#i’d move so fast that i’d outpace the dawn

[colesawicn]

de selby pt.2 sounds like a good end-credits song for the old guard sequel .. jus saying…

[wcghosts]

i’d move so fast that i’d outpace the dawn

[anna-prog-music]

I wanna run against the world that’s turning I’d move so fast that I’d outpace the dawn I wanna be gone I wanna run so far, I’d beat the morning Before the dawn has come, I’d block the sun If you want it done

[spiritshaydra]

Was tagged by @novafire-is-thinking ! Sorry for taking a hot minute to do mine 😭 I also decided to do ten songs because I have

A lot

Of trouble

Narrowing it down to just five (hell even ten was hard)

ANYWAYS

All of these are taken from my playlist uhhhhhh

That

Which is like,,, every song that remotely scratched my brain the slightest bit. ANYWAYS THE CHOICES. I tried picking songs I haven’t shared here before, with each being from a different artist, and each kinda having their own sound :} (I’ll also be adding why I like each one, what it makes me think of, what parts I like, etc)

Native Colossus - Shield of Wings Spotify|Youtube

HOOOOO BOY OKAY SO- this one makes me think of the lead up to a clash between gods, if not the actual battle itself. I’m talking reality shredding, time shattering, shows of power. Like a battle between two creation gods. I picture one of them descending from the sky with an incomprehensible form, rings circling around it like clockwork, its presence stretching across the horizon. This one is the one that’s defending with the other being an invading force that’s already on the ground.

Maybe this is the brutal battle that resulted in the patch of irreparable dead space in my original work? An area of space time that’s so badly shattered that nothing can stitch it back together. It’s the only remnant of the Old Universe.

I just think this thing sounds badass 10/10 great song to have my eyes stare blankly at a wall to

Free - Mother Mother Spotify|Youtube

I just love the part in this song that goes:

“A bloody war, right behind my eyes. I come out right on the other side. So close the door, and shut the blinds. I’ll come out right on the other side.”

There’s something about that part that itches my brain SO GOOD. Like I can picture animating something to that SO VIVIDLY. AUGH. Just,, something about two characters going through absolute hell while staying by each other’s side the entire time,,,

Strangers to Ourselves - Modest Mouse Spotify|Youtube

OKAY THIS ONE. Normally when you hear Modest Mouse, you think of songs like Float on, Dashboard, The Ground Walks With Time in a Box, or The Ocean Breathes Salty; which are all more energetic(?) songs with Dashboard and Ground Walks being VERY high energy. But Strangers to Ourselves is,,, not that. It’s very lowkey and subdued and has a good atmospheric sound to it that I really like. The slow steady bass line done on what sounds like a cello in the background accompanied with the occasional guitar just makes for a really nice song that makes me think of winding down for the night.

Whenever I do plan on making a long form comic with chapters and the like, I want to do these “credits outros” in between chapters that each use a different song that matches the chapter before it, with each one being somewhat animated. This is one of the top contenders for this one story I want to write/illustrate called Meridian. It would show a variety of locations at sunset- the countryside, the city skyline, the character bases all winding down for the night. Maybe showing various characters as they close up shop. Just,, all around a chill quiet vibe leaning towards the somber.

De Selby (part 2) - Hozier Spotify|Youtube

This one was a recent discovery for me and one that I REALLY like.

I specifically love the chorus parts that goes

“Want to be when you fall on me like night every time, and I want to be so far from sight and mind. I wanna kill the lights. I wanna run against the world that’s turnin’, I’d move so fast I’d outpace the dawn. I wanna be gone. I wanna run so far, I’d beat the mornin’. Before the dawn has come, I’d block the sun, if you want it done.”

There’s something about it that makes my brain feel like,,, I dunno how to describe it,, like stars? Going by really fast as I fall backwards into the void but I’m also not actually moving anywhere.

Also GREAT animation fodder methinks.

