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​this is basically the modern equivalent of those song about indie games back in 2018 stuff like "build our ink machine" and "curiosity got the best of me", and that i can respect

nobody: Dean: I PAID FOR THE WHOLE VHS EFFECT IM GONNA USE THE WHOLE VHS EFFECT

"So many souls to play with, so little time" sounds like some generic villain line that a demon would spout to be "spooky," yet you managed to turn it into a pulse-pounding lyric just by changing how it was presented. You have skill, and the music is awesome. Respect.

an actual banger

Can I just say that the fact that this doesn't seem at all influenced by any Sonic.EXE content like vs. Sonic.EXE or Xenophanes or even the original My5tCrimson fangame or anything of that sort is absolutely commendable? As someone who's gone out of their way to read through every line of text from the original creepypasta and document every last thing to its most accurate possible detail, I can very, VERY clearly tell how much you've carefully read through the original story for the assets and lyrics in this video. This feels like an actual fan song based on the original Sonic.EXE creepypasta and nothing more, as if it was made before anything except the pasta back in 2011. You've got all the references down, from the musical similarity of Hill Act 1 (the one influential exception) at the beginning to the use of EXE's original phrases and the original zone names to the background assets of Green Hill Zone, Scrap Brain Zone/Stardust Speedway bad future, and during the chorus actually original assets based on ... instead of reusing Marble Zone's background assets- the brick walls turning from purple to red with the checker tiled floor below, the fact that you used a laugh SIMILAR to the Kefka Laugh instead of the actual clip, since the original outright stated it was not the same sound but rather something that just sounded similar... So, SO much care was put into this song and its visuals, I have NEVER seen something respect the original story to this degree and for that I absolutely commend your work- this is absolutely fantastic.

Ever since that Mandela Catalogue cover, I've been interested to see what else this fella would make. Im honestly blown away, this is fantastic

Some kid did this as they're song analysis today at school 💀

If this had been uploaded over there at the time that indie game fan songs abounded and the golden age of DA Games was present, it is this would undoubtedly have an exorbitant number of visits, but it is not too late to enjoy this jewel of a piece of music that now takes many of us back to those nostalgic times, excellent work and great theme song.

This feels like finding an old haunted cassette tape in an abandoned house, but one with a bop on it. Loved this! Keep up the great work Dean :)

I feel like people are missing the genius of the line “Torture is fun and fun will be endless” Solo, you have re-ignited a huge part of my childhood and I throughly thank you for it. I’ve been listening to this constantly since it dropped. 100/10, phenomenal.

3:21 Wow that's *simple* sounds so visceral

why is nobody talking about about how perfect 3:01 is???

You have killed it with the old Indie game fan-song style once again! Really glad to see you revive this kind of style, intentionally or not! This sounds amazing!

As a sonic.exe veteran, THIS SLAPS HARDER THAN MY DAD

----Play With me Lyrics---- Do you want to play with me? A simple game of Hide and seek Close your eyes and count to 3 Keep this interesting for me *Sonic.exe Laugh* The skies are darkening, The world you know The hills no longer green Like the animals your blood will flow Dreaming of this cursed machine Smiling wide with empty eyes I'll find you You're a lot of fun just like your friend You're hiding but I'm deep inside your mind You'll die a thousand times Do you wanna try again? You're tired of running Nowhere to hide and I'm getting closer every second behind you There's so many Souls to play with So little time Not long till I find you Run for your life You're in my world now You're joining your friend I'm coming to take your soul in the end YOU CAN'T RUN There's a silence in the air You know You're facing your demise Try to counteract but you're too slow Disappeared before your eyes Try to run try to fight Try to keep the end in sight I'm always Just beyond your reach Count from three down to one Find out how far you can run FOUND YOU Game Over and over again You're tired of running Nowhere to hide and I'm getting closer every second Going Supersonic I'm in the corner of your eye I'm in your deep subconscious I'm getting closer every second BEHIND YOU There's so many Souls to play with So little time Not long till I find you Run for your life You're in my world now You're joining your friend I'm coming to take your soul in the end YOU CAN'T RUN I'll be your nightmare tonight THE TORTURE IS FUN AND THE FUN WILL BE ENDLESS So just try to put up a fight I'LL BE COUNTING THE SECONDS YOU'RE DROWNING YOU'RE BOUND TO GO DOWN IN THIS FIGHT My arms and mouth are open wide Reveal the emptiness inside NO MORE HIDING DROP THE FACADE You know the truth I AM YOUR GOD DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WTH ME? a SIMPLE game of hide and seek? Close your eyes and Count to three Keep this interesting for ME You're tired of running Nowhere to hide and I'm getting closer every second Going Supersonic I'm in the corner of your eye I'm in your deep subconscious I'm getting closer every second BEHIND YOU *Sonic.exe Laugh* //Two Times There's so many Souls to play with So little time Not long till I find you Run for your life You're in my world now You're joining your friend I'm coming to take your soul in the end // YOU CAN'T RUN ---------------------------

The thumbnail looks like one of those "Top 10 Sonic.EXE facts"

Actually, I love the way this song kinda goes over the whole story. Starting at Hill, with Tails as the first victim who's an actual friend of Sonic. Starting by acting as Sonic, he messes with Tails. All of the lyrics sound like it's EXE directly talking to Tails. In the 2nd verse, it mentions counteracting against him, fighting back, yet being too slow, and EXE being just out of reach because he keeps disappearing, until he lastly appears behind him and goes in for the kill, this fits the description of Knuckles' part of the story. The third part is either him to talking to all his victims, or Robotnik (Maybe the viewer?) Then the ending can probably be considered as EXE taking over in general, possibly even to the viewer. I love how the lyrics are set up to match with the story, and it is so smart. Whether they were on purpose, or not, amazing job on this dude!

Dude you KILLED it with this one. It doesn't really sound like a song based on a creepypasta based on the instrumental, but the lyrics themselves do that job extremely well

If someone told me "Crush 40 made a sonic.exe song" I would 100% believe it. Thats how freaken good this is

I like how this almost sounds like it could’ve been a song from the Adventure Era of Sonic. Good job making it your own thing while paying homage to the creepypasta.

YOOOO! That is an S tier nerdcore song! The video, the vocals, the electric guitar... everything is top-notch! I watched both livestreams where you created this song but I was still totally blown away by the finished product. Keep doing what you love, LSE! I'll be eagerly awaiting your next masterpiece (and jamming out to this one!)

BRO! THIS IS AMAZING! the lyrics, the instrumental, everything here is wonderful you managed to give me nostalgia in the best possible way I can say it didn't let me down Congratulations man, you are a legend

the drowning theme in the background with the "I'll be counting the seconds" part makes the happy chemicals happen fr fr all those sonic exe songs out there that use it an overbearing amount and then this? absolute masterpiece

Man, I don’t know the creepypasta but you made this accessible to those that don’t, while throwing in fan service. Love the punching 4 on the floor riff, so crunchy, and the taunting melody to fit the run/hide. Great work, man! Your style reminds me of a band I played some shows with before called The Protest. Thats a good thing, cause they rock too. Keep it up!!

This was insane!! The lyrics, the effects, the references, like the Majin Sonic reference at 2:54 - 2:58, and everything was incredible!! This is my favourite video from you so far! Excellent video, dude! Keep up with the amazing videos that you make!

BRO. To go from watching you write the song to hearing the final product is INSANE. I love the song. I was waiting for it and you blew my expectations out of the water. Really damn good job!

Finally, a Sonic.exe song that isn't a cover or a Friday Night Funkin' song!

3:35 the best guitar solo to exist

I can’t tell which “Do you want to play with me?” Part is better. The original, taken out of the live streams, sound much less fragmented and sane, while also being much easier to hear and having a taste of slight classical parts is VERY good. But in the official song version, it’s much more fitting to the songs genre and inspiration, and it sounds AMAZING! I keep relistening to them both but I just can’t decide which is the better one! Amazing work on this song, either way. I definitely didn’t expect the song to hit this hard mentally, especially to people like me who’ve been interested with the original creepypasta since it came out. The song strays from the FNF content, which I’m sure everybody is liking, and it seems more related to the actually creepypasta than the game adaptations or video adaptations. Wonderful work, LSE!

