#so full of ribs by the crane wives

[boxofoxberry]

all your ribs are still your own

[hyperfixating-rn-brb]

im bored and can't sleep, so here's a little list of songs that absolutely radiate GO/aziracrow vibes to me. because why not. I have a full playlist here of songs that remind me of fictional characters, but here's some of the GO ones :)

No One Knows Us (BANNERS)

Too Soon (BANNERS)

Supercollide (BANNERS)

Car's Outside (James Arthur)

Painful Truth (Em Beihold)

Rule the World (BANNERS)

From Eden (Hozier)

Every Day (Buddy Holly)

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Tori Amos)

Paper Houses (Niall Horan)

Sinner (Andy Grammer)

The Moon Will Sing (The Crane Wives)

Never Love an Anchor (The Crane Wives)

Keep You Safe (The Crane Wives)

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Queen)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Pale Blue Eyes (The Velvet Underground)

Angel Eyes (ABBA)

The Night We Met (Lord Huron)

Word on a Wing (David Bowie)

In Your Universe (BANNERS)

Things We Lost in The Fire (Bastille)

Pompeii MMXXIII (Bastille ft. Hans Zimmer)

Take Me to War (The Crane Wives)

Ribs (The Crane Wives)

Curses (The Crane Wives)

November (Sparkbird)

Metropolis of Eden (Sparkbird)

Let Her Go (Passenger)

Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye)

Empire (Of Monsters and Men)

Little Talks (Of Monsters and Men)

I'll Be Your Mirror (The Velvet Underground)

Dead Man (David Kushner)

Nobody (Hozier)

Seeing Blind (Niall Horan)

This Town (Niall Horan)

Dial Drunk (Noah Kahan)

All My Love (Noah Kahan)

Love Love Love (Of Monsters and Men)

Better Alone (Benson Boone)

If You Leave Me (Niall Horan)

Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)

Heaven (Niall Horan)

Burn (David Kushner)

Daylight (David Kushner)

Atlantis (Seafret)

All Things End (Hozier)

Slow Burn (J. Maya)

Hello My Old Heart (The Oh Hellos)

[lunaroceanic]

GIVE ME THE LIST

MY OWL HOUSE X CRANE WIVES THESIS, JUST FOR YOU MY FRIEND!

(in reference to my tags on this post)

ok ok so i haven't listened to *every* crane wives song yet but i have listened through Foxlore, Coyote Stories, and The Fool In Her Wedding Gown and these are the ones that stuck out to me as owl house amv material/just generally really fitting/relevant:

Down The River: "I've been wishing that you'd prove me wrong / That you'd come clean and rue the damage done / Restore my faith in you / But you've got no reason to"

This could be either Wittebane brother addressing the other (in Philip's case much more hypocritically), feeling hurt by the other's desertion and betrayal and wishing things hadn't changed between them.

Ribs: "Time has changed the metaphor / Now, dust is not the origin of bone / Little girl, don't let them sell you any armor / All your ribs are still your own"

I'm in love with @justmagicalgirl's analysis on how this one applies to Hunter, and I also like to interpret it as the Titan's POV about having been used by Philip to further his conquest of the Isles, addressing Luz and/or King about how he wishes better for both of them.

Curses: "This house says my name like an elegy / Echoing where my ghosts all used to be / There's still cobwebs in the corners / And the backyard's full of bones / Won't you stay with me, my darling / When this house don't feel like home?"

Eda-centric, specifically about her curse and how it's affected her relationships and her reputation. There's room for Philip's curse in contrast to hers in there too, especially in the third verse.

Keep You Safe: "My daddy always said / “Nothing worth doing comes easy” / Time is not your friend / Time is not your remedy / No amount of waiting will make you / Make you brave / No amount of fear will keep you / No amount of fear will keep you safe"

This is a total Willow song, focusing on her self-confidence issues.

The Moon Will Sing: "The moon will sing a song for me / I loved you like the sun / Bore the shadows that you made / With no light of my own / I shine only with the light you gave me"

This could fit as either an Amity or Lilith song, in Amity's case being about how she feels like she's not a person outside of what her mother made her to be, and in Lilith's case about being constantly outshone by her sister and not knowing who she is outside of the authority granted to her by Belos.

Allies or Enemies: "Remember when I could tell you not to smile when you were mad? / And you would always crack / And we’d both be laughing in the end / Now you’re not so quick to forget / Are we allies or enemies? / This will be the death of me"

Ohhhhh the song about wanting to mend broken relationships, not knowing if things can go back to how they used to be. This could fit Amity and Willow's relationship, Eda and Lilith, or Eda and Raine </3

Sleeping Giants: "I feel the mountains, I feel the mountains / Shifting under me / The sleeping giants are finally waking / Waking finally / My pulse is clear, rushing in my ears / I hear something calling me"

Listen to this song and tell me it doesn't fit the final battle scene. I DARE you.

Show Your Fangs: "With malice, beasts will show their fangs / They’re in for a surprise / Bravely I will wield my weapon / I made from fangs of those that died / I'm not your highness / A damsel left helpless by fright / I am a lioness / Fierce as I walk through the night"

This song fits Luz being resurrected by the Titan, inheriting their titan traits, and going into the final battle absolved of the guilt from being manipulated by Belos. Also fitting for harpy!Eda post-reconciliation with the Owl Beast.

Never Love An Anchor is already a Raeda AMV and you are legally required to go watch it one million billion time please and thanks <3

That's all I have so far!!! I'm sure upon re-listening through their discography I could come up with more but these were my gut reaction ideas, anyone please feel free to reblog with your own thoughts/analysis!!

[nephriteknight]

i've made a playlist for my hanahaki-adjacent martin corruption fic! i spent way too much time on this, and it is ordered deliberately ;) it is almost entirely the crane wives because a) the themes!! and b) i just love their music okay. thought i'd highlight some lines from each song, think of it as a tonal sneak peak (can you tell i'm way too invested in this wip? ironically, it is consuming me)

"Feed me promises, keep my heart well, I'll sing you songs until the darkness does recede. But if in the end I lose my voice will you forget about your love for me?" (Canary in a Coal Mine by the Crane Wives)

"I bite my tongue to keep the worst of the words in so they don't hurt nobody but me. Swallow the poison I wanna spit, bitter medicine, I think it's making me sick." (Bitter Medicine by the Crane Wives)

"Oh, the path of least resistance, foolish misinterpretation. Your heart is a nasty place, I'm afraid to say no to you." (Predator by the Crane Wives)

"Folks 'round here are mean, spit fire and gasoline but all I want is solitude. I have half a mind to climb up in the sky and hide myself inside the moon." (New Colors by the Crane Wives)

"I will drown for you, sink to black from blue, and let the water win. Wear you 'round my waist, hold your heart like weight, open my lungs to let you in." (The Diving Bell by the Crane Wives)

"Someone teach me to love without it swallowing me whole. If to love is to be changed I'm only worsening, mosquito larvae in my ribs. He only loves me when I rot like him." (The Bog Bodies by Rabbitology)

"I should be counting blessings, something is better than nothing, isn't it, isn't it, isn't it? It's close enough to perfect, what does it hurt, a little bit?" (Nobody by the Crane Wives)

"All my aching bones are trembling and I may yet fall apart. Won't you stay with me my darling, when the war starts in my heart?" (Curses by the Crane Wives)

"Maybe it's the heat or maybe it's the pain but I can't shake the feeling we're not coming back again. We're not pure of heart but we're true of aim and our heads are full of love and blood and whiskey." (Blood and Whiskey by the Mechanisms)

"Dreams are sweet until they're not. Men are kind until they aren't. Flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart. Is anybody listening? I open my mouth and nothing comes out. Nothing, nothing gonna wake me now." (Flowers from Hadestown)

"There's a wind alive in the valley, it will fill your lungs if you'll have it. Where I go, will you still follow? Will you leave your shaded hollow? Will you greet the daylight looming? Learn to love without consuming?" (Thus Always To Tyrants by the Oh Hellos)

"Come my dear and drink while the water's still cold. I am naught but a scar upon your breastbone. So kiss me quick steal every secret I keep. You can have anything that you want from me." (October by the Crane Wives)

"When it's love turns you sour, only love can turn you back. Stop waiting on the flowers. Blood don't mean a thing in the end." (Caleb Trask by the Crane Wives)

"Been enraptured and tied, turn your ghosts into mine, all the years, all the years I'm alive. Softly a cold wind paints my face into your arms, sell my sorry soul." (Naked, the Night Falls by the Crane Wives)

"The moon will sing a song for me, I loved you like the sun. Bore the shadows that you made with no light of my own." (The Moon Will Sing by the Crane Wives)

"Time will change you. You'll leave behind what doesn't move. We all outgrow our roots." (Time Will Change You by the Crane Wives)

"So lets throw my garden party, you promised roses but gave me thorns. You'd leave me rotting 'til summer's over, guess I'll be digging alone." (Garden Party by Madds Buckley)

"Climb ye higher and higher and higher 'til you're far away and breathing cleaner air. Oh my brother, my brother, my brother who have you become in the wake of all that happened here? They're burning down the orchard to the soil, to the soil, to the grave. Spreading out the ashes of a love that only gave and gave." (Icarus by the Crane Wives)

"So I take a deep breath and turn to be brave. Harvest the fruits of being afraid." (Red Clay by the Crane Wives)

"I thank these walls, my hideaway, my sanctuary to worship the pain. I never thought I'd leave the cave, but I'm more curious than afraid." (Arcturus Beaming)

"I won't bargain, I won't break, my mind made up though my head still aches, and all my love you tried to take but you can't have it all." (Can't Have It All by the Crane Wives)

"I have always known you, you have always been there in my mind. But now I understand you and I will not be part of your designs." (Dear Wormwood by the Oh Hellos)

[weirdprophetess]

11/20 for music asks?

11 - Delilah by Florence + the Machine for being the most insane song I will probably ever hear in my life. Rotating it in my mind at all times genuinely. When I didn't have my phone I used to play my How Big How Blue How Beautiful CD in the middle of the night with my headphones on full blast and I didn't know at that point that my CD player had a loop button so when the song was done I would get up and press playback twice each time to restart it for literal hours on end. Probably my favorite FATM song ever physically impossible for me to get tired of it

20 - A song that has many meanings to me is such an interesting concept I think I'd have to say Ribs by The Crane Wives. My favorite song by them ever using heavy biblical themes for the sapphic narrator to talk about embracing being an outsider and finding community with other people like her is sooo $-)$+$(=`}|°

I love the line "Little girl, don't let them sell you any armor, your ribs are still your own" that is so what it feels like to unlearn toxic Christian standards and start making friends with other sapphics and I also relate to the narrator so much because she's somebody who's been the one who had to free herself without immediate support like I could literally go on about this forever

[starsasunder]

Spell out your URL using song titles that can describe your muse, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL.

// ahdjdkfke I don't listen to music with a lot of lyrics this is so hard

This playlist is for Inanna. Here's a Spotify link with her (always in-progress) full playlist!

s - seven // sleeping at last

t - taking you there // broods

a - alaska // maggie rogers

r - ribs // the crane wives

s - same soul // pvris

a - arsonist's lullaby // hozier

n - never love an anchor // the crane wives

u - until eternity // blackbriar

d - daydreaming // paramore

e - eight // sleeping at last

r - roslyn - bon iver, st. vincent

tagged by @amaurotine // @seatedsacrifice - thank you both for the tag!! 💕

tagging: @cinisemperium, @aetheryic, @drachenblood, @crystalmarred, @minarcana, @confluxium, & you!

[autisticempathydaemon]

♪ gimme gimme i love your music taste 🖤🖤🖤

I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel./ I am all they things they might have said to you.

cw: Alexis/Christian, mention of Fred/Bright eyes- who I’ve never actually listened to

“So you’re really here for Alexis?” Christian startles at the forward, irreverent tone and looks up from his phone at Sam’s young progeny.

“Yeah, and?” he responds, Aussie drawl thick with attitude, and the vampire just shakes their head, not combatting his tone but not relenting either.

“You’re a Shaw. Can’t you do better?” They look up at him with bright eyes surprisingly lacking in malice. The expression is more honestly curious than anything, and it’s only that genuine question (and his reluctance to start a fight) that makes him put his phone away and respond as nicely as he’s capable.

“What makes you say that?” Christian asks, keeping an eye on the clock and the corridor leading to William’s office. “Do you and Alexis even talk?” They shake their head with a shrug.

“Nope; we see her at meetings and hear what everyone else says about her though. She’s rude and cutthroat and doesn’t play well with others to put it lightly.” The vampire says, making quotation marks with their fingers before shrugging again. “Fred thinks that’s Sam and Vincent’s way of saying she’s a bitch.”

“What do you think?” he asks, and their silver eyes seem to shine at being sincerely asked and seriously answered.

“I think she could be bitchy but so is Vincent on a bad day-“ Christian snorts at that, having himself heard more than one wild story of the Solaire prince. They smile at him, and he sees something almost like a family resemblance in the flash of fang. “-but mostly I think she’s fucking scary.”

“Oh my god, her taciturn, quiet schtick still works on you.” The snort grows into a full laugh, and he can’t even try to hold it back as he watches the Solaires finally get out of their meeting. Alexis walks apart from and ahead of the others, as she always does when Sam and his progeny are around, but Christian knows his girl well enough to clock the way she speeds up at the sight of him. “Hey, Sexy Lex-“

“I’m breakin’ up with you so violently and so publicly,” Alexis says with a hiss, making her way to his side in a blink and covering his mouth with her hand. “In front of your whole pack.”

“Mhmm, that’s what you said last week, petal.” Taking her hand in his, Christian brushes a kiss against Alexis’s fingertips and smirks when a flush rises in her cheeks. The younger vampire bites back a laugh, and Christian grins at them even as Alexis digs her knuckles into his ribs. “See? She’s not scary; she’s gotten soft in her old age.”

“Do you want to make it to old age, cher?”

Send me a ♪, and I’ll put my music on shuffle and write a Redacted ficlet based on the song I get 💌

[itwillbeall-dwight]

i saw something in the fog.   — a dbd survivor fanmix

i’ve been working on this for the past day or two, after a thought came to me, so here! 75 songs, 3 for each survivor including the new chapter, all lovingly selected by myself with the help of a few very good friends! thank you all for helping me craft this magnum opus <3

listen to it here // full tracklist under the cut:

Dwight Fairfield - Redesign Your Logo — Lemon Demon // Brave as a Noun — AJJ // Saint Bernard — Lincoln

Meg Thomas - Faster — Within Temptation // Running in the 90s — Max Coveri // Chasing Twisters — Delta Rae 

Claudette Morel - Back to the Ground — The Crane Wives // If I’m Being Honest — Dodie // Sweet Hibiscus Tea — Penelope Scott

Jake Park - Business Man — Mother Mother // Rät — Penelope Scott // Sweater Weather — The Neighbourhood

Nea Karlsson - Miss Negativity — Night Club // Out By 16, Dead On The Scene — Machine Girl // Fat Lip — Sum 41

Ace Visconti - CITY OF ANGELS — 24kGoldn // My Kind of Woman — Mac DeMarco // Good Morning — Two Door Cinema Club

Laurie Strode - Generation Why — Conan Grey // 1970 — Citrus Maxima // These Days — Nico

William ‘Bill’ Overbeck - Put It On The Line — The Heavy // ATTENTION, ATTENTION — Shinedown // Towers — Bon Iver

Feng Min - Between My Teeth — Orla Gartland // Affection — Cigarettes After Sex // Bullet — Hollywood Undead

David King - Lights Out — Mindless Self Indulgence // Song 2 — Blur // I’m Gonna Win — Rob Cantor

Quentin Smith - I’m Straight — The Modern Lovers // Alone Again (Naturally) — Gilbert O’Sullivan // Hello, Anxiety — Phum Viphurit 

David Tapp - Bird Song — Florence + The Machine // Try to Change — Mother Mother // Somebody’s Watching Me — Rockwell

Kate Denson - 1,000 Light Years Away — Chelsea Lee Greenwood // The Moon Will Sing — The Crane Wives // Sofia — Clario

Adam Francis - As the World Caves in — Matt Maltese // Jackie and Wilson — Hozier // Achilles Come Down — Gang of Youths

Jeff Johansen - Getting Old is a Bitch — Local Nomad // death bed (coffee for your head) — Powfu, beabadoobee // Kyoto — Phoebe Bridgers

Jane Romero - Give Them A Show — Anna and the Apocalypse Original Cast Recording // She Used To Be Mine — Waitress Original Cast Recording // No Control — Spongebob The Musical Original Cast Recording

Ash J Williams - Misanthropic Drunken Loner — Days n Daze // Stormbringer — Deep Purple // Livin On A Prayer — Bon Jovi

Nancy Wheeler - Sports — Beach Bunny // Baby Hotline — Jack Stauber // MY SHINE — Bishop Briggs

Steve Harrington - Uptown Girl — Billy Joel // Used to Be the Shit — Miniature Tigers // Mario — The King’s Paradise 

Yui Kimura - Bubblegum Bitch — Marina and the Diamonds // A Little Messed Up — june // Sway With Me — GALXARA and Saweetie

Zarina Kassir - The Hand That Feeds — The Crane Wives // I Bet on Losing Dogs — Mitski // The Chain — Fleetwood Mac

Cheryl Mason - Devil Town — Cavetown // The Bird and the Worm — The Used // Girl Anachronism — The Desden Dolls

Felix Richter - Agoraphobia — Autoheart // Leave Me Alone - Piano Version — I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME // ICU — Phoebe Bridgers

Élodie Rakoto - Washing Machine Heart — Mitski // Misguided Ghosts — Paramore // Ribs — Lorde

Yun-Jin Lee - Luci — Zand // Gossip — Night Club // Motion Sickness — Phoebe Bridgers

[discnchant]

when: may 26th, first day of coronan lantern festival

It had been nearly two weeks since their wedding and Lord Andersen still wasn’t used to the feeling of his wife’s hand on his arm. It felt like such foreign contact, the weight of her dainty fingers wrapped around his bicep, that Lark was unable to think of anything but it. Involuntarily his shoulders rose and his posture stiffened the moment she took hold of his arm, and he had to fight his body’s awkward reaction to make it all seem so effortless. After all, it was quite normal for husbands to offer their arms to their wives while gallivanting in public. He knew there was an expectation for how they would act and conduct themselves in the aftermath of their union, and Lark knew that he needed to continue giving the firm impression that they were a happily married couple. At least more happy than they were — he didn’t want to say they were miserable, just awkward really.

“It’s rather hot today,” he remarked, breaking a long pause of silence between the two as they walked through the crowded street festival. “Are you okay? You don’t feel faint? I’m sure we can find some refreshment if you’re not feeling well, dearest.” A nickname he’d taken to calling her when they were in the public eye, because married men did not refer to their wives by title and he still felt odd calling her by her given name. He craned his neck to look around, still towering over most of the people gathered there. “I think I see a tea shoppe ahead… would you care to stop in for a drink?” He finally turned his head towards her, looking down at the young lady beside him. The streets were so full of vendors and visitors alike, Gwen was practically being plastered to Lark’s side. Something which made him blush and look away awkwardly. Yes they had been intimate during their time away, but… Well, he still felt awkward around her. He feared he’d always feel uncomfortable near her. “Maybe we should get out of the street. It’s much too crowded here,” he murmured when he got elbowed in the rib by a merchant trying to make his way to his stall.

Lark glared after the retreating figure before turning back to his wife, trying to maneuver them both out of the way of a gaggle of rowdy kids running in their direction. As awkward and strained as things were in their marriage, Lark didn’t want Gwendolyn being knocked into or jostled by the lively crowd. She just seemed so dainty and small on his arm, and he had this natural desire to protect her. “Come,” he said softly, nodding to the side where the buildings cast a shadow and there appeared to be an unoccupied spot on the pavement. “Let’s get out of this sun and rest for a second, we’ll sooner melt at this rate.” It was so damned hot, Lark wanted to blot his own damp forehead with a handkerchief.

He used that commanding stance which he had when dealing with his men on the ship, when he wanted then to part ways for him, standing taller and more intimidating than usual, so he could usher his petite wife through the masses and to a comfortable place in the shade swiftly. If he was uncomfortably hot, maybe she was likewise needing a reprieve? “Goodness, is it always this busy?” he asked Gwendolyn with a furrowed brow. He hadn’t been to a Coronan Lantern Festival since he was seventeen and even then he swore it wasn’t this overwhelming. He couldn’t relax until they were standing in the shade, a protective hand moving to pat the small one holding onto his arm. Yes, he was awkward with her, but… he still cared enough to ensure her comfort when he could. “Is this better for you as well? Let’s take a moment to cool down before we walk more.. unless there is something you wish to see sooner?”

@gwendolynandersen

[trans-xianxian]

Wei wuxian and/or wen qing for the playlist ask game!! :)

YESS MY BELOVEDS

I have a full wei wuxian playlist (right here!!) but considering it is in fact nearly five and a half hours long I will just pick a sensible four songs from it plus two bonus not on spotify songs, for a sexy total of six:

- only skin by joanna newsom. this song is 16 minutes long and not on spotify but I cannot recommend it enough it's unlike any song I've ever listened to before.... it's so beautifully tragic and it just reminds me of wei wuxian a lot :(

- scab and plaster by marina. oh unreleased marina songs my beloved..... something something about wei wuxian being angry at the world

- give my body back by the low anthem. this is actually my favorite song!! for my favorite boy!!! it reminds me of the kind of. slow resigned decent into madness and death at the end of his life...

- the mending of the gown by sunset rubdown. this song is actually such a fucking bop and cmon you can't tell me "he made an enemy then, he made an enemy of all of you" and "my name and my spirit are both corrupt" don't just Scream wei wuxian

- devil like me by rainbow kitten surprise. another "wei wuxian resign to his own death and madness at the end of it all" song

- ribs by the crane wives. oh god. oh fuck. "the dark doesn't frighten me I chose to close my eyes, it is mine. the night doesn't frighten me I chose to let it ride, it is mine"

I TRIED SO HARD TO FIND GOOD WEN QING SONGS but somehow I could only come up with an itty bitty handful and most of them are from my wei wuxian and wen qing playlist..... I'm so sorry wen qing my beloved 😔:

- the crooked, the cradle by the crane wives. this song is one on my wei wuxian and wen qing playlist but it just especially reminds me of her in particular and how she's just. so ready to die at the end of things but she does even that with such dignity

- waterways by tsunaina. I don't know I just think that she simply must have some rage in her

- swingin party covered by lorde. okay this is another one from my wei wuxian and wen qing playlist but god. I don't know I don't know.... something else about wen qing taking in her death with dignity

- family jewels by marina. another unreleased marina song my beloved.... this one is a very tentative addition because it's just Almost perfect but some parts just don't work but uuuuh wen qing telling wen ning that the wen sects actions don't reflect what their family actually stands for and wen qing struggling with the suffering wen ruohan caused and all that (incidently I also think that this is a jiang cheng song but for slightly different reasons)

and since you asked for them both in the same ask I simply Must bring up a place for friends by poor mans poison.... it reminds me of their friendship so much and boy does it break my heart

[occasionalrpmemes]

The Crane Wives sentence starters: lines taken from the 2016 album Foxlore

“Happy is the man who wants for nothing.”

“Happy is the liar.”

“Do you ever want nothing at all?”

“Do you ever feel nothing at all?”

“I would not wish that on you.”

“I talk in my sleep, when the night is listening.”

“You are dreaming dreams that have not a thing to do with me.”

“I will finally say that I am not okay.”

“I’ve been wishing that you’d prove me wrong.” 

“Come clean and rue the damage done.  Restore my faith in you.” 

“Sure, you can forget about all the things you’ve done.  But what about the rest of us?”

“I’ve been hearing that you’re leaving town.” 

“The dust never settles when you’re around.”

“Tell me, when you start again, where will you house your skeletons?”

“The dark doesn’t frighten me.”

“I chose to close my eyes.” 

“The dark doesn’t frighten me.  I chose to close my eyes.”

“Little girl, don’t let them sell you any armor - all your ribs are still your own.”

“How lucky we are.” 

“How lucky you are.”

“It’s time to learn to be more forgiving of yourself.”

“You’ve got to try to take the lessons away from them and leave the rest behind.”

“All the self-loathing in the world won’t change a thing.”

“You can’t go back, darling.  The time has come for moving on.”

“You can’t be always trying to dig up what you’ve already buried.”

“You’ve got to carry on.”

“It’s not fair.  It’s not fair.  It’s not fair.”

“When have you ever known the world to be a fair place?”

“All things end and all things change.”

“You’ll look back and laugh one day, or at least you’ll learn to be okay.”

“There’s a fire in my brain and I’m burning up.”

“Every word I say is kindling, but the smoke clears when you’re around.”

“Won’t you stay with me, my darling, when my walls start burning down?”

“There’s still cobwebs in the corners, and the backyard’s full of bones.”

“Won’t you stay with me, my darling, when this house don’t feel like home?”

“The devil’s after both of us.”

“All my aching bones are trembling, and I may yet fall apart.”

“Won’t you stay with me, my darling, when the war starts in my heart?”

“Tell me I am good enough.”

“You don’t have to believe every single thought that tumbles through your head.”

“Sometimes all you can do is say goodnight and tuck your demons into bed.”

“They’re not worth fighting.”

“What good has ever come of it?”

“What answers will you find?” 

“Past loves linger like phantom limbs.”

“I cut straight to the heart.”

“I don’t believe the pretty little things that you say.”

“Don’t buy me flowers. It pains me to watch pretty little things wilt away.”

“There are lessons in life no one should have to learn.”

“Trust is now something I make people earn.”

“I know a trick to make a man’s colors show: if he sees something he wants, tell him no.”

“Maybe you’re right.”

“Maybe I’ve been used up.”

“Maybe I’ve been ruined.”

“But maybe I’m the one who’s right.”

“I am not brave.”

“I keep my focus on what is safe.”

“I gotta wrap my head around what my heart is telling me.” 

“Just because I know what I am supposed to do now, doesn’t mean I know how.”

“I blind my eyes to what won’t stay.”

“I’ve been trying to drown it out.”

“Keep the light so dim that you can’t see what’s out there ahead of you.”

“My dear, there are secrets here.”

“If only I could break the chain of disappointments, weighing me down - ” 

“I won’t be afraid.” 

“I won’t be afraid of all the things that I’ve wanted.” 

“It’s the fear and not the ghost that leaves me haunted.” 

“You’re an anchor for all the heaviest regrets inside of you.”

“We collect mistakes.”

“The crows in the garden are laughing at my expense.”

“My stone, my shield, my steady hand - hold your light to the darkness in my head.”

“Put your ear to my heart or set your teeth against my throat.”

“The devil knows my name.”

“When they come for us, they’ll come with hammers and nails.”

“Get your hands dirty.”

[cithaerons]

ladysuzuka

these are all varying in themes/genre so take what you like and leave the rest but: big god, bedroom hymns, only if for a night, moderation, sky full of song - florence + the machine; ribs - the crane wives; hallowed ground - bishop briggs; lamb - phildel; when the lord - susanne sundfor

thank you so much!! <3

[druddigoon]

Tag Game

sjfghdgs @hello-pyroxene​ aaaahhhh

Rules: Tag 10 people you want to know better except i don’t do it

Relationship status: aro

Favourite colour: greeeeeen. i adore natural palettes too 

Three favourite foods: do people really have a favorite food? i have no standards and will eat everything and anything you set in front of me unless it’s too sweet or too spicy but here’s some unusual foods i’m partial to ig -  豆腐花 (tofu pudding) is basically comfort food for me, it was sold for just over a dollar a bowl at the local market where i grew up, back when my family was poor af. came with one of those little plastic sample containers full of ginger syrup that i’d drizzle on, very nice -  갈비 (galbi) god it’s so damn expensive but also so, so good. the ones i eat are basically thinly sliced beef short rib marinated a sweet and savory sauce that’s incredibly flavorful - bitter melon dishes which is 100% an acquired taste and i would not recommend it to anyone who hasn’t grown up eating it because it’s. incredibly bitter. but i like the taste so i dunno

Song stuck in my head: Safe Ship, Harbored - The Crane Wives this makes me want to write a story for characters i haven’t thought of yet

Last song I listened to: Understanding Love As Loss - Silent Planet don’t get me wrong, i avoid metal/heavy metal music like the plague but silent planet’s lyrics are too damn good. their songs are my fic title fodder lol  Last thing I googled: bitter melon, followed by galbi, followed by tofu pudding. my search history is full of terms i already know that i search just to check if i actually spelled it correctly

Time: 1:45 pm

Dream Trip: iceland, for the scenery and because i’ve heard it doesn’t have mosquitoes. sometimes i feel like i’m cursed to love nature and never experience it bc my skin is a sensitive crybaby 

Anything I really want: a legacy, mostly. to create something that’ll be remembered after my body and name are dirt and ash. i don’t really care for living long or getting rich or being content

[judesowndaughter]

𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

FULL NAME.    katherine beverly marsh   PRONUNCIATION.   kath-er-inn bev-er-lee mahr-sh  NICKNAME.   kate, katie, angel  . GENDER.    cis female. HEIGHT.   5′3″. AGE.    eighteen ZODIAC.    virgo sun, taurus moon, virgo rising SPOKEN LANGUAGES.   english, latin.

   𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

HAIR COLOR.    dirty blond.  EYE COLOR.    hazel (frequently mistaken for brown)  SKIN TONE.    fair. BODY TYPE.   rectangular - small waist, narrow shoulders, lean arms and legs. ACCENT.   american. DOMINANT HAND.    right. POSTURE.    ramrod straight. SCARS.    a scar on the underside of her left wrist - others are verse dependent.  TATTOOS.   none during the events of L.IS - verse dependent.  BIRTHMARKS.     none. FEATURE(S).     a trail of freckles down her ribs to her navel, a piercing gaze, slightly sharp canines.

   𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 ! (TW: abuse)

PLACE OF BIRTH.    Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA HOMETOWN.    Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA SIBLINGS.    Emily Abigail Marsh  (14, high school student), Linda “Lynn” Josephine Marsh (10, elementary school student)  PARENTS.  Richard Hosea Marsh  (presumed father, 46, pastor),  Helen Sigrid Marsh née Brewer (biological mother, 46, accountant), and Frank Bowers (biological father, drug dealer) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.    Richard’s involvement in Kate’s childhood was sporadic---he would go from being attentive to emotionally uninvolved. By the end of elementary school, he was largely absent from Kate’s home life. There were brief attempts to rekindle their connection, each time hampered by Richard’s enmity towards Helen or his inability to engage Kate’s interests. Helen was more of a presence in the home. However, her abusive behavior led Kate to take on the role of a parent for her sisters.  

   𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 !

OCCUPATION.   public library volunteer, high school student, storyboard revisionist (post-L.IS) CURRENT RESIDENCE.    Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA (pre-graduation),  Los Angeles, California, USA (post-graduation, verse dependent) CLOSE FRIENDS.  Alyssa Anderson, Stella Hill, Max Caulfield, Josh Washington ( @ghostinhumanshape ), Nathan Prescott ( @sohrried ) RELATIONSHIP STATUS.    verse dependent FINANCIAL STATUS.    wealthy  DRIVER’S LICENSE.  yes. CRIMINAL RECORD.   no.

   𝐬𝐞𝐱 & 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !

SEXUAL ORIENTATION.     lesbian. PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE.    submissive  |  dominant  |  switch. PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE.    submissive  |  dominant |  switch. LIBIDO.   low when single, high when in a relationship.  TURN ON’S.   cuddling, praise, “chivalry” (e.g. draping their coat on her when she’s cold), mutual passionate enthusiasm for a piece of media/art/hobby. TURN OFF’S.   disregard for the marginalized, mocking or belittling her beliefs, rough touches, any kind of bondage, humiliation.    LOVE LANGUAGE.    physical touch, quality time, words of affirmation  RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES.    Kate is a quiet and low-key girlfriend who prefers to show her affection through small gestures: tucking a loose strand of hair back, making their  favorite drink during a study session, etc. A keen observer, she is sensitive to any changes in her partner’s mood. Flings are out of the question; she is loyal to a fault, and sets her sights on building a long-lasting, committed relationship. 

   𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 !

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG.    bible belt by dry the river, curses by the crane wives, mt. washington by local natives.    HOBBIES TO PASS TIME.     playing the violin, drawing, debating philosophy, hiking, swimming, petting her bunny, reading theology. ILLNESSES.    Kate has childhood asthma (currently in remission), and is seriously allergic to peanuts (to the point where she carries an epipen).  Apart from physical illnesses, she has a.norexia, major depressive disorder, P.TSD, and chronic insomnia. LEFT OR RIGHT BRAINED.   right. PHOBIAS.    her mother, abandonment, hell.  SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL.     Low. Helen’s abuse has significantly impacted Kate’s self-image and her ability to assert herself. Kate is usually fearful of stating her opinions or feelings to others, and her self-expression is curtailed by her insecurities. She wholeheartedly believes she is undesirable, and acts on the assumption that it is better for everyone if she fades into the background. VULNERABILITIES.     Kate prefers to keep the peace than confront a problem head-on, even when the direct approach would resolve the conflict. Her lack of self-worth and valorization of martyrdom motivates her to self-sacrifice, even in situations where it would be detrimental to her and everyone else if she did so. 

TAGGED BY.   stolen from @fcarsdark​   TAGGING.   steal it and tag me in it!

[alltheginkgoleaves]

sharp objects: a playlist

rotten, missouri surf club

"tell him careful walking up the stairs, those floorboards might not hold."

it's happening again, agnes obel

"i swear it is true, the past isn't dead, it's alive, it is happening in the back of my head."

runs in the family, amanda palmer

"mary have mercy now look what i've done but don't blame cause i can't help where i come from."

let it go, the neighbourhood

"i'm from a little city with expensive taste where the cars don't run until the engine breaks."

getting better (otherwise), the aubreys

"feed me back and forth your lies, let me get inside your eyes, cause i'm not getting better otherwise."

still feel, half•alive

"so pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave cause i still feel alive."

teeth, missouri surf club

"sometimes, i wish i could just unzip my skin but what would i do with the flesh left over? sometimes, i wish i could crack open my ribs and fill my chest with roses."

misery business, paramore

"i'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top, she's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock."

little pistol, mother mother

"and now i found brimstone in my garden, and i found roses set on fire, and i found jesus, what a liar, so i trade licks with muddy waters."

howl, florence + the machine

"if you could only see the beast you've made of me, i held it in but now it seems you've set it running free."

curses, the crane wives

"this house is my name like an elegy, echoing where my ghosts all used to be, there's still cobwebs in the corners and the backyard's full of bones."

it will come back, hozier

"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."

white teeth teens, lorde

"i am not a white teeth teen, i tried to join but never did, the way they are, the way they seem."

mother, pink floyd

"hush now baby, baby don't you cry, mama's gonna make all your nightmares come true, mama's gonna put all her fears into you."

limp, fiona apple

"you wanna make me sick, you wanna lick my wounds, don't you, baby?"

sober ii (melodrama)

"all the glamour and the trauma and the fucking melodrama, all the gun fights and the lime lights and the holy sick divine nights."

itch, nothing but thieves

"there's a rumbling in my head, it's getting louder and louder, there's a shaking in my bones, it's getting stronger and stronger, there's a hunger in my heart, it's full of promise, promise, there's an itch under my skin, it's under my skin, under my skin."

persephone, tamino

"yes my love, i confess to you, i am only here to break your heart in two. the very flower you chose that day, its only task was to decay."

in the woods somewhere, hozier

"the creature lunged, i turned and ran to save a life i didn't have/i found something in the woods somewhere."

female robbery, the neighbourhood

"that tv show i watched as i fell asleep had me on both my knees praying to whatever is in heaven please send a felon."

my body is a cage, peter gabriel

"just because you've forgotten doesn't mean you're forgiven, i'm living in a age that screams my name at night but when i get to the door there's no one in sight."

i was just a kid, nothing but thieves

"i was just a kid, i needed answers. i found a screen, promised adventure. just as i thought i had it all, i pulled the trigger and nothing happened."

[captainamerica-lesbianicon]

because Tidal Pull by Sabrecmc owns my life now. please check out my run down of why i picked these songs below the cut <3

1. if i had a heart {fever ray} - crushed and filled with all I found / if I had a voice, I would sing 

[if you’re familiar with this song it is likely because of the show “vikings.” there is some lovely oceanic ambiance about this song that suggests so much struggle and pain. i thought it was apt.]

2. maelstrom {sirena} - fast thy valor, veer thy vessel kind / not a soul nor sailor left behind

[please go appreciate the incredible and oh so mystical vibes of this group.they perform as a group of sirens at various ren faires with just their voices and percussive instruments. they are the greek chorus of this playlist]

3. bladed stance {the staves} - instrumental

[when i first heard this song, i was like oh, this is what it sounds like when water reflects ripples up onto the ceiling of a pool]

4. mountain and the sea {ingrid michaelson} - i’ll stand tall and certain / and watch you swallow me / i feel you in my knees /say you’ll come in soon

[this song has a decidedly lite pop feel about it if that is or isn’t your jam. i couldn’t not include it for lyrics, however.]

5. barton hollow {the civil wars} - did that full moon force my hand? / underneath the water

[god i love angsty antebellum vibes]

6. not with haste {mumford & sons} - do not let my fickle flesh go to waste / as it keeps my heart and soul in its place.

[i’m a slut for the inherent softness of this song, it so mirrors the slow and sweet building of trust and the struggling dreams of both these boys]

7. ribs {the crane wives} - brick and mortar between my bones / built a kingdom fierce and fortified / my name fading from the yellow page / stones are laid upon the mountainside

[insanely beautiful lyrics, i literally cannot handle how appropriate it is to this damn story. I mean handed down a shield for your tender parts? come ON]

8. nfwmb {hozier} - i'd wanna be felled by you / held by you / fuel the pyre of your enemies

[you bitches really thought i wasn’t gonna put hozier on here? OKAY]

9. much closer {sirena} - is this the end / or just a good place to begin?

[more of the sirens, this is our “kiss the girl”]

10. comin’ thro’ the rye {bear mccreary} - instrumental

[i am also a slut for the outlander soundtrack. particularly this banger of a track]

11. ain’t no grave {crooked still} - i'm gonna bury my knees in the sand / holler "ah, hosanna" till i reach the promised land

[i know this is a religious song, but my boy steve is a devout catholic and also a survivor (get wrecked bear grylls) so please take it to meanwhatever you like in this context. it just sounds cool, man]

12. come all you sailors {the wailin’jennys} - swim in these salty waters / cleanse the wounds that run so deep

[this is so precious and joyful and a good mood for octo-tony]

13. night shall fall {sirena} - rest ye in peaceful slumber

[just a good and peaceful lullaby]

14. oceanica {san fermin} - sea change into pain but also something rich and strange

[san fermin is making some of the most interesting and impactful music of our generation do. not. miss. their. shit.]

15. after it all {delta rae} - after it all, you'll look after me / all of these things that we made believe

[this is such a sweet song for a happy ending]

16. another new world {the punch brothers} - after all that I'd found, in my travels around the world, was there anything left?

[this song isn’t a perfect analogy, but it has perfect explorer!tony vibes and the way chris thile crafts a song is p e r f e c t]

17. how do i love him? {sirena} - for all eternity

[fin. tentacle.]