Character Theme Song, version 3.0

[Edge]

Raven Raphensbane: "Replica" by Sonata Arctica

I'm home again, I won the war, and now I am behind your door.
I tried so hard to obey the law, and see the meaning of this all.
Remember me? Before the war: I'm the man who lived next door.
Long ago...

As you can see, when you look at me, I'm pieces of what I used to be.
It's easier if you don't see standing on my own two feet.
I'm taller when I sit here still, you ask are all my dreams fulfilled?
They made me a heart of steel, the kind them bullets cannot see....

Nothing's what it seems to be: I'm a replica, I'm a replica,
Empty shell inside of me; I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me...

The light is green, my slate is clean, new life to fill the hole in me.
I had no name, last December, Christmas Eve I can't remember.
I was in a constant pain, I saw your shadow in the rain.
I painted all your pictures red, I wish I had stayed home instead.... yeaaah....

Nothing's what it seems to be: I'm a replica, I'm a replica,
Empty shell inside of me; I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me...
Are you gonna leave me now, when it is all over?
Are you gonna leave me, is my world now over?

Rising from the place I've been, and trying to keep my home base clean.
Now I'm here and won't go back, believe.

I fall asleep and dream a dream, I'm floating in the silent stream.
No-one place blame on me. But nothing's what it seems to be, yeah....

Nothing's what it seems to be: I'm a replica, I'm a replica,
Empty shell inside of me; I'm not myself, I'm a replica;
Nothing's what it seems to be: I'm a replica...
Empty shell inside of me; I'm replica of...
Nothing's what it seems to be: I'm a replica.
Empty shell inside of me; I'm a replica.
Nothing's what it seems to be: I'm a replica...
Empty shell inside of me; I'm replica of me...

I'm home again, I won the war, and now I am behind your door.
I tried so hard to obey the law, and see the meaning of it all.
Remember me? Before the war: I'm the man who lived....

[Edge]

Kestal got a bunch....



"Frontline" by Pillar

It's not like I'm walking alone into the valley of the shadow of death;
Stand beside one another, 'cause it ain't over yet.
I'd be willing to bet that if we don't back down,
You and I will be the ones that are holding the Crown in the end!
When it's over, we can say, "Well done,"
But not yet, 'cause it's only begun -
So, pick up, and follow me, we're the only ones
To fight this thing, until we've won....
We drive on and don't look back,
It doesn't mean we can't learn from our past;
All the things that we mighta done wrong,
We could've been doing this all along!

Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!
Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!

And we'll be carrying on, until the day it doesn't matter anymore;
Step aside, you forgot what this is for!
We fight to live, we live to fight -
And tonight, you'll hear my battle cry!
We live our lives on the frontlines,
We're not afraid of the fast times.
These days have opened up my eyes,
And now, I see where the threat lies!

Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!
Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!

We live our lives on the frontline,
We're not afraid of the fast times....
We live our lives on the frontline,
We're not afraid of the fast times!

We've got to lead the way!
We've got to lead the way!

Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!
Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!

Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Stand beside, on the frontline!

Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry!
Everybody, with your fists raised high -
Let me hear your battle cry tonight!
Stand beside, or step aside; We're on the frontline!

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Particularly fitting of her time with the Blue Thorns, both iterations:



"Sacred Worlds" by Blind Guardian

The realm's bleeding;
It suffers, old and weak.
No further argued,
There is war at hand -
The system's weak,
The engine's running....

Then after all I sense the end is dawning:
These lunatics deny the truth!
I know I will not fail....

There'll be
War - it's now or never!
We shall stand together!
One by one -
This world is sacred!
I'm coming home!
War - it's now or never!
We shall stand together!
One by one -
This world is sacred!
I'm coming home,
Coming home!
You're chasing twilight and you know:
You will be on your own,
On your own!

The misery's shown -
I'll be alone in this hour!
I face the unknown -
Witness the end!

I'm bleeding, I'm fading,
Here in my final hour,
When long-lost memories return,
And a voice keeps calling:
"All dead and gone!"
It's out of hand,
Life is in motion;
(I'm wishing, I'm fading...)
Time to wake up -
Face the truth!

I'm sinking, I'm drowning,
There's no doubting, no regret!
(Time to reveal now!!)
This is no illusion -
It is real!
Carry on the flame!
It's not over now -
Watch me I will rise!
(Time to reveal now!!)

I know I will not fail anymore...!!

Bind the one forever -
All that really matters!
Blessed realm:
This world is sacred!
I'm coming home!
War - it's now or never!
We shall stand together!
One by one -
This world is sacred!
I'm coming home!

Yesterday's gone -
There's no today nor tomorrow!
I'd risk all the land,
The ritual failed...!

There at the gates,
I'm left alone in this hour!
Driven insane -
I am left alone...!

And now I drown in deepest shadows,
While the golden horn is sealed;
I'm wishing, I'm fading,
And I am part of the machine....

My eyes are the eyes of a dead man,
And I feel the unholy stream;
The source of my power,
T-energy - I'm in control,
I'm in control!

No one lives forever -
All that really matters!
Find the one -
This world is sacred!
I'm coming home!
War - it's now or never!
We shall stand together!
One by one -
This world is sacred!
I'm coming home!!

I spread my wings,
But keep on falling;
I should have known,
I can see it coming!
The war is over,
There's whispering in the wind...
Just let me out of here!
There is no way,
There's no end;
While all the suffering goes on,
All that I know
Is that I'm not insane!

It's not over!!

----

This one is particularly relevant in light of her relationship with her ex-patron Tiamat:



"The Black Halo" by Kamelot

Come wind, come snow, come winterland;
I have resigned myself to death!
Come will to show the hidden hand,
So I can draw my final breath!
You could take me higher -
So you said and I trusted you!
I may be a liar, but betrayal lies on you!

I can feel when the journey ends;
Final call for a last defense....

Darkness come tonight -
I have no fear of what you hold!
Darkness come alive -
You are the stories I've been told!

I possess the power of survival in the cold;
Life is like a flower as it stumbles out of fall.
We all know when our time has come:
This is where I will linger on!

Darkness come tonight -
I have no fear of what you hold!
Darkness come alive -
You are the stories I've been told!
Darkness come tonight -
Nothing can take my faith away!
Darkness come alive -
Life fades to black from silver grey....

Darkness come tonight -
I have no fear of what you hold!
Darkness come alive -
You are the stories I've been told!
Darkness come tonight -
Nothing can take my faith away!
Darkness come alive -
Life fades to black from silver grey....

[Edge]

Suggested by Bella back in 2011 (if it's not obvious that it's not the sort of music I normally listen to ):



Caprice: "This Side" by Nickel Creek

One day you'll see her and you'll know what I mean.
Take her or leave her, she will still be the same.
She'll not try to buy you with her time.
But nothing's the same, as you will see when she's gone.

It's foreign on this side,
And I'll not leave my home again.
There's no place to hide,
And I'm nothing but scared.

You dream of colors that have never been made,
You imagine songs that have never been played.
(They will try) They will try to buy you and your mind.
Only the curious have something to find.

It's foreign on this side,
And the truth is a bitter friend.
But reasons few have I to go back again.

Your first dawn blinded you, left you cursing the day.
Entrance is crucial and it's not without pain.
There's no path to follow, once you're here.
You'll climb up the slide and then you'll slide down the stairs.

It's foreign on this side,
But it feels like I'm home again.
There's no place to hide
But I don't think I'm scared.
(there's no place to hide)
But I don't think I'm scared.
(there's no place to hide)
But I don't think I'm scared.
(there's no place to hide)
But I don't think I'm scared....

[Edge]

Shezzarin: "In My Eyes You're A Giant" by Sonata Arctica

In my eyes you're a giant:
The keeper of all the keys;
Different but compliant,
A God for someone like me....

Learned to read what you're thinking,
suffering every moment left alone;
Tamed the beast deep within me,
Sleep in peace friend, cause I am guarding....

When I'm not howling at the bright new moon -
The burning flame within my own kin;
And every night I hear something out there calling me -
Reminding me, friend, to know I'm not your child!

I follow when you lead, and do what you command;
but there is something that is out of my hand -
It's my own nature, appetite, I am a creature of the night!

When I'm not howling at the bright new moon -
The burning flame within my own kin;
And every night I hear something out there calling me -
Reminding me, friend, to know I'm not your child!

Bright new moon, brings the light in my life....
One more day and you must let me go....

Here I am, howling at the bright new moon -
The burning flame within my own kin;
And every night I hear something out there calling me -
Reminding me, friend, to know I'm not your child!
I'm not your child!

I am howling out there, at the
Bright new burning flame within my heart,
And every night I hear something out there,
Telling me I'm not yours...!

[Edge]

This was more fitting back in her adventuring days... maybe slightly less so now that she's semi-retired with an adopted daughter.



Cyrillia Tentazione: "The Cage" by Sonata Arctica

A lifetime ago, with frozen eyes they closed the door.
Suddenly I realized what locks are for;
No trusting them anymore... Lights. Are. Out.
Empty the stare, innocent and unaware,
Dragged out from my home, my lair;
Earmarked me, hurt me, burned me....

The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again....
I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend....
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free!
The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree...
Freedom has a meaning for me, howl with me!

Fear in the dark, I advise you: Can't see the eyes, they glow behind you....
It's my song they now sing to you: You stand no chance!
They'll kill for me, steal back my freedom, Set me free;
It's my minions versus thee....
Fiery the vengeance! Hate will drain me....

The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again....
I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend....
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free!
The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree...
All I want is to be untamed and free, howl and dream....
The dream is alive, with the moon on the hills every night,
Run around and see another side of the dream...
Freedom has a meaning for me, you can't tame me....

You will remember the day you crossed my path -
Leave me without a guard and you feel my wrath....
What you have done to me has made me bitter and cruel,
I'll see that all the hate you spread returns to you, you, to you...!

The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again....
I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend....
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free!
The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree...
All I want is to be untamed and free, howl and dream....
The dream is alive, with the moon on the hills every night,
Run around and see another side of the dream...
Freedom has a meaning for me, you can't tame me!!

The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree...
All I want is to be untamed and free, howl and dream....
The dream is alive, with the moon on the hills every night,
Run around and see another side of the dream...
Freedom has a meaning for me....

----

This one on the other hand remains applicable:



The Tentazione Clan's theme: "Ain't Your Fairytale" by Sonata Arctica

The ones who seek justice Will pray for it all their lives,
They can and they will skin us all one day, Oh can you hear them cries? (Can you hear them cries?)
As far as the man can run from us, we're following the trail of blood,
So hunt my young ones...

I have always known the storm would come, Listen now, my young ones:
This not a story I tell of midnight, moon and sun...
Are you ready to walk the forbidden road, learn again what we tried to forget?
The dark can now take over you!

We have a common past, an ancient bond, the people once broke:
We would only take what we need, They would harvest our weak.
But they hunted us all, We ended the last of them, thus far, ten lifetimes ago;
In hopes of healing the sore, but the war still went on....

Preying for the moon, Hiding for the day, these might be our last times;
I ain't gonna see you taken away...
Heading for the dawn of our way of life, You're welcome to give it your best try...
Look me in the eyes, oh, wolver: This ain't your fairy tale!

It took us many years to teach them how to cry wolf,
We made the people serve the purpose, those ignorant fools... my young ones!
Teach the ones below you something you've learned, and learn from the ones above you;
Fear is your deepest wisdom for these last days...

Preying for the moon, Hiding for the day, these might be our last times;
I ain't gonna see you taken away...
Heading for the dawn of our way of life, You're welcome to give it your best try...
Look me in the eyes, oh, wolver: This ain't your fairy tale!

The ones who seek justice Will pray for it all their lives,
They can and they will skin us all one day, Oh can you hear them cries? (Can you hear them cries?)
As far as the man can run from us, we're following the trail of blood,
So hunt my young ones: The pack they have always feared is back!!

On your last day, remember: we never die, Death does not exist for us!
They don't fear the wolf, but the wild within, no glory to the way this must end!
This is a story I told, unfolding before you:

Preying for the moon, Hiding for the day, these might be our last times;
I ain't gonna see you taken away...
Heading for the dawn of our way of life, You're welcome to give it your best try...
Look me in the eyes, oh, wolver: This ain't your fairy tale!

