Abney Park - Chronofax / Letters Between a Little Boy and Himself as an Adult

[OfTheTreeFolk]

This song gave me the idea to write letters to myself. I put them all on a box, to be opened on certain milestones in my life.

[circusgothicaTV]

The Chronofax needs to exist so badly.

[circusgothicaTV]

I've left a box full of small trinkets and treasures from my life so far in the top of my closet for me to keep forever. I even keep a journal and occasionally write letters to my future self, so this song is a reminder of who I am and what I do. <3

[vlogittyguy]

reminds me of borderlands

[Velatieren]

so simple t's genious and accurate in hitting the listener's weak spot.

[WitchPetiteHoney]

One of the few songs that brings me to tears...

[copperclockmaker]

I think it is quite ironic that the first time I heard this song was the day after I left the Army for medical retirement. It reminds me of the inner dialogue you have when you go through that, where you are frantically trying to figure out how to pay bills and keep things going, but at the same time you are free now to be yourself, so you have to try to live and use that freedom, and not get bogged down in the everyday. I have been living those inner exchanges, and I too chose to be awake...

[GreemReathe]

I'm truly inspired.

[NeuroticNightmares07]

You know, this is a powerful song. I do not know if they even comprehend the power behind these words. How many of us are existing? How many of us, if confronted by our child selves would be able to tell them our life is happy and full of the wonder and beauty that we once held on to? I couldn't. Amazing song, and I would love to see a video pertaining to the song...imagery with this song could become even more powerful. I wonder if the'd mind if I did something like that lol?

[KiropLokiIncarnate]

This song is Aether Shanties' Victoria.

Beautiful

[xThexUndeadxPrincess]

I love all Abney Park songs, but this is just beautiful.. Speachless..

[BazingaThis]

Amazing.

[KiropLokiIncarnate]

2:54

I imagine the young Mr. Brown holding a gun in his hands and contimplating putting it against his temple and pulling the trigger.

[Tethran]

@KiropLokiIncarnate What you're hearing is not a suicidal voice or depression. Instead it's disbelief that he could be changed so much by the world.

In the mind of the child are all the grand ideas of what life should be, that he should be changing the world, but as he's grown those have been put to one side to do as everyone else does - work, eat, sleep and repeat.

[izzymosin43]

@Tethran

Agreed. As we get older, sometimes we can lose sight of what really matters in life as we get tied down by the realities of a job, mortgage, et cetera. I think at the heart of the Steampunk genre is the idea of looking at the world from a different perspective--not just how things are, but how they could be, and why be shackled by convention? This song captures the heart of that, as seen by a young child, and himself as a grown man, evaluating his life. Fantastic song!!!

[KiropLokiIncarnate]

@Tethran But if it just isn't worth the time, why live?

[zacks14]

This song is the steampunk equivalent of Cat in the Cradle

[KrisTheBear]

@zacks14

I completely and wholeheartedly agree.

[cyzul1]

beautiful song 

[Kompleksiti]

This song is amazing. ♥

[KiropLokiIncarnate]

Sooooooooooooooooooooo smexy.... Any dislikers will be murder brutally using steam. :P

[TowaruTsura]

That was freakin' beautiful.

[Kurisutaru6789]

Does anybody else think that Chronofax sounds a lot like the plasmid videos from Bioshock? I almost felt it should be advertising Incinerate or something.

[TowaruTsura]

@Kurisutaru6789

Those videos were based on advertisements from the 50's or around that time, so the similarity is to be expected.

[pornoninja]

Just found out today the album is out, and been listening it for the whole day... Favorite song of the new ones, for now. It's so... so strong. Love it. ^^

[grogmutant]

This is currently my favorite off their latest. Like others I'm happy to hear Jody doing more singing instead of just background vocals. I love the mix of Jody and Robert's voices. And of course Nathaniel's violin.

[mizpriz]

This song needs a video so bad.

[whowantsabighug]

Now the guy in the song is closer to the Wake. ;D

[0screecher0]

Yeah. But I like the new cd alot too, she does more actual singing instead of background vocals.

[Jbot123]

@0screecher0

You should check out her channel on here: JodyEllenMakeup. She's got some videos of her singing some cover songs. Great voice and emotional performances.

[0screecher0]

@Jbot123

haha, already checked out both her evanescence covers.

really liked both of the them

[jonskowitz]

@Jbot123 Have to find that. Lord knows she can just about bring tears to my eyes just listening to her voice.

[0screecher0]

I love this song! I think it would be interesting to see Jody Ellen put out a solo cd.

[jonskowitz]

@0screecher0

Isn't her voice amazing?! You've heard her in Aether Shanties of course?