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l i g h t . m y . w a y
a snape/lupin soundtrack
dedicated to trio_remus and trio_snape
the space between // dave matthews band // lyrics
we're strange allies with warring hearts
what a wild-eyed beast you be
the space between, the wicked lies we tell
and hope to keep safe from the pain
the space between, where you smile and hide
is where you'll find me if i get to go
the space between the bullets in our firefight
is where i'll be hiding waiting for you...
The Snape/Lupin theme. Their relationship lives in the spaces between the wars they fight, both against each other and together.
do what you have to do // sarah mclachlan // lyrics
every moment marked with apparitions of your soul
i'm ever swiftly moving, trying to escape this desire
the yearning to be near you, i do what i have to do
the yearning to be near you, i do what i have to do
but i have the sense to recognize
that i don't know how to let you go
i don't know how to let you go...
This song deals with, I think, the impossibility of having a normal relationship in the middle of the war. In order to survive another week, month, year, they do what they have to do.
running away // hoobastank // lyrics
i don't want you to give it all up
and leave your own life collecting dust
and i don't want you to feel sorry for me
you never gave us a chance to be
and i don't need you to be by my side
to tell me that everything's all right
i just wanted you to tell me the truth
you know i'd do that for you
so why are you running away?
why are you running away?
Sometimes the greatest barrier to a relationship are the people themselves. Remus and Severus both tend to be reticent, perhaps because they're afraid of being hurt. This song is fitting when one feels the other is pushing them away out of fear.
in love but not at peace // dar williams // lyrics
...cause you know life is hard, now you also know your mind
so now you're going out to love, but on your own side this time
where you still think of famine, and you'll still dig up train fare
and you won't mind the wrinkles, cause you'll know how they got there...
so i'll keep you wondering what time i'm arriving
and you'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving
i'll talk in my sleep, and you'll steal all the covers
we'll argue it out and we'll call ourselves lovers...
One of my favorite things about Snupin is how comfortable the relationship can be, once they've gotten past all the initial challenges. "In Love But Not At Peace" paints a picture of a relationship that isn't perfect, but simply makes life better for the couple.
iris // goo goo dolls // lyrics
and i'd give up forever to touch you
cause i know that you feel me somehow
you're the closest to heaven that i'll ever be
and i don't want to go home right now...
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
Remus and Severus are both "marked" in society, one by his lycanthropy and the other by choices he's made. I think this gives them the ability to understand each other on another level, one that not many people share.
the shape i found you in // girlyman // lyrics
you were spoken for
i spent twenty lifetimes at your door
but your heart was busy within
building bomb shelters under your skin
that's the shape i found you in
that's the shape i found you in
i was calling to you
it was one thing i knew how to do
but my heart tried to cheat
building safety nets under my feet
so if i fell, i would fall right in
that's the shape you found me in...
Both of them have been through difficult and damaging times in their life, which may have the effect of closing them off to other people and difficult emotions. With time and patience, though, they can open up to one another, even given the shape they're found in.
worthy // ani difranco // lyrics
what good is a poker face
when you've got an open hand
i was supposed to be cool about this, yeah
i remember cool was the plan
tried to keep it all under wraps
but the wraps kept going slack
i keep turning around
i keep coming back...
When things between them turn out to be more than they expected...
ghost // indigo girls // lyrics
there's a letter on the desktop
that i dug out of a drawer
the last truce we ever came to
in our adolescent war
and i start to feel a fever
like the warm air through the screen
you come regular like seasons
shadowing my dreams...
dark and dangerous like a secret
that gets whispered in a hush
when i wake the things i dreamt about you
last night make me blush
and you kiss me like a lover
and you sting me like a viper
i go follow to the river
play your memory like a piper...
A song about a past relationship that refuses to go away. Perhaps good for an adult Remus or Severus looking back on a teenage love affair that still haunts them.
with or without you // u2 // lyrics
see the stone set in your eyes
see the thorn twist in your side
i wait for 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...
No one does anguish better than Bono, and I think this one is particularly appropriate
colorblind // counting crows // lyrics
i am taffy stuck and tongue-tied
stutter shook and uptight
pull me out from inside
i am ready, i am ready
i am ready
i am fine
i am covered in skin
no one gets to come in
pull me out from inside
i am folded, and unfolded
and unfolding
i am colorblind...
To me, the ultimate "finally getting it together" song. You'll have to listen to it to know what I mean. <3
how // lisa loeb // lyrics
why did you come here?
you weren't invited
you were on the outside
stay on the outside
and now you want to ask me why
it's like why does your heart beat, and how do you cry...
and there are some things that i'd like to figure out
there are some things that i can do without
like you, and your letters that go on forever
and you, and the people that were never friends...
