Upon the Porcelain Throne

by Jett Swole

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1.	Trouble Maker 01:32		buy track
2.	Upon the Porcelain Throne 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Sitting up tall on the highest perch Garments pulled down to the floor Holding fast until the very last For the beginning of the war Fighting for pride and for glory The floodgates about to burst Realize there is no compromise As I prepare to feel my worst Struggle for my life Push through all the fear and the strife Bear all the strain Endure through all the hardships and pain Fight all alone Upon the porcelain throne And as I leave, triumphant I may be I will be scarred in places none shall see The wear and tear will take its toll Valhalla take me in your fold Where I shall dine atop my porcelain throne
3.	Blood in the Sand 06:21	lyrics	buy track
Steeling myself, getting ready to fight So come at me with all your might Burning up, got a fire within Fighting to live and living to win Stick and move at the speed of sound There can be no second round On razor's edge at the tip of the knife The time has come to fight for my life Release the limits Open the gates Undo the shackles Remove the weights Release the limits On body and mind Undo the shackles The chains that bind Show him no fear Mind crystal clear Push through the walls Keep standing tall Blood in the sand Moving left then move to the right Try to match the speed of light I'm burning up, my spirit holds fast But I don't know how long my body will last Release the limits Open the gates Lose the shackles Lose the weights Release the limits My soul unbound So spill your blood now And taste the ground Release the limits Open the gates Undo the shackles Remove the weights Release the limits Your back to the floor Undo the shackles To even the score Break the limits Open the gates Gone are the shackles And gone the weights Break the limits My soul unbound So spill your blood now And taste the ground Light growing dim Still won't give in Break through the walls Keep standing tall Blood in the sand Blood in the sand Blood in the sand Blood in the sand
4.	My Friend 06:24	lyrics	buy track
I'm thinking of you every day Now that you've gone so far away And I lay dreaming Silently screaming your name My friend And ever since we parted ways My thoughts are shrouded in a haze The bond we forged that You can't forget Until the day we die Through all of the time that we shared With all of my life that you "spared on a whim" I will search high and low Through all the rain and snow To see your face again In the wind In the leaves In the valleys and seas I will never relent or fall onto my knees In the fire In the flames In the agony and pain I will never give up on you My friend Through darkened shadows black as night It's always you for whom I fight Whatever the weight I'll bear the burden of your hate My friend And even if our paths should part Your image burns inside my heart The day we first met Our fates forever set until The end Through all of the sorrow and pain I know that inside you've been feeling the same However lost it seems I won't give up my dream To be with you again In the wind In the leaves In the valleys and seas I will never relent or fall onto my knees In the fire In the flames In the agony and pain I will never give up on you I know that it's almost time I know your heart and you know mine The final hour nears Becoming oh so clear Is it our time to go? In the wind In the leaves In the valley, we bleed In the end you are here for me, that's all I need In the dirt In the stone You don't have to be alone I will always be here with you My friend
5.	Resolution 02:14		buy track

about

At the risk of sounding like a cheesy award acceptance speech, I'd like to thank many beautiful people, so bear with it.

Jeff and Logan for being there for me and accepting my sluttery and mood issues among many other things
Sabrina/Luna Rabbit for being an awesome girlbestie and putting up with my incessantly gay flirting in public spaces
Jinx for the loving artistic rendition of Belphegor rocking out on the shitter and the legwork behind DoD Girls' Night
Steph for organizing Sapphic Sunday and keeping me good company on the way to the train station
Unknown Pseudoartist for being best Chocobuddy and reaching out to collab from time to time
evilsonic for having more love, enthusiasm, and needless statistic knowledge for Dwelling of Duels than he knows what to do with
TheManPF, I swear to god, you WILL someday fucking predict my entry wrong and you will not see it coming
Triple B Music for being an awesome singer and managing to figure out some cool shit about themselves, that's what we call character development babyyyyy
Prince uf Darkness for being the ever-challenging final boss of the vgm scene
Snappleman for hosting Punchfest and indirectly making me feel like slightly less of a cringe ass nerd for writing a concept album about gay ninja shounen manga at the age of 33
Masashi Kishimoto for being an absolute fucking enigma of a writer and human being and that interview where he implied he'd fuck Shikamaru
Elijah for wrecking my shit at Guilty Gear and making me up my Bridget game
Tuck for acknowledging that keytars are like the coolest instrument in existence
Noriaki Sugiyama for voicing a character of all time
Yuri Lowenthal for voicing the same character of all time but in English
Katy A.D. for giving me a sick ass tattoo of said character of all time
Nicole for still being up for shooting the shit about boobs and giant robots with me
Andromeda for slipping a Basshunter cover into a vgm competition and putting up with Mike's shenanigans on a daily basis
darmock for letting me crash in her basement that one time
Ronin Op F for appreciating peak 2D Zelda enough to make a really cool album about it
MeckaMecha for popping in every morning just to say "Haldo!" through a cute foxgirl
Austin for being gracious about the nickname "John Dwelling"
newmajoe for bringing saxy back
Ivan Hakstok for being a pathological liar to keep us on our toes
zeonicfreak for slipping anime song alts into DoD from time to time
Tremendouz for being a powerful MIDI sorcerer of some kind and his array of funny doot-doot instruments
vorazio for watering the level lol
KyleJCrb for being an all-around cool dude and playing my stuff on NGI here and there
Cory Johnson for his unwavering love of Celeste and Main Menu (PAL Version)
Ian Martyn for being an a capella virtuoso
Earth Kid for contributing vocals to my dumb sappy ballad about King Arthur if he were a cute anime girl
GlacierNine for accepting the lost media of peepeespaceadventure into his music library
Xaleph for reviving animeremix
Nemo for walking me through Codenames
Kirina for showing up to the first DoD Girls' Night
General Grunt for his knack for theatrics and mad genius in puppetry and other creative endeavors
jnWake for not killing me over the Sex 2 thing
angrypolarbear for having a heart of gold and vocal and keyboard chops to match
Shael Riley for letting me cover his legendary OLR classic 'Juese Belmont'
colorado weeks for reminding me ThaSauce is still a thing
JayC for doing the thankless extra mod work since before it was cool
Daisuke Ishiwatari for being an inspiration at both guitar and character design
M-H for solidifying my early love of viddy game metal
My extended family on both my partners' ends for their unconditional love and acceptance
Anyone I forgot to specifically mention from Dwelling of Duels or the vgm community in general, or anyone at all, y'all are amazing, and even the ones I did specifically mention, I probably have way more to say about them, but these liner notes are getting stupidly long as it is

And last but absolutely not fucking least, I'd like to dedicate this album to the memory of the late Sidney Benson. You were taken from the world too soon, and I wish I'd gotten to know you better.

credits

released February 3, 2024

Nikki - Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Composition, Lyrics, Sequencing, Mixing, Mastering, eating, sleeping, shitting, farting, procrastinating, collecting weeb trash, gaming, gay sex, breathing

Jinx - Album artwork ( thejinx.wordpress.com )