@@snek1356 until you realize Yi Sang's mirror self (Sang Yi) has wings made of broken mirror shards, and is one of the main struggling points of Yi Sang's personality that he doesn't have them. Until he finally realizes that he always had them at the end of Canto 4 ends where one wing coalesces from broken mirror shards.
@@kyoken8691 His "wings" may of been literal there but in general they're metaphorical for the freedom to do and develop what he wants without repercussion or compromise. he doesn't want literal wings to fly about with.
In the game, the first two parts of the song are actually played separately for each voice, it makes the dissonance a lot more obvious as they're not actually replying to each other. Just saying very similar things at the same time.
In essence, they both believed they were the reason for their partner’s suffering and they would be better if they never were by their side in the first place… when in reality, it was the opposite. Heathcliff was Catherine’s everything, and vice versa. Without the other in their life, sorrow turned into anger at themselves, anger turned into atonement, and ….. most of this comment section has played Canto VI. We all know how this turned out.
To talk about the themes of the story without spoiling the story itself: The story is about a relationship falling apart because of miscommunication, but also major themes of self-loathing. The two lovers each think that they're the cause of the other's misery (hence 'I must be the reason why'). Classism is also a theme, with one of them thinking that he's naturally "a witless brigand, a miserable wretch, a savage beast" and that will never change despite how much he tries. The self-loathing also gives you a darker interpretation for the 'Delete' portion.
This song is even better in game. When you fight Erlking the deeper voice is the one singing, but when you switch phases to [ ] fight the lyrics are instead sung by the lighter voice. It was glorious
As a quickish way of explaining the story: its about 2 people blaming themselves for the suffering of the other Thats why they both say the same things. Now, for a more indepth explanation (Spoilers below) In limbus company, paralel universes are a thing more or less. And in every single world pretty much, these two always end poorly. Neither gathers up the courage to confess to the other, and eventually one of them dies, leading the other to blame themselves. It goes to the point where two of those alternative versions (one of each part of this couple) decides to travel from world to world killing their paralel selves, wanting to "delete" every single instance of themselves to prevent the other from suffering. The "Round and round we go" reffers to how this is something that has repeated in every single world, and how, in their eyes, it will repeat as long as they remain. There are two more things worth mentioning. One, ingame the voices are separate until the last phase of a bossfight, showing how incomplete they are without the other. And two (and last), towards the end of the song, the lyrics change from essentially saying "I must be the reason you suffered and I wish you a life without me" to "Losing you hurt me so much that I am lying to myself when I say that you would be better off without me"
Seeing how everyone is going "lmao you think thats methaporical? haha" makes me feel like Catharsis who hasnt played the games has a better understanding of them than the average project moon fan. Like... yes the lyrics might describe something thats happening literally in the screen but the games are on itself a bunch of metaphors. Abnormalities in LobCorp are born from things like fears and desires, Ruina has Angela learning what it means to be human by watching the different people in the city, Limbus has each of its characters face their own past and traumas while also die over and over for the sake of the company they work for. Most people feel like The City is written like in a "would that be fucked up or what?" way while in reality everything is a mirror for something else. tl;dr: good analysis.
THANK YOU Like, for days I've read comments about why it's literal and like, neat, but I'm talking about the POETRY Cassie writes for the verses mainly. "And the hope inside your eyes have been stolen" "And the hearts we held so tight won't stay broken" "The message has already been said through patches of violet." That last one being the most literal, but definitely playing as a metaphor too. This is definitely one of their more literal tracks, but Cassie will never stop tossing beautiful little nuggets of quotation in everything lol
@@CatharsisYT Heathcliff's story is based on Wuthering Heights, if you have happened to be forced through that in high school in the US Hence Heath and Cathy (Catherine). All 12 major LC characters are based off classic works of literature from various cultures, some more loosely, some more literally, this is more on the literal end for sure
@@CatharsisYT very late, but I wholeheartedly agree. I think one of the best parts of Mili PM songs are just the storytelling via music, both lyrical and musical. I's so good that both people with and without context can understand and get to the same conclusion that the song wants to tell. Their lyrics have both literal accuracy and metaphorical depth. Anyways, if it counts for anything, not that it has to, I'm pretty sure that all the "haha you think the lyrics are only metaphorical?" comments are just PM fans coping with the horrors of Limbus storytelling. Your guesses and analysis were so accurate you essentially just described the plot of the whole Canto. Not that that makes the comments any less annoying to read, but yeah. Anyways, I like your analysis. It's in depth, spot on, and I too wish that the lyrics were only metaphorical (
The song is amazing and the analysis was quite great as well! Without any spoilers, it is about a love story that got denied due to poor communication and jealousy, which eventually leads to a lot of sadness, obsession, anger and self destruction from both sides. It is based on the book Wuthering Heights, so it's pretty depressing overall. One part that is missed from just the short video is that initially the song is only from the perspective of the guy and you are lead to believe that he is the only one who went through some really insane self destructive behaviour - but the song still feels incomplete at this stage and it plays earlier than you would expect in the story. So in the finale, the song is played from both perspectives as the fight phases change and eventually it leads to the duet and the realization that they were very similar.
This song is probably my favorite way of incorporating a boss theme into the battle. During the fight you switch between fighting two bosses and each boss uses one of the sets of vocals until it eventually becomes a duet for the final phase.
It was a good guess, trully But you failed to get one crucial detail "I must be the reason why" "You must tell me all this lies" "Wishing you a better life" "I still believe in this lie" "That you'll live a better life" *"Without ME by YOUR side"* They are not really in disagreement with each other, but with themselves They chase each other, yes, but do so trying to get themselves removed from the other's lives.... You can only be happy without me, I am the cause of your suffering But at the same time thay can't really be apart from one another because they love each other Is the most toxic Romeo & Juliet relationship you'll ever find, and its called Wuthering Heights Check the book if you haven't And keep in mind, almost everyone is an unreliable narrator there
your read on the situation is surprisingly really spot on!! as mentioned, it's about two lovers who kept misunderstanding one another but refusing to just come out and say what they mean, leading to a drastic response on both parts that is only understood to be a misunderstanding when it's too late to go back. I really love the presentation in game, because only one set of vocals plays against the respective boss, with the bosses and the vocals switching as the fight progresses, so there's a constant sense of being incomplete with the call and response in the song being a call with no response. it's only in the final boss phase, with the last verse of the song included, that both voices play together :')
So here’s the story explained poorly, the words worst love triangle where no one has the balls to say what they’re thinking so they start killing themselves and stealing from a guy crying about a violin
@@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039 right, it kinda didn’t feel that way to me since it wasn’t a question of who Catherine would love, the conflict was purely about whether Cathy and heath could talk to each other or not.
You were remarkably spot on with it being about a breakdown of communication, the crux of the issue is that the two characters could never be honest with each other about their feelings to the very end. So now they both believe themselves to be responsible for all the misery and despair the other experienced, and think the other would be better off without them in their life. Also, the Delete is not metaphorical, they both want to actually delete every version of themselves from every parallel world, because in both of their eyes, the other can only be happy if they do not exist to cause them misery. This has instantly become my favourite Limbus Company Mili song, both for the song itself and for how perfectly it tells this story, because is an earlier fight you hear this same song except it's only the deeper (Male) lines as you only fight one of them, but in this version you repeatedly switch between fighting both during the fight which is when the song changes between the deeper (Male) and higher (Female) versions depending on which phase you're in and who you're fighting until the very end when both sing at the same time. Through Patches of Violet is a genuine masterpiece of storytelling.
very based for not waiting even though the youtube compression hurts my soul--i was anxious to get someone's thoughts on it as much as i am to hear a solid copy of it
The song starts with the high and low voices seperate in all but the last phase really emphasizing the "aloneness" each character experiences without eachother. at the last phase they come back together at the end as almost an understanding between the two parties being found. The song also seems to be very "bach fughe like" and additionally this limbus company cantos basis is on an old book called "wuthering heights" which was published in the late 19th century. really cool piece! Note: Made this before your analysis so I may be repeating some of the things you said.
Canto 6 Spoilers below! I wanna say, the way they present this in the canto is interesting. Usually, you go into a "dungeon" and in the final fight the song starts to build up (as in more lyrics starts to appear after some time.) But in this Canto, there is no dungeon. It starts playing when you fight Erlking Heathcliff. The moment you first hear it, you can tell it feels _incomplete_ until you start to fight at the last node. The fight against him and Every Catherine included both "male" and "female" side, completing each other.
The moment you break Oldcliiff's first threshold, get the cutscene, and enter the Every Cathy phase, her side of the duet taking over the song? Now THAT was the Mili Peak Moment of the Canto. The moment everything about the lyrics truly click in your head. And that's just the fantastic gameplay-music combo Limbus does time and again 🔥
Love this song so much. A duet of two lovers who will never find each other. They could never be honest with each other, and so when one finally left, they both wished for each other, but could never meet again. They always want to be together, but can never agree, as you said. Also, spoilers. Limbus includes a concept called identities, alternate versions of characters that a player can use to help in a fight. The song has to do with not only the lovers themselves, but their two alternate selves, each wishing to kill every version of themselves to save the other, yet wanting to love the other as well. Their boss fight has them on two different realities, they can hear each other, but will never be able to meet, never be able to agree. They will only ever see eachother, through patches of violet.
there's actually a person doing the mix male and female version sing it one by one and at both at same time But it's gonna be become long loop version like in game, but still good one when you can hear male and female sing it like it's from their own pov
"Among the tragedies of the mixed world of possibilities of two men and women who believe that their loved ones will be happy only when each other disappears, a world of only one possibility with a small hope of getting to know each other's hearts in it"
“I couldn’t wait” Very valid, man… I couldn’t wait either! My favourite Mili song now! My favourite part is the “I must be the reason why, you’ve given up your smiles, and the hope inside your eyes get stolen!” The entire segment is AMAZING.
With playing through 6-48 when it first came out, compared to listening to the song now, it's two different emotions. You seemed to have a great grasp on what the song is portraying, but it hits on a whole another level when playing through the game itself with the music evolving, switching around throughout the fight. Within context, the song does its job the best. And as for the "Delete" segment, that's not all that metaphorical...
You know, for someone who hasn't actually played the game or seen what happens your analysis and guesses continue to be on point, that's genuinely impressive (and the reason these reaction videos are the ones I look forward the most)
People always want the big Mili boss fight songs to be reacted to, but a lot of Studio EIM's work for the regular battle themes are also very interesting. They don't have lyrics to convey themeing, but they manage to do so with instrumentation and lietmotif, and a lot of them are absolute bangers. Some of my favorites are Canto II B1 and C1, Canto III C1, Canto IV B1 and E1, Canto V F1, and Canto VI B1- Though really, Studio EIM has shown incredible range and basically all of the regular fight music from Limbus Company is incredible and worth a listen.
Not only does the two parts play separately for most the fight (only coming together for the end), but the length of the fight means you hear it loop the first section a fair bit, “round and round we go” Also, both halves of the relationship/boss fight is an alternative version of a character from here looking to kill every iteration of themselves so the other won’t be miserable. Those two never get to be on screen together or hear each other. Love drove them apart, and led them to believe the other was better off without them. Your Heathcliff can mend the distance, but not soon enough to reach a happy ending
As others have already mentioned, the story is about 2 lovers who think themselves responsible for each others miseries. One point I want to add is that it was implied alot that due to poor communication, the 2 lovers head on 2 parallel paths rather than their fate being intertwined. This is represented in the song when they sing in parallel of course and is a great representation of how love is sometimes like. Wanting the best for one another but being afraid of stating ones true feelings in fear of rejection, causing each other to self sacrifice in the name of love even if it was never wanted by the other person.
A youtube channel named NotherWael made a remix for this song with the in game scenes and phases. Even if you don't play the game, it will give you better idea of what's happening while the song is playing. You don't need to make it a content but if I really recommend to check that remix out by yourself, it will be enjoyable
I mean thing about pre official songs is that the in game version is mixed differently than official version, like some people prefer in game or mix versions of Compass to official :D this one I don't know if I like them starting song with duet when it starts in game with them seperately, but I wouldn't know how official would do it
This mix, I was curious which he'd use, I like some of the other mixes more especially the ones that have the "male" vocals and the female vocals switching off, especially since that's closer to what they do in game. However, this probably pretty close to the version that mili will release.
It's actually incredibile how close you were to guessing pretty much the story behind the Song To boil it down ti the simplest terms, the story Is a Classic tragedy, with two star crossed lovers that end badly becouse of their own characters flaws, in this case, impulsiveness and lnability to communicate their feelings They end up thinking that the other doesn't love them, and they end up blaming themselves for all of the pain the other goes through One of them decides to leave, change and inprove and come back as a Better Person worthy of love (The First chorus about how each of them says "i must be" they assume, not ask) The other takes It as abbandonment, and decides to end their own Life (Deleates) The First comes back too late to save the second, and in their last moments they realize that they unconditionally loved each other all the time, but it's too late (The second chorus with "i might be the reason why" they finally stop assuming and ask the questione)
Problem with this song (even probably in official release): That it's not an actual complete experience. I think it goes: 1 voice sing one part (male-ish version of Mili voice), then another voice sing different part (her normal/female voice), then they finally sing in duet full version (version which you listened to). Found original script (and ye, that version is 13 minutes) : "Follows how the song plays in-game: both (intro), male, female, instrumental, male, female, instrumental, female, both."
Hey Carthasis, had you thought about giving Bulbel by mili a try? It's pretty good song in my opinion, if so I'd love to see your reaction video bout it one day
Yes!, and maybe check out Ender Lilies OST to, because they are made and if im not wrong 100% by Mili. My recommendations if you decided to check it out is. Bloom - Outro, Bible - Intro, Accolade - Outro, and Bloom - Intro.
A bit unfortunate that you chose the 3 mins ver, the whole song is actually over 7 minutes long. The one you used unfortunately had the "round and round we go" part order mixed up with the climax one. It's supposed to go with cassie solo it with the deep vocal version then the high one then back to the deep one with some lyrics changed and also back to the high one with also the lyrics changed slightly. Then it supposed to play the duet you heard from this one.
While this one is really good, I kinda wish he could have experienced the split parts of the songs, because it makes the real duet portion so much more powerful. Basically, minus the beginning portion and the end portion, the higher and lower voices are split into their own sections. Splicing them together like this, as well down as it was, defeats some of the themeing established within the actual battle(s) themselves. Support the official release of course, but if you want to get more of a feel of what I mean, even just listening to it in your own time, check out BlueTune's (In-Game ver. mix).
Very close, but as you said the portrayal matters. All I can say is despite both sides sounding very similar intentwise, until the very end, it stays an incomplete duet.
How did you manage to get the theme of communication and misunderstanding so easily without knowing the game's story beats? I know Mili packs a lot of reference to the story's events but damn
So a cool thing about the overlapping voices: They represent two phases in this bossfight (the fight switches between two different enemies and the soundtrack changes along with it), but you actually hear the first voice's lines isolated way before you hear the second. This is because you fight the enemy associated with the first voice about 5 stages before you hear the full song, so you enter into the final stage with the expectation to hear this song, and then BOOM, phase switch, second voice. It kind of lulls you into a false sense of security and renews itself right as you're getting used to it. 2:16 The final bossfight eventually actually introduces static (the background of the stage glitches between different universes).
I would recommend you to read the game story if playing is not an option for you. The story is hella fire. And what you believe to metaphorical might not be. Experiencing the ingame story with the song is the ultimate way to enjoy Mili song.
Canto 6 spoilers bellow!! Jokes aside, Heathcliff and Catherine's relationship is really tragic, they are the embodiment of a toxic dysfunctional relationship: they love eachother however they are extremely incompatible, Heathcliff loves Cathy so much that he is emotionally dependant on her being his only source of validation and completely breaking down in every universe if she ever dies, he even admits that he stopped himself from going to Linton and Cathy's wedding because he would not be able to stop himself from beating BOTH up even when Linton never did anything wrong, we even learn he was emotionally dependant on Cathy as well so at the end Heathcliff becomes extremely possessive over a girl he was not even dating. Catherine on the other hand loves Heathcliff but she also loves Linton, she loves the idea of having this boys be over heels for her and ready to workship her however she doesn't want to choose and ends up creating a love triangle where all the people she cares about end up being hurt due to her lack of choosing leading to her realizing that her death mentally destroyed all of those around her, hence why the "I'm the reason why you have given up your smile", in the song basically she says how she has realized her actions have hurt everyone and how things would be better if she just pulled those affected away. At the end, the reason why other Heathcliff says that every Catherine is destined to be miserable by the hands of Heathcliff is this, they love each other but they aren't made for eachother at all, it's like trying to make a balloon and a cactus be together, it's just not meant to work
![Mili Fan Reacts To - Through Patches of Violet [Limbus Company]](/img/n.gif)
"The lyrics were definitely metaphorical"
Stage 1: Denial
We are gonna be in the denial phase for a while, I think
Just like "In the Place Of Love"
Clear all cathy... I mean, cashe data
@@user-wr6zt9lh7n Who?
@@anwardyurinaldi5980 We don't talk about love town
6:26 "I'm not sure how literal the 'delete' thing is-" HOOO BOY!
Remember to regularly clear the caches on your computer to prevent potential slowdown
Clear all Cathy.
@@ThrashRats who the hell is ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Hokma balls @@kinkaimaru4632
@@kinkaimaru4632 Someone's OC
'the delete is probably metaphorical' lol. lmao
Imagine thinking part of a Mili song is metaphorical.
@@april5356 To be fair, a decent bit of Fly, my Wings is metaphorical alongside Yi Sang's whole story.
@@snek1356 until you realize Yi Sang's mirror self (Sang Yi) has wings made of broken mirror shards, and is one of the main struggling points of Yi Sang's personality that he doesn't have them.
Until he finally realizes that he always had them at the end of Canto 4 ends where one wing coalesces from broken mirror shards.
@@kyoken8691 His "wings" may of been literal there but in general they're metaphorical for the freedom to do and develop what he wants without repercussion or compromise. he doesn't want literal wings to fly about with.
I'm sad Yisang's base EGO didn't get the glass wing tbh
The "delete" is definitely not metaphorical. It's probably the most literal thing there.
The "I must be the reason why you have given up your smiles" is borderline identical to what both Heath and Catherine think they did towards the other
Who got deleted?Heathcliff or &$@*%*@?
Distortion woman here
@@artemsheen8064 actually its lord ayin, but carmen has hijacked his account
Yeah, I love the story between Heathcliff and [ ]. It's peak.
Yeah I know, it's especially tragic what happened between Heathcliff and 2&3:`π`°#8$7¢=€°€
I just find it strange they never explained who was that person on the coffin
@@ulysses4566 Sinclair literally says it
It's Cathy.
Whoever that is,.
Man im pretty sad about what happened to [REDACTED].
@@Tzentr_n yeah but we are told nothing of this Cathy person, weird
In the game, the first two parts of the song are actually played separately for each voice, it makes the dissonance a lot more obvious as they're not actually replying to each other. Just saying very similar things at the same time.
In essence, they both believed they were the reason for their partner’s suffering and they would be better if they never were by their side in the first place… when in reality, it was the opposite.
Heathcliff was Catherine’s everything, and vice versa. Without the other in their life, sorrow turned into anger at themselves, anger turned into atonement, and ….. most of this comment section has played Canto VI. We all know how this turned out.
To talk about the themes of the story without spoiling the story itself:
The story is about a relationship falling apart because of miscommunication, but also major themes of self-loathing. The two lovers each think that they're the cause of the other's misery (hence 'I must be the reason why'). Classism is also a theme, with one of them thinking that he's naturally "a witless brigand, a miserable wretch, a savage beast" and that will never change despite how much he tries. The self-loathing also gives you a darker interpretation for the 'Delete' portion.
This song is even better in game. When you fight Erlking the deeper voice is the one singing, but when you switch phases to [ ] fight the lyrics are instead sung by the lighter voice. It was glorious
THE FAULT LIES WITH US
Finally i can agree with Ahab about something
Wait no actually, the fault lies on me, singular
Wrong Canto buddy
i really liked how this song was themed around heathcliff and #####
You mean #########?
@@TChunky you mean dante? 💀
who?
@@shenshiya9474 if it joke nice buy if it isn't it's the ■■■■■ not dante play depression simulator chapter 6 to learn more
@@user-lt5td3vg8v nah its just a joke cause the guy only had five # letter dante instead of 8 #
As a quickish way of explaining the story: its about 2 people blaming themselves for the suffering of the other
Thats why they both say the same things.
Now, for a more indepth explanation (Spoilers below)
In limbus company, paralel universes are a thing more or less.
And in every single world pretty much, these two always end poorly. Neither gathers up the courage to confess to the other, and eventually one of them dies, leading the other to blame themselves. It goes to the point where two of those alternative versions (one of each part of this couple) decides to travel from world to world killing their paralel selves, wanting to "delete" every single instance of themselves to prevent the other from suffering. The "Round and round we go" reffers to how this is something that has repeated in every single world, and how, in their eyes, it will repeat as long as they remain.
There are two more things worth mentioning. One, ingame the voices are separate until the last phase of a bossfight, showing how incomplete they are without the other. And two (and last), towards the end of the song, the lyrics change from essentially saying "I must be the reason you suffered and I wish you a life without me" to "Losing you hurt me so much that I am lying to myself when I say that you would be better off without me"
i love ████████ shes my favorite character so far
Who?
Who the hell is Rem?
Best design
Yeah the relationship between Heathcliff and &$!#€ is one of my favorite in this game.🎉
■■■■■ is so good
This is the sound of Peak also I'd recommend Distorted Heathcliff from Limbus Company its also an experience 🧐
Me putting dark souls boss music and eletronic music in a blender:
Seeing how everyone is going "lmao you think thats methaporical? haha" makes me feel like Catharsis who hasnt played the games has a better understanding of them than the average project moon fan.
Like... yes the lyrics might describe something thats happening literally in the screen but the games are on itself a bunch of metaphors. Abnormalities in LobCorp are born from things like fears and desires, Ruina has Angela learning what it means to be human by watching the different people in the city, Limbus has each of its characters face their own past and traumas while also die over and over for the sake of the company they work for.
Most people feel like The City is written like in a "would that be fucked up or what?" way while in reality everything is a mirror for something else.
tl;dr: good analysis.
THANK YOU
Like, for days I've read comments about why it's literal and like, neat, but I'm talking about the POETRY Cassie writes for the verses mainly.
"And the hope inside your eyes have been stolen"
"And the hearts we held so tight won't stay broken"
"The message has already been said
through patches of violet."
That last one being the most literal, but definitely playing as a metaphor too. This is definitely one of their more literal tracks, but Cassie will never stop tossing beautiful little nuggets of quotation in everything lol
@@CatharsisYT Heathcliff's story is based on Wuthering Heights, if you have happened to be forced through that in high school in the US
Hence Heath and Cathy (Catherine).
All 12 major LC characters are based off classic works of literature from various cultures, some more loosely, some more literally, this is more on the literal end for sure
@@CatharsisYT very late, but I wholeheartedly agree. I think one of the best parts of Mili PM songs are just the storytelling via music, both lyrical and musical. I's so good that both people with and without context can understand and get to the same conclusion that the song wants to tell. Their lyrics have both literal accuracy and metaphorical depth.
Anyways, if it counts for anything, not that it has to, I'm pretty sure that all the "haha you think the lyrics are only metaphorical?" comments are just PM fans coping with the horrors of Limbus storytelling. Your guesses and analysis were so accurate you essentially just described the plot of the whole Canto. Not that that makes the comments any less annoying to read, but yeah.
Anyways, I like your analysis. It's in depth, spot on, and I too wish that the lyrics were only metaphorical (
@@bluerendar2194 who's Cathy? i dont remember anyone called Cathy in canto 6..
This kind of self-duet singing Mili also did in Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery, one of their much older original songs, you should check it out
GA1AHAD AND SCIENTIFIC WITCHERY MENTIONED
The song is amazing and the analysis was quite great as well! Without any spoilers, it is about a love story that got denied due to poor communication and jealousy, which eventually leads to a lot of sadness, obsession, anger and self destruction from both sides. It is based on the book Wuthering Heights, so it's pretty depressing overall.
One part that is missed from just the short video is that initially the song is only from the perspective of the guy and you are lead to believe that he is the only one who went through some really insane self destructive behaviour - but the song still feels incomplete at this stage and it plays earlier than you would expect in the story. So in the finale, the song is played from both perspectives as the fight phases change and eventually it leads to the duet and the realization that they were very similar.
“A Wei with words” Thanks for the pun, I’ll be taking it now
This song is probably my favorite way of incorporating a boss theme into the battle. During the fight you switch between fighting two bosses and each boss uses one of the sets of vocals until it eventually becomes a duet for the final phase.
It was a good guess, trully
But you failed to get one crucial detail
"I must be the reason why"
"You must tell me all this lies"
"Wishing you a better life"
"I still believe in this lie"
"That you'll live a better life"
*"Without ME by YOUR side"*
They are not really in disagreement with each other, but with themselves
They chase each other, yes, but do so trying to get themselves removed from the other's lives....
You can only be happy without me, I am the cause of your suffering
But at the same time thay can't really be apart from one another because they love each other
Is the most toxic Romeo & Juliet relationship you'll ever find, and its called Wuthering Heights
Check the book if you haven't
And keep in mind, almost everyone is an unreliable narrator there
your read on the situation is surprisingly really spot on!! as mentioned, it's about two lovers who kept misunderstanding one another but refusing to just come out and say what they mean, leading to a drastic response on both parts that is only understood to be a misunderstanding when it's too late to go back. I really love the presentation in game, because only one set of vocals plays against the respective boss, with the bosses and the vocals switching as the fight progresses, so there's a constant sense of being incomplete with the call and response in the song being a call with no response. it's only in the final boss phase, with the last verse of the song included, that both voices play together :')
ROUND AND ROUND WE GOOO
HOLDING ONTO PAIN
DRIVEN BY OUR EGOOOOOS
So here’s the story explained poorly, the words worst love triangle where no one has the balls to say what they’re thinking so they start killing themselves and stealing from a guy crying about a violin
Whose the third one
@@veryyes1607lipton?tea???
@@veryyes1607 Me (I’m that cool)
@@veryyes1607 hindley
@@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039 right, it kinda didn’t feel that way to me since it wasn’t a question of who Catherine would love, the conflict was purely about whether Cathy and heath could talk to each other or not.
You were remarkably spot on with it being about a breakdown of communication, the crux of the issue is that the two characters could never be honest with each other about their feelings to the very end.
So now they both believe themselves to be responsible for all the misery and despair the other experienced, and think the other would be better off without them in their life.
Also, the Delete is not metaphorical, they both want to actually delete every version of themselves from every parallel world, because in both of their eyes, the other can only be happy if they do not exist to cause them misery.
This has instantly become my favourite Limbus Company Mili song, both for the song itself and for how perfectly it tells this story, because is an earlier fight you hear this same song except it's only the deeper (Male) lines as you only fight one of them, but in this version you repeatedly switch between fighting both during the fight which is when the song changes between the deeper (Male) and higher (Female) versions depending on which phase you're in and who you're fighting until the very end when both sing at the same time. Through Patches of Violet is a genuine masterpiece of storytelling.
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️? What do you mean?
very based for not waiting even though the youtube compression hurts my soul--i was anxious to get someone's thoughts on it as much as i am to hear a solid copy of it
The song starts with the high and low voices seperate in all but the last phase really emphasizing the "aloneness" each character experiences without eachother. at the last phase they come back together at the end as almost an understanding between the two parties being found.
The song also seems to be very "bach fughe like" and additionally this limbus company cantos basis is on an old book called "wuthering heights" which was published in the late 19th century. really cool piece!
Note: Made this before your analysis so I may be repeating some of the things you said.
Limbus Company, Canto 6 is one giant PSA on the dangers of miscommunication in a relationship.
Just so you know the official release came out!!
Peak Mili analysis just dropped.
Canto 6 Spoilers below!
I wanna say, the way they present this in the canto is interesting. Usually, you go into a "dungeon" and in the final fight the song starts to build up (as in more lyrics starts to appear after some time.) But in this Canto, there is no dungeon. It starts playing when you fight Erlking Heathcliff. The moment you first hear it, you can tell it feels _incomplete_ until you start to fight at the last node. The fight against him and Every Catherine included both "male" and "female" side, completing each other.
The moment you break Oldcliiff's first threshold, get the cutscene, and enter the Every Cathy phase, her side of the duet taking over the song? Now THAT was the Mili Peak Moment of the Canto. The moment everything about the lyrics truly click in your head.
And that's just the fantastic gameplay-music combo Limbus does time and again 🔥
Ingame you hear both vocal tracks to the song separately before hearing them together
We hating ourselves with this one 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯
Love this song so much. A duet of two lovers who will never find each other. They could never be honest with each other, and so when one finally left, they both wished for each other, but could never meet again. They always want to be together, but can never agree, as you said.
Also, spoilers.
Limbus includes a concept called identities, alternate versions of characters that a player can use to help in a fight. The song has to do with not only the lovers themselves, but their two alternate selves, each wishing to kill every version of themselves to save the other, yet wanting to love the other as well. Their boss fight has them on two different realities, they can hear each other, but will never be able to meet, never be able to agree.
They will only ever see eachother, through patches of violet.
It's duet because representing two people in the song
there's actually a person doing the mix male and female version sing it one by one and at both at same time
But it's gonna be become long loop version like in game, but still good one when you can hear male and female sing it like it's from their own pov
"Among the tragedies of the mixed world of possibilities of two men and women who believe that their loved ones will be happy only when each other disappears, a world of only one possibility with a small hope of getting to know each other's hearts in it"
“I couldn’t wait”
Very valid, man… I couldn’t wait either! My favourite Mili song now!
My favourite part is the “I must be the reason why, you’ve given up your smiles, and the hope inside your eyes get stolen!” The entire segment is AMAZING.
I certainly AM wondering what the visual for the Mili post will be...
Clearing all Cathy..
All [][][][][] cleared.
With playing through 6-48 when it first came out, compared to listening to the song now, it's two different emotions. You seemed to have a great grasp on what the song is portraying, but it hits on a whole another level when playing through the game itself with the music evolving, switching around throughout the fight. Within context, the song does its job the best.
And as for the "Delete" segment, that's not all that metaphorical...
You know, for someone who hasn't actually played the game or seen what happens your analysis and guesses continue to be on point, that's genuinely impressive (and the reason these reaction videos are the ones I look forward the most)
Yes, we couldn't wait.
People always want the big Mili boss fight songs to be reacted to, but a lot of Studio EIM's work for the regular battle themes are also very interesting. They don't have lyrics to convey themeing, but they manage to do so with instrumentation and lietmotif, and a lot of them are absolute bangers. Some of my favorites are Canto II B1 and C1, Canto III C1, Canto IV B1 and E1, Canto V F1, and Canto VI B1- Though really, Studio EIM has shown incredible range and basically all of the regular fight music from Limbus Company is incredible and worth a listen.
Always remember to clear all Cathy from time to time to prevent your device from slowing down considerably
With Mili songs its very difficylt to know what to take as metaphor and what to take as literal
So an interesting thing in the game, the two voices are played individually until the final phase
Not only does the two parts play separately for most the fight (only coming together for the end), but the length of the fight means you hear it loop the first section a fair bit, “round and round we go”
Also, both halves of the relationship/boss fight is an alternative version of a character from here looking to kill every iteration of themselves so the other won’t be miserable. Those two never get to be on screen together or hear each other. Love drove them apart, and led them to believe the other was better off without them. Your Heathcliff can mend the distance, but not soon enough to reach a happy ending
As others have already mentioned, the story is about 2 lovers who think themselves responsible for each others miseries. One point I want to add is that it was implied alot that due to poor communication, the 2 lovers head on 2 parallel paths rather than their fate being intertwined. This is represented in the song when they sing in parallel of course and is a great representation of how love is sometimes like.
Wanting the best for one another but being afraid of stating ones true feelings in fear of rejection, causing each other to self sacrifice in the name of love even if it was never wanted by the other person.
They never got to actually become lovers. That's how bad the communication was.
its the duet version the game version differentiates the voices through the phases of the boss duet one comes at the last phase
A youtube channel named NotherWael made a remix for this song with the in game scenes and phases. Even if you don't play the game, it will give you better idea of what's happening while the song is playing. You don't need to make it a content but if I really recommend to check that remix out by yourself, it will be enjoyable
In the game and book the story between Heathcliff and [ ] was really sad
I mean thing about pre official songs is that the in game version is mixed differently than official version, like some people prefer in game or mix versions of Compass to official :D this one I don't know if I like them starting song with duet when it starts in game with them seperately, but I wouldn't know how official would do it
great interpretation
This mix, I was curious which he'd use, I like some of the other mixes more especially the ones that have the "male" vocals and the female vocals switching off, especially since that's closer to what they do in game. However, this probably pretty close to the version that mili will release.
you should listen to the 7 min version cause it plays how the music was played in game
PEAK IS BACK
I really like the "male" version, aka when mili sings low.
It sounds really cool.
If only the “delete” part was metaphorical. If only he still had his [ ] with him.
6:32 REMEMBER [ ]
Great analysis as always. I would very much like for you to react to "Go together" from Reverse 1999, if possible.
There's a reason why it's called "Clear all Cathy"
Tbh I tends to like these that aren't official cause they're mixed with the game in mind rather than as an independent mv
Delete is literal here
It's actually incredibile how close you were to guessing pretty much the story behind the Song
To boil it down ti the simplest terms, the story Is a Classic tragedy, with two star crossed lovers that end badly becouse of their own characters flaws, in this case, impulsiveness and lnability to communicate their feelings
They end up thinking that the other doesn't love them, and they end up blaming themselves for all of the pain the other goes through
One of them decides to leave, change and inprove and come back as a Better Person worthy of love
(The First chorus about how each of them says "i must be" they assume, not ask)
The other takes It as abbandonment, and decides to end their own Life
(Deleates)
The First comes back too late to save the second, and in their last moments they realize that they unconditionally loved each other all the time, but it's too late
(The second chorus with "i might be the reason why" they finally stop assuming and ask the questione)
6:42 you could say that
I recommend listening a heathcliff the heartbroken, also from limbus
Guys, I'm a little bit confused. He keeps saying it's a duet but I'm only hearing one voice.
This comment almost got me, but i read the story synopsis 💀
The fault lies within us...
With the Lyrics on screen I can propably guess the video used, but in general nice analysis
I had them pulled up in a second window 🗿
I'm surprised we got this song this early. Oh well. Clear all [ ]
This is basically Gone Angels 2.0 u can't change my mind
Problem with this song (even probably in official release): That it's not an actual complete experience.
I think it goes: 1 voice sing one part (male-ish version of Mili voice), then another voice sing different part (her normal/female voice), then they finally sing in duet full version (version which you listened to).
Found original script (and ye, that version is 13 minutes) :
"Follows how the song plays in-game: both (intro), male, female, instrumental, male, female, instrumental, female, both."
Hey Carthasis, had you thought about giving Bulbel by mili a try? It's pretty good song in my opinion, if so I'd love to see your reaction video bout it one day
Yes!, and maybe check out Ender Lilies OST to, because they are made and if im not wrong 100% by Mili. My recommendations if you decided to check it out is.
Bloom - Outro, Bible - Intro, Accolade - Outro, and Bloom - Intro.
The lyrics don’t repeat at the end, they are slightly different and change the message from before
Great video as always though!
A bit unfortunate that you chose the 3 mins ver, the whole song is actually over 7 minutes long. The one you used unfortunately had the "round and round we go" part order mixed up with the climax one. It's supposed to go with cassie solo it with the deep vocal version then the high one then back to the deep one with some lyrics changed and also back to the high one with also the lyrics changed slightly. Then it supposed to play the duet you heard from this one.
Spoiler without actually spoiling: Clear all [][][][][]
your wink-wink nudge-nudge not-spoilers are not nearly as clever as you think they are. It's just spoilers :(
that ain't chief
Korsica. That 'delete' thing...WAS *NOT AN EXPRESSION!*
While this one is really good, I kinda wish he could have experienced the split parts of the songs, because it makes the real duet portion so much more powerful.
Basically, minus the beginning portion and the end portion, the higher and lower voices are split into their own sections. Splicing them together like this, as well down as it was, defeats some of the themeing established within the actual battle(s) themselves.
Support the official release of course, but if you want to get more of a feel of what I mean, even just listening to it in your own time, check out BlueTune's (In-Game ver. mix).
fishmael :)
Ah this version, I wonder when will chair give their remix
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My guy, I wish the delete part was metaphorical. XD
'delete is metaphorical'
[censored]? huh? whos that? what are you talking about? doesnt only the wolf live here?
this song really makes me want to Clear all my ■■■■■s
You.. you really should play this game.
You must "clear" all Cathy...
Shame im ways away
Who's [DATA NOT FOUND]?
Bathtub Mermaid by Mili would be cool! The song has.. typical Mili dark lyrics.
When the delete button actually delete.
Wow, my favorite character is *****
this song does really fit heathcliff and *********
I wonder who's the girl with heathcliff there
no clue she might be an oc
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Very close, but as you said the portrayal matters. All I can say is despite both sides sounding very similar intentwise, until the very end, it stays an incomplete duet.
How did you manage to get the theme of communication and misunderstanding so easily without knowing the game's story beats? I know Mili packs a lot of reference to the story's events but damn
I'm an ✨empath✨ 🤡
Its just not the same without the storm SFX (like compass hearbeat) and individual solo parts...
So a cool thing about the overlapping voices: They represent two phases in this bossfight (the fight switches between two different enemies and the soundtrack changes along with it), but you actually hear the first voice's lines isolated way before you hear the second. This is because you fight the enemy associated with the first voice about 5 stages before you hear the full song, so you enter into the final stage with the expectation to hear this song, and then BOOM, phase switch, second voice. It kind of lulls you into a false sense of security and renews itself right as you're getting used to it.
2:16 The final bossfight eventually actually introduces static (the background of the stage glitches between different universes).
I would recommend you to read the game story if playing is not an option for you. The story is hella fire. And what you believe to metaphorical might not be. Experiencing the ingame story with the song is the ultimate way to enjoy Mili song.
Listen to ready to die by Banana shooter :)
The whole chapter had a lot of good music due to basically being a boss rush.
Canto 6 spoilers bellow!!
Jokes aside, Heathcliff and Catherine's relationship is really tragic, they are the embodiment of a toxic dysfunctional relationship: they love eachother however they are extremely incompatible, Heathcliff loves Cathy so much that he is emotionally dependant on her being his only source of validation and completely breaking down in every universe if she ever dies, he even admits that he stopped himself from going to Linton and Cathy's wedding because he would not be able to stop himself from beating BOTH up even when Linton never did anything wrong, we even learn he was emotionally dependant on Cathy as well so at the end Heathcliff becomes extremely possessive over a girl he was not even dating.
Catherine on the other hand loves Heathcliff but she also loves Linton, she loves the idea of having this boys be over heels for her and ready to workship her however she doesn't want to choose and ends up creating a love triangle where all the people she cares about end up being hurt due to her lack of choosing leading to her realizing that her death mentally destroyed all of those around her, hence why the "I'm the reason why you have given up your smile", in the song basically she says how she has realized her actions have hurt everyone and how things would be better if she just pulled those affected away.
At the end, the reason why other Heathcliff says that every Catherine is destined to be miserable by the hands of Heathcliff is this, they love each other but they aren't made for eachother at all, it's like trying to make a balloon and a cactus be together, it's just not meant to work