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RE: the playlist Michael Sheen made public on January 6th, 2025, after reading the script for "Good Omens 3" (a thorough meta for each song's choice and its lyrics)

Michael shared this very slyly, because he knows his Spotify account (MS1) is only known by a minority of people; he doesn't publicly advertise it, and he's already used it before as a little treat for his dedicated fans. I mean, so far, there's only 921 of us who've saved this playlist! He made it on Jan, 6th, 2025, with 19 Thake That songs (including a hidden track) and later in the year, he added two more.

[Edit: This post has been sleeping in my drafts forever. I know it's been almost a year, but better late than never. And thank God I saved this, because I didn't know there's no way to see the date when a Spotify playlist was created, so you'll have to take my word for it.]

[Second edit: I just finished this real quick in view of the new screenshot from GO3 that just dropped, which shows Crowley with a stubble, being held with arms behind his back, unable to free himself, and a hint of brown in his eyes which you can read about in @sendarya 's discord where we're going mad rn. If you wanna know more, and be instantly notified on news for the GO3 release, head over there.]

Since he threw us this big bone, I've been zestfully gnawing at it. I listen to these 21 songs almost daily. Knowing that Michael pays great attention to detail in this show, quizzing David about all the easter-eggs while filming, and generally being an annoying fan, the fact that he chose to make this playlist public for us to listen to fills me with joy. But I still haven't seen anyone dissect them for clues. There are LOTS of LITERAL mentions of Earth, angels and demons... and humans. So, if you'd like to know about the hints (or redherrings) that Michael's given us for the characters' emotional arc, and their link a specific theory already out there, venture under the cut.

Brace yourself.

I've trimmed the lyrics in order to analyze them, but I strongly recommend listening to the songs, since the melody tells a whole story, and the repetitive lines, words, and choruses are normally used as a rhetorical device: not just to create rhythm, but to emphasize a point or helping you to get what the song is really about.

I'll go through the 21 songs in the order he put them. Some of them are quite straightforward, in that they could be interpreted from Azi's and/or Crowley's POV. Others leave you making connections. The lyrics are indented in italics, most meaningful parts in bold. Let us start.

#1. "PATIENCE"

Just have a little patience Still hurting from a love I lost I'm feeling your frustration But any minute all the pain will stop.

The request for patience seems a little on the nose as a message for us the fans anticipating the release of the film. But could also hint to Azi's plead for Crowley to wait for his return while he's in heaven doing whatever plan he's got (his smile in the elevator suggested as much). They've just had the worst estrangement right after a huge relationship upgrade (Crowley's confession and kiss), and both are certainly hurting from that lost love. There's also the acknowledgment of each other's frustration, but the promise that they will reunite and eventually all that pain will stop.

Just hold me close inside your arms tonight Don't be too hard on my emotions. I really wanna start over again I know you wanna be my salvation The one that I can always depend

This screams to me that Azi is grateful for the numerous times Crowley has come through for him, and knows he wants to be his salvation. But now may be the time for a crucial part of Azi's narrative arc. It's been foreshadowed: "Why don't you stand up for yourself? Make your own plans?"

I'll try to be strong, believe me I'm trying to move on It's complicated but understand me 'Cause these scars run so deep It's been hard But I have to believe 'Cause I need time My heart is numb, has no feeling So while I'm still healing Just try and have a little patience

Maybe Azi will try to be strong without Crowley's help. He sees how this particular problem is complicated due to their different ideologies ("heaven is toxic" vs. "heaven is the side of truth, of good"). Even though Azi would like for Crowley to believe and understand his point of view, he might be resolved to make his own heart numb: ignore his own feelings for Crowley, if that's what it takes "having to believe" in himself. He just "needs time" to "make a difference".

#2. "RULE THE WORLD"

You light the skies, up above me A star, so bright, you blind me

What a love letter this song is. Angel-Crowley's literally the one who started the Universe as we know it by saying "let there be light", thus creating the first star-factory aka nebula. Azi was visibly charmed witnessing the "kind of angel he was".

Don't close your eyesDon't fade away. If walls break down, I will comfort you If angels cry, oh I'll be there for you You've saved my soul Don't leave me now, don't leave me now

We're surely going to see them grieve the loss of each other - that's a given. It does say it's the Angel who cries, and I'd really like to see Azi shed a tear this time, maybe when apologizing to Crowley. Also Michael could've thought of the infamous line "you could always rely on me. I could always rely on you". Either way, the lines "You've saved my soul, don't leave me now", is a sentiment both A & C share.

"Don't fade away" could hint to one of them in danger of/being erased from the Book of Life. The threat's already canon anyway, and we saw Crowley's fierce dread of losing Aziraphale forever.

You and me, we can ride on a star If you stay with me We can light up the sky If you stay by my side We can rule the world All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you

This romantic proposal reminds me of Crowley's offer. At the bandstand: "It's a big Universe. Even if this all ends up in a puddle of burning goo we can go off together." In the sidewalk: "We can run away together. Alpha Centauri! (...) Nobody would even notice us." Then again in the final 15: "If Gabriel and Beelzebub can do it, go off together, then we can! Just the two of us (...) Just be an us. You and me." I recommend reading @alexunbalanced post on the poetic symbolism of Alpha Centauri as a binary star system.

Maybe we'll see them enjoying a little ride among the stars, in some way or another. It isn't too farfetched to think that if Crowley actually proposed it THREE TIMES in the story, that could be a good omen.

#3. "SHINE"

The lyrics and overall tone of this song suggest a moment of transformation for someone - a shift from the old self to a more confident version. So there might be some kind of breakthrough moment for Aziraphale and/or Crowley, which fits as character development. Also, the narrating voice is like the supportive friend/partner cheering the other on with no judgement, trying to make them see their true potential, that they have everything they need to "shine" and feel strong, capable, and seen. The metaphor is "come out of darkness and step into the light". I'm not adding here all the lyrics because it's a long song with repetitive meaning, but there are a couple of lines that stand out to me:

You're such a big star to me You're everything I wanna be

This makes me think it might be Azi's thoughts. Also reminds me of the times Crowley has implied Azi would rather be in his place than having to answer to heaven ("you sound jealous, Angel")

Stop being so hard on yourself I know that you can changeYou only have to open your eyes You might just get a big surprise And it may feel good And you might want to smile Oh, don't you let your demons pull you down 'Cause you can have it all

More clues at this being a sentiment from the Angel to the Demon, who's described himself as an "occult force". AND maybe the "open your eyes / big surprise" thing could mean Crowley's eyes may change back to how they were in The Beginning (bear with me here there's much more of that, I'm not here to judge, just to theorize).

Let me know you, let me show you, let me love you, you're all that matters to me.

Very straight forward. But the "know you" part reminds me of Azi constantly implying that he knows Crowley, and Crowley replying he actually doesn't. ("Are you sure, Angel?" "Quite sure". / "You know, Crowley, I've always said that deep down you really are quite a nice -" "Shut it! I'm a demon, I'm not nice. I'm never nice." / "I know the Angel you were." "The Angel you knew... is not me.")

#4. "NEVER FORGET"

This choice of song by Michael is quite amazing. I'll tell you why. It was made as a sort of goodbye (the band knew they weren't as famous as before and wanted to kind of salute their audience). It is a bittersweet song and its chorus has that perfect fanfare feeling of a celebratory story ending. I can totally understand Michael listening to it in order to be in that same mindset: a good ending, but one that will shift A&C's lives in an unexpected way. Just like David also said, the ending may be controversial in the fandom. Again, bare with me.

We've come a long way But we're not too sure where we've been We've had success, we've had good times But remember this: Been on this path of life for so long Feel I've walked a thousand miles Sometimes strolled hand in hand with love Finding a paradise wasn't easy but still There's a road going down the other side of this hill.

A&C have actually been "on this path of life for so long", "thousands of miles", and "hand in hand with love": six millennia pining for each other in shared history on Earth to be exact (according to the Good Omens creationist Universe, they met right before "The Beginning").

