4everfreebrony - This Is What It's Like (feat. Envia Sun, SaxPon3, and TheMusicReborn) 

Here are my thoughts why I think this is a perfect song for what it is trying to be. (I am not an MLP fan) This is an alternative fan made scenario where after the 1000 year banishment Luna returns from the Moon and she successfully takes revenge on her sister that did this to her, by banishing her to the Moon. (Eye for an Eye style) The song is sung by Celestia after she gets banished by Luna. It starts with her being very cocky saying how she needed a vacation anyway and how bad can this punishment really be. After a couple of weeks she is feeling very irritated, questioning herself how she could have thought this was ever going to be fun, having literally nothing to do. In the last main part of the song it has been 1000 years of being alone with nothing to do. At this point she is completely broken. She doesn't care about who was right, what happened in the past, etc. she just wants to get back home and she is willing to do anything to get back, yet the irony is she is powerless to do anything to change her situation. The chorus is also amazingly done, for it stays lyrically the same, but if taken in context with the main part that precedes it, it changes in meaning. The first time Celestia is asking herself "This isn't so bad, I have nothing to lose I can just relax and enjoy having no responsibilities." At the end of this part she questions herself why she kept her sister here for 1000 years instead of making it a shorter period. A rhetorical question with not very much thought put into it at this point in time. After the second part she is saying "My sister probably felt the same irritation I am currently feeling, why didn't I bring her back sooner, wouldn't it be enough to leave her here for a month?" After the last part she is full of sadness and regret for what she had done. She knows what her sister did was wrong, but the punishment she received was way too harsh. And in the end Celestia realises that she caused the bigger evil by doing this to her sister and completely understands why this is her current punishment. I love the singers voice and the instruments they have chosen, but that is a personal preference with the backup vocalists also meshing well with the main singer's voice, almost like they are her echoes/ cries. The saxophone after the second chorus is a great addition to the song because this is an instrument often used in blues to represent loneliness which makes it perfect for a 1000 year old timeskip of being alone. The beat is good, making the song feel like it has been going on forever (and making it great for looping). And the tone of the song is melancholic, without the lyrics it sounds happy with a touch of sadness which makes it work very well with the mental transitions the character goes throughout the song.

4everfree: "Hey guys, let me play you a song!" everyone else: "Okay, as long as it's not one of those sad songs with a deceptively cheerful tune."

Luna on the moon: sad and angry Celestia on the moon: ROCKING OUT

How did miss this song holy sh- this EVERYTHING is beautiful, music, singing, art ah!

You know, that side of the moon seems a lot less pink than I remember it being.

Personal headcannon: This takes place sometime after "Who knows." And the other princesses had had enough of Celestia sleeping in on her duties, and sent her to the moon as punishment.

This sounds like a hidden bonus track from ”the pink side of the moon” 😌

1000 years later Luna: “was quite lonely up there” Celestia: “can’t imagine, I’m sure you found something to spend your time with Luna: “you wanna figure it out by yourself?” Celestia: “hmm? What do you-” Luna: *sends her up there* *Not even a minute later* Celestia: “well I guess I know now”

Envia Sun has a darn good Celestia voice

I both want you to stop and never stop making music. Every time I look at my playlist, I see it's getting too long. Every time you release a new song, I see it's not long enough. Thus my eternal enigma.

Do you want Daybreaker, because This is how you get Daybreaker. :(

Просто шикарная композиция. Музыка - великолепная. Вокал - потрясающей. А также видео, которое отлично подходить и гармонично меняется под произведение. Вместе создают завораживающую атмосферу, затягивающую и погружающую полностью в чувства. А чувства тут. Это как раз та композиция, которая отражает одиночества и переживания. Когда пытаешься согреться близостью, алкоголем, теплом очага. Но на душе лёд и по-прежнему заметает метель. Когда вокруг огромное множество разных людей, но ты как негодна одинок, а всё твоё окружение лишь безликие тени. И при это ты надеваешь маску, что у тебя всё хорошо и ты наслаждаешься жизнью. Но божечки, как же сложно себя обманывать. PS: Вот бы услышать это в живую. Вокал и инструментал. 3:01 - тут бы добавить слезинку Селестии. Она здесь определённа нужна.

Yet again you have done it, I love your content so much to the point that I click on any video that reads 4everfreebrony! Can someone give this man a Grammy already???

I’m addicted... halp.

i sometimes try to put myself in luna’s perspective just for the hell of it. 1000 years is just.. wow one year is already so long but a thousand years on a rock alone and cold and then being put into a time period u know nothing about and having to adjust it’s a wonder how luna didn’t go insane in MLP

I love the music, and the art, and the singing! Everybody did amazing.

I love her voice is literally same of Celestia's original voice but in a better way

I thought this was going to be a happy song from those first few verses-and by the end I realized I was very wrong at first. Still really love it though, has to be one of my favorites instrumental and vocal-wise!

Comerades of the Lunar Republic, we have succeeded exiling Celestia for her crimes against ponymanity.

AAAAAAAA YESSSSS ❤

I can't get over how good the "la da da da, la da da da"part is.

Well, some unpleasant word. Again about half a year later.... Listening to this song again.

As always this is so good.

1 year later and this is still a banger

I think Tia met daybreaker for real while on the moon.... The fact that she says "I'm not the princess everyone knew before" and "the sunlight hides away my shadowed core" are what give me real Daybreaker vibes

The song sounds optimistic with sad meaning, the description was right. Celestia's voice actor is so good! Where can I find other videos with her and with similar ideas? I didn't find this video in any of your playlists on youtube!

This is so awesome!

I wish I could like this again.

Absolutely fantastic

My only question would be does she escape from the moon like nightmare moon does and Luna is waiting for her like yeah I bet that wasn’t fun they they hug and all is well

ladadadada comes back to another song about being stuck on the moon

This is that Nightmare Moon wins paralel timeline Glim Glam created or something like that.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS

Sorry for the depressing song with a deceptively happy tune

**lovely pony's excitement sounds**

Ah yes, a cheerful tune with an underlying theme of depression and self-hate! My favorite ;)

i love the voice and the art of Celestia

I've never heard this song before but it already sounds strangely familiar. Especially the "la la da da" part... It's "you'll be back" lol. The rhythm isn't identical, but it's definitely similar.

Dude, this song is gorgeous! (can I use "gorgeous" as an adjective for a song...? F it, I'll do it anyways)

This song underrated

Might make a fnaf x mlp Lyric vid of this when i get My own channel

Will be any instrumental of this in the future? If yes, I will wait.

*Chiefs kiss* Amazing

Okay, I can’t put my finger on it but that “La la la la” part just sounds VASTLY like another song I’ve heard before. It’s on the tip of my tongue but please, if you know what song I’m talking about please tell me.

"I don't know what I learned, I just want to go home" is such an amazing line, it tells that what Luna went through was just an useless torture and completely unfair

"deceivingly happy-sounding song with a depressing message" Ah, the best kind.

She did say in 'Who Knows' she deserved a break but I guess this isn't really what she had in mind

"I don't know what I learned, I just want to go home" Ow. This line is said with so much feeling.

I was fine until 'lonely saxophone noises' and now I'm howling.

“It better not be one of those depressing songs with a deceptively happy tune.”: 0:00

Honestly though, Celestia has lived thousands of years, so many years to harvest regret from. Imagine how much pain is inside her when she sang "And I can't help but think \Of everything I've done wrong"

I have so much love for this song And the Celestia impersonation is just so spot-on

I can't stop listening to this on repeat, you guys did great with this one

I love the different feeling "so this is how it feels, when you've got nothing to lose" At the start she's saying it envying her sister's lack of consequences for failure (having nothing that she could lose by failing) But at the end she realises the despair of having nothing LEFT to lose, which is the truth of Luna's time too.

on the surface, this song seems like such a fun and jolly song, but when you actually listen to the words... it hits so hard, and the meaning goes so. very. deep.

I can't help but think "man, this guy writing a cheerful song? Wait its depressing with a happy go lucky tune, yay."

You want Daybreaker? Because this is how you get Daybreaker!

This song has a nice flow to it that I love. The slow descent into the loneliness that Celestia is feeling, the cheery tune, and the change of emotion meld together into something that tells a sad and somber story while being disguised as something cheerful. Well done to everyone who partook in this, and I always look forward to the next song. Keep up the amazing work!

Celestia dancing on the moon i love that...but at the same time i feel bad for her. Superlative job on this song everyone the art style, the music, lyrics and vocals are all just phenomenal you've all outdone yourselves!!!

We talk a lot about Luna... But celestia's life is so damn sad too, like, living in cupability, Over working, faking her super positive Queen image...

It's criminal a song this catchy with such wonderful animation has less than 10K views here. I enjoyed it so much I made my first bandcamp purchase! The rest of the album sounds pretty great too. These artists are keeping the fandom and its incredible creative spirit chugging along! _It's been a thousand years (ooooh-ooooh) and I'm still hearing this song , someone please help me (oh-oh) I've listened for too long. la la la, la la..._

*Lonely saxophone noises*

Envia Sun? That's a name I've not heard in a long time..... Amazing job everyone, as usual! A catchy song that's also really depressing. Those are my favorite. ;)

can i animate dis-

"No walls to hold me in But I can't break out" This hits *_hard_*

Starts off happy. Ended with insanity, or just sad.

This is so good! I've had it on repeat at least 50 times at this point. So catchy! and Envia Sun has a perfect Celestia voice

*lonely saxophone noises*

It hits me in the feels so hard. Yet why is it so catchy that I am compelled to sing it to myself for the next hour?

Wow. First Argo with the SFM work for Prince, now Eden Laing with the stellar art for this song! I've never seen this style before, and I think a full animation like this would work wonders. The musicians and artists are certainly ending this year with a BANG! Keep it up, everybody!

