You say you don't feel special
Well, I think you are
You, the shining star
The protagonist of our adventure
Here is where your journey finally will start
So, my dear, take heart
I know the world's been torture
Walk with me, talk with me
Tell me everything
You've walked with me, you've talked with me
I know what it will bring
Cause I know you say I have a way of making you feel in control…
So care to join a cult?
(amorem dare promittimus)
Care to sell your soul?
(spem tibi dare pollicemur)
Best swallow your pride
Say you're along for the ride
It is do or die or don't
(nihil aeternum)
If you think that you would be more comfortable
Making me your idol
Than being on your own
Whatever the toll
Very well, then care to join a cult?
(dilectus tuus te maxime laedet)
Sweetheart, please,
You know you're only of worth if you're on your knees
If when the siren's singing you sing harmonies
Sometimes what you hold closest are your enemies
Like a disease
Oh, sweetheart, see
Do you value free will over community?
If not, then darling welcome to the family
Prove you are worth your individuality
Or state your plea
Come child, confess your sins
What I hear is how it begins
Isn't it easier, and breezier, to give up control?
(libertatem invitat damnum)
So care to join a cult?
(amorem dare promittimus)
Care to sell your soul?
(spem tibi dare pollicemur)
Best swallow your pride
Say you're along for the ride
It is do or die or don't
(nihil aeternum)
If you think that you would be more comfortable
Making me your idol
Than being on your own
Whatever the toll
Very well, then care to join a cult?
(dilectus tuus te maxime laedet)
Cause you say you don't feel special,
But I think we are
We are shining stars
Protagonists in our adventures
Here is where your journey with us plays its part
So, my dear, take heart,
You will be all alone out there
Do you think anyone will care?
You're leaving? No, that isn't fair
To you or me or anyone
And all the people you have left
Will never know your hidden depth
Returning there will be your death
You're disappointing everyone
And I know that you would be more comfortable
Making me your idol
Than being on your own
And I know it will seem impossible
Our will, unstoppable
Compared to yours alone
And I know they'll say I'm reasonable
While you're irrational
You'll have much to atone
So just don't go
Whatever the toll.
And I will be, the cold embrace of death
(And I will be, the fire in your chest)
I'll be there waiting when there's nothing left
(I'll let you say that you're not like the rest)
And I will be, the thought you can't run from
(And I will be, the name upon your tongue)
I'll wait and watch, whatever you become
(I'll be re-said, and have your will undone)
And I will be the blade upon your neck
(And I will be the gun aimed at your head)
And I could cut you at any moment
(And I could fire twice, make sure you're dead)
And I will be the ash upon the street
(And I will be the sight you had to see)
And you will be forever incomplete
(And you will be forever wanting me)
Eat/Meet me whole or carve your name
Or sell your soul to win our game
Lick your wounds to try to sate
The burning, numbing, pressing weight
Or, hold my corpse, and make your claim
But then of course, that's not the same
It's all intense in the suspense
The action and the consequence
And I will be the whisper in your ear
(And I will be the fault within the mirror)
The eyes in night, the one you know is near
(The thing that no one else is seeing clearer)
And I will be the blood still running cold
(And I will be the end's enticing call)
Your beating heart demanding you be bold
(Your will to stand, to run, to rise and fall)
Haunting, daunting, taunting, wanting
Facing, pacing, racing, chasing
You will be the teeth and be the meat
Meet/Eat me whole or carve your name
Or sell your soul to win our game
Lick your wounds to try to sate
The burning, numbing, pressing weight
Or, hold my corpse, and make your claim
But then of course, that's not the same
It's all intense in the suspense
In the offense and the defence
So, you devour all you can
A hunger for all that I am
The fangs that bite, the claws that rake
An ouroboros, curling snake
And in my shadow you're the shade
And in my heart you are the blade
It's all intense in the suspense
The action and the consequence
And I will be your enemy
(And you'll be all that's left of me)
And I will be eternity
(And I will be your enemy)
And you'll be all that's left of me
(And you will be eternity)
And you will be my enemy
(And you will be my enemy)
Eat/Meet me whole to carve your name
With all your soul within our game
Wrap your wounds and take my bait
Out of the speed of your heartrate
