The Five Songs + Five Characters Tag

This tag, which originated on Hamlette's blog, was passed on to me by Katie.  Thanks, ladies! ♥

"Cornelia Street" by Taylor Swift - Storybrooke + Once Upon a Time couples

And baby, I get mystified

by how this city screams your name.

And baby, I'm so terrified

of if you ever walk away;

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again.

I feel like this would be such a great fanvid song for Once Upon a Time.  It's about how a specific location can crystallize a romance in the mind, and since Storybrooke is such a focal point of the show, I think it'd be neat to combine those two concepts ⎼ love of city and love of another person ⎼ in a tribute to the different couples that add their touch of magic to the series.  

(For the record, I think the first verse is for Robin & Regina, the second for Emma & Killian, and the third for David & Snow.)

"Lingering" by Sheppard - Johnny & Penelope

I'm not afraid to start looking for you;

I'm just afraid I'll be out while you're passing through, oh.

. . .

I'll be waiting, holding my ground,

'cause I know you'll be coming around.

I'll defy the night and shine beams of light

if it helps you find me, baby.

First of all, I love this song on its own.  It's so meandering and wistful and whimsical.  I love it.  And I can so see it for Johnny and Penelope.  The movie is such an easy-going, sweet, slightly melancholic love story, and I think it'd go perfectly with this song.  The not-so-healthy idea of "waiting around" for one's soulmate speaks pretty directly to one of the themes of the story, but in a non-judgmental way.  Much potential, here.

"Home" by Passenger - Rhiannon Stanls

They say home is where the heart is,
but my heart is wild and free.
So am I homeless, or just heartless?
Did I start this?  Did it start me?

Rhiannon Stanls is the protagonist in one of my WIPs, and this song ⎼ these lyrics ⎼ are this story.  I listened to it while I wrote the short story that inspired the revised edition.  It's a very stripped-down, simple, honest song; and I don't know how to explain it, but it almost perfectly encompasses the way I see these characters. 

"This Love" by Taylor Swift - Robin & Marian



This love left a permanent mark;
this love is glowing in the dark.
These hands had to let it go free,
and this love came back to me, oh

Every time I listen to this (gorgeous) song, I think of this beloved couple. The immersive, ambient quality of the musical production combines with the lyrics so beautifully and creates such an evocative, atmospheric picture. It just reminds me of them and of the experience of watching the show. I love it.

"Shiny" by Sara Bareilles - Susan Penvensie ( + a certain special somebody in my WIP )

This song, in my opinion, really speaks to some aspects of Susan's character that people neglect.  They definitely speak to the way I've written in her in my story.

At this point in time, she's a good bit older and her life is pretty bleak.  She's going through the motions and doing what she can for the (very few) people in her life, but she doesn't see any of her own value; only the burdens she represents and the flaws she's always had.  Thankfully, there are those (very few) people around her who can "see what she can't see".

She calls on Sundays, checking in;

we talk about the weather again.

It never changes; she wonders where the rain is.

Once in a while I catch a glimpse

of the truest things that she keeps hidden:

her secret heart - that's my favorite part.

I see what she can't see:

her light only ever landing on me.

But there's a glimmer in her brown eyes,

the ones she gave to me,

so I know we can both be shiny.

Are there any songs that remind you of certain characters? 
Or vice versa?
Tell me alllllllll.