I first saw this song the first time MuchMusic played it, 3:30 AM, after watching TV all night underground... my lungs hurt and the furnace wasn't warming me up... I was a jaded 27-year-old warehouser with a BA and it almost made me cry.

The nostalgia of this song...these songs are a trip down memory lane. Canada's got some great artist.

Always landing in Toronto in my memories....those beautiful days when this famous song came out and I was a new immigrant in those days, still listening after about 15 years....it still rocks. Our Canada has so many singing gems and that is why I say" I love you Canada".

I emigrated to Canada from the us 22 years ago and this was one of the first songs I heard in Canada ❤

I was 23 when this came out - about the age for basement apartments and roommates. Gosh, how time slips by! This great song is one to remember.

Sarah Harmer is one of the best musicians not many know about. I met her in line at her concert once and she was terrific. Fights for the earth and the Lorax for shizzle

Absolutely timeless song. Something about it has always really resonated in me. Sarah is a wonderful singer!

This song is universal for all the working poor who wound up barely alive in some Toronto basement ...sweet voice juxtaposed with images of hard living in a hard town...Be like Sarah and make sure you do leave...Toronto is the armpit of Canada and this song makes that point beautifully

I swear I wish I could go back to those days when that song came out or when the video played on TV. Simpler, easier and nostalgic times.

she is my cousin. no joke. i just love to hear her sing at the family reunions. but that happens rarely. cause shes preforming :p but when she does. its awesome. and she has an amazing personallity, couldnt ask for a better cousin..

This song came out 5 years before I was born but it was still a very poignant song to my parents and they played it when I was really young I’m turning 18 this year and will be going out into the work this song means more now then ever

This song came out when I was in middle school and I mainly loved it for the tune. Now that I'm a underemployed university-graduate, living on her own for the first time at the age of 25, I feel like I can finally relate to this song.

This is the experience of basement apartment living for many of us. The song is so relatable.

I was a huge Weeping Tile fan in the 90`s, I lov Sarah's voice

Despite all the wonderful songs that Sarah has done, I think this is STILL my favourite. Thanks for the video!

Takes me back, early 90s, cranberries, sinead no doubt, O'Connor, etc, etc.....but this song though, Sarah Harmer was a poet!!

This song is an absolute gem 💎...came out at the perfect time...we'd bitch about our super intendant using too much bleach in the hallways of our basement apartment...I'll leave the rest unsaid as the song eerily but beautifully speaks of my/our lives almost in replication....I so miss those carefree days, how we've all parted now and gone on with out careers and families. Tha k you Sarah Harmer for singing our life and giving us this beautiful memory in song to remember forever ❤ 🇨🇦 🍁

Wonderful songs, like this, have such eloquently simple lyrics. When the song plays, you just fall right into it and are completely enveloped.

Got to love Sarah

Wow I haven't heard this song in years, it brings me back to the early 2000's when this was popular on the Canadian radio stations. Great song

Still one of my favourite Canadian artists!

Wow like 25 years ago .....good old college radio era this song was so great . I could listen to it over and over ......ahhhh life was great back then

I feel so amazing when I hear this song...

She has a great voice. What a great song. I cover this song when I play solo acoustic gigs. Great song writer.

my husband introduced me to Sarah when we were dating. We were living in a basement on a corner street, so it always makes me smile!

I think I've listened to this song more in the last couple weeks than I ever did back in 2000... Seems more nostalgic now.

This song really holds up. Why does Canada turn out so many unbelievably good singer/songwriters?

Some songs take you back to a specific time in your life. Good or bad. This is one of them for me.

There's something about this song that grabs me emotionally. Perhaps it's the chords used, or Sarah Harmer's bittersweet, melodic voice.

"there's nothing like watching TV all night under ground" ... Awesome.

so many people can relate to this song... living in my basement apartment 10 years ago, looking back, those were fun days.

I remember her and Weeping Tile rehearsing songs in my basement in Kingston.

This reminds me of everything good about living in Vancouver... Vancity dreaming 🎶❤

i miss the early 2000s for music like this?

Still one of my fave albums of all time...

Thank you Degrassi for another great song find! XD 🇨🇦

Nothing like a coming of age movie in a song

This song always reminds me of Grade 6. When I just started, Fall 2000. I remember when her and Nelly Furtado, were the 2 Biggest new artist that year. They were both up for the most Junos in 2001. Daaaamn, how time flyyyyyys!!

You live out where the street ends In a basement apartment with one of your friends And the tap drips all night Water torture in the sink The furnace is burning But it's still cold, I think [Verse 2] I can smell the bleach That they use in the hall But it can't clean the dirt off of me It's seeping under the door In across the floor It's starting to hurt [Chorus] Every time I breathe Every time I try to leave Every time I breathe [Verse 3] Now the toaster sticks And the empties are piled I haven't been up the stairs in awhile now I gotta wash the sheets on my bed I gotta watch those things that go unsaid God, I wish we'd leave it at this Every time I breathe Every time I try to leave Every time I breathe [Bridge] And every evening, you open the door You come down There's nothing like watching TV all night underground And no one is watching me slide Below street level, barely alive [Verse 4] Now we live out where the street ends In a basement apartment just like our friends We always said that we were different But you know now that we weren't 'Cause there's holes in all the bottles And my lungs hurt [Chorus] Every time I breathe Every time I try to leave Every time I breathe

I do quietly love her...and her music.

old but classic

This song describes my life. Amazing song. Can everyone scream hot-knives and hash.

Beyond beautiful.

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Such a fantastic song!

This is such a signature voice of the 90s for me

"I can smell the bleach that they use in the hall but it can't clean the dirt off of me." AWESOME SONG

I actually like the simplicity of the video. It was shot in Toronto, my hometown, so there's an automatic nostalgic quality to it for me.

So, so, so Vancouver. The story of my life ;-)

Gorgeous perfect song...everyone's first experience after leaving home for the first time.

Lucky I love this song in 2024 in ontario.

Beautiful. Thank you :D

you gotta love Sarah

2019/12/06. Still in my mind.

i remembering hearing this one degrassi: the next generation with the original cast not from the 80s. i love this song, brings me back everytime.

We remember these times. Passing out because the beds are all used up and driving home in the freezing cold is prob illegal. Now i have to air out the house when the cleaners use too much bleach. But, Working too hard to get what i have.

2015 still listening :)

Seeing her @ the Calgary Folk Fest, can't wait!

"because there's holes in all the bottles and my lungs hurt"...lol, I think I was at that party...

It's the bottle toke reference for me!🤣🤣🤣🤣

she came to my school and i got to sing with her (well i was in the choir and the choir got to sing with her) she is so awesome

I Lovelovelove this song

this song still makes me smile

amazing indeed!!!

Oooh i remember when i heared it at my house....in Canada....oooh memories

god, i LOVED this song when it came out!

reminds me of my brother's basement apartment years and years ago, mostly cause our lungs hurt from all the stuff we smoked, my head hurt from all the drinks, and the fact it was a basement apartment............just makes me think of that time in life, we had some great bashes there

Love her!

❤

This song reminds me of everything Canadian...

I met this fine woman this morning in Winnipeg. Great sense of humour.

reality humbles us so truly if we have eyes to see

My old friend Fabienne in Cote de Neiges in that basement apartment mid-90s.

First apt I got was a basement apt.She really has a good voice.A girl I used to chill with used to blast this, every now than I listen to it to remember her.Don't tell the wife

Felicity brought me here. "Tonight on the WB!" :)

Tara McLean "If I Fall". Love that song... Reminds me of freshman year at Trent.

This is like one of those sneaky explicit pop songs you heard a lot in the `90s. The song`s music itself is so joyful and euphoric, you usually miss the references to smoking crack.

Holes in all thebottles and my lungs hurt. Someone was hitting the bottle takes a little hard. Ontarians really loved the hash

I love her

The best Canadian artist bar none.

We are. Couldn't let one like that get away.

AFAIK, she is from just outside Burlington but went to school in Kingston (Queen's University). She was in a band called Weeping Tile while at Queen's.

Love me some Sarah......3:02 my fav part....BT's n good friends = Memories :P

such a good song writer

Thank you, Radio Paradise

thats a sweet song thanks for sending it to me:)

the original version was released in 1995 on an album titled 'eepee' by sarah's pre-solo band 'weeping tile'.

i came to listen to this since i moving to a basement

I love.all.your.songs.and.you are.a.beautiful.young.lady.

Like many lass. I will love you forever. That's it. Everytime I breathe.

love this song, like the holed bottles thing lollll...not to her but; i love you Girl♥

It sure has a truth about it

There's also the original she did with Weeping Tile in '95.

Bey Sarah Harmer is the best. Its Jen M

I was such a fan of this album when it was released and still love it. It just dawned on me that this song has serious Lilith Fair circa 1997 vibes and would've been a top track on the radio contending with the likes of Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan during that time. That is of course if she had any want or desire for that- otherwise, it was great then and still holds up now!

Every time I leave, every time I try to leave, every time I breath.... Now the toaster sticks and the empties are pulled, have t been upstairs in a while now....I gotta wait ash the sheets on my bed I gotta watch those things that go unsaid God I wish we’d leave it at this....every time I breath, my lungs hurt.....below street level, barely aliveeeeee!

@kwbsystems The song was actually released when Sarah was in the band Weeping Tile on the release called Eepee

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41 actually, and Im now cold and anxious in my own home now, thanks for asking.

And she wrote in waaaay back in her early Weeping Tile days. Ever heard the version on the eePee EP? This version's much better, though. One of the best videos I've seen in the past few years. I used to live in a basement apartment and the song nailed the feeling.