Who the Heck Is Amelia?: These Songs Are Important to Me

If there's anything you need to know about me, it's that music is one of my biggest passions. It's often my only outlet for my complex emotions, and the lyrics say more about me than I could ever express verbally. So, I thought I would make a list of songs that have touched me with their meaning and/or sentimentality throughout the years, and let you listen to them for your own pleasure and insight into the mystery of Amelia.

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
This is one of my all-time favorite songs ever in the history of my existence. Click the link above for why, but primarily, do yourself a favor and press play on the video.

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Same for this one. The link says it all. Quite a change of mood, here, but it's still beautiful.

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by The Police
This band has always been playing since I was a little girl, and this song always seemed like the most beautiful love song a band could write. It's a tribute to how wonderful 'every little thing' a girl does is. I swear, if some guy were to sing this about me, I'd never leave them.

1979 by Smashing Pumpkins
This song was popular back when I sat in a car-seat, and for that reason, it's always been a song filled with a lot of childhood nostalgia for me. But, when I started listening to the actual lyrics of the song, I came to realize that the whole meaning of it is about longing for the good old days when they were younger; back in 1979. I was born in 1997. Coincidence? I THINK NOT. There's just too much awesomeness going on in this song.

Float On by Modest Mouse
I first heard this song on a family vacation up in a place called Gualala. Never heard of it? I thought so. It's basically a small cloudy town by a beach in California. The house we were staying in was located right on a cliff overlooking the ocean, and as an ocean lover, it really was a beautiful place to stay. Well, as is typical of my family, we brought the video game Rock Band along with us for this trip (music, man, I'm telling you...) and late at night as all the kids had attempted to fall asleep, one of my cousins played this song in the living room, and as I laid there in the dark, it was the most beautiful song I had ever heard. Images of the ocean and mermaids and an overwhelming sense of calm overcame me. Now whenever I listen to that song, memories of the sea come to mind, and the peaceful night falling asleep in Gualala.

Help I'm Alive by Metric
I heard this song more recently, but the lyrics caught my attention immediately. I interpreted it to mean that just the mere act of living can be more frightening than even death, and I can't tell you how much I relate to it. And the song is just really well done.

Father and Daughter by Paul Simon
Oh, this song... This song makes me cry every time I listen to it. It really is the most perfect song about a father loving his daughter. The lyrics. The guitar lick. It radiates awesomeness.

Heroes by David Bowie
OH GOOD LORD DAVID NOW YOU'VE DONE IT. As if David Bowie wasn't already awesome in every way, he had to sing this song too. You've probably heard it before, because it's on the radio all the time and it's a classic, but it really is taken for granted. If you were to turn this song on just before you go to sleep, you would escape to a dreamland only David Bowie could take you to, and all you'd ever want is to be a hero with him, "just for one day". Honestly, do you know how many times I've imagined him actually serenading me with this song? SWOON.

Love Your Abuser by Lymbyc Systym
I've written about this song in an earlier, and there's a reason. It's unlike any other song I've heard. There are no lyrics, but even so, the music is so influential in itself that it doesn't need any.

The Scientist by Coldplay
Want to make me cry? Turn this song on. Let me explain my history with Coldplay- when I was little, and we're talking 5th grade, I hated the band with a burning passion. I used to think that Coldplay was a spineless crybaby band and that they only produced musical crap. I was really annoying about the whole subject, until one night I found that I had the album Rush of Blood to the Head sitting on my iPod, and I decided to take a listen just for kicks. The first song I heard was The Scientist, and even though I had heard it before nonchalantly on the radio, I was completely naive to how amazingly beautiful it was. In the middle of the night as it poured rain out my window, this song hummed gently in my ear, and sentimental thoughts overwhelmed me to the point of tears. I can't explain why I love this song so much, or why it makes me cry, but it does.

The rest of these have no profound insight into my personality, but they're a few of my favorite songs EVER, and I'm feeling generous.

Kids by MGMT