I loved every single minute of this

FINALLY A SONIC.EXE SONG THAT ISNT A FNF SONG😭😭😭😭 YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW TO SEE AN ACTUAL SONIC.EXE SONG THAT ISNT JUST BLEEBS AND BLOOBS😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

3:17 instead of hearing "do" i heard "don't" but it fits somehow?

The like, plucky piano in the intro is so anxiety inducing 👁👄👁 then it turns into a crunchy rock song that reminds me of modern sonic game music and it bumps. Like if Sega made a Sonic EXE game this could be the theme for the credits. Also the screams are unparalleled. Very solid song I like it alot 👁👄👁👍

I love these old-school styled fan songs. Bonus points for the cheeky Majin reference at 2:56. Great work! I can't believe I've only found your channel now. This song perfectly encapsulates what Sonic.EXE is: A cold-blooded, egotistical killer playing god, yet ironically confined to his own virtual prison, but able to briefly leave through his gateway, the disk. One that only wants to play in the most twisted ways possible, and views us as playthings.

I love how well made this song is. It reminds me of DAGame and others like him, and it's incredibly catchy. I also like on how the song somewhat sounds like a carnival ride twisted into something horrifying. And just like a carnival ride... *You can only sit and watch.*

i see the 1:21 part of the song as the first "game" you play with him where it becomes very clear that it isnt sonic and somethings wrong, overall a very good song, tops even the mandela catalogue video for me

Geez, I can't get over how catchy this is, it's really giving me early 2015s vibes, like a bunch of those indie songs on games you'd see at the time, great stuff as always dude!

This right here shows that the community can make the original thing much more terrifying and fun Sonic.EXE was meant to be scary, but it was during the time when we were all just children, but as time went on, we grew stale of the whole .EXE concept to the point where Sonic.EXE was nothing more than just a simple joke. But after the original creator got called out for being a creepy person, there was a charity event being held and LuigiKid (god bless this man) and a few others saved the EXE community and revived it. Some EXEs are even trying to recreate the original storyline except make it better. For example; Lord X is basically Sonic.EXE but WAY more creepier and scary and Needlemouse is taking the original story but twisting it to make its own original story. Tom and Kyle are still present but what’s different about Needlemouse is that instead of this being created simply from dark matter, it’s simply Sonic being possessed by a woman known as Sarah, who we later know, has *correlations* between Tom and Kyle (Kyle being the son of Sarah’s ex-girlfriend and Tom being the son of Sarah’s best friend, Luther). This community has come a long ways aside from the bad things.

This is giving me a LOT of old DAGames vibes, it feels like im listening to a song from 2014-2016. What I love the most is that this song doesn't feel like it's specifically of Sonic.exe, and I adore songs that still fit the character/series they're for while still sounding independent enough to be just a banger track. Fantastic work LSE!

Literally a masterpiece, I probably have listened to this song 15 times and it never gets old. Not to mention the references to the OG Sonic.exe game as well as the "The torture is fun and *the fun will be endless"* quote which refers to Majin Sonic's appearance in Sonic CD with the quote (in Japanese) "The fun is infinite with Sega Enterprises" which proves my point at 2:56 when you can see Majin's face

I don’t think I can put into words how impressive this is. Your video editing skills have improved so much dude! And pairing that with your catchy melodies and creative lyrics, your talent has become absolutely insane.

DUDE, YOU KILLED THIS! Even after the sneak peak this completely blew my expectations out of the water. Love the vocal effects you used in the beginning, gave me heavy TLT vibes. And that beat switch up at 3:15 legit gave me goosebumps lol. Definitely without a doubt one of, if not the best song you've put out yet!

I‘m actually getting the good old 2013 feelings of KZfaq when listening to this that I’ve lost with every nostalgic fandom song creator. It actually shed a tear from my face bc it’s such a masterpiece that Exe should have deserved. It’s so GODly and it’s making me feel like a kid again with all these memories. Thank you!

