[playlist] The Water at the Edge of All Things

[queenlua]

I made a playlist for my own fic! Both to help me write it, and just because I'm vain haha.

If you're curious you can listen to it on Spotify over here!

If you want an idea of what I was thinking in terms of "which songs go with which characters/chapters," see below (asterisks indicate songs that I think vibe particularly well with the fic):

* (1) Trackerplatz by 65daysofstatic
opening scene; Kilvas in chapters 1-2; Naesala, generally
(2) Protége Moi by Placebo
Naesala in chapters 1-4
(3) Goddamn These Hands of Mine by The Taxpayers
Naesala in chapters 1-8
(4) Snake Fighting by Ellegarden
Naesala in chapters 5-8; Naesala/Reyson

I'm trying to synchronize with you
Please dig me out of the hole if you can
I'm waiting for so long to bite someone like you
And I'm trying to synchronize with you
You've gotta dig me out

(5) You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring
Reyson, generally
(6) When I Go by Emancipator
Reyson in chapters 5-6; Serenes Forest in chapters 1-8
* (7) Water's Edge by Tsunami
Reyson, throughout; Leanne, throughout (at different times)
(8) Innocent Sea by Hiroki Kikuta
Serenes Forest, throughout
(9) Innocent Water by Hiroki Kikuta
Serenes Forest, throughout
* (10) Split Me Wide Open by The Bravery
Reyson/Naesala
(11) I Love You Like An Alcoholic by The Taxpayers
Reyson/Naesala
(12) Install a Beak in the Heart That Clucks Time in Arabic by 65daysofstatic
the climax of chapter 8
(13) Imaginary Enemy by Circa Survive
Leanne & Reyson in chapters 5-8
(14) Into The Sea by As Cities Burn
Leanne & Reyson, throughout

And it's alright, it's alright
And it's alright, it's alright
Everybody is a failure in this life
And it's okay, it's okay
And it's okay, it's okay
Underneath it nobody's back is straight

* (15) Tie Me Up! Untie Me! by mewithoutYou
Nikolias, throughout
(16) St. Augustine by Band of Horses
when Leanne sings the Rite of Leaving in chapter 15

We're dancing on the poisoned in their graves
At the end of the night we'd all seen better days
I know you tried, I know you're cursed
I know your best was still your worst...

(17) None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock
Reyson, during chapters 10 & 13

That's quite a bit of gusto he muster up
To make a dark horse rush, like, "Enough's enough"
It must've struck a nerve so they huff and puff
'Til all the king's men fluster and clusterfuck

(18) Asleep in the Chapel by Thursday
Reyson in chapter 16
* (19) Our Love Will Carry On by King Dude
Naesala during chapters 11 & 14; Naesala/Leanne vibes throughout

I looked in her eyes
Her most beautiful eyes
I was sick in my thoughts
and I wanted to die
and I prayed for the end
Oh Lord, how I prayed for the end
She reached for my hand and she kissed all its scars
Now the roses are dead and she fell in my arms
as we kissed on our lips
I fell back in the abyss

(20) Hands On The Bible by Local H
Nikolias in chapter 12 and onward
(21) Aren't We All Running? by 65daysofstatic
chapter 15 climax
(22) Pagan Poetry by Björk
Leanne, generally
* (23) Werewolf by CocoRosie
extremely Leannecore, to me, especially for the final scene of the fic:

I don't mean to close the door
But for the record, my heart is sore
You blew through me like bullet holes
Left stains on my sheets and stains on my soul
You left me broke down begging for change
Had to catch a ride with a man who's deranged [. . .]
I'm a shake you off though
Get up on that horse and
Ride into the sunset
Look back with no remorse

* (24) The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit
Leanne & Nikolias, from chapter 12 onward; Leanne & Reyson, later on

But don't you come here and say I didn't warn you
About the way your world can alter
And oh how you try to command it all still
Every single time it all shifts one way or the other

And I'm a goddamn coward, but then again so are you
And the lion's roar, the lion's roar
Has me evading and hollering for you
And I never really knew what to do

(25) Bottom of the Lake by The Builders and The Butchers
Serenes Forest, after the climax of chapter 8, especially chapters 12 & 15
(26) Running to the Sea by Röyksopp
Leanne, from the climax of chapter 8 onward; Leanne & Nikolias

I remember running to the sea
Alone and blinded by the fear
And the river flows beneath your skin
Like savage horses kept within
And all is wasted in the sand
Like breaking diamonds with your hand

(27) Eastern Glow by The Album Leaf
Reyson, Naesala, and Reyson/&Naesala during chapters 17 & 19
* (28) Gun In My Hand by Dorothy
:3333333 you know what it is, right. (climax of chapter 20)
(29) Sang Real by Dredg
chapter 21, generally
(30) Rain City by Turin Brakes
the last four sentences of chapter 21; Leanne & Reyson