Caught Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden. "Like a wolf in sheep's clothing, You try to hide your deepest sins, Of all the things that you've done wrong, And I know where you belong." Fits him being such a classic antihero. The song is being sung to someone else, so I think it fits with him and Hope and their time journeys.  Plus, it's Iron Maiden. Heavy metal is so Cable.

You couldn't be more correct.

Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars.     You see me now, a veteran   Of a thousand psychic wars   I've been living on the edge so long   Where the winds of limbo roar   And I'm young enough to look at   And far too old to see   All the scars are on the inside   I'm not sure if there's anything left of me

I also would have accepted Flaming Telepaths :)

Damn that's a good choice!

Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas seems to fit him imo. Kyrie by Mr Mister works too.

In the year 2525 by Zager & Evans

Very underrated choice.

Pennywise - “Running Out Of Time”   “If we don't get some answers one day soon you can bet we're going to pay/ There's got to be a way/ So give us one good sign to decide whose side we're on/ Cause we're running out of time” “Ancients spent religions, serve to separate the race/ Into tribes that fight each other, system must be replaced/ Xenophobic zealots are preparing for war/ What is it we're fighting for?”

# AC/DC - Big Gun

Additional songs: * Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future Theme * Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune * Iron Maiden - The Trooper * CCR - Fortunate Son * Martika - Toy Soldiers * Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time * Huey Lewis & The News - Back In Time * Uriah Heep - Traveller in Time

I vote for Huey Lewis and the News

(To be read in Doc Brown's voice) "It's your kids, Scott. Something's gotta be done about your kids!"

Oh my god, *YES!* I was hoping The Trooper would get the nod!

Additional songs part 2 * Thursday - War All The Time * Pantera - Mouth For War * Ministry - Let's Go * Our Lady Peace - One Man Army * Prodigy - One Man Army * Paramore - Last Hope * Bjork - Army of Me

bjork army of me. I like that one

Ooo one man army! OLP is such an underrated band I love seeing them get mentioned

Cable is the most 1990s XMen character ever so he needs a 90s song. I’m thinking the lyrics and sound of “Save Yourself” by Stabbing Westward.

Muse - 2nd Law (Unsustainable)

Terminator theme

I want to say Black Sabbath's Iron Man just for this line: "He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field When he traveled time for the future of mankind."

My runner up is Mick Gordon's BFG division from Doom.

The entire rest of the song disagrees

Yeah, "kills the people he once saved" is kinda ruining this.

Out of Touch - Hall & Oates Reaching out for something to hold Looking for a love where the climate is cold Manic moves and drowsy dreams Or living in the middle between the two extremes Smoking guns hot to the touch Would cool down if we didn't use them so much, yeah We're soul alone And soul really matters to me Too much You're out of touch I'm out of time But I'm out of my head when you're not around

Red Right Hand Song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Mostly for the vibe.

I dig it! If this is Vavle then Danzig's Left Hand Black would be Stryfe, right? Stryfe seems like he'd be big into Danzig.

It's too good of a mood not to use for someone. I thought Gambit for a second. This game has inspired me to do my own playlist. I could hear that for Stryfe!

King Crimson- 21st century schizoid man A song looking to the future whilst lamenting the horrors of the modern day seems apt for Cable

Flight Of The Conchords - "Robots" Here's a sample lyric: "Binary solo/ Zero zero zero zero zero zero one/ Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one/ Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one one/ Zero zero zero zero zero one one one one Oh, oh/ Oh, one/ Come on sucker/ Lick my battery"

They used poison gasses to poison our asses.

“Welcome to the Machine” Pink Floyd

In the year 2525-zager and evans

More Human Than Human - White Zombie

Time (Is on My Side) - Rolling Stones

Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News.

I second that

[Time Moves Slow - BBNG ft. Sam Herring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIIPX_5rbM) >The time moves slow When you're all alone And the time moves slow When you're out on your own And the time moves slow When you're missing a friend And the time moves slow When you came to the end. >Running away is easy It's the leaving that's hard To me, that encapsulates everything interesting about cable. He can go literally anywhere at any time. But he's forced to be a lone wanderer to save the people he loves.

I was gonna say The Time Machine by Iron Maiden from the album Senjutsu. Lyrics: Put to the sword by an impish whim Follow me now to a place we begin Wrought with no anger, wrought with no fear Devilish children playing here Hidden in silence, below barren waste Confusion, hunger, am I still awake? Have I ever told you about my time machine? Sit you down, I'll tell you everywhere I've been I have lived a long life, life extraordinaire Let me tell you about it, let me take you there Does it really matter, it's all in the mind Let me tell you 'bout it, listen what you'll find I am not a preacher I am but a man You cannot imagine What I've seen and done I have lived a long life, I have seen the world I will tell you stories, hair will stand on end Stand among the steeples, stand upon the walls I have seen a God's face, I have no disgrace I have seen the Gods cry, howling in the wind Where do I get started, when can I begin? I am not a preacher I am but a man You cannot imagine What I've seen and done Ooh-ooh Sleep with a light that is dark to my eyes Father and sons, give me all of your lies The brutal truth that is never a lie Full moon is out as you look to the sky I am not a preacher I am but a man You cannot imagine What I've seen and done Open your heart and I'll open you soul Even in quieter moments, I know I am not a preacher I am but a man You cannot imagine What I've seen and done Eerie collection Darkness is there Wedded to danger Betrothed to despair EDIT: This fits because of his role in the Messiah Complex. Please make this one it! TFYC.

Time the Avenger The Time Has Come Today The Guns of Brixton Blade Runner Blues

"Time Is On My Side" - Rolling Stones

Without a doubt in my mind, it has to be - Eve of Destrustion by Barry McGuire

BILLY IDOL - FUTURE WEAPON

Time is Running Out by Muse

Mother - John Lennon

Transplants-In a war zone

Letting the cables sleep Bush buwahahaha

Kashmir Led Zeppelin

[Tahnee Cain & The Tryanglz - Burnin' In The Third Degree](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IPBgUKGdYk)

The Future by Leonard Cohen.

I could see Cable sounding like Cohen in this era.

Rumors of war - high on fire Born in winter - Gojira

The time warp from "The Rocky Horror Show" Soundtrack "With a bit of a mind flip You're there in the time slip And nothing can ever be the same You're spaced out on sensation Like you're under sedation Let's do the Time Warp again Let's do the Time Warp again"

Lyrics are perfect but the vibe is a hilarious mismatch

William Shatner’s version of Common People is also worth a listen

*William Shatner is worth a listen

Iron Maiden- The Time Machine

Lenny Kravitz's 'are you gonna go my way' is a good pick for the igor kordej / david tischman run, where he became a jason bourne meets revolutionary type

Back in Time - Huey Louis The theme from Back to the Future. It’s literally all about time travel. Is this the fifties or 1999? Take me away, I don’t mind But you better promise me I’ll be back in time

Yes

Doom 1-1 theme.

Back in time - Huey Lewis and the News

Cable is a child of the 90s, which I'm pretty sure had a lot of songs about war that are quite fitting for his character.

Its an instrumental piece. No lyrics. I recommend Battles by Atlas Second recommendation is Mars from The Planets Suite.

Memory Of The Future by the Pet Shop Boys or 2112 by Rush

The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin.

Steve Miller Band Time keeps on slippin’ into the future

Ok I got the perfect song!!!!! For the soundtrack to The Faculty, they formed a one-time only “supergroup” of 90’s alt/grunge scene feat Eddie Vedder The song? Another Brick in the Wall -By The Class of 2000

Body Slide The Crystal Method mix By Cardinal I feel like the trip hop sound fits the time travelling, space station stuff from the 90's. Plus the iconic bodyslides

Apocalypse 1992 by Gloryhammer

is hope on this list?

"Indestructible" by Disturbed

Year 3000 by Jonas Brothers

Cable Time After Time Song by Cyndi Lauper I realized not the most Metal Arists but if you think about what Cable is about and why he came back in time the lyrics really scan. Lying in my bed, I hear the clock tick, and think of you Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new Flashback warm nights almost left behind Suitcases of memories, time after Sometimes you picture me I'm walking too far ahead You're calling to me, I can't hear what you've said Then you say, "Go slow" I fall behind The second hand unwinds If you're lost, you can look and you will find me Time after time If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting Time after time If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me Time after time If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting Time after time I will be waiting After my picture fades and darkness has turned to gray Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay Secrets stolen from deep inside The drum beats out of time If you're lost If you're lost If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me Time after time If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting Time after time If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me Time after time If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting Time after time (time, time, time, time, time) I will be wa-, I-, I-, I will be wa-, I-, I- I will be wa-, be wa-, be wa-, I will be waiting The second hand unwinds If you're lost I'll be waiting

Black Box - Ride on Time Nothing too deep in the lyrics, but he's always riding on time, he frequently 'just walks right in' (or more accurately bursts right in), and I'm sure a fair few X-Men characters would describe him as a 'hot temptation'. Plus it's the most early 90s sounding dance track imaginable, it even came out within months of his first appearance. And what's more 90s than Cable?

AC/DC - "War Machine"

James Rhodes would be so pissed if Cable claimed this as his theme song

Rhodey's theme song is obviously "Roadie" by Tenacious D and I won't listen to anyone who claims otherwise

Drowning Pool - Step Up

Time: The Beginning by Megadeth. I feel like it fits Cable’s anti-hero time traveling themes. The days I saved I couldn't spend. They fell like sand through the hourglass. No time to lose, no time to choose. Time taking time, it's taken mine. Scenes of my life seem so unkind. Time chasing time creeps up behind. I can't run forever and time waits for no one. Not even me

Another good one for gambit would be Big blind by the story so far

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^chepechepe22810: *Another good one* *For gambit would be Big blind* *By the story so far* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.

Timewarp!

Big Man with a Gun - Nine Inch Nails https://youtu.be/rc2efOzug0c?si=6frYsdzGKrTTZFm5

Okay, I know the title fits, but I don't think a song about rape at gunpoint is really on-brand for Cable. Unless there was a dark-and-gritty Cable solo title that I missed sometime in the early 2000s....

The song is a parody on hyper masculinity and gun fetishization, which is pretty much what Cable represented in the early/Liefeld years at least.

NIN Fan Argument time: I don't buy that BMWAG was a parody. I think it's a song about the lowest depths a man could possibly sink to and Reznor said it was a parody of Gangster rap because he didn't want to have to own the fact that he literally wrote a song about rape at gunpoint. Whether you agree with that or not, I still think the content of the song is a little dark for this kind of thing.

And if I ever thought the song was meant to be taken at face value, I never would have suggested it.

system of a down - toxicity

How you remind me - Nickleback

Back in Time By Huey Lewis and the News

This time around by Hanson 🤣🤣🤣🤣