BUT the thing is, the lyrics continue:

Feel each day we've come too far Yet each day seems to make much moreSure is good to be here I understand the meaning of "I can't explain this feeling" now And it feels so unreal At night I see the hand that reminds me of the stand that I made The fact of reality

In other words: "Being with you will always remind me of the moment when I stood up for something important / took a firm position / made a bold choice." (Remember the line "we've come to a decision") I mean, a decision or position they will have to take in order to defend either something or a belief, a change so radical in their lives that is a "new reality" in which they finally get to understand a feeling or emotion they were always marveled by, but couldn't possibly explain before? I'm sorry but, you saw it coming and here it is (even though many of us would take this as a bittersweet ending) for me, this screams "THEY'LL TURN HUMAN" living on their chosen "Paradise": Earth. But there's more:

We've come so far and we've reached so high And we've looked each day and night in the eye And we're still so young and we hope for more But remember this: We're not invincible, we're not invincible, We're only people, we're only people. Never forget where you've come here from Never forget for love.

"We're not invincible. WE'RE ONLY PEOPLE." Is this going to happen?

"We're not invinsible (anymore)... we're only people." Let that sink in. Our heroes Azi and Crowley will indeed make a great deal of difference anyway (most likely before becoming human). And I totally get why The Script of GO3 would want to cater to us, the fans, but not exactly the way we want to (Again, David's warning about the ending).

I can see the creators thinking of this: we all know they must end up together as a couple, and yes the concept of LOVE can be broad and/or ethereal. BUT, there's been too much queerbait on the telly and we're tired of it so we're in catch 22 situation: if you really want them to end up together, in *ahem* EVERY WAY, then they MUST TURN INTO HUMANS, you can't have one without the other. And that, to me, would be a perfectly bittersweet ending, one in which we get to have the "happily" but not the "forever after". It would also mean a bunch of things in the story were more than a little contrived, and many chips will fall in place (if you're not familiar with the "they'll become human" theory, please look it up).

In this case, ANY suggestion or implication of intimacy between Aziraphale & Crowley could be rightfully interpreted as: yes, this is a story where the main characters end up together, and celebrated, as an explicitly romantic gay couple, thus fulfilling their parallel to Maggie and Nina, among other things. Maybe plot could push them where whatever they did makes them no longer allowed to continue as powerful Entities, so instead of being erased from the Book of Life, they could, "as a kindness", exist like humans, uncapable of living eternally, but very capable of living happily, feeling for each other something else than what they are used to, something that Angels nor Demons can explain. Plus, that way we can get an end-story message among the lines of "dear audience, you can actually make a difference in this World as the Human you are, you don't need to have miraculous powers, the real good is in the blurred edges, not as Angels or Demons in Heaven or Hell, but in YOUR DESICIONS, using your free will KNOWING the difference between Good and Bad". That to me is an awesome way of leaving us thinking if that was the Ineffable Plan all along, for Aziraphale and Crowley to literally "shape history" on Earth with every decision they ever took, in the exact way we saw them do in all those flashbacks. Crowley would've been right all along questioning the fact that the apple was right there for Eve to grab, as if testing their free will -not only Eve's- but Crowley's. He was the one who started it all, proposing exactly the existence of FREE WILL:

Well, THAT, to me, would be the poker game God intended to play: give Crowley the chance to think (and decide) whether or not it'd be good for humans to know the difference between right or wrong themselves and go suggest it to Eve? God silently watching it all?

This is not such a farfetched idea, given that this very concept was established in the fist scene of S1 by Crowley himself, when the Ineffable Plan (not the Great Plan, mind you) would've already started (and with a sense of humor God must surely enjoyed):

CROWLEY: I can't see what's so bad about knowing the difference between good and evil, anyway (...) Not very subtle of the Almighty, though. Fruit tree in the middle of a garden with a "don't touch" sign. Why not put it on the top of a high mountain? Or on the moon? Makes you wonder what God's really planning. AZIRAPHALE: Best not to speculate. It's all part of the Great Plan. It's not for us to understand. It's Ineffable. CROWLEY: The Great Plan's Ineffable?

NOPE. It never was. In fact it was questioned again in Armaggedon't, which in the book was even more on the nose. But in the adaptation they chose Gabriel to have this exchange instead of the Metatron:

AZIRAPHALE: Excuse me. You keep talking about the Great Plan... GABRIEL: Aziraphale, maybe you should just keep your mouth shut.

(I always wondered, why is Gabriel so defensive there? Did he know something about "The Great Plan" that the others didn't?)

