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Round: 13

Prompt:
"Color is my day long obsession, joy and torment." - Claude Monet

Obsession

Plushgun – Just Impolite
I walk the line like Johnny Cash
I made the bus in seconds flat
I called your line too many times
I'm not obsessed, just impolite.

Matt & Kim - Daylight
I miss yellow lines in my roads
Some color on monochrome
Maybe I'll paint them in myself

Barcelona - Colors
So many colors in this distraction
Brown hair makes her lips more red
Words would not describe what I’m seeing
I try to hold my tongue, but it’s useless

The Hush Sound - The Boys Are Too Refined
They are the brilliant ones who
Speak and write with silver luck...

Joy

The Rocket Summer – Colors
Cause here with you under these colors,
I'll stay with you, there is no other.
We share a name, we share a wonder.
And on the roads ahead, we'll keep going further.

Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
…
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
My life is yours in your gifted hands.
Confetti rainfall in a quiet street
These things I've found are special now

Torment

Cast of Across the Universe - Because
Love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue, ah, ah, ah, ah…

Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies
This is a song for anyone
With a broken heart
This is a song for anyone
Who can't get out of bed
I'll do anything
To be happy
Oh cause blue skies are calling
But I know that it's hard

Jack’s Mannequin – Swim
I found a tidal wave begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets they fired at me from a gun
A crack in the armor
I swim for brighter days
Despite of the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I'm not giving in

Medium: Real Life
Subject: Relaxing
Title:  We breathed summer like the sweet air
Notes: A simple chill out mix to listen to under a tree, or under the stars.

Colors – Barcelona
So many colors in this distraction
Brown hair makes her lips more red
Words would not describe what I’m seeing
I try to hold my tongue, but it’s useless

She makes my heart scream color
I know by now she should have found me out
Every sense I have has been exhausted
But color makes her smile

Fireflies – Owl City
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they'd fill the open air and leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude, but I'd just stand and stare

I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly
Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems

Milk Thistle – Conor Oberst
Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Just help me go slow
I've been hurrying on
I was poised for greatness, I was down and out
I keep death at my heels like a basset hound
If I go to heaven I'll be bored as hell
Like a crying baby at the bottom of a well

Eileen – The Hush Sound
I must stay on the shore
I am young, my blood warm
I can take you this far
Now, my love, we must part

When blood and youth were warmer
We breathed summer like the sweet air
We found each other like a mirror
We were so optimistic
It was so easy to be
We were young and naïve

Round 12

Prompt:
I know the borderlines we drew between us/Keep the
weapons down, keep the wounded safe/And I know our antebellum
innocence/Was never meant to see the light of our armistice day
"Antebellum" Vienna Teng

Notes:
I had never heard of this song or artist, so I tried to base this mix off of the feel of the lyrics.
Therefore, the overall tone of the music may not be anything like Vienna Tang,
but I do hope the requester enjoys the mix.

I know the borderlines we drew between us

Coconut Records - Microphone
One of us is right. One of us is wrong.

Dave Matthews Band – The Space Between
We're strange allies with warring hearts

Blue Skies – Noah and the Whale
I don't think that it's the end
But I know we can't keep going

Keep the weapons down, keep the wounded safe

Recovering the Satellites – Counting Crows

Maybe you were shot down in pieces, maybe I slipped in between
But we were gonna be the wildest people they ever hoped to see

My Chemical Romance/The Used – Under Pressure

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming 'Let me out'

And I know our antebellum innocence

Portugal. The Man. – People Say
All the soldiers say
"It'll be alright, we may make it through the war if we make it through the night."

Death Cab For Cutie – Grapevine Fires
The wake-up call to a rented room
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom
To warn us it's only a matter of time before we all burn

Was never meant to see the light of our armistice day

Jack’s Mannequin - Swim
You've gotta swim. Don't let yourself sink.
Just find the horizon, I promise you it's not as far as you think 

Muse – Uprising
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious

Conor Oberst – Milk Thistle
This little world's too crowded now, and there's only one way out
An elevator ride through the tunnel towards the light

Download

A summertime jump-around-and-sing-along mix.
Made up of artists who know how to have fun.

