i hate living - car seat headrest
- repeated “what drugs can i take to make me enjoy this” was giving crane to me
- opening line “sick in the hot, hot bathroom” felt very reminiscent of certain parts of the story
- the music felt like the vibes of the book as well
- first of all, all the cavetown songs were written by a trans guy so it fits in that way
- cryptid was giving appalachia to me
- “delete it i don’t look like that” was one line that felt like crane to me
- “old man creeping on my body like a centipede, ugh” felt like how crane feels about the hive and levi
straight through my head (do it!!!) - cavetown
- the song is about mental health and crane has a pretty shit one
- opening line “parasite i’m on to you” both the hive and the baby are parasites
- “but i’m the body” as in how the hive and levi view crane - just as a body for the baby
- repeated “you’re not real” with crane feeling repeatedly like he and the baby aren’t real and how his trauma affected him
- “yeah you love it the gravel in your burns” was the line that stuck out to me the most, as it feels like something that would be said to crane
- “you’re addicted to the rot” the “rot” in question would be the hive or levi and how crane can’t seem to escape
- about intrusive thoughts
- “sweet like tarmac i’d eat that get your fingers out of my mouth” feels to me like a direct quote from the book
- “i like bad things i can’t have” is crane’s mentality summed up
- “i think my brain is rotting in places” “i think my body is falling in pieces” are both reminiscent of cranes struggles with the pregnancy and his mental health throughout the book and how he feels about his body
- “i should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die” is how crane expresses his desire to leave the hive but how he can’t
- the whole song is about hating the body you have
- “cause i’ve grown tired of this body” is how crane hates his body when he’s pregnant
burning pile - mother mother
- “all my money been a long time spent on my drugs on my rent” crane has very little money because of both levi and the hive and so it’s hard for him to escape
- “all my troubles on a burning pile” “if i catch fire then i change my aim” crane is very destructive in how he treats himself and other people
- “my daddy’s got a gun you better run” literally levi. like.
- about freaky sex and hating yourself it’s crane personified
- i would say it’s self explanatory and the whole song is kind of giving levi
- i also thought the music sounded very you weren’t meant to be human
- “rape me my friend” sounds like something crane would say or think
body snatchers - radiohead
- body snatchers. like how the hive snatched his body and made him keep the baby
- “im trapped in this body and can’t get out” are crane’s feelings about his body/life
weird fishes/arpeggi - radiohead
- “i get eaten by the worms… picked over by the worms”
- “can’t get the stink off” was giving hive vibes to me
- “you do it to yourself, you do and that’s what really hurts” crane hates himself and self harms
jigsaw falling into place - radiohead
- it had the vibes of the book
- “words are blunt instruments” crane doesn’t speak anymore
tongues & teeth - the crane wives
- please listen to the song you will see exactly why it’s on the playlist