will wood and the tapeworms - mr capgras encounters a secondhand vanity (lyrics)

XXXI - Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity: Tulpamancer’s Prosopagnosia​/​Pareidolia (As Direct Result of Trauma to the Fusiform Gyrus)
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You're trying to replace yourself
You’re trying to replace yourself, you’re trying to replace yourself
You’re trying to replace yourself, you’re trying to replace yourself
You’re trying to replace yourself, you’re trying to replace yourself
You’re trying to replace yourself, you’re trying to replace yourself
Carving out a fact from a reckoning, beckoning you back, skin sagging off its skeleton
Levitating off the ground is another man wearing your face
All the other false identities, remedies or enemies to mitigate your memories
Shuddered at what they found when they stripped away the grace
Eulogy or biography, I’m who I oughtta be, and that is God to me
(never never never)
So, my God, what’s wrong with me? If who I wanna be might be
Never Never Never. Never Never Never. Never Never Never. NO, NEVER!
You’ll never take me alive, baby. You’ll never take me alive
You’ll never take me, you’ll never take me, you better pray that I die
You’ll never take me alive, baby. You’ll never take me alive
You’ll never take me, you’ll never take me, and no, you’re never gon’ find
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Damn, I thought you’re not your imposter. You’re so sure you’re not gonna get caught
Dead in your own skin, but you didn’t choose what you were born in
And another man in your repertoire, ready in your head and fed upon your memoirs
Still the same rules apply from the birthday to the mourning
What you feel and what you do; are those things really you? And if not, then what is?
(never never never)
So, my God, what’s wrong with you? And I’m still asking who that is
Never Never Never. Never Never Never. Never Never Never. OH, NEVER!
You’ll never take me alive, baby. You’ll never take me alive
You’ll never take me, you’ll never take me, you better pray that I die
You’ll never take me alive, baby. You’ll never take me alive
You’ll never take me, you’ll never take me, and no, you’re never gon’ find
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
You’ll never take me alive, baby. You’ll never take me alive
(This is not enough! This is not enough to prove it yet!)
You’ll never take me, you’ll never take me, you better pray that I die
(No, I need to hit the bottom!)
You’ll never take me alive, baby. You’ll never take me alive
(This is not enough! This is not enough to prove it yet!)
You’ll never take me, you’ll never take me, you better pray that I die
(No, I need to hit the bottom!)
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!

[@saltydino7196]

Capgras delusion or syndrome is actually the name for the illogical belief that someone or something has replaced a familiar person/place.

[@tinypileofpolydimethylsiloxane]

1:20 sus

[@diobrando1616]

Like a skinwalker?

[@saltydino7196]

@@diobrando1616 in a way yes, but not necessarily a skin walker it could be anything

[@diobrando1616]

@@saltydino7196 me like skinwalkers lol

[@TonyToed]

like the not!them?

[@everyonesleastfavoriteoxym2661]

My computer when I drag a file with the same name and type as another file into the same folder:

[@echodeclown1598]

Can confirm. It's a nightmare having to deal with my computer telling me I'll never take it alive when I'm trying to save my research to get to the bottom of this.

[@Windy_Floof]

I hate when my pc turns into will wood so inconvenient

[@cucumber-icepop]

Haha, Johnathon, you are trying to replace yourself

[@therealspyfromtf2]

nice pfp

[@chromepaintaddict9787]

"It's *my* dysphoria, *I* get to pick the song"

[@recyclingbin7426]

I apologize for replying three months too late, but I need to say that this comment is perfect and I relate to it unreasonably well

[@Rivwe]

will wood is an ABSOLUTE icon for trans/gnc people

[@recyclingbin7426]

@@Rivwe Will Wood, Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Icon

[@phantomaeon]

@@recyclingbin7426no because will is just such a gay/trans icon, not in the way that he is gay/trans but in the way that he is an icon among the community 💀

[@Phantom682]

Pretty much yeah

[@Razputinsgoggles]

I know this song is about capgras delusion but it sorta sounds like it’s about someone with a people pleasing complex in some parts like the “another man wearing your face” is like changing your personality for another persons praise

[@Razputinsgoggles]

And “what feel and what you do, are those things really you?” Also makes me think that

[@Razputinsgoggles]

Yes I am projecting onto a song

[@stella-maekid-vids81]

