[OOC][Fun] Music thread? Music thread.

[Black Aeronaut]

*Blows the dust off this thread*

So, I know that rap isn't everyone's cup of tea...

...But the Flobots are not your typical rap group.

For one, they're activists that crusade for equality, education, ecology, and healthcare for everyone.

For another, they don't believe in 'canned music'.  They don't typically sample off of anyone else and pretty much all of their music is made with actual instruments.  (The girl in the group is actually a viola player!)

So, the thing about Fate and Benjamin bonding gave me this idea about Ben sharing his music collection - particularly songs that would speak to her.  A lot of Our Lady Peace would be involved, but there's just this one song by the Flobots that works amazingly well...



In particular, the last verse.  It hits DEAD ON.

If I had known

what awaited was unplanned
If I had known

the blade was in a loved one’s hand
If I had known

of the possible injury
If I had known

the altar was meant for me

Now I know
nobody can predict events
Now I know
there’s cracks in the picket fence
Now I know
that something else can exist
Now I know
a life can be built from this

If I had known

emotions would still remain
If I had known

that time wouldn’t heal the pain
If I had known

the intent of the injury
If I had known

the altar wasn’t meant for me

Now I know
there’s treasure hidden in these scars
Now I know
there’s presence in an empty yard
Now I know
what it took for me to survive
Now I know
where to go to become alive

It is just too perfect.  But in particular, the two lines; "emotions would still remain" and "time wouldn't heal the pain"...  That is the true pain behind it all.  You will never forget that hurt and betrayal, and no passage of time will ever fully heal those wounds.  It stays with you forever in the form of anxiety and depression.

But even though it never heals, it can be balmed at the very least.  We learn, we remember the good, we find what we need to go on, we learn how to live again.  This fits Fate perfectly.  She will never be the lively and vivacious person her sister is.  She will always be subdued, and the gentle smile she wears will forever be haunted by her past.  But she will eventually find herself - a different person than before, yes, but someone that she can be happy with being.

And like Ben, the pain will have only made her stronger.