True to the nature of music, Natalie’s musical influences are vast. Remnants of the sounds she grew up loving reemerge fresh in her songwriting. Hailing from just outside Birmingham, Alabama, her influences range from Americana legend, Patty Griffin, to classic country artists, Dixie Chicks and Jo Dee Messina. However, her "vocal training," as she calls it, comes from 90's R&B icons Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, and Destiny's Child.
Natalie has never paid much attention to genres and does not care to. That freedom allows her to be creatively fearless. Huge hooks, an impressive vocal range and true sincerity, coupled with the production genius of Natalie’s husband Jon Howard, touring guitarist for Paramore, results in the truly organic, intimate, musical blend that is the Natalie Taylor sound.
With music featured in shows including The CW’s "Jane The Virgin and “Beauty and the Beast,” NBC's "World Of Dance," MTV’s “Finding Carter,” "Scream" and "Catfish," CBS "Criminal Minds," and by major brands including Bare Minerals and Xbox, Natalie Taylor is a purest and she’s blazing a new trail to success in the 21st century.
Iris
Natalie Taylor Lyrics
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'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over, I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
The song “Iris” by Natalie Taylor is based on the original song by the Goo Goo Dolls of the same name. The lyrics describe the deep desire to connect with someone on a deeper level, and a fear of being misunderstood or rejected by the world. The first verse illustrates the intensity of this desire, emphasizing that the singer would give up everything just to be close to this person. The second verse delves deeper into the emotions of the singer, describing how being with this person makes them feel alive and how they do not want to waste any time not being with them.
The chorus repeats the theme of the singer’s fear of being misunderstood, and how they just want this person to know who they are. The second half of the chorus touches on the idea that sometimes things need to be broken in order to understand what is truly important in life.
Overall, the song is a longing for connection with another human being and a recognition of the fragility of life. It is an emotional exploration of what it means to truly know and be known by another person.
Line by Line Meaning
And I'd give up forever to touch you
I'm so desperate to be with you that I'm willing to do anything to make it happen.
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
I have this incredible connection with you and I know you feel it too, even if we're apart.
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
Being with you feels like the most amazing, ethereal experience that I'll never have again.
And I don't want to go home right now
I'm having such a good time with you that the idea of leaving and going back to my regular life is unbearable.
And all I can taste is this moment
This experience is so intense that it's all I can focus on right now.
And all I can breathe is your life
I'm so caught up in you and the moment that I feel like I'm living vicariously through you.
And sooner or later it's over, I just don't want to miss you tonight
I know that this experience will end eventually, but for now I just want to make the most of it and enjoy every moment we have together.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Sometimes we get overwhelmed with emotion and there's no use in trying to hold back the tears.
Or the moment of truth in your lies
At some point, we have to face the reality of a situation even if we've been lying to ourselves about it.
When everything feels like the movies
This experience feels like it's straight out of a romantic movie or fairy tale.
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
We often feel most alive when we're going through intense, emotional experiences, even if they cause us pain.
I just want you to know who I am
Through all of this, I just want you to understand me and see me for who I really am.
Writer(s): JOHN RZEZNIK
Contributed by Camilla E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@koyaaa4555
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over, I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
@ariana5244
@@xitsjinxbtwx sorry I’m answering so late but yea
so basically I have this friend who I’ve known since 3rd or 4th grade, I’m going into 11th this august so we’ve known each other for about 8 years, and ever since 6th grade, there’s been this thing that I cant really explain. it’s like when u know there’s a spark but no one wants to address it yk?
anyway so in 6th grade I liked him but I was obviously never gonna tell him because I just wasn’t that person to be like yea let’s date, I didn’t even want to date him, I just knew I liked him.
but turned out he liked me and I think like 2 weeks before the last day of school, I found out and I IMMEDIATELY lost feelings. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHY.
(EDIT: according to the internet, it’s because of self hatred, it says.. and I quote
“When someone likes us back, this indicates that they have approved of us. They have demonstrated that it is okay to love and accept the entity called You. For some reason, that somehow does not fit very well with you. Self hatred is veiled. We think that for them to love us, as disgusting as we are, then they must not be as perfect as we think. This disrupts our perception of what relationships should be and we might sometimes find ourselves craving the attention of people who don't really care about us”)
i didn’t tell him I liked him bc I found myself literally not interested anymore. After 6th grade not much happened, he kissed me on the cheek which was like a big deal to me back then, and I was actually kind of annoyed at him lol. that was irrelevant
okay so after elementary school, we lost contact bc he went to a different junior high and blah blah. until I found out he was talking to my best friend and I think they ended up dating for a little bit, I don’t even remember. but I do remember getting feelings for him during that time again because i would go with my best friend (we’ll call her yay) and when yay and I would go out, she would invite him so they can see eachother.
