Writer In The Dark – Lorde   An obvious first pick, perhaps, but it’s obvious for a reason; this song perfectly encapsulates so much of Kate and Finn’s story and was on my mind ever since I wrote about their first kiss in the dark. Listening back to it now, I realize that it describes so much more than just her relationship with him; every single line says something about who she is, how she loves, how she creates, how she heals. The line, “but in my darkest hour, I stumble on my secret power, I find a way to be without you,” is almost a synopsis for the whole book. And an answer to one of the questions I brought into this process, which was, what is the relationship between trauma and art? Can it be learned? Can it be inherited? Can it be the thing that saves us? This song is an anthem for artists everywhere, the ones who take their pain and transmute it into something beautiful in an attempt to understand themselves and the world around them. The more I listen, too, the more I realize she’s saying all this to Finn, knowing he’ll never truly…