My moral compass leaving my body when the bad guy starts singing a catchy song

y'all he's boutta drop the entirety of the fnaf lore

I like to think all the "children never listen" lines are intentional references to his children- "told it's rude to stare" for Elizabeth because she didn't heed his warnings, "parasitic like a pox / always causing problems till you stuff them in a fox" for Michael, the black sheep of the family who wears a Foxy mask and ends up being William's greatest enemy, and "seen and never heard/always crying out" for Evan because he's the crying child whose identity remains somewhat of a mystery.

"Children never listen when they're told it's rude to stare. always causing problems till you stuff them in a bear." The lyrics is smooth yet terrible- it sounds exactly like a psychopath playing down his crimes.

Alex turned Afton from a undying horror monster to a charismatic Disney villain. At least that's the vibe I get from this song.

Afton’s constant references to the “deserving” make him come off as even more villainous. He’s not doing this out of anger, fear, or even greed. He simply believes that he deserves to live forever, and considers his victim’s lives as a trivial cost. And as he loses more of his family to his own creations, he creates more living robots with remnant to “replace” them. His obsession with immortality going to the point of making a computer virus to infect people with his ideals.

Dude, "till you stuck them in a [insert animal]" lines are so cold i literally froze in shock lol

"Its soo clear to me! In my immortality! That an AFTON'S name shall be FORRRE-E-E-EEVERRRRR!!" I love that so much

This song is perfect for how William was written in The Silver Eyes with his whole immortal family of the haunted robots thing. Easily one of the most unique FNaF songs I've heard of late.

I had a ton of fun composing the instrumentation for this. Alex is a dream to work with, he came up with the base melody, and his vocal performance is stellar as William Afton.

I love that his boasts about the Afton name are clearly self-aggrandizing, but the specific points he refers to can be applied to Micheal. Its that perfect dramatic irony that makes the stage show-esque performance work

I honestly love this, it feels like William doesn’t really think of his crimes as crimes, where in some songs, he’s on about being the bad guy. Here, he really does believe he’s in the right.

You understand William Afton better than like at least 65% of the FNaF fandom lol. Awesome song, perfectly encapsulates William Afton as a villain.

I got to say, if this was not an original song I would think this was Afton's theme. The hard mechanical sounds combined with the soft whimsical chimes fit with Afton's theorized personality, which are pretty clear on what they have to be to be a child murder. And the Alex does an awesome job at singing as well. Overall great job

3:05 Love the slow transition of the lyrics going from blue mixed with purple, to completely purple. Kinda symbolizes William shedding whatever humanity he had left.

Now THAT'S what I call a fundamental understanding of what makes William Afton so terrifying, to the point where I am willing to say that it uses him better and makes him scarier than the FNAF games ever did! At this point, Afton has degraded into a joke of a villain in the games. He's not scary anymore. He's just kinda...there. His line "I'll always come back", which encapsulates what makes him so scary, has become little more than a punchline about how many times he's appeared throughout the series. At a certain point, he stopped being a character, and turned into a set piece, something that will, without a doubt, make an appearance at some point in the game, and that repetition, along with how much his character has degraded, takes away everything that made him scary. And yet, somehow, like the soul of a dead child, this song brings Afton back to life! This song perfectly shows why he's so scary! It shows his thought process as to why he's justifying what he's doing, it shows his descent into madness, and how deceitful and persuasive he can be. And that's just what the vocals accomplish! The music itself gives the feeling of being lost amongst machinery, or in an arcade. Combined with the vocals, it feels like Afton is chasing you down, and it really makes him feel like a genuine threat! And that's not even touching on rhymes like "Saccharine cacophony that masks the living battery", or the use of what sounds like bells giving an ominous, almost spiritual tone to the first bit of the song, or how powerfully every lyric is delievered! There's so much to go into here, and it's all amazing. Bravo, and congratulations!

Fun facties. Afton could qualify as a Lich in offical D&D. I personally find that infinitely funny.

