fanmix: just dreams of those open windows [psych, lassiter/various]
Confession time: I liked Barbara. Gruff, but kind of affectionate, rather like Mad-Eye Moody; I'm not usually into het ships, but I'd be quite content if she and Lassie became an item. They seem... okay for each other, if both would loosen up. And even though it was played off as a joke, I think it's cool that Lassie fell for this sturdy, middle-aged woman with the androgynous haircut. Go unusual tastes!
More than anything else, though, I think this week's Psych has cinched my opinion that Lassiter was made for dom/sub relationships. Or, perhaps, dom/sub relationships were made for Lassiter. Has anyone noticed that when romance comes into the fore, Lassie always seems to be the submissive partner? Though in his work he's so much of a leader to the point that it becomes obnoxious, he seems to be highly attracted to bossy, slightly (or more-than-slightly) masculine people who immediately take charge. (The exception would be Emilina, whom you could argue WOULD be commanding had her brain not been melted by drain cleaner.) It's an interesting contrast to Shawn, who tends to lean towards clever, pretty girls, the ones with glossy waves and fitted jackets.
...Damn. Now that we've met the Shawn-mother and Gus' parents - hell, even Vick's sister - I think it's time we meet Lassie's ex-wife. I am starting to harbor suspicions that she is awesome.
[Franz Ferdinand] Come On Home
Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live
I kind of find I like a life this lonely
It rips and pierces me, in places I can't see
I love the rip of nerves, the rip that wakes me
So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied
I love to feel there's always more that I need
...
Blue light falls upon your perfect skin
Falls and you draw back again
Falls and this is how I fell
(And I cannot forget)
So come on home
So come on home
[Download]
[Dar Williams] If I Wrote You
We drew our arms around the bastard sons
We never would drink to the chosen ones
Well you know the way I left was not the way I planned
But I thought the world needed love and a steady hand
So I'm steady now
And I'm so happy
I had to tell you
And I love you
And you will not write me again
You will not write me again
[Download]
[Zero 7 feat. Tina Dico] Home (Live Acoustic)
Wrapped in silent elegance
Beautifully broken down
As illusions burst
Too late to learn from experience
Too late to wonder how
To finish first
Take me somewhere we can be alone
Make me somewhere I can call a home
'Cause lately I've been losing on my own
[Download]
[Shearwater] Soon
When no one else would suffer me
I threw myself at your ankles
So we slept and were at peace
Above the winter traffic
And soon, soon come
"He treats his friends like customers
He treats me like a given"
Your letter read
"Come down," I said
"And let me know I'm living"
[Download]
[Beth Orton] Feral Children
Feral children in the pouring rain
For every constellation she might navigate again
Each and every line she might wear in time
Baptized by the rain and the euphoria of pain
Could kiss or punch, sober or drunk
Lifted way high or taken down deep
Into blue space where the rules change
...
Hold on, hold on
Holding back the sea seems unlikely
She'll tell you, I can forgive you
But I can't forget you, and you won't forget me
[Download]
[Imogen Heap] Clear the Area
Knock, knock... Are you alone?
No one's out here and I was not followed
Love, love, you're already home
Party's over and you don't look so good
You find your way back down
And I'll keep the area clear (please clear the area)
When you find your way back down in one piece
Then I'll just be waiting here (right here)
[Download]
[Frou Frou] Holding Out for a Hero
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast,
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
[Download]
[Gotan Project] Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
Hay milonga de amor
Hay temblor de gotan
Este tango es para vos
[Download]
[Guy Blackman] Dark & Quiet Place
I walked in slowly, trying to look sober
Fumbling with the buckle at my waist
I came up wearing nothing but a white towel
Water slicking my hair to my face
We said nothing, nothing needed to be said
We were in a dark and quiet place
You looked familiar, like someone I used to know
Ever such a long time ago
But something made you turn and walk away from me
When I pushed the hair out of my face
We said nothing, nothing needed to be said
We were in a dark and quiet place
[Download]
[Lady Sovereign] 9 to 5
Ok, yo: I wake up late every morning
Manager's calling, I'm still yawning
Get up, wake up, hair and makeup
Waiting for you don't be stalling
This performance is important and
I don't think I can put my all in
(Hold on, I was drunk last night
Gave my number to a breh who wasn't my type
Now my phone's on silent, I'm being polite
Now private callers get no love from me, just let me be...)
Oh my gosh, my days are getting longer
There's no turning back, I'm working the 9 to 5
To keep my contract did I say 9 I meant 1:30
I'm no early birdy, I'm lazy, that's all I can say
[Download]
[Dragonette] Jesus Doesn't Love Me
Spent my wages on rock and roll
Jesus doesn't love me anymore
Don't do much of what I've been told
Jesus doesn't love me anymore
Drugs, sex, rock and roll
Drugs, sex, rock and roll
Drugs, sex, rock and roll
Drugs, sex, rock and roll!