I hated myself for catching feelings again and I obviously pushed them aside. also, yay knew I liked him in 6th grade, so nothing was awkward between me and her nothing like that at all!
after that, we still didn’t keep contact until the end of 8th grade
when I asked him to be in my quince, along with some other guys. he agreed and we got close again. I didn’t catch feelings at all until after all of it.
then in 9th grade he got really close to my mom, and was really sweet to me, he then started treating me differently, like very lovey dovey( come to find out later he treats many girls like that smh) but at the time I was into it. many people would tell me “are y’all dating, u guys would be cute” all this stuff but I’m just like miss girl no!
keep in mind I have never been in a relationship, nor have been in the talking stage with anybody, like I don’t just jump into these things yk?
so no one addressed anything at all, so much time passed and then March came and
covid happened, schools shut down, and I didn’t talk to literally anyone until I think in April or may, I messaged him just asking how he’s doing, making sure people were okay.
we start messaging and it’s all fine, we’re good friends, I always kept thinking “what if we dated, would it be weird, would it be different” but I would also think “no, we’re friends, we’re better off this way” and so i again let that thought of us being something go!
all this was so innocent and him just being really really sweet but like I COULD FEEL THE TENSION! the way he would hug me, say good morning, all this stuff ugh!
skip a few months- then we started going back to school in September, we were still friends but that TENSION was happening again, that unspoken thing was still there!
we were so close, FaceTiming with our other friends almost every week, yk just casually
skip skip skip skip to December of 2020, I found out he was talking to someone,
I found out bc him and our other friend invited me to go get food with them, we also went to the store and the three of us got matching hoodies it was nice. then all of a sudden the girl he was talking to came with a bunch of her friends and I felt really awkward and just like a straight up idiot! he invited her and all this stuff.
Okay so then in January he started answering like hoursss later than he usually does and i clearly knew why, he then stopped talking to me, the last message I sent to him wasn’t even opened by him. then I see on ig that he asked for her to be his girlfriend. and I saw that she had the matching hoodie we all got together, I was like “DO U GET DEJA VUUU” lol no but fr, I was a little mad, I was more mad at the fact that he just dropped all of his friends instead of giving us a heads up, I was more mad as a FRIEND than anything else. like despite everything that I’ve felt, I was seriously upset. I ignored it tho, I distanced myself from a lot of people and started pledging on self love, and began loosing weight for myself, began being a better version of myself , and all this was because I didn’t give a damn what others thought, I wasn’t thinking of others, for once I thought of myself. I felt comfortable in being with myself and not around anyone else, before this year, I got my energy from being around people, now I just get drained being around other humans that I don’t really care for
anyway that’s a whole other story
okay so then in April, it was yays birthday, and I hadn’t seen her for a over a year and I decided to go to her house and surprise her. she posted me on her story and he saw. yay randomly asked him if he wanted to come over for some cake since he knew her mom as well, he said he’ll see if they let him and to tell me that he says hi. I was like... why can’t he just tell me himself. but anyway I brushed it off. later that day I saw that he opened my message after multiple MONTHS of me being on delivered. it was kinda funny to me
skip skip to a few days ago, yay tells me that him and his gf deleted pictures of them together on ig, and I couldnt see for myself bc I deactivated it (for my mental health, it truly helps honestly) and I was just like wow. later that same day, he texts this gc with me, yay, him and our other friend, the same friend we got matching hoodies with. and he just says hey, and yay doesn’t care what she says so she just answered with like “wow, ur still alive” kind of joke since he ghosted all of us,
anyway in my head, I was very much like NO don’t even COME BACH INTO MY LIFE! as much as I loved him as a friend and possibly something more, I’ve been doing sm better without him and I’m not in the mood to even get back into that! but I didnt even answer the gc, didn’t feel like I had to so I didn’t, he asked if we wanted to go out to eat with them, and I didn’t want to, I didn’t tell them that tho, I only told yay and so yay said in the gc “idk if I can and aris going through something rn so she probably can’t either” referring to me, which wasn’t a lie bc i was going through a few things with my aunt passing away literally a few days before, and her funeral, all this stuff it was chaotic. so he said it’s okay, another day then. and I’m just there like ughh whyyy are u doing thisss to meee (in my head ofc)
keep in mind we see each other at school during passing periods so i doubt he doesn’t think of me✋ anyway, these past few days, he’s all I could think about, just reminiscing with how he treated me, but I keep thinking that he isn’t worth stressing over. he’s a good friend and if I end up reconnecting with him, ima make sure it’s just as friends, I cannot be going through all that I did again. it’s not worth it just to be thrown to the side like trash. this could just be all in my head since we never actually talked about it but like I KNOW IT WASNT JUST ME!!!
I’m so sorry, this was truly long.I split it into paragraphs to hopefully make it easier to read idk, I feel bad now bc it’s really really long wow
@sunnysanderson3124
Lyrics : And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
@snyuki120
Me trying to sob to my playlist late at night:
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@elyssa3083
Lmao same
@Quizzytrysts
just block your ads and be sad at last, victory is in sight!
@elyssa3083
@@Quizzytrysts how do u block ads
@Quizzytrysts
@@elyssa3083 depends what browser you use. but generally you use an adblocker - something like Adguard
an extension like Enhancer for YouTube™ by Maxime RF also works, but that is only for YouTube ads
@alyyasradzi4691
Heyy you gonna be okay
@SisterMinnie
This is the most beautiful cover I have ever heard
@kerolaynevitorino6158
yeah
@eduardogomes8004
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@dianamariaamayamarin9242
Omg I love this music.....