Listening to this song a lot kinda resulted in a little story sprouting up in my mind. Our story would focus on a young man who’s been a fan of the Sonic series since his youth. Let’s call him...Danny. The scenario is mostly the same, Danny gets a copy of an old Sonic game sent to him by a friend, with a warning to destroy the game, not to play. Of course, he can’t help but get curious, and boots up the game despite the warning. Yet, this is where it changes from the original story. Instead of just playing the game and experiencing them from an outside view, Danny hears a deep voice in his headphones, asking if he wants to play, telling him to close his eyes and go to sleep...and, wether intentionally or otherwise, our protagonist closes his eyes, as the voice says to “keep things interesting” for them...and wakes up _in_ Green Hill. *”Hide and Seek”* Tails is there, too, and says that they need to run. Both Danny and Tails start running, as they hear a voice mocking their efforts, the same deep voice that trapped Danny here, which even mentions him being a lot of fun *“just like his friend”.* The scene transitions to the burning Angel Island, and Danny and Tails hear loud, sinister laughter coming from behind them. Then, in a flash, _something_ grabs Tails, and brutally murders the poor fox in front of our hero...something that...vaguely resembles Sonic, but with eyes full of evil intent, the crimson orbs staring into the man’s soul. It speaks to Danny. *”Would you like to try again?”* Then...it’s gone. Fearing for his life, the young man keeps running, even when it seems like he’s safe...until he hears that _thing_ whisper *“behind you”* and kicks into a full sprint. He keeps on running for his life, even as the voice calls out from somewhere around him. *”You Can’t Run.”* Soon, Danny finds himself in Scrap Brain Zone, with Knuckles. Knuckles is strong, so he should be able to beat this imposter, right? Wrong. When it appears, Knuckles, and Danny, both repeatedly fail to hit this “Sonic”, as it keeps dashing just out of their reach. Finally, Knuckles hits his limit, panting heavily as sweat forms on his brow...and this unholy creature takes that chance to kill the echidna then and there. It looks to Danny again, who runs just as he hears it’s mocking message. *”You’re too slow.”* He keeps running, and running, even as the being declares it’s in his mind, the voice disembodied once again. The words *”behind you”* are now yelled, sending chills down his spine. It says something about *”so many souls to play with”* and how it has *”so little time”* and the silence after is deafening. *”...”* Soon, Danny finds himself in what seems to be the caverns below Marble Zone...and who else is waiting there, other than Doctor Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik. Normally, Danny wouldn’t trust the mad scientist, but right now, it was probably better that he did. Robotnik told Danny he was planning to hide until this creature in the form of his rival went away, or died...or something. It was better than letting it catch either of them. Slowly, they began descending a long flight of stairs, even as the area around them got darker. Then, from behind Robotnik came a sinister set of words. *”Found you.”* It happened in a flash. Now the once great scientist lay dead at Danny’s feet, this imposter of Sonic staring at him, with those blood red eyes. It spoke again. *“You’ve been quite fun, Danny. Perhaps more fun than Ryan. Yet, this game is at its end. You know why you can’t escape. You know the truth...”* Danny began to back up, fear on his face, and screamed in terror as four words were yelled at him, causing him to run yet again, further into the dark. *”I AM YOUR GOD!”* The environs kept twisting and changing around Danny as he ran, to areas he’d been through, and special stages, the imagery warped and demonic. Finally, he came to a dead end...with multiple corpses. There were Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik...along with Sonic himself...and Ryan, the friend that sent Danny the game, his body hung by a noose. Shortly after, Danny felt a sharp pain, and then- *GAME OVER.*

I will hear this in loop when it's out, i'm already adicted to this teaser

If there is one thing I love about this song, it would have to be the fact that it doesn’t mention much blood or gore, making it feel like an actual official Sega version of a Sonic.EXE song!

