My Supernatural Soundtrack cont'd

My Supernatural Soundtrack

Renegade

 Normally when it comes to MY Supernatural soundtrack I don't add too many songs from the series' unofficial soundtrack. But occasionally there are those songs that just stand out and embody the series or the boys. Next to 'Carry On Wayward Son' by Kansas I'd have to say one of my favorite songs used in the show was 'Renegade' by Styx. I think it is one of the best song usages and musical placements in the show.

 "Renegade" - Styx

Oh momma I'm in fear for my life 

from the long arm of the law
Lawman has put an end to my running 

and I'm so far from my home

Oh momma I can hear you a'crying 

you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows 

and I don't have very long

The jig is up the news is out 

they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made 

retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This will be the end today 

of the wanted man

Oh momma I've been years on the lam
And had a high price on my head
Lawman said get him dead or alive
Now it's for sure he'll see me dead

Dear momma I can hear you a'crying
You're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows
And I don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out
They finally found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty

Never more to go astray
The judge will have revenge today
On the wanted man

Oh Momma, I'm in fear for my life 

from the long arm of the law
Hangman is coming down from the gallows 

And I don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out
They finally found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty

Never more to go astray
This'll be the end today
Of the wanted man
the wanted man

and i don't wanna go,
oh no
don't let 'em take me
no no

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I don't really have too much to say other than the song embodies the boys. I always get a sense of Dean especially from this song because he's really the one the Feds are always after. Sam is only secondary. 

S.Wesson

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Renegade © Styx

My Supernatural Soundtrack Cont'd

My Supernatural Soundtrack
Breathe

Now this one doesn't exactly scream "I'll be in the next episode of Supernatural", but here is a favorite of mine. I loved it the minute I heard it a while ago, but when I applied SPN to it, i realized it can kind of fit. Music is about interpretation, right?

"Breathe(2 A.M.)" - Anna Nalick

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,

"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,

I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"

Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes

Like they have any right at all to criticize,

Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table

No one can find the rewind button, girl.

So cradle your head in your hands

And breathe... just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss

"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,

"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."

Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,

But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,

Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.

No one can find the rewind button, boys,

So cradle your head in your hands,

And breathe... just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,

You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out

And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again

If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song

If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,

Threatening the life it belongs to

And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd

Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud

And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table

No one can find the rewind button now

Sing it if you understand.

and breathe, just breathe

woah breathe, just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe.

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There are a few parts that resonate. The refrain:

Cause you can't jump the track
We're like cars on a cable
and life's like an hourglass glued to the table,
No one can find the rewind button boys
So just cradle your head in your hands.
And breathe, just breathe, whoa breathe just breathe

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And this part reminds me of a particular scene in 5x05[Fallen Idol]:
Dean: So we just go back to the way we were before?
Sam: No because we were never that way before. Before didn't work. How do you think we got here?

These line from the song just embody that scene:


There's a light at each end of this tunnel
you shout cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made
You'll just make them again if you'll only try turnin' around

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This part here makes me think of Dean, particularly after he comes back from Hell in the fourth season and he always seems to have a bottle or something:

May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Not what it means, but what it makes me think of.
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I get the feeling from the lyrics that the song is about not being able to go back and fix our mistakes and the best we can do is look back on them, reflect, and try to do better the next time. To not make the same mistakes, I guess.

S.Wesson
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Breathe (2AM) © Anna Nalick

My Supernatural Soundtrack Cont'd

My Supernatural Soundtrack

Still Here

Now you have to understand, I am an ex-Sam-girl. So a lot of time I still lean heavily towards Sam so you'll have to forgive me when I occasionally do a Sam heavy post. It's kind of like being a junky. When I watch a Sam Heavy episode I'm pretty under the influence, haha.

This next song, and probably the one after, will be songs that remind me of Sam. And you may read the lyrics and think "Hey! This is clearly more like Dean!" then let me know. We will discuss. Or maybe you want to share a song that you feel may remind you of Sam. or Dean. Or Supernatural in general. I'm all ears.

Some of these don't scream Supernatural but it's definitely the kind of music that Sam would listen too.

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If you've ever seen the movie Treasure Planet you may recognize this song. It's Jim's Theme "I'm Still Here" and every time I hear it I think of Sam even when SPN isn't or hasn't been on my mind.

"I'm Still Here(Jim's Theme)" - John Rzeznik

I am a question to the world,

Not an answer to be heard.

All a moment that's held in your arms.

And what do you think you'd ever say?

I won't listen anyway…

You don't know me,

And I’ll never be what you want me to be.

And what do you think you'd understand?

I'm a boy, no, I'm a man..

You can take me and throw me away.

And how can you learn what's never shown?

Yeah, you stand here on your own.

They don't know me 'cause I'm not here.

And I want a moment to be real,

Wanna touch things I don't feel,

Wanna hold on and feel I belong.

And how can the world want me to change,

They’re the ones that stay the same.

The don’t know me,

'Cause I’m not here.

And you see the things they never see

All you wanted, I could be

Now you know me, and I'm not afraid

And I wanna tell you who I am

Can you help me be a man?

They can't break me

As long as I know who I am

And I want a moment to be real,

Wanna touch things I don't feel,

Wanna hold on and feel I belong.

And how can the world want me to change,

They’re the ones that stay the same.

