#𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 ↬ as long as i can still dream i will dream of you (clace)

[bytheanchor]

A study of the Clace Playlist (74 songs)

J for Jace and C for Clary, expanding on the most meaningful lyrics and the time progression throughout their love story, as well as their POVs. Characters by @cassandraclare Updated as of 01/22 for new songs.

City Of Bones

J - And all I’ve seen, since 18 hours ago, is green eyes and freckles and your smile, in the back of my mind making me feel like... I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now.

C - And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind, making up for lost time, taking flight, making me feel like...  I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now.

C - I’m trying so hard not to get caught up now. But you’re just so cool, run your hands through your hair - absentmindedly making me want you. And I don’t know how it gets better than this. You take my hand and drag me head first. Fearless. And I don’t know why but with you I’d dance, in a storm in my best dress. Fearless.

C - Today was a fairytale, I wore a dress, you wore a dark gray t-shirt. You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess. Today was a fairytale. Time slows down whenever you’re around... Can you feel this magic in the air? It must’ve been the way you kissed me. Fell in love when I saw you standing there, it must’ve been the way...

J - You’ve got a smile - takes me to another planet. Every move you make, everything you say is right. Today was a fairytale. All that I can say is now it’s getting so much clearer. Nothing made sense till the time I saw your face. Today was a fairytale. Time slows down, whenever you’re around...

J - If I show you all my demons and we dive into the deep end, would we crash and burn like every time before? I would tell you all my secrets, wrap your arms around my weakness, if the only other option’s letting go... I’ll stay vulnerable.

C - He was sunshine, I fell over [-] And so I found a state of mind where I could be speechless. I had to try it for a while, to figure out this feeling. This felt so right. Pull me upside, down to a place where you’ve been waiting.  And how am I supposed to tell you how I feel? I need oxygen... Oh baby, if I was your lady, I would make you happy. I’m never gonna leave, I’m never gonna leave.

C - A jaw-dropper, looks good when he walks, he’s the subject of their talk. He would be hard to chase, but good to catch and he could change the world with his hands behind his back. Oh. You can find him, sitting on your doorstep, waiting for a surprise. And he will feel like he’s been there for hours. And you can tell that he’ll be there for life... Daydreamer. With eyes that make you melt. He lends his coat for shelter, plus he’s there for you when he shouldn’t be. But he stays all the same, waits for you, then sees you through.

J - Love, don’t say a word. Because I have made up my mind, to give in this time. Your touch makes me fall apart... Cause you have my heart.

J&C - And I’ll play the fool, and lean into you. Whatever this is, whatever we are. You have my heart. Please, just close your eyes. Take a step, take a chance, get lost in the dance and hold me easy in your arms .Cause you have my heart.

J - I wake up in the morning, put on my face. The one that’s gonna get me through another day. It doesn’t really matter how I feel inside. This life is like a game sometimes. Then you came around me, the walls just disappeared. Nothing to surround me, and keep me from my fears. I’m unprotected. See how I’ve opened up? Oh, you’ve made me trust. Cuz I’ve never felt like this before... I’m naked around you, does it show? You see right through me and I can’t hide. I’m naked around you. And it feels so right. I’m trying to remember why I was afraid, to be myself and let the covers fall away. Guess I never had someone like you: to help me fit in my skin. 

C - All that time, never even knowing just how blind I’ve been. Now I’m here, blinking in the starlight. Now I’m here, suddenly I see: standing here, it’s all so clear, I’m where I’m meant to be. And at last I see the light, and it’s like the fog has lifted. And at last I see the light, and it’s like the sky is new. And it’s warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted... All at once, everything looks different. Now that I see you.

J - All those years living in a blur. All that time, never truly seeing things the way they were. Now she’s here, shining in the starlight.  Now she’s here, suddenly I know: if she’s here, it’s crystal clear, I’m where I’m meant to go. 

J - You got me in a bubble, oblivious to trouble. Right now there’s no one else l’d rather be. I’m not saying that I’m perfect, I don’t think that I deserve it. I guess it’s something in me I don’t see. I never thought a guy like me would find it. I would repeat it if I could rewind it. I guess the only way I could describe it: It’s like hearing a love song and jumping inside it. So this is happiness, yeah this is happiness. If this is happiness, I don’t mind having this.

J&C - When your soul finds the soul it was waiting for. When someone walks into your heart through an open door. When your hand finds the hand it was meant to hold, don’t let go. Someone comes into your world, suddenly your world has changed forever. No, there’s no one else’s eyes that can see into me. No one else’s arms can lift me up so high. Your love lifts me out of time. And you know my heart by heart. 

C - He says, “look up” and your shoulders brush. No proof, one touch. You felt enough. [-] You kiss on sidewalks. You fight, then you talk. One night he wakes, strange look on his face, pauses then says: “you’re my best friend.” And you knew what it was. He is in love. You can hear it in the silence. You can feel it on the way home. You can see it with the lights out. You’re in love. True love. 

J - I’ve been beaten down. I’ve been kicked around. But she takes it all for me.  And I lost my faith, in my darkest days, but she makes me want to believe. They call her love, love, love, love. She is love. And she is all I need. 

J - Days like these I bury my - my each and every word, and hide them underneath these lonely trees.

C - The harvest moon is wicked, I know that you've been hurt. I swear I'm here for good I'll never leave. [-] You're staring out the window and I'm out here in the street. You stand there like a scarecrow and I'm begging you to speak. You used to be my solid ground, now I'm drowning in the sea. And I just want to believe in you and me. I just want to believe in you and me.[-] You're out there all alone I wonder why. 

J - The pieces keep on falling out and I pick them up myself. But I'd let you steal the buttons from my eyes. 

J&C - Well nothing's what it seems to be. How can I make you feel again? Only you can make me real again

J&C - We’re so close to reaching that famous happy end. Almost believing this one’s not pretend. Let’s go on dreaming, though we know we are so close, so close. And still so far.

City Of Ashes & City Of Glass

J - I wish that it would just go away. What would you do if you knew? What would you do? All the pain I thought I knew. All the thoughts lead back to you. Back to what was never said. Back and forth, inside my head. I can’t handle this confusion. I’m unable. Come and take me away. I feel like I’m all alone. All by myself. I need to get around this. My words are cold, I don’t want them to hurt you. If I show you, I don’t think you’d understand. Cuz no one understands. 

C - Something always brings me back to you. It never takes too long. No matter what I say or do. I still feel you here, till the moment I’m gone. You hold me without touch. You keep me without chains. I’ve never wanted anything so much, than to drown in your love, and not feel your rain. 

J&C - Set me free. Leave me be. I don’t wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I’m supposed to be. But you’re onto me. And all over me.

J - You loved me cuz I’m fragile, when I thought that I was strong. But you touch me for a little while, and all my fragile strength is gone. 

J&C - I don’t wanna know who we are without each other. It’s just too hard. I don’t wanna live here without you. I don’t wanna lose part of me, will I recover that broken piece? [-] Is it fair or is it fate? No one knows. The stars choose their lovers, save my soul. It hurts just the same. And I can’t tear myself away. 

J - I fell in love with a beautiful girl, and she still takes my breath away. I fell in love in the morning sun while the hours slipped away. Sometimes when I hear your name a smile creeps on my face. And for reasons I can’t explain, it’s never out of place. Cuz I love you more than you think I do. And I love you. Now you don’t want me to. 

J&C - Every time I try to fight it everything just turns out wrong.

C - I fell in love with a beautiful boy and you still take my breath away. 

J&C - When you left it was the end of my world, cuz I never got to say: That I love you. More than you think I do. And I love you. Now you don’t want me to.

J&C  - Some things we don’t talk about. Rather do without, and just hold the smile. Falling in and out of love. Ashamed and proud of, together all the while. You can never say never, while we don’t know when but time and time again, younger now than we were before. Don’t let me go. Don’t let me go. Don’t let me go.  

J - Picture, you’re the queen of everything, far as the eye can see. Under your command, I will be your guardian, when all is crumbling, I’ll steady your hand. 

C - For you, I would cross the line. I would waste my time. I would lose my mind. They say “she’s gone too far this time.” Don’t blame me, love made crazy, if it doesn’t, you ain’t doing it right. [-] Echoes of your name inside my mind.  Halo, hiding my obsession, I once was poison ivy, but now I’m your daisy. And baby, for you, I would fall from Grace. Just to touch your face. If you walked away, I’d beg you on my knees to stay. [-] I get so high, every time you’re loving me. 

J - It comes back and haunts me: a bullet undercover, it fooled me every time, it fooled me every time. But even if I lose it all, I've got so much left to give, I won't give up, no, no. My heart's on the front-line, I'm not afraid. I will love you like I've never been hurt, run through fire for you like I've never been burned. [-] You set fire to ashes, you fought through the darkness and brought me back to life. You brought me back to life.  I will love you and forever. I will love you like I never heard goodbye, like I never heard a lie, like I'm falling into love for the first time.

J - Some people live and some people die. Some people run right into the fire, some people hide their every desire. [-] Some people fight and some people fall. Others pretend they don't care at all. If you wanna fight, I'll stand right beside you. The day that you fall, I'll be right behind you to pick up the pieces. If you don't believe me, just look into my eyes: cause the heart never lies.

C - I don’t care what they say, cause I have seen when we run we make it rain. Let’s keep going for miles. Playing under the stormy darkened skies. Can you be mine? Push me to the wall. Let them see, baby, I don’t care at all. I’m not letting this go. Like a flower breaking through we’ve grown together now. 

J - When the world makes me tired, and my mind feels like it was set on fire. You look at me and smile. With your brown eyes you call my heart and I can breathe again. So I don’t care what they say. Cause I have seen when we run we make it rain. There’s nothing better than this. And I’ll keep wanting you for just one more kiss. So make it rain.

J - Here we are again, fading light. Those gleaming eyes and freckled smile light up the night. Here we are alone, my lips on yours. The taste of candy and salt drives me for more. Tattoo my heart with your ballpoint pen. Say you love me, again and again. There will never be an end to this love, my dear friend. You colour me. You colour my soul. Paint me red in places once filled with gold. Make me dream of things I never did once before.

C - All of the lights land on you, the rest of the world fades from view. And all of the love I see, please, please, say you feel it too. And all of the noise I hear inside, restless and loud, unspoken and wild. And all that you need to say, to make it all go away, is that you feel the same way too. And I know: the scariest part is letting go cause love is a ghost you can’t control. I promise you the truth can’t hurt us now. So let the words slip out of your mouth. [-] Let my love be the light to guide you home.

J - And all of the steps that led me to you. And all of the hell I had to walk through. But I wouldn’t trade a day for the chance to say, my love, I’m in love with you. 

J&C - From the way you smile to the way you look, you capture me unlike no other. From the first hello, yeah, that's all it took, and suddenly we had each other.

J - So don’t ever think I need more, I’ve got the one to live for. No one else will do and I’m telling you, just put your heart in my hands. I promise it won’t get broken. We’ll never forget this moment. It will stay brand new cuz I’ll love you, over and over again. 

C - From the heat of night to the break of day, I’ll keep you safe and hold you forever. And the sparks will fly, they will never fade, and every day gets better and better. 

J&C - And I won’t leave you, always be true. One plus one, two for life. Over and over again.

City Of Angels & City of Lost Souls

C - Cause you are my Manhattan from the sky. You look so neat and tidy when I’m way up high. But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside. I wanna come down and walk around your mind. 

J - I lose all faith without you. Not sure I’m safe without you. I make mistakes without you around. I must’ve been a wild one, honey I know. With every other guy I should’ve said no. I really could’ve used your loving before. But I’m glad I have you now. I’m happy that you’re mine. Don’t let me down. Stay with me for life. I’m glad I have you now. I’ve waited all this time. 

J&C - I won’t be lonely when I’m down. ���Cause I’ve got you to make me feel stronger. When the days are rough and an hour seems much longer. I never doubted you at all. The stars collide, will you stand by and watch them fall? So hold me till the sky is clear, and whisper words of love right into my ear.

C - I know I’m needy but tell me you need me. No, don’t be afraid babe. Come on, explain. If you love me, love me, love me, like you say: darling, tell me all the ways. And he said: all the ways. All the ways, you love me. And he said, “girl you take care of me, you are my therapy, the better half of me.” Say it again, say it again. 

J - Ask me something, any question, I’ll answer best I can. Cuz I don’t want one thing to ever be between your heart and where I stand. When I stood by watching, all that wanting, you took me by the hand. And you held back nothing, let my walls give in, and fall away like sand. But don’t you ask me when I fell in love, no one answer ever captures all I’m thinking of: It’s the strength and grace within. How you never let me win. It’s the candlelight dancing round rooms. [-] It’s the way you pull me close. Stand on your tippy toes. How the lazy Sunday slowly moves. It’s the talking half asleep. It’s the way you kiss my cheek. It’s the angels clear in reach with you.

C - I make mistakes, yes I’ll admit: I fall apart in front of your face. But you think it’s cute, you make fun of me. And darling, I know you’re here to stay. Three little words say more than enough: we got that foundation we’ve been building up. And it didn’t take long to know you’re the one: that communication made me fall in love. Who knew we’d meet this soon? Fallin’ like lovers do. Now we get our whole lives together, we could call a long time forever. Yeah, I’m your biggest fan, you like me as I am. So I’ma always be down forever. 

J - There’s so much that I have told you, but it’s all in my head. Ask me anything you want to, cuz the answer is yes. I’ll spend my whole life just being caught up in your eyes. Don’t you know you stop the room? And all that I can see is you. I’m standing where the lightning strikes. I know this doesn’t happen twice. You must be my once in a lifetime.

C - When I think of how life used to be: always walking in the shadows. Then I look at what you’ve given me, I feel like dancing on my tiptoes. I must say, every day I wake and realize you’re by my side: I know I’m truly blessed, for everything you’ve given me. Blessed, for all the tenderness you show. Do my best with every breath that’s in me. Blessed, to make sure you never go. [-] Blessed with love and understanding. Blessed, when I hear you call my name. Do my best, with faith that’s never ending. Blessed, to make sure you feel the same.

J - Can’t say how the days will unfold. Can’t change what the future may hold. But I want you in it. Every hour. Every minute. This world can race by far too fast, hard to see while it’s all flying past. But it’s clear now, when you’re standing here now: I am meant to be wherever you are next to me. All I wanna do is come running home to you, come running home to you. And all my life I promise to keep running home to you. And I could see it right from the start, that you would be my light in the dark. Oh, you gave me no other choice but love you. 

C - No heart, no hands, no skin, no touch, can get me there, nowhere enough, to love me like you do. No kiss, no lips, no feel, no rush, can keep me high. I swear no one can love me like you do. Nobody’s gonna love me like you. Nobody. Nobody’s ever loved me to the truth, like you. [-] And I don’t know what it is, but you pulled me in. No one compares, could ever begin to love me like you do. I wouldn’t want them to.

J - Grab my hand, kiss my neck,  holding me close, and holding my breath. Touch my lips. And call me yours. Love me loud, love me loud as a lion’s roar. Feel my soul reaching in, don’t you see what we’ve become? And I just wanna love on you. And take me to the top, I’m ready for it. I just wanna love on you. Feel the heat in the sheets, I’m ready for it. [-] So take your heart and make it mine, stare at you and run my fingers down your spine. I look at you and hold on tight, and I see that everything is alright. 

J&C - I know Heaven’s a thing: I’m golden when you touch me, honey, hell is when I fight with you. But we can patch it up good, make confessions and we’re begging for forgiveness, got the wine for you. And you can’t talk to me when I’m like this: daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you. You’re the West Village, you still do it for me babe. They all warned us about times like this, they say the road gets hard and you get lost when you’re led by blind faith. But we might just get away with it, religion’s in your lips, even if it’s a false god. We’d still worship- We might just get away with it, the altar is my hips, even if it’s a false god. We’d still worship this love. 

