Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me (Live From Austin City Limits)

[@meadowfrance]

I've always adored this song.

[@phillipe_rs]

Me too. It's my favorite from Cerimonials

[@ManoloLpez]

Mine too!!! ❤️

[@jazzbassrocker]

The other singers' vocal overtones at the end make it so much better than the recorded version.

[@Esstan1]

I don't why, but this song is my absolute favorite song from Florence. It just speaks to me on a whole different level. I was so bummed out that she didn't play it when I saw her live recently. She's amazing! Love her forever, that voice is beyond this world!

[@brandonh5201]

as a bass player I Love playing it on bass,it took some practice there bass player has a unique way of playing especially on this song haha.....my only problem is when it comes to the lyrics and meaning of the song I cant tell if the songs about suicide or homicide? I mean the lyrics are all laying where the ships are left to rust, lay them down let the only sound be the over flow pockets filled with stones lay them down, so someones been drowned to death lol.

[@misaelvergaraesilva4788]

This is my favourite song as well. It's a masterpiece. My favourite song of all time.

[@daisyemory]

@@brandonh5201 i’m a year late. but the stones line i believe is in reference to Virginia Woolf. she put stones in the pockets and drowned herself.

[@paulustarsus]

Florence, if you're there, I just want to say that, with this song, I've become your soul-mate. Continued success.

[@pabloguzman013]

If goddess Florence ask you tu jump, the least you can do is fly.

[@TheLookmai]

Lector Empedernido what if she ask for you to fly?

[@MarkoVeselic]

then you lightspeed space travel

[@RFEW-st7lv]

@@TheLookmai Then you ascend to the higher grounds

[@ashmac4732]

haha great comment Pablo

[@DragonKing33333]

I would go super nova 🌟 🤩

[@Torontoflatlander]

It's January 2023, this woman's voice still makes the synapses in my brain do crazy things.

[@DylanHeger]

I hope one day I get to see her live!!

[@parmavioIets]

I'm sure you will! I saw them at the BTS Festival in London this July, and I will say this: flows who haven't seen F+TM live yet have not yet truly lived. Flo's presence on stage is honestly just so invigorating and, in addition to her angelic voice and the heavenly music of the band, is just beautiful.

[@raquelhenriques5534]

birdcageflo Truest comment on the internet. I myself have been to two concerts of florence and the machine, best concerts in the history of life!!!! I am waiting for her to return to my country!

[@alexILMN]

My favorite bands are Metallica, U2, Foo Fighters, RHCP, Sabbath, AC/DC, I enjoy mostly hard rock and metal and I've seen Metallica 3 times, U2, Foos, Offspring. But this year I saw Florence in Turin and it was the best concert I've ever been too. Queen Florence is just godlike

[@carlosezetagomez]

X2

[@carlosezetagomez]

X2

[@jessica5497]

Just in america to have a crowd like that...I Brazil, Poland, Argentina, UK... actually any other place people would be dacing

[@PalmurcioWorld]

She's out of this world. Unreal.

[@caleba9648]

I swear I'll be a fan of the band for the rest of my life. I want to get a tattoo inspired by this song.

[@DonnaSimo]

Like the painting that inspired the song?

[@roastedbeans2051]

Did you?

[@PxffPxffPxss]

Florence is not human. she's an angel sent from God to us to bless us with her beautiful music

[@stefanijoanneangelinagerma3862]

She is the only artist, for except maybe only Bjork, that makes me feel from the music that there is something beyond perceived reality, a force of conciousness which permeates all things and lives on it's own.

[@epilif007]

im descovering Bjork now and that you said is so true

[@kurkur2006]

bjork, sade, florence

[@jefferyskeenan]

tool

[@deathlist94]

If you like florence, check out Tori Amos😊✌

[@beastmry]

You like these 2 but not Kate Bush? Odd

[@annika4087]

All her music has such a timeless feel

[@laurengalan2760]

That is real youth

[@HusseinBerjaoui]

2020 and yet this is still a masterpiece for those with taste. I never really understood the lyrics the way I did now, 8 years later, and maybe that's due to all the growing I had undergone. Listening to this when you're 15 is not the same as listening to it when you're almost 24. Florence, you've contributed to parts of that growing btw.

[@gigik640]

Hussein Berjaoui Completely agree!

[@loiseaunoir1021]

I understand shit about the lyrics and it's a masterpiece.

[@jamescarrington6504]

her voice breaks time barriers

[@amykrizaj3270]

Isn’t this song inspired by the suicide of the poet Virginia Woolf? I, too, love this song, and I love how she performs it here

[@jonkerwin9364]

Lol

[@kennethramirez4613]

Audience was quiet because they were amazed watching and listening Florence. Then, when she started jumping and telling them to jump they reacted and they thought: OMG Queen Florence is telling us to jump! jajaja

[@juliebrondeel6059]

How Is this audience so calm. I would be jumping around like a mad bewitched woman but who am I, just a diehard fan!

[@calebfuller4713]

I love how the kick drum has an alchemical symbol for water and air on it. Very fitting!

[@trentsanchez]

I'm crying, everyone sounds so fucking good 😭

[@theparismaitae7052]

Hahaha why is this me every Florence and the Machine performance too

[@leticiaromero9155]

this one is my favorite song, it takes me to another atmosphere. Florence is just amazing!

[@Michelle-tz6qh]

I love her so much!

[@victorias5892]

Yesss me too 💕💜💕💜💕💜

[@jules44.]

this song gives me the vibe of being in church and suddenly start levitating by the sing of the angels.

[@ervin9880]

I hope that florence and the machine will have an Orchestra version of their new album live. 👌👍

[@TheLookmai]

johnbipolar 12 yasss

[@kingalex29339]

my ultimate goal in life is to see her live. i couldn't imagine how amazing it is to hear her there in real life.

[@rhiannonh5202]

Hope you have seen her live now! She’s amazing

[@kingalex29339]

@@rhiannonh5202 yes, I saw her live in Vancouver last year, best night ever

[@luisdiegochacongomez4979]

Florence+harp= heaven

[@jimmiej3xJ9596]

The Gentleman playing the harp is Incredible.. 😎 Ms. Lady Florence is Always Amazing

[@Bfr3shBrian]

One of my favorites

[@LauraVGuerra]

Goddess of the Ocean. FATM gives me reason to live. Forever indebted.💜

[@rohitbharadwaj2653]

Laura right?! The amount of times this song has helped me get through.

[@germanidiakez3686]

Epic, no words, amazing voice and attitude

[@maryoconnor828]

Love her what a stage presence ❤️

[@TheWhitehorseman1]

Saw her live in Chicago 2016, this song was killer, she has a special energy unlike any other performer, truly magical and powerful, highly recommended, Florence is the fuckin bomb!

[@ivanpaladino21]

You are so welcome to turn back to Brazil. we love you !

[@nicopiertoneri4205]

Queria muito ela de volta aqui = /

[@phoenixhart9189]

I was on acid and still felt her music, im in a wheelchair and was by the bathroims, it was awesome

[@vernonirvine4020]

her voice is so heavenly

[@hanieecoco]

Singing live or not.. she's so cool, beautiful and talented. Such a strong voice too. 😌💕

[@bcnonken]

I've always loved this song

[@ROCKCHUCKER34]

One of the best bass lines ever

[@yoshitravelsjapan]

This is what I'm living for! Yes!

[@jmeee]

Florence is an actual angel

[@tonymongo1789]

I adore this singer so amazing and full of magic

[@nadiayvonne3933]

This is my favorite performance of her singing what the water gave me 💙

[@richmond833]

it sucks that i'm halfway across the world from her. hope i could see her live some day

[@BosquedosGnomos]

Listen to the voice of the Goddess

[@ClaytonGoldhawk]

That crowd is so bad. i would be dancing like crazy

[@cataciudad9938]

Clayton Goldhawk my friend, watch the Argentina concert. THAT was a crowd.

[@Ryuk45]

Florence's voice is beautiful as always, but the venue is a little too cramped for her. She needs a giant stage to dance on and a big crowd so they can feed off each other's energy. This is a small stage with maybe 300 people packed in. I saw her this past June in Chicago with 20,000 other fans in an open air amphitheater, THAT was an experience.

[@williamoday1987]

Clayton Goldhawk omg right?

[@jellyfish1333]

This is mainly for television. The sound is there and she and band sound great.

[@naendo7855]

American people...

[@071949]

Strikingly beautiful, awesome voice and stage presence

[@martalavanda]

This gives me chills, you're amazing

[@TypicalSpanger]

One of the best bands ever.

[@jensmcghee]

She is a goddamn angel.

[@HOLLabackB0y]

Everything after 3:12 is so spiritual

[@gustavogarrido1418]

Time it took us To where the water was That's what the water gave me And time goes quicker Between the two of us Oh, my love, don't forsake me Take what the water gave me Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow And oh, poor Atlas The world's a beast of a burden You've been holding on a long time And all this longing And the ships are left to rust That's what the water gave us So lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow 'Cause they took your loved ones But returned them in exchange for you But would you have it any other way? Would you have it any other way? You could have it any other way 'Cause she's a cruel mistress And the bargain must be made But oh, my love, don't forget me When I let the water take me So, lay me down Let the only sound Be the over flow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow

[@giovanyvieira189]

If this show was in Brazil, another energy from the crowd

[@rohitbharadwaj2653]

As magical and spiritual as the original. Slay me you Queen.

[@ValkyrieCain1703]

Man I love the energy that Flo has jumping around on stage❤

[@Bakuraliciouss]

What a beautifully melancholic throwback

[@larissaandrade8555]

She is the love of my life

[@galstefi]

Truly amazing. Every time I hear this song I'm glad I'm alive, cause otherwise I couldn't enjoy her voice, and this perfect performance. Sometimes this is everything I need.

[@Trucker-John-B]

Mindblowing, I have no words.

[@Scoot694]

So graceful.

[@TermudaSquare]

My favorite song ever 😍😍

[@sirrigobert9603]

Grace Slick, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Florence Welch... 👌👌

[@myrtila]

The woohoo at the end makes the whole thing even better than the original.

[@RoLeoni]

I Love your voice Florence 💗💗💗💗

[@mayarafeitosa9733]

My favorite song !

[@janetkuhn7772]

Wow Great !!!!!! So Beautiful!!!!!!!

[@SupremeTruthBlah]

She make you fly

[@alecsiws]

my fav always since 2012

[@buttercupwelch9913]

she is such a queen 💮

[@Mountainkingmusic]

This song is so amazing i cant even

[@jaylyn3913]

INSTANT GOOSEBUMPS, FIRST FEW NOTES. EASILY. Frisson anyone??!! Oh my FUCK, this song SLAPS 🥰🙏🏼 the way she moves her body is poetic

[@mindfulmelodies8010]

Thanks so much for sharing. Always a wonderful way to start out the day! Even better way to start out a studio day. 💔💜💚😉

[@firaspotter8556]

Omg am i the only one in love with her dance moves

[@heyyou1642]

She's just like a happy kid

[@menesesmelendezdavid4833]

I love you, Florence 💗

[@shaunamcdonagh829]

David Waleska Doesn't everybody

[@sinisasisarica2812]

is there a soul who has the AOL sessions version of this song? can't find it anywhere online? HELP

[@ricktherocker1979]

AMEN!!!

[@vibemthivi]

Amo Florence!😍😍😍😍😍🎶🎵

[@marcosrodrigo4032]

amamos

[@TheVallex]

still in love with this song

[@mikyroundhere100]

how much I can love her

[@luismorais8694]

great artist

[@beatrix_1185]

woke up with this !!!

[@simranvirdi8027]

You can see that her throat is tired. Instead of singing the high notes, she has switched to low notes. And yet, the song and its singer stand in all their glory.

[@rogrex]

2022 and this is still a masterpiece!

[@luismorais8694]

great,great,great

[@susanadominguez751]

Siempre tan gloriosa ❤❤

[@fabiosabino1314]

Adorable!! Love you so much😍😍

[@junebale2281]

I love you florence!!!!!!!! 😍🥰😘

[@ryonami468]

YUKA!!!....its ur IDOL'S SONG😺😺😺

[@applelynch6980]

her dress is from maxmara. I am jus inlove with her style

[@applelynch6980]

i lost the name of it can anyone help me

[@christopherserratos9401]

Me getting ready to see Florence October 15

[@firaspotter8556]

A legend

[@claudionovais01]

Brasileiros que gostam da Florence 💜

[@alfredoromulo5277]

[@pudim7221]

Florence❤❤❤❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@cedrikterra8027]

[@arturoagal]

In early concerts she seemed so innocent and shy, that was just adorable. Recently she gives the impression she’s gone mad haha

[@alfredoromulo5277]

momento mágico

[@mahoganyblack2208]

Love you!!!

[@Veronica7LongoCiccone]

I 💖Love This Song Florence Welch 💖💖💖

[@sssss_q]

I'm crying.................

[@Pedro-ul1gr]

você é incrível. 👏👏👏 you are incredible

[@iamguysharma]

I'm in Love !

[@AngelLemussss]

Florencia ❤️ México !

[@MudblooDme]

Cadena de Oración para que Florence venga a México, Por favor!!!!!!

[@heyyou1642]

Noooo sin miiiiií T_T

[@Ndressav98]

Louvada seja deusa nas alturas

[@kelvinguedes2867]

Florence 💕💕💕 voltem ao Brasil por favor

[@AngelLemussss]

....siempre será mi canción favorita ❤️ !