Macbeth's Playlist

• Macbeth loves songs that he can relate to his own life because they help him understand his own emotions

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1. "Lose Yourself" by Eminem

• This song speaks to Macbeth's intense desire to fulfill his life dreams and his fear of missing opportunites.
• The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
  This world is mine for the taking
  Make me king, as we move toward a new world order

2. "The Bad in Each Other" by Feist

• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth push each other to commit murder, all in the name of power. Clearly, they are not helping each other be the best version of themselves.
• When a good man and a good woman
  Can't find the good in each other
  Then a good man and a good woman
  Will bring out the worst in the other

3. "Fire" by Augustana

• Macbeth can relate to this song because he so easily gives in to desire.
• Fire burning me up
  Desire taking me so much higher
  And leaving me whole

4. "I and Love and You" by the Avett Brothers

• Because of their immoral actions, Macbeth and his 'dearest chuck' cannot see each other the same way as when they first fell in love.
• Three words that became hard to say
  I and love and you
  What you were then, I am today
  Look at the things I do

5. "The Funeral" by Band of Horses

• Death surrounds Macbeth's life, and guilt overcomes him for orchestrating the murders.
• At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
  At every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
  At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
  At every occasion, oh, one billion day funeral

6. "When My Time Comes" by Dawes

• This song speaks to Macbeth because he is struggling to find the meaning of what he has done.
• So I took what I wanted and put it out of my reach
  I wanted to pay for my successes with all my defeats,
  And if heaven was all that was promised to me
  Why don't I pray for death?

7. "This is Why We Fight" by the Decemberists

• This song makes Macbeth think about what causes people to do bad things, and maybe he sees his own greed and hunger for power in the lyrics.
• Come the war
  come the avarice
  come the war
  come hell

8. "Mykonos" by Fleet Foxes

• Macbeth covers his guilt with hope for a sunny future as king.
• And you will go to Mykonos
  With a vision of a gentle coast
  and a sun to maybe dissipate
  Shadows of the mess you made

9. "Knife" by Grizzly Bear

• Macbeth sees what he is doing, and others do too. However, his avarice overpowers his conscience.
• I want you to know
  When I look in your eyes
  with every blow
  Comes another lie

10. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" by Weezer

• Macbeth appreciates this song because it pumps up his ego. It gives him hope that his power as king will fix his problems.
• After the havoc that I'm gonna wreak
  No more words will critics have to speak
  I've got to answers to the tangled knot
  Sleep tight in your cot