Dan Deacon - When I Was Done Dying (Live on KEXP) 

Comforted to find I’m not the only one who cries every time I hear this song

And the earth looked at me and said "wasn't that fun?" And I replied "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone"

The added bit at the end... "No. There's no answer. There's no question. There's no place where I sleep at night, where I put my head is home."

dude this song always gets me. But seeing his passion whilst singing choked me up. i cant imagine what was going through his mond when he wrote this

Man, must have been so stressful and exhausting to do all of this live. The amount of joy and passion this guy has for his music is just beautiful.

I tried singing along with the song and there are no spaces for breaths lol

"No, there's no answer, there's no question, there's no place where i sleep at night where i put my head as home". I love that added part

Words can't describe how nostalgic this song makes me feel. The way he sings it with so much passion always gets me teary eyed ;_;

I honestly want to hear him sing this live without the filters. He has the vocal aggression and passion of a solid metal vocalist.

Damn the passion in this guy is insane!

I don't know if I love the recorded or live version better

Chills bruh, chills. Such a beautiful, beautiful song.

One of the best songs of the decade.

here because of "Dark" the Netflix Series Season 1: E9 this is brilliant stuff

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, DON'T WORRY SO MUCH...

This song always makes me cry.

So brilliant!!!! Episode 9 of Dark closes with this perfect song! The cave, etc! So great!!!!

I loved this song the second I heard it. But my mother just passed this past Monday and I was able to hold her hand. This song played over and over in my head. But this live version could be a metal song for sure.

Literally sobbing while writing this but the emotion , the song, the everything. Its so touching and it will always be that way

I tear up every time I hear this. absolutely beautiful tune.

Well, I looked Dan up again to see if he had a podcast yet because the dude is hilarious... found this instead, and now I'm pretty sure he's a genius.

No voy a mentir que es raro verlo en vivo, pero esa canción es mi filosofía de vida y la adoro y te quiero mucho Dan Deacon 🤎

When I was done crying....I put this song on repeat. This is the only song in the world that makes me feel this much emotion.

The first time I listened to this was wondering what I was listening to. Soon after the part with the earth looking at him I began to sob, because I realised I don't fully understand what he is saying, but i completly understand the meaning of what he is saying.

My friend that OD'd on fent month agoloved this song and I continue to play it in his memory. Rest easy Jacob 🥺🖤

i hope i never stop dying, i love you dan deacon

I have had this song on repeat for two hours.

This song always wakes up the magic in me, helps me feel connected to the whole cycle of life, to all other life, and I cry with such beautiful joy at the words.

For some reason this song reminds of where the wild things are. I don't even remember the story from when I was a kid but it it does.

Omg Dan is crying too 😭😭I cry every time I hear this song

So much power and passion. This is my favorite performance of this song yet.

Art is such a wonderful concept. I couldn't imagine life on earth without it.

WOW! No song elucidates the psychedelic experience so well. Thank you, Sir.

He is my new favorite musician to listen to. It’s so unpredictable. This makes me want to play around with my vocal distortion equipment.

This song is so good, can’t believe I just found it

this guy is awesome.loving the experimentation.

The music and lyrics are world class. But why I return here is because of his passion and total involvement in the song. He puts the song before him.

I love this song and the music video that goes with it

Such a beautiful song 😭😭😭 gets me every time

I’ve been torn from this universe, and chewed up and spat back out. All while listening to this song. I couldn’t imagine a more beautiful experience

Thank you Dan , this is my comfort song

I like the way his equipment is color coded....very organzied and probably saves a lot of time...

Dan deacon you make me cry😭😭

This song unites souls that might have felt lonely without needing anyone there.

Damn Dan your music takes me places where my turmoil can’t reach thank you brotha

There are things we don't quite understand, but we feel it, and that's way more important

The pure passion is so emotional is gets me every time

heard this in Dark. never realized this was dan. great stuff

I have always tears in my eyes while listening...

It's like a rule with this song, you have to scream the "I'm not so brave" part and you have to improvise the ending.

my new favorite song..

God this song is a gem, brings back so many memories ❤

Seen him live in Edinburgh when he supported Future Islands. Fantastic artist.

I can’t unhear this song. *smiles*

I fucking love this man and his music.

DAN DEACON THE DAMN BEACON OF ELCTRONICA

Damn, this guy is a genius, so passionate.

A wonderful and amazing musician. To quote Schumann writing about Chopin, "Hat's off, gentleman, a genius."

so...when i was 18 i moved to Chicago and met an older man named Deacon Dan...and yes, he was a Deacon....and very nice but later i think was 'exposed'....just a funny, interesting life story~i have many!....when I first heard this song it was exactly my life/rebirth....there are NEVER any coincidences

Its always the deep and confusing songs that get to me so well! I love this song, and I love Dan Deacon!

A stunning song that always stops me in my tracks

His hey yah sound is hypnotic

How many times have I listened to this video?.... I lost count long ago...

Amazing

Absolutely amazing. This song gives me chills, the live version is making me levitate

3.1K likes...48 dislikes...who are you 48?? song is BRILLIANT

I f**king love this song

Dan you're a brillant genius and a great artist. Thanks for this magnificient SONG!

This song is oddly nostalgic, even though I've never heard of it before

glory glory

"When I was done dying my conscience regained So I began my struggle a nothingness strained Out a flash made of time my new form blasted out And it startled me so and I burst out a shout At which my legs ran frantic like birds from a nest And I ran until drained leaving no choice but rest So I fell asleep softly at the edge of a cave But I should have gone in deeper but I'm not so brave And like that I was torn out and thrown in the sky And I said all my prayers because surely I'll die As I crashed down and smashed into earth, into dirt How my skin did explode leaving only my shirt But from shirt grew a tree and then tree grew a fruit And I became the seed and that seed was a brute And I clawed through the ground with my roots and my leaves And I tore up the shirt and I ate up the sleeves And they laughed out at me and said "what is your plan?" But their question was foreign I could not understand When then suddenly I'm ripped up and placed into a mouth And it swallowed me down at which time I head south So I said Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Well I woke up to see them, these two mighty steeds With their mouths grinning wildly expressing my needs As they stood there above me, being flanked on each side I felt no need to fear them, no reason to hide So I reached up to touch but they faded too soon Yet their mouths still remained and stacked up towards the moon How that ladder of mouth waved so soft in the night And I looked up in awe at that beautiful sight And I dreamt about climbing into the night sky But I knew had I touched them they'd mouth back 'bye bye' So I got up and walked down the path in the dark And there deep in the distance my eye caught a spark Of a crab twice my size with incredible strength Oh it greeted me kindly and then we all drank And we drooled out together right onto the ground And the ocean grew up quickly right up all around And the earth looked at me and said "wasn't that fun?" And I replied "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone" And without even thinking cast me into space But before she did that she wiped off my own face She said better luck next time don't worry so much Without ears I couldn't hear I could just feel the touch As I fell asleep softly at the edge of a cave But I should have gone deeper but I'm not so brave I said Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey ya ya Hey hey hey"

One of the best musicians right now who no one has ever heard of.

Pretty sure Dan is my spirit animal.

So much love for this version!

dan is magic

All I ever hear is Alexi Murdoch on the coolest acid trip of his life. Love Dan.

He shines so brightly

watching dan perform this live gives the song so much more depth, he has so much passion for his art and just seeing him put his all into it makes this song that much more beautiful. :')

I appreciate the hell out of you man that song has gotten me out of a lot of dark times

No shit I died. I died and this has to be heaven. Its gotta be.

Love, LOVE, love LOVE IT!

So much talent encompassed in one being, love it ❤

beautiful stuff

I fucking love this song so much. It just fucking smacks me in the heart. Thanks Dan, youre a real gem

true mystic

I have no idea what I was watching that caused your song to come up on suggested list. Glad it did. This song is awesome, been stuck in my head since last night. 😄

beautiful. thank you.

Underrated artist. This is pure expression

Love this guy. God damn legend

Thank you for leading me here, Griffin McElroy

CHILLS DUDEEEE

i love this mans brain

LOVE ITT

man i hope one day he makes an official version with additional ending line

Thanks Dean for this

Masterpiece!

by far the best underground electronic artist

Best of best🖤

so brilliant, epic and trippy!

What an absolute banger