This New Future's Face - An Adam Monroe Fanmix

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Summary: An immortal Special with the ability to heal from any injury, Adam Monroe is the progenitor of the Company, the man who brought the Group of Twelve together, with the intentions of saving the world. As the original Takezo Kensei, the British Adam is ironically one of Japan's most revered historical figures. Imprisoned by his former disciples for the past thirty years, the ageless visionary plots his own designs on saving the world - and when he is released, nothing will ever be the same.

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Fanmix Tracklisting

01. "Étude Op. 10, No. 12" by Frédéric Chopin
"When you've been around as long as I have, patterns become clear."
      - Adam Monroe
Instrumental

 

02. "From Yesterday" by 30 Seconds to Mars
He wasn't interested in being the legendary hero he was "supposed to be." He wasn't interested in Carp's talk of honor and justice. All Takezo Kensei ever wanted from life was wine, women, and fortune. Even after having traveled halfway across the world to find his destiny, when he was finally confronted with it, his reaction was to run away. But whatever else Hiro Nakamura went on to do to him, he brought him a message from fate. Adam Monroe wasn't destined to stay a rudderless drunk. He had power. He was the Godsend. And it was his destiny to change history.

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.


03. "Who Wants To Live Forever?" by Queen
For most of his three hundred and fifty years of life, Adam Monroe has been wandering the earth, walking to and fro in it, and searching for a kindred spirit. Ten times Takezo Kensei has found love, ten women have become his bride throughout the course of history. And each time, Adam has been cursed to watch helplessly as the woman he loves grows old and dies, that beautiful, vibrant soul whittled away to nothingness by the relentless grindstone of time. Leaving Adam, the immortal, alone again, alone to continue his endless journey.

There's no chance for us.
It's all decided for us.
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.

[. . .]

But touch my tears with your lips.
Touch my world with your fingertips.
And we can have forever.
And we can love forever.
Forever is our today.


04. "Across the Highlands" by Kamelot
When he hasn't been finding and losing love, Adam Monroe has been fighting. In over three hundred years, he has been in more battles than he can count. He's felt swords slide into his ribs, bullets tear through his body, and poisons creep through his veins over and over again. And yet, none of it has ever been enough to kill him. Each time, Adam has risen to live again. For him, immortality is his freedom and curse... and in the absence of a god to welcome him home, Adam has become his own deity.

All my life I've been trying to die,
Reach complete segregation.
I am ready to open my eyes,
To a new revelation.

For I am damned if life itself is condemnation.
I am immortal and I can't escape my destiny.
Bound to live eternally.


05. "Evolution" by Symphony X
Three centuries he spent alone. Then he gathered disciples. Twelve individuals he assembled from across the world, individuals of power and purpose. United by the vision of Adam Monroe, these individuals created the Company, with the intention of making the world a better place for their kind... for their children. But that wasn't enough for Adam. He had a new vision.. a new design, one that would change the very soul of mankind. Adam Monroe had finally found the path to his destiny.

Born, from the light...
Journey into the moment delivered from thought and sky.
He will be one, one with the land - Lord of wind and the sea and the sands.
The one, the Bringer of Life.

[. . .]

Here we are - children of sun and stars.
The first to know and to understand.
Living by the law of the ages,
Prophets and sages - forging Utopia.

We shall live forever, and cast out those less divine.
Gods we will be - rulers of the sea - in the Grand Design.


06. "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters
They feared his Grand Design. Mouthed platitudes about saving the world, only to get cold feet when they found how much was really at sake. And, united by Kaito Nakamura, Adam's personal Judas, Adam's treacherous disciples conspired against the man who brought them together. Uniting their powers, they overthrew their master, just as the rebellious Titans joined forces to destroy their father, Ouranous. They sought to bend the immortal to their wills, but even dethroned and imprisoned, Adam Monroe could not be suborned. They could not kill him, they could not control him. They could only seal him away, in the deepest depths they had, and hope that he never rose again.

Keep you in the dark...
You know they all pretend.
Keep you in the dark...
And so it all began.

[. . .]

