Johnston, Daniel - Spirit World Rising Lyrics






I have been to Abilene
The spirit world rising
I have seen in Abilene
The devil has Texas

Purple rose they shall wear
The spirit world rising
The number on their forehead and hands
The devil has Texas

From the sky the number seven
The devil defeated
In the sky the New Jerusalem

I have been to Abilene
The spirit world rising
I have seen in Abilene
The devil has Texas

The spirit world rising
The devil has Texas
The spirit world rising
The devil has Texas





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  1. M.... S....

    TRIPPA KNOW!

  2. D.... H....

    I always thought he'd be there. His death made me feel things I hadnt felt since I was a teen. Lyrical master!

  3. A.... B....

    What a underrated talent :/

  4. G.... E....

    Rise and shine spirit world. we only got one shot at this

  5. M.... D....

    He so captures early 'Schizophrenia' in this song...

  6. X.... �....

    *_R E A S T I N P E A C E_*

    _-YOUR THE BEST-_

  7. T.... ....

    I made a blowup of that picture with a photocopier so now Dan hangs with me every day (Y)

  8. J.... R....

    Rest In Peace. Musical genius.

  9. D.... H....

    This is the day indie Austin Texas ....music stopped for the whole day. Time stopped that day........ I love you Daniel. We all loved you! .

  10. W.... a....

    Daniel Johnston really is a fuckin legend!

  11. C.... C....

    This song has been one of my favourites for a long time

  12. D.... E....

    I can't believe he passed on... Rest In Power Daniel.. You gave hope to all of us brothers and sisters in depression

  13. M.... F....

    Lock Speed 1.75 O.O

  14. f.... z....

    gives me a headache!

    f.... z....

    take some Advil!

  15. D.... z....

    Esto me desinfecta el oido despues de escuchar regueton en toda parte

    RIP

  16. K.... K....

    I'm mortally ashamed that I had not heard of Daniel until just today, but now I am discovering a wealth of talent and inspiration in the words he's left us. On one listen, you might think he is a flake, but when you dig deeper, you find that every single song he has written is different and original. His creativity seems boundless and we are blessed to have had him as long as we did. Just a wonder, he is.

    K.... K....

    Same my friend, but now we can all enjoy his music and hear his life through his music

    K.... K....

    @Zachary Kastenhuber your right brother👍

    K.... K....

    *hug*


    His lyrics changed my life faster then a speeding motorcyc

    K.... K....

    I'm in tears going through his videos right now.... Grateful for this beautiful encounter.... His words truly do hit.

    K.... K....

    One of my fave finds of 2019, although it was only after hearing he passed i decided to look into this back-catalogue. what i found was a man with a divine vision and sung with the purest honesty. It can be him with his solo piano or the more up to date studio stuff like this. there's gold in it all.

  17. M.... M....

    Satan please watch over Daniel after they throw him out of heaven for punching an angel during a manic episode.

  18. C.... C....

    Rip buddy.

  19. H.... F....

    Once again I learn of the existence of a significant artist only when the commotion surrounding their passing catches my attention. Guess I will never be one of the fortunate people smart enough or lucky enough to find genius in full bloom.

    H.... F....

    Just listen to his music,and try to understand it. DJ is a fuckin' legend!

  20. L.... S....

    New mountain Dew Rising

  21. U.... C....

    The way i see it, some pulsion made him cut the engine of a plane, explained in excuses, lived a remorseful and frighten life after, thought crazy since, lived a sad life. We do that to a genius...he didn't had to explain...

  22. L.... W....

    Rest easy comrade

  23. J.... L....

    As I lived from 1964 and into the 80s in Austin I met a big community of friends as unique and expressively free as Daniel. It is why Austin has become such a haven for creativity. I thank you, one and all, and I love you, one and all☺️

    J.... L....

    James Lyons Now it’s just another megacity with cookie-cutter condo complexes and terrible traffic

  24. 9.... ....

    Stand alone

  25. A.... z....

    The king of lo-fi

  26. N.... W....

    He learned the Rules of Luton, and payed the price.

