It was gonna happen soon enough, the only question was when
I like music. I like Benjamin Linus. It was kind of inevitable that I would attempt to combine the two somewhere down the line. Behold the fruits of my compulsively geeky labors -- a fanmix for one of the coolest characters to ever grace a TV screen.
Notes and such: Tracklist, lyric-snippets and download links under the cut. Contents include...well, Ben, plus hints of Richard, Juliet and even Jacob. You can probably see some of my vague, twisted shippiness showing through in places.
Enjoy, and let me know what you think!
1. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
(Story of his life.)
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
2. A Question Of Time - Depeche Mode
(Richard’s thoughts on Ben then.)
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
Well now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
It's just a question of time
It's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
3. Losing Touch - The Killers
(Richard’s thoughts on Ben now.)
I am in no hurry
You go run and tell your friends I'm losing touch
Fill their heads with rumors of
Impending doom
It must be true
But you made your way back home
You sold your soul
Like a roamin' vagabond
And I found out you got lost,
But you made your way back home
You went and sold your soul,
An allegiance dead and gone
I'm losing touch
4. It’s No Good - Depeche Mode
(Ben&Juliet, or so he wishes.)
I'll be fine
I'll be waiting patiently
till you see the signs
and come running to my open arms
when will you realise
do we have to wait till our worlds collide
open up your eyes
you can't turn back the tide
Don't say you want me
don't say you need me
don't say you love me
it's understood
don't say you're happy
out there without me
I know you can't be
'cause it's no good
5. You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
(Jacob loves you, Ben. Or…well, never mind.)
If you take a life
Do you know what you'll give?
Odds are you won't like what it is.
When the storm arrives
Would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I've deceived
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the price it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
6. Well, Benjamin -- Shearwater
(We love him, though, don’t we?)
Well, Benjamin,
You crashed your plane again
A beautiful tailspin
It was going to happen soon enough
The only question was when
Because I could smell the flames
Just sleeping on your skin
I love you for the things you do
And I don't care who you do them to
You can wrap your stupid suffering around me
Because I thought it out, in the time I've got
And I don't care if I drown or not:
I just want to crash into that same cold sea…
7. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
(If this isn’t perfect, I don’t know what is.)
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free...
Notes and such: Tracklist, lyric-snippets and download links under the cut. Contents include...well, Ben, plus hints of Richard, Juliet and even Jacob. You can probably see some of my vague, twisted shippiness showing through in places.
Enjoy, and let me know what you think!
1. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
(Story of his life.)
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
2. A Question Of Time - Depeche Mode
(Richard’s thoughts on Ben then.)
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
Well now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
It's just a question of time
It's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
3. Losing Touch - The Killers
(Richard’s thoughts on Ben now.)
I am in no hurry
You go run and tell your friends I'm losing touch
Fill their heads with rumors of
Impending doom
It must be true
But you made your way back home
You sold your soul
Like a roamin' vagabond
And I found out you got lost,
But you made your way back home
You went and sold your soul,
An allegiance dead and gone
I'm losing touch
4. It’s No Good - Depeche Mode
(Ben&Juliet, or so he wishes.)
I'll be fine
I'll be waiting patiently
till you see the signs
and come running to my open arms
when will you realise
do we have to wait till our worlds collide
open up your eyes
you can't turn back the tide
Don't say you want me
don't say you need me
don't say you love me
it's understood
don't say you're happy
out there without me
I know you can't be
'cause it's no good
5. You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
(Jacob loves you, Ben. Or…well, never mind.)
If you take a life
Do you know what you'll give?
Odds are you won't like what it is.
When the storm arrives
Would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I've deceived
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the price it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
6. Well, Benjamin -- Shearwater
(We love him, though, don’t we?)
Well, Benjamin,
You crashed your plane again
A beautiful tailspin
It was going to happen soon enough
The only question was when
Because I could smell the flames
Just sleeping on your skin
I love you for the things you do
And I don't care who you do them to
You can wrap your stupid suffering around me
Because I thought it out, in the time I've got
And I don't care if I drown or not:
I just want to crash into that same cold sea…
7. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
(If this isn’t perfect, I don’t know what is.)
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free...