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omg wtf guys; I feel absolutely awful. I was coughing so bad while walking across the house I had to stop and sit on the ground and now my face feels like it's been hit with a brick. )))):

Anyway. I finally finished my soulmates mix to make me feel better. I hope it makes some of you feel better too.

Title: This Place for You
Subject: Sam/Dean
Summary: A mix for the one true pair. ♥ Though, I'll be honest, this was largely an excuse to finally use "I Will Follow You into the Dark" which I've wanted to use on a Sam/Dean mix since before I knew what mixes were. Set mainly in season 1 and 2 and from Dean's pov, this is about epic, codependent, "brotherly" love set against a backdrop of the blacktop roads of middle America.
Notes: Mix contains front and back covers, individual uploads of 10 songs, and a .zip of all songs. Huge thanks and love to

familiardevil for the handholding and support. Title plagiarized from that most masterful of wincesty poets, Richard Siken.
Unimportant Notes: I finished the compilation sometime before wincon, and have been trying to figure out the art ever since. I ended up making most of the art on the plane ride home. Such is life.

My dragonfly,
my black-eyed fire, the knives in the kitchen are singing
for blood, but we are the crossroads, my little outlaw,
and this is the map of my heart, the landscape
after cruelty which is, of course, a garden, which is
a tenderness, which is a room, a lover saying Hold me
tight, it's getting cold. We have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero's shoulders and the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it. The lawn drowned, the sky on fire,
the gold light falling backward through the glass
of every room. I'll give you my heart to make a place
for it to happen, evidence of a love that transcends hunger.
Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars
for you? That I would take you there?
- Richard Siken, excerpt from Snow and Dirty Rain

(1) Moab – Conor Oberst
So I've come to make a trade
You can hate me but just love me in return
If I know where to find you
I'll stay out of your way
I won't come beg or borrow
All the happiness you've earned

Washed beneath the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
See those headlights coming towards us?
That's someone going back
To a town they said they'd never, yeah
They swore it on their lives

You can't break out of a circle
That you never knew you were in

(2) In the Sun – She & Him
It's hard to be ignored
When I look at you
You look so bored
My baby, my darling
I've been taking a beating

Well all right
(Well all right)
It's ok
(It's ok)

(3) We’re on the Run – Gold Motel
All I can see
Is what the headlights show me
While my only love
Is in the passenger seat

By the time you let me in your arms
We're on the run
Give me a kiss
Can the headlines capture it?
Can the parents handle this?
Can we make it alive?

(4) Take Your Time (Coming Home) – Fun
Take your time coming home.
Hear the wheels as they roll.
Let your lungs fill up with smoke.
Forgive everyone.

It's a beautiful thing when we you love somebody,
And I love somebody.
Yeah I love somebody.

So come on with me, sing along with me,
Let the wind catch your feet.
If you love somebody,
you'd better let them know.

(5) I Will Follow You into the Dark – Amy Millan
If heaven and hell decide
that they both are satisfied
And illuminate the "No"s
On their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

You and me
Have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes
Are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
But it's nothing to cry about
Because we'll hold each other soon

(6) The Greatest Sum – The Avett Brothers
Not even the clouds
Not even the past
Not even the hands of God
could hold me back from you

Dark and lonely is the ride
the devil always by my side
Though no match for what lies between
a thought of you, your trust for me

(7) Faded From the Winter – Iron & Wine
You're a poem of mystery
You're the prayer inside me

Spoken words like moonlight
You're the voice that I like

(8) St. Augustine – Band of Horses
If I stayed behind
Would you let your hair grow?
I will forget
The favors that you owe
I'm dreaming of car wrecks and thunderstorms so bright
Let's bury ourselves
And go haunt someone tonight

(9) Conversation 16 – the National
I'm a confident liar
Had my head in the oven so you'd know where I'll be
I'll try to be more romantic
I want to believe in everything you believe

I was less than amazing
Do not know what all the troubles are for
Fall asleep in your branches
You're the only thing I ever want anymore

(10) Down River – Temper Trap
Finally
We have seen some things
Some awfully nice
Some dreadfully bad

But we will sing
Wash the blood off our knees
Though our hearts break
Through rough seas, our ship will sail it

.zip