Fiona Apple - Never Is a Promise (Official HD Video)

[@TheDreamingJune]

Fiona Apple is one of the most gifted songwriters of her generation. Such an authentic artist.

[@horaciogonzalez3734]

Fiona Apple, Toria Amos my soundtrack daily.

[@melaniep6964]

She's just wonderful!

[@sunnydforfree7145]

Stop following me, you have an amazing taste in music tho.

[@blackvirgo09]

Millennial generation

[@echolalia682]

Fiona Apple and Kurt Cobain understand (understood?) music on a level that honestly wouldnt be good for most people. Too much emotion.....

[@Ydce1891]

I’m about to cry. I haven’t watched this video since high school in the nineties. This album got me through so many dark times. My health is falling apart but this was a gift to find.

[@Bushidojihi]

You are not alone, my health is fading fast and this song comforts me too...❤

[@chrisbasson9603]

Hang in there, you lovely souls. You are beautiful.

[@amberlaughlin3518]

This is the most beautiful song ever...

[@chonklife1809]

💌💕💌

[@danielherrin]

Hope life has improved

[@47imagine]

Criminally underrated artist, no pun intended

[@lisahardy4094]

agreed

[@catherinestone7949]

Why not? It's a good pun. :D

[@masercot]

I agree that she's underrated. I disagree that the pun was unintended...

[@divinereference]

Absolutely!! How she never became a household name is beyond me but, on the other hand, I feel part of a very special fanaticism because those that do love her, REALLY love her!!

[@rokayah116]

Yes

[@junglejimmedia]

She wrote this at 14 years old! Crazy talent

[@karenhammerling1528]

Wait-really? Where did you hear that?

[@isla5480]

In an interview for Apple Music (I think) she says she wrote a lot of these songs at 14, but only put together and released the studio album (Tidal) when she was 17!

[@chenlo18]

Really? 14? So Talented and in so much pain. I felt that pain at 14 as well. Still do. It never goes away.

[@jenniferkirkland2535]

@@chenlo18 She had been through some painful things at a really young age.

[@lucienoon7262]

@@chenlo18 I think a lot of her anguish stems from the unfortunate event (rape) in her life...anyways, she's such an incredible talent so underrated

[@i2ichie]

I had a bad trip on mushrooms once and the only thing that could settle me was listening to this on repeat whilst I slowly reconstructed my personality. I will always owe Fiona a dept of gratitude

[@scottytoohotty8510]

Gotta be in a good happy state of mind Going INTO the trip, and only be around people you totally trust, do that, you’ll never have a bad trip

[@MultiMuchacho]

Scotty Too hotty I wouldn’t say never because the mind can wonder into any dark corner on shrooms, but I agree it’s best to be in that type of environment.

[@tattoomiked4612]

We all owe.

[@diabeticxennial]

I had a bad panic attack once but it was a James Bay song on repeat that recentered me

[@lavendergilly5843]

. It tickles the chemicals.

[@christopherbriscoe3308]

All this talent at 19 years old, what a moving artist.

[@superfamous8296]

+Christopher Briscoe 18 years* :)

[@christopherbriscoe3308]

Sad thing is, I've never heard anything better from her. I've also never heard anything after extraordinary machine, so maybe she has made a comparable album.

[@transp0rter1]

+Christopher Briscoe Dude, she released arguably her best album in 2012, "The Idler Wheel..." check it out. It was all over the critic's polls that year.

[@christopherbriscoe3308]

Thanks for the advice ; )

[@crystalpistol6062]

+Christopher Briscoe Wha!? Yeah.. the Idler Wheel is my favorite Fiona album. Definitely check it out !!

[@Alannahbanana01]

I love how she doesn't need to belt notes in order to create such great songs.. her voice is so lovely..

[@SatanicoPandemonium1]

AGREED 💯

[@leolawrenceoram]

Its true.

[@mercurialmagictrees]

Yeah it's more about the lyrics and composition of the music.

[@leolawrenceoram]

@@mercurialmagictrees i know most people will never get that part.

[@leolawrenceoram]

Nice to know you.

[@Hummy100]

"I'll never glow the way you glow." Thats one of the saddest thing you can say about your lover.

[@melaniemoroz5077]

I’m not totally sure, but I’ve always been under the impression she wrote this at 15 about her parents..

[@dannahbanana11235]

@@melaniemoroz5077 The value in art lies in the many interpretations it's audience can derive, not in the meaning the artist imbued it with. But yes, I believe you're right.

[@Verbaltechnician]

@@dannahbanana11235 the best answer an artist can give when asked what their art (song, painting, sculpture, book, anything) means to them and why they made it is this: "I know what it means to me. I've made it and presented it to the public so that you, now, can tell me what it means to you. WhAt it means to me is irrelevant to you. What it actually is, is what you should be looking inside yourself to explain. Then, my fan, you can be my friend and we can individually share in silence the beauty of this creation as I one day will look forward to interpreting your art with my emotions and background to come to, I guarantee, a slightly different perception of your art than you. As I believe our perceptions Of my art vary and it would be wildly extreme to let yoU come to your own conclusion as to what this means to you only to have me come over and tell you no you're wrong." I said that after performing my Only full song I've ever wrote to About 20 people whO sadly applauded the saying more than the song. I knOw I'm paraphrasing someone else who said this all before but Everything has already been said for a long time. Thing is that Not everything has been Heard.

[@journalgirrl]

I adore everything about this particular comment’s thread. 💜

[@psalmregulated]

She wrote this about her parents after an argument at 14.

[@CaressThatDissonance]

''The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own, you'll never feel the heat of this soul'' This is my favorite line, because it makes so much sense.

[@miaground9005]

Antonio C

[@harrisondykhoff]

Antonio C

[@carolcharms8902]

Followed by “my fever burns me deeper than I’ve ever shown to you” The entire thing my fav

[@anji9370]

Just as I was scrolling through the comments that line came up lol

[@nannetteralphs9042]

Fiona says she can never play this again bc she doesn't how to... Honestly I'm grateful bc the emotion of it makes the song. It's nothing without the fire that made it.

[@mr.giggles9529]

I am almost 40 years old. I have heard everything at this point. I have never heard anything more beautiful in my life.

[@vbrucegrind4368]

I love Fiona but i think this below is a little more beautifull. Just sharing my opinion tho. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b33RY2Rvm5tqppY

[@mollyfoxxx]

vbrucegrind shhhh, just let people enjoy things 🤫

[@katherynemero9355]

You haven't heard everything. Your experience is pretty limited.

[@mollyfoxxx]

Katheryne Mero oh my lord, another one? Can’t this person just have a favorite song without other people inserting their opinion? Of course they haven’t heard “everything”, it’s a figure of speech and you don’t know anything about their experience. This song is utterly heartbreaking and transcendent and I also think it’s the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.

[@veras1228]

Yessss❤️

[@mollyfoxxx]

This song helped me beat my anorexia. I listened to it at my lowest of lows, but though the years I turned it into a source of inspiration and took power over my body. This song will forever be meaningful to me beyond any words I can possibly use to explain.

[@mollyfoxxx]

Jeremy Alexander thank you 🙏🏼

[@WowwowLulu]

Keep strong.

[@thecasualreviewer2148]

All the feels. I hate that 'deep' music isn't respected like it used to be. This was so much appreciated back in the day and I still love it now. Such a classic album.

[@PoshLifeforME]

I always come back here when I want to sit down to true pain.

[@muzikismylife2913]

PoshLifeforME me too. Fiona sounds like a old soul in a young body. Love you Fiona.

[@uiscepreston]

You could say that. This song is from 20 years ago - when she was a teenager. And her father was a killer Santa Claus.

[@stormysavana2253]

Did anyone else bawl after the first time hearing this song?

[@robertogines3228]

Storm Burton Prince Purple Rain

[@SatanicoPandemonium1]

Me too

[@mamaziha79]

"Never Is A Promise" You'll never see the courage I know Its colors' richness won't appear within your view I'll never glow the way that you glow Your presence dominates the judgements made on you But as the scenery grows I see in different lights The shades and shadows Undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights I understand what I am Still too proud to mention To you You'll say you understand But you don't understand You'll say you'd never give up Seeing eye to eye But never is a promise And you can't afford to lie You'll never touch these things that I hold The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own You'll never feel the heat of this soul My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown But as the scenery grows I see in different lights The shades and shadows Undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights I realise what I am now Too smart to mention To you You'll say you understand You'll never understand I'll say I'll never wake up Knowing how or why I don't know what to believe in You don't know who I am You'll say I need appeasing When I start to cry But never is a promise And I'll never need a lie...

