We Call It Living: A The Fault In Our Stars Fanmix
I read John Green’s New York Times Best Seller The Fault In Our Stars the day it arrived on my doorstep (courtesy of Rachelle), and since then I’ve been mulling over a playlist of songs to reflect on some of the things I took away from it: thoughts on the joys of love and life, as well as death and how we cope with it— both others’ and the inevitability of our own.
You can listen to the playlist streaming on Grooveshark, or click the song titles below to go to their Amazon download pages and support the artists (where available).
- Switchfoot - “Needle and Haystack Life”
It’s no accident we’re here tonight
We are once in a lifetime - Snow Patrol - “Chasing Cars”
Those three words are said too much
They’re not enough - Sixpence None the Richer - “Kiss Me”
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor - The Spring Standards - “Bells and Whistles”
So long until we meet again
In the sky where nothing ever ends - Thomas Newmann - “Any Other Name”
- Florence + the Machine - “Between Two Lungs”
The air has filled me, head to toe
And I can see the ground far below - The Postal Service - “There’s Never Enough Time”
There’s barely time
For us to breathe - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - “Complication With Optimistic Outcome”
- Regina Spektor - “Hero”
I’m the hero of this story
Don’t need to be saved - Mumford & Sons - “Ghosts That We Knew”
And you knelt beside
My hope torn apart - Ben Folds Five - “Hospital Song”
I need a second opinion
I don’t believe that it’s true - Death Cab For Cutie - “What Sarah Said”
And it came to me then
That every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time - Jon Foreman - “Learning How To Die”
Please, don’t talk about the end
Don’t talk about how every living thing goes away
