The Mystery Figure – "Untitled Ending Theme"
Channel: bert
Date: 2019-08-31

I composed this song in... 2017? 2018? Fuck who knows anymore. I'm not sure where the inspiration came from. I remember wanting to use seventh chords in a song because a lot of my compositions are basically simple four chord songs.
I also remember I wanted to make something that reminded me of older rock music, but I didn't really have anything to draw inspiration from since the majority of the music I listen to is from the most recent decades. I think the oldest song I have in my music library is on a soundtrack for a film.

I really don't like sadness. As someone who has depression, I've learned to embrace it and accept it. Even though it makes me feel awful and at oftentimes it leads to negative thoughts, I have grown to accept that my depression exists. I can treat it and I can work through my worst moments, and I can also express my depression through writing, composing, and creating.

I don't know what this song will be for. I have so many ideas and concepts that I've kept in my mind for so long. Peradventure was my first attempt and it didn't turn out the way I expected - both in a good and bad way. A Quieter Light to Illuminate the Dark is another attempt, and I haven't even finished that. I also have R7, Someday I'll Find My Way Back Home, and a fifth TBA work that I have a great name for. You Are All I Want was a standalone single that I didn't expect at all - and it still exists, along the same vein as AQLTITD (they're both about/for the same person).

To me, this song (in the video) sounds like something that wraps everything up in a nice bow and presents (pun intended) itself as a gift. I only wish I were a lot better at making music, and had the equipment to properly record it without it sounding so awful.

But I needed to capture the moment.

I tend to release videos like this in one take because to me, the mistakes are a part of the music I make. I don't want those mistakes to exist, of course, but they do and sometimes they make for some beautiful accidents (like in the original version of "Memory is the Key").

Whatever this song is supposed to be, it's a guide to what I'm working towards. I don't know what the journey will be like, but this is what I'm working to end my music with.

The Mystery Figure has been a project I've worked on since the beginning of 2010, when I was a freshman in high school who had dreams of being a rock star that would tour the world and sing music people enjoyed. And maybe that's not where my path has taken me, but I hope I can at least make music that resonates with someone in the way that it resonates with me and my mental health.

For now, it is untitled.