#I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

[professional-apotheosis]

Hell has open borders.

Heaven is a gated community with the biggest HOA in the world.

Just something to think about.

[lucygxybaird]

billy the kid on shuffle

carry on, you will always remember. carry on, none can equal the splendor. now your life's no longer empty, surely heaven waits for you. carry on, my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done. lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more. - carry on wayward son; kansas

oh, north country winters keep a-gettin' me down, lost my money playin' poker, so i had to leave town. but i ain't turnin' back to living' that old life no more. so, rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel, rock me, mama, any way you feel. hey, mama, rock me. - wagon wheel; darius rucker

and they say there's a heaven for those who will wait, and some say it's better, but i say it ain't. i'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun. you know that only the good die young. - only the good die young; billy joel

oh, i hear a voice, it says i'm running behind. i better pick up my pace, it's a race and there ain't no room for someone in second place. i'm in a hurry to get things done, I rush and rush until life's no fun. all i really gotta do is live and die, but i'm in a hurry and don't know why. - i'm in a hurry (and i don't know why); florida georgia line

death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes. and we keep living anyway. we rise and we fall and we break, and we make our mistakes. and if there's a reason i'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died, i'm willing to wait for it, i'm willing to wait for it. i am the one thing in life i can control, i am inimitable, i am an original. i'm not falling behind or running late. i'm not standing still, i am lying in wait. - wait for it; 'hamilton'

when i close my eyes, i see you, no matter where i am. i can smell your perfume through these whisperin' pines. i'm with your ghost again, it's a shame about the weather. but i know soon we'll be together, and i can't wait til then. - colder weather; zac brown band

and then they all fell to their knees, and begged that drifter, begged him please as he raised his fist before he spoke. "i am the righteous hand of god, and i am the devil that you forgot. and i told you one day you will see, that I'll be back, I guarantee, and that hell's coming, hell's coming, hell, hell's coming with me." - hell's comin' with me; poor man's poison

here they talked of revolution, here it was, they lit the flame. here they sang about tomorrow, and tomorrow never came. from the table in the corner, they could see a world reborn. and they rose with voices ringing, and i can hear them now! the very words that they had sung became their last communion, on the lonely barricade at dawn. oh, my friends, my friends, forgive me, that i live and you are gone. - empty chairs at empty tables; ramin karimloo

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[thebreakfastgenie]

Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) You should never argue With a crazy mind-mind-mind-mind-mind-mind

The Stranger Did you ever let your lover See the stranger in yourself?

Just the Way You Are I don't want clever conversation Never want to work that hard, mm

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Cold beer, hot lights My sweet romantic teenage nights

Vienna You've got your passion, you've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?

Only the Good Die Young I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints The sinners are much more fun

She's Always a Woman And the most she will do Is throw shadows at you

Get It Right the First Time But if my timing ain't just right What purpose would that serve?

Everybody Has a Dream I search everywhere for some new inspiration But it's more than cold reality can give

My favorite lyrics from each Billy Joel song

Cold Spring Harbor | Piano Man | Streetlife Serenade | Turnstiles | 52nd Street | Glass Houses | The Nylon Curtain | An Innocent Man | The Bridge | Storm Front | River of Dreams | Turn the Lights Back On | You're Only Human

[movietonight]

My favourite lyrics on The Stranger

inspired by @thebreakfastgenie

Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

You should never argue With a crazy mind-mind-mind-mind-mind-mind

The Stranger

Did you ever let your lover See the stranger in yourself?

Just the Way You Are

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I take you just the way you are

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

Then the king and the queen went back to the green But you can never go back there again (No, oh)

Vienna

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true

Only the Good Die Young

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints The sinners are much more fun

She's Always a Woman

Oh, and she never gives out And she never gives in She just changes her mind

Get It Right the First Time

I'm not much good at conversation I never was much good At coming on real strong

Everybody Has a Dream

If I need a cause for celebration Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind I rely on my imagination

[omina-vanitas]

you'll never be a true woman, Aidan. No matter what you think you've progressed, no matter how you now present yourself, you'll never be a good person. And deep down, I think you know that. You're a bastard son and you ruin every life that you touch. you're sick and demented.

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait

Some say it's better but I say it aint

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

The sinners are much more fun.

Now please. Why don't you reveal yourself to us.

[widespot]

"I don't want to buy groceries. Let's just go to the Bar and Grill."

