#bailen

[ID copied from alt: A stylized digital drawing in black against a background with a fiery yellow-orange gradient. It shows a leaping hare from the side, with a wide eye, a scar beneath its eye, and a broken string tied to one of its feet. The hare is surrounded by the outline of a flame. There is a distressed effect over parts of the drawing, as though some of the black ink has been smeared. End ID.]

my breath could embody a wildfire starting: an aisling playlist

(or, yes we're doing this again for my freaky D&D rogue this time)

[Spotify]

01) Free – Florence + the Machine

and for a moment, when i'm dancing, i'm free

02) Will I Find My Home – Juniper Vale, Vian Izak

i left the nest/when i was far too young/never set/my flight for the sun

03) Brighter Than the Sun – Brick + Mortar

brighter as i burn, i burn away

04) NFWMB – Hozier

if i was born as a blackthorn tree/i'd wanna be felled by you, held by you/fuel the pyre of your enemies

05) Toba the Tura – Forgive Durden

they say you're gifted/well, i just see a scared kid

06) Throne – Saint Mesa

you hate my bad behavior/you cut my loosened tongue/you play the part of savior

07) See Her Out (That's Just Life) – Francis and the Lights

tell her she can't escape/whole damn world is a cage

08) Bruno is Orange – Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

everyone will know, everyone will yell/i'd thank you, just the same, if you didn't tell

09) Jackrabbit – San Fermin

wanna live like an animal/by the skin of your teeth/put your good face on, you're fooling no one/you're a jackrabbit underneath

10) Friend of the Devil – Mumford & Sons

if i get home before daylight/i just might get some sleep tonight

11) Perfume and Milk – Florence + the Machine

healing is slow, it comes and it goes/a glimpse of sun, then a flurry of snow

12) Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin

i close my eyes and fly out of my mind/into the fire

13) Earthbound – The Accidentals

i'll sleep away the cold/i'll wrap myself up like a twisted wire

14) Sugar in a Bowl – Of Monsters and Men

i found a fire in your shadow/i know you were born to be wild

15) Agoraphobia – Autoheart

tried on thirteen different pairs of shoes/and not one made me want to leave/this blessed house of mine

16) America (The Song) – Max DiRado

you can bleed, you can bleed/if you wanna be freed/or you can take to the streets, you can fall to your knees/but you can't run

17) Restraint – Florence + the Machine

am i quiet enough for you yet?

18) Latter Days – Mother Mother

i ain't coming out today/oh, hell no/no, imma stay in my cave

19) Know How – The Crane Wives

i am not brave, i am not brave/i blind my eyes to what won't stay

20) Wait for Me – Hadestown Original West End Cast

but if all you've got is your own two legs/just be glad you've got them

21) Sax Rohmer #1 – The Mountain Goats

and a rabbit gives up somewhere/and a dozen hawks descend/every moment leads toward its own sad end

22) Not Gonna Take Me – BAILEN

"you're not gonna win," she screamed at the sky/and said, "i'll keep on running 'til the day i die"

23) The Rising – Bruce Springsteen

making my way through the darkness/i can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me

24) Rocky Road to Dublin – The Irish Descendants

hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road

25) Boreas – The Oh Hellos

yeah, i swing from believing/that maybe my working will all pay off/to considering drinking with molotov

26) Zephyrus – The Oh Hellos

Caught these souls playing their staggeringly beautiful tunes in Nashville the other week🥲 @bailentheband.

and THESE absolute stunners last night in Dublin @yevagabonds.