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The Rengoku Family Tree from The Pendulum Keeps Swinging!
Rengoku Shinjurou - born 1873, married in 1891; current head of household; former Flame Hashira
Rengoku Ruka ( nee Kūran) - born 1873, married in 1891, died 1904; wife of Shinjurou and mother of 2 children
Rengoku Kyoujurou - born 1895; first son; current Flame Hashira
Rengoku Senjurou - born 1899; second son
Rengoku Tokujurou - born 1843, died 1891; former head of household; alcoholic; former Flame Hashira; second son of Kinjurou (see below)
Rengoku Yua - born 1845, died 1889; miko prior to marriage; wife of Tokujurou and mother of 3 children
Rengoku Tsuyojurou - born 1861, died 1899; first son of Tokujurou; former Flame Hashira; married to Kamai Akane (1859-1881) who passed away from maternal death along with their child
Rengoku Ryoujurou - born 1863, died 1889; second son of Tokujurou
Rengoku Kinjurou - born 1822, died 1860; former head of household; former Flame Hashira; second son of Yūjijurou (see below)
Rengoku Sayuri - born 1823, died 1855; was killed in the Edo earthquake of 1855; wife of Kinjurou and mother of 5 children
Rengoku Takujurou - born 1842, died 1854; presummed dead by 23 December 1854 Tōkai Tsunami; first son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Haurjurou - born 1845, died 1859; third son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Yorijurou - born 1846, died 1855; was killed in the Edo earthquake of 1855 with his mother; fourth son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Shunjurou - born 1847, died 1855; was plagued with illness and died due to it; fifth son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Yūjijurou - born 1799, died 1826; former head of household; former Hashira; former head of household; deaf in left ear and blind in right eye; third son of Tōrujurou (see below)
Rengoku Tsubame - born 1798, died 1845; wife of Yūjijurou and mother of 2 children; raised her children by herself after husband died from a Lower Moon Demon
Rengoku Rinjurou - born 1821, died 1837; was killed by the Tenpō famine; first son of Yūjijurou;
Rengoku Tōrujurou - born 1774, died 1817; former head of household; former Hashira; was gallantly killed in battle via a Demon who could change senses;
Rengoku Chie - born 1779, died 1824; wife of Tōrujurou and mother of 4 children
Rengoku Norijurou - born 1796, died 1819; married but no children; twin of Nobujurou; could never fully grasp all the forms of Flame Breathing, altering forms with twin
Rengoku Nobujurou - born 1796, died 1819; married but no children; twin of Norijurou; could never fully grasp all the forms of Flame Breathing, altering forms with twin
Rengoku Toyojurou - born 1798, died 1813; was killed in Final Selection
Direct Ancestor: Rengoku Hirojurou - the Demon Slayer who had helped out Yoriichi after his wife and unborn child died; would eventually become the first Flame Hashira
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Kai couldn't do DEH because it'd be OOC, but you know who could? Fross
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𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓!𝐁𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐗 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑
TW: Sinful context, smut, masturbation, poetic language, angst, poem, priest!lbi han, corruption of values, unreliable narrator, cock warming, dom!reader, extreme worship, bi han's mind is distorted, nsfw, catholic context, inspired by edgar allan poe, angst.
Always following the heavenly orders, written by ancestral men, an ancient prayer said in choir. The collective echoed off the walls of the church Bi Han was accustomed to as a monotonous future and present written by the god he dedicated to his mortality.
But you were anything but ordinary.
For Bi Han, you were perfection, not even in sacred verses did he see such perfection, but not on a carnal level but, yes, in the soul, as if your soul called and cried out the submission of him, the priest without any error in years of priesthood , you made him question his faith in some divine being, an unreachable and implacable being or perhaps, you made him redirect his worship towards you.
The priest struggled with deeply buried desires.
His eyes, once pure, now lingered and yearned, while forbidden flames within him burned.
He was on his knees daily, his sore flesh was proof of Bi Han's failed attempt to divert the sensations of desire for you.
The weight of sin pressed against his chest, what was right or wrong?
Bi Han didn't know what words to say, a sigh and whisper was heard through the piercing stillness of the space once sacred to him, but now, there was no logic shelf.
The only god he wanted to worship was you.
Your eyes, your lips, your face, your body, every imperfection and perfection drawn on you, your mistakes, your sins...
He needed the worst thing he had in you.
With trembling hands, he clutched the rosary, seeking redemption for the sins that kept him captive, nebulous and vivid fantasies entered his mind, the bitter taste of a pleasure denied by ties he himself chose.
Fool, lost in vain.
He wanted you, he wanted to adore you more than he adored everything about the breath of life he had.
Like a glass house, about to break, this was the real Bi Han.
The vows he took, a solemn oath, now he threatened to collapse, because his spirit was torn apart, by the lust you awakened him, and he...
He just wanted to accept all of this.
Through the stained glass windows the moonlight streamed, Enlightening a soul in turmoil, it seemed.
The priest, torn between the call of pure requiem and earthly lust. He looked in the moonlight at the silver bath that entered the dark fortress that should be full, far from iniquity and lasciviousness.
But that was a counterpoint, an illusion.
Bi Han's hand guided itself to his own throbbing member, while he used his other hand to muffle the sounds from his mouth, all of them, coming out your name, like a prayer, a prayer he was used to directing to another lord, but now, his lord... It was you.
Throwing his head behind the messy linen sheets, his black cassock now open between his legs, he shed tears down his face, tracing painterly lines that could be read by someone as some kind of regret.
But not.
He had found his lord, something perfect.
𝐘𝐨𝐮.
The thick, pearly ropes shot out of his thick shaft, making him completely dirty as he fell to his knees, smiling, thinking about you.
If he believes in hope, Oh Lord, he well believes!
His source is most divine, most sacred, you.
He looked at your hands, he wanted to kneel and kiss your feet at that moment, grab your legs and never let you go, spread the veil of power that you had on your head, because the pleasure.
It's the most splendid thing you brought and the thought of serving you was much greater satisfaction than continuing that farce.
Bi Han was madman devoted, but it was for you.
Hands tangled in two sweaty bodies, sculpted by perhaps divine perfection.
He lowered himself to you, his priest's cassock, completely rumpled by your brutal and rough movements on Bi Han's poor hole, skin-to-skin sounds echoed with each passage of time.
𝐁𝐢 𝐇𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.
Bi Han's round, pale ass, now marked by your hands, was a worthy tomb.
"-Please, please my lord-"
As he always did on the nights he lamented about being a weak man, and taking pleasure in thinking about your body dominating him.
But there he was... A delicious sin, a sin of Eden.
There was no regret for him, you were everything he needed and if there was a divine being, a delicious chill, with each thrust stronger and stronger, given by you.
He dirty the church floor, the image reflected in the marble was of a submissive Bi Han and a mess, a angelic mess.
"-Don't stop, please, Oh Lord-" He screamed at you, his hands and legs sought some relief from the lack of support in your body, he reached release, staining both bodies moments after begging and worshiping you.
And it was, at your feet, the world, all luxury.
𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈. "𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭���𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧."
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Y'know I don't dislike Magnus as a character ,but I personally feel like he's the franchise's Boba Fett of the series in that he kind of relies on the fandom to make him more fleshed out because...look I don't hate Season 4 like some people seem to but it has problems!
