Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender

[@charlottecorday8494]

I miss when music like this absolutely DOMINATED the industry.

[@noxepoch3325]

The 90s is a decade when the stars aligned and decided to bless the world with an unusual amount of incredible female rockers.

[@LUISGARCIA-ry9uv]

Me too, now only trash music in this era...

[@charlottecorday8494]

@@noxepoch3325 It's so true, it's almost mind boggling how many talented and diverse singers musicians there were too. You could have Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Annie Lennox, Tori Amos, and Melissa Etheridge all sharing spots in the Billboard Top 40. I can't even fathom such a thing anymore.

[@calanthiarose]

There has never been another time since that was so empowering and validating for women, especially young women.

[@celesgriner2411]

You dont like WAP?

[@Erraticus12]

first heard this song when i was 17. I am 42 now, but the nostalgia this song creates is unreal.

[@ownSystem]

Time slips away time. Time is a cruel thieve taking years away live everyday happily ever after day after day :)

[@TheMadisonHang]

not to top you, just to relate. heard it when i was like 6 or 8 as a child. MTV tube tv days. its left and impression, and as im almost yo break past my 20s, i'm getting a better grasp of this song

[@Erraticus12]

@@TheMadisonHang Amazing, the song stays the same and your perception keeps on evolving with you :-)

[@ambergregory69]

Same here!! We're the same age

[@zadighernandezortega7823]

Same age here

[@SMPD12]

Heard this song tonight in a grocery store, of all places. The nostalgia was a gut punch, transporting my 44 year old self back to junior year of high school in 1997. So bittersweet.

[@stacey8233]

Love that. I feel the same❤

[@Hungrydingo]

Dude... same thing JUST happened to me. I don't know how I went so long without hearing this song but all the sudden in at the grocery and the intro catches my ears right away and it instantly took me back to some good old days.

[@kimpina5846]

Same thing happened to me!! I was in the grocery store, heard this and was immediately transported to another time. 💕 I was a high school senior in 1997…some of the absolute best music in the 90s. 😌

[@tennesseetuba68]

Exact same thing happened to me today walking through the grocery store. Such a hauntingly beautiful song.

[@xbrandi12345x]

You have got to look this entire album up. It's called Surfacing and it's been a favorite of mine since the day I bought it back when these songs were new. The entire album is a literal masterpiece.

[@AJBell-dh6ry]

Her lyrics are poetry, beautiful and melancholy. We were lucky, 90s kids. And we were the last ones.

[@brandonmoore7497]

@AJBell-dh6ry Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender is my number one favorite song 0:59

[@Meta.Empress]

Try Daughter, Ethel Cain, Florence and the Machine, Cat Power

[@InertiaCreeps]

*face palm* we weren’t the last ones. If you think that then you are a small minded fool. Look to the comment about other musicians and then add “Hana” and “Grimes” to that list. Hana is (I very much believe) the Millennial Sarah McLachlan.

[@trishayable]

It's true.

[@mroctober3657]

We were... The Greatest Generation remix.

[@TheJdc122167]

One of the most angelic voices in music history. I can NEVER get enough of hearing her songs. The emotion they invoke is incredible.

[@matthewellett7499]

Morton five I’m at a pay phone

[@tonyallewellyn7304]

Same here

[@Caz-z1x]

Love Sarah McLaughlin n Sheryl Crow too. Her voice is great too

[@sc-cp8qf]

Seductive, smooth and intoxicating vocals. One of the best of her songs.

[@sc-cp8qf]

thank you for Sarah

[@b.j.loveislove9090]

Agreed

[@cpmiller1965]

What a voice!

[@brandonmoore7497]

@@sc-cp8qf Sarah Mclachlan Sweet Surrender is my number one favorite song

[@kevinmcdonald403]

This is one of the best songs I've ever heard.

[@paranoidhumanoid]

Sarah McLachlan wrote, produced and performed this song. True talent.

[@chasec9197]

Damn right

[@napsam71]

I guess I always assumed she wrote it. Know idea she produced it. Excellent job.

[@williamwilliams4710]

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[@missmousiemouse]

@@chasec9197 l

[@E4Sierra]

To a minor extent yes, she made some contributions to the lyrics and production. She certainly didn't do it all though .. not in the least, and definitely not by herself (regardless of the endless internet sources, that's not how the industry works) Saying this from direct experience (Arista/Sony) with her releases.

[@KentKaliber]

It doesn't get more 90's than THIS. I miss so badly the spirit of the 80s and 90s, I wake up every day and wonder how we got so far away from it.

[@matthewscott5450]

It had to go. Let it be. Graveyards are only the memory of the living

[@KentKaliber]

@@matthewscott5450 The 80's and 90's were better, so never letting that go.

[@matthewscott5450]

@@KentKaliber I miss the 1290s. Right before that whole Black Death fiasco

[@aservantinbabylon]

Da Joos.......that's how......

[@funeats8201]

I think the technology and tech addiction has affected us socially, spiritually, energetically and likely in many other ways that we don’t fully understand yet. It feels like an entirely different planet than the one we grew up on. I miss those simpler times when kids weren’t shooting up schools and people pretty much behaved themselves. I feel bad for the kids today who grow up glued to smart phones and TikTok. Watch the trailer for Generation Zapped. This shit ain’t too good for us. We also need to restore the Smith Mundt Act because I think the propaganda has broken the brains of many Americans and deliberately sewed division. They’ve divided the people so the corrupt leaders could conquer the hell out of us and sell our country out from under us. Sorry for the lengthy ramble.

[@natgrant1364]

I was in my 20s in that decade. There was so much interesting music. My wife and I had adventures and we had dreams and hope for the future. She passed away 2 years ago and now I'm trying to start all over. This kind of music brings me back but also inspires me to begin living in earnest again. I know what's important now. There was so much inspiration back then. I miss that time.

[@FERFLO-k5m]

🫶🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@krissypeters1517]

I’m so sorry …you will never be apart… 🤍🙏

[@SC17-pu1qx]

Me too “I miss the little things. I miss everything “ thank you for sharing

[@FERFLO-k5m]

@@SC17-pu1qx O Offense please; not the "lil things ," but: the SHORT PRECIOUS MOMENTS... ☝️💪💥 This error has been going in Society for a long time; it is time to fix it with Wisdom.

[@danielburtson2632]

I'm so sad to hear that, I feel for you bro. I was also in my 20s then. Much love!

[@ticamooreim]

It's about letting go of a painful past...and whatever or whoever inflicted the pain but no longer being a slave of the past.

[@lisethgutierrez537]

Hermoso lo que dices

[@danielgeise3098]

I'm a slave to the past

[@syndi.cindyjeffordsaustin9232]

Yes. What my heart endured let no other see upon my sleeve....our goals have shifted and my be yet polished and defined..and time water down a bitter flavor of loss. ....Seeing myself from a birds eye view may enhance the glummer of hope that u3maons.

[@syndi.cindyjeffordsaustin9232]

Because

[@syndi.cindyjeffordsaustin9232]

May be yet the fruitful windiing , driven road we. All hope

[@martinrodriguez8164]

I remember when I listened to this song for the first time...oh my God when MTV was good.

[@drewx5229]

those were the days. check out Paladia for ur music now...

[@aleex4ndr4]

+Martin Rodriguez i agree with you. mtv sucks now

[@edwardwaffle7805]

+Martin Rodriguez Back when MTV played music videos and supported artists and labels

[@MissDistarr60]

I still remember the day MTV first played on TV. Music and only music. No commercials. It was an amazing thing back in the day. It was what it was supposed to be.....Music videos. Money changes everything.

[@kpopbiz4873]

This mv is beautiful....

[@renecobos8288]

'Are you an angel? Am I already that gone?' always gives me the chills ❤️

[@valseyer4486]

It's a dang good lyric I might say!!!

[@susanaperez9558]

Hurt

[@TRONwuzhere82]

Agreed. I also really love the lyrics, "Where every step I took in faith betrayed me" and the lyric "I only hope that I won't disappoint you". Such powerful lyrics sung by someone with such ethereal vocals. This is truly a powerhouse song because of the melody, lyrics and vocal. Definitely in my top three SM faves along with "Time" and "Possession."

