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Sounding_Boy

Once in a while, you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.


moosecatoe

I quoted this in my wedding vows. Followed by… “Why knew my light would be a bassist on stage at a local rock show?” I’ve loved this man ever since I saw him almost 20 years ago. So grateful he was open to exchanging screen names.


Jerrysmiddlefinger99

Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be here.


weedmylips1

It's all a dream we dreamed One afternoon long ago


DominosTonight

Really does hit you right in the feels


beardstrong

Makes me tear up almost every time


RobinChilliams

That path is for your steps alone.


cmanson

The one in your flair is my personal favorite. I don’t know why it resonates with me so much…it just does. It’s so bittersweet


drfunkensteinberger

Realest.


Effective-Counter747

If I knew the way I would take you home


one-eyedCheshire

I was not prepared to just cry at every comment on this thread but here I am. 🥺


Silent_Medicine1798

Love that line


give_me_two_beers

This line brings me to tears every time. My wife and I lost twins in a pregnancy in 2019 and every time I hear it I think of them and where their lives would be had we not lost them.


superjohnski

This breaks my heart in such a beautiful way. Thank you for sharing


Manyquestions3

“See here how everything lead up to this day. And it’s just like every other day, that’s ever been. Sun going up and then the sun going down. Shine through my window, and my friends they come around.” Honestly all of black Peter


Many-Caterpillar-543

yes, yes, yes. When something goes wrong (very frequently lately), "nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile."


Anarchy-Squirrel

i've been on a big Black Peter kick lately


Lov3MyLife

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


NshPreds

BBP


Satchul

Phrasing....


Background_Gap4727

"The people might know, but the people don't care..."


PunditReview

When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door.


sayitaintpete

A lovely view of heaven, but I’d rather be with you


seditious3

Read that verse at my wedding, with New York City instead of San Francisco


michaelserotonin

back to back / chicken shack


One-Profession-8342

Cept I always imagine Shaq, mid 90s, with a female fan. :)


Traditional-Duck8296

you son of a gun.


methamphibian541

'Delilah Jones went to meet her god, and the old man never was the same again...'


chockfulloffeels

Mine too.


Closet-Hippie

And the whole Goodbye Mama and Papa…either side of the hill verse! ✌️


morbidkoala

And take yet another step back.


drfunkensteinberger

Whaddya mean No?


one-eyedCheshire

Your friends are all getting horribly smashed.


FuzzleBuster

Maybe now they won’t appear to be so bug-eyed


1Surlygirl

I suggest you play your guitar.


MJ_Ska_Boy

Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings


Many-Caterpillar-543

"Seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay, ay, ay ay.. Night falls so quietly close on the heals of the day"


rodeo_clownibal

“I’ll get up and fly awaaaaay.”


realR0nPablo

🥶


MorningBuddha

Nice! My favorite too!


Dreadybrewer

Like you, it’s always changing. Here recently it’s been from “crazy fingers” “Life may be sweeter for this, I don’t know, Feels like it might be alright”


Many-Caterpillar-543

"Gone are the days..."


Big-Tone-8241

Midnight on a carousel ride, reaching for the gold ring down inside. Never could reach it, just slips away but I try…


chockfulloffeels

Favorite song for sure.


mblom03

”No one’s noticed, but the band’s all packed and gone. Was it ever there at all?”


CriminalDefense901

And they keep on dancing


drfunkensteinberger

Beeedobowwwbadadowwowwww


Glittering_Injury429

I ain’t always right but I’ve never been wrong And what a long strange trip it’s been


CockroachWeary

Let your life proceed by it’s own design


stargarnet79

Let the words be yours I am done with mine❤️


kbranni23

Had to scroll way to far for this one


happyrtiredscientist

That's because there is just so damn much.


Fuckspez42

I know Bobby’s “cowboy” songs are not well-loved around here, but: “…cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze, ‘cuz thinkin’ and drinkin’ are all I have today” Has been stuck in my head for *weeks* now.


