#I can do also lonely remnants and the Cyrus playlist and the forever lost together playlist if wanted!

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Playlist dissections for Time is a Flat Circle, Time’s Arrow, and You Can Always Come Home!!

TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE

Titles:

- “The Heroine” by Unwoman

Used twice, for the title of chapter one, “Go through the emotions again and again”, and chapter six, “And this time I actually feel them”.

The first chap’s title is fairly obvious, He has to go through all of the emotions of the loop over and over again. The rest of the song is about an actress lamenting how she has the sympathies of the audience, but that someone who promised to come see her show never did. I feel like this is prevalent for our rancid little fella!

For chapter six, it’s a continuation of chapter one’s title. Beetlejuice actually has to start facing and feeling all of the emotions and hurt from the loops!

- “In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” by David Lynch

For chapter two’s title, “In Heaven, everything is fine”. It is from the movie “Eraserhead”! The movie itself is rather dark, and the song comes at a moment that the main character is considering that maybe heaven would be better than his current situation. For Beetlejuice, this pertains to how he is trying to convince himself that this is as close to happy as he’ll get, and that everything is indeed fine, even though it isn’t.

- “Dinner Is Not Over” by Jack Stauber

For chapter three’s title, “I’ve tasted dying and it tasted good!” The song actually promotes suicide prevention. The song talks about having many experiences, including a brush with death. The idea of death is very tempting to the person singing, but he says it’s “for desert” and he can “have it when dinner is done”. (Basically, yes death is tempting, but there’s so much more to your life to experience and look forward to.) It’s a hauntingly beautiful song, while also being uplifting and catchy! The lyric for the title in particular refers to how Beetlejuice’s own constant brushes with death and eternal rest is seeming more and more desirable with each passing loop, but he keeps going for Lydia and the Maitlands.

- “Devil Town V2” by Cavetown

For chapter four’s title, “Falling doesn’t feel so bad when I know you’re falling this way too”. SPECIFICALLY specifically V.2 because that is my favorite version. It’s about growing up in a tumultuous home, specifically being a child of divorce. The cyclical and downtrodden nature of the song reflects BJ’s outlook at this point in the story, but the title line specifically refers to how his pain is being lessened by no longer being alone in his suffering.

- “So Long” by Tokyo Elvis

For chapter five’s title, “Try to hold the breeze within your fingertips, It’s hopeless”. I can’t find much online about the song, but it has that good cyclical feeling I look for in songs for this fic. This line specifically refers to how Beetlejuice is trying to hold on to the fleeting joy he finds among the routine of the loop, but he can’t hold on to it forever. This song is also just soooooo time loop core, it’s insane.

- “Nobody” by Mitski

For chapter seven’s title, “And I don’t want your pity, I just want somebody near me”. Mitski was my rock throughout writing this chapter. (And the whole fic) If I had less self restraint, the entirety of both of the LoopJuice playlists would be all Mitski. I feel like this song, and the line I chose for the title in particular, really reflect what our sweet little demon wants deep down.

- “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush

AUUUGH. This song destroys me. For chapter eight’s title, “I know you have a little life in you yet, I know you have a lot of strength left”. Heavily inspired by a scene using this song in “Our Flag Means Death”, I listened to this song endlessly while writing this chapter. I believe it fits it so well for obvious reasons. My brain associates it very heavily with Barbara, but also Beetlejuice and his struggles to have “a little life” in him yet.

Non-titles:

Time loop core

These songs mostly just generally fit the vibe of “stuck in a time loop and it sucks”!

- “Look Who’s Inside Again” by Bo Burnham

It’s hard to explain how Beetlejuice core AND time loop core this is without just. Explaining the entire song.

- “taixu” by lasah, sasakure

One of the songs that actually helped me come up with the plot of this fic! I like imagining the first “crow” as Juno, in my mental animatic. Then the Maitlands as the second “crow”, with him banishing them to the attic. (Fun fact: I originally planned on making a chainshipping animatic to this. I still have it partially plotted out.)

- “Any Day Now” by Bo Burnham

I imagine this is him being in hard denial about the time loop. Or about his feelings.

- “Charlie’s Inferno” by That Handsome Devil

I think this one is fairly obvious in a way maybe

- “Rain” by Jack Stauber

Just listen to this one, and it’ll make sense. Ouch. “Why’s it still raining? I did what I was supposed to. That’s not fair.”

- “You’re at the Party” by Lemon Demon

A song about a man who’s stuck in purgatory after dying in his sleep. Fitting!

- “There’s Something Happening” by Jack Stauber

Vibes, man. Also him pretending everything is hunky-dory

- “Spiral of Ants” by Lemon Demon

Idk how to put this into so many words. This song fucks.

- “Once I’m In My Head” by Jack Stauber

Him being a dumbass struggling to think of a way out.

- “4379” by Jack Stauber

Beetlejuice falling in love over and over, doing the same things over and over.

- “Is Anyone There” by Jack Stauber

Pretty self explanatory!

General Beetlejuice core

Songs that fit Beetlejuice as a character in general to me, as well as loopjuice specifically.

- “Hansel” by Sodikken

A song about a character who was ignored so hard he did something drastic that got him killed. That’s our guy!

- “People Eater” by Sodikken

Love this freak energy. Also, “I think there’s something wrong with me, why can’t I just live happily?” And “Why do you still believe in me?”, and “And I’m baffled why you choose to stay with me, you’re completely free, yet you refuse to leave”. Yikes.

- “Mirror Man” by Jack Stauber

Desperate for attention and approval!

- “A Mask of My Own Face” by Lemon Demon

Adaptable! Will be anything for anyone! Please just stick around, I’ll be anyone

- “Soft Fuzzy Man” by Lemon Demon

Heheh. Fits his weird flirty side.

- “The Mind Electric” by Miracle Musical

A classic Beetlejuice core song.

- “Eighth Wonder” by Lemon Demon

Creature energy. Love him.

- “Sense, Sensibility” by AJJ

Funky demon who doesn’t understand human bullshit!

- “Friends In Low Places” by Worthikids

Mostly referring to how he’s a demon, but also how he could “vanish with no traces” etc.

- “A Human’s Touch” by TWRP

Again, desperate for attention and approval.

- “My Time” by bo en

I feel like this just exudes the same manic energy he does.

- “Fighter” by Jack Stauber

“Call me fighter, I’ll mop the floor with you, call me lover, I’ll take you for a drink or two” and “If you truly loved me, why’d you train me to fight?” Specifically. The second one is a sort of begging call-out to his mom, in my mind.

Beetlands

Mostly from my Beetlands playlist, so I won’t really explain these! I will eventually if I do a dissection on my Beetlands playlist. Maybe

- “It Will Come Back” by Hozier

- “Curses” by The Crane Wives

- “Never Love an Anchor” by The Crane Wives

Beej trauma

- “Mama’s Boy” by Dominic Fike

I guess this only really works if you’ve seen the animation memes…

- “Abbey” by Mitski

He doesn’t know what he’s wanted, but he just knows he was born wanting. (It was love and warmth)

- “The Wolf Song” by Amanda Palmer

Pretty… self explanatory with the lyrics, but for his mother instead of his father.

Specific

- “Goodbye” by Bo Burnham

This song very much fits his mentality of chapter 8, in my mind. Especially “I swear to god that all I’ve ever wanted was, a little bit of everything all of the time, a bit of everything all of the time” he wanted so little, but to him, it was still too much. Too “everything”.

- “The Sword of Damocles” from “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

He talks about the sword of Damocles in the original show, and he feels a sort of constant dread in the fic, heheh.

- “What If Tomorrow Comes” from “Black Friday”

Funny story, this was almost the title of chapter 8! Originally, I had the idea of it ending on a cliffhanger of whether the time loop actually ended or not. That was in very early stages of Loopjuice’s development though, before I decided on making Time’s Arrow. Still holds up to me, with their anxious countdown there at the end!

- “Last Words of a Shooting Star” by Mitski

If you know what this song is about, it makes quite a lot of sense for chapter 8.

- “I Guess” by Mitski

Him thinking this is the end of himself, expressing his care for the others, especially Lydia.

- “Pearl Diver” by Mitski

For when he was so sure he was dying! Also some of the lyrics hurt hard if you think of them from the others’ POVs.

- “Pale Machine” by bo en

In my mental animatic, this is him singing with Lydia, forcing himself to go through the motions each loop to keep her happy. Also, “Hold me, I’m a pale machine, life is just okay out here, anyone can see, I’m lonely”

- “Choice” by Jack Stauber

Ough. It’s hard to elaborate on this one without going beat-per-beat with the animatic I’d make if I had the skills.

- “Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart” by Mitski

Very much fitting with Beej’s thoughts leading up to the ritual in chapter 8. How he’s grown, but how he feels he has to go and how he deserves to be forgotten.

In story references:

- Chapter 8: “So Long” by Tokyo Elvis

Line: “They tried, desperately, to hold it all within their grasp, to savor it, to hold it close. But it’s hopeless. The last day with their BFFF passes like sand through his fingers.”

Original lyric: “Try to hold the breeze within your fingertips, It’s hopeless”

A sort of call back to chapter five’s title, and to allude how he thinks him holding onto these things is hopeless.

- Chapter 8: “Last Words of a Shooting Star” by Mitski

Line: “He empties out their belongings from his hammer space and leaves them in tidy piles in the basement.”

Original lyric: “And I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy, They'll think of me kindly, When they come for my things”

See previous note about this song, how the song is about someone dying in some way, and is looking back at how they left things and how they lived.

TIME’S ARROW

Titles:

- “Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart” by Mitski

For chapter one, “There’s some kind of burning inside me, It’s kept me from falling apart”. The song itself fits more with Time is a Flat Circle and chapter nine of this fic, but the selected line specifically is meant to refer how to Beetlejuice is unknowingly reflecting on his deep yearning to be seen and heard and understood, and how it impacted his relationships and his self worth.

- “Mt Washington” by Local Natives

For chapter two, “Digging like you can bury something that cannot die, We could wash the dirt off our hands now”. Both literally relevant and thematically relevant! Beetlejuice is digging for no apparent reason, to Lydia. She doesn’t know he can die, so to her, it’s useless, and they should just go home and wash up. For Beej, he’s trying to “bury something that cannot die”; his guilt, his dread, all his Feelings. You can wash your hands, and try to bury it, but it will not die.

- “A Mask of My Own Face” by Lemon Demon

For chapter three, “A mask of my own face, I’d wear that”. I feel like this one is perhaps the most self-explanatory of the chapter titles, haha. He’s wearing a “mask of his own face”, or putting on a show of a version of himself for the others.

- “Hey, Little Songbird” from “Hadestown”

For chapter four, “Suddenly, nothing is as it was, Where are you now, Orpheus?”. I’m sure we can all connect the dots with this one. Rattlesnake vs songbird, but really, wolf vs lamb.

- “Good Luck, Babe!” By Chappell Roan

For chapter five, “Good luck, babe! You’d have to stop the world just to stop the feeling”. Pretty literal and self explanatory. Beej is trying to bury all of those pink fuzzy Feelings, but that’s impossible.

- “No Children” by The Mountain Goats

For the first half of chapter six’s title, “I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow, I hope it bleeds all day long”. Two songs for the two very different vibes! This first half reflects how Beetlejuice was relying on pain to distract him from his Feelings. Also, “No Children” is a good song for Beej in general, for a few of his past relationships.

- “Samson” by Regina Spektor

For the second half of chapter six’s title, “You are my sweetest downfall”. Basically, Beej admitting to himself that the Maitlands are his “downfall”. His Feelings for them are fatal, in his head. Also this song just fits Beetlands so well to me, oh my god.

- “Strawberry Blonde” by Mitski

For another split chapter! This is the first half of chapter seven, “I love everybody because I love you!”. That fits the majority of the chapter, and how his new official relationship with the Maitlands fills him with so much warmth and joy to spread to others.

- “Gross” by Penelope Scott

For the second half of chapter seven, “But I’m just a chemical compound, You’re just the gun in my mouth”. Good contrast to the other song, and between his relationships. Beetlejuice is just a being, trying his best, and he knows Cyrus will be the “death” of him. This whole song is sooooo Beetlejuice and Cyrus core, it’s insane. Also it goes HARD.

