Stories & Songs #3

Today it's my birthday so I'm here with another installment of one of my personal favourite posts, Stories & Songs! You can find the previous posts here and here, and all of the songs mentioned can be found in this playlist!

Frenchman's Creek

by Daphne du Maurier

"Legendary Lovers"

Katy Perry

Take me down to the river

Underneath the blood-orange sun

Say my name like a scripture

Keep my heart beating like a drum

Legendary lovers, we could be legendary

La la la la la

Legendary lovers, we should be legendary

La la la la la

Go down in history

Go down together,

Into infinity,

Forever

Your Cleopatra

Your blushing Juliet

Anything for your love

Scarlet

by Marissa Meyer

"Cosmic Love"

Florence + the Machine

And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat

I tried to find the sound

But then it stopped, and I was in the darkness,

So darkness I became

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out

You left me in the dark

No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight

In the shadow of your heart

I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map

And knew that somehow I could find my way back

Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too

So I stayed in the darkness with you

Carmilla

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

"Sinéad"

Within Temptation

I've gotta try

It's not over yet

No signals of love

Have you left

My heart is bleeding just for you

Bleeds only for you

And it hurts to know the truth

Are you looking saviours

Chasing a dream

Love turned to hate

Now I'm crossing the border

See then I fade

But I'm not afraid

Oh Sinéad,

For the first time

Life is gonna turn around

I'm telling you

You will like it, I know

Oh Sinéad,

It's the first time

Only you can set it free

Oh Sinéad

Come break away with me

Blackout

by Mira Grant

"Read All About It, Pt. III"

Emeli Sandé

At night we're waking up the neighbours

While we sing away the blues

Making sure that we're remembered, yeah

Cause we all matter too

If the truth has been forbidden

Then we're breaking all the rules

So come on, come on

Come on, come on

Let's get the TV and the radio

To play our tune again

It's 'bout time we got some airplay of our version of events

There's no need to be afraid

I will sing with you my friend

Come on, come on

I wanna sing, I wanna shout

I wanna scream 'til the words dry out

So put it in all of the papers,

I'm not afraid

They can read all about it

Read all about it, oh

Corrag

by Susan Fletcher

"Wild Child"

Enya

Ever close your eyes

Ever stop and listen

Ever feel alive

And you've nothing missing

You don't need a reason

Let the day go on and on

Let the rain fall down

Everywhere around you

Give into it now

Let the day surround you

You don't need a reason

Let the rain go on and on

What a day

What a day to take to

What a way

What a way

To make it through

What a day

What a day to take to

A wild child