mews' music room

ciconia according to me

key genres: electronic, drum n' bass, rock, alternative

vibes: cybernetic, futuristic, dark and dystopian, powerless in the face of the apocalypse

actual description:
phase 1 story playlist feat. my personal theories and biases. try to work out what they are??! *keeeero*kero*kero*

cover art by: P [pixiv]

After I finished reading Ciconia I had a lot of theories about it so instead of being a normal person and making a blog post or video I decided to make a playlist containing my interpretation of the plot at that time.

Much of this does follow the established plot, but other songs point to theories of mine. For this playlist I’m not explaining much in depth because a lot of why I chose certain songs is pure speculation for where I think the story might go and there are some parts that I actually don’t believe anymore. It's a bit of a time capsule of my immediate post-Phase 1 ideas. So I think it’s better if you just listen and make of it what you will.

@Ryukishi07: if you never finish Ciconia, I am forced to assume all my theories are true

Song list

Clicky the 'lyrics/notes' buttons to show or hide key lyrics and anything else I wanna say!

  1. No Drones in the Afterlife - Skeleten

    stylised text below is a choice by me

    Don't keep lookin' for the afterlife, yeah
    Don't keep lookin' for the afterlife, yeah
    Each one of us has got a ticket, I swear
    Don't keep lookin' for the afterlife, yeah
    [...]
    All the voices we can never get back
    I hear every one
    [...]
    Where there was violence all along
    There's now a risin' damn prophecy
    [...]
    Don̶'̸t̴ keep?\\
    Lookin; f0r th3 afte rlif3,  yeah--
    don't kee;p lookin' f̵o̸r̴ the [[afterlife}
    yeah%: each (1) of us(!
    Dont keep l0oking f############         afterl1fe. yeah
     `//*Lookinfor the a̴f̵t̵e̸r̷l̵i̵f̴e̶ ̷
  2. The Fountain - Pendulum (feat. Steven Wilson)
    You're sure you're right?
    Well no, you're wrong
    You don't feel my energy
    But it won't be long
    [...]
    Behind my eyes
    Is rage alone
    But you don't understand
    It was all homegrown
    I'm not afraid
    I just don't belong
    It may be cynical
    But it all seems wrong

    All these fears
    And all this love
    All you've given me
    It's not enough
    All my dreams
    And all this stuff
    All made real
    It's not enough
  3. Goodnight Gravity - Falling Up
    So goodnight gravity
    It has kept me down
    But I always get just one more try
    I always get just one more try
  4. Futures Bet - U.S. Girls
    Goodbye, history
    Why don't we let it be a mystery
    That we never sort out?
    I'm laying down a future's bet
    There's always gonna be someone alive
    Someone wanting to know why
    Why do we wanna know why?

    When nothing is wrong
    Everything is fine
    This is just life
    This is just life
  5. Omen - The Prodigy

    Perfect blue MIYAO introduction song holy fuck

    Now
    The writing's on the wall
    It won't go away
    It's an omen
    You just run on automation
  6. Always - twst
    Are you there?
    (Yes)
    Will you always be there for me?
    (Always)
    So where are you now?
    (I'm right over here, I'm here, always)
    [...]
    You'll be there (always)
    You'll be there (always)
    You've got me, yeah I know
    (I'm your BFF)
  7. Cyber Stockholm Syndrome - Rina Sawayama
    Girl in the corner, stirring her soda
    Biting the shit out of her straw
    Ready to go out, only her body tells her no
    Pretty but sad inside, isn't she beautiful?
    Queen of the ball even when she's home alone
    [...]
    Came here on my own, party on my phone
    Came here on my own but I start to feel alone
    Better late than never, so I'll be alright
    Happiest whenever I'm with you online
  8. Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda

    Every service seems to give this song a different subtitle and I'm not sure what's going on so let's leave it at 'Dr. Mabuse'

    The man without shadow promises you the world
    Tell him your dreams and fanatical needs
    [...]
    Sell him your soul
    Sell him your soul
    Sell him your soul
    Never look back...
    [...]
    And you've already lost the chance of your lifetime
    So don't be a fool, don't be a fool
    Kein Zurück für dich - there's no way back
  9. FWD - Donatachi (feat. LÂLKA)
    Forward, forward, feel the rush like a crush
    Throw my hands up (Lose control)
    Like it high, vertigo, oh
    Kiss me tonight in Tokyo, oh (Lose control)

    Give me something real
    I wanna feel it in me
    Give me something new
    I wanna feel it crazy
  10. Surgery - The Vincent Black Shadow
    Coming back from surgery
    Coming up on seventeen
    Some kind of heart-plasty or maybe a lobotomy
    [...]
    And he's standing over me
    Wide awake and clenching teeth
    "Now it's time," he says, "for you to open up so I can see"
  11. Frankenstein - Rina Sawayama
    Put me together, thread a needle
    So I'm like other people, without all of the evil
    [...]
    Oh, my God, this is so unbearable
    Make it stop, this is more than medical
    All I want is to feel beautiful inside and out
    [...]
    Put me together one more time
    Love me forever, fix me right
    I can be your Frankenstein, Frankenstein
    [...]
    I don't wanna be a monster anymore...
  12. Roll Call - The Neighbourhood
    Just run that race, little soldier
    No one's gonna win any time soon
    Just know your role, little soldier
    Don't get left behind, right?
    [...]
    They've got control of you, soldier
    Put you in the field with a gun to shoot and kill 'em all
    Just play your part, little soldier
    Marchin' left, right, left, right

    I wanna walk like me, I wanna talk like me
    I don't wanna
    Be another
  13. The Outsider - Marina and the Diamonds
    Feeling like a loser, feeling like a bum
    Sitting on the outside, observing the fun
    Don't get on my bad side, I can work a gun
    Hop into the backseat, baby, I'll show you some fun

    These people are weird in here
    And they're giving me the fear
    Just because you know my name
    Doesn't mean you know my game
    I look myself in the face
    And whisper "I'm in the wrong place"
    Is there more to lose than gain
    If I go on my own again?

