#oh pirates of the carribean soundtrack we're really in it now

[apirateslifefor--smee]

to the ends of the earth: a jolly roger playlist

( @captainjamesjoneshook )

ok i'm doing descriptions bc this follows a journey the journey of their friendship and life <3

oxford comma by vampire weekend

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? I've seen those English dramas too, they're cruel So if there's any other way To spell the word, it's fine with me, with me

Why would you speak to me that way? Especially when I always said that I Haven't got the words for you All your diction drippin' with disdain Through the pain, I always tell the truth

this song is all about them getting disillusioned with their fancy school and ultimately deciding to drop out! this is the world james was raised in and expected to inhabit, while smee was always told that it was his key to success. but they hate the pretension and the polite manners and being told what to do. who gives a fuck about an oxford comma, they say!

2. ends of the earth by lord huron

Out there's a land that time don't command Wanna be the first to arrive No time for ponderin' why I'm-a wanderin' Not while we're both still alive

To the ends of the earth, would you follow me? There's a world that was meant for our eyes to see To the ends of the earth, would you follow me? Well if you won't, I must say my goodbyes to thee

this is the ANTHEM! idc if he says "girl" later in the song i'm ignoring that. that's what it's all about running away and seeing the world.

3. born to run by bruce springsteen

Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

ok i do think it's kind of hilarious that this song is about a wendy. anyway i think this song is about having something deep in ur soul that is just telling you that you have to get OUT OF THIS TOWN!! like there's this part of you that you just cannot change no matter how hard you try. i think hook and smee never quite fit in at school because they just had this sense of adventure in them and they needed to get out. and that's how they became besties.

4. he's a pirate from the pirates of the carribean soundtrack

DUN DUN DUH NUH NUN NUN DUH NUH NUH NUN DUNANUNUNA! DUNANUNUNUNUNUN! DUNANUNUN! DANANUN!

you get the idea. they're PIRATES!

5. old pine by ben howard

Oh, hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags I've come to know the friends around you Are all you'll always have Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone Careless and young, free as the birds that fly With weightless souls now

this song is so ADVENTURE. camping. sleeping under the stars. on a pirate ship. i think it captures why they loved their pirate adventures so much, just pure freedom.

6. warm glow by hippo campus

The rose-set road will bend around The earth you knew is waiting for you, dear Some wave-swept gold drips from your mouth The hazel hounds move south To meet you here Sky gone a certain shade of blue The kind that heaven's fixin' up for you Boy, that sure-fire desire is true Raw hands heart-beating to the smoky view

i picked this song for just the beautiful descriptions of like nature and the sky and stuff. and i think it's a good transition into the songs about living in swynlake and being a family and stuff. idk if i have too much of a description for this one it's just a vibe.

7. appaloosa bones by gregory alan isakov

Was it the voice I've known Or your Appaloosa bones That carried me home across the plains? It's like you say all the time, "World has lost its mind" Between you and I, I know that I've lost mine

Was I that gone? Man, I hope not Glad you found me when you did

to me this song is for smee stepping in to help raise james ii after avani died, picking up the pieces together and getting through grief and building a beautiful life <3

8. a pirate looks at 40 by jimmy buffett

Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late

I've done a bit of smugglin', and I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last, never meant to last

this song to me is about reflecting on your life and how you never really """made something of yourself""" and mostly screwed around on a boat and drank too much and now you're having a midlife crisis. and jimmy uses "pirate" as a metaphor here and that's real life for the jolly roger but i really think it works for like the two of them reflecting on their lives and what they've accomplished, even if it's very different from what people expected of them when they were in school. and ultimately it's about the ~~call of the sea

9. hudson by vampire weekend

Hudson died in Hudson Bay The water took its victim's name The river's rise told Riverside to change their names again

this is just about how it's kind of poetic to die by the thing you dedicated your life to. hook spent the latter half of his life chasing down this crocodile and... yeah. :(

10. murder in the city by the avett brothers

If I get murdered in the city Go read the letter in my desk Don't bother with all my belongings But pay attention to the list

Make sure my sister knows I loved her Make sure my mother knows the same Always remember there was nothing worth sharing Like the love that let us share our name

not enough songs about brothers out there fr. the actual lyrics are not super applicable tbh but to me this song is all about like asking another person to be your legacy and to carry on what you started. and who better to do it than your brother, the person who knows you better than anyone else, the person who's sort of an extension of you in a way? and none of those old petty disagreements even matter anymore, what matters is the love. blood doesn't matter to these two, they will always be family <3