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Fandom: The Silmarillion
Subject: Feanorians
Title: Burns Like the Sun
Notes: So this is pretty much - by many ways a lot of pseudocanon. Explanations will be offered. But I was pleased enough with it I wanted to share. Please ignore the lack of variation in artists. *gurgles* Also, fanmixes that were properly requested are in construction. Except Lymond, who is being difficult.
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Sunburn - Muse
I'll feel a guilty conscience grow
S(he) burns like the sun
And I can't look away
And she'll burn our horizons make no mistake
For the patriarch of the family. Feanor's on fire, and he pretty much has absolute power over his family and especially his sons. Disobedience, I don't think, is something that even occurs. He's just that kind of personality, to command absolutely loyalty and nothing less.
Fight Fire With Fire - Kansas
Oh there's nothing to lose
Cause it's already lost
In a runaway world of confusion
I'm not gonna take it
That's why I fight fire with fire
Oh I'm burning inside and my head is a crying
The reasons why things went the way they did, in my head, are innumerable. But one of them, I think, was an inability to stop the momentum once it started, and gradually not wanting to, because the feeling of power and to some degree being feared goes to one's head. And also the fire metaphors here. Because.
Never Forgive - Assemblage 23
You haven't seen the worst of it yet
Your name
A foul epithet
Never forgive... never forget
For Morgoth, and anyone who gains the enmity of this family in general. You're going to get it, sooner or later. Because they don't forget, certainly, and I don't think forgiveness is probably something they're great at either. Just a guess.
Prepare for War - Dragonforce
Rage and fear, from skies above the fire, fuels my veins!
Destruction of humanity, the everlasting flame!
Cast away, no turning back, from long forgotten shores!
We'll show no mercy as they fall!
The fire burns inside!
Now prepare for war!
...look, I had to have a little Dragonforce in here. And this song was too perfect, in my head for Losgar. And, yes, more fire references. And please, 'no mercy' and fire and 'long forgotten shores?' It was begging for it.
Skyquake - Assemblage 23
Take what we need at our convenience
Another quick means to an end
Too busy thinking of excuses
For a practice we can not defend
Collapsing under its own weight
The sky burns out
As we kiss oblivion
Upon its toothy mouth
They have to realize, somewhere, that this can't last, that it's not a sustainable way of being. I guess the idea is just that it doesn't matter, or maybe that it can't matter. There are always excuses, even when plunging blindly into your own doom and everyone else's. Doom, even.
The Fire Still Burns - Dragonforce
Tonight!
Falling like the rain, insanity lives on.
Feel the shattered dreams, one thousand voices crying, raging endlessly they come.
And the morning light will hide the darker days gone by,
And the Sun will shine again across the blazing skies.
Glorious eternally, we'll rise above the World,
Marching on till victory we fight!
The Fire still burns!
Same here, really. More fire, yay! And the sense of determination and 'we-are-going-to-fuck-your-shit-up' worked for me. I went with the feeling. Plus, it mentions insanity. ...:D
Cry of the Brave - Dragonforce
Through the wastelands forever and on
Still we fight on for our freedom
The cry of the fallen souls bleeding
Forever journey through the lands of ice and snow
Will we face all the fears of the world?
The cry of the brave
Last of the Dragonforce, I swear! But I don't have much to say here that hasn't already been said, except it's still that same Oathy Obsession we all love. Obsessive Elves are clearly not a good thing.
White Light - Vienna Teng
If you knew it was wrong why did you do it
You don't know, you didn't mean to, it slipped your mind
And it feels so good to feed a habit
You're just making the most of your borrowed time
Waiting for the white light
More excuses. This one from those ex-best-friends who don't understand, quite, what the hell is going on. And this is the breaking point, where you can't pretend you don't know anymore, that something is off and wrong and bad, and it's admitting that it's not okay, but it's still there anyway. Or something like that. A lot of this is instinctual, can you tell?
Hope On Fire - Vienna Teng
Gotta fight, gotta strike
'Cause there's no turning away
From what you don't want to know
Gotta see, gotta be
If they're all going astray
Don't let them take you in tow
But you know, even if you're losing all your friends, there's still no stopping this runaway train. Even if everyone else fails, after all...now that you've admitted you're condemned, there's no point pretending not to be anymore. Go ahead, go all out. A whole new kind of determination.
Heaven's A Lie - Lacuna Coil
Oh no, here it is again
I need to know why did I choose to betray you
Something wrong with all the plans of my life
I didn't realize that you've been here
In my head, this one is sort of based on the idea behind one of my more recent Silmfics, 'Layers of Years and Glass', which is about Celegorm going off his rocker entirely after Aredhel dies. After all, she was the most normal part of his life, and it's only after she's dead that really bad shit starts going down.
