#Voiceless Song: Starter Call

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LYRIC STARTERS BASED ON MY CURRENT "ON REPEAT" SONGS

aka, subtly exposing my music taste by slamming a bunch of songs onto one post, even if these probably exist as separate ones somewhere. the sections will be separated by the song titles & artists. this only includes my top 10, because we would be here forever if i included any more.

add context & change gendered language to your needs !! if multi, please specify which muse(s) !!

INVISIBLE - DURAN DURAN

" Living without choice is a life without a voice. "

" Has the memory gone? Are you feeling numb? "

" Will you say my name? "

" Hindsight is falling on my face. "

" When you don't hear a word I say […] "

" But a voiceless crowd isn't backing down. "

"Can you say my name? "

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FLIGHT OF THE CROWS - JHARIAH

" I cannot help but think I've overstayed my welcome. "

" The company's quite nice on crimson nights like these. "

" Well, I think that I've gotta go, and I don't know why. "

" I need you to promise that you won't cry. "

" Let those old memories go. "

" Please understand that I will find a brand new life. "

" So just let me out of your mind. "

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BLOOD UPON THE SNOW - HOZIER & BEAR MCCREARY

" Nature offers a violence. "

" The world that hardens as the harsher winter holds. "

" The ground walked here is a wonder. "

" And all things nature's given; she takes all things back from the living. "

" I've walked the earth, and there are so few here that know. "

" It's not my arms that will fail me. "

" This world takes more strength than it gave me. "

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RISK, RISK, RISK - JHARIAH

" We would've never worked out together. "

" Wager all you've got, and run me all that shit. "

" I can't take another day! I need some change. "

" There's things you just can't see with such precautious eyes. "

" I don't think I need to tell you; you'll see me when I do. "

" Better bite your tongue! "

"I don't second-guess a vision. "

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EAT YOUR YOUNG - HOZIER

" Let me wrap my teeth around the world. "

" I want to feel the edges start to burn. "

" If there's something to be gained, there's money to be made. "

" Throw enough rope until the legs have swung. "

" You can't buy this fineness. "

" If there's something still to take, there is ground to break. "

" Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns. "

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CARELESS WHISPER - GEORGE MICHAEL

" I feel so unsure. "

" Something in your eyes calls to mind a silver screen, and all its sad goodbyes. "

" Though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool. "

" To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind. "

" But there's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. "

" I wish that we could lose this crowd. "

" We could have been so good together. "

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APOCALYPTICISM - MOON WALKER

" We fight fire with silence and pray somebody hears. "

" No one said the world can't change in just a couple nights. "

" We want a revolution, but only with condition. "

" He came baring the heart of a liar; wearing the face of an honest man. "

" Start feeding the dogs of war. "

" We're in your head and hiding in plain sight. "

" But I don't see any difference, they both look the same to me. "

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DIGITAL SILENCE - PETER MCPOLAND

" I won't ask a question; I'll state the truth. "

" This is the way that it is. "

" Something you love turns to something you miss. "

" This is the way that I know. "

" I feel it inside me like a pulse; it's starting to slow and the meter dips. "

" This is the sound of the truth. "

" There is nothing you can do. "

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KINGSLAYER - BRING ME THE HORIZON & BABYMETAL

" Are you looking for the other side? "

" I need to know where your loyalties lie. Tell me, are you gonna bark, or bite? "

" Wipe the system and back the fuck up. "

" You are modified. "

" You're a puppet! When they cut your strings off, don't come crawling back. "

" You're on your own. "

" I'll fight for you until I die. "

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I'M AFRAID I'LL GO TO HEAVEN - MOON WALKER

" I don't wanna live forever, 'cause I don't want what's coming next. "

" Don't think we stand taller together, 'cause half of us ain't got no spine. "

" My biggest fear ain't no red Devil, it's being near you people all the time. "

" I'll be fine as long as you go somewhere else. "

" They tell you truth is what you make it. "

" It's like we don't even gotta try no more. "

" I'm sure your god would love to keep it white, but I think that me and mine will be alright. "

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Todays rip: 29/06/2023

voiceless - simple ds series vol. 01 - the mahjong (¥1480)

Season 2 Featured on: Haltmann's Highest Quality Video Game Rips Also on: SiIvaGunner: Starter Kit & Essentials

Ripped by trivial171, MtH

Part of Voiceless Week! Requested by @cookiefonster!

