#The Desert Rose Band lyrics

[lovesongbracket]

Reminder: Vote based on the song, not the artist or specific recording! The tracks referenced are the original artist, aside from a few rare cases where a cover is the most widely known.

Lyrics, videos, info, and notable covers under the cut. (Spotify playlist available in pinned post)

Demolition Lovers

Written By: Matt Pelissier, Mikey Way, Ray Toro & Gerard Way

Artist: My Chemical Romance

Released: 2002

The Demolition Lovers are the couple seen on the cover for MCR’s next album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. This song, along with much of the album, is a prequel to the story of Three Cheers… in which a man makes a deal with the devil to get his dead lover back by killing 1,000 evil men and giving the devil their souls in exchange for her. This song is most likely where the lover dies. The two “Demolition Lovers” are featured on the cover of the album.

[Verse 1] Hand in mine, into your icy blues And then I'd say to you, "We could take to the highway With this trunk of ammunition, too" I'd end my days with you, in a hail of bullets [Chorus] I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know just how much you mean to me And after all the things We put each other through and [Verse 2] I would drive on to the end with you A liquor store or two keeps the gas tank full And I feel like there's nothing left to do But prove myself to you, and we'll keep it running [Chorus] But this time, I mean it I'll let you know just how much you mean to me As snow falls on desert sky Until the end of everything I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know how much you mean As days fade and nights grow And we grow cold [Post-Chorus] Until the end, until this pool of blood Until this, I mean this, I mean this, until the end of [Chorus] I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know how much you mean As days fade and nights grow And we grow cold But this time, we'll show them We'll show them all how much we mean As snow falls on desert sky Until the end of every… [Interlude] All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] As lead rains will pass on through Our phantoms forever, forever Like scarecrows that fuel this flame We're burning forever and ever Know how much I want to show you You're the only one Like a bed of roses There's a dozen reasons in this gun [Outro] And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of blood I'll meet your eyes, I mean this forever!

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Written By: Benjamin Gibbard

Artist: Death Cab for Cutie

Released: 2006

Even on a concept album whose main theme is death, “I’ll Follow You Into The Dark” is a standout moving song about the transcendental power of love, even when that boundary is death. This song was recorded unexpectedly while the band was having technical difficulties in studio. Chris Walla, Death Cab for Cutie’s lead guitarist and producer, said the following. “We were going to track the vocal for another song and there was something screwy happening with the headphone mix. We were having problems, so I said, “Ben, this is gonna be a few minutes. Take a break.” Ben’s version of taking a break while we addressed the headphone problem was to pick up this Stella guitar that he loves and start playing this song we were planning on recording sometime later during the sessions. He was still coming through the vocal mic as he was playing this, and it was sounding really cool to me, so I went up and said, “Let’s track this real quick,” and we did and that’s what’s on the record. It was a mono recording with no effects. Nothing. I added a little compression and de-essed it a bit. It’s really weird. It’s totally there and it’s happening.”

[Verse 1] Love of mine, someday you will die But I'll be close behind, I'll follow you into the dark No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white Just our hands clasped so tight, waiting for the hint of a spark [Chorus] If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the "no"s on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark [Verse 2] In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me, "Son Fear is the heart of love," so I never went back [Chorus] If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the "no"s on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark [Verse 3] You and me have seen everything to see From Bangkok to Calgary and the soles of your shoes Are all worn down, the time for sleep is now But it's nothing to cry about 'cause we'll hold each other soon In the blackest of rooms [Chorus] And if Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied And illuminate the "no"s on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark [Outro] Then I'll follow you into the dark

[thespiritofvexation]

Imperiet - Österns röda ros [Live for TV, 1987]

"Österns röda ros" (The Red Rose of the East) was released in 1986 by swedish rock band Imperiet. Written by Joakim Thåström "in compassion for the palestinian people and everything they are being subjected to[x]" and described as their "hate song against the state of Israel"[x]. A somewhat accurate translation of the lyrics:

"Where the drought is most severe And the desert is aflame There are truths and lies Lined up in a row - Amidst the machine-gun fire of snipers Live people with a dream With barbed wire around their necks Children are nursed with warmth and tenderness - But if you know where stars are falling And where the rainbow ends If you still hear your heart beat You shall find the red rose of the east - Where steel birds fly in the night Above those who have fled their land Where the cartographers borders Are drawn in blood-stained sand - And the boys who just lay there With open eyes yet seeing nothing Those who never again will laugh Or kiss a smiling girl

- I hear their voices I hear how they scream I know they are there I know they are alive - So if you know where stars are falling And where the rainbow ends If you still hear your heart beat You shall find the red rose of the east Red rose of the east Red rose of the east"

[this-daydream-is-dangerous-13]

How do you interpret Wildest Dreams and Curel Summer

So to answer this, I need to establish a bit more of a timeline. We know the official Haylor one - stuff starts in April, model incident in Australia caused estrangement, stuff starts up again in fall. But that doesn’t line up with Harry’s tattoo timing and the May 20th stuff (see that post for more details). Time to look at late April/early May.

After the incident while in Australia/NZ, Harry gets back to England April 23/24, 2012. He is photographed in Holmes Chapel all week. But on May 1st, he’s at Heathrow. He flies to LAX, where he is met by…a security escort?

Then he completely vanishes. Nothing until night of May 5 or May 6 in England. A certain blonde is also not spotted during this time.

So everything I say here is based on that timeline and speculation based on lyrics. For Taylor, that’s Wildest Dreams, the IKYWT music video (filmed while H and T were dating in Nov 2012), and Run from the Red TV vault. For Harry, the clearest indication would be his recollections from the 1st verse of Keep Driving, and maybe a bit of Little Freak.

So during this period of time, there’s:

- a return to her door (a midnight pickup?). The secret message for The Last Time was “on your break in LA”.

-some sort of road trip (to the desert) together as per Run, Wildest Dreams, and Keep Driving, and the IKYWT video.

- a possible introduction to Ed at her house where the tennis court is no longer covered in a tent-like thing and now has a trampoline on it.

Wildest Dreams and Run cover the same trip - running and hiding to get time alone together. And I bet it’s to some desert location like the music video. And it’s like Treacherous the road trip - she’s hesitant because she is scared it won’t last (this thing was a shot in the dark) but she tries anyway.

He goes back to England and then the band heads to Sweden in mid-May to songwrite for TMH, but it seems like they are in near constant contact until he heads back to the US on May 20th.

Then, they are in and around NYC, and they spend a bunch of time in LA in June. Lots of opportunities for meet ups in hotels, bars, and—in LA—late night pick ups and sneaking through “garden gates”.

Here’s the Ferrari he has in LA by mid June (this cowboy got a fancy car AND the girl):

Here’s a key to Cruel Summer - the “garden gate” reference is a lyrical parallel throughout their songs. Betty and James go to the garden; they run in the garden is Sweet Creature; rose garden filled with thorns in Blank Space; he sits in the garden in Grapejuice. I bet she found it funny at first since what North Americans would call a yard is a garden in the UK.

Anyway - all the sneaking around, no rules in breakable heaven, being scared to declare her love, angelic girl and bad boy with the “devil-may-care” attitude, the growing resentment at keeping everything secret - those months of sneaking around in May/June/maybe early July.

[ahshla]

'Although He Smiles' Playlist

Okay, so I'm a film music junkie, and I love to compile playlists for my fics as much as the next writer, so I made an OST for AHS on Spotify: Although He Smiles.

AND because I overanalyse everything, allow me to categorise every song therein.

Opening Titles (from Raised By Wolves) — if AHS were a TV series, I'd want this to be the main theme. The vibe/lyrics are immaculate.

Ahsoka Tracks:

Ahsoka Tano

Anakin and Padmé

Ahsoka Lives

Five Millennia Later

Battle Over Coruscant

X-HZT

Padmé's Rumination

Martha Triumphant

A New Home

Laura

The Power of Prophecy

Obi-Wan Tracks:

Guardians of the Whills Suite

Anakin and Padmé

Episode I - The High Council Meeting and Qui-Gon's Funeral

Anakin Tracks:

Anakin's Theme

Toy Planes, Home and Hearth

Axiom

Anakin is Free

Don't Be What They Made You

Not Today

Prequel/SW Vibes:

The Droid Invasion and the Appearance of Darth Maul

Queen Amidala and the Naboo Palace

Panaka and the Queen's Protectors

Anakin is Free

Episode I - The High Council Meeting and Qui-Gon's Funeral

Yoda and the Younglings

Departing Coruscant

Qui-Gon's Noble End

Augie's Municipal Band

The Meadow Picnic

Love Pledge and the Arena

Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale

Battle of the Heroes

The Force is with You

Family Vibes Tracks:

Toy Planes, Home and Hearth

Axiom

All That Love's About

Nemo Egg (Main Title)

No Following

The Force:

Premonition

Dust

I See You in My Dreams

What Happens Now

The Stranger Tracks:

Bene Gesserit

X-HZT

The Impossible Planet

Rose Defeats the Daleks

My Road Leads into the Desert

Stranded

Don't Be What They Made You

Miscellaneous Tracks:

The Night King

The Daleks

Dr. Ford

[hazmatazz]

why hollow moon by arlington reminds me of byler/will byers soo much

long post + i accidentally posted a draft of this early so if you saw that...no you didn't

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i need to qualify: i love death of the author + this song has no actual connection to stranger things this is all just me brainrotting

first:

this just reminds me of the scenes were Mike is inraptured by Will in the sun. exmaple, the van scene: (gif stealing <3)

next:

a LOT of thoughts about this chunk so i'm going to go rapid fire

"And I won't let you step away"

Mike won't let Will rip the band-aid off

"Your lipstick's melting in the shade"

the closest thing i can come to putting something to this line is will's painting (lipstick) and how he doesn't give it until it's at a point something bad happens (melting in the shade)

(clarifying: if will had given the painting earlier i don't think he would have felt the need to say it was from el. but because he waited so long he was put in a situation where he thought lying was the best option. meaning that because he waited so long, his gifting process resulted in something he didn't want originally)

"Imagine every day

You'll drift and float and fade away

Crashed into the men involved"

while it wasn't on purpose (in fact he probably tried to avoid it), Will drifted away from Mike

i'm a "Mike tried to call Will after they moved" truther so i'm imagining mike being so crushed over Will not calling him

ALSO "crashed into" implies that both parties were harmed in the process which.. yeah??