The line “Cut them down to forge forever” is so raw and I love it.

I love that William doesn't include the "Until you stuff them in a bunny/rabbit." because he gets stuffed in one. "For the low price of a child." and proceeds to kill like 6 on purpose.

Kinda weird to think that even after all these years, *THIS* is MOTI's first original song.

Well this wasn't something I'd ever expect This song is... Genuinely amazing? I didn't even know you were a fan and your first attempt at a FNaF song is this good? Just, wow. The lyrics focusing on ghosts, actually including important things, rather than just some random robotic wording..? This... Just, wow...

I really love FNAF songs that are CLEARLY about FNAF, not some wishy washy half in half out vague song that shys away from its nerdcore roots. This one's great, it's about William and it works.

If there was ever a theme/insert song for William Afton/Springtrap, this song would fit perfectly. I can seriously imagine him singing this in a big villain song moment.

This gives me vibes of the OG era of Fnaf songs, a lot of them sound kinda the same nowadays but this one is super unique

This is so perfect for William, it matches his personality and nature when he discovers Remnant.

Gotta love how the instrumental descends into auditory madness. Mirroring just how far off the deep end William has gone.

I love this song It's so sick just like the ultimate villain song Afton should have had, with a voice that fits him so perfectly, and lyrics that truly encapsulate what kind of a horrendous monster he truly is It's so utterly whimsical yet tyrannical in tone, and it makes Afton sound like an unstoppable godlike hunter that never stops at anything to grab his prey, he never stops hunting, only ever being stalled and then coming back stronger Afton's voice and the effects getting heavier representing how he loses more and more of his humanity, both metaphorically as he kills more but also literally as he becomes Springtrap or, I suppose to a lesser extent, when he uses the Spring Bonnie springlock suit, an animatronic suit, to lure kids away Napstachill did fantastic on the art too, and I would go into detail but honestly I have nothing to go into detail about, just know it perfectly fits the song, as always Steel's mixing and the track too, like, GOD that's good, the instruments used like the triangle and xylophone help to emphasise Afton's words by contrasting his big strong delivery with the soft sweet yet twisted notes. And that bit at 2:39. where Afton is reveling in what he thinks is something he did that was well deserved, where it almost sounds like a hero's thoughts on his journey thus far, supported by the almost orchestral track in the background, makes Afton sound genuinely happy at what he's done despite how horrific it is, which is further juxtaposed by the lyrics and Alex's delivery that I will get to in a moment, all of this making it seem like a cruel, evil twist on a hero's reflection song. After that, the key change and the almost Omega-esque effects on Alex's voice that make his final villain transformation apparent are GODLY, and truly add to the song in such a great way How can I not mention the elephant in the room, Alex's Afton voice and delivery of said voice? Afton feels like a combination of every villain Alex has ever played in the past: The charm of Mettaton, the deception of Dimentio, the insanity of Jevil and Marx, the bloodlust of Omega, the hatred of the Chaos King, the charisma of Snatcher, all rolled into one big package of pure evil. And I am all for it. At the start of the song, Alex has a certain degree of gentleness to his tone, almost like a sweet father to his child, before it devolves into the hatred he has for children and the pride he has in his machines, his perfect designs, and the sweet glee he gets from killing them in the chorus, the feeling of twisted justice that makes him sound like he's mad with a claimed authority over their fates. Then he returns to his gentleness, but with a hint of sadistic glee as he talks about his hate for the kids. One good line I think is "Through lies I get new life all for the low price of a child" because it shows how little he really cares about children, how he sees their value as not only quantifiable but low. He thinks children are low value. Then in the bridge, he descends into a spiel about how they don't deserve life, and how he takes it for himself while they suffer in a hell inside the machines. The second half is also where the effects on the voice ramp up noticeably, which ties nicely into the final chorus where the effects are the HEAVIEST, but behind that you can tell Alex is channeling his hate, charisma, charm. insanity, EVERYTHING into these lines and it makes Afton all the more inhuman as a result, with the effects really just being the sauce on the pasta. The final speech he gives over Freddy's toreador conveys how far gone he is, how truly depraved Afton has become, talking about how he can just make a better family than he had before, also showing how little he cares about human connection. He's sick, and Alex portrays that perfectly Kudos, MOTI!

