Songs that remind you of Abarat

[Cesaria]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but I guess it's a sort of 'game.' Sorry if it's in the wrong spot.

All you have to do is post a song's title and author and explain why it reminds you of Abarat (or of a specific bit of Abarat). You can also do multiple songs, and include lyrics.

It's really interesting, I think, to try to connect books to songs you've heard. Let's see who can make really interesting connections <3
I will definitely do this, just not right-at-this-second.



Also:
In English, I once had to do a project where I had to come up with a soundtrack of songs for a book. I actually picked The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker for that project. The rule was that they had to go in order, like the soundtrack for a movie--the first song should match the mood of the first part of the book.

Maybe we could try to do this, both as individuals and as a group. I definitely have a few songs that remind me of Abarat... <3



Let's see who can make some interesting connections, and maybe introduce each other to different types of music. Tell me if you like the soundtrack idea!

[Abaratian]

I am in love with this band called VAST and they have some songs I think are pretty relevant

"Beautiful" (Carrion's love for Boa)
You’re a diamond I can’t buy
You’re a scene I can't forget
And when you sink into the dark
Know that I am there with you

"Free" (Malingo being free, but I suppose could refer to Candy as well)
I want to hold air in my hand
own the one thing you can't buy
nothing to win nothing to lose
it's time to be what i need to be
I'm gonna run from everything
everything that holds me down
nothing to win nothing to lose
it's time to be what i need to be

"I Don't Have Anything (Finnegan, but I guess could describe Carrion as well)
I've been stripped of everything
except some flesh that bleeds
and I've been robbed of everything
except a soul, except a soul
that needs
you
sweet you
I don't have anything
because i don't have you

"One More Day With You" (Carrion's remorse after killing Boa)
I was wrong
Now I'll never see your face...anymore
Oh my love, I'd give anything
For one more day with you

I love doing this, so I'll probably post some more later. These are just from the top of my head. I suggest you listen to the songs, because they're really beautiful.

[Cesaria]

I'll definitely try to find some of these songs. :3

[caitycat66]

Hmm, good idea. I'll get to work on that.

[caitycat66]

Only one so far

"Like you" by Evanescence
Perhaps from Carrion's or Finnigan's point of view pre-book 1.

Stay low
Soft, dark, and dreamless
Far beneath my nightmares and loneliness
I hate me for breathing without you
I don't want to feel anymore for you
Grieving for you
I'm not grieving for you
Nothing real love can't undo
And though I may have lost my way
All paths lead straight to you

I long to be like you
Lie cold in the ground like you

Halo blinding wall between us
Melt away and leave us alone again
Humming haunted somewhere out there
I believe that love can see us through in death

I long to be like you lie cold in the ground like you
There's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
I'm coming for you

You're not alone
No matter what they told you you're not alone
I'll be right beside you forever more

I long to be like you lie cold in the ground like you did
There's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you and as we lay in
I know you'll remember me
I long to be like you
Lie cold in the ground like you
There's room inside for two
And I'm not grieving for you, I'm coming for you

[caitycat66]

Here's another.

"Second Chance" by Shinedown
Candy talking to her Mother/Father

My eyes are open wide
And by the way, I made it
Through the day
I watched the world outside
By the way, I'm leaving out
Today

Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye
Is a second chance

[tarak1028]

I found two songs that I think really suit the whole Carrion/Boa/(Candy) situation. Actually, one of the songs is the only thing that made me even consider CarrionxBoa as a pairing. The first one is by Nightwish, entitled "Feel For You," and the lyrics made me think of Carrion and Boa. I think it's a really pretty song; it's lustful, but very ominous and kind of threatening, which is a pretty accurate portrayal of the situation. Here are the lyrics:

Feel For You

You were my first love
The earth moving under me
Bedroom scent, beauty ardent
Distant shiver, Heaven-sent
I'm the snow on your lips
The freezing taste, the silvery sip
I'm the breath on your hair
The endless nightmare, Devil's lair

Only so many times
I can say I longed for you
The lily among the thorns
The prey among the wolves
Someday, I will feed a snake
Drink her venom, stay awake
In time, all pain will fade
Through your memory I will wade

Barely cold in her grave
Barely warm in my bed
Settling for a draw tonight
Puppet-girl, your strings are mine

This one is for you
For you, only for you
Just give in to it, never think again
I feel for you

The next one is by Kamelot, entitled "The Haunting" (also known as "Somewhere In Time"). This song is the only thing that allows me to envision Carrion and Boa together. Carrion's portrayal is in the first person, Candy's in the second, and Boa's in the third (except for the female vocals in the song...I believe that would be Boa). It's a really eerie and tragic song, and I just think the lyrics fit it well. I'll put the few female parts in parentheses, and put the name "Boa" in place of "Helena."

The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)

Merely the sound of your voice
Made me believe that - that you were her
Just like the river disturbs
My inner peace

Once I believed I could find
Just a trace of her beloved soul
Once I believed she was all
And she smothered my beliefs

One cold winter's night
I may follow her voice to the river
Leave me for now and forever
Leave while you can

Somewhere in time I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep
I was a liar in every debate
I drew the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my heart leaves, it comes to an end
And quietly I'll go to sleep**

How could that first time recur
When memories linger on and on?
What made me think you were her?
Boa is dead to all - dead to all

Nothing could bring her to life
Don't pretend that I'd be loving you
Once I believed she was gone
I corrupted from within

Leave, leave me for now and forever
Leave while you can

**chorus

Follow me into the light
(Like ice on a lake of tears, I'll take you through)
Or leave me tonight
I've gone too far to begin all anew (Life fades in anew)
With someone like you

Somewhere in time I will find you and love you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep
I was a liar in every debate
I drew the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my hearts leaves, it comes to an end
And quietly I'll go to sleep...

(I always thought she was singing "I've returned anew" instead of "Life fades in anew," and I thought it fit better that way, but I guess those aren't the lyrics XD)

[caitycat66]

Once again:

"Even In Death" by Evanescence
This could be Finnegan to Boa, or Carrion to Boa, either way.

Give me a reason to believe that you're gone
I see your shadow so I know they're all wrong
Moonlight on the soft brown earth
It leads me to where you lay
They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home

I will stay forever here with you
My love
The softly spoken words you gave me
Even in death our love goes on

And I can't love you any more than I do

(Spoken: People die, but real love is forever)

[caitycat66]

Nightwish and Kamelot are awesome.

[caitycat66]

Here's one that would work for Carrion and Boa, with her in the first part and him in the second.

Sickened in the sun
You dare tell me you love me
But you held me down and
Screamed you wanted me to die

Honey you know, you know
I'd never hurt you that way
You're just so pretty in your pain

"The Last Song I'm Wasting on You" by Evanescence

[Abaratian]

Hahaha this one reminds me of Abarat in a kind of hilarious way: Like a Prayer by Madonna

specifically the line "In the midnight hour, I can feel your power"

[worldfantasygirl]

May 22, 2010 22:35:09 GMT -5 Abaratian said:

Hahaha this one reminds me of Abarat in a kind of hilarious way: Like a Prayer by Madonna

specifically the line "In the midnight hour, I can feel your power"

Oh, tmi, tmi!

[carrionsprincess]

This song ALWAYS reminds me of Abarat. Every single line reminds me so much of Boa/Carrion.

Ghost--Indigo Girls

There's a letter on the desktop that I dug out of a drawer
The last truce we ever came to from our adolescent war
And I start to feel the fever of the warm air through the screen
You come regular like seasons shadowing my dreams

The Mississippi's mighty, but it starts in Minnesota
At a place where you can walk across with five steps down
And that's just how you started like a pinprick to my heart
But at this point you rush right through me and I start to drown

There's not enough room in this world for my pain
Signals crossed and love gets lost and time passed makes it plain
Of all my demon spirits I need you the most
I'm in love with your ghost
I'm in love with your ghost

Dark and dangerous like a secret it gets whispered in a hush (don't tell a soul)
And when I wake the things I dreamt about you last night make me blush (don't tell a soul)
When you kiss me like a lover and you sting me like a viper
I go follow to the river play your memory like the piper

And I feel it like a sickness how this love is killing me
But I would walk into the fingers of your fire willingly
Dance the edge of sanity I've never been this close
In love with your ghost

Unknowing captor you'll never know how much you
Pierce my spirit but I can't touch you
Can you hear it a cry to be free
Oh I'm forever under lock and key
As you pass through me

Now I see your face before me I would launch a thousand ships
To bring your heart back to my island as the sand beneath me slips
I burn up in your presence and I know now how it feels
To be weakened like Achilles with you always at my heels

This bitter pill to swallow is the silence that I keep
It poisons me I can't swim free the river is too deep
Though I'm baptized by your touch I am no worse at most
In love with your ghost

In love with your ghost
In love with your ghost
You are shadowing my dreams

[gaz]

I decided to go through my iTunes list to see if I could find any songs that reminded me of Abarat. I know there were at least a couple....

*MIDNIGHT from Beethoven's Last Night (TSO) - For Carrion
AND IN THE DARK HE SITS ALONE
TO WATCH HIS FINAL HOURS BLEEDING
WHILE UNCONCERNED UPON THE WALL
THE CLOCK IT TICKS AWAY THE TIME

NO NEED FOR WORDS FOR IN THE DARK
ALL WORDS HAVE LONG SINCE LOST THEIR MEANING
STILL WHEN THEY WHISPER IN HIS EAR
HE TRIES TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

WHAT I SEE IN THE NIGHT
WHAT I FEEL IN YOUR HEART
ALL YOUR DREAMS ALL YOUR LIES
CAN YOU TELL THEM APART

SEE THE HANDS ON THE CLOCK
ARE YOU WATCHING THEM TURN
FOR YOUR CANDLE IS QUITE LOW
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING IT BURN

DO YOU LIE HERE AWAKE
AS THE SHADOWS LOOK ON
SHOULD THEY CRY FOR YOUR SAKE
SHOULD YOU SLEEP IN THEIR ARMS

FOR THE SHADOWS SEE ALL
AND THEY RARELY FORGET
EVERY DREAM THAT YOU'VE HAD
EVERY ACT YOU REGRET

*Hymn by Bond. Boa maybe?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExp3P6m06U

*My Eyes from Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog
HORRIBLE
Any dolt with half a brain
Can see that humankind has gone insane
To the point where I don’t know
If I’ll upset the status quo
If I throw poison in the water main

Listen close to everybody’s heart
And hear that breaking sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
And crashing to the ground

I cannot believe my eyes
How the world’s filled with filth and lies
But it’s plain to see
Evil inside of me is on the rise

PENNY
Look around
We’re living with the lost and found
Just when you feel you’ve almost drowned
You find yourself on solid ground
And you believe

There’s good in everybody’s heart
Keep it safe and sound
With hope, you can do your part
To turn a life around

I cannot believe my eyes
Is the world finally growing wise
‘Cause it seems to me
Some kind of harmony
Is on the rise

HORRIBLE (overlapping with Penny below)
Anyone with half a brain
Could spend their whole life howling in pain
‘Cause the dark is everywhere
And Penny doesn’t seem to care
That soon the dark in me is all that will remain

Listen close to everybody’s heart
And hear that breaking sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
And crashing to the ground

I cannot believe my eyes
How the world’s filled with filth and lies
But it’s plain to see
Evil inside of me is on the rise

PENNY
Take it slow
He looks at me and seems to know
The things that I’m afraid to show
And suddenly I feel this glow
And I believe

There’s good in everybody’s heart
Keep it safe and sound
With hope, you can do your part
To turn a life around

I cannot believe my eyes
How the world’s finally growing wise
And it’s plain to see
Rapture inside of me is on the rise

*Theme from Princess Bride - Boa & Finnegan

*Bring Me to Life by Evanescense - made me think of Carrion

*Within You from Labyrinth - Carrion to Candy
How you turn my world
You precious thing.
You starve and near exhaust me.

Everything I've done,
I've done for you.
I move the stars for no one.

You've run so long.
You've run so far.
Your eyes can be so cruel,
Just as I can be so cruel,
Oh I do believe in you.
Yes I do.

Live without your sunlight.
Love without your heartbeat.
(Falsetto) I... I...
Can't.. live.. within.. you...

