Tunes & Tales: Native

The inspiration to feature a One Republic album for the last Tunes & Tales of this year came to me on our drive home from Thanksgiving in Connecticut. One of their songs came on when we switched up our Pandora station, and it reminded me of how much I love their music! Native is the album that means the most to me, because it reminds me of when my sister & Mel got to see them perform at the most epic summer concert experience I've ever had. Anyway, I really love this album, and I am excited to share my song and book pairings!

VIBE: pop rock songs with catchy beats

WHY: I've always found their songs to be the type that stay stuck in my head for days, and obviously, in a good way.

TRY: I Lived is by far my favorite song on this album, because it's so inspiring!

Counting Stars / Diplomatic Immunity

I feel something so right by doing the wrong thing

And I feel something so wrong by doing the right thing

I could lie, couldn't I, couldn't I?

Every thing that kills me makes me feel alive

Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

Baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars

Love Runs Out / As I Descended

I got my mind made up, man, I can't let go.

I'm killing every second 'til it saves my soul.

(Ooh) I'll be running, (Ooh) I'll be running,

'Til the love runs out, 'til the love runs out.

And we'll start a fire, and we'll shut it down,

'Til the love runs out, 'til the love runs out.

If I Lose Myself / Just One Year

I stared up at the sun,

Thought of all of the people, places and things I’ve loved.

I stared up just to see

With all of the faces, you were the one next to me.

You can feel the light start to tremble,

Washing what you know out to sea.

You can see your life out of the window tonight.

If I lose myself tonight,

It’ll be by your side.

Feel Again / The Start of Me and You

It's been a long time coming since I've seen your face

I've been everywhere and back trying to replace

Everything that I had 'til my feet went numb

Praying like a fool that's been on the run

Heart's still beating but it's not working

It's like a million dollar phone that you just can't ring

I reached out trying to love but I feel nothing

Yeah, my heart is numb

But with you

I feel again

What You Wanted / Ignite Me

I'll put your poison in my veins

They say the best love is insane, yeah

I'll light your fire till my last day

I'll let your fields burn around me, around me

If that's what you wanted

I Lived / Me Before You

Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall

Hope when the water rises, you built a wall

Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name

Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay

Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad

The only way you can know is give it all you have

And I hope that you don't suffer but take the pain

Hope when the moment comes, you'll say...

I, I did it all

Light It Up / The Goal

I could light it up for you

We ain't got a shot to lose

Put it on but fade it out

Tell you that you weren't enough

Acting like your favourite drug

Raise a cup

We can light it up

Can't Stop / Days of Blood and Starlight

I guess this is what it's supposed to feel like

No, we don't talk, no, we don't talk, we don't talk anymore.

I guess this is what it's supposed to sound like

The universe, the universe, universe is torn.

I don't want to live without you

I can't live without you half the day

I don't want to live without you

And put life off for another day

Au Revoir / Results May Vary

Today I'm not myself

And you, you're someone else

And all these rules don't fit

And all that starts can quit

What a peculiar state we're in [...]

Let's play a game

Where all of the lives we lead can change

Let's play a game

Where nothing that we can see, the same

We'll find other pieces to the puzzles

Slipping out under the locks

I can show you how many moves to check mate right now

We can take apart this life we're building

And pack it up inside a box

All that really matters is we're doing it right now

Right now

Burning Bridges / Isla and the Happily Ever After

You and I were meant to be, ain't no doubt about it no way to hide that sort of thing

Now I'm waiting for something better ain't nothing better worth imagining

I keep on running I'm building bridges that I know you never wanted

Look for my heart you stole it away

Now I'll never sing the road that I could take

Listen, I want you to burn my bridges down

I said I want you to burn my bridges down

Set me on fire

You set me, set me on fire

Something I Need / Empire of Storms

I know that we're not the same

But I'm so damn glad that we made it

To this time, this time, now

You got something I need

In this world full of people, there's one killing me

And if we only die once,

I wanna die with you

Preacher / Stealing Parker

I took a little faith

And put it in a parking lot

I drove to a strange town

Full of "have" and "have nots"

And as I walked through that storybook life

I was looking for an angel to chase the devil at night

Don't Look Down / The Thousandth Floor

Hey, I can hear you talking

Say, don’t look down, don’t look down.

Hey, I can hear you preaching

Say don’t leave me fall, fall.

Life in Color / This Adventure Ends

I do my best

To find some kind of glow

I'm giving it some heart and soul, now

From the darkest grays

The sun bursts, clouds break

Yeah, we see that fire

From the streets of Babylon

To the road that we've been on now

The kaleidoscope claims another

Oh oh oh oh (oh)

Well this is life in color (color)

Today feels like no other