WELL, remind me to never use Drafts again, because apparently last week's post just flat out spoiled the rip of today in the URL. Tumblr, huh?

Anyhow - this request was part of why I decided to commit to this week's theme, as its a track I too wanted to cover but didn't really feel up to doing before actually disclosing the original track's impact in its own post. Through its appearance on two albums now, I think I can say pretty confidently that this is the voiceless-arrangement I've listened to most in my time due to its permanent placement in my playlists. But its addition to those playlists came as a surprise to me at first, as I'd never even once heard the rip on the channel itself. Even worse - I'd never actually listened to any of the Simple DS Series-rips whatsoever!

As I've previously alluded to on this blog, I think this is one of the beautiful things about the channel - it celebrates the art of just making things without an expected audience to flock to it. Every rip is cherished by a unique group of people because its impossible - or at least extremely unhealthy! - to listen to every single rip on the channel. After having discovered the game and its rips through this installment, I can now absolutely call myself a fan.

Like the prior rips I've covered this week, this is very much a remix through and through aiming to recreate the original song in a new context. Despite having never played the game before, its sound feels so "early DS" through and through, in a way I can only really compare to Gen 4 of Pokémon? I'd speculate that this sound comes from games transitioning from the GBA's heavy use of samples to relying more on full-on MIDI, but still undergoing a form of compression to be audible through the DS. Regardless, the rest is just an immaculately dense and thick sound - drum hits that vibrate through the compression, a bassline that becomes even heavier due to it, and synths that sound videogamey in every way possible. With the three voiceless remixes I've covered thus far, slideless was a direct translation of the original song into the style of a different track, wheras voiceless (short rave remix) was a full on reimagining with all new instrumentation. voiceless - simple ds series vol. 01 - the mahjong (¥1480), then, speaks to me as a full-on rerendition of the original track, capturing every single element of the original track's instrumentation and directly retranslating them to fit the DS vibe. It probably helps that MtH worked on this directly after already being very much involved in the original voiceless, likely allowing more of the subtle differences in instrumentation to become directly translated rather than full-on reimagined.

The result, at the end of the day, is a trio of fantastic celebrations of voiceless' legacy. Ironically, voiceless - simple ds series vol. 01 - the mahjong (¥1480) in particular shows that the song hits just as hard even without vocals - even when quite literally voiceless, the team's voice shines through it all.

[eievuimemes]

CITIZEN SOLDIER LYRIC SENTENCE STARTERS TW: Themes of suicide / suicidal ideation, self-harm, depression, anxiety, etc.

“A heart of gold don’t come cheap.”

“All war and no surrender.”

“All your pain is just a hero forming.”

“Be a voice for the voiceless.”

“Behind your mask of kindness, you wanna see me fail.”

“Being brave is just a trick.”

“Can’t wake up from living in yesterday.”

“Does hope hurt more than giving up?”

“Every day gets wasted on a painful pause.”

“Every mark that makes you feel worthless, can give you a purpose.”

“Every single thought is trying to put me in my grave.”

“Give me a reason.”

“Go ahead and die with what you're afraid to say.”

“Go ahead and judge me.”

“Help me believe that tomorrow's even worth the fight.”

“I buried all the pain.”

“I choose to celebrate what made me me.”

“I couldn't feel this alone.”

“I don't know if I can be the hero.”

“I don't know if I can do it all again.”

“I don't know if I can save the day.”

“I had to find myself.”

“I hate to sound so cynical, but I'm done chasing miracles.”

“I hate to sound so cynical.”

“I have always been this way.”

“I kept holding on until the final page.”