"And now you're doing what you're told"

so in S3, Will kinda obviously didn't like Mike and El being together (see the rain fight)

but in S4, when Mike goes to Will for help, he seems to support their relationship and try to help it. "now you're doing what you're told" now he's supporting their relationship (even if he doesn't like it)

(adding on, i think this is a negative thing and that mike was wishing for a S3 will reaction telling him to break up)

"This light has got to go"

See the first chunk of this post about Will being a sun

"They stripped you naked head to toe

You never made enough in time

To live a better life"

OUGH ok. i heavily associate this with the day Will went missing

the Demogorgon goes after Will when he's alone, stripping him of any safety brought from his friends or family. In the next scene we see of Will, he doesn't have that shotgun. Not having that weapon, again, strips him of his safety

2nd part. he rolled a 7, which was not enough to save him from the demogorgon. and he ran out of time (Karen calling them to leave) to possibly find a way to make more to be safe

3rd part if Will hadn't been kidnapped he would have avoided a lottt of trauma

also for that last part. if will had been safe the party wouldn't have found el. now i'm SO glad they found el, but if el and mike never met they wouldn't have dated and it's possible will would be happier (again, i'm still happy they know el. just something to point out for this)

"Your broken heart means everything

To me, alright? Alright?"

ignore how they used the wrong your

Will's heart has been through a lot of shit. upside down trauma, "unrequited" love, bullying and abuse for being gay, etc

but Mike still adores him

also i imagine, even sketched, mike saying this to will. so. brainrot

Next!

"Cause I'm still beating like a drum"

either could be because they're still alive through everything or how despite the distance they had, they still have feelings

"Two roses in the sun

And now it's swiftly coming down

Yeah can't you hear the sound

That thunderous sound"

ok. let's get the flower part over w because we've all seen these

now the sun in this situation?

bright? check. will and henry parallels? check. "swiftly coming down"? he'll get there eventually, check. thunderous sound? fucking duh? check

next!

this mostly is giving s2 possession

"Twisty little renegade"

"renegade" is someone who deserts or betrays an organization, country, or set of principles. and sure, Will was possessed, but it was still betraying who he was and betraying The Party in some form.

"Only worth what you've been paid"

kinda off topic but the closest i have is Mike having self worth issues

"Your life is gonna change

You'll make it work, you'll be ok"

through all the negatives, Will has been able to get through them. expect the best for s5, he deserves for his life to change

also imagining mike telling will that

"Knocked into the bitter cold

And now you're thinking on your own

This fire's bound to glow"

when Will was possessed he was cold because the Mindflayer/Vecna liked it cold

After he got away from the possession, he started thinking on his own

Fire's bound to glow = Nancy burning the Mindflayer out of Will

"And keep your children from the road"

I think Joyce learned to be extra cautious with leaving Will alone :)

Also S1 when Karen wouldn't let Mike and Nancy out of the house when Will went missing

"They never had to raise a family

Entire lives"

something something Mike's family is mediocre, Will's dad mostly didn't raise him (thank god), the victims not having a life to raise a family. do whatever

"And their bleeding hearts mean everything

To me, that's right, that's right"

first thoughts were always about how Mike (and Will) care about the party and how they all have issues. you would also go down "pity for the victins" route again

lastly (because the rest of the song is repeating)

here's where the least of my thoughts went to so sorry if this is bullshit

"Do away now with words"

you know how byler often communicates without words

"You've had enough"

they fight...a lot. i'm specifically looking at the rain fight where the summer bubbles over

last lines either about the night will got kidnapped or about the rain fight/other fights. shit y'know

so sorry if this is jumbled, i don't do this offen (done only one thing similar to this before)

[lulamadison]

🎵 music tag game 🎵

Tagged by @phoomwhoosh thank you!

13 songs I’ve been listening to lately :

I've gone through my YouTube history for this, so it is somewhat questionable lol

Desert song by Def Leppard - The source of the title of my fic The Sky is Falling on this Setting Son. I was searching lyrics for fic titles and came across this one, then fell in love with the song!

Undefeated by Def Leppard - The most Cobra Kai song I've ever heard that hasn't been in the show 😉 I have named three fics after lyrics from this song lol, although two of them haven't been posted yet.

Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers - My lifelong favourite band! I just booked tickets to see them on tour next year, so I've been listening to lots of their songs again

I'm Just Ken by Ryan Gosling - I kept waking up singing this song every single Saturday morning and could never figure out why. A quick investigation of my YouTube history one weekend revealed that I was listening to it every Friday night while drunk 🤣

Kings of the World Drastic Symphonies Orchestral Version by Def Leppard - I adore this song, and this version is amazing!

Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga - Another one of my Friday night drinking songs lol

A Real Hero by Electric Youth & College - I adore this song, but it was part of my recent post Barbie Ryan Gosling film phase that lasted all of three days

November Rain by Guns N Roses - I love this song so much

Ralph Macchio by Annie - I listened to it for a laugh, but I actually genuinely like this song now!

Motorcycle Emptiness by Manic Street Preachers - They are so awesome 😍

Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard - I regret not going to see them when they toured 😔

I Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon - I have used this song so many times in fics lol

Hysteria by Def Leppard - Love this one 😀

If you feel like doing this @russolaw @usaonetwothree @an-sceal and @zappedbyzabka you have been tagged :-D

[wildwaxshows]

Fr., 27.10.2023, 21:00 Uhr: THE EXBATS (US) + PAINTED AIR (HH) Komet Musik Bar, Hamburg

THE EXBATS

Not to be confused with The Shaggs, or The Osmonds (Partridge Family is okay) We, The Exbats, started with a daughter (Inez) and father (Kenny) listening to lots and lots of records and writing songs. We got lucky and caught the ear of desert recording guru, Matt Rendon (The Resonars, and as of 2021, the fourth Exbat!) and we put out our first tape in 2017. In 2019 we hit the jackpot again attracting Bobby Carleson Jr. on bass. Our latest record for Goner Records is the hyper-catchy sunshine-pop inspired Now Where Were We. It’s our favorite set of songs yet. We have evolved to the point where we are basically oblivious to modern recording trends, but the lyrics do a decent job reflecting very modern concerns. We live in Bisbee, Arizona. It’s way down in the south-east corner of the state by the Mexico border. It’s a sweet little arty hippy town. Come say hi! -inez and kenny mclain. The Exbats are Inez, Kenny, Bobby and Matt. And they are all a little worried but enjoy making songs.

