adrianne lenker - sadness as a gift (official lyric video)

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  • čas přidán 16. 01. 2024
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    lyrics
    you and i both know
    there is nothing more to say
    chance has shut her shining eyes
    and turned her face away
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i think you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    feel too heavy to hold
    snow fallin’
    i try to keep from callin’
    watch the spring turn to winter
    fireflies all frozen
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    been searching for your eyes
    all I see is blue sky
    and that old man beats his crooked cane
    it’s time to let go
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i bet you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    you and I could see into the same eternity
    every second brimming with a majesty
    kiss so sweet so fine
    you could hear the music inside my mind
    and you showed me a place i’ll find even when i’m old
    just leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i hope you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
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Komentáře • 238

  • @lily_lxndr
    @lily_lxndr Před 5 měsíci +635

    she rly feels like a once-in-a-lifetime talent to me

    • @Caves_of_Altamira
      @Caves_of_Altamira Před 5 měsíci +19

      Its good to know that the only trans woman who could be earlier to the Adrienne Lenker single than me was Lily Alexander. Thank you for your videos!

    • @screwtapee
      @screwtapee Před 5 měsíci +8

      No way goat youtuber comments on goat musicians song, that's awesome

    • @ryanphelan6861
      @ryanphelan6861 Před 5 měsíci +2

      agree so much...sacrelige for some but she is joni mitchell to me where joni was pure abstract and painted loved unresolved tormented tones adriennes writing to me is pulitzer prize level stuff. I can listen to solo songs and big thief and say this is one of my favorites about 35 songs I swear : ) Tough to keep up shes relentless

    • @kristen7687
      @kristen7687 Před 5 měsíci +6

      of course you’re a fan omg

    • @blechtrommel90
      @blechtrommel90 Před 5 měsíci

      she sure is

  • @user-gu7jn1gf6o
    @user-gu7jn1gf6o Před 5 měsíci +271

    postponing my lobotomy until after this album is released

    • @scoobybag
      @scoobybag Před 4 měsíci +7

      Is this a joke gang

    • @user-gu7jn1gf6o
      @user-gu7jn1gf6o Před 4 měsíci +13

      not at all@@scoobybag

    • @scoobybag
      @scoobybag Před 4 měsíci

      @user-gu7jn1gf6o is there a discount or somthing

    • @mbroc242
      @mbroc242 Před 4 měsíci +4

      wise man

    • @flore5746
      @flore5746 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@user-gu7jn1gf6oreminder to stream bright future

  • @ddude1212
    @ddude1212 Před 5 měsíci +267

    just a small observation, but with adrianne's lyrics it's the small details that are the most poignant. the way that over the course of the song the chorus changes from "you could write me someday and i think you will" to "i bet you will" and finally "i hope you will" just fucking destroys me every time

    • @rraau__
      @rraau__ Před 3 měsíci +2

      I know it's banal but my jaw dropped when I read your comment. Brilliant artist.

    • @JimmyLBass
      @JimmyLBass Před 2 měsíci +3

      Pairs so well with “thinkin’ this season was gonna last.” You think you’re gonna feel this way forever, but your feelings can soften over time.

  • @gierasole
    @gierasole Před 5 měsíci +207

    I know not many people will read this, and fewer still will pay it kind, but I want you to know that I'm glad you're here together with me. I'm feeling a little lonely myself, but leaving this comment helps me feel more connected, to Adrianne, and to the people who listen to their music. thank you for being you, thank you for being human. the sun rises again and we meet another day.

  • @nicolev198
    @nicolev198 Před měsícem +9

    “Been searching for your eyes, all I see is blue skies” gets me each and every time.

  • @hannahwhite1729
    @hannahwhite1729 Před 5 měsíci +200

    Adrianne makes me feel happy to be alive and young right now. I've always felt displaced in time, but when I listen to her... everything feels right for a few minutes.

