The World is Small Ever After for Always or Rubberhose is a children's type song produced first mentioned in The Book of Bill and eventually released for real in the book's tie in website, This Is Not A Website Dot Com. It can be found by inputting the word "Rubberhose" into the website. It was made by the Composers of Inkwell Studios.
Background[]
Ford's Cassette tape of The World is Small Ever After for Always
In The Book of Bill, Bill Cipher mentions that in the 1930s, he made a deal with Inkwell animation Studios' owner Elias Inkwell to create a cartoon with him as the main character called "Cipher Symphonies." However, after the show's debut was deemed "the worst thing since news footage of the sinking of the Lusitania" by critics, the deal fell apart and Inkwell put a bounty on Bill's head. To defeat him, his composers created a song so catchy and annoying, that it would drive him out of any brain that heard it. The song was called "The World Is Small Ever After For Always." It ended up working and Bill was run out of the animation industry, with all evidence of his work being locked in the Inkwell Vault.
After learning about his true intentions, Stanford Pines would use a cassette tape of the song to stop Bill from entering his mind. He played the tape on repeat over and over until the song was stuck in his head, hoping the earworm would prevent Bill from entering. His attempts however proved unsuccessful as he would wake days later to discover Bill had gotten in his mind again.
Video[]
Typing "Rubberhose" will make the website play the song, as well as a 10 second loop of a video of two cartoon children dancing in front of a spinning globe with balloons, a Ferris wheel, a teddy bear, a clown with balloons, and other children around the frame of the video raising their hands up and down. The lyric "The world is small ever after for always" is repeated for 3 minutes 50 seconds, ended with "The world is small, so so small, you are just a speck", referencing Disney's "It's a Small World, After All".
Lyrics[]
The world is small ever after, for always
(Repeated 27 times)
The world is small
So, so small
You are just a speck
Trivia[]
- The song and its lyrics are a reference/parody of the Disney song "It's a Small World, After All."
- Similarly, the story Bill told about it, Elias Inkwell, founder of Inkwell Studios and his show "Bill's World" being put in their vault is in itself a reference to Walt Disney, The Walt Disney Company and their so called "Disney Vault."