TheSeenScene sacrificed, Round 11
Musickid203 eliminated, Finale
Kyle. eliminated, Finale CrazyCat eliminated, Round 8 / reborn for Finale
Sebas
holyground
holyground, Sebas, and CrazyCat all won, so they're in 1st. That would put Kyle in second, Musickid in third, and me in fourth.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Continued) song used in round 1: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
"I've got to ask
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
Sometimes I can't believe it..."
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Little Shadow song used in round 1: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dull Life
"Hey, shadow, stars, break of dawn
Take a turn for stars, to my fantasy
Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?
Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?"
Best Coast - Each and Every Day song used in round 1: Best Coast - Boyfriend
"If only I could convince you to feel the same way
We could be so very happy each and every day
Each and every day
Each and every day"
Scene.
THE ENDING TRINITY
The Ending of a Rihlationship That was quite a show, very entertaining...But it's over now, go on and take a bow.
The Ending of a Life A name is written on a polished rock, a broken heart that the world forgot.
The Ending of Everything Flames to dust; Lovers to friends. Why do all good things come to an end?
Hugamari
ATRL's Holy Trinity
The Ending Trinity
A speech before the final battle.
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Ed Sheeran - I See Fire
This is the end, my friends - the final battle approaches. May we face it together, no matter the outcome. It hasn't been easy...no, not by any stretch of the imagination, but everything we did, we did with honor.
Enya - May It Be
No matter your motive or creed, we were all brought here by our destinies intertwining. May you continue to follow your own path; find your northern star or rising run, until the very end.
Annie Lennox - Into The West
And when the time has come, may you lay your head, rest your eyes, and ease your heart. With your journey complete, may you safely voyage on, into the west.
lovesong
the apocalypse hits!
it's time to take a risk
It's time, you are light I guess you are afraid of what everyone is made of
All your praying amounts to just one breath
Please keep your victory
But give me little death
to hold on to the one you love
Come take my hand
I won't let you go
I'll be your friend
I will love you so deeply
I will be the one to kiss you at night I will love you until the end of time
to dance for the last time
But I need to know
If the world says it's time to go Tell me, will you freak out?
Smash, smash, bang, bang
Don't stop
the end of the world
is it a bad thing?
or is it that final push you need
Kitt
When you think of something perpetually ending, you think of death and maybe the typical breakups and divorces. I really wanted to avoid that with this trinity and present different themes but I learned it was quite hard to find non-old timey songs that fit that well. Eventually I settled on a theme that kind of had a lifespan timeline feel and were about the ending of, or the want to end, certain points or areas in your life.
favorite lyric◬ “So one last time, I need to be the one who takes you home
One more time, I promise, after that I'll let you go”
lost touch ⁄ ariana grande ◬ 'one last time'
I wanted one of those songs that dealt with something you can deal with at any age as the first position. I like that its kind of reminiscent of a goodbye love song, so it could be considered as a breakup song but I like that it has more of a bittersweet theme instead of something somber considering the subject. I also find it kind of appropriately fitting that the concept for the music video is apocalypse themed.
favorite lyric◬ “No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down.”
moving on up ⁄ vitamin c ◬ 'graduation'
Obviously to graduate something you've transcended an era of life that can never be returned to. I was a kid when this single came out and was a thing, but I remember listening to it with my best friend and making a promise together that this would be our song when we come to that point in our school lives. Needless to say, we stopped being friends as soon as high school hit and I forgot about this song by graduation. A true ending tea!
favorite lyric◬ “But I, I need you to want me
And I, Need you to miss me
I need your attention
I need you next me
I need someone to clap for me
I need your direction”
midlife crisis ⁄ erykah badu ◬ 'window seat'
I love this song so much. I love to listen to this when work or home life get too overwhelming and I literally, like the song says, just want to buy the first ticket out of town telling no one and just impulsively free myself. Sometimes you do give so much of yourself and don't get it reciprocated. It kind of gives a mid life crisis tea to me as there are themes of parenthood in the song as well.
HausofNiko
Finishing Each Page of your Life... but not really wanting too..
Page 1: Childhood
Saying goodbye to your childhood is the hardest thing ever to do. You are quickly going from a little boy to a young man, or a baby girl to a grown woman. This is the stage around 11-12, when you realize you aren't a baby anymore, and you don't get everything handed to you. It's bitter-sweet, you want everyone to be by your side and give you attention, but you also want to grow older and be yourself. It's sad because you have to go out in the world now, have sleepovers, go through puberty, have girlfriends/boyfriends, it's all in front of you. It's scary but it's also exciting. Even though it's exciting, there is always the little kid inside of you screaming "I wanna be a kid forever!" "Forever young,
I wanna be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever and ever
Forever young I wanna be
Forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, forever"
Page 2:Teenage Years
You spend your teenage years being rebellious and having fun, and that's how you are gonna end them too. Falling in love, and hating that same person you loved. Making friends and breaking them too. Studying hard for tests but also winging them and saying f**k school! You are living the crazy years of your life, and they are ending. Your wonder ages of being a crazy teen are about to end, and you have the fear of leaving your home and starting college too. But f it!!! You have a little bit of time left, so live it up.
Singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs
With the boom box blaring as we're falling in love
Got a bottle of whatever, but it's getting us drunk
Singing here's to never growing up
Page 3: Adulthood
The lyrics of this song are so amazing, and they speak volumes. Once you get to the certain age, you reflect back at your past, and you may or may not regret this. You know death could be happening any day or any moment... but you enjoy the time you have. You childhood, your teenage years, you had a lot of fun, but maybe you did some things that weren't the best. As an adult, you still don't want to grow up, and be considered an old person. Youth is such an important thing. You want to cherish if for as long as you can, and embrace your youth. Regret it or not, you have to make the best out of your time. Finishing the last page of the story of your life, you flip the page and say goodbye, to your youth, your memories, the things you regret, you say goodbye. And I see them in the streets
And I see them in the field
And I hear them shouting under my feet
And I know it's got to be real
Oh, Lord, deliver me
All the wrong I've done
You can deliver me, Lord
As a side note: I was going to do a video with this one as well - I thought it'd a nice touch to it, being that it's a speech and all. However, the speech was really short, and I'd get like 10 seconds of each song in there and I didn't think it'd be worth it unless I extended the speech...I don't think I could've done that without repeating ideas and basically trying to fill space, so I just decided against it. Praying it doesn't kill me!