"Need a picture to remember ourselves by!"

Nobody pays them to karaoke, which is one reason it's fun. "So come out, Virginia, don't make me wait, you Catholic girls start much too late. Sooner or later it comes down to fate. I might as well be the one, and darling only the good die young."

"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints! The sinners are much more fun!"

"To us, and the bright future of the Printer Siblings." "We're not getting any gigs with that name, trust me."

"I'm gonna miss you so much." "You'll be leaving, like, a day after me." "That's too long!"

"Carry me to a bed and ravish me!"

"Girl power rah rah!" "Her, I won't miss."

"Sorry, I know you were comfy, but people'll be showing up any minute."

[shawnjacksonsbs]

L.A.L.O.T.I. 5-27-23

"I used to hurry a lot

I used to worry a lot

I used to stay out 'til the break of day

Oh, that didn't get it

It was high time I quit it

I just couldn't carry on that way" - The Long Run by the Eagles

We take breaks where we can get them.

"Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray

They built you a temple and locked you away

Aw, but they never told you the price that you pay

For things that you might have done

Well, only the good die young

Only the good die

I tell ya only the good die young

Only

And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait

Some say it's better, but I say it ain't

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

The sinners are much more fun" - Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel

I needed a break, so . . .

"Jumping up and down the floor

My head is an animal

And once there was an animal

It had a son that mowed the lawn

The son was an OK guy

They had a pet dragonfly

The dragonfly it ran away

But it came back with a story to say" - Dirty Paws by Of Monsters and Men

This . . .is . . .one of those times.

A hint and a clue as to where my head and heart roam can generally be found in quotes or lyrics.

I show up late for the profoundness that is life, but at least I made it . .make it . .(?) . .made it, maybe.

I'm still ok with catching what others were always throwing me when I was younger, even if I was a little late.

Now I'm just trying to throw too, and still catch, which can be difficult at times, but so worth it.

Keep spreading your love, your laughter, and your light with the dark parts of your world, and I. . .I will do the same from here.

Laughing . A . Little . On . The . Inside.

P.S. I got my truck back!

Until next week;

"And in the end

The love you take

Is equal to the love you make" - The End by the Beatles

[topguncortez]

got tagged by @desert-fern

Tea, Coffee, or Soda (I call it pop but it doesn’t matter)?

all of the above.

Can you play an instrument?

yes. I can play the flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, Bari sax, soprano sax, trumpet (kinda), piano, six string guitar, and bass guitar. I can also play the drums, keyboards, and timpani. (I was a band nerd alright)

What’s your sun sign?

Aquarius

First song lyrics to pop into your head?

I'd rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints. . . the sinners have more fun - Only the Good Die Young

Do you have any tattoos?

yes. I have six and counting.

What’s the last movie you watched?

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Do you have any hobbies?

writing, dancing, music, being annoying

You can hang out with one fictional character for an hour, who is it?

Hangman Seresin. Cause first, I'm gonna bully him and then I'm gonna get absolutely railed by him cause Hangman likes mean women.

Compliment yourself

you're not as dumb as you think

tagging: @seresinsbabe @sunlightmurdock @roosterforme and anyone else who wants to do it

[awkwardcourage]

𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕁𝕠𝕖𝕝 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤

✧ "Slow down, you crazy child."

✧ "The sinners are much more fun."

✧ "Man, what are you doing here?"

✧ "You're gonna have to deal with heartache."

✧ "You can't be everything you want to be before your time."

✧ "Don't be afraid to try again."

✧"I just want someone that I can talk to."

✧ "You're only human."

✧ "I want you just the way you are."

✧ "Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right."

✧ "You're allowed to make your share of mistakes."

✧ "I believe this is killing me."

✧ "You've never let me down before."

✧ "We're only human, we're supposed to make mistakes."

✧ "It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two."

✧ "I'm not much good at conversation."

✧ "You're so ambitious for a juvenile."

✧ "Take it from me, you learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school."

✧ "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints."

✧ "You forgot what you need."

✧ "You've been keeping to yourself these days."

✧ "If you're so smart, tell me, why are you still so afraid?"

✧ "It seems like such a waste of time."

✧ "Slow down, you're doing fine."

✧ "We tried to fight it."

✧ "Don't go changing to try to please me."

✧ "Only the good die young."

✧ "Sooner or later, you'll get your second wind."

✧ "Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true."

