#dress by taylor swift is his anthem

[ssweeterthanfiction]

🪐𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽🪐

Glimpse Of Us (WIP)

“Please. I want to remember. I just want to remember.” finnick odair x fem!reader

Prolouge

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Orbit (mini-series)

“The moon never stopped waiting for the sun, even after the sky pulled them apart.” college!finnick odair x fem!reader (completed)

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

One Shots

You Are In Love.- finnick odair and silent ways he tells you he loves you before dating

Innocent.- you find out finnick told snow he’d take on more clients to ensure your safety

My Angel.- a continuation of Innocent.

i wish i hated you.- finnick finds out you've been taking on "clients" as a way to make up for the past.

‘I Can See You’- you’re finnick’s mission. (finnick x capitol fem reader)

Sweet Nothing- domestic life with finnick odair (post-rebellion)

A Little Loving. - comfort sex with finnick after a stressful day (post rebellion)

Gold Rush- yearning for finnick odair.

Evermore-finnick’s late night thoughts. (part 2 of gold rush)

7 minutes.- finnick odair x fem!reader

A Little Accident- finnick crushing on the “cute” nurse (finnick odair x D13 nurse/medic!reader)

Normal Boring Things-normal boring things with your sweet boyfriend (finnick odair x fem!reader post rebellion)

Sienna- finnick and the girl he loves carry the memory of what was lost and what could've been. (finnick odair x fem!reader)

Modern Finnick Odair AUs!:

Cruel Summer - summer camp counselor finnick odair

Love Story- eras tour w/ finnick odair

so american- 4th of July w/ finnick odair

So High School- high school boyfriend finnick odair

Rush Crush!- you bump into your rush crush. (college frat boy!finnick odair x sorority!reader)

Knight Finnick x Princess Reader AU!

“Beautiful”- attending a festival with your loyal knight

The Boy in the Basket-first meeting.

Finnick Odair x Apprentice Stylist Reader!

Green Eyes, Freckles, and Your Smile- finnick meeting his stylist's apprentice for the first time.

Questions Questions-finnick skipping training to talk to you

Never Let Me Go.- the moment you let finnick go, and the moment you got him back.

Falling In Love-victory tour moments between you and finnick.

Drowning.-finnick feels like he’s drowning when he sees you

Breathe-part two of drowning

H2O: Just Add Water Modern AU!

Something’s Fishy…-finnick is suspicious of you. (finnick odair x fem!reader)

Blurbs

high school finnick odair x the prophecy (taylor swift) coded reader

shy reader making out with finnick odair

finnick helping reader with a panic attack during a mission

first kiss with finnick odair

finnick odair x capitol corrupted reader. (inspo for GOU)

finnick odair x apprentice stylist reader

Wait for your love. (WIP)

“Honey, your too sweet for rock ‘n roll”

Tracklist:

New Girl; 1976

Groupie Love; 1976

America’s Sweetest Girl; 1976

Lavender Haze; 1976

Junkie; 1976

“Slut!”; 1977

Lust for Life; 1977

Logical; 1977

Is It Over Now?; 1977

Aurora (interlude); 1977

Midnight’s Regrets; 1978

No. 1 Party Anthem; 1978

Bonus Tracks:

The Grammys; 1979

Nonsense Christmas; 1976

La La Land (WIP)

“I’ll see you in the movies”

Winter

PSYCHO KILLER.

DJATS x Scream AU

Part One

One-Shots

la la land!billy dunne x reader

Taste- billy at your concert

Please Please Please- billy hears your new song after getting out of jail

Fresh Out The Slammer- running back to billy after a break up

"Mr. Rockstar"- billy dunne x country singer reader

teenage dream.- billy and the band at your concert. (“traitor” popstar reader)

New Friends- how “traitor” popstar reader met the dunne brothers

Someone You Never Met.-walking by the past. (“traitor” popstar reader x billy dunne)

Roadtrip Polaroids- roadtrip with your rockstar boyfriend

Sweet as Honey- your favorite rockstar comes to visit (billy dunne x country singer reader)

Dear Billy John- the girl in a dress wrote Billy a song. (billy dunne x country singer reader)

party 4 u.- billy didn’t show up. (party girl!reader x billy dunne)

(For any blurbs, check the 🫧 anon or 🌿 anon tag on my page :D)

One-Shots

Sunsetz- in the woods with your sweet boyfriend (pre-50th hunger games/young haymitch)

The Three Times- the three times haymitch tried to protect you. (50th Hunger Games young haymitch x reader)

Someday, One Day- a crush on your big brother’s best friend (pre-50th hunger games/young haymitch)

Meet Me at Midnight- midnight meetings. (pre-50th hunger games/young haymitch)

off the record! (WIP)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

One-Shots

La dolce vita- a random tuesday with your husband

Greek Getaway!- a vacation with your billionaire boyfriend —> part two

One-Shots

An Evening with Mr. Fantastic- an evening with your husband

One-Shots

Warm Cuddles- a soft moment with your “celebrity” boyfriend!

Ooo Love! Ooo Lover Boy!- a date day with your boyfriend!

Blabbermouth

[formulafanfics13]

🏁F1 drivers & Team Principals 🎧

Lando Norris: "i wanna be yours" – Arctic Monkeys sad boi under the jokes. loyal, poetic, and probably listened to this on loop during a breakup.

Oscar Piastri: "the man" – Taylor Swift if he were loud about how iconic he is, everyone would hate him. but he’s not. he’s quiet. and winning.

Charles Leclerc: "vienna" – Billy Joel baby girl, you’re trying so hard. you’re doing so much. please nap. please.

Lewis Hamilton: "alien superstar" – Beyoncé icon. luxury. legend. walks into every room like he invented silk. not from this planet and he knows it.

Max Verstappen: "power" – Kanye West zero apologies. zero subtlety. all domination. terrifying and magnetic. would play this on aux unironically.

Yuki Tsunoda: "kiss me more" – Doja Cat ft. SZA chaotic. flirty. deadly. will talk back while climbing into your lap. short king excellence.

Carlos Sainz: "suavemente" – Elvis Crespo latin lover. lives for the drama and the dance floor. flirted with your mum and you let him.

Alex Albon: "golden" – Harry Styles sunshine in human form. smiles like a soft summer song. would make you breakfast and kiss your knees.

George Russell: "style" – Taylor Swift clean cut. well dressed. dead behind the eyes. possibly a vampire. hot. knows it.

Kimi Antonelli: "drivers license" – Olivia Rodrigo baby’s first heartbreak, baby’s first front wing. emotional teen prodigy vibes. please don’t bully him, he’s trying.

Lance Stroll: "money" – Cardi B he’s not here to win. he’s here because he can. unapologetic rich kid anthem. and he looks hot doing it.

