"To Be Enchanted" by Sleeping At Last (Official Lyric Video)
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2023
- "To Be Enchanted" marks the start of an unexpected collection of new songs I'm calling "Mother" which will release one at a time leading up to Mother's Day, 2023.
My mom passed away very suddenly last year in March. In the days right after, I sat down at my piano, which felt like a friend, and wrote a song called "Mother" in her honor. I tried to get back into writing songs for my Atlas: III project, but I wasn't ready. Instead, unexpected songs and themes began to surface that was my own way of processing and untangling the grief of such a huge loss in my life. Music is my way of understanding myself and so these songs naturally came to life from what I was experiencing. These "Mother" songs needed to be written before continuing on in my Atlas: III project.
It's bittersweet for this collection of music to begin to release now, at the first anniversary of losing my mom, but I'm really grateful for each of these songs, which felt deeply comforting to write. As we all have experienced loss and longing, I am honored to share them with you and hope that they can somehow be a source of comfort and connection for you as well. I'll be recording episodes of The Sleeping At Last Podcast for each song, talking through grief, death, loss and hope. Today, "To Be Enchanted" is out everywhere, along with its podcast episode.
Huge thanks to Sharon Gerber who played Cellos!! And to Chris Bethea for mastering this song, as well as artist, Joey Chou who painted the gorgeous cover art (Joey is one of my Mom's favorite artists of all time, so it means so much to me that he would be willing to create the cover art for each of these "Mother" songs) - Hudba
Only few artists in the world can make your eyes closed to feel how lucky and grateful we are to experience this and the life we have. Thank you Ryan❤️
Well said.
Well said
I was going to leave a comment but then I read this one and just wanted to second it! Also, Ryan, I know this is a very personal song to you and I wanted to add: Thank you for being vulnerable with us all and sharing your experience. You are not alone and neither are we. ❤
"Don't you recognize the reason that you're here? to be enchanted." will join "how rare and beautiful it is to even exist" as the most profound and impactful lyrics I have ever heard. So much bad is constantly going on in the world and it's so grounding to have a reminder that existence is supposed to be beautiful.
damn, exactly
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"you're alive. Quit acting like you're dead" hits SOO hard! His songs never fail to bring out the deep emotions
Full body chills. So good, it might have made me a little unwell. This is honestly like a fairytale in a song, but also thought-provoking and meaningful. My soul feels full of light and a little cracked open when he sings "don't you know why you're here?"
"This is like a fairytale in a song."
I love this. Bless you ❤️
Words can't describe how wonderful the gifts you share with us are, Ryan. You have truly touched my soul so many times and have inadvertently changed my world. Thank you. So, so, very much.
Your songs hurt me in the most beautiful way
Well said 👊❤️
Wow. Tune deep ❤️💙🙏
I believe I've seen a ghost
And I don't know who it is
It just follows me around
Pretending to exist
I've never related more
To anything or anyone before
I can't explain it
I see longing in its eyes
I can't quite put my finger on it
There's just something about its face
That makes me sad
It's as much afraid as it's haunted
I've never related more
To anything or anyone before
I can't explain it
Politely, I asked, "Are you real?"
It said, "Here, let me prove it"
It placed its hand in my hand
And neither one of us could feel it
"Don't kill the messenger," it begged
"You're alive, quit acting like you're dead"
Like a mirror, it spoke so clear
"Don't you recognize the reason why you're here?"
"To be enchanted
To be enchanted"
Omg, we've been summoned again ☺️, we love you Ryan
"you're alive. quit acting like you're dead. like a mirror, it spoke so clear. don't you recognize the reason why you're here?" jesus christ that hit me like a truck.
thank you.
Beautiful masterpiece 😭😭💖💖
["Don't kill the messenger" it begged] is one of my favourite lines
You touched my soul. Thank you Ryan. 💗
The answer I've been searching for
It's beautiful.
First I’m so sorry for your loss💔 I hope your mother is in a very peaceful and loving place now
Your songs helped me alot, every piece you provide is pure art.
Thank you so much for sharing your genuine music 🤍
Most wonderful artist on the planet!
I'm so terribly sorry for your loss..
Your music has helped me through so much, and I constantly go to your songs to help me through grief, happiness, peace of mind, and passing of a loved one. I am so happy that you were able to create something beautiful in honor of your mother, and that you were able to find what many people, like me, find in your songs.. comfort. You truly know how to turn music into something more, and you have such an amazing gift.
