Under the Lemon Demon name, Neil has released seven full length albums and two EPs. Neil is also known for being the creator of a genre of Flash animation called "Animutation" which is characterized by unpredictable montages of pop-culture images set to music, often in a language foreign to the intended viewers. He is also known from his YouTube channel, 'NeilCicierega', most famous for his Potter Puppet Pals series.
It Can Get Lonely In My Mansion
Lemon Demon Lyrics
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Do-de-do-de-do-deh-deh, do-de-do-de-do-deh!
Shut up.
Fine.
This is my home,
Probably cost more than all of ancient Rome.
(Still I'm alone.)
With me in my pool or my lake, or my moat.
Some abodes, they make people coo,
Make them buzz. Some Xanadu,
Mine Xanadoesn't intrigue the town.
No one will ride on my merry-go-round.
(No one.)
They run away.
It never ends.
And all I have
Are gargoyle friends.
So beautifully carved
Out of volcanic stone.
(Still I'm alone.)
All they can do
Is fountain the wine from the winemaking room.
I presume that everyone's mad.
Just tonight, the gala I had
Was a delight, but nobody came.
It must be their fault, who else can I blame?
(No one.)
They run away.
It never ends.
And all I have
Are gargoyle friends.
The things I build
Do not impress
The outside world.
It hurts me, yes.
It can get lonely... (Lonely in my mansion.)
Yes, it can get lonely in my mansion.
They run away,
It never ends.
It can get lonely... (Lonely in my mansion.)
Yes, it can get lonely in my mansion.
When all I have
Are gargoyle friends.
The lyrics to Lemon Demon's song "It Can Get Lonely In My Mansion" paint a picture of isolation and solitude in the midst of extreme wealth. The opening lines, with the signature "do-de-do-de-do-deh-deh" melody, set a lighthearted tone that is quickly dispelled with a harsh retort: "Shut up." The singer then proceeds to describe their opulent home, stating that it probably cost more than all of ancient Rome but they remain alone. The references to the pool, lake, and moat suggest that the singer has all the amenities one could want but lacks the company of others to enjoy them with.
The song goes on to describe the singer's "Xanadoesn't," a play on the famous palace from Citizen Kane. Unlike Xanadu, which was a marvel and source of fascination for the town and the world, the singer's mansion holds no appeal for anyone else. The gargoyle friends, beautifully carved out of volcanic stone, are the only company the singer has. The song suggests that the singer is aware of how their wealth and creations appear to others: unimpressive and ultimately harmful to their own sense of self-worth.
Overall, the song is a poignant commentary on the loneliness and emptiness that can accompany extreme wealth and privilege. The upbeat melody and irreverent lyrics serve to highlight the irony of a person with so much feeling so alone.
Line by Line Meaning
This is my home,
Probably cost more than all of ancient Rome.
(Still I'm alone.)
No one to float
With me in my pool or my lake, or my moat.
Despite having an opulent mansion that likely exceeds the cost of Ancient Rome, I remain alone with no one to share or enjoy the luxuries that surround me.
So beautifully carved
Out of volcanic stone.
(Still I'm alone.)
All they can do
Is fountain the wine from the winemaking room.
My gargoyle friends are intricately carved from volcanic stone and can only serve the function of fountaining wine from the wine-making room, yet they remain the only company I have.
I presume that everyone's mad.
Just tonight, the gala I had
Was a delight, but nobody came.
It must be their fault, who else can I blame?
(No one.)
I assume that everyone is insane and that their absence at my recent gala was their fault, as I am unable to accept the reality of my loneliness.
The things I build
Do not impress
The outside world.
It hurts me, yes.
The grandeur of my mansion does not elicit the admiration of the outside world, and this fact causes me considerable pain and hurt.
It can get lonely... (Lonely in my mansion.)
Yes, it can get lonely in my mansion.
They run away,
It never ends.
Despite the facade of luxury and my gargoyle friends, my mansion can be a lonely and isolating place as people consistently run away from me.
It can get lonely... (Lonely in my mansion.)
Yes, it can get lonely in my mansion.
When all I have
Are gargoyle friends.
Without the company of other people, my mansion can be a lonely space where my only companions are the stone gargoyles, further exacerbating my isolation.
Contributed by Charlotte H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Where am I please help 3.2
@blarg2429 I agree, but I feel like there's more that can be added onto this. First, I feel like the connection between Subtle Oddities and When He Died could be interpreted as Subtle Oddities being two separate individuals inside his mansion witnessing the initial reality-warping effects following his death, caused by the kiss in No-Eyed Girl. However, this leaves two glaring questions: Who is this guy, and why was he able to foretell the time of his death, and therefore the exact moment of his kiss with the no-eyed girl?
The simplest answer to both questions is that since childhood, he has had some sort of connection to the no-eyed girl, allowing for him to prophesy the future (to an extent), while possibly In order to determine the specifics of their relation to each other, I propose the addition of two additional songs into this theory.
First, there's Your Evil Shadow Has a Cup of Tea, which I believe can explain his childhood. The character in this song which acts is his childhood self is the one kid who everyone knew and considered to be cool, who is possessed by another entity which happens to be the no-eyed girl (although I don't think this is the initial possession).
Rather than taking full control of him, the no-eyed girl instead lodges itself in his mind in order to give him "visions" which he is unable to trace the source of, yet still wholeheartedly trusts while following any instructions given to him during them regardless of how often they prove to be false. This explains the painting, various prophesies and even the mansion of skulls, which can be interpreted as required sacrifices for summoning the no-eyed girl which began during his childhood with the hole containing seventeen skulls.
This interpretation of his connection to the no-eyed girl is not only necessary to avoid certain complications regarding It Can Get Lonely In My Mansion, but is also backed up by the second song I propose to add: I Know Your Name, a song in which the narrator experiences several "psychic visions" for an unknown reason, all of which he trusts fully despite repeatedly being proven untrustworthy. As for why the interpretation that he's unaware his "visions" are given to him by the no-eyed girl is necessary, if he WAS aware of that and still did it willingly then that would contradict the total, utter loneliness which he experiences in It Can Get Lonely In My Mansion.
Summarizing everything that I said before, this random rich guy was secretly possessed by an eldritch horror during his childhood, frequently being given both commands (including demands for human sacrifice) and false information for no discernible reason, with years if extravagant solitude all leading up to the initiation of the ritual required to summon the entity into his realm with one final kiss which would briefly shatter reality within what was once his mansion as authorities desperately try to unravel a mystery which never had a thread in the first place. And this is where I should end this essay.
Should. It SHOULD end here. But I don't want it to. In the end, there's still one more theory, one more piece to this imaginary puzzle.
I shouldn't say it, but it has the potential to explain certain aspects of my initial theory while even adding more depth and components which were previously not present within it.
I shouldn't say it, because it goes against everything I have done in order to prove that my theory
while not canoncould possibly exist without collapsing in on itself, which it does by contradicting both the reasoning and evidence I provided specifically to AVOID contradictions.I shouldn't say it, but I WANT to say it because it is in my opinion far more exciting than anything else I've said because of several factors:
- The addition of at least two more songs into the theory, if not the entire Lemon Demon discography
- The kidnapping and subsequent sacrifice of the homeless man and the possibility of an entire cult
- Corporate Espionage and Societal Ruin in order to obtain the wealth required to build his mansion
- And finally, the one thing that I'm GOING to say, but deep down know that it never should have been conceived. In other words, the true names of both him and the no-eyed girl.
Are you prepared? If not, don't worry about it, because I'm not either.
The name of the man that this theory centers is Mr. Aaron Wolfgan, and as for the no-eyed girl...
...the harvester of souls and destroyer of realities...
...the inventor of science and creator of the sun...
...the leader of the most powerful organization in all of Earth's history...
...the clown in the painting Aaron made when he was just a child...
...their name...
...is Mr Bean.
CometMothman
This song is just me when I build big minecraft houses to show my friends but then I notice I have no friends that play minecraft
Horny Heavy
I have No friends In general,and neither can I build in Minecraft anything else that isn't a shoebox,so in conclusion
Yeah can relate
Rukoshii
@Horny Heavy shoebox house gang
mikomlette
Man id love to play minecraft with you
Ash-rose
Real I be spending hours making my house perfect and get excited to show ppl but remember I don't have any freinds my bf doesn't play minecraft with me anymore so I end up showing my mum all my minecraft builds
Elekkitty
I absolutely love the beginning with the humming and the “shut up” and I don’t know why
Interrupted elizabeth
i somehow didn't notice that untill i read this comment 💀
prageruwu
(fine)
Snrub
smosh
Pants Ripper 😋
Wrong song buddy