Songs For the Late Night Talker // Mixtape #3

This mixtape is about one of my best friends, Audrey. She's kind of amazing and I love her a lot. She came home from camp yesterday and I'm so excited because I haven't seen her in a long time. Audrey is a big reason why I love the music that I love and she constantly introduces me to new music that I fall in love with. Honestly, she made me fall in love with Sublime and Fall Out Boy, and our common love of All Time Low can keep us talking for hours on end. The Maine and Audrey became best friends thanks to me, and we revel in the beauty of Green Day together. Our first Warped Tour experience was together (where we met Bowling For Soup!!!). We partied hard at the Future Hearts Tour, and blast The Arctic Monkeys at 4am. We both love music and we both love who we are and who the other is. Our friendship is kind of one that you find in novels. Not to brag or anything, but it is. It was constructed on a firm foundation of being who we are, built out of love for music and passion for life, stuck together with the glue never running out of things to talk about, and colored with the laughs and adrenaline we share together. I love Audrey a lot and she makes me so fucking happy. She knows who she is and I know who I am and we can be ourselves together and talk about the future and the past and the present and the what ifs and the should have done's and everything in between and that's fucking amazing because you can't always do that with people. These songs are for her.

Songs For Audrey

1. Santeria: Sublime

This song is the first Sublime song that Audrey made me listen to, and I've loved it every since. It's a great song by a great band and it's even better when it's shared with great friends. Plus, this song is just fun to sing along too.

2. The Only Exception: Paramore

This song is about true love, and I believe that true love comes more than once to us in life. Not only more than once romantically, but true love can be between anybody. It's between family and friends and spouses and animals and sometimes music and movies and things. And I think what Aud and I share is true love. I honestly believe that we are best friends and that we are meant to be best friends forever. There's no way a relationship like ours can never not be strong and wonderful and great. This song is just about finding someone who is worth all the risk and the pain, and, to me, Audrey is worth that. Everyday; all the time. She will always be worth that.

3. Teenagers: My Chemical Romance

Teen angst is like my favorite thing in the world. (I mean, duh, why wouldn't it be?) This song is great and it makes me so happy and it's so Audrey and Laura. My Chemical Romance is Audrey's band, so of course this song needs to be on this playlist.

4. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?: Arctic Monkeys

The countless nights that Audrey and I have spent listening to this song (and the whole album) are some of the best nights of my life. This song and the rest of the album are basically the soundtrack to Audrey and I's time spent together, and I'm not complaining. I love this song and so does Audrey. Plus, I've called Audrey a couple of times and she's called me.

5. Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy: Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy is great and Audrey made me love them, so they needed to be on this playlist. They are great and this is one of my favorite songs of theirs and Audrey and I have sung it together countless times.

6. Social Casualty: 5 Seconds of Summer

Teen angst + 5sos + great lyrics + rebelling against authority = love. Seriously though. I love this song as so does Audrey and its great and awesome and really empowering. Plus, 5sos is one of the bands that I introduced Audrey too.

7. We'll All Be...: The Maine

We saw The Maine for the first time in concert together and I was the one who introduced her to them. Which is different and new because usually she introduces me to music. Anyway, this song is all about being young and living it up and how everybody will be degraded but everybody will always be the greatest and I just love this song and it reminds me of Audrey because she's always telling everyone to live it up.

8. Scar Tissue: Red Hot Chili Peppers

I picked this song not for the lyrics (although they are great lyrics, they don't really apply to Audrey's and I relationship), but for the song. It's by a great band and it's a catchy song that we always sing along to and it's on both of our feel better playlists, so it should be on this.

9. Warrior: Demi Lovato

This song reminds me of Audrey. She's been through a lot of tough and nasty shit, but she came out on top and she's a fucking warrior. She is honestly the strongest person I know and this song talks all about strong people. She is a survivor in so many ways and she is a fucking warrior.

10. Old Scars/Future Hearts: All Time Low

All Time Low is probably talked about at least twice in every conversation Audrey and I have. They are our favorite band. I like this song because it talks about how old scars are always going to be there but they don't affect our future hearts. They can coexist and that's always a good message. Audrey and I both have a lot of old scars, but it's good to know that they won't affect all the good that is coming for us.

Aud, you are so fucking amazing and you inspire me to be who I am everyday. You don't put up with people's shit and you stand up for what you believe in. Keep being you because you are fucking great. Happy you're home.

-Laur

"We may not be gettin' younger / Our days might be slippin' away / Yeah, we're still so fucking young, so we'll party like it's our last day." -We'll All Be, The Maine