In Legends - Rachel Rose Mitchell

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LYRICS:
I've been warned
not to look back along the way.
I might lose you.
I might lose you.
But no one thought to tell me
just how hard this would be.
Just how far can I go
without you beside me?
Are you still behind me?
I've fought too hard
to bring you back
to risk it all right now.
I don't know. It just feels wrong
without you by my side.
I need your glow, your angel's song
to put this mess to rights.
Move on are the only words
that I've heard for so long, and yet I
cannot fathom a world
where I would cooperate with their lies.
You're gone. They say I should agree
to give up. Leave your memory behind.
They say you're no longer here,
but you live on in legends.
I found you there behind the door
and held you 'til my hands were sore.
You've never felt this cold before.
This must be an illusion.
Enough to chill me to the bone.
You looked so lonely on your own,
so much I had to join you.
Please forgive me the intrusion.
If you were in a million pieces,
I would find them all.
From the valley to the mountain.
From the river to the sea.
I'd search the whole world for you.
There is nothing that I wouldn't do.
I'd scour every corner
and I'd venture underneath.
There's nowhere above or below
that can keep me away.
I'd risk it all to reach you so
we'll meet again someday.
Move on are the only words
that I've heard for so long, and yet I
cannot fathom a world
where I would cooperate with their lies.
You're gone. They say I should agree
to give up. Leave your memory behind.
They say you're no longer here,
but you live on in legends.
It's not enough.
It's all I have.
How can I give any more?
I need some way to find you
in that sea beyond the shore.
Move on are the only words
that I've heard for so long and yet I
just don't know how to live in a world
where you're gone, and that isn't a lie.
Say something. This silence is more
than I can bear. Don't leave me behind.
They say you're no longer here.

[@aethersparkle2135]

I love this song because of the concept and also how you can imagine a story about grief and necromancy, or you can associate it with blorbos from your shows (and there are multiple blorbos I associate this with) But you can also have them be trying to bring back, say, a place rather than a person, or a fallen-apart community represented by said place Or have the person they're grieving/trying to resurrect be _themself,_ trying to get back to the person they used to be to the point of self-destruction

[@JH-cp8wf]

I think my favorite part of this is the bridge with voices saying"move on"- just loudly and clearly enough that you can make out what they're saying, but just muffled and quietly enough that you can /pretend/ you can't. It really captures the spirit of knowing what you're doing is unhealthy but refusing to admit it to yourself almost completely in vocal performance, and that's very cool.

[@marieb4496]

Ok this one made me cry last night. I imagine that this is from the opposite perspective of Something You Don’t Know or the singer from Glow in the Dark 😭 Makes me want to write

[@Runealin]

literal chills, absolutely love the lyrics and melody in this!! i especially love the second verse, and the chorus. also slightly unrelated but i love the little guy that comes out when it's the instrumental part of the songs lol :DDD

[@LordoftheNightWolves]

The meaning on this is heavy

[@aethersparkle2135]

"The purest form of love is necromancy" -Someone on the Internet, 2020

[@woodrowsmith8333]

oh wow. fantastic, ty

[@ItwasKindryte]

I love the greek/egyptian mythology inspiration

[@RachelRoseMitchell]

i love that you caught both!

[@ItwasKindryte]

@@RachelRoseMitchell Just a quick question: Are there more mythology references in it that I missed? I always love to learn about myths and stuff.

[@RachelRoseMitchell]

@@ItwasKindryte it's just orpheus/eurydice and isis/osiris! i'd originally planned to have at least two more but it felt forced so i kept it to just them :)

[@ItwasKindryte]

@@RachelRoseMitchell ooo, what other ones were you planning to add?

[@RachelRoseMitchell]

@@ItwasKindryte i didnt have anything specific in mind, i'd just planned to pack it full of myths, but i realised i couldnt really detail them like id want to without making the song a lot longer than it needed to be

[@Dmol8]

A good synthesis of old myths into something new. Glad I listened to it.

[@chaoscretin5272]

“Move on are the only words That I’ve heard for so long and yet I Just don’t know how to live in a world Where you’re gone and that isn’t a lie” I used these lyrics as inspiration for a drawing (as I’ve done with MANY lines from this album) and I found that drawing again today and could not for the life of me remember what song it was from so I went down a RABBIT HOLE trying to find it. And now I’m here listening to the whole album. Again.

[@Merisu_Sheep]

THIS IS SO BEAUTFUL

[@EldritchMcPie]

Okay, so does this go on my Necromancer or my Bard playlist... I think Bard fits better.

[@RachelRoseMitchell]

why not both? :p

[@ishner]

necro for sure

[@EldritchMcPie]

@@RachelRoseMitchell Excellent Point.

[@thessliawolf6516]

Bard necromancer- main song is spooky scary skeletons for combat.

[@Lookout_Kid]

Is this song based off of the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice?

[@RachelRoseMitchell]

partially, yes!