They are so Cloud, I had to post them! I think they perfectly describe what he is going through in AC. Awww, poor Cloud... :cloud:

"..he takes sword in hand once again..."
"Breaking the Habit"
Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safer in my room
Unless I try to start again

I don't want to be the one
Who battles always choose
Cuz inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I have no options left again

I dont want to be the one
Who battles always choose
Cuz inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

I'll paint it on the walls
Cuz I'm the one that falls
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
to show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight


"Lament, lament, lament....all you do is lament, lament and lament!"
"Numb"
i'm tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
i don't know what you're expecting of me
put under the pressure
of walking in your shoes
[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
every step that i take is another mistake to you

i've
become so numb
i can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
i'm becoming this
all i want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you

can't you see that you're smothering me
holding too tightly
afraid to lose control
cause everything that you thought i would be
has fallen apart right in front of you

[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
every step that i take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
and every second i waste is more than i can take

but i know
i may end up failing too
but i know
you were just like me
with someone disappointed in you


"To meet her again, that is my dream..."
"With You"
I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static / and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I’m pretending to be where I’m not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I’m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though you’re so close to me
You’re still so distant / And I can’t bring you back
It’s true / the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you’re not with me
I’m with you
You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes
I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor / the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn’t real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I’m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though you’re close to me
You’re still so distant / And I can’t bring you back
no
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

Yes, very deep lyrics that display Cloud's emotions! I also think that song by Linkin Park that goes like: in the end, it doesn't even matter pertains to our golden boy. Good job! :cleris:

Another song that reminds me of Cloud... applies to his childhood in Nibelheim when everyone either criticized him or ignored him

Welcome To My Life
by Simple Plan

Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don’t belong
And no one understands you

Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming

No you don’t know what it’s like
When nothing feels alright
You don’t know what it’s like to be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you’re down
To feel like you’ve been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one’s there to save you
No you don’t know what it’s like

Welcome to my life

Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more
Before your life is over?

Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With the big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you’re bleeding

No you don’t know what it’s like
When nothing feels alright
You don’t know what it’s like to be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you’re down
To feel like you’ve been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one’s there to save you
No you don’t know what it’s like

Welcome to my life

No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I’m happy
But I’m not gonna be ok!

Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don’t know what it’s like
What it’s like!

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you’re down
To feel like you’ve been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one’s there to save you
No you don’t know what it’s like (what it's like)

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you’re down
To feel like you’ve been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one’s there to save you
No you don’t know what it’s like

Welcome to my life

Welcome to my life

Welcome to my life

There's a topic for Tifa and Aeris only songs, but what about Cloud? Any songs that remind you of him? Here's what I came up with:

Stable Song by Death Cab for Cutie

Time for the final bow.
Rows of deserted houses:
all our stable mates are highway bound.
Gve us our measly sum:
Getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly. We're starting out
with nothing but crippling doubt.
We'll rest easy (justified).
I've suffered a swift defeat,
I'll endure countless repeats.
The gift of memory is an awful curse.
With age it just gets much worse,
but I won't mind.

^This is such a post AC-Cloud song. Luff.

Parts of this song remind me of Cloud, but I wasn't sure about the entire song so I'll just post these snippets:

Prince of Darkness by the Indigo Girls (some of it)


i don't know when i noticed life was life at my expense
the words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence
the dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve
i said i have no way of feeding you, so leave
--
maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age
my heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage
my greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve
and my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve
oh the cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing
i couldn't hear them for the thunder
i was half the naked distance between hell and heavens ceiling
and he almost pulled me under

The bolded part makes me think of Aeris from Cloud's POV.

I think I remember a thread for Cloud only songs, so if I find it I'll merge them.

EDIT: Found it, merged 'em.

As for songs that remind me of Cloud, I think Breathe no More by Evanescence describes how Cloud might have felt when he found out the truth about Nibelheim from Sephiroth. Maybe it's a bit too emo, but I think it fits quite well. :lol:

Breathe no More

I've been looking in the mirror for so long.
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side.
All the little pieces falling, shatter.
Shards of me,
Too sharp to put back together.
Too small to matter,
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no more.

Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well.
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child.
Lie to me,
Convince me that I've been sick forever.
And all of this,
Will make sense when I get better.
But I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love?
So I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no...
Bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe,
I breathe-
I breathe no more.

Slightly leaning towards Cleris, but it's a song reminding Cloud that love lives on in the darkest hours..that he is very much loved.. :blush:

Artist: Bette Midler (also Leann rimes, westlife, bianca ryan)
Song: The Rose

Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razer
that leaves your soul to blead

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of wakingthat never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dyingthat never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winterfar beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose

Oh I love this thread! There are a couple of songs that I thought reminded me of Cloud majorly.

