fancydressmasks

Oh can I just add a few more:

Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie (If you hear this I don't think it'll need much explanation!)

Black Hole - Aqualung

Sooner or later this will fall apart
It takes more than science to save a failing heart
I wanted to keep you and hide you from the sun
but no one could reach you

Makes me think of Grace dying.


You say I'm a black hole
Sigularity
My own supernova
A blazing blind catastrophe
And for once I was a star
A long time before that
Somebody's sun

This makes me think of Rich before and after Grace - 'For once I was a star, a long time before that, somebody's sun'

But enough of these pointless noises
Enough of just counting down
This is not a test
If hope is not the answer then maybe I misunderstood Oh the question
Because there must be someway
I want it so so..
There's always someway

Well enough of these final nothings
There's no time to reconsider
So love was not the answer but maybe I misunderstood the question
Because it must be somewhere
I read it somewhere
There's always someway

This makes me think of them both as people - 'if love is not the answer, then maybe I misunderstood the question' explains them both well. 'There must be some way, there's always some way' makes me think of Rich initially unable to accept Grace's death, then 'so love was not the answer' him realising that his love for couldn't save her. The end - 'I read it somewhere, there's always some way' makes me think of Grace's fairytales and the way they caused her to believe in happy endings.

The First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes


Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go

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Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said “this is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”

So if you want to be with me
With these things there’s no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me

This makes me think of their relationship as a whole. 'I think I was blind before I met you' fits well from Rich's POV, and 'I'm glad I didn't die before I met you' from Grace's. The rest of the song describes their relationship really well, and the sweetness of it ('I mean I really think you like me') is an added bonus as it fits them too.