J - One look at you. My whole life falls in line. I prayed for you, before I called you mine. Oh, I can’t believe it’s true sometimes. Oh, I can’t believe it’s true: I get to love you. It’s the best thing that I’ll ever do. I get to love you. It’s the promise I’m making to you. Whatever may come, your heart I will choose. Forever I’m yours. Forever I do. I get to love you.

C - Much as you blame yourself, you can’t be blamed for the way that you feel. Had no example of a love that was even remotely real. How can you understand something that you never had? If you let me, I can help you out with all of that. Let me love you. And I will love you, until you learn to love yourself. Let me love you, I know your trouble. Don’t be afraid, oh I can help. A heart in numbness, gets brought to life. I’ll take you there. I can see the pain behind your eyes, it’s been there for quite a while. I just wanna be the one to remind you what it is to smile. I would like to show you what true love can really do. 

C - I found myself dreaming, in silver and gold [-] I woke up in tears, with you by my side. A breath of relief, and I realized: no, we’re not promised tomorrow. So I’m gonna love you, like I’m gonna lose you. I’m gonna hold you, like I’m saying goodbye. Wherever we’re standing, I won’t take you for granted. Cuz we’ll never know when we’ll run out of time. So I’m gonna love you like I’m gonna lose you.

C - Wait for the signal and I’ll meet you after dark. Show me the places where the others gave you scars. And now this is an open-shut case. I guess I should’ve known from the look on your face. Every bait and switch was a work of art. The more that you say, the less I know. Wherever you stray, I’ll follow. I know that my train could take you home, anywhere else is hollow. I’m begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans. That’s my man. 

C - I counted days, I counted miles. To see you there. It’s been a long time coming but- It’s you and me, that’s my whole world. They whisper in the hallways, “she’s a bad bad girl.” The whole school is rolling fake dice, you play stupid games you win stupid prizes. It’s you and me, there’s nothing like this. Miss Americana and the heartbreak prince. We’re so sad, we paint the town blue. Voted most likely to run away with you. My team is losing, battered and bruising. I see the high-fives between the bad guys. Leave with my head hung, you are the only one who seems to care. [-] I’m feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed. Boys will be boys, then where are the wise men? Darling, I’m scared. [-] And I don’t want you to go. I don’t really wanna fight. Cuz nobody is gonna win. I think you should come home... I just think you should know. And I’ll never let you go. Cuz I know this is a fight. That someday we’re gonna win.

City Of Heavenly Fire

J&C - Can you see me? I can barely see myself. Are we only empty frames upon the shelf? It’s like we’re dreaming wide awake. Everything bends until it breaks. Can we recover? Can we get over this? Are we too deep in the night to see the day? Are we too frozen inside to feel the flame? 

J&C -  If you're ever broken, there's always an open door, a beacon toward the shore. Sometimes it takes dark, yeah, to feel a little light. Sometimes you need fire to see the other side. So get up off your knees, hope is still alive, that place your searching for, I know you'll find, 'cause the stars are on your side. Yeah, the stars are on your side. If you're holding breath, tired and you're frail, just exhale.

C - I remember tears streaming down your face when I said “I’ll never let you go.” When all those shadows almost killed your light. I remember you said, “don’t leave me here alone.” But all that’s dead and gone and past tonight. 

J - Don’t you dare look out your window, darling, everything’s on fire. The war outside our door keeps raging on. Hold on to this lullaby. Even when the music is gone. 

J&C - Just close your eyes. The sun is going down. You’ll be alright. No one can hurt you now. Come morning light, you and I’ll be safe and sound. 

J&C -  Your light is inside of me, like a raging roar, like an ocean born, you're in my veins. Your voice is serenity when the sun goes down, and the strength I've found is in my veins. [-] You're here like a silhouette, when the darkness rules, you're the brightest moon, and I am safe. Our story binds us, like right and wrong, your hand in mine, marching to the beat of the storm. And we walk together into the light, and my love will be your armor tonight: we are lionhearts. And we stand together facing a war, and our love is gonna conquer it all: we are lionhearts. 

J&C - Like the sun that saves the night, bursting through a darkened sky. We are, we are soldiers of the light. And we will glow. So let them build their righteous tower, our blazing hearts will burn it down. We are, we are soldiers of the light. And we will glow. We are fire. And our love will burn. The flame will never die. We are brighter. Let’s show ‘em how we light up tonight.

J&C - Dance me into the night, underneath the moon shining so bright. Turning me into the light. Time dancers whirling past, I gaze through the looking glass. And feel just beyond my grasp is Heaven. Sacred geometry, where movement is poetry. Visions of you and me forever.

J&C - Can’t remember what I used to fight for. I rewind the tape but all it does is pause on the very moment all was lost: sending signals to be double-crossed. And I was catching my breath, barefoot in the wildest winter, catching my death. And I couldn’t be sure. I had a feeling so peculiar. That this pain would be for evermore.

J - Cannot think of all the cost, and the things that will be lost. Oh, can we just get a pause? To be certain we’ll be tall again. Whether weather be the frost or the violence of the dog days, I’m on waves, out being tossed. Is there a line that I could just go cross?

C - And when I was shipwrecked, I thought of you. In the cracks of light, I dreamed of you. It was real enough to get me through. I swear. You were there.

J&C - And I was catching my breath. Floors of a cabin creaking under my step. And I couldn’t be sure. I had a feeling so peculiar. This pain wouldn’t be for evermore. Evermore. This pain wouldn’t be for evermore. 

J - I’ve been a witness to a raging fire that’s taken my soul to the wire. Been burning, then pushed right to the wall. Now I’ve come to believe, you can’t lose them all. 

C - Always was leaving, or just passing through. Searching for one thing that’s true. Oh, those days are over. From now on, it’s you. And your love’s the one thing I can’t stand to lose. 

J&C - Your love is my saving grace. My one salvation in this crazy place. Heaven’s in your arms, where I know I’m safe. And your love is my saving grace.

J - Remember all those walls I built? Well, baby, they are tumbling down. And they didn’t even put up a fight, they didn’t even make a sound. I found a way to let you in, but I never really had a doubt. Standing in the light of your halo: I got my angel now. It’s like I’ve been awaken, every rule I had you breakin’, it’s the risk that I’m taking: I ain’t never gonna shut you out. 

C - Everywhere I’m looking now, I’m surrounded by your embrace, baby I can see your halo. You know you’re my saving grace. You’re everything I need and more. It’s written all over your face. Baby I can feel your halo. Pray it won’t fade away. Hit me like a ray of sun, burning through my darkest night. You’re the only one that I want. Think I’m addicted to your light.

J&C - Cause all of me, loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges. All your perfect imperfections. Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you. You’re my end and my beginning. Even when I lose I’m winning. Cuz I give you all of me. And you give me all of you. 

J&C - For a shield from the storm. For a friend. For a love to keep me safe and warm. I turn to you. For the strength to be strong. For the will to carry on. For everything you do. For everything that’s true. I turn to you. For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain. For truth that will never change. For someone to lean on. For a heart I can rely on through anything. For the one who I can run to. I turn to you.

J&C - Cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy. Yeah, when my world is falling apart. When there’s no light to break up the dark. That’s when I look at you. When the waves are flooding the shore, and I can’t find my way home anymore. That’s when I look at you. When I look at you I see forgiveness, I see the truth. You love me for who I am. Like the stars hold the moon. Right there where they belong. And I know I’m not alone. [-] You appear just like a dream to me.

J&C -  With your loving, there ain't nothing that I can't adore. The way I'm running, with you, honey, means we can break every law. [-] There is something in your loving that tears down my walls. I wasn't ready then, I'm ready now, I'm heading straight for you. You will only be eternally the one that I belong to. The sweetest devotion, hitting me like an explosion. All of my life, I've been frozen, the sweetest devotion I've known. I'll forever be whatever you want me to be. I'll go under and all over for your clarity. When you wonder if I'm gonna lose my way home, just remember, that come whatever, I'll be yours all along. [-]  And there is something 'bout the way you love me that finally feels like home.

J&C -  And through the smoke I see you burning like a ray of hope. I found the fire and now the ashes glow, oh, come alive. And now that I'm awake, I'm not afraid, I'm letting go tonight. 'Cause we found strength in each other's arms, we built this love and we made it our empire, empire, empire. And you and I could rule each other's hearts, we'll build on love and we'll make it our: Empire, empire, empire.

J&C - We know where we’ve been, all these miles together. Fall into my skin, crash into these arms. We know how this ends, fade into forever. The road is wild, we’re holding on for life. Like a child, who’s not afraid to cry. We’ll escape into a place I’ve never known, just you and me, love: we are almost home. Promise you, I’ll be the promise you can keep, ‘till the end of time and on the other side. 

J&C - There’s just no rhyme or reason. Only a sense of completion. And in your eyes, I see the missing pieces, I’m searching for. I think I found my way home. I know that it might sound more than a little crazy, but I believe: I knew I loved you before I met you. I think I dreamed you into life. I knew I loved you before I met you, I have been waiting all my life.

J - My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in. Everyone looked worse in the light. There are so many lines that I’ve crossed unforgiven. I’ll tell you the truth, but never goodbye. [-] I’ve been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night, and now I see daylight. I only see daylight. 

C - Maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down. Maybe I’ve stormed out of every single room in this town. Threw out our cloaks and our daggers because it’s morning now. It’s brighter now.

J&C - I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you (I could never look away). I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you (Things will never be the same). [-]  And I can still see it all in my mind: all of you, all of me, intertwined. I once believed love would be black and white, but it’s GOLDEN. [-] Like daylight. Like daylight. [-] You’ve gotta step into the daylight, and let it go. Just let it go. Let it go.

Extra: Future Together

C - We watched the sun go down as we’re walking. I’d spend the rest of my life standing here talking. You would explain the current as I just smiled, hoping that you’ll stay the same, and nothing will change, and it’ll be us just for a while... [-] We are just like the waves that flow back and forth. Sometimes I feel like I’m drowning, and you’re there to save me, and I wanna thank you with all of my heart. It’s a brand new start. A dream come true. 

J - It’s not always easy, but somehow our love stays strong. If I can make you happy then, this is where I belong. And I’d just like to say: I thank God that you’re here with me. [-] I know all your secrets, and you know all of mine. You’re always there to hold me up when I’m losing my mind. I wish that I was stronger so that I had more to give, but I’ll share everything I have, we’ll find a way to live. I’d just like to say: I thank God that you’re here with me. [-] It’s true that something’s so sublime that there aren’t words yet to describe: the beauty of this life I’ve made with you.

C - And there’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear. Have I known you 20 seconds, or 20 years? Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close? Forever and ever. And I- Take me out, and take me home. You’re my lover. [-] This is our place, we make the call. And I’m highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you. I’ve loved you 3 summers now, honey, but I want them all. [-] I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover. My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue, all’s well that ends well to end up with you. Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover.  And you’ll save all your dirtiest jokes for me, and at every table I’ll save you a seat. 

J - I found a love for me, oh darling, just dive right in and follow my lead. Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet. I never knew that you were the someone waiting for me. Cuz we were just kids when we fell in love, not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this time. But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own, and in your eyes you’re holding mine. Baby, I’m dancing in the dark with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song. When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath, you heard it: Darling you look perfect, tonight. 

C - Well, I found a man stronger than anyone I know. He shares my dreams, I hope that someday we’ll share a home.  I found a love to carry more than just my secrets, to carry love, to carry children of our own. And we are still kids but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds. I know we’ll be alright this time. Darling just hold my hand, be your girl, you’ll be my man, and I see my future in your eyes. 

J&C - I have faith in what I see. Now I know I have met an angel in person and she(he) looks perfect- No, I don’t deserve this, you look perfect tonight.

J - I don’t need a cake, a fancy wedding is not for me. Won’t you marry me, marry me, today? Cuz I love you, wanna give you my whole life, and you love me. You say you want me as your wife. And they say “keep your heart safe” but I can’t wait, no. Won’t you marry me, marry me? Let’s not waste more time and just marry me, marry me, I want the world to know you’re mine. [-] There’s no one I’d rather kiss than you, and that’s one thing you swear you’ll never do. [-] I don’t know what I’d do if I lost your love, I can’t be without you. So, please, marry me. 

C - Kiss me once cuz you know I had a long night. Kiss me twice, cuz it’s gonna be alright. Three times, cuz I’ve waited my whole life. I like shiny things, but I’d marry you with paper rings. Darling, you’re the one I want. [-] In the winter, in the icy outdoor pool, when you jumped in first I went in too. I’m with you, even if it makes me blue. [-] Honey, without all the exes, fights and flaws, we wouldn’t be standing here so proud, so: Kiss you once, cuz I know you had a long night. Kiss you twice, cuz it’s gonna be alright. Three time, cuz you’ve waited your whole life. [-] I want to drive away with you, I want your complications too, I want your dreary Mondays. Wrap your arms around me, baby boy. [-] In paper rings, in picture frames, in all my dreams: You’re the one I want.

J&C - I don’t need no coffee, I just need a quick smooch, baby, from you. To wake me up in the mornings, I just need a quick mmm, baby, from you. Ywaning cuz we stayed up all night, ain’t got time to be tired, make me rise and shine! Good morning! Oh, I need some of your sweet loving... To come wake me up. I’ve been dreaming of you. Come wake me up. Say you want me, too. Help me forget my nightmares, I wanna make a real dream come true with you. Bring on that sunshine, gotta get up real soon, we got work to do. 

J - Yesterday, you asked me something I thought you knew. So, I told you with a smile: it’s all about you. Then you whispered in my ear, and you told me too, said: “You make my life worthwhile, it’s all about you.” And I would answer all your wishes, if you asked me to. [-] It’s all about you.

C - Dark times, hard times, I didn’t know who I was for a minute. I didn’t know where I was, I was in it, I was lost till you found me. Days passed, weeks flashed, I didn’t know anyone who would get it. I thought I knew about love, had to admit it: I was lost till you found me. You’re what I was hoping for. All I dreamed of and more. [-] He treats me like a goddess. He thinks I’m sexy in my pajamas. The more I am a hot mess, the more he goes bananas. To be honest, I didn’t know how bad that I wanted this. Hard to keep it modest, he thinks my body is flawless. [-] Good times, bad times, by my side, he’s so sweet, he’s so giving. I thought I’d lived, but you can’t call that living: I was lost till you found me.

J&C -  Waiting my whole life to find you, thought I was better alone. Now, I know why I was waiting: 'Cause you feel like home. I wanna love you like that. There could be nobody else but you for me. My head fits right on your shoulder, my palm fits right in your hand. When people talk about soulmates, now I understand. I wanna love you like that.

J&C -  Say it's here where our pieces fall in place, any rain softly kisses us on the face... Anywhere means we're running, we can sleep and see 'em coming, where we drift and call it dreaming, we can weep and call it singing. [-] Where the sun isn't only sinking fast, every night knows how long it's supposed to last. Where the time of our lives is all we have, and we get a chance to say, before we ease away: “For all the love you've left behind: You can have mine...” [-] We can fear, 'cause the feeling's fine to betray, where our water isn't hidden, we can burn and be forgiven. Where our hands hurt from healing, we can laugh without a reason'.

J -  I wanna make you smile, when you're feeling sad, carry you around when your arthritis is bad. All I wanna do: is grow old with you. I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches, and build you a fire if the furnace breaks. Oh, it would be so nice, growing old with you... I'll miss you, I'll kiss you, I’ll give you my coat when you're feeling cold. I'll need you, I’ll feed you. I’ll even let you hold the remote control. So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink, I’ll put you to bed when you've had too much to drink. Oh, all I wanna do is grow old with you.

C -  Green was the color of the grass where I used to read at Centennial Park. I used to think I would meet somebody there [-] Time, curious time. Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs. Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think: all along there was some invisible string, tying you to me? [-] Time, mystical time, cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine. Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think: all along there was some invisible string, tying you to me?

J - A string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar. Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire. Chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons. One single thread of gold tied me to you.