    • @nerolilaine9973
      @nerolilaine9973 Před 5 měsíci +13

      She makes me feel happy to be alive and old❤

    • @bhamama2966
      @bhamama2966 Před 5 měsíci +3

      She is the best thing to come from gen y/z

    • @mikegreen2417
      @mikegreen2417 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@nerolilaine9973❤

  • @joed7185
    @joed7185 Před 5 měsíci +131

    Hands down the best singer-songwriter among the indie scene. Her guitar playing is criminally underrated. The Townes Van Zandt of her time.

    • @rubyh.497
      @rubyh.497 Před 5 měsíci +2

      realest comment

    • @joed7185
      @joed7185 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@rubyh.497 real recognizes real

    • @JimmyJAKosman
      @JimmyJAKosman Před 5 měsíci +3

      Two favourites for a reason ;)

    • @-elijahriggs-
      @-elijahriggs- Před 7 dny

      she's got that thing that townes had. authenticity.

  • @jacksonmiked
    @jacksonmiked Před 5 měsíci +32

    This is a masterpiece. Up there with the very best of 60’s Bob Dylan.

  • @Justaperson660
    @Justaperson660 Před 3 měsíci +17

    I was with this girl for a while, I've never loved anyone like I loved her. This song reminds me of her so much. We both know that theres nothing left to say. I still hope she "writes me" (texts), I was so sure she'd come back again, as the song progresses adrianne seems less and less certain that this person will write her, which is exactly how I feel. After a week without her I'm all like "yeah I think she's gonna be back", now it's been 6 months, and I hope she writes.

    • @nostringsattatched7725
      @nostringsattatched7725 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Have you tried contacting her? If not, I would. Even if that means handwriting a letter & putting it in her mailbox. Nothing too pushy, but meaningful. You don’t know if you never try.

  • @hollieb5084
    @hollieb5084 Před 3 měsíci +37

    her lyricism always blows me away. Devastating and so honest.. she encapsulates the longing, the pain and light of the human condition like so few really can

  • @alabamaisyourdaddy6137
    @alabamaisyourdaddy6137 Před 3 měsíci +18

    One of the most beautiful songs I have heard all year

  • @redadamearth
    @redadamearth Před 5 měsíci +79

    "Blood on the Tracks"-level writing. Stunning. And an absolutely gorgeous arrangement.

    • @ksb994
      @ksb994 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yes, her music brings to mind “Blood on the Tracks”. Exactly!

  • @yokaii7109
    @yokaii7109 Před 5 měsíci +22

    i cried so much listening and relistening to this song. thank you Adrianne for making me not feel alone in my grief.

    • @Fredwilson45
      @Fredwilson45 Před měsícem

      Stay strong fam, lean on your people. You are loved!!!!

  • @milkjugs4771
    @milkjugs4771 Před 4 měsíci +14

    i’ve been listening to this song since it came out but it just struck me tonight like a truck and now i’m crying at 11:26 pm while making a cake for my grandpa’s birthday tomorrow ♥️

  • @starsabout
    @starsabout Před 5 měsíci +22

    you and I could see into the same eternity
    every second brimming with a majesty
    🖤

  • @bikalkunwar5260
    @bikalkunwar5260 Před 5 měsíci +55

    Greatest songwriter of this generation

  • @sarahchapman4946
    @sarahchapman4946 Před 5 měsíci +15

    This was the anthem for my marriage falling apart last year… we were happy it could accompany us for the tenderness.

  • @usernamesrtoostupid
    @usernamesrtoostupid Před 5 měsíci +40

    Your art matters. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @franccci
    @franccci Před 5 měsíci +20

    this song came to me at just the right time, my messenger for spring

  • @hoselrocket2001
    @hoselrocket2001 Před 5 měsíci +15

    News flash - "Brilliant, timeless songwriting is alive and well!"

  • @CatPianoClassics
    @CatPianoClassics Před 5 měsíci +11

    Occasionally there will be a song that comes along in your life where you stop everything you are doing and you just listen. Today that happened to me with Sadness As A Gift, and wow. This song goes straight to the heart and this takes me back to a place i havent been in ages, but in a good way! It doesnt make me sad anymore, it makes me hopeful that the people who were in my life who arent anymore are doing okay and thats okay!
    Thank you...

    • @hiroprotagonitis
      @hiroprotagonitis Před 5 měsíci

      she already did it with "change," adrienne makes lightning strike as many times it wants

  • @agnese3172
    @agnese3172 Před 5 měsíci +27

    lyrics
    you and i both know
    there is nothing more to say
    chance has shut her shining eyes
    and turned her face away
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i think you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    feel too heavy to hold
    snow fallin’
    i try to keep from callin’
    watch the spring turn to winter
    fireflies all frozen
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    been searching for your eyes
    all I see is blue sky
    and that old man beats his crooked cane
    it’s time to let go
    leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i bet you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask
    you and I could see into the same eternity
    every second brimming with a majesty
    kiss so sweet so fine
    you could hear the music inside my mind
    and you showed me a place i’ll find even when i’m old
    just leaning on the windowsill
    you could write me someday and i hope you will
    we could see the sadness as a gift and still
    the seasons go so fast
    thinking that this one was gonna last
    maybe the question was too much to ask

  • @MallcopsRulezzz
    @MallcopsRulezzz Před 5 měsíci +15

    Adrianne is really out here writing memories not even just songs. so lovely

  • @strumbadstroller7350
    @strumbadstroller7350 Před 5 měsíci +12

    On first listening I thought, ok, just another break up song but on listening again, the pain & intensity struck me. This is from the Heart. Beautiful.

  • @zie4212
    @zie4212 Před 5 měsíci +35

    mother we love you

  • @sophiafox6474
    @sophiafox6474 Před 5 měsíci +16

    my fav artist of all time

  • @deepakchoke-ya2560
    @deepakchoke-ya2560 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Such a wonderful talent she is. She seems to connect the dots between styles old and new with a voice that pulls you in to whatever she’s singing about. A lot of times the music business has it wrong but god bless whoever discovered her and Big Thief and brought them to the public.

  • @germancampuzano5919
    @germancampuzano5919 Před 5 měsíci +15

    I'm so proud of her, theres not much to say, what a songwriter! What a storyteller! What a musician! And most of all, what a salvation are her lyrics, thank you, dear friend adrianne.

  • @mr._baum153
    @mr._baum153 Před 5 měsíci +10

    It feels like she does it effortlessly, create a masterpiece like this...

  • @dmdrosselmeyer
    @dmdrosselmeyer Před 4 měsíci +9

    God damn this is such a beautiful song; shimmers like headlights under the stars of a lonesome winter highway
    Heard it on Colorado public radio and had to write down what lyrics I could catch, so glad to be here🙏

  • @cameroncoyle2487
    @cameroncoyle2487 Před 5 měsíci +9

    This definitely shifted something in me. That’s all I know

  • @emilylangedyk957
    @emilylangedyk957 Před 5 měsíci +9

    This is the exact song I needed to hear today.

  • @Caves_of_Altamira
    @Caves_of_Altamira Před 5 měsíci +42

    I don't know if this cured or worsened my lesbian blues all I know is that this song made me feel things. Thank you Adrienne ❤

  • @joshliam1967
    @joshliam1967 Před 3 měsíci +2

    One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

  • @VioletPrism
    @VioletPrism Před 5 měsíci +7

    BABE WAKE UP NEW ADRIANNE LENKER ALBUM

  • @1badsully
    @1badsully Před 5 měsíci +22

    Can't believe I caught this video 38 minutes ago, I'm so lucky to have found Lenker . Her music has moved me in the way no artist has in a while . Waking up is usually so extraneous & painful, but seeing this video in my reccomended moments after turning off my alarm made it feel good . I smiled after waking up, instead of lazing around depressively because I found this song . I think I'll have a good day today . Thank you Adrienne Lenker .

  • @Dovelunalove
    @Dovelunalove Před 5 měsíci +60

    Adrienne Lenker is my Mother & Sufjan Stevens is my father. My childhood is loving & gentle. But then I wake up & i’m 25.

