Best Partner #6: The Messenger

1. Ryan's Song: 'This Means War' - Marianas Trench
2. Ryan's Song II: 'Forget and Not Slow Down' - Relient K
3. Shitomon's Song: 'Icarus' - I Hate This Place
4. Shitomon's Song II: 'I Wanna Be in the Cavalry' - Corb Lund
5. Duet: 'Something to Believe In' - Parachute
6. Duet II: 'Happiness' - NEEDTOBREATHE

Ryan's Song
'This Means War' - Marianas Trench

So nice to see you here--
Impolite would only be beneath us
It's been, what, a half a year?
Like nothing ever happened here between us
Fill me in on how you've been
And I will tell you anything you'd like to hear now

And we could laugh some, reminisce some,
From the same old stories to the new ones
And when the night's done
I will just see you around

But that's not what I came for, my amore
I hate to admit it, but I miss the war
Gotta get you under fire quick
Brace for it
I'd rather be a riot than indifferent
This means war
This means, this means, this means, this means war

I'm calm, I'm sure of it
I don't shake because I'm never even rattled
It's a good school, I've heard of it
You wanna move away, surrender from the battle
I just wish you'd open fire on me
So I can see you still worry if I care

And you could laugh some, reminisce some,
From the same old stories to some new ones
And when the night's done
You'll just see me around

Fire in the, fire in the, fire in the, fire in the hole
Fire in the, fire in the, fire in the, fire in the hole
Take cover, baby, take cover baby (Fire in the, fire in the, fire in the, fire in the hole)
Take cover, take cover, baby, take cover (Fire in the, fire in the, fire in the, fire in the hole)

Came for, my amore
I hate to admit it, but I miss the war
Gotta get you under fire quick
Brace for it
I'd rather be a riot than indifferent
Of course you know this means war

(Fire in the hole, fire in the hole)

Ryan's Song II
'Forget and Not Slow Down' - Relient K

How many times can I push it aside?
Is it time I befriended all the ghosts of all the things that haunt me most
So they leave me alone, move on with my life
Be certain the steps of left and right don't fight the direction of upright

I'd rather forget and not slow down
Than gather regret for the things I can't change now
If I become what I can't accept,
Resurrect the saint from within the wretch
Pour over me and wash my hands of it

It's time to decide which is out of my mind
Cause it'll be me unless I put some thoughts to rest and leave some faults behind
I'll watch the glint in my eye, shine off the spring in my step
And it could be blinding depending on the amount of you that I reflect
Cause I could spend my life just trying to sift through
What I could've done better, but what good do what ifs do?
Oh oh, oh oh, there's something I should tell you now

Cause I could spend my life just trying to sift through
What I could've done better, but what good do what ifs do?
Oh oh, oh oh, there's something I should tell you
Oh oh, oh oh, there's something I should tell you now

I'd rather forget and not slow down
Than gather regret for what I can't change now
If I become what I cannot accept
Ressurect the saint within the wretch

I'd rather forget and not slow down
Than gather regret for the things I can't change now
If I become what I can't accept,
Resurrect the saint from within the wretch

I'd rather forget and not slow down
Than gather regret for the things I can't change now
If I become what I can't accept,
Resurrect, ressurect
Pour over me and wash my hands, pour over me and wash my hands of it

Shitomon's Song
'Icarus' - I Hate This Place

Did you lose your way to heaven?
Did your wings, they burn up in the sun?
Did you prove a thousand nothings
Trying so hard just to make sense of one?

And now I find that I'm falling
Angel blind and they're calling me out
So you thought you were something?
So you thought you would never come down?

