by Abby
The first song of my eight song playlist is ‘White Liar’ by Miranda Lambert. This song captures the tone of many scenarios in my novel; one in particular however is the luminary phone call Willah embraces with Faye, a family friend. Willah soon finds out during this short phone conversation that her blood father had remarried and had a separate family. Although divorced from Willah’s mother legally and separated by many states, this came as a surprise because even though her mother had never conveyed her former husband had a separate family, but she had not attempted to convey that information to Willah at any time either. Miranda expresses her discouragement with white liars in her new country aged song. The mood is a frustration for the lack of knowledge but also the faint disregard on whether you really needed or wanted to know that information.
‘White Liar’ by Miranda Lambert
The second song is also a modern country song with a different mood and tone however. This song is performed by Dierks Bentley with a title of ‘I Hold On.’ In the song, Dierks goes through a couple scenarios when or where he holds on to specific feelings and objects that have a certain attachment to him. We see this in Blood Wounds often, especially when Willah explains her attachment to her father who was now known as a serial killer across the nation and that she hadn’t even spoken to in nearly a decade. In both the song and this situation, there is the realization and acceptance of each scenario’s feelings. We could also symbolize Dierks longing for his father that used to ride around with him in his truck, to Willah’s few pleasant memories of her toddler years with her blood father.
‘I Hold On’ by Dierks Benteley
Thirdly I chose ‘What Now’ by Rihanna. This represents and accurately portrays when Willah is in the hotel room, waiting to see if the dead body that was identified to be her fathers on the scene of the crime, was really who the authorities assumed it to be. While waiting, Willah begins to ponder all the possibilities of scenarios that could occur once she returned to her school after her life had become so called “normal” again. Willah is discouraged and feels hopeless. Rihanna also expresses the same emotional state when she repetitively asks “what now?” in discouragement of the heartbreak and chaos in her life within the recent spell of time. Both scenarios are in a depressed, longing tone.
‘What Now’ by Rihanna
Fourthly, I chose ‘Hold On, We’re Going Home’ by Drake (Feat. Majid Jordan) because Drake relating to some of Willah’s feelings and emotions within the song. Even though Drake is expressing feelings for a female to his liking, the mood of the song and Willah’s scenario are similar in a way that it’s almost a bitter-sweet homecoming once Willah’s life goes back to her so called ‘normal.’ Willah doesn’t exactly know how her life will return to ‘normal’ and Drake explains in his lyrics that he’s willing to take a chance with love once again, just like Willah will be taking chances going back to school and facing everyday life again.
‘Hold On, We Are Going Home’ by Drake (Feat. Majid Jordan)
The fifth song was ‘Unconditionally’ by Katy Perry because of the tone and mood relating to Willah’s step father’s relationship with Willah. Willah’s step father, Jack, although never officially adopting Willah, shows her the same love and compassion that we would see with a father to his biological, full blood daughters. Jack however gives all his daughters, biological or not, the same level of caring compassion. The mood in Katy Perry’s song explains unconditional love and what that looks like. The mood in the song is essentially a gay representation of an everlasting, loving relationship. Katy’s loving relationship is just like Jack’s with his daughters; just like every father’s should be.
‘Unconditionally’ by Katy Perry
The sixth song on my playlist is ‘Turning Tables’ by Adele because of Adele’s distinct tone in the song. In the song we see a rejection for feelings and actions that Adele has once made and refuses to ever make again. Willah however feels, towards the end of the novel, that cutting herself to reduce stress is a mistake that she’s made before and that won’t make it again. She acknowledged this to her family, who willingly agreed to help her with this brutal issue. The lyrics may not match up in this particular situation, but the tones of regret and change are blatantly obvious in both the song and novel.
‘Turning Tables’ by Adele
The seventh song in my play list relates to a very specific scene in my book, and that song is ‘Drunk Last Night’ by Eli Young Band. When Willah is nearing the end of her stay in Pryor, Faye the woman at which Willah was staying with, decided that the funeral and trauma had been too much and that it was time to get a little tipsy. Faye of course warned Willah, and eventually marked her words by actions. In the song above, The Eli Young Band repetitively identifies the drunkenness of the character the song was created after. This song directly correlates to the specific scene and mood when Faye gets drunk in the book.
‘Drunk Last Night’ by Eli Young Band
The eighth and final song on my play list is performed by Philip Philips with the title of ‘Home.’ The song features Philip coming out and saying that he will help whoever is having troubles, through this difficult time he or she is experiencing. Just like Willah had Faye, her mother’s friend from Pryor, to be there for her in more ways than one. Each is an expression of compassion and caring for someone who is going through a rough time. A real friend most would argue.
‘Home’ by Philip Philips
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