00:24Thank you for your cheers and warm welcome.
00:30But I'm not the person you're thinking of, I'm just a shadow of the legend.
00:36You're already emotional, aren't you?
00:39But not for me, never for me.
00:44It's okay.
00:45So, what's your name?
00:48My name is James Jackson Sullivan.
00:53And what are you going to do for us today, James?
00:58James Jackson, I'm going to tell you a truth and then I'll sing.
01:04This is going to be good.
01:05I love this.
01:15When you look like a legend, people don't see you.
01:21They see a reflection of what they want.
01:24Their nostalgia.
01:26Their grief.
01:29They want to wear you the custom of the legend.
01:33My parents.
01:36They were the only ones who saw me.
01:39James Sullivan.
01:42Just their son.
01:44James, you said saw, meaning past tense.
02:00They died.
02:02Both of them.
02:04Car crash.
02:05Six months ago.
02:13How many of you have someone you've been meaning to call?
02:18Someone you love, but haven't told them in months, maybe years.
02:27You're already emotional, aren't you?
02:30But not for me.
02:32Never for me.
02:38We all think we have time.
02:50James.
02:52What would you say to them now?
02:56If you could, at least one more time.
03:06Thank you for seeing me when the world only saw a reflection.
03:14Stop waiting for the right time to tell someone you love them.
03:20So that person you thought of earlier, the one you've been meaning to call.
03:25Call them tonight.
03:28Not next week.
03:29Today.
03:46James.
03:48This isn't a normal audition.
04:01I don't care about the golden buzzer.
04:08I care about every person who's taking someone for granted.
04:25My parents can't hear me anymore.
04:37But the people you love, they're still here.
04:43So go.
04:45Call them.
04:47Hold them.
04:48See them.
04:50Love them.
04:51Like every conversation might be your last.
04:57Because one day.
05:00It will be.
05:05I'm going to sing for you now.
05:11I'm going to sing for you now.
05:12I'm going to sing for you now.
05:24I'm going to sing for you now.
05:27And I'm going to sing for you now.
05:28I wear a face that isn't mine.
05:31Borrowed bones of strangers' life.
05:35We see the ghosts of 73.
05:38But never see the man in me.
05:42My mother's smile, my father's hands.
05:45Now buried in this foreign land.
05:48Six months gone but feels like years
05:52Since anyone saw past these tears
05:57We built our towers made of sun
06:00We promised calls beneath the moon
06:04But time's a thief we never catch
06:07And some doors close without a last
06:13So love them now
06:16While now still means something
06:20Before the silence fills the space
06:24Where words should be
06:26Don't wait for perfect moments
06:31Golden timing
06:34Tomorrow's just a promise
06:38That we might not see
06:41Love them now
06:44While now still means something
06:48Love them now
06:51While they can hear you say
06:55I see you
06:58I need you
07:00I'm here
07:02Before now
07:06Comes yesterday
07:10I look like legends when I grieve
07:13But legends don't know how to breathe
07:17They see the cheekbones miss the soul
07:20They touch the shadow not the hole
07:24My parents knew my real name
07:27Before the mirror played its game
07:31They held the boy not borrowed skin
07:34Now I'm the legend living in
07:39How many names sit in your phone
07:43The voices you could hear right now
07:47How many chances left unknown
07:50Are dying while you're working out
07:55The perfect words
07:57The perfect words
07:58The perfect time
07:59There is no perfect
08:02That's the cry
08:07So love them now
08:09While now
08:11While now still means something
08:13Before the silence fills the space
08:18Where words should be
08:20Don't wait for perfect moments
08:24Don't wait for perfect moments
08:26Golden timing
08:27Tomorrow's just a promise
08:31That we might not see
08:34Love them now
08:37While now still means something
08:41Love them now
08:44While they can hear you say
08:48While they can hear you say
08:49I see you
08:51I need you
08:53I'm here
08:56Before now
08:59Becomes yesterday
09:01Call them tonight
09:04Hold them tomorrow
09:08Stop rehearsing love
09:12And just perform it
09:16We can be heroes
09:19Not just for one day
09:23But every small moment
09:26We choose not to wait
09:30Tell them you're sorry
09:33Tell them you're grateful
09:37Tell them they matter
09:40While it's not too late
09:44Oh
09:45Love them now
09:49While now still means something
09:52Before the flowers wilt on graves
09:57Of things unsaid
09:59Don't chase tomorrow
10:02Don't chase tomorrow
10:02While you're wasting today
10:06The living need
10:09Your love
10:10Much more than the dead
10:13Love them now
10:16While now still means something
10:20Love them now
10:23While they can feel your embrace
10:27Stop taking for granted
10:32What could be gone by morning
10:35Love someone now
10:38While you still see their face
10:41My parents
10:47Can't hear me anymore
10:49But the people you love
10:53But the people you love
10:53Are still here
10:54So go to them
11:00Call them
11:04Hold them
11:06See them
11:09See them
11:12Love them like it's the last time
11:16Because one day
11:20Without warning
11:23It will be
11:26It will be
11:28It will be
11:28It will be
11:32Love and love
11:36Love and love
11:37Oh love still means something
11:40hid
11:44So go to them
11:52To miss
12:02Something
12:32wow james that was absolutely phenomenal you literally made me cry this was truly a nostalgia
12:40for me you took me back to my mother's grave i wish i could hug her again those moments
12:45wishes i could turn back the hands of time you know james you're truly amazing you are not just
12:54wearing the face of the legend but you are also carrying the spirit of love the very thing that
13:01matters most oh my god wow it's been a while since i cried you made me cry like a baby
13:11and wiz this is
13:13a yes from all of us and we want to say we love you james thank you so much i
13:21am truly grateful for
13:22this privilege so james before you go can you give us your last words for tonight all right once again
13:31thank you for this rare privilege you know when i walked onto this stage tonight i wasn't sure anyone
13:39would really see me for the last six months every time i've looked in the mirror i've seen my father
13:45staring back and it's been the most beautiful unbearable thing i've ever experienced
13:51my parents died six months ago car accident just gone grief does strange things to you
14:00it reshapes you it reshapes you and in my case it literally reshaped my face but here's what i've
14:11learned we spend so much of our lives waiting waiting for the right moment to tell someone we love them
14:21waiting for things to calm down before we visit so waiting waiting until we're less busy to make that
14:32phone call we treat the people we love like they're guaranteed like they're permanent features of our
14:42landscape that will always be there they're not
14:52if you're watching this at home right now and there's someone you've been meaning to call
15:04someone you had an argument with someone you keep saying you'll visit soon
15:09soon i need you to understand something
15:16soon is a lie we tell ourselves to feel better about our procrastination
15:23my parents died on a tuesday a completely normal tuesday
15:28i'd seen them the week before we'd had a nice dinner you far i'll call you this weekend
15:40that weekend that weekend never came
15:46you you still have your soon you still have your this weekend you still have your chance
15:55so here's what i'm asking you to do when this when this show ends tonight don't just
16:02switch off the telly and go to bed don't just say oh that was sad and move on with your
16:07life
16:08do something send that text make that call book that visit forgive that person tell them tell them
16:16while they can still hear you tell them while your words still have someone to land on because i promise
16:22you there will come a day when you would give anything absolutely anything to have one more
16:28conversation one more hug one more chance to say i love you or i'm sorry or i see you and
16:37on that day
16:37you'll realize that all the things that felt so important that the tone the busy schedules
16:44the petty arguments the i'll do it later all of it was just noise just distractions from what
16:51actually mattered people we love are not background music to our lives they are the song
16:59my mom used to say that regret is just love with nowhere to go and she was right i have
17:08so much love
17:10and nowhere to put it anymore don't let that be your story
17:17and i came here tonight looking like legends from the past
17:21don't want us to live in the past i want us to live in the now the precious fragile temporary
17:29now
17:29so please please don't wait don't assume you'll have tomorrow
17:40love the people in your life today fiercely imperfectly immediately
17:48tell them they matter show them they matter not someday not when things calm down not when it's
17:56convenient now whoa wow now still means something
18:04i can't hug my parents anymore
18:08but you can hug yours i can't tell mine i love them but you can tell yours so go do
18:15it tonight
18:16tonight because i promise you
18:20when they're gone you won't wish you'd worked more or scrolled more or waited for a better time
18:28just wish you'd love them better while they were here now please go see the people you love
18:39while you still can and that's all i wanted to say thank you for listening
18:47thank you for seeing me the real me tonight
18:53you
18:57you
18:58you
19:00you
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