#lyrics: ''castle of glass'' by linkin park

[musicandi]

"girls in glass houses.. "

"Should throw bigger stones"

Because I am only a Crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see

[music-in-my-veins14]

Take me down to the river bend Take me down to the fighting end Wash the poison from off my skin Show me how to be whole again

[audiophiliacfan]

Take me down to the river bend Take me down to the fighting end Wash the poison from off my skin Show me how to be whole again Fly me up on a silver wing Past the black where the sirens sing Warm me up in a nova's glow And drop me down to the dream below 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see Bring me home in a blinding dream Through the secrets that I have seen Wash the sorrow from off my skin And show me how to be whole again 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything else I need to be 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see For you to see

[itscauseimbatman]

Bring me home in a blinding dream

Through the secrets that I have seen

Wash the sorrow from off my skin

And show me how to be whole again

[goodwriterwithbadhabits]

Ateez Playlist: Offstage

AKA: Songs that remind me of the members and why. (GIF Credit to the original owners!) Minor Trigger Warning, this post talks about some of the darker sides of mental health, so please read with caution. 

Ateez are super different on versus offstage, so I’m splitting up their two personalities in separate posts. 

Onstage Version Here. Master List

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Seonghwa: Save Myself- Ed Sheeran

This song is all about a person who has spent their whole life helping others and not getting anything in return. Its a lament to hurting oneself in order to help others. Seonghwa is nurturing, to the point where he’s considered the mom of Ateez, but there are times you can tell he’s the one in need of a hug. Save Myself feels like the kind of song he would want to sing, but not have the heart to admit that he too needs a little help. 

Hongjoong: Castle of Glass- Linkin Park

So, I personally think Linkin Park and Hongjoong go perfectly together, and not just because of his awesome cover and the fact that he sometimes dresses like a 2013 emo kid. Castle of Glass is strange, both in its lyrics and its melody. Its an almost haunting song, about the singer(s) not being perceived as a meaningful thing, and their desperation to be helped, hidden behind a melody that draws you in. Hongjoong is the same way for me, someone who seeks help and to change the world, but would never say it out loud. 

Yunho: Falling- Harry Styles

Falling comes at the end of the relationship, when the singer is lamenting not only the failed relationship, but also the person they’ve become. Yunho strikes me as someone who is very self-reflective and would be able to acknowledge his own faults and failings. The singer’s voice is also so full of raw emotion, it feels like he’s baring his soul, something that feels very Yunho. 

Yeosang: Achillies Come Down- Gang of Youths

I’ll be honest, I had such a hard time with Yeosang, but I settled on this song because of one main thing: this song is not about Achillies. Yes, technically it is, but its moreso about Patroclus’ love of Achillies and him continuing to fight Achillies demons, even after death. It’s that aspect that reminds me of Yeosang, a lover who would help you face your demons, and remind you of the promises you made. He does remind me of Achillies as well, a good man with too many monsters to fight, but the mysterious, ghostly tenor of Patroclus is what makes this song Yeosang’s. 

San: Begging- Maneskin

Not gonna lie, the first word that comes to mind when I think of San is Horny. And when you first listen to Beggin, it just sounds horny, but if you read the lyrics, its actually a rather interesting song. The singer is begging for the subject not to leave, to continue to love them. They explain how their lover has made them change into a better person. Its actually really raw and emotional. San is similar. While he’s known for being a phenomenally hot guy, he’s still a gentle soul, someone searching for that person who makes him better. 

Mingi: Iris- Goo Goo Dolls

This song is so fucking sad, but if you listen to the lyrics, you find that its a song about someone who finds a person that makes them want to show off their flaws, knowing that the rest of the world would never understand. Mingi is, on the outside, a very brilliant light. He’s cheerful and funny but we know that deep down he’s not always okay. He has this profound air of sadness around him, and I feel like Iris would be a song he could at least relate to. 

Wooyoung: What a Shame- Layla Blue

What a Shame is such a cocky song. There’s really no other way to describe it. The point of the song is pointing out that the ex definitely downgraded, and that is such a Wooyoung mood. On the other hand, Wooyoung also feels like he could be the recipient of the song, the person the singer is chiding. His degradation thing is blatant, so a song degrading him just feels correct. 

Jongho: Kryptonite- 3 Doors Down

Jongho is known for his strength, for being the quiet kid, but people seem to forget, he’s only 22. He’s actually about 6 months younger than me. Kryptonite is a song I feel like he would sing, or at least send to his friends. It asks the listener if they would still be around if the singers strength failed them, and baby Jongho might need to confirm that everyone would be. 

What do you think? Do you agree or do you have songs that remind you of the members? Let me know in the comments and stay tuned for the onstage version coming soon. 

[nematanthus]

Album Review: LIVING THINGS - Linkin Park

Release Date:

June 20 2012

Tracklist:

LOST IN THE ECHO

IN MY REMAINS

BURN IT DOWN

LIES GREED MISERY

I'LL BE GONE

CASTLE OF GLASS

VICTIMIZED

ROADS UNTRAVELED

SKIN TO BONE

UNTIL IT BREAKS

TINFOIL

POWERLESS

Favorite Track:

CASTLE OF GLASS

Least favorite track:

SKIN TO BONE

Album art opinions:

The cover features a figure of a person with a grey exoskeleton of sorts seemingly exploding off of the body, revealing a figure underneath. As this album is one that is mean to signify transformation and being ones Self this is rather fitting.

Color: 4/10

Recognizability: 3/10

Vibes: 6/10

Total:4 /10

Music opinions/notes:

This album features electronic elements, something that is definitely no stanger to Linkin Parks sound, though it is significantly more prominent in this record than ones past. It feels somewhat like a homecoming for the band, with strong vocals from both Chester and Mike with a clear direction for this album. It's cohesive, each song is distinct, and it continues the spirit of the first two iconic albums while pushing their sound in a new direction.

Mix: 9/10

Lyrics: 7/10

Instruments: 8/10

Vibes: 9/10

Total: 8/10

Total Score: 6/10

[this-is-krikkit]

Oi Krikkit 💜

For the new ask game you reblogged, what do you want to tell us about Levi & also Jean ?

😘

hey Val, thanks for the ask, sorry it took a while things got busy. also this got long so i'm putting a read more link lol

Levi

favorite thing about him: his height. i'm not kidding, having such a badass strong male main character be just a Smol Boi is amazing to me, and it's the first time i see it in such a complicated character. not to mention it goes really well with my hc that he's trans, so FUCK YES SHORTY BABY.

least favorite thing about him: his clean freak habits if i absolutely have to pick something?

favorite line: "right here," when he calls hange an abnormal, because i'm a dumb shipper (also bc my mind lives in the gutter so i love these two words in his mouth)

brOTP: eruri

OTP: levihan and erurihan, which may sound contradictory with my brotp. the thing is i can't picture levi and erwin in a relationship with each other without hange being there too. i just.. it's kinda boring to me 😬 i hope that doesn't offend anyone (esp you since i know you ship them hon), and it can change from fic to fic, but mostly i ship erurihan too much to ship eruri on its own whereas it's not a problem at all for levihan (or eruhan. i think im just too in love with hange oops)

nOTP: ereri 🤮

random headcanon: his kink is to be called yours in bed. like he wants to feel owned, not in a sub/sex slave kind of way (although at times that too) but just in a general wanting to be wanted way, yk? dude was born in secret and hidden in a brothel until his mom died, then harshly trained and given up by kenny when he was deemed strong enough, then everyone he loved died like flies around him. i think he longs to belong to someone who wants him bad enough to never want to let go, and ofc i think that someone is hange (+/- erwin).

unpopular opinion: he's a huge bottom. idk if it's really unpopular, but i see sooooo many fics with him being a top and i could see it happening in a certain setting, but that's not my main idea of him, esp not in the beginning of a relationship. i think it would take months for hange (+/- erwin) to make him feel confident enough in his feelings and skin to try it, and i absolutely love to imagine him being so flustered about it first because he's so out of his comfort zone taking the reigns during sex.

song i associate with him: castle of glass by linkin park. i already told you how levihan that song is, but i initially thought of post-caon levi when i first heard it. he's got nothing left and he's nothing but a broken shell (in his mind, anyway) in a broken world, which is very close to the lyrics and general tone of that song imo

favorite picture of him: when he realized hange didn't die in the colossal titan explosion and just saved his ass 🥰

Jean is not a character i care much about, i'm kinda neutral about him. can i do Armin instead? (that's what she said)

Armin

favorite thing about him: he's a dreamer, which makes him smart not only in the traditional sense and his strategic abilities, but also in the sense that he's driven by hope and curiosity. he's inquisitive but cautious, he's thirsty for knowledge and driven by it even when he's shaking with fear and that's something i understand, love and admire in any character/person.

least favorite thing about him: he was a bit too whiney in early episodes, which is why it took me a while to like him.

favorite line: "we’re going to explore the outside world someday, right?" my lil dreamer 🥹

brOTP: mikasa

OTP: i don't think i romantically ship him with anyone? at one point it was mikasa, now i just don't really care

nOTP: annie 🫣

random headcanon: he has a crush on hange! erwin was a mentor and he admired him as a strong and smart leader, but hange is a different kind of smart and i can easily imagine armin falling for their giant brain. i hc that armin spent a lot of time with them in their lab exchanging theories about the world outside, once he overcame his initial fear of how intense they can get. when hange appoints him next commander before their sacrifice, it betrays a deep connection the two of them must have had during the time gap (one more reason to hate it in my love/hate relationship to it btw!), when hange must have been preparing him for the position for years (and i absolutely love to imagine a flustered armin trying to follow hange's train of thoughts and lessons while trying to hide his hearteyes for them hehe)

unpopular opinion: i don't think him and annie fit well together at all. i agree that they had feelings for each other bc it's canon so i can't really argue with it, but i don't see them making it in a healthy relationship in post canon. feel free to send me armin x annie fics to change my mind?

song i associate with him: as it was - harry styles, i feel it fits his general vibe

favorite picture of him: sorry to be a normie but yeah Ocean Armin it is

[ofdetonation]

top 5 song associations.

share the top songs in your playlist that most inspire / represent your muses the most. bonus points   if you include lyrics to go along with it.

I.      FINE    ╱    MIKE  SHINODA.      tell all the children to lock those doors  /  i've seen the smoke in the sky before  /  gotta be up on my feet when the morning comes  /  'cause this fight we can't ignore.

II.      HOW  DID  YOU  LOVE    ╱    SHINEDOWN.      you can be an angel of mercy or give in to hate  /  you can try to fight it, just like every other careless mistake  /  how do you justify? i'm mystified by the ways of your heart  /  with a million lies, the truth will rise to tear you apart.

III.      RISE  AND  FALL    ╱    STARSET.      i clench the fist and overtake it all  /  i navigate the endless rise and fall  /  you push my back against the wall  /  when i attack i'm taking all  /  taking it all, rise and fall.

IV.      CASTLE  OF  GLASS    ╱    LINKIN  PARK.      bring me home in a blinding dream  /  through the secrets that i have seen  /  wash the sorrow from off my skin  /  show me how to be whole again.

V.      ANGER    ╱    SLEEPING  AT  LAST.      and it all spills out  /  reckless but honest words leave my mouth  /  like kerosene on a flame of doubt  /  i couldn't make it right.

tagged:  @resolutepath​​ (thank u charlie, ily!) tagging:  hmmm steal it from me bc i said so :gun:

[bookwermthings]

My Jack Harkness Playlist

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the post where I explain my Jack Harkness playlist and how my (currently) 73 songs relate to him and his life!

This will be a long post. Spoilers for Torchwood, and for the audio Mighty and Despair. You have been warned.

Also the songs are mostly in chronological order of his life events.

Also sorry for the inconsistency between lengths of descriptions for each song. I was determined to finish it all in one night, but I got tired and started using less effort to explain. Took me over two hours to make in the end. If you have any questions, I’d love to elaborate on my feelings for any of the songs!!

So, here we go!

1. Jack’s Love Theme

(this is such a beautiful theme) Ever since a young age, Jack has expressed love deeply, loved everyone with his whole heart. Until his heart gets broken by his guilt at the loss of Gray and he keeps everyone at a little more of a distance, and further down the road after that, keeps everyone at a distance because he is immortal. For Jack, love and life are the two constants

2. No Roses by The Builders and The Butchers

For this, I have @ultraviolet-eucatastrophe to thank! This is an amazing song for Jack’s childhood, losing Gray, and in general his relationship with Gray and I love it a lot.

3. American Healthcare (Glitzy) by Penelope Scott

The lyrics to this give me the feeling of being stressed and traumatized but joking about it because it’s the only thing you can do. Wanting to help people and keep people alive but realizing that everything is corrupted. This brings to mind Jack in the Time Agency years to me.

4. You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate

This is a very simple song that I believe showcases Jack’s tendency and ability to charm anyone he meets.

5. YES MOM by Tessa Violet

This is a song that encapsulates Jack’s vibe in the Time Agency. He loves himself (or at least pretends he does). He can be his own hype man. If not doing terrible, he’s at least doing well compared to later.

6. Weak by AJR

Jack being a lot like John in these days, drinking, partying, drugs, the whole lot. Sure, it’s bad for him, but he doesn’t care. Not enough to do anything about it.

7. I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper by Sarah Brightman, Hot Gossip

I included this one because John Hart had to claim it was their song, and I fell in love with it. It’s a good song to reference John and Jack’s relationship, along with this next one.

8. Teeth by 5 Seconds of Summer

The John vibes! The Jack and John vibes! Their relationship can be encapsulated in these lyrics, really, the whole song would have to be quoted if I started quoting it. I love it!!!

9. The Funeral by YUNGBLUD

Jack is not taking care of himself, not at all, as shown by the beginning of the song. He’s not eating right, not sleeping right, has no clean clothes. He hates himself, he loves himself, he tells himself it’s alright that he dreams about the day he dies. This is Jack after the Time Agency. He believes that if he dies, no one would come to his funeral, so he is doing everything he can to distract him from that fact, doing con after con. Until Rose and the Doctor show up.

10. Build a Bitch by Bella Poarch

Kind of out of order but a good song. I love the message, and Jack would definitely have this kind of attitude if someone criticized him.

11. Michelle by the Beatles

A soft, old fashioned love song. Jack in a heartbeat.

12. Die For A Night by YUNGBLUD

Thoughts Jack had before he met Rose and the Doctor, that would become very ironic as he later came to see. 

13. Victorious by Panic! At The Disco

A happy day. The day that everybody lived. Encapsulating a feeling of unhealthy happiness that would eventually become something new with his newfound Friends.

14. I Think I’m In Love by Kat Dahlia

The moment he falls in love with the Doctor and with Rose are both so early on, and they hit him so hard, he doesn’t want to admit. But he does. He’s happy.

15. CASTLE OF GLASS by Linkin Park

Feeling insignificant next to how amazing his partners are sometimes, but realizing how much better they all make each other. Realizing who he is is alright. A song about holding each other up, showing each other how to be whole again.

16. Talk To Me by Cavetown

Feeling like he can be himself, Rose and the Doctor reassuring him about all his faults, being there for him. Being able to talk to each other. Nothing is easy, it will never be, that’s alright, let it out, talk to me.

17. Two Birds by Regina Spektor

Jack and The Doctor. Two birds on a wire. The Doctor says there is nothing he won’t understand, says he won’t let go of Jack and then he FUCKING LIES. He leaves him, and doesn’t come back. This song is feels. This event is feels. Uergh.

18. Why Am I Like This? by Orla Gartland

Jack, left on the Game Station, and down on the planet below after the first few deaths, wondering what he did to deserve this, and wondering why he is like this. Thinking through every word he ever said, everything he ever did. Why did the Doctor leave? Mistakes on loop inside his head.

19. Alien Boy by Oliver Tree

He feels like an alien among the human beings in the 1800s.Sure he was a time agent, but he’d never had to be among a different time period for this *long*.

20. Wishful Drinking by Tessa Violet

Wishful thinking while he’s drinking. Dying repeatedly, drinking himself to death, thinking about how he could drown? None of it’s a problem if he doesn’t get caught. He’s sprialing.

21. Tubthumping by Chumbawamba

A slideshow of death. He gets knocked down, and he gets back up again.

