Fanmix
It's been almost half a year since my last fanmix :O Anyway, for my newest little fandom...
i. Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
I must become a lion hearted girl
Ready for a fight
Before I make the final sacrifice
“‘I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’”
ii. Ani DiFranco - Not A Pretty Girl
I am not a pretty girl
That is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distress
And I don't need to be rescued
“No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.”
iii. Everclear - She’s So High Above Me
She's blood, flesh and bone
No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound
But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen
'Cause she's so high
High above me, she's so lovely
She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
She's so high, high above me
“But now Peeta has made me an object of love. Not just his. To hear him tell it I have many admirers.”
iv. Keane - A Bad Dream
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
“‘…when the time comes, I’m sure I’ll kill just like everybody else. I can’t go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don’t own me. That I’m more than just a piece in their games,’ says Peeta.”
v. Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
“Something happened when I was holding Rue’s hand, watching the life drain out of her. Now I am determined to avenge her, to make her loss unforgettable, and I can only do that by winning and thereby making myself unforgettable.”
vi. The Hush Sound - Carry Me Home
Wait for the wind to blow
Can't carry myself, can't carry me home
On my own will
Can't let you go just yet
Can't bury myself, can't carry us both
On my own will
“‘You’re not leaving me here alone,’ I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.”
vii. Better Than Ezra - Desperately Wanting
I remember running through the wet grass
And falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting
“I’d begun to think that he’d given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated me even. And the idea of losing him forever, my best friend, the only person I’d ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn’t stand it.”
viii. Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli’s Road
Ten silver spoons are chasin’ after me
One life with one dream on repeat
I’ll escape if I try hard enough
‘Til king of the jungle calls my bluff
Oh Lord, I have been told
That I must take the unforsaken road
There’s a fork in the road
I do as I am told
‘Til I don’t know, don’t know
Don’t know, don’t know
Who I wanna be
“I will never have a life with Gale, even if I want to. I will never be allowed to live alone. I will have to be forever in love with Peeta…He means there’s only one future, if I want to keep those I love alive and stay alive myself. I’ll have to marry Peeta.”
ix. Beck - Lost Cause
Your sorry eyes; they cut through bone
They make it hard to leave you alone
Leave you here wearing your wounds
Waving your guns at somebody new
I'm tired of fighting
I'm tired of fighting
Fighting for a lost cause
“‘You’ll see the choices you’ll have to make. If we survive this,’ says Haymitch. ‘You’ll learn.’”
x. Anberlin - The Resistance
Silent alarms are ringing
Sounds of revolt draw near
A new united front
That you will come to fear
We will hold together
To become the change
Voice for the voiceless
With every common man engaged
“When they chant my name, it is more of a cry for vengeance than a cheer. When the Peacekeepers move in to quiet an unruly crowd, it presses back instead of retreating. And I know that there’s nothing I could ever do to change this.”
xi. Disturbed - The Game
It doesn't really seem I'm getting through to you
Though I see you weeping so sweetly
I think that you might have to take another taste
A little bit of hell this time
You always wanted people to remember you
To leave your little mark on society
Don't you know your wish is coming true today?
Another victim dies tonight
“It’s just too perfect an answer for the troubles that face the Capitol today. Getting rid of me and subduing the districts all in one neat little package. I hear President Snow’s voice in my head. ‘On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.’”
xii. Hoobastank - The Reason
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
“So that’s who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.”
xiii. Lady Gaga - Dance In The Dark
Some girls won’t dance to the beat of the track
She won’t walk away but she won’t look back
“‘They can’t hurt me. I’m not like the rest of you. There’s no one left I love,’ Johanna say, and frees her hand with an impatient shake. When she brings me back a shell of water, I take it with a silent nod of thanks, knowing how much she would despise the pity in my voice.”
xiv. The Afters - Keeping Me Alive
It's like I never lived
Before my life with you
So much was missing here
I never even knew
I still picture the place we were
When I fell into your world
“I realize that only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.”
xv. Howie Day - Collide
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find you and I collide
“And suddenly, it’s as if there’s no one in the world but these two, crashing through space and time to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible.”
xvi. Audioslave - Doesn’t Remind Me
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget
“Prim asks the question that’s in my mind. ‘Is that what they’ve done to Peeta? Taken his memories of Katniss and distorted them so they’re scary?’”
xvii. Jimmy Eat World - Carry You
Maybe a lie is what I need sometimes
You told the most and best of anyone
You said to "keep me in your pocket"
So I carried you
“‘Real,’ I answer. It seems to require more explanation. ‘Because that’s what you and I do. Protect each other.’ After a minute or so, he drifts off to sleep.”
xviii. Rob Thomas - Mockingbird
Maybe you and me got lost somewhere
We can’t move on and we can’t stay here
Well maybe we’ve just had enough
Well maybe we ain’t meant for this love
You and me tried everything
But still that mockingbird won’t sing
Well man this life seems hard enough
Well maybe we ain’t meant for this love
“I’m searching for something to hang on to, some sign of the girl and boy who met by chance in the woods five years ago and became inseparable…Would they have been happy, out in the wild, or would the dark, twisted sadness between them have grown up even without the Capitol’s help?”
xix. 30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world
From the last to the first
“The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.”
xx. Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days
So take these words and sing out loud
'Cause everyone is forgiven now
'Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
“‘Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,’ he says. ‘But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss…The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that.’”
xxi. Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
Lift your head and look out the window
Stay that way for the rest of the day and watch the time go
Listen! The birds sing! Listen! The bells ring!
All the living are dead, and the dead are all living
The war is over and we are beginning
“Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life. I try to follow Dr. Aurelius’s advice, just going through the motions, amazed when one finally has meaning again.”
