Aviators - Fading Light (Dark Souls Song | Symphonic Rock)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- My adventure through the Dark Souls series certainly was a memorable one. Aside from the infamous difficulty, I found myself captivated by the lore (shout out to VaatiVidya) and blown away by the game design that chooses to let you experience the setting and the world you're in, rather than telling it. As with most lore-heavy games that I get sucked into, this one inspired a song. "Fading Light" is a requiem for the first flame, a song of victory but acceptance of the inevitable darkness. Sure, it may be more of a "Dark Souls III" song than for the series in general, but that's mostly due to the recent release of The Ringed City. Fear not the dark, my friend, and let the feast begin...
This is the second single from my next album Dystopian Fiction, and you can download it here!
soundoftheavia...
Instrumentals and Vocals:
soundoftheavia...
Lyrics:
Life's breath in the candlelight
Lost hearts in the dead of night
It's a long way down
To the place they found
Dark sun, hollowed by the fade
Our debt they left to be paid
Seen the blackness stare
Promising to spare
The chosen
Born of graves and left below
Painted ashes, painted snow
When the dark awakens
Fires of our last hope are getting low
Souls of gods and souls of men
Meet in cinders to ascend
Fate has chosen
And our fading light is at its end
I've a tale that time has lost
Sins of judgment born in frost
Then he took a name
For the one profaned
Know the dark but let it rest
Left to lurkers in their quest
Let the watchers fight
And the blood ignite
The chosen
Souls to revive us
Or rot us away
Want for the weary
And death for the sane
Cursed yet we listen
For bells left to toll
To fight back the depths of
Humanity's soul
For the unkindled
We look to the sun
Cities in gold
All the victories won
Fear not the dark
Or the monsters, my friend
And brace for the feast
Of humanity's end
For more music or to get in touch, find me on
Patreon: / aviators
Twitter: / aviators84
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Discord: / discord
For those of you who have played it, I'm interested to hear what you think:
What was your favorite piece of the Souls series OST? I think Soul of Cinder might be mine (if I didn't give that away).
Hands down Slave Knight Gale's theme, that or the abyss watchers
Slave Knight Gael wins on drama between the setting of the fight and the music, that's for sure. It's so cinematic.
I think you should write a song for the slave knight, I think he deserves to have his story told by your amazing songs
In souls in general, Soul of CInder's transition to phase 2, or the entire boss fight with Gael. If we shall include bloodborne, hand's down Ludwig. The music, the cutscene, the lore... All of it amazing. But I do love finding blind bossfights with SoC and seeing the reactions to the musical shift
Dancer. Forever and always Dancer.
My favorite thing about Aviators is that not only are their songs genuinely great but they know their stuff about what they're making songs of.
I just realised that fading light is 7 years old. I feel so old
Same, I can still remember when I first heard this which was exactly 2 months after the song came out, I was still in highschool then Man.
Damn straight
Fuck . I feel old now once I read your comment 😢
Incredible. Simply incredible. I mistook this for an official "theme song" for Dark Souls 3. The fact that this is fan-made, and by one person no less, is unbelievable. Keep up the incredible work.
You underestimate the power of composers who make songs based on video games, my friend.
You underestimate their power. >:)
@@lukelcs8934cringe af
@@siegebot82 Cringe af but true af 👈👈
@@lukelcs8934 no, you're just saying shit. Grow up and stop embarassing your parents. Probably stop liking your own comments as well
For those who have discovered Lore, for those who are discovering it, for those who will discover it.
Aaaahh!! Avi, this is one of the main reasons why I call you a god of music. It's so beautifully made, both dark & suspenseful & vocals always, always catchy. As if Ammunition had a goth treatment. I love it & Dystopian Fiction already sounds like it's gonna be one of my all-time favorite albums!
I would actually love to hear a gothic rock version of Ammunition.
For the glory of Tortisio
Let the master and the student decide the fate of us, weak undead souls
FOREVER!!!
chissà come racconteremo ai nostri figli dei nostri grandi viaggi in questo vascello
@@sklungofunk Narrando la storia dell'arrembaggio contro Sblumbo ovviamente
@@Wyxill Mi aspettavo qualcuno avrebbe risposto MALEH in riferimento al caro barbascura ma si, sicuramente
If this and Wake Me when it's Over are just the first singles... Dystopian Fiction is gonna be a masterpiece, ain't it?
