songs that make you think of the YW books

[wen]

post song(s) that make you think of the books here
please list title, artist, lirics and the part that remindid you of the books

Before Its All Over by Krister Linder
"i live for love and die for life"

for lyrics(click "words") and listening http://www.kristerlinder.com/

[kk]

I remember that a while ago the song "Rush" by Aly and Aj reminded me of the series.
Lyrics for "Rush"
There was just something about these parts:

"Into your head
Into your mind
Out of your soul
Race through your veins
You can't escape
You can't escape

Into your life
Into your dreams
Out of the dark
Sunlight again
You can't explain
You can't explain"

and the other part:

"Don't let nobody tell you your life is over
Be every color that your are
Into the rush now
You don't have to know how
Know it all before you try."

Something about that just reminded me of wizardry, and about some of the dreams Nita has had in the more recent books.

[Kathy Li]

Ok, just to reiterate what I was saying elsewhere, please quote excerpts (like kk did), or link to full lyrics (like wen). Please do not post full song lyrics. And we'd really rather read what you have to say about the lyrics and how they remind you of the YW books.

I think the one song lyric that reminds me of YW, just because it's one with magic and flying in it is Wicked's "Defying Gravity": "I'm through accepting limits / Cuz someone says they're so / Some things I cannot change / But till I try I'll never know..."

[kk]

I love that song! And now that you mention it, it does remind me of YW. Have you seen the musical Wicked? My mother got so sick of the songs after I played them constantly for about a week. Then she was even more annoyed when she found out that the lady at my church who I help out, also plays them constantly.

[Emilie]

I thought this was an interesting question, so I went looking in my iTunes list, and one of the first things I saw was Waters of March, composed by Brazilian Tom Jobim (the version I have was sung by Lani Hall.) The original portugese version is about the 'waters of march,' which come to Brazil at the end of Summer--they're a vital part of the weather cycle, and therefore of the people's life cycle in Brazil. (I looked this up, btw--on Wikipedia...) He wrote the English version himself, and it was changed around some so it would make sense/still be poetic in translation. He also changed it so it would be about spring, instead of the end of summer.

Ok, I'm rambling. Anyway, the lyrics are here: http://www.brazzil.com/p08sep01.htm
Along with a bunch of stuff about Jobim.

The song basically talks about life and the struggle to go through it and be happy, etc. It's a sort of collection of images:
"It's a sliver of glass,
It is life, it's the sun,
It is night, it is death,
It's a trap, it's a gun"

Images for verses and verses. It talks about very life-fulfilling things (hope, and 'the promise of spring,') and mundane things--mules, etc. It also has some sad things: a "body in bed," knives, guns. And then there's the river imagery, furthering the idea that life flows, it's always different, and you can't keep it from going on and on until it gets to the end.

Anyway, this reminds me of the YW series because that seems to be what the books are all about: you try as hard as you can to keep life going, and for a while you're able to, but eventually you lose and things die. I think it was Tom who said (And I'm paraphrasing here) that wizards keep trying to save this universe, and it's worth it to keep it alive even for just a little bit longer, because we don't know if another one will arise from the ashes of this one. And that's why I think Waters of March is like YW.

Oh, and please don't tell my professors I referenced wikipedia...

[Winchester]

ok, this will sound dumb but i think Time of Your Life(good riddance) by Green Day its about choices in life which Kit and Nita need to make everyday while they do explore forieghn worlds and have an awesome ime.

[Lazy Leopard]

This is a little back to front, but there's a description of Kit and Nita casting a spell which puts me in mind of two treble voices singing in harmony. I've been trying to think of a good example, and the only one I can come up with at the moment is the "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Requiem". Trouble is, on the recording I have, that piece is (I think) done by Sarah Brightman double-tracking, which isn't quite right. The point is that the voices should be very close but different, not the same. I'm sure I've heard a performance where two young singers performed it, and that's what's lodged in my memory.

[Reen]

Eyes by Rogue wave, for some reason, by the way I love Heroes and Young Wizards!!

[kk]

For some reason I've also been thinking of a song I read in a book called "Troll Bridge" by Adam Stemple and Jane Yolen.

Just the chorus reminds me of YW:

"So tell me quick
If I've been heard,
Else, maim with a phrase,
Kill with a word."

It reminded me about how it was said in the YW books how after reciting an almost complete spell, it only takes the last word for one of the wizards to kill. (That song, by the way, is entitled "Teller, Teller.")

Another line from another song (titled "Compact") from that book also made me think of YW:

"I give to you
A promise made
From fate to fate
The game is played
The music slides on
Note by note
We look for love
We live on hope."

I see it sort of symbolically, if I look at the words closely. I was thiking of the promise meaning the Oath, and the music could mean the sound of a spell being recited, or something like that.

The third verse of that song reminded me about the wizards seemingly endless battle with the LP:

"The war is joined
The bullet milled
The wound is opened
Blood is spilled.
And hate is answered
Fast by hate
The peaceful word
Is spoke too late."

[Stormwind]

Every time I hear this song I think of DW when Nita made the choice to help the whales....

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=138931

Darkness, Darkness from the sound track of Ghosts of the Abyss.....

Darkness darkness, long and lonesome
Is the day brings me here
I have found the edge of sadness
I have known the depths of fear

This part reminds me of the struggle Nita had...

[KizzyShima]

Can't believe I didn't see this thread before.

Um, I did a fanart a really long time ago (and tried to write a song fic, but then I got lazy) because I heard this song that reminded me of individual characters from the YW series (Nita, Kit, Dairine, Ronan, Roshaun, Darryl).

"This Is A Call" by Thousand Foot Krutch

She fools all of her friends into thinking she's so strong
But she still sleeps with the light on
And she acts like it's all right, oh
As she smiles again

And her mother lies there sick with cancer
And her friends don't understand her
She's a question without answers
Who feels like falling apart...

Reminded me immediately of Nita during A Wizard's Dilemma and A Wizard Alone. The rest of the song is perfect too.

(And checkout the fanart, it matches up particular lyrics with the character they remind me of: YW - In Summation )

(The fanart also has the complete lyrics of the song, but if you want to look them up in a less distracting form: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/thousandfootkrutch/thisisacall.html)

[Emi]

Wow that song really reminds me of them. I liked the art too it's really cool. That's a very sadd song by the way, almost made me cry!!

I don't know any songs that makes me think of YW yet, but I know I'll probably come across one someday.

EDIT: hmm I seem to have found one

"On Top Of The World"

Look up, the stars are fading
And I am still here waiting to see you again
Be with you my friend
When the moon is gone forever
I hope you're up there somewhere, I'll see you again
Be with you my friend

Cause all the roads they lead to where you are
And all the streetlights shine like they were stars
That's where you are

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
And we can do anything
We can be anything
I'll meet you tonight on top of the world
As real as it seems
You're only in my dreams

Look out across the water
Faces of lonely daughters and mothers who care
But just can't be there
Swear that I will see you someday
I have to find a way To show you I care
Even if you're not there

So I'm following the road to where you are
(Meet you tonight on top of)
The streetlights they will guide me to the stars
That's where you are

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
And we can do anything
We can be anything
I'll meet you tonight on top of the world
As real as it seems
You're only in my dreams

My heart is empty without you
Sometimes you don't know what to do
And I need you tonight
I'll fall asleep and it's alright
Close my eyes and I'll be by your side

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
And we can do anything
We can be anything
I'll meet you tonight on top of the world
As real as it seems
You're only in my dreams

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
(On top of the world)
As real as it seems
You're only in my dreams

--
Not really sure where that fits in the stories but I thought it reminded me of Kit and Nita's "relationship". It might just be me but yeah.

[Rubywolf]

Do you guys think this song fits with the books? To me, it's perfect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZOWP6QQdRE

Bjork's Aurora

Treading
the glacier head
looking hard for moments of shine
from twilight
to twilight

ahhh...

aurora
goddess sparkle
shoot me
beyond this suffer
the need is great

aurora

ahhh...

aurora
goddess sparkle
a mountain shade
suggests your shape

i tumble down on my knees
fill my mouth with snow
the way
it
melts
i wish
to melt into you

aurora

ahhh...

spark the sun off
spark the sun off
spark the sun off
spark the sun off for me

[Neets wanna B]

OK, got a list... haha
This could apply do all the wizards that have to deal with the Lone Power.

So Bring it On- The Cheetah Girls
"I'll sqeeze you, unease you, I'll freeze you,
Alarm you, Disarm you, I'll charm you,
I'll block you, unlock you, I'll shock you

You wanna fight then you'll do it my way.

So bring it on
I'll have you wrapped up around my finger.
So bring it on
When I start wearing you then you'll know for sure
I don't wanna get dangerous
not down with this
it's over with

So listen up cus you ain't messin with me anymore."
It just reminds me of everything they do in the series, the way they help the world to keep spinning.

Up Side down- Jack Johnson
"Who's to say
what impossible
Well they forgot
This world keeps spinning
And with each newday
I can feel a change in everything
And as the surface break reflections fade
But in some ways they remain the same
And as my mind begins to spread its wings
There's no stoppin' curiosity."

Englishman in New York- Sting (but i have the BOCA Vo. 1)
Reminds me of AWH when Dari took her "alien" friends to the mall with Mela.

"Im an alien, Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in New York"

Don't Speak- No Doubt
this song is for Kit to Nita in AWD and for Nita to Kit in AW Alone.

"You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know"

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...
I picked this song because, i love it for one and it reminds me of the secret way Nita feels about Kit without people knowing, even though they do...

I won't say(I'm in love)- Disney's Hercules
"Who'd'ya think you're kiddin'
He's the Earth and heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you
Girl, ya can't conceal it
We know how ya feel and
Who you're thinking of

You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That ya got, got, got it bad

At least out loud,
I won't say I'm in love"

Ok thats it, sorry... Dia

[christmas]

"Stand in the Rain" by Superchic[k]

It really reminds me of Nita in Wizard's Dilemma, especially the part when she's in the first practice universe and she makes it pour down rain. This song totally fits that moment.

"She never slows down.
She doesn't know why but she knows that when she's all alone, feels like its all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down

[CHORUS]
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day, whats lost can be found
You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through everything she's running from wants to give up and lie down."