Arsonist
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Arsonist is an Arknights music track acting as the leitmotif of Wiš'adel, performed by the American rapper Substantial and Canadian singer X.ARI (both of whom previously performed Renegade and Wanted together, and featured individually in various other Arknights music tracks).
Not only being performed by the exact same singers, Arsonist shares many similarities with Renegade, which is the original W's leitmotif. This is likely meant to represent how W had changed from her old rebellious self into the more devoted albeit still unhinged Wiš'adel.
An orchestral version of Arsonist is used as the BGM of The Daggers' Inheritors original animation.
Introduction
Blood and fire greet me with ashes, and my smile is stained with madness.
Awakening uses teasing as a mask and dances with passion.
The traces of the past are etched deep into the night, but the dawn will eventually rise.
Awakening uses teasing as a mask and dances with passion.
The traces of the past are etched deep into the night, but the dawn will eventually rise.
Lyrics
Substantial's verses are in bold, while X.ARI's verses are in italics.
Every pair of wings I clipped
was all just for the thrill of it;
the thrill of watching them go down, down.
But the taste of my own medicine
got me thinking clearly now.
It's all on me to right my wrongs.
You still think everything I touch falls to pieces?
You still think I refuse to hear the voice of reason?
I like it that way and I'm never gonna change.
She ain't ever switching, only one life that she been given.
She gon' live it, 'til the clock stop ticking, filling up every minute
with your cries for mercy, some of y'all ain't worthy of this journey.
But you ain't gotta worry, gonna get you packed up, back up outta here early,
outta site you got no vision.
Lower your voice 'fore you turn up missing.
Out here thinking you're competition but you're about to be nonexistent, listen.
They don't see her drive like car partitions.
'Til the wheels fall off we ridin' still a renegade on a mission.
I could take a step back,
could think and then act.
But I'm not gonna
'cause it's so off-brand.
Yeah, I live for watching them go down, down.
I'm a super big fan,
my favorite track
is your SOS, (Help!)
that's my jam.
Yeah, I live for watching you go down, down, down.
I stopped asking
why I find my peace when I smash your dreams
into smithereens?
I love when everything, everything's in pieces.
I love when I refuse, I refuse to reason.
You better know that I do what it takes, do what it takes,
and I'm not gonna stop 'til
everything, everything's in pieces.
You better know that I like it that way and I'm never gonna change.
Respect her name, better learn her rep.
Better back down 'cause you're no threat.
Got a lil' somethin' to keep 'em check.
Spin 'em around like pirouettes.
Runnin' when they see her silhouette.
Ain't turned a new leaf but spring in her step.
Meet their end 'fore they see her sweat.
Funny 'cause they ain't even seen her best.
Get up and go, she ain't no quitter but known to deliver a heck of a show.
Light up the sky, she's fly, when stakes are high she's never scared to go low.
It's better you know, 'fore you go toe to toe and square up, seal your fate.
Stomach rumbling, appetite for the destruction, come on and get a plate.
I stopped asking
why I find my peace when I smash your dreams
into smithereens?
I love when everything, everything's in pieces.
I love when I refuse, I refuse to reason.
You better know that I like it that way and I'm never gonna change.
(It is what it is 'til it isn't.
Never gonna change how I'm living.)
I'm never gonna change.
(It is what it is 'til it isn't.
Never gonna change how I'm living.)
Ooh...
(Never gonna change, never gonna change, never!
Never gonna change, never gonna change, ever!)
I'm never gonna change.
(Never gonna change, never gonna change, never!)
Never gonna change.
(Never gonna change, never gonna change, ever!)
No way.
Every pair of wings I clip
is all just for the thrill of it;
the thrill of watching them go down.
was all just for the thrill of it;
the thrill of watching them go down, down.
But the taste of my own medicine
got me thinking clearly now.
It's all on me to right my wrongs.
You still think everything I touch falls to pieces?
You still think I refuse to hear the voice of reason?
I like it that way and I'm never gonna change.
She ain't ever switching, only one life that she been given.
She gon' live it, 'til the clock stop ticking, filling up every minute
with your cries for mercy, some of y'all ain't worthy of this journey.
But you ain't gotta worry, gonna get you packed up, back up outta here early,
outta site you got no vision.
Lower your voice 'fore you turn up missing.
Out here thinking you're competition but you're about to be nonexistent, listen.
They don't see her drive like car partitions.
'Til the wheels fall off we ridin' still a renegade on a mission.
I could take a step back,
could think and then act.
But I'm not gonna
'cause it's so off-brand.
Yeah, I live for watching them go down, down.
I'm a super big fan,
my favorite track
is your SOS, (Help!)
that's my jam.
Yeah, I live for watching you go down, down, down.
I stopped asking
why I find my peace when I smash your dreams
into smithereens?
I love when everything, everything's in pieces.
I love when I refuse, I refuse to reason.
You better know that I do what it takes, do what it takes,
and I'm not gonna stop 'til
everything, everything's in pieces.
You better know that I like it that way and I'm never gonna change.
Respect her name, better learn her rep.
Better back down 'cause you're no threat.
Got a lil' somethin' to keep 'em check.
Spin 'em around like pirouettes.
Runnin' when they see her silhouette.
Ain't turned a new leaf but spring in her step.
Meet their end 'fore they see her sweat.
Funny 'cause they ain't even seen her best.
Get up and go, she ain't no quitter but known to deliver a heck of a show.
Light up the sky, she's fly, when stakes are high she's never scared to go low.
It's better you know, 'fore you go toe to toe and square up, seal your fate.
Stomach rumbling, appetite for the destruction, come on and get a plate.
I stopped asking
why I find my peace when I smash your dreams
into smithereens?
I love when everything, everything's in pieces.
I love when I refuse, I refuse to reason.
You better know that I like it that way and I'm never gonna change.
(It is what it is 'til it isn't.
Never gonna change how I'm living.)
I'm never gonna change.
(It is what it is 'til it isn't.
Never gonna change how I'm living.)
Ooh...
(Never gonna change, never gonna change, never!
Never gonna change, never gonna change, ever!)
I'm never gonna change.
(Never gonna change, never gonna change, never!)
Never gonna change.
(Never gonna change, never gonna change, ever!)
No way.
Every pair of wings I clip
is all just for the thrill of it;
the thrill of watching them go down.
Media
See also
- Other Arknights music tracks featuring Substantial and X.ARI together:
- Other Arknights music tracks featuring Substantial:
- Other Arknights music tracks featuring X.ARI: