jordanTunes Volume 1 ⋆ Mississauga Life ✫ Spirit of the City

Who doesn’t love music? It’s a bit of a clich?, I know, but music adds colour to life and is often therapeutic. With that in mind, here are the 20 songs that I’ve been listening to lately—and often, if my YouTube history is to be believed. (Note: I should never, ever be looked up to as a role model. That is all.)

“Waiting Game”, Banks

Favourite lyrics: “I wish I was in love but I don’t wanna cause any pain/And if I’m feeling like I’m evil we’ve got nothing to gain”

“New Scene”, Felix Cartal ft. Ofelia

Favourite lyrics: “I’ll be the best escape of the in between/I’ll be the first step to a brand new scene”

“Gods and Monsters”, Jessica Lange (originally by Lana Del Rey)

Favourite lyrics: “I don’t really wanna know what’s good for me/God’s dead I said ‘Baby that’s all right with me’/No one’s gonna take my soul away/I’m living like Jim Morrison”

“Muse”, OCAD

Favourite lyrics: “The one thing he should know is I can also wear the pants with my f***ing heels on”

“Bed Peace”, Jhene Aiko ft. Childish Gambino

Favourite lyrics: “What is it that you’re smoking?/Piece it up with this peace and love/And this peace and love like the old days”

“Summertime”, Billie Holiday

Favourite lyrics: “Summertime and the livin’ is easy”

“Otherside”, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favourite lyrics: “Centuries are what it meant to me/A cemetery where I marry the sea”

“Mardy Bum”, Arctic Monkeys

Favourite lyrics: “Now then Mardy Bum/I’ve seen your frown/And it’s like looking down the barrel of a gun/And it goes off”

“Get Lucky”, Daughter (originally by Daft Punk)

Favourite lyrics: “Like the legend of the phoenix/All ends with beginnings”

“Jack the Ripper”, Morrissey

Favourite lyrics: “And no one knows a thing about my life/I can come and go as I please/And if I want to I can stay/Oh, or if I want to, I can leave”

“Little Motel”, Modest Mouse

Favourite lyrics: “We treat mishaps like sinking ships/And I know that I don’t want to be out to drift”

“Children of the Bad Revolution”, Lana Del Rey

Favourite lyrics: “I’m a flashy little lush but he thinks I’m really fine/Notorious and wild takes me where I’m gonna shine”

“Do What U Want”, Lady Gaga

Favourite lyrics: “Yeah we takin’ these haters/And we roughin’ ’em up/And we lay in the cut like we don’t give a f***”

“Hurt” Johnny Cash (originally by Nine Inch Nails)

Favourite lyrics: “What have I become?/My sweetest friend/Everyone I know goes away in the end”

“I Smell a Massacre”, Butcher Babies

Favourite lyrics: “Save yourself this is straight war”

“Hollow Crown”, Architects

Favourite lyrics: “As the sea breeze hits my lungs/It takes me back to where I belong”

“Toes”, Lights

Favourite lyrics: “If you are a cliffhanger ending/I’m the one that doesn’t know anything”

“No Light, No Light” Florence and the Machine

Favourite lyrics: “You can’t choose what stays and what fades away”

“Affection”, Crystal Castles

Favourite lyrics: “Without past I can’t disappoint my ancestry”

“Here Comes the Night Time”, Arcade Fire

Favourite lyrics: “It starts in your feet then it goes to your head/And if you can feel it then the rules are dead/And if you’re the judge then what is our crime?/Here comes the night time”

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