love in Ilium
Apr. 7th, 2007 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
intertribalThis is "Running Up That Hill", the Placebo cover of the Kate Bush song. There's a lot of interpretations for what this song means, which is apropos given that there are many couples in Ilium with a variety of problems and situations. I think the factor that binds them is that they're the new generation of Ilium, a generation that's completely angst-filled because the rules of their parents and elders are starting to contradict themselves and crumble. The most fitting line in this song is "tell me we both matter, don't we".
it doesn't hurt me
you wanna feel how it feels
you wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me
you wanna hear about the deal I'm making
you and me
if I only could make a deal with God and get him to swap our places
be running up that road, be running up that hill, be running up that building
if I only could...
you don't wanna hurt me
but see how deep the bullet lies
unaware that I'm tearing you asunder
and there's thunder in our hearts, baby
so much hate for the ones we love
tell me we both matter, don't we
plus it's also a beautiful, beautiful song that gives me the heebie jeebies. It may not make a huge impression from the lyrics - it needs to be listened to. Here's an X-Files AMV by xandrazandar, a one-sided Skinner/Scully pairing - as in Skinner-loves-Scully-from-afar. Not all the clips will make sense if you don't know the X-Files, but if you do, you may be convinced of this. I was. Oddly enough, this message and video could also be applied to Jackson and Nike in Musings of a Young World (Jackson, who works with Rod at the FBI, is in love with Nike, but never tells her or Rod - instead he just watches their relationship progress, watches them separate and helps them reconcile - and then dies).
it doesn't hurt me
you wanna feel how it feels
you wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me
you wanna hear about the deal I'm making
you and me
if I only could make a deal with God and get him to swap our places
be running up that road, be running up that hill, be running up that building
if I only could...
you don't wanna hurt me
but see how deep the bullet lies
unaware that I'm tearing you asunder
and there's thunder in our hearts, baby
so much hate for the ones we love
tell me we both matter, don't we
plus it's also a beautiful, beautiful song that gives me the heebie jeebies. It may not make a huge impression from the lyrics - it needs to be listened to. Here's an X-Files AMV by xandrazandar, a one-sided Skinner/Scully pairing - as in Skinner-loves-Scully-from-afar. Not all the clips will make sense if you don't know the X-Files, but if you do, you may be convinced of this. I was. Oddly enough, this message and video could also be applied to Jackson and Nike in Musings of a Young World (Jackson, who works with Rod at the FBI, is in love with Nike, but never tells her or Rod - instead he just watches their relationship progress, watches them separate and helps them reconcile - and then dies).
