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Our Last Days as Children | Dumbledore's Army

romanitas — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:14:03 GMT

Because fighting the man and underground revolutions are cool or something.

Our Last Days As Children
A Dumbledore's Army Mix

Cold War

If you wanna be free?
Below the ground's the only place to be
Cause in this life
You spend time running from depravity

This is a cold war
Do you know what you're fighting for?
This is a cold war
You better know what you're fighting for
This is a cold war
You better know what you're fighting for
This is a cold war
Do you know what you're fighting for?

Bring wings to the weak and bring grace to the strong
May all evil stumble as it flies in the world
All the tribes comes and the mighty will crumble
We must brave this night and have faith in love

Phase 1: Fortification
( Harry takes charge )

We will fight
Fortify
We won't crash into oblivion
We will climb
Undenied
We will draw our own conclusions from this time

Uprising

Rise up and take the power back,
It's time that the fat cats had a heart attack,
You know that their time's coming to an end,
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend!

SO COME ON!

They will not force us,
They will stop degrading us,
They will not control us,
And we will be victorious!

Army of Justice

instrumental

Stand my Ground

Stand My Ground
I Won't Give In, (I Won't Give In)
I Won't Give Up, (I Won't Give Up)
No More Denying
I've Gotta Face It
Won't Close My Eyes And Hide The Truth Inside
If I Don't Make It, Someone Else Will

Modern Crusaders

Don't look back
The time has come
All the pain turns into love
We're not submissive, we're not aggressive
But they think we can't defend
Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive
We have the power to face the future
Cause we are the fighters
Just fighting for our rights
They're accusing, like always without knowing
What is just fiction or what is the truth
They have no mission, they have no passion
But they dare to tell us what's bad and what's good!
Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive
We have the power who'll face the future
Cause we are the fighters
Just fighting for our fights

Satan
( Umbridge and the Ministry )

Satan your kingdom must come down
Satan your kingdom must come down
You've been feeding your kingdom all over this land
Satan your kingdom must come down

Path

instrumental

The Gauntlet

do you think we're gonna make it?
you could sit here scared to move or we could take them by surprise
it's submission that they want it's surrender that they need
when we're doing it their way their aims will be achieved

They're gonna come when you're not ready
when you're not too well-prepared
they're gonna prey upon your weakness
no man's soul is ever spared
you've got to stand up, yeah, and fight them
show them what it's all about
this man is not for sale
there will be no backing down

Stand up and fight and I'll stand up with you!
We shall succeed
Stand up and fight and I'll stand up with you!

Outlaws

instrumental

Soft Revolution

We are here to save your life
The fool, the drunk, the child and his wife
We won't let the sun go down
We're gonna chase the demons out of town
-
We are here to make you feel
It terrifies you but it's real

Hope on Fire

gotta fight gotta strike
'cause there's no turning away
from what you don't want to know
gotta see gotta be
if they're all going astray
don't let them take you in tow
-
gotta move gotta choose
you've got a difference to make
don't watch it happen again
gotta change rearrange
something's bending to break
it's just a matter of when

ooh you're gonna make your mark this time
ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

Kick Ass

What do they know about us?
Are they thinking of somebody else?
Are they wondering what we might be?
Are they thinking of you or of me?

We are young
We are strong
We're not looking for where we belong

We're not cool
We are free
And we're running with blood on our knees

Our Last Days as Children

instrumental

We Are Okay

We are grown but cannot see
Lost our world of make believe
Simple times now seem so far
Used to be in my backyard
Yeah, the world was still in my backyard

But, we are okay, we are alright
We sing very loud,
Yeah, we're singing
We are okay, we are alright
Close our eyes, close our mouth
Yeah, we shut our eyes though we're in doubt

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Dead Hearts | CCCP Mix

romanitas — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:04:47 GMT

So I feel like I have some sort of weird personal vendetta against ~happy family Soviets~ and thus decided to make something that shows more accurately how I view the Eastern Slavs of Hetalia. (ps. although this focuses on Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, I'm fully aware there were more countries in the Soviet Union. You could argue these three, in particular Ukraine and Russia, were among the most important to it, though; hay sup status in the U.N.).

This is not a happy mix.

D E A D ☆ H E A R T S
A CCCP (Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus) Mix

National Anthem of the U.S.S.R.

