Lyrics are also in the description!
Ok I'm super sorry for the long description, i have a LOT to say today lmao
First of all, thank you so much to ​⁠‪@WhyWhyZedSplt‬ for helping me refine these lyrics! If you like the videos I make, I GUARANTEE you’ll like Zed’s channel too. Check out his fan lyrics and subscribe to support an amazing splatuber!
Second, the Portuguese lyrics were lifted from Um Passeio no Mundo Livre. It translates to “A step forward and you’re not in the same place anymore.” The way I used it here is pretty divorced from the original context, but it's a really cool line and I wanted an excuse to include it. I dont speak Portuguese, im so sorry 😭😭
Lastly, thank you guys SO MUCH for 2000 subscribers!!! It seems like a livestream and/or Splatoon tierlist was the most popular choice for a 2k special, so I’m going to start planning for that. Seriously thank you so so so much, it means the world to me! 💙🤍💛
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Washing out all the chalk marks
As the rain patters onto the street beneath
Wish our art could’ve stayed there, lasted forever
Guess I just have to make another
Not a trace of my hue on the concrete
Need a little permanent ink in my artwork
What’s the point of creating things
If they never last long?
Down the gutter goes my heart and soul
This was a rare night
The blue moon glowed for me
A strange, elusive sort of sight
But after blue moons, the day returns and
Swallows the precious light
(Um passo… à frente e você…)
The stars will shift and the sun will rise
(…não está mais… no mesmo lugar)
Why should I even try?
On my knees on the beach
Making castles of sand
Till the waves start cascading upon them
Every grain washed away
Ruin left in the wake
Why do I create my castles here?
Hands reaching for the ash
Grasping for embers before they’re gone
Winds extinguish every lantern wick
Every good thing comes to an end
Begging the sun to wait
Don’t bring the dawn, the evening is young
Please don’t make us bid the moon farewell
I’m not ready for it to wane
What is the point of hello
When so suddenly we’ll bid goodbye?
Our songs will fade like we do
Even rainbows don’t last forever
So why do I embrace the rainbow?
Come see the coloured bands bending above
Don’t you understand?
Even when those colours turn to grey
You still wear their brilliant stains
Brandish your ink and pen
Scribble upon our still-pulsing hearts
Fill our senses with the art you make
That’s the point
That’s why we create
Let the metals rust
Let the sculptures turn to dust
Build something brand new
Let the branches rot
Clear the woodland floor for saplings to bloom
Blot out every star
And rinse the chalk off of the ground
Let these castles fall
And tell the sun to wake the dawn