Nate Ruess: Moment (LYRIC VIDEO)

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LYRICS

You were burning up the sky
looking for a light when you saved me
I was convinced no one would take me
You turned and took me by the hand

but now that look in your eyes
all of your sighs are saying “Go please”
“Leave me alone and leave you lonely”
It looks as though we’ve reached the end

Well I’m fine
I just need a moment
I’m alright right
here on the floor
Well I’m fine
I just need a moment
to cry

And when I think about the ways
that you never waste your breath to say you love me
How you always held your lost loves above me
as you kept your other hand on the door

Yet I’ll admit I might miss
every scar and every wish that we’d make
but our wishes were nothing but ways
to act as if we could use the change

Maybe one of these days
we’ll pass each other on a train to our new lives
We could talk about the old times
and how we’re glad we made it out alive
But for now I’ll sit and drink
as I think about the night that your father died
and I said I’d never leave your side
We once swore we could defeat this
therefore please excuse this little bit of weakness

Well I’m fine
I just need a moment
of your time
to get all my things and let go

Well I’m fine
I just need a moment
to say goodbye

Lord give me a reason
C’mon show me you love me
I don’t want to let it go
just to watch it fly

And lord give me a moment
any of it Show me
I don’t want to feel it
I don’t wanna watch it go by

because I’m fine
I just need a moment
I’m alright
right here on the floor
Well I’m fine
I just need a moment
to say I’m fine
I need a moment
I’m alright
here on the floor
Well I’m fine
I just need a moment to cry

[nateruessmusic]

I remember writing "Moment" just over a year ago. I was at Emile's studio in NYC (RIP), working on the acapella to "AhHa" and I decided to steal his omnichord because I'd heard a lot of songwriters who don't play instruments have been known to use one to find different chords without having to sing the song to an instrumentalist. 

So I sat around my apartment strumming the stupid thing with no real luck. Put it down. And almost instantly started writing "Moment". I was particularly excited cause in my head it sounded like a really small and nonchalant chorus- and despite my track record at the time- I've always been a bigger fan of the less obvious chorus that ends up growing on you. Plus the verses I'd started writing really made it feel like a country version of "one more try" by George Michael​ (one of my all time favorite songs). 

I recorded the first verse and chorus acapella and sent it off to Jeff to get his thoughts on it. He freaked out about as much as I'd ever heard him freak out, and sent it back with drums and other instrumentation. Apparently he was in the studio with Shania Twain​ when he'd gotten my email (awesome factoid), and was really inspired by the work they were doing. 

Little known fact (or not- who really knows anymore)- I love country music. I dunno if it's the Iowa or the Arizona- but it's not like when I was in my late teens and I was like "the only country I listen to is Johnny Cash​ and Whiskeytown". No. These days I'm into some really shitty country. Pickup trucks. Bad fashion. Whatever. My ears gravitate to it. Sometimes I hate myself for it. But it doesn't stop me from listening. 

Anyway- Jeff's instrumental accompanying track was awesome. I sat on it for a few weeks before he came to New York, and I believe it was the first song he, Emile and I worked on all together for this album. By the time we all got into a room- I wanted it to feel like a country version of my favorite song of all time "Nothing Compares 2 U", but with Mutt Lange drums. If that sounds like a weird mash up- that's because it is. Emile did an incredible job on the drums. I remember writing that weird/depressing second verse pre chorus in about five minutes because I thought the song felt a little flat, and I'm so happy I did, cause it has some of my favorite lyrics I've ever written (I wrote the father dying line based off of my obsession with the "all the flowers that you planted mama" from "Nothing Compares 2 U"). Also- I'm horrendous with writing and singing harmonies. I've always been fortunate to be surrounded by people who could cover my ass when it came time to write a harmony. But I pulled that last chorus harmony out of thin air. And I'll say that to this day- it's been the toughest notes I've ever had to sing.

[BrendaRoyte]

Nate, we want you to come back... Please😣
Am i the only one who want him back??

[_harveyy__]

An amazingly talented but underrated singer. He deserves WAY more fans

[chipiuchishi]

It's 2023 and am still waiting for Nate! Can't get over his angelic voice! Chills!!

[jagjot]

Nate is probably the most under-rated artist of this generation.

[TE-eqdc]

A voice that would make Freddy Mercury cry.

[rodneydumpit]

Why?
Don't stopped singing, we the avid fans of yours are truly waiting for you to come back again. We are wating for that moment. I myself, i truly loved your voice and each song of your masterpiece was great in my ears. We loved you nate!

[noahsmethers]

About half of my friends are moving away for college, schools starting again after the greatest summer I’ve ever had, and the other half of my friends I’ve stopped talking to because they never have anything good to say.

I feel all alone, and I don’t know what to do. Maybe there is nothing to do, no matter how hard that is to swallow.

Maybe there is nothing I can do, but if there is, I will find it. This song helps, it helps a lot.
Thank you Nate Ruess, I can’t tell you what I would give to go to a concert or talk to you.

[amandachew]

I cried every time when the sentences' lord give me a reason, show me you love me' appear TT

[fvlfjzg]

한국 오시려고 머리카락 기르시는 것 맞죠? 더 나이들기 전에 콘서트에서 이 노래 듣고 싶어요! waiting for you 🙏🙏

[doloresromero]

This singer is extremely talented. Extremely talented, and I hope he continues to bless the world with his music.

[DietIce]

This song has already become very personal to me. Dealing with a break up from a relationship of 2 years. These lyrics seriously hit the nail to the point. Thank you for such great music.

[lorrelei]

Praise for not selling your soul to the illuminati. Love you and your voice and philly ❤

[donsmith]

You Sir are Your music touches the soul.

[dailenolivarez]

“LORD GIVE ME A REASON” blast that part and it sends chills down your spine. While you also sing it out full blast

[scottjoplin.]

I remember that I was a dedicated fan of Fun for some time. Once the band broke up, and Nate made a solo career, I kept listening. I heard this song, and for some reason I never forgot it and still know the lyrics to this day, but it had always just dwelled in the back of my head. I finally got reminded of it, re-downloaded it onto my phone and took another listen. I kept listening to it quite a bit, and I now have taken a trip back to the time when I used to still be a dedicated listener to this amazing singer.

[Onebuka]

In this corona pandemic ...the world is fine ...it just needs a moment...to cry

[fionatentia]

Can't count how many times I played this song, love this song so much ! please comeback Nate !

[sinalanpotq]

Someone you can actually call an artist, a singer, a talented man ♥ how come he's not more famous? He's amazing!

[dckvzzc]

I want to see you in K.O.R.E.A
I want to see you happy in K.O.R.E.A
열광적이고 열정적인 공연을 당신의 멋진 노래와 함께 멋진 미소를 환한 얼굴을, 진심과 최선을 다하는 무대의 모습을 느끼고 함께하고 싶습니다. 대한민국에서❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