Striving for Worthiness
A Playlist for Obiyuki Week 2023 by @snowwhite-andtheknight
While trying to fit the songs to the prompts, this playlist became less about making himself worthy, and more about working through his self-doubt, eventually fading out with some Lilias bonfire feels!
Striving for Worthiness
Kiss of Life- The Dear Hunter (Day 1: Attraction)
As Above, So Alone- Copeland (Day 2: Worship from Afar)
Whatever’s Left- Snow Patrol (Day 3: Declaration of Devotion)
Circles- Anberlin (Day 4: Virtuous Rejection- Indecision)
Not Strong Enough- Boygenius (Day 5: Renewed Wooing)
Bed Head- Manchester Orchestra (Day 6: Heroic Deeds of Valor)
Shut Your Eyes- Snow Patrol (Day 7: Consummation of Secret Love)
Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:
Kiss of Life- The Dear Hunter (Day 1: Attraction to the Lady)
Give me more than the things that I live for
I'm only echoes of the man that I'm supposed to be
Because I want more of the things I'd die for
I want to feel it in my soul
Now that you've unburied me, dust me off and carry me home
And I beg you sing life to me again
I promise this won't happen again
Because it would be so wonderful to see your starry eyes again
As Above, So Alone- Copeland (Day 2: Worship of the Lady from Afar)
And I know you love me
Even when you can't say it like you mean it
But no one has ever seen my
Soul unfettered the way you are
I wake but layers of a dream
Lay over everyone I see
But how is it so, my world looks different now
But no one knows?
Whatever’s Left- Snow Patrol (Day 3: Declaration of Passionate Devotion)
A feeling I've had many times before
I can't hold the fort, so don't give me more
I struggle and sweat when I'm wide awake
And I know I'm fine, I'm not used to fine
As the madness sets in
You must know that I'll follow you
Circles- Anberlin (Day 4: Virtuous Rejection- Indecision)
I set to search the ruins
I looked inward to find
I keep running into circles
Lost myself to find me
Left him there to just bleed
Running into circles to find myself
Are we all looking for someone
To see us for who we really are?
Because as long as we know ourselves
No one could ever get that far
Not Strong Enough- Boygenius (Day 5: Renewed Wooing with Oaths of Virtue)
I don't know why I am the way I am
Not strong enough to be your man
I try, I can't stop staring at the ceiling fan and
Spinning out about things that haven't happened
Breathing in and out
Half a mind that keeps the other second guessing
Close my eyes and count
Bed Head- Manchester Orchestra (Day 6: Heroic Deeds of Valor)
Let me relinquish and start to distinguish my past, and my time
There is only love and fire, so
Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence, the loss, in my mind
Right by the entrance, you broke
Finally, reality's taking its hold
You're not who you were, but you can't let it go
You're not where you're from, but you're always alone
So I stick a flag in the ground
I think I know who I'm living for now
I am what I am, same above as the ground
It's not what I want, but I'm figuring it out
Shut Your Eyes- Snow Patrol (Day 7: Consummation of the Secret Love)
Shut your eyes and think of somewhere
Somewhere cold and caked in snow
By the fire, we break the quiet
And when the worrying starts to hurt
And the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
You can imagine this place, yeah, our secret space at will
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Misplaced Arrows
"In Love with the Mark" Playlist for Obiyuki Trope Madness 2023 by @snowwhite-andtheknight
Initially tried to make an all Motion City playlist with early assassin Obi vibes and then included a few other songs to fill in the blanks. The songs transition from the usual Obi self-doubt as he falls for her to realizing he can’t follow through with his assigned task by the two songs from “Even If It Kills Me.”
Misplaced Arrows
Broken Arrow- Motion City Soundtrack
Gravity- Motion City Soundtrack
We Dreamt in Heist- Anberlin
I Can Feel You- Motion City Soundtrack
The Samurai Code- Motion City Soundtrack
Can’t Finish What You Started- Motion City Soundtrack
Even If It Kills Me- Motion City Soundtrack
You Kill Me- Paper Route
Summary lyrics are cited below the cut:
Broken Arrow- Motion City Soundtrack
How many times do you lose what you find?
Does your shadow keep bringing you down?
Everywhere you go I follow
You treat me like a broken arrow
Torn from the page like a knife cuts the rain
Every instinct screams "where are you now?"
There's a love for valediction
When you're stranded on the shore
Our lives are intertwined
You learn to live, you learn to die
Gravity- Motion City Soundtrack
I didn't want to be the anchor in your heart
I only wanted you to notice me
Sometimes it carries you out
Sometimes it buries you under
It's not the weight of the world
It's just the way that I am
We Dreamt in Heist- Anberlin
We'll stay here until someone falls in their own snare
I had this planned all along, and I brought you here for this
So tie your mask on and pretend that nothing's wrong
And I'll try to stay awake as long as I can
And I'll try to stay here, here with you
This is a black market reformation
How does it feel to be under the gun?
Last ones to laugh pull the trigger here on the run
You can hide the money, I'll mark an X
I'm above the law and you're the order
You make everything make sense
I Can Feel You- Motion City Soundtrack
All this time I've wasted
Waiting for the world to end
Dizzy indecision
Veering off the open road
Anchors away
Lack of infrastructure
There's nowhere to hide
Oh, where do I go?
Get back in the cage
Just keep me away
I'm staggering
Easy to resemble
Hard to learn the workings of
This lonesome charade
I'm filled with hesitation
Staring down the tide
It pulls you apart
It stabs in the dark
It carries away
I never know who I am
I only know what I'm not
It doesn't make any sense
It doesn't further the plot
I never learned how to love
I only learned how to fight
I only see in the dark
But never get through the night
I've got a flurry of words
But I've got nothing to say
I try hard to let go but the pull is too great
Consumed with the promise
The Samurai Code- Motion City Soundtrack
I had a dream now it's gone
So I'm going it alone today
Trapped all the driftwood thoughts
I'd rather just ignore
I had a plan but it turned
Now I'm bleeding it the other way
Can't quit, lost cause, non-stop
Anywhere but here
I tried to run from the thought, it unraveled me
And here I stayed
Finding the time to embrace each moment
Shouldn't be hard, it's the hardest thing
I'd like to anchor some day
I'd like to anchor and stay
Can’t Finish What You Started- Motion City Soundtrack
Why can't you finish what you've started?
Why can't you try and understand?
It doesn't make a bit of difference if you start what you can't finish
Every story needs an ending, after all
I think I've known it for a long time
Suffice to say, it's been a while
You're too afraid to face the outcome
Quite likely, you're a failure
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I'm just waiting for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
Adaptation and retribution
If you truly do believe in something
Somehow it all works out
Even If It Kills Me- Motion City Soundtrack
I'm not saying that I'm giving up
I'm just trying not to think
As much as I used to
Cause never is a lonely little messed up word
Maybe I'll get it right some day
For the first time in a long time
I can say that I want to try
I feel helpless for the most part
But I'm learning to open my eyes
And the sad truth of the matter is
I'll never get over it but I'm gonna try
To get better and overcome
Each moment in my own way
I sure want to get back on track
And I'll do whatever it takes
Even if it kills me
You Kill Me- Paper Route
Hold your head up, dear
I’m the one who's wounded here
But I love you still the same
There’s patterns on the floor
When I can't look at you anymore
That's when you look at me
You pull me down, underneath
In my head, I can't breathe
I can't sleep, I can't dream
And I can't stop loving you kill me
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