#lyrics from rabbit heart by florence and the machine... you WILL listen to that and you WILL think about sasha
Note
Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up) is a Grian and Three song. "Who is the lamb and who is the knife?" Grian? Three? The Watchers? "Midas is king and he holds me so tight" The Watchers, later the Evolutionists, maybe Three itself at the end? "The looking glass, so shiny and new" Three at the start of/just before the fic. The way you can twist lyrics to be from the Watchers' perspective, but later have them be from Three's ("This is a gift, it comes with a price" referring at first to Watcherhood but later personhood). There are no animatic ideas in our head (lying)
Anyways that's our song rec. Also while we're here, are you cool with people writing fanfic of your fanfic?
oooooh i DO like me some good florence and the machine. thank you for the song recommendation! i'll give it a listen!
and yes, i am totally fine with fanfic of my fanfic! i in fact love that stuff, haha. go for it! my one request is that you tag me in it, and if it's directly in the same universe, you use the "inspired by" function on ao3 if you post there. (i mean, you don't have to tag me. but i'd love to read it!)
33 notes
·
View notes
Text
For the final day of @nestaarcheronweek, I've curated a playlist for our music loving girl. I wanted to showcase Nesta's complexities and her deep love for music with songs of strength, anger, loss, and love. Listen to it here! And come for a lyrical deep dive behind the cut!
Fresh Laundry-Allie X
You said you're always on my side
But what if my side has changed too much?
Then tell me, who am I?
You said you're always on my side
But what if my side has lived too long?
Something has to die
Who am I?
Fury Oh Fury-Nico Vega
Fury, oh fury don't you misguide me
I need my wits to set me free
Fury, oh fury don't you misguide me
I need my wits to set me free
Little Dark Age-MGMT
Breathing in the dark, lying on its side
The ruins of the dead painted with a scar
And the more I straighten out, the less it wants to try
The feelings start to rot one wink at a time
Forgiving who you are for what you stand to gain
Just know that if you hide, it doesn't go away
I Love You, But I Need Another Year-Liza Anne
I don't think enough
Before I say too much
I'm digging my own grave
With all the shit I say
I keep my head high
Kinda like a lie
I say I'm doing fine
Even when I'm losing my mind
The Fruits-Paris Paloma
As you eat it up whole
My body and my blood
You've claimed it now, so come drink up
And there's no need to be concerned
About what's left when you are done because
You've got me on my knees to pray
Or play some other pleasing role
But never wonder
Where I must have learnt it all
Alpha Shallows-Laura Marling
But the grey in this city is too much to bear
The grey in this city is too much to bear
And I believe you are meant to be seen but not to be understood
It's going to be pretty tough when you leave
You'll help to take a little part of me
To make sure you don't treat yourself mean
And I want to see all that you'll see
What's Wrong-PVRIS
I know it's so wrong but I'm so far gone
Don't need you to tell me I'm so cynical
Quit being so over-skeptical
Don't need a metaphor for you to know I'm miserable
Peacemaker-Jesca Hoop
Put down your peacemaker blue
Warrior
Warrior
Beaten and broken and bruised
Warrior
Warrior
Come and I'll unlock your chain link armour
Seven baths absolve your blood stained honor
Your honor
Tell the water of
Human-Oh Land
I don't love you human
You remind me of the things I hate in me
I don't love you human
Cause You show me how imperfect I can be
Human
You're so lonely lonely lonely
Smokestacks-LAYLA
You got eyes so azure
You got blood orange skin
And there's a spark in your centre that's piercing me in
I got a night-time shudder and a lion within
I got a brain-tricked hunger and you're pulling me in
Willow Tree March-The Paper Kites
You fall through the trees
And you pray with your knees on the ground
For the things that you need
With your lust and your greed weighing down
And you weaken your love
And you hold it above your head
Success is a song of the heart, not a song of your head
Mountain at My Gates-Foals
I see a mountain in my way
It's looming larger by the day
I see a darkness in my fate
I'll drive my car without the brakes
Oh, gimme some time
Show me the foothold from which I can climb
Yeah, when I feel low
You show me a signpost for where I should go
Rabbit Will Run-Iron and Wine
We've all traded lovers and woke up alone
And we've clapped for the king though our fingers were cold
And I still have a prayer 'cause I love what I cannot control
Water Water-Empress Of
You're just a heart to hold, you're easy to impress
I want to care much more, but I'm feeling less awake
You're just a heart to break, easy to manipulate
I want to care much more, but I'm feeling less and less
Hold On, Hold On-Neko Case
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous
Hangin' round the ceiling half the time
Shake it Out-Florence + the Machine
And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
60 notes
·
View notes
Text
a maid’s only desire
a kirumi tojo fanmix
listen in order from beginning to end for the best experience!
LINK
track list with selected lyrics under the cut:
the four seasons - spring in e major, antonio vivaldi
a burning hill, mitski
“so today i will wear my white button down / i can at least be neat / walk out and be seen as clean”
remain nameless, florence + the machine
“call me when you need me / call me anything you want / darling believe me / nothing i haven't done before"
numb, marina
“i can't open up and cry / 'cause i've been silent all my life"
the four seasons - winter in f minor, antonio vivaldi
rabbit heart (raise it up), florence + the machine
“this is a gift, it comes with a price / who is the lamb and who is the knife?"
après moi, regina spektor
“i must go on standing / you can't break that which isn't yours"
which witch, florence + the machine
“i'm on trial, waiting 'til the beat comes out / who's a heretic now? / am i making sense? / how can you make it stick? / waiting 'til the beat comes out"
you’ll need those fingers for crossing, los campesinos!
“wear your best suit, all these people are watching / oh, baby, you'll need all those fingers for crossing / i'm sucking your last words from the back of your throat / so perfect, so bitter, we laugh then we choke"
the four seasons - summer in g minor, antonio vivaldi
never let me go, florence + the machine
“and the arms of the ocean are carrying me / and all this devotion was rushing out of me / and the crashes are heaven for a sinner like me / but the arms of the ocean delivered me"
last words of a shooting star, mitski
“and i am relieved that i'd left my room tidy / they'll think of me kindly / when they come for my things"
#danganronpa#kirumi tojo#drv3#ndrv3#kirumi toujou#ndrv3 spoilers#eno.txt#this has been... about a year in the making.
52 notes
·
View notes
Text
tagged by @fedorovista and @folie-a-dewey!! thank u!!
9 favorite albums in no particular order under the cut:
*** just as a sidenote, because i like too much music, i'm doing albums i like as cohesive units. albums that hold together and tell a story. albums that i listen to from start to finish because the songs go together in a particular order in my mind, for whatever reason.
strange trails by lord huron. world's most perfect story album. need i even elaborate. maybe my favorite album of all time. the musical & lyrical motifs that carry through the whole thing, the examination of romance and death and the way they intertwine, the whole convoluted multi-character storyline that underlies it. if you like folk music and undeath and evil women, please for the love of god listen to this album.
we were dead before the ship even sank by modest mouse. world's second most perfect story album. now, if you were to ask me, hey, what IS the story this album is trying to tell? i couldn't begin to answer. but this album is just. omg. the tone is so cohesive throughout while still allowing for changes in register, concept, and overall sound. also has the best opening line to an album in the history of albums.
so much for stardust by fall out boy. okay this one's a gimme but come on. pop-punk retrospective on the state of the world since 2016? with lyricism that makes me weep? came out just weeks after i the birthday where i realized that i wanted to be alive for the first time in like three years? it's not even close.
jenny from thebes by the mountain goats. NOW LISTEN. i knowww it's just the most recent mountain goats album. why, you might be asking, did i not go for beat the champ instead? and the answer is i can only choose 9 albums and i think jenny from thebes is underrated. life-changing lyricism with orchestral instrumentation that could tear me in half. also i've talked so much about it on this blog i think it would be wrong of me not to mention it.
in sickness and in flames by the front bottoms. talk about cohesion!!!!! a whole album that is essentially a love letter to all the messiest parts of a relationship! all the characters are so interesting and flawed!! and every single one of the songs are unapologetically horny to boot. also just the transitions between songs are soooooooo good. not to be the 'jerk/the truth' guy but um. the switch from jerk into the truth is one of my all-time faves.
doom days by bastille. i'm an apocalypse junkie. next.
science from an easy chair by have gun, will travel. this is entirely the wrong blog but HEY. if anyone out there likes the terror, this album is for you. it's a story concept album about ernest shackleton's expedition to antarctica aboard the endurance. the first song i heard from it was the rescue party, which is one of the most atmospheric story-focused folk songs i've ever heard. just unbelievably emotional and smart. love it.
lungs by florence + the machine. you've seen my recent posts. howl & kiss with a fist & i'm not calling you a liar & rabbit heart & my boy builds coffins &. well. you get it.
mixtape for the milky way by mixtape for the milky way. hi fellow minnesotans. go listen to jeremy messersmith's side project album about being raised in a fundamentalist christian cult. go on. noooo it won't hurt you. don't worry it's not heartbreaking at all. it's not my favorite album of his since the silver city or anything haha that would be crazy. 👀
ok that got way too long whoops BUT thank you to the folks who tagged me!! i love chatting music so if u see this & want to make your own PLEASE tag me !!!
#for real i need everyone to listen to mixtape for the milky way. alleluia will Change you.#but aaa ya thank you!! this was fun i love to talk abt music even if my taste is um. best described as nerdy probably#bees speaks#tag game
7 notes
·
View notes
Note
for your next music recs post i got a few:
1. “rabbit heart (raise it up)” by florence + the machine is a good one for rainhaze imo. it might work a little better if he was a girl just bc the singer refers to herself as such in the song but other than that it’s a pretty good fit
for the next two, i remember someone tried to recommend an ethel cain song for corm that ended up not being a good fit, BUT i feel like her music in general does match up with the vibes so here’s a couple songs off that same album (preacher’s daughter, def give it a listen if you get the chance) that i feel would fit:
2. “thoroughfare” would be a good one for hush puppy, wild rose, or even slugpelt depending on the context you take it in; lyrically it’s about a girl who falls in love with a smooth-talking guy and they plan to go on the run together. however, if you take it in the greater context of the album (bc it’s a concept album), the guy later turns out to be a serial killer/cult leader sooo you can imagine how that turns out
3. “ptolemaea,” which is a couple songs after the previous one, and sort of serves as the climax of the album; while i’m not sure if there’s a specific character it fits, it ABSOLUTELY fits the overall mood/themes of the story. i wish there was more i could say about it, but this is one of those songs where it’s best if you go in blind. trust me
Eh, I never care too much about the gender of lyrics unless it's actually relevant to the character's meaning. I like it with Redpelt, too, though! Since Rainhaze and Redpelt did have a relationship to each other, maybe they can both be singing the song.
"Here I am, a rabbit hearted girl
Frozen in the headlights
It seems I've made the final sacrifice" (Redpelt)
"This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight" (Rainhaze)
youtube
2. I did listen to a bit of the Ethel Cain album, though it's not really my taste.
The specific song sounds really great to work with Wild Rose, in the context of the rest of the album. I have described her as a character with wanderlust before, so I imagine she'd want to leave Defiance with Deepdark.
"I met you there in Texas, somewhere on the thoroughfare
On the side of the road in some torn up clothes with a pistol in my pocket
I didn't trust no one but you said, "Baby, don't run, I'll take you anywhere"
"And then you turned to me and stared into me deep
And said, "Well, maybe not, 'cause look at what I've got
You might not be my love, but baby, I doubt it"
youtube
3. Oh, what an intersting song this is. If I had to assign a character to it I'd say Deepdark, with certain other lyrics in the song as victims of his throughout the years. Specifically the phrasing of "I am the white light" and "[the] wolf, crawling to thee" are very relevant to some imagery surrounding him.
youtube
Good old The Moss! I like this song.
"Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop"
"Come listen, all ye fair maids, to how the moral goes
Nobody knew and nobody knows"
youtube
If that song's not on Rainhaze Hell, it prolly should be. He's got a couple of NIN there already I believe. Any angry, edgy, upset song is very Rainhaze. I like the motif of the days feeling like a constant endless drag in this one.
"I think I used to have a purpose
Then again, that might have been a dream"
"I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes, I think I'm happy here
Sometimes, yet I still pretend"
youtube
Never Love an Anchor is actually Slugpelt's theme song, which you can find on the official PATFW playlist! It fits her terribly well.
I could see I Bet on Losing Dogs as a representation of her and Cashew's relationship, where she's continually convincing herself that he'll stay despite knowing in her heart he won't.
"Will you let me, baby, lose
On losing dogs
I know they're losing and I'll pay for my place"
"My baby, my baby
You're my baby, say it to me
Baby, my baby
Tell your baby that I'm your baby"
youtube
Aw, yeah, good call.
"If the rashes sprang to life, would you just let me down?
Would you leave those kids again and kick 'em outta town?
I guess we'll never know, I'll just be here wondering
What made you choose to go? The day you went down to Mexico"
"Now there's time to mend, every broken heart that you left
In your gust of wind, no more little ghost I keep around"
youtube
32 notes
·
View notes
Note
girl you know I love youuuu and your lyric posts 💜 I’m gonna be obsessed with cassandra by florence and the machine now because “I used to see the future and now I see nothing” is relatable and intrigued me so much that I had to listen to the whole thing of course. any other faves??
COURTNEEEY my lyric posts wouldn’t exist without YOUR lyric posts (and the reactions I steal from you hehe) 😇🪽
From Florence specifically or songs in general? Assuming you mean from FATM, I recommend listening to the entire Dance Fever album (it’s produced by Jack so I think it’s a good entry point). My other favorites from that album are: Free, King, Choreomania, Girls Against God, Dream Girl Evil, Daffodil, My Love, and The Bomb.
Then her album Lungs has most of the songs you’ve probably heard before: Dog Days Are Over, Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up), Howl, Kiss With a Fist, Cosmic Love, HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS
WISH THAT YOU WERE HERE, Shake It Out, Never Let Me Go, Ship To Wreck, The End of Love…that’s probably plenty to start with lol 💜
#to simplify things: The Bomb and Wish That You Were Here regularly make my top songs of the year :’)#and I’ve made 50000 lyric posts about Free and King#tisfearless#ask#asks
3 notes
·
View notes
Note
1, 5, 8, 12, and 23 for Mithrun + the character ask game!! ^_^
1. Why do you like or dislike this character?
Give me a character design with a prominent facial/eye injury and I'm immediately in love, lol. Apart from that, I love tragic characters brought down from their own hubris, and I love that he's a character who is continuing on after his downfall, even if he's a shell of his former self.
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
Uugh so many... but I think I'd have to go with 'Rabbit Heart' by Florence and the Machine because I always think of him when I listen to it (also because I slapped the lyrics onto one of my drawings of him):
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight
8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?
Not despise, but I kind of get a little 'ehh' when people read the end of his arc as characters asking him 'have you tried not having depression?' and that curing his depression. As a fellow sadbrain, I think there's a huge difference between 'try not being sad!' and 'maybe try approaching your issues from this angle?', which is how I read it. It's people telling him that they care about him and that he's still nice to have around despite being empty, which is nice! They love him.
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
After the series, he's trying to explore his ability to desire, which mostly results in him trying to get Kabru to visit and enjoy nice meals with him. He does not quite understand why he desires this, but he might as well act upon this new feeling.
23. Favorite picture of this character?
It's my lockscreen... this picture heals me so much... I saw a man so beautiful I started crying... thank u ms kui....
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
How many words have you written this year?
172k
2. How many works did you publish this year?
42!!!
3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?
Invictus Maneo
4. What work of yours has the most hits?
The Red Falcon, the flail of lashing hail, the gray and beamless atmosphere
5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?
the gray and beamless atmosphere
6. Favorite title you used
Midoriya Vaulting Values
7. If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?
Florence + Machine for only one, Rabbit Heart
8. Pairing you wrote the most for this year?
Jonathan Samuel Kent/Jay Nakamura
9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?
Ned Stark/Catelyn Tully
10. What work was the quickest to write?
no one is free, the jason watches videos of his dead mom to feel close to her
11. What work took you the longest to write?
Between the Red Falcon (still on going) and Rosas Blancas
12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?
...36
13. What’s your longest work of the year?
The Red Falcon
14. What’s your shortest work of the year?
I fell onto love like a sword, 100 words exactly!
15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?
TRF, the flail of lashing hail, six times kara's kryptonese lessons saved lives
16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?
Wordcount: 1.000-3.000, Alternate Universe—Canon Divergence
17. Your favorite character to write this year?
Jason Grace & Naerys Arryn
18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?
Daemon Targaryen, this man (teenager in the fic) is so hard to write for me for literally no reason but he just is.
19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?
NedCat!!!
20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?
The Red Falcon for plot threads I'm plucking and hands full of fire
21. How many kudos in total did you get this year?
2,852
22. Which work has the most comments?
TRF
23. Did you do any collaborative works this year?
TRF, and technically three graces too
24. Did you write any gifts this year?
Yes, for @ihatethecoldalot
25. Did you receive any gifts this year?
No ;(
26. What’s your most common category?
Gen
27. What do you listen to while writing?
TV, Music or dead silence, I'm flexible
28. Favorite work you wrote this year?
lightning mcqueen blanket
29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?
The roar of a dragon echoes and I look ‘up’ desperate to find a rescuer. Caraxes flies just above me and I yell for Daemon. The dragon ignores me, and instead I get a glimpse of the limp and bleeding body in its claws. Sightless lilac eyes, white gold hair that shone with sticky red blood and features I had seen in Laena.
Aemon Targaryen’s corpse gurgled and burst into blazing red sparks that made my body feel like hot fire had landed as I was pelted with it as much as the sea below me was. I reach out hopelessly, and I hit the sea with an all mighty crash.
I shoot up in bed, my hair in disarray and heart pounding like I had just won a marathon. My stomach cramps uncomfortably, and I throw off my sheets.
As expected the bed is stained with blood.
—The Red Falcon, Chapter 20
30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?
Practice make perfect damn it all
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
hey gyns so just some suggestions for music for female trauma bc all we seem to have is mainstream misogynistic shit by abusers about male pain like lil peep, mgk, Eminem, bmth, ptv, of mice and men, rex orange county etc etc
I used to love listening to these artists but so much of them are just oppressors bein oppressive
MOTHICA - rock/pop punk music about addiction, csa, female trauma and her cover of can you feel my heart is so much more haunting than. buzzkill (about outing her groomer and sexual abuser), casualty (about surviving trauma and deciding to break from intergenerational trauma), fun house (about body dysmorphia), vices (about the emptiness and trying to fill the silence when you've been traumatised)
Tori Amos, cornflake girl being about FGM (and fatm made an amazing cover too)
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - 100 years, what the water gave me, rabbit heart, what kind of man, hurricane drunk. she sings so deeply about female trauma and addiction and mental health issues that come alongside it.
