this is not the end / a rory the roman mix
this was originally started for a prompt at lemniciate's excellent mixtape exchange but through the course of the end of summer/beginning of school I seem to have, well, just completely forgotten about it. whoops. it's also a bit depressing so sorry?
basically songs for waiting; or a mix for voluntarily sacrificing years, centuries, and millennia for the one you can't live without.
i. sean flinn and the royal we - patient heart
the long road makes for a patient heart
you get far enough away you get back to the start
feel my pulse, it’s the rhythm of the dotted line, let my mind wander from time to time
I looked at my face in the hotel mirror, there will only bones and the answers were clear
it’s not destruction that a man should fear
ii. lenka - we will not grow old
you and me will be lying side by side forever (forever) underneath this adolescent sky together
And you will hold my heart inside your hand and you'll be the one, the one to tell me
Oh, we've got a long, long way to go to get there (we'll get there)
But oh, if there's one thing that we know it's that we will not grow old
you made me swear that our hearts will never die cause no one seems to believe that we can fly
forget them (forget them)
iii. elsinore - breathing light
the air that sits in your lungs, in your empty space, it fills you up and you conduct electricity
oh, the muscles and tendons and water move currents and they carry you back to me
you can feel it now if you breathe in, you have no idea what it's doing to you
you will find you can't control your pulse or where your eyes are moving
innocence is what you're losing, oh...
iv. clint mansell - the last man
(instrumental)
v. fun. - walking the dog II
now I'm walking alone 'cause the night is dead.
my feet don't glide like they did back then, when I would call you up so we could shoot the moon.
if you could see me, whoever I am.
it's not like the movies, but it's not all skin and bones.
so come on love (come on, come one, come all and go), I will not let you go
vi. the elected - this will be worth it
the days run on by and the nightmares, cold, about the future or just the past, a few days.
And the proof that you’re alive & well with good friends is there but hard to buy.
I wish I had believed in you when you would tell me that dreams are for coming true.
but this will be so worth it when it’s all said and done.
vii. ben folds - the luckiest
I don't get many things right the first time - in fact, I am told that a lot
now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls brought me here
and where was I before the day that I first saw your lovely face?
next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep
and his wife; she stayed for a couple of days, and passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
viii. the beatles - the long and winding road
many times I've been alone and many times I've cried,
anyway you'll never know the many ways I've tried.
and still they lead me back to the long, winding road
you left me standing here a long, long time ago
don't leave me waiting here
ix. alessi's ark - the asteroids collide
your eyelashes, they act as cloaks, for your telescope eyes
your eyes they point skywards transmitting mockingbird's call to the skies
with the shudder of your boots, moon-dust reach the roots of the neighbourhood's favourite tree
The anchor clanks, your heart sank, your body locks, your ship it has docked
and you're stuck
x. the bravery - this is not the end (moon version)
tell me what does it mean to exist, I am not a scientist I must believe in more than this
and I cannot accept that everything is real is only what our eyes can see and our hands can feel
not even earth can hold us, not even life controls us
not even the ground can keep us down
the memories in my head are just as real the time we spent
this is not the end
full mix zip
@MF / @8TRACKS