Kimya Dawson - All I Could Do

[@cemcfarlin]

Amanda Palmer closed her Austin show last night with this song...so much love and crying in that auditorium. Thank you for sharing those deepest, scariest feelings and giving words to emotions that can feel totally overwhelming. It's good to know that others are feeling the same way - and surviving.

[@horiama]

Kimya Dawson's music reaches the furthest extremes of mature and childish. The product is an album that is massively disarming, hugely caring, thoughtful, hilarious, sweetly rambunctious, and calling for numerous revolutions. In the first two songs of this album it goes from singing about disturbingly deep and terrible suffering to a playful child singing along with her about a mare and a bear being friends forever. Admittedly, this album has a song or two that aren't displays of any kind of overwhelming 'talent', but much like with Regina Spektor (an inspiration to Kimya), they only enhance the joyful, carefree, and beautifully quirky qualities that are seated at the core of what makes this album legendary. The song 'Same Shit/Complicated' starts by bringing light to the sensitive undersides of activists, hippies, and hipsters. Then it becomes a call for the world to move towards open mindedness and acceptance of everyone. This serious and passionate call blends into Kimya's quick personal profile where we get a look at how dynamic just one person is with an overtone of acceptance. What a ride! The song 'Driving Driving Driving' is a powerful commentary on environmental concerns. Kimya describes her own struggle with the issue and offers numerous insights into what needs to change and even some ways how that can be done. Then there is the massively fun song, 'The Library', that gives libraries their proper glory. The album ends with an awesome illustration of 'Utopian Futures'.

[@annawright1979]

this is a great analysis.

[@telcastaway]

wait, Regina was an inspiration to Kimya??? like regina was kimya's inspo??? I thought it was the other way around :O i love both of them

[@birdf00d35]

I listened to this every day while I was pregnant and didn’t know, and then I had my miscarriage and haven’t listened to it since. I love you Kimya Dawson. I love you.

[@IdTakeJacob]

Awesome song! I'm 17 weeks pregnant and even though I love our baby, sometimes I'm scared about what will become of the life I know and if I'll ever be able to take good care of your little one. Change is scary, but mostly wonderful.

[@geckobread]

It’s been 11 years since you left this comment, I hope you and your child are well!

[@lizjohnson4024]

I dont know why, bht this song stands out to me

[@Terminallyampora]

Thisnis literally the first song ive ever cried kver

[@turnertaylor97]

I felt the same way when I was 15

[@ferntailwp]

This song's really touching to me since I'm right on the 15 year old verse... I just don't want to end up down that road, you know?

[@bellabomination]

how are you doing now?

[@Terminallyampora]

Real accept in 12 and not 15

[@EpicFaerietale]

I love you, Kimya Dawson.

[@imogenasenath9669]

chilllllllllls

[@altf4undo01]

and i thought back to when i was fifteen, i was squeaky clean, and i wanted to die

[@shisodoggu]

all that I knew how to do was put cigarettes out on myself. I took pills and I drank.

[@sucklet1791]

Then i thought back to when i was 15 how i was squeaky clean and i wanted to die

[@aboutashow]

Everytime I play this song my friends/brother always laugh and call me crazy...I don't know why, but I don't really care either

[@antonesmagoulas5331]

her baby will be so lucky to have her singing it to sleep

[@larrymudd7519]

@Ferntailwp I feel the same way..

[@anomalee11]

@ferntailwp I wish I had such a strong head on my shoulders like you when I was 15

[@Polar-f2h]

Instruments that sound like they are played in this song in my opinion; Guitar Piano Xylophone (for grown-ups) Violin (played like a guitar)