For the departed-Shayfer James lyrics

[@emptyshell5593]

The Edgar Allan Poe reference of the story of The Tell-Tale Heart about the beating heart underneath the floor of the victim murdered.

[@noeyedgirl]

Also "a drunken jester's final words" is a reference to another one of Edgar Allen Poe's stories, The Cask of Amontillado.

[@ajester4939]

I think this is based on Edgar Allan Poe's poems because there's actually a lot of reference's just in the chorus alone I think that the knocking at the door is from The Raven and the count to ten part is from count the ways I believe there's a lot more but I cant remember them all

[@twodinosaursinatrenchcoat]

@@ajester4939 I assumed that the knocking of the door was still referencing The Tell-Tale Heart. The protagonist of that story had just hidden the body, but there was a knock at the door because the neighbors had reported hearing a ruckus. The protagonist greets the police and treats them as guests before starting to hear the beating of the heart in the floor. The heartbeat agitates him to the point where he confesses to the murder just to escape it. I had always assumed that the very beginning of the song was a reference to that part of the story. Then again, it’s up for interpretation and I love the thought of it referencing more than one of Poe’s works within the first few lyrics.

[@ajester4939]

@@twodinosaursinatrenchcoat yeah that makes sense, also i love your user name

[@twodinosaursinatrenchcoat]

@@ajester4939 thank you lol ^^

[@sogekingreal]

Omg, ok, so I found this song and liked the beat, then I listened to it more and more and started singing it and realized JUST HOW MANY REFERENCES TO EDGAR ALLEN POE THERE ARE. EVERY TIME I SING IT I FIND A NEW ONE I SWEAR TO GOD

[@fagioli7063]

ME TOO. I immediately noticed the Tell-Tale Heart reference

[@masterjedi3884]

why did I just find this guy? he's great.

[@AMcGrath82]

Isn't he new?

[@Sysdof]

@@AMcGrath82 nah, this song is from 2011

[@jskloulubak9369]

this gives off vibes of a vampire couple being hunted down by an angry village mob

[@arandomperson5130]

are you that among us person?

[@jskloulubak9369]

@@arandomperson5130 hmm? sorry i'm not quite sure what you mean!

[@arandomperson5130]

@@jskloulubak9369 sorry wrong person

[@lestatsgirlypop]

Not just ANY couple A gay couple

[@jskloulubak9369]

@@lestatsgirlypop of course a gay couple I'm sorry if I didnt make that clear that's my fault

[@monochromedream-eatingbaku]

Idk why but this song feels like having a loud mental breakdown at a park at night. Or like a statue depicting someone screaming.

[@blaue_blue]

This is just Tell Tale Heart. Cool.

[@mwur6190]

?

[@elias499]

He actually references two of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. I don't remember the second one, but I'm pretty sure lyric genius has it.

[@qscertjv5426]

I know "a drunken jesters final words" are from cask of amontillado which is by Edgar

[@AMcGrath82]

Yeah it's not just Telltale. Amontillado is definitely in there and "plundering hung up promises" is Robert Louis Stephens (kind of a mix of Kidnapped with Jeckyl and Hide).

[@RamenTheCrackHead]

Man I thought the same thing!!!!

[@zoopy8855]

this dude is so underrated i love his music

[@00imz]

fr its so good

[@mrmrmeta3698]

This is my far one of my favorite songs to act to, it has such a perfect story to play out and that ending is just perfect for a big finish

[@she8284]

I can't stop listening to this art 🌌

[@gergyta9211]

I’m just imagining a dude who lost his wife having hallucinations about his dead wife, and believes people are coming after him, because he’s the one who killed her

[@ajester4939]

I think that's the plot of one Edgar Allan Poe's poems (witch I believe is what this song is based on)

[@gergyta9211]

@@ajester4939 that’s really cool

[@hays4475]

I need a short movie based on that

[@PepperMistAnimations]

Immediately Castlevania came to mind, Dracula's story in particular (just a bit different). I interpret it as the vampire being hunted down in his castle and he tells his wife to leave and save herself, so they say their goodbyes. However, they actually capture her first, "your cries become the wind." Then he pleads for them to let her go but his "desperate plead is left unheard." They then kill her in front of him, "then my contrived goodbye" signifying their goodbyes before were all for nothing, as it was unrealistic that any of them would be able to escape alive. Aaaand I just broke my own heart.

[@elijaaaah]

Magnus Archives vibes and I don’t know why

[@ahmedhorreigue9908]

This will blow up at the end of 2020

[@KC-cr9ew]

don’t jinx it

[@therealbigpapi7038]

Nope

[@ahmedhorreigue9908]

Well i blame society

[@elijaaaah]

It didn’t :(

[@anonymoussoap8310]

this didn't age well

[@sublimique2794]

Just a moment dear I hear someone at the door And the beating of a heart That I hid beneath the floor They've come for me love Save yourself I am far beyond repair They will bury me alive But I'm not inclined to care I am too far gone now So dry your eyes and count to ten They'll have me on the pyre by then Forget the man I used to be You'll move a long more easily A moment dear I hear someone in the hall And the plundering of promises We hung up on the wall They've come for us love Save yourself I am bitter to the bone And I'm growing rather fond Of the wandering alone I am too far gone now So dry your eyes and count to ten They'll have me on the pyre by then Forget the man I used to be You'll move a long more easily Now I must finish what I started I'll write a symphony for the departed I have no time for second chances So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances The scene begins Your cries become the wind A desperate plea best left unheard Then my contrived goodbye A poet's pantomime A drunken jester's final words Just a moment dear I hear someone at the door And the beating of a heart that I hid beneath They've come for me love Now I must finish what I started I'll write a symphony for the departed I have no time for second chances So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances Dry your eyes and count to ten They'll have me on the pyre by then

[@arandomperson5130]

r u that among us player?

[@alana5912]

if you want another song like this listen to "sex with a ghost"

[@kayleehennig7011]

This is so good

[@LovelessGod]

TEAHOLDING!!!!!!! TEAHOLDING SONG!!!

[@calebcorrea7556]

I randomly saved this song in my notes app 3 years ago and just rediscovered It.

[@c0ffee.lvr__]

Wait but why do I love this??

[@Finn_LP]

I'm just wondering why there's a Jaime Altozano's tutorial lo-fi song at the end.

[@MisterJtheGamer]

This is my theme-song!

[@maggie2556]

That’s more than a little concerning.

[@Digital_Fartist]

Are you… ok?

[@sethmorrison4468]

I feel that

[@victoria4987]

people that play dnd and are running CoS: Rip off this one as a passage off the tome of strahd

[@nh8253]

i luv u

[@theawesomeking5513]

anyone from the animatic?

[@alikat1739]

lmfaooo yes but this is a dope song too

[@owihl3110]

yessir

[@jaxsonevan3534]

nope. girlfriends suggestion.

[@fender6256]

animatic??

[@tory_ghostboi663]

Unus annus?

[@jellyboy8579]

This song reminds me of mono singing to six after the betrayal in little nightmares 2

[@ZZZ-xq9pk]

hi nova

[@zecrom1234]

HI ZUNAIR

[@zecrom1234]

did you delete the reply where did it go mummy guy libes in my heart

[@ZZZ-xq9pk]

@@zecrom1234 i thought it was funnier as'hi' 'hi' i have to think of the audience SENDING MUMMY GUY MY REGARDS I seriously wanna play dnd w u somedya tbh

[@leech_0349]

I love this song and am writing an essay on it

[@maggie2556]

Dang, what’s the essay on?

[@leech_0349]

@@maggie2556 It was an essay on the lyrics of this song and Shayfer James! Because I missed a band performance

[@maggie2556]

@@leech_0349 oh, that’s actually really cool!

[@leech_0349]

@@maggie2556 Thanks!

[@pandemicaunt6341]

Only 11 comments... That means I can finnaly be in the top 10 comments!

[@astrostar9188]

I have bad news for you

[@chetopng]

this feels like a witch couple that’s been found out, but only one of them has been found to be a witch and is singing to the other to calm them ig

[@dreaddeadfile5573]

Just a moment dear I hear someone at the door And the beating of a heart That I hid beneath the floor They've come for me love Save yourself I am far beyond repair They will bury me alive But I'm not inclined to care I am too far gone now So dry your eyes and count to ten They'll have me on the pyre by then Forget the man I used to be You'll move a long more easily A moment dear I hear someone in the hall And the plundering of promises We hung up on the wall They've come for us love Save yourself I am bitter to the bone And I'm growing rather fond Of the wandering alone I am too far gone now So dry your eyes and count to ten They'll have me on the pyre by then Forget the man I used to be You'll move a long more easily Now I must finish what I started I'll write a symphony for the departed I have no time for second chances So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances The scene begins Your cries become the wind A desperate plea best left unheard Then my contrived goodbye A poet's pantomime A drunken jester's final words Just a moment dear I hear someone at the door And the beating of a heart that I hid beneath They've come for me love Now I must finish what I started I'll write a symphony for the departed I have no time for second chances So I survive on bourbon, blood, and backward glances Dry your eyes and count to ten They'll have me on the pyre by then