Dance With Me – 3OH!3

Get your hands clappin'
The aliens have landed, get your hands clappin'
Damn I'm dope
Been rocking since a zygote

Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester

Oh, she’s got a way with them boys in the place
Treat ‘em like they don't stand a chance
And he’s got a way with them girls in the back
Acting like they too hot to dance

Great DJ – The Ting Tings

Nothing but the local DJ,
Who said he had some songs to play.
What went down from his fooling around
Gave hope to a brand new day.

I Kissed A Boy – Cobra Starship

Me and my bros that's how we roll,
You never know how far we'll go.
I'll grab some chump that I don't know
And plant one right on him

Insurance – The Higher

Come on, can you hear us now?
As we rock you, shock you, drop you,
And make you want it more?

Let’s Dance To Joy Division – The Wombats

Let's dance to joy division,
And raise our glass to the ceiling,
'Cause this could all go so wrong,
But we're just so happy

Oh My God – Ida Maria

Oh my god,
Oh, you think I´m in control?
Oh my god,
Oh, you think it´s all for fun.

Seventeen Forever – Metro Station

We're one mistake from being together
But let's not ask why it's not right
You won't be seventeen forever
And we can get away with this tonight

So Much Love – The Rocket Summer

You got so much love in you
You got so much love in you
I'm amazed that I'm talkin' to you
You look like the songs that I've heard my whole life coming true

Take It Home – The White Tie Affair

Take it home, take it home
Cause I can't take anymore
It's your touch, it's your taste
It's your dress on the floor

Take Me On The Floor – The Veronicas

The lights are out and I barely know you
We're going up and the place is slowing down
I knew you'd come around

Whoa Oh! – Forever The Sickest Kids Featuring Selena Gomez

Girl, who taught you how to move like that?
At this pace you're at you're moving way too fast
I, I saw you from across the room
It's me vs. every guy
It's your choice, you choose.

A quickie of a mix that hopes to inspire.

Elephant Love Medley – Moulin Rouge
We could be heroes, just for one day.

Perfect Situation - Weezer
There's the pitch, slow and straight.
All I have to do is swing and I'm a hero, but I'm a zero.

Kids And Heroes – Bouncing Souls
I used to be the one looking for a hero
In some far off place
Blindly ever forward, never knowing all along
The truth was right here in my own song

Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end
If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman?

Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
Listen here, because it's who we are
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song

Medium: Real Life
Subject: "That" Girl
Title: She's the Queen of All I've Seen
Notes: This is the much-procrastinated product of the lunatunes</lj> theme of "Girls and Boys."
It was supposed to be songs about girls, but they all seemed to be talked about that certain one.
So, more than a month later, I end up with a mixtape about "that girl."

Meet Virginia - Train
She only drinks coffee at midnight
When the moment is not right
Her timing is quite, unusual
You see her confidence is tragic, but her intuitions magic,
and the shape of her body? Unusual.

Girl Like That – Matchbox Twenty
She gets sad when there's nothing going on
She says it makes her feel damn worthless
Well, you got to think, with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing

She Talks to Angels – Black Crowes
She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family

Lyla – Oasis
She's the queen of all I've seen
And every song and city far and near
Heaven help my mademoiselle,
She rings the bell for all the world to hear

Story of a Girl – Nine Days
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her when she smiles

Girl All the Bad Guys Want – Bowling for Soup
Cause she's watching wrestling,
creaming over tough guys,
listening to rap metal,
turntables in her eyes

She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said, "I don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one?"

   
   i'm in that mood again...

    that not happy, yet no reason to be sad mood
    associated with slow-moving moments and
    'let it be' attitude.

3 A.M. (Acoustic) – Matchbox Twenty

She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing
And in her color portrait world, she believes that she's got it all
She swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
And she only sleeps when it's raining
And she screams and her voice is straining

You Learn – Alanis Morissette

Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do)
Melt it down (you're gonna have to eventually anyway)
The fire trucks are coming up around the bend

Raining In Baltimore – Counting Crows

These train conversations are passing me by
And I don't have nothing to say
You get what you pay for
But I just had no intention of living this way

Jumper – Bedlight for Blue Eyes (Third Eye Blind Cover)

I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,
You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in,
And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand.

Umbrella (Acoustic) – Boyce Avenue (Rihanna Cover)

When the war has took its part
When the world has dealt its cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart
Because when the sun shines, we’ll shine together

Swim – Jack’s Mannequin

You gotta swim, swim in the dark
There's no shame in drifting
Feel the tide shifting
And wait for the spark
You've gotta swim
Don't let yourself sink
Just find the horizon
I promise you it's not as far as you think

She Talks To Angels – Black Crowes

She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family

Where Are You Going? – Dave Matthews Band

Where are you going, with your long face pulling down?
Don't hide away, like an ocean
That you can't see but you can smell
And the sound of waves crash down

Champagne Supernova – Oasis

Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?

Sunsets and Car Crashes – The Spill Canvas

I'd collapse to the grass, with your notes ringing in my head
Let the rain fill my mouth, and in a couple hours I'll be dead
But all the while my lips are whistling our tune
But the beauty lies in how you will revive me soon

Radio Protector – 65daysofstatic
[instrumental]

   P.S. Feel Better
    a few songs that while not in-your-face-happy,
    they will brighten up that mood you're in

Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles

Little darling
It's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been here

Chariot – Gavin DeGraw

The sun was just yellow energy
It is a living promise land
Even over fields of sand
Since it's filled my body, covered me
Bringing back
More than a memory

La La Lie – Jack’s Mannequin

Well I've got friends
La La Lie
To help me pull through
La La Lie
La La La Lie
The spaceman that can't get high
I'm coming back to my girl by July

Moving To New York – The Wombats

I put one foot forward and ended up thirty yards back.
And am I losing touch or am I just completely off the track?
And I don't know why I want to voice this out loud,
It's theraputic somehow.

Cruz – Christina Aguilera

See I'm leavin today
I'm living it, oh I'm leaving it to change
See I believe in today
Oh yes, I'm living it, I'm leaving it to change
But somehow I'll miss it
I think I'll really miss it, one day, ooh!

Two banner-type things. My first attempt at anything like this. Enjoy?

Medium: Real Life
Subject: Exhaustion
Title: Is It Any Wonder I'm Tired?
Notes: This is an seven song mix of songs that capture that run-down feeling. Just in time for school.




Straylight Run – A Slow Descent
I'm tired, cynical and broken, but wiser./
Heavy with a sense of resentment,/
but i used to be so much different,/
I used to have so much faith when I started.

Motion City Soundtrack - Attractive Today
I am wrecked. I am overblown./
I'm also fed up with the common cold./
But I just hate to say goodbye/
To all the metaphors and lies/
That have taken me years to come up with.

Matchbox Twenty – Unwell
All day staring at the ceiling/
Making friends with shadows on my wall/
All night hearing voices telling me/
That I should get some sleep/
Because tomorrow might be good for something

Round Here – Panic at the Disco
There’s a girl on the car out in the parking lot /
"Can't you see my walls are crumbling down?"/
Then she looks up at the building/
Says she's thinking of jumping/
She says she's tired of life/
She must be tired of something

Jack’s Mannequin – The Mixed Tape (Acoustic)
This is morning/
That's when I spend the most time/
Thinking 'bout what I've given up/
This is a warning/
When you start the day just to close the curtains/
You're thinking 'bout what I've given up

Dave Matthews Band – Where Are You Going?
Where are you going? Where do you go?/
Are you looking for answers to questions under the stars?/
If along the way you are growing weary, you can rest with me/
Until a brighter day and you're OK

Every Avenue – Days of the Old
Rise and shine to a headache and a question/
My keys are lost and my morals came up missing/
Opportunities were open for the taking/
I tried to leave but couldn't keep the floors from shaking

Damn it, it's getting cold now.
A mixtape for the end of summer.
6 song EP, on Sendspace.

