NEVER LET THEM TAKE THE LIGHT BEHIND YOUR EYES //
✋gummy jelly x silica
👃deep malty assam black tea leaves, jasmine flowers, dark honey, toasty caramel, osmanthus, tangerine
*NOTES:
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The 2 oz of orange silica comes separately in a baggie, and the 8 oz slime is filled all the way up, so this will mix to 10oz of slime
- To turn the flameless candle on and off, flip the switch on the bottom. Please don't mix the candle into the slime.
“The Light Behind Your Eyes” was written by singer Gerard Way as an anticipatory farewell to their newborn child during a time of personal turmoil. When writing this song, G was struggling with substance overuse & relapse, the band was going through burnout & stress, & G had just become a parent.
He shared, “I was self-medicating again to get through, & I’d forgotten how miserable that made me. It took me to the dark place again, but there was more at stake this time. I started to face the hypothetical reality of (child) Bandit not having a father. I started taking that seriously, thinking, ‘I want her to have a dad. A guy that’s present. Because one way or another – either by death or by asylum, she’s gonna be fatherless if I keep this up.’”
In the song, they sing about (what feels like) this inevitability of failure while encouraging her to stay strong:
“One day, I'll lose this fight / As we fade in the dark just remember you will always burn as bright
Be strong & hold my hand / Time, it comes for us, you'll understand
We'll say goodbye today, & I'm sorry how it ends this way”
The song expresses the desire to protect her from pain, telling her not to lose her spark when he’s gone:
“If I could be with you tonight, I would sing you to sleep / never let them take the light behind your eyes”
This song feels relatable to those who have struggled with substances or SI & grappling with one’s own mortality & the possibility of leaving loved ones behind. This is a theme we see in the album The Black Parade as well – mustering up the strength to carry on despite tragedy & loss. (If anyone’s curious, almost 20 years later, the band are all doing much better now!)
I wanted this slime to evoke an expansive night sky, the duality of darkness & endless possibility, or uncertainty of what is to come. Sometimes we get sucked into the void and it’s hard to pull ourselves out of it. The glitters and light elements reflect those glimmers of hope and strength that we cling to in order to carry on through the pain.
