Music & Playlists
Songs For Lost Boys is a curated playlist with a survivor friend.
Our brief was music that helped us when our heads were noisy.
hope it helps you.
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Music has always been more than background noise to me.
It gets into the blood. It steadies the breath.
Some songs bring us home. Some remind us what we survived.
Some make us cry in car parks for no good reason.
They matter.
I will add songs as i find them, rediscover them, trip over them.
Protection ~ Massive Attack
Everything has to start with the voice of Tracey Thorn. I could’ve gone with one of her own songs, but this one hits a particular time and place for me. It turns up on almost every playlist I make.
It literally does what it says on the sleeve — it soothes me.
It makes me feel safe.
It has the sonic quality of a hug.
The lyric “I stand in front of you, I’ll take the force of the blow… protection” — always makes me crumble.
Not long ago, my therapist said those words to me. I walked away from the session and played this track, and it felt like prophecy. Like the song had always been waiting for someone to make it real.
When You Find Me ~ Joshua Radin
talking of my therapist, he gave me this song, it is from a soundtrack of a film and i can’t currently find it streamed anywhere. I just wanted it mentioned. We will come back to this.
Some Things I’ll Never Know ~ Teddy Swims
alone in a city at night during the middle of therapy this song was on endless repeat.
weird behaviour i know, but it calmed and centered me. and yes the voice is awesome.