Fernando Alonso: "survivor" – Destiny’s Child this man refuses to go away. he’s seen kingdoms fall and still gets podiums. cockroach coded. in a sexy way.

Liam Lawson: "waiting room" – Phoebe Bridgers permanently benched but full of main character pain. crying in the simulator. gives brooding acoustic energy.

Isack Hadjar: "i’m just ken" – Ryan Gosling deeply unserious. deeply sincere. wants to be loved. also maybe thinks about violence a bit too much.

Gabriel Bortoleto: "good 4 u" – Olivia Rodrigo passive aggressive excellence. the way he races like he’s singing this in the mirror? stunning.

Nico Hülkenberg: "never really over" – Katy Perry because it’s never really over. he leaves. he comes back. you thought he was gone. he’s not. surprise.

Ollie Bearman: "teenage dream" – Katy Perry blushing, grinning, apologizing mid-interview. everyone has a crush. especially the grid.

Esteban Ocon: "i hate everything about you" – Three Days Grace every relationship he has (team, teammate, tyre) feels like this. also, chaotic king.

Pierre Gasly: "poker face" – Lady Gaga sunglasses on, buttons undone, flirt in the streets, chaos in the sheets. no thoughts, just vibes.

Franco Colapinto: "levitating" – Dua Lipa up-and-coming and glowing. gives you butterflies and probably sends ✨good morning✨ texts.

Toto Wolff: "Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones austrian vengeance in tailored suits. storm cloud energy. will destroy you and say it’s character building.

Andrea Stella: "Fix You" – Coldplay he’s just trying his best. softly suffering. will cry if Lando cries. duct taping the team together with hope.

Frédéric Vasseur: "Oops!...I Did It Again" – Britney Spears smiling through the chaos. did double stack the pitstop. did forget the strategy. doesn’t regret a thing.

James Vowles: "Let Me Down Slowly" – Alec Benjamin baby girl is doing everything he can. british. tired. emotionally delicate. someone hold him.

Ayao Komatsu: "The Sound of Silence" – Simon & Garfunkel barely speaking. observing. planning revenge. writing war poetry about Haas in his head.

Laurent Mekies: "Confident" – Demi Lovato new job. new team. new power. walking through the paddock like he’s got a theme song.

Mike Krack: "Take Me to Church" – Hozier haunted man in green. has accepted the suffering. watches Alonso with quiet awe and deep fear.

Alessandro Bravi: "Bad Habit" – Steve Lacy has the energy of a guy who would kiss you then ghost you. manages chaos with charm. only slightly evil.

Zak Brown: "All Star" – Smash Mouth iconic. memeable. lives like it’s 2007 and he’s winning Daytona. would run your social media himself.

[lewishamiltoniluvu]

Always Yours / MV pt 1

A/n- Hi! This is the start of my Max Verstappen fic! This is the BACKSTORY of you and Max and I will always take suggestions, especially if there is a certain direction you would like the fic to go.

Warnings- alcohol mentioned.

Mikky and Frenkie de Jong had known you for years. Before Frenkie played football for KNVB, you had been Mikky’s best friend, encouraging her to go after him.

The three of you stayed close, and even when they became famous, the pair of them didn’t forget you. Frenkie had invited you to his team captain’s end of summer party, and you just couldn’t say no. A night at Virgil van Dijk’s house sounded incredible.

You dressed up in an orange dress to match the Dutch National Team’s colors.

Once you got to the party though, It was kind of awkward. Mikky was off talking to the other wags, and Frenkie was talking to his teammates. It was more relaxed and casual than you thought it would be. You went up to the bartender and requested a drink.

“One vodka redbull please,” You requested.

As you said it, You could feel a man’s eyes on you. Not in an objectifying way, but in the way of admiration.

“I’ll do the same.” The man said, and you turned.

Smiling back at you was the most gorgeous blonde man who had blue eyes with a glint of mischief in them. You recognized him almost immediately. Max Verstappen. Anyone with half a brain knew who he was.

“Hi,” You breathed out, flustered but trying to keep your cool. “I’m y/n.”

“Max.” He said. “You seemed bored. I figured I’d come over and see if you were half as bored as I was.”

“Oh God, can you really tell?” You cried out in a whisper.

“I don’t think anyone is paying that close of attention. I mean, other than me.” He said, and you felt a blush creep onto your face.

“Wanna get out of here? I know a great little cafe five minutes away, and they’re open late.” He asked, with a smile, and his hand put out for you to take.

You nodded, and took his hand out of the party.

He was silent, but smiley for most of the walk there. Occasionally he hummed a familiar tune. You recognized it as the Dutch National Anthem, something you knew the two of you had heard quite a few times.

As you approached a small bakery, Max reached over for the door and pulled it open, allowing for his hand to lightly graze your back as you walked in.

The smell of cinnamon and sugar wafted to your nose in an instant. You let your eyes close. You couldn’t remember the last time you smelled this smell.

Max noticed. He looked at you with amusement.

“I can tell by your face that I picked the right place, schat” He said.

“My God, you did.” You said.

As he ordered, You looked around, admiring the pastries and endless varieties of stroopwafels.

Max had ordered the pair of you traditional stroopwafels  and a cup of tea.

“the best from here,” He had said.

For someone so famous, Max didn’t act like it. He spoke softly and kindly, so only you would hear his commentary. He often asked about your occupation, and your life, only bringing up racing to personally invite you to the Dutch Grand Prix. He wanted you in his paddock, he had said.

What he hadn’t said, is that he could picture you in his paddock forever, hugging him after every win, greeting him with the biggest kiss.

His head had repeated Y/n Verstappen a few more times than he cared to mention.

Max had never been so enamored with a person. He found it ridiculous. He wanted to take out his phone and text Daniel that he had found the one, and ask him to be his best man, but he was afraid that if he looked down at his phone, you would disappear, as if from a dream.

The two of you sat in the café for three more hours, talking about life, work and family. You only got up to leave when the café was locking their doors to close.

As the two of you walked back to Virgil van Dijk’s house, you exchanged numbers and promises to talk to the other in the morning. He smiled, promising to himself to take you on a second date.

You could barely hold back from grinning as your brain told itself that Max Verstappen was the one person in the world you would love more than yourself. It was crazy, you knew, but deep down inside you knew from the very moment you locked with his blue eyes that you were always his.

I love you, Max Verstappen. You thought, just as he was thinking I love you, Y/n L/n.

