A character game!
And now is the time where we play a fun game!
It is called "What does this playlist say about this character?"
You do not need to participated if you don't want to, but I would appreciate thoughts and opinions.
The Rules:
1) I list all of the songs in the playlist, with lyrics included.
2) You look through them all, then tell me what you think each song says about the character and/or the encompassing arc.
Easy, yes?
The character is Rafael Thompson. Yes, he's the one who delivered the beatdown with his own severed arm. I've dubbed the playlist My Father's Blood, from a line in the second song and from Rafe's backstory. So, without further ado, the playlist and the lyrics.
My Father's Blood
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama I just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh, I don't want to die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche,
Will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very fright'ning me
(Galileo!) Galileo!
(Galileo!) Galileo!
Galileo figaro
Magnifico
I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go!
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mama mia, mama mia)
Mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,
For me, for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows
Mordred's Song
Blind Guardian
I've lost my battle before it starts
My first breath wasn't done
My spirit's sunken deep
Into the ground
Why am I alone?
I can hear my heartbeat
Silence's all around
See, hate will rise
So don't come closer
Fear your child
Born with a king's heart
But fate fooled me
And changed my cards
No one asked if I want it
If I liked it
Pain inside is rising
I am the fallen one
A figure in an old game
No Joker's on my side
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Nothing else
But laughter is around me
(Forevermore)
No one can heal me
Nothing can save me
(No one can heal me)
I've gone beyond the truth
It's just another lie
Wash away the blood on my hands
(My father's blood)
In agony we're unified
I never wanted to be
What they told me to be
Fulfill my fate than I'll be free
God knows how long
I tried to change fate
Pain inside is rising
I am the fallen one
A figure in an old game
No Joker's on my side
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn!
Worthless
A Thorn For Every Heart
There are times in our lives
When we just can not compromise
Can't take advice
But can deny
All of the things wrong in our lives
Need a reason for a new dream
When it seems like dawn won't come
Search for answers
In the darkness
When it seems that there are none
I'm not coming home
There's nothing left there at all
Now I take this on my own
[We're part]
Of the bridges that we've crossed
[Forget]
Of the loved ones that we've lost
[Scream out]
Till your lungs fill up with blood
Shut up and wait for the break down
Eyes closed
What's the big deal?
Now darkness swallows me alive
Don't know
What's the matter?
Who cares 'cause it doesn't seem to matter now
I'm not coming home
There's nothing left there at all
[We are worthless we are lost]
Now I take this on my own
[We are reckless we are young]
x2
[We're part]
Of the bridges that we've crossed
[Forget]
Of the loved ones that we've lost
[Scream out]
Till your lungs fill up with blood
Shut up and wait for the break down (now)
If I can't sleep tonight
I'm going to have to toss and turn
And go wandering through my mind
For everything I'll never find
And now I'm somewhere in between
Safe from the obscene
And I just want to make you all believe
x4
We are worthless, we are numb
We are reckless, we are young
We are everything you aren't
We are worthless, we are lost
The Invasion From Within
Tsunami Bomb
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
I'm caught! I cannot kick them out
Their claws are wrapped around my throat
And they are squeezing tighter
Insanity is coming over me
Their every wish is my command
No way out!
I feed them, you will too!
They're gonna take control of you!
You'll know when they have got you trapped
Everything looks cloudy
And you feel like you're on fire
Inhabited, I wish that I were dead
My blood has turned from red to black
No way out!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
When they come for you
They see right through your flesh and bones
For soon you'll be their home
They know deep inside,
The things you can't try to hide
No hope after the first bite
Look out, 'cause they are onto you
They'll cut you open, crawl inside
And you'll be lost forever
Don't try to run,
'Cause you're the chosen one
Your world is gone, no turning back
No way out!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy!
Animal I Have Become
Three Days Grace
I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal!
This animal, this animal
I can't escape myself
So many times I've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
This animal, this animal
This animal, this animal
This animal, this animal
This animal
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal!
This animal I have become
Survive
Rise Against
Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck
Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge
To spend your waking moments, simply killing time
Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your...
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are
An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile
A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile
I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines
I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are
All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day
Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great
All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day
Everything always works out, I have never felt so great
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this
(Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this
(Life isn't like this)
Are we verging on an answer,
Or fucking up our...
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are
It's what makes us who we are
Makes us who we are
It's what makes us who we are
Broken
Tears For Fears
Between the searching and the need to work it out
I stop believing everything will be all right
Broken
We are broken
I'm walking uphill being turned around and round
Secret in motion when my feet are on the ground
Broken
We are broken
In my mind's eye
One little boy, angry, one little man
Funny how time flies
You Can't Stop
Arkimedes
Can't stop
Can't stop
You can't beat the beat
You Can't Take Me
Bryan Adams
Got to fight another fight
I gotta run another night
Get it out - check it out
I'm on my way and I don't feel right
I gotta get me back
I can't be beat and that's a fact
It's okay - I'll find a way
You ain't gonna take me down no way
Don't judge a thing until you know what's inside it
Don't push me - I'll fight it
Never gonna give in - never gonna give it up no
If you can't catch a wave then you're never gonna ride it
You can't come uninvited
Never gonna give in - never gonna give up no
You can't take me I'm free
Why did it all go wrong?
