This song isn’t about being or falling in love or even about sex. This song is a retelling of a veterans sorrow. He shot and killed a man who had his hands up in surrender in front of a woman. It is a war crime to kill someone who has surrendered. He wears that shame on him forever like a tattoo. It’s a beautiful song nonetheless, just brings a different feeling when you know what it’s about.
This is what Sade said about this song’s meaning in a 1993 issue of the San Diego Tribune; “Like A Tattoo was a song I wanted to write for a long time. I was in an Irish bar in New York years ago and this man came and sat next to me and started telling me things about himself that I didn’t particularly want to know. He had been in Vietnam. It’s my translation of what he was saying to me.”
me too. i think its so weird and cool how people have the same name as me and when i tell them that im named after sade the singer, they think it's like the coolest
I know some people already explained the true meaning of this song in the comments. Yes, we thank you. Just remember there is a unique bond when you see or listen a new work of art, a personal bond. And it is completely acceptable, even necessary, to grant a personal meaning to this perception. Peace!
He told me sweet lies of sweet love Heavy with the burden of the truth And he spoke of his dreams Broken by the burden Broken by the burden of his youth "Fourteen years," he said "I couldn't look into the sun She saw him laying at the end of my gun" Hungry for life And thirsty for the distant river I remember his hands And the way the mountains looked The light shot diamonds from his eyes Hungry for life And thirsty for the distant river Like the scar of age Written all over my face The war is still raging inside of me I still feel the chill As I reveal my shame to you I wear it like a tattoo I wear it like a tattoo I wear it like a tattoo Did the lyrics bc they were too slow to appear
🙏🏻I'm a beginner/intermediate guitarist an it makes me so happy that I can play along to this and smooth operator, really hope to progress an be able to play other smooth jazzies
Grew up listening to this amazing woman and nowadays I have such a mesmerizing deja vu of my own childhood (as if Im not 20 lol), I'll always be thankful to my dad for always introducing me to some great music and forming a good music taste
I listen to Slipknot Manson Nine inch nails, stuff like that.....but this chicks voice just has a hauntingly beautiful flow that I really have never heard before.
I’ve known this song from my parents for awhile… but why get mad that people are now noticing a song from TikTok isn’t that good? A good song that’s getting even more recognition think about it?! 😂
En estas epocas del año, en estos dias que pasan, mi delirio que tengo contigo aumenta de una manera letal, te siento aqui conmigo, converso contigo antes de irme a dormir, talvez sea porque me sienta solo, pero siempre fui un solitario y el hecho que nunca te pude tener al frente mio me entumece, no pierdo la esperanza de algún día poder hacerlo, por ahora te tengo solo a ti pero capaz no lo sepas... de lo más profundo de mi pensar para ti... Athina.
Like a Tattoo Sade Ele me contou doces mentiras sobre doces amores Pesadas com o fardo da verdade E ele falou sobre os seus sonhos Partidos pelo fardo Partidos pelo fardo da sua juventude Quatorze anos, ele disse Eu não conseguia olhar para o Sol Ela o viu deitado na ponta da minha arma Faminto por vida E sedento pelo rio distante Eu lembro das suas mãos E de como eram as montanhas A luz disparava diamantes de seus olhos Faminto por vida E sedento pelo rio distante Como a cicatriz da idade Escrita por todo o meu rosto A guerra ainda está sendo travada dentro de mim Eu ainda sinto o arrepio Enquanto revelo minha vergonha para você Eu a uso como uma tatuagem Eu a uso como uma tatuagem Eu a uso como uma tatuagem
You know what i hate people who say “oh i was here before it trended on tik tok” Or “people only know this song from tik tok” Like bruh so what let them get the song from tik tok its not like you getting it from another platform is better
This song isn’t about being or falling in love or even about sex. This song is a retelling of a veterans sorrow. He shot and killed a man who had his hands up in surrender in front of a woman. It is a war crime to kill someone who has surrendered. He wears that shame on him forever like a tattoo. It’s a beautiful song nonetheless, just brings a different feeling when you know what it’s about.
Beautiful, truly.
I love this.
Deep
Thank you for sharing, it makes the song even better
such a unique meaning and not something that you see acknowledged in music or in general. makes the song so much better and more interesting
sade's voice is something else man...
Same crazy
Her voice is almost haunting.
Somebodys in 2024lol: im not man im cat
@@infp_boy1thats just you
her voice is so relaxing to the point that its scary.
This is what Sade said about this song’s meaning in a 1993 issue of the San Diego Tribune; “Like A Tattoo was a song I wanted to write for a long time. I was in an Irish bar in New York years ago and this man came and sat next to me and started telling me things about himself that I didn’t particularly want to know. He had been in Vietnam. It’s my translation of what he was saying to me.”
thats not the songs meaning though, thats how the some came to be.
@@metroboonk5961it is it’s about what he did and the war crime he committed
@@metroboonk5961it’s the meaning too
I am putting my comment here so whenever someone likes it, I get reminded of this beautiful song.
Remind it again
come back
come back!!
COME BACKKK
Come back rn
The fact that I am named after this beautiful person brings me honor. Her music is soothing to the soul.
me too. i think its so weird and cool how people have the same name as me and when i tell them that im named after sade the singer, they think it's like the coolest
You’re named after her or you have the same name
@@antoniomartinez5874 I am named after her
Beautiful. I named my daughter Cherrish after her song but with 2 R to make unique
I really thought your parents gave you a sentence for a name
1:34 will always touch my soul ✋🏾✨
Fr😭
@@Hungaryeunchae
Your name 💀
@@birri-birrikay4546 It's so cute right🥰
People say that they haven't seen or feel paradise.. This voice is the paradise..
sades voice is so beautiful
I know some people already explained the true meaning of this song in the comments. Yes, we thank you. Just remember there is a unique bond when you see or listen a new work of art, a personal bond. And it is completely acceptable, even necessary, to grant a personal meaning to this perception. Peace!
Beautiful point
This song is just so soft and relaxing. It's amazing to hear when you are sad or happy. Hungry for life
Sade is such a beautiful singer she has never written or sung a bad song ever.
these songs are so calming
Never felt happier to sing this at a school talent show
Her voice is so calming ❤❤😫🤌
This song gives me the chills. So beautiful.
He told me sweet lies of sweet love
Heavy with the burden of the truth
And he spoke of his dreams
Broken by the burden
Broken by the burden of his youth
"Fourteen years," he said
"I couldn't look into the sun
She saw him laying at the end of my gun"
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river
I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked
The light shot diamonds from his eyes
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river
Like the scar of age
Written all over my face
The war is still raging inside of me
I still feel the chill
As I reveal my shame to you
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
Did the lyrics bc they were too slow to appear
I already knew about Sade but never this song but thanks to TikTok now it’s one of my favs ❤
💀💀💀💀
@@hihi9810 what
2:46 I love this Part
same
Well yea most popular part
You'll never hear a better voice than this.
Sade's voice is so calming and peaceful ❤️
I just love this song sm man
twins
🙏🏻I'm a beginner/intermediate guitarist an it makes me so happy that I can play along to this and smooth operator, really hope to progress an be able to play other smooth jazzies
I love Sade so much she’s so underrated
I've listened to this song 10 times already but it never gets old
I came her looking for "Diamonds" by Chris Travis, not even knowing it was sampled. Such a beautiful song, and so glad I found it.
and how yo ex feel to know im bout' to be riiich
@@59wulf real
wow fiul meu dragos de cand asculta aceasta piesa parca este mai intelectual ,chiar si a schimbat viata de cand o asculta
this is an experience.
So relaxing
This song is so beautiful
Repent of your sins and believe in Jesus Christ. He is coming soon
Not like you 😂
Grew up listening to this amazing woman and nowadays I have such a mesmerizing deja vu of my own childhood (as if Im not 20 lol), I'll always be thankful to my dad for always introducing me to some great music and forming a good music taste
Amazing how ahead of its time it is for a 30 year old song.
Beautiful... thank you 💖🙏🏽
I listen to Slipknot Manson Nine inch nails, stuff like that.....but this chicks voice just has a hauntingly beautiful flow that I really have never heard before.
this song has such a vibe
Anyone 2024???
Meeee
✋❤️
Yee
I was at O2 concert 2011 and never forget the vibes which she gave me❤
This song is my spirit animal
Hearing this song always puts a smile on my face, such a beautiful song with such a deepfull meaning. ❤❤❤❤❤
I really into this song, this song Is beautiful, THIS SONG IS PERFECT
yes like me
Essa música é tão linda
Mto
I’ve known this song from my parents for awhile… but why get mad that people are now noticing a song from TikTok isn’t that good? A good song that’s getting even more recognition think about it?! 😂
This song makes me feel some type of way man idk why n I can’t describe it
sade is so good fr
👩🏽:"How did you feel when you saw him ?. "
Me:"THIS SONG."
