#the pic is from a photoshoot of imaan hammam and dev patel i highly recommend

[tarathorntonstan]

i like museums too, a nate sewell romance playlist (x)

tracklist under the cut

honestly i was bored over the holiday and this was fun to spend some time on! i did a little write-up for a few tracks because i’ve lost control over my life~ PLEASE DM ME WITH YOUR NAT/E SEWELL FEELINGS I AM HERE 2 SIMP xoxo

sonata in g minor for cello & piano op. 65/frédéric chopin

i know n comes from the baroque era of music but they seem more romantic era in attitude. i am thinking about nate in a white shirt with the collar open writing unrequited love notes with a quill and ink while staring out at some sort of foggy countryscape....

waiting to know you/fiery furnaces

and when i'm about to give up hope but note with my telescope i’m standing guard the navy yard to see could there one for me be

fingerprints/hiatus kaiyote

like the wind without her whisperings and the colours wept from all her tapestries would be left nothing but sullen imagery

soraya definitely had a “not quite lucky or unlucky” childhood, but i think both she and nate can relate to feeling bittersweet about even fond memories of their youth and eventually are able to move on from the sadness and loss together

constant surprises/little dragon

the higher forces want to connect last night in my dream, i was talking to you you know who you are, were you dreaming too?

honeycomb/kadhja bonet

honeycomb, drip amber rays of sun the sweetness that is you and i the humble bee that brings the pollen to your gilded lips

i am always thinking about sensual metaphors re: nate

wood/rostam

sunlight on your back you were dreaming

honestly, everything about this song....the guitar and drums, the soft vocals, the blurred lines of dream and awake...it’s just so sultry and romantic 

no plan/hozier

why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird? when it sings so sweet [...] there's no plan, there's no kingdom to come i'll be your man if you got love to get done

for soraya, with immortality comes immorality, or at least in regards to divine judgement. no afterlife means she and n can focus on the here and now!

the whole idea of caging the bird/hiding who they are...soraya and n are both kind of bad at sharing about themselves (although this relationship is what helps soraya get better at opening up bc n is so easy to be vulnerable around). it takes n a little longer to be as open as she so quickly becomes which is fine with her she gets it but she feels connected in a profound way

colouour/moses sumney

why don’t you try some earth tones? since you claim you wanna die the color of compost might make you feel revived

hot knife/fiona apple

he excites me must be like the genesis of rhythm i get feisty whenever i’m with him

maar dala/devdas ost

this song is too beautiful!!!!! (lyrics here) madhuri dixit invented longing! i like the idea of soraya who is normally reserved just leaning into the feeling of falling for someone. and nate does make her go starry-eyed and swoon just like a bollywood romantic lead should :)c

[i also have an inkling of a hc that soraya introduces farah to bollywood and naturally she falls in LOVE with romantic musical movies over 3 hours  long with elaborate costumes and choreography! also naturally morgan never knows peace from that moment on...]

lest we forget (blood)/esperanza spalding

blood is ignited engine here at the core of all creation with your key to our mystery's spark bursting just beneath the surface

i love this song for all the romances but especially for n bc of their internal struggle with their nature. the interplay of the sensual and the sexual in vampire/human relationships feels very present in the rhythm. i love the temptation of the detective’s blood....just n being overwhelmed hearing her pulse and the increasing movement of the thing that holds life for vampires and humans alike and how there it rushes through her body (always but esp any time she gets excited over n’s presence....👀)

soraya is also a scientist and thus very clinical about and aware of 1. her human anatomy and 2. the needs of a supernatural like n, but she’s also very trusting/comfortable with n and everything they are....(yes she would offer n her blood in dire circumstances without a question but i am not ready to write about it yet)

green papaya/lianne la havas

this river of doubt, help me to swim my way out i'm greedy with love, but my hunger to give is strong enough [...] take me home, let’s make real love

this was hard bc just about every single lyric of this song perfectly encapsulates the nate romance experience! it is lush, it is sensual, it is gentle, it is needy...but mostly it’s about happily giving into the feeling of falling and being in love

you’ll never walk alone/nina simone

the lyrics of the original song are perfect (x) but i just adore this instrumental and think n would too