this playlist feels like hopelessness.

image from Psych Central

much like how i'm a mood reader and mood movie watcher, i'm a mood listener. when i listen to music, i don't just hear it. i feel it in my bones. i close my eyes and i feel the music deep within my soul and, more often than not, i will have scenes flash in my mind of what i believe this song could accompany. sometimes i get a glimpse of a group of people dancing a certain way. sometimes i experience a scene of utter despair. other times i can see a girl sitting on a train looking out the window. 

a lot of times, i like to pick songs to listen to at any given moment based on the type of feeling i want the music to give me. i don't know if i'm the only person that experiences music in such a way, but a large part of me believes that i cannot be alone in this. as such, i thought i would begin a little mini series on my blog where i share certain musical playlists dedicated to making the listener feel "some typa way", as the youngins call it nowadays.

these songs may not have lyrics that align with the main mood that i'm categorizing it as, but it's more the feel of the song that really gets it onto my list.

here are eleven songs that will make you feel like you're dearly missing something in your life, but you don't yet know what it is:

take yourself home by troye sivan

            "i'm tired of the city; scream if you're with me."

hymn for the weekend by coldplay

            "life is a drink and love's a drug."

lovely by billie eilish, khalid

            "something's on my mind, always in my headspace."

birds by imagine dragons

          "when the moon is looking down, shining light upon your ground, i'm flying up to let you see that the shadow cast is me."

fire on fire by sam smith

            "we lose our minds in a city of roses." 

stop this train by john mayer

            "no i'm not color blind. i know the world is black and white."

brother by kodaline

            "and when you're in the trenches and you're under fire, i will cover you."

blind faith by johnny manuel

            "i tried to be my own savior. but hey, haven't we all?"

 

lust for life by lana del rey, the weeknd

            "in these stolen moments, the world is mine."

            "we're the masters of our own fate; we're the captains of our own soul."

hell nos and headphones by hailee steinfeld

            "seems like everybody here is speaking different languages."

 

next to you by chris brown, justin bieber

            "one day, when the sky is falling, i'll be standing right next to you."