This song is absolutely heart wrenching and breathtaking live. Everyone in the audience was crying. Her voice is so pure, and her lyrics are so amazing. She's a wonderful artist and story teller.
Lyrics Daniel (baby boy) by Kimya Dawson I was twelve and things had been Pretty okay up till then The only deaths I’d experienced Were of pets and the grandparents of my friends I was in gifted and talented Until right around the seventh grade But that is when everything changed And I had to flip a switch and shut off my brain Chorus:
Cause if I thought too much I’d get sick to my stomach And I would feel like giving up Or throwing up it was just too tough Verse 3:
Cause that is when I realized that Even little babies die and I had to build a wall inside to Keep me from losing my mind Verse 4:
He was only nine months old kid I’d babysit and hug and hold And I would tickle his toes and pat his head And watch his chest rise and fall as he slept in his crib Bridge:
And then my dad said late last night drunk driver hit their car he didn’t survive And his mom was hurt bad but his dad is alright His big brother is fine cause he stayed at the party Yeah yeah steven is fine cause he stayed at the party Chorus:
And if I thought too much I’d get sick to my stomach And I would feel like giving up Or throwing up it was just too tough Verse 5:
Sometimes things happen when we are small That we just don’t have the tools to deal with at all So we bottle them up and we just don’t see How the stuff that we stuff will affect who we’ll be Verse 6:
What protects us as kids slowly makes us insane So I’m trying to dismantle barricades Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain And I just hope that my heart is stronger now So much stronger than it was when I was twelve Chorus:
When if I thought too much I’d get sick to my stomach And I would feel like giving up Or throwing up it was just too tough Verse 7:
And I’d sing ‘Daniel’ again and again And pretend you were just traveling on a plane Quarter century later it’s still hard to take But with every red tail light I scream out your name Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name Outro:
Ive always loved this song, but something terrifyingly similar happened in my life lately and i forgot about this song. Listening to this again and crying.
At a concert I had gone to, she said she's been wanting to make a new album for years, but has never done it. This song is supposed to be on that album if it ever comes out
in 2018 she whipped this song out at a concert I went to and I was sobbing just standing there..
I wish this had cameras on the audience - there would be tears
“What protects us as kids is what makes us insane”
This song is absolutely heart wrenching and breathtaking live. Everyone in the audience was crying. Her voice is so pure, and her lyrics are so amazing. She's a wonderful artist and story teller.
+Be nice to nice
Saw her in Brighton on Friday. Most of the audience were in tears.
Kimya is the best story teller.
i saw her play this song live recently, i hadnt heard it before and i was sobbing it was very emotional
same!! im crying
kimya dawson is just so amazing she is such an amazing lyricist she knows exactly how to make everything real and just makes cry
This song actually makes me cry real tears.
Lyrics Daniel (baby boy) by Kimya Dawson
I was twelve and things had been
Pretty okay up till then
The only deaths I’d experienced
Were of pets and the grandparents of my friends
I was in gifted and talented
Until right around the seventh grade
But that is when everything changed
And I had to flip a switch and shut off my brain
Chorus:
Cause if I thought too much
I’d get sick to my stomach
And I would feel like giving up
Or throwing up it was just too tough
Verse 3:
Cause that is when I realized that
Even little babies die and
I had to build a wall inside to
Keep me from losing my mind
Verse 4:
He was only nine months old
kid I’d babysit and hug and hold
And I would tickle his toes and pat his head
And watch his chest rise and fall as he slept in his crib
Bridge:
And then my dad said late last night
drunk driver hit their car he didn’t survive
And his mom was hurt bad but his dad is alright
His big brother is fine cause he stayed at the party
Yeah yeah steven is fine cause he stayed at the party
Chorus:
And if I thought too much
I’d get sick to my stomach
And I would feel like giving up
Or throwing up it was just too tough
Verse 5:
Sometimes things happen when we are small
That we just don’t have the tools to deal with at all
So we bottle them up and we just don’t see
How the stuff that we stuff will affect who we’ll be
Verse 6:
What protects us as kids slowly makes us insane
So I’m trying to dismantle barricades
Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain
Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain
And I just hope that my heart is stronger now
So much stronger than it was when I was twelve
Chorus:
When if I thought too much
I’d get sick to my stomach
And I would feel like giving up
Or throwing up it was just too tough
Verse 7:
And I’d sing ‘Daniel’ again and again
And pretend you were just traveling on a plane
Quarter century later it’s still hard to take
But with every red tail light I scream out your name
Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name
Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name
Outro:
I say ‘Daniel, Daniel, Daniel’
I say ‘Daniel, Daniel, Daniel’
I say ‘Daniel, Daniel, Daniel’
Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy
Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy
Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy
Baby boy
How does this only have 86 likes??!
This sing hits home, hard.
*song
This song gets me teared up. Its so sad.
Beautiful. Kimya’s music is magic. It makes me feel better even when it makes me sad.
Ive always loved this song, but something terrifyingly similar happened in my life lately and i forgot about this song. Listening to this again and crying.
just incredible
I need the lyrics, i don't understand the entire song
does anyone know the chords to this song? x
The female version of Daniel Johnston
Is this off any particular album ?
At a concert I had gone to, she said she's been wanting to make a new album for years, but has never done it. This song is supposed to be on that album if it ever comes out