The Heart of the Machine [One Shot Song] [xXtha Original]
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This is definitely the most time a song has ever taken me, both because the video was pretty intense and I restarted the song 2 different times, meaning somewhere out there, there were 2 completely different versions of this song before this one. This was the only version where I got to record my guitar for it though, making it the first song to feature a really real instrument.
Despite writing this description at 1am knowing I have to wake up at 6am, I’m happy to say it is finally FINALLY done.
Hope you enjoy!
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Credits
Song & Art by xXtha
Based on OneShot by Future Cat
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Lyrics:
When the night began
People fell into the dark
Waiting for the sun to rise again
Staring up into the heart of the machine to say
When the world’s on its last breath
And voices in your head tell you
You’re the only one left
You can walk ahead
Or cover yourself in dreams
Left all alone in bed
Inside this broken machine
Lies the memories of what used to be me
One shot is all it takes
For a life to end or a
Light to break
Through the streets they ran
Looking up into the stars
As the pixels shocked and sparked again
Waiting for their god to save them from the growing void saying
Oh good messiah
Bearing the fire
Head to the spire
Up in the sky
Daring and brave to the tower rewire
Before its programming eats us alive
You don’t understand
I can’t exist like this
Your life is so precious to me
When you look at these lands
The world seems so small when you
Hold the sun in your hands
You don’t need to fear
Despite everything I know that
You don’t belong here
Sometimes the broken screen shatters
Beneath the weight of its own dreams
One shot is all it takes
For a life to end or a
Light to break
When the world’s on its last breath
And voices in your head tell you
You’re the only one left
You can walk ahead
Or cover yourself in dreams
Left all alone in bed
Inside this broken machine
Lies the memories of what used to be me
One shot is all it takes
For a life to end or a
Light to break
When the world’s on its last breath
And voices in your head tell you
You’re the only one left
You can walk ahead
Or cover yourself in dreams
Left all alone in bed
Inside this broken machine
Lies the memories of what used to be me
One shot is all it takes
For a game to end or a
Light to wake
Пікірлер: 345
Out on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/1x4IXANdyN8GwV9fs204ZJ?si=d3d2cfeecce94d4e
@SawyerTheAnimator
9 ай бұрын
Good 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's rare for new OneShot content these days.
@bananamonke7007
11 ай бұрын
I haven't played OneShot for a few years after completing all endings... now I feel old.
@LordLaxy
11 ай бұрын
Same
@winter_hope_asriel_dreemurr
11 ай бұрын
Now I'm waiting until I can get it
@BeanBoy-bi1uj
11 ай бұрын
and it shouldn't be
@mahrad300
10 ай бұрын
I agree
HOLY GODDAMN
@MeMe-fc7qc
Ай бұрын
HOW ARE THERE NO REPLIES
@kadyshev2759
Ай бұрын
HOW ARE THERE 1 REPLIE
@Oofy_dupes
Ай бұрын
HOW ARE THERE ONLY 2 REPLIES
@isaacb5610
Ай бұрын
HOW IS THERE ONLY 3 REPLIES?!?!
@FloodNinja110-ip1hz
29 күн бұрын
HOW ARE THERE ONLY 4 RELPLIES
One of the most underrated indie game
@GigaNigga_MegaPenize
11 ай бұрын
I knoww
@L_seaweed.
11 ай бұрын
Definitely
@EVILFISHSPONGEBOB
11 ай бұрын
reallll
@robbybwhitley
11 ай бұрын
It really is
@Fionaalove9897
11 ай бұрын
No, that Title go's to cult of the lamb
"One shot is all it takes for a life to end or a light to break" IS SUCH A BANGER LINE WHAT?!?!?! FULL COMMENDATIONS ON THAT ONE! And the art is stunning too??? You're so talented, well done!
@Cloverthe6th
10 ай бұрын
hello it is i niko
@mahogacha8277
10 ай бұрын
@@Cloverthe6th OMG Niko real?!?!??!
@Cloverthe6th
10 ай бұрын
@@mahogacha8277 yes
@maxxcrafting7519
6 ай бұрын
yeah that line is so good and it took me a while to realize that (spoilers) it was a refence to the end of the game
@gtcproductions4097
4 ай бұрын
Niko’s life ending, or the Sun breaking. Super clever!
