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THAT'S MY JAM

LYRICS PROMPT MEME

Get your playlists ready, kids. Got a song you relate to a character? To a type of situation? Give it to someone as a prompt and see where they take it! You can use it as a general prompt or have the characters actually sing it or whatever, we're not the cops. If you want to set the mood, you can link the song to go with it.

• Top level your character. Include any details you might think are relevant. Post your own prompt or wait for people to prompt you.
• Reply to other people's top levels! Pick a song with a mood you like, put in a chunk of the lyrics, link ye olde youtube if you feel like it, and wait.
• Feel free to make it pretty for #aesthetic purposes, but make sure it's all legible or else no one will be able to read your prompts.
• Have fun!

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there is no music all the sounds have gone dead
the day is misty there's no life around
'cause there's something wrong in this town

[ or your own. ]

What's wrong in your town? Maybe I can help. I'm a scientist.

(i) Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the wall of love is for

(ii) Yes, I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, and I'm all over the place

(iii) How many heartaches must I stand
Before I find the love to let me live again
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on
When I feel my strength, ooh, it's almost gone

[ Things have been... awkward, since everything.

Like, good awkward, Peter thinks, though he’s still mourning, still reeling from the one-two (three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine-) punch of Ego’s plans and past misdeeds. It’s a lot to process, if he’s honest. A lot to try and swallow down like a bitter pill, and a few weeks after the entire mess, Peter still doesn’t have any better handle on it than he did since Yondu’s funeral.

There’s only a tiny silver lining, once the dust has more or less settled. For one, the Guardians seem closer than ever before, and that’s including the additions of Mantis and Kraglin. The team folds them in like they were there all along, and surprisingly, it works. (So far, anyway.) For another, now with the additional space provided by the Quadrant, the team doesn’t have to stumble over one another, as they did in the tiny living space of the Milano. (Of course, they scooped up the remains of the M-ship from Berhert, because Peter is partial to his possessions, fixed it up, and tucked it away into the Quadrant’s hangar.)

And for a third... well, there’s Gamora, and the strange, spoken-unspoken thing dancing between them, uncertain but there.

There’s a small planet called Gulanda that Peter’s grown fond of. At the end of their year, with snow covering the ground and a chill pervading the air, they celebrate togetherness and harmony to ring in a fruitful new year. It reminds Peter a lot of Christmas back on Earth, though he’s only been on Gulanda for the festival once or twice.

Naturally, they’re here now, with the celebrations in full swing. And when their work is completed (turning in some low-life for the hefty bounty on his head), Peter insists they stay.

So here they are now, bundled up against the weather. Rocket has disappeared, chasing after an infant Groot. Kraglin chaperones Drax and Mantis as they wander the stalls. Which leaves Gamora and Peter, standing side by side while Peter surveys the brightly-lit streets, festooned with ribbons and strings of lights. ]

So, um.

[ He clears his throat, rubbing at the back of his neck. Of course, it was Peter’s idea to stay, but he seems at a complete loss as to what to do now.

His careful planning always seems to go right out the window, whenever Gamora is involved. ]

What do you wanna do? We could... go ice skating, or get something to drink, or...

i. obligatory voice actor joke

You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your soul

ii. obligatory obvious joke

He'd fly through the air, with the greatest of ease
That daring young man on the flying trapeze...

iii. listener's request

[hit me!]

1 - We were young and drinking in the park
There was nowhere else to go
And you said you always had my back
Oh but how were we to know
That these are the days that bind you together, forever
And these little things define you forever, forever...

2 - And then we're caught up in the arms race
An involuntary addiction
And we're shedding every value our mothers taught

3 - And I wish there was a treaty we could sign
I do not care who takes this bloody hill
I'm angry and I'm tired all the time

((ooc: Replies may come from

ingoodcompany ))

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https://youtu.be/vdEQUIo8huo

Walk around the seventh ring
Listen to the shadows sing
Pray for light
But know the night won’t end

Greet the souls you knew before
Enlist them in your hopeless war
Cause glory doesn’t need a reason friend

Gods and devils want me
They want me
But wrong and right don’t haunt me
Don’t haunt me
Gods and devils want me
They want me
The furies they can’t stop me
Can’t stop me

Styx is stones will wait for you
But it’s not bones they break in two
Saints and sinners rest in the same home

Two coins to pay your fare
The river man won’t wish you well
Cross the flow to your new life below

Did you lose what won't return?
Did you love but never learn?
The fire's out but still it burns
And no one cares, there's no one there
Did you break but never mend?
Did it hurt so much you thought it was the end?
In the darkness all alone
And no one cares, there's no one there

Well did you see the flares in the sky?
Were you blinded by the light?
Did you feel the smoke in your eyes?
Did you see the sparks fill with hope? You are not alone
Cause someone's out there, sending out flares

Though my eyes are haunted
Though my memories have been implanted
No ancestors you can trace
An accent from no place invented

But remember that the things we whip can whip us
The things we make can break us
And the things we strip outstrip us

[ alternately,

armybrats. ]

A thousand armies couldn’t keep me out
I don’t want your money, I don’t want your crown
See, I have come to burn your kingdom down.
(Seven Devils, Florence and the Machine)

And I went home, chasing twisters in the canyons.
My cathedral is the badlands.
Dust and devils on my conscience
Come back to me, darling
(Chasing Twisters, Delta Rae)

Was it for redemption?
Was it for revenge?
Was it for the bottle?
Was it for the ledge?
Was it for the thrill of pushing my hope to the edge?
('Gun in My Hand', Dorothy)

Obligatory/Cliche:

You can’t wake up, this is not a dream
You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
('Gasoline', Halsey)

Any lyric from Radioactive. I mean…this is it? the Apocalypse?
('Radioactive', Imagine Dragons)

(m/m for shipping, otherwise ota)

• Oh the thrill of control
Like a Blitzkrieg on the roll
It's the sweetest taste I've known

• Sad are memories from the life I lived

• You fascinated me
Cloaked in shadows and secrecy
The beauty of a broken angel

• Now that we're dead, my dear
We can be together

[ooc: I've got this lady, if you're interested.]

1. Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window

Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I'd try to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me

or

2. You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing

Edited 2017-12-13 18:38 (UTC)

My heart was born out of the fire
I lost love a thousand years ago
And still, I can't find her
Now I don't love like I used to
But I've got stories I could tell you,
If I want to

✍*DISCLAIMER: Ashura was born without gender. For ease of writing, I will be using male pronouns but this does not reflect Ashura’s character, only the English language’s lack of a neutral, singular pronoun!*

Edited 2017-12-13 21:03 (UTC)

01: I can feel it in the rotten air tonight
In the tips of my fingers, in the skin on my face
In the weak last gasp of the evening's dying light
In the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place
Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell
Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell

02: I'll give up and give in
It's only a matter of time
I'll let you chase me
And maybe there's nothing to hide

03: I made myself at home
In the cobwebs and the lies

04: OOC: Feel free to give your own.

m/m for shipping, modern available

[616 or mcu.]

01: And I'm down on my hands and knees
Begging you please, baby
Show me your world

02: I don't got the time, you should
Read between the lines, cause you're
Skimming through the pages, it's
Really looking dangerous

03: Beauty will destroy your mind
Spare the gory details
Give them gift wrap for the man with everything

04: OOC: Feel free to give your own lyrics.

[ooc: m/f for shipping, although tentatively ota to canonmates.]

If you'll be my star,
I'll be your sky
You can hide underneath me and come out at night
When I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine

[Sometimes, Jyn thought that she and Ben were two pieces of a puzzle that was still being put together. They fit well together, even as the pieces of their surroundings shifted and changed and slowly came into focus.

They complemented each other wonderfully - during their personal time, when they could ignore the world at large, and slow down, and learn to trust their instincts instead of acting on impulse. When sparring, he'd quickly learned that Jyn was not to be underestimated due to her size, or lack thereof. They'd learned how to work in perfect harmony, and learned how to be better, smarter fighters, formidable not only on their own, but also together.

They were a team, in every sense of the word. They made each other better. They made each other stronger. And although Jyn had never thought of herself as incomplete before, she knew now, more than ever, that with Ben was exactly where she belonged. While she wasn't predisposed to being distracted easily, or staring, maybe it was understandable that she was doing just that, even though she was supposed to have been mending a jacket that had seen better days.

She was happy, despite having every reason not to be. Who would have thought?]

[Became king, didn't marry the Warden, participated in the Dark Ritual--think those are all the important bits. Come at me, bros.]

(i) He stumbled into faith and thought,
"God, this is all there is."
The pictures in his mind arose
And began to breathe
And all the gods and all the worlds
Began colliding on a backdrop of blue
Blue lips, blue veins
He took a step but then felt tired
He said, "I'll rest a little while."
But when he tried to walk again
He wasn't a child
And all the people hurried fast, real fast
And no one ever smiled
Blue lips, blue veins,
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away.

(ii) When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing
And you look to the north and a pale moon is rising
And it seems like all is dying and would leave the world to mourn
In the distance hear the laughter of the last unicorn
I'm alive, I'm alive
When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning
And the future has passed without even a last desperate warning
Then look into the sky where through the clouds a path is torn
Look and see her how she sparkles, it's the last unicorn

(iii) She showed me day after day
How to find my way
She taught me how to rely
On the wind and sky
She named me after the sea
She believed in me
I know we use to be bold
From the tales she told
I know she left me prepared
From the things she shared
There was more she wanted to see
She believed in me.

Edited 2017-12-15 00:53 (UTC)

[OOC: I love this one, have a few of my own but feel free to throw one at me as well. Prefs in journal.]

1: You better get up out the way
Tomorrow we'll rise so let's fight today
You know I don't give a fuck what you think or say
'Cause we're gonna rock this whole place anyway
You better get up out the way
Tomorrow we'll rise so let's fight today

2: So all that I'm trying to say
I'm looking for a better way
Some days it just gets so hard
And I don't wanna slip away
So what am I fighting for?
Everything back and more
And I'm not gonna let this go
I'm ready to settle the score
Get ready cause this is war

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THAT'S MY JAM

karkat vantas. homestuck.

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roman ( blindspot )

raleigh becket ( pacific rim )

carswell thorne ( the lunar chronicles )

peter quill | mcu | ota

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hope this is ok! lmk if you’d rather do something else

Dick Grayson/Nightwing | Young Justice

Sokka | ATLA

Stiles Stilinski | TW

Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC || m/m

Robin Ward | World of Darkness (Corax oc) | ota

Re: Astrid * World of Darkness [Get of Fenris oc] * ota

Daenerys Targaryen • Game of Thrones

Oliver Queen / Green Arrow | Arrowverse | m/m

Thor Odinson | MCU

czernobog, american gods.

moira || overwatch

Nikolai Lantsov | Grishaverse

billy russo 🕱 the punisher

Lois Lane ; DC Rebirth

Furiosa / Mad Max: Fury Road

Ben Solo [AU] | Star Wars

Leia Organa | Star Wars

Eren Jaeger | Shingeki no Kyojin

Yoon Bum ▻ Killing Stalking

abel and the other guy ( original )

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Varian | Tangled | m/f for romantic fluff, OTA for gen both happy and angst

Ashura » RG Veda » OTA

Oscar | Lupin The 3rd

Loras Tyrell || Game of Thrones

nico minoru | marvel

Aramat Drawdes | Alabaster

cassian andor || rogue one

jyn erso || rogue one || ota

Because I haven't spammed you with enough tags lately.

i will never complain!

Alistair Theirin | DRAGON AGE (M/F for shipping)

rose quartz | su | ota

Alexander "Alec" Lightwood: The Mortal Instruments/Shadowhunters

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

Rey | SW | OTA (spoilers a-okay!)