Mainly in that because of the fact that it's so short compared to the other three (especially Season 3 which has less episodes ,but they're way longer meaning the overall season length is the same as the previous two) it has the feeling of the plot just kind of rushing and most important to the main point: the newer characters like Magnus and Abigail aren't really given a lot of development to be honest. Which kind of leads to the double edged sword of fan works fleshing him out more than canon, but it also kind of leads to a lot of leather pantsing from some people.
Especially since I got into the arguments of a comic recently circulating that mocks the trope of like far-left coded villains being "put in their place" by the heroes because the story feels that maintaining the status quo is better and one comment in the notes (mistake #1 on my part) put Magnus there, not the Revengencers in general mind you just Magnus...and I was like "umm...no?" At least from what we're given his motivation is pretty solely rooted in being the Pete Bested he doesn't give a shit about any of the other Revegencers' other motivations (which are varying degress of much more understandable) and considers MMA to be more a means to an end
"This wasn't part of my plan!"
And it doesn't help that Doomstar Requiem is a rather poor example of their argument since that story is Dethklok's redemption arc which involves them changing the status quo! Then again it's not like that conversation was especially productive (I admit that clip was us on both parts, albeit I at least calmed down enough to just block them hence why they're not being named). Like I'm not even saying this makes Magnus a bad character in comparison, just please don't claim he's something he's not.
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Films the Crows would like:
Kaz: Trainspotting, Kill Bill, The Killing of a Sacred Deer (even though I think it's bad), Gone Girl, Parasite, Snowpiercer, A clockwork orange, Citizen Kane, Sin City, The Dark Knight, Tarantino films, the Godfather, Come and See, V for Vendetta, Prisoners, Silence of tbe Lambs, No country for old men, City of God, Shawshank Redemption, Kubrick's and Hitchcock's work (except lolita bc that's gross), Hunger Games Trilogy, All of Aronofsky's work (Black Swan, Requiem for a dream etc.), Memories of Murder, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Taxi Driver, Oldboy, Blade Runner 2049,
As for series he would like Breaking Bad, Death Note, Aot and Vinland Saga, Berserk maybe, Prison Break but like only the first two seasons and The Walking Dead.
Inej: Ladybird, Little Women, Anna Karenina, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation, Girl, Interrupted, Everything Everywhere all at once, Nomadland, The Florida Project, Alice in Wonderland (the Tim burton one), Hard Candy, In the Corner of this World, portrait of a lady on fire and Princess Mononoke. I can't really think of other ones to be honest.
I'm not really sure what series she would like. Maybe Ai Yazawa's animes? I'm not sure.
Jesper: Star Wars (the original trilogy and the prequels), Indiana Jones, Life of Brian, Ferris Bueller's Day off, American Pie, MIB, Terminator, Ghostbusters, Scream, Back to the future etc. He definitely likes fun adventure movies. Also a lot of animated movies like The Lego Movie and Lego Batman (masterpieces) and Pixar and Dreamwork's Movies (his favorites being Toy story and Shrek). Also Disney classics like treasure planet and Atlantis. Probably also western movies and he'd idolize Clint Eastwood.
Favorite Series are The Office, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo etc.
Wylan: Perks of being a wallflower, Ladybird, Howl's moving castle, Billy Elliot, Your Name, Dead Poet's society, Stardust, Narnia, La La Land, Lotr trilogy (his comfort movies), Call me by your name and all of Wes Anderson's movies. I think he'd be secretly a huge filmnerd who also loves A24 movies, David Fincher, arthouse movies etc. But I think he would be a bit embarrassed by it.
His favorite series are Doctor Who (David Tennant Version because that's the best one), Fargo and Good Omens.
Nina: A sucker for romance and chick flicks, especially romantic comedies. The Notebook, Mamma Mia!, When Harry met Sally, Mean Girls, She's the Man, badly written Netflix romantic comedies,
She likes reality TV and desperate housewives, sex and the city, friends and modern family.
Matthias: 1917, Saving Private Ryan, All quiet on the western front, Hacksaw Ridge, The Notebook, Dunkirk, John Wick movies and other action movies. My taste is completely different so it's very difficult for me to think of other movies he would like.
I don't think he would watch a lot of series because it takes up a lot of time. Not the guy to concern himself with entertainment and media really but does enjoy a good story.
Feel free to criticize me or suggest other media. Maybe I should also make a list about the music they'd like?
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More Humane Than Human - Humanity as degeneration vs. Humanity as detachment
I wanted to repost the Requiem readthrough review before I got into this, because it started as one of those "Requiem vs. Masquerade which is better" conversations. In rules terms I think V5 has iterated successfully on Requiem - there's probably about the same density of actual rules there but V5 makes a better fist of hiving some of them off into advanced/optional/discretionary territory - but Requiem innovates hard in terms of ideas about how vampires and vampirism work, introducing things like the Predator's Taint and Lashing Out and, crucially, Touchstones.
Touchstones give the lie to the "V5 does rules better" claim. I have never liked how V5 does them. The notion of tying an individual vampire to a person, place or artefact is nothing new. Those of us who are Old, or retro-curious, may recall Vampire: the Masquerade - Redemption, in which Brujah himbo protagonist Christof is told he needs an "anchor" for his Humanity and selects Anezka, the nun who nursed him back to health and who he's been having less than holy thoughts about ever since he woke up. Christof is told, by his mentor Wilhelm, that choosing a person as his "anchor" is a dangerous call - but his mind is made up and, not to spoil a twenty-five-year-old game, it turns out to be for the best for both of them... as long as he's kept his Humanity up, anyway.
So, Touchstones in the context of Masquerade are nothing new to me - in fact I was quite surprised when the full TTRPG didn't have rules for them. But! Touchstones in V5 are a bit different. Instead of one, there are many: instead of humanity in general, each of the vampire's Convictions has a named person attached to it.
The problem - and this isn't just me, it's something that's come up in all the V5 games I've played or hosted - is that viable characters have two or three Convictions. Coming up with two or three Touchstones at character generation, before you have a feel for who this person is and how you're going to play them and what their routine looks like, has not worked for anyone I've played the game with. One might work - most of us can ideate a relationship with one other person before we start playing - but three seems to stretch the limited sense of a starting character's identity too thin.
Rules As Written, of course, a Touchstone doesn't have to be someone significant to the story. They can just be someone your character saw every day, or sees every night, or notices every time they pass by. But... that's bullshit. That is not a "hang a key element of your personal ethic and capacity for self care on this person" relationship. I can see the story beat of "this person isn't there any more and you're morally shook by it" working once, maybe, but still, permanently altering your character's relationship with the Beast is kind of an integral function of the game. It feels like that hat should be hung on a sturdier hook - a full-on fleshed-out SPC. Like in Requiem, where you get one Touchstone.
Also, Humanity works differently, at its most fundamental level, and this exposes a key difference between the two games - one where I think Requiem is strides ahead. @awakenedsalamander touched on this talking about the differences in the concept of the Masquerade between the two games, but I want to go deeper on it.
In Masquerade, Humanity is about degeneration - it's the Downward Spiral, an almost inevitable drift from Man to Beast with exceptions being so rare they're practically mythical. It's about becoming worse, with all the moral judgment that implies, about committing acts that appear on a Hierarchy of Sins.
(At least, it is in V20. V5 abolishing that in favour of chronicle specific Tenets and character specific Convictions is really smart. I didn't grasp how it was meant to work from the corebook - it took the Player's Guide to spell it out to me - but now that I grok it, I love the tension between the Tenets that forbid and govern a character's actions and the Convictions that excuse and forgive those actions.)
