Songs for the Capricorn

CAPRICORN: The stars say that you're an exciting and wonderful person, but you know they're lying. If I were you, I'd lock my doors and windows and never, never, never, never, never leave my house again. -Weird Al Yankovic

Well folks, we made it. To paraphrase one of my husband and I's favorite web series Hot Ones, "12 signs up, 12 signs down." This series has been a lot of fun to do and create playlists for, and I've gotten to discover a lot of new music along the way that I've been able to share with you. Our 12th sign, Capricorn, is an earth sign who is prone to being ambitious, persistent, realistic, sensitive, practical, disciplined, and pessimistic. Let's go ahead and take a look at this month's playlist.

Don't You Remember by Adele (written by A. Adkins, D. Wilson)

This is one of my Top 5 Favorite Adele songs, so I'm definitely a little jealous the Capricorns got it. Featured on her 2011 album 21, Adele does showcase some undeniable Capricorn characteristics here in the lyrics, such as discipline, poise, loyalty, and melancholy. This song hits me right in the feels every time I hear it with her amazing vocal performance and the draw emotion felt throughout the entire piece.

When will I see you again/You left with no goodbye, not a single word was said/No final kiss to seal any sins/I had no idea of the state we were in/I know I have a fickle heart and a bitterness/And a wandering eye and a heaviness in my head/But don't you remember/Don't you remember/The reason you loved me before/Baby, please remember me once more

Inconsequential by Austin Blue (composer unknown)

This pretty little mellow number was a really nice find during research time for this post. Released as a single in 2018, the simple but haunting lyrics show off Capricorn traits like melancholy and suspicion. It's a great song to turn on when too much is going on in your brain and you just need to relax.

Wonder why I can't sleep at night/This loneliness engraved into my spine/Is this all I will ever know/This poison is what I've been calling home/So I float away/So I float away

lovely by Billie Eilish & Khalid (written by B. O'Connell, F. O'Connell, K. Robinson)

This song is exactly as the title suggests - just lovely. Released as a single in 2018, the lyrics give off Capricorn vibes with themes of responsibility, melancholy, and suspicion. Eilish and Khalid's voices blend together perfectly for a beautifully haunting song.

Thought I found a way/Thought I found a way out/But you never go away/So I guess I gotta stay now/Oh, I hope some day I'll make it out of here/Even if it takes all night or a hundred years/Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near/Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear/Isn't it lovely, all alone/Heart made of glass, my mind of stone/Tear me to pieces, skin to bone/Hello, welcome home

Work B**ch by Britney Spears (written by A. Preston, B. Spears, O. Jettman, R. Cunningham, S. Ingrosso, W. Adams

This is honestly not my favorite Britney song, but I can see why people who do like it are fans. Featured on her 2013 album Britney Jean, the lyrics show clear signs of Capricorn ambition and demand in the name of building oneself up to get what you want.

Bring it on, ring the alarm/Don't stop now, just be the champion/Work it hard like it's your profession/Watch out now, 'cause here it comes/Here comes the smasher, here comes the master/Here comes the big beat, big beat to blast ya/No time to quit now, just time to get it now/Pick up what I'm putting down, pick up what I'm putting down/You want a hot body, you want a Bugatti/You want a Maserati, you better work, bitch/You want a Lamborghini, sip martinis/Look hot in a bikini, you better work, bitch/You wanna live fancy, live in a big mansion/Party in France, you better work, bitch/You better work, bitch, you better work, bitch/You better work bitch, now get to work, bitch

Jesus, Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood (written by B. James, G. Sampson, H. Lindsey)

Underwood's first hit single fits in pretty well with this playlist. Featured on her 2005 album Some Hearts, the lyrics give examples of Capricorn traits like loyalty and melancholy to tell a now well known story of a young single mom getting her life back on track. Not going to lie, as much as I like this song I did get a little tired of it after a while because it was so overplayed, but it's still a definite classic.

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati on a snow white Christmas Eve/Going home to see her mama and her daddy with the baby in the backseat/Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline/It'd been a long, hard year/She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention, she was going way too fast/And before she knew it, she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass/She saw both their lives flash before her eyes, she didn't even have time to cry/She was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air/Jesus, take the wheel, take it from my hands/'Cause I can't do this on my own/I'm letting go, so give me one more chance/Save me from this road I'm on/Oh, Jesus, take the wheel

Space Oddity by David Bowie (written by D. Bowie)

Music legend David Bowie (may he Rest In Peace) was a Capricorn, and as we've seen throughout this series that tends to shine through in his lyrics. Featured on his 1965 self-titled album, Space Oddity is definitely one of Bowie's best known songs and shows traits like such as ambition and discipline.

This is Ground Control to Major Tom/You've really made the grade/And the papers want to know whose shirt you wear/Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare/This is Major Tom to Ground Control/I'm stepping through the door/And I'm floating in a most peculiar way/And the stars look very different today/For here I am, sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there's nothing I can do

Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley (written by G. Weiss, H. Peretti, L. Creatore)

Every generation of women has their celebrity heartthrob that they feel is their "first love:" mine is Joe Jonas, my mom's is Donny Osmond, and my grandmother's is 1000% Capricorn King Elvis Presley. Featured on the soundtrack to the 1961 film Blue Hawaii (starring Presley and Joan Blackman), the is an Elvis song I'm actually a pretty big fan of, although my favorite version is definitely Andrea Bocelli's that he does with Katharine McPhee. Presley's Capricornness shows in the level of loyalty the narrator devotes to the person he loves.

Wise men say only fools rush in/But I can't help falling in love with you/Shall I stay, would it be a sin/If I can't help falling in love with you/Like a river flows surely to the sea/Darling, so it goes, some things are meant to be/Take my hand, take my whole life too/For I can't help falling in love with you

Love Is the Drug by Grace Jones (written by A. Mackay, B. Ferry)

This was another fun find for me this week even though it's a definite throwback track. Featured on Jones' 1980 album Warm Leatherette, this song is the definition of an 80s bop. With Capricorn traits like ambition and demand throughout the lyrics, this track is a little bit longer (running over 7 minutes) but it's a really fun listen all the way through.

Aggravated, spare for the day/Stroll downtown in the red light place/Jump up, bubble up, what's in store/Love is the drug and I need to score/Showing up, showing up, hit and run/Boy meets girl and the beat goes on/Stitched up tight, can't stay free/Love is the drug, got a hook on me/Oh, catch that buzz, love is the drug that I'm thinking of/Yeah, can't you see, love is the drug for me/Tain't no big thing to wait for the bell to ring/Tain't no big thing, the toll of the bell

The Wizard and I by Idina Menzel and Carole Shelley (written by S. Schwartz)

This is Elphaba's first big solo number in Wicked so naturally it's completely amazing. Elphaba displays characteristics like ambition, discipline, and loyalty throughout, which is a little heartbreaking if you know how the show ends. Obviously the original Broadway recording is perfection with Menzel's vocals and Shelley's introduction as Madame Morrible.

When I meet The Wizard once I've proved my worth/And then I met The Wizard, what I've waited for since...since birth/And with all his wizard wisdom, by my looks he won't be blinded/Do you think The Wizard is dumb, or like Munchkins so small-minded, no/He'll say to me, "I see who you truly are, a girl on whom I can rely"/And that's how we'll begin, The Wizard and I

Sucker by Jonas Brothers (written by F. Dukes, J. Jonas, K. Jonas, L. Bell, N. Jonas, R. Tedder)

When the JoBros came back after their decade long hiatus with this absolute banger, all seemed right in the world again. Featured on their 2019 album Happiness Begins, these boys may as well be Capricorns with all the loyalty literally dripping from these lyrics. What else can I say, I will never not love this song.

Don't complicate it, yeah/'Cause I know you and you know everything about me/I can't remember/All of the nights I don't remember when you're 'round me/I've been dancing on top of cars and stumbling out of bars/I follow you through the dark, can't get enough/You're the medicine and the pain, the tattoo inside my brain/And baby, you know it's obvious/I'm a sucker for you, say the word and I'll go anywhere blindly/I'm a sucker for you, any road you take you know that you'll find me/I'm a sucker for all the subliminal things no one knows about you, about you/And you're making the typical me break my typical rules, it's true, I'm a sucker for you

Dime Store Cowgirl by Kacey Musgraves (written by K. Musgraves, L. Laird, S. McAnally)

Musgraves does not shy away from things like ambition and loyalty in this song. Featured on her 2015 album Pageant Material, it makes sense to talk about those things since it's autobiographical about her career up to that point. This is my favorite album of Musgraves', and this song fits the bill to the tee with its neoclassical country sound and bouncy energy.

I've had my picture made with Willie Nelson/Stayed in a hotel with a pool/Driven through New Mexico where the Saguaro Cactus grow/And I felt really small under Mount Rushmore/And I made it all the way past Austin City Limits/And maybe for a minute, I got too big for my britches/But I'm just a dime store cowgirl, that's all I'm ever gonna be/You can take me out of the country, but you can't take the country out of me, no/'Cause I'm still the girl from Golden, had to get away so I could grow/But it don't matter where I'm going, I'll still call my hometown home

Mr. Know It All by Kelly Clarkson (written by B. James, B. Seals, D. Jones, E. Dean)

This is another one that I've expressed undying love for on a previous post, but it's just too good to not revisit. Featured on her 2011 album Stronger, Clarkson invokes themes of condescension, demand, suspicion, and unforgiveness (is that a word? Spell check doesn't seem to think so) as she describes her personal Mr. Know It All, both in his actions towards her and her current feelings towards him.

Mr. Play Your Games, only got yourself to blame/When you want me back again, but I ain't falling back again/'Cause I'm living my truth without your lies, let's be clear, baby, this is goodbye/I ain't coming back tomorrow/Oh, you think that you know me, know me/That's why I'm leaving you lonely, lonely/'Cause baby, you don't know a thing about me/You don't know a thing about me/You ain't got the right to tell me when and where to go, no right to tell me/Acting like you own me lately, yeah baby, you don't know a thing about me/You don't know a thing about me

The Fame by Lady Gaga (written by S. Germanotta, M. Kierszenbaum)

The title track to Gaga's 2008 debut album gives off Capricorn vibes like ambition and demand with a hint of condescension for the lifestyle of the rich and famous. I wasn't as familiar with this song before this week, but it's definitely a good one to listen to.

I can't help myself, I'm addicted to a life of material/It's some kind of joke, I'm obsessively opposed to the typical/All we care about is runway models, Cadillacs, and liquor bottles/Give me something, I wanna be retro glamour, Hollywood/Yes, we live for the fame, doing it for the fame/'Cause we wanna live the life of the rich and famous/Fame, doing it for the fame/'Cause got a taste for champagne and endless fortune/Fame, fame, baby, the fame, fame/We live for the fame, fame, baby, the fame, fame/Isn't it a shame, shame, baby, a shame, shame/In it for the fame, fame, baby, the fame, fame

Reflection by Lea Salonga (written by D. Zippel, M. Wilder)

Mulan is the perfect Disney princess to depict all of the positive traits of a Capricorn. She's ambitious, disciplined, poised, loyal, and responsible, and in more ways than even just those she's an amazing role model for girls everywhere. Reflection is another one of the best Disney songs ever in my honest opinion, and Salonga's film version will always be my #1 choice.

Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride or a perfect daughter/Can it be I'm not meant to play this part/Now I see that if I were truly to be myself/I would break my family's heart/Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me/Why is my reflection someone I don't know/Somehow, I cannot hide who I am, though I've tried/When will my reflection show who I am inside/When will my reflection show who I am inside

My Shot by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom Jr., & Original Hamilton Broadway Cast (written by A. Johnson, C. Wallace, K. Muchita, L. Miranda, O. Hammerstein, O. Harvey, R. Troutman)

Yes, yes, I snuck a Hamilton song in right under the wire in the last post of this series and really no one should be surprised. While My Shot is not my favorite song in the musical by a long shot, it could be the theme song of Capricorn Season. Hamilton's ambition, demand, and loyalty as he accepts responsibility for being part of the American Revolution is pretty iconic, and Miranda's lyrical work is not to be overlooked here by a long shot.

I'ma get a scholarship to King's College/I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish/The problem is I got a lotta brains and no polish/I gotta holler just to be heard, with every word I drop knowledge/I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal/Trying to reach my goal, my power of speech unimpeachable/Only nineteen, but my mind is older/These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder/Every burden, every disadvantage, I have learned to manage/I don't have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished/The plan is to fan this spark into a flame/But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name/I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D/E-R, we are meant to be/A colony that runs independently/Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly/Essentially, they tax us relentlessly/Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree/He ain't never gonna set his descendants free/So there will be a revolution in this century/Enter me, he says in parentheses/Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me/I will lay down my life if it sets us free/Eventually, you'll see my ascendency/And I am not throwing away my shot, I am not throwing away my shot/Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot/I am not throwing away my shot, I am not throwing away my shot/Hey yo,I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot

Better Together by Luke Combs (written by L. Combs, D. Isbell, R. Montana)

We've only got one personal Capricorn pick this month, from my longtime friend Kylie:

"Better Together, Luke Combs. It's the perfect love story about how two people are better when they are together and I want that someday. He wrote it about his wife and I just hope to find a love like that."

A 40 HP Jordan on a flat-bottom metal boat/Coke cans and BB guns, barbed wire and old fence posts/8-point bucks in autumn and freshly cut corn fields/One arm out the window and one hand on the wheel/Some things just go better together and probably always will/Like a cup of coffee and a sunrise, Sunday drives and time to kill/What's the point of this old guitar if it ain't got no strings/Or pouring your heart into a song that you ain't gonna sing/It's a match made up in heaven, like good ol' boys and beer/And me, so long as you're here

Beez In The Trap by Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz (written by M. Jordan, O. Maraj, T. Epps)

Featured on her 2012 album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, this is one of my favorite Nicki Minaj songs. There's definitely themes of ambition, condescension, demand, and suspicion throughout the lyrics, but it's super fun to listen to and catchy af whether you're a Capricorn or not.

Man, I been did that, man, I've been popped off/And if she ain't tryna give it up, she get dropped off/Let me bust that U-ie, bitch bust that open/Might spend a couple thou just to bust that open/Rip it off, no joking, like your name Hulk Hogan/N**** move weight in the South but live in Hoboken/Bitch, I spit that crack like I'm in the trap/So if you need a hit, then I'm with that bat/Bitches ain't shit and they ain't saying nothing/A hundred motherfuckers can't tell me nothing/I beez in the trap, be, beez in the trap/I beez in the trap, be, beez in the trap/Bitches ain't shit and they ain't saying nothing/A hundred motherfuckers can't tell me nothing/I beez in the trap, be, beez in the trap/I beez in the trap, be, beez in the trap

I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic! At the Disco (written by B. Urie, B. Wilson, G. Ross, J. Smith)

Featured on their 2005 album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, this is 100% the song everyone thinks of when Panic is brought up - to the point that frontman Brendan Urie can't stand to sing it anymore because it's the one song everyone requests. This song hits all of the negative notes for Capricorn: condescension, demand, melancholy, suspicion, and unforgiveness all backed to a now absolutely iconic melody.

Oh, well imagine, as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor/And I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words/"What a beautiful wedding, what a beautiful wedding," says a bridesmaid to a waiter/And, "Yes, but what a shame, what a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore"/I chime in with a, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the g****** door"/No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality/I chime in, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the g****** door"/No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of

Money Made Me Do It by Post Malone ft. 2 Chainz (written by A. Post, T. Roberts, T. Epps)

Featured on Post Malone's 2016 album Stoney, this song marks our second entry this month for 2 Chainz features. The lyrics definitely stick with Capricorn themes like ambition and demand.

Take a ride when we wake up, hit the gas, melt your face off/Spend the day counting cake up with a dime who think I changed up/I took the Lincoln down Rodeo, ran through it like some Drano/Lots of bags, can't complain, no, we was shopping until they closed/Why did I do that, did I do that, yeah, ooh, yeah/New whip, now I can't pay my rent, oh no, ooh, yeah/Diamonds and my chain gold, every twenty minutes, change clothes/I made a mil before the label, just as long as they know/Money made me do it/I said Rest In Peace to Bankroll, you in a better place, dog/You won't ever se me lay low, start the engine, watch me take off/Money made me do it/I said yeah, I said money made me do it/I said yeah, I said money made me do it/I said yeah, I said money made me do it

Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin (written by D. Child, R. Rosa)

Featured on his 1999 self-titled album, Capricorn Ricky Martin could probably never have predicted this song would be such an insanely huge hit even twenty-one years later. I mean come on, once you make it onto a Shrek soundtrack you're probably golden forever, right? Definitely more themes of ambition and demand here, but if this song doesn't make you want to get up and dance I don't know how else I can help you.

She's into superstitions, black cat sand voodoo dolls/Well I feel a premonition, that girl's gonna make me fall/She's into new sensations, new kicks in the candlelight/She's got new addictions for every day and night/She'll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain/She'll make you live her crazy life, but she'll take away your pain/Like a bullet to your brain/Upside, inside out, living la vida loca/She'll push and pull you down living la vida loca/Her lips are devil red and her skin's the color mocha/She will wear you out living la vida loca/Living la vida loca/She's living la vida loca

The Wolves and the Ravens by Rogue Valley (written by C. Koza)

This song was probably my favorite find during this week's research. Featured on Americana band Rogue Valley's 2011 album False Floors as well as the soundtrack for the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig), this song is so beautiful and calming that I immediately had to download it onto my phone after the first listen. There's a quiet poise to the song as the narrator comes to terms with where he is in his life and finds peace with himself.

In the morning, by the sea/As the fog clears from the sand/I have no money in my hand/I have no home, I have no land/But it doesn't trouble me/As I lay beside the fire/I am easy to inspire/There is little I require/I wasn't yours and you weren't mine/Though I've wished from time to time/We had found a common ground/Your voice was such a welcome sound

White Horse by Taylor Swift (written by T. Swift, E. Wagner)

Who better to close out this year long series than Queen Taylor? Featured on her 2008 album Fearless, this is a song that I've grown to love and appreciate more and more with each passing year. One of the more melancholy songs on what I consider to be her most "romantic, starry-eyed" album, it's really sad to see her loyalty in her partner be shaken as she decides not to forgive him for betraying her.

Say you're sorry, that face of an angel comes out just when you need it to/As I pace back and forth all this time 'cause I honestly believed in you/Holding on, the days drag on/Stupid girl, I shoulda known, I shoulda known/That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale/I'm not the one you sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell/This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town/I was a dreamer before you went and let me down/Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around

Happy Capricorn Season, little...sea goats? Nah, I'm going with mergoats, I like that more. Like I said above, I've really enjoyed doing this series for fun this year, and I hope you've all gotten some good new music to listen to from these posts. Happy listening, and see ya'll next week!