GET THE MIX
i. Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
I must become a lion hearted girl
Ready for a fight
Before I make the final sacrifice
“‘I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’”
ii. Ani DiFranco - Not A Pretty Girl
I am not a pretty girl
That is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distress
And I don't need to be rescued
“No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.”
iii. Everclear - She’s So High Above Me
She's blood, flesh and bone
No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound
But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen
'Cause she's so high
High above me, she's so lovely
She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
She's so high, high above me
“But now Peeta has made me an object of love. Not just his. To hear him tell it I have many admirers.”
iv. Keane - A Bad Dream
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
“‘…when the time comes, I’m sure I’ll kill just like everybody else. I can’t go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don’t own me. That I’m more than just a piece in their games,’ says Peeta.”
v. Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
“Something happened when I was holding Rue’s hand, watching the life drain out of her. Now I am determined to avenge her, to make her loss unforgettable, and I can only do that by winning and thereby making myself unforgettable.”
vi. The Hush Sound - Carry Me Home
Wait for the wind to blow
Can't carry myself, can't carry me home
On my own will
Can't let you go just yet
Can't bury myself, can't carry us both
On my own will
“‘You’re not leaving me here alone,’ I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.”
vii. Better Than Ezra - Desperately Wanting
I remember running through the wet grass
And falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting
“I’d begun to think that he’d given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated me even. And the idea of losing him forever, my best friend, the only person I’d ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn’t stand it.”
viii. Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli’s Road
Ten silver spoons are chasin’ after me
One life with one dream on repeat
I’ll escape if I try hard enough
‘Til king of the jungle calls my bluff
Oh Lord, I have been told
That I must take the unforsaken road
There’s a fork in the road
I do as I am told
‘Til I don’t know, don’t know
Don’t know, don’t know
Who I wanna be
“I will never have a life with Gale, even if I want to. I will never be allowed to live alone. I will have to be forever in love with Peeta…He means there’s only one future, if I want to keep those I love alive and stay alive myself. I’ll have to marry Peeta.”
ix. Beck - Lost Cause
Your sorry eyes; they cut through bone
They make it hard to leave you alone
Leave you here wearing your wounds
Waving your guns at somebody new
I'm tired of fighting
I'm tired of fighting
Fighting for a lost cause
“‘You’ll see the choices you’ll have to make. If we survive this,’ says Haymitch. ‘You’ll learn.’”
x. Anberlin - The Resistance
Silent alarms are ringing
Sounds of revolt draw near
A new united front
That you will come to fear
We will hold together
To become the change
Voice for the voiceless
With every common man engaged
“When they chant my name, it is more of a cry for vengeance than a cheer. When the Peacekeepers move in to quiet an unruly crowd, it presses back instead of retreating. And I know that there’s nothing I could ever do to change this.”
xi. Disturbed - The Game
It doesn't really seem I'm getting through to you
Though I see you weeping so sweetly
I think that you might have to take another taste
A little bit of hell this time
You always wanted people to remember you
To leave your little mark on society
Don't you know your wish is coming true today?
Another victim dies tonight
“It’s just too perfect an answer for the troubles that face the Capitol today. Getting rid of me and subduing the districts all in one neat little package. I hear President Snow’s voice in my head. ‘On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.’”
xii. Hoobastank - The Reason
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
“So that’s who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.”
xiii. Lady Gaga - Dance In The Dark
Some girls won’t dance to the beat of the track
She won’t walk away but she won’t look back
“‘They can’t hurt me. I’m not like the rest of you. There’s no one left I love,’ Johanna say, and frees her hand with an impatient shake. When she brings me back a shell of water, I take it with a silent nod of thanks, knowing how much she would despise the pity in my voice.”
xiv. The Afters - Keeping Me Alive
It's like I never lived
Before my life with you
So much was missing here
I never even knew
I still picture the place we were
When I fell into your world
“I realize that only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.”
xv. Howie Day - Collide
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find you and I collide
“And suddenly, it’s as if there’s no one in the world but these two, crashing through space and time to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible.”
xvi. Audioslave - Doesn’t Remind Me
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget
“Prim asks the question that’s in my mind. ‘Is that what they’ve done to Peeta? Taken his memories of Katniss and distorted them so they’re scary?’”
xvii. Jimmy Eat World - Carry You
Maybe a lie is what I need sometimes
You told the most and best of anyone
You said to "keep me in your pocket"
So I carried you
“‘Real,’ I answer. It seems to require more explanation. ‘Because that’s what you and I do. Protect each other.’ After a minute or so, he drifts off to sleep.”
xviii. Rob Thomas - Mockingbird
Maybe you and me got lost somewhere
We can’t move on and we can’t stay here
Well maybe we’ve just had enough
Well maybe we ain’t meant for this love
You and me tried everything
But still that mockingbird won’t sing
Well man this life seems hard enough
Well maybe we ain’t meant for this love
“I’m searching for something to hang on to, some sign of the girl and boy who met by chance in the woods five years ago and became inseparable…Would they have been happy, out in the wild, or would the dark, twisted sadness between them have grown up even without the Capitol’s help?”
xix. 30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world
From the last to the first
“The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.”
xx. Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days
So take these words and sing out loud
'Cause everyone is forgiven now
'Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
“‘Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,’ he says. ‘But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss…The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that.’”
xxi. Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
Lift your head and look out the window
Stay that way for the rest of the day and watch the time go
Listen! The birds sing! Listen! The bells ring!
All the living are dead, and the dead are all living
The war is over and we are beginning
“Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life. I try to follow Dr. Aurelius’s advice, just going through the motions, amazed when one finally has meaning again.”
GET THE MIX