The Wolves
Iver Bon Lyrics

It stars you
Swing wide your crane, swing wide your crane
And run me through

And the story's all over you
In the morning I'll call you
Can't you find a clue
when your eyes are all painted Sinatra blue

What might have been lost
What might have been lost
What might have been lost
What might have been lost (don't bother me)
What might have been lost (don't bother me)
What might have been lost (don't bother me)
What might have been lost (don't bother me)
What might have been lost (don't bother me)
What might have been (don't bother me) (what might have been lost)
What might have been lost (don't bother me) (what might have been)
What might have been lost (don't bother me)
What might have been lost
What might have been lost
What might have been lost

Ah
Ah

Someday, my pain
Someday, my pain
Someday, my pain
Someday, my pain

Lyrics © DistroKid, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Kim w.

9y↑287

Someday my pain, someday my pain
Will mark you
Harness your blame, harness your blame
And walk through

With the wild wolves around you
In the morning, I'll call you
Send it farther on

Solace my game, solace my game
It stars you
Swing wide your crane, swing wide your crane
And run me through

And the story's all over you
In the morning i'll call you
Can't you find a clue when your eyes are all painted Sinatra blue

What might have been lost -
Don't bother me

All comments from YouTube:

Daiska_Plays

5y↑109

I've liked Bon Iver for quite a few years, and only just now realized something. I can't make out 3/4 of lyrics in the songs, but it has never mattered to me, which is weird. The vocals are actually like a subliminal guide. Music doesn't need lyrics to tell a story. John Butler's "Ocean" proves that. Bon Iver's voice is just a unique instrument that takes me on a strange journey, a different one for each song. Even the ones I can hear every word, the words aren't what I listen to. He's kinda unique in this way, at least for me.

IFibreOpticI

11w

It's the same for M83

The words sang, the lyrics, aren't the focal point, the voice is an instrument in and of itself. Its the intensity and tone of the voice that evokes the feelings and emotions, rather than the words themselves. It's why I love both. You can appreciate the song based on tone, the words aren't what matter here.

Iksvomid

38w

All lyrics matter.

Jack Winkles

It’s not different from Cocteau Twins, I understand friend

xX_RezDog_Xx

5y↑389

“Everybody feels heart break at least once in their life... don’t try and dodge it, embrace it.”

Wisest words my grandpa has ever told me

rob wor

23w

Emmanuel Masemola: I did heal eventually, and I'm very happily married; I hope the same for you

rob wor

23w

Wish you'd told me that 25 years ago before I ended up under a bridge trying to cut my life away with a ripped can of lager; what strange lives we lead

Matt Gibson

https://youtu.be/wQTbkEeCTeM

Annopdio Atnieplpeeo

1y↑2

@xX_RezDog_Xx Heart is Earth, is You. Happy life =)

xX_RezDog_Xx

2y↑11

@Emmanuel Masemola "No one says it's an overnight process." Same guy :/

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gregotheus_

5y↑355

if you haven’t already, watch The Place Beyond The Pines. more people need to give it a shot and experience it. don't brush it off, enjoy an original, genuine and beautiful film.

Yo Tyler

10w

My favorite movie

Shaun Melte

21w

Exactly right! Love that movie

nanaki1990

32w

Heard this from that movie

Ricardo Javier Rodríguez

33w

Alucinante película, la amé con todo mi corazón.

Rogers Collier

42w↑1

Finally caught it with it. Excellent film making with this perfectly used in the closing scene.

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Dom.

3y↑186

He was the best motorcycle rider I'd ever seen in my life... The best, the best.

Ethan Clarke

38w↑1

@Shivu Gamer it was called drive lol

Jackson

1y↑2

"Was he good at anything?"

Subhan Zulfiqar

1y↑2

You are calling him back!

Carlito Brigante

1y↑9

He just wanted the best for his kid at the end of the day. He was some sort of an antihero in my eyes. Just a damaged person trying to redeem himself in a damaged person manner.

