Songs That Remind You of RP (Reprise)

Home By The Sea [YouTube]

Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall
Stealing thru the dark of night
Climbing thru a window, stepping to the floor
Checking to the left and the right
Picking up the pieces, putting them away
Something doesnt feel quite right

Help me someone, let me out of here
Then out of the dark was suddenly heard
Welcome to the home by the sea

Coming out the woodwork, thru the open door
Pushing from above and below
Shadows but no substance, in the shape of men
Round and down and sideways they go
Adrift without direction, eyes that hold despair
Then as one they sign and they moan

Help us someone, let us out of here
Living here so long undisturbed
Dreaming of the time we were free
So many years ago
Before the time when we first heard
Welcome to the home by the sea

Sit down sit down
Sit down sit down sit down
As we relive our lives in what we tell you

Images of sorrow, pictures of delight
Things that go to make up a life
Endless days of summer longer nights of gloom
Waiting for the morning light
Scenes of unimportance, photos in a frame
Things that go to make up a life

Help us someone, let us out of here
Cos living here so long undisturbed
Dreaming of the time we were free
So many years ago
Before the time when we first heard
Welcome to the home by the sea

Sit down sit down
Sit down sit down sit down sit down
As we relive out lives in what we tell you
Let us relive out lives in what we tell you

Sit down sit down sit down
Cos you wont get away
No with us you will stay
For the rest of your days - sit down
As we relive our lives in what we tell you
Let us relive our lives in what we tell you

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Heaven help me for the way I am.
Save me from these evil deeds / before I get them done.

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Such a simple song, but I had to incidentally listen to it to connect it to Graysen.  Good old Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. 

Well I won't back down, no I won't back down
you could stand me up at the gates of hell
but I won't back down

Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
and I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
gonna stand my ground and I won't back down

Chorus
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down

Well I know what's right, I got just one life
in a world that keeps on pushin' me around
but I'll stand my ground and I won't back down

Hey baby there ain't no easy way out
hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down
No, I won't back down

I suppose it would be cool to rattle off some song for someone else, but honestly, nothing's ever really jumped out and grabbed me <.< 

Dum Spiro, Spero

I had never heard a song that quite captured Eren until I saw "Casino Royale" for the first time and this little ditty played during the title sequence...

You Know My Name - Chris Cornell

If you take a life do you know what you'll give?
Odds are, you won't like what it is
When the storm arrives, would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes of deceit?

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line

Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?

The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name

If you come inside things will not be the same
When you return to the night
And if you think you've won
You never saw me change
The game that we all been playing

I've seen diamonds cut through harder men
Than you yourself
But if you must pretend
You may meet your end

Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?

The coldest blood runs through my veins

Try to hide your hand
Forget how to feel
Forget how to feel

Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel
Spin of the wheel

Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?

The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
You know my name
You know my name
You know my name
You know my name
You know my name
You know my name
 

I aim to misbehave.

This is Theryl's current "theme song", much more cheerful than the original one. The references to 17th century England don't really apply, but there are enough analogues between Earth and Azeroth to make it work.

Bonus history points if you know who the song is about ;)

Walk in the Light (Sydney Carter, 1964)

There's a light that was shining when the world began,
And a light that is shining in the heart of Man:
There's a light that is shining in the Turk and the Jew,
And a light that is shining, friend, in me and in you.

Walk in the light, wherever you may be,
Walk in the light, wherever you may be!
In my old leather breeches and my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory of the light, said Fox.

With a book and a steeple and a bell and a key
They would bind it for ever-but they can't, said he.
O, the book, it will perish, and the steeple will fall,
But the light will be shining at the end of it all.

"Will you swear on the Bible?" "I will not," said he,
"For the truth is as holy as the Book to me."
"If we give you a pistol, will you fight for the Lord?"
"You can't kill the devil with a gun or a sword."

There's an ocean of darkness and I drowned in the night
Till I came through the darkness to the ocean of light;
And the light is forever, and the light will be free,
And I'll walk in the glory of the light, said he.

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O, the book, it will perish, and the steeple will fall,
But the Light will be shining at the end of it all.

Duh...this is ooc...hate those stupid brackets anyway

Here's my song contribution.

Probably echoed by many a male here...