In Requiem, Humanity is detachment. It's about the state of being a vampire slowly and inexorably reminding you over and over that you're not human any more, drifting further and further away from what you were and into the all-night society of predators. It's quantified in terms of Breaking Points - roughly grouped by significance and severity, these experiences hammer home that you're dead, you're dead, you're dead and out of this world. It's less "I did a bad thing" and more "I experienced something that no human ever should" like walking off a stab wound or being reminded you're a hundred years old and still act like you're twenty. When you hit a Breaking Point, you roll a number of dice - how many is a function of how serious and hard to avoid confronting the Breaking Point is - to avoid losing Humanity.
Now. In the past I've met quite a few players who don't really want to engage with the morality play aspects of Masquerade. Whether that's "we want to speedrun to Humanity 4 so we can play the game 'properly' without having to pretend we regret doing all the things RPG protagonists do" or "we think it's kinda stupid the way low Humanity says you may no longer create art or have sex without 'faking it' and let's interrogate what the developers think 'sex' is, shall we?" doesn't really matter. Maybe you want to play on the theme of post-humanity rather than be wrist-slapped for trying to do main character stuff. I don't blame you.
I think it should be possible to wholesale lift the Requiem system of detachment, rolled for at Breaking Points and mitigated by a singular Touchstone who can be a more developed character, or a place, or an object, and slot that into V5 replacing Tenets, Convictions and Stains.
That gives you a version of Humanity that's more permissive and less frontloaded, allows you to go deep on one hook instead of ideating sets of pairs before you even know who your character is. It also divorces functions of sexuality and creativity from being a good person - in the Requiem model, vampires fuck, and make art, and low Humanity expresses more in how they do it than whether or not they can.
(Although - there'd need to be some finesse around Oblivion, since I think the Discipline's theme of entropy inducing personal decay still works in the detachment model - maybe keep Stains as an additional lever, a function of Messy Criticals and dangerous Disciplines, and have Breaking Points inflict Stains instead of automatically triggering rolls...)
Important note on this idea: this does NOT exempt you from having a conversation about what's off limits in Session 0. It's easy to miss this in the V5 core book, but Chronicle Tenets aren't a safety tool. Chronicle Tenets are the moral rules that are going to come up A LOT in play, they define what your coterie collectively accepts as Doing A Bad Thing, to be excused for personal reasons (i.e. Convictions). An actual out of character trigger, an aspect of the World of Darkness with which a real live person who exists does not wish to engage, is a line or a veil - something we either don't include, or don't narrate explicitly. It's not something we build into one of the game's mechanical loops and ensure will come up. That would be... the absolute opposite of safe.
Whadda we think?
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It’s been awhile, huh?
Well, Requiem’s on my mind again, so I have something to say.
I’ve previously discussed how I like the ways in which Kindred in Requiem are portrayed as more alien than one might expect— they’re warped by the Blood, made into a kind of metaphysical wound, a contradiction in terms: A living corpse.*
Kindred aren’t human anymore, not really. Humans don’t live forever. Humans don’t catch fire in sunlight. Humans don’t have the Beast gnawing at them, pushing them to kill and conquer and control. And that’s the horror, as I’ve written on and as the test makes abundantly clear: to look human, to maybe even feel human, but to be something else… it’s a nightmare, and the only way to ward it off is to act the part of Humanity, even as it decays inside you.
Maybe there’s some kind of redemption in what you pretend to be, after all.
But something occurred to me as I was rereading the corebook, which is how the Strix play into all that. For those not in the know, Strix are these shadowy owl things that very clearly have a lot in common with vampires, but unlike the Kindred were never human. And as such the Strix don’t have a pretense toward Humanity, they only bother with empathy insofar as it helps them prey on their victims, and they have no interest in compassion or justice or mercy, because all that does is shackle them.
What’s interesting to me, though, is that the Strix are shown to hate Kindred. They reserve especial anger and cruelty for their once-mortal cousins, and are said to go out of their way to torment them and show them how useless human morality is.
And like… why? Why should they care? The book mostly just says that the Strix are insulted by how vampires try to act like humans, but what difference does it make to the Owls? Shouldn’t that just mean the Strix get more mortals to prey on?
I thought about this, and I think the answer lies in the sections about how the Strix have a history with vampires. At first, I kind of read this as more Chronicles of Darkness mystery building (which I’m a big fan of!)— “the Strix are enigmatic, here’s some plot hooks about how they might relate to Kindred, season to taste, etc.”— but then I thought more about it.
If the Strix are tied to the early history of Kindred, if they’re legitimately the reason vampires exist into modern nights, if they might even be the founders of the Clans, then of course they’re insulted by vampires still clinging to their Humanity.
Think of it— in the old nights, before sprawling cities and labyrinthine conspiracies, there were outcast undead, hungry monsters without a future or a purpose. And the Strix, stepping out of the primordial dark, gave them a gift— they showed their lesser cousins the way to master their Blood and become something more. They share a bond with these vampires, and they grant them power to foster it.
And then the vampires crawl back to the mortals.
The “Kindred” pretend to be the very thing the Strix delivered them from. The Strix dragged these wretched dead out of despair to become like them, and they threw that all away to play-act at grief and penance.
So what is there to do but show them the same scorn? What else is there but disdain? What a joke, from the Strix’s perspective— to be delivered by monsters, and then to worship Humanity.
Perhaps the greater joke is this: The Owls, defined by their inhumanity, are driven by a very human motivation indeed: Jealousy.
*It’s interesting to think about this contradiction in relation to Geist. The Bound are also life and death brought together in defiance of the natural order, but they’re generally portrayed as for more human and “normal” than vampires are. The difference, I suspect, lies in the type of symbiosis at play. Geists and their Bargain are a form of mutualism, where the dead and the living agree to cooperate to resist the call of the grave. The Blood, though, infests and infects, it crawls into the veins of a corpse and forces it to rise. If the Bargain is mutualism, then the Embrace is parasitism and predation— and that makes all the difference.
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Here is the final chapter to Requiem of a Redemption! I hope you all have enjoyed the story!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won’t lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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2022 in Gaming
The Last of Us: Part I - Naughty Dog / Sony
Horizon: Forbidden West - Guerilla Games / Sony
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Ent.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human - Techland
The Quarry - Supermassive Games / 2K
As Dusk Falls - Interior Night / Xbox Game Studios
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Games
God of War: Ragnarok - Santa Monica Studio / Sony
Crisis Core: Reunion - Square Enix
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Asobo Studio / Focus Ent.
When I think of the games that have come and gone this year (and still need to come, in some cases), few words come to mind, words that also describe their worlds and those who live within them.
Protective. Purposeful. Persistent.
Humans that love, gods that hate. Animals, children, soldiers, survivors. Fathers, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters. Knights and beasts, queens and robots. Stories of us and of them, bringing us together in an uncertain world, journeying through bitterness, through betrayal, through dark and light, to us. To us.
It's always interesting, seeing how each year's games tend to reflect the world we live in ourselves; 2020 brought to us The Last of Us: Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Final Fantasy VII Remake, among others. Stories of revenge and redemption, tearing each other apart while we were apart from each other in a ruthless and unknown pandemic. The following year, some of the games brought to us were Psychonauts 2, Resident Evil: Village, and It Takes Two; these gave us stories of teamwork, compassion, and care, whether you were saving your own daughter or journeying through the mental illness-ridden brains of your mentors, those games brought us back together and helped teach us a few things about ourselves.
