Secret Swooper gift part 1 - for knowledgequeen
So, due to life kicking me in the shins (finals and wedding planning) I have not had the time to devote to a proper Secret Swooper gift, so I bring an Alistair/Cousland FST to buy myself some time to write the songfic that I have planned. So, expect a somewhat more personal gift in the next few days, and sorry about the lateness!
As for the FST itself, it's mostly Alistair/PC, with only two or three Cousland-specific songs. It's also colossal, because I tried to put in a song for every major ending (sans Loghain, of course). I hope you all enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making it - especially you, knowledgequeen!
Megan McCauley - Fragile (Cousland Origin)
I am fragile, but I'm strong enough
I am wanted, enemy number one
I am lying, cause I never fell
If you need me, follow me to hell
Shinedown - Sense of a Spark (They meet)
I get the sense of a spark so I follow
"I don't believe that she knows something I know"
I tell myself as I stay in the shadow
I tell myself not to go, but I go
Needing to see
Whichever way she's going
Skillet - Hero (Alistair after Ostagar)
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
We're in the fight of our lives (And we're not ready to die)
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make 'em believe I've got a hero (I've got a hero)
Livin' in me
I'm gonna fight for what's right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight (I will be ready to die)
A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time
TATU - All About Us (Last of the Wardens)
If they hurt you
They hurt me too
So we'll rise up
Won't stop
And it's all about
It's all about
It's all about us
Seal - Kiss for a Rose (Beginning of romance)
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain
Santana ft. Chad Kroeger - Why Don't You and I (Admission of love)
Everytime I try to talk to you
I get tongue-tied
Turns out that everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right
So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together,
take on the world, be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again'
Santana - You are My Kind (First Knight - Alistair)
Cause you are my kind
You're all that I want
Here in this life
Until we are gone
Our breath and our skin
Our hearts and our minds
They're one and the same
You are my kind
The Veronicas - Untouched (First Knight - Cousland)
Don't even think about what's right or wrong, wrong or right
'Cause in the end it's only you and me and no one else is gonna be around
To answer all the questions left behind
And you and I are meant to be so even if the world falls down today
You've still got me to hold you up up
And I will never let you down
Skillet - Monster (Cousland dealing with being a Warden, esp after Broodmother)
It's hiding in the dark
It's teeth are razor sharp
There's no escape for me
It wants my soul, It wants my heart
No one can hear me scream
Maybe it's just a dream
Or maybe it's inside of me
Christina Aguilera - Fighter (Confrontation with Arl Howe)
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
Three Days Grace - Riot (Landsmeet)
If you feel so empty
So used up, so let down
If you feel so angry
So ripped off so stepped on
You're not the only one Refusing to back down
You're not the only one
So get up
Let's start a riot, a riot
Let's start a riot
Let's start a riot, a riot
Let's start a riot
Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On (Alistair becomes King)
You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side,
you know I'll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in
Savage Garden - Break Me Shake Me (Morrigan's Ritual)
She says, "I can help you, but what do you say?"
'Cause it's not free baby, you'll have to pay
You just keep me contemplating, that your soul is slowly fading
Break me shake me
hate me take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone
So won't you break me shake me
hate me take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone
Within Temptation - The Howling (Siege of Denerim)
I hear them getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now,
They're coming down the hills from behind
When we start killing It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow
(Wanna be awakened right now)
Disturbed - Indestructible (Archdemon fight)
Another reason another cause for me to fight
Another fuse uncovered now for me to light
My dedication to all that I've sworn to protect
I carry out my orders without a regret
My declaration embedded deep under my skin
A permanent reminder of how it began
No hesitation when I am commanded to strike
You need to know that you're in for the fight of your life
Leona Lewis - My Hands (Alistair sacrifice)
But when I think I'll be alright
I am always wrong cause
My hands
Don't wanna start again
My hands
No they don't wanna understand
My hands
They just shake and try to break whatever peace I may find
My hands
They only agree to hold
Your hands
And they don't wanna be without
Your hands
And they will not let me go
No they will not let me go
The Rasmus - Dancer in the Dark (Cousland sacrifice)
The light in your eyes keeps fading out
The night's falling deeper the heart
Hiding the truth and crashing down
My baby's a dancer in the dark
Your sight is dying but you keep on trying to save your boy
You keep on lying but your false illusions will be destroyed
You heard it calling but you turned your face, never played your part
You heard it singing but you danced away like a falling star
The Calling - Whereever You Will Go (Alistair and Cousland break up)
And maybe, I'll find out
The way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you
Through the darkest of your days
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
Well I hope there's someone out there
Who can bring me back to you
The Rasmus - First Day of My Life (Alistair and Cousland become King/Queen)
Still feels like the first time
to stand here by your side together regardless
we'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my life
Alter Bridge - Brand New Start (Alistair and Cousland run off and do Warden-y things)
We will make a brand new start
From the pieces of our hearts
The break of day is before us
Cast your sorrows to the wind
Let the highway take us in
As we escape the disorder
This desert road
That we call home
This is our destiny
We'll chase the setting sun
As we outrun
A life of agony
God how we ache to be free
The Perishers - My Hometown (Back to Highever)
If you wanna know why I cry at night
If you wanna know why I'm so uptight
You must come with me back to my home town
If you wanna know why I cry in my sleep
If you wanna know you must come with me
Just grab your coat now let's leave for my home town
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark (The Calling)
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
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