Brandi Carlile - The Story

My beautiful daughter died by suicide in 2014, she was 33. She LOVED you and went to any concert she could to see you. This song was played at her service and it’s so beautiful. Finally we are taking Katie’s ashes to Ireland in September, we will stand on the Cliffs of Moher and let her go. We will play ‘The Story’, and cry. You made her so happy. 💜

I listen to this every year on my birthday. I have for the past 10 years. Happy Birthday to me.

This was mine and my husbands wedding song, he was 42 and died 4 months later to cancer. This will forever be my love song to him <3

I was feeling sorry for myself but after reading the comments was reminded someone ALWAYS has it worse. Bless all of you

I always tend to tear up when I read all these messages from other people. All I can say is big hugs to those who need it.

LOVE THIS SONG!!!! I listened to it all through my chemo.. I was 5 months pregnant at the time, and I had a 15 month old at home. I had a 16% chance of survival, but I knew I was made for my babies, and I could never give up....10 years later, I broke all the rules, and I broke them all for those two❤

That husk/rasp in her voice at 2:53 forever sends chills down my spine; it's so powerful.

"All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I am, so many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am". These words saved me during many rounds of chemo and radiation. I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I had a kindergartener and a 4th grader. My boys were so young, I told my oncology team, bring it on, I can take it...I just have live long enough to get them through high school. The chemo took it's toll and aged me so much faster than my friends, it was hard to deal with. Now I know the lines across my face tell the story of where I've been. 15 years out and one boy has graduated from college and one who is a Junior...both are thriving and I celebrate life every day. Thank you, Brandi for putting into words, what I could not.

She exudes something magical in her voice, something tragic, something sad, something beautiful! Haunting...weeps for the lonely!

If you are listening to to this song you are a legend 🎉 May 2024 anyone ❤❤❤

I just watched her perform this on SNL, and this was my first time hearing it. Blown away! She rocked it! Long live this type of rock.

This song is about as “perfect” as a song can be perfect. Her rasp, her breaks, her soul crushing delivery is everything. ❤❤❤

The breaks in her voice are so uniquely, achingly beautiful and hers and hers alone. No one quite compares, IMO.

2:53 is one of the biggest audiogasms in history. I wait for this moment every time I hear this version of the song. What a masterful break of the voice. Gives me goosebumps, you feel the raw emotion.

I can’t believe I am just hearing this this song for the first time. What an amazing triumph and to read the comments and how much it means to people. It’s a living thing given life by this crushingly talented and real singer and her transcendent band. A constellation sublime

What planet have I been on where I missed this masterpiece? I'm ashamed of myself...... This is SO well done. Her voice..... The most convincing I have ver heard..... I believe EVERY WORD she sang. GD ....

“All of our friends who think I’m blessed, they don’t know my head is a mess…” people dealing with mental health issues can really relate. Great to find a song that puts to words the thoughts you always think

my best friend passed away a few weeks ago.. we met in the bar I had started working at when I moved to NorCal over 7 years ago - it was karaoke night and after she heard me sing, she bee-lined over to me and asked if I knew any Brandi Carlile to sing with her - I immediately said, “The Story” and we tore the roof down that night ..the rest is history 😏 we ended up going to see your show in Oakland later that year and it was one of the best times of my entire life - we sang so many of your songs together throughout the years, you have always been our fav **if you remember the girl at Kate Wolf Festival with the “I FREAKIN’ ❤️ YOU!” sign several years ago, that was me 😆 I was standing with another one of my girlfriends who passed away named Bri, who also absolutely loved you Brandi, you’ve been my crutch the past few weeks and I want to say thank you, so very much for your words and beautiful voice; if you ever have a show in Iowa.. I will soooo be there! rest in peace, Em 😌

I'm 21 years old currently, but I've been through a lot during these 21 years of my life and this song helped me a lot to overcome a lot of things. I lost my parents very early and I didn't have nobody for me.I grew up as a lonely child and a misunderstood teenager, and I had to mature a lot, a lot. Today I'm better, but I have a lot of trauma inside me, but thanks to God, and to these lyrics, I managed to overcome a good part of them. So thank you Brandi carlile! ❤️💗 I am from Brazil #❤🇧🇷

I am wondering why Brandi isn‘t internationally known and hitting all charts. I am from Austria and just found her on YouTube because of Grey‘s Anatomy. What a brilliant voice!!!