I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman [an Arthur/Eames fanmix]
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Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present to you my latest collaboration with the fabulous henriettayuki. This is the fifth project I’ve been lucky enough to work with her on, and once again she has written an absolutely fantastic story inspired by the mix I presented her with. I always have so much fun working with her, and I can’t wait for our next project together (which is already in the works!)
So right, enough babble, let’s get on to the music! (And of course, don’t forget to check out henriettayuki’s accompanying fic!)
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I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman
an Arthur/Eames fanmix
1. Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Find a well-known hard man and start a fight
Wear your shell suit on bonfire night
Fill in a circular hole with a peg that's square
But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair
2. The Divine Comedy - Thrillseeker
If you live by the sword
You will reap your reward
Death by faulty rip-cord or loose carabiner
But it's my absolute right
To kill myself if I like
And now it looks like I might have finally succeeded
And I don't care
3. Department of Eagles - Love Me
Treat me like a fool
Treat me mean and cruel
Oh, but love me
4. Jeremy Warmsley - The Boy Cried Love
The boy cried love
Too many times
'Til none believed his call
5. Parenthetical Girls - Handsome Devil
I know what hands are for
And I'd like to help myself
You ask me the time
But I sense something more
And I would like to give you
What I think you're asking for
You handsome devil
6. Morrissey - If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me
If you don't like me, then don't look at me
There must be somebody else
Who can take your gaze away
If you don't want me
You don't have to have me
I just thought you might feel the same, that's all
7. Jonquil - Babe So Now Why No
You got me angry but I'm laughing
You've won your little game
Now its time to cut it out cause where does this leave me
If I can't even stand my ground and you don't give me a chance
Why don't we ever sort this out?
Cause you're too preoccupied with winning the next round.
I know I've said this before maybe a thousand times
But you'll have the last word even if it's random sounds
8. Villagers - Becoming A Jackal
I was a dreamer
Staring at windows
Out onto the main street
Cos that's where the dream goes
And each time they found fresh meat to chew
I would turn away and return to you
You would offer me your unmade bed
Feed me ‘til I'm fed, read me ‘til I'm read
9. Placebo - Drag
You're always ahead of the pack
I drag behind
You possess every trait that I lack
By coincidence or by design
10. Larrikin Love - Downing Street Kindling
Who says there has to a beach to wear a bathing suit?
Well I would lie on pebbles lavishly but London's pebbles are dirt
And I will paint with knives and guns to ensure that my art is incorrect
And I would sleep on sheets of satin and eat my cigarettes
Well England has nothing more to offer me
Everything that I adore came well before 1984
11. Razorlight - Englishman in New York
I don't drink coffee
I take tea, my dear
I like my toast done on the side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York
12. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love
Amongst your hounds of love
I feel your arms surrounding me
I've always been a coward
And I don't know what's good for me
13. Arctic Monkeys - Dangerous Animals
I'm pinned down by the dark
A-N-I-M-A-L
Makes my head pirouette
More than I will be willing to confess
D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
14. Kaiser Chiefs - Sink That Ship
Rewind back to the start
I'm good for nothing, but you looked for the heart
And now you're angry, counting to ten
I wouldn't do it slowly but I'd do it again
15. The White Stripes - I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman
Well I'm finding it hard to say
That I need you twenty times a day
I feel comfortable
So baby why don't you feel the same?
16. Hawksley Workman - Addicted
And I'm a nice guy, it's always been my problem
Don't know whether I should fuck it, or destroy it
Or should I fire it or employ it or hate it
Or enjoy it, cause I'm addicted
17. Bloc Party - Better Than Heaven
What's with all this doom and gloom?
