I don't view it as Cynical at all. Light is just an idiot. Instead of sending protoman to attack wily directly he should have sent him after the power plants, water purification, plants, and oil refineries. Make the standard of living in the city so bad the people would have no choice but to fight if they want to survive. Light has no idea how to fight a guerilla war and got his son killed for it.
@@Gunplabro Great idea, the only cost would be a few thousand innocent lives, but they'd probably only be the poorest, who couldn't afford medical treatment, or the youngest/eldest/most at risk. But if we've learned anything in the last few weeks, it's that those lives don't really matter, do they XD And let's face it, if a toddler doesn't have the strength of will to overthrow the ruling authority, it basically deserves to starve/freeze to death, amirite?
@@swguygardner clearly you know nothing of what actually happens in the story. Thousands of people broke curfew to watch protoman fight Wily's robots, and were killed for it, same thing happsns at the end of the story. They refused to fight back. Far fewer people would have died with my method.
Zellig Can't tell if this is your first time hearing about the Protomen, or you just meant for them to make more videos like this, because gritty Megaman rock opera is all these guys have done for a decade+
The fact that almost eight years later this incredible piece of art still hasn't even 400k views is absolute insanity. I've watched the entire video probably a dozen times, I just do not understand how it is that so few people have seen this masterpiece.
If I had one wish, it would be that Capcom make a new Megaman RPG...but with this vision of the world and Protomen contributing to the soundtrack. That would be my beautiful dark fantasy.
@@Gamefreak2998 From what I've seen megaman fan games have been in a rut, the last Megaman RPG that had a good battle system was discontinued a decade ago and the only one people are still waiting for is Megaman X Corrupted
Closest thing MegaMan got to having a spin off like The Protomen, is MegaMan Zero, where the world is essentially ruined and the reploids are viciously oppressed in favor of a complacent humanity within a futuristic city, one where a mad scientist rules from the shadows whilst using the face of a former hero to stomp out any potential rebellion. That said, Zero is still pretty different from The Protomen for a couple of reasons: The oppressed reploids in MMZ were willing to fight for their freedom early on, they were just helplessly outmatched until a hero joined the fray, leading to a bittersweet but ultimately hopeful ending. Whilst in The Protomen, the oppressed humanity as a collective gave up the fight before even trying, ultimately leading to even their heroes abandoning them.
"Thomas, please don't cry for me I know you never meant for this I love you completely Just remember that If I should leave you now Then in my final hour I pray this letter finds you well Before it all goes to hell He could never cage the world It's too big for anyone, and soon the dark will pass I want so much to be with you but in my heart I know Tom The city needs you now THIS CITY NEEDS YOU NOW!
I LOVE the idea that Lights very acts of rebellion simply lead to Wily obtaining more and more power, like Lights desire to do good is only making Wily stronger. So tragic
My professor in audio school was the sound designer who edited the video in Pro Tools. I would sit in the studio in class and he would put this on with the 5.1 surround sound system. It sounded amazing.
We need a full featured movie for the 2 albums. The story arc is brilliant and the characters have room for huge depth if played correctly. My favourite part of the 2nd act is when Light and Wily are arguing past each other ending in "we will be heroes", "we will build heroes" with Wily slightly distorting every one of Light's goals.
This is awesome. That said, does anybody else wish that it was done musical/rock opera-style with Light and Joe actually singing it instead of it just being an oddly thematic concert?
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!!! THANK YOU!!! It feels kinda half hearted as your focus is torn between the visual story and the music as you can’t pay attention to both at the same time. I love this album but this video seems like they couldn’t decide what to do so they just did both and it’s worse for it.
the fact that this confirmed that the protomen exist in their protomen universe could mean that dr light named protoman after music too just after a band that made songs about a suspicioulsy similar scenario to his instead of a genra
Why does this still only have 290K views. It should be at least 290M. I have loved this band since 2005 and they are so effin brilliant yet don't get the attention they deserve. You will literally become a better and more intelligent person by listening to their second album for a week.
No joke, this is the best music video I've ever seen, and not just because I love the song/band. It encapsulates everything about what makes this band great. The dystopian operatic themes of the music, subtle Mega Man references, it's all just spot on and so. damn. GOOD.