[the-rockstar-lestat]

Vladdy, can you pick music that you'd use to underscore the TV show of your life? Not because I want to make a playlist or anything....👉👈

You love asking me about music, don't you? Ask away, I love talking about it!

(to return to another thing I liked about the TV show, Lestat being....weird...about music. Louis will tell you I come alive talking about music or theater. I've never killed a tenor for sour notes. But I don't...put it past me. I enjoyed the scene completely. )

Anyway, I decided to take this very literally and think of what songs would actually be used in TV show of The Vampire Lestat.

(amc, take note)

So!

To establish Auvergne and the emptiness of days and my desire to get out of there we look to that universal voice of those needing to leave their hometowns, Bruce Springsteen . Use "My Hometown" to establish, and "Growing Up," for the wolf killing.

The song playing under Nicki and my first.... conversation...is Bon Jovi's "Bed of Roses." Yes, it's dramatic and Too Much, but isn't all of our first loves?

For Gabrielle's establishing moments we need Billy Joel's "She's Always A Woman To Me" "and the most she will do is throw shadows at you but she's always a woman to me". That's my mother. Or perhaps we use this when she's turned. Haven't decided yet.

As Nicki and I leave for Paris we use Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run!" Because what else could we play?

Meeting Armand and the Children of Darkness requires the original Goth Rock song "Bela Lugosi's Dead," by Bahaus, more for ambiance than anything else.

I think the song for Stalking Louis has to go back to Billy Joel. "Only The Good Die Young." I know it's about convincing a girl to put out but ...."I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints/the sinners have much more fun" is something I've basically said to Louis.

Claudia's turning is underscored by Guns and Roses' Sweet Child of Mine, and perhaps if she gets a Claudia Hunts montage, we step out of my comfort zone into a 60s band, the Monkees' "She Makes Me Laugh." Because that peppy upbeat song has always sounded to me like it was about a little girl, not a lover. And I think it would be funny to juxtapose her bloody antics with the happy lyrics.

And I think we need to turn to Queen's "Who Wants To Live Forever?" When Claudia kills me and takes off for the old world. And when I get to Paris and find out Claudia is dead, Louis hates me and Armand won't help, it's "the show must go on" to underscore a montage that leads to my burial and long sleep.

For the triumphant return to life, I think I have to go with the classic, the song that has become associated with me more than any other. The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." I assume it needs no introduction?

There, I've done most of the first two books. Interesting playlist? Do you like it? Somewhat unexpected I hope?

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[jdsgothwife]

Day 13: A song you like from the 70s

Billy Joel — Only the Good Die Young

And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait

Some say it's better, but I say it ain't

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

The sinners are much more fun

[blogbog710]

You mighta heard I run with a dangerous crowd

We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud

We might be laughing a bit too loud

Aw, but that never hurt no one

And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait

Some say it's better, but I say it ain't

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

The sinners are much more fun

You know that only the good die young, oh, baby

[tempe-brennans]

feeling very only the good die young vibes today

[jumping-jackalope]

the thing about the Montero video is its like. you are a place you are a seducer you are a sinner you are on trial you are the judge jury and executioner you could maybe be an angel but instead you choose to pole dance your way into hell. you seduce the devil kill him then reach out and take his power for yourself. queer sexuality is more righteous than God and stronger than the devil.

[basiccortez]

in collaboration with @capturethechaos

Only The Good Die Young word count: 1.1k masterlist playlist

warnings: THIS IS AN AU. mentions of death, mentions of torture, mentions of mafias/mobs/gangs. STRICTLY 18+. MINORS DNI

'I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun'

Some people believed that the whole mafia, gangs and mobsters died back in the 1940s, but the truth was, those monsters just went into hiding. Everything is run by the mob. The girls on the corner, the guns the cops used, the drugs in the prisons, the boxing matches on pay-per-view, sometimes, even the clothes on your back.

Most of the famous mobs had died out when Al Capone finally bit it, so did the crash of the New York Five. But between the mobsters tearing each other apart, between the shadows, two other families were building up their ranks.

The shift between the downfall of the Luciano family and the rise of the Kiszkas was easy. Nobody ever pointed a finger at a Polish man selling guns on the street corner. Kiszka didn’t sound like “Mangano” or “Gagliano” or “Bonanno”. Patrick Kiszka was a smart man, and decided to move the vast mafia playground to a quieter city that would draw less heat. He switched from bright, light, bigger city Broadway, to the Country Broadway strip.

