Songs that go with my upcoming story
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fannishlissDANCERS AT THE LAKE "soundtrack"
This is what happens when fairy tales, theology and angsty songs mingle in fannishliss's hiatus-crazed brain.
As a musician, I have mixed feelings when it comes to filesharing, but I do encourage you to listen to any of these songs that catch your eye -- they are all super favorites of mine and highly recommended!
I figure most of these songs are available to listen to somewhere on the web-- for example, the Shriekback songs (my favorite band from the 80s) are available on Rhapsody. These are just the angsty lyrical excerpts that are particularly relevant to my story to be posted soon-- not spoilery, but moodsetting.
Lyrical Excerpts from songs by Everlast, Keane, Death Cab, Nick Cave, Robert Plant, Robbie Robertson, Led Zeppelin, Tracy Bonham, Shriekback, Hildegard of Bingen, the Cardigans, and Odetta!
"Put Your Lights On" Santana feat. Everlast
Hey now, all you sinners, all you lovers, all you killers--
There's an angel, with a hand on my head who says I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness living deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, down into my hole
God, don't let me lose my nerve
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars Then we fade away
**************
We might as well be strangers -- Keane
I don't know your face no more
Or feel your touch that I adore
We might as well be living in a different world
For all I know of you now
*****************
Summer Skin --Death Cab For Cutie
On the night you left I came over
And I knew your heart I couldn't win
Cause the season's change was a conduit
And we'd left our love in our summer skin
********************
Red Right Hand --Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
******************
Robert Plant » 29 Palms
Oh, I'm burning in love - a strange infatuation
White cold cold touch - what must I do, do, do
The heat and the dust increase my desolation
In God we trust - always for you, and you and you
29 Palms - I feel the heat of your desert heart
Taking me back down the road that leads back to you
*****************
Somewhere Down The Crazy River--Robbie Robertson
Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madame X
And let her read my mind
She said "That Voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
She said "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."
*************************
Dazed and Confused-- Led Zeppelin
Been dazed and confused for so long, its not true,
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Lots of people talk and few of them know,
Soul of a woman was created below.
*******************
Second Wind -- Tracy Bonham
Wake the thunder, lightly whisper in his ear, in his ear
Tell him we're in need of stirring things down here, Down here
Wake the lightning, softly whisper in her ear, in her ear
Tell her we're in need of finishing things down here, Down here
Wicked wind, you taught us how to love again --
I'm in need of a saving grace, A saving grace down here
***************************
Bedshaped--:Keane
I know you think I'm holding you down
And I've fallen by the wayside now
And I don't understand the same things as you--But I do
Don't laugh at me--Don't look away
You'll follow me back with the sun in your eyes
And on your own, Bedshaped and legs of stone
You'll knock on my door And up we'll go
In white light--I don't think so--But what do I know?
What do I know? I know...
********************
This Big Hush -- Shriekback
[yeah this is pretty much the whole song, but it's so awesome!]
Is there a fire in the sky? is there a moon up there?
Is anything alive now? this darkness is what I hear--
This is a breathless silence, a moment out of time
I see your face in the shadows, the tell tale signs are in your eyes
More than I can hold in my hands, running through the gaps like water
Aching with a passion inside, deep as the river--
Oh, desire-- the ashes and the fire
Turning this night inside and the light from you.
Is there a flame in the dark? is there a bright hard star?
These creatures look the same now--We freeze wherever we are
We wake alone in blackness, We sleep wherever we fall
One dream all around us-- this big hush infects us all
Holding up on animal fear, soaking up the waves underwater
Turned to music no one can hear--Forever in this half light
**********************
Coelocanth --Shriekback -- instrumental --
[obvs there are no lyrics -- just imagine if you were a coelocanth what kind of music you would like, or, possibly, be. It is fathoms deep shakuhatchi/synth with a bit of Baltimore Aquarium piped in burbling]
**********************
Sapientiae -- Hildegard of Bingen
Performed by Jocelyn Montgomery and David Lynch, yes the same David Lynch, and you can totally tell -- on their album Lux vivens, the Music of Hildegard von Bingen. This is the most beautiful song, and it was written by a woman mystic nine hundred years ago.
O virtus sapientiae,
quae circuiens circuisti
comprehendendo omnia
in una via, quae habet vitam,
tres alas habens,
quarum una in altum volat,
et altera de terra sudat,
et tertia undique volat.
Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet, o sapientia.