I hope the healing process has been kind to you, you deserve all the beautiful things in this world.
I love sleeping at last❤️
"You're alive. Quit acting like you're dead."
WOW 👏
So awesome
As someone who is really struggling with their mental health, this song really speaks to me. Every one of your songs (especially your Atlas series) has made a massive difference in my life, and this song is no different. Thank you for being a constant source of comfort to me when I'm trying to fight one of the hardest battles of my life. ✨
You really put all my emotions and thoughts that I have no courage to express into words and your beautiful lyrics and music make it easier to confront all of it. Thank you for helping me get better and saving my life numerous of times. I hope you're aware of how many hearts and souls you've healed. 💛
gonna to go listen to this on repeat
This is so beautiful 😢❤
Absolutely beautiful so haunting . Yet so spot on to me. The ghost being my old self prior to a car accident where I lost the old me. Looking at the ghost is like it being my best friend. But I no longer have that me but I don’t know who me is yet… perhaps one day x
deeply touches my heart. thank you for sharing
May your mother have peace
A bittersweet symphony of grief and love mingled. Beautiful ❤❤
We may never meet in this life but you are my friend.
This is so incredible! If you're reading, I wanted to say thank you so much for sharing this song with us, Ryan.
To be enchanted with all we are and all we can become. Find our true selves.
Beautiful
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my father and I played Atlas Space during his funeral, your music brings comfort in the darkest of moments and I am forever grateful for all the music you produce.
Thank you Ryan for choosing to be vulnerable with all of us who love your music. I've been following your music for almost 8 years since I was a lonely highschooler who heard Saturn for the first time and fell in love. You help me explore the beauty and pain of existence, so thank you for that. Excited for what comes next!
I’m in love with this
Greetings from Peru I'm your fans
Wonderful
just finished listening to it im sobbing this song is so beautiful 😭
Simple chords for a beautiful Psalm, my favorite of all. Thank you Victory Boyd.
chills everytime
You're too good bro. Your only fan from Nigeria
I'm crying. Why do I feel this way? I thought I was numb with it.
Magnifique et très réel pour moi ❤
Thank you
Can you please have a concert ?!! I would fly anywhere to see you live 😱
Wow.
this makes me wanna cry :")
i've been listening to you for years, i'm in university now and i thank you for allowing me to grow up with such gentleness, to be kind to myself. this song is no exception, thank you so much for such a wonderful gift.
My mother passed away last March, too. I wasn't close to her so my reaction was different, but it's good you were able to channel your grief into something you love and use music as a coping mechanism. Hope the family is doing well, and rest assured that none of us blames you for putting Atlas on hold...
❤❤❤😢 Love
This is beautiful music 🎶🎶🎶🎶
IM CRYING THIS IS WONDERFUL IT JUST ACTIVATES MY BRAIN AND MY CREATIVITY GOES BRRRRRRRR I LOVE UR MUSIC SM U DINT EVEN KNOW
I love you sleeping at last, you make me cry very chingon
I got chills when he sang, "don't you recognize the reason why you're here / to be enchanted?".
I lost my mother four years ago. life hasn't been the same. around the same time, I found about SAL's songs, and they have been extremely comforting to hear.
thank you Ryan for all that you do. so sorry for your loss :(
So enchanting 💜💜💫
The only band to ever make me be this grateful to be alive. S.a.l. has whole heartedly changed my life
There aren’t many songs anymore that can make me cry. This one did. This song is a story, even though it’s a short one. Love it ❤ going to my playlist right away
I Am Enchanted by this song! 💜 And by the emotional love put into this work of art. It's healing! May the love for your mother continue to shower you with her spiritual presence 🕊️💫
"Grief is love with no place to go."
~ Jamie Anderson
So I'm comforted knowing you've found a creative outlet for that special love and forever bond, grief, and cherished memories to continue to live on. It will help other people as well!
I’m sorry to hear about your loss. I won’t say time heals or anything cliche bc my mom passed away in 2020. I was 16 and she had a stroke in her sleep. She woke me up saying something was wrong and that was the last time I heard her voice. Til this day, I still cry abt losing my mom. The pain becomes less, but it still hurts. All we can do is lean on the word of God that promises us we will one day see our loved ones again. It’s hard, but it can provide comfort in these dark times
Always and forever enchanted by your music. ❤ Thank you for speaking to my soul and putting words to the feelings I can't describe all these years.
