here is a list of twenty-five of my favourite songs that i think can turn into exciting stories or plot lines. please tag me if you do any of this, because i would like to see your take on the these songs! there are two ways that you can do this; you can simply base your story off the whole song, or just the snippet of the lyrics that i put in this post. have fun!
edit: i put the jonas brothers’ lyric on sam smith’s leave your lover, but it is now corrected!
while we’re young by jhene aiko
–––– baby, while we’re young, i think we should do something crazy. like say ‘fuck everyone’ and just run away from the daily routine. i’m telling everybody you’re mine and i like it, and i really hope you don’t mind, i can’t fight it. you know i cannot hide it ‘cause i am so excited that i finally decided on you. ‘cause it’s been another perfect day with you, wanna lay with you, spend the night with you, then spend my life with you, alright. baby while we’re young we should just have fun; we should just do whatever we want and tell everyone that we fell in love with each other, that we found the one in one another.
like a star by corinne bailey rae
–––– just like a star across my sky, just like an angel off the page, you have appeared to my life, feel like i’ll never be the same. just like a song in my heart, just like oil on my hands, oh, i do love you. still, wonder why it is; i don’t argue like this with anyone but you. we do it all the time, blowing out my mind.
capital letters by hailee steinfeld
–––– but then there was you, yeah, then there was you, pull me out of the crowd, you were telling the truth. i got something to say now, ‘cause you tell me that there’s no way i couldn’t go, nothing i couldn’t do. i want to get louder, i got to get louder. we ‘bout to go up baby, up we go, we ‘bout to go up baby, up we go. we’re blowing out speakers, our heart a little clearer. we 'bout to go up baby, up we go, we 'bout to go up baby, up we go. for worse or for better, gonna give it to you in capital letters.
all the way by frank sinatra
–––– when somebody loves you, it’s no good unless he loves you, all the way. happy to be near you when you need someone to cheer you, all the way. taller than the tallest tree is, that’s how it’s got to feel. deeper than the deep blue see is, that’s how deep it goes, if it’s real.
the way you look tonight by frank sinatra
–––– some day, when i’m awfully low, when the world is cold; i will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight. yes, you’re lovely, with your smile so warm and your cheeks so soft; there is nothing for me but to love you and the way you look tonight.
–––– feeling like i’m runnin’ away. never had the chance, chance to say: i can say that loving you is easy, i don’t need to prove a single thing. somewhere along the way i guess you got under my skin. i put all my cards out on the table, you ain’t ever gonna show your hand. iwould rather hold you close than try to understand.
–––– you’ll always be my day one, day zero when i was no one. i’m nothing by myself, you and no one else; thankful you’re my day one. i got lucky finding you, i won big the day that i came across you. ‘cause when you’re with me, i don’t feel blue. not a day goes by that i would not redo. everybody wants to love, it’s easy when you try hard enough.
so close by jon mclaughlin (enchanted soundtrack)
–––– you’re in my arms and all the world is calm; the music playing on for only two. so close together and when i’m with you, so close to feeling alive. so close to reaching that famous happy end. almost believing this one’s not pretend. and now you’re beside me, and look how far we’ve come. so far we are, so close.
–––– to be young and in love in new york city. to not know who i am but still know that i’m good long as you’re here with me. to be drunk and in love in new york city; midnight into morning coffee, burning through the hours talking. damn, i like me better when i’m with you. i knew from the first time, i’d stay for a long time 'cause i like me better when i’m with you.
paris in the rain by lauv
–––– all i know is, we could go anywhere, we could do anything, girl, whatever the mood we’re in. yeah all I know is getting lost late at night, under stars, finding love standing right where we are, your lips, they pull me in the moment; you and i alone and people may be watching, i don’t mind 'cause anywhere with you feels right, anywhere with you feels like paris in the rain. we don’t need a fancy town or bottles that we can’t pronounce, ‘cause anywhere, babe, is like paris in the rain when i’m with you.
tightrope by michelle williams (the greatest showman soundtrack)
–––– some people long for a life that is simple and planned, tied with a ribbon. some people won’t sail the sea 'cause they’re safer on land to follow what’s written; but i’d follow you to the great unknown, off to a world we call our own. hand in my hand and we promised to never let go, we’re walking the tightrope; high in the sky, we can see the whole world down below, we’re walking the tightrope. never sure, never know how far we could fall. but it’s all an adventure that comes with a breathtaking view: walking the tightrope with you.
