Once again, an article based on my love for music (sorry, not sorry). The amount of times that I have been asked, "what is your favorite song?" is uncountable. Being as obsessed with music as I am, I change my mind every so often. Although I can not choose just ONE favorite song, I have tried my best to narrow it down to the top fifteen songs that I always find myself coming back to, no matter how much time passes.
1. "Hanging By A Moment"
Artist: Lifehouse
Album: No Name Face (2000)
"Forgetting all I'm lacking, completely incomplete."
2. "Drops of Jupiter"
Artist: Train
Album: Drops of Jupiter (2001)
"Reminds me that there's room to grow."
3. "Somewhere Only We Know"
Artist: Keane
Album: Somewhere Only We Know (2004)
"So tell me when you're going to let me in. I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin."
4. "Belief"
Artist: Gavin DeGraw
Album: Chariot (2004)
"You stood by me and I'll stand by my belief."
5. "Mercy"
Artist: OneRepublic
Album: Dreaming Out Loud (2007)
"Fly me to nowhere, it's better than somewhere. That's where I've been and nothing's changed."
6. "Wedding Dress"
Artist: Matt Nathanson
Album: Same Mad Hope (2007)
"I want to be somebody else, now. And I want to thicken my skin."
7. "Looks Like Love"
Artist: NEEDTOBREATHE
Album: The Heat (2007)
"Our hearts can only shake when there's risk that they could break and that's a chance that I will take."
8. "White Dress"
Artist: Ben Rector
Album: Into The Morning (2010)
"I never knew that I could love someone the way that I love you."
9. "For The First Time"
Artist: The Script
Album: Science & Faith (2011)
"We're smiling but we're close to tears."
10. "Kiss Me Slowly"
Artist: Parachute
Album: The Way It Was (2011)
"I can see you there with the city lights. Fourteenth floor, pale blue eyes."
11. "Lego House"
Artist: Ed Sheeran
Album: + (2011)
"I'll surrender up my heart and swap it for yours."
12. "Out Alive"
Artist: Kris Allen
Album: Thank You Camellia (2012)
"Cause you've got the best of me, and you'll be the death of me."
13. "Sleeping With A Friend"
Artist: Neon Trees
Album: Pop Psychology (2014)
"Why mess up a good thing, baby? It's a risk to even fall in love."
14. "Scars"
Artist: James Bay
Album: Chaos And The Calm (2015)
"But I can't make the truth of this work out for you or me."
15. "Somebody Else"
Artist: The 1975
Album: I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it (2016)
"Every time I start to believe in anything you say I'm reminded that I should be getting over it."
Find Crisp's "Top 15" Spotify Playlist here.