I was having trouble coming up with a name for this site, and was seriously wanting to get fully started with everything. I first came up with the name
Ragnarok, which means "Twilight of the Gods" in Swedish, and I still have reasons why I think it is fitting to the book. However, I realized some might be confused by the name, so I nixed the idea. I'll probably eventually put up a discussion on my thoughts as the parallels between Ragnarok and
Twilight. Another day.
I was still looking around for a name and went to Stephenie Meyer's website for inspiration. I went to the Playlist section of her site and boom! there it was. "With You" [reanimation remix] — Linkin Park. I happened to love that CD and knew exactly how that song fit Twilight. I pretty much knew then that I wanted to name the site "With You" after that. I also found the words "with you" in the text several times after I'd decided, which fortified my decision and made me smile.
The lyrics themselves are very "Twilight-sic". Here are the lyrics with some lines including my interpretation pertaining to the novel in
italics.
"Come on
I woke up in a dream today
To the cold and the static
And I put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I’m pretending to be where I’m not anymore
(Edward has to pretend to be human)
A little taste of hipocrisy
And I’m left in the wake of the mistake
Slow to react
Even though you’re so close to me
You’re still so distant
(These two lines are a recurring theme throughout the song and symbolize that Edward can technically be with Bella, but he still constantly has to pull away)
And I can’t bring you back
It’s true
The way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
(Both Edward and Bella want to constantly be around each other and when they aren't, they are thinking of one another)
Even if you’re not with me
I’m with you
You, now I see
Keeping everything inside
With You
You, now I see
Even when I close my eyes
With you
You, now I see
Keeping everything inside
With You
You, now I see
Even when I close my eyes
(Again, both are always thinking of one another)
I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor
The rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
But when things go wrong
I pretend that the past isn’t real
(Edward wishes that he and Bella could be more open and have a real relationship and also the vampires wish that they were still human)
I’m trapped in this memory
And I’m left in the wake of the mistake
Slow to react
Even though you’re so close to me
You’re still so distant
And I can’t bring you back
It’s true
The way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you’re not with me
I’m with you
You, now I see
Keeping everything inside
With You
You, now I see
Even when I close my eyes
With you
You, now I see
Keeping everything inside
With You
You, now I see
Even when I close my eyes
No, I won’t let you control my fate
While I’m holding the weight of the world on my conscience
(Edward constantly has to pull back because he believes that he cannot change Bella)
No, I won’t just sit here and wait
While you weighing options
(This is more Bella's opinion, who wishes Edward would change her so that they can be together forever)
You’re making a fool of me
No, you didn’t dare try to say that you don’t care
And solemnly swear not to follow me there
(Edward does not want Bella to be a vampire or "follow him")
No, it ain’t like me to beg on my knees
Oh, please, oh, baby, please
That’s not how I’m doing things
No, I’m not upset
No, I’m not angry
I know love is love,
Love and sometimes it pains me
(They are deeply in love, and sometimes Edward seems angry, but truly it is "pain" that stops him from going any further)
With or without you
I’ll always be with you
You’ll never forget me
I’m keeping you with me
(These are more Edward's lines as he believes that their love is "enough for forever")
No, I won’t let you take me to the end of my rope
While you burn it and torture my soul
No, I’m not your puppet
And, no, no, no, I won’t let you go
(Bella does not want to leave Edward, but he is almost forcing her by not changing her)
No, no matter how far we’ve come
I can’t wait to see tomorrow
No matter how far we’ve come, I
I can’t wait to see tomorrow
(This is alluding to the possible future they want with each other)
With you
You, now I see
Keeping everything inside
With You
You, now I see
Even when I close my eyes
With you
You, now I see
Keeping everything inside
With You
You, now I see
Even when I close my eyes
(All of this is alluding to all those times in the book where they are thinking of each other)"
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