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Find Me Playlist
If any of you have been following along with me, you already know I don’t write to music. I probably should. The right songs can get you in the mood for emotional scenes, block out distractions, and generally help you hit your word count.Considering I do a lot of my writing at work, my cubicle is outside the office’s only bathroom, and my coworkers love to eat Mexican food (but the Mexican food does not love them back), writing to music should probably be my go-to. But I never really thought about it until I was asked to do a playlist and, suddenly, I discovered all these great songs that were written expressly for FIND ME.
I know. I know. I’m like that girl who thinks every song on Top Forty Radio is about her break-up, but we’re going to do this anyway. It’ll be fun.
Heh. If only for me. First off?
Cut by Jimmy Eat World. When he sings how “you happened to me so I waited,” it just kills me. It’s exactly how I think of Griff seeing Wick for the first time. She wasn’t just another girl. She was an event. She was something that happened like a war or a blow. Everything else was what came after.
Desolation Row by My Chemical Romance. This is a great song, such a twisted take on fairytales and it’s exactly how Wick would see the world. Here, Romeo doesn’t say he loves Juliet instead he tells her “You belong to me.” After enduring years of abuse from her father that’s how Wick sees love. It’s belonging to someone. It’s being owned. And then she meets Griff.
Why Part 2 by Collective Soul. Such a great song. It’s about love and loss and faking it. The singer’s trying to be everything his lover needs and it’s never enough. He’s only left “here with the blame.” Wick has tried to be everything for her sister and, in the end, it isn’t enough—until Lily’s kidnapped and Wick’s the only one who can find her.
The Only Exception by Paramore. Wick has everything figured out. Like the song says, she’s “got a tight grip on reality.” Or does she? Because Griff’s nothing like Wick expected. He’s “the only exception” she’s ever made. And, when she faces down the man who determined to kill her sister, Griff’s the only person still at her side.
As always, an enormous thank you to Books for Company for having me. Writers are hugely lucky to have bloggers like Jodie on their side. Hope you've enjoyed the playlist and I hope you enjoy FIND ME!!
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Hi Jodie! Thank you for hosting me!
ReplyDeleteOhh great playlist! Adding all of them to my Spotify loop. Thanks so much for sharing:)
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