Dear Civil Wars, I miss you. I love you.

When musicians make a lot of eye contact while singing I always feel like I'm watching something very intimate and private. It's so charged.

Musical soul mates... Didn't know it was possible before I heard these two.

2022 and I still miss them ♥️

Boy ! She really does have a beautiful voice!.

The air around them's so intimate whenever they sing together that I feel like I shouldn't be watching.

i love how expressive she is when she sings

I just came back to watch them look at each other because oh i am in love with that !

There's really no denying that their chemistry is insane! :)

It’s already been 10 years ..I still somehow hope or wish that in ten years time Joy or John would find that “envelope underneath their door..”

Again here in 2019...There is so much intensity in their chemistry.... Like the way she looks at him show the full level of love she is so intense... And the way he looks back that's so adorable ... They look great together... Wish they were still together... miss their music 😢

I miss this duo so much. They were so amazing together.

In junior high/high school, I had a huge crush on this guy. He introduced me to The Civil Wars. I still think of him often, especially when I hear this song.

They sing together as if they are characters in a musical, telling a story with their bodies, not just the music. Very beautiful.

It occurred to me tonight that this song, written quite early on, is actually their epitaph. And perhaps a prediction...these two will likely talk again, but it will be a long, long time. The cord's not entirely cut, but it's been buried very deep indeed. "there's a note, underneath your front door that I wrote twenty years ago yellow paper and a faded picture and a secret, in an envelope. there's no reasons, no excuses, there's no secondhand alibis, just some black ink on some blue lines and a shadow you won't recognize. in the meantime, I'll be waiting, twenty years and twenty more, I'll be praying for redemption, and your note underneath my door"

You can't have that sort of chemistry and not be in love with each other. They were deeply in love, knew it was wrong since they were both married....my God I miss them

I've heard and seen a lot of music in my life! 300s if not more of show from R&B, punk, hair bands classical and opera. I just love music. I prefer to listen to people who do their own works , which is what drew me to Joy and John . This is some of the most beautiful work ever composed! Here's food for thought for all those who purpose romantic connection. In all likely hood they in the physical world! They remained true to there respected mates Joy had a baby . john had children of his own ,But in spiritual world John and Joy's soul connected in a way so few people do and dream off. Or else this music couldn't have touch so many including their selves. and that is what's undeniable.

I want them back... watching this video makes me feel like crying because I remember going to see them and all the giddy-ness and just standing in awe at them. I would give anything to feel that again...

Not in my entire musical lifetime have I seen something like this. It's just magic. Pure and simple.

In 20 Years i want to remember how they look at each other

Regardless of any rumor of these two having an affair, a physical one, these two for sure had to have an emotional one. You can’t be this good, be connected and have your audience feel it too without without having them feel it or feel something between them. If the phrase “making love” had a picture of what making music with someone you love and admire sounds like it, it would be a picture of these two.

I always come back to this video to feel something.

I miss them. So bad. Their music felt like magic, and so was their chemistry..

This will always be in my top 5 fav songs of all time

I've come to only appreciate artists that have clever or witty or beautifully written words in their music, and often times I'm willing to negotiate a mediocre voice, melody or beat for that reason. I'm happy to say I didn't have to do any negotiating. This performance was impeccable. Everything was perfection, from their harmonies to their beautiful lyrics. And the both of them being strikingly attractive did not hurt that at all. What more could I ask for?

Best group of all time. Love their music.

Good God!! Their voices were made for one another...! So perfect together!

This is my favourite pass time these days. Watching their videos from way back...

There's a note underneath your front door That I wrote twenty years ago Yellow paper and a faded picture And a secret, in an envelope There's no reasons No excuses There's no secondhand alibis Just some black ink, on some blue lines And a shadow, you won't recognize Mmm Mmm And if it means I'll be waiting twenty years And twenty more I'll be praying for redemption And your note, underneath my door And your note underneath my door

oh the way she looks at him! :)

I miss you so much in this 2019.

I Love this song. I cant stop listen to there music. I hope they reunite.

So special, that was not chemistry, it was pure God given. I respect both of them to honor their marriages. But, being selfish, I so wish they were together. Heavenly...thank you and I am so pleased they are both excelling independent of each other.

the way she looks at him.... ill never get over it

This is a petition to The Civil Wars: Please, please, please! Make ONE more song together! We love your music and we miss hearing you guys play! Please, just one more song, I won't ask for anything ever again! Like this comment if anyone agrees!!

Nothing more descriptive of what magic the human voice can be WITHOUT anything more than their voices & a guitar...No computers, no one telling them to fix anything or change anything...the perfection is naturally aided by soul. Drift off for a moment ...THIS is exactly what I picture nightly campfires to have been years in the past. Our souls yearn for this in many different cultures. The artists may find this to be corny as well as others...But perhaps its why so many respond to this.

You have added to the beauty of life and this will stand for eternity.

Her voice is unreal. It stirs my soul, now THAT's natural talent.

How beautifully you captured the twenty or so years I waited for my love who has came and is now gone... I only need this song to take me there again. Thank you from the bottom of my ❤

This song gives me chills.♥ their chemistry is so strong and the way she looks at him is just ahh indescribable!

2022 and it still breaks my heart that they broke up 😢 miss them

Thanks Civil wars for all the great and special music. I wish you well for the rest of your lives

took them for granted when I was introduced to their songs by a friend some time ago. :(

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

Perfection. I am thankful that their music came to be, if only for a short time.

One Of My Favourite songs from Them Is From This Valley ...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

this is one of my favorite bands!!!!!!!!!

its 2019. i want the unfiltered truth of why this ended. i was in love with this duo when they were around (maybe as much as they were with each other?)

