Dan Deacon - When I Was Done Dying lyrics

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 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 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