Birthday Soundtrack (+ Giveaway!)

It's my birthday today! As you read this, I'm currently in Dublin with one of my dearest friends and my first time to really spend this day away from friends and family. I still wanted to share a little something today because if I'm being honest, I feel like I've spent the first half of this year thinking "OMG I'm going to be 33!".

I don't feel like I'm 33 and even though I often say that I'm old, I don't actually think that I am. But there's just something about that number getting higher that does freak me out a little bit. Maybe because it makes me aware that there are still a million things I want to do! And despite what's been a rocky past six months, I'm happy and healthy and excited to see what the rest of the year will bring.

To celebrate, I wanted to share a birthday soundtrack and the exactly lyrics that made me include these songs. And if you scroll some more, I'm giving away two of my favorite music-related books. Listen and enjoy!

CHVRCHES - Bury It 

You bury it, bury it, bury it and rise above

You bury it, bury it, bury it and rise above

Broods - Mother & Father

I don't want to wake up lonely

I don't want to just be fine

I don't want to keep on hoping

Forget what I had in mind

Yuna - Planes 

I got friends but I'm still shy

Sometimes I laugh sometimes I cry

I don't like planes

But I love to fly, love to fly

Mapei - Don't Wait

Old friend indeed, come build me up

Come shed your lie, it makes me shine

You get the message, don't you ever forget it,

Let's laugh and cry until we die!

James Bay - Let It Go

Everything's that's broke

Leave it to the breeze

Why don't you be you

And I'll be me

Kings of Leon - Manhattan

I like to dance all night

It summons the day

That's how I play

The Strokes - Someday

No, I ain't wastin' no more time

And now my fears

They come to me in threes

So, I sometimes say, 

"Fate my friend,

You say the strangest things

I find, sometimes"

Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out 

And I am done with my graceless heart

So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart

'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn

It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out

Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard on Yourself

Don't be so hard on yourself, no

Learn to forgive, learn to let go

Everyone trips, everyone falls

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

STRFKR - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 

I want to be the one to walk in the sun

Oh girls they want to have fun

Oh girls just want to have 

That's all they really want

Some fun

When the working day is done

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GIVEAWAY

I'm giveaway away two music-related books I love: 

Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein and Jesse's Girl by Miranda Kenneally. 

It's US only and open until July 13th. Good luck!

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