AZIRAPHALE: One thing I'm not clear on. Is that the Ineffable Plan? BEELZEBUB: The Great Plan! It is written. There shall be a World, and it shall last for 6,000 years and end in fire and flame. AZIRAPHALE: Yes, yes, that sounds like the Great Plan. Just wondering, is that the Ineffable Plan, as well? GABRIEL: Well, they're the same thing. CROWLEY: (to himself) You don't know. (to Gabriel) Uh... Well, it'd be a pity if you'd thought you were doing what the Great Plan said, but you were actually going directly against God's Ineffable Plan...

CROWLEY: (cont.) Well, it's ineffable, isn't it? By definition, we can't know it. BEELZEBUB: But it is... written.

It was written. Then, was this entirely different Non-Ineffable -and therefore Not-Devine- Plan written down as The Great Plan by Heaven's Number One Guy who claims to "speak in the name of God"? I personally would love to see Sir Derek Jacobi revealing the Metatron in full Evil glory. But we'll have to wait and see.

GABRIEL: God does not play games with the universe.

YES. YES, SHE DOES. She said it herself at the start of the show. God might not play "dice" with the Universe, but She plays an "Ineffable Game" of Her own devising. Which "for everyone else, it's like playing poker in a pitch-dark room for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules and who smiles all the time." (There's so much delicious analogy to unpack there about the whole plot of the story itself seen as a rigged poker game with pot, players, bluffs, tells, calls, folds, raise and a long-con play that ends with the table overturned.)

"Heaven, Hell, Demons, Angels... it's all pointless." That would honestly be quite impressive. They both get to do what they want without being reprimanded for it. And God would have intended it. You see how important a message that would be? Besides, we'll always have fanfiction and fanart for them to live forever. Crowley himself already despised the idea of ETERNITY anyway. People tell their truth when they're drunk, and all that:

So, the question is, are we going to see them changing into "real people" a la Doctor Who? We can only wait and see.

#5. "BACK FOR GOOD"

This is a very well known love song about regret after a breakup, promising to change, and hoping for the partner to return and reconcile. The F 15' was, indeed, a breakup.

I guess now it's time for me to give up I feel it's time Got a picture of you beside me Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup Got a fist of pure emotion Got a head of shattered dreams Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

Again with the picture. Well, in the Lockdown episode, we saw that Aziraphale already has a picture of Crowley in his bookshop.

Unaware but underlined I figured out this story It wasn't good But in the corner of my mind I celebrated glory But that was not to be In the twist of separation you excelled at being free Can't you find a little room inside for me Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it I just want you back for good Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it You'll be right and understood

I honestly think that bit was the only reason why he added this song. It's just literally what we've already seen.

Are we gonna see Aziraphale do the apology dance? Or is it a tease?

And we'll be together, this time is forever We'll be fighting and forever we will be So complete in our love We will never be uncovered again. I guess now it's time, that you came back for good

#6. "GREATEST DAY"

Today this could be the greatest day of our lives Before it all ends, before we run out of time Stay close to me Watch the world come alive tonight

"Run out of time", as in mortality. Enjoying life on Earth.

Tonight this could be the greatest night of our lives Let's make a new start, the future is ours to findCan you see it, can you see it in my eyes? Can you feel it now, can you hold it in your arms tonight?

"A new start" as humans. And yet another reference to the eyes.

Hold on, tonight Hold your head high, arms open wide The world starts to come alive when you stay close to me And the world comes alive

Their influence in the World and the World's influence on them.

#7. "THE FLOOD"

Even though the title instantly reminds us of the historical Flood, where we saw A&C watching Noa and his family take the animals to the Arc, I don't think this is just a reference to that. This song was released when Take That reunited with Robbie Williams after years apart and it symbolizes the challenges and emotions that his return implied. In short, this song is about overcoming a huge wave of difficulties and starting again together. The main message is unity, and teamwork while fighting back despite adversity. You see how this fits with Aziraphale and Crowley having to fight together to save the World/themselves from Heaven/Hell.

