I always took the "disintegrates into chalk" line to mean that Time interrupts Juno to mock him, as the deeper distorted voice is usually consistent with his speaking.
I agree with this interpretation, my main reason being is, as he pointed out, Zubin is Juno and Joe is Time, with Zubin normally being doubled and Joe being a single track but with a bunch of affects. At "disintegrates into chalk" is a cross fade into Joe's voice and the distortion. So I agree, I think it's time mocking him again which later leads to juno's facade starting to break (she criticizes me for being egocentric)
I disagree, I think that the gradual deepening of zubin's voice is meant to show maturity, as if Juno is beginning to recognise that he doesn't matter.
Also, fun fact: Chalk is made up of calcium carbonate, a substance which can also be found in bones (such as those in your face) meaning that yes, given enought time after your death, your face will indeed disintegrate into chalk.
the greatest comeback to that whole thing would be: "My actions have meaning. Enough meaning to offend you" "They won't matter in the grand scheme of infinity" "They matter now, that's enough"
“Detective undercover, brotherhood, objective obscene” This honestly could be another way to say ‘No shit, Sherlock’ (My one trusted and fully reputable source being @Master_Conner)
i think this is pretty close to right. time is lightly mocking juno as he admits he's been living a lie, as if he was in some cheesy spy movie but his whole objective, his whole motive for living a facade was, well, obscene.
I once showed this song to a friend of mine while we were "Intoxicated" and then a few weeks later we listened to it sober and they were really confused as they believed they hallucinated the whole thing. It's a good song eh.
I think one interpretation of the jibbity jabber ending is that, man views time as a constraint to be overcome. "i've got to get out of here, or i'll have another etc etc". Man wants to ascend beyond time, do something so great that they never have to try to be remembered ever again. Sort of like the pyramids, or any notable human legacy. Everyone strives for such recognition, and is terrified that if their attempt to "escape" beyond their time fails, they'll have to concoct another legacy to ride, a word to sell, a story to tell. In the video you said these are meant to be incomprehensible mockings, but it's more like, humanity is nothing but one repeating swan song and very few people come to comprehend that- that their efforts are being sunken into an unachievable goal. Nobody can surpass time, so we should learn to accept when ours comes, and when another begins.
My favorite part of the song is it’s nearly unending possible interpretations, but yours is definitely one of my favorites. I really love your videos, thanks for commenting!
I think the line "Do you like how my face-disintegrates into chalk" may also be time talking, you can hear a deep voice change, so it could be time basically stopping him and finishing the sentance, telling Juno that he will eventually die and dissapear, disintegrate into chalk, and asking if he really wants to waste his life on unimportant things.
i think the point of that line (the whole line not just that one) is meant to encapsulate an obvious flaw of juno , in the demo we hear the chalk line as juno potentially trying to say "do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock" which is both something he learned to do, a skill, but also ties back into the thing used to represent time, a clock, this fact might of actually intrested time, but juno spent so long getting there, time interrupt's him he spent so long getting there because he focused on thing's that didn't really matter and getting approval for them instead of something important, this is a trap people fall into in real life, spending so long dwelling on meaningless thing's that they miss their chances on thing's that mean more, coming out to a crush, keeping in touch with loved ones who love you, you get the picture.
“I saw you slobber over clovers on the side of the hill” The clovers could be a metaphor for something Juno does not have, showing he is envious of others.
While a good interpritation I would slightly shift it in saying that he is not just envious of others, but of things in general, a distraction, a lead in to his disguise, and an encompacing equally meaningless thing. Not just of having something from someone else, but having something in general. But that can ultamitly be basically still be jelousy of other people, or of luck.
When you think about it, time getting Juno to believe they’re worthless only to flip to telling them they can’t even comprehend being useless out of spite then having Juno shoot the sun is so funny. Even if Juno couldn’t possibly affect the sun, wouldn’t his action still contain meaning? Even though time always wins out, can Juno really lose to time if they won’t be around to see what time does in the end? Especially if Juno lives their life through meaningful gestures of defiance? Interesting to think about.
Building on this theory if time has experienced all perspectives of all men and women, then to be mad at mankind's reaction is not only a total rejection of the validity of its own experience, but implies that there's some other information or extra existence that flies in face of all the assumptions man kind has ever made, or will ever make. When our understanding is seen as punishable it's not just meaningless, it's destroying whatever other meaning this outside realm of knowledge or existence would give. It don't make no sense to me, and I be I just spit out a whole bunch of bs since it's 4 am where I'm at. But I just wanna agree why would time get made if there was no meaning or consequence to our own ignorance and rejection of the other infinite forces beyond our reckoning.
Honestly, my interpretation of "do you like how i dance?" Is the dance of life itself! Life may be as grand and full of fake diamonds, but that's all life is, a dance thru time
To add to this, I personally think the gun is just a representation of an existential crisis, what a better way to piss off time than to yell at the heavens and scream "I MATTER" to something as unimaginably big as time
Honestly, dancing is just a series of motions, so your entire life is just one nonsensical dance. Juno's asking if he's doing good, if he's living a good life, and Time is like, "Haha, no." Edit- Spelling
for me i've figured that our monkey brains weren't really designed to try to comphrehend topics like this, and mix in the mind's tendency to overthink about concepts that are very simple and see the problem. i've tried to relax a bit. shit is crazy, we likely as a species have unlocked something in our brains that our nature can't deal with, but it doesn't matter. humans will go on as they always having, fighting and making peace. ebb and flow, as it always has. worry about it or not civilization always goes on. don't let overthinking about concepts that are inherently vauge and impossible to understand impede progress to finding your place in life, it does you no good.
I like the line that time sings, “circle in for the kill.” I’ve always interpreted that as a scoff or an eye roll to Juno, as if to say that he was only observing the birds to hunt them down, so that he could use them as trophies as well, much like his wife and job. Juno himself is circling in for the kill to serve his self entitlement, and Time is calling him out for this.
I've always understood the "detective undercover, brotherhood, objective: obscene" to mean "congrats, ya genius" juno's putting in so much work- we're trying to play detective, we're trying to "go undercover," there's this brotherhood of (my guess) philosophers trying to find meaning- for a completely obscene goal he's reaching for nothing- nothing that matters, at least.
I knew the song was about time but I always viewed the "do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk" line as juno trying to brag about another thing only to be interrupted by time ( also time has the deep voice) with the "disintegrates into chalk" part as time is the march towards death and therefore decomposition. As well as the fact that time interjects later in the song with the "circle in for the kill" part
That's what I've always thought! It makes even more sense when you consider the alternate lyrics they sang in Variations On a Cloud Ruler of everything goes "Do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk" and starts distorting/transitioning from Juno to Time around the "disintegrates" However the Variations On a Cloud version says "Do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock?" whitout any distortion Which makes me think maybe Juno wanted to say that he was as powerful or important as Time itself (by making his face tick like a clock) but Time doesn't like this at all and so it mocks him by interrupting him/distorting him into admiting that he doesn't really matter (he will disintegrate into chalk)
I feel that, when it gets to the faster part, it’s not meant to only be gibberish, I feel that it’s just supposed to be humanity realizing they are close to death and are trying hurry to do everything they can to either stop it or “complete” themselves before it
3:10 If you listen to the chorus, there are 2 people singing (I believe they are both Joe at different pitches). The first voice is singing "The ruler of everything in the end", but the other (pitched down) voice is singing "I'm the ruler of everything". I believe this line is sung by both time and someone else (possibly Juno). 4:51 Joe referred to zirconium as fools gold in a livestream. 6:49 This line could have not been said by Juno, as Juno's other lines are sung by Zubin and doubled (and later harmonized) with Zubin singing pitched up, and this line is sung by Joe with no doubling (This is also different from how they do it live, which also includes Rob on vocals).
6:49 is probably time mocking juno to clue him in on how dumb he sounds, hence why juno momentarily drops his façade: "she criticizes me for being egocentric"
I may be totally wrong but I thought I heard somewhere that it’s actually Andrew’s voice pitched down… but I may be mixing that up with the Mr Moon part of SaaS
Your first explanation (about both of them singing) actually makes sense because afterwards, a voice which is probably Time, starts laughing. Because Time finds it funny how someone so insignificant as Juno thinks of themself as the ruler of everything
Ya know, Juno in the end proved he did have meaning, since how can something so "insignificant" piss off the being above him so much. He challenges their rule and, in doing so, proves he matters, proves that humanity matters
The idea of Time being so hostile as to deem us too inferior to comprehend the concept of infinity and hating us for even trying is even more depressing than the meaninglessness of existence.
eh, everything has relative meaning, and the fact that it eventually won't matter doesn't mean we can't decide to become the best we can just for the hell of it. As for time...well L bozo, my man says we are irrelevant but STILL comes to tell us that. Like if we're irrelevant, why go out of its way to hate on us, we shouldn't matter to infinity, right ?
