"I was going through a breakup at the time. It was like 4 am and I was lying on my bed. I hadn't slept, and I had thouhgts whirling around in my head.. I reached over and grabbed a guitar... and I was strumming the guitar looking at the ceiling and that line...'I don't know who I am without you, all i know is that I should' that was the first line that came out and it felt so satisfying to encapsulate exactly how I was feeling with just two lines"... Missy Higgins St Louis 4/6/09
Not a crime. Is the best thing ever. Oh my God how I envy you. Been following Missy from the beginning, and got into Gordi on her first album, not knowing they had anything in common. It’s all beautiful.
Probably my favorite recording of this song... There's a poignance to it that transcends even the brilliance of the original. I understand it's about a mom who's had to adopt her daughter out but, as others here have noted, it can lend itself to nearly any other story of mutual loss. I was introduced to it by an ex-girlfriend during our breakup. She sent it to me as a way to explain where she was because she otherwise didn't have the words. I realized when listening that I felt much the same. It took several years before I could car karaoke this song without crying. My ex taught me a great deal and she was one of the great loves of my life. This song, as melancholy as it is, puts love like that to stone. Handprints on the cavernous walls of our hearts... Symbols for others to find later, should they have the temerity and the desire to delve deep.
I love her lyrics...they're so heart felt and true...words that people find so heard to say out loud even when they're screaming within them.... Her voice and music is so gentle!
Judging from the comments I have read here, the power of this song is unmatched. Amazing piece of music that has brought so many beautiful people together.
Most amazing song ive heard so far!! She is beautiful with her voice !! I like this version better than all you wanna be Missy Higgins!! Give it up you will never have her voice!!!
From what I understand, this song is written about a woman who has to give her baby up for adoption. But, it does translate nicely into a breaking relationship love song. Can't get enough of her myself. Everything she creates is beautiful. THanks for posting this vid!
I listened to this over and over and over when me, and my bf werent together. It made me sad...however we are together now! And it makes me happy to know this song, in a way gave me hope! I love missy higgins!!!
In my eyes, the most amazing lyrics or poems or stories or anything like that, are the ones that touch every person who hears/reads it. This song totally fits that. I have yet to find someone whom I show this song to that isn't touched by it.
This hits home. Such a good singer and the lyrics are amazing. Makes me so sad, but it just is so touching. I guess we all have to remain hopeful that someone is out there waiting for us.
This was written about a girl who is gave up her daughter for adoption. Missy talks about it in an interview. It makes this song 234987234x more special, especially when your best friend was adopted. Bravo, Missy. You're beautiful.
I've just found this video and song...All I know is it's amazing and her voice is dynamite..I wish her only the best..She should be a really big hit..The kind of music I'd love to hear more of in 2013..The kind you can actually hear the lyrics and it's melody is so pure and simple. Thank you for whoever shared this incredible video.
I did that last night...It reminds me of moving out of our apartment and all the emotional pain after being with my boyfriend for 5 years. It's a beautiful song but it certain hits home...every lyric in it's own way.
I felt the same connection to the emotions in the way she sings this song. i love it....the song itself is about a mother giving up a baby for adoption but still, it takes me back to a lost love and taking a leap..best wishes portobonita :)
I too found this song by accident and I love it so much!! She is so great! I also heard that singer Brittany Kwasnik and I agree that she is superb and only 15!
Genius, this song gets better everytime that I listen to it. This is my favorite verse: There were sounds in my head, little voices whispering. That I should go and this should end oh and I found myself listening. Genius.
Great music touches people in so many different ways and a great song can be about anything that you want it to be about because it touches upon so much.
At first I was surprised and disapointed to not find a music video of her, but I'm glad I found this instead. She does this song and it's message so much justice. It's one of my favorites now...
I saw her live a couple of yrs ago in melbourne, one of the most memorable performances I've ever seen, she's such a light! I remember she took her shoes off and did the cutest dance on stage during one of her songs, so cool =)
Thank you. To be quite honest, music is the most important part of my life. I grew up around it, and now I live it. No one can deny that music is something in each of us in one way or another.
I know. It can apply to just about anything, or any kind of relationship whether romantic or just a friendship. On top of that, it's just an achingly beautiful, sad song. It almost hurts to listen to, but it is so gorgeous. I cry nearly every time I hear it.
heard this song for the first time on the radio and i about cried. absolutely perfect description of what i'm going through right now. my friend, i don't know if i could see another girl by your side, i know i should be able, but know that i'll always love you, at least a little. i'm sorry, my friend, i'm so incredibly sorry. class a song - most amazing. lovely voice.
