#i swear something in that song be unearthing memories i didn’t even know i had

[bornonthelake]

pro tip: do not listen to time’s blur on vinyl unless you are ready to bawl your eyes out it’s too much

[ghcstao3]

based on the addition of this because i think it’s silly

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It didn’t look my different from the other tapes, and that’s about as far as Ghost’s defence goes.

Dated and labelled accordingly as is every other tape in the box Ghost had unearthed while digging through his old things, he hardly thinks to be deterred by something titled Tommy’s wedding—it sounds perfectly normal, a happy glimpse into a life Ghost misses dearly from time to time, and he doesn’t see why he shouldn’t show Soap what had been recorded of a great memory.

The tapes were the only way Soap would ever get to know the Riley family, and Ghost supposes the wedding would be the perfect captured moment.

Except, whoever penned the label on the VHS thought it’d be real funny to betray the organization system just to play some practical joke on whoever decided to put the tape into the player more than a decade down the line.

Normally, Ghost might blame Tommy—but once the incriminating footage begins to play, the fault is obviously on Beth, because no one else would have ever had the need to see this tape in particular.

Soap immediately curls back into Ghost’s side as he returns to the couch, content to watch as he had all the other tapes Ghost had decided to show—a gentle fondness is inscribed into his expression as grainy chatter fills the space, a soft smile on his lips as a camera is shakily—and stealthily—set up in one of Tommy’s old mate’s living rooms.

Ghost frowns. Because distantly he recognizes the scene as Tommy’s stag, and not at all the wedding.

Though, he supposes, to lend credit—the precursor, ceremony, and reception could very well all just be mashed onto one tape. It’s what Ghost presumes, anyway, until he hears playful jeering and the clunky click of someone pressing play on a CD player.

It happens too fast, and realization comes much too slow as Tommy and a younger Simon appear just off-centre of the screen, entirely unaware of the camera pointed at them. Simon hears the first notes of the song and scrambles for the remote—only to find that Soap is holding it out of his reach, a mischievous glint in his eyes as he seems to come to some sort of revelation, too.

Ghost narrows his eyes. Commands, voice low, “Pause it, Johnny.”

Soap grins. “Don’t think so.”

It’s too late, anyhow.

Ghost is well and truly fucked as the Spice Girls’ Wannabe filters through his TV’s speakers. He’s never been so mortified.

He wishes he could melt into the couch along with his shame, watching his brother and younger self dance to the song in the same way they’d choreographed when the thing first came out. As stupidly drunk as they were at the time of the video playing on screen, Ghost is surprised they remembered any of it at all.

Any being too much, of course.

Soap only pauses when the song comes to an end, looking to Ghost expectantly, biting his cheek to surely keep from bursting into laughter then and there.

Ghost refuses to look him in the eye.

“We were pissed,” Ghost grumbles. “Bachelor party.”

“You still remember the dance?” Soap goads.

Ghost turns to glare at him. “Johnny.”

“What?” Soap’s face twitches. “Just a question. Of which you didn’t answer.”

Ghost folds his arms petulantly across his chest. How he wishes Beth were still around so he could get revenge for this embarrassing incident. Beyond embarrassing, really.

“No, I don’t.” Yes, he does. “A word of this to anyone and you’re dead, Tav.”

“Aw.” Soap folds back into Ghost’s side, and Ghost could never deny the way he softens, even if just a bit. Soap trails a palm from Ghost’s bicep to his forearm, almost soothing if his only intention wasn’t to tease. “You don’t mean tha’.”

“I do,” Ghost insists, but really, he’s always been a bad liar.

Soap shakes his head. “Nah,” he sighs. “But… I won’t tell anyone, swear. So long as I get to see you do that dance—otherwise this tape is getting rewound and shipped to Gaz with the VCR.”

“Are you blackmailing me?”

“Mhm,” Soap hums. “But only out of love, see.”

Ghost rolls his eyes. He plucks the remote from Soap’s hand and presses stop, not wanting to risk any more condemning footage appear. Perhaps he’ll have to start going through these tapes by himself first, from now on.

“Well, out of love I’ll let you live. How’s that?”

Soap smiles up at him, reaching up an arm to pat Ghost’s cheek twice. “Might be able to convince me.”

Ghost huffs. Convince he must, then.

He knows Beth and Tommy would’ve found this hilarious, the pricks.

In another life, he supposes.

[icharchivist]

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Edit: 1/04/2019: Revamped it with new songs  too o/

under cut soo i can add some later:

Nearly Witches (Ever Since we Met) - Panic! At the Disco

How does a heart love, if no one has noticed its presence And where does it go? Trembling hands play my heart like a drum, But the beat’s gotten lost in the showYou have set your heart  on haunting me Forever from the start, It’s never silent

Crooked Kind - Radical Face

So, collect your scars and wear ‘em well,Your blood’s a good an ink as any.Go scratch your name into the cloudsAnd pull ‘em all… down.The thunder plays it’s drumThe air is heavy with the smell of stormsAnd I sit beside my brother and I feel him shakeAs he laughs himself right back to sleepAnd I’m laughin’ with him, but I smell their bloodMy finger’s trace their faces in the woodI hear their voices somewhere in my bonesI feel them sing along when I’m aloneWhen I’m not too frightened that is when I know

Beautiful Words - The Afters

Have we been running round in circles, Missing all that we could beYou say it’s not too lateWe are words, on pages that we’ve left unturnedAn ending no one’s ever heardWe are a story slowly unfolding, Beautiful words(…) And you could melt away this winterNow we’re starting over, We will see it’s not too lateThat last when everything else has passedEven when the stars are goneI know every single beautiful word that we were will live on

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do.I never dreamed that I’d meet somebody like you.And I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you.No, I don’t want to fall in love(this girl is only gonna break your heart) with youWhat a wicked game you play to make me feel this way. What a wicked thing to do to make me dream of you (…)No, I wanna fall in love with you

Wash it all Away - Hypnogaja

I’m trying to find my way, But every direction looks the sameUnmasking all my fears, Have I been lost for all these years?And I say baby pleaseCan you come down and take away all of the painCan you come down to ease me and wash it all away(…) Dreams die and fade awayBut time will bring another day(…) I hear you call my nameBut will you hear me when I say?

Golden Days - Panic! At the Disco

Oh don’t you wonder when the light begins to fade?And the clock just makes the colors turn to greyForever younger growing older just the sameAll the memories that we make will never changeWe’ll stay drunk, we’ll stay tan, let the love remainAnd I swear that I’ll always paint you Golden days!Time can never break your heartBut It’ll take the pain awayRight now our future’s certainI won’t let it fade away

Samson - Regina Spektor

Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truthI have to go, I have to goYour hair was long when we first metSamson went back to bedNot much hair left on his headHe ate a slice of wonder bread, and went right back to bedAnd history books forgot about us and the Bible didn’t mention usAnd the Bible didn’t mention us, not even onceYou are my sweetest downfallI loved you first, I loved you firstBeneath the stars came fallin’ on our headsBut they’re just old light, they’re just old lightYour hair was long when we first met

Venus - Sleeping At Last

At first I thought you were a constellation.I made a map of your stars, then I had a revelation:You’re as beautiful as endless,You’re the universe I’m helpless in.An astronomer at my bestWhen I throw away the measurements.Like a telescope, I will pull you so close, 'til no space lies in between.And suddenly I see you.I was a billion little pieces, 'til you pulled me into focus.Astronomy in reverse, It was me who was discovered.

Neptune - Sleeping at Last

I’m only honest when it rainsIf I time it right, the thunder breaksWhen I open my mouth, I wanna tell you but I don’t know howI’m only honest when it rainsAn open book, with a torn out page and my inks run outI wanna love you but I don’t know how

I Found - Amber Run

And I’ll use you as focal pointSo I don’t lose sight of what I wantAnd I’ve moved further than I thought I couldBut I miss you more than I thought I wouldOh I’ll use you as a warning signThat if you talk enough sense, then you’ll lose your mindAnd I found love where it wasn’t supposed to beRight in front of me, talk some sense to me

Slow and Steady - Sleeping At Last

we’ve learned to brace for the worstand to read the last pages first, surrender feels safe.but we can’t dream when we’re wide awake or fall in love with a heart too strong to break.(…) faith is expensive to taste, and time is borrowed loose change that’s already been spent. maybe the soul is the tone of voice that unearthed the words that we needed…

Help - Hurts

‘Cause I know what I’ve been missingAnd I know that I should tryBut there’s hope in this admissionAnd there’s freedom in your eyes(..) But when I hear you call my nameI whisper the word that I never thought I’d ever say(..)I can feel the darkness comingAnd I’m afraid of myselfCall my name and I’ll come running‘Cause I just need some help

Junior - Stateless

You say that these are nothing more than wordsBut they’re all words from old songs (..)All this talk of war is it everydayHatred resides in a fitful mind and I don’t want to live that wayYou leave between the stepping stones of life, Be careful not to slip nowYou’re too young to dieYour blood is full of energy, There’s fire in your eyesBut these people aren’t your enemy. The truth gets disguised All this talk of war is it everydayNow it’s raging inside, and the bullets are flyingCan’t find a good enough reason why(…)Don’t make your mind a prison cell 

Like the Dawn - The Oh Hello’s

And like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook(…)You were the brightest shade of sun I had ever seenYour skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kingsAnd like the dawn you woke the world inside of meYou were the brightest shade of sun when I saw youAt last, and you will surely be the death of meBut how could I have known?

All I Need - Within Temptation

I’m here on the edge again, I wish I could let it goI know that I’m only one step away from turning it aroundCan you still see the heart of me?All my agony fades away when you hold me in your embraceDon’t tear me down for all I need, Make my heart a better placeGive me something I can believeDon’t tear it down, what’s left of me, Make my heart a better placeI tried many times but nothing was realMake it fade away, don’t break me downI want to believe that this is for realSave me from my fear, Don’t tear me down

Faster - Within Temptation

I can’t see, cause it’s burning deep inside. Like gasoline, a fire running wild.No more fear, cause I’m getting closer now. So unreal, but I like it anyhow. (..) And I go faster and faster and faster and faster for love.And I can’t live in a fairytale of lies.I can feel that you’ve mesmerized my heart.I feel so free. I’m alive, I’m breaking out.I won’t give in, cause I’m proud of all my scars.And I can see I’ve been wasting too much time.

Utopia - Within Temptation

The burning desire to live and roam freeIt shines in the dark and it grows within meYou’re holding my hand but you don’t understandSo where I am going you won’t be in the endI’m dreamin’ in colours, of getting the chanceDreamin’ of trying the perfect romanceThe search of the door to open your mindIn search of the cure of mankind(…) Why does it have to kill the ideal of who we are?Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?I’m searching for answers not given for freeThey’re hurting inside is there life within meYou’re holding my hand but you don’t understandSo you’re taking the road all alone in the end

Salvation - Skillet

All alone, lost in this abyss, crawling in the darkNothing to wet my longing lips, And I wonder where you areAre you far? will you come to my rescue?Am I left to die? but I can’t give up on you I feel you keeping me alive, You are my salvationTouch you, taste you, feel you here,I feel you keeping me alive You are my salvation, Hold me, heal me, keep me nearMy heart will burn for you, It’s all I can doBeen out from under who I am, and who I want to beHeld you tightly in my hands, Why are we unraveling?Was it me? will you come to my rescue?Or did I push to far when I turned my back on you?

Fire And Fury - Skillet

If I freeze you are the flame, You melt my heart, I washed in your rain, I know You’ll always have the best of me Destiny’s got a hold on me, Guess I never knew love like love knows me‘Cause I need to feel you here with meI will burn, I will burn for you, with fire and furyMy heart hurts, my heart hurts for youYour love burns within me, With fire and fury Let it all fall down to dust, Can’t break the two of usWe are the safe in the strength of love, You can stop the aching, 'Cause you’re the one I need

Hold me tight or don’t - Fall Out Boy

I never really feel a thing, I’m just kinda too frozeYou were the only one that even kinda came closeI just pinch myself, No longer comatose, I woke up, no luck(…) This isn’t how our story ends, So hold me tight, or don’tI got too high again, realized I can’t not be with youOr be just your friend, I love you to deathBut I just can’t, I just can’t pretend We were lovers firstConfidants but never friends, Were we ever friends?

I Walk The Line - Halsey

I keep a close watch on this heart of mineI keep my eyes wide open all the timeI keep the ends out for the tie that bindsBecause you’re mine, I walk the lineI find it very, very easy to be trueI find myself alone when each day is throughYes, I’ll admit that I’m a fool for youBecause you’re mine, I walk the lineYou’ve got a way to keep me on your sideYou give me cause for love that I can’t hideFor you I know I’d even try to turn the tide

My Indigo - My Indigo

Ink burns on the page, blue to blackBut words are fireproof, can’t take backWhile the memory’s aliveWhen there’s pennies on our eyes, we’ll never restCan we take a second now, To rain down the heavy storm that’s in our chestYou don’t have to love me, There’s one thing you should knowMy love will not unravel, It’s unconditionalEven when the heart won’t let me show, you don’t have to say to let me know

Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic

Do you know where your heart is? Do you think you can find it?Did you trade it for something, somewhere, better just to have it?Do you know where your love is? Do you think that you lost it?You felt it so strong but nothings Turned out how you want itWell bless my soul, You’re a lonely soulCause you wont let go, Of anything you holdWell all I need is the air I breathe, And a place to rest my headDo you know what your fate is? And are you trying to shake it?You’re doing your best and your best lookYou’re praying that you’ll make it

Ghost Town - Radical Face

I seen more places than I can nameAnd over time they all start to look the sameBut it ain’t that truth we chase, No, it’s the promise of a better placeBut all this time, I been chasin’ down a lie, and I know it for what it isBut it beats the alternatives, So I’ll take the lieI still miss you, There’s no goin’ home with a name like mineI still dream of you, But everyone knowsIf you can, let it go

That was harder than expected @.@ but I hope you like it ❤

Take care!