[crispy-kitten-princess]

I loooove listening to my spotify book!Hiccup playlist and imagining a HTTYD musical.... Lol

In no specific order:

Illicit affairs (Taylor Swift):

You showed me colours

I can't see with anyone else

<...>

you taught me secret language

I can't speak with anyone else

and you know damn well

for you, i would ruin myself

a million little times

These always make me tear up..... Secret language...... Goodbye Toothless (naahhh i cried again so i could not even see the screen of my phone to print this)

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Heavy is the crown (linkin park):

This is what you asked for

Heavy is the crown

Fire in the sunrise

Ashes raining down

12th book in a nutshell

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Chemtrails Over the Country Club (Lana del Rey):

You're in the wind, I'm in the water

Nobody's son, nobody's daughter

Lowkey the only reason to put this song into the playlist (+ vibes)

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Things to do (Alex G):

Hold on tight to this time, this place

'Cause everything you know will be erased

<...>

You are just a boy, you are no man and

Nobody you know will understand

No comment. Fr.

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Watching him fade away (MacDeMarco):

I know you never meant to put him down

And even if you did, he sure deserved it

The thought of him no longer being around

Well, sure, it would be sad, but not really different

And even though we barely know each other

It still hurts

Watching him fade away

Ig it has more sense from Toothless pov. Like.. he was less than 100 y.o. when Hiccup died. It is like. Not even a 10th part of Seadragonus lifespan. It is like knowing somebody since birth to 8 years and than he dies. "We barely know each other" that's what i hear in this song

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King of the clouds (p!atd):

Heaven knows that I'm born too late

For these ghosts that I chase

<...>

To escape this old world, this old world

Some days I lie wide awake 'til the sun hits my face

And I fade, elevate from the Earth

Far away to a place where I'm free from the weight

This whole world, this whole world

I don't trust anything

Or anyone, below the sun

I don't feel anything

At all

Alvin's anthem lol. Even about his death in the atmosphere)))

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Emperor's new clothes (p!atd):

Welcome to the end of eras

Ice has melted back to life

Done my time and served my sentence

Dress me up and watch me die

12th book again. Plus i adore this song and the crown theme in it

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Voice (Celtic Woman):

I am the voice of the past that will always be

Filled with my sorrow and blood in my fields

I am the voice of the future

Bring me your peace

Bring me your peace and my wounds, they will heal

Honestly, the nickname of the singer + the celtic melody were the first reasons to add this song. But that ive listened to the lyrics more carefully i recognised that it is a perfect song for this playlist (elsewhere I'd delete it sooner or later)

Voice of the future line is speaking for itself!! Hiccup is the future and so on so on. + Voice refers to Hiccup's ability to speak dragonise, and as we learnt from the series, it was his most valuable talent and the only tool able to stop the war and slavery. The voice is significant

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the last great american dynasty (Taylor Swift):

And they said

"There goes the last great American dynasty

Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been

There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time ruining everything"

This one is about rumours flowing around my femHiccup version. I like this song for the line "if she never showed up, what could've been" and "She had a marvelous time ruining everything". Viking conservatives may tell smth like that about her.. ig.... That's what

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Clara Bow (Taylor Swift):

The crown is stained but you're the real queen

Flesh and blood amongst war machines

You're the new god we're worshipping

Promise to be ... dazzling

CROWN!!!! FLASH AND BLOOD AMONGST WAR MACHINES!!!!!!! THE NEW GOD!!!!!!!!

I am SPEECHLESS

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tolerate it (Taylor Swift):

I greet you with a battle hero's welcome

I take your indiscretions all in good fun

I sit and listen

I polish plates until they gleam and glisten

You're so much older and wiser and I

I wait by the door like I'm just a kid

<...>

While you were out building other worlds, where was I?

<...>

Always taking up too much space or time

You assume I'm fine

But what would you do if I, I

Break free and leave us in ruins

Took this dagger in me and removed it

Hiccup and Stoic relationship in the first books

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Long Live (Taylor Swift):

The time we stood with our shaking hands

The crowds in stands went wild

We were the kings and the queens

And they read off our names

<...>

Long live all the mountains we moved

I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you

I was screaming, "Long live that look on your face"

And bring on all the pretenders

One day we will be remembered

Kingdom of Wilderwest + lowkey Hiccup III coronation + it's just a pretty song

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Wind (Akeboshi):

My knee is still shaking like I was twelve

Sneaking out the classroom by the back door

A man railed at me twice, though, but I didn't care

Waiting is wasting for people like me

<...>

Take your time, baby, your blood need slowing down

Breach yourself to reach yourself before you gloom

Reflection of fear make shadows of nothing

Shadows of nothing

No comment... It jist vibes with young Hiccup

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I Hate It Here (Taylor Swift):

I'm lonely but I'm good

I'm bitter but I swear I'm fine

I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on

purpose

This place made me feel worthless

Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me,

and in my fantasies I rise above it

And way up there, I actually love it

Little Hiccup running away from the village to the dragon caves, wishing he could fly with them

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Wait for it (from Hamilton):

Love doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners

And the saints

It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep loving anyway.

We laugh and we cry and we break

And we make our mistakes.

And if there's a reason I'm by her side

When so many have tried

Then I'm willing to wait for it.

Camicazi about Hiccup when nobody believed in him

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Waiting in the wings (from Tangled the series):

And so I keep on keeping on

My chances come and then I blink and they're gone

Always overlooked unfairly

While pretending that it barely stings

But it stings, yes it stings

Young Hiccup again

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The winner takes it all (ABBA):

The gods may throw a dice

Their minds as cold as ice

And someone way down here

Loses someone dear

The winner takes it all (takes it all)

The loser has to fall (has to fall)

It's simple and it's plain (it's so plain)

Why should I complain? (Why complain?)

Gods threw the dice that's for sure they love to do it

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Hey Look Ma, I Made It (p!atd):

Hey look ma, I made it

Everything's comin' up aces, aces

If it's a dream, don't wake me, don't wake me

I said hey look ma, I made it

Hiccup's almost unnatural ability to always win and his desire to test his luck and so on... And i liked the mention of mother figure who supposed to be very proud

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Ruthlessness (from Epic):

You are far too nice, mercy has a price

It's the final crack, we're bound to break the ice now

You reveal your name, then you let him live

Unlike you, I've got no mercy left to give 'cause

<...>

The line between naïveté and hopefulness is almost invisible

So close your heart, the world is dark and

Ruthlessness is mercy

Die

campichor on tumblr. That's all you need to know

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High hopes (p!atd):

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes

Mama said: Fulfill the prophecy

Be something greater, go make a legacy

Manifest destiny, back in the days

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Hiccup and Alvin both had high hopes on them, but ig Exellanor would be the mom to say smth like that

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Пожар (Немного Нервно)

Если кругом пожар - // if the fire is all around

Я не хочу бежать. // I refuse to run away

Я говорил с огнем - // i spoke to the fire

Мне ничего не жаль. // I have no regrets

Хочешь идти – пойдем, // if you want, we will go

Я не вернусь домой. // I won't return home

<...>

Вместо толпы – сам господь-бог // not the crowd, but God himself

Благословил этот поход // Blessed this road

Дождем. // With the rain

Если б мне стать искренним, как дитя малое, // if i could be sincere like a little kid

