Sting at the top of his lyrics game here. ... to teach which way the cold wind blows ... ... like a murder of crows ... ... what good is a used up world ... ... men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one ... So many gems. Love it.
"All this time the river flows endlessly into the sea".......... whatever you are going through, remember life goes on!!!!! The sun will rise, rivers will flow and birds will sing
I've heard this song so many times until one day I actually paid attention to the lyrics and what got my attention was .... if Jesus exists then how come he never lived here. I was raised catholic and when I hear this song it really makes me think and makes me sad because this world we are leaving in is very depressing.
Thank you sister for 8 years hoping what I heard. All this time He knew and was passively aggressively telling us cuz he sold his soul . . . Honestly I know he hates what he's been through and wishes to see Jesus himself. Watch all the documentaries and tell me I'm wrong. He just wants to know he's real.
They pursued their gods Notice they are plural and under case Blessed be the poor than a fat man in the eye of a vaccination. Way to ahead of his time. If y'all can't see it. If you are not willing to learn I cannot teach you.
Powerful song with great hooks. Not a fan of the anti-religious sentiment yet can understand Sting’s anguish at losing his dad at a young age… and that he knew his dad would want to be buried at sea despite the desires of others. Deep , but in a lilting rock tune.
Sting started his line of spiritual inquiring since Ghost in the Machine and it went through a process of highs and lows until this song came about, where Sting rested the subject finally and maturely. I agree with Sting, "Man go crazy in congregation", because they become fanatics. Religion and faith are personal and interior things of the soul, not dogmatic rules of institutions, which for many people become soul cages.
I looked out across The river today Saw a city in the fog and an old church town where the seagulls play Saw the sad shire horses walking home In the sodium light Two priests on the ferry October geese on a cold winter's night All this time The river flowed Endlessly To the sea Two priests came 'rounf Our house tonight One young, one old To offer prayers for the dying to serve the final rite One to learn, one to teach Which way the cold wind blows And fussing and flapping in priestly black Like a murder of crows All this time The river flowed Endlessly To the sea If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river And I'd bury the old man I'd bury him at sea Blessed are the poor For they shall inherit the Earth Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle As these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughing "What good is a used up world, and how could it be worth having?" All this time The river flowed Endlessly Like a silent tear All this time The river flowed Father, if Jesus exists Then how come he never lived here? Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Teachers told us The Romans built this place They built a wall and a temple and an Edge of the Empire garrison town They lived and they died They prayed to their Gods But the stone Gods did not make a sound And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left Were the stones the workmen found All this time The river flowed In the falling light Of a Northern sun If i had my way Take a boat from the river Men go crazy in congregations They only get better one by one Yeah, yeah (one by one) Yeah, yeah (one by one) Yeah, yeah (one by one) Yeah, yeah (I looked out across) Yeah, yeah (The river today) Yeah, yeah (Saw a city in the fog and an old church town) Yeah, yeah (Where the seagulls play) Yeah, yeah (Saw the sad shire horses walking home) Yeah, yeah (In the sodium light) Yeah, yeah (Two priests on the ferry) Yeah, yeah (October geese on a cold winter's night)
Moving Top Comments . 😢 Also Sting always gives you that feeling of place. He's FROM somewhere. Newcastle, England in north I beleive. Never been, in fact I've never been off the North American continent, but this and other songs of his make me feel like I've been there.
Two priests came round Our house tonight One young, one old To offer prayers for the dying To serve the final rite One to learn, one to teach Which way the cold wind blows Fussing and flapping in priestly black Like a murder of crows... -Sting A father teaches a son.
Thanks for the lyric video. Fyi, this is the wrong artwork for this version? The artwork is from the live album, also called "All This Time" which has a different arrangement and is a live performance of the song. The audio is the original studio single and album track from the Soul Cages album?
I looked out across the river today. Saw a city in the fog and an old church tower where the seagulls play. Saw the sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light, Two priests on the ferry. October geese on a cold winter's night. All this time the river flowed endlessly to the sea. Two priests came 'round our house tonight, One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying to serve the final rite. One to learn, one to teach which way the cold wind blows. And fussing and flapping in priestly black like a murder of crows. All this time the river flowed endlessly to the sea. If I had my way, take a boat from the river and I'd bury the old man. I'd bury him at sea. Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth. Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle. As these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having? All this time the river flowed endlessly like a silent tear. All this time the river flowed. Father, if Jesus exists then how come he never lives here? Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah. Teachers told the Romans built this place. They built a wall and a temple and an edge of the empire garrison town. They lived and they died. They prayed to their gods, but the stone gods did not make a sound. And their empire crumbles 'till all that was left Were the stones the workmen found. All this time the river flowed in the falling light of a Northern sun. If I had my way, take a boat from the river. Men go crazy in the congregations, they only get better one by one. One by one. One by one by one. One by one. (I looked out across) Sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light. (the river today)
cageordie thanks for your correction. I just pasted it from a lyrics site because I wanted to sing along to the song one night and the lyrics on the screen weren’t helping me out. I’ll fix it . 🙂
John Henry Newman, one of the most brilliant minds to ever have walked upon the english soil. A kind, giving man as well. Sting would grow much, by studying the ways of this true Christian, perhaps this would diminish his cynical perspective. Christ is Life. -Joseph
Morality existed before your Jesus. Read Tacitus’s account of the Germanic Pagan tribes. By comparison to your modem day Christians, The Germanic pagans were people of high virtue and would be horrified at how degenerate Christians are today and earlier.
Oh my poor soul, key changes, varied lengths, time changes, ect. are what make Awesome Songs! Look up some old Yes (they are a band) songs, South Side Of The Sky, Roundabout, Long Distance Runaround... and be prepared to hear some REAL music! ;-)
Poorly done lyric video. It is hard to read the words in contrast with the picture you chose. You should’ve put the words in some kind of bright color or used a different photo because many of the words are difficult to read in contrast to the picture on a small screen
I lost my father 2 months ago and now I think about father every time I hear this song. I miss him dearly.
Sting at the top of his lyrics game here.
... to teach which way the cold wind blows ...
... like a murder of crows ...
... what good is a used up world ...
... men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one ...
So many gems. Love it.
What a wonderful tribute a son can give to his father by singing such a masterpiece. Long live Sting.
"All this time the river flows endlessly into the sea".......... whatever you are going through, remember life goes on!!!!! The sun will rise, rivers will flow and birds will sing
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Yes babe!!
Thank you for the reminder, my darling
Thats right brother.. Every kind of this hole still moving on...
My dad died recently. I will think of him when I listen to this song.
Same here
Mine too.
One of Stings best ever songs....hands down
I've heard this song so many times until one day I actually paid attention to the lyrics and what got my attention was .... if Jesus exists then how come he never lived here. I was raised catholic and when I hear this song it really makes me think and makes me sad because this world we are leaving in is very depressing.
We are several here, bro
Yes, what we felt then,
is nothing as compared,
to what we feel today,
and still the river flows…
Thank you sister for 8 years hoping what I heard.
All this time
He knew and was passively aggressively telling us cuz he sold his soul . . .
Honestly I know he hates what he's been through and wishes to see Jesus himself.
Watch all the documentaries and tell me I'm wrong.
He just wants to know he's real.
They pursued their gods
Notice they are plural and under case
Blessed be the poor than a fat man in the eye of a vaccination.
Way to ahead of his time. If y'all can't see it.
If you are not willing to learn I cannot teach you.
If I had.. way ..
One by one one by one by one
Do you see the oneness in one by one by one
Man! This song is mind blowing.
"men go crazy in congregations, but they only get better one by one"... Truth.
That ain’t no lie; so are such words to live by
Democrats are getting crazy by large numbers but they don't get better one by one they multiply their craziness
@@Elsuper68 funny…that’s what they say about Republicans
@@chrismayer3919 look around what the democrats has become. Their own seft destruction. Also they opened the gates of hell for all .
@@Elsuper68 there is no Hell… we’re already there
This was my favorite jogging song. Perfect beat, great inspiration.