[@EllyLilu]

😂

[@NamiiitheDon]

Thank you!

[@rosiejimenez709]

What was edited from your comments? I'm curious because I remember a specific line and it's not in the song but I KNOW it was there before...

[@rolandbaldwin]

This was the soundtrack to one of my breakups. She really has a way with words

[@arieslibra]

Yes...she does...such a poet...

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

Darling, give me your absence tonight... great words for a breakup from the same album (Different song, of course).

[@charliblake8551]

The soundtrack to ALL of my breakups!🖤

[@paigemagee3997]

I

[@cls3201]

soundtrack for ALL OF OUR BREAK UPS in the late 90's

[@1Sarradd]

I thought I fully understood this song as a teenager... im 39 now and feel like she is me in this song after what I've been through. Fiona will always hold a place in my heart for explaining things about myself that I never could...

[@wordswordswords8203]

I bet she feels things very deeply. This song reminds me of myself when I was a kid and through teen age years, when everything was new and clear and so acutely painful and beautiful at the same time. Very beautiful song.

[@elsascheepers9490]

fiona apple is like the best name ever

[@williamway-wp8kh]

Old friend and good buddy of the 10-4 variety, Rick Horten of Seattle and the Bay Area played this for me when we were kids. I cried, but he didn't know what to believe in. I'll always know who you are, boo...😢❤❤❤

[@chasejohnson302]

Imagine being 19 putting this song out. Amazing.

[@BillHaines37]

Yes, and she wrote it at 15, and these vocals are from the demo tape ... and she hadn't ever played a gig. Album released at age 18.

[@XKEUTERX]

I know...I was 22 and so mixed with so many people and so many different fun time's🕷️

[@luckygirlblue124]

This song is haunting and gorgeous.

[@daneboggs110]

always like fiona apple music this is a good one

[@quisaluisa]

Haunting and gorgeous, my favorite combination. I love her.

[@January1487]

She wrote this one when she was 15. I was astounded! Such richness and depth of language as a teen.

[@tawnkuimi-uru7212]

She is so beautiful and so very talented. Yet, she exudes a aura of pain and sadness. She has a way of making sadness beautiful. I am sure she is a good thing, but I am not sure if beautiful sadness is.

[@emilymccandless6367]

Anorexia and the personality disorders that accompany it (which any reasonable, not to mention those with a keen eye, can recognize in Apple) are not beautiful in the way you or others may portray it/them. While these conditions represent and produce a deep emotional, cognitive, physical, and psychological experience they are not "beautiful" in the typical definition of that word. However, the experience(s) ARE unique and valuable. They are beyond painful. In fact, both reach the level of true suffering and should not be glamorized. I applaud Apple's music and expression only because she has found an avenue for HERSELF to make it in the world. I abhor the way she has cultivated a following of otherwise "healthy" individuals.

[@danlewis7707]

Art is the expression of self. So are you saying that art is unhealthy?

[@danlewis7707]

Her expression was tragic, and also triumphant. Be happy for her, and the thousand othear

[@danlewis7707]

Blues and Jazz artists who have done the same to great success. Or be silent

[@randomrainbow4479]

She wasn't anorexic to fit some mental idea of beauty. Her "anorexia and all the personality disorders that come with it" were a product of the trauma of being raped as an adolescent. She did it to make herself unattractive to men. And while she has indeed admitted to struggling with anorexia, not every thin fan of hers has an eating disorder. I remember I was in high school when she hit it big and I was immediately a huge fan of her incredible voice. I also happened to be 5'9" and scant 103lbs. I was constantly accused of being anorexic until people saw how much I ate, and then it was insisted I must be bulimic. Both of which were utter nonsense. I had an insanely high metabolism and couldn't get calories to stick to me no matter what I did. When people found out I also loved Fiona, they went berserk. I don't concern myself with people who don't bother with finding out the truth of things before passing judgment on me, so I was never hurt by it, but I couldn't believe how hard they tried to push that idea of me. Skinny girl + Fiona Apple fan = Absolutely has an eating disorder. How absurd can people be? If she does have a visible audience with eating disorders, she didn't make them that way. They do that to themselves for their own issues. Given the numbers of people with eating disorders, there are a lot of bands with ill fans, but those bands don't get blamed for it because they've never been attacked for having their own struggles with the illness like she has. You go looking hard enough you'll find what you're looking for. You want to see anorexic/bulimic fans, you'll see them. She has nothing to do with it, certainly not any more than any other media figure.

[@valdogomes201]

In addition to incredible talent, she possesses one of the most powerful voices in the world.

[@vgoth100]

First heard this on the radio while driving shortly after it came out...had no idea who it was but it made me cry and almost pull over. Went to see Fiona in concert, sheer genius. She is a true artist, musically and poetically,

[@maydavalle]

♥️

[@poxipol6592]

fighting depression since I have memory, just living on the shadows of neurodiversity that hurts me and lockes me inside a dark room. This is MY masterpiece of all times, and Fiona is my muse ♡

[@EugeneAxe]

♥️

[@sullengirl888]

i’m the age fiona was when she wrote this song and i jsut feel all of her music so deeply i listen to every song she’s ever written on loop all day and it feels like she the only one who sees the world the same way i do

[@surpriser0se]

I was never a fan of Fiona but it took only a single listen of this song that popped out of a random playlist for me to appreciate her. I can now start listening to her other masterpieces. I love you Fiona!

[@lorrainegebbia66]

You have to listen to this album with closed eyes and feel it in your gut and your soul. It gives me chills. No need for music videos. They take away from the song. Fiona is a true artist.she paints a lyrical masterpiece with her voice. No visual needed.

[@ashleeiDigress]

Absolutely true

[@djondho5868]

Absolutely, I'm in love and have been since my early 20's, my wife understands and I made it a point she must

[@jamesdickson6622]

A sadly underrated song.

[@KariSinkko]

Yes.

[@sunglee8753]

Seriously...this song is a masterpiece

[@jayg4636]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung.

[@mikebtko]

She said she doesn't perform it anymore, she says she can't go there now... It's so perfect, her first album, and her "When The Pawn..." ballads are by far her best, "Oh Well" from the 3rd album, is pretty incredible too, but 'not so much' a ballad as a melodic rage..

[@mollyfoxxx]

James Dickson sad indeed, because I consider it to be her most beautiful song

[@krisb294]

All these years later & this song still makes me all teary eyed.

[@barthelemyatsin9767]

me too

[@jasonborda4145]

This is one of her best songs. I love the album this song is on.

[@derp12345]

I first heard Fiona when I was 12. This song is my soul and much too beautiful for earth. The simplicity of this video is pure art and her lyrics are poetry. This is one of the most beautiful and relevant songs I've heard in all my 32 years alive. Her voice is so pure and she is one of few artists that brings me to tears and goosebumps, simultaneously. 💖 I'll never get over the 90's.

[@Errcyco]

I remember stealing this cd from my mom when I was like 10 and not understanding this song but LOVING it. So pretty. I wish I still didn’t understand it.

[@chrismj4676]

One of the greatest songs ever written.

[@victoriazyskowski1529]

She will be remembered as a true genius.

[@laraluna9365]

Takes me back to my teen years. ❤

[@mustafakuloglu771]

O this is my favorite Fiona song alright.

[@Tawzzzzz]

+Mustafa Kuloğlu Try Get Gone, Oh Well, Love Ridden, Extraordinary Machine.... I the list just goes fucking on. Lyrical genius like no other.

[@mustafakuloglu771]

+zgorg mike oh you two love to Show off.I know her discography like the back of my hand and guess what ? This is still my favorite Fiona song.

[@Tawzzzzz]

Not trying to show off man, don't be so defensive? It's a great song, and you're entitled to have this as your favorite. I'm absolutely infatuated by her, don't have a personal favorite myself. Peace

[@Elif-um9vm]

Vayyy Türk

[@cRmcRs]

The last lyrics and composition.... I never ...need.... A... Lie. Feels like a leaf falling from a tree in autumn. She is an amazing artist! Actually the whole song feels like autumn and the leaves falling down.

[@lordlickorice]

Thank you, Fiona, for sharing yourself with the world. I’m so grateful this song exists.

[@crysdee461]

But as the scenery grows I see in different lights. The shades and shadows undulate in my perception. My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights…. I remember listening to this song over and over on my portable CD player as a teenager and it soothed all of my teenager emotions.

[@geminigrl6972]

Her words are still as relevant as ever to the soundtrack of my life. She's said everything I couldn't when I got divorced. And she saw me thru the beginning of a new love with beauty and grace. My beautiful deep poetic Fiona. You're so freaking talented. Still listening 2020 ❤ Are you?

[@hydroponic2103]

Gemini Girl with you girl

[@amyeklund7412]

Hi yesss, still listening to Fiona💗💗💗💗💗love her, so amazing!

[@fuzzy8593]

I’ve never had a song make me cry before. This is the only one. At times it hammers emotions that need hammering, or cleanses those that need to be cleansed. Pure.

[@verucasalt4535]

She has a beautiful spirit and knows real pain... amazing artist.

[@jakeniemi6533]

2024 and still forever changed by your artistry, Fiona. This record still gets to me as much as it did the first time I heard it.

[@carlhininger7918]

She's still amazing I listen to fiona and deathmetal/hardcore but she gets me

[@ican9425]

You'll never see the courage I know Its color's richness won't appear within your view I'll never glow the way that you glow Your presence dominates the judgements made on you But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights The shades and shadows undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights I understand what I am still too proud to mention to you You'll say you understand, but you don't understand You'll say you'll never give up seeing eye to eye But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie You'll never touch these things that I hold The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own You'll never feel the heat of this soul My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown to you You'll say, "Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems" You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie You'll never live this life that I live I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night You'll never hear the message I give You say it looks as though I might give up this fight But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights The shades and shadows undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights I realize what I am now too smart to mention to you You'll say you understand, you'll never understand I'll say, "I'll never wake up knowing how or why" I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am You'll say I'll need appeasing when I start to cry But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie-ie-ie-ie

[@johrathbun]

"You said you understand, you'll never understand...I'll say I never wake up knowing how or why..." Lived those lyrics, Fiona. Thanks for keep me going all these years!

[@thetruemusichead]

I put this vocal performance right up there with Linda Rondstadt. "Her voice has a tear in it"

[@IndridCold.]

I'll never understand how Adel is a significantly more successful artist than Apple.

[@ericryanyawl9401]

It's because we have people who are so basic they vote for Drump.

[@RandMiller325]

This song is pure beauty. I relate to it in a way -- where I feel like no one understands me. I've had a lot pain, and seen a lot of terrible things. Which makes my day to day life sometimes very hard -- even harder when the one you love (and legit loves you back) buts its like every time you get closer to someone with all your dark sides and pain that's buried there that someone says "I promise baby, I'll never leave you no matter what."/"I promise you won't give up on you even though you have that hard shell from hurting so bad" then the minute you let go and give yourself to them.... its too much. And as they say 'never say never'. "You'll say you understand But you don't understand You'll say you'd never Give up seeing eye to eye But never is a promise And you can't afford to lie" Man.... Ouch.

[@keithdustan]

it takes a real man and someone who has been through trials in his life to understand

[@dilkarain5214]

Exactly exactly right

[@osuushiza8]

Rand Miller my god, u sound like how my friend is, but she's brutally dark. I'm always there 4her as often as possible. Tho she always appreciates this, shes a big ball of apathetic dark energetic void. She despises life & even nature, as she puts it as, "Ppl say nature's beautiful when it's actually a killer! Do u not comprehend the true, demonic meaning behind the chaotic Pi (3.14)?" She also has that, "we're dying bc we're living!" attitude that finds life pointless knowing we'll all pass 1day & sees hope as slavery! Yes, she a Friedrich Nietzsche fanatic!!! My concept tho is even tho she doesn't write poems & expresses herself like how Fiona does per se, she's basically the epitome of a very dark, Edgar Allan Poe poem series!!! :P and sadly, similar 2ur case, so many ppl don't c her4 who she truly is, & most ppl walk out on her, even after yrs of friendship. Her ptsd level is hard2 the core! She's a pessimist. She's bitter as hell. But she's beauty, even tho dark!!!

[@osuushiza8]

keith dustan a true person actually! Even family members!!

[@osuushiza8]

Rand Miller *i meant2 note, it's amazing how my friend & I r still friends bc she's learnt 2push ppl away herself bc how badly she's been left alone in the dark. Poor thing even defines humanity as "cancer" despite humanity's versatility & amazements. It's bc she's always picked up the true colors (intuition) of most ppl. I can also do the same, but how much deeper she does so & words things really gets me2 think. Same4 other ppl, but sadly most ppl (tho not all) prefer not2 think! It's sad. 😑

[@dirigocorvus3983]

This song is beauty incarnate . Brava to the lyricist.

