Oh I love this so much. Maroon, Gold Rush, Labyrinth
labyrinth - this song is for them like it might be the most them song on midnights, but don't hold me to that because bttws, glitch and the great war do exist. at least midnights proper, not the bonus tracks. i mean this might be the most LITERAL interpretation of a song i can do for them, lol like
YOU KNOW HOW SCARED I AM OF ELEVATORS NEVER TRUST IT IF IT RISES FAST?????? lol
I THOUGHT THE PLANE WAS GOING DOWN HOW'D YOU TURN IT RIGHT AROUND??
lol besides the fact that i used those exact lyrics for this gifset, it's of course so easy to see the literal interpretation there - jyn and cass in the elevator on the way down (racing against the clock to climb UP the tower, krennic was in the elevator going up when he shot cassian); cassian getting them out of jedha and crash-landing on eadu, and both times doing the MOST and disregarding his orders to get her ass out.
but also like they're both so used to losing every connection, every person they love, that of course it makes sense for them to be thinking that their connection isn't going to end well for them. in the novel cassian's constantly giving 'oh no oh no oh no i like her oh no oh no' vibes XD
and then of course 'it only hurts this much right now' and 'breathe in/through/deep/out' is definitely applicable to their last moments on scarif, how peaceful it is for them as they wait to be vaporized lol. like... labyrinth is for them.
gold rush - okay lol its also kind of literal given their ending like yes i also don't like a gold rush when it's a damn nuclear bomb on steroids. but there's so much about it that's giving them - falling feels like flying til the bone crush lmao cassian falling from the tower, AND THE COASTAL TOWN WE WANDERED ROUND HAD NEVER SEEN A LOVE AS PURE AS IT AND THEN IT FADES INTO THE GRAY OF MY DAY OLD TEA CAUSE IT COULD WILL NEVER BE kill me i mean sinking ships on waters so inviting i almost jump in? yeah same me too when i think about rogue one
maroon - i mean maroon doesn't work quite as literally as these two but cassian did choose her, and maybe they didn't dance anywhere but jyn does have a dance-like brutal fighting form so like maybe he'd be starry-eyed enough to think of it like dancing in jedha XD
but the part that gets me is that's a real fucking legacy to leave, because they did that by going to scarif and stealing the plans. and also they left a legacy on ME because i'll never be the same lol