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diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt
index 5d70954a..c91f22d0 100644
--- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt
+++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt
@@ -5,22 +5,28 @@ Date: April 2, 2012
 FG: #9292e2
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b
-- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL333B705C8C7572E3
+- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Track: ~~SIDE 1~~
 Artist: Toby Fox
-References: Liquid Negrocity
 Track Art: none
+Duration: 0:09
+References: Liquid Negrocity
 Directory: side-1-universe-a
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-1
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-1
+- https://youtu.be/l9hqTE7FCu8?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Rust Servant
 Artist: Willow Ascenzo
 Track Art: Leslie Hung
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant
+Duration: 4:48
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant
+- https://youtu.be/ZbVCaNBeEpA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i>
-    If Violet Mariner was the elder child and Teal Hunter the middle child, then Rust Servant is the youngest child onto which I poured all my love and affection. This was one of my favorite pieces to work on and even today I’m still pretty pleased with how it turned out, from the striking staccato and col legno strings opening the song to the frantic violins, melancholic chromatic percussion, deep brass, and fast-paced drum grooves. I wanted the song to be big, epic, a little scary. If I may be so immodest, I think I succeeded.
+    If [[Violet Mariner]] was the elder child and [[Teal Hunter]] the middle child, then Rust Servant is the youngest child onto which I poured all my love and affection. This was one of my favorite pieces to work on and even today I’m still pretty pleased with how it turned out, from the striking staccato and col legno strings opening the song to the frantic violins, melancholic chromatic percussion, deep brass, and fast-paced drum grooves. I wanted the song to be big, epic, a little scary. If I may be so immodest, I think I succeeded.
     Rust Servant was the only one of my three contest submissions to remain allocated to the character I had in mind while writing it, Aradia’s tragic ancestor and Lord English’s dreadful Handmaid (although the name was changed from the terribly uncreative Handmaid of Death to something more apt for the naming scheme of the album).
     When I wrote this song, I had just taken an Intro to Hinduism class the previous fall and had written a short research paper on Kali, the Hindu goddess of time and death (more remembered for being related to death—those of you who have seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom must be familiar with the Thuggees, a cult of Kali-worshipers infamous for conducting human sacrifices—and, apparently, ripping people’s hearts out and setting them on fire as well). And, of course, because I am A SHAMELESS HOMESTUCK NERD, I immediately thought, “Time? Death? THAT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THE TROLLS” (no I didn’t write my paper on that, i’m not that terrible). It doesn’t come through much in the song itself, but that’s where I got the inspiration from. And the moral of this story is, take a theology class (or two, or three) on a religion you know nothing about. It’ll give you all sorts of new ideas for Homestuck fanart.
     Also when the album came out and this song was the first song on the album after Radiation’s intro I was all “HOLY SHIT RADIATION LIKED THIS SONG SO MUCH HE MADE IT THE FIRST SONG” and started pelvic-thrusting across my dorm room. Then I realized that it was only first due to all the tracks being organized from lowest to highest by the blood color of the troll they represented. I continued pelvic-thrusting across my dorm room anyway.
@@ -29,7 +35,10 @@ Commentary:
 Track: Bronze Rebel
 Artist: Yan Rodriguez
 Track Art: Kitsu
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-rebel
+Duration: 4:13
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-rebel
+- https://youtu.be/5z4ctxDKCVM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i>
     This track is one I sure as hell put a ton of effort into, as it was my big chance to finally do something with my music. I was at a pretty good time of my life and I was able to work on this thing day in and day out, and so I did, but first I put a lot of though into what I wanted to actually do. I’m a bit of a contrarian when it comes to making music, always trying to figure out what everyone else does so that I could do something different, and so I wanted to make a theme for Tavros that looked at his character from a more serious perspective about what he was and what he wanted to do. It’s original title, “If I were like Rufio,” reflected the melancholy desire to be something or be in a world where he was great, where he was a hero but in reality he couldn’t really amount to much, and it was his own fault.
