On the Nature of Daylight feels like utter despair, even moreso given the meaning behind it's creation
2026-01-09 19:59:22
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amanda ✨🧚🏻♀️ :
On the nature of daylight sounds like grief and agony, total despair. I cry whenever I hear it
2026-01-16 19:48:47
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Lena✨ :
The first time ever hearing Gymnopédie was on my daughter’s swing when she was a newborn and I’ve always associated with tranquility and love. Watching her sleep as a newborn to that piece just warmed my heart!
2026-01-13 02:08:21
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maud1999xx :
On the nature of daylight I discovered through Arrival (probably many) so maybe because of the movie, it sounds like acceptance. Acceptance of good, or bad. But happy to be alive to witness it, even if it hurts.
2026-01-22 23:23:57
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Ŋιϲɸℓε ♡ :
I found "On the nature of daylight" when my brother died. it was like ALIVE with me, in my sorrow, my grief, feeling every tear, every sob. it literally held my broken hearts pieces and slowly sewed them back together with every note. my eyes...cry every time I hear this, to this day. Over 10 years later.
2026-01-18 01:31:19
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Wisecracking Blonde :
on the nature of daylight sounds both sad and hopeful. thats why it's so impactful.
2026-01-21 17:41:23
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Dana Lyn :
As soon as I hear, Max, I’ll start crying
2026-01-08 23:49:38
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stefff_303🌱 :
The first time I heard this song, I imagined sitting in a sunlit meadow, with my son on my lap as a toddler (he’s 11 now). My daughter running in slow motion around us (she’s 14 now). I could feel and smell my son’s blonde hair. I held him to me and kissed his sweet head. Bittersweet isn’t a strong enough word. It makes me sad knowing that I’ll never get to know how the story (of their lives) ends. None of us get to know how any of our story’s end. Like we don’t ever get to read those last few chapters. Ache, yearning, nostalgia, grief, pride (in my children), unconditional love…so many feelings.
2026-01-10 01:21:28
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Grace :
On the Nature of Daylight doesn’t sound lonely or sad to me. It sounds like being found. It sounds like you made your way out of the dark.
2026-01-20 03:58:51
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Chiquis :
Loneliness isn’t the right description- it’s the raw feeling of being broken open
2026-01-10 05:48:40
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lolmomof2kids :
This makes me guttural sob from my grief. It brings out All my pain, all my soul’s loss of love from my Mother.
2026-01-06 07:09:44
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Ashley Marie :
I discover On The Nature of Daylight watching Shutter Island, and it broke something in me.
2026-01-23 06:34:00
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Robert Paulsen :
I heard "on the nature of daylight" in cinemas while watching Arrival at 12am midnight, we went there after work so all my colleagues are bored to sleep and I am feeling every particle flowing in the theater, couldn't sleep, how could I? not saying the movie changed me but from that moment, I'm no longer the same...
2026-02-27 14:15:27
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RedBlaire2020 :
Max Richter is a modern master! I love so much of his work!
2026-01-22 16:45:56
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Gorl Needs Inspo :
The first time I heard On the Nature of Daylight my mind pictured passion not sadness. Of course it broke my heart in Arrival, but primarily I don’t find it sad because of my initial impression.
2026-01-07 07:42:13
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Jeff :
Gorecki, Symphony no 3 w/ Dawn Upshaw.
2026-01-16 19:53:45
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Kristie :
Idea 25, Jacob and the stone & a way of life
2026-01-06 15:23:11
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AnnaWhite011311 :
This is a song that you can feel. Soul moving. ♥
2026-01-06 01:59:39
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Topher McLaughlin :
I was not expecting this Listz. You just broke me
2026-01-02 03:39:01
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Lex 🖤 :
The first time I heard on the nature of daylight was watching The Handmaid’s Tale. The scene itself… so many mixed emotions. I felt so the emotions so deeply and the music just enhanced it.
2026-01-18 22:11:07
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MST3Kimberlee🐈⬛🐈🐾 :
Spiegel im Spiegel is one of my favorite pieces! When it started playing during Chidi's wave speech in The Good Place, i started BAWLING. It's so beautiful and aching and was the perfect piece for that moment.
2026-01-21 01:50:04
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deltapolymers :
I'm crying,, your crying,,, we are all crying..
2026-01-04 21:51:27
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gratitude mindset | shannon :
I remember the exact day, time and place where I was the first time I heard Spiegel im Spiegel 26 years ago. That’s the kind of song it is.
2026-01-15 13:36:46
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