Casey Edwards & Victor Borba - Vacant Surrender [Official Audio]
Vacant Surrender - Out Now!
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Lyrics:
Dark skies and burning flame
I cannot hear you
I cannot feel you
Stained glass reflects the blame
I cannot see you
I cannot feel you
Hopeless abandon
Wandering stranded
Now that you’re lost tell me
What do you see?
I feel the weight of the world
It’s crushing me, squeezing me, making me drown
I can’t rewind all this time
It’s ticking and tocking and crashing around
It’s coming faster everyday
It’s coming to take us away
It’s coming
It’s coming
Blank eyes and muffled screams
I cannot hear you
I cannot feel you
Last grip fueled by machines
I cannot see you
I cannot feel you
Help me remember
Vacant surrender
Now that you’re lost tell me
What do you see?
I feel the weight of the world
It’s crushing me, squeezing me, making me drown
I can’t rewind all this time
It’s ticking and tocking and crashing around
It’s coming faster everyday
It’s coming to take us away
It’s coming
It’s coming
Cast away bones extend their hands
You reach out of fear but you don’t understand
One spin is all you get control where you land
Don’t throw it away or you’ll sink in the sand
Gasping for air you fall where you stand
The light starts to show there’s no master plan
Your memory fades as time will command
Hold on tight
Succumb
Succumb
Help me remember
Vacant surrender
I feel the weight of the world
It’s crushing me, squeezing me, making me drown
I can’t rewind all this time
It’s ticking and tocking and crashing around
It’s coming faster everyday
It’s coming to take us away
It’s coming
It’s coming
Streaming and purchase links now in the description. THANK YOU all for listening and sharing the song as much as you have! \m/ \m/
keep up the good work, thx for your music
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i know you thx to you amazing work in devil may cry 5
Now this is a Vergil Theme song
this song is incredible man, nice work!
Casey, Victor and Ali. Please start a band together. Sincerely, Everyone.
They'd become the best band of all time in my book
yes!
The DMC Crew
All Case Victory That's a good name is it not?
@@mat8791 damn! that's really good!
Now I'm motivated!
Me too, Rank S all difficulties with you :p
@@joabyssal3263 well done!
@@dannyc1534 I'll bury dante like i buried the light
@@dannyc1534 What foolishness. What is he gonna do? Smack me with his demon arm? Oh right...
Aren't we all :)
DMC5 just made a new iconic duo :)
Victor:vergil because hes the vocals Casey:doppleganger cuz hes in the back doing his work
@@cattata01-_-38 And dancing to it too
@@motivationalpower9669 YES
@@cattata01-_-38 the drummer: Nero
@@cattata01-_-38 , what about Victor being Vergil and Casey being V?
Casey Edwards + Victor Borba = POWER
MOTIVATION
What form of power is this?!
@@WhatFormOfPowerIsThis MUSICAL MACHINES, SON!
@@returnedtomonkey8886 They harden in response to hearing senses. You can't bore me Jack!
Hello dante
Capcom legit needs to make a game with Vergil as the main protag. Casey and Vic would shine through the soundtrack!
They should make the whole soundtrack for that game
Definely they should , with nero's mother and his seek for power origins .
Throw in Dante in the Special Edition too
Dmc 6 should be a coop game with dante and virgil getting out of hell
If they even pick casey edwards again. They're not known for going with the same music producers so that their games are not compared with each other as "more of the same".
Are You planing to create more songs together? Because You should.
they very much should!!
i sure hope so!
An EP would be amazing
That’s too much power
@@sephirothfromffvii8141 the universe wouldn't be able to handle it
Shall Never Surrender Never Surrender Vacant Surrender Finally, the triforce.
ah the spardas have Kakorrhaphiophobia
@@fernosbonos5394 meaning
@@rajyavardhansingh4491 Fear of failure.
@@TheLycanDragon Bajillion percent, succinct characterization
No me había percatado de se detallaso !
Friendship ended with “I am the storm that is approaching” Now “I FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD” is my best friend
ITS CRUSHING ME SQUEEZING ME MAKING ME DROWN
I CANT REWIND ALL THIS TIME
Nah bury the light still the goat but I love this song too
IT'S TICKING AND TOCKING AND CRASHING AROUND
ITS COMING FASTER EVERY DAY
The Nelo Angelo theme we never knew we needed
Wooow 😳 I like this song even more now
Vergil spent so much cash for his theme song that he can only afford a plastic chair to sit. I wonder who is going to have this masterpiece as their theme song?