Sometimes after a horrible long no good day, listening to your songs is the only thing that reminds me to take a big breathe and that I'm alive.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I dont know your mother; but I know she must be a special person to have nurtured a soul that puts into music what words fail.
Ouch this hurts so much but needed ✨ such masterpiece
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MEU DEUS! Quanta sensibilidade, amor, gratidão em uma só canção. Obrigada! Thank you!
Love this song and your voice as it is hauntingly beautiful.
Brings tears to my eyes.
You're alive. Stop acting like you're dead.
Went through a few years of total hell almost ten years ago and ongoing years of extreme stress and turmoil since. I have thought so many times... "I'm ruined, this is who I am now..." I replay those painful memories over and over... the girl I was before and the shell that's left after it all.
Everyone commenting here, the pain and the art in all of your stories and responses to this band and this music, this message... it stirs something up in me that has felt dead for a long time. Thank you.
Love every song you make. It's just pure beauty
thank you for sharing a piece of your heart with us Ryan
My god, this song was a gift to experience.
Ainda que eu fosse surda eu ouviria e sentiria a cada nota do som desta linda melodia, de tão profundo e maravilhoso que é ouvir está linda canção, “também não sei explicar” o amor que você me faz sentir , sentir que a minha existência vale a pena , te amo como todas minhas imperfeições❤❤❤
"you're alive. quit acting like you're dead" that phrase is so... wow
I'm convinced this man can't write a bad song. This is incredible❤️
Thank you for the music❤
I'm sorry about your mom, Ryan. Thank you for sharing
Thank you. I'm late to finding you, but you're here when I need you. 💜💜💜
Such and sweet sorrowful melody that for some one going though loss as well it very soothing, your music always tugs at my heart but comforts me as well through hard times, So thank you so much and I'm sorry for your loss.
Once more. Always Manifesting your Divine Purpose and blessing us all with the etheral truths and radiant beauty of your music. Stay Safe. Stay Golden. Remember your Divinity. -JBM-
so glad i stumbled upon this song when it just came out for only "3 minutes ago", now its been 2 months and this song never bore
3 days and it feels like I've been looking for this song a lifetime. Total masterpiece, and exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you ♡
I've been a solid fan for years❤️❤️ love how consistently good your songs are!
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Absolutely beautiful
i just have been there a few days ago, and i couldn't remember what it is like to be enchanted. My body was just telling me with love that i could go when i wanted. Today i know what it is to be enchanted again. I just wrote today some things that are quite like the lyrics here, this is funny because my name means messenger, thank you for these words
I love you! I love your music, I love your art! your songs help me overcome my depression, your songs help me stay calm in the middle of the storm, your songs help me keep living. Thank you, thank you for composing such beautiful songs, thank you for helping me even without knowing it. You may never see this comment, but I hope you know how much you and your music mean to me! ❤️🫂
I always look forward to listening when I get alerts and each song always seems to reach into the soul.
With this new songs all I want is to give you a very tight hug, you make me miss my grandma even more even though it's been years from her passing there are times when I miss her and think that things would be so different if she was here, and because I don't want to imagine my life without my mother, so this songs really touch my heart and soul and I just wish the pain you are feeling to weight a little less every day, it never goes away but we can learn to live with it and find some comfort in our loved ones' memories
sooo beautiful. thank you
Just nothing to say, everything is clear in this beauty like watching a sunset
Oh My Heart!!!💙💙💙💙 Sleeping At Last is not just a band or Musician in my life. It's something much, much deeper and I am more than pround to have grown up with it's Magnificent works. Many blessings 🙏🏻 and thank you💙
I love everything Sleeping At Last
Beyond words my friend... this sums up so much, of how it feels to lose someone, but have their spirit just continue to love us... Thank you...
"You're alive, quit acting like you're dead" could be a message to any young person out there. There are so many people, stuck thinking, that their live is all bad and not worth anything and they get stuck in this mindset.
Oh,,sorry to hear that about your mom
Be well, you're great artist 🙏🏻
Absolutely love his voice ❤️
It feels like you gave my soul a hug. Thank you for this.
On adore les paroles, les énergies, tout, merci encore et tjrs pour tes masterpieces
no words needed...just wonderful ....thank you
Thanks a lot Ryan ❤
incredible. thank you for inspiration!