"Just promise me you'll hold me so ill live you the night" "just promise me you'll cut me off and live though the night" holy fuck, hearing the begging to just be held to make it though the pain, then screaming for you to get away and just burn the whole place down so no one else has to suffer like that is just like, wow

Here's a list of Symptoms or CWD-related things 0:26 - 0:30 "Inside an Entity, It Hibernates" CWD like most Prion diseases has an incubation period of a year or more, with Deer, elk, moose, or Reindeer not showing signs of CWD for many years 0:37 - 0:43 "Coincidentally I've been debating if I'm imagining the tremors and the aches" one of the Symptoms for animals infected by CWD is tremors occurring in the head and aching pain. 0:44 - 0:49 "Saliva spilling out my mouth and yet my throat is still in drought" CWD causes infected animals to drool a lot as well as causing an intense and severe thirst for the animal. 1:30 - 1:35 "Kill every inkling of a doubt, cause now my legs are giving out" CWD can cause problems for infected animals causing stumbling and lack of coordination. The legs are giving out from the rotting brain and lack control over the muscles and body. 1:36 - 1:40 "If I'm contagious, then your gonna wanna GET OUT" CWD is contiguous, CWD belongs to a family of diseases called prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) 2:32 - 2:36 "I have lost command of Sublimation" This may be related to CWD, but I'm not sure after it is less about what the disease does and more of what it means for the dear, Sublimation means to pass from a solid state to a gas state without passing through the liquid state, best exampling being dried ice. I can only interpret this as the infected animal going "I've lost control of how I die, I will not die of old age as I wished, but will rot and decay over this long period of time" It's not like it can close its eyes as old age finally catches up to send to whatever higher plane that may exist. But that's my interpretation. 2:51 - 2:58 "Nothing can help me to regain control, Now that the Agony has taken hold" CWD has no cure, once any animal has caught it and they start showing symptoms they are as good as dead. 3:03 - 3:07 "Burn down the danger zone, set it alight" Fire has actually been shown to destroy any Prions that attached themselves to the environment, so controlled burns can slow the spread of CWD. 3:08- 3:11 "I have no concerns for things like fear of fright" infected creatures of CWD have displayed no fear of humans. 3:20 - 3:25 "Every single second I've been wasting away" The Biggest sign of CWD in Animals like Deer, Elk, or Moose is that the animal would have extreme weight loss nicknamed "Wasting" That is all I have noticed and documented, if you think you found a line that is also related to CWD, share the time stamp and why you think the line holds a relation to CWD.

Chronic Wasting Disease 🤝 Fruiting Bodies Prions taking control by the end of the song

hi, hi, hello, as someone who studied prion diseases as a whole for about two months straight on a knowledge trip I just want you to know that this is making me giggle and twirl my hair and kick my feet like a lovesick teenager

CWD is honestly the stuff of nightmares and horror movies. I wasn't expecting there to be a song about it, and I'm very excited! Edit: Finally listened to it, and yeah it was worth the wait!

there is a m'lady inside my soul

all jokes aside this song gets me so emotional,, especially the way asterian says "no i don't know what i'd do without you", it's so bittersweet and melancholic. it really does capture feeling as if your body is rotting and your spirit is leaving you, and the only thing you have left are the people by your side. what little time you have left is maybe not as miserable as it could've been......and maybe, for just a little bit, before your swift and untimely death, you feel all right

HOLY SHIT ASTERIAN? THE SKRUNKLE? THE MOON GOD? THE ABSOLUTELY COMFORTING VOICE POSSESSING VOCAL SYNTH? IN A REALLY INTROVERTED PRODUCER SONG? THAT IS SO REAL!!

petition to call him “asdeerian”

the idea of a human being suffering from chronic wasting disease is a both horrific and morbidly fascinating idea and i love how you executed the concept in the song, also THANK U FOR USING ASTERIAN HE SOUNDS SO GOOD

This song seems to me to use CWD as a metaphor for how trauma can completely ravage someone's ability to be comfortable and secure in any sort of relationship. This is major projection, though, so bear with me. It has this fearful-avoidant flavor to me -- the anxious neediness of "please hold me, please stay with me, please, I won't live through the night, I need you," along with the remorse for this neediness and the internalized backlash of "I'm horrible, I'm toxic, please leave me alone, get away from me, burn this bridge, I don't want you to be hurt by me," etc. That back-and-forth can come off as manipulative to people, but when identified, understood, and worked on, it can heal. It comes from insecurity caused by trauma making the alarm bells go off when they shouldn't. I also just love how the song begins with fearfulness and ends in avoidance. I relate to that so hard. I give up on relationships a lot. I give up needing people. I grow numb and I start to think I'm some sort of heartless monster, but it's better than actually hurting people and coming off as manipulative when I share my true emotions and needs, which are more than the average. I leaned harder into avoidance as an adult as a result of leaning hard into icky, codependent, toxic levels of fearfulness and abandonment anxiety as a teenager. This is the backlash. This is the "fixing" of oneself... when really, being avoidant is just as disordered and painful as being anxious about people leaving and hurting you. I'm in a DID system, so "struggling to fit the role" and "sublimation" (basically a type of coping mechanism where you replace unwanted thoughts/feelings/behaviors with other associations to meet others' expectations, which everyone does, but this is to an extreme level) hit hard for me, too. In summary, this song is such a raw take on healing from emotional turmoil while in a relationship. It's such a realistic take on trauma and PTSD feeling like a brain-eating disease that makes you feel out of control, like a monster, and like you're desensitized to hurt and pain, when really, you're oversensitive, insecure, and alert.

Warning! Super nerdy music theory analysis: Tempo: 00:07 - 02:05 = 100BPM 02:05 - 02:14 = Decreasing 02:14 - 03:20 = 100BPM 03:20 - 03:31 = Decreasing Metric 00:07 - 00:09 = 3/4 00:09 - 00:26 = 7/4 00:26 - 00:31 = 4/4 00:31 - 00:39 = 7/4 00:39 - 00:43 = 4/4 00:43 - 00:50 = 5/4 00:50 - 00:54 = 4/4 00:54 - 01:11 = 7/4 01:11 - 01:16 = 4/4 01:16 - 01:29 = 7/4 01:29 - 01:35 = 5/4 01:35 - 01:40 = 4/4 01:40 - 02:14 = 7/4 02:14 - 02:46 = 3/4 02:46 - 03:20 = 7/4 03:20 - 03:31 = 4/4 Scale: 00:07 - 02:45 = G# Harmonic 02:45 - 03:31 = A Harmonic Chord progressions: 00:07 - 00:26 = G#m - F# - E - Eb (i - VII - VI - V) 00:26 - 00:43 = G#m - E - Eb (i - VI - V) 00:43 - 00:50 = G#m - Eb (i - V) 00:50 - 00:54 = G#m - E - Eb (i - VI - V) 00:54 - 01:11 = G#m - F# - E - Eb (i - VII - VI - V) 01:11 - 01:16 = G#m - E - Eb (i - VI - V) 01:16 - 01:29 = G#m - E - Eb (i - VI - V) 01:29 - 01:35 = G#m - Eb (i - V) 01:35 - 01:40 = G#m - E - Eb (i - VI - V) 01:40 - 02:14 = G#m - F# - E - Eb (i - VII - VI - V) 02:14 - 02:46 = G#m - Eb (i - V) 02:46 - 03:31 = A - G - F - E (i - VII - VI - V) My opinion: Its crazy how much this song modulates its metric, it is very crazy, I have never seen a song modulate it so much. It modulates its harmony 1 time which is a good tool and the tempo is like medium velocity, slowing down the tempo is a tool that RIP has used before to emphasize some drama. It is not very common that people analyse the music theory behind some of these music so that is why I wanted to do this, tell me if you want me to do this with more songs XD

