Matthew Perryman Jones - Land of the Living (As heard on Manchester By the Sea Movie Trailer)

[@lq1360]

Had to find this after hearing it in the Manchester by the sea trailer.What a gorgeous song.

[@raulfernandezg]

same here :)

[@cristianobando9759]

:)

[@ascensio11]

i also came here after that trailer. such a touching song!

[@oxoxox22]

Ditto!

[@churchtroll]

same. : )

[@eliom.vichiensing8276]

Manchester by the Sea brought me here! Anyone? :)

[@JalilTheBourne]

same!!

[@iacopomatteoli253]

100% . Wonderful movie

[@adamcheek2244]

Found it finally

[@adamcheek2244]

Iacopo Matteoli The movie was good? I'm really really excited for it

[@bang144p_life4]

Yes

[@ellamcdonald1354]

Thank you so much for featuring my photos, Matthew! I am a 14 year old amateur photographer, and I was both shocked and delighted to see 6 of my photos featured, including the second one in the video. I am such a big fan of your music, and am so so honored to be a part of this. And hey, new favorite song ;)

[@yashrajsinhzala8523]

happy for you...and remember this when you become a celebrity, that i was the first person to reply your comment 😄

[@ashwinbhai4563]

And I guess you must've gotten fame by now! Hope you'd back to the day you used to call yourself an amateur photographer and get the peculiar nostalgia attached with that 😀

[@siddeshkotian7548]

Manchester by the Sea- Thank you

[@churchtroll]

Manchester By the Sea trailer ~ brought me here. Beautiful, beautiful song.

[@churchtroll]

I could only remember "I am coming home..." Could not remember the name of the movie. I went thru lists of movie trailers to figure out which film and to find this song. : )

[@mpjmusic]

Glad you liked it! You can now purchase and download this song here: hyperurl.co/aqclqd

[@keleishasavage5684]

churchtroll dude istg

[@simonfuller7331]

This is known in the trade as a belter. Emotional you bet.

[@syncm]

Such a great song. The "I'm Coming Home" part is pure gold. Goosebumps every time. Love it. :-)

[@moisemensah8233]

Everytime that I come back home for college breaks, I listen it. On a train, it's breathtaking and brings tears to my eyes.

[@jamesfrost7465]

Last song on Motorcycling across America. Perfect song to end the journey. Check it out, 3rd video of three videos.

[@jessical9913]

Thanks Dwight @ St. Andrews Church Mt Pleasant SC for the recommendation. Wish I was close enough to go to the concert. 🙏🏽❤️

[@mpjmusic]

I'm excited to announce the "Land of the Living" video is complete. Thank you for submitting over 500 photos; I'm blown away by your beautiful visual interpretations of the song.

[@jamesleaman7983]

+Anthony Lester Same here it's lovely

[@pascalneidenburg7547]

You'Re Anthemic HeartFeLT Ballad Brings Me To Tears . . . A n d , JoY ! ! : )

[@danielrogers1969]

Matthew Perryman Jones powerful song

[@breeyork4520]

Amazing music.

[@persephoneshades8970]

I have been gorging on this song for over a week. It's exceptional, powerful beyond words, and took far too long to find it's way out of the dark. Thank you!

[@Prajaya007]

Manchester by the sea brought me here ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AnandKumar-qn6rt]

I really felt my heart screaming the 'I am coming home' part and my eyes welled up in tears .And I wish one day I will be able to smile and say the 'I am coming home' part when I get the chance to return to my home and my family

[@yhsa]

Hang in there bro... Hope you are doing well

[@patrickfreeland5798]

I too connected with that moment

[@kiesshauer]

Honestly, this is one of my favorite songs of anyone, of all time. Well done man.

[@MichaelCorleone562]

Manchester by the Sea brought me here

[@DeborahK_in_the_glass_nest]

this song never fails to take my breath away with tears welling up and coursing down my face

[@jacobren9616]

Still coming back to this song. It’s so hauntingly beautiful

[@yijianshen5198]

Oh my god, it works so good with the Manchester by the sea trailer! Wonderful piece!

[@jbro8934]

I live in the actual town of Manchester by the Sea in Massachusetts. We loved the film!!

[@dabig_guy2204]

Beautiful music

[@adamcheek2244]

I see other people came from the Manchester by the Sea trailer. This is one of my favorite songs at the moment, can't wait for the movie.