This song being a conversation between two people (well "people", considering one of them is the immaterial concept of time itself personified and the other is the entirety of humanity) makes it make so much more sense.
"you practice your mannerisms into the wall, if this mirror were clearer i'd be standing so tall" can probably also be interpreted as showing juno's stupidity in his actions given that he's not actually looking at a mirror, he's staring at a blank wall, yet he seems to think or delude himself into thinking it's a mirror that's not clear.
The jackrabbit is probably a reference to a character in Alice's Adventures in wonderland. He is a rabbit and he is associated with time, always checking his clock and being in a hurry.
I'd figured most of this but the way you put it is much more concise and pertinent! That said, at 6:49 I've always seen it as time interjecting the character. Juno here says "Do you like how my face-" then gets cut off by time which implies the ultimate end of the face they're so proud of ("Disintegrates into chalk"). This also makes sense with the following line "I have a wonderful life, I have a powerful job" in which Juno still tries to grasp as his wounded pride by showing his status and "achievements" but is ultimately hit with the realization time wants him to have "She criticizes me for being egocentric", making the humorous take from time even more pertinent, since he interjected with something simple that Juno ultimately already knew (he's eventually going to die and decompose) and that made him unravel (which could also be applied to the state of the writer before making the song, perhaps something simple made him unravel too!)
This is also how I’ve always seen it as well! Especially cause it keeps the voices consistent and makes the makes sense for Juno’s emotional arc within the verse.
I like the interpretation that time said Juno's face turned to chalk because if you notice, after Time says that Juno stops talking about himself. He goes from talking about his pants, dance moves, and face to his wife, job, and how other people think of him. Time basically told him, "You're worthless, what else?"
Its odd, I had actually associated the lines like zirconium pants as being about time/clock metaphors. Cubic Zirconia being oddly popular to decorate watches, and the dancing being the way the watch moves. "Consequential enough to slip you into a trance" being the way people's anxieties about time passing makes them fixate on it. Walking and talking oddly gives me imagery of a grandfather clock swaying and making noises. Maybe it was meant as a double meaning, but yeah, some of these are sung by the "Juno" voice so interpreting it more as the vanity in life makes sense.
I don’t know if this is said in the video, but this is Joe Hawley’s first ever completed song. Joe Hawley was not gonna work with music until Tally Hall, and his first song is a masterpiece AND a banger. Props to Joe.
Another thing to add is "Juno" is also a name of a roman who's greek counterpart is "zeus" who faught his father "chronos" his father and the god of time
to be fair, juno did help overthrow saturn (chronos) depending on what version of the myths you belive, just that she didnt play as major a role as jupiter, neptune, and pluto.@@chill1453
Awesome video! Two personal add-ons: 1-At the beginning, I believe the sun is a pure representation of time at a level humans can concept rather than celestial beings. The sun defines how humans understand time, from what makes a day to the rotation for a year. As such Juno shooting the sun is his way of throwing a tantrum, he’s been forced to understand that his life is pointless, and can’t understand how he’s supposed to live now. He’s pissed off with time, when in reality time was trying to help him the whole time, showing him the futility of his vices and that he should just live life for happiness and good will. 2-A little more about the outro, when looking passed the lyrics it has always felt like the song continues on a little longer than it feels like it should, with that constant ticking in the background until all the music has faded and only the ticking remains. This is symbolic of the ticking of a clock (of more likely a metronome given that it fits the lyrical meter, both of which are measures of time), and hammers home the idea that time is the one true infinite thing. Even after the song of humanity has been sung and all is done and gone, time will remain, not stopping with our end, but infinitely marching on to an inexistent end.
Also i don't know if you have noticed this but at the end of the song right after the final lyrics you can hear a clock ticking ominously in the background. You have to have headphones on to hear it, and i think it just really pulls together the idea that time is endless and it will go on without you no matter what, because by that point juno is gone yet time continues
Plus, it continues going on until the end, even after the screen turns black. It's just showing that even after EVERYTHING is gone, time's mechanical hands will continue ruling until the next beginning, again, and again, and again.
@@jackallope2200 does it really keep existing if there is nothing left to conceptualize it? To give it a form? It's the ruler of nothing, because according to itself it's all meaningless. If anything it seems pretty full of itself. Like a hubris created by another hubris that dissolves into nothingness once that first hubris dies out. In this context it seems like it needs Juno to exist. Juno existing gives Time a reason to exist thus circling back to meaningfulness within itself and Juno. Whatever it becomes after us is nothing. Who really gets the last laugh at that point? Juno might be gone but so is the concept of Time itself.
@@ReaverSenpai Even if the concept of time is gone, that doesn't mean it stops happening. So long as there is motion there is time, since time is just another measurement of motion. So long as there is energy there is motion, and since energy cannot be destroyed motion, and therefore time, will exist forever. If a tree falls and no one sees it, that doesn't mean it didn't happen Edit- Since I forgot to add this, I'll put it here. We are the ones who ultimately gave time meaning, so for the billions of years before us that time also existed in it didn't necessarily have a purpose, but it continued on. Time knows that the universe will just go on in a constant loop of collapsing and exploding outwards, so even if it did get attached to us it would just replace us eventually
16:10 This part reminds me how Puss wasted his 8 lives poorly that Death itself has to completely manifest into a physical form to teach Puss a lesson.
I've always interpreted the beginning as Juno killing himself after discovering his life was meaningless and insignificant. The line "knew he'd been had" is Juno giving up after losing his argument with time. He knew he was beat. That time is right. His existence meant nothing at all and he knew nothing at all. Juno was nothing at all. The sun in the song is used as landmark earlier just like you said. But instead of representing the heavens I think it's different. Juno after learning of his infinite meangliessness shoots himself with a gun. He literally shoots TOWARDS the sun ( The landmark of the sky). He puts a gun in his mouth and shoots up to the sun after losing to time. And even after Juno is dead the song still continues on an infinite loop because Juno never mattered, the world is still spinning without him. Juno isn't special. There isn't just one Juno. Theres an infinite amount more of insignificant people being mocked by time. Thus the cycle continues. Juno dies but at the same time Juno (the concept of mankind) lives on and dies as well forever as the one thing that stays the same. But that's just my personal interpretation I really like yours as well.
jesus christ that's just insain, and you have a pfp of rick astley, a picture directly from the music video of "Never Going To Give You Up", this is one of the biggest discrepancy between pfp and comment.
This also kinda compliments Variations On A Cloud (a single released by Joe's side project Miracle Musical which was also worked on by Tally Hall members.). In one of the last verses on Variations on a cloud, it rips the lines from the chorus of Ruler of Everything and changes it, the original line being "Do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk?" Changed into "Do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock?" Showing that Juno, despite being in a completely unrelated song to time, still seeks approval from Time, even mimicking some of it's traits.
i think that was in a demo, or im just an idiot who some how reached the conclusion. but i think the point of it is to say that, there is no time, VoaC is about 9/11 and i think the point of it's inclusion is to say that the 2 people have no more time, that's why time dosen't interrupt, there was no time, it was the end and time had run out.
I also think some cut lyrics also help paint a more complete picture. "Number your thumb, impossible sum of the monkey fist hung on a vine, organism assembly line, everything's gonna be fine, play pretend" Juno is asked to tag himself within the vast array of everything, and to note how so many beings are pushed out and act so similarly, lacking individuality. Time also mocks Juno for thinking he's any different or that he can make it better, because time is incredibly aware that all Juno is capable of is pretending that he's something he's not.
I think basically all of this interpretation is perfect except for one thing, the explanation for the intro. This is my interpretation of: Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had So he shot at the sun with a gun Shot at the sun with a gun Shot at his wily one only friend First off I think that “Juno was mad he knew he’d been had” means essentially this: Juno of course, represents humanity as a whole, this line expresses how we as people view time as the taker of things instead of the bringer of them, we see time as something that takes souls and ends good times. Maybe Time views itself as the bringer, the creator of life and bringer of good times, it may see itself as something necessary, the one that lets the universe continue, death and everything negative that comes with time is only a side effect of it. I think that “So he shot at the sun with a gun” isn’t meant to be literal, I think it’s meant to represent how we may be angered and saddened by time, we reflect on when things used to be different and we see time as the one who ends what we love. The use of the word gun is just meant to dramatize and be a metaphor for anger. I think the sun in this line is meant to represent time, the sun to us has great meaning to do with time, the day passes as it rolls across the sky, so time and the sun are used as almost synonyms in this line. So basically this line is saying “humanity was angry at time.” Finally I think that “Shot at his wily one only friend” is just meant to strengthen the idea that time is necessary and not a bad thing, it is a friend to humanity, it helps us in many ways, we just focus on its negatives instead of its positives.
Interesting interpretation, another that would make sense is that the description of Juno shooting the sun is a pointless task that isn't going to change anything. So combining these two interpretations we can see it as Juno throwing a fit over something he couldn't change.
The way I see it, it's the lashing out at the constant reminder. The sun doesn't control time but it does inform us of the passing of time. In our futile struggle against mortality we're despairing over the beautiful aspects of the world that are affected by time.
@@MysteriumArcanum that is how i saw it, and how his "only friend" was himself and he wasted his time and his life trying to prove himself while fighting time, and only ended up losing. I don't understand the "wily one" part, though.
@@Pencfun again it goes back to Juno feeling like he was duped somehow. The term wily means "to gain and advantage through deceit" this also ties into the "Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had" line as saying someone has been had means they've been tricked.
I’ve always loved picking apart songs like this. Music leaves so much for interpretation in a storytelling standpoint so it can be infinitely comprehended in different ways. Music is everything to whomever wants it to be, it can be transformed into other media, and it can be remembered when people’s major life events are forgotten. Music is the infinite, in concept, and will never cease to evolve and loop back to what once was in unpredictable ways. Great video.
a saw another "explanation" video about this song a few months ago that was so wrong it actually made me mad in Real Life. this explanation is almost exactly how i see the song, im glad at someone gets it like i do
@@lordlammi1562 i did but the comment got removed for some reason i guess LOL. its the one by buttermilk, it should be the 1st result for "ruler of everything analysis" on google when you click videos
I agree mostly, but I interpret the parts about dancing and smiling differently. I think here time is telling Juno to enjoy his life instead of being mad it will end, amd questioning its meaning. He cant understand, so he shouldnt waste what little time he has has. Instead of being angry with him, I think of the sun/time as more of a caring figure, trying to comfort him, like a loving parent may comfort a child for lashing out about something they don't understand
“Do you like how I dance?” I thought this was to show the lengths Juno would go through to either impress others or make others look at him, literally getting fake diamond pants and learning how to dance just to stand out.
The fact that you've got weezer and tally hall content makes you a contender for best youtuber in my book. your videos are so incredibly in depth and fascinating to watch, I've found myself rewatching them over and over. Keep up the fantastic work.
Ever since the last tally hall video, I have been waiting for the next video and as a fan of this song, it’s good to see another video. Keep it up mark
16:03 “By trying to define the undefinable, explain the inexplicable, match the unmatchable.” Do the impossible, see the invisible, touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable, ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER
Juno clings to human concepts like "luck" to try to rationalise and control the universe. Not only does he collect these "good luck" charms, he slobbers over them, he obsesses over them, *he gives them power because that way - he has power.* - that describes the concept of luck and "lucky artifacts" so well, _bravo_
I have absolutely no idea why I was shown the notification for this video but I'm thankful to still see tally hall being talked about and discussed! Best of luck to you
I honestly think that if the "jibbity jabber" verse stands for Juno seeing the timeline of men, that he wants another chance to live, to change, but time knows it isn't possible, as just like him, it never would end.
I think the "Detective undercover brotherhood objective obscene" line means "No shit sherlock" , idk i guess it makes sense with the previous line, like, Juno says "I've been living a lie, a scheme, everything i thought matters doesn't" And time just responds "No shit sherlock"
My personal interpretation is pretty similar. Juno is a character that represents entitled upper class citizens. Someone that flexes their wealth any chance they can. I feel like Time isn’t an actual being, but rather his subconscious as Time feels like his insecurities and laughs at Juno while constantly reminding him that he is nothing. I think before the interaction with Time happened, an incident occurred as it feels as if Juno is stuck and not moving anywhere as if held somewhere. Due to this, I think Juno dies at the end of the song and Time proves time moves on without him in the MV with the world still rotating as it always had been for centuries upon centuries. I honestly stick with my interpretation because Time isn’t really something we can talk to, but absolutely something we can personify as it has been done many times before in media as very stern and/or cruel. While others may perceive time as a good thing! Juno’s interpretation on how Time might act is more of a popular belief if Time ever had a physical presence. The way I think Juno dies is probably from a gun fight. Either surrendered by shooting up to the sky or was shot while participating in a gun fight. He’s mortally wounded, but not dead. Near the end of the songs where Juno starts spitting bars, I believe he’s starting to feel his life flash before his eyes before dying. I say this because his questions suddenly become more desperate and faster wanting to know more before he passes away
Amazing video dude. Tally Hall is one of my most favorite bands of all time, and since I’ve listened to Ruler Of Everything I’ve always wondered, and tried to rope together a story in my head but just failed. But this explanation not only makes me understand the story, but makes the song just so much better. So thanks!
3:37 I’m pretty sure the line about a jack rabbit is a reference to Alice in Wonderland. specifically to the rabbit characters constantly running out of time
I LOVE song analyses, this was fantastic!! Your ideas were communicated so clearly and definitely helped me understand that we don't understand anything lol.
9:37 If juno "observing the birds" rather than "slobbering over clovers" would mean that he was admiring and thinking about nature and the world as a whole rather than falling into fake human concepts, wouldn't the "circle in for the kill" bit also work to essentially say: No matter if you obsess over fake construct or are making an effort to look at the greater picture, the only thing you can actually see is that the universe exists and acts far over your head until you eventually run out of time and die, which is why the birds circle over you.
Awesome video! I’m not particularly married to any one interpretation of the song, so I love collecting little scraps of interpretations that are interesting to me. Some of my favorites that I didn‘t see here and wanted to add are that “ruler” has a double meaning of “to have dominion over” like a king, as well as a literal ruler that measures things. So the phrase “ruler of everything” could mean either/both something that is in charge of everything or something that measures everything, assigning it importance. Someone contradictory to the previous interpretation, I think it can also be interesting to imagine the final verse as still being spoken by time. It’s probably unlikely, but I have always been fascinated by stories of giant and dangerously powerful, yet kind of unaware/uncaring gods. So the idea of time in the end being like “I’m just a giant ball of chaos fucking everything around me up and there’s nothing anyone can do” is a really interesting personification/perspective of time, although like I said it’s pretty unlikely that that’s the intended interpretation. The last one I wanted to add was that the “disintegrates into chalk” line could actually be time interrupting Juno to clarify that whatever his face is, how ever he planned on finishing the line, it doesn’t matter, because it’ll decompose with the rest of him in the end. As you said, his face represents the parts of himself he sees as important enough to show off, and while I can see your interpretation of the deeper voice representing him being more honest, it makes more sense to me for Juno’s emotional arc that he isn’t admitting time is right at that point in the verse, especially cause he goes right back to pushing harder against that argument right after it’s made. Anyway, like I said before, great work! Also good luck with ur existential crisis, bud, wishing you the best :)
When time says "circle in for the kill" he might yet again be refering to the fact humans dont last and the birds were waiting for juno to perish so they could..... Well you know.
This may be a stretch but I interpret the line "Circle in for the kill" as a play on the phrase "Kill 2 birds with one stone" which is a phrase that is used to describe multiple issues being resolved as quickly as possible. This leads to me thinking that Time said this to show how Juno says he's "observing the birds" as an innocent act when in reality he's just "circling in for the kill" of those birds with a stone: in other words Juno says he's just enjoying things and trying to be happy when in reality he's looking to selfishly solve his issues and insecurities. Going even further, "slobbering over clovers on the side of the hill" could mean that Juno was wishing for luck to come their way, and help resolve their insecurities and problems, effectively "killing 2 birds with 1 stone" and fixing everything for them.
The very song slipped me into a mini-seizure once. I sang the song, over and over, staring at a dandelion or a shasta daisy, either way, I have recovered but haven’t forgotten. Please, for everything great, do not let yourself fall into the trap that is a seizure.
Genuinely love much of Tally Hall's work. I wish they weren't as obscure as they are. I feel like a lot more people should have the chance to listen to their stuff.
To think I percieved this song as a meme for so long only to realise it's this deep. It's like humanity itself has draped a facade over the meanings by humourising it alongside other content, which itself will fade into obscurity.
I think the possible theory as to why Time in this seems to be so annoyed or aggressive toward Juno/Humanity is probably because of how Humanity deals with Time as a concept. Many people have many different ideas of what time actually is, of its limitations, when it started and when it will end. What to do with Time, is Time itself meaningless, etc. In this case, since Time is not just a concept, but a living creation, it most likely took heavy offense to people telling it, describing it, and acting like something it most likely isn't. It is like other people forging your identity and sharing it with others even though you've been around longer and know exactly what and who you are, yet whenever you try to get a word in about yourself, you are said to be incorrect. In a way, this song flips the script, Time is no longer the one being described anymore, not directly anyways, Time is now the one describing Humanity or Juno. Just like how Humanity says something is wrong whenever one describes Time in certain ways, Time now says that whatever Juno is thinking, what Humanity is thinking they are, is also wrong. Though, what might anger Time further is that Humanity is more easily swayed than Time is because it is trying to play out the scenario like it happened to them. Time wants Humanity to get mad, it wants them to feel the same annoyance it does, yet here Humanity is, instead of getting annoyed or angry, they become hopeless, the exact opposite of what Time wanted. Another theory is that Time is jealous of Humanity and its ignorance. Humanity is allowed to give their lives purpose because it will ultimately end one day. They get to prescribe meaning to a life that is short, that has a finishing line, a goal post that doesn't really move past death. What does Time have? It's running a marathon with no finish line, alone, having shot the gun itself or having the gun shot by something even beyond Time. Time only continues to run because that's what it has been doing and it has no other reason to really stop. It simply cannot comprehend itself what a meaningful life is because it never had one and will never have one. Basically, once you rule everything, what else is there left to do? Time, in this song, is jealous how just how ignorant Humanity is, and grows more annoyed when Humanity tries to provide meaning to life. Time feels mocked, annoyed, and proceeds to lay down what it believes to be the case of what meaning life has: It has none and trying to comprehend it would be so completely useless that to say it was a waste of Time would be so below the mark to Time that it would probably just annoy them further than they already are. Either way, this was a really well-made video! Sorry for the massive comment, the video got me inspired and made me think about it.
This is such an amazing collection of what tally hall fans need more of, and a great video! Thank you for bringing this incredible gem of a song and it’s meaning to a broader audience (I cannot count the number of times I’ve listened to this song and Marvin’s without breaking the laws of… hehe… time)
Honestly, Ruler of Everyrhing is so special to me. I know it’s one of their most listened to (and kinda overrated) songs in my opinion, but it represents a fundamental peace with existence that I seldom get anywhere else. Just the bittersweet nature of “mechanical hands are the ruler of everything” grounds me in a way that not much else does Great video Marc, as always
I'm very obsessed with Tally Hall for almost 3 years and very happy I stepped onto this video. "Ruler of Everything" is one of my most favorite songs by TH and seeing more people taking it seriously and not just as a silly meme makes me so joyful and full of life I cannot even explain myself. Thank you for this great analysis and a wonderful time, I'm very grateful! ♡
Juno should of just shot time it would of made things quicker
I hate you.. lol
Quite literally
Juno met time after shooting the sun though,
the sun being the only thing he knew he could aim at.
@@jr01theweeb simply keep the gun and then shoot time
but if it makes things quicker, then that means that quick is a thing. and if quick is a thing, then time is a thing, so the shot did nothing
Everyone’s chill until the Ruler of Everything runs into the Tyrant of Nothing.
Don't you mean servant of nothing?
@@ShirubaGin Did you trying to say Emperor Of Emptiness
time:you are worth less you can't understand anything and don't even try you idiot.
juno: the f am i supposed to do then.
The King of Nothing
The baron of void
I admire Marc’s ability to slip Weezer into every video even if it has nothing to do with them.
It’s my sworn duty as a Weezer fan to force them into everything
@@MarcButEvil I share the exact same music tastes as you so I love it anyway.
Hey Caleb
@@MarcButEvil Tally Hall is my favorite band and Weezer is a close second
@@ClockShaft hey man
I always took the "disintegrates into chalk" line to mean that Time interrupts Juno to mock him, as the deeper distorted voice is usually consistent with his speaking.
I agree with this interpretation, my main reason being is, as he pointed out, Zubin is Juno and Joe is Time, with Zubin normally being doubled and Joe being a single track but with a bunch of affects. At "disintegrates into chalk" is a cross fade into Joe's voice and the distortion. So I agree, I think it's time mocking him again which later leads to juno's facade starting to break (she criticizes me for being egocentric)
I disagree, I think that the gradual deepening of zubin's voice is meant to show maturity, as if Juno is beginning to recognise that he doesn't matter.
i always saw that as the mark of junos death, interrupted by time because we die over time
Also, fun fact: Chalk is made up of calcium carbonate, a substance which can also be found in bones (such as those in your face) meaning that yes, given enought time after your death, your face will indeed disintegrate into chalk.
What the hell is joe
the greatest comeback to that whole thing would be:
"My actions have meaning. Enough meaning to offend you"
"They won't matter in the grand scheme of infinity"
"They matter now, that's enough"
Congrats, you discovered existentialism/absurdism.
@@fakeorchestra4260 yay!!!
“They won’t matter in the grand scheme of things”
“Nuh uh”
@@clipsyoudontwatch “TF you mean ‘nuh-uh’?”
time would be like: "hey wait a minute that doesn't rhyme!"
“Detective undercover, brotherhood, objective obscene”
This honestly could be another way to say ‘No shit, Sherlock’ (My one trusted and fully reputable source being @Master_Conner)
That would be hilarious, i’ll consider that my headcanon from now on.
"This entire organisation of people going incognito to research the meaning of life. What did they find? Utter bullshit."
@@dominickeijzer5844 They have clearly stated that there was no shit, sherlock
@@MarcButEvilplease do erika
i think this is pretty close to right. time is lightly mocking juno as he admits he's been living a lie, as if he was in some cheesy spy movie but his whole objective, his whole motive for living a facade was, well, obscene.
I once showed this song to a friend of mine while we were "Intoxicated" and then a few weeks later we listened to it sober and they were really confused as they believed they hallucinated the whole thing. It's a good song eh.
You can just say high
Boy or girl
@@hajidle 💀
The song is quite trippy so i understand them
Why is intoxicated in quotes
I think one interpretation of the jibbity jabber ending is that, man views time as a constraint to be overcome. "i've got to get out of here, or i'll have another etc etc". Man wants to ascend beyond time, do something so great that they never have to try to be remembered ever again. Sort of like the pyramids, or any notable human legacy. Everyone strives for such recognition, and is terrified that if their attempt to "escape" beyond their time fails, they'll have to concoct another legacy to ride, a word to sell, a story to tell. In the video you said these are meant to be incomprehensible mockings, but it's more like, humanity is nothing but one repeating swan song and very few people come to comprehend that- that their efforts are being sunken into an unachievable goal. Nobody can surpass time, so we should learn to accept when ours comes, and when another begins.
My favorite part of the song is it’s nearly unending possible interpretations, but yours is definitely one of my favorites. I really love your videos, thanks for commenting!
@@MarcButEvilthis entire song sounds like the book of Job.
Didn't expect FUNKe here
It's Fumo funky to see FUNKe here...
Can you take a guess how I found this song? Lol
im just here to say i apriciate your vids
I think the line "Do you like how my face-disintegrates into chalk" may also be time talking, you can hear a deep voice change, so it could be time basically stopping him and finishing the sentance, telling Juno that he will eventually die and dissapear, disintegrate into chalk, and asking if he really wants to waste his life on unimportant things.
smarty pants
@@jovannirivera2537 *Zarconium pants
i think the point of that line (the whole line not just that one) is meant to encapsulate an obvious flaw of juno ,
in the demo we hear the chalk line as juno potentially trying to say
"do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock"
which is both something he learned to do, a skill, but also ties back into the thing used to represent time, a clock, this fact might of actually intrested time, but juno spent so long getting there, time interrupt's him he spent so long getting there because he focused on thing's that didn't really matter and getting approval for them instead of something important,
this is a trap people fall into in real life,
spending so long dwelling on meaningless thing's that they miss their chances on thing's that mean more, coming out to a crush, keeping in touch with loved ones who love you, you get the picture.
basically
"Do you like how my face--"
"You mean the one that's going to fall apart in, what, a few decades?"