rewrite the stars by zac efron and zendaya (the greatest showman soundtrack)
–––– you know i want you, it’s not a secret i try to hide. i know you want me, so don’t keep saying our hands are tied. you claim it’s not in the cards; that fate is pulling you miles away and out of reach from me. but you’re here in my heart, so who can stop me if I decide that you’re my destiny? what if we rewrite the stars? say you were made to be mine. nothing could keep us apart, you’d be the one i was meant to find. it’s up to you, and it’s up to me, no one can say what we get to be. so why don’t we rewrite the stars? maybe the world could be ours tonight.
when you look me in the eyes by jonas brothers
–––– if the heart is always searching, can you ever find a home? i’ve been looking for that someone, i’ll never make it on my own. dreams can’t take the place of loving you. there’s gotta be a million reasons why it’s true. when you look me in the eyes and tell me that you love me, everything’s alright, when you’re right here by my side. when you look me in the eyes, i catch a glimpse of heaven. i find my paradise when you look me in the eyes.
can i be him by james arthur
–––– you walked into the room and now my heart has been stolen. you took me back in time to when i was unbroken. now you’re all i want and i knew it from the very first moment, 'cause a light came on when i heard that song and i want you to sing it again. i swear that every word you sing, you wrote them for me, like it was a private show, i know you never saw me. when the lights come on and i’m on my own, will you be there to sing it again? could i be the one you talk about in all your stories. can I be him?
so this is love by irene woods and mike douglas (cinderella soundtrack)
–––– so this is love, so this is love. so this is what makes life divine. i’m all aglow, and now i know, the key to all heaven is mine. my heart has wings and i can fly; i’ll touch every star in the sky. so this is the miracle that i’ve been dreaming of. so this is love.
right here, right now by zac efron and vanessa hudgens (high school musical soundtrack)
–––– can you imagine what would happen if we could have any dream? i’d wish this moment was ours to own it and that it would never leave. then i would thank that star that made our wish come true, ‘cause he knows that where you are is where i should be too. right here, right now, i’m looking at you and my heart loves the view, ‘cause you mean everything. right here, i’ll promise you, somehow, that tomorrow can wait for some other day to be. but right now, there’s you and me.
the last time by eric benet
–––– the first time i fell in love was long ago. i didn’t know how to give my love at all. the next time i settled for what felt so close; but without romance, you’re never gonna fall. after everything i’ve learned, now it’s finally my turn. this is the last time i’ll fall, in love.
a love that will last by renee olstead (the princess diaries 2 soundtrack)
–––– i want a little something more. don’t want the middle or the one before. i don’t desire a complicated past. i want a love that will last. say that you love me, say I’m the one; don’t kiss and hug me and then try to run. i don’t do drama, my tears don’t fall fast. i want a love that will last. i don’t want a just a memory, give me forever. don’t even think about saying goodbye 'cause i want just one love to be enough and remain in my heart till i die.
1000 years by kt tunstall and bleu (tinker bell and the neverbeast soundtrack)
–––– a thousand years is a long long time, even for a star up in the sky. i could count the tears and the long long nights, but i’d rather just remember how you smile. in a thousand years, i know that our love will still be here. so close your eyes, my dear, knowing that our love is going to last one thousand years.
can’t sleep love by pentatonix
–––– tell me, am i going crazy? tell me have i lost my mind? am i just afraid of loving, or am i not the loving kind? kissing in the moonlight, movies on a late night, getting old. i’ve been there, done that; supposed to be hot, but it’s just cold. somebody wake up my heart, light me up, set fire to my soul. 'cause i can’t do it anymore. give me that can’t sleep love. i want that can’t sleep love; the kind i dream about all day, the kind that keeps me up all night. give me that can’t sleep love.
once upon a dream by mary costa and bill shirley (sleeping beauty soundtrack)
–––– i know you, i walked with you once upon a dream. i know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam. yet i know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem, but if i know you, i know what you’ll do. you’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream.
leave your lover by sam smith
–––– i don’t have much to give, but i don’t care for gold. what use is money, when you need someone to hold? don’t have direction, i’m just rolling down this road, waiting for you to bring me in from out the cold. you’ll never know the endless nights, the rhyming of the rain or how it feels to fall behind and watch you call his name. pack up and leave everything, don’t you see what i can bring? can’t keep this beating heart at bay. set my midnight sorrow free, i will give you all of me. just leave your lover, leave him for me.
–––– you can reach me by railway, you can reach me by trailway. you can reach me on an airplane, you can reach me with your mind. you can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an arab man. i don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can. you can reach me by sailboat, climb a tree and swing rope to rope. take a sled and slide down the slope, into these arms of mine. you can jump on a speedy colt, cross the border in a blaze of hope. i don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can. there are hills and mountains between us; always something to get over. if i had my way, surely you would be closer. i need you closer.
