Why isn't there more of that? Truly the best Song of him, and the live version is way better than everything i found on Spotify etc. A Guitar, Bens Voice, that's everything it needs!
So, i've been travelling around a little bit and one of my biggest regrets is not having this tune on my IPod/laptop ... then, while in Namibia of all places, at a local's spot, this song comes blasting on at the request of the locals!! I was amazed, used to watch him in Halifax, and I guess he's got a decent little following in Windhoek... I wonder if he knows? :P
Thank you for making this song! It's inspired me to play and sing again, after more than a decade of quiet trauma response. Thank you! I love singing this as much as I love watching and listening to you! Excellent medicine! Thank you Man!
Hey my love Ben Caplan! I said I loved you at your concert @yonge and Dundas in #Toronto a few years ago! Roaring to this one tonight now that Uranus is in conjecture with Mars. #xoxo
WOW...i just came across this and if there was ever a song i needed to hear,this one is it,im listening to more of you,but this song here is all i need right now..thank you sir
Just watched this for the first time today, 31 years old... What a spark, shivers up my skin.. what a fire... Makes me wonder what else is out there for me still, to discover.
Instant fan. Just bought all his music. Hoping he makes it down to Austin Texas soon! Gonna go check his gig schedule. Hard to find music with such authentic soul and lyrical depth nowadays... Thank you Ben Caplan.
I od'd once on heroin...while my sister rushed me to the hospital these where the only words I could remember..I fought everything and everyone..I raged that day against my dying light..2 yrs later I am still clean...
Spotify is booty, I’ll Never stray from RUclips music searching and songs like this are why. RUclips, you must come up with a better service, and start by not cramming the advertising down throats so people aren’t circuited to hate it.
I need someone to agree to pray with me and agree to raise LITTLE ONE from the dead....RIGHT NOW. I AM A SOLDIER OF CHRIST AND I NEED A REAL MAN, OR WOMAN TO AGREE TO PRAY WITH ME TO LIFT LITTLE ONE FROM DARKNESS, AND INTO HIS LIGHT.
I've listened to this song at least once every couple of days for almost a year. It helped me quit drinking and I'm starting to turn my life around. We're alive till the moment we are dead, and a drownin man is just a living man who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath..
I found this song about 2 months ago and I listen to it almost every other day and I would listen everyday but I don't want to get burnt on this master piece. That line hit me hard too man. I have been fighting my own demons and this shook me HARD when I first heard it. Every line was like, FUCK THATS ME!! Here is to finding our way home.
Chords (fret number): I went down to the river Flowing out onto the sea On my way to the ocean Let the spirit swallow me Cm A#(6) I got low down in the water D#(6) F I let the current guide my bones Cm A#(6) I got nine kinds of trouble F Am#(1) I'm just trying to find my way home RIFF: E|-3------|---------|---------|--------|--------|-----------|----------| B|---4-6--|--------|---------|--------|--------|-----------|----------| G|----------|--3-5-|-----3--|--------|--------|-----------|----------| D|----------|--------|--5-----|----3--|--------|-----------|----------| A|----------|--------|---------|--6----|----3--|-5s6-5-|-3---3--| E|----------|--------|---------|--------|--6----|-----------|----6----| Over twenty some years of living And a thousand wasted days I have loved a lot of women Many times I've gone wrong ways And I came down to the water For a dip to cleanse my soul They keep telling me that I'm just a babe But baby why do I feel so old Cm F This is the verge of a breakthrough D#(6) G It's a fine line that cannot be bent Cm F And I felt like a river run dry D#(6) G But I don't know where all of the rainwater went Cm F And I believe we were all dead or dying D#(6) G But I see different in the blue light Cm F There is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk D#(6) G It's daylight until it is night You gotta fight through the dimming You gotta run into the west You gotta rage against the dying of the light Live for the moment that's left You gotta fight against the dimming You gotta run into the west You gotta rage against the dying of the light Live for the moment that's left G# Cause there is no such thing as a dying man Cm We're alive till the moment we're dead G# And a drowning man is just a living man G Who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath G#-Cm-G#-Cm-G#-Cm-G#-Gm-G Cm, A#(6), D#(6), F I went down to the river Flowing out onto the sea On my way to the ocean Let the spirit swallow me I got low down in the water I let the current guide my bones I got nine kinds of trouble I'm just trying to find my way home Find my way home Find my way home Find my way home
@@DonnyDealer No worries Legend. Totally agree on Nate, the dude is utterly faultless. As far as quality original material goes though, I still think Joe takes the cake. “1, 2, 3” and “And The Lightning, He Will Ride” are criminally underrated. However, if you enjoy Focus then check out Joe’s take on Hendrix’s Voodoo Child 👌🏼👌🏼
I hear ya....I'm tired of always being the last to know about shit....I actually frequently look for undiscovered talent(not American idol shit)or acoustic blues or southern rock ..still never find shit hardly and then one here it is..8fukn yrs later...anyways b4 u get to far behind again, just found this the other dayruclips.net/video/1iAAPiro2DE/видео.html if u dont know it already, ur welcome .(:
Melanoma caught my mate. Spent his life in the Australian bush, without sunscreen 😂 had the option to give up but he wanted to punch on until he was done. Last thing he heard was me attempting to play guitar before I went to work. Was one of his favourite songs, mostly due to his circumstances.
