Arcane Memories (Album)

## OFFICI**Λ**L DESCRIPTION

The **Arcane Memories** (stylized as **ΛRCΛNE MEMORIES**) is the first mini-album of both HM and **Chrysalis** to have been used specifically for a story and demo reel. The mini-album for The Arcana consists of three original songs both composed and written by the story's writers, **Austin Dy** and **Amree Aguinaldo**, a piano and a reprised version of one song for a total of five tracks. Parriss Bell provided editing, and Haruto Miyano produced the mini-album.

## TR**Λ**CKLIST

1. "**Eyes Wide Open**" - 3:25
	1. "**Eyes Wide Open (Piano Ver.)**" - 3:16
	2. "**Eyes Wide Open (Reprise)**" - 2:31
2. "**Eleven : Eleven**" - 3:53
	1. "**Eleven : Eleven (Ocarina Ver.)**" - 3:53
3. "**Blood, Sweat, and Tears**" - 3:40

## EYES WIDE OPEN

* Original Version
* Reprised Version

[Austin]:

The memories erased from walking long

Recollections when they lost long ago

Emptiness I felt when you were gone

Lonely echos of the stories you've told

[Amree]:

If you would count to two; signaling the cue

Manifesting greater things than you used to

And I will volunteer when it's all unclear

The mem'ries won't disappear

[Austin]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

And I'll stay, with you, we'll go wherever

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

Our eyes are open wider, today until forever

I'll stay with you

[Amree]:

Spread the arcana and chase the moon

Predict the future and the strong typhoon

Climate changes and the Earth's bad moods

Whatever happens it is you I choose

[Austin:]

If you would count to two; signaling the cue

Manifesting greater things than you used to

And I will volunteer when it's all unclear

The mem'ries won't disappear

[Amree]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

And I'll stay, with you, we'll go wherever

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

Our eyes are open wider, today until forever

I'll stay with you

[Austin]:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Amree:]

I'll stay with you

[Austin]:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Amree]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

And I'll stay, with you, I'll go wherever

[Austin]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

Our eyes are open wider, today until forever

[Both]:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Austin]:

I'll stay with you

[Amree]:

Our eyes are open wider

Tonight

[Both]:

If she were to see you, how you made it through

Dry your cries, close your eyes, because she loves you

[Amree]:

The memories erased from walking long

Recollections when they lost long ago

Climate changes and the Earth's bad moods

Whatever happens it is you I choose

[Austin]:

If you would count to two; signaling the cue

Manifesting greater things than you used to

And I will volunteer when it's all unclear

The mem'ries won't disappear

[Amree]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

And I'll stay, with you, we'll go wherever

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

Our eyes are open wider, today until forever

I'll stay with you

[Austin with Amree]:

I'll stay (I'll stay), I see new powers (new powers)

And I'll stay (I'll stay with you), with you, we'll go wherever (go wherever)

And I'll stay (I'll stay), with you I see new powers

[Both]:

Our eyes are open wider

[Austin:]

Today until forever

[Both:]

I'll stay with you

[Austin]:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Amree:]

I'll stay with you

[Austin]:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Amree]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

And I'll stay, with you, I'll go wherever

[Austin]:

And I'll stay, with you I see new powers

Our eyes are open wider, today until forever

[Amree with Austin]:

I'll stay (I'll stay), I see new powers (new powers)

And I'll stay (I'll stay with you), with you, we'll go wherever (go wherever)

And I'll stay (I'll stay), with you I see new powers

[Both]:

Our eyes are open wider

[Amree:]

Today until forever

[Both:]

I'll stay with you

[Both]:

If she were to see you, how you made it through

Dry your cries, close your eyes, because she loves you

Written and performed by Austin Dy and Amree Aguinaldo

## ELEVEN : ELEVEN

* Lyrics

[Amree]:

This is just a little story

Of an ordinary person but it boggles my mind

About a solid squad guild

Trying to take on the realms one fight at a time

Now the funny thing about it

Ain't a story without it

But this story is mine

I wish I would've known that its ending is fine

[Austin]:

We all wanna know how it ends

[Amree]:

Oh, it's my ever after

Who would've known? Who would've known?

Past, present, and my future

Who'd like to know? I'd like to know

Arcane of the moment

Can you tell me?

Do I end up, do I end up happy?

[Amree]:

End up happy

[Austin]:

Breathe in, breathe steady, breathe out

Casting spells out my mouth

Just a guild with a goal taking over the world

And dreaming hard

In the middle of a very ditzy ending

Let's see what we got

Ready or not, ready or not

[Amree]:

We all wanna know how it ends

[Austin]:

Oh, it's my ever after

Who would've known? Who would've known?

Past, present, and my future

Who'd like to know? I'd like to know

Arcane of the moment

Can you tell me?

Do I end up, do I end up happy?

[Both]:

Tarots are stories on cards

Fate's not meant to disregard

We all have a story of tough hardships and all its glory

Tarots are stories on cards

[Amree with Austin]:

Oh, it's my ever after

Who would've known? Who would've known?

Past, present, and my future

Who'd like to know? I'd like to know

Arcane of the moment

(Austin: In this moment)

Can you tell me?

(Austin: Tell me now)

Do I end up, do I end up happy?

[Austin with Amree]:

Oh, it's my ever after

Who would've known? Who would've known?

(Amree: Who would've known?)

Past, present, and my future

(Amree: It's my future and my ever after)

Who'd like to know?

[Both]:

I'd like to know

[Austin]:

Arcane of the moment

[Amree]:

Can you tell me?

[Both]:

Do I end up, do I end up happy?

[Both]:

Can you tell me?

Do I end up, do I end up happy?

Written and performed by Austin Dy and Amree Aguinaldo

## BLOOD, SWE**Λ**T, **Λ**ND TE**Λ**RS

* Lyrics

Blood, sweat and tears, I will do what it takes

Rinsing then repeating mistakes

Trials and errors, it's all complicated

Too far to give up, I'll stay

I say sometimes that I'm not fine

And that I need a little time

I am still not out my prime

But I know just what it takes

When you ask me to jump

I say, "how high?"

When you ask me for answers

I'll look into your eyes

But now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine to fly

Now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine, the sky

(Blood, sweat and tears)

I say sometimes that I'm not fine

And that I need a little time

I'm still not out my prime

But I know just what it takes

When you ask me to jump

I say, "how high?"

When you ask me for answers

I'll look into your eyes

But now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine to fly

Now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine, the sky

When you ask me to jump

I say, "how high?"

When you ask me for answers

I'll look into your eyes

But now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine to fly

Now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine, the sky

Now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine to fly

Now that it's my turn

I'm gonna take what's mine, the sky

Blood, sweat and tears, I will do what it takes

Rinsing then repeating mistakes

Written by Austin Dy and Amree Aguinaldo, performed by Amree Aguinaldo

## TRIVI**Λ**S

##### **Eyes Wide Open**

* "Eyes Wide Open" is the first song **Austin Dy** hinted when he *accidentally* posted the lyrics in **Chrysalis**' blog post and was deleted right after, replacing the lyrics with the status post typed, "u guys didn't see anything :p"
	+ The song "Eyes Wide Open" is a nod to the K-pop girl group TWICE's second full-album with the same name.
* Austin admits in a Q&A that he had a hard time playing the piano for "Eyes Wide Open", since he says playing the piano isn't his greatest skill, but **Amree** encouraged him to do it.

##### **Eleven : Eleven**

* "Eleven : Eleven" was originally titled "Star Light, Star Bright". It was changed due to the coincidence that Amree and Austin finished writing the song at exactly 11:11 PM (Philippines and China have the same time zones).
	+ Also, Austin confesses that "Star Light, Star Bright" would be too mainstream.
* The song's kalimba/chiming melody is inspired by "Chime Time", one of Samsung's alarm ringtone. Amree mentions that she was woken up by her mother's phone which was ringing at the time, and the melody got stuck in her head. Instead of turning her mother's alarm off, she composed the chorus of "Eleven : Eleven", adding beats to the ringtone.
* Amree used her cousin's ocarina to cover "Eleven : Eleven". The main reason for the ocarina cover is to compose a instrumental for the demo reels.
* Amree admitted to almost crying while she and Austin were writing "Eleven : Eleven", even if the song isn't exactly a sad song. Its tempo is rather upbeat, to say the least.

##### **Blood, Sweat, and Tears**

* The reason why Amree is the sole singer of the song is because Austin admits the song is too high for his vocal range and Amree could hit the notes. Austin does have his own piano solo in the album.

##### **Miscellaneous**

* Both Amree and Austin didn't use autotune for their voices, although they did adjust the pitch and volume of each other's voices in order to match the pitch of each song.

* Austin had to record his voice using a microphone covered with his old sock that has a missing pair as a pop filter to emit unwanted sounds.

* Austin jokingly tells Amree in the Q&A that they should make a parody of Over the Moon's "Ultraluminary" for The Arcana because it fits the theme.

* The album cover displays "Yuan Dy" and "Kit Aguinaldo" instead of "Austin Dy" and "Amree Aguinaldo". The reason for this is unknown.

* Austin's favorite song is "Eleven : Eleven", while Amree likes "Blood, Sweat, and Tears".