The Music that helped inspire "Losing Face"

(Thanks goes to Starath and Joshin for recommending some of this music.)

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Missing a Beat, Containment, Two's Company, Killing Me Softly:

(The following songs all fit Rampage and his relationship with Myst)

Devour, by Disturbed

Losing My Religion, by R.E.M.

Here is Gone, by the Goo Goo Dolls

Lying From You, by Linkin Park (also fits "Mystery Solved")

Killing Me Softly (specifically):

(Fits Rampage's closest scene with Myst.)

Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls

Mystery Solved:

(For Myst and Rampage)

In My Place, by Coldplay

Lost Touch, Countdown:

Guarded, by Disturbed

Needles, by Seether

True Colours:

Pain Redefined, by Disturbed   <------ for Rampage

The Scientist, by Coldplay     <----for Myst

Other songs I listened to as background music to get me in the mood:  Kill the World, by the Springbok Nude Girls; In the Air Tonight, by Phil Collins; Haunted, by Evanescence (for Myst); Bring Me To Life, by Evanescence; Points of Authority, by Linkin Park (for Depth Charge!); Kiss From a Rose, by Seal; System, by Linkin Park; Run, by Snow Patrol; Happiness is a Warm Gun, by The Beatles (for Rampage, at the end of the series).  While I'm not a big fan of Disturbed, a *lot* of their music and lyrics fitted the moods and events in the series, specifically: "The Game" and "Stricken", as well as "Prayer" (very Rampage).

Lying From You (Linkin Park)

When I pretend everything is what I want it to be
I look exactly like what you always wanted to see
When I pretend, I can’t forget about the criminal I am
Stealing second after second just cause I know I can but
I can’t pretend this is the way it’ll stay I’m just
(Lying to bend the truth)
I can’t pretend I’m who you want me to be, so I’m

(Lying my way from you)
No no turning back now
(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)
No no turning back now
(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)
No turning back now
(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)
No no turning back now
(The very worst part of you is me)

I remember what they taught to me
Remember condescending talk for who I ought to be
Remember listening to all of that and this again
So I pretended up a person who was fittin’ in
And now you think this person really is me and I’m
(Trying to bend the truth)
Cuz the more I push the more I’m pulling away cuz I’m

(Lying my way from you)
No no turning back now
(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)
No no turning back now
(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)
No turning back now
(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)
No no turning back now
(The very worst part of you)
(The very worst part of you is ME)

This isn’t what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would
have you running from me
Like This
This isn’t what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would
have you running from me
Like This
This isn’t what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would
have you running from me
Like This
This isn’t what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would
have you running from me
Like This

(You)
No turning back now
(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)
No no turning back now
(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)
No turning back now
(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)
No no turning back now
(The very worst part of you)
(The very worst part of you is me)

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Devour (Disturbed)

"Losing My Religion" (R.E.M)

Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up

Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

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Here is Gone, (by the Goo Goo Dolls)

You and I got somethin'
But it's all and then it's nuthin' to me, yeah
And I got my defenses
When it comes to your intentions for me, yeah

And we wake up in the breakdown
With the things we never thought we could be, yeah

I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin'
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone

I am no solution
To the sound of this pollution in me, yeah
And I was not the answer
So forget you ever thought it was me, yeah

I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin'
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone

And I don't need the fallout
Of all the past that's in between us
And I'm not holding on
And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling

I know it's out there
I know it's out there
And I can feel you falling

I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone, yeah

I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone

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In My Place, Coldplay

In my place, in my place 
Were lines that I couldn't change 
I was lost, oh yeah 

I was lost, I was lost 
Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed 
I was lost, oh yeah 

Yeah, how long must you wait for him? 
Yeah, how long must you pay for him? 
Yeah, how long must you wait for him? 

I was scared, I was scared 
Tired and underprepared 
But I wait for you 

If you go, if you go 
Leaving me here on my own 
Well I wait for you 

Yeah, how long must you wait for him? 
Yeah, how long must you pay for him? 
Yeah, how long must you wait for him? 

Please, please, please 
Come on and sing to me 
To me, me 

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Iris, (by the Goo Goo Dolls)

And I'd give up forever to touch you

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

And sooner or later it's over

I just don't want to miss you tonight...

