This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (Official Video)

[@renegade5130]

I first heard this song in 2011. I was deep into heroin addiction and had been up for days in horrible withdrawal really trying with everything inside me to kick the heroin. At that time, in the middle of the night, at my absolute lowest point with my mind and body ravaged from the agony of withdrawal and ready to just die and have some relief I stumbled across this youtube video with this angelic song and for a moment I had the relief I was longing for. It's really strange and hard to explain but this song touched my soul in a way I'll never forget, other songs can do something similar but this song at that moment was almost like a religious experience. Today I am six years free from heroin and I come back here from time to time to re-live that moment.

[@Nickadee]

I'm so proud of you for the hard work and dedication I know you give every waking moment to stay clean 🥰i was a heroin addict for 12 years ,I'm now in my 7th year of recovery so I felt every word you wrote above as I've been there myself ! WELL DONE 👏 ❤#WEDORECOVER

[@octobersb1tchin]

keep shinin souljah its admirable how u worked for better days

[@wildrosecece]

God Bless you and stay the course, brave soul. Pray for all of us, Amen. Jesus wants us to live not of this world but through his Holy Spirit. Everything passes.

[@octobersb1tchin]

@@wildrosecece amen

[@TmaadHMD]

❤

[@MajnouniWahad]

This was my mother’s favourite song. She always asked me to listen to it. She passed away last week. I’ll miss you mum 💔

[@goodholy1]

🖤🖤🖤

[@TheDjrafalski]

💖

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

Rest In Peace OP’s mom 💕

[@Dottydewinter3397]

Your mum is with you for all time..at your side, above you and below you.she is the gentle breeze,she is the rustle of leafs falling.she is in the stars.she is the rain and the sunbeams breaking through the dark clouds,and she will be in your heart for all time until you meet again on the other side.take care and smile for all the lovely times you had with her and dont cry in sadness..smile and remember her with joy and happiness.god bless.love denise.derby uk.💖💝💖💝💖👋

[@henkholland637]

When you play this song your mum will watch you. Like this song for ever in your heart and mind. Stay safe

[@jordig.83]

Lost Highway and this song together are one of the finest pieces of art from 20th century

[@vixter33]

Very special movie and a piece of art indeed

[@hustler3of4culture3]

Totally agree

[@dc41]

best Lynch movie for me

[@jacopoputerio6725]

Right, i see Lost Highway this night and now i listen this beautiful Song!

[@luiscorchado3930]

It’s also on the game Silent Hill 2.

[@sanders7789]

It’s March 2024. I can’t believe someone could be so talented as this singer. Spine tingling

[@amyadams4813]

Glad you found it - the original was with written by Tim Buckley in the 60s look up a version of him playing it. It's just as beautiful.

[@lilianadoval8927]

​​@@amyadams4813 Hi amy. Try the version by Amen Dunes and if you want let me now. Hugs from Argentina.

[@sharonthompson672]

​@@amyadams4813 Love it, just watched it. On a 12-string no less, 🥰👍

[@markmcarthy596]

yep

[@andrewmantova8801]

Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins, voice of an angel. Tim Buckley wrote the original snd his son Jeff was Lizs boyfriend for a while

[@lisacorey6728]

I played this song while my mom was dying. And then we played it again today at her funeral I'll forever love you Mom and Dad watch over me

[@izpozpeeps]

⚘♥️⚘

[@paulharris1384]

Love to you xx

[@xgamerxg1277]

Man sorry for your loss

[@Imthesoulofthes]

Hope her journey to the afterlife is Glorious.

[@ramonrobles1980]

She would have loved it

[@furnivk]

I chose this song for my father’s funeral as he was a sailor/submariner, this was the contemplation music. Its ethereal and brilliant

[@krisc2535]

Just spotted your comment, I'm a sailor with a daughter and don't see her near enough as I should. Songs like this help to reconnect to a certain extent.

[@barbaramartins9224]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ3ClZyEYrKcmsk 🖤💔😥🌷

[@elisavieira737]

My father was too xxx

[@algreig1]

Hello Furnivk, sorry to hear about your father, I am a submariner, and I have chosen this song to be played at my funereal.

[@alanmacdonald5950]

A celebration of life no doubting the pride he had for you in unspoken ways

[@danieltaylor4728]

This is not a song, it’s a spell and it’s haunted me for years.

[@lucyme2935]

Magic spell

[@simritprem8322]

That is absolutely the best was I've ever heard anything described, and perfectly encapsulates my feelings for this song...

[@seriskifotavrus6442]

you are incredible and amazing Elizabeth!!!With a huge love from Russia!!!

[@vmpalsy153]

2019??????

[@seriskifotavrus6442]

@@vmpalsy153 Elizabeth Fraser Forever!!!

[@SpringVioletta]

Dedicated to my best friend, who introduced me to it. Lying on the carpet, in between the speakers, daydreaming about who we would be when we finished school, talking, laughing interspersed with silence; just listening to this magical song. She passed away not long after, but those songs have never disappeared and they hold a piece of time in my heart. This is where I come to “visit” her. I close my eyes and I’m 16 once again, and my vibrant, intelligent loyal friend is with me again.

[@sethwetzel974]

Tears for you and your friend. Lots of love to you both as well. I'm so sorry for your loss. You'll see her again someday.

[@g.marksman1769]

She puts her entire soul into this recording. Incredible

[@State_of_flavours]

No wonder

[@TonyEnglandUK]

For me, personally, the most beautiful song ever recorded.

[@poom641]

Her singing is ethereal so so beautiful

[@poom641]

@@TonyEnglandUK , even better than 'pur' by cocteau twins ?

[@fractalinfect3454]

So true.

[@christopheradderley45]

This is simply a track of pure beauty. If it isn't played at my funeral, then I'm not going 🧡

[@Abcd-gj1fu]

😊👍👏

[@marccas10]

God bless you. We are playing it now and that is better as we are both still here to enjoy it.

