Soundtrack Sunday – LINEAGE Edition

What does Peri like to listen to when she’s brutally killing someone? The answer might surprise you. Read on for my Lineage playlist.

Godsmack – “I Stand Alone”
This has been Peri’s theme for as long as I can remember. It’s dark. It’s violent. It’s about being used as a pawn by others and realizing, well, that you stand alone.
Make me believe that this place isn’t plagued by the poison in me//Help me decide if my fire will burn out before you can breathe

Utada Hikaru – “Devil Inside”
Peri generally hates J-pop…unless she’s being particularly violent. All of the fight scenes in Lineage were written to J-pop. I have no idea why, she apparently likes the contrast. Specifically, the scene midway through where she’s trailing demon magic through the city and sees the kid being grabbed as a sacrifice–that was when she first specified “PUT ON THE J-POP, BITCH.”

Evanescence – “My Immortal”
I don’t think you can write a book about someone grieving as deeply as Peri without including this song. Of course, Peri is so self-absorbed she has no idea that this is how Nicolette feels about losing Annalise.
If you have to leave//I wish that you would just leave//Your presence still lingers here//And it won’t leave me alone

X Japan – “Forever Love“
The only reason there’s a soft romantic acoustic song on this playlist is because it was played at Peri’s wedding (prior to the book, and therefore prior to her being a socipathic demon merc we all know and love).

Jonatha Brooke – “What You Don’t Know“
Try to remember, try to forget//Those yesterdays bleeding through

Apocalyptica – “Farewell“
Peri contemplates suicide and picks up the gun in Zara’s apartment after she escapes Bravo Division (and blows everything up).

Linkin Park – “Breaking the Habit“
This is basically Peri’s song about being a terrible, unhappy person doing awful things and…well, perhaps not breaking out of it, but at least contemplating change and maybe not killing herself.
Memories consume//Like opening the wound//I’m picking me apart again

Florence + The Machine – “Falling“
Because falling’s not the problem//When I’m falling I’m in peace//It’s only when I hit the ground//It causes all the grief

Apocalyptica – “Worlds Collide“
The climax of Lineage was written to this.

Utada Hikaru (U2 Cover) – “With or Without You”
It’s back to Utada for my Peri/Nic theme. Although it’s too sappy and Peri would never admit it, yes, absolutely, this was their theme while writing.
See the stone set in your eyes//See the thorn twist in your side//I wait for you

Beck – “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” 
An epilogue song, and one that encapsulates Peri by the end of the book, IMO.