@@SirPogsalotCreates Lol yeah, that's one way to put it
Nice to know this song was secretly the sickest rap battle of all _time_ all along
Junooooo vs the concept of Timeeeeee!
Begin!
@@Moxie4YT*juno immediately busts a move*
@@Moxie4YTcoughing baby vs hydrogen bomb
@@L-ghtlessSkyTime: Your pants fake as hell man! Yo moves dog water!
@@L-ghtlessSky *Juno immediately busts a move, only to be interrupted 3 seconds later by the disintegration of his face*
“I saw you slobber over clovers on the side of the hill”
The clovers could be a metaphor for something Juno does not have, showing he is envious of others.
Yeah that sounds very plausible! Perhaps the clovers represent him being envious of the luck of others. Great analysis!
@@ellstu good idea
Slobbering over clovers because he's searching through a field of them for a 4 leaf clover.
While a good interpritation I would slightly shift it in saying that he is not just envious of others, but of things in general, a distraction, a lead in to his disguise, and an encompacing equally meaningless thing. Not just of having something from someone else, but having something in general. But that can ultamitly be basically still be jelousy of other people, or of luck.
Helps that clovers are green. The color of envy.
When you think about it, time getting Juno to believe they’re worthless only to flip to telling them they can’t even comprehend being useless out of spite then having Juno shoot the sun is so funny. Even if Juno couldn’t possibly affect the sun, wouldn’t his action still contain meaning? Even though time always wins out, can Juno really lose to time if they won’t be around to see what time does in the end? Especially if Juno lives their life through meaningful gestures of defiance? Interesting to think about.
juno is the sisyphus on time's cliff
Juno voice: If my actions don't have meaning, why do they piss you off so much?
Building on this theory if time has experienced all perspectives of all men and women, then to be mad at mankind's reaction is not only a total rejection of the validity of its own experience, but implies that there's some other information or extra existence that flies in face of all the assumptions man kind has ever made, or will ever make. When our understanding is seen as punishable it's not just meaningless, it's destroying whatever other meaning this outside realm of knowledge or existence would give. It don't make no sense to me, and I be I just spit out a whole bunch of bs since it's 4 am where I'm at. But I just wanna agree why would time get made if there was no meaning or consequence to our own ignorance and rejection of the other infinite forces beyond our reckoning.
@@lunammoon8503 Sun : "oof, not even a gun powered by my rays can hurt as much as that burn, time..."
@@lunammoon8503 and the funny thing is, there's no reason for that either. Time just does this for no reason at all.
"Why not?"
Honestly, my interpretation of "do you like how i dance?" Is the dance of life itself! Life may be as grand and full of fake diamonds, but that's all life is, a dance thru time
To add to this, I personally think the gun is just a representation of an existential crisis, what a better way to piss off time than to yell at the heavens and scream "I MATTER" to something as unimaginably big as time
Honestly, dancing is just a series of motions, so your entire life is just one nonsensical dance. Juno's asking if he's doing good, if he's living a good life, and Time is like, "Haha, no."
Edit- Spelling
@@jackallope2200 honestly I couldn't have said that better myself
for me i've figured that our monkey brains weren't really designed to try to comphrehend topics like this, and mix in the mind's tendency to overthink about concepts that are very simple and see the problem.
i've tried to relax a bit. shit is crazy, we likely as a species have unlocked something in our brains that our nature can't deal with, but it doesn't matter. humans will go on as they always having, fighting and making peace. ebb and flow, as it always has. worry about it or not civilization always goes on. don't let overthinking about concepts that are inherently vauge and impossible to understand impede progress to finding your place in life, it does you no good.
i agree, he's asking if time approves of his routine, the way he lives, and then gets more specific to try and get validated
I came for an explanation of a funny song and ended with another existential crisis.
What if I want to know more than I need to 😩
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We want to know more
I guess you were Never Meant To Know
@@guavadanchiva I was never meant to know, but I keep knowing more and more
@@crazyboi5000 Everythings better when you're learning!
I like the line that time sings, “circle in for the kill.” I’ve always interpreted that as a scoff or an eye roll to Juno, as if to say that he was only observing the birds to hunt them down, so that he could use them as trophies as well, much like his wife and job. Juno himself is circling in for the kill to serve his self entitlement, and Time is calling him out for this.
that's how i always pictured it
@@SethsterFilms me too
@@SethsterFilmsSame here
Same
@@SethsterFilmssame
I've always understood the "detective undercover, brotherhood, objective: obscene" to mean "congrats, ya genius"
juno's putting in so much work- we're trying to play detective, we're trying to "go undercover," there's this brotherhood of (my guess) philosophers trying to find meaning- for a completely obscene goal
he's reaching for nothing- nothing that matters, at least.
He does say his job is powerful, or rather claims.
If anything he might think of himself as a philosopher.
"no shit Sherlock"
-time
time basically pulled a "No shit, Sherlock."
I literally wrote an entire essay on this song and got a 98
teacher was tallyhallphobic for not giving you a 100 smh
@mavverick lmao
Dang good job dude!
Now this is just 👍🙏
Time doesn’t care
I knew the song was about time but I always viewed the "do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk" line as juno trying to brag about another thing only to be interrupted by time ( also time has the deep voice) with the "disintegrates into chalk" part as time is the march towards death and therefore decomposition.
As well as the fact that time interjects later in the song with the "circle in for the kill" part
Also at the very end of the song, this way it could be seen as Juno in denial, going "oh, no no" and Time (quite smugly) responding "oh yea".
That's what I've always thought! It makes even more sense when you consider the alternate lyrics they sang in Variations On a Cloud
Ruler of everything goes "Do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk" and starts distorting/transitioning from Juno to Time around the "disintegrates"
However the Variations On a Cloud version says "Do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock?" whitout any distortion
Which makes me think maybe Juno wanted to say that he was as powerful or important as Time itself (by making his face tick like a clock) but Time doesn't like this at all and so it mocks him by interrupting him/distorting him into admiting that he doesn't really matter (he will disintegrate into chalk)
I feel that, when it gets to the faster part, it’s not meant to only be gibberish, I feel that it’s just supposed to be humanity realizing they are close to death and are trying hurry to do everything they can to either stop it or “complete” themselves before it
and their heart beating hard af under the adrenaline too
"every end of the time is another begun"
This song ends the same way it begins
Damn
holy shit
the video does as well, if you loop it until the end the sentence at the end perfectly matches up with the sentence at the start
Ok
5:20 I can't stop imagining Juno just stopping everything he is doing to just bust a move Infront of time.
Edit: how did I get more likes then FUNKe?
Problem Sleuth moment
@@feilkate5892 Time did not fondly regard creation
Bro saw *TIME ITSELF* and emoted on it!
Now i just imagine that little sculpture doing a fortnite default dance.
My meaning in life is to bust a move in front of time
3:10 If you listen to the chorus, there are 2 people singing (I believe they are both Joe at different pitches). The first voice is singing "The ruler of everything in the end", but the other (pitched down) voice is singing "I'm the ruler of everything". I believe this line is sung by both time and someone else (possibly Juno).
4:51 Joe referred to zirconium as fools gold in a livestream.
6:49 This line could have not been said by Juno, as Juno's other lines are sung by Zubin and doubled (and later harmonized) with Zubin singing pitched up, and this line is sung by Joe with no doubling (This is also different from how they do it live, which also includes Rob on vocals).
6:49 is probably time mocking juno to clue him in on how dumb he sounds, hence why juno momentarily drops his façade: "she criticizes me for being egocentric"
I may be totally wrong but I thought I heard somewhere that it’s actually Andrew’s voice pitched down… but I may be mixing that up with the Mr Moon part of SaaS
Your first explanation (about both of them singing) actually makes sense because afterwards, a voice which is probably Time, starts laughing. Because Time finds it funny how someone so insignificant as Juno thinks of themself as the ruler of everything
3:10 i feel this is showing how juno feels the things he gives meaning to makes him the one in his own life, and time as just being time
600 like that all I have to say for this comment
Ya know, Juno in the end proved he did have meaning, since how can something so "insignificant" piss off the being above him so much.
He challenges their rule and, in doing so, proves he matters, proves that humanity matters
But the concept of time doesn’t [Clash of Clans], it just is.
