“Come Along” – The Matriarch Soundtrack (Music to Write By)

I use music – often an entire playlist – to create a mindset and mood when I construct a scene.

At the beginning of the story, the main character is angling to fix or finish an on-again, off-again romance. When I first heard “Come Along” by Vicci Martinez and Cee Lo Green, it immediately struck me as a seduction, someone taking the lead and yearning to move past whatever the roadblock is in their relationship, all without assigning blame.

Come along now, come along and you’ll see

What it’s like to be free

Come along now, come along with me

And I’ll ease your pain

Come along, come along with me

And lets seize this day

Oh, come along with me

It has a hopeful, eclectic, sexy yet laid back sound with a bit of a country twang. I didn’t own this song when I originally wrote the chapter I’ve paired it up with, but I did have it while editing.

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