#beyond control

[madcat-world]

Beyond Control - FLOOKO

[pop-art-sixties-seventies]

Gene Szafran, Beyond Control, 1974

[random-xpressions]

What if forces are beyond my ability of control, what if my similitude was that just of a tree planted by someone on earth, if a storm passes by, it takes away a lot of my leaves and perhaps even a few branches but fortunately my roots being deep into the earth, I'm still standing straight. And when spring arrives, I blossom well. And when it rains, I get cleansed. And when it is peak summer, some travelers come and take rest under my shade. Finally at autumn, some of my leaves surrender themselves to the earth. Who am I amidst all these, I merely play to the forces of nature around me. At day, I'm visible. By night, I too am enveloped in pitch darkness, totally hidden and unseen. But I'm there, I haven't vanished, my essence remains...

Random Xpressions

[houseshoesandtallboys]

[uweiy]

Beyond Control

Uhm Xichen’s Character song is so beautiful what the fuck I can’t believe I never noticed. The title “Beyond Control” seems so fitting. The whole song feels like reminiscing a distant past, a fleeting dream you’re trying to hold on to but it slips through your fingers like water and all you’re left with is bitterness

Some lyrics really hit me in the feels what the fuck:

Leaf whirling the past fades with the wind like smoke The clamour far at the edge of the world doesn’t seem to have happened just yestersay You can really picture Xichen standing outside in the night, still trying to get a grasp on what happened, and how everything changed so brutally for him.

Deep among the clouds, a wave of unrest started There is so much helplessness in these words. He feels so small,being caught up in events beyond his control, almost like it was decided by a cruel fate

My dearest friends left one by one like falling leaves FUCKING HELL

How free and easy was I in the old times ? He feels like a fool since he never noticed, or avoided noticing what was going on with his brothers. But he misses being “free” of guilt and pain which are now tying him down like iron chains I AM FINE

I don’t wish to be stained by dust but it is never up to me My soul is the color of ice and snow I don’t wish to be affected by the debt of gratitude and revenge, but who can hide from it ? Afraid that everything is wrong form the start He tried to remain detached, but in the end this caused his wrongdoings. With the colors described you can really picture him in white and blue robes, getting dirtied and ragged from the thorns he was walking through.

Gentle breeze came in the darkness of night  Washing away the rise and fall of this world  But the people from the past are not longer here I fucking lost it here. Time passes, the world is slowly starting to rebuild itself, but nothing can fill the absence of loved ones, and nothing can bring them back. The last line HURTS so much

Playing the Zither to ask the bright moon The times that gone by left me with a tinge of ruefulness No one can resist the vicissitudes of life He needs answers, but the moon can’t give it to him

The Landscape is wide, like a piece of wildly splashed ink painting Even at such close distance, what’s pure or turbid cannot be differentiated. The young man held a wine cup and lamented There aren’t many wrong paths in life  What’s right or wrong ultimately will have to be pointed out

This is clearly him reflecting over what being around Wei Wuxian and his brother taught him. How good and bad are subjective, and ultimately it’s people who judge your actions one way or the other

I don’t wish to use my sword, but I could not control myself  How can a song on my xiao become my inner sustenance I don’t wish to cover my eyes because there exists karma  Even love and hate are determined by the heaven.

Gentle breeze came in the darkness of night  Washing away the rise and fall of this world  But the people from the past are not longer here

Playing the Zither to ask the bright moon The times that gone by left me with a tinge of ruefulness No one can resist the vicissitudes of life

also note the repetition of “I don’t wish” accentuating the feeling of helplesness and not having control. 

TLDR : Beyond Control is so fitting and I am crying. “the people from the past are no longer there”” akjkjkjkjk

Here’s the Youtube link for those of you who, like me, didn’t bother to check it out before hahahaha. I also transcribed the subtitles from there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq1Gpi14U_k&list=PLCveu7j6iUjhHV_UiIdBZa-78W4R5pAJ_&index=3

More about the untamed ost : post about other character songs

[laikuanlin]

happy kuanlin day!! beyond control ⌇ do not edit.

[era713]

I just leave it here

[wannaoneofficial]

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