My Obikin Playlist Masterpost
I'm gonna try to explain my reasoning, but you can give each song whatever interpretation you want. Also, use them however you want if any of them inspire you to make something creative.
(PS: Sorry for my ranting on the first song. I'm very passionate about it in particular.)
(Tagging @imtryingsstuff because she asked for it. Even though I was already working on this post before she asked. I have way too much free time.)
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❧ Heart + Bones - Roisin O
I've tried to sit down and write this song out
Feels like a thousand times
But I was always too scare of what I might find
But if I keep on blocking this pain out
It might be too late
To heal my heart somehow
Don't wanna open that wound
Don't wanna replay that night
Don't wanna think about you
You are no longer mine
Don't wanna write you a love song
When I know that love is gone
'Cause if I let myself think of you I might lose my mind
It's the heart and bones
It's an empty soul
The dreams at night that shake me to my core
And I can't get up off this floor
It's in the bones of me
An empty soul in me
The dreams at night that shake me to my core
I can't get off this floor
[...]
Don't wanna think about you
When you're no longer mine
Don't wanna write you a love song
When I know this love is gone
[...]
The dreams at night that shake me to my core
I just can't take this hurting anymore
[...]
Don't wanna think about you
You are no longer mine
Don't wanna write you a love song
When I know this love is gone
'Cause if I let my mind think of you I might lose it all
I've tries to sit down and write this song out
Feels like a thousand times
A fair warning: each and every break-up song in this playlist is basically me crying at the idea of a very heart broken Obi-Wan post RotS alone on Tatooine.
But for this song in particolar I mention the repetitions with the slight differences because in my eyes they are actually HUGE!
The more the song goes on, the more Obi-Wan is spiraling!
The way it specifically tells that the empty soul is his the second time, like he accepts that despite what Anakin did he still thinks there's a soul there to save, and the idea of not doing so makes his soul feel empty.
And the switch from "get up off this floor" to "get off this floor", literally him being so desperate he stops thinking that he wants to get up (and the last time it literally becomes "i just can't take this hurting anymore", because Obi-Wan had to see so many people he loves die, he literally can't take any more breaking of his heart).
The first "you are no longer mine" is the realization hitting him, but then it becomes "when you are no longer mine" and that feels like acceptance of that realization (but then later in the song it turns back to "you are no longer mine" like he's so desperate he wants to deny it once again, distance himself from it)!
The switch from "that love" from "this love", like the first time he's thinking about how Anakin no longer loves him, but then realizes that no matter how much he still loves Anakin, there is actually nothing he can do about how everything is broken.
But most of all the first time it's "if I let myself think of you I might lose my mind", which is Obi-Wan still being rational about things, or at least trying not to let his mind linger on the thought of Anakin; but then at the end it becomes "if I let my mind think of you I might lose it all", because he's already thinking about Anakin and he can't let his mind linger on it, otherwise he would realize how much he lost when he lost Anakin, which is everything.
And the ending too, by repeating the start, but now it has a feeling of resignation to it, like at first he was literally scared to let himself linger on his feelings because he knew he would find heart break, but now he's just empty and at the same times he knows he'll feel like that a thousand times more, because he just can't let that hurt go, he can't let his love for Anakin be forgotten.
... I love this song and it shows. I mean, the playlist is literally named after it for a good reason.
I swear I'll be less wordy for every other explanation.
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❧ Black Hole - Griff
It seems like things are going really well for you
I wish that I could say the same about me too
I wish that I could say the same
[...]
Without a trace
You disappeared and took some of me with you, babe
Like the way I used to laugh untile my belly ached
Well, that's all gone away now
And boy, you know I've tried to pray, I've bruised my knees
I've tried to bring you back to me
I've tried my best to find some kind of peace
Don't you see?
There's a big black hole where my heart used to be
And I've tried my best to fill it up with things I don't need
It don't work like that, no, it's not easy
To fill this gap that you left in me
So, I see this as a song for an AU, maybe a Modern Au. Something basic like the two of them maybe being neighbors and Obi-Wan maybe being a tutor for Anakin when he was a teen, and Anakin having a huge crush on him. But then Obi-Wan marries and Anakin is heart broken. (Don't worry the idea is also that Obi-Wan gets a divorce and comes back to Anakin, but still, the song fits for the first part of this idea). But feel free to see whatever else you want in it.
