[Adam Phillips] Songs That Make You Think of Crosscurrents

[methodwriter85]

Anyone have songs that make them think of the story?

 

Here's one that makes me think of the emotions that Andy's feeling in the prologue.

 

 

In the chilly hours and minutes

Of uncertainty

I want to be

In the warm hold of your loving mind.

 

To feel you all around me

And to take your hand

Along the sand

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

 

When sundown pales the sky

I want to hide a while

Behind your smile

And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

 

For me to love you now

Would be the sweetest thing,

T'would make me sing

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

 

Dee dee de de de de de de de de...

 

When rain has hung the leaves with tears

I want you near

To kill my fears

To help me to leave all my blues behind.

 

Standing in your heart

Is where I want to be

And I long to be,

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

 

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

[Adam Phillips]

Anyone have songs that make them think of the story?

 

Here's one that makes me think of the emotions that Andy's feeling in the prologue.

I like the piece, but as at my Yahoo group, let me offer this one as a closer fit:

 

 

[nightsky]

IMHO, the song needs to be fairly wistful and full of melancholy.

 

I'll offer up:

INXS -By My Side

 

[nightsky]

and my second...

 

 

 

Forever Blue - Chris Isaak - pardon the incorrect pronouns/heterocentrism. But look! Sand! Beach! (deflect, deflect!)

 

[methodwriter85]

This one, for obvious reasons, reminds me of the scene where Andy becomes a sadistic little prick to one his friends for missing a basket, and Matt rips him for it in a subtle, disarming way.

 

 

The song was based on a boy who committed suicide in an affluent suburb of Dallas in 1991, while in his English class.

[theschnauzers]

This one has been discussed before (as Adam will remember) at other places but with the the title of chapter 12, it's time to add it into the mix:

Edited June 12, 2010 by theschnauzers

[nightsky]

For the chapter (somewhere around 3 or 4?) that Andy finds out about Matt's brother... when they talk about it.

 

 

 

It's an acoustic version of Don Henley's End of the Innocence.

 

So sad. Makes my heart wrench.

[methodwriter85]

This one makes me think of Matt Price's student council speech. More contemporary to my high school era as opposed to Andy's, but whatever.

 

 

Good Charlotte circa 2000-2001. Man, I miss them.

[methodwriter85]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQFf0qj9Nk&feature=PlayList&p=5FF49FB95A6E2F3B&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=57

This seems like a fitting theme song to the Jock Posse beach trips. Don't you agree?

[nightsky]

A few from this band... but for the current chapter (13)....

 

Incubus- Drive

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2010 by nightsky

[nightsky]

I'm jumping ahead.... have no idea what chapter. Maybe right after HS graduation or in first year of college-ish.

 

David Gray- Gathering Dust

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8b6zUvrzJ8

 

 

 

Lyrics:

I got no reason

But that I must

Maybe I feel

Like I've been gatherin' dust

I must leave this harbour for the sea

I'm too young to settle down and make a home

But I don't know where I'm wanting to be

I just know I have to be there alone

 

Stole my time, all my time

Stole my time for you

 

Pale winter sun

Is beatin' the ground

Why'm I throwin' away

The best thing that I've found

My young heart's in tatters and I'm sure

That it will be a long time healing

It's so hard to see what I'm doing this for

When loneliness is all that I'm feeling

 

Stole my time, all my time

Spend my time, for you

 

Now the wind it is blowing

Blowing leaves from the trees

I've got no use knowing

That with time it'll ease

I don't know where I'm going

Hope I get there soon

Cos my soul is hollow

As the sorrowful moon

Na na na na...

 

The night is raining on my weary head

Taking me back

 

See the sun spread its wings of gold

As the dawn unfurls

Hear the song that the moon sings

To the darkened world

Feel the fire lighting

In the bitter cold

It's like the light that shines

Through the windows of your soul

[methodwriter85]

This makes me think of Andy falling for Angie in chapter 14...Anna Begins by the Counting Crows

 

My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."

I am not worried

I am not overly concerned

My friend implores me, "For one time only,

Make an exception."

I am not worried

Wrap her up in a package of lies

Send her off to a coconut island

I am not worried

I am not overly concerned with the status of my emotions

"Oh," she says, "you're changing."

But we're always changing

 

It does not bother me to say this isn't love

Because if you don't want to talk about it then it isn't love

And I guess I'm going to have to live with that

But I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey

Or something in between

And I can always change my name

If that's what you mean

 

My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."

But I am not really worried

I am not overly concerned

You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself

To make yourself forget

I am not worried

"If it's love," she said, "then we're going to have to

think about the consequences."

She can't stop shaking

I can't stop touching her and...

 

This time when kindness falls like rain

It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind

"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering

for days," she says

And I'm not ready for this sort of thing

 

But I'm not going to break

And I'm not going to worry about it anymore

I'm not going to bend and I'm not going to break

And I'm not going to worry about it anymore

No no no no no,

It seems like I should say, "As long as this is love..."

But it's not all that easy so maybe I should

Snap her up in a butterfly net

Pin her down on a photograph album

I am not worried

I've done this sort of thing before

But then I start to think about the consequences

Because I don't get no sleep in a quiet room and...

 

The time when kindness falls like rain

It washes me away and Anna begins to change my mind

And everytime she sneezes I believe it's love and

Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

 

She's talking in her sleep

It's keeping me awake and Anna begins to toss and turn

And every word is nonsense but I understand and

Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

 

Her kindness bangs a gong

It's moving me along and Anna begins to fade away

It's chasing me away

She disappears and

Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

 

 

 

[methodwriter85]

These make me think of Chapter 17:

 

Insensitive by Jann Arden

 

Foolish Games by Jewel

 

Man, what a sad chapter. I felt so bad for Matt.

[methodwriter85]

This song makes me think of Chapter 18...

 

If you leave, don't leave now

Please don't take my heart away

Promise me just one more night

Then we'll go our separate ways

We've always had time on our sides

Now it's fading fast

Every second every moment

We've gotta make it last

 

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd still be friends, someday

 

If you leave I won't cry

I won't waste a single day

But if you leave don't look back

I'll be running the other way

Seven years went under the bridge

Like time was standing still

Heaven knows what happens now

You've got to say you will

 

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd meet again

 

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd still be friends

 

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd meet again someday

 

If you leave

If you leave

Don't look back

Don't look back

 

***

 

For the most part, I've avoided getting my own life interwined into anyone else's because I figured it would rip me apart when they left. I've avoided a lot of pain, but I also missed out on a lot. This story makes me realize just how much I missed out on by being so aloof.

 

 

 

 

[PrivateTim]

Sad slow songs, I agree with In My Life

 

 

In My Life

 

There are places I'll remember

All my life, though some have changed

Some forever, not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places had their moments

With lovers and friends, I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life, I've loved them all

 

But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you

And these memories lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life, I'll love you more

 

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life, I'll love you more

 

********************************************

 

Could that first stanza be any more right on for Andy? And the last refrain?

[methodwriter85]

This song makes me think of Andy standing up for Kyle Kessler to his teammates.

 

Edited August 7, 2010 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

This song makes me think of when Andy is reading Matt's email in chapter 22...

 

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

 

She said "Some days I feel like shit,

Some days I wanna quit, and just be normal for a bit,"

I don't understand why you have to always be gone,

I get along but the trips always feel so long,

And, I find myself tryna stay by the phone,

'Cause your voice always helps me when I feel so alone,

But I feel like an idiot, workin' my day around the call,

But when I pick up I don't have much to say,

So, I want you to know it's a little f**ked up,

That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',

Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,

Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

 

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone,

Please come back home...

 

You know the place where you used to live,

Used to barbeque up burgers and ribs,

Used to have a little party every Hallowe'en with candy by the pile,

But now, you only stop by every once in a while,

Shit, I find myself just fillin' my time,

Anything to keep the thought of you from my mind,

I'm doin' fine, I plan to keep it that way,

You can call me if you find you have somethin' to say,

And I'll tell you, I want you to know it's a little f**ked up,

That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',

Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,

Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

 

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone,

Please come back home...

 

I want you to know it's a little f**ked up,

That I'm stuck here waitin', no longer debatin',

Tired of sittin' and hatin' and makin' these excuses,

For while you're not around, and feeling so useless,

It seems one thing has been true all along,

You don't really know what you got 'til it's gone,

I guess I've had it with you and your career,

When you come back I won't be here and you'll can sing it...

 

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone,

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

****

 

I think this song just nails the emotions that both Matt and Andy are going through...Matt in writing that email, and Andy in reading it.

 

 

[nightsky]

This song fits the story for when they say goodbye, or right after.

 

 

Lyrics:

I miss those blue eyes

How you kiss me at night

I miss the way we sleep

 

Like there's no sunrise

Like the taste of your smile

I miss the way we breathe

 

But I never told you

What I should have said

No, I never told you

I just held it in

 

And now,

I miss everything about you

Can't believe that I still want you

and after all the things we've been through

I miss everything about you

Without you

 

I see your blue eyes

Everytime I close mine

You make it hard to see

Where I belong to

When I'm not around you

It's like I'm alone with me

 

But I never told you

What I should have said

No, I never told you

I just held it in

 

And now,

I miss everything about you

Can't believe that I still want you

and after all the things we've been through

I miss everything about you

Without you

 

But I never told you

What I should have said

No, I never told you

I just held it in

 

And now,

I miss everything about you

Can't believe that I still want you

and after all the things we've been through

I miss everything about you

Without you

 

 

[nightsky]

Same theme. If you ignore the incorrect pronouns...

