Ok, this is the last time I'm replying to you, so listen up. I have grown up listening to this kind of music, this is what I love. Now this song in particular holds a lot of meaning to me. I made this video because I wanted to share what I love with people. The million views just showed me that others appreciate this as much as I do. Now I'm sorry if it didn't come off that way, truly I am. This isn't about the views, I'm just happy that so many others love and share this song too.

In my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written!

"And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do." Some great lyrics, vocals in this song.

This song has so much meaning for me. When I was 23 I had the opportunity to travel to South America with my buddy and cruise around the Galapagos Islands. I had a small Walkman at the time because this is 41 years ago now, and to be 23 years old and having an opportunity to travel to such an exotic place was an awesome experience. So I went out on the deck one night after everyone had gone to sleep ,with this song playing in my headset and dancing under the Stars and under the Southern Cross and it was so exhilarating and such a milestone and benchmark in my life experience, it was just awesome. So the point is this song just brings back absolutely wonderful memories! When I play this song, even to this day I'm just immediately back in the Galapagos Islands on the deck of that beautiful cruise ship on a warm summer night under the Stars, and so grateful for such a beautiful life experience!

When I was 18 years old a looong time ago, I was standing a midnight watch on the USS America.So many stars in the sky, it was almost overwhelming. The bright blue-green glow of bioluminescent micro-organisms being churned up in the ship's wake. A warm wind and the slight vibration of the deck from a island of steel cutting through the Antlantic. This song popped into my head, and it all came together like God himself had handed me a moment of perfection and enlightenment, like it was all there just for me. I'll never have that moment again, but everytime I hear this song, I get pulled back to the memory of it.I pray that when I get old, and can't remember anything else, even my own name, that I can at least recall how I felt on that quiet night at sea.

I've also been around the world, looking for that woman, girl. And I found her in a small coastal town on the Southeast Coast of S. Korea. We've been together now for 36 years.

I was contemplating suicide then this song came on the radio. I felt compelled to listen to the whole song and I am still alive today and I owe it to this song.

I was a runaway from a crazy home. This was my kick ass song. I lived in in south central LA . I was saved by this music at 17 yrs old, 61 now and all my flags are a’flyin! And music is my name

This song could easily be re-released today and be a top ten hit for months. Probably the best single ever and I'm 56.

RIP brother. 💜💜💜

"My love is an anchor tied to you; tied with a silver chain." Man I'd like to write something like that!

RIP David Crosby. This was one of the biggest songs of my life. I am praying for his family, bandmates, and friends

I don’t listen to this song often, but when I do, I play it over and over and over

Harmonies like no one else. So much talent in one band.

This song is spiritual. If you haven't figurred it out, this song goes deeply into the soul of love and where your life is going.

I'd start every flight mission I had in Iraq with this song. It was calming flying over those lands.

"I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin' She is all that I have left and music is her name." Brilliant.

I was in Vietnam when, one night looked up and saw, to my amazement, the Southern Cross constellation....the same as the Americal shoulder patch I wore. This song and that moment were like an Epiphany, then.

I gotta say, every time I hear this song, I have to hit repeat a few times. Few songs can really do that.

Just the melody alone makes me weep. Anytime I hear this song, I feel I connect to an ancient emotion shared by collective humanity through all time. There are very few songs and music pieces that move me with such wonderful meaning. Southern Cross is one of those rare gems. What a gorgeous work of art. There’s something haunting about the melody and a genuine relatability in the poetry of the lyrics. The message of how insignificant our problems, worries, and conflicts can be when we’re in the presence of something far larger than us, like the majestic, starry, night sky is simply humbling.

The more I listen to this song the deeper it gets... The narrator knows sailing, his boat is order and he is making good time... his life is a mess though. He lost the love of his life and she is not coming back. The "Love will endure" line means he will never be over this. The promise of another day means his search will not end. It's actually pretty dark. When the lead drops out of time with the song and the chorus rises it highlights his helplessness. He can sail his boat but he can't figure out why she left or how to get her back.

I'm 25 and man I love the music of the older generations. I grew up on this stuff.

We used to play this song over and over with my boyfriend now my husband back in 1982 still love the song to this day.

To hear this song is one of the profound reasons to stay alive. For me.

I don’t know why, but still to this day when he says think about how many times I have fallen I still get emotional (Oh beautiful music).

I am too embarrassed to sing when others are watching.......till this song, I can belt it out for the whole world to hear.

After all these years i'm still amazed how those young guys could create lyrics, melodies, harmonies & feeling into songs such as this...it still takes my breath away...Larger Voices Callin'...

One of the best written songs from that era!

This song is a poetic masterpiece! It must be age creeping in but my eye's full up with tears. Kind of forgot how great CSN are. Thanks!

Great lyrics, astonishingly beautiful harmonies. Rock at its best.

Our story is not over Not for the rest of my life will I stop thinking of you

I have always loved this song, I lost my way to addiction and other things and I met the love of my life during this song, sixteen years later, love her more than ever!

in the early 2000,s i got to go on a once in a lifetime trip across the pacific on an amazing boat with some good friends, we went to the south pacific and the marquesas islands, i must of played this song a 100 times looking at the southern cross in the night sky! lol, still brings me chills! RIP david crosby and thanx for the music brother

I play this song every Saturday morning as I ride from Oceanside to Huntington Beach just before sunup. I just stare out over the water at sunrise and hope to see a wooden ship.......

One of them most beautiful songs I have ever heard

A masterpiece, a Michelangelo's David of music

When this song came out in '82, I was severely depressed. Picking out and singing each part helped a lot.

What's amazing about this song is their is a real southern cross of stars off the coast of Australia I saw it when I was in the Navy.

I'm 18 and absolutely adore this song. Wish music was still produced like this

R.I.P. David Crosby, your music gets people to think how wonderful they are

I remember my dad buying this on vinyl. Truly great times I'll never forget. RIP dad

I was just about to give up on a lot of stuff tonight ... this restores my hope!

I just found out David Crosby died. This was my favorite song from csn. Rest in peace David. You will be missed whenever anyone hears your songs.

the best thing about a well written song is that it has a special meaning for the writer, he/she tries to show that in the lyrics and the messages within. For us the listeners it could be heard by one million people and each one of us would have a different meaning to it, a time, a place, an event or sorrow or pure elation, and every answer is just as valid as the next and these emotions though all different, bring folks from every walk of life together for the duration of the song, I have loved this song from the first time I heard it, I didnt know about constellations or hemispheres or any of it, all I knew was that a time I was in a place in my life that was very painful and I heard this song, it gave me the courage to allow myself to cry and let my pain out, to me it was the first step in a healing process that took many years, I felt it was written just for me and I still do today, I love to read the comments after these songs, I love seeing that others have used this song to heal, to be reminded, to rejoice or to just feel safe, it is the power of music that makes it so two folks that have never met, could be total opposites in everything, but upon hearing this song could be stopped dead and begin to sing along with each other with completely different emotions flowing through them, Very very cool, and to you that served I say THANK YOU, being Canadian, service was something I never really thought of as a thing to do but I always knew there were folks that did and that kept me safe, again I say THANK YOU, there is one thing I can never understand and maybe a service person could tell me, how in the hell did you ever overcome the fear you must have felt in order to do your duty? This is something I will never understand. What a great song, thanks for letting me ramble

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

September and the rest of the Autumn of 1982, Room 266, Hemlock Dormitory, Mansfield State College, Mansfield, Pennsylvania, USA, the college radio station WNTE, 89.5, played this all the time. I was twenty years old and became enchanted with the melody and the lyrics and I wondered where is this mystical and magical Papeete and Marquesas? Then I saw the video and that orange cap he wears? Ever since then to this day I call my own cap just like the one he wore in the video my Stephen Stills cap, tho' mine is my preferred color of blue. I also decided back then in 1982 that Someday Maybe I Was going to travel to Papeete and the Marquesas. It became a quest for me to complete the journey. Forty-two years later and here I finally am with my wife and son who, ironically is twenty years old, like I was when Ii first heard the song. I am listening to Stephen Stills singing “Southern Cross” as I type out this comment in Papeete, 18 June 24. This Sunday, the 23rd, we will be in the Marquesas for ten days. All I can say is, “Wow”. I still cannot believe I am here. Thank you Stephen Stills for inspiring me to come here.

CLASSIC is forever! Thank you!

The lyrics are as beautiful as the harmony. Thank you CSN.

I really love the last set of lyrics. Perfect way to finally come to terms with a failed marriage.

It's so good to know that young people are listening to music like this. I bought this album back in the 80's when it came out. This stuff will live on forever, some of today's stuff will not.

I don't know why but I had plied my trade in Sothern waters more than once but I never looked for it, the Sothern Cross. I was on a run just south of Pagan Island in 2011. On that run I first saw the Southern Cross. When I looked up and saw it I saw the Milky Way too! Couldn't help but feel that silver chain, the one that ever ties me to you! All the emotions from those years of long gone by hit me like a title wave. Even though you passed back in 1979. Truly made me know that I was glad to have come that way...

This song may be one of the absolute best ever done, it brings a message of serenity, love, compassion and understanding......listening to this brings a smile and a tear......” and music is her name “......enjoy.

The harmonies and phrasing are so amazing.

One of the most beautiful lyrics!!! RIP David Crosby🙏🏻🙏🏻

This is being played at my beloved Pa's funeral next Friday... beautiful lyrics and music..restful and soulful

I'm 33 and I love this song. Good music doesn't get stuck in one era or another

Saw CSN&Y re-unite for the first time in a LONG time in 1991, at the Santa Monica Civic for a benefit. It was for Dallas Taylor, their drummer, who needed a liver transplant. WHAT A SHOW. Neil also did a solo set, as did Don Henley, and Chris Hillman from The Byrds....with his group The Desert Rose band. All acoustic show.....in front of approximately 2500 sets of lucky eyes. UNBELIEVABLE show.

This song has substance, truth and talented artists. So grateful to have had the music of CSN&Y in my life.

Spirits are using me...Larger voices are calling!!! 🙏🌈

We all love the spell this song weaves, freedom does have a price! Take the trip in your mind.!!!

What a memory this song triggers. Sitting on the beach at night next to a fire watching the stars listening to this. Phenomenal.

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITES!! CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU AT “THE SOUTHERN CROSS” MR. CROSBY!!! RIP! 💔💔💔

spirits are using me, larger voices calling...indeed🥰❤🙏

My motto: "She is all that I have left and Music is her name!"🤗

Thanks for posting these lyrics. I have always loved this song.

I've been listening to CSN and CSN&Y songs since the passing of David. This has always been my favorite song of theirs. It's relatively cheery and more from my day than the earlier classics. But they have produced a great body of work over the years. RIP David Crosby, a profound and colorful human being and excellent musician.

What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten xoxoxo, Jessica

This song has so much packed into it... deep sadness and overcoming what can beat you... it is strong as whiskey and a kick in the a$$!!! I love it for so many reasons!

Great song. This song is true for many of us. RIP David.

I like this song 1000 times

My grandfather fits this song to a T. He sailed every chance he had. He died sailing. Doing what he loved. I wanna go out that way.

An ex of mine used to play this on his guitar and sing it to me. ❤ I always liked this song since i was younger.

When I was young I never really had alot of confidence in myself, so one day my dad came and played this sing in the old radio, and ever since that day, that I listen to it, and heard the lyrics it would guve me the confidence to do things, big and small.

This song reminds me so much of my mom. She loved this song when I was younger. I keep this song on my playlist

'60's children, man!

Neither David Crosby nor Neil Young performed on this song. Stephen Stills sings the lead with Graham Nash singing the backup with Art Garfunkel and Timothy B Schmidt. It's still an amazing masterpiece though!

A truly timeless tune. Maybe their best. Really great!

Music , sound , energy , vibration , it's all the Same I think at the Spiritual or Cosmic or Creation Level . Rare songs like this one put me in that Place

this song is why we love these guys so much!

My dad listened to Crosby, stills and nash all the time when i was growing up. He passed away 4 months after my mother. That was 5 years ago. This song...came up on my youtube play list. I am sobbing. It makes me think of my dad so much. Him playing his guitar and singing this.

"Somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you"

I was very young when this song came out,even so it did something to me. When i entered high school i joined the concert choir. At the end of the school year we had a show i was picked to put it together. I sang this song with 2 fellow classmates and the choir did the backing vocals. We got a standing ovation! This song will always remain special to me.

They don’t write lyrics and music like this anymore. Best era of music ever.

AND YOU KNOW IT WILL!!

Simply awesome!

I was in my Freshman year in highschool when this song came out and, I guess being a musician, I fell deeply in love with this song immediately, so much so that I would stay up late at night hoping they'd play it on Mtv!! Those were the days!!! But they weren't new to me, I remember hearing their music when I was growing up in the late '60s and '70s because my mother always had the radio on at home or would play records for us. She was also a gifted singer that was never able to spread her wings and fly. She had such a beautiful voice. And nowadays everytime I hear that song it magically takes me back to my youth. That's the mark of a truly great song. If it brings tears to your eyes it's a true golden classic!! Such a talented group of musicians, especially Steven Stills, he amazes me. If any of you don't know, he wrote that song, forgot the exact title "just a song before I go" (?) You know which one...well he wrote that song in 20 minutes on a dare that he couldn't write a song in less than 30 minutes. And he wrote such a masterpiece in minutes! And won the bet to boot! All truly gifted musical geniuses!

I LOVE this!

This is kind of melody an soft voices that are real an can touch the both hearts an souls! god bless u men Amen

Think about how many times I have fallen Spirits are using me, larger voices callin' What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.

one of the truly epic songs. None better.

Thanks for posting. Lying here in early morning about to leave Costa Rica. Saw Crux last night for the first time. Just learned from comments that David passed. So many emotions. These lyrics.

Still Here...still My Song! Looked up at the Southern Cross while in Vietnam, with 23 Inf. Americal

Salute, Anthony, and thank you for your service. 🇺🇸🇺🇸. Our son was also bombing in Syria and Iraq in 2015. Just happy you all were safe. God bless.

Whoever loaded this song thank you, thank you, thank you.

What a clean beautiful classic rock song.I luv this song.Class of 82

Soothing. I remember listening to this song as a kid.

A song that speaks to me in beauty & the soul of the ocean, when ever I listen to it. A gem amongst many of David's jewels. Love you David & thanks for the music 🎉😊

Wow. Anyone else think this song is just perfect?

This song has so much special and emotional meaning to me. When I was just 23 I had the opportunity to travel to South America with my buddy and we went to the Galapagos Islands. We were on a small yacht traveling around the Galapagos Islands with around

I just love the music of my generation,nothing will ever come close to it ever again.