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❧ Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips
I'll lie, cheat, I'll beg and bride
To make you well, to make you well
When enemies are at your door
I'll carry you away from war
[...]
Give me reasons to believe
That you would do the same for me
And I will do it for you, for you
Baby, I'm not moving on
I'll love you long after you're gone
This is honestly a classic. It would fit with any ship, but that line about lying, cheating, etc... That screams Anakin. Like, literally canon that he would do anything to keep the person he loves with him.
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❧ What You Talking About? - Peter Bjorn and John
You used to be my hero
Now you're just another boss
[...]
Five years as your understudy
When I can't understand what you talking about
[...]
Tell me lies and I will listen
Tell the truth and I'll be gone
Tell me why I need permission
[...]
Shining in your shadow
How could I sink this low?
Our acquaintance has been so-so
And I can't understand where my patience's gone
These lyrics just give me very frustrated Anakin as a Padawan trying to navigate his relationship with Obi-Wan. Not very romantic or shippy, but still relevant in my opinion.
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❧ Bruci la città - Irene Grandi
(Let) The city burn down
or live in fear
(that) within two hours
everything will disappear
anything else will disappear
[...]
I can't stop (myself) from screaming
That I hold you to my heart
To protect you from evil
That I wish I could soothe
Your pain, your pain
[...]
(Let) The stars explode
(Let) The whole thing explode
(Let) Everything other than the two of us die
At least for a little bit
At least as a mistake
[...]
I want to get my act together
Maybe be better
And shield you with my heart
From catastrophe and fear
Don't really know why, but this makes me think of a quiet moment in the middle of the Clone Wars, just Anakin and Obi-Wan alone in a tent, hoping to have a moment of peace in each other's arms.
(If you want the full lyrics translated let me know, I just picked my favorite parts)
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❧ Atlantis - Seafret
We got here the hard way
All those words that we exchange
Is it any wonder things get dark?
'Cause it's in my heart, it's in my head
I never take back the things I said
[...]
I can't save us
My Atlantis, we fall
We've built this town on shaky ground
[...]
Now all the birds have fled
The hurt just leaves me scared
Losing everything I've ever known
It's all become too much
Maybe I'm not built for love
If I knew that I could reach you, I would go
SO MUCH OBI-WAN ANGST POST-ROTS! Like, the birds that have fled are the Jedi that survived Order 66, the things impossible to take back a reference to the entire conversation between Anakin and Obi-Wan during their duel... And the one thing that always breaks me: "maybe I'm not built for love", which makes me think about that "infinte sadness" thing that comes from one of the novels. *chef kiss*
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❧ No Time To Die - Billie Eilish
I should have known
I'd leave alone
Just goes to show
That the blood you bleed is just the blood you owe
We were a pair
[...]
You were my life, but like is far away from fair
Was I stupid to love you?
Was I reckless to help?
Was it obvious to everybody else?
That I'd fallen for a lie
You were never on my side
[...]
I let it burn
You're no longer my concern
Faces from my past return
Another lesson yet to learn
Don't know about you, but this always makes me think of a lonely and bitter Obi-Wan after RotS. There's also another way of reading this honestly. This could absolutely be Anakin spiraling at the end of RotS, convinced that Padmé doesn't love him anymore; and then Vader facing Luke (the face from the past returning) and realizing the one who always lied to him was Palpatine.
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❧ White Flag - Dido
I know I left too much mess and
Destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
Then I'm sure that that makes sense
But I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was there
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on
There's no doubt that this song has been overused. And it is a very classic meme, so sometimes it's hard to take it seriously.
But I still love it. And I can't help but relate this to something with Vader trying to redeem himself but failing at that too, and his and Obi-Wan's relationship still being broken as fuck.
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❧ Fight the End - The playground
When it's all falling apart
I'll be the one who can hold you
Console you
When everything's getting dark
And you can't find the spark
To get through
I'll fight for you till the end
Whatever's broken I'll mend
For you
If you think it's all gone
Just breathe in and hold on
Till the end of time
Once again, just some H/C during the Clone Wars kind vibes, but also good for an apocalypse AU of some kind.
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❧ Hanging On A Lie - Striking Matches
I'm not mentioning a specific part of this song, because the entire thing in my head is just the whole journey of Anakin turning to the Dark Side and then turning back to the Light right before he died.