  27. C.... M....

    RIP, Daniel.

  28. J.... P....

    uy er ueosdkhjxskd
    ytnunhfg vun wrdtwwthdwth
    uruy uktbyg ioukuykmhjnuiyiuytor
    ....... &&&%&#&/#/

  29. Z.... ....

    Rest in peace daniel

  30. B.... O....

    Just the truth.

  31. N.... s....

    I was sitting outside at 6am playing and signing this song at the top of my lungs. Not something I typically play either, although I should play it much more. I can feel something missing in the world. I love you, Daniel Johnston. The devil can no longer reach you

    N.... s....

    I was singing it at work this morning on a building site 7.05 am

    N.... s....

    Ryan keep on singing.. RIP DJ

  32. L.... D....

    Rest in peace, sweet boy.

  33. M.... R....

    he saw the world for how it really is. the spiritual war that is always raging on. the devil and god. all that shit is real. he felt it, and went crazy. REST IN POWER

  34. T.... T....

    REST IN PEACE

  35. T.... R....

    He will live on forever RIP

  36. f.... y....

    Favourite song from the man, maybe Daniel knew something we didn’t , RIP

  37. Y.... M....

    Rest easy, Daniel.

  38. c.... b....

    Legend. R.I.P.

  39. T.... A....

    I hope he's still at peace, enjoy your rest man. It might be early, but you've earned your rest.

  40. A.... A....

    what a fucking legend
    RIP

    A.... A....

    Indeed, may he rest in peace

    A.... A....

    I'm going to his funeral.

    A.... A....

    @CHRIS CLEMENTS,🙏

  41. G.... F....

    Rest in peace, Daniel. <3

  42. S.... C....

    it says the Devil has Texas people - he had what is defined as schizophrenia, not the inability to enunciate -

  43. M.... M....

    does anybody what is he singing about?

    M.... M....

    Most people can only see the material world, those with an elevated consciousness can see the workings of the spiritual plane and how it influences the material world. DJ had this gift and it shook him to his soul.

    M.... M....

    From Louis Black's account of Daniel's life in Spin: "There’d been a bad acid experience at a Butthole Surfers concert and a trip to Abilene, Texas, to visit his brothers and sisters, who put him on a bus back to Austin because he was scaring the nieces and nephews. Later he talked about staring out the bus window and seeing all these cow skulls and realizing they were the mark of the devil, and that Texas was the devil’s state."

    M.... M....

    @Patricia Cunningham well! that makes sense

  44. L.... A....

    💋The Song 💋 The Melodie 🤘

  45. J.... F....

    I grew up Danny. We were teenage friends. I used to hang out with him in his parents basement which was really Danny's lair. I used to sit next to him when he played his piano and sing all the songs to me he had written. He had his art all over the walls. One of the last time I seen him as a kid I remember looking at him and looking around at the art work he created stuck on the walls. He had a little room by the stair case that lead to the basement. He had a baby doll head he had done his art to nailed to the wall along with a plethora of other pictures he created. It was wonderful and fascinating but not what less creative people would see as normal. I looked at him and he looked at me and I thought "What is going to happen to him?" I knew he wasn't in the normal range of every day people. His art work was much more complex in those days also. I figured he would become famous for it alone. Its sad for me to see my friend from before to the after. He was a normal creative awesome artist to us his friends. Now after all he has gone through I see a very different person who has suffered all his life. Without the mental illness he would have made it into the world of art and music in a giant way. He would have gone down in history as famous as the rest of them. However, maybe the mental illness is what gave Danny his artistic abilities and without it he would have been another working class person as the rest of us. I still have the tape he made for me from the early 1080's. A treasure I will keep. I have song his songs in my head all my life before the world heard them. One reminds me of my daily life... Joy without pleasure.

    J.... F....

    He did make it in a giant way, just a different way. Thousands of people love him. He's changed many people for the better.

    J.... F....