☭

Red Omen

Instrumental

Rose Red
{Ukraine}

Tell me no more stories
And I'll tell you no lies
No one wants to hurt me
But everybody tries
And if you think that I've been waiting
For my planets to align
It's Time you go on
Get your things, get up, get out
I'm doing fine, yeah yeah

Someday these walls will speak
The floors beneath you creek
To call my name
Here in my web of dreams
My whispers turn to screams
And place the blame

Unknown Soldier
{Belarus}

Borderline
dead inside
I don't mind
falling to pieces

count me in
violent
let's begin
feeding the sickness

how do I simplify?
dislocate the enemies on the way
-
It only hurts just once
They're only broken bones
Hide the hate inside
so I can leave this world behind

The World Has Gone Insane
{Russia}

Fiendish creatures leave their graves to taunt me!
Old friends risen from the dead to haunt me!
Godforsaken images that daunt me
Drowning in an endless flood of blood!

The world has lost its mind!
And everywhere I turn, I fear I'll find
Some nightmare even worse than those I see!
Satanic demons closing in on me!
How can it be
That even though they see my plight,
Everyone is blind!
Night is day and day is night
In a world that's lost its mind!
-
Bad is good and good is bad!
Sacred if profane!
And it's wiser to be mad...

In a world that's gone insane!

Martial Law

Instrumental

Close Up

Is this a feeling of something
About to happen?
Like snapping out of something I
Didn't realize I was in
Was I sleeping?
What?
How can you be so sure
If you've never been here before?
I don't understand
It can't be that easy

I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you

The Howling

I feel they’re getting closer,
their howls are sending chills down my spine.
Our time is running up now,
They’re coming down the hills from behind.

The sun is rising
The screams have gone
Too many have fallen
Few still stand tall
Is this the ending
Of what we've begun?
Will we remember
What we've done wrong?

Where the Wounds Are

Pick up the stitches
Pick up the stitches
Be strong
Pick up the stitches
It's all right
Just pick up the stitches
It's all right
You're not mine
It's all right
I am fine
Just left with scars
To remind me where the wounds are
To remind me where the wounds are
Thread the light through the flesh
And push the needle past the rest
Through the bone, into the heart
Where madness ends and music starts
-
sew every glimmer you get to your skin
And let every sound you hear come crashing in
Knit your fragile veins to the wrists of your friends
And know that you will see them again
Sew every shimmer you get to your skin
And let every whisper come rushing back in
And pick up the stitches and start to mend
Love pierces through even death in the end
Love will pierce through even death in the end
Believe that you will see them again

Better
{Ukraine&Belarus}

Born like sisters to this world
In a town where blood ties are only blood
If you never say your name out loud to anyone
They can never ever call you by it
-
You're getting sadder, getting sadder, getting sadder, getting sadder
And I don't understand, and I don't understand
But if I kiss you where it's sore
If I kiss you where it's sore
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all

Red Stars

Best of cruel intentions
Binding what they fail to mention
No truth
All pretension raise your hand to give attention

You'd give it
We'd take it
You'd build it
We'd break it
You sign and we erase it
You'd feel it
We'd fake it

Draconian Crackdown

Oh, what have they done?
But, here is no fun
To a draconian crackdown.
So, what will you do
When they come for you
In the draconian crackdown?

Yes sir, I say no sir and then
Yes sir, I say no sir again.

Something’s wrong, oh very, very wrong here
The chaotic nature of the soured atmosphere.
We have found ourselves participant in their nightmare.

Nothing Else Matters

Instrumental

The Red Curtain

Instrumental

Dead Hearts
{Ukraine ➙ Belarus & Russia}

Tell me everything that happened
Tell me everything you saw
They had lights inside their eyes
They had lights inside their eyes

Did you see the closing window?
Did you hear the slamming door?
They moved forward, my heart died
They moved forward, my heart died
-
I could say it but you won’t believe me
You say you do but you don't deceive me
It's hard to know they're out there
It's hard to know that you still care
-
They were kids that I once knew
Now they're all dead hearts to you

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Founders Playlists | Harry Potter

romanitas — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:34:56 GMT

This is for mccarthyism, moirae, & usernameism because the Founders eat our lives. Playlists!

Godric Gryffindor

Anarchy in the U.K. – Sex Pistols
Milkshake – Goodnight Nurse
Great Expectations – Gaslight Anthem
Stitches – Orgy
The Roof is on Fire – Coal Chamber
Heroes – David Bowie
Sunshine Highway – Dropkick Murphys
Voodoo – Godsmack
I’m So Bored of the USA – the Clash
A Question of Time – Depeche Mode
Vicinity of Obscenity – System of a Down
Black Dog – Led Zeppelin

Helga Hufflepuff

Larger Than Life – Backstreet Boys
If I Can’t Dance – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Lollipop – Mika
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Single Ladies – Beyonce
Tik Tok – Ke$ha
Fairytale – Sara Bareilles
(Hit Me) Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys
She Wolf – Shakira
Express Yourself – Madonna
Starry Eyed – Ellie Goulding

Rowena Ravenclaw

Je veux te voir – Yelle
Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy
Uptown Girl – Billy Joel
Adiemus – Enya
Crazy He Calls Me – Billie Holiday
Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
It’s Oh So Quiet – Bjork
Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven
Musicbox – Regina Spektor
The Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saëns
Quelqu'un m'a dit – Carla Bruni
Somewhere Beyond the Sea – Frank Sinatra

Salazar Slytherin

Black Hole – She & Him
Last Stop This Town – the Eels
Gobbledigook – Sigur Rós
Two Hungry Blackbirds – Iron & Wine
Click Click Click Click – Bishop Allen
Colors – Barcelona
The State that I am In – Belle & Sebastian
Homesick – Kings of Convenience
A Boy Like Me – Patrick Wolf
Dead Things – Emiliana Torrini
Vegetable Car – Joshua Radin
The Cave – Mumford and Sons

Godric Gryffindor ★ Helga Hufflepuff ★ Rowena Ravenclaw ★ Salazar Slytherin

Watching the Sky | Guinevere Mix

romanitas — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:06:58 GMT

Gwen is my favorite character from Merlin ever omg. I just adore her so much, words cannot describe. Not really spoilery, I guess?

Watching the Sky
A Guinevere Mix

Kaleidoscope Heart

All the colors of the rainbow
Hidden 'neath my skin

Hearts have colors don't we all know
Red runs through our veins

Feel the fire burning
Up inspire me with blood of blue and green

I have hope
Inside is not a heart

But a kaleidoscope

Kind and Generous

You've been so kind and generous
I don't know how you keep on giving
For your kindness, I'm in debt to you
For your selflessness, my admiration
For everything you've done, you know I'm bound
I'm bound to thank you for it

Bliss

Everything about you is how I wanna be
Your freedom comes naturally
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won't settle for less

Give me all the peace and joy in your mind

Everything about you pains my envying
Your soul can't hate anything
Everything about you is so easy to love
They're watching you from above

The Listening

Please excuse me, I'm not thinking clear
it must just be stress
I most likely shouldn't be here,
I'm such a mess
-
I never really ever know what to say
when all of my emotions get in the way
I'm just trying to get us on the same page
I always get a fight in it afterwards
when all of my precautions are said and heard
How come I can never get to the right words?
I need to convey
Wish I could explain

This Conversation
[Her father’s death.]

I heard a ghost of your voice
Long after you had left the room

Couldn't quite make out the words
But the laugh was unmistakably you

How will I ever get the sound
Of you out of my head?
I guess that I should only be...
So lucky

And I saw my shadow next to yours
Slowly fade away
And I saw my shadow next to yours
Just fade away

The Passenger
[Merlin&Gwen]

I didn't know you were there
until you said "hello."
You had been watching me
for I don't know how long.
I hit my head against the lamp,
as by surprise I stood up.
"Don't be afraid," you said,
"it's only me- The door wasn't locked."

The voice I'd heard in the hall
was hard to recognise.
But now we know he's onboard,
wearing our disguise.
If only you and I could trust
each other through this,
then together we could
work out who the enemy is.

Somewhere Only We Know
[Gwen&Morgana]

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

You’ve Got the Love
[Gwen’s faith in Arthur.]

