[fst] AKUROKU / AXEL/ROXAS - you were mine
After post-boning, checking, adding songs, taking away songs, making covers....
It's here it's here it's here it's here ♥! <3
AKUROKU FST ♥ you were mine
*Please note some of the explaining is spoilerific if you have not yet delved into the love that is Final Mix. I know a few of you haven't, so, warning.
axel/roxas fst ♥ you were mine
EIGHTH DIMENSION (SIDE 1)
(01) JYONGRI - Possession (English Version) (4.24)
(02) HELLOGOODBYE - Here In Your Arms (4.00)
(03) AVRIL LAVIGNE - Girlfriend (3.37)
(04) THE FRAY - Over My Head (Cable Car) (3.58)
(05) KEANE - We Might As Well Be Strangers (3.12)
(06) QUEEN OF HEARTS - Tell Me (2.47)
(07) GOO GOO DOLLS - Iris (4.51)
(08) DIXIE CHICKS - You Were Mine (3.37) Axel's theme
(09) RICHARD MARX - Right Here Waiting (4.27)
(10) DELTA GOODREM - Lost Without You (4.10)
(11) SEETHER FEATURING AMY LEE - Broken (4.26)
(12) 30 SECONDS TO MARS - Attack (3.08)
(13) PINK - Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) (3.18) Roxas's theme
(14) AVRIL LAVIGNE - When You're Gone (4.00)
THIRTEENTH CONTRACTOR (SIDE 2)
(15) GOO GOO DOLLS - Without You Here (3.51)
(16) LOST PROPHETS - 4:AM Forever (4.27)
(17) KEANE - Bend And Break (3.39)
(18) S CLUB 7 - Have You Ever (3.21)
(19) AVRIL LAVIGNE - Contagious (2.09)
(20) TOMMY FEBRUARY6 - Lonely In Gorgeous (3.58)
(21) RELIENT K - Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet (4.12)
(22) ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL - Nervous Breakdown (4.07)
(23) EVANESCENCE - Missing (4.16)
(24) STORY OF THE YEAR - Until The Day I Die (4.02)
(25) THE FRAY - Heaven Forbid (4.01)
(26) BRYAN ADAMS - Sound The Bugle (3.54)
(27) COLDPLAY - The Scientist (5.09)
(28) JESSE MCCARTNEY - Because You Live (3.19)
[BONUS] AVRIL LAVIGNE & JOHNNY RZEZNIK - Iris (Live @ Fashion Rocks, 2004) (5.14)
total running time: 109 minutes, 39 seconds (1 hour, 49 minutes)
tracks ♥ i'll meet you on the other side
CIRCUMSTANCE 1: JYONGRI - Possession (English Version)
I am in firm belief this is one of the best songs to start off this FST with.
This song has two versions, Japanese and English, and naturally I chose to
put the English one on here. I actually like this a lot, and if you listen to
it, and look at the title, it's like what Axel thinks Roxas is. His
possession. Of course, Roxas won't let that happen, but that point aside. This
is mostly Axel singing it with (sometimes) Roxas chipping in. I just think it
relates to the entire thing when Axel is chasing round after Roxas and Roxas
doesn't know who he is.
Sorry, but it's all controlled.
I'm your possession
Right now, up until forever
Don't you feel the passion
Burning hot inside you?
CIRCUMSTANCE 2: Hellogoodbye - Here In Your Arms
This song is, by far, overused for FST's, but I really, really like listening
to this song. I relate it mostly to these two, though. I think of it as what
we didn't see before Roxas left the Organization, and the part with 'whispers
hello I miss you quite terribly' is Axel after he comes to find Roxas again,
and succeeds in doing so. Perhaps even, for those who have seen the re:com
Riku ending, with Axel meeting Roxas for the first time, and they both go and
buy ice cream. Also, to a degree, when Axel sacrafices himself. It's just a
really sweet song.
You are the one,
The one that lies close to me
Whispers, 'hello, I miss you quite terribly'.
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.
CIRCUMSTANCE 3: Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Avril part 1. Rule one for me = Axel is Avril. This is my
song which Axel would sing, 100%. It just fits. In canon, it is sort of
hinted to Roxas and Naminé (even if half the fandom don't support it), but,
say Roxas got with her, which it sounds like. Axel would so come along and
sing this at Roxas to try and win him over, and probably fail in the process
and get hit for his (bad) efforts. Another thing - a lot of people hate this
song. I know, I know, it's been said many times on my youtube video for Axel
and Roxas with this - but thinking of Axel with it? Entirely changed their
minds.
You're so fine, I want you mine.
You're so delicious.
I think about you all the time.
You're so addictive.
So come over here,
And tell me what I wanna hear.
Better yet, make the girlfriend disappear.
CIRCUMSTANCE 4: The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
Ah, my third Fray song. Got me into them, finally, this one. And... there's
quite a few subtle lines in here that remind me of Axel and Roxas. Mostly the
part about being strangers, but the part of 'becoming part of your past' hits
me hard. It's true - Roxas forgets about Axel, and becomes part of his past.
Once again, yes, that part is Axel singing, though there is a part which
reminds me of Roxas in here too.
I wish you were a stranger.
I could disengage.
And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless.
CIRCUMSTANCE 5: Keane - We Might As Well Be Strangers
I heard this song on the radio once and it hit me. The title. It just.
Fits. Once again, it's for the opening of KH2, really, but it works.
The lyrics entirely relate to them and what they go through, and I love this
song for that. This is also song five, which, is the difference between 8 and
13, which I also thinks holds some significance to be here.
We might as well be,
Strangers in another town.
We might as well be,
Living in a different world.
CIRCUMSTANCE 6: Queen of Hearts - Tell Me
I was sifting through my old songs from god knows how many years ago, and
found this one. I hate the series with a passion, now, but this song, I
always loved. I was listening through it, and it... really was one for Axel
and Roxas. Plus, it covers all aspects of the relationship, even more so the
friendship. I am a true supporter of this pairing, but this covers every
single aspect, which is rare. Because after everything... can they still be
friends? That's why this one made its way in.
Now I hope you're realizing,
I want you back again.
Best friends don't always let
These little things get in the way.
Best friends don't always
Have to search for things to say.
CIRCUMSTANCE 7: Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Several years ago, my friend mentioned this to me. I didn't listen to it, and
oh, what a fool I was. After watching Treasure Planet and hearing 'I'm Still
Here' I became interested in Goo. Ever since, I've loved this song. Johnny
Rzeznik is an absolute genius for writing this beautiful piece. I adore it to
no end. It's another that's related to a lot of pairings, but also for Axel
and Roxas, a lot. How they're separated, how they can't be together again,
how when it comes to the final farewell on the tower - how one has to be
without the other. Unrelated, but it's Avril's favourite song. More
reason.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming.
Or the moment of truth in your lies.
When everything seems like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive.
CIRCUMSTANCE 8: Dixie Chicks - You Were Mine
Axel's theme. One day, my friend sent me a link to this tune, which was Avril
Lavigne covering it as a young kid. I sat there and listened - and afterwards
it hit me really really hard. This is. Axel's song, truly. He's singing it to
Roxas, and it's also again, about the proposed Roxas/Naminé relationship. He
can't let Roxas go, even if he has found a new love, and he wants her to not
be real - like she wasn't, in the virtual Twilight Town - and come home back
to him.
I can't find a reason to let go.
Even though you've found a new love,
And she's what your dreams are made of.
Even though those pictures have begun to fade.
Please tell me, she's not real.
And you're really coming home to stay.
CIRCUMSTANCE 9: Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Okay another Axel song. Well, also Roxas singing, but Axel. Which is kind of
surprising since it's sung by a guy, but moving on. My friend said a while
ago it's an Axel thing, and I agreed afterwards. It's like... how he's
searching for Roxas, kidnaps Kairi to get to him, and then when he's
sacrificed and he's 'waiting', but he won't ever see him again, so how
can they say 'forever?' - and in the end, if they're still together,
he will take the chance. And when Axel and Roxas both part, saying 'see you
later?' I have the feeling Axel will always be someplace - be it Roxas' mind
or someplace beyond - and will stay waiting for Roxas.
Oceans apart day after day...
And I slowly go insane.
I hear your voice on the line.
But it doesn't stop the pain.
If I see you next to never.
How can we say forever?
CIRCUMSTANCE 10: Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You
Okay, it's Axel again. Mostly. But it could also be Roxas, since they are
both stubborn, but it doesn't matter - Axel's disc side, right? This is how
like, after a heated fight, they think they can just go solo, but in the end,
end up realizing they're lost without the other and just strive to find each
other again. And the bridge part, below? Ice cream scene.
If only I could hold you now.
Make the pain just go away.
Can't stop the tears from running down my face.
CIRCUMSTANCE 11: Seether Featuring Amy Lee - Broken
I can't remember where I heard this, but I ended up downloading it anyway.
This one I envision as a duet for the pair of them. Once again, it's about
separations and all that - I think this one is also more for what's shown in
the manga, with the photos.
I keep your photograph and I know it serves me well.
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain.
You've gone away, you don't feel me, anymore.
CIRCUMSTANCE 12: 30 Seconds To Mars - Attack
Say they were together - this is about all the fights they have, and all the
uncertainties they have with each other. As the lyrics say - 'your promises,
they look like lies'. I see this mostly as when Roxas leaves the
Organization, as well - he has good cause to leave, but he's leaving Axel and
running from him, too, and he knows that.
I'm losing control now, and
Without you I can finally see.
Run away, I'll attack, I'll attack.
CIRCUMSTANCE 13: Pink - Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
Roxas' theme. Yes, it's Pink, who's a woman. I mean. That's not normal, for
Roxas song to be sung by a woman~ anyway. I first heard it on the
radio and ran off to download. This is my Roxas song, because it just fits
with him so, so, so well. It's how he's trying to decide whether Axel is
great or whether Axel is just a god damn pain - the 'Get the hell off' side
to Axel, but also the side of 'I didn't mean that' at the same time. Roxas is
that kind of solitude-wanting being who also wants company at the same time.