Oh no, he Said What? - Nothing but Thieves Spotify|Youtube

Can’t be a Spit music list without at least one Nothing but Thieves song <3 anyways~

This is one of their more recent songs and it’s also one I think is REALLY fun to listen to because it’s got a sort of beat and melody to it that makes you feel like you could dance to it (I cannot dance but I still try) it also sounds like one that would be FUN to play live, especially from the vocals side of things. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t consider trying to cover it myself. Nobody wants to hear that and I don’t have the proper gear to record my voice 💀

The lyrics I like from this one are

“So did you find that thing you're looking for? Does it make you feel alive? Wait, he said what?He'll start a war, tear down the planet for the hype. You know it always ends the same, honesty’s a losing game. It died a long, long time ago with your favorite god. He said what? Oh no, we have lost control. Have you seen the video? But for heaven’s sake don’t ever let the, let the people know, oh no.”

Also GREAT animation fodder as well. I can see it EASILY being either 404 (my personal project) or fandom related. It just depends on what’s rotting my brain in the moment I either listen to it or decide to actually animate it.

I’m also really hoping to be able to see them live again in October, assuming I’m able to pass my driving test next week :,D I kinda need a driver’s license to drive back home from campus in order to even go to the show,, (NBT is AMAZING live btw)

Shut Eye - Stealing Sheep Spotify|Youtube

THIS ONE. MAKES MY BRAIN FEEL TRIPPY. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HITS THE CHORUS. I’d say it’s animation fodder but I honestly have no idea what I’d animate other than it would be trippy to match the beat and just yeah I don’t know how to describe this one. I’m pretty sure I discovered it from someone’s animation project years ago? I only rediscovered it recently where it hit me like a train. A GREAT song to disassociate to because of the way it makes my brain feel if that makes sense. The colors and movement my brain comes up with when listening to this one is very fun :)

Curses - The Crane Wives Spotify|Youtube

OUGH. THIS. Is a song I get SUPER INTO when singing along to it. GREAT animation fodder. I’m not entirely sure if I’d do 404 or fandom for this one but MAN it SLAPS.

The part I get super into is

“Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust, the devil's after both of us. Ooh, lay my curses out to rest, make a mercy out of me. Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust, tell me I am good enough. Ooh, lay my curses out to rest, make a mercy out of-“

I know somewhere in my backlog of characters that’s a hundred OCs long I GOT to have SOMEONE that fits this if I do go the 404 route. (Hell might even have a fandom OC that fits, somewhere in between all the TFP and PMD Oblivion lmao)

Blackout - Breathe Carolina Spotify|Youtube

AYO WE GOT A SONG I DISCOVERED ON FLIPNOTE BACK IN LIKE 2012. AND I THINK ITS A BOP.

Edgy? Hell yeah. Do I care? Absolutely not.

Since I DID discover it on Flipnote Hatena back in the day, I obviously think this is animation fodder. But specifically in the style of the old Flipnotes that I miss oh so dearly.

I think I found it on a Pokemon Flipnote..? So might keep it in the spirit of that by making it a PMD Oblivion AMV.

Exit Strategy of a Wrecking Ball - Diablo Swing Orchestra Spotify|Youtube

OKAY THIS ONE. THIS IS A SONG THAT I THINK HAS AN INCREDIBLE INSTRUMENTAL WITH VOCALS TO MATCH.

I think I’d consider its vocals to sound almost haunting? It just sounds. SO. COOL.

The amount of different instruments I hear in it too is really cool too?? Like I can hear brass and classical strings during the breakdown of the chorus and it just leads to SUCH A BADASS SOUND. Like you have the heavy rock sound with the guitars and drums, but then there’s horns and strings as well?? It’s such a unique sound. Tbh Diablo Swing Orchestra as a whole has a very unique sound from what I’ve heard.

My brain also gives me fun visuals when listening to it. Lots of spiraling color when the chorus happens.