[Download]
[Fisher] Never Say Never
"Don't fly into the sun,
Your wings will melt and you'll come down"
I say you never know until you try
Away I go to the sun, I'm waving to the ground
I'll see you later
I will go - I will try anything one time and I
Never say never - why should I?
Who knows, tomorrow may never come
I can't conceive the day I fear the unknown
Not me, I dream of open windows
And if you never fly, your wings are useless...
[Download]
[Jose Gonzalez] All You Deliver
By the time you reach your goal
Tongues will be twisted
To the point where you'll lose
Track of your soul
Distorted pictures is all you deliver
Distorted pictures is all you deliver
[Download]
[Sarah Slean] Drastic Measures
Rub their eyes and wake, distracted
Frantically they fill their days
Please say I will never be like that: safe
Politely dazed, politely cra-azy
Don't you want my love?
It's a cloud, it's a broken boat
But it might make you laugh a bit easier
[Download]
[Badly Drawn Boy] Above You, Below Me
Don't want to live life in your shoes
I don't feel I know the way
Feeling you giving me directions I don't need
Up above and round we go
First it's fast and then it's slow
I will take you as you are
Please accept me as I am
Find your lonely life bizarre
I know it's above you, I know it's below me
[Download]
[The Offspring] (Can't Get My) Head Around You
Every single day what you say means no sense to me
Lettin' you inside isn't right, you'll mess with me
I'll never really know what's really going on inside you
I can't get my head around you
[Download]
[The Hush Sound] Momentum
All we need is a little bit of momentum
Break down these walls that we've built around ourselves
All we need is a little bit of inertia
Break down and tell, break down and tell
That you are the rain on the fire
Deep in the trees when no one was looking
Should I speak of this?
You are a mirage in the distance
That defies the heat of the desert
Should I believe in you?
[Download]
[Deb Talan] Wild Horse
Keep hearing your voice, like the ocean in a shell
Deep inside my heart I feel it and it echoes, echoes
It's a wild horse and I can't break it alone
Tosses it's head like it knows me, been waiting
It's a wild horse but I can take it
I can take it, I can't take it down
Take it down, I want to take you down with me
[Download]
[Tori Amos] Wednesday
Seems as if we're circling
For very different reasons
But one day the eagle has to land
Out past the fountain a left by the station,
I start the day in the usual way
Then think - well, why not -
And stop for a coffee, then begin to recall
Things that you say
No one's at the door, you suggest a ghost
Perhaps a phantom
I agree with this in part
Something is with us, I can't put my finger on
So we go, you tell me to cheer up
You suspect we're oddly even
Even still, the eagle has to land
[Download]
[Fink] This Is the Thing
I don't know if you notice anything different
It's getting dark and it's getting cold and the nights are getting long
And I don't know if you even notice at all
That I'm long gone
And the things that keep us apart
Keep me alive, and
The things that keep me alive
Keep me alone
[Download]
[Lady & Bird] See Me Fall
I've been staying alive
So many days
No fear, happy or wise
All through the way
But I thought there was something
In life to live for
[Download]
[Tom McRae] 2nd Law
Tell all my friends I have gone to the moon
Tell all my friends I will write them soon
And tell them if you see them that I am better left alone
'Cause I'm living up here where the air is thin
Where gravity don't bring you down
I spend my days beneath a perspex dome
I think that I have finally come home
[Download]
[Garbage] Androgyny
When everything is going wrong
And you can't see the point in going on
Nothing in life is set in stone
There's nothing that can't be turned around
Nobody wants to be alone
Everybody wants to love someone
Out of the tree go pick a plum
Why can't we all just get along
...
(Boys) Behind closed doors and under stars
(Girls) It doesn't matter where you are
(Boys) Collecting jewels that catch your eye
(Girls) Don't let a soulmate pass you by
[Download]
[Moby] Bodyrock
Rock ya'll
No stop ya'll
To the beat ya'll
The bodyrock, ya'll!
[Download]
[Solomon Burke] Don't Give Up On Me
If I fall short, if I don't make the grades
If your expectations aren't met in me today
There is always tomorrow, or tomorrow night
Hang in there baby, sooner or later
I know I'll get it right
Please don't give up on me
Oh, please don't give up on me...
[Download]
[Zip 1 and 2.]
And two little bonuses, because Lassiter loves his ponies so very much.
[Psapp] Velvet Pony
Clickin' in, clackin' out
Time our day in sunshine
Cook a storm and watch it rain
Make a tie that is strong
I will hang there
...
