Below you will find a list of songs that I feel embody the feeling of Moonless Night. If you have a chance to listen to these songs or at least look up the lyrics, you will not be disapppointed. Thanks again for all your support!
Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell
If Moonless Night were a movie, this would be the base song for the movie's score. It starts off slow and foreboding and builds into a piece that feels quite distressing. When I hear it, I can just see Edward's face when he is beginning to realize what he has to do and the tormet that decision brings.
Chapter 3 Never Be the Same - Red
When Edward is making the decision to leave Bella, he recognizes how difficult it will be for him to let her go. He was permanently changed by her love. The words to this song are just perfect. There's a point in the song where I can almost imagine Edward arguing with himself about staying versus going. He knows he should go, but there's a voice in his head that screams at him to reconsider.
Chapter 4 The Lament - Josh & Helena (look them up on MySpace to hear their song)
I came across this song one day when I was browsing online. The instrumental for The Lament is haunting and beautiful. I can almost picture Edward sitting at the piano, playing out his emotions on the instrument as he tried his best not to play Bella's Lullaby.
Chapter 4 Run - Leona Lewis
I imagine that this is what Edward wants to say to Bella when he's telling her goodbye. He wants her to live on without him. He wants to tell her that a part of him will always be with her, but he can't.
Chapter 4 Tears of an Angel - RyanDan
This song is haunting and absolutely beautiful. I imagine it's the voice of Edward's heart fighting with his brain, begging him to change his mind. "Cover me eyes, cover my ears, tell me these words are a lie" - the lyrics embody perfectly how he must have been feeling. He couldn't believe what he was doing, even while he was doing it.
Chapter 5 Need - Hana Pestle
This song depicts the three weeks Edward spend curled up in the bedroom in Denali. If you read the lyrics, you'll see exactly what I mean.
Chapter 5 Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
When Alice, against Edward's wishes, checks up on Bella, Edward gets a glimpse into Bella's depression. I just love the words to this song and feel that it really embodies what Bella was feeling after Edward left. She loved him so much, but always felt as though she wasn't good enough. When he left, she was haunted by dreams and the sound of his voice, but she believed that he had moved on.
Chapter 7 You Belong in the Sun - Jo Dee Messina
I imagine that this song depicts how Carlisle and Esme are feeling when they speak to Edward on the phone. They worry for their wayward son and long to have him back home. I just love the lyrics:
'You can wander far way-
Everyday I will pray that you're safe
Till I see you agian
When you feel that no one cares
Your scared-
I'll be there-this I swear
Right to the end'
Chapter 10 Second Chance - Shinedown
When Alice calls Edward, he learns how his absence is slowly tearing his family apart. As much as Edward misses his family, he realizes that tracking Victoria is an opportunity for him to do something for Bella, even if he can't be with her. He's seeking some sort of redemption. I love the lyrics:
'Tell my mother, tell my father I've done the best I can
To make them realize this is my life, I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance'
Chapter 14 Stay with Me - Dainty Kane
While Edward lays on the floor of the rainforest, he is bombarded by visions of Bella. Of possible and impossible futures. He struggled with what he sees and is dismayed when he is awoken from a pleasant vision with Bella. If they cannot be together, the only comfort he can seek is in the illusions of her presence.
Chapter 16 February Song - Josh Groban
I imagine that this song could be playing while Edward is writing the letter to his family.
'And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
Sometimes it's hard to find my ground
Cause I keep on falling, as I try
to get away from this crazy world.'
Chapter 18 Memories - Within Temptation
Edward cherishes his memories with Bella and experiences them again through the mind of Aro. It is through his memories that he keeps her with him.
Chapter 23 Never Say Never - The Fray
After escaping the Volturi, Bella is despondent and Edward is unsure of how they will proceed. Does she still love him? Does she still want him? He's resolved himself to the fact that he cannot live without her and the uncertainty about their future eats away at him.
Chapter 26 Better Than Me - Hinder
Edward confesses to Bella how he truly feels and how he lied to protect her. He knows that she could do so much better than him, have a fuller life with someone human, but he also knows that he cannot live without her.
Chapter 28 Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg
I just love the fact that Jasper was soothing Alice by singing....I just love Jasper! :) Anyways, this song, for some reason, has always reminded me of Jasper and Alice. I think when Jasper is singing, he could be singing this song to her, reminiscing about how they fell in love. When Alice found Jasper, he was waiting in a coffee shop/diner for her. He may not have realized that's why he was waiting there, but fate told him to stay until Alice came for him.
I just love these lyrics:
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you Yes, there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you I've seen the paths that your eyes wanter down. I want to come too. I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you.
No one understands me quite like you do, through all of the shadowy corners of me.
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop I love so much. All of the while, I never knew. All of the while, all of the while.
All of the while, it was you.