#and after that i'll go through my drafts 🙂‍↕️

[lale-txt]

in the past 72h i

stepped on a sea urchin

sunburned my entire ass

had an allergic reaction to an insect bite

ran late for my flight because time zones are a mystery to me and because there was a cute cat at the airport

but i lived and i’m hooome

[summers-art]

I gotta ask why Oh No is there.

🎵Song #4 Oh No! by MARINA 🎵[Full playlist]

Thanks for asking! I actually struggled a bit here because it was in the early draft of the list and then I was like naaaah and took it out but then my own bias said "fuck it, I'll make it work" bc I love this song LMAO

BUT besides being a bop it is also part of Metal's arc on catching the feelings as it is in the early parts of the stories. He tries to play into what Eggman wants from him (being the real Sonic, kill that loser copy), deny the need for love or companionship at first but oops- that turned into a colossal failure!! Now he's gonna suffer for it (get his ass beat by Sonic and friends power of friendship and DIE turn into a scrap pile that needs to be repaired later) LYRICAL BREAK DOWN BELOW 👇

Don't do love, don't do friends I'm only after success Don't need a relationship I'll never soften my grip

Sure buddy, you keep telling yourself that. It's what the egghead wants from him after all! Friends and love is for losers, obviously 😒

Don't want cash, don't want card Want it fast, want it hard Don't need money, don't need fame I just want to make a change I just wanna change, I just wanna change I just wanna change, I just wanna change I just wanna change

I fucking love the way this song has it's own internal struggle. LIKE this is the first slip of the mask that yeaaa, are you sure that what you said before is REALLY what you want? 🤨😬 Because right after this it goes into the chorus to double down instead of accepting this desire:

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy Oh! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no, oh!

He wants to be is Sonic! The one and only original and superior Sonic, of course. That's what the coding that Eggman programmed into him says after all so it's gotta be true!!! 🙂‍↕️

One track mind, one track heart If I fail, I'll fall apart Maybe it is all a test 'Cause, I feel like I'm the worst So I always act like I'm the best

Hahaahaha get it, because he's a machine? A machine with an impossible mission? It's funny because it's sad and horrible and I'm so sorry Metal Sonic I'm sorry he did that to you 💔

If you are not very careful Your possessions will possess you TV taught me how to feel Now real life has no appeal It has no appeal, it has no appeal It has no appeal, it has no appeal It has no appeal

SO LIKE, yea again with the machine (TV) imagery that just makes me go teehee it's about a ROBOT. But also this might be the first song on the list that sorta hints at how fucking depressed he is the way he is now. Like he can't fight his programming and can't get out so then life is pointless. Ough, the robot existentialism gets to me. I love angst, I love pain, suffering, agony even. There are more songs down the line that touches upon this (smiles through tears 😭👍)

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna die I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly I'm gonna fail, gonna die, die, die, die

You did your best bud ✊😩 (wasn't good enough... as per usual😔😒). It's like you were Born to fail or something... crazy. Anyway, the dying part is also very important as it goes into the next song (Arms Tonite) that is all about falling in love while dying in that persons arms. Gotta love a sweet transition if I do say so myself 🫶🙂‍↕️