(Sounds of thunderstorm) Standing on the edge of forever At the start of whatever Shouting love at the world Back then, we were like cavemen But we mapped the Moon and the stars Then we forgave them We will meet you where the lights are The defenders of the faith we are Where the thunder turns around They'll run so hard we'll tear the ground away You know no one dies In these love drowned eyes Through our love drowned eyes We'll watch you sleep tonight Although no one understood We were holding back the floodLearning how to dance the rain

It's about facing a metaphorical storm, with lighting and thunder and pouring rain. Amnesiac Jimbriel in S2E3 got a memory triggered by Crowley's use of the word "tempest". We heard him repeat God's own words, like a prediction of something that's yet to come:

"There will come a tempest, and darkness, and great storms. And the dead will leave their graves and walk the Earth once more. And there will be great lamentations. Every day it's getting closer."

They said we'd never dance again Bleeding, but none of us leaving Watch your mouth son Or you'll find yourself floating home. Here we come now on a dark star Seeing demons, not what we are

The "dark star" still fits with the same idea, and the mention of the "demons" sound like a good reason to choose this song in itself. So, we can say whatever the fight is for, it will probably involve Demons.

Tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike But now will end today There's progress now Where there once was none Then everything came along There was more of them than us Now they'll never dance again (Sounds of thunder and rain)

"More of them than us" makes me think A&C will either fight for themselves or with the Humans.

#8. "PRAY"

This just seems like from Aziraphale's POV for obvious reasons.

When the time grew near, For me to show my love The longer I stayed away for. Hiding from a word I need to hear now Don't think I'll hear it again

Uh, "love"?

But the nights were always warm with you Holding you right by my side But the morning always comes too soon Before I even close my eyes All I do each night is pray Hoping that I'll be a part of you again someday All I do each night is think Of all the times I closed the door to keep my love within If you can't forgive the past I'll understand that Can't understand why I did this to you And all of the days and the nights so I regret it I never showed you my love.

Time for the "I love you" confession... and to show it in a romantic fashion too if possible would be very nice.

Surely we must be in sight, Of the dream we long to live If you stop and close your eyes, You'll picture me inside I'm so cold and all alone. Straight on back to me Come on, time is running out. You and me, harmony.

Time does run out when you're human.

#9. "COULD IT BE MAGIC"

Now is turn to have a song from Crowley's POV, as if he was talking about his Angel. He's totally smitten, head over heels for Aziraphale. Also, if Azi becomes human, he could verify no miracles are involved in his art of prestidigitation, it's only the good ol' human magic he's been always fond of (and drive Crowley up the wall with it).

Sun, sun Spirits move me, every time I'm near you Whirling like a cyclone in my mind You're my life line, angel of my lifetime Answer to all answers I can find Baby I want you.

*** Insert here every time Crowley calls Azi "Angel" ***

Come, come, come into my arms Let me feel the wonder of all of you Could it be magic now, now, now and hold on fast Could this be the magic at last?

Baby, take me high upon a hillside High up where the stallion meets the sun I could love you, build my world around you Never leave you 'til my life is done

Loyal to you for the rest of my life. Right, gimme all the romance tropes.

#10. "BEAUTIFUL WORLD"

Here, standing in the rain The sun has gone again and nothing's gonna change. Time, I need a little time. As you slip out of sight And nothing heals the pain. And I know that it's you. That's stopping me from falling. Crashing down, losing ground. 'Til I see you again

Excuse me? Catching me? Stopping me from falling and crashing down? Literally? If you think it's a coincidence, bare with me because another song that follows says in other words exactly the same.

And you know. The sun will shine, and we will see There's nothing standing in our way Our love will stand and never break I never thought this could be me. Do you feel what I feel Every time that you are near, it's a beautiful world. Words are hard to keep inside Even though I've tried, impossible to hide I'll be the stars guiding you. I'll be the place that you hide I'd run a thousand miles. To be by your side.

I need to say that, beside the romance here, it specifically mentions a NEW type of feeling. That one humans feel when they are releasing oxytocin from being near the person they are in love with. Just saying.

#11. "SAID IT ALL"

When the tears fall away And there's no conversation There's nothing left to break That's not already broken You're staring into space And every inch of silence Been standing here for days, and days. Said it all. Nothing to say at all Nothing to say that matters. Haven't we heard enough? Doesn't matter any more.

"And they are not talking" comes to mind for the beginning of the film. Also, not the "tears", please! But then of course there will come the goosebumps when they must talk to each other again:

In the sudden light of day The weight of expectation Hurt begins to fade As you find a new direction Been talking here for days, and days, and days. All of the miles of words we've spoken All of the lines that got away Didn't we take the time to say them all? Haven't we said it all?

