Songs for Apocalypse

My goal of 'chapter' five, Apocalypse, is one word: epic. For these reasons.

1. Cil's evil; Shadow doesn't care.
2. We meet the rest of Char's family- sister Raven and brothers Shinji and Senri.
3. Thane and Rin (and possibly Twilight; undecided) head to Earth school.
4. Char comes to Earth.
5. Shinji turns good, after the events in book 3-and-a-half, Flight.
6. Finally some Zeph and Ari relationship goodness.

Quote that describes the events of Apocalypse perfectly:
"Let's see... Shade is going to kill Shad if Ash doesn't first, Zeph and Mi are kicking the crap out of the guy Ari has a crush on, and Izzy is being... well, Izzy." -Ocie.

'Nuff said.

Most themes will describe different things, some lingering on Shadow and Cilver's nonexistant relationship and Shadow's seperation between the rest of the gang.

"Say This Sooner" by The Almost (Shadow's Theme)

No one will ever see things the way I do
No one will try
All my friends think that I'm gone
But I swear, I swear I'm not...

"The City is at War" by Cobra Starship (theme of Apocalypse)

The city is at a war
Playtime for the young and rich
Ignore me if you see me 'cause I just don't give a s***
The city is at war
Bless the young and rich
With designer drugs and designer friends

"Snitches and Talkers Get Stitches and Walkers" by Fall Out Boy (for Shadow)

Show me, show me, show me a starry-eyed kid
I, I, I will break his jaw
I won't, I won't, I won't let him get his hopes up
No-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
And I will save him from himself
Here's a picture with a no-note
"Don't turn out like me"
It's only for your own good
No-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

"Hemorrhage" by Fuel (for Shadow)

Don't fall away and leave me to myself
Don't fall away and leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again
And leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands
Love lies bleeding

"Beautiful Disaster" by Jon McLaughlin (for Ari)

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

"One Step Closer" by Linkin Park (for Ash)

Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break

"Time is Running Out" by Muse (for Shadow)

you will be the death of me
you will be the death of me
bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

"Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance (for the Riisus)

They said all teenagers scare the living s*** out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me

"I'm Not Okay" by My Chemical Romance (for Shadow)

What will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems
I've told you time and time again you sing the words but don't know what it means
To be a joke and look, another line without a hook
I held you close as we both shook for the last time take a good hard look

"Atrophy" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (for Cilver)

They've sold you
everything you need to fix you up
and you feel good now but you can't wake up
they found a way to reassure you that everything would be okay
reach out today now I emplore you to
remember who you are

"The End" by Simple Plan

Don't, don't let me go
It's not the end, whoa
Girl you know it's not so bad
It's not the end, whoa
No it's not the end

"Heart of Glass" by Skye Sweetnam (for Shadow and Ari)

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

"Animal I Have Become" by Three Days Grace (for Shinji)

I can't escape myself
So many times i've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

"Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon (for Ari on the ZephAriElias triangle)

He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why

Songs for Hera

Hera's POV switches from Myth to "Birdgirl" Cilver Riisu on the run from her Chaos future. It finally gives us a chance to learn about the Chaos, shows us the disaster in Anima, rejoin with Thane and Rin, meet our rivals the Riisus (well just Char and Cil), and, above all, watch Shadow kick the crap out of Ash.

Because Shadow joins the Chaos.

"Miss Murder" by AFI (for Shadow)

Hey Miss Murder, can I
Hey Miss Murder, can I
Make beauty stay if I take my life?

"Misery" by Good Charlotte (Daniel's theme -_-)

Don't you know that misery loves company
Yeah I heard, that misery was looking for me
Happiness is a face that don't look good on me
Yeah I heard, that misery comes looking for me

"The River" by Good Charlotte (for Cilver; main theme of Hera)

Baptized in the river
I've seen a vision of my life
And I wanna be delivered
In the city was a sinner
I've done a lot of things wrong
But I swear I'm a believer
Like the prodigal son
I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home
Baptized in the river
I'm delivered

"By Myself" by Linkin Park (Rin's theme; for Shadow)

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams?
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?

"Given Up" by Linkin Park (for Shadow)

I've given up
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say
Take this all away
I'm suffocating
Tell me what the f*** is wrong
With me

"Frgt/10 (reanimation)" by Linkin Park (for Shadow)

In the memory you’ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

"We Are Broken" by Paramore

Yeah
Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole

"False Pretense" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

The world's got a funny way of turning 'round on you
When a friend tries to stab you right in the face
Losing faith in everything I thought I hoped I knew
Don't sweat it, {it was} set on false pretense

"Get Out Alive" by Three Days Grace (theme of the Chaos)

If I stay it won't be long
Till I'm burning on the inside
If I go I can only hope
That I make it to the other side
If you want to get out alive
Run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Hold on for

"Riot" by Three Days Grace

If you feel so filthy
So dirty so f***ed up
If you feel so walked on
So painful so pissed off
You're not the only one
Refusing to go down
You're not the only one
So get up

"Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down (for Shadow)

If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I’m alive and well, will you be
There a-holding my hand
I’ll keep you by my side
With my superhuman might
Kryptonite

Themes for Anima

"Anima is my favorite of Myth for a couple of reasons.

1. We got the Prince out of the way, so Myth gets to explore.
2. It introduces my favorite pair of characters, Thane "Prince Brat" Prowl and Rin "Bodyguard" Koga.
3. It's centered around Miles, instead of Shadow (Razel) and Shade (Aurelia)

So a lot of the songs revolve around Miles's personality. The rest show the cocky side of Myth's attitude after they're heroes, defeating the Prince and finding Bridget.

"Dance, Dance" by Fall Out Boy (an old theme for Myth)

Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you'd love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me

"Out of Control" by Hoobastank (for Thane)

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't knowIf I can trust you
I don't understand what you want from me

"Bleed it Out" by Linkin Park (old theme for Myth)

Yeah here we go for the hundredth time
Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw 'em up and let something shine
Going out of my f***ing mind

"Ppr:Kut (reanimation)" by Linkin Park (the original Papercut is Miles's theme)

Now it feels like my back’s against the wall
I’m taking the fall
Whenever I call nobody’s responding at all
But I don’t know who I can trust
The screaming my name
I need somebody to help me out of the frame

"Krwlng (reanimation)" by Linkin Park (for Miles)

Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will, I stand beside my own reflection
It’s haunting
How I can’t seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in

"Everything is Alright" by Motion City Soundtrack (for everyone else in Myth, basically)

Tell me that you're alright, (Hi, everything's great)
Yeah everything is alright. (Everything's fine)
Oh please tell me that you're alright, (Hi, everything's great)
Yeah everything is alright.

"Emergency" by Paramore (for Miles)

I've seen you cry
Way too many times
When you deserve to be alive, alive

"Fences" by Paramore (for Thane, I think. I forget)

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And oh oh open wide, 'cause this is your night
So smile, 'cause you'll go out in style

"Second to None" by Styles of Beyond

It's the real authentic
Leave ya'll dented
Forget what ya heard If I said it, I meant it
Did it for real
While ya'll pretended
Back for more
Startin' the war to end it

"One X" by Three Days Grace

We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up and stand above the crowd
We are one

"Scared" by Three Days Grace (for Miles)

So real these voices in my head
When it comes back you won’t be
Scared and lonely
You won’t be scared, you won’t be
You won’t be scared and lonely
You won’t be scared you won’t be lonely

Theme for Aurelia

Ah, Aurelia. The turning point for Myth, when Zoran goes good, my good buddy 'Danny' dies, and we finally meet our vicious tyrant, Prince Chaos.

In the Chaos he's called Prince Brendan. But whatever.

Songs refer to things from the battle scene to Zoran to Ash and Shade's relationship.

"Handlebars" by Flobots (Main theme of the Prince)

I can handout a million vacinations
Or let em all die of exasperation
Have all healed of their lacerations
Or have em all killed by assanation
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like 'em
I can do anything with no permission

"The Pretender" by Foo Fighters (fight song)

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say that I'll never surrender?

"Remember the Name" by Fort Minor (fight song)

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name

"Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" by Four Year Strong

I've seen the best and worst of you
But we're sticking through
Because without all of the ups and downs
We've been through
You know that it's true
That I could really get sick and tired of you

"Runw@y (reanimation)" by Linkin Park (song for Zoran)

I want to runaway
I want to know the truth
I want to know the answers
I want to shut the door
And open up my mind

"I Never Told You What I Do For a Living" by My Chemical Romance (fits in a different story better than this one, but that one is currently untitled, so it's stuck here. For Zoran)

Another knife in my hands
A stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe
It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame
It's for the bodies I claim and lose

"Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance

He said, "Son when you grow up
Would you be the savior of the broken,
The beaten and the damned?"
He said "Will you defeat them,
Your demons, and all the non-believers,
The plans that they have made?"
"Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join The Black Parade."

"Hero" by Chad Kroeger

And they say that a hero can save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

"Wonderwall" by Oasis (for Shade and Ash)

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall

"When it Rains" by Paramore (for Zoran, I think. I forget)

And when it rains
On this side of town it touches everything
Just say it again and mean it
We don't miss a thing
You made yourself a bed
At the bottom of the blackest hole
And convinced yourself that
It's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore

"Born for This" by Paramore (fight song)

Everybody sing like it’s the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live like it’s the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

"In Fate's Hands" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

I remember a year ago I was standing in the crowd
Waiting for my chance to break through
My chance to live again
Now it seems I've found some friends who finally understand
What it takes to make this dream come true
We'll be here till the end.

"Justify" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (fight song, I think)

See the Fake, everyday shaking hands of men, promising the end
Hear Him Speak of all the things that we need to hear, to adhere

"Grim Goodbye" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (fight song)

I feel something deep inside me
I feel deep inside me
I feel something deep inside me and I can't let this go
Whoa, (can't let this go)
I feel something deep inside me and I can't let this go

"Supergirl" by Saving Jane (Fight song. Also Ari's theme)

I'm the perfect disaster
You can't stop me
Coming faster and faster
But you just watch me

"They Say" by Scars on Broadway (another fight song; theme of Aurelia)

If you were me could you defend
The given rights to all the men?
Let's f*** the world with all it's trend
They say it's all about to end

"Vulnerable" by Secondhand Serenade (For Ash and Shade)

Tell me, tell me
What makes you think that you are invincible
I can see it in your eyes that you're so sure
Please don't tell me that I'm the only one that's vulnerable
Impossible

"Time of Dying" by Three Days Grace (for Daniel and Zoran. Technically, it does work, because they come back)

On the ground I lay
Motionless in pain
I can see my life flashing before my eyes
Did I fall asleep?
Is this all a dream
Wake me up, I'm living a nightmare
I will not die
I will survive

"Citizen Soldier" by 3 Doors Down (fight song)

Citizen soldiers holding the light
For the ones that we guide from the dark of despair
Standing on guard for the ones that we sheltered
We'll always be ready
Because we will always be there

Themes for Razel

Music is as close to Myth as magic and mythology are, so I try to incorporate it whenever possible. Mostly, this means finding songs that fit my story.

I have over 10 playlists--from describing the different chapters of Myth to songs the main characters would listen to to theme songs.

Here is the playlist for the first 'chapter' (story), Razel, accompanied with a lyric that shows why.

"Believe" by the Bravery

So give me something to believe
Cause I am living just to breathe
And I need something more
To keep on breathing for
So give me something to believe

"Superman" by Five For Fighting (mostly describes Miles during pre-Aurora)

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I’ll never see

"Little Things" by Good Charlotte

Yeah, this song is dedicated
To every kid who ever got picked last in gym class
To every kid who never had a date to no school dance
To everyone whose ever been called a freak
This is for you

"Friend Like That" by Hawk Nelson

I need Somebody on the inside
I want Somebody who can set me free
I'm not The only one who feels like this
I've got a few others around me

"Somewhere I Belong" by Linkin Park (Main Theme of Razel)

I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I’ve held so long
(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

"Real World" by Matchbox Twenty

I wonder what it's like to be a super hero
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown
From some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun
Boy I bet my friends will all be stunned, they're stunned

"All I Want" by The Offspring

Day after day your home life's a wreck
The powers that be just breathe down your neck
You get no respect, you get no relief
You gotta speak up and yell out your piece

"Franklin" by Paramore (Theme for the end of Razel)

And when we get home, I know we won't be home at all
This place we live, it is not where we belong
And I miss who we were in the town that we could call our own
Going back to get away after everything has changed

"Waiting" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Waiting for this life to change
Seems like it's taking me forever
And I can't hold on
This light is breaking into the day

"Calling All Angels" by Train

I need a sign to let me know you're here
All of these lines are being crossed over the atmosphere
I need to know that things are gonna look up
'Cause I feel us drowning in a sea spilled from a cup
When there is no place safe and no safe place to put my head
When you feel the world shake from the words that are said

"Ride" by the Vines

That's the start, the middle, and the end
Aren't you glad the universe pretends
If I don't get this message home
Once again I'm gonna hate alone