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From: (Anonymous)

Pretty much de-anoning for this comment, since I've already posted about this on Tumblr, but: Girlyman. 'No Matter What I Do' is so Seivarden it should get hazard pay:

"I had a dream, maybe you could tell me what it means
The world it was ending, sending me into the blue
The stars went away, the sky was a blackened ball of grey
Nothing to say, I sat and waited there for you

It's like I never felt before
Everything's changed and now is more
But still there's the thought, it's all for naught, it won't come true
I keep it all locked inside my chest
Like feeling like shit is for the best
Like feeling the earth still turn no matter what I do"

And 'Long Time Gone' is the most Breq thing ever except that (crossing the fandom streams here) it's also the most Cheris&Jedao thing ever in a completely orthogonal way (and I feel guilty about both of these headcanons because it's actually about the songwriter's struggle with cancer.)

"When I look around for anything familiar
Even my reflection shows another face
Even my voice singing sounds out of place

Every lie that I believed when I was little
Every thought that I was selfish, I was bad
Now they gather round me, all that I have

I'm a long time gone
The calendar carried along
No one could see me and no one could save me
From my own song
When it all comes home
Living this life all alone
No one to care for me, nothing is fair
It's a climb up the stairs to a place unknown"

From: (Anonymous)

I remember people talking about playlists on tumblr but have no idea who was who, so don't worry you're still anon to me, lol. And you're right, 'Long Time Gone' is great for Breq (actually Seivarden and Tisarwat both probably get emotional about it too when either of them is feeling especially mopey)