- The Race is On. What race and who between? What are the stakes? What is the prize?
- Queen of Hearts. Who is she? Why has she got the title? Does she really deserve it?
- Heart of Glass. This could apply to Hans Christen Andersen's The Snow Queen. Which of your characters could be said to have a heart like this? What has caused it? And given glass can break, shatter etc, can your character's heart of glass be broken or shattered? Can they come back to having a normal heart (in terms of relating to others)?
- Ticket to Ride. Who has it? Why do they need one? What are they trying to escape from?
- Life on Mars. Speaks for itself really - what life? Who discovers it? Is it a threat? Fantastic song.
- The Long and Winding Road. Where does it go? Is it a kind of escape (like the French Foreign Legion could be for those who wanted to forget)? Who uses the road? What are the hazards on it?
- Goodbye to Love. One of the all time great guitar solos is on this track. But for story purposes, who would want to say goodbye to love and why? This doesn't necessarily have to be a romantic story. Love takes many forms after all, not just the romantic one. Saying goodbye like this could be someone turning their backs on other relationships (rejecting a parent, say, because they have an awkward past to name one example). Equally a loved one could have died. A story based on this theme is unlikely to be a happy one unless you have someone glad to be free of trying to please others and so on (though there is something sad about that).
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. I love the Soft Cell version of this and it is a great story in song. But for stories, who would be doing this and why and who to?
- Poison Arrow. Is this literal or metaphoric? Who is firing said arrow, who at and why?
- Turn to Stone. Who has done this, again who to and why? Can it be reversed? Can you use this metaphorically to show someone's transformation from someone who cares to someone who no longer does so? What made them go on that journey?
Song titles can be a great inspiration for story titles and also themes. To name some examples:-
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