pLasterbrain| Theories
I'm going to DisneyWorld this weekend, so I'm uploading this before I forget.
lyrics:
Did you ever tell em how you wound up in that chair?
Did you sneak in the lair while the king wasn't there?
Did you make them all aware sometimes life isn't fair
When you slaughtered the heir though he asked to be spared
Did you make em think that god had something on his mind?
Did he make a design that went outside the lines?
For when danger shows a sign and you leave me to die
I'll rehearse all my lines just one more time
I really don't know
(What else can I say?)
I'm just not sure
I wasn't involved
(Could have been a knife)
It could have been anyone
Well the way things go are you so surprised
Mr. Universe had us hypnotized?
Did you still love him when he blew that lid?
Well rumor has it that the concubine did.
How can disaster seem so divine?
Why am I waiting on bad fortune?
Burnt to the ground but everything's fine
'Cause every mistake you make is mine
Swallow your fears now here we go
Can I ask who's calling?
Who wants to know?
I've got a man who's not quite right in the head
Did you mean to try calling the cops instead?
Doctor don't lock him in an institution
If you want home care there's only one solution
Teach your man life isn't fair
Everybody knows but no one cares
How can disaster seem so divine?
Why am I waiting on bad fortune?
Burnt to the ground but everything's fine
'Cause every mistake you make is mine
Did you tell em bout the promises you're gonna break?
All the choices you'll make and the steps that you'll take
to ensure that what's at stake are the things you'll forsake
Big surprise that the snake will turn out to be fake
Think about consequences that you'll leave
When you con and deceive and the people believe
Sure that they're the ones to grieve over what you achieve
All the plans you conceive and the plots that you weave.
I really don't know
(What else can I say?)
I'm just not sure
I wasn't involved
(Could have lost my life)
It could have been anyone
Well the way things go are you so surprised
Mr. Universe had us hypnotized?
Did you still love him when he let you down?
(Well rumor has it what goes around comes around.)
How can disaster seem so divine?
Why am I waiting on bad fortune?
Burnt to the ground but everything's fine
'Cause every mistake you make is mine
(ad lib)
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pLasterbrain, AKA Jay Gatsby, made this song, not me! I am simply a small kofukune who knew it was the time to share this artwork with the masses. I listened to this for an hour straight pLasterbrain-sama. Am I worthy enough yet?
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I listened to this song on repeat through the entirety of highschool. For 4 years, everyday, multiple times I listened to this song. Her voice just felt angelic and so soft, calming.
@bragtime1052
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. I graduated a year and a half ago.
@moth4770
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@puppypopstar
2 жыл бұрын
I wish this was on more music platforms
@oshwaflz
2 жыл бұрын
woah me too why are there so many of us
@JohnnyManiacal
Жыл бұрын
this has been my favorite song since i was like 15
Squeezing the air out of your lungs so you can sing the chorus and the backup
@lillydoessomething3278
7 жыл бұрын
Mine Katt yup
@bluestar8779
4 жыл бұрын
O h m y g o d y e s
according to plasterbrain the real meaning of the song is unknown, but she imagines somebody in love with a person in power, and witnessing that person commit murder. henceforth, they're silenced through love and blackmail. i'm guessing the chair referenced in the beginning is an electric chair, and the person in love was used as a scapegoat.
@declantecho1717
3 жыл бұрын
I think of it as a throne that was stolen via the murder of the royal family
@whateveryouremadatmeforido5497
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was a weird metaphor about religion
3 years and some odd months later, my brain suddenly remembered this song exists... thus begun a 20+ hour search through vague and unclear memories to find it again.
