Theme Song Thursday (2)

Theme Song Thursday is hosted and created by my favorite: Jena @ Shortie Says where you choose a book you've read or are currently reading and pair it with a song that you think describes the book and why.

This week I chose to do a book that I absolutely LOVED. One that affected me like no other dystopian novel could. I couldn't pick just one song to describe this book, so I ended up with two songs.

The Book:

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Song #1:

The Beauty & the Tragedy - Trading Yesterday

I love this song as a whole, but for me, it fits Delirium because of these lyrics:

For I am finding out that love will kill and save meTaking the dreams that made me upAnd tearing them awayBut the same love will take this heart that's barely beatingAnd fill it with hope beyond the starsOnly love

I feel like these lyrics describe Lena and Alex's love and their overall relationship. How they're both learning to love one another, how they know that their love saves one another, makes them whole, but it's also their love that will ultimately tear them apart. Even though their love is dangerous, it's worth it because their love brings hope. 
And these lyrics:

Another day, another sunriseWashing over everythingIn its time, love will be mineThe beauty and the tragedy

Another place is where their love can thrive. Another time is where Lena and Alex can have their love without hiding. Their love is beautiful, but tragic all at once.
Song #2:
In My Veins - Andrew Belle
If you've read Delirium, the perfect part to play this song is the end of the book. That heartbreaking ending. This song plus that ending broke me so bad I still can't bring myself to read Pandemonium just yet.

Nothing goes as planned.Everything will break.People say goodbye.In their own special way.All that you rely onAnd all that you can fakeWill leave you in the morningBut find you in the day
Oh you're in my veinsAnd I cannot get you outOh you're all I tasteAt night inside of my mouthOh you run awayCause I am not what you foundOh you're in my veinsAnd I cannot get you out.

It must have been fate when this song played the exact moment I reached the end of Delirium. Tears were streaming down my face because this song described that end for Lena and Alex perfectly. And even when I finished reading the book, this song became my solace.

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So what do you think? Did the songs I choose go with the book? Are there any other songs you think go with Delirium? 

Let me know in the comments below! I'd love to hear your thoughts.