@@ -39,24 +48,45 @@ Commentary:
 Track: Gold Pilot
 Artist: First Turn Fold
 Track Art: SuryaAsura
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-pilot
+Duration: 5:23
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-pilot
+- https://youtu.be/QZqYLuCH62Q?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
+- https://soundcloud.com/first-turn-fold/the-green-odyssey
+Commentary:
+    <i>First Turn Fold:</i>
+    (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZqYLuCH62Q&lc=Ugxs1lhU-OE0XQ9zHXB4AaABAg">YouTube</a>)
+    Originally the piece was called "The Green Odyssey". A fairly self explanatory title in light of it being about Bec, methinks.
+    (<a href="https://youtu.be/QZqYLuCH62Q">YouTube</a>)
+    So this is Gold Pilot, the song I wrote for the Homestuck album Colours and Mayhem. This song has become the theme of the Psiioniic (and it works freakishly well as such) but I wrote it originally in honor of Bec (to the dismay of some).
+    The song recently made it into the actual comic as the music for the Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 1 animation. (totally took me by surprise!)
+    Enjoy, Homestuck fans, and others alike!
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 Track: Iron Infidel
 Artist: Samm Neiland
 Track Art: Elanor Pam
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-infidel
+Duration: 2:43
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-infidel
+- https://youtu.be/pIplxQdLgA4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Contributors:
 - Katherine Bordonaro, Connor Favero, Lorilyn "Neoscottie" Seyler, Steve Johnson, Andrea McNeil, Ari, Pippin (special thanks)
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 Track: Olive Scribe
 Artist: Magnum
 Track Art: Magnum
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-scribe
+Duration: 2:27
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-scribe
+- https://youtu.be/FpC98dlKX4s?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Jade Mother
 Artist: Nathan H.
 Track Art: Zilon
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-mother
+Duration: 2:15
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-mother
+- https://youtu.be/OKQqQ3152QQ?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Nathan H.:</i>
     Inspiration for this piece came after listening to a segment of Hans Zimmer's "Attack" from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack. I intended for the song to have a 'majestic' tone, but initially couldn't think of a character to set this theme to, so I chose the four beta kids. However, after being reassigned characters I think the piece fits equally well if not better with the Dolorosa.
@@ -64,7 +94,10 @@ Commentary:
 Track: Teal Hunter
 Artist: Willow Ascenzo
 Track Art: Myotishi
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter
+Duration: 2:31
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter
+- https://youtu.be/i_ehVzmj7dM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i>
     Teal Hunter was sort of the middle child of my three Homestuck music contest submissions. Even now it’s still my least favorite of the three songs I submitted. Why Radiation picked it along with my other two, I’ll never know. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be chosen. With over a thousand submissions I’m sure there was no shortage of Redglare songs for him to choose from. Maybe the $20 I slipped him when I submitted my songs had something to do with it But his ways are not our ways.
@@ -75,7 +108,10 @@ Track: Cobalt Corsair
 Artist: Max Wright
 References: Hallowed Halls
 Track Art: Cactuar
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-corsair
+Duration: 4:14
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-corsair
+- https://youtu.be/FhFw9mhGf84?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Max Wright:</i>
     For those of you who didn’t know, Cobalt Corsair was originally a theme for Hussie. The song being given to Mindfang, while some find it hilariously ironic, I find to be a lot more fitting. I do have a tendency to write piratey sounding orchestral songs; this time it just happened to be accidental! For this commentary, I’m going to be dividing the song up both by sections and instrument groups.
@@ -93,44 +129,62 @@ Commentary:
 Track: Indigo Archer
 Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell
 Track Art: Chelsea Thomas
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/indigo-archer
+Duration: 4:42
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/indigo-archer
+- https://youtu.be/3F0S20HUuNA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Purple Tyrant
 Artist: Kevin Grant
 Track Art: Asiul
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-tyrant
+Duration: 3:50
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-tyrant
+- https://youtu.be/tcFOqqCWao8?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Violet Mariner
 Artist: Willow Ascenzo
-References: Showtime (Piano Refrain)
 Track Art: rumminov
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner
+Duration: 2:45
+References: Showtime (Piano Refrain)
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner
+- https://youtu.be/aXpnjMsqC6k?list=PL333B705C8C7572E3
 Commentary:
-    <i>Violet Mariner:</i>
+    <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i>
     Let’s talk about Violet Mariner.
