Music is amazing. It speaks a language we all can understand, and it can speak volumes of who you are as a person. Music has been what I affectionately call my “best friend/biggest enemy” since I was a child. I’d spend hours in my bedroom with my stereo blasting as I wrote stories I’ll never remember. I’m pretty sure my mother should have invested in ear plugs. As it is, music is an enormous part of my everyday life (and my kids are slowly learning to love the same music I do. Yay, exposure therapy!).
Here, I’ll list songs to songs that inspire me while writing—or that I fixate on randomly!
Sleep Well, My Angel — We Are the Fallen
Moral of the Story — Ashe ft Niall Horan
Fuck Authority — Pennywise
Red is the Rose — High Kings
Maybe This Time — Liza Minelli
If I Ever Leave This World Alive — Flogging Molly
Mordred’s Lullaby — Heather Dale
Alyssa Lies — Jason Michael Carroll
Green Fields of France — Dropkick Murphys
Hello — Evanescence
Gaslighter — The Chicks
Dirty Laundry — Don Henley
Where Are We Going from Here? — Blackmore’s Night
Radio Silence — John Bird, Jr
Requiem — Laura Dreyfuss, Michael Park, Jennifer Laura Thompson
Heavy — Linkin Park and Kiiara
I Don’t Believe You — P!nk
Manic Pixie Dream Girl — ettie
Broken Window Serenade — Whiskey Myers
Let’s Take a Drive — Christian Kane
Hear Me Now (Acoustic) — Framing Hanley
Wilder — John Bird, Jr
Best Deceptions — Dashboard Confessional
Used to Be — Steve Aoki, Kiiara, and Wiz Khalifa
Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) — Elle King and Miranda Lambert
Grey Room — Damien Rice
Family Tradition — Senses Fail
Deep End — I Prevail
Lucky Enough — Carvin Walls
Family Tree — RØRY
Alone — I Prevail
Doomed — I Prevail
Angels Like You — Miley Cyrus
Resentment — Kesha
Kill the Girl — RØRY
Sweet Creature — Harry Styles
Almost Lover — A Fine Frenzy
A Letter to Everyone Who’s Hurt Me — Chandler Leighton
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? — Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Copperhead Road — Steve Earle
How Do I Say Goodbye — Dean Lewis
Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) — Chevelle
Lilith — Halsey