    On my own again
    Inside the outsider (On my own again)
  14. Stereogram - The Vincent Black Shadow
    Cause he's not me
    Are you that blind?
    There can't be two, or one gets screwed
    I love the goon somehow

    I know the way it's got to go
    I've had enough, so open wide now
    Your piece has fallen on his knees
    You said you're me, but I know when I tell a lie
  15. Crush - Pendulum
    All my fear is coming home, handing scripts out for the show
    You can be me, I will become you tonight
    [...]
    Scratching itches best left alone, chasing memories I used to own
    I can't wait till this is over tonight

    The creatures I've been dreaming are coming down
    They're changing my future
    Visions I had buried underground
    Return as abusers
    [...]
    Well, the nightmares I've been having have arrived
    They're changing my future
    Sirens of my creation at my door
    How could you do this to her?
  16. Shortwave Transmission on "Up to the Minuteman Nine" - Pop Will Eat Itself

    Interlude.

    (Radio, radio) Radio
    (Radio) TV and video...
  17. Don't Stop - Innerpartysystem
    This is entertainment, lies are entertainment
    You are down on your knees, begging me for more

    Dear future
    I bought you, I own the right
    To let go, destroy you
    This is my life
  18. Major Minus - Coldplay
    They got one eye watching you
    One eye on what you do
    So be careful who it is you're talking to
    They got one eye watching you
    One eye on what you do
    So be careful what it is you're trying to do
  19. Savages - Marina and the Diamonds
    Murder lives forever and so does war
    It's survival of the fittest, rich against the poor
    At the end of the day, it's a human trait
    Hidden deep down inside of our DNA

    One man can build a bomb, another, run a race
    To save somebody's life and have it blow up in his face
    I'm not the only one who finds it hard to understand
    I'm not afraid of God, I am afraid of man
    [...]
    You can see it on the news
    You can watch it on TV
    You can read it on your phone
    You can say it's troubling
    Humans aren't gonna behave as we think we always should
    Yeah, we can be bad as we can be good

    Underneath it all, we're just savages
    Hidden behind shirts, ties, and marriages
    How can we expect anything at all?
    We're just animals still learning how to crawl
  20. Are You Filming Me? - twst
    Are you, are you filming me?
    Am I, am I on the screen?
    'Cause it feels like you're watching me
    'Cause it feels like they’re watching me
    Am I on the screen?
  21. Fuck This World (Interlude) - Rina Sawayama
    Sometimes, I can only see the bad side of life
    At times, I let it consume my whole mind
    [...]
    Fuck this world, I'm leaving
    Sick of what you people taking
    From the bottom to feed the top
    Fuck this world, it's dying
    'Cause you people keep on lying
    Power gets, power drips on down
  22. We Appreciate Power - Grimes (feat. HANA)
    Pledge allegiance to the world's most powerful computer
    Simulation, it's the future

    What will it take to make you capitulate?
    We appreciate power
    We appreciate power
    Elevate the human race, putting makeup on my face
    We appreciate power
    We appreciate power, power

    And if you long to never die
    Baby, plug in, upload your mind
    Come on, you're not even alive
    If you're not backed up on a drive
  23. Everything is romantic - Charli xcx
    Everything is
    Romantic, oh...
    [...]
    Fall in love again and again
    Fall in love again and again
    Fall in love again and again
    Fall in love again and again...
  24. Die Tonight Live Forever - Innerpartysystem
    We're all here cause we've lost control...

    If this night should take my life (We can't go back, we can't go)
    If we all should die tonight (We can't go back, we can't go)
    If this night should take my life
    We've got nothing left
    If we all should die tonight
    We've got nothing left
  25. A Demon's Fate - Within Temptation
    Now that you know
    Your way in this madness
    Your powers have grown
    Your chains have been broken
    [...]
    Angels have faith
    I don't want to be a part of his sin
    I don't want to get lost in his world
    I'm not playing this game

    When the shadows remain
    In the light of day
    On the wings of darkness he'll retaliate
    He'll be falling from grace
    Till the end of all his days
    From the ashes of hate
    It's a cruel demon's fate
    On the wings of darkness he's returned to stay
    There will be no escape
    'Cause he's fallen far from grace
  26. Marigold - M.I.A.

    Incredible Ciconia Phase 1 closer tbh!! I am actually still in awe of how similar the droplet at the end of this song sounds to the 07th Expansion title noise from Umineko

    Protocol, prodigal
    Every periodical
    We need something practical
    A real fucking miracle
    Planetary particle
    A real authentic article
    Be so cold, make the arctic cold
    All for one and love for all

    It's big like biblical
    Write it down in a history book
    You should take a picture, bro
    They don't teach you this in school
    Vehicle electric on land or nautical
    I show up when the duty calls
    Everything is beautiful

    When times are difficult
    We're gonna need a miracle
    When things are critical
    We're gonna need a miracle
    The world's in trouble
    Cover it in marigolds
    Cities in rubble
    We all need a miracle

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