#enough i want you.... carve your name across three counties ground it in with bloody hides their broken necks will line the ditch til you

[stellarspecter]

what if i said this tornado loves you ben hargreeves & the horror & jennifer gifset. what then

[quinnofthedead]

Neko Case's "This Tornado Loves You" also has this feeling, and the times I related most to it was when I was feeling the most out of control and destructive.

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls they hang inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough I want you Carved your name across three counties Ground it in with bloody hides Their broken necks will line the ditch 'Til you stop it, stop it Stop this madness I want you

Constantly thinking about this thing John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats said about the song “Love, Love, Love”.

The point of the song is, you know, that we are fairly well damaged by the legacy of the Romantic poets–that we think of love as this, you know, thing that is accompanied by strings and it’s a force for good, and if something bad happens then that’s not love. And the therapeutic tradition that I come from–I used to work in therapy–you know, also says that it’s not love if it feels bad. I don’t know so much about that. I don’t know that the Greeks weren’t right. I think they were–that love can eat a path through everything–that it will destroy a lot of things on the way to its own objective, which is just its expression of itself, you know. I mean, my stepfather loved his family, right? Now he mistreated us terribly quite often, but he loved us. And, you know, well, that to me is something worth commenting on in the hopes of undoing a lot of what I perceive as terrible damage in the way people talk about this–love is this benign, comfortable force. It’s not that. It’s wild, you know?

[conradrasputin]

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls they hang inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough

I want you

Carved your name across three counties Ground it in with bloody hides Their broken necks will line the ditch 'Til you stop it, stop it Stop this madness

I want you

[primaveravenus]

I LEFT THEM MOTHERLESS FATHERLESS THEIR SOULS DANGLING INSIDE OUT FROM THEIR MOUTHS BUT ITS NEVER ENOUGH I WANT YOU .. CARVED YOUR NAME ACROSS THREE COUNTIES GROUND IT IN WITH BLOODY HIDES . btw

[knightofleo]

Neko Case | This Tornado Loves You

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough I want you I carved your name across three counties And ground it in with bloody hides Broken necks will line the ditch Till you stop it, stop it, stop this madness I want you

[yappacadaver]

lyrics for you

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls they hang inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough

I want you

Carved your name across three counties Ground it in with bloody hides Their broken necks will line the ditch 'Til you stop it, stop it Stop this madness

I want you

I have waited with a glacier's patience Smashed every transformer with every trailer 'Til nothing was standing 65 miles wide Still you are nowhere Still you are nowhere Nowhere in sight

Come out to meet me Run out to meet me Come in to the light

Climb the boxcars to the engine through the smoke into the sky Your rails have always outrun mine So I pick them up and crash them down In a moment close to now 'Cause I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss I miss how you'd sigh yourself to sleep When I'd rake the springtime across your sheets

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls they hang inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough

My love I'm an owl on the sill in the evening But morning finds you Still warm and breathing

This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me? This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me?

Neko case writing Yumi lyrics

[iloveyoufor800years]

sometimes i remember that My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls they hang inside-out from their mouthsBut it's never enough I want you Carved your name across three counties Ground it in with bloody hides Their broken necks will line the ditch 'Til you stop it, stop it Stop this madness I want you I have waited with a glacier's patience Smashed every transformer with every trailer 'Til nothing was standing 65 miles wide Still you are nowhere Still you are nowhere Nowhere in sight Come out to meet me Run out to meet me Come in to the light Climb the boxcars to the engine through the smoke into the sky Your rails have always outrun mine So I pick them up and crash them down In a moment close to now 'Cause I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss I miss how you'd sigh yourself to sleep When I'd rake the springtime across your sheets My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls they hang inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough My love I'm an owl on the sill in the evening But morning finds you Still warm and breathing This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me? This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me?

[ourimpavidheroine]

People, I am giving you all I’ve got for all the patience you have given me with IDNAtNfE. Chapter 33 is hitting like my very favorite tornado of an airbender.

My love I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths... But it's never enough I want you

I carved your name across three counties And ground it in with bloody hides Broken necks will line the ditch Till you "stop it! stop it! stop this madness! " I want you

I have waited with a glacier's patience Smashed every transformer with every trailer Till nothing was standing Sixty-five miles wide

But still you are nowhere, still you are nowhere, nowhere in sight Come out to meet me, run out to meet me Come into the light

Climb the boxcars to the engine Through the smoke and to the sky

Your rails could always outrun mine so I I picked them up and crashed them down In a moment close to now Cause I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss How you'd sigh yourself to sleep When I'd rake the springtime across your sheets

[Chorus]

My love, I'm an owl on the sill in the evening But morning finds you Still warm and breathing This tornado loves you, what will make you believe me?

[callmearcturus]

my love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths but it's never enough I want you

carved your name across three counties ground it in with bloody hides their broken necks will lie in the ditch 'til you "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop this madness!" I want you

I have waited with a glacier's patience smashed every transformer with every trailer 'til nothing was standing sixty-five miles wide but still you are nowhere, still you are nowhere nowhere in sight

this tornado loves you what would make you believe me?

[needlekind]

SON, YOU SHOULD: a Lyon fanmix

8tracks ☆ playmoss

If I Were a Carp ☆ Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy have you not been told of lazarus? he felt the icy grip, brought back by a morphine drip, he told the captain this:

It’s Never Over (Oh Orpheus) ☆ Arcade Fire hey, eurydice! can you see me? i will sing your name ‘til you’re sick of me 

Treats ☆ Sleigh Bells bomb heaven, can they bomb heaven in? heavy metal band, sing with me

Many Lives → 49 MP ☆ Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy i wish for clairvoyance, i wanna see my wife and kids, and how i would live, how i would die

Renaissance! ☆ San Fermin there’s a mob at the door, i hear them calling for my head, and they’re scaling the walls, and i’m still, still dreaming magnificent things 

This Tornado Loves You ☆ Neko Case i carved your name across three counties, and ground it in with bloody hides, their broken necks will line the ditch 'til you stop it! stop it! stop it, stop it, stop this madness! i want you 

Cities ☆ Blackbird Raum as i realize i’m not an immortal, a stranger in shadows appears at my side

I Want to Be Well ☆ Sufjan Stevens did i go at it wrong? did i go at it intentionally to destroy me? 

You Lost Me ☆ Sleigh Bells down in the ground we can sing from the grave, take a breath, take a breath, i would never lie to you, but i’m gonna have to tell the truth

Generator ^ Second Floor ☆ Freelance Whales don’t fix my smile, life is long enough, we will put this flesh into the ground again

[pjharvey-moved]

my love I am the speed of sound I left them motherless fatherless their souls dangling inside out from their mouths but it’s never enough I want you I carved your name across three counties and ground it in with bloody hides their broken necks will line the ditch ‘til you stop it stop it stop it stop it stop this madness I want you I have waited with a glacier’s patience smashed every transformer with every trailer ‘til nothing was standing sixty-five miles wide but still you are nowhere still you are nowhere nowhere in sight come out to meet me run out to meet me come into the light climb the boxcars to the engine through the smoke and to the sky your rails have always outrun mine so I picked them up and crashed them down in a moment close to now cause I miss I miss I miss I miss I miss I miss I miss I miss how you’d sigh yourself to sleep when I’d rake the springtime across your sheets

Where are the neko case fans of tumblr

[stellarspecter]

omg this tornado loves you is such a good Ben and the Horror song. Like, the Horror loves Ben not in the human nature way but in its own inhuman way, the way a tornado loves- not understanding why their beloved human begs them to stop their destructive rampage. But it’s in their nature. Sorry I just really wanted to talk about this I love this theme so much I have thoughts ty for introducing the song! Do you happen to have more thoughts on this?

LITERALLYYYY the horror loves him the only way it knows how.... violently destructively not knowing the meaning of the word "soft"... it's literally such an interesting dynamic and the show did NOTHING with it not even crumbs of a thing with it. well more for me i suppose

for the song in particular i'm not sure what exactly i was gonna do with it? i had vague plans for a gifset after s3 but clips of them are scarce and not really the vibe i'm looking for (like there's basically no scenes of the horror doing anything but being used in combat. and now i guess being used as sparrow ben's arms/tail)

mostly the lyrics i'm obsessed with are from the chorus and the end:

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough I want you This tornado loves you, this tornado loves you, this tornado loves you, this tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me?

honestly i'm not quite sure which clips i'd pair up with which lyrics for a gifset or an amv or whatever. we just don't have enough footage of the horror to make it really visually interesting and not repetitive i think. i'd love to try but i'm dreading digging through the episodes for clips it's the worst part of gifmaking. if someone has a ben & the horror compilation ready to go i will give my life for you sldkfjs

but godddd the way she screams the first "what will make you believe me" is so fucking POWERFUL it's crazy. and then the second one is so defeated almost. like "i've tried to tell you as loudly as i can so now i'm asking quietly. what will make you believe me?"

because ben will never believe the horror loves him. how could he? it's literally called the horror. it's scary and it hurts and it kills and covers him in blood since he was just a kid and it's always there, just waiting to be let out. maybe umbrella ben could have gotten on friendlier terms with it if he had grown up and left the academy, but sparrow ben? no way. i'm not sure if he even thinks of it as a separate entity, since i don't recall any mention of the horror in s3 or 4 (correct me if i'm wrong). he probably just thinks of his tentacles as a cool thing he can do and nothing more. just a way to be more powerful than his siblings.

the addition of jennifer is interesting and definitely something to play around with. if i actually make something for it i'd definitely pair the lines "carve your name across three counties/ground it in with bloody hides" with the cleanse on its godzilla rampage. which i mean sucked as a resolution to that plot and ben's whole deal but i've talked about that in another post already.

if anyone has ideas on best lines to pair with ben/jen/horror clips let me know! and thank you for sending in this ask, i love an excuse to talk about them!! have this gif from two years ago when i was playing with ideas for this gifset as a treat

[pikapeppa]

My love, I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside out from their mouths But it’s never enough… I want you I carved your name across three counties And ground it in with bloody hides Broken necks will line the ditch ‘Til you “Stop it! Stop it! Stop this madness!” I want you I have waited with a glacier’s patience Smashed every transformer with every trailer ‘Til nothing was standing Sixty-five miles wide But still you are nowhere, nowhere in sight Come out to meet me, run out to meet me Come into the light

- “This Tornado Loves You”, by Neko Case

[lalalarrr]

Last song of the day, folks. Always loved this song, especially the lyrics about a tornado in love with a person. My love I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough I want you Carved your name across three counties Ground it in with bloody hides Their broken necks will lie in the ditch Till you "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop this madness!" I want you I have waited with a glacier's patience Smashed every transformer with every trailer Till nothing was standing 65 miles wide But still you are nowhere, still you are nowhere Nowhere in sight Come out to meet me, run out to meet me Come into the light Climb the boxcars to the engine Through the smoke and to the sky Your rails have always outrun mine so I Picked them up and crashed them down In a moment close to now 'Cause I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss How you'd sigh yourself to sleep When I'd rake the springtime across your sheets My love I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough My love, I'm an owl on the sill in the evening But morning finds you Still warm and breathing This tornado loves you This tornado loves you This tornado loves you This tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me? This tornado loves you This tornado loves you This tornado loves you This tornado loves you This tornado loves you What will make you believe me? Songwriter: Neko Case