Hawaii Part ii: The Whale (A Video Essay)

A Video Essay about Tally Hall Member Joe Hawley's gorgeous album, Hawaii Part ii, plus one of the pieces of symbolism in the musical.

[@Partptii]

Hawaii Part ii is an absolutely gorgeous musical! I had a great time listening and listening again to it! Like and subscribe if you would like to see this kind of content in the future! Go support Joe Hawley and Tally Hall!

[@Dersill6]

Im pretty sure that because the whale is mentioned during the part where the protagonist dies its saying that the protagonist is now a whale sailing the sea's (most people say he drowned so im taking that idea) and the whole "You look quite divine tonight" is probably him actually seeing his lover again

[@TakaOh]

The piano mashing after the “signed yours truly the whale” is my favorite part of the whole album, I think it’s haunting and beautiful

[@chiatomas4877]

Mine is the piano mashing after "you'll live forever tonight / But things are different tonight" in Introduction to the snow / Dream Sweet in Sea Major (I know this is all from a year ago but I just now watched the vid)

[@oneforsorrow]

one of my faves is that part in Murders with the harmonies “but the bees and birds who knew the words” ESPECIALLY IN THE DEMOS

[@ChompyBoy]

SAME

[@atotallyrandomperson3889]

we’re gonna need some more Hawaii Part ii video essays. There’s a lot to unpack in an album like that

[@pyxelm]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[@Forcoy]

Yeah. I also just want one to show it to people who think music nowadays is garbage

[@yasquerda]

There is a great one by a channel called Fort Collins Productions

[@cheesy3430]

The interpretation I like most about Murders is that Simon murdered his girlfriend after going insane (yes this means Simon wasn't faking insanity in the mind electric) and has no recollection of murdering her so he goes to the fountain of infinite mirrors (which I believe represents the unknowable truth) to find out who killed her but finds that he killed her. He is filled with grief and guilt (Murders of murderers living in fear of it) as well as anger and disappointment (all for nothing at all). The next two songs represent what happens after murders, in Space Station Level 7 the girl goes to heaven and in the mind electric Simon gets electro shock therapy. Other notes: - The girl's fate is foreshadowed at the start of the song at the line (she found the erlking, the lover,) An erlking is a European folklore creature that stalks children who stay in the woods too long and kills them with a single touch - I think the whitewood represents innocence and the blackwood represents loss of innocence - I believe Simon learns the truth at 2:41 which is represented by the seemingly random change of tone from this very dark song to classical then back to dark followed by the line "all for nothing at all" - "tree falling no one would hear" might be a metaphor for the girl's death in the forest that no one could hear/see - The first and last lines of the song represent Simon not knowing and then finding out the truth "He was in the forest looking to see the trees but none were there" (First lyric) "I was in the forest looking to see the trees but none were there" (last lyric) I think given the context of the rest of the album and murder's placement in the album this is the best interpretation i've heard. I love the entire album but Murders is really interesting to me because imo it is when the album truly becomes a story, not just a bunch of songs randomly thrown together. Let me know if you have a different view on it, i'd love to hear it!

[@sebwijnands2099]

this is imo the best interpretation I've seen so far !

[@mrshermzilla]

Actually, Murders is sung in the perspective of the murderer.

[@spookedspooks]

I thought this too, then I saw a video that says otherwise I’m so confused, I don’t mean the whole thing you wrote just he killed her

[@doubleaabattery7562]

You aren't even saying the lyric right. It's fountains of infinite meer not mirror

[@cheesy3430]

@@doubleaabattery7562 …what? Where did you hear that? Everywhere has it down as mirror.

[@aircaree]

there is a line in beginning bahamian rap city where Simon returns and says: “finally companied in omniverse dreaming sweat in sea” which without a doubt is confirming that after death, and after the end of his universe, he was reunited with the one he loved.

[@tally_hal]

aw im glad my boy simon got the good ending. good for him!

[@accuratecompliment]

theres multiple ways of seeing what this "whale" means in the album and background as a whole, i just love this album so much

[@christopherkimball350]

I'm glad you finally got to the Hawley - The Whale conclusion! Its really simple when you get right down to it - if you remove the y (the why) Whale is an Anagram of Hawle(y). You can see him in the background of the cover art - that is a whale's tail!

[@Partptii]

You know, that actually makes a lot of sense.

[@unbelievablysuccessfulbusi4940]

^^ “whale” is also part of joes usernames on some sites: whalejoey (an anagram of Joe Hawley). So maybe he could be the whale? 😳

[@waifutrash9072]

his twitter @ used to be WhaleJoey which is an anagram for Joe Hawley, he's the whale saying goodbye to us

[@bc2888]

The fact that this got recommended to me about 3 times this day probably means this'll blow up soon lmao

[@Partptii]

Hopefully!

[@xanderdaelevatedone443]

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[@benb5124]

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[@spookycleaningghost1474]

If I'm not mistaken, Space Station Level 7 is actually partially in French as well! Not fully in Japanese (Also, on the album cover, there's a killer whale. I dunno if that means anything but there's a whale I guess haha)

[@sandmaster1626]

Yeah it has some French and it’s the same part as Dream sweet in sea major

[@BlitzStudiosIsinsideyourhome]

That’s not a killer whale, it’s an angler fish

[@spookycleaningghost1474]

@@BlitzStudiosIsinsideyourhome There's an angler fish yeah but I guess when I made this comment I saw the fin

[@spookycleaningghost1474]

@MoonPizza Moray eels are pretty swaggy tbh

[@Provo_N]

Yeah, the entire time. I was like dude, just look at the album cover in the middle. The middle left. There's literally a killer whale. Come on. It's probably what he meant.

[@o.r5371]

the song "Dream Sweet in Sea Major" is about, like you said, a man sailing the sea and being captured by the siren's voice. I believe the whale is just another name to that person, since at that point of the song he is already swimming towards the beautiful siren, and now he is talking to them a moment before he drowns and dies. He says: you're delights surround us as we sail Signed, yours truly, the whale - so he and the other whales are the people captured by the siren's voice, swimming towards her. The song describes it as a beautiful experiance of love since its from the 'whale's' point of view, he feels like he's flying towards his love, but in reality, he's dying.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

"it feels like flying, but maybe, we're dying"

[@Artificial_Idiot]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 damn I was about to say that

[@guiguifaitlcon2598]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 I totally tought of this line

[@mint_marigold1229]

fantasia 2000 had a segment called "pines of rome" that starred flying whales

[@breadboy3792]

something I love about hawaii part ii is that the discussion comes souly small content creators and comment sections.

[@Partptii]

Exactly! Hawaii part 2 is so good but so niche!

[@lolbox1859]

​@@Partptii did you know that the KZbin lyric video version of the mind electric is the reversed version of the Spotify version, hence the differences in both parts.

[@LaraBartel]

You know that text generator AI where you can enter like two deep sentences and it tries to complete it and it sounds super deep but meaningful? That's Miracle Musical

[@Partptii]

I don’t wanna say you’re right but you’re right

[@AnaisStAmant]

literally, the first time I heard this song was back when I had to read Moby Dick for english class (yes, it was a very long book), so I've always associated the two with each other. Both the song and the book have a deep sense of loneliness. The first line "alone at the edge of a universe humming a tune" is just one example. In Melville's book, captain Ahab is on a doomed quest to find the whale; and it's as if nothing else in Ahab's world exists except himself and the whale because of his hyperfixation on revenge. In a way he is perpetually lost at sea because his life (and the meaning of it) is incomplete without this monster whale. and i find that incredible sad. just like joe hawley's song feels sad (it could be due to the echo in his voice plus the melody itself) I doubt that Joe made this connection on purpose, but I still like to think about it. great video btw

[@lochnessmobster9026]

“the whale” may also be a nod to the legend of zelda link’s awakening, specifically the wind fish, who has the appearence of a whale. The whole story of the game may be an inspiration to the story of hawaii part ii, and the music of zelda games, like that of the wind waker most definitely inspired some of the album’s melodies

[@Partptii]

Oh and like Ganon’s laugh in The Mind Electric!

[@lochnessmobster9026]

@@Partptii exactly

[@lochnessmobster9026]

I'll probably make a video essay on hawaii part 2 of my own one day on what i think the story to it all is, but I saw an interview where joe hawley is asked what it all meant, and he said that even he doesn't really know. It appears to be a big amalgamation of just about everything weird going on in joe's head. Hell, Banana Man is the one who sings "Black Rainbows," as the music video seems to imply.

[@tally_hal]

@@lochnessmobster9026 more proof about banana man just going on a vacation in hawaii lol

[@bigmanbazzaaa]

This could be true because joe hawley does reference the legend of Zelda series in some internet show clips, and also ‘Hoodz ‘n the Woodz’ does sample the Faron woods theme from legend of Zelda: twilight princess, so it’s obvious that he is probably a fan of the LoZ series

[@froderickfettuccine8983]

As much love Hawaii: Part ii receives from its fans, I wish there were more analysis essay videos like these. Thank you!