Marina (specifically electra heart because when I was 13 god that shit hit hard). every song of course about the character she has to portray to be a 'good' woman. but many songs also about being with your oppressor who doesn't love you, just the idea of you. lies, buy the stars, fear and loathing, lonely hearts club, the state of dreaming, power and control, teen idle, starring role, are so specifically about female trauma and wanting to appease your oppressor when they give you nothing back. I would be surprised if anyone on radblr hadn't listened to electra heart lol
Hole - aptly named feminist band ft Courtney love (her albums too). the name is just about how women are reduced to holes. she speaks about the trauma of being an autistic woman, fatherly trauma, sexual trauma, surrogacy. nobody's daughter, over the edge, the entire album of live through this but specifically I think that I would die, asking for it, Jennifer's body, miss world, doll parts, she walks on me.
bikini kill of course
Alice glass if you were into crystal castles. pls dont support crystal castle just pirate their shit. she came forward about the grooming and horrific fucking abuse she suffered at the hands of her groomer. all the lyrics in crystal castles are a subtle cry for help. pls support her independent music!
please add more if you can!!!! i need more female artists.
unfortunately I love lana del rey especially when I was 13 but :( bad messages. my ex best friend who had very severe cptsd from csa and a very shitty abusive misogynistic family took on ldr messages and sexualised herself as a young girl to be appealing to older men and i just dont recommend listening to ldr as what she stands for is so dangerous to young girls with her normalisation and fetishisation of abusive relationships and large age gaps including ddlg.
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
If anyone wants some new Bagginshield songs to listen to (excluding the classics, like King And Lionheart from Of Monsters And Men, and King from Lauren Aquilina) may I perhaps offer you a few of my favourites? They've got pretty fitting lyrics and I haven't yet seen them mentioned much, if at all:
The Call — Regina Spektor
In Memoriam — The Oh Hellos
Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) — Florence + The Machine
Anyway, enjoy!
9 notes
·
View notes
Text
Florence + the Machine - Lungs: Album Review
In honour of Dance Fever's release this month and inspired by my bestie's review of ELO's first album, I've decided to start a little album review series of my own, but for Florence + the Machine!
Now of course I'm starting with Lungs. The real question is, WHICH version of Lungs? There's like four. After some consideration, I've decided to go with the Deluxe version, but I'll also be reviewing the demos released on the 10th Anniversary edition and also Heavy In Your Arms.
So with that cleared up, away we go!
#1: Dog Days Are Over
There’s no doubt this is an iconic opening, doubling as most people’s introduction to Florence + the Machine as a band: the twinkling harp, the light, cheery melody before Florence’s vocals soar in the chorus… and then you read the lyrics and see happiness hit her like a bullet in the back. Classic!
But as every signature song goes, I’m on the side that finds this immensely overplayed. 5/10.
#2: Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Florence wrote this after her label requested she write something upbeat in contrast to all the dark songs she already had, and by doing so she felt like she was sacrificing something— hence the lamb and the knife. Lyrical dissonance comes back into full swing and Florence makes sure to swing with a bat.
The production on this track is insane with how they make Florence sound like she’s a whole choir by herself, and the result is a song that could be a cult anthem and yet something you could probably get away with playing at a children’s birthday party or dance recital. Fuck yeah Flo!! 7/10.
#3: I’m Not Calling You A Liar
My feelings on this one always swing. Some days I really appreciate the lyrics and mellow, watered-down quality of this as compared to the majority of the album, and some days I just skip it on sight because I find it cloying. 4.5/10.
#4: Howl
The BEST lycanthropy love song there is. This song’s pacing is so tight, the lyrics are so beautifully feral, and only Florence could make the wordy bit in the second chorus so desperate and perfectly damning. Bonus for this being my own introduction to Florence + the Machine. 9.5/10.
#5: Kiss With A Fist
Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a song about domestic violence. It’s punky and comedically whiny with the mutual abuse between the lovers sounding like slapstick. This is also probably the one song off this album that I feel is properly “catchy”. I used to not think too much about this song, but that grungy rock riff and Florence + the Machine sounding like they’re just shredding it out has since grown on me. 6/10.
#6: Girl With One Eye
This is actually a Ludes cover— and, yeah, it’s about murdering a girlfriend. From the perspective of the murderer. :/
But it’s a good song. Florence’s vocals start out with this soft, simmering rage that later soars into explosions, and the ominous drums and guitar that accompany her blend perfectly to create this angry song with knifepoint precision. However, I’m more fond of the Bayou Percussion Version. More on that later. 7.5/10.
#7: Drumming Song
The beginning of Florence’s water + religion obsession. THIS is their whole aesthetic. This is the I Am Damned But I Love You song. This is the Lie Facedown In The River song. The devotee x ceremonial drummer song. Needless to say, the percussion and piano and vocals on this is absolutely stunning, enveloping you in the tidal WAVE of sound. 10/10.
#8: Between Two Lungs
Even though it's the closest thing this album has to a title track, this definitely feels like a breather after the epic that is Drumming Song more than its own thing. It’s very peaceful to listen to though, with Florence’s vocals gradually soaring alongside the lighthearted melody (despite what the lyrics might say lol). This is somehow more neatly packaged than the rest of this album, but I like it overall. 6.5/10.
#9: Cosmic Love
Gonna get a little controversial here: the lyrics and the drums are the best things about this song, with the latter being the only thing that does it for me. I find the instrumentals and melody cool, but for the most part it sounds empty to me, with Florence having no real opportunity to showcase her real vocal strength throughout the track. 4/10.
EDIT 26/04/2023: I can only come to the conclusion that I was having a major cold or something at the time of writing this because of the PURE LACK OF TASTE. Cosmic Love throws me into orbit. The lyrics are love and melancholia incarnate. Florence sings her goddamn heart out. It's so quintessentially Florence + the Machine with the harp and twinkling melodies about dark subject matter. THIS is the song that deserves Dog Days Are Over's popularity and that is the hill I am willing to die on. 10/10.
#10: My Boy Builds Coffins
The lyrics of this read like a fairy tale! Instant yes! The minimal backing instrumentals enhance the storytelling aspect of this so well. I just love this one. 8.5/10.
#11: Hurricane Drunk
Florence’s vocals on this hit me like a TRUCK. The harp itself sounds like it’s spiralling. There’s hopelessness, bravado, vulnerability, and even a bit of happiness in self-destruction. This is the true hidden gem on the album. 9/10.
#12: Blinding
My personal favourite. This unapologetically creepy song has EVERYTHING: sinister harp, bone-shaking drums, being in love with otherworldly beings, bodies in the garden, succumbing to feral insanity and Snow White stitching up the circuit boards. This song could resurrect the dead. I feel it. 10/10.
#13: You’ve Got The Love
Oof. I know this is one of Florence’s favourite covers and songs of all time… but I don’t get the hype. It just sounds so generic. Sorry Flo. 2/10.
#14: Bird Song Intro
Pretty! 6/10.
#15: Bird Song
This surprised me so much. This and its intro sound nothing alike, neither does the intro actually sound like it leads into this song. But that aside, I love how the lyrics for this also read like a fairy tale/dark folk tale. It’s made even better coupled with the frenetic melody, Florence’s pouty I-Did-What-I-Had-To-Do vocals and the mood of what her character does to said bird. 6.5/10.
#16: Dog Days Are Over - Demo
This feels like it has more positive energy and tambourine lol. 5.5/10.
#17: Falling
I used to just pass over this song until I finished series 2 of BBC Sherlock. Shh. It’s a pretty solid effort; classified under I Am Damned But I Love You and undoubtedly one of the more subdued songs off the album. Perhaps even the most subdued. I’d say I like it, but it's far from my favourite for this album. 4.5/10.
#18: Hardest Of Hearts
This song didn’t make it onto the album after it was recorded, and I can see why. It’s very different in terms of sound from the rest of the album, and not in a good way. The whole track just sounds uninspired, from Florence's low vocals to the downtrod lyrics. 1.5/10.
#19: Ghosts - Demo
This is a demo of I’m Not Calling You A Liar lmao. Florence lets go on the vocals and sounds rawer but more incomprehensible. And that’s about it. 2.5/10.
#20: Girl With One Eye - Bayou Percussion Version
If the first version sounded angry, this whole rendition sounds EVIL. I love it. I adore the more solid, darker backbeat and the violin (?) in the melody, and Florence delivers the lyrics like she’s broken into your house and IS cutting out your eye. 8.5/10.
#21: HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS
This was in the soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. AND GOD DAMN, IS IT HEAVY. It’s desperate, haunting, and tragic. It’s a song about heartbreak so devastating it feels like murder, but who is murdering who?? It’s just Florence’s voice annihilating us all that’s who. 9/10.
10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
#22: My Best Dress
Florence wrote this as a teenager about her imaginary dead boyfriends. What an icon. I love the sleepiness, the simplicity and the gothic romance of the lyrics. 6/10.
#23: Donkey Kosh
A song with this title has no right being this good. The guitar is the only instrument present on this and its use is so tightly wound, perfectly accompanied by Florence’s dampened, broody tone. The real winner for me, however, is how the lyrics and imagery sound like they’re from some medieval horror ballad about raising donkeys and jackals as your actual children. 7/10.
#24: Hospital Beds
A Cold War Kids cover. Florence takes this song and drips it in such stuffy, feverish hospital misery. I only wish she’d covered the whole thing! 6.5/10.
#25: Postcards From Italy
A Beirut cover — and supposedly only done because Florence + the Machine wanted to use their ukulele lol. It feels like a simpler cover as compared to Hospital Beds, and though Florence’s vocals are lovely I somehow feel like I can’t hear much of the song. 5/10.
#26: Swimming
Water obsession’s back. And this time she seeks to swim instead of lying facedown in it lmao. I love how orchestral this sounds, and I love how strong Florence’s vocals are! 8/10.
#27: Are You Hurting The One You Love?
This sounds so playful and bright and yet I feel its got all the trappings of a religious hymn. So basically it’s on brand, and boy do I adore it! 7.5/10.
#28: Oh! Darling
A Beatles cover. As a Beatles fan my heart is very happy, but also as a Beatles fan I’m a tad disappointed because this is from a live recording. It’s a faithful cover, but I’m bursting to see AND hear what a proper Florence + the Machine Beatles cover would be like. 4.5/10.
Overview: I fervently think that Lungs is a hurricane of a debut, and still holds its position as the band’s definitive album. It’s their rawest and most mainstream album, and therefore has this universal charm and shambles that just resonates with that messy, running-wild bit in us all. It’s a joy to see the origins of their trademark themes and watch what they do with them and then later on, where they go from it. 7.5/10.
EDIT 26/04/2023: due to the horrible lapse in taste, loss of all other reasoning and senses that led me to underestimate the banger that is Cosmic Love, I'm very happy to say Lungs' new overall score is a good solid 8/10. Peace out
Stream Lungs on Spotify!
18 notes
·
View notes
Note
hmm shi qingxuan of course 🤍 but also ji han if you want? 🤔
oooh for shi qingxuan i'll pick from the songs i still need to actually add to my playlist. rabbit heart (raise it up) by florence + the machine ("this is a gift, it comes with a price / who is the lamb and who is the knife? / midas is king and he holds me so tight / and turns me to gold in the sunlight" also the song ending with "this is a gift" without mentioning the price ooughhh chewing glass), the kick by foxes ("'cause i know that you're trying to make heaven / in a world that is cold and lost all feeling / but i know if you picture somewhere better / maybe we'll get there, baby, we'll get there" "listen to the ghost, but don't feed it / every time you do, you lose spirit / it's getting kind of hard, but stick with it"), la hallucinations by carly rae jepsen (idk which lyrics specifically to pull up but like. u get my vision). also from my aptly titled "if shi qingxuan was allowed to be cuntier <3" playlist: patron saint by holychild + shut up! by simple plan
and upon ji han i bestow stray italian greyhound by vienna teng and happy not knowing by carly rae jepsen. hard to beat the gay allegations when ur gay and all that
2 notes
·
View notes
Photo
rabbit heart
#the magnus archives#tma#sasha james#michael shelley#michael distortion#mag 26#lyrics from rabbit heart by florence and the machine... you WILL listen to that and you WILL think about sasha#ive been rotating the animatic for that song in my head for like 2 days now. if i was more powerful i would make it#art#2020
286 notes
·
View notes
Note
Do you have any Spotify playists? Have any favorites?
I have four full and one partial Spotify playlists. There are far more I used to have on 8tracks that I haven't gotten around to rebuilding on Spotify. As a result, the ones I currently have are for more recent content:
What Happens to the Heart [A+C] - Goes with my Aziraphale/Crowley Good Omens fic of the same name on AO3. It's made up entirely of Leonard Cohen. 15 songs.
Challengers [J+5] - Goes with my Jerome/Five (514A) Gotham fic of the same name on AO3, which is part of my Delicate, Dangerous, Obsessed series. Artists: The New Pornographers, Leonard Cohen, Mitski, Florence + The Machine, Tom Waits, Stars, Frightened Rabbit, Hozier, David Bowie, Walk Off the Earth, Dinah Shore, Bleachers, Bob Dylan, Eli Lieb, Big Thief, Dean Martin. 24 songs.
Dog Days [J+5] - Goes with my Jerome/Five (514A) Gotham fic of the same name on AO3, which is part of my Come As You Are series. Artists: Eliza Rickman, Sharon Van Etten, Left at London, Amanda Palmer, Dirt Poor Robins, Autoheart, Jason Webley, Big Thief, Mitski, Mother Mother, Lou Reed, The Mountain Goats, Danny Schmidt, Cocteau Twins, The Jane Austen Argument. 15 songs.
Tilt Shift [J+5] - Goes with my Jerome/Five (514A) Gotham fic of the same name on AO3, which is part of my Playing for Keeps (mostly a.k.a. the one where my Bruce/Jeremiah story called "Darkroom" lives) on AO3. Artists: Lorde, Billie Eilish, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, serpentwithfeet, Glass Animals, Mitski, Autoheart, Cold War Kids, Pim Stones, Laura Jane Grace, Hozier, Pavvla, Woodkid, Son Lux, Daughter. 15 songs.
I also have one in progress for the current Jerome/Five story I'm working on, Never Afraid to Burn. That title in and of itself is a lyric fragment from Tori Amos's Little Earthquakes, since Five is listening to that album on his headphones at one point early in the story. I predict it’ll consist much more of 1990s and early 2000s music, but I only have about ten tracks on it so far. Suggestions welcome!
Likewise, I need to prioritize getting my CoT 'Verse Good Omens and Anthology 'Verse Pacific Rim playlists on there, because they're two of my oldest and longest. I'm just behind due to the last few years' extended illness fuckery, the vagaries of work in academia, etc.
11 notes
·
View notes
Text
JLPL: Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
noahnotspoken said: Hey! I have a song recommendation for your johnlock playlist, Rabbit heart by Florence and the machine. I just feel like it works with them, Have a good day!
