Julien Baker - Rejoice Lyrics

She's a poltergeist in my stupid house of a mind

2019*****

some times I get lost....but here's what pulls me back...😊😊

What an incredible statement:"And somebody's listening at night with the ghosts of my friends when I pray Asking "Why did you let them leave and then make me stay?" And you know my name and all of my hideous mistakes but I rejoice."Being still and knowing He is God is so hard.  However, God shows his love towards us in that while we are still against him Christ died for the ungodly so He could make a final way.  God is far more concerned about the state of our hearts, our rejoicing in Him.  No one knows how to do that perfectly.  But I am so glad Julien Baker has put words around it.  Its not about sin.  Its about love.  Its always been about love.

How can a song named "Rejoice" make me cry

my heart

This is the cause of my tinnitus.

Holy fuck
This is so beautiful

make me feel, dammit

Whoa... This song might change my life.

This is so fucking good.

Let them leave and make me stay, when you know my name and all my hideous mistakes

" veins all black" "I wish that I could quit but I can't stand the shakes" talking about Heroine?

I’ve never missed a live show when she comes to my state and it’s my proudest achievement

EU TE AMO CARALHOOOOOOOOOOO

Superb talent

REJOICE

All of my friends, a plastic bag
Walking around, jumping the train tracks
It's over the fence, veins all black
Sleep on a bench in the park on my birthday
Call the blue lights
Cursed your name
When I find I'm still awake

Give me everything good
I'll throw it away
I wish I could quit but I can't stand the shakes
Choking smoke, singing your praise
But I think there's a god and he hears either way
I rejoice, and complain
I never know what to say

But I think there's a god and he hears either way
And I rejoice, and complain
Lift my voice, that I was made
Somebody's listening at night
The ghosts of my price when I pray
Asking, "why did you let them leave
And then make me stay?"
Know my name and all of my hideous mistakes

I rejoice, I rejoice

I rejoice, I rejoice

Songwriters: Julien Baker
Rejoice lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Her performance is absolutely amazing! Pouring her soul out for an audience.

Does anyone have any idea how she gets that specifc tone? I mean, aside from the effects and amp setting, of course. You think she changed the pick ups of that tely?

Why did you let them leave and then make me stay??

Good song...singing her feelings out load...I can see why she is one of your favorite singers son...

2:53, poetically feigns a guitar playing mistake to sync with the lyrics "my hideous mistakes"

Wow that last part did me. I'm a mess now

She should win a Grammy for this

Cried out loud in public when she performed this in concert. The lyrics really get to me...

how could anyone dislike this

im inlove with her music. gold

It starts at 1:38

Gave me goose bumps. Gorgeous.

Blown Away!.........

This song fucking broke me

2k likes for what I would call musical perfection breaks my heart

All of my friends live in a plastic bag walking around
Jumping the train tracks, over the fence, veins all black
Sleep on a bench in the park on my birthday
Call the blue lights
Cursed your name when I find I'm still awake

Give me everything good, and I'll throw it away
I wish that I could quit but I can't stand the shakes
Choking to smoke, or singing your praise
But I think there's a god and he hears either way when I rejoice and complain
I never know what to say

But I think there's a god and he hears either way when I rejoice and complain
Lift my voice that I was made
And somebody's listening at night with the ghosts of my friends when I pray
Asking "Why did you let them leave and then make me stay?"
Know my name and all of my hideous mistakes
But I rejoice. I rejoice. I rejoice. I rejoice

Voice of an angel, incredible guitar tone, raw honest emotion. This song hits me hard. Thank you

2:05min I started cry..

Also, this song sounds so good with that Tele. I believe the record was done with an acoustic.

The expressions she makes while singing adds all the passion.

Listening to Julien Baker is akin to religious experience.

Thank you for existing, Julien Baker

Love Julian Baker,
Just want too give her a massive hug.

escuchar esto es dejar que la musica me abra a la mitad y me salga todo lo que tengo adentro

About once a month, I always come back to this song. There are some real goddamn feelings going on here.

is there a story to that song? did it come out by kind of depression or frustration or did she witnessed something worse?

I know why this one made the list! Sick!

All of my friends live in a plastic bag walking around
Jumping the train tracks, over the fence, veins all black
Sleep on a bench in the park on my birthday
Call the blue lights
Cursed your name when I find I'm still awake

Give me everything good, and I'll throw it away
I wish that I could quit but I can't stand the shakes
Choking to smoke, or singing your praise
But I think there's a god and he hears either way when I rejoice and complain
I never know what to say

But I think there's a god and he hears either way when I rejoice and complain
Lift my voice that I was made
And somebody's listening at night with the ghosts of my friends when I pray
Asking "Why did you let them leave and then make me stay?"
Know my name and all of my hideous mistakes
But I rejoice. I rejoice. I rejoice. I rejoice

It feels like this song was written by Kurt Cobain. Brilliant.

my goodness

When she lets it rip toward the end of the song, her voice reminds me of Iggy Pop

This is... Indescribable. I just transported somewhere else

"On my way... On my way.. I'm lost,
say everything I have to say at your heartaches cost,
on my way, on my way to the grave...
but here you got me sought,
wadding in your smile and your beautiful scoffs.
Your eyes keep me here and your heart gives me warmth,
But still I'm only living holding on to what was once...

anyone else hear a little Hayley Williams @2:05

brilliant !!

Same feeling as when you listen to Jeff Buckley for instance.

as this talented Angel gains more popularity, haters will come, making mean comments about how she looks when she's singing the high notes and I'll be here to kill them one by one :)

i can die happy i guess ....

