"Between Two Worlds" Terrifies Me (But I Love It)

[@hetboi8604]

1. this is a boss theme for a cult leader in the second chapter 2. the video has nothing to do with the game lol great video!

[@CatharsisYT]

I got a lore dump from some patrons yesterday. Now i know all about Sinclair and her toothy crotch 😂

[@hetboi8604]

It's the third chapter im bit dumbo

[@mangocookie4790]

@@CatharsisYT toothy crotch is crazy

[@CatharsisYT]

Excuse you, Vagina Dentata is a very real and very serious condition /s

[@sajmon2771]

The "how hard you really are" check

[@AWrySmile]

“Everything- I'll burn it all... and my whole disgusting life, too.” -The One Who Shall Grip, Sinclair

[@sanstheskeleton679]

He wanted to burn everything down so much he became one of the strongest DPSes in the game

[@DilaccioLuna]

I'M NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT IT Support Passives + Amoral Enactment + Self Destructive Purge

[@markusmura9953]

The one who shall grip DEEZ NUTS

[@JannetFenix]

The tale of a bird, who, having found its egg cracked, peeked out a bit too soon... Unready, finding the world outside cold, cruel, terrifying, but unable to return to its shelter, as the broken shell has long since have rotted. A premature birth, having to face maturity, while the hands that pulled it from the egg try so hard to shape it in their own desire. The unfledged bird caught in between two worlds, unable to go back to one, unready to step into the other. He will prevail, when he embraces the freedom of being able to breathe of his own lungs, even though the cold air burns the fresh tissue. When he plunges into the world flapping his own wings, ready to embrace reality - and himself.

[@FlnFl]

Well said man, perfectly encapsulates the song and Sinclair as a whole.

[@JannetFenix]

@@FlnFl thank you! Each of them isa very compelling, complex character. With all Kromer's madness, Sinclair still has not overcome his sin: the inability to confront adversity, looking back to world of light he lost. And even fuelling his anger, he fails to act on it. He wont accept his maturity, wont step into world before him, crying for nest left behind.

[@roripop1]

Well look like that hand also racist hmmm?

[@sictrix]

DUDE. i've been looking for someone to give this song meaning outside of the sinclair symbolism. this is just what i needed

[@JannetFenix]

@@sictrix but this IS about sinclair. His problem is not a "trauma" of having his family unalived by a maniac, but all that led to it: avoiding confrontations leading to things getting worse and refusal of taking steps into independence, afraid of adulthood, but unable to retreat.

[@kyoken8691]

One interesting recurring theme in Limbus company both story, music and lore is the motif of Lamentation. Every single character in the story has something they are grieving over whether it's a person, a dream, an idea, the past, the future, a moment of inaction, a wrongful decision, something lost or something yet to gain, every single one of them even the side characters all are in the process of lamentation. The hellbus is basically a representation of the sinner's process of grieving, and we the manager are acting as a therapist and also by beating up physical representations of humanity's sins and twisted dreams.

[@seisosimp]

I'd argue that the entire Leitmotif of the PMverse is lamentation... it's just a world full of messed up people trying to cope with the consequences of their actions, whether it be someone accepting that they have become evil and destroyed all the good they have left, someone who lost something to an inevitable evil and finding something or someone to lash out to, or someone trying to do good to make up for the evil that they have done and knowingly doing more evil in the process

[@clswtz]

@@seisosimp no, i'd argue Library of Ruina's leitmotif is hope. Everyone hopes for something, everyone has a dream. it's evident even in the first few hours - some people may hope to do bad things, some may hope to do good, but everyone hopes.

[@16N92]

after Canto VI phrase of Dante being therapist aged like a fine wine

[@quirkyperson125]

After all, we are marching through the inferno.

[@lavashechik]

Hong Lu: 😄

[@aiofg7545]

Its a reference to a book called demian by hermann hesse about a boy named Sinclair who's torn between two worlds hence why there was a "realm of light" and "realm of of darkness" on the screen when it changes tone, Mili really did thier research for this, in the game we focus on a character who's inspired by the book just like all the other character, the character we focus on is also named Sinclair this song reflects both him and the boss we fight

[@maribelhandesu]

i think part of what makes Between two Worlds feel more 'general' contrasted to In Hell we Live, Lament is that it takes both the themes of Sinclair in Limbus Company AND the themes of him in the book Demian by Hermann Hesse. The references to the bird, the contrast between the "world of light" and how the "world of darkness" represents the end of childhood, the yearning to go back and yet the conclusion that deciding "to stay fallen" was not only good but necessary for the rebirth of one's soul... those are all themes that the game sorta touches upon but they are yet to be as fully developed as the book (from which the game takes inspiration) did. Those sorts of double meanings and references are what makes me like Mili so much, their songs have a meaning before you know context, after you know context and even after that you can find more and more meaning if you keep burrowing deeper into what led to their creative choices. Thanks for the review!