And I don't want the world to see me

'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't comin'

Or the moment of truth in your lies

When everything feels like the movies

Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me

'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am 

I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am...

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Guarded, by Disturbed

Guarding yourself from the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like the devil is laughing
Leaving me haunted tonight
You did decide

Now I want you, when you're gone, and now it's like
You're holding something just in front of me
Well then, I can't allow this to become another
One of those times that I'm left in the cold, dead
There's no compromise
Just another tie
I know I need to sever

Guarding yourself from the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like the devil is laughing
Leaving me haunted tonight
You did decide

Ever haunted, by the trappings of this life
Sweet redemption, just in front of me
Well now, it seems once again that I've lost another
One of the one's that have broke through the wall
Damned
Fate won't compromise
I have sold my soul,
And now the devil's laughing
You did decide

You were bold and strong, and ready to begin your life
All for nothing, you were sacrificed
You began alone, and so it will be when you die
All for nothing, will you be remembered?
You did decide

Guarding yourself from the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
So now you know why the devil is laughing
He left you with nothing tonight
You did decide
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Needles, by Seether (missing a verse, due to profanity)

I never seem to find a reason
to let you in again, or forgive you
I’m sick of feeling like I need you
knowing I never did, but I miss you
Taking and breaking and hating
I remember all you said to me now
Faking, forsaking and failing
my memories are all stained again

Let me get inside your head
Let me show you I’m prepared
Let me stick my needles in
And let me hurt you again

I never reach my indecision
to let you see again all I give you
I’m sick of feeding your attention,
knowing I never did. I distress you
Taking and breaking and hating
I remember all you said to me now
Faking, forsaking and failing
my memories are all stained again

Let me get inside your head
Let me show you I’m prepared
Let me stick my needles in
And let me hurt you again

Yeah. Let me get inside your head
Let me show you I’m prepared
Let me stick my needles in
And let me hurt you again
Again.
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"Pain Redefined", by Disturbed

Fading, falling, lost in forever
Will I find a way to keep it together?
Am I strong enough to last through the weather in the hurricane of my life?
Can it be a conscious decision?
That I look for ways to alter my vision?
Am I speeding towards another collision in the alleyways of my life?

Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Those who have fallen in
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Those who have fallen in

Please believe me
That my eyes deceive me
Don't stand me up
Just leave me
I have fallen again
This is the end
Pain redefined

Shaking, burning up with the fever
In the realm of pain, I am the deceiver
Now I lie to myself, so I can believe her
As she dissembles my life
I cannot dispel the illusion
All my hopes and dreams are drowned by confusion
Can I find a way to make a solution that will reconfigure my life?

Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Those who have fallen in
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Those who have fallen in

Please believe me
That my ears deceive me
Don't stand me up
Just leave me
I have fallen again
This is the end
Pain redefined

And I know that stillness shatters
We have all been frightened by
The sound of footsteps on the pavement of our lives
I stand and fight
I'm not afraid to die
Elochai, bury me tonight

Please believe me
That the world deceives me
Don't stand me up
Just leave
I have fallen again
This is the end
Pain redefined

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The Scientist by Coldplay

Come up to meet you, 
Tell you I'm sorry, 
You don't know how lovely you are. 

I had to find you, 
Tell you I need you, 
Tell you I set you apart. 

Tell me your secrets, 
And ask me your questions, 
Oh, let's go back to the start. 

Runnin' in circles, 
Comin' up tails, 
Its only science apart. 

Nobody said it was easy, 
It's such a shame for us to part. 
Nobody said it was easy, 
No one ever said it would be this hard. 
Oh, take me back to the start. 

I was just guessing, 
At numbers and figures, 
Pulling the puzzles apart. 

Questions of science, 
Science and progress, 
Do not speak as loud as my heart. 

Tell me you love me, 
Come back and haunt me, 
Oh, when I rush to the start. 

Runnin' in circles, 
Chasin' tails, 
Comin' back as we are. 

Nobody said it was easy, 
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part. 
Nobody said it was easy, 
No one ever said it would be so hard. 
I'm goin' back to the start.