This song took me back home, to my past. I never really had an "easy" life. I've dealt with physical, mental, and sexual abuse. I always thought that there was no way out. I fell for a guy at a young age.. We were together for over 2 years. He was the one person that kept me going every day. After he left, I felt like I had lost all of my meaning. He's married now and has a family.. And I'm still completely lost without him. I will love him until the day I die..
Absolutely beautiful! Her emotion touches deep inside my soul from a past broken relationship. I felt this way about that person. Missy just expressed it in a song. Thanks for touching my heart.
i discover this song on smallville when chloe break up with jimmy and since this moment i adore it. missy is just simply amazing and have a wonderful voice! i love you missy! thanks for light our days with your music!
First heard this song on NCIS the Episode Recoil when Ziva says goodbye to Micheal...So emotional and this song is soooo wonderful, can't wait to hear more of Miss Higgins Music :-)
That maybe so, and that I am sure is what it means to Missy Higgins; but songs have so many meanings and every person can and should interpret it as their own, give it your own meaning and memeories. Then it becomes special to you! That to me is what music is about. Ohhh yeah and beautiful song Missy, love you work.
I had known this song for a while and always liked it. But after my ex and I broke up this song really means something to me. He's like my little brother. Ghost whisperer brought my back to this lovely song.
I saw her yesterday at the Lilith Fair in New Jersey. I'm absolutely, madly in love. This is the song she closed with, and I've been playing it all day today. It really hits me hard. This song is a masterpiece.
"can't i don't know if i can stand another hand upon you. all i know is that i should. cause she will love you more than i could. she who dares to stand where i stood." god that is exactly how i feel.
I wish you all the best, if you have a deep passion like this you should persue it. And if you're a born singer, and want to dance then you should definately bring both together. Be passionate about what you do but don't ever miss out on the opportunities you have in life. Much love.... Divs
![Missy Higgins [Full Concert]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kM124Wvkob0/mqdefault.jpg)
I've been watching this version for 10 years. Breathtaking
omg me too!
Same here! 😍
Same
yup... I'm come to every now and then. Gosh, I miss my college days
Yup.
"I was going through a breakup at the time. It was like 4 am and I was lying on my bed. I hadn't slept, and I had thouhgts whirling around in my head.. I reached over and grabbed a guitar... and I was strumming the guitar looking at the ceiling and that line...'I don't know who I am without you, all i know is that I should' that was the first line that came out and it felt so satisfying to encapsulate exactly how I was feeling with just two lines"... Missy Higgins St Louis 4/6/09
It’s a crime that I’ve only just heard of this person in 2021. Thank you, Gordi for the introduction! Surreal and transcendent talent.
Not a crime. Is the best thing ever. Oh my God how I envy you. Been following Missy from the beginning, and got into Gordi on her first album, not knowing they had anything in common. It’s all beautiful.
Was honored to meet Gordi after a small intimate concert in Washington DC USA pre-covid. What a gracious and beautiful artist. Few.
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This song is timeless.
Why are there 103 haters?? she is amazing in every way!
She's one of the few singers who really touch me emotionally. She's such an awesome singer and she writes such beautiful and touching lyrics.
Probably my favorite recording of this song... There's a poignance to it that transcends even the brilliance of the original. I understand it's about a mom who's had to adopt her daughter out but, as others here have noted, it can lend itself to nearly any other story of mutual loss. I was introduced to it by an ex-girlfriend during our breakup. She sent it to me as a way to explain where she was because she otherwise didn't have the words. I realized when listening that I felt much the same. It took several years before I could car karaoke this song without crying. My ex taught me a great deal and she was one of the great loves of my life. This song, as melancholy as it is, puts love like that to stone. Handprints on the cavernous walls of our hearts... Symbols for others to find later, should they have the temerity and the desire to delve deep.
This is absolutely gorgeous. She is just as good live as on her records.
It isn't often that a voice itself impresses me so much. What a unique quality. Damn.
Wow, she has an amazing voice. This is just fantastic!
I love her lyrics...they're so heart felt and true...words that people find so heard to say out loud even when they're screaming within them....
Her voice and music is so gentle!
Judging from the comments I have read here, the power of this song is unmatched. Amazing piece of music that has brought so many beautiful people together.
Such a beautiful voice and a powerful song. Makes me tear up every single time I hear it.
Most amazing song ive heard so far!! She is beautiful with her voice !! I like this version better than all you wanna be Missy Higgins!! Give it up you will never have her voice!!!