Бросить дела, в молитве сложить. // I'd gave up everything and prayed

Но колесо вертится – стылое, сталое, // but the wheel keeps rolling on

А в колесе – вся моя жизнь. // And this wheel is my life

Я запишу слова – и, вроде бы, ничего. // I write the words

И в пустоте вспыхнет на миг // and the void flames up

Двор, где горит трава, а за травой – забор, // the house and the grass and the fence are in flames

А за забором – весь этот мир. // And the whole world is on fire

I could not resist the urge to add a song in my native language<\3 it is about the world on fire so... This is fine

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Once more to see you (Mitski):

But with everybody watching us, our every move

We do have reputations

We keep it secret

Won't let them have it

So come inside and be with me, alone with me

Alone, with me alone

If you would let me give you pinky promise kisses

Then I wouldn't have to scream your name

Atop of every roof in the city of my heart

If I could see you

Once more to see you

Furious @ Hiccup the second (I'm not ok about them)

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Win it all (the Orion Experience)

When you were young, the world, it seemed so different

A happy time before you lost your innocence

Where did it go, how did you fall so far from it

Look at yourself you're slipping away

And now the streets you roam, are cold and desolate

The only company you keep is your regret

You've had enough you want to put an end to it

Look at yourself you're fading away

But oh, oh, I want you to know

That you, you, will always be a star

You're gonna shine again like a Super Nova

It ain't over, till it's over

When the world pushes you down You get back up

And when it knocks you around You get back up

And now you fight a little harder You get back up

And now you see a little farther You get back...

Up on your feet every time you fall, so please don't give up now

Cause you're gonna win it all

All your life you've wondered, baby

When's it gonna be your turn

Always tried, and been denied

It's like you're always getting burned

Just remember this, my friend... It's darkest before the dawn

You may see a victory, so baby, just hang on

Just hang on

Perfection.... Hiccup's will to never give up, on himself, on anyone else, in any circumstances

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Little lion man (Mumford & Sons)

Tremble for yourself, my man

You know that you have seen this all before

Tremble, little lion man

You'll never settle any of your scores

Your grace is wasted in your face

Your boldness stands alone among the wreck

Now learn from your mother or else

Spend your days biting your own neck

But it was not your fault but mine

And it was your heart on the line

I really fucked it up this time

Didn't I, my dear?

Hiccup is a little lion man. The end. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

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Icarus (The Crane Wives):

Climb ye higher and higher and higher

'Til you're far away and breathing cleaner air

Oh my brother, my brother, my brother

Who have you become in the wake of all that's happened here?

They're burning down the orchard to the soil

To the soil, to the grave

Spreading out the ashes of a love

That only gave and gave

Furious and Hiccup the second flying together..... I will never recover

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Previal the Sea (Gargamel):

We need the stories to be told

The fear me make is worth more than gold

I failed to find the lyrics but it's a song about pirates (= vikings). This one is niche, ig, because even the creators misspelled their own song title..... Damn. Nuh. I just love the atmosphere and the fact that this song is 13 minutes long, and half of it is howling. HTTYD vibes for sure

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Come along with me (Ashley Eriksson):

We can wander through the forest

And do so as we please

Come along with me

To a cliff under a tree

Where we can gaze upon the water

As an everlasting dream

FRIENDSHIP TRIO ON AN ADVENTURE PLEEEASEEEE I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO CUUUTTTEEEEE AND COMFY. Comfortable. Kids. My babies. Raaaawrrrhhhhhhh

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МКСЗ (Созвездие Отрезок):

Мальчик, который собирал звёзды // the boy who collected the stars

<...>

Мальчик, который растерял звёзды // the boy who lost all his stars

Hiccup ......

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The world we knew (Frank Sinatra):

Over and over, I keep going over the world we knew

Once when you walked beside me

Hiccup and Toothless again. This song gets me emotional too

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Never love an anchor (The Crane Wives):

On some level, I think I always understood

That these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever

And I tried to do the best that I could

But try as I might, I couldn't bring myself to hold you

Fishlegs vibe (Fishlegs @ Hiccup in some way?? I'd love to proof but i cannot)

On some level, I think I always understood

That a ship could never really love an anchor

So, I did the only thing that I could

And severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor

There are times when I still wonder about you

You are someone I have loved, but never known

And you'll never see the reasons I had

For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

Hiccup letting go of dragons he loved more than his life

+ The sea theme + I can't proof it with lyrics but this song holds the vibe of Deadly Shadow and a child in a lobster cage

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Любовь моя (Элли на маковом поле):

любовь моя всегда выходила мне боком // love always hurts me

ножом подставленным к горлу - // it's like a knife to a throat

еще не больно, но страшно выдохнуть // no blood yet but it gets hard to breathe

это беспомощность новорожденного // loving is being helpless like an infant

это табличка "нет выхода" // like a "no exit" sign

любовь моя всегда выходила мне боком // love always hurts me

сто шагов по болоту - необходима осторожность линий // like steps down the swamp - you have to be careful

но оступаюсь и падаю в воду // but you'll end up in the water

This song theme is love that only hurts you. Ig that was how love to dragons felt in the old archipelago. Don't you dare to love them

(I decided to translate and note every song in russian language bc they are not so obvious to analyse by someone else)

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You're on your own, kid (Taylor Swift):

I didn't choose this town, I dream of getting out

There's just one who could make me stay

<...>

I looked around in a blood-soaked gown

And I saw something they can't take away

'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned

Everything you lose is a step you take

So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it

You've got no reason to be afraid

You're on your own, kid

Yeah, you can face this

You're on your own, kid

You always have been

This must be obvious (taking into account that the story is about growing up) but i wanna point out few details

"just one who could make me stay" - Fishlegs!!! + I know that Hiccup loves Berk and his tribe and cares for them, it must have been hard to live there. He is so sweet, caring and forgiving. I can't imagine how he could LOVE and CARE FOR these MORONS who treated him like SHIT but he always thought about protecting them and taking responsibility for them, outgrowning his hate if he ever hated anybody of them which i doubt... So mature and king-like behaviour. I'm so proud

"I looked around in a blood-soaked gown" - is about 12th book events again. I bet he was SOAKED IN BLOOD after all these crazy stuff

"So make the friendship bracelets" - he made many friends during the series. But in this line i always think of Camicazi (bc she's amazing and i love to think of her)

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Not strong enough (boygenius):

I don't know why I am

The way I am, not strong enough to be your man

I lie, I am just lowering your expectations

Lyrics said it for me, but I'll add that they're the words that Hiccup would have told Stoic

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Flying (Code Fry):

Where did my wings go?

