Aviators - Can You Hear It? (Lovecraft Song | Alternative Rock)
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2021
- Listen to this song on my new album, Dreams of the Deep!
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Thanks to @ABluSkittle for some of his most beautifully foreboding artwork yet!
Back to Dreams of the Deep for a moment before we move on to new content! There's a still a few I haven't shared on the channel yet and this one definitely needed the UA-cam treatment. "Can You Hear It" describes a rather rapid onset of insanity from the faint scratches in the walls and the dark history of a new heir's ancestral home. Based heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls". (quick tip: all of his stories are available for free online thanks to expired copyrights)
Lyrics:
Born of the darkness
From granted eyes beyond
Dreams of the deep mist
They hide a scratching song
There's a primal fear
That death is near
Writhing now in wait
Am I past the veil
Consciousness failing
I hear a wicked fate
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
The tolls of madness ringing
Do you fear it?
Do you fear it?
An ancient choir is singing
All consuming
Calling to me
In a dream, it's a thorn I can't dig out
Can't you hear it too?
If you listen close now
Lulled to the madness
I have seen what I can't know
Glimpsed at a nightmare
To fester and to grow
In this empty home
Of flesh and bone
A presence left unseen
Laying awake in bed
My hollowed head will
Call back through the dream
I feel it humming deep inside the walls
The dark vibrations
Whispered acts unspeakable, horrible, reachable, audible
I'm pressured to awaken my own sight
To generations
Ancient ones malevolent, reckoning, pestilent, beckoning
Ah yes. The Tom and Jerry episode where Jerry summons an ancient Lovecraftian god.
And tom is actually named [Redacted]
I love that episode
Ya know with all the bizarre crossovers they’ve made I wouldn’t be surprised at this point.
classic.
*Tom and Jerry at the Mountains of Madness*
[Eldritch monster reaches through the hole in the walls of reality to fish out a mortal]
[Cat goes after the wiggly waving thing]
[Eldritch monster nopes out because it's done with getting appendages nipped off every time it tries this shit]
I mean, cats are probably the reason azothoth hides under his bed sheets hoping he doesnt wake up
Ah yes, the true defender of the human realm against Eldritch abominations.
@@lemonlover1206 Why would cats stop themselves?
This is basically the role of cats in Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath.
@@voidcore9323 Are they truly cats or just disguised as cats?
Oh what a lovely cat. I hope Lovecraft named him something nice
oh no
... There's always somebody.
Not to worry, Lovecraft didn’t actually name his cat, his father did!
Gaymer cat
*uh oh*
I didn't know this song was inspired by "Rats in the Walls", and even if it isn't, it still beautifully shows a slow, yet persistent descent into madness until the song in the third act slips off the proverbial edge to the realisation of the lovecraftean reality hidden by the veneer of ignorance.
Edit: I forgot to add how the song mirrors how lovecrafean horror should develop, which might have been readable from my comment.
Rats in the Walls is one of my favorite Lovecraft pieces, it's presented on a low, personal scale yet it's absolutely horrifying. Captures the "universe is a lot bigger than we thought, and the unknown is terrifying" essence of his works, instead of the tentacles + Cthulhu that most lovecraftian stuff seems to be linked.
Fun fact: i read the rats on the walls and, like most lovecraftian stories that i read, i had to search the wiki to see what it was about
I honestly found Rats in the Walls a letdown. After all the buildup, the monsters are basically just morlocks from D&D, which are only really scary if you're empathizing with them, and the narrative doesn't really do that. This song is much better than its inspiration imo.
@@ettinakitten5047 I thought the monsters were the friends we made along the way
For those with an interest in Lovecraft and/or metal, I can recommend "In the walls" by Seven Kingdoms. Bit heavier than what Avi offers, but I deeply love both.
The King Himself has returned to give us his majestic singing voice
I was just listing to my 46 song playlist of him, I want that 'Summon the Choir' real bad
@@essex3777 I was listening to Dreams of the deep then this realised and it hit exactly at "It comes at last"
The King in Yellow
The entire album is allready out with multiple more songs not on his channel yet.
I've b een hearing this song the last 2-3 months by now. Check spotify and apple music
@@lectordreadwood1404 do you see the yellow sign?
