surrender to the storm -- writing soundtrack, pt. 1

[ohwhoahbaby]

So. I listen to music while I write, and I'm very guilty of searching lyrics for any connections to characters and formulating lists. So, instead of writing like I should be right now, I'm going to take a few minutes to list some of the songs and the lyrics that help me get to know the characters in my head.

Sometimes the lyrics are deep and introspective, and sometimes they're not. So, don't read too much into anything and how it might affect the story. Also, they might contain character development spoilers. Okay, they will. So. Be warned.

motion city soundtrack | disappear | my dinosaur life
* there are two versions of this song with the same lyrics. both are amazing and can lead to different takes.

i can disappear
anytime i want to, time i feel you
shovel through my skin
i am with you til the end

i can decompose
when it suits me, i accelerate it
wicked on all fours,
i surrender to the storm

this is ivy league | modern world |

the time of our lives, we would like to forget
the constant reminders, the constant regret
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we tried to outrun you, fast as we can
if you are a lion, i am a lamb
a bitter remark, a slap in the face
here comes your mother, fallen from grace
look in the mirror, what do you see?
the one thing you hated

patrick stump | spotlight (oh nostalgia )

cause i had a little bit of bad luck
no wonder this crumbling world's stuck
a little sweetness keeps just out of reach
cause compassion is something that they just don't teach

straylight run | another word for desperate

then he asked me, "what does that mean?"
whats another word for desperate
repetition makes an impression
whats another word for desperate
i won't be around here for too very long
three doors down | duck and run | the better life

so you call this your free country
tell me why it cost so much to live
tell me why
this world can turn me down
but i won’t turn away, oh no
i won’t turn around_
but everything is gone
there is nothing left to fear
this world cannot bring me down
no, cause i am already here

rihanna | russian roulette | rated r

and you can see my heart beating
no, you can see it through my chest
i'm terrified but i'm not leaving
know that i must pass this test
(but its too late to think of the value of my life)

kelly clarkson | addicted | breakaway

it's like you're a drug
it's like you're a demon i can't face down
it's like i'm stuck
it's like i'm running from you all the time
and i know i let you have all the power

three days grace | drown

good morning day
sorry i’m not there
but all my favorite friends
vanished in the air
it’s hard to fly when you can’t even run
once i had the world, but now i’ve got no one

company of thieves | pressure | ordinary riches

and I've tried hard to answer
all the questions that you've posed
tell me now how should i care
when i feel so alone
and so unloved

and the pressure is rising
i've been compromising for you

evanescence | whisper | fallen

fallen angels at my feet,
whispered voices at my ear
death before my eyes
lying next to me i fear
she beckons me shall i give in
upon my end shall i begin
forsaking all i've fallen for
i rise to meet the end

thirty seconds to mars | r-evolve | a beautiful lie

a revolution has begun today for me inside
the ultimate defense is to pretend
revolve around yourself just like an ordinary man
the only other option is to forget

does it feel like we've never been alive?
does it seem like it's only just begun?