+Paul Pablo At the time I saw Jimmy's new LP in a record bin at a local record store and bought it, then years later I came across the Highwaymen LP when it came out and bought it. I think I like the four voices better than the one.
Holy shit. Dude. I seen you like 6 years ago at Evolve in Nova Scotia In Canada. I was walking by your tent with my friends. Mission focus style. You were playing in a small side tent off from the main path and stage sort of close by the old pirate ship. You couldnt see your face but all I could hear was you singing. I turned around, walked back to the tent you were playing. To see the person whos voice that music belonged to because I was literally like "Who the fuck is this and what have I just heard?" Im a huge fan of blues and Janis Joplin and you are par man. Par. You turned me aorund in my tracks. I remember every deatil. Everyone was totally blindsided in the audience. I remember looking over to this girl beside me with mutual expressions of "Whoaaa. This is seriously happening right now?" 2 mins of you and youd burned yourself permanently in my brain. Dude you were THE most amazing performace Id ever been able to hear. Id never seen someone from the inside out push what sounded like his entire fricken soul into the room around him. Id never seen an audience so transfixed on someone and I was and am still completely honored I got to hear the rest of your last song. it was amazing. 6 years later I tell this story to people about this dude who was killing it in a small side show tent. i knew your name was Ben something and Id looked you up online but everything you had back then was shit and didnt do any justice to you. ive told sooooooooooooooooooooooooo many people about that day over the years. I seen Ben caplin pop up in my youtube feed and I was like "no fucking way.... is this... holy shit. Its him lol. Fuckin hell, 6 years later. I cant believe it" Thanks for coming back in my life- Ive been waiting so long for this!!! Seriously. I cant believe this. This is blowing my mind. You were a myth I talked aboutof this person i got to see for a very short period a very, very long time ago. Well done. First impression grand success. Ill be following you a lot now online. There are a lot of people who are going to be happy to put a face to that story.
Lindsay Henheffer Lindsay Henheffer dude how can we get Ben Caplan to see and reply to this!! I HAVE to know if this story is accurate! I want to believe that its true so badly! I think every one can relate to what you wrote about putting his soul into a song after they’ve heard this one. That is something that cannot be taught! Thank you Lindsay Henheffer for taking the time to share this experience with the public! It renewed my faith in people being able to reconnect regardless of time passed or distance put between them.
Newfoundland, Canada! It was spectacular, words couldn't describe the energy he brought. There was about 40 people there but not one person was standing still haha
Max Melo I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you. so he uses simple guitar work? does that mean he only knows simple guitar licks? he sings passionately and plays at the same time in a beautiful harmony. that's musician skills that I like.
Max Melo, Have you ever seen him live? I personally think he is amazing. Maybe not the most technical guitarist, but his rythm and beat is spot on and his improv is great. Plus he plays a lot other instruments very wel0 (especially the piano)l. I was so lucky to see him live the other day, his charisma is just unbelivable live - actually one of the better concerts I have seen. And his lyrics are facenating, many are quite dark but have interesting messages. Great musician I must say. :)
There is a difference in those that attempt to make music, and those who relent to have the music run through them. This man had the music run through him , period. Nothing short of Great.
I have tears streaming down my face listening to this. I've been in such an incredibly dark place recently, wanting to just end it all and have it all be over and done with and finally have some peace and quiet, but this song woke something up in me. The power and desperation in this man's voice resonated so deeply within me and brought up emotions that I've been trying to ignore for so damn long. It feels so good to cry. I feel raw and vulnerable and hopeful for the first time in a long time. I don't even know how to describe how I'm feeling or why I feel the way that I do, it's like this song woke my soul up and it hurts like hell but in the best way possible. This comment is probably going to be lost in the thousands of others but I couldn't just go by without saying anything. Thank you for this, thank you for writing this song, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I relate so deeply to this. I will no longer let myself rot away in a dark corner of existence, weak and withering. No, I will go out in a blaze of glory. I will live with all my heart while I am alive, and I will burn like the sun for all the world to see. And if I am consumed by the fire of life, so be it, I will go out in a blaze of glory. Better to die living than becoming a living dead.
Angie Lerryn Your comment will never be lost in thousands of other comments. I replied to it to let you know you are now linked to me in someway for the rest of time. You're not alone and you are worth it. You will always be worth it
This song dug deep into me the first time I heard it which was about a million listens to ago at this point. I just can't seem to hear it enough although I'm torn between wishing there were more like it and the stark realization that what makes it so good in the first place is the fact that it is rare thing.
Can’t say better, feel you deep because I am exactly in this situation! Sometimes when I am alone I start singing this out of nowhere, trying to reach this low voice and failing, of course…
Who else didn’t realize they were holding their breath until they released it? That is what it means to feel a song. I don’t even have words to describe what I’m feeling right now.
Até o Rio Eu fui até o rio Fluindo até ao mar No meu caminho para o oceano Deixei que os espíritos me engolissem Eu fui abaixo na água Eu deixei a corrente guiar meus ossos Eu tenho nove tipos de problemas Eu só estou tentando encontrar meu caminho para casa. Mais de vinte e poucos anos de vida E mil dias perdidos Eu amei um monte de mulheres Muitas vezes eu tenho ido para direções erradas. E eu vim para a água Para um mergulho para limpar minha alma Eles ficam me dizendo que eu estou apenas um bebê Mas, querida, porque eu me sinto tão velho? Esta é a beira de um avanço É uma linha muito fina que não pode ser dobrado E eu senti como se eu rio secasse Mas eu não sei de onde toda a água da chuva foi E eu acreditava que todos estavam mortos ou morrendo Mas eu vejo diferente na luz azul Não há tal coisa como um amanhecer ou um anoitecer É dia até que seja noite. Você tem que lutar através do escurecimento Você tem que correr para o oeste Você tem que sentir raiva contra a morte da luz Viver para o momento que sobrou Porque não há tal coisa como um moribundo Estamos vivos até o momento em que estamos mortos E um homem que se afoga é apenas um homem vivo Quem não saída para seu último pedaço de respiração Eu fui até o rio Fluindo até ao mar No meu caminho para o oceano Deixei que os espíritos me engolissem Eu fui abaixo na água Eu deixei a corrente guiar meus ossos Eu tenho nove tipos de problemas Eu só estou tentando encontrar meu caminho de casa
Two years ago I went to a concert of a guy I've never heard about before, some "Ben Caplan"... It totally blew my mind, it was amazing... Since the concert took place in a little student's café in Münster, Germany, there was plenty of time left for chatting with him after the concert was over. I went to him and asked him exactly your question :D First, he said, you have to cover your face in bananas to grow a beard like that. Second - no, that's not how it works with the music. Now, two years after that conversation, I'm still sitting here without a beard, no matter how many bananas I wipe over my face. My skills with the guitar have improved, though. Which could be an effect of the bananas, idk. Still want to grow a beard. Didn't work. Could be because I'm a woman.
If you need someone to talk, write me freely 👋🏻 youre not alone 🙌 I love this song Also very much, it touches me differently since 5 years already, i always come back to it, i was suicidal too, maybe i can understand you, or at least a bit
I went down to the river Flowing out onto the sea On my way to the ocean Let the spirit swallow me I got low down in the water I let the current guide my bones I got nine kinds of trouble I'm just trying to find my way home Over twenty some years of living And a thousand wasted days I have loved a lot of women Many times I've gone wrong ways And I came down to the water For a dip to cleanse my soul They keep telling me that I'm just a babe But baby why do I feel so old? This is the verge of a breakthrough It's a fine line that cannot be bent And I felt like a river run dry But I don't know where all of the rainwater went And I believe we were all dead or dying But I see different in the blue light There is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk It's daylight until it is night You gotta fight through the dimming You gotta run into the winds You gotta rage against the dying of the light Live for the moment that's left You gotta fight against the dimming You gotta run into the winds You gotta rage against the dying of the light Live for the moment that's left 'Cause there is no such thing as a dying man We are alive 'til the moment we're dead And a drowning man is just a living man Who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath I went down to the river Flowing out onto the sea On my way to the ocean Let the spirit swallow me I got low down in the water I let the current guide my bones I got nine kinds of trouble I'm just trying to find my way home Find my way home Find my way home Find my way home
This moved me both lyrically&emotionally! Im tired of fighting 4 my breakthrough that never came after 3years of much effort 2 change everything!!!! My soul is bound with the same spirit as my momma..she gave up b4 finding freedom as I just broke weak..my spirit is spent..the fight 4 freedom is the hook 2 motivate but it never came, just the tears did to this song. After so much hard work my soul is still homeless &my spirit sick &deeply discouraged. ..feels so hopeless. Good song..ty and God bless
My girlfriend hates me because I actually sing this as loud as I can when we’re in the car. She hates me because she never season coming. I connect my phone to the Bluetooth and then next thing you know I’m trying to find my way home LOL
holy shit. this is some deep lyrics. keep on living so you can find your true self. blessed is a men who has suffered....he has found life. bless this dude. beautiful deep music. and awesome control of the guitar.
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still hits in 2024
It Hits Better w/ Each Passing Year!
Haven't heard this in a very long time... definitely slaps even harder after the last few years.
@@jordanfurman1997ffw
💯 🫡
Morso day after day
This gave me chills all over my body the entire song. This is amazing...
Why isn't there more of that?
Truly the best Song of him, and the live version is way better than everything i found on Spotify etc.
A Guitar, Bens Voice, that's everything it needs!
I should be allowed to hit the like button every time I watch this
yes!
You can
@@dakotabruce7773 how? does it count if you unlike and like again?
@@shiftygoose7230 no but you can do it anyways lol
This is the first time ive heard this guy but ill be back what a song
Love it, I can feel his soul, he putting everything, wkly his emotions in his voice, loved it. First time I've heard this song.
So, i've been travelling around a little bit and one of my biggest regrets is not having this tune on my IPod/laptop ... then, while in Namibia of all places, at a local's spot, this song comes blasting on at the request of the locals!! I was amazed, used to watch him in Halifax, and I guess he's got a decent little following in Windhoek... I wonder if he knows? :P
Francis McEachern, Sir, I believe you meant Nambia. But that's okay.
rsmzm2000 Sir, I believe you meant Gambia. But that's okay.
best story ever
@@jimohara4822 Sir, I believe you mean Rambia
Brodie Goclowski
Sir, I think you mean Hellbia
Thank you for making this song! It's inspired me to play and sing again, after more than a decade of quiet trauma response. Thank you! I love singing this as much as I love watching and listening to you! Excellent medicine! Thank you Man!
2023 and we are still coming back for that energy! ❤️🔥
This literally brought me to tears. Thank you Ben, that was amazing
Hey my love Ben Caplan! I said I loved you at your concert @yonge and Dundas in #Toronto a few years ago! Roaring to this one tonight now that Uranus is in conjecture with Mars. #xoxo
WOW...i just came across this and if there was ever a song i needed to hear,this one is it,im listening to more of you,but this song here is all i need right now..thank you sir
New to me - and I loved it! 🙂
I s he referencing Dylan Thomas' poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night'?
"Rage against the dying of the light"
Ciaran Dunne of course.
I believe so.
Yes.
For sure. Thats why this song stood out to me to begin with.
Has to be. If not, they say great minds think alike...but most likely it's a reference to an epic poem.
Just watched this for the first time today, 31 years old... What a spark, shivers up my skin.. what a fire... Makes me wonder what else is out there for me still, to discover.
Instant fan. Just bought all his music. Hoping he makes it down to Austin Texas soon! Gonna go check his gig schedule. Hard to find music with such authentic soul and lyrical depth nowadays... Thank you Ben Caplan.
Just love it great song my guy
I od'd once on heroin...while my sister rushed me to the hospital these where the only words I could remember..I fought everything and everyone..I raged that day against my dying light..2 yrs later I am still clean...
this is one hell of a good song
Absolutamente encantado desde la primera vez que lo escuché y creo prometer no olvidar esta pieza de arte.
Oh so much soul !! Excellent work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You have such a powerful voice, and the lyrics are fantastic!
Dude great song!!!!
Impactful lyrics & terrific expression.
Damn I'm late af but hey I arrived 💯🙏. This is amazing
Como es que 10 años despues me entero que existe esta bestialidad de cancion
My of my best friends committed suicide recently, I was reading through our old messages this morning and found this video in the links he sent me. 😭
"Why do I feel so OLD, if I'm soooo YOUNG"
demais esse video mando bem pacas bro ...saudaçoes desde Brasil
Outstanding !!
Spotify is booty, I’ll
Never stray from RUclips music searching and songs like this are why. RUclips, you must come up with a better service, and start by not cramming the advertising down throats so people aren’t circuited to hate it.
Dudes with guitars sure do like rivers
Love you bro!
In a van down BY THE RIVER!!!!! sorry every time I hear the word river I think of that..lol
I need someone to agree to pray with me and agree to raise LITTLE ONE from the dead....RIGHT NOW. I AM A SOLDIER OF CHRIST AND I NEED A REAL MAN, OR WOMAN TO AGREE TO PRAY WITH ME TO LIFT LITTLE ONE FROM DARKNESS, AND INTO HIS LIGHT.
Love u man u are beast
Go Ben love you bro
Wonderful
Damn man you just picked yourself up a fan!
Did you ever play an upright in quartzite ten years ago???
Superb
Does he live in a van down by the river?
A 2,5k no le gusta el video, pero le da a me gusta a Talia y cosas de esas? Vaya derroche de sentimientos y que hipocresía de tantos
That BEARD 👍🏽✌🏽
This is a cover, am I correct?
Who wrote the original?
End my ignorance. Please!
As far as I know, it is not a cover
Red Dead Rememption 2👌👌👌👏👏
why red dead
There be no scissors in your universe!
Si vraie flex
Thanks - but pleeeez, video guys, show the goddamm guitar/chords!
tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/ben_caplan/down_to_the_river_tabs_1158434
@@weareallconnected6910 cool dude
I've listened to this song at least once every couple of days for almost a year. It helped me quit drinking and I'm starting to turn my life around. We're alive till the moment we are dead, and a drownin man is just a living man who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath..
I found this song about 2 months ago and I listen to it almost every other day and I would listen everyday but I don't want to get burnt on this master piece. That line hit me hard too man. I have been fighting my own demons and this shook me HARD when I first heard it. Every line was like, FUCK THATS ME!! Here is to finding our way home.
Right,super powerful lyrics
That's beautiful! Hope it's going well and congratulations to you ♥️
I find this one every year or so. And I am surprised every time. Oh yeah, I remember- DAMN.
bleib stabil mein Freund
I literally searched "guy in park playing guitar beard" 😂
Josh hahahaha me too
Baaahaahahahahahahaaha
Whatever works!!! 😆
That's exactly what I did.
"bearded guy playing a song in the park" was mine
Chords (fret number):
I went down to the river
Flowing out onto the sea
On my way to the ocean
Let the spirit swallow me
Cm A#(6)
I got low down in the water
D#(6) F
I let the current guide my bones
Cm A#(6)
I got nine kinds of trouble
F Am#(1)
I'm just trying to find my way home
RIFF:
E|-3------|---------|---------|--------|--------|-----------|----------|
B|---4-6--|--------|---------|--------|--------|-----------|----------|
G|----------|--3-5-|-----3--|--------|--------|-----------|----------|
D|----------|--------|--5-----|----3--|--------|-----------|----------|
A|----------|--------|---------|--6----|----3--|-5s6-5-|-3---3--|
E|----------|--------|---------|--------|--6----|-----------|----6----|
Over twenty some years of living
And a thousand wasted days
I have loved a lot of women
Many times I've gone wrong ways
And I came down to the water
For a dip to cleanse my soul
They keep telling me that I'm just a babe
But baby why do I feel so old
Cm F
This is the verge of a breakthrough
D#(6) G
It's a fine line that cannot be bent
Cm F
And I felt like a river run dry
D#(6) G
But I don't know where all of the rainwater went
Cm F
And I believe we were all dead or dying
D#(6) G
But I see different in the blue light
Cm F
There is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk
D#(6) G
It's daylight until it is night
You gotta fight through the dimming
You gotta run into the west
You gotta rage against the dying of the light
Live for the moment that's left
You gotta fight against the dimming
You gotta run into the west
You gotta rage against the dying of the light
Live for the moment that's left
G#
Cause there is no such thing as a dying man
Cm
We're alive till the moment we're dead
G#
And a drowning man is just a living man
G
Who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath
G#-Cm-G#-Cm-G#-Cm-G#-Gm-G
Cm, A#(6), D#(6), F
I went down to the river
Flowing out onto the sea
On my way to the ocean
Let the spirit swallow me
I got low down in the water
I let the current guide my bones
I got nine kinds of trouble
I'm just trying to find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
Your a good man, thank you.
You are a charitable sort
Thank you soooooo much!!! I couldn't find it anywhere
Copy and paste, you really should give credit to the guy who actually put this together. Shall I link it here?
@@cameronh7608 I'd like to see link
If you see this can we be friends?
Yes, why not? :D
If you enjoyed this then definitely
sure 😊
No
Sure :) I could use a couple any how
This is the true purpose of youtube: to be that friend who says "hey you ever heard this guy?"
On that note.. Ever listened to Hocus Pocus by Focus? Look for the live version. You won't be disappointed!
@@DonnyDealer On that note brother check out a few of these low flying string-slingers... Joe Marson, Michael Hennessey and also Natew101.
@@strange5253 Wow. I checked all of them out and they are all amazing musicians but natew101 specifically has got it going on. I'm amazed. Thank you!
@@DonnyDealer No worries Legend. Totally agree on Nate, the dude is utterly faultless. As far as quality original material goes though, I still think Joe takes the cake. “1, 2, 3” and “And The Lightning, He Will Ride” are criminally underrated. However, if you enjoy Focus then check out Joe’s take on Hendrix’s Voodoo Child 👌🏼👌🏼
For me it's "remember this?"
Thanks RUclips, you're only 8 years late on this fire.
Mammon That’s the right words in so many ways
Hahah better late than never yeah? I’ve come back to this too many times to count over the years.
Exactly what I'm thinking. I've been down maybe rabbit holes in this bitch but how did I never get here
no.. you are wrong. it was the perfect time for you to find it then. any sooner and you wouldnt have appreciated it as you do now.
I hear ya....I'm tired of always being the last to know about shit....I actually frequently look for undiscovered talent(not American idol shit)or acoustic blues or southern rock ..still never find shit hardly and then one here it is..8fukn yrs later...anyways b4 u get to far behind again, just found this the other dayruclips.net/video/1iAAPiro2DE/видео.html if u dont know it already, ur welcome .(:
My friend often listened to and loved this song before he died of cancer. He was only 47. Thanks for the song. He gave him strength.
I’m sorry for your loss ❤ I am 49 dying of advanced lung cancer and it helps me too
I bet
@@Lionaura74hope you're still kicking mate
Melanoma caught my mate. Spent his life in the Australian bush, without sunscreen 😂 had the option to give up but he wanted to punch on until he was done. Last thing he heard was me attempting to play guitar before I went to work. Was one of his favourite songs, mostly due to his circumstances.
came for the beard, stayed for the music.
christian vd kooi came for the girl...stayed for the child.
story of life (literally)
came for the music ...stayed for the beard.
came for beer, still have to go to the store
lame.
Did somebody give Socrates a guitar in the park?
Sunyard Elanesse haha:D
more like karl marx
+1 for Karl Marx - This guy doesn't deserve to be compared to Socrates.
All he needs is his knit hat and a can of Pabst and he can be a full blown hipster.
