Of Matches and Rust / Apollo Kepler

[@vanelily]

Streaming links!! Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5PTb5psZ5RA19M05KOVaH7?si=JoiI0huQR920Bf5UDCUaKg Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/of-matches-and-rust-single/1700763840 Bandcamp: vanelily.bandcamp.com/album/of-matches-and-rust Please remember to check out Apollo's channel!! He did such an amazing job on the vocals and i am so happy with the final result!! 😭

[@invisilibrarian]

Hihi!! I was wondering if you'd ever release the instrumental for OMaR!! ((jokingly) heehee Omar pikmin)

[@sussyboi007]

why is there only 5 of ur songs on yandex music? or was it someone else that uploaded them? if it was you why did yoou stop uploading to there?((( i love ur music but have no luck with the service i use. it seems

[@TheRPGNerd]

The melody reminds me of the game end roll /pos Also reminds me of the phrase "a child shunned by the village will burn it to feel it's warmth"

[@akuma4321]

i literally wrote an end roll fic named after this song holy shit

[@Brazilian_dysphoria]

Kinda my situation right now ngl

[@theverycringenogoodname8453]

YESSSSS

[@apollokepler]

oh nooooooo i sure hope i don't accidentally strike this little match across this teeny tiny matchbook !!! i don't even want to think of what could happen if i were to somehow set fire to this gasoline-filled church !!! oh me oh my oh me oh my !!! oh my goodness !!! everything is burning !!! aaaaaaaaaaa !!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!! 🔥⛪🔥🚒🧯🪦💐 (i am deceased)

[@Ashevzkyi]

OH SHIT ITS BURNING

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

RANDY YOUR CHURCH

[@EliTheSilly]

HELPP ADJDJDJJD

[@REALlycoUSER_scratch]

Wait, what’s that smell? OH SHIT RUNNNNNNNN

[@jaimejones-q1u]

The priest who fell asleep in the confession booth: 🫥🫠

[@LevitheEldritchAbomination]

"Ain't it funny you can't bear the same sort of agony you forced me to emulate" is a lime that hit so hard for me.

[@ninapoot9223]

same

[@squishyseraph7780]

Who's hitting people with limes with catchy lines inscribed on them?

[@LevitheEldritchAbomination]

@@squishyseraph7780 my fucking dyslexia

[@burgerhouseinthehouse2079]

🍋‍🟩🍋‍🟩🍋‍🟩🍋‍🟩🍋‍🟩🍋‍🟩

[@LevitheEldritchAbomination]

I don't know if my dyslexia was a blessing or a comedic curse in this instance

[@minisnormal]

THE CALLBACK TO HIGANBANA MILK TEA HOLY SHIT

[@angxlz_eyez]

YEAHHHH WHY IS NOBODY ELSE TALKING ABOUT THISSS WISIAHBEJEJDNSKEKOENE

[@LevitheEldritchAbomination]

Wait, where is it?

[@muntasirchowdhury9928]

very end

[@Rubin_Rubinia]

YEAH! I've been listening to that song a lot recently and when I heard it in this song I was like "Hey, I heard this before"

[@Rubin_Rubinia]

@@LevitheEldritchAbomination It's right at the end: "Picking at flowers by the footsteps of your grave Eating the throns trapped in a monochromatic daze They say it's nature, No I can't just run away Wait! Don't go! Won't you help dissect my brain?"

[@undercovercorvyd]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE BURNING CHURCH WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jigsawllie]

HELP SKJGKH 🔥🔥🔥

[@youwishforbile]

WE MADE IT OUT🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥

[@cinguloapathy]

that guy isn't though

[@mwcat3980]

WE ARE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@yeet1066]

AND THE CROWD COMMITS BLASPHEMY 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🔥🔥💯

[@onehourzerominutes]

man i sure love it when i listen to vane and and my matches start rusting

[@x3Lilly]

Relatable asf

[@suredoeslikeexisting]

this better not make my city’s temperature higher than it already is

[@caseyleichsenring4613]

fr im boiling

[@localanon2906]

OOF

[@MonochroMenace]

The video and the production on this track are awesome!! Apollo's vocals compliment the song perfectly too. This song is so awesome ahhhh

[@CallMeEchoNow]

I DIDNT EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE MONOCHROMENACE HAHAHAHA- (i love your music sm)

[@MonochroMenace]

@@CallMeEchoNow 👀

[@RadioactiveSushiOnMercury]

Omg hi monochro!

