Music Inspiration (part deux)

Back in '11 (wow that feels weird to say), I posted a list of songs I listened to while writing. I've stopped listening to almost every song on that list in the past year and a half, so I thought I'd make a new one. Partially due to the influence of friends and the fact that 80% of the music I currently listen to comes from my roommate's computer, I walk a fine line between obscure and top 40's. You have been warned...

Die Young - Ke$ha
All Time Low - The Wanted
If You Only Knew the Rain - Balmorhea
Let Me Die - the Classic Crime (and pretty much all of Phoenix, really)
All I Want - Kodaline
Evening Ceremony - Active Child
Sugar, We're Goin Down - Fall Out Boy
Work - Jimmy Eat World
Hurt - Johnny Cash
For Blue Skies - Strays Don't Sleep
Migraine - Twenty One Pilots
More Than a Feeling - Boston
I'm Lost Without You - Blink 182 (and I Miss You, and All The Small Things, but come on duh)
Rushes - Lowercase Noises
The Harold Song - Ke$ha
(actually just everything by Ke$ha)
Oblivion - M83
You and I - Washed Out
You and I - Nero
You and I - Lady Gaga
You and I - Future of Forestry
(okay you can ignore the last two I was on a roll)
Disenchanted - My Chemical Romance (*tear*)
Closer - Kings of Leon
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! At The Disco
The Unwinding Cable Car - Anberlin
Don't Fear (the Reaper) - Blue Oyster Cult
Holding On To You - Twenty One Pilots
Try - P!nk
Just Give Me a Reason - P!nk & Nate Ruess
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche

BONUS FOREIGNERS:
Je Veux Te Voir - Yelle
Wenn du mich brauchst - Fertig, Los!

Poetry Updates

I've been working over the last few months to build up my poetry files, as I was not happy with the majority of the work I had done so far. Many of the pieces I've written remain unedited, but I think staying consistent with my output has been good.
Here's a small selection of things I have written (again--short and unedited--please don't judge quality) recently, since I haven't had anything to post in a while.

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explain to me

how life is so valuable

when it can be taken away for free

-Explain to Me

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switchblade, up and out,

don’t pierce my throat.

don’t bleed my mouth.

handle, gripped too tight,

you twist and thrust

in the dark’ning night.

ending, shamed release,

deep inside.

cannot keep.

walk away, you knew you would.

don’t look at me—

don’t think you could.

-The Metaphor

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cycle through the waters

your skin’s peeling away

play me another song now

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paring every head now

such hard and sticky fruit

parts I can’t replace for you

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less than they could want

tightening rings around the sea

claim it for your own now

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cycle through the waters

your heart’s fading away

sing me soft to sleep now

don’t let us fall astray

-Oceans (For the Poor In Spirit)

Kill Me Now - Update

I know, I take forever to post stuff. Life's busy--it doesn't mean I'm not working on it. Sometimes it just doesn't come out the right way.
For example, I have been working on the story off and on since the last section I posted. I continued that segment a bit, but I've also been developing the major twists on the timeline in my head. I spent some time this morning figuring out what direction I want to take the story (it's so hard to avoid cliches sometimes, you know?) and I think I have it.
I still have two major characters to introduce. One of them you'll probably be expecting at this point, and the other is one I decided on today. He (I'm pretty sure it will be a he) does not yet have a name, and I won't tell you much about him because that would give away the ending!! Let's just say I think/hope you'll be at least a little shocked. I was, that's for sure. haha.
There's lots of angsty stuff going on in the next portion. I plan on picking through that after I finish because much of it is unnecessary.
Allllll that to say that yes, I am working on it (not that anyone really asks, but I like to assume people who have read it are at least curious) and I'm even working out some of the inconsistencies of the earlier chapters (like when I said first that Corten and Kale met on a bus and later said they met at a cafe). I also have an ending and a direction. I believe that may speed up the process a little, especially once I get out of school.
The only thing is, I would give you more of it today, but the portions I have written are not chronologically matched up with the segments I've already posted. There will be more soon. Promise.
So stay tuned! Story development is on its way!