"Let the Watchers fight and the blood ignite"
So hype and accurate, since the Lords all ignite their own bodies when they need that extra little boost
Per chi conosce la lore,
Per chi la sta scoprendo,
Per chi la scoprirà.
Godopoli
bro che chill sta community
I have no words as to how awesome this song is.
Strange enough the semi nihilistic message of Dark Souls and this song helps me in this apocalyptic times we're living in
We're in the end, brothers and sisters
Lucas Corrêa de Lima overreaction much
@@raycom201 I am what?
Lucas Corrêa de Lima I mean apocalyptic times. A bit of an overreaction, don’t you think.
Jeez this still gives me chills after 5 years
You know that spine chill you get when the music just hits? My spine's fazing out of fuckin existence
"You've come a long way, 'Chosen One'." said the Pale One with a grin behind his mask. "The Spirit of Cinder awaits beyond the final gate of this twisted landscape, but first... Did you come here to break the chain, or to keep the flame alive? Think carefully. Your answer will determine your survival. I will assist you with this malevolent Soul, but if you wish to perpetuate this charade of Fire, I will destroy you. The Fire. Must. Die." The Unkindled did not answer, instead gripping the hilt of his blade tight and facing the wall of fog. Xelion stood beside his temporary ally, scythe in hand as they pass through to face the Defender of the Flame together, at least, until they inevitably try to kill each other.
[Awesome song inspired me to write this just now at 6 in the morning.]
XelionGraves nice
I thought the Pale Shades just wouldn't talk, makes them much creepier that way, like they've given their existence to Londor.
Dunno, giving them voices just feels completely wrong
XelionGraves are u going to write a fanfic about It? If yes,could you please send me the Name of It ?
XelionGraves, Its really amazing, and gives me ideas.
Cool
Every fan had a heart attack when they heard Gwyns theme
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@@swingsultan2500 U?
(Evitate di dire cosa significa per favore, c'è gente in blind)
@@ignisvis8867 U va per il vino
@@ignisvis8867 E allora eviterò di chiedermi prematuramente che possa significare, non sono come Cydo...
THIS is the reason I subbed to this. Unf the chill going down my spine while I listen to this
Still gives me the goosebumps.
Still a banger all these years later.
I have never played Dark Souls, but the first *minute* of this song convinced me to get it.
Thank you.
TOTAL
MASTERPIECE
Congratulations on one million views for this song, as well as No More Heroes and No One Will Save You!
I haven't played it, (though now I kinda do) music is, as always, on point. The feels, references to certain parts of the game.....These amazing things are why I subscribed about a year and a half ago. Don't get me wrong, when I got to your fifth song (That I came across), I was like, "Yes this what I has been searching for, something truly amazing." I will say that it was the first time I panicked to find the subscribe button. DAT music tho: what I always look forward to is another song. Not because the others weren't good, but I want to see more awesome.
Not-so-fun fact:
At the start of 2020 I had an idea to express my expectations for the coming year with either "Fate has chosen, and our fading light is at an end" or "Fear not the dark, or the monsters, my friend, and brace for the feast of humanity's end'.
Five months into the year, I really hate being right...
Oh hey Rock, how's the stew going
@@darkwaterstag7068 Pretty tasteless, honestly. Every time I try to add some real food, everyone complains, those airsick lowlanders...
We're gonna be the last undeads...
Damn dude! This sounds beautiful
VaatiVidya bought me here. What a masterpiece!
This is like the perfect Painted World of Ariandel theme
This is gorgeous. Genius. And so, so reminiscent.
I have Dark Souls 3 in hand. Ill be listening to this on my new adventure.
I got hit with a car listing to this music what a elegant crash it was
Love this song, it goes deep inside of my dark soul
Spotify sometimes gives me shitty songs, sometimes it gives me weird songs. and once in a while, I get great songs. And great artists. Yep. Spotify has found me another great artist to listen to
aviators! for days!
FUCK THIS IS AMAZING! I wish I had found this before. To whoever was behind this bravo. You are all blessed.
I adore how well it fits hollow knight as well! It's such a good song.