Why don't you wake up, wake up? You're just
Another nameless one whose world has come undone
And you'll just regret all this
Cause you have gone too far, forgotten where you're from

But I remember the nighttime
Yeah, I remember the wind in your hair
And I remember what it was like
And I remember seeing you there

Darling, you wake up, wake up, you're just
Another fallen star, 'cause I'd know who you are
And we said, regret not this one
Too far's not far enough to forget what we have done

And I want to be more than this to you
I want to be more than this to you
Yeah, I want to be more than this to you
I want to be more than this to you

Darling you wake up, wake up, you're just
Another fallen star, 'cause I'd know who you are
And we said, regret not this one
Too far's not far enough to forget what we have done

Why don't you wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Why don't you wake up, wake up

Did you lose your way to heaven?

Shitomon's Song II
'I Wanna Be in the Cavalry' - Corb Lund

I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
I want a good steed under me, like my forefathers before
I want a good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war

I want a horse in the volunteer force that's riding forth at dawn
Please save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm gone
I beg of you, sarge, let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoofbeat they'll remember loud and long

I'd not a good footsoldier make-- I'd be sour and slow at march
And I'd be sick on a navy ship, and the sea would leave me parched;
But I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride-- by god, you'll see my starch!
Lope back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that vict'ry arch

Lemme earn my spurs in the battle's blur, where the day is lost or won
I'll wield my lance as the ponies dance and the blackguards fire their guns
A sabre keen, and a saddle carbine, and an army Remington
Where the hot lead screams with the cold, cold steel, let me be a cav'lryman

Let 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots, and place them back-to-front
'Cause I won't be back on the riderless black and I'm finished in my hunt
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
Well, I wanna be in the cavalry, but I won't ride home no more

Duet
'Something to Believe In' - Parachute

You wake up every morning, looking for your answer
You're waiting for your sign
While Jeremiah's on his way to tell the people
But you watch him pass you by

You walk the streets at night, still looking for your reason
But you don't wanna try
You swear the world has got you backed into a corner
But no one holds your hand to walk into a fight

You swear the light is gonna find you
But it can't find you when you're waiting all the time

You spend your days alone, still hopin' for the truth, oh
But all you hear are lies
But no one else is gonna tell you what to do now
No one else is gonna help you hold the line

Sometimes it's hard to keep on living,
But you're the one who's got to know just when it's right

You say,
Keep my head from going down
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if (love if)
You can (you can)
Hear this (hear this)
Sound
Oh, just give me (give me)
Something, something to believe in
(Love, come take me now; love, come take me
Love, come take me now; love, come take me, take me now
Come take me, take me now, come take me, take me now
Come take me, take me now, come take me, take me now)

Oh, something to believe in
Love, come take me (something to believe in)
Love's gonna take me, take me, take me (something to believe in)
Love is gonna come and save me, love is gonna save me

You say,
Keep my head from going down
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Oh, and love, if (love if)
You can (you can)
Hear this (hear this)
Sound
Oh, just give me (give me)
Something, something to believe in

Duet II
'Happiness' - NEEDTOBREATHE

Singing oh, happiness
Singing oh, happiness

I got a homesick heart but a long ways left to go
I've been doing my part, but I ain't got much to show
So I'm asking you to show me some forgiveness
It's all for you in my pursuit of happiness
Chasing that life, moving on, cause I had to prove
That there ain't no life worth doing what I did to you
So I'm asking you to show me some forgiveness
It's all for you in my pursuit of happiness

I've got dreams that keep me up in the dead of night
Tellin' me I wasn't made for the simple life
There's a light I see, but it's far in the distance
I'm asking you to show me some forgiveness
It's all for you in my pursuit of happiness

Singing oh, happiness
Singing oh, happiness

I've been working all night-- maybe you could help me to believe
This song ain't nothing, if this song can't set you free
So I'm asking you to show me some forgiveness
It's all for you in my pursuit of happiness

Singing oh, happiness
Singing oh, happiness

Sometimes you leave the ones you love
But if it's love, they won't give up
Cause they know a war's raging and you gotta choose
These days are tough, these days are long
Sometimes it's hard, you carry on
But I hear a voice singing, and I know it's true

Singing oh, happiness
Singing oh, happiness
Oh, happiness, singing oh, happiness