You power of Wisdom
that circled circling
and embracing all
in a course that is filled with life --
you have three wings:
one soars into the heights,
another has moisture from the earth,
the third flies all around.
All praise to you, Wisdom, as is your due!
********************
The only thing that shines--Shriekback
Night night
Blow out the candle
Inside a blazing building
Upon a sacred mission
Wade in a lake of silence
And you know this is nothing special
With one slip we could lose ourselves forever
One time for all times --And you are
The only thing that shines
**********************
"Higher" -- THE CARDIGANS
I'm glad you came around today
I sure need a good companion
I'm losing it but you're the same
without you I move at random
Abusing you 'cause you're a friend
and there's no Jesus here to explain
And take me higher, come take me higher
come take me high above our time
We'll make it out of here: oh yeah
****************************
Sweet Fire Of Love --Robertson Robbie feat. U2
Didn't we break the silence
fear the storm, move the earth
Didn't we shoot for the sky
catch the spirits, fall together--
Didn't we die for love?
Days on the run--Nights in hiding
Hoping that you were The healing inside me
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love
Broken idols by the side of the road
Luck didn't fall on the side of the law
Here she comes a-shining like a light
Here she comes salvation in the night
Didn't we shine like silver
Didn't we bear the cross
Didn't we bring down the hammer
Didn't we beat on the drum
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore-- sweet fire of love
***************
''Shame and Scandal" as performed by Odetta (may she rest in peace)
Just for fun. Only tangentially related to my story. candlebeck, for goodness sake don't get any ideas from this! :)
Refrain: Woe-oe me, shame and scandal on the family--
There was a family lived on the isle
Of San Sebastian for a long, long while
The head of the family was a Hollander man.
The younger brother, his name was Ron.
The Hollander man kept in the tower
A wife as pretty as a big white flower.
She saw the brother, she stole his heart.
And that's where the trouble of the family starts.
The wife and the brother, they wanna go,
But the Hollander man, he tell them no.
The wife fall down and the evil came.
Burned the man in a voodoo flame.
Her eyes are empty, she cannot talk.
The nurse has come to make her walk.
The brothers are lonely, the nurse is young
And now you know, my tale is sung.
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues. Tradition Records. TI .P- 1010
(recorded September, 1956 in San Francisco)
This is what happens when fairy tales, theology and angsty songs mingle in fannishliss's hiatus-crazed brain.
As a musician, I have mixed feelings when it comes to filesharing, but I do encourage you to listen to any of these songs that catch your eye -- they are all super favorites of mine and highly recommended!
I figure most of these songs are available to listen to somewhere on the web-- for example, the Shriekback songs (my favorite band from the 80s) are available on Rhapsody. These are just the angsty lyrical excerpts that are particularly relevant to my story to be posted soon-- not spoilery, but moodsetting.
Lyrical Excerpts from songs by Everlast, Keane, Death Cab, Nick Cave, Robert Plant, Robbie Robertson, Led Zeppelin, Tracy Bonham, Shriekback, Hildegard of Bingen, the Cardigans, and Odetta!
"Put Your Lights On" Santana feat. Everlast
Hey now, all you sinners, all you lovers, all you killers--
There's an angel, with a hand on my head who says I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness living deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, down into my hole
God, don't let me lose my nerve
La illaha illa Allah
We all shine like stars Then we fade away
**************
We might as well be strangers -- Keane
I don't know your face no more
Or feel your touch that I adore
We might as well be living in a different world
For all I know of you now
*****************
Summer Skin --Death Cab For Cutie
On the night you left I came over
And I knew your heart I couldn't win
Cause the season's change was a conduit
And we'd left our love in our summer skin
********************
Red Right Hand --Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
******************
Robert Plant » 29 Palms
Oh, I'm burning in love - a strange infatuation
White cold cold touch - what must I do, do, do
The heat and the dust increase my desolation
In God we trust - always for you, and you and you
29 Palms - I feel the heat of your desert heart
Taking me back down the road that leads back to you
*****************
Somewhere Down The Crazy River--Robbie Robertson
Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madame X
And let her read my mind
She said "That Voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
She said "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."
*************************
Dazed and Confused-- Led Zeppelin
Been dazed and confused for so long, its not true,
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Lots of people talk and few of them know,
Soul of a woman was created below.
*******************
Second Wind -- Tracy Bonham
Wake the thunder, lightly whisper in his ear, in his ear
Tell him we're in need of stirring things down here, Down here
Wake the lightning, softly whisper in her ear, in her ear
Tell her we're in need of finishing things down here, Down here
Wicked wind, you taught us how to love again --
I'm in need of a saving grace, A saving grace down here
***************************
Bedshaped--:Keane
I know you think I'm holding you down
And I've fallen by the wayside now
And I don't understand the same things as you--But I do
Don't laugh at me--Don't look away
You'll follow me back with the sun in your eyes
And on your own, Bedshaped and legs of stone
You'll knock on my door And up we'll go
In white light--I don't think so--But what do I know?
What do I know? I know...
********************
This Big Hush -- Shriekback
[yeah this is pretty much the whole song, but it's so awesome!]
Is there a fire in the sky? is there a moon up there?
Is anything alive now? this darkness is what I hear--
This is a breathless silence, a moment out of time
I see your face in the shadows, the tell tale signs are in your eyes
More than I can hold in my hands, running through the gaps like water
Aching with a passion inside, deep as the river--
Oh, desire-- the ashes and the fire
Turning this night inside and the light from you.
Is there a flame in the dark? is there a bright hard star?
These creatures look the same now--We freeze wherever we are
We wake alone in blackness, We sleep wherever we fall
One dream all around us-- this big hush infects us all
Holding up on animal fear, soaking up the waves underwater
Turned to music no one can hear--Forever in this half light
**********************
Coelocanth --Shriekback -- instrumental --
[obvs there are no lyrics -- just imagine if you were a coelocanth what kind of music you would like, or, possibly, be. It is fathoms deep shakuhatchi/synth with a bit of Baltimore Aquarium piped in burbling]
**********************
Sapientiae -- Hildegard of Bingen
Performed by Jocelyn Montgomery and David Lynch, yes the same David Lynch, and you can totally tell -- on their album Lux vivens, the Music of Hildegard von Bingen. This is the most beautiful song, and it was written by a woman mystic nine hundred years ago.
O virtus sapientiae,
quae circuiens circuisti
comprehendendo omnia
in una via, quae habet vitam,
tres alas habens,
quarum una in altum volat,
et altera de terra sudat,
et tertia undique volat.
Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet, o sapientia.
You power of Wisdom
that circled circling
and embracing all
in a course that is filled with life --
you have three wings:
one soars into the heights,
another has moisture from the earth,
the third flies all around.
All praise to you, Wisdom, as is your due!
********************
The only thing that shines--Shriekback
Night night
Blow out the candle
Inside a blazing building
Upon a sacred mission
Wade in a lake of silence
And you know this is nothing special
With one slip we could lose ourselves forever
One time for all times --And you are
The only thing that shines
**********************
"Higher" -- THE CARDIGANS
I'm glad you came around today
I sure need a good companion
I'm losing it but you're the same
without you I move at random
Abusing you 'cause you're a friend
and there's no Jesus here to explain
And take me higher, come take me higher
come take me high above our time
We'll make it out of here: oh yeah
****************************
Sweet Fire Of Love --Robertson Robbie feat. U2
Didn't we break the silence
fear the storm, move the earth
Didn't we shoot for the sky
catch the spirits, fall together--
Didn't we die for love?
Days on the run--Nights in hiding
Hoping that you were The healing inside me
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love
Broken idols by the side of the road
Luck didn't fall on the side of the law
Here she comes a-shining like a light
Here she comes salvation in the night
Didn't we shine like silver
Didn't we bear the cross
Didn't we bring down the hammer
Didn't we beat on the drum
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore-- sweet fire of love
***************
''Shame and Scandal" as performed by Odetta (may she rest in peace)
Just for fun. Only tangentially related to my story. candlebeck, for goodness sake don't get any ideas from this! :)
Refrain: Woe-oe me, shame and scandal on the family--
There was a family lived on the isle
Of San Sebastian for a long, long while
The head of the family was a Hollander man.
The younger brother, his name was Ron.
The Hollander man kept in the tower
A wife as pretty as a big white flower.
She saw the brother, she stole his heart.
And that's where the trouble of the family starts.
The wife and the brother, they wanna go,
But the Hollander man, he tell them no.
The wife fall down and the evil came.
Burned the man in a voodoo flame.
Her eyes are empty, she cannot talk.
The nurse has come to make her walk.
The brothers are lonely, the nurse is young
And now you know, my tale is sung.
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues. Tradition Records. TI .P- 1010
(recorded September, 1956 in San Francisco)
