songs that inspire me to write, or are just beautiful. <3
diamonds next to songs mean they are ones I've used in stories, or ones I plan to use.
1. "First Day of My Life" ; Bright Eyes ◊
2. "I'm Yours" ; Jason Mraz
3. "The Day I Left the Womb" ; Escape the Fate ◊
4. "The Bottom of Everything" ; Bright Eyes ◊
5. "Be the One" ; The Ting Tings ◊
6. "Tall Tall Grass" ; Tilly and the Wall ◊
7. "Earthquake" ; The Used
8. "Yellow" ; Coldplay ◊
9. "Northern Downpour" ; Panic at the Disco ◊
10. "Mary" ; Noah and the Whale ◊
11. "Disenchanted" ; My Chemical Romance ◊
12. "Little Hands" ; Duncan Sheik
13. "Hide and Seek" ; Imogen Heap ◊
14. "Remembering Sunday" ; All Time Low ◊
15. "Here (In Your Arms)" ; Hellogoodbye ◊
16. "Sally's Song" ; [covered by] Amy Lee/Fiona Apple ◊
17. "Us" ; Regina Spektor ◊
18. "Your Hand in Mine" ; Explosions in the Sky [orchestrational] ◊
19. "Somedays" ; Regina Spektor ◊
20. "Turn Around" ; They Might Be Giants
21. "Electro-Shock Blues" ; Eels ◊
22. "Braille" ; Regina Spektor ◊
23. "Starlight" ; Muse
24. "My Immortal" ; Evanescence ◊ ◊ ◊
25. "Falling Awake" ; Gary Jules ◊
26. "I'm Not Dancing" ; The Goatmen
27. "From Mountain Movers, To Lazy Losers" ; Fireworks
28. "I Miss You" ; Blink-182 ◊
29. "Colorblind" ; [covered by] Natalie Walker
30. "The Sharpest Lives" ; My Chemical Romance
31. "Icky Thump" ; The White Stripes
32. "Lover I Don't Need to Love" ; Bright Eyes ◊
33. "Duality" ; Bayside
34. "Mistakes We Haven't Made" ; A Rocket to the Moon
35. "State of Mind" ; Mad Caddies
36. "Corn Swimming" ; The Philharmonic Orchestra [Tideland Original Soundtrack] ◊
37. "The Word of Your Body" ; Spring Awakening Original Cast
38. "Burn Your House Brown" ; Cardiacs
39. "I Will Remember You" ; Sarah McLachlan ◊
40. "Perfect" ; Alanis Morissette
41. "Happiness" ; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown [1999 Revival Cast]
42. "Without You" ; Original RENT cast
43. "We Are Gonna Be Friends" ; The White Stripes
44. "Poor Jack" ; Danny Elfman
45. "Falling to Pieces" ; Avril Lavigne ◊
46. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby ; Counting Crows
47. "Tell Me Baby" ; Red Hot Chili Peppers
48. "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" ; The Postal Service ◊
49. "Geraldine" ; Glasvegas
50. "Blue Orchid" ; The White Stripes
51. "Speeding Cars" ; Imogen Heap ◊
52. "Hold On" ; Good Charlotte
53. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" ; [covered by] Kristen Chenoweth ◊
54. "Hallelujah" ; [paramore, covered by] Vitamin String Quartet [orchestrational] ◊
55. "Hum Hallelujah" ; Fall Out Boy
56. "For You I Will (Confidence)" ; Teddy Geiger ◊
57. "Sweet Talk 101" ; Cute Is What We Aim For ◊
58. "Stay Together for the Kids" ; Blink-182
59. "Mad World" ; [covered by] Gary Jules
60. "I'm a Ghost" ; The Philharmonic Orchestra [Tideland Original Soundtrack]
61. "Suzanne" ; Tori Amos ◊
62. "Ghost of Corporate Future" ; Regina Spektor ◊
63. "Eve" ; Chantal Kreviazuk ◊
