Father John Misty - Ballad of the Dying Man (Live on KEXP)

[@RickyCourtes]

Give that sound engineer a damn raise. Fantastic performance!

[@bullerfugl]

Kevin Suggs is always performing

[@JakeWildMusic]

1:40 gave me a chuckle. He's only human after all.

[@gigamonkus]

Him forgetting his lyrics is pretty ironic considering the subtext of Pure Comedy. Love this man and seeing him make that mistake and keep rolling made me love him all the more. He's one of us soulful predators too.

[@ryanhenryhook7483]

Josh naturally wondered to himself what the lyric was, which is" "Naturally the dying man wonders to himself."

[@timhackney6849]

I think that was the sound guy that messed up the MIC

[@timhackney6849]

NVM. youre right, he forgets it lol

[@RM-jb2bv]

There are so many lyrics on this masterpiece of a record I often wander how he recalls them all. FWIW saw him perform Leaving LA live and he didn’t miss a note or word.

[@RJPhotographics]

Saw Mr Tillman at All Points East in London. What a player! Incredible.

[@sketchyforlife]

there’s honestly something so amazing about hearing someone who sounds the same live as they do in the studio. for FJM i honestly think he sounds better live

[@rickbelson1387]

It makes me feel better that I’m not the only one that gets lost in songs so much that you start the wrong verse. 😂

[@SethFailsafe420]

Here I thought I was the only one that forgot where I was in my own songs! This is still so brilliant! I’m thankful for finding FJM recently, I was really ready to give up.

[@daviddemenezes2731]

so beautiful so real

[@eulises1257]

I'm here for "This is us". Somebody else...?

[@campbellparker5372]

so good so good

[@davidmitchell443]

Will be seeing him at Austin City Limits in October! YES!!!

[@ricardozaslavsky1492]

Nice song!

[@adindafarahfadila2802]

Beautiful

[@viniciusgoal]

Magic! ❤︎

[@riasusanti7996]

THIS IS US bring me here :)

[@anamance4907]

I feel the fallin....too

[@terciopelomulticolor]

I miss his voice in Fleet Foxes!

[@ninopiamonte2]

He was a drummer

[@andriiiordan4872]

@@ninopiamonte2 also a backing vocalist.

[@anamance4907]

Ohhh o Ohhh

[@turkmusik]

Naturally the dying man wonders to himself: Has commentary been more lucid than anybody else? And had he successively beaten back the rising tide Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools on his watch while he was alive? Lord, just a little more time Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past So, says the dying man, once I'm in the box, Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked- The homophobes, hipsters, and one percent The false feminists he'd managed to detect Oh, who will critique them once he's left? Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze The world made in his image as of yet to realize What a mess to leave behind Eventually the dying man takes his final breath But first checks his news feed to see what he's about to miss And it occurs to him a little late in the game We leave as clueless as we came From rented heavens to the shadows in the cave We'll all be wrong someday

[@EcDrey]

Luce felicitaciones

[@anamance4907]

Theres a crack in everything

[@dustinpatton576]

Like Elton John with a sense of humor. Dark humor.

[@jaykparikh37]

Naturally the dying man wonders to himself: Has commentary been more elusive than anybody else? And had he successfully beaten back the rising tide Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools On his watch while he was alive Lord, just a little more time Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past Ooh So says the dying man once I'm in the box Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked The homophobes, hipsters, and 1% The false feminists he'd managed to detect Oh, who will critique them once he's left? Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze The world made in his image as of yet To realize what a mess to leave behind Eventually the dying man takes his final breath But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss And it occurs to him a little late in the game We leave as clueless as we came For the rented heavens to the shadows in the cave We'll all be wrong someday Oh Oh Oh

[@brettaull8917]

Jay Parikh you really should have transcribed his mistake... disappointed tbh. I’m sorry, thank you for the lyrics, but I am.

[@RJPhotographics]

Lucid, not elusive. Who wants elusive commentary?

[@anamance4907]

What a mess to leave behind