Found Aviator recently and I must say I'm disappointed in myself for not finding them sooner
All that matters is that you found Avi. Welcome to the family.
We greet you with open arms, wide smiles, and bloody hands.
Welcome to the family!
Aviators isn't actually a band, everything is made by a guy, which makes it even crazier
Not them. Him. It's not a band, it's one man.
Are we gonna talk about how gorgeous that art is?
Its pretty likt the song
It looks like a gnome waving at the cat.
@@Smithington_ oooooh I see it now! 😃
@@Smithington_ A Gnome of Madness!
I'm glad you like it ^^
Bro, Jt Music, Stupendium and Aviators all uploaded new songs in two days. I am beyond happy.
Uh well acksually this song was released in the album so it isn’t technicaloglly new
Me too.
@@ASmartNameForMe thats right, but still im happy.
oh my god yes i was so happy at all 3
Ah, yes, a man of culture.
Aviators never disappoints
Agreed
FACTS
Trully
"The rats in the walls...the darkness behind the door...the ticking of the unseen trap...oh, the fear of that which we cannot investigate...it is the most delicious of all the terrors I have tasted."
-Cultist of Shann'Buu, from the World of Soma
The cat and ominous hole in the wall makes me think this is inspired by The Rats In The Walls? I could be thinking of the wrong story though, I would need to give it a re-read.
It states in the description that it is indeed heavily based on that story, so your memory serves you well.
Not to mention the cat is a reference to Lovecrafts Cat
@@icarusunited Lovecraft wrote cats into his worldbuilding to a peculiar extent, so it might not have to do with the cat he kept irl. I don't know enough about The Rats In The Walls in particular to be sure one way or the other.
@@blarg2429 the Rats in the Walls was (I think) the only story to involve the name of the cat, which was the same as his old family cat.
@@jamesblakeley4329 I see. Thanks for letting me know.
When we hear this song we immediately imagine a person who hears some otherworldly sound and goes mad as a result. But that's not necessarily true. Here's the funny thing, this song could just as easily be from the perspective of an "intelligent" (relatively speaking) rat living in the walls of a busy household. It seems crazy until you start to change the perspective. The scratching song is quite literally the house cat scratching at some furniture and giving the rat a primal fear of death lying in wait. The "tolls of madness ringing" is just the doorbell or the T.V in the living room, the rat is smart enough to know that those sounds mean *something* but it isn't smart enough to piece it together. The "ancient choir" is the loud voices of the people living in the house, occasionally "calling to me" as the people living in the house make loud noises when it shows itself. All of this stimulation causes the rat to even "dream" about the same nightmares as its tiny, animal mind tries to comprehend something it can't fully process but can't ignore either. Sometimes, since the rat is in the walls/floor of the house it sometimes gets scared awake by the kids at night as they "whisper" whilst sneaking out but since the rat can't comprehend human speech its animal mind thinks of their words as "Unspeakable acts from Ancient Ones".
I think that's the beauty of this song, if you want to you can imagine it as some eldritch abomination uncaringly torturing a poor man OR you can imagine it as as some eldritch humans uncaringly torturing a poor rat.
THAT is the nature of Lovecraftian horror. The idea that there's something immeasurably more intelligent, more powerful, more "real" than you. The yearning to ascend to that level, but being unable to comprehend the level of thought required to approach it. And the idea that, at best, they consider you an amusing wild animal. Because otherwise, they view you as something to be exterminated.
The life span of humans and cats is much longer than that of rats.
The rat may refer to both species as ancient.
The core of lovecrafitian horror (and the genre it spawned) is that there is literally no difference between those two narratives. Something small and fragile faces things it doesn't even know how to think about that are uncaringly cruel because it just doesn't matter. The story is the same.
It is, in essence, a perspective fractal. On every level different, yet you've seen this pattern before. So it goes in every direction, and that's more or less the universe.
Sorry, but what about "Calling to me
In a dream, it's a thorn I can't dig out"?
When that beat hits, and you can hear the stars above singing along.
It's so easy to forget how powerful music is.
Oh how small we are, but even the smallest flower can be beautiful.
