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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Spellbound by Ghostly Kisses

    August 3, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Midnight Companion by Kit Barrie

    Spellbound by Ghostly Kisses for a book about a man cursed by a witch and spellbound by a headless horseman.

    When you move
    Under the moon
    I can feel you
    Slipping through to tantalize

    When you sing
    Your words soft and sincere
    Oh I want you
    More than I ever desired

    There are things I don’t understand
    Deep within my well
    Then I wish to unveil myself
    When I dance under your midnight prayer

    I dance around, around, around, in circles
    And I dance around, around, around, in circles

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    SOUNDTRACK: Monster (Under My Bed) by Call Me Karizma

    July 27, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Black Oasis: Whispers in the Dark by Nikole Knight & Lily Mayne

    Monster (Under My Bed) by Call Me Karizma for a book about heart-weary boys, heartless humans, and kind-hearted monsters.

    Monster, monster under my bed
    Come out and play ’cause I need a friend
    You’re so damn close that I feel your breath
    You’re the only one I have left

    Feel you in my bones
    Shiver up my spine
    You’re a master of disguise
    You show up when no one’s home
    Are you real or just a lie
    I can feel you in my mind and my soul
    But I love when you jump in
    And help me feel something

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    SOUNDTRACK: Twisted By Design by Sum 41

    July 20, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Corrupt Cupid: Be Mine, Twisted Valentine by Gianni Holmes

    Twisted by Design by Sum 41 for a book about who twisted who, how and how twisted they become.

    ’ve got my scars to bear
    Stitches just can’t repair, woah
    There’s no one to blame this time
    Absolution’s waiting on a prayer
    I’m breaking down the walls
    Bailing my share of faults, woah
    This blood on my hands is a blessing
    In a lifetime, twisted by design

    …

    They say believing is the hardest part
    But I say with every beat of my heart
    I alone will find my way
    And get right back to the start
    They say the fire in your heart is gone
    Well, I say it’s really only just begun
    All along you know that I’m
    I’m twisted by design
    I’m twisted by design

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    SOUNDTRACK: Masquerade Butterfly by Miura Ayme

    July 13, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Frat Brats of Santa Barbara: The Bitter Rivals Fiasco by Hayden Hall

    Masquerade Butterfly by Miura Ayme for a book about a grieving son, an unlikely ally, and the magical masquerades that brought them together.

    Overlapping together as a pure heart
    One night asking all about love
    Delicate ♡ as a result of these heartbreaks
    All because of you breathlessly sighing

    ….

    Things that I won’t change
    Bid farewell, reluctance, entrusting all these dreams
    I can’t turn back on my own
    You’re out there remaining all alone

    This world being a place for burying my heart
    Flying away today with me hiding my tears
    Lying on the ground wearing a mask
    Losing my wings and feathers

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    SOUNDTRACK: Sanctify by Olly Alexander (Years & Years)

    July 6, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Tennebrose: Igni Ferroque by Ashlyn Drewek

    Sanctify by Olly Alexander for a book about pain, pleasure, and love forged in the occult and the divine.

    When I pray
    When I
    When I pray

    In the night, you come to me
    ‘Cause I’m the one who knows who you are
    Ooh
    Give me your confession, saying
    Lately, life’s been tearing you apart
    Now

    Walk through the fire with you
    ‘Cause I know how it can hurt
    Being cut into and afraid

    So don’t break (break)
    Sanctify my body with pain (pain)
    Sanctify the love that you crave (crave)
    Oh, and I won’t, and I won’t, and I won’t be ashamed
    Sanctify my sins when I pray
    When I pray

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    SOUNDTRACK: Lucky You by The Lightning Seeds

    June 29, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Midcentury NYC: You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

    Lucky You by The Lightning Seeds for a book about reaching for your dreams, falling flat in your face, getting up and trying again.

    Everything’s blue now
    Oh, lucky you (oh, lucky you)
    There’s nothing to lose
    And if it’s really true
    Oh, lucky you

    You’re chasing the moon
    Reaching out to touch the stars
    But you land too soon
    What will it take to make you see
    The way things really are?
    You’ve got this far
    So let it happen

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    SOUNDTRACK: Shake It Out by Florence and The Machine

    June 22, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Death In The Spires by K.J. Charles

    Shake It Out by Florence + The Machine for a book about shaking off the shadows of the past and live the live one is meant to live.

    Regrets collect like old friends
    Here to relive your darkest moments
    I can see no way, I can see no way
    And all of the ghouls come out to play
    And every demon wants his pound of flesh
    But I like to keep some things to myself
    I like to keep my issues drawn
    It’s always darkest before the dawn

    And I’ve been a fool, and I’ve been blind (I’ve been blind)
    I can never leave the past behind
    I can see no way, I can see no way
    I’m always dragging that horse around
    All of his questions, such a mournful sound
    Tonight, I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
    ‘Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
    But it’s always darkest before the dawn

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    SOUNDTRACK: Nothing Worth Loving Isn’t Askew by Lemon Demon

    June 14, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Goliaths of Wrestling: Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne

    Nothing Worth Loving Isn’t Askew by Lemon Demon for a book about loving someone, asymmetrical balls and all.

    Symmetry’s overrated, methinks
    Look at the scars all over the Sphinx

    Do you know that when you blink
    Each eye winks slightly out of sync?

    Symmetry’s overrated, methinks
    Look at the scars all over the Sphinx
    Even the planet spins with a tilt
    Everybody’s built like a quilt

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    SOUNDTRACK: So Good by Public Library Commute

    May 25, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Midcentury NYC: We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

    So Good by Public Library Commute for a book about friends, families, and secret lovers of New York.

    From New York to Austin
    I can’t wait to take you there
    When they see you walking
    They can’t help but stop and stare

    Tell me what you want us to be
    (Can you tell me?)
    I would move a mountain for you to see
    That we can make it heavenly
    Heat up like the summer in Tennessee

    We could be so good
    Light up the neighbourhood

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    SOUNDTRACK: Boys Town by Babes, OOO by Karen O & Slipping Away by Moby

    May 18, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton

    Boys Town by Babes for Nick’s carefree life and many encounters.

    he’s kissing me
    you’re kissing him
    I don’t know why
    I don’t when
    i’m flavor of the week

    you see me stepping on the boys
    stepping up
    I’m gonna be so chic

    huffing poppers in the moonlight
    the bathroom never felt so right
    smelling musk in the air in spite
    many fingers reaching for a slice

    put on a show
    make it worth your while
    spit on your palm
    make it last for miles
    i feel your body throbbing right next to mine
    everything is wet and easy to find

    Soundtrack to Boystown: Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton

    OOO by Karen O for all those times Nick remembers the one that got away.

    Don’t tell me that they’re all the same
    Cause even the sound of his name
    Carries me over their reach
    Back to some golden beach
    Where only he remains

    Soundtrack to Boystown: Two Nick Nowak Novellas by Marshall Thornton

    Slipping Away by Moby for that moment when Nick realized who he truly loves and that man is slowly slipping away from him.

    All that we needed was right

    The threshold is breaking tonight
    Open to everything happy and sad
    Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
    Seeing the sun when I can’t really see
    Hoping the sun will at least look at me

    Focus on everything better today
    All that I need and I never could say
    Hold on to people, they’re slipping away
    Hold on to this while it’s slipping away

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