Hold on - Belle Sisosky Spotify|Youtube

Tumblr keeps refusing to save this post for whatever reason >:( It’s too powerful. Had to switch to desktop to even finish editing it. 💀

ANYWAYS. THIS SONG. SOUNDS SO COOL. It gives me a HUGE cyberpunk sort of vibe, and I’m honestly just a huge sucker for EDM music that has the low chanting in the background because I think it has such a cool sounding effect. (ESPECIALLY Mongolian throat singing) Also what’s really neat about this song (and pretty much all of her music) is that it uses a LOT of instruments you basically never hear in mainstream music, ESPECIALLY in pop. Some of the instruments include the Tapi’, the Hulusi flute, the Guzheng, the Angklung, the Sabe, and the pratuokng. 

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[ilaytrapsfortroubadours]

In honor of seeing Hozier last night,

Hozier lyrics that feel integral to my being:

“With my mid-youth crisis all said and done / I need to be youthfully felt / ‘Cause, god, I’ve never felt young”

“Every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside”

“Honey, when you kill the lights / And kiss my eyes / I feel like a person for a moment of my life”

“Honey, you’re familiar / Like my mirror years ago”

“Don’t let me in with no intention to keep me / Jesus Christ, don’t be kind to me, / Honey, don’t feed me, I will come back”

“Her fight and fury is fiery / Oh, but she loves like sleep to the freezing”

“I got some color back / She thinks so too / I laugh like me again / She laughs like you”

“Sit here and watch the sunlight fade / Honey, enjoy it’s getting late / There’s no plan, there’s no hand on the rein / As Mack explained, there will be darkness again”

“And I think about you though, everywhere I go / And I’ve done everything / And I’ve been everywhere, you know”

“I’d be appalled if I saw you ever try to be a saint / I wouldn’t fall for someone I thought couldn’t misbehave”

“Make your good love known to me / Or just tell me about your day”

“I wanna run against the world that’s turning / I’d move so fast that I’d outpace the dawn / I wanna be gone”

“Remember once I told you about / How before I heard it from your mouth / My name would always hit my ears as such an awful sound”

My life was a storm / Since I was born / How could I fear any hurricane? / If someone asked me at the end / I’d tell them put me back in it”

“You had me floating like a feather on the sea / While you’re as heavy as the world / That you hold your hands beneath”

“We’ll float away / But if we fall / I only pray / Don’t fall away from me”

“Someone with your eyes / Might come in time / To hold me like water / Or, Christ, hold me like a knife”

“All things end / All that we intend is scrawled in sand / Or slips right through our hands”

“So far from home to have a stranger call you ‘darling’ / And have your guarded heart be lifted like a child up by the hand”

“Sometimes it returns / Like rain that you slept through”

“I will not be great / But I'm grateful to get through / The feeling came late / I'm still glad I met you”

“The memory hurts / But does me no harm / Your hand in my pocket / To keep us both warm”

“I remember the view / Streetlights in the dark blue / The moment I knew / I'd no choice but to love you”

“Darling, there's a part of me / I'm afraid will always be / Trapped within an abstract from a moment of my life”

“You called me angel for the first time, my heart leapt from me / You smile now, I can see its pieces still stuck in your teeth”

“Do you know, I could break beneath the weight / Of the goodness, love, I still carry for you? / That I'd walk so far just to take / The injury of finally knowing you”

[tenderloincherub]

I WANNA RUN AGAINST THE WORLD THAT’S TURNING I’D MOVE SO FAST THAT I’D OUTPACE THE DAWN

I WANNA BE GONE

I WANNA RUN SO FAR I’D BEAT THE MORNING BEFORE THE DAWN HAS COME I’D BLOCK THE SUN

IF YOU WANT IT DONE

arhgaashggggggggggggggggggggggggggggjjjjjjghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[lanfan]

By the way I wanna run against the world that’s turning, I’d move so fast that I’d outpace the dawn. I wanna be gone. If you care.

[spineless-lobster]

When Hozier said “I wanna run against the world that’s turning, I’d move so fast that I’d outpace the dawn. I wanna be gone.” He was talking about me and my experience personally actually

[lisdens]

just read “I’d move so fast I’d outpace the dawn” and had to come here to tell you how good it was 🫶🫶

i love vi and vander so much and there aren’t enough fics about them!! you’re doing gods work out here

hi! thank you so much for reading. yes, i 100% agree we need more vander & vi fics.

[ansu-gurleht]

WANNA RUN AGAINST THE WORLD THATS TURNIN I’D MOVE SO FAST THAT I’D OUTPACE THE DAWN I WANNA BE GONE

[blarrghe]

“don’t look at me like i’m a hero. you’ll only disappoint yourself.” For my stabby revolutionary Lavellan Lyanna? Born to a clan, but grew up in the shadow of Halamshiral. I’d love to see how she gets along with Taren and Theo. ❤️

Oh what a badass! I hope you don’t mind that there’s quite a lot of Taren/Theo in this and not a huge amount of Lyanna, I just thought this made a very excellent introduction line for her! Also I haven’t written them fighting together yet so that was neat.

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“Who are we going to meet again?” Theo asked the question through a long, drawn-out yawn, stretching his arms over his head as they walked. The road was clear of travelers still, and a thin fog was being slowly lifted from the ground with the rising sun.

“Don’t you ever listen when I talk?” Taren scolded in reply, walking ahead of Theo. There was a brightness to his step, despite the fact that they had both only just woken from sleep.

“Not when it’s this early.” Theo grumbled behind him, shuffling in the way that he thought was more fitted to grogginess. Not that Taren would know anything about grogginess. Maybe all those mean spirited letters were on to something, and his brother really was some sort of insane demon who never needed rest. More likely though, it was the entire pot of coffee that Taren had opted to take for himself, after Theo had rejected the bitter liquid, that gave him his pep.

“Leliana only gave a nickname - “Fox” - but she claims some link to us.” Taren explained again, and Theo distantly remembered hearing the information before. He raised an eyebrow at “us”. Taren meant the Dalish us, not the Inquisition. The latter connection was a given for Theo, these days, but his inclusion with the former was more complicated.

“You mean the clan.” He countered quickly; not a question, more a reminder. Neither he nor Taren had been in the company of their clan since the breaking of the world began, but for Theo, the connection had been tentative long before that.

“Yes,” Taren replied, some of what Theo teasingly called his Keeper Voice breaking through in the remark, “that us.”

Theo sighed, it was too early for an argument. “So why are you bringing me?”

Taren shrugged. “I needed a scout,” he answered, “seemed like your sort of job.” Theo nodded along, already forgetting to listen to the answer to what he had just asked, as his mind attempted to wander away into sleepy daydreams again. Taren stopped and looked back at him, waiting for his attention to return; the bobbing of his head must not have been a very convincing response. “And you do have some connection to the clan, too.” Taren’s words were pointed as he linked one of his arms with his, keeping his gait quick as Theo stumbled to keep up. He was talking about himself, Theo realised with a pang of regret. Of course he hadn’t meant to exclude that.

“Did you know her?” He asked, letting Taren lead them on with his quick steps. It wasn’t that hard to keep up, his long legs could outpace Taren easily, if not for his endless supplies of energy.

“How would I know? All we have is a nickname.”

Right. He had said that. Did Taren not realise that it was still not even really dawn?

“Leliana thinks she could be a useful ally, and if the reports are right, I agree.” Taren was still talking, and Theo nodded along again, more of the information returning to his memory.

“Because she works for that elf you met in Orlais.” He had synthesized Taren’s explanation of the political machinations of Orlais into some few simple notes for his memory - elven revolutionaries were fighting against imperialistic nobility; everything was pretty much terrible, and it was mostly the shemlens’ fault. Taren had a somewhat more balanced view of things, one that took into account the relations of other countries, various historical battles, and all sorts of secret knowledge gained through complicated espionage. He appreciated that it was complicated, and if it wasn’t so early he might even have been willing to dedicate real intellectual thought to the discussion, but for his current purposes the categories “elven rebels” and “human jerks” made sense of things well enough. They were off to meet an elven rebel. He supposed that was indeed “his sort of job”.