Credo side story 👀
THAT CHAIR IS NO SIMPLE CHAIR IT IS A THRONE FIT FOR A SON OF SPARDA
How dare you disrespect his throne
He also used the child support money
Would it make sense for this being Sparda's theme? The father of Dante and Vergil and grandfather for Nero. I heard that Sparda's personality is a mix of Dante's and Virgil's so chill and funny dude with him being serious and professional.
Just make a band already, please?
Agree
Indeed
Y E S
This is the way
@@johnDoe-gz1qz this is the way brother
I know this sounds weird but fuck it. When Victor goes on those looong dragging vocal runs, it feels so good to listen to. Eargasm. Few male vocalists have that.
Exactly
Br de cultura
@@drakullify Exatamente
RUNS? can you explain
Brazilzero
THE BOYS ARE BACK! You love to see it. :D This sounds like it could be the music of some movie or game trailer, love the cinematic vibes. PS. That distorted vocal part was so good guys. Damn.
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
@@VictorBorbaMusic We need an album from you 2 together!
Any chance you'll analyze this one? It's not VGM, but still 😔
are you gonna do a reaction to this one?
funk remix when ?
This song is criminally underrated. No joke, this could become just as popular as Bury The Light if it had the same exposure.
Not as polished as Bury The Light.
@@irrationalpie3143 pretty close
lets be real
“Through VACANT halls I won’t SURRENDER-“ I can’t be the only one who noticed
IVE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE!
I did :)
So is this song like an antithesis to Bury The Light?
@@Vilest7Creeper maybe? Idk I notice lots of similarities
Nah actually noticed this it's what made me click on this video
Casey Edwards & Victor Borba... what a powerful duo...
hehe POWER Heheh Vergil Heheh BURY THE LIGHT EHEHEEHEHEHEHEH
Reminds me of a scene from the Visions of V manga where Vergil is drowning in darkness ... The cover reminds me of another panel from V's manga where he hangs, pierced by some kind of thorns ... Damn, the song literally paints this picture, as if you feel that you yourself are about to fall into oblivion
:0
Anime adaptation confirmed?
Same, dude. I imagine what it must have felt like to be Vergil, drowning in his memories and agony...
can imagine Capcom actually ask Casey for that one too but this one didn't make it into final production...so he have to let this one out without DMC name on it
it's the scene where Mundus tortures and erases Vergil's memories, turning him into a mindless puppet named Nelo Angelo in chapter 5 of Visions of V, the picture really reminds me of that scene and the song is Vergil's pain :)) Thanks to you, I realized this, it's amazing.
Dark skies and burning flame I cannot hear you I cannot feel you Stained glass reflects the blame I cannot see you I cannot feel you Hopeless abandon Wandering stranded Now that you’re lost tell me What do you see? I feel the weight of the world It’s crushing me, squeezing me, making me drown I can’t rewind all this time It’s ticking and tocking and crashing around It’s coming faster everyday It’s coming to take us away It’s coming It’s coming Blank eyes and muffled screams I cannot hear you I cannot feel you Last grip fueled by machines I cannot see you I cannot feel you Help me remember Vacant surrender Now that you’re lost tell me What do you see? I feel the weight of the world It’s crushing me, squeezing me, making me drown I can’t rewind all this time It’s ticking and tocking and crashing around It’s coming faster everyday It’s coming to take us away It’s coming It’s coming Cast away bones extend their hands You reach out of fear but you don’t understand One spin is all you get control where you land Don’t throw it away or you’ll sink in the sand Gasping for air you fall where you stand The light starts to show there’s no master plan Your memory fades as time will command Hold on tight Succumb Succumb Help me remember Vacant surrender I feel the weight of the world It’s crushing me, squeezing me, making me drown I can’t rewind all this time It’s ticking and tocking and crashing around It’s coming faster everyday It’s coming to take us away It’s coming It’s coming
Dude I love "Bury the Light" I can't get tired of it. Hope that you can create more songs with Victor Borba.
Me too. I love it so much
First of all, GOD DAYM that's a banger and a half that only now YT decided to show me. Casting aside all DMC related stuff, this could be easily interpreted as a mind of a terminally ill person, probably even in a coma but still aware enough to think, struggling between giving up on life and still trying to hold on to it. HEAR ME OUT. What most supports that in my eyes is 1. The chorus. 2. The whisper. 3. Second verse. 4. The screaming part before the last chorus. 1. Chorus speaks of a burden, 'the weight of the world', that is drowning the person. Could be speaking of a disease that, as time progresses, gets worse. 'It's coming faster every day', Person also laments they 'cannot rewind the time', either the one they lost due to the disease, or that they might not remember the time before it and they cannot relive these memories in their head ('help me remember' line could point to that). 2. 'Now that you're lost, tell me What do you see?' Being lost could mean being stuck in bed, losing all hope and being well past the breaking point. After reaching that, a new perspective on life and what was lost is bound to emerge. 3. 'Blank eyes and muffled screams' is what i would imagine a comatose person could call the experience of being unable to contact the world around them, the one they cannot hear, see or feel. Also the line 'Last grip fueled by machines' could be refering to being kept on life support. 4. This sounds, kinda, like someone trying to 'hype' themselves up into not giving up. Telling themseves to 'not throw it way or you'll sink in the SAND'. Very not suble nod to death. What is most intresting is the last part. 'Hold on tight Succumb Succumb' It's like one last hurrah, 'i can do it' before doubt settles in and tries to overcome you, like it is screaming (see what i did here?) at you. All in all, it prolly isn't really about that. But i can see it here and had to share.
I would suggest watching the live-stream explaining the lyrics because you essentially just explained the meaning of the whole song. Your personal take is basically spot on, though!
@@CaseyEdwards I feel noticed, and didn't know about the stream :o Dang, i feel like a special cookie now. And again, great job, Casey!
After listening to this song a couple of times I came to a similar conclusion but you articulated your reasoning so much better than I ever could have. It’s such a good song man
@@wigligigly3375 My pleasure! Looking back at my comment, i feel silly doubting myself. I am bad at lyric interpretation, usually, but i thought 'heck, why not, i need to get this out of my system'.
Vergil's theme if he and Dante's positions were indeed switched.
Holy shiet, victor really went full Chester Bennington this track didn't he?😂 Sweet track non the less!🤘🏽
Wow I thought I was the only one
@@twinkelz77 noor bukhari niggas
@@ahmadbukhari3350 yea put you on bitch
Through VACANT halls , I won't SURRENDER.
Amazing
Ultra surpris de te voir ici Alpha ! Des bons goûts musicaux en plus de cheveux doux et soyeux !
No joke, they should straight up just make a duo album at this point, they're just a match made in heaven.
yeah, but unfortunately casey said he doesn't want to a lot of similar sounding stuff in a row
I'm literally awaiting the day I can throw money at these guys like they so richly deserve
So something like Dante's Faust hat but with actual money?
@@mikedanielespeja6128 Now I'm just picturing a guy machine gunning wads of cash at them.
"This. Is. MUSIC!"
through 'vacant' halls i won't 'surrender' i feel like a genius thinking about this during the entirety of my biochemistry class
_DMC6 confirmed._
only dan can answer that
Nah, Vergil's just drifting in the ocean all alone
@@MaxinRudy leak*
Vergil: Sorry I forgot to mention there's another game after this
@@MaxinRudy I can imagine dan leaking dmc 6 again like it was with dmc 5 lul
Don't listen to that other guy. I'm more motivated than he is.
Jokes on you, I'm more motivated.
@@nevik2950 how cute, im even MORE MOTIVATED
@@tsuol7296 pathetic I am MOTIVATION ABSOLUTE MOTIVATION
@@rctfcufyyfvygyhjuh4957 I am -the storm that is approooooooaaaaachiiiiinnng- more motivated, I'd say X ) ...
JOKES ON YOU ALL I'M MORE MOTIVATED THAN YOU ALL
Casey Edwards and Victor Borba. Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.