🥲relatable

[@aurorapalazzo4831]

@@Razputinsgoggles FELT

[@alecthemoron8486]

Oh I saw it more as a DID/OSDD thing, but that's really cool

[@meiru2453]

I love that almost every song in this band has a moment that refers to another/previous song, just like this one has beat from Mr Sunshine is Dead, and Mr Sunshine is Dead has fragment from Cottards' solution

[@-SteampunkTraveler-]

also "Give me my shovel I'm going in" is strong in here

[@StarryNight--]

@@-SteampunkTraveler- Hand*

[@fullscopejedi2272]

​​@@-SteampunkTraveler-I was just about to say that the (This is not enough to prove yet) is combined in this song too.

[@Synark25]

Mr Sunshine

[@CheeseProductions]

The art of the concept album! Self-Ish is absolutely brilliant and I love that almost all of the songs are connected to eachother.

[@cathacker13]

3:07 wait I've never noticed those background hand me my shovel lyrics, that's such a cool touch

[@bleuorchids]

Also the music before that was Dr. Sunshine is dead which i thought was cool too

[@cathacker13]

@@bleuorchids this entire album is so interconnected, it's crazy

[@stinkyrat5357]

THATS SO COOL WAIT

[@deviantsemicolon618]

Wait that’s actually really cool

[@PauloSergio-rd5my]

I noticed it today early

[@theheadacheking4869]

For FUCK'S sake, can somebody replace my goddamn shelf already!

[@garrettquartararo201]

Yes. 1:47

[@AriLolzz]

Listening to this while drinking a caffeinated beverage as my brain is going the speed of the large hadron collider is an experience

[@bruh.mp40]

Bros brain is running on cherenkov radiation 💀

[@Windy_Floof]

I'm sorry, a WHAT

[@dragonmage1175]

​@@Windy_Floof brain going Mach Fuck

[@boo4141]

The artist urge too make an oc that has the same exact vibes as this

[@rad1calspirit]

what a mood

[@Out.of.serviice]

You explain my entire thought process to this song

[@GearTech147]

Same, but as a writer

[@flyoutfate7462]

the writer urge to add this to an oc playlist

[@heplexioh3103]

Omg, made one to another song frim will, anddd this is his mood "-"

[@sarcophiliac]

Everyone talking about capgras syndrome but let me tell you about tulpamancy. Tulpamancy is forcing an identity to become real by spiritual force. There's a lot to it but there's definitely stuff in here about alternate identities

[@toolatetothestory]

Aren't Tulpas basically just "fake it till you make it" hallucinations?

[@sarcophiliac]

@@toolatetothestory For some people. In my experience I accidentally made a Tulpa before I even knew what they were. Lmao

[@toolatetothestory]

@@sarcophiliac So a normal hallucination? XD Just teasing x3

[@natureswrath7665]

Slight correction: most tulpamancers view it in a psychological model, but some use spiritual ones.

[@ajpgofacoconut6191]

ok but what's prosopagnosia?

[@nercandy3152]

This has to be the most insane song I ever heard and it’s driving me crazy

[@maxortiz8795]

The whole album is like this it’s beautiful

[@nercandy3152]

@@maxortiz8795 I know right??? It’s giving me more energy !!!!!

[@thilsiktonix]

I love it

[@diobrando1616]

Thermodynamic Lawyer

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

god i wish i could experience this song for the first time again

[@christopheredwards8219]

Theory: The entirety of Will Wood's album Self-ish is just him trying to hunt down a skinwalker.

[@kitsune630]

Personally i think its more about Will (presumably the protagonist) losing his identity in 2012 (self-/2012) and going on a journey to search for it through planning to kill himself so everybody else can remember who he was (cotards solution) looking at other peoples identities and the possibility of being an imposter of himself (mr capgras) and going insane trying to dig deeper (the song with five names/hand me my shovel) he then attempts to create a new identity for himself to avoid total insanity (dr sunshine) but then suddenly remembers who is (-ish)

[@lytenazawata1661]

*nah bro hes tryna find and kill satan*

[@wisterriia]

I love the little laugh in this part, 1:00, it fits perfectly

[@Camoucrimson]

My fav part of the song frfr

[@MarxPopstar69]

Best part of the whole song

[@st.l0ckette]

