True love will find you in the end
You'll find out just who was your friend
Don't be sad, I know you will
But don't give up until

True love will find you in the end
This is a promise with a catch
Only if you're looking can it find you
'Cause true love is searching too

But how can it recognize you
If you don't step out into the light, the light
Don't be sad I know you will
Don't give up until
True love will find you in the end

Overall Meaning

The song "True Love Will Find You in the End" by Daniel Johnston is a beautiful and uplifting ballad about finding true love in life. The song conveys the message that true love is a promise that will be fulfilled eventually, but only if one continues to search for it. The lyrics suggest that true love is searching for everyone, but it can only find those who are actively looking for it.

The first verse of the song talks about finding out who your true friends are, which is often difficult to do in life. However, the chorus of the song encourages listeners not to give up on finding true love. Johnston suggests that true love will find you eventually, but only if you don't give up looking for it. The second verse of the song acknowledges that true love is also searching for you, but it can only recognize you if you step out of the darkness and into the light.

Overall, "True Love Will Find You in the End" is a hopeful and inspiring song that encourages listeners not to give up on the search for true love. The message of the song is that, eventually, true love will find those who are open to receiving it and actively looking for it.

Line by Line Meaning

True love will find you in the end
The right person will come into your life eventually.

You'll find out just who was your friend
The people who stick by you through thick and thin are your true friends.

Don't be sad, I know you will
Cheer up, I'm confident that you'll find love someday.

But don't give up until
Keep trying until you find the right person.

This is a promise with a catch
The promise of true love has a condition: you have to actively search for it.

Only if you're looking can it find you
You have to put yourself out there and actively seek love to find it.

'Cause true love is searching too
Just like you're searching for love, there's someone out there searching for you.

But how can it recognize you
If you don't show your true self and step out of the shadows, love won't recognize you.

If you don't step out into the light, the light
To be noticed and recognized, you have to take a chance and put yourself out there.

True love will find you in the end
The song repeats its message that you will find love eventually if you don't give up.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DANIEL JOHNSTON

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@spockette

28w↑63

True love will find you in the end
You'll find out just who's your friend
Don't be sad I know you will
But don't give up until
True love will find you in the end

This is a promise with a catch
Only if you're looking can it find you
Because true love is searching too
But how can it recognise you unless you step out into the light the light
Don't be sad I know you will
But don't give up until
True love will find you in the end♥️

@ezrahurd6841

8y↑2.7K

True love will find you in the end
You'll find out just who was your friend
Don't be sad, I know you will,
But dont give up until
True love will find you in the end
This is a promise with a catch
Only if you're looking can it find you
'Cause true love is searching too
But how can it recognize you
Unless you step out into the light?
Don't be sad i know you will
But don't give up until
True love will find you in the end.

All comments from YouTube:

@Veras1

5y↑6.1K

rest in piece, daniel johnston.
your songs helped me a lot when I was going through high school... may your beautiful music live on forever.

@EuouviHQShqs

5y↑34

legends never die, mate

@rflp

5y↑62

Worst. 9/11. Ever.

@pdg887

5y↑22

peace

@danielromero8711

5y↑18

i´m crying

@sad-7477

5y↑17

❤️I just discovered him today finding out about his passing and it’s so heartbreaking to me I never cared to learn before. This always happens 😞

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@Liaam

5y↑5.1K

"Daniel is going to heaven. He's already been to hell."

@ISuckOffCops

5y↑5

Liaam :’)

@pogfish5028

5y↑32

he's dead? :(

@ISuckOffCops

5y↑27

bruhh yeah :(

@pogfish5028

5y↑67

@@ISuckOffCops D: rip. I feel so bad about finding out this late :(

@HorkPorkler

5y↑9

Lol

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@BlueSorcerer

3y↑1.1K

this is unironically one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard.

@miketorrento3307

3y↑29

Seriously it really is

@thomashallesy8835

um yep

@Mr_Incognito113

2y↑28

He absolutely nailed the lyrics on this one. Such a simple song but he worded a message so perfect that anyone struggling to find love can listen to this song and find hope. Cause this is exactly how it’s done.

@ThisIsGoogle

2y↑2

It's trash

@leftphilange69

2y↑20

@@ThisIsGoogle blasphemy

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@ff9968

33w↑53

The Chief Keef of Guitar, this brother was all raw, no gimmicks all gangsta music.

@a.a.1253

5w↑8

lmfao bro

@kelechi_77

4w↑6

LMAO

@sameeyell2586

4w↑9

I was watching a interview with Daniel, and I literally thought that him and Sosa are such similar artists sonically.

Awesome to see someone who understood this. This literally all happened in about 10 minutes.

Someone make sosa sample some Dan

@highonlife2323

3y↑697

"this is a promise with a catch, only if you're looking can it find you." wow

@81peyote

3y↑50

My heart drags itself out of my brain over this line every time.