@shellyzzz6440
4 жыл бұрын
Rease Phillips OMG SAME
@marchmacabre
4 жыл бұрын
Rease Phillips WHAT SAME
@aminebean53
4 жыл бұрын
That’s... just.. what i did... AA
@randon19yearold
4 жыл бұрын
Me too, this is really one of those songs you forget about then it becomes nostalgic
@soledadcontreras2917
3 жыл бұрын
same
Theory about "Theories": The "story" of the song seems to be the wife/queen of a corrupt and murderous king (who became king through killing the old one and his heir) talking about his murderous ways (killing being referred to as "teaching that life isn't fair) and his apparent lunacy (shown by calling a doctor for him who wants to pit him in an institution) and him suggesting the queen teach him life isn't i.e. just kill him. She refers to fate as Mr. Universe, suggesting they were "hypnotised", perhaps into believing they'd be happy after taking the throne, which neither is due to the circumstances, and the queen relents on killing him to end the cruelty of his rule for the greater good ("how can *disaster* seem so divine?) how to get away with it (rehearsing the lines "I wasn't involved" and "it couldve been anyone, etc.) while acknowledging that she had a hand in encouraging his vicious ways with "every mistake you make is mine". Its very Shakespearean similar to "Macbeth", if Lady Macbeth had plotted to kill her husband instead of just commiting suicide from what they'd become. Its a very unique kind of thing to make a song about, if nothing else *(but it is catchy and charming as hell also)*
@CasualPearls
6 жыл бұрын
listening to the song with your comment in mind sold you theory!
@Pastelfelizz
5 жыл бұрын
This have Copyright? =)
@Klemeron
5 жыл бұрын
I never really delved into the lyrics, but seems more to me like the character singing is the concubine/lover of an heir to the throne who puts his ambitions well ahead and wraps her into an assassination plot. "When danger shows a sign and you leave me here to die, I'll rehearse all my lines just one more time," they either get caught by the police or she prepares for it. "I really don't know, I'm just not sure, he wasn't involved, could have been anyone," - she is willing to sacrafice herself for him, knowing he proably isn't worth it. Maybe the character is now older and reflecs on her past actions "Mr. Universe had us hypnotised," meaning she believed them to be star-crossed lovers to conquer the world, only to fall flat.
@briannaa9042
5 жыл бұрын
At first, I was trying to make a connection to Hamlet
@thetroodon9482
5 жыл бұрын
Now i would read this buuutttttt i have a song to listen to so ill just agree with you
Ya know, this song kind reminds me of every single piece of Shakespeare I read in high school. I mean, ya got people sneaking around, lying to cover their ass, killing heirs, going crazy, the common people suffering because of some idiot, and possibly even domestic violence. I think pLasterbrain should rename this song to: Shakespeare in Under Four Minutes.
@claraparker4807
8 жыл бұрын
"I'll rehearse my lines just one more time"
@chrismartinez6844
7 жыл бұрын
NeCROWmancer it's pretty much Macbeth
@mehrinhasan9048
6 жыл бұрын
Literally Romeo and Juliet.
@laithasous1731
6 жыл бұрын
Mostly Macbeth
@Basket_Propellors
5 жыл бұрын
"Killing Heirs" William The Conqueror of Normandy and Harold Haldrada in a Nutshell
pLasterbrain makes adorable music
@minaf8110
7 жыл бұрын
But talk about the lyrics
@beeswall1291
6 жыл бұрын
Its dark to
@beeswall1291
5 жыл бұрын
Boi listen to the song
@darkly723
5 жыл бұрын
Yea
@darkly723
5 жыл бұрын
I can't Evan sing that high
Plasterbrain's genre is Plasterbrain.
@Fallenangelitesz
2 жыл бұрын
True
Man... I remember showin' this to my (older) sis like, about two years ago. She was enjoyin' the song, but got kinda' confused after the "Slaughtered the heir", lyric. She thought it was 'air', and I remember her bein' like, 'How do you slaughter air? You can't physically touch it.'. Heh! I had to explain it like, "Hahaha! No, sis, it's like, heir, y'know? As in, heir to a throne, or somethin'' and she was just like, 'Oh..! Hahaha!! Oops!'. Good times, man. Love the music! :)
Wow. thought pLasterbrain only made 3 songs and then dropped of the whole thing, This for me was a surprise o.o cool :]
@raiseasato
8 жыл бұрын
She has a lot of music on Soundcloud.