[@NewSonicLight]

FULL LYRICS of "LAND OF THE LIVING" The craft of meaningful lyrics can often be lost in much of modern music. This track is not one them - it is in the tradition of all great lyrics: personal, poetic and universal. I had to correct some minor omissions or additions of words from another source of the lyrics, and hopefully I have been faithful to Matthew's work. It was done so by carefully listening to this recording. “LAND OF THE LIVING” Matthew Perryman Jone Into the land of the living Black bleeds orange into blue I am coming to life Light is breaking through I can hear the bells in the city Across the ancient shore I am ready to fight Let down the scarlet cord It's time to shed this masquerade [Chorus:] No, you cannot love in moderation You're dancing with a dead man's bones Lay your soul On the threshing floor Between the walls of the river Shoulders bare the sacred stones We made it alive We are not alone Kiss the ground And change your name [Chorus:] No, you cannot love in moderation You're dancing with a dead man's bones Lay your soul On the threshing floor I heard the distant battle drum Mockingbirds spoke in tongues Longing for the day to come I set my face, forsook my fears I saw the city through my tears The darkness soon will disappear Be swallowed by the sun [Chorus - Finale:] I am coming home I am coming home I am coming home I am coming home... ___________________ ©2012 Matthew Perryman Jones

[@patriciajenkins490]

Philip Knight , Ian not seeing many comments that have discerned where these lyrics were inspired. It is based on several Old Testament biblical stories of the Jews trek through the Valley of the Bones, the ruse used to enter the town of Jericho, and the crossing of the river Jordan into the Promised Land. Even the line about changing names is part of those stories. But, it was cleverly and powerfully done and touches my soul, even though I am no longer church oriented. The line about the threshing floor is also biblical. Separating the wheat from the chaff. Purification of the soul. I play this song often.

[@parsa9689]

I've been listening to this song and your other works for almost 3 years now, and I gotta say that this is one of my favorite songs of all time. almost always I cry my eyes to tears when I hear the bridge and the line "I saw the city through my tears". It's amazing how a song can still do this to me every time for 3 years. no other song has done this to me, thank you and please make more music.

[@sartajahamedrifath3695]

Coming here hearing in "Manchester by the sea". Really an amazing song

[@Tensee]

Can't wait for Manchester by the sea!

[@martinhavlik3316]

The buildup to the end is tremendous ❤

[@Frontoviki]

just breathtaking music and pictures

[@simonfuller6194]

I feel like I've been in a trainwreck after listening to this. An amazing emotional roller coaster of a song !

[@mohamednaleer186]

One of The best song ever .. and best of Matthew perryman jones, the song means a lot , I’m working overseas for more than 10 years and when ever I’m listening to this wanna loudly say I’m coming home I’m coming home 🏡...

[@RebeccaPierce]

I am so happy to have been included in this amazing tribute/interpretation of Land of the Living! My first pic is 3:23 (actually a picture of me as a child being baptized) and my second pic is at 4:50! There may be others in there but those are the two I recognized! Thank you Matthew!!!

[@patrickfreeland5798]

I am so blessed to have discovered this song. That "I am coming home" part, shook me to my core. Ty MPJ

[@simonalain1716]

3:55-4:04 the image touch my heart as a father and son

[@mysteryoflove24]

What a beautiful video

[@birdgator]

There is almost a growing force in this album and it is quickly becoming one of my all time favorites. I feel that artists are the vehicle that great art flows through, the relayer. I have a feeling Matthew feels that himself and it's so evident in this very song. I am coming home.......I am coming home......

[@simonfuller6194]

'you cannot love in moderation' Wonderful lyric and a massively emotional song !

[@dorsiafridaynight3488]

thats my official hitch-hike song from now on. so daring and enbraving one

[@rupayandas1304]

Both the song and the film have a peculiar sense of melancholy, I mean that every time I watch the film or hear this song, I just look up for a bit towards the sky and a sigh comes out automatically

[@NormadNorman]

I came here by way of Jake Rides Away's trip by motorcycle around the United States. He brilliantly used this as he rode back into New York after a 29 day grueling journey on a bike that is definitely not made for touring. The "I'm coming home" refrain comes just as he's riding back into Brooklyn.

[@alessial.6988]

This song means so much to me

[@lorelaim3294]

this song is absolutely gorgeous. gives me nostalgia for something i can't describe, so intense and powerful what a voice

[@Feedersuper]

Incredible song. So underrated.

[@lamias7712]

thank you for this wonderful song, your work brings back hope in music

[@jonabbal7992]

MBtS brought me here what a stunning song !!! take a bow MPJ

[@elianaflores2976]

love

[@KevsShwaShwa]

This song is bril. Love the variation in the two choruses, and the build up to the I am coming home part is what makes that part so brilliant.