@Donyourmom

11w↑1

Based PFP

@highonlife2323

11w

thx only 4 ppl have ever commented on my pfp @@Donyourmom

@michellewind8097

5y↑1.1K

today I heard my son playing this on his computer, I asked who it was, he explained about Daniel, and how he suffered...gone too soon, I cried for him, as he spoke for all who have suffered...REST In Peace dear one.

@syner2276

4y↑106

thank you for actually listening and caring for your son, rip Daniel

@lurkinhehe

3y↑40

You are a good mother, God bless you

@droplsd1017

3y↑10

What happen to him , i wanna understand...

@theexecutioner3868

3y↑17

@@droplsd1017 Tragic story of schizophrenia and facing inner demons. He died nearly 2 years ago

@lindboknifeandtool

11w

Thank you so much for taking a personal interest in your son, and what he likes. It’ll serve him well in life, makes you feel valid for who you are.

@empirezmusic1227

3y↑396

“I wonder if he ever found love”, your here aren’t you? Then he did. RIP Daniel

@tobietera

3y↑2

You just copied that comment from the thread below 🤨

@Muerte2715

2y↑3

i think he died alone and with no love... sadly, truly truly sadly. R.I.P Daniel

@bmxmyth166

5y↑2.1K

There’s something very endearing about the lack of perfectionism he has in his music, he just plays his songs because he absolutely loves doing it. He doesn’t care if it sounds kinda sloppy, or if his instruments aren’t tuned right. It’s like he becomes completely apart of whatever he’s playing, and all of his imperfections let his soul and emotions shine straight through the music, like sunlight shining through a dirty, broken window, but the window’s physical state represents decades of experience and circumstance, making it a beautiful symbol as well. Rest In Peace, Daniel, you were a very special person.

@544CampStreet

3y↑22

Yes. The point isn't to play perfectly like a metronomic computer.

@melonseason699

3y↑34

You put it so beautifully and perfectly. All the reasons Daniel Johnston is so inspirational.

@ijemand5672

3y↑5

you mean "becomes a part of whatever he's doing". If you say "apart", it means outside of it

@jacobdelgadoramirez4692

3y↑5

Outsider music

@danielengsvang3126

3y↑10

This kind of music(Sincere and Honest) is ALL gone i think. Honesty doesn't make Money-Directed culture. And we really need a culture of Sincerity and Honesty right now,, More than EVER. That's why "they" will NEVER produce such stuff.
Cheers from Sweden

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@mfw4900

5y↑2.4K

RIP Daniel Johnston. I hope he found love, I hope we all do.

@philiphalpenny9761

5y↑40

"after life's fit fever, he sleeps well"...

@PATRICKRIDGETV

5y↑8

amen

@weeman1357

5y↑16

Lovely comment.

@PATRICKRIDGETV

5y↑42

@@weeman1357 agreed, hope the troubles that he battled in his mind are at ease now

@jameskrautheim4987

5y↑8

I like his story of going in front of record executives and them telling him it was a mistake, did he listen? NO!

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@perkdawg_

5y↑1.9K

The first time I played a song in front of others was during my sophomore year of high school in a German class talent show. I sang this song with a shitty ukulele. It was a fairly awkward stage of my life and I was really nervous going into it. To my surprise everyone seemed to like it and I left feeling I had done the song justice. From then on I've been much more comfortable playing for others, even though it's rare for me to do so.

Rest in peace Daniel, and thank you for what you have given

@jengwebb

4y↑11

Love that. 🤘👍

@blocfoals

4y↑8

Great story - thanks :)

@YoungDeathWish

4y↑19

People love performers. Perform and they’ll love you

@squeak1987

4y↑4

i love you.

@dominiksawadsky5545

3y↑5

Salutes from Germany 🙋🏼‍♂️

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@Christina_DiStefano

21w↑19

Best show I've seen in NYC, maybe 2007. At a point in the show, Daniel Johnston sat down on the stage and got quiet. He stopped stopped singing. We all had heard about this kind of thing in his performances when he stopped, the show was cut short, and it was over. Everyone looked around at each other, wondering what they were supposed to do now. A few people sat down, and then little by little, we all did. We were on the same level as him. Waiting. After 5-10 mins or so, he started singing again. It was the most connected experience I've had at a concert. I will remember it forever. It's hard to put into words but it was so humble and sweet.

@buttonclique230

Yes

@DoobusGoobus

2y↑1.1K

I have never cried at a piece of media until i heard this song. I've seen so many movies and felt bad for characters, but never actually broke a tear. But learning about how awful johnston's early life was and then hearing this is totally different. It's so clumsy and awkward, but its such genuine optimism from someone who was dealt such an awful hand in life. I can hear him wanting to convey this message by any means he can, even if he's not equipped with all the conventional knowledge of writing music. He just wants to share his hope that bad. And the fact its so flawed makes it feel so much more human. Its so beautiful and heart breaking at the same time. May Daniel rest well, cause i consider him a legend.

