The Dear Hunter "The Most Cursed of Hands / Who Am I"
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2021
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Lyrics:
The devil went down to the river
And he came to fall, to lose it all
To fool the fool too quick to call
While the gambler's stacks grew bigger
He had lost his sights through narrowed eyes
Too tempted by his wry desires
Damned across fated paths
The time to fold had come to pass
With gambler's glory delivered
He had thirst for more, a bigger score
A trophy no one could ignore
And the devil's wealth had withered
So with cunning class he offered fast his soul
The wager had been cast
The gambler called, the river fell
And now the hand from out of hell
The devil smiled, looked in his eyes
He knew the loss was glorified
The devil said "Revel in your victory,
You've earned your damning, pack your things and leave."
But, the gambler only stood and stuttered
Stammering on words in disbelief
"Now you've won a new vocation
Pray to me that you can stand the heat!"
And that the gambler saw
Meant he had gone and finally set the devil free
Damned across fated paths
The hand he played would be his last
Who am I? Who am I?
Just a gambler, holding aces in the devil's eyes?
What is wrong? What's the sin?
Where's the answer? Where the hell do I fit in?
Or could it be, there's just a little demon lost in the debris
And I should idly bide my time until a wager releases me?
Hey! It can't remain unknown
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The tooltip of the Gem Tech Headgear is a set of lyrics from the song "The Most Cursed of Hands / Who am I".
Possibly, probably(?) TDH's best individual song. The buildup, payoff, and resolution is so spot-on and impactful. Also featuring my favorite reprise in the entire discography at 4:22. Just, chills.
This entire album was great. The March also really gets me every time I listen to it - the payoff after years and years of listening to these guys is super gratifying, and it makes me so ANNOYED every time listening to the villain rattling off Hunter's sins while acting all innocent lol.
As a Dear Hunter noob, what track(s) is that a reprise from? I'm asking because that moment is absolutely my favorite part of this song. I got chills from the music alone, and that's without knowing it came from an earlier section.
@@stelvak It's in He Said He Had a Story at 2:12, based off a motif from Mustard Gas. See this vid, which is a compilation of all notable TDH motifs, at 13:29 for a side-by-side playback of the motifs from each song ua-cam.com/video/I17haL7TOnY/v-deo.html .
(If you got two notifications for this I apologize, for some reason UA-cam autodeleted my first one when I went to edit it.)
It's sooooo good, also because even isolated from the acts it's fantastic. It's the folktale, with the old lesson of "if you beat the devil at his own game, that makes you worse than the devil."
Ouroboros is my favorite reprise, with the Who am I part. They also bring it back two more times in the album too, which they spoiled me with.
But 4:22 is an interesting reprisal. I don't think a lot of people really talk about it. It's a clear reference to He Said He Had A Story, but like all reprises in The Dear Hunter's tracks, meanings change with each iteration. Then it was about the Father essentially forcing Ms. Terri, who was unwilling but couldn't refuse under the circumstances, into having sex with him. The chorus says it all. "Break and bind yourself to me. Deliver what you sold you see, that I will only take from you. To use it up. I'll use you up." Take the metaphorical meaning of that lyric and then apply it to Hunter's situation. Betting his soul and losing it. He has to then deliver what he sold off to the devil. To break and bind himself to him in servitude, to be used however the devil pleases. 4:22 is meant to be a parallel between Hunter and his mother. The Ouroboros reprise just goes on to cement that parallel to completion when you consider that in the end, both Hunter and Ms. Terri end up being prisoners to the same charlatan devil, the Pimp and Priest. She was forced to sell her body for the Pimp, he was forced to sell his soul and allow the Pimp free reign over him and the City. Act V is about the decay of Hunter's soul, and the inevitability of his tragic fate. He never stood a chance to truly be happy. By the end of story, all he has, and all he can do, is accept his fate by finishing what his mother started. A reprise, two times, The Dime.
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5:03
Most of the stats provided by the Gem Tech armor are from the set bonus effect. When the player equips the full set, six Trireme's Gems spawn and orbit around the player.
The Yellow Gem Yellow Gem increases melee damage by 45%, melee speed by 26%, and melee critical strike chance by 12%. Upon hitting an enemy with melee damage, seven gem shards are released outwards from the target, which each deals 825 melee damage. The on-hit effect has a cooldown of 5.5 seconds, but holding a true melee weapon causes the cooldown to pass twice as quickly.
The Green Gem Green Gem increases ranged damage by 50% and ranged critical strike chance by 16%. Upon hitting an enemy with ranged damage, Gem Tech FlechetteGem Tech Flechettes spawn from the player which aim towards enemies. The flechette deals 32% of the original projectile's damage with a softcap of 400. Flechettes will not spawn if more than eight flechettes are present.
The Violet Gem Violet Gem increases magic damage by 50%, magic critical strike chance by 16%, and maximum mana by 100. Holding any item that is not a magic weapon grants the player increased mana regeneration by 8.
The Blue Gem Blue Gem increases summon damage by 72% and minion slots by 4. It also reduces the summon damage penalty from -50% damage to -25% damage.
The Red Gem Red Gem increases rogue damage by 50%, rogue critical strike chance by 16%, and maximum rogue stealth by 130. Using any item that is not a rogue weapon will not consume stealth.
The Pink Gem Pink Gem increases defense by 75, damage reduction by 12%, life regeneration by 2, movement speed by 40%, and jump speed by 8%.
When all gems are present, any hit increases life regeneration by 2 for 8 seconds. If the player switches to another class while this buff is active, the player's life regeneration is further increased by 1 for 2.5 seconds.
If the player is hit for over 100 damage, a gem launches upward and homes into nearby targets. The gems that are launched deal 40,000 damage with the class type based on the type of the gem (Pink taking the average of all damage boosts). The type of gem lost is based on the previous class item that the player held. If the player has not held a weapon with any of the five classes or held a weapon of the class with the lost gem, the base pink gem is lost instead. Gems do not grant boosts while they are lost, and respawn 30 seconds after disappearing.
Gem Tech armor is a post-Moon Lord armor set. It requires 38 Exo Prisms, 12 Galactica Singularities, and 9 Cores of Calamity to craft the entire set. The armor grants bonuses to all classes with its special set bonus.
It consists of a Gem Tech Headgear, Gem Tech Body Armor, and Gem Tech Schynbaulds.
The full set, excluding the set bonus, only grants 69 defense and no other stats.
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