A whole bunch of song ideas

[Norgarth]

XTC "Dear God"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo
Dear god, hope you get the letter and...
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from god
I can't believe in you
Dear god, sorry to disturb you but...
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet about god
I can't believe in you
Did you make disease and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!
Dear god don't know if you noticed but...
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your image
still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain't, and so do you
Dear god
I can't believe in
I don't believe
I won't believe in heaven or hell
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You're always letting us humans down
The wars you bring, the babes you drown
Those lost at sea and never found
And it's the same the whole world 'round
The hurt I see helps to compound
That father, son and holy ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
And if you're up there you'll perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve
If there's one thing I don't believe in
It's you
Dear god
Power: negates most of a diety's powers while in Doug's AoE.  Of course if the diety hasn't been neutralized by the time the song's done, then Doug's probably in even bigger trouble than before, cause now the diety is _pissed_.
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Heart "If Looks Could Kill"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQPGBrAMvA
Caught you in the act, can't put up with that
Messing where you shouldn't be
I wanna hear you say you're sorry
Cause nobody takes advantage of me
You're messin' with my heart, shooting in the dark
And pulling the wool over my eyes
Baby don't push me further
It's gonna hurt you if it happens twice
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please, please
Baby don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
You're living on the edge, hanging by a thread
I'm watching every move you make
You don't want to see my anger
So don't you make another mistake
Love is on the line, I ain't about to be kind
That's a promise and a threat
If I was you I'd really cool it
Or risk a night you'll never forget
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please, please
Darlin' don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
I was a fool to believe in you
A sucker for every line
I'm a little less blind
Than I was before
I can see right through your design
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please, please
Baby don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please, please
Baby don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
If looks could kill
Power: gives Doug eyebeams (ala Cyclops or Superman's heatvision)
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Norgarth]

Supertramp "Take the long way home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O23p86vJgrU
So you think you're a Romeo
playing a part in a picture-show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
Cos you're the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if you're feeling good
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
all the greenery is comin' down, boy
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the
furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice.
When lonely days turn to lonely nights
you take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home
Take the long way home
You never see what you want to see
Forever playing to the gallery
You take the long way home
Take the long way home
And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable,
unforgettable, how they adore you,
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity,
oh, calamity, is there no way out?
Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
When you look through the years and see what you could
have been oh, what might have been,
if you'd had more time.
So, when the day comes to settle down,
Who's to blame if you're not around?
You took the long way home
You took the long way home...........
Power: Gatesong (probably early in the Walk)
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Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4
Loving you
Is it the right thing to do?
How can I ever change things
That I feel?
If I could
Maybe I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up's all you wanna do
If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
go your own way
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way...
Call it another lonely day...
you can go your own way...
Power: Gatesong
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Norgarth]

Foreigner "Long, Long Way From Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XSzwhhF6M
It was a Monday, a day like any other day
I left the small town for the apple in decay
It was my destiny, it's what's we needed to do
They were telling me, I'm telling you
I was inside looking outside
The millions of faces, but still I'm alone
Waiting, I was ever waiting
Paying a pennance, I was longing for home
I'm looking out for the two of us
I hope we'll be here when they're through with us
I was inside looking outside
Oh, the millions of faces, but still I'm alone
Waiting, I was ever waiting
I could feel the tension, I was longing for home
I'm looking out for the two of us
And I hope we'll be here when they're through with us
I'm a long way from home
Monday, sad, sad monday
She's waiting for me
But I'm a long, long way from home
{Repeat 3X}
Power: Gatesong
___________________________
"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Proginoskes]

"Go Your Own Way" could well be a gatesong, but it won't trip Doug's search for likely gatesongs, since it lacks any reference to home or returning.

[Bob Schroeck]

Power: negates most of a diety's powers while in Doug's AoE. Of course if the diety hasn't been neutralized by the time the song's done, then Doug's probably in even bigger trouble than before, cause now the diety is _pissed_.

Mm. I (and most of our GMs) let Doug get away with a lot, but I think that's a bit beyond his capabilities.

Power: gives Doug eyebeams (ala Cyclops or Superman's heatvision)

Works for me.

Power: Gatesong (probably early in the Walk)

Technically, yeah, but I'm reserving that song for metalevel stuff.

Power: Gatesong

Yup. Although Proginoskes has a point.

Power: Gatesong

And yup.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Norgarth]

"Go Your Own Way" could well be a gatesong, but it won't trip Doug's search for likely gatesongs, since it lacks any reference to home or returning.

Maybe not his original parameters, but chapter 1 of DW13 indicates he speant 20+ years in one reality, At a rate of 1 song per week, that's over a thousand songs attempted. I suspect he may have expanded the list. Plus it's possible Emi might waste some cycles skimming song lyrics for interesting possibilities when she's bored. I figure that gives Bob the excuse to use it if he wants to. If he doesn't , then it's a moot point. 8P
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Bob Schroeck wrote:

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Power: negates most of a diety's powers while in Doug's AoE. Of course if the diety hasn't been neutralized by the time the song's done, then Doug's probably in even bigger trouble than before, cause now the diety is _pissed_.

Mm. I (and most of our GMs) let Doug get away with a lot, but I think that's a bit beyond his capabilities.

Power: gives Doug eyebeams (ala Cyclops or Superman's heatvision)

Works for me.

Power: Gatesong (probably early in the Walk)

Technically, yeah, but I'm reserving that song for metalevel stuff.

Power: Gatesong

Yup. Although Proginoskes has a point.

