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I keep coming up with more songs that should be on the Forsaken FST. So far it's "Girlfriend" and "Never Gonna Give You Up" for Lanfear (thank you, shorelle). And another one I can't remember, so I'm going to try not to worry about that.
Medium: Book
Fandom: Bas-Lag books by China Mieville
Subject: General
Title: Broken and Remade
Notes: Made this for a request on fst, didn't get it in on time. So here it is, belatedly. Not quite so pleased with this one as I am with some others, but... Some vague spoilers for Iron Council.
DOWNLOAD HERE, .ZIP FILE
The Lion and the Wolf - Thrice
The lion's outside of your door, the wolf's in your bed.
The lion's claws are sharpened for war the wolf's teeth are red.
What a monstrous sight he makes mocking man's best friend.
Both the wolf and lion crave the same thing in the end.
The lion's outside of your door, the wolf's in your bed.
Because no matter where you go in Bas-Lag, you're screwed. One way or another. The ultimate in crapsack worlds, and it doesn't get better.
The Headless Waltz - Voltaire
As above, so below, place your bets
Which way the head will roll
Made in your image, we are at least
As twisted and mean as thee
'Fore your eyes, what a curious site
Your children have turned on you
And you say, you don't sleep well at night
Well, we'll take care of that for you
Betrayal, corruption, treachery. And if I'm reading right, death isn't that unlikely - if you're lucky. If not, Remade factories it is for you. And that can be infinitely worse.
Ash - Murder By Death
The moon cast a little light,
but the flames lit up the night.
All the animals laid down and died,
and there was ash...
The Cacotopic Stain, arguably the worst scientific screwup ever.
Slipping - Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
Look at these People
Amazing how sheeple
Show up for the slaughter
No one condemning
You lined up like lemmings
You lead to the water
A song for the Toroans, especially Ori, and their frustration with the refusal of people to do something.
No Gringo - Vienna Teng
Mother says years ago
The whole world was ours to rule
Father says let it go
Those days are gone for good
The refugees in Iron Council think that New Crobuzon is about to fall. And it is; but it always is, at once powerful and crumbling.
The Last Word - Voltaire
I get the last word
I get the last laugh as sure as the room is growing cold
I'll have the last word
I'll have the last laugh as sure as my blood is running cold
they won't call it suicide
because I've got the killer's name engraved so deeply in my veins
they will call it homicide
because I've got your name so clearly carved into my wrist
This song just has the kind of gleeful vindictiveness that characterizes a lot of the people in this world. It's also almost a song for the Iron Council and their ultimate fate, from the city and its officials.
The Unforgiven - Metallica
New blood joins this earth
And quickly he's subdued
Through constant pained disgrace
The young boy learns their rules
With time the child draws in
This whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on he's known
A vow unto his own
That never from this day
His will they'll take away
Song for Ori, from Iron Council.
One of Us - Lion King II
And he is not one of us
He has never been one of us
He is not part of us Not our kind
Someone once lied to us
Now we're not so blind
For we knew he would do what he's done
And we know that he'll never be one of us
The Remade have to fight for every inch of acceptance, everywhere. Even with the 'revolutionaries.'
This Weather - Patrick Wolf
Hold back the wind
Hold back the rain
I want to live
To see good weather
Hold back the years
Hold back the hours
I want to live
To see the sun break through
These days
From the Runagate Rampant; waiting for something better.
Citizen of the Planet - Alanis Morisette
So I wait, my yearn for home is broadened, patriotism expanded by callings from beyond
So I pack my things nothing precious all things sacred
I am a citizen of the planet
My laws are all of attraction
My punishments are consequences
Separating from source the original sin
Judah, from Iron Council.
Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
I’m sorry if the kids hold you in cool disregard
I know it’s hard
Stick to what you know
You’ll blow them all to the wall
When they realise what you’ve been working for
You’ve been working for what
You’ve been working for
Song for New Crobuzon herself.
Trains - ThouShaltNot
I've been riding trains
Because I'm so afraid to drive
I'm running lifeless over metal tracks
Too scared to stay alive
Judah Low, again, and his fears for Iron Council, wanting to keep them safe in legendary status.
New World - ThouShaltNot
I thought I knew the sunrise from the steelworks
The grinding of the sky in red and black
I thought we were the chance collision
Blessed incision in the canvas
Pushed beyond color, into breath and back
So dance into a new world
This one almost reminds me of Yagharek at the end of Perdido Street Station.
Misery Loves Company - Emilie Autumn
Misery loves company
And company loves more
More loves everybody else
But hell is others I'm not for you
You're not for me
I'll kill you first
You wait and see
You devil undercover
You're not a prince
You're not a friend
You're just a child
And in the end
You're one more selfish lover
Isaac! At the end of Perdido Street Station.
100 Generations - ThouShaltNot
We ate our young and never blinked an eye
We carved the subway tunnels and prayed to snipers in the sky
We practiced medicine without knowing how to heal
We killed ourselves in dreams a thousand times
Always believing it was real
We gave birth silently to jargon, metal, smoke
And mirrors that we kissed until they clouded up and broke
We fed a starving child with an apple's knowing taste
Denying 'til her dying tears the poison with which it had been laced
Another one for New Crobuzon, its city, its people, and their destructive habits. Because seriously, there's not much good to speak of.
Renegade - Styx
The jig is up the news is out they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This will be the end today of the wanted man
Song for Toro and her ending.