What if I say I'm not like the others?
(Keep you in the dark.)
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
(You know they all pretend.)
You're the pretender.
What if I say I will never surrender?


07. "Exo-Politics" by Muse
After living for so very long, Adam has grown to realize that life is just a series of patterns repeating themselves endlessly. Life, death, and rebirth. Construction, decay, rebuilding. Peace, war, revolution. The patterns of three repeat themselves, over and over again. And so he waits in the depths of Primatech Research, waits in his subterranean prison. He won't be waiting forever. The traitors will die and the cell will crumble to dust long before Adam himself does. He will walk free again one day. He will have his revenge. It's only a matter of time.

Carried through the centuries...
Secrets locked up,
And loaded on my back.
Well it weighs me down.

I'm waiting, patiently...
I'll wait for the sign.


08. "These Bones" by Dashboard Confessional
Meredith has been gone for eighteen years. With the exception of those four brief months of freedom, Adam has been imprisoned for thirty years. He expected it would be her who would come to free him one day - but Adam's savior isn't destined to be Meredith Gordon. It's Evangeline Dawes, the psychometrist searching for a messiah beneath her icy exterior. The story of the immortal fascinates her - and Adam takes her, telling the agent a few of his many secrets, and gaining her devotion in return.

Forgive my manner of speaking
I know it's quick, but the clock is still ticking.
And I've got a few words left burning holes on my tongue...
I've been saving them.

So lay with me,
I could use the company.
You could help me ease
These bones
Are like maps and keys.
Where they took their hits,
And they felt those teeth.
There's a story hidden,
Underneath.
If you dig in deep,
Will you find relief?


09. "Shallow Be Thy Game" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Under the leadership of his treacherous disciples, Adam's Company has been perverted. Twisted. Turned into something he never intended it to be. And he's had thirty years to consider the problem and what to do about it. Things are going to change within the Company... starting the day he is freed.

A rival to the way you see,
The bible let him be.
I'm a threat to your survival,
And your control company.

You'll never burn me,
You'll never burn me!
I will be your heretic.
You can't contain me,
I am the power free.
Truth belongs to everybody.

 

 

10. "Edge of the Earth" by 30 Seconds to Mars
The day he has been waiting for over thirty years has come. Adam Monroe walks the earth once again. With Evangeline Dawes at his side, he will gather new disciples. Loyal disciples, disciples who will have the strength and the fortitude necessary to help him make his grand design a reality. He's been given a second chance. And this time, nothing will stop him. The perfect storm is coming.

You wanna be the one in control?
You wanna be the one who's alive?
You wanna be the one who gets old?
It's not a matter of luck, it's just a matter of time.

Stand out on the edge of the earth.
Dive into the center of fate.
Walk right in the sight of the gun.
Look into this new future's face.

 

 

11. "The Noose" by A Perfect Circle
The disciples have shrouded their dark pasts. Hidden their filthy little secrets, the bodies buried under their beds. They've had thirty years to forget them. But now their darkest secret walks free once more. The one they betrayed, the one they imprisoned. And, one by one, Adam Monroe is going to find them. Treachery is a wager that wins only its own return, and the master has returned to collect his debt.

So glad to see you well.
Overcome and completely silent now.
With heaven's help,
You cast your demons out.

And not to pull your halo down,
Around your neck and tug you to the ground.
But I'm more than just a little curious,
How you're planning to go about making your amends,
To the dead....

 

 

12. "Apocalypse Please" by Muse
In the five centuries he's witnessed, nothing has changed. People have created better tools, built better homes, but people themselves have not changed. They still steal, they still kill, they still make war with each other. It disgusts him. Adam's done waiting for humanity to change. If the human race won't rise on it's own, Adam is more than happy to lend a helping hand... and he doesn't care if it wipes out most of the world's population to do it.

It's time we saw a miracle.
Come on, it's time for something biblical.
To pull us through...

Proclaim eternal victory.
Come on and change the course of history.
And this is the end...
This is the end...
Of the world..



13. "Adam's Theme"
"Together we are going to change history."
      - Adam Monroe
Instrumental