Here's a collection of oneshots based on some songs sung by The Birthday Massacre.

DISCLAIMER: I realize that The Birthday Massacre is not mine. I realize that The Birthday Massacre did not write the song entitled "I Think We're Alone Now." I realize that Hetalia: Axis Powers is not mine. I realize that not even the words I'm using are mine, okay? So go away! *tearful glare*

A/N: Some of these are angsty, like "Lovers' End," some are happy(ish), and some are just…just plain weird. Enjoy them! They span across almost every single relationship I like and/or ship.

New album, Pins And Needles, came out September 14 (2010) and I've been obsessed...the music is just...mindblowingly good...anyway, I'll taint their awesome lyrics with my fail writing some more, here we go!


This is for fem!Germany and what might have happened if she regained her memories when she saw Italy for the first time in the forest.

Pins And Needles

Once a night, my bedroom light sneaks out from inside my window. Eyes wide, I keep out of sight; this city's just not pretty like it used to be…

She stood in the clearing, staring at the man before her. Flashes of something she'd seen before flashed before her eyes. It's always a nightmare, it's never a dream, she thought bitterly.

"The promise we made to kill the days between." I'll see you again. "They live in the heartbeat and sleep 'til the light is gone. It's been so long…" An achingly familiar voice said, so close she could have sworn he was right behind her.

"So long…feels like pins and needles in my heart…so long, I can feel it tearing me apart…" Some old emotion, something buried in the deepest recesses of her mind, something stirred at his sight.

To the bed, the left unsaid, crawl in from outside my window. Hands red and cold as the dead, a pity they're not pretty like they used to be.

"The promise we made to kill the days between. They live in the heartbeat and sleep 'til the light is gone. It's been so long…"

"So long…feels like pins and needles in my heart…so long, I can feel it tearing me apart…"

"The promise we made to kill the days between." She was meant to be here. There was something she couldn't remember, something important…

"They live in the heartbeat and sleep 'til the light is gone. It's been so long…feels like pins and needles in my heart…so long, I can feel it tearing me apart…"


This next one is a bit longer.

Always

He chanted dully under his breath, "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you."

Repeating words until they're true, it slows the breathing.

She turned away from the screen still blaring loudly. "No, it wasn't, it couldn't be…"

Pretend they never came from you, it kills the feeling.

"I'm not what you want, you said what I never could!" He moaned, collapsing into a chair, voices warring in his head for attention.

"We're falling apart. You said that we never would." A silent tear rolled down her cheek.

"It's not what I want, it's wearing you down."

We're back where we started, no turning around."

"We're falling apart, I'm tearing you down."

"It's not what I want now."

"Before you walk, you'll learn to fall." The venom in his voice killed the warning, drowned out anything else.

We'll stop and count to ten. She inhaled deeply, the cold air rushing into her lungs dizzily as she suppressed the urge to fight.

"We'll take these pictures off the wall." He hummed to himself, the happy sound incongruous with the shattering of glass and metal.

"We'll stop and start again." She paused, freezing in place, eyed glassed over with hatred.

"I'm not what you want, you said what I never could." The words were familiar now, the truth now, he supposed.

"We're falling apart. You said that we never would." Her glare was laced with anger, at the utter hopelessness of them. It was only him and her.

We're back where we started, no turning around."

"We're falling apart, I'm tearing you down."

"It's not what I want for always…" The future was twisting, tumbling down darker roads beneath his eyelids. He only had to close his eyes to see…

"Always." She sighed the word, one that used to mean something, one she'd use often, one that made her happy. "In all ways…"

"Always…"

"We only go so far, it's not what I want for-"

"Always…"

"We only go so far, it's not what I want now."

"You're not in my heart!" He tore out the cold flesh, felt the blood gush out in torrents, satisfied.

"I'm wearing you down." She burned with anger, the hatred fueling her every action. "I'm back where I started."

"No turning around. You're falling apart."

"I'm tearing you down. It's not what I want for always…"

"Always…" He let the icy tears drip, each globule of salty water shimmering on his cold skin. "In all ways…"

"Always…" She let her head fall. "Always…"


Cold War, angst, we assume they were already together before it, but then fell apart because of it…? Sure, let's go with that. You can interpret it any way you like.

More songs…later…I'm tired…but forging onwards, onwards, comrades! Encourage the weary writer with your reviews, faves, and alerts…bah, who am I talking to? No one cares…next chapter'll be up soon, I can't stop…