C - Gold was the color of the leaves, when I showed you around Centennial Park. Hell was the journey but it brought me Heaven. Time, wondrous time, gave me the blues and then purple pink skies. And it's cool, baby, with me. And isn't it just so pretty to think: all along there was some Invisible string, tying you to me?

[vierss-herondale]

This still makes my heart go crazy with feels

“Clary, Despite everything, I can’t bear the thought of this ring being lost forever, any more then I can bear the thought of leaving you forever. And though I have no choice about the one, at least I can choose about the other. I’m leaving you our family ring because you have as much right to it as I do. I’m writing this watching the sun come up. You’re asleep, dreams moving behind your restless eyelids. I wish I knew what you were thinking. I wish I could slip into your head and see the world the way you do. I wish I could see myself the way you do. But maybe I dont want to see that. Maybe it would make me feel even more than I already do that I’m perpetuating some kind of Great Lie on you, and I couldn’t stand that. I belong to you. You could do anything you wanted with me and I would let you. You could ask anything of me and I’d break myself trying to make you happy. My heart tells me this is the best and greatest feeling I have ever had. But my mind knows the difference between wanting what you can’t have and wanting what you shouldn’t want. And I shouldn’t want you. All night I’ve watched you sleeping, watched the moonlight come and go, casting its shadows across your face in black and white. I’ve never seen anything more beautiful. I think of the life we could have had if things were different, a life where this night is not a singular event, separate from everything else that’s real, but every night. But things aren’t different, and I can’t look at you without feeling like I’ve tricked you into loving me. The truth no one is willing to say out loud is that no one has a shot against Valentine but me. I can get close to him like no one else can. I can pretend I want to join him and he’ll believe me, up until that last moment where I end it all, one way or another. I have something of Sebastian’s; I can track him to where my father’s hiding, and that’s what I’m going to do. So I lied to you last night. I said I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you. And that’s why I have to slip out of your window now, like a coward. Because if I had to tell you this to your face, I couldn’t make myself go. I don’t blame you if you hate me, I wish you would. As long as I can still dream, I will dream of you. _Jace”

— Jace Wayland, City of Glass

[bytheanchor]

A study of the Clace Playlist:

J for Jace and C for Clary, expanding on the most meaningful lyrics and the time progression throughout their love story, as well as their POVs.

City Of Bones

J - And all I’ve seen, since 18 hours ago, is green eyes and freckles and your smile, in the back of my mind making me feel like... I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now.

C - And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind, making up for lost time, taking flight, making me feel like...  I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now.

C - I’m trying so hard not to get caught up now. But you’re just so cool, run your hands through your hair - absentmindedly making me want you. And I don’t know how it gets better than this. You take my hand and drag me head first. Fearless. And I don’t know why but with you I’d dance, in a storm in my best dress. Fearless.

C - Today was a fairytale, I wore a dress, you wore a dark gray t-shirt. You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess. Today was a fairytale. Time slows down whenever you’re around... Can you feel this magic in the air? It must’ve been the way you kissed me. Fell in love when I saw you standing there, it must’ve been the way...

J - You’ve got a smile - takes me to another planet. Every move you make, everything you say is right. Today was a fairytale. All that I can say is now it’s getting so much clearer. Nothing made sense till the time I saw your face. Today was a fairytale. Time slows down, whenever you’re around...

J - If I show you all my demons and we dive into the deep end, would we crash and burn like every time before? I would tell you all my secrets, wrap your arms around my weakness, if the only other option’s letting go... I’ll stay vulnerable.

C - He was sunshine, I fell over [-] And so I found a state of mind where I could be speechless. I had to try it for a while, to figure out this feeling. This felt so right. Pull me upside, down to a place where you’ve been waiting.  And how am I supposed to tell you how I feel? I need oxygen... Oh baby, if I was your lady, I would make you happy. I’m never gonna leave, I’m never gonna leave.

C - A jaw-dropper, looks good when he walks, he’s the subject of their talk. He would be hard to chase, but good to catch and he could change the world with his hands behind his back. Oh. You can find him, sitting on your doorstep, waiting for a surprise. And he will feel like he’s been there for hours. And you can tell that he’ll be there for life... Daydreamer. With eyes that make you melt. He lends his coat for shelter, plus he’s there for you when he shouldn’t be. But he stays all the same, waits for you, then sees you through.

J - Love, don’t say a word. Because I have made up my mind, to give in this time. Your touch makes me fall apart... Cause you have my heart.

J&C - And I’ll play the fool, and lean into you. Whatever this is, whatever we are. You have my heart. 

J - I wake up in the morning, put on my face. The one that’s gonna get me through another day. It doesn’t really matter how I feel inside. This life is like a game sometimes. Then you came around me, the walls just disappeared. Nothing to surround me, and keep me from my fears. I’m unprotected. See how I’ve opened up? Oh, you’ve made me trust. Cuz I’ve never felt like this before... I’m naked around you, does it show? You see right through me and I can’t hide. I’m naked around you. And it feels so right. I’m trying to remember why I was afraid, to be myself and let the covers fall away. Guess I never had someone like you: to help me fit in my skin. 

C - All that time, never even knowing just how blind I’ve been. Now I’m here, blinking in the starlight. Now I’m here, suddenly I see: standing here, it’s all so clear, I’m where I’m meant to be. And at last I see the light, and it’s like the fog has lifted. And at last I see the light, and it’s like the sky is new. And it’s warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted... All at once, everything looks different. Now that I see you.

J - All those years living in a blur. All that time, never truly seeing things the way they were. Now she’s here, shining in the starlight.  Now she’s here, suddenly I know: if she’s here, it’s crystal clear, I’m where I’m meant to go. 

J - You got me in a bubble, oblivious to trouble. Right now there’s no one else l’d rather be. I’m not saying that I’m perfect, I don’t think that I deserve it. I guess it’s something in me I don’t see. I never thought a guy like me would find it. I would repeat it if I could rewind it. I guess the only way I could describe it: It’s like hearing a love song and jumping inside it. So this is happiness, yeah this is happiness. If this is happiness, I don’t mind having this.

J&C - When your soul finds the soul it was waiting for. When someone walks into your heart through an open door. When your hand finds the hand it was meant to hold, don’t let go. Someone comes into your world, suddenly your world has changed forever. No, there’s no one else’s eyes that can see into me. No one else’s arms can lift me up so high. Your love lifts me out of time. And you know my heart by heart. 

C - He says, “look up” and your shoulders brush. No proof, one touch. You felt enough. [-] You kiss on sidewalks. You fight, then you talk. One night he wakes, strange look on his face, pauses then says: “you’re my best friend.” And you knew what it was. He is in love. You can hear it in the silence. You can feel it on the way home. You can see it with the lights out. You’re in love. True love. 

J - I’ve been beaten down. I’ve been kicked around. But she takes it all for me.  And I lost my faith, in my darkest days, but she makes me want to believe. They call her love, love, love, love. She is love. And she is all I need. 

J&C - We’re so close to reaching that famous happy end. Almost believing this one’s not pretend. Let’s go on dreaming, though we know we are so close, so close. And still so far.

City Of Ashes & City Of Glass

J - I wish that it would just go away. What would you do if you knew? What would you do? All the pain I thought I knew. All the thoughts lead back to you. Back to what was never said. Back and forth, inside my head. I can’t handle this confusion. I’m unable. Come and take me away. I feel like I’m all alone. All by myself. I need to get around this. My words are cold, I don’t want them to hurt you. If I show you, I don’t think you’d understand. Cuz no one understands. 

C - Something always brings me back to you. It never takes too long. No matter what I say or do. I still feel you here, till the moment I’m gone. You hold me without touch. You keep me without chains. I’ve never wanted anything so much, than to drown in your love, and not feel your rain. 

J&C - Set me free. Leave me be. I don’t wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I’m supposed to be. But you’re onto me. And all over me.

J - You loved me cuz I’m fragile, when I thought that I was strong. But you touch me for a little while, and all my fragile strength is gone. 

