sing it for the world - patchtail's character theme playlists

title of the playlist comes from raca's dual heritage: she's inherited the right to the throne, but also she's the hybrid child of enemies at war.

_{part 1: heiress}

birthright - sleeping at last ft. jon foreman

she was raised by wolves, in the warmth of their fur. surrounded by fangs, she knew that she was secure.

raca is a canine shifter, of course!

his fences stood tall as the shoulders of old. but he dreamt that one day maybe he’d break the mold.

raca has so many walls built. (unlike this song's use for pan, unfortunately, you do have to genderflip half the verses to make them apply.) and she does have dreams of changing some things.

but time shyly stands still when you watch it unfold. from these ivory towers freedom is only a ghost.

she's not free despite - or partly because of - her elevated position.

privilege and pain when compared look the same. comprehension begins when we pull back the lens.

raca is a hybrid - in a high social class maybe, but holding the same secret they do.

they made her their queen on the day she was born. they placed on her a crown she wasn’t ready for.

she is a born heir. it's hard to imagine what she would do if she had free choice, but it would probably be something like "natural philosopher" or "economist" - quite far from government!

but all impossible odds foreshadow our means, like paving a road to kingdoms we’ve never seen.

interaction with the feline kingdom?

he woke up one day, written out of the will. they swore he’d be okay, with lesser shoes to fill.

if she's discovered, she'll lose the throne if she doesn't lose her life.

“what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger,” they say. our only birthright in this life is the breath that we take.

dawn of man - michael guy bowman

if anyone's out there to see what i have done can anyone tell me what i am to become?

raca takes too much responsibility for who and what she is on herself.

welcome to the black parade - my chemical romance

when i was a young boy my father took me into the city to see the marching band and he said, "son, when you grow up, will you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?"

responsibility, idk.

a world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams your misery and hate will kill us all.

raca is a puddle of secret self-hatred and hatred towards others.

all that is beautiful - sleeping at last

all that is beautiful will not be beautiful to me unless it's perfect. outside these walls is an awful place as far as i can tell she's pretty privileged. (that's understatement)

go the distance - norm lewis (hercules)

i am on my way i can go the distance i don't care how far somehow i'll be strong i know every mile will be worth my while i would go most anywhere to find where i belong she wants to do right!

hörst du den wind - oonagh and santiano

durch den nebel der zeit dringen worte zu dir ein vermächtnis, bewahrt nur für dich sie erscheinen vertraut, von unendlich weit her mach dich auf, wenn dein volk zu dir spricht folg dem schicksal und fürchte dich nicht hörst du den wind wie er dich ruft? er singt dir lieder der alten zeit, aranna namárië hörst du den wind? wenn er dich sucht, bringt er dir lieder der ewigkeit, aranna namárië aranna namárië

follow your destiny and all, idk. plus "welcome to the king" in quenya idk.

uma thurman - fall out boy

she wants to dance like uma thurman, bury me till i confess she wants to dance like uma thurman and i can't get you out of my head

i just like this song tbh. also ambition and sh-t idk

come again - carbon leaf

minions cast opinions as they crowd outside my getaway hooray! toast today! begin this social event of the century odd scenery around in vain, i'll catch my tail i missed your point, but anyway... shadows in the banquet hall recall the dance that did them in shins, oh so thin. should you not feel a part of anything? are these not the colorful lives we intended them to be?

insert something about pretending to be more of a people person and extrovert than she truly is here, and having to socialize with people at events. also "catch my tail" because they're part animal get it? eh??

title theme - the west wing

(instrumental)

government!

human - christina perri

i can hold my breath i can bite my tongue i can stay awake for days if that's what you want be your number one i can fake a smile i can force a laugh i can dance and play the part if that's what you ask give you all i am

there is no room for personal wishes and dreams when you're the (future) leader of a country. the nation comes first. at least to raca.

but i'm only human and i bleed when i fall down i'm only human and i crash and i break down your words in my head, knives in my heart you build me up and then i fall apart 'cause i'm only human

but she can't be perfect (because she's a hybrid - no, because she's a person).

i can turn it on be a good machine i can hold the weight of worlds if that's what you need be your everything

but she tries.

texas stars - carbon leaf

did you look up to find you were left behind? did your heroes and stars fade?

russata's betrayal.

_{part 2: hybrid}

secret - the pierces

got a secret, can you keep it, swear this one you'll save better lock it in your pocket, taking this one to the grave if i show you then i know you won't tell what i said 'cause two can keep a secret if one of them is dead

if anyone ever finds out her secret, they will need to die. raca doesn't want anyone to die but it's as simple as that, better for one servant to die than for the kingdom to be thrown into chaos.

heirloom - sleeping at last

you try your hardest to leave the past alone. this crooked posture is all you’ve ever known. it is the consequence of living in between the weight of family and the pull of gravity. you are so much more than your father’s son. you are so much more than what i’ve become.

raca from russata's pov (with necessary genderflips). russata only knows a little of what goes on in raca's head w/r/t the hybrid thing and her hatred for russata and for herself.

when the scale tipped, when you inherited a fight that you were born to lose. it’s not your fault, no, it’s not your fault, i put this heavy heart in you.

oh, russata. oh, raca.

who's they - daughtry

they say we need to be a certain way to fit the mold or so they say but who's they?

unloveable - the smiths

i know i'm unloveable you don't have to tell me oh, message received loud and clear

oh, raca. :(

and if i seem a little strange well, that's because i am she is.

we must be killers - mikky ekko

i woke up, i was stuck in a dream you were there, you were tearing up everything and we all know how to fake it baby and we all know what we've done we must be killers children of the wild ones killers where we got left to run?

ok this one really really fits raca particularly -

set my body free the silver tigers in the moon light running and the wind in the trees singing do you believe?

- but parts of it also fit the shifter 'verse in general and the feline kingdom! which raca is descended from partially...

it's the fear - within temptation

i fear who i am becoming, i feel that i am losing the struggle within i can no longer restrain it, my strength, it is fading i have to give in

monster - imagine dragons

ever since i could remember, everything inside of me, just wanted to fit in (oh oh oh oh) i was never one for pretenders, everything i tried to be, just wouldn't settle in (oh oh oh oh) if i told you what i was, would you turn your back on me? and if i seem dangerous, would you be scared? i get the feeling just because everything i touch isn't dark enough that this problem lies in me

have a look inside raca's head. it's pretty much like this song she is one angsty puppycat

can i clear my conscience, if i'm different from the rest, do i have to run and hide? (oh oh oh oh) i never said that i want this, this burden came to me, and it's made its home inside (oh oh oh oh)

the kids aren't alright - fall out boy

don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright?and it's our time now if you want it to be. maul the world like a carnival bear set free. and your love is anemic and i can't believe that you couldn't see it coming from me.

i am a rock - simon & garfunkel

i am a rock, i am an island.don't talk of love, but i've heard the words before; it's sleeping in my memory.and a rock feels no pain; and an island never cries.

pretend it's home - beth crowley

cause the view from the top is beautiful but fleeting the world seems to stop but looks can be deceiving you're surrounded but you'll always be alone so pick a place, pretend it's home

i'm a secret, i'm a lie i'm the weakness i despise

i mean yes

immortals - fall out boy

they say we are what we are but we don't have to be. i'm bad behavior but i do it in the best way.i'm still comparing your past to my future. it might be your wound but they're my sutures.

i am not a robot - marina & the diamonds

better to be hated than loved, loved, loved for what you're notyou're vulnerable, you're vulnerable you are not a robot

broken crown - mumford & sons

touch my mouth and hold my tongue i'll never be your chosen one

first of all the title of this song. alpha russata betrayed (in raca's view) the alpha throne, and raca herself is a betrayal of it. broken promises and tarnished sceptres. raca is chosen but (she believes) she shouldn't be.

better not to breathe than to breathe a lie 'cause when i opened my body i breathe in a lie she is always lying because she has to. so crawl on my belly 'til the sun goes down i'll never wear your broken crown i took the road and i f-cked it all away now in this twilight, how dare you speak of grace

the venom in this chorus makes me think of raca's rage towards russata. also it makes me really sad how raca blames herself for her own existence. i mean, she blames russata too, and that's also sad. it's just...raca is one messed up puppy and if harnessed using sufficiently advanced technology her hatred - for herself and for her mother and for all hybrids by extension - could probably power a city for a year. :(

clockwork - carbon leaf

my textureless history i store in a textured bag (it's painted real fine)

i feel like there was more to this song that fit raca's hated "halfie" side, but i don't remember what it was.

i don't wanna - within temptation

i don't wanna live this way, it haunts my mind and i just need to get it straight, stop wasting time and i don't wanna live and feel that i can change what's right but i know we'll be living in a lie

raca doesn't like that her life is a lie, but she has no other choice really.

wretched and divine - black veil brides

i am the chosen, wretched and divine i am the unspoken, the one they left behind fearless, fight until we die i am broken, the wretched and divine

demons - imagine dragons

when the days are cold and the cards all fold and the saints we see are all made of gold

drought and famine and war, anyone? edit: that sounds like i am passing around a sampler platter with natural disasters on it, lol. or possibly if i'm asking if anyone knows these guys, they call themselves the horsemen of the apocalypse...

when your dreams all fail and the ones we hail are the worst of all and the blood’s run stale

the ruler of the land is a traitor.

i wanna hide the truth i wanna shelter you but with the beast inside there’s nowhere we can hide

destroyed - within temptation

i did my best to please you but my best was never good enough somehow you're only able to see all i am notdid you ever look behind aren't you afraid of the pieces you'll find i have failed you but you have failed me tooit's so easy to destroy and condemn do you ever wonder if it's justifiedi close my eyes as i walk the thin line between love and hate for the person with the same blood in his veins

we don't belong - black veil brides

the gates of heaven were locked shut, the pits of hell... they were all filled up and i fear i don't belong here they might call me a "sinner", a walking flame from a fire that burns disappear you don't belong here

this is the deepest part of the abyss of raca's self-loathing, her really bad days.

