Toehider - "Concerning Lix & Fairs" Lyric Video

An animatic lyric video telling the story of how our moustached hero Lix met his tiny companion, the dart frog Fairs.
This is a piece from a much larger puzzle of epic Toehider folklore, starting with
"Malcolm, Dust 'Em" - • Malcolm, Dust 'em
continuing with "What Kind of Creature Am I?" - • What Kind Of Creature ...
and "I've Been So Happy Living Down Here in the Water" - • I've Been So Happy Liv...
You can preorder the new album "I Like It!" right here - toehider.bandc...
And also jump on the patreon to hear and see new stuff before everybody else - / toehider
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Concerning Lix & Fairs, well that’s a good‘un
And I hope you have the ear strength to listen to the whole thing
Lix was a good man, to be sure, and sure liked to have his good fun
And like everyone, he has his flaws, and yep, overpartying’s one
So when Malcolm came in to dust the suspects, Lix fired a shot of “All-Ray”
With a whoosh he was whisked to the nearby woods, and time skipped to later that day
Ok I’m not sure, I can’t really say Just how he obtained that weird “All-Ray”
Nah I don’t know, (and I really don’t care) But I remember the night that Lix found Fairs;
A poison dart frog clicks fingers that’s right! A bright tiny son-of-a-gun
He spotted the leap-about late that night while trawling the woods for his son
So Lix picks him up with a stick ‘n says “hi” to his new dendrobatidae chum
“You’re small as a tick - I’m calling you FAIRS” It lept in the brim of the hat on his head
2 new friends, an unlike-ely pair The old mate Lix and a frog named Fairs
2 best friends, the inseparable pair The moustached Lix and the dart frog Fairs
In the fragile hours of the night/day downgrade
They came across the eggshell, and weird track marks in the sand
Followed them for oh, maybe 7 hours?
Through trampled weeds and flowers
It led them to the site
Of the parliament of owls at their annual meeting
Another baffled greeting, as they explain “He was just here!”
They drew another map, and so he headed westward
But the owl’s directions and the creature’s tracks didn’t correspond...
Lix was a mess - a panic attack! But Fairs calmly croaked in the brim of his hat
A mash of the keys, and a shot of All-Ray Didn’t help as the same spot there they stayed
Now Lix didn’t know how fast he could run With a poncho, hat and a fickle ray gun
But I couldn’t time, I wouldn’t dare How quick was the air from Lix & Fairs
Now listener, don’t be sad When I tell you they almost nearly made it
They watched the creature dive in...
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The weird All-Knowing activates its suckers and it latched to that which hatched.
But soon it gets distracted - whack! Attacked there by our moustached hero with the All-Ray in his hand!
Then a frog to feast on flaps its flippers, so the fierce old cephalo
pod springs forth (with fifty hundred fangs) and goes to chomp our now huge
friend with poison oozing from its skin!
Fiddling controls again, Lix takes another shot but WHAT? Fairs leaps out in the way! Oblivious to what is happening
Suddenly Fairs is large! Big as a whale so Lix jumps on
oh no, the monster lunges, Lix has no other choice but to
Sacrifice Fairs, his best friend just to save himself
The squiddy beast poisoned, all shrivelled it be
The rock creature sunk on down into the sea
Lix swam to shore with tears in his eyes
And Fairs shrunk back down to his usual size
And Malcolm would pass, and who should he find?
Well, maybe we’ll leave that till next time

[@theayreonaut5930]

The entire Creature story needs its own album from beginning to end at some point. Its just so damn perfect.

[@timoalbert8819]

How many Creature story songs are there?

[@Letkharable]

@@timoalbert8819 Currently five. In narrative order: (I think) Malcolm Dust 'em What Kind of Creature Am I? I've Been So Happy Living Down Here in the Water Concerning Lix & Fairs Horse Song

[@DrewHultonSmith]

Best use of the word 'dendrobatidae' I have ever heard in a musical composition. Great storytelling.

[@Toehider]

Thanks Drew :)

[@flawlesswalruss]

when the malcolm dust em solo happened i FELT that

[@lunabeekhuizen8858]

I'm curious about the next chapter, there are so many more questions to answer: 1. How can Malcolm breathe and talk under water? Can Lix do that too, or did he hold his breath long enough to not die during the fight with the weird all-knowing? 2. Did the creature come out of the egg with that yellow coat already on? Or did he find it later? Is the coat a part of his skin? 3. Which of the guys the stone giant saw gave the creature his crab claw? 4. What did Malcolm do with the gold from the stone giant's heart? Did he sell it? If so, what did he do with the money? If not, why does he keep the heart of his girlfriend in his house?! (But I suppose it's also weird to sell the heart of your girlfriend.) Or am I just taking this entire thing too literally as I usually am?

[@leandronc]

This is my 3 year old daughter's favorite song. Thanks.

[@Roland1984]

Woah, the animated comics and old-fashioned written lyrics add a whole new dimension to the song! It's really good and I like it! (now, just to entertain a couple of mates from Patreon, Discord and Twitch: "hugs from Italy!")