64. "Holiday" ; Boys Like Girls ◊
65. "Leslie Anne Levine" ; The Decemberists
66. "Rainbows in the Dark" ; Tilly and the Wall
67. "Shape of My Heart" ; Noah and the Whale
68. "New Romantic" ; Laura Marling ◊
69. "Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind" ; Spring Awakening Original Cast
70. "Tiger Lily" ; Matchbook Romance
71. "How Far We've Come" ; Matchbox Twenty ◊
72. "You Can Put Her In Your Pocket" ; The White Stripes
73. "Hello" - Evanescence
74. "Left Behind" ; Spring Awakening Original Cast
75. "Something I Can Never Have" ; Nine Inch Nails
76. "That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)" ; Panic at the Disco ◊
77. "Poor Little Rich Boy" ; Regina Spektor ◊
78. "Ode to Divorce" ; Regina Spektor ◊
79. "Tell Mary" ; Meg & Dia
80. "Zero" ; Hawk Nelson
81. "Easy/Lucky/Free" ; Bright Eyes
82. "Your Daddy's Son" ; Audra McDonald (in Ragtime) ◊
83. "Roses" ; Meg & Dia ◊
84. "Down" ; Blink-182
85. "Only Hope" ; Mandy Moore ◊
86. "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" ; Original Cast of RENT
87. "Come On Petunia" ; The Blow
88. "The Guardian's Song" ; Pokemon 2000 Soundtrack ◊
89. "Wild Child" ; Enya
90. "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" ; Death Cab for Cutie ◊
91. "Easy to Be Hard" ; Galt McDermmott (in HAIR [original cast])
92. "And Then There Were None" ; Spring Awakening Original Cast
93. "Superman (It's Not Easy)" ; Five For Fighting
94. "Here We Go Again" ; Paramore
95. "Think About It" ; Flight of the Conchords
96. "Running From Del" ; The Philharmonic Orchestra [Tideland Original Soundtrack]
97. "Slow Motion" ; Third Eye Blind
98. "Perfect" ; Simple Plan
99. "Bullets for Butterfly Wings" ; Smashing Pumpkins
100. "Emo Guy" ; The Moaning Myrtles
101. "Underdog Victorious" ; Jill Sobule
102. "Sancken's Doll" ; Natalie Walker
103. "Temper, Temper" ; Envy on the Coast
104. "Situations" ; Escape the Fate
105. "One Day, Robots Will Cry" ; Cobra Starship
106. "When It Rains" ; Paramore ◊
107. "100 Years" ; Five For Fighting
108. "Make You Smile" ; Plus 44
109. "What's a Boy to Do" ; Mat Kearney ◊
110. "The Minstrel's Prayer" ; Cartel
111. "Videotape" ; Radiohead ◊
112. "Walk Through Hell" ; [covered by] Say Anything ◊
113. "Franklin" ; Paramore ◊
114. "Everybody's Fool" ; Evanescence
115. "Sing For Absolution" ; Muse
116. "Fidelity" ; Regina Spektor
117. "Thunder (Acoustic)" ; Boys Like Girls
118. "Hotel Yorba" ; The White Stripes
119. "Hello" ; Hawk Nelson
120. "The Riddle" ; Five For Fighting
121. "The Drop" ; Peter Gabriel ◊
122. "All You Need Is Love" ; [covered by] Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe Original Soundtrack)
123. "Blackbird" ; [covered by] Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe Original Soundtrack)
124. "My Manic and I" ; Laura Marling ◊
125. "My Heart" ; Paramore
126. "Animal I Have Become" ; Three Days Grace
127. "Broken Man" ; Boys Like Girls
128. "Listen to the Rain" ; Evanescence ◊
129. "Losing My Religion" ; R.E.M.
