Regina Spektor - "Samson" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

[@darylballesteros2343]

Edit: 2023. Hey you're still here. Coming back to the feels of nostalgia. Edit: 2022. Out of nowhere, you intentionally come back to listen to this song just to bring that nostalgic feeling.

[@garethjohn7787]

No let us not

[@27andmgtow50]

Earlier the lyrics of this song just popped out of nowhere in my head. But i cant remember the tittle of the song. I spend 20mins searching and brainstorming. Until i found my old phone. My old phones brand is samsung. Then it memories flashback its samson. Hahaha. Now im here.

[@cristinesirios7496]

Out of loneliness, I suddenly remember this.

[@coincrazy3563]

Coronavirus is the Samson option. :(

[@dazc9965]

Usually I would ignore these comments, but honestly. It astounds me how many people are still listening to Regina, when her type of music seems so elusive nowadays!

[@brianparnell3117]

I've shared this song quite a few times and it never occurred to me to explain why this song means so much to me so I thought I would write an explanation. I was deployed to Iraq twice. The first time I went I saw a few things that I think really messed me up and changed who I was. The second time I went I was more often than not wound so tight that I appeared crazy and if I'm honest with myself I probably was by that time. It was a very stressful time for me. I remember listening to Imogen Heap's song hide and seek over and over and then I somehow came across this song by Regina Spektor. I must've listened to this song hundreds of times while I was in Iraq on that second deployment. While most of my buddies listened to some form of death metal I listened to this because it reminded me of the general soft sweet character of the girls I knew back home. It was very relaxing to hear such a sweet voice amidst the terrible situation I found myself in. When we would go on mission I would put my ear buds in under my much larger comms headphones and have this song on loop at a very low volume as I rolled down the road in a turret with a .50 and a giant flash light scanning for bombs and people trying to kill me or my battle buddies. This song was always playing in the background for me while we communicated in a warzone. It kept my head clear and calm, and kept me relaxed so I could focus. In a weird way this song probably saved my life.

[@Mr1001og]

You are the man...with good taste in music.

[@tarynreeve869]

Brian, your story made me cry. Thank you so much for your service to our country and for not letting the horrible things you've seen in war darken your soul or lose the calm within your being. You are truly a hero!😇

[@sebastiaanroos2761]

Thank you for your story. You're a hero!

[@zephyrange618]

Thank you for your service!

[@Matdogg2k]

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Hopefully you won't have to go back there

[@jamescarry1415]

This song is about two stories of love, told in parallel, to tell each other's tale. On the one hand, we have Samson and Delilah. Delilah didn't cut his hair- she made her servant do it. This tale is from the perspective of the servant, who, in the song, is in love with Samson, though she's a 'nobody,' and forgotten. "The history books forgot about us, and the Bible didn't mention us- not even once." Delilah's servant is not mentioned by name in the Bible, even though they were the instrument of his doom. "Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth" In between the stories, in the airy spaces between the pages of the Bible, between the words, in the unspoken and unwritten elements of the story, is the servant who had to watch her love Samson become weak and powerless, feeling nothing but love- none of Delilah's malice. The second tale, in parallel, is a modern story, of a person with aggressive cancer, told from the voice of the person that loves him. "Samson went back to bed, not much hair left on his head." "He ate a slice of Wonder Bread and went right back to bed." This is a person with cancer, likely undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The intense reaction to the therapy makes it hard to keep anything down- white bread may be all they can stomach. When their hair is going to fall out anyway, and it will itch and hurt their sensitive skin while they're sick from chemo, she has to cut his hair, which she's obviously attached to- his long hair that he had when they first met. Each tale is an allegory for the other- each woman is unnamed and not famous. Each has to watch their love weaken. Each is powerless to time and fate ("Oh we couldn't bring the columns down, we couldn't destroy a single one"). Each has a doomed love, and yet that love endures still. "You are my sweetest downfall- I loved you first."

[@MehreenHassan225]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing :)

[@GonzoZero]

Brilliant

[@nikkagracean]

I love how you explain the meaning of this song. 😊

[@moulivillanueva8082]

My first interpretation is also about cancer. Because it mentioned in the song "Your hair was long when we first met." And "Not much hair left on his head."

[@glennadrian5538]

Oh wow! Hello James Carry, I'm inlove with your explanation...

[@SecretJazz]

My husband and I loved Regina Spektor. One night, unplanned, we put on a playlist and laid in bed together. We had the most tender and intimate moment to this song. It became our song, and when we would make up after a fight we would put this on and he would hold me. We lost him a few years ago. Addiction brought him down and although he tried many times he just couldn't beat it. I haven't come back to this song much since then, maybe a handful of times....but when i do im transported back to what it felt like to have him there with me. Its the closest I'll ever feel to touching him again, and although its incredibly painful, I'm grateful for it.

[@Gabriel-nw6lb]

So sorry for your loss 🙏🏼🤍

[@gisellemsoaressilva]

You made me cry... I am so sorry for your loss! But it's beautiful that you had this kind of love! Sending hugs ❤❤❤

[@danibreanne]

.. and now I’m sobbing in a parking lot.

[@flemingcourt]

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[@NameName-eq7oe]

That's so sad. I'm sorry

[@AJsabellina]

this song gives me a special kind of feelings i don't understand. it makes me happy and kinda sad at the same time. it's so beautiful. i love this song so much

[@carbuncle1977]

this is about her boyfriend who died of cancer

[@salssteak09]

it drips with authentic love.

[@johnno5056]

Same

[@johnno5056]

Also with the song "Us" and "The Call"

[@matthewdelapena4649]

Same

[@rva]

Fall in love with this every time

[@liveriah]

Omg, I knew you listened to these kind of songs I'm a fan!! ^^

[@CaitlinHyde123]

I LOVE this song

[@veldandi2443]

I came here to listen to this song again.. then i saw Miss Rebecca Vocal Athlete .. 🤣

[@dathaniel9403]

Me too. I’ll binge on Regina Spektor for months, overplay the hell out of it and not listen for a year, then rediscover how much I love her music and repeat the process again.

[@gteenditell659]

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[@bellaj.1804]

I lost my person 4 years ago. I grieve every day. This song takes me back to his arms, that I hope to feel again one day. Our love may not be mentioned in the Bible, but story will always be written in my book.

[@dianagomez5981]

You made me cry so hard, I hope your heart and his can be together sometime.

[@bonnieandboy]

I lost mine 2 years ago. Our son was 4. I'm so sorry. I listen to this song to bring me to him as well. I have to believe we will see them again.

[@anthonykueneman4980]

I've had a lot of loss in my life. Not my SO thank God, but I just found out another army buddy took their own life yesterday after I spoke to him a couple weeks back thinking he was OK. I am sorry for your loss. Genuinely hope you get back to happiness.

[@jamescarballo7248]

Wow!

[@NordsYT]

I've only just discovered this song. Absolutely breathtaking!

[@WeaponizedTX]

You are lucky. I wish I could hear this song for the first time again. But i appreciate all the years I've been able to enjoy this.

[@Faceplant-hl5yn]

enjoy :)

[@OlgasBritishFells]

Me too, I am listening to it for the first time, it's magical!

[@tcmusic_thomas_upton]

This is the first song I heard by Regina. From there I became an instant fan. I have almost ALL of her recordings now, and have seen her in concert once, when she was in our area. A true musical genius.

[@looveDisneyStars]

This song is all about love, and told through the story of Samson and Delilah. Samson had tremendous strength, but he lost it when Delilah had his head shaved. In the song, Spektor makes uses this comparison to show how she feels, how even after she did something so horrible to her loved one, he kissed her til the morning light and told her that she'd done alright. It shows the unconditional forgiveness you have for someone you love.

[@secrets432]

It has been mentioned Regina had a boyfriend with Cancer, & that's why it mentions the wonderbread I believe

[@elcadejo1722]

This one has been one of my favorites for years. It pretty well describes a relationship I was in a few years ago. I don't see much Delilah in this song though. As the story goes, she only cut Samson's hair after Israel's enemies paid her gold coins to do it. She knew she was destroying him but gold was more important to her. Not much love and forgiveness going on there. If the song is about the bible myth at all, I think it could have to do with the wife Samson had before Delilah, who was killed by the same enemies that bought off Delilah later on. The references in the song to stars falling could refer to the signs Yahweh gave Samson to discover his superhuman strength, a power Samson didn't choose for himself and probably didn't want. He wasn't even born Jewish. If his original wife had cut his hair first, he would have never had his powers, she'd still be alive, and none of that tragic adventure would have happened. They would have been forgotten by history and unmentioned in the bible, they wouldn't have brought a single column down, but they would have been happier that way. That's what I think this song is about. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it and this song is really just sweet sounding hipster gibberish like most of Regina Spektor's lyrics.

[@ReshonBryant]

I think it's also about virginity. The Biblical story insinuates that Samson had quite a few lovers. But, he never had a woman like Delilah whom he was madly in love with. So, much so that Samson's parents lectured him about getting a Jewish wife instead. Thus, why Delilah was mad/crazy about him. She loved him first. Romeo and Juliet.

[@mandawaggoner8830]

This song is everything if you have loved someone with cancer. The loss when you have to cut their hair, the loss of their strength, the fact that some days the only strength they have is to eat and go back to bed.

[@penelopemain5501]

@@mandawaggoner8830 exactly

[@Keepingitwitchy]

Man, I used to listen to this while sitting at my boyfriends desk at the university of toledo. 2007. What a time. Getting old is weird.

[@killboy28]

[Chorus] You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first, I loved you first Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth I have to go, I have to go Your hair was long when we first met [Verse 1] Samson went back to bed Not much hair left on his head He ate a slice of Wonder bread, and went right back to bed And history books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once [Chorus] You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first, I loved you first Beneath the stars came falling on our heads But they're just old light, they're just old light Your hair was long when we first met [Verse 2] Samson came to my bed Told me that my hair was red Told me I was beautiful, and came into my bed Oh, I cut his hair myself one night A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light And he told me that I'd done alright And kissed me 'til the morning light, the morning light And he kissed me 'til the morning light [Verse 3] Samson went back to bed Not much hair left on his head He ate a slice of Wonder bread, and went right back to bed Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down Yeah, we couldn't destroy a single one And history books forgot about us And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once [Outro] You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first

[@ambergreen6714]

Thank u i always look for these

[@aoife1315]

i remember when i was a toddler and my mum took my hands and danced me around the kitchen to this album on our cd player. it was one of the few albums we both loved and it was a big part of my childhood. this song never ceases to make me tear up

[@Von199X]

fuck I feel old reading that

[@Sisterlisk]

Yeah thanks for making us feel old :)

[@CarrieLHale]

Omgosh, that's lovely. What a dreamy soundtrack to being a lil being. I hope she was a good mom, but for sure she was a cool mom (compliment!) 🧡

[@tlsoares498]

This song popped into my head at 1AM Thanksgiving morning 2023. Still as great as when I first heard it

[@evelangdon3086]

It's like when I heard Down by the Water by Maki Mae for the first time!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3XZq5dtrduSp9k

[@derekc5700]

I saw her perform this live last night, and it was so magical. A dream come true, really.

[@avocadohalves]

she's still touring?? where? I'd love to see her live!

[@SUPMENN]

This song, in some misterious way, reminds me of my Mother…Who died from cancer ten years ago. She was one of the sweetest, happiest and in most way strongest human being I ever seen. I’m a bald guy and I shave my head pretty often, and when she started losing her hair she looked at me with a smile and told me “You’re an expert , SHAVE MY HEAD” At first, I laughed at her…but she was very convinced that if she had to lose her hair, it shouldn’t have to be for chemo treatment…but by hand of someone she really loved… SO I DID IT…..And still today I remember her smile while I was trimming her beautiful hair….. I CRIED THAT DAY, AND I STILL CRY NOW….. (You are my sweetest downfall, mum….)

[@forestfairie51]

❤😢

[@andrews6908]

This is so heartbreaking. I hope she is in a better place now

[@SUPMENN]

@@andrews6908 Surely She is.... It's strange how from the very first moments after her passing away, her face went so peaceful.... and, after seven years of suffering and neglecting, she turned again into the beautiful human being She was.... and that's the image that I will keep in my heart of her last days... not the suffering, not the tension.... pure Peace.

[@richardtyler6472]

I remember finding this as a 16 yr old kid. Me and my best friend fell in love with her and listened to this on repeat. Now at 34, haven’t listened to the song in probably a decade, it popped into my head. It’s every bit as beautiful today as it was back then. One of the best songs ever made. And Regina’s a babe. 🔥😂

[@roswynn5484]

Is it normal this song still makes me wanna cry after all this time? "I loved you first"

[@alondranicolas422]

Oh completely normal. I always cry when Regina sings "Kiss me into the morning light"

[@roswynn5484]

Oh good! It's nice to know this song makes other people cry too. Makes me a little less of a freak ^__^

[@dudaithefirst]

I do too :)

[@shadow-zt4cr]

+Crystal Calvin i love u

[@justmeandthethree]

It took me awhile, but I am now able listen to this song without crying. A few years ago I told a friend of mine that the song made me cry. She didn't believe me, and she wanted proof. So, I played the song, and the tears flowed.

[@invertedangel]

"i loved you first" kills me for some reason :'(

[@laurengabriel2381]

Same

[@mayamendoza5176]

Corn Corn what kills me is your icon oh my god

[@monicastephenson1744]

+haleyexe ikr

[@bigserki]

Maya ᵔᴥᵔ Yours is "killing" me, because Homestuck! Have you heard the Broadway Aradia version of this song?

[@ocat]

the reason is because that describes how God loves (1 John 4:19)

[@tonyarmijo9519]

One of the most gorgeous songs ever written. Period.