This song is still one of the raddest performances I've seen live. I am so glad they toured with TWRP a few years ago so I could be introduced to such a sick bunch!
This is *remarkable.* I can't believe I hadn't seen this until now. All these years of imagining Act II in my head (basically just visualizing the art style of the album cover), now finally given tangibility. I'm not totally sure about the big story change (the bombs at the top of the building instead of exploding prematurely), but everything else? Pretty much perfect.
And technically it's TWO songs in there, so not only do you get a sense for what's going on already but then you get TWO full tracks with lyrics A lot of care for the fanbase, here~
Saw It: Chapter 2 on Saturday and I was trying to think why the actor for adult Eddie looked familiar - it's because he plays Joe in this. James Ransone. Brilliant actor.
I think the next best move after Act III comes out would be to release a comic series. I could see reading that over and over while jamming out to the trilogy (and of course Cover Up.) Thanks so much for your hard work guys. This city loves you.
What would a cyberpunk dystopia be without arbitrary Japanese in neon lettering? lol Awesome video though, it's cool to see Joe's story visualized like this. What I would have given to get Breaking Out into this, though.
AquaPhoenix Productions Cyberpunk has a really long history with Japanese neon, I imagine it's mostly just a stylistic choice. See: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, etc
Cyberpunk with Japan lettering stems from American cyberpunk in which they feared that Japan would be the nation to rise up in power to become the center of the world- but that was before the Lost Decade happened. So a Cyberpunk without Japanese lettering means it's another place in the world that became the super power.
Legitimately one of my favorite memories. Being a part of this music video. I never get through it dry eyed. My favorite band, telling a story of a childhood video game character of mine..? I don’t stand a chance
Light Up the Night gets me pumped like no other, but when the Kilroy bot says "It has begun" at 9:42 and The Fall starts playing... that's when this music video rockets to a whole other level. (Though I'd half expect it to have said "So it begins!")
It's based on Mega Man aswell, the dude on the bike is literally the generic Sniper Joe enemy in human form. Being a dude named Joe wearing the "Snipers" helmet.
The Streets of Fire levels are through the roof on this short film/music video, and I couldn't be more jazzed by it. Congrats to you Protomen, through the sheer caliber of your gloriously 80's bravado, you've earned a new fan this day.
My limited edition Joe's jacket will be on its way, and I will be making my replica Joe's helmet, ready for my Joe's cosplay for the protomen's next visit to AUS! Wanna rock out with them on stage!
Amazing! The written word cannot even begin to convey how much I've been waiting for this, and you guys did not disappoint! Did anyone else think the "protection droids" resembled the droids from "Kilroy's World" in Mr. Roboto from Styxx?
It would have to be expanded a good deal to fit a feature-length running time, and probably a new song or two added. That said, in the right hands it could be awesome.
This was... Everything in my head come to life in a unique way since I first heard Act II years ago... Magnificent, guys and gals...magnificent is the word. Thank you so much. I look forward to more stuff like this, but for now, I just wanna celebrate one of my favorite bands manifesting their longest-held ideas. Godspeed, Proto.
Man, if I won that billion dollar Powerball a couple months ago, I'd have just given you the money to make a full movie. What's there is good. *Damn* good. But sixteen minutes of wet dream just isn't enough. Still, this was the best Christmas present I could ask for and more. Keep fighting the good fight.
A masterpiece? Yes. Underrated? Definitely. AWESOME AS ALL HELL!? YOU BET YOUR SORRY ASS! This Video is one of the few things that cheer me up when times are tough. It's one of the few pieces of Inspiration for various things. Thank you guys. Remember, no matter how dark this city gets.. there will be LIGHT!
This city's sleeping like a soldier Trapped inside of an iron lung. Machines can keep you breathing But what happens when you find a new war's begun? Flip a switch and turn it off, you won't be able to breathe. So either way you're a casualty. I've got this burning like my veins are filled With nothing but gasoline. And with a spark, It's gonna be the biggest fire they've ever seen. Cut me down or let me run, Either way it's all gonna burn... The only way that they'll ever learn We've got to turn it off, Flip a switch. Light up the night! There is a city that this darkness can't hide. There are the embers of a fire that's gone out, But I can still feel the heat on my skin This mess we're in, well you and I, Maybe you and I, We can still make it right. Maybe we can bring back the light. At the heart of the city there is a Building that looks down over all there is. And the man in the tower controls It all without raising a single fist. It's like they gathered up the City, they sold it to the devil, and now It's gone to hell and they wonder how. Well, a friend once told me: Men, they would follow any man who would turn the wheels. Now the wheels are spinning out of Control; what would they do if we held them still? If you destroy the working parts, what you'll get is a broken machine. A beacon of light from a burning screen. Light it up. Light up the night. There is a city that this darkness can't hide. There are the embers of a fire that's gone out, But I can still feel the heat on my skin. This mess we're in, well you and I, Maybe you and I, We can light up the night. There is a city that this darkness can't hide. There are the embers of a fire that's gone out, But I can still feel the heat on my skin. This mess we're in, well you and I, Maybe you and I, We can light up the night. There is a city that this darkness can't hide There is a fire that will burn through the Streets of the city, and we will stand in the light. We will stand in the light, You and I. You and I. We can bring back the light.
Is James Ransone a friend of the band or just an actor they hired? Because he is probably one of the best underrated actors of this generation. If anybody wants to check out Generation Kill or the Sinister series he hap a big part in those, he also played one of the grown up kids in IT pt2. But Gen Kill is his best work so far.
I just randomly got this song stuck in my head yesterday and had to listen to it again for the first time in forever. Because of that, this video popped up in my suggestions and I see it's from just a week ago? That's so awesome.
![[HD] The Protomen - Act II - Light Up The Night](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gkLvpt9Z3fA/mqdefault.jpg)
I still find it kinda funny how one of the friendliest, chillest bands I've ever met at a concert has the most cynical, depressing storyline.
I don't view it as Cynical at all. Light is just an idiot. Instead of sending protoman to attack wily directly he should have sent him after the power plants, water purification, plants, and oil refineries. Make the standard of living in the city so bad the people would have no choice but to fight if they want to survive. Light has no idea how to fight a guerilla war and got his son killed for it.
@@Gunplabro Great idea, the only cost would be a few thousand innocent lives, but they'd probably only be the poorest, who couldn't afford medical treatment, or the youngest/eldest/most at risk. But if we've learned anything in the last few weeks, it's that those lives don't really matter, do they XD And let's face it, if a toddler doesn't have the strength of will to overthrow the ruling authority, it basically deserves to starve/freeze to death, amirite?
@@swguygardner clearly you know nothing of what actually happens in the story. Thousands of people broke curfew to watch protoman fight Wily's robots, and were killed for it, same thing happsns at the end of the story. They refused to fight back. Far fewer people would have died with my method.
@@Gunplabro I have no clue what's going on....
Leaving at 111 likes
You guys should do a full-fledged gritty Megaman cyberpunk rock opera. No joke.
Zellig Can't tell if this is your first time hearing about the Protomen, or you just meant for them to make more videos like this, because gritty Megaman rock opera is all these guys have done for a decade+
Oh I know about the material, I just mean making it into a full fledged movie/episodic video type rock opera
Zellig it is listen to there music
Just making sure. It would be nice to have all of act 1 and 2 in a series of videos like this though.
Bro, they already made a rock opera. That's literally what they started back in 2005
R.I.P. JOE, THE HERO WE NEEDED.
But we don't need a hero, we need the people.
"There are no heroes. Mankind is doomed."
If these people play this music for their children as they sleep,
maybe someday, they'll see a hero is just a man who knows he's free.
Rip joe he will be remembered
We don't need a hero, we need to rise for ourselves.
The fact that almost eight years later this incredible piece of art still hasn't even 400k views is absolute insanity. I've watched the entire video probably a dozen times, I just do not understand how it is that so few people have seen this masterpiece.
Great song and I agree!!!!
Only recently have heard of the protomen and it's just so damn good. I can't get enough of all their music
God this just makes me want a full film version.
Somespaceman right
Actually I think there is a full version film for sale, advertised by a link in the description.
"Got anything to drink?"
"Oil"
What a great line to show Light's sarcastic humor
Certainly better than;
_"You must wecover aww da enewgy imeditly, um, m, Megaman."_
Lmao XD
If I had one wish, it would be that Capcom make a new Megaman RPG...but with this vision of the world and Protomen contributing to the soundtrack. That would be my beautiful dark fantasy.
Ryan Cape honestly I’m surprised there hasn’t been a fan game of this version
@@Gamefreak2998 From what I've seen megaman fan games have been in a rut, the last Megaman RPG that had a good battle system was discontinued a decade ago and the only one people are still waiting for is Megaman X Corrupted
the commies won't allow it
Closest thing MegaMan got to having a spin off like The Protomen, is MegaMan Zero, where the world is essentially ruined and the reploids are viciously oppressed in favor of a complacent humanity within a futuristic city, one where a mad scientist rules from the shadows whilst using the face of a former hero to stomp out any potential rebellion.
That said, Zero is still pretty different from The Protomen for a couple of reasons: The oppressed reploids in MMZ were willing to fight for their freedom early on, they were just helplessly outmatched until a hero joined the fray, leading to a bittersweet but ultimately hopeful ending. Whilst in The Protomen, the oppressed humanity as a collective gave up the fight before even trying, ultimately leading to even their heroes abandoning them.
YOOOOOOO THIS IS THE STUFF MAN
IF THIS WAS A FULL LENGTH MOVIE
I WOULD EXPLODE IN NEON COLORED SMOKE
Marcos Wicket it will be....
Brandon Dewater What makes you say that?
E9000 OMEGA because they are already selling pre orders for it on their website.
Brandon Dewater Link. NOW!!!
Nevermind.
"Thomas, please don't cry for me
I know you never meant for this
I love you completely
Just remember that
If I should leave you now
Then in my final hour
I pray this letter finds you well
Before it all goes to hell
He could never cage the world
It's too big for anyone, and soon the dark will pass
I want so much to be with you but in my heart I know Tom
The city needs you now
THIS CITY NEEDS YOU NOW!
Joe... if you see Emily, tell her to wait...
...'cause I still have work to do.
THIS CITY!
@@lupusalbus3795 NEEEEEEEEEDS YOU NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW
THIS CITYYYYYY
I LOVE the idea that Lights very acts of rebellion simply lead to Wily obtaining more and more power, like Lights desire to do good is only making Wily stronger. So tragic
My professor in audio school was the sound designer who edited the video in Pro Tools. I would sit in the studio in class and he would put this on with the 5.1 surround sound system. It sounded amazing.
ITS HERE
TODAY SHALL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS PROTOMASS
Love your doom mod videos. I've been a big fan for a while, now.
ICARUSLIV3S EY YOU FAT FUCK
Oh damn I stublled across your mod videos a few months back and have enjoyed them ever since. I never expected to see you here.
DARNIT
MISSED IT BY 2 DAYS
I had no idea that Mr. Icarus was a protomen fan. That's doom-mod madness epic.
We need a full featured movie for the 2 albums. The story arc is brilliant and the characters have room for huge depth if played correctly.
My favourite part of the 2nd act is when Light and Wily are arguing past each other ending in "we will be heroes", "we will build heroes" with Wily slightly distorting every one of Light's goals.
I've got this burning like my veins are filled
With nothing but gasoline.
And with a spark,
It's gonna be the biggest fire they've ever seen.
So glad my boyfriend made me watch this. It's like a Syd Mead painting in motion.
8:00 can confirm - went to a Protomen concert and saw a robot beat the shit out of a mosh pitter
(awesome music video guys!)
This is awesome.
That said, does anybody else wish that it was done musical/rock opera-style with Light and Joe actually singing it instead of it just being an oddly thematic concert?
It's an obvious nod to Streets of Fire, which I highly recommend.
It might look a little goofy to have it dubbed over, but I definitely had the same thought when the music kicked in...
Check out Man on The Internet's cover as it is Joe and Light singing there.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!!! THANK YOU!!! It feels kinda half hearted as your focus is torn between the visual story and the music as you can’t pay attention to both at the same time. I love this album but this video seems like they couldn’t decide what to do so they just did both and it’s worse for it.
the fact that this confirmed that the protomen exist in their protomen universe could mean that dr light named protoman after music too just after a band that made songs about a suspicioulsy similar scenario to his instead of a genra
I can't stop blasting this at full volume in my car. The female choir in the background is so good.
