I’ve mentioned before that I write to music. It helps keep me focused because it drowns out other noises in the house, plus I just like music . Below is the playlist that I listened to while writing Once Burned. Don’t read anything more into this than what it is: songs I enjoyed listening to. There’s no hidden meaning for the book in these songs. A few of these bands I found through reader recommendations, so thank you for that! If you find anything you like from this playlist, great. If you hate my taste in music, well, that’s why there are as many different music genres as there are fiction genres . None of these are brand new songs since I wrote the book almost a year ago, and you’ll see the occasional Really Old song in there, too.

P.S.: The ’ ‘ means the band is the same as above.

Song                                               Band 

This is War                                    30 Seconds To Mars

Kings and Queens                        ”

Pages                                              3 Doors Down

The Silence Remains                  ”

What’s Left                                   ”

Soft Shock                                     Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Maps                                               ”

Empty Eyes                                   Within Temptation

Where is the Edge                        ”

Fire and Ice                                    ”

Faster                                              ”

Shot in the Dark                            ”

The Fool                                          The Winners

The Promise                                   When in Rome

Underwater                                    Vertical Horizon

It’s Over                                           ”

Forever                                            ”

Give You Back                                ”

Miracle                                            ”

Best I Ever Had                              ”

Your Love is a Song                      Switchfoot

Fields of Gold                                 Sting

Nothing Left to Say                       Staind

Raining Again                                 ”

Tangled Up in the You                  ”

Lost Along the Way                       ”

All I Want                                        ”

Save Me                                           ”

Believe                                             ”

The Way I am                                 ”

Breakeven                                       The Script

Nothing                                            ”

Running Up That Hill                   Placebo

All I Wanted                                    Paramore

Raise Your Glass                            Pink

Who Knew                                       ”

Please Don’t Leave Me                  ”

Sober                                                ”

F*cking Perfect                              ”

Come Home                                   One Republic

All We Are                                       ”

Apologize                                         ”

Shattered                                         O.A.R.

If Today Was Your Last Day        Nickelback

Never Gonna Be Alone                  ”

I’d Come For You                           ”

After The Storm                              Mumford and Sons

Winter Winds                                  ”

All You Wanted                               Michelle Branch

All In                                                  Lifehouse

Already Gone                                   Kelly Clarkson

E.T.                                                    Katy Perry

Firework                                           ”

Who Am I Living For                     ”

What Do You Want From Me       Grant Scott

Before It’s Too Late                        The Goo Goo Dolls

Notbroken                                        ”

Stay With Me                                   ”

Falls On Me                                     Fuel

Wasted Time                                   ”

Heartbeat                                         The Fray

Syndicate                                          ”

Cosmic Love                                    Florence and the Machine

Dreams                                             Fleetwood Mac

Sweet Dreams                                 Eurythmics

Here Comes the Rain Again        ”

Princess of Chine                           Coldplay and Rhianna

Paradise                                           Coldplay

Charlie Brown                                 ”

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall      ”

Arms                                                  Christina Perri

Amen Omen                                     Ben Harper

Lighters                                             Bad Meets Evil

Someone Like You                          Adele

Set Fire to the Rain                         ”

Rolling in the Deep                         ”

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