Yeah, and the Adam/Even part... I can't help thinking Sora/Kairi to it. Don't
know why, I just do. Which makes it fit more in the sense Roxas has dreams
about Sora's past.
Go away, give me a chance to miss you.
Say goodbye, it'd make me wanna kiss you.
I love you so much more when you're not here.
You taste so sweet but I can't eat,
The same thing everyday.
Cutting off the phone,
Leave me the f*** alone,
Tomorrow I'll be begging you to come home.
CIRCUMSTANCE 14: Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
Just... aww. I... I cried on this one. Not for me or my past. For these two.
Just.. the lyrics are touching. Very touching, and it's just plain beautiful.
And to top it all off, it's Axel/Roxas. Yes. I can't explain how much I love
this song. When I first heard it - when I first heard the line 'do you see
how much I need you right now?' - Axel was in my head, and I saw how this
song fit so well. It's the entire relationship, start to finish, to when they
have to say goodbye.
When you walk away,
I count the steps that you take.
Do you see how much
I need you right now?
SECOND DISC
CIRCUMSTANCE 15: Goo Goo Dolls - Without You Here
It's another song about being apart, and how one changes the other. And for
Axel, in the sense Roxas is his own light in the emptiness, something he
clings onto until his dying breath. The line 'strangers into lovers' is also
a big thing here - it's true. They started off as strangers, and became close
to lovers. Which, relating to the songs above of being 'strangers' it works.
A moment in your arms,
Became the reason why.
And you're still the only light,
That fills the emptiness.
The only one I need until my dying breath.
CIRCUMSTANCE 16: Lost Prophets - 4:AM Forever
Another, and alas yes, a Roxas song! I heard this and I just saw it, replayed
the scene of Roxas going forth to challenge Sora. And it was confirmed even
more in Final Mix - that Roxas emerged because of Axel's death. This song is
set right there, as he awakes, and see Axel's gone and not there anymore. I
can also see it for the point he's sitting on the tower by himself, head
buried into his knees as he's depressed over the affair - and also for when
they meet in his mind. It also relates for then. This is one of the ones I'm
most secure about being an Axel and Roxas one - it just screams Roxas at me.
Yesterday I lost my closest friend.
Yesterday I wanted time to end.
I wonder if my heart will ever mend.
I just let you slip away.
CIRCUMSTANCE 17: Keane - Bend And Break
The title does this song no justice. It was playing on a quiet radio in a
store, and I just heard the lines below - and I listened more clearly. It's.
Scary how it fits, that meeting each other in the morning, on the 'other
side', in the 'light', in the 'next life'. Again for the departure on the
tower - Axel vanishes into the light, a place on the other side.
I'll meet you on the other side,
I'll meet you in the light.
CIRCUMSTANCE 18: S Club 7 - Have You Ever
This... well. When Axel looses Roxas, at the beginning when he fights him,
when Roxas has to go back to Sora, when Axel kamikaze's, when Roxas and Axel
say farewell to one another.. they did love and loose someone. I mean. If you
listen to the first few lines, it seriously sums it up in about three
sentences about what happens to them both before their breakdowns. This song
is so cute, it has to be here.
Tell me, have you ever loved and lost somebody,
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry.
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking?
Lookin down the road you should be taking?
I should know, cos I loved and lost,
The day I let you go.
CIRCUMSTANCE 19: Avril Lavigne - Contagious
This song sold itself to me in the first listen as an Axel one, predictably.
It works - Roxas makes Axel smile. With the 358/2 Days footage, Axel makes
Roxas smile. And Roxas makes Axel cry. Which, you wouldn't, in a million
years, have thought in COM, would you?
That's when I start to realize.
What you bring to my life.
Damn this guy can make me smile.
CIRCUMSTANCE 20: Tommy February6 - Lonely In Gorgeous
The only Japanese one on here, but... the translation. Is really, really,
neat, and it fits them both, so here we are. This might also be my insane
fangirling that they are both gorgeous, and they're both lonely at points and
the like... and of course, 'where are you bad boy' is something awesome Roxas
should so so sing. It would be hilarious if he did. In a cute way. And this
one takes time to grow on you. At the start, it's all really something you
don't want to listen to. But keep at it, because it really does get good in
the middle, or for me it did.
Lonely in gorgeous.
And breaking my heart.
I miss you bad boy.
Full song lyrics here.
CIRCUMSTANCE 21: Relient K - Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet
A long long long time ago, I saw this song on a Roxas, Axel and Naminé video.
It left a lasting impression and probably was the first song I ever related
to Axel and Roxas. It's just when they fight, and Axel fights against Roxas,
and he doesn't want to hate him, but he has to - how he has to fight him, and
he's just so mad - and when things cool down? Why did it happen? Who's to
blame? And they both figure - they still love each other afterwards.
No, I don't hate you.
Don't want to fight you.
Know I'll always love you,
But right now I just don't like you.
I tried to hold your hand,
But you'd rather hold your grudge.
CIRCUMSTANCE 22: abingdon boys school - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Axel and Roxas both have breakdowns. For Axel, it's when he goes to fight
Roxas and for when he 'gambles something he doesn't have' and sacrifices
himself for Sora and Roxas' benefit. For Roxas, it's when he regains his
memories of the Organization and despises DiZ for what happens to him - and
the second, is after Axel dies. They cause each other's breakdowns - and this
song shows that.
What can I do to make you feel right?
What kinda fool if I make you cry?
Give me a break!
You'd better change your stupid ways.
Before I go away.
CIRCUMSTANCE 23: Evanescence - Missing
I feel this to be an Axel/Roxas one from start to finish. Another I'm very
secure about - Axel does die, literally, to know Roxas loves him.
Roxas won't cry for Axel - he forgot him, long ago. There's also another
part - with 'barely conscious, you'll say to no one' - that's when Axel truly
has sacrificed himself. Just what's missing then? Axel. Also Roxas' time in
Twilight Town... you see my point. This song also inspired me to make a
layout for an upcoming shrine - so it's special for me in regards to these
two.
You won't cry for my absence, I know -
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant...?
Am I so insignificant...?
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I died to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
CIRCUMSTANCE 24: Story of the Year - Until The Day I Die
I saw this on a Kingdom Hearts video a little while ago, and the song
lingered in my mind. Particularly the section below, reminded me of
Axel/Roxas. It's like - Axel devoting his life to Roxas and the other way
round, until the day they die. And the bridge part, is how, even after giving
their all for each other, they made mistakes - just like friends would.
My hands are at your throat,
And I think I hate you.
We made the same mistakes,
Just like friends do.
CIRCUMSTANCE 25: The Fray - Heaven Forbid
I can see this as a narrator singing it to Roxas, but also partially, Axel
singing about Roxas too. Another one for breakdowns, this one - Roxas doesn't
understand why he's been left alone. Again, when Axel leaves? He's left
alone, and he doesn't know why.
Heaven forbid you end up alone,
You don't know why.
Hold on tight, wait for tomorrow,
You'll be alright.
Out of this one
I don't know how to get you out of this one.
CIRCUMSTANCE 26: Bryan Adams - Sound The Bugle
I think.. I relate this most to how Roxas feels when he fights Sora. He's all
lost, confused, stuck. He's got 'nothing left, just an empty heart'. If
you've ever seen the movie with this in (Spirit), then.. you'll know how emo
that scene is. Spirit has to leave Rain and just can't take that. It's the
same here. Roxas has to accept Axel's gone and he just can't. And then Axel
talks to him again, which is kind of like the climax of the song, and
everything's alright for him again, because he can keep fighting.
I'm a soldier - wounded,
So I must give up the fight.
There's nothing more for me;
Lead me away...
Or leave me lying here.
CIRCUMSTANCE 27: Coldplay - The Scientist
Shush I know Avril sang this one two. So she's here for like six of
them. Anyway. This song is just amazing, and I love it to pieces.
And relate it to these guys a lot - it's about the entire thing, start to
finish, how they want to start over. Listen, and you'll understand.
Tell me you love me.
Come back and haunt me.
Oh, and I rush to the start.
CIRCUMSTANCE 28: Jesse McCartney - Because You Live
I like to finish these on a happy note, don't I? Heheh. I think it's the next
life thing here again - or when they say goodbye and know they'll meet again -
I just think it's sweet.
Because you live there's a reason why,
I carry on when I lose the fight.
Because you live.. I live.
BONUS: Avril Lavigne & Johnny Rzeznik - Iris (Live @ Fashion Rocks)
I was once scouting around for 'Iris', and discovered Avril had sang it with
Johnny Rzeznik himself. After much hunting, I found it, and - well. I think
it deserves to go here, considering the Axel = Avril thing and it's just
plain gorgeous. It's hard to find, so, enjoy.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming.
Or the moment of truth in your lies.
When everything seems like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive.
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Please to be commenting if you decide to download and all that good stuff. ♥ This took a lot of time and effort to put together! And above all - enjoy the songs! And no redistributing without my permission, since as said, it took a lot of time to do. :)
This is two CD's worth, which is why there's a split off, since it's over 1hour 20mins. So there's fourteen on the first and fifteen on the second. :)
Yes, I know. There's a lot of Avril Lavigne on here. But she is win, and she is Axel, so there. :D Go and listen to the Best Damn Thing, and you'll see my point. It should totally be renamed to the 'AkuRoku OST'.
This one has taken such a long time coming, gah! And now it's done, never fear, there's still others I'm thinking about doing. A Sora/Kairi one, a Syaoran one, and a Subaru one.. hmm. We'll see. Anyone want to request one in particular? As said Sora/Kairi, Syaoran, Subaru, Sakura/Syaoran is high up, but ask and we'll see.