I always interpreted it as the voice breaking not a laugh but now I see it

[@Out.of.serviice]

I’m having such a hard time carving out and idea for a character when it comes to this song, but I’ve been piecing it together through this

[@joeytofil2259]

It would suit someone who is good at disguises and impersonation. So good in fact, that he forgets his true identity, and cycles through old acts as he struggles to find his true self and becomes increasingly erratic and unstable. Perhaps he commits a murder or two as reality meets fantasy and he can't cope, and he as his cop identify slowly figures out he is the killer. Kind of Fight Club, a Scanner Darkly, and that one episode of Criminal Minds in a blender. Twist ending is optional, I think the drama alone could carry it. Hope this helps :)

[@Out.of.serviice]

@@joeytofil2259 THATS THE EXACT CHARACTER I WAS THINKING OF, EXCEPT HES A SNEAKY SHIFTY SALES MAN WHO SELLS DISGUISES

[@kitsune630]

@@joeytofil2259 then Hand Me My Shovel could be him finding out about all of this and eventually killing himself.

[@damirruiz250]

​@@joeytofil2259 Phantom from Ace Attorney?

[@Synark25]

Revisiting this song right now to try and squish out how to flesh out the character and make them more accurate to the song and struggling so SO much

[@jackal_anonymous2659]

Will Wood has literally been the only thing keeping me alive throughout highschool. I still remember the night where I was literally about to just give up and just drop my math classes because the deadline was that morning, and it was already 5AM (bonus points on the fact that I'd already been up for like.. a day then) ..But then fucking Mr. Sunshine is Dead just suddenly started blaring from my phone, and somehow managed to reactivate the adrenaline boost I was living off of, and I powerhoused through it. Sure I didn't get any sleep. And sure, my teacher saw when I submitted it, and grew deeply concerned with my mental health. And sure, after getting home, I promptly passed out on the floor and terrified tf out of my little brother because he thought I'd died.. But it was defo worth it. I even got an A at the end of the semester, lol.

[@elizabethtudorstuff]

the power of william wood

[@lylyart]

LMAOOOOO I LOVE YOU HOPE UR DOING GOOD :)

[@ghastryder3945]

Holy shit, that is metal as FUCK HAHAHAHAHAHA. So glad you powered through it! Might need to work on your time management skills though hahaha.

[@A-strange-visitor]

love the fact that some will wood songs tease other songs. for example 3:13 back ground vocals clearly relate to hand me my shovel and if im correct hand me my shovel near the end of the song plays the instrumental intro for dr sunshine is dead

[@conic2721]

You can actually string together Capgras, Sunshine and Cotard's (in this exact order), the instrumental section of Capgras is pretty much the same as Sunshine's meaning you can put it right before either of "when did I become afraid of the dark" sections. Sunshine straight up has Cotard's intro in the end

[@jaredoverstreet1083]

You're also able to hear backing vocals from hand me my shovel i'm going in during the latter half of the song with five names!

[@omeganave7425]

That’s what I love about this album. Everything feels so cohesive. Was so cool finding how many songs had lyrics from Hand Me My Shovel. And even aside from that, Dr Sunshine and Cotard’s Solution share a verse, and of course Self- and -Ish needs no explanation.

[@mikedoesthings2134]

@@jaredoverstreet1083best part of the song ngl

[@somebodysgottadoit]

kind of unrelated, but you’re literally how i discovered will wood’s music ç.ç like- he’s quickly become my favorite artist and i dont listen to (pretty much) anything else anymore

[@R0ttenT33thxyz]

fr i listened to one song and hes literally like the only person i listen to now

[@rangedweevil6150]

Same

[@indythechaos1634]

what song did yall listen to get into Will Wood? It was 2econd 2ight 2eer for me

[@houseofsolitude1178]

@@indythechaos1634 Laplaces angel for me

[@darklyberry]

@@indythechaos1634 for me it was Dr Sunshine is Dead. I must say I discovered Will Wood thanks to Twisted Doctor's animations and I'm so glad I decided to give Will's music a chance last year, because now he's literally my number one artist lol I just can't ger enough of this man.

[@StarsStillHere]

God, the mix of Hand Me My Shovel, Im Going In really caught me off guard, but lord was it welcomed. This dude is an insane scientiest in the field of music

[@KodBees]

hey sunny omori. i agree.

[@StarsStillHere]

@@KodBees I'm glad us Will Wood fans have the same taste in gaming

[@KodBees]

@@StarsStillHere no, no. we omori fans have the same taste in music

[@mogaku776]

The lyrics at 00:25

[@stinkyrat5357]

when i first listened this song i heard the “ur trying to replace urself.” and thought it was like a random voice sample or something. SO when he started actually singing in that voice it cauhgt me so off guard 😥😥😥

[@Burned-outArsonist]

This song sounds like insanity and I'm here for it.

[@wiilov]

...so what I'm gathering is that it's risky to make a Tulpa.

[@natureswrath7665]

Not unless you do something stupid, like trying to replace yourself.

[@Nayclan]

As someone with 7 tulpas, it is not risky unless you abuse your tulpa or, as the song states "replace yourself". Hope that helps lol

[@phantomaeon]

@@Nayclanisn’t it a closed practice 💀💀

[@Nayclan]

@@phantomaeon No, some dumbass just used the name. The practice is different. There's a lot of info and research done on it in the #Reddittulpas server I can't send links through KZbin, so you will have to check it out there.

[@yoongoboongo231]

we learned about capgras delusion in my neuroscience class (as well as prosopagnosia caused by damage to the fusiform gyrus), so i had so much fun listening to this song during that unit LOL

[@vishuda19]

i wanna meet a secondhand vanity now

[@ghastryder3945]

Damn you, Will Wood. You make such good music that I dislocated my right kneecap dancing to your music. Edit: slight correction on the injury, I TORE the muscle surrounding my kneecap. I didn't dislocate it.

[@J4deR4bb1t]

hows the kneecap bud

[@ghastryder3945]

Oh, you know. Still a bit stiff....

[@J4deR4bb1t]

@@ghastryder3945 keep me updated

[@ghastryder3945]

@@J4deR4bb1t Oh, don't worry. It's fine now. It's just a bit stiff.

[@zofi6410]

I hope you are ok, and also apparently will succeeded in being the lichen coated boulder that makes you slip and bust your knee cap. Very sorry friend! Feel better :)

[@astraltophat_at]

the perfect song to summon a skeleton army to

[@uly2570]

this man's music took over my life lol

[@TonyToed]

the stranger tma vibes

[@Lu4455]

"Carving out a fact from a reckoning, beckoning you back, skin sagging off its skeleton, levitating off the ground, is another man wearing your face," is a surprising accurate description of the anglerfish

[@sobble821]

Literally came here cause I wanted to try my hand at an AMV with that idea!

[@the-clown-connoisseur]

LITERALLY

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

every time i hear this song i am plagued by the music video because for some reason i was able to find it on some random music news website even though it's not on youtube anymore

[@karabear111]

He decided to pull it off the internet for personal reasons. I’ve found it in a couple of places because it’s one of my favorite videos ever, but I keep it on the dl so they don’t disappear.

[@sapphofox4397]

In a very odd way, this song reminds me of Spamton.

[@ZatWonGuy]

Obsessed with the way he says "dead in your own skin"

[@LoveGhostface]

Don't freak out but i think you're trying to replace yourself ngl

[@Raven_Is_Baby]

REALLY-

[@cultofthebloodgod429]

I didn't even realize that it has lyrics from hand me my shovel I'm going in until now

[@illegalseagullx]

I want to choreograph a dance to this song so bad it hurts

[@Cris.as.in_Crisis]

My changeling character just vibin to this

[@SannySparrow]

This gives me Huge beetlejuice vibes and I love it !

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Real ive always thought will sounded like beetlejuice

[@person0-016]

Cuppa replaced selves

[@liasavvi6475]

Every time I hear this song I replace myself

[@jay-lx8ip]

this is the song that plays in my brain everyday

[@choyauo4947]

i bruised my vein listing to this song bc i was jamming too hard

[@mifink]

the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde song, hope someone sees what i see

[@BOZMINE]

LITERALLY.

[@diamondore3422]

This on 2x speed is a mood

[@Jun0_9000]

i listened to at on 2x speed and it has horrifying

[@SatanTheAmazonBoxLord]

This song lives in my head rent free

[@MysticBloodRose_]

That small part from 1:12 to 1:17 is bothering me- it sounds SO FAMILIAR that it HURTS- help someone please-

[@wickedburnout6876]

i think it's also used in "hand me my shovel, i'm going in"

[@MysticBloodRose_]

@@wickedburnout6876 maybe-

[@Mango_mahogany]

It reminds me of "aphrodite your electric sexiness" another song will wood worked on

[@thekurfuerst3008]

This sounds stupid but the part reminds me of the Goat Simulator Payday 2 DLC Music

[@Synark25]

wolfwalkers /J

[@lichencoatedboulder]

I may be trying to replace myself

[@skaidosubs2353]

learning this on the piano rn👍

[@lylyart]

YO I PLAY THE PIANO ASWELL DID U LEARN IT OMG

[@NightmareMoonCity]

William Afton personal hell

[@mentalcelstefan7086]

These people are gods of art

[@shakesqueerrr]

From now on imma listen to any will wood song thats on my recommended

[@corruptn3o918]

this the type of music to never get the recognition it deserves, but if it did, it would get used in the stupidest ways possible

[@atrustworthysourceofprotein]

cool stuff

[@shamefully4900]

reminds me of nightmare before christmas for some reason

[@gemgeggstonegegsloth.9594]

There’s a piece of “hand me my shovel, I’m going in!” I’m this song (unless HMMS,IGI was after mr capgras

[@catthecat7088]

Mr sunshine vibes. Anyone?

[@ATBZ]

Literally the same album lol

[@indythechaos1634]

@@ATBZ That's Dr. Sunshine (Is Dead), William Sunshine was one of Will Wood's older on-stage personalities

[@ATBZ]

@@indythechaos1634 there is literally no songs called mr sunshine, op is talking about dr sunshine is dead.

[@indythechaos1634]

@@ATBZ not a song, the old band that will wood used to be in

[@ATBZ]

@@indythechaos1634 not at all what im saying, William sunshine is irrelevant, he meant the song dr sunshine is dead

[@TheRandom_Boy22]

I slowed down this song to be able to read ths lyrics and godamn 0.5 is amazing, like, omg, its kinda sad?. Creppy but cool? Its strange, i love it.

[@GigiBranconi]

This song, for some reason, always reminds me of "Who is Lila?"

[@1SlowGhost]

Spiffy I would say

[@AlexAnthony-sn9cd]

Podemos hablar del hecho de que esta cancion encaja a la perfeccion con la historia de Jekyll & Hyde?

[@CassiusStelar]

Wow what an amazing song to use for a show about a character constantly running into others that physically resemble him all while having internal trauma about a near death experience he had and trying to prevent a fascist dictator from finding an heir. Too bad I'll never get to make that. Or have the money to pay Will to use this

[@mhmh4089]

I love that Dr capgras and the song with 5 names foreshadows hand me my shovel I'm getting in

[@blurrytoothandthewoodenliars]

it's *my* gender dysphoria, *i* get to pick the song

[@humhuh]

Mood

[@terrified_bat8056]

mood

[@Rizzgod2005]

it needs a 1 hour version

[@notreal162]

The photo in the back is like a optical illusion

[@lylyart]

FRRR

[@haysel8494]

why does this make me think of the webtoon called lookism

[@KaiserBelial1212]

This song fits William Afton really well (there is an animation with William Afton that includes this song)

[@fartmaster28]

i canr follow this song at all

[@Raven_Is_Baby]

3:07 is the best part

[@SeniorSweatySocks]

Holy shit fizzaroli

[@ernestonavarro5418]

Fizz

[@wooyeawooyea]

0:46 what the hell is kakyoin doing here

[@SpadeTheShadowKing]

0:58 *hahaha-live

[@Mr_Reaps25]

2:14

[@lamp2556]

1:19 AMOGUS

[@ter2364]

im going to burry you 8 feet deep

[@crabmilkersupreme]

FUN FACT: weird al likes this song

[@F0ggy_eyes_]

Any other tma fans who think this song is Elias coded

[@arz9910]

What Does TMA stands for?

[@F0ggy_eyes_]

@@arz9910 the Magnus archives!

[@thirstys]

these pronouns are getting out of hand, like the SCALLOP is mr. capgras encounters a secondhand vanity: tulpamancers prosopagnosia​/​pareidolia (as direct result of trauma to the fusiform gyrus)