Book Playlist

If Not Us Playlist

15 tracks

balanced

Sep 9, 2026

“If Not Us” reads like a push-and-pull between private commitment and public consequence—tender, then urgent. This playlist alternates between breathy instrumental atmospheres and lyrics about choosing each other, surviving uncertainty, and refusing the easy outcome.

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Track List

15 songs

1

Sophie

Ear Pwr · Tre Faux

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2

Sunrise

Explosions In The Sky · Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack for Public Television)

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3

Climbing Up the Walls

Radiohead · OK Computer

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4

Kyrie

Clay Aiken · Kyrie

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5

Words You Said... I'll Never Forget You Now

Hammock · Departure Songs

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6

Flight from the City

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

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7

Somebody Else

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Top Hits of 2016, Vol. 7

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8

Swim

Chase Atlantic · Chase Atlantic

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9

when the party's over

Billie Eilish · School Playlist

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10

Dry Spell

Kacey Musgraves · Middle of Nowhere

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11

All Your'n

Tyler Childers · Country Squire

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12

We Are Young

fun. · Want to Want Me - 10s Pop

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13

Home

Maria Loka · Home

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14

Say You Won't Let Go

James Arthur · TikTok Songs: Pop Hits 2022 | 2023

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15

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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