[@harrylightfoot2223]

my girlfriend played this to me in the car driving to her family's for xmas. was the first xmas since my mum died and this track just bought something very emotional out of me and started crying without even listening to the lyrics. the melody is beatiful

[@maryflaherty5999]

This one makes me cry, too. It activates or triggers something in me, not real sure what.

[@angelicanavarro485]

😢

[@angelabuettner2255]

I didn't know your mom or you but I'm a mama and trust me when I say that she loved you

[@jeanninestanfill4352]

Absolutely no matter what or where. This song makes me think of my son. He left this earth at 30. I love him forever and unconditionally...always have.

[@abbeyt261]

Exactly, just from the melody alone i feel sadness.

[@clintbrunke2074]

I see a lot of people sharing the story of Sampson and delilah. Which this song does reference. However not enough comments explaining that the Sampson of the Bible is not who this song is about. This song is actually about a past lover , who passed away from cancer. She uses the Sampson reference to draw a comparison of someone who's losing their strength and they lose their hair. There are lots of little hints through the song such as the words "the Bible didn't mention us" and wonder bread being which is a reference to chemo therapy. I really hope people learn the real story and go back and listen again. It is so brilliantly written with all the references and amazing story telling and litterally moments. I truly think knowing the real story makes this song so much better. Also very much sad. But many of the most beautiful songs are.

[@woolycooly9595]

Thank you

[@dazc9965]

i think that's the beauty of Regina's songs! she doesn't often speak of their intended meaning, I suspect she likes everything being up to interpretation. So both your take (of a lover succumbing to cancer) and others (a modern retelling of a biblical tale) are valid, I think. the cancer story is very heart-wrenching and i do prefer it, but it's definitely not the only way to see the song (:

[@rickfont2939]

Nicr

[@shahani6037]

Hmm maybe let people interpret this song the way the song speaks to them? That's the beauty of lyric, poetry, and music? I mean, obviously, the creator/writer has her own purpose... but the listener may also assert their personal sentimentality into the song. I used to listen to this song a lot more than a decade ago? When I was till in college. I had interpreted it strictly as about Samson and Delilah. But now that I'm older and I'm listening to this, I sort of widely interpret it about someone's first love being her sweetest downfall (e.g. she helped him "grow up" hence the cutting hair, which is likened to the story in the bible).

[@--076]

My interpretation is this as well. Cancer. The Wonder Bread is a metaphor for a cancer pill. They feel lonely so the bible didn't mention them once... in other words, the bible doesn't play a role here since their situation is different. She's caring for him, but he's her "sweetest downfall" meaning it takes a lot from her to care for him, but "she loves him first. " absolutely beautiful, sad, and heartbreaking.

[@ucojq]

I listened to this on repeat the first time my heart was broken. Now it takes me back to my 18-year-old self -- and it's still as hauntingly beautiful as ever.

[@piratebeccy]

I did exactly the same!

[@ephre]

we're so old.

[@kweenscourt2870]

Was listening to music at work with my best friend last night, and she put this on...I was totally unprepared for the ride on the feels train.

[@skotadious]

first I heard this, I was dumbfounded in public...

[@carlkristofermalaga9763]

hi! gorgeus :)

[@jellyrcw12]

I saw her in concert this week. When she played this song NOT a dry eye in the whole audience. Incredible concer.t

[@jennyhennyxx]

She's so underrated :(

[@CountryCowboy008]

"I cut his hair myself one night.. A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light.. He told me that I've done alright and he kissed me til the morning light". Wow.

[@Monsieur_Cauchemar-YT]

I bared those scissors ... not a pair of scissors.

[@SvobodovaEva]

@@Monsieur_Cauchemar-YT No, it's really a pair of dull scissors.

[@Jason-oc2tf]

@@Monsieur_Cauchemar-YT Yeah, no, it's "A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light". Might wanna actually look up the songwriter's lyrics before correcting someone.

[@snipergaming508]

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[@snipergaming508]

@@Jason-oc2tf ussj

[@shagmeimbj]

Been listening to this for 15 years...don't plan on stopping now.

[@saltandlight2379]

“The Bible didn’t mention us” wow. Makes me think of that feeling where you wish people could understand how much that person meant to you but they’ll never feel what you felt.

[@TheRuthlessRuth]

This was the song that made me fall in love with her. It makes me tear up like a little baby every time.

[@Ana20arA]

I had this on my MySpace back in the mid 2000s and so did my gorgeous teenage crush and then we dated for 9 months and he moved away 3:12 to NYC. He died years later at 24 and this song just makes me think of that era, our time together and how he is gone and I always get teary eyed and sentimental.

[@luiviltov]

This is not just a beautiful song. The most special person asked me to listen to it one night, so it has had its own place in my heart ever since.

[@jeremyceniza]

I love you papiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@McCorkhillMafia]

gaaayyyy

[@luiviltov]

Chris McCorkhill Yes, we know! :D

[@zamxit]

That's adorable you guys ^ o ^

[@lindapreciosa1356]

Regina's voice takes me back to when things were much more simple, her songs always gave me peace and felt magical. Growing up with her music was like a promise that life had wonderful things hidden and waiting to be discovered. Well, if there's more people like her doing music like this, maybe I wasnt that wrong 💌 Your music is a gift from above Regina Spektor

[@SweetSophiaChen8]

i love how she can twist a biblical reference with a modernized parellel story and make it good.

[@andromedaiscoming185]

00:17 i love the way she looks at the camera right there, she's so beautiful. what a great song. my Dad used to love Regina Spektor, which i used to think was weird, it wasn't until after he passed away that i started listening to her music, now i visit this video almost everyday because it makes me think of my Dad.

[@Houseape69]

Your comment slayed me. I am a dad, 50, with a daughter, 13, Regina Spektor is one of the few artists we love together.

[@Iverscreations]

I sang this to my son when he was in the womb. He's 6 now and still asks me to sing it to him at night. It's an unbelievable song of pure love.

[@Sam-bc9ll]

So my crush recommended Regina Sparks to me. I listened to her and told him I liked her music, and he seemed really pleased and told me his favorite was Samson. My name is Sam, and I have super long hair, and he told me I was the kindest person he ever knew before he left today. AM I READING TOO FAR INTO THIS??!!

[@qcansys]

You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first, I loved you first Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth I have to go, I have to go Your hair was long when we first met Samson went back to bed Not much hair left on his head He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us And the bible didn't mention us, not even once You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first, I loved you first Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads But they're just old light, they're just old light Your hair was long when we first met Samson came to my bed Told me that my hair was red Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed Oh I cut his hair myself one night A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light And he told me that I'd done alright And kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light And he kissed me 'til the mornin' light Samson went back to bed Not much hair left on his head Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one And history books forgot about us And the bible didn't mention us, not even once You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first

[@Mooodzone]

I must have been 14 years old when I've heard it for the first time. Each time I listen to it over time I discover some new words in a meaning I didn't understand before. This song is a piece of art.

[@michellemothibedi1589]

I have LOVED this song for years. More than 10 years I think, and everything I start loosing myself, I come back here. It brings tears to my eyes.

[@winstonnorton6784]

wow this song aged well. Both the visuals and the music itself. Absolutely timeless fourteen years later.

[@dendennis4292]

I'm not a sensitive person but this song is one of the most beautiful i've ever heard.

[@TJT421]

Absolutely one of the best songs I have ever had the privilege to hear. I do not know of her intentions in making this song. But this song drew me closer to God. The story of Samson has always been my favorite. You brought me closer to God after a lifetime of avoiding Him. Thank you Regina Spektor. Even if this was not your intention, please be happy that you improved the life of another.

[@crabbypanda]

The song is actually about a man she loved and his death from cancer.

[@Mc_Donalds_Noelle]

​@@crabbypandait's actually two stories in parralel. The one this person mentioned and yours.

[@freeechiken9465]

"I loved you first" kills me

[@Anne-hp8no]

same D':

[@nicholasfry9555]

Ditto. I also love. "They're just old light" It seems such a clever check or suspicion of sentimentality that helps ground the song.

[@kayeangeliecabe1640]

This song is a masterpiece! One of my favorites.

[@taylorr986]

Just discovered her today. I'm so glad i did even if it's late.

[@annalavender01]

same

[@georgio1994able]

you're never late too discover beauty!

[@skymoore3177]

On the contrary friend i would say you were four months early to discover her. Seeing as how today is today, and not four months ago. ;)

[@ziondavidgubalane8398]

taylor R actually 5 months ago..

[@hellocharlieebarley]

Never too late to find a musical artist! :)

[@andromedaiscoming185]

i normally listen to death metal...this is my guilty pleasure.

[@jordivanos8181]

yep, i do opposite. shht :)

[@kimberly-annjellomonster29]

were all allowed our guilty pleasures :)

[@Krystofer-Robin]

Don't feel guilty. I'm a black/death metal kinda guy too, but I cannot get enough Regina Spektor.