@_._KAMI_._

2y↑27

I feel you goobus may Daniel Rest In Peace

@durere

2y↑8

Here's a song I always cry at (tho to be fair I also cry at some movie scenes, especially if they feature animals)
Aesop Rock - Ruby '81

@youllis

2y↑4

I cry at cartoons or anything. I cried at a story about DSW shoe shopping and Jesus on the radio yesterday. You may enjoy Foxzen music

@YupIknowthatfeeling

2y↑7

I feel you, you've expressed all of that really well, putting into words exactly how I feel about him too...the most broken bruised hearts often are the most beautiful

@themangoman9315

2y↑6

I cried over the fucking Mr pea body and Sherman movie in front of my friends from college because the song beautiful boy was on the soundtrack

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@lzbmusic3438

3y↑657

it’s almost like i’m listening in on someone play there own song in their room

@captainclipy6236

3y↑13

great way to describe it

@electromancer2645

3y↑52

Because you are

@LemonWedgeinc

3y↑1

@@electromancer2645 studio recording, if you actually want to, listen to his earliest tapes

@krusher181

3y↑12

You are. He didn’t change anything from when he recorded in his garage.

Just better microphones.

@Charlie-hv3dh

3y↑6

Found this guys music from a channel which did an essay on outsider music, damn this song is beautiful. A shame the artit's passed :(

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@daydrmnation

5y↑296

"This is a promise with a catch. Only if you're looking, can it find you."

@lorenpingle5350

4y↑18

That part in particular hit me like a ton of bricks, because of how sincere and optimistic it sounds.

@chrisfegan81

3y↑4

Found this right when he said it

@MontanaCamp

3y↑2

It's god

@DalleDayul

4y↑487

I wrote a portion of my university dissertation about Daniel and his influence on the Austin indie music scene when he first moved there and started performing. There was a beautiful section in a book I read, "Hi, How Are You?", which talks about how at the time, a lot of indie music was very ironic, very sardonic, and very subtextual. But when Daniel first stepped up in an Austin club and played his honest, sincere songs, the crowd was absolutely captivated. He was the first one to sing honestly and genuinely, with no facade of coolness or fake intellectualism. He was just a pure, beautiful soul, singing his heart out.

RIP Daniel, and thank you.

@lizvasquez2835

I love Daniel Johnston!

@nikimemphis

PURE the very word I was thinking... and REAL. I listen to this tune every so often to set myself straight. It's true- you know- true love will find you in the end! ♡

@kds5895

24w

What was your dissertation on?

@angelsunlight

23w

Woah that’s awesome

@spockette

28w↑63

@LuisDominguez-iy3xy

5y↑1.8K

First song I listened to after I heard he died. Rest in Peace

@tobyhiddens7233

5y↑6

Crying

@jeffs92

5y↑19

"Dont be sad, I know you will" R.I.P Daniel

@Slinkasoarus

5y↑3

Me too. Me too. So sad.

@PATRICKRIDGETV

5y↑2

incredible talent will be missed so much

@waynegoodman135

5y↑2

I did as well! 😢

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@Farsay

8y↑72

"This is a promise with a catch // only if you're looking can it find you // cause true love is looking too // but how can it recognize you // unless you step out into the light the light"

Holy cow.

@teksaucee

8y↑14

don't mind me im just walking the cow over here ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@MrRocksW

4y↑57

This song is so raw it legit made me cry the first time I heard it

@is2wenniokay

3y↑3

first time right now, balling hard, reading the comments. life comes full circle and i know he said dont be sad, couldnt help it lol

@Bunnycnt

4y↑167

This actually makes me cry, it’s such a beautiful song

@ebbtide4233

4y↑6

Its so unbelievably beautiful and full of compassion everything we need in life wrapped up in 2 minutes

@chubbygreyhound1198

3y↑54

Never has a songwriter done so much with so little as he does in this song.

@LOL-cringe

28w↑165

In my opinion Daniel Johnston is the epitome of an artist, creativeness in its rawest form.

@ANHARCIHUY

28w

I think john heart is bara bara baraaa

@WFly101

25w↑1

Didn't expect to see you here..

