One More Night
Maroon 5
Song: One More Night
Artist: Maroon 5
Submitter and why:
darkmus: This album came out today. I got it. I listened to it. And my mind… went where it always goes.
Why? So many things. Fighting imagery, unwanted desire… Just. Yeah. Hear for yourself.
Also I really like Maroon 5.
(And please excuse me while I squeal over the mental image of one of them with a smug, come-hither look and lipstick.)
Buy: on Amazon.com
Lyrics:
You and I go hard
At each other like we going to war
You and I go rough
We keep throwing things and slamming the doors
You and I get so
Damn dysfunctional we stopped keeping score
You and I get sick
Yeah I know that we can’t do this no more
[Hook]
But baby there you again, there you again making me love you
Yeah I stopped using my head, using my head let it all go
Got you stuck on my body, on my body like a tattoo
And now I’m feeling stupid, feeling stupid crawling back to you
So I cross my heart, and I hope to die
That I’ll only stay with you one more night
And I know I’ve said it a million times
But I’ll only stay with you one more night
Try to tell you no
But my body keeps on telling you yes
Try to tell you stop
But your lipstick got me so out of breath
I be waking up
In the morning probably hating myself
And I be waking up
Feeling sastified but guilty as hell
[Hook]
Yeah baby give me one more night
Yeah baby give me one more night
Yeah baby give me one more night
[Hook]
(Yeah baby give me one more night)
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
That I’ll only stay with you one more night
And I know I’ve said it a million times
But I’ll only stay with you one more night
Lover I Don't Have To Love
Bright Eyes
Song: Lover I Don’t Have to Love
Artist: Bright Eyes
Submitter and why:
darkmus: This is actually a song I found though scatteringashes (way back when on the jou_loves_kaiba LJ community) but for the life of me, I can’t find the original post…
I see this song mostly as Kaiba’s POV (though, I guess some parts could be Jou?). They don’t love each other but, UNF. They want some of that.
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Lyrics:
I picked you out of a crowd and talked to you
I said I liked your shoes
You said, “Thanks, can I follow you?”
So it’s up the stairs and out of view
No prying eyes
I poured some wine
I asked your name, you asked the time
Now it’s two o’clock
The club is closed
We’re up the block
Your hands on me; Pressing hard against your jeans
Your tongue in my mouth, trying to keep the words from coming out
You didn’t care to know who else may have been you before
I want a lover I don’t have to love
I want a girl who’s too sad to give a fuck
Where’s the kid with the chemicals?
I thought he said to meet him here but I’m not sure
I’ve got the money if you’ve got the time
You said it feels good
I said, “I’ll give it a try.”
Then my mind went dark
We both forgot where your car was parked
Let’s just take the train
I’ll meet up with the band in the morning
Bad actors with bad habits
Some sad singers they just play tragic
And the phone’s ringing and the van’s leaving
Let’s just keep touching; let’s just keep… keep singing…
I want a lover I don’t have to love
I want a boy who’s so drunk he doesn’t talk
Where’s the kid with the chemicals?
I’ve got a hunger and I can’t seem to get full
I need some meaning I can memorize
The kind I have always seems to slip my mind
But you, but you…
You write such pretty words
But life’s no storybook
Love’s an excuse to get hurt
And to hurt.
Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do
Then hurt me… [x10]
Cut Me Down
Frankmusik
Song: Cut Me Down
Artist: Frankmusik
Submitter and why:
darkmus: This is a two-part post!
First part/song is Jou’s POV, post-series. They’re on the rocks because Kaiba is being a cold bastard. Jou is thinking about giving up on them.
One of my puppyshipping head canons has Jou a lot more invested in their relationship than Kaiba is. This is especially in the lyric “You feel what you want / Except the pain that’s surrounding me”.
Another head canon is that Kaiba is super posessive (which… er… isn’t healthy >_>”) Jou is hoping that that Kaiba will “Let me go go” and wants to leave Domino City “I look behind me and I’m leaving your town” (because, lol, Kaiba practically owns the city).
Anyway, I love the line “We’re fighting like kids again” that alludes to how they were when they were teenagers.
Then it leads to [Part Two]!
