"October Revolution" was my first full song that I produced using Logic Pro. Since I originally released it on Newgrounds, I've learned a lot more about the program and how to mix & master. I wanted to create a higher quality version of the song for an upcoming EP that I have planned, so this is the result of months of tweaking and touching up various parts until I got a product that I'm happy with. I think this is far superior to the original, and for new listeners, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!

The main melody of the chorus line came to me back in 2016 one day, and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since. I wrote the rest of the song separately and put the two themes together. As anyone who doesn't really have any meaning to their songs would say, the lyrics are "open to interpretation." Thematically, though, I inserted a lot of references to the Soviet Union/October Revolution, and the song can broadly be interpreted as somebody comparing the change in their life brought upon by an unidentified individual to the rapid change in that period of Russian history. Here are the lyrics if you'd like to attempt to make some sort of sense of them:

I've got so much to tell you, but I don't know quite what to say

It looks like all our comrades are thrown in the gulag every day

But it's alright now

The agony and jealousy is getting to me, and it's killing me to see me this way

Those Bolsheviks and Mensheviks have got it all wrong, I just want this song to turn them away

Go away and leave us be, it was fine before you were here

You knew your place, but you lost your way, I want you to disappear

But it's alright now

Your provisions aren't helping me or anyone else, now it's time to throw the whole thing away

In April, I will show you, no more walking on shells, the only treatment is the light of the day

Oh now tell me, what do you hear

Does it sound like the music is drawing near

And it's been so long since you disappeared

Honey, don't you know it's alright

Now tell me, what do you see

Does it look like those people are coming for me

Is the whole world crumbling right at my feet

Honey, don't you know it's alright

You're alright

You're right, it's alright

Right, you're alright

It's alright

Latvia don't mean a lot to ya

Go and hide your gold in Lithuania

'Cause if you ever think that you can run too far

Just take it to the SSR

I told you once, now I'll tell you twice, it don't mean a thing to me

It's like I'm living with a cult of personality

But it's alright now

Go shove your motivation where you think it belongs, don't go thinking that I don't know the truth

It's not expropriation when you're getting along, the proletariat is thinking it too

Carry on, do what you want, I'll never look away

There'll be no turning back, and I'll be keeping it that way

But it's alright now

Time and time again I will be saying the words without ever knowing what it all means

From England to Siberia, from Russia to Iberia, and everything we'll see in between

Oh now tell me, just who are you

To go around acting like there's so much to do

You say that you're too busy but you've gotta make room

Honey, don't you know it's alright

Now tell me, what's that you say

Everything just has to wait for some other day

Call the revolutionaries, tell them they have to stay

Honey, don't you know it's alright

You're alright

You're right, it's alright

Right, you're alright

It's alright

Come on now, just show me how

You've got a lot to lose, don't look so proud

You think you've got it all, but I say

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall

Here to stay, I've got no say

Until the day, don't be that way

Finally you see

All the times you went all around the bend

Just to keep your cool, but you made a fool out of me

Oh now tell me, what do you hear

Does it sound like the music is drawing near

And it's been so long since you disappeared

Honey, don't you know it's alright

Now tell me, what do you see

Does it look like those people are coming for me

Is the whole world crumbling right at my feet

Honey, don't you know it's alright