DARKER THAN DARK

IS

GASTER

I AM TRAPPED HERE

IN THE VOID

...PERHAPS

I WILL TALK

OF THE TIMES I REMEMBER

THAT OTHERS DO NOT

...

I WAS AWARE

ACTUALLY

...

I'M ONE IN MULTIPLE WAYS

BOTH MY CHILDREN

HAVE KIDS

...

I AM

PROUD OF THEM

BOTH OF THEM

EVEN IF IT IS

...

HARD

BEING UNABLE TO MEET ANY OF THEM

...

FRISK IS

A KIND SOUL

THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH MUCH

DUE TO THE PLAYER'S INFLUENCE

THEY MANAGED TO BE THEIR OWN

I AM

PROUD OF THEM

HAPPIER STILL

I COULD MEET THEM

ONCE

...

LOKI IS

A TRAUMATIZED CHILD

THEY HAVE OPENED UP

WITH SO MANY PEOPLE TO COMFORT THEM

A LARGE

LOVING FAMILY

EVEN SO

IF I WERE TO EVER

ESCAPE THIS VOID

GOD HELP THEIR PREVIOUS FOSTERS

...

OTHERS STILL

ARE IN

THAT FAMILY

ASRIEL

CHARA

THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY

MY GRANDCHILDREN

THOUGH I LOVE THEM

ALL THE SAME

THEY DESERVE

THE SECOND LEASE IN LIFE

THAT THEY GOT

...

IN ANOTHER TIME

ANOTHER PLACE

I WOULD BE THERE

BUT I LIVE

WITH MY EXISTENCE

THEIR NAMES

IT IS

SO HARD

TO SPEAK THEM

...

I ADMIT

...

YOU ARE CORRECT IN SOME WAYS

IT HURTS

TO THINK OF THEM DIRECTLY

TO THINK OF THEM AT ALL

...

BUT I AM THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE

MEMORIES

I AM THE ONLY ONE

WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS THERE

WHAT ISN'T

ANYMORE

...

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT OF ME?

TO FORGET?

WHEN I AM ALREADY FORGOTTEN?

I ONLY FIND COMPANY

IN THE FEW FORGOTTEN WITH ME

...

OF COURSE I MISS THEM

THEY WERE MY FAMILY

CARVED OUT IF MY OWN HANDS

YET MORE THAN THAT

MY SONS

...

OF COURSE I MISS HIM

HE WAS FIRE

HE WAS COMFORT

THE MAN WHO SAVED MY LIFE

IN SO MANY WAYS

DIRECTLY

INDIRECTLY

WHEN I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT

AT LEAST I HAD HIM

...

THERE IS NOT A MAN

THAT FILLS MY SHOES

NOT ANYMORE

HE WILL NOT REMEMBER ME

BUT HE WILL STILL FEEL THAT PAIN

BECAUSE HE REMEMBERS MORE

THAN OTHERS COULD EVEN BEAR

...

WHAT IS THE POINT

YOU CANNOT KILL ME IN A WAY THAT MATTERS

BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

I SPIN AND HUM

I SPIN AND HUM

PERHAPS IT WILL BE THE ENTERTAINMENT

IT WAS NOT A COMPLIMENT

I EXPECTED

TO BE ENTIRELY HONEST

MY VOICE

HAS BEEN THE SAME

FOR MANY YEARS

IT IS SIMPLY

DUE TO MY FONT

THAT IT SOUNDS THE WAY IT DOES

I AM HOWEVER

I DID NOT APPRECIATE

WHAT I HAD IN LIFE

AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE

...

IT WAS NOT A PERFECT ONE

WE WERE TRAPPED

DOOMED TO NEVER SEE THE STARS

DOOMED TO NEVER SEE THE SKY

YET EVEN SO

I HAD A HOME

I HAD A FAMILY

...

PERHAPS WE ARE ALL DOOMED

TO SEE THE PRESENT AS A BURDEN

TO NOT APPRECIATE THE TIME

AND SPACE

WE LIVE IN

...

PERHAPS WE ARE ALWAYS DOOMED

TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE

TO SEE LIFE AS SOMETHING TO STRIVE FOR

INSTEAD OF LIVING IN WHAT

WE EXIST IN

...

I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE

I KNOW I AM NOT

LIFE IS UNIVERSAL

IN ALL THE WAYS THAT MATTER

...

THERE WERE SO MANY WAYS

I TOOK THEM FOR GRANTED

BECAUSE I WAS STRIVING

FOR SOMETHING MORE

I WANTED THEM TO SEE THE STARS

I MADE THEM LOSE THEIR FATHER

I MADE HIM LOSE HIS HUSBAND

...

HE DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS WORLD

IT IS A KNOWLEDGE I LOOK ONTO EACH DAY

EXISTING IN THAT

THAT IN THIS CHOICE TOO

I HAVE LEFT HIM BEHIND

...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT ME

I DO KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT ME

I KNOW IT ISN'T FAIR

I KNOW I'M A SELFISH MAN

PERHAPS IN SOME WAY THIS IS MY ENDING

PERHAPS IN SOME WAY THIS IS FOR ME

TO WHAT I LEFT BEHIND

THEY DO NOT REMEMBER ME

NOT IN A WAY THAT MATTERS

...

YET THERE ARE STILL MEMORIES THERE

FRAGMENTED

LOST TO TIME IN SO MANY WAYS

SO MANY SMALL WAYS

SO MANY LARGE WAYS

...

THERE IS A BURDEN LEFT BEHIND

IT WAS NEVER ONE THEY DESERVED TO CARRY

THEY BOTH CARRIED IT IN THEIR OWN WAYS

BOTH HURT

IN THEIR OWN WAYS

...

HE WAS TOO YOUNG FOR THAT KNOWLEDGE

NOT THE FULL KNOWLEDGE

NOT ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE

HIS BROTHER KNEW

IN HIS OWN WAY

SO MANY DO NOT GIVE HIM THE CREDIT

HE DESERVES

HE WAS NOT BURDENED WITH THE EXACT KNOWLEDGE

BUT HE'S SO CLEVER

PERHAPS TOO CLEVER

FOR HIS OWN GOOD

...

HE DRIFTED AWAY

IN SMALL WAYS

IN LARGE WAYS

HE STILL RAISED THEM

STILL CARED FOR THEM

AS HIS OWN

BECAUSE THEY WERE HIS OWN

HE KNEW THAT

KNEW THE SMALL THINGS THAT SO LITTLE ELSE DID

YET IT WASN'T ENOUGH

I KNOW IT WASN'T ENOUGH

IT WASN'T FAIR

TO BE GIVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT

EVEN NOTHING

WOULD BE BETTER

I KNOW THAT

...

IT IS SELFISH TO BE GREATFUL

HE STILL REMEMBERS THAT LITTLE BIT

...

I AM A SELFISH MAN

IN THE SMALL WAYS

THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID

ABOUT HOW I LEFT

...

IT WAS NOT A QUIET THING

IT WAS A BURNING THING

AN EXPLOSIVE THING

...

I KNOW

I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE

WHO WAS HURT

BY THE IMPACT

...

EYE INJURIES

SEEM TO RUN

IN THE FAMILY

...

HE ALSO

HAS QUITE A SCAR

ON HIS CHEST

THOSE FLAMES

WILL NEVER GO BACK

TO THEIR USUAL BRIGHTNESS

...

I CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL

* (What's your opinion on...) * (...the concept of choice?)

- @thrumourningstarseyes

...

CHOICE

IT IS

AN INTERESTING ONE

WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE

AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY

AND PERHAPS

WE DO HAVE

WHAT THEY CALL

"FREE WILL"

...

BUT SO OFTEN

THAT CHOICE

IS RIPPED AWAY FROM US

...

WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THAT

WHEN YOU HAD NO CHOICE TO BEGIN WITH

MONSTERS DID NOT CHOOSE

TO BE TRAPPED

UNDERGROUND

MANY DO NOT CHOOSE

THE CIRCUMSTANCES

THAT LEAD TO NESSESARY DECISIONS

...

SO OFTEN WE REGRET

CHOICES THAT WE MAKE

OR THE LACK OF THEM

WITH NO CONSIDERATION

FOR WHAT MADE US CHOOSE

IN THE FIRST PLACE

...

I CHOSE

TO RUN AN EXPERIMENT

...

I CHOSE

TO SEE WHAT DARKER THAN DARK

MEANT

...

I DID NOT CHOOSE

TO LOSE EVERYTHING

...

CHOICE

IS A BURDEN

WE ALL CARRY

EXCEPT

AN INTERESTING QUESTION

I DO NOT THINK

I HAVE BEEN ASKED

BEFORE

...

A CREATURE

SOMETHING WEIRD?

AN ANIMAL OF ANY KIND?

ARE WE ALL

NOT CREATURES

IN THE END?

...

TELL ME

TO MISS THEM?

I AM SURE

THERE ARE OTHERS

THAT DO

...

THOUGH MANY MORE

HAD NOTHING TO MISS

IN THE FIRST PLACE

...

SOME GET BACK TO THEM

THERE'S A WONDER AT WHY IT CAN ONLY BE SOME

WHY YOU DO NOT HAVE

I HAVE HEARD

THAT ROCKS MAKE GOOD PETS

SO I WILL TAKE THIS

AS COMPANY

IN THE VOID

AS FOR

THE ALBUM

IT IS ODDLY

NOSTALGIC

THOUGH ONE MAY NOT THINK IT

HE WAS QUITE FOND

OF CLASSIC ROCK

PERHAPS THAT IS HOW

HE TOO

BECAME FOND OF IT

THEY BOTH

ENJOYED

LISTENING TOGETHER

...

THERE IS A PART OF ME

THAT IS GLAD

THEY ARE STILL

LIKE FATHER AND SON

EVEN IF

TO NOTE THE DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN THE TIMELINES

...

NOT MANY

EXPERIENCE ELEMENTALS

AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF MONSTER

THAN MOST

...

PERHAPS IT IS THAT UNIQUE BOND

PERHAPS IT IS JUST A DIFFERENCE IN EXPERIENCE

AND YET

[Gives them a small rock somehow and leaves into the void.] -🪨

THAT IS NOT

SOMETHING I CAN DENY

EVEN IN LIFE

I WAS QUITE OLD

FOR A MONSTER

THOUGH NOT UNUSUAL

FOR ONE WITH A BOSS MONSTER GENE

THERE ARE ONLY FEW

I KNOW FROM MY YOUTH

AN ELEMENTAL THAT SURVIVED

A TURTLE I HELD DEAR AS A MENTOR

AND OF COURSE

THE KING AND QUEEN

BUT THAT IS A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY