#dan deacon

[pulledrounder]

Richard Siken, Boot Theory // Frank Bidart, The War of Vaslav Nijinsky // astralcorbozo on TikTok // Mary Herbert, A Long Time in the Desert // Dan Deacon, When I Was Done Dying

[hereiswhatremains]

And the earth looked at me and said, "Wasn't that fun?"

And I replied, "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone."

— 'When I Was Done Dying' by Dan Deacon

[impypuppington]

Something about seeing the god of death in the form of your mother as you pass onto the other side... Something about the god of death being a mother... It brings you to tears.

[bananabrainnnn]

the crystal cat ⊙ω⊙

[brothlcreeprs]

My university notebook if you even care

[artfilmfan]

this is pure magic (plus the music score from Dan Deacon is brilliant)

[kittysprettyworld]

[does-the-song-fit]

"When I Was Done Dying" for Ryland Grace from Project Hail Mary

https://share.google/qSnKB9aIkS3i41Gl7

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 I should have gone deeper

But I'm not so brave

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Voting ended onApr 27

Lyrics below cut:

When I was done dying, my conscience regained So I began my struggle, a nothingness strained Out of a flash made of time, my new form blasted out And it startled me so, and I burst out a shout

Which my legs ran frantic like birds from a nest And I ran until drained, leaving no choice but rest So I feel asleep softly at the edge of a cave But I should've gone 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 that 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 at me and said 'what is your plan?' But their question was foreign, I did not understand When then suddenly I'm ripped up and placed in a mouth And it swallowed me down each time I head South (I said...)

I woke up to see them, these two mighty steeds With there 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 mouth 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 of that beautiful sight As I dreamt about climbing into the night sky But know 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 Though it greeted me kindly And then we all drank Yeah we drooled out together Right onto the ground

And the ocean grew 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 couldnt 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