22. Captain Jack - Short Mix by Captain Jack

He gets “conscripted” by Torchwood. This song is happy and sad. At least he’s found a way to get to the Doctor again - wait. It’s also just a really catchy song. I found it when watching video edits.

23. WWIII by grandson

Being in World War I and World War II he just feels so, so tired of death.

24. Which Side Are You On? by Pete Seeger

It’s an old song. It feels like a Jack song. Idk why, though, sorry. And I felt like he could really use a union with how he was treated.

25. Being Alive (from “Company”) by John Barrowman

A soft, slow song about being alive, about being hurt, about living. Celebrating being alive, because he’s starting to live again.

26. Cat’s In The Cradle by Harry Chapin

Having Melissa/Alice. Fearing she would grow up just like him, but loving her all the same. The pain as she grew older and he couldn’t see her anymore. Hoping she was better off without him.

27. Ur Gonna Wish U Believed Me by Cavetown

Jack after Alex kills the whole team on New Year’s. The 21st Century is when everything changes. You’re going to wish you believed me.

28. The Trick by AJR

He lies. He omits truths. To everyone. His trick is he can be anything he pretends to be. But one day he’ll run out of lies, one day he’ll run out of things he’s proud of. One day he’ll have to face the truth, that he’s screwed.

29. We’ve Got A Score To Settle by The Dear Hunter

A Torchwood badass song, once Jack is the leader of Torchwood, he’s hurting but he’s getting better. They’re doing something together, and he’s going to make a change. Torchwood has had so much blood on their hands, and so has he, and he’s going to do everything he can to fix it.

30. Girls/ Girls/ Boys by Panic! At The Disco

Something to spice things up. To me, in this playlist, this is about pride, and its origins and how Jack celebrates it after living through so much of the time where you could be hurt, killed, arrested for being gay. I should write a fic about that, really.

31. Riptide by grandson

He’s done bad things to good people, been caught up in it and these feelings for too long. He’s had to make so many hard decisions that no one else has had to make and sometimes they come back to bite him in the ass.

32. Torchwood Theme

This is where the show starts in the timeline of this playlist. So I put this theme here.

33. Tissues by YUNGBLUD

He knows he’s falling in love with Ianto. He knows this will end in tragedy no matter what happens but he also knows they both want, Need, to be loved. He can’t keep holding his breath on this forever.

34. Carried Away by Passion Pit

Just being so happy, being with his family slowly growing closer together. Getting lost in the feeling. 

35. Bike Dream by Rostam

Another Ianto love song. There is a Jack he does see and a Jack he doesn’t see, but Jack loves him so, so much. There is a side of Jack he might never get to meet. Not Yet. Not until after he comes back from the Year That Never Was.

36. Who We Are by Imagine Dragons

Another badass Torchwood team song. This is who they are. 

37. Voodoo Child by Rogue Traders

This is the Master’s song that he plays, it haunts me, and it might haunt Jack, as everything about that year does.

38. Gagging Order by Radiohead

A feeble protest against what the Master has been drilling into him form the very beginning - “I know what you’re thinking, but I’m not your property, no matter what you say”. He feels like he’s just a body after so long of hopelessness, of death.

39. All Time Low by Sam Tsui

Thinking of Ianto, during his year away. Maybe Ianto dies in front of him. He’s at an all time low. He can’t fix his pride, he can’t fix anything.

40. Amsterdam by Coldplay

Everything is terrible, everything is painful, but you know what? Time is on his side. 

41. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye by Train

A good fun, upbeat song, about all the different ways one can die. Possibly also how Ianto feels about Jack leaving for months right after coming back to life and kissing him.

42. Twenty Twelve by Matt Maeson

Wanting to stay with Ianto forever, adjust to adjusting forever. Wanting to open his heart to him, but knowing how hurt Ianto feels. Knowing he can’t leave anymore, now that he realizes what is here for him. He can act like his act is together, but in the end, Ianto sees through it, and will patch him together.

43. Tightrope by Michelle Williams

A Jack/Ianto love song about wanting to follow Ianto anywhere, knowing he can’t. Knowing it’s dangerous, never knowing when it will end, but it comes with a breathtaking view.

44. Yesterday Was Hard On All of Us by Fink

About the episode Meat. That day was hard on all of them, so stressful, and bringing back traumatic memories for Jack. Probably bringing back cannibal memories for the rest of them, too.

45. Walking The Wire by Imagine Dragons

Honestly, pretty similar to Tightrope, but I like it. More emphasis on the danger, and dealing with everything as they get to it.

46. Wanted by Hunter Hayes

He wants to make them feel wanted. <3

47. Two by Sleeping At Last

Giving up everything, not taking care of himself, to protect everyone else around him. Everyone he loves. Two.

48. Undisclosed Desires by Muse

A careful, loving, sexy song for Ianto Jones and Jack.

49. The Ballad of Ianto Jones 

I love this one so much, and it breaks my heart.

50. This Is Gonna Hurt by Sixx:A.M.

He always knew it was going to end but as the 456 say those dreadful words he realizes how short it really was. This is way too soon, and ironically, there is nothing he can do. This is gonna hurt.

51. All The Angels by My Chemical Romance

Blaming himself song.

52. Take It All Back by Judah & The Lion

“I’d take it all back, take it all back, take it all back, just to have you” I laugh sob every time this song comes on…

53. What I’ve Done by Linkin Park

54. The Unforgiven by Metallica

55. Wrong side of Heaven

All three of these (53,54,55) are about Jack blaming himself for everyone’s deaths. Tosh, Owen, Ianto, Steven. I couldn’t just pick one song, sorry. He spends a long time feeling guilty.

56. You Or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats

Starting to grieve in a more healthy way.

57. Used To Haunt by The Mountain Goats

All his old friends are always welcome in the hallways they used to haunt now, whether the memories or painful or not, he’s just glad to remember them.

58. Jack, You’re Dead! by Joe Jackson

When he doesn’t respond, when he doesn’t even initiate flirting anymore, he feels more dead than if he was, and he doesn’t care. But also this is a really fun song!!

59. Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today by YUNGBLUD

Deciding that today, even if he is sad today, he is not going to sit in it. He is going to start living.

60. Breaking The Habit by Linkin Park

Breaking the bad habits he has built up in all the years since Ianto’s death. It’s hard, it is oh so hard, but he needs to. No more drinking just for the sake of it, no more dying just for the sake of it. He is breaking the habit tonight.

61. A Thousand Years by John Barrowman

Loving people and remembering them for a thousand years or more. It’s hard, but he wouldn’t want to forget.

62. What’s My Age Again? by blink-182

Honestly it’s about the mood of the song, and the name. He forgets his age, really does it matter? He should act his age, but really does it matter? He should live, and love, and do what makes him happy.

63. 42 by Coldplay

This was originally the 42nd song… anyway, this for me references him living on the planet he lives on in Mighty and Despair, trying to find a way through the veil. Those who are dead are not dead, they’re just living in his head. There must be something more.

64. Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats

A soft nice song about the first while when Carla and Persis are there.

65. Good King Wenceslas by The Oxford Trinity Choir

Christmases with Carla and Persis. A good reminder that life can be good.(for those not in the know, Carla and Persis are from Mighty and Despair, a Lives of Captain Jack audio)

66. You Are Enough by Sleeping At Last

Feeling like he is enough, those simple words can do so much. Helping Carla and Persis to see that they are enough, too.

67. Don’t Go by YUNGBLUD

Realizing that Persis is going to grow old, is growing old, not wanting her to go, not wanting her to leave him, almost not being able to handle how close they’re all getting.

68. Woke Up New by The Mountain Goats

The first time in decades, in thousands and thousands of years in a way, that he had woken up alone. It hurt, it fucking hurt, and he didn’t know what to do. Just… read all the lyrics to this. Please. IT FITS THIS SO WELL I’M GOING TO CRY. “What do I do without you”

69. You Are A Memory by Message To Bears

A slow, soft song about the fact that everyone he has ever lost is eventually nothing but a memory, and even that might fade.

70. MEMORIES by YUNGBLUD

Wanting to let go of the painful memories. Knowing every time he falls asleep he will wake up alone. “Cause when I said forever, I meant forever.”

71.  Yellow by Jodie Whittaker

Appreciation for mortal beings. Made of skin and bone, but they are so beautiful.

72. Welcome To The Masquerade by Thousand Foot Krutch

Jack Harkness is not happy yet, but he is way less sad.HIs life is a constant cycle of loving, losing, and learning to love again.

Being loud and proud about not being ashamed, not being afraid, not being ok. About everything that he is and is going to be.

73. Way Less Sad by AJR

[hyperbolicreverie]

Thank you @13shapeshifters for the tag! This was a fun one!

1). Picrew

(Why are there never any picrews with hairsticks? TT_TT)

2) shuffle my on repeat playlist and post the first 10 tracks

Hum Hallelujah--Fallout Boy

Castle of Glass--Linkin Park

Embers--Owl City

Sound the Bells--Dessa

Streets of Gold--Aviators

Twisted by Design--Sum 41

Fortuna (Warframe)--Divide Music

Dawn--Echo Black, Danny Blu

Falling Down--Oasis

The Ticketman--Rachel Rose Mitchell

Bit less varied than normal. Some of that is writing music, though, so that's why those are there.

3) this questionnaire:

Tea, coffee, or soda?

Don't like most soda, coffee belongs solely in tiramisu, and tea on occasion. (Usually the iced chai variety). Will pass up all three for just a cold glass of milk.

Dogs or cats?

Cats. Cats cats cats.

Can you play any instruments?

Not...really? I played the flute in elementary and middle school but I was never amazing at it...need to get back to learning the tin penny whistle again. I can sing?

Whats your sun sign?

Aries/Taurus cusp. Two for the price of one!

First song lyrics that pops into your head?

The road outside my house/Is paved with good intentions/Hired a construction crew/'Cause it's hell on the engine.

Do you have any tattoos?

I am far too indecisive for my own tattoos but I will happily gush over other people's.

Favorite place you've traveled?

I am not well-traveled at all, I've never been on a plane or more than five hours from the Atlantic Ocean, but...I am very fond of the quiet little islands off the coast of Maine. Good seafood, chill vibes.

Last movie you watched?

The Mummy. Infinitely re-watchable for me.

What languages do you speak?

Themes of my writing aside, only English. Trying my best to claw some of my Spanish learning back, though.

Do you have any hobbies?

Writing, LARPing...character and narrative analysis counts as a hobby, right?

You can hang out with one fictional character for an hour, who do you choose?

See, if you ask me a question like this, I just make stuttering noises for the whole hour and never pick anyone.

Compliment yourself:

I have very nice hair. It's very soft.

I tag...whomever would like to do this! Because I'm bad at asking!

[mcrololo]

🪄🪄🪄 *finger gun*

If you were church, I'd get on my knees Confess my love, I'd know where to be My sanctuary, you're holy to me If you were church, I'd get on my knees

from Church by Fall Out Boy (especially the italicized, chef's kiss)

Always know I'll be the one you'd sink your teeth into Never thought I'd taste as good to anyone but you

from Pretty Venom (Interlude) by All Time Low (the trapped like rats inside a maze verse comes close too)

Bring me home in a blinding dream Through the secrets that I have seen Wash the sorrow from off my skin And show me how to be whole again

from Castle of Glass by Linkin Park (though I'd give the whole song in this case tbh)

Send me a 🪄 and I’ll tell you a lyric I’m normal about

[music-in-my-veins14]

Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see, for you to see

[aetherdrol]

Ten People, Ten Songs

Share ten songs shuffled at random from a playlist. Tagged by @eriyu

From my top songs of 2023 spotify playlist

This is War - 30 Seconds to Mars

Bloody Mary (Dance with my hands) - Arankai

The Phoenix - Twin Pumpkin

I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta, Bebe Rexha

I write sins not tradgedies - Panic! At The Disco

Writing on the Wall - Sill Stetson

CASTLE OF GLASS - Linkin Park

Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Bruises - Fox Stevenson

Times of Dying - Three Days Grace

Fun fact: I write sins not tragedies was the first song i ever memorised the lyrics for, in 2004 :3

@ivefallenandicantgetitup @exvind @shipperwolf1

[xtianvetray]

I've just got pierced with 45 needles, it was an odd and cathartic experience, i was able to think a lot about everything that has happened in the past few months, all the tears and sleepless nights, about all the things I've done and think, about all the shit storm I have in my head right now.

I feel I can not longer express myself freely or truly here, but i just need to say that right now i have a lot going on in my head, in my heart and in my life and it scares me to the core.

I'm not sure if i enjoy my current life anymore and I'm sure i want something else, something more, something better.

Now I wonder... How long can I keep going like this?

m'I doing things right at this moment?

I want to cry... I no longer feel safe in my safe place, i know now I'm broken and I need to fix myself.

Now i feel so deeply some lyrics that had touched me before.

"cos im only a crack in this castle of glass, hardly anything else for you to see"

"And every second I waste is more than I can taste"

I'm fucked...

[sunderedscript]

@giftandguile asked: ♬♬♬

Alright Lua~ You asked for it~ I hope you are ready for a long list of rock music that I love~

The Price (Silent Theory): One I love the piano and the Lyrics are amazing. "That body bag that you'll fill one day, can wait you out." Is my favorite line~!

Stick and Stones (Silent Theory): I love this bands music, okat. This was the song that really got me into listening to them. I love the beginning more so than the chorus.

Castle of Glass (Linkin Park): I love Linkin Park and this is one of my favorites.

Anchor(Of Mice and Men)

Ghost Town (Egypt Central): Sometimes I really to rock out~

Break (Three Days Grace): If I really need so pumping rock music, this is my go to!

Rivals! (Hypnosis Mic): And to finish off this list, some hypnosis mic. Not rock, but I love how peppy it is~! Doppo and Dice are my favorites! I even have giant mochis of them.

[rinbowaman]

Hiiii love your work and always scream when theres a next chapter!!! But I was just wondering if you have any songs that give off Any hee leads vibe because their vibe is literally the best!!!!!!

omg yes! i have another ask that asked for similar so i will use this opportunity to reflect all the songs (bc theres multiple for each lead) ;) alot of the songs that reflect them are heavy metal based, but in the other ask, i will show some other genres that i listen to and think of them.

Heethan : I'm always listening to Metallica when I draft Heethan's baddass/brutal moments. A couple of songs is King Nothing, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Master Puppets, and Fuel. Idk why but all of Metallica's songs just fits him. He has no restrictions in the music he listens to so in the other ask, I'll show some of the other pieces i listen to when i draft him ;)

Metallica - King Nothing

Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Metallica - Fuel

Heelel : so if you recall in the Renaissance chapter of SE7EN, Linkin Park and Avenged Sevenfold were used because some of their songs just screamed Heelel and his brothers to me due to tempo and lyrics. Then there are some songs that just purely out of guitar rifts, or just the song itself makes me think of him. There are others too....

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King

Linkin Park - Castle of Glass (Heelel and his brothers)

Dissection - Maha Kali

Heebros: This one is interesting because some songs will flare more Heeseung or Heejeong, but either way, the songs will make me think of them collectively as a pair.

Ghost - Dance Macabre (Heejeong)

Ghost - Square Hammer (Heeseung)

Dio. - Last in Line (both) this particular song really screams the both of them to me bc of the lyrics. You'll see why in a later chapter but for now, i would listen to this and pay attention to the lyrics ;)

Heedam - the infamous MT Hee-lead. He has some songs too, and they are soooo fitting for him. Some of these songs actually remind me of both him and Heethan, since all the heeleads are somewhat similiar, but for me, heethan and heedam were both created in the same time period so it makes sense why some songs can make me think of both.

Pretty Maids - Little Drops of Heaven (i freaking love this song)

Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (but I wont do that)

Ratt - Givin Yourself Away

Heeler: so with heeler, since we're so fresh in the storyline, i can't deduce why but if you listen to the lyrics of these songs (especially Broken by Sonata Arctica) you'll see hints of his personality and why he is the way that he is, which will all be outlined in a later chapter. The other two i've chosen MAD reflects him and his feelings for his reader....soooo accurately its almost unreal.

Mr. Big - To be with you. (this one was playing when i drafted the first chapter ;)

Type O Negative - Black N. 1 (just everything about this piece screams heeler to me.....and even heelel. nuff said )

Sonata Arctica - Broken (if you listen to the lyrics carefully, and squint, you're going to get a hint of why heeler is a bit fucked up...well him and Jake and Sunghoon.)