@TheGameCreator13
8 жыл бұрын
RaiseAlucard cool thanks
@raiseasato
8 жыл бұрын
Anytime. :D
Man... whew... those are... those are some dark and real lyrics...🤐 . . . . . *I LOVE IT*
@monme6123
7 жыл бұрын
don't you mean edgy?
@l.moontea
7 жыл бұрын
Haha! Sure~
@noahboddie3482
7 жыл бұрын
just because something is dark, doesn't means it's edgy dude. Funny thing these days the people who use edgy to describe anything end up being the edgy bastards scrounging for attention.
@lordweebus4367
6 жыл бұрын
official reboot-101 you have good taste in music.
@nicodawisp
5 жыл бұрын
@LucySkyWalker dark like dark souls?
I literally thought this video was theories about plasterbrain xD
@spineluminous9751
8 жыл бұрын
I would watch it.
@cartown406
8 жыл бұрын
me 2
@LucasSilva-yz6pc
7 жыл бұрын
TravMiniver ¯\(°_o)/¯
@benjamintschirhart235
7 жыл бұрын
I got really confused, because when I first saw this song, I had only heard nimbasa CORE. I also knew she was jellopocalypse's sister, so I spent like, two months worried it was about how she like killed someone.
@sh69475
7 жыл бұрын
really that would make sense though XD
This is the most bizarrely cheerful way to tell someone you're going to repay their backstabbing with a rain of unholy fire and death that I've ever heard.
i just love thr rhyming and the first part... makes a Beautiful poem stanza. "Did you tell them how you wound up in that chair, (assuming throne) Did you sneak in the lair while the king wasnt there (can't tell much but from the following parts a usurp) Did you make em all aware sometimes life isnt fair, When you slaughtered the heir though he asked to be spared. (just wow that evil twist) amazing literature.
"teach your man life isn't fair, everybody knows but no one cares" is one of the coolest lines to have ever been written
This song gives me so much nostalgia. I used to listen to this and all of her other music all the time back in 2015.
@angel72987
2 жыл бұрын
same here omg. this and stuff like bo en and porter robinson were my jam
@eltiogroudon
9 ай бұрын
same here
I love this girl as a songwriter, I'm thinking of covering one of her songs acoustically and send it to her
@StreetwizeJJ2
7 жыл бұрын
There are no breaks during the verses of this song, so unless you have top-notch breath control you're gonna have to be creative trying to sing this song. The pre-chorus and chorus are humanly possible though.
@tisjustangie
7 жыл бұрын
Mr. Streetwize what I'd do it is sing while inhaling but for the "what else can I say" part, I'm just sing the parts that don't interrupt the other lyrics
@judahosborne8868
7 жыл бұрын
Angelina Fidler I would love to hear somebody make singing while inhaling sound good. I believe in you.
"pLasterbrain, AKA Jay Gatsby" Wait.... pLasterbrain is the great Gatsby? I honestly didn't see that coming.
@neverloggingout
8 жыл бұрын
+ZeffaProductions She's actually the sister of Jello Apocalypse the youtuber
@judahosborne8868
7 жыл бұрын
Hayden Casterlin Is that why Jello Apocalypse puts her music in his videos? That's awesome!
@excal22
4 жыл бұрын
I didnt see your profile pic coming
I wish she made more vocal songs 😔 well atleast I can bump to the 4 she made for the next 40 years lol
@OFICIALBestPlayer
3 жыл бұрын
i just know 3, what is the other besides Modal Shangai, Theories and Nimbasa Core?
@yourbroskijack
Жыл бұрын
I BELIVE IN YOUU
The lyrics remind of that time guts from berserk killed the kings brother then the kid walked on him so he had to kill the kid also.