[@NewSonicLight]

@Matthew Perryman Jones ""Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace." ~ Hermann Hesse ♫ PROGRESSION OF A SOAR ♫ - While my life-long disability and other factors cut short my ever succeeding at being a singer-songwriter-guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, I got "bit" by music back in the mid-60s, was drawn to the progressive, expansive, at times symphonic rock that has been created over the decades. Melody matters, arrangement matters, sonic and lyrical soaring matters - to me. It is rare that a track "gets to me" for I'm picky in that way. All are present in this creation by you. I barely caught your track on a trailer of Manchester by the Sea - but knew I HAD to find and buy it. And am grateful I did. Kudos to you. As many have remarked the "finale" crescendo "II am coming home..." is masterful, moving, and speaks to a deeper longing within all of us. Each of us feel exiled in the struggles of life, of needing to come-home, in whatever ways resonate with us. All good art has a universal thread running through it. And this one IMO certainly includes the shimmering of "a stated of grace." As the old dude I am, who in part grew up around classical music, the art of the "crescendo" or having a piece build up over its journey -- whatever the genre -- is one of the ways music gains a power unlike any other artistic medium. You have applied it so well here. Pardon the rambling quasi-review, but I rarely comment on tracks. Only the ones that, well, hit home - as a human being and as musician soul. Keep soaring. ~ PSK

[@vvve23]

Listen to it while driving at night..... chills

[@rickcypher4240]

Very moving song and video

[@moncefkassas3851]

Thank you Manchester by the Sea and Shazam and Matthew Perryman Jones

[@toddbooth9642]

Every now and then you hear a song that just grabs your soul and lifts you up...this is one of em...

[@karachase3409]

One of the top worship songs, now and evermore.

[@jbro8934]

I'm here because I just moved to the actual town of Manchester By the Sea. No, not because of the movie. I've loved it for years. It's a great little place!!

[@steveprice1639]

Absolutely stunning song Matthew, all the best in your Music Career.

[@lmelomo]

Truly touching to watch again nearly a year later. Thank you.

[@alisha_madariaga]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.. It touches the soul.. It's wonderful. Never seen the movie but was captivated by the song instantly from the trailer..

[@antoinegauloise9656]

Only really just come across Matthew but I sense I may have over heard some of his tunes from my son's playlists before he left for uni a few years ago. What a discovery to add to our collection of singer songwriters, quite exquisite, jolly well done.

[@kabeemer]

Jake Bollek's motorcycle trip across America brought me here. Mathew's voice resembles to Bono.

[@thehunter5135]

Manchester by the Sea made me wander around looking for this and I showed up here.

[@mpage2654]

I searched to find this song after seeing Manchester by the Sea. So very beautiful and perfect for these turbulent times !

[@DQuintero1509]

I'm coming home!! What a wonderfull song.

[@slowlee2323]

This is one of the most important songs in my life. Thank you Matthhew

[@maggilera]

Una de las mas hermosas canciones que he escuchado en mi vida...

[@RockWithFloyd]

I don’t know how I missed this beautiful song. If it wasn’t for Spotify I may have missed it...I definitely downloaded it to my iTunes. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼❤️

[@Raad10]

2020 and still love this song ❤️

[@lordhamiltonbingers]

my o my! what a song!

[@lordhamiltonbingers]

thanks to Manchester by the sea

[@zeeshaali]

another example of a trailer giving way to an exceptional song. I love watching trailers

[@rupayandas1304]

I kept hunting for it after watching the trailer, what a song

[@valtheirrodriguescardoso801]

Sou Brasileiro e encontrei essa música por acaso. Estou maravilhado com uma música tão perfeita, parabéns pela vóz, vcs são muito bons. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@adilsonqueirozmachado9107]

Eu tb

[@jamesfrost7465]

I love this song, my new favorite song. Thank you. A big shout out to Jake, 'Motorcycling across America' for turning me on to this song. Such a wonderful voice.

[@karenlm9062]

I know you have your own sound and your voice is intense and captivating, but your voice reminds me of Bono from U2. I hope you take that as a compliment though. Fantastic song. Keep climbing higher. I don't think anything is about getting better; rather reaching the people who need to hear your music. Thank you for this beautiful song and your powerful voice.

[@georgeflores8257]

It's true. Sounds like Bono's voice. Incredible sound.

[@blakemeads9225]

It's like Bono, if Bono had more range.

[@helloveyes13]

beautiful as all his songs :)

[@RichlynMarketing]

Beautiful!!!!!

