Lumineers, The - Dead Sea Lyrics






I stood alone, upon the platform in vain
The Puerto Ricans they were playing the salsa in the rain
With open doors and manual locks
In fast-food parking lots

I headed West, I was a man on the move
New York, it lied to me, I needed the truth
Oh, I need somebody, I needed someone I could trust
And I don't gamble, but if I did I would bet on us

Like the Dead Sea
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
You'll never sink when you are with me
Oh, Lord, like the Dead Sea

I'm like the Dead Sea
[Video version:] The nicest words you ever said to me
[Album version:] The finest words you ever said to me
Honey can't you see
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea

You told me you were good at running away
Domestic life, it never suited you like a suitcase
You left with just the clothes on your back
took the rest when you took a nap

Yes, there are times we live for somebody else
Your father died and you decided to live it
For yourself you felt, you just felt it was time
And I'm glad, 'cause you with cats, that's just not right

Like the Dead Sea
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
You'll never sink when you are with me
Oh, Lord, I'm your Dead Sea

I'm like the Dead Sea
The nicest words you ever said to me
Honey can't you see
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea

I've been down, I've been defeated
You're the message, I will heed it
Would you stay
Would you stay the night?

Dead Sea
told me I was like the Dead Sea
You'll never sink when you are with me
Oh, Lord, I'm your Dead Sea

I'm like the Dead Sea
The nicest words you ever said to me
Honey can't you see
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea





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  1. A.... n....

    Hi my friend made a cover please check it out ^ ^ https://youtu.be/qsv6__FEcdc

  2. k.... A....

    Good shit

  3. A.... ....

    I was once born to be born again.

  4. J.... H....

    This was my daughter’s wedding song..... beautiful beautiful wedding... the words tore me up to listen to at the wedding and now it tears me up even more after the divorce......

  5. y.... y....

    2020 and I'm still in love with this song

    y.... y....

    Hi my friend made a cover please check it out ^ ^ https://youtu.be/qsv6__FEcdc

  6. s.... '....

    คุณจะ​ยังเข้ามาฟังอยู่มั้ย.

  7. j.... n....

    Eu estava sozinho em cima da plataforma em vão
    Os porto-riquenhos estavam tocando sua salsa na chuva
    Com portas abertas e fechaduras manuais
    Em estacionamentos de fast food
    Eu fui para o oeste eu era um homem em movimento
    Nova York mentiu para mim, eu precisava da verdade
    Oh, eu preciso de alguém, eu preciso de alguém que possa confiar
    E eu não jogo, mas se jogasse, apostaria em nós

    Como o mar morto
    Você me disse que eu era como o mar morto
    Você nunca vai afundar quando estiver comigo
    Oh Senhor, como o mar morto
    Woah, eu sou como o mar morto
    As melhores palavras que você já me disse
    Querida, você não vê
    Eu nasci para ser, ser o seu mar morto

    Você me disse que era boa em fugir
    A vida doméstica nunca lhe serviu como uma mala
    Você partiu apenas com as roupas em suas costas
    Eles levaram o resto quando você tirou uma soneca
    Sim, há tempos em que vivemos para alguém
    Seu pai morreu
    E você decidiu viver por si mesma, você sentiu
    Você só sentiu que era hora
    E eu estou contente, porque você com os gatos
    Isso simplesmente não é correto

    Como o mar morto
    Você me disse que eu era como o mar morto
    Você nunca vai afundar quando estiver comigo
    Oh Senhor, como o mar morto
    Woah, eu sou como o mar morto
    As melhores palavras que você já me disse
    Querida, você não vê
    Eu nasci para ser, ser o seu mar morto

    Eu estive para baixo, eu fui derrotado
    Você é a mensagem que vou acatar
    Você ficaria comigo
    Você ficaria a noite
    Oohh

    Como o mar morto
    Você me disse que eu era como o mar morto
    Você nunca vai afundar quando estiver comigo
    Oh Senhor, como o mar morto
    Woah, eu sou como o mar morto
    As melhores palavras que você já me disse
    Querida, você não vê
    Eu nasci para ser, ser o seu mar morto

  8. S.... A....

    What a song......

  9. C.... D....

    bonita canción en momentos solitarios de soledad....

  10. C.... F....

    I'm here to help anyone https://youtu.be/33XhrELimNQ

  11. S.... T....

    Hurt everytime when i listen to this song.... I think the guy in the song is holding on the fainting hope for the better future with his partner together.... but in deep down he's the one who cant leave the past..... ☹️

  12. A.... ....

    M, it’s been several months since we have last talked. I hope you are okay. I saw you in a plane crash in my dreams last night, I wish I could teleport myself to see that you are okay wherever you are. I hope she keeps warm and gives you all the love you are worth. While, I think you in songs like this, .....

  13. N.... l....

    🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴

  14. y.... y....

    I still listen to this song OMG does anybody here or it's a dead sea 😂😂

  15. s.... j....

    I wish I was someone's dead sea

  16. G.... ....

    Is this song about Cleopatra and her son?

