playlist

playlist of the month. or of the moment. whatever i decide.

winter playlist: “weathery days”

i made this playlist for dark, somewhat groggy, peaceful, rainy or blustery days. we don’t have a lot of them in tucson, so it’s always very exciting when i get to play this. these songs are, i think, heavy like the weather but light enough to let you want to drink a cup of tea rather than get bogged down.

first, by lyrics:

1. “i’ll always remember/it was late afternoon/it lasted forever/and ended too soon”

2. “i’ve always looked in through your glasses/but all i could see/was the spectre of me reflected/the empty shell of me”

3. “if i could bottle up the chills that you give me/i would keep them in a jar next to my bed”

4. “burn it down/until the embers smoke on the ground/and start new when your heart is an empty room”

5. “our shells simply cannot hold/all our insides in/and that’s when we’ll explode”

6. “can i begin another day/whilst this old day is still alive/refusing to be put away”

7. “i dreamed i was dying/as i so often do/and when i awoke/i was sure it was true”

8. “our time is through/still i burn on and on/all of my life”

9. “your face lit up on beats of lightning”

10. “we just lay awake in lust/and rust in the rain”

11. “it’s been so long since I’ve seen the ocean/i guess i should”

12. “these days with the world getting colder/she spends more time sleeping over/at my place”

13. “we’ll all float on ok/we’ll all float on anyway”

14. “you’re ok/you’ve got your head screwed on right/we’re holding hands to meet the band tonight”

15. “nas horas do dia/espero a noite”

or, if you’re boring, by artist and title:

1. “cry” by mandy moore

2. “your glasses” by maria mena

3. “woman” by maroon 5

4. “your heart is an empty room” by death cab for cutie

5. “we will become silhouettes” by the postal service

6. “5:55″ by charlotte gainsbourg

7. “calendar girl” by stars

8. “forever” by mariah carey

9. “lost girls” by tilly and the wall

10. “on love, in sadness” by jason mraz

11. “a long december” by counting crows

12. “covered in rain” by john mayer

13. “float on (modest mouse cover)” by ben lee

14. “following camden down” by tarkio

15. “onde estas” by nelly furtado