gotta be perfect! (ft. kasane teto SV)

YT music - https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=x8oMXCzzwZ8 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/25Gw7auIXX3eC8G4uKnSFX Bandcamp - https://melody-sy-music.bandcamp.com/track/gotta-be-perfect or... get it on apple music/itunes - https://music.apple.com/us/album/gotta-be-perfect-single/1809072705 until now ive only posted gamedev stuff, but... this is something new! this is my first time making a full length song with any vocal synth, let alone any lyrics in general... and my first time making what could possibly be called a "music video" if you squint really hard... i hope you like it 'w' ----------------------- lyrics: everything i see has little flaws and tiny hiccups and it makes it tough for me to find the confidence to pick up a pen, or a brush, it turns my head into mush but if i don't put something out, then, like, what's the point, then? everything i make, it must be perfect to the letter although making things is all i do, so you'd think i'd be better at creating a piece that's satisfying to me 'cause if it's not the best that it can be, then, like, what's the point!? (mario paint chanting) i know no art is flawless but can't i make the exception? 'cause defections just won't fly why are my standards set so high? self-criticize 'til i lose sight of what i first set out to do then make corrections, and change directions until it makes no sense to you and now it's layer after layer, held by duct tape and a prayer then i throw it all away and start again, 'cause it's gotta be-- (wait, um) gotta be-- (ahem) gotta be perfect! piled up with projects that i doubt i'll ever finish 'cause it seems the more i add, the more the quality diminishes wrapped up in bandaids to hide the mistakes but if the whole thing loses focus, then, like, what's the point, then? art's s'posed to be gratifying but it's not supplying but i want to make it worth it, so i guess i'll just keep trying guess I'll grow a spine, and post my projects online, but if nobody's there to see it, then, like, what's the point? i've listened to this song on loop a billion times and every repeat i find something new that's wrong with the rhymes or the chords, or the mix it's frustrating to fix but if i don't put in the effort, then, like, what's the point, then? this bit is unfinished so i'm coming in hot with these mediocre lyrics i made up on the spot, and um... uh... i'll fix that later. take it away, delay lama! (epic delay lama solo) if you're scared of criticism, mask it with a witticism: brittle little lies that might disguise all that precisianism fake it 'til you make it, or you can self-deprecate for the illusion that you're safe from any angry mobs of hate that might come knocking at your doorstep just to point at a flaw you know, i really have to wonder if it's worth it at all to keep on making and creating when there's people out there hating based on tiny little follies that degrade the whole thing's quality, and-- GOD i need a break. i know no art is flawless but can't i make the exception? 'cause defections just won't fly why are my standards set so high? self-criticize 'til i lose sight of what i first set out to be then make corrections, and change directions until it makes no sense to me and now it's layer after layer, held by duct tape and a prayer then i throw it all away and start again, 'cause it's gotta be-- yeah it's gotta be-- 'cause it's gotta be... ugh, nevermind. this song isn't even that good...