Shivu Gamer

2y↑1

Also the best getwaway man in 'driver'

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PA WHITE

11y↑9

Listening to Bon Iver is painful, not that it sounds horrible, quite the contrary, there is beauty in all things and this includes pain... I'm sure when we listen to Bon Iver everyone puts personal situations into perspectives, could haves, would haves and should haves. Any music that evokes this much emotion from people is truly breathtaking....This is beautiful.

Rhiannon Rose

6y↑72

I love how this song (and Bon Iver) is touching people in so many different ways. Even if it's the hurt, or the explainable, it's so amazing to see these human beings expressing their feelings. It's beautiful.

Ray Franklin

5y↑185

My favorite 'grieving' song (for my dead daughter). Love the words 'what might have been [is] lost', and the screaming at 4:20 (ironically) is very cathartic for me. I hope for you, too.

David S Lavictoire

44w

Yes.

Liam West

1y↑1

may i suggest Spectral Bride by Giles Corey, the song is rly about a man wanting to leave this world but not wanting to lose his loved ones, so he promises he will be there next to them upon death as a ‘spectral bride’

Susan Sheehan

Xxxxxxxx

Yolanda Mofork

3y↑2

I'm so sorry

Will Westmoreland

3y↑2

We love you. Hang in there. It's all for some larger purpose we can't be aware of. She was too innocent and pure for this world. You will see her again.

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Ipsita Debashree

4y↑27

This song resonates with the unspoken grief in every soul who has known love and lost it.

Iliana Belle

5y↑24

i almost cried when i heard this song in TPBTP. It's one of my favorites from Bon Iver

Carlito Brigante

1y↑1

I cried. I cried and I couldn’t stop myself from it. I still do every single time I play this song.

Duck Beanie

7y↑178

Not a huge fan of Bon Iver, but this song strikes me in a way that no other song can. It was one of the first songs I listened too after I had my heart broken by someone I loved a lot, and it really comforted me. It's basically about two lovers who have parted and while one is mourning the loss of the relationship, the other one wants to move on and doesn't feel as impacted by it.

"Someday my pain, someday my pain will mark you. Harness your blame, and walk through." Basically saying, "You may not miss me now, but one day you will, and one day you will feel the same pain I am feeling and you'll blame yourself." Such a powerful song. Simply beautiful.

Laura Barr

His cover of I Can't Make You Love Me is AMAZING !

Truman Thomas

6y↑11

The moment of disconnected love breaks the moment of freedom the heart feels when being loved by another. The time of healing creates a clarity of imagination for ones future.

Dan

7y↑9

+John Candy so having tastes that are different to yours is "disrespecting" the artist? I love Bon Iver and Justin in general but damn get over yourself, your fanboyism is showing

Gabriel Iaco

I would have been fine with this comment, but then you had bring in the lyrics. Like ya I get it I'be heard the song many times, stop with the cheesy bullshit

L Abbott

7y↑2

+Alexandria fuck you

Cyndie Stapleton

8y↑245

This song both hurts and opens my heart!

manu m

7y↑1

+Cyndie Stapleton Well said

희망찬

7y↑20

hurt and open... maybe we can truly open our heart when it hurts...

Herin Fajardo

8y↑5

Q hermosa musica.para escuchar al final de cada dia después de una larga jornada.simplemente me relaja.bon iver lo mejor de lo mejor

Parkour

7y↑26

The first time I heard this song was in a theater watching the movie, "A place beyond the pines". I had to check out who sang this song immediately. Ever since then, I've been cherishing the works of Bon Iver. Truly a god send for your ears and soul.

Parkour

Justin Vernon is the mastermind behind Bon Iver! I love anything Justin Vernon

Jason Bradshaw

7y↑1

I just heard one of his songs for the first time on the film "the judge" and found myself here listening to him more and more :-)

Peter Charland

7y↑58

"What might have been lost..." makes me think of all the chaos in life and what might have been destroyed as I passed through it, which reminds me just how precious life and it's treasures are. But simultaneously it acknowledges the journey through that chaos, the uncertainty and the release and wisdom such a journey engenders. How lucky I am to have things that might have been lost! How much more precious they are for the journey!

