here i built fortress in the woods to escape from being there
here i learned to love cigarettes and rebellion
here i escaped into my self-pity and fear
here i cried and laughed alone

here the shooting stars meant that you loved me
here nothing had to make sense
here the memories were palpable and unbearable
here i never wanted to leave to go back to my room

here, where the azalea bushes srpang and memories of innocence went to rot
here, where the watching windows could not see me
here, where the cinder block headstones held up the weight
here, where the world stepped off my shoulder

here, here alone i feel at home

• watch your mouth - derek webb / sandra mccracken (i hardly ever say to you, the thing I really mean)
• what you want - derek webb (greatest song on the face of the earth.)
• the nicest thing - kate nash (i wish you couldn't figure me out, but you'd always want to know what i was about)
• october - rosie thomas (some days when she is slightly down, tell her it’s okay to frown- it makes you just fall more in love with her)
• no one's gonna love you - band of horses
• i wish that i could see you soon - herman dune (and i'm like... the sooner the better)
• to make you feel my love - bob dylan / derek webb and sandra mccracken
• trade my love - sandra mccracken (i would trade my love, for all your fears)
• springtime indiana - sandra mccracken (never been good with my thoughts, even worse with my words, but you read like familiar poetry that i have never heard)
• brightest - copeland
• one who knows - dar williams
• he stopped loving her today - johnny cash (buy it on itunes. not the other guy's version)
• wanted - andrew osenga (download the free EP)
• i want you (she's so heavy) - the beatles
• miserable at best - mayday parade
• perhaps she'll wait - bebo norman (fumbled them around until they fell, much safer ground- just keeping to myself)
• there cannot be a close second - copeland (so forgive me, cause i don't know what to do, when you look at me)
• brothers on a hotel bed - death cab for cutie (the whole albums Plans should be on here)
• oh, it is love - hellogoodbye
• such great heights - iron and win
• polaris - jimmy eat world (i look at you and know, the world was beautiful)
• hanging on for hope - the new amsterdams (her smile will make you weak, and proud)
• we are not as strong as we think we are - rich mullins (they say that one day joshua made the sun stand still in the sky, but I can't even keep these thoughts of you from passing by)
• mixtapes/cellmates - rocky votolato
• all my life - rosie thomas
• just to see you smile - tim mcgraw