This song is about a man who is willing to do what ever it takes to stay with the love of his life. That means killing aspects of himself and making them part of his past. He wants to be the man that he tells her he is, as opposed to lying about it, which he normally would. The runner, the spy, and the leak are all aspects of his past that he chooses to bury. Instead of just completely forgetting about these things he uses them to fertilize the garden he plans to create (his new life). He is truly a gardener who uses waste in order to produce life. He can now stand before his love not as a fraud, but as a true man with nothing to hide. Which is exactly what she wanted to hear in the first place instead of his macho falsities.
Objectively wrong beyond the first sentence. Confirmation bias posters should not be speculating beyond the original, very transparent message. This song is not for you.
This is one those songs that just gets me, that I catch myself humming out of nowhere. A woman from far away who I was lucky enough to love and have her love me in return sent me this a long time ago when she had to leave and to this day I can't listen to this without thinking of her. We loved each other very much but she had to go back home to Canada. Listening to this both kills me and makes me unbelievably, ecstatically happy each time I hear it, particularly this version. Strange tears. We grew apart eventually as people often do but a part of me will always love her. Always. I hope she still listens to this every once in a while and thinks of me. The dreams of men are often foolish notions but I still smile and think of her when I hear this. When you find love I beg of you...keep hold of it.
I cant stop listening to this guy! Amazing songwriter Amazing singer Amazing Guitarist !! The most original awesome sound I have heard in a long time and it just ONE dude.
I love that you tell an entire story with every word you sing. Honesty and intention should be the true guiding light of art, not how "popular" X and Y are going to be. Keep it up, you have a new fan.
This song has always been so passionately haunting much like The Cheiftans- Long Black Veil. The lyrics paint such a beautifully brutal picture of a man with nothing left but his soul to lay before the Earth. 💕
everytime i listen to this I get tears in my eyes. Not because it reminds me sad, but it reminds me of the pure innocence in nostalgia and the "perfect moments" rarely captured in a lifetime
This song makes me the happiest kid on earth... whenever bad shit happens I just sing it to myself and a lame as it seems cant help but smile. life just goes on =D this songs greatttttttttttttttttt.
like this song so mucht thanks to my friend introducing it for me while far away in China. Love this video too, feels like sitting around a campfire with close friends!
this is probably one of the most magic videos in the whole world..... cant describe the feeling i first saw it .... just stunned *-* by all this beauty!
His songs take me somewhere else. Far, far from here. I don't know If I've been there before, maybe it's just my imagination. But It feels great to drift off, not often does someone captivate me like that. Great musician.
Kristian is one of the kindest people i know. I have the extreme fortune of calling him a friend. I can't wait for his new album. He's finishing it up right now. Also, beautiful video. seems to be the perfect setting to hear him play.
Hey everybody,leave everybody alone . We all have different tastes in music, so what? Most people are hating on this music just get attention, and you're all giving it to them. I happen to like this song, and not everybody has the same opinion. So please leave them be, and just listen to the music :)
Tabbed the song out and played it at an event, it went from drunken loudness in the hall to a silence where you could hear a breeze, this is when I realized what the lyrics and song meant to others as it may have be for me.
First off, Tallest man on earth is a stud! Second, when searching for "the gardener" did anyone else end up watching "Whitebrow's Don't Pass Me By (garden sessions)?" Gotta love CZcamss recomendations
il me semblait bien que je connaissais cette belle vidéo, sur laquelle je tombe par hasard ! (en plus, au lendemain des élections américaines qui me plongeaient déjà à l'époque où je l'avais vue) porte toi bien, Alexis!
F my life. This song hasn't gotten a comment in 5 years, ima change that 2021 baby, song still has the same good ole effect on me. Beautiful day here in Michigan!
@Monoblio Anyone who has fallen in love and is in a relationship with someone extremely important can tell you that they at some point feel like they could "kill" to keep that person from leaving, to make the relationship work. The lyrics are metaphors, to speak in pictures and not at all about murdering anyone... To kill your weakness, your darker self and hide some of the less flattering aspects of your self. From this perspective the songs becomes something beautiful and kind of sweet.
This song is about a man who is willing to do what ever it takes to stay with the love of his life. That means killing aspects of himself and making them part of his past. He wants to be the man that he tells her he is, as opposed to lying about it, which he normally would. The runner, the spy, and the leak are all aspects of his past that he chooses to bury. Instead of just completely forgetting about these things he uses them to fertilize the garden he plans to create (his new life). He is truly a gardener who uses waste in order to produce life. He can now stand before his love not as a fraud, but as a true man with nothing to hide. Which is exactly what she wanted to hear in the first place instead of his macho falsities.
