seatbelt safebee
A collaborative meme album, with 12 all-new tracks and original dialogue written by [[artist:blackhole|Blackhole]] and [[artist:magnoliajades|Magnoliajades]].
Commentary booklet assembled by [[artist:circlejourney|Circlejourney]].
Track commentaries pulled from our Skype chat log. The Seatbelt Safebee album and related media are brought to you by memes.
Homestuck, Undertale, Dark Souls and The Bee Movie are the property of their respective creators.
Special thanks to [[artist:squid|Squid]] and [[artist:gilwing|Gilwing]] for letting us use their art, and [[artist:veritas-unae|VeritasUnae]] for hosting the tracks.
About this album
The Cronus Seatbelt Safety meme was born during the livestream of the [[album:beforus|Beforus album]], during the track [[track:land-of-cruisin-and-bruisin|Land of Cruisin and Bruisin]] by [[artist:nate-tronerud|Nate Tronerud]]. Tumblr user princeskytoe remarked upon Cronus' lack of a visible seatbelt in the track art, which resulted in various users joking about his disregard for road safety and the fact that he was "cruising for a bruising".
Bee memes made an appearance during the Beforus Album stream when album director and stream manager [[artist:blackhole|Blackhole (Not-Terezi-Pyrope)]] imposed various bee images over the booklet pages being shown in the stream, causing users to flood the stream chat with exclamations about bees.
Soon after the Q&A session, the artists from the Q&A Skype group got talking, composing, and drawing. Six days later, we had an album on our hands.
Ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary folks: Bee-forus: Seatbelt Safebee.
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Track: Bees.mp3
Duration: '2:02'
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
- Blackhole
Cover Artists:
- Circlejourney
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bees-mp3
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqy5BWaqogk
Art Tags:
- Bees
Lyrics: |-
(It's been a long, hard day. You're walking down to the shops to buy yourself a glass a nice cool glass of lemonade.)
(Ahh...)
(And you seem to have lost your way. Where the shop should be, there is a beehive, and where there should be a shopkeeper, there is a bee. You approach the bee. He looks up with a menacing pincer snick. You're lost, you explain. You wonder if the bee could direct you to the lemonade. Sweet, sweet lemonade.)
(Ahh...)
(The bee looks at you. His mandibles widen. He begins to emit a swarm of yet smaller bees. They surround you, coating your clothes and hair, and infesting your various orifices with their warm, fuzzy mass. Don't worry, says one of the bees, whispering softly into your ear.)
(Don't worry.)
(There is nothing to fear. We are merely bees and bees are your friends.)
(Don't bee afraid.)
(You don't understand. All you wanted was some lemonade, its sweet icy coolness.)
(Ahh...)
(But now, that life is gone, and the whole world is bees. They are coating the room now.)
(Don't fight it.)
(They cover everything, filling it, filling you, with bee. Join us, they say, their voices a chorus of mournful buzzing. The soft cadence of the noise seems to hang poised in the air, forcefully penetrating your ears, your skull, your mind.)
(Join us.)
(Join us, say the bees, and you realise, you're one with the bees. This skin, this shell, is nothing but a minor barrier between you and the bees. You are bees. Glorious crescendo of buzzing rises under your skin! You are a swarm, rapturous melding of mind and form of bees dissolving to the sound in the air, a choir become one with its music, a phoenix of bees risen to take on a greater yet higher form! You let yourself go. You become one with the bees. You are a bee.)
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Track: Seatbelt Safety
Duration: '0:51'
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Safety Bot)
Cover Artists:
- Sigourney Martin
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/seatbelt-safety
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fCVaQmaL_4
Sampled Tracks:
- The Wicker Man
Art Tags:
- Cronus
Lyrics: |-
(Ladies and gentlemen, and everyone in between and otherwise, I'm here to tell you a story, about a certain man who did not know how to properly wear a seatbelt. That young man's name was Cronus Ampora, and one day he was driving his car, otherwise cruising and bruising, without wearing a seatbelt as mandated by Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. In just a short time, through a series of trials and tribulations that would affect him on this day, he would discover the secrets of seatbelt safety, and have a convertive and serious motor vehicle accident because he was unfastened within the vehicle. This is the story of that journey of self-discovery that would affect him for the rest of his life. All of you, I hope you enjoy.)
(Oh no, not the bees, not the bees! AAAAAAH!)
