The FanFiction Writers' National Anthem

Most, if not all countries have a national anthem. I know that FanFic Writers don't make up an entire country, but surely we still need an anthem.

I was introduced to the song "Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking" by Snow Patrol. A livejournal user called obfreak used the song for a Stargate Atlantis music video (John-centric). Here's a link to the LJ post where she's put the video: http://obfreak.livejournal.com/18013.html.

If FanFic Writers were to choose an anthem, I would pick this song. First, here are the lyrics:

I've got this feeling that there's something that I missed
(I could do most anything to you...)
Don't you breathe
Don't you breathe
(I could do most anything to you...)

Something happened, that I never understood
(I could do most anything to you...)
You can't leave
You can't leave
(I could do most anything to you...)

Every second, dripping off my fingertips
(I could do most anything to you...)
Wage your war
Wage your war
(I could do most anything to you...)

Another soldier, says he's not afraid to die
(I could do most anything to you...)
Well I am scared
I'm so scared
(I could do most anything to you...)

In slow motion, the blast is beautiful
(I could do most anything to you...)
Doors slam shut
Doors slam shut
(I could do most anything to you...)

A clock is ticking, but it's hidden far away
(I could do most anything to you...)
Safe and sound
Safe and sound

(I could do most anything to you...)
(I could do most anything to you...)
(I could do most anything to you...)
(I could do most anything to you...)
(I could do most anything to you...)
(I could do most anything to you...)

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I think that the repeat line in the song ("I could do most anything to you") is pretty self-explanitory, and relates easily to fanfic writers. Isn't that what fanfic writers do? Steal characters and do whatever we want to them? That's what I do.

This song is going on a very short playlist for when I'm writing (or editing) the Stargate Atlantis fic I've started.

"Cat and Mouse" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

"Cat and Mouse" - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Softly we tremble tonight,
picture perfect fading smiles are all that's left in site,
I said I'd never leave you'll never change
I'm not satisfied with where I'm at in life.

Am I supposed to be happy?
When all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.
Am I supposed to be happy?
When all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.
You said, you said that you would die for me…

We made plans to grow old,
believe me there was truth in all those stories that I told.
Lost in a simple game cat and mouse are we the same people as before this came to light?

Am I supposed to be happy?
when all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.
Am I supposed to be happy?
with all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.
You said, you said that you would die for me…

You must live for me too'...
For me too...yeah, yeah…
You said that you would die for me…

Am I supposed to be happy?
with all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.
Am I supposed to be happy?
when all I ever wanted, it comes with a price
You said, you said that you would die for me...

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I love this song. Carissa showed it to me after Melissa showed it to her. It's reminds me of Supernatural. It seems like it could be made into a songfic from Sam's point of view.

When Your Muse Attacks

I'm pretty sure I've never written a songfic before, but I found this song on YouTube that Lsketch42 put Supernatural clips to. The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_WP5lckd1I. It's very nice. I was looking over the words for that song and I copied the lyrics to post here. The song is "24" by Jem.

Been given 24 hours
To tie up loose ends
To make amends
His eyes said it all
I started to fall
And the silence deafened
Head spinning round
No time to sit down
Just wanted to
Run and run and run
Be careful they say
Don't wish life away,
Now I've one day

And I can't believe
How I've been wasting my time

In 24 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

Is there a heaven a hell
And will I come back
Who can tell
Now I can see
What matters to me
It's as clear as crystal
The places I've been
The people I've seen
Plans that I made
Start to fade
The sun's setting gold
Thought I would grow old,
It wasn't to be

And I can't believe
How I've been wasting my time

In 18 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

In 13 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

I'm not alone, I sense it, I sense it
All that I said, I meant it, I meant it

And I can't believe
How much I've wasted my time

In just 8 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

In just 1 hour they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

Lsketch42's video is a Dean!vid about the season finale and how the YED (Big Bad) took everything from Dean. For me this song screams for a fanfiction to be written about the last day of that year Dean has before the Crossroads Demon takes his soul. Because Death!fics that take place a year after AHBL have been done to death as much as Faith tags have...yet. So, I'm thinking that if I want to continue to listen to this song I'm going to have to write a songfic to it. And I'll put it here, because I hate the stories I have on fanfiction.net. They're awful.

Lyrics I Like

"This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy

I am an arms dealer.
Fitting you with weapons in the form of words
And don't really care, which side wins
As long as the room keeps singing
That's just the business I'm in.

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress.

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate.

I wrote the gospel of giving up
(You look pretty sinking)
But the real bombshells have already sunk
(Pre-Madonnas of the gutter)
At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep
Crashing not like hips or cars
No, more like p-p-p-parties.

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race.

Bandwagon's full. Please, catch another.

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate.

All the boys who the dance floor didn't love
And all the girls whose hips couldn't move fast enough
Sing until your lungs give out.

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Now you)
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Wear out the groove)
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Sing out loud)
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Oh, oh)
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race.

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate.

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I love the words to this song. I think they're so cool.