Arcane Memories (Album)

## OFFICI**Λ**L DESCRIPTION

The **Arcane Memories** (stylized as **ΛRCΛNE MEMORIES**) is the first mini-album of both HM and **HIRAYA** to have been used specifically for a story and the short feature film. The mini-album for The Arcana consists of three original songs both composed and written by the story's writers, **Austin Dy** and **Kit** **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

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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

[Kit:]
I'll stay with you

[Austin]:
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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 Kit]:
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

[Kit:]
I'll stay with you

[Austin]:
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Kit]:
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

[Kit 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

[Kit:]
Today until forever

[Both:]
I'll stay with you

[Both]:
If they were to see you, how you made it through

## ELEVEN : ELEVEN

* Lyrics

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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?

[Kit]:
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

[Kit]:
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

[Kit 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 Kit]:
Oh, it's my ever after
Who would've known? Who would've known?
(Kit: Who would've known?)
Past, present, and my future
(Kit: It's my future and my ever after)
Who'd like to know?

[Both]:
I'd like to know

[Austin]:
Arcane of the moment

[Kit]:
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?

## 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

## TRIVIAS

#### **EYES WIDE OPEN**

* "Eyes Wide Open" is the first song **Austin Dy** hinted when he *accidentally* posted the lyrics in a 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 **Kit** encouraged him to do it.

#### **ELEVEN : ELEVEN**

* "Eleven : Eleven" was originally titled "Ever After". It was changed due to the coincidence that Kit and Austin finished writing the song at exactly 11:11 PM (Philippines and China have the same time zones).
	+ Also, Austin confesses that "Ever After" would be too mainstream.
* The song's kalimba/chiming melody is inspired by "Chime Time", one of Samsung's alarm ringtone. Kit 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.
* Kit 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.
* Kit 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 Kit is the sole singer of the song is because Austin admits the song is too high for his vocal range and Kit could hit the notes. Austin does have his own piano solo in the album.

#### **MISCELLANEOUS**

* Both Kit and Austin didn't use autotuned 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 Kit 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 Austin's name as "Yuan Dy", and the reason for this is unknown.
* Austin's favorite song is "Eleven : Eleven", while Kit likes "Blood, Sweat, and Tears".