For Fanshen

Poison-Alice Cooper

Your cruel device
Your blood like ice
One look could kill
My pain, your thrill

I want to love you but I better not touch (Don't touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (Too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't want to break these chains

Your mouth, so hot
Your web, I'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace on sweat

I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (And pins)
I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't want to touch you but you're under my skin (Deep in)
I want to kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains
Poison

...then it repeats a lot...so I'm snipping it there.

Fanny's the bug-zapper to my moth.  I know it's going to kill me at some point, but perhaps it's worth it to have been in that magnificent humming glow...the light...it calls me...must go

Why not?

For Teng

Black Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

You've seen life through distorted eyes
You know you had to learn
The execution of your mind
You really had to turn
The race is run the book is read
The end begins to show
The truth is out, the lies are old
But you don't want to know

Nobody will ever let you know
when you ask the reasons why
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies

The people who have crippled you
You want to see them burn
The gates of life have closed on you
And now there's just no return
You're wishing that the hands of doom
Could take your mind away
And you don't care if you don't see again
The light of day

Nobody will ever let you know
When you ask the reasons why
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies

Where can you run to
What more can you do
No more tomorrow
Life is killing you
Dreams turn to nightmares
Heaven turns to hell
Burned out confusion
Nothing more to tell

Everything around you
What's it coming to
God knows as your dog knows
Bog blast all of you
Sabbath bloody sabbath
Nothing more to do
Living just for dying
Dying just for you


Though I don't believe they play anymore, as to Olm and Tabaqui's relationship.

David Gray
My Oh My

What on earth is going on in my heart
Has it turned as cold as stone
Seems these days i don't feel anything
Less it cuts me right down to the bone
What on earth is going on in my heart

My oh my you know it just don't stop
It's in my mind i wanna tear it up
I've tried to fight it tried to turn it off
But it's not enough
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love my friend
To keep your heart from freezing
To push on till the end

My oh my

What on earth is going on in my head
You know i used to be so sure
You know i used to be so definite
Thought i knew what love was for
I look around these days and i'm not so sure
My oh my you know it just don't stop
It's in my mind i wanna tear it up
I've tried to fight it tried to turn it off
But it's not enough
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love my friend
To keep your heart from freezing
To push on till the end
My oh my you know i just can't win
I burn it down it comes right back again
What kinda world is this we're living in
Where you never win
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love these days
To keep your heart from freezing
To keep your spirit free

My oh my you know it just don't stop
It's in my mind i wanna tear it up
I've tried to fight it tried to turn it off
But it's not enough
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love my friend
To keep your heart from freezing
To push on till the end
My oh my it just don't stop
My oh my it just don't stop
My oh my it just don't stop

Ghurab, during his possession

Syd Barrett
Dark Globe
Oh where are you now
pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?
When I was alone you promised the stone from your heart
my head kissed the ground
I was half the way down, treading the sand
please, please, lift a hand
I'm only a person whose armbands beat
on his hands, hang tall
won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?

The poppy birds way
swing twigs coffee brands around
brandish her wand with a feathery tongue
my head kissed the ground
I was half the way down, treading the sand
please, please, please lift the hand
I'm only a person with Eskimo chain
I tattooed my brain all the way...
Won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?

 

Though, that last one especially, lyrics alone doesn't do them justice.

Here's one for all my favorite belves.

Halloween Parade

by Lou Reed

There's a down town fairy singing out "Proud Mary"
as she cruises Christopher Street
And some Southern Queen is acting loud and mean
where the docks and the Badlands meet

This Halloween is something to be sure
Especially to be here without you

There's a Greta Garbo and an Alfred Hitchcock
and some black Jamaican stud
There's five Cinderellas and some leather drags
I almost fell into my mug

There's a Crawford, Davis and a tacky Cary Grant
And some Homeboys lookin' for trouble down here from the Bronx

But there ain't no Hairy and no Virgin Mary
you won't hear those voices again
And Johnny Rio and Rotten Rita
you'll never see those faces again

This Halloween is something to be sure
Especially to be here without you

There's the Born Again Losers and the Lavender Boozers
and some crack team from Washington Heights
The boys from Avenue B and the girls from Avenue D
a Tinkerbell in tights

This celebration somehow get me down
Especially when I see you're not around

There's no Peter Pedantic saying things romantic
In Latin, Greek or Spic
There's no Three bananas or Brandy Alexander
Dishing all their tricks