[@3namega]

God I wasn't expecting how soulful and oddly heartrending this sounds, it feels like a lullaby but in retrospect, like a child singing to themself; absolutely beautiful holy hell.....also the callback to HMT is SO well done, the themes of abuse being justified through religion + violence passed on to children who prayed to the same god their abuser used to cover up their horrific actions are incredibly clear, tbh I can definitely see where the creative writing inspiration comes in here, your prose and poetry is legitimately gorgeous!! Kind of weird thing to say but I feel like you'd be a really good author, there's a very specific craft in synthesizing lengthy thoughts into single sentences and rhymes and you've really honed in on it I think

[@apunnojustice7475]

gonna burn this into my mind so hard whoever autopsies my body will be able to play this song on my brain like a record

[@Lockedupmymouthandthrewawa-x6b]

_siiiiiick_

[@mirror_raccoon]

for those that suck at singing along by ear Lyrics: Hundreds of years searching for a reason As the time passes by in a lonely cry Signs of a child lost to rusted seasons Can you find glowing eyes through the lunar lullaby's lie Fragmented parts form relentless beating Decorate winter days in a godless way For sin never stays under sacred reasons Yet I pray for escape in a fantasy filled daze And as your body hits the flame Ill watch the motions of your twisted face A sacrificial want a carnal rage Awaken everything i learned to annihilate And as your body hits the flame You ask a silent god if its to late When they find your battered body Trust that your ashes will be Drawn by matches and rust Thousands of years slipping through my fingers Imitate futile waves in a gentle blaze Heaven exists for the lost and fearful Can you find faithful eyes through the lunar lullabies lie Fragmented parts form relentless beating Recreate winter days in a soulless way For sin never stays under sacred reasons So i pray for escape In a fantasy filled daze And even through the night It seems I've come to find You'll never face the light The generational curse of our kind And as your body hits the flame I'll watch the motions of your melted face Hey ain't that funny you can't bear the same Sort of agony you forced me to emulate And as your body hits the flame You meet the burning of a child's rage When they find your battered body Trust that your ashes will be Drawn by matches and rust Matches and rust

[@wifi_axnori]

hii sorry just wanted to say "through the lunar lullaby" is actually "through the lunar lullaby's lie" i'm pretty sure !!

[@mirror_raccoon]

@@wifi_axnori ah thanks for pointing that out

[@EliTheSilly]

TYSM AIDKDDK

[@EliTheSilly]

I now have no breath left AJDJDKDKDK

[@EliTheSilly]

I’m now sobbing cause AJDJDIDIKDK EMPATHY IG THOSE LYRICS ARE EMOTIONALLY HARD AJDJFKFKF

[@Edlinklover]

i'm going to listen to this forever I think

[@vanelily]

I will die for u

[@insertcryhere2565]

BABE WAKE UP VANE MADE A SONG THAT IS RELATED TO HIGABANA MILK TEA!!!! Ok but in all honesty, APOLLOS VOCALS WERE SO GOOD AHHHH?!!!!!? THE ARTSTYLE WAS SO COOL AND I ABSOLUTELY ADORED THE MV THAT FRIEND DID !!!! AND THE SONG IS SO COOL AND AMAZING OMGGG!!??? You guys did SUCH an amazing job on this one! Hope to see more soon :)

[@spookysleepyghost]

Vane, this song has me crying (/pos, I needed to get it out). Your talent with writing is amazing, and (vague tw ahead) as someone with cptsd from csa and recent abuse I've gotten out of finally, I'm using this song to heal a little. It IS as cathartic to me, and I just wanted you to know how much your art helps me. The lyrics are beautiful, the visuals are amazing, Apollo's vocals are absolutely gorgeous in this song and really help drive home the emotion in it. I loved every moment listening to this, thank you for making it!

[@Brazilian_dysphoria]

It reminds me of how I was insisting on being christian but then I got baptized and then I realized I was not only polysexual but non-binary, I haven't come out to anyone about it but I just wanted to say thanks for this song, now I have something to listen to on full volume on the bus ride from school. (I get to add this to my relatable songs playlist!)

[@squishyseraph7780]

That's one way to find out. Good for you.

[@NocturnalDecay]

Gnawing at the bars of my enclosure thinking about the connections between this and higanbana milk tea bc of that outro... 10/10

[@AcaisStuff]

Genuinely I managed to miss any indication that friend did the mv on this despite skimming the description, I just saw words flying around during the chorus(?) and was like “Oh that’s definitely friend!”

[@starwingthestargazer101]

I got chills during that outro. Absolutely amazing.

[@ArtechnaYT]

THIS GOES SO HARDDDDDDDDDD there’s a lot of mentions to prayer and just overall christianity making me think that this might be about religious trauma/abuse or being so broken one turns to religion. not really sure if that was the intention, but the lines “you ask a silent god if it’s too late” and “so i pray for escape in a fantasy filled daze” really makes me think. also the way that the church is cast in an eerie red…. really gives fallen angel vibes or something. it slaps so hard ❤️

[@bapho-p]

Apollo's vocals are so amazing, and the instrumental absolutely fucks! This is so gooooooooooooood!!!!

[@glasswing3054]

I GASPED WITH THE HIGANBANA MILK TEA THE LYRICS THE TUNE THE VISUALS ITS ALL SO GOOD

[@juliemittel3931]

how more people don't use apollo kepler is beyond me, their voice is literally so beautiful wtf

[@Hannah_Z]

probably because apollo kepler is a person who needs to be reached out to and contacted

[@juliemittel3931]

@@Hannah_Z fair enough, i legitimately thought that apollo was some advanced vocaloid type voicebank and not a real person. still kinda odd how they haven't done a lot of music

[@cosmic-courtroom]

this is. a very cathartic and painful track. im not over and i’ll never be over all my trauma and i’ve accepted that but, damn. seeing some of it here and how i still feel some of it here just gets to me. vague cw. i’ve been through csa and sa, religious trauma, abuse, and more and this seems to capture a lot of that. the beginning of “sin never hides away but i do and i try to pray away in a daze” you’re grasping for straws, for anything you hope will work. and it never does. one of our abusers died last year around christmas and the end of the year, actually roughly around the time Scapeg♾️at was released and, that was the song that got us through the next few weeks and encompassed how we felt pretty damn well. but, this. this managed that also pretty well. the wanting of them gone, the wanting them burnt while you watch in tears, while you watch as they endure what you were forced to endure at their hand. it’s. :(. yeah. i get it. hope you’re doing okay vane.

[@somerandomdude2841]

Upon seeing this, my wig flew off in joy. I will now be going on a trip across the pacific to retrieve my wig while listening to this

[@criminaIdefense]

i was so excited when i learned i wouldn't miss this premiere. the artstyle is so pretty and i'm so hyped to watch my house burn down as a result of this!

[@RulerMyriam]

I'm convinced that it's impossible for Vane's music to anything less than absolutely spectacular.

[@LyndsayChan]

I audibly gasped when I heard Higanbana Milk Tea references at the end

[@SimplyTrulyNothing]

Vane dropping another banger for us

[@Averagerhythmgamer]

THE HIGABANA MILK TEA REFERENCE. I CANT😭😭😭😭😭

[@idk-cp6vb]

Wow, the emotion in this is so strong. I've only listened to it the one time so far, but there are already a few lines I'm turning around in my head. This is a very well-crafted work of art, amazing job !!! (Obviously it also goes hard, and I will be listening to this on loop for the next several days not only to try and better understand and appreciate it, but also because it is a banger)

[@cosmosis1601]

god this song *really* hits close for me. i'm glad this was cathartic for you to make, i'm sure it'll be cathartic for me to listen to when i hit a low point. absolutely beautiful visuals and music and the vocals were stunning.

[@giddyspiderboy]

everyone talks about how amazing the song is (fair coz thats true) but nobody talks about the letters boogying in the chorus LIKE WHY IS THAT SO SMOOTH

[@-cottoncandy-]

after the premiere, can confirm that vane never fails to slay the day away update: apollo has become my oshi

[@VardV777]

I thought it was only Ghost and Creep-p who could create this kind of beauty but BRAVO VANE YOU'RE IN MY TOP!! lol

[@cinguloapathy]

OH MY GOD HIGANBANANA MILK TEA ???

[@matura_to_bzdura]

I KNEW IT WOULD BE AMAZING 11/10 I WILL LISTEN TO IT FOR NEXT 2 DAYS ON LOOP :3

[@weirdghost]

SAME BUT LISTENING TO IT FOR THE NEXT WEEK THEN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AFTER I ENGRAVE IT IN MY MIND =D

[@horse.k]

:3

[@weirdghost]

@@horse.k :3

[@HarmonyBottle]

Ever just find songs that fit stories you made so well..?

[@somerandomartisthere]

Y e s

[@XadnarVorlexus66]

this one and higanbana milk tea, latter actually names an OC of mine AND TH CONTEXT FITS

[@VocaloKAT]

SO amazing!!! y'all ate so hard

[@PlagueR_aven]

AND THE CROWD ABOSLUTELY ADORES IT 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️

[@EliTheSilly]

HELP IT’S SO GOOD HEHEJ SO BANGER SO SLAY AJEJDJ IM GONNA CRY

[@Lefty006]

this has gotten stuck in my head. it's so good.

[@HamHamIsDeadInside]

i love arson and this song. even if it hasnt come out yet, i love it already.

[@Yourinternetangel]

IM GIVING BIRTH TO A CHURH

[@vampirecrayonzz]

WGAT

[@Yourinternetangel]

@@vampirecrayonzz I want to marry your pfp 😭 But dude I’m giving birth to a dam church

[@spawnofhell9360]

this is song is both extremely upsetting and sad whilst also managing to be a fecking banger It is very good :3

[@mwcat3980]

WE ARE ON FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Kittypawz972]

I know vane ain’t gonna read all this but idc :P Based on first impressions, I thought this song was a fictional story about an abused character rather than a direct artistic projection of the creator’s real life experiences. Realizing this now, it makes me have a whole lot of appreciation for a song I already appreciated a lot. It makes me happy to know that there are people like you, people like me, people like us that have gone through such experiences. Though, I’m still barely realizing that the things I’ve gone through might’ve very well been abuse instead of just bad experiences that I ultimately deserved. It’s difficult being so conflicted with doubt, guilt, numbness, anger and wanting revenge- I think this song captures those feelings very well. Great song for a person who can’t even stand outside of a church without having an hours long panic attack :P (me) It makes me think about how art connects people, especially since I have an OC that is just straight up this and is, admittedly, just a whole load of self projection ngl On the off chance that vane reads this, I love your music and it’s valued by me and a lot of people and I hope you’re pleased and satisfied with your art :]

[@bones_r_cool]

this sounds so good like ahhh I love it. apollo's vocals are so good and fit so well with the song. and just in general this sounds so good

[@LegalizedNuclearB0mb]

This song reminds me of the feeling of being shunned, and without the support needed for necessary growth, the feeling of being angry at those who hurt you.

[@centicreep108]

WOOOOO ARSON 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@REALlycoUSER_scratch]

This song is so good that the light started changing to the beat of the song, and I have my head phones on, this is EPIC!!!!!

[@jaimejones-q1u]

The vocals are something else 🏆🏆🏆

[@dingdongdropdead]

really enjoyed the callback to higanbana milk tea!!

[@Christopherthesilly]

Now whenever I am forced to go to Church with my grandmother I will make it a reference just like whenever I go to a restaurant filled with sweets 😭

[@YokisToothbrushLia]

god this is such a banger

[@NoOneUsesThis]

Yup, that's amazing. Love your work so much.

[@youwishforbile]

BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!

[@footlongdingledong]

happy birthday

[@youwishforbile]

@@footlongdingledong thank you :333

[@vampirecrayonzz]

I THINK IM LATE BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY EXPLODES!?!?!?

[@youwishforbile]

@@vampirecrayonzz THANK YOUUU

[@RosyEyedSweetpea]

Happy (late) B-day!