@emer2602

5y↑436

YouTube decided to put a video of Daniel Johnston's life in my recommended and I'm really glad for it

@planetmoises2405

5y↑1

Emerson Escobar Orbe because he died

@gabrielnaimmadrigalhernand7674

Me too

@Caballero_Templario

4y↑2

Y fue en español estoy seguro xd

@alonsaurio8928

@@Caballero_Templario del canal de konekay o no

@artisonspaintingremodeling

3y↑213

This is true poetry, not flashy, fake, its just straight from the heart

@pedroabrahao4015

1y↑21

This is my favorite song in the world. I didn't live a good live, obviously nothing compared to his live, most of my suffering is due to my own bad decisions. But this 2 minute long song makes me wanna live until true love does find me, i don't know if ever will and, if it does, i don't know if will be enough, but for 2 minutes none of us was alone. We all felt the honesty in those words. I remember the day i found this song, i had never cried because of music before, but, once i saw the title and his face, i just started crying and i knew that it would be with me throughout all the bad times. This is my very first youtube comment, nothing ever felt worth sharing and inglish is not even my first language, so i apolage for all the grammatical mistakes. If you read this until the end i hope true love does find you.

@DavosSeaworth

5y↑473

Rest easy, friend. </3

"Let it be said when I am dead
I killed the monster"

@sandorthehoundclegane9129

4y↑1

Ser Davos Seaworth who would have thought I’d see you here

@DavosSeaworth

4y↑5

I'm surprised you'd see at all with eyes looking like that.

@sandorthehoundclegane9129

4y↑5

Ser Davos Seaworth alright onion Boy, don’t you start

@richardscott7254

Sandor “the Hound” Clegane take a joke

@sandorthehoundclegane9129

4y↑2

Richard Scott (I know, I’m playing a role)

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@stereofidelic67

2y↑642

The reason why this song is so heartbreakingly sad is because deep down everyone knows true love sometimes never finds you.

@IsaacAutumn

1y↑64

I feel, the reason the song is sad is because people even need to be reminded that there will always be people who love you

@fantometriste1080

1y↑26

it will and i think that's what makes us cry, that despite everything that hurts you can suddenly realize you don't have to suffer and that it will get better and you feel releived and silly for all that useless pain and grateful for daniel for reminding you of such simple things!

@bh7622

1y↑27

And sometimes it finds a really damaged person who doesn’t know how to accept it.

@forthedoggiesguitars2277

40w↑5

This song changed my life when it came to love.

@rainor771

39w↑24

I know I'm not exactly qualified to say so, but I think you're wrong. I believe that love is inescapable really, it's part of being human. It doesn't have to be romantic or platonic or even familial. It is universal.

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@Nately22

3y↑79

This sounds like it was played in his living room in front of a some close friends after dinner and drinks, just because. Simple. Unpolished. Brief. Immediate. Relatable. Heartfelt. Beautiful. And because of that, it's now one of my favourite pieces of music of all time.

@ezrahurd6841

8y↑2.7K

@Porfabiana1

8y↑58

lindo!

@anasarracena

7y↑1

Ezra Hurd thank you, Ezra!

@TheAlexanderFrost

6y↑4

This is amazing, always wanted to know where that frog came from.

@deborahlally8

Ezra Hurd z

@nicholasflorez3530

6y↑2

I actually heard the lyrics in the song.

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@lukeberrie3942

5y↑982

Did true love ever find Daniel Johnston in the end? I hope it did. Rest easy Dan.

@bryanzzz748

5y↑459

Luke Berrie judging by the comments, i think the true love he found was the people who were moved by his art

@KilljoyVideoGaming

5y↑55

Of course it did. Rest in peace Daniel

@lorenzschimpf2162

5y↑18

@@bryanzzz748 so true <3

@DarckSideofThemoon28

5y↑6

Wow <3

@ellieford-knubley8851

5y↑15

@@bryanzzz748 oh man now I'm crying, that's a beautiful way of looking at it x

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@patriciaferrariful

1y↑29

I used to listen this song when i broked up a seven years relationship and was totally lost. In a way that comforted me. It was as if Daniel were saying "be patient." A few years later true love found me. Don't give up! :)

@minibuns5397

1y↑1

💕 Love is like a carousel 🎠

@phutureproof

1y↑1

I recently ended an eight year relationship, not an easy choice, not sure if it was the right choice, this song is breaking me in half but it feels good.

@tarcilazanatta

5y↑564

I always thought this song was about romantic love. But now that I came to hear it right after Daniel's death, I think maybe he refers to the true love we all find when we finish our journey on this planet. The light...

@Heaven-dy9lj

3y↑33

Yep that's what I thought. It's more spiritual than anything to me.

@mysteryxoxstarxo

3y↑3

🥺

@tga253

3y↑15

Christ's love.

@chrontoke

3y↑8

For god so loved the world, he let 10000 children starve to death today.. fuck Christ's love. Christianity was taken from an older religion and has changed so much over the years... Delusional....

@tga253

3y↑6

@@chrontoke so wrong. May God turn your heart to Christ .

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@XxJust4RunxX

8y↑3.7K

imagine living your whole life alone and dying to this song

@aaronsaladbar97

8y↑156

Fuckkkk

@amenazadordegatos

8y↑66

me ;_;

@oberallgaukleinwalsertal6875

8y↑28

That's my dream. I swear!!

