forgot i made a bumbleby playlist. it kinda fucks
open to suggestions. it's in my best approximation of chronological order
are you bitches ready for the playlist i just slapped together. this one is in no particular order, unlike the last one
because i feel like it, i will say why each song is on the rwbycore playlist. enjoy!
can you feel my heart- qrow, especially pre-v7
the royal we- i can't really explain why but it just matches the vibe of the forever war and its participants both mortal and immortal
if i die young- very pyrrha. you could read penny into it too but it's mostly pyrrha to me
DNA- if you swap the genders of the parents k.flay is talking about, this is a super yang song
bathroom sink- the bathroom mirror imagery and the fact that she's wanting to be a better person than she is makes this a weiss song
better off alone- generally goes with the themes of “no one is better off alone”
back from the dead- we will go into strq speculation a good amount in this playlist because they give me brainworms. this one is a summer returns song
punisher- this one can kinda be read into many characters i think, but the biggest ones i think of are cinder and qrow
burn it down- general v9 despair song
suburbia- makes me think of raven and how summer is “better at that life”
rose-colored boy- v1 blake to ruby, and v9 ruby to blake
hard times- another general v9 despair song
chlorine- can't really articulate why the vibes match. they just do
clocks- home, home, where i wanted to go
come home- tai waiting for summer to come back from her mission
found my friends- can be applied to many timeframes in the show, but i like thinking of all the reunions of team rwby and of them with jnr
devil- i have a couple pre-show ones about blake's shitty relationship with adam in here. this is one of them
disparate youth- the whole thing is rwbyjnr+ in the forever war
don't ask- ruby v9 song. don't ask me how i'm feeling, i don't wanna talk it out
everything i wanted- i'm realizing there are a lot of ruby v9 songs in here lol
gone so long- extremely summer. i never meant to be gone so long
goodbye to a world- i associate this one specifically with the fall of atlas. this song i like to turn the volume way up and close my eyes and envision atlas crashing into mantle
heavy load- can really apply to many characters. it makes me think of qrow and raven specifically though
hug all ur friends- really more of a thematic fit than any specific character or timeframe
soon you're gonna know- i like to think of this one as a therapy tree song
idontwannabeyouanymore- ruby voice i don't want to be me anymore
in the end- yet another general v9 despair song
kill for you- i first put this here as another pre-show blake with adam thing but honestly the more i think about it the more i think it could also apply to salem and oz attempting to conquer the world on his first reincarnation
molecules- lot of people leaving their partners in this show. this is for all of them lol. i have also just learned it was written in honor of a real life person who died, so i can at least say it's in here for pyrrha & penny too
mother & father- i call this one a blake song. ever since i left my mother it's much harder to know/how to make my own life here, how to make my own home [...] ever since i left my father it's much harder to know/how to live my own life here, when all i need is home
numb (marina and the diamonds)- i feel numb most of the time / it's all i can feel anymore and it never goes away
the pit- i know in my heart summer works for salem. she ain't dead. this one is the vibe of salem's pitch to summer to work for her
rusted wheel- this one is really giving yang v4 but the whole song is about not being able to move on. this could apply to so many rwby characters at so many points in the story
the show must go on- this one is incredibly penny. she's dying. but the show must go on
stars- this is an everyone thinks summer is dead song. specifically goes for tai and ruby and yang
sweet hibiscus tea- extremely ruby v9. i'm not your protagonist, i'm not even my own
toy soldiers- cinder voice tin cans and toy soldiers
welcome to the black parade- do i even need to say out loud that this is a ruby song. is it not incredibly obvious
dots and dashes (enough already)- ok this one is mostly for the music video but you can't tell me it isn't v4/5 yangst
people are people- makes me think of blake and the faunus civil rights movement. i don't love that arc but it can have a song in here as a little treat
motorbike- move over BMBLB this one is about yang's bike for real
tether- strq moment where'd you go, you were there by my side [...] will we ever get away from this place/it's an image that's burned on my chest/for a moment you need me to stay/cold blooded and drifting away
under the tide- raven and summer secret mission moment if you can see and you believe why are you so scared?/but if you don't care then why are we here and what do you have left?
