#Caramel

[feralkuromi]

It’s not even out in my country but the lyrics of Caramel have made me so sad

[l3earfat-st]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥

[merryfight]

big fan of musicians smacking sense into their listeners with songs like caramel. the way this track addresses the double-edged sword that is fame is an important reminder that neither entitlement nor idolization can lead to anything good. vessel really said tl;dr: can you people please be normal for five whole minutes

[sleepiestoken]

the unsettling music box melody in the background.. because vessel is captive inside.. dancing forever. the way the song abruptly ends like we’ve snapped it shut.. trapping him there

[shittybundaskenyer]

And they ask me // Is it going good in the garden? // I say I'm lost but I beg no pardon

[alonelystargazer]

first it was "go ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me" now it's "so stick to me, stick to me like caramel"

[shade-astray]

Caramel // Sleep Token

[bonncy]

"I'm lost, but i beg no pardon".

[moonchild-in-blue]

(Okay, I am scheduling this for when the video is out, so by now everyone should have access to it)

About Caramel:

Every time they try to shout my real name just to get a rise from me Acting like I'm never stressed out by the hearsay I guess that's what I get for trying to hide in the limelight Guess that's what I get for having twenty-twenty hindsight Everybody wants eyes on 'em, I just wanna hear you sing that top line And if you don't think I mean it, then I understand But I'm still glad you came, so let me see those hands

I don't ever want to hear anyone say anything again about how "it's not that serious" everytime someone goes out of their way to invade their privacy and put their whole identity on display in Sleep Token spaces.

About how people who go to the shows and sing and dance and have fun "are ruining it for everyone", because they want to just stand there and listen (why would you go then ????).

I don't care if we're being called over-protective for making sure new fans know not to spread their names and faces. "But he never said it explicitly-" IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU?

For everyone who's ever shouted their names on rituals, who brought merch and banners from their side projects, for everyone who thinks they're above "the gimmick", who said their identities are not that big of a deal (especially Vessel). Who insists on bringing up their names on ST exclusive spaces. Who insists on harassing the people around them, who have spread rumours about who or what could the songs be about. Who follow them around in the hopes of being noticed, and make it uncomfortable for everyone involved.

I hope they sleep with a guilty conscience and take a good look at themselves.

This guy has given so much out of himself to us, and all he asked in return was to respect him as a human being. Genuinely I don't think how much more direct he could get with it. And there's STILL people deliberately missing the point.

I try not to talk about how it's harder now

(...)

The sweetest dreams are bitter, but there's no one left to tell

(...)

Too young to get bitter over it all Too old to retaliate like before Too blessed to be caught ungrateful, I know So I'll keep dancing along to the rhythm This stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare A war of attrition, I'll take what I'm given The deepest incisions, I thought I got better But maybe I didn't

For someone who has lived and breathed music all his live, who *we know* dreamed of being where he is now, who has gone through so much and still came out the other side - that sure is a fucked up mentality to have. Imagine having your life dream turned over on you in such a cruel way.

And the fact that despite it all, he still chooses to dance along WITH us? For us? To endure all that pressure and stress, the injustice and bitterness so many of us listeners have brought him, for the ones who know better and understand? The fact that he still invites us to stick with hin through it all?? MY GOODNESS.

I'm so sorry this is how he's been feeling about it all, and I'm SO devastated to know a significant chunk of it has been caused by us - the very same people he sings for.

(and of course this is extended to the rest of the band, but this is very much HIM talking to us. Not as Vessel.)

Sometimes we forget that as much as this is music and a hobby and something that is part of our day, this is his job. This is his life.

If this doesn't make some people behave, then I genuinely don't know what will. I'm genuinely scared to see what else is coming. I just hope going forward we can shift this narrative together and do better. Remember,

Nothing lasts forever.

[ri-afan]

☹️ I don’t feel like I have one I hate

I'm disqualifying the peanut butter chocolate due to my peanut allergy. Out of the rest the cherry cordial is easily the worst.

[ruinme-please]

Okay, so, the alternating HV and FH symbols in the Caramel video were binary code, translating to “DAMOCLES”

And the image shown after the “code” was this sword hanging by a thread above a crown.

I’m speechless and sad is an understatement.

[l3earfat-st]

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦е 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥

𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧' 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥

[s-sputnik-k]

seeing people say that vessel took a moment away from the lore to give us Caramel, or that 'this isn't vessel speaking, we're hearing the man behind the mask', is making me just a tiny bit annoyed, but I know these comments are all in positivity so it's fine. it's just that, this is what it's always been. there is no lore, not really. it's open to interpretation so I love engaging with the lore and the theories but if we're being real, it's always been a thinly veiled metaphor for himself and his struggles. I think it's just a somewhat strange thing to see vessel as a separate persona from the man himself rather than a way to be himself more authentically

[sussypyd0g]

𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓷

𝓪 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓮

𝓐 𝔀𝓪𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷

𝓘’𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘’𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓷

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼

𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓘 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻

𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝔂𝓫𝓮 𝓘 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷’𝓽

[epepepepepepe]

THE SUGAR IS BURNT. ITS FUCKING DONE. WHAT USED TO BE SWEET IS BITTER NOWWWWWW. DONT CALL ME DONT SEND ME AN EMAIL EVER. HOLY SHIT