Some Crap About The Future: A Mix for Xander Harris & Andrew Wells (+3 related wallpapers)
synopsis: Xander and Andrew, post-Sunnydale, paths merged. Unexpectedly falling in love and helping avert nine out of ten apocalypses: that's what they do. Then a big-'A'-Apocalypse - that one out of ten - comes and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. But it doesn't end the world. Instead, it changes it and everything in it. Including them.
notes: No comics canon. The mix follows a linear narrative and is pretty much self-explanatory. But if you want something to be explained, please don't hesitate to ask! (Seriously. I love to talk about my mixes.) Comments are love.
a content warning: This mix deals with an apocalypse, a relatively happy relationship, and the Buffyverse. Do the math.
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Some Crap About The Future:
A Mix for Xander Harris & Andrew Wells
+ zip file of all mp3s & covers +
- 1 -
Aloha - Sky High
(Andrew POV. She's always there. And that's okay.)
And when we're in the same place
Her spirit is all around
Pulling my strings
How do you keep yourself so grounded?
You see me sky high
No end in sight
-2-
Broken Social Scene - Finish Your Collapse And Stay For Breakfast
(Instrumental. What it says on the tin.)
-3-
Shearwater - Nobody
(Xander POV. Time for some suddenly-in-yet-another-unexpected-relationship introspection.)
His little hook
Your little eyelid
The iris dilates while the heart implodes
And when he comes
And you're dreaming
His mouth still denies what your heart just knows
-4-
Okay - Replace
(Andrew POV. It's all in front of him now.)
I don't live in my head
Somebody killed it dead
I don't live in my head
No more
-5-
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
(Xander POV. Once again, none of his friends get it.)
We've both been very brave
Walk around with both legs
Wait for the scary day
We both pull the tricks out of our sleeves
But I'll believe in anything
And you'll believe in anything
[...]
I said nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
About your blood, your bones
Your voice, and your ghost
Because nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
-6-
Rogue Wave - Like I Needed
(Andrew POV. Still two big geeks.)
Seconds from the aftermath
Happiness from beyond
Looking like a doggie picture
Thinking like a skull, come and get it on
These aren't the droids you're looking for
But I'll let you know if I see any more
Your problems rest assured
Like I needed
-7-
The Accidental - Birthday
(Xander POV. He never thought he would have this again.)
Watching you sleep in the blue light
From the clock radio by the bed
Rattle of wires in the cortex
Got my own radio speaking in tongues
I will make you peanut butter toast
I will make you eggs and orange juice
I will dress well in my finest shirt
I will dress finely for your birthday
-8-
Grizzly Bear - Foreground
(Andrew POV. And he never thought he would have this ever.)
Walk out another road
Something is muffled, another chuckle
This is a foreground
It is a foreground
-9-
James Blackshaw - Running To The Ghost
(Instrumental. That metaphoric shoe is just waiting to drop, isn't it?)
-10-
Chad VanGaalen - Bones Of Man
(Xander POV. It's not coming. It's here.)
When it touched my hand
I felt my mind open up like a valley
And from a crack in the ground
Came the sound of a million blades
There was a silent flash
Before the Earth started closing up on itself
I felt at peace and alive
Even through the ship was going down
-11-
Amiina - Saga
(Instrumental. And it's far too late.)
-12-
Okay - Asleep
(Andrew POV. Changes, physical and otherwise.)
Half asleep, half aware, a machine, I don't care
Half asleep, half prepared, I can't keep what's not there
-13-
Castanets - Into The Night
(Xander POV. One last stand.)
War is on
And all out friends are dying
War is on
Into the night of our captors
To seek what war is after
-14-
Electric President - Some Crap About The Future
(Andrew POV. The end. Together.)
You sit up on your perch for the rest of the night
You watch the moon and hope the damn thing crumbles
You count the stars reflecting in the windows
And then you realize just how minimal you are
I stop and watch the airplanes leave the city
And I silently wish I was on one
You sit down slow and watch yourself in the glass
You reach inside and tear out all your cables
Snakes of smoke are dripping from your fingers
You have no body, just a cage to hold your parts
I have no answers; I’m rambling
I was never one to solve whatever has gone wrong
-15-
Andrew Bird - Yawny At The Apocalypse
(Instrumental. And fade out.)
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notes: No comics canon. The mix follows a linear narrative and is pretty much self-explanatory. But if you want something to be explained, please don't hesitate to ask! (Seriously. I love to talk about my mixes.) Comments are love.
a content warning: This mix deals with an apocalypse, a relatively happy relationship, and the Buffyverse. Do the math.
fanmix_________________________
Some Crap About The Future:
A Mix for Xander Harris & Andrew Wells
+ zip file of all mp3s & covers +
- 1 -
Aloha - Sky High
(Andrew POV. She's always there. And that's okay.)
And when we're in the same place
Her spirit is all around
Pulling my strings
How do you keep yourself so grounded?
You see me sky high
No end in sight
-2-
Broken Social Scene - Finish Your Collapse And Stay For Breakfast
(Instrumental. What it says on the tin.)
-3-
Shearwater - Nobody
(Xander POV. Time for some suddenly-in-yet-another-unexpected-relationship introspection.)
His little hook
Your little eyelid
The iris dilates while the heart implodes
And when he comes
And you're dreaming
His mouth still denies what your heart just knows
-4-
Okay - Replace
(Andrew POV. It's all in front of him now.)
I don't live in my head
Somebody killed it dead
I don't live in my head
No more
-5-
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
(Xander POV. Once again, none of his friends get it.)
We've both been very brave
Walk around with both legs
Wait for the scary day
We both pull the tricks out of our sleeves
But I'll believe in anything
And you'll believe in anything
[...]
I said nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
About your blood, your bones
Your voice, and your ghost
Because nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
-6-
Rogue Wave - Like I Needed
(Andrew POV. Still two big geeks.)
Seconds from the aftermath
Happiness from beyond
Looking like a doggie picture
Thinking like a skull, come and get it on
These aren't the droids you're looking for
But I'll let you know if I see any more
Your problems rest assured
Like I needed
-7-
The Accidental - Birthday
(Xander POV. He never thought he would have this again.)
Watching you sleep in the blue light
From the clock radio by the bed
Rattle of wires in the cortex
Got my own radio speaking in tongues
I will make you peanut butter toast
I will make you eggs and orange juice
I will dress well in my finest shirt
I will dress finely for your birthday
-8-
Grizzly Bear - Foreground
(Andrew POV. And he never thought he would have this ever.)
Walk out another road
Something is muffled, another chuckle
This is a foreground
It is a foreground
-9-
James Blackshaw - Running To The Ghost
(Instrumental. That metaphoric shoe is just waiting to drop, isn't it?)
-10-
Chad VanGaalen - Bones Of Man
(Xander POV. It's not coming. It's here.)
When it touched my hand
I felt my mind open up like a valley
And from a crack in the ground
Came the sound of a million blades
There was a silent flash
Before the Earth started closing up on itself
I felt at peace and alive
Even through the ship was going down
-11-
Amiina - Saga
(Instrumental. And it's far too late.)
-12-
Okay - Asleep
(Andrew POV. Changes, physical and otherwise.)
Half asleep, half aware, a machine, I don't care
Half asleep, half prepared, I can't keep what's not there
-13-
Castanets - Into The Night
(Xander POV. One last stand.)
War is on
And all out friends are dying
War is on
Into the night of our captors
To seek what war is after
-14-
Electric President - Some Crap About The Future
(Andrew POV. The end. Together.)
You sit up on your perch for the rest of the night
You watch the moon and hope the damn thing crumbles
You count the stars reflecting in the windows
And then you realize just how minimal you are
I stop and watch the airplanes leave the city
And I silently wish I was on one
You sit down slow and watch yourself in the glass
You reach inside and tear out all your cables
Snakes of smoke are dripping from your fingers
You have no body, just a cage to hold your parts
I have no answers; I’m rambling
I was never one to solve whatever has gone wrong
-15-
Andrew Bird - Yawny At The Apocalypse
(Instrumental. And fade out.)
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