This is just amazing stuff! The nuances and raspy voice combined with her emotional delivery in this performance is her best in my option.
From what I understand, this song is written about a woman who has to give her baby up for adoption. But, it does translate nicely into a breaking relationship love song. Can't get enough of her myself. Everything she creates is beautiful. THanks for posting this vid!
I listened to this over and over and over when me, and my bf werent together. It made me sad...however we are together now! And it makes me happy to know this song, in a way gave me hope! I love missy higgins!!!
This song is outstanding. As a songwriter, I heard it and was just blown away. Such a raw and emotional delivery.
I really adore her and this song. It´s amazing.
I love this song. It is so haunting and the lyrics are amazing.
How many comments are we allowed to leave on the same video?
Just one of the most amazing beautiful visceral works of art … ever.
In my eyes, the most amazing lyrics or poems or stories or anything like that, are the ones that touch every person who hears/reads it. This song totally fits that. I have yet to find someone whom I show this song to that isn't touched by it.
This hits home. Such a good singer and the lyrics are amazing.
Makes me so sad, but it just is so touching. I guess we all have to remain hopeful that someone is out there waiting for us.
i'm just glad that she loves you more than i could & dares stand where i stood.
right now would be very different without this song. thanks missy
as a metalhead i have to say : brilliant song, amazing voice, simply beautiful melody
This was written about a girl who is gave up her daughter for adoption. Missy talks about it in an interview. It makes this song 234987234x more special, especially when your best friend was adopted. Bravo, Missy. You're beautiful.
has strength in her voice...beautiful melody.
Most talented aussie female singer going around!
I've just found this video and song...All I know is it's amazing and her voice is dynamite..I wish her only the best..She should be a really big hit..The kind of music I'd love to hear more of in 2013..The kind you can actually hear the lyrics and it's melody is so pure and simple. Thank you for whoever shared this incredible video.
You’re welcome
I did that last night...It reminds me of moving out of our apartment and all the emotional pain after being with my boyfriend for 5 years. It's a beautiful song but it certain hits home...every lyric in it's own way.
I felt the same connection to the emotions in the way she sings this song. i love it....the song itself is about a mother giving up a baby for adoption but still, it takes me back to a lost love and taking a leap..best wishes portobonita :)
I too found this song by accident and I love it so much!! She is so great! I also heard that singer Brittany Kwasnik and I agree that she is superb and only 15!
So schnell verliert man was man doch so geliebt hat...
Hier mit dem Lied hat man viel Zeit zum nachdenken ,
Fehler sind zum lernen da.
Genius, this song gets better everytime that I listen to it.
This is my favorite verse:
There were sounds in my head, little voices whispering. That I should go and this should end oh and I found myself listening.
Genius.
i love this song.. its so beautiful..
Missy you are an angel. I am so glad I have found you.
Come to Germany please
Sometimes you do feel that way...You can't picture yourself without someone..."I don't know who I am without you."..This is such a beautiful song...
Great music touches people in so many different ways and a great song can be about anything that you want it to be about because it touches upon so much.
At first I was surprised and disapointed to not find a music video of her, but I'm glad I found this instead.
She does this song and it's message so much justice. It's one of my favorites now...
Wow!!! Just Wow!!! Their seems to be no words for the feelings she just brought inside me
Beautiful song and she has a beautiful smoky voice that's perfect for singing it.
such powerful words uttered by such a beautiful soul.............
i used this song as a subject in my music assignment and got an A+ . Hands down favorite female artist thumbs up if you agree
Beautiful song from a beautiful woman, it's acheingly melocholy and unforgettable, I love this song.
I saw her live a couple of yrs ago in melbourne, one of the most memorable performances I've ever seen, she's such a light! I remember she took her shoes off and did the cutest dance on stage during one of her songs, so cool =)
Thank you. To be quite honest, music is the most important part of my life. I grew up around it, and now I live it. No one can deny that music is something in each of us in one way or another.
THIS SONG IS AMAZING!
she has a awesome voice...it sounds perfect live!
She is one of my biggest musical inspirations. I love this song!
Love her passion, her voice, the piano - love it all!
not only is she EXTREMELY talented, but shes also GORGEOUS. soo jealous!
Missy Higgins is an amazing artist, and we should all admire her work. This is probably my most favorite song of hers.
Luv this tune.... she's an amazing singer!! Irish fan :) xxx
I wish I could say the things that I felt like that .Straight from the Heart. Thats what makes a Great Artist .
I know. It can apply to just about anything, or any kind of relationship whether romantic or just a friendship.