#12. "THE GARDEN"

And the fishermen came back across the water And the people started running in the park And the city stopped, as I held you in my arms. We could hear the sound of sirens all around us And the scent of burning oil was in the air And the music played And it felt so good to hear. This is the life we've been given So open your mind and start living We can play our part if we only start believing.

This works with the idea of them becoming human, and start living "the life they've been given".

There's a stranger on the hill and he is speaking As the tears from every cloud begin to fall For one moment then, we understood it all Everyone, everyone, can you hear the soldiers coming Everyone, everyone, every man and every woman We all fall, in the end we're just miracles of matter

The miracle of being a mortal human made of matter. Like, literally, "in the end (they'll be) just miracles of matter"? It was Ray Bradbury who famously wrote "We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will". This quote highlights the transformation of physical existence into conscious creativity, often used to describe the wonder of life and human potential. It emphasizes that humanity is both the experiment and the observer of the universe. And I have to add that Carl Sagan himself said: "The Cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the Universe to know itself." He meant that nearly all elements in the human body (carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) were forged inside stars and supernovae billions of years ago. Clearly Take That was inspired by it and put it in the lyrics. Do you see what I mean when I say it'd be poetic for Crowley to look up at the stars and admire the product of his own creation? He'd be the creator literally made of particles from those stars.

So come on, let me love you. 'Cause this is the life we've been given So open your heart and start loving We can make a start if we only learn to listen. Then the crowd began to head for the horizon A million people walking back to work But you and me, we just lay down in the garden. Yeah, the garden.

South Downs? Anyone? I meant doesn't have to be that specific place, but if they were to be human, they'd need a new place to live together which is equipped with everything a human needs. Like a toilet.

#13. "LIKE I NEVER LOVED YOU AT ALL"

Where, where are the stars? The ones that we used to call ours. Can't imagine it now We used to laugh 'til we fell down. The secrets we had, are now in the past From something to nothing, tell me How did we lose our way? It's hard to remember all that we shared Now we both have separate lives From lovers to strangers, now alone. There's no one catching my fall No one to hear my call It's like I never loved you at all.

Again, estrangement. Also could we get to see Crowley falling again somehow and this time being catched by Aziraphale? My poor heart.

Now you're so far away And I see our star is fading One too many times Guess it just got tired of waiting around The nights that we thought, if these walls could talk From something to nothing. So, now does he give you love Is it only me now that's thinking of What we had and what we were Did you ever care Baby, was I ever there?

#14. "BABE"

I swear this one is Michael taking the piss. It tells such a cheesy story. Albeit something in it, or akin to it, may happen. Just read the lyrics. I've got nothing to add to this, like, wtf.

(Phone dial tone. Intercept message: "We're sorry. Your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and dial again") I come to your door To see you again But where you once stood Was an old man instead I asked where you'd be He said "she's moved on, you see all I have is a number you'd better ask her, not me" So I picked up the phone And dialed your number Not sure to put it down or speak. Then a voice I once knew Answered in a sweet voice She said "hello" then paused Before I began to speak: "Babe, I'm here again I tell you I'm here again, babe Where have you been? Babe, I'm back again I tell you I'm back again, babe Where have you been?" You held your voice well There were tears I could tell But where were you now Was you gonna tell me in time? Just give me a town And I'll be straight down I've got so much to tell you About where I have been. As I walk down your road Can't wait to be near you I can't keep this feeling inside. As I stand at your door You answer in a sweet voice You say "hello" then pause Before I begin to speak: "Babe, I'm here again I tell you I'm here again, babe Where have you been? Babe, I'm back again I tell you I'm back again, babe Where have you been?" As you looked away I saw a face behind you A little boy stood at your door And when I looked again I saw his face was shining He had my eyes He had my smile Babe, I'm back again Babe, please take me back Take me back home again Can't you see that I'm back again? I'm here for you Babe, just me and you You and me, babe. (Phone dial tone. Someone picks up.)

#15. "WHEN WE WERE YOUNG"

When we were young, the world seemed so old Careless and cold We did what we were told in our lives

They did in fact, break, gone native, stop doing what the institution told them to do. At least Crowley did. But could Azi realize he should do the same as well? Not to get to do what he's told by the corrupt Heaven.

