Vantage

Fan Song
Song Title:	Vantage
Composer:	Halfy & Winks
Lyrics:	Halfy & Winks
Melody:	original
Date:	May 15, 2022
Fandom:	Dream SMP
Album:	N/A
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Vantage is a gen Dream SMP fansong composed and produced by Halfy & Winks (in collaboration with a 200-strong international choir, collectively named "The Voices of Tomorrow, and violinist Claire Armstrong) that was uploaded onto Youtube and most streaming platforms on May 15, 2022. The song's scope covers most of the L'Manburg, Exile, and Duel arcs of said series canon, and prominently most of its main characters, such as Tommyinnit, Wilbur Soot, Tubbo, and Technoblade. Accompanied by a multi-person animated fan video, as well as a seperate audio-only "version", it has garnered around 1,049,936 views and a 62,114-462 like-dislike ratio on Youtube as of July 2024, and is somewhat regularly cited within and outside fandom spaces as one of the most popular Dream SMP fansongs to date, alongside Derivakat and CG5, to name a few.

Lyrics

The lyrics, as both corroborated and provided both by the original composers and various fans, are as follows:

"Shameless, earnest

each soul driven by its conscience
Are we all the heroes in our stories,
risen from glory?
Or are we all nothing more than kings who
point their sword at their
brother?

This is my vantage
You have yours, I'll have mine
We'll never see eye to eye
We sow the seeds of peace, not sorrow
We are the souls who pay for the war
the war of tomorrow

Fragile, broken
human hidden in the differences
We've risen from the same ashes
yet we were at each otehr's matches

Oh, this is my vantage
We're standing on the same line
But you are low
and I am high

This is my vantage
You have yours, I'll have mine
We'll never see eye to eye
This is my vantage
You have yours, I'll have mine
We'll never see eye to eye
We sow the seeds of peace, not sorrow
We are the souls who pay for the war
the war of tomorrow

(the war of tomorrow)

Fan Reactions

"The Dream SMP is still one of the most interesting and badass stories that has ever been created. I can't believe it's only been two years since it started. Incredible song and art. Congrats to all involved for creating such a masterpiece."

— @rachyljean, comment from the official Youtube upload (2022)

This is amazing. I'm speechless. You really portrayed how everyone is the hero in their own story. "Each soul driven by its conscience/Aren't we all the heroes in our own stories? Risen from glory?" BEST. LINES. EVER.

— DualityStellar, comment from the official Youtube upload (2022)