this must be what Dan Brown feels like *all the time.*
ok so _fx and I have been making a discovery, and that is that if you, fellow flister, have been going through your life, thinking that you were all alone in secretly believing that every Darren Hayes song ever is an Harry/Draco fanfic, you can finally be free.

Because you are not alone. There are many of us. Our numbers are, apparently, legion. And Darren Hayes is out there. He is listening. Watching. Writing H/D fanfics into his music.

No seriously. Darren Hayes songs are seriously the h/d plebe angst fic from heaven!!!!

"Chained To You" (aka the H/D club!/rave!/rentboy!AU dance theme song):

_fx: the best part is that my mind has somehow linked 'Chained to You' with purple Harry/Draco epics. To the point that I've stuck it on my 'Fannish' playlist.

We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Acting like a mover shaker
Dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
And I think about it all the time
Sweet temptation rush all over me
And I think about it all the time
Passion desire so intense I can't take anymore because

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe
I've got to be chained to you

_fx: It's like Protective Bonds in song format.

And when you looked into my eyes
Felt a sudden sense of urgency
Fascination cast a spell and
you became more than just a mystery

And I think about you all the time
Is this fate, is it my destiny
That I think about you all the time?
I no longer pretend to have my hand on the wheel because

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe
I've got to be chained to you

And I think about it all the time
And I think about it all the time
Tell me it's madness I barely know you
We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Ten steps back you're still a mystery



Seriously Darren Hayes was meant to provide the soundtrack for Glam!Muggle!AU!Occasionally-Rentboy!Draco's post-war life.


MISCELLANEOUS SNIPPETS FROM AFFIRMATION (also known as the album where Darren Hayes comes out without saying it in so many words, and sings all about flying and the joy of difficult relationships <3):


_fx: it's like someone mainlined Harry Potter fic all weekend and then wrote a bunch of lyrics.

Hey~ey, more than angry words I hate this silence - It's getting so loud
Well I wanna scream, bitterness has silenced these emotions

It's just that everywhere I go, all the buildings know your name like photographs and memories of love,
steel & granite reminders - the city calls your name & I can't move on~
~
but i'm standing at your doorway calling out your name because I can't move on~

let me be the one you call, if you jump i'll break your fall,
lift you up and fly away with you into the night!

a tortured soul, a wound unhealing -
no regrets or promises, the past is gone,
but you can still be free
if time will set you free!
you're free to fly tonight, free to fly tonight!
and go higher than the mountaintop,
and go high like the wind, don't stop
and you're free, free to fly tonight

never want to fly, never want to leave
never want to say what you mean to me
never want to run, frightened to believe
you're the best thing about me



"I Miss You" :

_fx: And I totally accept your AU!Draco theory, there's no other explanation for the consistant *~magic~* theme

You got a way of spreading magic everywhere
Anywhere I go, I know you're always there
It sounds ridiculous, but when you leave a room
There's a part of me that just wants to follow you too

It's such a hard life in most of the time
I'm just surviving
That's why I want you to know
In the world where sincerity has lost its meaning
You fill my world with so much hope

I just miss you
Yeah, it's true
I miss you, baby
And when you're walking out that door
I know I miss you
You make me wanna ask for more



"Ride":

You only know one half of me
Up until now it's all I let you see
I used to reveal selectively
But now I'm changing
So baby come on inside
Baby get on this ride
Get closer to me
Don't you know that
It's time to take control
To take what's mine
Gonna take it home
I think I'm about to fly, so here we go

Feels like I've been locked up all my life
Held down denied the right to fight
Nobody else could do this right
I'm just arriving

Baby get on this side
Baby get on this ride
Get closer to me

Don't you know that
It's time I let you know
I got so much further that I could go
It's time to start the show
So here we go



_fx: he's singing about Harry x Draco x brooms. I mean. There's no other explanation.

No. No there is not.


"Insatiable" (embedding disabled):

There are no words
There's only truth
Breathe in Breathe out
There is no sound
We move together up and down
We levitate our bodies soar
Our feet don't even touch the floor
And nobody knows you like I do
The world doesn't understand
But I grow stronger in your hands

adkjdkjabasically in my head, Darren Hayes is Club AU!Draco in another life. Where "I had Death Eaters for Parents & Had to grow up in lonely dismal castles where no one loved me and my needs were second to those of a raving lunatic mass murderer" = "two beds & a coffee machine."


"Darkness:"
(this one is very dumbledore-in-love-with-grindelwald to me too but HEY)

Been spending so much time underground
I guess my eyes adjusted
To the lack of light, I got
Covered in darkness
Covered in darkness

Hibernating always waiting for something new
Happiness always ending
In the blink of an eye
There was no one attending
No one attending

It doesn't really matter where it all began
All I know, I got covered in darkness
Covered in darkness
Ever wonder why I never really truly connect
Although my eyes are open
I can hold your gaze
But I am never connected
Never connected



_fx: And now I want fic D:
_fx: See what this does.


"Strange Relationship": - I am quoting this entire song at you because it is just that perfect ok ok.

Do you love me?
Or am I just another trip in this strange relationship?
You push and pull me
and I'm about to loose my mind
Is this just a waste of time
keep acting like you own me
I keep running, watch me walking out that door
I hear you behind me

Gimme that strange relationship
Never felt pleasure and pain like this
Something so right but it feels so terribly wrong
I keep holding on
Gimme that strange relationship
One of us gotta let go of this
I keep pushing and you keep holding on
I'm already gone

Do you love me?
We break up and back together
And I swore to myself never
Oh how you do me
You strip me of my honor
And I don't ever think I'm gonna
Break free of these mind games
All I'm trying to do is modify my plan
'Cause I can't contain you

You keep acting like you own me
I can't control me
You said you never really wanted me back
Well maybe if that's a fact
May I suggest
A brand new plan of attack
And in the fizzle that you're hard to crack
You're way off track
I want you back, I want you gone
Maybe I'm sick of holding on

Do you love me?
Or am I just another trip in this strange relationship?



_fx: If I could vid, this is the vid I would make. I would call it 'Tribute' and it would be a thing of GLORY.

SERIOUSLY.

"Words":

And your words are like weapons
But you'll keep them inside
They cut like a knife
And you keep it together
Those feelings inside
There's nowhere to hide but away from me
And I just wanna listen to your words

I'd like to step into your world
Show me a secret
I promise to keep it safe and sheltered from the storm
I would cross the great divide that keeps me swimming
Treading water from your shore

Now I wanna coax you from your hell
Into an alley, the hidden valley
Where the truth can surely spill
I wanna take the weight that drags you to the ground
Spare this treasure that I found

_fx: NOW I WANNA COAX YOU FROM YOUR HELL INTO AN ALLEY <- REALLY? I mean, REALLY?




the tl;dr version:

READ ALL THOSE LYRICS. THEN WATCH THIS VIDEO.




NOW TELL ME I AM CRAZY.

Aja: OH MY GOD LOOK AT 2:25
Teawise: Holy
Teawise: HOLY
Teawise: holy shit
Aja: i think i actually believe now that there is some deep connection between darren hayes and h/d, like the dark side of the moon and the wizard of oz
Teawise: HOLY SHIT
Aja: i mean WHAT ELSE CAN THIS BE
Aja: I AM AFRAID TO KEEP WATCHING
Teawise: holy shit


YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PINK FLOYD THEORIES. I HAVE FOUND MY MYSTICAL COSMIC MUSICAL CONNECTION.