    Wow, my friend. Thanks for sharing.
    So sorry for your personal loss 💗

    J.... F....

    I'm from the ohio valley I'm a musician and want to carry on Daniel's music

    J.... F....

    He has touched so many people with his music it's nice to see that the youngins get it

    J.... F....

    Although I liked the documentary I would like to see one done that focuses on the positive

  46. C.... S....

    It sucks that people monetize music that isnt theirs

  47. �.... �....

    Photo by Niles J. Fuller.

  48. B.... N....

    LOVE and LOVE and LOVE that song !!! Thanks a lot .

  49. S.... ....

    This is my favorite Slint song.

    S.... ....

    Septimus hahahaha

  50. f.... y....

    Something so simplistic about his music yet it isn't. Can't get my head around it. Either way, thank you Mr Johnston

  51. C.... G....

    I have been to Abilene
    The spirit world rising
    I have seen in Abilene
    The Devil has Texas

    Purple robes they shall wear
    The spirit world rising
    The number on their forehead and hands
    The Devil has Texas

    From the sky the number seven
    The Devil defeated
    In the sky
    The New Jerusalem

    I have been to Abilene
    The spirit world rising
    I have seen in Abilene
    The Devil has Texas

    The Spirit World Rising
    The Devil has Texas

  52. B.... C....

    https://youtu.be/dU8DmNU7WTU My kids rendition. Enjoy

  53. J.... S....

    Is he talking about takashi69???!?!?

    J.... S....

    I have my zodiac sign tattood on my forehead not like a professional one a stick n poke and the spirit world is rising

  54. T.... G....

    There will never be another Daniel Johnston. Part of me is ok with that, and part of me is saddened by it.

    T.... G....

    @William And thankfully there will never be another you to go around being annoyingly presumptuous to strangers on the internet. How do you know that he doesn't kiss his reflection in the mirror everyday just like you do?

    T.... G....

    @theleadshoes i'm sellin tampons if you want one

    T.... G....

    @dingleberry liespewer Why would I want to buy anything from a lie-spewing asshole who's proud of his berry-sized dingle?

    T.... G....

    @dingleberry liespewer lmao

    T.... G....

    Okay, Mister Rogers.

  55. g.... ....

    From the sky
    The number seven
    The Devil defeated
    In the sky
    The new, Jerusalem

  56. M.... ....

    outsider art better than beefheart.......or as good as.....1990 forever

  57. H.... S....

    I love coca-cola an old timer told me once how he wished i could have had one back in the day he said " You would crack it open take a big ole drink and it would burn your eyes! Boy was it good! Im like fuck yeah I wish I could drink that

  58. E.... W....

    well said Wjorn

  59. A.... N....

    One of my favorites songs. Me and my beloved girlfriend fuck so many times listing to this

  60. G.... K....

    Why is it that truly original, intensely creative, insightful, brilliant talents like this guy fly so far under the radar, yet talentless, ignorant morons make it to the top?  This is fantastic.  Another creative spirit whose music resonates with me.

    G.... K....

    would you not hate it if all those dicks from your school that bullied you loved the same music as you? Fuck everyone else leave us weirdos alone.

    G.... K....

    @Mark Humphrey Hey, I like this guy.  And I think the world needs far more people others call "weirdos", and less so-called "normal" ones.

    G.... K....

    Preach..

    G.... K....

    Greg Kozak most people see music as something simple to dance to

    G.... K....

    just bc u dont like it dosent mean they dont have talent. The producers, engineers, songwriters , mastering engineers, videographers and singers are insanely skilled in their disciplines just bc the music they produce is for certain demographics that dont resonate with yourself dosen't mean in anyway that they lack talent or creativity, all it shows is a lack of understanding for fellow humans on your part.

  61. p.... J....

    Dan is the man!!!

    p.... J....

    Ełku murki

  62. B.... ....

    I love the descending chords. It almost mirrors Daniel's chaotic reality

  63. B.... R....

    its so good because anyone can sing about demons but when Daniel sings about them you know how REAL it is to him

    B.... R....

