Labyrinth

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Labyrinth
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Written by Joe Hawley, Charlene Kaye, Shane Maux
Appears on Hawaii: Part II
Sung by Shane Maux, Charlene Kaye
Duration 2:33
Genre Hip-hop, Chiptune, Rap
Language English
Links: Youtube
Spotify
Bandcamp
Instrumental (Bandcamp)
Chorus Demo (Bandcamp)
Royal Lions Chorus (Bandcamp)
A Capella Verses (Bandcamp)
"I Rewind" (Bandcamp)


Labyrinth is a song by ミラクルミュージカル, written by Joe Hawley, Shane Maux, and Charlene Kaye. It is the 8th track on Hawaii: Part II. The instrumental of Labyrinth interpolates melodies from The Mind Electric.

Recording

Ross Federman and Shane MauX had worked together before, as Ross co-produced Shane's 'The Good Company EP'[1] In 2024 Charlene Kaye confirmed on her Instagram stories that she wrote and recorded the hook in Ross' tiny Williamsburg bedroom in 2011.[2]

Music Video & Video Game

 
Labyrinth Video Game Promotional Image

On August 23rd, 2014 the official Miracle Musical twitter tweeted a date: "12.13.14", the tweet was deleted shortly afterwards [3] On the teased date of 13th of December 2014, a music video for Labyrinth was released to YouTube[4] and a PC based video game which went by the same name, developed by Wonderfling Studios was also released.[5]

The music video was directed by Ben Luce who also worked closely with the producers at Wonderfling studios over the course of the game's production.

On April 1st, 2015 an email was sent to those who were subscribed to the ミラクルミュージカル mailing list, which had the title of "Hawaii: Part II" - The Game. The email read:

"Greetings Space-Time Traveler,

In case you missed it, the wizards at Wonderfling Studios hath conjured a Hawaii: Part II video game*
The game has been updated since its initial 12.13.14 release, which accompanied this relatively fresh content:

• A COMPLEMENTARY "Labyrinth" music video •
• AN "Isle unto Thyself" music video •
• "Candle on the Water" (A PETE'S DRAGON REFERENCE) •

To discover more,
please visit hawaiipartii.com.

Kind regards,
ミラクルミュージカル

*WINDOWS ONLY. MAC VERSION AVAILABLE SOON.
**DONATIONS ARE SPLIT BETWEEN ANIMATOR BEN LUCE, ミラクルミュージカル, AND WONDERFLING STUDIOS.

On March 31st, 2015 there was a "substantial" update to the game[6] and on September 13th, 2015, there was a second update, allowing for users to play the game on Mac OS X[7]

On December 31st, 2015 an album of 8-bit versions of songs from Hawaii: Part II was released as "Hawaii Partii". A version of the album was originally downloaded with the game, but was uploaded to Bandcamp for purchase. A version of Labyrinth features on the album as: Labyrinth (8-Bit)[8]

As of the 17 of March 2022, the Wonderfling Studios website and game download are dead[9], however it has been archived on TallyAll.[10]

Trivia

  • In 2013 Ross went on to remix a song for Charlene Kaye[11]


Lyrics

See how I circle
Imaginary mind
Imaginary lines 
Let the maze of my design carry you on

Just bumped my head and my face turns purple
Running through hurdles
Running in circles
Trying to escape from this thing that I fear
Everything seems clear like the end is near

In the rear
I can see the beast getting close
Surrounded by ghosts in a cloud of smoke

The smoke reeks of failure
I don't want to fail
But all the stairwells lead straight to hell
So I'm jumping trap doors in the floor 'fore they floor me
Focus on the love and the light right before me

Walls keep spinning and my path keeps turning
Patience thinning and my calves keep burning
Hotter than a furnace
Suddenly I'm learning
Maybe I finally reached the point of no return and
East is North and West is South
I feel like I'm 'a never get out
I'm trapped

See how I circle
Imaginary mind
Imaginary lines 
Let the maze of my design carry you on
See how I fly away

Behind me my ex-girl's chasing me
In front of me my next girl's facing me
Awaiting me
The light's in my sight but I can't cross these enemy lines I'm behind
I can feel the fatigue but I'm dying to shine
But the road winds
I rewind, I rewind

Got to find a new place to hide for the night
Will I ever escape
Boy I try and I try
Everybody's watching me
I'm dying to get out
In the glass labyrinth I am the mouse

See how I circle
(I'm trapped)

It's just a game you
Play here in this labyrinth
[Maze] 

Chorus Demo Lyrics

See how I circle
A figment of your mind
Imaginary lines 
Let the maze of my design carry you on

Royal Lions Chorus Lyrics

Turned off the numbness
The lovers in your mind
The pathways that unwind now
An endless system to cross and now we're lost


References

Hawaii: Part II
 
Hawaii: Part II: Part ii
 
1. Introduction to the Snow (Instrumental)
2. Isle Unto Thyself (Instrumental)
3. Black Rainbows (Instrumental)
4. White Ball (Instrumental))
5. Murders (Instrumental)
6. 宇宙ステーションのレベル7 (Instrumental)
7. The Mind Electric (Instrumental)
8. Labyrinth (Instrumental)
9. Time Machine (Instrumental)
10. Stranded Lullaby (Instrumental)
11. Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Instrumental)
12. Variations on a Cloud (Instrumental)
13. Introduction to the Snow (Demo)
14. Isle Unto Thyself (Demo)
15. Isle Unto Thyself (Wee-Oh)
16. Black Rainbows (A Capella Demo)
17. Black Rainbows (Chanting Tutorial)
18. White Ball (Piano Melody Demo)
19. White Ball (Bridge Demo)
20. White Ball (Solo Demo)
21. White Ball (Ad Libs)
22. White Ball (Raw Strings)
23. White Ball (Giggle)
24. Murders (Demo)
25. Murders (1949 Steinway Samples)
26. Murders (Vocal Effects)
27. 宇宙ステーションのレベル7 (Disco Chorus)
28. 宇宙ステーションのレベル7 ("Heaven")
29. The Mind Electric (Demo)
30. The Mind Electric (Demo 2)
31. The Mind Electric (Demo 3)
32. The Mind Electric (Demo 4)
33. The Mind Electric (Cojum Dip Instrumental)
34. The Mind Electric ("Help Me/Axon-Dendrite")
35. The Mind Electric ("Gott")
36. The Mind Electric ("Teslacoil" Synth)
37. The Mind Electric ("Simon" Synth)
38. The Mind Electric (Reamplification Effects)
39. The Mind Electric (Sample - Sam Ku West Harmony Boys - "Sunkist Hawaii")
40. The Mind Electric (Sample - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Gloria - "Trinitatis")
41. Labyrinth (Chorus Demo)
42. Labyrinth (Royal Lions Chorus)
43. Labyrinth (A Capella Verses)
44. Labyrinth ("I Rewind")
45. Time Machine (Demo)
46. Time Machine (Demo 2)
47. Time Machine (Demo 3)
48. Stranded Lullaby (Demo)
49. Stranded Lullaby (Demo 2)
50. Stranded Lullaby (Demo 3))
51. Stranded Lullaby ("Ghost")
52. Stranded Lullaby (Sound Effects)
53. Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Demo))
54. Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Demo 2)
55. Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Electric Guitar)