_{part 3: meet mau}

what is this feeling - wicked

what is this feeling, so sudden and new? i felt the moment i laid eyes on you. my pulse is rushing, my head is reeling, my face is flushing. what is this feeling? fervid as a flame, does it have a name? yes! loathing. unadulterated loathing. for your face, your voice, your clothing. let's just say - i loathe it all! every little trait however small makes my very flesh begin to crawl with simple utter loathing.

it's f-cking hilarious how i was all prepared for raca to go in, without high hopes but at least willing to try to talk politely with the feline heir - - and then mau opens her mouth and raca was just. nope. what an annoying brat. 0/10 would insult again, ew

never mind the why or wherefore - hms pinafore

i don't have any lyrics from this one because there aren't any specific lines that fit, but this song is about a father trying to marry off his daughter to a rich guy even though she doesn't want to (because she's in love with someone else, but that's not important now) and throughout the song, she keeps insulting the noble guy in little asides that echo her father's and the rich guy's lines praising himself. i love it u go josephine. anyway it reminded me of raca trying to obliquely insult mau.

brightly dawns our wedding day - the mikado

similar to the hms pinafore song above, there weren't any specific appropriate lines but this is a song about someone who doesn't want to get married and is singing a supposedly happy song about it which is actually really slow and sad. it's more comedic than it sounds i swear.

catastrophe - rainer maria

catastrophe keeps us together. we're the architects of the world, and we're taking it all apart. do you think we can go on forever when the architects of the war are handing out the swords?

so the whole reason this thing is happening is as an effort to end the war, because not just the war itself but also attrition with famine and drought and stuff. so it is actually catastrophe that's throwing them together even as conflict brews.

the howling - within temptation

we've been seeing what you wanted, got us cornered right now fallen asleep from our vanity, cost us our lives i hear they're getting closer their howls are sending chills down my spinewhen we start killing it will all be falling down

chow down - the lion king musical

this is the bit near the beginning of the lion king where cub simba and nala get chased by the hyenas and i can't believe it took me this long to think of it and relate it to this thread.

and we run - within temptation

it burns into your heart the darkness that you fear you were never freeyeah, we run running in the dark and we run, 'til we fall apart and we run, 'til the heavens aboveyou could never wear my crown 'cause it weighs too much and i crush every motherf-ckin thing i touch

the lion's heart - audiomachine

battle without honor or humanity - kill bill vol. 1

looking for a tornado - chiodos

lion's teeth - the mountain goats

omg, what has he done? - portal 2

the lion's roar - first aid kit

And I'm a goddamn fool, but then again so are you
And the lion's roar, the lion's roar
Has me seeking out and searching for you
And I never really knew what to do

_{part 3.5: maybe someday}

it's time to run juliet - flipboit4midles (we the kings + imagine dragons mashup)

no lines because it's a bit too love songy for raca and mau, but the combination of check yes juliet's "run away and secretly marry" lines and it's time's "character development! change! growth and setbacks!" lines fit the aesthetic of this universe in my head.

i hate everything about you - three days grace

because of the thread title tbh i think

roll away your stone - mumford & sons

roll away your stone, i'll roll away mine together we can see what we will find don't leave me alone at this time for i am afraid of what i will discover inside 'cause you told me that i would find a hole within the fragile substance of my soul and i have filled this void with things unreal and all the while my character it steals darkness is a harsh term don't you think? and yet it dominates the things i see

idk why i put this on there. maybe this is how it could go in the brightest timeline where they actually start to be able to stand each other?

i know places - andie case (originally by taylor swift)

something happens when everybody finds out see the vultures circling dark cloudscause they got the cages, they got the boxes and guns they are the hunters, we are the foxes and we runlights flash and we'll run for the fences let them say what they want, we won't hear it loose lips sink ships all the damn time not this time

star sky - two steps from hell

burn the page for me i cannot erase the time of sleep i cannot be loved so set me free i cannot deliver your love or caress your soul so turn that page for me i cannot embrace the touch that you give i cannot find solace in your words i cannot deliver you your love or caress your soul

honestly this fits reincarnation aus more than it will ever fit raca but it's my favorite song of the month so it goes on this playlist.

tiger teeth - walk the moon

i'm not in love - 10cc

riptide - taylor swift (originally by vance joy)

horizon - luna blake

teach me your language

i can tell by the way you carry yourself

you've got a perfect comprehension

of a whole other dimension in your head

this music video has a real raca/mau vibe what with the gay and the forest and the lynx and fox and then the part in the city is like a cool modern au concept. i would love to redraw many screenshots from it with raca and mau if i had infinite time and better art skills.

whole world is watching - within temptation

the whole world is watching when you rise. the whole world is beating for you right now. your whole life is flashing before your eyes. it's all in this moment that changes all.

don't think, just run - beth crowley

And at the edges of your mind, your mind

Something is whispering to go
Into the unknown
And see what you find

So deep breath in
You're meant for this
Everyone wants to know
If you're the answer they've been searching for
All eyes on you
So much to prove

Whoever you were back then

You won't ever be again
Remember how far you've come
Don't think just run

You forced yourself to dig deeper

When you redefined the impossible
Can't give in
To the hopelessness

Some rules are meant to be broken
You won't be confined by them anymore
This might be your one chance at redemption

It's all or nothing
Make your stand, you stand
You reached the edge there is no choice
Now you have to jump
And see where you land

meet me on the battlefield - svrcina
Meet me on the battlefield
Even on the darkest night
I will be your sword and shield, your camouflage
And you will be mine
Echos of the shots ring out
We may be the first to fall
Everything can stay the same or we could change it all
Meet me on the battlefield

We're standing face-to-face
With our own human race
We commit the sins again and our sons and daughters pay
Our tainted history
Is playing on repeat
But we could change it if we stand up strong and take the lead

When I was younger, I was named
A generation unafraid
For heirs to come, be brave

so this was lost due to blog deletion but there's a story behind this playlist title, a string of chance and coincidence.

the slight backstory is that after i watched fmab i read all the markwatches posts on it and there were all these comments by this one person (collected here) about the history of alchemy and meta on how different aspects of real life historical alchemical ideas related to the plot and characters of fma. among a lot of other things i learned that the stages of making a philosopher's stone (the process was called the magnum opus i.e. "great work") were considered to be:

- nigredo (associated with earth, maleness, autumn, black bile, salt, and the destructive sort of burning; thought to produce ash),

- albedo (associated with water, femaleness, winter, mercury, phlegm, and the moon; thought to produce silver),

- citrinitas a.k.a. xanthosis (associated with fire, summer, the sun, sulfur, yellow bile, and marriage; thought to produce gold),

- and rubedo (associated with air, blood, and spiritual enlightenment; thought to produce the philosopher's stone).

also that carl jung dug up all these ideas and thought, because he was a psychiatrist and it was his job to read too much into things, that they were all being intensely metaphorical about the process of positive character development through being brought to your lowest point (nigredo), self-reflection and purification (albedo), conflict and coming together of the conscious and subconscious (citrinitas/xanthosis), and finally enlightenment (rubedo).

he was completely wrong they were really just trying to find a cheat code for infinite gold and hp but it's still interesting.



anyway when i made xanthy as a character there was literally no motive besides "xanthosis is a really cool name, about fire, in the style of capitolclan names; i want bella to name a kit xanthosis".



then later on i was considering doing a plot with blackstone, who was still wandering in the dark forest trying to atone for

what got him there (i.e. rejecting his leader, refusing to abide by truce, going awol from his clan and murdering at least one cat). i was thinking about how he's sort of trying to purify himself and get a better grip on who he is and i was like "huh and didn't almost everything he loved get burned to the ground, and didn't he burn himself up with his own rage, and...huh this reminds me of that alchemy structure thing, what's the next step then..." and then i was like HOPY F*CKING SH*T XANTHOSIS IS BLACKSTONE REINCARNATED SHE HAS TO BE AND I DIDN'T F*CKING REALIZE IT UNTIL NOW. i was in the middle of writing a blog post about blackstone (but about the potential love plot) and i kind of capslocked all over the page in shock and realization.



nicely enough that gave me an actual personality for xanthy seeing as i'd had no ideas whatsoever up to that point. also it gave me more thoughts for her personal plot arc (although i've fallen down on this job seeing how i'm totally inactive with her) regarding her having to regain and deal with blackstone's memories and her past life, and how it affects her present life and personality even though she can't currently remember it. i decided why not continue following the structure?



so this playlist is divided into sections based on those stages (prima materia means the stuff you start with before you do any alchemy to it btw. so it's like the setup. actually it's just a bunch of windclan theme music) rather than blackxanth's actual life/death/life. actually blackeh dies about 2/3 of the way through the "nigredo" section and xanthy is born near the end of "albedo".

_{part 0: prima materia}



over hill - the hobbit



freljord theme (full) - league of legends



apotheosis - journey



roast mutton - the hobbit



driving with the top down - iron man



hyrule field - the legend of zelda: twilight princess



ranked match song - league of legends



this is war - 30 seconds to mars



summoner's call - league of legends



_{part 1: nigredo}



midna's desperate hour (desperation/lament) - the legend of zelda: twilight princess



i see fire - ed sheeran



solar plexus - bt



wild fire - jubyphonic



luna - the mountain goats



all your hate - black veil brides



iron - within temptation



can't sleep, can't breathe - digital daggers



where is the edge - within temptation



escape - 30 seconds to mars



bad intentions - digital daggers



a demon's fate - within temptation



my own prison - creed



who i am hates who i've been - relient k



barton hollow - the civil wars



i will not bow - breaking benjamin



murder - within temptation



waiting for the end - linkin park



_{part 2: albedo}



at this point in my life



grace - within temptation



nemo - nightwish



remain nameless - florence + the machine



the other half of me - within temptation



new year's day - black veil brides



capricorn (a brand new name) - 30 seconds to mars



where the lonely ones roam - digital daggers



bad blood - bastille



airship theme (super mario bros. 3) - super smash bros. brawl



january white - sleeping at last



_{part 3: xanthosis}



blue eyes - within temptation



demons - imagine dragons



it's the fear - within temptation



the razor's edge - digital daggers



the howling - within temptation



monster - imagine dragons



final destination - within temptation



stand my ground - within temptation



heirloom - within temptation



heart of fire - black veil brides



warrior - beth crowley



spark - digital daggers



_{part 4: rubedo}



i'm blue, skies - cheyenne jackson

birthright - sleeping at last ft. jon foreman

she was raised by wolves, in the warmth of their fur. surrounded by fangs, she knew that she was secure.

his fences stood tall as the shoulders of old. but he dreamt that one day maybe he’d break the mold.

but time shyly stands still when you watch it unfold. from these ivory towers freedom is only a ghost.

privilege and pain when compared look the same. comprehension begins when we pull back the lens.

he woke up one day, written out of the will. they swore he’d be okay, with lesser shoes to fill.

“what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger,” they say. our only birthright in this life is the breath that we take.

the wandering kind - josh groban
(instrumental)

love loss hope repeat - carbon leaf


furr - blitzen trapper



hot air balloon - owl city



best day of my life - american authors



unloveable - the smiths



brave - sara bareilles



luck - american authors



never look away - vienna teng



pan's lullaby - erutan



who's they - daughtry



endless forms most beautiful - nightwish



home - american authors
it's a long hard road trying to get home

i've been gone now for too long

i'm not trying to stop a hurricane,

i'm not trying to shake the ground below

i'm just trying to find a way to make it back home

i'm not trying to part the ocean waves

i'm not trying to overthrow the throne

i'm just trying to find a way to make it back home

i've got this image engraved in my mind

of a life that i had in a whole different time

it still breathes and lives at the end of the road

i've seen mountains and valleys through my missing days

when i go - dave carter & tracy grammer

Spring, spirit dancer, nimble and thin, i will leap like coyote when i go
Tireless entrancer, lend me your skin, i will run like the gray wolf when i go
I will climb the rise at daybreak, i will kiss the sky at noon
Raise my yearning voice at midnight to my mother in the moon

post title from aries on this tumblr post because even though 90% of the time none of my characters fit their zodiacs _{(except mottle for virgo because i did that on purpose ^{(i think? i legitimately cannot remember if i picked her birthday randomly and it's a coincidence, or if i purposely picked her birthday to be in virgo)})}, aries for ati and cancer for dati on that post fit her really well and not coincidentally make me really sad about datropa's entire lives.

Patchtail wrote:

- aries for atropa, oh wow. one who trusted blindly those she followed, never dreaming of doubt. "an anathema so full of innocence" - wow, it's like the line "free yet unreleased" in "comfort" by carbon leaf for mottle, it's atropa's basic self summed up in a tiny number of words. she is lawful evil who truly wholeheartedly believes herself to be lawful good, who would never intentionally hurt her people - but doesn't see the enemies she tortures for fun as people at all. and the death of the elite crushed her spirit, and eventually killed her, until she came back...

immortals - fall out boy

I'll be the watcher (watcher) of the eternal flame,

I'll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams

'cause we could be immortals, immortals

just not for long, for long

live with me forever now

pull the blackout curtains down

i am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass, glass, glass

i try to picture me without you but i can't

centuries - fall out boy

secret - the pierces

born to kill - the thermals

i am a rock - simon & garfunkel

violet hill - coldplay

pompeii - bastille

the day the world died - miracle of sound

the day the world went away - nine inch nails

no easy way - digital daggers

lost it all - black veil brides

forsaken - within temptation

viva la vida - coldplay

things we lost in the fire - bastille

when we were alive - the thermals

into the nothing - breaking benjamin

get home - bastille

bleeding out - imagine dragons

lost but not all gone - the dear hunter

river - lights

you dissolve - the thermals

hollow - mayday parade

lost cause - imagine dragons

don't swallow the cap - the national

where the lonely ones roam - digital daggers

how it ends - beth crowley

run to you - pentatonix

please sister - the cardigans

hope in the air - laura marling

o' sister - city and colour

ghost lights - woodkid

i will not bow - breaking benjamin

tell me why - within temptation

wolfin' down your heart - carbon leaf

lakes - the strumbellas

hopeless - breaking benjamin

bishop's knife trick - fall out boy
and i'm yours

till the earth starts to crumble and the heavens roll away

i'm struggling to exist with you

and without you, yeah

i'm sifting through the sand, sand, sand, sand, sand

looking for pieces of broken hourglass

trying to get it all back, put it back together

as if the time had never passed

this is a clear reference to the lyrics of "immortals" and that's what cemented my decision to put this song on ati's post-elite playlist. it also hit me like a truck on first listening because it sounds like an ending song. like, not just the last song on the album, which it is, but a last-song-ever, the retrospective kind, like "what a catch, donnie" was. and so i was like, does this mean fob's going to break up again? idk, man, idk.

and i know i should walk away, know i should walk away

but i just wanna let you break my brain

and i can't seem to get a grip

no matter how i live with it

rogue boat - levi weaver

toki wo koeru omoi - inuyasha

i surrender - digital daggers

beautiful remains - black veil brides

returning to the fold - the thermals

mars - sleeping at last

end to begin - the thermals

back to the start - digital daggers

amnesia - miracle of sound

silhouettes - sleeping at last

now we can see - the thermals

new year's day - black veil brides

who we are - imagine dragons

behvis bullock - chiodos

i am alive - miracle of sound

warriors - imagine dragons (nightcored by nightcorereality)

my little machine - the thermals

brave - josh groban

our love survives - the thermals

flawed design - stabilo

the sword by my side - the thermals

a passing feeling - the thermals

centuries (gazzo remix) - fall out boy

sword and shield - sister hazel

shots (instrumentals) - lmfao

dragonborn song - skyrim

machine - josh groban

a dangerous mind - within temptation

twisted logic - coldplay

looking for a tornado - chiodos

the kids aren't alright - fall out boy

this is why we fight - the decemberists

novocaine - fall out boy

i am not a robot - marina and the diamonds

human - christina perri

set you straight - digital daggers

battleborne - two steps from hell

battle cry - beth crowley
I have no heart, just ice and stone
Made up of nails and teeth and bone
And I know exactly what I'm for
To hurt and destroy and nothing more

So hear my battle cry
I'm out for blood to claim what's mine
Finally questioning
If I am my own worst
I am my own worst
I am my own worst enemy

foreign object - the mountain goats
i will personally stab you in the eye with a foreign object

american beauty/american psycho - fall out boy

if i had a heart - fever ray
if i had a heart, i could love you
if i had a voice, i could sing

i don't feel so well - vienna teng

hand in glove - sadie shaw & the smiths
so hand in glove i stake my claim

we'll fight to the last breath

the fox and the hare - carbon leaf

the tower - vienna teng

autoclave - the mountain goats

what you wanted - onerepublic
i'll find the places where you hide
i'll be the dawn on your worst night
the only thing left that i like
yeah i would kill for you, that's right
if that's what you wanted

i'll put your poison in my veins
they say the best love is insane, yeah
i'll light your fire till my last day
i'll let your fields burn around me, around me
if that's what you wanted

i'll run out of this town
oh, my love is true
tell me, something i wouldn't do.

graceless - the national

sax rohmer #1 - the mountain goats

and i am coming home to you

with my own blood in my mouth

i am coming home to you

if it's the last thing that i do

the name of this playlist comes from this really vivid mental image i had one day that i am not good enough to paint or draw. my brain took in:

- the albatross-around-your-neck idiom (from the bastille song weight of living pt 1, i haven't actually ever read the rime of the ancient mariner)

- imagery of stained glass angels

- a sherlock/spn meta i once read about how in movies/tv shows the backgrounds/lighting can be used to subconsciously resemble angel wings or devil horns behind the characters

- (probably? unconsciously?) that f-cking weird roald dahl short story where the bullies kill a swan and cut the wings off and tie them to the kid's arms

...and output this idea of the beaten down guy with the giant dead bird tied head to feet around his neck, but behind his shoulders the corpse's wings are, despite and defiant of death, upraised.

some kind of weird symbolism about how even after you've completely f-cked up, hurt others and lost everything for yourself, it's possible to just keep plugging on with life, letting your guilt be a positive force to make you change and be a better person? idk idk man. it was just a mental image.

also i imagine this in an art nouveau style (which is probably the stained glass window influence, by way of tiffany lamps), as sort of a tall thin poster with a cool border.



alligator sky (no rap edit) - owl city



i see fire - ed sheeran



too much time - john vanderslice



exile vilify - the national



where do i go from here? - paul williams



21 guns - green day



long gone - mary epworth



weight of living pt 1 - bastille



seed - carbon leaf



on your own - green river ordinance



dust to dust - the civil wars



level up - vienna teng



boulevard of broken dreams - david cassidy



my father's father - the civil wars



where the lonely ones roam - digital daggers

honor for all - dishonored



dreams don't turn to dust - owl city

believer - american authors

no sacrifice, no victory - transformers



february song - josh groban



over hill - the hobbit



summoner's call - league of legends



midna's desperate hour (desperation/lament) - the legend of zelda: twilight princess



behvis bullock - chiodos



who we are - imagine dragons



looking for a tornado - chiodos



now we can see - the thermals



warriors - imagine dragons



shots (instrumentals) - lmfao



dragonborn song - skyrim



keep time - the thermals

remember me - josh groban

faces stay with me - the thermals

livin' in the future - bruce springsteen

becomes the color - emily wells

the valley - the oh hellos

we were born in the valley of the dead and the wicked

that our father's father found
and where we laid him down
we were born in the shadow of the crimes of our fathers
blood was our inheritance
no, we did not ask for this

will you lead me?

we were young when we heard you call our names in the silence
like a fire in the dark
like a sword upon our hearts
we came down to the water and we begged for forgiveness
shadows lurking close behind
we were fleeing for our lives

will you lead me?

roast mutton - the hobbit



the howl of the winds - the thermals



freljord theme - league of legends



apotheosis - journey



driving with the top down - iron man



hyrule field - the legend of zelda: twilight princess



ranked match song - league of legends



ash - murder by death

"fourth of july" isn't even a song on this playlist, lol. it's the perspective of the main canon universe characters on this au, although not their opinion (canon mottle doesn't even want to think about this au, canon patch never knew it was a thing).



all that is beautiful - sleeping at last

all that is beautiful

will not be beautiful to me

unless it's perfect



cave in - owl city

please take a long hard look through your textbook, 'cause i'm history

when i get my helmet on i'll be long gone, 'cause i've been dying to leave



i've had just about enough of, quote, "diamonds in the rough"

'cause my backbone is paper thin

get me out of this cavern or i'll cave in



swallow a drop of gravel and blacktop, 'cause the road tastes like wintergreen

the wind and the rain smell of oil and octane mixed with stale gasoline

i'll soak up the sound, try to sleep on the wet ground

i'll get ten minutes give or take

'cause i just can't foresee myself getting drowsy

when cold integrity keeps me wide awake



tie my handlebars to the stars so i stay on track

and if my intentions stray i'll wrench them away then i'll take my leave

and i won't even look back



paloma - carbon leaf

chase the high ground

where you'd rather be, where you might be found

face all aglow

to leave from here, to pack up and go



to run, it takes the courage of a lamb

to love, the fierceness of a storm



paloma you wonder if you'll miss the thunder

everyone's staring but no one is caring for you now

just spread your wings, latch onto the breeze

just take the leap, and you're free



this move may erase the troubles in your head

or expose the absence of your soul

and so it takes some time to get away

and you will have to tear down what remains



pace yourself when outrunning fear

take cover when it's dark

and keep an even keel



and it may take some time to learn what's real

and you may have to beg and borrow

and you will surely steal



today i watched the greatest thing of all

a flock of birds preparing for the fall



the ballad of serenity - firefly

take my love, take my land

take me where i cannot stand

i don't care, i'm still free

you can't take the sky from me



laura palmer - bastille

walking out into the dark

cutting out a different path

led by your beating heart

all the people of the town

cast their eyes right to the ground

in matters of the heart



the night was all you had

you ran into the night from all you had

you found yourself a path upon the ground

you ran into the night, you can't be found



if you had your gun, would

you shoot it at the sky, why?

to see where your bullet would fall

will you come down at all?



texas stars - carbon leaf

look up at the night, have you seen that star before?

how quickly dreams rearrange when constellations are at war



hey lone star, it's all right

did you look up to find

you were left behind?

did your heroes and stars fade out?

have you been let down

by a lover, father, friend?

did the myth of greatness leave your side

with no desire to defend?

did their chariots of fire burn you in the end?



the escapist - nightwish

a nightingale in a golden cage

that's me trapped inside reality's maze

come, someone, make my heavy heart light

come undone, bring me back to life



broken dreams - gordon lightfoot



one prairie outpost - carbon leaf

scene after scene passes by my life

the window's a wound, the road is a knife

the irony: ask me "where have you been?",

i don't know, i don't know,

because i don't know where to begin



not been here since i was a boy

now heart full of fear and a mask of painted joy

so much for these youthful eyes to see

so much for peace and tranquility



boulevard of broken dreams - green day

i walk a lonely road

the only one that i have ever known

don't know where it goes

but it's home to me and i walk alone



my shadow's the only one that walks beside me

my shallow heart's the only thing that's beating



read between the lines

what's f-cked up and everything's alright

check my vital signs

to know i'm still alive and i walk alone



solar plexus - bt

i, i, burn, burn



just beneath the flames - digital daggers



beautiful times - owl city ft. lindsey stirling

when did the sky turn black

and when will the light come back?



i fought all through the night

oh, oh, but i made it alive

the sun's starting to rise

oh, oh, these are beautiful times

this fight of my life is so hard, so hard

but i'm gonna survive

oh, oh, these are beautiful times



a bad feeling burned through the ceiling

leaving my healing heart with a new scar

a dead fire rose and rose higher

like a vampire up from the graveyard



we all suffer but we recover

just to discover life where we all are



my heart's burning bad and it's turning black

but i'm learning how to be stronger

and sincerely, i love you dearly,

oh, but i'm clearly destined to wander



boulevard of broken dreams - david cassidy



flaws (acoustic version) - bastille

when all of your flaws and all of my flaws are laid out one by one

a wonderful part of the mess that we've made, we pick ourselves undone

all of your flaws and all of my flaws, they lie there hand in hand

ones we've inherited, ones that we've learned, they pass from man to man



there's a hole in my soul

i can't fill it, i can't fill it

there's a hole in my soul

can you fill it, can you fill it



you have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve

and i have always buried mine deep beneath the ground

dig them up, let's finish what we've started

dig them up, so nothing's left unturned



all of your flaws and all of my flaws, when they have been exhumed

we'll see that we need them to be who we are, without them we'd be doomed



bells of new york city - josh groban

there's a pale winter moon in the sky

coming through my window

and the park is laid out like a bed below

it's a cold dark night, and my heart melts like the snow

and the bells of new york city tell me not to go



it's always this time of year that my thoughts undo me

when the ghosts of many lifetimes all abound

but from these mad heights i can always hear the sound

of the bells of new york city singing all around



stay with me, stay with me, refuge from these broken dreams

wait right here, awake with me, on silent snow-filled streets



sing to me one song for joy and one for redemption

and whatever's in between that i call mine

with the street lamp light to illuminate the gray

and the bells of new york city calling me to stay



beside you - marianas trench

when your heart wears thin

i will hold you up

and i will hide you when it gets too much

i'll be right beside you

nobody will break you



we're still here - sleeping at last

through the ashes, through the static,

we were brave



secrets - onerepublic

tell me what you want to hear

something that will light those ears

sick of all the insincere

i'm gonna give all my secrets away

this time, don't need another perfect lie

don't care if critics ever jump in line,

i'm gonna give all my secrets away



forbidden friendship - how to train your dragon

(instrumental)



i know the reason - carbon leaf

you talk tough to me and it makes me smile

by the old churchyard your feelings hide

i know the reason you won't say

if we grow too close, will you push away

i know the reason



are you afraid to love, you afraid to smile

from the inside out to the open wide

i know the feeling. you're way too proud

and will they find you out if you laugh too loud



thorn in my side - bon jovi

thorn in my side

you're always there

just to remind me

that i still care



but i'll survive

i gave up on luck but i'm still getting by

i'll survive

you can test my faith but you can't take my pride



start of something good - daughtry

i know that it's gonna take some time

i've got to admit that the thought has crossed my mind

this might end up like it should

and i'm gonna say what i need to say

and hope to god that it don't scare you away

don't wanna be misunderstood

but i'm starting to believe that this could be the start of something good



flesh and bone - keaton henson



city of black and white - mat kearney

and i don't wanna wait until tomorrow

to tell you how i'd feel the rest of my life

you don't wanna wait another minute when you realize

walking on the dark side of evening

maybe it was you who opened my eyes

burning like a fire on the water

the city of black and white

won't you just stay

won't you just stay



shoeing the bones - cate le bon

and these are hard times to fall in love

these are hard times to fall in love



comfort - carbon leaf

i raced along an empty highway

i chased the dawn and cursed the new day

out of town, till nobody was around



love came along, my favorite enemy

we hit head-on, why you befriended me i don't know

there's no need for letting go when you've already lost control



could you be any more comfort to me?



strong but not at peace

free but unreleased



if i walk away - josh groban

lately, i've been the quiet one,

waiting, searching the lines of the songs you made for me

sailing, into the misty air,

fading, bound for i don't know where,

when i'm there i'll see

and if i walk away, please follow me



walk away, let the fear fall away

into the fire you made, scarlet and gold

walk away, head for the light of day,

follow a brighter way,

out of the cold and dark

down to the one bright spark

futures that all might start someday -

so if i walk away, please follow me

if i walk away, please follow me



are you the one - within temptation



hopeless wanderer - ainsleigh burelle (originally by mumford & sons)

you heard my voice

i came out of the woods by choice



so when your hope's on fire

but you know your desire

don't hold a glass over the flame, don't let your heart grow cold

i will call you by name, i will share your road

but hold me fast, hold me fast

'cause i'm a hopeless wanderer

and hold me fast, hold me fast

'cause i'm a hopeless wanderer



i wrestled long with my youth

we tried so hard to live in the truth

but do not tell me all is fine

when i lose my head, i lose my spine



i will learn, i will learn to love the skies i'm under



on the road - keane

i had a dream of my own

just walking out of my home

and going i don't know where to sing beneath the stars



so when the sun is coming up and you go

and there's still so many things you don't know

don't you look back, i've no doubt that i

will see you on the road

when the world's laying you low

why don't you let me carry your load

when things get bad you know you have a friend

all along the road



and i would love it sometime

if you would walk at my side

going i don't know where to sleep beneath the stars



when the world's laying you low

don't you let it rattle your bones

sometimes a dream itself can keep you safe

all along the road



home - phillip phillips

hold on to me as we go

as we roll down this unfamiliar road

and though this wave (wave) is stringing us along

just know you're not alone

'cause i'm gonna make this place your home



see you tomorrow - how to train your dragon

(instrumental)



tip of my tongue - the civil wars

oh, dear, never saw you comin'

oh, my, look what you have done

you are my favorite song

always on the tip of my tongue



sparklers - carbon leaf

somehow, somehow

we come alive just as we're flaming out

and we wish ourselves whole

and we hope ourselves pure

and we will ourselves different

and we pray ourselves upright



all the sparklers in the sky

once around, if given time

they come out just fine



the tears, the scars, the laughter, the love

they ebb and flow under the stars up above

how on earth, if we're just floating on by,

can all this darkness breed such beautiful light?



eric's song - vienna teng

and of course i forgive, i've seen how you live,

like a phoenix you rise from the ashes,

you pick up the pieces, and the ghosts in the attic,

they never quite leave



and of course i forgive, you've seen how i live,

i've got darkness and fears to appease

my voices and analogies, ambitions like ribbons

worn bright on my sleeve

strange how we know each other



home - vanessa carlton

some people live in a house on the hill

and wish they were someplace else



some live in towns, cardboard shack on concrete

all bluster and bustling life

they search for the color you can never quite see

'cause it's all white on white



even now, when i'm alone

i've always known

with you, i am home



international airport - carbon leaf



wanderlust - metric

wanderlust will carry us on



on any given day - carbon leaf

you wrote a note with chalk on my door

a message i'd known long before:

on any given day, you'll find me gone



i've been down to the sea

and so all of the lovers will say

forever star-crossed will we stay



still i can't help feeling

you'll run away on any given day



now or never - josh groban

and it's no one's fault, there's no black and white

only you and me, on our final night

and as the hours run away with another life

oh darling, can't you see it's now or never

it's now or never



i don't wanna - within temptation



goodbye girl - the civil wars

say goodbye and don't look back

so long to happy ever after

you are my goodbye, goodbye girl



never mind how long it lasted

you're still the best thing that never happened



remember when it rained - josh groban

wash away the thoughts inside

that keep my mind away from you

no more love and no more pride

and thoughts are all i have to do



learn to fly - carbon leaf

but i can see you fly away

i can see the sun upon your face

i can feel your heart and i can hear you cry

and as i fall apart i learn to fly

a dirty bird like me will learn to fly



broken dreams - lou gramm



another day - within temptation



lonesome pine - carbon leaf

she made her way, she felt she was to blame

and her porcelain dolls, she's boxed them all,

and along the way, she changed her name



she let me in, and then she changed her mind

with a sad echo, she's all her own

she shook the blame, she changed her name



lonesome pine, rain or shine,

stands alone, roots unknown

and i'm as brave as you

and i'm as 'fraid as you

and i'm as brave as you

and i'm as afraid as you are too



she's strong and tall but scared to fall, her roots unknown

she's strong and tall, she wants it all, her roots unknown



keep me dreaming - american authors

i've walked these streets of silence

through the cold and misty nights

but the more i search the less i tend to notice

i've been trying to find an answer

why you've left me high and dry

even though you're gone i need a sense of closure



as i gazed out on manhattan

from the peak of brooklyn bridge

i could swear i saw an angel in the skyline

and she came and stood beside me

as the snow began to fall

saying "times will change, but truth will stay forever."



happy in my heartache - josh groban

oh and i, i don't take it lightly,

the trouble that i've gone through, to get you to know who i am

oh and i, i can't find a reason to be happy in this heartache

'cause i should know better than that



over you - daughtry

'cause the day i thought i'd never get through

i got over you



the crow, the owl, and the dove - nightwish

don't give me love, don't give me faith

wisdom nor pride, give innocence instead

don't give me love, i've had my share

beauty nor rest, give me truth instead



clean - travis atreo (originally by taylor swift)

the drought was the very worst

when all the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst



time of your life - green day

it's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right

i hope you had the time of your life

why is the post title a doctor who quote? because at the time when i had to retcon anni's entire life and split off this au, i was a dw fan, and it reminded me of the universe retcon in the episode that this is a quote from.



questions - asa



unwritten - natasha bedingfield



opening theme - cosmos: a spacetime odyssey



dawn of man - michael guy bowman



revolution - mercy mercedes



go the distance - norm lewis (hercules)



all this to say - sleeping at last



the projectionist - sleeping at last



embers - owl city



into a fantasy - alexander rybak



the friendship song - carbon leaf



heroes - janelle monae



pretend - scott porter and the glory dogs
say, won't you stay?
we could talk about nothing at all.
we'll sit here and make up the words,
as we go along
the games we could play,
maybe silently write us a song,
quietly shout from the roof,
that we don't belong.

strange, oh so strange,
when it feels better being alone,
when you accept there is nobody else,
and set it in stone.
and then you came along,
your reflection was so sad and strong
it made me believe once again
that i could belong

they told me, "maybe she's crazy,
a little like you"
everyone said you were nothing but trouble
and all that i know is that
i've never been here before.
and, no, i'll never leave
if it's alright with you
we're dreaming of oceans
while jumping in puddles
and all of my life
i'd pretend you were there by the door
i don't need to pretend anymore

the scientist - coldplay


overjoyed - bastille



galileo - josh groban



i wouldn't mind - he is we



once there was a hushpuppy - beasts of the southern wild



never-ending story - within temptation



sagan - nightwish



science - two steps from hell



catastrophe - rainer maria

born for this - the score

I'm checking my vital signs
Drawing my battle lines
Going to war again
Feeling the rhythm inside of my chest
All I need is just a pen
I know I was born for this
I know I was born for this

Don't care for the critics
My words are like physics
A force that they can't stop
They just don't get it, I think they forget
I'm not done till I'm on top
I know I was born for this
I know I was born for this

I believe, I believe
We can write our story
I believe, I believe
We can be an army

We are the warriors, who learned to love the pain
We come from different places, but have the same name
'Cause we were, 'cause we were
'Cause we were, 'cause we were
Born for this, we were born for this

stay alive - jose gonzalez

well the way i feel is the way i write

it isn't like the thoughts of the man who lies

there is a truth and it's on our side

dawn is coming

open your eyes

look into the sun as the new days rise



saturn - sleeping at last

runaway - mat kearney



renegades - x ambassadors

the great escape - boys like girls
Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn
Let it die
Cause we are finally free tonight
Tonight will change our lives
It's so good to be by your side
We'll cry
We won't give up the fight
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
And they'll think it's just cause we're young
And we'll feel so alive

broken dreams - lita ford



turn that finger around - honeyhoney



please sister - the cardigans

running with the boys - lights

We were kind of feral

Wicked, little machines

Captains and cavalries

Forming empires in the shade of the trees

Without hesitation

Kings of the forest town

Holding the ocean down

We were half this heavy and twice this loud

So turn up the noise

Dress to the nines

Running with the boys

Your hand in mine

Singing every song, loving every line

'Til the night is gone

Just like the old times

Just like the old times

Was what you made it

We had our friends around

All the images and sounds

Superimposed into all the backgrounds

Used to be clumsy

Lost in a thousands ways

Captivated by a craze

Those were hands down my favorite days

a song for young willow and ebony

second child, restless child - the oh hellos

see, I was born the second child
with a spirit running wild, running free
and they saw trouble in my eyes
they were quick to recognize the devil in me

see, I was born a restless child

and I could hear the world outside calling me

you've got to go on, further than you've ever gone
you've got to run far from all you've ever known

the reckless and the brave - all time low
looking out at a town called suburbia
everybody's just fighting to fit in
long live the reckless and the brave
i don't think i wanna be saved
my song has not been sung
and long live the fast times, come what may
i don't think i'll ever be saved
our song has not been sung
long live us!
breaking out of a town called suburbia
i remember everybody always saying
"little brat, must be crazy, never make it
in our vicious little world"
still i'm leaving
got a van, got a chance, got my dignity
got a dream, got a spark, got somewhere to be
take a breath, say goodbye
to their precious little world
(and say goodbye to me)

wanderlust - nightwish
i want to see where the sirens sing
hear how the wolves howl
sail the dead calm waters of the pacific
dance in the fields of coral
be blinded by the white
discover the deepest jungle

it's not the end
not the kingdom come
it is the journey that matters, the distant wanderer
call of the wild
in me forever and ever and ever forever
wanderlust

verge - owl city
i ain't too sure what i believe in
but i believe in what i see
and when i close my eyes
i see my whole life ahead of me

these are our hours (these are our hours)
this is our time (this is our time)
this is our time
these are our hours (these are our hours)
out on the verge (out on the verge)
out on the verge of the rest of our lives (the rest of our lives)

out on the verge of the rest of our lives tonight
top of the world and we're dressed to the nines tonight
edge of the earth and we're touching the sky tonight
out on the verge of the rest of our lives

from now on
there's no looking back
full steam ahead
on this one way track

living on fire (demo version) - within temptation
your back against the wall
take or leave it all
only this lifetime
is it worth it all?
run or take the fall
only this lifetime with me
with arms open wide
just living on fire
i leaned out my hand
with arms open wide
it's all that i can
there's nothing i hide
did i mention that some of my characters are element themed and ebony's is fire

she's a rebel - green day
she's a rebel
she's a saint
she's the salt of the earth and she's dangerous
she's a rebel
vigilante
missing link on the brink of destruction

goodbye stranger - supertramp
it was an early morning yesterday
i was up before the dawn
and i really have enjoyed my stay
but i must be moving on
i vaguely remember (at least i think i do) the moment i realized this song applied to ebony almost perfectly. since i had previously solely associated it with the episode of supernatural that introduced me to it, it was a real paradigm shift

like a king without a castle
like a queen without a throne
i'm an early morning lover
and i must be moving on

now i believe in what you say
is the undisputed truth
but i have to have things my own way
to keep me in my youth

like a ship without an anchor
like a slave without a chain
just the thought of those sweet ladies
sends a shiver through my veins

and i will go on shining
shining like brand new
i'll never look behind me
my troubles will be few

goodbye stranger it's been nice
hope you find your paradise
tried to see your point of view
hope your dreams will all come true
goodbye mary, goodbye jane
will we ever meet again
feel no sorrow, feel no shame
come tomorrow, feel no pain

i love victory! - carbon leaf
times are tough but don't you frown
we'll pick us up and knock us down
you hang your head, i'll raise it high
once around with a victory cry

your body falls on me
i love victory
nothing to break and bleed
i love victory
the race is on, you know?
i love victory
the final punch a victory blow
i love victory

oh, that's the goal
whoa, that's the goal
victory, march it home!

tear it down and raise it again
show me the start, i'll show you the end
if i should die, for goodness sake
get me back in time for the wake

pass the cup around
i love victory
lift it to the clouds
i love victory
fear is on the ground
i love victory
we're never looking down
i love victory (yeah)

you take me down, i'll learn from that
return the favor and pick up your hat
i float, i sail, i sprint on the wind
"how's it done?" i'll show you again

i punch, i bleed, i sweat
i love victory
what's the victor get?
i love victory
swerve and curse and race
i love victory
you're caught up in the victory pace
i love victory

we got the world - icona pop
they say you're a freak when we're having fun
say you must be high when we're spreading love
but we're just living life and we never stop
we got the world

just come into my arms
i will get you love drunk
we'll be burning bright
us against the world tonight

black shades, bright nights
back to back we'll do this 'til the end of time
you and i live, don't learn
everyday we fire it up and let it burn

kickback - miracle of sound
kick back, we're breaking through the cages
breaking through the cages hard
code crack, we're tearing out the pages
breaking through the cages hard, oh whoa oh
keep running, keep kicking back

so take a good hard look at the life we've led
all the abuse you took buried in your head
on the memory of a dying time we ride
but we won't suffer for nothing

renegade - daughtry
don’t you want to feel like a rebel
renegade on the run?
real live wire in the crossfire ridin’ shotgun

not talkin’ ‘bout a deal with the devil
i said nothin’ about sellin’ your soul
call it what you will
if you start to feel out of control

here we go

can you hear the sound of the turnin’ wheels
burnin’ the road like it’s never been down
i’m breakin’ out of this town like a renegade
so baby get ready to run

don’t have any time here left to kill
don't want to go down like the settin’ sun
so let’s break out of this town like a renegade
can’t wait another minute
i’m right here ready to run

bloody good barfight song - carbon leaf
everything was fine
until you bruised your way
into my life
you're like one good bloody
bloody good bar-fight song

i don't feel so well - vienna teng
i don't feel so well

i think that you should know before you fall

celebrate and rejoice - miracle of sound
and i know i’m sentimental
and i don’t give a f-ck
life’s too short to b-tch and whine
you make your own luck

and oh
it’s all so beautiful
throw down your chains
celebrate and rejoice!
and oh
it’s all so wonderful
i wanna scream
at the top of my voice
celebrate and rejoice!

and if you think it’s stupid
well i couldn’t care less
life is a just a joke that nobody gets
and the meaning’s anyone’s guess

she's gone (for good this time) - carbon leaf
she thinks i'm the one and who's to say she's not the one
but for the time i just want some fun end of story

now she's walking by and she just said have a nice life
and i do believe she's leaving me for good this time

messing with the best - miracle of sound
growl!
i’m a black cat bounding
so you best not cramp my style
prowl
from the shining mountains
to the fiery isles
with a wink and a smile

blinded by my light
vigour in my hands
the joy is in the fight
break the blessed and the damned

watch out because i’m tearing through
the world is turning black and blue
bursting with colour i spin
i’m gliding on a wave of grace
i’m riding don’t you break my pace
built up a hairway to heaven now i’m breaking in

hey hey hey
time to put your mettle to the test now
hey hey hey
don’t you know you’re messing with the best now

watch out because i don’t hold back
keep pressing cause i’ll never crack
bursting with colour i spin
i’m kicking down the gates of hell
i got you underneath my spell
built up a hairway to heaven now i’m breaking in

reflection - fifth harmony

hurricane (johnnie's theme) - lord huron

I get a thrill outta playing with fire
Cause you hold your life when you hold that flame.
I get a kick outta thunder and lightning and
tearing through the night hollering your name

I get a laugh outta starin' at darkness
And wondering why people live in the light.
I drive fast and I rumble the hardest
I don't feel alive if I ain't in the fight.

I can't sleep when there's something to do
You spend your whole life dreaming and you wake up dead.
It's a long night can I spend it with you
Cause you're oh so pretty when you stand on the edge.

oh little darlin' don't you look charming
Here in the eye of a hurricane.
Real or imagined - what does it matter?
Come inside, can I get you to stay?

Oh little darlin' don't you like falling down
Through the sky like a diving plane.
Real or imagined - what does it matter?
Come inside, can I get you to stay?

What is life? Only visions.
When I die, I'm coming right on back for you.
Who am I? An illusion.
Would I lie? I'm coming right on back for you.

go big or go home - american authors

i gotta feeling - the black eyed peas

ragtime carnival - carbon leaf
come and dance with me, baby
hitch a ride, all aboard
don't you dare say, "i love you."
tell me once, tell me twice
three times a charm, i'm out the door

in shadows - all off

Everything starts in lights out baby
You haven't died enough to break it all
Don't let go 'cause you know there is more
So keep on breathing

You can be whatever you want
And in this shadow you're gonna find out
Flame is burning on and on again

Everything starts to light up baby
You haven't died enough to take it all
Can't let go, then you crawl when they fall
So keep on breathing

evacuate - miracle of sound
sometimes the ones you trust the most
will let you down
life doesn’t hold back
when it’s kicking you around

you’ve lived a little, loved a little
tasted bitter heartache
you’ve got to just forget the ones who hurt you
for your own sake

if they can’t see it your way
walk through that open doorway
before your sadness turns to hate...
evacuate!

you’ve laughed a little, cried a little
now you know the dangers
you’ve seen so many faces once familiar
turn to strangers

runaway - the world ends with you
how do you feel being controlled?
don't you wanna break free?
how would you feel if there were no rules?
what would you do, tell me

come with me now, follow me, trust me
time's passing by, can't afford hesitation
oh, have no fear, we've passed our tears
yeah, we can make it
what's left to do, let's make our move
yeah, here we go now

run run far away, run run to a better place
somewhere we can laugh/love (?) truthfully
run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
maybe they can try another day

i don't have the pride, i don't have the money,
but i've got these hands
i'm feeling alive, with you right beside me
come on ahead

dear friends come with me, this time we can make it right
let's be on tonight, start over again

won't back down - mat kearney
you woke the morning up
running off my darkest night
the longest fight i've seen

these days, a little bit longer than the last
and all of these ways, a little bit stronger than the past
and your light, found my bottle in the night
gave me second life, you kept me in this fight

and you found me once and for all
i laid it down in the sinking ground
the hopeless undertow
singing out the gentle sound
rattling through my smoking screens
my broken dreams last night

and i won't back down
and i won't turn around and around
and i won't back down
doesn't matter what comes crashing down
i'm still gonna stand my solid ground

wildest dreams - bienne (originally by taylor swift)
she said "let's get out of this town,
drive out of the city, away from the crowd,"
i thought heaven can't help me now,
nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down

she's so tall, and handsome as hell
she's so bad but she does it so well
i can see the end as it begins
wildest dreams is v much the eb/ten song from ten's pov in my head, and this is the one existing f/f cover of it that i have been able to find.

there's nothing holding me back - samantha harvey (originally by shawn mendes)
I wanna follow where she goes
I think about her and she knows it
I wanna let her take control
'Cause everytime that she gets close, yeah

She says that she's never afraid

Just picture everybody naked

She really doesn't like to wait

Not really into hesitation

You take all my inhibitions
Baby, there's nothing holding me back
You take me places that tear up my reputation
Manipulate my decisions
Baby, there's nothing holding me back

if i didn't know better - the civil wars
if i didn't know better, i'd hang my hat right there
if i didn't know better, i'd follow you up the stairs
stop saying those sweet things you know i like to hear
the horns are blowing louder, the bailiff's drawing near

there's a hole in what you're saying
i can plainly see, you've a lover that's waiting
but, baby, you're right here with me

if i didn't know better -
but, damn it, i do

stronger - kelly clarkson
you know the bed feels warmer
sleeping here alone
you know i dream in colour
and do the things i want

you think you got the best of me
think you've had the last laugh
bet you think that everything good is gone
think you left me broken down
think that i'd come running back
baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
stand a little taller
doesn't mean i'm lonely when i'm alone
what doesn't kill you makes a fighter
footsteps even lighter
doesn't mean i'm over cause you're gone

raise the roof - carbon leaf
raise the roof, that i might see the stars
to gain wisdom, to see things for what they are
please, i need proof

dance till you fall
love till you die
shut your mouth
raise the roof

trapped in the snare with too much dreaming to bear
fearful and frantic, hopeless and a romantic
inspired but tired, i run this wide-open course
like the sagging spirit of an older horse

unbreakable - fireflight
where are the people that accused me?
the ones who beat me down and bruised me
they hide just out of sight
can't face me in the light
they'll return but i'll be stronger

god, i want to dream again
take me where i've never been
i want to go there
this time i'm not scared
now i am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
no one can touch me
nothing can stop me

this is my song! - carbon leaf
from the stable running brave
from the cradle to the grave
this is my day, this is my song
i am alive, what can go wrong?
if we're on our way, oh, okay, let me know
if we're on our way, oh, okay, then, let's go

i lived - haley klinkhammer (originally by onerepublic)
hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall
hope when the water rises, you built a wall
hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name
hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay

hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad
the only way you can know is give it all you have
and i hope that you don't suffer but take the pain
hope when the moment comes, you'll say...

i, i did it all
i, i did it all
i owned every second that this world could give
i saw so many places, the things that i did
with every broken bone, i swear i lived.

the longest time - billy joel
once i thought my innocence was gone
now i know that happiness goes on
that's where you found me
when you put your arms around me
i haven't been there for the longest time
woah, oh, oh
for the longest time
woah, oh, oh
for the longest
i'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
and the greatest miracle of all
is how i need you
and how you needed me too
that hasn't happened for the longest time
maybe this won't last very long
but you feel so right
and i could be wrong
maybe i've been hoping too hard
but i've gone this far
and it's more than i hoped for
who knows how much further we'll go on
maybe i'll be sorry when you're gone
i'll take my chances
i forgot how nice romance is
i haven't been there for the longest time
i had second thoughts at the start
i said to myself
hold on to your heart
now i know the woman that you are
you're wonderful so far
and it's more than i hoped for
i don't care what consequence it brings
i have been a fool for lesser things
i want you so bad
i think you ought to know that
i intend to hold you for
the longest time

we found love - rihanna
we found love in a hopeless place

unbreakable - fireflight



titanium - david guetta



landslide - david guetta



an unbreakable union - homestuck



the crush - miracle of sound



good time - owl city and carly rae jepsen



raise your glass - pink



we are young - fun.



don't threaten me with a good time - panic! at the disco



mungojerrie and rumpleteazer - cats



two aging truckers - carbon leaf

arsonist's lullabye - hozier
when i was a child, i'd sit for hours
staring into open flame
something in it had a power
could barely tear my eyes away

all you have is your fire
and the place you need to reach
don't you ever tame your demons
but always keep 'em on a leash

we were here - lights

Rooftops, dirty thoughts

All I got is twenty bucks
Nights so breezy
Make it look easy
Local cuts, pizza crust
Leave a message on the bus
Full moon howling
Let's go prowling
Spend some time, burn the money
That we don't 'posed too, shit we got into
I'm no good, not tryna be
Yeah, we got issues
Take a flag with you

Dressed up, messed up
Put on a show
So the whole damn world's gonna know...

That we were here (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Running 'round, blackin' out
Young bloods burning it down
That we were here (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Setting flames, taking names, just 'cause we own the town
We gonna write it solid as gold
We're gonna make it, so they gonna know
That we were here (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, we were here (yeah, yeah, yeah)
We were here

Photobooth, kissing youth
Midnight bulletproof
Night so hazy
Laid back, lazy
Slow burn, fighting words
Show them how the fire works
Make an impression
Teach 'em all a lesson

it's got my name on it - tommee profitt ft. sarah reeves

adrenaline, runnin through my skin

i just feel it, oh i live for it
a second wind, i feel it kicking in
oh i want it, i gotta have it
ooohhh, i gotta have it

here's to the strongest fighter
here's to the last survivor
there's only one crown
it's got my name on it
there's only one last standing
got my eyes on the ending
there's only one crown
it's got my name on it

energy, that i can't explain
it takes over, like a soldier
all i see, is that final day
getting closer, yeah it's not over
ooohhh, it's not over

everything burns - anastacia ft. ben moody

my songs know what you did in the dark (light 'em up) - fall out boy

brother/sister - avicii
hey brother, there's an endless road to rediscover
hey sister, yeah the water's sweet but blood is thicker
even if the sky comes falling down for you
there's nothing in this world i wouldn't do

rebellion - the tributes

feel that fire - tommee profitt ft. whissell
Givin' them everything, everything we got

Gonna use our blood, sweat and tears till the last jaw drops
Are you sure you wanna play
Don't you know we run this game
We're not afraid to bring the pain
Don't you know we run this game

We'll make 'em feel that fire (x4)
We're gonna burn it down

Swinging like a champion straight to the top
If you can't stand the heat then you know you better stop

You don't wanna mess around

Don't you know we own this town
Gonna end up in the ground

Don't you know we own this town

young volcanoes - fall out boy

battle without honor or humanity - kill bill vol. 1

pretend it's home - beth crowley

homemade dynamite - lorde

A couple rebel top gun pilots

Flying with nowhere to be

Don't know you super well

But I think that you might be the same as me

Behave abnormally

Let's let things come out of the woodwork
I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lies
Yeah, awesome right?
So let's let things come out of the woodwork
I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lines
Seeing me rolling, showing someone else love
Dancing with our shoes off
Know I think you're awesome, right?

Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

the phoenix - fall out boy

bad blood - bastille

airship theme (super mario bros. 3) - super smash bros. brawl

talking dreams - echosmith

this is a good day, this is a good time

you've got green eyes, and i've got sunrise

we're falling sideways, big lights, freeways

heartbeats through me, through this beautiful life

we're talking dreams, maybe

let's run away to new york city

we're talking dreams, baby

we'll cut the strings, maybe

through rose colored lenses

try not to forget it

roamin' holiday - foxworth hall

Every morning I just watch you drown

another daughter treading water in this town
you're the reason that I'm even here
but just surviving aint enough to stick around

ooh aren't you dying
ooh ooh aren't you dying to get out of here
ooh I'm just trying to get you to run

Hey you, let's live a life on roamin' holiday
hey you let's get lost
me and you, are gonna see the world and settle once a day
then move along just because
we're home when we're away

these apartment walls are closing in
and I'm tired of taking life here on the chin
where there's a window there's a way out dear
and every pane's another place we could begin

sleep on the floor - the lumineers
pack yourself a toothbrush, dear

pack yourself a favorite blouse

take a withdrawal slip

take all of your savings out

'cause if we don't leave this town

we might never make it out

i was not born to drown

baby come on

runaway (u and i) - galantis

renegades - x ambassadors

riches and wonders - the mountain goats

fools like me - vanessa carlton

wishing well - the oh hellos
a song for sunlight.

I ran like a speeding train

cut my hair and changed my name
only had myself to blame
for the company I was keeping

curse my restless wandering feet

prone to wander endlessly

all the love you gave to me

it wasn't enough to keep me

oh, I stole from my father all I thought I could sell

tossed his copper, and I watched as it fell
but there wasn't any water in the wishing well

where do i go from here? - paul williams
tell me where, where does a fool go when there's no one left to listen
to a story without meaning that nobody wants to hear?
tell me where, where does a fool go when he knows there's something missing -
tell me where, where do i go from here?

thank goodness - wicked

everything is awesome - the lego movie

earth - sleeping at last
fault lines tremble underneath my glass house,
but i put it out of my mind,
long enough to call it courage,
to live without a lifeline.

paradise - vanessa carlton

learn my lesson - daughtry

blue caravan - vienna teng
oh blue blue caravan, the highway is my great wall
for my true love is a man, who never existed at all
for he was a beautiful fiction, i invented to keep out the cold
but my blue blue caravan, i can feel my heart growing old

where do i go from here? - pocahontas 2

birdcage religion - sleeping at last

comfort isn't even on this playlist because it's got love and friendship in it, lol. it's on the mxp au playlist. paloma (or maybe also lonesome pine) is the carbon leaf song that really fits mottle in general. but those two lines in comfort, or even just the second one, do all the work that paloma does as an entire song in explaining mottle. i wrote a sh-tty poem about this before i'd even heard comfort: mottle is so fierce in guarding her freedom that she's bound herself up in vows.



all that is beautiful - sleeping at last
all that is beautiful
will not be beautiful to me
unless it's perfect

paloma - carbon leaf
chase the high ground, where you'd rather be, where you might be found
face all aglow, to leave from here, to pack up and go
but it takes some time to get away
and you will have to build from what remains
to run it takes the courage of a lamb
to love, the fierceness of a storm

paloma you wonder if you'll miss the thunder
everyone's staring but no one is caring for you now
just spread your wings, latch on to the breeze
just take the leap, and you're free

and so it takes some time to get away
and you will have to tear down what remains

and it may take some time to learn what's real
and you will have to beg and borrow, and you will surely steal

today i watched the greatest thing of all
a flock of birds, preparing for the fall

laura palmer - bastille
walking out into the dark
cutting out a different path
led by your beating heart
all the people of the town
cast their eyes right to the ground
in matters of the heart

the night was all you had
you ran into the night from all you had
you found yourself a path upon the ground
you ran into the night, you can't be found

the escapist - nightwish
virgin snow beneath my feet
painting the world in white
i tread the way and lose myself into a tale

a nightingale in a golden cage
that's me trapped inside reality's maze
come someone make my heavy heart light
come undone, bring me back to life

this is who i am, escapist, paradise seeker
farewell, now time to fly
out of sight, out of time, away from all lies

cave in - owl city
take a long hard look through your textbook, 'cause i'm history
when i get my helmet on i'll be long gone, 'cause i've been dying to leave
so i'll ride the range and hide all my loose change in my bedroom,
'cause riding a dirtbike down a turnpike always takes its toll...on me

i've had just about enough of, quote, "diamonds in the rough",
'cause my backbone is paper-thin
get me out of this cavern or i'll cave in

broken dreams - gordon lightfoot
there's an ocean in my mind
i'd give the world if i could find
a sailing ship and leave the past behind
now that i must say adieu
it's killing me, i'm telling you
when freedom calls, what can a person do

i have felt the winds of change
go stealing through my heart and soul
how wild it seems

there's an ocean i have found
i'd like to sail the world around
and dream about the life i hope i'll find

in sounds of spring, on winter storms
in autumn gales, on summer morns
lie broken dreams

breakaway - kelly clarkson
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreamin' of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

