(This is how I...) November mix by Kathleen

This is how I make a mix.
Putting songs to feelings and lyrics to actions.
Coordinating our lives with their timely rhythmic stanzas.
This is how I let music define these moments.
Letting the music speak when words have faltered.


This is how I...

(Start)
1. The Futile- Say Anything

"Nothing makes sense, so I won't think about it. I'll go with the ignorance.
Eat, sleep, fuck and flee; in four words, that's me.
I am full of indifference.

...The futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful."

(Run)
2. Sore Thumb- The Format

"Forgive me you
Cut out again.
It seems so easy just to blame
The reception.
There’s something wrong.
I don’t know why
Why you, you never say goodnight.

So please just leave,
You don’t mean that much to me.
You keep the ring,
I’ll take those Saturdays in bed
Cause I know you need them.
As for me it’s nothing new just another two years."

(Forget)
3. You Won't Know- Brand New

"I am fine to put your gun to my life
And know I'm scared it won't fire right

You won't know...
You won't know...
You won't know..."

(Remember)
4. Colly Strings- Manchester Orchestra

"My curly hair and a voting booth,
Confessingly, this is the first time I've loved you,
And God I mean, God I mean it, I hope that I mean it.
'Cause like dying young, idols got the best of me,
Well don't stop calling, you're the reason I love losing sleep."


(Change)
5. Change (In the House of Flies)- Deftones

"I watched a change in you.
It's like you never had wings."

(Blame)
6. Meds- Placebo

"I was alone,
Staring over the ledge,
Trying my best not to forget
All manner of joy
All manner of glee
And our one heroic pledge

How it mattered to us,
How it mattered to me,
And the consequences

I was confused,
By the birds and the bees
Forgetting if I meant it

Baby did you forget to take your meds?"

(Hate)
7. Passive- A Perfect Circle

"Wake up
(Why can't you?)
And face me
(Come on now)
Don't play dead
(Don’t play dead)
'Cause maybe
(Because maybe)
Someday
(Someday)
I will walk away and say
You fucking disappoint me
Maybe you're better off this way."

(Sink)
8. I Was A Cage- Right Away, Great Captain

"I could use a friend to say they love me
But I'm gonna make a sound you cant forget
And afterwards I swore that I would haunt you
Now I'm way to tired to give a shit

Cause I was a wave
Collapsing you

Yeah I was a wave
Collapsing you

I am away
coming up to you

Well I was away."

(Break)
9. Last Kiss- Taylor Swift

"And I hope the sun shines and it's a beautiful day
And something reminds you you wish you had stayed
You can plan for a change in the weather and time
But I never planned on you changing your mind

So I'll go, sit on the floor wearing your clothes
All that I know is I don't know how to be something you miss
I never thought we'd have a last kiss
Never imagined we'd end like this."

(Forgive)
10. Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

"You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won"

(Say Goodbye)
11. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot- Brand New

"If it makes you less sad
I'll move out of the state
You can keep to yourself
I'll keep out of your way
And if it makes you less sad
I'll take your pictures all down
Every picture you paint
I will paint myself out
It's as cold as a tomb
And it's dark in your room
When I sneak to your bed
To pour salt in your wounds
So call it quits
Or get a grip
Say you wanted a solution
You just wanted to be missed

Call me a safe bet
I'm betting I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
I'm only hoping as time goes
You can forget
So you can forget
You can forget"

(Fall Asleep)
12. re:Stacks- Bon Iver