The ones who seek justice Will pray for it all their lives,
They can and they will skin us all one day, Oh can you hear them cries? (Can you hear them cries?)
As far as the man can run from us, we're following the trail of blood,
So hunt my young ones: The pack they have always feared is back!!

[onivel]

Dominique Bloodreaver



For the Doth'isheal Clan



Tenedra Ryell'thalisia 

[blackhound]

Aeryk Glover

[onivel]

Jaylithel Thoslithin (suggested by Belladonna)



But I like this one for him as well

[kingofaquilonia]

Arctaos!


Rai'gor


This one doesn't fit any of my characters it's just amazing


Arctaos and his quest to be the best!


And... Arctaos in one of his rising to the occasion moments that well hasn't happened for awhile but still!

[onivel]

Jay of the Dark Hand

[onivel]

Cecilia Tentazione aka Badhbh

[The Red Mage]

Keven-

-I-I-I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ooooh, don't you wanna save me
I'm lazy when I'm lovin', I'm lazy when I play
I'm lazy with my girlfriend a thousand times a day
I'm lazy when I'm speaking, I'm lazy when I walk
I'm lazy when I'm dancin' and I'm lazy when I talk

I open up my mouth, it comes rushin' out
Nothin', doin' nadda, never, how you like me now?
Wouldn't it be mad, wouldn't it be fine
Lazy, lucky lady, dancin', lovin' all the time

I-I-I-I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ooooh, don't you wanna save me
Some folks they got money an' some folks lives are sweet
Some folks make decisions an' some folks clean the streets, now
Imagine what it feels like, imagine how it sounds
Imagine life is perfect an' everything works out

No tears are fallin' from my eyes I'm keepin' all the pain inside
Now don't you wanna live with me? I'm lazy as a man can be!

I-I-I-I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ooooh, don't you wanna save me

Imagine there's a girlfriend, imagine there's a job
Imagine there's an answer, imagine there's a God
Imagine I'm a Devil, imagine I'm a Saint
Lazy money, lazy sexy, lazy outta space!

No tears are fallin' from my eyes
I'm keepin' all the pain inside
Now don't you wanna live with me?
I'm lazy as a man can be!

I-I-I-I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ooooh, don't you wanna save me

Lazy when I work, lazy on the bed
Screamin' all you like, but it only fades away
I'm lazy when I'm prayin', lazy on the job
Got a lazy mind, a lazy eye, a lazy lazy father

Hard men, hard lives
Hard keepin' it all inside
Good times, good God
I'm so lazy I almost stop!

*cough*

I-I-I-I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ooooh, don't you wanna save me

I-I-I-I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ooooh, don't you wanna save me

[Boots]

Tatiana:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF-GvT8Clnk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1UX0Cn2Cvc

[tenorgeneral]

Found a new one for Veir...


Fits his militarism and his tendency towards a bit of pomp.

[Nymera]

Alexia Vilkova:  Hope in the Air, by Laura Marling

There is a man that I know
For seventeen years he never spoke
Guess he had nothing to say
He opened his mouth on judgement day

I listened with all of my might
But was scared by the look in his eyes
Like he'd already lost the fight
And there was no hope ever in sight

No hope in the air,
No hope in the water,
Not even for me,
Your life serving daughter

I have seen men provoked
I have watched lives revoked
And I looked at my life and I choked
And from there, no more ever has spoke

Why fear death?
Be scared of living
Our hearts are small and ever thinning
There is no hope ever of winning
So why fear death?
Be scared of living

But I won't give up that quick
My life is a candle and a wick
You can't put it out but you can't break it down
In the end, we are waiting to be lit

There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But no hope for me, your life serving daughter

A friend is a friend forever,
and a good one will never leave, never.
But you've have never been south of what blows off your mouth,
you will never understand, ever.

Speak minds handed down to you
By the lies handed down by your truth
Your angels that dance at your will
Will mask your scrambling youth

I forgave you your shortcomings
And ignored your childish behavior
Laid a kiss on your head
And before I left said,
"Stay away from fleeting favour"

Oh, pick up your rope, Lord
Sling it to me
If we are to battle, I must not be weak.
And give us your strength, World
and your food and your water
Oh I am your saviour,
Your life serving daughter

There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly, not me, your life serving daughter