This year was almost like a fire that 2021 had sparked to life. We were ready to get back to grand adventures and epic fights across all mediums, big or small, and we embraced the lovely little indie games along the way. And while the path ahead surely is uncertain and frightening, at least we have some pretty good storytellers to comfort us when we need it the most.
To everyone who worked to bring us these stories this year, and every year, whether an assistant, director, actor, writer, tester, programmer, animator, or anywhere in between, thank you.
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The Complete Octopath Traveler OST is now here for you to enjoy!
Check out the list below the readmore for quick access to all tracks.
Disc 1:
Octopath Traveler - Main Theme
Ophilia, the Cleric
Cyrus, the Scholar
Tressa, the Merchant
Olberic, the Warrior
Primrose, the Dancer
Alfyn, the Apothecary
Therion, the Thief
H'aanit, the Hunter
The Frostlands
The Flatlands
The Coastlands
The Highlands
The Sunlands
The Riverlands
The Cliftlands
The Woodlands
Disc 2:
Flamesgrace, Guiding Light
Melancholy
Atlasdam, Seat of Learning
Tranquil Days
A Sea Breeze Blows
How Amusing!
Cobbleston, Nestled in the Hills
Tension
A Brief Respite
Dark Caverns
Battle I
Victory Fanfare
Requiem for the Fallen
Sunshade, City of Pleasures
On a Knife's Edge
Clearbrook, by the Pristine Waters
Reminiscence
A Settlement in the Red Bluffs
Discord
My Quiet Forest Home
Determination
Beneath the Surface
Creeping Dread
Decisive Battle I
Disc 3:
Battle II
Town Veiled in White
Gazing over the Great Plains
Enveloped in Kindness
Grandport, Center of Commerce
Among Stately Peaks
Sorrow
The Trees Have Eyes
Despair
Decisive Battle II
Oasis in the Sparkling Sands
River of Life
Bonds of Friendship
Orewell, Beneath the Crags
Victors Hollow, Jewel of The Forest
Jubilation
Forbidding Corridors
An Ill Omen
Disc 4:
Battle III
They Who Govern Reason
Stolen Dreams, Lost Light
Pure Evil
For Light
For Truth
For Treasure
For Redemption
For Revenge
For Succor
For Freedom
For Master
Battle at Journeys End
The Gate of Finis
The One They Call the Witch
Moment of Truth
Daughter of The Dark God
Ending Theme
Ophilia Motif
Cyrus Motif
Tressa Motif
Olberic Motif
Primrose Motif
Alfyn Motif
Therion Motif
H'aanit Motif
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Official summary of Code Geass R2 as listed on various online websites for purchase of R2 dvd or blu-ray, linked directly from https://geass.jp/r2/blu-ray.html
15周年 コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2 Blu-ray BOX (特装限定版)
Source website:
https://a-onstore.jp/item/item-1000228287/
Note that a-onstore is officially listed in the CG website, hence the further validity of this synopsis coming from them
Original Japanese text:
皇暦2018年。ブリタニアの皇子であり、ゼロという名で黒の騎士団を率い、ギアスの力と己の知略でブリタニアに反逆したルルーシュは、その記憶を父親であるブリタニア皇帝シャルルにより消去され、別の記憶を与えられ、学生としての日々を過ごしていた。しかし、C.C.との再会により記憶を全て取り戻した彼は、再びブリタニアに宣戦布告する。自分を裏切った親友・スザク、偽りの弟・ロロ、そして愛した少女・シャーリー…ギアスの力を他人に知られ、敵からも味方からも追われることになったルルーシュ。ついには何よりもかけがえのない大切な妹・ナナリーさえも、敵として対面することになる…!
―これはゼロ・レクイエム。ルルーシュとスザクの約束。その為に、2人はすべての絶望と贖罪の物語に幕を下ろす。
Google Translate ver:
15th Anniversary Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Blu-ray BOX (Special Limited Edition)
Imperial Year 2018. Lelouch, the prince of Britannia, led the Black Knights under the name Zero and rebelled against Britannia using the power of Geass and his own cunning. His memories were erased by his father, Emperor Charles of Britannia, and he was given different memories and spent his days as a student. However, after reuniting with C.C., he regained all his memories and once again declared war on Britannia. His best friend Suzaku, who betrayed him, his fake brother Rolo, and the girl he loved Shirley... Lelouch's power of Geass was discovered by others and he was pursued by both enemies and allies. In the end, even his precious and irreplaceable sister Nunnally was faced with an enemy...! This is Zero Requiem. A promise between Lelouch and Suzaku. For that, the two of them bring the curtain down on a story of all despair and redemption.
P/s: heyyyy, Lulushir is actually recognized by movies hypnosis/summary for the 15th Anniversary Blu-ray box? Thank you Sunrise, even though you broke our hearts by killing of Shirley. Our ship is valid oh yyyyyyeahhh
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THE REQUIEM FOR SIMON BELMONT - A Castlevania 2 Playlist
I created a 60 (ish)-track playlist inspired by Simon's curse as it ravages him, guided by my interpretation that Simon is weakened in those terrible years in preparation to become (and eventually is, in the bad end) possessed by Dracula, thus becoming more ghoul or vampire-like as the years go by. I've highlighted lyrics that I feel are most pertinent to that specific idea I have.
I hope these tracks inspire you like they do me. If you have any similar ones to recommend please send them my way. I'm always eager to listen to more. :)
Genres: Metalcore, Nu-metal, Melodic hardcore, Power metal, Alternative rock, Pop punk, Ambient, Emo, a few Pop songs
The post is very long under the cut, but it features lyric highlights and a direct link to each song on YouTube.
Please be advised that the lyrics can be very graphic and illustrate disturbing imagery and ideas. Please proceed with caution!
Departed Way - SoTN soundtrack
No lyrics, it's ambient. :)
Bloody Tears - The Megas
The land is wrought with terror
He roams the countryside
They call him “Vampire Killer”
Wipe the blood from your eyes
Seeking the ancient weapon
A journey far from done
Racing the setting sun
This battle must be won
These bloody tears fall
Blinded for ten thousand years
This nightmare just keeps getting worse
What a horrible night to have a curse
This bloodline's sole devotion
Is ending evil’s reign
Standing upon the shoulders
Ancestors rise again
He’s found another token
To bring about the end
The dark will rise again
Given flesh by sin
And so, the shiver of the night arrives
The rite that will save their lives
This family damned to fight
The demon’s gift of eternal night
And now, the quest consumes his heart
A marked man, slowly torn apart
In these eight accursed years
He’s been drowning in his tears
Bloody tears
Heart of Fire - The Megas
The reaper takes what's his
That is what they say
He wants to take your life
It won't be this day
You can feel it burn
Somewhere deep within
You can hear them scream
What is it they say?
Who's imprisoned here?
Is it you, or they?
