Fallen: The Evolution of Cara Fanmix

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Song 1

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Getting Away With Murder by Papa Roach

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Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishment
And you're the master
And I am waiting for disaster

I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It isn't possible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is I'm getting away with murder

Meta

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This is the first stage in Cara's evolution for our fanmix. This is when she is a full Mord'Sith but before she met Richard.

There are some obvious lines that work. Like "I'm addicted to your punishment" which helps describe the relationship Mord'Sith have with pain. And, also obviously, "getting away with murder" was likely common serving as a Mord'Sith under Lord Rahl.

Song 2

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Human by Josh Joplin Group

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I've just returned from a war that was lost
And the only foe I had was me
No retreat from the forces I fought
Believing I could only win
And from grace to the ground I fall
I am human again

I saw myself untouched by hate
But I was much too numb to feel

Meta

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This is the next stage in Cara's evolution, where she meets Richard and sees what happens in the future. This disillusions her somewhat, causing her "fall from grace" to become "human", to question what she was/had been told/her orders. It was the start of the crack in her Mord'Sith persona.

Song 3

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Fallen by Sarah Maclachlan

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Heaven bend to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight

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Heaven bend to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one misstep
One slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed

Though I've tried, I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so

Meta

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This is for Cara in Marked. It is both for when her Mord'Sith sisters turn on her ("I'm lost to those I thought were friends / To everyone I know") and for when she meets Richard but still has her attitude ("So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so").

Song 4

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On The Other Side by The Strokes

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I hate them all.
I hate them all.
I hate myself for hating them,
so I'll drink some more.
I love them all.
I'll drink even more.
I'll hate them even more
than I did before.

On the other side,
on the other side
nobody's waiting for me.
On the other side.

Meta

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This is for Cara at the start of Broken. She has just been cast out by Richard and Kahlan after she'd started to connect with them a bit. This leads to her going to the bar. And acting out with the drinking and the sex and the fighting.

Song 5

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Broken by Lindsey Haun

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My defenses hit the ground and they shatter all around
So open and exposed

I found strength in the struggle
Face to face with my trouble

Meta

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This is for Cara at the end of Broken, starting when she has heard the truth about her father and is facing death by confession. Her defenses have shattered, as evidenced by her tear and her giving up. She is very open at that moment. But then, she finds strength and helps them fight. She also is willing to face her sister again afterward.