[@deadbread3459]

I've always assumed this part was him dying to the sirens and the sirens and the whale was referring to the sirens. It's cool how so many people have such different interpretations of the album

[@penntopaper9305]

i always thought that the whale represented simon while the octopus represents "stella" (a common name that people refer to simon's lover with)

[@JimmyDThing]

The reason this album, and this song in particular, is because it's clearly containing a meaning without being too objective or obvious. It allows everyone to connect with the thing deep down underneath Joe's particular experience that he's expressing through his music. That's the difference between good and great.

[@Clown_Sydney]

2:50 it's not the only mention of a whale It can also be a nod to the the music video of isle unto thyself where a whale and an octopus are dancing together, it gets crazy and they're turned into different creatures they get split up and then and falls down they're back together dancing again, a whale and an octopus, it can be a nod to how their story goes simmalerly

[@Bl4ckM00nL1l1th]

this is what i was gonna say :)

[@literally_a_crow]

God finally some tasty analytical Hawaii Part II content. I've wanted to deeply explain my idea of the plot to someone so for so long.

[@Partptii]

Yeah! I hope to make a video of my take on the album’s story someday!

[@literally_a_crow]

@@Partptii i wish i had the courage/talent/patience to make some animatics.

[@cagakm]

Great video! I've not seen many people discuss Hawaii pt.ii and all its various odd themes but you have done a marvellous job talking about one of the weirdest aspects of the album.

[@Partptii]

Thank you! It’s one of my favorite Musical albums and I saw a stunning lack of people talking about it online. I thought I’d give it a shot and try to delve into one of the parts that confused me the most.

[@samcheese4303]

Never forget that he likes to layer references. Sometimes he has multiple meanings to one line

[@fel293]

I don't really see why Simon must be dead at the end of the song? In my head he just died after he was devoured by the whale, or after he drowns dunno. He became insane after The Mind eletric and lost himself in the Labyrinth. Remembers about his dead girlfriend (That he killed in murderers) during Time Machine. And during Stranded Lullaby he becomes part of a shipwreck and start to float aimless at the sea THats when Dream suite starts the whale could only be what he saw after a shipwreck or even something out of his crazy mind, since he even hears Sirens At least thats how i see it

[@Partptii]

Really cool analysis! What I like about the album is that you can find any interpretation in it!

[@fel293]

@@Partptii edited a little so what i said can make more sense! But it was a interesting video, exctly cause we had such differents points of view. Hope that i explained myself better!

[@stoopidapples1596]

I don’t think he was responsible, he was just blamed for it. Alternatively, maybe he murdered the murderer and that’s why he was convicted.

[@EIGHT-LEFT]

Love the piano mashing, my favorite phrase in the entire album

[@embodimentofawkwardness7734]

Very good essay! One thing though, I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the thought of the characters coming back as whales! After all, in “Isle unto Thyself” Simon says “Why did we deserved to be revived?” Also, in “White Ball”, they say “Today is renewed, Is reborn, Each day, I am new I am yours” and “Marble Gods tango circles in space, Round the already dead, Hung by staircase.” I believe the most convincing evidence that the lovers have at least been reborn is the fact that “Space Station 7,” when translated, is actually about departure from heaven!

[@kowalski2385]

Glad I found this, and as for me, my first impressions were "This is DELIGHTFULLY HORRIFYING!!" I drew much speculation from lovecraftian themes! The Whale being an incredible being, enormous, incomprehensible and a sort of adventure Godlike being. The album makes me think of a date at the end of the universe, trapped in eternity with the Whale. "You'll live forever tonight" "it feels like flying but maybe we're dying" "Believe me darling, the stars were meant for falling". Not in order, but all striking to me, and the funny French esthetic of being romantic, is a wonderful touch. I really love creepypastas and redditnosleep, as well as SCP where the freaky and unexplainable things occur, where not all happenings derive from historical or mythological aspects. At least in meaning.

[@LuxyHugs]

I know this video is like a year old, but I just want to say that I thought the whale was Simon, as implied in the music video for Isle Unto Thyself. We follow a whale evolving before eventually reuniting with an octopus it loves. Your interpretation is cool too, thats just how I saw it.

[@blablibla7228]

Very great video! I find much of the beauty in Hawaii Part ii, is that every listener can have different interpretations and how something as small as one line can lead to a deep dive of research

[@RoyaleFlamingo]

I love that you decided to deep dive into something so small within the album it's so fun to pick at every little detail of hawaii: part II. And I agree the vagueness and weirdness of the album is what makes it amazing. It's so vague but so jam packed at the same time and that's why it's great. There's so many ways to interpret the songs because there is no real meaning. You'll never get to know the reality of every lyric so you're free to interpret and relate to it however you want. There's so many little details of every part of Hawaii: part II whether it be the lyrics or the actual music in the back. You can make so many scenarios and scenes in your head about how the song goes and would look within a real life situation, in which I love doing. Honestly, just every little bit about the album is just so strange and cool because there's so much work put into it with references and the melodies. I especially love The Mind Electric as it's so confusing you have no idea what's going on within the song until you actually get to listen to it and interpret all the weird messages and the weird cuts between the songs. It's so violent with the loud and confusing beat and that's why I love it so much. And again you are able to just interpret everything within the songs and pick out every little detail of it and that's why it's so much fun to listen to!

[@sushicat999]

Loved the video! This album is so special to me, and its sad that not many people know about it nor discuss it. Keep it up!

[@Partptii]

Thank you! The lack of Hawaii Part ii content is actually what got me to make this video!

[@ivy7946]

I’m writing a little book for myself based on this entire album and this video help a lot for what to write in the whale part… so I just wanted to say thank you for analyzing this part because I was having a lot writers block, but away thanks! :}}}

[@thewoodpeckers655]

3 things of note: 1. A hidden music video for isle unto thyself where the main character is represented as a whale who goes through metamorphosis to overcome changing environments. I am 93.527% sure that this is the whale Joe referred to in DSiSM. 2. One of the most important things about theory crafting that a lot of casual people theorizing about Hawaii Pt II neglect doing is once having a hypothesis, rechecking over and over again with the source material of the rest of the album to see if any previous interpretations changed with a new theory. It’s not necessarily a theory, but without supporting evidence from the other songs, it can be difficult to sell a theory, and a lot of information that is just assumed in mass is correct is a lot more flimsy than you believe. For example, Dream Sweet in Sea Major has a contextual meaning and a non contextual meaning, and they tend to be interchanged. As a standalone piece it seems to be about a sailor who is called by sirens and sinks his ship. A shallow meaning like this comes from a lack of context for seemingly unrelated lyrics that go nowhere in the song because it all ends here, and you *cannot take the lyrics out of context!* Here’s an interesting fact, it has been studied that as long as *7* minutes after someone is declared dead, brain activity is still observed. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that after the long build up to nothing at the end of the 7 minute song represents Simon’s anticipation of what comes after death as he becomes fully dead, but you wouldn’t know that if you took every detail out of context and just assumed he was at literal sea, instead of a metaphor because why would the answer be so straightforward now after an entire album of ambiguity and vague details? 3: So what exactly is the meaning? To answer that I want to ask how many distinct lyrical sections are in DSiSM, and by that I mean any times where there is a distinguishable difference between groups of lyrics. The answer to that is 11, and by excluding DSiSM itself and including Variations on a Cloud, you get 11 sections for 11 songs, that either take the lyrics,(“we are beyond a bow” -> Black Rainbows “above a blinding star” -> Isle unto thyself) melody, (Introduction to the Snow, Variations on a Cloud), straight up drop the title of the song(murders), be completely obvious even on first listen(Space Station Level 7) and the rest can figured out by relating t the lyrics to the meaning of the remaining songs. I am still working out the details of what this means including the order of them, but I believe that this can be used as a key for the chronological order of the album just backwards because we gotta remember that our only vantage point is from inside the mind of Simon, and anytime we go outside of that is likely him imagining what goes on without him. Make of this what you will or ignore it, I just needed to get this down somewhere where someone will see it. Let me know your skepticism, test my theory, I don’t care if I’m wrong here if that means I get closer to uncovering the full meaning of Miracles Musical!

[@monkeytime3169]

The music video for Isle Unto Thyself has a whale constantly evolving while trying to return to the octopus

[@TheBreadPirate]

That was not the answer I expected! But it makes so much sense.

[@vitus6944]

talks about the interpretation of Dream Sweet in Sea Major Background:*intense Banana Man*

[@neighborhoodofmemes8486]

dream sweet in sea major also has ties to the odyssey

[@laserwolfturbo36]

Jonah and the whale *is* actually about the afterlife in a way. In Christianity, the story is seen as a foreshadowing/foretelling Jesus' death and resurrection three days later. Symbolic stories like this are seen throughout the Bible and have meaning in both Jewish and Christian traditions.Since it's about death and return, I don't think it fits your thesis, but I thought I'd offer some more context to the story.