+Paul Pablo
At the time I saw Jimmy's new LP in a record bin at a local record store and bought it, then years later I came across the Highwaymen LP when it came out and bought it. I think I like the four voices better than the one.
Holy shit. Dude. I seen you like 6 years ago at Evolve in Nova Scotia In Canada. I was walking by your tent with my friends. Mission focus style. You were playing in a small side tent off from the main path and stage sort of close by the old pirate ship. You couldnt see your face but all I could hear was you singing. I turned around, walked back to the tent you were playing. To see the person whos voice that music belonged to because I was literally like "Who the fuck is this and what have I just heard?" Im a huge fan of blues and Janis Joplin and you are par man. Par. You turned me aorund in my tracks. I remember every deatil. Everyone was totally blindsided in the audience. I remember looking over to this girl beside me with mutual expressions of "Whoaaa. This is seriously happening right now?" 2 mins of you and youd burned yourself permanently in my brain. Dude you were THE most amazing performace Id ever been able to hear. Id never seen someone from the inside out push what sounded like his entire fricken soul into the room around him. Id never seen an audience so transfixed on someone and I was and am still completely honored I got to hear the rest of your last song. it was amazing. 6 years later I tell this story to people about this dude who was killing it in a small side show tent. i knew your name was Ben something and Id looked you up online but everything you had back then was shit and didnt do any justice to you. ive told sooooooooooooooooooooooooo many people about that day over the years. I seen Ben caplin pop up in my youtube feed and I was like "no fucking way.... is this... holy shit. Its him lol. Fuckin hell, 6 years later. I cant believe it" Thanks for coming back in my life- Ive been waiting so long for this!!! Seriously. I cant believe this. This is blowing my mind. You were a myth I talked aboutof this person i got to see for a very short period a very, very long time ago. Well done. First impression grand success. Ill be following you a lot now online. There are a lot of people who are going to be happy to put a face to that story.
Lindsay Henheffer this deserves a response from him lol amazing artist. One of my favorites
Hey there, ... I'm in Nova Scotia. I went to the first Evolve but haven't been since. Small world. LOL
Que história legal, e depois de 6 anos!! Espero que ele te responda :)
Lindsay Henheffer Lindsay Henheffer dude how can we get Ben Caplan to see and reply to this!! I HAVE to know if this story is accurate! I want to believe that its true so badly! I think every one can relate to what you wrote about putting his soul into a song after they’ve heard this one. That is something that cannot be taught! Thank you Lindsay Henheffer for taking the time to share this experience with the public! It renewed my faith in people being able to reconnect regardless of time passed or distance put between them.
No one has ever seen his face, with the mask of hair lol
Adam Savage really let himself go after myth busters ended.
picked up a pretty good hobby though.
underrated comment
Now he's busting myths about life haha
this guy needs a tiny desk concert @npr tiny desk
I agree with this totally!!
kayla johnson yes he does or a gems on vhs session
Fuck that give the man a stadium
For sure. Imagine what he could do with a band behind him too
it's this kind of music that saves our souls from living empty meaningless lives.
Lukas Mees fucking exactly!
Lukas mees no your lives are still empty just with a soundtrack
Jessie James hahahahaha!
tootally agree , i want to make music like that :D
Lukas Mees every life has meaning
If oliver anthony is so darn famous. Why isnt this guy??
Because we need him to stay low. His sound is to powerful to be mainstream.
Along with shakey graves! Look him up he's awesome
It's about exposure
Gotta find the devil
One plants then another waters
Just saw this guy live in some random dudes house and it was fucking amazing
what country was that in? id say that was amazing
Newfoundland, Canada! It was spectacular, words couldn't describe the energy he brought. There was about 40 people there but not one person was standing still haha
Lucky fucker!!!
Energy is the word i was looking for to describe this quite interesting piece of music, thank u sir ;)
Fuckin A b'y!!! Soul like this comes from home.
Excellent song - highly under-rated musician...
Max Melo I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you. so he uses simple guitar work? does that mean he only knows simple guitar licks? he sings passionately and plays at the same time in a beautiful harmony. that's musician skills that I like.
D Thomas in this type of venue they're all underrated.
D Thomas paaaarakeeeet
Max Melo, Have you ever seen him live? I personally think he is amazing. Maybe not the most technical guitarist, but his rythm and beat is spot on and his improv is great. Plus he plays a lot other instruments very wel0 (especially the piano)l. I was so lucky to see him live the other day, his charisma is just unbelivable live - actually one of the better concerts I have seen. And his lyrics are facenating, many are quite dark but have interesting messages. Great musician I must say. :)
D Thomas Almost 3 million views.
Just sayin' :)
I love how the camera shakes during the chorus as if his voice is so thunderous it makes the camera shake.
It is
“There’s no such thing as a dying man. We’re alive until the moment we’re dead.” - Ben Caplan
Prince Charming a drowning man is just a living man who hasn’t run out of his bit of breath
This man is a fucking genius
A drowning man... No prince charming. Prince Charming is dead.... lol. He ran out of his last bit of breath.... *sigh*
U GOTTA LIVE LIKE UR DYIN BROTHER !!! LIVIN LIFE !!!
The dying always say whats the point.
@Fred Flintstone Well, on a technical level he's right. :D
Commenting so I'm reminded often of this gold 🏆
Come listen at it one mo again
@@SwaggerIsAVirtue thank you ❤️🔥🥰
Watch it again
💥
sometimes songs lack emotion. this one here is all emotion
Amen💕
Yessss
Canta como se fosse a última canção que fosse cantar na vida. Quanta emoção! ❤️👏🇧🇷
I have been listening to this song for the past 7 years and i still enjoy. From Brasil, thanks ❤
Today I found this song and it's.. it just sounds great!
Julie K. Me too! But today
me too! but today...not the day when u guys found it.
Julie if thats you in your avatar you're as beautiful as this song! *wink* from Oklahoma!
have you also listened to everyday?
+chris burgess smooth.........haha
This is the meta hipster. Sadly, they don't make them like that anymore.
@whey ves Yes...
bro frank
I found it listening to country
This is what music, soul, emotion, lyrics and songs need. If you don't feel it in your bones, it's just noise!
the lyrics are epic.
You sir are a poet.
why thank you
@Ben Caplan come to amsterdam bro please ill give you free weed in my coffeeshop 😮😮😮😮
There is a difference in those that attempt to make music, and those who relent to have the music run through them.
This man had the music run through him , period. Nothing short of Great.
that's an incredible insight, you must be an amazing artist yourself
Go ahead and gatekeep instead of just praise dude. You sound so very happy in life
@@badflamer God I wonder how miserable you have to be to interpret every single thing like this.
I have tears streaming down my face listening to this. I've been in such an incredibly dark place recently, wanting to just end it all and have it all be over and done with and finally have some peace and quiet, but this song woke something up in me. The power and desperation in this man's voice resonated so deeply within me and brought up emotions that I've been trying to ignore for so damn long. It feels so good to cry. I feel raw and vulnerable and hopeful for the first time in a long time. I don't even know how to describe how I'm feeling or why I feel the way that I do, it's like this song woke my soul up and it hurts like hell but in the best way possible. This comment is probably going to be lost in the thousands of others but I couldn't just go by without saying anything. Thank you for this, thank you for writing this song, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Angie, you are such a brave soul!! You're an inspiration to us all! Thank you!
I relate so deeply to this. I will no longer let myself rot away in a dark corner of existence, weak and withering. No, I will go out in a blaze of glory. I will live with all my heart while I am alive, and I will burn like the sun for all the world to see. And if I am consumed by the fire of life, so be it, I will go out in a blaze of glory. Better to die living than becoming a living dead.
I felt that same feeling, ur not alone in this world
Profound piece of genius songwriting , I wish I could express myself half as well
Angie Lerryn Your comment will never be lost in thousands of other comments. I replied to it to let you know you are now linked to me in someway for the rest of time. You're not alone and you are worth it. You will always be worth it
This song dug deep into me the first time I heard it which was about a million listens to ago at this point. I just can't seem to hear it enough although I'm torn between wishing there were more like it and the stark realization that what makes it so good in the first place is the fact that it is rare thing.
Can’t say better, feel you deep because I am exactly in this situation! Sometimes when I am alone I start singing this out of nowhere, trying to reach this low voice and failing, of course…
20 seconds in and I’ve already decided this is next on the list of “need to learn”
good things this is only like 4 chords. super easy song.
i also bet you never did learn it.
Someone put the lyrics and guitar chords in the comments.
Good one to have in the repertoire
@@cameronh7608 its about 6 chords
Cm, F, a#, Gm, G#(i think) and another one i forgot
This kind of music is refreshing, because it's raw. Unlike all of this auto tune, and digitized music we have flooding the scene as of late.
Theres a squatch in these woods.
A samsquantch
Who else didn’t realize they were holding their breath until they released it? That is what it means to feel a song. I don’t even have words to describe what I’m feeling right now.
smoking crack are ya?
yes😂
Dude honestly I feel the same
💯
I experienced the same thing first few times I heard this song. It is so moving and Ben puts so much emotion into it its phenomenal
It may have taken me 12 years to find this song, but I’ve finally found my way home.
What comes to us, comes to us when we need it.
Find Ren yet in United Kingdom? Hi Ren
Até o Rio
Eu fui até o rio
Fluindo até ao mar
No meu caminho para o oceano
Deixei que os espíritos me engolissem
Eu fui abaixo na água
Eu deixei a corrente guiar meus ossos
Eu tenho nove tipos de problemas
Eu só estou tentando encontrar meu caminho para casa.
Mais de vinte e poucos anos de vida
E mil dias perdidos
Eu amei um monte de mulheres
Muitas vezes eu tenho ido para direções erradas.
E eu vim para a água
Para um mergulho para limpar minha alma
Eles ficam me dizendo que eu estou apenas um bebê
Mas, querida, porque eu me sinto tão velho?