[@theimpostorafungus1213]

0:36 fragmented farts

[@wyatt3985]

Damn it, I can’t unhear it now 😭

[@moonlightnymph7975]

come on man

[@plurality-reality]

HELP

[@KittiLumpo]

loops this forever~ ❤

[@lusi05]

Although I haven't experienced abuse myself everything in this is so emotional I shed a few tears 😢 and I am so sorry for whatever you had gone through, Vane

[@DreWright]

Help I got an ad for a prayer app before this played😭😭😭

[@hachijuhachip]

THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD WHAT THE HELL

[@Evil_boop]

Oooo can’t wait for the song :3

[@eveclxre]

when you match on her rust or however that joke goes (this fucking slaps)

[@Crawlingjester]

I’ve been listening to this song everyday for the past 2 weeks someone help me the vocals are just omg and the music is so squeaky and silly and goofy like omg I think I’ve memorized all the lyrics and I love the silly person in the video I made an oc kinda based off them cause that lil guy is so coool and I love the meaning of the songs and the lyrics are just AMAZING I cannot get over over how good this song is my god I’ve also been ranting abt this song with my friends and my family I’m crazy over this song

[@CallMeEchoNow]

YAAAAAAAA!!! IM SO EXCITED FOR ARSON SONG!

[@alguien3586]

This new synthv sounds amazing. ☝️😍

[@ActuallyKayokanana]

11/10 I do not regret staying up til midnight for this Fuck my sleep this is better

[@dioxazineduality]

thank you vane for allowing me to explode before the premiere started. it was very kind of you.

[@Artemisanimatez]

“How many times have you listened to this song?” Yes.

[@CheesyD3mon]

dude your songs are always crazy good

[@Crunchhyybatteerrr]

ARSON. WOOOOOOOOOOO!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ShirotaniArt]

Why is everything you drop such an absolute banger aaaaaa ❤❤❤❤

[@Grounderboo]

THE STYLE REMINDS ME OF OMORI

[@EliTheSilly]

I’M SO EXITED IT SOUNDS SO COOL ALREADY AJDJDDKDKDK

[@Ghostieluverboy898]

I love this song sooo much! Its so good! It makes me think of when I used to be forced to go to church. A lot of those memories are good tho.

[@Kittypawz972]

Great song, it really resonates with me, this little angel guy is just like me fr

[@Oniromanciee]

You are so talented. It strikes my soul.

[@Chris_Crisposo]

IDK But the background music sounds like the song "Build God, Then We'll Talk" 🤨

[@jupiterisvibin]

YEAHHHH LETS GOOOOOOOOO !!! A BANGER AS ALWAYS !!!!!!!!

[@nessienessa]

I JUST REALIZED THAT THE END OF MATCHES AND RUST IS THAT SAME TO HIGANBANA MILK TEA. WELLL J THINK ANYWAY, I COULD ALSO BE GOING CRAZY IDK

[@VeryHungryShark]

Omg omg so exited for arson!!!!!

[@C_rps30fTh3H34rt]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL :D

[@jigsawllie]

AAA THE HIGANBANA MILK TEA REFERENCE!!!!1

[@Monochrome__ink]

The song is so good!

[@lyiures]

i see apollo kepler on the title i click

[@staticgutzz]

i genuinely love this so much,,,its so hhh,,n the vocals HOLY FUCK

[@no1gooner]

YIPEEEE

[@crystzllization]

I’M SK EXCITED

[@IkeaSquid]

Me and my religious trauma are jamming out to this rn

[@basilbrooke4449]

Somehow this song cured my artblock so thanks!!!

[@cookiiecupcaake]

Everything about this aaaaaaaaaa

[@AlternateAlz]

god i love arson

[@deadinside5299]

IT'S SO GOOD!!!!!

[@dynoq]

BANGERR

[@IamDefinetlyaBagel]

This is perfect for my oc..

[@pinkimark1018]

Words cannot describe how much I love everything about this song

[@NuclearBomb5000]

AUGGHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[@CyberCanine]

Adding this to the playlist to throw on when the stepdad that put me through conversion therapy dies 🥰

[@giddyspiderboy]

idk if this is gonna work but if you ever see him again put bleach in his drink

[@CyberCanine]

@@giddyspiderboy haven't seen him in 11 years and I'm thankful every day for it 🥰

[@giddyspiderboy]

nice :D@@CyberCanine

[@vollereirand]

im eating this song/pos