One of the best lines i fully agree with is when she says "my sunlight hides away my shadowed core." That one statment says so much truth

Nightmare moon: You will feel how I felt when you sent me to the moon! Celestia: :/ Ok Daybreaker: Are you serious?

Epic! Such an amazing song!

I have two problems with this song: 1) The like button only works once. 2) It's stuck in a loop and I can't navigate away. Send help.

This is fantastic. Catchy, well done song. Totally love it.

Pink Side of the Moon but it's Celestia

Голос подобран просто замечательно Мне кажется, что Селестия должна звучать именно так И идея тоже хорошая, что-то новенькое

Wow! I usually listen to the song until the end, and only then like it, but in this case I clicked the like button 10 seconds after the start! Cool music, exciting lyrics and great vocal! Reminds me of "Here on the moon" which I adore, that's awesome! Great job as always! P. S. And yes, I forgot, artwork is awesome!

Celestia seems to be the only disliker lol

I know this kind of music has a specific genre but I can remember what it’s called.

"Sister, what art thee doing?" "I've been stuck here for a thousand years! I've gone mad! Help me Luna!" "Sister... T hast been two hours.." Edited -think it's more accurate now lol

It came out 7 months (now) and I've just discovered it. 🥺 It's really cute!! 🥰 I thought it was just a Celestia's funny song, but then I saw “lonely saxophone noises”... well, something unexpected. Funny music with a sad hidden meaning. You're very good!! 👏🏻❤️

"I don't know what I learned, I just want to go home" me at math class be like

AAA this was so much fun to work on!! 💗 Thank you for asking me to do the art, it’s wonderful seeing it all put together!

I love this representation of putting yourself in someone else's shoes, keep up the good work!

I wish I found this song earlier, it's one of the few I could listen to on repeat for eternity.

Such a unique art style, I love it! ...and ya know this song is like a freaking banger too 👀

God, "I don't know what I learned, I just want to go home" is so heartbreakingly real. Lonely saxophone noises, indeed. ;-; Well done, all of you.

It's criminal how good this song is (I've re-listened over, and over, and over again). Seeing as I've been in a Twilight 2.0-and-Changeling-anarchy mood, respectively, I'm just stuck thinking "how far could this song be stretched, to mean exactly the same, but for different reasons for different characters?". Either way, this song is _awesome._ Absolutely _awesome._

Why are my favorite 4everfree songs always about Celestia or Pinkie... I’m a Sweetie Belle fan fcs!

Блин, люди, вот как вы это делаете? Песня прям за душу берёт, хочется переслушивать, но это так сердечно, что я просто теряюсь и НЕ МОГУ. Тянет под ложечкой.

I guess I'm up in space, well, what can you do? You shouldn't challenge fate when you're likely to lose. It's been a while since I took a vacation, I'll just relax and watch as they raise the sun. So, this is what it's like stepping in sister's hooves, this is how it feels when you got nothing to lose. And I can't help but think of everything I've done wrong. But now that I know, it's a wonder why I sent her here for so long. La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, da da-da da-da. La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, da da-da da-da. It's been a couple weeks and I'm starting to shake, I can't believe I thought I was taking a break. No walls to hold me in but I can't break out, of all the stars around me, I'm losing count. So, this is what it's like stepping in sister's hooves, this is how it feels when you got nothing to lose. And I can't help but think of everything I've done wrong. But now that I know, it's a wonder why I sent her here for so long. It's been a thousand years, never felt so alone, I don't know what I learned, I just want to go home. I'm not the princess everyone knew before, my sunlight hides away my shadowed core. So, this is what it's like stepping in sister's hooves, this is how it feels when you got nothing to lose. And I can't help but think of everything I've done wrong. But now that I know, it's a wonder why I sent her here for so long. La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, da da-da da-da. La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, da da-da da-da. La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, da da-da da-da. La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da, da da-da da-da.

Im not familiar with mlp at all but this song makes me feel so many things 😭 Also is incredibly inspiring for my own writing

No se inglés por lo que no entiendo que dice pero el ritmo es muy bueno, la tengo en mi cabeza todo el día, y la voz de celestia se ajusta perfectamente al personaje, me gusta mucho sobre todo el coro jajaja ya me lo estoy aprendiendo

What the heck why is this so happy sounding and catchy yet so sad XD;;; I LOVE the tune, even though I disagree with the message "it's a wonder why I sent her here for so long" - the elements sent her there and Celestia didn't have any way to get her back. But I know, this is going by a different interpretation.

I seem to be infected with an earworm. This song is on repeat in my head :P

despite the happy tune, I actually cried, like I cried during Lullaby for a Princess

Man . . . This song bops! I love the beat, and the way the singer sings the lyrics! But now that I look at the comments, I really haven't realized how sad this song is (besides the idea of Celestia learning what she really did to Luna by banishing her to the moon for so long). I applaud you for the idea and concept!

I've just uploaded this song on Smule! Now everyone can karaoke to this song!

Why you gotta make me cry like this man