Track 1: "The Flame We Share"

  (Exploring the foreboding crossroads facing each main character in this arc, this is a theme about defying the odds–and perhaps, fate itself.)

  LYRICS:

  Flash in your mind, now I'm bursting alive

  And I'll fight even if I can't save you

  Know you light the flame we share

  Out of breath, there's nothing left

  To save us from the past

  The shadows are extending, their fingers reaching, bending

  And my heart's beating too fast

  (Don't pull away)

  Blood is thin, this state you're in

  Was never meant to last

  I'm owning all our choices

  I'm blocking out the voices you can put in all their heads

  So please don't push me away

  No matter what they say

  I know the brilliant person you can be

  There's no more time to stay

  And so, look for me when you're lonely

  Flash in your mind, now I'm bursting alive

  And I'll fight even if I can't save you

  Up in the sky, you can take back your life

  If you feel the love you have, it's in there

  Scraping my knees, 'cuz I know what I need

  And I'll bleed if it means I can see you

  Glow in our eyes, feels like nothing is right

  But this might be our last chance to face it

  So look for me when you're lonely

  Know you light the flame we share

  Tooth and nail, and fight, and fail

  You push me to be strong

  Our future was before us, now it's you they all adore

  Was this my fiction all along

  (I'll keep on waiting for you)

  I don't know what's inside of me

  This heat and rage is building up

  Can't let them take you away

  We can't let this destroy our trust

  I'll hold you

  If you want me to, I'm here

  This is just for now

  We'll get this through, fly off, and persevere

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  And I don't care what they say

  I know your heart and you can come to me

  You don't have to be okay

  You can look for me when you're lonely

  Flash in your mind, now I'm bursting alive

  And I'll fight even if I can't save you

  Up in the sky, you can take back your life

  If you feel the love you have, it's in there

  Scraping my knees, 'cuz I know what I need

  And I'll bleed if it means I can see you

  Glow in our eyes, feels like nothing is right

  But this might be our last chance to face it

  So look for me when you're lonely

  Know you light the flame we share

  You light the flame we share

  If this is our last moment

  I hope you know I care

  It's all so contradicting, but there's meaning everywhere

  We'll move along the mountains

  We'll trek across the trees

  We'll find meaning in the darkness, and find comfort in the breeze

  And I hope you can forgive me

  'Cuz this is what I want

  For you to live and breathe, this is my love for all you've done

  We'll make it all the way home

  Just like we wanted to

  And honestly, I'm terrified, but I'll do this for you

  (Fight the lies inside, I'll fight for you)

  Flash in your mind, now I'm bursting alive

  And I'll fight even if I can't save you

  Up in the sky, you can take back your life

  If you feel the love you have, it's in there

  Give 'em a show, now just look at you go

  And I know it's okay when I see you

  Smiling again, 'cuz I'm always your friend

  Now let's take this final chance to face it

  So look for me when you're lonely

  Know you light the flame we share

  Track 2: "Pang"

  (The unhinged character theme for this story's main Manipulator)

  LYRICS:

  Is this the party? Cuz I'm already bored out my mind

  Surrounded by fakers and has-beens with over-baked tag lines

  Still dirty as I was back then

  Undefeated, but I wouldn't mind a loss just to feel again

  No one needs to know my mind

  Get too close, I'll give you a show you won't forget

  Cut me up, my blood runs cold

  Can't kill a soul when I know it's already dead

  I'm your invincible friend

  Catch me up in the highest tier

  My success is their highest fear

  Manipulate when it's masterful

  Oh, I just can't help, it's only natural

  I can't

  Watch you

  Drown

  Good grief, do I really have to spell it out?

  Give me everything, I'll give you back some second doubts

  But that's cute, yeah, I guess you've never been to Hell

  I just need a little help trying to destroy myself

  But I'm a freak in the fight ring

  At the end of the day, I can try to do the right thing

  Comping cash to sustain you

  But if you bail in the night, I can't say that I would blame you

  I just want to feel like someone cares at all

  The wood is rotting out, the wood is rotting out again

  When this ship sinks, you won't fade

  I'll make my heart a blade and I won't stop 'till you breathe the air

  Catch me up in the highest tier

  My success is their highest fear

  Manipulate when it's masterful

  Oh, I just can't help, it's only natural

  And I tried to bury all my pain

  But it never really died

  Now it claws its way back towards the surface

  Claws its way back towards the surface

  I tried to murder all my pain

  But it knew just where to hide

  Now it's living on inside my bruises

  Living on inside

  Who am I?

  It's living on in my bruises

  So use me all you want, any way that he chooses

  Oh, back off

  Get out of my head

  Her hand is warm

  I know I can be more than this

  So catch me up in the highest tier

  My success is their highest fear

  Manipulate when it's masterful

  Oh, I just can't help, it's only natural

  Track 3: "Gloat Stadium"

  (Where secrets and loyalties strengthen, and hopes compete: Gloat Stadium)

  LYRICS:

  Celebrate, symphony, elevate everything

  Let's see how this all plays out

  Standing, watching, waiting from afar

  Spare me the empathy

  I'll believe anything

  If you can make me believe

  Glowing particles of who we are

  (We're so the same)

  I've never met someone more different than you

  (Magnetic or hate?)

  Is this common ground, or breaking in two?

  Late conversations keep us up at night

  Is it spinning in your mind?

  Is it spinning in your sick mind?

  Deep breaths and whispers, don't go freaking out

  On all the faces in the crowd

  All the voices in the stadium

  Secrets accounted for

  I couldn't count all your

  Quirks that can bring me the sun

  Come and light my eyes

  But phantoms cling on us

  The ghosts of dead concepts

  Will whistle their undying dread

  Retrogression in its best disguise

  Obliterate

  Every lonely thought can mobilize

  Late conversations keep us up at night

  Is it spinning in your mind?

  Is it spinning in your sick mind?

  Deep breaths and whispers, don't go freaking out

  On all the faces in the crowd

  All the voices in the stadium

  And every iteration brings another fright

  Is it spinning in your mind?

  'Cuz it's spinning in my sick mind

  And you're two seconds from just shutting out

  All the faces in the crowd

  All the voices in the stadium

  Are singing their praises

  Familiar phrases can make a new believer out of anyone

  But if you think for yourself, I'll come for help

  And I'll restart my heart to earn your trust

  Everything's hollow

  Watching you wallow

  Wonder what follows

  Are we here all alone?

  Down in the hotel

  Right where your hope fell

  Personal home Hell

  He'll never have to atone

  In the fear fest

  Friends can bring you rest

  Hide in the safe nest, way high above

  They call themselves blessers

  It doesn't impress us

  Don't side with oppressors and call it love

  Late conversations keep us up at night

  Is it spinning in your mind?

  Is it spinning in your great mind?

  Deep breaths and whispers, don't go freaking out

  On all the faces in the crowd

  All the voices in Gloat Stadium