metonomia

The idea behind this was basically that what *I* get from SPN, consistently, is that there's really not much difference between hunters and monsters. The songs all have something to do with creatures, love, hunting, loss; some I picked to reflect the grittier, desperate, destructive struggle between hunters and hunted, or among the creatures; some, like the Jason Mraz, fit those themes less closely but give the monsters a more "human" side; the final song is my number one top Sam'n'Dean song ever, because who knows better than them how thin the lines are between human and monster?

Ignore the crappy coverart, please - I fought with GIMP until I could fight no more, and I don't hate it but well, it's not my forte, and the mix is what matters to me.

Coldplay: Don't Panic
Oh, we're sinking like stones,
All that we fought for,
All those places we've gone,
All of us are done for.

U2:Heartland
And the poison rain
Brings a flood of fear
Through the ghost-ranch hills
Death valley waters
In the towers of steel
Belief goes on and on

Jason Mraz: Coyotes
And when the coyotes escape to New York
Then the city life has crumbled to the sea.
And the girls will fall to the lost and found
The flying men will hit the ground,
Every notion is closer to touching
And the coyotes sing when they feast on your loving

The Killers: Bones
A cinematic vision ensued
like the holiest dream.
It's someone's calling?
An angel whispers my name,
but the message relayed is the same:
“Wait till tomorrow,
you'll be fine."
But it's gone to the dogs in my mind.
I always hear them
when the dead of night
comes calling to save me from this fight.
But they can never wrong this right.

Andrew Bird: Imitosis
It was anything but hear the voice
Anything but hear the voice
It was anything but hear the voice that says
That we're all basically alone

Florence + The Machine: Howl
Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers
Starts so soft and sweet and turns them into hunters

The fabric of your flesh, pure as a wedding dress
Until I wrap myself inside your arms I cannot rest
The saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound
I hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground

Adele: Set Fire To The Rain
I let it fall, my heart
And as it fell, you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me
My hands, they were strong, but my knees were far too weak
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet

But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win

But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

The Killers: Move Away
Oh what a world that we are in
I said hold it to the rock and we both did

While I move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me

Guster: Demons
Somehow I make you believe, believe.
When I speak I cross my fingers
Will you know you’ve been deceived?
I find a need to be the demon
A demon cannot be hurt

Metric: Grow Up And Blow Away
If she weren't writing in blood
She'd bring him her jokes
A new liver
And a shovel for the mud
If he were not knee-deep in mud
He'd bring her his drugs
He'd get her a typewriter

If this is the life
Why does it feel so good to die today?
Blue to gray
Grow up and blow away

A Fine Frenzy: Rangers
And the rangers stream out of their cabins
They are the hunters, we are the rabbits
And maybe we don't want to be found,
Maybe we don't want you tracking us down

U2: White As Snow
As boys we would go hunting in the woods
To sleep the night shooting out the stars.
Now the wolves are every passing stranger,
Every face we cannot know.