Clancy was abused to some degree during the SAI era, I'll be talking a lot about the sexual side of that

Clancy was regularly drugged or on some kind of meds during the sai era

Nico and Keons atleast used to have something going on between them

in all these little bits where it says “yeah-yeah”, I had misheard (which is probably the product of primarily listening to this song during class and not looking into the lyrics further after) him and believed he was saying “waiting”. Even before I knew about the lore and Clancybearer, I fully thought that he was singing “waiting” instead.

After learning the lore I’d just assumed it was something with Nova / Bishop Clancy or a parallel to Drag Path. (This is also because I learned the lore after drag path was released on streaming, I think)

(“can you find me” // “waiting” (for you to find me))

I heard it as Clancy/Nova waiting for Torchbearer to find / save him, because Torchbearer still believes in him.

OR, alternatively, I see it as, Clancy/Nova waiting for Torchbearer to simply…give up on them. Finally realize the cons outweighed the pros and move on.

That was my initial thought and I’d never thought of it more than that because I’d never actually read the lyrics (I can usually pick up lyrics fairly quickly, so I don’t usually look them up unless I’m referencing them directly).

Don’t ask how I misheard so bad. I truly don’t know.

But anyway. My misinterpretation aside (oops), I have new lyrics to overanalyze and had a thought— if we go off that this is Clancy/Nova singing to Torchbearer, what if the “yeah-yeah”s in the background are supposed to be Torchbearer responding to what Clancy’s saying.

There’s some good potential here, I think!

— “yeah-yeah” = patronizing, “yeah, whatever, you’re talking nonsense, of course i still believe in you— to think I wouldn’t is being ridiculous”

or, my personal favorite interpretation:

— “yeah-yeah” = agreeing, “yeah, you broke my heart. yeah, you turned your back on me. yeah, you did all these things. yeah i still love you.”

^ there are no “yeah-yeah”s in the bridge or chorus. in the bridge it could be seen as TB not agreeing— he’s not saying “yeah” because he wasn’t keeping track.