I never comment on videos before they actually release BUT! Gonna give some context to the title since I love it when people reference the most interesting but horrific things in life. And plus in general some notes!! Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD, is a prion disease that primarily affects the North American cervids (aka the deer family) and is extremely fatal! It is very much a concern within the enviromental community as it can spread animal to animal AND be undetected for months. Most side effects of CWD include; weight loss, decreased social interaction, loss of awareness, and loss of fear of humans. It also has been recorded that CWD can cause animals to salviate, drink, and eat more. But it's really hard to diagnoise it as well BECAUSE a lot of the symptoms also can coridalate to other diseases. And there's no cure. It's basically the closest version of an actual zombie we can get in real life ! Which I really am excited to see how this song relates to the title :]!!! Edit: I did not think I was mostly right but this song is genuijely so sad but i love it as sad as it is. God i hope it comes to spotify soon

Medical Anomaly got me through a lot of really hard times and I really want to thank you for that. I know you probably make this stuff to reclaim your narrative, but you’re also helping other people reclaim their narratives too, even if just a little bit. There’s no pressure to upkeep that role, I just wanted to say thank you.

this is so good

Can we take a second to appreciate how much better R.I.P's gotten at art? They have improved so much from their earlier mvs and the art here looks so cool and polished!

A song about CWD isn't something I expected that's for sure, but it's really cool (and terrifying) to see.. it's such a damn nightmarish concept, and I feel like it should be used more in art. The idea of being a "zombie" while also having an actual medical explanation behind it is such a good horror concept, it should be explored and researched more! I feel like the best and/or most terrifying thing about the song is the fact that CWD affects only the deer family, and yet the character is a human (with antlers, but still). The idea of a living human being with human emotions suffering through such a nightmare is just awful to think about. Hearing about the experience from an actual human person makes it way more terrifying and makes you actually understand the suffering more deeply. The concept of a "zombie" disease with no cure and a 100% fatality rate experienced by an actual human being, the way they know that they have so little time left, the way they explain their symptoms, the way they care more about not infecting others than actually surviving.. it makes it so much more depressing. This song is genuinely just genius! I love Asterian's voice, its sound makes the song way more depressing and actually serious, Asterian was genuinely the best possible pick for the song. The visuals not being actually creepy and intentionally scary, just footage of deer in the wild, makes it so eerie and disturbing.. We need more songs like these, exploring obscure but terrifying concepts while still being so emotional and having so much personality. wow I really did just write an entire movie review about a song about a deer disease didn't I

When the prions fold in the wrong way you get banger songs like this

I love this song. Don't know if it was the song's intention or meaning but the concept of something like CWD occurring in something fully conscious like a human is absolutely terrifying and really good story material. Like, it can be in the body for ages before showing symptoms and when they do present you would know that the countdown has already started and there is nothing anyone can do. You're on a timer now. And what an awful journey to death it would be. There are things in humans that are like this, such as rabies but for some reason CWD feels a bit different. Maybe it's the whole body horror that's clearly displayed in the moose, titled heads, drooling, stumbling around in circles, the fact that even if they want to run their bodies don't let it. I saw a clip of a moose with CWD, as the human approached to put it out of it's misery it started getting frantic and you could clearly tell it wanted to run but it's body just continued doing increasingly frantic circles. That in particular got to me cause that whole thing implies that their mind is still in there even at that stage. Horrifying. And great fiction material.

As someone with a chronic illness, paranoia, and a dissosiative disorder you've given a voice to my fears so I can finally explain them to my therapist and begin to work through them... Thank you❤

This song is very cathartic for me, considering the weird way my body is acting. "Coincidentally I've been debating if I'm imagining the tremors and the aches." Just speaks to me on so many levels, it's insane. There's also "Kill every inkling of a doubt, cause now my legs are giving out" is just scarily accurate. God, there's so many lines in this song that just makes me want to scream with how relatable it is. And I don't know why. I know my body is essentially giving up on me. I know that I've become weaker, I've gotten exhausted way too easily. I'm always in some sort of pain, and sleeping is such a tedious procedure I've given up on it as of right now. And on top of that, no one believes me. So, if I need help, I won't get it. But it's nice to have a song such as this, so I could silently scream and cherish whatever life I have left. Thank you for making it.

I don’t see CWD discussed a lot, so it’s cool seeing the title-wonder what kind of theming will be used to tie into it. Plus Asterian has an amazing sound, can’t wait for the premiere 👀

dude i love asterian but hes so frequently used as a backing vocal, so happy rip gave us this banger also the iconic RIP bass goes hard here

my anxiety is trying to diagnose me with cwd and every three seconds I have to remind myself "spider, it's a deer thing. you're a human." (spider is my name) great song btw!! and the art looks super cool too

chronic wasting disease is actually a really creepy disease that exists in real life! one of my favorite examples of it in media is wild rose from pinepaw and the forgotten world (rip girly..) so im excited to see what this song is about! update: holy shit

lyrics!! typed them out to send to a friend and figured it'd be a waste to not put them here also! ------------------------------- Inside an entity It hibernates It doesn't show itself Until it is too late Coincidentally, I've been debating If I'm imagining The tremors and the aches Saliva spilling out my mouth And yet my throat is still in drought I should've known that it would bite me in the back Now, There is a malady inside my soul Can nothing help me to regain control? And now the agony is taking toll, Promise me you'll hold me If I live through the night Inside an entity, It stays concealed How can I ascertain What's fake and what is real? But incidentally, I had a feeling My situation was the Furthest from ideal Kill every inkling of a doubt 'Cause now my legs are giving out If I'm contagious Then you're gonna wanna get out I know I'm struggling to fit the role Isn't there anything to make me whole? And I can stomach it, or so I'm told. But promise me you'll hold me So I'll live through the night Here and now, I would scream and shout If I'm allowed to Don't give out! No, I don't know what I'd do without you! Don't you see? I have lost command of sublimation Leave me be, 'cause the damage has begun There is a malady inside my soul Nothing can help me to regain control Now that the agony has taken hold, Just promise me you'll cut me off And live through the night! Burn down the danger zone Set it alight I've no concern for things like fear and fright! There's no contingency Our hands are tied So why don't I surrender And give in to decay? Every single second I've been wasting away!

I cant tell if this song is genuinely about chronic wasting or if it has some sort of hidden meaning but BRAH it SLAPS

I didn't realize that chronic wasting disease was a real thing. I swear to god the first thing i said was "bros just like me fr". And if that doesnt say that my chronic illnesses are horrifically poorly managed, then I don't know what will. Also, the song is very good!!! I want to steal Asterian's voice

I love how, even when the song is about CWD specifically, it can also be relatable for anyone with deteriorating illnesses, fisical or mental, it doesn't matter, this song fits perfectly. The wanting to be hold, don't noticing how bad the situation really is until it's too much, having someone you love that helps you yet you don't want then to mourn your lost, and the last chorus that is the "i give up" phase, when you don't care what happens to you or how people see you anymore, you 'give in to decay' and become a vengeful ghost of your former self So as someone with a contantly deteriorating mental state this song hits really close to home, i picture myself as the singer every time i listen to this, confused and helpless

Finally, an Asterian song! Actually one of the best Asterian songs I’ve heard! I first discovered him from a Ghost and Pals song and I loved him ever since. I wish more people used him honestly

I love these Diseases themed songs...like Fruiting Bodies and Now this banger, really like songs with meaning and this is just music to my ears. Grand job!! 🩵

For anybody wondering, the time signatures here are 7/4, 4/4, 5/4, and 3/4 INTRO 0:07 - *3/4* 0:09 - *7/4* VERSE 1 0:26 - *4/4* 0:31 - *7/4* 0:39 - *4/4* PRE-CHORUS 1 0:44 - *5/4* 0:50 - *4/4* CHORUS 1 0:55 - *7/4* VERSE 2 1:11 - *4/4* 1:16 - *7/4* 1:25 - *4/4* PRE-CHORUS 2 1:29 - *5/4* 1:35 - *4/4* CHORUS 2 1:40 - *7/4* INSTRUMENTAL 1:57 - Cont. with *7/4* BRIDGE 2:14 - *3/4* CHORUS 3 2:47 - *7/4* (the percussion in this part is also in half time which makes it feel slower) 3:03 - still *7/4* but no longer half time 3:20 - *4/4*

Been stuck in a dissociative episode for almost a week now, and I'm starting to feel violent and self-destructive. This song is...comforting. Like it understands.

the lines about saliva and "drought in my throat" hit hard considering two of the symptoms of rabies are excessive salivation and a dry sensation in your throat, and rabies really makes the sufferer's brain waste away physically along with their mind. it can be interpreted as another "wasting disease". regardless of the angle you look at this in, the lyrical and visual imagery on this song is perfect.