Seriously, up until the first chorus, it's just Anakin talking about what he feels like about Padmé's supposed betrayal. ("Baby you've been up to something / don't you tell me it's not what it looks like" but also "I might have been naive but I'm not blind" and "Don't you know you should know better than this / Than to cover up the truth with your poisonous lips/I'm not falling for it this time"). The second half of the song is Vader facing Luke. ("I'll be the one who got away from you when you / finally figure it out / you won't find me"). And the last part is Vader realizing all the lies Palpatine told him all alon. ("I'm not fallin' for it this time/try and try too little too late" and again the "you should know better than this/than to cover up the truth with you poisonous lips")
A bit of a weird interpretation, that's for sure. But look at me making a song about cheating all about Anakin's journey!
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❧ Bloodsport '15 - Raleigh Ritchie
Your love is worth it and for that I will wait
And though you hate me when you have a turn
I drive you crazy, but you always return
[...]
Although you love me, sometimes we're mean
Things can get ugly, but we're still a team
We are an army that breaks from withing but
That's why we're stronger and that's how we'll win
[...]
I've got your back, and though it's stacked against us
I've got your hand, it's us against consensus
And I will burn the people who hurt you the worst and I will no learn
Cause I am too young and too dumb to consider the terms of breaking the law
And I'll curse the day that they return
With a smile on my face as their heads hit the floor
And they're done, now it's curtains, the bloodlust's a clusterfuck, it hurts but it's working
And even if you ask me to stop, it's too late because I've already decided their fate
It's not a distaste, it's pure hate and it pulsates and it works its way around my brain
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I'll protect you till the day I meet my maker
So don't fight me now cause you might need me later
Loving you is a bloodsport
Fighting in a love war
It's not what I'm in love for, I'm yours
I don't know if you can help it, maybe I'm just being selfish
Soooo, basically Anakin doing to Obi-Wan what he did to Padmé: loving him so much he thinks he has to turn to the Dark Side to save him. The first part I can almost imagine said by Obi-Wan, actually. Like, he's aware that sometimes Anakin hates their dynamics, but also that they are both in love... Which just ends with total madness.
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❧ Sweet Love of Mine - Joy Williams
I was broken, I was blind
Lost in a moment I thought I left behind
Then you woke up this dark soul of mine
Carrying a light I thought I'd never find
When you found me, I was all alone
The whole world around me, but nowhere to call home
I heard your voice sing like heaven's choir
Gathered up my fears and threw them in the fire
I'm well aware this song is about pregnancy and how the singer found herself in the experience of becoming a mother. BUT, hear me out: what about an AU with either one of them being a Sith and the other one is still a Jedi. Instead of fighting each other, the Jedi tries to save the Sith, because they realize that the Sith actually never had a chance to be anything else since they grew up with a Sith as their "parent" and Master.
But if we still want to keep the pregnancy element, fuck it! It's perfect for an Omegaverse AU, with Anakin maybe about to fall when he finds out he's pregnant and that is how Obi-Wan and their unborn child save Anakin. (Is this very specific? Yes. Do I care? Nope, and that's why this song made it into the playlist.)
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❧ Senza fare sul serio - Malika Ayane
There's a post on my blog already about why this song makes me think about the Jedi Order in general. I know I should probably keep it in a different playlist. Alas, it's still here. Have a link to my previous post if you are interested on reading a complete translation and the explanation of my reasoning. HERE!
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❧ Conversations in the Dark - John Legend
I will never try to change you, change you
I will always want the same you, same you
Swear on everything I pray to
That I won't break your heart
I'll be there when you get lonely, lonely
Keep the secrets that you told me, told me
And your love is all you owe me
And I won't break your heart
[...]
And we, we got places we both gotta be
But there ain't nothing I would rather do
Then blow off all my plans for you
It's just such a lovely love song, I couldn't help myself. This seriously gives me sappy Obi-Wan vibes in any way, shape or form.
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❧ If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You - The Wombats
You know I'll do
Whatever you want me to
[...]
Take you out of this
You reluctant optimist
And if you ever leave, I'm coming with you
Stuck to the gum that's stuck on your shoe
If you ever leave, I'm coming with you
[...]
Am I losing you in the dark baby?
No more breaking stuff
No more acting up
Filling your head with doubt
A song about the obsessive kind of love that hints of a way too dependent relationship? Something that mentions losing themselves in the dark? Of fucking course I relate this to Anakin and the way he loves people!
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❧ Transplant - Sea Girls
You're breaking all the promises tonight
I'm always dancing by myself as the music plays
I'm always one step behind, off-beat, out of place
Now I'm looking for you, you're looking away
[...]
Your heart changed
Mine stayed the same
I don't recognize your voice when you're saying my name
Your heart changed
And mine beats the same way
[...]
Wish I could be back in the moment
We were shining, we were making mistakes
'Til your heart changed
Mine stayed the same
Have I mentioned that I have a lot of RotS feels? Yeah, so, in my head the "dancing" works like an analogy to fighting and the "music" is literally the sound of battle. Which is why this fits perfectly as far as I'm concerned. An even the "always one step behind" part is just Obi-Wan not realizing Anakin was slowly turning to the Dark Side. But it can be related also to how Anakin basically felt like he didn't truly belong with the Jedi.
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❧ Read my Mind - JONES
Can't control my thoughts
But I'm trying every day
[...]
But sometimes I want impossible things
When you hear my voice, what does it say?
Need a language, we're lost in translation
From impossible thoughts and feelings
Why don't you know before I know?
What I need to say, before I can
How come you don't have the answer
Before I asked you the question?
Wish you could read my mind
[...]
It's been a long time since we've been together
In the same world, just want you to look at me
Like I was everything you ever wanted again
[...]
Just hold me like I'm everything you wanted again
A good song of the two people pining will always make me think of those two dorks. And their feeling are definitely lost in translation even in canon, with Anakin never realizing how much Obi-Wan actually cares for him because of Palpatine's manipulations.
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❧ So Much It Hurts - Niki & The Dove
Oh, I ask you where you've been
'Cause you always come home late nowadays
What a fool was I to think we were safe
From the thieves in the temple
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Oh, won't you bring it back?
After all that we've been through together
Is it now you gonna throw it all away?
Oh, a love like ours
Tell me, was it worth it?
Oh, the thieves in the temple
Oh, but you said that
For better for worse
You would always be there for me
Always be there for me
Always be there for me like I'll always be there for you
Good times and bad times
So this screams Padmé being cheated on. Like, Anakin still married to her, yet he is always sneaking away after they spend time together to be in the Temple with Obi-Wan. Like, Obi-Wan is literally the thief in the Temple that steals Anakin away from her. (Which I'm sure is actually a metaphor for how the couples' marriage is the temple and someone is disrespecting it by taking away the other's lover. But look at me making this literal, 'cause why not!).
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❧ Power & Control - Marina
Give a little, get a lot
That's just how you are with love
[...]
Think you're funny, think you're smart
Think you're gonna break my heart
Think you're funny, think you're smart
Yeah, you may be good looking
But you're not a piece of art
[...]
Power and control
I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna make you fall
We give and take a little more
'Cause all my life I've been controlled
You can't have peace without a war
Another song for an AU, this time one with both of them being Sith, most likely being enemies too at first. Before they decide to work together against Anakin's Master.
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❧ No Hero - Elisa
Don't you shut your eyes
And hide you heart behind a shadow
'Cause you can count on me
As long as I can breathe
[...]
I've fallen from grace
Yeah, I'm much less a saint than a sinner
Oh, no I ain't no superhuman
'Cause that's just in the movies, I know
But I'll carry you throught the night
Through the storm
Give you love, always love in return
I can't jump over buildings
I'm no hero
But love can do miracles
I can't outrun a bullet
'Cause I'm no hero
But I would take one for you
[...]
'Cause I'm no hero
But I'd spill my blood for you
If you need me to
I'll be there
Another song from an Italian artist, but this one is in English! And I totally see this song for a scenario where one of the two isn't a Jedi or even for a Modern AU. But it can totally work for Canon compliant too because Anakin is the one every calls hero with no fear. It fits then if Obi-Wan tells Anakin that he doesn't feel like a hero, but he would do anything for Anakin.
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SOOOO, this post is getting way to long (like, it was way too long even just with the first song). And I made it to an even 20 songs. I feel like this a nice place to stop for now. Don't worry, these are just the first 20. I have more in my private playlist, but I want to make another post like this when I add them to the public one. Because I can. And that's what I'm gonna do.
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