I wanna know what's going on
And what's this holding me?
I'm not where I supposed to be
I gotta fight another fight
I gotta fight will all my might
I'm getting out, so check it out
Yeah, you're in my way
So you better watch out
Don't judge a thing until you know what's inside it
Don't push me - I'll fight it
Never gonna give in - never gonna give it up no
If you can't catch a wave then you're never gonna ride it
You can't come uninvited
Never gonna give in - never gonna give up no
You can't take me I'm free
Oh yeah, I'm free!
Innocence Lost
Amy Grant
I can't relive my life
I can't retrace my tracks
I can't undo what's done
There is no going back
I chased a selfish dream
Did not survey the cost
Illusions disappeared
I've found my innocence lost
Some say it's lessons learned
Some say it's a living life
I say it's choices made
Knowing wrong from right
One night I fought to sleep
In my slumber I turned and tossed
I woke to a cloudy day
And found my innocence lost
Innocent child is a beautiful thing
Secure in her father's arms
Sleeps while a mother sings
There's no way to know
All the harm this world can bring
I miss my innocence
Oh, to be innocent
My heavenly Father
The way of eternal love
That overflows with grace
I can completely trust
My broken heart repaired
And all my sin forgot
I can be pure again
In spite of my innocence lost
In his eyes I'm a newborn child
Cause I accept his love
I have a newfound hope
Though I've found my innocence lost
I can be pure again
I've found my innocence lost
Long Way Home
Enter the Haggis
I feel I've wandered
For most of my years
Taken some wrong turns
They all brought me here
If the road is a body
Then a home is the soul
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go
I've seen country and city
And I've made them both mine
Now the red lights are blurry
Between these white lines
Can't say I regret it
But it's taken its toll
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go
It's a long way to go
It's a long long long way home
Now I stand on your front porch
Staring back at the rain
Guess I should have called first
But it's just not my way
This suitcase of memories
Is all I have to show
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go
It is called "What does this playlist say about this character?"
You do not need to participated if you don't want to, but I would appreciate thoughts and opinions.
The Rules:
1) I list all of the songs in the playlist, with lyrics included.
2) You look through them all, then tell me what you think each song says about the character and/or the encompassing arc.
Easy, yes?
The character is Rafael Thompson. Yes, he's the one who delivered the beatdown with his own severed arm. I've dubbed the playlist My Father's Blood, from a line in the second song and from Rafe's backstory. So, without further ado, the playlist and the lyrics.
My Father's Blood
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen*
- Mordred's Song - Blind Guardian
- Worthless - A Thorn For Every Heart
- The Invasion From Within - Tsunami Bomb
- Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace
- Survive - Rise Against
- Broken - Tears For Fears
- Faith In The Knife - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- The Young & The Hopeless - Good Charlotte
- Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated - Rise Against
- You Can't Stop - Arkimedes*
- You Can't Take Me - Bryan Adams
- Innocence Lost - Amy Grant
- Long Way Home - Enter the Haggis
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama I just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh, I don't want to die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche,
Will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very fright'ning me
(Galileo!) Galileo!
(Galileo!) Galileo!
Galileo figaro
Magnifico
I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go!
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mama mia, mama mia)
Mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,
For me, for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows
Mordred's Song
Blind Guardian
I've lost my battle before it starts
My first breath wasn't done
My spirit's sunken deep
Into the ground
Why am I alone?
I can hear my heartbeat
Silence's all around
See, hate will rise
So don't come closer
Fear your child
Born with a king's heart
But fate fooled me
And changed my cards
No one asked if I want it
If I liked it
Pain inside is rising
I am the fallen one
A figure in an old game
No Joker's on my side
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Nothing else
But laughter is around me
(Forevermore)
No one can heal me
Nothing can save me
(No one can heal me)
I've gone beyond the truth
It's just another lie
Wash away the blood on my hands
(My father's blood)
In agony we're unified
I never wanted to be
What they told me to be
Fulfill my fate than I'll be free
God knows how long
I tried to change fate
Pain inside is rising
I am the fallen one
A figure in an old game
No Joker's on my side
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn!
Worthless
A Thorn For Every Heart
There are times in our lives
When we just can not compromise
Can't take advice
But can deny
All of the things wrong in our lives
Need a reason for a new dream
When it seems like dawn won't come
Search for answers
In the darkness
When it seems that there are none
I'm not coming home
There's nothing left there at all
Now I take this on my own
[We're part]
Of the bridges that we've crossed
[Forget]
Of the loved ones that we've lost
[Scream out]
Till your lungs fill up with blood
Shut up and wait for the break down
Eyes closed
What's the big deal?