"Protomen and The Attackers" just couldn't resist could you?
How in the mother of pearl have I not seen this before?!
10/10 will watch again.
I would watch this as a movie
Why does this still only have 290K views. It should be at least 290M. I have loved this band since 2005 and they are so effin brilliant yet don't get the attention they deserve. You will literally become a better and more intelligent person by listening to their second album for a week.
No joke, this is the best music video I've ever seen, and not just because I love the song/band. It encapsulates everything about what makes this band great. The dystopian operatic themes of the music, subtle Mega Man references, it's all just spot on and so. damn. GOOD.
This song is still one of the raddest performances I've seen live. I am so glad they toured with TWRP a few years ago so I could be introduced to such a sick bunch!
Criminally underrated. There is no reason this should not have at least a million views.
feels too real tonight
This is *remarkable.* I can't believe I hadn't seen this until now. All these years of imagining Act II in my head (basically just visualizing the art style of the album cover), now finally given tangibility. I'm not totally sure about the big story change (the bombs at the top of the building instead of exploding prematurely), but everything else? Pretty much perfect.
this needs to be a Broadway musical
This isn't a music video, it is a short film with a video thrown in the middle!
And technically it's TWO songs in there, so not only do you get a sense for what's going on already but then you get TWO full tracks with lyrics
A lot of care for the fanbase, here~
A music video 7 years overdue. And it did not disappoint.
This looks like a retro 80's dystopia movie and I love it. Thank you Protomen, you have done us a great service.
Saw It: Chapter 2 on Saturday and I was trying to think why the actor for adult Eddie looked familiar - it's because he plays Joe in this. James Ransone. Brilliant actor.
I think the next best move after Act III comes out would be to release a comic series. I could see reading that over and over while jamming out to the trilogy (and of course Cover Up.) Thanks so much for your hard work guys. This city loves you.
Tfw no act 3
@@boustroop661 The band says they're working on it currently
i love the fact that wily didn't think that any resistance would do a good enough job blowing the tower up
What would a cyberpunk dystopia be without arbitrary Japanese in neon lettering? lol
Awesome video though, it's cool to see Joe's story visualized like this. What I would have given to get Breaking Out into this, though.
I figured it was split between a vague handwave towards the franchise's origins and a reference towards Blade Runner
AquaPhoenix Productions Cyberpunk has a really long history with Japanese neon, I imagine it's mostly just a stylistic choice. See: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, etc
You know Japan didn't invent cyberpunk, right?
I can see New York or LA fusing with Japan in 40 years...
Cyberpunk with Japan lettering stems from American cyberpunk in which they feared that Japan would be the nation to rise up in power to become the center of the world- but that was before the Lost Decade happened. So a Cyberpunk without Japanese lettering means it's another place in the world that became the super power.
If I'm ever rich I intend to fund the making of a broadway play with act 1, 2, and 3 of all albums. SO FINISH ACT 3!
Well, this makes me want to see you do the whole of Act 2...
Don't leave it there, Act 1 & 3 obviously need this treatment too!
Feldoth my thoughts exactly,i think sons of fate or hope rides alone would be amazing
Act 3 Would have to exist first.
I love this band so much this is more cyberpunk than 2077
ACT 3 WHEN
ALSO COME TO NYC YOU DORKS
Legitimately one of my favorite memories. Being a part of this music video. I never get through it dry eyed. My favorite band, telling a story of a childhood video game character of mine..? I don’t stand a chance
HOLY CRAP ITS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Sledge Understatement of the century. But mortal words cannot describe what we both feel.
Mega Dan couldn't agree more!
John Sledge not enough exclamation marks! Haha
Is the main char {crazy-hair guy) THE Dr. Wily?
Debonaire Death it was Dr light you fool
I would so watch a full musical movie of this
Coming back to this another year and change later and it's still among the best things available to watch online.
I've been here before...
I've done this before...
I'm going to let this happen again.
As I stand. I will not let evil rise again.
Light Up the Night gets me pumped like no other, but when the Kilroy bot says "It has begun" at 9:42 and The Fall starts playing... that's when this music video rockets to a whole other level.
