Could be the beginning of a meme...

[shipperx]

Saw this on shadowkat67

beer_good_foamy came up with the idea of posting links to music vids to characters, pairings, seasonal arcs, or episodes that you are fannish about or into. I rather like this idea. I may start doing this. Some people have actors in their heads when they are reading a book, I have songs. I've been known to use music to come up with stories.
And I tend to see stories when I listen to music - like a movie. It's hard to explain.

And I thought... ooh! I totally do the songs thing. In fact, I actually have playlist names set up under character or pairing names simply for my own amusement.

I may do vids later, when I'm home and have time, but since I DO have playlists under character and pairing names, I can totally do a song list during lunch! (If I were really good, I'd go to Spotify. But... youtube will have to do).

So BtVS song playlist version:



Angel/Angelus (BtVS/AtS)
Go to "That's so Angel..." songs

Demons by Imagine Dragons
Sample lyric:

I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
there's no place we can hide {...}
when you feel my heat, look into my eyes
(it's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide)
don't get too close, it's dark inside
(it's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide){...}
Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't want to hide the truth {...}
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go...

And:

The Noose by A Perfect Circle

...With heaven's help you cast your demons out
And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning on making your amends to the dead {...}
With your halo slipping down...
Your halo's slipping
(I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning on making your amends to the dead)
With your halo slipping down
Your halo's slipping...

Also:
Pain by Three Days Grace
Mad World w/ Michael Andrews

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Buffy

Cut by Plumb

I'm not a stranger, no I am yours
With crippled anger and tears that still drip sore
A fragile frame aged with misery
And when our eyes meet I know you see
I do not want to be afraid
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in
I'm tired of feeling so numb {...}
These scars wouldn't be so hidden
If you would just look me in the eye
I feel alone here and cold here
Though I don't want to die
the only anesthetic that makes me feel anything kills inside{...}

Your Heart's a Mess by Goyte

You have lost too much love
To fear, doubt and distrust
You just threw away the key
(To your heart)
You don't get burned
('Cause nothing gets through)
It makes it easier (Easier on you)
But that much more difficult for me to make you see…
Love ain't fair
So there you are, my love
Your heart's a mess
You won't admit to it
It makes no sense
But I'm desperate to connect
And you, you can't live like this...

Please Don't Leave Me by Pink

I don't know if I can yell any louder
How many times have I kicked you outta here?
Or said something insulting?
I can be so mean when I wanna be
I am capable of really anything
I can cut you into pieces
But my heart is... broken
Please don't leave me
I always say how I don't need you
But it's always gonna come right back to this
Please don't leave me {...}
What is it with you that makes me act like this?
I've never been this nasty
Can't you tell that this is all just a contest?
The one that wins will be the one that hits the hardest
But baby I don't mean it
I mean it, I promise
(Don't leave me)
I always say how I don't need you
But it's always gonna come right back to this
Please don't leave me...

Also:
I'm No Angel by Dido

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Spike

Pardon Me by Staind

I'm one step from a breakdown
Two steps from being saved
Just trying to see this through
I'm three steps from this nightmare
And four steps from the door
The rest is up to you
Pardon me while I just turn my back and walk away
Pardon me if I can't listen to the things you say {…}
I'm one step from forgiveness
And two steps from my grave
We're all just passing through
Three steps from redemption
Four from the Devil's door
On a path that leads to you
Pardon me while I turn my back and walk away{…}
I'm two steps from salvation
But I'm only taking one
Pardon me...

Far From Home by Five Finger Death Punch
Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night settles in as quickly as it goes
The memories of shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home {...}
All the places I've been and things I've seen
A million stories that made up a million shattered dreams
The faces of people I'll never see again
And I can't seem to find my way home
Cause it's almost like your heaven's trying everything to break me down
It's almost like your heaven's trying everything to keep me out...

Heroes by Shinedown

Stare in wonder, who's here to bring you down?
Find your martyr, I'm sure you've made the crown
So light a fire under my bones,
So when I die for you, at least I'll die alone
Ain't nothing for me to end up like this
There's no comparing me this time
All my heroes have now become ghosts
Sold their sorrow to the ones who paid the most
All my heroes are dead and gone
But down inside of me, they still live on...

Also:
Bleeding Out by Imagine Dragons
Momma Sed by Puscifer
Rev22-20 by Puscifer (I have no explanation for this one. Really. I don't know why I associate it. I just do).
Weight of the World by Saliva
Waited by Our Lady Peace

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Spuffy
If I Didn't Know Better by The Civil Wars (and Covered by Nashville)

(female)If I didn't know better I'd hang my head right there
If I didn't know better I'd follow you up the stairs
Stop saying those sweet things you know I like to hear
The horns are blowing louder. The bailiff's drawing near.
Why do I keep drinking? Wasting my time on you.
If I didn't know better...
But, damn it, I do.

(male) There's a hole in what you're saying, I can plainly see
You've a lover that's waiting, but, baby, you're right here with me.

(female)You might as well be the devil keeping me out passed three

(male) Well, you're the one with that apple so, baby, you can't blame me.
So why do you keep drinking?
Give me one night with you.

(female)If I didn't know better...
But damn it, I do.

Alien Like You by the Pigott Brothers

I know that you don't
know that I know what you know
We've got secrets between us that
nobody else would believe if I told them{...}
Lift your eyes and let me in
'Cause, baby, I'm an alien like you
Will you ever wake at night and realize
The reason why you knew me then
Is maybe I'm an alien too
Will you ever let me be an alien with you?...

Regret by Tantric

Should I try and cut myself for you?
Do I have to let it bleed with no regard?
Tell me just exactly what to do
I am afraid I have gone too far
'Cause I don't know just what your feeling yet
I've been left out in the cold
All I know is that we both share regrets
We haven't done this yet
There's nothing here we cannot change
I could never find myself without you
You could never be yourself without me
Why even try to lie or ignore the truth?
Is there someone else I should be? {...}
All I know is we both share regrets...

Free Like You Make Me by Cary Brothers

Tell me a story
Tell me the violence
And were there noises?
And were there sirens?
It'll be ok
I'll make it right
'Cause I know what's coming
And I know why
Because tonight is far too
Perfect for your pain
Because the secrets that you told to me
I'll take your place when the world ends
And you take mine
I'll break us out of this jail
And get you high
'Cause when it all ends,
I want you to be free...

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[hobbituk.livejournal.com]

I think Cold cold heart, by Hank Williams fits Spuffy. See...

I've tried so hard my dear to show
That you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do
Is just some evil scheme

A memory from your lonesome past
Keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold cold heart

Another love before my time
Made your heart sad an' blue
And so my heart is paying now
For things I didn't do

In anger unkind words are said
That make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold cold heart

There was a time when I believed
That you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled
To a memory

The more I learn to care for you
The more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold cold heart...

And so does A Home by the Dixie Chicks.

I mistook the warnings for wisdom
From so called friends quick to advise
Though your touch was telling me otherwise
Somehow I saw you as a weakness
I thought I had to be strong
Oh but I was just young, I was scared, I was wrong

Not a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home

Guess I did what I did believing
That love is a dangerous thing
Oh but that couldn't hurt anymore than never knowing

Not a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home

Four walls, a roof, a door, some windows
Just a place to run when my working day is through
They say home is where the heart is
If the exception proves the rule I guess that's true

Not a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home