YOU RISE WITH THE MOON, I RISE WITH THE SUN
a fanmix for zuko & azula of the fire nation and katara & sokka of the water nation (x)

ZUKO | and i had to learn it on my own

i. upward over the mountain, iron + wine . MY FIRSTBORN SON
mother i made it up from the bruise on the floor of this prison/mother i lost it, all of the fear of the lord i was given

ii. where i end and you begin (the sky is falling in), radiohead . THE BANISHED PRINCE

i can watch but not take part/where i end where you start/were you, you left me alone/you left me alone

iii. tin man, the avett brothers . MY HONOUR, MY THRONE, MY COUNTRY
and so it goes, a man grows old/some would say a man grows strong/they say life only grows short/i say the road only grows long

iv. manifest destiny, zola jesus . FREE TO DETERMINE MY OWN DESTINY
i don’t have a reason to go home/so what am i supposed to do 

v. hold on to what you believe, mumford & sons . RESTORATION OF THE FIRE NATION
i can’t promise i won’t let you down/and i/i can’t promise you that i will be the only one around/when your hope falls down/but we’re young/open flowers in the windy fields of this war-torn world

AZULA | you should have feared me more

vi. no church in the wild, kanye west . WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT CHILD
what’s a mob to a king/what’s a king to a god/what’s a god to a non-believer/who don’t believe in anything/…i live by you, desire/i stand by you, walk through the fire

vii. volcano, damien rice . BORN WITH A GIFT (A CURSE)
don’t build yourself around volcanoes melt you down/what i am to you is not real/what i am to you you do not need

viii. strangeness and charm, florence + the machine . THE LORD OF THUNDER AND FURY
hydrogen in our veins, it cannot hold itself, our blood is boiling/and the pressure in our bodies echoes up above it is exploding

ix. the apocalypse song, st vincent . THE LAST AGNI KAI
so take to the streets with apocalypse refrain/your devotion has the look of a lunatic’s gaze

x. nothing’s burning, telepopmusik . THE FORGOTTEN PRINCESS
i know now for certain/there’s nothing burning anymore/i know now forever/nothing’s burning anymore

KATARA | you can’t knock me down

xi. if winter ends, bright eyes . THE SOUTHERN TRIBE

i dreamt of a fever/one that would cure me of this cold, winter set heart

xii. drops in the river, fleet foxes . THE LAST WATERBENDER
speak to me slow, my dear/no gost, of course, in here/pleased to be lonesome, quiet and clear/all is alone in here

xiii. ice storm, big gust and you, tilly and the wall . FIGHTING BATTLES YOU CAN’T WIN
and all your talk of burdens/no, it won’t bring me and all my friends down

xiv. miles, mother mother . THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE

take me by the hand/we could go walking for miles/once we reach the sand, the sand/we gonna make it, oh

xv. dolphins, beth orton . TODAY, DESTINY IS OUR FRIEND
this whole world may never change/the way it’s always been/i know all the ways of war/cannot change it back again

SOKKA | you have to try everytime

xvi. today will be better, i swear! stars . YOU CAN’T COME WITH US
you never knew just how to put out a fire/the closet’s been shaking with bones/little reminders that you’re out on your own

xvii. letter to my son, bloc party . LEFT TO BE THE LEADER
i’ll leave it unto them to be a father to a son/i tried, i tried, i tried, i tried, i tried, i tried/forgive me autumn

xviii. a boy like me, patrick wolf . THE BOY IN MAN’S ARMOUR
a boy like me should know much better/than to raise his flag in stormy weather

xix. okkervil river song, okkervil river . MY LOST LOVER
i woke up one morning, felt an absence at my back/and i searched and searched but only the river stared back

xx. vito’s ordination song, sufjan stevens . YOUR FATHER WOULD BE PROUD
i have an idea/placed in your mind/to be a better man