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The instrumental opening moves from intimate piano and strings toward unsettled electronic textures, echoing the shift from a basement refuge to a world in crisis. The vocal half follows Dean and Astrid’s friction, fear, and unexpected tenderness, balancing end-of-the-world urgency with the possibility of choosing life together.
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Wildflowers
Tom Petty · Wildflowers
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Avril 14th
Aphex Twin · Drukqs
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Near Dark
Burial · Untrue
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Porcelain
Moby · Play
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Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel · Pachelbel: Canon in D - Bach: Air on a G String - Handel: Largo from 'Xerxes' - Hallelujah Chorus - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": II. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M. · Document (R.E.M. No. 5)
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Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers · Just As I Am
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Shelter
The xx · xx
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Sweet Disposition
The Temper Trap · Conditions
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Keep Your Head Up
Ben Howard · Every Kingdom
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The Luckiest
Ben Folds · Rockin' The Suburbs
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Walking On Sunshine
Katrina & The Waves · Katrina & The Waves
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Run
Snow Patrol · Final Straw
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Save Me
Aimee Mann · Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
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QKThr
Aphex Twin · Drukqs
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste
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Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast
Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
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