Power: Gatesong

And yup.
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RE:
'Dear God' : Well, you'd know the limits of Doug's powers best, 8)
'Take the Long Way Home': okie-dokie
___________________________
"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Norgarth]

Hedley "One Life"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=masmCmLPyxw&ob=av2n
Oh [x2]
 Oh woah, One life [x3]
 One chance, two lips, free falling
 We’re about to lose our grip now
 Five minutes too late
 Can’t be messing with fate
 It’s time to get loud
 Cause we’ve been up
 When we should’ve been sleeping
 We’ve been down
 When we could’ve been high
 We’ll come alive, tonight
 
Woah!
 It’s a great big world and you'll see
 It could pass you by at light speed
 You got one life, one life
 Don’t stop live it up
 Woah!
 If it’s the last night in these streets
 You’d be a fool to take a seat
 You got one life, one life
 Don’t stop live it up
 Oh, woah, One Life [x3]
 Don’t stop; don’t stop live it up [x2]
 
Last thing you wanna make
 Is your first mistake
 But it’s too late now
 So get up, get ready
 Not everybody’s betting against you anyhow
 
Cause we’ve been up when
 When we should’ve been sleeping
 We’ve been down
 When we could’ve been high
 We’ll come alive, tonight
 Woah!
 
It’s a great big world and you'll see
 It could pass you by at light speed
 You got one life, one life
 Don’t stop live it up
 Woah!
 If it’s the last night in these streets
 You’d be a fool to take a seat
 You got one life, one life
 Don’t stop; live it up
 Oh, woah, One Life [x3]
 Don’t stop; don’t stop live it up
 
If you stop and think
 You might start to sink
 You can’t get it
 If you don’t keep giving
 Can’t get it if you don’t
 Keep giving
 Oh!
 
It’s a great big world and you'll see
 It could pass you by at light speed
 You got one life, one life
 Don’t stop live it up
 Woah!
 If it’s the last night in these streets
 You’d be a fool to take a seat
 You got one life, one life
 Don’t stop live it up
 Oh woah, One Life [x3]
 Don’t stop; don’t stop live it up [x2]
 Oh woah, one life [x3]
 Don’t stop; don’t stop live it up [x2]
No power, just another interesting song, possibly good 'inspiration' in the EVA step.
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Gym Class Heroes 'Ass Back Home'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c8tj1AKI5g
(lyrics in video)
possible gatesong
___________________________
"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Bob Schroeck]

Gah. I thought I'd been putting off reading the new suggestions for only a couple days, a week at the most. Yeesh. I'm going to have to wait until I get home tonight to listen to these, though I do like the look of the lyrics for "One Life".
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Norgarth]

Another possible 'inspirational' song
Redlight King "Comeback"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olyeCtHVt6o
Many times I've walked the line
 I've rolled the dice and questioned my life
 Many times I sacrificed and dealt with the pain
 I've been down this road before
 Where the dead ends are
 It rains and it pours
 I've been down below and
 It's the price that I paid
 
I know how it feels when you have to start again
 Now there's no one to save me
 I know how it feels when the world is gonna end
 But they'll see
 
I'm gonna make a comeback
 I'm gonna dig six feet up tonight
 I'm gonna get it all back
 I'm gonna make a comeback this time
 
Look into my eyes you'll see
 A graveyard filled with dirt and defeat
 Look into my eyes you'll see
 The weight on my soul
 Where the fallen angels sleep
 The crooked hearts and the crossroads meet
 Where the haters say my name
 And carve it in stone
 
I know how it feels when I haven't got a friend
 Even when they're standin' beside me
 I know how it feels when the world is gonna end
 But they'll see
 
I'm gonna make a comeback
 I'm gonna dig six feet up tonight
 I'm gonna get it all back
 I'm gonna make a comeback this time
 
Risk it all, I'm gonna risk it all
 I'm gonna break my back and risk it all
 I'm gonna pick my spot, take my shot,
 Swallow my pride and risk it all
 I'm gonna risk it all
 And I won't look back
 I'm gonna pick my spot,
 Take my shot, swallow my pride
 And risk it all
 
The light's on, the last round
 The dark horse keeps on fightin'
 
I'm gonna make a comeback
 I'm gonna dig six feet up tonight
 I'm gonna get it all back
 I'm gonna make a comeback this time
 I'm gonna make a comeback
 I'm gonna dig six feet up tonight
 I'm gonna get it all back
 I'm gonna make a comeback this time
 
I'm gonna make a comeback this time
 Yeah, a comeback, a comeback
 I'm gonna make a comeback this time
 I'm gonna comeback, I'm gonna comeback
 I'm gonna comeback
 I'm diggin' up six feet tonight
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My Chemical Romance "Teenagers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EQAOmJrbw&ob=av2e
They're gonna clean up your looks
With all the lies in the books
To make a citizen out of you
Because they sleep with a gun
And keep an eye on you, son
So they can watch all the things you do
Because the drugs never work
They're gonna give you a smirk
'Cause they got methods of keeping you clean
They're gonna rip up your heads
Your aspirations to shreds
Another cog in the murder machine
Chorus:
They said all
Teenagers scare
The living shit 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
The boys and girls in the clique
The awful names that they stick
You're never gonna fit in much, kid
But if you're troubled and hurt
What you got under your shirt
Will make them pay for the things that they did
*Chorus*
Power: all Teenagers (age 13-19) in Doug's AoE gain a Dragonfear style aura.  For more amusement, none of the teenagers can tell what's making the adults freak out.  Doug may have more resistance to the effect if only because he's ready for it.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin