The Handshake (Dollhouse; DeWitt/Dominic)
♪ The Handshake | MGMT
(The Dollhouse)
I just shook the handshake
I just sealed the deal
I'll try not to let them
Take everything they can steal
I was a loner
I was just waiting by myself
When you, warped temptress
Rose to bring me happiness and wealth
Black tears, black smile, black credit cards and shoes
You can call all the people you want
But it's you who's being used
Under your black eyes, honey
Right beneath your nose
A curse on all creation
Every single thing you know
White smoke, white light, white marble on the floor
It would only take a few seconds of darkness to figure out what's in store
Little girl
You convince yourself that you want it, but you don't know
You keep trying to wash the blood from your hands, but it won't go
We're gonna keep you on the run
We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake under our tongue
The Consort (Rufus Wainwright) ♪
(Three years by her side)
A blood red moon has spared our bed
But not your rivals
Beautiful queen
Prepare to reign
No more to hide
With I your faithful consort
By your side
Entrust in me
You're not alone
Together we'll wreak havoc on the throne
Entrust in me
You're not alone
Even though my throne's slightly smaller than yours
Beautiful queen
Together we'll wreak havoc, you and me
Together we'll wreak havoc, you and me
♪ Pale September | Fiona Apple
("I know you were close to Mr. Dominic.")
My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within
But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full
And sank in the burrows of my keep
And all my armor falling down
In a pile at my feet
Poker Face | Lady Gaga ♪
(Matching moral ambiguity; lots of pretty side-by-side striding)
I wanna roll with him
A hard pair we will be
(She's got me like nobody)
♪ Ways and Means | Snow Patrol
(A spy in the house of love)
Getting too busy to make amends
I should try to make it right
Are you ready for the shit to hit
I think you say you are but aren't
All the honesty I've ever lost
I can't begin to even curse
I never knew the taste of blood 'til now
It's clear I never should have known
Breathing fire was never this much fun
So there's a dark side in us all
Maybe I can do it if I put my back into it
I can leave you if I wanted
But there's nowhere else that I can go
Maybe I won't suffer if I find a way to love her
I'd be lying to myself,
But there is no way out that I can see
Fake Plastic Trees | Radiohead ♪
(Roger and Katherine)
Tastes like the real thing,
My fake plastic love
And it wears me out, it wears me out
It wears me out, it wears me out
♪ Workhorse | My Brightest Diamond
("You're signing my death warrant like it's a business transaction?"
"It is.")
Somewhere sunshine burns
A dark but common horse
When he fell by the wayside
No one seemed to notice him
'Cause you're no good to us
Lost all your youth
And all of your usefulness
And you know that
No good to us
Lost all that you could
To a no, no, no, no
No good to us
Lost all your lost all your youthfulness
And left with a precious little good
Good to us lost all that you could
To a no, no, no, no
Bring me the workhorse
Bring me the no good workhorse
Overture | Patrick Wolf ♪
("It's embarrassing, how naive you are. You believe in the Dollhouse, in its mission?
It's like you believed in me, and look how that played out.
You were wrong.")
It's wonderful what a smile can hide
If the teeth shine bright and it's nice and wide
It's so magical all you can keep inside
And if you bury it deep no one can find a thing, no
So come on love, open wide, open up now
Don't you think it's time
Now after all these years you are at last opening
Was it worth all that war just to win?
♪ Rid of Me | PJ Harvey
(Taking him out of his box)
Tie yourself to me
No one else, no
You're not rid of me
No, you're not rid of me
Night and day I breathe
You're not rid of me
Yeah, you're not rid of me
(I beg you my darling
Don't leave me
I'm hurting)
Lick my legs I'm on fire
Lick my legs of desire
I'll tie your legs
Keep you against my chest
Oh, you're not rid of me
Yeah, you're not rid of me
I'll make you lick my injuries
I'm gonna twist your head off, see?
'Til you say don't you wish you never never met her
Don't you don't you wish you never never met her
Bird Song | Florence + The Machine ♪
(Adelle's fall from grace)
Well, I didn't tell anyone
But a bird flew by, saw what I'd done
He set up a nest outside
And he sang about what I'd become
He sang so loud, sang so clear
I was afraid all the neighbors would hear
So I invited him in just to reason with him
I promised I wouldn't do it again
But he sang louder and louder inside the house
And now I couldn't get him out
So I trapped him under a cardboard box
Stood on it to make him stop
I picked up the bird, and above the din
I said, "That's the last song you'll ever sing"
Held him down, broke his neck
Taught him a lesson he wouldn't forget
But in my dreams
Began to creep
That old familiar
Tweet, tweet, tweet
I opened my mouth to scream and shout
I waved my arms and flapped about
But I couldn't scream and I couldn't shout
I couldn't scream and I couldn't shout
I opened my mouth to scream and shout
I waved my arms and flapped about
But I couldn't scream and I couldn't shout
The song was coming from my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
♪ When I Was Running Out Of Time | Joseph Arthur
(Dominic in the Attic)
When I was running out of time
I turned it into a dream
And you went drifting into my mind
Things ain't the way that they seem
I turn you into a dream
And make it all go away
You know, your hair looks different when you wear it that way
You've got a painted face and a body made of clay
You are my superstar
They will fill you with big ideas
They'll hang your heart in the sky
I know you want to save the world
How long have you been that high
How long have you been that high
And did you make it all go away
You know your eyes look different when you look the other way
You've got a cheating heart bleeding emeralds everyday
You are a shooting star
Things ain't the same as when we was young
They hung us from shooting stars
Let's tell the world we're doing fine
I know how lucky we are
I know how lucky we are
To make it all go away
You know this world is topsy-turvy in days like today
We got a million souls looking for a place to stay
Each one a shooting star
Evening on the Ground (Lilith's Song) | Iron & Wine ♪
(Together again; the end of the world)
Hey man
Evening on the ground
And there is no one else around
So you will
Blame me
Blame me for the rocks and baby bones
And broken lock on our garden
Garden wall of eden
Full of spiderbites and all your lovers
We were
We were born to fuck each other
One way or another
I ... love these guys way too much? This, of course, will come as a surprise to exactly no one who knows me, and probably some people who don't know me as well. This was a blast to make. Huzzah, angsty duplicitous betrayal-and-brainsucking-ridden love between two professional and emotionally frigid employees of a shady underground eventual-apocalypse-inducing organization, one of whom is kind of a spy! ♥ This mix is to celebrate their inexhaustible glory thus far, Mr. Dominic's TOO BADASS TO COMPREHEND return this past week, and the amazing conclusion to this amazing series as it draws ever nearer. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that we get to see these guys make out interact. Dreams can come true!
(Also, my apologies for the lack of a zip; I don't think my poor internet would be able to handle it.)