This song gives me a feeling i've never felt before and i don't even know dark souls
This song would probably bare more meaning if I have had played any of the Souls games. But as it is, a beautiful song and an piece of art. I sincerely thank you Aviators. :)
PS: PRAISE THE SUN !
I respect this so much I have so much time to dark souls and I love that a amazing singer like you made a song for it. now here’s the true question which dark souls is the best one?
Listening to this while playing through the first Dark Souls. Hopefully this play through will be the one where I beat it. Then I need to start on the second, beat that and then finish with the third.
I do love your style
Love!
OH ....my.... my heart feels the ....words
Listening to this song has made me realize how much 2 somewhat completely different games have such similar stories to tell, this song could also fit really well with the Path of Exile lore. A game where you're cast into the shores of a dark continent, and while seeking revenge you awaken forces long thought dead, gods that want to end humanity, or shape it as they see fit. It's your job by then to slaughter them one by one, except for Sin, who wants humanity to go the way it desires, with no influence from higher forces. In both games you fight gods, humans, abominations and people who only want to prevent a greater evil, all beginning with a way more personal purpose, for the sake of your own ambition, and end on a sacrifice to keep humanity from dying.
Amazing Song =)
Reading through these comments makes me feel like I'm not experiencing the music properly because I haven't played Dark Souls
Play it, its a one in a life time experience
Holy chrome... I figured this would be something fun but I was not prepared to be genuinely moved.
beautiful, just beautiful :,)
The many years I have come back to your music. So darn good. I hope you get to do an Elden Ring song (if/when it releases)
Its the best i loved it
This song made me want to give Dark Souls a chance
Это просто великолепно!
I would love to learn how to play the music of this video is it possible to find the notes and chords for the music?
This hits different when you know your dad
one step away from entering the void
the music without lyrics would go crazy as boss music
I never considered this a difficult game. The game is all about timing and taking your time. People who died a lot are probably people who ran in trying to kill everything they see. The game is about picking your battles. Do you have to kill the enemy over there? Is it worth the loot? I died plenty of times thinking this game was going to be like any other rpg, but when I learned that taking your time is the way of the game, I died a lot less (Still died plenty). This game if you take your time can be rather easy. That was my catch on it at least.... And that's not including the toxic water part or the poison dart people.
I wonder if Aviators has ever played World of Warcraft. I think he could do a great World of Warcraft themed song.
I honestly wanna hear you break the stigma around the minecraft fan songs, like you've done to fandom music all around, to me.
The beauty and irony is this sounds way too much like Babylon 5. Well done.
As a diehard music snob, a stoic Nihilist, and realistic Sci-fi elitist, its a compliment.
"Fear not the dark or the monsters, my friend,
And brace for the feast of Humanity's end" is one of the most chilling couplets in a song I've heard in a long time.
We finally get to partake of our long awaited age.
And gods, is it exquisite
This is where the fun begins. Ave Dominus Nox.
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion My heresy sense is tingling
The lyrics are pretty f***ing great. The melody is rich and powerful. The arrangements are good. This should be the hymne of edge lords. 10/10 Will listen again.
Praise the sun! \[T]/
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I just realised that "Our fading light is at its end" Is not only a reference to DS1, but also DS3 as in the first game when you light the fire, it's a massive explosion of fire, but in DS3 when you link the fire, it's just a small flame that barely covers the unkindled. The first fire is pathetically week and close to the end of its life at this point
The ashen ones are made of the ashen remains of those who linked the fire but were to weak to survive. They are only crated as none are left who are fit to link the flame. The reason that the flame is so small after an ashen one links the flame is because they've already done it once. Linking the flame a second time merely consumes what little was left from the first time
Just looking at the image for the song should tell you this song was written with DS3 in mind even if there are lyrics applicable to the first game. That ledge there and the background are ripped directly from the beginning of The Ringed City, the final DLC.
@@jonnyblade3234 well it also consumes all the souls- the ashen one and all undead for that matter are just vessels were stronger and stronger souls gather, it is not the body that burns bit the soul. And as the fucker who defeated all the previous lords and stole their souls has a pretty large soul. It is likely just that the world itself has burned out/and or the fire just grew naturally weaker with its unnatural prolongation
The souls series is about the fact that no matter what you choose it ends in the same result. In ds1 there was another who would link the flame if the chosen undead failed and in 3 it flips that concept no matter what you chose to do the flame dies.
The reason the fire is so small is that it hasn’t been linked by the people intended to link it instead waiting for it to go out.
"let the watchers fight"
Aviators reveal boss cheese
Less cheese and more just how the fight goes. Cheese would be more like getting oceiros stuck
@@thezestfall1st107 fuck Oceiros
@@thezestfall1st107 quitting game to break watchers AI so it doesnt move
Honestly, I think its more of a lore reference. The Abyss Watchers fought the Abyss in the memory of Artorias, to finish what Knight Artorias started long long ago. Its more of a lore reference that 'don't disturb the watchers. Let them fight the Abyss alone.'
@@nutegunray1618 thats not the watchers fighting tho doofus lmao
I WAS NOT READY FOR GWYN'S THEME
M Y F E E L Z
DragonaxFilms so the feelz are litarly making me come to this song when some 1 sed feelz and i used this song when i was playing dawn of war it actully gave me morale to fight like a champ
Warhammer 40k dawn of war?
At least sif's wasn't used, I'd get worse feels
DragonaxFilms im addicted to bloodborn and my friend is to darksouls grr me and him Loves these
Prepare to Cry
Dopo quello che hanno fatto Sab e Cydo non potevo non fare un salto qui
bearer- seek- seek- lest-
I believe the quote you're meaning is "Bearer of The Curse. Seek souls... larger, More powerful souls. Seek the king, Lest this land swallow you whole as it has so many others."
immxrtalized Thanks for ruining the meme
No problem. I'm good at that.
Ahah i love this meme
May-
I could be mistaken but is the sins of judgement, born in frost, a reference to Pontiff Sulvahn
That is indeed a refence to Mister Pope
Sulvahn was an asshole.
@@fiercedeity9955 well, imagine growing up in a world where not a single person have an ambition, where you don't belong, only to discover a new world where the only thing stopping you from achieving any ambition are the ones in power. Imagine being one of the most inteligent persons, that is however pushed down by the old "gods" that follow some long-lost Gwyn.
It's impossible to imagine that, and if we add to it the fact that he was posessed by the abyss (the profaned flame) it turns out he wasn't so bad after all.
@@starhalanonim2859 I was talking about in his bossfight. Considering where he comes from and the freaks there, he seems pretty *chill*
@@fiercedeity9955 oh, ok
I thought you are talking about lore
“Maybe we’re all cursed… from the moment we’re born.”
- Lucatiel of Mirrah
:(
I never closed pornhub so quickly, thanks for your creativity.
Gotta agree with this man here, your songs are definitely worth exiting porn mid-search to listen to one of your songs.
I'd rather fap to Avi's music tbh
and this is how you know which ones are your true and dedicated fãns
This comment made my evening. xD
Myotic TeSeract Yeah I'd rather jerk off to his songs, better than porn in my opinion.
'For the unkindled we look to the sun. Cities in gold all the victories won. Fear not the dark or the monsters my friend, and brace for the feast of humanitys end.'
I love this part, it's so beautifully nihilistic, sums up the whole series.
Jessica it makes me sad knowing that during the time of ds3 solair is dead
I wish he is in ds3
How is this game nihilistic?
Think about it. Even with everything dying and going to shit. Humanity is still around. Standing in the ashes of gods and demons.
Gods, Dragons and Demons have risen thousands of times. Fought and burned .
Yet the last battle is fought by two humans. Standing in the ashes and ruins of old. Fighting over the last bit of humanity left. All in all we won.
@@Animefan1803 i see your point but a few things the soul of cinder at the end is technically not human it is the accumulation of every person who has linked the fire in the majority humans have yes but in his second phase it reverts to gywn a "god" this is showing that just like in ds1 he is still clinging to his flase hope of the age of fire lasting forever when we kdefeat the soul of cinder we have three choices 1.link the fire and keep the cycle going for however long it takes for the fire to go out this time 2.let the fire die and let the beckon in the age of dark 3. take the fire for our self and well we dont know what happens after that from what we know we would have the power of the soul of cinder so we would become the flames guardian just like how it did depending on what ending you got and what your view on dark souls politics are you can say that "we won" but from my perspective there is only one ending we win and even that is nihilistic if we link the fire then we are just keeping the age of fire alive for how many years it will go on fully knowing it gets shorter with each link and stopping the natural progression of ages so you follow in gwyn's ways if we take the fire for our self the same outcome the age of fire keeps going but in what i see as the best ending is letting the fire die and letting the dark take control in ds1 and parts of ds3 it talks about how the world has ages first was the age of dragons then the age of fire and then there was meant to be the age of dark but the linking of the fire kept that from happening and the age of dark is also known as the age of humanity since humanity harbors the dark soul hence it being dubbed "the dark soul of man" so with letting fire die humanity is no longer ruled by false gods or royalty they are free to roam without fear from the gods yet even in this "best" ending the world is in a blanket of pure darkness just as the chaos flame made life just as the first flame made life so can the abyss yet that life will just wounder without purpose,without reason humanity just like the gods and just like the dragons before are not important in any way each player is nothing they are just specs a moment in time that was great for a moment but will be forgotten about as the next age passes you can see it when you fight all these dragons with names and history even syth the father of sorcery but what do we know about there age other thne the gods killing them next to nothing and thats the point they were forgotten just how in the age of dark the gods will be forgotten and in the next age humanity will be forgotten and also yes dragons are gone (kinda since there are a lot of dragons still around and in dranglek there is a whole kingdom full of them but that depends if you wanna count ds2 as cannon or not ) and demons are gone but that just adds to the depressing mood of it all the dragons had lives and the gods took that all away killed each one of them if they did not serve them the giant were used as slaves and the demons as well yes are dead mostly but in the chaos flame where most saw hate and gwyn saw heresy it created life it created demons they just roamed there lands had a society even just how the gods would or how humans would but even then whoever wanted power (in this case the player from ds1) took that from them killed all daughters of chaos and then the bed of chaos what in tern made the demons run from there home and eventually die out and even in ds3 the last demon king we get to fight he fights with all his will and when he is nearly dead he uses all of his energy to try and kill us after that he cant even stand just trying to bat us away to stop us so yes humanity out lived them but they will be forgotten as well because the story is not about humanity it is about the world there in how ages must past and how men(gwyn ) will always try to prolong power at any cost
@@Animefan1803 sorry for the essay tho if it came of as a bit salty im just really passionate about the lore
@@theabyssalundead372 But the last battle in the series is actually Gael. Because of the timetravel before the boss fight.
Technically the entire world is already destroyed when you meet Gael.
So my point stands. The last battle is fought between 2 humans in the ashes of the gods.
So while yes, there´s no world we inherit. Which is also not the point. Humanity stripped itself from the slavery of the gods, perfectly capable of creating a new world within the paintings. We may have destroyed the world in the process, but we freed ourself from the tyranny of false idols. Which given the situation, i see as an absolute win.
This hits different when you know alot of the lore.
True
True that
Yes
Very true
True
I came, I saw, I came again
Omni did you get her pregnant?
John Mcbob XD
John Mcbob you sick perverted bastard, I thought the same thing.
I saw, I came, I saw again
Ew. Lol, but also ew
Cydonia and sabaku brought me there. And I'm happy for that.
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7.8 too much chadness
Same, look at your feet Sblumbian
L1, CHI NON TORTISIA SBLUMBA
"Then he took a name
For the one profaned"
Shivers.
Could you please explain the meaning behind that line? I'm still learning the lore of the souls serie and I would love to understand more about the lyrics of this incredibly beautiful song
@@willghezzi it's a reference to how Sulyvahn became Pontiff in the Boreal Valley. He wasn't supposed to be Pontiff.
I think sulyvahn came from ariandel and went outside the painting and went to profane capital and found to profane flame he then used a greatsword to get the flame and went back to the boreal valley and made himself pontiff
F & P ♥
2017:Yes
2018:Yes
2019:Still yes
2020: New year same fav song
EDIT:The first time i saw this song i knew it was gonna be good and i was hooked
92020: *always* yes
6969: yes and also nice
Nicholas Tarrant 86 (STUDENT) NO IT FUCKING AINT!!!!
