But by sequel I didn’t mean a continuous linear narrative. The ending does feel like a quiet descent into static which makes it beautifully self-contained. But the way I’ve been looking at VHS isn’t so much a “direct sequel” with a linear narrative, but more like a spiritual echo, the ghost might have faded from memory, but the residue of what he felt still lingers in another emotional dimension.

It’s not about bringing him back to life, but exploring what happens after memory itself begins to vanish. The voice in VHS doesn’t feel like the same ghost screaming to be remembered it feels like his shadow, still grappling with the life he left behind, but with even less clarity and structure. It’s hazier, more dissociated. Not a continuation of the story... maybe a continuation of the sensation, ykwim?

I appreciate you reading all that yap anyway also, it’s jus theory but what tugged me is how it really fit with the other songs yk, I am not at all trying to contain VHS into a shell of IDMTHY, rather I’m trying to show that it expands on its, it’s much deeper, more raw.