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying “Lord I just don't care”
But you've got the love I need to see me through

Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Now and then it seems that life is just too much
But you've got the love I need to see me through

When food is gone you are my daily meal
When friends are gone I know my saviour's love is real
Your love is real

Make Your Mind Up
[Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot]

Looks like you've got a problem
You can't make up your mind
If you want the one who loves you
Or if you want to leave him behind
-
You can walk right up to strangers
Frozen in their tracks
Look at their drinks as they're pouring
Look at the skin of their mouths

And you can make your mind up
You can make your mind up
You can make your mind up
You can make your mind up, honey

Harbor
[Gwen/Everyone]

Sail your sea
Meet your storm
All I want is to be your harbor
The light in me
Will guide you home
All I want is to be your harbor

Alegria

Alegria
I see a spark of life shining
Alegria
I hear a young minstrel sing
Alegria
Beautiful roaring scream
Of joy and sorrow
So extreme
There is a love in me raging
Alegria
A joyous
Magical feeling

Come On, Come Out

a blanket unfolds,
a blanket to lie
the pieces of gold
they light up your eyes
and now we're alone
and now we're alive

watching the sky, you're watching a painting
coming to life, shifting and shaping
staying inside, it all goes
all goes all goes all goes by
stopping the time, the rush and the waiting
leave it behind, shifting and shaping
keep it inside, it all goes all goes all goes all goes by

Woman King

Blackbird claw, raven wing
Under the red sunlight
Long clothesline, two shirtsleeves
Waving as we go by
-
Someday we may see
A woman king
Sword in hand
Swing at some evil and bleed

Guinevere Rap
(Bonus)

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Terrible Things | A Morgana Mix

romanitas — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:14:16 GMT

Morgana, oh Morgana. I am still so unsure what to make of your characterization this season, but damn if it doesn't make for a good fst. Spoilers for season three. Up through 3.11 anyway, I guess.

TERRIBLE THINGS
A Morgana Mix

Dragonfly

She said come & fly away with me tonight

I've been up there before
Riding the wind & laughing & open
(ti;l one day that great big black came pushing me down into sticky traps)
But now I am afraid of flying
I am afraid of finding the black again

Come & fly away with me tonight

Ceiling Wax

When I'll walk out of this room
You'll never see me again
For I will never return
From that scary place
My time is come
My day is done
My time is come
My day is done

River

Take me river, carry me far
Lead me river, like a mother
Take me over, to some other unknown
Put me in the undertow

Such are the things that make a kingdom rumble and shatter
The same dynamic that another day would never matter
It really just depends on who's giving and who's receiving
And things that don't make sense are always a little deceiving
Come and humble me

Mowgli’s Road
(Morgana & Morgause)

We are the spoons, they're telling me
We scooped our way into your dreams,
To knock the knives out bloody cold,
And lead you down the unforsaken road.

There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as I am told,
Well, I don't know, (Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who...I want to be

Control

Err on the side of caution
They're taking in the new girls

(Two faced, too poised to shed a tear)
No memory to speak of
(Passed in the night, we didn't hear)
The fading breath of your love

You are a child of privilege
Your reputation leads you

(All trace of life will disappear)
You're falling into season
(Their every word is insincere)
There is no time for reason

We lose control of the moment
Another trend goes out of season
A new love, forever
Look the other way
You see through me
A new trend - indifference

Remember our childhood
It's not quite the same
A pale hue of new blood
They all know your name

Road to Revelation

Instrumental

Mutiny, I Promise You

What's the weight of the world worth to you, kid
Go write down what you see
And see how far it can go
What's the weight of the world worth to your side
Here is where you got lost
And here is how you got by

And here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the party it turned into
And here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the moment it turned into

Organized Scenery
(Morgana ; Gwen, Arthur, Merlin)

Trees grew leaves in the weeks I was gone,
Hands turned keys to the locks in the dark,
And we wouldn't want it any other way.
We know,
Everything changed.

I Don’t Love Anyone

No, I don't love anyone
Maybe my sister
Maybe my baby brother too, yeah
I don't love anyone

But if there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child
It's to take a hiding
Yeah if there's one thing that I learned when I was still at school
It's to be alone

Out in the street today
The kids are playing, having fun
I pass them by, I'm not a kid, no
I don't love anyone

I met a man today
He told me something pretty strange
There's always somebody saying something
He said, "The world is as soft as lace"

But I don't love anyone

Gasoline

Don't get in my face
Don't invade my space
I'll put you in your place
I'll only tell you once
I'll never tell you twice
And this is me being nice

You cross me once and you'll see
It's like a match in gasoline
Gasoline

'Cause I'm highly flammable
A caged up animal
I will go off for you
You better take it back
I'm about to snap
I will go off on you

Witch

P.S., I am a witch
And I have conjured you
For my bidding
And all my charms
And all my accidents
Are all just instruments
To lock you up

How could I know
My spell was broke
I am nothing like the girl you thought I was
Without your love

How could I haunt you
Keep you close?
When you can see my seams
The fraying of my dress
I am defenseless

Yes, I am a carnival
A house of mirrors
And I will con you
And all my tricks
And all my magic
Will keep you dizzy
With desire

In For the Kill
(Morgana ➙ Uther)

I had my hopes out on the line,
Will they be ready for you in time.
If you leave them out too long,
They'll be withered by the sun.

Full stops and exclamation marks,
My words stumble before I start.
How far can you send emotions?
Can this bridge across the ocean?

I'm going in for the kill.
I'm doing it for a thrill.
I'm hoping you'll understand,
And not let go of my hand.

Rule My World
(Morgana ➙ Uther )

I talk before I think
You shoot before you know
who's in your line of fire
so somehow we're the same
we're causing people pain
but I stand and take the blame
you scramble to deny it

only someone
who's morally
superior can possibly
and honestly deserve
only someone
who's morally
superior can possibly
and honestly deserve

to rule my world

explain to me one more time
when they kill it's a crime
when you kill it is justice

Terrible Things

Would my face give me away
I know it won't
'Cause I don't even feel
I just reflect what you expect
So you don't suspect that
I could be exactly who I am
-
I know that I'm inflected
But who could have predicted
That monster that I've become
I keep things carefully covered
So no one will discover
That I could be the culprit
I'm sorry I can't help it

All of the things that I've done
Terrible things you would never believe
Things that I've done
Oh, how you'll run
If you knew a single one
All of the things that I've done

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here is where we start (and where we end); eleventh doctor & river song

mccarthyism — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:06:46 GMT

❝here is where we start (and where we end)❞
a fanmix for the eleventh doctor and river song

❝Lost in Time❞ - Stellastarr*
I tried to say ‘I miss you tonight’
And they claim you’ve already died
But the truth is that we’re lost in time

❝We Might As Well Be Strangers❞ - Keane
We might as well be living in another time
We might as well be strangers
Be strangers
For all I know of you now

❝You Know My Name❞ - Chris Cornell
When the storm arrives
Would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I've deceived

You know my name

❝Monster Love❞ - Goldfrapp
Everything comes around
Bringing us back again
Here is when we start
And where we end

❝All The Lovers❞ - Kylie
All the lovers
That have gone before
They don't compare to you
Don't be running
Just give me a little bit more
They don't compare
All the lovers

❝Terrible Things❞ - April Smith and the Great Picture Show
All of the things that I've done
Terrible things you would never believe
Things that I've done
Oh, how you'll run
If you knew a single one
All of the things that I've done

❝L-L-Love❞ - Blondfire
Flirting with disaster,
You're the one I'm after
Think I've found my destiny

Luxury and danger,
Rapture me, my stranger
Hold me close, don't let me be

❝Haven't Met You Yet❞ - Michael Bublé
I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought I thought of every possibility

I just haven't met you yet

❝Meet Me Halfway❞ - The Black Eyed Peas
Can you meet me halfway, right at the borderline
That's where I'm gonna wait for you

❝The Planets Bend Between Us❞ - Snow Patrol
The shells crack under our shoes
Like punctuation points
The planets bend between us
A hundred million suns and stars

❝Hounds of Love❞ - The Futureheads
And I'm ashamed of running away
From nothing real--
I just can't deal with this,
But I'm still afraid to be this,
Among your hounds of love,
And feel your arms surrounding me

❝Gravity❞ - Vienna Teng
Hey Love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth

So don't turn away now

❝Signal Fire❞ - Snow Patrol
In the confusion and the aftermath,
You are my signal fire
The only resolution and the only joy,
Is the faint spark of forgiveness in your eyes

❝Say Yes❞ - Two Steps From Hell
instrumental

ZIP @ MF

rootless; morgause ep

mccarthyism — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:17:08 GMT

rootless )
morgause centric ep

Rootless - Marina & The Diamonds
But there's somebody that reminded them of me
Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love

I'm rootless

Drumming Song - Florence + The Machine
There's a drumming noise inside my head
That starts when you're around
I swear that you could hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound

There's a drumming noise inside my head
that throws me to the ground
I swear that you should hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

False King - Two Steps From Hell
instrumental

A Question of Time - Depeche Mode
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time

Well now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
It's just a question of time
It's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to

Control - Poe
Don't you mess with a little girl's dream
'Cause she's liable to grow up mean