It's a different feeling that I have today
Especially when I know you've gone away

There's a girl from Soho with a teeshirt saying "I Blow"
She's with the "jive five 2 plus 3"
And the girls for pay dates are giving cut rates
Or else doing it for free

The past keeps knock knock knocking on my door
And I don't want to hear it anymore

No consolations please for feelin' funky
I got to get my head above my knees
But it makes me mad and mad makes me sad
And then I start to freeze

In the back of my mind I was afraid it might be true
In the back of my mind I was afraid that they meant you

The Halloween Parade
At the Halloween parade
At the Halloween parade
See you next year - at the Halloween parade

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They've all gone to sea in a sieve. ~ Haven Moderator

And another one, specifically for Artisania.

Rehearsals for Retirement

by Phil Ochs

The days grow longer for smaller prizes
I feel a stranger to all surprises
You can have them I don't want them
I wear a different kind of garment
In my rehearsals for retirement

The lights are cold again they dance below me
I turn to old friends they do not know me
All but the beggar he remembers
I put a penny down for payment
In my rehearsals for retirement

If I had I known the end would end in laughter
I tell my daughter it doesn't matter

The stage is tainted with empty voices
The ladies painted they have no choices
I take my colors from the stable
They lie in tatters by the tournament
In my rehearsals for retirement

Where are the armies who killed a country
And turned a strong man into a baby
Now comes the rabble they are welcome
I wait in anger and amusement
In my rehearsals for retirement

Had I known the end would end in laughter
Still I tell my daughter that it doesn't matter

Farewell my own true love, farewell my fancy
Are you still owin' me love, though you failed me
But one last gesture for her pleasure
I'll paint your memory on the monument
In my rehearsals for retirement

I hate how pretentious and nonsensical this song sounds if you're merely reading the lyrics, and for that I apologize. Nevertheless, I can't help but think of Ziar every time I hear it playing on the radio.

If you have the motivation to do so, I highly advise listening to it if the opportunity presents.

You can watch the video at Youtube by clicking this sentence, if you're so inclined.

Three Day's Grace - Animal I Have Become

I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

I can't escape myself
So many times i've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Here's one for Pukebile:

Exterminate Annihilate Destroy by Rotersand

Give me your faith, something I can believe in
and you'll be my family, my brother, my friend
Tell me a truth that I find undeceiving
Teach me a lesson that I understand

Build me a shelter, a place I can dwell in
Show me a future that I can enjoy
Give me a reason and I'll be your fellow
Show me the target I have to destroy

Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!

Show me my leader and I'll pledge obedience
Whisper the name of the enemy mine
Blessed be my fate and my tools of expedience
I'm going to fulfill what's my mission divine

Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!

 

YouTube video here, featuring the universe's most evil saltshakers, the Daleks from Doctor Who :D ...Thanks to miz Ixinane for getting me into this band!

Not too sure on Lirri or Camyra yet, but one for my amnesiac Paladin, Vyana, would be "Once Upon a December" by Deana Carter from the Anastasia soundtrack. Here's a Youtube vid of the scene outta the movie (a fantasy story about the lost princess of Russia), I couldn't find Carter's own vid. Short and simple and rather poignant in its own way.

Dancing bears, Painted wings
Things I almost remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory

Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart
Used to know
Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory

Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart
Used to know
Things it yearns to remember

And a song
Someone sings
Once upon a December

More soft and mournful songs dedicated to belves. This one is for Sethlion.

The Last Time I Saw Richard [en]

by Joni Mitchell

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68
And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday
Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe
You laugh he said you think you're immune
Go look at your eyes they're full of moon
You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you
All those pretty lies pretty lies
When you gonna realise they're only pretty lies
Only pretty lies just pretty lies

He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer and he pushed
Three buttons and the thing began to whirr
And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie
And she said "Drink up now it's gettin' on time to close"
"Richard, you haven't really changed" I said
It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head
You got tombs in your eyes but the songs you punched are dreaming
Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet
When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?
Oh and love can be so sweet Love so sweet

Richard got married to a figure skater
And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percoator
And he drinks at home now most nights with the TV on
And all the house lights left up bright
I'm gonna blow this damn candle out
I don't want nobody comin' over to my table
I got nothing to talk to anybody about
All good dreamers pass this way some day
Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes dark cafes
Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away
Only a phase these dark cafe days

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Here's one for everyone here...the same disillusionment in the song can be found at times in the game, when you meet some asshat that you wonder why he's on an RP server...or the grind gets too much...or the Same Thing, Different Toon blues set in.