PAINTED AIR

Painted Air from Hamburg-St. Pauli in Germany is hailing around since 1990 and thus, just attained full age. Before getting that fuzz-tanked-organ-driven sound, Painted Air started as a typical 60s garage punk combo and in-between flirted with 60s psych and krautrock. Over the years they shared stages with some of the most legendary bands around, like Dead Moon, The Fuzztones, The Cynics, Sick Rose and The Strange Flowers. Danish frontman Martin’s prominent voice is Painted Air’s trademark. Painted Air gets its influences through the other members though: 60s specialist Tripsi on drums gives the essential beat while Fuzzomazz’ (who writes most of the songs) punkrock heart pukes raw sounds, balanced by Olli’s melodic bass themes. Painted Air was joined in 2008 by French organ goddess Organella (Curlee Wurlee!), whose saturated Vox organ finished to polish the sound of their brandnew album “Come on 69”. She was recently replaced by Czerno from the band “Rock’n’Roll Hotel”, who makes the sound even more evil! “Come on 69” was recorded analogue and under live conditions in April and June 2008, and mixed in December 2008 by Dennis Rux (Trashmonkeys) at Hörwerk Studio near Bremen, and will be released by Green Cookie Records from Greece. Members: Martin Brujah (vocals); Czerno (organ); Tripsi (drums); Olli Engel (bass); Fuzzomazz (guitar)

[imrananwar]

Billy Joel / Sting / Tampa Stadium - Triple Play Of Firsts In One Night - IMRAN™

I’ve known Billy Joel songs since the late 1970s, when I was literally a little boy in Karachi, Pakistan. I’ve appreciated Sting’s talent, lyrics, and music since the start. In 1980 Police songs like Don’t Stand So Close To Me made me love the band and artist.

Over the years, Sting’s solo later year songs have become even more special to me. Desert Rose and The Book Of My Life are masterpieces I can’t get enough of for their resonance with my soul.

Yet, I had not been to any of their concerts in the half century I’ve gotten to love these performers’ songs and talent more and more. Meanwhile, I’ve called Tampa Bay home for a dozen years but had never made it to Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play.

Finally, I had a hat-trick or triple-play of firsts. What fun to see both legends, Billy Joel and Sting, do a joint concert in Tampa, Florida Saturday night, 02/24/24, at the Bucs stadium.

I had made reservations months ago. It was quite cold tonight, putting me in a New York State Of Mind. On top of it being a clear night, it was all happening live under a full moon. Grateful and blessed at another wonderful experience in The Book Of My Life.

Have you seen them in concert? What are your favorite songs of these two legendary artists?

© 2024 IMRAN™

#IMRAN #Sting #BillyJoel #legends #music #musicians #concert #artists #history #autobiography #Buccaneers #Tampa #Florida #songs #SongReferences

[foundinfantasy]

Prepping for NaNoWriMo (of sorts) and the project I'm working on got me thinking more and more about how badly I want a TS4 EP highlighting African cultures.

Hmmm... so, how would I do it/pitch it?

A hobbies wishlist/wildlife conservationist pack in a blended world of a city district, a traditional village, and a savanna neighborhoods [with an oasis hidden lot]!

Looking back at the EP idea #4, it really did start with being about fossils and then towards the end became about conservation. Do I believe this was generated by Ai. Oh a 1000% but I'm gonna hold them to the ideas they promoted. I lend fossils more to museum gameplay and that alone could fill its own pack and I like the "Oceania Shores" world and all that possible gameplay. So let that pack be about fossils and this pack be about wildlife [which should've come with 4R but *shrug*].

New "Harvestables"/animals/flowers:

clay from pits, cotton &/or silkworms, geese, desert rose, violets. Gold, other metals, and diamonds spawn in the world.

Possibles for New Skills:

Pottery - that are giftable, sellable to collectors, on plopsy, etc. Same kind of poor to masterpiece qualities. Ability to make urns. Store/catch water [for Seasons/EcoLife cross-pack]. Used as an offering on a shrine. Set as an heirlooms. Paintable/Decorate. Breaking causes auspicious chances [if sim is clumsy or low skill or caused by ghost].

Weaving/Sewing - imo can go one of three or all of three ways with introducing the loom, sewing machine, &/or tufting gun to create quilts, fabrics, clothes, and/or rugs [dk if this should come with a second career for a seamstress or fashion designer, active or rabbithole, or should be it's own GP]

Glassblowing and/or Beadwork - same with pottery but also for beadwork - clay or glass - crosspack with Crystal Creations to introduce new headpiece/mask/glasses designs.

Oneirology - studying dreams, journaling, sharing dreams with others, starting an oral story and sharing/passing down those, astral projection as a reward for the top of the skill, chance of a prophetic dream, meet an ancestor

Update/Expand to Photography skill - nature, street, studio, modern photography

Update/Add on to woodworking table - masks and totems, stools, etc.

Update/Add on to herbalism

Sketching/architecture skill to bring back the drafting table and add regular sketchbooks

Possible new Instruments:

solo drum [no way there's still no bands/drums pack by this hypothetical point that expands on music production], xylophone, shakers, wooden flute, harp, lute, trumpets. Adds options to the music station to record/produce/mix with/from, collab with someone, and add a new design for that station

If the bands pack doesn't already, add ability to write music and lyrics from the beginning, it can be poor to masterpiece, and it can be edited. Also if the bands pack, doesn't add rap & opera, I will riot ... so in the least add rap to this pack! [and kind of makes me want a Theatre/Musical GP]

Wildlife Conservation:

new lot type, 100 x 100 plot in this new world.

Active Career or Ownable Lot - needing the charisma skill, writing skill, and/or maybe handiness skill? vet skill cross-pack?

at least 4 interactive reserves (lions, elephants, giraffes, and flamingos) - could work just like CL with their "barns" or could spawn if you place a marker in river for the flamingos, a certain tree for giraffes and elephants, a rock cave for lions [very much taking from DDLV]. I'd add cheetahs and zebras if they'd give us 6.

Could add a cowplant exhibit and/or introduce a new "endangered" animal that we rescue?

Placeable rabbithole shells with at least 8 swatches for different types of exhibits. AND/OR a marker to set in front of builds to note what it is and give a presentation?

Has guests, staff, offers tours, offer scholarships and ability to apply for grant from our National Leader.

Conversations: talk about eco-tourism, fundraise, film education videos, ask questions, maybe even trait specific interactions for clumsy, high maintenance, erratic, etc.

Give me BB/architecture: strollers, new version of stylist chair that looks like a salon chair, spiral-stairs. More thatched roofs, more round wall windows, clay/mud wall textures, adobe style pieces, high rise buildings, tribal masks and statues, handwoven rugs, carved wooden chairs, stools, clay pots, and woven baskets.

African food (a given) BUT gameplay - if you cook together with an elder [maybe at a certain level] there's a possible "learned family recipe" buff/trait and/or recipe that appears in inventory to set an heirloom/pass down. If sim already has a cookbook or writes one, they can either add recipe and betray family secret or keep it in the family. And if you've unlocked this buff/trait, you can ask other sims about their family recipes or be asked, some might spill and you can choose not to.

CAS: cowrie shells, kente, ankara, kaftans, locs, braids, bantu knots, cornrows, headpieces, makeup, cross pack add headpieces, dresses, and dashikis for MWS,

New dances, music station, and shrine.

Events and Extras: A coming of age event [if they wanted to add something big - preteens], market/harvest [where the community trades and celebrates together], cross-pack add traditions to MSW, a chance to add zodiac signs and the world at night in the savanna could have beautiful skies

Traits: Communal Spirit, Tradition Keeper, Wildlife Enthusiast, Rhythmic, Captivating, Barterer

[chorusfm]

Remember Summer Cover Blink-182

Remember Summer have covered Blink-182’s “All the Small Things.” Remember Summer are Northern Irish hailing Paddy Conn of indie pop band Swimming Tapes and English vocalist Angelina Dove. Having a mutual indulgence for worlds gone by, Remember Summer use an enchanted distraction of dusty synths and wistful poetry to create their nostalgia drenched dream pop.  Songs that embody a poignant dream-state of long lost summer nights, or the cosy loneliness of a desert road trip on the cusp of September; the leaves will fall, the changing of the seasons inevitable but the magic days, in those last hours of summertime feel like they really could last forever. The pair met in the summer of ’16 at the Forest Gate cafe where they both worked and started making up songs to pass days in a hot kitchen. Dove recalls, "Summer of ‘16 became the year of collaboration for Paddy and I. We started swapping ideas at work. It all started as a bit of fun really, sort of a distraction to stem boredom but when the cafe went bust the following year and we both got fired we realised that we'd started something we missed more than frying eggs. Since we live 5 minutes away from each other we've kept it up. This is ‘Remember Summer’". Now, the duo are beginning to unveil their new music, as they enter a fresh chapter. Following the release of their Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" cover, Remember Summer have now dropped "All The Small Things." The blink-182 track has been transformed into a slow-paced, hauntingly ethereal release, where Angelina's echoing vocals float delicately over melancholy instrumentation.  Angelina shares, “I came across the lyrics for that song and read them out of context, and it got me thinking. There was something haunting about them, a kind of disenchantment particularly in the line about roses left by the stairs. It took me right back to quite a lonely period of my life where flowers softened grief and became symbolic tokens vs romantic gestures. I asked Paddy to play the chords (again out of context and without bringing up the original) and it kind of went from there…” --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/news/remember-summer-cover-blink-182/

[cocamalfeta]

Fire and Water imagery in BTS Bangtan Universe

Just a quick note to state that this imagery didn't come from the Saju story mentioned first in 2022 by Taekook, since it was already present in BU stories from 2015-2018, linked to the pairing Suga and Jungkook (search the tags:Sugakookie, Yoonkook).

My main interest is the chance that Sugakookie story from B.U. hinted at an in real life gay relationship, as this has been discussed and alluded by fans at the time as well, being with the meaning of the band supporting the queer community or hinting at this real gay couple. Let's note that the theory doesn't say who the real couple were.

This theory deals with the theme of cross-dressing as well, a theme again heavily used until right Ch.2 by Tae --I should try and write a post later on the theme of "dressing as the other" or "impersonation". I'm checking carefully all Mvs from this time and i'll be coming back for more thoughts on this later.

Main theories are taken from this fansite and her tumblr. This fan only analysed HYYH and Wings trilogy partially, but the gist of it is that stories are continuosly recycling and re-using the same themes so it's easier to follow.

Her words:

I’m not much of a shipper by nature, actually, but I’ve become kind of hardcore with SugaKookie in HYYH/Wings for the simple reason that it is canon, and it means a lot that it is (not talking about fan service). And no, this is not me being delusional and wanting to see something that was never there. I actually tried to see Suga and JK as not romantic in HYYH for the sake of being unbiased, but their storyline as “brothers” just didn’t make sense on its own and in the overall context of HYYH. SugaKookie is NOT just a theory, it’s been hinted and then confirmed time and time again. Maybe Big Hit made it too subtle for some fans to get it, I don’t know. It’s real nonetheless. 

I already posted a bit on "Run" MV before. Let's check the main symbols used on B.U. as per the interpretations of her fansite. Consider the use of these themes has been very pervasive through the years and extend beyond BTS to K-pop in general.

Symbolism for adulthood: water and fire (both are linked to rebirth and connected to sexual awakening), cars, city, colour black, the black void, the ocean, black hood, bed, lighter.

Symbolism for youth / childhood: birds, feathers, light.

Symbolism for in-between these two states: bridges, halted train, seashore, change of seasons, the woods, city maze.

Since I rewatched again today"Euphoria" by Jungkook the references to fire, water, and even the green colour are just very obvious. This will be just quick note. Check here, Jungkook is linked to blue / water opposite to red (red place left empty though).

Now, just take a quick look to the English lyrics:

You are the sunlight that rose again in my life

A reincarnation of my childhood dreams I don't know what these emotions are Am I still dreaming? There is a green oasis in the desert A priori deep inside of me I'm so happy, I can't breathe Everything's getting blurry

I hear the ocean from far away Across the dream, past the woods I'm following this clarity Take my hands now (hands now) You are the cause of my euphoria

Here we have the opposite themes fire / water and in the in-between state: the woods and the dream . The song starts with the fire references (sun or sunlight and the desert linked to oasis' greenery) and something "deep" that is hidden. At the other side there're the water references (the oasis, the ocean, clarity), a place of happiness and stillness.

I know this is a very quick and basic reading, but I point out this to say that in 2017 there were already repetition of the same themes from 2015.

[thespiritofvexation]

Imperiet - Österns Röda Ros (Live at Ritz 9/11-1988)

"Österns Röda Ros" (Red Rose of the East) was released in 1986 by swedish rock band Imperiet. Written by Joakim Thåström "in solidarity with the suffering of the palestinian people"[x] and described as their "hate song against the state of Israel"[x]. A somewhat accurate translation of the lyrics:

"Where the drought is most severe And the desert is aflame There are truths and lies Lined up in a row Amidst the machine-gun fire of snipers Live people with a dream With barbed wire around the neck Children are nursed with warmth and tenderness But if you know where stars are falling And where the rainbow ends If you still hear your heart beat You shall find the red rose of the east Where steel-birds fly in the night Above those who have fled their land Where the cartographers borders Are drawn in blood-stained sand And the boys who just lay there With open eyes open yet seeing nothing Those who never again will laugh Or kiss a smiling girl

I hear their voices I hear how they scream I know they are there I know they are living So if you know where stars are falling And where the rainbow ends If you still hear your heart beat You shall find the red rose of the east Red rose of the east Red rose of the east..."

[bittersweetbark]

Oh yeah let's have some music!

This one has a weird history: Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie wrote "Such Great Hights" for the band The Postal Service where it's kind of an "easy listening EDM track".

Folksy singer Iron&Wine covered it as a slow, cosy ukulele number and, as Gibbard says in the video, "is now the owner of the song".

Now the version I prefer is Gibbard himself again on the guitar, because it's done a little less "affectedly" (and doesn't drop a whole chord).

Then I got Jeremy Messersmith on repeat, with three of his songs actually: "A Girl, A Boy And A Graveyard", "Love You To Pieces" and "Organ Donor" - the latter also has a phenomenal video and you can sing harmonies with the chorus:

From Poe I posted "Spanish Doll" with my fic "State of Mind" a few times, because I used some lyrics in there, I also have "Not A Virgin" on repeat, which is great for cleaning and other chores that need something fast and uplifting:

Something not Indy at all but I used to be obsessed with it and still listen to it a few times in a row is Sting's "Desert Rose":

And making up for that well known track I'll close with some Interview with the Vampire filk (the movie, not the series) and "The Lady" by Urban Tapestry (which I have on CD, even):

I'm tagging everyone who wants to do this!

thanks for tagging, @the-evil-stick 💖

what are five songs you’ve had on repeat lately?

1. SPM  Mexican Radio (at the moment)

2.  Miracle Of Sound Valhalla calling 

3.  Nirvana Come As You Are

4.  Moby Lift Me Up (long time fav.)

5.  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark So In Love (madd/headcanon)

tagging @the-butch-of-blaviken @windflowerofskellige @bittersweetbark @she-who-drank-vodka-with-cats

[lyricsasquotes]

'All my life I've been told to hang on tight There's a girl who'd be my wife But I'm not interested in anything mama says' -The Desert Rose Band | Visit LyricsasQuotes.com for more lyrics.

[saltyground]

hey it’s me 💞💞💞 i just want to know how you got into goanna ?? i love them too and im just surprise to see someone else who loves them as much as you do ! it’s quite sweet <3

Aaaaah hi emmi ily and it makes me insanely happy to hear you're a goanna enjoyer as well!!!!

I'd known Solid Rock for ages just via my general interest in Australian music, but I didn't really get into them until early this year when i finally listened to Spirit of Place and watched the Stop the Drop concert and fell in love with them!! The poetry of the lyrics and the lilt in Shane's voice and the absolute vibes given off by the equally beautiful and talented Marcia and Rose??? They really just checked all the boxes for me...australian political folk rock bands my beloved. I was listening to a lot of goanna around the time that I was in the desert in the american southwest and it brings back a lot of memories and feelings from that trip. And it also didn't help that shane is an absolute cutie babygirl with big sad eyes and nice hair 🥴 but we're not here to talk about that (that is EXACTLY why we're here...)

[calumxkisses]

Sleep On The Floor | c.h.

pairing: calum hood x reader

genre: fluff

warnings: none

summary: life’s getting dark grey, lucky for you, Calum is ready to show you all the colors - or maybe that’s what you dream about.  

a/n: hi beautiful angels, i’m back! sorry for being away fr such a long time but i was studying and trying my best to stay alive. today’s also my birthday and i wanted to thank all of you for loving my past serie. i love every single on of you.

this imagine its inspired by the song: sleep on the floor 

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

The music is loud, the same songs are repeated continuously but the constant talk and the drinks make it difficult to notice the monotony of these parties. It is a monotony that you relive every weekend since you started working in the music industry and it doesn’t depend on the place, the week or the event, the same things repeat themselves over and over again.

Dark grey. It’s the color that you best associate to this situation. It’s that color that makes you think about factories, workers in line, controlled by rules and by a world that leaves no room for creativity, for change, for a better world. You remember that Charlie Chaplin’s movie that your professor made you watch in school and the way he ends up living an adventure. Will that happen to you too? It’s just a party, you think, but because it’s a party you shouldn’t feel this way. 

You’ll take a plane tomorrow and you’ll end up in another city that you won’t visit because there’ll be no time. After the concert or the interview, you’ll end up in some hidden place dancing and drinking and the day after another plane or bus will be waiting for you. And when the tour ends, you’ll be able to breathe. 

The girl in front of you keeps talking about the promotion she got at work, but you stopped listening to her a long time ago. Didn't she get the promotion last week? Or was it another girl? Maybe she was the one who had just returned from a business trip? 

Across the room, a few steps away from you, Calum, Luke and Roy are talking about the new album the band is working on, the new genre they are experimenting with and the lyrics they enjoy writing but will never release. They spend their days like this, searching for new sounds and writing lyrics about salads and strange places where they get lost.

You look around before your gaze gets placed in front of you and you notice that Calum is looking at you too, his curly hair with shades of blonde free from any beanie and he’s still wearing the leather jacket. His eyes stare at you and a little grin forms on his lips. Without realizing it, you slowly approach each other. 

“It doesn't look like you're having fun.” 

“My stomach hurts from how much I’m laughing.” You say in a sarcastic tone, your face expressing your emotion. 

“What’s going on? Are you okay?” Calum knows you. He knows your need to break free from the world and the way you love everything that is extraordinary. He needs that too, he wants to have the possibility to just be him and not the bassist from 5 Seconds Of Summer, but he’ll never tell you this, he won’t give you the satisfaction of being right. But you know. 

“No, I'm just tired of always doing the same things.” You say dramatically, sighing.

“Then let's do something different.”

“Like what? Playing hide and seek instead of beer pong?” 

“No, let’s leave. We have a couple of hours before this party ends and nobody will notice our absence anyway. Let’s do something different for once.” 

You smile. He’s trying to relieve your suffering and you appreciate that.  

Calum walks away for a moment and when he returns, your jacket is in his hand and no longer on the couch. He throws it at you and offers you his hand. “A Taxi is already waiting for us outside. What do you think?” His smile is wide on his face, but not as big as the one that forms on your face when you grab his hand and drag him out.

You both laugh as you get into the car, your adrenaline is running high and you already feel better. The driver smiles at the scene, Calum whispers something in his ear and then sits back on the seat, his eyes following your body before looking in your eyes. 

“I didn’t know you could speak French.” You say looking at his face. 

“There’s a lot of things that you don’t know about me, love.” He says before looking in front of him, mentally trying to remember the name of the streets. His side profile is lightened by different colors as you pass all the different neons of the shops of the city.

The window on your right is slightly lowered. You rest your head on his shoulder and close your eyes, the wind brushes your face and the noise of the city is like a melody in your ears. Calum kisses your hair and rests his head on yours. 

You’re in a car, just the two of you stuck in traffic, yet you feel like you are in a different world, in a world of constant change, where everything happens only once and you are ready to treasure every second of it. 

You don’t know how many minutes have passed by before Calum taps on your shoulder and whispers, “Look.” before pointing to his left. You open your eyes and the Arc de Triomphe lights up the city. It’s a masterpiece that reigns in the French city. It’s fully illuminated and stands powerful in the center of the rotunda.

“Wow.” It's the only thing you can say as you get closer to the window to get a better look. The driver chuckles at your reaction. You are too distracted by the beauty of the monument to notice the way Calum looks at you, lost in the way the lights illuminate your face and the way your hand is in his, as if they were made to hold only each other. 

All the cars are driving past the monument as if it was nothing, probably used to the view, but you can’t get enough of the magical feeling that you feel just by looking at it.

As the Arc de Triomphe is now behind you, you sit back in your seat, your mouth still slightly open from the astonishment of the sight. They might have been some of the most intense minutes you’ve ever experienced.

“Everytime we finish a show here, we always ask to pass by here. After the confusion of the concert, this view always manages to bring peace. Usually we are always exhausted but we try to stay awake as much as possible to not miss this view.” He whispers, looking out and smiling at the memories. 

“I know how much you daydream and how much you like these views and as soon as they gave us the tour dates, I immediately asked to let you come with us. I knew you would like it.” 

The idea that Calum has thought of you, especially in this occasion, warms your heart. He’s not a person who expresses what he feels, he finds it difficult to open up to the world and to the people around him and you know that that's his way of showing that he cares, by gestures, thoughts and small details.

“Thank you, Calum. We passed here yesterday and it was magical in the sun, I didn't expect to love it even more at night.”

The car crosses a bridge and the Seine is illuminated, leading you to fall even more in love with this city. It is definitely the most romantic city in the world, as everyone says.

“Close your eyes.” Calum whispers, taking your hand and putting them on your eyes.

“Wait, why? What are you doing?” You ask but he stays silent. Your heart beats fast. 

Before you know it, the car stops and Calum talks to the driver. You are tempted to open your eyes and peek but the idea that he has decided to surprise you makes you feel too much guilt to do it so you decide to keep your hands on your face.

Calum opens the door, “Give me your hand but keep your eyes closed, okay?” You nod before holding out your hand. He grabs it and, being careful not to hurt you, he gets you out of the car.

You walk  for a while, the noise of the stones is loud as you walk on them and the wind ruffles your hair.

“Keep your eyes still closed for a moment.” He whispers in your ear making you feel chills all over your body.

You feel him moving away and you try to use your senses to understand where you are. You hear people talking in the distance, the noise of some cars behind you as you play with your fingers to entertain yourself while you wait. You aren’t afraid, there’s no single cell in your body that feels fear, you trust him too much to think about the idea that he left you there. He would be ready to climb the highest mountain and cross the hottest deserts to come to you, there’s no emergency that’ll let him leave your side. 

Since the first moment his eyes saw you, he knew that he couldn’t let you go.

You feel someone stand in front of you before you hear him speak: “Okay, you can open your eyes now.”

Calum is standing in front of you, he’s looking straight in your eyes to see your reaction. He’s holding a red rose in his right hand and a huge smile is on his lips. Behind him, the Eiffel Tower is majestic, a source of light in the dark of the night. You’re left speechless, the magic you’re living is impossible to explain with words. It seems like billions of stars are joined by surrounding the structure, illuminating it and making it something eternal.  

There are a few people in the distance, taking photos of the structure and laughing at each other. 

There’s a musician on the side of the tower, she’s playing songs that you’re not familiar with and yet they seem to be perfect for this moment. They might be love songs, or even sad songs, but the melody envelops the atmosphere that surrounds you, making you look like the protagonists of a dream.

“Calum.” It’s the only thing you’re able to say. He’s standing there, between you and the Eiffel Tower, one of the most beautiful attraction in the entire world and yet his beauty almost steals the spotlight. But he’ll never know.

He grins and turns around to admire the structure. You reach to take your phone from the pocket of your jacket and take a picture of him, of the Tower, of everything that is surrounding you. Something to look at when you’ll need to think about a happy memory. 

“I’m in love. That’s it. I know what love looks like now.” You said admiring the view. 

“With me?” He looks at you smiling.

“You wish, don’t you?.” 

He laughs and there’s no sound that could be better than that. Not even a view could be more beautiful. Calum Hood laughing in front of the Eiffel Tower, in the middle of the night, surrounded by stars is a sight that no one will ever experience and you hold this moment close to your heart.

“I’m moving here.” You say after a few minutes of silence. 

“You can’t.” 

“Why?” 

“I can’t live without you.” Your heart skips a beat. “How am I supposed to wake up on time and to go to all my appointments if you don’t remind me?” You both laugh. 

“Fine, I’ll honor you with my presence for a little while longer.” 

“Thank you.” 

For a moment, you look straight into each other's eyes. The world seems to stop, except for the Tower and the music in the distance. Calum takes a piece of your hair behind your ear and you can see your reflection in his eyes. 

“It’s getting late, we should go.” He whispers close to your lips.

“Do we really have to go?” You want to close your eyes but you can’t seem to leave the sight of his face. A face that you see everyday but that you can’t get enough of. 

“Yeah but this’ll be our little secret. A place that you can escape to when you’re tired of the world. It’s gonna be here-” He says before pointing to your mind, “-and here.” He stops pointing to your heart and for a second you stop breathing.

“We have too many secrets, Calum.” You say as he takes your hand and walks towards the Taxi. You can’t see his face but his body language is telling you that he’s smiling.

He opens the door of the car and gets in and you follow him, not before looking at the Eiffel Tower one last time and taking a deep breath. 

The drive back to the party passes quickly and silently, your head is again resting on Calum's shoulder and his head is resting on yours, your hands are intertwined as you play with your fingers while the stereo plays slow, almost inaudible music.

“We are here.” The driver says with a strong accent and you realize that you're back in that building. You both get out of the car and while Calum pays for the ride, you look around you. 

“It’s okay to escape reality every once in a while, as long as you remember to come back to reality to me.” He whispers while you get inside the house and you look at him confused before noticing the scene in front of you. 

As you enter through the big door, you see that everything looks exactly as when you left. People are doing the same things they were doing before and while you throw your jacket on the couch, you notice that the stereo is playing the same playlist it was playing a couple of hours ago. 

Calum is back at talking with Roy and Luke, he’s holding a drink and he’s laughing at something his friend is saying.

You go back to the group you were with at the start of the party, nobody seemed to have noticed your absence. The girl in front of you keeps talking about the promotion she got at work but you’re not really listening. 

You look around before your gaze gets placed in front of you and you notice that Calum is looking at you too, he gives you a questioning look and winks before turning his attention back to his friends.

You smile.