“I know that I can't be the only one.”

“I treat silence like a gift.”

“I used to feel so ashamed.”

“I used to hate everything that I saw in the mirror.”

“I wasn’t fake.”

“I will not grieve.”

“I wish I could turn the white noise off.”

“I won’t make the same mistake.”

“I'd rather spill my guts out than live with being fake.”

“I'll keep writing songs until they know my name.”

“I'll never be ashamed 'cause it's my legacy.”

“I'll never bow down.”

“I'm done chasing miracles.”

“I'm fine and nothing's wrong.”

“I'm gonna live loud until there's no breath left in me.”

“I'm gonna live through hell so I'm left with no regrets.”

“I'm in a place you will never find.”

“I'm on my deathbed and no one knows.”

“I'm so damn proud of what they put me through.”

“I'm so scared of every trigger.”

“I'm terrified that I won't make it through the night.”

“I've heard every damn cliche.”

“I've learned there's beauty in the danger.”

“If I died at least I couldn't feel this alone.”

“If I had to, I would do it all again.”

“In my own head I'm a prisoner.”

“It's in your suffering.”

“It's suicide to live this way.”

“It’d hurt much less to cut my tongue from my throat.”

“It’s gonna get better.”

“I’m a slave to what I remember.”

“I’m so sick of feeling not enough.”

“I’m thinking things that twist my guts.”

“I’m who I’m meant to be.”

“I’ve had enough.”

“Keep breaking down or break your chains.”

“Lately, I’ve been living in a still frame.”

“Legends never had to fake it.”

“Life goes on.”

“My whole world is crumbling.”

“No regrets on my deathbed.”

“Nothing lasts forever.”

“Panic is my personality.”

“Pictures from the past that I cannot change.”

“Since I was young I only bleed.”

“So close to giving up on holding on.”

“Some nights I lie awake, and I just dream that I am someone else.”

“Some nights I lie awake.”

“Sometimes that’s the only way.”

“Stop telling me that it's okay like it's gonna get better.”

“The line has never been this thin.”

“The strong are never strangers to the darkest of their days.”

“The worst part about waking up is remembering why you wish that you did not.”

“There's meaning in the misery.”

“There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.”

“There’s beauty in the danger.”

“There’s still more room to feel.”

“They say the devil's just an angel that never learned from all his pain.”

“They're gonna talk you down.”

“They’d think that I’m a freak.”

“What you call taking punches, I call learning how to live.”

“What you can't feel can still be real.”

“Who would you be if you had just stayed strong?”

“Will you be remembered by what darkness did? Or what you did with it?”

“Will you fall apart or into place?”

“Will you turn the light out?”

“You are more than what you're enduring.”

“You can make it to the morning.”

“You can save your story.”

“You didn't choose this.”

“You'll never know what could have been.”

“You're never gonna make it.”

“You’ll be defined by the times you didn’t quit.”

“You’re a stupid kid.”

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[mnemosys]

A tune for you (because the second I saw it I had to)

Fluffy OTP starters

A paper scribbled with words in a language he could not read, but recognized, rested on top of his desk. No doubt, it was meant as a surprise, be it that it was so conveniently placed in plain sight. The Caster received a reaction. Perhaps not the one she was looking for, but a reaction nonetheless: a shocked expression, equal parts timid and terrified, brimming with undisclosed anxiety. Was that a gift? For him? Was he worthy of the time and effort that went into it? And what exactly was it?

He was soon to find out, when her hands gripped his own and sought to keep him anchored to that plane of existence. In return, he squeezed them, then loosened the grip, trembling fingers draping into her clutch. He looked away, part of him ready to bail just so she wouldn’t catch a glimpse of his flustered expression. She always loved to drink those in.

Soon after, the sweet, soothing melody filled the gap between them, with lyrics so foreign yet so familiar calling out to him each resounding arpeggio. It didn’t seem possible, but… could he have heard it before? Perhaps he had, in a distant past or an unavoidable future. Not in a dream, no… he did not have those. Each note hid an underlying sorrow behind it. It wasn’t a sad song by any means, but it wearied his heart all the same, it made the corners of his mouth wrinkle up in a wince and his teeth clenched painfully, holding back whimpers. The meek grip on her hands faltered altogether and the shaking moved to his shoulders, in violent jolts. For an unknown reason, tears began streamlining down his cheeks, but the voiceless croak in his throat failed to utter words.

[burkhanlig]

INSOMNIUM lyrics starters

IN THE HALLS OF AWAITING “There is no light at the end of this blackened path.” “The calm before the storm grows now to thunder's song. ” “All the love I gave you have emptied my heart.” “I beg for salvation, that cannot be found.” “Mine is the kingdom, far from the moon to the sun.” “The Black waters will sway me till I'm sleep.” “In shades of deep green, I can drown in her tender eyes.” “Around you I realize that what I dreamt is true.” “And as my slepp turns ever deeper, I'm really awaken for the first time.” “Longing for the misty shores, where the weeping sky archs over water calm.”

SINCE THE DAY IT ALL CAME DOWN “This winter's here to surpass all the hopes.” “Still at night I see her figure.” “If I only could I would change everything.” “Would you come and share my cross, my pain, my heartbroken nature?” “May the stars become my eyes and the wind become my hearing.” “Death walked the earth today.” “How comfort could be found in the dreariest of nights?” “You must stop your bleeding nefore you run yourself dry.” “Whose sins am I now atoning for? Whose lapses am I forced to undo?” ABOVE THE WEEPING WORLD “When it rains, it pours like hell..” “But where do we lay our heads to rest?” “Only the stars see, only the moon hears…” “Fate that never was written in the stars led to a change of hearts.” “Better it would be to sleep forever in silent shades of the evernight.” “If I were you I would turn away and hide my face.” “I may be gone in the flesh but my love will stay here.” “For all things ought to say, left unsaid. For all deeds ought to do, left undone. Be with me now…” “Better it would be to stay in the shades.” ACROSS THE DARK “Even in the thick of night daylight holds sway.” “Let me drink to the last drop the sweet opiate of dreams.” “How does it feel? To welcome a new day not worth of saving.” “Even the sweetest wine turns sour.” “Like sand slipping through my fingers, nothing ever lasts, ever will.” “But now the summer`s dreams are bent like grain against the scythe.” “I`m not-the one you long for but a scarecrow, an anathema to the world.” “Cold is the world for the ones excluded.” ONE FOR SORROW “Sleep of reason, produces monsters.” “You cannot win always but you can lose every time.” “Those who hear it will bow their heads.” “Alone you came into this world, Alone you are still when you're leaving” “Unsung is the tale of mine.” “From our wounds they're born, from our sadness they grow.” “Now rest for you are tired, let it go.” “Since the very beginning. Chosen to bear the burden.” “It took two to summon the thunder: one to bring down the rain, one to suffer the pain.” SHADOWS OF THE DYING SUN “In the calm whisper of winds afar. It lies calls and awaits deep in the primeval dark.” “We hear but choose not to listen.” “I'll hide the evening stars and fold them in your heart.” “Lonely is the road for the ones seeking the truth.” “Every day must lose to night, fade and die.” “Always keep your friends near you, and your enemies even closer.” “All I ask is one more day to redeem it all.” “Dreaming doesn't make time less real for us.” “Forge your own fate. Rebuild yourself.” “We're nothing more than shadows. Mere remnants of the distant past.” WINTER’S GATE “Hear the howl of the wind. A song from the ocean’s womb.” “Still I bear the flowers of pain. Still I bear the flowers of solitude.” “I walk with my head down.” “And it will rise with a white voiceless face.” “A beast is rending the ground behind me. Killing all the light.” “Cruel is the laughter, cruel is the fate. Cruel is the winter’s will.” “Sing a quiet song to me. Sing of spring and sing of sea.”

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tag drop, gotta do one of those to keep myself consistent-