The Music of WCC

[DarkPhoenix]

I am very fond of music. In fact, some of my best ideas for the story have come about while listening to music, and this is, I think, quite evident at times. While listening to some of my older CDs, I realized that some of the characters' relationships were well-defined by a song. So, for your reading pleasure, are the songs (and their lyrics) that I feel best define the story and its characters. More to come, when I have time. Lyrics provided by stlyrics.com and and azlyrics.com. I don't own the songs, music, or lyrics.

Overall story: Wicked soundtrack, "For Good." A recurring theme in "When Cliques Collide" is changes and how people affect each other.

ELPHABA
I'm limited:
(Spoken)Just look at me –
I'm limited
And just look at you -
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
(spoken) For both of us
(sung) Now it's up to you:

GLINDA
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you:

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

ELPHABA
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend:
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you:

GLINDA
Because I knew you:

BOTH
I have been changed for good

ELPHABA
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for

GLINDA
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

BOTH
And none of it seems to matter anymore

GLINDA (overlapping Elphaba)
Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun.
Like a stream the meets a boulder halfway through the wood.

ELPHABA (overlapping Glinda)
Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea.
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood.

BOTH
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better?

GLINDA
And because I knew you:

ELPHABA
Because I knew you:

BOTH
Because I knew you:
I have been changed for good.


Charise and S: O-Town, "All or Nothing." Yes, I feel that this sugary, overplayed song describes them quite well. I mean, just read the lyrics with them in mind!

I know when he's been on your mind
That distant look is in your eyes
I thought with time you'd realize it's over, over
It's not the way I choose to live
And something somewhere's got to give
As sharing this relationship gets older, older

You know I'd fight for you but how can I fight someone who isn't even there
I've had the rest of you now I want the best of you I don't care if that is not fair

Cuz I want it all
Or nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
When you reach the bottom it's now or never
Is it all
Or are we just friends
Is this how it ends
With a simple telephone call
You leave me here with nothing at all

There are times it seems to me
I'm sharing you with memories
I feel it in my heart but I don't show it, show it
Then there's times you look at me
As though I'm all that you can see
Those times I don't believe it's right, I know it , know it

Don't make me promises, baby, you never did know how to keep them well
I've had the rest of you now I want the best of you, it's time to show and tell

Cuz I want it all
Or nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
When you reach the bottom it's now or never
Is it all
Or are we just friends
Is this how it ends
With a simple telephone call
You leave me here with nothing at all

Cuz you and I
Could lose it all if you've got no more room
No room inside for me in your life

Cuz I want it all
Or nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
It's now or never

Is it all
Or nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
When you reach the bottom it's now or never
Is it all
Or are we just friends
Is this how it ends
With a simple telephone call
You leave me here with nothing at all

Nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
When you reach the bottom it's now or never
Is it all
Or are we just friends
Is this how it ends
With a simple telephone call
You leave me here with nothing at all

[DarkPhoenix]

Tiffani's thoughts about the cheerleaders: "Everybody's Fool," Evanescence

Perfect by nature,
Icons of self-indulgence--
Just what we all need,
More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be
Have you no shame, don't you see me?
You know you've got everybody fooled.

Look, here she comes now,
Bow down and stare in wonder.
Oh, how we love you,
No flaws when you're pretending,
But now I know she

Never was and never will be.
You don't know how you've betrayed me,
And somehow you've got everybody fooled.

Without the mask, where will you hide?
Can't find yourself lost in your lie.

I know the truth now,
I know who you are,
And I don't love you anymore.

It never was and never will be.
You don't know how you've betrayed me,
And somehow you've got everybody fooled.

It never was and never will be,
You're not real and you can't save me.
Somehow now you're everybody's fool.

[DarkPhoenix]

The weird relationship between Dunstan and Angela: "Snow White Queen," Evanescence

Stoplight, lock the door.
Don't look back.
Undress in the dark,
And hide from you,
All of you.

You'll never know the way your words have haunted me.
I can't believe you'd ask these things of me.
You don't know me.

You belong to me,
My snow white queen.
There's nowhere to run, so let's just get it over.
Soon I know you'll see,
You're just like me.
Don't scream anymore my love, 'cause all I want is you.

Wake up in a dream.
Frozen fear.
All your hands on me.
I can't scream

I can't escape the twisted way you think of me.
I feel you in my dreams and I don't sleep.

You belong to me,
My snow white queen.
There's nowhere to run, so let's just get it over.
Soon I know you'll see,
You're just like me.
Don't scream anymore my love, 'cause all I want is you

I can't save your life,
Though nothing I bleed for is more tormenting.
I'm losing my mind and you just stand there and stare as my world divides.

You belong to me,
My snow white queen.
There's nowhere to run, so let's just get it over.
Soon I know you'll see,
You're just like me.
Don't scream anymore my love, 'cause all I want is you.

[DarkPhoenix]

About Valo and her fighting for what she believes in; Ani DiFranco's "Not a Pretty Girl."

I am not a pretty girl
That is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distess
And I don't need to be rescued
So put me down punk
Maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
Isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

I am not an angry girl
But it seems like I've got everyone fooled
Every time I say something they find hard to hear
They chalk it up to my anger
And never to their own fear
And imagine you're a girl
Just trying to finally come clean
Knowing full well they'd prefer you
Were dirty and smiling

And I am sorry
I am not a maiden fair
And I am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

And generally my generation
Wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
And generally I agree with them
Trouble is you gotta have youself an alternate plan
And I have earned my disillusionment
I have been working all of my life
And I am a patriot
I have been fighting the good fight
And what if there are no damsels in distress
What if I knew that and I called your bluff?
Don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
Whether or not you ever show up

I am not a pretty girl
I don't want to be a pretty girl
No I want to be more than a pretty girl

[DarkPhoenix]

A pretty frequent theme in the story...

Tom Petty's "Won't Back Down"

Well, I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You could stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down
No, I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down.

Hey, baby. There ain't no easy way out.
Hey, yeah, I will stand my ground.
And I won't back down.

Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down.

Hey, baby. There ain't no easy way out.
Hey, yeah, I will stand my ground.
And I won't back down.

Hey, baby. There ain't no easy way out.
Hey, yeah, I won't back down
Hey, baby. There ain't no easy way out.
Hey, yeah, I will stand my ground
And I won't back down.
No, I won't back down.

[DarkPhoenix]

The ultra-mega soundtrack listing project! (Still incomplete)-- C&P from Fifth Anniversary thread

This is the product of a ridiculously huge and diverse music collection, put together just for kicks. Enjoy!

Edited Oct 1 2012
Edited Oct 23 2012

Charise:
“Foolish Games”-- Jewel
“Hands Clean”-- Alanis Morissette
“Because of You” --Kelly Clarkson
“Two Princes” --Spin Doctors
“Let It Be” --The Beatles
“She Will Be Loved” --Maroon 5
“Amanda” --Boston
“Need to be Next to You” --Leigh Nash

S:
“Everything You Want”-- Vertical Horizon
“Stand Out”-- Tevin Campbell
“Let It Be” --The Beatles
“She Will Be Loved” --Maroon 5
“Amanda” --Boston
“Let Me Take You Home Tonight” --Boston
“What a Good Boy” --Barenaked Ladies
“Hanging By a Moment” --Lifehouse
“Right Here Waiting” --Richard Marx
“I Do (Cherish You)” --98 Degrees

Ophelia:
“Stupid Girls” --Pink
“The Sacrament” --HIM
“I'll Cover You” --RENT cast
“I Could Not Ask for More” --Edwin McCain
“Numb” --Linkin Park
“Let Me Take You Home Tonight” --Boston
“Witchy Woman” --The Eagles
“Don't Let Me Get Me” --Pink
“Patience” --Guns N' Roses
“Bad Reputation” --Joan Jett
“Heart Shaped Glasses” --Marilyn Manson

