love and war - a robb/jeyne fanmix
(WARNING: MAJOR ASoS SPOILERS)
Apparently I really like doing mixes, so here, have another one! This is Broadway-heavy, in large part because DUETS (I have a marked preference for duets over . . . anything, really). Anyway, I tried to focus on telling the story of lovers in wartime, so that's the general theme. It starts with their first meeting and ends a bit after Robb's death. There are three songs about Jeyne's grief, and they're arranged the way they are because I see her as someone who would try not to be overtly emotional at first--who would grieve, but quietly, until at last the pent-up emotion got the better of her.
Enjoy!
1. Silver Dagger - Solas
(Jeyne's mother registers her disapproval)
don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
she's sleeping here right by my side
in her right hand a silver dagger
she says that i can't be your bride.
2. The Word of Your Body - Spring Awakening
(they sleep together)
oh, i'm gonna be wounded
oh, i'm gonna be your wound
oh, i'm gonna bruise you
oh, you're gonna be my bruise
just too unreal, all this
watching his world slip through my fist
playing with her in your fantasies
haven't you heard a word, how i want you?
3. Why God Why? - Miss Saigon
(Robb wakes and realizes his dilemma)
why god? show your hand
why can't one guy understand?
i've been with girls who knew much more
i never felt confused before
why me? what's your plan?
i can't help her, no one can
i liked my mem'ries as they were
but now i'll leave rememb'ring her
4. Jack's Love Theme - Torchwood
(but when Jeyne wakes, he realizes he loves her, and the decision is easier)
[instrumental]
5. All I Ask of You - The Phantom of the Opera
(deeply in love)
say you'll share with me
one love, one lifetime
let me lead you from your solitude
6. Erin - Solas
(the war encroaches; Robb must lead)
who's gonna carry the blame?
who's gonna take up the campaign
when these injured streets are bleeding?
politicians in command are washing their hands
got to tend the marching bands
when the battered streets are
when the battered streets are
when the battered streets are bleeding
7. Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks
(Jeyne becomes a military wife, always waiting for him to come home)
i cried
never gonna hold the hand of another guy
too young for him they told her
waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
our love will never end
waiting for the soldier to come back again
never more to be alone when the letter says
a soldier's comin' home
8. After the Bombs - The Decembrists
(in the midst of devastation, they love)
and after the bombs subside
and this campaign
calls it good for the night
we meet in the streets
will we meet in a bar's cold light?
we grip at our hands
we hold just a little tight
9. Genesis 30:3 - The Mountain Goats
(they struggle amidst the carnage)
open up the doors to the tent
wonder where the good times went
i will do what you ask me to do
because of how i feel about you
10. In Whatever Time We Have - Children of Eden
(they know their days might be numbered, but will make the most of it)
in whatever time we have
for as long as we are living
we can face whatever comes
if we face it now as one
i could make on my own
let me know that i don't have to
no one really wants to be alone
in whatever we time have
11. Tell My Father - The Civil War
(Robb's death)
tell my father that his son
didn't run, or surrender
that i bore his name with pride
as i tried to remember
you are judged by what you do
while passing through
12. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Les Miserables
(Jeyne reflects on the fallen)
there's a grief that can't be spoken.
there's a pain goes on and on.
empty chairs at empty tables
now my friends are dead and gone.
here they talked of revolution.
here it was they lit the flame.
here they sang about tomorrow
and tomorrow never came
13. Without You - RENT
(life goes on but she grieves)
without you, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows.
without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom, the children play.
the stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly, without you.
the earth turns, the sun burns, but i die, without you.
14. Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine
(the full outpouring of grief)
the stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
you left me in the dark
no dawn, no day, i'm always in this twilight
in the shadow of your heart
{ZIP FILE HERE}
Apparently I really like doing mixes, so here, have another one! This is Broadway-heavy, in large part because DUETS (I have a marked preference for duets over . . . anything, really). Anyway, I tried to focus on telling the story of lovers in wartime, so that's the general theme. It starts with their first meeting and ends a bit after Robb's death. There are three songs about Jeyne's grief, and they're arranged the way they are because I see her as someone who would try not to be overtly emotional at first--who would grieve, but quietly, until at last the pent-up emotion got the better of her.
Enjoy!
1. Silver Dagger - Solas
(Jeyne's mother registers her disapproval)
don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
she's sleeping here right by my side
in her right hand a silver dagger
she says that i can't be your bride.
2. The Word of Your Body - Spring Awakening
(they sleep together)
oh, i'm gonna be wounded
oh, i'm gonna be your wound
oh, i'm gonna bruise you
oh, you're gonna be my bruise
just too unreal, all this
watching his world slip through my fist
playing with her in your fantasies
haven't you heard a word, how i want you?
3. Why God Why? - Miss Saigon
(Robb wakes and realizes his dilemma)
why god? show your hand
why can't one guy understand?
i've been with girls who knew much more
i never felt confused before
why me? what's your plan?
i can't help her, no one can
i liked my mem'ries as they were
but now i'll leave rememb'ring her
4. Jack's Love Theme - Torchwood
(but when Jeyne wakes, he realizes he loves her, and the decision is easier)
[instrumental]
5. All I Ask of You - The Phantom of the Opera
(deeply in love)
say you'll share with me
one love, one lifetime
let me lead you from your solitude
6. Erin - Solas
(the war encroaches; Robb must lead)
who's gonna carry the blame?
who's gonna take up the campaign
when these injured streets are bleeding?
politicians in command are washing their hands
got to tend the marching bands
when the battered streets are
when the battered streets are
when the battered streets are bleeding
7. Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks
(Jeyne becomes a military wife, always waiting for him to come home)
i cried
never gonna hold the hand of another guy
too young for him they told her
waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
our love will never end
waiting for the soldier to come back again
never more to be alone when the letter says
a soldier's comin' home
8. After the Bombs - The Decembrists
(in the midst of devastation, they love)
and after the bombs subside
and this campaign
calls it good for the night
we meet in the streets
will we meet in a bar's cold light?
we grip at our hands
we hold just a little tight
9. Genesis 30:3 - The Mountain Goats
(they struggle amidst the carnage)
open up the doors to the tent
wonder where the good times went
i will do what you ask me to do
because of how i feel about you
10. In Whatever Time We Have - Children of Eden
(they know their days might be numbered, but will make the most of it)
in whatever time we have
for as long as we are living
we can face whatever comes
if we face it now as one
i could make on my own
let me know that i don't have to
no one really wants to be alone
in whatever we time have
11. Tell My Father - The Civil War
(Robb's death)
tell my father that his son
didn't run, or surrender
that i bore his name with pride
as i tried to remember
you are judged by what you do
while passing through
12. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Les Miserables
(Jeyne reflects on the fallen)
there's a grief that can't be spoken.
there's a pain goes on and on.
empty chairs at empty tables
now my friends are dead and gone.
here they talked of revolution.
here it was they lit the flame.
here they sang about tomorrow
and tomorrow never came
13. Without You - RENT
(life goes on but she grieves)
without you, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows.
without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom, the children play.
the stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly, without you.
the earth turns, the sun burns, but i die, without you.
14. Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine
(the full outpouring of grief)
the stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
you left me in the dark
no dawn, no day, i'm always in this twilight
in the shadow of your heart
{ZIP FILE HERE}