@marsfigmeow

8y↑14

MCRIIIDEEEEEE

@jakubvalenta5403

Nice point 👍

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@frenchlad9441

2y↑57

this song is i think one of the greatest folk songs of all time, the amount of emotions this man can make you feel with just a fragile voice and a guitar is honestly astouding, i actually cried a lot listening to this
it's a song that needs to remain in everyone memory and shouldn't be forgotten
RIP Daniel Johnston

@presidenthogan5208

3y↑15

the girl that regret leaving came back into my life recently, idk how to explain it. we usually play games together because that’s literally the only enjoyable thing to do besides talking. she had to leave because she had to eat dinner and this song turned on as soon as she left. i had already became interested in her again and this just put the cherry on the cake for me. thank you daniel johnston, im pissed i didnt find your art before your passing. may your soul rest.

@seanwills6827

7y↑163

I remember when I was much younger, there was a documentary playing on the tv about Daniel Johnston. As I watched, I thought to myself, "his music sounds really boring, how can anyone like it?" but continued watching. At the end of the documentary after I watched his story and his struggles, they played his song "Some Things Last A Long Time" and it just struck me in a weird emotional way. Many years later, that song suddenly just slipped into my head and made me go back and look through Daniel Johnston's work (and love it). Strange. Some things really do last a long time.

@DANICNA

6y↑1

2008?

@billvolk4236

5y↑2

That was "The Devil and Daniel Johnston." Great film.

@jenrockxoxo

4y↑23

"How can it recognize you...unless you step out into the light, the light?"
(I love the way he says "the light" twice)

This song makes me hopeful since he was...

Thank you Daniel Johnston • R.I.P. 🖤

@edgarcross4721

3y↑28

I always think that this song is about self love
The hardest kind of love.

@micah2288

3y↑76

I don't know this man or his music but I'm sitting here crying my eyes out. trying to stifle sobs to keep my kids from hearing. I'm sad to know he has passed away. I wish him the best in the afterlife.

@lloydboon3951

5y↑30

im a big music collector but had not heard of Daniel until I read about his passing 20 minutes ago, so I searched him on YouTube, this is the first song of his I listened to, its recorded very amateurishly, the balance is all out of whack, it has an almost childlike innocence about its simplicity but it brought tears to my eyes, absolutely brilliant!

@PrankYankers100

5y↑2

That's why we love it. Check out more!

@ciatangallaghe2485

1y↑1

How it was recorded does not matter, that it was, does.

@lamontthewetbird988

27w↑7

daniel is probably one of the most honest people, his music is unadulterated, raw and self-expressionistic. despite his rough life and problems he manages to make songs like this and its amazing. Just pure optimism and hope from someone with such a sad story

@edithbannerman4

17w

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@CaptainXJ

3y↑9

"Don't be sad, I know you will." Really hits for some reason.

@domcruise274

39w↑4

I loved this song back in the day, now I know this song is about Jesus, whether Daniel knew it or not. God is love, but most aren’t looking for that kind of love

@PivotSweden

52w↑14

I want this playing at my funeral. I love this so much.

@jackoo666

1y↑6

people work so hard trying to write music like a child, and he definitely does it. its so genuine.

@strangebrew1231

1y↑3

I think it’s because in many ways he was a child. His mental illness never really allowed him to grow into his own adult. He never had a relationship beyond platonic friendship

@desolationangel5136

5y↑196

Just read the sad news and instantly came to this song as it's my favourite. Rest in peace, Daniel. 😥

@jameskrautheim4987

5y↑1

DesolationAngel oddly I have never heard of him before two days ago. I listened to most of his interview stuff. For who is was growing up in Austin Texas. He is extremely lucky. and blessed with community and talent. His death will be celibrated for a while. god bless his fans. I know they love him deeply. later JJ 🐸

@desolationangel5136

5y↑2

Try and watch 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' if you can. It's a very good movie on his life.

@legox3

2y↑16

I dedicate this song to all the single homies out there who don't have anyone for Valentine's Day... that day will come when you find that special someone until then remember to love yourself ❤️ 2022

@thomasrevere7916

Some of us don't want relationships and also love ourselves.

@ilooli

9y↑180

breaks my fucking heart every fucking time

@xzclaire

9y↑36

ilo oli don't be sad, i know you will, don't give up until, true love will find you in the end.

@kubrat8647

8y↑2

+ilo oli Listen to "Crazy Love" . I cry everytime I listen to It .

@kubrat8647

7y↑1

daniel johnston

@mndr1983

I feel you

@thomasdap8659

4y↑33

I've always seen this song as not just true love, but as happiness and meaning. You've gotta put in the work but you will find it.

@edithbannerman4

17w

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@bongibot1104

3y↑32

I dont think a single song has ever made me actually cry. I never cry, I've watched movies and listened to many sad and beautiful songs, watched beautiful videos on YouTube that also jerked a tear from me. But this made me cry instantly, its so genuine and beautiful. True love, that search that we search so frantically for in life. That which if most people stopped to look around would realize they have through friends and family. Some of the comments talk about this song from the perspective that Daniel was singing about romantic love and only that. Even if it was, it only makes the song more tragic in such a genuine way: he couldn't see the love of his own parents who he seemed to disdain in earlier years. Such a simple, beautiful song holy shit

Edited because I realized I forgot to include words which would make this paragraph make sense

@xxxx4376

8y↑1.7K

song: don't be sad i kno u will
me: is immediately sad

@hash-slingingslasher1374

7y↑43

god damn. I am way too fucked up to listen to this

@hash-slingingslasher1374

7y↑51

who's being the edgy prick here?

@TheTranceCartel

6y↑5

Don't give up...True love will find you in the end : )

@nessunovideo6971

6y↑2

Asuka best waifu just being Asuka i guess...

@kellymiller3432

crap

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@sherm_

9y↑47

I just had the most intense cry I've had in months because of this song. It's so beautiful

@NathanHassall

6y↑2

Snot began to flow from my nose and I pooped a little bit I feel the exact same way.

@doctorjudo

2y↑21

Once in a while, a pure and divine message is broadcast into this universe from that somewhere else, which pierces through your soul and touches that buried and undisturbed part of you; the part that is the connecting link to everything else. This is one of those messages. In no tangible way is this song special. But there is an ineffable quality there that makes it unbearably powerful. Few ever find a route into themselves that goes deep enough to pull something like this out, and fewer still have the courage and ability to convey it. Thank you, Daniel. Rest easy...

@collinharmon3207

1y↑5

you're right. i feel like if you were to reach out to feel the creases of beauty, you would find this song

@dannya1316

3y↑8

This is the first time I've ever heard Daniel Johnston and I couldn't help but shed some tears listening to this. I know a little bit about his background and his struggles with mental illness and such, and I found out he passed away through these comments, which made me kinda sad. But I wanted to share my thoughts on this song. Listening to this reminded me of a heavy shroom trip I took where I experienced ego death, I had died in my trip and it was one of the scariest, yet beautiful experiences I have ever felt. I was very scared because the dying felt so real to me, but the beauty I experienced after I died was soooo overwhelmingly beautiful, I felt such good feelings and could see beautiful colors and visuals, it felt better than any love or beautiful emotion I could ever feel, and I can't help but feel like this song speaks to me in that sense. Maybe it's not love through other people that we find in the end, but rather true love we experience from something more, from the entities/energies in the universe that we cant see but can feel. Maybe when we die we get enveloped in a type of love that we dont understand as we are living, but when we die it all makes sense. I cant help but feel like it's the ultimate peace, and this song speaks to me and makes me feel like Daniel Johnston understood this, and maybe that's what he was speaking on, "true love will find you in the end"
It may not be true and my comment may just be more ramblings of a madman, but I find this soooo beautiful, and I really do hope we all find true love in the end. Peace and love be with you all if you made it this far.

@Sophietia

8y↑1.1K

This song always gives me hope, no matter what.

@doodooman7053

8y↑1

+Sòphìe Me too.

@ronin3054

8y↑1

+Sòphìe good to hear youre feeling better ://

@syahmieshahar1679

8y↑1

Hi Sophie!

@neebaneeba2490

8y↑15

hah, I bet you get a lot of replys

@C1iffordd

7y↑6

Yo why have i seen you literally everywhere lmao

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@tylero8595

3y↑15

When you find an artist and then discover they just died, that's always a true bummer. What an authentic song. It brought tears to my eyes.

@oldsaintmick8044

52w↑3

finding this 13 years later, Rest in peace mate

@alexismcloughlin5383

5y↑4

Rest in peace, Daniel. I doubt you'll read this wherever you are. But you left us with a ton of wonderful songs. I only wish I'd discovered you sooner

@tommyboy6267

9y↑395

True love WILL find you in the end. Married and went through a nasty divorce. Thought I was finished with love and even spent 17 years single not wanting to experience that pain again. Then I found TRUE LOVE in the form of the sweetest woman I've ever met...from the other side of the world in Korea. Wasn't looking, and neither was she, but LOVE found us. As Daniel say's..."don't give up".

@CaptainPancakes

9y↑32

Congac Bodean Yeah but Daniel Johnston never married, never had a real girlfriend, likely never even had sex before, and lives with his parents at 54 because he can't really live on his own due to his crippling mental illnes (he's diagnosed as both bipolar and schizophrenic). It makes the song that much more sad to me, wondering if Daniel still holds out a hope of finding true love, even with his situation, at his age.

@EnoVarma

9y↑1

Ethan Beller Are you saying DJ isn't the biggest thing in the world still? What's up with that?

@toots8812

9y↑61

She's Korean? so you found your Seoul mate.

@tommyboy6267

9y↑9

+Relatively Santos : Hee hee...nice play on words. But, yes I did. It's been four years now and I can say without a shadow of a doubt I have never been happier. On another topic...maybe you can help me with this. Why am I getting a lot of random action on my comment. None of it seems related to my posting...except yours. Sounds foolish, but I am at a loss since youtube changed the reply system. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Tom.

@healsyeah

grats, just grats :)

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@TheHalliday123456789

5y↑20

Words cannot describe how sad I am right now... Daniel's songs, and this one in particular, helped me through a dark period in my life that I don't even know how I managed to come out alive of. RIP Legend!

@tucker_last_name

38w↑4

wow, you really do wanna cry, this is the most pure thing

@ProvidenceBeacon

9y↑478

life is weird, it's nice that music has this ability of distracting us and/or bringing us to a more beautiful place and that people are able to share this feeling

@BERTTTification

+Providence Beacon Great, Just great!

@valeriabruzzi4424

8y↑1

+Providence Beacon I agree

@zm9428

Its also pretentious, like you.

@MontoyaMatrix

The Music of the Spheres, as Pythagoras once said.

@itaimatos4756

@@zm9428 haters will hate. You suck.

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@sarawawa8984

3y↑14

I only wish this song was longer. I can't explain why but i love this so much. It's sweet and sad and hopeful (something about that line "don't be sad, I know you will" that just cuts me right to the core). I'm so glad I found this song and at the same time I really want to cry I think.

@windsorr

3y↑43

who else is here after Spotify took half of his songs down?

@toocoolfurschoolanimals5618

3y↑2

Why did they do that

@heidiabell4667

Yeah what the fuck i need this song :(

@SonGoku-ti6xo

For real wtf 😭

@markrennie86

3y↑1

@@heidiabell4667 well, you dont need spotify...so win win.

@heidiabell4667

3y↑2

@@markrennie86 i do need it though lol

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@maddie1763

3y↑8

It makes me cry every time. Something truly beautiful about this song.

@dethveggie

10y↑5

My only regret is that I am only able to give this song a single thumbs-up.

@garethbrown7681

9y↑572

There must be a lot of lonely people out there. Don't give up or jump off a bridge your true love is waiting.

@LaserDragonSons

9y↑21

Hope so

@hottaful

8y↑10

+Gareth Brown that escalated quickly.

@Yorboxl

+hottaful

don't you mean descended?

@SuperEvilC

8y↑9

This song makes me incredibly sad, yet it has saved me before.

@jonnil1997

7y↑4

This hit me hard

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@joechilds9448

3w↑1

Literally crying at my desk listening to this right now

@mayalynch7901

46w↑9

i saw the moldy peaches in london last night and while we were waiting for them to come out, they played this over the speakers. this song has been in my life for years and i treasure it like a friend. i was in a lot of pain and feeling kinda overwhelmed by the amount of people flooding in, but the second this played i felt all the uncertainty and anxiety in my body dissipate. i just can’t explain how it makes me feel - it’s like a hug.

@jaynellyazzie5837

6y↑448

I dated a guy and he was everything i ever wanted <3
I fell in love with his laugh i was so in deeply in love with his laugh

One day i got a call from his dad saying he never came home
Two days passed and his dad called again but he called to tell me his son was gone

I miss him very much <3

@Spooky-gw2ww

4y↑20

Jaynell Yazzie can I ask what happened? I’m so sorry

@kevinchavez7110

4y↑12

Im so sorry darling, i know now how it feel. I hope u the best of the lifes. True love will find you in the end.

@crystalgutierrez3949

4y↑1

I'm genuinely sorry

@Gringle_

4y↑12

i wish this story was true

@angela.luntian

4y↑1

similar thing happened to us but he was a family. I still feel denial to this day.

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@realweezergaming

3y↑9

I've listened to this song so many times in my life, but this time was the first time ever a song has ever made me cry, and i wasn't even thinking about the lyrics.

@burnindownthehouse

1y↑2

I had never heard of this guy or this song or anything. It was just a Youtube suggestion. This made me cry.

@BreezyandtheBlazers-vd3xw

21w↑4

“True love is like when you have some good times and when you remember them they’re even better” -Daniel Johnston

@KRstar78

10y↑42

This song reminds me of 60's Bob Dylan love it

@indierokkers

9y↑3

Kelly Robinson this song reminds me of a man trying to drown a cat

@faalonikdovah982

9y↑4

indierokkers Your comment reminds me of a man trying to troll.
With a name like indierokkers I would think you would be able to appreciate Daniel. Guess you just don't get it. Go listen to some more mainstream drivel and leave us here on the obscure side of youtube where we came to get away from people like you.