Blindhammer - Assemblage 23
All our fathers' backs are broken
And our prophets are insane
There is no one left to guide us
No catalyst for change
We are too young to know better
But frailty comes with age
So we run towards Armageddon
While our legs still have the strength
As days draw on and things get worse, there's even more of a feeling of running into your own destruction. There's a kind of awareness, toward the end, that we're screwed and there's nothing to do, so just keep going while you can. By the finish, none of this family were really living like they expected to have more than a week.
Falling - Lacuna Coil
And now the beat inside me
Is a sort of a cold breeze and I've
Never any feeling inside
Around me...
Bring my body
Carry it into another world
I know I live... but like a stone I'm falling down
Kind of with the above one. There's despair there, and not much else, especially, one has to think, for people like Maglor, who had to have seen some of what was coming at least a little bit before. And watching all your siblings die can't be fun.
Across the Universe of Time - Hayley Westenra
When the sea falls from the shore
As the light sinks low, will I see you any more?
As the rain falls from the sky
Can I bring you back, from a distant lullaby?
Requiem for dead siblings. Have it.
Swamped - Lacuna Coil
Destiny can't replace my life
Scary shadows of my past are alive
Destiny who cares as it turns around
And I know that it descends with a smile
A song for Maedhros, who ultimately is the responsible one for leading all of this. That has to suck. And beginning to understand the weight of the Doom of Mandos and what it means, and that this is how it's going to end. Because really, options are limited...
Forsaken - Within Temptation
While we thought we were gaining,
We'd turn back the tide, it still slips away.
Our time has run out, our future has died,
There's no more escape.
Now the day has come,
We are forsaken,
There's no time anymore.
Life will pass us by,
We are forsaken,
We're the last of our kind.
...and God actually does hate you. So, you know. That makes things hard.
Hero - Skillet
It's just another war
Just another family torn
Falling from my faith today
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live
In my head this is for Maglor, because in my head, he can sort of see where things are going, and it's nowhere good, but on the other hand he's kind of trapped where he is, by his loyalty and love for his brothers.
Away - Assemblage 23
Run away, run away
Run away from the setting sun
Run away, run away
Run away from the things you've done
But there is no running. Not from everything, and not forever. DOOOOOMED.
Final Destination - Within Temptation
I escaped my final moment
But it's turning back at me
On every corner I can feel it waiting
Just a moment, no awareness
I could easily slip away
And then I'll be gone forever
Like I said. DOOOOOMED. And knowing that your death is waiting for you around any corner, any one of these days, has to be in the back of their heads, and not a particularly comfortable thought. Think about it.
Ghosts - Assemblage 23
Are we just living ghosts
Waiting to be freed?
Stuck at a tipping point
We never dare exceed
And what if no one comes
To liberate our souls?
And all of this is all there is
To make us whole?
The last ones standing, after the Sack of Doriath. Shadows of what they were, or ghosts. Nearly lost everything by now. One of them is already half dead, and one of the remaining three has no real heart left for any of it.
The Queen and the Soldier - Suzanne Vega
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
No getting away from some things. Pityo dies, the end is nearer than it seemed, and still the battle continues on.
Lament - Assemblage 23
instrumental
The Ruin of the House of Feanor."
Nowhere Man - Paul Westenberg (cover)
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Maglor. "Unable to bear the suffering, Maglor cast his Silmaril into the sea. Thereafter he wandered along the shores of the world, singing laments over the loss of the jewel, until he faded from memory..."
Dark Horse On the Wind - Susan McKeown
Oh those who died for liberty
Have heard the eagle scream
All the ones who died for liberty
Have died but for a dream
Oh rise, rise, rise, Dark horse on the wind
For in no nation on the earth
More broken hearts you'll find.
~fin~
Cover art by Jenny Dolfen, and no, there is not another Felix mix half finished in my compute, why do you ask >.< (this would be my third. If I were making it. I am not. Shhh.)
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Subject: Feanorians
Title: Burns Like the Sun
Notes: So this is pretty much - by many ways a lot of pseudocanon. Explanations will be offered. But I was pleased enough with it I wanted to share. Please ignore the lack of variation in artists. *gurgles* Also, fanmixes that were properly requested are in construction. Except Lymond, who is being difficult.
.ZIP DOWNLOAD HERE
Sunburn - Muse
I'll feel a guilty conscience grow
S(he) burns like the sun
And I can't look away
And she'll burn our horizons make no mistake
For the patriarch of the family. Feanor's on fire, and he pretty much has absolute power over his family and especially his sons. Disobedience, I don't think, is something that even occurs. He's just that kind of personality, to command absolutely loyalty and nothing less.