You used to be such a laugh
18. The Cribs - I'm A Realist
I know that it's only a matter of time
Before you know it I'll be leaving town
Seen it in your eyes
No one will ever do
No one will ever do for you
19. Alan Pownall - Love Lockdown
I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
I can't keep my cool, so I keep it true
I've got something to lose, so I got to move
I can't keep myself, and still keep you too
20. Modest Mouse - The World At Large
The days get shorter and the nights get cold
I like the autumn but this place is getting old
I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most
The days get longer and the nights smell green
I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave
I like songs about drifters, books about the same
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane
Walked on off to another spot
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want
Did I want love, did I need to know?
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?
21. The National - England
Put an ocean and a river between everybody else
Between everything, yourself, and home
Put an ocean and a river
Between everything, yourself, and home
You must be somewhere in London
You must be loving your life in the rain
22. The White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
And now that we're through
I just don't know what to do
23. Ryan Adams - Burning Photographs
Traffic sings the songs
Inviting me into dodging bullets from an empty gun
If I had a car I'd drive
Straight into the window of a bank I owed money to
Pretty pictures in a magazine
Everybody is so make believe, it's true
I used to be sad now I'm just bored with you
24. The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
'Cause you're evil
And you lie
And if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
But I won't cry
25. The Magnetic Fields - The Things We Did And Didn't Do
All the things you said you'd never say and you said anyway
The things we did and didn't do
The things we did and didn't do
Come flooding back to me now
26. Kaiser Chiefs - When All Is Quiet
Maybe I have missed the greatest day of my life
I hope that isn't true
I hope that isn't true
Ladies I have kissed could've all been my wife
But none of them were you
None of them were you
27. Interpol - PDA
You're so cute when you're frustrated, dear
You're so cute when you're sedated, dear
I missed you
28. IAMX - Think of England
In the twilight hours of nervous rest
I bought the beast before believing the threats
In a foreign field I cut all regrets
But the poisoned stories just repeat themselves in fucked-up mess
I was alone for the first time
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime
I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire
29. Dog & Panther - Hurry Hurry
Hurry hurry can't be good for our hearts
We'll all die young
Our minds will fall apart
Our jobs will consume us
We'll not be known apart
From the other
30. Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean
I will see you someday when I've woken
I'll be so happy just to have spoken
I'll have so much to tell you about it
In that dream I could hardly contain it
All my life I will wait to attain it
There, there, there
Wide eyed walker, don't betray me
I will wake one day, don't delay me
Wide eyed leaver, always going
31. Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up
When you’re walking downtown
Do you wish I was there?
Do you wish it was me with the windows clear
And the mannequin’s eyes, do they all look like mine?
You know you could
I wish you would
Come pick me up
32. Archie Bronson Outfit - Shark's Tooth
I am no shark's tooth
I will not run from it
Retrace the whole scene
Replace your meany mean
I am no shark's tooth
Retrace the whole scene
I'd rather be with you
33. Interpol - Slow Hands
But I am married to your charms and grace
I just go crazy like the good old days
You make me want to pick up a guitar
And celebrate the myriad ways that I love you
34. The Ark - You, Who Stole My Solitude
You, who stole my solitude
The most precious thing I owned
I never will forgive you
35. Edmund - Breaking Into Houses
I'm tired of watching you
Watching me try to keep this smile inside
Soon I'll burst into a thousand other smiles to cover you
At first I thought that breaking into houses didn't work
But now I know that breaking into houses really worked
Cause I'm so happy now
36. Bloc Party - Ion Square
Who said unbroken happiness
Is a bore, is a bore?
Who said it, my love?
I don't mind it anymore, anymore
And I reach out a hand over your side of the bed
Pull that blanket over your shoulders exposed to the night
And the hunger of those early years will never return
But I don't mind, I don't mind
Because I love my mind when I'm fucking you
Slowed down to a crawl
Years of crime and the bread line
Have not at all dimmed your shine
So let's stay in, let the sofa be our car
Let's stay in, let the TV be our stars
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This Arthur/Eames fanmix was created for you with love by suchaprince. The wonderful accompanying fic was written by henriettayuki and you should go read it!