Alright, first "Broken Machine" and now this? WHY SO MANY BANGERS POPPING OUT IN MY RECOMMENDED HOLY. Honestly this song is so good, even tho im pretty sure we all think that, the lyrics are pretty catchy and the song itself is very well made. The art is well done too and it makes me watch the full video if i ever click on it because of both the art and the song. I've rewatched it a bunch of times now but it's just so good i can't get tired of it, i hope such content about OneShot keeps coming because it makes me real happy to know despite it being underrated, it still gets a lot of sick things
@itspavka
10 ай бұрын
Agree
@Niko._.975
9 ай бұрын
fr,its Bearing the Fire
@Idonothing-jj7qe
8 ай бұрын
Broken machine and heart of the machine are really good
@thegamingerickchannel
7 ай бұрын
Agree
@fireshine2134
7 ай бұрын
There is also "Choice of a god", it's pretty good too
I love how when it goes silent after the first few verses, you can actually time it to the later lines with “oh good messiah”
@PLUSHY_N
9 ай бұрын
*proceeds to break the light bulb
@matthewhamilton9292
5 ай бұрын
@@PLUSHY_N >:(
I wish this fandom back to life again 😢 This is really amazing song,I love it!❤
@lanaplayz7316
10 ай бұрын
Same😭😭😭🙏🙏
@aRealAndHumanManThing
10 ай бұрын
Wouldn't it be so expensive, I'd cosplay the sh*t out of this. But I don't even have enough for the game, starting uni rn and getting the next job only in 1-2months
@lanaplayz7316
8 ай бұрын
@@aRealAndHumanManThing i have the game but i wanna make a cosplay but im to broke:")
@JazmineDavis-rj6jx
5 ай бұрын
This KZreadr called Fateward is in the middle of a play through of it. They're a smaller youtuber but it's still pretty good. And it's great to see new fans playing it and streaming
I love how most of your songs focus on the theme while not directly saying things about it! Its always so beautiful!
@Saiavinn
7 ай бұрын
Right? To those in the know, it's a beautiful memoir, and to newcomers, it's a teaser, not giving enough context to spoil the story in its true depth. Rather artfully done in my humble opinion.
@Itz_Wolfee
7 ай бұрын
@@Saiavinn Yeah, I played One shot a bit after this song came out, listened to it ever since.
HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE AT LEAST 2 MILLION VIEWS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
The repeat button is looking really fine today 🔁
this might actually be one of the highest quality oneshot fan songs i've ever heard, i really like the song and the art is very good as well!
@S.A.M.422
10 ай бұрын
This one and the song title "Broken Machine" contend for the top spot for me
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED oh my gosh its actually straight fire the lyrics are so well done
A ONESHOT MUSIC IN 2023????? OH MY GOD LETS GOOOOO
@wolfboy-cp4fz
11 ай бұрын
ON GOD BRO
Absolutely loving that we’re still getting OneShot content. Glad to know that we still haven’t forgotten about Niko and the world machine.
oh yeah it's time for an essay. I'll start with the good stuff because there's a LOT of good stuff. -The soundfont for the music is phenomenal. The pixelated synthesized sound works great as it's reminiscent of the games of which One Shot's graphics come from. -The vocals alternated between the synth vocals (early in verse) and the more human sounding vocals (later in verse). The transition was so smooth I didn't even notice it the first time. I like that you used both because while the synth vocals are cool, they aren't great to listen to if you don't know the lyrics or are reading the subtitles. -From a purely lyrical perspective, the chorus is really good. I say purely lyrical because I think it was a little too cramped and long. But in terms of just looking at the lyrics they are really good. -The bridge. YOU FUCKIN NAILED THAT SHIT. ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT. The purpose of the bridge is to connect the last verse into the chorus with a little extra emotion, and you did that BRILLIANTLY. I cannot say enough how hard it is to write a good bridge and you wrote a GREAT bridge. It was immediately different from the chorus and verses musically while still keeping the pace of the song and gradually slowing down. You get to really hear the acoustics giving the listener a more personal feeling as it builds into the last chorus. The lyrics are so good because they're (mostly) story-accurate, they're deep in their meaning, and they convey the intent of the character they come from. I could go on for hours about everything great about this bridge but I digress. -The music didn't completely cover the vocals and visa-versa. This seems like a small thing, but it's so important that you can actually hear both parts. An instrumental would be so cool and it would really help me because I really want to make sheet music for this. -The art is just so good. I don't have any analytical takes on the art because I don't draw, but it's just so good. The not so good stuff. It's not stuff that I inherently hate about the song, it's just a few nitpicks that I would change -The chorus feels very cramped. It felt like you had a whole song worth of chorus that you had to squeeze into a few lines. Especially after the bridge there is no pause. The chorus is good, but it's hard to remember the whole thing which is the point of a chorus. It's a few lines that repeat throughout the song that should be easy to recognize and memorize. -Some of the lyrics just felt like you made lyrics to sound cool while forgetting the fact that they don't make sense with the game it's based on. Now, I haven't played One Shot in a while. This could be my bad memory. Lyrics such as "cover yourself in dreams left all alone in bed" and "sometimes the broken screen shatters beneath the weight of its own dreams" feel misleading because they don't really talk about the narrative of One Shot as much as they just... sound cool and keep up the rhyme scheme. I might look into it further and edit this comment if I find out I was wrong. -The key change at the end. I don't like random key changes. You did more than a good enough job setting the tone with the bridge and the out of nowhere key change is kind of jarring. I wouldn't mind it as much if you had a break between the choruses to smoothly transition into a key change, but that would devalue the bridge so overall I just say leave it in the same key. I never know how to end comments like this so I'll just say 8/10 song and this is definitely going on my playlist :)
@xXtha
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment, I appreciate the detailed look into the song. The bridge also includes the only real instrument of the track to help with the feeling of it To address some of your critique, none of my songs contain simple choruses as I do not draw inspiration from the typical pop chorus and instead from other vocaloid songs which will have very complex and long (though mostly in Japanese), choruses. This is to focus on the story rather than memorability. It’s obviously a genre taste, but you will find this style in pretty much all of my songs 😅 I did want to point out, because I think it’s kind of funny based on your comment of loving the bridge and thinking the chorus is a little over the top, that the bridge *is* the melody of the chorus and the melody is not actually any slower. Just sung with different intensity. I think it’s cool how the dynamics of the voice and backing track effect perception like that, though the speed of the animation in the video probably influences that too As for the lyrics, no lyrics in my song are ever just random, though can be much more symbolic or cryptic than literal at times. “Cover yourself in dreams left all lone in bed” is in reference to the places in which Niko falls asleep, prompting you to leave the game (hence alone), only to return to them dreaming of their home. Continuing with your trip or sleeping are basically the only two things you do in Oneshot, so I made the comparison between the two. The ‘or’ between them isn’t meant to be seen as exclusively one or the other, just that these two options exist. “Sometimes the broken screen shatters beneath the weight of its own dreams” is a little more symbolic in the sense that dreams refers to the initial intention of the creator, who created a machine (screen) that literally starts breaking under the confliction (weight) of its own programming. The use of dream here also draws parallel with the other line ^ for Niko, just with a different meaning of “aspirations” than “actual dreams”. Hopefully that clears up these lines a little more, though I do warn this is one of my more straightforward lyric songs because I write lyrics to be more like poetry, with hidden intent or multiple meanings lol Also instrumentals come out with every song once they hit stores, both in stores, and under releases on youtube
@andrew6341
11 ай бұрын
@@xXtha I watched... all... of your other stuff because I'm a huge undertale nerd and enjoy most of the other games the songs are based on. I gotta say, the choruses are growing on me... A lot of new songs have been added to my playlists in the last couple of days
@foxywild1780
10 ай бұрын
Dude wth, you really liked song this much lol. But I have to agree, this song is a banger!
@TheMiningCrafter
10 ай бұрын
Sheesh and I thought *I* went in long tangents about this game
@TheMiningCrafter
10 ай бұрын
Okay. I know I’ve already replied on this comment but I gotta say this somewhere. HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING. I usually play the song on while I’m looking at it’s comments, and whenever I do, there’s always a comment that quotes the lyrics and whenever I read the lyric mentioned in said comment the lyric SOMEHOW plays at the same time or at least very close. It’s happened to me at least 5 times within the last month TWO of which were from reading THIS comment thread. Does this happen to anyone else or am I just going insane?? I’m being serious this is genuinely happening despite it sounding made-up
Absolutely love how the World Machine turns the "One shot is all it takes, for a life to end, for a light to break" line on its head. Love how you subtly altered the mode there to make it sound less desperate and determined, and instead morose and regretful.
Another illuminating masterpiece! 💡💡💡 Thank you for your hard work, as always!
@HidorusMech
9 ай бұрын
I see what you did there 😏
Пока это самое свежая песня по OneShot. С каждым днём мы все дальше от Бога.
