Playlists
I listen to music all the time, especially when I am writing (or roleplaying), and one of the things I like to do is make up playlists for my characters/stories. I find music helps me get into the “mood” required for writing, and if I have a list of songs that I associate with a certain character or story, it helps make fighting writer’s block so much easier.
Here’s a short list of some of the songs I like to listen to to get me in the mood to work on Ordinary People.
While Your Lips Are Still Red - Nightwish
Kiss while your lips are still red / While he’s still silent
Rest while bosom is still untouched, unveiled
Hold another hand while the hand’s still without a tool / Drown into eyes while they’re still blind
Love while the night still hides the withering dawn
The Walk - Imogen Heap
Inside out, upside-down twisting beside myself
Stop that now, ’cause you and I were never meant to meet
I think you better leave; it’s not safe in here / I feel a weakness coming on
Breathe - Alexi Murdoch
In the quiet of the shadow / In the corner of a room
Darkness moves upon you / Like a cloud across the moon
Monster - Meg & Dia
His little whispers / “Love me. Love me.” / That’s all I ask for /”Love me. Love me.”
He battered his tiny fists to feel something / Wondered what it’s like to touch and feel something
Monster. How should I feel? / Creatures lie here / Looking through the windows
You Found Me - Kelly Clarkson
Is this a dream? / If it is please don’t wake me from this high
I’d become comfortably numb / Until you opened up my eyes
To what it’s like / When everything’s right
Greatest Story Ever Told - Oliver James
And if I lived a thousand years you know / I never could explain
The way I lost my heart to you that day / But if destiny decided I should’ve looked the other way
Then the world would never know / The greatest story ever told
And did I tell you that I love you tonight
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating / And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming
Wondering if it’s me you’re seeing /And then I kiss your eyes and thank God we’re together
I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever / Forever and ever
Mystery - Brooke Fraser
Your love / Endures forever / Your love / Changes me
Your love / Makes me whole / Makes me better / Your love endures
Originally published at Working Title. You can comment here or there.