[@universeandlove]

Word!

[@UbercakeNL]

That, exactly...

[@honeyday1914]

Put it in your will ❤

[@lalab430]

I heard this song on "The Lovely Bones" made me cry so much 😭😭😭😭

[@giovannipenate5325]

And I also heard in the the Texas chainsaw massacre 2003 trailer

[@sharonthompson672]

🖐️😭👍

[@catinkab3177]

Same.'The lovely bones' and this song....you never forget that...

[@muwaffiqtajudin7376]

lovely bones kick the most

[@samsquanch1996]

This song also works really well in the film Lost Highway (1997)

[@edwingonzalez1498]

This Mortal Coil - song to the siren is pure beauty. One of the greatest songs of all time! Brings a tear to my eye every time.

[@doppelganger2890]

Reading all the comments makes me cry even more than the song, the power of music keeps all humans together. We should arrive in this world while music is playing, to open immediately our hearts to the existence.

[@jenovella70]

beautifully put

[@daal9335]

Such a wonderful idea.

[@widM_]

you know the music is really good and special when all comments are uplifting and inspiring.

[@gjef9971]

One of the most wonderful comments I have ever read on the internet.

[@paulcrisp9861]

Your words about this song have come from the heart, you have touched the thoughts of many people. I would describe this music as powerfully beautiful haunting and poignant i'm sure you will agree maybe on a spiritual level . You have a gift of some kind . Bless you all. Feb 2020 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TzachiRekanaty]

First heard this song in the army. Early 90’s. Some soldiers sitting listening to music. Got me right in the heart. 28 years later it still does. For me it’s a prayer. It’s religious. It’s mourning, longing. Thank you so much.

[@donnasyms7873]

It's actually about the deathwish.

[@Douglas-ow1tg]

So soldiers listen Cocteau? Sign me up!

[@danicali7289]

Thank you for your service❤

[@maiepanaga4346]

Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang Sail to me Sail to me Let me enfold you Here I am Here I am Waiting to hold you Did I dream you dreamed about me? Were you here when I was forced out Now my foolish boat is leaning Broken lovelorn on your rocks For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow Oh my heart, Oh my heart shies from the sorrow" Well I'm as puzzled as the newborn child I'm as riddled as the tide Should I stand amid the breakers? Or should I lie with death, my bride? Hear me sing, "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you"

[@jadecoucill5901]

Thank you 👌

[@rayjaycock7932]

Thank you..cant get enough...takes me right back to my youth....

[@deanostanley8530]

Wow... just wow. Don’t make them like this anymore.....

[@akatheone24]

1 of the best songs ever.

[@incantations.]

“Were you here when I was flotsam ”

[@PerpetualMotionPics]

I heard this Mortal Coil version of Song to the Siren some forty years ago as a teenager. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard and haunted me wonderfully for years. Every so often it creeps up, either in my mind or someone using it for their project, but it will always be to me, the most incredibly beautiful songs of all time. Swim to me let me enfold you. Thank you Tim Buckley for writing such an emotive piece, but thank you Elizabeth Fraser for burning your voice into my soul.

[@eastend6695]

Cant believe i dont know this song , got to know it by hearing it on a dance music mix and using shazam to find out what it was called , so happy to have found it , the house version is brilliant as well. And i agree , Swim to me the me enfold you is a beautiful lyric.

[@uhtred7860]

Yep, I remember when this version was released, all those years ago in the 80s, man time flies…

[@rolandroxton1151]

Super voice !

[@moesypittounikos]

Sounds like London Grammar crap my girlfriend is into.

[@Melanie-qm6hs]

So well articulated and echoes my thoughts on this masterpiece exactly

[@abnokaP]

I Dedicate this to my Mother Lety who passed away of Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer On February 11 of 2020 I miss you so much I can't help shedding a tears for you every time I hear this .

[@danahartman513]

AB Aponte May her memory be a blessing.

[@abnokaP]

@@danahartman513 It always will be my Mother was a warrior she fought the dreaded Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer for Three Years

[@HM-se1ig]

Best wishes from Scotland

[@HM-se1ig]

Would you mind if I recommended another song for you that means a lot to me,the blue Nile-downtown lights,it's an unbelievable song,take care

[@abnokaP]

@@HM-se1ig Big thank you Lad much appreciated I would love to visit Scotland once this Covid 19 is over

[@brigittejorgeson3178]

My late husband bought this CD for me many years ago. Everytime I hear this song I think of him. Such a beautiful song. My hubby was a special soul and incredible spirit. ❤❤❤

[@wish21100]

You stay safe in what you have … beautiful memories … I admire you for telling your story ❤

[@sarahracheal8878]

This is just so beautiful this song

[@brentlewis4134]

Bless your memories Beautiful

[@SpringVioletta]

@@brigittejorgeson3178 ❤️‍🩹

[@karenmorris7674]

That is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

[@stephenc1795]

My youngest sister (RIP) bought this so many years ago. I absolutely love this song, and it reminds me of her,Lindsey, love you miss you ❤❤❤

[@thenativist7625]

❤

[@OriginalAndBestOneMightSay]

We played it at the funeral of a friend, many years ago.

[@SpringVioletta]

@@stephenc1795 ❤️‍🩹

[@SpringVioletta]

@@OriginalAndBestOneMightSay ❤️‍🩹

[@deboradiaz9986]

My daughter passed away last yearvand she really liked this song...i miss u chiquita

[@MarkiModica]

So sorry for your loss. Just know you'll see her again! :)

[@crobrains1610]

sorry for your loss ,, she will always be alive in your thoughts

[@klatewilson5170]

She'll be singing it to you in heaven now, Debora

[@angharad588]

I've lost my husband and my step-son. I know your pain, and I am so very sorry.