I could've sworn I could fly

Straight up into the sky

Boy, I should have known

It was all just a lie

No one on earth can fly

Thought the things you said would turn out true

Guess that's what I get for trusting you

You said if I believed enough, I would fly

Why didn't I?

Did faith let me down

Or did I not have enough?

That distinction is tough

Still, I thought your hands

Protected me from the fall

Did you mean that at all?

Thought the things you said would turn out true

Was it even you I listened to?

I thought if I believed enough, that I would fly

Air is rushing past, and I can barely see

Seems like this fall will be the death of me

In a second now, the ground will come to take me home

Suddenly, a peace that I cannot explain

Feels like the wind is running through my veins

Oh, and all that I can do is close my eyes as you lift me up

You lift me up

All that I know now is sky and cloud

Don't know when my feet last touched the ground

You said if I believed enough, I would fly

This song never failes to make me burst in tears...... Hiccup III letting the dragons go..... Hiccup II and Furious...... Goodbye...... You said if I believed enough, I would fly...... Helppp. All of this song is perfect for HTTYD so i could not resist adding it all here. Perfection. Help

Notes:

"No one on earth can fly" - when the dragons hid from humanity, that is the thought that was left..... You can't fly anymore. Let go of your dreams. Let go of the wind in your hair, of heights, of clouds close enough to touch. Forget it. You are too childish and disrespectful for this. Humanity is not ready for dragons. Not ready to live aloneside these beautiful, intelligent creatures. nd nobody can protect them from your stupidity

"Guess that's what I get for trusting you

You said if I believed enough, I would fly

Why didn't I?" - there i see Furious, waiting on the Berserk island, talking to his memories of his brother, wishing he had never had a soft spot for him, wishing he had never trusted humans

"In a second now, the ground will come to take me home

Suddenly, a peace that I cannot explain

Feels like the wind is running through my veins" - 12th books events again. Furious after listening to Hiccup and clearing his mind from hatred

In conclusion, this song is about the elusive dream of flying dragons, but mostly i feel like it vibes with Furious and Hiccup II

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Bigger Than the Whole Sky (Taylor Swift):

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

You were bigger than the whole sky

You were more than just a short time

And I've got a lot to pine about

I've got a lot to live without

I'm never gonna meet

What could've been, would've been

What should've been you

Did some bird flap its wings over in Asia?

Did some force take you because I didn't pray?

Praying refers to their gods again. And talking about the whole thing, i added it because it reminds me of Snoglout book 11. Hiccup says "I'M NEVER GONNA MEET WHAT COULD'VE BEEN, SHOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD'VE BEEN YOU". I hope you get me. Hiccup took away Snoglout's bright herioc future, he took away his world because he wanted and had to change it. Snoglout's ideal world, where Snotty saw nothing wrong. Where he could've, should've and would've been a hero, a legend. Hiccup never got to meet him like this. And he also never got to meet the current time Snoglout who risked his life for the king and LIVED to be a new world's hero. It was a glimpse of hope for them both but Snoglout didn't make it to the new world

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Cafeteria Song (Equestria Girls):

So get up, get down 'cause it's gonna make a sound

If we work together, helping Twilight Sparkle win the crown

I'm gonna be myself, no matter what I do

And if we're different, yeah, I want you to be true to you

If you follow me, we'll put our differences aside

We'll stick together and start working on that school pride

My personal favourite... My honorary mention....

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Once upon a December (from Anastasia):

Figures dancing gracefully

Across my memory

Far away, long ago

Glowing dim as an ember

Things my heart used to know

Things it yearns to remember

I love the mention of AMBER yk

In whole, this song means the memories of old Wilderwest kingdom, long gone, but still shining though the years. Plus Hiccup like Anastasia is a lost and found heir of an ancient empire

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The King (Sarah Kinsley):

I wanna be the king of your heart

Let's fall apart and start again

The old world was ruined, and Hiccup built it anew. Plus the title. Plus the "king of your heart" bc Hiccup is a gentle and caring king, not like... the previous one... Def not the king of hearts

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Tiny Human (Imogen Heap):

Still I can't stand to imagine

Life without you

came crashing in on that day

Crazy beautiful you

Blind me like the dawn

After ashes fell on Pompeii

Crazy bright beautiful you

Suddenly propelled

So many light years from bliss

And completely unprepared

How can anyone deserve this?

I've tried, I've tried all the tricks

in the book, I’m at my wits end

Now look here what do you want from me!?

<...>

You little devil, you

Oh I love you so much

It's the hardest thing I've ever done

But you're so worth it

Yes you are

Hiccup @ Toothless. This is so sweet

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Touch the sky (from Brave):

Where dark woods hide secret

And mountains are fierce and bold

Deep waters hold reflections

Of times lost long ago

I will hear their every story

Take hold of my own dream

Be as strong as the seas are stormy

And proud as an eagle's scream

I will ride, I will fly

Chase the wind and touch the sky

I will fly

Chase the wind and touch the sky

I love this song. And plus Merida is lowkey a viking?? At least they lived at almost the same territory, north, sea, mountains and all. The song is beautiful

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Running with the wolves (Aurora):

Go row the boat to safer grounds

But don't you know we're stronger now

My heart still beats and my skin still feels

My lungs still breathe, my mind still fears

<...>

I'm running with the wolves tonight

The 10th book Hiccup on a run with his feral besties, forgetting the human speech

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Open up your eyes (from mlp movie):

Open up your eyes

Give up your sweet fantasy land

It's time to grow up and get wise

Come now, little one

Open up your eyes

Classic Furious

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The end! Thank you!

There are about ten more songs in this kinn playlist but i didn't mention them there because.. they are too obvious. The title speaks for itself or they are just too simple to give analysis so idc

[flemingsfreckles]

Dress

Jessie Fleming x Reader

Synopsis: inspired off the song Dress by Taylor Swift (normally not a big TS fan but this song gives off such gay/secret relationship vibes)

Warnings: suggestive, language

WC: 2.3k

A/N: pretend Jessie is still at Chelsea for the sake of this 🙃 also ignore Niamh in the photo, there’s like only 2 photos of Jessie in that button up outfit and I’ve used the other one already, despite the fact that yall want a Niamh x Jessie x Reader fic, this is not it.

Your eyes scanned the room filled with your teammates in search of the brown hair and brown eyed Canadian you were trying to find and yet trying to avoid coming into direct contact with.

In your second scan of the crowded room, you find her across the way, speaking with some of your other teammates.

You watch as Jessie’s eyes catch yours, before they widen and trail downward, taking in your whole body. As her eyes admire you, you watch her suck in a large breath, her eyebrows raised, cheeks puffed out as she slowly releases the air in her lungs. She pulls her bottom lip between her teeth. She gives you a small and slow nod when her eyes meet yours again.