 

 

lyrics:

I dont know what i've done

Or if i like what i've begun

But something told me to run

And honey you know me it's all or none

There were sounds in my head

Little voices whispering

That i should go and this should end

Oh and i found my self listening

 

Cause i dont know who i am, who i am without you

All i know is that i should

And i dont know if i could stand another hand upon you

All i know is that i should

Cause she will love you more than i could

She who dares to stand where i stood

 

See i thought love was black and white

That it was wrong or it was right

But you ain't leaving without a fight

And i think i am just as torn inside

 

Cause i dont know who i am, who i am without you

All i know is that i should

And i dont know if i could stand another hand upon you

All i know is that i should

Cause she will love you more than i could

She who dares to stand where i stood

 

And I wont be far from where you are if ever you should call

You meant more to me then any one i've ever loved at all

But you taught me how to trust myself

And so i say to you, this is what i have to do.

 

Cause i dont know who i am, who i am without you

All i know is that i should

And i dont know if i could stand another hand upon you

All i know is that i should

Cause she will love you more than i could

She who dares to stand where i stood

She who dares to stand where i stood.

Edited August 24, 2010 by nightsky

[methodwriter85]

For Andy and Matt talking at the end of chapter 25...

 

Can We Still Be Friends? by Todd Rundgren

We can

[methodwriter85]

For Matt and Andy in chapter 26....

 

No One's Gonna Love You by Band Of Horses

 

It's looking like a limb torn off

Or altogether just taken apart

We're reeling through an endless fall

We are the ever-living ghost of what once was

 

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do

No one's gonna love you more than I do

 

And anything to make you smile

It is my better side of you to admire

But they should never take so long

Just to be over then back to another one

 

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do

No one's gonna love you more than I do

 

But someone,

They could have warned you

When things start splitting at the seams and now

The whole thing's tumbling down

Things start splitting at the seams and now

If things start splitting at the seams and now,

It's tumbling down

Hard.

 

Anything to make you smile

You are the ever-living ghost of what once was

I never want to hear you say

That you'd be better off

Or you liked it that way

 

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do

No one's gonna love you more than I do

 

But someone

They should have warned you

When things start splitting at the seams and now

The whole thing's tumbling down

Things start splitting at the seams and now

If things start splitting at the seams and now,

It's tumbling down

Hard

[methodwriter85]

This song makes me think of Andy in chapter 27.

 

Swallowed by Bush

 

Andy really is with everyone, yet not. Meaning that he's having all these fun sexual encounters with lots and lots of people, but there's no real heart inside them.

[Anya]

I love the song by Colbie Caillait 'i never told you' nightsky. I think it describes Andy and Matt's situation perfectly

 

And methodwriter the lyrics of the songs you posted fit too! i checked out some of the songs..they're really good

[methodwriter85]

This is another Andy/Matt song...I know, right?

 

You Could Be Happy by Snow Patrol

 

"You Could Be Happy"

 

You could be happy and I won't know

But you weren't happy the day I watched you go

 

And all the things that I wished I had not said

Are played in loops 'till it's madness in my head

 

Is it too late to remind you how we were

But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur

 

Most of what I remember makes me sure

I should have stopped you from walking out the door

 

You could be happy, I hope you are

You made me happier than I'd been by far

 

Somehow everything I own smells of you

And for the tiniest moment it's all not true

 

Do the things that you always wanted to

Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do

 

More than anything I want to see you, girl

Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

[nightsky]

This one is a bit too hopeful for Chapter 28, but maybe it's a song for Matt's side of things.

 

 

 

lyrics:

Come to me now

And lay your hands over me

Even if it's a lie

Say it will be alright

And I shall believe

I'm broken in two

And I know you're on to me

That I only come home

When I'm so all alone

But I do believe

 

That not everything is gonna be the way

You think it ought to be

It seems like every time I try to make it right

It all comes down on me

Please say honestly you won't give up on me

And I shall believe

And I shall believe

 

Open the door

And show me your face tonight

I know it's true

No one heals me like you

And you hold the key

 

Never again

would I turn away from you

I'm so heavy tonight

But your love is alright

And I do believe

 

That not everything is gonna be the way

You think it ought to be

It seems like every time I try to make it right

It all comes down on me

Please say honestly

You won't give up on me

And I shall believe

I shall believe

And I shall believe