Default- Taking My Life Away

They reach beside
A leech to find
I dreamed of this so long
This used to feel so strong

Now I wait
Wish these thoughts would go away
I hope I dream of you
Cause it's taking my life away
No I don't hate
But these thoughts won't go away
I hope I dream of you
Cause it's taking my life away

Deep down it hides
Making life a grind
I dreamed of this so long
This used to feel so strong

Now I wait
Wish these thoughts would go away
I hope I dream of you
Cause it's taking my life away
No I don't hate
But these thoughts won't go away
I hope I dream of you
Cause it's taking my life away

Deep down it hides

Now I wait
Wish these thoughts would go away
I hope I dream of you
Cause it's taking my life away
No I don't hate
But these thoughts won't go away
I hope I dream of you
Cause it's taking my life away

This song for me totally describes the way Cloud feels after losing Aerith. He can't get her off of his mind, he was literally drowning in his own sorrow and I feel this shows his feelings well. All he wants to do is see her, touch her, be next to her and he's hoping, praying, dreaming for a dream of her so he can have that. Atleast that's how I see it ^_^ lol



Hoobastank- The Reason

I'm not a perfect person
as many things I wish I didn't do
but I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
and so I have to say before I go
that I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
to change who I used to be
a reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
it's something I must live with everyday
and all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
and be the one who catches all your tears
that's why I need you to hear

I've found a resaon for me
to change who I used to be
a reason to start over new
and the reason is you
and the reason is you
and the reason is you
and the reason is you

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
and so I have to say before I go
that I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
to change who I used to be
a reason to start over new
and the reason is you

This one came to me after watching AC one night. All of the things that happened to Aerith before she died, like when Sephiroth took control of Cloud's mind, made Cloud beat on her without him realizing he did any of it and he never meant it and then all of the blame he laid on himself for her death, all of this just scream Cloud to me. Also his reason for living now is her. Knowing that everything will be okay, even though he still may hurt and ache for his true love, he knows he has a reason now and he's living for her. Yay for songs! :cleris:

Ohmygod. SO depressing, yet so Cloud from FF7 when he's all screwed up in the brainpan.

Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay

your hand on his arm
the hay stack charm around your neck
strung out and thin
calling some friend trying to cash some check
he's acting dumb
that's what you've come to expect

needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

he's wearing your clothes
head down to toes a reaction to you
you say you know what he did
but you idiot kid
you don't have a clue
sometimes they just get caught in the eye
you're pulling him through

needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

now on the bus
nearly touching this dirty retreat
falling out 6th and powell a dead sweat in my teeth
gonna walk walk walk
four more blocks plus one in my break
down downstairs to the man
he's gonna make it all OK

i can't beat myself
i can't beat myself
and i don't want to talk
i'm taking the cure so i can be quiet
whenever i want
so leave me alone
you ought to be proud that i'm getting good marks

needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

The "he's wearing your clothes" part reminds me of the Zack/Cloud relationship. <3

This is a really new song from Australian singer Axle Whitehead. He was host of a music show and was a contestant on Australian Idol 2003, and he sounds like Coldplay. :)

This song gives off a very lonely vibe, like the singer is constantly wondering towards a certain place. I like it, and it sounds and feels very 'Cloud'.

I Don't Do Surprises

I’m feeling blind
Like the suns in my eyes
There’s something you need to know
I’m wasting time
Fall behind, in my mind
‘Cause I’m fighting in a losing war
Tidy little fault lines cracking inside my soul

You can’t look me in the eyes
And I don't do surprises
I got nothing at all
If you catch me I fall


Signs, neon lights
Like a thief in the night
Who was welcome with an open door
I’m serving time,
By myself, for a crime,
There’s a reason I can't ignore
Holding everything that I was ever looking for


You can’t look me in the eyes
And I don't do surprises
I got nothing at all
If you catch me I fall

You can’t look me in the eyes
And I don't do surprises
I got nothing at all
If you catch me I fall


Look inside me, seems that I’ve been,
Don’t forget to pay your bill now,
(Dudes is new who's forming )?
Call my friends and tell them there’s a party
The sun is coming up, my heart is falling
Out and I am blinded,
No one has the ace of spades,
But if you play the game you'll find it,
I'm running and touching, sinking, thinking, hoping for another
We need to drink and vibe, and try not to hold back each other


You can’t look me in the eyes
And I don't do surprises
I got nothing at all
If you catch me I fall


You can’t look me I the eyes
And I don't do surprises
I got nothing at all
If you catch me I fall

I have a few songs that remind me of Cloud whenever I hear them.


Seether - Rise Above This

Take the light, undarken everything around me
Call the clowns and listen closely, I'm lost without you
Call your name every day when I feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down but I'll rise above this, rise above this

Hate the mind, regrets are better left unspoken
For all we know, this void will grow and
Everything's in vain, distressing you though it leaves me open
Feels so right, but I'll end this all before it gets me

Call your name every day, when I feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this
Call your name every day, when I seem so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this doubt

I'll mend myself before it gets me
(I'll mend myself before it gets me)
I'll mend myself before it gets me
(I'll mend myself before it gets me)

Call your name every day, when I feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this
Forty eight ways to say that I'm feelin' helpless
Fallin' down, fallin down', but I'll rise above this, rise above this,
Rise above this, rise above this doubt



And this one

Offspring - Gone Away

Maybe in another life
I could find you there
Pulled away before your time
I can't deal, it's so unfair

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it feels
Yeah it feels like
The world has grown cold
Now that you've gone away

Leaving flowers on your grave
Show that I still care
But black roses and hail Marys
Cant bring back what's taken from me

I reach to the sky
And call out your name
And if I could trade
I would

And it feels
And it feels like
Heavens so far away
And it stings
Yeah it stings now
The world is so cold
Now that youve gone away


That's all I got for now. :cloud: