"I'm the voice in the wheels below... I'm the breeze that takes you to and fro... I'm your friend, so worry not as foe... What does it look like? I ' M A F U C K I N G B I C Y C L E !"
So this is my own sort of Spore-take on the Ten Speed of God's Blood & Burial from the Amory Wars' Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV arc.
While he's technically more or a unicycle in this depiction, as well as now also having arms, I still think my interpretation largely retains the same vibe as the original (pictured down below)
These two sentences just explain the song so clearly.
Ten Speed (of God's Blood and Burial) is about a writer being haunted by the "ghost" of his bicycle. This bicycle keeps telling him to do things to the story he's writing, which he doesnt want to do. During the song, in the background, you can hear them conversing at one point. Here is the conversation.
TS: But are you going to kill her off?
W: It's not your decision. I love the character, she stays.
TS: Yeah, well the only thing love's done is put you in this position. I'd say kill her off!
W: Yeah, but you say a lot of things. And how's that work? You're a bicycle.
The reason I am posting about this is because this has really helped me realize that
This is a perfect example of how anxiety or depression feel to me.
A voice in the background constantly whispering to me, telling me to do things I'd rather not. And the best way for me to deal with this is to imagine the voice as its own entity. That way I can push it aside and start reasoning.
It's to the point that most negative emotions have been personafied in my mind, and I've separated them into their own peoples. Its why I commonly talk about my emotions like they ARE people.
But by doing this I'm able to reason with my emotions and come to an understanding.
Keeping The Blade • Always & Never • Welcome Home • Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial) • Crossing The Frame • Apollo I: The Writing Writer • Once Upon Your Dead Body • Wake Up • The Suffering • The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets Of Miss Erica Court • Mother May I • The Willing Well I - Fuel For The Feeding End • The Willing Well II - From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness • The Willing Well III - Apollo II: The Telling Truth • The Willing Well IV - The Final Cut