I finally got this whole thing finalized and finished and I'm posting it! We can just say it's to celebrate the upcoming group series playthrough on neelys_bar (there's still time to join -- the playthrough starts in March! :D)!

I think this has to be one of my favorite fanmixes I've managed to cobble together. I've been working on it for a good while (I had to give it extra attention since this is one of my favorite games eveerrrr XD) and it's been through a billion song changes but I finally feel like it works and fits. So without further ado, a Silent Hill 2 fanmix!

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This is the story of a man who spends his days working as a clerk. He's 29. He's quiet, not good with children, off a bit. He was married. His wife passed away from a disease that had been lingering in her system for a long time, deteriorating her body, her mind, her patience and their marriage.

She sends her husband a letter. The letter tells him to meet her in their special place. She's dead. The dead can't write letters.

This is the story of James Sunderland and his trip to Silent Hill.

Welcome to Only Human, a fanmix for Konami's 2001 masterpiece Silent Hill 2. This is easily one of my favorite games in teh universssseeee -- the characters, the storyline, the enemies, the music -- it's all brilliant. Also, Herp Derp James Sunderland? Monster molestation? D:

There are MASSIVELY HUGE SPOILERS in this fanmix! This game is best played without knowing much of it at all. So if you think you might play in the future then just get the fanmix here without reading the quotes and such. Hehehe~ You can look at the covers right here outside of the cut, but clicking and reading any further into it might get you in VERY CRAZY PLOT TWISTY TERRITORY. D:

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Now let's take a trip to an awesome little resort town.


(ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOOKING AT THE COVERS GIVES YOU SPOILER CRABS. :|)



[ ONLY HUMAN - a Silent Hill 2 fanmix ]

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LOST -- vast
[ welcome to hell ]



... there's no angels here
just a light to lead the way
there's no innocence
only strangers

oh my lover
on a long long empty road
oh sweet lover, I got lost
and I need to get back home ...

"I got a letter. The name on the envelope said ‘Mary.’ My wife’s name... It’s ridiculous, couldn’t possibly be true... That’s what I keep telling myself... A dead person can’t write a letter."

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BLACK SHEEP -- sneaker pimps
[ the chosen ]



... if you see me you'll be crossing the street
or kick me and then leave me to bleed
if looks could kill wouldn't need all the pills but
i take what it needs to be easy
with the black sheep now
we're the black sheep now

don't look now we're stranded here as black sheep
swallowed whole and out of reach, the black sheep
unsafe enough for now
were shepherded from higher ground
but drowned all out we saved the role of black sheep ...

"Don't get so holy on me, James. This town called you, too. You and me are the same. We're not like other people. Don't you know that?"

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STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND -- 30 seconds to mars
[ silent hill ]



... enemy of mine
I'm just a stranger in a strange land
running out of time
better go, go, go

angel or demon
it came from my soul
I'm guilty of treason
I've abandoned control ...

"I guess I really don't care if it's dangerous or not. I'm going to town either way."

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HUMAN -- the cinematics
[ james ]



... The sun now burns through all those words
The last night seemed so real to me
And I feel stupid, I feel stupid
I feel stupid again
your hope was your only dream
but love doesn't last it seems
I, I couldn't save you from that
I wouldn't save you from that, oh no

I can't pick you up again
I've been breaking my back with the weight of your heart
No I can't pick you up again
I've been breaking my back with the weight of your heart, oh no

Well don't forget
We're only human
Well don't forget
I'm only human ...

"Don't worry, I'm not crazy... at least, I don't think I am."

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STRIPPED AWAY -- ashes divide
[ pyramid head ]



... who're you, enrage, as I bleed and still you know I'm late
to feel obscene,
love to find but from a past,
you've heard but never seen,
you're so scared that I...

refuse to lay down tonight,
and tolerate your words...

stand up for myself if I'm on your knees
you're finding me pretty enough..
I finally see the light tonight
have I been pathetic enough ...

"I was weak. That's why I needed you... needed someone to punish me for my sins... but that's all over now... I know the truth. Now it's time to end this."

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ALL I NEED -- radiohead
[ mary ]



... I am the next act waiting in the wings
I am an animal trapped in your hot car
I am all the days that you choose to ignore

You are all I need
You are all I need
I am in the middle of your picture
Lying in the reeds ...

"In my restless dreams, I see that town... Silent Hill. You promised you'd take me there again some day... but you never did. Well, I'm alone there now, in our special place... waiting for you."

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THIS EMPTY LOVE -- innerpartysystem
[ maria ]



... I leave the bed to gather my clothes
she covers up her skin
I'm moving for the door
She says
if you walk out now this is the last time that we speak
you tell her that you love her so then how could you love me?
Don't make promises you can't keep
Her eyes are open
she whispers
this empty love leaves us alone ...

"It doesn't matter who I am. I'm here for you James. See? I'm real."

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LOVER'S END -- the birthday massacre
[ laura ]



... take, just one last dare
pretend you don't care
till twilight falls
wait, is someone else here?
and I can't stop my tears
I've never been so scared ...

"But if you did something bad, why don't you just say you're sorry? Well, I guess I run away a lots, too."

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TELL ME WHAT TO SWALLOW -- crystal castles
[ angela ]



... through the wall he threw me
I know he'd never hurt me
daddy watched me sleeping
I've been praying for you silently

daddy's love makes me whole
without him I'm insecure
the only girl he'd ever
love is the one who smells so pure ...

"You see it too? For me, it's always like this."

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DOWN IN A HOLE -- alice in chains
[ eddie ]



... down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved
see my heart I decorate it like a grave
you don't understand who they
thought I was supposed to be
look at me now a man
who won't let himself be ...

"Killin' a person ain't no big deal. Just put the gun to their head... pow."

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TRUTH SERUM -- dishwalla
[ james/mary ]



... You're not angry at me
You're just angry
And I'm just standing here while you're down
Now I see the real world
When it's too late
When it's too late to matter now

Truth serum is in your veins
Saying things I can't explain

They always say, truth will find a way
It makes you sick, cause you can't take it
They always say, the truth will find a way
Truth serum is in your veins ...

MSS: "Don’t make excuses, James. I know I was a burden on you. You must have hated me. That’s why you got rid of me."
J: "True... I may have had some of those feelings. It was a long three years... I was... tired."

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PRIMITIVE -- roisin murphy
[ james/maria ]



... I know what you're searching for
I pray that you find it on the instinct
I, I don't need you hurtin', boy
Animalistic

I need to get you out of your cave, man
I wanna let you out of your cage and set you free
If tonight's the night
I wanna show you I ain't got no game plan ...

"James... I wanna ask you something. What if... what if you can't find Mary? What will you do?"

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COLD BLOODED -- the music
[ room 312 ]



... way, way down in the back of your mind
there lives a consciousness
not every child listens to reason
some will get away
but someday soon they will rise
cut us down without thinking twice

cold blooded, cold blooded animal
cold blooded, cold blooded animal
still running, still running from you
cold blooded, you cold blooded animal ...

J: "Mary’s gone. She’s dead."
L: "She... she died ‘cause she was sick?"
J: "No. I killed her."

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NEVER BE MINE -- kate bush
[ rebirth ending ]



... I look at you and see
my life that might have been
your face just ghostly in the smoke,
they're setting fire to the cornfields
as you're taking me home
the smell of burning fields
will now mean you and here

this is where I want to be
this is what I need
this is where I want to be
but I know that this will never be mine ...

"Mary. You look so peaceful. Forgive me for waking you. But without you, I just can’t go on. I can’t live without you, Mary. This town, Silent Hill.... The Old Gods haven’t left this place... And they still grant power to those who venerate them... Power to defy even death..."

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THE REMEDY -- abandoned pools
[ maria ending ]



... take this souvenir
they can't deny you were here
this scar always there
to medicate your fear

then you can be the remedy
and I can be the enemy
and he can go and live as nothing
they you can be the wannabe
and I can be the remedy
and he can go to hell for all I care

say this world is not so shallow
when you can't beg, steal or borrow
save your breath your soul is hollow
and it's all too much to swallow ...

"You'd better do something about that cough..."

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SELL MY SOUL -- our lady peace
[ leave ending ]



... how do you feel
how do you hate
how do you wake up with the smile that's on your face
out on the moon
if I was an astronaut could I get back to you?
I'm out of my head
I'm out of excuses so I'm staring at the bed
And it's you
It's you

I hold on, I hold on
I can't let go
And you don't know how I feel ...

"That's why I did it, honey. I just couldn't watch you suffer. No, that's not true...The truth is I hated you. I wanted you out of the way. I wanted my life back..."

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DIGITAL SEA -- thrice
[ in water ending ]



... I awoke, cold and alone
Adrift in the open sea
Caught up in regrets and tangled in nets
Instead of your arms wrapped around me
And I wept but my tears are anathema here
Just more water to fill my lungs
I hear someone scream
"God what is it we have done?" ...

"Does she mean the park on the lake? We spent the whole day there. Just the two of us, staring at the water."

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LEAVING HOPE -- nine inch nails
[ in closing ]



... [ instrumental ] ...

"James. You made me happy."



EMO EMO EMO STUPID JAMES SUNDERLAND. :|

...... lolol <3.