Powerful song with great hooks. Not a fan of the anti-religious sentiment yet can understand Sting’s anguish at losing his dad at a young age… and that he knew his dad would want to be buried at sea despite the desires of others. Deep , but in a lilting rock tune.
I don't know why but my dog's passing this weekend made me think of this song. Thanks for posting - it helped deal with the pain. Be well!
The passing of pets is sad too for they also become part of the famiiy.
His voice is like wine gets better with time
This song was recorded in 1990.
A timeless masterpiece, never fails to make me cry near the end..
La mia adolescenza che bei ricordi!!!!grande Sting!!!!beautiful!!!!
Yeah, this is really nice! A song for fathers everywhere, especially near a river. A northern river
Great song. Theology a little off but, love Sting and his take on our present business. Peace always.
Also one of my all time favorite songs. Thanks for the video.
My favorite Sting track. Just great.
Sting started his line of spiritual inquiring since Ghost in the Machine and it went through a process of highs and lows until this song came about, where Sting rested the subject finally and maturely. I agree with Sting, "Man go crazy in congregation", because they become fanatics. Religion and faith are personal and interior things of the soul, not dogmatic rules of institutions, which for many people become soul cages.
My second fave. The first is Soul Cages. Im ex fisherman in Alaska
I looked out across
The river today
Saw a city in the fog and an old church town where the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses walking home
In the sodium light
Two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night
All this time
The river flowed
Endlessly
To the sea
Two priests came 'rounf
Our house tonight
One young, one old
To offer prayers for the dying to serve the final rite
One to learn, one to teach
Which way the cold wind blows
And fussing and flapping in priestly black
Like a murder of crows
All this time
The river flowed
Endlessly
To the sea
If I had my way
I'd take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man
I'd bury him at sea
Blessed are the poor
For they shall inherit the Earth
Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle
As these words were spoken I swear
I hear the old man laughing
"What good is a used up world, and how could it be worth having?"
All this time
The river flowed
Endlessly
Like a silent tear
All this time
The river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists
Then how come he never lived here?
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Teachers told us
The Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple and an
Edge of the Empire garrison town
They lived and they died
They prayed to their Gods
But the stone Gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found
All this time
The river flowed
In the falling light
Of a Northern sun
If i had my way
Take a boat from the river
Men go crazy in congregations
They only get better one by one
Yeah, yeah (one by one)
Yeah, yeah (one by one)
Yeah, yeah (one by one)
Yeah, yeah (I looked out across)
Yeah, yeah (The river today)
Yeah, yeah (Saw a city in the fog and an old church town)
Yeah, yeah (Where the seagulls play)
Yeah, yeah (Saw the sad shire horses walking home)
Yeah, yeah (In the sodium light)
Yeah, yeah (Two priests on the ferry)
Yeah, yeah (October geese on a cold winter's night)
They're not saying "yeah yeah" during the outro, they're saying "all this time" while Sting repeats the first stanza as the music fades. Just an FYI.
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I could object about the value of a”used up world “, but I love the feel of this song
Moving Top Comments . 😢
Also Sting always gives you that feeling of place. He's FROM somewhere. Newcastle, England in north I beleive. Never been, in fact I've never been off the North American continent, but this and other songs of his make me feel like I've been there.
Thanks for the lyrics. Hard to see but still well worth the effort
Two priests came round
Our house tonight
One young, one old
To offer prayers for the dying
To serve the final rite
One to learn, one to teach
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black
Like a murder of crows...
-Sting
A father teaches a son.
Thought-provoking as only Sting can. The music's great to.
A legend in his own right
This is a strong beautiful song . Don't let to hear it , cos knock a good sense,,, our very own heart.
Love his voice, questions allow us to live, the phylosophy .
One of my favorites too! Great job on the subtittles!
My sentiments...men go crazy in congregations they only get better one by one...every facet of my life.
Música maravilhosa 👏👏
Aline eu amo essa música
@@lucianoguedes9469 tbm amo,ouço todos os dias.😉🥰
I wonder what I would have done without Sting.
La canción más bonita y pegajosa de The Police. MASTERPIECE ❤
great song
I love this song
Genius
great work !!!
great post thanks dude
Ya, Sting is a one of a kind.
When music transcends....
Singing this song at karaoke is like medicine for me ❤️
All' inherit the earth, when dead'
Still listening to this great song in 2024
Thanks for the lyric video. Fyi, this is the wrong artwork for this version? The artwork is from the live album, also called "All This Time" which has a different arrangement and is a live performance of the song. The audio is the original studio single and album track from the Soul Cages album?
Superb song that
I can listen to this intro at the end of «all you need is love» of the beatles.
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Excelent song
Happy belated birthday sting you were so funny on the one show
Gods child!!!
Copeland...? On drums... Like old timezzz?..
It's Manu Katche.
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In 3:01 mark if Jesus exists then how come he never LIVES here. Not "lived". in my opinion.
❤
I looked out across the river today.
Saw a city in the fog and an old church tower where the seagulls play.
Saw the sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light,
Two priests on the ferry.
October geese on a cold winter's night.
All this time the river flowed endlessly to the sea.
Two priests came 'round our house tonight,
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying to serve the final rite.
One to learn, one to teach which way the cold wind blows.
And fussing and flapping in priestly black like a murder of crows.
All this time the river flowed endlessly to the sea.
If I had my way, take a boat from the river and I'd bury the old man.
I'd bury him at sea.
Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth.
Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle.
As these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughing.
What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having?
All this time the river flowed endlessly like a silent tear.
All this time the river flowed.
Father, if Jesus exists then how come he never lives here?
Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah.
Teachers told the Romans built this place.
They built a wall and a temple and an edge of the empire garrison town.
They lived and they died.
They prayed to their gods, but the stone gods did not make a sound.
And their empire crumbles 'till all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found.
All this time the river flowed in the falling light of a Northern sun.
If I had my way, take a boat from the river.
Men go crazy in the congregations, they only get better one by one.
One by one. One by one by one. One by one.
(I looked out across)
Sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light.
(the river today)
That's wrong. It's an old church tower. This is what happens when people don't understand and get their version out.
cageordie thanks for your correction. I just pasted it from a lyrics site because I wanted to sing along to the song one night and the lyrics on the screen weren’t helping me out. I’ll fix it . 🙂
@@jackmiller1209 needs a bit more fixing, LOL!
John Henry Newman, one of the most brilliant minds to ever have walked upon the english soil. A kind, giving man as well.
Sting would grow much, by studying the ways of this true Christian, perhaps this would diminish his cynical perspective.
Christ is Life. -Joseph
Son of a milkman he is
I love 💕 this song, but the lyrics are not 🚭 clear.
From 1993😮
Jesus is a historical figure. pretty song but what mortality do we need to vacate?morality
Morality existed before your Jesus.
Read Tacitus’s account of the Germanic Pagan tribes.
By comparison to your modem day Christians, The Germanic pagans were people of high virtue and would be horrified at how degenerate Christians are today and earlier.
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It is a lovely song, but it should have ended right before the key change. 3:15 is long enough for a song.
I love the key change!
Oh my poor soul, key changes, varied lengths, time changes, ect. are what make Awesome Songs! Look up some old Yes (they are a band) songs, South Side Of The Sky, Roundabout, Long Distance Runaround... and be prepared to hear some REAL music! ;-)
In priestly black... Just.. got.. that one... Sighs ..
That 'bout explains 98%. ¥¥
Of the b. S.
Poorly done lyric video. It is hard to read the words in contrast with the picture you chose. You should’ve put the words in some kind of bright color or used a different photo because many of the words are difficult to read in contrast to the picture on a small screen
Yup It's better too be be poor, than a fat man in da eye of a needle!!!
Stone
Not make a sound
You don't need religion to have values and principles. Show me a religion and I'll show you the fear in it, and the money behind it!
No you won't.
@@chrisfitzmaurice7484 I sure as "hell" will 😄"😇" 😄
@@chrisfitzmaurice7484 you didn't give me a name 😄