Fight Fire With Fire - Kansas
Oh there's nothing to lose
Cause it's already lost
In a runaway world of confusion
I'm not gonna take it
That's why I fight fire with fire
Oh I'm burning inside and my head is a crying
The reasons why things went the way they did, in my head, are innumerable. But one of them, I think, was an inability to stop the momentum once it started, and gradually not wanting to, because the feeling of power and to some degree being feared goes to one's head. And also the fire metaphors here. Because.
Never Forgive - Assemblage 23
You haven't seen the worst of it yet
Your name
A foul epithet
Never forgive... never forget
For Morgoth, and anyone who gains the enmity of this family in general. You're going to get it, sooner or later. Because they don't forget, certainly, and I don't think forgiveness is probably something they're great at either. Just a guess.
Prepare for War - Dragonforce
Rage and fear, from skies above the fire, fuels my veins!
Destruction of humanity, the everlasting flame!
Cast away, no turning back, from long forgotten shores!
We'll show no mercy as they fall!
The fire burns inside!
Now prepare for war!
...look, I had to have a little Dragonforce in here. And this song was too perfect, in my head for Losgar. And, yes, more fire references. And please, 'no mercy' and fire and 'long forgotten shores?' It was begging for it.
Skyquake - Assemblage 23
Take what we need at our convenience
Another quick means to an end
Too busy thinking of excuses
For a practice we can not defend
Collapsing under its own weight
The sky burns out
As we kiss oblivion
Upon its toothy mouth
They have to realize, somewhere, that this can't last, that it's not a sustainable way of being. I guess the idea is just that it doesn't matter, or maybe that it can't matter. There are always excuses, even when plunging blindly into your own doom and everyone else's. Doom, even.
The Fire Still Burns - Dragonforce
Tonight!
Falling like the rain, insanity lives on.
Feel the shattered dreams, one thousand voices crying, raging endlessly they come.
And the morning light will hide the darker days gone by,
And the Sun will shine again across the blazing skies.
Glorious eternally, we'll rise above the World,
Marching on till victory we fight!
The Fire still burns!
Same here, really. More fire, yay! And the sense of determination and 'we-are-going-to-fuck-your-shit-up' worked for me. I went with the feeling. Plus, it mentions insanity. ...:D
Cry of the Brave - Dragonforce
Through the wastelands forever and on
Still we fight on for our freedom
The cry of the fallen souls bleeding
Forever journey through the lands of ice and snow
Will we face all the fears of the world?
The cry of the brave
Last of the Dragonforce, I swear! But I don't have much to say here that hasn't already been said, except it's still that same Oathy Obsession we all love. Obsessive Elves are clearly not a good thing.
White Light - Vienna Teng
If you knew it was wrong why did you do it
You don't know, you didn't mean to, it slipped your mind
And it feels so good to feed a habit
You're just making the most of your borrowed time
Waiting for the white light
More excuses. This one from those ex-best-friends who don't understand, quite, what the hell is going on. And this is the breaking point, where you can't pretend you don't know anymore, that something is off and wrong and bad, and it's admitting that it's not okay, but it's still there anyway. Or something like that. A lot of this is instinctual, can you tell?
Hope On Fire - Vienna Teng
Gotta fight, gotta strike
'Cause there's no turning away
From what you don't want to know
Gotta see, gotta be
If they're all going astray
Don't let them take you in tow
But you know, even if you're losing all your friends, there's still no stopping this runaway train. Even if everyone else fails, after all...now that you've admitted you're condemned, there's no point pretending not to be anymore. Go ahead, go all out. A whole new kind of determination.
Heaven's A Lie - Lacuna Coil
Oh no, here it is again
I need to know why did I choose to betray you
Something wrong with all the plans of my life
I didn't realize that you've been here
In my head, this one is sort of based on the idea behind one of my more recent Silmfics, 'Layers of Years and Glass', which is about Celegorm going off his rocker entirely after Aredhel dies. After all, she was the most normal part of his life, and it's only after she's dead that really bad shit starts going down.
Blindhammer - Assemblage 23
All our fathers' backs are broken
And our prophets are insane
There is no one left to guide us
No catalyst for change
We are too young to know better
But frailty comes with age
So we run towards Armageddon
While our legs still have the strength
As days draw on and things get worse, there's even more of a feeling of running into your own destruction. There's a kind of awareness, toward the end, that we're screwed and there's nothing to do, so just keep going while you can. By the finish, none of this family were really living like they expected to have more than a week.
Falling - Lacuna Coil
And now the beat inside me
Is a sort of a cold breeze and I've
Never any feeling inside
Around me...
