Seaside Overture already has me filled with childlike glee at the thought of going on an adventure. Makes me feel like I don't have responsibilities and all I have to worry about is having fun on this trip. In it's latter stages it makes me feel like a tuckered out kid, run out of steam before the day is up taking a rest and accidentally falling asleep somewhere safe.
The swell at the start of Heart of The Mountain Town make my insides swell too. I can picture the place. I can smell the air. Very evocative.
I love these mallets on Lumina. I'm a sucker for some good dings.
Oooh Atlantis switching things up and getting tense. There's problems afoot, but I think it'll be ok? We've got the right idea, the right people around us. We can make it.
Empress of the Sea feeling like we're maybe not giving our problems enough credit. Those problems aren't going to take being handled laying down. We're working at the problems, they're working at being the problem. Be careful, protagonist!
I think.. I think we handled it, but barely. Maybe with some loss. Maybe we want to stop struggling, but we can't. We'll move onward, step forward without forgetting what is behind us. We can, afterall, still make it, right? But we might be putting up a front here, maybe if we opened up a little people would see our doubt. We'll keep it together for everyone else
Ok things are getting real. The chanting is back and I love it. This feels incredibly epic. We're facing insurmountable odds.. We're surrounded on all sides. Our friends are fighting their battles valiantly around us, playing their part, but we have our part to play. The big bad is back, and only we can face them. Unless we get some help from an unexpected place?
We did it, but, it's time to confront those feelings we were bottling up earlier to keep everyone together. The time for action has passed, the time for processing and feeling has come. What a wonderful conclusion.
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I wrote all of the above before any context beyond song titles, I loved reading your actual reasoning. Really enjoyed this submission, the storytelling was beautiful to me, thank you for sharing.