These are the anthems, throw one of your hands up.

Alrighty, so I'm borrowing this idea from my friend Justin Shilhanek, who stole this idea from his buddy Brian Hernandez. The gist of it is that if you're somebody who represents themselves with music, you give us a list of fifteen songs that have been strongly impactful for you this year. Like Justin before me, I'm opting to give a clip of the particular lyrics that resonate with me.

It's rather difficult to parse this list down to just fifteen, but here they are in the order they come on my iTunes, here it goes...

1. Chem 6A by Switchfoot
Nothing but a chemical in my head, it's nothing but laziness, 'cause I don't wanna read the book. I'll watch the movie, 'cause it's not me. I'm just like everybody else my age.

2. Topeka by Ludo
I found God in a catalytic converter in Topeka on a Monday night. Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future, so you know what keeps me hanging around. No, you can't keep a good man down.

3. When I Grow Up by Garbage
Trying hard to fit among you, floating out to wonderland. Unprotected, God, I'm pregnant. Damn the consequences.

4. Waiting for My Real Life to Begin by Colin Hay
When I woke today, suddenly nothing happened. But in my dreams, I slew the dragon. And down this beaten path, up this cobbled lane. I'm walking in my own footsteps, once again.

5. Dizzy by Jimmy Eat World
You said you'd never have regrets. Jesus! Is there someone yet who got that wish? Did you get yours, babe?

6. 23 by Jimmy Eat World
You'll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time. What are you hoping for? I'm here, I'm now, I'm ready, holding on tight. Don't give away the end, one thing that stays mine.

7. Someday We'll Know by Mandy Moore and Jon Foreman
Whatever happened to Amelia Earheart? Who holds the stars up in the sky? Is true love just once in a lifetime? Did the captain of the Titanic cry?

8. Thanks That Was Fun by the Barenaked Ladies
Deflated, and jaded. I hate it when you call, which isn't at all. And I've spoken, though broken. Here's a token of my love.

9. Dirty Second Hands by Switchfoot
Are you really as tough as you think? You blink, and you're over the brink. You bleed, but the blood runs pink, with dirty second hands, dirty second hands. You're not quite as tough as you thought, you bought the American rot, the very seed that you thought you'd shot with dirty second hands, dirty second hands. You might be right, the fight might be right inside you, the blind leading the lied-to. Tonight, maybe you bind you with dirty second hands.

10. No Sensitivity by Jimmy Eat World
The world don't spin without you, I'm amazed you're standing still. Taking my kisses back. Yeah, I want my kisses back from you.

11. Money Honey by State of Shock
As I'm staring through this fire, it's too late to make you mine, so far from where we started, so far from what we wanted. And as both of us fall down, we have lost and we have found, so far from where we started, so far from what we wanted. I've made mistakes that I can't erase, I've made mistakes.

12. Please Forgive Me by David Gray
Help me out here, all my words are falling short and there's so much I want to say. Wanna tell you just how good it feels when you look at me that way.

13. Swing Life Away by Rise Against
I'll show you mine, if you show me yours first: let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse. Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words. ALSO: If love is a labor, I'll slave 'til the end.

14. Please by Ludo
Please save this for me. I'll come back for you, love, I promise to. Please save this for me, for until I return. My love will burn, my heart will stay.

15. Steer by Missy Higgins
So hold this feeling like a newborn, all the freedom surging through your veins. You have opened up a new door, so bring on the wind, fire, and rain.