William: I remain unbroken! *Gets springlocked* Springtrap: I stand corrected

This is FIRE. It's even lore-accurate! It's an amazing song, congrats everyone who worked on it

Alex was always perfect to voice a Villain, it makes sense for him to be THE Indie Villain This is a serious bop and has the perfect unhinged energy of William Afton. Its vibe reminds me of classic FNAF Fan songs from artists like TLT, and Tryhardninja Hope to see some more original songs sprinkled in with the lyrical covers

Completely clinically insane character with narcissistic ideals and a musical theme: exists Alex Bekham: THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR ME Also I can definitely imagine this being the final boss theme in a non-horror FNAF game where you fight back against the animatronics in some sort of time-limit escape scene fighting against a horde of animatronic souls. Especially with what sounds like alarms in the background of the chorus.

I have arrived from Joshscorcher's channel.

I really hope we get to make more original songs in future, because this one is a treat ^_^

I love how this song really portrays how psychopathic William A. is, how perfectly they portray the mind of a murderer gone insane. The fact he in the song is confident and poetic helps exemplify his evil charisma that got his victims, and how he speaks on his own reason for this plan shows how deeply broken and twisted his soul is, and how his heart is completely lost in the insanity stirred within him from his loss, and how he deals with this by excusing his hypocritical actions. And its beautiful.

I love how unhinged he sounds. even at the beginning he sounds almost sociopathic and happy telling us about stuffing kids it robots. as if he's proud of his invention and been waiting to show it off

I love how it switches the "Til you stuff them in a bear" To "Til you stuff them in a bird" It switches between different animatronics

I think we all can agree on two things now: 1:this song is fire 2:we need more like this

I like the flair that really sounds like a "bad guy song" in a musical probably as he continues the experiments while being Springtrap

This is so well done! There’s no attempt to give Afton any redeeming qualities, he’s an insane murderer willing to go as far as he needs to for what he wants. The voice and lyrics fit him so well, amazing job!!

THIS is the William Afton that everyone used to scared of. Him always coming back is more of a joke now, but I think a lot of us remember in the early years of fnaf when his story and deeds felt downright chilling. I know I’m not the only one who felt dread seeing that newspaper photo in fnaf 3, knowing that a villain like him was still stalking that world we were all so invested in. (And wondering how the heck he managed it.) This song is a masterpiece in how it’s built and executed. The whimsical and grand instrument choices; well done audio effects that feel like they belong there and aren’t just there to be cool; and Alex’s awesome singing voice! And acting in general, really. I cannot express how much I love that last laugh of the song, right before the Toreador’s March jingle. It sounds manic even as it ends on this choking breath that really emphasizes how this man should be dead. The way his tone of voice and lyrics choices just get more and more terrifying as the song goes on is incredible. And cause I’ve talked about everything else, may as well talk about the art too :) I love both of the images here. William with a human body reminds me of the fnaf comic books, but in a way that looks natural and creepy without being overdone. The costume design for his springbonnie suit is really neat, too. It looks to me like a combination of the original suit and glitchtrap’s embellishments. Super cool. Absolutely amazing piece of art everybody!

I don't think there are words in the english lexicon to describe How good this is. Good lord, everything about this is simply amazing.

This is like an incredibly dark disney villian song. I love it

The long and harsh tones that draw out underneath the sweet, almost lullaby-like cheery jingles... Really fitting for a twisted guy like Afton. If this is what an original MotI song is like, I can't wait for more! Lyrics are super creative and colorful. Really like how as the song progresses, he becomes more video-gamey and you see hallucinations of the children's ghosts. Cool effects.

It almost feels like a nerdcore Disney Villain song. And that’s the highest compliment I can give, Alex and the others did fantastically!

What a phenomenal way to end of songtober. I really hope we get more originals cause this was amazing.

An original MOTI song is the least expected thing coming from you. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. I love this so much! I'm not even a FNAF fan (although I do like to study it's lore), but this is just AWESOME! Hope to see more original creations in the future!

Little line I thought up because the cooler Bonnie in the room didn’t get a kid stuffed line. Little brats with annoyance as a habit! Pestering and festering, Until you stuff them in a rabbit!

Other than the fact that I can’t unhear Dimentio in Alex’s voice, this is beautiful. I really envious of how beautifully he sings. I wanna be able to sing like that.

Better than many FNaF songs imo, which is saying something considering how great so many are. The lyrics are great, with lines like "Damn them to their final verdict," "let their remnants cry," and "cut them down to forge forever" being memorable and addictive. The tune is great and fitting. The voice actor is a great choice, and has been a good one in many other songs. It's also shocking how well the lore is understood.

Those who came back to listen to this after the fnaf movies release, raise your hand!

I don't know what's more surprising, that I'm listening to fnaf fansongs in 2022 or that there's a new one that genuinely SLAPS in 2022. woah. great job, y'all!

This song is one of the best FNAF songs I've ever heard, Afton's voice fits him pretty well, the lyrics are actually about some of the lore, the art looks great, the actual rhythm is great. I'd give this a 10/10

Holy crud, this is so freaking good! Both from a FNAF-fan's standpoint and a music fan's standpoint, this feels like THE William Afton theme song. If ya'll want to make more original songs like this, I'd probably break my record of how many videos I've replayed.

THIS IS ABSOLUTE FIRE (pun not intended)!!! I never thought Alex could do a great William until now, what a wonderful performance!! The only thing that bothers me is the fact that the instrumental in the end was way too loud, so you can't hear Afton singing. But taking this apart, congratulations, Mr. Beckham, your first attempt at an original song (and an original FNAF song) is PERFECT!!

seriously i love how the subtitles move with the camera glitches

This song has given me so much inspiration over the course of a year. It was the inspiration behind one of my favorite OCs, and it still holds a place in my heart. I made my KZfaq account just to comment this. Thank you, Alex.

He mentions stuffing them into the suits of Freddy, Foxy, and Chica, but not Bonnie That’s his. This little detail really makes me appreciate this song even more, beautifully done.

William: "Children Never Listen" Also William: Hey Children! Follow Me! The Missing Children: Okay!:D

Williams long deserved theme song! Love it, really fits his character!

This is such a banger, even for people who don't know FNAF since you've given a vague idea of the goals of the one who's singing (William Afton) without falling into the trap of being entirely exposition. It's such a good song in the fact that it's nice to listen to but once you start listening to the lyrics closely, the whole song gets some really chilling undertones.

An unbroken song for a broken man. Bittersweet, but fitting.

Goddamn this is chilling. The perfect villain song for Afton when he really didn’t have a good one for a long time. YEAH I SAID IT. AND I’LL SAY IT AGAIN.

I don't know what it is about this franchise that inspires absolute bangers in artists, but hey I am not complaining.

I am here from joshscorcher’s fan made villain songs and I can definitely see why he chose this song as the best William Afton song especially with his story in Silver Eyes so well done

Never seen a five minute long song that somehow made me wish it were even longer before but here we are, plus it's really rare for me to see a song where the chorus is undeniably the best part of the song

I was expecting everything from Man on the Internet A FNaF song wasn't what I expected A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

This is amazing , Alex and Steel. You’ve really made something special here, and I am so proud of you both. 😊❤

Just Wow. This song is amazing. The actual music is fantastic, the lyrics are perfect in portraying afton. His narcissism, his selfishness, his will to live, his desire to ‘put the family back together’. I’ve seen plenty of people comparing it to a Disney villain song. I imagine that’s because of Alex’s singing voice and the musical-esque way the song is conducted. It feels theatrical, it feels dramatic. Great job!

Never played FNAF but holy crap this is flawless! Perfect for Halloween today too!

This song absolutely NAILS the perspective of Afton in a way I never thought I’d hear and it makes me so happy to finally hear it, especially from MOTI!!! Great job everyone who worked on this amazing masterpiece!

I love how this song showcases his perfectionism towards his creations, how his killer instinct still applied with the funtime animatronics he created being secretly designed to kidnap children and his disdain towards them seemingly borders on callousness, justifiying their horrible deaths as sacrifices in his pursuit for immortality, even with his actions being so horrific it even doomed his family to the same fate.

This song give William the respect he deserved. I love this song. It’s tied with the Grimm troupe cover you guys did as my fav songs

This song really captured William Afton’s plan to become immortal and I love it, keep up the great work!

After weeks and weeks of almost nothing in the musical part of FNAF, it's so good to have something completely new! This is so good! And it's very accurate to the lore and the psychology of William. A masterpiece I say! The only nitpick I have: 0:34, because William didn't make the OG 4, and even there, this _can_ be interpreted as the other animatronics that were made by Afton. EDIT: LORE CHANGED

This is probably my favorite thing to come from this channel. The art is beautiful, the lyrics are meaningful to the lore (Which I only have a rudimentary knowledge of), the music is catchy, the mixing is perfect, and Alex once again gets show off his amazing evil laugh! All in all, a beautiful song! Congrats on your first original!

HOT DAMN LIKE HOT DAMN I knew that talent was never lacking in the MOTI crew, and I've known Steel had songwriting chops ever since the instrumental for The Ultimate World Spun, and I don't think I have much to add to the pile of compliments to Alex's unreasonably fitting yet amazingly amazing voice, but I'm still blown away! I hope to see the MOTI crew striving for these sorts of unexpected yet mindblowing just as much as they always have, and cheers to the more than well-deserved 500k subs! This channel's seal of quality remains unbroken!

The way this song is worded makes me feel like Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria is FUELED by the souls of dead children. _What if that's how it's kept itself going all these years?_

This song is absolutely amazing for the detail of as William becomes more and more unhinged so does the music eventually ending in nothing but a mess of electric noises

This has gotta be the best portrayal of Afton ever

This is one of those cases where I knew I needed it eventually, but never expected my dreams to become reality. And then I think I must be dreaming, because not only did you guys make a FNAF song, you made one that is genuinly amazing, crossing the line between storytelling through lyrics and genuinly good music, that has so much character I don't know if I can ever recover from this.

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD SONG FOR YOUR FIRST ORIGINAL PIECE! I always thought about how an original song would sound like from moti, and I am not disappointed!! I love yall so much, I’ve watched mostly every video since one of your first video game covers. I was in about 4th to 5th grade then, now im a sophomore. Yall deserve way more recognition than you guys get.

This is one of those rare times where I actually find the beginning of a song to be the best, that first verse is just spectacular! 🔥

This is absolutely incredible. There is not a doubt in my mind that this will be the next big FNAF song.

The buildup to the third corus is so dramatic sounding and just like the rest of the song makes William feel as terrifying as he should be and as villianous as he is.

Yooooooo! I’ve always wanted a fnaf song from you guys, but I never expected it to be a full ass original tune! Alex perfectly portrays william’s decent into mechanical insanity, as well as his deranged sense of showmanship. Fantastic job guys

Its funny to me that this story has grown so extremely that we have what was just a crazy child killer becoming this undying mastermind of pure evil.

