By Gordian realbillwatterson SoundCloud ← Ruhe Previous track by this artist → Save Your Game in XCOM Next track by this artist.
Cover art by ConstaChymic and Bin confetti-bin SoundCloud ← Attendre Previous track art by this artist.
Released 8/15/2017.
Duration: 3:24.

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Tracks that reference Wanderlust:

From Fandom:

• Lewd Lunacy by Gordian
• The Ballad of Megan Pouring (instrumental) by Gordian

Lyrics:

Sometimes I think about the stars
And Mercury and Mars
Knowin' I'll get to go someday
But then they finally come around
So high above the ground
And the feeling goes away
I used to wait for something more
To walk in through the door
Something I never thought I'd do
I guess I figured that by now
I'd have some kind of plan
Really the opposite is true
And it doesn't matter just how long
That the dream is s'posed to be
Cause I wanna wake up anyway
If they knew what I could do
The things that I've been through
They wouldn't make me have to stay
Running away from all my fears
And stopping all the tears
Things I was never meant to do
I hope you'll understand someday
I can't afford to stay
Clearly my waiting days are through
And it doesn't matter just how long
That the dream is s'posed to be
Cause I wanna wake up anyway
If they knew what I could do
The things that I've been through
They wouldn't make me have to stay

Look out the window at the stars
And through the iron bars
Looks like the sky is turning blue
I know what people always say
No one's made it all the way
I'm starting to think it might be true
And it doesn't matter just how long
That the dream is s'posed to be
Cause I wanna wake up anyway
If they knew what I could do
And the shit that I've been through
They wouldn't make me have to stay
And it doesn't matter just how long
That the dream was s'posed to be
Cause I had to wake up anyway

Artist commentary:

Gordian: (composer, booklet commentary)

song written by me. we considered a version without words but that would defeat the point. i guess we all agreed on how intrinsic they were.

this was actually a song about Chelsea to begin with - or at least, my interpretation of her character, and not a canon representation. In a way, it’s about how relatable chelsea is, to me. this is me basically saying “it’s not lore you dunkass”.

ConstaChymic: (track artist, booklet commentary)

I was gonna make the image just like I do other drawings, but then I remembered that most of the artstyle for HS related stuff is no AA lines, so I made it pixel lines. This kinda made it not turn out the way I wanted, because I’m terribad with pixelated lines, but I dont really think I wanna change it.

Bin: (assistant artist, booklet commentary)

I've never played Persona, but I thought the "desaturated person on saturated background" thing was cool, so I did it to Consta's art. I also added the weird black and white shadow things for a wacky 3D effect. Basically, Consta did all the hard work and I messed around in Photoshop for like 20 minutes. Please direct all praise to Consta.

ConstaChymic: (alternate artwork)

Bin: (alternate artwork)

Gordian: (SoundCloud description, excerpt) 3/28/2017

the zero stands for zero talent.
song and piano by me

Gordian: (SoundCloud artwork) 3/28/2017

Christofferoff: (Redditstuck team, Redditstuck Discord) 6/4/2024

damn I can't believe all these years later I actually didn't know you released wanderlust as a bonus track

thought that was unreleased still
*except for your soundcloud

Gordian: (composer, Redditstuck Discord) 6/4/2024

i rescinded it almost immediately
it still exists on whoevers pc downloaded it within like two days of release

@Lan i guess this is of interest to you
you can use the track art here on Wanderlust in addition to the SC one -- i feel like Constas wonderful art deserves to see the light of day

(is consta even here still)

Christofferoff: (Redditstuck team, Redditstuck Discord) 6/4/2024

dumb. you are a perfectionist even when your stuff is good actually
(your stuff is always good actually)

Lace Luxim: (Redditstuck team, Redditstuck Discord) 6/4/2024

yeah wanderlust is excellent even years later

Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)

We've placed this track between Coltish and Unreal City, matching its position in the album's commentary booklet.