To prove that I'm better (and more interesting) than you, I'm going to actually try to make some comments on how the different songs fit into the context; a simple list of songs (some of them which few may have heard, at that) doesn't really lend to fascinating reading. 
1. Opening Credits:
Over You - Beth Hart
We open fresh with a raw, soulful piano ballad. Apparently a relaxing start to the movie. "Living, loving, laughing, oooover you..."
2. Waking Up:
Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
The opening lines of Dickinson are fitting; "And if you're taking a walk through the garden of life, what do you think you'd expect you would see?" Symbolic, as the protagonist (me), gets up and out in the world.
3. First Day At School:
The Things You Do - Zakk Wylde
Uh oh. I'm being picked on at school. To quote the song, "How can you do the things you do? You make Satan look like Christ". Not a good start in society.
4. Falling In Love:
I Love You - HIM
I swear I didn't cheat. This song really speaks for itself.
5. First Kiss:
Toca's Miracle - Fragma
"I need a miracle, I need a miracle, it's more physical what I need from you..." 'nuff said.
6. Breaking Up:
Jacob's Ladder - Rush
Going by the lyrics of the song, the break up was tough, but I felt I was better off from it.
7. Prom:
Story To Tell - Death
"If you think you own the end, take a look at the script of sadness etched in the book". Apparently I'm not dealing as well with this as I thought.
8. Life:
Maxwell Murder - Rancid
"Maxwell can't tell he's in hell, he just wants you to visit him there"
9. Mental Breakdown:
mOBSCENE - Marilyn Manson
"You want commitment, put on your best suit, put your arms around me now we're going down." Um. I'm at a loss for this one. I'm guessing I'm diving into a life of hedonism and shallow pleasures, hiding from the undeniable truth approaching.
10. Driving:
Epilogue - Snakes in Southern Flames
What do you know... a blues track from my own band! It's chill, it's cool, and I'm cruising along the highway, looking for a way to escape the demons in my life.
11. Flashback:
Leave That Thing Alone - Rush
This one's an instrumental, but it's very harried and frantic. I've probably had an awful realization that things aren't working out at all.
12. Getting Back Together:
Past Coming Back - Bobby Pinson
Pretty ironic title. However, the song's about two people just leaving everything behind. "Go until we are past coming back."
13. Wedding:
No Rain - Blind Melon
Leaving aside that the song is about clinical depression for a second, they say rain on a wedding day is bad luck. And considering this song is pretty full of irony, I'm guessing this means bad luck for the protagonist. Let's scroll down and see, shall we?
14. Birth of Child:
Claw Finger - Akira Yamaoka
POW! What do you know, a song from the Silent Hill 1 soundtrack. Dear Lord, we've given birth to the Antichrist.
15. Final Battle:
Who Knows - Jimi Hendrix
Let's all imagine I actually got something fitting; this song is all about sweet sweet love making. 
16. Funeral Song:
Paint It Black - Tea Party
And we're back on track. My son, Pyramid Head, viciously murdered me, no surprise there, and the funeral is as tragic as my death. "I see a red door and I want to paint it black..."
17. End Credits:
Precious - Depeche Mode
*laughs* Let me just quote the opening lyrics... "Precious and fragile things need special handling; my God, what have we done to you?
A tragic tale of frustration, personal demons, drug abuse, and in the end, hell breaking loose. Literally.
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