I love fanmixes! So many songs make me think of MSR, but I live in the stone age and don't really know how to make a downloadable mix. So this is what I have instead.
1. Plenty - Sarah Mclachlan
"In more than words i
Tried to tell you
The more I tried I failed"
2. So Cruel - U2
"We crossed the line
Who pushed who over?
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me
We're cut adrift
We're still floating
I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love"
3. Us Remains Impossible - Matthew Good Band
"I know you so you know me
But us remains impossible"
4. Stand Inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
"Don't feel me now
I will breathe
For the both of us
Travel the world
Traverse the skies"
5. I Alone - Live
"Oh, now, we took it back too far,
Only love can save us now,
All these riddles that you burn
All come runnin' back to you"
6. Here Today Gone Tomorrow - Ramones
"Someone has to pay the price
7. Emerald - the Tea Party
"Did they try to steal your soul?
Did they hurt you with deceit?
Can't you come in from the cold?
Be still my emerald
I'll be waiting for you"
8. Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan
"I never thought I could feel so low,
And oh darkness I feel like letting go.
If all of the strength and all of the courage,
Come and lift me from this place,
I know I could love you much better than this,
Full of grace."
9. Even Better Than The Real Thing - U2
"Well my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere in between
Give me one more chance
Let me be your lover tonight"
10. The Boy With the Torn in His Side - the Smiths
"And after all this time
They don't want to believe us
And if they don't believe us now
Will they ever believe us ?"
11. Running Up That Hill - (I would use the Placebo version of this song, but it is originally by Kate Bush, who is also great.)
"And if I only could,
Make a deal with God,
And get him to swap our places"
12. I Still Believe - Tim Capello (cheesy!)
"But I still believe
I still believe
Through the pain
And through the grief"
13. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? - U2
"You're a piece of glass left in a beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach"
14. Requiem - the Tea Party
"And you begged on bended knee
Still they let you down
Say it comes to this
All the things you'd miss
A requiem won't change your fate"
15. Last Dance - Sarah Mclachlan
instrumental
I think I tend to use 90s songs more; they are more appropriate, and frankly, there was so much more angst in the air.
When it comes to music, it's not always so much about the specific story that the song is telling you, but sometimes more about the emotional impression it leaves on you. Sometimes both.
My top 5 shippy albums and artists:
1. Actung Baby- U2 (Surprising, yes, until you listen to it. Pure Angst. I like to approach this album like Mulder wrote it. It's more fun that way.)
2. the Distance to Here - Live (Angsty, angsty! And a bit mystical- maybe too much so?)
3. Surfacing or Fumbling Towards Ecstasy- Sarah Mclachlan (More from the unrequited-romantic-longing angle. Emphasis on longing. Hey does anyone remember that XF/Sarah Mclachlan Shipper website? Loved it. Badly.)
4. Edges of Twilight, Transmission, Interzone Mantras, or anything else by the Tea Party (I love them because they are so dramatic and emotional. They just tear you up. Beyond angst. Wow, should have been Angst Junkie instead.)
5. how about the Smiths? (it's always a good call to include the Smiths.)
My Imaginary Fanmix:
1. Plenty - Sarah Mclachlan
I looked into your eyes
They told me plenty
I already knew
You never felt a thing
So soon forgotten all that you do
In more than words i
Tried to tell you
The more I tried I failed
I would not let myself believe
That you might stray
And I would stand by you
No matter what they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you
Until my dying day
Until my dying day
I used to think my life
Was often empty
A lonely space to fill
You hurt me more than
I ever would have imagined
You made my world stand still
And in that stillness
There was a freedom
I never felt before
I would not let myself believe
That you might stray
And I would stand by you
No matter what they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you
Until my dying day
Until my dying day
2. So Cruel - U2
We crossed the line
Who pushed who over?
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me
We're cut adrift
We're still floating
I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love
I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted
The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass RIGHT through you like a ghost
They look for you, but your spirit is in the air
Baby, you're nowhere
Oh...love...
You say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...
Sweetheart,
You're so cruel
Desparation is a tender trap
It gets you every time
You put your lips to her lips
To stop the lie
Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug
Oh...love...
You say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...
Sweetheart,
You're so cruel
She wears my love like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing
Her movements something else
Oh love, like a screaming flower
Love...dying every hour...love
You don't know if it's fear or desire
Danger the drug that takes you higher
Head in heaven, fingers in the mire
Her heart is racing, you can't keep up
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust
We are trampled underfoot
Oh...love... You say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...
Sweetheart,
You're so cruel
Oh...love...
To stay with you I'd be a fool
Sweetheart
You're so cruel
3. Us Remains Impossible - Matthew Good Band
Come on over, you'll regret it
Drive you nuts if you let it
Breathe in only 'til you get it
The waves go on and on
There's a light up there tonight
That shines a lady all year bright
it's all the same, the you and I
it's over now, I know it's sorry
I know you so you know me
But us remains impossible
Come on over, you'll regret it
Crack you up if you let it
Hang on only 'til you get it
The weight goes on and on
There's a light up there tonight
That shines a lady golden bright
I long to wait for you and I
it's over now, I know it's always
And I know you so you know me
But us remains impossible
And I know you know that I ain't me
So us remains impossible
4. Stand Inside your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
You and me
Meant to be
Immutable
Impossible
It's destiny
Pure lunacy
Incalculable
Insufferable
But for the last time
You're everything that I want and ask for
You're all that I'd dreamed
Who wouldn't be the one you love
Who wouldn't stand inside your love
Protected and the lover of
A pure soul and beautiful you
Don't understand
Don't feel me now
I will breathe
For the both of us
Travel the world
Traverse the skies
Your home is here
Within my heart
And for the first time
I feel as though I am reborn
In my mind
Recast as child and mystic sage
Who wouldn't be the one you love
Who wouldn't stand inside your love
And for the first time
I'm telling you how much I need and bleed for
Your every move and waking sound
In my time
I'll wrap my wire around your heart and your mind
You're mine forever now
Who wouldn't be the one you love and live for
Who wouldn't stand inside your love and die for
Who wouldn't be the one you love
5. I Alone - Live
It's easier not to be wise
And measure these things by your brains
I sank into Eden with you
Alone in the church by and by
I'll read to you here, save your eyes
You'll need them, your boat is at sea
Your anchor is up, you've been swept away
And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
To leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
It's easier not to be great
And measure these things by your eyes
We long to be here by his resolve
Alone in the church by and by
To cradle the baby in space
And leave you there by yourself chained to fate
Oh, now, we took it back too far,
Only love can save us now,
All these riddles that you burn
All come runnin' back to you,
All these rhythms that you hide
Only love can save us now,
All these riddles that you burn yeah, yeah, yeah
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
6. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - the Ramones
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I love you
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I love you
I do, I do
But I told her why we just can't make it
I want you still but just can't take it
The time has come we oughta break it
Someone has to pay the price
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
It's over
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
It's true, it's true
And I think of times we were together
As time went on it seemed forever
But times have changed
Now things are better
Someone had to pay the price
7.Emerald - the Tea Party
Confess what you crave
A life without pain
You'd kill for the taste
But the hurt still remains
Still they don't know who you are
Just be still my emerald
I'll be waiting for you
Do exactly what your told
I'll be waiting for you
Ashamed by the threats
You pierce the embrace
Afraid and alone
In a dark lonely place
Did you alway want to be?
Did they try to steal your soul?
Did they hurt you with deceit?
Can't you come in from the cold?
Be still my emerald
I'll be waiting for you
8. Full of Grace - Sarah Mclachlan
The winter here is cold, & bitter
It's chilled us to the bone,
I haven’t seen the sun for weeks,
Too long, too far from home.
I feel just like I’m sinking,
And I claw for solid ground,
I’m pulled down by the undertow,
I never thought I could feel so low,
And oh darkness I feel like letting go.
If all the of the strength and all of the courage,
Come and lift me from this place,
I know I can love you much better than this,
Full of grace,
Full of grace,
My love.
It's better this way, I say,
Having seen this place before,
Where everything we say and do,
Hurts us all the more.
It’s just that we stayed, too long,
In the same old sickly skin,
I’m pulled down by the undertow,
I never thought I could feel so low,
And oh darkness I feel like letting go.
If all of the strength and all of the courage,
Come and lift me from this place,
I know I could love you much better than this,
Full of grace.