The Beach – All Time Low
Well, they can take the kids from the summer
But they'll never take the summer from me
It was the very first time that I lost my mind for a week
They can make me forget the weather
If we'll never wash the sand from my feet
It was the very last time 
that we said goodbye to the beach

Days of the Old – Every Avenue
Take me back to the ocean 
Right before we had to drive away 
We made a promise when we said goodbye 
Swore it wouldn't be the last time 
This is where the summer ends. 
No more clothes left dry in the sand. 

Same Blood – The Academy Is

You remind me of august
The way that I still care about
All the things that you promised

Constants - Umbrellas
Decreasing sunlight and chilled autumn rains
Your hair has grown long
And you've messed up
I hope you're okay

Recovering the Satellites – Counting Crows
Maybe you were shot down in pieces 
Maybe I slipped in between 
But we were gonna be the wildest people they ever hoped to see 
Yeah, that's you and me

No Sunlight – Death Cab for Cutie
And it disappeared at the same speed 
As the idealistic things I believed 
The optimist died inside of me 
No sunlight, no sunlight

“So many constants; I wish you were constant, too.” 
                                                  a mix about changes.

Constants ; Umbrellas
Decreasing sunlight and chilled autumn rains.
Your hair has grown long, and you've messed up.
I hope you're okay.



Sunday Morning ; No Doubt
You came in with the breeze on Sunday morning.
You sure have changed since yesterday, without any warning.




How’s It Going to Be? ; Third Eye Blind
I wonder how it's going to be, when you don't know me?
How's it going to be, when you're sure I'm not there?
How's it going to be, when there's no one there to talk to?

Make You Smile ; +44
The last time I saw you, you turned away.
“I couldn't see you with the sun shining in my eyes.”
I said, 'Hello,' but you kept on walking.
“I'm going deaf from the sound of the freeway.”
Here Is Gone – Goo Goo Dolls
I'm not the one who broke you.
I'm not the one you should fear.
We've got to move you, darling.
I thought I lost you somewhere,
But you were never really ever there at all.

Real World ; Matchbox Twenty
Please don’t change, please don’t break.
The only thing that seems to work at all is you.
Please don’t change, at all, from me.

Nine in the Afternoon ; Panic at the Disco
Losing the feeling of feeling unique.
Do you know what I mean? 
All These Things I’ve Done ; The Killers
Another headache, another heart breaks.
I'm so much older than I can take.
And my affection, well it comes and goes.
That Green Gentleman ; Panic at the Disco
I never said I'd leave the city,
I never said I'd leave this town.
A falling out we won't tiptoe about.

It’s Not My Time ; 3 Doors Down
Looking back at the beginning of this, and how life was,

Just you and me and love and all of our friends,
Living life like an ocean.
Now the current's slowly pulling me down
It's getting harder to breathe. It won't be too long and I'll be going under.

Raining in Baltimore ; Counting Crows
And I get no answers,
And I don't get no change.
It's raining in Baltimore, baby,
But everything else is the same,

zip file ; 11 songs ; 49mb ; sendspace

Driving Mix No.1 : 
A mellowish mix for when you're making your rounds.

White Lines & Red Lights – Between the Trees
Late night, driving home together,
and at red lights we press our lips together.
We're holding tight now. Slow it down now.

Sunsets and Car Crashes – The Spill Canvas
I see a sense of wonder deep inside your eyes.
As we're sparkling and twirling in the twilight.
And after three long years, I think that we both need this.
So we seal the deal in the parking lot with a kiss.

Dashboard – Modest Mouse
Well, the windshield was broken but I love the fresh air.
The dashboard melted but we still have the radio.

Make You Smile - +44
I said, 'Hello,' but you kept on walking.
I'm going deaf from the sound of the freeway.

Cruz – Christina Aguilera
As I'm driving, I'm captured by the view
So much beauty, the road becomes my muse
The heat is rising, and my hand surfs through the wind
Cool, calm, collective is the child that lies within

Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car.
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Maybe we make a deal.
Maybe together we can get somewhere.

The Way – Fastball
They drank up the wine, and they got to talking.
They now had more important things to say.
And when the car broke down, they started walking.
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Drive – Incubus
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive?
It's driven me before, and it seems to be 
the way that everyone else gets around.
But lately I'm beginning to find 
that when I drive myself, my light is found.

They say you have to be someone's;

               a mixtape about love that isn't exactly happy.



I Like What You Say – Nada Surf
They say you have to have somebody.
They say you have to be someone’s.
They say if you’re not lonely alone,
Boy, there is something wrong.

Unconditional – The Bravery
I've spent my whole life surrounded, and I've spent my whole life alone.
I wonder why I never wondered why the easiest things are so hard.
I just want, I just want love.
I just want something, something for nothing.

The Underdog – Spoon
‘Cause you don't talk to the water boy.
And there's so much you could learn,
But you don't want to know.

Could I Be You? – Matchbox Twenty
This is the sound that I make.
These are the words I chose.
Somehow the right thing to say just won't come out.

Middle of Nowhere – Hot Hot Heat
I haven’t slept a single night in over a month.
Not even once did you start to make sense to me.
Well maybe I’m a little bit slow.
I’m just consistently inconsistent.

Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers
Someone is playing a game
In the house that I grew up in.
And someone will drive her around
Down the same streets that I did.

Always Where I Need To Be – The Kooks
Say whatever you want, oh, I could never judge you.
Say whatever comes into your head, oh, you know I just don’t care.
‘Cause I’m always where I need to be.
Yeah, and I always thought I would end up with you, eventually.

“The Music of the Night;” a Mixtape
A selection of songs, all from Broadway musicals, that center around the night.

Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) – Mamma Mia!
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight.
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day.

Blackbird – Across the Universe
Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Arabian Nights – Aladdin
Arabian nights, like Arabian days,
More often than not are hotter than hot in a lot of good ways.

The Mob Song – Beauty and the Beast
Through the mist, through the woods,
Through the darkness and the shadows.
It's a nightmare, but it's one exciting ride.

When the Sun Goes Down – In the Heights
Lemme take this moment just to say,
You are gonna change the world someday.
I'll be thinking of home, and I'll think of you every night at the same time.

Ever After – Into the Woods
Journey over, all is mended, and it's not just for today,
But tomorrow, and extended ever after!

The Graveyard – Jane Eyre
As I lay myself down to sleep tonight,
I pray I might, be granted strength to see
The spark of heaven's guiding light.

At the End of the Day – Les Miserables
At the end of the day, there's another day dawning,
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise.

Rhythm of the Night – Moulin Rouge
And under the street lights, the scene is being set.
A night for romance, a night you won't forget.
So come join the fun! This is no time to be staying home!
The Moulin Rouge is going on!

Out Tonight – RENT
In the evening, I’ve got to roam.
Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome.
Feels too damn much like home.

Science Fiction Double Feature – Rocky Horror Picture Show
Science fiction double feature.
Dr. X will build a creature.
See androids fighting Brad and Janet,
Ann Francis stars in Forbidden Planet.
Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show.

The Dark I Know Well – Spring Awakening
You say all you want is just a kiss goodnight,
And then you hold me and you whisper,
“Child, the Lord won’t mind. It’s just you and me. Child, you’re a beauty…”

The Mirror-Blue Night – Spring Awakening
Flip on a switch, and everything’s fine –
No more lips, no more tongue, no more ears, no more eyes.
The naked blue angel, who peers through the blinds,
Disappears in the gloom of the mirror-blue night.

