Hi! If you have a guitar, there are basically four chords. start on Bm with a little pinky hammer on the fifth fret of the E string (littlest string). Then A, then listen to the chord changes, but all the chords you'll need all song are Bm, A, G, D. Then in the last part of the song, it sorta starts on the D ("what if we hadn't been each other at the same time!") and goes to G and back to D ("secrets you don't need to keep"). You'll have to listen to the chord changes while you sing : )
This song should be more known... But at the same time I don't want it to because it's too special for me, it's like a little secret song that I can keep only for myself and a few people ❤️ it's so beautiful...
Lyrics for any who want 'em: Sound is a wave, like a wave on the ocean Moon plays the ocean like a violin Pushing and pulling from shore to shore Biggest melody you never heard before If I were the night sky Here’s my lullaby Lullaby to leave by If I were the night What if we hadn’t been born at the same time? What if you’re seventy five and I were nine? Would I come visit you? Bring you cookies in an old folks home? Would you be there alone? And when the late summer lightning Fires off in your arms Will I remember to breathe? No, I never will, no And the fire could convince you that I mean you no harm Just wanna show you how not to need If I were the night sky Here’s my lullaby Lullaby to leave by If I were the night What if we hadn’t been each other at the same time? Would you tell me all the stories From when you were young and in your prime? Would I rock you to sleep? Would you tell me all the secrets you don’t need to keep? Would I still miss you? Oh, would you then Have been mine? Sound is a wave, like a wave on the ocean Moon plays the ocean like a violin Pushing and pulling from shore to shore Biggest melody you never heard before If I were the night sky Here’s my lullaby Lullaby to leave by If I were the night
Sacred song to be shared between me and my lover who've known each other for thousands of years before we were born. Bless you for sharing the lyrics...bless you.
Mr Bird, a milestone in my recent emotional life. Such an unknown, undervalued talent. And Buckley-like as he may seem, he still gets to surpass the Master. He´s original, he´s authentic, he´s real, but first of all, he´s ... insanely tender. I´ll ask for some of his songs in my funeral, sure. Maybe "Sovay", even if I don´t know what "Sovay" means... ;)
I absolutely adore this song. I used to listen to it during my final semester in college and it helped bring me back down to earth. It might be the most beautiful song I've heard, the lyrics are so relatable and amazing.
i've always been addicted to this song. I own one album of andrew bird, and this song has million of play counts, while every other song only has a couple
Magnificent! Once again, I am carried into the deeper corridors of my heart, into the joyful, moving and rushing waters filled with passion and with love. Thank-you for the music!
Listening to him always makes me wish I could sing. Instead, I just add my out of tune baritone harmonies and imagine it is just what the song needed 😂
I am....there. I day dream as I listen. I actually night dream, I guess. I lay with my hair like a fan, in a open grassy field on a hill, upon a warm flannel blanket, covered with the black and blue amber sky, inhaling the cool, crisp, woodsy breeze, as I try to connect the dots above with my fingers.
Just heard this last night in the great movie Norman. Man, those indie dramedies really bring it with the indie folk/alt country, don't they? :-) Getting me into that stuff... "What if we hadn’t been born at the same time? What if you’re 75 and I were 9? Would I come visit you? ... And the fire could convince you that I mean you no harm..."
this song is so beautiful, it hurts. if you all dig this, check out a more bare version entitled "the sifters" on fingerlings 4. or search for it on youtube. i think the song "sifters" on the new LP is going to be this song :)
Whoa, I've never heard this version of the song. It's much more upbeat than the version I'm familiar with. It's really cool, like a completely different look on the lyrics.
What if we hadn't been each other at the same time? Would you tell me all the stories from when you were young and in your prime? Would i rock you to sleep? Would you tell me all the secrets you don't need to keep? Would i still miss you?
This is an early demo of Sifters. The Break It Yourself mix improves on it in many ways but I do like the guitar part at 2:40 on this version. In the context of Orpheo and Fatal Shore though the tone of the Break It Yourself version makes more sense.