@boatwithwheels

9y↑3

indierokkers Oh shut up, kid you're not a true indie rocker.

@indierokkers

9y↑3

you're a true piece of shit

@ryrocksithard

5y↑5

Rest in power Daniel. You are and will always be an inspiration to us all.

@edithbannerman4

17w

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@JimmieTheKid

3y↑18

I wake up and see that all my daniel johnston songs besides walking the cow are no longer on spotify

@heidiabell4667

3y↑2

Ik I'm so pissed why did they remove them

@faitht347

5y↑30

Never heard of Daniel Johnston before but this song has brought tears to my eyes
Rest In Peace

@gmalish1456

Faith Thompson oh you should check out the documentary “the devil and Daniel Johnston” If you wanna know his story! It’s quite sad but also brilliant!

@brianfearynz

10y↑5

never has there been a song that more reliably makes me bawl my eyes out

@christopheryoung3765

10y↑3

harden up mate

@theboxingboy7422

25w↑3

Daniel johnson was a person who had such a hard life the battles he had to go through everyday in terms of his mental health must of been so painful and tormenting so the way he still managed to find an escape for it with his music even if it was for a short while and its just him recording it on a cassete player at home it was his way off showing who he was as a person in terms of the songs the titles of the songs, the artwork it was just so raw and real and im glad the world got to hear it in some capacity

@jonw12

1y↑2

My friends know when I pass I want them to party and listen to my favorite jams. This is one of them

@saras7017

5y↑54

“daniel is definitely going to heaven he’s already been through hell” - daniels sisters friend who works in a mental hospital when seeing his art. :(( r.i.p. daniel

@DaPlasticPaddy

7y↑636

I cry most times I hear this

@jawtek82

6y↑2

Seek professional help. Lots of it.

@jonnyl5442

6y↑21

jawtek82 you don't get it and never will. Maybe this guy lost someone important or a true love. So my advice to you is. Keep listening to your crap music And leave.

@jawtek82

Your advice is about as good as this song. How many have not lost someone important? But we don't all cry at childish, un-musical, drivel like this song - and certainly not "most times [we] hear" it.

@jonnyl5442

6y↑6

jawtek82 Un musical drivel is your main choice of music! if you cannot appreciate the chord progression and timing, and tuning of this song. And everybody deals with it. You just chose to type up a dumb comment. Just go back to your top 100 billboard songs and keep thinking your a good person.

@jonnyl5442

6y↑6

Think of a good comeback now, don't disappoint yourself.

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@vitormonteiro1938

8y↑13

I came here from the movie "Medianeras". It beautifully transforms this song into the silver screen.

@arelyaguilarcastro1926

7y↑1

❤

@straytraveler6760

💞

@boogerCPT

3y↑8

And here i am again...and this song still moves me to my core. RIP brother

@jubithinks9116

41w↑2

Although living life gets stuck in my head the the most this song reasonates the most to me.

@Jungjason00

9y↑44

Happy Valentine's everyone!

@uselessaccount9929

42w↑5

i dont wanna die alone anymore

@vivaldireal1741

9w↑2

Happy Valentines Day. Hang in there singles ❤

@kyleweymouth6161

This is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard ❤

@wzrd99

3y↑24

It’s 2021 & I’m just now hearing this for the first time, what a beautiful song.

@uncomely

3y↑2

enjoy! :)

@dallasmavericksfan4079

Rip

@ktcarl

10y↑11

Hey DJ fans. Dan had an accident that hurt his foot at his home. It was nasty looking and healing is complicated due to diabetes. He was admitted again to a hospital for IV, antibiotic treatment and has been released after about 5 days. If you like him send a little prayer.

@justellie070

Less than two minutes
Two stanzas long
Yet its message and melody packs such a punch. Musical brilliance.

@themangoman9315

2y↑5

This is the most beautiful song ever written

@bwolff7364

3y↑5

Don't mind me just gonna listen to this 5 times in a row

@jackodwyer1156

5y↑61

i visited daniel johnston at his home. there were paper airplanes in the basement. each one had a name. an accordion hung from the rafters. secret poems were scrawled upon mcdonalds merchandise. his chilled eyes were scanning glaciers. a pre-recorded message welcomed me...

RIP to a beautiful soul.

@PrankYankers100

5y↑3

That's really nice.

@nathanmoeller1392

4y↑18

Cant believe it’s been a year. RIP Daniel Johnston.

@kostaskaidantzis8802

3y↑2

I m sure I will never find true love,i stopped searching.i have never met you Daniel Johnston but I miss you so much.i have severe OCD it's hell on earth

@MaetzlerMichael

7y↑15

a good friend, also a singer who passed away last wednesday used to play this song at every end of his shows... i hope true love found him in the end.