In these difficult days, we rarely have the privilege of enjoying new music inspired by Lovecraft's work and made by a professional. Amazing, thank you.
>called "Can you hear it"
>cat shadow
> inspires by Lovecraft
Oh fuck no don't say it!
His Burger king crown has been adorned
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@Adventurer The madman actually did it.
Doctor let me try to explain from where Im coming from, first I always had a great hearing, really, my friends used to say that if they droped a coin across the street I would hear and come running to pick it... anyway, as a musician and conductor of an entire orchestra it sure came handy for me in my day to day life.
The downside of being able to hear a needle fall a mile away is that sleeping can be very hard, and no nights where harder than the ones with a full moon. As you might be aware, the woods outside our city have wolfs in them and on every full moon night they howl and bark, some people even say it is like music.... eh he as a musician, I can say those that believe it wouldnt know music even if I hit them with a violin... Sorry, I got distracted, I havent got much sleep lately. The point is, their howling kept me awake at night, from the time the moon rises to the time it settles beyond the horizon. This has happened since I was born, and no matter how much soundproofing I did, I would still lay awake cursing them.
The change and the reason Im here is that a year ago, in a fit of rage or lack of sleep I went to my window and started conducting them like I do with my orchestra, as you are aware, wolfs arent musicians, nor can see an idiot waving a stick right in the middle of a city, but I kept somehow hopping that I could make their howls into music so I could finally sleep with a lullaby. I didnt know what I expected, but for my moves to be answered by the clear note of a bass in the distance wasnt it. I froze for a moment and them pointed in the direction of where the trumpets would be and sure enough, I heard the their sound as clear as the night was dark... I should have stopped but I didnt, I conducted one piece after another, sometimes the notes where clear, other times the rustling of the leaves made the percussion and the howl of the wolves played the woodwind section, I was hypnotized by this orchestra played by the world around me, so much that I didnt notice... I Couldnt have imagined...
I started hearing it during the day too but just small parts of the musics I conducted for them, and mostly out of order. Anyway, the moment I waved my arms all the random bits stopped in anticipation, and as I conducted my orchestra of musicians, this one of nature would follow suit, this continued for an entire year, until I noticed a very important thing, whatever they played happened...
We practiced "fires of creation" by von Bingen for an entire week before the giant forest fire in Australia, I had just teached them "Stella celi", a piece about the black plague, a day before the very first covid patient was reported. For every music that I played there was a response, big or small depending on how much time they had playing musics with that motive. I broke my baton the day I realized that and almost broke my fingers so I couldnt hold a new one, but couldnt do it, anyway I vowed to never conduct again.
Whatever it was, it didnt like it, they started playing the funeral march a month ago and its getting louder every day, so please doctor tell me, please tell me I am crazy, and that scared face you have isnt because you started to hear it too...
There is no orchestra of wolves... They aren't getting louder... The trees are not banging on my window in anger... The door to my room is not opening... Oh god please let this be a nightmare...
Fantastic piece.
Is this a reference to something
It doesnt sound like lovecraft because hes been dead too long to have known about covid
Or did you make this up
Its cool
Nice
Become a horror writer
It's mildly disturbing how easily this song gets stuck in my head
Can you hear it (still)?
Same I just listened to it for the first time yesterday and I've already memorized all the lyrics
Do you fear it? Do you fear it?
Aviators: makes new love craft inspired song. me: aw yes a fine addition to my collection!
Song: About one of Lovecraft's best stories
Comments: Hurrdurr cat name
I like how the guitar contrasts with the rest of the instruments, I like to think it symbolizes the drone of madness in the background
Bad feline naming conventions aside you do not F with cats in the lovecraft universe.
I'm missing context, Explain?
@@wires-sl7gs Which part? The fact that Lovecraft named cats with less than modern PC sensibilities in his stories, or that cats have some nasty mystic powers in the mythos like the cats of Ulster i think they were called.
*Ulthar
I read lovecraft song, i click
Me too
me either
I read Aviators, I click.
@@pedroebete me pedro
Bro nice pfp.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I can hear it- the call that brought me to this upload
Big brain moments here
I don't think it was intentional, but having the silhouette of a cat as a focal point in the art of your *Lovecraft inspired* song is an... interesting choice.
