All I Can Do Is Try
Fandoms Buffy the Vampire Slayer x Supernatural
Subject: Buffy&Dawn Summers/Sam&Dean Winchester
Title: All I Can Do Is Try
Warnings/Notes: A fanmix for the Summers sisters and the Winchester brothers. Spoilers for seasons 1-7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and seasons 1-5.03 (aka when I stopped watching) of Supernatural. Mentions of gore and death. Brief mentions of drugs. 8tracks stream and DL available. Made for the round 20 challenge at waywardmixes. The theme was Parallels.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural have great parallels in the main characters’ sibling relationships. Both feature eldest children who are short, fair-haired, quippy demon hunters who come back from the dead several times. Buffy and Dean are both deeply protective of their younger siblings, even when they are told that they will have to kill them in order to save the world. They both sacrifice themselves, dying in place of their siblings (this time they are able to remember where they were whilst they were dead and come back extremely damaged as a result). Dawn and Sam themselves both have dark destinies involving blood; Dawn was originally a mystical “key” and her blood is capable of tearing down the walls between dimensions and Sam was fed demon blood as a baby, which gave him supernatural powers but also prepared him to be a vessel for the Antichrist. (You win some, you lose some.)
For this mix I also tried to parallel the siblings’ relationships with each other. That even though sometimes the universe itself is placing them on different side and even mundanely they don’t always understand each other they will always love each other.
Born To Die by Lana Del Rey
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love's not enough when the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
Road's long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
***
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
'Cause you and I
We were born to die
Breathe Me by Sia
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there's no one else to blame
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
Horse and I by Bat For Lashes
Got woken in the night
By a mystic golden light
My head soaked in river water
I had been dressed in a coat of armour
They called a horse out of the woodland
"Take her there, through the desert shores"
They sang to me
"This is yours to wear
You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now"
Weapon by Matthew Good Band
Here by my side, an angel
Here by my side, the devil
Never turn your back on me
Never turn your back on me, again
Here by my side, it's Heaven
Here by my side, you are destruction
Here by my side, a new colour to paint the world
Never turn your back on it
Never turn your back on it, again
Here by my side, it's Heaven
Careful, be careful
Careful, be careful
This is where the world drops off
Where the world drops off
Careful, be careful
You breathe in and you breathe out
For it ain't so weird
How it makes you a weapon
Try by Nelly Furtado
All I know
Is everything is not as it's sold
But the more I grow, the less I know
And I have lived so many lives
Though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds the more I sow
***
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try
Try
These Days by Jackson Browne
I'll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
These days,
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
King And Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men
Taking over this town, they should worry,
But these problem aside I think I taught you well.
That we won't run, and we won't run, and we won't run.
***
Howling ghost they reappear
In mountains that are stacked with fear
But you're a king and I'm a lion-heart.
And in the sea that's painted black,
Creatures lurk below the deck
But you're a king and I'm a lion-heart.
And as the world comes to an end
I'll be here to hold your hand
'Cause you're my king and I'm your lion-heart.
Goodnight, Demon Slayer by Voltaire
Tell the devil its time you gave him his due
He should go back to hell, he should shake in his shoes
‘Cause the mightiest, scariest, creature is you
Goodnight demon slayer, goodnight
Now its time to close your tired eyes
There are devils to slay and dragons to ride
If they see you coming, hell they better hide
***
I won`t tell you there`s nothing beneath your bed
I won`t sell you that it`s all in your head
This world of ours is not as it seems
The monsters are real but not in your dreams
Learn what you can from the beasts you defeat
You`ll need it for some of the people you meet
Download the mix here.
Or listen to it on 8tracks here.
Subject: Buffy&Dawn Summers/Sam&Dean Winchester
Title: All I Can Do Is Try
Warnings/Notes: A fanmix for the Summers sisters and the Winchester brothers. Spoilers for seasons 1-7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and seasons 1-5.03 (aka when I stopped watching) of Supernatural. Mentions of gore and death. Brief mentions of drugs. 8tracks stream and DL available. Made for the round 20 challenge at waywardmixes. The theme was Parallels.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural have great parallels in the main characters’ sibling relationships. Both feature eldest children who are short, fair-haired, quippy demon hunters who come back from the dead several times. Buffy and Dean are both deeply protective of their younger siblings, even when they are told that they will have to kill them in order to save the world. They both sacrifice themselves, dying in place of their siblings (this time they are able to remember where they were whilst they were dead and come back extremely damaged as a result). Dawn and Sam themselves both have dark destinies involving blood; Dawn was originally a mystical “key” and her blood is capable of tearing down the walls between dimensions and Sam was fed demon blood as a baby, which gave him supernatural powers but also prepared him to be a vessel for the Antichrist. (You win some, you lose some.)
For this mix I also tried to parallel the siblings’ relationships with each other. That even though sometimes the universe itself is placing them on different side and even mundanely they don’t always understand each other they will always love each other.
Born To Die by Lana Del Rey
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love's not enough when the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
Road's long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
***
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
'Cause you and I
We were born to die
Breathe Me by Sia
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there's no one else to blame
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
Horse and I by Bat For Lashes
Got woken in the night
By a mystic golden light
My head soaked in river water
I had been dressed in a coat of armour
They called a horse out of the woodland
"Take her there, through the desert shores"
They sang to me
"This is yours to wear
You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now"
Weapon by Matthew Good Band
Here by my side, an angel
Here by my side, the devil
Never turn your back on me
Never turn your back on me, again
Here by my side, it's Heaven
Here by my side, you are destruction
Here by my side, a new colour to paint the world
Never turn your back on it
Never turn your back on it, again
Here by my side, it's Heaven
Careful, be careful
Careful, be careful
This is where the world drops off
Where the world drops off
Careful, be careful
You breathe in and you breathe out
For it ain't so weird
How it makes you a weapon
Try by Nelly Furtado
All I know
Is everything is not as it's sold
But the more I grow, the less I know
And I have lived so many lives
Though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds the more I sow
***
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try
Try
These Days by Jackson Browne
I'll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
These days,
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
King And Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men
Taking over this town, they should worry,
But these problem aside I think I taught you well.
That we won't run, and we won't run, and we won't run.
***
Howling ghost they reappear
In mountains that are stacked with fear
But you're a king and I'm a lion-heart.
And in the sea that's painted black,
Creatures lurk below the deck
But you're a king and I'm a lion-heart.
And as the world comes to an end
I'll be here to hold your hand
'Cause you're my king and I'm your lion-heart.
Goodnight, Demon Slayer by Voltaire
Tell the devil its time you gave him his due
He should go back to hell, he should shake in his shoes
‘Cause the mightiest, scariest, creature is you
Goodnight demon slayer, goodnight
Now its time to close your tired eyes
There are devils to slay and dragons to ride
If they see you coming, hell they better hide
***
I won`t tell you there`s nothing beneath your bed
I won`t sell you that it`s all in your head
This world of ours is not as it seems
The monsters are real but not in your dreams
Learn what you can from the beasts you defeat
You`ll need it for some of the people you meet
Download the mix here.
Or listen to it on 8tracks here.