Doctor Who Theme (original) by Ron Grainer
Reason for selection: That should be fairly obvious
Lyrics: instrumental


Then I'll Be Smiling by Matt Nathanson
Reason for selection: This illustrates how the Doctor feels growing up on Gallifrey, going through the academy and growing bored with his peoples culture as he becomes increasingly outcast by them.
Lyrics:

Trailed by a mess
Of masking tape
Construction paper
And the best of intentions
He tried to patch up every hole as he went
Back and forth and back again

And his friends half full of half concerns
Embarrassed looks and tired words
They burrowed deeper
Into the ignorant little lives they preferred
And he envied their distance
Their lack of concern
He thought,

Once I shed the whole of me
Once I shed the whole of me
Then I'll be smiling

He cursed himself
And his instinct to nurse every idea to help
And all of the falls that he'd spent
Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success
He thought

Once I shed the whole of me
Once I shed the whole of me
Then I'll be smiling

They litter me with small awarenesses
Then they ask if I'm good enough
Litter me with small awarenesses
Just to wake me up
Why do the fools wake me up


Upside Down by Jack Johnson
Reason for selection: The Doctor wants to see and experience the whole universe for himself.
Lyric excerpt:

Who's to say
whats impossible
have they forgot
this world keeps spinning
and with each new day
i can feel a change in everything
and as the surface break
reflections fade
but in some ways they remain the same
and as my mind begins to spread its wings
theres no stopping curiosity
...


Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Reason for selection: The Doctor encounters many crazy megalomaniacs. He may be on the right side of morality, but just how much more sane is he than them?
Lyric excerpt:

...
Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
Just like me
...


Memphis City Rain by Angie Aparo
Reason for selection: A song not just from the Doctor to the universe, but also from the Doctor to every generation of fans that watch him on television.
Lyrics:

I am a song
I've been here all along
I'll be here when the hatred's gone
Hey can you recognize me
I am the light of the Sun

And if you come with me
And if you let it be (on my way back home)
And sing my melody
Then it don't have to wash away
In a Memphis City Rain

For the world a long time awaiting
For the hatred now to be fading
For the love to give

I am a Song
But I'm not the one
They use to march their guns
And every child knows me
I am the light of the Sun



Universal Traveler by Air
Reason for selection: A general song about the Doctor's travels with his companions
Lyrics:

I know so many places in the world
I follow the sun in my silver plane
Universal traveler

If you have a look
Outside on the sea
Everything is white
It's so wonderful
Universal traveler

So far, so far
So far away

I met so many
People in my life
I've got many friends
Who can care for me
Universal traveler

Just feel everywhere at home
Tomorrow
Is a brand new day
Let's go somewhere else
Universal Traveler

So far, so far
So far away


Seven Wonders by Nickel Creek
Reason for selection: The Doctor has seen the most beautiful things in the universe, but he has also seen the most terrible. And, while he still enjoys his travels, the evils he's seen are starting to wear him thin.
Lyrics:

When shadows fall, he'll close his eyes to hear the clocks unwind.
Powerless to leash the hands of time.
Kingdoms fall, the earth revolves, the rain will come this spring,
And nothing he could say would change a thing.

Seven wonders crowed the man, knowing six are gone.
And how the great illusion lingers on.

He can't involve the sun or moon, the wind within his head,
But count the times he'll shout the great I am.
When all the while, the parted smile, railing his disgrace.
And never owning more than second place.

Seven wonders crowed the man, knowing six are gone.
And how the great illusion lingers on.

Seven wonders crowed the man, knowing six are gone.
And how the great illusion lingers;
Oh, the grand illusion lingers;
While the sad confusion lingers on.


