Songs That Suit Darkman

[Jigsaw]

With discussion on this board having recently starting picking up, I figured I'd start a new thread here.

What are some songs that you feel suit Darkman? Not just musically but also lyrically, songs that fit his character very well in your eyes?

Disturbed's Down With The Sickness always reminded me a great deal of Darkman (actually a lot of Disturbed's songs make me think of Darkman). Some of the verses even sound like they could've been written for him.


Can you feel that
Aw nuts
Oh wa ah ah ah
Oh wa ah ah ah
Oh oh(3x)

Drowning deep in my sea of loathing
Broken your servant I kneel (will you give in to me)
It seems what's left of my human side
Is slowly changing in me (will you give in to me)

Looking at my own reflection
When suddenly it changes
Violently it changes (oh no)
There is no turning back now
You've woken up the demon in me

Get up, come on get down with the sickness(3x)
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up
Come on get down with the sickness
You f**ker get up
Come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift, that has been given to me

I can see inside you, the sickness is rising
Don't try to deny what you feel (will you give in to me)
It seems that all that was good has died
And is decaying in me (will you give in to me)

It seems you're having some trouble
In dealing with these changes
Living with these changes (oh no)
The world is a scary place
Now that you've woken up the demon in me

Get up, come on get down with the sickness (3x)
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up
Come on get down with the sickness
You f**ker get up
Or get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift, that has been given to me

And when I dream (4x)
No mommy, don't do it again
Don't do it again
I'll be a good boy
I'll be a good boy, I promise
No mommy don't hit me
Ow!
Why did you have to hit me like that, mommy?
Don't, do it!
No, you're hurting me!
Ow!
Why did you have to be such a pregnant dog
Why don't you,
Why don't you f**k off and die
Why can't you just f**k off and die
Why can't you just leave here and die
Never stick your hand in my face again pregnant dog
f**k YOU!
I don't need this nuts
You stupid sadistic abusive f**king sleeper
How would you have to see how it feels mommy
Here it comes, get ready to die!

Oh wa ah ah ah
Get up, or come get down with the sickness (3x)
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, or come get down with the sickness
you mother get up
Or come get down with the sickness
You f**ker get up
Your f**kin down with the sickness
Madness has now come over me


With the exception of the bit of swearing towards the end the song suits him very well IMO (and that bit you could easily say could just represent his extreme state of madness and emotional unstability). When I get some DVD-ripping software I plan on making some Darkman music videos using Disturbed's music and putting them on YouTube.

[T1000416]

I really don't like that song.

Anyways, I think more classical music suits Darkman.

[Jigsaw]

I remember finding a fan-made trailer somewhere on YouTube that had a part of the Saw theme playing in it. It worked surprisingly well with the clips. I can't find it now though, I'm guessing it got taken down

[jason]

Well, I tryed typing out a long post where I suggested a song and typed out all the lyrics. It was a long post, and just as I was about to click post reply my computer crashed and the entire post was lost . Anyway, There is a group called Virgin Black that has made some songs that could suit Darkman. They are kind of a wierd group... but they have a song called Of Your Beauty that I think captures the more tragic side of Darkman. I don't feel like typing out the lyrics again but maybe you could find the song or the lyrics... d**n computer.

[Jigsaw]

I found the lyrics to that song:


Wearing robes of solemnity
My senses stand erect
This moment I am solitary
As you watch me, eyeless
Observe a brutal face
I need silence, I need to be alone
Look at me
My bony fingers wrapped in rags
I am pursued and love is withered
My eyes will see, if my spirit lives
The wind shouts its commands
The earth has stopped my ears
I dare not raise my hand
To hold the stones around my throat
I have heard of your beauty
And would sacrifice my days
These midnight wanderings
And vain laments
Pour upon me
A sympathetic glance
My splendour has gone
you will find me face down
let those days pass
in sorrowful procession
Among leafless groves
May a leaf unfold
I cry with rage
To be remembered with pity
Let the leaves unfold
Where dead leaves have rotted
Ask me what I suffer
Years of fruitless clinging
to enfeebled arms
That wave of benevolent salute
I have heard of your beauty
Pursue me, beckon me
to cast the stones from my throat
in the earth's dark entrails
My glazed eyes close forever
My my eyes will see
If my spirit lives


Good choice for Darkman. A lot of the verses sound like him.

[clarice]

demondownbelow said:

I remember finding a fan-made trailer somewhere on YouTube that had a part of the Saw theme playing in it. It worked surprisingly well with the clips. I can't find it now though, I'm guessing it got taken down

do you mean this video?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxxBjBQ75q0

[Jigsaw]

No, it was a different video. It was a fan-made trailer and towards the end a part of the theme from the film Saw played.

That one video though is very well-done and the music fits well.

[clarice]

I think this song fits darkman quiet good: "Masquerade" from "the Phantom of the opera", especially the first verse.

Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade!
Hide your face,
so the world will
never find you!

Masquerade!
Every face a different shade . . .
Masquerade!
Look around -
there's another
mask behind you!

Flash of mauve . . .
Splash of puce . . .
Fool and king . . .
Ghoul and goose . . .
Green and black . . .
Queen and priest . . .
Trace of rouge . . .
Face of beast . . .

Faces . . .
Take your turn, take a ride
on the merry-go-round . . .
in an inhuman race . . .

Eye of gold . . .
Thigh of blue . . .
True is false . . .
Who is who . . .?
Curl of lip . . .
Swirl of gown . . .
Ace of hearts . . .
Face of clown . . .

Faces . . .
Drink it in, drink it up,
till you've drowned
in the light . . .
in the sound . . .

RAOUL/CHRISTINE
But who can name the face . . .?

ALL
Masquerade!
Grinning yellows,
spinning reds . . .
Masquerade!
Take your fill -
let the spectacle
astound you!

Masquerade!
Burning glances,
turning heads . . .
Masquerade!
Stop and stare
at the sea of smiles
around you!

Masquerade!
Seething shadows
breathing lies . . .
Masquerade!
You can fool
any friend who
ever knew you!

Masquerade!
Leering satyrs,
peering eyes . . .
Masquerade!
Run and hide -
but a face will
still pursue you!

(well, it's not the whole song )

[Jigsaw]

Good choice for Darkman, that song sounds a LOT like him.

Disturbed's Decadence sounds a lot like Darkman to me, especially with the feelings of emptiness and isolation he feels.


Say, yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy, is it?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy

Then you slowly recall all your mind
Why, your soul's gone cold, and all hope has run dry
Dead inside
Never enough to forget that you're one of the lonely
Slowly recall all your mind

Say, yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy, is it?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy

Slowly recall all your mind
Why, your soul's gone cold, and all hope has run dry
Dead inside
Never enough to forget that you're one of the lonely
Slowly recall all your mind

If I scare you now
Don't run from me
I've been hiding my pain, you see
Said if I scare you now
Don't run from me
I've been hiding my pain, you see

Then you slowly recall all your mind
Why, your soul's gone cold, and your hope has run dry
Dead inside
Never enough to forget that you're one of the lonely
Slowly recall all your mind
Slowly recall all your mind

Say, yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Don't they know that you're full of pain already?
Yes they know that you've hurt yourself another time
Decadence isn't easy, is it?

[clarice]

demondownbelow said:

If I scare you now
Don't run from me
I've been hiding my pain, you see
Said if I scare you now
Don't run from me
I've been hiding my pain, you see

This part is perfect! ;D

I have another song: "Animal I have become" by Three Days Grace


I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

[Jigsaw]

Thanks, I agree that that part suits Darkman perfectly. Your song choice is pretty good too.

Disturbed's Monster sounds a lot like Darkman. I know I've been listing Disturbed songs, but just about every song of their's reminds me so much of him.


End this suffering

You made a monster of me
Through all your wicked lies
Forever tortured by you
Abandoned at death's door
Until I said no more

Don't look away
You're just a former regret of mine
And when you want, just look away
You're just a former regret of mine

Erasing now

You made a rock star of me
Gave me this wicked life
Paid to be tortured by you
A life I now abhor
And still I say, no more

Think over all of the nuts in your mind
Think over and come to grip with it
Think over all of the nuts in your little twisted sick mind, all said

[kilderok]

Well salutations. Let me start off by saying thank GOD someone out there made a fan board for Darkman. There isn't enough Darkman out there to quench my ravenous thirst for this series. And well...I have a few songs for you guys.

"The Everlasting Scar" by the Doom metal band "Draconian". I like Draconian mainly because they have enchantingly dark lyrics, good instrumentation and hefty vocals from both their operatic female singer, and their grotesque-sounding male lead. The best thing? You can actually UNDERSTAND what he's growling. Now, for some lyrics and a link to the song itself in question.
(Male part)
Behold me now, I'm lost somehow
Summoned up in sorrow from a world beyond
Never let go my crimson rapture...
Can you touch my soul?
(Female part)
I see you in every shade,
In every moment I breathe
You came as the silent wanderer,
Travelling to distant shores
(Male part)
I am the life that learned to die
I have no choice, I've lost my voice
I am the tear who broke with fear
I won't return, to death I turn
(Female Part)
If humans were like swans,
I could bear this burden with ease...
Never to witness this heartless disease,
As the wounds of time neglect me
(Male part)
Walking the earth as the solitary reaper...
Dressed in the lost voices of time
I bathe in quiet waters of tearful shades,
(And) I suffer in every corner of your sanctuary
(Male part)
Embrace me now, for I will die
The pain I feel inside will never leave
But never let go my crimson rapture...
Can you heal my soul?

Hows THAT for a song? It's as if Darkman and Julie had a theme song. Behind the poetic lyrics, one may discern ties into the love story between the two. "I won't return, to death I turn". Just like the ending of the first movie, as many people associate death and darkness as a single entity. I especially like how the male lead kinda sounds like he has a fire damaged voice, and when he hits the final note on the word "sanctuary", it just sends me into ecstasy. Now, for a link to the song....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPoJopvRTRM&feature=BFa&list=PLD4E6F97DDF2E5A4B&lf=plpp_video

Also, you may notice---in the lead guitar riff at the end of each riff, you can hear the same notes used in the Darkman Theme from the movie. Nifty eh?

Another song: "The Cry of Silence" by Draconian, again. I know, on a bit of a trend, but this band REALLY drives a lot of the elements of Darkman home in their lyrics. I mean, come on: it's Doom Metal. This song is slow, deep and hard. The lead male singer uses a deeper voice than normal, and speaks some of the lyrics rather than sing them. And the female singer only does a small portion of the lyrics.

Lyrics and link:

Filled with sorrow
Bleak inner self touched by pride,
devoured by solitude, still wrapped in time.
Flowing pain


Holding myself back in suspicion
and lingering in the dust
the dust of my abandoned remains.
Killed with the dagger of life!


Such an exquisite pride in my suffering
alone, all alone with the emotional
streams of my soul
So real, so pure yet im left aside
entangled in fear... without hope.


Raped by the light of the world
Scorned, left behind and broken down


I am truly left alone,
but somehow... just somehow
it feels like my loneliness is a victory
over the self-delusion of joy... and happiness.


My heart beats faster,
the anguish becomes clearer
and my misanthropic view gets stronger.
Living in the shadows
so proud of being the one,
but desperate
so desperate for a helping hand.
Do I really want to live this life?


I have a thousand reasons to die,
and many millions of tears to cry in silence.
The human plague has emtied my life,
and I curse the day I was born to this world!


Still, no-one else I ever want to be
and no-one else I intend to be
cause no-one else I was meant to be!


I need, I want, I long for my retribution
I need, I want, I yearn for my retribution
I want my retribution I want it now!


Unity; a gathering of open wounds,
of dark of dark clean spirits
what a dream what a dream so distant!
Why should I why should I be alone
when I love when I love my brotherhood?
Shall I die shall I die to be free
when I cry when I cry in silence
so please let me die in silence
oh my god, let me die in silence!

Hits it pretty straight, does it not?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uRqobk47Lk&feature=related <--Part 1. it's a long song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tOzBuBaltg&feature=autoplay&list=PLD4E6F97DDF2E5A4B&lf=BFp&playnext=1 Part 2. Pacing picks up to a more energetic speed here.

There are a few others, but I'll cut this off since I've already typed a LOT.

EDIT: -sigh- OKAY one more. "ATWA" by System of a Down".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZ8tRlcZhA&feature=related

The song has relevant lyrics AND its pacing is FRIGGIN bipolar as hell, kinda like our favorite hero. It goes from solemn and slower paced to suddenly, almost startlingly frenetic, fast-paced, harsh and the lyrics are belted out quickly and viciously.

Hey you, see me, pictures crazy
All the world I've seen before me passing by
I've got nothing, to gain, to lose
All the world I've seen before me passing by
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore

anymore... nananananananananana

Hey you, are me, not so pretty
All the world I've seen before me passing by
Silent my voice, I've got no choice
All the world I've seen before me passing by
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
I don't see, anymore
I don't hear, anymore
I don't speak, anymore
I don't feel

nananananananananananana... (x2)

Hey you, see me, pictures crazy
All the world I've seen before me passing by
I've got nothing, to gain, to lose
All the world I've seen before me passing by
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
You don't care about how I feel
I don't feel it anymore
I don't sleep, anymore
I don't eat, anymore
I don't live, anymore
I don't feel