“Didn’t sound like she works for anyone, from the report. But yes, she has a reputation.” Taren said.

“And you think you can get her to work for you.” Not a question, he knew exactly how Taren thought; and he knew Taren would be there anyway, even if he didn’t want the revolutionary’s help.

Taren shrugged. “She’s still a Lavellan.” Good old predictable Taren, putting on his Keeper Voice again.

The conversation was interrupted by the sounds of a violent commotion ahead. Horses neighing, shouted voices, and the clashing of steel echoed down the road, and a flock of birds lifted itself noisily from the trees. Theo and Taren sprang apart, each quickly reaching for their weapons. Taren cast a barrier over both of them while Theo nocked an arrow, and cautiously, keeping to the edge of the forest which lined the road, they approached.

The commotion was caused by an ambush of highwaymen, who had apparently jumped out to rob a caravan which traveled down the road. The victims of the attack appeared to be but simple travelers - refugees, probably. Theo saw pointed ears poking out of hoods, small bodies huddled behind larger ones. Two of the older looking travelers had shoddy weapons in hand, struggling against the bandits.

His throat tightened, anger flooding him as loosed his arrows at the attackers, catching one in the face before the brute could bring down an axe on a struggling civilian fighter. He wasted no time in joining the fight, aiming careful arrows at the gaggle of unlucky bandits. Taren had sprung to action as well. More protective barriers sprang up around the refugees without weapons, and roots and rock rose and shuddered from the ground under bandits’ feet.

Then as they fought, another entered the fray. She seemed to drop from the sky, two long blades flashing brightly in her hands. She moved quickly, zigzagging her way from one bandit to another, leaving them clutching bleeding wounds or lying motionless in her wake. One of the men ran, and Theo found himself in close combat with the large brute, wrestling against his arms to try to keep a blade out of his face. A couple stabs to Taren’s barrier over him had weakened it, another would likely break through. Their faces were close. The man was big and burly, with dirt-caked skin and wild hair. A sinister grin spread over the bandits face. Theo was taller, but not as broadly built, and his arms wouldn’t be able to hold back the blows for long. He shoved a knee into the man, staggering him long enough that he could attempt to draw his own short blade from his belt, but the bandit rebounded before he could land another blow, and he narrowly dodged a swing of his dagger.

Before he could dodge another blow, the fast fighting woman spun quickly in and out of view, shoving the bandit away, spinning around behind him as he struggled to keep his footing, and stabbing him in the back - a quick succession of stabs under the ribs - the bandit dropped clutching his wounds, tense, and then limp.

Theo took a couple steps back, catching his breath, and looked up at the woman who had come to his rescue. Bright red hair and eyes still narrowed for a fight. The rest of the attackers had fallen now, and Theo let out a breath. “Thanks.” He said to the woman, whose expression was changing now from a grimace to a proud smirk. “That was amazing.” He could have gotten out of it, of course, but credit where it was due: this woman could fight.

“Don’t look at me like I’m a hero, you’ll only disappoint yourself.” Replied his saviour casually, turning away from him to stoop over the now-dead bandit’s body, she rummaged in the man’s pockets, adding what coin was there to her own. As she went about pickpocketing the dead, a small fennec scampered over to her, following her and making circles around her legs.

“But you are one, aren’t you?” Taren stepped toward her, his eye scanning the scene. Theo looked again at the fennec. Oh. Fox. Taren went on talking, listing a few accomplishments that Theo again vaguely remembered from an earlier briefing. The woman stopped gathering spoils and stood to meet him.

“And who the fuck are you?”

Theo tried not to laugh at Taren’s expression. To anyone else, he seemed always to do a remarkably good job of staying calm, but Theo saw him twitch. He was really starting to like this Fox woman.

“Taren Lavellan,” he answered her with stress on the clan name and without giving his title. Not that he needed to, everyone in the world knew his name by now. But maybe he was spending too much time in Orlais, because it seemed to Theo that the words Taren chose when he met people always meant something.

“Oh.” She sounded surprised, eyes widening a little as she spoke, but Theo couldn’t tell if it was a happy sound. “No offence, but I expected you’d be taller.”

