Never did I think I'd know exactly what I'd want or where I wanted to be at twenty years old. It wasn't necessarily my home or my house in Massachusetts or the pond or the field of sunflowers or everything I'd always known
Wherever Jamie Perron was, that's where I wanted to be...at least for now. A lot of people don't know what they want at twenty. Some people spend years searching for something and walk away empty-handed. I found something, something greater than I ever expected. Maybe I should consider myself one of the lucky ones.
The caffeine started to wear off, pure exhaustion sweeping over me. Lying beside me, Jamie flung a blanket over us.
"Promise me you'll be here when I wake up," I said with my eyes closed.
"I promise," he said and kissed my forehead.
As I was just about to drift off to sleep, I smiled as Jamie sang the most romantic Christmas ballads of all time. Yeah, this was where I wanted to be.
Credits
1. God Save the Queen
Artist: The Sex Pistols
Album: Never Mind the Bullocks
Released: 1977
2. In Between Days
Artist: The Cure
Album: The Head on the Door
Released: 1985
3. Beat on the Brat
Artist: Ramones
Album: Ramones
Released: 1976
4. Holiday in Cambodia
Artist: Dead Kennedys
Album: The 1978 Demos
Released: 1978
5. Cities in Dust
Artist: Siouxsie and the Banshees
Album: Tinderbox
Released: 1986
6. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: Armed Forces
Released: 1979
7. I Wanna be Sedated
Artist: Ramones
Album: Road to Ruin
Released: 1978
8. Basket Case
Artist: Green Day
Album: Dookie
Released: 1994
9. Bastards of Young
Artist: The Replacements
Album: Tim
Released: 1985
10. Clampdown
Artist: The Clash
Album: London Calling
Released: 1979
11. Dancing Barefoot
Artist: Patti Smith Group
Album: Wave
Released: 1979
12. Story of My Life
Artist: Social Distortion
Album: Social Distortion
Released: 1990
13. American Idiot
Artist: Green Day
Album: American Idiot
Released: 2004
14. Where is My Mind?
Album: Surfer Rosa
Released: 1988
15. Rise
Artist: Public Image Limited
Album: Album
Released: 1986
16. Girlfriend in a Coma
Artist: The Smiths
Album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Released: 1987
17. Blitzkrieg Bop
Artist: Ramones
Album: Ramones
Released: 1976
18. Rapture
Artist: Blondie
Album: Autoamerican
Released: 1980
19. Nothing But Flowers
Artist: Talking Heads
Album: Naked
Released: 1988
20. I Will Follow
Artist: U2
Album: Boy
Released: 1980
21. Town Called Malice
Artist: The Jam
Album: The Gift
Released: 1982
22. Satellite of Love
Artist: Lou Reed
Album: Transformer
Released: 1972
23. Love Will Tear Us Apart
Artist: Joy Division
Released: 1980
24. Personal Jesus
Original Artist: Depeche Mode
Album: Violator
Released: 1990
Personal Jesus (cover, Jordan's preferred version)
Johnny Cash
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around
Released: 2002
25. Mad World
Artist: Tears for Fears
Album: The Hurting
Released: 1983
26. Space Oddity
Artist: David Bowie
Album: David Bowie
Released: 1969
27. Gigantic
Artist: The Pixies
Album: Surfer Rosa
Released: 1988
28. People Have the Power
Artist: Patti Smith
Released: 1988
29. Bring on the Dancing Horses
Artist: Echo & the Bunnymen
Album: Pretty in Pink
Released: 1986
30. Love is the Drug
Artist: Roxy Music
Album: Siren
Released: 1975
31. Private Idaho
Artist: The B-52's
Album: Wild Planet
Released: 1980
32. I Wanna Be Adored
Artist: The Stone Roses
Album: The Stone Roses
Released: 1989
33. Just Like Heaven
Artist: The Cure
Album: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Released: 1987
34. You Outta Know
Artist: Alanis Morissette
Album: Jagged Little Pill
Released: 1995
35. Bizarre Love Triangle
Artist: New Order
Album: Brotherhood
Released: 1986
36. Kiss Off
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album: Violent Femmes
Released: 1983
37. Lips Like Sugar
Artist: Echo & the Bunnymen
Album: Echo & the Bunnymen
Released: 1987
38. Radio Free Europe
Artist: R.E.M.
Album: Murmur
Released: 1983
39. Transmission
Artist: Joy Division
Released: 1980
40. Seven Nation Army
Artist: The White Stripes
Album: Elephant
Released: 2003
41. If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Artist: The Pogues
Album: If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Released: 1988
42. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Artist: Spiritualized
Album: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Released: 1997
43. King of Pain
Artist: The Police
Album: Synchronicity
44. Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating into Space (Can't Help Falling in Love)
Artist: Spiritualized
Album: Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating into Space
Reissue: 2009
45. Landslide
Original Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Album: Fleetwood Mac
Released: 1975
Landslide (cover, Jordan and Tim's preferred version)
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Album: Pisces Iscariot
Released: 1994
46. Teenage Kicks
Artist: The Undertones
Album: The Undertones
Released: 1978
47. Pictures of You
Artist: The Cure
Album: Disintegration
Released: 1989
48. Fairytale of New York
Artist: The Pogues
Album: If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Released: 1988
Honorable Mentions:
Do You
Remember Rock'n'roll Radio
Artist: Ramones
Album: End of the Century
Released: 1980
Rain
Artist: The Beatles
B-side of Paperback Writer
Released: 1966
Once in a Lifetime
Artist: Talking Heads
Album: Remain in Light
Released: 1980
Burning Down the House
Artist: Talking Heads
Album: Speaking in Tongues
Released: 1983
Psycho Killer
Artist: Talking Heads
Album: Talking Heads 77
Released: 1977
Panic
Artist: The Smiths
Album: Rank
Released: 1988
Oi to the World
Artist: The Vandals
Album: Christmas with the Vandals
Released: 1996