Nick McCloskey

4y↑20

I remember when I discovered this song on youtube. I instantly fell in love this artist. I continued to explore and discover other music. Then a a few years later I watched, which is now one of my favorite movies (The Place Beyond the Pines), this song plays at the end. My my what an emotional moment, just from music and a movie. Powerful stuff us humans can do.

Elaine DeHay

7y↑44

Just the first chord of this song takes me to another place. I immediately just close my eyes and think about everything from life to death. You just dont get those kinda thoughts with other music. Its made with real feeling and it bleeds through. Its sincere

tom bambadil

10y↑5

He made everyone sing "what might have been lost" at his concert it was the most amazing experience ever!!!

Marcus Avelar

8y↑2.2K

My good taste in music and loneliness brought me here.

Monday Morning Mowing with Mike

41w

Lol at your loneliness, hah... Ha.... Sigh........ Ha

v_alvonauta

man i do relate so bad

Samy Rakotoniaina

So accurate!!

Michelle Mothibedi

2y↑1

Tag I'm it! 6 years later!

Amanda Townley

Same

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Jared Crowelle

10y↑3

I wouldn't of found this album without the place beyond the pines! Great music

Dylan Laing

7y↑9

This song takes me back to when I had it on repeat every January night wishing I could feel a couple things twice, and dying for a second chance. the last time I listened to it until now was that night in March I actually got one. He was glorious and brief, but forever burning.

Helvinek822

11y↑4

If you haven't had the complete joy of experiencing this song live, you are really missing out on something incredibly moving.

danielle976

11y↑1

This man's music has a way of pulling at my heart strings, reaching deep down to my core. It just does something to me emotionally that I simply can't put into words...

Chance Goad

2y↑8

I listened to this at my lowest point. Gave me comfort. Now I listen in delight as I've climbed from that point. Carry on my friends.

victoria allen

8y↑2

Bon iver is a gift from the heavens!!! His music is so calming and relaxing and mysterious to me . I can connect with the musoc he makes. Its like u can imagine the scenes in were this music would make sense or a certain setting. When I hear ' The Wolves' I think of a snowy mountains and a packs of wolves with and one of them howling and you can see there breath through the cold. Point blank- his music is my favorite.

Michael Transparent

7y↑598

the place beyond the pines. that is all.

WALID HH

23w

Where are you brother 💔

Antiteroristicke Jedinice Ponisavlja

@YouTube Account This movie would changer your life for sure it changed my life.
It's very motivational too.

YouTube Account

@Antiteroristicke Jedinice Ponisavlja awesome. Well done.

Antiteroristicke Jedinice Ponisavlja

1y↑1

@YouTube Account I bought my first bike and it's dirt bike because that movie.

G

@Ana Maria C haha watched this last night and came here after a cheeky Shazam

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DH_Artist

2y↑16

“I Am Heath Ledger” introduced me to this song as well as ‘Perth’ which was written about Heath. Can listen to either without thinking of him. An amazing guy and fantastic talent gone too soon.

Mattias Hendrikx

9y↑2

those vocals at 4:10... most emotional screams ever recorded. You can actually feel Vernon's pain and that's why he's one of the greatest musicians out there

Saskia Robinson

7y↑537

One day I randomly searched up 'the wolves' on youtube. I cant explain how grateful I am.

Susan Sheehan

There is not a single time that masterpiece doesn't leave me in floods. I love Bon Iver, it's like he mastered the art of singing the 'pain'. ❤️

Mboh Karep

y right

Laura Barr

:) :)

Laura Barr

The Place Beyond The Pines brought me here ! Great film........ check it out ! :)

meerontbijtkoek

Saskia Robinson your icon is sick as frick fren |-/

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Divina Sethi

5y↑5

Bon iver's my favourite band. And this is one of my favourites by them. Recently saw The place beyond the pines and LOVED it. This song just became more special.
You can always tell when a bon iver song plays in a film and fall in love with them all over again

Marlon Pereira

9y↑6

This song has depths. I'll never ever forget this song!

Philippe Portela Wallace Nascimento de Oliveira

7y↑2

I love this song. I simply can't explain how I feel but I just keep listening to this over and over again...

Timothy Isabella

1y↑3

I've loved this song forever and just heard it again on the season 2 finale of Mr Inbetween and I fully have to admit that that was one of the handful of times tv has made me cry in my adult life.

Cortafkiano

7y↑2

Esta canción me recuerda un amor. Esta canción me hace desear estar con ella de nuevo bajo una tormenta.

yellowdaisies13

11y↑1

I love Bon Iver. I feel a deep sadness sparked by personal associations, but an overwhelming sense of beauty as well.

Shannon White

8y↑53

Knew this song before and after The Place Beyond The Pines. Beautiful movie, beautiful music.

Barely Minimalist

1y↑3

I listened to this song non stop when my father passed 9 years ago, it’s the only thing I could bare to listen to...

jade1ize

11y↑1

After seeing this live last night( der lake park B.C}, I'm still in awe, simply beautiful!!!! <3

Emily

10y

Bon Iver is one of the artists/band things that just gives everything meaning for me. I can play the songs for so many different occasions, it can make me remember things and want to forget things. I give thanks to the lovely Bon Iver.

Jessica Lewis

8y↑1

I haven't heard this song in years. I'm so glad I found it. music tones running down my spine right now <3

Kirito Thx

2y↑3

Apenas as verdadeiras pessoas que sonham em ser feliz, estarão presentes ouvindo está bela música neste belo instante.

Talvez haja possibilidade de algum dia superarmos as dores que nos consomem, só espero não morrer até lá.

Jas Jas

Good taste in music and the love for Bon Iver and the joy and peace his voice brings me is why I'm here.

WinterSolstice144

6y↑2

One of my great friends that passed away last year covered a section of this song on her Instagram and it tears me apart every time. LKA, you were the brightest part of my days, I miss you tremendously.

rcsinger17

10y↑2

great song, place beyond the pines was as close to perfection as a film can get.

Nick Vino Poker

6y↑21

this song bleeds nostalgia. amazing someone can capture an abstract feeling thru music

ThatAlbatrosser

10y↑1

that feeling when music is so good and deep and filled with meaning that you cry inside when you hear it!

Sarah Marie

8y↑2

The dialog at the end is amazing... "Don't follow me." and "What might've been lost." It gives me chills every time.

Audrey Dupraz

11y

Can't describe what i feel inside when i listen to bon iver's songs.. It's so perfect, so pure just incredible .. Love Bon iver so much

Alexandra Lee

I've been a long time fan of Bon Iver. The songs always bring an unexplained nostoligia to listeners and it seems to fit every situation each person is feeling....this is what true music is. To make EVERY person feel a certain way individually.

Leandro K

Muito bom!

Sione Mehi

28w↑5

The show "Mr.Inbetween" last episode season to this song closed the season and it was sad the pain this song says alot 💙💙💙😥

Loïs

10y

Wow, I never knew how to put in words how I feel about his music but wow, this is it...

chocobere

Some of the most beautiful sounds I was meant to hear in this life, I owe them to Bon Iver

Kate Say Yes

8y↑2

Damn, this song is good. It gives me the feeling I'm always searching for but never grasping. It reminds me of tall trees and choking rain clouds, of desert thunder and the scent of sage. It reminds me of home; of belonging somewhere. I don't know.