- “October Passed Me By” by girl in red

For chapter eight, “October passed me by just like any month”. Very extremely literal. October passes him by in a blur, as does the rest of the year shortly after. This song is also a personal dagger to the heart for me, and LoopJuice is based on me, so it hurts him too, lol.

- “Never Love an Anchor” by The Crane Wives

For chapter nine, “I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel, I am all the things they might have said to you”. This song is sooo. Beetlejuice. Beetlands. LoopJuice. I’m obsessed with this song. This title is him worrying about what the others think of him, and what they will say about him after he’s gone. How he feels so horrid for what he’s done, and believes wholeheartedly that he deserves it for his actions and such. I love you The Crane Wives!!

- “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” by yeule

For chapter ten, “Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that, Now you’re all gone, got your make-up on, and you’re not coming back”. Haha, get it? Because this chapter’s from the POV of a 17 year-old demigirl? Also, it is meant to reflect their relationship and her mental space throughout it. The dream-like quality of the song is meant to mirror how confused and adrift Lydia feels here. Also, “I Saw The TV Glow” is very important to me and to this fic series in general, hence the constant references to it.

- “Wait For Me (Reprise)” from “Hadestown”

For chapter eleven, “Wait for me, I’m comin’, Wait, I’m comin’ with you”. Either from “Wait for Me” or “Wait for Me (Reprise)”, both work! Mostly the first one. Pretty obvious, and blatantly connected to the “Hadestown” / Orpheus and Eurydice through line!

- “Flowers” from “Hadestown”

For chapter twelve, “Flowers, I remember fields of flowers”. Now we’re seeing our Eurydice’s perspective! Very literal. At one point, all Beetlejuice can remember is flowers.

- “Everything Stays (feat. Olivia Olson)” from “Adventure Time”

For chapter thirteen, “Everything stays, But it still changes, Ever so slightly, daily and nightly, In little ways, when everything stays”. Thank you Cosmo! The vibe of the song “Today Today” by Jack Stauber really fits this chapter, as I hear the ending as a happy reunion, and I’ve been planning to use it for this chapter for forever. Unfortunately the lyrics don’t fit, so I went with the next best song! Also, Beej has changed quite a bit. In little ways and big ways, but still he (and everyone) stays.

- “First Love/Late Spring” by Mitski

For chapter fourteen, “So please hurry leave me, I can't breathe, Please don't say you love me”. It’s meant to reflect Beej’s crushing guilt and turbulent mental state.

- “Claw Machine” by Sloppy Jane

For chapter fifteen, “But my heart is like a claw machine, It’s only function is to reach, It can't hold on to anything”. This song works well for both LoopJuice and Corpsejuice. I wanted to tie the “I Saw The TV Glow” themes back in again, and to reflect how Beej still holds a negative image of himself and his ability to hold onto relationships. Hopefully, that image changes soon, wink wink! Also this song fucks. It goes so hard. The whole soundtrack for that movie does.

- “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” by The Smiths

For chapter sixteen, “So for once in my life, Let me get what I want, Lord knows, it would be the first time”. Because gets what he wants in this chap :) (Also listen to that song and think of LoopJuice if you wanna cry a bit.)

- “You Can Always Come Home” by Toby Fox

For chapter seventeen, of the same title. This is the first and probably only LoopJuice chapter to not have lyrics for the title! Instead, it’s from a song title. It’s meant to be Beetlejuice to Lydia, as well as myself to the reader. You can always return to this fic, if it brings you comfort. It will always be here for you. I highly recommend listening to this song while reading.

Non-titles:

Repeats:

- “Love Bug” by Jack Stauber

- “Abbey” by Mitski

- “4379” by Jack Stauber

- “Friends In Low Places” by Worthikids

- “Look Who’s Inside Again” by Bo Burnham

- “Pearl Diver” by Mitski

- “Goodbye” by Bo Burnham

- “Remember My Name” by Mitski

Angst?:

- “Blood Pump” by Jack Stauber

:(( Just look at the lyrics. That’s my boy.

