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Like Real People do - Hozier 🎶
This song feels so visceral to me like the idea of unearthing someone and feeling alive in love with them despite your traumas and past feels so Aemond to me.
"I knew that look dear
Eyes always seeking
Was there in someone
That dug long ago
So I will not ask you
Why you were creeping
In some sad way I already know
I will not ask you where you came from
I will not ask you and neither would you"
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey 🎵
It feels like you're praying to the gods to join you in the afterlife despite his atrocities :((
"Dear Lord, when I get to Heaven
Please, let me bring my man
When he comes, tell me that you'll let him in
Father, tell me if you can
All that grace, all that body
All that face makes me wanna party
He's my sun, he makes me shine like diamonds"
Don't rein me in - Olivia Dean and Sam Fender 🎶
This whole verse sounds like it was literally written about him. You're begging him to accept your love rather than give into his facade.
"There's nothing brave in walking alone
Love in exile has nowhere to go, so come on home
Mm, don't run away from my tenderness
You're so afraid of that heart inside of your chest
We were doing so well, but you were scared to be held
Took the easiest way out I see the tears of a man too proud to reach for a hand
Well, let my love keep you safe now"
Be prepared - Lion King 🎵
This is hehehaha, but it's literally just him to the Green council on the daily basis. Just swap 'Simba' for 'Aegon' lol
"Yeah, be prepared, we'll be prepared
For what?
For the death of the king
Why is he sick?
No fool, we're gonna kill him and Simba too"
I Bet On Losing Dogs - Mitski 🎶
My baby, my baby... I think we all want someone to be there for us and root for us even when we are at our worst and I just wish someone displayed actual care for him. It also harkens back to the fact that we know his fate but we still root for him anyways.
"I bet on losing dogs
I know they're losing and I pay for my place
By the ring
Where I'll be looking in their eyes when they're down
I'll be there on their side
I'm losing by their side"
Let The World Burn - Chris Grey 🎵
This is self-explanatory. He would let the world burn for you.
"Lost in the fog
I fear that there's still further to fall
It's dangerous 'cause I want it all
And I don't think I care what it costs"
Silver spoon - Erin Lecount 🎶
I often think of this song in parallel to Rhaenyra's children, how they grew up with a mother who cared for and protected them regardless of who they were and their accomplishments. I can see it at the feast scene; you were 'sweet', I got 'mean' and you were 'kind', I was 'cruel'.
"What a good job that your mother did, oh
You were kind, I was cruel
In another life, maybe I was you
And I grew up into something good
Somebody who could swallow love, oh"
Play with Fire - Sam Tinnesz 🎵
I can see him riding Vhagar intensely with this playing.
"I love to watch the castles burn
These golden ashes turn to dirt (hmm, hmm)
I've always liked to play with fire
Play with fire
Play with fire
Fire, fire
I've always liked to play with fire
Oh, watching as the flames get higher
Oh, I've always liked to play with (mmm)"