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Lyrics:
Is this how it is
We’re fighting like kids again,
Oh darlin’
Is this what we are
We scream until it’s too far again yeah
I can’t believe
You’re loving me
With a dagger in your hand
And I can’t believe
I can’t be free
When this ain’t what I planned
Planned
Baby girl I stick you up
But you just cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
(Bad boy)
And girl how I tried to stick you up
But you just cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
You feel what you want
Except the pain that’s surrounding me
Oh darling
You take what you want
My soul ain’t nothing to you it’s free yeah
And I won’t survive
I’m not alive
When you’re standing in my way
And I won’t survive
I’m empty inside
I’m crushed till I can’t stay
Stay
Baby girl I stick you up
But you just cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
(Bad boy)
And girl how I tried to stick you up
But you just cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
You got me wishing I can never turn round
I look behind me and I’m leaving your town
Let me go go
Let me let me go
Let me go go
Let me let me go
Baby girl I stick you up
But you just cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
And girl how I tried to stick you up
But you just cut me down
Cut me down
Cut me down
[x3]
No Champagne (Feat. Natalia Kills)
Frankmusik
Song: No Champagne (Feat. Natalia Kills)
Artist: Frankmusik
Submitter and why:
darkmus: After [Part One], Jou has left and Kaiba is remorseful for not being there and as open as he wants to be. He’s “foolish” for keeping himself so guarded.
Frankmusik’s lines are sung by Kaiba, Natalia Kills’ by Jou.
I also see this happening at some sort of fancy shindig (with lots of champagne!) where Jou up and leaves.
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Lyrics:
Say it ain’t so
I think you’re leaving
Now, life won’t be the same
You’re letting go of all of our dreaming
And now, there’s only me to blame
There’ll be no champagne that can take away my pain
Why do I do this do this?
Always be useless useless
There’ll be no champagne that can take away my pain
Why do I do this do this?
Always be foolish foolish
Tried to keep our ship from sinking
It’s not so easy by myself
I fight no more
My love is sleeping
I’m rich but not so much in will
There’ll be no champagne that can take away my pain
Why do I do this do this?
Always be useless useless
There’ll be no champagne that can take away my pain
Why do I do this do this?
Always be foolish foolish
Why do I do this, why do I do this?
Now I’m lost in visions of my wrong decisions
And I’m lost in visions of my wrong decisions
And I’m lost in visions of my wrong decisions
There’ll be no champagne that can take away my pain
Why do I do this do this?
Always be useless useless
There’ll be no champagne that can take away my pain
Why do I do this do this?
Always be foolish foolish
The Best Thing
Savage Garden
Song: The Best Thing
Artist: Savage Garden
Submitter and why:
darkmus: I mostly see this as Kaiba’s POV, but I can see this working for either of them. Contradictions, perceptions that their relationship doesn’t work… but in the end, it actually does.
The reason I say Kaiba’s POV is because as much as Kaiba wants to be the best and seems to have a lot of things going for him, it’s not so completely true. Joey helps him become a more complete person - being the best thing to happen to him.
(This isn’t so eloquent, sorry. X_X)
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Lyrics:
Never want to fly
Never want to leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You’re the best thing about me
Sometimes I feel like this is only chemistry
Stuck in a maze searching for a way to
Shut down turn around feel the ground beneath me
You’re so close where do you end
Where do I begin?
Always pushing and pulling
Sometimes sanity takes vacation time on me
I’m in a daze stumbling bewildered
North of gravity head up in the stratosphere
You and I roller coaster ride in love
You’re the centre of adrenaline
And I’m beginning to understand
Never want to fly
Never want to leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You’re the best thing about me
Walk on broken glass make my way through fire
These are things I would do for love
Farewell peace of mind kiss goodbye to reason
Up is down the impossible occurs each day
This intoxication thrills me
I only pray it doesn’t kill me
Never want to fly
Never want to leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You’re the best thing about me
You’re the centre of adrenaline
And I’m beginning to understand
You could be the best thing about me
Never want to fly
Never want to leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You’re the best thing about me
You could be the best thing about me
You’re the best thing about me
You could be the best thing about me
Oh no no
You’re the best thing about me
What if you’re the best thing about me
You’re the best thing about me
You could be the best thing about me
Oh no no
You’re the best thing about me
Never want to fly
Never want to leave
You’re the best thing about me