James, what's your story? Here's mine. Brutally hot day. Hiding in the basement building a kayak, listening to WXPN. I think it was Free on Fridays, but I can't remember. Poison and Wine starts playing. I think, "WHO IS THIS?" and grab a pen and paper to write their names down. On that day the hook was set deep in my jaw..
I think anyone who has ever loved someone maybe a little too long can understand this song. I couldn't stop crying. At 2:42 when they are singing face to face, you almost think they are going to kiss, then the music stops and she backs away. Greatest song EVER!
Poison & Wine is a musical snapshot about the dichotomy of love - that while it can be the thing that destroys you, it can also be the very same thing that beckons and builds you. This song was our attempt at being as brutally honest about the dangerous and beautiful process of knowing and being known. (-Joy Williams, The Civil Wars) That's in the description.
I know they're married but idk how anyone can do a music video like this and Not have some feelings. I mean, the way he looks at her from like 3:10 till the end is what people dream of.
rozyy21 Fun thing is that when they looked like they were almost kissing, they were actually staggered feet apart (something you can easily notice once you know)
Pam Oh I know, definitely. I agree. And I'm happy for them :) I miss the civil wars music but they had to do what was best for them, which was to end the group.
I think the same when I saw this video... From her I never felt this, but from him.... unless he was a great (very great) actor, a simple mortal cannot fake that look...
I remember so clearly the first time I heard this song. It's sad that they broke up, but it's amazing that they met and left us the legacy of their music. I pray that both of them find peace and happiness apart. Thank you JP and Joy.
my dream is to seen they singning live, now will never heppen :'( Best duo voice ever...i realy hope one day they still have the recognition they deserve
I come back to this song so often, even after 12+ years. It’s hauntingly beautiful, something in the fabric of their very voices is so deeply beautiful and also painful. Will never forget the impact of first hearing this song, it’s so rare to hear to people sonically intertwine in such a beautiful way.
I absolutely love love love this song. They go beyond just singing. They have amazing chemistry and passion for their music. They are true artist! You guys are an inspiration to me! Thank you
I think chemistry is one of reasons they broke up - both married to other people but looked like couple in music videos 🤔. That in itself is poetry leaving the band for a higher more nobler cause ..their respective marriages.
So sad these two split up. There is NO ONE out there to fill their void. NONE, THATS whats so heart breaking. What they had was akin to magic! The way they harmonized? Their style? Just friggin EVERYTHING! Jeez! I have missed their music soo much. Damn. They really let their fans down. I do hope that they are BOTH doing well in their personal lives now. I also hope they know how much they are missed & how much we wish they would have worked out their differences. I honestly PRAY they still will. Just....damn.....just sad. All I can say.
This song is so beautiful, the harmony is amazing and they both have beautiful voices. Whatever the song is about a break up or an addiction it speaks volumes. This will always be my favorite song.
Only just discovered these two, god iv mist out on something unbelievable but im making up for time lost.thank you civil war's you've given a disheartened music lover great pleasure.
2:42 Am I the only one who feels that scene? I mean it´s so simple: two people standing that close, looking and singing at each other, but it says everything.
A lovers' quarrel? No, they were both married to others, despite they're obvious attraction. Fantastic song with the utter truth about a relationship in trouble.
Songwriting can be a deeply personal process, especially writing with someone of the opposite sex. It's a whole level of intimacy that not everyone gets and to share that with someone while being in a relationship with someone else can be dangerous.
I have never seen so much **PASSION** between 2 performers who are not married!!!!! Their chemistry is insane! I must have watched this video a dozen times but I just noticed something at the 3:38 mark -- when Joy pulls away, there is water at the side of her eye.
It is my prayer that, if God wills, these two & their families come back together stronger than ever to make some of the best music ever written and performed. I know the possibilities are amazingly endless, inspiring and (no pun intended) joy-giving. They have done so already for millions and I can't help thinking they will do for millions more. We love you, John Paul and Joy.
This song is a symphony for lovers that have been lost or have been hurt. A beautiful melody and yet still tragic. Pulls on my heart and yet I can still feel much love in the lyrics and in the voices. Beautiful song guys. Love it
I love this song it talks about the push and pull of being in love with another person. It's like poison and wine in the relationship because of the ups and downs we go through. A really powerful song with so much depth as we have all experienced mixed emotions and have been on the rollercoaster of a relationship.
#THECIVILWARS #BARTONHOLLOW The Civil Wars making beautiful music together. One of the finest vocal duos ever. You ended it too soon. We miss you folks 😀👍👍👍🎻🎸🥁🎹🎸💜🧡❤️💚💛💙💖
A brilliantly conceived love song, as honest as any I’ve ever heard. The tenderness of the delivery is as willingly vulnerable as the duality of the lyrics are exposed, brave and bold. The plus and minus side of any common battery. At all points in between, lay the both of us, eh. (I go to it often. To play it over and over. Like melting candle wax to hold my eternally broken heart together.)
#THECIVILWARS #BARTONHOLLOW John Paul White your guitar playing is extraordinary. #JoyWilliams you have a gorgeous voice. Civil Wars, I adore your music 😀👍👍👍🎸🎹🎻🥁🎸💖💙💛💚❤️🧡💜
After 3 Hessa song, it hurts me so much to think that they are only characters and don't exist. There's so much hard work invested in this book and Harry and Tessa's love is something so exquisite. The complexity behind the history and the characters is something I'll never forget. I hope one day Anna Renné can publish After, I'll buy it. Also, beautiful song. It fits the book oh so well. x
They loved but couldn't, they wanted but shouldn't, they had but wouldn't.......has there ever been a more beautiful example of what it means to be in love......when it is forbidden?
They depicted there group as kind of be an item which is a dangerous thing to do! And we all CREATED the REST OF THE STORY ,THE ROMANCE WE ALL WANTED TO SEE!!! WE'RE ALWAYS HANGING ON TO EVERY WORD THEY SAY, LOOKING FOR CLUES, JUST LIKE THEY WANTED US TO! EVEN NOW, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL!
I don't love you but I always will. I don't have a choice, I still choose you. I have this kind of relationship. So much passionate love and confusion toward each other. This song is beautifully done. I understand this way to well. =/
This song is sung with so much passion that you can't help but be drawn in and yet you still feel the hope that calls out to you. Loved that the video shows them singing together but apart from each other. This was a perfect choice for the ending of Beauty and the Beast, apart but their souls will still want each other.
"I don't have a choice, but I still choose you." Possibly the deepest and most honest statement about many human relationships. Other's decisions, circumstances, societies' expectations, etc...sweeps us along to an inevitable outcome we did not ask for, but our hearts choose to hold on to the love even if the pain is too much to bear.
We chase life but there are times when life brings two people together for a reason! Destiny? Yeah, i guess you could call it that! true love is what i would call it!
Such a beautiful song. Anyway, just a different angle to consider regarding their duo's break-up. True, they have tremendous chemistry when singing. But I don't think the reason behind the break-up is that, er, romantic (a love that must end because they're both married to someone else). Joy's husband is, if I remember correctly, part of their team, as a manager of sorts.So there lies the imbalance. Joy and her husband could have the upper hand when settling on a decision, since both of them are directly involved with the duo. Whereas there's only John to fend for himself. He might have gotten tired of this set-up, that's why he just 'disappeared', which led to their disbandment. *shrugs
It's performances like this that make me forget they are already married. I feel like they've been writing about their situation from the start kinda. "I don't love you but I always will." Idk what I'm talking about anymore. all I know is my heart rate sped up at 2:42!
I agree! I was really hoping they would. I also wish the song was about each other, and how they love each other but they also can't because they're both already married :/ Hahaha, who knew we could fangirl over music? :D This song is beautiful!
@Kathy. No they are married to different people with kids. They only broke up the band and their rerelationship. They're still married to their respective spouses. Though I wish they were married to each other...
Their music never gets old. If they never get back together, god forbid, all I know is that their music will be treasured forever. Its absolutely, beautifully timeless.
![Barton Hollow | The Civil Wars | OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO | [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ooTyuRd9zSg/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm still here in July 2024. I will never tire of their duet perfection. Yall still here?
Absolutely
Gosh, I will miss these two making music like this together.
what happened to them?
Rachell Goodman They announced their break-up last August, sad day, but hey, they made 2 great albums that will last forever!
They sure did- sucks that all good things come to an end.
Rachell Goodman They each got married, and i think the new spouses were jealous.
216trixie I hate that! They should have sucked it up and let em keep making music
Still one of my favorites. To all of those who’ve had a love like this. 😢
Their songs just so addictive that even if you go through rehab you will end up listening to it
I still remember the day I discovered The Civil Wars and became obsessed with their music.
James, what's your story? Here's mine. Brutally hot day. Hiding in the basement building a kayak, listening to WXPN. I think it was Free on Fridays, but I can't remember. Poison and Wine starts playing. I think, "WHO IS THIS?" and grab a pen and paper to write their names down. On that day the hook was set deep in my jaw..
Yup. Spot on there.
Ditto
@Lucky Cenizal A shame the group disbanded.
That day is today for me. I’m a bit behind.
I think anyone who has ever loved someone maybe a little too long can understand this song. I couldn't stop crying. At 2:42 when they are singing face to face, you almost think they are going to kiss, then the music stops and she backs away. Greatest song EVER!
No matter how many times you listen to this song you just can't get enough
Poison & Wine is a musical snapshot about the dichotomy of love - that while it can be the thing that destroys you, it can also be the very same thing that beckons and builds you. This song was our attempt at being as brutally honest about the dangerous and beautiful process of knowing and being known. (-Joy Williams, The Civil Wars)
That's in the description.
I just had the literal experience of this song with a woman
That doesn't make sense to me!
@@stardustgirl2904 then you've never felt it.
Incredible...
We’re still here, @TheCivilWars! ♥️ 😊 We, your fans, will always love the both of you!!!
"I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back" love that line. Are there anymore songs like this?
Lissie Russell Well, I think you may like
Falling Slowly by The Swell Season
In My Veins by Andrew Belle
Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michelson
yet so true.
Dust to dust is good
From The Civil Wars, I'd recommend:
Falling
Eavesdrop
The One That Got Away
Gosh I love this song.
I know they're married but idk how anyone can do a music video like this and Not have some feelings. I mean, the way he looks at her from like 3:10 till the end is what people dream of.
rozyy21 Fun thing is that when they looked like they were almost kissing, they were actually staggered feet apart (something you can easily notice once you know)
Because they are both in happy relationships
Pam Oh I know, definitely. I agree. And I'm happy for them :) I miss the civil wars music but they had to do what was best for them, which was to end the group.
I think the same when I saw this video... From her I never felt this, but from him.... unless he was a great (very great) actor, a simple mortal cannot fake that look...
@@alexanderf2121so true❤ that is why they broke up
I remember so clearly the first time I heard this song. It's sad that they broke up, but it's amazing that they met and left us the legacy of their music. I pray that both of them find peace and happiness apart. Thank you JP and Joy.
They werent a couple.
@@sr2291 LOL they meant the group. Although there were rumours of infedelity between them as Joys husband was the manager of the band.
@thedappercook OK. Well, that happens, doesn't it, and has nothing to do with how much I love their songs.
@@sr2291 fair enough. Yes very common.
Words can't describe how much this song means to me right now. Such a wonderful piece of art.
The ASMR Circus The ASMR Circus The ASMR Circus
Yes
Brutal
I just can't believe it's over... **falls to the floor in tears** #RIPTheCivilWars
WHAT DO U MEAN THEY ARE OVER? WUT WUT WUUUUT
geluuhgray This is the statement on their website :( thecivilwars.com
my dream is to seen they singning live, now will never heppen :'(
Best duo voice ever...i realy hope one day they still have the recognition they deserve
This is the most heart-breaking yet beautiful song I've ever heard.
Same here, until I heard The One That Got Away (by the Civil wars)
@@alancrapo2881 Check out In Another Life ( by Annie Haslams Renaissance)
I come back to this song so often, even after 12+ years. It’s hauntingly beautiful, something in the fabric of their very voices is so deeply beautiful and also painful. Will never forget the impact of first hearing this song, it’s so rare to hear to people sonically intertwine in such a beautiful way.
life is to god damn shot to not be with the one you love. John and Joy listen to your hearts stop feuding and start loving.
Creativity from people who can't get along is sometimes phenomenal.Art together with life. Such bitter sweet music
I absolutely love love love this song. They go beyond just singing. They have amazing chemistry and passion for their music. They are true artist! You guys are an inspiration to me! Thank you
I think chemistry is one of reasons they broke up - both married to other people but looked like couple in music videos 🤔. That in itself is poetry leaving the band for a higher more nobler cause ..their respective marriages.
So sad these two split up. There is NO ONE out there to fill their void. NONE, THATS whats so heart breaking. What they had was akin to magic! The way they harmonized? Their style? Just friggin EVERYTHING! Jeez! I have missed their music soo much. Damn. They really let their fans down. I do hope that they are BOTH doing well in their personal lives now. I also hope they know how much they are missed & how much we wish they would have worked out their differences. I honestly PRAY they still will. Just....damn.....just sad. All I can say.
However many years later, I still echo your claim. 💔
Not THAT good
@@thelawenforcementproject2705 I disagree.
Its amazing how many shows and movies and books that play or use this song, this is song is beautiful
This song is so beautiful, the harmony is amazing and they both have beautiful voices. Whatever the song is about a break up or an addiction it speaks volumes. This will always be my favorite song.
This song gives me the chills...
Does anyone get goose bumps EVERY time they listen to this song?? Good grief. I love the harmony so much,
Leetha O! Every time. Always come back to it. It's been about four years since I consistently listened to it, but still hits me.
Oh my goodness yes! Great song.
this song makes me sob, I admit it
Only just discovered these two, god iv mist out on something unbelievable but im making up for time lost.thank you civil war's you've given a disheartened music lover great pleasure.
2:42 Am I the only one who feels that scene? I mean it´s so simple: two people standing that close, looking and singing at each other, but it says everything.
So...I just discovered this amazing music. And all I can say is WOW. I was left in a puddle of tears at this song. Exquisite.
I Get chills everytime I Listen to this and a little teary😢. The emotions and passion I feel is so different. ❤ Love it
I'm glad I am not the only one. Also that I am not the only one who comes back to hear their music.
I'm crying too....so touching.....I'll always love them....best ever.....OMG...
A lovers' quarrel? No, they were both married to others, despite they're obvious attraction. Fantastic song with the utter truth about a relationship in trouble.
Still missing them in 2019. They made the most beautiful music together
ive listened to this song about 40 times now. on loop, its so good.
Anybody still here?
Yes
@@ayselsirinlivlog7955 ayyyy!!
🥳
I'm alive yay I found someone
@@aardeng love it 🙌🏾 I saw them live at the Fillmore in SF when I was in highschool and I’ve been listening ever since
This is possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever made
The chemistry between them is amazing and it makes their music that much better!! LOVE
This is heart heart wrenchingly beautiful.
Well said, the simplest but most accurate description I've seen for this brilliant song.
Such chemistry or superb acting! I only found their music today and then found they are no more, all the songs feel even more tragic.
Truly a Masterpiece❤❤❤
Songwriting can be a deeply personal process, especially writing with someone of the opposite sex. It's a whole level of intimacy that not everyone gets and to share that with someone while being in a relationship with someone else can be dangerous.
Woke up 2 days ago with this song in my head on repeat its such a beautiful song ❤
I'm glad you guys reuploaded the video in hd, I like thoughtful people.
I have never seen so much **PASSION** between 2 performers who are not married!!!!! Their chemistry is insane! I must have watched this video a dozen times but I just noticed something at the 3:38 mark -- when Joy pulls away, there is water at the side of her eye.
This song is so bittersweet and peaceful. I wish there were more songs like this made nowadays.
Their voices speak to my soul.
It is my prayer that, if God wills, these two & their families come back together stronger than ever to make some of the best music ever written and performed. I know the possibilities are amazingly endless, inspiring and (no pun intended) joy-giving.
They have done so already for millions and I can't help thinking they will do for millions more. We love you, John Paul and Joy.
This song is a symphony for lovers that have been lost or have been hurt. A beautiful melody and yet still tragic. Pulls on my heart and yet I can still feel much love in the lyrics and in the voices. Beautiful song guys. Love it
Wow… I'm so lucky I got to see them years ago live. I miss these guys..
I love this song it talks about the push and pull of being in love with another person. It's like poison and wine in the relationship because of the ups and downs we go through. A really powerful song with so much depth as we have all experienced mixed emotions and have been on the rollercoaster of a relationship.
The break up anthem for the whole friggen universe! What great combination of lyrics and music.
i love the way the music fits perfectly with the lyrics. and the way their voices are like,just amazing! they deserve more fame !
“I don’t have a choice, but I still choose you.” 💔
This song always brings me to tears.
Beautiful, thanks to a friend I discovered this.
Such greatness cannot get enough of this song!
SOMETHING BORROWED brought me here! This song gives me the feels! It's so good and the scene... perfection! So much passion in its vocals
The correct tempo. My heart aches listening to these two!
#THECIVILWARS #BARTONHOLLOW The Civil Wars making beautiful music together. One of the finest vocal duos ever. You ended it too soon. We miss you folks 😀👍👍👍🎻🎸🥁🎹🎸💜🧡❤️💚💛💙💖
A brilliantly conceived love song, as honest as any I’ve ever heard. The tenderness of the delivery is as willingly vulnerable as the duality of the lyrics are exposed, brave and bold. The plus and minus side of any common battery. At all points in between, lay the both of us, eh. (I go to it often. To play it over and over. Like melting candle wax to hold my eternally broken heart together.)
This song makes me cry every time!! Ugh so perfect. The feels,
John Paul's eyes at the end tell it all...he is deeply in love with Joy. How could he not be?
At last, someone who understands my problem! I cried throughout a whole bunch of that.
HESSA THIS SONG ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF AFTER !!!!
I'm going through this right now!!! SO much passion when they sing!!! Amazing!
Such a shame the group broke up. They make the perfect team. They were meant to sing together.
oh why did they split up?
@@zachmulligan8600 watch this video, then learn they're each married to other people...
@G hrvyck Yeah that's a real surprise oh wait it fits precisely with my point
#THECIVILWARS #BARTONHOLLOW John Paul White your guitar playing is extraordinary. #JoyWilliams you have a gorgeous voice. Civil Wars, I adore your music 😀👍👍👍🎸🎹🎻🥁🎸💖💙💛💚❤️🧡💜
My son is a bit over a month old and sometimes he gets cranky and screams and cries until I play this song and sing with it. Then he falls asleep.
This is so beautiful. The melody in the background and their voices singing together. Perfection ♡
After 3 Hessa song, it hurts me so much to think that they are only characters and don't exist. There's so much hard work invested in this book and Harry and Tessa's love is something so exquisite. The complexity behind the history and the characters is something I'll never forget. I hope one day Anna Renné can publish After, I'll buy it.
Also, beautiful song. It fits the book oh so well. x
His voice and her voice together is amazing ,iconic even
I'm using this as a curtain call for a scene I wrote about mental illness and Its effects on loved ones. This piece of music is amazing
So they have my heart now
HESSSAAA
YES HELLO ME TOO
please don't separate...my heart is breaking........... :( i love your music
Did anyone else cry?
Yes lol
They loved but couldn't, they wanted but shouldn't, they had but wouldn't.......has there ever been a more beautiful example of what it means to be in love......when it is forbidden?
It's not a forbidden love that the song is about.
True love is Pure, never compromising one's sexual purity, only HONORING the person you Love before the Lord!
They depicted there group as kind of be an item which is a dangerous thing to do! And we all CREATED the REST OF THE STORY ,THE ROMANCE WE ALL WANTED TO SEE!!! WE'RE ALWAYS HANGING ON TO EVERY WORD THEY SAY, LOOKING FOR CLUES, JUST LIKE THEY WANTED US TO! EVEN NOW, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL!
You only know what I want you to
I know everything you don't want me to
Oh your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine
You think your dreams are the same as mine
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
I always will
I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back
The less I give the more I get back
Oh your hands can heal, your hands can bruise
I don't have a choice but I'd still choose you
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
Oh I don't love you but I always will
I always will
I always will
I always will
I always will
I always will
Written by Joy Williams, John White, Chris Lindsey • Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, BMG Rights Management US, LLC
Beauty and the beast brought me here, I think. I can't remember. I just found this in my shazam, gorgeous song!
I was sent here by after and this has become my new favorite song and i need itunes money like now to buy it
Lol after brought me here too it's perfect for them ;(
Lol. Same
After brought me here too :D
SAME!!
This really is the perfect Hessa song.
I might just cry, it's so beautiful.
Makes me cry too...their voices are so haunting, yet beautiful!!! Love The Civil Wars and I can't wait for new music! :D
Still obsessed with this song.....
Love listening to this! It never gets old. ♥
I don't have a choice but I'd still choose you
Who is watching this 2019?❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯
Moses Mhlwana 2020
2023 still listening
2024
One of the few songs that can bring me to tears
I don't love you but I always will. I don't have a choice, I still choose you.
I have this kind of relationship. So much passionate love and confusion toward each other. This song is beautifully done. I understand this way to well. =/
This song is sung with so much passion that you can't help but be drawn in and yet you still feel the hope that calls out to you. Loved that the video shows them singing together but apart from each other. This was a perfect choice for the ending of Beauty and the Beast, apart but their souls will still want each other.
I'm crying. I'm serious. I can't stop thinking about Hessa
"I don't have a choice, but I still choose you." Possibly the deepest and most honest statement about many human relationships. Other's decisions, circumstances, societies' expectations, etc...sweeps us along to an inevitable outcome we did not ask for, but our hearts choose to hold on to the love even if the pain is too much to bear.
We chase life but there are times when life brings two people together for a reason! Destiny? Yeah, i guess you could call it that! true love is what i would call it!
Dear Civil Wars,
I love you
I miss you
Anyone else think that the Civil Wars look like an indie version of Johnny Depp and Christina Perri?
me lol
MissxUnrequitedxLove wow, never thought of that, but you're absolutely right! ❤
When I saw him I immediately thought Johnny Depp & yes to Christina Perri
fella, I thought it WAS Johnny Depp and Christina Perri
Omygosh YES! lol
such a beautiful song....Poison & Wine.....they are amazing together.....
Such a beautiful song. Anyway, just a different angle to consider regarding their duo's break-up.
True, they have tremendous chemistry when singing. But I don't think the reason behind the break-up is that, er, romantic (a love that must end because they're both married to someone else). Joy's husband is, if I remember correctly, part of their team, as a manager of sorts.So there lies the imbalance. Joy and her husband could have the upper hand when settling on a decision, since both of them are directly involved with the duo. Whereas there's only John to fend for himself. He might have gotten tired of this set-up, that's why he just 'disappeared', which led to their disbandment. *shrugs
Still listening in 2021
It's performances like this that make me forget they are already married. I feel like they've been writing about their situation from the start kinda.
"I don't love you but I always will."
Idk what I'm talking about anymore. all I know is my heart rate sped up at 2:42!
lol! my heart rate speeds up then, too. I wish it means that i don't have to go to the gym, now. But, alas...
Not sure if you meant they are married, or they are married to each other. According to Wiki, they are just friends and have their own spouses.
Ivan Karpenko Hi. yeah, that's what I meant. They're married to other spouses respectively. :)
I agree! I was really hoping they would. I also wish the song was about each other, and how they love each other but they also can't because they're both already married :/ Hahaha, who knew we could fangirl over music? :D This song is beautiful!
@Kathy. No they are married to different people with kids. They only broke up the band and their rerelationship. They're still married to their respective spouses.
Though I wish they were married to each other...
Love this two together great singing makes you realize how much you should love your spouse.
I heard this song in a random playlist on spotify and I just loved
one tree hill slow study
just perfect
Thought I was past a breakup, then this s**t hits me hard randomly. Thanks a lot The Civil Wars lol
Thanks spotify for introducing me to this song! Absolutely gorgeous! :)
Yes me too!!! From one of their playlists!
Their music never gets old. If they never get back together, god forbid, all I know is that their music will be treasured forever. Its absolutely, beautifully timeless.