On top of that, it's just an achingly beautiful, sad song. It almost hurts to listen to, but it is so gorgeous. I cry nearly every time I hear it.
heard this song for the first time on the radio and i about cried. absolutely perfect description of what i'm going through right now. my friend, i don't know if i could see another girl by your side, i know i should be able, but know that i'll always love you, at least a little. i'm sorry, my friend, i'm so incredibly sorry. class a song - most amazing. lovely voice.
I can't stop listening to this song man!!
This song took me back home, to my past. I never really had an "easy" life. I've dealt with physical, mental, and sexual abuse. I always thought that there was no way out. I fell for a guy at a young age.. We were together for over 2 years. He was the one person that kept me going every day. After he left, I felt like I had lost all of my meaning. He's married now and has a family.. And I'm still completely lost without him.
I will love him until the day I die..
Absolutely beautiful! Her emotion touches deep inside my soul from a past broken relationship. I felt this way about that person. Missy just expressed it in a song. Thanks for touching my heart.
Heard this song on a plane in '08 between NYC and Frankfurt. Bawled my eyes out. Made me homesick. Love you Missy!
Man i love her voice
i discover this song on smallville when chloe break up with jimmy and since this moment i adore it. missy is just simply amazing and have a wonderful voice! i love you missy! thanks for light our days with your music!
I love everything about Missy ... she is an all rounder with a unique voice and brilliant lyrics/tunes
i love you missy...
you are the best and your voice is unique
Love it when a singer sings in their native accent. Thank you, Pandora!
i love this song n this vid. i love when artists videotape their studio recording sessions.
This is absolutely incredible.
She opened for Ben Folds at a concert at my school. She was a pleasant surprise - came to see one talented musician, and I got two.
I love this song... and
I love her.
She and her music are simply
perfection and beauty.
This song and it's performance are equally incredible. Outstanding artist!! WOW- this has me listening to everything I can find from Missy Higgins.
i love this song i can relate to it so much....well done missy
First heard this song on NCIS the Episode Recoil when Ziva says goodbye to Micheal...So emotional and this song is soooo wonderful, can't wait to hear more of Miss Higgins Music :-)
she is supremely talented
It can never get worse!! I listen to this song all the time. But I think it sounds better live than on cd!!!
i have now become addicited to this song
ever since it was recommended
brilliant singer
gotta love it
That maybe so, and that I am sure is what it means to Missy Higgins; but songs have so many meanings and every person can and should interpret it as their own, give it your own meaning and memeories. Then it becomes special to you!
That to me is what music is about.
Ohhh yeah and beautiful song Missy, love you work.
this song touches soul missy
you are amazing
i love it
I love how the words reflect 2 people taking the time to talk to each other...and at the end, she is able to let go...TIME!!!!
this song is so beautiful... i can listen to it and want to cry almost every time even if i dont feel that way anymore. its so simple and real
2021..
Still My best music ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had known this song for a while and always liked it. But after my ex and I broke up this song really means something to me. He's like my little brother. Ghost whisperer brought my back to this lovely song.
one of the greatest artist of all time. by far...
very beautiful! I love her voice..
thank you for the video =]
Achingly beautiful. She brings tenderness and grace to a vocal rich with power...and hope. Thank you for sharing.
I love this song!
wow, it's rare to get goose bumps thankful for this :)
I saw her yesterday at the Lilith Fair in New Jersey.
I'm absolutely, madly in love. This is the song she closed with, and I've been playing it all day today. It really hits me hard.
This song is a masterpiece.
her voice is a piece of heaven:)
this touches me in so many ways.
crying, once again.
/3 this song has helped me move on from a 13 year relationship that turned toxic. Thank you!!
"can't i don't know if i can stand another hand upon you. all i know is that i should. cause she will love you more than i could. she who dares to stand where i stood."
god that is exactly how i feel.
i heard this on the radio and was like i have to find this!! its really good.
the lyrics to this song is amazing. it's so sad... great job!
Yeah you can really feel the emotion. The kind of song that can only borne from experience.
I wish you all the best, if you have a deep passion like this you should persue it. And if you're a born singer, and want to dance then you should definately bring both together. Be passionate about what you do but don't ever miss out on the opportunities you have in life. Much love.... Divs
absolutely breathtaking. she is my inspiration :)
This song is as good as anything on the top music lists in the states right now......it should be receiving more play....its an amazing song.
Awesome song version, in my opinion twice as good as the radio version so much more pain and feeling.
Beautiful song , beautifully sung .
I really Like her voice....beautiful song.
Missy is good first time i heard her! very talented