infinitydefines

since my large bout of depression, midlife crisis, whatever you want to call it this weekend, my playlist has had the same 31 songs on it. some of them i haven't listened to in up to 5+ years, but for some reason, they strike a chord with me again. some of them are by bands i don't listen to, but the one song found it's way onto my computer for one reason or another, and it just fits my mood. all of them must have some general theme, and i want to know what it is.

1. american nightmare*: your arsonist
2. sigor ros: staralfur
3. american nightmare: hearts
4. saves the day: freakish
5. american nightmare: am/pm
6. smashing pumpkins: tonight, tonight
7. american nightmare: shoplifting in a ghost town
8. my chemical romance: early sunsets over monroeville
9. bjork: scatterheart
10. the cure: charlotte sometimes
11.american nightmare: (we are)
12. catch 22: neverending story
13. american nightmare: farewell
14. american nightmare: there is a black hole in the shadow of the pru
15. the smiths: jack the ripper
16. american nightmare: i saved latin
17. afi: ...but home is nowhere
18. american nightmare: postmark my compass
19. catch 22: beguile the time
20. american nightmare: god save the queen
21. american nightmare: ic you are feeling drake
22. my chemical romance: skylines and turnstiles
23. weezer: el scorcho
24. catch 22: rocky
25. the used: take it away
26. catch 22: alone in a crowd
27. catch 22: bloomfield ave.
28. catch 22: chin up
29. weezer: butterfly
30. my chemical romance: romance
31. weezer: across the sea

*i absolutely REFUSE to call american nightmare "give up the ghost", despite the fact that they were forced to change their name for bullshit reasons. their full album, "background music" is the one that's on the playlist (and the reason for so many of their songs being on there). i hate hardcore screamo shit with a passion, but something about wes' lyrics hits home. i keep the booklet for that cd with the lyrics in my bookcase, because they aren't lyrics to a song, their invididual poems. the music itself i hate, but that booklet will be with me forever.