Keep the pony in his pen
Keep the pony in his pen
[Download]
[PJ Harvey] Horses In My Dreams
Horses in my dreams
Like waves, like the sea
They pull out of here
They pull, they are free
[Download]
More than anything else, though, I think this week's Psych has cinched my opinion that Lassiter was made for dom/sub relationships. Or, perhaps, dom/sub relationships were made for Lassiter. Has anyone noticed that when romance comes into the fore, Lassie always seems to be the submissive partner? Though in his work he's so much of a leader to the point that it becomes obnoxious, he seems to be highly attracted to bossy, slightly (or more-than-slightly) masculine people who immediately take charge. (The exception would be Emilina, whom you could argue WOULD be commanding had her brain not been melted by drain cleaner.) It's an interesting contrast to Shawn, who tends to lean towards clever, pretty girls, the ones with glossy waves and fitted jackets.
...Damn. Now that we've met the Shawn-mother and Gus' parents - hell, even Vick's sister - I think it's time we meet Lassie's ex-wife. I am starting to harbor suspicions that she is awesome.
[Franz Ferdinand] Come On Home
Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live
I kind of find I like a life this lonely
It rips and pierces me, in places I can't see
I love the rip of nerves, the rip that wakes me
So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied
I love to feel there's always more that I need
...
Blue light falls upon your perfect skin
Falls and you draw back again
Falls and this is how I fell
(And I cannot forget)
So come on home
So come on home
[Download]
[Dar Williams] If I Wrote You
We drew our arms around the bastard sons
We never would drink to the chosen ones
Well you know the way I left was not the way I planned
But I thought the world needed love and a steady hand
So I'm steady now
And I'm so happy
I had to tell you
And I love you
And you will not write me again
You will not write me again
[Download]
[Zero 7 feat. Tina Dico] Home (Live Acoustic)
Wrapped in silent elegance
Beautifully broken down
As illusions burst
Too late to learn from experience
Too late to wonder how
To finish first
Take me somewhere we can be alone
Make me somewhere I can call a home
'Cause lately I've been losing on my own
[Download]
[Shearwater] Soon
When no one else would suffer me
I threw myself at your ankles
So we slept and were at peace
Above the winter traffic
And soon, soon come
"He treats his friends like customers
He treats me like a given"
Your letter read
"Come down," I said
"And let me know I'm living"
[Download]
[Beth Orton] Feral Children
Feral children in the pouring rain
For every constellation she might navigate again
Each and every line she might wear in time
Baptized by the rain and the euphoria of pain
Could kiss or punch, sober or drunk
Lifted way high or taken down deep
Into blue space where the rules change
...
Hold on, hold on
Holding back the sea seems unlikely
She'll tell you, I can forgive you
But I can't forget you, and you won't forget me
[Download]
[Imogen Heap] Clear the Area
Knock, knock... Are you alone?
No one's out here and I was not followed
Love, love, you're already home
Party's over and you don't look so good
You find your way back down
And I'll keep the area clear (please clear the area)
When you find your way back down in one piece
Then I'll just be waiting here (right here)
[Download]
[Frou Frou] Holding Out for a Hero
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast,
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
[Download]
[Gotan Project] Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
Hay milonga de amor
Hay temblor de gotan
Este tango es para vos
[Download]
[Guy Blackman] Dark & Quiet Place
I walked in slowly, trying to look sober
Fumbling with the buckle at my waist
I came up wearing nothing but a white towel
Water slicking my hair to my face
We said nothing, nothing needed to be said
We were in a dark and quiet place
You looked familiar, like someone I used to know
Ever such a long time ago
But something made you turn and walk away from me
When I pushed the hair out of my face
We said nothing, nothing needed to be said
We were in a dark and quiet place
[Download]
[Lady Sovereign] 9 to 5
Ok, yo: I wake up late every morning
Manager's calling, I'm still yawning
Get up, wake up, hair and makeup
Waiting for you don't be stalling
This performance is important and
I don't think I can put my all in
(Hold on, I was drunk last night
Gave my number to a breh who wasn't my type
Now my phone's on silent, I'm being polite
Now private callers get no love from me, just let me be...)
Oh my gosh, my days are getting longer
There's no turning back, I'm working the 9 to 5
To keep my contract did I say 9 I meant 1:30
I'm no early birdy, I'm lazy, that's all I can say
[Download]
[Dragonette] Jesus Doesn't Love Me
Spent my wages on rock and roll
Jesus doesn't love me anymore
Don't do much of what I've been told
Jesus doesn't love me anymore
Drugs, sex, rock and roll
Drugs, sex, rock and roll
Drugs, sex, rock and roll
Drugs, sex, rock and roll!
[Download]
[Fisher] Never Say Never
"Don't fly into the sun,
Your wings will melt and you'll come down"
I say you never know until you try
Away I go to the sun, I'm waving to the ground
I'll see you later
I will go - I will try anything one time and I
Never say never - why should I?
Who knows, tomorrow may never come
I can't conceive the day I fear the unknown
Not me, I dream of open windows
And if you never fly, your wings are useless...
[Download]
[Jose Gonzalez] All You Deliver
By the time you reach your goal
Tongues will be twisted
To the point where you'll lose
Track of your soul
Distorted pictures is all you deliver
Distorted pictures is all you deliver
[Download]
[Sarah Slean] Drastic Measures
Rub their eyes and wake, distracted
Frantically they fill their days
Please say I will never be like that: safe
Politely dazed, politely cra-azy
Don't you want my love?
It's a cloud, it's a broken boat
But it might make you laugh a bit easier
[Download]
[Badly Drawn Boy] Above You, Below Me
Don't want to live life in your shoes
I don't feel I know the way
Feeling you giving me directions I don't need
Up above and round we go
First it's fast and then it's slow
I will take you as you are
Please accept me as I am
Find your lonely life bizarre
I know it's above you, I know it's below me
[Download]
[The Offspring] (Can't Get My) Head Around You
Every single day what you say means no sense to me
Lettin' you inside isn't right, you'll mess with me
I'll never really know what's really going on inside you
I can't get my head around you
[Download]
[The Hush Sound] Momentum
All we need is a little bit of momentum
Break down these walls that we've built around ourselves
All we need is a little bit of inertia
Break down and tell, break down and tell
That you are the rain on the fire
Deep in the trees when no one was looking
Should I speak of this?
You are a mirage in the distance
That defies the heat of the desert
Should I believe in you?
[Download]
[Deb Talan] Wild Horse
Keep hearing your voice, like the ocean in a shell
Deep inside my heart I feel it and it echoes, echoes
It's a wild horse and I can't break it alone
Tosses it's head like it knows me, been waiting
It's a wild horse but I can take it
I can take it, I can't take it down
Take it down, I want to take you down with me
[Download]
[Tori Amos] Wednesday
Seems as if we're circling
For very different reasons
But one day the eagle has to land
Out past the fountain a left by the station,
I start the day in the usual way
Then think - well, why not -
And stop for a coffee, then begin to recall
Things that you say
No one's at the door, you suggest a ghost
Perhaps a phantom
I agree with this in part
Something is with us, I can't put my finger on
So we go, you tell me to cheer up
You suspect we're oddly even
Even still, the eagle has to land
[Download]
[Fink] This Is the Thing
I don't know if you notice anything different
It's getting dark and it's getting cold and the nights are getting long
And I don't know if you even notice at all
That I'm long gone
And the things that keep us apart
Keep me alive, and
The things that keep me alive
Keep me alone
[Download]
[Lady & Bird] See Me Fall
I've been staying alive
So many days
No fear, happy or wise
All through the way
But I thought there was something
In life to live for
[Download]
[Tom McRae] 2nd Law
Tell all my friends I have gone to the moon
Tell all my friends I will write them soon
And tell them if you see them that I am better left alone
'Cause I'm living up here where the air is thin
Where gravity don't bring you down
I spend my days beneath a perspex dome
I think that I have finally come home
[Download]
[Garbage] Androgyny
When everything is going wrong
And you can't see the point in going on
Nothing in life is set in stone
There's nothing that can't be turned around
Nobody wants to be alone
Everybody wants to love someone
Out of the tree go pick a plum
Why can't we all just get along
...
(Boys) Behind closed doors and under stars
(Girls) It doesn't matter where you are
(Boys) Collecting jewels that catch your eye
(Girls) Don't let a soulmate pass you by
[Download]
[Moby] Bodyrock
Rock ya'll
No stop ya'll
To the beat ya'll
The bodyrock, ya'll!
[Download]
[Solomon Burke] Don't Give Up On Me
If I fall short, if I don't make the grades
If your expectations aren't met in me today
There is always tomorrow, or tomorrow night
Hang in there baby, sooner or later
I know I'll get it right
Please don't give up on me
Oh, please don't give up on me...
[Download]
[Zip 1 and 2.]
And two little bonuses, because Lassiter loves his ponies so very much.
[Psapp] Velvet Pony
Clickin' in, clackin' out
Time our day in sunshine
Cook a storm and watch it rain
Make a tie that is strong
I will hang there
...
Keep the pony in his pen
Keep the pony in his pen
[Download]
[PJ Harvey] Horses In My Dreams
Horses in my dreams
Like waves, like the sea
They pull out of here
They pull, they are free
[Download]