I know I can love you much better than this,
It’s better this way.
9. Even Better Than the Real Thing - U2
Give me one more chance
And you'll be satisfied
Give me two more chances
You won't be denied
Well my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere in between
Give me one more chance
Let me be your lover tonight
(Check it out)
You're the real thing
Yeah the real thing
You're the real thing
Even better than the real thing
Child...
Give me one last chance
And I'm gonna make you sing
Give me half a chance
To ride on the waves that you bring
You're honey child to a swarm of bees
Gonna blow right through you like a breeze
Give me one last dance
We'll slide down the surface of things
You're the real thing
Yeah the real thing
You're the real thing
Even better than the real thing
Child...
We're free to fly the crimson sky
The sun won't melt our wings tonight
Oh now...here she comes
Take me higher
Take me higher
You take me higher
You take me higher
You're the real thing
Yeah the real thing
You're the real thing
Even better than the real thing
Even better than the real thing
Even better than the real thing
10. The Boy with the Thorn In His Side - the Smiths
The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies
A murderous desire for love
How can they look into my eyes
And still they don't believe me ?
How can they hear me say those words
Still they don't believe me ?
And if they don't believe me now
Will they ever believe me ?
And if they don't believe me now
Will they ever, they ever, believe me ?
Oh ...
The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies
A plundering desire for love
How can they see the Love in our eyes
And still they don't believe us ?
And when you want to Live
How do you start ?
Where do you go ?
Who do you need to know ?
11. Running Up That Hill - (I would use the Placebo version of this song, but it is originally by Kate Bush, who is also great.)
It doesn't hurt me.
You wanna feel how it feels?
You wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me?
You wanna hear about the deal I'm making?
You *be running up that hill*
You and me *be running up that hill*
And if I only could,
Make a deal with God,
And get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could, oh...
You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware that I'm tearing you asunder.
There is thunder in our hearts, baby.
So much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, *be running up that hill*
You and me, *be running up that hill*
You and me won't be unhappy.
And if I only could,
Make a deal with God,
And get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
If I only could, oh...
'C'mon, baby, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh...'
And if I only could,
Make a deal with God,
And get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems. x2
'If I only could, be running up that hill.' x7
12. I Still Believe - Tim Capello (cheesy!)
I've been in a cave
For forty days
Only a spark
To light my way
I wanna give out
I wanna give in
This is our crime
This is our sin
But I still believe
I still believe
Through the pain
And through the grief
Through the lies
Through the storms
Through the cries
And through the wars
Oh, I still believe
Flat on my back
Out at sea
Hopin' these waves
Don't cover me
I'm turned and tossed
Upon the waves
When the darkness comes
I feel the grave
But I still believe
I still believe
Through the cold
And through the heat
Through the rain
And through the tears
Through the crowds
And through the cheers
Oh, I still believe
I'll march this road
I'll climb this hill
Upon my knees
If I have to
I'll take my place
Upon this stage
I'll wait till the end of time
For you like everybody else
I'm out on my own
Walkin' the streets
Look at the faces
That I meet
I feel like I
Like I wanna go home
What do I feel?
What do I know?
But I still believe
Yes, I still believe
Through the shame
And through the grief
Through the heartache
Through the tears
Through the waiting
Through the years
For people like us
In places like this
We need all the hope
That we can get
Oh, I still believe
13. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? - U2
You're dangerous 'cause you're honest
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left in a beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash
And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge
Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
Baby, can we still be friends?
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, and don't look back
Come on now love, don't you look back!
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses?
Who's gonna take the place of me?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna tame the heart of thee?
14. Requiem - The Tea Party (I want so badly for someone to make a fanvid for this song)
And you say life is bitter sweet
You've tried so gracefully
But its faceless company has let you down
Say it comes to this
All the things you'd miss
A requiem won't change your fate
Lost and they set you free
Concerned by what they'd see
And you begged on bended knee
Still they let you down
Say it comes to this
All the things you'd miss
A requiem won't change your fate
It passes over you
Passes over
Say it comes to this
All the things you'd miss
A requiem won't changed your fate
It passes over you
Passes over you
Passes over
So soon
This requiem
This requiem
This requiem
15. Last Dance - Sarah Mclachlan
instrumental
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