Now darkness swallows me alive
Don't know
What's the matter?
Who cares 'cause it doesn't seem to matter now
I'm not coming home
There's nothing left there at all
[We are worthless we are lost]
Now I take this on my own
[We are reckless we are young]
x2
[We're part]
Of the bridges that we've crossed
[Forget]
Of the loved ones that we've lost
[Scream out]
Till your lungs fill up with blood
Shut up and wait for the break down (now)
If I can't sleep tonight
I'm going to have to toss and turn
And go wandering through my mind
For everything I'll never find
And now I'm somewhere in between
Safe from the obscene
And I just want to make you all believe
x4
We are worthless, we are numb
We are reckless, we are young
We are everything you aren't
We are worthless, we are lost
The Invasion From Within
Tsunami Bomb
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
I'm caught! I cannot kick them out
Their claws are wrapped around my throat
And they are squeezing tighter
Insanity is coming over me
Their every wish is my command
No way out!
I feed them, you will too!
They're gonna take control of you!
You'll know when they have got you trapped
Everything looks cloudy
And you feel like you're on fire
Inhabited, I wish that I were dead
My blood has turned from red to black
No way out!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
When they come for you
They see right through your flesh and bones
For soon you'll be their home
They know deep inside,
The things you can't try to hide
No hope after the first bite
Look out, 'cause they are onto you
They'll cut you open, crawl inside
And you'll be lost forever
Don't try to run,
'Cause you're the chosen one
Your world is gone, no turning back
No way out!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy inside of me!
Enemy!
Animal I Have Become
Three Days Grace
I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal!
This animal, this animal
I can't escape myself
So many times I've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
This animal, this animal
This animal, this animal
This animal, this animal
This animal
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal!
This animal I have become
Survive
Rise Against
Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck
Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge
To spend your waking moments, simply killing time
Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your...
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are
An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile
A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile
I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines
I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are
All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day
Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great
All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day
Everything always works out, I have never felt so great
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this
(Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this
(Life isn't like this)
Are we verging on an answer,
Or fucking up our...
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are
It's what makes us who we are
Makes us who we are
It's what makes us who we are
Broken
Tears For Fears
Between the searching and the need to work it out
I stop believing everything will be all right
Broken
We are broken
I'm walking uphill being turned around and round
Secret in motion when my feet are on the ground
Broken
We are broken
In my mind's eye
One little boy, angry, one little man
Funny how time flies
You Can't Stop
Arkimedes
Can't stop
Can't stop
You can't beat the beat
You Can't Take Me
Bryan Adams
Got to fight another fight
I gotta run another night
Get it out - check it out
I'm on my way and I don't feel right
I gotta get me back
I can't be beat and that's a fact
It's okay - I'll find a way
You ain't gonna take me down no way
Don't judge a thing until you know what's inside it
Don't push me - I'll fight it
Never gonna give in - never gonna give it up no
If you can't catch a wave then you're never gonna ride it
You can't come uninvited
Never gonna give in - never gonna give up no
You can't take me I'm free
Why did it all go wrong?
I wanna know what's going on
And what's this holding me?
I'm not where I supposed to be
I gotta fight another fight
I gotta fight will all my might
I'm getting out, so check it out
Yeah, you're in my way
So you better watch out
Don't judge a thing until you know what's inside it
Don't push me - I'll fight it
Never gonna give in - never gonna give it up no
If you can't catch a wave then you're never gonna ride it
You can't come uninvited
Never gonna give in - never gonna give up no
You can't take me I'm free
Oh yeah, I'm free!
Innocence Lost
Amy Grant
I can't relive my life
I can't retrace my tracks
I can't undo what's done
There is no going back
I chased a selfish dream
Did not survey the cost
Illusions disappeared
I've found my innocence lost
Some say it's lessons learned
Some say it's a living life
I say it's choices made
Knowing wrong from right
One night I fought to sleep
In my slumber I turned and tossed
I woke to a cloudy day
And found my innocence lost
Innocent child is a beautiful thing
Secure in her father's arms
Sleeps while a mother sings
There's no way to know
All the harm this world can bring
I miss my innocence
Oh, to be innocent
My heavenly Father
The way of eternal love
That overflows with grace
I can completely trust
My broken heart repaired
And all my sin forgot
I can be pure again
In spite of my innocence lost
In his eyes I'm a newborn child
Cause I accept his love
I have a newfound hope
Though I've found my innocence lost
I can be pure again
I've found my innocence lost
Long Way Home
Enter the Haggis
I feel I've wandered
For most of my years
Taken some wrong turns
They all brought me here
If the road is a body
Then a home is the soul
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go
I've seen country and city
And I've made them both mine
Now the red lights are blurry
Between these white lines
Can't say I regret it
But it's taken its toll
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go
It's a long way to go
It's a long long long way home
Now I stand on your front porch
Staring back at the rain
Guess I should have called first
But it's just not my way
This suitcase of memories
Is all I have to show
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go