Soundtrack Sunday – EXHUMED Edition

When we last left Zara, she had fun kickass songs. Now…angst, angst, and MOAR ANGST.

It’s the Exhumed playlist.

Note: A lot of the standard Zara songs from the Bloodlines soundtrack also apply here but I didn’t want to repeat them.

Stone Sour – “Through Glass” 
Crazy!Nate song
But no one ever tells you//That forever feels like home//Sitting all alone inside your head

Slipknot – “Snuff“
MOAR Crazy!Nate, specifically when he asks her to kill him.
So if you love me, let me go

Des’ree – “Kissing You“
Kissy song. For the first kissy scene stuff, where Nate says he remembers everything.
But watching stars without you//My soul cried

Ben Cocks feat. Nikisha Reyes-Pile – “So Cold”
Now we get to the angst portion of the soundtrack.
You caused my heart to bleed and//You still owe me a reason

Damien Rice – “I Remember” 
MOAR ANGST. In all seriousness, it’s hard to beat this in terms of a song about the brutal pain of a breakup.
Nothing is taking me down//Except you, my love…

Michelle Featherstone – “Stay“
If I was sincere//Whispered my fears//Would you still be here?//Would you stay? 

Linkin Park – “In The End“
When Zara goes to the farmhouse and starts throwing people out the window/blasting away with her shotgun.
Trying to hold on but didn’t even know//I wasted it all just to watch you go

Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
So we get real literal here as Zara…kind of sets a house on fire. Much of the book deals with betrayal, or perceived betrayal, and this song could’ve been written for it.

Flyleaf – “Breathe Today“
When [spoilers] bursts into Nic/Peri’s house and attacks Zara in the latter half of the book, this was my chick fight song.

How to Destroy Angels – “A Drowning”
There’s a chapter called “Drowning” in the book, IIRC when Zara’s breaking down and Ellie’s the only one who understands (since he can see from her POV)–I specifically had this song in mind
I don’t think I can save myself//I’m drowning here

Pocahontas Soundtrack – “If I Never Knew You“
Okay, STOP LAUGHING. I MEAN IT, SHUT UP. Yes, the chapter in the book with that title was named after this song and played in my head the whole goddamn time. Because Nate is a fucking SAP and is laughing because he gave me this as an earworm.

Walls Of Jericho – “No Saving Me“
When Zara’s dragged out of “sleep”, while in the dungeon of the Court’s building.
How long will I take to bleed//These is no saving me//How far will you go to hold on

E.S. Posthumus – “Ebla”
Basically the entire final climax of the book had this song playing in the background for me.

Mumford & Sons – “I Gave You All“
This was originally my epilogue song when I pictured the end of the book.
I never meant you any harm//But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearms

Mika – “Happy Ending“
This ended up being the actual song I listened to the most while writing said epilogue, however.
This is the way you left me//I’m not pretending//No hope, no love, no glory//No Happy Ending//This is the way that we love//Like it’s forever//Then live the rest of our life//But not together

“9 Crimes” Bonus:

Damien Rice – “9 Crimes“
This should be fairly obvious given that it’s the title of the novella. I also listened to it a lot while writing Exhumed, but it was the theme song primarily for Nate’s story. (He actually makes me listen to a lot of Damien Rice. I don’t mind.)
It’s the wrong time//She’s pulling me through//It’s a small crime//And I’ve got no excuse

“Sunrise” Bonus:

Elvis Costello – “She“
I include it here because it also takes place during Exhumed, but when I wrote Nate’s short story, “Sunrise”, there’s a reference to this song too. It’s what Nate was creepily singing while painting bloody windows on the walls.