Waterlily by The Cottars
Reason for selection: In my head this is a song from the TARDIS to the Doctor at the end of the Time War when she decides to save him from destruction as he destroys Gallifrey. (since she is probably the reason he survived)
Lyrics (I had to transcribe these myself, so they might be a little off):

Caught between the air
and a windward steep
You float like a lily flower
And you look just like you fell
to earth to sleep
and you're waiting for your waking hour

And I swear to god
I saw an angel hand attend you
but that was just the dancing of the light
No mortal or immortal
did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight

Are you dreaming of a lover
who will carry you away
and keep you from the crying of the crowd
No cradle in the rushes
You are broken like the day
Darkness all around you like a shroud

And I swear to god
I saw an angel hand attend you
but that was just the dancing of the light
No mortal or immortal
did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight

When they finally surrounded you
did any of them face you?
And did you curse the moon and stars above?
And those cruel arms abandoned you
No -???- to embrace you
Won't you lay your head, my waterlily love

And I swear to god
I saw an angel hand attend you
but that was just the dancing of the light
No mortal or immortal
did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight

Caught between the air
and a windward steep
You float like a lily flower


Untitled by Simple Plan
Reason for selection: Immediately post-Time War the Doctor wakes up from his regeneration in an agonized state of grieving and crushing guilt and trauma
Lyrics:

I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lyin' here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
the night goes on
as I'm fadin' away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

Everybody's screamin'
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slippin' off the edge
I'm hangin' by a thread
I wanna start this over again

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
the night goes on
As I'm fadin' away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
the night goes on
as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?


Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
Reason for selection: Suffering from survivors guilt, the Doctor throws himself into any danger and trouble he can find as a form of escapism.
Lyric excerpt:

...
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
...


From Yesterday by 30 Seconds to Mars
Reason for selection: The war still haunts him, but the Doctor is beginning to find the joy in traveling again with his new companion, Rose. I find this song to be a great discription of the Doctor in his sadness and joy.
Lyrics:

He's a stranger to some
And a vision to none
He can never get enough,
Get enough of the one

For a fortune he'd quit
But it's hard to admit
How it ends and begins
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
From yesterday, it's coming
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message here

On a mountain he sits, not of gold but of sin
through the blood he can learn, see the lives that he took
From council of one
He'll decide when he's done with the innocent

On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)

From yesterday, it's coming
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message
He doesn't want to read the message
Doesn't want to read the message here

On his face is a map of the world

From yesterday, it's coming
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message here


Song for Ten by Murray Gold and the guy who's not Neil Hannon
Reason for selection: The Doctors just regenerated and, while the Time War will always be with him, he wants to find happiness in his new life.
Lyrics: Honestly, if you don't know them by now, you're not fan enough to be downloading a mix.



Happy Kid by Nada Surf
Reason for selection: He's hyper, he's cocky, he's a punk, he's Ten!
Lyric excerpt:

I'm just a happy kid
Stuck with the heart of a sad punk
Drowning in my id
Always searching like it's on junk
...


Sun Hits Sky by Supergrass
Reason for selection: One of the lyrics is "I am the Doctor". Seriously.
Lyric excerpt:

...
I am the doctor, I'll be your doctor,
I'm on my way, you won't come down today,
Live for the right things, be with the right ones,
Or they'll hold you down, they'll turn your world around,

Well, I just don't know why the sun hits the sky,
Everyone changed as they turned out the light,
Living is easy with time on my side,
'Cause I want to live where the sun meets the sky
...


Pilot Kiss My Karma by Steve Duncan
Reason for selection: The Doctor can be cocky and reckless
Lyric excerpt:

...
Slick routine
but the song is still the same
He wears his passion like a crown
God bless us everyone

We need something new
We've broken this one
fragile and obscine
You'd think by now we'd learn to handle this man
Pilot kiss my karma
...


Storm Coming by Gnarls Barkley
Reason for selection: It's like this was written for The Oncoming Storm
Lyrics:

I could paint a picture with a pen
But a song will only scratch the skin
And there are still places I haven't been
Because I know what's in there is already in the air

There's a storm on the way
There's a storm on the way, alright
There's a storm on the way, uh huh
And it's comin' no matter what I say
(And I come, I come, I come, I come)

Hey, hey, hey, there's truth in the thunder
Love in the lightning,
the feeling is frightening
But, isn't it exciting?
I'm something like stormy weather
If I weren't we would never
Huddle together,
do I have to tell you
That I'm also the sunlight,
that shines shortly after?
I just rain cause I have to,
on to a new chapter
I wish you lots of laughter
Til the next time you see me
Just remember you need me,
 I'm the storm coming
(And I come, I come, I come, I come)

Run towards the hills to avoid the high flood
I can do a dance that'll make the sky cry blood
Skills will provoke, and seals will be broken open
All that's left to do is try my love

When I sing it's a cyclone
I'm writing a raging sea
Searching for a sign of the times
Is it safe to say it's me?
Listen to our lives
The wind will whisper the way it is
I am going to happen, what a lovely day it is
Don't ask why
Just live, and, die


First Time by Matt Nathanson
Reason for selection: The Doctor is the last of the Time Lords but he still holds fast to his self imposed rules. Maybe it's finally time he lets go and learns to get close (invisible Rose-ship)
Lyric excerpt:

I'm ready to embrace this I am
I'm ready for repair
I've got so many layers left by amateur painters who covered over what was there

I stuffed myself sick on your memory
a beautiful mess that we made
but I'm so tired of being inspired only when things slip away

You told me time would strip it all free and leave me bone dry
You told me time would strip it all free
but I'm no better then when I left here the first time
...


Evaporated by Ben Folds Five
Reason for selection: [post-Doomsday] The Doctor has just lost everything all over again. He'll try to keep going, but now he's not sure he can.
Lyric excerpt:

What I've kept with me
and what I've thrown away
don't know where the hell I've ended up
on this glary, random day
Were the things I really cared about
just left along the way
for being too pent up and proud

...

Here I stand - sad and free
I can't cry and I can't see
what I've done
God. . .what have I done
...


How to Fight Loneliness by Wilco
Reason for selection: Ten deals with the things he doesn't want to deal with by painting on a smile and acting manic
Lyrics:

How to fight loneliness
Smile all the time
Shine you teeth 'til meaningless
Sharpen them with lies

And whatever's going down
Will follow you around
Thats how you fight loneliness
You laugh at every joke
Drag your blanket blindly
Fill your heart with smoke
And the first thing that you want
Will be the last thing you ever need
Thats how you fight it

Just smile all the time


Displaced by Azure Ray
Reason for selection: The Doctor has lost his home and lost his love. His outlook on the world is bleaker than it used to be, but he's still trying. One day at a time. (the bolded verse is about the TARDIS)
Lyrics:

It's just a simple line
I can still hear it all of the time
If i can just hold on tonight
I know that nothing
Nothing survives
Nothing survives
I think i'm turned around
I'm looking up
Not looking down
And when i'm standing still
Watching you run
Watching you fall
Fall into me

Am i making something worthwhile out of this place
Am i making something worthwhile out of this chase
I am displaced
I am displaced

And she's my friend of all friends
She's still here when everyone's gone
She doesn't have to say a thing
We'll just keep laughing all night long
All night long

Am i making something worthwhile out of this place
Am i making something worthwhile out of this chase
I am displaced
I am displaced


November by Azure Ray
Reason for selection: The Doctor is trying to heal and looking forward to a day when he'll be happy again. He's looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.
Lyrics:

So I'm waiting for this test to end
So these lighter days can soon begin
I'll be alone but maybe more carefree
Like a kite that floats so effortlessly
I was afraid to be alone
Now I'm scared thats how I'd like to be
All these faces none the same
How can there be so many personalities
So many lifeless empty hands
So many hearts in great demand
And now my sorrow seems to far away
Until I'm taken by these bolts of pain
But I turn them off and tuck them away
Until these rainy days that make them stay
And then I'll cry so hard to these sad songs
And the words still ring, once here now gone
And they echo through my head everyday
And I don't think they'll ever go away
Just like thinking of your childhood home
But we cant go back were on our own  
But I'm about to give this one more shot
And find it in myself
I'll find it in myself
So were speeding towards that time of year
To the day that marks your not here
And I think I'll want to be alone
So please understand if I don't answer the phone
I'll just sit and stare at my deep blue walls
Until I can see nothing at all
Only particles some fast some slow
All I can see is all I know
 
But I'm about to give this one more shot
And find it in myself
I'll find it in myself


Save Your Scissors by City and Colour
Reason for selection: People keep falling in love with the Doctor and all it ever brings is heartache. This is his message to anyone entertaining thoughts of falling for him
Lyric excerpt:
...
So why does it always seem
That every time I turn around
Somebody falls in love with me
This has never been my sole intention
And I have never claimed to have patents on such inventions

Just save your scissors
For someone else's skin
My surface is so tough
I don't think the blade will dig in
Save your strength
Save your wasted time
There's no way that I want you to be left behind
Go on save your scissors
Save your scissors
...


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