130. "2 Bodies, One Heart" ; Noah and the Whale ◊
131. "The Juggernauts" ; Zebrahead ◊
132. "Where the Streets Have No Name" ; U2 ◊
133. "Ever After Happily" ; Jay Brannan
134. "Grow Old With You" ; Stephen Lynch (in The Wedding Singer)
135. "Dark Shines" ; Muse
136. "Pot Kettle Black" ; Tilly and the Wall
137. "Two Headed Boy" ; Neutral Milk Hotel
138. "Home on Christmas Day" ; [covered by] Kristen Chenoweth ◊
139. "Look What Happened to Mabel" ; Bernedette Peters (in Mack & Mabel)
140. "Send in the Clowns" ; Barbra Streisand ◊
141. "Not While I'm Around" ; Helena Bonham Carter & Edward Sanders (in Sweeney Todd)
142. "Heels Over Head" ; Boys Like Girls
143. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" ; [covered by] Kristen Chenoweth ◊
144. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" ; [covered by] Martin Luther McCoy (Across the Universe Original Soundtrack)
145. "Carbon Monoxide" ; Regina Spektor ◊
146. "Ghosts" ; Laura Marling
147. "In the Chair With Daddy" ; The Philharmonic Orchestra [Tideland Original Soundtrack]
148. "Lyrical Lies" ; Cute Is What We Aim For
149. "Still Fighting It" ; Ben Folds
150. "Up Against the World" ; Boys Like Girls
151. "Broken Heart" ; Motion City Soundtrack
152. "War On Drugs" ; Barenaked Ladies ◊
153. "Ghost" ; Neutral Milk Hotel
154. "Two Headed Boy Pt. 2" ; Neutral Milk Hotel
155. "Nude" ; Radiohead
156. "In Our Bedroom After the War" ; Stars ◊
157. "Imagine" ; John Lennon ◊
158. "Saying Sorry" ; Hawthorne Heights
159. "I Don't Care" ; Fall Out Boy
160. "Golden" ; Fall Out Boy
161. "My Favorite Accident" ; Motion City Soundtrack
162. "Miracle Drug" ; U2 ◊
163. "Human" ; The Killers
164. "Viva La Vida" ; Coldplay ◊
165. "You Don't Know Me" ; Ben Folds [feat. Regina Spektor] ◊
166. "If You'll Stay In My Past (Part One) ; Maria Mena
167. "Littlest Things" ; Lily Allen
168. "Will I?" ; Original RENT cast
169. "Where'd You Go?" ; Fort Minor ◊
170. "For Good" ; Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth (in Wicked)
171. "Lost" ; Coldplay ◊
172. "Am I The Only One?" ; Barenaked Ladies ◊
173. "On Top of the World" ; Boys Like Girls
174. "The Kill (Bury Me)" ; 30 Seconds to Mars
175. "Rette Mich" ; Tokio Hotel
176. "This Woman's Work" ; Kate Bush ◊
177. "Father Figure" ; George Michael
178. "My Lullaby" ; Maria Mena
179. "Hero" ; Regina Spektor
180. "Better" ; Regina Spektor
181. "The Sound Of Pulling Heaven Down" ; Blue October
182. "Everything Sucks When You're Gone" ; MXPX
183. "Alice Childress" ; Ben Folds
184. "Brick" Ben Folds Five
185. "Breathe" ; Michelle Branch
186. "Breathe (2 A.M.)" ; Anna Nalick
187. "How to Save a Life" ; The Fray
188. "Waiting on the World to Change" ; John Mayer
189. "That's Not My Name" ; The Ting Tings
190. "Internal Dialouge" ; Maria Mena
191. "On the Radio" ; Regina Spektor
192. "Buildings and Mountains" ; The Republic Tigers
193. "Pork and Beans" ; Weezer
194. "My Name Is Jonas" ; Weezer
195. "Vergessene Kinder" ; Tokio Hotel ◊
196. "Don't Blame It On the Ocean Floor" ; Fireworks ◊
197. "Chasing Cars" ; Snow Patrol ◊
198. "Wonderwall" ; Oasis
199. "Let It Rain" ; Tilly and the Wall
200. "With You" ; Natalie Walker
201. "If You'll Stay In My Past (Part Two) ; Maria Mena
202. "Urban Angel" ; Natalie Walker
203. "Shoplifters of the World (Unite and Takeover)" ; The Smiths ◊
204. "Girlfriend in a Coma" ; The Smiths
205. "My Vietnam" ; P!nk