Lycanthropy - Patrick Wolf
let no foot. mark your ground
let no hand hold you down.
you were once so sad
till you cut your suffer off
I'll let Patrick speak for himself on this one.
Medium: Book
Fandom: Bas-Lag books by China Mieville
Subject: General
Title: Broken and Remade
Notes: Made this for a request on fst, didn't get it in on time. So here it is, belatedly. Not quite so pleased with this one as I am with some others, but... Some vague spoilers for Iron Council.
DOWNLOAD HERE, .ZIP FILE
The Lion and the Wolf - Thrice
The lion's outside of your door, the wolf's in your bed.
The lion's claws are sharpened for war the wolf's teeth are red.
What a monstrous sight he makes mocking man's best friend.
Both the wolf and lion crave the same thing in the end.
The lion's outside of your door, the wolf's in your bed.
Because no matter where you go in Bas-Lag, you're screwed. One way or another. The ultimate in crapsack worlds, and it doesn't get better.
The Headless Waltz - Voltaire
As above, so below, place your bets
Which way the head will roll
Made in your image, we are at least
As twisted and mean as thee
'Fore your eyes, what a curious site
Your children have turned on you
And you say, you don't sleep well at night
Well, we'll take care of that for you
Betrayal, corruption, treachery. And if I'm reading right, death isn't that unlikely - if you're lucky. If not, Remade factories it is for you. And that can be infinitely worse.
Ash - Murder By Death
The moon cast a little light,
but the flames lit up the night.
All the animals laid down and died,
and there was ash...
The Cacotopic Stain, arguably the worst scientific screwup ever.
Slipping - Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
Look at these People
Amazing how sheeple
Show up for the slaughter
No one condemning
You lined up like lemmings
You lead to the water
A song for the Toroans, especially Ori, and their frustration with the refusal of people to do something.
No Gringo - Vienna Teng
Mother says years ago
The whole world was ours to rule
Father says let it go
Those days are gone for good
The refugees in Iron Council think that New Crobuzon is about to fall. And it is; but it always is, at once powerful and crumbling.
The Last Word - Voltaire
I get the last word
I get the last laugh as sure as the room is growing cold
I'll have the last word
I'll have the last laugh as sure as my blood is running cold
they won't call it suicide
because I've got the killer's name engraved so deeply in my veins
they will call it homicide
because I've got your name so clearly carved into my wrist
This song just has the kind of gleeful vindictiveness that characterizes a lot of the people in this world. It's also almost a song for the Iron Council and their ultimate fate, from the city and its officials.
The Unforgiven - Metallica
New blood joins this earth
And quickly he's subdued
Through constant pained disgrace
The young boy learns their rules
With time the child draws in
This whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on he's known
A vow unto his own
That never from this day
His will they'll take away
Song for Ori, from Iron Council.
One of Us - Lion King II
And he is not one of us
He has never been one of us
He is not part of us Not our kind
Someone once lied to us
Now we're not so blind
For we knew he would do what he's done
And we know that he'll never be one of us
The Remade have to fight for every inch of acceptance, everywhere. Even with the 'revolutionaries.'
This Weather - Patrick Wolf
Hold back the wind
Hold back the rain
I want to live
To see good weather
Hold back the years
Hold back the hours
I want to live
To see the sun break through
These days
From the Runagate Rampant; waiting for something better.
Citizen of the Planet - Alanis Morisette
So I wait, my yearn for home is broadened, patriotism expanded by callings from beyond
So I pack my things nothing precious all things sacred
I am a citizen of the planet
My laws are all of attraction
My punishments are consequences
Separating from source the original sin
Judah, from Iron Council.
Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
I’m sorry if the kids hold you in cool disregard
I know it’s hard
Stick to what you know
You’ll blow them all to the wall
When they realise what you’ve been working for
You’ve been working for what
You’ve been working for
Song for New Crobuzon herself.
Trains - ThouShaltNot
I've been riding trains
Because I'm so afraid to drive
I'm running lifeless over metal tracks
Too scared to stay alive
Judah Low, again, and his fears for Iron Council, wanting to keep them safe in legendary status.
New World - ThouShaltNot
I thought I knew the sunrise from the steelworks
The grinding of the sky in red and black
I thought we were the chance collision
Blessed incision in the canvas
Pushed beyond color, into breath and back
So dance into a new world
This one almost reminds me of Yagharek at the end of Perdido Street Station.
Misery Loves Company - Emilie Autumn
Misery loves company
And company loves more
More loves everybody else
But hell is others I'm not for you
You're not for me
I'll kill you first
You wait and see
You devil undercover
You're not a prince
You're not a friend
You're just a child
And in the end
You're one more selfish lover
Isaac! At the end of Perdido Street Station.
100 Generations - ThouShaltNot
We ate our young and never blinked an eye
We carved the subway tunnels and prayed to snipers in the sky
We practiced medicine without knowing how to heal
We killed ourselves in dreams a thousand times
Always believing it was real
We gave birth silently to jargon, metal, smoke
And mirrors that we kissed until they clouded up and broke
We fed a starving child with an apple's knowing taste
Denying 'til her dying tears the poison with which it had been laced
Another one for New Crobuzon, its city, its people, and their destructive habits. Because seriously, there's not much good to speak of.
Renegade - Styx
The jig is up the news is out they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This will be the end today of the wanted man
Song for Toro and her ending.
Lycanthropy - Patrick Wolf
let no foot. mark your ground
let no hand hold you down.
you were once so sad
till you cut your suffer off
I'll let Patrick speak for himself on this one.