Hospital pt.1

[jquezadasanchez]

This makes me smile and cry and dance and laugh and shiver and makes me feel emotions that I can't describe! And I say to myself "I don't want to die in the hospital, oh no! oh no!"

You have some super powers that make awesome music!

[hannahmcorey]

This makes me miss Connecticut and vacation and making omelets at 3 in the morning.

[Kesatha]

if something happens to me and somebody take me to the hospital i'll try to grab a guitar and sing this song

[theDEADBATTERIESBAND]

was there ever a part 2?

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@theDEADBATTERIESBAND Yes! There's just no video. The song is on my bandcamp page, it's on the Panacea e.p.

[smokindog]

Great tune! I'm going to have DNR tattooed on my chest when I'm 70.

[uptehpunxxx]

i think i got the chords down. wha'ts the little lead part? i really wanna cover this with a friend. if you could help me that would be great. =]

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@uptehpunxxx Hey! when you say the little lead part do you mean the glockenspiel part? That part goes: (E F# G# E F# G# E F#) x3 then (A A G# G# F# F# E E) and if you want to double it with the Harmony it goes ( G# A B G# A B G# A) x3 and then (C# C# B B A A G# G#) I'm excited to see the cover if you post it! Thanks!

[The751]

Really good song, keep it up Ben.

[rebeccaclaire82]

love your videos and songs.



[hannahmcorey]

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[nonnankobra]

This makes me think of Death Cab For Cutie - "What Sarah Said"

[TheMusicOnline]

@nonnankobra Agreed. A less melancholy version.

[thepappytube]

Lovely tune :)

[cle83127]

i really liked the way this video was filmed. great job! you should do more like this.

[TouchMyPicklePop]

Thank-you for writing this song. It really means a lot to me, and I really felt like I had to thank-you.

So thank-you, again, so so so much.

[bgow9]

This is phenominal. I've been pretty extremely impressed with your music on a whole, but this, this is a completely new level. Really fantastic production, and I love the video. Keep it up, friend, you're destined for great things.

[davidlivingston123]

Hey Benjamin, why arent you on iTunes? Your music is great!

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@davidlivingston123 Hey Dave! I'm not on itunes because I like bandcamp.com a lot more. Bandcamp lets me manage everything myself, so when someone orders something from me I know where it goes and I get to write the person a specific letter to send with it and bandcamp doesn't take anything when someone downloads something(unlike itunes which likes money a lot). Oh, and it tells me immediately when someone downloads or orders an album, so every once in a while I get a small email thrill.

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@davidlivingston123 but if itunes is easier for you, I actually do have some stuff I made with the bands I'm in, The Instruments Band and New Socks on itunes. Thanks a lot for the compliment!

[rachthegirl]

This is one of the better videos on the internet these days.

[Jillikinz]

This video was fantastic. The song was easy to relate to, and you made a difficult subject a little lighter so we could all say, "Yeah, I don't want to die in the hospital, either!"

I love your stuff. =]

[oddarmadillo]

I miss your beard.

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@oddarmadillo I always miss my beard. And when I have one I always miss remembering what my face looks like.

[jack00008]

why do my chalk drums not sound like yours?

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@jack00008 hmmm... did you tune them?

[Modest13Mouse]

Great stuff ben

[sesquipedalianmoose]

Love this. Your songs have such honesty, it's really refreshing. The video was great too, ingenious and just generally great to watch.

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@sesquipedalianmoose sheesh you're nice.

[variousfruit]

Ah I love this, your videos keep getting better. I like the lyrics, very.. heartfelt? Yeah but also the video is very nice! I love when you play the chalk drums

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@variousfruit The chalk drums were a kind of last minute idea, but I really like how they worked out too.

[chriscommissomusic]

Benjamin, you're such a talent my friend! Truly one of the most "real" artists I've encountered on youtube. This is a brilliant song & such a fun video. Great work!!! :)

[LizzieRadio]

Fantastic. It's stuck in my head. And the lyrics... oh, the lyrics. They are wonderful.

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@LizzieRadio oh, you're wonderful! We're all wonderful! ALL!

[NiteRider107]

Awesome video. Awesome song.

[RileyStallings12]

This is amazing--Probably one of my favorite songs from you ^^;

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@RileyStallings12 thanks Rylez!

[emmfan09]

This is just incredible. As always.

[jackie77m]

this is amazing!!!

[ChannelCassie]

Woah, awesome.

[EyesOpenEyesClosed]

Love it!

[ChateauOfADoubt]

This was beautiful. My favorite parts were all the scenes with the lit sparklers. I also don't want to die in the hospital. Lord, let me die in my sleep.:)

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@ChateauOfADoubt Oh you...

[officialravenzoe]

Oh, weird. Conor Oberst has a song that goes just like this. "I don't wanna die in the hospital."

[RileyStallings12]

@officialravenzoe and? I wrote a song with "I don't believe in god" as the chorus and found Benjamin's Musical Comic a few months later -_-

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@officialravenzoe The story of this song is that I wrote this and recorded it a year and a half ago after a hospital visit with my grandma. I played it for a friend and he told me about the Conor Oberst song. I listened to it and was kinda sad that even though the song was a lot different the chorus was the same sentence...

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@officialravenzoe ...It made me self-concious enough to not play it for a long time after that. Then I kind of decided it was stupid not to share it if I like it, and how difficult it is going to be to never accidentally repeat someone else at this point in the history of songwriting.

[officialravenzoe]

@officialravenzoe Aw, I understand. It's still a really fantastic song, Ben.

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@officialravenzoe Thanks!

[AshleyRose43]

Me neither! :o)

[benjaminjamesonmorey]

@AshleyRose43 then it's agreed!