Oh for fucks sake you just had to say it
Gotta love the cat with the unfortunate name.
Void Kitty!
@@NNasky do you actually know the name or no
@@DrFrost1229 I know the void kitty cataclysm.
Everyone gangsta till Lovecraft's cat be sayin his own name
I legitimately forgot about that tidbit. I thought the cat was saying Lovecraft's name.
If the cat is saying it's own name in English, you have some bigger problems man
@@Joe_Potts yeah because that probably means you're in Caroline and about to get violated by other mother.
Who's that Pokémon? :D
I cannot express how much I absolutely adore this song. Probably my fav of all time.
Your profile picture is wholesomely cursed
The song that introduced me to Aviators. And now I consider Aviators as one of my favourite music artists.
Probably one of my favorites from this album! Absolute BANGER as usual, and the artwork is beautiful to match!
Can we just appreciate that the lyrics are put in the video so we can sing along? Cuz like, thank you!
Yes... though am I stupid or does the lyric "can you hear it too" sound different? I do not hear 'it too"
@@ImginaryHeroine is that a joke?
Also, Ablueskittle did fanatically with the art work for this. Looks like it should be a poster or book cover.
Oh my gosh, Blueskittle from the old brony days.
Thanks ^^. I'm glad you like it!
You seriously need to do more of these songs that are based on Lovecraft’s stories because this is amazing!
I saw the pop up on my phone and clicked it immediately. I was not disappointed. Nor will I ever be.
I don't care if you don't see this Aviators, your songs are as amazing as your voice!
The lord of the void sleeps. Hope that he never wakes from his slumber.
I have been listening since one last letter came out, ever since then so much has changed. You have changed and it's amazing! I've been here watching your channel grow your music brighten more and more people's world! There's not a single song I wouldn't recommend to anyone looking for new artists. You keep going strong!
The refrain is something akin to what I imagine Nyarlsthotep sings as he goes about creating chaos. It sounds taunting even: "Can you hear it? Can you hear it?"
I hope that there will be at least "summon the choir" as the next song from this amazing album
My man
That or “Haunting Kind of High”...
Actually, I saved half of the album on Spotify, so I’ll just be happy with whatever song he picks.
My favorite songs from dreams of the deep:
Outside... uploaded.
To The Grave... uploaded.
Can you hear it... uploaded.
Summon the Choir... damn it. Still waiting.
Its a bloodborne song though, he usually uploads his bloodborne songs. I'm sure he'll get around to it, even if it's not immediately after this.
Got the notification and dropped everything to give it a listen, and it is magnificent
Me too, and when I got the notification I was listening to another song he sang on
This has to be one of my favourite songs Avi has ever released
I would sacrifice something to hear a collaboration between Aviators and the counter tenor Siren from Tiktok. Their voices would meld so well together... and could create a cacophony of maddening ecstasy unlike anything before heard.
Firstborn Child seems like an appropriate sacrifice considering the setting.
@@thepanzerofthelake732 more like an eye, like Woden
@@thepanzerofthelake732or your own sanity, perhaps.
The awareness of the outer forces this song brings has uplift me to new heights of insanity. Let's enjoy it as nightmarish vistas flicker madly before our eyes!
Crazy?
I was crazy once.
They locked me in a room.
A rubber room.
A rubber room with rats.
And rats make me crazy.
Crazy?
I was crazy once.
Ironic since in the song you could interpret the rats as the ones hearing the "ancient choir" so the rats indeed are crazy
I've chosen this song to be the theme song for my spellcasting, questionably sane superhero, Eldritch. Also known as the Mage of Madness, or the Herald of the Unanswerable One, the guardian of The Book of Empty Spaces.
"Chaos and wickedness...they infest every unseen corner of the worlds. Criminals pick away at the foundations of society...unseen horrors gnaw at the roots of the world...like termites, eating away at a house until it collapses...scuttling...GNAWING...CAN YOU HEAR IT, TOO?"
that sounds like a great antihero someone who goes out beating up or ending superheros and villians or war lords one day even dictators all who cause choas in human society.
out of shear rage that they are fighting over such "petty nonsense" while eldritch horros threaten at any moment to consume inchain and obliterate them all at a whim.
of course the effects of eldritch truth exposue would make this hard to explain to people cleary.
@@wilmagregg3131 Oh, he doesn't do that. But his fellow heroes do have a tendency to raise eyebrows and mutter to each other when he starts drawing huge geometric patterns on the floor, and trying to walk around things that clearly aren't there. He also tends to mumble oracular messages when he falls asleep at the headquarters because the nightmares keep him up at night.
Okay, enough internet for today
That.... that cat shadow. On a Lovecraft inspired song.
*OH NO*
Yes we get it.
@@alliestevens5264 I dont
@Chris Spears lovecraft name his cat the n word
Aviators making new music AND it's Lovecraft themed?!? It must be Christmas!
The 'madness' associated with the deep one might not be what most expect. It's more along the lines of someone who's seen something from the depths beyond attempting against all natural odds to recreate what they have seen. To understand something beyond their own mind's ability to comprehend. To attempt to enable others to understand something that they themselves can't properly make sense of. It doesn't matter how hard the individual tries-- all others will hear and see from them is a maddening obsession that is far beyond the point of return.
>>Can You Hear It?
Avi's 260K+ subs: Yes, yes we can hear this. =)
One of my favourites from the album, and inspired by one of my favourite Lovecraft stories! 🐀
i dont have an accurate word to describe how i feel about your music other than YES
Me? I’m no one special. I’ve lived as long as the earth has, seen creatures rise and fall, and I’ve seen what lies below. I’ve seen it all, and still I stand here, heralding the age to come. The age of nightmares and monsters, as I hear the whispers. The monsters of old shall rise and the world will fall, and so shall I, herald of the beast, and of the end of time. So it shall be, as it has been prophesied since the dawn of time. Do you hear them too?
I think I heard it
Not sure though, imma need to replay to reassure myself
This isn't my type of song but I can tell that Aviators did a great job on it. It gives me chills, when I listen to it.
I think the word underrated is used too much but like... c'mon, every song from this guy is so cool.
Every new song is better than the other. Note: I love how Avi makes 80's style songs with a little touch of 2000's in it.
Nice cat, mr. Lovecraft- what was his name again?
Cat'hulhu.
Been listening to this song for years, love it so much
I have gained insight.
Aw yeah, one of my favorites from the album!
This was one of my favourite's from the album! I love how you always make a full video for all of my favourites from your albums, avi. Love your voice and your talent
Lets goooooooo
I love this...
P. S: the artwork is mesmerising, a blueskittle is amazing
Ooooh, now with LYRICS on screen, very nice. Makes "singing" along much easier ;)
I listen a huge half of your songs, and this is my favourite. Continue writing songs, guys!
This was the first Lovecraft story I read, followed by the Dunwich Horror. Brings back all the memories. ☺️
Al Azif! The name of the "choir". Most easily heard during sunset on summer days, away from the noise of cities.
Such tales they bear, such tidings from gulfs undreamt. Now, i hear them all the time. They are always there, in the back ground. All i have to do is pay attention.
As for the Ancient ones .. we are beneath the notice of their lowest servant. Do you notice the earth worms under the ground you tread? I feed off of the power they emanate. Its changing me slowly, but i quit worrying a long time ago. What will be will be.
They have more important things to occupy their time, than humanity and its antics.
Except Yog Sothoth of course. Being a construct, it is always available. Feed it , and it will take you places you have not dreamt existed.
Go on what do you have to lose , your humanity? Overrated ! Well worth any price to witness marvels, few, if any, humans ever beheld
Another wonder song, thank you for your work!
Oh, this and wall of sleep are my favouritr songs from this album
I've enjoyed listening to other groups before, but I never would venture past the few songs I knew and loved. Not until I found Aviators. For the first time, I'm exploring an artist's discography and I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of it.
Thank you for making such great content!
I love the cover art for this song, the crack shows off the green light in Lovecraftian fasion, I played Call of Cthulhu, the recent one and you'll see more green light to last you a lifetime, also, Rats in the Walls is one of my fav Lovecraft story, Call of Cthulhu is my other fav
This is my favorite song of the album
1:53
What you know you can't explain, but you feel it.
You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world.