[@DavidLaun]

Mattia Galliani Wait this is not an Ayreon video right? 😂😂😂

[@Roland1984]

​@@DavidLaun It's not, but I have a license to hug and I'm not afraid to use it 😂😂😂

[@vulkanofnocturne]

It is like a musical Rudyard Kipling story.

[@fjcomposer]

I haven't been able to take this song out of my mind since it came out. It's just so good.

[@Toehider]

Awesome man ❤

[@bakalaudia5620]

I don't know what to say, except the fact that I'm blown away.

[@TheM00tard]

Absolutely LOVE the link to What Kind of Creature Am I?, so good

[@ryanpetriello3461]

Just found out about y'all and I have been listening to this song on repeat for like a day now.

[@EU_DHD]

Must have been a good batch of brain juice that leaked onto this song. Absolutely amazing as always. Hope to see you live sometime again!

[@stenthesnake98]

Never would have thought the story from a random song all those years ago would have become connected with everything else!

[@The-Ink]

My favorite song from the Patreon project!

[@AinoHiat]

I love you Metal Mills!

[@lasagnastuffer2013]

FUCK this is so good

[@michaelodempsey9282]

Was so hyped when I first listened to this song, 'Malcolm, Dust 'em!' is one of my favourite Toehider songs and when that solo kicked in I lost my mind. After repeated listens, and following the lyrics to try and follow the story it just keeps getting better!

[@ChimpityChoo]

It's easy to say something is awesome. THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Here I am thinking how great these tracks are. Now I am pumped to hear them again (and again...) What a paradox. Being extremely familiar with all the music on the upcoming album while at the same time being excited for it's release.

[@Vynterchilld]

Damn Toehider, your stuff is consistently brilliant!

[@Rurexxx]

5:24 How many voices is that? It sounds like a nuclear warning siren accompanied by the choirs of angels, and an earthquake in the background. The levels of epicness are getting ridiculous here

[@DavidLaun]

I so love my Lix & Fairs T-Shirt I got through the Toehider Patreon project! If you like Toehider go support Mike and Salty over there! They absolutely deserve it!

[@xavilend]

Brilliant!

[@GermanGarciaHN]

M.A.S.T.E.R.P.I.E.C.E. 😯👌

[@vaclavnovacek9940]

This is brilliant! And I absolutely love that part in which Lix found Fairs :)

[@AndreasVNesje]

What kind of creature was that? Beastly song, love it!

[@Jiggerjaw]

3:30 reminds me of Genesis. Nice track Mike, always a delight to here a new one from your one of a kind style.

[@isanagi]

This really needs to become a D&D oneshot. It would fit so perfectly

[@Chibrou]

That was pretty good, and no, my opinion is not incorrect.

[@katbaumann4017]

This album is actually redeeming 2020 for me.

[@KwanzaaJuice]

Simply fucking unreal

[@Ericsebastianharper]

You are a special breed, Mike mills

[@buckley94thmp]

About time this one got shared with the world, this new album is outstanding. Can’t wait for the release

[@whatever32]

This is such an incredible song, your longer storytelling tracks are some of my favourite prog EVER... that solo rips my face off, especially when I’m listening to it while driving

[@baptistebois5467]

Re-listening this song after maybe a couple of months (and been listening it over and over before that) I still discover little details ! Thanks Mike and Salty for the global awesomeness of this, we're not worthy x) !

[@sergiowillianremes5268]

Fantastic!

[@WaywardBrigand]

I like it!

[@GlamRockSydney1987]

This album is already coming in for top spot 2020 ;)

[@georgemckendrickbryce9863]

Toe Hider - One of the absolute best song writing projects in the world right now! 🤘

[@keepcontact821]

Another great piece of Art. Thank you !

[@antonmed31]

Great song!!!! Got some strong Jethro Tull vibes from the beggining!! Can't wait for the full album!!

[@69KroN69]

Defiently a masterpiece on many levels.

[@macgyverrda]

I absolutely love this song and have had on repeat for days and then i just discovered this awesome animation clip to go with it! This is absolutely amazing and I thank you so much for sharing your musical gift with us all! I can't wait until next time to find out what happens!

[@Toehider]

Cheers mate!

[@zachhogan9447]

I've been listening to a large variety of music for several, several years. I just heard this song for the first time today and it's already one of my favorites of all time. Great work!

[@Toehider]

Glad you like it Zach!

[@DavidLaun]

Yeah!!! Thx mike. Was waiting for this :) Pure gold

[@vladimirstanescu6616]

Fabulous track from a fabulous album !

[@KyoCalati]

i love this and i love your fantastic voice

[@CloudcoleVII]

I wanted them to save my boy, the creature. 😭

[@nilshult5115]

I do have the earstrength.

[@SamuelNovota]

Thanks for sharing, bro! Where is your Bohemian Rhapsody raw cover?! You gotta unhide it!

[@michanowak7060]

It's probably least expected output, but I find it similar to mighty Blind Guardian's acoustic pieces

[@DavidLaun]

Michał Nowak If this was „least expected“ you definetely need to listen to more Toehider songs!

[@thadjarvis9514]

This is fucking cool. Is there like a poster of that cover?

[@DrewHultonSmith]

So... did he ever find his son? (Sequel coming soon)

[@guitarguru186]

Who down-voted this, & where can we find them? So not fikkis...