Say No

Say No
Credits
Lyrics	Brendan Blaber
Vocals	Sapphire
Order
Previous	Deadline

Say No (sometimes stylized as SAY NO, or Say No!) is the opening theme for Epithet Erased - Prison of Plastic. It was produced because the Prison of Plastic Kickstarter reached $40K. It is the 2^nd Opening of Epithet Erased.

A preview was released on Twitter, as well as the "TV edit" was released on Patreon. The Lyrics Video was released on May 16, 2022.

Lyrics

How do you balance the irons in the fire when you keep gettin' burned and you living with a liar?

Only a minor but the problem’s Ursa Major, you mend what’s broke but you can’t fix bad behavior

Terrified that you're being inefficient while spinning the plates and washing the dishes.

Your friends all say that you need to take a break before you're broken.

But you're terrified, because in your eyes you know you need to go and-

File your taxes, breaking your back, & wishing for freedom.

Life's inelastic, Prison of Plastic? you got to make it so.

You can just say "no~oo!"

You won't ever get that normal, but if you act sororal.

Then maybe you can have a taste.

nEpithet Erased.

VERSE 1:

How do you balance the irons in the fire

When you keep gettin’ burned and you live with a liar?

Only a minor but the problem’s Ursa Major

You mend what’s broke but you can’t fix bad behavior

Terrified that you’re bein' inefficient

While you’re spinning your plates and washing’ the dishes

Friends all say that you need to take a break before you’re broken

But you’re terrified because in your eyes you know you need to go and-—

File your taxes

Breaking your back and

Wishing for freedom

Life's inelastic,

Prison of Plastic?

You’ve gotta make it so

You can just say no~oo

If you set yourself on fire

The world will leave you tired

So why don’t you just let it burn?

Say “Aw, heck it!”

Go on ‘n wreck it!

Let them find another warmer

The world is in your corner

It’s up to you to make it turn

Just say “No!”

VERSE 2:

What’s life like when you grant your own wishes?

Sorbet sky full a’ honey and kisses!

Baking? Self reflection? So exhausting!

Take those imperfections and coat them in frosting!

Craft your life, give it all you can give it

And pray for the day that you might be forgiven

The actors laugh on your behalf because you can control them

But to get a hug from the ones you love, you would need to console them--

All too much trouble

Stay in your bubble

Leave it to others!

It’s a bad habit

Make like a rabbit:

Bounce and then make it so

She can’t say no~oo

You can fix it all with magic

The sticks and stones, the tragic,

You’ll never reap what you have sown!

Be a hag and…

Slay your dragon!

If you bring your little sister

Admit how much you missed her

Then maybe you won’t be alone...

Make it so!

BRIDGE:

Innocent playing

Turned to dismaying

The dead of midnight

Princess of Plastic

You were the matchstick

But how could you have known?

Oh no…

No no NO no no no no, NO no no no no

NO no no no NO no no!

VERSE 3:

Life’s inelastic?

Prison of Plastic

Wishing for freedom!

(Yeah!)

Just say no!

You’re in contro~oll!

Please remember you’re related

Your hearts are filled with hatred

That doesn’t have to be the case

Cure your trauma!

Come to mama!

You won’t ever get that normal

But if you act sororal

Then maybe you could have a taste

Epithet Erased!

How do you balance the irons in the fire when you keep gettin' burned and you living with a liar.

Terrified that you're being inefficient while spinning the plates and washing the dishes.

Twitter Preview:

What's life like when you grant your own wishes?

A sorbet sky full 'a honey and kisses!

(Baking? Self reflection?) So exhausting!

Take those imperfections and coat them in frosting!

Craft your life, give it all you can give it

And pray for the day that you might be forgiven.

The actors laugh on your behalf because you can control them.

But to get a hug from the ones you love you need to console them

All too much trouble

Stay in your bubble, leave it to others!

It's a bad habit

Make like a rabbit

Bounce and then make it so

She can't say no!~

You can fix it all with magic, the sticks and stones, the tragic,

You'll never reap what you have sewn!

Be a hag and

Slay your dragon!~

If you bring your little sister, admit how much you missed her

Then maybe you won't be alone...

Make it so!

Audio

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Production

• November 26, 2021 - New Opening Song was added as stretch goal of $40K to the Prison of Plastic Kickstarter.
• December 26, 2021 - The Prison of Plastic Kickstarter finished with New Opening Song's stretch goal of $40K being met
• February 12, 2022 - A preview was released on Twitter, as well as the "TV edit" was released on Patreon. The title was also reviled to be "SAY NO"
• February 24, 2022 - On Twitter, he revealed he'd been working on thumbnail sketches for SAY NO.
• March 1, 2022 - On Twitter it was announced that Powerhouse had begun animating the video for it.
• March 14, 2022 - On Twitter, it was announced the music was complete
• March 28, 2022 - On Twitter it was announced that they finished recording.
• April 2, 2022 - On Twitter it was announced that they finished mixed/mastered version. As well as saying it was SO good and confirming the lyric video will drop at some point.
• April 15, 2022 - On twitter, it was announced that the animatic for the animated opening was released on Patreon as well as releasing two images from it on twitter.
• May 16, 2022 - The official Lyrics Video was released on YouTube.
• May 30, 2022 - On Twitter, it was re-confirmed that Powerhouse was busy working on it as well as them working on another animatic for it. They also re-released an animatic Screenshot.
• July 4, 2022 - In a Kickstarter Update, He released an unlisted version of the animated promo video, saying that,

  

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to be honest, there's actually a few small issues I'm going want to clean up before releasing this publicly. We'll see if I have the time. I would've needled Powerhouse a little harder for additional changes, but honestly they already had 3+ weeks of unexpected delays on their end and at a certain point it's just faster to do things myself. It's still kind of wild to me that they don't create character turnarounds on their own. We had to provide those. ...Well, I guess that's a little unfair. They made ones for Feenie and Trixie, but tbh they weren't very good! <:) I actually ended up linking them Speyer's cute little animatic for "Weirdos Make Great Superheroes" as a reference for how to draw Phoenica and Trixie's heads turning.

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As well as realizing they didn't do the underside of Lorelai's palms right. In the comments also explaining it was a certain section he also wanted to fix.

• September 20, 2022 - In a Kickstarter Update, he explained that he is having Ky Bullock tweak the Powerhouse animation, releasing a work in progress video as well.
• December 4, 2022 - In the "Epithet Erased SEQUEL - Out Next Week!" Stream he showed off the completed video.
• December 9, 2022 - The animated video was released as a promotional video for Prison of Plastic.

Trivia

• It might serve as the opening theme for a possible season 2.
• Luveygold impulsively bought a 15 second ad for Prison of Plastic in times square, New York City for $40. They attempted to get a refund but it didn't work. Brendan Blaber would note that ""We've officially hit the point where fans are so desperate for content that they're renting out Time's Square to put up advertisements for us" and that "It's a little unreal how good this ad looks tho tbh". The ad is an clip from the Say No animated intro.

Gallery

Videos

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Unlisted Original Version of Trailer	Additional Animation by Ky Bullock

Promtional Art

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  Song Cover

Concept Art

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  SAY NO Thumbnail Sketch

Animatic

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Character Sketches

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Other

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  Kickstarter Stretch Goals

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  SAY NO Preview Background

External Links

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• SAY NO Animatic