Map of the Problematique

playlist position: 122 - Midnight Sun (1.5) #4 (Draft Version #12)
artist: Muse
album: Black Holes and Revelations
track: 4/12
year: 2006
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Fear and panic in the air
I want to be free from desolation and despair
And I feel like everything I sow
Is being swept away, well I refuse to let you go

I can't get it right
Get it right since I met you
Loneliness be over
When will loneliness be over?

Life will flash before my eyes
So scattered and lost, I want to touch the other side
And no one thinks they are to blame
Why can't we see that when we bleed we bleed the same?

I can't get it right
Get it right since I met you
Loneliness be over
When will loneliness be over?
Loneliness be over
When will loneliness be over?

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

playlist position: 151 - Midnight Sun Draft Version (1.5b) #10
artist: Muse (The Cure cover)
album: Not Another Teen Movie OST
track: 11/12
year: 2001
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Good times for a change

See, the luck I've had

Can make a good man turn bad

So please please please

Let me, let me, let me

Let me get what I want this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time

See, the life I've had

Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life let me get what I want

Lord knows, it would be the first time

Lord knows, it would be the first time

Supermassive Black Hole

playlist position: 1 - Twilight (1)
artist: Muse
track number: 1/21
year: 2008





The Cullens play baseball
_________________________

Ooh, baby don't you know I suffer?
Oh, baby can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?

Ooh, you set my soul alight
Ooh, you set my soul alight

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(Ooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(Ooh, you set my soul)

I thought I was a fool for no one
But ooh, baby I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth?

Ooh, you set my soul alight
Ooh, you set my soul alight

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(Ooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(Ooh, you set my soul)

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(Ooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(Ooh, you set my soul)

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)

playlist position: 28 - New Moon (2)
artist: Muse
track number: 7/18
year: 2009













Bella tells Charlie she will go out with Jesscia
_________________________

When these pillars get pulled down
It will be you who wears the crown
And I'll owe everything to you

How much pain has cracked your soul?
How much love would make you whole?
You're my guiding lightning strike

I can't find the words to say, they're overdue
I'd travel half the world to say "I belong to you"

And she attacks me like a Leo
When my heart is split like Rio
And I assure you my debts are real

I can't find the words to say when I'm confused
I travel half the world to say, "You are my muse"

Versez moi l'ivresse
Réponds à ma tendresse

I belong I belong to you

I can't find the words to say, they're overdue
I traveled half the world to say, "I belong to you"

Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)

playlist position: 41 - Eclipse (3)
artist: Muse
track number: 2/21
year: 2010






second song at the Cullen's graduation party
_________________________

I was searching
You were on a mission
And our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision

I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that

Our love would be forever
And if we die, we die together
And I, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever

The world is broken
And halos fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen

Hail the preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean

Love, is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And I, I said never
'Cause our love could be forever

Now, I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now
Without a trace of fear

That my love will be forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And I, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever

Assassin

playlist position: 101 - Breaking Dawn Book Three (6) #28
artist: Muse
album: Black Holes and Revelations
track number: 7/12
year: 2006








Breaking Dawn: Book Three – Chapter37 - Garrett's perspective
“We have the answer to all these questions. We heard it in Aro’s lying words—we have one with a gift of knowing such things for certain—and we see it now in Caius’s eager smile. Their guard is just a mindless weapon, a tool in their masters’ quest for domination.
“So now there are more questions, questions that you must answer. Who rules you, nomads? Do you answer to someone’s will besides your own? Are you free to choose your path, or will the Volturi decide how you will live?
“I came to witness. I stay to fight. The Volturi care nothing for the death of the child. They seek the death of our free will.”
He turned, then, to face the ancients. “So come, I say! Let’s hear no more lying rationalizations. Be honest in your intents as we will be honest in ours. We will defend our freedom. You will or will not attack it. Choose now, and let these witnesses see the true issue debated here.”

_________________________

War is overdue
The time has come for you
To shoot your leaders down
Join forces underground

Lose control in increasing pace
Warped and bewitched in time to erased
Whatever they say, these people are torn
Wild and bereft assassin is born, yeah

Appose and disagree
Destroy demonocracy

Lose control in increasing pace
Warped and bewitched in time to erased
Whatever they say, these people are torn
Wild and bereft assassin is born, yeah

Take a Bow

playlist position: 100 - Breaking Dawn Book Three (6) #27
artist: Muse
album: Black Holes and Revelations
track number: 1/12
year: 2006








Breaking Dawn: Book Three – Chapter36
They came with pageantry, with a kind of beauty.
They came in a rigid, formal formation. They moved together, but it was not a march; they flowed in perfect synchronicity from the trees—a dark, unbroken shape that seemed to hover a few inches above the white snow, so smooth was the advance.
The outer perimeter was gray; the color darkened with each line of bodies until the heart of the formation was deepest black.
Every face was cowled, shadowed. The faint brushing sound of their feet was so regular it was like music, a complicated beat that never faltered.
At some sign I did not see—or perhaps there was no sign, only millennia of practice—the configuration folded outward. The motion was too stiff, too square to resemble the opening of a flower, though the color suggested that; it was the opening of a fan, graceful but very angular. The gray-cloaked figures spread to the flanks while the darker forms surged precisely forward in the center, each movement closely controlled.
Their progress was slow but deliberate, with no hurry, no tension, no anxiety. It was the pace of the invincible.

_________________________

Corrupt, you corrupt
And bring corruption to all that you touch
Hold, you'll behold
And behold and for all that you've done

And spell, cast a spell
And cast a spell on the country you run
And risk, you will risk
You will risk all their lives and their souls

And burn, you will burn
You will burn in Hell
Yeah, you'll burn in Hell
You'll burn in Hell
Yeah, you'll burn in Hell for your sins

Ooh, our freedom is consuming itself
What we've become is contrary to what we want
Take a bow

Death, you bring death
And destruction to all that you touch
Pay, you must pay
You must pay for your crimes against the earth

And Hex, feed the Hex
Feed the Hex on the country you love
And beg, you will beg
You will beg for their lives and their souls

Yeah, burn, you will burn
You will burn in Hell
Yeah, you'll burn in Hell
Burn in Hell
Yeah, you'll burn in Hell
Burn in Hell, yeah
You'll burn in Hell for your sins

Intro

playlist position: 99 - Breaking Dawn Book Three (6) #26
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 1/15
year: 2003








Breaking Dawn: Book Three – Chapter 35
Another minute ticked by, and I found myself straining to hear some sound of approach.
And then Edward stiffened and hissed low between his clenched teeth. His eyes focused on the forest due north of where we stood.
We stared where he did, and waited as the last seconds passed.

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

playlist position: 76 - Breaking Dawn: Book One (4) #3
artist: Muse
album: Dead Star/In Your World
track number:  3/3
year: 2002
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Breaking Dawn: Book One – Chapter 4
And when the music started, Edward pulled me into his arms for the customary first dance; I went willingly, despite my fear of dancing—especially dancing in front of an audience—just happy to have him holding me. He did all the work, and I twirled effortlessly under the glow of a canopy of lights and the bright flashes from the cameras.

_________________________

You're just too good to be true
Can't keep my eyes off you
You feel like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you makes me weak
There are no words left to speak
But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

I love you, baby
And if it's quite alright
I need you, baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say
Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray
Oh pretty baby
Now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you

You're just too good to be true
Can't keep my eyes off of you
You feel like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you

I love you baby
And if it's quite alright
I need you, baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say
Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray
Oh pretty baby
Now that I found you stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you

Falling Away With You

playlist position: 70 - Eclipse (3) #19
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 6/15
year: 2003
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Eclipse – Epilogue - Jacob's perspective
Come home when you can. The words were faint, trailing off into blank emptiness as he left, too. And I was alone.
So much better. Now I could hear the faint rustle of the matted leaves beneath my toenails, the whisper of an owl’s wings above me, the ocean—far, far in the west—moaning against the beach. Hear this, and nothing more. Feel nothing but speed, nothing but the pull of muscle, sinew, and bone, working together in harmony as the miles disappeared behind me.
If the silence in my head lasted, I would never go back. I wouldn’t be the first one to choose this form over the other. Maybe, if I ran far enough away, I would never have to hear again...
I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me.

_________________________

I can't remember when it was good
Moments of happiness elude
Maybe I just misunderstood

All of the love we left behind
Watching the flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find

So I'll love whatever you become
And forget the reckless things we've done
I think our lives have just begun
I think our lives have just begun

And I feel my world crumbling
I feel my life crumbling
I feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you

Staying awake to chase a dream
Tasting the air you're breathing in
I know i won't forget a thing

Promise to hold you close and pray
Watching the fantasies decay
Nothing will ever stay the same

All of the love we threw away
All of the hopes we cherished fade
Making the same mistakes again
Making the same mistakes again

I can feel my world crumbling
I can feel my life crumbling
I can feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you

All of the love we've left behind
Watching the flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find
Memories I will never find

Blackout

playlist position: 68 - Eclipse (3) #17
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 9/15
year: 2003
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Eclipse – Chapter 26 - Jacob's and Bella's perspective
With a sigh, he turned his cheek toward me.
I leaned in and kissed his face softly. “Love you, Jacob.”
He laughed lightly. “Love you more.”
He watched me walk out of his room with an unfathomable expression in his black eyes.
_________________________

Don't kid yourself
And don't fool yourself
This love's too good to last
And I'm too old to dream

Don't grow up too fast
And don't embrace the past
This life's too good to last
And I'm too young to care

Don't kid yourself
And don't fool yourself
This life could be the last
And we're too young to see

Yes Please

playlist position: 65 - Eclipse (3) #14
               105 - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (7) #1
artist: Muse
album: Hullabaloo Soundtrack
track number: 4/10
year: 2002
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Eclipse – Chapter 25 - Bree's perspective
After a second of fruitless searching, my gaze crept back to the young female vampire. She was still watching me, her eyes half-mad.
I met the girl's stare for a long moment. Chin-length dark hair framed her face, which was alabaster pale. It was hard to tell if her features were beautiful, twisted as they were by rage and thirst. The feral read eyes were dominant—hard to look away from. She glared at me viciously, shuddering and writhing every few seconds.

_________________________

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner – page 55
It was impossible to mistake the noise. The boom boom boom of the bass, the video-game soundtrack, the snarling. Totally our crowd.

page 83
The sound of the thudding music that greeted my approach was accompanied by the unmistakeable sweet, smoky scent of a burning vampire. My panic went into overdrive. I could just as easily die inside the house as outside.

_________________________

Yes please

I cannot sleep
There's too much noise in my head
I cannot sleep
I want it here instead

I never thought that this could come to this
I just wanna look at your face in peace now
You'll never miss
But I can

I cannot keep
The shame that's clawed us out
I will not keep
Your shut-up, shut-up lies

I never thought that this could come to this
I just wanna live in bliss, in peace now
You will never miss
But I can

Hysteria

playlist position: 62 - Eclipse (3) #11
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 8/15
year: 2003
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Eclipse – Chapter 23
My brain disconnected from my body, and I was kissing him back. Against all reason, my lips were moving with his in strange, confusing ways they’d never moved before — because I didn’t have to be careful with Jacob, and he certainly wasn’t being careful with me.
My fingers tightened in his hair, but I was pulling him closer now.
He was everywhere. The piercing sunlight turned my eyelids red, and the color fit, matched the heat. The heat was everywhere. I couldn’t see or hear or feel anything that wasn’t Jacob.
_________________________

It's bugging me, grating me
And twisting me around
Yeah, I'm endlessly caving in
And turning inside out

'Cause I want it now, I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
And I'm breaking out, I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control

It's holding me, morphing me
And forcing me to strive
To be endlessly cold within
And dreaming I'm alive

'Cause I want it now, I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
I'm not breaking down, I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control

And I want you now, I want you now
I'll feel my heart implode
And I'm breaking out, escaping now
Feeling my faith erode

New Born

playlist position: 59 - Eclipse (3) #8
artist: Muse
album: Origin of Symmetry
track number: 1/12
year: 2001
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Eclipse – Chapter 13
“Benito had created an army of newborn vampires. He was the first one to think of it, and, in the
beginning, he was unstoppable. Very young vampires are volatile, wild, and almost impossible to control. One newborn can be reasoned with, taught to restrain himself, but ten, fifteen together are a nightmare."

_________________________

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like a birth squeeze
The love for what you hide
The bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Hopeless time to roam
The distance to your home
Fades away to nowhere
How much are you worth
You can't come down to earth
You're swelling up, you're unstoppable

'Cause you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting our last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
'Cause I'm drifting away
Away from you

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like it's a birth squeeze
And the love for what you hide
And the bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born

When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting their last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
'Cause I'm drifting away
Away from you

The Small Print

playlist position: 57 - Eclipse (3) #6
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 11/15
year: 2003
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Eclipse – Chapter 8 - Jacob's perspective
“Will you never forgive me, Jacob?” I whispered. As soon as I said the words, I wished I hadn’t. I didn’t want to hear his answer.
“You won’t be Bella anymore,” he told me. “My friend won’t exist. There’ll be no one to forgive.”

_________________________

Take, take all you need
And I'll compensate your greed
With broken hearts
Sell, I'll sell your memories
For fifteen pounds per year
But just the good days

Say it'll make you insane
And it's bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
But I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid

Hope, and I hope you've seen the light
'Cause no one really cares
They're just pretending
Sell, and I'll sell your memories for fifteen pounds per year
But you can keep the bad days

Say it'll make you insane
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid

Say it'll make you insane
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid

Unintended

playlist position: 49 - New Moon alternates (2b) #12
artist: Muse
album: Showbiz
track number: 6/12
year: 1999
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New Moon – Chapter 16

I couldn't imagine my life without Jacob now—I cringed away from the idea of even trying to imagine
that. Somehow, he'd become essential to my survival. But to leave things the way they were… was that cruel, as Mike had accused?
I remembered wishing that Jacob were my brother. I realized now that all I really wanted was a claim on him. It didn't feel brotherly when he held me like this. It just felt nice—warm and comforting and familiar. Safe. Jacob was a safe harbor.
I could stake a claim. I had that much within my power.

_________________________

You could be my unintended choice
To live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the one who listens
To my deepest inquisitions
You could be the one I'll always love

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces
Of the life I had before

First there was the one who challenged
All my dreams and all my balance
She could never be as good as you

You could be my unintended choice
To live my life extended
You should be the one I'll always love

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces
Of the life I had before

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces
Of the life I had before
Before you

Sing For Absolution

playlist position: 30 - New Moon (2) #17
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 2/14
year: 2003
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New Moon – Chapter 18 - Edward's perspective
"I saw him going to the Volturi... and asking to die."

_________________________

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Tiptoe to your room
A starlight in the gloom
I only dream of you
And you never knew

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace
Ooh

There's nowhere left to hide
In no one to confide
The truth burns deep inside
And will never die

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
Falling from your grace
Hey

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
Falling from your grace
Yeah

Our wrongs remain unrectified
And our souls won't be exhumed

Apocalypse Please

playlist position: 17 - New Moon (2) #4
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 2/14
year: 2003
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New Moon – Chapter 3
With shaky legs, ignoring the fact that my action was useless, I followed him into the forest. The evidence of his path had disappeared instantly. There were no footprints, the leaves were still again, but I walked forward without thinking. I could not do anything else. I had to keep moving. If I stopped looking for him, it was over.

_________________________

Declare this an emergency
Come on and spread a sense of urgency
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

It's time we saw a miracle
Come on it's time for something biblical
To pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

Proclaim eternal victory
Come on and change the course of history
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

Hyper Music

playlist position: 16 - New Moon (2) #3
artist: Muse
album: Origin of Symmetry
track number: 4/11
year: 2001
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New Moon - Chapter 3
"You... don't... want me?" I tried out the words, confused by the way they sounded, placed in that order.
"No."
I stared, uncomprehending, into his eyes. He stared back without apology. His eyes were like topaz--hard and clear and very deep. I felt like I could see into them for miles and miles, yet nowhere in their bottomless depths could I see a contradiction to the words he'd spoken.

_________________________

Your golden lies feed my role

In this forgotten space race under my control
Who's returned from the dead?
Who remains? (Just to rub it in your face)

You know that I don't want you
And I never did
I don't want you
And I never will

You wanted more than I was worth
And you think I was scared, yeah
And you needed proof
Who really cares anymore?
Who restrains? (Just to rub it in your face)

You know that I don't love you
And I never did
I don't want you
And I never will

Time Is Running Out

playlist position:  10 - Twilight (1) #10
artist: Muse
album: Absolution
track number: 3/14
year: 2003
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Twilight - Chapter 21
Slowly, slowly, my thoughts started to break past that brick wall of pain. To plan. For I had no choice now but one: to go to the mirrored room and die. I had no guarantees, nothing to give to keep my mother alive. I could only hope that James would be satisfied with winning the game, that beating Edward would be enough. Despair gripped me; there was no way to bargain, nothing I could offer or withhold that could influence him. But I still had no choice. I had to try.
I pushed the terror back as well as I could. My decision was made. It did no good to waste time agonizing over the outcome. I had to think clearly, because Alice and Jasper were waiting for me, and evading them was absolutely essential, and absolutely impossible.

_________________________

I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
That you've created
You're something beautiful
A contradiction
I wanna play the game
I want the friction

You will be the death of me
You will be the death of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out

I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted
Now that you know I'm trapped
Sense of elation
You'd never dream of
Breaking this fixation

You will squeeze the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Oh

You will suck the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah