r/boniver • u/medusamudita • 2d ago
PLS HELP ME FIND THIS SONG :(
[Solved] THANK YOU: u/VirgilVanDoink <3
'Worthy by Justin Vernon'
Hey everyone, I've never posted on reddit before, but I cannot find this song and it's making me so sad. I have also posted this in /justinvernon too.
I’ve been on the hunt for an old Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) song that used to be on YouTube for years but seems to have vanished. This song meant so much to me and I cannot find it on youtube anymore, or any trace of it. I think it was unreleased and could have been from his solo work as 'Justin vernon', JD Vernon, or potentially even DeYarmond Edison or Volcano Choir.
I loved the song so much at the time that I tried to write down all of the lyrics (They are probably not 100% correct, I was like 19/20 when I wrote these down and had to do it by stop pausing)
I needed a surgeon with a knife
To cut away the parts of life
That I never needed
That I never knew I had
’Til my ribs (?) started speaking to me
I needed a wave, I needed a wife
Sitting in complacence, you are free
So put a little pole against my mast
Bruise me enough so my brain shatters glass
When you are racing you are mean (?)
Pounding heart and feather weight nerves
I’m happy to hit but you’re still throwing curves (?)
Your hands are over my eye
And you’re kissing my neck
And there’s nothing more right
So I don’t know what it means to be lost
Only know what it means to be found
And I’m alright
When I’m open I say
So put a little pole against my mast
Bruise me enough so my brain shatters glass
When you are racing you are mean (?)
When you are open, you sell
And boy I know I know I’m gonna be here for you
I’m sitting in the 2007 sun
Never guessed on how it could feel
I’m waiting for God to drop me the (unknown)
Split a smoking blade of grass
Twisting pairs fall at my feet
(unknown) shaped like a chromosome
Your hands are over my eyes
And you’re kissing my neck
And there’s nothing more that’s right
Don’t know what it means to be lost, I only know what it means to be found
Now I’m alright
I’m on my way home
The company has gone
Make a huddle by a fire
A woman and a child
So give me four more lines of this
And I’ll be in and out of this
It’s been 21 years a dream
And my glass, no one’s teaming ??
This will all be true someday
If anyone can help me with this I would be so grateful. I treasured this song and am absolutely kicking myself for not ripping the audio of youtube when I could have.
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u/littlebabyonion 33 “GOD” 2d ago edited 2d ago
I searched for it a little bit, and found out that a major YouTube channel called @JDYEVFan with a ton of unreleased Justin Vernon songs is down. They had some amazing gems there.
Anyway, I used the Wayback Machine to see what this channel looked like a while ago (which unfortunately doesn't allow playing the videos themselves), and they had the following videos:
• Bear (Live @ The House of Rock) The Shouting Matches\ • We Are All Bound (Live @ The Cabin)\ • Out Here (Live @ The Cabin)\ • Harmony's Coming (Live) - DeYarmond Edison\ • March (Unreleased) - Justin Vernon/\ • Worthy - DeYarmond Edison (Live 2006)\ • One More Room - In The Room (2002 short run...\ • In The Room (unreleased)- 2002 - Justin Vernon\ • Sepoct(Unreleased) - Justin Vernon\ • Dusty Road, So Kind - Live - Justin Vernon w/Phil Cook\ • West Coast of Ireland(2002) - Justin Vernon\ • St. Peter's Hood - Justin Vernon - Unreleased
Does any of those titles ring a bell for you?
I know this sounds fully insane, but I did all that because your post made me realize I really missed "Out Here" (one of those lost songs), so I searched for a bit and found a Reddit post where a godsent user (u/VirgilVanDoink) had it downloaded somehow.
Not a very interesting story, but maybe this saga can help you somehow lol
Edit: Formatting
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u/medusamudita 1d ago
This was so kind of you - not insane. I really really appreciate you helping me on the hunt. I recognise all those titles, none of them jump out at me as OMG IT'S THAT! but I know this will be because the song had a really unmemorable name, if it was any of those I'd say it COULD be 'Worthy'. It was a single word title, or maybe two words at most. Another posted said they knew the song above and that it started with a W potentially, so that would also fit that.
It must have been JDYEVFan's playlist that I had saved and would come back to from time to time to hear it. I hope they return to Youtube :(
Thank you so much for all this - going to investigate the reddit post now! I'm glad you managed to find Out Here.
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u/VirgilVanDoink 1d ago
Hey! It’s not something ive heard of but I will have a look later on today and get back to you. If you think of the song name I reckon we have a good chance of finding it. Soulseek is normally the program i use for obscure stuff but I will also check my downloaded discography later too
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u/medusamudita 1d ago
This is really kind!! I'm wondering if it could be 'Worthy' - The more i'm learning from this hunt, the more I wonder if it's a Deyarmond Edison demo / or just after working with them.
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u/medusamudita 1d ago
However, the only thing with it being worthy, is the lyric about the 2007 sun doesn't fit. Ah it's such a minefield.
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u/VirgilVanDoink 1d ago
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u/medusamudita 1d ago
You have no idea how grateful I am. Thank you so so so so much. I don't even know what to say!!! You are amazing and have made me so very happy.
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u/RoutineMysterious559 9h ago
Fuck I love the rawness in these old original Justin tracks. Different art from Bon Iver and both are so special but they’re two unique directions. Wish we could keep getting Justin songs! And all these old YouTube ones recorded
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u/VirgilVanDoink 1d ago
Ill keep loooking! Ill be honest ive just been listening to all obscure stuff and matching any of the lyrics - especially the last line as thats a consistent way to look. Im currently listening to the DeYarmond compilation album of sorts "epoch" because it came out in 2023 and has a bunch of their unreleased stuff on there, plus logically its likely the youtube vid was taken down due to copyright which if that was the case, means it does exist in some capacity. Are you able to listen to any of the songs mentioned here, also can you listen to epoch and see if you can come across it. Honestly the most likely person to find this song now I think is you, due to you being able to instantly recognise the song. Good luck, I hope other people can point is in the right direction. Pretty sure its in the 2006-2008 justin and deyarmond era :)
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u/PurpleLunarMoths Beth/Rest 2d ago
I remember this song! I swear it started with a W. I had it on a playlist years ago. I can't find it, but if I do, I'll post it.
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u/FinancialGazelle6558 2d ago
I think it may be:
When You Are Open, You Sell.
Not sure if I can find it online tho.
It was never released, so the title isn't official either.
Let me look.
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u/medusamudita 2d ago
Omg. Pls do!! Do you have a copy of it?
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u/FinancialGazelle6558 2d ago
Been searching with all I have for half an hour.
Even using AI.There's alot of people who have drives with bootlegs tho.
If you search this subreddit you may find a few.I'l keep checking.
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u/medusamudita 2d ago
Okay this is comforting A nobody I know has any idea what I’m on about!
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u/PurpleLunarMoths Beth/Rest 2d ago
It may not start with W. It's bugging me because I can't think of the name! It must have been taken off YouTube. I'm hoping someone else can remember better than me.
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u/VirgilVanDoink 1d ago
AI is convinced it’s St Peter’s Hood because of the surgeon line but thats all the really lines up. Do you have the playlist link, we could chuck that through the way back machine too. I’ll look into when you are open you sell and other stuff in this thread when i get back. I hope you find it!
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u/RoutineMysterious559 20h ago
Oo way back is a good call! Can it do that for deleted YouTube vids?
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u/VirgilVanDoink 19h ago
It will load the archived meta data for the site and most of the site layout but videos are saved on YouTube’s servers so they will be lost forever unfortunately, unless saved elsewhere. It’s a useful tool in this use case because it could allow us to see the name of the videos, again it depends if the playlist had an archive - im not sure how the internet archive archives links but my guess is the higher the traffic, the more it gets backed up but I dont know. The likelihood of the playlist existing was low but it was worth a try. Fortunately we found the song! :)
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u/medusamudita 1d ago
Thank you but this isn't it - However, the more I listen to this, the more it does sound like the song i'm referencing could be a Deyarmond Edison Demo
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u/Salt_Understanding 2d ago
“i’m sitting in the 2007 sun” is really throwing me here. these presumably aren’t lyrics from any justin solo, mount vernon, or deyarmond edison release, because all of those projects were done by 2006. FEFA was done being recorded by Jan 07, which makes it unlikely that it’s an outtake from that album
Blood Bank EP was recorded between Dec 06 and June 08, which makes it the most likely contender, but i’m not familiar with any unreleased/outtakes from that EP. Shouting Matches Mouthoil EP came out in Jan 08 so also a possibility, but i assume you would’ve mentioned if it was a full band rock song?