[@ BK have it your way] is a disgusting concept made by humanity, or so it seems to me.
@@Barakon this is the most westerner thing I’ve heard all week😂😂
@@le_idiot5442 how is hating SERPENTS a western concept?
Isn’t that for all who seek [[HYPERLINK BLOCKED]]?
@@BarakonBro's trying to be spamton.
@@mishagaming1075 I succeeded in that endeavor now, didn’t I?
7:58 "Sure he sees his wife as a trophy but she isn't one, she's a person who's sick of his shit"
Local man rap battles the concept of time and loses.
Only to win in my heart
The idea of Time being so hostile as to deem us too inferior to comprehend the concept of infinity and hating us for even trying is even more depressing than the meaninglessness of existence.
Well if you want a friendly cosmic being, look no further then Mr Moon from Spring and a Storm.
eh, everything has relative meaning, and the fact that it eventually won't matter doesn't mean we can't decide to become the best we can just for the hell of it. As for time...well L bozo, my man says we are irrelevant but STILL comes to tell us that. Like if we're irrelevant, why go out of its way to hate on us, we shouldn't matter to infinity, right ?
This song being a conversation between two people (well "people", considering one of them is the immaterial concept of time itself personified and the other is the entirety of humanity) makes it make so much more sense.
Yea
"you practice your mannerisms into the wall, if this mirror were clearer i'd be standing so tall" can probably also be interpreted as showing juno's stupidity in his actions given that he's not actually looking at a mirror, he's staring at a blank wall, yet he seems to think or delude himself into thinking it's a mirror that's not clear.
The jackrabbit is probably a reference to a character in Alice's Adventures in wonderland. He is a rabbit and he is associated with time, always checking his clock and being in a hurry.
I'd figured most of this but the way you put it is much more concise and pertinent!
That said, at 6:49 I've always seen it as time interjecting the character. Juno here says "Do you like how my face-" then gets cut off by time which implies the ultimate end of the face they're so proud of ("Disintegrates into chalk"). This also makes sense with the following line "I have a wonderful life, I have a powerful job" in which Juno still tries to grasp as his wounded pride by showing his status and "achievements" but is ultimately hit with the realization time wants him to have "She criticizes me for being egocentric", making the humorous take from time even more pertinent, since he interjected with something simple that Juno ultimately already knew (he's eventually going to die and decompose) and that made him unravel (which could also be applied to the state of the writer before making the song, perhaps something simple made him unravel too!)
makes sense since after he dies his flesh will disintegrates and his bones will turn into chalk, nothing will be left
This is also how I’ve always seen it as well! Especially cause it keeps the voices consistent and makes the makes sense for Juno’s emotional arc within the verse.
I like the interpretation that time said Juno's face turned to chalk because if you notice, after Time says that Juno stops talking about himself. He goes from talking about his pants, dance moves, and face to his wife, job, and how other people think of him. Time basically told him, "You're worthless, what else?"
Sussy Baka
Its odd, I had actually associated the lines like zirconium pants as being about time/clock metaphors.
Cubic Zirconia being oddly popular to decorate watches, and the dancing being the way the watch moves.
"Consequential enough to slip you into a trance" being the way people's anxieties about time passing makes them fixate on it.
Walking and talking oddly gives me imagery of a grandfather clock swaying and making noises.
Maybe it was meant as a double meaning, but yeah, some of these are sung by the "Juno" voice so interpreting it more as the vanity in life makes sense.
I don’t know if this is said in the video, but this is Joe Hawley’s first ever completed song. Joe Hawley was not gonna work with music until Tally Hall, and his first song is a masterpiece AND a banger. Props to Joe.
Another thing to add is "Juno" is also a name of a roman who's greek counterpart is "zeus" who faught his father "chronos" his father and the god of time
jupiter was the roman version of zeus.
juno was the roman version of hera.
hope this helps!
@@pyrosorus9880 oh sorry my mistake my comment make no sense now
to be fair, juno did help overthrow saturn (chronos) depending on what version of the myths you belive, just that she didnt play as major a role as jupiter, neptune, and pluto.@@chill1453
@@chill1453it still works tho. Hera was also one of Chronos’s kids and was consumed by him
Chronos wasn't the father of Zeus.
I was thinking of the Jackrabbit like the one in "Alice in Wonderland". Where he has a HUGE pocket watch and is rushing around everywhere.
Awesome video! Two personal add-ons:
1-At the beginning, I believe the sun is a pure representation of time at a level humans can concept rather than celestial beings. The sun defines how humans understand time, from what makes a day to the rotation for a year. As such Juno shooting the sun is his way of throwing a tantrum, he’s been forced to understand that his life is pointless, and can’t understand how he’s supposed to live now. He’s pissed off with time, when in reality time was trying to help him the whole time, showing him the futility of his vices and that he should just live life for happiness and good will.
2-A little more about the outro, when looking passed the lyrics it has always felt like the song continues on a little longer than it feels like it should, with that constant ticking in the background until all the music has faded and only the ticking remains. This is symbolic of the ticking of a clock (of more likely a metronome given that it fits the lyrical meter, both of which are measures of time), and hammers home the idea that time is the one true infinite thing. Even after the song of humanity has been sung and all is done and gone, time will remain, not stopping with our end, but infinitely marching on to an inexistent end.
Yes, living of honest happiness and simply enjoying what he has instead of fearing what he hasn't. Your reply is one of the most brilliant here.
Makes sense
Also i don't know if you have noticed this but at the end of the song right after the final lyrics you can hear a clock ticking ominously in the background. You have to have headphones on to hear it, and i think it just really pulls together the idea that time is endless and it will go on without you no matter what, because by that point juno is gone yet time continues
Plus, it continues going on until the end, even after the screen turns black. It's just showing that even after EVERYTHING is gone, time's mechanical hands will continue ruling until the next beginning, again, and again, and again.
@@jackallope2200 does it really keep existing if there is nothing left to conceptualize it? To give it a form? It's the ruler of nothing, because according to itself it's all meaningless. If anything it seems pretty full of itself. Like a hubris created by another hubris that dissolves into nothingness once that first hubris dies out. In this context it seems like it needs Juno to exist. Juno existing gives Time a reason to exist thus circling back to meaningfulness within itself and Juno. Whatever it becomes after us is nothing. Who really gets the last laugh at that point? Juno might be gone but so is the concept of Time itself.
@@ReaverSenpai Even if the concept of time is gone, that doesn't mean it stops happening. So long as there is motion there is time, since time is just another measurement of motion. So long as there is energy there is motion, and since energy cannot be destroyed motion, and therefore time, will exist forever. If a tree falls and no one sees it, that doesn't mean it didn't happen
Edit- Since I forgot to add this, I'll put it here. We are the ones who ultimately gave time meaning, so for the billions of years before us that time also existed in it didn't necessarily have a purpose, but it continued on. Time knows that the universe will just go on in a constant loop of collapsing and exploding outwards, so even if it did get attached to us it would just replace us eventually
And then you close the video and you still hear the clock
16:10
This part reminds me how Puss wasted his 8 lives poorly that Death itself has to completely manifest into a physical form to teach Puss a lesson.
I've always interpreted the beginning as Juno killing himself after discovering his life was meaningless and insignificant. The line "knew he'd been had" is Juno giving up after losing his argument with time. He knew he was beat. That time is right. His existence meant nothing at all and he knew nothing at all. Juno was nothing at all. The sun in the song is used as landmark earlier just like you said. But instead of representing the heavens I think it's different. Juno after learning of his infinite meangliessness shoots himself with a gun. He literally shoots TOWARDS the sun ( The landmark of the sky). He puts a gun in his mouth and shoots up to the sun after losing to time. And even after Juno is dead the song still continues on an infinite loop because Juno never mattered, the world is still spinning without him. Juno isn't special. There isn't just one Juno. Theres an infinite amount more of insignificant people being mocked by time. Thus the cycle continues. Juno dies but at the same time Juno (the concept of mankind) lives on and dies as well forever as the one thing that stays the same.
But that's just my personal interpretation I really like yours as well.
jesus christ that's just insain, and you have a pfp of rick astley, a picture directly from the music video of "Never Going To Give You Up", this is one of the biggest discrepancy between pfp and comment.
