Three Cheers for Tyranny [mix]
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Three Cheers for Tyranny
[index] - [prologue] - [part 1] - [part 2] - [part 3] - [part 4] - [part 5a] - [part 5b] - [part 6]
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1. Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool
[Instrumental]
2. The Arcade Fire - Windowsill
Don't wanna live with my father's debt,
You can't forgive what you can't forget,
Don't wanna live in my father's house no more.
3. The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
There's something in your way
And now someone is gonna pay
And if you can't get what you want
Well it's all because of me
4. Tom McRae - A Day Like Today
All I ever say
And all I ever do
Is just a message to you
And all I ever play
Are the cards you gave me
It's just my version of the truth
5. Rise Against - From Heads Unworthy
This is the family that we crossed or never had
This is a war that was lost the day it began
'Cause it's the race we run, but it keeps us at the start
It's the song I sung from the bottom of my heart
6. MGMT - Time To Pretend
This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute?
7. TV On the Radio - Ambulance
I will be your accident if you will be my ambulance
And I will be your screech and crash if you will be my crutch and cast
And I will be your one more time if you will be my one last chance
8. The Mountain Goats - Have To Explode
The stage is set
Someone's going to do something someone else will regret
I speak in smoke signals and you answer in code
The fuse will have to run out sometime
Something here will eventually have to explode
9. Biffy Clyro - 9/15ths
We're on a hellslide
Help us, help us
We're on a hellslide
10. Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me
Oh mercy me
God bless catastrophe
Well there's no way in hell
We'll ever live to see through this
11. Anberlin - We Dreamt In Heist
And I know Mexico is south of here, beautiful this time of year
So let's jump the border when the coast is clear
Salvation waits at ocean shore, we won't have to lie no more
Don't you worry baby I'll be right here
12. Assemblage 23 - Lullaby
May you find solace in the gentle arms of sleep
Despite the wolves outside your door
In time you will see them all as harmless
And their idle threats easy to ignore
13. Damien Rice - Delicate
We might kiss when we are alone
When nobody's watching
We might take it home
We might make out when nobody's there
It's not that we're scared
It's just that it's delicate
14. Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes
Take my hand knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time
Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine
15. OK Go - Shortly Before the End
How long did we all think this all would last?
Who could have counted days as they flew past?
But before we go, sing us a song.
Sing us a song to hum through the hours of dying
First, I have to comment on the fact that when I opened up the zip file and looked at the cover art, I flipped out because apparently
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But anyway, on to the actual music. The first time I heard 9/15ths, I fell in love with it. I really think that song sums up terror and the paranoia of the hellslide they're on in the fic, and the whole mood of the song is just perfect. I also love Your So Cool, because 1) it's instrumental, and I think instrumental songs are really awesome at conveying emotion, and 2) it's so hopeful. At the beginning, these boys are in a weird position of power, and they basically have the world at their feet, and it seems like nothing can go wrong. That obviously changes, and I think Your So Cool and 9/15ths are the two songs that really show the extremes the fic reaches. I especially like the sequence of the last four songs, Lullaby, Delicate, Open Your Eyes, and Shortly Before The End. They're all so much softer than the songs at the beginning, and there's still that angst that goes with the fic, and I think it leads perfectly to the end.
As a whole, the mix really follows the story fantastically well. I listened to it all together for the first time in the car, with no other distractions, and the emotional tones of the songs and the selected lyrics
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So, download this amaaaazing mix and leave comments for the mixer!
Also to go along with the story, I've uploaded the Waltz and the Love Theme from The Godfather, because that movie, and those two songs in particular, helped inspire me a lot while I was writing, and they're just fantastic pieces of music.