History Heartwarming / Voltaire

* His interactions with his fiancé Mayumi Toyoda in their show Gothic Homemaking. They are so cute!

* "Medicated Girls Brigade." It's about people (specifically speaking women) who over-medicate to the point of numbness and trying to hide their flaws. In the song he tells listeners "I love you the way you are."

-->So let's wear black, let's blast Music/TheCure and [[Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees Siouxsie]]

* "Medicated Girls Brigade." "I love you the way you are."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ80F3P2JEA "So... I'm gonna do one song, but it's not gonna be by me, it's a song that inspired me. And, as I look around this room, I think it's very possible, it's very possible, that you guys had the same experience I had when I was a teenager, and everyone was telling me I was a weirdo and a freak and a pervert and a...y'know, I was just... a piece of shit, and they bullied me and pushed me around, and called me all sorts of names. One night, I went to see a film, and that film pretty much changed my life because it made me realize there were other people in the world like me. And so this is a song from that film, it means a lot to me and hopefully it means a lot to you too."]]

* Yes, from Voltaire. "Goodnight Demon-Slayer" is about a parent easing his child's nighttime fears. Google the lyrics sometime, it's absolutely beautiful.
** As well as being one of the most badass lullabies you will ever hear.
** Easing the kid's fears? Crowning Moment of Understatement. He flat-out tells the kid that the most dangerous thing in that bedroom is the kid, so anything that knows what's good for it is going to keep well away, and everything else is going to eat it's own butt for dinner.
** Try Crowning Moment of Misinterpretation. The last line conveys an entirely different meaning to the song; the world's a lot worse than a kid might think it is. Instead of being told that there are no (problems/monsters) in their (room/world), they're told to fight them. It's about standing up for yourself.
** It's all of those. He's telling the kid that the "monsters" in his dreams and imagination are nothing compared to him, if he can master his fear. By mastering his fear of the unknown as a child, he'll be able to face the monsters of the real world: other humans, dangerous in their own ways. In other words: don't be afraid of the monster under your bed, when the monster who would want to use and abuse you is much worse.
*** Or it could just be about a parent being pissed that his kid keeps complaining about monsters telling them to toughen up because life is going to get shittier... really depends on how you interpret it.
** At one of his concerts he said he wrote it for his son.

* "Innocent", written to and about people who have been the victims of bullying and harassment, giving words of encouragement and reassurance that it's not their fault. What gets this troper is the bridge, where Voltaire invites the listener:

* After songs like [[ImAManICantHelpIt "Normal for a Man"]] and [[WomenAreEmotional "All Women Are Crazy"]], we get "You Married a Fool".
* "The Mechanical Girl" manages to be heartwarming and hilarious at the same time.
-->And the moral is to never separate a child from a loving parent
-->[[SpaceWhaleAesop Especially a child that shoots rockets out of her eyes.]]

-->So let's wear black, let's blast TheCure and [[SiouxsieAndTheBanshees Siouxsie]]
-->Then we'll go see TheRockyHorrorPictureShow, and then we'll forget to go home.

* Don't forget that Voltaire wrote a song dedicated to Grand Dutchess Anastasia, who was murdered at age 17. He even says he name in the Russian way, and some of the lyrics are absolutely sweet.

* In a subversion, Stuck with You ends with words of love.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ80F3P2JEA "So...I'm gonna do one song, but it's not gonna be by me, it's a song that inspired me. And, as I look around this room, I think it's very possible, it's very possible, that you guys had the same experience I had when I was a teenager, and everyone was telling me I was a weirdo and a freak and a pervert and a...y'know, I was just...a piece of shit, and they bullied me and pushed me around, and called me all sorts of names. One night, I went to see a film, and that film pretty much changed my life because it made me realize there were other people in the world like me. And so this is a song from that film, it means a lot to me and hopefully it means a lot to you too."]]

*** Or it could just be about a parent being pissed that his kid keeps complaining about monsters telling them to toughen up because life is going to get shittier...really depends on how you interpret it.

* The ending of "The Beast Of Pirate's Bay".

-->Then we'll go see TheRockyHorrorPictureShow, and then we'll forget to go home.

* In a subversion, Stuck with You ends with words of love.