matadorable | For Maria (working title)

Note: In-game, these tracks aren't intended to be covers, but are actually original songs of Manolo's. He plays a classical guitar, and his style is very much that of traditional Mexican folk music. In the same spirit as his canon, the music and attached lyrics serve as a thematic equivalent to whatever Manolo is actually singing. Tracks 5 and 9 are the main exceptions. Those songs are more or less as they are here.

If your character ICly references a specific song, feel free to have them use the titles included on here.

1. I Would Have Liked You Anyway

♫ You came upon a quiet day
you simply seemed to take your place
I knew it would be that way
the moment that I saw your face

And when we've had a few more days
I wonder if I'll get to say
you didn't have to be so nice
I would have liked you anyway

Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
I knew I'd find you in a day or two
And it's true ♫

2. I Will Wait

♫ Now I'll be bold
as well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart

So tame my flesh
And fix my eyes
A tethered mind freed from the lies

And I'll kneel down
Wait for now
And I'll kneel down
Know my ground

And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you ♫

3. Passion of Red

♫ An Instrumental Piece ♫

4. Weirdo

♫ When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What am I doing here
I don't belong here
I don't belong ♫

5. I Love You Too Much

♫ Heaven knows your name I've been praying
To have you come here by my side
Without you a part of me's missing
Just to make you my own, I will fight

I know I belong
When I sing this song
There's love above love and it's ours
'cause I love you too much

I love you too much
Heaven's my witness and this is a fact
You live in my soul
Your heart is my goal
There's love above love and it's mine 'cause I love you
There's love above love and it's yours cause I love you
There's love above love and it's ours if you love me
As much ♫

6. I'll See You in the Flowers

♫ The house she lived in
Is now all we're left with
It'll take a lifetime to pay for this

Well, now it's all gone
I know I'll see you in the flowers
Now it's all done
Yeah, I'll lay down there for hours

I'd offer my soul
if I thought it might help at all
And I'd follow you down that road
if I thought it might help at all ♫

7. Wings to Fly

♫ Could you tell me where I might find
fallen horses, their spirits they fly
I'm wishing that I had wings
so that I could become one

Would you help me if I wanted to die
I could ride off with horses tonight

Tell me why
Why oh why
I said why
Why oh why

Now that I've arrived here I know I'm not alone
All my friends among me tell me welcome home
But could you tell me where I might find
the one I'm looking for cause her wings have arrived ♫

8. Nothing in This World

♫ Hey brother, do you still believe in one another?
Hey sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

What if I'm far from home?
Oh, brother I will hear you call.
What if I lose it all?
Oh, sister I will help you out!
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do. ♫

9. If You Can Forgive

♫ Toro, I am frightened
But I'll use my final breath
To tell you that I'm sorry
Let us end this dance of death
Two centuries of agony
that to your heart we sent
Here and now with my amends
The senseless killing ends

Toro, I am sorry
Hear my song
I know I sing the truth
Although we were bred to fight
I reach for kindness in your heart tonight

And if you can forgive, and if you can forgive
Love can truly live ♫

10. Home

♫ I'll follow you into the park,
Through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I've never loved one like you

Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you ♫

Note: Despite the relatively upbeat lyrics, the tone of the song is more somber and sad like the acoustic version linked above.

11. A Place

♫ There is a place
Where I can go
When I feel low
When I feel blue
And it's my mind
And there's no time when I'm alone

I think of you
And things you do
Go 'round my head
The things you said
Like "I love you" ♫

12. The Answer

♫ And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Yeah, let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be ♫

13. Sing Your Own Kind of Song

♫ You're gonna be nowhere,
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be rough goin'
Just to do your thing's
The hardest thing to do

But you've gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along

So if you cannot find a friend
And if you think you're lonely
I will understand ♫