I found this song after it was mentioned in a Villain Fan-Song video and how dare I not have listened sooner. Everything about the music and the video just wraps so perfectly together it's insane. Added to my Spotify playlist, I'll probably be looping it for a while

wow, MOTI does not fail to disappoint for halloween once again!! what an absolutely incredible first venture into original songs, i really hope you continue to do these every once and a while, it’s an incredible showcase of the TALENT behind this crew and how much potential you all have! fnaf is absolutely a perfect place to start for this venture, it’s long been recognized that fnaf songs are basically a goddamn music genre in of themselves, and honestly you all did an incredible job capturing the vibes so many of the greats of the genre have! i’ve never been into fnaf but this perfectly leans into the conventions of original songs based on it, and it’s an absolute BANGER i will for sure. be having on loop for a while!! happy halloween, and congrats on getting through 31 amazing days of songtober, and here’s to the future of MOTI!

I had no idea what to expect when I tapped on this notification, but holy shit this was insanely good! Phenomenal job by everyone who worked on it!

i used to think this song was mid, but now i actually love it and keep replaying it

Ok. I clicked because I like listening to new fnaf songs (well obviously). I must say I wasn't expecting this. But hoooooo boy this!!! This is in my opinion the best purple guy song I've heard!

Things like this make me realize its not the story of FNAF I dislike, its just the exeuction. Thank you for this amazing song :)

I think that you've just blown out every good FNAF song out of the water with this one.

The song is obviously amazing, but can we talk about the art? It's so well-made!!! It sets the atmosphere so well. I LOVE the small light source and the light it shines on his hat and on the animatronic suits. I like how it goes from a creepy, gloomy, slightly threatening blue (which kind of looks like a storage room in the best way possible) to the iconic purple (this slight hue shift changes the atmosphere so much!!! It fits Afton so well!!!). The coloring is just really good in general. Also Afton looks so cool!! I love the pose and angle that make it look like he's in control and looking down on us. I also love how he looks like the classic purple guy from the minigames in the second drawing! He looks so creepy and the choice to give him this design is absolutely amazing!!! It shows how little humanity is left in him, to the point where he doesn't look human at all, while being a really cool callback and just a cool design choice. ALSO! The crying children are an amazing addition! The artist did an amazing job, their art adds so much to this song ^^

This song would fit if William was a comically evil yet really menacing disney villian lmao

William Afton if he was a Disney villain

I didn’t know they could make the finale to their update streak this much of a bang. This deserves the ears of everyone to hear. Maybe make more as well? At least indie bytes if a full on project isn’t possible

Dude, your voice works so well with this character! And the way it becomes more distorted and manic throughout the song is just the icing on the cake! Incredible work!

my favourite part is how at 1:37 this crank sound starts which is so eerie and ominous like not knowing what will happen when it's turned filling me with dread

Lyrics for those who want them These machines are singing With the blaring and the bleeping Neath the arcade lights Saccharine cacophony That masks the living battery It hides its cries Children never listen When they’re told it’s rude to stare Always causing problems Til you stuff them in a bear Now they see the world Through rotting cold unblinking eyes Made to entertain, automaton animatronics Made from my design Flawless execution and an elegant solution To a perfect crime Children never listen Parasitic like a pox Always causing problems Til you stuff them in a fox Outrageous and audacious To think there’s a child inside! Cut them down to forge forever We’ll ignite with lifelines severed In potential lies endless life awoken Damn them to their final verdict Give their life to the deserving Let their remnants cry I remain unbroken! Believe everything you hear from me The sweet nothings behind my golden smile Tales of pets and toys that’ll get returned If they just follow and be good a while Children never listen Should be seen and never heard Always crying out Until you stuff them in a bird Through lies I get new life All for the low price of a child! Cut them down to forge forever We’ll ignite with lifelines severed In potential lies endless life awoken Damn them to their final verdict Give their life to the deserving Let their remnants cry I remain unbroken! The sweetness of life eternal Taken from the undeserving While they cry in fates infernal I feed on the ghost in the machine It’s so clear to me In my immortality That an Afton’s name shall be forever! Cut them down to forge forever We’ll ignite with lifelines severed In potential lies endless life awoken Damn them to their final verdict Give their life to the deserving Let their remnants cry This perfection, my design For an Afton, for all time Will remain unbroken!