DM DOKURO - the beacon

a track from "They Know Who They Are" - a young interloper is done seeing the melancholy and drama filling the void where a colossal project once was; intervention proceeds in the form of a song radiating with an ignorant, yet believable positivity that may be doing more harm than good. also of note, why is this voice dragging the other voices into this mess? to try and lessen the consequence of their actions by having scapegoats?

that was never how it worked to begin with.

[hat]

They know who they are is already one of my favorite albums of all time, AND IT'S NOT EVEN FINISHED YET.

[ElainaLycan]

In addition to the aspect of toxic positivity I interpreted part of the song in a darker aspect where people can hijack your existence. I've often times found myself in a dark place and often times get guilt tripped back into living. And while I in no way condone offing oneself I do understand what its like to be in an awful place near choosing that option.

It gets to a point where trying to live for yourself is impossible and you live for other people but not because you want to but because they make you in a way. You get bullied into feeling bad for even so much as considering the option and that you're selfish for thinking about yourself when no one else did.

[MMMMorshu]

I haven't seen anyone else point it out, but I noticed that the second time of the "all your pain" part had some seriously sinister chord progression lying under the positive instrumentation.

[bobux]

HOW DOES SOMEONE JUST CASUALLY DROP ONE OF THE BEST SONGS IVE EVER HEARD WTFFFF ANSJSJSJSJSJUJZJSISICOD

[critterisk]

Even if I don't like a song DM DOKURO releases, I end up loving it in the end; it happens every time.

[jacksongerling]

Knowing what you’ve been through, this song hits so much harder.

[Troloze]

I read "the bacon". This is fantastic though, almost as good as bacon

[originalstarwalker]

When the drop came, I was already mesmerized.
But when the singer basically went awol, and started singing, I thought that was the peak.

Little did I know that the second time the "ALL YOUR PAIN" part would repeat, the chord progression would change, and with that third chord of the progression, I got instant goosebumps.

Dokuro. There are so few musicians that can give me instantaneous goosebumps like that. I hope to be able to make something like this in the future. Kudos, and thanks for continuing to make music.

Edit: I still get goosebumps from that same exact chord. It sounds like an minor 7th.

[catinabeanbag_]

This song has one of the most beautiful chord progressions i've heard in my entire life, and I'm lucky that i'm alive to experience it the day it was given to the world.

[foxtrotzero]

Listening to you made me so grateful i am not hearing impaired in the slightest. When i go deaf for whatever reason your songs will be what i will miss the most. Seeing and understanding as someone else is going through the same emotions and feelings i myself are going through truly gave me hope when there was none. More so when that someone is somebody you idolize and strive to become one day. Hugs and kisses y'all. We're all deserving of love

[bomber]

This song goes SO hard. We're all so hype that you continue to produce content. Don't push yourself too hard! And remember that you got LOTS of people rooting for ya. ❤❤❤

[weirdo]

Their is something about this song. Something about it that compels me.
It's a choir of voices that are sick of the dark melancholy. So they try to stop it anyway they can. But they dont really care for the subject of the melancholy. They just want it to stop.

[irizoth]

Such a tragically beautiful tale is being told here, that even the voices that seem to have the intentions to help or lessen the burdens in some way (keep walking, and now the beacon) only cause more damage in the end...

If such blind and hopeful positivity only causes more harm, and the rest of the voices only dig their claws deeper into the wounds, what else is left?

Considering that this is sung by Oliver, and this album is a precursor to Shadow of Light 3— this song, a precursor of Still Here... it's all very sad to think about.

Thank you, for creating and sharing your stories with us.

[purplehaze]

Quite a few of Doku's songs lately have been personal and even a touch intimate, but this song's lyrics in particular call to mind two distinct interpretations that his audience might already be familiar with.
At first, I assumed it was a direct representation of his audience's tendency to look at the many problems he expresses both directly and indirectly through his channel and respond with kind platitudes or offers of some kind of assistance that always seem to lack the benefit they intend to; however, reading the description, it might actually be directly linked to his involvement with the Cal soundtrack, and the resulting fallout.

[known_questionmark]

i think this is one of my favorite songs in terms of message, ever. I dont think theres enough works that describe the creeping cruelty of selfishness that toxic positivity can bring, especially when it comes to mortality or its neighbours.

I can feel how subconsciously aggressive and self centered these lyrics are, i can feel how much they sting. When you recognize it, it really shows how oppressive it can feel

As a person whose been in such a very visceral spot before, that last part really felt right at home. If my brain had an accessible button to start crying, id bawl my eyes out.

I hope you can find peace if you havent, all the respect from me.

extra edit: I hope everyone who has a friend or a loved one in this kind of position be clairvoyant of this; If you know they're in a vulnerable spot, then you should be very aware that they're vulnerable against *you* too. Its equally possible to subconsciously take advantage of someone in their lowest point when it comes to positivity or "support", be mindful and careful.

[EVOSYS_YT]

The way these songs with their lyrics always manage to hit at just the time they need to be heard is magical to me. The emotion put into this, to one who does not have a good relationship with emotions, is enough to make tears. The things you have dealt with, the things you know and keep within you - they are real. They are so, so real. That will stay with you for eternity, though life may come and go, we hold onto home.

Rather fictional story or integrated life experience or both, your creations play a part as a beacon into this world, to share with other people, it is true art, no matter the way you have learned to see it.

As always, we wish you well and hope you find the extra little time to take care of yourself. I wish I had more to say and in more detail, but I fucking exhausted from hours of physical work and need to place my thoughts here... as they may reach you anyway, for the times it has before perhaps, in the end of all things you are loved.

-Abysal.

[MidniteCrusaider]

This one unnerves me. Is it supposed to give me anxiety over the impending "but why aren't you ok now??", because it is.

[Djay_B]

"Darkness without light is an abyss, light without darkness is blinding."

That quote in mind, this song seems like the equivalent of sitting in a dark room lit by a dim beam of sunlight, but someone's shining the world's brightest flashlight in your eyes for 15 minutes.

(I don't know if that analogy captured the song's meaning but it's what I got from the song. Either way, I think it's one of my favorites from you yet.)

[Zmie]

I’m probably am getting the whole meaning of this mixed up.

But this definitely feels like a change of pace from the songs of last year, I guess the recovery is finally here…

This was something I didn’t know I needed, until I saw it.

These last ten months has been nothing but a constant void walk for me, wishing that it could all end, wanting to finally be able to speak to my friends again.

Taking that one big leap that I would never have thought of doing one day, and yet here I am.

The loss, and pain that I had to go through last year, was horrible, and honestly…

I can’t believe how far I’ve gotten, away from the hell that was almost a year without going back to what made me… Happy.


Thank you, DM DOKURO, even if I don’t get the meaning of this song, it still makes me smile despite the pain that you describe in your music, because it’s the only thing I know what to do now.

(Again, probably getting ALL of this mixed up, but I just wanted to express my feelings when listening to this song).

[NULCTRL_EX]

I've never been a fan of any vocal songs, but They Know Who They Are just hits different.