Soundtrack of my life

[pegkerr]

Snabbled from matociquala

Meme:

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...

Opening Credits:
Phil Collins - Two Worlds (Opening Credits to "Tarzan")
[The drums get the story moving!]

Put your faith in what you most believe in
Two worlds, one family
Trust your heart, let fate decide
To guide these lives we see . . .


Waking Up:
Wait - Sarah McLachlan

[No, really, I swear I didn't cheat on this one]

Under a blackened sky
Far beyond the glaring streetlights
Sleeping on empty dreams
The vultures lie in wait
You lay down beside me then
You were with me every waking hour
So close I could feel your breath . . .

First Day At School:

My Dad is Rich - Draco and the Malfoys
[Oh, this is too perfect. Once again, I didn't cheat!]

My dad's always there
To open all my doors
You have to call a patronus
Just to catch a glimpse of yours
My mom says she loves me
When she tucks me into bed
How's your Mummy doing in the
Mirror of Erised?
My dad is rich
and your dad is dead
My dad is rich and your dad is dead.


[All right, I'll admit I skipped some tracks, because they were all instrumental, with no lyrics. Then I got this:]

Falling In Love:
November Song - Flash girls

Angels and mortals fight for the right
To have a little pleasure
and enjoy an easy plight
Angels and mortals
sometimes get their way
I'm in no hurry, baby,
No hurry now
Tell all the fellows
what you think of your new girl now
No hurry, baby
Just out to beat a light
Sitting down in a back seat
Waiting for someone to come
and drive me around your town . . .

Fight Song:
Alone - A Year With Frog and Toad

[er, no. This one does not fit. Not an aggressive moment in the whole song]

Sometimes the days, they can be very busy
So I like to stop and think now and then
I think of the reasons I have to be happy
And that makes me happy all over again
What you made me think that I was unhappy?
What were you thinking was making me blue?
I only come out here to sit and remember
I love being a frog
In the warm, sunny summer
On days such as this one
That's what I do.

Breaking Up:
Soon to Be Nothing - Indigo Girls

Kelly mountain road
Saw a heavy load
With a sagging heart
and a break apart
Voices in me
Stood as thick as thieves
With no sympathy
For the beggar's art
I have passed these pines
'bout a million times
Effortlessly
Now I grip the wheel
Fear is what I feel
At the slow unraveling of me

But you tell me it's temporary
It's a matter of time
By god
Don't you think I know it's in my mind

Prom:
Nowadays (Roxie) - Chicago

It's good
Isn't it grand
Isn't it great
Isn't it swell
Isn't it fun
Isn't it nowadays
There's men everywhere
Jazz everywhere
Booze everywhere
Life everywhere
Joy everywhere nowadays

Life is Good:
Shelter - Sarah McLachlan

[This is where I should have had that song "I love being a Frog" And the lyrics of this song are wrong here, too]

They're crowded into the smallest spaces
While outside all of nature cries
It's known to be cruel and unfair
But there is no place to hide
Oh I've seen a part of people that I never really want to share
Oh I've seen a part of people that I never knew was there

Shelter - give them shelter from the coming storm
Shelter - give them shelter from the coming storm
I can't sleep haunted by their faces
The sadness in their eyes
It hurts so much to see them helpless
It makes me want to cry
But still there is so much left unanswered
For so many innocent lives
They close the doors and are letting nobody in
And only the strong will survive

Mental Breakdown:
Agony - Into the Woods

[Once again, it's perfect]

Prince One: High in a tower, like yours was, but higher
A beauty asleep
All round the tower a thicket of briar
Agony, no frustration more keen
When the one thing you want
Is a thing that you've not even seen

Prince Two: I've found a casket
Entirely of glass,
No, it's unbreakable
Inside, don't ask it,
A maiden, a lass,
Just as unwakeable

Both: What unmistakeable
Agony!
Is the way always barred?

Prince 2: She has skin white as snow
Prince 1: Did you learn her name?
Prince 2: No! There's a dwarf standing guard

Both:
Agony, such that princes must weep
Always in thrall most to anything almost
or something asleep

Driving:
Upon These Stones - Les Miserables

[Uh oh --- road construction]

Here upon these stones
We will build our barricade
In the heart of the city
We claim as our own!
Each man to his duty
And don't be afraid.

Flashback:
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Classic Disney

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartache
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true.

Getting Back Together:
Think of Me - Phantom of the Opera

[Wow. Good pick.]

Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me once in a while
Please promise me you'll try
Then you find that once again you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me
We never said our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember
Stop and think of me

Wedding:
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinéad O'Connor

I'm walking through the desert
And I am not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
And I do not want what I haven't got
I have learned this from my mother
See how happy she has made me
I will take this road much further
Though I know not where it takes me
I have water for my journey
I have bread and I have wine
No longer will I be hungry
For the bread of life is mine
I saw a navy blue bird
Flying way above the sea
I walked on and I learned later
That this navy blue bird was me
I returned a paler blue bird
And this is the advice they gave me
You must not try to be too pure
You must fly closer to the sea


Paying the Dues:
When Love Was Young - Iris DeMent

Look at you, look at me
My heart breaks as I read our sad story
Never thought that I'd be
Here with you wishing I was free
I never dreamed today would come when love was young
There was nothing I would not do
For the chance to see your face
How could I have known back then
That today I hesitate
When you hold me in your arms
I don't yearn for that charm
I never dreamed today would come
When love was young

The Night Before The War:

She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
Hey, hey--they say I better get a chaperone
Because I can't stop messin with the danger zone
No, I won't worry, and I wont fret--
Aint no law against it yet--
Oop--she bop--she bop--

[I was really wishing that the shuffle would cough up Connie Dover's The Summer Before the War. Heck, I'll throw those lyrics in gratis]

We found a small cove by the sand and the water
The salt air was brushing your skin
With your hand in her hand, there was nothing to say
Just watch the sea rushing in
And oh, what a moment
And oh, what a day
We held it and it never slipped away
One day at Whitsun
The sea and the shore
The summer before the war

Final Battle:
Down by the Sea - Morcheeba

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free
I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

Moment of Triumph:
What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor - Folksongs of the British Isles

[eh. On to the next one]

Death Scene:
We Are Together - Indigo Girls

and we are together
finally
and the dog caught up with
the rabbit is laughing hysterically
and we are together
you and me

Funeral Song:
Wandering/Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Peter Paul and Mary

Nobody wants you when you're down and out
Nobody wants you when you're down and out
It's mighty strange without a doubt
Nobody wants you, nobody needs you
I know what I'm talkin' about
Nobody wants you when you're down and out

End Credits:
All for the Best - Godspell

When you feel sad, or under a curse
Your life is bad, your prospects are worse
Your wife is crying, sighing...
And your olive tree is dying,
Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying
And creditors weighing your purse...
Your mood and your robe
Are both a deep blue
You'd bet that Job
Had nothin' on you...
Don't forget that when you go to
Heaven you'll be blessed..
Yes, it's all for the best...

Comments

[scott-lynch.livejournal.com]

Heh. I love that Phil Collins song (I'm a closeted Phil fan)-- I think the way it's synchronized with the opening of *Tarzan* is sheer genius.

[avengangle.livejournal.com]

That's a fun meme. :-D

[satakieli.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the message of your fight song is that you'd rather deal cheerfully with an unavoidably less-than-ideal situation than fight?

[aeditimi.livejournal.com]

I love that you have Godspell in your iTunes. And my favorite song!