That time, he did laugh. He tried to stifle it with his sleeve, but it didn’t matter, Taren was laughing too. The woman’s smirk returned to her face, and her eye landed on Theo. He cleared his throat, banishing the rest of his laughter.

“Theo Lavellan,” he offered in introduction, “I uh, work for the Inquisition.”

“Lyanna.” Replied the woman with a curt nod. She returned her smirking gaze to Taren. “Can I help you, Inquisitor?”

“Actually,” Taren began with a smirk that mirrored hers, but it was amused, more than cocky, “I think we can help each other.”

Introductions over with, Taren broke the conversation to help the refugees return to their feet, and Theo heard him making generous offers of aid as he sent them on their way again. Lyanna was watching him work, the smirk not leaving her face even as her eyes narrowed again in careful consideration. Theo, meanwhile, watched her fox, and idly wondered where he could get one of his own. 

[ilaytrapsfortroubadours]

for the ask game!! 3, 4, 9, 10!

Thank you for the ask! 💕

3. What is your favorite song from Wasteland, Baby?

I love them all! I feel like my favorite changes constantly depending on the day. Right now it’s Movement (watch the music video, I promise it will change your life)

No Plan gets an honorable mention, it’s genuinely an amazing song, it deserves so much more love. 10/10 existential banger

4. What is your favorite song from Unreal Unearth?

I have 2: De Selby (Part 2) and Abstract (Psychopomp).

De Selby scratches my brain, I love how it sounds so much, and the chorus!! The lyrics “I wanna run against the world that’s turning / Move so fast that I’d outpace the dawn / I wanna be gone” describes a feeling I cannot explain but is VERY akin to who I am. This feeling of wanting to escape the world, wanting to run away from it all but also rise above it??ALSO THE BEAT DROP ‼️‼️‼️

Abstract (Psychopomp). ooooh my god. The amount of times I’ve laid on the floor of my room staring at the ceiling listening to this song. During my first few listens of Unreal Unearth, this song didn’t really catch my eye. It wasn’t until my friend expressed her love for it and encouraged me to give it a really good listen did I realize how amazing it was. I did give it a good listen, and oh my goddddd my life genuinely changed. It has a couple of special meanings for me:

1) It captures the feeling so well of having a sort of blurry reminiscent memory that is bittersweet, mostly bitter, but you wouldn’t give it up for anything. Despite the pain of it all, you still have so much love for the memory, for the people you knew. I’ve dealt with dissociation for a long time and a lot of my past memories feel like looking through a blurry window. This song is full of this kind of longing pain yet also this appreciation for all of the good that happened and all of love that was present. It reaches a part of my mind I did not previously know how to put into words.

2) (For context, this song is about comforting a dead animal after it was hit by a car) A few years ago, I was on a medication that was making me emotionless. I couldn’t cry, no matter how badly I needed to. One day, however, I came home and saw a dead bird on my doorstep in a pool of blood. My mom was home at the time, and I asked her about it. She said she’d seen it, and thinks it might have flown into the door and died. I thought about how much pain it must have been in when it died. I went into the bathroom and broke down crying for the first time in I couldn’t remember how long.

that got kind of sad, here’s a sloth 🦥

9. What other artists do you listen to that you think are similar?

Florence + the Machine, Beck, Sufjan Stevens, Noah Kahan, and Novo Amor are all incredible. If anyone would like specific songs from these artists, I’m happy to recommend!

10. What is a poetic lyric that you listen to in awe every time it plays?

I actually made a (very very long) post detailing every single lyric that makes me feel this way, and there are a LOT. If I had to choose one though, I’d choose this one from Unknown/Nth:

“Do you know, I could break beneath the weight / Of the goodness, love, I still carry for you? / That I'd walk so far just to take / The injury of finally knowing you”

I feel my heart physically shatter in my chest every time I hear this line. It states exactly a feeling I’ve experienced time and time again. You can catch me and Hozier crying in the club tonight 👍