Dante and Vergil
"Through Vacant halls I won't Surrender"
Celldweller and Blue stahli enter the chat vibing to this
You're like the 3rd artist I was introduced to through a game and the second I've watched go through the ensuing double-edged popularity surge (the first being J'Nique Nicole) so I want to make sure I say this: This is fantastic. Off no merit other than the fact that you are an excellent composer and Victor has an astonishingly expressive range. 2020 was a hard fucking year and especially after the nightmare at the capitol(s) yesterday, the sludgy sort of weight to the intro and opening verses and the breathlessness of the chorus are the only things that have been able to capture exactly where my head and heart have been for the past twelve hours. Thank you for putting this out there. Keep it up, man.
This is such a thoughtful message. I really appreciate it and thank you!
Gonna be looping this for the rest of the day, thank you both for your amazing work once again!!
Love your streams
A random Nyx, nice!
The mother of Buns
Your stream made me discover those guys so thanks to you too ;)
Show me your motivation, Nyx
This slaps so hard, you guys killed it!
ma boi
Translating Victors reply to English using the built in translate comment feature apparently means ‘you want me’. I didn’t @ him cause pinging a celebrity is rude
I just thought it was funny
Devil trigger (Nero): wooden sword Bury the light: diamond sword Vacant surrender: sharpness 10000 netherite sword
This song has such a starset vibe to it
Next song is gonna be called "Approaching Storm"
It must be the next song
Rock never dies that scream at 3:20 was so evil I love it
The Breakdown drops harder than my style rank in DMD mode. But seriously tho, you guys need to make more music together, DMC-related or not, I don't care man I'm down either way
Through vacant halls I won't surrender ❤️
The truth revealed in eyes of ember.
@@yasserarres236 We fight through fire and ice forever.
Goddamn Victor's voice is so freaking powerful, and ofc Casey is killing it with the instrumentals! You two should absolutely create a band together. I'd listen to every single one of your songs!
It's honestly really sad that people just keep bringing up bury the light and don't appreciate this song at all, cause this track is just as good. I get yall like bury the light, I do too, but damn, give this song credit where credit is due.
It’s because this song didn’t get as much exposure. Bury the light was a song for a giant series so people were gonna hear it. This didn’t get that much exposure
@@ryang2v Very true statement and I agree, I'm just, a tid bit sad all the comments are either "dmc song dmc song!", "BURY THE LIGHT DEEP WITHIN", "MOTIVATION!" or either lyrics from BTL, and not as much with people complimenting this song
Both songs are amazing but I agree completely, BTL while a great song in its own right shouldn’t eclipse the praise for this song.
@@ArcanusImpact exactly
THROUGH VACANT HALLS I WON'T SURRENDER
Holly Mother of Sparda, this is great :)
FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH BURY THE LIGHT NOW VACANT SURRENDER IS MY BEST FRIEND
"Through *vacant* halls / I won't *surrender* " - from Bury the Light, happy coincidence or was this an intentional reference?
Same question!
Just based by his DMC songs, he loves his references, so I’d say most likely intentional lol
Of course it is
twitter.com/composercasey/status/1343324691570675713?s=21
I though it was "the beacon holds,I wont surrender"
Through VACANT halls i won't SURRENDER!
👍👍👍
I FEEEEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE WOORLD
I can't stop thinking in NieR Automata lmao
@@maetheron1160 But even so, all of this is WRONG! No matter how hard or how painful... they never gave up. They kept fighting, because they believed they could overcome someday! Isn't that right, Kainé?!
The Nier franchise has the best music of any games, but Casey Edward is probably my 3rd favorite video game music composer (second is Shoji Meguro from the Persona franchise)
This kicks so hard. I want a whole album of songs from you two. I think we needed a song like this after the year we’ve all had.
NOW I'M A LITTLE MOTIVATED!!!
Ok but both of you guys are INSANELY talented. The arrangement here, the vocals... all mixes perfectly. PLEASE keep working together, some really special stuff is happening here.
Casey and Victor should do the entire soundtrack of DMC6 once that comes out
I really miss shootie hg
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! though, capcom wil probably hire some other guys, unfortunately
@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 i get why they do it and if they didn't we wouldn't have gotten casey in the first place but man whoever does 6 has big shoes to fill, especially for vergil's theme. if i'm being honest, even if it's old by that point i wouldn't mind if they just continued using bury the light, it's that good
@@dankerbell I'm not saying that ypu shouldn't ever replace the composers, I'm saying that you shouldn't replace *this* composer for DMC
And this just went on my writing and Bloody Palace playlists
DMC aside, this song goes incredibly hard. I love how *heavy* this song feels, Fitting, considering how the singer feels the weight of the world crushing him, squeezing him, making him drown.
“Through vacant halls I won’t surrender.”
So that was a fucking lie
You guys need to be on the DMC6 Soundtrack. Now.
Hey casey,just wanted to say this song is incredible.i recently broke with my boyfriend,i was really down under but now im better now.and now when i listen to this song,my relationship flashes before me,and i get the strength to try again,to start over.its working beautifully right now now thank you for making this.
We need more of this, please, sir.
I can't imagine vergil's theme in dmc 6 without these guys
Reminds me of a certain song about a storm that is approching
I never want these two to stop making music together.
Casey is one of the few artists that I feel has a very unique sound. Hard to find these days, keep it up bro
This is one of the most iconic duos of the decade. Please don't stop collaborating.
First Bury the Light and now this..... why are you and Victor Borba so GOOOOOOOOOD!?!?!?!?!?!
That whisper part with “now that you’re lost tell me what do you see” is SO HARD
Ugh, I love how _heavy_ this song sounds. I really do feel the weight of the world, like we're lurking in the deep sea. I also love how the song has phases, varying the energy and melody, it's just great on the ears
I feel like not enough people think to check out an artists full discography if they enjoy their work in a game - because they’ll end up missing out on absolute BANGERS like this. Amazing work from both yourself and Victor, this is going straight into my playlist. Keep it up Casey!
you two should make a band out of this. Victor sings and you make the tape for him? Already sounds so incredible.
A match made in Devil May Cry
I would love to hear this song as Dante's theme 🤟🤟🤟🤟
I was just thinking the same rn
Through Vacant halls I won't Surrender
Yoooooooo I'm getting some Chester Bennington vibes from his voice
The duality of hope and despair in this and bury the light breathes life into the core of my soul. Thank you for all that you do. May your life bring you many fortunes and smiles.
It's been a while since I've listened to some hard tunes. Thanks dmc for showing me the work of Casey Edward's and Victor Borba.
1:22 "its coming faster everyday" THE TIME IS COMING FASTER AND SO I'M
Like an emo classic with a blend of so many novel ideas I love how the instrumentation slowly ramps up the scale as the song goes on I feel like that’s Casey Edwards strong suit; the pacing of depth
Let's make sure to acknowledge that this piece is excellent of its own merit. The talent on display here has nothing at all to do with a certain video game franchise; this is hard earned, carefully crafted passion, coalesced and condensed and distilled into this highly unique style of sound. We all want more of this. Well fucking done lads.
Casey and Victor are amazing on their own, but when put together, they ascend to godhood
Man idc if you guys work on dmc anymore just please keep working together this is amazing
its short but it motivates 100%
3:20 when the DT finally drops
Great lyrics Great chorus, really hits maaan Great breakdown Great instrumental Great everything
This is the POWER of MOTIVATION
i don't know why but i feel this song can fit alien: isolation
These two are like the joint final boss of music
Thanks to DMC5 was the reason i knew about you and Borba, but this theme is a masterpiece as good as Bury the light man, chills every time.
Need a new DMC character for this to be a theme for
Yes 👀
This would actually fit the reboot versions of the characters. Or at least their aesthetic.
Just give it all to vergil
Nero's true power has been unleashed
Would fit v tbh.... But well...
This duo is M O T I V A T I O N, and very good makers of music
In vacant halls i wont surrender
Masterpiece... I have no words. This is definitely one of my favorite songs
This is the theme that plays when dante becomes *HYPE BEAST DANTE! POSSESSOR OF THE DRIP!*
Now he flies to, wait why didn't he do that before
@@prorookie1013 Urizen, i've flown in from offscreen to finally defeat you
I shall NEVER surrender
Never Surrender..... now Vacant Surrender? The time has coooooome and so have I
That feel when no more motivation...
God damn, do Casey and Victor work well together! Hope you two keep working together in the future with more awesome stuff like this and "Bury The Light"
I CAN HEAR THE MOTIVATION IN THIS
This man is a genius. He deserves the best.
Casey Edwards + Victor Borba = *MOTIVATION*