Crucial Track for October 14, 2025

"The Woodpile" by Frightened Rabbit

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A song from the 2010s that you like or means something to you.

I had to make a smart playlist to list all of my songs in that time range - it covers a lot and is when I lived overseas so didn't have as much access to music. One song stood out though - The Woodpile by Frightened Rabbit. I first heard it on a visit back to the US to see family and friends. We were traveling around the country in a car and listening to an indie radio station and this came on. It became something of an anthem on that trip and similar after that. The whole album is fantastic but that's a real stand out song for me. This line in particular stands out:

> I'm trapped in a collapsing building > Come find me now, where I hide and > We'll speak in our secret tongues

I'm an introvert and socially awkward and constantly being around people sometimes felt like being trapped in a collapsing building so to speak. In that car driving was solace with people that understood me (the secret tongues). If you haven't heard it - check it out, it's a great song!