Have the world by the tail Good would prevail Starships would sail And none of us would fail in this life Not when you're young. We were drawn to whoever could keep us together And bound by the Heavens above And we tried to survive Traveling at the speed of love. When we were young When we adored the fabulous We were the foolish, fearless Never knowing the cost of what we paid Letting someone else be strong In a moment of grace, a long leap of faith

When they were "young", as in, they had 6000 years of not aging: they were "foolish" not to act on the fact that they could spend it together? And now they only have left a "moment of grace" together? The cost of paying being eternal beings in order to save the Earth? Would become human be for them a long leap of faith?

There's still more glorious dawn awaits It's my life, I'm here with the lovers Then we burned the bridges we're crossing over Just to see the firelight And the innocent are getting over Being old tonight. When we were young When everything was what it seemed And every day was how we dreamed. And when you look at yourself tonight Are you someone you recognize? You can take back what you've given away But it must be the last time. When we were young We didn't know it wouldn't last.

Life together won't last forever but it's worth it.

#16. "A MILLION LOVE SONGS"

Put your head against my life What do you hear? A million words just trying to make The love song of the year. Close your eyes, but don't forget What you have heard A man who's trying to say three words The words that make me scared.

Is "I love you" going to be said? It has to, right? At last, and instead of "I forgive you"

A million love songs later And here I am trying to tell you that I care And here I am. Looking to the future now This is what I see A million chances pass me by A million chances to hold you Take me back, take me back To where I used to be And hide away from all my truths Through the light I see. I feel for you, babe. A million love songs later And here I… here I am.

The first moment they see each other when they actually reunite?

#17. "WOODEN BOAT"

It's about the tale of a human lifetime. And how short but deep and meaningful it can be in those moments of eternity.

A little boy me went fishing in a wooden boat Sitting there for hours in the cold Patience is a virtue 'til we die Then a ripple in the water caught my eye. Sometimes we don't know what we're waiting for That's the time to be the first one on the dance floor.

Dancing together.

We go from green to blue to gold to black Breathe deep, who knows how long will this last. Only was last week I learnt to drive Stole my mother's keys and drove all night Christine never showed, it's 4 am Started up mum's car drove home again. One year ago I kissed my bride Now I wait to hear my baby's cry

If they do turn into humans they can actually marry. Now the baby thing? Again with the concept of having a child together? Gosh.

Woman showed me all that she knew then To cut himself down man's born again. Christine died and now I'm here alone What I wouldn't give to be on that wooden boat.

No one's gonna die... at least they won't yet. But the idea of spending their mortal lives together until they grow old and die is clearly there.

#18. "BUTTERFLY"

This song starts a couple of minutes after Wooden Boat. Whether or not it was hidden in the same track on purpose, we can't tell.

For once in my life I couldn't deny I thought that I'd found my everything A lover, a friend

Okay, confirmed. Friend AND lover... human love again?

The hours we'd spend Just doing nothing at all. But your need to leave Is yours alone Break free, let go. Deep in your eyes It's there that I find All that I really ever need Whatever I do You know that It's you In every face I see

Will we get the classic trope of the character seeing the one he loves in other people? Also mention of EYES again.

Your last goodbye was yours alone Break free, let go. Butterfly, fly away from here I know we tried though the laughter and the tears. You'll always be a part of me And in my heart you'll always be butterfly Fly, fly away To the place you belong Hope you're healed and feeling strong Hope that you can find the freedom in your life My sweet butterfly Just fly away.

#19. "LOVE LOVE" (live version)

You bring me right back down to the Earth from the promised land We're getting close to the center of the Earth with an honest plan You'll never be your mother or your father, do you understand? We'll take you right back down to the Earth from the mother land This is a first class journey from the gods to the Son of Man You're at the gates of human evolution, don't you understand? Why don't you understand? Understand We don't have too much time here And time it travels far too fast We're not too far, we're too near Before they take it from our hands Why don't you teach your heart to feel and give your love love, give your love love, give it all away Why don't you teach your heart to talk and give your love love, give your love love Gimme, gimme what I need. (Audience cheers.)

#20. "REACH OUT"

At some point during 2025 (I don't remember exactly when) Michael added this song and the next one into the playlist.