And, hold me close, a grave mistake
Your appetite for me to take
It's all intense in the suspense
The action and the consequence
So you devour all you can
A hunger for all that I am
The fangs that bite, or make their claim
But then of course, it's all the same
To, wield the knife or take the blade
To be my light or be my shade
It's all intense, after suspense
The action and the consequence
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Lyrics:
If it was ever unclear
Well, what's wrong with a little mystery
If it was ever unfair
It was only because it had to be
And you could say, so much for birds of a feather
But you only see the stars in the fairest weather
And you could say, I just needed to rise and go further
But I still felt the need to say
That if you felt unaware
Never fear, you haven't lost sight of me
I'm not about to disappear
Or at least, I won't permanently
And I truly think that things will get better
That the day will come where I will feel stellar
But the world goes blurry, and I lose my tether
Days where nothing feels real, and I have no center
Still I have to remain, a shell with a spectre
Still I have to remain, and try to cool my temper
Still I have to remain, whether it's magic, or whether
It's tragic…but I can't be your shelter
So if this was what you fear
I suppose this is polarity
I'm happy to remain here
Even happy to be a remedy
But I can't shout down the heartbeat, the tremor
I've got problems to solve, I'll have to be clever
And if I fail, revolve, then I am not lesser
I'm just trying, and so are we all
To look into our own mirror
Find a star, make it shine gently
Let constellations appear
The lights wander eventually
If it was ever unclear
Then find your own truth, gradually
If it was ever unfair
Well, it doesn't always have to be
And I'd love to say I'm well held together
But even if I was, that won't be the case forever
And the world's an unpredictable clamor
Filled with constant noise, an unending blather
Maybe there'll be a day I return to being tender
Spend another hundred years just trying to be kinder
In the back of my mind there's always a whisper
"You're not doing enough, you have to try harder"
And then what's left of me, defined as a quitter
When all my thoughts scream, thought I could scream louder
Then I march on again, one day, then another
Then the night, then the day, again, an all nighter
I was meant to ascend, instead, I spiral downward
I was meant to pretend, was meant to be better
I was meant to be something shining much brighter
I was meant to be, but I can't be a shelter
Anymore
Could we do it together
Or am I a chore if I say I cannot be the same
That I can't be a place, that I feel out of place
That I have no space
That there's nothing to store
Could we be a shelter
From the storm
Could it be the protector
For the core
Could we be any kinder
Than we are
Could any be a shelter
For a star
This is a song I wrote a few months ago, folks on Tumblr have already gotten an audio file for this song, and it's about time you folks got the video for it.
Circumstances in my life were keeping me up at night. Music has been my coping mechanism through a lot of the things that are stressing me out, and I figured that if I was up anyway I might as well do something that I could easily sink into. And then the ideas just kept flowing and flowing.
May it comfort you through your own trying times 🖤
Lyrics:
The credits roll
With heart and soul
But not every goal was won
The story ends
You're among friends
And yet you carry on
You've come of age
You've turned the page
And yet soon comes the dawn
If you thought free, a finale would spawn
Oh this too shall pass
Though how long it lasts
Is taking a toll
Oh this too shall pass
But don't make the mistake
And think it's not part of the whole
You thought yourself
A story shelved
Yet the words are reread
The world replays
Though nothing stays
As the paths are retread,
You shall pass
Though how long it lasts
Is taking a toll
Oh this too shall pass
But don't make the mistake
And think it's not part of the whole
Cause this too shall pass
Just have to outlast
Not overcontrol
This too shall pass
Don't shatter like glass
Just let the waves roll
This is a song I wrote a few months ago, folks on Tumblr have already gotten an audio file for this song, and it's about time you folks got the video for it.
Circumstances in my life were keeping me up at night. Music has been my coping mechanism through a lot of the things that are stressing me out, and I figured that if I was up anyway I might as well do something that I could easily sink into. And then the ideas just kept flowing and flowing.
