THE PLAYLIST | 1 ā¢ 2
whoopsie forgot to do this yesterday! time for a double part
Just a quick summary/reminder of the basis - format is
[number in playlist]: [song name] - [band]
[summary of why]
[lyrics that made me think it fit (no repeat lines)]
now for the stuff absolutely nobody came for!
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11: LET'S KILL TONIGHT - PANIC! AT THE DISCO
whoops forgot to actually write the thing for this one. Anyway, this is one of many songs that plays into the idea of vengeance and, to some degree, partying! i guess.
If I retreat
Words, wars, and symphonies
Make room, we're taking over here
You're the galantine
Cold and alone, it suits you well
Won't find me perching here again
May your feet serve you well
And the rest be sent to Hell
Where they always have belonged
Cold hearts brew colder songs
Fate will play us out
Let's kill tonight
Kill tonight
Show them all you're not the ordinary type
Let's kill tonight
Kill tonight
Show them all you're not the ordinary type
Let's kill tonight
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12: RULER OF EVERYTHING - TALLY HALL
funky song funky song funky song also about the passing of time and kinda has cheating death vibes... the theme of time actually shows up a lot in this playlist. it was like 75% unintentional
Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had
So he shot at the sun with a gun
Shot at the sun with a gun
Shot at his wily one only friend
In the gallows or the ghetto
In the town or the meadow
In the billows even over the sun
Every end of the time is another begun
You understand mechanical hands
Are the ruler of everything (ah)
Ruler of everything (ah)
I'm the ruler of everything in the end
Do you like how I dance? I've got zirconium pants
Consequential enough to slip you into a trance
Do you like how I walk? Do you like how I talk?
Do you like how my face disintegrates into chalk?
I have a wonderful wife, I have a powerful job
She criticizes me for being egocentric
You practice your mannerisms into the wall
If this mirror were clearer, I'd be standing so tall
I saw you slobber over clovers on the side of the hill
I was observing the birds (circle in for the kill)
I've been you, I know you, your facade is a scam
You know you're making me cry, this is the way that I am
I've been living a lie, a metamorphical scheme
Detective undercover, brotherhood, objective, obscene
Oh, no, no, oh yeah
Do you hear the flibbity jibbity jibber jabber
With an, "Oh my God, I've got to get out of here or I'll have another
Word to sell, another story to tell
Another time piece ringing the bell"
Do you hear the clock stop when you reach the end?
No, you know it must be never ending, comprehend if you can
But when you try to pretend to understand
You resemble a fool, although you're only a man
So give it up and smile
Without looking down, gliding around
Like a bumbling dragon, I fly
Scraping my face on the sky
Oh, no, no, oh, yeah
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13: THE GHOST INSIDE - BROKEN BELLS
This one kinda hits more as a "calling Bill out on his BS" than "Bill calling people out on their BS" (not like he'd call people out anyway, he'd probably just let them wallow in their stupidity*) but it fits. The general idea of this song is in general greed and wanting more than you need, doing whatever it takes to get that little bit of extra whatever, and learning to be thankful for what you have before it's too late (which, if you've seen the music video, does NOT happen.) Sound familiar? Yeah, I thought so.
*just like me fr
She sold her love to a modern man
Good solid currency's the hardest to land
All of that money helps you cover your a--
Don't let the ladyfinger blow in your hand
Did it all
For that dollar
She's a star tonight
Without warning
She gave up the ghost inside
Just like a whiskey bottle, drained on the floor
She got no future, just a life to endure
This good Samaritan is shakin' her hand
Too late to leave here, now the song's in the can
You call it chivalry, never pull a punch for free
You ever wonder why they had to move on?
This phony honour code that put you on your throne
A double standard you invoke when you want
Was it all for show?
Don't turn into one of them
Turning another page
Trust me, darling
I'm carving a moat through the dust in your town
Crawling over rubble
Just to serve you
Tend to wonder why
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14: SCAPEGā¾AT - GHOST AND PALS
This just said "vengeance and god complex but with JUSTIFICATION" and that was it. that was all i needed. One of the main things with Aestivus!Bill is the general theme of "attempts at reform, but society never provides the support needed, so of course there's some form of a relapse and of course He's going to want vengeance." This song kinda worked for that.
At first, I felt fine, before I realized
In your eyes, I'm a demon, right?
Without an ending, I'm still pretending
Like I attended your funeral today
Overconsumption of your own compassion
Put on perfume of iniquity
Now, I could never dream of doing anything
In such a way like you did to me
So, give me a taste of sovereignty
A lantern in the night (lantern in the night)
Get me away from history
From the cycle's bitter light (cycle's bitter light)
From existing out of spite (existing out of spite)
Now, do you hate me?
Are you afraid of me?
Are you able to feel culpability?
Come forth and kill me
Bow down and worship me
Take your time, all we have is eternity
Now, with a new start, broken and torn apart
Nothing in me resembles a human heart
My name is unknown, something I've never told
On my own, I declare, "I don't wanna go home"
I've got a cut-throat delight (up on a high)
As we carouse while you writhe (caught by my eye)
I'll put your fear in my drink tonight
Tonight, I'm chewing up and spitting out your pride
You got an iron dye where only God'll find
I took a photo of shame to remember you by
True colours make a pretty-picture memory
Returning less than you gave to me
I know infinity
She howls with the past as they gouge each other's eyes
I know duplicity
Who once was a child born in villainy
I know infinity
She howls with the past as they gouge each other's eyes
I know what hides in me
If only you knew the same
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15: GET OUT OF THE WAY - MOTHER MOTHER
Instead of the "screw society" we have the "society i am at my limit knock it off" before the "screw society" comes into play. yippee
Hey, there's something in the way
Oh, it's just me and my brain
Look, there's an elephant in the room
I know, I'll make a piano and play a little tune
And I'll write the perfect song for the perfect day
Might take a little time before my song gets played
Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way
There's spit on my face
The hot breath of the human race
And I know, I know, I'm supposed to integrate
But hows about instead I inch away?
I'm not anti-social
I'm just tired of the people
And I'm fine with rolling solo
So get out
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16: DISCORD - THE LIVING TOMBSTONE
I... I don't have an excuse for this one. I don't. It's not a bad song. But I don't have an excuse for it. Just... let's just move on.
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17: MAD HATTER - MELANIE MARTINEZ
i think if you see the lyrics i wouldn't even have to explain myself.
My friends don't walk, they run
Skinny-dip in rabbit holes for fun
Poppin', poppin' balloons with guns
Gettin' high off helium
We paint white roses red
Each shade from a different person's head
This dream, dream is a killer
Gettin' drunk with the blue caterpillar
I'm peeling the skin off my face
'Cause I really hate being safe
The normals, they make me afraid
The crazies, they make me feel sane
I'm nuts, baby, I'm mad
The craziest friend that you've ever had
You think I'm psycho, you think I'm gone
Tell the psychiatrist something is wrong
Over the bend, entirely bonkers
You like me best when I'm off my rocker
Tell you a secret, I'm not alarmed
So what if I'm crazy? The best people are
All the best people are crazy
All the best people are
Where is my prescription?
Doctor, doctor, please listen
My brain is scattered
You can be Alice, I'll be the Mad Hatter
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18: LIFE ITSELF - GLASS ANIMALS
We're going back to the theme of redemption and "everyone" hates me! i love this song i'm so normal about this album (i'm also a liar)
Daddy was dumb
Said that I'd be something special
Brought me up tough
But I was a gentle human
Said that he loved
Each of my two million freckles
When I grew up, was gonna be a super star
I can't get a job so I live with my mom
I take her money but not quite enough
Sit in the car and I listen to static
She said I look fat but I look fantastic
Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Be like them, lean back and breathe
Be like them, lean back and breathe
I'm waking up
Lost in boxes outside Tesco
Look like a bum
Sipping codeine coca cola
Thought that I was
Northern Camden's own Flash Gordon
Sonic ray gun
Gonna be a superstar
I can't get a job so I live with my mom
I take her money but not quite enough
I make my own fun in grandmama's basement
Said I looked mad
She said I looked wasted
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19: CRAZY = GENIUS - PANIC! AT THE DISCO
no way do i also have a Panic! At The Disco problem? It's more likely than you think!! just in general canon bill being insane. y'know how it is. sorry the explanations are getting lazy it's been a long day and fanfic planning is pain.
You can set yourself on fire (hey!)
You can set yourself on fire
She said at night in my dreams
You dance on a tightrope of weird
Oh but when I wake up
You're so normal that you just disappear
You're so straight like commuters
With briefcases towing the line
There's no residue of a torturer
Inside of your eyes
She said you're just like Mike Love
But you wanna be Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson
She said you're just like Mike Love
But you'll never be Brian Wilson
And I said
(Hey ay ay, hey ay)
If crazy equals genius
(Hey ay ay, hey ay)
If crazy equals genius
Then I'm a f---ing arsonist (hey!)
I'm a rocket scientist (hey!)
(Hey ay ay)
If crazy equals genius
You can set yourself on fire
But you're never gonna burn, burn, burn (hey ay ay)
You can set yourself on fire
But you're never gonna learn, learn, learn
Hey!
She said, "Darlin', you know
How the wine plays tricks on my tongue
But you don't seem to change
When you stuff all of your feelings with drugs"
Other boys you may have dated
Serrated your heart with a slice
But the cut of your love never hurts
Baby, it's a sweet butter knife
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20: HAND ME MY SHOVEL, I'M GOING IN! - WILL WOOD AND THE TAPEWORMS
Okay, if I couldn't use Bill's voice as Aestivus!Bill's voice, this is the song that made me decide Will Wood would be the hc voice instead. Regardless of that, I just feel like this song in general fits the vibes of Aestivus!Bill. Figuring out what happened to the Axolotl (whoopsie spoilers,) the circumstances of his revival, what happened to his powers, everything. Think of this as his theme song.
My heart was stolen by a blind pickpocket
In the deep city streets in the summer of 2012
And I never even saw her face
My dreams were shattered like a stained glass window
Jesus in pieces, I believe I threw a brick right through him
But my memory could not be saved
It just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame
So I bookmark my DSM 'cause I need to remember my place, ow!
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet
No, I need to hit the bottom
Gotta get to the bottom of this
Take you with me
My soul was crushed like a tall boy
Underneath the boots on the curb
And I'm still picking up my molars
And putting them back in my face
My name was soiled by a last call spill
With a backwash swill and the blackout killed me
Sober on impact from a fall from grace
Take the road on higher ground and tell me
"Don't look down! You'll fall and break your back!"
But that just reminds me how
There's more to be found beneath the black
Bottle, well, or barrel? All are empty
Dug, or drank, or poured it out
When too much is not enough, there's plenty more
Where that came from around
Looking up, we see the point of entry
Between where we are and we've been
Looking up, I could say Heaven sent me
Hand me my shovel, I'm going in!
Looking up, we see the point of entry
Between where we are and we've been
Looking down, I could say Heaven sent me
Hand me my shovel, I'm going in