Tanaka Cecilia

9y↑1

Love this song heard it from The Place Beyond The Pines! Absolutely amazing song and movie ♡

Veronica Rodriguez

11y

I couldnt imagine what I would be listening to if I didnt come across bon iver. Hes absolutly my favorite singer hands down. God bless you bon iver for sharing your voice

G G

7y↑1

Absolutely one of the great songs I've heard

Stefania Lalova

11y

It's not always the voice that makes a song come to life. I love Bon Iver's voice, don't get me wrong, but his actual music fascinates me. I didn't even know that a couple of guitar strings could bring in so much emotion, reality, pain. Bon Iver touches my heart and my soul... This is real music.

camila

1y↑1

so tonight i was watching this really beautiful movie called the place beyond the pines and coincidentally it ends with this song which is one of the most gorgeous songs ever to me since i started listening to bon iver in 2012. now i'm crying my eyes out cause both the newly discovered movie and old friend song mean so much to me. bon iver's work is incredible and i'm so fucking grateful to be able to just hear his music. honestly i have no more words to describe it, only a few things ever get me this emotional 🖤

alliod95

11y

Just saw them tonight. I can't even put it into words for how amazing they were and are. Bon Iver

totezbrah

10y

just saw him live a couple of hours ago in Philly. Justin did this as the encore, and it was just so amazing and beautiful. This song just makes me want to cry. So great

MrFlobadobbob

10y

I saw Bon Iver at Wembley at the beginning of Novemeber and this song was the finale of a gorgeous encore. The crowd were asked to join in at 'what might've been lost' and it was the most beautiful thing I have witnessed at a gig. Amaaaazing.

Chantelle

The over lapping voices throughout the song, what might of been lost, some day my pain, the emotions ringing throughout, The deep underlining voice at the end all break me and put me back together. Pure beauty!

WhatsZuup

9y↑1

The only song that can make me cry. It only takes the first chord. So perfect.

Zeppelin Sublime

4y↑1

I’ve been looking for this song for years! And I’ve finally found it ❤️ This song brings me back to my sophomore year in high school listening to it with my sister just driving around enjoying life.. I miss you everyday sis I couldn’t ask you myself what this song was called but I’ve finally found it and I’ll listen to this for the both of us ❤️

Gracie Fumic

11y

Bon Iver is the sound of my and many others' souls. <3

kimberlyredpath

10y

I first heard the Ellie Goulding Cover. I think both versions are great, because they don't are too similar, both got their own personal touch, love it!

Vexi

11y

This song is so pleasant,can t stop listening to it. It kinda describes my situation with one girl who I love .... Thank you Bon Iver <3

MewSickProjekt

10y

our whole essence is this, as humans, as spiritual beings having human experiences. this message resonates within EVERYBODY's soul's, regardless of whether they are conscious of it or not!!

Tolits

4y↑2

This music is giving me chills every time i listen to it , Thank God i found this Beautiful side of Youtube

StevieSomethin

8y↑2

One of my most cherished an romantic moment had this playing in the background. I travel back in time whenever I hear this song now.

blvrns

10y

He made me understand that music is a probably the best way to express feelings. Thank you Bon Iver !

ananas

6y↑5

una canción poderosa para momentos únicos

Angrl Loreto Torres Esquer

6y↑1

Anastasia Z
la mejor cancion para estar solo - o acompañado de esa persona

sanned

11y↑1

this takes me away from all i'm fighting against for 5:25 min, then it stops, i get afraid of the crazy reality, then i press replay and feel relief again, thank you man.

Lover dinosaur

Every single time I listen to songs like these, I wish, I wish I was gifted with a voice like these people. They sound like angels while mine sounds like a broken violin.

laurynthelovely

10y

I've always loved this song but recently Deception brought me back. The song is so sad, his pain so strong. I fall in love with Bon Iver more and more.

uliseto

11y

I try not to listen too much Bon Iver, emotions and memories just come by flowing through, even stuff that i thought i had forgotten.. Bon Iver is just that good.

Harry's peace

Essa música me trouxe um sentimento tão profundo, me deixou intrigada sobre a letra mas eu amei a parte do começo
" algum dia minha dor
Algum dia minha dor vai te marcar
Aproveite sua culpa
Aproveite sua culpa e caminhe além"

Tulus Hari Triwibowo

5y↑2

I'm not a fan of bon iver, but this song makes me feel calm and sad at the same time. i really don't like the feeling that i felt when i heard this song but somehow i kinda addicted to it

Kim w.

9y↑287

Alu-tru tha Poet

2y↑1

United States of Tara uses this song at the end of episode 8.
Reading the lyrics got me in tears.
WOW.
Just beautiful.
Thank you for the lyrics.

CreativeLouise45

11y

This song makes me sleepy... but not in a bad way at ALL. Great song. :]

ModestMice

I don't listen to this song very often, but it's somehow instantly recognizable. Showed up in a show I watch and I felt like I knew the song from the first guitar notes and this one came to mind. Then the singing started and I was really surprised I'd gotten it right away.

krsto

a timeless piece of art.

Daniel Campos

10y↑1

that moment when one of your all time favorite songs starts playing at the end credits. I almost died!

Alex Lawless

11y

Every Bon Iver song ever written + rainy mood = perfection :3

Salvatore Anzalone

What a beautiful song. Makes me want to cry like a little child who lost their mother at a shopping mall. And yes, I first heard it from the place beyond the pines :'(

HelloJapan

10y↑3

I want to share his powerful music but, I just can't. I can't let go of the fact that none of my friends will pay attention to the meaning, the emotion that brings me back here everyday. They'll like him for the song and how it sounds, but for the majority here, I know, that we are here for the peaceful, saddening music, that faces the truth of life in a beautiful way. We come to get away from the stress of the day, to relieve of doubts and To just let go with a song that settles the emotions.

Spliff Dankenton

Chill with the truth yo

Jeannelle Marie

11y↑1

Bon Iver takes music to a whole new level.

MusicMetal Original

42w

O lugar onde tudo termina , melhor filme que eu já vi

Chad Bedwell

8y↑3

Awesome Song !!!!! A place beyond the pines

Julia Murphy

Love this song!

Oriana Harris

7y↑734

this makes me want to sit in a rain storm

Melissa Clarke

Me tooo

Sa'Mya Owens

Oriana Harris me too

Laura Barr

I love Mad Season. I miss Layne.............

NedryMuldoon

5y↑1

Laura Barr oh yes! That was me a few years ago back when I first played the guitar. I started on bass because it was easier hahaha that was also when I first discovered Mad Season and couldn’t find a YouTube video of a bass cover of Wake Up. Thank you for taking time to watch it. I need to make more videos now that I’m more accomplished.

Laura Barr

Your very welcome ! I saw the Mad Season video ..... is that you playing?

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Guy of Minimal Importance

As someone who actually lives and was raised in Upstate New York the ending shot of Place Beyond the Pines really hit me. It was like looking directly back into the road trips my parents would take me on when I was little.

Merry Anna

This artist made me feel a certain way. Fear of the unknown, traveling.. I think what's more fearful, preparing for war or making a run to discover what else is out there?

Sounds like a song..
Great music.

ryan81923

this album is especially there to let the troubles float away :D

Lily Hayhurst

10y

i love bon iver, but i have never heard this song before, i know i'm about to hear something beautiful

Jemma Goodwin

So down to earth! thanks for always leaving me in awe x

Mendung Bergelayut

28w

This songs help me through everything. "What might've been lost" part was so beautifull and painfull at the sametime.

Emi Alexx

5y↑1

Oh my God ... Bon Iver just helped me to revive my feelings and to rediscover my memeories ..

Natalie Bell

10y

this is simply perfect, in every shape and form

HelloJapan

10y↑11

Even though my comment was spammed, I must say to all those who liked it and replied, thank you so much! Everyday, I'd come home to see a reply that say,"You took the words straight out of my mouth." Simple comments like that made me smile warmly almost everyday. I feel so proud to be a part of a fan base where so many can relate and understand the artist's music, and even each other!

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