For their more angsty moments; Remus has a way of putting himself places he wasn't invited.
without mythologies // the weakerthans // lyrics
someplace far away, at some sad table
littered with chipped plates with bad light
in 48 frames from a movie on the cutting room floor
you said 'true meaning would be dying with you'
and though i wanted to, i did not smile
but now i will give up on this wall that i have fought with
never uncover meaning behind our rich words
if i could i would make you a raging river
with angry rapids, supplied with rain
so you could always meander
and forever be able to run away
When it just doesn't work.
hallelujah // rufus wainwright // lyrics
maybe i've been here before
i know this room, i've walked these floors
i used to live alone before i knew you
i've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah...
there was a time you'd let me know
what's real and going on below
but now you never show it to me, do you?
and remember when i moved in you
the holy dark was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah
Another song that seems appropriate for the hard times in the relationship.
ultraviolet // u2 // lyrics
you know i need you to be strong
and the day is as dark as the night is long
feel like trash, you make me feel clean
i'm in the black, can't see or be seen
baby, baby, baby... light my way
Remus and Severus can provide support for each other when things get difficult, 'lighting their way'.
forgiven // deb talan // lyrics unavailable online, see below
you worry on hurting on anybody, anyone
you worry on, small comfort
one of us seems not to tremble
you make a rift inside me
every day that you choose to stay
i walk the edge and push it wider
you are forgiven, i open all my doors
you are forgiven, what a heart is for
i am no martyr, you give me reason
i try harder and wait for a warmer season
meanwhile, you are forgiven
i hear a soft noise like a sigh
a singing, like a lullaby
it is my heart
it is this wind that blows through
where you held me closer
where we whispered this is,
this is true
(refrain)
and it's time to go
i cannot stay, you cannot know
my love, so dear
will it be faith or fear
(refrain)
They each have much to be forgiven for, as well as things to forgive; once old wounds have healed they can begin to build a new foundation of trust and friendship (and, perhaps, more.)
the scientist // coldplay // lyrics
i was just guessing at numbers and figures
pulling your puzzles apart
questions of science, science and progress
do not speak as loud as my heart
tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
oh and i rush to the start
running in circles, chasing our tails
coming back as we are
nobody said it was easy
oh it's such a shame for us to part
nobody said it was easy
no one ever said it would be this hard
i'm going back to the start
Breaking through Severus's carefully constructed emotional and mental barriers can't be easy for Remus.
we're in this together // nine inch nails // lyrics
i've become impossible
holding on to when
everything seemed to matter more
the two of us
all used and beaten up
watching fate as it flows down the path we have chose
you and me, we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me, if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you
all that we were is gone, we have to hold on
when all our hope is gone, we have to hold on
all that we were is gone, but we can hold on
As the Snape to my Lupin often says, one of the best things about their relationship is that it seems like, drama and angst aside, they just make life easier for each other. It's not some grand star-cross'd affair; it's just that their days are that much better when they spend them together. We should all be lucky enough to find that sort of happiness, I think.
Crossposted to hp_soundtracks
a snape/lupin soundtrack
dedicated to trio_remus and trio_snape
the space between // dave matthews band // lyrics
we're strange allies with warring hearts
what a wild-eyed beast you be
the space between, the wicked lies we tell
and hope to keep safe from the pain
the space between, where you smile and hide
is where you'll find me if i get to go
the space between the bullets in our firefight
is where i'll be hiding waiting for you...
The Snape/Lupin theme. Their relationship lives in the spaces between the wars they fight, both against each other and together.
do what you have to do // sarah mclachlan // lyrics
every moment marked with apparitions of your soul
i'm ever swiftly moving, trying to escape this desire
the yearning to be near you, i do what i have to do
the yearning to be near you, i do what i have to do
but i have the sense to recognize
that i don't know how to let you go
i don't know how to let you go...
This song deals with, I think, the impossibility of having a normal relationship in the middle of the war. In order to survive another week, month, year, they do what they have to do.
running away // hoobastank // lyrics
i don't want you to give it all up
and leave your own life collecting dust
and i don't want you to feel sorry for me
you never gave us a chance to be
and i don't need you to be by my side
to tell me that everything's all right
i just wanted you to tell me the truth
you know i'd do that for you
so why are you running away?
why are you running away?
Sometimes the greatest barrier to a relationship are the people themselves. Remus and Severus both tend to be reticent, perhaps because they're afraid of being hurt. This song is fitting when one feels the other is pushing them away out of fear.
in love but not at peace // dar williams // lyrics
...cause you know life is hard, now you also know your mind
so now you're going out to love, but on your own side this time
where you still think of famine, and you'll still dig up train fare
and you won't mind the wrinkles, cause you'll know how they got there...
so i'll keep you wondering what time i'm arriving
and you'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving
i'll talk in my sleep, and you'll steal all the covers
we'll argue it out and we'll call ourselves lovers...
One of my favorite things about Snupin is how comfortable the relationship can be, once they've gotten past all the initial challenges. "In Love But Not At Peace" paints a picture of a relationship that isn't perfect, but simply makes life better for the couple.
iris // goo goo dolls // lyrics
and i'd give up forever to touch you
cause i know that you feel me somehow
you're the closest to heaven that i'll ever be
and i don't want to go home right now...
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
Remus and Severus are both "marked" in society, one by his lycanthropy and the other by choices he's made. I think this gives them the ability to understand each other on another level, one that not many people share.
the shape i found you in // girlyman // lyrics
you were spoken for
i spent twenty lifetimes at your door
but your heart was busy within
building bomb shelters under your skin
that's the shape i found you in
that's the shape i found you in
i was calling to you
it was one thing i knew how to do
but my heart tried to cheat
building safety nets under my feet
so if i fell, i would fall right in
that's the shape you found me in...
Both of them have been through difficult and damaging times in their life, which may have the effect of closing them off to other people and difficult emotions. With time and patience, though, they can open up to one another, even given the shape they're found in.
worthy // ani difranco // lyrics
what good is a poker face
when you've got an open hand
i was supposed to be cool about this, yeah
i remember cool was the plan
tried to keep it all under wraps
but the wraps kept going slack
i keep turning around
i keep coming back...
When things between them turn out to be more than they expected...
ghost // indigo girls // lyrics
there's a letter on the desktop
that i dug out of a drawer
the last truce we ever came to
in our adolescent war
and i start to feel a fever
like the warm air through the screen
you come regular like seasons
shadowing my dreams...
dark and dangerous like a secret
that gets whispered in a hush
when i wake the things i dreamt about you
last night make me blush
and you kiss me like a lover
and you sting me like a viper
i go follow to the river
play your memory like a piper...
A song about a past relationship that refuses to go away. Perhaps good for an adult Remus or Severus looking back on a teenage love affair that still haunts them.
with or without you // u2 // lyrics
see the stone set in your eyes
see the thorn twist in your side
i wait for 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...
No one does anguish better than Bono, and I think this one is particularly appropriate
colorblind // counting crows // lyrics
i am taffy stuck and tongue-tied
stutter shook and uptight
pull me out from inside
i am ready, i am ready
i am ready
i am fine
i am covered in skin
no one gets to come in
pull me out from inside
i am folded, and unfolded
and unfolding
i am colorblind...
To me, the ultimate "finally getting it together" song. You'll have to listen to it to know what I mean. <3
how // lisa loeb // lyrics
why did you come here?
you weren't invited
you were on the outside
stay on the outside
and now you want to ask me why
it's like why does your heart beat, and how do you cry...
and there are some things that i'd like to figure out
there are some things that i can do without
like you, and your letters that go on forever
and you, and the people that were never friends...
For their more angsty moments; Remus has a way of putting himself places he wasn't invited.
without mythologies // the weakerthans // lyrics
someplace far away, at some sad table
littered with chipped plates with bad light
in 48 frames from a movie on the cutting room floor
you said 'true meaning would be dying with you'
and though i wanted to, i did not smile
but now i will give up on this wall that i have fought with
never uncover meaning behind our rich words
if i could i would make you a raging river
with angry rapids, supplied with rain
so you could always meander
and forever be able to run away
When it just doesn't work.
hallelujah // rufus wainwright // lyrics
maybe i've been here before
i know this room, i've walked these floors
i used to live alone before i knew you
i've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah...
there was a time you'd let me know
what's real and going on below
but now you never show it to me, do you?
and remember when i moved in you
the holy dark was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah
Another song that seems appropriate for the hard times in the relationship.
ultraviolet // u2 // lyrics
you know i need you to be strong
and the day is as dark as the night is long
feel like trash, you make me feel clean
i'm in the black, can't see or be seen
baby, baby, baby... light my way
Remus and Severus can provide support for each other when things get difficult, 'lighting their way'.
forgiven // deb talan // lyrics unavailable online, see below
you worry on hurting on anybody, anyone
you worry on, small comfort
one of us seems not to tremble
you make a rift inside me
every day that you choose to stay
i walk the edge and push it wider
you are forgiven, i open all my doors
you are forgiven, what a heart is for
i am no martyr, you give me reason
i try harder and wait for a warmer season
meanwhile, you are forgiven
i hear a soft noise like a sigh
a singing, like a lullaby
it is my heart
it is this wind that blows through
where you held me closer
where we whispered this is,
this is true
(refrain)
and it's time to go
i cannot stay, you cannot know
my love, so dear
will it be faith or fear
(refrain)
They each have much to be forgiven for, as well as things to forgive; once old wounds have healed they can begin to build a new foundation of trust and friendship (and, perhaps, more.)
the scientist // coldplay // lyrics
i was just guessing at numbers and figures
pulling your puzzles apart
questions of science, science and progress
do not speak as loud as my heart
tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
oh and i rush to the start
running in circles, chasing our tails
coming back as we are
nobody said it was easy
oh it's such a shame for us to part
nobody said it was easy
no one ever said it would be this hard
i'm going back to the start
Breaking through Severus's carefully constructed emotional and mental barriers can't be easy for Remus.
we're in this together // nine inch nails // lyrics
i've become impossible
holding on to when
everything seemed to matter more
the two of us
all used and beaten up
watching fate as it flows down the path we have chose
you and me, we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me, if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you
all that we were is gone, we have to hold on
when all our hope is gone, we have to hold on
all that we were is gone, but we can hold on
As the Snape to my Lupin often says, one of the best things about their relationship is that it seems like, drama and angst aside, they just make life easier for each other. It's not some grand star-cross'd affair; it's just that their days are that much better when they spend them together. We should all be lucky enough to find that sort of happiness, I think.
Crossposted to hp_soundtracks