[@stevestanley9691]

2024 Still listening to your great songs that hit the heart ❤️✌️

[@brandonmoore7497]

I’m listening to Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender mid April 2024 2:52

[@dayronramos4791]

Me

[@NathanSummers2050]

I feel extremely lucky to have grown up on music like hers.

[@jessicadubois9945]

Ditto

[@tonyallewellyn7304]

Me too

[@Here4theComments_]

...and in July 2021, she still has the most ethereal voice. I love this song every time I hear it.

[@brandonmoore7497]

I'm listening to Sarah Mclachlan Sweet Surrender early August 2021 only 3 days until my Birthday

[@billmason2785]

Thanks for using...."ethereal" proper

[@wagnermh1202]

She's great!

[@noxepoch3325]

Yeah, same in Jan 2022. 😍

[@mickfunny4185]

@L. Celeste well she’s 53 now, she recorded the song when she was 28, and her voice has changed, it’s not the same

[@asterixe1]

She is such a natural singer and performer - very relaxed and organic. It's like it's second nature for her. She reflects the times - the intellectual, hippie, feminist, artsy, creative free spirit of the 90s and Gen X. Those were the days! :)

[@philanthonytx]

Sparkle_and_fade They truly were. I only got to experience the culture of those days vicariously through my older siblings, being that I was born in 90 but damn, things changed quite drastically and the outcome of it all isn't anywhere near as damn rewarding or meaningful as it all used to be/seem.

[@pzkphw]

Portlandia!!

[@kevinmcdonald403]

Phil Anthony, right on! Well said

[@dannhymir9678]

I am the very first of the Millennial generation (went to high school with GenX), and I am very thankful for all these artists--male and female--from the 90s. They formed a large part of my growing up from jr. high through college. I miss these women these soulful singer song writing breaths of fresh air. Ethereal is the correct way to describe them. Sarah McLaughlan right up there. I think they perfectly encapsulated the beauty of youth, love, but also the experience and expectation of the future. That is a bit nostalgic, a bit anticipating, also anxious, but know we must experience what's to come. It captured a feeling of careful prescience.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Superman Spiderman

[@ej2333]

I was 21 when this came out, now 49...this seems like centuries ago, I listened to this CD every day.

[@daniclark3228]

Literally JUST walked in from her Chicago 2024 show...this woman is INCREDIBLE. She sounds amazing..looks stunning and is a beautiful human. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@chriscornelius2518]

That Lilith Fair group of lady musicians are almost untouchable with their melodies and song writing for that time.

[@jamiegrettum]

The anniversary show in 2024 was incredible. She still sounds like herself. Every song was magic.

[@Twistedpeppermint99]

The year was 1997 and I was a 26-year-old, struggling through life. I seemed to lose myself in the mayhem for a few months. Sarah McLaughlin's album with this song, especially, helped me in so many ways!!! My goodness.. I love this chic! Thank you, Sarah.

[@mitchellbrown9722]

I was 6 years old

[@chrissimpson6701]

17 years old. Great music, great times.

[@lindaredlick8821]

Same ❤️

[@tranguyenwa]

Same too! It was around1995-1997 that I felt so lost in life. Glad I found solace and healing ❤️‍🩹 in her music.

[@Twistedpeppermint99]

@@tranguyenwa : Absolutely! Something about her voice was so soothing to me. I would take drives in the country, from the city..and just listen to this CD the whole ride.

[@heidiseyjagat1640]

Dedicated to my husband who met me when I was so broken ❤

[@kristine6996]

WoW 🫶🏼

[@Riobg-hq8ks]

80s and 90s music was the best...glad I was born at the right time.

[@krissypeters1517]

Me tooo!!!! ❤

[@MtgCoach]

Ha, yes!... and the 70s.

[@shannongold2663]

This song is timeless. Thank you Sarah ❤

[@georgemelvin880]

Smiles, hello Shannon 🌺😊

[@brandonmoore7497]

@shannongold2663 Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender is my number one favorite song

[@keythdanielsen8316]

I heard this in a Starbucks in the 90s and had to immediately go out and buy the cd. When it comes to great music I never did have any willpower.

[@Elrond_Hubbard1]

+Keyth Danielsen I hear ya! The entire cd was great too.

[@tmlintpa]

sometimes hard to listen to

[@ementormike]

Todd Lasky why hard to listen to?

[@asterixe1]

Starbucks in 90s was the best! That was back when coffee was cool! :)

[@carloshathcock5333]

Sparkle_and_fade Coffee was always great. It's the people that made it pretentious that suck.

[@txkevin3467]

"I miss the little things....I miss everything about you. It doesn't mean much. It doesn't mean anything at all." I feel ya.

[@julieann4616]

❤❤

[@ichabodcrane5997]

"you strip away the ugliness that surrounds me..." My God, I love that line.

[@hemanthkumarreddy1197]

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[@jtrover]

I don't think a yeast infection is what Ichabod Crane was referring to.

[@frankegarcia6094]

jt rover lmfao wtf right?

[@glynnaschmehl1904]

That's why my crazy husband and I had our wedding outside. We agreed on this song. And everything else.

[@katg9507]

Ichabod Crane Me too!

[@chrismaupin]

She was a POWERHOUSE of music. So many amazing hits, they were the soundtrack of our lives in the late 1990s.

[@twiiedge]

I found her last year and I'm 45. ❤

[@Billn1971]

47 and I grew up listening to her.

[@seltzermint5]

That's wild. I did not like her music in its time (I'm 47) but some of it, like this, I do like now. Same with Alanis.

[@MonicaHelton]

I was a college student when she released this album. I alwsys think of Auburn University in the late 90s when i hear this song. Oh how I miss the 90s. Only a few years before 9/11 and the world changed forever.

[@dawntreader007]

The same. Was in college here in Seattle and first time I heard her song - it was 'Fumbling Toward Ecstasy' outside of Wherehouse music store on Broadway. There are moments in life that seems to just stick with you even though they are seemingly mundane. This was one of them, for me.

[@reyrodro9772]

90s was the best

[@MrScaryLemonHead]

The female voices of the 90’s were insanely powerful and unique.

[@SezKis]

90s... bittersweet memories

[@javaman5464]

Same...these songs got me through some really dark times and helped me heal.

[@jacobmartinelli7496]

i was about as dead (inside) as this song was. there's a 2000s'(s) song called "dead inside.")

[@brandonmoore7497]

I really miss the 90's great era!

[@ChuckWCoulter]

Sometimes it feels like we need the 90s back. But for changing the world? I'm down.

[@22lilacsky]

We need the 90's back for sure.

[@joedirt4808]

Well mid 2019 another 70 and a half years from now and it'll be the 90s again

[@kyloren7070]

Yes, absolutely! I'm all for Gay/lesbian and women's rights and all I mean who isn't? But the Liberals have clearly gone insane!!!🤦‍♂️

[@RHINOSAUR]

Really? Looks to me like the right-wing and their orange idol are the insane ones.

[@jonathancrawford6090]

Areed

[@casondrajent6819]

The pain others have inflicted on me made me close myself off and in return I ended up hurting myself. This song makes me cry every time I hear it, just thinking of all my scars that haven't healed.

[@Ferdrew-sm4qr]

But the time came to !! ☝️☝️☝️ Do not let the past hinder you anymore !! 💯☺️☺️

[@rlace356]

Sending wishes of only peace for you...💕

[@NaNa-zr6cb]

I speak peace to your mind in Jesus' name. Keep your focus not on people

[@heathercerridwen7194]

I can really relate to your pain. Wishing you peace.