This also kinda compliments Variations On A Cloud (a single released by Joe's side project Miracle Musical which was also worked on by Tally Hall members.). In one of the last verses on Variations on a cloud, it rips the lines from the chorus of Ruler of Everything and changes it, the original line being "Do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk?" Changed into "Do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock?" Showing that Juno, despite being in a completely unrelated song to time, still seeks approval from Time, even mimicking some of it's traits.
i think that was in a demo, or im just an idiot who some how reached the conclusion.
but i think the point of it is to say that, there is no time,
VoaC is about 9/11 and i think the point of it's inclusion is to say that the 2 people have no more time, that's why time dosen't interrupt, there was no time, it was the end and time had run out.
I also think some cut lyrics also help paint a more complete picture.
"Number your thumb, impossible sum of the monkey fist hung on a vine, organism assembly line, everything's gonna be fine, play pretend"
Juno is asked to tag himself within the vast array of everything, and to note how so many beings are pushed out and act so similarly, lacking individuality. Time also mocks Juno for thinking he's any different or that he can make it better, because time is incredibly aware that all Juno is capable of is pretending that he's something he's not.
I think basically all of this interpretation is perfect except for one thing, the explanation for the intro. This is my interpretation of:
Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had
So he shot at the sun with a gun
Shot at the sun with a gun
Shot at his wily one only friend
First off I think that “Juno was mad he knew he’d been had” means essentially this: Juno of course, represents humanity as a whole, this line expresses how we as people view time as the taker of things instead of the bringer of them, we see time as something that takes souls and ends good times. Maybe Time views itself as the bringer, the creator of life and bringer of good times, it may see itself as something necessary, the one that lets the universe continue, death and everything negative that comes with time is only a side effect of it. I think that “So he shot at the sun with a gun” isn’t meant to be literal, I think it’s meant to represent how we may be angered and saddened by time, we reflect on when things used to be different and we see time as the one who ends what we love. The use of the word gun is just meant to dramatize and be a metaphor for anger. I think the sun in this line is meant to represent time, the sun to us has great meaning to do with time, the day passes as it rolls across the sky, so time and the sun are used as almost synonyms in this line. So basically this line is saying “humanity was angry at time.” Finally I think that “Shot at his wily one only friend” is just meant to strengthen the idea that time is necessary and not a bad thing, it is a friend to humanity, it helps us in many ways, we just focus on its negatives instead of its positives.
Interesting interpretation, another that would make sense is that the description of Juno shooting the sun is a pointless task that isn't going to change anything. So combining these two interpretations we can see it as Juno throwing a fit over something he couldn't change.
The way I see it, it's the lashing out at the constant reminder. The sun doesn't control time but it does inform us of the passing of time. In our futile struggle against mortality we're despairing over the beautiful aspects of the world that are affected by time.
@@MysteriumArcanum that is how i saw it, and how his "only friend" was himself and he wasted his time and his life trying to prove himself while fighting time, and only ended up losing. I don't understand the "wily one" part, though.
@@cdubsb3831 my goodness the sun is DAYS and YEARS
@@Pencfun again it goes back to Juno feeling like he was duped somehow. The term wily means "to gain and advantage through deceit" this also ties into the "Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had" line as saying someone has been had means they've been tricked.
I’ve always loved picking apart songs like this. Music leaves so much for interpretation in a storytelling standpoint so it can be infinitely comprehended in different ways. Music is everything to whomever wants it to be, it can be transformed into other media, and it can be remembered when people’s major life events are forgotten. Music is the infinite, in concept, and will never cease to evolve and loop back to what once was in unpredictable ways. Great video.
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The idea of the intro taking place after the outro definitely adds to the idea of “you can’t stop something that never started” and it’s SO COOL
I love the end where you said 'Anyways' Just for the poeple that will loop the video, I like that.
I really like your interpretation of the song and I'm always happy when someone talks about tally hall in general. Amazing video.
a saw another "explanation" video about this song a few months ago that was so wrong it actually made me mad in Real Life. this explanation is almost exactly how i see the song, im glad at someone gets it like i do
What was that "explanation"?
@@sultlun it was this video. it was so frustrating to me i couldnt make it even halfway through
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Post link to this other explanation
@@lordlammi1562 i did but the comment got removed for some reason i guess LOL. its the one by buttermilk, it should be the 1st result for "ruler of everything analysis" on google when you click videos
as opposed to being mad in fake life. hehe. :D
I agree mostly, but I interpret the parts about dancing and smiling differently. I think here time is telling Juno to enjoy his life instead of being mad it will end, amd questioning its meaning. He cant understand, so he shouldnt waste what little time he has has. Instead of being angry with him, I think of the sun/time as more of a caring figure, trying to comfort him, like a loving parent may comfort a child for lashing out about something they don't understand
11:02 "Weak & strong & wet & die & right & wrong & live & die & sane & gone & love & not & all the &'s that we forgot" -Tally Hall's "&"
From good and evil???? No way (like what the guy says in le vid)
I watched this video before I even heard about tally hall, and now I am a HUGE tally hall fan. This video feels like a completely different video now
It's about time, MarkButEvil swooped in just in time to discuss the song about Father Time.
What an insanely sophisticated analysis
This video singlehandedly made me understand how entirely genius Ruler of Everything's lyrics are
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But it doesn't matter
GEE, A VIDEO WITH A BUNCH OF TIME RELATED ELEMENTS IS ABOUT TIME, GO FUCKING FIGURE
Also there is 2 meanings of ruler, time is both the monarchal ruler of everything AND the measure of everything!
Somehow, I never even thought about that before. You're a genius
“Do you like how I dance?” I thought this was to show the lengths Juno would go through to either impress others or make others look at him, literally getting fake diamond pants and learning how to dance just to stand out.
making this video a loop itself is insane, well done!
DO YOU HEAR THE FLIBITY JIBITY JIBBER JABBER
WITH AN "OH MY GOD I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE"
OR I’LL HAVE ANOTHER WORD TO SELL, ANOTHER STORY TO TELL
ANOTHER TIME PIECE RINGING THE BELL
DO YOU HEAR THE CLOCK STOP WHEN YOU REACH THE END? 🔥🔥
No you know it must be never ending
My favorite day of the month when Marc posts and I get to take a bath
"The internet's strangest song" when Joe's other projects like Miracle Musical walk in
juno: wears funny pants
time: and i took that personally
The fact that you've got weezer and tally hall content makes you a contender for best youtuber in my book. your videos are so incredibly in depth and fascinating to watch, I've found myself rewatching them over and over. Keep up the fantastic work.
Ever since the last tally hall video, I have been waiting for the next video and as a fan of this song, it’s good to see another video. Keep it up mark
16:03
“By trying to define the undefinable, explain the inexplicable, match the unmatchable.”
Do the impossible, see the invisible, touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable,
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER
Imagine meeting a deity that is literally time and your first instinct is flexing your wealth and dancing skills
Time DESTROYS Juno with FACTS and LOGIC
lol
Juno clings to human concepts like "luck" to try to rationalise and control the universe. Not only does he collect these "good luck" charms, he slobbers over them, he obsesses over them, *he gives them power because that way - he has power.* - that describes the concept of luck and "lucky artifacts" so well, _bravo_
"Or you haven't and clicked for the hell of it" bold of you to assume your entire audience doesn't automatically associate the song with a troll face
I have absolutely no idea why I was shown the notification for this video but I'm thankful to still see tally hall being talked about and discussed! Best of luck to you
better not be slobbering over clovers resolv
I honestly think that if the "jibbity jabber" verse stands for Juno seeing the timeline of men, that he wants another chance to live, to change, but time knows it isn't possible, as just like him, it never would end.
I’d like to believe Juno ‘shooting’ at his “only friend” is meant to mean how Juno (mankind) mistreats our planet
I think the "Detective undercover brotherhood objective obscene" line means "No shit sherlock" , idk i guess it makes sense with the previous line, like, Juno says "I've been living a lie, a scheme, everything i thought matters doesn't" And time just responds "No shit sherlock"
I agree Everything Will be Alright In The End will rule all the time
Ngl I think that the demo of Ruler of Everything goes equally if not more hard.
If you put that 'anyways' at end of the video to complete the loop then I love this video even more. Nice presentation on the whole video.
My personal interpretation is pretty similar.
Juno is a character that represents entitled upper class citizens. Someone that flexes their wealth any chance they can. I feel like Time isn’t an actual being, but rather his subconscious as Time feels like his insecurities and laughs at Juno while constantly reminding him that he is nothing. I think before the interaction with Time happened, an incident occurred as it feels as if Juno is stuck and not moving anywhere as if held somewhere. Due to this, I think Juno dies at the end of the song and Time proves time moves on without him in the MV with the world still rotating as it always had been for centuries upon centuries.
I honestly stick with my interpretation because Time isn’t really something we can talk to, but absolutely something we can personify as it has been done many times before in media as very stern and/or cruel. While others may perceive time as a good thing! Juno’s interpretation on how Time might act is more of a popular belief if Time ever had a physical presence.
The way I think Juno dies is probably from a gun fight. Either surrendered by shooting up to the sky or was shot while participating in a gun fight. He’s mortally wounded, but not dead. Near the end of the songs where Juno starts spitting bars, I believe he’s starting to feel his life flash before his eyes before dying. I say this because his questions suddenly become more desperate and faster wanting to know more before he passes away
Amazing video dude. Tally Hall is one of my most favorite bands of all time, and since I’ve listened to Ruler Of Everything I’ve always wondered, and tried to rope together a story in my head but just failed. But this explanation not only makes me understand the story, but makes the song just so much better. So thanks!
Do you like how I *walk* do you like how I *walk* do you like how my face disintegrates into *walk*
3:37 I’m pretty sure the line about a jack rabbit is a reference to Alice in Wonderland. specifically to the rabbit characters constantly running out of time
14:55 is the only part i disagree with
reason: it's clearly the echo of the word smile, just distorted by the vocal isolation
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I LOVE song analyses, this was fantastic!! Your ideas were communicated so clearly and definitely helped me understand that we don't understand anything lol.
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If juno "observing the birds" rather than "slobbering over clovers" would mean that he was admiring and thinking about nature and the world as a whole rather than falling into fake human concepts, wouldn't the "circle in for the kill" bit also work to essentially say: No matter if you obsess over fake construct or are making an effort to look at the greater picture, the only thing you can actually see is that the universe exists and acts far over your head until you eventually run out of time and die, which is why the birds circle over you.
I love this song analysis. Your voice is very soothing
Awesome video! I’m not particularly married to any one interpretation of the song, so I love collecting little scraps of interpretations that are interesting to me. Some of my favorites that I didn‘t see here and wanted to add are that “ruler” has a double meaning of “to have dominion over” like a king, as well as a literal ruler that measures things. So the phrase “ruler of everything” could mean either/both something that is in charge of everything or something that measures everything, assigning it importance.
Someone contradictory to the previous interpretation, I think it can also be interesting to imagine the final verse as still being spoken by time. It’s probably unlikely, but I have always been fascinated by stories of giant and dangerously powerful, yet kind of unaware/uncaring gods. So the idea of time in the end being like “I’m just a giant ball of chaos fucking everything around me up and there’s nothing anyone can do” is a really interesting personification/perspective of time, although like I said it’s pretty unlikely that that’s the intended interpretation.
The last one I wanted to add was that the “disintegrates into chalk” line could actually be time interrupting Juno to clarify that whatever his face is, how ever he planned on finishing the line, it doesn’t matter, because it’ll decompose with the rest of him in the end. As you said, his face represents the parts of himself he sees as important enough to show off, and while I can see your interpretation of the deeper voice representing him being more honest, it makes more sense to me for Juno’s emotional arc that he isn’t admitting time is right at that point in the verse, especially cause he goes right back to pushing harder against that argument right after it’s made.
Anyway, like I said before, great work! Also good luck with ur existential crisis, bud, wishing you the best :)
When time says "circle in for the kill" he might yet again be refering to the fact humans dont last and the birds were waiting for juno to perish so they could..... Well you know.
Thank you, you are why I enjoy Tally Hall, Miracle musical, rainworld, and so many other things. It all leads back to this vid. Thank you.
Ur channel is so high quality, you deserve way more subs!
I appreciate that!
I like it when the song goes wee woo wee woo do you like how I dance
This video has been recommended to me for months on end to the point where it made me listen to the song
:update, I’m a fan now
And the video 💀💀
This may be a stretch but I interpret the line "Circle in for the kill" as a play on the phrase "Kill 2 birds with one stone" which is a phrase that is used to describe multiple issues being resolved as quickly as possible.
This leads to me thinking that Time said this to show how Juno says he's "observing the birds" as an innocent act when in reality he's just "circling in for the kill" of those birds with a stone: in other words Juno says he's just enjoying things and trying to be happy when in reality he's looking to selfishly solve his issues and insecurities.
Going even further, "slobbering over clovers on the side of the hill" could mean that Juno was wishing for luck to come their way, and help resolve their insecurities and problems, effectively "killing 2 birds with 1 stone" and fixing everything for them.
The very song slipped me into a mini-seizure once. I sang the song, over and over, staring at a dandelion or a shasta daisy, either way, I have recovered but haven’t forgotten. Please, for everything great, do not let yourself fall into the trap that is a seizure.
I'm sitting here with my jaw on the ground and my mind blown
I feel like it was kind of obvious it's about time, alot of their songs have some kind of meaning or have just some fun shenanigans.
Yeah, how do people not know just by listening to it?
Genuinely love much of Tally Hall's work. I wish they weren't as obscure as they are. I feel like a lot more people should have the chance to listen to their stuff.
I'm proud to say I figured this out myself because of my absolute obsession of the concept of time loops, the beginning of time and the end of time
To think I percieved this song as a meme for so long only to realise it's this deep. It's like humanity itself has draped a facade over the meanings by humourising it alongside other content, which itself will fade into obscurity.
I think the possible theory as to why Time in this seems to be so annoyed or aggressive toward Juno/Humanity is probably because of how Humanity deals with Time as a concept. Many people have many different ideas of what time actually is, of its limitations, when it started and when it will end. What to do with Time, is Time itself meaningless, etc.
In this case, since Time is not just a concept, but a living creation, it most likely took heavy offense to people telling it, describing it, and acting like something it most likely isn't. It is like other people forging your identity and sharing it with others even though you've been around longer and know exactly what and who you are, yet whenever you try to get a word in about yourself, you are said to be incorrect.
In a way, this song flips the script, Time is no longer the one being described anymore, not directly anyways, Time is now the one describing Humanity or Juno. Just like how Humanity says something is wrong whenever one describes Time in certain ways, Time now says that whatever Juno is thinking, what Humanity is thinking they are, is also wrong.
Though, what might anger Time further is that Humanity is more easily swayed than Time is because it is trying to play out the scenario like it happened to them. Time wants Humanity to get mad, it wants them to feel the same annoyance it does, yet here Humanity is, instead of getting annoyed or angry, they become hopeless, the exact opposite of what Time wanted.
Another theory is that Time is jealous of Humanity and its ignorance.
Humanity is allowed to give their lives purpose because it will ultimately end one day. They get to prescribe meaning to a life that is short, that has a finishing line, a goal post that doesn't really move past death.
What does Time have? It's running a marathon with no finish line, alone, having shot the gun itself or having the gun shot by something even beyond Time. Time only continues to run because that's what it has been doing and it has no other reason to really stop. It simply cannot comprehend itself what a meaningful life is because it never had one and will never have one. Basically, once you rule everything, what else is there left to do?
Time, in this song, is jealous how just how ignorant Humanity is, and grows more annoyed when Humanity tries to provide meaning to life. Time feels mocked, annoyed, and proceeds to lay down what it believes to be the case of what meaning life has: It has none and trying to comprehend it would be so completely useless that to say it was a waste of Time would be so below the mark to Time that it would probably just annoy them further than they already are.
Either way, this was a really well-made video! Sorry for the massive comment, the video got me inspired and made me think about it.
This is such an amazing collection of what tally hall fans need more of, and a great video! Thank you for bringing this incredible gem of a song and it’s meaning to a broader audience (I cannot count the number of times I’ve listened to this song and Marvin’s without breaking the laws of… hehe… time)
Honestly, Ruler of Everyrhing is so special to me. I know it’s one of their most listened to (and kinda overrated) songs in my opinion, but it represents a fundamental peace with existence that I seldom get anywhere else. Just the bittersweet nature of “mechanical hands are the ruler of everything” grounds me in a way that not much else does
Great video Marc, as always
I don't see how it could be overrated.
In summary, mankind (Juno) brags about things but time knows different and in the end he realizes everything he brags about is just useless
I'm very obsessed with Tally Hall for almost 3 years and very happy I stepped onto this video. "Ruler of Everything" is one of my most favorite songs by TH and seeing more people taking it seriously and not just as a silly meme makes me so joyful and full of life I cannot even explain myself. Thank you for this great analysis and a wonderful time, I'm very grateful! ♡