You had succeeded.

You knew she wanted you to rush over to her, to say hello, give her a hug, whisper something for just the two of you in her ear, so you did the opposite.

You found Millie first, giving her a hug, she gushed over your dress. You chatted with her for a bit, glancing around the room occasionally, noticing Jessie’s eyes always meeting yours. She was watching you intensely, just what you had hoped.

You were quickly interrupted by Guro, Erin, and Sam all making their way over, drinks in their hands. The three greeted you, all making comments that they were shocked by your dress, in a good way of course. It felt weird having your teammates gush over your appearance, you had been dressed up around them before but usually opted for a blazer, pantsuit, never before a dress.

Wanting to tease Jessie more, you continue making your rounds, avoiding the area of the room where she and Niamh stood. You took the occasional glance in their direction, Jessie’s eyes always looking over Niamh's shoulder and at you. You felt like prey being hunted by her intense gaze. You talk with Aggie and Maika, a couple of the assistant coaches, dragging out the conversations, keeping Jessie waiting for you. When you had finally said hello to everyone that had already arrived except Jessie, you decided it was time to put the poor girl out of her misery.

You finally make your way over to Jessie. She’s staring you down as you approach her, her eyes locked on your body.

“Hi Jess.” You lean in giving her a hug and she gives you a peck on the cheek. It’s casual, quick, and boring to the outside world. But the way you slid your hand down to the small of her back and the way she let her lips linger on your cheek for an extra second, was not casual.

When you pulled away from her you kept your hand on the small of her back, turning so the two of you were shoulder to shoulder as if you were standing before a game for the anthems.

“You look,” she lets out a sigh that tells you everything you needed to know, “you look fantastic.”

“Thanks. Actually funny enough, I was told if I always dressed like this, maybe I wouldn’t be single.” You say it as a joke, Jessie doesn’t take it as one.

“You’re not single.” The Canadian leans in to grumble into your ear, clearly not a fan of the thought of you being available.

“Oh I’m not? I don’t recall anyone asking me to be in a relationship.” You pat her back softly, letting your fingers just barely dance into the waistband of her pants.

You and Jessie had been seeing each other as more than friends for a couple weeks now. It had started as innocent coffee trips, those trips quickly became more formal coffee dates, those dates turned into spending the afternoons and evenings at each others places, which led to just three weeks ago, you straddling the Canadian on her couch, your fingers in her hair and her hands around your waist as the two of you kissed for the first time. You hadn’t yet put any form of label on it, but you continued seeing each other, the romantic and sexual tension very much still alive between the two of you.

“I don’t like how they’re staring.” You can feel the jealousy radiating off of Jessie. She’s looking out across the room to all your teammates. It was weird, the new attention you were getting. You knew none of your teammates meant it in a way of making you uncomfortable and you knew that, it was just different seeing them surprised by your outfit.

“No need to be jealous, Fleming.” You say to her before leaning in close again to whisper in her ear as she takes a sip of the beer in her hand. “Just remember I bought this dress thinking about only you taking it off my body tonight.” That gets Jessie’s attention, her eyes widen and she’s sent into a coughing fit choking on her drink. Your comment is said half as an invitation, half as a statement. The two of you had made out plenty in your three week escapades, but not getting any further than you did only four days ago in her apartment after training.

You had been making out against the hallway of her apartment when Jessie had picked you up, your legs around her waist as she carried you into her bedroom. She had quickly discarded your training top, kissing down your neck before removing your bra and starting to harshly suck dark red marks across your chest. You had removed her shirt and just as she leaned down to trail kisses down your stomach her phone rang. A FaceTime call from her sister. She had apologized profusely as she threw your shirt back to you as she donned her own. You weren’t upset, you had been the one who insisted she answer the call. However the interaction left you incredibly sexually frustrated for the next few days, giving you the brilliant idea of the dress.

You were already in need of an outfit for the banquet, leading you to be wandering around the store. You had texted Fran, Niamh, and a few other teammates to see what they were wearing. You walked in circles looking at jackets and pants, shirts, nothing seemed to pull your interest until you found yourself in the gown and dress section. The black dress you had bought was on display, it caught your eye. It was a tight, yet tasteful black dress, more than appropriate for the occasion and yet perfect to make Jessie have the opposite of appropriate thought.

Sneaking around with her had been fun, the quick glances in the locker room, the extra second you two spent looking at each other after Jessie had ended up with her body pressed on top of you after you tackled her a little too hard at training, the way she’d give your hand an extra squeeze when you’d high-five after games, all the subtle moments of your relationship happening right in front of everyone’s eyes, without anyone knowing at all.

Those red marks she had made on your skin the other day were now golden bruises across your chest, an arousing reminder of your evening when you got dressed this afternoon. You were thankful they weren’t visible in the lower cut neckline of the dress. You took one last look in the mirror before you left to come to the banquet. You couldn’t help but smirk at yourself, you wanted to drive Jessie crazy, make her stare, make her blush, make her squirm in her seat while she tried to keep your teammates oblivious to your situationship, this dress was going to be perfect for that job.

“We should go mingle.” You say, dropping your hand from Jessie’s back, a few more members of the staff had arrived, you wanted to say hello. Jessie just lets out a dissatisfied grumble. “I’ll see you in a bit.” You say to her as you walk away. You only get a few steps before you turn back, delighted by the sight. Jessie’s eyes had been fixated on your ass, she only looked away when she noticed you turned around catching her behavior. Her face flushed slightly and you gave her a quick wink before turning and moving to the other side of the room.

The seating at dinner was beyond your control but whoever was in charge of it did you a huge favor, sitting you right next to Jessie. You wander around looking for your name, finding it on the little place card, you take a lap looking at the rest of the names on the table before you come back reading the final name on the table for the seat to your left. You almost let out a laugh as you read Jessie’s name. This would be fun.

Dinner starts innocently enough. Plenty of conversation to keep both you and Jessie thinking about other things than the tension between you. It’s only once everyone starts eating, conversation slows and it becomes increasingly obvious how close you’re sat to her.

As you finish up your meal and speeches begin to start, you feel a weight on your lap. Jessie’s hand, under the tablecloth, resting on your upper thigh. She gently squeezes and you’re thankful that no one is seated directly behind your table, meaning no one sees how you move your leg outward to encourage her touch.

You let her touch your thigh, rubbing your skin through the dress for a couple minutes before you promptly stand up, excusing yourself to the table, saying you had to use the restroom and you’d be back. As you walk away you can’t help but turn back giving a look at Jessie, whose eyes were again watching you walk away.