I can't live within you

I...I..Can't live within you

[Cesaria]

This might be a longshot, but it does remind me of Abarat. It's Nightwish's "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean":

A snowy owl above the haunted waters
poet of ancient gods
Cries to tell the neverending story
prophecy of becoming floods

An aura of mystery surrounds her
the lady in brightest white
Soon the incarnate shall be born
The Creator of the night

Deep dark is his Majesty's kingdom
A portent of tomorrow's world
There shall the liquid give Him power
The red-eyed unborn lord

Fatal embrace of the bloodred waters
The cradle of infinite gloom
The spell to master this Earth
Carven on an infant's tomb

"I will die for the love of the mermaid
Her seduction, beauty and scorn
Welcome to the end of your life
- Hail the Oceanborn!"

"Disgraced is my virginity
Death has woven my wedding dress
Oh, Great Blue, breathe the morning dew
For you are the cradle for the image of god"

"Brave now, long rest is sweet
With me here in the deep

"I Prayed for pleasure, wished for love
Prayed for your..."

"Never pray for me!"

"Who the hell are you for me
But a mortal dream to see"

"This apathetic life must drown
Forever just for me"

"Leave me be
Leave me be
Leave me be..ee eeee... e"

"From cradle to coffin
shall my wickedness be your passion

We shall come to set the dolphins free
We shall wash the darkened bloodred sea
Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas
The eternity will begin once again in peace

[gaz]

I've never seen the Beauty & the Beast broadway show, but a song from it is in one of my piano books and it made me think of Carrion:

If I Can't Love Her:

Beast:
And in my twisted face
There's not the slightest trace
Of anything that even hints of kindness
And from my tortured shape
No comfort, no escape
I see, but deep within is utter blindness
Hopeless
As my dream dies
As the time flies
Love a lost illusion
Helpless
Unforgiven
Cold and driven
To this sad conclusion
No beauty could move me
No goodness improve me
No power on earth, if I can't love her
No passion could reach me
No lesson could teach me
How I could have love her and made her love me too
If I can't love her, then who?
Long ago I should have seen
All the things I could have been
Careless and unthinking, I moved onward
No pain could be deeper
No life could be cheaper
No point anymore, if I can't love her
No spirit could win me
No hope left within me
Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free
But it's not to be
If I can't love her
Let the world be done with me.

[carrionsprincess]

Just rewatching the music video for Spaceman by the Killers and was struck again by how much it reminds me of Abarat. I guess because everyone is so crazy... plus the patched up people at about 2:27 remind me of stitchlings...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc16Y9fiCvQ

[LoganTheGeshrat]

Whenever I thought of an Abarat movie trailer (I think of trailers for adaptations quite often) I'd always think of the song "Let Go" by Frou Frou (most famous for its appearance in the movie Garden State) playing in it. So, this song would have the closest correlation to Abarat for me. I always think of that first scene of the Izabella whisking Candy away....

[requiax]

The song "The Bird and the Worm" by The Used never ceases to remind me of Letheo. Thought I should mention it since most up here are for Carrion and Boa. Also, "Stand my Ground" by Within Temptation was reminding me of Candy and the Dead Man's house this afternoon. :/ If I made a cheesy fan something of abarat, I would be able to use the song hahaha

[tarrielass]

Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws, because there is an incredible amount of fantasy loaded in its lyrics. And somehow the melody carries me towards the green grass of the Nonce and the high tides of Mother Isabella.
In a place you only dream of, where your soul is always free
Silver stages, golden curtains, filled my head plain as could be
As a rainbow grew around the sun, all my stars above, who died
Came from somewhere beyond the scene you see
These lovely people played just for me

Now if I let you see this place where stories all ring true
Will you let me past your face to see what's really you
It's not for me I ask this question as though I were a king
For you have to love, believe and feel
Before the burst of tambourines take you there

Green grass and high tides forever
Castles of stone souls and glory
Lost faces say we adore you
As kings and queens bow and play for you

Those who don't believe me, find your souls and set them free
Those who do, believe and love as time will be your key
Time and time again I've thanked them for a peace of mind
They helped me find myself amongst the music and the rhyme that enchants you there

Green grass and high tides forever
Castles of stone souls and glory
Lost faces say we adore you
As kings and queens bow and play for you