Been planning on posting these for a while, but totally forgot about them. Hope you enjoy!
Without A Noise, Without My Pride: A Doumeki x Watanuki FST
1) Waiting for the World to Fall - Jars of Clay
it just might make the life I lead/ a little more than make-believe/ when all my skies are painted blue/ and all the clouds don't ever change the shape of who I am to you
For some reason, this song just screams "WATANUKI!" at me. In that melancholy yet hopeful sort of way.
2) Out of Line - Buckcherry
I will sacrifice, I promise I’ll behave/ I’ll keep my head high/ I’ll keep my foot out of the grave/ and I'm still out of line/ when it comes to you
Spider's-eye arc, anyone? God, I love protective, edge-of-control Doumeki.
3) Never Let You Down - Verve Pipe
Since I’ve met you I am past the hardest part/ so remember one thing/ I will never let you down
Again, Doumeki. In the vein of "Where's my thank-you gift?". :D
4) Sword and Shield - Sister Hazel
I will be there/ I will be the smallest piece in everything/ and I would give my life before I break this promise to you
I will never get over the sight of Doumeki, slumped and bloody, sitting outside Watanuki's door. Ever.
5) Signal Fire - Snow Patrol
All I wanted just sped right past me/ while I was rooted fast to the earth/ I could be stuck here for a thousand years/ without your arms to drag me out
All I can say: a ribbon in the rain for ten hours.
6) Do I Have To Say The Words? - Bryan Adams
I don't wanna let you go/ so I'm standing in your way/ I never needed anyone like I'm needin' you today
I &hearts subtext. A lot. And I can totally see Doumeki serenading Watanuki with this song.
7) Train Wreck - Sarah McLachlan
Would your eyes like midnight fireflies/ light up the trenches where my heart lies/ until I can see again/ to find my way back again
Another Watanuki song. He just begs to be saved. And the description of "eyes like midnight fireflies" fits Doumeki so well. If they were ever to admit to feelings, especially right after a rescuing, this song would be playing in the background.
8) Realize - Colbie Caillat
Take time to realize/ that I am on your side/ didn't I, didn't I tell you/ but I can't spell it out for you/ no it's never gonna be that simple/ no I cant spell it out for you
This just reminds of that tentative balance they have: not quite friendship, not quite anything more, and definitely not balanced.
9) Try Again - Keane
But I was made the way I am/ I'm not a stone; I'm just a man/ lay down your arms and I will lay down mine/ rip back the time that we've been wasting
They've changed so much over the course of the series, yet sometimes they still cling to old familiar habits; the bickering, the snarky comments, the avoidance of anything that resembles communication. I can see Doumeki, staring at the ceiling, wishing he could get up and go to Watanuki, but won't let himself. With this song playing in the background.
10) That's What You Get - Paramore
I wonder how am I supposed to feel when you're not here?/ cause I burned every bridge I ever built when you were here/ I still try holding onto silly things, I never learn
Watanuki lamenting how he got into this situation with Doumeki in the first place. :D
11) All For You - Sister Hazel
It's hard to say what it is I see in you/ wonder if I'll always be with you/ but words can't say, and I can't do/ enough to prove it's all for you
This one is equal parts Doumeki and Watanuki. The how long are we going to be thrown in together? finally transforming into I wouldn't have it any other way.
12) Seven - Vagiant
I got your back until I die/ I don't care if you don't want me sticking by/ I'll keep ten feet behind just to walk you home
Gotta take this one with a grain of salt - but I can totally see Doumeki singing this song to Watanuki when he's uncontrollably drunk. He'd have to be.
13) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
all my instincts, they return/ and the grand facade, so soon will burn/ without a noise, without my pride/ I reach out from the inside
Because Doumeki will do anything to keep Watanuki from disappearing.
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1) Never Too Late - Three Days Grace
I have left alone/ everything that I own/ to make you feel like it's not too late/ it's never too late
I &hearts Kurogane so much, and he tries so hard to keep his little family together, through everything, at all costs. He just wants Fai to realize he's part of that, too.
2) Invincible - Muse
But please, please let's use this chance/ to turn things around/ and tonight we can truly say/ together we're invincible
This is a chapter 167 song - after that, with everything out in the open, they're so much more together than before. Side by side. Standing as partners again.
3) Circle - Sarah McLachlan
what kind of love is this that keeps me hanging on/ despite everything it's doing to me?/ what is this love that keeps me coming back for more/ when it will only end in misery?
Fai, wondering why he's letting himself get so close. It also reminds me of Fai and Ashura in Celes, especially the first verse.
4) All The Same - Sick Puppies
I don't care, no I wouldn't dare/ to fix the twist in you/ you've shown me eventually what you'll do/ I don't mind, I don't care/ as long as you're here
Kurogane tries so hard to make it clear to Fai that he doesn't need to hide his past - not only does he see right through it, it doesn't matter to him.
5) Trouble - Shawn Colvin
Now I know the business of the heart/ and it'll get you anyway it can/ you need someone to walk with in the dark, well/ I'm your man
Because they really are the parents. They're partners, they keep Syaoran and Sakura both going with their encouragement, and yet they are both troubled in their own way. And they will both go to the trouble for each other.
6) Please Forgive Me - David Gray
Throw a stone and watch the ripples flow/ moving out across the bay/ like a stone I fall into your eyes/ deep into that mystery/ deep into some mystery
Because they don't know what they're getting into, and neither of them would take it back. That much is obvious by this point in the series. Also, Fai and his flirting - he can't help it! :D
7) Over And Over - Three Days Grace
So here I go again/ chasing you down again/ why do I do this?/ over and over, over and over/ I fall for you
We all know neither of them can stay away, no matter how hard they try.
8) Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
It’s so long, that now I think I was wrong/ and you were laughing along/ and now I look a fool for thinking you were on my side
I can see Kurogane thinking this sort of thing in Infinity - How long must his lies go on? It's a bit jaded and a bit sardonic, and I bet Kurogane felt this way more than once during their journey.
9) Frail - Jars of Clay
Convinced of my deception/ I've always been a fool/ I fear this love reaction/ just like you said I would
A Fai song. Damn you, FWR, damn you to hell.
10) Savin' Me - Nickelback
Say it for me/ say it to me/ and I'll leave this life behind me/ say it if it's worth saving me
Fai just wants to be whisked away, carried off to a place of peace.
11) You Fight Me - Breaking Benjamin
I don't know what I want to be yet/ but I can show that I need to see this/ no time for lies and empty fights/ I'm on your side
This song just reminds me of that scene in acid!Tokyo, when Kurogane is desperate to keep Fai alive when Fai doesn't want him to. It's their whole relationship falling apart, right in front of his eyes - I can't imagine how much it hurt Kurogane to hear just his name when Fai woke up.
12) Sleep With Your Soul In - Alive In Wild Paint
While things you never thought you’d do/ and paths you never thought you’d choose/ are becoming all that you have left/ when you start feeling like a stranger to yourself/ and missing who you were before you became someone else/ I’ll be sleeping with my soul in/ scared to death you’re waking up to nothing again
This song reminds me mostly of Fai and how he was trying so hard to be something he wasn't. But it also brings to mind all those unspoken acknowledgments between him and Kurogane, all the things Fai never said that Kurogane understood anyway, much to his dismay.
Bonus Fai/Yuui song! Could It Be Any Harder - The Calling
I lie down and blind myself with laughter/ a quick fix of hope is what I'm needing/ and how I wish that I could turn back the hours/ but I know I just don't have the power
This song just reminds me of them, so close and unwilling to be parted, and how tragic it all ended up. ;_; It makes me want to cuddle them both.
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