I wish I believed in the sky magician so I could have this song at my funeral.

detayların en harikasısın aq

Honestly I like this better than the studio version

For the life of me I don't know how the host is so low key at the end of this instead of exclaiming something like "Holy Fuck!"

Goosebumps

Love this song live

Asking "Why did you let them leave and then make me stay?" :(

I love there's a half 'off' note when she sings "my hideous mistakes"

This is my all time favorite performance of this song. It has the capability to give me the same feeling I had from the first time I watched it to every time after. Simply the best.

All of my friends live in a plastic bag walking around
Jumping the train tracks, over the fence, veins all black
Sleep on a bench in the park on my birthday
Call the blue lights
Cursed your name when I find I'm still awake

Give me everything good, and I'll throw it away
I wish that I could quit but I can't stand the shakes
Choking to smoke, or singing your praise
But I think there's a god and he hears either way when I rejoice and complain
I never know what to say

But I think there's a god and he hears either way when I rejoice and complain
Lift my voice that I was made
And somebody's listening at night with the ghosts of my friends when I pray
Asking "Why did you let them leave and then make me stay?"
And you know my name and all of my hideous mistakes
But I rejoice.

anyone know the tuning for this song?

PixieQuin drop d!

don't be so hard on yourself Julien!

The host on this video looks one of those guys who doesn't matter what is the topic of the conversation always had something nice to say about it.

I don't know what happened, but the pickup noise right at 2:54 sounds like the small bit of thunder in her voice.

It's just a tasty palm mute on the guitar ;)

James H did you also notice it's when she sings the words "hideous mistakes?" It's all deliberate. What an incredible performance.

Ugh, Julien Baker <3. Talk about being able to take your breath away.

I think I'm in love.

yeah... same

I read Joyce : )

The Audiotree recordings of miss Baker are some of the best, including the audio quality. So clear. As good as or better than the album

imho even better, they sound more.... raw

Better IMO

Bone chilling

Goosebumps...

Was gonna comment the same thing ;-)

There is a God Julien; that God does hear you; and that God loves you!

So, i would much rather listen to her being played on the radio other then half of the "musicians" now-a-days. This is mind blowing,and she deserves waaaaay more recognition. BUT! That's just me

A song like that can only come from the soul, pure and raw the way music was meant to be.

I came in like a wrecking ball? Plus 80's bush....minus the way better tone and eyebrows. err ahhh....

He hears either way.

How can he not? She’s very loud.

No he doesn't. But it would be cool if there were anybody upstairs to hear anything.

@Ed Gepixel I'm not religious or preachy, but how do you/we know if there's someone up there watching or hearing us? The only reason I'm Agnostic is because just as there's no solid proof of a God existing, there's definitely no solid proof there isn't. I've resolved myself to thanking and speaking to "God" in my alone time. If God doesn't exist, what do you have to lose by doing that?

Memento Mori

If you believe anything that's not real, what do you have to lose? It depends. It might be nothing, it might be everything.

It depends on the length one takes their belief to. Does it influence life choices, career path, social interactions, and what people think about themselves or the meaning of life?

You seem to think belief is at least harmless. To you as an individual, maybe. To humanity as a whole, belief was definitely harmful.

In some kinds of Christianity in particular, more than others, believers have an outlook of thinking themselves under permanent threat. Fear is their paradigm: fear of the worldly corruption, fear of Satan's temptation, fear of God's rejection.

Between war, terrorist acts, mass suicide, cultish behavior, fearing modern culture and the bland wide-spread not living out your life, I'd say faith can do plenty of harm.

When I said there's nobody upstairs I meant the Christian God. I didn't say there's nothing divine anywhere. Maybe the Tao is looking out through your eyes right now. But who knows really?

Might just as well say simply there's no God in any shape and size anywhere. Until further notice.

Memento Mori

And I totally get behind your point on prayer. Sometimes I send a well-meaning thought or a protective wish out into the universe. Even though I don't hold actual belief in any deity, I wish someone well-meaning was actually in charge upstairs.

A moment of silence please for the 5 tone deaf, insensitive people. ...

Another good one! she is absolutely awesome. the best music r the ones that come from your own blood , sweat n tears..

This song is damn emotional, really strong. She's looks so tiny, I just want to like, hug her after hearing that sniff at the end.

Really love that little pat she does on the strings when she sings "hideous mistakes". Every version, every time.

Wow. Great catch. I owe you one.

Same. Wow.

wow! es completamente bella la letra y la música!

One of the most emotional songs I have heard in years! Truly amazing!
But, did anyone notice that she's wearing the headphones the wrong way round? Check for the "R", which you can clearly see on the right (= the left from her perspective) at around 2:40. I noticed, cause I'm wearing the same ones right now. Doesn't matter though, cause the guitar and her voice is inherently mono.

Oh shit when that guitar riff comes in at 0:43

It's near impossible to listen to her full album and not cry at least once or twice. Her, her voice, and her lyrics are all beautiful. And the single guitar makes the lonely/sadness of her music all the more punctuated.

Listening to the lyrics.. i just want to cry

Let´s say this: gnarly.

I cannot wait to hear more from this woman! A unique voice ...

I love this particular performance because she really starts slow and almost too weak before blowing your fucking mind apart.

Awesome account name!

Hot Jesus yes.

That snif at the end killed me, help

After Chon you are the best artist I have seen in this channel. You have one the most beautiful voices which can scoop out the most hidden memory of the heart and let it cry out. Carry on doing the great work. I might have heard this song 1000+ times and I can on listening to it forever.Rejoice

julien save us!

lovely....~