Stops And Stares
Sam and Elspeth. Steampunk Nation's second gay couple, and the first's rival in fluff. They've been around for all of two pages of RP (and, in those two pages, haven't been officially deemed a couple) but they're enough of a pairing that we can bet on what's going to happen. Anyway, because they haven't been around for very long, their mix was kind of a challenge. It's mostly hopes and/or predictions for the future mixed with a bit of fluff and with a dash of an inside joke thrown in (thousand-volt shock, anyone?). It ended up being my thirtieth mix, and one that I very much like. I hope they will, too.
"Days Like Masquerades" -- The Academy Is...
When you feel lost out at sea,
surrounded by on equal sides the same routine,
becoming what you swore you’d never be,
don’t distress:
there’s a big, bright place if you stay close to me.
Take a breath
and I’ll show you what matters.
Days like masquerades,
silent, hiding in the shadows,
Oooh, stripped of their disguise,
leaves you haunted as you scatter.
But you’re always on my mind.
You’re always on my mind.
- - -
"Sleeping With Ghosts" -- Placebo
This one world vision
turns us in to compromise;
what good's religion
when it's each other we despise?
Damn the government.
Damn their killing.
Damn their lies.
Hush,
it's okay:
dry your eyes,
dry your eyes.
Soulmate, dry your eyes,
dry your eyes,
Soulmate, dry your eyes,
'cause soulmates never die.
- - -
"The Only Exception" -- 'Glee' Cast
Maybe I know somewhere,
deep in my soul,
that love never lasts
and we've got to find other ways
to make it alone.
Keep a straight face;
and I've always lived like this,
keeping a comfortable distance,
and up until now I had sworn to myself
that I'm content with loneliness,
because none of it was ever worth the risk.
Well, you are the only exception,
you are the only exception,
you are the only exception,
you are the only exception.
- - -
"Bonfire" -- Third Eye Blind
And I am high like a star that's flying:
Cassiopeia;
Everything's changing now.
She said it's alright.
She said no, don't die alone;
there's no goodbyes.
Lightning comes and lightning goes
and its all the same to me:
let it in 'cause I want you so,
I can hardly breathe, or release
into a thousand pieces
I have broke into, over you.
Nightshade will soon be gone,
but I keep burning on.
If nothing else, I am myself:
it's all i have to give.
Everything's changing now
and we could live like kings
if we take the risk,
or we could live with doubt.
Everything's changing now,
oh now,
come on, come on.
- - -
"My Electricity" -- The Gathering
I send your name
up into the sky,
and the wind blows it back into my face.
You see, even nature
reacts on me,
and all my electricity
will make it across your sea.
- - -
"Just The Way You Are" -- Bruno Mars
Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change;
if perfect's what you're searching for,
then just stay the same.
So don't even bother asking if you look okay,
'cause you know I'll say:
When I see your face,
there's not a thing that I would change,
'cause you're amazing
just the way you are.
And when you smile,
the whole world stops and stares for a while,
'cause, girl, you're amazing
just the way you are.
- - -
"Last Person" -- Jenny Owen Youngs
Why don't you come
home with me tonight, alright?
I'm not trying to make you think this is some kind of great big deal;
I just know exactly how you feel.
I could be the thing you reach for in the middle of night,
maybe be the one who treats you right;
let me be the one who treats you right.
Now you know never seen me,
there's no reason for you to pay mind,
but I'm asking very nicely
and all it takes is one step
to start leaving the dead behind
and to try out-walking life.
And what's the worst thing that could happen?
We find out that we don't quite fit,
but on the flipside, we could be just right.
And sure, there's a chance
that we both end up broken and split.
But that's my kind of risk!
So quit worrying where they fall if you should roll the dice.
- - -
"I'll Hold My Breath" -- Ellie Goulding
Fight fires in your best clothes,
touch skin with your eyes closed;
chase thunder with the volume down,
pack a suitcase, wander to the next town.
Force quit on your losing streak,
solve a riddle in a magazine, be tongue in cheek.
Tell me that we're still too young,
that we're still too young
and I'll hold my tongue.
Until you see me in your dreams,
we'll stay awake beneath the trees,
we'll watch the buildings turn to dust:
a sky of diamonds just for us.
You are the risk I'll always take,
the only branch I'll never break:
those fears we'll blow them all away.
I'm here, I'm here to save you:
no fall, I will swim to save you.
- - -
"She Is The Sunlight" -- Trading Yesterday
If all the flowers faded away,
and if all the stormclouds decided to stay,
then you would find me
each hour the same:
she is tomorrow
and I am today.
[...]
And if loving her is,
is a heartache for me,
and if holding her means
I have to bleed,
then I am the martyr:
love is to blame.
She is the healing
and I the pain.
Tracks and artwork available for download at www.mediafire.com/
"Days Like Masquerades" -- The Academy Is...
When you feel lost out at sea,
surrounded by on equal sides the same routine,
becoming what you swore you’d never be,
don’t distress:
there’s a big, bright place if you stay close to me.
Take a breath
and I’ll show you what matters.
Days like masquerades,
silent, hiding in the shadows,
Oooh, stripped of their disguise,
leaves you haunted as you scatter.
But you’re always on my mind.
You’re always on my mind.
- - -
"Sleeping With Ghosts" -- Placebo
This one world vision
turns us in to compromise;
what good's religion
when it's each other we despise?
Damn the government.
Damn their killing.
Damn their lies.
Hush,
it's okay:
dry your eyes,
dry your eyes.
Soulmate, dry your eyes,
dry your eyes,
Soulmate, dry your eyes,
'cause soulmates never die.
- - -
"The Only Exception" -- 'Glee' Cast
Maybe I know somewhere,
deep in my soul,
that love never lasts
and we've got to find other ways
to make it alone.
Keep a straight face;
and I've always lived like this,
keeping a comfortable distance,
and up until now I had sworn to myself
that I'm content with loneliness,
because none of it was ever worth the risk.
Well, you are the only exception,
you are the only exception,
you are the only exception,
you are the only exception.
- - -
"Bonfire" -- Third Eye Blind
And I am high like a star that's flying:
Cassiopeia;
Everything's changing now.
She said it's alright.
She said no, don't die alone;
there's no goodbyes.
Lightning comes and lightning goes
and its all the same to me:
let it in 'cause I want you so,
I can hardly breathe, or release
into a thousand pieces
I have broke into, over you.
Nightshade will soon be gone,
but I keep burning on.
If nothing else, I am myself:
it's all i have to give.
Everything's changing now
and we could live like kings
if we take the risk,
or we could live with doubt.
Everything's changing now,
oh now,
come on, come on.
- - -
"My Electricity" -- The Gathering
I send your name
up into the sky,
and the wind blows it back into my face.
You see, even nature
reacts on me,
and all my electricity
will make it across your sea.
- - -
"Just The Way You Are" -- Bruno Mars
Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change;
if perfect's what you're searching for,
then just stay the same.
So don't even bother asking if you look okay,
'cause you know I'll say:
When I see your face,
there's not a thing that I would change,
'cause you're amazing
just the way you are.
And when you smile,
the whole world stops and stares for a while,
'cause, girl, you're amazing
just the way you are.
- - -
"Last Person" -- Jenny Owen Youngs
Why don't you come
home with me tonight, alright?
I'm not trying to make you think this is some kind of great big deal;
I just know exactly how you feel.
I could be the thing you reach for in the middle of night,
maybe be the one who treats you right;
let me be the one who treats you right.
Now you know never seen me,
there's no reason for you to pay mind,
but I'm asking very nicely
and all it takes is one step
to start leaving the dead behind
and to try out-walking life.
And what's the worst thing that could happen?
We find out that we don't quite fit,
but on the flipside, we could be just right.
And sure, there's a chance
that we both end up broken and split.
But that's my kind of risk!
So quit worrying where they fall if you should roll the dice.
- - -
"I'll Hold My Breath" -- Ellie Goulding
Fight fires in your best clothes,
touch skin with your eyes closed;
chase thunder with the volume down,
pack a suitcase, wander to the next town.
Force quit on your losing streak,
solve a riddle in a magazine, be tongue in cheek.
Tell me that we're still too young,
that we're still too young
and I'll hold my tongue.
Until you see me in your dreams,
we'll stay awake beneath the trees,
we'll watch the buildings turn to dust:
a sky of diamonds just for us.
You are the risk I'll always take,
the only branch I'll never break:
those fears we'll blow them all away.
I'm here, I'm here to save you:
no fall, I will swim to save you.
- - -
"She Is The Sunlight" -- Trading Yesterday
If all the flowers faded away,
and if all the stormclouds decided to stay,
then you would find me
each hour the same:
she is tomorrow
and I am today.
[...]
And if loving her is,
is a heartache for me,
and if holding her means
I have to bleed,
then I am the martyr:
love is to blame.
She is the healing
and I the pain.
Tracks and artwork available for download at www.mediafire.com/