Big Thief - Change (Official Audio)

Lyrics:
Change
Like the wind
Like the water
Like skin

Change
Like the sky
Like the leaves
Like a butterfly

Would you live forever, never die
While everything around passes?
Would you smile forever never cry
While everything you know passes?

Death
Like a door
To a place
We’ve never been before

Death
Like space
The deep sea
A suitcase

Would you stare forever at the sun
Never watch the moon rising?
Would you walk forever in the the light
To never learn the secret of the quiet night?

Still
Like a stone
Like a hill
Like home

Still
What I find
Is you are always
On my mind

Could I feel happy for you
When I hear you talk with her like we used to?
Could I set everything free
When I watch you holding her the way you once held me?

Change like the sky
Like the leaves
Like a butterfly

Death like a door
To a place we’ve never been before

Would you live forever never die
While everything around passes?
Would you smile forever, never cry?

[tonymiller]

Mom had been battling cancer for a long time and this song has been a big part of my coping with that. She died this morning, and this afternoon the mailman delivered my copy of this album, which was a nice comfort. This song means so much to me and I hope it can help others like it’s helped me.

[flip]

sometimes a song comes to you just when you need it.

[fyodor]

I almost feel like the simplicity is what makes it so powerful, it's like being immersed in nature when I hear her songs

[HeatleyBros]

This is one of the greatest songs ever made.

My grandma passed today, I sat in the garden and listened to this, and found a certain acceptance and peace. ✨

[joshkennedy]

I heard this one afternoon sitting in a Panera sipping hot tea with my wife of 30 years. Just lovely melody.

[rachelm]

Lyrics:
Change, like the wind
Like the water, like skin
Change, like the sky
Like the leaves, like a butterfly

Would you live forever, never die
While everything around passes by?
Would you smile forever, never cry,
While everything you know passes?

Death’s like a door to a place we’ve never been before
Death, like space, the deep sea, a suitcase
Would you stare forever at the sun,
Never watch the moon rising?
Would you walk forever in the light,
To never learn the secret of the quiet night?

Still, like a stone, like a hill, like home
Still, what I find, is you are always on my mind
Could I feel happy for you when I hear you talk with her like we used to?
Could I set everything free when I watch you holding her the way you once held me?
Change, like the sky, like the leaves, like a butterfly.
Death, like a door to a place we’ve never been before.

Would you live forever, never die, while everything around passes?
Would you smile forever, never cry?

[darrynhughes]

She's writing songs Neil Young would've been proud of in his hey day. That's the highest praise I could give her. Fantastic band

[indy]

This beautiful song featured during the Closing scene of "Plum". Absolutely sublime ending to an exceptional Australian drama.

[maxonyoutube]

Adrianne truly has such a beautiful way of thinking about life. This song spoke to me in a way very very few songs do. I mean it’s up there with some Dylan songs for me personally.

When I was 6 my mom died of cancer, and my whole life up until over a year ago my stepmom was the only mother I’ve ever really known. She was the sweetest most kind woman who’s ever existed. She was a singer for most of her life, and in my blood related family no one even played an instrument. Not only did my step mom teach me how to play guitar, but she taught me so much about life, treating people with kindness, living with love in your heart, having compassion. Before I met her I was really a bitter kid because of the loss of my mom, but my step mom gave me her everything in a way I didn’t think was possible. Unfortunately, she lived an incredibly troubled life. When she was around 5 her mom and sister died in a car crash, and her and her other sister moved between multiple foster homes throughout their childhood. If anyone knows anything about the foster care system it’s rampant with physical and sexual abuse. She gave me and my sister so much love as a way of giving a kid like her a chance, but her trauma from the experiences she had growing up caused her to have a problem with alcohol. Unfortunately liver disease is what would end up killing her. I remember the last few weeks I saw her, she couldn’t even move from the couch she was so sick, we begged her to go the hospital but she refused. Somehow finally my dad forced her to go. Because of Covid restrictions and her not being my “real” mom I couldn’t see her, and we had a horrible time trying to call her. My last conversation with her was begging her to go to the hospital. When she passed away, I spent a lot of time wondering why she didn’t want to go so bad. And I remembered a few years ago when she went for a alcohol withdrawal induced seizure the doctor told her if she continued drinking she would be dead within 5 years. I realized she was afraid to go because she knew she was going to die, and she was scared. It broke me to finally know just how scared she was of death and that I couldn’t be there to comfort her through it. When this song came out I thought of her. Adrianne songs just like my step mom used to, she was an amazing singer, and it’s in that folk-y style she loved so much. Without a doubt I know she would’ve loved this song. But most of all, I wish she could’ve heard it because in a way it would’ve helped her accept what ended up happening, it would’ve given her peace. Lines like “Would you live forever never die? While everything you know passes?”, “would you smile forever never cry” or “to never learn the secret of the quiet night” it just brings me to tears thinking about how beautiful this life is that we’re so lucky to have, and that it’s okay for it to all end. The only constant is change, and you can’t change the laws of nature, and if you could would you really even want to? Knowing how valuable everything is when we realize we have a short time to experience it? Anyways, if anyone read this I hope this song connected with you like it did me. RIP Jenn, you have no idea how much you have to everyone around you, and how much we all still love and miss you. You were a positive influence on every person you ever met, and I know I’ll never meet someone as great as you again, and that’s what makes it so special that I ever had the privilege to have you in my life in the first place.

[thedadfighter]

Quit my job, splitting with my girl of 4 years, moving home, lots of change all at once; needless to say this song hit me hard dude. Really good stuff

[HEARTHEART-]

Makes me cry ...😢
So many have crossed over from mortal to immortal, to eternity. I carry them all tucked up in my heart.
I hope they know how much they are missed and forever loved.
To mum, to my two dads, to my brother, my 2 besties, Eve and Chris, to my Mark, to my Husband Steve, my Aunty and my uncle. To my brothers in-laws and my mother and father in-laws.... To many others...
I love you for always... ✨🩷✨🕊️ Keep shining brightly... 🌟🙌🏻

[chloeecantrell]

crying to this at 1 in the morning thinking about my past.. wonderful artist.

[SamB-wzvg]

This is the deepest feeling I've ever had after watching a Liberty Mutual ad.

[emmajean]

Adding my voice to the chorus of people who have made sense and found comfort in their grief with this song. Love you always, Michele ❤️❤️❤️

[amn_ohtrix]

extremely simple yet very few artists manage achieve this amount emotional value in their songs

[HISASHI]

Because there is no such thing as eternity, people find value in something.
Excellent lyrics, beautiful playing!!

[lostdog]

I’ve had a really hard couple of years. Shit just keeps changing so fast, usually in a negative way. I don’t have time to process any of it. I just found this song at 3am and have been playing it on replay for an hour and crying

[kayla]

I love this song so much. It helps me feel my sadness as someone who normally tries to push it down. Thank you for the comfort and healing!

[Frattonbird]

Come here after watching Orphan Black Echoes. Beautiful song. It's got so much feelings. I lost my Mum, my best friend in July 2022 and this song has brought me to tears. I feel so sad 😢

[TheTiger]

Panera brought me hereThank you. Thank you JESUS !!!! PHENOMENAL i can't NEVER CRY