VID: Read My Mind

[promethia_tenk]

Title: Read My Mind
Fandom: Good Omens, Crowley, Crowley/Aziraphale
Music: 'Read My Mind' by The Killers
Length: 4:06
Summary: 'Ngk,' said Crowley.

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A/N: Thank you as always to elisi for beta-ing and moral support. I don't shine if you don't shine. And a special thank you to purplefringe, whose beautiful Rory Williams vid to this song made me fall in love with it in the first place. So y'all should go watch that too!

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"Good Omens: Read My Mind" (Watch on YouTube)

On the corner of main street
Just tryin' to keep it in line
You say you wanna move on, and
You say I'm falling behind

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
Breakin' out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The good old days, the honest man
The restless heart, the Promised Land
A subtle kiss that no one sees
A broken wrist and a big trapeze

Oh well, I don't mind, you don't mind
Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go, can you read my mind?

It's funny how you just break down
Waiting on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
With magic soaking my spine

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The teenage queen, the loaded gun
The drop dead dream, the Chosen One
A southern drawl, the world unseen
A city wall and a trampoline

Oh well, I don't mind, you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you jump
Tell me what you find
Can you read my mind?

Slipping in my faith until I fall
You never returned that call
Woman, open the door, don't let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said, I don't mind, you don't mind
Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Put your back on me
Put your back on me
Put your back on me

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun
Can you read my mind?

Comments

[purplefringe]

Oh Promethia this is WONDERFUL <3 <3 <3 I love it, I can't believe you made it so quickly, and it's just beautiful. I am on holiday somewhere with very bad internet right now, so I've only managed to watch it a couple of times, but I'm totally going to download it when I can. I love so many of your clip match choices - I love the Ritz as 'the promised land' so much <3 You've just made the whole song work so well!

(and thank you for the rec! I'm delighted you like that vid. Who would have thought that the same song would work so well about Rory and Crowley?! And in fact I first came across it in a vid about Sherlock Holmes...!)

[promethia_tenk]

THANK YOU <3 <3 <3 Your opinion means a lot to me. This thing possessed me, frankly; it was insane. I guess it was just meant to be made!

I love so many of your clip match choices - I love the Ritz as 'the promised land' so much <3
I was really tickled by that, thank you for noticing.

(and thank you for the rec! I'm delighted you like that vid.
It is the Rory vid, to my mind. It's just . . . him.

Who would have thought that the same song would work so well about Rory and Crowley?!
It is a little wild, though I have always enjoyed observations about the deep similarities of Rory and River, and River to Crowley is not a crazy jump, so . . .

And in fact I first came across it in a vid about Sherlock Holmes...!)
Oh that's too funny! I guess it's the song that keeps on giving.

ETA: Oh, I just saw that you, in fact, made a second GO vid! Which definitely did not show up in my feed either, so I'm gonna have to look into that. Not gotten to watch it yet, but looking forward! Aziraphale and Crowley have kinda drowned out everything else in this fandom, but my love for Anathema is very real.

[elisi]

... You did not see the Anathema vid? I know for a fact I rec'd it (cause I got to 'beta' it, I.e flail and make pointless suggestions), I guess I just presumed you'd seen it? So my bad. Again this fandom is such a whirl wind, I can't keep track.

[promethia_tenk]

I finally looked at your rec post thoroughly. I think there's just been far too much going on at once!

[elisi]

Uh-huh.

Anyway, Killer Queen is fab, enjoy!

[purplefringe]

UM EXCUSE ME you made some VERY GOOD suggestions ACTUALLY :P And I am very grateful! You also made some suggestions that would have been very good if only the source had allowed for them, so really it's reality that's in the wrong here.

[elisi]

Aw. ♥ I seem to remember mostly going 'Be MORE literal!' and you very politely explained that actually it was fine how it was. ;)

I as mostly just happy to get a special pre-view. <3

[purplefringe]

Have returned from The Land With No Internet! (Which, to be fair, was a completely wonderful and relaxing holiday in the Lake District with a group of friends, so it was actually pretty great) - is there a download available, or should I just nab it from YouTube? I would like to save this to watch many times! I just watched it again - I love so many things about it, but this time around the thing that really made me smile was the timing of Crowley hopping around on 'magic soaking my spine'. Also, there's a glorious little bit of internal motion around 3:20, with Crowley kissing the...whatever that thing is from the Bentley, and then it sort of turns into Aziraphale's sword. So nicely done!

It is a little wild, though I have always enjoyed observations about the deep similarities of Rory and River, and River to Crowley is not a crazy jump

I guess, for all their obvious personality differences, the thing that Rory and Crowley have in common is their absolute devotion to the person they love, which leads them to do completely batshit things for them (guarding a box for thousands of years! Walking onto consecrated ground and bringing a bomb down on your own head! wtf guys!!) and ALSO the fact that it takes much longer for the object of their affection to return (or, to openly return) those feelings. Oh no, now I'm having emotions /o\

If you're interested (idk if you are a Sherlock Holmes fan) - here's the vid that introduced me to the song: https://marycrawford.dreamwidth.org/190409.html.