206. "Samson" ; Regina Spektor
207. "City of Blinding Lights" ; U2
208. "Hotel Paper" ; Michelle Branch
209. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" ; Nine Days
210. "What Dreams Are Made Of" ; Hilary Duff
211. "The Latest Plague" ; From First to Last
212. "The Fall of Adam" ; Marilyn Manson
213. "I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Hall Anthem)" ; Good Charlotte
214. "Asleep" ; The Smiths ◊
215. "Never Again" ; Kittie
216. "Sophie" ; Eleanor McEvoy
217. "Hollie (Would You Turn Me On?)" ; All Time Low
218. "20 Dollar Nosebleed" ; Fall Out Boy
219. "Graduation Day" ; Head Automatica
220. "Born For This" ; Paramore
221. "We Are Broken" ; Paramore
222. "Hear You Me" ; Jimmy Eat World
223. "Field Below" ; Regina Spektor
224. "Don't Let Me Get Me" ; P!nk
225. "If You'll Stay in My Past (Part Three) - maria mena
226. "Music Box" ; Regina Spektor
227. "I'm Going Home" ; Tim Curry (in The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
228. "The End." ; My Chemical Romance
229. "Wash Away" ; Joe Purdy
230. "All I Want Is You" ; Barry Louis Ploisar
231. "Tire Swing" ; Kimya Dawson
232. "Loose Lips" ; Kimya Dawson
233. "Anyone Else But You" ; The Moldy Peaches
234. "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" ; Fall Out Boy
235. "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" ; Fall Out Boy
236. "Alive" ; Pearl Jam
237. "Don't Lets Start" ; They Might Be Giants
238. "Monster" ; Meg & Dia
239. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" ; Sarah McLaghlan ◊
240. "The Little Drummer Boy" ; [covered by] David Bowie and Bing Crosby
241. "Famous Last Words" ; My Chemical Romance
242. "Damsel in Distress" ; Idina Menzel
243. "Your Heart Is An Empty Room" ; Death Cab for Cutie
244. "Pretty In Punk" ; Fall Out Boy
245. "Marching Band of Manhattan" ; Death Cab for Cutie ◊
246. "Nine in the Afternoon" ; Panic at the Disco
247. "Our Battles" ; Maria Mena
248. "He's Hurting Me" ; Maria Mena
249. "November Rain" ; [Guns 'n' Roses, covered by] Vitamin String Quartet [orchestrational]
250. "Time Bomb" ; Rancid
251. "Whatsername" ; Green Day
252. "Photograph" ; Nickelback
253. "Walk On" ; U2
254. "Night Terror" ; Laura Marling
255. "Cassie (Acoustic)" ; Flyleaf ◊
256. "Much Like Falling" ; Flyleaf
257. "The Electric Co." ; U2
258. "Drops of Jupiter" ; Train
259. "Strawberry Fields Forever" ; The Beatles
260. "The State I Am" ; Belle and Sebastian
261. "Jeremy" ; Pearl Jam
262. "Am I Not Pretty Enough?" ; Kasey Chambers ◊
263. "Get It Up" ; Mindless Self Indulgence
264. "Purple Haze" ; The Jimi Hendrix Experience
265. "Revenge" ; Mindless Self Indulgence
266. "Here Comes the Rain Again" ; Eurythmics ◊
267. "Barcelona Loves You" ; I'm From Barcelona
268. "Real Love" [covered by] Regina Spektor
269. "Three Little Birds" ; Bob Marley
270. "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" ; Billy Joel
271. "Misery Business" ; Paramore
272. "Walking in the Air" ; Chloe Agnew ◊
273. "Fall For You" ; Secondhand Serenade
274. "Voices Carry" ; [covered by] The Click Five
275. "Little Girls" ; Oingo Boingo
276. "Swisskapolka" ; Disney ◊
278. "The Freshman" ; The Verve Pipe
279. "Hey There, Delilah" ; Plain White T's ◊
280. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" ; Aerosmith
281. "The Joker" ; Steve Miller Band
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