Songs and Inspirations

Emily Henry original songs and their inspirations:

Song Title	Inspiration	Additional Details
Alice	About the eponymous Alice in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland	Lyrics
A Little Bit Longer	It's a song about making out; specifically, this display of affection was beside an ATM outside of a bank.
All I Want Is You
Angelfall	An original story song by teen!Emily about people in an unequal messy power dynamics relationship who shouldn’t be together and maybe don’t even like each other.  It also works well for any 'ships with “weird angel stuff”. Thanks to Dr. Kooples for lovingly bullying baby Emily into finishing the song!	Written as a teenager
Bad for Me	Maybe about a guy, but probably about a beer.
Birds Without Wings	Inspired by Benton Fraser of the tv show Due South, also inspired by a school project to write in as many book titles as possible
Blue	Written for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's variant of Loki; specifically, the variant starring in the eponymous Disney+ series Loki
Bright Eyed Child	A lullaby written about baby Augustus Caesar
Bringing It With You	Written about Will Graham and Hannibal Lector from the television series Hannibal in the parking lot of The Birchmere theater after seeing Patty Griffin perform, inspired by her style.
Build Me a Boat
Bullfighter	A song-writing-assignment gone Wikipedia-drain-circling, the songs is purportedly about Mussolini (yes, that Mussolini) admiring and crushing over Augustus Caesar and bull-fighting in the amphitheater.
Daisy Chain	Written in tribute to Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1, though specifically regarding a particular fanfic featuring the character.
Dance With Me	Based on the romance in The Great Greene Heist by Vatican Johnson
Dark Water	Half about Will Graham, and half about the play Venus in Fur
Down to Me	Inspired by Supernatural's Season 3 in which protagonist Dean is chased by hell hounds.
Eleven	Based on the 2001 movie Ocean's Eleven and the found family nature of the crew.
Family	Inspired by the television series Community, and another found-family tribute.
Glass Rose	Carries vibes from Beauty & the Beast and the image of a princess trapped in glass and uses part of a melody from the score of A Knight's Tale. Written while walking around a Home Depot.
Golem	About a character in the television series Spooks
Goodbye
Hail Mary
Hands	Based on the episodes of the television series Spooks which star Richard Armitage
High Wire	Inspired by the Canadian television series Due South, with the guitar riff borrowed from Dimitri Martin.
History	Inspired by the character Zuko from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and his arc that sees him at odds with his father's orders.
Holes	Little bit Veronica Mars, little bit of a real-life relationship had by The Talent.
Homes	About studying abroad in the city of Bath in the United Kingdom
How It Feels	Inspired by the TV show: "Our Flag Means Death" on HBO Max
I Can't Take You Back
I Could Be More For You	This is inspired by the Marvel movie: Iron Man 2, from the perspective of Tony Stark, talking about his relationship with Pepper Potts
I Don't Need You
I Know Why
In My Eyes	A song about trust and feeling safe and falling in love with a werewolf (aka Teen Wolf season 1). Favorite line about clawmarks in the door frame. Remember all those fun fan theories about werewolf eye color??
In the Waiting	Inspired by the Chinese Drama: "The Untamed". Emily has written a 3500+ word primer about the show and placed it unlisted on her website, which is a totally normal response to the show.
I See the Light
June	A song about mourning the dreams of what could have been.
Just Once
Las Vegas (a capella version)
Little One	A gentle lullaby for those coming out to themselves late in life.
Look How Far You've Come	Partially inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and also a song for anyone who is going through a hard time.
Love Lines
Lydia	A song about Lydia Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, specifically the version of her from "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries".
Mixed Fruits
Not Made for Goodbyes
No Way Out	About the Brothers from "The Untamed"
Ooh	This is about making out
Paris
Reach Out	Inspired by the podcast: "The Adventure Zone - Balance Campaign" by The McElroys
Runaround
Running After You	A song about Martha Jones from Doctor Who, and her relationship with the Tenth Doctor.
Same Old Thing	A Rapunzel song, and an accidental Pandemic Mood.
Separate
Shine	A bespoke song, written with help from Sean, for his wife Eyre; to celebrate their wedding anniversary
Shut the Door	a rare song not inspired by a specific media or story or life event. Written for the vibes as part of the year of song writing project.
Sisyphus
Slippage
Something Better	Inspired a friend of a friend to break up with her boyfriend.
Stoplight
Strong	Strong is based on the characters from Covert Affair, a show that was part of the USA Network "Characters Welcome" summer series. https://clips.twitch.tv/RefinedAffluentDoveCeilingCat-QRTD32kq9tNV3ZOo
Sway
Taken Away	POV of John Sheppard from tv show Stargate Atlantis.
Take You At Your Word
Thank Me Later	A song about the very specific daydream of running into your fave celebrity in an airport/train station/coffee shop, hitting it off, and convincing them that being with you is much better than their current (clearly inferior) relationship.
Thank You
The First Time	About all the favorite necromancers, including The Untamed
The Merchant	Inspired by "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare
The No Song	About kicking boys to the curb!	written by teen Emily, grown Emily usually refuses to play it, so hearing it on stream is a very special occasion! (you can get your own copy via patreon!)
The Snow Queen
The Sound	Inspired by "A Hope Divided" by Alyssa Cole, Book 2 in The Loyal League series.
The Wine Is Dark	Inspired by the novel "The Vintner's Luck" by Elizabeth Knox.
Two	A response to receiving a text from an ex after many years, this is a rare personally-inspired song.
Two Steps Back
Unexpected
Valentine
Wake Up	A song about Norman Bates from the movie "Psycho".
Weather (All In)	This was written and performed for her best friend Piper, during her wedding
Why Waste Time
Yes And
You and I
Your Side	This is about Merle from "The Adventure Zone" (TAZ) Podcast by the McElroys
Falling for Fiction		Co-written with AubrynMusic
Voyagers	Written together with Twitch chat
Loki