They're Playing Our Song: Nominations
Do you find yourself thinking of House/Wilson every time a certain song comes on the radio? Do you hear a tune and think it's the story of Chase's life? If you guys are interested, we're going to do a series of polls to determine theme songs for ships and characters. It can be the lyrics or the title that fits, it's up to you. Make as many nominations as you like. We'll post polls for an ultimate decision later. Just let us know the ship or character and what song you'd like to nominate as their theme. For example... Chase/Cameron--Keith Urban: I Told You So (lyrics) Thirteen--Bon Jovi: Why Aren't You Dead? (title) I Told You So (makes me think of Cam showing up on Chase's doorstep) You said you needed your space I wasn't where you wanted to be I didn't stand in your way I only want you to be happy And so how surprised am I to see you here tonight Well can't you see That for worse or for better we're better together Please just come back home No don't say that you're sorry And I won't say I told you so Sometimes in our life We get to where we wonder if The long road that we're on Is headin' in the same direction When it comes to you and me We're right where I know we should be Somtimes it's like we're deep in nothing but love The slightest thing can grow so foolishly Remind me please Oh can't you see That for worse or for better we're better together Please just come back home No don't say that you're sorry... And I won't say I told you so But I told you so Shoulda known better than to leave me baby Shoulda known better than to leave me darlin'

House/Cuddy -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry: (I Don't Know Why) But I Do (lyrics)... Let's say this is from Cuddy's perspective. I don't know why I love you but I do I don't know why I cry so but I do I only know I'm lonely and that I want you only I don't know why I love you but I do I can't sleep nights because I feel so restless I don't know what to do, I feel so helpless And since you've been away, I cry both night and day I don't know why I love you but I do My days have been so lonely My nights have been so blue I don't know how I manage, but I do Each night I sit alone and tell myself That I will fall in love with someone else I guess I'm wastin' time but I've got to clear my mind I don't know why I love you but I do

Chase/Cameron --The Scientist, Coldplay (lyrics) Tell me your secrets And ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start Running in circles Coming up tails Heads on the science apart Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh take me back to the start

Billy Joel's You May Be Right works for both House/Wilson and House/Cuddy. Springsteen's She's the One is House/Cuddy except the pronouns are backwards -- it's definitely from her pov With her killer graces and her secret places that no boy can fill With her hands on her hips, oh, and that smile on her lips because she knows that it kills me With her soft French cream, standing in that doorway like a dream, I wish she'd just leave me alone Because French cream won't soften them boots and French kisses will not break that heart of stone With her long hair falling and her eyes that shine like a midnight sun Whoa-oh, she's the one She's the one That thunder in your heart at night when you're kneeling in the dark, it say's you're never gonna leave her But there's this angel in her eyes that tells such desperate lies, and all you want to do is believe her And tonight you'll try just one more time to leave it all behind and to break on through Oh, she can take you, but if she wants to break you, she's gonna find out that ain't so easy to do And no matter where you sleep tonight or how far you run Whoa-oh, she's the one She's the one Oh oh, and just one kiss, she's fill them long summer nights with her tenderness That secret pact you made, back when her love could save you from the bitterness Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one ETA: added YouTube Links

Just for House, Paul Westerberg's It's a Wonderful Lie Get up from a dream and I look for rain Take an amphetamine and a crushed rat's brain How am I feelin Better I suppose How am I lookin I don't want the truth What am I doin I ain't in my youth I'm past my prime Or was that just a pose It a wonderful lie and I still get by on those I've been accused of never opening up You get too close Then I keep my mouth shut I'm gonna run to the wind Where the big bad city blows It a wonderful lie and I still get by on those It a wonderful lie and I still get by on those You can dress to the eights You can dress to maim It'll make you feel great This fortune and fame Wearing too much makeup Not near enough clothes It a wonderful lie and I still get by on those It a wonderful lie and I still get by on those So don't pin your hopes Or pin your dreams To misanthropes or guys like me The truth is overrated I suppose It a wonderful lie and I still get by on those It a wonderful lie ----------- For House and Stacy, Guy Clark's Dublin Blues: I wish I was in Austin In the Chili Parlour Bar Drinkin' Mad Dog Margaritas And not carin' where you are But here I sit in Dublin Just rollin' cigarettes Holdin' back and chokin' back The shakes with every breath Chorus Forgive me all my anger Forgive me all my faults There's no need to forgive me For thinkin' what I thought I loved you from the git go I'll love you till I die I loved you on the Spanish steps The day you said goodbye I am just a poor boy Work's my middle name If money was a reason I would not be the same I'll stand up and be counted I'll face up to the truth I'll walk away from trouble But I can't walk away from you I have been to Fort Worth I have been to Spain I have been to proud To come in out of the rain I have seen the David I've seen the Mona Lisa too I have heard Doc Watson Play Columbus Stockade Blues Chorus

Wilson/Amber Afterglow, by INXS Here i am Lost in the light of the moon That comes through my window Bathed in blue The walls of my memory Divides the thorns from the roses It’s you and the roses Touch me and i will follow In your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As i let you go I will find my way When i see your eyes Now i’m living In your afterglow Here i am Lost in the ashes of time But who owns tomorrow In between The longing to hold you again I’m caught in your shadow I’m losing control My mind drifts away We only have today Touch me and i will follow In your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As i let you go I will find my way I will sacrifice Till that blinding day When i see your eyes Now i’m living In your afterglow When the veils are gone As i let you go As i let you go Touch me and i will follow In your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As i let you go I will find my way I will sacrifice Now i’m living In your afterglow Bathed in blue The walls of my memory Divides the thorns from the roses It’s you who is closest

House/Stacy, from House's POV Bob Dylan', "Most of the Time" Most of the time I'm clear focused all around, Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground, I can follow the path, I can read the signs, Stay right with it, when the road unwinds, I can handle whatever I stumble upon, I don't even notice she's gone, Most of the time. Most of the time It's well understood, Most of the time I wouldn't change it if I could, I can't make it all match up, I can hold my own, I can deal with the situation right down to the bone, I can survive, I can endure And I don't even think about her Most of the time. Most of the time My head is on straight, Most of the time I'm strong enough not to hate. I don't build up illusion 'till it makes me sick, I ain't afraid of confusion no matter how thick I can smile in the face of mankind. Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine Most of the time. Most of the time She ain't even in my mind, I wouldn't know her if I saw her She's that far behind. Most of the time I can't even be sure If she was ever with me Or if I was with her. Most of the time I'm halfway content, Most of the time I know exactly where I went, I don't cheat on myself, I don't run and hide, Hide from the feelings, that are buried inside, I don't compromised and I don't pretend, I don't even care if I ever see her again Most of the time. For House/Cuddy (her POV) -- or, I guess, for House/anyone who's hot for him! Over The Rhine, "Trouble" If you came to make some trouble Better make it good Your sexy cocktail hour stubble Is doing what it should Looks may be sweet and subtle I think it’s trouble honey I think it’s good If you came to make trouble Make me a double honey I think it’s good Novices have expectations ‘Cause they think they should Experts have their revelations Like they knew they would What may seem complicated Is overstated downright misunderstood Love will not be outdated Maybe placated but it’s got to be good We’re so precarious with semantics I think this could be trouble I think it’s trouble honey I think it’s good If you came to make trouble Make me a double honey I think it’s good What may seem complicated Is overstated downright misunderstood Love will not be outdated Maybe placated but it’s got to be good We’re far too serious I think we could be Such nefarious pyromantics And for House himself Annie Lennox, "Ghosts In My Machine" (just change "womankind" to humankind") Oh come and take this pain away Oh come and take this pain away Oh come and set my spirit free I've seen too much I know too much I hurt too much I feel too much I dread too much I dream too much I'm caught up by the ghosts in my machine I'm bruised and battered by the storm Can't find a place to keep me warm My mind is broken and forlorn I think too much I do too much I fall too much I fail too much I cry too much I die too much I'm haunted by the ghosts in my machine Give me some of that medicine To make me forget (i can't find it) I need something easier (can't find it) 'cuz I ain't found it yet I ain't found it yet I ain't found it Oh no no no Oh womankind was born of pain My soul keeps hurting just the same Oh come and take this pain away I give too much Get used too much I lose too much Get bruised too much I bleed too much I need too much I'm sleeping with the ghosts in my machine I said I love you baby Guess I always do I said I love to baby Guess I always do I said I love you baby Guess I always do

A couple more titles that fit 13 for me: Motley Crue: Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) Three Days Grace: I Hate Everything about You And for House Matchbox 20: Unwell (lyrics in video link) For Chase, at least the first part of the song lyrics seem to apply Bon Jovi: Walk Like a Man He said sit down son, we've gotta talk I said "it's my life, I'm gonna do what I want I'm not gonna crawl, I'm gonna walk Walk right out that door" He said "I used to be a lot like you There's nothing you've done that I didn't do" I laughed and said "Dad I'm bulletproof We've been through this before" I couldn't believe it There was a tear in my old man's eye When I was leaving He tried to say goodbye He said stand tall when you stumble Stay pround when you're humbled The lessons you learn Won't be the ones that you plan And every step up that mountain Will be more than worth countin' And when you walk through the valley May you walk like a man And now I've seen a couple miles on a gravel road Been taught a couple things that I didn't know And yeah, I've even got a kid of my own Starting to sound a lot like me I learned a little thing called sacrifice Givin' up on dreams, lost a couple fights All anybody wants is a better life And something to believe Stand tall when you stumble Stay pround when you're humbled All the lessons you learn Won't be the ones that you plan Every step up that mountain Will be more that worth countin' When you walk through the valley May you walk like a man I couldn't believe it When the tears came to my eyes It isn't easy Standing on the other side I said "Sit down son we gotta talk Hey it's your life, you're gonna do what you want I won't say crawl before you walk" Cause I heard my old man in my mind sayin' Stand tall when you stumble Stay pround when you're humbled All the lessons you learn Won't be the ones that you plan And every step up that mountain Will be more that worth countin' And when you walk through the valley May you walk like a man And when you go on without me Walk, like a man Walk on

Everytime I come across Up on Cripple Creek by The Band I think of House -- but it's just the title, not the lyrics. I wanted to find one that reminded me of Wilson. Simon & Garfunkel's I am a Rock fits him, but it's better for House. A winters day In a deep and dark december; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I've built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. Its laughter and its loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island. Don't talk of love, But Ive heard the words before; Its sleeping in my memory. I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island. I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries. On the other hand, Springsteen's Brilliant Disguise for the man who is "all persona"... I hold you in my arms as the band plays What are those words whispered baby just as you turn away I saw you last night out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind and know just what I've got in this new thing I've found So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow Well I've tried so hard baby but I just cant see What a woman like you is doing with me So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise Now look at me baby struggling to do everything right And then it all falls apart when out go the lights I'm just a lonely pilgrim I walk this world in wealth I want to know if its you I don't trust cause I damn sure don't trust myself Now you play the loving woman Ill play the faithful man But just don't look too close into the palm of my hand We stood at the alter the gypsy swore our future was right But come the wee wee hours maybe baby the gypsy lied So when you look at me you better look hard and look twice Is that me baby or just a brilliant disguise Tonight our bed is cold I'm lost in the darkness of our love God have mercy on the man Who doubts what he's sure of ETA: Added the lyrics

And So It Goes by Billy Joel. House and (insert your ship here): In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along I spoke to you in cautious tones You answered me with no pretense And still I feel I said too much My silence is my self defense And every time I've held a rose It seems I only felt the thorns And so it goes, and so it goes And so will you soon I suppose But if my silence made you leave Then that would be my worst mistake So I will share this room with you And you can have this heart to break And this is why my eyes are closed It's just as well for all I've seen And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows So I would choose to be with you That's if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows

I wanted to find one that reminded me of Wilson. Simon & Garfunkel's I am a Rock fits him, but it's better for House. Aw, shoot, I came here to nominate that. This fits House so perfectly.

There have been about eleventyzillion House/Wilson fanvids made using "How to Save a Life." Whenever I hear the song I automatically think of H/W. This one by AvivaRipper is especially good.

For House, James Blunt's Tears and Rain: How I wish I could surrender my soul; Shed the clothes that become my skin; See the liar that burns within my needing. How I wish I'd chosen darkness from cold. How I wish I had screamed out loud, Instead I've found no meaning. I guess it's time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain, All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble. Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray. I've heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble. It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain. How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind; (Hold memory close at hand) Hold memory close at hand, Help me understand the years. (I wish you were here.) How I wish I could choose between Heaven and Hell. How I wish I would save my soul. I'm so cold from fear. I guess it's time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain, All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble. Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray. I've heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble. Far, far away; find comfort in pain. All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble. It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain. Tears and rain Tears and rain Far, far away; find comfort in pain. All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble. It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain.

Brilliant Disguise is a perfect Wilson song. Piece of Work by Will Kimbrough reminds me of House. Especially this verse: I'm a dreadful sight, I just don't care Spent all morning pull out my hair Woke at dawn with a crazy spin I was half the day trying to glue back in Mother, bloody mary, please Wipe that smile right off your knees I'm the CEO of the mailroom clerks Lord have mercy, I'm a piece of work. I always think of Wilson when I hear James by Billy Joel. Oh, now everything is so secure And everybody else is satisfied James Do you like your life Can you find release And will you ever change When will you write your masterpiece? Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody James I'm sure there are others. I'll add as I think of them. There are some really good songs, here. Keep 'em coming!

We're definitely doing better for individual characters than for ships. Don't Sleep in the Subway for Foreman, especially during the resignation/rehiring era. You wander around on your own little cloud When you don't see the why or the wherefore You walk out on me when we both disagree 'Cause to reason is not what you care for I've heard it all a million time before Take off your coat, my love, and close the door Don't sleep in the subway, darlin' Don't stand in the pouring rain Don't sleep in the subway, darlin' The night is long Forget your foolish pride Nothing's wrong Now you're beside me again You try to be smart, then you take it to heart 'Cause it hurts when your ego is deflated You don't realize that it's all compromise And the problems are so overrated Goodbye means nothing when it's all for show So why pretend you've somewhere else to go Don't sleep in the subway, darlin' Don't stand in the pouring rain Don't sleep in the subway, darlin' The night is long Forget your foolish pride Nothing's wrong Now you're beside me again Don't sleep in the subway, darlin'...