I got to love the human deer.

I am so excited for this! Love the title, by the way. CWD isn’t talked about enough, so maybe it will convince some people to research it.

did anyone else get recommended that one video like "this is chronic wasting disease" and that's the only reason they know what this is

I just noticed he’s slowly getting smaller throughout the song. I guess that represents how prions would make him fade away

YES a rip song with Asterian! It's gonna be amazing! And rip's art just keeps improving! Look at that drawing it's so good!!!!!

This was SICK!!! 🎉🎉

The way he sings in a "not-on-measure" way really makes the vibe of the whole not-knowing-what's-going-on thing feel extra real. (does that make sense?) anyway, great job as usual, rip!

this is gonna sound weird, but this song gave me the inspiration that i have been seeking for years. i finally got the backstory of a certain one of my characters for a book series im writing cause of you, and you have my deepest gratitude. the song itself is absolutely fantastic, to the beat, the lyrics, the sad vibe and creepy aspects, and that was enough to help me get many years long problem fixed!

i didn’t listen to the lyrics very closely before, but then i heard “why don’t i surrender and give into decay?” and HAD to go back and apply all the lyrics to my cotl au

WOAHHH THE TUNING?! It’s so coooolll!! Sometimes English vocaloid songs can be super hard to understand without subtitles, but his voice is so clear and you’ve put in enough distortion to make it gritty without making it had to understand. Another banger!

THE SONG COMES OUT ON MY BIRTHDAY! FINALLY SOMETHING I CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT!

I wrote an assignment on CWD back in around January, and not only that, but I saw a comment that connected another prion disease to Fruiting Bodies. It was quite the surprise to see this next song following that exact same topic, but I’m definitely excited! I really want to see how you use Asterian too!

Chronic Wasting Disease is such a horrifying thing and you translated it so well! Glad to see Asterian getting the spotlight too, disturbingly amazing work!

KZfaq was so kind to delete my comments but my pathophysiology obsessed self WILL be back. I WILL come back with an essay. Just you wait. (Read in threatening tone.)

Aw man, the song comes out at 2 am for me :') BUT I'M SERIOUSLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, YOUR TUNING HAS BEEN SO AMAZING AND I JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A MASTERPIECE Edit: WHAT?! THIS IS SO TASTY???

I AM UNABLE TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS SONG, IT’S JUST SO DEEP AND I TRULY LOVE IT *I’M SAVING IT TO MY PLAYLIST NOW-*

ASTERIAN??? IN A RIP VOCALOID SONG??? YES YES TAKE ALL MY BONES I DON'T NEED THEM WHEN I HAVE THIS

🙏🙏🙏been thinking for a while chronic wasting disease and its other animal counterparts has so much vocaloid song potential SO GLAD DOMEONE ELSE HAS FINALLY REALIZED THIS

GRRRRRRT SONGS ABOUT MEDICAL CONDITIONS GRRRRRRR DEERS GRRRRR

Hello I want to say that this song is lovely! and now I'm gonna say some fun deer facts! [it could be a lil disturbing] They rip the flesh from their antlers against rocks because it makes them feel better and not weird Did you know the the deer is the most weirdest animal out there? they're like their own cryptids but I love them

this song right here is the reason i made a fake disease and then proceeded to give one of my ocs lore EXPLAIN YOUR MAGIC WITH MAKING MUSIC SO GOOD IT MAKES SOMEONE LIKE ME GIVE THEIR OC LORE AND PROCEED TO MAKE A MADE UP DISEASE EXPLAIN IT 😡

CWD, my deerly beloathed. I love the song but god almighty if the real thing isn't scary. I like this song. It is not fun by any means and the tuning is great!

