year six - playlist explanations
shrike by hozier
"i couldn't utter my lover when it counted
ah, but i'm singing like a bird 'bout it now"
chapter 82. wolfstar as they begin this part of the story.
christmas kids by roar
"you'll change your name or change your mind
and leave this fucked up place behind
but i'll know, i'll know"
chapter 83. this is harry suffering after regulus's death.
bar italia by pulp
chapter 84. wolfstar living togther.
matilda by harry styles
"you can throw a party full of everyone you know
and not invite your family, 'cause they never showed you love
you don't have to be sorry for leaving and growing up"
chapter 84. this song is about a person growing up in an abusive home and then later finding a family.
the resurrection stone by alexandre desplat
chapter 85. seer ron and his discovery.
me and my husband by mitski
"and i am the idiot with the painted face
in the corner, taking up space
but when he walks in, i am loved, i am loved"
chapter 87. this is how is see lucius and narcissa
look what you made me do by taylor swift
"maybe i got mine, but you'll all get yours"
chapter 87. sirius killing bellatrix. i just thought it was funny. it really tickles me.
would've, could've, should've by taylor swift
"and now that i'm grown
i'm scared of ghosts
memories feel like weapons"
chapter 88. regulus thinking about voldemort.
dumbledore's speech by nicholas hooper
chapter 89-90. the beginning of the year.
this december by ricky montgomery
"only in my darkest moments
i wanna see you with your head wide open
empty in the ground, gone without a sound"
chapter 91. it makes me think of the miscommunications around remadora between remus and sirius.
night shift by lucy dacus
"don't hold your breath,
forget you've ever saw me at my best
you don't deserve what you don't respect"
chapter 92. i keep thinking about wolfstar to this song.
danse macabre by camille saint-saëns
chapter 93-95. the department of mysteries and their experiments on james and the others.
work song by hozier
"no grave can hold my body down
i'll crawl home to her"
chapter 95. james escaping from the department of mysteries.
malfoy's mission by nicholas hooper
chapter 96.
chelsea dagger by the fratellis
chapter 98. when lavender and ron are kissing, this is playing in the next room. that kind of vibe.
you belong with me by taylor swift
chapter 99. i can't stop thinking about parvati and lavender to this song. it's their song.
monster by lady gaga
"but i can't stop staring in those evil eyes"
chapter 100. this is about the sexy vampire at slughorn's party.
gilded lily by cults
"haven't i given enough, given enough?"
chapter 100. this song immediately comes to mind when i think of harry being a horcrux.
CHAPTER 102 - the party chapter
always be my baby by mariah carey
you oughta know by alanis morissette
hungry like the wolf by duran duran
wonderwall by oasis
no diggity by blackstreet, dr. are, queen pen
pony by ginuwine
do any of these need explanations? listen to them and get drunk for me.
bros by wolf alice
chapter 104. sirius and james but sirius is being a dick, but they love each other.
who we are by hozier
"to hold me like water
or christ, hold me like a knife"
chapter 105. self explanatory. it's the fight
the suffering by coheed and cambia
"should we try this again with hope?
or is it lost? give up the ghost
and should i die alone, as i knew i would?"
chapter 105. it's their fight. i can't explain it, but it is.
first love/late spring by mitski
"oh please, hurry, leave me, i can't breathe
please don't say you love me"
chapter 106. james and regulus after their fight. they're in pain but they love each other.
fourth of july by sufjan stevens
chapter 106. i listen to this song and think about regulus worrying about losing harry, sirius, and james.
anything but by hozier
"if i was a rip tide, i wouldn't tak eyou out "
chapter 107. this song is so SNAPE. it is full of things that sound nice, but are really insults.
alright by supergrass
i keep thinking about how regulus wants harry to act like a teenager and i just imagine this song. it fits so well imo.
august by flipturn
chapter 108. this is james thinking about how much harry has changed.
mr. loverman by ricky montgomery
this song is how i imagine james alone in grimmauld.
godric's hollow graveyard by alexandre desplat
chapter 113.
you're my best friend by queen
chapter 120. this is james about remus and sirius.
no right to love you by rhys lewis
"time pushed me to the edge
the jump was my decision
i've only got myself to blame
'cause i have no right to love you"
chapter 120. this is james about regulus in this chapter.
i can see you by taylor swift
chapter 118. harry following draco around.
gloom by djo
chapter 118. drarry in the bathroom.
applause by lady gaga
chapter 122. this song refers to harry's final quidditch game (though it's not detailed in the fic)
we fell in love in october by girl in red
somewhere near 123. this song refers to the lesbians of the story (lavender/parvati/ginny mess)
into the rushes by nicholas hooper
chapter 123. the battle.
dumbledore's farewell by dumbledore's farewell
chapter 124. it's dumbledore dying.
afraid by the neighbourhood
chapter 124. this always makes me think of draco's fears about what he's being asked to do and about his place in the wizarding world.