Commentary: |-
SerialSymphony:
how do we make a cronus seatbelt song
I'm thinking traffic background noise
Ducky Senpai: (bee)
seatbelt clicking noises
(~Stara:) (bee?)
just sample traffic and the gross sounds seatbelts make when you rub them against themselves
Ducky Senpai: (bee)
cli-click
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Track: Damara's Bees (Fatalism Beemix)
Duration: '3:24'
Artists:
- NEON SYSTEM 95
Cover Artists:
- Circlejourney
- Rebecca Peason
Contributors:
- magnoliajades (Damara)
- Blackhole (Cronus)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/damaras-bees-fatalism-beemix
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxAMxn3PAjk
Sampled Tracks:
- The Wicker Man
Referenced Tracks:
- grrrarrr
- ♈ - Fatalism
Art Tags:
- Damara
- Bees
Lyrics: |-
(Now, remember what we went over before, Cronus. I don't have to repeat myself. If the safety belt is not on...)
(But Damara, I want to drive my rad greaser car vwithout having to vworry about the intricacies of safety!)
(Are you listening to me? If the safety belt isn't fastened tight around your smoking hot waist, you're going to die!)
(B-but I don't vwant to!)
(I'm not joking. Wear the belt, or you'll die.)
(Bu-bu-but bu-bu-but!)
(You'll die, Cronus. I'm saying right now, because the bees... they're going to get you, and you'll die.)
No not the bee! Oh bee, not the bee!
Oh not the bee, not the bee, not the bee!
No not the bee! Aaaa, not my eyes!
Aaaa not the aaa not my eyes! AAAAAAH!
No not the bee! Oh bee, not the bee!
Oh not the bee, not the bee, not the bee!
Oh not the bee! Aaaa, not my eyes!
Aaaa not the aaa not my eyes! AAAAAAH!
No not the bee! Oh bee, not the bee!
Oh not the bee, not the bee, not the bee!
No not the bee! Aaaa, not my eyes!
Aaaa not the aaa not my eyes! AAAAAAH!
No not the bee! Oh bee, not the bee!
Oh not the bee, not the bee, not the bee!
Oh not the bee! Aaaa, not my eyes!
Aaaa not the aaa not my eyes! AAAAAAH!
(Vwow, good thing no one actually has any bees around here.)
Commentary: |-
NEON SYSTEM 95:
"bees? fuckin idiot shoulda worn his seatbelt"
SerialSymphony: (bee)
'he wears the seatbelt or he gets the bees'
Sigourney Martin: (bee alarmist)
"wear your seatbelt kids or the SEATBELT BEE'S will come out and attack you."
NEON SYSTEM 95:
"what'll it be sir, seatbelt or bees?"
[confused] "bees?"
"HE HAS CHOSEN THE BEES"
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Track: Safety Crusher
Duration: '1:24'
Artists:
- Blackhole
Cover Artists:
- Lovisa Lassen
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/safety-crusher
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x5XCMpeUq0
Referenced Tracks:
- Metal Crusher
Lyrics: |-
(Boy, I sure do love being a piece of shit all day who doesn't wear his seatbelt!)
(Hello.)
(Vwhat the fuck?)
(I am the Safety Robot. I am here to teach you about seatbelts.)
(Oh god!)
(Buckle up, fish nerd.)
Commentary: |-
Lovisa Lassen:
headcanon: safety bot is just a badly disguised mettaton
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Track: In Love (With Safety)
Duration: '1:37'
Artists:
- magnoliajades
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Cronus)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-love-with-safety
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39oi1rR2yzU
Referenced Tracks:
- CORE
Cover Artists:
- Lovisa Lassen
Art Tags:
- Damara
- Cronus
- SBaHJ
Lyrics: |-
(Damara, help, save me from this creature! He's got me trapped in the car! Damara? Damara! Yes, get in the car, g-get in the car!)
(Now that we're in the car, we can... wait, w-who's, who are, oh, oh...)
(Oh, vwhat are you doing?)
(Oh, oh, Safety Bot, your...)
(Damara?)
(Your legs, they're so...)
(Damara, vwhat...)
(Oh my god...)
(Sort of being attacked here!)
(Maybe later, you and I, we can go back to my respiteblock, and...)
(Oh, for god's sake!)
Hey there, hello mister Safety Bot
Is that a belt that you have strapped on?
You're teaching Cronus how to buckle up
But afterward I'll unfasten you
Unlike other robots, you're concerned
For our safety, and that's attractive
Though what's safety without some danger
If you'd like, then I'll unfasten you
You make my motor run, keep it on
I could be the belt to your buckle
You make my horn go [BEEP BEEP], do it again,
I could be the belt to your buckle
(Watashi wa anzen botto no dikku wo suushitai desu.)
(Wait, hey, hang on, what are you doing with those bees?)
Commentary: |-
Blackhole:
Jade you should make a track on your piano where you sing a raunchy ballad to the safety bot :p
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Track: FEAR OF BEES
Duration: '2:02'
Artists:
- NEON SYSTEM 95
Cover Artists:
- Circlejourney
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Safety Bot, Cronus)
- magnoliajades (Damara)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fear-of-bees
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-njqi0gOo
Referenced Tracks:
- ♈ - Fatalism
Sampled Tracks:
- The Wicker Man
- Dark Souls 3
Art Tags:
- Cronus
- Bees
Lyrics: |-
(Safety Bot does not care about troll romance. Safety Bot only cares about safety. Because you refuse safety, Safety Bot will now release the bees. Releasing bees now.)
(What the fuck are you doing with those bees? Oh, fuck me Cronus, floor it! The bees are coming, The bees are coming!)
(Oh god, the bees!)
(Damn it Cronus, I told you to wear protection! Get us out of here)
(Oh no, not the bees, not the bees! AAAAAAH! They're in my eyes! My eyes! Aaaah! Aaaah!)
(AAAAAAH! They're in my eyes! My eyes! Aaaah! Aaaah!)
Commentary: |-
NEON SYSTEM 95:
i could put bees into the intro to the song i made
it'd work really well
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Track: Beltstep
Duration: '2:07'
Artists:
- Ducky Senpai
Cover Artists:
- Lovisa Lassen
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Safety Bot, Cronus)
- magnoliajades (Damara)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beltstep
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muHkKxlAgs
Sampled Tracks:
- Safety Crusher
Referenced Tracks:
- Safety Crusher
Art Tags:
- Bees
Lyrics: |-
(Warning. Safety Bot has detected that bee levels are in excess. Excess bees are unsafe. Engaging bees in combat.)
(Vwait, he's going to fight the bees? Yes!)
(Yeeeah, go Safety Bot, go!)
(I mean, it would have been good if he just hadn't released them in the first place, but—)
(Engaging combat mode.)
(Boy, I sure do love being a piece of shit all day who doesn't wear his seatbelt.)
(Hello.)
(Vwhat the fuck?)
I am the Safety Robot
The Safety Robot
The Safety Robot
The Safety Robot
The Safe the Safe the Safe the Safe the Safety— buckle up, fish nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
(Boy, I sure do love being a piece of shit... who doesn't wear his seatbelt.)
(Hello)
(Vwhat the fuck?)
(Buckle up... fish nerd)
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up, nerd
Buckle up, buckle up, buckle up (Vwhat the fuck?)
(Safety Bot has lost against the bees. The bees have won. Des—)
Commentary: |-
Ducky Senpai:
who wants really shitty beltstep???
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Track: Beetermination (Thinking Bee)
Duration: '1:32'
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
Cover Artists:
- Circlejourney
- Lovisa Lassen
Contributors:
- magnoliajades (Damara)
- Blackhole (Cronus, Voice of the Bees)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beetermination-thinking-bee
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdtu_TAHAiM
Sampled Tracks:
- The Bee Movie
Art Tags:
- Bees
Lyrics: |-
(Damn it, Safety Bot! Why are you so bad at fighting bees? And why are you so good in bed? Mmm-mmm!)
(Yeah, how could bees defeat a robot anyway?)
(Because bees have the power of determination.)
(Oh god, vwho the fuck are you?)
(I am the voice of the bees, and I'm here to tell you more about the bees.)
According to all known laws of aviation
There is no way a bee should be able to fly
Its wings are too small
To get its fat little body off the ground
The bee, of course, flies anyway
Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible
(Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible.)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!)
(Bedbug...)
Commentary: |-
SerialSymphony:
I am
watching the bee movie
for meme purposes
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Track: Bee Safe
Duration: '1:49'
Artists:
- Circlejourney
Cover Artists:
- Lovisa Lassen
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Cronus)
- magnoliajades (vocals, Damara)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bee-safe
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZjaqI0FZDM
Referenced Tracks:
- Savior of the Driving Dead
- Part Of Your World
Art Tags:
- Damara
- Cronus
- Beforus
Lyrics: |-
(Vwait, I think I'm having an epiphany!)
(What.)
(The bees, I can communicate with them. They're teaching me about, about... about seatbelt safety!)
Up where they buzz, up where they swarm
Up where they buckle up their seatbelts
Just wait and see
Someday I'll be
One with the bees
(Yeah. The bees. Bzzzzzzz—)
(Buckle up...)
Commentary: |-
NEON SYSTEM 95: (bee)
Cronus Seatbelt Safety is good too
NO
BEE SAFE
Circlejourney:
holy fuck
NEON SYSTEM 95: (bee)
"Bee Safe, Cronus!"
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Track: Savior of the Driving Dead
Duration: '1:34'
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
Cover Artists:
- Lovisa Lassen
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Safety Bot)
- magnoliajades (Damara)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-driving-dead
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyAyrwxl6U
Sampled Tracks:
- The Wicker Man
Art Tags:
- Cronus
- Bees
Lyrics: |-
(He is here now. The savior of driving safety. The bees have shown him the way of the seatbelt. He is now... the Savior of the Driving Dead.)
(Fuck you, Safety Bot! But also... fuck you, Safety Bot...)
(Oh no, not the bees, not the bees! AAAAAAH! They're in my eyes! My eyes! Aaaah! Aaaah!)
(Damara is love, Damara is life. Deal with it.)
Commentary: |-
Lovisa Lassen:
a beacon of hope
Circlejourney: (bee witness)
unbelievable
Lovisa Lassen:
hope that one day we can be safe
SerialSymphony:
holy shit
Circlejourney: (bee associator)
the saviour
Lovisa Lassen:
saviour of the driving dead
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Track: I Want You (To Wear a Seatbelt)
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
Cover Artists:
- magnoliajades
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Safety Bot, Cronus)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-you-to-wear-a-seatbelt
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWr7djL04Og
Referenced Tracks:
- Savior of the Driving Dead
Sampled Tracks:
- The Wicker Man
Duration: '1:05'
Art Tags:
- Cronus
- Mituna
Lyrics: |-
(So, Cronus. Now that you're a master of seatbelt safety, do you have anything to tell the masses?)
(Yes. I have to tell them, that I vwant you to vwear a seatbelt!)
Oh no, not the bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Oh no, not the bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Bees!
Oh no, not the bees!
Commentary: |-
SerialSymphony:
imma make it like
all pompous and orchestry
to mimic the 'I Want You' joke
Sigourney Martin: (beeliever)
this is some serious memings
magnoliajades:
it could use a patriotic touch
SerialSymphony:
since this is cronus pro-seatbelt
I'm incorporating savior of the driving dead
as he's learned his lesson
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Track: Safe Drive at Midnight (Fuchsia Moonrise Beep Mix)
Duration: '1:08'
Artists:
- Circlejourney
Cover Artists:
- Lovisa Lassen
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Cronus)
- magnoliajades (Damara)
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/safe-drive-at-midnight-fuchsia-moonrise-beep-mix
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHPzr5Hq6Rs
Referenced Tracks:
- Fuchsia Moonrise
Art Tags:
- Cronus
- Beforus
Lyrics: |-
(Hey Damara, vwant to go for a drive?)
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
(The other day.)
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
(I read a comic called Homestuck.)
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
(And, uh, it was so... dumb)
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
(They didn't even have legs, like Safety Bot... what's the point?)
Commentary: |-
Circlejourney:
it's my album track ([[track:fuchsia-moonrise|fuchsia moonrise]]) with a car horn, bees buzzing and a "buckle up" voice sample in place of some instruments
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Track: Sleep Tite, Veri
Duration: '2:00'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sleep-tite-veri
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUIzhQGnzwk
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
Cover Artists:
- Sigourney Martin
Contributors:
- Blackhole (Safety Bot)
Art Tags:
- Cronus
- Bees
Lyrics:
(And with that, we end our charming tale about road driving safety with seatbelts. Sleep tite, kids, and buckle up.)
(Buckle up...)
Commentary: |-
Circlejourney: (bee)
congrats veri
have a good rest
Ducky Senpai: (bee)
yes do the sleep
Veritas Unae: (bee)
slumbers like a dragon
SerialSymphony: (bee)
Sleep tight
Nate Tronerud: (bee)
goodnight sweet prince
Ducky Senpai: (bee)
the noblest and sleepiest of reptilians
SerialSymphony: (bee)
Imma make a lullaby for veri
magnoliajades: (bee)
goodnight veriii
Ducky Senpai: (bee)
this whole seatbelt album is actually the shittiest lullaby made specifically for veri
rock opera lullaby
sleep tight and dream of bees
and nic cage
also safety
Circlejourney: (bee)
remember to buckle your seatbelt