♫ you dont have to answer this especially if you already have a ton but lllllllincoln li-wilson,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i am a simple man
SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO GET TO THIS I WANTED TO BE REASONABLY THOROUGH (AND YES I DO HAVE TO ANSWER THIS ACTUALLY!!!)
*breathes* heh. This might be a tad long, so let's go to my super secret Lincoln Li Wilson fan club under the cut
-oh right, the password! No problem it's
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okokokokokok so so so so well I guess what I realized is that, while I have many songs for this boy- err technically a lot of them are in a shippy sorta context?? But I don't wanna, well, I don't wanna hit you with anything that is too, like, "ship-dependent" cause I don't know what you do or don't ship!
*That said*- my fucking gothcleats playlist dude? I'm handing it to you anyways cause I have FEELINGS about every single one of these fucking songs and imo honestly you can interpret most of them in a completely non romantic context anyways also also almost all of them are from Linc's perspective for me so I think you'd genuinely still appreciate at least some of these. All *that* said, I will be picking a few from this playlist to talk about that really aren't that romance-coded if at all buuuut are gonna be about Scary to some degree.
Oh- my swiftli playlist you ask??? IT'S SO FUCKING STUPID DUDE. It's so dumb like it's so silly like it's almost purely vibes and the vibes are really really dumb but yesss I'm handing you this one as well I'm not saying the songs don't slap but they're still very stupiddddd.
OK on to some fucking songs yeah???? So I guess the first one I'll start with is:
"Angel With A Shotgun" by The Cab
Which, okay, before I even get to the lyrics like come ON am I wrong for thinking that even just that fucking name is the most Lincoln Li Wilson thing in the whole god damn world??
But yeah, I mean lyrically really this one has a lot going for it as a Lincoln song, but to point out a few particular lyrics that stand out to me:
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If love's a fight, then I shall die
With my heart on a trigger
They say before you start a war
You better know what you're fighting for
If love is what you need, a soldier I will be
I'm an angel with a shotgun, fighting 'til the war's won
I don't care if heaven won't take me back
I'll throw away my faith, babe, just to keep you safe
Sometimes to win, you've got to sin
Don't mean I'm not a believer
And I'm gonna hide, hide, hide my wings tonight
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😤 This one really gives me extra feels after the last episode, I gotta say! :0 As far as like pure imagery goes I think some strange combination of an angel and a soldier is just *so* Lincoln. There's just these really interesting themes with Lincoln of like, devotion, and sacrifice, and perseverance, and making tough decisions! Especially to help those around you! This song really just captures that for me.
Okay, next!
"Hit The Floor" by Linkin Park (more like Lincoln Park am I right sorry sorry)
Right right, where to start with this one... This one captures two primary concepts for me. It's partially, like, confrontation between Linc and Scary, from his perspective. But actually, I think you could also interpret some of these as relating to his frustrations with Grant as well! Otherwise, I like this one cause I think it captures Linc's ability to like, totally turn the tables and flip the switch when you least expect it? Seriously, that boy is quick on his feet (heh soccer heh), and always has a trick up his sleeve. Here's a few lyrics:
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One minute, you're on top!
The next you're not, missed your shot
You think you won, and then it's all gone
So many people like me put so much trust in all your lies
So concerned with what you think to just say what we feel inside
So many people like me walk on eggshells all day long
All I know is that all I want is to feel like I'm not stepped on
What goes up will surely fall, and I'm countin' down the time
'Cause I've had so many stand-offs with you, it's about as much as I can stand
So I'm waitin' until the upper hand is mine
I know I'll never trust a single thing you say
You knew your lies would divide us, but you lied anyway
And all the lies have got you floating up above us all
But what goes up has got to fall
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I guess Mike Shinoda is just *the* Linc artist for me, cause this next one is from him as well!
"Believe Me" by Fort Minor
:0 Also about Linc's confrontations with Scary, but with a different flavor! Here I think it's more retrospective, at least in part, in reference to how Linc used to look up to Scary in some sense, and trusted her and all that. Otherwise, there's obviously some narrative parallels going on between these two, particularly with regards to the evolution of their mental/emotional states, which I think some of these lines nod to as well:
...Yeah it's really basically the entire song for this one ahahaha what can I say it's good shit
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You like fun and games? Keep playing 'em
I'm just saying, think back then, we was like one and the same
On the right track, but I was on the wrong train
Just like that, now you gotta face the pain
And the devil's got a fresh new place to play
And in your brain, like a maze you can never escape the rain
Every damn day is the same shade of grey
Hey, I used to have a little bit of plan
Used to have a concept of where I stand
But that concept slipped right out of my hand
Now, I don't really even know who I am
Yo, what do I have to say?
Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free
And whatever happens to you, we'll see
But it's not gonna happen with me
I guess that this is where we've come to
If you don't want to, then you don't have to believe me
But I won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now, you're on your own now, believe me
Back then, I thought you were just like me
Somebody who could see all the pain I see
But you proved to me unintentionally
That you would self destruct eventually
Now I'll be thinking like the mistake I made doesn't hurt
But it's not gonna work 'cause it's really much worse
Than I thought, I wished you were something you were not
And now this guilt is really all that I got
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ALRIGHT. Let me leave you with one that's just for Linc. I won't bother with specific lyrics for this one, this song slaps (I think!), you gotta give it a listen.
"Galvanize" by The Chemical Brothers
Linc calls the shots in this fucking podcast, you know this, I know this. That's what this one is about.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gqohAVUuO78FEb6s7zGbz?si=rrb5nzKbTw2NyVLrMwJfWw
Because ao3 decided to take away my oakson content here’s a link to my now public playlist dedicated to them.
Sparrow: So if you just, like act super cool and normal at this dance and you have a fun date that goes normal and is- is not weird, and you take off that mascot suit and maybe, like, wear deodorant, I think everything will be cool. And I'll be proud of you, and then…
Normal: W—
Sparrow: [softly] Yeah!
Freddie: Woah.
Normal: You're not proud of me?
Sparrow: [quick, important, pause] Nah I mean, I love you a lot. I don't know proud— Proud is like, I want to show you to people and be like, “This is my son!” And I definitely don't want to do that—
Anthony: Lark's like—
Lark: Ah pah-pah!
Freddie: Oh my God.
Lark: Pah-pah! No, nuh, he doesn't— I mean, he doesn't— he means what he's saying. He doesn't mean to mean what he's... Agh!
Anthony: Lark starts hitting himself, he’s like—
Scary: Hey, why are you being such a d*ck?
Lark: It's doing stuff to us. It’s—
Normal: Uh— It’s— It—
Lark: It's the drunkness, and also it's this place that we're in. He wouldn't be saying that if he was just sloshed at home.
okay while I’m talking about music with y’all I need you to know that “A Walk Through Hell” by Say Anything is *the* Glenn and Nick song for me and maybe I’ll elaborate on that when I’m less sleepy but pleeease listen to it and think of them I’m begging you
Howdy, y'all! So my wonderful mutual @raemeh did this really cool fanart of my royalty Swiftli au (the fic for which can be found here), and I had some little design ideas about them in my wips, so I thought I'd post the two of them here! Thank you so much to everyone who's enjoyed it <333