Medium: Anime / Manga
Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin
Subject: Kenshin/Tomoe
Title: Himura Kenshin vol. 1 - Bittersweet and Strange
Notes: I've had this fanmix in my head for years, so what really took time was creating all the album art. I'm really proud of how it turned out -- hope you all like the mix and the art!

	Track Listing I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel This Is Your Life - Switchfoot The Dangling Conversation - Simon and Garfunkel Something There - Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast Taiyou no Hana - Okui Masami My Heart Dances - Elton John Sound the Bugle - Bryan Adams
	I Am A Rock (Simon and Garfunkel) I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.
	This Is Your Life (Switchfoot) This is your life, Are you who you want to be? This is your life Is it everything you dreamed that it would be When the world was younger and you had everything to lose? (I was introduced to this song by the most amazing Kenshin/Tomoe AMV ever.)
	The Dangling Conversation (Simon and Garfunkel) It's a still life watercolor, Of a now late afternoon, As the sun shines through the curtain lace And shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee Couched in our indifference, Like shells upon the shore You can hear the ocean roar In the dangling conversation And the superficial sighs, The borders of our lives.
	Something There (Beauty and the Beast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) There's something sweet And almost kind But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined But now he's dear, and so unsure I wonder why I didn't see it there before She glanced this way I thought I saw And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw No it can't be, I'll just ignore But then she's never looked at me that way before
	Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Tale as old as time, true as it can be Barely even friends, then somebody bends Unexpectedly Just a little change; small, to say the least Both a little scared, neither one prepared Beauty and the Beast Tale as old as time, tune as old as song Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change Learning you were wrong
	Taiyou no Hana (Sunflower) (Akihabara Denno Gumi ending theme by Okui Masami) - Japanese lyrics here “What is the most important thing?” I asked myself. “Is there something you want to protect?” It is really difficult to follow the right path, though you know how. That is why I want to have the strength to tell the one I love, “I love you,” Like the flower in the sun that shines. What is it that you want to say? Can you tell the one you love that you really feel the true feeling? The time that passes pretends to be forever, so you don’t want to forget. I want to have the weakness to tell the one I love, “I want to see you,” when I need to see him. When the sunflower’s tears have dried, it shines in the sunlight. The seed of happiness will be brought to a far place and given to someone Then it will become a beautiful flower.
	My Heart Dances (The Road to El Dorado soundtrack by Elton John) I see you in the distance, and I see us as we are So nearly so contented, but a careless word too far I see you in confusion for a once enchanted boy My heart dances, oh, but not for joy I long to love you better, but I swear I don't know how You could have been my future, but I had to have it now The things we love completely we are fated to destroy My heart dances, oh, but not for joy
	Sound the Bugle (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron soundtrack by Bryan Adams) I'm a soldier, wounded so I must give up the fight There's nothing more for me, lead me away Or leave me lying here Sound the bugle now, tell them I don't care There's not a road I know that leads to anywhere Without a light, I fear that I will stumble in the dark Lay right down and decide not to go on Then from on high, somewhere in the distance There's a voice that calls, "Remember who you are... If you lose yourself, your courage soon will follow, So be strong tonight. Remember who you are."

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graphics by me, pictures from
The-OrO.Com
Falling Snow
Destiny's Embrace
Silhouette