I'll spread my wings, and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Want to feel the warm breeze

Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jet plane
Faraway
And breakaway

learning to fly - hills x hills (originally by tom petty)

Well, I started out

Down a dirty road

Started out all alone

And the sun went down

As I crossed the hill

And the town lit up

And the world got still

I'm learning to fly

But I ain't got wings

Coming down

Is the hardest thing

Now some say life

Will beat you down

Yeah, break your heart

Steal your crown

So I started out

For God knows where

I guess I'll know

When I get there

the crow, the owl, and the dove - nightwish
don't give me love, don't give me faith
wisdom nor pride, give innocence instead
don't give me love, i've had my share
beauty nor rest, give me truth instead

free and easy down the road i go - courtney schwirtz (originally by dirks bentley)

Pair of boots and a sack of clothes
Free and easy down the road I go
Hangin' memories on the high line poles
Free and easy down the road I go

boulevard of broken dreams - green day
i walk a lonely road, the only one that i have ever known
don't know where it goes, but it's home to me and i walk alone
my shadow's the only one that walks beside me
my shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
sometimes i wish someone up there will find me
till then i walk alone
tbh this relates more to mottle's own imagining of herself. she'd think this song was cool as hell but she isn't actually anything like as teen-angsty as this song, she actually finds substantial joy in life. but she likes to think she is too cool 4 u and if she was human she'd have an angsty 2006 preteen's music taste despite not being an angsty 2006 preteen.
also it fits with the image she likes to project as someone who's been roving their whole life even though in closely-guarded fact she spent the first eight months of her life as a sheltered kittypet, lol.

the boulevard of broken dreams - tony bennett & sting
here is where you'll always find me
always walking up and down
but i left my soul behind me
in an old cathedral town
ditto above song.

i am a rock - simon & garfunkel
i am a rock, i am an island
and a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries

my walden - nightwish
weaving my wings from many-colored yarns
flying higher, higher into the wild
weaving my world, a tapestry of life
its fire golden in my walden

lonesome pine - carbon leaf
she made her way, she felt she was to blame
and her porcelain dolls, she's boxed them all
and along the way, she changed her name

lonesome pine, rain or shine
stands alone, roots unknown

she's strong and tall yet scared to fall, her roots unknown
she's strong and tall, she wants it all, her roots unknown

i love a rainy night - eddie rabbitt
Well, I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good

Well, I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain on my face
Taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadow

Showers wash all my cares away
I wake up to a sunny day

bird song - the wailin' jennys

off i go - myleeng (originally by greg laswell)

loose ends, they tangle down
And then take flight
But never tie me down
Never tie me down

off i go

where i fall is where i land

the title of this post is literally the subject of the first posts i made with this guy.

ok first some songs for rowan & patch together

brother - first aid kit

Brother, you are my guiding star

Forever, you roam, I won't be far
I have so many things to learn from you
I was so lost until you came through
And led me through the dark

brother - lord huron

How long have I known you, brother?

Hundreds of lives, thousands of years
How many miles have we wandered
Under the sky, chasing our fear?

Some kind of trouble is coming
Don't know when, don't know what
I will stand by you, brother
'Til the daylight comes or I'm dead and gone

I've shared my life with you, brother

Since I recall, you've been my friend
You say we're not like the others
Still we must die, all things must end

I know we can't stop what's coming

But I will try, oh how I'll try
Will you fight with me, brother
One last time, one last fight

when rowan's ghost and patch fight the ghost dog together

Don't turn away, don't tell me that we're not the same

We face the fire together, brothers 'til the end
Don't run away, our time will come but not today
I stand beside you, brother, with you 'til the end

all these things that i've done - the killers

When there's nowhere else to run

Is there room for one more son
One more son
If you can hold on
If you can hold on, hold on

I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
You know, you know - no you don't, you don't
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand

Another head aches, another heart breaks
I'm so much older than I can take

And when there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son
These changes ain't changing me
The cold-hearted boy I used to be

I got soul, but I'm not a soldier

Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done

sunday shoes - lady lamb the beekeeper

you scuffed your sunday shoes when you leapt the fence
to save your sister from those hungry wolves
but you fell the wrong way yeah you broke your leg
and now the animals are turning their heads
they're turning-no now they're turning back they're turning back
to take you to their den and lick your bones

and now for patch's actual playlist

the ballad of serenity - firefly

take my love, take my land

take me where i cannot stand

i don't care, i'm still free

you can't take the sky from me

texas stars - carbon leaf

look up at the night, have you seen that star before?

how quickly dreams rearrange when constellations are at war

hey lone star, it's all right

did you look up to find

you were left behind?

did your heroes and stars fade out?

have you been let down

by a lover, father, friend?

did the myth of greatness leave your side

with no desire to defend?

did their chariots of fire burn you in the end?

trees - the oh hellos

climbing trees, haven't much since we were children

shaking limbs, tend to end up bent and broken

but heartache pales in comparison to love

it's 100% platonic but patch making friends with cara over learning to climb trees is the beginning of coming out of his shell and learning to connect with people again after rowan's death.

one prairie outpost - carbon leaf

scene after scene passes by my life

the window's a wound, the road is a knife

the irony: ask me "where have you been?",

i don't know, i don't know,

because i don't know where to begin

not been here since i was a boy

now heart full of fear and a mask of painted joy

so much for these youthful eyes to see

so much for peace and tranquility

cave in - owl city

swallow a drop of gravel and blacktop, 'cause the road tastes like wintergreen

the wind and the rain smell of oil and octane mixed with stale gasoline

i'll soak up the sound, try to sleep on the wet ground

i'll get ten minutes give or take

'cause i just can't foresee myself getting drowsy

when cold integrity keeps me wide awake

tie my handlebars to the stars so i stay on track

and if my intentions stray i'll wrench them away then i'll take my leave

and i won't even look back

wanderin' around - carbon leaf

put me in a new direction

point me to the edge of the world

where to today? miles away

and as i sigh the long goodbye,

what will be found wanderin' around?

things that you know - the wailin' jennys

the once and future carpenter - the avett brothers

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
We're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

vagabond - tommee profitt ft. alexandra petrovski

where is your home, vagabond?

where do you go when you don't belong?
head held high but your soul is down
where is your home, vagabond?

you pass people and faces you don't recognize
like past feelings and places you once brought to life

where is your home, vagabond?
where is your home when it all is done?
can't put down roots cause it won't last long
everything here will all be gone

where is your home, vagabond?

endlessly lost from dusk till dawn
orphan before you were ever young
by cruel lights lead you on and on
breathing in worlds that you don't belong

the wolves and the ravens - rogue valley

In the morning by the sea

As the fog clears from the sand

I have no money in my hand

I have no home, I have no land

But it doesn't trouble me

As I lay beside the fire

I am easy to inspire

There is little I require

I wasn't yours and you weren't mine

Though I've wished from time to time

People find where they belong

Or keep on

Through the never-ending maze

Where the way is seldom clear

There is no map or compass near

I drive a ship I cannot steer

Through the bleak and early morn

Where a stronger will is sworn

Where the moments move so slow

And seem to never let you go

When my hands are old and ache

And my memory flickers dim

And my bones don't hold my skin

There's no place I haven't been

questions - asa

revolution - mercy mercedes

pictures of you - the last goodnight

what about everything - carbon leaf

the scientist - coldplay

heaven and hell - vangelis

head full of doubt, road full of promise - the avett brothers

i want to make the world turn around - steve miller band

embers - owl city

tomorrow will be kinder - the secret sisters

jupiter - sleeping at last
let my messes matter.
make this chaos count.
let every fracture in me shatter out loud.

opening theme - cosmos: a spacetime odyssey

science - two steps from hell

galileo - josh groban

hedy lamarr - the superconducting supercolliders

dirge without music - edna st. vincent millay

unwritten - natasha bedingfield

go the distance - norm lewis (hercules)

waving through a window - owl city (originally from the dear evan hansen soundtrack)

poet - bastille

maybe tomorrow is a better day - poets of the fall

things we lost in the fire - bastille

still breathing - mayday parade

wars - the strumbellas
i climbed a mountain, and never came back

i never quit, and i always fight back

and from this moment, for all of my life

what can i say, i was born to be this way

what can i say, i'm just living for today

we all know that the sun will shine

i must go and chase this dream of mine

and i know i can do you proud

when i'm high above those clouds

oh and i can't sleep, but i'm fine

there's a soldier, soldier in my mind

who i am - the score

I'm a poet and a soldier
I am young and growing older
Without hope, but I'm a dreamer
I'm the cure, and I'm the fever
I am lost with a direction
I am failure and perfection
Without grace, but I am tired
Of walking life like it's a wire

I have my flaws
I make mistakes
But I'm myself

I'm not ashamed

I have my doubts
I lose my strength
Sometimes I fall, but I don't break

the projectionist - sleeping at last

all this to say - sleeping at last

never-ending story - within temptation

page 28 - sleeping at last

step outside - jose gonzalez (from the secret life of walter mitty soundtrack)

overjoyed - bastille

into a fantasy - alexander rybak