Death comes for all men
Now you come for him
You will not be denied
Death takes no bribe
He can't stop you tonight
Your heart of fire burns inside
This heart of fire burns tonight (x2)
You cannot leave this place
That is what they say
The keeper has the key
But you found a way
You can feel it burn
Feel the flames surround
From the darkness you
You can hear him say
He has the power here
You will take it away
They cannot cage what's in your heart
Tonight, tonight, tonight
And now you see what sets apart
Tonight, tonight, tonight
They cannot stop you now, no
Nothing can stop you now
Let the flames consume you
Let the fire burn
Out of Time - The Megas
A lifetime of training, a legacy of pain
Bringing honor to those who remain
Portraits of heroes, from his recall
Faces torn from their place on the wall
Nexus of evil, a castle of ash
The existence of man slipping into the past
He carries the burden, now nearing the peak
Perhaps he will find the redemption he seeks
There's something here
A staircase to darkness appears
Out of time
Saving this dying land
The hourglass, it runs out of sand
Shedding his human lies
Tonight, the lord of darkness shall rise
The bone dust, it settles
Between the gears
Machinery powered by mortal fear
Blood is the fabric that covers the stair
The words of his master, becoming his prayer
Behold the omen, eclipse of the moon
Convergence of evil awaits in this room
A demon resides in this living corpse
Cut off the head, and another springs forth
This can't be real
Into this nightmare revealed
Out of time
Evil, it stands at midnight
Weapons, they flash in the moonlight
Now it's time to strike this demon down once and for all
The moment of truth
If it's lost, our legacy shatters
The strength of his ancestors gather, to say:
"Simon, fight, for the good of all mankind"
DAYWALKER! (feat. CORPSE) - Machine Gun Kelly, CORPSE
I'll never be the same
I wanna know if I tell you a secret, will you keep it?
I need someone to blame (take it)
When I find this motherfucker then I'll lay him in his grave
I won't ever be the same
I bit the fucking apple, I'm surrounded by some snakes
I prayed to God, and then I went to sleep with bloody hands
I came back
Nah, not getting better, can't change it, I left blood all on the pavement
I'm on borrowed time, can't shake it, blackout when I'm raging
There's an invisible voice that's talkin' to me, and it's always tellin' me to kill
I got a problem with separating what my head is creating from things that are real
I'm in a room, hyperventilating, and debating to pop off the cap of these pills
Werewolf - Motionless in White
I can feel you, I can hear you, howling in my bones
There's an evil lurking in the dark
Ever-shifting, skin is ripping as you take control
I can't tell where you end and where I start
I could be up all the night, but I'm paralyzed when the creature comes alive
'Cause it's fight or fright in the full moonlight
You can run but you can't hide
Smile for the camera, but don't flash your teeth
I feel like somebody's watching me (feels like everybody's watching me)
Can't fight these cravings in the night
A beast who's burdened by his bite
And in the pale moonlight, a debt to be paid
For one must suffer for all eternity
Porcelain - Motionless in White
God knows I tried, but broken, I bow to the beast inside
An altered state, sometimes I even scare myself
Is it too late to question fate?
And hope is fleeting, still tethered to this grim divergence of my being
I can't stop the bleeding
I can barely stand myself
I saw your face, but it couldn't save me
I fell from grace, and I cracked your smile
Don't rescue me, I can't escape it
Ravenously, feed my feral mind
The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
He said, "son, when you grow up
Would you be the savior of the broken
the beaten and the damned?"
He said, "will you defeat them?
Your demons, and all the non-believers
The plans that they have made?"
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches
On and on, we carry through the fears
Disappointed faces of your peers
Change (In the House of Flies) - Deftones
And I watched a change in you
It's like you never had wings
I took you home
I pulled off your wings
Then I laughed
I look at the cross
Then I look away
Blood on My Hands - The Used
You felt the coldness in my eyes
And something I'm not revealing
Though you got used to my disguise
You can't shake this awful feeling
Feel the pain that I never show
And I hope you know it's never healing
Straight from your eyes, it's barely me
Beautifully so disfigured (there's blood)
The other side that you can't see
Just praying you won't remember
There's blood x2
There's blood, blood, blood
Is it really that hard for you to believe?
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you
(Help me) I broke apart my insides
(Help me) I've got no soul to sell
(Help me) the only thing that works for me
Help me get away from myself
I wanna feel you from the inside
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything
(Help me) tear down my reason
I drink the honey
Inside your hive
You are the reason
I stay alive
Devil in a Midnight Mass - Billy Talent
I was alive, but now I'm singing
(Silent night) for the rest of my life x2
(Violent knight) at the edge of your knife
("Forgive me father") won't make it right
A devil in a midnight mass
Killed the boy inside the man
The holy water in his hands
Can never wash away his sins
Put my trust in God that day
Not the man that taught his way
Whisper, whisper, don't make a sound
Your bed is made, it's in the ground
Cirice - Ghost
I feel your presence amongst us
You cannot hide in the darkness
A candle casting a faint glow
You and I see eye to eye
Now there is nothing between us
From now our merge is eternal
Can't you see that you're lost?
Can't you see that you're lost without me?
Ritual - Ghost
Tonight, we're summoned for a divine cause
Remembrance, no, but for their future loss
This chapel of ritual smells of dead human sacrifices for the altar
On this night of ritual, invoking our master
To procreate the unholy bastard
"Our Father who art in Hell
Unhallowed be Thy name
Cursed be the sons and daughters
Of Thine nemesis whom are to blame"
This is How I Disappear - My Chemical Romance
To explain the unforgivable
Drain all the blood and give the kids a show
Who walks among the famous living dead
Drowns all the boys and girls inside your bed
Well, heaven knows
That without you is how I disappear
And live my life alone, forever now
Can you hear me cry out to you?
Words I thought I'd choke on, figure out
And now
You wanna see how far down
I can sink
Let me go, fuck
Pet - A Perfect Circle
Head down, go to sleep
Pay no mind what other voices say
They don't care about you, like I do (like I do)
Safe from pain, and truth, and choice
And other poison devils
See, they don't give a fuck about you
Like I do
I'll be the one to protect you from
Your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from
A will to survive and a voice of reason
I'll be the one to protect you from
Your enemies and your choices, son
They're one in the same, I must isolate you
Isolate and save you from yourself
Swaying to the rhythm of the new world order and
Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
The boogeymen are coming x2
Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums - A Perfect Circle
(This song has the same lyrics as the previous track, just more ambient/discordant.)
Go back to sleep
Go to sleep
Lullaby - A Perfect Circle
(This song is also related to the tracks above. It's ambient and discordant.)
Spiders - Slipknot
Well, you can go in alone, or keep it in between
The pages of the books you burn so no one gets to read
The fingers pull your stitches tight, but knowing someone's secret is not enough
Everyone's a little bit a lot of the time
Who is food and who is thrown away?
When now is not the time, tomorrow disagrees
But your real world isn't ready to face the face behind the real me
Go in alone, suffer for your feelings, I'm not enough
But everyone's a little bitter all of the time
(sic) - Slipknot
Here comes the pain
Enemy, show me what you wanna be
I can handle anything, even if I can't handle you
Readily, either way it better be
Don't you fuckin' pity me, get up, get off
What the hell am I sayin'? I don't know about malevolent
Sure as hell decadent, I want somebody to step up, step off
Get a grip, don't let me slip 'til I drop the ball
Fuck this shit, I'm sick of it
You're goin' down, this is a war
Fuck it
Who the fuck am I to criticize your twisted state of mind?