J&C - I don’t wanna know who we are without each other. It’s just too hard. I don’t wanna live here without you. I don’t wanna lose part of me, will I recover that broken piece? [-] Is it fair or is it fate? No one knows. The stars choose their lovers, save my soul. It hurts just the same. And I can’t tear myself away. 

J - I fell in love with a beautiful girl, and she still takes my breath away. I fell in love in the morning sun while the hours slipped away. Sometimes when I hear your name a smile creeps on my face. And for reasons I can’t explain, it’s never out of place. Cuz I love you more than you think I do. And I love you. Now you don’t want me to. 

J&C - Every time I try to fight it everything just turns out wrong.

C - I fell in love with a beautiful boy and you still take my breath away. 

J&C - When you left it was the end of my world, cuz I never got to say: That I love you. More than you think I do. And I love you. Now you don’t want me to.

J&C  - Some things we don’t talk about. Rather do without, and just hold the smile. Falling in and out of love. Ashamed and proud of, together all the while. You can never say never, while we don’t know when but time and time again, younger now than we were before. Don’t let me go. 

J - Picture, you’re the queen of everything, far as the eye can see. Under your command, I will be your guardian, when all is crumbling, I’ll steady your hand. 

C - For you, I would cross the line. I would waste my time. I would lose my mind. They say “she’s gone too far this time.” Don’t blame me, love made crazy, if it doesn’t, you ain’t doing it right. Lord, save me, my drugs is my baby, I’ll be using for the rest of my life. [-] Echoes of your name inside my mind.  Halo, hiding my obsession, I once was poison ivy, but now I’m your daisy. And baby, for you, I would fall from Grace. Just to touch your face. If you walked away, I’d beg you on my knees to stay. [-] I get so high, every time you’re loving me. 

C - I don’t care what they say, cause I have seen when we run we make it rain. Let’s keep going for miles. Playing under the stormy darkened skies. Can you be mine? Push me to the wall. Let them see, baby, I don’t care at all. I’m not letting this go. Like a flower breaking through we’ve grown together now. 

J - When the world makes me tired, and my mind feels like it was set on fire. You look at me and smile. With your brown eyes you call my heart and I can breathe again. So I don’t care what they say. Cause I have seen when we run we make it rain. There’s nothing better than this. And I’ll keep wanting you for just one more kiss. So make it rain.

J - Here we are again. Fading light. Those gleaming eyes and freckled smile light up the night. Here we are alone, my lips on yours. The taste of candy and salt drives me for more. Tattoo my heart with your ballpoint pen. Say you love me, again and again. There will never be an end to this love, my dear friend. You colour me. You colour my soul. Paint me red in places once filled with gold. Make me dream of things I never did once before.

C - All of the lights land on you, the rest of the world fades from view. And all of the love I see, please, please, say you feel it too. And all of the noise I hear inside, restless and loud, unspoken and wild. And all that you need to say to make it all go away is that you feel the same way too. And I know the scariest part is letting go. Cause love is a ghost you can’t control. I promise you the truth can’t hurt us now. So let the words slip out of your mouth. [-] Let my love be the light to guide you home.

J - And all of the steps that led me to you. And all of the hell I had to walk through. But I wouldn’t trade a day for the chance to say, my love, I’m in love with you. 

J - So don’t ever think I need more, I’ve got the one to live for. No one else will do and I’m telling you, just put your heart in my hands. I promise it won’t get broken. We’ll never forget this moment. It will stay brand new cuz I’ll love you, over and over again. 

C - From the heat of night to the break of day, I’ll keep you safe and hold you forever. And the sparks will fly, they will never fade, and every day gets better and better. 

J&C - And I won’t leave you, always be true. One plus one, two for life. Over and over again.

City Of Angels & City of Lost Souls

C - Cause you are my Manhattan from the sky. You look so neat and tidy when I’m way up high. But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside. I wanna come down and walk around your mind. 

J - I lose all faith without you. Not sure I’m safe without you. I make mistakes without you around. I must’ve been a wild one, honey I know. With every other guy I should’ve said no. I really could’ve used your loving before. But I’m glad I have you now. I’m happy that you’re mine. Don’t let me down. Stay with me for life. I’m glad I have you now. I’ve waited all this time. 

J&C - I won’t be lonely when I’m down. ‘Cause I’ve got you to make me feel stronger. When the days are rough and an hour seems much longer. I never doubted you at all. The stars collide, will you stand by and watch them fall? So hold me till the sky is clear, and whisper words of love right into my ear.

C - I know I’m needy but tell me you need me. No, don’t be afraid babe. Come on, explain. If you love me, love me, love me, like you say. Darling, tell me all the ways. And he said: all the ways. All the ways, you love me. And he said, “girl you take care of me, you are my therapy, the better half of me.” Say it again, say it again. 

J - Ask me something, any question, I’ll answer best I can. Cuz I don’t want one thing to ever be between your heart and where I stand. When I stood by watching, all that wanting, you took me by the hand. And you held back nothing, let my walls give in, and fall away like sand. But don’t you ask me when I fell in love. No one answer ever captures all I’m thinking of: “It’s the strength and grace within. How you never let me win. It’s the candlelight dancing round rooms.” [-] “It’s the way you pull me close. Stand on your tippy toes. How the lazy Sunday slowly moves. It’s the talking half asleep. It’s the way you kiss my cheek. It’s the angels clear in reach with you.” 

C - I make mistakes, yes I’ll admit: I fall apart in front of your face. But you think it’s cute. You make fun of me. And darling, I know you’re here to stay. Three little words say more than enough. We got that foundation we’ve been building up. And it didn’t take long to know you’re the one. That communication made me fall in love. Who knew we’d meet this soon? Fallin’ like lovers do. Now we get our whole lives together, we could call a long time forever. Yeah, I’m your biggest fan, you like me as I am. So I’ma always be down forever. 

J - There’s so much that I have told you, but it’s all in my head. Ask me anything you want to, cuz the answer is yes. I’ll spend my whole life just being caught up in your eyes. Don’t you know you stop the room? And all that I can see is you. I’m standing where the lightning strikes. I know this doesn’t happen twice. You must be my once in a lifetime.

C - When I think of how life used to be, always walking in the shadows. Then I look at what you’ve given me, I feel like dancing on my tiptoes. I must say every day I wake and realize you’re by my side: “I know I’m truly blessed, for everything you’ve given me. Blessed, for all the tenderness you show. Do my best with every breath that’s in me. Blessed, to make sure you never go.” [-] “Blessed with love and understanding. Blessed, when I hear you call my name. Do my best, with faith that’s never ending. Blessed, to make sure you feel the same.” 

J - Can’t say how the days will unfold. Can’t change what the future may hold. But I want you in it. Every hour. Every minute. This world can race by far too fast, hard to see while it’s all flying past. But it’s clear now, when you’re standing here now. I am meant to be wherever you are next to me. All I wanna do is come running home to you. Come running home to you. And all my life I promise to keep running home to you. And I could see it right from the start, that you would be my light in the dark. Oh, you gave me no other choice but love you. 

C - No heart, no hands, no skin, no touch, can get me there, nowhere enough. To love me like you do. No kiss, no lips, no feel, no rush, can keep me high. I swear no one can love me like you do. Nobody’s gonna love me like you. Nobody. Nobody’s ever loved me to the truth, like you. [-] And I don’t know what it is, but you pulled me in. No one compares, could ever begin to love me like you do. I wouldn’t want them to.

J - Grab my hand. Kiss my neck. Holding me close. And holding my breath. Touch my lips. And call me yours. Love me loud, love me loud as a lion’s roar. Feel my soul reaching in don’t you see what we’ve become? And I just wanna love on you. And take me to the top, I’m ready for it. I just wanna love on you. Feel the heat on the sheets, I’m ready for it. [-] So take your heart. And make it mine. Stare at you and run my fingers down your spine. I look at you. And hold on tight. And I see that everything is alright. 

J&C - I know Heaven’s a thing. I’m golden when you touch me, honey, hell is when I fight with you. But we can patch it up good. Make confessions, and we’re begging for forgiveness. Got the wine for you. And you can’t talk to me when I’m like this. Daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you. You’re the West Village. You still do it for me babe. They all warned us about times like this. They say the road gets hard and you get lost when you’re led by blind faith. But we might just get away with it, religion’s in your lips, even if it’s a false god. We’d still worship- We might just get away with it, the altar is my hips, even if it’s a false god. We’d still worship this love. 