[@eddiecoke5869]

Prayer: El Shaddai, I come humbly before You just to say thank You. I thank You El Shaddai for getting us all out of 2023 and into 2024 safe and sound. I fully acknowledge before You El Shaddai that all of the people around us inside of our workplaces and outside our workplaces lost their loved ones and are going through difficult circumstances. There are many that didn't live to see 2024 and I ask that You would touch & completely heal All the families of the people around us that are dealing with loss of loved ones, loss of employment, their homes and betrayal from family and friends. I ask El Shaddai that You would heal all broken relationships in all families and friendships and bring forgiveness and reconciliation for them all for 2024 in the mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father El Shaddai, I lift up Casondra Jent and all others that You know by name before You right now. Words have the power of life-changing encouragement and life-altering detrimental damage to us. Almighty GOD, Your Word tells us in the book of Proverbs 18:21 (Amplified Bible): "Death and Life Are in the Power of the Tongue, And those who Love it and Indulge it will Eat its Fruit and Bear the Consequences of their Words." Words and actions hurt us the most when they come from family, friends and even bosses and colleagues from our workplace on a daily basis. Words have the power to heal and harm. Heavenly Father El Shaddai I ask that You would remove ALL emotional and psychological trauma from Casondra Jent's mind, body and soul in Jesus Name. I ask that You El Shaddai give Casondra Jent strength and courage to forgive herself. Give her the courage to love herself and the knowledge of knowing that she is truly a great blessing and an amazing woman who has touched the lives of those around her. Holy Spirit, help Casondra Jent to see herself the way that You do: a precious soul that has everything it takes to be successful and the grace to handle every challenge in front of her in 2024 and beyond. Holy Spirit, send ministering Angels 😇 😇 to protect her from all harm and danger, both seen and unseen. Holy Spirit, remove all demonic spirits of doubt, rejection, depression, self-harm, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, and suicide from Casondra Jent right now in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Almighty GOD, soak and saturate every part of Casondra Jent with Your unconditional Love, unconditional Grace, unconditional understanding, unconditional compassion, unconditional lovingkindness and unconditional Mercy. Almighty GOD, give Casondra Jent Your strength, wisdom and discernment to forgive All those inside her family circle ⭕, her circle ⭕ of friendships and workplace colleagues that hurt her immensely by their words and actions towards her in the past and present. Almighty GOD, heal Casondra Jent's mind, body and soul inside and out with the precious cleansing Blood of Jesus Christ. Almighty GOD, give Casondra Jent Your strength, wisdom and discernment to move forward. Draw her closer to Your unconditional love and mercy. Reveal to her just how much she's truly loved by You Almighty GOD in Jesus Name. Thank You Almighty GOD so much for what You're doing for her now and for the new chapter you're doing in Casondra Jent's life in 2024. And I thank You for what You're doing in the lives of those around us as it unfolds this year. In the mighty Name of Jesus Christ, I pray, Amen. Quick side note: El Shaddai means Almighty GOD in Hebrew). Just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that.

[@kellyeggers25]

Sarah is perfect. Her music is a part of so many significant moments in my life. Will always love her.

[@nycfoodphoto2771]

Only years after this song came out did I realize this was a love song to herself...how she reconciled, loved, accepted, let go of the past.....#SweetSurrender

[@MegKampen]

NYC FoodPhoto Sarah said on VH1's storytellers that the song was influenced by the film ''Leaving Las Vegas and how these 2 pathetic people fell in love despite all of their flaws and all the ugly things that surround their lives (One an alcoholic, the other a prostitute). They were truly accepting of one another in spite of everything. One dies and that is why she says I miss everything about you.

[@priyadarshinithirunavukkar1445]

The way she says " sweet surrender " is so nice and calming to hear.

[@meatpuppet2136]

The purest singing voice I have ever heard.

[@johndoran1754]

@Brandon Moore She's amazing.Saw her live and sounded even better.

[@jasonwestbrook9946]

Her and Allison Krauss :)

[@DonSulis]

no doubt.

[@benwilliams3861]

That belongs to Karen Carpenter, but she is a close second.

[@brandonmoore7497]

@@johndoran1754 absolutely

[@crushingthegame]

Most beautiful use of a guitar with a kill switch. Haven't ever heard anything like it since... very unique and a great song as well.

[@geeezluis11]

HAUNTING!!!!!!

[@juanaurelioavalos2169]

It is almost 20 years this song was realeased and I still love it very much. It is a hauntingly beautiful song.