You're leaving me suspect, I'm leaving you grotesque
Feels like a burn from which you never learn
Cause and effect, you jealous ass
Press your face against the glass, suffer
You can't kill me 'cause I'm already inside you x4
Rotting in Vain - Korn
Repulsion evades me, I say goodbye
Digging deep inside of me, getting past this agony
I can't seem to get away
Another day rotting in vain
I can't take this
Duality - Slipknot
I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take
Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside
If the pain goes on
I have screamed until my veins collapsed
I've waited as my time's elapsed
Now, all I do is live with so much hate
My future seems like one big past
You're left with me 'cause you left me no choice
If the pain goes on, I'm not gonna make it
Put me back together or separate the skin from bone
Leave me all the pieces, then you can leave me alone
All I've got, all I've got is insane
Solway Firth - Slipknot
They mutter as the body loses warmth
They pick your bones like locks inside a tomb
And take great care to not take care of you
I guess you got what you wanted
So I will settle for a slaughterhouse soaked in blood and betrayal
It's always somebody else
Somebody else was me
You want the real smile?
Or the one I used to practice
Not to feel like a failure?
I just want to feel like any other man
I won't show you the whole story
I won't show you the aftermath
Don't look away
If I'm alive tomorrow
I will alleviate the pressure
By cutting you out of me
I found my bottom line
Dead on the front lines
I know I'll never go home
While I was learning to live
You taught me how to die
I guess I got what I wanted
Another needle in the back through purified scarification
It wasn't somebody else
You fucking did it to me
You want a real smile?
I haven't smiled in years
Eyeless - Slipknot
I am my father's son 'cause he's a phantom, a mystery, and that leaves me nothing
How many times have you wanted to die?
It's too late for me, all you have to do is get rid of me
It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head
Do you wanna take my life?
Better get away from me, stay the fuck away from me
Look me in my brand new eye
I'm Not A Vampire (Revamped) - Falling in Reverse
Well, I'm not a vampire, but I feel like one
Sometimes I sleep all day because I hate the sun
My hands are always shaking, body's always aching
And whisky seems to be my holy water
'Cause I'm insane, I can feel it in my bones
Coursing through my veins, when did I become so cold?
For goodness sakes, where is my self-control?
If home is where my heart is, then my heart has lost all hope
I swear to God, I'm not a
So God bless all of you now
'Cause I'm going straight to hell
And I'm taking you down with me
Because you know damn well
So I sharpen my teeth, 'cause I love the way it feels
When I sink into your skin and draw the only thing that's real
You don't believe me?
Should I write it in blood?
You better drive that fucking stake right through my heart and try to run
I'm a vampire
Disasterpiece - Slipknot
You'll never get out of this 'cause you were never alive
How does it feel to be locked inside a another dream
That never had the chance of being realized?
Once again, it's me and no one else
I can't remember if there was a someone else
It's not mine, it's not fair, it's outta my hands
And it's shaking - you'll never take me
No one is safe
Hate ain't enough to describe me
Somewhere between screaming and crying
When do I get to know why?
I'm gone, goodbye, it's so depressing
Withering away
Take a look inside, my soul is missing
All I have is dead, so I'll take you with me
Can't see through the sties in my eyes
I'm not supposed to be here
I'm not supposed to be
Scratching and clawing all the way
Is there another way to live?
'Cause it's the only way to die
Mx. Sinister - I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
Oh you never seem to notice
When I follow you home
In the dark of your apartment
When you think you're alone
Oh you never seem to notice
That my heart beats for you
So I'll open you up
And make yours beat for me, too
Self-Destruction - I Prevail
And everything is fucked, and I cannot be saved
Maybe that's because I'm on the way
Took everything I had and threw it in the flames
Watch it burn while they're steady taking aim
I guess it came with repercussions
I've been in it for a minute, this is not up for discussion
All the preconceived premonitions from people who never listen
Creating all the division, how can you live with yourself?
I'm the definition of coming to a collision
The old and the new edition, the hero becomes a villain
Now let me tell you a little bit about the Devil, first
I am the one
Alpha, omega, I won't be undone
My power's limitless, you are like Icarus
You have been flying too close to the sun
I see what's mine, and I'm gonna take it
I do what I say, call it dedication
I built an army into a nation
Now karma is coming, you can't escape it
If you don't know the Devil, then you don't know me
Frankenstein - Rina Sawayama
Put me together, thread and needle
I'm trying to be normal, but trauma is immortal
Oh, my God, this is so unbearable
Make it stop, this is more than medical
I was doing fine
'Til I hit rock bottom
Opened up my problems
Watch the poison blossom
I could be your Frankenstein, Frankenstein
I don't wanna be a monster anymore
Dead Until Dark - Powerwolf
Prone to the grave, the dark side you walk
In the light of morning we fall
Confront the brave, the rebel we stalk
In the still of the night we awake
Don't dare cry, when fever up high
No escape, no break, your life we will take
Gone with the night
When the unholy demons of dawn
Pray
When the sunlight is dead we're reborn
Cursed by our fate, the undead crusade
For the sanctum deep under your skin
Raise up the blade, by night we invade
For the last of times the fight may begin
For in blood, in God, in heaven we trust
In the night we are
Dead until dark
Nighttime Rebel - Powerwolf
In the night of surrender
In the full moonlight and the midnight came
Be the ghostly defender
And of glory be thy name
In the curse of a nightmare
Be the lightning and thunder
And ignite the final flame
Seven heads, seven demons, seven murders in the sky
Take your fate in your hand now, and so we rise up high
Nighttime rebel, stand alone against the wind
Nighttime rebel, break the holy sin
Nighttime rebel, wake up in the night and let begin
Nighttime rebel, holy light against the dark
Nighttime rebel, bear a holy heart
Nighttime rebel, summon in the dawn and let begin
In the ongoing darkness
Where the sky is torn and belief has failed
Be the guide, the pretender
And invoke the dreaded rain
Like a wolf, like a phantom
To the cross bound nail by nail
In the curse after midnight
When inferno born and the mask unveiled
Be the last man unbroken, and in light the one to fade
My Will Be Done - Powerwolf
In times of war we strike with sancted power
When from the sacristy I rise
To bring the final sacrifice
Sing words of praise to glorify my name and
Stand still
Sacrificed to my will
Sainted be what I say
Preaching
My will be done
Here and all my life in heaven
My will be done
Christ our savior bring the sacrament for
My will be done
Fire & Forgive - Powerwolf
Sons of God and sacrament
The night we're dying for
Rest in flame by testament
At midnight we return
Fundamental armament
The price we all ignore
Bring to fall the last of savior
To son of God we swore
Kimdracula - Deftones
The earth will see our eyes go blank tonight
The earth will rot away
Go blank tonight
I, I really wish these snakes were your arms
Good God - Korn
You came into my life
Without a single thing
I gave into your ways
Which left me with nothing
I scream without a sound
How could you take away
Everything that I was
Made me a fucking slave
Your face that I despise
Your heart inside that's gray
I came today to say
You're fucked in every way
Won't you get the fuck out of my face now?
You stole my life
Without a sign
You sucked me dry
Bloodbath & Beyond - Ice Nine Kills
It's been six days since I've had my fix and now I'm fixed on you
Despite your trembling body, I can tell you want it too
I'm every man you've ever dreamed of, all your fantasies combined
You can tell I'm the best by the blood on your dress, there's no bite as good as mine
Through the darkest of ages and blackest of plagues
I have fed on the blood of the land
Every girl that's in sight knows she's mine for the night
They're all trapped in the palm of my hand
I've crossed oceans of time, caused unspeakable crime
But I wouldn't change a bloody thing
Hunted by all mankind but they're one step behind
"Prince of Darkness"? Fuck that, I'm the king
And I'm slipping through the cracks again
They'll never take me alive because I'm already dead
And forever in your head
So won't you come with me and taste immortality
You're dripping from the ecstasy of one last crimson kiss
When your blood pours out like rain
Take pleasure in the pain
You're not the only girl to scream my name, but the first I can't resist
So here's one last crimson kiss
Don't think of this as damnation
'Cause we don't need their salvation
Your neck is up next
The Greatest Story Ever Told - Ice Nine Kills
How could this happen? Am I dreaming again?
Her body's not moving, I'm assuming she's dead
She's covered in bruises but the truth is that I never committed the crime
Time to burn and dig the whites of my eyes
But, what went on that night?
"Listen closely as I tell you I'm not who I seem
I'm gonna touch you 'cause I like it when you scream
I wanna watch you when you're sleeping and thinking of me"
And that's what he told her as he killed her
Don't believe what he says, he's not real
It's murder and he did it
My God (hear me)
You better fear me 'cause I'm gonna find you
Last night I dreamed we had a future and you were alive
It was springtime on our wedding day, there were birds in the sky
The sun was glowing, it was beautiful and everyone was there
I still can't believe that you're gone, I'm so lost
I'm sorry (I'm sorry)
Don't go
Oh please, God no
'Cause you'll be lying awake
From this nightmare and feel betrayed
I gave my life
And you took it away
"Am I dead?
Or am I still breathing?"
The Coffin Is Moving - Ice Nine Kills
I'm holding my life in my hands
And you're holding your views of the world
Around never knowing
Just make me whole again
'Cause I'm a soldier for misfortune
But I believe we can turn it around
This memory, the final enemy now
We are, we are the walking dead
A generation of negligence brought down upon our heads
The Fastest Way To A Girl's Heart Is Through Her Ribcage - Ice Nine Kills
There's blood here in the water as I'm slowly losing grip
'Cause your insanity, it's killing me
What's inside you is inherently sick
Now that the blood is getting darker
You drown in your true colors and just the truth remains
All you are is a masquerade
You always had a way of creeping in my life
You're always so inclined to tear apart my mind
Is it difficult to breathe with your fate wrapped around your throat?
The Product of Hate - Ice Nine Kills
This world is spiralling down
The segregation of everything
Is the source of the blood on the walls
It's passed down by generation
This hatred could swallow us all
A story told so full of holes
Just allows the lies to breathe
And to leach into the heart
Of the disillusioned and the weak
And I'll pray to God we make it out alive
I see through this illusion
But what's the solution if all that they see is what's different in me?
There's a hole in my heart nobody can see
It feels like the sun is gone and hope is locked away
There's a hole in my heart, why can't they see?
God unstitch their eyes please
I hope tomorrow's not too late
'Cause today's time is running out
Don't turn your back you know it's real
So wake up, 'cause something's wrong
There's something wrong
Connect the Cuts - Ice Nine Kills
Well I've been looking for redemption
What was gold, now is lost to the wolves
As the choler inside swells like locusts swarm
With little faith in a God or humanity, I'm lost
Sometimes I think to myself "you should burn, motherfucker, burn"
There's no truth in resting on laurels
Or the blindfold of crooked ideals and morals
On and on 'til the end, the serpents in my head
Will show themselves through the whites of my eyes
If all is lost again, will I repeat or repent?
Or will I realize the Devil's in disguise?
I'll fucking self-destruct
Well, I've been bitten by temptation
Body of rust and a cynical soul
I can't seem to fend off all the vermin
I hear the Devil, he's calling
Fuck
Doubt has dragged me down to rock bottom this time
Despite the weight on my shoulders, I continue to climb
In my final hours, towards a higher power to find I'm damaged by design
I can't believe it was so difficult to see
That all along my only enemy was me
Jonathan - Ice Nine Kills
God has taken my eyes
If I see no reflection
How the hell do I know I'm alive?
As the darkness bleeds into my mind
The force that screams to give up
Is grave enough to crave my name into stone
Inspired by hope or defined by disease?
If you knew what it meant to be me
Could you close your eyes and never say "never"?
Or would you call this the end of the road?
I'm running out of memories, a shell of what I used to be
As this curse drains the life out of me
Communion Of The Cursed - Ice Nine Kills
So where's your savior tonight?
As angels fall from the sky
His idle hands let me inside
Where I cannot be crucified
Forgive me father, have I sinned?
Who gives a fuck how long it's been?
Just let his holy war begin
I am the darkness deep within
The devil in her daughter's skin
And I'll be there 'til the bitter end
In the name of God I command you to flee
Relentlessly, 'cause we believe
By the power of Christ we will set her free
You spent your life in his light
Still faith can't save you tonight
Yet evil stands the test of time
I cannot be crucified
Pass the cup and drink from me instead
Savor the taste and quench your thirst
With the communion of the cursed
Get on your knees and prove your worth
I will cast him out (his grip is weakening)
Cast him out (this is his day of reckoning)
Through the father, the son, and the holy ghost
I will lure this parasite from its wholesome host
Eternally, my last decree
If a soul must be taken, I demand you take me
"Now I lay her down to sleep
Her soul is mine, and mine to keep
If she dies before she wakes
I'll find another soul to take"
Me, Myself & Hyde - Ice Nine Kills
I tear apart the pages of the story of my life
In black and white, the wrong and right will struggle to survive
And I've been falling apart in the pouring rain
I'm waging war on myself, a captive casualty
Traded a merciful heart for a murderer's brain
But now I curse what's in my head
Because I can't stop seeing red
Did you really think I would falter, my friend?
I've destroyed you before, I'll destroy you again
I'm the hell that is your future, I'll incinerate your past
I'm the devil on your shoulder, but I'll always be your better half
We might share one body
But this spine is fucking mine
By now you should know
You're just a spectator, I'm the show
Is this the end of me?
I bid thee farewell
Fuck my fate
Just save a seat for me in hell
Cheers To Goodbye (feat. Spencer Charnas) - Escape the Fate, Ice Nine Kills, Spencer Charnas
Losing myself, put you through hell
I've been fuckin' actin' up too much
Tell me that you've had enough
I fall apart, you don't look surprised
Think I need some fuckin' therapy
Figure out what's wrong with me
So come gather 'round, you can watch my demise
Been living too long in this fuckin' disguise
Consuming every substance I can find
You can laugh at my life, it's a joke, it's a lie
It's time for the moment you've all been waiting for
Step the fuck up because the final act of the evening is here
A vanishing act, the likes of which you have never seen
Count down with me
Three, two, one
So kiss me goodbye, say goodnight
Hold back your tears, don't you cry
Which would be worse?