You head to the bathroom, half because you had to use it and half because you wanted to see if Jessie would follow. You get your answer when you open the door from the stall to go wash your hands and Jessie is standing, arms crossed leaning against the wall. You take a moment to take in her stature, you had been so focused on her reaction to your own dress that you didn’t fully appreciate her appearance yet. She looked good, her dark dress pants tight in all the right places, her blazer hugging her shoulders, even if she didn’t intend it, her outfit was having an effect on you.

“You’re a tease.” She says, watching you again like prey as you walk over to the sink.

“I’m not sure I know what you mean.” You say, putting soap on your hands. “I’m not doing anything.” You give her an innocent smile through the mirror.

Sick of your behavior Jessie comes up behind you, her front flush to your back, pushing you slightly into the countertop. Her hands find your sides, just under your armpits. “You did this.” She lets her hands run down your sides and over the curve of your hips. “You chose this dress, you chose to tell me that you want me to take it off, you know exactly what you’re doing.”

“And it’s working?” You give her a cocky smile as you move away from her grasp to dry your hands and turn the water off.

“God, yes it’s working, you already get me worked up in regular clothes, but then this dress…” her voice trails off as she again takes the time to look over your body, head to toe, appreciating your dress. She bites her lip momentarily, walking up to you again. She leans into you, putting her lips quickly to your neck, giving you a soft kiss, then another just below your ear before she brings her lips to your ear and whispers. “You're driving me insane. I wish I had just ignored the call and fucked you instead the other day.”

You hum in agreement, you also wished she had just fucked you then and there. “But this is more fun.” You give her a raise of your eyebrows.

“You’re coming home with me.” She says as she leans back from you, still only inches from each other.

“I will, if you can be good the rest of the night.” You were going to give in and let her take you home no matter what, but you wanted to keep your evening of teasing and fun going for a little bit longer.

“I’ve been good!” She protests.

“I dunno Jessie, hand under the table isn’t what I would consider behaving.” You let your own hand drag on her thigh, mimicking her touch from earlier. You can feel her push her thigh into your hand desperately.

“I could’ve done worse.”

Returning her teasing from earlier you lean into her now, placing an open mouth kiss to her neck before whispering into her ear. “Behave for the rest of the night and I’ll let you do your worst to me later.”

You watch Jessie’s mouth fall open slightly as you pull back. Her stare intensifies on you, pupils wide. Knowing she was lost in her own dirty thoughts you take the opportunity to step away from her and open the bathroom door.

You turn back to look at Jessie, her mouth still agape, eyes locked on you. “Come on, only a few more hours of this banquet and then you can make those dirty thoughts you just had about me a reality.”

[sobblesources]

ALL WE WANT IS DANGER ,

a collection of sentence starters taken from taylor swift's album 1989 . edited to fit rp needs , adjust pronouns as necessary .

❛ everybody here wanted something more , ❜

❛ the lights are so bright , but they never blind me , ❜

❛ everybody here was someone else before , ❜

❛ you can want who you want , ❜

❛ you know you wouldn't change anything , ❜

❛ nice to meet you , where've you been ? ❜

❛ i could show you incredible things , ❜

❛ you look like my next mistake , ❜

❛ love's a game , wanna play ? ❜

❛ i know you heard about me , ❜

❛ i'm dying to see how this one ends , ❜

❛ it's gonna be forever , or it's gonna go down in flames , ❜

❛ it'll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar , ❜

❛ the worst is yet to come , ❜

❛ i get drunk on jealousy , ❜

❛ darling , i'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream , ❜

❛ it's been a while since i have even heard from you , ❜

❛ i should just tell you to leave cause i know exactly where this leads , ❜

❛ we'll never go out of style , ❜

❛ what you heard is true but i can't stop thinking about you & i , ❜

❛ the rest of the world is black & white , but we're in screaming color , ❜

❛ are we out of the woods yet ? ❜

❛ we were built to fall apart , ❜

❛ i'm setting you free , ❜

❛ people like you always want back the love they gave away , ❜

❛ people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye , ❜

❛ all you had to do was stay , ❜

❛ it's gonna be alright , ❜

❛ i'm just gonna shake it off , ❜

❛ my ex brought their new girlfriend , ❜

❛ why don't you come on over , baby ? ❜

❛ i wish you would come back , ❜

❛ i wish we could go back & remember what we were fighting for , ❜

❛ i miss you too much to be mad anymore , ❜

❛ we've got problems & i don't think we can solve them , ❜

❛ did you have to do this ? ❜

❛ i still have scars on my back from your knife , ❜

❛ if you're coming my way , just don't , ❜

❛ you say sorry just for show , ❜

❛ let's get out of this town , ❜

❛ heaven can't help me now , ❜

❛ this is getting good now , ❜

❛ say you'll remember me , ❜

❛ someday when you leave me , i'll bet these memories follow you around , ❜

❛ say you'll see me again , even if it's in your wildest dreams , ❜

❛ are you insane ?! ❜

❛ i want you for worse or for better , ❜

❛ remind me how it used to be , ❜

❛ this love is alive back from the dead , ❜

❛ i struggled through the night with someone new , ❜

❛ you showed up just in time , ❜

❛ they are the hunters , we are the foxes , ❜

❛ i know places we won't be found , ❜

❛ let them say what they want , ❜

❛ loose lips sink ships all the damn time , ❜

❛ just grab my hand & don't ever drop it , ❜

❛ the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst , ❜

❛ when i was drowning , that's when i could finally breathe , ❜

❛ i screamed so loud , but no one heard a thing , ❜

❛ just because you're clean doesn't mean you don't miss it , ❜

❛ now that i;m clean , i'm never gonna risk it , ❜

❛ we took a wrong turn & fell down a rabbit hole , ❜

❛ haven't you heard of what becomes of curious minds ? ❜

❛ i should have slept with one eye open that night , ❜

❛ i reached for you but you were gone , ❜

❛ you can hear it in the silence , ❜

❛ you keep his shirt , he keeps his word , ❜

❛ you're my best friend , ❜

❛ & you knew they were in love , ❜

❛ you understand now why they lost their minds & fought the wars , ❜

❛ you are in love , true love , ❜

❛ trust me , mine is better , ❜

❛ we're so young , but we're on the road to ruin , ❜

❛ i could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me , ❜

❛ heartbreak is the national anthem , ❜

❛ i'm about to play my ace , ❜

❛ the rumors are terrible & cruel , but honey most of them are true , ❜

[taylor-on-your-dash]

12-year-old performs at 76ers game

Taylor Swift of Wyomissing Hills was invited to sing the national anthem.

By Jeremy Carroll

Taylor A. Swift, 12, of Wyomissing Hills, thought her 10-year-old brother, Austin K., might have been playing an April Fool's Day joke on her when he told her the Philadelphia 76ers invited her to sing the national anthem at an upcoming home basketball game.