[@imaginethedreams]

Thank you from 18 March 2024

[@afulle02]

Lovely song. Melody/guitar strongly reminds me of the Masters Apprentices song: 'Because I love you.'

[@marcohabicht9280]

Thanks for the input. Great song!

[@ryanp9458]

“All my friends are here, I have two girlfriends and I’m in a band. You’re a janitor in Quincy. What the hell do you care where you live?”

[@diegovillegas6861]

"Superb" "Brilliant" " Casey Affleck joins the ranks of giants" "Could earn his first best actor nomination"

[@priteshpurohit9609]

"Terrific" "Amazing" "Michelle Williams is stunning" "Could very well earn her fourth Oscar nomination"

[@summerain]

“I’ve said a lot of terrible things to you. My heart was broken, and I know yours is broken too” “No, you don’t understand… there’s nothing that…” “It’s not true” “Impressive and incredibly convincing” “Should be in the running for next year’s Oscars” “A breakout performance by Lucas Hedges” “Destined to be a star”

[@michelemcshepherd7479]

heard from a trailer I always hear and find the coolest songs from movies and shows

[@patriciajenkins490]

Is it possible to wear out a KZbin music video???....lol. I also was so touched by the song in the trailer of Manchester By The Sea that I tracked it down. I play it at least 5 times a day. I see this as the Oscar winner for best song. It led me to search out MPJ 's interviews and other music. I think my 74 yr. old soul is a mate to his.

[@muktijoddha385]

A masterpiece song for a Masterpiece movie !! Manc. by the sea was the best English movie of 2016!

[@msspilkes5392]

Never saw the movie, but heard the song on a commercial of a trailer. It is fabulous!! You make one feel like there is hope. MPJ it is your Masterpiece. Bravo Bravo. I hope to see you in concert one day.

[@patrickreilly355]

3:25 to 4:20 is probably perfection

[@Sweet_Sleep_Seeker]

Yea Manchester by the sea brought me here , looking forward it

[@BichoJonesAndCo]

What a beautiful song !!

[@debasyskar]

By far the best soundtrack I have ever heard.

[@01ciglaila]

Esta música me faz viajar por toda minha alma...I loved!!!!

[@caiohenrique1111]

Lyrics: Into the land of the living Black bleeds orange into blue I am coming to life, Light is breaking through I can hear the bells in the city Across the ancient shore I am ready to fight Let down the scarlet cord It's time to shed this masquerade You cannot love in moderation Dancing with a dead man's bones Lay your soul On the threshing floor Between the walls of the river, Shoulders bare the sacred stones We made it alive We are not alone Kiss the ground And change your name You cannot love in moderation You're dancing with a dead man's bones Lay your soul On the threshing floor I heard the distant battle drum The mockingbird spoke in tongues Longing for the day to come I set my face, forsook my fears I saw the city through my tears The darkness will soon disappear And be swallowed by the sun I am coming home I am coming home I am coming home I am coming home...

[@nataliakrawczyk7758]

Add to my fav playlist *.*

[@MrJoseMSD]

Really beautiful song. It makes me remember my best memories.

[@Feedersuper]

This is such an awesome song.

[@lannywest]

BRILLIANT!

[@echelongirl9685]

This song is amazing! Makes me cry.

[@adrianalauzis3806]

Hermoso video, Mattheu. Me produjo una profunda emoción, gracias

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Echoes of Peter Gabriel and Bruce Springsteen here. Lovely song and inspiring photographs. 👍

[@bruno6679]

Man...what an unbelievable song! Amazing

[@Elviento1918]

Manchester by the sea, very good movie and very good song:)

[@swarangeenaik7846]

Great Movie... Great Song

[@haaeee]

the one line from the movie trailer song was very catchy .. I AM COMING HOME

[@therealdjk30]

Very moving music! Thank you Matt 🙏

[@therealdjk30]

Photography is awesome also! 👍

[@nicolasmartin2349]

Magnifique !

[@partizanulroman]

great movie! great song!..

[@ranoutofpose]

in love with this song from manchester by the sea's trailer. brilliant

[@AnirudhAaru008]

Beautiful symphony..

[@Cajlad]

Breathtaking.

[@danielrogers1969]

This song stirs my spirit. Beautiful

[@sjimmyv]

amazing song...

[@clarawalfaire6695]

So beautiful.. I'm happy that you care about your fans :)

[@jamesfrost7465]

Wow, 8 year old comment! I just found this song and it is beautiful. Motorcycling across America, last song is this song when he is returning home from an incredible journey. It's a 3 part video with beautiful scenery and fabulous music. Take care. Find the videos, you will enjoy them, I promise.