by the throat- raven and summer had to have had a fight in that secret mission. they must have. bad blood and no holds barred, a warning shot, a sacrifice that we made [...] all that's golden is never real, and i won't play fair with you this time
with a little help from my friends- a thematic match. i get by with a little help from my friends
numb (linkin park)- ruby under the pressure of being like (how everyone else saw) summer
valentine- this is ozlem to me. kind of both of them @ each other. so why'd you wanna erase me, darling valentine?
free- see i told you we were getting into strq speculation here. this one is summer vanishing of her own free will and escaping the pressure and expectations of oz's forever war. i have lived my life so perfectly, kept to all my lines so carefully/i'd lose everything so i can sing hallelujah, i'm free
american healthcare- if you replace all the doctor stuff with huntsman stuff this is extremely ruby and very likely also summer
death- summer isn't dead. this is a summer song
king for a day- i'm calling this one a salem song. you want a martyr, i'll be one
all i wanted- yes this is in my bumbleby playlist and it is bumbleby but it is also highkey ozlem. all she wanted was him (she fought the gods to have him back) all he wanted was her (he hastily agreed to an impossible task just to be with her again)
brutal- this is so ruby v9 i can hardly articulate it. i'm so sick of 17, where's my fuckin teenage dream?
nobody's home- kind of a general despair song but i think it especially works for ruby and also weiss
young legends- young legends die all the time and so will—
happier than ever- i swear this is the last one that's blake to adam. but like… you can’t tell me it's not. i'd never treat me this shitty[…] just fuckin' leave me alone!
let's go!- impossible forever war song
mowgli's road- ruby song. she's been doing what oz and co have been telling her is right (as in, directly fighting against salem and not stopping to ever take a breather or ask for help)
rock bottom- damn another ruby v9 song. lots of people singing about depression huh
go to sleep- friend of mine said this was a qrow song. i'm very inclined to agree
the run and go- same friend said this is a blake song. i also agree heavy
haunting- this is like, summer and raven i think. can be read as a friend thing or a romance thing it’s up to you. but i do think probably both of them think the other betrayed them perhaps? 'cause i've done some things that i can't speak (of), and i try to wash you away but you just won't leave
everybody dies- lot of people dying in this show, gotta say. it's pretty sad too
cities in dust- atlas and vale are in fact. cities lying in dust
things we lost in the fire- boy does rwbyjnr+ lose a fucking lot in this show
the tornado- the song about pushing through a situation you're not sure you'll survive and coming out safe and alive and maybe even stronger on the other side
pressure cracks- kind of qrow, kind of raven, kind of summer, probably also kind of tai. i am terminally strq-brained
NDA- the verses don't really apply unless you squint really hard and follow my exact path of mental gymnastics BUT the chorus really gives me summer @ raven you couldn't save me but you can't let me go/i could crave you but you don't need to know and maybe even the outro is raven @ summer did i take it too far?/now i know what you are/you hit me so hard/i saw stars
hypothermic- this one really gives me raven running from the ozluminati leaving her family behind
like child- ruby and yang and their parents with all their secrets and passed down poor coping mechanisms and shit
landfill- ozlem moment (salem's perspective)
i'd rather not- i could try to deal with all the pain, but i'd rather not
we won't come out- maybe a stretch but the words kinda feel like. well i know rwby and salem are gonna end up having a chat. this kinda feels like each side of the conversation feeling each other out, figuring out how honest they're being with each other and stuff
blue- kinda giving ozlem. i'd like to mean it when i say i'm over you. you were born bluer than a butterfly, beautiful and so deprived of oxygen, colder than your father's eyes, he never learned to sympathize with anyone. oz is saying all this to salem i think.
burial- strq split. i've become the serial killer of us all. also summer specifically don't forget to cry at your own burial
walking in my shoes- oz and salem both. i'm not looking for absolution, forgiveness for the things i do/but before you come to any conclusions, try walking in my shoes [...] you'd stumble in my footsteps
happy again- another ozlem song lol. the repeated another year gone by makes me think of the immortality
skyfall- i mean. come on. the sky falls down in v8
soap- i feel so beaten up and bruised, i don't know what i'm gonna do; i can't keep anything at all from slipping through my raccoon claws is quite ruby to me
self care- but it's never ever gonna be enough for the people in the back row, but you still choose to listen knowing damn well it's not really their decision. maybe if you tried more then you would deserve it; maybe if you fixed the whole world by yourself, then you'd earn it. there's something about penelope scott's music that is deeply ruby rose coded
the cost of giving up- another ruby v9 song. so is this what it feels like, breaking from the inside all the time?/tell me, what's the cost of giving up? why does it feel like help will never come?/maybe i'm the one i'm running from/it's too much to carry, it's all getting heavy
bad dreams- ruby and jaune duet. wish that i could be your hero/i can hardly save myself
simmer- petals for armor. need i say more? but also the fact that it's about barely controlled rage… ruby has been going through it. she has plenty of unprocessed anger stewing in there, i know it
glum- v4 yangst. in the wake of your sunshine, i've never felt so glum. i particularly like the reversal of the sun-moon dynamic yang and blake have. this is also definitely a song i can clearly envision her blasting alone in her room or whatever
youth- from the perspective of raven to yang (if you swap around the gender of the child in the story) when i left you you were young, i was gone but not my love/you were clearly meant for more than a life lost in the war you could argue this is summer to ruby as well, but i am raven brained
end of you- ozlem, specifically salem pov. the end of you is the start of life for me
house of wolves- oz. all about how he's a sinner, how he's not good enough, tell me i'm a bad man, kick me like a stray/tell me i'm an angel, take this to my grave if i were divinely given an impossible task and kept at it for millennia i would also feel this way, i fear
guardian- i think this kind of a penny song, atlas arc specifically. when all the gods lose faith, the cities laid to waste/i will be there, i'll be your guardian/you're in my every breath, i'll give you all that I have left/but i'll be there, i'll be your guardian
unravel- ruby. actually, i can't even decide what lyrics are most fitting, but i'll try. i cut to the point/i'm switching gears, i'm sorry/i'll blame my own design/now i'm feeling full/i didn't contain the feeling at all
godless- this reminds me of ozlem. the repeated reference to divinity, the mention of fable, the longing, it's so them
hard- beacon era blake. coming out of her shit with adam and the white fang and into her budding feelings for yang
dead end- another ozlem song. song about a messy breakup where she can’t stop thinking about her ex? these days i don't recognize you
take me away from here- ozlem, but specifically pre-remnant. oz rescuing salem and the song is kind of both of them talking to each other, one more metaphorically than the other
afterthought- yangst. i fucking love v4-5 yangst. i'm not worth your time, i'll just stand behind and i'll watch from the back of your mind like an afterthought left behind (when you look up the lyrics on google it refers to a girl rather than a boy, so that’s convenient for my agenda here)
agony freak- more yangst. i can't remember who i was before
dance the pain away- i so desperately wish we had gotten to see the bees at the club in atlas. i know why we couldn't, but my god i wish we could've. for once in your life, don't run away/why don't we dance the pain, dance the pain away?
all comes crashing- for all i know, this might be my last night/if that's how it goes, there's no one i'd rather be lying beside
abilene- summer. all we could ever really do is speculate/what was in her head when she up and hit the interstate
i believe in ghosts- yangst again. are you still haunted by the way you couldn't look me in the eye? [...] can't put my arms around just a whisper of smoke