J - One look at you. My whole life falls in line. I prayed for you, before I called you mine. Oh, I can’t believe it’s true sometimes. Oh, I can’t believe it’s true: I get to love you. It’s the best thing that I’ll ever do. I get to love you. It’s the promise I’m making to you. Whatever may come, your heart I will choose. Forever I’m yours. Forever I do. I get to love you.

C - Much as you blame yourself, you can’t be blamed for the way that you feel. Had no example of a love that was even remotely real. How can you understand something that you never had? If you let me, I can help you out with all of that. Let me love you. And I will love you, until you learn to love yourself. Let me love you, I know your trouble. Don’t be afraid, oh I can help. A heart in numbness, gets brought to life. I’ll take you there. I can see the pain behind your eyes, it’s been there for quite a while. I just wanna be the one to remind you what it is to smile. I would like to show you what true love can really do. 

C - I found myself dreaming, in silver and gold [-] I woke up in tears, with you by my side. A breath of relief, and I realized: no, we’re not promised tomorrow. So I’m gonna love you, like I’m gonna lose you. I’m gonna hold you, like I’m saying goodbye. Wherever we’re standing, I won’t take you for granted. Cuz we’ll never know when we’ll run out of time. So I’m gonna love you like I’m gonna lose you.

C - Wait for the signal and I’ll meet you after dark. Show me the places where the others gave you scars. And now this is an open-shut case. I guess I should’ve known from the look on your face. Every bait and switch was a work of art. The more that you say, the less I know. Wherever you stray, I’ll follow. I know that my train could take you home, anywhere else is hollow. I’m begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans. That’s my man. 

City Of Heavenly Fire

C - I counted days, I counted miles. To see you there. It’s been a long time coming but- It’s you and me, that’s my whole world. They whisper in the hallways, “she’s a bad bad girl.” The whole school is rolling fake dice, you play stupid games you win stupid prizes. It’s you and me, there’s nothing like this. Miss Americana and the heartbreak prince. We’re so sad, we paint the town blue. Voted most likely to run away with you. My team is losing, battered and bruising. I see the high-fives between the bad guys. Leave with my head hung, you are the only one who seems to care. [-] I’m feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed. Boys will be boys, then where are the wise men? Darling, I’m scared. [-] And I don’t want you to go. I don’t really wanna fight. Cuz nobody is gonna win. I think you should come home... I just think you should know. And I’ll never let you go. Cuz I know this is a fight. That someday we’re gonna win.

J&C - Can you see me? I can barely see myself. Are we only empty frames upon the shelf? It’s like we’re dreaming wide awake. Everything bends until it breaks. Can we recover? Can we get over this? Are we too deep in the night to see the day? Are we too frozen inside to feel the flame? 

C - I remember tears streaming down your face when I said “I’ll never let you go.” When all those shadows almost killed your light. I remember you said, “don’t leave me here alone.” But all that’s dead and gone and past tonight. 

J - Don’t you dare look out your window, darling, everything’s on fire. The war outside our door keeps raging on. Hold on to this lullaby. Even when the music is gone. 

J&C - Just close your eyes. The sun is going down. You’ll be alright. No one can hurt you now. Come morning light, you and I’ll be safe and sound. 

J&C - Like the sun that saves the night, bursting through a darkened sky. We are, we are soldiers of the light. And we will glow. So let them build their righteous tower, our blazing hearts will burn it down. We are, we are soldiers of the light. And we will glow. We are fire. And our love will burn. The flame will never die. We are brighter. Let’s show ‘em how we light up tonight.

J&C - Dance me into the night, underneath the moon shining so bright. Turning me into the light. Time dancers whirling past, I gaze through the looking glass. And feel just beyond my grasp is Heaven. Sacred geometry, where movement is poetry. Visions of you and me forever.

J&C - Can’t remember what I used to fight for. I rewind the tape but all it does is pause on the very moment all was lost. Sending signals to be double-crossed. And I was catching my breath, barefoot in the wildest winter, catching my death. And I couldn’t be sure. I had a feeling so peculiar. That this pain would be for evermore.

J - Cannot think of all the cost, and the things that will be lost. Oh can we just get a pause? To be certain we’ll be tall again. Whether weather be the frost. Or the violence of the dog days. I’m on waves, out being tossed. Is there a line that I could just go cross?

C - And when I was shipwrecked, I thought of you. In the cracks of light, I dreamed of you. It was real enough to get me through. I swear. You were there.

J&C - And I was catching my breath. Floors of a cabin creaking under my step. And I couldn’t be sure. I had a feeling so peculiar. This pain wouldn’t be for evermore. Evermore. This pain wouldn’t be for evermore. 

J - I’ve been a witness to a raging fire that’s taken my soul to the wire. Been burning, then pushed right to the wall. Now I’ve come to believe, you can’t lose them all. 

C - Always was leaving, or just passing through. Searching for one thing that’s true. Oh, those days are over. From now on, it’s you. And your love’s the one thing I can’t stand to lose. 

J&C - Your love is my saving grace. My one salvation in this crazy place. Heaven’s in your arms, where I know I’m safe. And your love is my saving grace.

J - Remember all those walls I built? Well, baby, they are tumbling down. And they didn’t even put up a fight, they didn’t even make a sound. I found a way to let you in. But I never really had a doubt. Standing in the light of your halo, I got my angel now. It’s like I’ve been awaken, every rule I had you breakin’. It’s the risk that I’m taking, I ain’t never gonna shut you out. 

C - Everywhere I’m looking now, I’m surrounded by your embrace, baby I can see your halo. You know you’re my saving grace. You’re everything I need and more. It’s written all over your face. Baby I can feel your halo. Pray it won’t fade away. Hit me like a ray of sun, burning through my darkest night. You’re the only one that I want. Think I’m addicted to your light.

J&C - Cause all of me, loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges. All your perfect imperfections. Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you. You’re my end and my beginning. Even when I lose I’m winning. Cuz I give you all of me. And you give me all of you. 

J&C - For a shield from the storm. For a friend. For a love to keep me safe and warm. I turn to you. For the strength to be strong. For the will to carry on. For everything you do. For everything that’s true. I turn to you. For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain. For truth that will never change. For someone to lean on. For a heart I can rely on through anything. For the one who I can run to. I turn to you.

J&C - Cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy. Yeah, when my world is falling apart. When there’s no light to break up the dark. That’s when I look at you. When the waves are flooding the shore, and I can’t find my way home anymore. That’s when I look at you. When I look at you I see forgiveness, I see the truth. You love me for who I am. Like the stars hold the moon. Right there where they belong. And I know I’m not alone. [-] You appear just like a dream to me.

J&C - We know where we’ve been, all these miles together. Fall into my skin. Crash into these arms. We know how this ends. Fade into forever. The road is wild. We’re holding on for life. Like a child, who’s not afraid to cry. We’ll escape into a place I’ve never known. Just you and me, love. We are almost home. Promise you, I’ll be the promise you can keep. Till the end of time. And on the other side. 

J&C - There’s just no rhyme or reason. Only a sense of completion. And in your eyes, I see the missing pieces, I’m searching for. I think I found my way home. I know that it might sound more than a little crazy, but I believe: I knew I loved you before I met you. I think I dreamed you into life. I knew I loved you before I met you, I have been waiting all my life.

J - My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in. Everyone looked worse in the light. There are so many lines that I’ve crossed unforgiven. I’ll tell you the truth but never goodbye. [-] I’ve been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night, and now I see daylight. I only see daylight. 

C - Maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down. Maybe I’ve stormed out of every single room in this town. Threw out our cloaks and our daggers because it’s morning now. It’s brighter now...

J&C - I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you (I could never look away). I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you (Things will never be the same). [-]  And I can still see it all in my mind: all of you, all of me, intertwined. I once believed love would be black and white, but it’s GOLDEN. [-] Like daylight. Like daylight. [-] You’ve gotta step into the daylight, and let it go. Just let it go. Let it go.

