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All My Little Words (Could Never Make You Stay) - an Arthur/Gwen Break-Up Mix

Warnings: Spoilers for season 1, 2 and the legends, I guess?
Disclaimer: No, I don't hate Gwen, she's lovely. Nor is this a slight against the pairing.

Fun Fact: I began this as a break up mix for Arthur/Gwen with ARTHUR leaving Gwen for MERLIN, but then I remembered there was actual canon heartbreak in the future with Lancelot, so I changed it, obviously. There's no reason it can't be seen in that light though, if it floats your boat (in fact, I think song five works better that way).

I made up some big, long story to go with this mix. I started to write it and then remembered I have writer's block. So you get a flow chart instead and not even a proper one. Hell, not even a Microsoft Paint one, just a lousy bolded-right-pointy-thing kind of one.

Boy and girl have been married for years > boy knows girl is unhappy and in love with someone else > girl confronts boy and they break up > boy warns her one true love to be kind to her > boy accepts her departure with a heavy heart and discovers that girl may have never been happy > years down the line, girl realises the severity in which she hurt the boy and tries to make amends by begging him to be happy > boy extinguishes the last flame of hope he had for his love by realising that what they had, in the beginning, could never be replaced and that those are the memories he should hold onto as he finally moves on with his life.

So here you have it, my break-up mix for the King and Queen of Camelot. It feels wrong to say ENJOY THESE SAD BREAKUP SONGS. Maybe just wallow in them until your fingers get all pruney? IDK.

Zip located here at Mediafire. Individual tracks available for download below. No artwork because I am not graphically inclined. All files are mp3s. Comments would be super sweet! My previous fanmixes can be found here (Arthur/Merlin) and here (Morgana).

C'mere - Interpol [Arthur]
It's way too late to be this locked inside ourselves.
The trouble is that you're in love with someone else.
It should be me.
Oh, it should be me.

All My Little Words - the Magnetic Fields [Arthur]
You said you were in love with me,
Both of us know that that's impossible.
And I could make you rue the day,
But I could never make you stay.

I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You - Jens Lekman [Gwen]
Oh, it's the knowledge of future clarity,
That makes my voice tremble with greater dignity.
I am leaving you because I don't love you.
[...]
I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough.

Fuck Was I - Jenny Owen Youngs [Arthur]
Love tears me up like a demon,
Opens the wounds, then fills them with lead,
And I'm having some trouble just breathing.
If we weren't such good friends I think that I'd hate you.
If we weren't such good friends I'd wish you were dead.

Do Me A Favour - Arctic Monkeys [Gwen]
Do me a favour and ask if you need some help.
She said do me a favour and stop flattering yourself.
And to tear apart the ties that bind,
Perhaps 'fuck off' might be too kind?

Till The Bitter End - the Magnetic Fields [Arthur]
Through sleet and snow and storm and hail,
Through every degradation and betrayal,
Past rhyme and reason and beyond the pale,
Darling, I will love you till the bitter end,
And all the bitter moments till then.

Al Sharp - the Beta Band [Gwen]
Is it because I'm beside myself with love,
That I can say these things to you, honey?
Or is it because I'm beside myself with guilt,
That I can say these things to you, honey?
You and me will never be fine.
You know I never even tried to smile?

If He Breaks Your Heart - Jeremy Warmsley [Arthur]
If he breaks your heart, I will break his legs.
If he takes the piss, I will break his face.
If he fucks around, I will kill him stone cold dead.
If he breaks your heart, will I stand a chance?

You Can Bring Me Flowers - Ray Lamontagne [Arthur]
So when you're lying in his arms,
Think of me and know,
The choice, you made it free and clear,
It cost me a heavy toll.

I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart - Eels [Gwen]
You see I never thought enough of myself,
To realise,
That losing me could mean something,
Like the tears in your eyes.

A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise - Phosphorescent [Arthur]
I don't have a home, it's not a chain, it's not a throne,
It's just a picture of a picture tossed and torn away,
Of anger on your face, still not as strange and not as brave,
As when you turned away.

The Aftermath - Kashmir [Arthur]
But the everyday just can't compete,
With the beauty of a polaroid.
Where the fairytale endures complete,
And her eyes are always full of joy.

Like a frozen glimpse of butterflies,
On a colourised celluloid sky.
She waves her cheerful last goodbye,
And begs for me to let passed things slide.

Next on the agenda: another Arthur/Merlin, ~~coming very soon~~ DONE and located here.