In the end, somewhere, we all end up finding our...

Sunset Grill

Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
And stare out at the auburn sky
There's an old man there from the Old World
To him, it's all the same
Calls all his customers by name
Down at the Sunset Grill (repeat x3)

You see a lot more meanness in the city
It's the kind that eats you up inside
Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity
Hard to get home with any pride
These days a man makes you somethin'
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place
Down at the Sunset Grill (repeat x3)

Respectable little murders pay
They get more respectable every day
Don't worry girl, I'm gonna stick by you
And someday soon we're gonna get in that car and get outa here

Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
Watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
And gaze out at the auburn sky

Maybe we'll leave come springtime
Meanwhile, have another beer
What would we do without all these jerks anyway?
Besides, all our friends are here

Down at the Sunset Grill...

(Don Henley)

 (By the way, can a moderator find out what tag was left open to totally tork off the size of the posts...these are huge now...)

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If you truly wish to measure a man's character, give him power

I fail at HTML.

 

Tannard's Theme(instrumental): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5eEZ97Jf0

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I don't truck with posting lyrics because they simply don't get the effect of a song. This mp3 won't likely either, as crushed as I've made it to save my bandwidth, but it's better than just words. I reviewd my library and only a couple stood out for possible Zahaith tracks, this one to the fore of them.

Tori Amos - Yes, Anastasia

Off the Album, Under the Pink

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I thought of this one while playing Lexander, my mage... it's been a while back, and he doesn't see much use anymore, but it seems like this'd fit just as well with the Forsaken as a whole.

So... for all the dead folks out there!
American Tune - Paul Simon
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
but it's alright, it's alright
for we lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the
road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hours
and sing an American tune
Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest
(And, for whatever reason, text formatting is being less than cooperative on this computer. I promise it'll be shinier later!)

((...Ok... throwing in hat. You tube

"Love me if you can" Toby Keith

Sometimes I think that war is necessary
Every night I pray for peace on Earth
I hand out my dollars to the homeless
But believe that every able soul should work

My father gave me my shotgun
That I'll hand down to my son
Try to teach him everything it means

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong
Call me right
But I bring my better angels to every fight.
You may not like where I'm goin'
But you sure know where I stand
Hate me if you want to
Love me if you can

I stand by my right to speak freely
But I worry 'bout what kids learn from TV
And before all of debating turns to angry words and hate
Sometimes we should just agree to disagree

And I believe that Jesus
Looks down here and sees us
If you ask him he would say

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong
Call me right
But I bring my better angels to every fight.
You may not like where I'm goin'
But you sure know where I stand
Hate me if you want to
Love me if you can

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong
Call me right
But I bring my better angels to every fight.
You may not like where I'm goin'
But you sure know where I stand
Hate me if you want to
Love me if you can ))

"Some People spend their entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The MARINES don't have that problem" -Pres. Ronald Reagan

I'll toss this one in here for all the Soldiers out there. Including Dunè, of course. ;)

Unknown Soldier ~ Breaking Benjamin

Border line,
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 enemy's on the way.

[Chorus:]
Show me what it's like
To dream in black and white,
So I can leave this world tonight.

Full of fear,
Ever clear.
I'll be here,
Fighting forever.
Curious,
Venomous,
You'll find me
Climbing to heaven.
Never mind,
Turn back time.
You'll be fine - I will get left behind.

[Chorus]
Show me what it's like
To dream in black and white,
So I can leave this world tonight.

Holding on too tight.
Breathe the breath of life,
So I can leave this world behind.

It only hurts just once.
They're only broken bones.
Hide the hate inside.

Oh.

[Very quiet voice:]
Forever ... one
I'll be fine

[Chorus]
Show me what it's like
To dream in black and white,
So I can leave this world tonight.

Holding on too tight.
Breathe the breath of life,
So I can leave this world behind.

Great Youtube Video.

(( I'm not casting my vote for the bad, bad man (^_~), but today this one made me think of Iloam, with regards to Tylien.

