Alannah was a terribly difficult character to find songs on. I've had characters in the past whose entire story could be told through a single song. There are so many different aspects to Alannah, none of which link directly one another, however, build up to this cataclysmic character. As such, there are four songs that relate to her. I'm a huge lyrics fan -- I don't much listen to the music of songs, rather the words. So I'll post the links to the songs, and also the lyrics.
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Marilyn Manson -- Coma White www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlfdoObRyocThis is the song that relates to Alannah's personality.
There's something cold and blank behind her smile
She's standing on an overpass
In her miracle mile
Chorus"You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away today
Today to run away"
A pill to make you numb
A pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself
Her mouth was an empty cut
And she was waiting to fall
Just bleeding like a polaroid that
Lost all her dolls.
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Kelly Clarkson -- Because of You www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLi0yBmPe0kThis song relates entirely to Alannah's relationship with her deceased mother.
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Chorus, shortBecause of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Beacause of you
I am afraidI lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Chorus, shortI watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Chorus, longBecause of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of your
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid-----------------------
3 Doors Down -- Sarah Yellin'[/i]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zHCSiDD4l0Alannah was beaten and raped by the men that her mother brought into their life. This song is angry, emotional, and utterly perfect for what went through her mind.
She says "I got something to say"
She knows that what she says will change everything
She's laid through so many sleepless nights
She's crying, she's crying, she's crying
ChorusMother, that man took my soul away.
Father, how could you ever treat me this way?
Brother, don't ever let him do this again.
This time it's over -- I'm going to make it end.
Now it's over and the old man is dead
Lying on the ground, a bullet in his head.
She stood at the foot of the guilty bed last night
She held what could set her free for the rest of her life
She did all that she said that she planned to do
She's through, she's through, she's through.
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Trapt -- Stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=riaHxfNuAicAlannah's perspective on Xannathel, post assault. xD
I found a line and then it grew
I found myself still thinking of you
I felt so empty and now I'm fine
But still it's burning, when will you be mine?
ChorusToo much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for change, don't you?
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for us to walk away from here.
Stories in our lives, we keep them all inside {x2}
Look at me still in your mind
Our memories so intertwined
Well you broke through and found you way
And so did I,
no need to stayThe same old picture, tried and true
Been through there, let's look for something new
ChorusDo you remember lying on the beach so late at night
Do you remember running through the sprinklers that night
Do you remember all the song that I have wrote for you
All the song that I have wrote for you
For you
I remember the way you made me feel when I was with you
I remember the smile that always brought me back to you
That look in your eyes, I never though that this could be untrue
I never thought that this could be untrue-----------------------
Wow. Wooow. That was long. Sorry all, but there you have it. Alannah, summed up in four entirely different songs. n_n;