[@timbo0733]

Here in 2023 and I still Love hearing Sarah

[@brandonmoore7497]

I’m listening to Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender mid November 2023 3:39

[@meghand6864]

This song is so wonderful there are no words!

[@GodessIsisFollower]

when music had such meaning! plus chicks rule:)

[@ScratchCatReikiASMR]

I know. It speaks to my SOUL!

[@albertpringle8197]

Meghan Dowd just the title alone is dope

[@albertpringle8197]

Adele is the only female that we got that's close enough to anyone on that list although i could be wrong

[@singingindecember503]

I’m listening to this as my dad is passing away. It takes me back when I was a teenager and my dad was still young and we spent a lot of time together 😔

[@mikecsernyik7360]

Your Dad will always be with you, even after he passes from this life.

[@sensesfail5140]

I'm so sorry ❤

[@AmitSinghDhillon11111]

Extremely Beautiful . Love at first sight .

[@TheSimba3062]

Love you, Sarah. This brings back so many memories. My late partner and i saw you at Lilith Fair in San Diego.

[@mc98smusicmoviereviews93]

Beautiful melody, vocals, instrumentation. Never ceases to give me chills.

[@TRONwuzhere82]

Same!

[@brandonmoore7497]

@mc98smusicmoviereviews93 Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender is my number one favorite song

[@janiceclark9361]

❤❤❤. PRISTINE VOCALS, PRODUCTION, SONGWRITING EQUALS SARAH MCLACHLAN

[@lorenserritella2862]

The 90s was a whole feeling 🧡

[@DinSC]

Takes me to many different periods of my life, with warmth, angst, regret, and hope. ❤

[@brandonmoore7497]

@Dave S. Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender is my number one favorite song

[@Blackthornerose]

Still a total masterpiece from beginning to end

[@CJ-eu2uq]

This song puts me in a sort of weird emotion. Something peaceful and surreal. Like I'm floating in serenity. Anybody else feels like this when they hear this song?

[@boatingguy6469]

Super talented. Love her music over the years. This lady has a soul. Yeah, she is forever gorgeous. ❤

[@maryloukriscuinas3338]

yes i agreethe 90shadthebestmusictheniwasateenager then music is a porable timemachine

[@briansmith2207]

The time of actual talented artists with their own distinct voice and sound

[@JusticeOuinn420]

Her voice literally brings me to tears

[@anthonyfell5984]

Me too! She’s absolutely beautiful!

[@Jame6999]

I have this, nd I played it so many times . Will play it again

[@juancamacho5746]

It doesn't mean much It doesn't mean anything at all The life I've left behind me is a cold room I've crossed the last line From where I can't return Where every step I took in faith betrayed me And led me from my home And sweet surrender Is all that I have to give 🎵🎶 Take me in, no question's asked You strip away the ugliness that surrounds me (Who are you?) Are you an angel? Am I already that gone? I only hope that I won't disappoint you When I'm down here on my knees (Who are you?) And sweet surrender Is all that I have to give (Who are you?) And sweet surrender Is all that I have to give 🎵🎶 Don't understand The touch of your hand I would be the one to fall I miss the little things I miss everything about you Doesn't mean much It doesn't mean anything at all The life I left behind me is a cold room (Who are you?) And sweet surrender Is all that I have to give (Who are you?) And sweet surrender Is all that I have to give

[@Doc_Holiday]

Anyone that likes the song has paid attention to it enough to clearly hear and know the lyrics it's not as though it's difficult

[@דוידגורכוהל]

אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!

[@flashwashington2735]

@@Doc_Holiday Not everyone has dedicated their pathetic life to Sarah and her songs. She or the background singers maybe not remember. Artists move on. But new people come along for a 5 min Utube fix. The sound could draw them in. They should struggle to make out the lyrics. You say this is a beautiful . Buy came to darken the experience with a lame miserable complaint. Because posting the lyrics has hurt an robbed your fragile existence. Remember artists move on. Maybe you should too. Take care out there. Love and netter days to you. I trust you will recover.

[@Doc_Holiday]

@@flashwashington2735 did you say something smooth brayn?

[@gregorymoreno6153]

My emotions run rampant.. my tears well up & my heart pours out love

[@AllTheBestCO]

Such a well written, performed, recorded, and produced song. So well done. Love it. And always will. It's in my top 25 favorites, Sarah.

[@AllTheBestCO]

Have a safe 2025. Things are weird in the world right now. Too weird worldwide. "Nonsense is what it is. Pure Nonsense." - My Grandmother says this. She was in MENSA

[@chrisakersmusic]

Props to the producer of this song. So many creative layers and chords. What an incredible canvas for Sarah's voice. This song is still one of my favorites.

[@BaNeArroW]

Those feedback echoes are so fitting. Gives it a very haunting feeling. And that grunge feel is just perfect.

[@Dara-wl7hy]

This was all her… she created the whole thing.

[@spaceghost8995]

​@@Dara-wl7hy She had a producer .

[@s0uthernEyez]

Sarah is the most underrated female artist who deserves so much recognition! This woman is a legend. Sarah, if you see this, thanks for being my hero as a child 25 years ago (35 now) 🙏🏾❤️

[@CitizenSammy]

Why?

[@CitizenSammy]

Late 90s alterna hottie. Nothing more

[@munequa81]

I remember this video so vividly and watching it for the first time on VH1. I miss the 90s.

[@1groovygreg]

The ambiance Sarah creates with her songs is uniquely poignant. This track is truly near the top of my list of all-time favorites. Exceptional.

[@miriam5230]

ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS IN MY OPINION. AHEAD OF ITS TIME

[@jnairac]

I saw her in London live., so grateful to have seen LIVE mysic.Forget these digital era.. great gigs back then...

[@AnalogueAudio1985]

This was plastered all over the radio in the late '90s and throughout the 2000s.... it's a great song.

[@scottcameron8329]

What’s a radio?

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

We were training at the gym, this song would play several times, every time

[@Erraticus12]

who is listening to this gem of a song in 2019... the most eternal voice i heard in this world. kudos. like if u agree. 🙂

[@Gotikla77]

You're sooo right 😎

[@SparkleP8nter]

Here

[@shawnb5150]

Shawn I am there's nothing like the voice of an Angel.

[@jasonbehrends4606]

I mean there are others.. .Norah Jones....karen carpenter was no 1

[@maxjosh4675]

Tears of nostalgia. Music like this is life.

[@amandalepre]

As soon as that chorus hit, this was the song that sent me down the Sarah rabbithole in 1997 and finding every album in her back catalog.

[@renzokukenleneyoyo522]

90's sush an amazing time to become a teen and a young adult

[@raynar01]

I absolutely adore this song. It helps me sleep at night when I can't fall asleep. Her music is incredibly soothing during tough times or when I've lost my way. I was in 7th Grade when this song came out and fell in love with Sarah. I've been a fan ever since and continue to be to this day. Keep making beautiful and wonderful music, Sarah :-)

[@julieann4616]

Just saw her in concert last night in San Diego, this was the first song. ❤❤

[@chickenwing986]

This could not be more 90's. This was the type of 90's aesthetic that I signed up for!

[@michaelst.bernard9160]

Very underrated lady. Voice of an angel

[@kev3d]

That opening hook is irresistible.

[@beccaboopoo]

Completed underrated! An amazing artist!

[@casper61111]

WHAT?

[@zachhaire1193]

I appreciate this song so much more now that I'm an adult.

[@plainlogic]

This song reminds me of my beautiful wife. when we met all she had to give me was her sweet surrender. I'd give her the world if I could. I'll love her until the day I die.

[@mickfunny4185]

plainlogic you still married?

[@plainlogic]

Mick Funny yes, why

[@mickfunny4185]

plainlogic because the start of your comment made me think she was no longer here. A lot of comments on here are by people who say their loved one is gone.

[@RottedDollface]

plainlogic that's beautiful...keep it strong!!🌹🌹

[@inabind416]

plainlogic All need to love theirs like this 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@yoashuain1]

G.D. she is soooo talented. A real Angel of music.

[@salvadorgill6016]

Just saw her in Houston last night. What a smoke show. I'm 54 and have seen her throughout the years. Still so soulful, genuine and beautiful. ❤

[@eboshi122]

Good god, what a voice

[@MrAnderson4569]

Who is listening in October, 2024?

