Fanmix: how they scream: damon + elena
I thought I'd start by sharing some songs that really make me think of all the super delicious Damon/Elena angst. I've been thinking about a second fanmix, too, since some of the songs I love just didn't fit with this project. I've posted samples of the lyrics below. Let me know what you think.
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Gotye: "Hearts A Mess"
Elena to Damon
you have lost / too much love / to fear doubt and distrust / it's not enough / you just threw away the key / to your heart / you don't get burned / cause nothing gets through / it makes it easier / easier on you / that much more difficult for me / to make you see
your heart's a mess / you won't admit to it / it makes no sense / but i'm desperate to connect / and you, you can't live like this
Staind: "Epiphany"
Damon to Elena
so i speak to you in riddles / cause my words get in my way / i smoke the whole thing to my head / and feel it wash away / cause i can't take anymore of this / i wanna come apart / or dig myself a little hole / inside your precious heart
cause it's always raining in my head / forget all the things i should have said
i am nothing more than / a little boy inside / who cries out for attention / yet i always try to hide / cause i talk to you like children / though i don't know how i feel / but i know i'll do the right thing / if the right thing is revealed
Fink: "This Is The Thing"
Damon to Elena
i don't know if you notice anything different / it's getting dark and it's getting cold and the nights are getting long / and i don't know if you even notice at all / that i'm long gone, babe, i'm long gone
and the things that keep us apart / keep me alive / and the things that keep me alive / keep me alone
this is the thing
Sarah McLachlan: "Fear"
Damon to Elena
wind in time / rapes the flower trembling on the vine / nothing yields to shelter it / from above / they say temptation will destroy our love / the never ending hunger
but i fear / i have nothing to give / i have so much to lose / here in this lonely place / tangled up in our embrace / there's nothing i'd like better than to fall
Lifehouse: "Simon"
Elena to Damon
refuse to feel / anything at all / refuse to slip / refuse to fall / you can't be weak / you can't stand still / you watch your back / cause no one will
you don't know why they had to go this far / traded your worth for these scars / for your only company / don't believe the lies that they have told to you / not one word was true / you're alright / you're alright / you're alright
and i have felt the same / as you, i've felt the same / as you, i've felt the same / as you, i've felt the same
Damien Rice: "Delicate"
Damon and Elena
we might kiss when we are alone / when nobody's watching / we might take it home / we might make out / when nobody's there / it's not that we're scared / it's just that it's delicate
so why do you fill my sorrow / with the words you've borrowed / from the only place you've known / and why do you sing hallelujah / if it means nothing to you / why do you sing with me at all
Bell X1: "Eve, The Apple Of My Eye"
Damon to Elena
if i had you here / i'd clip your wings / snap you up and leave you sprawling on my pin / this plan of mine is oh so very lame / can't you see the grass is greener where it rains
you left, i died / i went, you cried / you came, i think / but i never really know / i've served my time / i've watched you climb / the wrong incline / but what do i know
Switchfoot: "Don't Be There"
Damon to Elena
if you're a rose then i'm the thorn / that's in your side / and does it hurt badly / cause it burns right here
and i can't recall myself / how i went down / did i get shot / or shoot myself
i'd like to say hello / i'd like to say i care / i'd like to let you know / that nothing here's the same with me / nothing here's the same
Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism"
Damon and Elena
the atlantic was born today / and i'll tell you how / the clouds above opened up / and let it out / i was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere / when the water filled every hole / and thousands upon thousands made an ocean / making islands where no / islands should go / oh no
most people were overjoyed / they took to their boats / i thought it less like a lake / and more like a moat / the rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your door / have been silenced forevermore / the distance is quite simply much to far for me to row / it seems farther than ever before / on no
i need you so much closer / i need you so much closer / i need you so much closer / i need you so much closer
Imogen Heap: "The Moment I Said It"
Damon and Elena
the moment i said it / the moment i opened my mouth / the lead in your eyelids / bulldozed the life out of me / i know what you're thinking / but, darling, you're not thinking straight / suddenly things just happen / we can't explain
it's not even light out / but you've somewhere to be / no hesitation / no, i've never seen you like this / and i don't like it / i don't like it / i don't like it at all
i'm losing you / i'm losing you / trust me on this one / i've got a bad feeling / you're gonna throw it all away / with no hesitation
Amy Stroup & Trent Dabbs: "Odds Of Being Alone"
Damon and Elena
i need answers now / cause i'm caught off guard / the quiet feels so loud / tell me this is the hardest part / tell me this is the hardest part
wouldn't you like to know / wouldn't you like to know / wouldn't you like to know / the odds of being alone
Trading Yesterday: "She Is The Sunlight"
Damon
and if loving her is heartache for me / and if holding her means / i have to bleed / then i am a martyr / love is to blame / she is the healing / and i am the pain
she lives in a daydream / where i don't belong / she is the sunlight / the sun is gone
Bell X1: "In Every Sunflower"
Damon and Elena
my book has more bookmarks than pages / cause it takes me ages / or is everybody reading / is everybody reading / of a sparkling medusa / with snakes of cerise and blue / and though we're all pillars of salt now / it was worth if for the view
i wouldn't swap the pain / for never knowing you / i wouldn't swap the pain / cause it was worth it for the view
we're still watching / your rainbow through the shower / and we still see you / in every sunflower / we're still watching / i make days from the hours / and i still see you / in every sunflower / every screaming sunflower / and how they scream of you
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Gotye: "Hearts A Mess"
Elena to Damon
you have lost / too much love / to fear doubt and distrust / it's not enough / you just threw away the key / to your heart / you don't get burned / cause nothing gets through / it makes it easier / easier on you / that much more difficult for me / to make you see
your heart's a mess / you won't admit to it / it makes no sense / but i'm desperate to connect / and you, you can't live like this
Staind: "Epiphany"
Damon to Elena
so i speak to you in riddles / cause my words get in my way / i smoke the whole thing to my head / and feel it wash away / cause i can't take anymore of this / i wanna come apart / or dig myself a little hole / inside your precious heart
cause it's always raining in my head / forget all the things i should have said
i am nothing more than / a little boy inside / who cries out for attention / yet i always try to hide / cause i talk to you like children / though i don't know how i feel / but i know i'll do the right thing / if the right thing is revealed
Fink: "This Is The Thing"
Damon to Elena
i don't know if you notice anything different / it's getting dark and it's getting cold and the nights are getting long / and i don't know if you even notice at all / that i'm long gone, babe, i'm long gone
and the things that keep us apart / keep me alive / and the things that keep me alive / keep me alone
this is the thing
Sarah McLachlan: "Fear"
Damon to Elena
wind in time / rapes the flower trembling on the vine / nothing yields to shelter it / from above / they say temptation will destroy our love / the never ending hunger
but i fear / i have nothing to give / i have so much to lose / here in this lonely place / tangled up in our embrace / there's nothing i'd like better than to fall
Lifehouse: "Simon"
Elena to Damon
refuse to feel / anything at all / refuse to slip / refuse to fall / you can't be weak / you can't stand still / you watch your back / cause no one will
you don't know why they had to go this far / traded your worth for these scars / for your only company / don't believe the lies that they have told to you / not one word was true / you're alright / you're alright / you're alright
and i have felt the same / as you, i've felt the same / as you, i've felt the same / as you, i've felt the same
Damien Rice: "Delicate"
Damon and Elena
we might kiss when we are alone / when nobody's watching / we might take it home / we might make out / when nobody's there / it's not that we're scared / it's just that it's delicate
so why do you fill my sorrow / with the words you've borrowed / from the only place you've known / and why do you sing hallelujah / if it means nothing to you / why do you sing with me at all
Bell X1: "Eve, The Apple Of My Eye"
Damon to Elena
if i had you here / i'd clip your wings / snap you up and leave you sprawling on my pin / this plan of mine is oh so very lame / can't you see the grass is greener where it rains
you left, i died / i went, you cried / you came, i think / but i never really know / i've served my time / i've watched you climb / the wrong incline / but what do i know
Switchfoot: "Don't Be There"
Damon to Elena
if you're a rose then i'm the thorn / that's in your side / and does it hurt badly / cause it burns right here
and i can't recall myself / how i went down / did i get shot / or shoot myself
i'd like to say hello / i'd like to say i care / i'd like to let you know / that nothing here's the same with me / nothing here's the same
Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism"
Damon and Elena
the atlantic was born today / and i'll tell you how / the clouds above opened up / and let it out / i was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere / when the water filled every hole / and thousands upon thousands made an ocean / making islands where no / islands should go / oh no
most people were overjoyed / they took to their boats / i thought it less like a lake / and more like a moat / the rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your door / have been silenced forevermore / the distance is quite simply much to far for me to row / it seems farther than ever before / on no
i need you so much closer / i need you so much closer / i need you so much closer / i need you so much closer
Imogen Heap: "The Moment I Said It"
Damon and Elena
the moment i said it / the moment i opened my mouth / the lead in your eyelids / bulldozed the life out of me / i know what you're thinking / but, darling, you're not thinking straight / suddenly things just happen / we can't explain
it's not even light out / but you've somewhere to be / no hesitation / no, i've never seen you like this / and i don't like it / i don't like it / i don't like it at all
i'm losing you / i'm losing you / trust me on this one / i've got a bad feeling / you're gonna throw it all away / with no hesitation
Amy Stroup & Trent Dabbs: "Odds Of Being Alone"
Damon and Elena
i need answers now / cause i'm caught off guard / the quiet feels so loud / tell me this is the hardest part / tell me this is the hardest part
wouldn't you like to know / wouldn't you like to know / wouldn't you like to know / the odds of being alone
Trading Yesterday: "She Is The Sunlight"
Damon
and if loving her is heartache for me / and if holding her means / i have to bleed / then i am a martyr / love is to blame / she is the healing / and i am the pain
she lives in a daydream / where i don't belong / she is the sunlight / the sun is gone
Bell X1: "In Every Sunflower"
Damon and Elena
my book has more bookmarks than pages / cause it takes me ages / or is everybody reading / is everybody reading / of a sparkling medusa / with snakes of cerise and blue / and though we're all pillars of salt now / it was worth if for the view
i wouldn't swap the pain / for never knowing you / i wouldn't swap the pain / cause it was worth it for the view
we're still watching / your rainbow through the shower / and we still see you / in every sunflower / we're still watching / i make days from the hours / and i still see you / in every sunflower / every screaming sunflower / and how they scream of you