By Rachel Rose Mitchell rachelrosemitchell Bandcamp YouTube YouTube.
Cover art by Astrom alliebirdseed Tumblr.
Released 4/2/2012.
Duration: 4:13.

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Tracks that reference Temporal Shenanigans:

From Fandom:

• Black Heart, Green Dress by psithurist
• Dance of the Dead by Veritas Unae
• ALIVE by heir-of-puns
• megid0 by bb-panzu

Tracks that sample Temporal Shenanigans:

From Fandom:

• ALIVE by heir-of-puns

Lyrics:

There's no need to justify the meaningless destruction
The voices always tell me that it's how I'm meant to function

Everything's in order, everything will come in time
Just as long as I complete the tasks that are mine

When the time comes that you see the way destiny lies
It would be okay if you'd pretend to be surprised

I see in full clarity what was so muddy before
You see a thousand of me and this is what I'm meant for

I'm going around, not in circles but in spirographs
It's pretty much this hard to keep just one timeline intact

I can see the endings that the realms will not permit
I see them over again while building up to this

In my current state, it's a bit difficult to sympathise
But I know what I'm doing! Don't try to tell me otherwise

I see in full clarity what was so muddy before
You see a thousand of me (thousand of me) and this is what we're made for

From now on I know I'll be more careful where I tread
I'm alive, I'm smiling, I'm so tired of being dead

I see in full clarity what was so muddy before (The time will come when you'll see)
You see I'm far from empty, I'm back to what I live for (What lies in your destiny)

I see in full clarity what was so muddy before (The time will come when you'll see)
You see I'm far from empty, I'm back to what I live for (All of your predestiny)

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  • Temporal Shenanigans - Unknown.mid (25.2 kB)

Artist commentary:

Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)

By Rachel Rose Mitchell's own request, this track and Indigo Archer were both removed from Bandcamp around December 22, 2021. See Indigo Archer for details.

Rachel Rose Mitchell: (YouTube description)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c
please watch sarah z's video about what pumpkin's reaction to her initial homestuck video

Rachel Rose Mitchell: (YouTube comment)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c
hey please watch sarah z's video about the homestuck situation!

Rachel Rose Mitchell: (YouTube comments)

Hey hey hey, after the end of all this controversy the Thumbnail will go back to normal, right?

idk, the main reason i'm even keeping the videos up is someone else would probably upload them if i take them down, and this way i have a little control, but i'm still uncomfortable with the association tbh

oh ok, sorry if... the question was kinda mean, ok?

nah you're good, you didn't seem mean at all! have a good one

Rachel Rose Mitchell: (YouTube comments)

I know you feel it is important but please do not retrofit older videos into vehicles to spread a message. At best its annoying and more likely to make me blacklist the video you're trying to get me to watch so I never watch it

im gonna go ahead and keep doing the thing