I've been living in Queens about a few blocks away from the cemetery Sara sings about for nearly four years. Being here with having no other place to go during the pandemic was really hard and scary. There was a point in which I could hear an ambulance every hour. My mental health really took a toll being scared for my life constantly. It was hard to find a place to go in which people knew how to socially distance in my neighborhood. I started jogging at the calvary cemetery a few months ago. It was the only place I could find in which I could be alone, be in the quiet, have some space. At first I thought "Why would I want to go to a cemetery to jog? That's so depressing" But then it quickly became my favorite place to go. Being in a place in which being alive puts you in the minority really gives you perspective. Yes life is hard and scary.....but we are so lucky to still be alive to still have air in our lungs....especially after this year. The feelings I get being there are exactly what Sara talks about in this song. The funny thing is.....I heard this song briefly in 2013.....I didn't realize that the same cemetery I go to is the same one she is talking about in this song until recently. The fact that there is a beautiful song reminding me to keep trying about a place I'm so lucky to live near is so special to me. I'm very lucky. . "All we can do is try. And live like we're still alive"
Linny, you remind me to be grateful for each breath! Thank you for sharing your story- how quickly we can forget the pandemic year, but you are correct about how difficult and scary that year was.... blessings to you!
"so how do you do it with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my earth is somebody's ceiling..." damn girl. you know how to write a song and make people feel things.
It's a really old city Split between the dead and the living So I thought to myself, Sitting on a graveyard shelf As the echo of heartbeats, From the ground below my feet Filled a cemetery in the center of Queens I started running the maze of the names and the dates, Some older than others The skyscrapers, little tombstone brothers With Manhattan behind her, Three million stunning reminders Built a cemetery in the center of Queens You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted We can always be chasing the sun! So fill up your lungs and just run We'll always be chasing the sun So how do you do it, With just words and just music, Capture the feeling That my earth is somebody's ceiling, Can I deliver in sound, The weight of the ground Of a cemetery in the center of Queens There's a history through her Sent to us as a gift from the future To show us the proof More than that, it's to dare us to move And to open our eyes And to learn from the sky From a cemetery in the center of Queens You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted We can always be chasing the sun! So fill up your lungs and just run We'll always be chasing the sun All we can do is try And live like we're still alive It's a really old city Split between the dead and the living So I thought to myself Sitting on a graveyard shelf And the gift of my heartbeat Sounds like a symphony Played by a cemetery in the center of Queens You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted We can always be chasing the sun! So fill up your lungs and just run We'll always be chasing the sun All we can do is try And live like we're still alive All we can do is try And live like we're still alive
I've been very familiar with this song for quite a long time now. Only today did I realize "my earth is somebody's ceiling" is another allusion to the dead people buried underground.
Thank you for giving me one of the most potent reminders of my mortality. I remember finding this when I was soul searching those 4 years ago. Struggling with myself and seeking strength, I googled, “life is not meant to be wasted.” I had literally said it and so it is as though the song speaks to me. Thank you for inspiring us with your music and helping us have lives worth living.
Love the entire album. I remember last fall semester I would study humanities to the blessed unrest. Now every time I recall something about the class I remember Sara, and every time I remember Sara I remember what I studied. It is a great strategy I recommend
The Queen of my sentiments, can always touch my heart... Fabulous song & the tilt/tone of that voice is superbly perfect & true...._you feel the songs Thank You Sara Bareilles :-)))))))))))))
Sara you are amazing! Thanks for putting not only your heart, but all our hearts as well into this song. You are my favorite artist! Keep on rocking my world! I ❤ you!
Im so proud that ive been loving her for years...so talented n gifted.her personality also helps her get even further in people's heart.she always sings out a true feeling n that touches me so much.her soul is just as beautiful as her song. keep up sara, we luv u
sara. how do i explain how healing your words are to me? you are so important. i see your soul in your music, and it is so beautiful. you probably don't read comments, so the chances of you seeing this are miniscule. but i hope you do. you should know how special you are to this stranger.
There's this enormous graveyard I pass whenever I'm driving towards New York City. Definitely not the cemetery she speaks of here, but I always start singing this song when I see it.
+Las Estaciones Del Corazon Not anymore. I think she moved on with the album. I remember seeing chasing the sun in the singles list on wikipedia, but it was erased when she announced the new album.
Excellent that it helps you see you don’t need others in that way to be fulfilled. Having a life worth living is possible without such a partner. They can be a part, but exactly that - a part of a larger, even more magnificent story.
"With Manhattan behind her, 3 million stunning reminders" Maybe this is just stupid but Sara has 3 million followers on twitter so i like to think that she's tallkng about us. (Probably she isn't but wouldn't it be cute?)
Yeah i was pretty sure she wasnt but i liked to think that lol its beautiful that shes talking about the burials tho, i just didnt know bc im from spain so
Это потрясная песня, одна из любимых! Спасибо, Сара! Твой талант и прекрасный голос покоряют мое сердце каждый раз, как я слушаю твои песни! Очень надеюсь, что скоро услышу тебя уже на концерте!
Ed Sheran is male version of Sara... I listen her since 2007...love Sara, she speaks to my soul better than anyone other artist... Beautiful! Thank you
My professor says: "To understand a matter, we outta experience its opposite. With an experience close enough to understand what mortality is, we gonna have the gut to live the most of our lives." I think this song is saying the same thing...
In 2018, long before my mom got sick and died (June, 2021), she said, "don't visit me in the cemetery, I won't be there." She was right. She shows up as random birds in my backyard, and in my boys, the meals I cook, and the stories I tell. 😊🐦💓
We can always chasing the sun☀️all we can do is try, while we still alive 💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖 I always listen to this song over and over again, great song of motivation 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
I've been living in Queens about a few blocks away from the cemetery Sara sings about for nearly four years. Being here with having no other place to go during the pandemic was really hard and scary. There was a point in which I could hear an ambulance every hour. My mental health really took a toll being scared for my life constantly. It was hard to find a place to go in which people knew how to socially distance in my neighborhood. I started jogging at the calvary cemetery a few months ago. It was the only place I could find in which I could be alone, be in the quiet, have some space. At first I thought "Why would I want to go to a cemetery to jog? That's so depressing" But then it quickly became my favorite place to go. Being in a place in which being alive puts you in the minority really gives you perspective. Yes life is hard and scary.....but we are so lucky to still be alive to still have air in our lungs....especially after this year. The feelings I get being there are exactly what Sara talks about in this song. The funny thing is.....I heard this song briefly in 2013.....I didn't realize that the same cemetery I go to is the same one she is talking about in this song until recently. The fact that there is a beautiful song reminding me to keep trying about a place I'm so lucky to live near is so special to me. I'm very lucky. . "All we can do is try. And live like we're still alive"
This is as beautiful as Sara's lyrics. Thanks for sharing.
Linny, you remind me to be grateful for each breath! Thank you for sharing your story- how quickly we can forget the pandemic year, but you are correct about how difficult and scary that year was.... blessings to you!
😊😊😊
Every time I ride the J train and come to Cypress Hill I start to get emotional and hum this song. Sara is amazing ❤️
this song is underrated. best song I've heard in ages.
"so how do you do it with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my earth is somebody's ceiling..." damn girl. you know how to write a song and make people feel things.
Dana Facchine Yes!
Dana Facchine Absolutely!
She is so damn talented...
MrSdsok indeed she is!
my best childhood friend, past away in 1974... She is buried in Queens NY..Terry, this for you... love and miss you always!!
+Sherril O'Connell *hugs*
+Mighty Mookie thank you....
❤
Nothing But Love ❤-J
Take care, stay well and God bless you Sherril 🙏.
I am so sorry for your loss. If only they were still here today. They would absolutely love Sara Bareilles! 💕
It's a really old city
Split between the dead and the living
So I thought to myself,
Sitting on a graveyard shelf
As the echo of heartbeats,
From the ground below my feet
Filled a cemetery in the center of Queens
I started running the maze of the names and the dates,
Some older than others
The skyscrapers, little tombstone brothers
With Manhattan behind her,
Three million stunning reminders
Built a cemetery in the center of Queens
You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted
We can always be chasing the sun!
So fill up your lungs and just run
We'll always be chasing the sun
So how do you do it,
With just words and just music,
Capture the feeling
That my earth is somebody's ceiling,
Can I deliver in sound,
The weight of the ground
Of a cemetery in the center of Queens
There's a history through her
Sent to us as a gift from the future
To show us the proof
More than that, it's to dare us to move
And to open our eyes
And to learn from the sky
From a cemetery in the center of Queens
You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted
We can always be chasing the sun!
So fill up your lungs and just run
We'll always be chasing the sun
All we can do is try
And live like we're still alive
It's a really old city
Split between the dead and the living
So I thought to myself
Sitting on a graveyard shelf
And the gift of my heartbeat
Sounds like a symphony
Played by a cemetery in the center of Queens
You said, remember that life is not meant to be wasted
We can always be chasing the sun!
So fill up your lungs and just run
We'll always be chasing the sun
All we can do is try
And live like we're still alive
All we can do is try
And live like we're still alive
I've been very familiar with this song for quite a long time now. Only today did I realize "my earth is somebody's ceiling" is another allusion to the dead people buried underground.
Just one of the best songs out there. Voice. Writing. Composition. Structure. All of it. Perfect.
This album didn't win at grammy, but always win in my heart.. Keep it up SARA.. N i love more n more..
It should have won a Grammy!
Liza Borghesani Absolutely, I hope at least Sara receive the AMA of this Someday,
Las Estaciones Del Corazon Sorry, Sunday is the Autocorrector appareantly it doesn´t know all the days of the week
Random Access Memories was the better album that year.
How can a song be this good and not even have a million views?
I know right it’s mental
I don’t understand why it wasn’t a single!!!
"All we can do is try
And live like we're still alive"
I love this song so much, I'm so glad it's a single.
There’s some songs that, you know, when you hear them, it makes you keep going. This is one of those songs.
“The gift of my heartbeat sounds like a symphony...played by a cemetery in the center of Queens.”
She shines in this album, her songwriting is brilliant. One of my favorites!
This album may not have won a Grammy but it is worth 10 Grammys over! Just fabulous! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This song always gives me so much strength to keep going no matter what!
Me too
Thank you for giving me one of the most potent reminders of my mortality. I remember finding this when I was soul searching those 4 years ago. Struggling with myself and seeking strength, I googled, “life is not meant to be wasted.” I had literally said it and so it is as though the song speaks to me. Thank you for inspiring us with your music and helping us have lives worth living.
I so hope this song will be a single. This is and Brave are my favorites out of this album.
I'm late to this song... but this song made me come undone...my eyes are so misty... this is such a beautiful song ❤️
Man even after all these years this song still makes me weep.
Love the entire album. I remember last fall semester I would study humanities to the blessed unrest. Now every time I recall something about the class I remember Sara, and every time I remember Sara I remember what I studied. It is a great strategy I recommend
The Queen of my sentiments, can always touch my heart...
Fabulous song & the tilt/tone of that voice is superbly perfect & true...._you feel the songs
Thank You Sara Bareilles :-)))))))))))))
What a beautiful song.
My favorite song on this album! Stunning lyrics.
i love her songs so much
This is utterly gorgeous to listen to.
What a beautiful song!
Extraordinary,
both Sara and this song.
It's been a long time since I listened to this song but it's still so good
gave me shivers, love her voice and lyrics
Sara you are amazing! Thanks for putting not only your heart, but all our hearts as well into this song. You are my favorite artist! Keep on rocking my world! I ❤ you!
'All we can do is try and live like we're still alive.
How do you it?
With just words and just music.'
My favourite song of the album! :) ♥
Im so proud that ive been loving her for years...so talented n gifted.her personality also helps her get even further in people's heart.she always sings out a true feeling n that touches me so much.her soul is just as beautiful as her song. keep up sara, we luv u
Love the meaningful lyrics
One of my favorite songs!
Omg I love this song,so beautiful
What a great album stacked with brilliant songs!
sara. how do i explain how healing your words are to me? you are so important. i see your soul in your music, and it is so beautiful. you probably don't read comments, so the chances of you seeing this are miniscule. but i hope you do. you should know how special you are to this stranger.
One of the best songs Sara has ever written
All singles released so far are all my fav!!! Love you Sara ^.^ keep producing musics. You can count on me to support you
And me too :)
me too!
This song makes me keep going ❤
I want this or Eden to be her new single. :) best songs on the album.
NEXT SINGLE PLEASE!!!
Te Amo Sara!
There's this enormous graveyard I pass whenever I'm driving towards New York City. Definitely not the cemetery she speaks of here, but I always start singing this song when I see it.
Definitely my favorite song of the album! Is it a single? I really hope so!
Yes, I think it is
+Las Estaciones Del Corazon Not anymore. I think she moved on with the album. I remember seeing chasing the sun in the singles list on wikipedia, but it was erased when she announced the new album.