Tiffani:
“Your Rain” --Silent Hill soundtrack
“Daydream Believer” --The Monkees
“I'm a Believer” --The Monkees
“Holding Out for a Hero” --Bonnie Tyler
“Unpretty” --TLC
“You're No Different” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Headstrong” --Trapt
“Fall Down” --Toad the Wet Sprocket
“Everybody's Fool” --Evanescence

AJ:
“Dance, Dance”-- Fall Out Boy
“Won't Back Down” --Tom Petty
“Cowboy” --Kid Rock
“Take It Easy” --The Eagles
“Let Me Take You Home Tonight” --Boston
“Fire Escape” --Fastball
“Falling for the First Time” --Barenaked Ladies
“What's My Age Again” --Blink-182
“No Matter What I Do” --Nelly
“I'm a Believer” --The Monkees
“Hard to Handle” --Black Crowes
“Dirty White Boy” --Foreigner

Emily:
“Stupid Girls” --Pink
“Theme of Laura” --Silent Hill soundtrack
“The Sunlit Garden” --Revolutionary Girl Utena soundtrack
“Drive” --Incubus
“Unpretty” --TLC
“You're No Different” --Ozzy Osbourne

Angela:
“You Give Love a Bad Name” --Bon Jovi
“Tainted Love” --Soft Cell
“Oujosama to Oyobi!” --Tenchi Muyo soundtrack
“What Would Happen” --Meredith Brooks
“Evil Woman” --ELO
“November Rain” --Guns N' Roses
“Heart Shaped Glasses” --Marilyn Manson

Dunstan:
“Dirty Little Secret”-- The All-American Rejects
“Foolish Games”-- Jewel
“Hands Clean”-- Alanis Morissette
“You Give Love a Bad Name” --Bon Jovi
“Tainted Love” --Soft Cell
“Sweet Emotion” --Aerosmith
“Urgent” --Foreigner
“Otherside” --Red Hot Chili Peppers
“My Sharona” --The Knack
“November Rain” --Guns N' Roses
“Heart Shaped Glasses” --Marilyn Manson

Gabby Gibson:
“How to Save a Life” --The Fray
“Imagine” – John Lennon
“Kashmir” – Led Zepplin
“Freebird” --Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Don't Fear the Reaper” --Blue Oyster Cult
“Let It Be” --The Beatles
“Life Support” --RENT cast
“The Real Folk Blues” --Cowboy Bebop soundtrack
“Sayonara Bye Bye” --Yu Yu Hakusho soundtrack
“Dream On” --Aerosmith
“Wanted Dead or Alive” --Bon Jovi
“My Life” --Dido
“Learn to Fly” --Foo Fighters
“Stellar” --Incubus
“6th Avenue Heartache” --The Wallflowers
“Kryptonite” --Three Doors Down
“Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” --Fuel
“Bring Me to Life” --Evanescence
“Renegade” --Styx
“On Fire” --Switchfoot
“Dreamer” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Somewhere Out There” --Our Lady Peace
“War Pigs” --Black Sabbath
“Children of the Grave” --Black Sabbath
“Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” --Black Sabbath
“Believer” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Headstrong” --Trapt
“Megalomaniac” --Incubus
“Hero” --Nickelback
“Black Rain” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Lay Your World on Me” --Ozzy Osbourne
“The Almighty Dollar” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Civilize the Universe” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Countdown's Begun” --Ozzy Osbourne
"Hands" --Jewel
"Heretic Pride" --The Mountain Goats

Jade:
“Head Over Feet”-- Alanis Morissette
“Here's to the Night”-- Eve 6
“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” – Poison
“Here is Gone” –Goo Goo Dolls
“Jaded” --Aerosmith
“Iris” --Goo Goo Dolls
“All for You” --Sister Hazel
“Two Out of Three Ain't Bad” --Meat Loaf
“It Must Have Been Love” --Roxette

Cy:
“The Sacrament” --HIM
“I'll Cover You” --RENT cast
“I Could Not Ask for More” --Edwin McCain
“Iris” --Goo Goo Dolls
“Reflection” --Christina Aguilera
“Let Me Take You Home Tonight” --Boston
“How Do I Live” --Leann Rimes
“I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing” --Aerosmith
“All the Things She Said” --tATu

Mae:
“Losing My Religion”-- REM
“Away From the Sun” --Three Doors Down
“Running Away” --Hoobastank
“Honestly OK” --Dido
“Everytime” --Britney Spears
“30 Minutes” --tATu
“Diary of Jane” --Breaking Benjamin
"Freak on a Leash" --Korn

Elizabeth:
“Losing My Religion”-- REM
“Behind Blue Eyes” --The Who
“Don't Fear the Reaper” --Blue Oyster Cult
“Away From the Sun” --Three Doors Down
“Stairs of Fire” --Silent Hill soundtrack
“Walk on Vanity Ruins” --Silent Hill soundtrack
“The Real Folk Blues” --Cowboy Bebop soundtrack
“Wanted Dead or Alive” --Bon Jovi
“Here With Me” --Dido
“All You Want” --Dido
“Learn to Fly” --Foo Fighters
“Stellar” --Incubus
“It's All Been Done” --Barenaked Ladies
“Back Here” --BBMak
“Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)” --Vertical Horizon
“Loser” --Three Doors Down
“Blurry” --Puddle of Mudd
“Renegade” --Styx
“On Fire” --Switchfoot
“Minority” --Green Day
“Turn to Stone” --ELO
“Paranoid” --Black Sabbath
“War Pigs” --Black Sabbath
“Children of the Grave” --Black Sabbath
“Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” --Black Sabbath
“Judith” --A Perfect Circle
“Killer Queen” --Queen
“Breaking the Habit” --Linkin Park
“Bad Reputation” --Joan Jett
“Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)” --ACDC
“All About Us” --tATu
“It's Been a While” --Staind
“Six Feet From the Edge” --Creed
“Megalomaniac” --Incubus
“Hero” --Nickelback
“Black Rain” --Ozzy Osbourne
“The Almighty Dollar” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Civilize the Universe” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Countdown's Begun” --Ozzy Osbourne
"Falling Away From Me" --Korn
"Autoclave" --The Mountain Goats

Andi:
“Centerfold”-- J. Geils Band
“Heart Shaped Box” --Nirvana
“Black Balloon” --Goo Goo Dolls
“Angel” --Aerosmith
“Leaving Town” --Dexter Freebish
“Three Marlenas” --The Wallflowers”
“Woman” --John Lennon
“Butterfly” --Crazy Town
“Magdalena” --A Perfect Circle
“Roxanne” --The Police
“My Everything” --98 Degrees
“Lady” --Styx

Tacita:
“Californication”-- Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Here's to the Night”-- Eve 6
“Honky Tonk Women”-- Rolling Stones
“Semi-Charmed Life” --Third Eye Blind
“Nothing Compares to You” --Sinead O'Connor
“Here is Gone” –Goo Goo Dolls
“Crazy” --Aerosmith
“Leaving Town” --Dexter Freebish
“The Noose” --A Perfect Circle
“Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)” --Sugar Ray
“Bright Lights” --Matchbox 20
“Don't Let Me Get Me” --Pink
“Pour Some Sugar on Me” --Def Leppard
“Just Rock & Roll” --Midtown
“Fox on the Run” --Sweet
“Butterfly” --Crazy Town
“The Outsider” --A Perfect Circle
“Bizounce” --Olivia
“No Scrubs” --TLC