  • @NicheNonsense
    @NicheNonsense Před 5 měsíci +4

    grateful to be on the same timeline as adrianne lenker

  • @NewAlternative40Chart
    @NewAlternative40Chart Před 5 měsíci +7

    "sadness as a gift" debuted at #5 on the New Alt 40 Chart this week.

  • @victoriabennett3789
    @victoriabennett3789 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Thank you for this, Adrianne. Your soul is ancient and wise.

  • @prplpotatoes
    @prplpotatoes Před 5 měsíci +12

    I live in South America but listen to Adrianne when I need to reimmerse myself in the feelings, turmoil of my nomadic young adult years in the midwest U.S. Her work is more than poetry of great heights--it's homebound, no matter which way.

  • @BleakMarchMusic
    @BleakMarchMusic Před 5 měsíci +3

    It's just so cool to see her so vividly evolve with each new project. There's something new to the sound each time around and it's always so enthralling

  • @luisa864
    @luisa864 Před 5 měsíci +4

    im so obsessed this is everything i ever needed

  • @SamSpreckley
    @SamSpreckley Před 5 měsíci +7

    the timing of this... simply awestruck.. xo

  • @neildestefano991
    @neildestefano991 Před 5 měsíci +4

    She breaks my heart again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again….

  • @crash936
    @crash936 Před měsícem

    I got shivers when i listen to this.....and i cry.

  • @eekowarrior4409
    @eekowarrior4409 Před 5 měsíci +3

    What a beautiful songwriter. Can't wait for the album.

  • @macabrekid5342
    @macabrekid5342 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My God, what a beautiful song ❤

  • @OrbitalDeath.Beats8
    @OrbitalDeath.Beats8 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Unmatched to any other artist. So excited for this.

  • @comradehermit9320
    @comradehermit9320 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Thank you for this. Having a really hard time struggling with gender dysphoria and childhood trauma, Complex PTSD and parts work. Everything hurts so damn much. Sometimes I just need to feel it. Sometimes I just need to cry and scream. I need to believe it all means something. This helps. Everything you do seems to help. I need this. I need what you do. Keep doing it. Thank you.

  • @charlesthompson2614
    @charlesthompson2614 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Not many songs make me cry everytime I hear them

  • @ishikakalra7732
    @ishikakalra7732 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Beautiful song😭❤️

  • @SuperKoksak
    @SuperKoksak Před 5 měsíci +2

    Such a beautiful song 🥲🧡.

  • @oriana8700
    @oriana8700 Před 5 měsíci +4

    thank you for being you. thank you for everything you create. thank you eternal. you’re so special and my heart feels so big when I listen to your music. ♥️

  • @TheresaMarie9
    @TheresaMarie9 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I heard this while scanning stations on the radio a few days ago and can't stop listening. Absolutely beautiful❤

  • @georgiaclark9881
    @georgiaclark9881 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Thank you for teaching me how to love, Adrianne.

  • @nemesis1487
    @nemesis1487 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Beautiful. Just beautiful.
    Listening from thousands of miles away, from the land of the Greek Gods and I am sure , Apollo is smiling right now.

  • @taka-taktak
    @taka-taktak Před 4 měsíci +2

    Please never stop making music ❤❤

  • @oliviawren152
    @oliviawren152 Před 5 měsíci +2

    this came at the perfect time

  • @een_schildpad
    @een_schildpad Před 5 měsíci +3

    I can't sing along without the emotion catching in my throat. So beautiful! ❤

  • @tykomarquer
    @tykomarquer Před 5 měsíci +4

    Can’t wait to hear the song others songs on your album, everything you do is so incredibly beautiful

  • @augustus0002
    @augustus0002 Před 3 měsíci

    She never misses, this is my favorite song from hers now!!!

  • @rachael494
    @rachael494 Před 5 měsíci

    I love her music so much! So excited for the album!!!

  • @voodoo2267
    @voodoo2267 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Adrianne , thank you so much for your music. I cry when I listen to your songs. I’ve lived them. More importantly, you live them. You are the greatest living songwriter. Love

  • @oleksandrvdovin7886
    @oleksandrvdovin7886 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I do not understand english, but I understand this song.