I came from TikTok but gosh this song is astonishing
“I remember his hands” 😍
Forever Sade
When she said I remember his hands 😫
Every night i always listen this song before i go to sleep ..❤❤❤
God this song is so beautiful
One of the gods, is Sade, judging me or being my guiding mentor!! Sade's conveys, celestial goodhood...Period 🤝🏼💯🔥🙌
I get goosebumps whenever I listen to this song
He broke me
En estas epocas del año, en estos dias que pasan, mi delirio que tengo contigo aumenta de una manera letal, te siento aqui conmigo, converso contigo antes de irme a dormir, talvez sea porque me sienta solo, pero siempre fui un solitario y el hecho que nunca te pude tener al frente mio me entumece, no pierdo la esperanza de algún día poder hacerlo, por ahora te tengo solo a ti pero capaz no lo sepas... de lo más profundo de mi pensar para ti... Athina.
❤
Que lindooo♥️
:(❤️
Could have this on replay 24/7 fr🫶🏾.
Nemzzz got me here
i love u mriam , i love the small things that u say to me but it never fails to make me happy
i luv u more ايموني and I’m so lucky to have u
1:37
what a sad song
Like a Tattoo
Sade
Ele me contou doces mentiras sobre doces amores
Pesadas com o fardo da verdade
E ele falou sobre os seus sonhos
Partidos pelo fardo
Partidos pelo fardo da sua juventude
Quatorze anos, ele disse
Eu não conseguia olhar para o Sol
Ela o viu deitado na ponta da minha arma
Faminto por vida
E sedento pelo rio distante
Eu lembro das suas mãos
E de como eram as montanhas
A luz disparava diamantes de seus olhos
Faminto por vida
E sedento pelo rio distante
Como a cicatriz da idade
Escrita por todo o meu rosto
A guerra ainda está sendo travada dentro de mim
Eu ainda sinto o arrepio
Enquanto revelo minha vergonha para você
Eu a uso como uma tatuagem
Eu a uso como uma tatuagem
Eu a uso como uma tatuagem
Thank you
sad feelings
What a wonderfull song - but the story behind is very sad... 😞
I want more similar songs to this. any recommendations?
Fragile Sting 😊Sape of my hart Sting from Leon the professional.Sade smooth operator,Sade is it a crime😊Sade No Ordinary love
mazzy star
Yebbas heartbreak
Beautiful song
This song hurts
Masterpiece ❤
i miss him
same..
@@cyndia6109 so?
@@user-rt8oi8ot7z war crimes made you remember your former partner?
@@mariza6474 lyrics can have different meanings for different listeners. y'all do know this so you can stop acting dumb.
finally i found it 😭
this song reminds me of jake and neytiri sully
Gladiator 2 Pedro Pascal edits brought me back here ❤
You know what i hate people who say “oh i was here before it trended on tik tok”
Or “people only know this song from tik tok”
Like bruh so what let them get the song from tik tok its not like you getting it from another platform is better
A change of mindset
i remember hearing my parents play her a lot
Ik I'ma be an old lady still waiting for him to come home knowing he made up his mind.
1:39 1:46 1:51 if y’all know who sampled this in their song, you have my respect 😂
Luci4?
@@keyzxd9279no idiot it’s chris travis
@@BearOnKeys why so rude man 😭😭
Nice song to listen while reading a manga about a Japanese swordsmen searching for peace
Awesome 👌
1:50 is is Js majestic
1:38 popular moment of the song !
Beutiful song
for the first, when i hear this song, i love this song!
Feels like childhood …I just can’t explain it
I’m just 23 😁
Me, a veteran: it's all subjective but imo its another version of REM's song The One I Love.
Thank you to a video clip I saw on IG which featured a sped up remix of this song!! Songs are finding a second life on social media......who knew??
amazing
im only 11 and this is my fav song ever
This would be great in a 007 movie
Nemzz??
¿2023?
¿Alguien la escucha?
Se la dedico a quien se detuvo a leer este comentario y que Dios lo bendiga y lo cuide AMÉN.
1:25
im also putting my comment to get a reminder everytime someone likes it 🥰🥰🥰.
this music remembers of sean song
Oh yes...❤
This songg
Viernes 2 de agosto de 2024.
8:20 am.
Acostado en la cama
Escuchando esta canción
Recordando a una Hondureña que me rompió el Corazón.
sade newgens🤦🏿♀🤦🏿♀
FR
Why tf do they have to speed it up on tik tok
@@asa4283 Cuz they don't know how to enjoy good music without having it sped up
i want to cry
God bless
Everything we say in the song I'm writing
Now i want a tatoo because of this😂
IKR
And tall boys
😋😋🤤🤤🤤🥵🥵🥵🤤🤤🤤🤤
Idk why my brother commented this.
01:34