This is like reliving a deepened heart break for me and very much interprets what its like to lose the one you love so immensely that no matter how deeply you berry the past it will remain living in your heart. I do hope they meet again in life....

She loves him so much. It's extreamly beautiful how you can feel the love she feels for him through looking in her eyes. How she watches him. Its absolutely breath taking. I love you JOY and JOHN.

This makes me so sad that they couldn't work out whatever problems they had. Going to miss hearing new music from them :(

Sometimes the reunion of magic such as this is inevitable, in spite of whatever discord exists on the personal front. I look forward to such inevitability. (:

After John Paul's Grammy 2014 speech, I'm pretty sure they're done. So much tension and hate has been built up. This is a tragedy. This will be one of my favorite songs and one of my favourite videos of the pair.

How absolutely beautiful. This performance, this song, these two - perfection.

that guitar playing.... i could listen to that all day!!!

effortless, simple and yet so perfect! i want to bask in the richness of their sound for hours on end

I love this music they meet me into the heart❤could listen forever ,its very beautiful,to bad i see civil wars never live

This is amazing. They work so well together!

The absolute favorite version of my favorite Civil Wars song. This is indeed a masterpiece of writing, harmonies, and emotion. AMAZING!!!

I enjoy watching this more than the music videos. I love seeing you two singing together. you mesh perfectly and it is amazing how into the music you two get. Love it. You guys are amazing!

This Song is my soul! Wunderfull.... thanks from bavaria

Since I have discovered their voices, I just fell in love with their musics.. They match perfectly together!

I guess folks will keep on believing what they want to believe about these co-writers of such awesome and beautiful music. If it warms your little hearts to think that JPW and JW had some torrid affair, nothing is going to stop y'all. I happen to think Joy was being honest when she told an interviewer that their connection was not of a romantic nature, but it was just as deep. When two songwriters who work together so closely also perform together, they often feel a connection so strong it's a high like no other. They do have a connection to the music and each other while they're singing together, that's as intense as if they were engaged in a passionate affair and that is just as real. But, it seems, only another musician would understand that. If they had ever shared tender feelings, I don't think they would *still* have hard feelings on either side. Maybe for a while, if someone got really hurt, but not a years- long deep freeze. I believe it was irreconcilable professional differences. But if that is the case, there's always a chance that way down the road one of them will have a change of heart, say, in "another 10 or 12 years, maybe longer..."

Soo miss these two creating as one......

2024 Hoping one day for a reunion tour + to seem them live. :)

The way he looks at her...the way she looks at him, it's so beautiful.

omg i love them.... their voices are so powerful yet so gentle!!!! only band i would pay to see in concert!!!

how can they not be in love with each other after making such lovely music like this? i don't get it.

come back here at least once a year I miss them so much

This is one of my favorites. sing along every time. Being on here..hearing their music now.....just makes my heart break, knowing that they are not together......... I hope they see past their differences soon, so everyone can be happy again......love you two....

Completely mesmerizing and remarkable, a novel sound I didn't realize existed.

The guitar is so beautiful!! (the singing as well, of course)

from France: your association was great, very poetic, great style, beautiful voices. I am an artist too and the life for artists is very difficult but even the love went away, you can continue and offer us some new minutes of happiness. The things you create together are more important than your own separate life. That why the artists suffer more than another people

So this has special meaning bc my husband and I grew up together and had a brief romantic encounter, and then 20 years later, we reunited, and the rest is history. I hope we live to have 20 more.

These 2 are so talented and Joy is so beautiful

How can such a talented duo split up? I can't imagine not hearing new music from them

omg I JUST GOT THE CD ALBUM I LOVE IT THIS SONG HAS A HAUNTING MELODY AND I AM IN LOVE WITH THE CIVIL WARS... WONDERFUL FOLK MUSIC

2023 and missing them more than ever after hearing them on Taylor Swift’s re-recording of Safe & Sound ❤️💔

this just proves to me that you don't have to be in love with someone for them to be your soulmate. Clearly these two voices were meant for each other, these people were meant to come together, there's something about them both vocally and personally that's really compatible, even if they aren't "together."

Thank You SOOOOO Much for putting this video back up! The performance (and you) are brilliant!!! :)

i love watching them! joy always performs like shes trippin out or something! so hypnotic!

this two are awesome! exactly what todays music needed.

This is absolutely breathtaking...

They make beautiful music together.

She is the most beautiful singer in the music industry right now

Listening to this song in 2020 and hoping that in twelve years, these two will fall in love again. I know they were both married to other people, but sometimes, you meet the person you're meant for when you're with someone else. Love like this is magical.

I love this song. If you've not seen them live, I suggest you find a date they're coming to your city and GOOOO!!!

God they are so good together. Soul soothing.

my favorite Civil Wars song...may be my favorite song ever!

they are so beautiful, talented and deep I wanna hug them forever

i cant deal with how amazing this is .

New favorite Civil Wars song

How could they not fall in love with each other?!

Please please please please please please come to INDIA....I will die for your Music guys........I found you couple of days back and You have changed so much.....I have never seen angels but I surely have seen them singing...and they are you both...

Your chemistry electrifies this song...

this is so amazing, it sounds better live than recorded! :)

OH my god. They are so amazing.

Damn it, she melts your heart with those eyes and voice :|

I love the way they look at each other.

Hes in love with her voice. Not her. He leans into it while she leans into him. It's evident how she feels. They're soul mates, but not the forever kind. Sometimes we make beautiful music with people but still have to let them go. We aren't meant for everyone we'll love and will love us. They're music is bittersweet because that's exactly what they are. This could be their last reunion. Or maybe another will happen in 20 years. Or perhaps another lifetime. Their music, though, will forever be an ode to an unforgettable connection.