- “Ocean Breathes Salty” by Modest Mouse

On here for very similar reasons as to why it’s on the Lonely Remnants playlist.

- “Cry Baby” by Melanie Martinez

He is such a piss baby, compared to the other demons. They all think he’s soooo emotional.

- “Bugbear” by chloe moriondo

Sooooo loopjuice coded. I love you “Bugbear”

- “A Deer Mistaking Candles for Headlights” by Crywank

Ooooough. A many lyric song. Hard to dissect this one without going lyric by lyric. I just… listen to it and think heavily of him.

- “Icarus” by Bastille

“Look who’s digging their own grave”, etc. Y’know!

- “Achilles Come Down” by Gang of Youths

Y’know. Y’know.

- “Lonely Day” by System Of A Down

Vibes. Thank you Cosmo!

- “Richter” by Jack Stauber

This one is sooooo. Vibes. “Baby’s in the basement”. He sure is

- “Francis Forever” by Mitski

Mitski my beloved. This one is mostly vibes tbh

- “Dog Nightmare” by Jack Stauber

Vibes. Oh my god. Dread…

- “Mr Backwards” by Jack Stauber

About how he views himself.

- “Feel Better” by Penelope Scott

:( yeah… the lyrics….

- “Bug Like an Angel” by Mitski

My fucked up lonely man. About how he feels about himself being a fuck-up.

- “Moonsickness” by Penelope Scott

This song very much reflects Beej’s mentality on how he sucks and all. And how he loves his family.

- “Dead Weight” by Jack Stauber

He feels like dead weight! This is mostly vibes.

- “Furniture” by Owen Pallett

Fits poor Beej’s trauma with his mother and avoidant tendencies!

- “Coyotes” by Modest Mouse

This song. I can’t. Go into too many specifics. This song is everything to me. I don’t know how to explain it

- “A Sadness Runs Through Him” by The Hoosiers

Pretty self explanatory for our boy! “He could not break surface tension, He looked in the wrong place for redemption”

Beetlands

Same with the Beetlands stuff from the previous playlist!

- “In The Middle” by dodie

- “Sweet Tooth” by Cavetown

- “Honeybee” by Steam Powered Giraffe

- “Would You Be So Kind” by dodie

- “I Do Adore” by Mindy Glendhill

- “Linger” by The Cranberries

- “Strawberry Blonde” by Mitski

- “When He Sees Me” from “Waitress”

- “Parrot” by Stepdad

- “Lemon Boy” by Cavetown

- “Never Love an Anchor” by The Crane Wives

- “I Bet on Losing Dogs” by Mitski

- “Cosmic Love” by Florence + The Machine

- “Tongues & Teeth” by The Crane Wives

- “I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind” by Vashti Bunyan

- “She Wants Me (To Be Loved)” by The Happy Fits

- “Stray Italian Greyhound” by Vienna Teng

- “First Love / Late Spring” by Mitski

- “Harness Your Hopes - Sped Up” by Pavement

- “I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)” from “Hercules”

Lydia:

- “Class of 2013” by Mitski

She misses her mama.

- “Skeleton Song” by Kate Nash

This has always been a Beetlejuice and Lydia’s friendship song for me. Fuck. The ending, for me, is about the ritual.

Cyrus:

- “Me and My Husband” by Mitski

To me, this is a song about a woman from the 50s trapped in a loveless marriage, where she’s basically just an accessory for her husband. Fits Beej and Cyrus’ relationship!

- “maggot belly” by awfultune

Oof. This song is… rough. I won’t say too much about it. It is a pretty triggering one for some folks.

Specifics:

- “Lima Bean Man” by Jack Stauber

Remember those scenes where Beej thought Cyrus was going to / had killed Barbara? Yeah…

- “STRAIGHT DOWN” by Worthikids

I can’t tell you much about how this applies to LoopJuice without spoiling the series it comes from, so I won’t say anything. Because I need more people to watch it.

- “Leopard” by Jack Stauber

In my head, very vividly, this song is Beej stumbling and suffering through the second time loop stuff.

- “Our Word” from “36 Questions”

Specifically the ending part, in my head, is Beej being taken, and imagining what the others would say about him. Ouch.

- “Who Was She” from “Centaurworld”

I feel like this one is pretty clear, hehe.

- “The Moon Will Sing” by The Crane Wives

This is specifically about Deb. “I shine only with the light you gave me”, etc.

- “Today Today” by Jack Stauber

Everyone going through the motions while Beej is missing, sort of mentally not there. The happy-sounding ending is him returning.

- “Neath the grove is a heart” by Yaelokre

About Beej slowly forgetting everything in the second loop, mostly. Poor boy.

- “Pink in the Night” by Mitski

RAAAH. I love you Mitksi. There’s so many little things in this song I connect to loopjuice, it’s insane.

- “Coma Baby” by Nichole Dollanganger

Post Beej returning from his second time loop. “You’re just a shell of the boy that you’ve been”. Ouch!

- “I’d Rather Sleep” by Kero Kero Bonito

Reflects what the title says. For a while after his return, all Beej wanted to do was sleep.

- “What Did You Do” by Jack Stauber

“Thanks for taking the time to know my name”.

- “Who Is She? (Reprise)” from “Centaurworld”

This is right before Cyrus takes him.

- “Darren” by Jack Stauber

THIS IS. SO HIM. ALL OF IT. AHHH!! Oh my god.

- “Crocodile Tears” by Jack Stauber

How he feels everything is his fault, and his pain is not deserved.

- “Premonition” by Toby Fox

Okay. Kinda crazy. But I specifically think of this one as right after Beej finds out the terms of his and Cyrus’ Deal, when he’s stumbling through the forest.

- “Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus” by Nichole Dollanganger

Mostly for the title. And the vibes, for right after Beej took off his blindfold, before Larry found him.

- “Undertale” by Toby Fox

It feels nice. Like Home.

In story references:

- Chapter 1: “The Moon Will Sing” by The Crane Wives

Line: “She was light. He shone only with the light she cast. She was everything.”

Original lyric: “Bore the shadows that you made, With no light of my own”

This song greatly embodies Deb and Beej’s relationship, and how it was very one-sided and draining for him. He basked in the limited attention and affection she showed, and allowed his own needs and wants to be pushed aside in favor of Deb’s.

- Chapter 1: “Cop Car” by Mitski

Line: “He is cruel. He is gentle. He makes him laugh.”

Original lyric: “I am cruel, I am gentle, I can make you laugh”

“Cop Car” really embodies parts of this chapter and Loopjuice’s character as a whole. He also genuinely saw Cyrus as gentle, until he just… wasn’t.

- Chapter 1: “Gross” by Penelope Scott

Line: “(It was so easy, so salty and gross - )”

Original lyric: “It was so easy with you, so salty and gross”

Like I said before, really embodies Beej and Cyrus’ relationship. It was so much easier to give himself into something “gross”, something “salty” and painful, than to face his real Feelings.

- Chapter 1: “Tongues & Teeth” by The Crane Wives

Line: “I will ruin you. I know that you mean so well- ”

Original lyric: “Oh, I will ruin you” … “I know that you mean so well, But I am not a vessel for your good intent”

An extremely Beetlejuice / Beetlands coded song, fairly literal. I listen to that song sooo much and think of them.

- Chapter 1: “Curses” by The Crane Wives

Line: “But rain is washing the blood away. The smoke clears.”

Original lyric: “Every word I say is kindling, But the smoke clears when you're around”

The Crane Wives in general are very LoopJuice / Beetlejuice / beetlands coded to me. This was meant to be a nod to the song, but it and the song in general also applies to him very heavily.

- Chapter 2: “Feel Better” by Penelope Scott

Line: “Lydia could tell, then, that she certainly had a heart.”

Original lyric: “But when my head hit my cheap pillow, I could tell I had a heart”

This song as a whole fit both Beetlejuice and Lydia so well. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell you have a heart. Then it reminds you.

- Chapter 2: “Just For Once” from “Black Friday”

Line: “Just for a moment, your life could be just what you wanted.” … “Just for once, just for a moment.”

Original lyric: “But just for once, my life could be just what I wanted”

Mostly just because the song goes SO HARD, and is thematically relevant here.

- Chapter 2: “When He Sees Me” from “Waitress”

Line: “You give your all, and you get so much given back.”

Original lyric: “What if I give myself away, to only get it given back?”

Suuuuuuuper Beetlands song, for obvious reasons. Also, again, thematically relevant.

- Chapter 2: “Love Love Love” by The Mountain Goats

Line: “The things you do for love come back to you one by one.”

Original lyric: “But the things you do for love are going to come back to you one by one”

It is one of the gentler songs on the LoopJuice playlists, and reflects more feelings of acceptance and uneasy peace.

- Chapter 2: “Personal” by Stars

Line: “Don’t be too much. Heavy is the cost.”

Original lyric: “Sorry to be heavy, but heavy is the cost, Heavy is the cost”

Give this song a listen. It doesn’t quite fit LoopJuice, but the idea of “heavy is the cost” fits well.

- Chapter 2: “Please Eat” by Nichole Dollanganger

Line: “Parts of you are already gone.”

Original lyric: “There's parts of you already gone I can never revive”

LoopJuice doesn’t have an eating disorder similar to the one this song is about, but the line hits hard and is very thematically relevant.

- Chapter 3: “Stray Italian Greyhound” by Vienna Teng

Line: “Oh no. … Oh no, not now. … Please, not now. … But, of course, some sort of ridiculous “Feeling” had to come along.”

Original lyric: “Oh no, not now, Please not now, I've just settled into the glass half empty, made myself at home, And so why now?, Oh, please not now, I just stopped believing in happy endings, harbors of my own”

A very pivotal song in the playlist, and a very pivotal moment. That “FUCK I just settled for a shitty life, and now I’m feeling Feelings??”. Y’know!

- Chapter 7: “Like Real People Do” by Hozier

Line: “Not just slightly sardonic or glibly nihilistic, but happy. Like real people do.”

Original lyric: “We should just kiss like real people do”

Mostly just a reference, since it’s a Beetlands song to me, and I love Hozier.

- Chapter 8: “Sweet Hibiscus Tea” by Penelope Scott

Line: “Exhaustion weighed down their limbs, the heaviness of it all threatening to crack their collarbone as it settled down heavily on their shoulders.”

Original lyric: “The bones are melting, the skeleton is ash, The clavicle detaches and falls with a deafening crash”

This song is very Beetlejuice, but also the dread of this part fits very well.

- Chapter 8: “Never Love an Anchor” by The Crane Wives

Line: “Exhaustion weighed down their limbs, the heaviness of it all threatening to crack their collarbone as it settled down heavily on their shoulders.”

Original lyric: “There is love that doesn't have a place to rest, But it would have buried you if it had settled on your shoulders”

Beetlands. Beetlejuice. What else can I say?

- Chapter 8: “The Bed Song” by Amanda Palmer

Line: “They all sat in a semi-comfortable silence, the ghosts’ arms wrapped around his midsection, Adam’s lips in his hair while Barbara rested her cheek on his collarbone.”

Original lyric: “We have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hair”

Used to be one of my favorite sad songs, but now I know the singer’s a piece of shit. I wanted to highlight the sweet intimacy of the scene.

- Chapter 9: “Dead Girls” by Penelope Scott

Line: “The living need attention too, Ash. It’s okay.”

Original lyrics: “And if all you ever see are dead girls, If all you hear is terrible news, Maybe it's not all about the dead girls, Maybe it's more about you, The living need attention too”

A very important song on Ash’s playlist. Can’t say too much more.

- Chapter 9: “you smell of dead flowers” by vslush, cover by Cliesel

Line: “(How could no one see it? He felt so happy, but still he felt pieces of him slowly dying and rotting away. How could no one see that he was rotten? That he was dying?)”

Original lyric: “Wanted to scream, wanted to shout, how did you not know?, How did you not realize I was rotten?”

- Chapter 9: “Yo, Girl” from “Heathers”

Line: “ “Hello, pet.” Time’s up.”

Original lyric: “Too late, he got in” … “Knock knock!”

Just a reference to a musical I love and also to highlight the dread Beej feels here!

- Chapter 9: “I’m Your Man” by Mitski

Line: “One day you'll figure me out, I'll meet judgment by the hounds” … “I’m sorry I was the one you loved.” … “People always gave me love, Others were never to blame after all”

Original lyric: (just the same thing!)

This song is. So many things to me. These lines are very literal for Beej at the time, but also. Auuuugh. Oh my god. So Beetlejuice core.

- Chapter 11: “Livin’ It Up On Top” from “Hadestown”

Line: “Is she living it up on top?”

Original lyric: “Where are we livin' it?, Livin' it up on top”

Just another “Hadestown” reference! :)

- Chapter 12: “Who Is She (Reprise)” / “Who Was She” from “Centaurworld”

Line: “What did they think of him, now that he was gone? What were they saying?”

Original lyric: “I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Rider. I'm sorry I left the way I did. If you knew what I was gonna do you would've tried to stop me. At least all of you are safe now. It's over. I wonder what you all must be thinking. What are you saying about me, now that I'm gone?”

Those songs heavily inspired these scenes, so I wanted to give them a little reference!

- Chapter 15: “The Bed Song” by Amanda Palmer

Line: “Beetlejuice just laid there, mostly paralyzed, staring up at the strange glowing shapes dotting his ceiling.”

Original lyric: “Now we're both mostly paralyzed, Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear, Too afraid to even feel”

Mostly meant to parallel how Beej is stuck in a place where he could easily get out with help. Like the ending of the song, “I would have told you, if you’d only asked me”

You Can Always Come Home

- “Army Dreamers in 29edo” by Deister Orchestra

Purely vibes. “Army Dreamers” isn’t really a Loopjuice song, more Corpsejuice. (Perhaps in LITPT tho)

- “L’amore dice Ciao (Main Titles) - Remastered” by Armando Trovajoli

Again, vibes. Gentle and happy and twinged with a little sadness.

- “Love Story” by The Newton Brothers

I won’t explain this because that would be spoiling “The Haunting of Bly Manor”, and I refuse to do that. If you know, you know.

- “You Can Always Come Home” by Toby Fox

Both for the title and the gentle, welcoming feeling the song gives.

- “In Our Bedroom After The War” by Stars

For all of the characters as a whole. I have a fun mental animatic for this one. About finally feeling like the “war” is over, and things are “beginning”.

- “Will You Remember?” by The Cranberries

A bit of a reminder about Beej going to forget everything, even his wedding and his beloved sister.

- “It’s You, It’s Me, It’s Us” by Reinaeiry

Again, “The Haunting of Bly Manor”.

- “Remember Me (Lullaby)” from “Coco”

Vibes once again. Also, because Beej and Lydia have to be apart from each other.

- “Pilvet liikkuu, minä en” by Yona

I don’t know any of the words to this song because I don’t speak the language, but the vibes fit Loopjuice so well. The last line translates to, “And I don’t wish anything else on my journey but, Happiness”. Oough.

- “Love Like You (feat. Rebecca Sugar)” from “Steven Universe”

C’mon.

- “Everything Stays (feat. Olivia Olson)” from “Adventure Time”

C’mon.

- “That Distant Shore (feat. Jennifer Paz)” from “Steven Universe”

C’MON! Sooooo loopjuice core, the lyrics are. Oh my god.

- “Strawberry Blond” by Mitski

Repeat for Beetlands reasons.

- “Pink in the Night” by Mitski

“I glow pink in the night in my room, I've been blossoming alone over you”. Need I say more?

- “Ready Now” by dodie

BEETLANDS. THE WORDS. THE GENTLE MUSIC. AHHH!! “You saw through me all this time, I'd forgotten people are kind, I was hurting and you knew, So you showed me what to do” … “You said "I will listen, tell me it all, You don't like the ending?, Then we'll find one that's yours", Oh, how did you know?, That's all we need?, A promise of hope, Is enough to feel free”

- “Samson” by Regina Spektor

Mostly for the sweet, loving tone. Also Beetlands as fuck.