Merlin Fanmix: To Give For No Return

May 02, 2012 22:16

I know, my glory days in Merlin fandom are long behind me, and you probably all thought I fell out of it completely. Well, I kinda did. BUT THEN I MADE A MIX, AND IT GAVE ME ALL THESE FEELINGS AND I THINK I'M READY TO RETURN.

um...yeah. anyway, this is for waywardmixes round 3 prompt: quote. We had to choose a quote and build a mix around it.

Fandom: Merlin
Subject: one-sided Merlin/Arthur
Title: To Give For No Return
Warnings/Notes: this is a mix about unrequited love.

The poem I chose a quote from is "Song" by Allen Ginsberg. The poem is about how love is both a blessing and a burden, something we all strive for and can't live without. The particular stanza I chose is about giving free reign to love, even when there is no hope of those feelings being returned.

This makes me think of one of my favorite hopeless-in-canon pairings, Arthur and Merlin. Because Merlin's whole world revolves around Arthur, and it's obvious he cares for him above all others. But to Arthur, Gwen will always be first in his heart.

So this is a mix about unrequited love. It starts off a little lighthearted and schmoopy, like all crushes, and gets pretty somber and bittersweet towards the end, like all doomed loves.




must give
for no return
as thought
is given
in solitude
in all the excellence
of its excess
- Allen Ginsberg, "Song"



1. If She Wants Me {Belle & Sebastian}

If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy
They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes
On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend
If she wants me

2. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? {She & Him}

Why don't you sit right down and stay a while?
We like the same things and I like your style
It's not a secret, why do you keep it?
I'm just sitting on the shelf

3. Messenger Bird's Song {Bright Eyes}

so you made me come
then you sent me away
like a messenger bird
so i circled the earth
blown away in the wind
but i always returned
with some new little song
some sad story to tell
of a brief love affair
with a girl i compared to you and she failed

4. Take It From Me {The Weepies}

What can I compare you to, when everything looks like you?
I get a bit confused with every Spring
Flowers that bloom your eyes, hummingbirds side by side
My heart won't stay entirely in this rib caging

5. The Fear You Won't Fall {Joshua Radin}

I know you're scared that I'll soon be over it
That's part of it all
Part of the beauty of falling in love with you
Is the fear you won't fall
It hasn't felt like this before
It hasn't felt like home
Before you

6. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away {The Beatles}

How can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in
How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say
Hey you've got to hide your love away

7. Rubik's Cube {Athlete}

I'm like a kid who just won't let it go,
Twisting and turning the colours in rows,
I'm so intent to find out what it is.
This is my Rubik's Cube
I know I can figure it out.

8. Thieves {She & Him}

We two are makers, just made this mess
Two broken hearts don't break any less
There's thieves among us, painting the walls
With all kinds of lies, the lies I never told at all
And I know, and you know too
That love like ours is terrible news
But that won't stop me crying
That won't stop me crying over you

9. The No Seatbelt Song {Brand New}

Fix me to a chain around your neck and wear me like a nickel.
Even new wine served in old skins cheapens the taste.
I shot the pilot, now I'm begging you to fly this for me.
I'm here for you to use, broken and bruised.
Do you understand?
It's only you, beautiful.
Or don't want anyone.
If I can choose, it's only you.

10. Falling {Florence + the Machine}

I've fallen out of favour
And I've fallen from grace
Fallen out of trees
And I've fallen on my face
Fallen out of taxis
Out of windows too
Fell in your opinion
When I fell in love with you

11. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want {The Smiths}

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time

12. Timshel {Mumford & Sons}

But you are not alone in this
And you are not alone in this
As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand
Hold your hand

13. Between {Vienna Teng}

There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love

14. Go With Happiness {The Swell Season}

Because the heart's a fool
A stranger to the room
Because the love has grown
I had to leave you alone
And if you're gonna go, go with happiness

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...ok, that was mostly an excuse to prove to you all that Between is the most perfect song ever for the Arthur/Merlin/Gwen love triangle. BECAUSE IT IS.

dammit, now I need to actually watch season 4...FEELINGS!

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