Thanks
Im in love with this song
Love this song!!
Your voice is wonderfull
This song has a really awesome groove to it, much love...
YOU ARE BEYOND AMAZING!!!!!!
Sarah Bareilles is the voice of the small moments and quiet things you'd miss if she wasn't singing about them...
while listening to this i feel very fullfilled even though i am single
You can fulfilled and be single. You don't need a romantic relationship with anyone to be completely and truly whole. Love yourself.
I love being single. So much time for friends. Sex is over rated. It's smelly. Friends are not smelly.
Excellent that it helps you see you don’t need others in that way to be fulfilled. Having a life worth living is possible without such a partner. They can be a part, but exactly that - a part of a larger, even more magnificent story.
I love these lyrics... :) You definitely delivered the feeling in sound... :) You are an amazing artist Sara :)
Dear Sara, you're my muse!
I do love this song. I get caught up in melody! It is such a story as well. I listen to this CD on a daily basis because, I need my fix on you Sara!!!
"With Manhattan behind her, 3 million stunning reminders"
Maybe this is just stupid but Sara has 3 million followers on twitter so i like to think that she's tallkng about us. (Probably she isn't but wouldn't it be cute?)
AWWWW YA MAYBE SHE IS
Yeeeeeeeeeeey! Thank you for this
i'm pretty sure she's talking about calvary cemetery.... a beautiful old cemetery in the middle of queens.
Yeah i was pretty sure she wasnt but i liked to think that lol its beautiful that shes talking about the burials tho, i just didnt know bc im from spain so
Это потрясная песня, одна из любимых! Спасибо, Сара! Твой талант и прекрасный голос покоряют мое сердце каждый раз, как я слушаю твои песни! Очень надеюсь, что скоро услышу тебя уже на концерте!
This song is perfect!! Sara, come to Brazil please i love you
luv it. cant wait 2 c the video of this song.
I love your music and your mind so much. please come to Charleston SC. it would be the best gift ever. good luck in all you do.
oh you give me chils. your music lifts my heart like nothing else. thankyou so much
Love this❤️
Seems like this might be the next single! Yay!
Ed Sheran is male version of Sara... I listen her since 2007...love Sara, she speaks to my soul better than anyone other artist... Beautiful! Thank you
J'aime les chansons de sara Barailles,sara keep it up and keep singing like you do it.
I love this song
My professor says: "To understand a matter, we outta experience its opposite. With an experience close enough to understand what mortality is, we gonna have the gut to live the most of our lives."
I think this song is saying the same thing...
My fav song of the new album!
Sara Bareilles deserves her Emmy Grammy Oscar and Tony NOW
Such A Huge Talent....!!!!
Incredible. Amazing. Brilliant
This should definitely be your next single. No doubt about it.
favorite song. has been for a while now.
oooohh GREAT JOB, SARA!!!
YOU DID AMAZING LIKE ALWAYS!!
XOXO
My favorite song of this album. :)
Just recently lost my mom, I can't tell you how beautiful this song is!!!! THANK YOU SARA, God Bless You!!
💖💖💖💖💖💖👇👇👇👇
I love this song it need to be the next single
NEXT SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO PLEASE ❤️
really luv this one & 1000 times
Why is she sooooooo awesome
you were amazing as always
In 2018, long before my mom got sick and died (June, 2021), she said, "don't visit me in the cemetery, I won't be there." She was right. She shows up as random birds in my backyard, and in my boys, the meals I cook, and the stories I tell. 😊🐦💓
And in the tear that just fell from my eyes upon reading your heartfelt words. :)
This album it's just so fucking perfect. I love her ❤️
Realmente Amo está canción, sigue siendo una de mis favoritas.
Sara you just made it to my favourite artist
This is amazing
This is my new ballad :-)
Will she ever make a video for this? I really like this! :)
My Earth is somebody's ceiling, hit me❤
~You said remember that life is not ment to be wasted~
My favourite song. I wish it had video.
Amazing
My favorite
Next single?
.
Yay ~
She's done it to me again! Swaying in my seat before the sun has risen.
Oh man!! i love it!!!
She is amazing!!!
I♥SB
Love it sara xx
..."so how do you do it , with just words and just music." ...
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We can always chasing the sun☀️all we can do is try, while we still alive 💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖⭐💖
I always listen to this song over and over again, great song of motivation 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
You touch my heart love you come to Brazil 3