#but also the ‘i cant claim that i enjoy this covering for a tortured boy’

[socialc1imb]

Ages ago when i first got into Chonny Jash (when i really only knew him from The Mind Electric covers he did bc i was animating to it) I saw a comment on that video that said something along the lines of “i think it’s really interesting how The Mind looks down upon The Heart for being so emotional when his own lines of the song are inherently filled with emotion” and i. I haven’t stopped thinking about that since.

[mansion-of-haunts]

chonny jashs cover of the mind electric is very substitute coded by the way

“my logic is the absolute, his pity parties simply harm the chances at an apt repute”

“im sure it seems from his point of view that im a simple cynical machine, but is it so hard to see the whole truth: i merely seek a soul thats pristine”

“i cant claim that i enjoy this, covering for a tortured boy thats slowly tired of all his toys, his wiles and woes ring like white noise”

“see how the heart plays profound (see how he lies), but the depth is insincere, a pathetic thin veneer, all the pain, regret, and fear still resound”

“see how his feet miss the ground, and he falls inside a hole he dug for me. the kind of irony you read in bible stories. maybe my existence might be by design, a simple fact that hell refuse to see”

“though i seem harsh in all my assessments, we each seek a life lived in the light”

all feels like the substitute talking about contestant ryan (and in one verse, the “i cant claim that i enjoy this” verse, talking about the professor). and the techno style combined with the… crunchy? voice? thats the only way i can describe it is crunchy. this song sounds like the substitute

(@moth-yknowtheartist very sorry for the tag i know youre also a substitute enthusiast i feel like you would enjoy this song)