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So, I'm in the middle of several stories right now (my muse has a multiple personality thing) and I'm continually struck by songs that 'just go' with what I'm writing. I'm wondering if this happens to anyone else (other than the obvious songfics) and if they'd like to share?

I also found myself reading several fanfics and then hearing some of my favorite or new songs thinking...that would go perfectly with so and so's story. For example (hoping Yvonne doesn't mind the free plug) after reading Yvonne's Addicted , the next time I heard the song "It's Been Awhile" by Staind, I could see her alt-Clark as a perfect match to the lyrics.

"It's Been Awhile"
Staind

(lyrics from Lyrics.com -though I did edit for content)

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you

And everything I can't remember
As [messed] up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and [messed] things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that [stuff] seems to disappear when I'm with you

And everything I can't remember
As [messed] up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and [messed] things up again

Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!

And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candle lights your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste

And everything I can't remember
As [messed] up as it all may seem to be
I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry


For anyone that hasn't heard it, it sung with angst and anger...great song. I reccomend it.

I can list other songs and fics...but I thought I'd give others a chance first, if anyone's interested.

Sara

When I was BRing "City By the Sea" for Stopquitdont, I kept thinking of this song:

Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing;

Somewhere beyond the sea,
She's there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high,
Then straight to her arms I'd go sailing.

It's far beyond a star,
It's near beyond the moon,
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon.

We'll meet beyond the shore,
We'll kiss just as before.
Happy we'll be beyond the sea,
And never again I'll go sailing!

I absolutely think of or associate songs to what I'm writing at the moment. My current W.I.P. "Hide and Seek" (coming SOON :p ) kept reminding me of several Sheryl Crow songs ("Can't Cry Anymore," "Strong Enough," "Safe and Sound") - I listened to the CD and couldn't help but find parallels to what I was writing.
--Wanda

I rarely think of music when I write, but one of my favorite Sinatra songs is "Come Fly With Me," and I think that'd be a great one for Lois & Clark.

When I was writing The Butterfly Legacy, I had about a dozen songs that fit different sections and scenes. I had them on a playlist on my computer and listened to them loop over and over. But two songs pretty much summed up the entire story for me.

The first song is pretty popular, at least here in the US. It's Train's "When I Look to the Sky". The way I interpret the lyrics are all about how people we love and lose are still there to provide us with strength.

The second song that I played endlessly is a little less known - Bob Seger's "Living Inside My Heart." I kind of renamed it "Gillian's Theme" in my head because it so well represented the way I imagined Sam/Clark came to feel about Gillian.

Livin' Inside My Heart - Bob Seger

When the sun came up this morning
And she smiled her smile for me
I felt it for the first time
Something deep inside of me

So you can take your midnight ramblin', boys
And you can keep your winding roads
She's livin' inside my heart now,
Livin' inside

Oh there's an easiness about her
There's a softness in her way
But she gets me through the hard times
We get closer everyday

I know I'll never be alone now, boys
Cause even if I'm far away
She's livin' inside my heart now,
Livin' inside, yeah

And I don't know what I did to deserve her
But I'll tell you this, my friend
I'm never gonna lose her
Never gonna lose her

Cause every night
She's livin' inside my heart now,
Livin' inside

Music pays a huge role when I'm writing. It sets mood and lyrics speak to me. Every story I've ever written has a soundtrack I associate with it.

Lynn

I lately associated Becky Bain's 'Ad Astra Per Aspera' with 'Don't Cry' by Guns N' Roses:

Talk to me softly
There's something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside I've
I've been here before
Somethin's changin' inside you
And don't you know

Don't you cry tonight
I still love you baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinking of you
And the times we had... baby

Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

And please remember that I never lied
And please remember
how I felt inside now honey
You gotta make it your own way
But you'll be alright now sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light now baby

And don't you cry tonight...


They match, if not perfectly, nicely enough. And I just love both the song and the fic!

There are also fics that are named after a song or that have a very close association with one, i.e. Kaethel's My Immortal and Wendy Richard's 'Poison' (I just can't listen to this song without thinking of the fic anymore!).

Yvonne's Addicted brings to my mind Britney Spears's 'Toxic' (...I'm addicted to you, don't you know that you're toxic...)

As for fics of my own? Well, there's always Forever You <G>

Interesting topic!
See ya,
AnnaBtG.

P.S.: Since the Archive is down, I only gave the links to the stories I could find on the boards.

Lately, everything that I started writing is inspired by a song. My last story came from Delta Goodrem's Lost Without You . And another one just had a song as a title.

Most of the idea's I have in my mind, come from a song one way or the other. There are a few I've played over and over lately. One is from a Dutch artist. But my most favorite curretnly is from the new Corrs album: Summer Sunshine.

Everyone's changing, I stay the same
I'm... a solo cello outside a chorus
I've got a secret, it's time for me to tell it
You've been keeping me warm

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city, we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back, I've never felt so wanted
Are you taking me home?

You tell me you have to go...

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody needs to know

Now that you've loved me, there's no returning
I keep comparing, you're always winning
I try to be strong but you'll never be more wanted
Will you make me at home?

Don't tell me you have to go

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody needs to know

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city, we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back winter is coming
And I need to stay warm

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody knows

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody needs to know

I'm not sure how that's going to fit with a fic yet, but I'll figure it out at some point soon.

Saskia

I have two songs that I've been thinking a lot about lately...The first one reminds me a lot of season one...Clark being a shadow to his god-like creation, Lois ignoring Clark, Lex Luthor...so I tend to associate with a lot of those kinds of re-writes...

Superman's Dead by Our Lady Peace

Do you worry that you're not liked/
How long till you break/
Happy cause you smile/
But how much can you fake?
An ordinary boy, an ordinary name/
But ordinary's just not good enough today/

Alone I'm thinking/
Why is superman dead/
Is it in my head/
We'll just laugh instead/
You worry about the weather and/
Whether or not you should hate/

Are you worried about your faith/
Kneel down and obey/
You're happy you're in love/
You need someone to hate/
An ordinary girl, and ordinary ways/
But ordinary's just not good enough today/
Doesn't anyone know that the world's a subway

And then the other song reminds me of New Krypton stories, I suppose...except for the bridge at the end which goes back to BatP and all that...

Hero by Chad Kroeger

I am so high, I can hear heaven
I am so high, I can hear heaven
Oh, but heaven...no, heaven don't hear me

And they say
That a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

Someone told me
Love would all save us
But, how can that be
Look what love gave us

A world full of killing
And blood spilling
That world never came

And they say
That a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

Now that the world isn't ending
It's love that I'm sending to you
It isn't the love of a hero
And that's why I fear it won't do

And they say
That a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

And they're watching us
They're watching us
As we all fly away

I had this one song that played through my head pretty constantly while I was writing When the World Finds Out.

It's Island in the Sun by Weezer, and is this really bouncy, light-hearted...well...sunny little song. Lyrics like:

Let's run away together. Let's spend some time forever...

And it's completely ironic. Not to give anything away- though the title is a bit telling- but Lois and Clark are on an island following a big, nasty wham. It is anything but a fun, breezy get away for them. And yet, as soon as Clark Kent opens his eyes that first day and hears the ocean, the opening bars of this song start to play...well, in my head...but still.

And whenever I needed to get back on the island and see what the characters were doing, that's pretty much all it took. Weezer.

Go figure.

CC's two cents.

Every single fic I write is associated, more or less obviously, with a song. Sometimes it's listening to a song that sparks off an idea; sometimes I start writing and a song pops into my head that just fits with what I want to convey; sometimes it's a little of both. The thing is, I always write with music on - and since I usually spend more time singing along than typing words, you now know why I'm such a terribly slow writer... Current one? Or should I say, current one*s*? Evanescence's My Immortal (which has been an obsession with me for over six months), B*Witched's To You I Belong (since it's sort of inspirational for my current WIP), Barry Manilow's This One's For You, Meat Loaf's Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, S Club 7's Never Had a Dream Come True, Liberty X's Everybody Cries, and a few French songs (mostly Elodie Frege and Michal's Viens Jusqu'à Moi and Elodie Frege's Je n'ai pas de Remords).

Freak, me? Absolutely. And proud of it!

Kaethel

ps: Anna, thanks for the plug!

Sara, wow! The lyrics fit incredible well, and thanks for the free plug .

I won't bore you with my answer to this question, since I'll just be repeating stuff I've said before.

