Tuesday, April 1, 2025

A Non Exhaustive List of My Very Favorite Songs in No Particular Order (plus my favorite lyrics from them as a treat)

I filed through my endless playlists to compile these all for you, and I enjoyed the process. Many of these were recommended to me by friends, and that makes them all the more special to me! I'll update this post as I find more favorites.



1. The Moon by The Microphones ☆

We found a precious place in the sand / Right out in the wind, and we lied under a blanket / And heard the furious sound / The roar of waves / The pounding surf / Two bodies on the earth / It was intense just getting to be there next to you / And you were trying to get me then / And I was happy to let you in


2. Between the Bars by Elliott Smith

Drink up, baby / Look at the stars / I'll kiss you again / Between the bars / Where I'm seeing you there with your hands in the air / Waiting to finally be caught


3. The Biggest Lie by Elliott Smith

I'm waiting for the train / The subway that only goes one way / The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart / And make everybody late


4. Yellow by Coldplay*

Look at the stars / Look how they shine for you / And everything you do


5. Phoenix by Slaughter Beach, Dog ☆

Those nights your house kept secrets / We'd stumble up the stairs / My hands tore through your records / While your hands unpinned your hair / The both of us still green enough / To remove the other's clothes / A quiet signal of devotion / That I am happy to have known


6. Map of the Stars by Slaughter Beach, Dog ☆

Begging for brains in your prayers / Falling asleep on the stairs / Waking up angry and scared / Coughing up sand everywhere


7. Intersection by Slaughter Beach, Dog ☆

Pretending in unending joy / To hate to be alone / To adore the great unknown / When all I know is you / And all you are is home / The words don't sound the same / When we speak over the phone


8. New Friends by Pinegrove

What's the worst that could happen / End of summer and I'm still in love with her / I said / Forget it


9. Cosmonauts by Fiona Apple

I only like the way I look / When looking through your eyes / And when you come back / You command me like the penetration of the sun / Into the deep dark sky


10. Catalina Fight Song by Joyce Manor

There's no way / To keep in touch with certain people / Wonder how long something can last / Pretty sure most people don't think about that / But who the fuck's laughing now?


11. Why I Like The Robins by Hum ☆

And I like your raindrop collector / Splash in my eyes and makes everything else look like you / So hand me the glasses and teach me to use them / Show me the window, I wanna look too ☆


12. The Very Old Man by Hum ☆

Another drink, my love, and make it tall enough / So I can stand on it and see / All you've done for me / A world of curves and lines electric / Remember how you strung the colored lights / From Christmas tree to me


13. Cortez the Killer by Neil Young (specifically the Live Chicago 1989 version by Slint) ☆

And I know she's living there / And she loves me to this day / I still can't remember when / Or how I lost my way


14. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows

I wanna be a lion / Yeah, everybody wants to pass as cats / We all wanna be big, big stars / But we've got different reasons for that / Believe in me / 'Cause I don't believe in anything / And I wanna be someone / To believe


15. You Can't Live There Forever by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die

I have two favorite lyrics for this one...

There's tiny worlds inside your mind / Your fingers are a distant sky / You shove into your mouth / To block the whole sun out

Formless shapes in the darkness / We are as harmless as the thoughts in our heads / Drinking poison, chewing on concrete / Burning holes in the sheets of our beds


16. Bros by Wolf Alice ☆

Are your lights on? / Are your lights still on? / I'll keep you safe / You'll keep me strong


17. Haley by Big Thief

Just like that, he is holding my hand / Redirect, rearrange, bringing the moon to land / Oh / And oh, and it gets you down / When you get that notion / Anyway, you walk around / Anywhere that you are going / If you ever wanna come back / You know my arms are always open


18. Whale & Wasp by Alice In Chains

This song has no lyrics but it is beautiful!


19. Like a Fool by Superchunk

I still have briars in my clothes / Did I lay you down in those? / The names on the stones were all erased / And I thought it was you that I had chased


20. Schizophrenia by Sonic Youth

My future is static / It's already had it / I could tuck you in / And we could talk about it / I had a dream / And it split the scene / But I got a hunch / It's coming back to me


21. You Here With Me by David Schwartz*

From Arrested Development!

Sunshine in my fingers / We're living in your world now this time / This time I'm gonna be there / You here with me



☆Extra favorite/painful

*I don't care what anyone says!!! I LOVE THIS SONG TO PIECES!!!


- Charlotte

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