Adrianne Lenker - Sadness As A Gift (Live from Greenwich Village with Nick Hakim)

'Sadness As A Gift' is taken from 'Bright Future' out now, via 4AD.
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Filmed at Electric Lady Studios - January 31, 2024
Adrianne Lenker - Vocals, guitar, piano
Nick Hakim - Vocals, piano
Production Company: Anima Works - www.animaworks.nyc/
Directors of Photography: Hil Steadman and Jake DeNicola
Additional cameras: Tiff Pritchett and Jayla Smith
Editors: Tiff Pritchett and Jayla Smith
Color: Michael Speed
Audio recording and mix: Philip Weinrobe
Audio engineering assistance: Lauren Marquez for Electric Lady Studios
Lyrics:
You and I both know
There is nothing more to say
Chance has shut her shining eyes
And turned her face away
Leaning on the windowsill
You could write me someday and I think you will
We could see the sadness as a gift and still
Feel too heavy to hold
Snow fallin’
I try to keep from callin’
Watch the spring turn to winter
Fireflies all frozen
The seasons go so fast
Thinking that this one was gonna last
Maybe the question was too much to ask
Been searching for your eyes
All I see is blue sky
And that old man beats his crooked cane
It’s time to let go
Leaning on the windowsill
You could write me someday and I bet you will
We could see the sadness as a gift and still
The seasons go so fast
Thinking that this one was gonna last
Maybe the question was too much to ask
You and I could see into the same eternity
Every second brimming with a majesty
Kiss so sweet so fine
You could hear the music inside my mind
And you showed me a place I’ll find even when I’m old
Just leaning on the windowsill
You could write me someday and I hope you will
We could see the sadness as a gift and still
The seasons go so fast
Thinking that this one was gonna last
Maybe the question was too much to ask

[@growingmelancholy8374]

This is the greatest songwriter of my generation. I'm 90 years old.

[@assimilate7630]

So beautiful. Sits comfortably with the best Dylan songs. A generational talent for sure.

[@tj03297]

Maybe lyrically. Adrianne has more musical talent than 100 bob dylans

[@alabamaisyourdaddy6137]

@@tj03297has Adrianne ever created an album as good as blood on the tracks or highway 61. Technical skill is irrelevant to great artistry.

[@dezmilcoisas]

@@tj03297 calm down son

[@kemosabe551]

@@tj03297not really fair to compare. I am sure Adrianne is happy to be following in Dylan’s footsteps, playing her version of folk music in the very same Greenwich Village where he helped establish the art form some 60 years earlier. By the time Dylan was her age, his music had been the soundtrack for the civil rights and anti-war movements, had a major influence on a boy band from Liverpool, been covered by Hendrix, Odetta, the Byrds, and others, and was in the process of defining the folk-rock genre where Adrianne’s music thrives today.

[@judithbreastsler]

not getting any Dylan. Maybe Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

[@oysterleg]

the audio engeneer is incredible

[@idhott]

that would be phil weinrobe! close friend of adrianne, i believe. he engineered/coproduced the album, too, as well as her last record "songs." :)

[@DGB18]

For real this session was done so well

[@postpre1416]

When you have the inventory to put u67s on occasional backing vocals, it's a good sign the session is going to sound good.

[@matildacoppenger4557]

this song came out 2 weeks before my first ever partner of 2 1/2 yrs broke up with me out of the blue. i thought we had the happiest healthiest relationship until that moment. this song hit completely different after that, and was so painful and beautiful that i almost couldn’t listen to it. but every few nights, when i felt so full of emotion i thought i would burst, i’d turn off the lights, play this song on repeat and cry. loudly, messily, violently, for hours. that may not sound like a positive song review but this song gave me exactly what i needed at the time, permission to feel with reckless abandon. now, months later, i can listen to this song and feel the wholehearted beautiful melancholy i know it was written with. thank you adrianne

[@arealglitterboi37]

the greatest song of all time i fear....

[@gabrielleflorentine2155]

‘You could hear the music in my mind And you showed me a place I’ll find even when I’m old’ Is one of the most beautiful lyrics I’ve ever heard

[@sophiemadison]

your music is such a gift, Adrianne. It’s gotten me and many others through so much. Thank you :)

[@-peyat]

we could see her music as a gift and still feel too heavy to hold (i fr cry every time this song plays)

[@James-ke4gq]

This is only 4 days old. It feels so good to finally recognize someone’s genius AS they’re in their prime. This is a timeless classic people. Take a good look, we are witnessing generational songwriting talent. I’m so happy I’m here on time. Love ❤️

[@oO1723]

love this comment

[@MrSquekersUPSB]

So my ex from before the pandemic showed me Big Thief and Adrianne. I cannot separate the two, and there’s always 1 song from each project where I just FEEL that Adrianne’s wrote this song about us. I know my ex is listening to this too and I still feel connected to her through Adrianne’s music. Thank you so much for writing the most beautiful song’s Adrianne. This song made me tear up at work, and I am going to have this on non stop. I’ll see you in Western Mass on your upcoming tour!

[@kyrahirsch4367]

you literally just shared my story.

[@MrSquekersUPSB]

@@kyrahirsch4367 just checked out your channel… this ex of mine relocated to Montana during pandemic. What a small, interconnected world.

[@kyrahirsch4367]

@@MrSquekersUPSB um, wow. that’s crazy! where are you from?

[@shinebabyshine.]

"my ex from before the pandemic" i dont know why this phrasing hit me so much 🩵

[@MrSquekersUPSB]

@@shinebabyshine. truly it was a different life and time. None of us are no longer the same versions! I miss the person I used to be but I also understand I go back to the way that I was.

[@Luca-ch5uy]

This song got me through the hardest breakup of my life

[@georgegeorgenstein]

i find discontent in being an echo of someone elses greatness. i want to be remembered as myself

[@laradiantrr9357]

Sadness envelops us once we awaken whether we welcome it or not. So we might as well see it as a gift- a gift that keeps on giving us more gratitude for every moment that isn't.💫

[@neildobbs7278]

Amen

[@laradiantrr9357]

​@@neildobbs7278✨😌✨🙏🏻

[@laradiantrr9357]

@@neildobbs7278 😌🙌🏻🙏🏻✨💫 Thanks Neil for resonating and responding in an "Amen".✨✨✨I hope life is bringing you joy...and if not currently, I hope you can find peace within as you climb whatever mountains that approach you.✨💫✨🏞

[@charleyeastman1795]

Adrianne makes it look easy, with such next-level lyrics and phrasing. Thanks for the work you put in and for sharing it. You could make a lot of comparisons to other songwriters in terms of impact, but I just hope she never stops.

[@mokumhammer]

Album of the year

[@pinebrryy]

This song got me clawing at my skin fr‼‼‼‼

[@tylerlevibald420]

I need this on vinyl. Releasing your album on my late mother’s birthday is the best gift I could ask for. Waxahatchee releasing the same day is also a plus ❤

[@meganbrunel2630]

This came at a needed time

[@joeboonmusic4004]

Beyond beautiful... for anyone that doesn't know, Nick Hakim's music is also stunning. Highly recommend his latest album... other-worldly talent just like Adrianne.

[@LedBellyBullets]

Very appropriate for one of this generations greatest songwriters to be performing in Greenwhich Village which saw the birth of the greatest songwriter of all time.

[@beag4961]

Adrianne singing with Nick Hakim! What a gift :) Love them both!

[@jessenorman91]

one of the songs i feel i’ve always known

[@flore5746]

Leanin on a window seal💥💥✨✨✨💥💥

[@lottetendijck3661]

This will be my most listened to song of the year. It’s perfect.

[@alanisave]

thank you for your music, Adrianne

[@BigTechGaming]

how have i only just discovered this wonderful, talented woman

[@vinceolsen9126]

When she sings - “you will write to me”. I know you will, I guess you will I hope you will

[@thomasschubert4119]

This beautiful song makes me shiver every time I hear it. Thank you, Adrianne for this wonderful gift of a real outstanding song.

[@miaspurling7171]

inlove with this woman more every day

[@andrehood8605]

Nick's voice is perfectly complimentary on this. Such a sweet sweet song :')

[@JilesBeaver]

It’s her voice that carries us along. Incredible feeling. :,^}

[@vinceolsen9126]

Puts my faith back in modern music

[@arealglitterboi37]

the old man beating his crooked cane, the guy on the nape of my neck... thank you for articulating feelings i never could, i owe you the world and more !

[@ThePled9e]

Sometimes being sad is the only way to feel alive

[@comearoundthebanjo6933]

So beautiful. Thanks

[@richardphillips6392]

YESSSS

[@tomfraser1711]

This song really reminds me of some of Jackson Brownes stuff, the lyrics have got that feel for me

[@melissac1716]

I’ve been listening to this on repeat for hours. ❤

[@lushelocution]

Wow. Such a nuanced song, and humble presentation. Absolutely breathtaking.

[@justiceder]

two heroes

[@paweljozwiak80]

I can't get rid of this song, it's on my mind all the time. Great new version on a great new album

[@DrOz-007]

As we say in Norfolk, England...bootiful!

[@simonyoung6462]

Legitimately the best song ever created

[@mariehamiltonmusic]

we can see your music as a gift when we feel too heavy to hold ♥

[@jesseradzik4047]

adrianne i love you this song absolutely destroys me

[@josephreidel4408]

Lots of love in this song. These hard times are full of meaning

[@kacx]

I've been in love with this song since the first time I've heard it. Beautiful performance.

[@toddwareham]

Amazing as always. Thank you

[@NicheNonsense]

what a gift. thank you as always

[@Asherbw]

Absolutely wonderful!!

[@michaeltelega2632]

Beautiful.

[@poppyseedgirly]

thank you for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheLongCut1]

Just gorgeous

[@goodseedpr]

beautiful x

[@sofiaalvarado6331]

j'adore cette chanson

[@benjaministaken]

Thank you for this incredible song ❤

[@anonymous_friend]

I cant help but think that she is a sad person inside with an incredible gift. 😢

[@bogman192]

boy - I needed that - merci.

[@bosscaine]

Stunning.

[@kaeyaliker]

this is beautiful adrianne, so so lovely. i might never be able to see you live, so thank you so much for these uploads.

[@sabrinah6326]

They performed this last night at her concert and it was truly magical as is everything she does.

[@allyson--]

You lucky duck!

[@alejandra.4844]

i really love you sm, your music saved my life

[@chloesandoe]

Thank you adrianne Youve helped me so much

[@Dorypowa]

I love it ! Love from France

[@raymondlianto9882]

Beautiful song.

[@vinceolsen9126]

What an amazing song

[@iancurry]

Such a beautiful song...can't wait to listen to the new album...

[@nickgledhill8211]

Goosebumps

[@ericleonhardt]

thank you adrianne

[@trevortanner9076]

What a voice wonderful 🎉🎉

[@davidwebb2337]

Great stuff! Love it.

[@adryjzz]

I'm speechless. Adrianne did it again

[@UkuleleBobbyKemp]

God this girl is *Killin'* me!... Thanks so much Adrienne... 🙏🏻 🥰 xx

[@kittygirl109]

coming across your music is one of fhe best things to ever happen to me

[@snailslapworth8466]

Just Beautiful 🫶🏽

[@Holy5macker]

So so beautiful.

[@jersonmarques7904]

adrianne you’re the real gift

[@bulletprooflovers]

the loveliest songwriter

[@In_time]

Reminds me a bit of Sea of Bees (who unfortunately disappeared into obscurity 😢so it’s nice to meet someone new with a familiar feel)

[@nolandolaher2817]

thanks for the toons ❤

[@dilap11]

it's got the magic. goddamn.

[@kingarthur8115]

the beauty sounds in the universal silence

[@philmcfarland2833]

I think it’s not a stretch to say this young troubadour has a lot in common with the early genius of Springsteen and Dylan.

[@silversun371]

❤

[@suleyka31]

pinche canción toda preciosa❤️‍🔥

[@neildobbs7278]

the hair grew back! Love this one, chanelling a bit of Prine I think. Piano accompaniment was great. Love you Adrianne

[@4vendetta1]

Ah yes, I recognized that but didn't know where from until you named John. Lovely musicians both.

[@pedroarantes]

lindo demais como pode

[@larissadeoliveirafernandes4077]

i think that there's a reason for me to love him so much, im afraid that we break up bc i know that i could never hate him, ill always appreciate him, i wish he gains all he deserves

[@montserratmiranda3982]

amamos

[@I.love_women7]

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY CHANCE HAS SHUT HER SHINING EYES AND TURNED HER FACE AWAY.

[@quadradosuave]

great art! great jeans :)

[@swordlord7]

thats human spirit right there

[@bobbycanda]

Take care Adrianne!

[@brownraf56]

Holy duck

[@jacobvenit5546]

Watch the spring turn to winter Fireflies all frozen wow

[@blanket101]

ohhh hey!!! =)

[@naomicraner640]

Adrienne and nick was not a collab I expected for some reason but I love the vibes

[@evangelineloves9]

I bet you will. I think you will. I hope you will.

[@vinceolsen9126]

I think this one is better than the released version

[@SirLlama2000]

nice

[@brandonswitalski8706]

i miss her