#Tbh I think I don't know enough of English nor of science to fully grasp the meaning of this song but I did my best ahah

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not to connect The Oh Hellos and TPN again but Soap (one of their newer songs) reminds me of Emma, particularly her relationship with Norman and the demons

Wow can we like... Collectively agree to invest The Oh Hellos of the title of official tpn soundtrack 😂😂

I loved the song!!!!!! It talks about how to make soap!!! Fun story, when I was attending high school we once made soap at our science lab. For it to be completed, we needed to have it sitting till the next day. But boom! Quarantine started right the day after, and I never got to know what the finished product would have looked like. It's been more than a year since then, and sometimes I still will wonder if our class soap is still sitting under our school science lab window, waiting for us to come back.

But I digressed, back to the beautiful song!!! Since the very first lines...

I’ve heard

Since I was younger

They're polar opposites

With a molecular rift you can’t fix

I really love how The Oh Hellos often have those lyrics that are reminiscent of childhood, it fits tpn's vibes so much. And I think it's very nice how it addresses to a chemical process you might study at school, something the GF children have definitely studied as well!! It's just very fitting.

And when it says!!!!!!:

But I swear with all your burnt bridges

You can leech what’s caustic and find

A rudimentary lye

Some kinda miraculous bind

So nice!!!! Makes me think of Emma finding (and founding) a point of contact between humans and demons, something that can indeed be considered a miracle, coming after centuries of humans and demons considering themselves different and irreconcilable species. Also how such reconciliation happens after having burnt bridges... You know, just like how, in a way, the whole story starts from the children "burning their bridge" by escaping from GF with no chance to come back to their old life.

Oh no, I think I’m not quite ready

To let you circle the drain

All the things we’ve broken

Can be puzzled together again

All your sums and your pieces

Are enough to clean up

All the messes you’ve made

MMMH this part reminds me a lot of no memories!Emma and it's making me have feelings. I guess she is indeed trying to put the pieces together... Besides, am I bad for considering what she's made a mess? I'm still angry at her for accepting the deal lol.

I got a tender side

I’ll need a harder shell to survive

Would you look at that!!! This is 100% pure, fresh-sqieezed, organic Emma at her core! Probably Norman and Ray as well. I think everything Emma has experienced after escaping from GF... That definitely made her grow a thick skin 😔😔

I know maybe you’re not quite ready

To loosen your hold

On a safety blanket

You’ve been keeping around your shoulders

But your sums and your pieces

Are enough to make you whole

You gotta let go

Awww this reminds me of the children needing the courage to leave GF. So cute.

It’s gonna hurt like hell

But we’re going to be well

I’ll give you my best shot

Yeah just. The tpn motto.

A beautiful song, thank you for recommending!!!