Entirely because no one else has done it... --- To the voiceless ones: You wear your body out. If you just live for others and break, don't you throw yourself away? To those who can't even shed a tear: Nurture yourself with just your beloved memories! The weak shall move on together. Let them end samsara. They shall live together and voice their perished grief. "Why have I always been near you?" You shelter your heart in items, so before long your body turns plastic. If you place trust in a master, you won't even question eternity. To those lacking arms to embrace: You can't even spin or cling onto your thoughts. The weak shall move on together. Your spirit lingers in objects. They shall live together and voice the spirits of their desires. And thus, our world changes: Stand up, weak ones... My small, proud, sorrowful you... My tender you, not fearing anything... ---
This song has been an important part of my drawing practice routine. Even moreso because not just the lyrics, but the title "To the Small and Weak" is touching to me.
Stack is a comrade confirmed. For those who don't know: the lyrics of this song are about the core foundation of communism. Workers are abused and exploited by the ruling class, having the fruits of their hard work stolen and given to upper management for only a small pittance in return (If you just live for others and break/Don’t you throw yourself away?). They are told to value cheap commodities such as the latest iPhone or newest shoes above all else, and wear themselves down to the bone to "earn" them - an act ultimately meant to distract them from how fucked up the system is, so they keep slaving away at a job they hate for a boss they want to kill until they reach their grave (You shelter your heart in items, so before long your body turns plastic./If you place trust in a master, you won’t even question eternity.). If the workers of the world stood together and moved as one, the ruling class would stand no chance (And thus, our world changes./Stand up, weak ones.) I could probably write a whole essay disecting this one song - and this isn't even the only case of Stack being a leftist either! Both "IDOLA DEUS -The Creator-" and "Shout It Out Loud!!!", for example, is about how we should use our ability to create art to fight against fascism and oppression. The reason that her being a leftist hasn't been noticed by the larger community is because she simply avoids using political language - really, it's interesting how many people agree with communism when you don't tell them that it's communism.
I get that linking emotional songs you like to ideas you feel strongly about is appealing - I do it a lot too - but you should question how much of it is just stretching and stuffing greater concepts into a narrow framework. Fighting against oppression is not exclusive to communism, literally every ideology, every religion and every subculture claims that they are in some way. It's a fundamental part of human nature. We're also working off translations that don't perfectly convey the precise meaning and more importantly can't ever translate cultural context. And EVEN IF the song was directly quoting Marx and have an MV full of hammers and sickles, that STILL wouldn't say anything about Stack, because she is an artist, not a politician. An artist can explore concepts without actually believing them. And furthermore, even going with your interpretation, if it's Sekibanki singing to weaker youkai during Double Dealing Character, wouldn't it be to rouse them into overthrowing the ones protecting humans so they can...either bully them more or even eat them? And ultimately just being manipulated by Seija? And how does "Let them end Samsara" fit into all this then?
Most people remember the wreckage it's left behind, not the pretty ideas that paved the path. In a way it's sad, since people keep hearing the same pretty ideas and following down the same paths that filled the graves of the 20th century.
Ah the naivety of putting trust in pretty words. In a way I do think your interpretation may hold some truth, but like the person above has pointed out the subject matter is very nuanced and multifaceted. And to boil it all down to be “fuck the rich” is just horrendously reductive. In my personal opinion I think Stack is an amazing artist whose song and lyrics has delved into many complex subject matters and deliver very fascinating answers. But I refuse to think that according to your interpretation she is a leftist. The lyrics seems to jingoistic to be coming from a left leaning person. I mean let be honest here the historical context for the existence of communism as written by Marx is very different from today world. I am not insinuating that the communist world view has no place in this day in age, but it has moved on so much form the day of Marx. There is so much more than just rising up and burn every thing that the rich has made to the ground. What do you replace it with? I personally doubt that Stacks would leave such an obvious oversight. And when you take in to account the events in DDC you would quickly see how the powerless youkai eventually became nothing more than a pawn for the one who originally espoused that manifesto (Seija). The argument quickly crumbles away. Or maybe that was Stacks intended all along, is to criticize how a desperate crowd will naively believe a charismatic leader to overthrow a system only to replace it with something else that is no less brutal or tyrannical.
Entirely because no one else has done it...
---
To the voiceless ones: You wear your body out.
If you just live for others and break, don't you throw yourself away?
To those who can't even shed a tear:
Nurture yourself with just your beloved memories!
The weak shall move on together. Let them end samsara.
They shall live together and voice their perished grief.
"Why have I always been near you?"
You shelter your heart in items, so before long your body turns plastic.
If you place trust in a master, you won't even question eternity.
To those lacking arms to embrace:
You can't even spin or cling onto your thoughts.
The weak shall move on together. Your spirit lingers in objects.
They shall live together and voice the spirits of their desires.
And thus, our world changes:
Stand up, weak ones...
My small, proud, sorrowful you...
My tender you, not fearing anything... ---
Leaves you feeling a little melancholy? I'm literally just crying from that modulation at last chorus man
I was crying the whole time.
Would you rise up, you weak and small ones?
Push your spirits towards a future in harmony!
I'm Oto
This song has been an important part of my drawing practice routine. Even moreso because not just the lyrics, but the title "To the Small and Weak" is touching to me.
This was awesome, incredible singing !
I've never thought of sekibanki to be similar to seija but more quiet in a way o_0
Found the lyrics for this to be rather interesting.
小さき弱き者のために
言葉、持たぬ ものたち
その体すり減らし
人の為だけに生きて 欠けたなら
打ち捨てられるのか
涙さえ流せぬものたち
愛された記憶だけを、糧にして
共に行こう 弱きものよ
この輪廻終わらせて
共に生き そして伝えよう
消えかけた嘆きを
「どうして、ずっとお側に居たかった」と
物に宿りし こころ
いつの間にかその身を
信ずる主に捧げ 永遠を疑いもせずに
抱きしめる腕も持たぬまま
その思い紡ぎ縋る 術もなく
共に行こう 弱きものよ
霊宿す 無機物よ
共に生き そして伝えよう
切望の言霊を
そして この世は変わる
弱きものよ 立ち上がれ
小さき 誇り高き 憂いの君
恐れ知らぬままの 優しい君
The smalls & weaks have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.
どうしていいねは1回しか押せないんですか？
Weak voice, strong words~
*listens to Stack metal songs* Yes, weak voice.
the singer sounds a bit like Aimer
Sometimes. She has a very wide vocal range, so it really depends on the song.
Stack is a comrade confirmed.
For those who don't know: the lyrics of this song are about the core foundation of communism. Workers are abused and exploited by the ruling class, having the fruits of their hard work stolen and given to upper management for only a small pittance in return (If you just live for others and break/Don’t you throw yourself away?). They are told to value cheap commodities such as the latest iPhone or newest shoes above all else, and wear themselves down to the bone to "earn" them - an act ultimately meant to distract them from how fucked up the system is, so they keep slaving away at a job they hate for a boss they want to kill until they reach their grave (You shelter your heart in items, so before long your body turns plastic./If you place trust in a master, you won’t even question eternity.). If the workers of the world stood together and moved as one, the ruling class would stand no chance (And thus, our world changes./Stand up, weak ones.)
I could probably write a whole essay disecting this one song - and this isn't even the only case of Stack being a leftist either! Both "IDOLA DEUS -The Creator-" and "Shout It Out Loud!!!", for example, is about how we should use our ability to create art to fight against fascism and oppression.
The reason that her being a leftist hasn't been noticed by the larger community is because she simply avoids using political language - really, it's interesting how many people agree with communism when you don't tell them that it's communism.
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‘Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary’ - Karl Marx
I get that linking emotional songs you like to ideas you feel strongly about is appealing - I do it a lot too - but you should question how much of it is just stretching and stuffing greater concepts into a narrow framework. Fighting against oppression is not exclusive to communism, literally every ideology, every religion and every subculture claims that they are in some way. It's a fundamental part of human nature.
We're also working off translations that don't perfectly convey the precise meaning and more importantly can't ever translate cultural context. And EVEN IF the song was directly quoting Marx and have an MV full of hammers and sickles, that STILL wouldn't say anything about Stack, because she is an artist, not a politician. An artist can explore concepts without actually believing them.
And furthermore, even going with your interpretation, if it's Sekibanki singing to weaker youkai during Double Dealing Character, wouldn't it be to rouse them into overthrowing the ones protecting humans so they can...either bully them more or even eat them? And ultimately just being manipulated by Seija? And how does "Let them end Samsara" fit into all this then?
Most people remember the wreckage it's left behind, not the pretty ideas that paved the path.
In a way it's sad, since people keep hearing the same pretty ideas and following down the same paths that filled the graves of the 20th century.
Ah the naivety of putting trust in pretty words. In a way I do think your interpretation may hold some truth, but like the person above has pointed out the subject matter is very nuanced and multifaceted. And to boil it all down to be “fuck the rich” is just horrendously reductive. In my personal opinion I think Stack is an amazing artist whose song and lyrics has delved into many complex subject matters and deliver very fascinating answers. But I refuse to think that according to your interpretation she is a leftist. The lyrics seems to jingoistic to be coming from a left leaning person. I mean let be honest here the historical context for the existence of communism as written by Marx is very different from today world. I am not insinuating that the communist world view has no place in this day in age, but it has moved on so much form the day of Marx. There is so much more than just rising up and burn every thing that the rich has made to the ground. What do you replace it with? I personally doubt that Stacks would leave such an obvious oversight. And when you take in to account the events in DDC you would quickly see how the powerless youkai eventually became nothing more than a pawn for the one who originally espoused that manifesto (Seija). The argument quickly crumbles away. Or maybe that was Stacks intended all along, is to criticize how a desperate crowd will naively believe a charismatic leader to overthrow a system only to replace it with something else that is no less brutal or tyrannical.