Those You’ve Known – Spring Awakening
All alone, but still I hear their yearning.
Through the dark, the moon, alone there, burning.
The stars too, they tell of spring returning –
And summer with another wind that no one yet has known.

Not While I’m Around – Sweeney Todd
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling…I don't care, I got ways.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Lion King
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.

Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - The Lion King
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are.
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far.

The Music of the Night – The Phantom of the Opera
Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation.
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination.
Silently the senses abandon their defenses.
Helpless to resist the notes I write,
For I compose the music of the night.

Zip File : 18 songs, 1 hour

Between the Rain and Back Again; a Mixtape.
Songs about rain, songs that sound like rain, or songs to enjoy while watching the rain.


Umbrella – All Time Low (off Punk Goes Crunk)
Now that it's raining more than ever,
Know that we'll still have each other.
You can stand under my umbrella.

Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies
Drove downtown in the rain, nine-thirty on a tuesday night,
just to check out the late-night record shop.
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane.

Down – Blink 182
The drops of rain, they fall all over.
This awkward silence makes me crazy.
The glow inside burns light upon her.
I'll try to kiss you if you let me. (This can't be the end.)

Round Here – Counting Crows
I walk in the air, between the rain, through myself and back again. 
Where? I don't know. 
Maria says she's dying, through the door I hear her crying. 
Why? I don't know. 

Raining In Baltimore – Counting Crows
And I get no answers,
And I don't get no change.
It's raining in Baltimore, baby,
But everything else is the same.

Sewn – The Feeling
Danny boy, you're looking so low.
Your looking like the dead grown old.
Anyway, the blues may just wash away, if you wait for a rainy day.
But you may find the chance has passed you by.

She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
I don’t mind spending everyday out on your corner in the pouring rain.
Look for the girl with the broken smile.
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile.

Real World – Matchbox Twenty
I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker.
I wonder what it's like to know that I made the rain.
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone.
You can come and see them when I'm done.

I Am A Pirate, You Are A Princess – PlayRadioPlay
(Rain intro)
Soon enough you'll hear the blacktop calling for you.
After that, there is not much else you can do.

I’ll Be There For You – The Rembrants (Friends theme)
I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

Rainy Monday – Shiny Toy Guns
On a rainy Monday, I feel it inside me.
In the hopes of one day…

The Way We Get By – Spoon
We go out in stormy weather.
We rarely practice discern.
We make love to some with sin.
We seek out the taciturn.

Desert Rose – Sting
I dream of rain. I dream of gardens in the desert sand.
I wake in pain. I dream of love as time runs through my hand.

Drops of Jupiter – Train
She acts like summer and walks like rain.
Reminds me that there’s time to change.


Zip File // 15 mp3's ; 1:01:36 total time ; 69.2 mb

the Sunday Morning Syndrome;

-          noun.  The feeling experienced upon waking on a Sunday morning; characterized by bathrobes, cups of coffee or tea, and the occasional hammock. See also: mellowness, nirvana, inner peace, serenity, awesome.

-          this mixtape. A mix devoted to those early morning hours where time seems to stand still, and peace of mind is achieved for a little while, at least.

Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
Sunday morning, rain is falling.
Steal some covers, share some skin.

Sunday Morning – No Doubt
You came in with the breeze on Sunday morning
You sure have changed since yesterday, without any warning

Come On Get Higher – Matt Nathanson
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love.

Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky

Tell Me Baby – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tell me baby, what's your story? 
Where you come from, and where you wanna go this time?
Tell me lover, are you lonely?
The thing we need is never all that hard to find.

Cavanaugh Park – Something Corporate
At Cavanaugh Park, where I used to think that my life would be good.
And I would do things that I thought that I should.
And no one's gonna tear me down.