    @Middie Wood Definitely not the same groups, I'll agree with that.
    It's like Krishnamurti said: "It's no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

    B.... R....

    @Shooting_Star78 this is actually true--my siddha yogi master deals with these entities all the time in people's lives who are her students (and she's a trained physicist too)--demons/negative spirits and ghosts are what actually run the show behind the scenes in this world---the ineffectiveness of psychological drugs and techniques are testament to this occult/unknown element of our lives. Family and personal curses are rampant in the world.

    B.... R....

    @Middie Wood he is unfortunately demon possessed so his views are very skewed

    B.... R....

    I don’t need to worry at all

    Isaiah 54:

    14 In righteousness you shall be established;
    you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
    and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
    15 If anyone stirs up strife,
    it is not from me;
    whoever stirs up strife with you
    shall fall because of you.
    16 Behold, I have created the smith
    who blows the fire of coals
    and produces a weapon for its purpose.
    I have also created the ravager to destroy;
    17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
    and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
    This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
    and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

    B.... R....

    Fuck all the religious babble, humans just feel the need to blame their problems on something as well as praise something for the good in their life. Once they thank themselves for one, they must do it for the other, religion helps them so that they don't have to face the facts. It's all folklore and fairytale, it's not any more real than any of the other thousands of religions that you laugh at because they worship cows and birds.

  64. c.... ....

    The Devil has taxes

    c.... ....

    Indeed.

    c.... ....

    taxation is theft

    c.... ....

    The whole point of the devil is that he doesn't pay taxes. HE taxes the sinners, and the price is eternal pain.

    c.... ....

    The devil is taxes

  65. R.... J....

    This is one of my most favourite songs. 

  66. T.... H....

    We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

    T.... H....

    A tiny flash, but we saw it.

  67. M.... G....

    Daniel is a genius. We are simpletons. Don't attempt to discover why he got fame or his mentality. It's beyond comprehension.

    M.... G....

    +Barrett Poole beautiful

    M.... G....

    this is some scary ass cult shit right here dude

    M.... G....

    @Barrett Poole wtf are you talking about? "honest observer immune to lies" "Although anyone can write and you can write better than him anyone can" "but someone who marked a path and couldn't finish walking down (acid)" "It's the our duty to never stop walking" Total nonsense in my humble opinion :) He wrote great stuff and surely not anyone can do that. This is for sure. And it is also obvious that he had huge psychological problems. I would guess because of his upbringing. I don't know what, but something happened in his childhood, that made him who he is. No shame in that. It always angers me when people are looking down on him.

    M.... G....

    SummerOfGeorge his parents were very good people. I knew them, they were concerned for him and didn’t know what to do that’s all. Also he had siblings, which were older than him and I never met them but I did talk to Daniel so if you’re claiming a traumatic upbringing then why were his siblings fine?

    I remember being about 9-10 years old, this was after his initial episode and he was like a 20 some year old and he seemed like he was a lot younger when I met him (that’s what I remember). It was like I was talking to somebody my own age and I thought it was real cool talking to somebody older like my friend and then all the sudden one day he was scary. His condition worsened rapidly at that time and I was afraid to talk to him.

    My mother was his second grade teacher and he was friends with my half sister. My mom has actually kept his art work from elementary school and she gave it to some people that were making that documentary.

    He was always a bit strange when he was younger I was told I’m friends with his childhood next door neighbor (wing-nut) and wing-nut told me he came over to visit all the time but always crawled through the window instead of using the door.

    His strangeness escalated rapidly at some point. His family contributed it to an LSD experience when he left home and went to TX, but who knows? I know after that trip they had to go get him because he couldn’t take care of himself. That may have just enhanced whatever it is he has, but I think he was born to be different.

    M.... G....

    Exactly, what I am trying to say.

  68. D.... B....

    and then you gave yourself a thumbs up.

  69. c.... s....

    goddamn this song is so good

    c.... s....

    don't do that.

  70. N.... W....

    The number 9 is evil

    N.... W....

    he said seven when did he say nine?

  71. D.... D....

    Doesn't Daniel believe number 9 is evil?

    D.... D....

    i missed where he says 9 i only heard seven?

    D.... D....

    No, 9 is the number of man.

  72. M.... P....

    Well, if you haven't, you should watch The Devil and Daniel Johnston. That is discussed there.

  73. M.... ....

    purple robes

    they shall wear

    M.... ....

    its rose but i thought it was robes at first too and kind of wish it was lol

    M.... ....

    It is definitely robes....

  74. B.... S....

    His best songs are among the greatest ever written by an American songwriter. If he hadn't gotten any attention for them, I'd say that's a major musical tragedy.

  75. c.... a....

    but what was the need to share it instead of keepin it to yourself youre intentionally trying to piss ppl off

  76. K.... ....

    you must be the devil.

  77. m.... ....

    absolutely agree MMMMMorshu, numerology - what a complete load of bloody cobblers.

  78. G.... L....

    this is awful

    G.... L....

    you literally have a wrestler as a profile pic

    G.... L....

    Some People Push through Life with a Blind Sensibility and all the Confidence in the World that they are somewhat of an Authority. Such is the Consumer of all that is Fake and Hollow in the Soul , For that Which is Real ,is that Which Can Never Be Replaced. Via Con Dios Daniel.

  79. L.... W....

    This is so beautiful, this is easily one of the greatest songs of fall time.

  80. C.... H....

    numerology is fucking stupid.

  81. a.... a....

    very very interesting yet not at all. his numbers.. birth force 22, destiny 11, personality 5, soul urge 33. 33 is the rarest number on earth. its a super powered "6" as daniel said the number of satan.
    rare as well. Einstein's number are similar. lsd opens dimensions. are the fried bums just crazy or did they open their minds too fast? walk into the light

    a.... a....

    anthony aldrete

    g

    a.... a....

    How do you find those numbers? His name?

  82. D.... ....

    Actually, in the movie he says 9 is the number for God, and 10 is the way to heaven...

  83. D.... ....

    What makes you think he hasn't performed any research? Good observation...

  84. s.... ....

    he would have gotten some yes not as much though. pretty easy answer. also if he was on a reality tv show he would have gotten even more recognition just cuz he was on a fucking stupid reality tv show. does that answer your question!!!!!!!!??

  85. B.... ....

    Abilene :)

  86. m.... ....

    he wouldnt have been able to create such beauty without his illness.

    m.... ....

    mariellemaple but he created all of this beauty embracing it

    m.... ....

    mariellemaple *Superpower

    m.... ....

    I can't stand that kind of thinking. You don't know. And what if he doesn't have an illness, maybe he just has an old soul that's learned to be himself with abandon and not to care what anyone thinks.

  87. d.... ....

    he would, I didn't know about his conditions and listened to his songs here for quite some time. only problem would be, he wouldn't be probably so promoted a thus I wouldn't dig him up...

  88. R.... W....

    Yes .

  89. t.... ....

    this is cool and unique, but lets ask an honest question. would daniel have gotten any recognition at all if it wasn't for his mental illness?

    t.... ....

    fuck you

    t.... ....

    Most of his recordings where Made by himself

  90. t.... ....

    me too.a left of the dial early AMdj played it.I nearly drove off the road.

  91. S.... S....

    this song can never be loud enough...

  92. D.... B....

    fuck i meant if main is five

  93. D.... B....

    if man if nine and the devil is six, then god is seven. isnt that right?

  94. W.... ....

    yea well,actually Daniel himself said that 7 is the number of Jesus and 8 is the number of eternal death and 9 is the number of humanity.You can see him saying that in the documentary about his life called "The devil and Daniel Johnston".
    :)

  95. E.... A....

    With Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley helping him out on this one. Gorgeous.

  96. O.... ....

    This is the first Johnston song i ever heard, and probably my favourite.

  97. M.... ....

    @RugbyDemon6789 Best comment on Daniel's art.