Okay seriously why don't you have more views on this?? This legitimately sounds like it could be in an 8-bit game, and I've played my fair share of those! (in my grandparents basement XD)
I couldn't take it, couldn't stand another minute Couldn't bear another day without you in it All of the joy that I had known for all my life Was stripped away from me the minute that you died To have you in my life was all I ever wanted But now without you, I'm a soul forever haunted Can't help but feel that I had taken you for granted No way in hell that I can ever comprehend this I wasn't dreaming when they told me you were gone I was wide awake and feeling that they had to be wrong How could you leave me when you swore that you would stay? Now I'm stuck inside a nightmare every single effing day It's like a movie but there's not a happy ending Every scene fades black and there's no pretending This little fairy tale doesn't seem to end well There's no knight in shining armor who will wake me from the spell I know you didn't plan this You tried to do what's right But in the middle of this madness I'm the one (I'm the one) you left to win this fight Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer to the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you I know you're broken down by anger and by sadness You feel I left you in a world that's full of madness Wish I could talk to you, if only for a minute Make you understand the reasons why I did it I wanna tell you that you're all that ever mattered Want you to know that for eternity I'm shattered I tried so hard just to protect you but I failed to And in a prison of abandonment I've jailed you I never planned that I would leave you there alone I was sure that I would see you when I made it back home And all the times I swore that it would be okay Now I'm nothing but a liar and you're thrown into the fray This bedtime story ends with misery ever after The pages are torn and there's no final chapter I didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do I made a sacrifice but forced a bigger sacrifice on you I know you've lived a nightmare I caused us so much pain But baby, please don't do what I did I don't want (I don't want) you to waste your life in vain Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer to the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you You're not the only one who needed me I thought you understood You were the one I needed And you left me as I always feared you would Would I change it if I could? It doesn't matter how The petals scatter now Every nightmare just discloses It's your blood that's red like roses And no matter what I do Nothing ever takes the place of you Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer to the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you
It would make an awesome video game theme, especially for a final boss. Spoilers ahead RWBY the game (covers volumes 1-3) Final Boss: Cinder and the Grimm Dragon Pyrrha is dead and now Ruby is alone at the top of the ruined Beacon Tower with the evil Fall Maiden and the most powerful Grimm ever seen. All hope is lost, but wait, the hidden magic of Ruby's silver eyes has been awakened. Ruby must survive against impossible odds long enough to build and release the enormous power welling up within her. Fight Cinder and avoid the Grimm Dragon's attacks. The Silver Eyes will activate once Cinder has been damaged enough and the story will be complete... for now.
I mean, it's an amazing track, but I don't see how it fits Ruby. I don't follow RWBY, but from what I've seen, she seems too cheerful to sing a song this melancholic and bitter.
That's the point. Ruby is always cheerful and happy, but this describes how she truly feels, deep down, about her mother. The first part is Ruby saying what she really feels about Summer's disappearance and how she deals with it, the second part is Summer herself lamenting about what her disappearance has done to Ruby, and the third part is Ruby and Summer arguing about whether or not it was worth it and if Summer would still go had she known what would happen, before deciding "It doesn't matter now. The petals scatter now.". Let me clarify, Ruby is most certainly a cheerful, happy, and youthful girl, who never stops trying to see the positive side to people and things and become a hero. But that's not all she is, and the point of this song is that she's still cheerful and happy in spite of hurting so much over her mother. She still feels pain, loss, and grief, but she doesn't let it rule her life and feelings, continuing to create happy memories even though she still mourns.
Nathaniel Burkett I see the song as something from long before we first saw ruby (like two years before I might guess). That time would be enough to get over the initial sadness.
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