This Life is Mine (feat. Casey Lee Williams) by Jeff Williams with Lyrics 

I can sing this song pretty good but I agree Casey is indeed amazing and she's so good she's probably used to singing songs like this that would make your voice tired.

She was only 15 in volume 1

BriarJay I have had singing lessons and recitals almost my entire life and it's still very hard to sing this correctly

Her father also probably taught her alot as well.

Singing this song isnt that hard, im a guy and i sing it all the time.

Sage And little bro? F U C K Y O U T O O

**FUCK EVERYONE!**

Yeah, this is possible. Could definitely see it happening

Hey yang found your mum.

XD

Panic IKR

RIGHT? 😭

panic y u steal mah comments

TheFlashzie Pffft wutttt

Now I am expecting her to say "Mirror Mirror now we're done, BIATCH!!!" to her father's face in vol 5 :)))

He smiled, though. Her brother clapped ..... disingenuous, yes, but is there more to it?

The rest of the audience didn't hear the deep seated meaning, implications of abuse or attack on their lifestyle... all they heard was a pretty song...

@@RubberyCat he probably found it amusing

I suspect that he thinks he is better than his father ... and may rebel as well eventually, or more.

Really? My takeaway is that her father didn't notice the many, many insults peppered in the song but Whitley did. His clapping was a "Well done, worthy enemy" sort wherein he still is trying to screw her over, but he can appreciate a subtle "fuck you and the whore who bore you" like Weiss' towards her abusive father.

preach

She is my personal favorite

Casey Ashlynn Angel Matthews It's character development at its finest! Weiss really has come far.

shadow pit fin the skull boy I prefer Blake.

Casey Ashlynn Angel Matthews It is cool because the first theme is, Mirror Mirror hide me from me, I need you, help me be hidden, white is cold and always urning burdened by the royal test, and this is, I am done hiding, mirror mirror we are done, I am not burdened by the royal test, I am no longer hidden.

Totally agree most wiess songs are very good

Sigma0426A I liked divide a lot.

Kiki TheWarrior That's to be expected from bae.

nothin' is better then I may Fall

Honestly I was disapointed in how this song turned out? Im not saying its bad but I was more hoping to hear it as it was done in the show and after the second chorus it just doest feel right. I didn't envision this song going from opera to rock. It just seems like this should have been the remix rather than the original

Dr. Oobleck: Precisely

Dude, that's me when I was on my way to become a typical angsty teen. "Oh, shit, middle school. So close to being an adult, what do I want to do?" "Huh, that seems cool, maybe I'll do this for a job." "FuCk YoU, mOm! GeT oFf My BaCK!"

Rich Wang yes

Ur not my real dad >:C

@@JediSteve-J3- iTs nOt a PhASe FaThEr

Couldn't have said it better myself

@@chaiboi2908 Oh a recent reply on a three year old comment impossible!?!?!?!

Just like Weiss herself 😊💕💕

Wonderful

Yee haw

LaDarryl Winsley hehe

THIS LIFE IS HERS

It wasn't hers, she was still being controlled and now she's broken free. She realized this life was always here's, so she took it back, telling him that he no longer controlled her.

volume 5- lets all her anger out on a pissed off queen bee

LaDarryl Winsley exactly

I agree.

First half: Meh Second half: Ok I kinda dig this Ending: Ok, this is really good! Imo

@@alexbaribeault First half: Meh Second half: Meh Ending: Zzzz

@@FleyBlademode bitch

I thought that instead of Ending, you were gonna do "End Half"

Edit: Favorite song.

The entire song was so much better than I could have imagined! However the spot for number one RWBY song for me is still Red Like Roses. Hell that song is in a couple of my non-RWBY playlists on spotify. Although I love most of the songs created by the Williams, and I can't wait to add this one to my spotify collection! (None of the season 4 songs have been added yet)

Rygel Choong I love rwby music than more quote "normal" songd

It's my Turn stays my favorite, but this is really, reaaaaaaaaaaaaally close second. (As for the "Weiss Songs")

This,Die,It's my Turn and Boop,my personal favs.

Vinny Silva That would actually explain her dad's attitude after the performance.