While you're at it, check out my other fst's!
sakura fst ♥ how to save a life
It's here it's here it's here it's here ♥! <3
AKUROKU FST ♥ you were mine
*Please note some of the explaining is spoilerific if you have not yet delved into the love that is Final Mix. I know a few of you haven't, so, warning.
axel/roxas fst ♥ you were mine
EIGHTH DIMENSION (SIDE 1)
(01) JYONGRI - Possession (English Version) (4.24)
(02) HELLOGOODBYE - Here In Your Arms (4.00)
(03) AVRIL LAVIGNE - Girlfriend (3.37)
(04) THE FRAY - Over My Head (Cable Car) (3.58)
(05) KEANE - We Might As Well Be Strangers (3.12)
(06) QUEEN OF HEARTS - Tell Me (2.47)
(07) GOO GOO DOLLS - Iris (4.51)
(08) DIXIE CHICKS - You Were Mine (3.37) Axel's theme
(09) RICHARD MARX - Right Here Waiting (4.27)
(10) DELTA GOODREM - Lost Without You (4.10)
(11) SEETHER FEATURING AMY LEE - Broken (4.26)
(12) 30 SECONDS TO MARS - Attack (3.08)
(13) PINK - Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) (3.18) Roxas's theme
(14) AVRIL LAVIGNE - When You're Gone (4.00)
THIRTEENTH CONTRACTOR (SIDE 2)
(15) GOO GOO DOLLS - Without You Here (3.51)
(16) LOST PROPHETS - 4:AM Forever (4.27)
(17) KEANE - Bend And Break (3.39)
(18) S CLUB 7 - Have You Ever (3.21)
(19) AVRIL LAVIGNE - Contagious (2.09)
(20) TOMMY FEBRUARY6 - Lonely In Gorgeous (3.58)
(21) RELIENT K - Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet (4.12)
(22) ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL - Nervous Breakdown (4.07)
(23) EVANESCENCE - Missing (4.16)
(24) STORY OF THE YEAR - Until The Day I Die (4.02)
(25) THE FRAY - Heaven Forbid (4.01)
(26) BRYAN ADAMS - Sound The Bugle (3.54)
(27) COLDPLAY - The Scientist (5.09)
(28) JESSE MCCARTNEY - Because You Live (3.19)
[BONUS] AVRIL LAVIGNE & JOHNNY RZEZNIK - Iris (Live @ Fashion Rocks, 2004) (5.14)
total running time: 109 minutes, 39 seconds (1 hour, 49 minutes)
tracks ♥ i'll meet you on the other side
CIRCUMSTANCE 1: JYONGRI - Possession (English Version)
I am in firm belief this is one of the best songs to start off this FST with.
This song has two versions, Japanese and English, and naturally I chose to
put the English one on here. I actually like this a lot, and if you listen to
it, and look at the title, it's like what Axel thinks Roxas is. His
possession. Of course, Roxas won't let that happen, but that point aside. This
is mostly Axel singing it with (sometimes) Roxas chipping in. I just think it
relates to the entire thing when Axel is chasing round after Roxas and Roxas
doesn't know who he is.
Sorry, but it's all controlled.
I'm your possession
Right now, up until forever
Don't you feel the passion
Burning hot inside you?
CIRCUMSTANCE 2: Hellogoodbye - Here In Your Arms
This song is, by far, overused for FST's, but I really, really like listening
to this song. I relate it mostly to these two, though. I think of it as what
we didn't see before Roxas left the Organization, and the part with 'whispers
hello I miss you quite terribly' is Axel after he comes to find Roxas again,
and succeeds in doing so. Perhaps even, for those who have seen the re:com
Riku ending, with Axel meeting Roxas for the first time, and they both go and
buy ice cream. Also, to a degree, when Axel sacrafices himself. It's just a
really sweet song.
You are the one,
The one that lies close to me
Whispers, 'hello, I miss you quite terribly'.
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.
CIRCUMSTANCE 3: Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Avril part 1. Rule one for me = Axel is Avril. This is my
song which Axel would sing, 100%. It just fits. In canon, it is sort of
hinted to Roxas and Naminé (even if half the fandom don't support it), but,
say Roxas got with her, which it sounds like. Axel would so come along and
sing this at Roxas to try and win him over, and probably fail in the process
and get hit for his (bad) efforts. Another thing - a lot of people hate this
song. I know, I know, it's been said many times on my youtube video for Axel
and Roxas with this - but thinking of Axel with it? Entirely changed their
minds.
You're so fine, I want you mine.
You're so delicious.
I think about you all the time.
You're so addictive.
So come over here,
And tell me what I wanna hear.
Better yet, make the girlfriend disappear.
CIRCUMSTANCE 4: The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
Ah, my third Fray song. Got me into them, finally, this one. And... there's
quite a few subtle lines in here that remind me of Axel and Roxas. Mostly the
part about being strangers, but the part of 'becoming part of your past' hits
me hard. It's true - Roxas forgets about Axel, and becomes part of his past.
Once again, yes, that part is Axel singing, though there is a part which
reminds me of Roxas in here too.
I wish you were a stranger.
I could disengage.
And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless.
CIRCUMSTANCE 5: Keane - We Might As Well Be Strangers
I heard this song on the radio once and it hit me. The title. It just.
Fits. Once again, it's for the opening of KH2, really, but it works.
The lyrics entirely relate to them and what they go through, and I love this
song for that. This is also song five, which, is the difference between 8 and
13, which I also thinks holds some significance to be here.
We might as well be,
Strangers in another town.
We might as well be,
Living in a different world.
CIRCUMSTANCE 6: Queen of Hearts - Tell Me
I was sifting through my old songs from god knows how many years ago, and
found this one. I hate the series with a passion, now, but this song, I
always loved. I was listening through it, and it... really was one for Axel
and Roxas. Plus, it covers all aspects of the relationship, even more so the
friendship. I am a true supporter of this pairing, but this covers every
single aspect, which is rare. Because after everything... can they still be
friends? That's why this one made its way in.
Now I hope you're realizing,
I want you back again.
Best friends don't always let
These little things get in the way.
Best friends don't always
Have to search for things to say.
CIRCUMSTANCE 7: Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Several years ago, my friend mentioned this to me. I didn't listen to it, and
oh, what a fool I was. After watching Treasure Planet and hearing 'I'm Still
Here' I became interested in Goo. Ever since, I've loved this song. Johnny
Rzeznik is an absolute genius for writing this beautiful piece. I adore it to
no end. It's another that's related to a lot of pairings, but also for Axel
and Roxas, a lot. How they're separated, how they can't be together again,
how when it comes to the final farewell on the tower - how one has to be
without the other. Unrelated, but it's Avril's favourite song. More
reason.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming.
Or the moment of truth in your lies.
When everything seems like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive.
CIRCUMSTANCE 8: Dixie Chicks - You Were Mine
Axel's theme. One day, my friend sent me a link to this tune, which was Avril
Lavigne covering it as a young kid. I sat there and listened - and afterwards
it hit me really really hard. This is. Axel's song, truly. He's singing it to
Roxas, and it's also again, about the proposed Roxas/Naminé relationship. He
can't let Roxas go, even if he has found a new love, and he wants her to not
be real - like she wasn't, in the virtual Twilight Town - and come home back
to him.
I can't find a reason to let go.
Even though you've found a new love,
And she's what your dreams are made of.
Even though those pictures have begun to fade.
Please tell me, she's not real.
And you're really coming home to stay.
CIRCUMSTANCE 9: Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Okay another Axel song. Well, also Roxas singing, but Axel. Which is kind of
surprising since it's sung by a guy, but moving on. My friend said a while
ago it's an Axel thing, and I agreed afterwards. It's like... how he's
searching for Roxas, kidnaps Kairi to get to him, and then when he's
sacrificed and he's 'waiting', but he won't ever see him again, so how
can they say 'forever?' - and in the end, if they're still together,
he will take the chance. And when Axel and Roxas both part, saying 'see you
later?' I have the feeling Axel will always be someplace - be it Roxas' mind
or someplace beyond - and will stay waiting for Roxas.
Oceans apart day after day...
And I slowly go insane.
I hear your voice on the line.
But it doesn't stop the pain.
If I see you next to never.
How can we say forever?
CIRCUMSTANCE 10: Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You
Okay, it's Axel again. Mostly. But it could also be Roxas, since they are
both stubborn, but it doesn't matter - Axel's disc side, right? This is how
like, after a heated fight, they think they can just go solo, but in the end,
end up realizing they're lost without the other and just strive to find each
other again. And the bridge part, below? Ice cream scene.
If only I could hold you now.
Make the pain just go away.
Can't stop the tears from running down my face.
CIRCUMSTANCE 11: Seether Featuring Amy Lee - Broken
I can't remember where I heard this, but I ended up downloading it anyway.
This one I envision as a duet for the pair of them. Once again, it's about
separations and all that - I think this one is also more for what's shown in
the manga, with the photos.
I keep your photograph and I know it serves me well.
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain.
You've gone away, you don't feel me, anymore.
CIRCUMSTANCE 12: 30 Seconds To Mars - Attack
Say they were together - this is about all the fights they have, and all the
uncertainties they have with each other. As the lyrics say - 'your promises,
they look like lies'. I see this mostly as when Roxas leaves the
Organization, as well - he has good cause to leave, but he's leaving Axel and
running from him, too, and he knows that.
I'm losing control now, and
Without you I can finally see.
Run away, I'll attack, I'll attack.
CIRCUMSTANCE 13: Pink - Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
Roxas' theme. Yes, it's Pink, who's a woman. I mean. That's not normal, for
Roxas song to be sung by a woman~ anyway. I first heard it on the
radio and ran off to download. This is my Roxas song, because it just fits
with him so, so, so well. It's how he's trying to decide whether Axel is
great or whether Axel is just a god damn pain - the 'Get the hell off' side
to Axel, but also the side of 'I didn't mean that' at the same time. Roxas is
that kind of solitude-wanting being who also wants company at the same time.