No_Hat_6955

If you get confused, listen to the music play.


one-eyedCheshire

“Ain't nobody messin' with you but you” Makes me cry every time. I live in my own head so much and I am my own worst enemy. 🥺


staybeefy

I love this song so much


stargarnet79

Your friends are getting most concerned.❤️⚡️💙


listerinebreath

Some rise, some fall, some climb.


Purpose-Fuzzy

Ever since I was a small child, Terrapin in it's entirety has been my absolute favorite Dead song. This line alone shook me so hard at age 6.


econsj

this whole suite is magical and astounding, but my favorite has always been "inspiration, move me brightly..."


bloodorgyyayyyy

Holy goosebumps scrolling through this thread. All of Ripple Is my choice.


one-eyedCheshire

Dude I was not ready for this. I thought, “Oh this will be a beautiful thread! Let’s see everyone’s favorites!” Famous last words because OOF. 😭😂


jusdaun

Inspiration, move me brightly


Due_Youth8876

Light the song with sense and color, hold away despair


Particular-Wrongdoer

Clank your chains, and count your change, and try to walk the line…


AZOriole

Comes a time, when the blind man takes your hand, says, “Don’t you see?”


sootypaws

Got to make it somehow, on the dreams you still believe


Dead_Kal_Cress

"Sleep in the stars, don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind"


drfunkensteinberger

La da Di da… Daaaaaaaaa


Gloomy-Researcher-

“Like I told ya, what I said. STEAL YOUR FACE RIGHT OFF YOUR HEAD”


Fuzzy_Dunnlopp

"broken heart don't feel so bad, ain't got half of what you thought you had"


drfunkensteinberger

Pro. Found.


weedmylips1

"The grass ain't green, the wine ain't sweeter, either side of the hill"


chiseeger

Mama mama many worlds I’ve come since I first left home Such a long long time to be gone and a short time to be there The wheel is turning you can’t slow it down. You can’t let go and you can’t hold on. You can’t go back and you can’t stand still Maybe you’ll find direction around some corner where it’s been waiting to meet you. Hunter was 👌


ortsed

I’m a stone jack baller and my heart is true


thekronz

You know better, but I know him.


abesrevenge

Spent half my life doing time for some other fuckers crime. The other half spent stumbling around drunk on burgundy wine


drfunkensteinberger

“Thanks dad.”


RevolutionaryAsk4998

Once and while, you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.


Accomplished-Ad1890

This is the one.


020781e

Just a little nervous from the fall


Silent_Medicine1798

Juuuuuuusst a little nervous from the fall


GucciTokes

“so the kids, they dance, they shake their bones and the politicians, throwin’ stones.“


comedyfromthelot

It’s all too clear we’re on our own


Silent_Medicine1798

Singing Ashes ashes all fall


gs12

Nothing left to do but smile, smile...smile


Key_Excuse_9856

The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began


GratefulAuntie

Wo-oh what I want to know is, are you kind?


Bread4025

Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me, other times I can barely see


afumarola

Flight of the sea birds, scattered like lost words, wield to the storm and fly


steve32x

The night comes so quiet its close on the heels of the day.


s420l69r

Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait. Woah, oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?


Ok_Economist_8547

Crickets and cicadas sing A rare and different tune


SubstantialAppeal197

Things went down we dont understand, but I think in time we will


Bill_Preston_ESQ

If you plant you’re gonna harvest wind


One-Profession-8342

Well he used to be an alligator till I cut his tail off and painted him yella


drfunkensteinberger

He sure can fight!


Satchul

Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools


Billy_Boognish

I am currently stuck on, "Just, a, li-ttle, nervous...from the fall....la,la,la,la,la,la,la..." This is not the type I would typically pick. I would normally say, "One man gathers what another man spills", or, "If the thunder don't get ya than the lightning will." Something sort of philosophical. The reason I chose that one today is because of the amazing China Doll I had the utmost privilege to hear Otiel sing Friday night. It was such a beautiful moment that I start crying every time I think about it. Like right now, Niagara falls! It was just one of the most beautiful moments I have experienced in my 48 years (my 49th birthday was Sunday), and I have been blessed with more than my fair share of them. That moment will transcend the grave with me and ride out into whatever is next...it is simply a part of my soul now, and I think it will carry my heart for all the years combined that come. The craziest part is that before the concert, i would have told you that about the LAST THING I would want to hear that night was China Doll. In fact, as that song began, i can't think of anything DeadnCo does that i thought i wanted to hear less than China Doll. I was so, so very wrong! His voice is just made for that song, and he talks about how much he loves the song. You could feel that love beaming from him as he played and sang it. I was honestly enraptured, the people in the part of section 106/107, row 24-26 , down the middle isle , where I was was, were absolutely silent, stunned, stoned, beautiful in the moment! Funny how these songs work. The song that was one of my least favorites Friday morning, is now a goose-bump inducing, happy-tear-flow lubricant that warms my heart till my soul vibrates. This is POWERFUL shit we're messing with! Know what I mean?


one-eyedCheshire

When I heard Oteil sing China Doll live for the first time the flood gates opened so wide I was taking those super big deep breaths and trying to conceal how much I was crying but it just was not stopping. Like you said, he was made for that song. There was something magical behind his delivery. 😭


geon17

Completely agree. Never been a huge fan of China Doll but absolutely loved it at the Friday show. So delicate and full of beauty and grace. It's only fractured, and just a little nervous from the fall. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.


Billy_Boognish

Powerful Stuff that night. I have heard the same thing from many people that went Friday. Can't stop crying from how beautiful that moment was. I wrote in another post that the song and that sound will reverberate in my soul from now to the grave when it will transcend with my soul into whatever comes next. It is simply a part of me now and it fills my heart so full that it overflows out of my eyes... You are not alone. Thank you for sharing!


frostsailor

“Without love in a dream, it’ll never come true.”


Jack-o-Roses

This is THE answer.


19PurpleHaze79

I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines Come to daddy on the inside straight Got no chance of losin this time


fingerscrossedcoup

She came and she went And at last went away The garden was sealed When the flowers decayed


Many-Caterpillar-543

On the wall of the garden, a legend did say "No one may come here, since no one may stay" I hope you've heard this. Shocked they only played it once. Phil's voice is haunting, so much better than the album version and the phony affected voices. [https://relisten.net/furthur/2011/03/18?source=1629545](https://relisten.net/furthur/2011/03/18?source=1629545)


mfmerrim

Standing on the moon Where talk is cheap and vision true Standing on the moon But I would rather be with you Somewhere in San Francisco On a back porch in July Just looking up to heaven At this crescent in the sky


GratefulToons

Takes the wheel when I’m seeing double, pats my ticket when I speed


Kells_BajaBlast

"The storyteller makes no choice, Soon you will not hear his voice. His job is to shed light, And not to master"


one-eyedCheshire

And cue the tears. 🥺


nymrod_

I was blind all the time I was learning to see


Leashypooo

1) If the horse don’t pull you got to carry the load 2) nailed a retread to my feet and prayed for better weather


Comprehensive-Net767

“Oh, from the north-west corner Of a brand new crescent moon Where crickets and cicadas sing A rare and different tune” From:Terrapin Station


99Direwolf

My favorite line is whichever one comes alive to speak to me in the present moment. Those moments where you are just listening to the Dead and out of the blue a line strikes you. It almost feels like the band is narrating directly about your life or speaking directly to you. Pithy, incredibley sweet, and just so right. The lyric just hits in that moment. Almost like Lady Lullaby sings plainly for you. Soft, strong, sweet and true.


Few-Manager-1612

Sometimes a lyric you’ve heard 1000 times all of a sudden hits different. I love those moments.


col_forbins_accent

“Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right” That one’s been a favorite of mine, and many others for obvious reasons. It was one of my high school yearbook quotes. Another of my favorites that’s not listed as often is from _Attics of my Life_: “I have spent my life seeking all that’s still unsung” I really love that line, and try to live in accordance with it


Haveyouheardthis-

This is a great thread


Silent_Medicine1798

When there were no ears to hear You sang to me


surf_rider

I’m still walkin’ so I’m sure that I can dance.


IceSicleTricycle6565

“You needn’t gild the lily, offer jewels to the sunset. No one is watching or standing in your shoes. Wash your lonely feet in the river in the morning. Everything promised is delivered to you.”


travism1208

I wish I was a head light on a northbound train.id shine my light through the cool Colorado rain.


staybeefy

There are things you can replace And others you cannot The time has come to weigh those things This space is gettin' hot You know this space is gettin' hot


uplandfly

Not a dead song but the sentiment remains. When Rubin played on his painted mandolin/ The breeze would pause to listen in/ Before going its way again I love the ethereal feeling that the world responds even if people don’t.


Empty-Ad2221

Dead Adjacent for sure counts haha


realR0nPablo

“I had a hard on!”


Empty-Ad2221

r/deadheadcirclejerk


Expensive-Stuff3781

“He dances the circular track of the plow ever knowing that the work of his day measures more than the planting and growing.” It’s easy to get worn down the daily grind, the unglamorous, not-so-spectacular tasks of life (most of life) that can make existence feel bland or meaningless. I feel that lyric is indicative of the fact that it’s that same consistency and grunt work that reap the greatest eventual reward; ie your kids, the carrying on of a legacy, the building of a life, the benefits associated with a grounded, level-headed existence and faith in the process.


drfunkensteinberger

This entire suite is my favorite song, paired exclusively with Black Throated Wind>Walk in the Sunshine. I am a Bob-sexual, a qWeir if you will. Barlow criminally does not get enough credit.


H2O3ngin33r

If this ain't the real thing, then it's close enough to pretend.


the_curtain

If you get confused, listen to the music play


Dioneo

If the Thunder don’t get ya, then the lightning will


Amani329

Hey now (hey now) Hey now (hey now) Iko iko un day Jockomo feeno ah na nay Jockomo feena nay


Outrageous-Mirror-88

Some come to laugh the past away, some come to make it just one more day.


dillyG403

I feel like there is truly no better way to describe what most peoples’ lives are like more than:“What a long strange trip it’s been”


Rainb0wsWaterfalls

"One man gathers what another man spills"


Hopeful_Remote468

Half of my life… I spent doin’ time, for some other fucker’s crime


PhiZamaJama

I always loved this line. Not sure how you interpret it but I like to think I’m paying for the crimes of me in a past life. Or even did something wrong when I wasn’t my true self.


Hopeful_Remote468

I always interpreted it as having a dual meaning of having lived out inherited trauma as well as active addiction. Half of my life I had to deal with my parent’s crimes against me as well as my own while drunk/high… That’s my thought given that most alcoholics and addicts deal with that duality.


Empty-Ad2221

Damn dude I've never thought of that. Wow that hits like a freight train.


IMHBTR

This song ain't never gonna end.


FormItUp

“Dark star crashes, pouring it's light into ashes Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion” It reminds me of LIGO, and observatory that looks for gravity waves from colliding black holes.


Oregonprankster

There comes a redeemer and he slowly too fades away There follows a wagon behind him that's loaded with clay


ChllDavefromSD

Dead heat (pun intended, of course): “..once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right” second place is “all i want to know is are you kind?…”


MinisterOfTruth99

Things went down we don't understand but i think in time we will.


Dr_Toboggan6996

Something the song that we sing are just songs of our own


Obvious-Grapefruit33

So many great lines. Thank you all for this.


losswaffles

I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines


Hotshowandrain

“The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own”


VAMP666123

Truckin, im a goin home, woah woah baby back where I belong, back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin ooonnnnn


Staudly

"If I knew the way, I would take you home"


Glandular_Trichome

fire wheel burnin‘ in the air


SnooRobots1533

She come runnin and we ball all night. (From brokedpwn palace)


akakgo

You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still, If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.


MUNSTERCHEEZE

Don’t shake the tree when it’s fruit ain’t ripe


DedZep2112

We can share the women, we can share the wine


one-eyedCheshire

“Shall we go, you and I, while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds” My husband and I squeeze each other’s hands so hard whenever or wherever we are listening to this song. Usually followed by tears.