Esta é a beira de um avanço
É uma linha muito fina que não pode ser dobrado
E eu senti como se eu rio secasse
Mas eu não sei de onde toda a água da chuva foi
E eu acreditava que todos estavam mortos ou morrendo
Mas eu vejo diferente na luz azul
Não há tal coisa como um amanhecer ou um anoitecer
É dia até que seja noite.
Você tem que lutar através do escurecimento
Você tem que correr para o oeste
Você tem que sentir raiva contra a morte da luz
Viver para o momento que sobrou
Porque não há tal coisa como um moribundo
Estamos vivos até o momento em que estamos mortos
E um homem que se afoga é apenas um homem vivo
Quem não saída para seu último pedaço de respiração
Eu fui até o rio
Fluindo até ao mar
No meu caminho para o oceano
Deixei que os espíritos me engolissem
Eu fui abaixo na água
Eu deixei a corrente guiar meus ossos
Eu tenho nove tipos de problemas
Eu só estou tentando encontrar meu caminho de casa
Why does he look like my art teacher from high school.
God damn has anyone else experienced a song that touched you so deeply. This is the real deal
This guy is what I'd imagine TJ Miller if he could sing. Really gives me that vibe for some reason
if i grow a beard like that, will i be able to sing like this? is that how it works?
Two years ago I went to a concert of a guy I've never heard about before, some "Ben Caplan"... It totally blew my mind, it was amazing... Since the concert took place in a little student's café in Münster, Germany, there was plenty of time left for chatting with him after the concert was over. I went to him and asked him exactly your question :D First, he said, you have to cover your face in bananas to grow a beard like that. Second - no, that's not how it works with the music.
Now, two years after that conversation, I'm still sitting here without a beard, no matter how many bananas I wipe over my face. My skills with the guitar have improved, though. Which could be an effect of the bananas, idk. Still want to grow a beard. Didn't work. Could be because I'm a woman.
Thank you very much :D Nothing's bad about Banana Women^^
Amoebication marry me
You need to channel jacqueline phoenix lol
Amoebication hahahaha that last punchline thanks for that
That’s so damn passionate. That’s art folks.
This song has saved my life multiple times
Wish yourself all the best, hopefully you will find a way out of your darkness ❤️
If you need someone to talk, write me freely 👋🏻 youre not alone 🙌
I love this song Also very much, it touches me differently since 5 years already, i always come back to it, i was suicidal too, maybe i can understand you, or at least a bit
hope youre still kickin man much love
i love how the camera shakes as if his voice is so powerful its shaking the camera
Felt that too haha. Funny seeing u here tho
@@l0lan00b3 >.> you say that like we know each other lol
Brought tears to my eyes; captivating, passionate, makes me want to scream the lyrics to the heavens, in a word, beautiful.
I went down to the river
Flowing out onto the sea
On my way to the ocean
Let the spirit swallow me
I got low down in the water
I let the current guide my bones
I got nine kinds of trouble
I'm just trying to find my way home
Over twenty some years of living
And a thousand wasted days
I have loved a lot of women
Many times I've gone wrong ways
And I came down to the water
For a dip to cleanse my soul
They keep telling me that I'm just a babe
But baby why do I feel so old?
This is the verge of a breakthrough
It's a fine line that cannot be bent
And I felt like a river run dry
But I don't know where all of the rainwater went
And I believe we were all dead or dying
But I see different in the blue light
There is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk
It's daylight until it is night
You gotta fight through the dimming
You gotta run into the winds
You gotta rage against the dying of the light
Live for the moment that's left
You gotta fight against the dimming
You gotta run into the winds
You gotta rage against the dying of the light
Live for the moment that's left
'Cause there is no such thing as a dying man
We are alive 'til the moment we're dead
And a drowning man is just a living man
Who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath
I went down to the river
Flowing out onto the sea
On my way to the ocean
Let the spirit swallow me
I got low down in the water
I let the current guide my bones
I got nine kinds of trouble
I'm just trying to find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
In amongst coal, if you search hard enough, you will always find a diamond in the rough.
I've learned we slowly forget.
What's given is only whats left.
Well....now that is actually something that makes serious sense to me.....no wonder i cant remember shit
This moved me both lyrically&emotionally! Im tired of fighting 4 my breakthrough that never came after 3years of much effort 2 change everything!!!!
My soul is bound with the same spirit as my momma..she gave up b4 finding freedom as I just broke weak..my spirit is spent..the fight 4 freedom is the hook 2 motivate but it never came, just the tears did to this song. After so much hard work my soul is still homeless &my spirit sick &deeply discouraged.
..feels so hopeless. Good song..ty and God bless
My girlfriend hates me because I actually sing this as loud as I can when we’re in the car. She hates me because she never season coming. I connect my phone to the Bluetooth and then next thing you know I’m trying to find my way home LOL
Heavy. Intense. Viceral. Blatantly human.
holy shit. this is some deep lyrics. keep on living so you can find your true self. blessed is a men who has suffered....he has found life. bless this dude. beautiful deep music. and awesome control of the guitar.
5 minutes later and I still got goosebumps.
ONE OF THE BEST TUNES I'VE EVER HEARD A WEREWOLF PERFORM .