Yeah, and the Adam/Even part... I can't help thinking Sora/Kairi to it. Don't
know why, I just do. Which makes it fit more in the sense Roxas has dreams
about Sora's past.
Go away, give me a chance to miss you.
Say goodbye, it'd make me wanna kiss you.
I love you so much more when you're not here.
You taste so sweet but I can't eat,
The same thing everyday.
Cutting off the phone,
Leave me the f*** alone,
Tomorrow I'll be begging you to come home.
CIRCUMSTANCE 14: Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
Just... aww. I... I cried on this one. Not for me or my past. For these two.
Just.. the lyrics are touching. Very touching, and it's just plain beautiful.
And to top it all off, it's Axel/Roxas. Yes. I can't explain how much I love
this song. When I first heard it - when I first heard the line 'do you see
how much I need you right now?' - Axel was in my head, and I saw how this
song fit so well. It's the entire relationship, start to finish, to when they
have to say goodbye.
When you walk away,
I count the steps that you take.
Do you see how much
I need you right now?
SECOND DISC
CIRCUMSTANCE 15: Goo Goo Dolls - Without You Here
It's another song about being apart, and how one changes the other. And for
Axel, in the sense Roxas is his own light in the emptiness, something he
clings onto until his dying breath. The line 'strangers into lovers' is also
a big thing here - it's true. They started off as strangers, and became close
to lovers. Which, relating to the songs above of being 'strangers' it works.
A moment in your arms,
Became the reason why.
And you're still the only light,
That fills the emptiness.
The only one I need until my dying breath.
CIRCUMSTANCE 16: Lost Prophets - 4:AM Forever
Another, and alas yes, a Roxas song! I heard this and I just saw it, replayed
the scene of Roxas going forth to challenge Sora. And it was confirmed even
more in Final Mix - that Roxas emerged because of Axel's death. This song is
set right there, as he awakes, and see Axel's gone and not there anymore. I
can also see it for the point he's sitting on the tower by himself, head
buried into his knees as he's depressed over the affair - and also for when
they meet in his mind. It also relates for then. This is one of the ones I'm
most secure about being an Axel and Roxas one - it just screams Roxas at me.
Yesterday I lost my closest friend.
Yesterday I wanted time to end.
I wonder if my heart will ever mend.
I just let you slip away.
CIRCUMSTANCE 17: Keane - Bend And Break
The title does this song no justice. It was playing on a quiet radio in a
store, and I just heard the lines below - and I listened more clearly. It's.
Scary how it fits, that meeting each other in the morning, on the 'other
side', in the 'light', in the 'next life'. Again for the departure on the
tower - Axel vanishes into the light, a place on the other side.
I'll meet you on the other side,
I'll meet you in the light.
CIRCUMSTANCE 18: S Club 7 - Have You Ever
This... well. When Axel looses Roxas, at the beginning when he fights him,
when Roxas has to go back to Sora, when Axel kamikaze's, when Roxas and Axel
say farewell to one another.. they did love and loose someone. I mean. If you
listen to the first few lines, it seriously sums it up in about three
sentences about what happens to them both before their breakdowns. This song
is so cute, it has to be here.
Tell me, have you ever loved and lost somebody,
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry.
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking?
Lookin down the road you should be taking?
I should know, cos I loved and lost,
The day I let you go.
CIRCUMSTANCE 19: Avril Lavigne - Contagious
This song sold itself to me in the first listen as an Axel one, predictably.
It works - Roxas makes Axel smile. With the 358/2 Days footage, Axel makes
Roxas smile. And Roxas makes Axel cry. Which, you wouldn't, in a million
years, have thought in COM, would you?
That's when I start to realize.
What you bring to my life.
Damn this guy can make me smile.
CIRCUMSTANCE 20: Tommy February6 - Lonely In Gorgeous
The only Japanese one on here, but... the translation. Is really, really,
neat, and it fits them both, so here we are. This might also be my insane
fangirling that they are both gorgeous, and they're both lonely at points and
the like... and of course, 'where are you bad boy' is something awesome Roxas
should so so sing. It would be hilarious if he did. In a cute way. And this
one takes time to grow on you. At the start, it's all really something you
don't want to listen to. But keep at it, because it really does get good in
the middle, or for me it did.
Lonely in gorgeous.
And breaking my heart.
I miss you bad boy.
Full song lyrics here.
CIRCUMSTANCE 21: Relient K - Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet
A long long long time ago, I saw this song on a Roxas, Axel and Naminé video.
It left a lasting impression and probably was the first song I ever related
to Axel and Roxas. It's just when they fight, and Axel fights against Roxas,
and he doesn't want to hate him, but he has to - how he has to fight him, and
he's just so mad - and when things cool down? Why did it happen? Who's to
blame? And they both figure - they still love each other afterwards.
No, I don't hate you.
Don't want to fight you.
Know I'll always love you,
But right now I just don't like you.
I tried to hold your hand,
But you'd rather hold your grudge.
CIRCUMSTANCE 22: abingdon boys school - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Axel and Roxas both have breakdowns. For Axel, it's when he goes to fight
Roxas and for when he 'gambles something he doesn't have' and sacrifices
himself for Sora and Roxas' benefit. For Roxas, it's when he regains his
memories of the Organization and despises DiZ for what happens to him - and
the second, is after Axel dies. They cause each other's breakdowns - and this
song shows that.
What can I do to make you feel right?
What kinda fool if I make you cry?
Give me a break!
You'd better change your stupid ways.
Before I go away.
CIRCUMSTANCE 23: Evanescence - Missing
I feel this to be an Axel/Roxas one from start to finish. Another I'm very
secure about - Axel does die, literally, to know Roxas loves him.
Roxas won't cry for Axel - he forgot him, long ago. There's also another
part - with 'barely conscious, you'll say to no one' - that's when Axel truly
has sacrificed himself. Just what's missing then? Axel. Also Roxas' time in
Twilight Town... you see my point. This song also inspired me to make a
layout for an upcoming shrine - so it's special for me in regards to these
two.
You won't cry for my absence, I know -
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant...?
Am I so insignificant...?
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I died to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
CIRCUMSTANCE 24: Story of the Year - Until The Day I Die
I saw this on a Kingdom Hearts video a little while ago, and the song
lingered in my mind. Particularly the section below, reminded me of
Axel/Roxas. It's like - Axel devoting his life to Roxas and the other way
round, until the day they die. And the bridge part, is how, even after giving
their all for each other, they made mistakes - just like friends would.
My hands are at your throat,
And I think I hate you.
We made the same mistakes,
Just like friends do.
CIRCUMSTANCE 25: The Fray - Heaven Forbid
I can see this as a narrator singing it to Roxas, but also partially, Axel
singing about Roxas too. Another one for breakdowns, this one - Roxas doesn't
understand why he's been left alone. Again, when Axel leaves? He's left
alone, and he doesn't know why.
Heaven forbid you end up alone,
You don't know why.
Hold on tight, wait for tomorrow,
You'll be alright.
Out of this one
I don't know how to get you out of this one.
CIRCUMSTANCE 26: Bryan Adams - Sound The Bugle
I think.. I relate this most to how Roxas feels when he fights Sora. He's all
lost, confused, stuck. He's got 'nothing left, just an empty heart'. If
you've ever seen the movie with this in (Spirit), then.. you'll know how emo
that scene is. Spirit has to leave Rain and just can't take that. It's the
same here. Roxas has to accept Axel's gone and he just can't. And then Axel
talks to him again, which is kind of like the climax of the song, and
everything's alright for him again, because he can keep fighting.
I'm a soldier - wounded,
So I must give up the fight.
There's nothing more for me;
Lead me away...
Or leave me lying here.
CIRCUMSTANCE 27: Coldplay - The Scientist
Shush I know Avril sang this one two. So she's here for like six of
them. Anyway. This song is just amazing, and I love it to pieces.
And relate it to these guys a lot - it's about the entire thing, start to
finish, how they want to start over. Listen, and you'll understand.
Tell me you love me.
Come back and haunt me.
Oh, and I rush to the start.
CIRCUMSTANCE 28: Jesse McCartney - Because You Live
I like to finish these on a happy note, don't I? Heheh. I think it's the next
life thing here again - or when they say goodbye and know they'll meet again -
I just think it's sweet.
Because you live there's a reason why,
I carry on when I lose the fight.
Because you live.. I live.
BONUS: Avril Lavigne & Johnny Rzeznik - Iris (Live @ Fashion Rocks)
I was once scouting around for 'Iris', and discovered Avril had sang it with
Johnny Rzeznik himself. After much hunting, I found it, and - well. I think
it deserves to go here, considering the Axel = Avril thing and it's just
plain gorgeous. It's hard to find, so, enjoy.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming.
Or the moment of truth in your lies.
When everything seems like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive.
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Please to be commenting if you decide to download and all that good stuff. ♥ This took a lot of time and effort to put together! And above all - enjoy the songs! And no redistributing without my permission, since as said, it took a lot of time to do. :)
This is two CD's worth, which is why there's a split off, since it's over 1hour 20mins. So there's fourteen on the first and fifteen on the second. :)
Yes, I know. There's a lot of Avril Lavigne on here. But she is win, and she is Axel, so there. :D Go and listen to the Best Damn Thing, and you'll see my point. It should totally be renamed to the 'AkuRoku OST'.
This one has taken such a long time coming, gah! And now it's done, never fear, there's still others I'm thinking about doing. A Sora/Kairi one, a Syaoran one, and a Subaru one.. hmm. We'll see. Anyone want to request one in particular? As said Sora/Kairi, Syaoran, Subaru, Sakura/Syaoran is high up, but ask and we'll see.
While you're at it, check out my other fst's!
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