May it comfort you through your own trying times 🖤
Lyrics:
The credits roll
With heart and soul
But not every goal was won
The story ends
You're among friends
And yet you carry on
You've come of age
You've turned the page
And yet soon comes the dawn
If you thought free, a finale would spawn
Oh this too shall pass
Though how long it lasts
Is taking a toll
Oh this too shall pass
But don't make the mistake
And think it's not part of the whole
You thought yourself
A story shelved
Yet the words are reread
The world replays
Though nothing stays
As the paths are retread,
You shall pass
Though how long it lasts
Is taking a toll
Oh this too shall pass
But don't make the mistake
And think it's not part of the whole
Cause this too shall pass
Just have to outlast
Not overcontrol
This too shall pass
Don't shatter like glass
Just let the waves roll
What do you get when you cross dissociation-core techno-religion with fusion jazz whisper-rapping? What do you get when you put an attack roomba with a fursona and Azura-Fire-Emblem-ass mech girl in the same room?
This, I'd hope.
Lyrics:
All aboard
Oh, I have a lot in store
And I know you simply adore
When I put it to words
So all aboard
The otherwise ignored
Oh since you asked for more
I'll give you this, you're heard
You're scrambling, clinging, seeking, a hidden meaning
I'm showing, I'm knowing it, while you're
Receiving singing, pleading, say it's me you're needing
Not leaving, cause I've been petty for far less so
All aboard
Do you like your nights dark and stormy?
For we are the conductors here, and over you, we reign
So all aboard
You've damaged the train car's core, see
But we are the conductors here, and trainwreck's not our game
All aboard!
All aboard!
All aboard!
All aboard!
To the train track you're tied
Just another victim of vengeance no longer alive
On the train track we ride
The fare for the next stop we go to, an eye for eye
Down the track long paved
No one aboard knows how long that the journey will take
Still we're both aboard the train
For on the train track of revenge, no one is saved
To the train track you're tied
Just another victim of vengeance no longer alive
On the train track we ride
The fare for the next stop we go to, an eye for eye
Down the track long paved
No one aboard knows how long that the journey will take
Still we're both aboard the train
For on the train track of revenge, you dig two graves.
Doing a bit of catch up on posting music over here for November <3
Yeah, I still think about these robots.
The idea of this started out as being a track for a beginning level in the theoretical story I have for these four, and just became me experimenting with a bunch of stuff. Kind of vapor-wavey, kind of beach-y, and according to the friends I sent previews of this track to, sounds like it's straight out of Celeste.
Me, listening to The Dark Truth when it plays: Woah, this is really spooky and hard-hitting. It's almost a shame we'll only hear this song in this moment, but I'm really glad it's here.
Me, listening to Dark Place: Oh my god?
Man, oh man. Chapter 4, huh. I still have some stuff with Chapter 3's OST that I'd like to have fun with, but Dark Place really just called out to me. It's one of those pieces that makes me wish I could just keep listening, and that's where a lot of this arrangement comes from. The leitmotif weaving is very self-indulgent here, but hey, sometimes that's the thing you do for joy.
Also, this is a test to see if Tumblr will actually let me post videos, it hasn't been letting me do that for months, so if you can see this, reposting would mean to lot to me, thank you <3
Hello again, people who found me through Legend of Zelda.
This started out as two ideas. The chromatic scale walkdown on the string quartet was its own thing, at first. I knew I wanted Riju to have something regal and imposing. When I realized that those two ideas combined together perfectly, the string quartet became a core part of the song. I think it really took off from there.
Lyrics:
Prosperity, Dexterity, has kept us golden but
We know from experience such treasure is stolen
Time for a strategy, to take our aim
The strife to our city it is a moth to a flame
In the hearts of a warrior's calling
As land rose, see the sand started falling
Across the desert we see the dead rise
It's down to the wire, and time to galvanize
Let the sisterhood follow my lead
In times of trouble it's calm that we need
You notch an arrow I follow it with crackling
Even undead in their fight fall to lightning
History could be repeating again
So we look to the myth, let it lead to the end
You take the first step, I'm sure to follow
Side by side we descend into the hollow
And if you ever need me, I'll be
There in a flash,
Searching through the past
We are thunder you and I
Knowing the sands of time,
I am sure they're on our side
We'll win the fight, with Gerudo might
We will soon deter the swarm
From the desert born
No fear, we will reform
These intruders will know
The wrath of a storm.
Blood red, stained upon our glory
Your descent was never worthy
Our legacy is passed down through tears
Through tens of hundreds of thousands of millions of years
Let the desert find a claim
Your complacency is why you are to blame
We'll find a purchase, just look to the horizon
I welcome you to a world dyed crimson
To the kingdom of Hyrule, take heed
Among such cowardice the strong will succeed!
We are an army in every generation
Every blow you make has a ramification
History here in the world is defined
We will rise to the role of the great and divine
You try to run, but you know I will follow
Come to the dunes and the hills, you'll be swallowed
And if you ever see me, I'll be
Strong in a clash,
Resolving the past
Here the thunder, hear my cry
Feel the sands of time
How quickly they slip by
We'll win the fight, with Gerudo might
And you know, you have been warned
Many you will mourn
While we will be reborn
You imbeciles will know
The wrath of a storm
Now, do not quaver
We must not waver
Time we be braver
Than all those before
No do not stutter
Or let doubt mutter
And face the utter
Monstrosity on the higher floor
No, do not quaver
We must not waver
Time we be braver
Than all those before
No do not stutter
Or let doubt mutter
With one another
We will stand tall, for
If you ever need me
Oh, if you ever need me, I'll be
There in a flash,
Searching through the past
We are thunder you and I
Know the lightning's mine,
At a call, I'm at your side
We'll win the fight, with our might combined
This a vow, that I have sworn
From the past reborn
No fear, we will reform
At your call, they will know
The wrath of a storm.
This is a song I first started writing October of last year. It was another song based on a dream I had, so I did a bit of drawing for this to replicate some of the things that happened in said dream, as well as some other things that correlate to the song. When I completed the first draft of it in November, I sent it to my friends. I had finished recording after a certain…event.
"I’m wondering if it’s too aggressive to post tonight."
"Yeah, probably good to wait a bit."
"Glad I checked in then, I was kind of on the fence about it."
Which is good! It gave me some times to polish the lyrics, re-record the vocals, and think more about what the song means to me. It's in a similar category as A Song About Pain where sure, I can see some people relating to this or seeing themself in this song, but ultimately it's a song I wrote for myself.
Lyrics:
Get up.
I
Did not give you permission to die
I'll attempt to give you reasons for life
But if you leave me behind, that's on you
I would not have you throwing away your life
If the thought remains, then look me in the eye
Try and dare to say there's no one alive who gives a damn about you
I'm not completely open
I wouldn't have you treating me like I am
But I won't let you fall out of my hand
And I have mind enough to come up with a plan
So fine, if right now you can't thrive
I'll be the place where you survive.
I'll be your shelter
(When it all falls down everything will be okay)
I'll be your shelter
(When it all falls down I will make sure you are safe)
No need to wonder
(When the storm's outside I will make sure you don't break)
I'll be your shelter
Stop
thinking for a moment.
You'll get to your overthinking in a second.
No
Don't let your mind say you deserve for your life to turn out this way
Those who made you take the blame are an insult to what you and I do
Time (You're not completely open)
Has drained you of the will to get by (And you will not be treated like you are)
Has drained you of every bit of your pride (It is recognized you've come this far)
You think that I will let it slide? (It is recognized that memories scar)
Not give you anywhere to hide?
I say to you.
I'll be your shelter
(It is fine if right now your life is not okay)
Under the weather?
(Then I'll love your clouds, and I'll love your pouring rain)
You need to find out
(Where you draw the line, and decide to stick to shade)
So you have no doubt
(So you will get out, someday)
Because when you feel the regret this deep in your bones
That self-resentment that need to atone
It's so damn heavy, that burden to carry
But you don't have to get through it alone
So what if I'm not the best person for this
I'll say it, god damnit, you're gonna get through this
If I have to drag you kicking and screaming to a better future I'll do so
So no, don't you dare say don't worry
Don't you dare try to stop me, to say you're a burden to me
Just know
If you're cold
I'll be your shelter
I'll be your shelter
I'll be your shelter
(As it's falling down, let's hope we'll both be okay)
So look no further
(As it's falling down, let's all make sure we are safe)
You need to find out
Where to carve your route
But I’ll be your hideout
So you have no doubt
I'll be your shelter
So you will endure, someday
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