Mark:
“Californication”-- Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Here's to the Night”-- Eve 6
“The Freshman” – The Verve Pipe
“How You Gonna See Me Now” --Alice Cooper
“Fiance ni Naritai” --Oikawa Mitsuhiro
“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” – Poison
“Heart Shaped Box” --Nirvana
“One Song Glory” --RENT cast
“Follow Me” --Uncle Kracker
“Black Balloon” --Goo Goo Dolls
“Cowboy” --Kid Rock
“Here is Gone” –Goo Goo Dolls
“Light in Your Eyes” --Blessid Union of Souls
“Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)” --Vertical Horizon
“Deep Inside of You” --Third Eye Blind
“How You Remind Me” --Nickelback
“No Matter What I Do” --Nelly
“Incomplete” --Sisquo
“Sharp-Dressed Man” --ZZ Top
“Two Out of Three Ain't Bad” --Meat Loaf
“Billie Jean” --Michael Jackson
“Polyamorous” --Breaking Benjamin
“Burn” --Usher
"What Could Have Been Love" --Aerosmith

Graham:
“Head Over Feet”-- Alanis Morissette
“Let Me Take You Home Tonight” --Boston
“Hey Leonardo” --Blessid Union of Souls
“Keep On Loving You” --REO Speedwagon

Valo:
“32 Flavors”-- Ani DiFranco
“Not a Pretty Girl”-- Ani DiFranco
“Venus (In Our Blood)” --HIM
“Tears of Pain” --Silent Hill soundtrack
“Take It Easy” --The Eagles
“Peace of Mind” --Boston
“Accidentally in Love” --Counting Crows
“Unpretty” --TLC

Overall series:
“I'll Fall for Anything”-- Projected Twin
“Lean on Me”-- Bill Withers
“How to Save a Life”-- The Fray
“Hold on Loosely”-- 38 Special
“I Remember You” –Skid Row
“Photograph” --Nickelback
“Across the Universe” --The Beatles
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” --Queen
“More than a Feeling” --Boston
“We're Not Gonna Take It” --Twisted Sister
“Seasons of Love” --RENT cast
“Thank You” --Dido
“The Middle” --Jimmy Eat World
“Did You” --Hoobastank
“Silent Hill Theme” --Silent Hill soundtrack
“Sakura Saku” --Love Hina soundtrack
“Through the Night” --Arimachi Masahiko
“It's My Life” --Bon Jovi
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain” --Creedence Clearwater Revival
“New Kid in Town” --The Eagles
“Funny How It Fades Away” --Fastball
“Learn to Fly” --Foo Fighters
“My Friend” --Blessid Union of Souls
“I Believe (Love Will Find a Way)” --Blessid Union of Souls
“Still on Your Side” --BBMak
“Back 2 Good” --Matchbox 20
“Why Don't You and I” --Santana
“Calling All Angels” --Train
“When I Look to the Sky” --Train
“Mr. Popularity” --Midpoint
“A Moment Like This” --Kelly Clarkson
“Is It Me, Is It True?” --Midtown
“Meant to Live” --Switchfoot
“This is Your Life” --Switchfoot
“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” --Green Day
“Dare You to Move” --Switchfoot
“So Caught Up in You” --38 Special
“Don't Look Back” –Boston
“Mad World” –Gary Jules
“Head Over Heels” --Tears for Fears
“Savin' Me” --Nickelback
“Changes” --David Bowie
“Goodbye to Romance” --Ozzy Osbourne
“100 Years” --Five for Fighting
“The Beautiful People” --Marilyn Manson
“These Things” --She Wants Revenge
“Lay Your World on Me” --Ozzy Osbourne
“Here for You” --Ozzy Osbourne

(Four People, Big Spoiler):
“Is She Really Going Out with Him”-- Joe Jackson
“Everything You Want”-- Vertical Horizon
“My Best Friend's Girl”-- The Cars
“Three Libras”-- A Perfect Circle
“Love Stinks”-- J. Geils Band
“Two Princes” --Spin Doctors
“She's So High” --Tal Bachman
“Can't Fight This Feeling” --REO Speedwagon
“Jessie's Girl” --Rick Springfield