Love and peace, Brothers and Sisters ❤ it all starts in the home.
I lived this..I remember hearing this on the radio in a motel room when I was maybe nineteen and crying..I was suicidal, homeless, and badly addicted to drugs..it still brings up so many emotions ..I'm thirty five now, and still battling drug addiction,been clean for nine months now though and pray i never have to relive that kind of pain
Debbie Holliday sorry your life got off track for a minute.. but that's the past, can't change it that's why you don't look back but you take steps forward and keep moving like you're doing now god has a plan for everyone you just have to have faith god loves you and good luck on your journey.. life is what you make it... it's all up to you 😊
Debbie Holliday hey Debbie I hope ur still doing good hun. I too am in a similar situation
I hope life is better for you now. Stay strong. People care x
rachelgonzales58
Debbie Holliday
I don't know u, but I hope u make it. I'm 37 & in a similar place. But I'm not clean- & prob will never be. Was never planning on going this way. Life, eh?
i remember watching this video as a kid and crying back then. still makes me cry (i’m 36 now). great video and so glad of how many kids were found because of it.
I’m with you
Same! As I suffered every abuse imaginable as a child. I ran away many times but social services brought me back.
Man, the scenes of the guys getting into the van with the little girl actually make me physically ill and make my skin crawl
@@mrsquackers8368 OMG, I've learned recently that social services is pretty much useless. I'm so sorry for what happened to you, I pray you're in a good place now.
Same, except I'm 37.
It's so awful that so many young people are out on the streets or have disappeared. I keep them and the families in my prayers. It could have been any of us is the way I look at things. My growing up all I wanted to do was runaway even with me being grown I have wanted to runaway also. I'm just now at a point in my life where I'm finally happy and learning on my faith and God I know I can get through anything. Join me in prayers for all the lost young ones❤
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The way this song brought us entertainment while simultaneously helping solve a social issue is something that I hope will be studied and emulated by many future generations to come. I don't have any children, yet I can't imagine the terror of losing touch with a child regardless of the reasons. Thank you Soul Asylum for all that you've done, and for what you continue to do. I salute you! Please keep sharing your gifts and your message with the world. We need it so desperately right now! 🙏
Please dont let this great meaningful song die. So much meaning behind it.
Anonymous is doing a collaboration right now for the 100k children missing from the Joe Biden administration.
This song wrenched my heart to the core. Sad thing about it is, this still goes on even today. Children running away from broken homes due to dysfunctional families as well as children being kidnapped. Very heartbreaking to see how reality can knock a gigantic hole in your heart when you see the horror that goes on in this world. Very good video.
The baby who went missing at the end was heartbreaking
@@laurieberry4814 The moral of the story there is: NEVER leave your baby in a carriage outside a store while you go inside for just a minute. Anything can happen!
They will never make song or music video like this ❤❤ I'm 40yr now, sorry to those who lost their love ones we will all meet each other 1 day ❤❤
Thank you.
I can't listen to this song without crying. It cuts like a knife. Yet somehow it still manages to give me hope. I absolutely treasure this song. Thank you .
I (we) stole a packet of rivita and a payed for the cheapest little bottle of "panda cola, and off I went,at the tender age of just 12,,,,ITS STILL VERY RAW BECAUSE ONLY MYSELF TRULY EXPERIENCE SUCH A DISPICKALE,ACTS OF VERY DEEP ABUSE
May the runaway train hit home FOREVER AND EVER TO INFINITY'S GRACE AND BEYOND GLORY AND PRAISE TO SION THERE CAN ONLY BE ZION SUNBIRDS OF CREATION ALL FOR ONE ONE FOR WHOLE OF WHOLENESS THEIR RIGHTFUL PLAN ZIONMADE GLORY AND PRAISE TO SION!!!⚓💮🦃🌻⭕💐🌺🌸🏵️🌹🌏🏠🌉✌️💍💍💓💯🏆🌷🎁🎉🥀🪙🌠⚔️🌈💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
@@russellwilkins7115 Im glad you are still with us, my friend
We can all relate on various levels
I know how you feel
Too All The Children Trying To Find Their Way Home
We Won't Stop Looking For You
Thanks Soul Asylum For A Meaningful Song
Still A Powerful Song On 8 /23 /18
Awwww... We were in the 90's now we are adults.. but many kids like we were didn't reach our ages.. We need to do is wish them they are in a better world than this....
A Blast From Your Past god bleed soul asylum for this
Godbless you
Well said
@A Blast From Your Past
I get where you are coming from but the truth is that except for those who were abducted, "home" was the last place most of us ever wanted to see again.
This is what music should be used for. This is what stars should use their voices for. This is what music should be. Meaningful and world changing. Not the poisoning ilk they play on the radio.
This is awesome. I love this. I'm glad that this video helped locate and save 21 lost youth.
Thank you Soul Asylum. I love you guys.
Those artists are controlled by the people committing those crimes.
Respect
Many Artists have the best of intentions. Power in PRAYER ❤
@@sandyflanagan2794 I pray. I haven't seen change. I'm only one person. Nothing I've been doing has made anything change. I'll continue to do it, and just hold on to faith.
Notice how their career basically died after this track's success and nobody ever heard about them again. Makes you wonder....
Who wanted to stop something like this? And how were they able to?
This song always makes me cry it describes how I have felt since I was in my twenties and now I’m in my 40s I’ve always felt stuck in my life and years are passing by and I feel I’m still in the same place and when I think finally something different something takes me back again. No matter how much I try to change it.
I feel the exact same way.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP BROTHER. THERE ARE OTHERS OUT HERE FEELING THE SAME. NO MATTER HOW OLD WE ARE.
Me pasa lo mismo, pero nunca es tarde para comenzar de nuevo y cambiar nuestra vida!!!!
I could have written this too.
Nothing but the reality of life since then. Never getting out.
When my best friend and I were 12 and 13, we listened to this song all the time, even into adulthood. My best friend passed away in 2020 and I always come back to this song and re visit all the memories we shared. I miss my best friend everyday! Always make sure to tell your loved ones how much you love them, because you never know when it will be the last time you will ever see them.
I feel your pain.. I lost my childhood best friend almost a year ago... we went through everything from 7th grade to our 40s ... there was so much left to say.. this song hits differently than before. Sending love and peace to your heart...✨️✨️✨️
I can never read the comments here...my eyes are always filled with tears. God be with all these children and give strength to those who are waiting for them.
Exactly is it gods will to allow bone cancer in children ffs they can keep their sky daddy
@Callum Wain its up to us humans to help eachother,god ? Just help,god isxa mystery, we need answers.
Lovely song. To all people here who have been struck by sorrow, loss, bereavement. Bless you all.x.
I would give anything to go back to these days. I was 24 when the towers were hit, so I remember life before 9/11. This song makes me think of those days.
Well said.
me too I was a teenager
I was 18 on 9/11, and yep, watching this video made me so nostalgic for my childhood in the '90s. Something very, very special about that time.
I lived this song ran away so many times ...bless these guys for making this public .I don't think many people realize how deep this song and issue really is !🙏
We need for this to come back on air big time.
@@conniehubbs3394 Abseloutly!🙏💯
Yes.
This song is way deeper than it even sounds.
It touches peoples cores.
@@gunboatbaker591 absolutely agree w/ you both.
true,
Definitely
That rift is brutal
This song will never die. It's 2023 and it is still played everywhere.
100 percent agree 👍
Wat a song
True....❤❤
Great song. Love the fact he went to MPLS. West where I attended.
Yes I saw it on LIVE TV, it made me cry 😢💔
Oh I was this one child that was saved from this song. Love forever yours, Ariella Bultez.
That's sick! Glad to know you're okay now
So glad you made it back home safe. Great to see your comment here :)
No shit you're kidding right?😳
Glad to know you are ok.
Are you from Utah?
Almost all the kids in this video were found. Soul Asylum is amazing just for this alone. Thank you for being good hearted and not losing your ability to be humble and care.
This three decade-old song was truly inspirational and it still is! This video has 200 million views on YT! It truly needs to be appreciated!
My boyfriend my partner died on March,15th, 2021. I miss my baby... I remember he sang me to sleep one night singing this. He told me this was one of his favourite songs.. I miss him and I’m lost 💔
My love and thoughts to you. I'm so sorry for your loss
😭❤
So sorry my sweet ,I kmow it's hard really hard
Take one day at a time ,one hour st a time if it's easier
Lost my mum 6 weeks ago ,no family left on Island
Will hold you in my heart
You will heal, we both will
Jenny 💔💔
Please get safe and loving support to help you-grief is so hard and changes lives, you can be you. Sending lots of love and hope you find the comfort you seek. Keep looking for support that is a little better than the best support you can find today.