DO I SPOT A ONESHOT SONG? arghhhh yesss
@PLUSHY_N
10 ай бұрын
Life is Roblox? No. We only have OneShot in our life. When we die, there’s no more chance of respawn. So, Life is OneShot
0:20 i just realised there are two "the" here, thats neat
@Aktan_
2 ай бұрын
NO WHAT THE HECK
@thegamingerickchannel
2 ай бұрын
@@Aktan_ ha
Just the other day I was listening to the Oneshot song, "Broken Machine" and thinking, "Y'know, I wish that there were more Oneshot fan songs, since this one is really good" and look here we are!! I guessed I covered myself in dreams of another Oneshot fan songs and it worked lol
@abcdefghigklmnnopqrstuwxyz
Ай бұрын
That happened to me too 😂
It’s nice to see new OneShot content in 2023 Edit: in 2024 too
As a rather new OneShot fan who has the World Machine Edition of the game on Switch, I just wanna say, THE VOICES FOR NIKO AND THE WORLD MACHINE/THE ENTITY ARE ON POINT!! They fit so well!
Super catchy! Amazing work :D
@xXtha
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, I'm a big fan of your music 🖤❤
@nighten_wt
10 ай бұрын
OMG hey
I love the hopeful-hopeless vibes this has
1:38 First time hearing this genuinely gave me chills, fantastic lines
"Oh good Messiah, bearing the fire, head to the spire" 🔥🔥Fire lyrics hotter than the lightbulb!!!🔥🔥
I'm not usually comments to any video, but for this want. I want to thank you for making this animation, I also can't believe I just found it now
Hecking heck it's Niko Oneshot!
*Holy fricking crap* Where has this song been all my life? I"ve honestly shivered throughout and cried towards the end. _Oustanding_
I love how the "Life to end or a Light to break" becomes "A game to end or a light to wake" because of Solstice
It’s always nice to see new One Shot fan works pop up, because when they do it’s usually gems like this!
I wasn't expecting the HOLY SHIT YOU COOCKED BROTHER. sorry sorry. I wasn't expecting a one shot music at this time. Lines are good, music is fantastic, art is fabulous and good job
When the light is running low And the shadows start to grow And the places that you know Seem like fantasy There's a light inside your soul That's still shining in the cold With the truth The promise in our heart Don't Forget I'm with you in the dark
HOLY SHIZ ONESHOT CONTENT!!! this game is literally so underratedddd
@AVEN_VANCE
5 ай бұрын
The shitty caliborn is killing me
@EVILFISHSPONGEBOB
5 ай бұрын
@@AVEN_VANCE Greenflare yuri
@AVEN_VANCE
5 ай бұрын
@@EVILFISHSPONGEBOB who they
@EVILFISHSPONGEBOB
5 ай бұрын
@@AVEN_VANCE Greenflare yuri
A beautiful song for a beautiful game ^^👍🏻💕
YESSSSSS ONESHOT IS SO GOOD AND SO IS THIS SONG!!!!! That guitar section is.... so nice. "Inside this broken machine / Lies the memories of what used to be me" and "Sometimes the broken screen shatters / Beneath the weight of its own dreams" are such banger lines. Big love to this.
1:39 is the most banger part
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A [ [ [ [ ONE SHOT ] ] ] ]
Oneshot is one hell of a game, and this is one hell of a song
i love how the animation of the beginning of the chorus (i think) shows illustrations to the lyrics that we hear next time that part plays
nice oneshot content
Nearly a year later and still a banger
UAUAUAAUAUAAGE ITS SO GOOD I love oneshot and i love your music this is an absolute dream come true
it's so rare to see a content of my favorite game...
Between Choice of a God, Broken Machine and now this. OneShot fans are producing some crazy hits! Every song has a golden aspect to this. In this case it's the lyrics, very nicely done. The vocals on the other hand almost didn't hook me in. At the beginning it felt very... vocaloid-y. Until 1:39 blew me away. When you sang "Up in the sky" and hit that high note, something just resonated in me in the best way possible.
@xXtha
6 ай бұрын
This is a vocaloid
@firenzarfrenzy4985
6 ай бұрын
@@xXthaOh. That explains it then.
This is so good! I'm glad Oneshot is still getting attention, particularly in music. It's such a cool experience and its themes and feelings it brings have so much potential for this sort of thing. The imagery you chose for this is also so, so good.
This sounds so awesome!!!
Dude this is absolutely amazing, I’ve been listening to it on repeat, an absolute banger
obsessed with the video for this! you killed it! i hope we get more videos like this in the future :D
This is so well done! It's been a while since someone has made OneShot content as incredible as this! (At least that I have seen) Well done!
In my opinion One Shot is COMPLETED game that will remain like it for god know how long
lovely
I hope this game rise up again in some moment
AHHHHH IT IS SO GOOD AWESOME! Honestly have seen a few really good oneshot songs, and this one is one of those!
I just realized I haven't commented on this! I played through OneShot for the first time last month, and have really enjoyed listening to this! (100+ times by now) You've done a phenomenal job on it, truly. Just wanted to say that, great work!
What a Banger! Can’t wait for what’s next.
God i love this song.
this is beautiful fantastic work xxtha!
ohho, good shit. well worth the wait, you hit the nail on this one.
YOOO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLEE
oh my god this is so underrated, i hope it recieves more attention, lovely music and visuals!!!
i did NOT expect to see a song like this, VERY well done
never played one shot, still love this song
I keep listening to this a lot
I'm so grateful, thanks to this song i discovered OneShot and I tried It. Just an hour ago i completed the solstice ending and i cried. I really enjoyed the Game and its now one of my favourites, thank you man :)
wow, I didn't expect to see another song on oneshot game in this year. for some reason, a lot of good music on different channels came out at once at one time.
Never saw how heavy the weight of a trueth could be until i watched and listened to this.
This is SO GOOD! Great job!
this is amazing! keep up the good work! you are great!
THIS IS AMAZING!! SO CATCHY TOO OH MY GOD
OneShot might be almost 7 years old, and the fan base never grew huge, but the amount of love people still give to this game warms my heart! Thank you for bringing back memories with this song 💙
@killianbard3230
8 күн бұрын
10 lol
The time was worth it. this song it so delightfully ear-wormy✨
HE DID IT AGAIN!!!! SUCH A BANGER
Always good to see!
2:14 I love this part so much, good guitar playing
This is way too good to exist
i cant stop listening to this song, HOW DO U MAKE SUCH GOOD MUSIC
Big swoooon!! This is so very goodddd!
Amazing. The game and this song are perfect.
I love this! your a mastermind xXtha!
Here's a try for a Portuguese Adaptation - Quando é chegada a noite Pessoas caíram na escuridão Esperando o amanhecer novamente Vendo ao coração da máquina a dizer Quando o mundo está sufocante E as vozes na sua cabeça dizem Você é o único restante Pode andar à frente Ou se envolver em sonhos Deixada, toda sozinha na cama Nessa máquina quebrada Deitam as memórias de quem eu seria Uma chance é o que é preciso Para uma vida acabar ou uma luz quebrar Às ruas correram Às estrelas admiraram Enquanto pixels chocavam e brilhavam novamente Esperando o seu deus salvá-los do vácuo crescente, dizendo: Ah, bom messias Suporte as chamas Vá à torre nas alturas Acima dos céus Ousado e corajoso à torre vai religar Antes do código nos devorar Você não entende Não posso existir assim Sua vida é tão preciosa pra mim Quando vê essas terras O mundo parece menor ao Carregar o sol nas mãos suas O medo não precisa ter Apesar de tudo sei que Aqui você não é de pertencer Às vezes uma tela rachada quebra Sob o peso de seus próprios sonhos Uma chance é o que é preciso Para uma vida acabar ou uma luz quebrar Quando o mundo está sufocante E as vozes na sua cabeça dizem Você é o único restante Pode andar à frente Ou se envolver em sonhos Deixada, toda sozinha na cama Nessa máquina quebrada Deitam as memórias de quem eu seria Uma chance é o que é preciso Para uma vida acabar ou uma luz quebrar Quando o mundo está sufocante E as vozes na sua cabeça dizem Você é o único restante Pode andar à frente Ou se envolver em sonhos Deixada, toda sozinha na cama Nessa máquina quebrada Deitam as memórias de quem eu seria Uma chance é o que é preciso Para um jogo acabar ou uma luz despertar
@ApenasAleatorio.
8 ай бұрын
Tu é foda mano.
you truly only had one shot,and you nailed it
This is AWESOME!
this is so good!!
It makes me happy to see one shot still getting attention🥲
Wow, as weird as it sounded at First, what a banger!!! 😍
okay I LOVE how you used Solaria for this
Absolute banger
THE LYRICS ARE SO GOOD WTF🔥🔥🔥
Hoho, this really cool!!!
DAMN THIS IS SO GOOD⭐
this immediately went into my music playlist
UWOOOOOOOOUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH LOVE IT SOO MUCH❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just Beautiful ❤❤
Adding this to my spotify, so good 💛💜
@xXtha
11 ай бұрын
It’ll be out in a couple days
It's beautiful!
YESSS I haven’t seen good and new oneshot in FOREVER thank you for this (I played the world machine version of the game) edit: i cant believe its been 10 months, i remember like it had just been yesterday when i was talking about this as a new Oneshot song to my StepSister while we were walking outside at night
Love this! ❤