@MisakiTheWeaboo
8 жыл бұрын
+Major posidon Good times
@THeKallOfCtulu
8 жыл бұрын
+Major posidon Man dont remind me Berserk just went on hiatus again.
@MisakiTheWeaboo
8 жыл бұрын
gotta make room for that 2016 remake. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@noruv3816
8 жыл бұрын
+It's Guts Not Gatsu love your name dude
@KekachiDolan
8 жыл бұрын
+The Weaboo Misaki it's shit
It's so interesting reading the comments after having listened this song for so long. I always thought it was about religion and the nature of the universe. People turning to religion, finding faith in religious teachings that lead them to expect disaster while being manipulated to give money and power to religious leaders, where the reality of life is that sometimes it's just not fair, and when that unfairness occurs, the religious leader leaves them without help while the followers simply believe the misfortune is God's design and lead themselves to more disaster as a result, not to mention plenty of other horrible acts committed by the religious leader along the way. It's interesting reading other interpretations that I never considered.
I love this shit. The way it sounds so plucky it makes me feel like my problems ain't shit and I can go through my day with a skip in my beat.
"mr. universe had us hypnotized" my inner su trash is intensifying
@burgundyraven4758
8 жыл бұрын
He's gonna drive his van into your heart. XD
@JohnDoe-wb6vl
8 жыл бұрын
i know right, thought I was the only one
@linzjones7187
8 жыл бұрын
Same
@TheSavvyWolf
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah I thought that too lol
@yourgoodfellowquentin4418
8 жыл бұрын
Oh, that stands for Steven Universe, doesn't it.
A bop? A BOP
This song isn’t on Spotify and I want to cry :)
@CaptainBlackSparrow551
3 жыл бұрын
I know
this was my favorite song when I was younger and hearing it after three years I immediately still knew the lyrics
Hmm, so my theories on theories: The first verse talks about how this person assassinated the king's son, and then left the speaker to get caught. In the following bit with overlapping singing she denies involvement. And it talks some of what sort of statement this sends. But of course he ends up king, sitting on the throne (chair) This can be an analogy for loads of different methods of tearing someone down for personal gain and abandoning friends once they're a liability. The mr. Universe bit is slightly harder to interpret. I see a few ways to do it but this is my favourite: Mr. Universe as reality personified. Hypnotised by it through escapism. Enjoying the pleasures without realising the risks. And then when it all went to shit you're asked if you still think it so great. Well, some do, still seeking, still pretending they're important. But we know better, they're but just the universe's concubine, to be fucked and maybe pleasured for a bit but unimportant As for the disaster being divine bit: i think of it as talking about how you can get stuck in a rut, or can be scared to take risks. But then as your current way of life is destroyed you can move on, perhaps enjoying the journey as well, towards something better. And she waits for bad fortune to make decisions for her, she knows what must be done but cant bring herself to go into the scary unknown until something makes staying still impossible. The bit about every mistake being mine is about her taking responsibility for other people's shortcomings in order to make them feel better. Blaming the disaster on her mistake despite it truly being someone else's The verse on mental illness doesnt seem to need much interpretation. It seems to be a commentary on how we treat mental illness, as criminals not people to help. How we know but dont care. And about how we should teach people to better handle the hardships of this cruel world by representing it as it truly is.
@FloraSora
4 жыл бұрын
I know your comment is 2 years old at this point, lol, but I just wanted to point out, based on this song and Modal Shanghai's lyrics, it seems that the protagonist is clearly part of a secret relationship with this "man," and although it's clearly wrong, it's "divine" in every way... except for the fact that this guy isn't exactly the "Mr. Universe" everybody thinks he is. Easy.
@the1exnay
4 жыл бұрын
FloraSora Modal shanghai seems to me to be more about a brief but beautiful casual relationship. Which forms nice contrast to nimbasa core talking about a longer, more frustrating, relationship where he's stopped trying. And then greedy gives an interpretation of what one could take from both stories, that it's greedy to want someone to love you I feel like theories is much more abstract at parts than those three other songs, and as such is harder to interpret. Like is it multiple separate stories? Or different perspectives on the same one? And how literal are some of these lines? And if it's not literal then what does "slaughtered the heir though he asked to be spared" mean? I'm not sure i know the answer to these questions. Or if they're knowable Anyway, thanks for sharing your interpretation
@FloraSora
4 жыл бұрын
@@the1exnay Hmmm, I like how you dare to dig deeper. Carry on then! :D I need to re-listen to the rest of theories, so maybe your theories are more developed than mine; I just noticed a repeating theme of the protag messing around with these guys who are less than desirable.
this song makes me feel like less of a hollow husk. thanks pLasterbrain
sounds pretty good also on x1.25 speed
This song reminds me of when I used to listen to it a lot in 9th grade. This and the Persona 3,4, and 5 soundtracks. Good times
this is dope af what tf is this
I love it. I need more pLASTERBRAIN songs man. XD
One of the best songs ever
How to sing this: Backup singers
Nice mouth trumpet.
@kitterbug
8 жыл бұрын
Haha
your songs have that certain something
This song is so wholesome I legit can't stop smiling everytime I listen to it :)
@younggod5230
Жыл бұрын
Music: :D Lyrics: :(
@Mythical420
Жыл бұрын
@@younggod5230 true
wow this is the best song i have ever heard
Oh my gosh, this is spectacular.
@belleren9375
8 жыл бұрын
I said this twice on your comment
What an angelic and beautiful song 😊
;3 Goddamn, I love Plasterbrain's music
Why do I keep listening to this over and over again?
@kitterbug
8 жыл бұрын
So do I
This song gives me so much nostalgia.
Seems more like a song about how life in general can be traumatic for anyone at any given point. Fate can be a scary thing that can change at any moment, and that feeling of triumph turns into dread. And all you're left with is welcoming your own destruction because you don't want to live with the what results of your decisions, or you're willing to take the dive for someone else. The song might as well be saying that everything is preordained and that destiny is inescapable, and it's trying to give us some small measure of consolation.
me: nice song my brain: now make it about homestuck me: f u c k
@grayskies7811
7 жыл бұрын
homestuck is still relevant?
@marsbotz
7 жыл бұрын
gray skies yeah dude we're still waiting for the epilogue and hiveswap is coming out soon
@lexifrench3329
7 жыл бұрын
gray skies It's dead but we will make it live
@foofa7909
7 жыл бұрын
We sold our soul to hussie. I nearly scalped myself through a fereri cosplay
@lexifrench3329
7 жыл бұрын
Aesthetics wORTH IT
The lyrics in the description say disaster is so divine. Then this song is a disaster because damn it is divine
this is nostalgic ☺
After this song I feal crazy.
So awesome! :D
well, this wasnt the song i was looking for, but this is better than it
not on Spotify :(
@Lvely-eh7xx
11 ай бұрын
Yeah I Agree With You I wish this was on Spotify
@carollol361
5 жыл бұрын
Jeloudah
@carollol361
5 жыл бұрын
SOS MI PWTO IDOLO
@74IMITO
5 жыл бұрын
Lol encontré tu comentario xd
@carollol361
5 жыл бұрын
@@74IMITO magia xd
@matildevidal7063
5 жыл бұрын
Wenax
These lyrics are amazing
@yourbroskijack
5 ай бұрын
I AGREE
great video
I love it
this is such a good song holy shit
I gotta admit, I shit myself when I first discovered who plasterbrain was. Totally awesome though! The last five years of my life just came full circle.
Great song :)
For some reason I like listening to music when I am cold at night really late it just kinda feels right is that just me?
@user-do4kb1pu1w
3 жыл бұрын
Your profile.
@giw_jones
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-do4kb1pu1w Yeah?
@user-do4kb1pu1w
3 жыл бұрын
@@giw_jones very hot
@giw_jones
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-do4kb1pu1w Oh?
so the great Gatsby made this
@FreyaFluffBallkillme
7 жыл бұрын
SOLO ORYX
@aidanevans5313
7 жыл бұрын
TheFrey ???
@FreyaFluffBallkillme
7 жыл бұрын
SOLO ORYX
what the hell is fusion pop? could someone clarify please?
@kofukune
8 жыл бұрын
It's pop music that fuses two other genres of music.
@jaggooey
8 жыл бұрын
***** thank you
@latebakr
8 жыл бұрын
a cheap tactic to make weak genres stronger
@ResQVT
8 жыл бұрын
+Blair Burk Yes....That was great...u are appreciated for your joke
@null.2698
8 жыл бұрын
I see nothing cheap about "fusing" two genres to accentuate certain elements of either of them.
I don’t know why but I know I’ve heard this song from somewhere else but I can’t remember. Now I’m just listening to it wondering where I heard it before...
I love this song
Best Song I ever heard
@poopmuncher99
8 жыл бұрын
same!
Holy shit, this is a song about an abusive relationship
@kennethkeys2248
7 жыл бұрын
Cannibal Cricket ...Doubtful. I know you probably just went through one, and I'm sorry, but I doubt it's about that.
@nicodawisp
5 жыл бұрын
@@kennethkeys2248 even before i went through an abusive relationship it sounded that way to me :P
@corrosionkitty
2 жыл бұрын
@@kennethkeys2248 ok so like its been 4 years but like i still stand by this being the meaning (“every mistake you make is mine” is kinda clear) that said i actually realized my situation was abusive because i projected this on what i was going through that and everytime i come back to this song now that its over when im still processing stuff i see this comment and it makes me laugh not in a bad way
I have this song but can’t remember where I found it before comming here a long time ago and aaaaa
Are there pLasterbrain albums? If so, where can I buy them?
turn on subtitles at 0:41
@spineluminous9751
8 жыл бұрын
Gasp! I saw it. O.O
@linzjones7187
8 жыл бұрын
;3
@LegendaryGelder
8 жыл бұрын
Those are actual lyrics of the song
@cupc4k3z
7 жыл бұрын
;3
@i4zetec
6 жыл бұрын
:3
this is cool
"Did you ever tell 'em how you wound up in that chair" makes me think of like an electric chair
Listened to this so much in middle school
nostalgia...
i keep coming back to this song The lyrics are so perfect it fits backstory between 2 of my characters Realy Realy well.
“Life is un fair, everyone knows, but no one cares” Sheesh
iluv this song QwQ
The lyrics kinda remind me of Macbeth idk why
im love tgis,,,
i cant stop listening to this song 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
why is this not on spotify!!!
Nostalgia
i somehow always end up back here
Song starts: Me: *moves head side to side*
I need an hour if this
@connor4560
8 жыл бұрын
Right click on the gear and click loop.
I like this song
Interesting.
Ooh! Great song! thiswasinmyreccomended.
It feels wrong not listening to this on her soundcloud...
The beginning was catchy until the main part..
Am I the only person who thinks this song sounds similar to Tally Hall - Ruler of Everything?
@wolfenstarnice4821
8 жыл бұрын
Your not the only one.
@cupc4k3z
7 жыл бұрын
No youre not
@MaxEverywhereSystem
5 жыл бұрын
O h worm??
@devaughnp.4721
3 жыл бұрын
Ruler of everything's s/o
I wonder if they're still at Disney world?
This is very Steven Universe like... that is why I like it
This song is named after the theories in the comments on its actual meaning
yes good GOOD
thanks to Orta, for me discovering this song.
this is like do wop pop jazz
@moonscript4675
7 жыл бұрын
Gaming With Madyn mixed with a tad of electronica
DIDNEE WORL'
I have no idea why, but this song reminds me of Nimbus Land from Super Mario RPG.
killed the heir when the king wasn't there
I want more music :
Makes me think of FF