David Comes to Life is the third studio album by Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up.

Drummer Jonah Falco described the album as a love story between the title character David and a girl named Veronica.

[4] David Comes to Life was first announced in March 2010, with guitarist Ben Cook describing the album as a musical.

[10][11] Damian Abraham called the songs on David Comes to Life the most personal ones yet, saying "[W]e could hide behind characters and pretend that we’re talking about David and Veronica when really we’re talking about my breaking with my girlfriend or something [...] We always wrote about things we’re passionate about, but we’re always writing it in the sort of 'we', 'collective', 'us vs. humanity' type of thing.

[13] Each song on the compilation featured a guest singer (one was sung by Damian Abraham, three were sung by other band members), including Danko Jones, Wesley Patrick Gonzalez, Dan Romano, Simone Schmidt, Cee Kay and Cloud Nothings.

David feels sorrow for spending time with Veronica, thinking that it was all a waste, something the narrator agrees on.

Vivian then reveals to David that she witnessed the bomb blast, and that Octavio was the cause of Veronica's death.

The video features a photo shoot with the band intertwined with elements from the David Comes to Life story.

Club's Steven Hyden gave the album a grade of "A," writing: "For a highfalutin concept record, the component parts of David Comes To Life are downright catchy.

They're also bracingly potent and screamingly vital; David Comes To Life is the work of a band openly aspiring to be great, and pulling it off.

"[25] Brian Raftery of Spin also praised the album, writing "[David Comes to Life] is one of the most overly complicated hard-rock records of the past ten years.

"[16] AllMusic's Jason Lymangrover wrote "Guest backing vocalists Kurt Vile, Jennifer Castle, and Madeline Follin give the songs a hint of melody, but otherwise, David Comes to Life is the musical equivalent of a bullhorn and a blender, and all the more awesome for it.

"[33] Spin named David Comes to Life its #1 Album of 2011, writing "Fucked Up have synthesized 40 years of rock into what's ostensibly a hardcore record, and in doing so created its own logic.