I'd rebel too if my Dad was voiced by Lord Beerus. lol

Nasty Crimeboi Best Diss track ever XD

Fully deserved it after what he did to her.... I really gotta day not a lot of things make me mad but what he did made my blood boil in a fiery rage.

Poor Klein

Cake Butler: Never forget

juan manuel Brac not in front of guild)

SAO Abridged... I never thought I'd find another fan here

@juan manuel Brac "there's no need to wonder where your god is, because he's right here.. And he's fresh out of mercy"

I was like is this even appropriate for this subject of charity?

I guess the audience was supposed to think the horrors of The Fall of Beacon was the thing Weiss was trying to escape by saying "my life is mine"

WAIT WHEN??? WHERE ? I WANNA SEE IT!!!

kevin aguirre Somewhere in volume 4 just search up Weiss singing this life is mine in vol4

it was done intentionally as a "fuck you, dad". but she did it publicly because she knew he'd never reprimand her for it that way

SegaStar Kind of ironic that it's targetting someone referencing Jack Frost :D

KeterLordFR than it will be even more effective

KeterLordFR I'd say hitting Jack Frost with a sick burn is just what you're supposed to do because it'll do more damage to ol' hee-ho.

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Hola qué tal, no te esperaba aquí.

You ok?

Same here. I'm 33, just had an hour long cry, and this is my go-to "your father's opinion doesn't matter, you can do this" song.

You know I'm just 4 years old when I first heard this from my brother....

I’m just happy that this song exists at all hell I’m 35 and this is one of the songs that’s in like all of my Spotify play lists lol. But true I wish this song was around when I was younger as well. Inspirational with a phenomenal young singer

Scott Garrett this is like her breaking the mirror saying fuck this I'm not confused anymore

Scott Garrett no more Mirror Mirror from now on

mike mizfan I think it's more like I don't see myself more the way my father see me (the mirror represent how her father saw her and how he make her see herself)

peleg ariely i see in any case the mirror is finally broken and hopefully instead of little bits and snags of mirror mirror in instrumentals will hear This song instead

Scott Garrett "Now this conversation's over Mirror, mirror now we're done" :3

yup she did

Which is really strange, because you think that'd be _Yang's_ job.

Emperor Daniel Dude. xD

Emperor Daniel did u just

A middle fingermto Jaques inmthe best way

Yeh

Right?! It makes me think back to the similar moment in Die; I can't decide which one I like more.

It gives me a feeling of strength😂😂

It gives me chills

even from the Vol 4 soundtrack to the Vol 5 opening. honestly every time a new season drops she gets better

Morgan Sheepman 😂

There's thing called "Rock Opera" that you might want to look into

brendon195 oh shot really?

Look up Nightwish.

Look up Tran-siberian Orchestra.

Something in folk lore Jacques would say. One good thing Ironwood did was vaporizing him especially as his daughter was only one of thousands had abused and even killed for sure.

Kids, am I right?

Just a reminder, Weiss sang this at the charity concert with all of Atlas' elite in attendance, including her father.

@@VegetaLF7 And then her father leaves without speaking a word after the song is over. Yea, fuck the Schnee family (not you Weiss, your beautiful and have done nothing wrong)

@@VegetaLF7 I doubt that he ever recovered from that punch in his reputation's face...

Paulidot The Peridot I honesty didn't expect it to be half badass rock ballad. Pure epicness

Me neither

Paulidot The Peridot anyone else imagining a SFM Weiss just doing the sick riffs in this, and going a little too far, ala back to the future?

yes. And while she'll never be as friendly and upbeat as the other team, she's still changed a lot and develops while keeping that familiar "Weiss vibe". She's one of the best-developed characters in the series, in my opinion

She also wanted to be that, sure getting out from under her father's thumb and with her team helped, But she changed on her own, and a lot quicker than it took some other characters to grow out of their more negative traits. She's living up to who she wants to be it's not her father or her team, it's her!

wow i'm so proud of you 👏🏻🤍✨

I hope you're still doing good to this day, you are absolute amazing and I feel so inspired by you, you did well

Good on ya

You're amazing!

You're an incredible person and I'm so very happy for you, i hope you're doing good today

Natassia Valerio I need fanart of The minute the rock hits she rips her dress and has like a black leather clothes and she rocks out haha

I've been trying to imagine what the rock parts would sound like with the sound/feel of the charity concert. I like to imagine that she did sing the whole song before that scene started. It's pretty clear that Jacques was not confused by the meaning as he stares down while not participating in the applause. He may have even decided in that moment to revoke her heiress status, and the party incident only added to his "justification."

Imagine is all we can do,I just wish we can do more about it.

This song is basically a roasting,so yeah.

NO ,BUT SHE WOULD! *cue Weiss jamming to Chopsticks on piano*

Universal Cerberus that is great detailing

Nice touch.

PUTA MADRE ES VERDAD, LOCO QUE DETALLE

lo unico que noto es el cambio de la voz usted a tu? hay algo mas

Haber

My favourite thing about this song is that throughout it all, the structure of each section doesn't change. For example the phrase at 4:26 is basically the same as 0:58 - 1:20 but faster and in a VERY different time signature (I think it's a combination of 9/8 and 7/8 time instead of 12/8 but I'm not 100% sure about that)). Really beautiful technique.

Same I love Weiss song

ToriTheGlory Please have your tickets out and ready before boarding the Hype Train.

Okay *grabs them*

+Shadow Dragon *Agressively takes a bunch of tickets* "Hurry, the train already started moving"

My body is combat ready.

@Ninthmetaphor You're combat-ready, huh? *prepares polarity semblance*

Renee Salinas don't forget 3:53 too. Jesus, Jeff can really make some KILLER guitar solos

I'm guessing she has the most songs out of the four characters because with each song she got, it told her story and how she was breaking through her fathers control. How she wasn't sure at first if being on her own was the right choice but then finally In this song she realizes that money and a family name can't intimidate her to gaining freedom.

well its becausethe first few seasons development focused mainly on weiss and blake when it came to the main four. now Yang is getting some but Ruby still hasnt gotten much development only some around the ending of season 4

Save the best for last(although I don't know how they will beat Weiss's devlopment).

I don't know. I mean, I'm sure Ruby will grow as a character and a lot of her past innocence will continue to be shed, but I feel like she is going to be a fairly static character through the series. And that's not a bad thing. She will always be strong, kind, and determined to protect the people and the world she loves. It brings me back to Volume 2 when the other three girls were discussing the reasons why they wanted to be huntresses, admitting their motivations and identifying their faults. Volume 4 has shown them each dealing with these motivations in their own ways. Weiss wanted to find a way to uphold her family's honor without cowing before her father, and now she has faced up to him and openly defied him. Blake admitted she always ran from what scared her, and her conversation with her father made her realize that she hasn't fled nearly as much as she thought, and now she is determined to face her fears once and for all. Yang admitted she was carefree and never thought much of the future. The loss of her arm forced her to really think about the value of her life and what she needed to do to move forward. Ruby has pretty much always been on the right track, unlike the others. Her struggle is to not lose faith in her cause.

Team KRWBY I like dream come true

concuerdo

Easily one of the best

Senpai has noticed other senpai my mind is broken

You say that like there was any doubt...

The line-up is a good visual. But who would be the pianist of this song or any if the piano is needed?

Conflo Ashton I think Yang would be the electric guitar

It is hard to do drums with 1 hand though

**cough*rwbychibi*cough**

Conflo Ashton Blake on bass? The most forgotton part of a band which secretly keeps it together? Sounds right lmao

Marcelo Saunders same

Mine was more like At the start: It's okay, just what I thought I'd be, like Mirror Mirror When the Guitar Hit: Whoa

Samee xD

Sameee

Marcelo Saunders Same.

Why wish?

Blizzic that would be amazing, they first time I was like " HOLY SHIT -ASCENDED- "

Blizzic same. The first time I freaked the fuck out. I didn't even know they could top red like roses but I feel like they did here.

Blizzic Yessss! Love you Blizzic!

Agreed Blizzic

Genius

actually got a legit chuckle out of me XD

lol

Hahaha

😂

TsukiAquaMoonCat Streble I personally relate to Weiss in the way I show emotion. I have never felt as if I was able to show any negative emotions around my mom and that’s made me completely stop showing emotion around most people. Not only that but I always feel my mom wanting me to stay home and do what she wants and go to the college she wants.

Anna Selter Weiss Schnee: narrating her character arc in a point by point format since 2013

Weiss Schnee's father is a textbook narcissist, which are commonly child abusers. You can research "narcissistic personality disorder" and it fits him to the T.

Blake is a role model for someone with an abusive ex, and she also has severe self-image issues,

@True NightmareTale True she does/did have that aspect to her personality as well. I didn't think about it until you said something, but you're right.

woah, where is this from?

She's the ice princess! ❄️⛸️

She is Elsa

The short version lacks a certain classiness that Weiss can hold over Jacques.

White Rose confirmed?

I'm having a tough choice of whose neck I want to squeeze until his head pops off first, Jaq or Whitley!

Same. I never hated her to be 100% honest.

Weiss is my favorite out of team RWBY (^-^*)

TrueLiesLost I only hated her when she was targeting Blake for being in the white fang

Jasmine theSnowwolf Same here, I still like Weiss but I wasn't too happy with her when she started harassing Blake about her past. But then again I just really love Blake, so I'm probably biased lol.

And what was worse was Blake wasn't really "in" the white fang but in her eyes Whiess was basically insulting her family

Nameless Crow yeesh indeed

4:27 Volume 5

I couldn't agree more.

That, or volume 5 is 4:40

Muu Too fitting. Comsidering that part is actually used in v5e2

But still a combat skirt.

TheShadowQueen oh yeah, still a combat skirt

I imagine her getting something close to Yang's style, but ya know, white.

Jacob Wilger Well If you already done it. You had or still have Three other Kingdoms that you could chose from, as in Vale, Vacuo, and Mistral. And I know what people are going to say “Well Mistral is part of Mantle which is run by Atlas.” And I’m going to say that Mantle is it’s own Entity started by Mistral for trade as well as Transportation between the other Kingdoms.

Agreed

It's me just now :D

OMG SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!!!!!!!!!!

Same xD

omg same that's what I did and when I listened to the full version I literally downloaded the song

did your phone or laptop broke when you did that?

We Made It Uncle Qrow lol

We Made It Uncle Qrow I’m sorry your username is amazing 😂

We Made It Uncle Qrow The best Username:D

We Made It Uncle Qrow that username tho😂😂

Can we take a moment to realize that there’s also the username “I ship EVERYTHING” on this comment chain

fourthlisten: NOW THIS CONVERSATIONS FIN'LY OVER MIRROR MIRROR NOW WE ARE DONE I HAVE PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER NOW MY MIND AND HEART ARE ONE

@@kampa3872 FINALLY ONE!

IKR?! SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!!!

Fifth listen: *I'M NOT YOUR PET!!! NOT ANOTHER THING YOU OWN!!* *I AM NOT FOR GUILTY OF YOUR CRIMES!!! YOUR RICHES AND YOUR INFLUENCE CAN'T HOLD ME ANYMORE!!*

I WON'T BE POSSESSED BURDENED BY YOUR ROYAL TEST I WILL NOT SURRENDER THIS LIFE IS MINE!

You can see it in her second appearance in Volume 1, if you can translate the tsundere-speak.

Same though

See, I only felt that way for Volume 1 and Volume 4. This Life Is Mine and Mirror Mirror are probably my favourite or second favourite songs of their respective soundtracks, but I didn't like either of the Weiss-focused songs from Volume 3 (It's My Turn and Mirror Mirror Part 2). In my opinion, the first just didn't sound good. It wasn't Casey's greatest vocal achievement, nor did Jeff's usually amazing musical talent shine on that track. And MM Part 2 was just far too slow and simplistic. In some cases, this can work, but for me, this song just didn't. I preferred Cold and I'm the One from Volume 3's OST.

That would have been the most epic thing in the whole show. But really, the courage of this girl singing a song like this in front of everyone... Many people would like to have this type of courage.

Agreed Bro!

Mark Pabalan Do you Know what is a summary? If you know then please make It short as much as you can.

i can strongly agree with this and i personally LOVE weiss, but seeing weiss jump and hug and hold yang told me she changed and grew as a person and a member of team RWBY.

Mark Pabalan that awkward moment when your soundtracks tell a better story than your show

Mark Pabalan S

This is beautifully crafted... =D XD Love the story you've added to this song... Perfect.

"First it was separate lunches and dinners.. opposite balconies at my recitals.. a glass of wine here... a glass of wine there... then, it was no dinners... no recitals... a bottle of wine here.. and well, you get the idea"

When you click read more and you regret

Cute Pokemon Profile pic

Also, this song gives me *Chills*!!! Eh? Eh?

*Throws an apple at your face* Boo!

YES!

not me just shows how far the series has come if only monty were here :(

Yeah kid it was a very obvious reference

If you listen to all of Weiss' songs, you *really* see how far she's come. Start with Path to Isolation, then Mirror Mirror I, then Mirror Mirror II, then (I think) It's My Turn, and finally This Life is Mine. She goes from being her father's puppet to her own person.

Character progression: it's happening right now.

i like how in the last verse of the song, it feels like she rips off her nice clothes to reveal punk black and lets her hair down before the guitar riffs begin

Kevin Barber true

You mean how she goes from a jerk, to a kind person, yeah, now that you mention it, I'm starting to feel her progression too.

Lexrayz nice pic, it matches ur intensity.

HELL YEAH!

Eos Iachini It matches? Guess you could say it.. Mirrors my intensity. Yes, I get it, that's Yang's job. I'll just sit in the corner of rejected puns now.

Lexrayz was that joke made of paper?.....cause it was tearable! (rwby chibi ref.)

Guys guys, *Let's Just Live* with the consequences of these terrible puns.

brawlerboy201 I would rate it a 7 Of 4 obviously

brawlerboy201 id give it a 9 out of 1 of course

It's not that good, but it is still good.

brawlerboy201 You almost got me.

Andrew G leave

mercury a2000 trust me, if you know her this is common. Although I would eat her ass.

but she's lit, she's been using fire since the ol' days.

mercury a2000 I see what you did there

when something is freezing enough it feels like it burns; that's probably what our resident Ice Queen did there

This comment, deserve a golden pun-joke medal from Yang....

I just want Winter to give her a big hug for finally stepping out of her father's shadow

Golden Witch your so right

m'lady

Love cinder she's great

Now if only Ruby got the same level of development...

@@james-xf2vn same

Sataandagi96 Mbp

it's like Metallica's Nothing Else Matters fused with a nightwish song i'm learning to play this song on guitar but i have to drop down to Drop C and go C,G,C,F,A,D on the tuning

You legit just described my environment with my grandma....

This hits me, too. I had just realized that my mom was gaslighting me about my dad, who was clearly disrespectful. Her response? "He didn't mean it like that" and "Why was I crying?" Now I'm planning to stay with my boyfriend due to all that.

"There's a part of me that's desperate for changes; tired of being treated like a pawn" 👌🏼🙌🏼😇

Tato Patato wait, who is Casey? Is she a developer?

Meg likes Tacoz, the singer

Melosa B your grandma sounds awesome

Juan Diego Pineda Madera she really does

So you have a badass Grandma, too? 😎👍 Nice.

your pasta is a gun too

Mirror... can you hear me? I guess not, you're broken

But then you realise she loses so often it gets annoying White Trailer, gets a scar Vol 1, doesn't become leader Vol 2, get beat by a guy with a chainsaw Vol 3, gets taken down in the doubles round Vol 4, she gets her heiresses status taken Vol 5, fails to save pilot and gets impaled by Cinder I don't remember what it was in Volume 6 but I know something happened.

@@camnunes8847 oof...

@@camnunes8847 I think with the apathy but the whole team loses

Never mind not so soft towards the end😂

Addy Macy i like your profile picture, it looks familiar

+rennie rivera thanks i just got it off of google images 😂

I guess it didn't matter what she sang as long as she sang, actually saying things like at the party embarrassing him in front of his rich friends is his red line

Jolt Of Justice she will say f you daddy

Bluezone785 omg I feel the same way! So much character development UwU she's become my favorite aswell.

It's moments like this that make me glad I decided to give this show a chance.

Weiss is crumping to the beat.

Why Ever After trying to get her sad looking at image of her lost home did not hit her very hard. She had already decided to leave and never return she did not lose something she had already given up.

@@milferdjones2573 She was able to leave her father's abuse. That doesn't mean she turned her back on the rest of her family, much less all of Atlas.

13lasian Domo When you mentioned Persona 4 and symbolism, I couldn't help but think about the hiimdaisy comic dub.

13lasian Domo good 4 u

The first time I played Persona 4 (a few months ago haha) I instantly thought of Weiss when fighting Yukiko's shadow, their struggles were really similar. Both having their path carved out for them by their family, both trying to break free from it and finding themselves, both struggling to know who they are and what they want...

13lasian Domo any new Unholy screams over on the channel yet?

Nope

Wait,she was disowned?

Essentially. Her father locked her in her room, and said she was mentally ill to the public so he could freely shift the heir-hood (I think that's what you call it) to Whitley, who is a conniving little shit and would thus make a better businessperson than Weiss. Because, lets face it, very few people can make lots of money in business and keep their heart from turning black.

I believe in this case a better metaphor would be a heart of ice.... ;) Anyway, I so want this song to be an actual dialogue from Weiss when they come back to Atlas.

She may be going back, but at least now she's free, and isn't alone anymore. Also, I'd hardly call that "imprisoned." She was merely... detained, for a short while. She could have broken out at any time. Kinda hard to imprison someone who can summon up 15ft tall armored knights at will.

Hawk of Battle I mean, it was more of a psychological prison tbh.

Hell yeah dude! You got this!

Yeah that's right! You can do it! I believe I you!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THAT HAPPEN?!

MMD animators go!

I already have it planned in my head right before the guitar solo Weiss gives him the finger and she just starts jamming out

Why am I thinking of this happening in a rwby chibi animation. And why do I think it’s going to happen!?

P.R.A.D this is RT we’re talking about the only Reason they won’t is because it’s supposed to be cute

What is worst she did in front of dozens of people of the upper society, dang

@@pgum123gonowplayread4 The funny part is that they didn’t even get it 😭

@@pgum123gonowplayread4 The absolute balls of steel she had that day... Epic

sligen Path to isolation as well.

Sir/Ma'am, I sincerely hope your doing alright.

Yep. You guys are not alone in that struggle that never should have happened. Respect and love to you both.

**virtual hug** sorry to hear that

I disowned 90% of my dad's family because they were takers instead of givers.

I disowned 90% of my dad's family because they were takers instead of givers.

Thats 8 words

Shit i'm really late but eh The 4 words is : " *Weiss hates papa Schnee* "

Something her and I have in common. I, too, hate Papa Schnee. I have a creepy feeling I will be hating him even more come Ssn 7

I would add Sacrifice in Vol 2

And l may fall in volume 3

stomyn yes RIP IceQueen

She survives strangely thanks to Jaune...of all people

he was literally joan of arc, of COURSE he was gonna spec into paladin class

Me

I wished that was the scene with Weiss crumping to the beat as well...maybe a scene for after the finale of Volume 4.

Her dad probably would have had an aneurism

I want her to call her brother "Shitley".

Agreed!

Wang Bao Just because you're rich doesn't mean you can't love..

no, if you are rich you can still be loved if you aren't a shit.

Want Bao didn't say that rich people couldn't have love, he just said that money can't buy you love(real love, not the kind where people will be nice so they can use your money.)

Actually there’s this thing called Craig’s list and yea...

Wang Bao they also lack personality

Zip the hedgehog oof

suicide is the answer Huh?

Yeah.

Fire Blaze on OSTs for about every film there is extended versions rather the full version like with this one, or lyrics added to the instrumental

Meat Shield Or an easier explenation would be they put 4 of the OST's tracks up on Itunes for the full version

Weiss is a savage