[Hollow Knight Song] To The King 

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"Do not think..." "Do not speak..." "Do not hope..." "Do not..." "..." "...father...?" - The Hollow Knight

Ogrim: "Did you do it? Did you seal the Radiant away?" The Pale King: "Yes" Ogrim: "What did it cost?" The Pale King: "Every--... ... ... no cost too great"

"The only one spared was the one with no mind" is such a raw line and it's from a Hollow Knight fan song :D Seriously though this is great

"we lived and we died so that you could pause time" is such an great line holy shit

A Hollow Knight fan song? You have no idea for how long I've wanted this

"Way up above lies your chosen 'pure' knight. The only one spared was the one with no mind. For you, for your heart, for your love did they lie? Pretend all is fine as their mind rots inside." It is heavily implied that the Pure Vessel was not truly hollow. It was not able to completely keep the Radiance's infection from leaking out into Hallownest like it was supposed to. Whether or not it was truly hollow from it's conception, but at the end of the Path of Pain, we witness a memory of the Pale King and the Vessel sharing a moment in the White Palace. The theory I subscribe to is that the Pale King grew attached to the young Vessel, and vice versa, which caused the Vessel to slowly grow a mind and to lose it's true purity. The Pale King became ashamed that he allowed this to happen, and decided to go along with the plan anyway, and locked the memory of their love in the most hidden and impassible part of his palace. I love this line here, as it directly addresses this rather obscure fact about the Pale King and accuses him of screwing up the ritual that so many creatures sacrificed themselves for.

Before this, I hadn't noticed what the locations in this game look like..... Sad, abandoned, and empty. Like their whole life has been taken away from them. Usually we are always on the move, always enemies, and here I was given the opportunity to look at them without everything and they are so empty.

Man this singer is fucking great

This kind of sounds like Radiance coming up with random songs to sass on Pale King out of boredom after being trapped in THK for decades. Absolutely amazing song and excellent performance!

I have listened to this song to the point where I can sing it in my head when I get bored. Start to finish. It is that good

this is?? so good?? "with corpses beneath you, do you sleep at night?" is such a great line, honestly surprised that this isn't viral already

fun fact the famous line "no cost too great" was going to be replaced by "False one… you can not… reach me… here" probably talking about the radiance but the developers thought that his dream nail dialogue reflect his past instead of his present.

I love how the last line is "our voices will cry out again" If you didn't know if you dream nail the area where you get screaming wreaths it says that exact line.

HOLY... I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS

English: This is a fact for those who want to know about the word "Omelas" According to what I found, it is a city described in a book called "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", where a relationship is found regarding the reign of the pale king. Basically, it describes the city of Omelas as a utopia where everything is happiness, but at the cost that a child must suffer, so that the whole city can obtain that happiness. Spanish: Esto es un dato para quiénes quieren saber acerca de la palabra "Omelas" Según lo que encontré, es una ciudad descrita en un libro llamado "Los que se alejan de Omelas", donde se encuentra una relación con respecto al reinado del rey pálido. Básicamente, describe la ciudad de Omelas como una utopía donde todo es felicidad, pero con el costo de que un niño debe sufrir, para que toda la ciudad pueda obtener esa felicidad

LYRICS in case you don't have the reflexes to read the bottom text like me: Ohhh... Ashes to ashes, your dust into dust. Telling yourself that you do what you must, oh anything to keep your kingdom's trust, monarch eternal as we slowly rust. How much is too much, oh just what is the cost? To keep up this faded and cursed Omelas? We lived, and we died, so that you could pause time. We hope you enjoyed your last subject's applause. One, two, three, you need sacrifice to seal your damned demons away. Cause pain and death, it's fine as long as this kingdom's mine live to see just one more day. Please, just one more try I've got it this time Cause there's no cost too great. Think of the future. Think of the past. Do you remember. Do you regret? Think of your children, think of your men. Someday you'll have to pay up your debt. Try to forget us. We dare you to try, cause we will remind you: this isn't goodbye. Look to the future, look to the past! Do you remember, your graveyard? Silently slowly, we keep up the fight. Given some time, we just might set things right - We try, and we try, to climb up to the light. With corpses beneath you, do you sleep at night? Way up above lies your chosen 'pure' knight. The only one spared was the one with no mind. For you, for your heart, for your love did they lie? Pretend all is fine as their mind rots inside. One, two, three, you need sacrifice to keep your damned demons away. Cause pain and death, it's fine as long as this kingdom's mine live to see just one more day. Please, just one more try I've got it this time Cause there's no cost too great. Think of the future. Think of the past. Do you remember. Do you regret? Think of your children, think of your men. Someday you'll have to pay up your debt. Try to forget us. We dare you to try, cause we will remind you: this isn't goodbye. Think of the future! Think of the past! Do you remember, your graveyard? Our voices will cry out again!

This is the first song I've heard about this game, and it's one of the highest quality game songs I've ever heard

This song makes me feel that all the dead siblings can sense the pain of Hollow, when they tried to not think while the Radiance whispers things in their mind and that’s just heartbreaking

Absolutely amazing. To think the product of 3 people’s passion lead to people making literal songs for the story of the game, for a character we’d never interacted. The vocals were amazing, the music was so splendid and the lyrics fit the Pale King really, really much!!! Keep up the good work!!

straight up goosebumps, this is awesome. Also, "sacrifice" the moment you showed Quirrel, really hit hard...

My god. Everything about this piece is stunning. The lyrics hit like a truck with how emotional they are. The vocals are unbelievably beautiful. And the visuals are stunning! I know this comment is just me gushing, but… god, I adore this. “Try to forget us, we dare you to try. We will remind you, this isn’t goodbye” hits HARD.

I personally think the Pale king and the Hollow Knight have the most tragic backstory of the game

If somone makes an animation out of this, my heart will explode

i cant express how much i love this song. it captures the EXACT vibe i get from this game. “faded and cursed omelas” is one of my favorite lines because i had read that book a few years before this game came out and it never dawned on me how accurate that comparison is. im very thankful to you guys for making this, it’s the first fan song for my favorite game that ive found that REALLY gets the game.

"We lived, and we died, so that you could pause time." IS SUCH A GOOD LINE GOD

O' great Monarch! O' great King! Please save us from this infection! Please spare us from this suffering! Let this Kingdom live! Let this Kingdom prosper! - From "Prayer of Hallownest" by the Royal Retainers

God-DAMN! I was waiting for that "No cost too great" inclusion. This is a banger. Need to share this asap.

This sounds like if a vessel was revived this would be a song they wrote to diss their dad also the line “pretend all is fine as their mind rots inside” gives me chill it’s so good amazing work

This song is beautiful and encapsulates the king perfectly and the voice work is wonderful I'm so happy I found this (It also sounds like it's from the shades perspective)

Wow, I don't know if I'll be able of say how much I like this song, but I'm going to try. I really love how sad, regretful and even angered the song feels, from the very begining it shows perfectly everything it tries to represent, from the desperation of the Pale King for saving his kingdom to the resentment of the vessels. Lines like "Telling yourself you do what you must, anything to keep this kingdom's trust, monarch eternal as we slowly rust." "We lived and we died so that you could pause time. We hope you enjoyed your last subjects aplause" really gives the feeling it should give, and it just increases as the song progresses, with the "One, two, three, you need sacrifice to seal your dammed demons away. Cause pain and death, is fine as long as this kingdom's mine live to see just one more day" as we see the Dreamers, the monument of the Hollow Knight and the empty throne of the Pale King. And then just when I think it can't get more intense comes the "Please, just one more try I've got it this time Cause there's no cost too great" which not only has the very well implemented dialogue of the Pale King, but it really makes you feel how truly desperate he was. Taking advantage that I mentioned the reference, they are incredibly well implemented in this song, being explicit like the "No cost to great" or subtle like "How much is to much, just what is the cost?", I also love how the kingdom is refered to as "Omelas" now that I know what it means. Then the song gets more silent and sad as it says "Think of the future. Think of the past. Do you remember. Do you regret?" as it shows the corpse of the Wyrm and the statue of the Radiance. One is something from the past that marked the future and the other is what makes everyone regret sealed her into oblivon. Both related to the Pale King, one way or another. Then comes the tragic "Think of your children, think of your men. Someday you'll have to pay up your debt." as the Abyss is showed, where all his children got locked and abandoned. Then it suddently becomes furious as the Vessels show their remorse; "Try to forget us. We dare you to try, cause we we'll remind you: this isn't goodbye. Look to the future, look to the past! Do you remember, your graveyard" as some vessels corpes appear, but not only that, also the corpse of Isma, the house of the Grey Mourner and even a room of the White Lady, like a way of show that not only the vessels but almost everyone in Hallownest is somewhat remorseful at the Pale King for abandoning them! Then there's no more lyrics, just the intense music as we see the Hollow Knight being corrupted by the infection, and continues as The Knight arrives to Hallownest. When the lyrics came back they're the Vessels singing about how, even after everything, they keep on fighting; "Silently, slowly, we keep up the fight. Given some time, we just might set things right - We try, and we try, to climb into the light." That part really feels like the refreshing shadow in the burning sun. Then, after that tragic yet heroic effort, they antagonise the Pale King again by saying "With corpses beneath you, do you sleep at night?" The music gets tragic again when talking about the Hollow Knight; "Way up above lies your chosen 'pure' knight." I love how they say 'pure' in a sarcastic way. "The only one spare was the one with no mind" sounds amazing and, as other comment says; it's such a raw line. But maybe not so much as the "For you, for your heart, for you love, did they lie? Pretend all it's fine as their mind rots inside.". That line it's just a whole another level, I don't know how to say it, it's just... really meaningful and accurate. When the songs repeats itself in the "One, two, three" onwards is more hurtful than before, especially the part where we see the corpses of the Soul Master fight, I had NEVER before thought the possibility that the Pale King let the Soul Sanctrum do it's experiments until he regret it and stopped them. If that's true, it really changes my perspective about that part of the game. Oh, and then the part that represents how desperate was the Pale King is just as hurtful as before, or even more! And then we're back with the "Think of the future." part, but this time with the Hollow Knight. I thought when it says "Do you regret?" it was going to show The Hollow Knight stabbing themself, but.... no, it showed nothing on screen, which I find really good in this case, there's no need to make enfasis on that, but in the possible regret of the Pale King. We see the Hollow Knight again in the "Think of your children". Now that I think about it, the "Try to forget us." onwards could be both for the Pale King and The Radiance, since both tried to get rid of/forget the vessels, but then they came back to make them pay their debt, 'casue they will remind them, that wasn't goodbye. "Think of the future. Think of the past. Do you remember, you're graveyard?" could refer to how the Vessels are, in some way, showing the Pale King that it was a mistake abandon them in the past, since now their here to save the future, and that he should have remember more the graveyard that is both the Abyss and Hallownest. But in can also, at the same time, be for The Radiance, about how the future she wants is uselless and how her acts for the past are finally going to make her pay. Especially since it starts when The Knight is about to Challenge The Radiance. I don't know if that was intencional, but it fits very well. I gotta say, the music is just PERFECT in this part, even when The Knight falls to the Void is well synchronized. xD It's just amazing how the music intensifies as The Knight goes on and the song ends in a perfect way as it says "Our voices will cry out again!" Now I want to say that not only the writting and editing are fantastic, but obviously so are the composition, the vocals and art. Everything about this is just amazing! The end says "Thanks for listening" but geez, thank YOU and everyone involved for letting us hear this passionate song about this amazing game! :D

Beautifully made not only does it sound amazing but it can also be seen both ways for the radiance and for the pale wyrm/pale king

"Way up Above lies your chosen 'pure' knight. The only one spared was the one with no mind." "Pretend all is fine as their mind rots inside." These lines Have so much impact!

I don't think i can put into words how much i love this song. Everything about it is great, from the vocals to the instrumentals to the lyrics. I also love how its about the perfect time length for a radiance fight, whether it was intended or not lol.

this is really cool!! I'm surprised there isn't more views yet

Few things are more powerful than that ending line in combination with the music leading up to it. There's something so inspiring about "our voices will cry out again" being sung at the top of one's lungs like that

0:44 is a god tier reference about the tale called: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and a very good analogy

Damn those vocals are breathtaking!

When you said “mind rotting inside” it’s cool how it can apply to not only the hollow knight being controlled by the radiance but also it knowing that it’s father never truly loved them

It's kind of crazy that this can put from both Radiance, and the Pale King.

Мой перевод песни: 1-2 О, монархом светлейшим Навеки нам будь. Уверяешь себя, что избрал верный ты путь, Народу твердишь: "Неподвластен чуме, Бессмертный правитель", А мы угаснем во тьме. Как много ты хочешь, И какова же цена? Для мира спасенья наша боль вам нужна? Мы жили, Страдали, Чтоб ты фору имел, Народ чтоб увидел: Чума - не удел. Припев: Раз, два, три, Жертву ты принёс, Чтоб забвенью свет древний предать. Приносить горе, боль Не грех, раз ты, Король, Делаешь всё, чтоб мог народ процветать. Всего лишь дай нам шанс, Всё выйдет в этот раз, Ведь нет Предела цене! Подумай о прежнем, О завтрашнем дне. Вспоминаешь ли ты? Жалеешь вполне? О народе ты вспомни, О детях своих. Однажды придётся Должок отплатить. Сможешь, забудь нас, Попытку дадим, Ещё ведь напомним: "Не прощаемся мы". Вперёд посмотри ты! Назад оглянись! Вспоминаешь ли ты Кончину свою? 3-6 Тихо, упорно За жизнь бой ведём сейчас. Но могли бы всё исправить, Если дал бы ты хоть шанс. Мы снова, И снова Поднимаемся к вам. Как может убийца Мирно спать по ночам? Там, на вершине Рыцарь "чистый" твой жил. Пощадил лишь его, Ведь безволен он был. Ради Тебя, чувств Ради твоих, Лгали они? С виду в порядке, погасают внутри. Припев: Раз, два, три, Жертву ты принёс, Чтобы смог древний свет оковать. Приносить горе, боль Не грех, раз ты, Король, Делаешь всё, чтоб мог народ процветать. Всего лишь дай нам шанс, Всё выйдет в этот раз, Ведь нет Предела цене! Подумай о прежнем, О завтрашнем дне. Вспоминаешь ли ты? Жалеешь вполне? О народе ты вспомни, О детях своих. Однажды придётся Должок отплатить. Сможешь, забудь нас, Попытку дадим, Ещё ведь напомним: "Не прощаемся мы". Подумай о прежнем! О завтрашнем дне! Вспоминаешь ли ты Кончину свою? Наш голос будет слышен вновь!

“Do you remember your graveyard?” Is such a good line holy shit

Holy shit i just realised the last line is a reference to the Void Shrine where you get Abyss Shriek. I've been listening to this for so many months and I STILL FIND LAYERS TO THE SONG. You are a musical/lyrical GENIUS, TyKim!!!!

I just cant help but imagine the one singing this song actually being hornet, in place for the vessels, sinse they cant talk themselves, but also along with maybe the little to no "discarted" siblings that actually did happen to have a voice to cry suffering- idk i just love to imagine all of pale king's children getting together to shit on him and this song is perfect for that

Literally started replaying HOLLOW KNIGHT last week, this couldn't have appeared at a better time. Awesome song!!

My god. Everything about this piece is stunning. The lyrics hit like a truck with how emotional they are. The vocals are unbelievably beautiful. And the visuals are stunning! I know this comment is just me boring, but… god, I adore this. "Think into the future! Think into the past! Do you remember, Your graveyard?" HITS SO HARD GOD.

Keep returning to this song after finding it Beautiful reference to the Dream Nail Dialogue and Lore! Voice is hauntingly soft Great Job!

Cursed Omelas is SUCH a niche reference for a song lyric, I absolutely love it.

The lyrics and vocal cords here are amzing you can just feel how much work and dedication was put into this. Absolutely beautiful Fun unrelated Hollow knight fact that nobody asked for: the bargain that the pale king made with herra wasn't hornet but rather the "act" of making her... HAVE A GREAT DAY 👍

I haven't played Hollow Knight for so many months now until I started playing it again just a few weeks ago. Hearing this fan song right after completing my third run of Hollow Knight made my playthrough worth it.

This is pretty good! Usually I think songs for written aren't the best, but this is pretty nice! Your voice is very nice, and you're wonderful at singing. I hope this gains more traction!

The Pale King and the Emperor of Mankind have a similar mindset of "no cost too great" when it comes to achieving their goals, the goals might be noble and good at heart but their actions to achieve them are truly monstrous

I can never resist coming back for this song to just. Feel it. Chills, literal chills, EVERY time

3:57, 4:12 I'm so good at this game

*Hollow:* My family, I love you like nothing before My siblings, our mothers, our father, and more For you and this kingdom I've grown to adore, Although I may fail, I'll keep fighting the war *Kin:* Brothers, forgive me for what I've become The light overtook me 'fore my life begun I hope that one day you will blot out her sun To aid with that dream, brother, here I succumb

это прекрасно. Спасибо вам большое за подобный ролик.

I put this in my playlist on RU-vid titled "fucking amazing shit right here ladies and gentlemen" and that is the highest honor I can bestow

"The only one spared was the one with no mind" Jesus I never thought a single line could almost bring me to tears. This. THIS! Is a masterpiece at its finest. Absolutely beautiful, have been listening to it none stop for an hour, goosebumps ^^

Thank the RU-vid gods for this amazing video randomly popping up in my recommended

How has this not gotten more attention? This is amazing, your singing is beautiful. It's even accurate to the lore, and has a meaning. Perfect.

THAT WAS SO COOL!!!!! I love the desperation in some of the lyrics “live to see just one more day” “just one more try.” Absolutely fantastic. I hope this gets more attention soon because it needs it

imagine this played during the credits when you get the radiance ending

I like to think that this is sung by the Siblings in the Abyss, locked away for who knows how long just for being impure. They know what their father did, and they're accusing him, cursing him from behind their prison's door.

The line "Oh, ashes to ashes, your dust into dust" reminds me of Curses a bit.

this is severely underrated. Its soo good and i can't believe you have so little subscribers. Anyway, you've earned a new one!

Tbh this song is just a pale king diss track but actually good (Ok but seriously i love this its amazing)

This song to me is Ghost and the other vessels actually speaking out in a twisted song to where ever the PK is and so their mother can hear them and know that they aren’t gone. Yet they were still abandoned so there is still some vitriol in the lines to me.

i love this, the lore is spot on, and it's an amazing vibe.

"to keep up this faded and cursed Omelas" shivers, man. That's where they started, and they kept going 'till the end.

"Empty vessel" Ehud haber Born of god. Born of void. Devoid of soul. Now lost to fog. Hear him scream . Hear him yell. No mind to think. No voice to tell. No will to break. No soul to want. No heart to yearn. Now forced to haunt. Do not think. Do not sink. Do not speak. Do not weep. Show no pain. Show no fear. For the king. You must adhere. No voice to scream. No tears to cry. Drawing closer to the light. With nothing in its empty eye. Way up above. sleeps the chosen "pure knight". The only one spared, Was the one with no mind. Insides glow bright. With chains shut tight. For now you fight. The hollow knight. For the kingdom. All shall hail. You are the vessel. Do not fail.

I love how the lyrics seem to switch from the radiance, the pale king and the siblings singing throughout the song

Higher beings, This song is for you alone. Jokes aside good song!

I think it's the best Hollow Knight song that I heard! Banger

This is amazing! I like the lyrics so much and absolutely love the skip beetween the "narrator" and the King during the refrain!

This song is so good! It feels like the radiance mocking the pale king by singing about his failures.

I like to think that it's not just the discarded vessels singing it, but rather, Broken Vessel specifically. I've always had the headcanon that BV hated the Pale King the most out of any vessel.

Best hollow knight fan song I’ve heard, 10/10 amazing! Favorite line: “With corpuses beneath you, do you sleep at night?”

I know a song is magnificent when I don't know anything about its story and I can still listen in wonder. You know I'm gonna have to play Hollow Knight now right? I can't not know how this was inspired.

the radiance part gave me shivers, excellently done!

Holy smokes. This is amazing.

The hollow knight community is just pure joy, thank you y’all are just so talented ❤️

"To keep up this faded and cursed Omelas." Fantastic lyric.

Everyone keeps mentioning a lot of the lines in this song but- "We hope you enjoyed your last subject's applause" Jesus christ that hits. The idea of the population slowly withering away while tries to maintain any semblance of normalcy and hope, just for it to fall apart til nobody's left... These are some of the best lyrics I've heard in a fan song

That’s awesome, I have no words! The voice, the lyrics, it’s perfect! Also« Our voices will cry out again » the line that reads when you dreamnail the statues which give you the abyss shriek, clever!

Falling off my chair by the sheer power of The Parallels because I imagined the chorus from The Radiance's PoV

This gave me chills. I never heard a song that made too much sense to the game that sounded so epic! Imma listen to this for motivation and art. Thank you so much this is so beautiful.

Lady you got all the lore aspects right makes the Song emotional

I heard this from the MAP call and I had no idea it was a fansong playing to the storyboard until I read the description. This is so good?? Like super quality, amazing job.

this is fan-made ? wha- !? it was way too good to be a fan-made song. the lyrics and intonation was so sad and tragic, accurate to hollow knight's lore. thankyou for the artist, singer, musician, and sound team for producing this master nailart

2:08 I've listened to it a dozen times already and just now noticed the hollow knight theme right there

the lore explained in this is awesome

Why this... Put tears in my eyes. Again And again...

This is amazing, I was so enthralled by this song that I didn’t even realise it was over. Thank you for such an amazing song.

Way up above lies your chosen 'pure' knight. The only one spared was the one with no mind." This part literally made me cry and I'm not sure how to feel with it. Great song my friend, great song

one day i wish to make a game thats half as good as hollow knight, great song and this is a amazing game

The Pale King wasn't a bad guy necessarily. He was just doing the only thing he could think of that would work well

I’ve been listening to this for like 4 hours on end, amazing song

This is THE hollow knight fan song,Damn it gave me chills

Oh my god this song is insane in the best way. The singers voice is so powerful, the lyrics are so good, and the instrumental is just AUAGIDJEBEJL

This song gave me goosebumps. It's amazing! I almost cried while listening to you. I didn't think there was anything like this on RU-vid. We all definitely need more fan songs like this