The new thumbnail is fucking terrifying and I love it

The instrumental goes HARD. And man the lyric work… 🔥 The start is BALLER. The drowning motif, the references, as well as just the main chorus- WOW

It was a good song, the opening bit felt familiar/ a bit nostalgic and the solo was sick ass hell. Defiantly diffrent than what I had originally imagined the song would be.

if only this dropped in 2012. The amount of Sonic.EXE videos edit videos would unparalleled. Jokes aside this might be one of my favorites from you, it's awesome.

this is one of the best if not THE BEST sonic.exe (not fnf) song I've ever heard, the transition to classic genesis to hard rock was just chef kiss, and the melody is SO catchy! this deserves more views and attention, really loving the original songs! keep up the great work sean!

thank god loop is a feature for pc youtube or i woulda had to keep reseting this banger everytime it finishes

When are you getting a full band together and touring Australia so I can mosh like crazy to this song? Incredible work as always Dean. The effort you put into everything you do, from music and video production to lore research, is astounding. As always, I look forward to seeing and hearing more! 🤘

This is great! I can't believe this song actually exists! A metal song with a BANGER guitar at the VERY start, Amazing vocals, Amazing instrumental, It's an Amazing song overall!

Sonic.exe has become a cult phenomenon in the Sonic Community for over a decade since his start in 2011! So many fangames based on him and artworks and spinoffs and even more creepypastas too

this is absolute gold. 10000/10 im very surprised that ive seen nobody talk about 3:16 - 3:35, it's so amazing

This sounds like an OFFICIAL theme song for a Sonic character. This song is amazing and definitely one of the best things to come out of the creepypasta.

OH BOY, I BELIEVE ANOTHER BANGERS APPEARING MEN

I swear to god this is the kind of stuff you'd find in 2014, great job

First of all, this was simply amazing, I've had many goosebumps through the song Also, the "I'm at the corner of your eye" part was a terrifying idea, just imagine a monster so fast, torturing you by just being always at the corner of your vision? Anyways, I think you just made something incredible and refreshing with the idea of sonic.exe, truly amazing

0:46 It’s scary how accurate that laugh is. Good work!

Sonic.EXE was actually the first Creepypasta I ever read, and it still has a special place in my heart (and nightmares lol). That being said, this song is honestly even more enjoyable than the story itself. I love it!

I’ve got to say, I’ve watched a lot of KZfaq, a lot of musicians and self proclaimed artists but you by far are the most talented artist I’ve heard. When I first heard your music, it was like an uppercut to my jaw, it caught me off guard that much how good it is. Rock on!

as someone who knew sonic.exe since his first year, i never seen a song that covers him the best, congrats

The entire section of 2:52 to 3:17 is so well done I adore the Majin reference and especially the way you incorporated the drowning theme it's genuinely incredible and definitely the best song I've ever heard for the Sonic.exe character. Great job

I'm actually in love with this so much, the use-age of exe's quotes, an original sounding track of exe which is still recognizable to all the games soundtracks I'm actually so impressed, good job on this I cannot get over how good this is holy hell, :0!!

I like how each time the "behind you" is said, the space gets longer from the main chorus. Like you think its going to end but it doesn't

as someone who has loved Sonic.EXE since 2011, I absolutely love this, it really reminds me of something you would’ve heard back then, this doesn’t even have really anything to do with Vs. Sonic.EXE or the fan game, it sounds amazing and absolutely original and I just overall love it

I can run actually, but what I really can't - that's wait to hear full song!

This is 100% epic! I have never seen anything so DISTORTEDLY BEAUTIFUL IN MY LIFE! Now I'm not normally a guy who listens to 4 minute Rock/Metal songs but this is too epic to resist! (You LITERALLY ROCK!)

Finally a Sonic.exe song that isn't influenced by "Vs Sonic.exe",this contains so much references to the original creepypasta,i really don't know what to say,this is awesome.

Sonic.exe has finally gets, what he deserved, *a Legendary Masterpiece Song.*

Holy shit. This was absolute FIRE. STRAIGHT TO MY PLAYLIST WITH THIS ONE!

I can honestly see this being EXE's theme if Sega ever decided to make him an official villain.

This reminds me of the dream where i was hunted by Sonic .EXE, honestly was a pretty cool dream despite all the blood. Especially ended with a boss fight with him in my grandmother's backyard.

I just wanna say, my favorite line in this is at 2:54 - "The tourture is fun, and the fun will be endless" THAT LINE THO! It's awesome, just like the rest of this song. Great work

2:51 the start of my favourite part!

This gives me nostalgia in an odd way, it really does remind me of those old indie game songs like FNAF ones and BATIM ones, the amount of originality and effort that was put into this is shocking in a good way, it's like finding a video after years and giving it a listen as you go back to your childhood days, this is really damn good!

1:54 i just realised this part is themed about Knuckles, silence in the air, the level is all quiet until a certain point where you find EXE, "just out of reach" you cant hit EXE in the Knuckles section and "counteract but you're too slow" you cant really counteract when he jumps at you. also in the "code red" song he says "counteract but you're too slow" too

A blast from the past, I remember when creepypastas were the kings of the internet. And all though I'm more of a "BEN DROWNED" guy myself, this song definently does a great job of capturing the feel of those old gaming creepypastas from long ago. :)

This song is extra wild when you realized Solo has worked on some official Sonic music for their social medias

to be honest, this song is badass, the music, the style. EVERYTHING! it's just so goddamn good. and I love how it still reflects EXE at it's core. and hey. this genuinely feels like a true Sonic.exe Fan song. only based on the Creepypasta and how he was back in 2011. so Fantastic Job dude! you've outdone yourself, and also made indie game songs. well, fun to listen to again.

Holy frick this is actually so good. The guitar is spot on and the lyrics are written so well. Great stuff.

As a person who discovered sonic.exe back in late 2014, i can say that this is a masterpiece to the old and og sonic.exe fans and to the new fans who discovered sonic.exe through fnf, i must say that how ungrateful for them to ruin the community and have the people i knew leave because of a natural disaster form in this community

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GODD THIS FELT LIKE ONE OF THOSE CREEPYPASTA SONGS FROM BACK IN THE DAY, but like, EVEN GREATER??? LIKE THIS ROCKS SO HARD!!! HELLA nice work!!!

I found out about this a couple days ago and I must say, this likely blows any music created for this niche out of the water, by a long shot. While IMO, some of the FNF songs make for good imaginative story telling and some are general grooves, I didn't think I'd find an EXE song that made me think "Oh yeah, you could definitely turn this character into a full fledged story arc with THIS as the opening." But yeah, this definitely focuses around the core of the premise and I gotta commend it for that. Great stuff.

I was there for most of the first stream and part of the second, i loved it! -although i do have to say that i preferred some of the parts more during the streams, but regardless of that its still a great song!- I have listened to it again and there's only one part that i think could have been better now, i know i'll be addicted to this for quite a while lol! amazing job!

honestly, this is perfect, compared to the original creepypasta, it’s so *so* close to it. *and* it’s a vibe.

3:10 hits different for some reason. great song!

Extremely underrated, this is a certified banger that gives me epic nostalgia but also the brutality of the song LOL, congrats !

Had no idea what to expect and was met with something absolutely fantastic. This made me feel like a kid again, reminding me of the songs I used to listen to.

This is absolutely, this re-ignited something way back in 2018! It also sounds really good and works with the original creepy pasta! Props to you! Keep working!

I like that you mixed it in with actual Sega Genesis/Mega Drive sound fonts! S rank, right there!

Probably the best Sonic.exe song out there. References to the og's plot and even a reference to my boi Majin Sonic, LOVE IT! (Also it's been said a million times, but the "feel" of the song is similar to old indie songs and that's pretty nostalgic.)

GOD DAMM.. THIS GIVES ME 2018 INDIE GAME SONGS AND I FREAKING LOVE IT ESPECIALLY SINCE SONIC EXE THIS LITERALLY SLAPS SO HARD WTF 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

no joke, metal or rock like this fits perfectly for exe, a gritty more darker sonic with the whole idea that the "game" goes on forever and no matter what you can't win, can't escape, no way to beat him. That's all not including how much the original story this song is as well as the idea of exe, before all the later stuff that added to him later

LSE, you are absolutely amazing. I have loved everything you do for a while. Your covers, your originals, everything. Thank you for all of the content you make so often for your fans!

I miss my nerdcore phase. Thanks for reviving it.