2021:yes
2021 New favorite
Quanto sono felice che sab abbia consigliato questo fantastico artista
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Oh di Tortisio anche lei vedo, sia lodato il sole amico a io!
@@alphadeath7759 \[T]/
L1
L1 a te amico
L1 carissimi Tortisiani
we were all been fooled, thinking the Fire is our answers...
Our ilks, from times and times,
Like moths drawn to flame...
Unkindled ashes seeketh ember,
Hollowed seeketh humanity.
Hear ye, hear ye:
The Fire is not the answer, but our suffering...
The Abyss is not man's heritage, for it is our insanity...
To snuff out the flame is not to doom the world...
...but to end this eternal cycle of suffering.
To snuff out the flame is not to welcome Abyss...
...for the Dark is our Heritage.
Fear the Fire, embrace the Dark,
but not to let both consumeth thee...
Humanity are more than that...
The Flame are fading, the Dark remains,
For those still seeketh hope, however fickle maybe,
Find the painting world, crackling in flame,
A cold, dark, gentle place awaits thee...
...a new beginning await thee...
...to begin again.
...Fear not the dark, my friend,
Let it be your end...
Let it be your mercy...
...and let it be your new beginning.
i just came up with this spontaneously, so let me know what do you think about this comment.
Booga Booga ooga
Most of it is quotes from the dark souls series tho
I like it!
3:12 did you just gwyn me good sir?
Yes, yes he did.
*Evades attack*
*Parries greatsword*
Yes indeed...
@@fiercedeity9955 you can parry the greatsword, but you can't parry the feel
@@ariezon Exactly.
Quanti sono qui con il PALLE MAX?
*LETS JUMP INTO THE ABYSS TOGETHER MY HOLLOW FROOONDS*
WOLNIRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I'd rather stay out of the abyss, thanks.
This hits different when you know what "Tortisio" is...
Yes man...it's true
Indeed...
Il palle
Yes, indeed
What is that?
More glorious than Gwynevere's holy rack.
Debatable.
Very true lol
Very much debatable
Very much true .
Very much truly debatable
Loro non sanno, ma noi si..
tutti Sblumbiani!
@@kroaerys202 che brucino nelle fiamme di izalith con la loro magia "ping 9999"
YOU just got 1 new sunscriber......
Praise the sun
I liked my comment cause theres no one gonna like it. I crie eviryteim
No Name have 1 like ^-^
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Not much point when the sun goes down in every song aviators has to be honest
F and P rulez
"Painted ashes painted snow"
This line is sooo good
This song is what introduced me to Aviators, and I find it fascinating because of the lore references it contains.
The perfect song for the chosen undead who intends not rekindle the flame.
"Gives me conniptions" 10/10 IGN
Fear not the dark
or the monsters, my friend
and brace for the feast
of humanity's end
These lines always gives me chills man....
The Ringed City all the way.
grazie sabaku
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Let me tell you a story my son.
The name of this tale is Dark Souls. One of many legends. Many monsters. Great deeds and a moral behind every knights end.
Coffee by the Dozen How many stories are there pops ?
Two, there are only two, DS1 and DS3, DS2 lost my Van Halen collection so we don’t speak about him !
When your so early there's no thumbnail
Fear not the dark my friend and let the fest begin
Chaos Wolf
"fest"
Sounds fun, can't wait
Dr. Bees lol
The dark festers within all of us My friends
Amazingly enough not entirely wrong if it was in Danish. "Fest" means Party in Danish.
Jacob It also does in English, as people will sometimes (as in very rarely) shorten "festival" to "fest".
Well, the more you know. Never really seen that used and I thought I was pretty good with english. Oh, well you learn something new everyday, thanks.
Ci siamo tutti compagni? Siamo a Godopoli!
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tortisiani,
*RIUNIAMOCI!*
"Sei stato tu P?!"
"Chi ha scritto questo libro!!?"
*sigla feat. Fading Light*
- F in "Dark Souls 3 Veteran Run for Cydonia w/Sabaku"
Ti citerei "fenicotteriamo", ma non credo in queste favole per bambini... stupida anima oscura...
FENICOTTERIAMO
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Uomini... Fenicotteriamo
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tutti insieme, per tortisio