  17. P.... C....

    Thought it was new song..... 5yrs old

  18. S.... A....

    ive always listened to this song and other songs by them and ive always kept a different place in my heart for them. today im sitting here, alone, and somehow it reminds of my old friends. i miss them so much. and i wish things never changed but it did and it always does. and it hurts even years later now that ive grown so much over the time and some people who were a part of me, havent seen me grow.

  19. R.... H....

    Nice song friend 😊👍🏻🔔

  20. D.... B....

    What does he mean by " domestic life it never suited you like a suitcase?

    D.... B....

    She’s an adventurer. Domestic life is like settling down somewhere and living out a life. She wants action, travel, and any other action that will suck the marrow from life.

  21. V.... S....

    Loved are the lumineers

  22. T.... _....

    There was this woman who truly loved me for who i was. Although somewhat promiscuous who isnt? I was immature. And for that i am forever in sorrow. Single 6 - 7 years just about... oh maryannnn what i would do just to see those beautiful blue eyes just onemore time your the only woman i ever truly loved and you are the only woman i still love. Nightly i dream of you. It haunts me. This lonely man will never stop loving you. 🖤💖🖤💖🖤💖🖤💖🖤💖🖤

    T.... _....

    I'm sure she'll never forget you either. It's 4 am for me here, and your words describe my emotion, to a T, for someone I love. I can only hope they've felt the same at some point, cause lord knows how much this hurts. Thoughts are with you..

  23. h.... ....

    im like the dead sea

  24. R.... K....

    Dani Noce ❤

  25. M.... N....

    Been a rough year, this song is so uplifting.

  26. A.... M....

    Amo fuerte 💕

  27. L.... G....

    2019 ❤

  28. S.... J....

    Us❣️

    S.... J....

    Samantha Jay who

  29. R.... P....

    Puerto ricans!!!! 🇺🇸❤️🇵🇷

  30. R.... D....

    You are still beautiful when you aren't smiling.

    I wish there was a single person in this world that felt that way about me, I know I've got both moments of beauty and ugliness, I'm sure we all do.
    But given that I'm still standing here today, I'd say the beauty constantly Trump's the ugly, and yet ,here I am alone.
    Another night in a million.

    R.... D....

    Still alive and still kickin.

  31. M.... L....

    Eu amo essa banda ❤❤❤

  32. J.... A....

    I thought the reference to the Dead Sea was a metaphor for the Dead Sea having tributaries, but no distributaries. Meaning, water flows into the dead sea, but nothing comes out of it. .................................All take, but no give.

  33. R.... C....

    Love your song

  34. J.... Y....

    Me and my grandma would listen to this song in the car and sing to it terribly for fun and we would look at each other smiling

  35. T.... Z....

    The Dead Sea is a real place, it’s in the Middle East, it’s lowest point on Earth and it’s so salty that you don’t sink,

  36. M.... 7....

    Maravilhosa canção

  37. M.... A....

    People say this song was made in the stone ages. I love the song.

  38. T.... A....

    This song actually made me quit my job and went traveling for a year. Now I am back in my same own town. Sleeping on the same bed since i was a baby.

  39. K.... H....

    My old babysitter used this song in her wedding. I cry every time I listen to this song, and I practically balled at the wedding..

  40. F.... ....

    Form my experience: Trust Is Nothings.

  41. T.... D....

    classic. will be with me a long time.

  42. N.... M....

    Love this song so much, reminds me of my ex :,) and nostalgia hits me in the guts

  43. G.... N....

    I don't know if I can ever get over this song. It has become like the theme song of my life. It starts playing inside my head of its own accord whenever I am sad or just plain ruminative.

  44. d.... M....

    My wife and i were homeless. I had to find strenghth in places i wouldve never thought. Did things i would never do. My wife before leaving for rehab told me she knew why i was that way. How sorry she was that i let a part of me die so we could survive. This song reminds me of the part of me that survived and how much my wife means to me. I love and miss her. Tomorrow is not promised. I hope she comes back to me so i can feel her warmth. Her energy. I love you baby! You are my sunshine

  45. S.... H....

    Live for urself. It's time😉

  46. W.... ....

    Why does everybody like this song so much? I like it but it's not THAT good.

  47. A.... Z....

    I love this song so much! It makes me cry thinking about the words...👍

  48. B.... W....

    If only i could be somebody’s dead sea...

  49. i.... ....

    My oxygen

  50. B.... G....

    I never sink when you are with me


    I will always love you K3🖤

  51. M.... s....

    I am lucky to live close to the dead sea ..and in case some of you do not know..
    The dead sea is the lowest point on dry land..full of salt so animals can't live there basically ..so no fishes at all ..and in it you will float and as the luminners say ..you won't sink :)
    Andddd I love this song as much as I love the dead sea

  52. Y.... ....

    last song i sang to her before she disappeared

  53. J.... P....

    Wherever you are i hope you keep breathing....

  54. i.... ....

    IM SO GLAD THIS SONG IS BAVK BC OF SOME COPYSTRIKE/COPYRIGHT SHÏT IDK HDSHSHSKDK I LOVE IT SM !!!!

  55. E.... G....

    You're like the dead sea




    So salty

  56. R.... J....

    The strings really add a lot to the song.

  57. T.... D....

    I love how smart this song is. Like the dead sea. You will never sink when ur with me. The dead sea is so salty it's extremely hard to sink in it.

  58. K.... ....

    I forgot how much I loved this song.

  59. x.... ....

    i had turned 12 the day this song was uploaded

  60. B.... S....

    Im here

  61. D.... S....

    Cool beans

  62. l.... o....

    Hoping you see this Zaden

  63. D.... H....

    This band is a diamond in the rough... a lot of the music of today is questionable, at best. The Lumineers shine! My favorite

  64. T.... I....

    This song makes me sad but I can't stop listening to it

  65. M.... S....

    To Jenny Kasser RIP love layne you were always my dead sea

  66. O.... Z....

    Love this song

  67. D.... H....

    falling in love with this band. I'm officially a fan.

  68. o.... S....

    Algum BR?

  69. D.... M....

    you're my dead dead <3

  70. M.... A....

    I don't know to who or when, but I am going to get married to this song.

  71. D.... M....

    IN JUST ONE WEEK YOU WILL BE MY WIFE!!!!!
    <3DESIRAE MILLER<3
    I ALWAYS KNEW FROM THE MOMENT I MET YOU I KNEW YOU WERE WHO I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SINCE I WAS A LIL BOY!!
    YOU'VE SAVED MY LIFE IN MORE WAYS THEN ONE AND I AM GOING TO SPEND EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF EVERY SINGLE DAY SHOWING YOU WITH ACTION JUST HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO MY MIND, BODY AND SOUL!!!!!
    YOU ARE MY DEAD SEA..
    THANK YOU FOR BEING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, PASSIONATE, HONEST, LOVING, KIND, FRIENDLY, MOTHERLY, RESPECTFUL AND GENEROUS PERSON I HAVE EVER MET IN MY 35 YEARS ON MOTHER EARTH.
    I'LL NEVER SINK WITH YOU!!!!!
    I LOVE YOU MY BEST FRIEND AND NOW WIFE.

  72. R.... W....

    I love this song

  73. E.... O....

    Is that a cello I hear?

  74. B.... ....

    Does anyone know of a version of the song without words like a karaoke version? I want to make a cover but I don't have a guitar and the song sounds so much better with the instrumentals. Please help! Thank you!!

  75. J.... V....

    BR Com bom gosto musical existe? Se sim da um up.

  76. l.... p....

    New fan here. I'm so glad I found this band. What have I been doing all my life?!

  77. F.... N....

    such a cute song i hope it will be my wedding song

  78. J.... L....

    One of the best days of my life were floating in the dead sea with my love ... Now he has gone 😔

  79. K.... T....

    dont forget mY NUTS

  80. D.... B....

    There is actually a place called "Dead Sea" ("The sea of death", or "The sea of salt") and it's located in the lowest spot in the world, in Israel.
    It's called this way because nothing can live in its water.
    It's almost impossible to drown there, your body will keep floating ("You'll never sink when you are with me.").
    Beautiful song, I love The Lumineers. Greetings from Israel! <3

    D.... B....

    I was there two weeks ago and it was spectacular :)

  81. V.... ....

    "your father died and you decided to live it for yourself, you just felt it was time" Am I the only one who feels a connection between this line and sleep on the floor? and at the same time with the line from Cleopatra "with my father in a casket I had no plans"...?

  82. p.... ....

    He told us last night the meaning of the song.Fiddlers green.......his then girlfriend now his wife said it to him during a phone call one night...that he was like the dead sea...lifting her up when she felt down...

    p.... ....

    👋🏽 from Colorado!

    p.... ....

    Hi my friend made a cover please check it out ^ ^ https://youtu.be/qsv6__FEcdc

  83. E.... ....

    I wonder if she thinks back to when I showed her this song

  84. N.... ....

    algum br?

  85. A.... S....

    Bella al cazzo

  86. A.... S....

    Bella bella

  87. N.... P....

    magniquement exeptionnelle merci pour ces bons moment
    de partages.
    . Jaime troppppppp

  88. D.... ....

    Sleep on the Floor was made when this album came out, but wasn't released until Cleopatra. I feel like Dead Sea and Sleep on the Floor kinda connect in a way

  89. L.... B....

    This is so fucking beautiful.

  90. I.... A....

    3:08-3:22💜💞💜💞😢

    I.... A....

    0:00 - 4:08 <3

  91. H.... B....

    Miss you, Dad!

  92. G.... P....

    I didn't really know about the Lumineers until about 5 months ago, they are awesome...their songs are easy to play and sing...I pretty much learned Cleopatra in it's
    entirety in a single week-end.....they make one think....maybe too much...I needed this now...THANK YOU LUMINEERS..

  93. t.... A....

    oh my god.. I feel so free

  94. g.... y....

    the dead sea is a lake between Israel and Jorden thats has a high amount of salt in it. because of that, when you get inside it you float, you dont sink.
    "you told me I was like the dead sea, you"ll never sink when your with me"
    :)