These are the songs and artists I listened to when I wrote this story. I would recommend listening to these songs while you are reading but you don't have to, they are there to give further insight into characters emotions and the situations they are put in.

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i. 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝'𝚜 𝙻𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚢 by 𝙷𝚘𝚣𝚒𝚎𝚛

❝ Don't you ever tame your demons
But always keep 'em on a leash ❞

ii. 𝙱𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚢 by 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜

❝ That all this time I've been afraid
Wouldn't let it show
Nobody can save me now ❞

iii. 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 // 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 by 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚘𝚗

❝ You poisoned me just for
Another dollar in your pocket ❞

iv. 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚎 𝚃𝚘 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 by 𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎

❝ Where I've become so numb, without a soul
My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold ❞

v. 𝙱𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝙰 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 by 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙴𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑

❝ Why aren't you scared of me?
     Why do you care for me? ❞

vi. 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 by 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚎𝚢

❝ I sat alone, in bed till the morning
I'm crying, "They're coming for me"
And I tried to hold these secrets inside me
My mind's like a deadly disease ❞

vii. 𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 by 𝚃𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚜

❝ Fear might be the death of me
Fear leads to anxiety
Don't know what's inside of me ❞

viii. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 by 𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍

❝ Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes ❞

ix. 𝙵𝚒𝚡 𝚈𝚘𝚞 by 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢

❝ Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you ❞

x. 𝙶𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 by 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚎𝚢

❝ You can't wake up, this is not a dream
You're part of a machine, you are not a human being ❞

xi. 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 by 𝙷𝚘𝚣𝚒𝚎𝚛

❝ My head was warm
My skin was soaked.
I called your name 'til the fever broke ❞

xii. 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 by 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙴𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚏𝚝. 𝙺𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚍

❝ Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can fight my fear ❞

xiii. 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 by 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜

❝ I never said that I want this,
This burden came to me,
And it's made it's home inside ❞

xiv. 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜 by𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙱𝚊𝚢

❝ My mind is lost,
We always knew this day was coming
And now it's more frightening than it's ever gonna be ❞

xv. 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚛 by 𝙵𝚕𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎

❝ Quiet now, you're gonna wake the beast
Hide your soul out of his reach
Shiver to that broken beat ❞

xvi. 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞, 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢? by 𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝙴𝚔𝚔𝚘

❝ So you feel entitled to a sense of control
And make decisions that you think are your own ❞

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