[@BrandonMoore-n2c]

I’m listening to Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender mid January 2025

[@Beastieboy-dd3zd]

she til this day is my biggest crush

[@tonylaing6270]

October 25th. What a beautiful voice

[@jfowler111]

Few things give you a reprieve from the trials and tribulations of life like Sarah's angelic voice. Thank you Sarah! You are a true light in the darkness.

[@dorothydorothydear]

i cant tell you how much i love this song. it's a whole lot though

[@RamenNoodlePackets]

I was born in 87, the 90's were a magical time for music.

[@Ferdrew-rp5ey]

That beginning !!! ☝️🦾💥💪💯😊

[@chunk1978]

Love this album. One of my favorites from the '90s. Takes me back.

[@RobertornGar]

great memories

[@mrwailingguitar]

The distorted feedback-driven guitar in this song is incredible, and kudos to Sarah for featuring it.

[@doyleperkins4916]

One of the most elegant personages of the 1990s happens to be a celebrity singer, and her sincere sophistication shines through every performance. She and Dido are truly one of a kind.

[@horaciogonzalez3734]

Fiona apple

[@coaxguy99]

This was one of my favorite songs from the '90's and that's saying a lot because it was a great decade for popular music.

[@Bebe-or9nw]

I hear ya.

[@christiancamlin13]

for pop music only the 70's even compare to the brilliance that was the 90's.

[@craigtheunicorn9733]

She's such a treasure. Thank you for the last 3 decades.

[@stewdogg42]

This bass line is perfection

[@huguini2893]

A real and Talented Artist, Her Music still Sounds so fresh after all these years. Love from Peru

[@mickfunny4185]

HUGUINI ever chew the coco leaf and listen to her?

[@Len_M.]

Mick Funny I think you mean Coca.

[@jeffreytobias9137]

Cocaine !

[@AboutFalling]

I had the biggest crush on her when I was a young boy. I was 12/13 years old and my older sister bought this album and when I saw the music video for Building A Mystery, I thought she was an angel. She is still one of the greatest female musical artists of all time. ❤❤

[@PatrickDAmato-b3s]

I miss singing it sorry sarah McLachlan concert is a great place to work for you to get a minute or two 😂

[@barryrahn5957]

I remember the first time I heard this song. Driving around Detroit on a cold winter's night - right from those stuttering distorted guitar chords and that voice. It doesn't mean much. I was hooked! Who was this lady? Of course, the rest is history and like a lot of the other commentators it does make me want to cry too. I miss everything about you. Wow.

[@ak-zx8xj]

That "who are you" and the backing vocals on "sweeeeeeeet" are still haunting me the same way since the '90. I just can' t, totally powerless 😢❤😢❤

[@jscottrockford]

Along with Stevie Nicks, arguably the greatest female artist of this generation

[@danielbelardino7662]

😀😉👍💖🌙🎶🎶🎶

[@dougkuntz968]

Agreed.

[@toriless]

More like yin and yang, Stevie is disturbing, like a ghost, Sarah's voice is like audible silk flowing across your ears.

[@austinyates9127]

Couldn't agree more. Absolutely love both!

[@scottleipski1015]

stevie who???????

[@TheLilRocker2005]

This was one of those CDs my mom just happened to have in her collection when I was in junior high. I can remember playing this song, "Building A Mystery" and "Adia" on almost constant rotation when I'd get home from school! My mom would go bonkers trying to find it not knowing I had it.

[@robertopavon8168]

THIS SONG IS TOO DEEP THAT EVERYTIME I HEAR IT I DROP TEARS 💔

[@TheDmonet]

This is one of the greatest produced songs I can remember. Her vocal is very high in the mix but sounds great. The toggle switch guitar intro is great.

[@ericgagne930]

Agreed, this song is a masterpiece... The writing, her singing, the guitar toggling creates so much 'atmosphere' in the mix... The whole song is an awesome piece of work.

[@Blackthornerose]

"The life I've left behind me is a cold one..." pure truth in poetry