I looked around for a mirror and found in its place a billboard

I haven't done a music post in ages. The common thread here is: songs that have been stuck in my head recently. One is a cover that I discovered before its original, the rest are by the people they say. I have no idea what, if anything, this selection signifies. If I played them on repeat for a day or more, onto this list they go.

Car Seat Headrest, "Something Soon"

I was referring to the present in past tense
It was the only way that I could survive it

Dana Falconberry and Medicine Bow, "Alamogordo"

But if my bones are made
Of sand from which they came
Then I will keep locked in your gaze
I will not be afraid

Elvis Perkins, "I Came for Fire"

I hear the choirs from inside the curtain
I came for fire
If I go, I know I come back again

Jerry's Diner, "Break Under Pressure"

Will you see me giving up, giving up?

Johnny Flynn, "Sweet William, Pt. 2"

For the world has begun with the birth of the sun
And its death the very same day

The Kills, "Future Starts Slow"

You can blow what's left of my right mind
I don't mind

The Magnetic Fields, "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side (feat. Dudley Klute)"

'Cause I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride

Ought, "Men for Miles"

If we're being honest, who would want to live here?
Fourteen clocks and half as many walls

Parquet Courts, "Berlin Got Blurry"

You can't crop yourself out of the picture
Out of focus, but still framed inside

Twice as Much, "Play with Fire"

But you'd better watch your step, girl
Or start living with your mother