Surprised you to find that I'm laughing?
You thought that you'd find me in tears
You thought I'd be crawling the walls
Like a tiny mosquito and trembling in fear

Well you may be king for the moment
But I am a queen understand
And I've got your pawns and your bishops
And castles
All inside the palm of my hand

Satan - Beast
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Satan, your kingdom must come down
You've been feeding your kingdom all over this land
Satan, your kingdom must come down

He's stealing from my sister to pay my brother

Watershed - Vienna Teng
While you were
building your empires
I was still sleeping
I was still sleeping
While you were setting
your woods afire
I was still dreaming
I was still dreaming

Now I will unsettle the
ground beneath you
Send my waters ashore
Creep into your bed
Find you in every corner

Hardest of Hearts - Florence + The Machine
There is love in your body but you can't get it out
It gets stuck in your head, won't come out of your mouth
Sticks to your tongue and shows on your face
That the sweetest of words have the bitterest taste

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The Outsider | A Taiwan Mix

romanitas — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:07 GMT

A Taiwan famix! I have come to adore what Taiwan has become in my head. Based on mostly my interpretations of history + my own characterizations. There's a stronger focus on the 20th Century than anything else, but there you go.

The Outsider
A Taiwan Mix

Strange Little Girl
Little Taiwan | To the imperial countries, she’s not quite like the other Asians.

one day you see a strange little girl look at you
one day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
she’d run to the town one day
leaving home and her country fair
just beware
when you’re there
strange little girl

she didn’t know how to live in a town that was rough
it didn’t take long before she knew she'd had enough
walking home in her wrapped up world
she survived but she’s feeling old
'cause she found
all things cold

Sunset Soon Forgotten
Babby!Taiwan | She was one sister among many brothers, and for a while, however brief, they all lived together happily.

Be this sunset soon forgotten
Your brothers left here shaved and crazy
We’ve learned to hide our bottles in the well
And what's worth keeping, sun still sinking
Down and down
Once again
Down and down
Gone again

Be this sunset, one for keeping
This june bug street sings low and lovely
Those band-aid children chased your dog away
She runs, returning, sun still sinking
Down and down
Once again
Down and down
Gone again

I’m Not Your Toy
Colony!Taiwan + Japan | She’s not special. Maybe a little useful, but she’s just another colony in the Japanese Empire.

It's all false love and affection,
You don't want me, you just like the attention
Yes, it's all false love and affection,
You don't like me, you just want the attention.

I'm not your toy; this isn't another girl-meets-boy
I'm not your toy; this isn't another girl-meets-boy

Strawberry Gashes
World War Two | The island of Taiwan is a target of Allied bombing due to its strategic importance for Japan.

Called her over
and asked her if she was improving
She said feels fine it's wonderful wonderful here

Hex me told her
I dreamt of a devil that knew her
Pale white skin with strawberry gashes all over all over

-

Watch me lose her
It's almost like losing myself
Give her my soul
and let them take somebody else get away from me

Watch me fault her
You're living like a disaster
She said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes all over all over me

Pearl’s Dream
Post WWII | The war is over. She hoped for more freedom, but she’s left with nothing.

and when the battle was done
i was promised my sun
but with a thousand nights gone
to any kingdom i run

there's a place i must go
there's a place i must go
for my heart is a child
that stumbles lonely for the arms of the wild
hear the desert sigh
sing the city's lullaby
the giant iris of the wide blue sky
showing me the way

Looking Glass
KMT + Taiwan | It’s not democracy, no matter how much people preach it as such.

Waiting as I'm wanting to
Speaking as I'm spoken to
Changing to your point of view
Fading as I follow you

A boyish notion of false emotion
These words are spoken despite my love
A fool's devotion was set in motion
My eyes are open now

It's a glass cage so I can't pretend
You hide beneath the physical
I see it coming but I can't defend
You cut so deep, my belief is gone

Tell me what I want to say
Save me for another day
Break me, it's the game you play
Hate me as I turn away

24
United Nations | It was nice while it lasted, almost too good to be true—her time in the U.N is ending.

Been given 24 hours
to tie up loose ends
to make amends
His eyes said it all
I started to fall
and the silence deafened
Head spinning round
no time to sit down
just wanted to
run and run and run
Be careful they say
don’t wish life away,
now I’ve one day

And I can’t believe
How I’ve been wasting my time

In 24 hours they’ll be
laying flowers on my life, it’s over tonight
I’m not messing no I
need your blessing
and your promise to live free
please do it for me

Is there a heaven a hell
and will I come back
who can tell
Now I can see
what matters to me
it’s as clear as crystal
The places I’ve been
the people I’ve seen
plans that I made
start to fade
The sun’s setting gold
thought I would grow old,
it wasn’t to be

-

I’m not alone, I sense it, I sense it
All that I said, I meant it, I meant it

And I can’t believe
How much I’ve wasted my time

Dog Days Are Over
Post-United Nations | It’s over. What now? She won’t go back to China, she can’t.

