light&time&space a six monarchs playlist [ listen ]
foreword and lyric snippets beneath the cut
i wanted this playlist to be a narrative of sorts for the six monarchs storyline/oneus universe as we understand it (and as i liberally interpret it). the title comes from keonhee’s explanation on the official request video that the first trilogy of mini-albums covered the concepts of light, time, and space respectively.
a good majority of this narrative takes place within the dreamworld/sun prison of “to be or not to be” (for which i’ve assigned a particular song for each member - look for the tracks with a “+” designation and it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out whose song is whose.
i wanted to post this before “black mirror” because it has the potential to joss things out of my interpretation. please enjoy!
(as with most of my monarchs lore exercises, this owes some gratitude to @highponyleedo for suggesting a couple of the songs in the tracklist)
TRACK LIST + LYRIC SNIPPETS
HALCYON lights ; ellie goulding
you show the lights that stop me turn to stone, you shine me when i’m alone
ARRIVAL under the sun ; diiv
yes i’ll catch up to you, then i’ll ask “what have we done?” under the sun
AUGURY prologue + twilight ; electric light orchestra
twilight, i’ll give you time to steal my mind away from me
SACRIFICE given to fly ; pearl jam
and he still gives his love, he just gives it away the love he receives is the love that is saved
COLLAPSE helios ; space team electra
no apologies for burning; fire is its own reason
SLEEP the wretched ; nine inch nails
the clouds will part, and the sky cracks open, and god himself will reach his fucking arm through just to hold you down
DEFIANCE rise ; katy perry
they’re whispering, “you’re out of time” but still i rise
POWER+THIRST help i’m alive ; metric
if we’re still alive, my regrets are few if my life is mine, what shouldn’t i do?
BLOOD+ROSES little dark age ; mgmt
forgiving who you are for what you stand to gain just know that if you hide, it doesn’t go away
VISION+ISOLATION miss it so much ; royksopp
my mechanical heart, how it tears me apart
PROTECT+HOWL friction ; imagine dragons
why can’t you let go? like a bird in the snow, this is no place to build your home
FLIGHT+FIGHT destroyer ; phantogram
i tried to save so many lives i guess my heart got carried away i guess the dark turned on the light
SUN+SON big god ; florence + the machine
well, you can never know the places that i go
VENGEANCE wolf like me ; tv on the radio
got a curse i cannot lift, shines when the sunset shifts when the moon is round and full
KINGDOM animal life ; shearwater
i held your name inside my mouth through all the days out wandering but called up from the mouth of oblivion, cast away like dogs from the shelter
REIGN brighter than the sun ; brick+mortar
have you ever had a daydream leak into your day? have you ever had a nightmare bigger than everybody?
RUN warrant ; foster the people
got to get away, yeah the warrant’s on my head got to get away, they want me alive or dead