Learned about this after mom told me she was cutting the hair I grew out for 3-4 years, at least something good came from today

ill bet you all two nickels asterian dies by the end of this song

we stan asdeerian

MY EXCITEMENT SENSES ARE TINGLING AND I FEEL LIKE I WANNA ANIMATE SOMETHING WITH THIS SONG WHEN IT RELEASES

This song has sent me down a hyperfixation rabbit hole of prion diseases and I couldn't be happier

Oh my god, I love Asterian, I'm so glad you used him This song literally slaps so hard, all of your songs slap but this one just hits different

*RIP voice* another one

im loving the use of asterian by vocaloiders recently, his voice is so deep and lovely :) and beautifully used here! i like how you have more than one song thats about a weird science/nature thing that also sounds like a metaphor. it's a fun genre and i love it

This fits two separate ocs of mine and I'm feasting. like seriously there's two separate subsets of lines that fit uncannily well for each of them. magnificent.

Its been 3 days and im stuck listening to this on loop,its an earworm in the best way possible

this song makes me cry. i cry whenever i hear this song 10/10 would listen constantly even with the fact that i cry easily i want to hug and cuddle him :(

I agree with a few of the other comments here, Fruiting Bodies!Gumi and CWD!Asterian should be friends

THIS IS SO CATCHY AND COOL- but man chronic wasting disease is horrific, I studied it for a horror story I made for creative writting in highschool. Song almost *perfectly* fits my main character and that is so so cool- Amazing song and thank you for making it!

Y’all know what it’s time for- it’s time to repeat this song for an entire month

I love how yt recommended this song to me as i was doing research on cwd, it fr is a scary thing though and worse part abt it is that we know the disease is contagious but we don't know if it has the ability to spread to humans or not

WAIT IS THAT SOLARIA IN THE BACKGROUND??? THEY SOUND SO GREAT TOGETHER OMG

OH MY GOD!!!!! I find CWD so interesting, like, how the fuck can something actually live while basically decomposing???? thatnk you RIP!!!!!

I LOVE THE VOICE! 💗 Sounds kinda like big al (when his voice is used correctly lol)

MAN I MISSED THE PREMIERE FOR THIS 😭 BUT I'VE LISTENED TO IT NOW AND IT'S SOOOOOO GOOD !!!!!!!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ASTERIAN SO I'M STARING AT THIS SONG WITH MY BIG AUTISTIC EYES ... another one for the playlist :D

“How can i asertate whats fake and what is real?” Thats a bit too relatable there

Oh my gods such a good song! Been listening to it on loop for the past hour, it sounds like it would be a 2018 Vocaloid / MLP Meme audio :D

It's brightly shining attractive and heavily powerful passionate song!!!

"While we are standing, our heroes are chosing weapons, tactics and more to made this night unforgetable. So don't forget dear spectators, made that yours emotions hit the heart of your favorite"

IT'S VEEN FOREVER I HEARD VOCALOID WITH A DEEP MALE VOICE I LIKE ITTTTT

congrats rip our monarch you've predicted the zombie apocalypse

it’s kinda scary how little things in the brain can cause death even if the affected person/creature is perfectly healthy.. it’s a scary thing to think about, that and those mushrooms that control small/medium dead bugs like puppets.. nature can be so incredibly cruel sometimes, huh?

goddamn i never knew prion diseases made such good music, i am a desk and this song is an ace attorney lawyer trying to prove a point

Well, somebody had to make a song about Chronic Wasting Disease. Good job translating one of the most disturbing diseases I know of into a song format!

the little background beep thing idk what to call it BUT the sound in the background at 1:39 is making me absolutely rabid ITS SO GOOD like idk what it is about it BUT I LOVE IT SO MUCH this entire song is so good ive come to the conclusion you just dont miss when making music

THIS MAKES MY BRAIN GO SKRUNK IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE-

Love the theme of this song! Chronic Wasting Disease is absolutely terrifying and overlooked by far too many people. Not to mention the song itself is a bop!

i think im addicted to this song

"kill every inkling of a doubt" NOOO NOT THE WOOMYS

i love how the song being in 7/8 (or i guess 14/16) time signature just makes the beat feel incomplete or like something is wrong it fits really well here

the hardest lyrics every time

Captain Cuttlefish if he were an Octoling: 1:29 But seriously great work, instant banger.

i know this song is (quite obviously) about chronic wasting disease, but GOD i can't help but notice the way the lyrics are written being similar to rabies as well. so i went "fuck it" and decided to Analyze the similarities between the lyrics and Rabies (specifically Rabies lyssavirus, for clarification. the one we all mostly know.) because im normal (adhd) "Inside an entity, it hibernates." - Rabies itself has a long incubation period, in which it travels neuron by neuron (and specifically neurons) to reach the brain. This incubational period, too, can vary- usually between a month and three months, though there's been reports of symptoms beginning after four days minimum or six years. This also depends on the site of infection and how many viruses got into the body. "It doesn't show itself until it is too late." - This one is pretty self-explanatory- once you start showing symptoms, you're Gonna Fucking Die. Rabies is practically fatal, there are very few reported cases of survival. "Coincidentally, I've been debating if I'm imagining the tremors and the aches." - Furious rabies (the type you're most likely familiar with) has a fuck ton of symptoms, however, some reported symptoms have included tremors (www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4949a3.htm ; see "Wisconsin") and pain in the muscles. Rabies also causes meningoencephalitis (swelling of the brain and meninges), which can sort of lead to the imagining part as well. "Saliva spilling out my mouth, and yet my throat is still in drought." - This was the lyric that specifically connected this song to rabies sort of for me. Rabies, after reaching the brain, travels to the salivary glands and causes drooling and excess salivation. Though, those infected *cannot* drink water or any fluids, and are unable to quench their thirst. It's cool (to me at least). "Can nothing help me to regain control?" - Once you start showing symptoms, there's no cure for rabies, only treatment to help lessen the symptoms. So, basically, ya fucked. "Inside an entity, it stays concealed." - Until it reaches the brain (or you get the vaccine), your immune system *does not* notice the presence of rabies viruses. This is due to how it travels, hopping neuron to neuron. Rabies doesn't kill any cells either, meaning no interferons (proteins that are released when a cell dies due to infection) are sent out to alert the body. "If I'm contagious then you're gonna wanna GET OUT." - Self-explanatory. Rabies actually has one of the smartest (if not terrifying) transmission methods. Remember when I said that rabies causes excess salivation, but inability to drink any fluids? Yeah. Rabies basically makes it so you can't swallow any saliva or water to increase transmission chance. Fucked up, I know. "And I can stomach it, or so I'm told." - Basically the whole "oh you have an immune system you can get through this no problem!" thing, rabies edition. Does that make sense? It does to me. "I would scream and shout if I'm allowed to." - Rabies, in its later stages, causes a multitude of things including agitation, paranoia, and more. There's also multiple videos of people with rabies out there screaming while confined to beds. It's actually heartbreaking to see. Rabies is one of my favorite diseases to learn and talk about, it is... terrifyingly cool to me. I like the connections I can make between this song and rabies, even if it's not about the disease I was talking about here. I highly recommend Kurzgesagt's video on it, and also HannahTheHorrible's if you can stomach footage of rabid animals and people.

Happy birthday to him ❤️

we have this, Fruiting Bodies, now all we need is a Kuru (I believe that’s a prions disease) songggg 🗣️🗣️🗣️

THIS IS SO GOOD If this isn't about someone infected with CWD, I think it's about hypochondria (or chronic illness because of medical anomaly's meaning) The belief that you ARE infected with something this mortifying and fatal and nobody believes you, not even your doctors, friends, family, etc. Like hearing a set of symptoms and noticing them in themselves ("coincidentally, I've been debating if I'm imagining...") Not in an attention grabbing way, but genuinely terrifying for the person because they believe it and are inconsolable I don't think it's about that but it's a goofy thought I had while looking at flowers 👍

This will definitely reach 1M views one day. It’s awesome!!

WHY DOES HE LOOK SO PRETTYYYY AND THE SONG IS GOOD TOO NOT FAIR

I am so in love with Asterian's voice!!

this was my number 1 song for spotify wrapped this year 🗣 312 times played