oh_darling | eames/arthur fanmix (again): so if you flash your heart

{ so if you flash your heart }

...I couldn’t resist. Written words aren’t cooperating just yet (except for smutty ones... which is nothing new), but my ever-expanding music collection was more than thrilled to provide inspiration. So here’s another fanmix—considerably smaller and louder and more diverse this time, but hopefully just as enjoyable.

The name of the game is the evolution of a relationship—from casual flirting to denial to (literal) explosions to hesitantly falling in love. Plus unresolved sexual tension, ‘cause baby, that’s just how these two roll.
(In spite of this, the cover art somehow wound up being muted and somber, sorry about that, by the way.)

As always, thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. This one is pretty experimental. ♥

(Complete download is at the very end (107.86 MB). Full-size covers are included. Please do not reproduce any part of this fanmix without permission. Alternate mirrors may be provided upon request.)

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tracklist;
(one) CLASS ACTRESS // let me take you out
(two) PHOENIX // if i ever feel better
(three) LILY ALLEN // who’d have known
(four) SMALL SINS // stay
(five) LYKKE LI // little bit
(six) M83 // i guess i'm floating
(seven) KEANE // hamburg song
(eight) COLDPLAY // swallowed in the sea
(nine) ATHLETE // the awkward goodbye
(ten) LADYHAWKE // love don’t live here
(eleven) SHINY TOY GUNS // starts with one
(twelve) THE KNIFE // heartbeats
(thirteen) ELECTRELANE // cut and run
(fourteen) THE NATIONAL // slow show
(fifteen) PLUSHGUN // let me kiss you now
(sixteen) TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB // what you know
(seventeen) A FINE FRENZY // stood up
(eighteen) TEMPER TRAP // love lost

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(( one through four ::: flirting/sex ))
“Must you always think so little of me, darling?”
“...I find that I do not mind your company terribly when you aren’t preoccupied with being insufferable.”
“Rarely, then, is it?”
“Rarely indeed, Mister Eames.”

(one ::: eames to arthur)
CLASS ACTRESS // let me take you out
Let me take you out downtown tonight.
Let me take you out.
Follow you home, watch you write that note.
I know you feel all alone.
So I’m gonna take you out.

(two ::: arthur to eames)
PHOENIX // if i ever feel better
If I ever feel better,
Remind me to spend some good time with you.
You can give me your number.
When it's all over I'll let you know.

(three ::: arthur to eames)
LILY ALLEN // who’d have known
You put your arm around my shoulder,
And it was good since the room got colder.
And we moved closer in together
And started talking about the weather.
You said tomorrow would be fun,
And we could watch a place in the sun.
I didn't know where this was going
When you kissed me.

(four ::: arthur to eames)
SMALL SINS // stay
Well, you can stay if you want to,
But you can’t sleep in my bed.

(( five through ten ::: argument/evasion ))
“Don’t tell me we’re going to do that thing again. The one where you pretend you don’t have something important to say to me and I pretend not to notice.”
“...Then I won’t tell you.”

(five ::: arthur to eames)
LYKKE LI // little bit
Hands down,
I'm too proud for love.
But with eyes shut,
It's you I’m thinking of.
But how we move from a to b,
It can't be up to me.
'Cause you don't know.

(six ::: both)
M83 // i guess i'm floating
instrumental.

(seven ::: eames to arthur)
KEANE // hamburg song
I don't wanna be adored,
Don't wanna be first in line,
Or make myself heard.
I'd like to bring a little light—
To shine a light on your life—
To make you feel loved.

(eight ::: eames to arthur)
COLDPLAY // swallowed in the sea
You put me on a line
And hung me out to dry.
And, darling, that's when I
Decided to go to see you.
You cut me down to size
And opened up my eyes,
Made me realize
What I could not see.

(nine ::: arthur to eames)
ATHLETE // the awkward goodbye
My heart is a stone.
You don't want to go there,
But I don't mind if you try.

(ten ::: both)
LADYHAWKE // love don’t live here
Love, love, love is always so unsure.
But bleeding hearts have always known no law.
You say that you don't need me anymore,
And I said:
Love, love, love all the nights we're spending,
Love, love, love don't live here anymore.
Don't know anymore.

(( eleven through thirteen ::: catharsis ))
“It would seem as though there is something important I need to say to you after all, Mister Eames.”
“Better late than never, Arth—”
A kiss.

(eleven ::: both)
SHINY TOY GUNS // starts with one
I can't seem to get enough anyway.
I can't speak.
Nothing to say anyway.

(twelve ::: both)
THE KNIFE // heartbeats
The start: a simple touch.
One night to push and scream,
And then relief.

(thirteen ::: both)
ELECTRELANE // cut and run
Baby, I'm afraid of change,
But I think it's more that I still like you
Just as much as when we met.
I don’t' want to sleep alone
And think of you with someone else.

(( fourteen through eighteen ::: something more than like ))
Pressed up close against the curve of Arthur’s back, lashes brushing softly against the nape of his neck, Eames whispers three small words that have the corner of Arthur’s mouth curling slowly into a smile.

(fourteen ::: both)
THE NATIONAL // slow show
Looking for somewhere to stand and stay,
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away.
Can I get a minute of not being nervous,
And not thinking of my dick?

(fifteen ::: eames to arthur)
PLUSHGUN // let me kiss you now
I know that it’s too soon but it’s the final test,
‘Cause playing all these games is just a time to waste.
As soon as I met you, it all began to fade.
So let me kiss you now…

(sixteen ::: both)
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB // what you know
In a few weeks,
I will get time
To realize it's right before my eyes.
And I can take it
If it's what I want to do.

(seventeen ::: both)
A FINE FRENZY // stood up
Steel and concrete break
Beneath the steady waves
Of fearless hope and grace.
In kindness there is strength.
‘Cause we are not frightened anymore,
We stood up, we stood up.

(eighteen ::: both)
TEMPER TRAP // love lost
Our love was lost
In the rubble are all the things
That you've, you've been dreaming of.
Keep me in mind.
When you're ready,
I am here
To take you every time.

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