Modest means marked by simplicity. Having a humble opinion of yourself. In this case I believe it's used towards you in sarcasm due to your comment. No one likes people who think they are good at many things and say it aloud even if they are good. Andrew Bird doesn't do that. He's modest bc even though he is good, he still downplays it and makes people feel as if anyone could do what he is doing. And anyone can. Artists don't know they are artists. They just are. The things they create
different from andrew bird? elliott smith "the biggest lie," wilco "radio cure," wilco "pot kettle black," andrew bird songs that are this peaceful: "in the valley of the three white horses," "you woke me up" "hole in the ocean floor" "pulaski at night" "take courage"
Band of skulls- cold fame, Gregory Alan Isakov- that sea the gambler, master and a hound, black and blue, dandelion wine, the universe, Lord Huron- when the night is over, modest mouse- little motel, dr. Dog- to weak to ramble, the beach, army ancients, Bruno major- easily, delta spirit- salt in the wound, phantogram- answer, phosphorescent- song for zula, peter and Kerry- i don't know, Bahamas- all the time, the black keys- the lengths, kings of Leon- Arizona, cold desert, closer, the face, revelry, girls- love like a river, the cat empire- reasonably fine, death cab for cutie- a lack of color, I will follow you into the dark, and many many more
-- just waking up and have to take a break - have to feed my Jasper, walk, eat etc.take him to park - long overdue -shortly sayin, -maybe make some phone calls, not to S. R. ,,,,,,,,,, but probably not going to do it phones calls today - just go out with my puppy and play ball with him in the park, he really needs it , I can tell,- and myself of course ........................................ and will listen all this song kinda songs that above when come back - my vision is blurry , had to put glasses on, before I put my shades on - it is sunny outside - thank you smiley face -smiley face with lines and dots and hearts K Em
i do - simply for the final verse. it seems mixed in with admiration for life and nature. What if we hadn’t been each other at the same time? Would you tell me all the stories From when you were young and in your prime? Would I rock you to sleep? Would you tell me all the secrets you don’t need to keep? Would I still miss you? Oh, would you then Have been mine?
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a song that breaks my heart and heals it again
Most of Andrew’s music has that effect on me. It hurts me and comforts me simultaneously.
Hi! If you have a guitar, there are basically four chords. start on Bm with a little pinky hammer on the fifth fret of the E string (littlest string). Then A, then listen to the chord changes, but all the chords you'll need all song are Bm, A, G, D. Then in the last part of the song, it sorta starts on the D ("what if we hadn't been each other at the same time!") and goes to G and back to D ("secrets you don't need to keep"). You'll have to listen to the chord changes while you sing : )
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
This song should be more known... But at the same time I don't want it to because it's too special for me, it's like a little secret song that I can keep only for myself and a few people ❤️ it's so beautiful...
+Isabella Mayoral I love those songs. I love those artists.
so true...
Omg you readed my mind, is exactly the way that I feel!
I feel the same way so special
Lyrics for any who want 'em:
Sound is a wave, like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin
Pushing and pulling from shore to shore
Biggest melody you never heard before
If I were the night sky
Here’s my lullaby
Lullaby to leave by
If I were the night
What if we hadn’t been born at the same time?
What if you’re seventy five and I were nine?
Would I come visit you?
Bring you cookies in an old folks home?
Would you be there alone?
And when the late summer lightning
Fires off in your arms
Will I remember to breathe?
No, I never will, no
And the fire could convince you that I mean you no harm
Just wanna show you how not to need
If I were the night sky
Here’s my lullaby
Lullaby to leave by
If I were the night
What if we hadn’t been each other at the same time?
Would you tell me all the stories
From when you were young and in your prime?
Would I rock you to sleep?
Would you tell me all the secrets you don’t need to keep?
Would I still miss you?
Oh, would you then
Have been mine?
Sound is a wave, like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin
Pushing and pulling from shore to shore
Biggest melody you never heard before
If I were the night sky
Here’s my lullaby
Lullaby to leave by
If I were the night
Sacred song to be shared between me and my lover who've known each other for thousands of years before we were born. Bless you for sharing the lyrics...bless you.
Thank you for sharing ❤
Danke
Gracias
Mr Bird, a milestone in my recent emotional life. Such an unknown, undervalued talent. And Buckley-like as he may seem, he still gets to surpass the Master. He´s original, he´s authentic, he´s real, but first of all, he´s ... insanely tender. I´ll ask for some of his songs in my funeral, sure. Maybe "Sovay", even if I don´t know what "Sovay" means... ;)
I absolutely adore this song. I used to listen to it during my final semester in college and it helped bring me back down to earth. It might be the most beautiful song I've heard, the lyrics are so relatable and amazing.
He's from Chicago. Every single thing he puts out is beautiful. He's my absolute favorite artist. I highly recommend listening to more of his stuff.
Can this PLEASE be on Spotify
This one keeps singing to me in my head...even when I'm asleep. Most unusual lullaby I've ever heard, but I'm caught in its spell now.
This song is human. There's no other way to put it, its just...human.
humane
i've always been addicted to this song. I own one album of andrew bird, and this song has million of play counts, while every other song only has a couple
Just "discovered" this artist. So pleased that I did.
my newborn daughter Symphony falls asleep to Andrew Bird (: quite a beautiful sight.
Ryan Hollingsworth your baby is 7 now☺️
most beautiful and powerful song ever written yet... Thank you mr. Bird, aren't you an angel.
What a beautiful name for a baby girl. :) Andrew Bird is so great his music even makes babies happy.
Magnificent!
Once again, I am carried into the deeper corridors of my heart, into the joyful, moving and rushing waters filled with passion and with love. Thank-you for the music!
Seriously, I cannot stop listening to it. So goood Andrew Bird!
... blissful, this song is pure love condensed , thank you x ....
Listening to this on non-stop repeat.
Such a beautiful song...gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it. Thank you for sharing!
got chills all over hearing this for the first time
This song is so short and sweet I never want it to end, and so I play it over and over again.
do it - let your imagination go and let the sound shower inside your soul.
So nice words, mr.fountain! 👍🏻
This song is beautiful i'm crying
Love this. And what a beautiful name she has :)
Listening to him always makes me wish I could sing. Instead, I just add my out of tune baritone harmonies and imagine it is just what the song needed 😂
I heard this song before I was homeless
I couldn't imagine about whom it might be
I love his variations...so beautiful
Beautiful.
ce gars-là est un petit génie: respect absolu!
oh my god they are playing this may in detroit ! it sucks to work sometimes -.-
I am....there.
I day dream as I listen.
I actually night dream, I guess.
I lay with my hair like a fan,
in a open grassy field on a hill,
upon a warm flannel blanket,
covered with the black and blue amber sky,
inhaling the cool, crisp, woodsy breeze,
as I try to connect the dots above with my fingers.
Awe this song is beautiful:)
Just heard this last night in the great movie Norman. Man, those indie dramedies really bring it with the indie folk/alt country, don't they? :-) Getting me into that stuff... "What if we hadn’t been born at the same time? What if you’re 75 and I were 9? Would I come visit you? ... And the fire could convince you that I mean you no harm..."
This song is amazing.
I just found this. wow. I don't know that to say. So glad.
Crying now, thanks
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this is a lovely song
Beatiful photo
love this song.
this song is so beautiful, it hurts. if you all dig this, check out a more bare version entitled "the sifters" on fingerlings 4. or search for it on youtube. i think the song "sifters" on the new LP is going to be this song :)
Whoa, I've never heard this version of the song. It's much more upbeat than the version I'm familiar with. It's really cool, like a completely different look on the lyrics.
What if we hadn't been each other at the same time?
Would you tell me all the stories from when you were young and in your prime?
Would i rock you to sleep?
Would you tell me all the secrets you don't need to keep?
Would i still miss you?
Gracias.dios.los.bendiga.
Ama.a.tu.projimo.
Paz.
If I were the night sky, I would definitely sing you this lullaby...
Ah you're great! Thank you so much.
I've just decided to play Andrew Bird for my kids someday.
This sounds amazing
Ой, как мне нравится!
Gracias
I sang this song with the love of my life. I can die now.
Ah, another whistler. Nice to meet ya bud. And, I hear you're from Chicago too. Good stuff-
Buckley-esque.... and that is a complement.
@alsrg What song from Buckley it is?
Just in case, could you please tell me the name of that song? Thanks :)
@imthisperson13 - your very welcome. felt the same way first i heard it. can't stop listening to it.
this guy's the real deal. wow!
the whistling makes me smile every time. :')
This is an early demo of Sifters. The Break It Yourself mix improves on it in many ways but I do like the guitar part at 2:40 on this version. In the context of Orpheo and Fatal Shore though the tone of the Break It Yourself version makes more sense.
I sketched a picture of a violin-shaped ocean with the moon stretching out his hand to grab the bow
Eilidhs Beautytips can we c it
I wanna see
nice song
this song calm me down
Modest means marked by simplicity. Having a humble opinion of yourself. In this case I believe it's used towards you in sarcasm due to your comment. No one likes people who think they are good at many things and say it aloud even if they are good. Andrew Bird doesn't do that. He's modest bc even though he is good, he still downplays it and makes people feel as if anyone could do what he is doing. And anyone can. Artists don't know they are artists. They just are. The things they create
Love
finally i got to the bright side of youtube!
Can someone please name some songs as pleasing and as subtle as this one? Shed some peace people, will ya?
different from andrew bird? elliott smith "the biggest lie," wilco "radio cure," wilco "pot kettle black,"
andrew bird songs that are this peaceful: "in the valley of the three white horses," "you woke me up" "hole in the ocean floor" "pulaski at night" "take courage"
Band of skulls- cold fame, Gregory Alan Isakov- that sea the gambler, master and a hound, black and blue, dandelion wine, the universe, Lord Huron- when the night is over, modest mouse- little motel, dr. Dog- to weak to ramble, the beach, army ancients, Bruno major- easily, delta spirit- salt in the wound, phantogram- answer, phosphorescent- song for zula, peter and Kerry- i don't know, Bahamas- all the time, the black keys- the lengths, kings of Leon- Arizona, cold desert, closer, the face, revelry, girls- love like a river, the cat empire- reasonably fine, death cab for cutie- a lack of color, I will follow you into the dark, and many many more
Just
So this song is an early version of Sifters then?
I started to dedicate it to friends I had to leave
Then I met you
Is it me, or does he repeat some of these sentences in other songs?
I love Andrew Bird so much but I want The Tallest Man on Earth to sing this.
although i like TMOE - i dont think his high pitched nasally voice would fit this song.
The Beautiful Side of RUclips.
Diana villian, I can mmake it loud...;)
Where is this from? I haven't find it in albums...
Where did you get this picture?
It's called Sifters
that was the fingerlings 4 recording, he's released it 3 times under different names
Surely 9 people pressed thumbs down by accident....
Tears blurred the vision :1
me too
If I were the night 💛 Meanstoanend
I walked him - park lil later , still have to eat, etc etc , bon appetite to you too! ...
-- just waking up and have to take a break - have to feed my Jasper, walk, eat etc.take him to park - long overdue -shortly sayin, -maybe make some phone calls, not to S. R. ,,,,,,,,,, but probably not going to do it phones calls today - just go out with my puppy and play ball with him in the park, he really needs it , I can tell,- and myself of course ........................................ and will listen all this song kinda songs that above when come back - my vision is blurry , had to put glasses on, before I put my shades on - it is sunny outside - thank you smiley face -smiley face with lines and dots and hearts K Em
is this song also called sifter?
the sifters, that's a better recording imo too
it is what it is :)
It's okay
This too shall pass :)
This too shall pass :)
@@jeffreyellaga1009 awwww why are u still here tho? ;'
so sad there arent chords for this!
do you guys view this as a romantic song?
i do - simply for the final verse. it seems mixed in with admiration for life and nature.
What if we hadn’t been each other at the same time?
Would you tell me all the stories
From when you were young and in your prime?
Would I rock you to sleep?
Would you tell me all the secrets you don’t need to keep?
Would I still miss you?
Oh, would you then
Have been mine?
What is this song about?
Imma turnin it off till night,... thank you and welcome---
HAHA that was funny....
:)
slightly jeff buckley
queeneggplant except Andrew Actually wrote this song... where as Jeff was just playing Leonard Cohens song.
kinda reminds me of coldplay. just a smidge.
really? I don't hear that at all.
Can anyone else see the sleeping cat's face?
Define them. Not themselves
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1 dislike that's kind of awesome
meh