(Though I'd half expect it to have said "So it begins!")
2023 and still haven´t found this kind of vibe in any other band
Found anything as good?
@@kaikaih5771 actually found GunShip - Monster in paradise
@@signofthehammer2640 I can see why you like that but it just doesn't do it for me to be honest
That was so great, The Protomen really could make an entire movie this way out of this album
been gigging about 20 years and this is still the best band i've ever seen live. Let's get a full length movie!
I think joe paid the price he thought he had to pay, but Emily that debt was meant for me....that death...was meant for
me......
I'm a little upset they didn't have the song at the end where Tomas reads Emily's letter. Sorry, I forgot the name of the song...
Glitch Michaels Here Comes the Arm. The intro to the song is actually what's playing during the credits.
True, but I would've liked the lyrics included.
Was totally thinkin' the same thing, Trevr. Missed opportunity. Hype either way, tho
Great job I love it. Also love it the fact that it's inspired by Streets of Fire (1984)!
Yeah, also Blade Runner obviously
It's based on Mega Man aswell, the dude on the bike is literally the generic Sniper Joe enemy in human form. Being a dude named Joe wearing the "Snipers" helmet.
I opened for them at the Khyber in Philly on a random week night in 2008ish. They were great and super nice.
The Streets of Fire levels are through the roof on this short film/music video, and I couldn't be more jazzed by it.
Congrats to you Protomen, through the sheer caliber of your gloriously 80's bravado, you've earned a new fan this day.
My limited edition Joe's jacket will be on its way, and I will be making my replica Joe's helmet, ready for my Joe's cosplay for the protomen's next visit to AUS!
Wanna rock out with them on stage!
This is ART!
If done right, this album can be made into a very beautiful musical.
I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this is the coolest thing ever
Thank you Protomen! You continue to amaze me throughout the years!
This is everything I hoped it would be. I love this band!
This city’s still sleeping like an iron lung.
This is the best music video EVER made
The whole album needs to become a full length rock opera movie like Repo.
Just heard Act II. One of the best Concept Albums ever created. Fantastic Stuff!!!!!
Coming back 3 years later it always baffles me how they got Ziggy Sobotka to play a freakin teenager hahaha.
Amazing! The written word cannot even begin to convey how much I've been waiting for this, and you guys did not disappoint!
Did anyone else think the "protection droids" resembled the droids from "Kilroy's World" in Mr. Roboto from Styxx?
That's gotta be intentional. They have one of them with them when they perform live, and his name is KILLROY
There’s also the coverup album, which tells a version of Lights time in hiding before the trial, featuring Mr Roboto
This song and video were far more than humanity deserved. Thank you Protomen.
This is all I could've asked for ❤ Thank you Protomen!!!
Incredible. Looks and feels more like Cyberpunk 2020 than CD Projekt Red's official Cyberpunk 2020 game.
This. THIS. This needs to be fledged out into a full length feature film.
It would have to be expanded a good deal to fit a feature-length running time, and probably a new song or two added. That said, in the right hands it could be awesome.
The night is always lit as long as you're hearing the Protomen.
This song saved my marriage
This was...
Everything in my head come to life in a unique way since I first heard Act II years ago...
Magnificent, guys and gals...magnificent is the word. Thank you so much. I look forward to more stuff like this, but for now, I just wanna celebrate one of my favorite bands manifesting their longest-held ideas.
Godspeed, Proto.
So Albert had the tower rigged to blow all along! Great stuff. I'd love to see more.
How does this not have millions of views!!
At 9:50 I got goosebumps man I love this song
it is truly criminal how unknown The Protomen are, such an amazing group of talented musicians and singers!
Man, if I won that billion dollar Powerball a couple months ago, I'd have just given you the money to make a full movie. What's there is good. *Damn* good. But sixteen minutes of wet dream just isn't enough. Still, this was the best Christmas present I could ask for and more. Keep fighting the good fight.
My god that was a thing of beauty
A masterpiece? Yes.
Underrated? Definitely.
AWESOME AS ALL HELL!? YOU BET YOUR SORRY ASS!
This Video is one of the few things that cheer me up when times are tough. It's one of the few pieces of Inspiration for various things.
Thank you guys. Remember, no matter how dark this city gets.. there will be LIGHT!
this should be a full fledge movie, im interested to know more!
Wow! I literally never see any references to Streets of Fire in any other aspect of pop culture. Well done @Protomen!! 👍👍👍 Ellen Aim would be proud!
Holy shit, this is actually almost exactly how I imagined it.
This city's sleeping like a soldier
Trapped inside of an iron lung.
Machines can keep you breathing
But what happens when you find a new war's begun?
Flip a switch and turn it off, you won't be able to breathe.
So either way you're a casualty.
I've got this burning like my veins are filled
With nothing but gasoline.
And with a spark,
It's gonna be the biggest fire they've ever seen.
Cut me down or let me run,
Either way it's all gonna burn...
The only way that they'll ever learn
We've got to turn it off,
Flip a switch.
Light up the night!
There is a city that this darkness can't hide.
There are the embers of a fire that's gone out,
But I can still feel the heat on my skin
This mess we're in, well you and I,
Maybe you and I,
We can still make it right.
Maybe we can bring back the light.
At the heart of the city there is a
Building that looks down over all there is.
And the man in the tower controls
It all without raising a single fist.
It's like they gathered up the
City, they sold it to the devil, and now
It's gone to hell and they wonder how.
Well, a friend once told me:
Men, they would follow any man who would turn the wheels.
Now the wheels are spinning out of
Control; what would they do if we held them still?
If you destroy the working parts, what you'll get is a broken machine.
A beacon of light from a burning screen.
Light it up.
Light up the night.
There is a city that this darkness can't hide.
There are the embers of a fire that's gone out,
But I can still feel the heat on my skin.
This mess we're in, well you and I,
Maybe you and I,
We can light up the night.
There is a city that this darkness can't hide.
There are the embers of a fire that's gone out,
But I can still feel the heat on my skin.
This mess we're in, well you and I,
Maybe you and I,
We can light up the night.
There is a city that this darkness can't hide
There is a fire that will burn through the
Streets of the city, and we will stand in the light.
We will stand in the light,
You and I.
You and I.
We can bring back the light.
I was eagerly awaiting this and you guys did a fantastic job. Really high quality stuff-- know I'm behind you 100% and eagerly awaiting Act 3 :)
Is James Ransone a friend of the band or just an actor they hired? Because he is probably one of the best underrated actors of this generation. If anybody wants to check out Generation Kill or the Sinister series he hap a big part in those, he also played one of the grown up kids in IT pt2. But Gen Kill is his best work so far.
Nice to see James made it to IT CH2
You guys deserve so much more praise and adulation than you get. Nothing short of a full on rock opera movie could do you all justice.
Worth the wait.
Also, why is the fade to black at the end so long? I was expecting something like an Act 3 tease with that whole wait there.
Yeah, bit of a shame there. The State vs. Thomas Light and the end of Here Comes the Arm are my favorite parts of the album.
Cskye yeah, that would have MADE it... Better. It would have made the amazing video better.
Oh my god your avatar is a picture of Yahtzee's self portrait
"Well here you go 'Yahtzee', satisfied?"
Keep Quiet is the one that does it for me.
A 16 minutes music video...
That’s a new one.
Not sure if sarcastic or not. Have you never heard of Thriller by Michael Jackson????
cliftooze wait was that really that long? WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THAT XD
There's also that one song by Green Day
But this one's the best out of them all
To be fair we haven't seen music videos this long in nearly 40 years outside of a few special cases. It was definitely more of an 80's thing.
I had envisioned the comic book style shown in the beginning ever since I started listening to your music
I had heard about them before but I finally got to hear them live at PAX East a few hours ago. They are absolutely amazing!
This has been around for an entire year and I’m just now seeing it???!
Thank you Protomen for light up my life!! Love you all!
MORE!!! WE NEED MORE!!!!!
It's... beautiful....
That was pretty cool and had some pretty great camera work.
I just randomly got this song stuck in my head yesterday and had to listen to it again for the first time in forever. Because of that, this video popped up in my suggestions and I see it's from just a week ago? That's so awesome.
Awesome! Just discovered you guys and it's awesome
Love you guys I always enjoy your concerts