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

Hold On
Post-United Nations | She’ll take nothing for granted anymore. But it’s more of a positive than a negative realization.

Say you to me
You're a bird with an eye for anything shiny
Searchin' the land
For a hero of a man
You say I need
More than my fair share of attention
But I think you know
That just isn't so

Underneath, I felt the fire of a burning question
Tearin' me apart
Right from the very start
And now I see
That it don't take a trick of the light to excite me
So strong
So long
You'll see

Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you're ready or not

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Oh yeah, well the world will turn if you're ready or not
Oh, yes the world will turn if you're ready or not

The Outsider
Modern Taiwan | She’s stuck in limbo; on the outside of everything looking in. Can’t go back, can’t go forward.

Feeling like a loser
Feeling like a bum
Sitting on the outside
Observing the fun

Don't get on my bad side
I can work a gun
Hop into the backseat baby
I'll show you some fun

All I know is I cannot pretend
I'm sitting on the outside again
I've got the energy to blend
So I'm sitting on the outside again

These people are really weird
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game

All of us are in your face
And whisper "I'm in the wrong place"
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again? (On my own again)

Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside...

People are connecting
Don't know what to say
I'm good at protecting
What they want to take

Spilt the milk at breakfast
Hit me double hard
And I grinned at you softly
Because I'm a fucking wild card

Shut Up and Let Me Go
China + Taiwan | Really. Just shut up and stop being so clingy, that’s all she really wants inside.

Shut up and let me go
This hurts what I can't show
For the last time you have me in bits
Shut up and let me go
For fear of living in regret
I changed since from when we first met

Now oh so easily you're over me
Gone is love it's me that ought to be
Moving on you're not adorable
I want something un-ignorable

I ain't freaking, I ain't faking this...
Shut up and let me go, hey!

On the Radio
Taiwan + Hong Kong | As long as they have each other, in similar (but different) boats, maybe, just maybe, it’ll be okay.

while we were on our knees
praying that disease
would leave the ones we love
and never come again
and on the radio
we heard november rain
the solo's really long
but it's a pretty song
we listened to it twice
cause the dj was asleep

this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath

this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood

and walking arm in arm
you hope it don't get harmed
but even if it does
you'll just do it all again
on the radio
you hear november rain
that solo's awful long
but it's a nice refrain
you listen to it twice
cause the dj is asleep
on the radio...

Independent Women (Part 1)
Taiwan Miracle | She’s wealthy, rich, and she relies first and foremost on herself.

Question: Tell me what you think about me
I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings
Only ring your cell-y when I'm feeling lonely
When it's all over please get up and leave
Question: Tell me how you feel about this
Try to control me boy you get dismissed
Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills
Always 50/50 in relationships

The shoes on my feet - I've bought it
The clothes I'm wearing - I've bought it
The rock I'm rocking - I've bought it
'Cause I depend on me - If I wanted
The watch you're wearin - I'll buy it
The house I live in - I've bought it
The car I'm driving - I've bought it
I depend on me (I depend on me)

Boys Boys Boys
Taiwan | Taiwan likes to dance. Taiwan likes to flirt. If you’ve got it, flaunt it, and love it.

I'm not loose, I like to party
Let's get lost in your Ferrari
Not psychotic or dramatic
I like boys and that is that
Love it when you call me legs
In the morning buy me eggs
Watch your heart when we're together
Boys like you love me forever

Boys boys boys
We like boys in cars
Boys boys boys
Buy us drinks in bars
Boys boys boys
With hairspray and denim
Boys boys boys
We love them!

Life is Short
Taiwan | The Republic of China | Growing Up | Looking forward and back | ♥

Oh I am young but I have aged.
Waited long to seize the day.
All things said and plenty done,
Oh I am young but I have a past.
Traveled far to find the start.
Yes I am scared and I've been burnt.
But life is short.

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