[@dannyrank123]

This album has become one of my most listened things. I've even listened to the demo album a few times as well.

[@phoenixplayz3162]

I'm so happy people are finally talking about this album

[@tally_hal]

aw hell yeh another analysis in my recommended today is a good day

[@mathewvincegarret9852]

A Truly underrated video I’m extremely fascinated in the album and it’s story and I think more people should share there theory’s on it too bad I found it a year late though.

[@TrueLimeyhoney]

1:05 "it has an entire song in Japanese" not quite, part of it is French. (: Specifically, it reads: "Un ensemble d'enfants/la galaxie s'étend/jardin de l'imagination//je dois dire bonsoir/lance-toi et tu vivras toujours ce soir."

[@persydiangelo8461]

I personally think Simon is the Whale. In the music video for Isle unto Thyself, the whale is our protagonist character, who we follow as he makes changes and ultimately reconnects with the octopus (who I'd like to think is his girl. The victim of his psychotic break, his murder victim.). I think the violent key smashing is a slight allusion to Murders, which makes sense with the idea I've presented her. He's saying the woman he's murdered, now that he's in the afterlife, looks beautiful, and now that life and existence is whatever, they can be together again. However, in her response, the next verse, the female character let's him know "we will be atoning" meaning she doesn't forgive him, even if he was insane, he still killed her for no reason, and she doesn't have to stand with that. I would write more, but im not one for mile-long comments.

[@jesscunliffe5175]

This one line always stuck me as odd in the same way, THANKS FOR THIS

[@wahwahster]

Interesting, in one of the interviews done on him he talks about how a seagull told him there was a beluga whale in the Detroit River, and how he can't proof it.

[@Emiizip]

This is my favorite album of all time, Great coverage!

[@somethinorother9207]

Interesting theories! Before this video I always thought “the whale” was referring to the whale in the Isle Unto Thyself music video, as I don’t think Dream Sweet in C Major has any leitmotif for Isle Unto Thyself

[@alecboi777]

The album was also released at 12:12:12 AM

[@mr.hi3219]

There actually is one whale in the album that you missed. In the music video for Isle Unto Thyself, it heavily focuses on a whale.

[@bababouille9707]

If it helps, in an interview, Joe Hawley said he was convinced he heard a Beluga whale in the Detroit river.

[@Partptii]

Oh cool! Do you know which interview?

[@bababouille9707]

@@Partptii video is called “band. Interview: Joe Hawley (2019)” by Emmatronics. Don’t know if it clears up your theory at all, but it’s Joe Hawley talking about a whale so I figured it’s probably important :)

[@44faithy41]

I really like your interpretation! The way I hear the album, I see the story as " intro - white ball: Simon falls in love with this girl, goes to hawaii, murders: goes crazy, and hallucinates a schubert opera character that kills his gf (but he actually kills her), mind electric: he stands trial, undergoes electroshock therapy, labyrinth: goes absolutely insane in the psych ward and hallucinates the scubert opera character, and it kills him, time machine: he has the stereotypical "my life flashed before my eyes" experience stranded lullaby: he's in purgatory and finds out stella (gf) doesn't know how to feel abt him (cause yknow he killed her) dream sweet: they reconnect and happily ever after :)

[@braedembenoit1107]

amazing video im very happy to see people making videos on this

[@Partptii]

Yeah! I didn’t see nearly enough video essays on Hawaii Part ii and that’s what made me decide to make this!

[@HoffayStudios35]

*There is a depicted as the protagonist in the music video for Isle Unto Thyself* Part2: pt. ii, seemingly unaware: WHAT DOES IT MEAAAAAAAAAAAAAN? I do like the connection to Joe Hawley as the Whale though that was pretty interesting stuff.

[@THATRANDOMDUDE99999]

We love Joe Hawley in this house

[@Partptii]

Yes we do

[@isakts8576]

it's always good to see more MM/Tallyhall content, thank you.

[@inventions178]

I dont really like to think of the whole mysticallness when it comes to the meaning of the album. I believe its a dead man's journey into heaven and past regret/sadness.

[@lj_fin827]

I have a possible meaning for the whale that is completely different from everything in this video: on KZbin there is a video called "band. Interview Joe Howley (2019)" and at 21:20 in the interviewer asks Joe what true happiness looks like he starts talking about meditation then he changes the subject to how he saw a whale in the Detroit river and a seagull gave him a knowing wink. He then admitted that he might be deletional (the way he said it implies he has had delusions before) because the Detroit river is fresh water but we might be in a reality where that's possible because there are at least three realities

[@neighborhoodofmemes8486]

joe hawley at his weirdest was his own album

[@Partptii]

That’s true actually

[@Arraydeess]

Joe Hawley at his weirdest? have you heard the Album Joe Hawley

[@LunNightMoonLight]

It’s my favorite album I love it all

[@FrontierSettler]

Great video! Thank you. This album is amazing

[@jacksonvill3212]

Call me a simpleton but I literally thought Hawaii Part ii was literally about Hawaii lmao and I just summed the whale up to the ocean by Hawaii

[@kiwyi6279]

My dude how to you only have 18 subscribers? Also this album is really good and i have been searching for ways to interpret it

[@Partptii]

Thank you! Yeah I love how interpretive the album is, but I needed some guidance to find the story of it!

[@joelbergen5110]

The game OFF has a similar issue in which halfway through climbing a tower to reach the second boss of the game, a giant floating whale appears in a combat encounter and does absolutely nothing. The creator has given no explanation as to why it's there. Sometimes artists just put whales in inexplicable places cause they feel like it. (Obviously the theories here carry a lot more weight, I just think it's funny that this is now the second thing I've gotten really into that just has a whale in a weird spot for seemingly no reason)

[@gatlina6019]

So I've never seen any videos or just people in general discuss hawaii part II other than the "oh it may be about 9/11" thing and OH MY GOD THIS IS INSANE I like how you traced an entire meaning about the whole thing just because of this line, I just listen to hawaii part II because it sounds pretty and the words are cool lol Also I like to see the lyrics and just imagine the literal stuff going on, like people painting halos around stars or something, it also looks pretty :D

[@wahwahster]

Joseph is the whale.

[@thefattie1436]

Damn a video essay becomes one if my favorite videos. That's crazy XD

[@colonelclev4500]

Hawaii Part II is just Banana Man’s vacation.

[@raythemanokit117]

Have you seen the Music Video for Isle Unto Thyself? Do you think the the whale esk looking sea creature seen in the music video could be linked?

[@josephgellman8965]

Good video. Such a wonderful album

[@Partptii]

It’s such a good album!

[@My_Butt6969]

New and improved interpretation of Hawaii part ii + ruler of everything and variations on the clouds. Before we start this is the backstory on how I found these, found the ruler of everything first then mind electric second but in a closet time period to it. I saw an explanation by the ruler of everything which explained the basic frame of the entire story like 2 years from the current writing of this explanation. This is what the songwriter got its inspiration from with the story and using some of his unused unfinished songs and incorporated them into the album. If you think of the ruler of everything as a demo, inspiration, and enactment of the man’s feelings throughout all of it (explanation of ruler of everything will be at the end). I found how the song and the albums themes and mood were overall similar then I dug deeper for the explanation for Hawaii which I think are false, which led me even deeper to my explanation here so please read and if you have any discrepancies please tell. I believe that the Hawaii part ii is a album detailing the story of a man who was cursed with immortality which is a curse bestowed upon him with the added factor of the passing time degrading his mind and the alter ego of himself infecting his mind and causing the death of his lover. The following paragraphs will detail how this interpretation is a suitable story for the album. The first song “Introduction to the snow” shows him reminiscing on his past life as he floats on the precipice of all eternity when everything fades away as he gazes upon the stars and his mind detailing how beautiful and bitter it is. The second song “Isle Unto Thyself” starts us off with an ethereal sounding chant that might have been the goddess he and his lover worshiped or himself reminiscing on the past. Then it cuts to the man detailing how he met the love of his life and like the quote “why would it matter” doubting why and how it all started or maybe him being hesitant of love and how it may hurt him. The song I believe details his love and journey with her and him questioning if the memory was real then the song lyrics details on how when he was on the brink off death “Bled on the ground” he met the god and he was given the immortality he wanted and his alter ego too unbeknownst to them it would be a curse. Next it describes how the universe passed through and how he describes it and how it all died and him questioning his humanity as he ponders life. The song “Black Rainbows” is sung by the woman and is set in what I believe is Hawaii where the 2 lovers met and how they came upon Stella Octangula which basically defines a god(search it up and the theory of its meaning) the song follows how they saw the light that it shown and the possibilities and how beautiful their love and “it” was. (Btw the songs if you listen in order mix like a musical flowing together perfectly ) The next song white ball details a tango both physically and metaphorically kinda where they danced and detail about the future of the stars and eternity and their love together but later on it’s only him who lives forever. This song “Murders'' is a song shows the ego shows how it depicted of the love and how it pessimistically saw it and how he was in the middle and how all it wanted was the fountain of infinite mirrors which basically means immortality and how the ego took control and killed the love of his life and how at the end he gains control and spirals down into his depths of tragedy. The next song is the Japanese song which is translated to space station level 7 which basically details how humans evolved into going into space what it looks like but level 7 is a gate a final gate to heaven which the song constantly chants which leads me to believe that the man lives and is looking for heaven where his lover is and constantly looking for death. The song “Mind Electric” depicts how he was caught for killing his lover and how he is in court pleading to the court of his alter ego which they sentence him to death and how he depicts his degrading mind. And with his sentence he is sentenced to electric chair and how he depicts the electric corses through his brain and how his alter ego is becoming more present in his mind commenting on how the surfs work the ground and he plays with his mind and how it or him prays for it to end the torture and suffering. Next song is Labyrinth which describes how his mind is spinning and how he’s trying to get out and how now he feels like his past lover is following and has already gone to level 7 aka heaven. The rapper is the man and his mind as he acknowledges how he is running from the people trying to kill him and how he is in fear of his alter ego/god may cause the death of more and how he is trapped in this cycle. The song “Time Machine” is showing how he is now in the future waiting for the release of life and how he regrets what the ego has done, possibly conquered the ego or fused together because the other thoughts did not appear in the song. It follows his desire to go back with a Time Machine which he is awaiting to appear so he can go back and prevent all of it. The song “Stranded Lullaby” is detailing on him being stranded out in space and time and I believe he finally conquered his ego but became numb to the idea of basically everything with the only remaining shard of him being his lover and he is “lost at sea” or he has finally came to terms with his alter ego and he questions why it did what it did and why it was so lonely. The final song is “Dream Sweet in Sea Major” the final song based on my interpretation is where he finally conquered the ego and becomes and the god finally brings him the the promised land when he floated through space and finally reached level 7 where he finally is reunited with his lover as he savor the moment and the moment forever where the verses describe them going back into Hawaii and where they relive their love and what is to come as they love within heaven which he reached and the final verse he says good bye to Hawaii which is a representation of the ego torture and what he felt to finally get their as he grows and anew and will spend forever in eternity with his love. This is what I believe the album means in most sense. I believe the conclusion I detailed is what actually finally happened in that marvelous story which was detailed in the album Hawaii part ii. Now unto ruler of everything, before explaining remember that ruler of everything was way before and the ground for Hawaii part ii. The song starts out with “Juno was mad he knew he’d been had so he shot at the sun with a gun…” (please read lyrics to understand what i'm saying) implying that Juno/Man was mad because he got tricked into living forever causing for him to lose his loved ones, have the devil/ruler of time/ ruler of everything in the end being in his consciousness(like the alter ego) with its commentary and low tone. The song mentions the sun and how life expanded out of it and around it into the galaxy and the sun literally a god was there with Juno and how the sun knew of the deal he made and could have stopped him. “Every end of a time is another begun” is how Juno saw the passing of time, “you understand mechanical hands are the ruler of everything” mechanical hands being the hands on a clock and how time rules everything, and “do you like how I dance ect ect of the verse” basically states how Juno saw how man was obsessive over how they look talked walked and the view of other for their approvment and how they don’t care that they may “die soon” or disintegrate into chalk. The rest is fodder basically meaning he just bumbled around without meaning and how the time deity criticizes but emphasizes with him. Variations on a cloud first thing straight is not connected to Hawaii part ii or ruler of everything. Blatant reference to their song and overall theme but not connected. Also this supports why I think the ruler of everything is to be taken into consideration when talking about Hawaii part ii. Song starts out with 2 singers both the same person optimistic high tuned awaiting and departing for the future and seeing the beauty of it and the one who doesn’t want to leave the world and what they made and how it’s disappearing in a basic sense. The context is how basically 9/11 yada yada but in 9/11 people were getting burned to death and were stuck onto so people saw as these people were jumping off holding hands to their death which is what the singer is detailing their thoughts and life as it flashes before their eyes “a little bit of magic to end the world”. You can relate the lyrics to this no need to elaborate it shows how he tells of his mother and friends and how they were to him, what he built up how it’s crashing down, and how he/optimistic one accepts it how the memories keep on coming back and coming back as he falls to his death but happy and accept for what is to be for the life he lived and what may lay ahead. Very good song too. I believe this song was also a passion project to the viewers who understand it like a wrap up and gift for a final departure. And so too with these songs for it wraps up the explanation of this song and the rest of all of this.