Yvonne

CC Aiken's latest story - this song sums it up for me: Turn the page, Bob Seger. Take out the whole "musician aspect" of it all, and you get that lonely isolation that Clark feels. Instead of the same old cliche, is that a woman or a man - it's other stupid cliche's (imagine what they talk about. Imagine what he hears? The horror!)

Turn the Page
Words and Music by Bob Seger

On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engine
moanin' out his one note song
You can think about the woman
or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
the way they always do
When you're ridin' sixteen hours
and there's nothin' much to do
And you don't feel much like ridin',
you just wish the trip was through

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Well you walk into a restaurant,
strung out from the road
And you feel the eyes upon you
as you're shakin' off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you

but you just want to explode
Most times you can't hear 'em talk,
other times you can
All the same old cliches,
"Is that a woman or a man?"
And you always seem outnumbered,
you don't dare make a stand

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Out there in the spotlight
you're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy
you try to give away
As the sweat pours out your body
like the music that you play
Later in the evening
as you lie awake in bed
With the echoes from the amplifiers
ringin' in your head
You smoke the day's last cigarette,
rememberin' what she said

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
There I go

And mine? Long Strange Trip? I imagine this song from Lois's perspective in regards to Clark

Alanis Morrisette's "Everything"
Everything

I can be an ***hole of the grandest kind
I can withold like it's going out of style
I can be the moodiest baby
And you've never met anyone
As negative as I am sometimes

I am the wisest woman you've ever met
I'm the kindest soul with whom you've connected
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone
As positive as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

I blame everyone else, not my own partaking
My passive agressiveness can be devistating
I'm terrified and mistrusting
And you've never met anyone who's closed down as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

What I resist, persists, and speaks louder than I know
What I resist, you love, no matter how low or high I go

I am the funniest woman that you've ever known
I am the dullest woman that you've ever known
I am the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone as everything as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here
And you're still here
And you're still here

*EDITED by the moderator for language.

Oooh, Leela! Keep your eyes open for a new music video coming soon (I hope).



Lynn

Various portions of "Just Thinkin'" are heavily inspired by a song on the *Practical Magic* soundtrack.

It's called "Is This Real?" by Lisa Hall and sounds very slinky and shadowed. I use it as mentioned earlier, just looping it over and over as I type out the scene (it's a short song)

Yeah I like this topic cause now I know the words to the Song from *Finding Nemo*

TEEEEEEJ

Most everything I write is inspired by a song or other... since I'm surrounded by music at work, certain tunes seem to get stuck in my head, and work their way around in there till they just about drive me crazy and I have to do something to get them out of there!! At the moment [and it's all Pel's fault, let me assure you] the one I can't get rid of is Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls, especially these lines;

And you can't fight the tears that ain't comin'
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

Hopefully you guys will be seeing the thing that goes with sooner rather than later...

Sara

Sara! I love that one!

And I have to confess, I'm guilty of putting some pressure on a certain video maker to use it...

CC

<<Useituseituseituseituseit,LynnMmMm>>

Oooh, I love Iris, too... By all means, Lynn, DOITDOITDOITDOITDOIT!

CCaethel. (g, d & r)

It's in the queue! I even have the MP3 all downloaded....

Now, about those pesky stories <g>.

L.

/me looks plaintively at Lynn and mentions a certain song called Breathe Easy...


Wendy

Wow! Now I feel really behind on my fanfic reading. Hmmm...work on my stories...or procrastinate by reading all these others.....hmmm. Anyway...

The song that's been going through my head constantly for my current WIP is "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling. I can see each of my characters in parts of this song and it just makes me so sad. This song also reminds me of CC's Through the Window/And Back Again.

Whevever You Will Go
By The Calling

So lately, I've been wonderin
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone, you'll need love
To light the shadows on your face
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
And between the sand and stone
Could you make it on your own

[Chorus:]
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low
I'll go wherever you will go

And maybe, I'll find out
The way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you
Through the darkest of your days
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
Well I hope there's someone out there
Who can bring me back to you

[Chorus]

Runaway with my heart
Runaway with my hope
Runaway with my love

I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart and your mind
I'll stay with you for all of time

[Chorus]

If I could turn back time
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could make you mine
I'll go wherever you will go



There's another song that reminds me of AltClark in general, though mainly just the chorus.

In Another World
by Joe Diffe

There you are with your hair all down
And your feet are bare, in your cotton gown
What a beautiful sight, in the moonlight
The way you're lookin' at me with your lovin' eyes
You let me know that for all my life
You will always be my only girl
But that's another place in time,
back when you were mine
In another world


Sara (/me lurks away to the archive, hoping her muse won't notice)

/me pats Wendy on the back and tells her it's also in the queue! Don't fret.

PS - Glad you're back

Lynn

I have to admit I rarely associate songs with any of the fics... if I do, it's only because I'm thinking what to use in a trailer, and then it just automatically pops up into my head... Though I'm used to write a story *based* upon a song.

Now, the one thing I do associate with fics, is film scores. Most people probably know by now that I'm obsessed with the genre, can easily recognize a composer just by hearing his technique in the music and can name quite a few of them. The mood, the feelings... with every story I read, I automatically think of a composer/score that would go perfectly with it.

Take "For the Greater Good" (Wendy's), for instance - before Clark found out that he'd have to sacrifice himself to save the rest of the world, the happy feelings... I don't know, it was kind of a feminine touch about the beginning, so I instantly thought of Rachel Portman's "The Cider House Rules" theme. A slow motion of Clark fooling around on the hill, holding one of the kids on his shoulders, playing "Catch!" with his other one. Then it turns darker.. a John Powell transition worked pretty good, but not for the rest of it. Then it would require Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith (on his better days) or maybe even James Newton Howard: beautiful, haunting and yet he has the power to scare the heck out of you.

That I think of the music from "Speed" by Mark Mancina when it comes to LabRat's "Masques" is no secret <g>, but there's also quite a lot Final Fantasy (by Nobuo Uematsu) I imagine with the scenes (not the piano scores, though).

Sometimes I even compose a few pieces myself to go with a story I just read. Stories like "Anybody's Baby", "Save Me, Superman", "The Marriage Pact", "Echoes of the Past", "Tryst", "HiM: The Video" and a few more, all have something I just found it naturally to write music for. I've gotten a few puzzled looks from some of my friends, though, when they heard what I played and wondered what kind of sheet music "Theme from Save Me, Superman" was.

But there was one song I thought of when I read Through the Window/And Back Again, though not the one you mentioned, Sara. It will appear on the trailers for them (that are way long overdue, but on their way), so I don't want to spoil anything by saying which one. But it just... fit.

So, fanfic soundtracks? Bring in the instrumental pieces too!

Pelican

Oh, well...that is just...wow!!!

You can't see the dance I'm doing in my kitchen, Pel, so I'll just do my best to replicate it here (btw, it's set to something instrumental...).



CC

Any chance we'll listen to your instrumental pieces, Pel?

AnnaBtG.

P.S.: Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

For CC Aikens' current story (The late, great Lois Lane) (and I love how 'late' means two things... she was thought to be dead, but isn't (she was formerly thought to be 'late'). However, she is 'late' in her entry into his life... he's married, and she's involved, and so... late on the scene...)

WIthout further babbling: For Clark and LANA

"Ever fall in love" (Peter Yorn)

You spurn my natural emotions

You make me feel like dirt

And I’m hurt

And if I start a commotion

I run the risk of losing you

And that’s worse


Ever fallen in love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with


I can’t see much of a future

Unless we find out what’s to blame

What a shame

And we won’t be together much longer

Unless we realize that we are the same


Ever fallen in love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with


You disturb my natural emotions

You make me feel like dirt

And I’m hurt

And if I start a commotion

I’ll only end up losing you

And that’s worse


Ever fallen in love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with


Ever fallen in love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

Ever fallen in love

In love with someone

You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with

Fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love with someone

You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with

I've got so many things to send off now, and I'm glad that I have the time now that finals are *finally* over (and I'm still alive!!), so... the amount will be a new record for me.

LOL! Ahm... I have to admit I doubt it. The authors would have a big laugh. <g>I figured if I sometime write music for a story and plan on making a trailer for it, *and* I can't find any other music that'll fit with it - then maybe I'll use my own. But I kind of have that option as last resort. <g> I do play on an el. piano, and I do have recording devices to go with it, so that wouldn't be a problem. I haven't tried it yet, but it doesn't look too hard.

Pelican

Oh, if we're talking lyrics for CC's The Late Great Lois Lane, this one works quite well, too. It's an oldy, though <g>.

Sad to Belong by
England Dan And John Ford Coley

Met you on a springtime day
You were mindin' your life
And I was minding mine, too
Lady, when you looked my way
I had a strange sensation
and, darling, that's when I knew

That it's sad to belong to someone else
When the right one comes along
Yes, it's sad to belong to someone else
When the right one comes along

Oh, I wake up in the night
And I reach beside me hoping you will be there
But instead I find someone
Who believed in me when I said
I'd always care

Oh, it's sad to belong to someone else
When the right one comes along
Yes, it's sad to belong to someone else
When the right one comes along

So I live my life in a dream world
For the rest of my days
Just you and me walking hand in hand
In a wishful memory
Oh, I guess that's all that it could ever be

Wish I had a time machine,
I could make myself go back
Until the day I was born
and I would live my life again
and rearrange it so that I'll be yours from now on

Oh, it's sad to belong to someone else
When the right one comes along
Yes, it's sad to belong to someone else
When the right one comes along



Lynn

/me whispers that she also has a great idea for the song to use on a trailer for this story, but she has no time frame in mind at this point. Waiting for the story to wrap up <g>.

After seeing Kae's video for My Immortal by Evanescence, it reminded me of another fanfic. Though I haven't read it in a while, this song remind me of Pam Jernigan's "Tryst". I'll post the lyrics just in case not everyone's heard it.

"My Immortal"

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

[Chorus:]
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

[Chorus]

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

[Chorus]

Sara (who can't stop listening to songs without trying to find a fanfic to fit it)

Sara,

i can never listen to "Bring me to life" without thinking of Buffy & Spike in season 6 BtVS.

L, that makes me wish I'd watched Buffy. I like Sarah Michelle Gellar and I like the type of show it was, I'm just not sure why I never got to watch it. I think I was a little turned off because I was so in love with the movie with Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry. I thought it was a betrayal of the fine( :rolleyes: ) work they'd done back in...1993? Anyway, Evanessance is a great band and I'm glad it's inspired so much in this fandom as well as others.

Sara

Is anyone sick of this topic yet? I am a little myself :rolleyes: , but only because *so* many songs I'm hearing keep reminding me of what I'm writing right now. So...here are some songs for "Wherever You Will Go"

Everytime
by Brittney Spears (yes, guilty pleasure, I admit it and it doesn't fit everything, but I love the chorus)

Notice me
Take my hand
Why are we
Strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me?

Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby

I make believe
That you are here
It's the only way
I see clear
What have I done
You seem to move on easy

Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
Everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby

I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song is my sorry

At night I pray
That soon your face
Will fade away

Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby


"Carry On Wayward Son"
by Kansas (poetically cute, dontcha think?)

(Chorus)

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreamin',
I can hear them say

(Chorus)
Carry on my wayward son,
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Now don't you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune, but I hear the voices say

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

(Chorus)

That one reminded me of 'em too when I first got it. Yeah.....<blush> I'm a Spears fan. Here comes the teasing.........

"Everytime"? Well....... at least I like the piano in it.

Pelican

You think the Hanson fan is going to talk smack? Britney's by no means my favorite, but to each his own.

JD

U2's song With or Without You reminds me of Clark in Kaethel's Near Wild Heaven.

"With Or Without You"

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you

Oooh, I love that song, Sara, and you're right, it does fit Clark's mood. Thanks for this bit of inspiration for NWH II.

Kaethel

No problem, Kae! Anything to help you along. (Just in case. )

____

I just heard this song for the first time last week and it struck me as something Clark would be thinking on New Krypton. This is for those of you dying to know about Clark in Wherever You Will Go.

"Will I Ever Make It Home"
by Ingram Hill

I woke up from my sleep to the sound of that voice
From the words that I heard I had no choice
They told me I had to turn around
My assurance slowly faded down
And I wonder

Will I ever make it home
Will I ever leave the ground
Leave this place so far behind

The plans that I had were quickly destroyed
The problem was one I couldn't avoid
They welcomed me to stay overnight
I'm too tired to complain so i just might
And I wonder

Will I ever make it home
To the place I recognize
Far from here and where I've been
And all the places that I've been shown
Will I ever make it home
Can they keep me here for good
Where I hardly know a soul
And my fear keeps going on

My weariness keeps growing inside
My patience is starting to subside
And I hope I'll be there soon
It can't be long or I'll fall through

Will I ever make it home
Will I ever leave the ground
Leave this place so far behind
Till ther eis no turning back
Will I ever make it home
Get to where I wanna be
Find the ones who wait for me
To the place where I belong
Will I ever make it home

Sara, !!! I want Clark back....

MDL.

Sorry Erica...not for a while if at all. And I'm not telling which.

I'm starting to think I just shouldn't listen to the radio anymore...cause I heard another song that reminded me a little of my story, but very much more so of Kaylle's In Dreams.

It's a song I love and I really can't believe I haven't posted it here yet, but that may have something to do with the fact that I just reccently read In Dreams. So here you go Kaylle.


"Here Without You"
by 3 Doors Down

A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that i saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And i don't think i can look at this the same
But all these miles that seperate
Disappear now when i'm dreaming of your face

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And i dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight it's only you and me

The miles just keep rollin'
As the people leave their way to say hello
I've heard this life was overrated
But i hope that it gets better as we go

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And i dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl its only you and me

Everything i know,and anywhere i go
It gets hard but it wont take away my love
And when the last one falls
When it's all said and done
It gets hard but it wont take away my love

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And i dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl its only you and me

Sara (*sigh* I love that song and that story! )

Yeah, I'm back with more. It's amazing how many songs I've heard for the nth time that now remind me of In Dreams. Kaylle, what can I say? You've infected my brain.

Higher
by Creed

When I’m dreaming I’m guided to another world
Time and time again
At sunrise I fight to stay asleep
Cause I don’t want to leave the comfort of this place
Cause there’s a hunger, longing to escape
From the life I live when I’m awake

So lets go there
Lets make our escape
Come on; let’s go there
Lets ask can we stay?

Chorus
Can you take me higher?
To the place where blind men see
Can you take me higher?
To the place with golden streets

Although I would like our world to change
It helps me to appreciate
Those nights and those dreams
But my friend I’d sacrifice all those nights
If I could make the earth and my dreams the same

The only difference is
To let love replace all our hate
So lets go there
Lets make our escape
Come on
Lets go there lets ask can we stay

Chorus

Lets go there
Lets go there
Lets go there
Lets ask can we stay

Up high I feel like I’m alive for the very first time
Sat up high I’m strong enough to take these dreams
And make them mine
And make them mine

Chorus x2

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I Knew I Loved You
by Savage Garden

Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant
And there it goes,
I think I found my best friend
I know that it might sound
More than a little crazy
But I believe........

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason
Only the sense of completion
And in your eyes, I see
The missing pieces I'm searching for
I think I've found my way home
I know that it might sound
More than a little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I've found you

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

(To Fade)
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And then there's this song, which I always liked just because of the chorus lines: "When you are with me I'm free I'm careless, I believe. Above all the others we'll fly." You know, because it sounded Lois and Clark-y. But when I listened to it again after reccently nagging Kae for NWH2, the whole song clicked into place as something that 'just fit.' I listened to it again (hey, you already know I'm obsessive ) and thought it also seemed to encompass altClark's feelings in Wherever You Will Go. Anyway...this is mainly to inspire Kae , so here ya go!

My Sacrifice
by Creed

Hello my friend, we meet again
It's been awhile, where should we begin?
Feels like forever
Within my heart are memories
Of perfect love that you gave to me
Oh, I remember

When you are with me, I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice

We've seen our share of ups and downs
Oh how quickly life can turn around
In an instant
It feels so good to reunite
Within yourself and within your mind
Let's find peace there

When you are with me, I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice

I just want to say hello again
I just want to say hello again

When you are with me I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
Cause when you are with me I am free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice, My sacrifice

I just want to say hello again
I just want to say hello again

My sacrifice.

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Okay, I'm done...for now. I'll probably be back later.

Sara (who just wanted to extend a private message to Kae: )

See! I'm back again.

This is a rather new country song by SheDaisy that really struck me as how Lois would be feeling right now in Wherever You Will Go.

Come Home Soon
by SheDaisy

I put away the groceries
And I take my daily bread
I dream of your arms around me
As I tuck the kids in bed

I don't know what you're doin'
And I don't know where you are
But I look up at that great big sky
And I hope you're wishin' on that same
bright star

I wonder, I pray

[Chorus:]
And I sleep alone
I cry alone
And it's so hard livin' here on my own
So please, come home soon
(Come home soon)

I know that we're together
Even though we're far apart
And I'll wear our lucky penny 'round my neck
Pressed to my heart

I wonder, I pray

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
I still imagine your touch
It's beautiful missing something that much
But sometimes love needs a fighting chance
So I'll wait my turn until it's our turn to dance

I wonder, I pray

[Second Chorus:]
I sleep alone
I cry alone
Without you this house is not a home
So please, come home soon

[Third Chorus:]
I walk alone
I try alone
I'll wait for you, don't want to die alone
So please, come home soon

Come home soon
Come home soon

*sigh*

Okay...should be done for a while.

Sara

Oooh, Sara!!! Thank you for that bit of nagging-ish inspiration... or should that be inspirational nagging? Excellent lyrics, and you're right, they fit. All excited about writing now! Anybody want to do my class preps so that I get some free time? Please?

Kaethel

Now, why didn't I find this thread sooner??? Music and fic,two of my favorite things put together!

About a year ago,I heard Laura Pausini's Everyday is a Monday and an idea for a fic popped in my head ( I never wrote it though as it usually happens with me and my ideas) What came to mind was something along the lines of that Bill Murray Movie where he gets stuck in the same day and Twas the night before Mxymas, though I hadn't set it anywhere in th L&C chronology (though, reading the song now, after Contact seems a good time)

Everyday Is A Monday (Il Mio Sbaglio Più Grande)
by Laura Pausini

Feels like
I´ve been frozen in time
And I'm looking for an easy way
To get on with my life
But I know
You´re the one to tell
I´ve been putting on a masquerade
I ain´t doing that well

Everything has crashed
And I'm losing this game
I can't help myself but wonder
Do you feel the same?

How could I ever say goodbye
Everyday is a monday
Without you by my side
I must have been a fool to try
`Cos everyday is a monday
Without you in my life

Tell me
It's a big mistake
'Cause I kinda learned my lesson
more than I can take
Freedom had a price to pay
I don't wanna be the one
to throw it all away

Everything has crashed
And I'm losing this game
I can't help myself but wonder
Do you feel the same?

(Chorus)

We were the weekend
Always living to be free
Now I’m stuck here on a monday
When I need you
Everyday of the week.

(I like the Italian and Spanish versions of the song much more, but the lyrics are comletely different)

Other than that, another Pausini song (yeah, I guess we all have confession to make... her music is one of my weaknesses ) seemed perfect for Lois at a certain moment as I was writing Nothing but a Luthor on the way:

If that's Love (Laura Pausini)

If you're gonna break my heart and leave
Make promises you don't intend to keep
If that's love then I want no part.

But if you think that love should last for life
If you believe it's more than just one night
If that's love then you've got my heart.

And if you'd rather hold on to your pride
Than wipe away the tears you made me cry
If that's love then I want no part.
But if you're gonna be there when I need
Someone to just hold me tenderly
If that's love then you've got my heart.

If the kinda love that you bring
comes with no demands and no strings
If in your eyes I see for sure
That you're the one I'm waiting for
I'll give my heart, my soul, my everything.

If I have to let go of my dreams
Become someone I never ever thought I'd be
If that's love then I want no part.

But if you're gonna be the kinda man
Who's willing just to take me as I am
If that's love then you've got my heart.

Tell me in your arms I'll be safe
Where loneliness and fear have no place
The only thing you have to do
The only thing I ask of you
Is give your heart, your soul, and your faith.

And if you cannot give these things to me
Then I just have to tell you honestly
If that's love then I want no part.

But if you say you've finally found in me
The only place that you could ever be
If that's love then you've got my heart
If that's love then you've got my heart
If that's love, if that's love
If that's love BABY YOU, BABY YOU you've got my heart

I think I went over my 2 cents

Cris