-----
youtube
[Verse 1]
The looking glass, so shiny and new
How quickly the glamour fades
I start spinning, slipping out of time
Was that the wrong pill to take? (Raise it up)
You made a deal, and now it seems you have to offer up
But will it ever be enough? (Raise it up, raise it up)
It's not enough (Raise it up, raise it up)
Here I am, a rabbit-hearted girl
Frozen in the headlights
It seems I've made the final sacrifice
[Pre-Chorus]
We raise it up, this offering
We raise it up
[Chorus]
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight
[Verse 2]
I look around, but I can't find you (raise it up)
If only I could see your face (raise it up)
I start rushing towards the skyline (raise it up)
I wish that I could just be brave
I must become a lion-hearted girl
Ready for a fight
Before I make the final sacrifice
[Pre-Chorus]
We raise it up, this offering
We raise it up
[Chorus]
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight
[Bridge]
Raise it up, raise it up
Raise it up, raise it up
And in the spring I shed my skin
And it blows away with the changing wind
The waters turn from blue to red
As towards the sky I offer it
[Chorus]
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight
[Chorus]
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight
[Chorus]
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
And turns me to gold in the sunlight
[Outro]
This is a gift
(Lyrics from Genius.com)
HI LOVELY!!!
I’m SO SORRY I missed this!!! I’m angry I did, because this is a really great song!!!!! Love it so much!!! Thank you for the addition!!
🎶 LISTEN TO THE JOHNLOCK PLAYLIST ON [SPOTIFY] & [YOUTUBE] 🎶
#steph replies#johnlock playlist#artist florence + the machine#song rabbit heart raise it up#noahnotspoken
14 notes
·
View notes
Text
tag 9 people to learn more about their interests!
tagged by: @leondaltons 💕 thank you, love!! this was fun!
(i took out the this or that’s because the post was getting long + i’m indecisive anyway xoxo)
MUSIC
fav genre? ah i’m terrible at genres but i’ll try lol—indie/indiepop, chill electronic/some dubstep + house, funk
fav artist? fkj or janelle monáe
fav song? right now i’m gonna go with back pocket - vulfpeck but ask me again tomorrow lol. (pspsp watch that video if you need a smile 😌)
most listened song recently? i’m on a marian hill kick so prob subtle thing
song currently stuck in your head? now? ^^
5 fav lyrics? more adventurous - rilo kiley // raise it up (rabbit heart) - florence + the machine // let him fly - patti griffin // on the radio - regina spektor // q.u.e.e.n. - janelle monáe (ft. erykah badu)
BOOKS
fav book genre? literary memoir // magical realism
fav writer? kiese laymon
fav book? heavy: an american memoir - kiese laymon // the chronology of water - lidia yuknavitch
fav book series? probably the xenogenesis trilogy (aka lilith’s brood) - octavia butler
comfort book? gotta be tiny beautiful things: advice on love and life from dear sugar - cheryl strayed
perfect book to read on a rainy day? umm the first one that came to mind is the red garden - alice hoffman. ooh or beloved - toni morrison.
fav characters? oh shit 👀 okay okay lemme think. lauren olamina (parable of the sower - octavia butler) // lacey may (godshot - chelsea bieker) // wallace (real life - brandon taylor) // mama day (mama day - gloria naylor)
5 quotes from your fav book that you know by heart? all from one book?? my brain does not have that much storage space lmao but this question is enabling so here are 5 book quotes in general that come to mind:
1. “understand this if you understand nothing. it is a powerful thing to be seen.” // freshwater - akwaeke emezi
2. “the nation as it is currently constituted has never dealt with a yesterday or tomorrow where we were radically honest, generous, and tender with each other.” // heavy: an american memoir - kiese laymon
3. “i thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but i see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.” // circe - madeline miller
4. “i want to meet you in every place i ever loved. listen to me. i am your echo. i would rather break the world than lose you.” // this is how you lose the time war - amal el-mohtar + max gladstone
5. “and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it // crush - richard siken
TV AND MOVIES
fav tv/movie genre? when i can access the Attention Span, slice of llfe.
fav movie? moonlight (dir. barry jenkins)
comfort movie? beginners (dir. mike mills)
movie you watch every year? ...v for vendetta lol 🙈
fav tv show? fleabag
comfort tv show? new girl
most rewatched tv show? ^^ or schitt’s creek
5 fav characters? across tv and movies? how dare you lol just gonna ignore that and do both sry 😘
TV
nick miller (new girl) // moira rose (schitt’s creek) // jesse pinkman (breaking bad) // fleabag (fleabag) // captain holt (brooklyn nine-nine)
MOVIES
imperator furiosa (mad max: fury road) // mona lisa vito (my cousin vinny) // patrick verona (10 things i hate about you) // marta cabrera (knives out) // the girl (a girl walks home alone at night)
whew!
tagging (with no pressure 💋): @coldshrugs, @nellplays, @griever-reciever, @homeformyheart, @lilas, @griffin-wood, @elmshore, @pearlsandsteel, @ejunkiet
#my brain said#:darthkermit: *you will milk as much procrastination time out of this as humanly possible*#🤡💩#but it was fun to remember what it's like to have ~Interests~ other than screaming about IF in the tags lmao#what a concept#tag game#tag meme#caitlyn.txt#long post
13 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