The Kiszkas were one to be feared. Their mafia bloodline was passed down from generation to generation. The current leaders were 3 beautiful brothers and their best friend, who was basically another brother. You didn’t mess with any of them, unless you had a death wish.

Samuel, the youngest, was smart, his brain like a human computer. He was able to infiltrate government sanctions with ease. You didn’t know you were hacked until it was too late and your porn search history was blasted all over your workplace. Sam had ghosts, things that haunted him when he closed his eyes at night. He was too smart, too gentle for his own good, which caused his heart to break and his mind to be scarred.

Daniel was the muscle, and Sam’s best friend. He was slender and tall, with beautiful curly hair. He was a dark, gentle soul, who hid in the shadows. He was like a snake, letting you get close until he struck, quick and quiet. His closet was full of skeletons he was yet to bury. Sam was one of the only people in the family to know about the horrible things Daniel had done. Wherever you saw Sam, you saw Daniel, and vice versa.

Then, there were the twins. Two beautiful fuckers that could not be more different. Josh was smart (not quite as smart as Sam), and handled the money of the family. The Kiszkas were dripping with money, and probably would’ve gone broke if it wasn’t for Josh. Josh had been a part of putting the Kiszkas into a legal business, buying casinos on the Vegas Strip.

And last but not least, their fearless leader, Jacob. That fucker dripped confidence and power. He could have women pulling their panties aside with just a simple look. Even though Josh was the oldest, it just made sense that Jake was the family leader. Jake was a cocky fucker, having a painting of him in a blood red suit hanging over his desk like he was the real fucking Don Vito Corleone.

There was one crime family though, that refused to die without a fight. The Santiagos had fled New York when the FBI started rounding up all the mobsters. Don Michele Santiago was a smart bastard, and was the one who gave the heads up to the power 5 of what was to go down. Everyone thought he was just some crazy Italian and didn’t listen. They wished they’d listened when they were on the line in front of the firing squad. Michele took his wife and his sons and moved them from New York back to their small quiet town in Sicily. Michele raised his eldest son, Rafael to take over the family business when the time would come. Rafael was only 10 when they moved, but as soon as he hit 18, he was sent back over to the US to be a spy for the family. Michele Santiago and Patrick Kiszka were friends, but Michele didn’t trust the whole innocent Polish man act.

When Michele finally bit it, and Rafael took over, his wife produced him three sons and a daughter. Rafael raised his sons to be ruthless blood thirsty killers.

Paulo was the eldest, and was the golden prize in Rafael’s eyes. There was not a single thing he could do wrong. Paulo kissed his father’s ass if that meant being the heir to the whole Santiago fortune when the old bastard would finally make it to the grave.

Gianni was the middle son, and a told fucking wild card. His nickname was “X-ray”, the kid was always searching and scanning like a fucking detector. Gianni loved torture. It was his favorite past-time. Gianni was the protector of the family, putting his life on the line to protect his own blood. He had proved that he wasn’t afraid of the consequences, and wore the scars he had on his body with pride.

Narciso, just like his name would insinuate, was a self-righteous asshole. His appearance was everything, and he demanded only the best be put on his body. His wardrobe consisted of Gucci and Versace, ironically. He was smart, understanding the way business and stocks worked better than anyone in the family. He was more of a businessman than Paulo, but no no one would ever admit it. Narciso got the short end of the stick, not inheriting anything much like his brother Gianni.

Rafael never wanted a daughter, and it was clear to anyone who saw it. Y/N Santiago was a hidden gem. She was smart, drabbled in the art of torture, and dressed to impress. Rafael had a plan for her the second the doctor said it was a girl. Her life had already been decided on and she didn’t even know it. Her mother, the woman who was also a business player, knew of her daughter's fate. Marie Santiago had been the same way, being betrothed to a man she never would’ve married if it wasn’t for the family business she had learned to love.

When Y/N was a growing child, she was sent off to prep school, in hopes to teach her how to be a proper woman. Rafael wanted her far away from this life, in his mind, the less a woman knew, the better.

But his plans of keeping her away came crashing down when she had met Fransico Solano. What was supposed to be an innocent relationship turned dark and bloody, and ended up with a battered and tortured Y/N on his father’s front door. Rafael could see the end of his legacy crashing down, and knew what he had to do to help his legacy succeed and grow. Even if that meant sending his daughter across the ocean.

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