  • @softmusings
    @softmusings Před 5 měsíci +1

    thank you for the gift of your music, adrianne. the timing of this knocked the air out of me...

  • @iwashere368
    @iwashere368 Před 5 měsíci +1

    this is so comforting 🖤

  • @idodeclaire
    @idodeclaire Před 5 měsíci

    this is beautiful. awesome mastering on this one. Was just listening to Hours right before and the difference in audio is awesome! Thank YOU for all of your gifts

  • @iancurry
    @iancurry Před 5 měsíci

    So beautiful! Thank you Adrianne...

  • @Omar-zo6ro
    @Omar-zo6ro Před 5 měsíci

    Now this is something special. Thank you adrienne for your poetic songwriting this song really touched my heart.

  • @faseka302
    @faseka302 Před 5 měsíci

    she's such an angel

  • @ka0tica
    @ka0tica Před 5 měsíci

    love the way she writes

  • @sharonleigh5281
    @sharonleigh5281 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Your music inspires me so. 🤍 Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.

  • @someoneunknown7102
    @someoneunknown7102 Před 29 dny

    That's literally perfect

  • @athanasia222
    @athanasia222 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This is everything

  • @boosay1146
    @boosay1146 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This is so beautiful

  • @filippotenisci5175
    @filippotenisci5175 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I love your Art! I listen to your songs every single day. Thank you for all this beauty ❤

  • @mayhembunz8888
    @mayhembunz8888 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Absolutely breaks me 💔

  • @joshingjosh
    @joshingjosh Před 3 měsíci +1

    Absolutely gorgeous song

  • @matiasellicker6423
    @matiasellicker6423 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Fucking brilliant. Beautiful beyond words. Thanks for this

  • @akisearu1486
    @akisearu1486 Před 5 měsíci

    i remember watching this live a year ago, so beautiful and sincere

  • @katerina1983
    @katerina1983 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Love from the first second... Love, love, love it... Can't wait to hear you live in May in Brussels.

  • @2fallguy
    @2fallguy Před měsícem

    One-off the outstanding songs this year.

  • @manueloviedo1306
    @manueloviedo1306 Před 5 měsíci +4

    You mean so much to me Adrianne!

  • @mike110111
    @mike110111 Před 2 měsíci

    love this so much, thank you for making it

  • @user-tm2ej3ux2k
    @user-tm2ej3ux2k Před 5 měsíci

    This hits perfectly!

  • @joanneofarc.
    @joanneofarc. Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you

  • @pedrocortesaomonteiro4870
    @pedrocortesaomonteiro4870 Před 5 měsíci

    Sadness as a gift, indeed. Thank you.

  • @Ectoplasma-re1dg
    @Ectoplasma-re1dg Před 5 měsíci +1

    I so hoped this will be recorded for the new album,loving it a it since she played it live.
    Lovely Version.

  • @philloomer
    @philloomer Před 5 měsíci

    Such love ❤️

  • @mortymbg13
    @mortymbg13 Před 5 měsíci

    Love this

  • @danielrobles7600
    @danielrobles7600 Před 3 měsíci

    Absolutely stunning, so beautiful.

  • @alysilent3807
    @alysilent3807 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Her music reminds me of Jason's Molina music, especially this song ❤

  • @unimaginaryemily
    @unimaginaryemily Před 5 měsíci +1

    ❤ same eternity. God bless you!

  • @Luca-ch5uy
    @Luca-ch5uy Před 5 měsíci +1

    This came to me at the right time

  • @vinceolsen9126
    @vinceolsen9126 Před 3 měsíci

    Absolutely beautiful song. Listening on headphones. Amazing production

  • @mrmiz12
    @mrmiz12 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Beautiful. wouldnt expect anything less

  • @Lyndabeth7777
    @Lyndabeth7777 Před 3 měsíci

    Heartbreaking lyrics.
    Searing soulful delivery.
    ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

  • @anteaterattack
    @anteaterattack Před 3 měsíci

    Dear Adrianne,
    Thank you so much for your music.

  • @trevortanner9076
    @trevortanner9076 Před 5 měsíci

    Happy days love her talent 🎉