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We Did Not Pay In Gold:: A Playlist

last updated: May 1, 2013
 

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Owl-feather crow-feather black and white,
Near to the border where day meets night.
Call the magpies, keep your candle dry;
Ever after never risked this sky.

Unless you risk the river you won't know.
Pretend you understand the way to go.
Often we take risks to find the game's not worth the candle --
Never bargain anything whose loss you don't dare handle --
After all, we're running for our lives.

Hidden Stories- Seanan McGuire

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You say you want wisdom; that comes with a price.
Think long and be sure that you want my advice.
You say you want freedom from glass mountain dreams,
That all of your ballgowns have ripped at the seams...

Well, if you are certain and tired of your skin,
Then take off your crown, dear, and ask me again.
But darling, take care as you start down this track,
For knowledge leaves scars, and there's no turning back...

Mixed With Honey- Seanan McGuire

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I have seen the serpent turning, I have watched the cities burning,
I have wondered why the omens were ignored;
Deal the cards and trade the glances. Roll the dice and take your chances,
Making bargains that our souls can ill afford.
In the darkness that comes after I have heard the shattered laughter
From the ones who say that death’s their only lord;
Break me bind and undo me. Light the fires and renew me --
When the morning comes, I’ll rise to my reward.

Modern Mystic- Seanan McGuire

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I'm searching for you in a thousand strange stories,
In castles and crossroads, in mirrors and moors;
I'm chasing your shadow through worlds without ending,
But someone was faster and locked all these doors.

Needles and haystacks and gold into straw,
Love me, don't leave me, tell me where you are.
Without you I'm not sure how this story ends.
I try to hold on, but the rope's just too thin.

Needles- Seanan McGuire

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We take our turns on the altar.
We take our wages in sin.
We build our homes on the water,
And wonder why the flood rolls in.

Little streets and little houses, all of them the same.
Little boys and little girls, and not one of them has ever guessed my name.

This Is My Town- Seanan McGuire

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Little hero, speak the truth; we don't like liars here.
Are you in search of prizes to be won?
This isn't princess season, and our wolves don't live in fear.
So many stories ache to be undone.

There's always some small loophole you can struggle through,
Some ever-after no one could predict.
There's not a story clever fingers can't undo,
Now tell me, did you think I could be tricked?

Witch of Stories- Seanan McGuire

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what if i can't be all that you need me to be?
we've got a good thing going, we have some promises to keep.
but my addiction, it can be such a detriment.
please believe in this my dear, i am more than penitent.

what if everything's just the way that it will be?
could it be that i am meant to cause you all this grief?
my warship's a-lying off the coast of your delicate heart,
and my aim is steady and true as it's been right from the start.

there's a degree of difficulty in dealing with me.
from my haunted past comes a daunting task of living through memories.
if we could just hang a mirror on the bedroom wall
stare into the past, and forget it all...

Little Hell- City & Color

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The lives we take, the books we burn
It all gets buried in the end
The lies we tell, the heads we turn
It all gets buried in the end

The voice, the bread, the bones we break
It all gets buried in the end
The hearts we grow with the love we make
It all gets buried in the end

It All Gets Buried In The End- Thea Gilmore

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O Lord, I think I'm falling to my disbelief
I'm cursing like a sailor and lying like a thief
It's hard to heed the calling from the better side of me
When I'm blaming everybody else and no one's coming clean

O Lord, can You see my thick skin wearing thin ?
And the demons of a lesser me are beckoning me in
Those who gathered 'round me I'm watching them all leave
'Cause I am my own ragged company

Ragged Company- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

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I should live my life on bended knee
If I can't control my destiny
You've gotta have a scheme
You've gotta have a plan
In the world of today, for tomorrow's man

No Control- David Bowie

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Today I made an appearance downtown
I am an expert witness, because I say I am
And I said, 'Gentleman....and I use that word loosely....
I will testify for you
I'm a gun for hire, I'm a saint, I'm a liar
Because there are no facts, there is no truth
Just a data to be manipulated
I can get any result you like
What's it worth to ya?
Because there is no wrong, there is no right
And I sleep very well at night

The Garden of Allah- Don Henley

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I'm not looking for a clearer conscience
Peace of mind after what I've been through
And before we talk of any repentance
Try walking in my shoes

Walking In My Shoes- Depeche Mode

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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody Knows- Leonard Cohen

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Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado- The Eagles

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Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name

Sympathy For The Devil- The Rolling Stones

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No one man should have all that power
The clock's tickin', I just count the hours
Stop trippin', I'm trippin' off the power
'Til then, fuck that, the world's ours

Power- Kanye West

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B-B-B-Be careful making wishes in the dark, dark
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark, mark
And besides in the mean, mean time
I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart

I'm in the de-details with the devil
So now the world can never get me on my level
I just gotta get you out of the cage
I'm a young lover's rage
Gonna need a spark to ignite

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark- Fall Out Boy

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You taught me, baby
How the few who win acquire
What their hearts desire
It ain't practice, it ain't skill
They'll help but not as much as wanting will.

No contest, baby!
Pay no mind to reputation
You want concentration?
When they pick him off the floor
It's 'cause I wanted it a little more.

You can win, you can lose
Take or be a possession
You taught me how to choose
And the key is obsession.

No Contest- Chess

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Swallow down that voodoo vial to still your breath a while
Before we spill this tale that has been spun
And so I shall now confide all that I once denied
Oh I'm so sorry for the things I've done

Bullets For The Newborn King- Elvis Costello

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No man ever seen the face of his foe no
He ain't made of flesh and bone
He's the one who sits up close beside you
And when he's there you are alone

Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar
Unashamed with the wicked tongues sing
In the black soul choir

Black Soul Choir- 16 Horsepower

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Not a spell gonna be broken
With a potion or a priest
When you're cursed you're always hoping
That a prophet would be grieved

Oh Lazarus, how did your debts get paid?
Oh Lazarus, were you so afraid?

Can't you see I'm sorry?
I will make it worth your while
Made of dead mans money
You can see it in my smile

Blood On My Name- The Wright Brothers