Oh Look, A Soundtrack
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
(Todd really just wants things to be A-OK for everybody.)
I want to live where soul meets body / And feel, feel what its like to be new / Cause in my head there's a greyhound station / Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations / So they may have a chance of finding a place / Where they're far more suited than here / But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's / And not one speck will remain / If the silence takes you / Then I hope it takes me too
Another Sunday - I Mother Earth
(Todd secretly needs his neighbor-big brother-dad-crazy uncle-something guy.)
Always hard to get to sleep when / Weird noises are implying threats / On cold sheets I sweat / I'm out of my head / That was what they said / There was no way I would / Ever trust again / I want to know if I belong / There instead of here / It is unordinary / To want this affection / But I don't have a real friend
She's Perfect - Jimmy Eat World
(The girl who didn't get away...she got squished and mangled.)
She's perfect in her own way / Shining, stepping off a silver train / Now I'm getting that sick taste in my mouth / From the medicine that I can't keep down / You know time heals nothing by itself / She looks just a little bit different now / Maybe a little bit softer around her eyes / Take it slow and make it softer / Easy likes it nice and steady
Pet - A Perfect Circle
(Shmee is a hungry, hungry little bear.)
Don't fret precious I'm here / Step away from the window / Lay your head down child / I won't let the boogeymen come / Pay no mind what other voices say / They don't care about you, like I do / See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do / I'll be the one to protect you from / A will to survive and a voice of reason / Isolate and save you from yourself / Just stay with me / I'll hold you and protect you from the other ones
Lullaby - The Cure
(There are scary things in Todd's little head.)
The whole damn song, okay? All of it. Here you go.
Somewhere Else to Be - VAST
(The boy is NEEDY.)
Every time that I cry out / No one ever comes to me / Every time that I reach out / No one ever rescues me / Is there somewhere else to be / Take me in / I want out / That's all I need
Monster Hospital (mstrkrft remix) - Metric
(There was therapy, because there always is.)
Monster Hospital, can you please release me? / You hold my hands down / I've been bad / I fought the war / I fought the war / but the war won / lead in his head / they put a little lead in, in his head / I fought the war / But the war won't - stop for the love of God
Nobody Moves, Nobody Gets Hurt - We Are Scientists
(The parasitism between a boy and his teddy bear is surprisingly mutual, as in Todd loves Shmee as much as is humanly possible.)
The day, you move, I'm probably gonna explode / It's true, I'm probably gonna explo-oh-oh-oh-oooh / It's true, I'm probably makin' this u-uh-uh-uh-ooh / My body is your body / I won't tell anybody / If you wanna use my body / Go for it, yeah / I'm not just anybody
Infrared - Placebo
(WHAT IF...Todd turned psycho, like we know he will.)
One last thing before I shuffle off the planet / I will be the one to make you crawl / I'm coming up in infrared / There is no running that can hide you / 'Cause I can see in the dark / I'm coming up on infrared / forget your running / I will find you / Someone call the ambulance / There's gonna be an accident
Tim I Wish You Were Born A Girl - Of Montreal
(...I'm like the only person in the world who doesn't believe Squee is gay, but this is his song for Pepito. Yep.)
Tim, wish you were born a girl / So I could've been your boyfriend / I know it's not possible now / I just never met a girl I like half as much as you / It would have changed everything / Those years of losing, confusion and insecurity / They would have been shared / They would have been easier / I'm not saying you can't be all these things for me / But it's just not the same because you're a man / and so am I
The Bird and The Worm - The Used
(One overwrought yet lyrically appealing song, coming right up!)
He wears his heart safety pinned to his backpack / His backpack is all that he knows / Shot down by strangers / Whose glances can cripple the heart and devour the soul / All alone he turns to stone while holding his breath half to death / Terrified of what's inside to save his life he crawls / Like a worm from a bird / Out of his mind away / Pushes him whispering / Must have been out of his mind / All he knows / If he can't relieve it it grows
Me, I'm Not
(Shmee and Todd again, about how changing for someone else is kind of terrifying.)
Well it's happening / Never planned on this / You've got something I need / Kind of dangerous / And I'm losing control / What you want from me / I'm not used to this / I can't shut it off / This thing I've begun / And it's hard to tell / Just where it's coming from / And it's hard to see / What I'm capable of / And it's hard to believe / Just, what I've become / I can swallow it down / Keep it all inside / I define myself / By how well I hide / I feel it coming apart / Well, at least I tried / If I take it all back someway, somehow / If I knew back then / What I know right now / Hey, can we stop? / Me, I'm not
Lock and Key - Rush
(Todd does want to be involved in zee murdering.)
We carry a sensitive cargo / Below the waterline / Ticking like a time bomb / With a primitive design / The balance can sometimes fail / Strong emotions can tip the scale / Don't want to silence a desperate voice / For the sake of security / No one wants to make a terrible choice / On the price of being free / It's not a matter of mercy / It's not a matter of laws / It's not a matter of conscience / It's just a matter of instinct / A matter of fatal flaws / No reward for resistance / No assistance, no applause / I don't want to face the killer instinct / Face it in you or me / We don't want to be victims / On that we all agree / So we lock up the killer instinct / And throw away the key