You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.
watched the thirteenth floor yesterday, glad I stumbled across this song today :3
I am fighting a lot of demons and your songs are the only thing that relieve my wounds thank you and you have an angelic voice ❤️
More music to add to my playlist, the list is getting long now and yet I can't help but wish for more. Epic music as always, I look forward to seeing whats next.
The song just started, but it sounds so awesome, keep up the good work.
This is perfect! Me and my friends are playing a call of cthulhu campaign today
I was literally listening to the song on the album as this came in, amazing piece as always!
Just to stress it a bit more, if it was not clear enough... you need to make a song about either the king in yellow or at least mention the yellow sign somewhere.
Never clicked something so fast
Love you Tyler ❤
I can always rely on you guys to make something immediately enjoyable with great consistency
This is perfect background music for reading the So I'm a Spider, So What? series. Especially post diefication.
PSA: The infamous cat was originally Lovecraft's father's. When good ol' HP became the owner, the cat was already old, so he didn't want to struggle and most likely fail at making it learn a new name.
He was also just racist
@@iheartblock3792 Yeah, but he wasn't AS racist as his dad, and started mellowing out a bit later in life. Who knows how he would've turned out if he didn't die relatively young.
Don't get me wrong, he was still SUPER racist, especially earlier in life. Just context is important.
I- I am speechless. I can only bow to the true messenger of Kos
Some say Kosm
@@SanityTitan Does she hear our prayers?
@@Corvaric probably not...because she’s dead.
Byrgenwyrth...blood crazed fiends...
@@stingerjohnny9951 You think death keeps her from hearing our prayers?
Remember, when the Good Hunter fights her Orphan, he cries out to her for aid.
And she responds with lightning.
Brilliant as always.
Beautiful, love the vocals and the background art
Another absolute banger!!
Omg it already sounds so EPIC
Awesome, I was just listening to the song you sang on with Garrison Ulrich "Sometimes" when I got this notification
One of my fav songs on the album. Gotta love the effects on the subtitles too
Am I the only one that gets goosebumps listening to this?
Easily my favourite from the album
Im always excited to see you upload!
I would KILL for a heavier version of this.
I've never been this early, song already sounds good!!
Hey, I love your songs, and I'd like to make a suggestion: I know you made a Sekiro song but maybe one about the Sculptor? You've made ones for Artorias, The Ivory King, and Gael, I think the Sculptor deserves one too.
~~~Spoilers for the Sculptor's Story~~~
The Sculptor of the Dilapidated Temple is the man who saves Sekiro and gives him the shinobi prosthetic, though he's also the creator of the Buddha statues we use. He was once a shinobi named Orangutan, he trained in the Sunken Valley with a friend named Kingfisher, he listened to the somber melody she played on the wore whenever played. At some point he lost her, finding out later in life she was dead by likely the hands of the Guardian Ape. He grew a hatred in his heart and was close to becoming a Shura, only to have his arm cut off by Isshin, an attempt at quelling that hate. Dogen has him test and develop arts for the shinobi prosthetic, leading to him casting the thing off after developing the Living Force technique. He was the one to discover Emma as a little girl and Dogen took her in, while he sat with only her as a visitor in the temple hidden away. He covered the shrine in talismans to keep the fires in his heart from escaping, carving Buddha statues that only ever are wrathful, never serene as he hopes. Finally after helping Sekiro upgrade the prosthetic and along the path to immortal severance, he loses control of the flames and leaves the temple, becoming the Demon of Hatred in the process. He dies at the hands of Sekiro, finally able to rest.
Whether or not a song is made for him, I hope anyone who read this can appreciate the story of the Sculptor. He tried to atone for the past, yet the fires never left him fully. Sekijo will always be the best of the hub characters in the Soulsborne series to me. May he rest with Hanbei in peace
Absolutely outstanding, just as always!
So awesome. God damn that sounds good, new Aviators song always makes my day and the newest ones are always a banger too
Te amoooo, esto es maravilloso.
Dark souls lore:NOOO NOT THE HECKING FLAMERONO!
Bloodborne lore:
Aviators is the full package, perfect voice, amazing music, and wonderful art.
You've outdone yourself once again Aviators. Magnificent