#sing like no one's listening

[zivazivc]

“Floyd, could you sing to me?”

The big brother looked up from where he was tucking the blanket under Branch’s feet. “Sure thing,” he said with a light smile.  “What would you like to hear? A lullaby?”

“I don’t know,” Branch mumbled as he nestled his head into the pillow. “You choose.”

Floyd could still see a crease of worry between his baby brother’s brows. He softly brushed a thumb over it in a silent reassurance that everything was going to be okay before he turned around to reach for their dad’s old guitar.

I think Floyd would often sing to Branch to get him to fall asleep, usually the songs and lullabies their parents sang when the older four were still little.

I know in the movie it seemed like they all left right after their fight, but I like to imagine that they just stormed off to cool off and that they actually left in the following days. And that this was the last song Floyd sang for Branch that night. :')

Both Sides Now (specifically this cover by Voncken) Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They snow and rain on everyone So many things I would've done But clouds got in the way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's clouds’ illusions, I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancin' way you feel When every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughin' as you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It's love's illusions, I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now my friends, they’re acting strange They shake their heads, and say I've changed Well, something's lost, but something's gained In living life each day I've looked at life from both sides now From up and down And give and take And win and lose, and still somehow It's life's illusions, I recall I really don't know life... I really don't know life at all

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #i think their mom used to sing this one to them #john dory standing behind the door listening in like 🙄. . .🧍‍♂️(😢😭) . . . pff whatever... 😒🚶‍♂️ #trolls floyd #trolls branch #baby branch #trolls band together #trolls fanart #dw trolls #my art #illustration #i love drawing trolls because i can play so much with textures #like they're fuzzy creatures and i love it #that light bug thing is there bc i needed a light source and i didn't want to draw a lamp #both sides now #i am very soft and emotional about this song don't ask why #joni mitchell #floyd feels like such an old soul #you know he sings john lennon songs #trolls spoilers #i have so many more thoughts about that fight/post fight but i will shut up for now

[hella1975]

noah kahan really said growing up in a small, bitter hometown is about the rage and the hatred that's been sung about many times before but it's also about love and devotion and the 'all three of us were drowning and we didn't know how to save each other but there was an understanding that we were all drowning together' of it all and knowing people so intimately yet not being able to help anyone and he's morally grey at best in a lot of his songs and objectively the bad guy in others and that's just how it is and it's about substance abuse and normalised crime and teen suicide and country roads and failed exams and leaving and being left and love and hate and love and hate and love and

#anyway. listening to orange juice again. like it's my fault #girls when growing sideways and view between villages and northern attitude and homesick and stick season come on #like new england must actually be called that for a reason bc you cant convince me this guy isnt actually secretly singing about england #like even when he sings about the WEATHER im like !!! this guy gets it fr!!! #IM TIRED OF DIRT ROADS NAMED AFTER HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND'S GRANDFATHERS AND MOTHERFUCKERS HERE DONT KNOW #THEY CAUGHT THE BOSTON BOMBERS TIME MOVES SO DAMN SLOW I SWEAR I FEEL MY ORGANS FAILING I STOPPED CARING ABOUT A MONTH AGO #SINCE IT'S BEEN SMOOTH SAILING I WOULD LEAVE IF ONLY I COULD FIND A REASON IM MEAN BECAUSE I GREW UP IN NEW ENGLAND!!! #or the entirety of growing sideways. divvied up my anger into 30 seperate parts keep the bad shit in my liver and the rest around my heart #r u even listening. what the hell #HONEY COME OVEERRRRRR THE PARTY'S GONE SLOWERRR AND NO ONE WILL TEMPT YOU WE KNOW YOUVE GONE SOBER <- sobbing #noah kahan #stick season

[uncanny-tranny]

"haha, are you an art gay, a science gay, or a math gay"

Actually, I find the division between art, science, and math to be a very nebulous idea and useless when you actually interact with the universe. The more you learn about the world, the more you surround yourself with art and science and math, and you'll never be able to see it any other way and it will be beautiful. When I take your hand, it won't be the science of our atoms closing the distance between us that we will experience, but the math of our fingers interlocking and the art of our bodies that we will experience. You are math and you are science and you are art, and nothing will make you any lesser💛

#positivity #the planets are singing right now. are you listening? #if you can't experience the art of science and the science of art then i think you're missing out #the more i intentionally try to learn the more i love art and sfience and the world 💛 #i was always more of a humanities person but i've grown restless and taking up science??????? holy shit?????? #i was in class the other day and a very simple concept finally clicked in a fundamental way and i think that's why i'm alive actually #i think i know how michaelangelo felt when he painted the creation of adam #this is why i really encourage y'all to look up on youtube some free lectures because some of them are so amazing #like i watched a lecture about elements and it's still fucking me up when i think about it #this is also why i despise the whole 'modern art isn't really art; it takes no skill 😡' thing people like to do #please sit down and paint one of the installments of Who's Afraid of Red Yellow and Blue #i've learned to appreciate that installment and art series as of late and i think it's nice art #i love this stupid fucking world 👾

[lamina-tsrif]

girl help my brain is boku wa doctor

#og art #one piece #tony tony chopper #monkey d. luffy #going merry #n while I was draw and surfing the internet it finally clicked that this is like. during drum island n this is choppers first song w/ other #god that’s so cute #AND NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THE LIKE. 50 SONGS THAT ARE IN CHARACTER BY THE OP VAS?? THEY ALL SLAP #CURRENTLY LISTENING THROUGH THEM RN AND GOD THEY CAN ALL SING

[cupophrogs]

Did you bring anything(like a phone or something) or a reason to be in the factory before you got thrown into the metaphorical deep end of “Toy hell”

Also, what happened after you got pass Huggy

“And Huggy? Honestly, I tried to get back to the front entrance after he took his tumble to The Depths. But whaddaya know, the vent was closed! So, downstairs my grumpy ass went. Then I met Poppy. But I’m lucky enough to still have song downloaded on my Spotify, so we get to play music, albeit sparingly.”

#Drew lore?? More likely than you’d think #yes he is in college #yes he lives in a dorm #yes he told is roommate he was visiting his parents when he in fact was not #there is like #no one to notice if Drew went missing #or at least none who would know where to look #except maybe one #wink wink #phrart #art #Drew poppy playtime #ask the three d’s #the three d’s #poppy playtime fanart #poppy playtime chapter 3 #Drew listens to classical choral music and makes Dogday and Pops listen with him #(sometimes he sings if it’s a song he’s learned! it’s very therapeutic for him)

[djsadbean]

theyre just so annoying. all they do is show up to the lounge club and play music solely for each other, forgetting the 50 other people in the room

if tumblr takes this down, the song is: that's life by dennis van aarssen

#my-art #wordgirl #steven boxleitner #amazo guy #amazing cheese #god id be unstoppable if i could just make animatics all day #i imagine adam getting super into it and hes literally just thinking about how good steven sounds on the trumpet #and steven is super into is just listening to adams voice #i also think it would be so fun to have them do a surprise duet one night bc steven doesnt usually sing and rather plays for the band #and they just harmonize PERFECTLY #also this is not a voice claim #i just like the song :3 #i think adam would wound like an aladdin/flynn rider mix but a lil deeper #hmm looking at this again like 15 hours later I’m not sure I like the sketches anymore LOL #ain’t that just the way #I’ll still post em tho bc I like the first one #but drawing is hard gah

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Baby Taylor's baby voice is so endearing and it's going to be bittersweet to "lose" that on the TVs, but I'm really excited to hear how they clean up (or not) the production on Debut. I mean I know they're going to make it as accurate as possible to the originals, but I mean in the actual sound mixing and stuff. Because I feel like this album could benefit the most from some of that! Which is not to say that the original is bad BECAUSE IT'S NOT, but I think there is subtle stuff they can do with the mixing/blending/instrumentals/treble/etc. to make it shine even more.

#I don't want to say it sounds 'amateur' because it was obviously recorded by professionals #but there are some parts where i notice certain things in how her voice blends with the instrumentation #and I think they're really going to be able to make this part soar waaaaaaay more #like it almost sounds in some parts like she's singing over a karaoke track #instead of a full production if you get what i mean #it's just the difference of 20 years of evolution in sound production and design and in her own increased experience in producing #(sorry my dad does this stuff and like one road trip we spent the whole time listening to the latest mix of an album he was producing #and mixing for a friend and it's engrained in my brain how he was like dictating notes for me to write down so he could go back and fix #when we got home 😂)

[shima-draws]

It’s literally like 500 episodes away but people keep WARNING me about it and I’m Scared

#One Piece #WCI #Whole Cake Island #He’s right behind me isn’t he. #LISTEN. I KNOW this shit is gonna fucking DEEEEESTROY me. Let me pretend I’m still oblivious okay #I will sing and dance my way through the next 500 episodes pretending everything is okay #And then you will see me cry like a little bitch when I get to WCI DON’T YOU WORRY #Not to mention the arc BEFORE that. You KNOW the one. #Anyway. It’s fine :) I’m not worried :)) It will be okay and it won’t hurt and I won’t cry and I’m not going to think about it tee hee :))) #Shima speaks

[zer0wlet]

#zero draws #zero draws ponies #applejack #tankman #okay this one is a little out there but listen #my fiancé is big into fnf mods #and there's one where aj and tankman sing together #and i thought it was cute #so #crackship #mlp fim #mlp fanart #newgrounds #I'll always be a rarijack believer but silly ships like this are fun

[definitelynotshouting]

“The universe sings,” Grian said.

He sounds vaguely distant- like he’s speaking from hundreds of blocks away rather than right next to Mumbo.

He turns on his bed, slow halting movements, to face him.

“Did you know?”

Mumbo can only stare.

“…Sings?” He asks. He shifts on his chair.

Grian seems to want to nod, but aborts the motion halfway, and hums instead.

“Yeah. The code. It sings, if you listen close enough,” Grian mumbles.

Mumbo opens his mouth, then closes it again.

Grian exhales a long breath, and his eyes drift close.

“Can you hear it?”

Mumbo watches the way Grian’s chest rises and falls, shallowly, slowly.

He closes his eyes, and strains to hear.

He hears- Tango out in another room of the house, pacing circles around the kitchen. Mumbo can tell it’s Tango by the shuffle in his walk.

He can hear birds outside, twittering. Wind rustling through branches. An animal- a pig, maybe, trotting along some grass.

It’s quite calming really- but he doesn’t hear singing. At least, he doesn’t think he does?

When he opens his eyes again, it’s to Grian staring right at him.

Mumbo exhales in one sharp breath- he didn’t realise he’d stopped breathing- and meets Grian’s gaze.

“Did you mean like, actual singing or- or was that metaphorical? Because I can’t hear anything other than trees, mate,” he says, only half-joking.

Grian huffs a small laugh, and shakes his head.

“Nah, it’s not really singing-singing. It’s music, though. You’ve definitely heard some of it- discs. That’s the easiest way to hear it. But that’s- so few of what’s out there. There’s more music, if you know how to listen for it,” he hums. His eyes close again, and he leans more into the mattress.

Mumbo pauses, and thinks on that for a moment. Music discs, huh? He supposes it seems plausible, that there’d be more music out there.

But then why has he never heard it? Mumbo doesn’t ever recall hearing ‘the code sing’. If it’s tied into music discs, then is it naturally generated? Is hearing it a ‘watcher thing’?

Mumbo glances down at his hands, traces lines of dirt under his fingernails.

He nods, though Grian can’t see it anyway. He makes some vague ‘see you later’ comment he can’t bother to think about, and carefully gets to his feet.

At the doorframe, he peers back.

Grian lies there, breathing steadily.

Mumbo turns and leaves, closing the door behind him.

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headcanon that the minecraft soundtrack can be heard in the code, but only if you're 'in harmony' with it. cue other headcanon of watchers being very aware of the code

HEY ANON. ANON. I ADORE THIS HOLY SHIT I FUCKING LOVE THIS HEADCANON???? The idea that the universe is constantly singing to itself, and you can hear that through the Greater Code if you really carefully listen, is something i lowkey want to canonize SO BADLY holy shit. And this is such a lovely snippet too, im always such a sucker for deeply layered conversations like this.... i adore how youve given so much depth to the sentence "the universe sings" and the implications of how and why Grian is hearing it so much right now. [THROWS UP BLOOD] IM OBSESSED.......

Also this Mumbo dialogue especially is on point youve done such a good job of capturing his little speech patterns :] STUNNING JOB ANON IM SO FLATTERED U WROTE THIS!!!!! I really think i might canonize this concept just for how absolutely amazing it is, im utterly obsessed with it

#shouting speaks #asks #hunger au #art for me #<- litcherally cannot remember if i have a specific fic for me tag or not IG I'LL FIND OUT ONCE I HIT POST... #THE IDEA THAT TJE SOUNDTRACK ARE SONGS THE UNIVERSE SINGS TO ITSELF.... IM GOING BUCKWILD #i mean its already canon the universe SINGS but u KNOW my ass is gonna be listening to the full soundtrack #tears in my eyes as i picture grian listening to it..... #i hope its okay to yoink this anon bc im enamoured with the concept truly #gods and the idea that the music discs are specifically fragments of the universe singing that you can ACTUALLY HEAR.... #i like to think that like. making music discs is p much like making custom ones the way theyre doing it #but sometimes. sometimes you find treasure discs #or you fashion it from the remains of a creeper.. and you get a little window into what the Greater Code sounds like #weeping forever and ever that u wrote this for me im saving this in my special little works inspired by hunger au folder rn #❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #fic recs #long post #txt

[theythemmer]

why is tyler posting forest fic references . what year is this . i feel like im losing my mind

#the fact that i refound stay in place sing a chorus like 2 days ago whilst looking for light a match and all i see is you #i feel like i manifested this somehow #anyway gonna go listen to it on repeat whilst reread it #time for the bitches w tiger growl teeth to stand up or whatever #blabble #tøp #twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #josh dun #WHY CANT I FUCKINH SPELL

[littlespoonevan]

Oh damn buck’s basketball warmup playlist just dropped

#911 related #to be clear i have very legitimate reasons for picking every one of these songs #like i have lyRIC EVIDENCE AKSDHF #please go do yourself a favour and listen to loved you first though bc even with them obnoxiously singing the word 'girl' every 2 seconds #it FITS #7x04

[blueskittlesart]

so today i learned that the sample track that plays when you install japanese luka is A CRUEL ANGEL'S THESIS

#imagine my surprise when i hit install on this bitch and she goes ZA N KO KU NA TE N SHI NO YO OU NIII #and. ok. shes one of those where you need to install every version seperately so it looped like 3 times while soft installed #and then i clicked on hard. expecting a different sample. because usually they have different samples for different versions #AND THE BITCH STARTS SINGING IT AGAIN. I LISTENED TO HER SING CRUEL ANGEL'S THESIS LIKE EIGHT TIMES TODAY #anyway. eva pilot luka because CLEARLY that's what she wants to be. jesus christ #megurine luka #vocaloid

[shadebloopnik]

Its unholy o'clock and im having normal thoughts like about how Bruce and his family were fans of Velvet and Veneer as popstars. Like yes of course he loved their performances, they were using Floyd's talent. Floyd, his little brother with an angelic voice, sensitive star of their band at a young age.

Of course he connected with their music, it was like hearing Floyd's own voice singing after all those years.

Beneath all that glitz and glam, Bruce felt his brother's melody and loved it just as much.

#i am so sleepy and these vouchers and journals and ledgers wont let me sleep #and all i can think of is Bruce wondering why listening to Velvet and Veneer makes him want to harmonize as well #he doesn't want to harmonize with their voices no not really #but there's something #SOMETHING beneath it all that pulls his heart and makes him feel like singing #also throwaway thought but the fact that they're a 'Veneer household' #Veneer. the non-leading twin. the more sensitive twin. the one who sings back up most the time. #yada yada yada Veneer singing lesser but giving off more Floyd vibes yada #oh stars im slepy #trolls #troll band together #trolls bruce #trolls spruce #bruce trolls #spruce trolls #troll veneer #trolls velvet #velvet and veneer #veneer trolls #velvet trolls #floyd #floyd trolls #trolls floyd #brozone

[mandaloriandragontrainer]

Headcanon that Rayla has a lovely singing voice.

#she sounds like the girl from brave #(idk if the voice is supposed to be merida) #(yes I know merida’s name) #anyway… callum is entranced #but she only sings when she thinks no one is listening #eventually she sings for him #the dragon prince #callum #tdp headcanons #mando ramblo

[funeralpyres]

this video of the crowd singing along to the modern leper and julien baker's tiny changes essay always make me want to cry

#sorry i've been listening to frightened rabbit a lot again lately #and decided to rewatch all the covers from the tribute show #there's a longer video of the crowd singing but i like this one the best #frightened rabbit #julien baker