To live as a monster or die as a hero tonight
DAMAGED (feat. Spencer Charnas) - In This Moment, Ice Nine Kills, Spencer Charnas
I wish there was a way for me to put this into words
All these feelings that I have as I start to lose control
I feel panic rushin' over me and grippin' at my chest
And no matter what I say or do, I know that it won't rest
I feel my vision fade, sweat drippin' down my back
I can hear my heart pound, I can feel my mind crack
And I know that you love me and you wanna save me now
In the end of it all, you can't save me from myself
The more I try to fight it, he grows stronger every time
Post-traumatic stress, yeah, that's what my doctor said
So when I think of dying, I just gotta take a breath
Funeral Derangements - Ice Nine Kills
Slave to the plot
Let 'em rot
Or bring 'em back forever
They say "Behind those gates, eternal life awaits"
But those beyond the grave, come back beyond depraved
With church bells ringing, I'll start digging
We pray to thee our God (it's all my fault)
For the blessing you've provided
I'll see you on the other side
But I'd kill to bring you back tonight
Don't give up, don't let go
I'll make this right
I'll dig through sorrow and disgust
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
They say that time heals all
But I won't heed the call
Buried in misery
Spare me the eulogy
Still, I can't escape this struggle
Driven when push comes to shovel
Whether God's hand or my own
Nothing here is set in stone
The flesh is living but the souls have spoiled
The wrath of God lays beneath this soil
Enjoy Your Slay - Ice Nine Kills
Plagued by the past
And down a badly beaten path
A mess of a man, his fate unknown
He can't give up but can't go on like this
Oh, I'm not gonna hurt you
I'm just gonna bash your fucking brains in
Now the fun has just begun
And one by one your wife and son
Hang in the web you've spun as family ties come undone
Come drain or shine, I'll hit your whole bloodline
A chopping spree around the family tree
Where you can hang once all work is done
Love Bites - Ice Nine Kills, Chelsea Talmadge
It's tearing me apart, but it's us or them
So howl at the moon, oh, how can it be?
The softer the skin, the sharper the teeth
I've fallen prey to a curse I can't disown
Is it all in my head?
Blood on the hands of a man so filled with doubt
I'm counting on beauty to kill off the beast
So just put me down
The World In My Hands - Ice Nine Kills, Tony Lovato
How'd I end up here? So uncomfortable
I'm a stranger in this body
The world's an ugly place
And that's a fact that fate has brought me
So tell the town below
As death took hold
You watched helplessly
But to hell with letting go
'Cause when it snows
It falls to you from me
Hypnosis - Sleep Token
Lift, oh, lift me out
Of my own skin
Of all my doubt
Take from me
Leave nothing left
Take everything
Sink, sink your teeth
Split my skin, no
Just make me bleed
Oh, and give me
Give me all
All that I want
You know you hypnotize me always (x6)
And I am almost under
Stabbing In The Dark - Ice Nine Kills
When the hands of fate
Fall on the midnight hour
Behind this mask of hate
I don the Devil's power
These are the Devil's eyes
I'll haunt you day after day
Knife after knife
Taking life after life
You can't kill the boogeyman
I am the shadow where there once was light
Strangling all signs of life
Headache - Motionless in White
Some days I try to speak with pins and needles in my brain
Some days I feel sadistic, a portrait of my pain
Some days I live in fear that I am every fucking thing I hate
I know that I'm gonna be fine
Oh God, am I gonna be fine?
Bright lights, am I dead or alive?
So insane I'm losing my mind
I made a deal with the devil inside
Decay and follow me down, under skin, I am doubt
Feeding the flies in your mouth through my eyes
I swear that I'm gonna be fine
Mephisto - Crystal Lake
You've got nothing left, you're as good as dead
Pay the price to be welcomed to hell
Now it's time to pay the price, this is a death sentence
Your soul is mine
Love and hate, you got everything you wanted
Price to pay, your fate is already sealed
Be prepared, the gates of hell lie waiting
In despair, I wanna hear you scream
It's too late to repent, you got what you deserve
When the clock strikes, you'll be torn apart, damned in hell
I've waited for this moment for four and twenty years
He won't come to save you, no one will hear you scream
Oh, you are mine
Curse - Crystal Lake
Our time is up, we're dehumanized
You took our hearts out, lobotomized
Are we so weak?
You set the bridge on fire
Too late, you've gone too far, dead end
Checkmate, congrats, you won this game
But will it be the end of our nightmare?
I'm all alone
Burning my soul as I'm losing myself
All alone, on my own
Life, is it a gift or curse?
Saw him taking another soul above the sky
They left a thousand stories untold
Broken dreams make memories shine in gold
The harder we try, the deeper we fall
We'll burn away when the sun rises up
This road is paved with bricks of broken dreams
Stand all, walk through this hell with me
Trigger - In Flames
I am running from something I don't know
I am searching for something, which way to go?
I am trying to separate what's real
I'm running in a wheel
Please tell me my name
I haven't checked it today
The Quiet Place - In Flames
Spinning further deeper
I know you're out to try me
I'm not in this to be a slave
I push the dirt
Make me feel
Drown the monster
Make all bad dreams go away
Whatever it takes to keep your hands free
Open scars
The quiet place
All the bridges fall to the ground
And you say you sacrificed
And then I close my eyes (x2)
Do Or Die - Magnolia Park, Ethan Ross (warning: flashing images in the video)
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die young
It's a fight to survive, we're suicidal
I walk in the building to burn it, setting a fire they all getting murdered
I'm feeling my demons returning, fuck up again and I guess I'm not learning
Got the opposition nervous, y'all are really only tough on the surface
I'm living through all of these curses, bringing the pain and they know that I'm hurting
Not affectionate, my face is still expressionless
Take his head off clean, sleepy hollow I'm collecting it
Messing with a king, hit the dirt, you gon' rest in it
I'm meant for this, you try to take it from me blow your head to bits
It's do or die
We live to fight so
Don't let me drown, don't let me drown
It's flooding in my mind
I think I got a problem why I'm always in my head
Really going back to my old ways, running so low on the tolerance, all of the stress
I'm going back and forth, slamming my fists, I'm losing it again
All of the hate makes it feel like love and I can't even trust any of my friends, damn
No remedy for all this pain
We live to fight so come try me
Kool-Aid - Bring Me The Horizon (warning: flashing images in the video)
Is this what you wanted? (no)
So suffer your fate, oh, come here and give me a hug
Nobody loves you like I love you, oh, my dear
But you should've known that it was gonna end in tears
Such a sucker for an execution
The void is a vampire, fat on our blood
While they try their hand at playing God
Afraid there's no cure
I got my (hands around your throat, I love the way you choke)
'Cause I am yours and you are mine, I'll never let you go
I'll never let you go
Get the fuck up
That this was gonna end in tears
Running In Circles - Dead Poet Society
Feel like I'm never enough
Slowly coming undone, yeah
I run in circles
Get back, get back, get away
Watch me try hard anyway
It's all fake, the self-hate's killing me
I know that I'm not that
And I'm sick of pretending
So sick of pretending
I need to run away
Soon I'll be just like the others
Hide my face
No one knows it's pulling me under
Feels like I'm running in circles
Feels like I'm running, running, oh
I'm fucked up and I can't see straight
I'm so sick of pretending, oh
That I'm someone and something I'm not
So I'm back where I started
Falling apart
Watch The World Burn - Falling In Reverse
Yeah, I got voices in my head again, tread carefully
I got problems, I got issues, yeah, apparently
Trauma that I'm burying, I think I need some therapy
I'm past the point of no return, fuck being passive-aggressive
I'll brandish a weapon, teach all of you motherfuckers a lesson
They swim in the deep, and they creep in the shallows, I'm lost
They're licking their chops, they're fixing to rip me apart, I'm swimming with sharks
You started a battle, bitch, I'ma finish it
'Cause I got enemies trying to get rid of me
Evil tendencies are fucking with me mentally
I can't control the monster any longer that's inside
The pain and sorrow left us hollow
No tomorrows hard to swallow
Death is calling so appalling
Tightrope walking, now I'm falling down
The pain inside is the fuel that drives
The flesh and bones through blood-red skies
The death defying, hypnotizing
One day you're gonna figure out that
Everything they taught you was a lie
Watch the world burn
The fear is what keeps you alive
Break the fucking chains, take back your life
The fear is what keeps you insane
Break the fucking chains, take away the pain
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