#this is the playlist i started when i wrote wren's app!!! and have been adding onto ever since

[oflightfeet]

the quintessential wren lightfoot playlist — task #4

blue light - mazzy star / i'm so afraid - fleetwood mac / how to disappear completely - radiohead / afraid of nothing - sharon van etten / swept away - the xx / fade into you - mazzy star / where is her head - the national / last words of a shooting star - mitski / shiver - lucy rose / even if it's a lie - matt maltese / smoke signals - phoebe bridgers / turn out the lights - julien baker / 17 - jade bird / motion picture soundtrack - radiohead / unreflected - mazzy star / nobody - mitski / landill - daughter / my motto - jade bird / close eyes to exit - klangstof / attachment love - blegh / fire - amy may ellis / abbey - mitski / hunger - florence and the machine / white fire - angel olsen / ruins - jade bird / me in 20 years - moses sumney / remain nameless - florence and the machine / child psychology - black box recorder / forwards beckon rebound - adrienne lenker / tummy - tamino / suzanne - hope sandoval and the warm inventions /  hey moon - john maus / silver springs - fleetwood mac

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BLUE LIGHT by MAZZY STAR: There's a ship / That sails by my window There's a ship that sails on by / There's a world under it / I think I see it / Sailing away / I think it's sailing / Miles crashing me by / Crashing me by / Crashing me by  

This is the song Wren chose to describe themselves; it really speaks to that feeling of not really belonging, not even really being alive that they’re often caught up in. As if life is a wave crashing them by.   

I’M SO AFRAID by FLEETWOOD MAC: I been alone / All the years / So many ways to count the tears / I never change / I never will / I'm so afraid the way I feel /  Days when the rain and the sun are gone / Black as night / Agony's torn at my heart too long / So afraid / Slip and I fall and I die   

A bit dramatic, but this song speaks to Wren deeply. Also, Fleetwood Mac.   

LAST WORDS OF A SHOOTING STAR by MITSKI: I always wanted to die clean and pretty / But I'd be too busy on working days / So I am relieved that the turbulence wasn't forecasted / I couldn't have changed anyways / I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy / Goodbye    

In this song Mitski sings as if she’s in a plane crashing. Wren would react similarly, think about how nice it is that they’ve left their room tidy for the ones they leave behind, reflect on their life with a sadness.   

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS by JULIEN BAKER: There's a hole in the drywall still not fixed / I just haven't gotten around to it / And besides, I'm starting to get used to the gaps [...] I can't tell the difference when I'm all alone / Is it real or a dream, which is worse? / Can you help me? / I just wanted to go to sleep / When I turn out the lights / There's no one left / Between myself and me    

That feeling when you come home and suddenly there’s nothing to distract you of who you are and how you feel and god. This song fucks me up, and it does the same to Wren.   

17 by JADE BIRD:  I say less than I should / I say more than I mean / I would try if I could, but I'm all I can be / If I had more I would change the cover, you see / I have walls that have stood / Before you ever loved me   

Wren vs. the endless struggle of trying to connect to people when they’ve trapped themselves behind their walls.   

MY MOTTO by JADE BIRD:  And that's my motto / Don't let 'em near enough / To let me down / All this love ever does is / Break me now   

Once again: Wren vs. the endless struggle of trying to connect to people.   

FIRE by AMY MAY ELLIS:  Today, my mind is working in a peculiar way / Today, I'm doubting every single word I say / Today, so please excuse my silence / So please excuse my silence, so please excuse me [...]  But I’ve got fire / Got far more fire   

Wren may be a MESS, but they do have fire, and drive, and potential. It’s not all sad, depressing shit.   

ABBEY by MITSKI: I am hungry / I have been hungry / I was born hungry   

Famine gang square up! This entire song is Wren. Makes me cry.   

HUNGER by FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE: I thought that love was a kind of emptiness / And at least I understood then, the hunger I felt / And I didn't have to call it loneliness / We all have a hunger   

Love as an emptiness. Goes feral. (Famine gang square up!)   

FORWARDS BECKON REBOUND by ADRIANNE LENKER: Mystery of lack / Stabbing stars through my back / Forwards, beckon, rebound [...] Show me pictures that hang in your house / Pictures that hang in your mouth / Candescent insects / Crosses and fishnecks   

A lot of Vibes in this song. Show me pictures that hang in your house: Wren would ask this.    

HEY MOON by JOHN MAUS: Hey moon, it's just you and me tonight / Everyone else is asleep / Hey moon, if I was to fall / I won't fall so deep / Though I doubt I'm gonna / You can wake me up if you wanna / I would hate for you to hang there all alone / The whole night through   

A song for the moon? Yeah. Wren. Wren would stay awake so the moon isn’t alone.