     I tend to listen to the kind of music I like to compose and compose the kind of music I like to listen to. Before I started composing this song I listened to a shit-ton of battle music from Koh Otani’s Shadow of the Colossus soundtrack, and it shows. Oh, boy, does it show, especially from 0:49 onward with the rhythm and percussion of the piece.
     Violet Mariner was the first song I started working on for the Homestuck music contest that eventually became the coloUrs and mayhem dual album. It’s a song about Dualscar—but it wasn’t always a song about Dualscar. No, it started out as a song about John. This explains the harp/piano section, which plays with the opening melody to Showtime, vaguely darting near it without ever actually producing the exact notes from Malcolm Brown’s original song. I intended it to be more of a hint of John’s original strife theme than a direct reference. In hindsight, keeping the references to existing Homestuck leitmotifs subtle was a smart idea. If I’d been more overt in my references and just made it a straight-up Doctor remix or an explicit arrangement of Showtime, it would have been really hard to reallocate it to a different character. And I’m happy that Violet Mariner is a Dualscar song. Dualscar needs more songs. And also it gave Radiation an excuse to almost name it “Violet Seaman”. And besides, it means I still technically haven’t used the original title, Heirstrike, yet.
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 Track: Fuchsia Ruler
 Artist: Sinister Psyche
-Refrences: Liquid Negrocity, twoward2 the heaven2
 Track Art: Mel
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-ruler
+Duration: 4:07
+Refrences: Liquid Negrocity, twoward2 the heaven2
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-ruler
+- https://youtu.be/AgOGQVszHbY?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Sinister Psyche:</i>
     Obviously with a name like Witc)(ing )(our, this song is for the condesce/batterwitch/etc. I always figured a sexy psychotic space empress bent on universal domination needed an over-the-top evil, but also dance-able track. I’d actually been planning to do a song like this for her for quite a while since she’s one of—if not my favorite—characters. Every 30 seconds or so represents a time in the Condesce’s life as we know it up to now and, while the song is almost wholly original, I did pull a few minor, but very recognizable things from songs like liquid negrocity and Twoard2 the Heaven2 to help really nail the connection.
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 Track: ~~SIDE 2~~
 Artist: Toby Fox
-References: ~~SIDE 1~~:side-1-universe-a
 Track Art: none
+Duration: 0:10
+References: ~~SIDE 1~~:side-1-universe-a
 Directory: side-2-universe-a
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-2
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-2
+- https://youtu.be/4yYe9Y0zJwE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Rust Maid
 Artist: Plumegeist
 Track Art: Digidigi66
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-maid
+Duration: 2:54
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-maid
+- https://youtu.be/ekWCjAjetZA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Plumegeist:</i>
     Around mid-2011 I was at a Nippon Ichi binge. Disgaea 4 was my most anticipated title of yesteryear and I ended up clocking roughly 300 hours in it. Playing it was essentially what finally made me look at the bigger picture when it came to how Disgaea structured it’s entire universe, and if you know me, I love fictional universes with established rules and boundaries that are cleverly told.