Bring my body
Carry it into another world
I know I live... but like a stone I'm falling down
Kind of with the above one. There's despair there, and not much else, especially, one has to think, for people like Maglor, who had to have seen some of what was coming at least a little bit before. And watching all your siblings die can't be fun.
Across the Universe of Time - Hayley Westenra
When the sea falls from the shore
As the light sinks low, will I see you any more?
As the rain falls from the sky
Can I bring you back, from a distant lullaby?
Requiem for dead siblings. Have it.
Swamped - Lacuna Coil
Destiny can't replace my life
Scary shadows of my past are alive
Destiny who cares as it turns around
And I know that it descends with a smile
A song for Maedhros, who ultimately is the responsible one for leading all of this. That has to suck. And beginning to understand the weight of the Doom of Mandos and what it means, and that this is how it's going to end. Because really, options are limited...
Forsaken - Within Temptation
While we thought we were gaining,
We'd turn back the tide, it still slips away.
Our time has run out, our future has died,
There's no more escape.
Now the day has come,
We are forsaken,
There's no time anymore.
Life will pass us by,
We are forsaken,
We're the last of our kind.
...and God actually does hate you. So, you know. That makes things hard.
Hero - Skillet
It's just another war
Just another family torn
Falling from my faith today
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live
In my head this is for Maglor, because in my head, he can sort of see where things are going, and it's nowhere good, but on the other hand he's kind of trapped where he is, by his loyalty and love for his brothers.
Away - Assemblage 23
Run away, run away
Run away from the setting sun
Run away, run away
Run away from the things you've done
But there is no running. Not from everything, and not forever. DOOOOOMED.
Final Destination - Within Temptation
I escaped my final moment
But it's turning back at me
On every corner I can feel it waiting
Just a moment, no awareness
I could easily slip away
And then I'll be gone forever
Like I said. DOOOOOMED. And knowing that your death is waiting for you around any corner, any one of these days, has to be in the back of their heads, and not a particularly comfortable thought. Think about it.
Ghosts - Assemblage 23
Are we just living ghosts
Waiting to be freed?
Stuck at a tipping point
We never dare exceed
And what if no one comes
To liberate our souls?
And all of this is all there is
To make us whole?
The last ones standing, after the Sack of Doriath. Shadows of what they were, or ghosts. Nearly lost everything by now. One of them is already half dead, and one of the remaining three has no real heart left for any of it.
The Queen and the Soldier - Suzanne Vega
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
No getting away from some things. Pityo dies, the end is nearer than it seemed, and still the battle continues on.
Lament - Assemblage 23
instrumental
The Ruin of the House of Feanor."
Nowhere Man - Paul Westenberg (cover)
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Maglor. "Unable to bear the suffering, Maglor cast his Silmaril into the sea. Thereafter he wandered along the shores of the world, singing laments over the loss of the jewel, until he faded from memory..."
Dark Horse On the Wind - Susan McKeown
Oh those who died for liberty
Have heard the eagle scream
All the ones who died for liberty
Have died but for a dream
Oh rise, rise, rise, Dark horse on the wind
For in no nation on the earth
More broken hearts you'll find.
~fin~
Cover art by Jenny Dolfen, and no, there is not another Felix mix half finished in my compute, why do you ask >.< (this would be my third. If I were making it. I am not. Shhh.)
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Also, The Queen and the Soldier always sort of makes me cry. /o\
And this just looks really cool in general! *downloads*
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And yes it's true too. Next time I see her I need to ask if she does it on purpose. "Vienna, are you secretly a huge Elf fan?" :D
...except that might be bad. And "The Queen and the Soldier" is sad. :( It makes me sad panda too. I hope you like, you are still my Elf Authority for serial, so. And sometime I want to see your personal Elfsoundtrack, I really really do.
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When I first discovered her, it was ridiculous. Each song was more about Elves than the last! And dsghadsf, my playlist is like, a hundred and fifty songs long and hasn't even been updated in a year, thank you disassembled computer. /o\ It isn't polished, or thematic or anything, like your FSTs, just a list of all the songs I ever applied to Elves. The file is probably still kicking around somewhere? I'll send it to you if I can find it.
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And heee I still want that list, so if you can find it! Send it to me, I would love to see your songs you apply to Elves. Because really. :D I mean, judging from the things I've jacked off you so far, it must be pretty awesome.
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But I'm glad you like. And really, with the subject, sad was a little inevitable.
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And on a totally unrelated topic, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out Monday and will probably be completely cracked out on painkillers, so Monday-Wednesdayish Adaon will be unavailable.
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I would love the studio version! And thank you, it's a recent hobby and I - kind of really like doing it. Yay Dragonforce! for the win.
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Here 'tis! (I actually like the live version better, but I'm strange that way.)
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Amazing FST!