If our arms were reaching out If our words could only bridge the doubt (the F15) Will we lose this chance again? Strange roads with different signs Don't even know where we divide Are you my enemy or my friend? (Duh) 'Cause I don't know you And you don't know me

He is in fact, technically, a demon. / Spot on! Sent here to destroy you all! / But you said you wouldn't. / I'm a demon, I lied. / Be not afraid, you're perfectly safe. / Are you sure, Angel? / Yes, quite sure.

It's the same sun rising We all just look to the sky If we try, we can work it out somehow If you don't know me and I don't know you How can we be fighting We're all connected, it's true It's only love that pulls us through We all grieve in different ways If one tear could wash away the pain We're all free to have the faith we believe The world sleeps at different times With one turn your day is now my night We all live sharing the air that we breathe Reaching out... Reaching high. Touching you... Touching me. (EXCUSE ME) It's only love that pulls us through

Imagine standing at a crossroads, knowing your choices define not just you but the world around you. In 'Good Omens', the characters Crowley and Aziraphale embody this very struggle, showcasing how good and evil are not simply opposing forces, but elements on a spectrum. Their relationship illustrates that compassion and understanding can exist even amidst cosmic roles, inviting you to ponder your own moral decisions in the playful yet weighty dance of good versus bad.

#21. "I'D WAIT FOR LIFE"

This one is very reminiscent of A&C's estrangement in the Final 15', and the mutual feeling of pining that will come after. Anyway, lets look for possible clues.

There's a place we used to be There's a face that I used to see There's a picture with you by my side There's a moment that I wanna find

First line is pretty clear; they used to be in Heaven / Hell. Second, the face Aziraphale used to see in Crowley may indeed change as his eyes turn into those of a human. Third, if they actually take a picture together and keep it visible somewhere I'll die of cuteness. Fourth one makes me think of Crowley wanting to "find a moment" of his past that he doesn't recall. The memories before what he thinks was his "Fall", that we'd all be eager to see.

I don't know where to start, or how to begin But I know I love you stillIf you ever turn away, if you ever change your mind If the road ahead becomes too hard to climb If there's something in your heart that tells you to stop Oh, to hold you close... tonight... I'd wait for life

Here we've got A and/or C's hesitation in wording their feelings. The given fact that they love, and will help, each other (duh). They both wish for the other to change their mind. And, surely, their shared desire for physical touch. During night time, specifically.

There's a voice shouting inside my head There's a space on your side of the bed And there's a hope every time there's a sound There's a silence that's playing too loud I don't know where you are, or how you may be But I know, I love you still

Again, banging on the "sleeping together" idea. Hoping for their reunion almost seem to hurt for them. They still don't know where to find each other.

If I close my eyes I'll dream a little deeper, baby 'Cause you are always on my mind... for life

It'd be neat to see what's in their subconscious if we get to see either of them dreaming. Or they could discover what that feels like if they actually turn into people. The book mentions dreams, particularly through the idea of human imagination, with one quote stating that "What power would Hell have if those imprisoned were not able to dream of Heaven?". There's also the scene where the characters use a dream as a form of comfort, when Aziraphale tells the entranced former-nun: "You will wake having had a lovely dream about whatever you like best." Remember when Newt's talking with Shadwell about the town, he says "normal weather for the time of year isn't normal. Crisp autumns, long, hot Augusts... The kind of weather you used to dream of as a kid. It's snowed there every Christmas Eve for the last years." I don't know why but, is the infamous snow globe going to have something to do with a dream? The novel also uses this concept to explore themes of free will, imagination, and the power of what we believe to be real, and I mean, I just have to mention The Sandman, created by you know who. Here's a quote of his: "People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes." It's not farfetched to speculate there will be something regarding dreams in the last episode of Good Omens.

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Finally. Those were the 21 songs. Don't let anyone stop you from disagreeing, agreeing, or adding to this post please feel free. No hate. Just theorizing based on evidence.

It took me an embarrassing amount of time to write all this down, but hopefully it was enjoyable and contributed to fuel the need for the impending GO3. Please feel free to add any thoughts you have on anything related to this post, I'm really looking forward to know about your ideas.

If you got this far: thanks for reading. Have a lovely day!

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