[@gameboom7579]

MILI SONGS, they are incredible, this one and 'in hell we live, lament' both belongs to limbus company, but Project moons previous game, library of ruina (LoR) had quite a few as well, give these a listen: Children of the city - synthwave, good iron lotus - fire Gone angels - depression incarnate then is heard no more - slow paced depression From the place of love - we dont talk about love town :) String theocracy - the intro theme, very good Poems of a machine - credits music Theres also another limbus company song from mili - 'Fly, broken wings' They all are incredible works of art you should give a listen sometime, I may have forgotten one or two in this list

[@AlecBGood]

Don't forget everyone's favorite romantic piece, "From a Place of Love". A song about a cute couple on a quick train ride.

[@gameboom7579]

@@AlecBGood ah, i knew i waa forgetting one

[@AlecBGood]

@@gameboom7579 to be fair, some would rather forget

[@lowes7734]

​@@gameboom7579 Forbid, Forgive, Forget. You're doing the last part right lol.

[@zunikanu1087]

Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police is technically for library of ruina too isn't it

[@monochrome4937]

Ah yes the song of breaking out of one's shell to face the evils of the world

[@midnightemerald]

prosthetics ARE evil right? /s

[@DilaccioLuna]

I HATE CLANKERS

[@professionalsleeper6281]

I always thought of it more as the "invasion, destruction and recreation" of someone as a person, in their whole, by another. Like how cults and other malicious organizations pull discontent people ("if only" and all that) from the "world of light" and drag them into the darkness with them. Like stealing an egg from its parents and molding the infant inside in your own image instead of the bird it was supposed to become. Which is like, canto 3 word for word

[@zhanglaoshi5529]

@@DilaccioLuna NOT THE HARD R!!!

[@duhal7466]

Sounds so pure at begining, powerful at middle and lunatic at the end yet the lyrics is always sad.

[@BuckBlaziken]

[[SPOILERS]] The interesting thing about this song is that it parallels the weird holiness the final boss of chapter 3 perceives they exude. The song emphasizes flesh, purity, and inherent sin. They (the boss) believe the purity of flesh, untainted by prosthetics and robotics. They lead a brutal genocide against cyborgs with soldiers that is essentially what you get if you mixed European crusaders with the Spanish Inquisition inquisitors. Without trying to spoil much of it, they achieve what can be described as becoming a horrific body horror god of flesh and organic matter when the beat drops in the song

[@terraelaweonao]

More Mili LET'S GO! Edit: ok so, "Bit" of context. (forgive my lack of summary skill for I have wrote a freaking Bible XD) This song is from Chapter 3, which is all about Sinclair. To summarize, crazy girl (Kromer, his childhood friend/bully) burns down his village because of her hate towards prosthetics (extra context: "prosthetics" ranges from just a mechanical arm or less, to a full mechanical body, Sinclair also hates the idea of replacing one's body just cuz as people were doing there). The group of protagonists follows her towards the MacGuffin and go down Sinclair's memory lane (because said MacGuffin tends to do that), showing how *to some degree* the death of everyone he cares about is his fault, even though he was kinda manipulated by Kromer and couldn't have wanted nor predicted this outcome. Eventually fight ensues and this music starts playing, first phase is just her in her human wholeness, the second phase being she after getting transformed/distorted by the MacGuffin's power and her whole ideal of Humanity (turning into a fleshy mess with strange shape). Also also, technically we lose against her, she too stronk, but then deus ex machina and we win, yey. (I'm still slightly annoyed by that) Anyways. Hi

[@Disorder2312]

Wow, he said that he can't "nail down" the meaning of this. Anyway, i'm waiting for "From a Place of Love".

[@selenaombra5409]

we dont talk about love town :(

[@Disorder2312]

@@selenaombra5409 Then why are you saying this right now? Every time. I don't like this phrase, it was made by the community, and has nothing to do with the game. If we don't talk about it, then stop talking about it. I merely said that i want him to react to the song.

[@selenaombra5409]

@@Disorder2312 sory if y made you made y juste did whate every one who know about the story of love town say and yes it was maybe not a good thig to do here sory

[@Disorder2312]

@@selenaombra5409 And now you write with such mistakes as if you're a Love Townsperson.

[@selenaombra5409]

@@Disorder2312 its note my first language sory again

[@tepig2828]

Trivia: the novel Demian follows the journey of a boy named Emil Sinclair and his search for self-discovery. Throughout the novel, Sinclair mentions feeling trapped between two worlds, the world of darkness and Illusions, and the world of light and truth (a reference to Plato’s famous allegory of the cave). As Sinclair grows and discovers himself, the novel compares him to a bird breaking out of its eggshell.

[@wakuseino829]

I am absolutely late by several months, but there's still one more bit of context that I don't think people really talk about: During the first Gregorian chant, the vast majority of the words used are specifically associated in the world lore with turning into a monster. You picking out that it's more general isn't entirely wrong: While the song is certainly dedicated to a specific character, that second portion certainly started by presenting the "reality" for everyone that turns into a monster.

[@almir760]

one thing i love about MIli's song is that the vocals sound almost like strings?, they have that bending and changing rhythm thats mesmerising, a favourite of mine is world.execute(me);.

[@badaocean1751]

Just listener: ok music is cool. Who played: *KROMMER STOOOOOOP.*

[@huyangquang6830]

i brought a burn team unwillingly knowing about the signs mechanic thingy, and oh boy it was HELL

[@JannetFenix]

Also, a bit of Limbus Company for you! The universe the PM games take place in is equally as brutal as Warhammer 40k world... just replace "war" with "corpo" and you're pretty much set.

[@random767612e]

I disagree. While PM's world is a brutal, horrific, capitalist dystopia, the themes and stories of their games can be hopeful, or at least bittersweet. Whereas 40k, or at least everything I've heard of it, seems to imply that the world is doomed.

[@JannetFenix]

​​@@random767612e oh, that's a good take, actually! I was thinking about scale of terror. From sweepers to prescripts; or, an idea, what a mundane, normal day consists of, taking a pretty normal train to work, comparable to thousands of sacrifices made without batting an eye. And the disease of mind claiming world slowly, and those struggling against it squashed, overwhelmed; and the infection creeping in the corners of ego. A world where common millions meet the gutter, (the reason of it as well as) foundations facilitating prosperity in their world being entities of godlike powers, surrounded by worship and protection - as civilization cannot function without them anymore.

[@TheRovingPunster]

Corpohammer 40k Am I doing it right?

[@conwaysquest6961]

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only C A P I T A L I S M .

[@jakcesleepingrn5739]

​@@random767612eyep pretty much every pm ending is a 'good' ending lob corp _almost_ had it library of ruina had it canto 1 kinda had it canto 2 kinda had it canto 3 had it and so on

[@mr.degenerate2804]

You should check out more of Milis songs. One of my favorites is their song Rightfully

[@CatharsisYT]

If the patron who requested the last two has anything to say, I'll be here for a while lmao

[@MrJpc1234]

I feel like this guy is too innocent for the Project Moon World haha

[@AklyonX]

In-game, both sides are excellent. Outside of it, realm of darkness is still excellent to listen to for other things.

[@gigablast4129]

im pretty sure the song is about being reborn a new thats from what i heard the book demian had as concept(havent read that book) as for in game it talk about the character sinclairs metaphorical rebirth from a coward to a braver man and the antagonists literal rebirth from a human to an abomination

[@itschur]

You really nailed the review!! This whole video gripped me until the end. I feel purified, almost.

[@arcanafool9738]

Love it !

[@andrzej335]

This is a boss battle theme btw. Just image the backstory

[@amazingyolo8494]

Welcome back glad you have a good time with your short break :D

[@Regolant1]

here waiting for love town.

[@arcanafool9738]

We dont speak about love town!

[@cibrig8719]

Yes I have been so afraid

[@PS2graphics]

Yes we have been so afraid

[@Esendetnicht]

こうやって広まってくれるのは嬉しい

[@felixhaiden6874]

im terrified how good that is.

[@lowes7734]

I can't wait for Fly, my Wings to switch up your perception on Limbus Company lol.

[@cooliobinch9408]

I‘m sure someone else pointed it out already and I’m super late to the party anyway, but I‘m pretty sure the first half of the song is not just based on Church songs but specifically Christmas songs. The Character who‘s boss fight this is played to is said to whistle a Christmas song as a form of.. psychological Warfair I guess against the protagonist of that chapter. I‘m not entirely sure about that part of culture in the US but being German both me and a Friend of mine heard that song and immediately thought it sounded like a German Christmas song. To the point that for the first few minutes I was convinced that I have heard it before during Christmas but couldn’t put my finger on it. Since the book (and arguably the character) are German I wouldn’t put it past Mili to have used that resemblance on purpose. Und nun zu den Nachrichten.

[@NovDaNov]

It's quite funny that lyrics still cannon to lore

[@kalleparkkinen6457]

Welcome to the Limbus brain rot friend !

[@HeatBlaze02]

the floodgates have opened

[@impoverlord3049]

Hooray Limbus Company! I love the Project Moon games. I hope you listen to more of their work.

[@aru5117]

It's a really new one for a game that hasn't released Globally yet, but I loved "Between the Rain" for Reverse:1999

[@HC-nt9yz]

It's Lamentin' time!

[@CheeseDBaller]

I remember how I thought kromer was gonna be straight PTSD for me.. And then.. Dongbaek (spent 19 days tryna beat this mf) Dongrang (But less because i beat bro relatively easily, he was lowk just kinda annoying for me) Ricardo (Until i realized base ishmael's defensive skill did funny stuff) 5-36 Dream-Devouring Slitcurrent (I suck) (as of writing this im still beefing with Slitcurrent)

[@NovaAeternus]

Bongy: (not much of a problem but he still could kill a sinner) K Corp Checkpoint: Smee: Mermaids: (10 turns in 4 waves???) Pequod Town: (they roll WAY too high) Queequeeg: Kim: Almost all the bosses in canto 6: (well, I only had trouble with distorted wolfman the second, don't remember anything else but there probably a few pit stops) Time Ripper:

[@brandonpulido8437]

es un temazo y de las mejores canciones de mili en mi opinion 🚬

[@ituwarinona]

Mili's song!? I love that band. My favorite is 「meatball submarine」!

[@soikynz]

So mili recently released key ingredient versions of both between two worlds and in hell we live, lament- I think you'd really like those as well!

[@Ramsey276one]

Got the recommendation for the theme, checked the boss fight Should have known that image was not going to be accurate... I had seen previous games! Q_Q

[@SomeoneWhoHidesAway]

There is a new version of this song, released two days ago from this comment if you see this comment I 100% recommend checking it out, it's deeper than this one, I felt TERRIFIED on that one EVEN MORE.

[@notimportant8882]

I BEG YOU LISTEN TO MORE LIMBUS COMPANY

[@CatharsisYT]

I will be, no worries 😉

[@notimportant8882]

@@CatharsisYT i fucking love you, so sorry for the caps earlier

[@protolight1654]

[Courage to Triumph Fear] Sinclair...

[@protolight1654]

oh btw, this rip is missing the "silent part" when your trying to pass the skill check.

[@lIIelIl]

Hoping you'd do one for the lament version as well

[@moriyasanae8130]

yeah, every song of Mili is another style

[@JackTheGuner]

Next is "fly my wings"

[@lop90ful1]

Yoo seeing babymetal must have been sock anyway love limbus company songs Also love how they ar eimplmeneted intoa boss fights

[@かわくや]

これのlament アレンジも聞いてほしいなぁって……

[@Bystander_7q]

Hello Sinclair?

[@moth7579]

Finally

[@cgaminganims7046]

E g g

[@CatharsisYT]

What does this mean I've seen it like 5 times. Is it a reference to the game or is it saying I'm a "player in the making" 😂

[@roowdy6721]

​@CatharsisYT It’s part of the lyrics. The music itself is from a chapter 3 bossfight, and the entire chapter takes inspiration from a novel Demian by Hermann Hesse. One of the main themes of the novel is a bird breaking out of its egg, which symbolizes entering maturity. "The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born first must destroy a world" - a quote from the novel. The egg symbolizes the protected, vastly different world of childhood and innocence. But one must eventually break out of the egg to be truly "born" mature

[@CatharsisYT]

Ahhh. Must've been paying attention to the instruments at that point. Its a lot to take in 😅

[@cgaminganims7046]

Nah the egg is scrambled eggs

[@Cat-qo3cn]

An Egg

[@elvinmacospag6989]

If you want to go for more Mili & Project Moon, but want to steer clear of the darkest songs, I'd recommend Iron Lotus and Poems of a Machine. For the love of God, DO NOT look up From a Place of Love. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT LOVE TOWN.

[@ghostreaper100100]

It may not be limbus company, but another mili song from the same game series you can take a listen to could be gone angels.