I bought this album when I was a kid, now that I’m 45, I’ve just begun to realize how amazing this album is..........a masterpiece!

I listen to this when I grieve. Lost my dad to cancer Friday the 13th, 2022. RIP, fly around the universe, see and know everything.

This is one of those very rare songs. A song that has the power to make time seem to stop. It has a melancholy that is very specific in the way it causes me to shut out everything except those bittersweet memories that only exist in the space between life and dreams. A temporary time machine that takes me back to days when life was simple and love existed in the night sky and on a breeze.

As a lifetime fan of sting, I count this song amongst the most outstanding.

I remember playing this over and over after my father's death. I found it comforting somehow, although a moving recording. Eternally grateful, thank you Sting.

He was singing about his dad. Beautiful song. Sting is a genius.

The caliber of musicians on this album (and Dream of the Blue Turtles) was top notch-New York jazz and funk musicians at the top of their game. I’m not aware of anything being done like this since. R.I.P. Kenny Kirkland-the heartbeat of Sting’s first two albums.

I had this album on audio casette back in 1991 and I loved it.Now I'm 53 and still in love with his music.Genius at work.

Dear Sting, You changed my life forever. You are and will always be a legend. With Love. Tina 🖤

The Soul Cages was his most introspective album - so full of water - the symbol of grief at the passing of both his parents. This song is a masterwork.

The best lyrics..Sting is a storytellers ,one of the greatest

Under the dog star sail Over the reefs of moonshine Under the skies of fall North, north west, the stones of Faroe Under the Arctic fire Over the seas of silence Hauling on frozen ropes For all my days remaining But would north be true? All colors bleed to red Asleep on the ocean's bed Drifting on empty seas For all my days remaining But would north be true? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Dark angels follow me Over a godless sea Mountains of endless falling, For all my days remaining, What would be true? Sometimes I see your face, The stars seem to lose their place Why must I think of you? Why must I? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Why would you want me to? And what would it mean to say, That, 'I loved you in my fashion'? What would be true? Why should I? Why should I cry for you?

Played this in the car, coming back from my ex husbands funeral...I sang, I screamed and talked to him about the stupid mistakes that brought him to that day...this song helped...r.i.p. Victor...

I listen to this song in 1996. My dad passed away in 2020. Now I understand that this is a healing song.

The cinematography in this is so beautiful. Almost as beautiful as Sting's lyrics.

DEDICATED TO MOM, DAD AND MY LAST VISIT TO RED LOBSTER BEFORE MOM WENT TO HEAVEN. SEE YOU SOON MOM. THIS SONG PLAYED AS WE ATE. STING WRITE " SOUL CAGES" IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS PARENTS. THANK YOU STING. I GIVE AWAY MANY COPIES OF " SOUL CAGES" TO MY NEW ACQUAINTANCES TO INTRODUCE THEM TO STING'S SOULFUL AND MUSICAL INTERLECT. 💜

What I've always loved about this video: we see him showing himself as the romantic sailor-with-a-poignant-lost-love-backstory, but then realize: no, he's not setting himself apart from the others with that -- *every one of them* privately has his own version of the same story.

Towards the end you can hear him celebrating as he has broken free of the grip grief had on him. This compliments a more optimistic change in the music. He does something similar with They Dance Alone. Brilliant artist.

"I loved you in my fashion" sums up the way I felt about my own father. My feelings are very conflicted still. I do wonder "Why should I cry for you?", yet I do anyway.

This is the song that my brother used to dedicate to my father on his death aniversary, exactly 6 years ago. Now my brother is been gone for eight months already. It makes a lot of sense now. I miss them both so much. I hope they are holding in heaven. Thank you Sting for such a beautiful song. Hope someday that we will meet again. This means a lot for me.

For all those finding meaning in later years, remember that Sting was 40 when he released this album, very thoughtfull, sorrowfull and mature

I lost my father on 2. april 2024. Thank you Sting, I am your fan since i was very young (born 1970). I never thouth that this song would mean so much to me in this sad, sad time.

Me looking at the sky at night and thinking about my dad, ... Sometimes I see your face The stars seem to lose their place

He is truly blessed with a fantastic voice and a master of lyrics. Enjoy his music. Heard this when I was sad and when I was happy. Thank you Sting 🙏🏻

Sometimes I see your face The stars seem to lose their place Why must I think of you? Why must I? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Very beautiful music, I always get emotional when I hear it ❤❤

I think of my late father and both of my grandmothers and how much I miss them. But after crying a lot to this I’ll think of how much great they did for me when they were alive.

A song that can leave you speechless and crying. Man I love this song

My father carried around the guilt of not being a perfect father for his whole life. He cried on many occasions to me. He wasn't a great father. He was actually a very self absorbed man and died that way. He was very typical in that he did not have role model. My whole point is that this is so common between father and son. This is the greatest song written IMHO to capture that tugging dark emotion that fathers and sons both feel as a result. Beautifully cathartic. It's not an answer, just an honest picture of the relation that most fathers and sons have to make peace with.

One of the best songs ever. Took on new meaning when my dad died. Played this over and over. Still makes me cry 😢 when I hear it. Funny I always hear my dad's voice with the lyric..why should I cry 😢 for you. Why would you want me to. My dad would have said....what are you crying 😢 for.

Love this song♥️ Sting is such a brilliant writer. Originally written for his relationship with his father who used to work at the docks. I'm so fortunate to have grown up hearing these gems

This song take me out of this time. It remembers that beautiful moment of my first son's birth. Today I'm Fifty and I could think this song it's the best song I've ever listened. Thankyou Sting.

After knowing this song for several years, I still get goosebumps listening to it.

I always think this is Sting's best work.

Sting, what an accomplished storyteller & lyricist. This song speaks of a complicated, painful relationship, so many mixed emotions. But with a difficult person you love, it's torture, when it's ended, a song is born.

The emotion, the hidden message,beautiful poem, the soul of every words in all your song...

This song gives me goosebumps. Very deep song. Sting is a Legend

Sting's music makes me cry for everyone!

For those who don't know : this song is about his father. After he passed away

I dedicate this song to my father every Fathers Day because the lyrics says a lot our relationship. Dad I love you in my own fashion way

The Soul Cages is a brilliant album and especially this song. Sting’s music has always reminded me it’s okay to be honest and emotional sometimes but that’s important to celebrate life. This song while I cry because it makes me think of my father who died in 2011 but I celebrate the wonderful moments I had with him. I never got to show my dad Sting’s music but I suspect he would have enjoyed some of it.

Love how Sting is able to make literary allusions to this song and his other pieces. In this case he alluded to Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner

❤❤❤ LAST SONG I ENJOYED WITH MY BEAUTIFUL PARENTS BEFORE THEIR PASSING. BITTERSWEET. MISS THEM SO MUCH AND ALL WE DID TOGETHER. THANK YOU LORD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THEIR CAREGIVER...PRICELESS❤❤❤ LOVE YOU LILY AND FELICIA GIRL ❤❤❤

Sting, I love and admire your work, I respect you as a person and a musician. I wish you creative success and longevity. Best regards, Vitaly. Kiev. Ukraine.🇺🇦

The one and only Sting. A God-gifted artist, songwriter and brilliant songwriter.

Sting is 71 today!

One of my top ten favorites at age 65. Couldn't have lived without it.

Soul Cages, an album that is lifetime classic.

I Love this man so much!!! His music heal my soul... 🤗❤

I grewup with the police and sting musics

My Brother My hero died last Jan 10 2021 I Found his lifeless body ON a sunday morning. I Will Never be the same I Miss him everyday. This song is for him. I Love you MOE. Why did you leave me?

This song has so much meaning to me. always brings me to tears.

As I have become older and lost both of my parents, this song has become not only relevant to me, it has become quite comforting. Beautiful, beautiful song.

Sometimes I see your face, The stars seem to lose their place Feel that after learning I lost my estranged father forever.

Love from Turkey🇹🇷🤗😍

Beautiful remastering ! Used to be a groupie in my 80’s life, and ’til today, never came across that powerful husky voice of yours. And, keeping on dreaming that Sting will one day tour in my beautiful country, Madagascar !

One of the best Sting's songs.. Love from🇩🇪

the first time i heard this song i was changing the tire on a wheelbarrow, i will never forget that....

One of my absolute favourite songs. Also love Fields of Gold. Beautiful and enchanting

⏳ timeless song ⌛

I, have been a POLICE fan since, I was a kid!!! This, is Sting's greatest solo song!!

"Sometimes I see your face, The stars seem to lose their place Why must I think of you? Why must I? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Why would you want me to? And what would it mean to say, That, "I loved you in my fashion"? What would be true?" - She may have truly loved me but could never say it, she knew I loved her but may not have truly believed it, and nonetheless there remains with her a piece of my heart and an empty space where she once belonged. She will surely never see this, but she knows who this is and she knows who I mean.

Why should I cry for you 🤗❤️

Always loved songs of the sea, but I had just broken up with my first serious GF when I first heard this song. Perfect timing... hit me very hard. It will always be my favorite Sting song.

That snare sits so far back it's almost out of time. Feels like being on a rolling ship.

DJ Goddess will always be here with you.

Every time I hear this I start to cry, the song touches something deep in me.

Everything he does is magic

Songs like this one ☝️, let the world 🌎 know we are human. Why should I cry.

Эх, Бритты! Прекрасная музыка! Никогда мы не будем братьями, но уважать себя заставим!🇷🇺

I can't write my thoughts

There are songs that seem to have been written to give your heart a voice when your emotions block all words.

Because.... The lord said so. The new commandment To love others as yourself, even your enemy !!! DUH 😮

Sublime ❤️❤️ comme souvent avec Sting..ce type est un pur génie..le plus grand ? Pour moi oui j'ai 56 ans je le suis depuis les années Police Que du bonheur 👍😛

The Soul Cages is an amazing album, which kept me company in a very challenging period of my life. I was 17 when it was released, and very confused, and one of the (few) anchors of my life was music like this. Thank you

I love Sting!!!😍

STING ,You are Beautyful, Inside and outside.🎸 Very PEACEFUL human. Thank You.🎼👌

this song is a beautiful melancholy

I listened to this song when I was with my friends in a car during a journey in a long winding road at sunset in the 90s. Now I am in my 50s, alone.

This song, and its parent album, is an uncanny masterpiece. A+.

Sting wrote this song for his father when he passed back in the 1990s. That realization has stayed with me these many decades later.

Sting: THE BEST!!!

Love this song - what an incredible talent

this melody is haunting.

No one gets to my heart

For you Dad...See you in heaven

I was 16, the best buy in my life.

Love from Pakistan. I have been listening Sting from 2010 when I was 13

Happy Birthday, Sting!

Sting is a thinking man who uses words like diamonds. Lucia

Sting has definitely left a musical imprint on the cosmology of the cosmos! You can quote me on that!

My number 1 of top 5 tunes of all time. Your music instantly brings me into the present and the past simultaneously; miraculously. Sublime composition. Come to think of it, top artist of all time. And all my top fives are Sting. Your instrumentals are especially wonderful. Mad About You. Shape of My Heart. When We Dance. Music plus poetry beautifully blended. Ad infinitum...

gosh I love this song better and better each day I listen tiredless to all available version ungoingly on repeat it is just art!

After all these years this song still gives me gooseflesh… thank you Mr Sumner 🙏

I'm 65 and l can't get this wonderful man out of my head., l lsten every single day. Sting is part of my life

Under the sights of sorrows I begin

Haven't heard this in ages. Beautiful ❤️

Agree, one of the best story tellers, supported by beautiful sound, rhythm 🙏🏻 craftsmanship 👒🍀

You hit the magic spot

Happy 70th birthday Sting!!!

No Love ! Yeah, why? Clashing Cymbals.... Nothing !!!!! That's all.