[@deboradiaz9986]

+DemelzaP Thank you the pain never goes away

[@falsemaria1926]

David Lynch, thank you with all my heart for bringing me here. May light and love shine upon the world.

[@ConnieLynchitzWhoElse]

I'd argue that his answer to this song, with Angelo, is as good if not better.

[@peggysemingson]

It's great in Lost Highway

[@falsemaria1926]

@@peggysemingson Amen to that! 🖤

[@falsemaria1926]

​@@ConnieLynchitzWhoElse Oh my goodness, yes; do you mean "Mysteries of Love"? What a masterpiece. Both songs remind me of two mismatched bookends, that are yet perfect for one another! 💙

[@mattgilbert7347]

You'll *never* have me

[@LeesaMarion]

Rest in peace my baby sister, Sharisse.. I’ll never forget you. ❤ ❤ ❤

[@dawnhall2400]

Bless you from Atlanta. Praying for you tonight ❤

[@SpringVioletta]

@@LeesaMarion Sending you strength and healing ❤️‍🩹

[@nicolemargiotta1612]

Every time I hear this version I break into tears. This was the perfect song for Lovely Bones. The scene with all the kids before Susie Salmon goes to heaven. Its just so sad. But then you hear Tim Buckley's version and you get a totally different feeling.

[@DD_Porter]

Yeees 😭

[@danielsaxon6328]

Your not alone, for what God has denied in human sight, he reveals in the eyes of the soul.

[@danielsaxon6328]

And God gave animals 4 legs so they stare at the ground. He gave us two so that we make look upon the horizon and stare upon the stars.

[@arianastowell]

Omg yes! I'm obsessed with that movie I've watched it so many times so tragically beautiful and artistic there will never be another film like it 😭💜

[@kilmcm45]

@@danielsaxon6328 um...we are predators.... predators need depth perception to chase down prey. Dogs n cats don't look at the ground....do you have a pet with eyes on their chin? That's the only way theyd look at the ground much of the time. I don't want to be a complete asshole...I love the book The Lovely Bones. The movie doesn't reflect it very well. The film mostly deals with her loved ones and her killer....how they respond to her death. The book deals mostly with Suzie's perspective. She meets that lil Indian girl on the film...I saw her as a white girl and I think I recall it being mentioned in the book...the important part is the meaning portrayed...this is about death, what is it like to die, what happens when you die.... obviously I'm not suggesting it's an eyewitness account. My biggest fear of death is being stuck in my rotting body for a few months as it decays and gets eaten by decomposers. Hope that's not what happens.

[@ivanterrible7362]

When you need a good cry, and the tears won't come. This works every time. The sense of loss and longing is palpable.

[@TJHolmans]

this was one of my wife's favourite songs and we played it at her funeral when she passed last year on her birthday aged 55 from cancer

[@ynyn3095]

❤ 🙏⚘️ ...

[@TheNicole8787]

My husband died a navy seal in arms at the age of 50

[@philc4520]

Sorry for the tragic loss of your dear wife.

[@gorkemgozukucuk7889]

Sorry for your loss. Hope you stay strong for her.

[@MrInterestingthings]

TerriblySorry for your loss!I cry when I hear this song. Reading your lines gutpunched me and so much came out.

[@misticollom2159]

Still takes my breath away, after all of these years.

[@kindofcharacter]

Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang Sail to me, sail to me Let me enfold you Here I am, here I am Waiting to hold you Did I dream you dreamed about me? Were you here when I was full sail? Now my foolish boat is leaning Broken lovelorn on your rocks For you sing Touch me not, touch me not Come back tomorrow Oh my heart Oh my heart shies from the sorrow Well I'm as puzzled as the newborn child I'm as riddled as the tide Should I stand amid the breakers? Or should I lie with death my bride? Hear me sing Swim to me, swim to me Let me enfold you Here I am, here I am Waiting to hold you

[@rocco...]

Such a classic line. "Well I'm as puzzled as the newborn child. I'm as riddled as the tide".

[@katecarpenter5088]

The Buckley original contains the line "were you hare when I was fox?" which I find much more tantalising and I'm not convinced Liz since 'full sail' (though she definitely changes the line).

[@f8ofk8]

Thank you so much for posting the lyrics.

[@BroonsHouse]

@@katecarpenter5088 On the live version, Liz sings "were you here when I was flotsam".

[@BroonsHouse]

On second thoughts, I think she sings "hare", not "here". Brendan Perry (from Dead Can Dance) did a live KEXP version with Robin Guthrie and he sings "were you hare when I was flotsam". If anyone knows what Liz sang on the record, it will be these two :-).

[@ashdukesbear9700]

Anybody else get full body GOOSEBUMPS when listening to this???

[@christianpereyracespedes8099]

Its dazzling and sad the same time. my memorie always relate it with the scene on Lynch's Lost Highway. Deep and intense in my heart.

[@ashdukesbear9700]

Christian Pereyra Céspedes Same. Lost Highway is my favorite David Lynch movie.

[@antonelaangelovska3596]

Ashley Reyes Every time I listen to it, the effect never wears off...

[@thefanclubreview]

I damn sure do

[@johnnywalker2022]

Every time. The most wonderful thing Scotland ever gave the world.

[@dariushilarious9082]

I played this tape non stop… NON. STOP. I could never get enough of this song… I felt this in my soul. Still do.

[@SteveWithers]

Same. Across the last 40 years this sings has been timelessly awesome for me ....

[@streamskat]

Same - I completely wore the tape out

[@paradiseb5950]

I don't cry much but this song brings memories from my childhood when i guess we were all happier. I can almost taste and hear stuff i thought i forgot forever. It always brings tears to my eyes.

[@toe2328]

🖖🥲

[@CodyOsborn1]

For me this truly is a Siren's Song. I am completely mesmerized by her voice.

