Memory Merge

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YonKaGor

THIS GOES HARD

I'm stuck in a cycle of being recommended Memory Merge and going "Memory Merge? hell yeah, thanks youtube" and listening to it on loop

The deepest scars are left by those who seemed to care

That "Born much stronger" line is so GOOD. Yonkagor does not miss with their songs, every single one is great.

yon cooked, sauteed, fried, grilled, seasoned, steamed, boiled, baked and roasted this song. absolutely amazing.

Three things: 1. This song is an absolute bop 2. The visuals are top tier 3. I could easily write for multiple pages dissecting everything I love about it just in terms of the visual design. The cinematography, the typography, the visual storytelling. Simply fantastic in every way!

Okay. Okay? Okay. First off: THIS ANIMATION?? HELLO?? The art in these videos is already stunning, but this one's animation alongside it is just... wow. The arc shots are unbelievably well done, and the singing (we'll get there in a minute) while it happens only adds to the overall impact of it. That's to say nothing of how crispy and smooth the animation itself as a whole is. The cinematography of the dramatic shots, and one of the most prominent things, the fire---especially towards the end with everything on the walls slowly burning---was so damn hype. And the vocals... don't even get me started. You can tell in their singing that Yon is genuinely having a good time when they record these. And this is a very prominent example, where it just sounds like they're belting their absolute heart out, and it makes the impact of some of the more dramatic shots that much more, well, impactful. Masterclass music, but that's no surprise when it comes to Yon at this point. Brilliantly done, to everyone involved. Amazing.

This song is so upbeat but the music video leaves me with dark undertones. The lyrics clearly talk about trauma literally and then we are shown's the cat character as a shadow silhouette where red pawprints are all over their body. This kind of makes me think of sexual abuse trauma. Then there are these lyrics "Did it really happen or were they pieces thrown around?". Not the first nor the last time when something very seriously traumatizing happens in your childhood and your conscious mind "exiles" these painful memories to protect you, then you start to question if it happened at all.

I love how most of the lyrics just piece up together like literaly seeking to connect pieces

Honestly I absolutely love the lines "Reveal all the trauma I suffered. I'll relive it all to be born much stronger." It's such an amazing phrase that shows exactly why we have all of the pain in our lives. We use it to make ourselves become way much stronger than we normally would be if we didn't go through it.

Theory time! I believe this song is about childhood trauma more specifically being gaslighted and/or hurt by a loved one or family member at a young age. As a trauma response you would try to forget what happened, the first moment chronologically you can see is at 3:00 where a child version of Speckle burning memories of their trauma. You can tell that what is being burnt is traumatic by the line "Painful times, they were all erased", and it isn't just any event that was traumatic SOMEONE hurt them by the line "Then there's no way someone else can repeat what you did to me". Then years later Speckle starts to realize something is wrong they can feel something is off about a loved one. Proof: "'Cause the sweetness on your face and the tenderness of your warm embrace somehow they left a bitter taste." As they look up at their old memories they realize everything is burnt ( 4:25 ) so they have to go though the little they have to figure out what happened all the while they doubt if anything even happened proof of this by the line "Did it really happen or were they pieces thrown around" but they keep going because they believe the "The past is all built on lies where one word could break it down". One word, one non-burnt page of their memory and they can proof it all, they can revile everything they did to them (at this point is where the song starts)... but there was nothing "Sorting recollections scanning for patterns to compare but nothing comes up to mind In the fragments that I can't repair." there wasn't a WHOLE idea only fragments of pages but it kept pressing them "There's nothing to trace painful times, they were all erased and yet my body's screaming 'Don't make the same mistake'" don't do the same thing as the child version did, forget. Then he starts to get somewhere "Can I go ahead and surrender to the visions that I just can't remember merging all of these memories to a blend of anomalies" they can't remember YET what happened and they are SO close they just want to give up to their visions to just REMEMBER their past and they start to see anomalies small pieces that didn't get burned, pieces of trauma... They want to learn this, they are no longer scared and tempted to just forget it they WANT to go through it all again "Reveal all the trauma I suffered I'll relive it all to be born much stronger then there's no way someone else can repeat what you did to me" they start to take these anomalies and ties them all together as shown in in visuals of 2:09. "Once, merely a single touch now, a swarm to undertake it's surely too late for me 'cause my limit is going to break." they get it now not just what happened but WHY they burnt it in the first place it was only a bit of hurt before but now it is a swarm of emotions as they realize what happened fully, no fragments, nothing is hidden, but they still want to persist and to not forget again they want to become stronger then the memories that hurt them "Oh, the memories stay painful times are put on replay and still, my body's screaming 'Don't make the same mistakes'", but they start to question if it was their fault (a common response to childhood trauma by the way) "Was there any chance for me to run? Was there something different that I could've done? I'm left with a mangled mind that repeats what you did to me.", and even one last time questioning if they should just forget again... "And now my memory's in disarray It forced a reinstall remember to forget them all" but there wasn't they were just a child, there was nothing more they could do. They see it was THEIR fault "Reveal all the trauma I suffered I'll relive it all, to be born much stronger then there's no way someone else can repeat what you did to me." they figured out who hurt them as a child "Now I see through all your endeavours and the sinful scars that I'll hold forever tainting all of these melodies full of mixed-up apologies."... Well that's all I have!! Love to hear comments on this, hopefully YonKaGor could read this if you are just wanna let you know I love your songs!

The best part of the song is when yon says "its YonKaTime" and starts throwing fish all over the place Edit: Hello everyone! I am the person who made the subtitles in Spanish (Latin American). Now, seriously speaking, this is the YonKaGor song I relate to the most. It was an honor to be able to translate it and I hope all Spanish speakers liked it! ❤🐟😺

I’m gonna YonKaFucking lose it if I don’t hear this on time. Edit: YonKaGor 😞

This ironically came out the same day I left a 6 year abusive relationship, and god damn is it relatable.

YonKaGor is definitely planning to make the YonKaLore a reality Edit: so i was right, because there is a lot of mentions of former OCs (Clownfish and Convict)

"Remember to forget." That line, I think, is the key for this song. It's a phrase that is meant to be a reminder to the speaker. It should remind them that they need to move on and grow. They don't need to remember because there was nothing worth remembering. Beautiful writing, Yon, as always.

I think my favorite part is the constant cuts of younger yon with the match and current yon with the mangfiying glass, before it cuts to current yon with a match too, showing that they realized what their past self felt so long ago. "Theres a reason they were thrown away". That scene just says so much from visuals alone. I love this song so much!

In 1:13 it was ”Don’t make the same mistake” but in 2:36 it's “Don’t make the same mistakes” They repeated the same mistakes…