Walk On – U2
You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been.
A place that has to be believed to be seen.
You could have flown away…A singing bird in an open cage

Viva La Vida – Coldplay  
I used to rule the world…Seas would rise when I gave the word.
Now in the morning I sweep alone, sweep the streets I used to own.

Everyday – Dave Matthews Band
Pick me up, love, from the bottom, up onto the top, love, everyday.
Pay no mind to taunts or advances, i'm gonna take my chances on everyday.

You Learn – Alanis Morissette
I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone, yeah.
I recommend walking around naked in your living room, yeah.

Real World – Matchbox Twenty
I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker.
I wonder what it's like to know that I made the rain.
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on every one.
You can come and see them when i'm done.

God and Mars – Days Away
I'm in a better place, don’t take this and turn it around.
Oh, I’ve had enough, don’t speak, don’t make a sound.

You Gotta Be – Des’ree
Herald what your mother said, read the books your father read.
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time.

I’m Ready – Jack’s Mannequin
I take the stairs to the car and there's fog on the windows. 
(As I'm finding the words...)
I need caffeine in my bloodstream.

Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Some will win, some will lose.
Some were born to sing the blues.
Oh, the movie never ends.
It goes on and on and on and on.

Falling For the First Time – Barenaked Ladies
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost.
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost.

Medium:  Television
Fandom:  Gossip Girl
Subject:  Chuck Bass
Title:  Nothing That Requires Removing Your Scarf
Warnings:  Quotes from the entire first season.
Notes:  Chuck is my favorite eccentrically-dressed sketchball on television. This mix is based on the, as I see it, 
three most enjoyable sides of him. 17 individual songs, all Sendspace, all but one mp3. 
Can't remember which one, though.

CHUCK BASS AS: “THE” CHUCK BASS

Attention – The Academy Is…
Attention! Attention!
May I have all your eyes and ears to the front of the room?
If only for one second, will you hear what I have to say?

Round Here – Panic at the Disco
Round here we got lots of time.
Round here we're never sent to bed early, and nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late.

Chuck: If I knew his name, I'd kill him.
Nate: Because you kill people now? What, you gonna hunt him down with your scarf?
Chuck: Don't mock the scarf, Nathaniel. It's my signature.

Hand In My Pocket – Alanis Morissette
What it all comes down to my friends,
Is that everything's just fine fine.
I've got one hand in my pocket,
And the other one is hailing a taxicab...

Stay Young – Oasis
Hey! Stay young and invincible
Cause we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
Cause we know just what we are

Blair: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Chuck: We were up late plotting against Georgina. We must have dozed off.
Blair: And you were on the floor.
Chuck: I didn't want to hurt my back.
Blair: Why? It's not like you ever do anything athletic.
Chuck: Well that's not entirely true, now is it?
Blair: Fine. Nothing that requires removing your scarf.
Chuck: It was one time. It was chilly.

Dancing Through Life – Wicked
Dancing through life,
Mindless and careless.
Make sure you wear less.
Trouble is right.

You Gotta Be – Des’ree
The world keeps on spinning, 
Can't stop it if you tried to
The best part is danger staring you in the face

CHUCK BASS AS: THE SKETCHBALL

Chuck: Look Nathaniel there are three things I care about in this world: money, the pleasure money brings, and you.


 

One and Only – Fall Out Boy
To be despised, to be loved.
To be dreamt of, to be sought, to be inside.
I don't care.
Right in the middle, I'm right in the middle.

The Bitch of Living – Spring Awakening
It's the bitch of living with nothing but your hand.
Just the bitch of living as someone you can't stand.

Chuck Bass: Serena looked effin' hot last night. There's something wrong with that level of perfection. 
It needs to be violated.
Nate Archibald: You are deeply disturbed

Feeling This – Blink 182
Show me the bedroom floor.
Show me the bathroom mirror.
We're taking this way too slow.
Take me away from here.