Very aptly put!
very clever
Also notice how all the flowers he mentions are also common names for women. Lilly, Daisy, Rose.
basically the plot of secret window
Objectively wrong beyond the first sentence. Confirmation bias posters should not be speculating beyond the original, very transparent message. This song is not for you.
The rawness in his voice always gives me chills. Pure talent.
This is one those songs that just gets me, that I catch myself humming out of nowhere. A woman from far away who I was lucky enough to love and have her love me in return sent me this a long time ago when she had to leave and to this day I can't listen to this without thinking of her. We loved each other very much but she had to go back home to Canada. Listening to this both kills me and makes me unbelievably, ecstatically happy each time I hear it, particularly this version. Strange tears. We grew apart eventually as people often do but a part of me will always love her. Always. I hope she still listens to this every once in a while and thinks of me. The dreams of men are often foolish notions but I still smile and think of her when I hear this. When you find love I beg of you...keep hold of it.
Absolutely an amazing song. Such a timeless classic 😊
This man changed my life. Saved it multiple times. I’m very grateful to have met him..
everything about this makes it the most beautiful thing i've ever seen/heard,
I heard that LIVE. Amazing!
I used to be silly thinking the age of amazing music was dead and gone, the 60's-70's are great, but we have AMAZING artists too!
My heart screams with this song. So much emotion.
I really love this song. It's the first I've heard of his stuff, and I've been hooked ever since.
I'm from Sweden... and I'm so proud of him!
Absolutely beautiful...the man and the song
I can't get enough of this. As has been said, modern day Bob Dylan. Wonderful.
I cant stop listening to this guy! Amazing songwriter Amazing singer Amazing Guitarist !! The most original awesome sound I have heard in a long time and it just ONE dude.
A wide smile across my face and tear on my cheek - thank you.
This is a great song and I love this dudes voice.
Makes me proud of being swedish when I listen to this
in love with this man, forever and ever...
going to see him live in a few weeks - can't wait!
Hot Damn! This isn't even a style of music I normally enjoy--but I've gotta admit this guy is unmistakably awesome!
I am blown away by him. He is just so amazingly great.
I felt this way for someone once.
I love that you tell an entire story with every word you sing. Honesty and intention should be the true guiding light of art, not how "popular" X and Y are going to be. Keep it up, you have a new fan.
which soulless machines disliked this??
This song has always been so passionately haunting much like The Cheiftans- Long Black Veil. The lyrics paint such a beautifully brutal picture of a man with nothing left but his soul to lay before the Earth. 💕
In my opinion one of the best love songs ever written. Some will say insane. I say genius.
Beautiful!
everytime i listen to this I get tears in my eyes. Not because it reminds me sad, but it reminds me of the pure innocence in nostalgia and the "perfect moments" rarely captured in a lifetime
thank you random drunk me for finding this guy and remembering to save this awesomeness so good gigh five drunk me
he is epic. amazing. and inspiration! i fell in love with his voice and his music. i adore him, hihi :)
He sings amazing, this is art, this is beauty, thank you tallest man in the world, you make me feel a bit taller atm. :)
This guy has prehaps my favourite voice ever.
One of the best lyrics I've heard in a long, long time. Amazing song!
i´m in love with his music.
I have never listened to this band before until last night and until this video. It was a good feeling.
saw him last night @ the Paradiso in Amsterdam. He blew the roof off the place *goosebumps still *
Gotta love it. Exceptionally unique voice. Amazing!
My favourite singer. Hands down.
He was in my first concert along with John Darniel and John Vanderslice. Absolutely blew me away. The tallest man on earth is amazing in every way
Lucky duck
i'm in love with this song
My favorite song to play.
this is incredible. Sounds amazing. I love the sound of his guitar outside and his voice. Thanks Reddit!
Your show last night at the 9:30 Club in D.C. was unreal. Thank you for being such an inspiration.
So awesome that there are people doing things like this. I couldn't imagine a better moment.
Was ist das denn????? Wie geil!!!!
Lange nicht mehr so gute Musik gehört!!!!
I love how you can feel the pain in his heart with this music.
This song makes me the happiest kid on earth... whenever bad shit happens I just sing it to myself and a lame as it seems cant help but smile. life just goes on =D this songs greatttttttttttttttttt.
I prefer to think of Bob Dylan as thinking..
"Damn, wish I wrote that....!"
Makes me feel so good I'm actually laughing as listening to this...
when you started singing i was like oh my god i love this
i could listen to this dude all day long
I checked them out a few months ago, really enjoyed them. I enjoy most of your stuff actually, keep up the good work!
what a song, what a singer, what a setting. This IS perfect......
this is the best song I have ever heard
A force of nature, this song has taken hold of me.
This is beautiful, thanks for posting
I wish I could grow stuff as good as him in MY garden.
Some beautiful and calming music
like this song so mucht thanks to my friend introducing it for me while far away in China. Love this video too, feels like sitting around a campfire with close friends!
This man has something within him.
Wonderful, every note, every chord every word.
If he only he would have his songs tabbed.
this is absolutely amazing.
Some of the greatest lyrics ever. Truly does Bob Dylan proud.
The guy i really like sang this song to me
this video is so simple but it is absolutely stunning, What a great song
I freaking love this guys work, check out his group "middle brother"
This makes me so darn proud to be a Swede, biggest dream would be to record one of these songs with him, no matter how silly it seems, lol :)
man, what a songwriter and singer!
How is he so amazingly fantastically good???
The most beutiful and awesome thing ever captured on film
BEEN MY TOP SONG SINCE 2009, THIS HELPED ME GET THROUGH A 3 YEAR HEARTBREAK :(
I PLAY THIS SONG TO MY TWO NEW BORNS NOW :D
I have found love in these lyrics
This is amazing.
this is probably one of the most magic videos in the whole world..... cant describe the feeling i first saw it .... just stunned *-* by all this beauty!
Let down? Wow, this should have been the best surprise you have ever happened upon. This guy is awesome.
His songs take me somewhere else. Far, far from here. I don't know If I've been there before, maybe it's just my imagination. But It feels great to drift off, not often does someone captivate me like that. Great musician.
Kristian is one of the kindest people i know. I have the extreme fortune of calling him a friend. I can't wait for his new album. He's finishing it up right now.
Also, beautiful video. seems to be the perfect setting to hear him play.
Hey everybody,leave everybody alone . We all have different tastes in music, so what? Most people are hating on this music just get attention, and you're all giving it to them. I happen to like this song, and not everybody has the same opinion. So please leave them be, and just listen to the music :)
This video made me in love with that guy......
I heard this on WRAS in Atlanta. Took me a while to track down the title but so glad I did! What a great song.
Beautiful!!! Thanks for posting!!! :)
Tabbed the song out and played it at an event, it went from drunken loudness in the hall to a silence where you could hear a breeze, this is when I realized what the lyrics and song meant to others as it may have be for me.
I PLAY THIS SONG TO MY TWO NEW BORNS NOW :D
First off, Tallest man on earth is a stud! Second, when searching for "the gardener" did anyone else end up watching "Whitebrow's Don't Pass Me By (garden sessions)?" Gotta love CZcamss recomendations
Det finns inte ord för att beskriva hur bra jag tycker detta är. Så unikt och så otroligt bra!
my last ex told me this song reminded me of him.
it ended badly.
sigh.
if only we could erase memories we shouldn't be missing.
il me semblait bien que je connaissais cette belle vidéo, sur laquelle je tombe par hasard !
(en plus, au lendemain des élections américaines qui me plongeaient déjà à l'époque où je l'avais vue)
porte toi bien, Alexis!
It's genious. And imagine the sun would have been gone down completely by the end of the song,
I love these videos; I particularly love the fact in this series of videos, the sky behind him changes every video.
Great songs, cool lyrics.
F my life. This song hasn't gotten a comment in 5 years, ima change that 2021 baby, song still has the same good ole effect on me. Beautiful day here in Michigan!
This song is insanely good.
this video and song are like the definition of country music :D
Linda! o tipo de música que você simplesmente ouve e viaja.
Holy crap that is like the holy grail of concerts, props
The Tallest Man on Earth/Lucy Rose duet would be perfection.
Woah woah, such harshness, we can exist in peace together, I'm enjoying this, Sinatra and deadmau5 all in the same day.
I have so much love for this.
The Highlight for me of this song is the way he plays the guitar at 2:44
@Monoblio Anyone who has fallen in love and is in a relationship with someone extremely important can tell you that they at some point feel like they could "kill" to keep that person from leaving, to make the relationship work. The lyrics are metaphors, to speak in pictures and not at all about murdering anyone... To kill your weakness, your darker self and hide some of the less flattering aspects of your self. From this perspective the songs becomes something beautiful and kind of sweet.