Paralyzer by Finger Eleven ( Video on YouTube )

I hold on so nervously
To me and my drink
I wish it was cooling me
But so far has not been good
It’s been shitty
And I feel awkward as I should
This club has got to be
The most pretentious thing
Since I thought you and me
Well I am imagining
A dark lit place
For your place on my place

Well I’m not paralyzed
But I seem to be struck by you
I wanna make you move
Because you’re standing still
If your body matches
What your eyes can do
You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you

I hold out for one more drink
Before I think
I’m looking too desperately
But so far has not been fun
I should just stay home
If one thing really means one
This club will hopefully
Be closed in three weeks
That would be cool with me
Well I’m still imagining
A dark lit place
For your place on my place

Well I'm not paralyzed
But I seem to be struck by you
I wanna make you move
Because you’re standing still
If your body matches
What your eyes can do
You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you
[repeat 2x]

You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you
[repeat]  ))

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The Masquerading Hat-Mistress of Mayhem!

(( For Zahaith...
 
Friend Or Food
 
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
 
Take it up or leave it
I'm not gonna change a bit
If it means heartache
Then leave it out for your sake
I tried and i try tried
To take care of my insides
Nobody's perfect so leave me if you object
 
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers...
 
When you're a pirouetting, highkicking
Thighslapping cruiser
When you're a hipgrinding spellbinding
Clean cut seducer
You have to be careful so people take note
I take it serious, but i still like a joke
 
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers or my entrees
I want those who get to know me
To become admirers!
 
Take it up or leave it
I'm not gonna change a bit
If it means heartache
Then leave it out for your sake
I tried and i try tried
But still you say that i lied
Nobody's perfect so leave me if you object
 
Take it up or leave it
I'm not gonna change a bit
If it means heartache
Then leave it out for your sake
I tried and i try tried
To take care of my insides
Nobody's perfect so leave me if you object
 

(with apologies to Adam Ant)

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Heaven help me for the way I am.

Save me from these evil deeds / before I get them done.

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((This one applies to most of the adventuring types who've settled down - or tried to ....))

The Rovin' Dies Hard by Battlefield Band

My name's John MacKenzie, I'm a master at arms
And I carry my sword and my shield on my shoulder.
I've fought every fight from the Don to the Danube,
None braver, none better, none bolder.

I've stood with Montrose and against him,
I've battled with Turks and with Danes.
I've followed the standard of many's the army
Through many's the bloody campaign.

And now as I sit by the firelight it seems
There's a distant horizon to the sword buckle's gleam,
'Til a cold lap of wine brings an old soldier's dreams from afar,
For the rovin' dies hard.

I'm Callum McLean and a trapper to trade
And it's forty long years since I saw Tobermory.
Through Canada's forests I've carried my blade
And the pine trees can tell you my story.

But my wandering days they are over,
And I'm thankful to still be alive,
For many's the kinsman who died in the hulks
At the end of the bold Forty-Five.

And an Indian lass, no I'll never deceive her,
Of the nights when I'd up with my gun and I'd leave her
For the land where the bear and the fox and the beaver are lord,
For the rovin' dies hard.

My name's Robert Johnson, I'm a man of the cloth,
And I'll carry my Bible as long as I'm breathing.
I've preached the Lord's Gospel from Shanghai to Glasgow,
Where'ere He saw fit to make heathens.

But now the Kirk's calling me homeward,
It's the manse and the elders for me.
But the sins of the Session will not be so far
From the sins of the South China Sea.

Perhaps it's the voice of the Devil I've heard,
For it sings of the clipper ships flying like birds,
'Til a man's only comfort is Scripture and the Word of the Lord,
For the rovin' dies hard.

My name's Willie Campbell, I'm a ship's engineer,
And I know every berth between Lisbon and Lago.
I've sweated in diesel near thirty-five years
On the big freighters loaded with cargo.

Of the good times there's always been plenty,
Where the whiskey and the women were wild.
And many's the ween with the red locks of a Campbell
Who's ne'er seen the coast of Argyle.

But now as the freighters unload at the quay,
The scent of the engines is calling to me,
And it sings me a song of the sun and the sea and the stars,
For the rovin' dies hard.

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O, the book, it will perish, and the steeple will fall,
But the Light will be shining at the end of it all.

Oh my...If I could only think of how my characters have changed since the original time I chimed in on this type of post:

Found this one for Ilvaern just recently (my g/f's character, not mine...) : Lady of the Snow, Symphony X

For Daarmon: Dude (Looks like a lady), Aerosmith ;p

For Elrin: You suck, no cookie for you ;p

For Aradhel: Disturbed: Meaning of Life

For Scartaris: The Soulforged by Blind Guardian ;p (I just think of 'sacrificing morality for power' and there's a match)

Elbryon: Better than Ezra: A Southern Thing, Lynyrd Skynyrd: Swamp Music, Boston: Peace of Mind, Blind Guardian: Wait for an Answer, Lynyrd Skynyrd(?) : Down South Jukin', Sonata Arctica: Destruction Preventer, Dragonforce: Through The Fire and the Flames.

Bramblebeard: That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd (As anyone who has dealt with the character can attest, the smell of death (and worse) does surround him)

Sashiana: (As a berserk) The Curse of Feanor, Blind Guardian.  (Normal personality) Movies by Alien Ant Farm.  (Transitional stages) Another Stranger Me, Blind Guardian (find the MV on Youtube, it gives a great example of her psyche and the shock she'd feel if she knew what she was doing.) In general: Astronomy by Metallica (or the old version Blue Oyster Cult did)

Elandrin: The Maniac Dance by Stratovarius.  It's just the sort of insane pulse-beat song that fits with him.  Demons & Wizards: Tear Down the Wall.

Berghan: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Simple Man, Dream Evil: Chasing the Dragon,

Myranthir: Sonata Arctica: Misplaced, Blind Guardian: Banish from Sanctuary, Steve Miller Band: Serenade

Grimbolg: Metallica: Ride the Lightning, Dream Evil: Crusader's Anthem, Demons & Wizards: Poor Man's Crusade,

Khabiba: Axxis: Shadows of the Light, Sonata Arctica: Wildfire (Her voices), Disturbed: Voices

Kaeladrid: (Lot of 'em for him) Civil War by Guns 'n Roses, Smooth Criminal (I like the heavier Alien Ant Farm cover), Skalds and Shadows, Blind Guardian.  The Bard's Song by Blind Guardian.  For a sample of his likely musical style; Secret Garden: Fairytale

I think that's all of them.  I'm not very good at this game, so tell me if any of these make sense for the character from what you've seen of them.

"It's not all demons and magic in this world. Sometimes a simpler answer suffices." - Medivh

As far as Herriman goes....

I am the Walrus - The Beatles

Lyrics !

I'm reminded of Agoris and Eldrith whenever I hear The Sailor Song, Toybox XD

For Tsilas..well.I think this speaks for itself Surprise

And Kai...Psycho, System of a Down...and just fir shits and giggles..this version

This one reminds me of all the wheeling and dealing Pukebile has been up to lately.

Super Bon Bon by Soul Coughing

 

Move aside,
and let the man go through.
Let the man go through.

If I stole
Somebody else's wave
To fly up.

If I rose
Up with the avenue
Behind me.

Some kind of verb.
Some kind of moving thing.
Something unseen.
Some hand is motioning
to rise, to rise, to rise.

Too fat, fat you must cut lean.
You got to take the elevator to the mezzanine,
Chump, change, and it's on, super bon bon
Super bon bon, Super bon bon.

And by
The phone
I live
In fear
Sheer Chance
Will draw
You in
To here.

(Video Here)

(( For all the happy couples out there. ))

Lullaby

by Greg Brown

i look at you & i think of bed
you move so cool & freely
& i know what's going on in your head
oh babe you make me sleepy

& we've been married all these years
we know each other deeply
& oh my dear oh my dear
you still make me sleepy

the children they are nearly grown
& ain't they turned out sweetly
they're out tonight & we're alone
& oh babe you make me sleepy

i know your stories you know mine
but tell that one again to me
about the wet woods & the red wine
oh babe it makes me sleepy

you make me feel like lying down
let your hair down completely
when you pull on that raggedyass old cotton nightgown
oh babe you make me sleepy

since we first met & i gave you that twirl
i know nothing can defeat me
not as long as you're my girl
oh babe you make me sleepy

& in your arms i sleep so fine
so well do you meet me
& you can wake me any time
oh babe i ain't that sleepy

(( For Kolja:

The Dance by Garth Brooks (YouTube)

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd have had to miss the dance ))

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The Masquerading Hat-Mistress of Mayhem!