The Queen and I – Gym Class Heroes
And if you could put dumb in a shot glass
I'm just another lush who's had one too many of it
Plenty's not enough of sin
And you just tend to settle for anything,
Anything's better than lettin' her think 
she can do better than me
She'll come around eventually

Chuck: (to Blair) I'll try to be more succinct. You held a certain fascination when you were
beautiful, delicate, and untouched. But now you're like one of the Arabians my father used to
own; rode hard and put away wet. I don't want you anymore. And I can't see why anyone 
else would.

Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
I come on like a freak show takes the stage.
We give them the games we play.
She said, I want something else
To get me through this semi-charmed kind of life.

Love Me or Leave Me – Rooney
I know I act confused. I'm perfect just like you
Do what you want, but there's no one in this world
Who would die for you. There's only me

CHUCK BASS AS: THE ROMANTIC

Gossip Girl: Spotted -- Chuck Bass losing something no one knew he had to begin with: his heart.

All At Once – The Fray
Maybe you want her, maybe you need her.
Maybe you started to compare to someone not there.
Maybe you want it, maybe you need it.
Maybe it's all you're running from.
Perfection will not come.
 

Believe – The Bravery
We do our time like pennies in a jar
But what are we saving for?
There's a smell of stale fear, it is reeking from our skins
And the drinking never stops because the drinks absolve our sins

Chuck: Let's take it slow this time. Do it right.
Blair: Ugh. Chuck Bass is a romantic. Who knew?
Chuck: Now you do, and it's all what it matters.

Sunday Morning – No Doubt
You came in with the breeze on Sunday morning
You sure have changed since yesterday, without any warning

Come On Get Higher – Matt Nathanson
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love

Fluorescent Adolescent – Arctic Monkeys
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
The Bloody Mary's lacking her Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?

Harry Potter: You've sort of made up for it tonight. Getting the sword. Finishing off the Horcrux. Saving my life.
Ron Weasley: That makes me sound a lot cooler than I was.
Harry Potter: Stuff like that always sounds cooler than it really was. I've been trying to tell you that for years.



A Ron Weasley Fanmix
a eleven song mix for my fave HP character.
there's a theme throughout if you look hard enough...
and there's just a bunch of cool songs if you don't :)

You Learn / Alanis Morissette
I recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone.
I certainly do.
I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time.
Feel free.

 

Mr. Jones / Counting Crows
I want to be a lion…everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, 
but we got different reasons for that 
Believe in me, because I don't believe in anything
and I want to be someone to believe

 

Remember the Name / Fort Minor
Who the hell is he anyway?
He never really talks much
Never concerned with status but still leaving them star struck
Humbled through opportunities given to him despite the fact

No Such Thing / John Mayer
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings and the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve

Real World / Matchbox Twenty
I wonder what it's like to be a superhero
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown
From some other planet, I get this funky hide on the yellow sun
Boy I bet my friends would all be stunned

Perfect Situation / Weezer
There's the pitch, slow and straight.
All I have to do is swing
and I'm a hero, but I'm a zero.

If I Had $1000000 / Barenaked Ladies
And if I had a million dollars
Well I’d buy you a monkey (Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?!)
And if I had a million dollars, I’d buy your love

Welcome to Paradise / Green Day
Dear Mother, can’t you hear me whining?
It's been 3 whole weeks since I have left your home
This sudden fear has left me trembling,
Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own, and I'm feeling so alone

 

Do You Feel / The Rocket Summer
I'm thinking about other things I heard about today
All this week and tomorrow
And how these hands can create some better things
But you see for now I got my own things
I can't help it, I got too many issues I own
So I cannot help it, I'm afraid

Jumper / Third Eye Blind
The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
You know you don't belong
You're the first to fight, you're way too loud
You're the flash of light on a burial shroud
I know something's wrong

Existentialism on Prom Night / Straylight Run
We're glad for what we've got,
Done with what we've lost.
Our whole lives laid out,
Right in front of us.