[@user-ln2ot6qv8n]

I always assumed that the whale was the big fish thing on the cover that probably ate him

[@monalaker]

Thank you for putting this together, great video, I love this album . . and I was thinking the mythological Siren looked like Simon's dead lover, as it lures him to a watery death/lifetime together? I heard Joe referred to himself as Whale in high school or on social media a while back? Love the line "Doctor I can't tell if I'm not me"

[@andrewcabrera505]

In the music video for Isle Unto Thy Self the main character is a whale. Maybe it was more autobiographical in a metaphorical sense than we thought?

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

Not very relavent to the video, but I feel like sharing because it's one of my favorite words: A spirit or God who guides the dead to the afterlife is known as a Psychopomp.

[@dead_acc_t]

beautiful

[@isa-bp7ks]

this video will blow up soon I know it

[@moris_tm6670]

Man this video helped me understand the last thing of this album. The day I have time I'm gonna make a video essay about hawaii: part ii.

[@Partptii]

I'd love to see that!

[@moris_tm6670]

@@Partptii it will take me months, or even a year (since english is not even my main language) but I will make it

[@tweer64]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but isn't there a whale in the music video for Isle Unto Thyself?

[@Partptii]

Actually yes! I stumbled upon this after the release of this video. It can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maW1lqCYprZ2mdk

[@secretgreen2065]

the biggest mystery of this album: where's part 1?

[@kimjongunsucksbooty750]

maybe we'll get to hear it on its twelfth anniversary in two years

[@scuttlebuttino]

I am currently working on the video, it should be done around tomorrow or the day after

[@weirdeadz]

0:50 NO NOT AGAIN! I THOUGHT I GOT RID IF YOU! GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[@alilua2489]

Actually, i think the whale is the main character in the album, who is kind of a self insert of Joe into the story, the music video for Isle Unto Thyself follows a whale which would represent they both, and thats also explains the mind electric and the overall schizophrenia themes of the album, as Joe is known for having this condition

[@scuttlebuttino]

I am going to do a video essay of my own of this album because of you, i will credit you at the end of it and in the desc, my friend.

[@Partptii]

That’s amazing! I’ll be sure to check it out!

[@scuttlebuttino]

Thank you for the idea, that video is my most viewed one

[@gratefuldudegaming.8170]

I think the whales are nod to hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy just a theory cuz the well was so in probably it took the improbability drive to create it and they seem like the kind of guys who would be familiar with Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy

[@Ethannnmm]

Great video! I can't wait to see more content from you

[@Partptii]

Hey, thank you! That means so much!

[@austonbeals9693]

Literally the first sentence of this song got me to like the vid

[@Ed-ng4uh]

I always thought of the whale being whoever simon's love was with in the forest. And to me it always sounded like Joe was putting on his French accent to add on to that. The name drop and music makes it feel like a twist, and after the music descends into a sadder tone, it seemed like he was going to heaven, but instead he's going to hell for his crimes, to a star above the sun

[@darkofalltraits9149]

Nice Vid! It's been awhile since my last Tally Hall related Theory Video.

[@twatwaffle2593]

Fun fact name for a thing that guides a dead person to the afterlife is called a psychopomp

[@Partptii]

That’s so cool!

[@Zoinkerton778]

Hawaii pt 2 is so weird I love it

[@SkittyBeeper]

My guy released a banger video then dipped 😢

[@JoaoGuilherme-ou9ku]

Please do more!

[@nightmareeclipse2331]

Ngl until this video the thought the lyric was “signed yours truly the will”

[@pcstudios182]

Although it looks like you put a lot of effort into your research, the answer was right under your nose the entire time. "The Whale" is simon, it is our main character. This can easily be deducted from the Isle unto thyself Music video, where our main character is represented as the Whale and his lover Represented as an Octopus. And the part in Dream sweet in sea Major where our main character says "Signed yours truly the Whale" is where is he has drifted out of sleep while lost at sea, and is confusing the siren for his lover.

[@OW4N12mg]

Great video man! You need more views for this!

[@katfulcoded]

i am not late by any means what are you talking about anyways i might have the answer to your question the song "isle unto thyself" actually has a music video and the main character is guess what? a whale! hope this helps (if you see it)

[@egdims420]

I love this.

[@kingwolfie0849]

the song thats in all japanese also has some french in it. and it was sung by bora.

[@flopperconsumer]

See how comprehension plays around?

[@emmylarrew]

amazing video!! i love your narration and this analysis is so lovely

[@Partptii]

Thank you!