Extra: Future Together

C - We watched the sun go down as we’re walking. I’d spend the rest of my life standing here talking. You would explain the current as I just smiled. Hoping that you’ll stay the same, and nothing will change, and it’ll be us just for a while... [-] We are just like the waves that flow back and forth. Sometimes I feel like I’m drowning, and you’re there to save me, and I wanna thank you with all of my heart. It’s a brand new start. A dream come true. 

J - It’s not always easy, but somehow our love stays strong. If I can make you happy then, this is where I belong. And I’d just like to say: I thank God that you’re here with me. [-] I know all your secrets, and you know all of mine. You’re always there to hold me up when I’m losing my mind. I wish that I was stronger so that I had more to give, but I’ll share everything I have, we’ll find a way to live. I’d just like to say: I thank God that you’re here with me. [-] It’s true that something’s so sublime that there aren’t words yet to describe: the beauty of this life I’ve made with you.

C - And there’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear. Have I known you 20 seconds, or 20 years? Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close? Forever and ever. And I- Take me out, and take me home. You’re my lover. [-] This is our place, we make the call. And I’m highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you. I’ve loved you 3 summers now, honey, but I want them all. [-] I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover. My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue, all’s well that ends well to end up with you. Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover.  And you’ll save all your dirtiest jokes for me, and at every table I’ll save you a seat. 

J - I found a love for me, oh darling just dive right in and follow my lead. Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet. I never knew that you were the someone waiting for me. Cuz we were just kids when we fell in love, not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this time. But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own, and in your eyes you’re holding mine. Baby, I’m dancing in the dark with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song. When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath, you heard it: Darling you look perfect, tonight. 

C - Well I found a man stronger than anyone I know. He shares my dreams, I hope that someday we’ll share a home.  I found a love to carry more than just my secrets, to carry love, to carry children of our own. And we are still kids but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds. I know we’ll be alright this time. Darling just hold my hand, be your girl, you’ll be my man, and I see my future in your eyes. 

J&C - I have faith in what I see. Now I know I have met an angel in person and she(he) looks perfect- No, I don’t deserve this, you look perfect tonight.

J - I don’t need a cake, a fancy wedding is not for me. Won’t you marry me, marry me today? Cuz I love you. Wanna give you my whole life. And you love me. You say you want me as your wife. And they say “keep your heart safe” but I can’t wait, no. Won’t you marry me, marry me? Let’s not waste more time, and just marry me, marry me, I want the world to know you’re mine. [-] There’s no one, I’d rather kiss than you. And that’s one thing, you swear you’ll never do. [-] I don’t know what I’d do if I lost your love, I can’t be without you, so please, marry me. 

C - Kiss me once cuz you know I had a long night. Kiss me twice, cuz it’s gonna be alright. Three times, cuz I’ve waited my whole life. I like shiny things, but I’d marry you with paper rings. Darling, you’re the one I want. [-] In the winter, in the icy outdoor pool, when you jumped in first I went in too. I’m with you, even if it makes me blue. [-] Honey, without all the exes, fights, and flaws, we wouldn’t be standing here so proud, so: Kiss you once, cuz I know you had a long night. Kiss you twice, cuz it’s gonna be alright. Three time, cuz you’ve waited your whole life. [-] I want to drive away with you, I want your complications too, I want your dreary Mondays. Wrap your arms around me, baby boy. [-] In paper rings, in picture frames, in all my dreams: You’re the one I want.

J&C - I don’t need no coffee, I just need a quick smooch, baby, from you. To wake me up in the mornings, I just need a quick mmm, baby, from you. Ywaning cuz we stayed up all night, ain’t got time to be tired, make me rise and shine! Good morning! Oh, I need some of your sweet loving... To come wake me up. I’ve been dreaming of you. Come wake me up. Say you want me, too. Help me forget my nightmares, I wanna make a real dream come true with you. Bring on that sunshine, gotta get up real soon, we got work to do. 

J - Yesterday, you asked me something I thought you knew. So, I told you with a smile: it’s all about you. Then you whispered in my ear, and you told me too, said: You make my life worthwhile, it’s all about you. And I would answer all your wishes, if you asked me to. [-] It’s all about you.

C - Dark times, hard times. I didn’t know who I was for a minute. I didn’t know where I was, I was in it. I was lost till you found me. Days passed, weeks flashed, I didn’t know anyone who would get it. I thought I knew about love, had to admit it: I was lost till you found me. You’re what I was hoping for. All I dreamed of and more. [-] He treats me like a goddess. He thinks I’m sexy in my pajamas. The more I am a hot mess, the more he goes bananas. To be honest, I didn’t know how bad that I wanted this. Hard to keep it modest, he thinks my body is flawless. [-] Good times, bad times. By my side, he’s so sweet, he’s so giving. I thought I’d lived, but you can’t call that living. I was lost till you found me.

J&C -  Say it's here where our pieces fall in place. Any rain softly kisses us on the face... Anywhere means we're running, we can sleep and see 'em coming. Where we drift and call it dreaming, we can weep and call it singing. [-] Where the sun isn't only sinking fast. Every night knows how long it's supposed to last. Where the time of our lives is all we have. And we get a chance to say, before we ease away, “For all the love you've left behind: You can have mine...” [-] We can fear, 'cause the feeling's fine to betray. Where our water isn't hidden, we can burn and be forgiven. Where our hands hurt from healing, we can laugh without a reason'.

J -  I wanna make you smile when you're feeling sad, carry you around when your arthritis is bad. All I wanna do is grow old with you.��I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches, build you a fire if the furnace breaks. Oh it would be so nice, growing old with you... I'll miss you. I'll kiss you. Give you my coat when you're feeling cold. I'll need you,, feed you. Even let you hold the remote control. So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink, Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink. Oh all I wanna do is grow old with you.

C -  Time, curious time. Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs. Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think: all along there was some invisible string, tying you to me? [-] Time, mystical time, cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine. Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think: all along there was some invisible string, tying you to me?

J&C - A string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar. Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire. Chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons. One single thread of gold tied me to you.

C - Gold was the color of the leaves, when I showed you around Centennial Park. Hell was the journey but it brought me Heaven. Time, wondrous time, gave me the blues and then purple pink skies. And it's cool, baby, with me. And isn't it just so pretty to think: all along there was some Invisible string, tying you to me?

[bytheanchor]

       CLACE WRITTEN IN SONGS  -  a Spotify Playlist

              “L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle” ❂  74 songs

                 (Art by Cassandra JP)

[vierss-herondale]

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A study of the Clace Playlist (74 songs)

J for Jace and C for Clary, expanding on the most meaningful lyrics and the time progression throughout their love story, as well as their POVs. Characters by @cassandraclare Updated as of 01/22 for new songs.

City Of Bones

J - And all I’ve seen, since 18 hours ago, is green eyes and freckles and your smile, in the back of my mind making me feel like… I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now.

C - And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind, making up for lost time, taking flight, making me feel like…  I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now.

C - I’m trying so hard not to get caught up now. But you’re just so cool, run your hands through your hair - absentmindedly making me want you. And I don’t know how it gets better than this. You take my hand and drag me head first. Fearless. And I don’t know why but with you I’d dance, in a storm in my best dress. Fearless.

C - Today was a fairytale, I wore a dress, you wore a dark gray t-shirt. You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess. Today was a fairytale. Time slows down whenever you’re around… Can you feel this magic in the air? It must’ve been the way you kissed me. Fell in love when I saw you standing there, it must’ve been the way…

J - You’ve got a smile - takes me to another planet. Every move you make, everything you say is right. Today was a fairytale. All that I can say is now it’s getting so much clearer. Nothing made sense till the time I saw your face. Today was a fairytale. Time slows down, whenever you’re around…

J - If I show you all my demons and we dive into the deep end, would we crash and burn like every time before? I would tell you all my secrets, wrap your arms around my weakness, if the only other option’s letting go... I’ll stay vulnerable.

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