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Psyche performs an original comedic song about a community member known as ThingThatIs — a bald, argumentative Libra drummer who speaks in cryptic non-sequiturs, broke a promise to buy Mason a Jar Jar Binks shirt, and is described as having a 'heart made of gold, delivery made of sandpaper.'
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The episode consists entirely of Psyche performing an original song [0:00-4:38]. The lyrics introduce ThingThatIs walking into a club 'like a vampire king' in a black high-collar shirt with a shining bald head [0:35-0:47]. He is characterized as a Libra who weighs every side and changes opinions mid-conversation [0:51-0:58], complains constantly but possesses 'the softest heart in all the land' ▶ 1:03. The song describes his rhetorical style: 'lies for debate like an internet preacher' ▶ 1:18, speaks in baffling phrases like 'cross the road like it's everybody's doom' and 'couched coffee meters' [1:23-1:36]. A recurring narrative involves a broken promise to Mason about a Jar Jar shirt — 'cross his heart' but 'Jar Jar being shirt from the start' [2:07-2:14], with months and years passing while 'Jar Jar still waiting' and 'Mason disappointed' [2:15-2:26]. ThingThatIs is also a drummer who keeps perfect time but then 'starts another pointless argument online' [2:27-2:34], peppering speech with 'Technically / Actually / Historically speaking / Brother' [2:35-2:42]. The chorus repeats 'You're weird' directed at various targets including a salmon, bartender, and cigarette [2:51-3:07]. The bridge describes him as 'bald / handsome' with 'heart made of gold / delivery made of sandpaper / the world's loudest sweetheart' [3:14-3:38]. The song ends with the unresolved debt — 'Still owes Mason that Jar Jar shirt' [3:43-3:45] — and a fading chant of 'Misa believing you' [4:17-4:36].
This episode appears to continue the show's tradition of mythologizing community members through musical roasts, transforming interpersonal dynamics and running jokes into performed folklore. The song suggests ThingThatIs occupies a trickster-adjacent role in the community — simultaneously beloved and exasperating, cryptic yet sincere, with the 'Jar Jar shirt' debt functioning as a recurring narrative thread that binds the community's shared history. The repetition of 'You're weird' as a refrain appears to reframe weirdness as a communal bonding mechanism rather than an insult. The closing invocation of 'Misa believing you' suggests a layer of genuine affection beneath the satire, possibly indicating that ThingThatIs's contradictions are ultimately embraced rather than merely mocked.
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Who are you? There's been a lot to talk about.
Oh no, please don't! Walked into the club like a vampire king Black high collar shirt didn't say a thing
Bald head shining underneath the light Smoking like philosophy all through the night He's a Libra so he's weighing every side Changes his opinion halfway through the ride Complains all day but you'd better understand He's got the softest heart in all the land
You log your left, you log your right Just to keep the conversation alive tonight Cause he's evil, no that's not the feature He lies for debate like an internet preacher He has a cross the road Like it's everybody's doom
I just couched coffee meters Nobody knows what he meant But he absolutely meant it He screams again five minutes later He's your best friend
The code X says Pretty sure that's Mason He says no it isn't The code X says We're 80% certain Still nobody knows He promised Mason
Cross his heart But Jar Jar being shirt from the start Months go by Years go by Jar Jar still waiting Mason disappointed He's behind the drums keeping perfect time
Then starts another pointless argument online Technically Actually Historically speaking Brother Nobody asks
You're weird The salmon catches another stray You're weird Everybody else catches one too You're weird Even the bartender gets confused You're weird The cigarette nods in agreement The universe has spoken The drum solo becomes another debate
He's bald He's handsome I call her every night
Come tens about Everything yet somehow he's right Hard made of gold Delivery made of sandpaper
The world's loudest sweetheart Still owes Mason That Jar Jar shirt Still yelling you win
Still crashing Couch coffee Peeters Biscuits Nobody has Disappered the prophesially The Codex keeps taking notes And song
Jar Jar being whispered Misa Believing you
Misa Believing you Misa Believing you Misa Believing you You're weird
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