My TAU secret santa gift for @bisexualnerd with the prompt of Dipper and Mabel's parent's post-Transcendence.
I went with an oddly vague thing but, BUT! I played all the backing tracks on my flute. That's right, Sandr plays the flute! I haven't touched the thing in five years when out of nowhere the urge to play my flute for this song hits and I just NEED to do it. So I do.
(I was going to sing it but my singing is shitt and I feel better using vocal synths cause I have the ability to pick from various voice types and feels. Plus Sweet ANN is my voice of choice. [She's right in my range.])
It's a bit simple but I wanted the lyrics and the feel of the music to carry more than the backing track.
Lyrics:
Letting Go (A TAU Fansong)
There were two of you
we were so proud
we loved you so
we watched you grow
There were two of us
we did so much
your mom and dad
how could we have known
you left us
it was our fault
we're so sorry
so sorry
we just gave up
or so it seemed
we're so sorry
so sorry
Letting go of what you love
is the first step of growing up
It's a hard time for all of us
but we believe in you so trust us
you cry out we push away
we're not quite sure what we can say
to make you get that it's better this way
'cause you wouldn'tve grown up if you had stayed
We hear of your feats
we scour the news
we print out articles on you
we may be absent but just believe
that we love you
you just don't see
you scared us
it was different
we're so sorry
so sorry
it was so new
we were without a clue
we're so sorry
so sorry
Letting go of what you love
is the first step of growing up
It's a hard time for all of us
but we believe in you so trust us
you cry out we push away
we're not quite sure what we can say
to make you get that it's better this way
'cause you wouldn'tve grown up if you had stayed
We see your face in the sky in the stars
in the constellation that we named you after
we hear your voice in our dreams in our minds
and we hope you'll realize what we did for you then
One day we hope for reconcilliation
but the wound's too fresh and we want you to get why we
let you go that day, let him take you away
without a word to say in opposition
Letting go of what you love
is the first step of growing up
It's a hard time for all of us
but we believe in you so trust us
you cry out we push away
we're not quite sure what we can say
to make you get that it's better this way
'cause you wouldn'tve grown up if you had stayed with us
(Merry [belated] Christmas @bisexualnerd!!)