They can’t see me,

But I’m still here.

They can’t tell me who to be,

‘Cause I’m not what they see.

And the world is still sleepin’,

While I keep on dreamin’ for me.

And their words are just whispers

And lies that I’ll never believe.

And I want a moment to be real,

Wanna touch things I don't feel,

Wanna hold on and feel I belong.

And how can they say I never change

They’re the ones that stay the same.

I’m the one now,

‘Cause I’m still here.

I’m the one,

‘Cause I’m still here.

I’m still here.

I’m still here.

I’m still here. 

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There are two parts in particular that make me think of Sam in this song

And what do you think you'd ever say
I won't listen anyway
You don't know me
And I'll never be what you want
Me to be

If this isn't a perfect description of Sam and John's relationship I don't know what is. John wants Sam to be this strong hunter, to join the 'family business', or that's the way John is portrayed. He wants Sam to be with the family.

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And I want a moment to be real
Want to touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on and feel I belong

Isn't this really all Sam wants? He wants to belong somewhere. All his life he wants to be normal. He wants to have friends. He doesn't want to be the freak or the new kid anymore. He just wants to belong. This part, it just screams Sam every time I hear it.

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I think the song is pretty self explanatory, or maybe that's just me. But I definitely get the feeling of Sam from this song.

S.Wesson

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I'm Still Here © John Rzeznik, Treasure Planet

My Supernatural Soundtrack

My Supernatural Soundtrack

Brothers

 
Has there ever been a moment, maybe in passing, when you heard a song that maybe reminded you of one or both of our Winchesters? Maybe a particular episode, or a season or even the series itself? I know I have. Maybe it's that obsessive nature in me, where I cannot go without some how, some way or another, bringing everything back around to Supernatural. Some people think that's the case. I don't. or maybe I do.

Every now and again I come across a song that reminds me of SPN in someway or another. And every now and again I might share one or two, lyrics included, and occasionally an explanation. Sometimes I can't really explain.

Occasionally I'm going to throw up a song that doesn't look like it belongs in Supernatural at all, but that's okay because this is MY SPN Soundtrack.
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Now this first one, just kind of embodies the boys. The very, kind of essence, of Supernatural, and after Kansas' "Carry on Wayward Son" I'd say this should definitely be the un/official theme song to the series. Just read the lyrics and tell me you don't agree.

"Brothers of the Road" - The Allman Brothers' Band

Silent shadows of the night

Faded with the morning light

We just wrote another song

Maybe a word or two is wrong

There's so much that could be said

It's hard to write it in a line

But when the final word is read

Maybe something could be said

For all the brothers of the road

Just like you, we bear a heavy load

Been through hell and back again

If we don't lose we're bound to win

Somehow they gave it all a name

Just like a southern hurricane

We play our music like a storm

They say a brand new sound was born

We're all brothers of the road

Just like you, we bear a heavy load

Been through hell and back again

If we don't lose we're bound to win

Some of us fell along the way

We came together, not too proud to pray

But the music must go on

So there's no one left out there all alone

We're just brothers of the road

Casting shadows in the night

Big wheels rolling on and on

But everything's gonna be all right

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Sam and Dean are two brothers on the road and they do carry a heavy load, especially in the fourth and fifth season. The world practically rest on them. And along the way they've lost friends, family, other hunters: Ellen, Jo, their father. They lost Adam before they got to know him. But the music goes on. they go on. they pick up and continue.

The refrain and last two verses if they're not the life of a hunter, hell, then you tell me what is.

We're all brothers of the road
Just like you, we bear a heavy load
Been through hell and back again
If we don't lose we're bound to win

Some of us fell along the way
We came together, not too proud to pray
But the music must go on
So there's no one left out there all alone

We're just brothers of the road
Casting shadows in the night
Big wheels rolling on and on
But everything's gonna be all right

I think these definitely tell the story of the fourth and fifth season as well.

-We're all brothers of the road/ Just like you, we bear a heavy load
Brothers of the road. I think is pretty self explanatory. These boys live on the road. And they bear a heavy burden with the seals and the Apocalypse just around the corner. Not to mention the burdens they each feel individually. Dean is told he must stop the Apocalypse. Sam feels it is up to him to do this because Dean isn't strong enough. It's a tremendous weight. 

-Through Hell and Back again
Dean has literally been through hell and Sam in his own right went through some form of it when Dean died.

-Some of us fell along the way
They've definitely lost people on this hellish journey. First their father. Then each other, though this was rectified in some way each time. They lost Ellen and Jo. Castiel was gone for a little while. Let's not forget Adam. He didn't do much, but he was the brother they found out they had too late to help him. 

-But the music must go on/ So there's no one left out there all alone
But they keep on going, because there are people out there that need them, even if they don't know it. The millions of millions of people. And they can't just leave them.

-We're just brothers of the road/ Casting shadows in the night/ Big wheels rolling on and on/ But everything's gonna be all right
Like previously stated, they are literally brothers and practically live on the road. that can be a literal interpretation. No one knows, no one sees them. They're like shadows. that's all you see of them. In the Impala just going on, because they have to believe that in the end, everything is gonna be all right.

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That's just my interpretation. my way of making it fit Supernatural. I think it's an excellent song.

S.Wesson

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Brothers of the Road © The Allman Brothers' Band