Foe Yay/Music

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Examples of Foe Yay in Music include:

  • "Hate 2 Love Her" by Blake Lewis is a perfect example of this trope:

I know that I hate her, even though I love her
 She's making my heart hurt, I cant describe, describe...
 How I hate her, everytime I'm with her
 All I do is want her
 Why do I even try?

  • "I Can't Decide" by the Scissor Sisters - as seen in Doctor Who!
  • t.A.T.u.'s "Friend or Foe?". Don't believe it? Check YouTube for the staggering numbers of fanvids with this theme.
    • Along the same line of thought is "Perfect Enemy".

Why should I welcome your dominations?
 Why should I listen to explanations?

    • T.a.t.U really has a thing for this.
      • "You don't turn me off..." Huh.
  • "I Hate Everything About You", by Three Days Grace. Considering the titular lines are 'I hate everything about you, why do I love you?' it's a pretty clear cut example of this trope.
  • "Oi To The World" by the Vandals.
  • The Vocaloid song "Rondo of Sun and Moon". Foe Yay being pretty much the main theme, is full of lines that suggests that the two characters have this major love/hate relationship going on.

From when our gazes met, we were attracted to each other / I want to leave a scar on your back that will never disappear.

  • Ludo's "Love Me Dead" is all about this trope.

Love me cancerously
Like a salt-sore soaked in the sea
"High maintenance" means you're a gluttonous queen, narcissistic and mean
You're awful, I love you!

  • "Passive" by A Perfect Circle can easily be interpreted this way.
  • "Face to Face" by Siouxsie and the Banshees, used in the movie Batman Returns to neatly sum up the tumultuous UST-laden relationship between Batman and Catwoman.
  • It may or may not be there in the lyrics, but one of the iron rules of fanvidding is that any ship of this nature will inevitably inspire a vid set to "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (the "I want to fuck you like an animal" song).
  • "Descent of the Archangel" from Kamelot's Faustian Concept Album Epica is nothing but Mephisto hitting on Ariel in song.
  • "Nemeses" by Jonathan Coulton. Especially noticeable in the third verse.
    • Even more obvious in earlier live versions (like this one)--the chorus's first two lines were as follows:

Could it be that you and me
 Were always meant to be together?

Hey, here's a thought when you're done kickin' my face in. You and me grab a bite, and some flirty conversation

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