[@andromedaiscoming185]

Shhh dude, dont say it too loud haha

[@jeffreybrown9226]

sergio roberts im 38 yrs old and heard all kinds of music, from the late 70's 80's 90's blah blah blah.this womens voice is how an angel sounds like. nothing i ever heard before comes close

[@Leprettiness]

What a masterpiece!! she is so different, i love the way she looks at the camera

[@sleepy_coder]

First time I heard this was when I was 13. I'm 29 now and I'm in love with the older albums I grew up listening to. Helped me a lot through tough times with anxiety, depression and bullying. Some time ago I rediscovered this specific song and I think this is one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. Always gets me... Like I'm not crying, you're crying lol. I'm talking to you now, internet stranger - know you are loved, you're an amazing human being.

[@sleepy_coder]

@@Krispysquare It's even funnier because I listened to Imogen Heap whilst growing up as well. It was my escape. Alo her in Frou Frou :P

[@samwallaceart288]

This is one of those songs that you love the more you listen to it. At first, I was like, "Well, it's nice and kinda' weird...", but listening to it again in its own context, it always surprises me how beautiful it is, no matter how many times I listen to it.

[@kelvinbolton9395]

Sometimes a song touches you.....you don't know why it just does....this is one of those songs and I am glad it did

[@charliesgroi9422]

Only she could describe the stars as "just old light" and make perfect sense

[@rossmusic25]

This is probably my favorite love song of all time

[@brokenbikerr]

One of the most beautiful songs ever

[@eenix]

This song will be so sweet for her firstborn child

[@katoptrisseren7530]

"Samson went back to bed, not much hair left on his head; he ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed." Imagine this. You cut off all his hair - all source of his power - you betrayed him, might've possibly just doomed his entire existence, and he knows you did. But what did he do? No, he didn't lash out at you. No, he didn't attack you and tried to escape afterwards. He just tells you you're beautiful, kisses you, and goes right back to bed. This is the part which fucked me the most.

[@smileekim143]

💔

[@lunareclipse124]

Ang sheket! Sobrang mapanaket naman to! :'(

[@erikwinter3444]

Isn't this a song about cancer?

[@tyronejohnherrera8511]

Erik Winter yep it’s a about a couple and the man had cancer... “Beneath the paper lies...” is the test result, “...he ate a slice of wonderbread” referes to the medicines but it didn’t do much as wonderbread was refered in the old days as a nutritional bread that cures diseases but in reality they don’t.

[@avinutycommunity5721]

It reminds me of the movie “phantom thread” where he knew she’s poisoning him but he still eats it.

[@michaelmanfred4008]

My wife and I actually got to hear this live in Philadelphia. It was everything I hoped for.

[@smittywerbenjergenmanjense5155]

2006 "this song is incredibly beautiful" 2019 "this song is incredibly beautiful" 3019 "this song is incredibly beautiful"

[@goldenswan3404]

@ThirdSoundPiano i am

[@washyoursistersauce]

You know you´ll be dead by 3019! Hope you can enjoy this even then!

[@franchezcasicson7909]

2020 "this song is incredibly beautiful"

[@AntonGoyetz5989]

Mndaaush..

[@MikeMiles2013]

2020 this song is incredibly beautiful

[@robfrancis8690]

She has so much musically inclined soul that makes me want to cry for the humanist she is. Yes, she's all there. Thank you for posting.

[@minovskyparticles1834]

I've been in a very very hard and difficult relationship that ive been numb enough not to cry, but Listening to this song helps me shed tears even for a short while

[@SeanStandingSoldier-xr2wq]

I remember listening to this when I was 18. 14 years ago.... Holy Shxt. 14 yrs... I cried to this and tried to show the girl I was seeing. She probably thought was a weirdo. Ehh... 😢 She has no taste inm7sic and that's sad. Now the most sincere songs in her Playlist are the songs I showed her. Regina is an amazing woman and I love her music! I think this is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard!

[@maeelizabethgalon3205]

I have listened to this song non-stop literally and legitimately for almost 24 hours. That's how good this song is.

[@leereon1244]

I love her songs..the slow piano and her voice so solemn.

[@indepthliterature]

This song kills me everytime, so beautiful. I love the reference to Samson and Delihla, but she really did her own thing with the mythology

[@alexandramassey4062]

I love this song so much. It puts even more meaning in the Bible story. It shows how much Delilah and Samson loved each other in secret and sacrificed for each other. So beautiful, “you are my sweetest downfall, I loved you first”

[@arefashionista]

Alexandra Massey nope she betrayed him hows that love?

[@alexandramassey4062]

Well, she did love him. That’s for sure, btw she was forced to cut his hair

[@John-ss6tb]

A girl playing this on her small plastic radio brought me here. We sat in her room and she put on this cd. The first time I kissed her I playful threw a blanket over her head and then followed her underneath it. This song reminds me of that place that I ache to go again.

[@rayr1306]

This comment is beautiful.

[@naomifrancisco6279]

very beautiful

[@timdella92]

John Wilkins this comment is beautiful and sad at the same time.

[@woolycooly9595]

wow

[@CypherEmcee]

🥺🥺🥺 this comment makes me sad.... Lost love...

[@RandomPerson-gy7oe]

Even after years and years this song was released, every time I listen to it makes me cry.

[@nikkishasantos7367]

This song was released when I was barely 13 years old. I loved it then. Listened it throughout the years. I didn’t know I’d come back one day and listen to it while feeling a whole different way about it.

[@olliehussey8299]

'Beneath the stars came falling on our heads. But they're just old light.' I love that lyric so much.

[@meijiky]

Repeated it like 10 times already. this song is BEAUTIFUL

[@fatoumfatoumeh]

This song takes me back to my first relationship. I was his first too. It was a rollercoaster of emotions and we had so many problems, we were on/off for 3 years in a row. He gave me this song a couple months before we broke up for the last time....'I loved you first'.... :(

[@blitheixgaming1289]

:'(

[@Theclaudioj]

Prayers.

[@em4957]

I loved this song when I was like 12... I can't believe it's like 10 years old now

[@Sarah-jd2jw]

Me too!

[@kristof-chelseasnijers-van5584]

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[@davidwolanski8704]

If she wasnt using those as approximations, that'd be a funny comment.

[@Jaimeemariee]

C.P. SAME!!!

[@oaterberg]

My dad introduced me to this when I was at least 5 I'm obsessed it's been sick uears

[@egaliseur8430]

Someone who hurt me deeply introduced me to this song last year, and sang it relatively well at a bar on stage to me. I thought the song was beautiful, and I thought they were equally so. I still think one of those things is beautiful...guard your hearts and keep your hair long, little Samsons

[@hayagod19]

the first time i heard this was when my classmate sang this in our music class. Now I have my own family still listening to this song from time to time and it feels nostalgic makes me sad and happy at the same time. One of the best songs created. Very underrated song.

[@nezhaerickagacus2780]

Ughh🤧 how time flies so fast

[@julian238]

When i was a kid me and my mom would sing this together playing on her radio before we sleep... i would never forget those beautiful times. It was the two of us because our family was a mess my dad was cheating and my older siblings were away, this song gave me comfort through all of those problems 🖤

[@0range1968UK]

Regina is one of the few voices which over the years have played along into my list of songs i hum and sing to.. what a lovely expressive voice, set to such a rich story ..it really is art.

[@Lcarter52]

I’m not ashamed to admit this song makes me get so choked up

[@hannahjoyukulele]

“And he kissed me till the morning light” is my favorite part of the song. Heart wrenching

[@clintbrunke2074]

Esp if you know this song is about someone dying of cancer. And the mans last moments are spent comforting his lover.

[@patrickcurrier2897]

2018 and my roommate suggested listening to some of Regina Spektor's songs, and I must admit, this one is one of the most meaningful and powerful songs I've heard in a while. I actually listened to it twice to try to understand the meaning a bit more, and then I realized how meaningful this song truly is. I actually almost cried at the end of it, that's how effective it was. I'm so glad I've heard this song now :)

[@elizabethhope8041]

The line that pulls my heart strings the hardest is “You are my sweetest downfall.” To me, it’s like saying there were a lot of things to happen in my life that ending up taking me down... but you? You are the one I do not regret. “I loved you first.”

[@donomar1381]

I was 10 years old when I heard this song my mom loved this song, she used to play this a lot. I'm turning 25 this year. Time really flies so fast.

[@raideral7415]

My goodness... Still LOVE her Voice, melody, and sound... I grew up on this album, and still can't quite miss a day without hearing her.

[@lovesuckzz2000]

For those who are wondering what this song means it's talking about her love that had cancer and when you have a certain kind of cancer you don't eat much meaning "he ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed" also meaning he was always tired cause he was sick and when she talks about cutting his hair it's cause he was already loosing it so she cut it herself and he was weak and couldn't over come the cancer "and we couldn't bring the columns down" and also refers to the biblical stories of Samson and then her love passed away

[@joannewilton9550]

Thanks for that, I love to hear where songs came from for the artists.

[@alyssaangeles8186]

This song is about Delilah feeling guilty about cutting Samson's hair. It was what made him super strong so he could protect God's nation from the Palestines. As sign of devotion to God, Samson was not allowed to cut it or else he'll lose his strength. Delilah was a Palestine and she was offered a box of silver to discover Samson's weakness. So that woman threw a, "how could you say you love me if you do not tell me your secret" to Samson and it got him lose his strength and become blind because of the Palestines. This song is about a woman's guilt...because despite of her betrayal, cutting his strength down ... He told her that she's done alright and kissed her till the morning light.

[@jacethekingslayer]

Alyssa Patricia Angeles It was the Philistines, NOT the Palestinians.

[@Gagaonaunicorn]

Leigh Rosenthal This is funnier than it should be

[@jessicadrew5531]

Alyssa Patricia Angeles Then explain the "Ate a slice of wonder bread" part?

[@lauryngibson1871]

Regina Spektor’s songs were the anthems of my childhood! My mother loved her, and listing back I do too. This song makes me sob profusely- it’s absolutely gorgeous and I’m so glad it was sung on the Colbert show! (PS I’ve always thought a dodie or harry styles cover of this would be heaven)

[@Vesicamusicatx]

What a beautiful song. I can't begin to tell the word what memories this brings. But much more what emotions those memories bring listening to this. Nostalgic. Depressing. All the above beautiful

[@keith9921]

Many years have passed and this is still one of my favorite songs and I can't stop listening to this.

[@tikboy_yt]

I never liked this song back in the day because she sounded differently than most of the artists her time. But now as I am older, this has become one of my favorite songs.

[@amparoohoo3532]

This song makes me feel so nostalgic for something I can't name.

[@cahepner1120]

We just saw you in San Diego. Thank you for allowing us to experience your musically human soul❤

[@turntalien6468]

I saw people sharing Their stories so I decided to share mine. A couple years ago while in school I was having a difficult time with depression and having suicidal thoughts. one of my best friends was deeply inlove with me and I thought that I had no feelings for him and I would always call him when I was scared of going on in life and he would always come and talk me out of it. Well one day another girl went out with him as a joke and got some personal things out of him and posted them all over Facebook. After that we didn't talk and I know I really hurt him for not sticking up for him and playing along with it so I wouldn't get shitted on by other people. I felt so bad for it. A year or so I was at a party really drugged up and drunk and I passed out it was a really dangerous situation. I woke up to him taking care of me so I wouldn't get hurt or rapped by any one. This song was playing on his phone when I woke up and when ever it plays I remember how he's always been there for me. I love him a lot.

[@isaiahcabino6431]

;~; Oh my God! This needs to be made into a story! I started sniffling just reading this

[@MostfaNasr]

Turntalien 64 wow, touching.

[@MagnumOpusYT]

effingasshats how awful you are

[@moulivillanueva8082]

He's so lovely!

[@BURNANNATOR]

Turntalien 64 bro don’t leave me hanging whatever happened to you two!!!!

[@qlyrics2495]

Regina no matter how old this music is and how fast the time will go, I will always love this music and Love your albums. And remember what I saw from cheap seats

[@lauramartin2198]

I have always loved Regina . Her energy is infectious and really beautiful

[@ProfessorChomsky]

Hauf cut at any given time, completely sober at any given time, feeling happy, sad, melancholy whatever........this always gets played........we always will kiss someone til the morning light...........beautiful and magnificent xx

[@Dougfrilled]

I get way too introspective when I listen to her. I guess because I'm already that way most of the time... I love her songs but they sure do a number on my heart.

[@amandaleopold1687]

Not the only one

[@MagnumOpusYT]

I love you doug x

[@CM-me9sz]

Doug yes

[@juniwilliams]

The adaptation of the parable is really relatable. Samsons power really wasn't in his hair, but he had made himself vulnerable to delilah by loving her. Ultimately that's what killed him. I think delilah really did love him and is basically lamenting betraying him in this song. She not only betrayed him, but also the love she hungered for.

[@ankitamohanty8550]

I really love these old but gold standard songs..❤️the texture of her voice

[@ProfessorChomsky]

"Oh, I cut his hair myself one night A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light And he told me that I'd done alright And kissed me till the mornin' light, the mornin' light And he kissed me till the mornin' light"................. Beautiful and heart-breaking xxx

[@beverlyvejar5059]

This is just so beautiful.

[@0roch12_]

Beverly Vejar sim, verdade

[@samuraishonor31]

This song reminds me of a friend i once had who was diagnosed with prostate cancer. To keep a long story short he had a really lush head of hair.This song kind of reminds me of him because as he did chemo and his hair started to thin & fall out he would look visibly weaker, I mean i know it was the chemo taking it's toll but you can't really help but associate Samson and Delilah. r.i.p. Rick L. & love to Martha L.

[@mariopersaud6703]

I found Regina when I was 16 and Loved her since. I got to go to her concert last year I hope she has more. 2018

[@soltera]

for some reason, this song popped in my head when i remembered my ex-friend, who i found out quite recently had been lying to me for years.