@@ -144,70 +198,109 @@ Track: Bronze Page
 Artist: Ian White, Eston Schweickart
 Contributors: Ally Clark (vocals)
 Track Art: Durandana
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-page
+Duration: 0:57
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-page
+- https://youtu.be/2ZmG8q5z1XE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Gold Mage
 Artist: repeatedScales
 Track Art: Prassio
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage
+Duration: 3:30
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage
+- https://youtu.be/IY9mF06ZVFI?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Iron Knight
 Artist: DJ最テー
 Track Art: Emma Glaze
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-knight
+Duration: 4:07
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-knight
+- https://youtu.be/Nv6hGW8cou4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Olive Rogue
 Artist: Eston Schweickart
 Contributors: Alex Amlie-Wolf (bass)
 Track Art: Mingmingfurb
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-rogue
+Duration: 4:57
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-rogue
+- https://youtu.be/L2BLUyv7UT0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Jade Sylph
 Artist: Frank Haught
 Track Art: Michelle Czajkowski
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-sylph
+Duration: 3:50
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-sylph
+- https://youtu.be/oT-iHcyEjGQ?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Teal Seer
 Artist: Kera Jones
 Track Art: Bloodredbites
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-seer
+Duration: 2:32
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-seer
+- https://youtu.be/Dwcn4q4X0OQ?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Cobalt Thief
 Artist: Ray McDougall
 Track Art: Shannon
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-thief
+Duration: 3:22
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-thief
+- https://youtu.be/44un1ADquPA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Indigo Heir
 Artist: Paul Tuttle Starr
 Track Art: Rebecca Ryberg
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/indigo-heir
+Duration: 5:00
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/indigo-heir
+- https://youtu.be/tdzG9kkxGt8?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Purple Bard
 Artist: Gec
 Track Art: Brianne
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-bard
+Duration: 3:08
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-bard
+- https://youtu.be/H9PK2xF_b3I?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Violet Prince
 Artist: DJ最テー
 Track Art: Whimzu
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-prince
+Duration: 3:02
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-prince
+- https://youtu.be/o0W_22WQjZ0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Fuchsia Witch
 Artist: David Dycus
 Track Art: Inverts
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-witch
+Duration: 1:36
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-witch
+- https://youtu.be/FApClQH9MrE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: ~~ADITIONAL MAYHEM~~
 Artist: Toby Fox
 Track Art: none
-Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-a
+Duration: 0:17
 References: Double Midnight
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-additional-mayhem
+Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-a
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-additional-mayhem
+- https://youtu.be/_cVhbp4Z2sI?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Your Universe
 Artist: Marcus Citrine
 Track Art: Jones N. Wiedle
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/your-universe
+Duration: 4:50
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/your-universe
+- https://youtu.be/iE1s52sqnpI?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Contributors:
 - Rachel St. Marseille (voice)
 - Steve Blum (piano)
@@ -227,7 +320,10 @@ Lyrics:
 Track: Superego
 Artist: Yan Rodriguez
 Track Art: Kajoi
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/superego
+Duration: 2:58
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/superego
+- https://youtu.be/fjmiQ3wujn4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Commentary:
     <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i>
     Boy do I love this song. The situation I made was pretty much the opposite of the one for Bronze Rebel. I felt pretty good about Bronze Rebel, and I had a feeling I was only going to get one track on anyway I didn’t have high hopes for this one. In fact this one was the “let’s make something I don’t think others will like as much” song. And it might be true, I can’t really tell!
@@ -237,17 +333,26 @@ Commentary:
 Track: Made of Time
 Artist: James Roach
 Track Art: Alexia Khodanian
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/made-of-time
+Duration: 2:17
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/made-of-time
+- https://youtu.be/MMwFJp_e3BQ?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Nine Lives One Love
 Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks
 Track Art: Lynnai Hicks
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nine-lives-one-love
+Duration: 6:33
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nine-lives-one-love
+- https://youtu.be/woprOPxAOAE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
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 Track: Temporal Shenanigans
 Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell
 Track Art: Astrom
-URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-shenanigans
+Duration: 4:13
+URLs:
+- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-shenanigans
+- https://youtu.be/gO2SMV0lY3U?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV
 Lyrics:
     There's no need to justify the meaningless destruction.<br>The voices always tell me that it's how I'm meant to function.<br>Everything's in order, everything will come in time,<br>just as long as I complete the tasks that are mine.
     When the time comes that you see the way destiny lies,<br>it would be okay if you'd pretend to be surprised.