[@wolfstar675]

Dirigo Corvus Fiona is the lyricist,

[@adrianamaclennan7832]

She is a genius. I remember listening to this so long ago.

[@tonysaunders2137]

Fiona is a genius artist! This album took the world by storm! My favorite track on it. Lovely composition and raw and intimate lyrics! Fiona's music is therapeutic to the listener and such a release for the artist herself! Thanks Fiona...eternally loved and respected ❤❤❤.

[@HauntedandStunning]

it makes me sad that she's so underrated.

[@allisknu11]

+Lily B Maybe that's a good thing. ;o)

[@neesee8979]

Better for true artists to be underrated than be overrated like many artists are today in music.

[@joshuahoward6845]

Lily B some of the greatest artists through history were never appreciated during their lifetime. 😥

[@henrycodm896]

No matter. Quality over quantity, works every time.

[@ManinManchester]

I reckon 'unknown' is more accurate than 'under-rated'. And Fiona is in charge of how well-known she wants to be. Meaning 'not very'.

[@Matt-lz1cq]

Still crying 2019😞 This is a masterpiece!

[@SingBlueSilver357]

This album meant so much to me.

[@shortdamfs]

Same… It’s so great

[@MrLlieno]

I hate that directors never get credit on Vevo... I always loved this video and how out of body it feels. It fits the mood perfectly. And the one long cut makes it feel like a performance and video simultaneously. They should definitely include the director in the description for videos like this.

[@mustafakuloglu771]

+Sam ONeill This is a great opinion.

[@cancermoonlibrasun7571]

+Mustafa Kuloğlu it really is

[@artby2wenty]

+Sam ONeill Not to mention the lighting. Seems they are changing the lighting to suit the video, not an easy task.

[@artby2wenty]

+Artby2wenty Hard to tell if she's on a lift (presumably a condor) or if its green screen.

[@ryan-wn1qu]

+Sam ONeill One of my favourite things about this video (and I don't know if it was intentional), is that is has a very similar feel to Tricky's 'Hell Is Round the Corner' video but the two feel like opposites to each other.

[@aramora1914]

The genius of Fiona Apple.

[@owenprice4072]

She moves from placid to menacing to fearful from moment to moment, but when her smile bursts through around 1:20, it caps the range of emotional expression in this video. It's a beautiful song.

[@CandyLeeMusic]

Who would give a thumbs down to this video? It's probably one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Fiona Apple is the BEST! Much love and appreciation for her voice, melodies, musicality, and the richness of her lyrics. She paints such vivid images with her music. This song changed my life. I heard it on my friend's CD player and headphones on a class field trip to the Kennedy Space Center in middle school. Opened me up to a whole new appreciation for music! #nostalgia #womancrush

[@nyxxie023]

Dammit, she made me cry. So beautiful.

[@worrywirt]

God, she was so young here. Her voice too. People should not have so much power and wisdom so young

[@muiawat]

The album is a masterpiece

[@meekadai]

My heart beats faster everytime she sings those high notes.... such a heavenly voice

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

One of the best ballads ever

[@psalmregulated]

Oh my God, how I listened to this song as a kid. It was like someone singing my soul for the world. Someone who understood me. Love you, Fiona.

[@wanderlustendumado5396]

This is one of the songs she said in an interview she doesn't play live anymore, she stated she doesn't know how to play it anymore. She listed 2 more songs she doesn't play live anymore, one of them being Johnathon, and the other being Hot Knife.

[@maydavalle]

💔

[@Semelem]

I remember the very first time I heard this song. I was a very young child in the back of my mom's Camry and we were heading home from an eating at an Applebee's a few cities down because my cousin worked there and we were seeing her. I remember so vividly, peeling thin layers of fast-melting snow off the bottoms of my big, bulky, little-kid winter boots and watching it melt in my hand while admiring Fiona's voice and especially how she sounds at 1:00.. That was the truly mesmerizing part of it. Here I am, at least 9 years later, a junior in high school, listening to this and still constantly replaying that little bit at 1:00 about 5 times before letting it go all the way through the song

[@maydavalle]

🩵

[@williamway-wp8kh]

At 19, when this jam hit me so big, I had no idea I would live to see 47 years of age. Even at 25 I figured I was out like Plath at 30. Today, I know more than I know. And I know me. I also know who and what I am to legion who I am not - most pointedly and poignantly, they are their own. Inspirational! And I am theirs, and they mine. I am very fortunate these days...😮😊❤

[@jonilaw3064]

Beautiful, Old-soul, teenaged genius!!!

[@candletabletop154]

it's almost hard to believe she wrote this as a teenager, God gave her a GIFT

[@chuckmartinez769]

this woman has it whatever it maybe she can pull me out of any slump any hole I'm in she always puts a smile on my face she's got it and she'll never lose it

[@cdigdawg]

I had forgotten just how good Fiona was. This album is a masterpiece.

[@kevincrawford4392]

Col_in_Hellifax I've said the exactsame thing about 33 times over the last fewweeks..

[@leolawrenceoram]

I decided this is one of the most beautiful things that I have ever heard in my life. If not the.

[@Emma-zb8vx]

This gives me chills every single time.

[@CanCan-rr6hs]

She is one of the most honest artists I have ever had the pleasure to hear.

[@anthonydupont5031]

One of my favorite songs all time. Never is a promise. It really is.

[@fionaappleislove6191]

Happy birthday Fiona Apple

[@BvirtuallY]

So, so, so TRUE. But there is this: Fiona Apple's music and Us ~ who all KNOW how underated her music is, who get to attest to it here, for others to consider such passion, next becoming curious to hear her music for themselves.

[@adrianaac6950]

13 years... 13 years and I feel the pain as it was made today.. Oh this song 💙

[@clovisinlove]

I cannot even fathom that anyone could possible dislike this song, unimaginable.... So deep, so meaningful, so amazing. It makes me cry every time.

[@CD78361]

I’ve always believed you don’t have to be a fan of a band, an artist or a particular genre of music to appreciate a good song. In my opinion, regardless of one’s musical taste, this is a beautiful song and the performance is incredible.

[@stevensievers9381]

Fiona Apple is a miracle

[@StephenWest-t2v]

A teenager wrote this. That's not supposed to be possible outside of generational talent. And this isn't even her best song. I guess she's a generational talent

[@tonyhort8343]

I like this song the best...😁

[@thetanvan5833]

This song takes me back to a night in the late 90s...January....freezing cold, dark night in Iowa...I was anorexic and only drank liquids for nutrition....I was beyond depression...feeling like I'd never ever be happy...I listened to this album a lot... fiona has since admitted she had struggled with anorexia, herself...a lot of her pain comes from the same place as mine did...amazing how that was communicated through music....

[@maniacal1870]

When this album came out, I bought the cassette ( cassette! ) and wore that thing out in one summer. One of the most amazing albums ever made, and such an amazing song.

[@LoveIsAPuzzle]

This song is so beautiful. Only now I have truly come to embrace it. Its subtle warmth. It makes me feel like my current deprived and stupidly desperate state isn't so lonely. Thank you Fiona. I thank you're very soul.

[@erikagrl1]

No matter the decade, this songs continues to be a masterpiece. I was 19 when this came out in 96 and it makes me cry everytime. Its so beautiful ❤❤

[@Shellbbbssss]

Gives me chills. Always has, and always will. Wish she got more recognition.

[@MissLittleJackiePaper]

No matter what mood I’m in if I listen to this song, it can draw out of me the saddest memories that I have and I just think that is incredible. Fiona is genius.

[@hoffafiles]

One of the few artists that gives my soul goosebumps, the world is made better from her music.

[@rickyiglesias5384]

Fiona, your songwriting and your voice.....wow........AMAZING! been listening for over 20 years and still can't get over it.

[@latnboii]

Pure poetry

[@djejdjdk1999]

fiona is pure art, this song slaps so hard

[@MusicalHog08]

one of the best songs ever written in all of history

[@WinterSteele]

This is absolutely poetry put to music, imo. I adore every second of it.

[@spaceboy2095]

1:36 Might be the most touching her voice has ever been...

[@KatieF-s3z]

This reminds me when I lived in Boston during college I listen to her over and over again. I miss the city sometimes and being so innocent ❤🎉

[@3m086]

I still listen to Tidal all the way through all the time. And I never get bored of it. Truly a gift this Fiona.

[@jonathanaldecoa1099]

I absolutely love Fiona. She’s extremely talented.🕺