[@harryclaus3593]

Me too

[@scotmark]

It's like Kaa singing "Trust In Me": kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIu8aZ2LqqqtgLM Or one of my favourite covers of all time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5PcpY15iZl2r5Y Honourable mention: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYDPg5Jvjpp8r7s

[@jesseray9526]

I didn't think this song could possibly be more beautiful until I heard Rose Betts sing it. Please listen to it 🙂

[@Thefubeca12]

@@jesseray9526 Rose's is decent, but Liz nailed the feeling of the songs subject... The Siren drawing in another victim with a mesmerizing voice.

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

@@scotmarknaw…it’s not like those at all🥴

[@cjknotty]

One of the most emotional songs of all time.

[@nuggetp9513]

When I hear this song I think of the scene from the movie The Lovely Bones where Susie finally accepts her death and goes to Heaven. It is such a beautiful scene, and this song goes perfectly with it and I cry every time I see it.

[@equin0xia]

in other words, they ruined the song for you, forever and ever.

[@victorbahenajr9025]

Im 43 years old and I cry every single time

[@harleyquinn9189]

I do to

[@laurasmith3496]

I just got goose bumps reading this, just as I do with the scene in the film ❤️

[@robertocampbell]

Ikr 😣😢 so beautiful

[@pashapasovski5860]

I came to America in 84,my heart was broken into gazillion pieces and I was married to a friend who lived in Minneapolis, we met in Pakistan, I was Yugoslavian from Belgrade! I was something of a poet,my heart was pure poetry! I didn't know anyone and run into a guy buying beer! He invited me to his house and I couldn't believe that I walked into Van Gough painting, every inch was hand painted with yellow, orange, black and white, probably some other colors but orange and yellow were electric vibrant! He rolled a joint, my first in America and I laid in a couch,as he told me, listen to this sound, I just got the record! This Mortal Coil and everything started to make sense, the painted house, vibrant colors, excruciating pain from a broken heart, my thoughts changed from self pity to freedom of gratitude and hope that she's not suffering and remembering that saying that It's better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all! After the Song of the Siren, he said, oh if you dig this you'll love C. Twins

[@alvinbegovic9356]

nek si se ti napusio

[@MarlonDeNiro]

Hvala for the great story. You sound like someone I’d like to know. CCCC

[@fractalinfect3454]

Hauntingly beautiful...When she sings, "Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow," it gets me, every time.

[@mylifeisart]

Elizabeth Fraser always had a voice out of time. A truly unreal vocalist at times. The Cocteaus are an all time band for me for sure.

[@caileenheller6694]

I think you and I the only people here who heard this before it was in any movies.

[@mylifeisart]

@@caileenheller6694 I didn't even know it was in any movies! Lol. 4AD is one of my favorite record labels of all time. Cousteau twins and Dead Can Dance have been my heart music for damn near 14 years. We aren't alone though. Just few and far between. I kinda prefer it that way. I love to share music with willing and adventurous listeners. Music is seriously my life and sometimes I do feel alone with that.

[@caileenheller6694]

Based on the comments everyone is here because this song was used in movies, which I find to be sacrilegious!

[@thefloorkiller]

Well I came here because I heard this on Marc Riley's show on 6Music

[@thefloorkiller]

Well I came here because I heard this on Marc Riley's show on 6Music

[@harrymay2528]

4AD during the 1980s put out some of the most fascinating music that there has ever been. Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Wolfgang Press, Colourbox, Lush, Pixies, Throwing Muses, etc... This Mortal Coil was a collective group of like minded people put together by Ivo Watts and this is the result: this version of Song To The Siren is one of the most beautiful songs I have heard and will ever hear. And possibly the greatest ever cover version. Thank you Ivo for bringing 4AD to us. But I have to admit I miss the 1980s.

[@viciouslady1340]

Yep me too sweet memories

[@snadenuf5872]

Harry May love colorbox

[@harrymay2528]

@@snadenuf5872 Agree. Colourbox - so underrated but so good

[@mamasash1]

When we were young.

[@mic7able]

The Birthday Party????

[@TheSoulPathway]

What an absolutely beautiful song ❤️

[@jb8280]

It is a rare thing indeed, when a song as timeless as Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren” can be reinterpreted in a way that moves beyond the version we once knew and takes it into the depths of our broken hearts and wounded souls. This version carries with it a thousand tears from everyone who found it in their own time of need. It’s ironic that Tim’s son, Jeff Buckley did the same thing with Leonard Cohen’s “Halleljuah”. His plaintive rendition transcends the original.

[@alexandersmith1391]

perfectly said; nothing goes any deeper than this.

[@alfredhutchinson3713]

Well🤗👏🏼said🎶🎼❇️✳️ Oct9F2020B🇧🇧 dos

[@ClutchEastwood]

Agree except for the Leonard Cohen reference to the song Hallelujah.

[@polarvesqueeee9341]

Even more crazier is that Liz and Jeff were lovers at one point

[@abossco]

@@ClutchEastwood agreed! The Leonard Cohen original does not get the respect it deserves. But out of all the covers, the KD Lang version is better than the Buckley version imho

[@arfer]

Absolutely NOT the sound of depression. It's the sound of aching love with abstract sound textures. In other words, bloody fucking wonderful and life-affirming.

[@michaelbailey9549]

the song litterally asks if they should kill themselves. if that ain't depression

[@Nova-fh2et]

Turn you brain on, bud

[@spinglasshydra]

This song is "beyond" depression and death. Everything, can be beautiful, depending on your perspective in life. If people can't really listen and get the emotiveness, well, that's just too bad.

[@Onionbaron]

A song of absolute and no return craving, the last breaths of a lifetime of longing.

[@matthewlewis2072]

The original artist, Tim Buckley, committed suicide. As someone who suffers from depression, this is about the overwhelming feeling of helplessness

[@alanwisdom7777]

no words can describe the emotions from this song...

[@MIZHOG]

So wonderful. I'm full of emotion , what with the ever increasing misery that many people have to endure.. i dont know who is right or wrong. I don't fit the ideal demographic but, all things said and done This is so wonderful.

[@nealspence2946]

alan wisdom from god

[@christiankonig6499]

alan wisdom ,fraser is an angel

[@nickwyatt3243]

Once upon a time, I fell in love with someone I shouldn't have. This song exemplifies my feelings of dislocation and awkwardness.

[@bobdobalina838]

And especially since it came from a beautiful time when humans were free, free from technology, times that will never come again. Rest in peace the 80s, rest in peace humidity

[@TeflonDonKi007]

Here In 2024, Absolutely Love This Song😌

[@dawnhall2400]

❤❤❤

[@ChigliakATX]

gets me everytime i hear it

[@seangarrity2228]

Absolute class

[@aishawells1782]

The Lovely Bones scene when they (all his victims) finally ascended into Heaven!💔🕊🕊🕊🕊🥺😢😢😩

[@anthonyellison6433]

I totally forgot about this song being in that movie! Now gotta go back and watch it just for that@

[@iggysmalls2213]

Yessss! That scene in the movie made me cry like a baby. That was the only movie I cried for about 30 mins afterwards. The simple reality that there are kids who will never live long lives due to being murdered, accidents, etc.

[@jmoney1941]

What movie?

[@Vanderlyle1987]

@@jmoney1941 The Lovely Bones.

[@laceygray9509]

Emotional but such a “Beautiful touching scene”♥️

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

My younger brother committed suicide last weekend by overdosing on something. He was found with headphones on, presumably listening to something. This is his youtube account. He made a playlist containing 6 songs that was edited the day he passed. This is one of the 6 songs. With the method he used, he was dead after about 30 minutes, probably unconscious around 12 minutes. I like to think that it was peaceful for him with his music on. I love you Darius, I'll miss you everyday for the rest of my life

[@dr.doolittle5617]

I am devastated for you. I'm so sorry.

[@forgottan246]

My best friend passed the same way .I don't know you but I pray healing for you and a remaining peace.

[@sweetpotatofries99]

Now I love Darius too, and you.

[@James.E90]

It’s bullshit there’s loads of these comments and it’s sick they use it for likes

[@TheGaymo]

Hope your final playlist is better than your brother's. Namaste.

[@debrajenkins5390]

The best moment in The Lovely Bones.

[@Justme-qc3kf]

Her voice for me seems to reach every atom of my body … I can’t explain it properly but her and the music that accompanies her voice go deep down … it’s like it speaks to my soul.

[@sberu9528]

Liz and her vibrato, Robin and his hair, Tim and his song, an unlikely combination that adds up to perfection and the ultimate love song. You're an alien cyborg if it doesn't make you cry at some point in your life. The look in her eyes tells the tale almost as well as the song.

[@marshallbacon2527]

This song kept me going for 5 long years , when i was not allowed access to see my daughter , soon as she came of age and got her own passport flew 16,000kms on her own to be with her Dad , I was so proud when she walked through arrivals

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

I’m sure the story behind that is long and incredible- but the only part of it that matters is the very end ❤️

[@annaveenstra4557]

I haven't seen one of my daughters for more than 9 years. So therefore I think I understand what you've been going through emotionally. I'm very glad with your good news story. I hope it will happen to me in the future. This music also gets to me. But I think that many people feel the same or Having similar feelings by hearing this song/music. Enjoy being united with your daughter!

[@deena2939]

Anna Veenstra ❤️

[@AvidReader88]

@@annaveenstra4557 i also haven't seen or heard from my daughter in 9 years and for no good reason. It's a living bereavement ... i hope your daughter will come and find you, when she's ready to find her way back ... as i hope mine will too .. x

[@Srikstar]

These stories of these wonderful people makes me ponder over the fate of humanity. But people, Keep the Faith. It will move mountains. Very soon all you lovely people will be reunited with their loved near and dear ones ❤️🥰👍

[@SebGeddy]

Tim Buckley's (who I consider one of the most gifted and best artists of all time) original is close to perfection but this cover is out of this world, Liz Fraser's voice is etheral and so beautiful

[@chriswhite2151]

@@wd68r love that

[@saxglend9439]

Larry Becket poem

[@t.conring]

What’s special about this is that Jeff Buckley heard this cover of his estranged father’s song and fell in love with her voice. He found her,they fell in love and they began a relationship. It ultimately ended due to the hardship of tour life. When Jeff died, Elizabeth Fraser said she wished she had kept him in her life even if it were only friends. They did record a song together and it was released. The song is called, All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun. I love this cover but the cover by Amen Dunes is the one that hurts the most for me.

[@j.c985]

I think Jeff Buckley’s Take 7 version is my favourite

[@Nathan_Sylvia]

@@t.conringjust a teensy correction; the song was never released; it was leaked and Liz Fraser hated that it was released because she thought it was too vulnerable and incomplete… but yeah Liz once noted that it felt like she never really fully knew Jeff, he was very emotionally closed and was never quite vulnerable; in part I imagine because he never even knew his dad

[@Xaj33]

Sends shivers down my spine .Liz Frasers voice is so beautiful ❤

[@brianofarrell4982]

❤❤

[@fly2close2thesun]

The most beautiful song ever recorded. 🇬🇧

[@thomasmurphy6595]

Written by an American 🇺🇸

[@Melanie-qm6hs]

Agreed

[@karinawajman6113]

Mało słyszałeś.

[@vegansaxon3962]

I have never heard anything so beautiful.

[@pekjeldsen6780]

I dedicate this to my sister. She passed away February 28th, 2021.

[@g.marksman1769]

Sorry for your loss. My condolences. God bless your sister and your family 🙏.

[@TheManOfTomorrow]

RIP

[@sergiosimao4141]

@@g.marksman1769 Rip

[@nikbear]

So sorry for your loss 😢

[@Machineheadlilibet]

I’m so sorry for your loss. ❤️‍🩹

[@d.s.3713]

Whoa. Watching Lockwood & Co. Got this 80's flashback. Memories. Love how our music is coming back around. 💙

[@seagreentangerine2065]

It's about time Elizabeth Fraser was presented to the whole world, one of the most beautiful souls, a very talented and original singer, she eclipses today's so called singers💞💕💞

[@hectorphyll]

Loved Elizabeth’s voice since I was given a cassette for my Walkman in the mid eighties, of this mortal coil , also listened to Roy Harper, everything but the girl, (their early stuff before they changed direction ) Robert Cray, Lloyd Cole and the commotions, B52s, , Talking Heads, reminiscing back to those times , at 1/2 1 in the morning.

[@joolzc3776]

I like the original from the 70s

[@dariushilarious9082]

She eclipses many current, past and…let’s face it, most future singers. Its an intricate art. There will never be another like her.

[@Cennwulf]

Lisa Gerard can sing every bit as well - same style - and still going strong.

[@waynetodd3620]

Still listening to this Mortal Coil in 2020 from a song written in 1968, Tim was amazing.

[@christianpereyracespedes8099]

There is a incredible original version from him, gosh he was an incredible singer.

[@iesus68]

3 am, back from new year's eve party. This is my first listen for 2020.

[@jennytaylor3324]

You tend to remember your first!

[@PetShopMod]

You don't have to be religious to have your soul touched by this. In fact I'd argue if you are really alive at all if you're not.

[@fantaghiro26]

Wyngale never regret acting on your feelings- if the friendship is meant to be, it will forever remain- and if the feelings are the same for you, I wish you both nothing but a happy ever after lifetime together x

[@KatanaRIDERS.]

How old is this song?

[@georgemcneill6408]

AND A STORMING CHOICE TOO !

[@caffeinatedshawty]

i can never listen to this song without sobbing.

[@cx5870]

Why

[@MB-jq1wc]

I've just discovered this, and I'm absolutely floored by it. It's bewitching. I've always admired Liz for her beautifully unique voice, but this? This is beyond anything I've heard before.

[@jesseray9526]

This version is amazing, but the Rose Betts' rendition is a bit more beautiful! Please listen to it 🙂

[@jesseray9526]

I didn't think this song could possibly be more beautiful until I heard Rose Betts sing it. Please listen to it 🙂

[@Ltothahead]

@@jesseray9526 nothing compares to this version. rose's version is good, but this is haunting and just incomparable

[@joenovark523]

I remember hearing this as a young pup, stopped me in my tracks. Feel the same at 51 . I will lay to rest to this .

[@NOT_SURE..]

i had this album as a young pup as well , i am now 53 and youtube is great for going back and finding all these oldies

[@adsjones1984]

Ive said the same this is what I want played as I'm buried

[@specialoperator8902]

Mother played this as they brought my brother from the hearse to the chapel. I didn’t understand it then and I don’t understand it now. None of us have ever asked her, maybe it was something special between them. RIP: SGT Trevor Nelson USMC DOB: 17/Oct/1994 KIA: 12/Nov/2018

[@arminius4406]

RIP

[@seanobrien1690]

rip

[@jackjc1447]

RIP

[@ytcarol]

Oh, this made me weep. Bless you.

[@dg_96_7]

God bless your family and your brother. Blessings from TX , USA.

[@dynamic9560]

Discovered this incredible song and singer about 15 minutes ago and WOW! What a great day to be alive ❤

[@spookybuz7803]

I've been listening to this song for over 30 years, and still the goosebumps won't stop. This version of the song is sublime, harrowing and totally mesmerising. I'm not articulate enough to describe its beauty. But I don't need to be, just listen to it. "Oh, my heart, shies from the sorrow."

[@alfredhutchinson3713]

Well🙂🤗👏🏼said‼️✳️❇️ Oct9F2020B🇧🇧dos

[@g.marksman1769]

OH YEAH? Well,...I’ve been listening to this song for over 33 years, so I won because I beat you by a year . I’m only kidding, sorry. I discovered this song only a few years ago , so I’ve been missing out on beauty and you haven’t. Hey , you have great taste in music that’s for sure. ✌️

[@yasmine5105]

On the floating, shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang, "Sail to me, sail to me Let me enfold you Here I am, here I am Waiting to hold you" Did I dream you dreamed about me? Were you here when I was full sail? Now my foolish boat is leaning Broken lovelorn on your rocks For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not Come back tomorrow: O my heart O my heart shies from the sorrow" Well I'm as puzzled as the newborn child I'm as riddled as the tide: Should I stand amid the breakers? Or should I lie with death my bride? Hear me sing, "Swim to me, swim to me Let me enfold you Here I am, Here I am Waiting to hold you"

[@SimonGilbert281265]

Yasmin E @ thankyou x

[@Jirusama]

Ty 🖤

[@trappedkitty5335]

I've listened to Liz with the Cocteau Twins and guest spots with TMC since the 80s, but I couldn't make out her words very easily. This is greatly appreciated! I never cried while listening to this song until I knew the lyrics. You're the best, Yasmin!

[@nobodysXghost]

it reminds me of depression, and the longing for death and despair.

[@dylanthedyslexicvillain4294]

Yasmin E thank you 🙏

[@saritafercho]

One of the most beautiful songs and arrangements ever.

[@davidellis5141]

A Young Jeff heard a song of his father's sang with such brilliance & was transfixed !

[@joseluisferreira6143]

I want this song to be loud and clear, to be played in my funeral. Thank you, have a nice day.

[@kimjensen5852]

Thinking about my mom 1984. dad 2012. Sister 1997, brother 2018 💖😔 and my other brother who is fighting for his life right now 💔

[@sumobeerman]

Hope all is good Kim

[@colinmorris4215]

Wow you poor lamb, prayers for you and your brother, never forget all your loved ones are watching and loving you both x.