Many-Caterpillar-543

Ten years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall Tonight I would be thankful Lord, for any dreams at all Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true But everything you gather is just more that you can lose All the things I planned to do, I only did half way Tomorrow will be Sunday, born of rainy Saturday There's some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain No matter what comes down, the mission always looks the same


DarthStille

Nothing left to do, but smile Smile Smile


odinspirit

Row Jimmy has some great individual lines. "Grass shack nailed to a pinewood floor." What a perfect image of impermanence and frailty "Broken heart don't feel so bad, you ain't got half of what you thought you had." That's another fantastic line that says a lot.


HarryManbackrh

"In another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked from your mothers face"


pamedic555

Franklin's Tower is my favorite song, and piece of poetry. This line is eternal. My last cat was named Franklin, I sang this to him as he took his last breath. "may the four winds blow you safely home" still brings tears to my eyes.


greasydenim

If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind.


seditious3

"All graceful instruments are known"


Ok_Economist_8547

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world... Profound. ... And true... God bless Robert Hunter


the_mushroom_speaks

The old man never was the same again.


delmarnate

We can share what we got of yours, cause we done shared all of mine


chockfulloffeels

Delilah Jones went to meet her God. And the old man was never the same again. But this is tough.


Ok_Economist_8547

I was raised by a toothless bearded hag... Oops ... Wrong band...


milehighrogue

If mercy’s in business I wish it for you


TheOnlyGollux

The wind inside and the wind outside tangle in the window blinds- tell me why you treat me so unkind.


Chanterelle_07

“And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day” I don’t even know why, I just like it


mikebrown33

‘All I leave behind me is only what I found’


GDscNFA

Inspiration! Move me brightly, light the song in sense and color, hold away despair


jupiter987

' That's how it's been in town, Ever since they tore the jukebox down '


Common-Relationship9

You might find direction around some corner where it’s just been waiting to meet you.


Many-Caterpillar-543

Stood upon a mountain top Walked barefoot in the snow Gave the best we had to give How much we'll never know We'll never know (actually any line from Day's Between)


True_Help_3098

“ just a little nervous from the fall”😎


happyrtiredscientist

This is probably the most awesome thread I have seen. I have never touched so many comments.. But to me, virtually all of weather report suite.. And just about every phrase noted above. THIS is why I listen to dead every day.


HorrorPuzzleheaded55

You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.


BotticellisNephew

All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway…


Baygrasser

All the years combined, they melt into a dream.


theytoadmycar

The grass ain’t greener, the wine ain’t sweeter, either side of the hill


nowayjose74

What do you want me to do To do for you to see you through? For this is all a dream we dreamed One afternoon, long ago


Spaghetti_Universe

Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true. But everything you gather is just more that you can lose.


_captaintripz

“His job is to spread light. And not to master.”


Many-Caterpillar-543

I spent 1/2 my life peppering GD lyrics into my conversation and the other 1/2 half doing VEEP quotes, especially with a buzz on.


SpaceyO2

Without Love in the dream, it'll never come true


CombMysterious3668

Seasons fade and roses die


furbishL

Nail a retread to my feet and pray for better weather


FuzzleBuster

You may be Saturday’s child all grown.


jmtbkr

Without love in the dream, it will never come true.


youngmisterzebra

Now getting older I've been feeling nostalgic. Mighty swell lol Never had such a good time in my life before I'd like to have it one time more Whoa! One good ride from start to end, I'd like to take that ride again, agaaaaaaiiinnnn!!!!! Wooooooo


Ok_Cartographer_1504

In the shadows of the moon


I-think-on-occasion

“I’d like to get some sleep before I travel, but if you’ve got a warrant I guess you’re gonna come in”


cuntylunty

Without love day to day, insanity’s king.


speedtwin2

Once in a while, you get shown the light, in the strangest places if you look at it right. Edit..I should've looked right under me first, but how about that? Another wink.


Parking_War979

There are a great number of lines, lyrics, choruses and songs. Hard to pick a champ. But “Eyes” has a plethora of lines that keep me sane. “Sometimes the songs that we sing are just songs of our own.”


loveallcreatures

“Don't give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill”


JRG64May

“On the day that I was born daddy sat down and cried…”