(For Obiyuki Week 2021 Day 7: Wheel of Fortune by @snowwhite-andtheknight)
This playlist starts after the iconic “10 seconds” scene with Obi trying to decide if he should tell her his feelings or not, then transitions to songs where he decides it’s better if he doesn’t tell her or that he tells her and hopes their relationship stays the same. Still using a lot of Snow Patrol and Eisley songs, but I was finally able to include some of my other favorite bands like Jimmy Eat World and Anberlin too! (Chapter cover edit from @ansmangacaps, definitely one of my favorites!)
Open Your Eyes- Snow Patrol
Momentum- The Hush Sound
Let It Happen- Jimmy Eat World
A Day Late- Anberlin
Now Is Not The Time- Chvrches
Autumn Love- Death Cab for Cutie
I Wish- Eisley
Love Isn’t a Game- Midnight Television
If You’re Wondering- Eisley
Peace- Taylor Swift
An Obiyuki Playlist (Day 5: The Hanged Man)
Summary lyrics are cited after the cut (and planning on posting individual lyric analyses separately, sometime after the week):
“All this feels strange and untrue, and I won't waste a minute without you. I want so much to open your eyes, cause I need you to look into mine. Tell me that you'll open your eyes… take my hand, knot your fingers through mine, and we'll walk from this dark room for the last time.”- Open Your Eyes, Snow Patrol
“You are the dark ocean bottom and I am the fast-sinking anchor, should I fall for you? You are the scar on my tissue that I show all of my new friends, should I show you me? All we need is a little bit of momentum, break down these walls that we've built around ourselves. All we need is a little bit of inertia, break down and tell. That you are the rain on the fire deep in the trees, when no one was looking, should I speak of this?”- Momentum, The Hush Sound
“I have a ringing in my head and no one to help me answer it, even with you close enough to kiss… thinking about it can’t help me let go.”- Let It Happen, Jimmy Eat World
“So let me get this straight, say now you love me all along? What makes you hesitate to tell me in words what you really feel? I can see it in your eyes you mean all of what you say, I remember so along ago saying I felt the same way. Only time will tell, could've been more but at least you're still my day late friend. Can't help but entertain this thought, thoughts of us together.”- A Day Late, Anberlin
“Warriors are both time and patience, but you and I are worlds apart. There is much that I still want to tell you, but now is not the time to speak of love.”- Now Is Not The Time, Chvrches
“If there's no beacon tonight to guide me, I'll finally break the shackles of direction and let the headlights lead me anywhere they wanna go, I feel at home now out on a bough. This autumn love is not enough.”- Autumn Love, Death Cab for Cutie
“I was carrying a deep hope for you, a little pack of fire, I watched you from afar, a blazing, blooming star. The tree of life is what you are. Oh I wish you felt this way… so tell me, do you fear this? Cause you're not sure what's required, and if I could, I'd just claim you.” - I Wish, Eisley
“Now I’m just playing for keeps the day I met you I fell in so deep. Love isn’t a game, no need keeping score, my heart’s not playing anymore. All in and always, well that’s me for sure. To think how I love while collecting our scars on our hearts and our minds, but win lose or draw I’m all in all time.”- Love Isn’t a Game, Midnight Television
“Cast about the night with your hands, and space the space inside of our heads, and when the fighting fighter inside with all the thrilling I hide. I was wanting you to show me, I was wondering all the time, but if the moon shines on you while you're sleeping, it will show you all that you're feeling inside. If you're wondering I know.”- If You’re Wondering, Eisley
“I’m a fire and I’ll keep your brittle heart warm… All these people think love's for show, but I would die for you in secret. The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me. Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?”- Peace, Taylor Swift
“I'm here on the outside, waiting for your invite
I've been fighting giants
And I've been skipping stones
What it means is you
Only you can draw a flame and then a flood from just a spark
Only you can find a way to bring the light into my dark
I'm here on the outside
Waiting for your invite
So meet me in the moonlight
And let me on the inside
Only you can find the wick and melt this hardened heart of mine
Only you can bring me love that stretches over space and time”
Dave played this song tonight on the Mae livestream and he mentioned that it is one of his all time favorites! It’s definitely one of my favorites too and brings me back to his Schematic mini-tour dive bar concert memories.
Rock band Mae, named for the concept of multi-sensory aesthetic experience, is one of the most innovative bands out there. With their latest release, Dave Elkins, Zach Gehring, and Jacob Marshall were inspired by synesthesia and decided to create art for the whole body, connecting the fields of virtual reality, music, engineering,…
Mae is back... the new album is a mix of nostalgia and “what kind of sound is that, Dave?!” This one is definitely has that old Mae feel and not just because of the sun quote.
“Time machine I want to go back
To live in my past is exactly right where I want to be
It's nostalgia haunting me
There were days then when I could not see the sun
All the heat light it was dimming down to done
So many ways out I could only cling to one if I held you
So what if I found the reason I could back down to dust
See the daylight and the moon lit in the night above
That's the treason but I do it for your love if I felt you
But what if I failed you?”
I think that it’s important that we understand that love is not always black and white like we’d like for it to be, and sometimes it’s very grey. Sometimes you have to make the difficult decisions. And sometimes you do have to try and fail, and fail and fail a few times before you can actually succeed and get the big picture
Mae sign with Tooth & Nail Records; stream new single "5 Light Years"
Official press release:
American rock band, Mae, has re-signed to Tooth & Nail Records. They will be releasing their highly anticipated record, produced by lead vocalist Dave Elkins, this fall on the label. The band released their first two records, Destination: Beautiful and The Everglow as well as previous EPs on Tooth & Nail, and is very excited to return to their roots.
Labeled – Destination: Mae (Ep 23) Matt sits down with Mae front man Dave Elkins in this two part series to discover the amazing behind- the-scenes story of the founding of Mae and the inspiration that helped Dave write Destination: Beautiful.