[@acidplasticine]

is he ok?

[@IlkanAli]

Wish you peace and clarity I can’t even imagine I hope it all makes sense in the end

[@xgamerxg1277]

Man im so sorry for you

[@zincalloy11]

I drove to Scotland and had this on repeat for the whole 6 hour journey..

[@ilovenitnat]

zincalloy11 but that’s nowhere near long enough.

[@JakeV100]

in your bare feet?

[@malkytrance]

In Tartan I hope

[@spytiriga]

Impressive what you did my friend

[@Asger21]

Can't believe I just discovered this. It went straight to my heart & soul. Makes me weepy and happy. Fantastic voice!

[@Gealaiche]

Same! Where was this in the eighties? Never heard it before it came up on Spotify

[@lipby]

@@Gealaiche The original was performed on the Monkees TV show in 1968. I used to watch it on reruns constantly, but I just learned about this song five years ago.

[@Gealaiche]

@@lipby Oh wow it's a now i'm doubly shocked i've never heard it because it's a Tim Buckley song and i've listened to quite a bit of his stuff. It's kind of cool that at my age i can still find really good music like this that i've never heard...... 👍😁👍

[@tomsterpka718]

One of the most beautiful voices in rock and roll.

[@_A_M_I_T_]

Specially the part, 'wating to hold you'.!

[@Nickadee]

Lockwood & co brought me back to this long forgotten Gem 🥰 such a beautiful song , loved it in Gladiator with Russell Crow too ❤

[@NEO7980]

me too 😀

[@suecondon1685]

Same here

[@DRT813]

Same. Love all the music on the show! Glad they also played Bauhaus so early in the show, because then I knew this will be great.

[@ddeonu4231]

Same

[@MoonMermaid24]

Same! ♥️

[@angelloro]

This song is beautiful, but super melancholic at the same time.... Elizabeth Fraser's voice is just amazing....

[@marktlog]

It unbelievable. The incredible melody, tone, the lyrics . Poetic, mythical, timeless, mysterious. The ocean as a metaphor for love. And the songwriter and his son both drown. It's just too much.

[@dilanfallas1809]

I listen to this song again and again every time I want to let go of my tears. I remember my grandmother and this destroys my soul. Without a doubt, a work of art.

[@AlexandraVioletta]

Let me send you a hug.

[@theludixblaster]

lovely bones brought me here, never heard of this song in my life. It's lovely!

[@FannyWalters]

Like me memories 🙏❤️

[@MARKINTHEVISIONINMYMIND]

Why do I cry when I hear this song? Emotion I have never felt. All thoughts disappear. Overwhelmed with love. Without question I realize all things are as they should be. Even death.

[@sarahvegangarden4822]

You cry because you are in the right place at the right time. Other people miss what you experience through this song. You have an experience of grace and blessing because your heart is open.

[@jgarces2011]

it is normal....she has such a beautiful and angelic voice that permeates all the emotions that one can bear and experience in a lifetime! You are not alone in these feelings.

[@bohemiandream6259]

Me too omg. I started crying profusely on my first listen. It feels like dying but it also feels like truly living.

[@goffdroid]

🤘🏻🦅. Everything is as it should be.

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

It's God walking right through your soul and sitting down there for a moment:)

[@leemillar7963]

I've listened to this countless times over the years it always starts off with one listening but a dozen replays later I have to stop. It rips at my heart and soul everytime for many different reasons. Memories of a childhood lost and numerous regrets but it also gives me strength that I survived and still here. Elizabeth Fraser has a voice of genuine uniqueness thank you

Elizabeth Fraser is probably the best female voice in the history of modern music...

[@karinburns3226]

I first heard this song on the movie Candy and loved it, never knew about this wonderful singer Liz Fraser. Now im searching KZbin for her songs. What an amazing talented artist

[@zachyboi36]

I heard it on Lovely Bones. Thought it was hauntingly beautiful

[@EDH-kp6xi]

when watching The Lovely bones, this song gives me chills, absolutely moving.

[@lauraaraujo157]

EDH 1970 me too

[@peterstubbs8587]

I have a slight obsession with this song. This is my favorite rendition (and the first I'd heard), but I have 35 versions. Tim Buckley was the original. I love that it's a retort to the Siren's song. The sailors are mesmerized by the Siren singing to them, unknowing that they are sailing to their demise, to be wrecked upon the island rocks. Amid the longing to sail to the Siren, a sailor answers the Siren's call. Asking the Siren what she wants of him. How should he show his love, that they may be together. Does he give his life in vain? Or will she be taken aback, and reciprocate the sailor's yearning? Regardless, he gives his life to her. Under a spell, or is it love?

[@bobsondugnutt5688]

Check out the Amen Dunes version. It's the definitive version in my opinion. Let me know what you think!

[@authenticB79]

Check out susheela ramans version

[@Chris_Silverhaze]

Have you heard Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am)?

[@2BMIKE1569]

Thanks for the insight into this great song

[@katinasvenska]

Sirens were a Greek myth calling sailors to their death with their beautiful voices

[@blackcloudsovereurope]

Thank you Elizabeth Fraser for this beautiful immortal song!

[@mikecollins1205]

This is played in the Lovely Bones movie. When Susie Meets all the other victims of the killer. It is one of the most emotional moments in a movie I have ever seen. It is intensified by this song. I’m a 6’4” married man, and I had to swallow my tears. Bravo to the director and the band.

[@yokupokumayoku8544]

I didn't know this movie, thank you.

[@bobbyc912]

@@yokupokumayoku8544it stars Mark Wahlberg and Saorsie Ronan

[@stcrlet]

I wish you all a long and happy life..

[@esterl.1393]

Lovely Bones , no?

[@almightygenny]

Monica Dillon 😩😩

[@shadowman2192]

Thank you and likewise.

[@ultimatejoshiewoshieness]

Thank you and to you as well.

[@denisromero3239]

😞😞😞

[@kriiigern777]

I weep like a small boy every time I hear this. Wonderful song. How I love melancholy...

[@davett64]

Liz's vocals are astonishing, so beautiful.

[@jinxmas]

40 years old, never gets old though.

[@lanasmith2652]

Sussie Salmon🌹

[@FIFIDOUNE]

Like the fish :)

[@doreenbrown9782]

I hate Mr .Harvey bitch ass!!! 🤬

[@lanasmith2652]

@@doreenbrown9782 yes, I think the same as you do. Pero tranquilo men, es solo una movie😊

[@cloud-rl8ry]

someone knows what is the name of the song where according to They are in paradise I think it is the second song before the end

[@FIFIDOUNE]

@@cloud-rl8ry . This one ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3fciI2GgNBjZ8U

[@wilmarobertson]

The first 12" single I ever bought on the occasion of my 16th birthday in 1984. Life was never quite the same after. Now, 36 years later, I live near the church in London where it was recorded. Every time I cycle home from the pub late at night I detour past it, still marvelling at what happened inside.

[@sarafinlayson]

I was 16 in 1984 and bought the album... the time of passage is amazing yet we still circle back.

[@curiaregis9479]

I was 14. I fell in love with it. At the time I assumed there would be many songs I would fall in love with. All these years later and there have only been a handful, and this song still stands out as something uniquely powerful. All these years later and I still listen to it many times every year. All these years later and I still feel profound emotions, emotions that signify different things over the years but retain the other-worldly core that effected me so deeply as a teenager.

[@aaronrosenberg6633]

I recall listening to this album repeatedly in 1986, feeling sorry for myself. : )

[@ericld11]

You weren't the only one :)

[@aaronrosenberg6633]

Who originally sang "Another Day" (from "It'll End in Tears"). That was the one that got me hooked. There's also a version with Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush from 1979.

[@ericld11]

Roy Harper

[@aaronrosenberg6633]

Thank you!

[@stevie56565]

Eric Davis you are sweet.......

[@chizywales]

30 years on and it still stops me dead in my tracks. Fantastic and timeless.

[@SaL-nn9nz]

This was my partner's favourite song and the first song at his service when he lost his battle to cancer at home in April never missed anyone soon much Rip luv x

[@mirkonieddu2420]

everyone of us fighitng our own battle, to all of you , lot of love from Italy....here me sing ....

[@danielejr1460]

già, here i am

[@alfredhutchinson3713]

Fighting & hear. Oct9F2020B🇧🇧 dos

[@ianhart4990]

The lovely bones brought me here!

[@liselorebrosens5778]

One of the best female singers I ever heard. So inspiring. Thanks to Jeff for bringing me here.

[@busybee1048]

Me too!

[@randy9100]

“it’s beautiful.” “of course it’s beautiful. it’s HEAVEN!” love that movie so much

[@ladyblackstardust390]

Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren Lyrics Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang Sail to me Sail to me Let me enfold you Here I am Here I am Waiting to hold you Did I dream you dreamed about me? Were you here when I was forecastle? Now my foolish boat is leaning Broken lovelorn on your rocks, For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow: O my heart, O my heart shies from the sorrow" I am puzzled as the newborn child I am riddled as the tide. Should I stand amid the breakers? Should I lie with Death my bride? Hear me sing, "Swim to me, Swim to me, Let me enfold you: Here I am, Here I am, Waiting to hold you" Songwriters: TIM BUCKLEY, LARRY BECKETT Jason and the Argonauts, story of overcoming obstacles to find his way home. The universal tension of the emotional yearning for love and the universal agony of lost love. Beautiful . This is very beautiful interpretation.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Dusty Rhodes What on earth is "forecastle"?

[@andrewemelchior]

Tony England It's the front of an old ship

[@TonyEnglandUK]

+andrew melchior Is "forecastle" the original Tim Buckley lyric? If you watch Liz when she sings "Were you here when I was......" at 1:30 she certainly isn't singing forecastle (it sounds like, and lip-reads something like "Were you here when I was forced up"). I'm just curious to know what Buckley actually wrote because there are so many variations if you Google the lyrics, some saying "were you here when I was flotsam" and some even saying "Were you hare when I was fox ?"

[@myksha1]

+Tony England forecastle is pronounced fo'csle [foaksil]

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Mike Sharp Hmmm, I'm sure you're right about the pronunciation of that word but watch Liz's lips from 1:30, there's no way that's what she's singing.

[@mianesb]

I heard this song many years ago, and since then, I think it's the saddest song I could ever find. Every time I hear it, I feel like crying, but I don't know the reason for that feeling. At this moment, as I write these lines, I feel tears falling, and I don't know why. I am grateful for the existence of this melody, which reminds me of my father's caresses, and curiously, it was only two years ago that I lost him and he left for eternity, but since then I have felt this sadness that I cannot get out of my heart.

[@giannacasula152]

Idem. Un padre resta sempre un padre.

[@williambarmore9190]

This song also makes me want to cry every time I hear it. I don't know why either

[@GerardGordon-bu9gf]

I feel this song bypasses our mind and goes straight to our heart( with its buried sorrows and longings).

[@paulchisholm3305]

Sad as it is savour the time you had together as our lives are but fleeting!

[@stavroskourtalischannel3334]

One of the best ever written....perfection

[@luisreis1000]

Beautiful, 1985, somewhere on northen Portugal, March, it was snowing, freezing cold, this song echoing at mountain landscape. One moment, one flash for lifelong

[@jnsnkshsbdb]

I just imagined your memory with such emotions and got goosebumps.

[@matahari9631]

+Victoria Nagual same here