But Austin was telling the truth, relaying the information from their father, Scott K., who phoned with the thrilling day-after-Easter news.

"My mom and I were just jumping up and down we were so excited," said Taylor, who sang the anthem just before tip-off of the Sixers game against the Detroit Pistons on April 5.

"I just really love doing that sort of thing," she said. "It is an adrenaline rush for me."

Swift, a sixth-grader at West Reading Elementary Center, sang the national anthem at a Reading Phillies game several years ago.

Last month she did another rendition at a basketball game at Wyomissing High School in which the Harlem Wizards played against the Wyomissing Heroes, made up of school faculty and other members of the community.

It was her performance at the Wizards' game that gave her the chance to sing at a much larger venue, Philadelphia's First Union Center, where 20,754 fans came to see the Sixers and Pistons play.

Scott Swift sent in a video of his daughter singing the anthem to the 76ers, hoping the team would recognize her talent.

Sixers manager of game operations Kathy Drysdale, who said she gets hundreds of videotapes from perform ers interested in singing the anthem at one of the team's exhibition games or 41 regular season home games, sat up and took notice of Swift.

"She has this fantastic voice that catches everyone's attention," Drysdale said. "Her voice is so strong and powerful at 12 years old. You look at her and think, 'Did that come out of her mouth?"

Swift left for Philadelphia right after school on April 5 with her parents, brother and a friend of her brother. They encountered lots of traffic and wound up making it to the arena just in time for her sound check at 5. Shortly after their arrival, team officials presented Taylor, Austin and Austin's friend with duffel bags full of 76ers merchandise, including basketballs, jerseys and hats. Taylor also received a jersey signed by some of the Sixers players.

After getting ready in a private dressing room, Swift was escorted by a security guard onto the court, which was adorned with a red carpet.

Her mother, Andrea F., admitted she was very nervous leading up to the anthem.

"They had a number of cameras all focused right around her and she was up on the big screen," Andrea said. "It's very, very scary as a mom to see your child out there."

Taylor was much more relaxed about the whole thing, experiencing few butterflies even as the lights were dimmed just moments before her performance.

"I was just practicing the first note over and over in my head," she said. Swift, who sang the final words of the anthem in the midst of deafening cheers from the crowd, said the whole experience was a big thrill. "All of these NBA players and all of these other people were looking at me," she said. "It was really a wonderful feeling."

Swift has been performing practically all of her life in local theater productions.

Next Friday and Saturday she will perform in Wyomissing High School's production of "The Sound of Music." Swift, whose maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, Wyomissing Park, is a retired opera singer, has been pursuing a country music singing career. The aspiring singing star, who also plays electric guitar, performed with the Pat Garrett Band at last year's Bloomsburg Fair and has cut a country CD.

Late last month the Swifts traveled to Nashville, where they distributed the CD to record companies in the hope of landing a recording deal. When she is not busy performing. Swift enjoys spending time with her friends.

Conduct date: April 5, 2002

Release date: April 19, 2002

[mariacallous]

When people say that music can change the world, they don’t usually mean songs that capture with bright, sharp intimacy how girls feel.

They mean protest songs, political songs, anthems against the Vietnam war; not the soundtracks to aching teenage summers or to eight-year-olds’ dance routines in the playground. They don’t, in short, mean Taylor Swift songs. But that was what Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel peace prize-winning campaigner for women’s right to an education, used to sing with her friends growing up in Pakistan. Music, she posted on Instagram,after attending one of Swift’s London gigs this summer, “made me and my friends feel confident and free”. Which is why, in Afghanistan, the Taliban bans it.

This weekend, Swift was in Miami, starting the final leg of an Eras Tour that coincides neatly with the final leg of the most consequential US election in decades. Already an economic juggernaut, unleashing enough fan expenditure in its wake to have a measurable impact on local GDP wherever it rolls into town,the tour is increasingly a political vehicle, too.

On Friday night, Swift posted an Instagram reel, captioned “back to the office”, of herself exploring the stadium before the show, dressed in jeans and carrying her beloved cat – a pointed choice, given the Republican vice-presidential pick JD Vance’s dismissal of Kamala Harris as a childless cat lady.

The Democrats are piggybacking furiously on Swift’s endorsement of the Harris/Walz ticket to make a push for the younger voters they desperately need, with billboards around the stadium carrying ads proclaiming “I’m in my voting era”, and activists dishing out Kamala-themed friendship bracelets (trading bracelets is a Swiftie ritual).

No swing voter is swung by screaming along to Cruel Summer, but that’s not the point: this is a get-out-the-vote exercise. Her fanbase is young, mostly female, with a sizeable contingent of gay men, and thus liberal-leaning. The more of them she can motivate to actually vote in a highly gendered election, the worse for Donald Trump. Faintly surreal as it sounds, Swift has become a powerful rallying point for liberal resistance to “alt-right” misogyny in an election that has the free world holding its breath.

Taylor Swift isn’t just a pop star now. She is the convergence of celebrity with the kind of soft power – who else could get Yousafzai, two future kings and what feels like half the British cabinet to her London gigs? – that has acquired harder edges this summer.

For power like this has consequences. She had enraged the Maga movement long before formally endorsing Harris/Walz and praising their stance on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. For months, she’s been the focus of increasingly deranged deep state conspiracy theories, suggesting she’s a front for some kind of fiendishly complex plot to rig the election that, like all conspiracy theories, is funny only until some lunatic believes it.

The office has not always been a comfortable place for Swift lately. In the middle of July, an American man who had allegedly made threats against her on social media was arrested in the German city of Gelsenkirchenon his way to her show, for which he had a ticket.

Less than a fortnight later, three little girls were stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in the English town of Southport, in an attack whose motive remains unknown. (Swift met some of the survivors privately in London this summer.) In August, the singer cancelled three concerts in Vienna, after Austrian police disrupted a suspected Islamist terror plot to kill what they called “a huge number of people”. It was a grim echo of the 2017 bombing at an Ariana Grande gig in Manchester where 22 people died.

Frankly, I don’t blame her mother-turned-manager for getting spooked in London, and reportedly insisting on the kind of blue-light police escort between hotel and stadium normally reserved for heads of state. Nor do I think it was simply the lure of free gig tickets that prompted the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, and London mayor, Sadiq Khan, to take an interest in Swift’s protection and the viability of an event worth around £300m to the capital.

Still, the resulting deeply silly row allowed editors to run huge pictures of Swift in spangly knickers for days on end, only finally jumping the shark whenBoris Johnson(of all people) used it to accuse Keir Starmer of looking corrupt.

Had the prime minister secretly hoped a bit of her stardust would rub off on him, when he was photographed at a Swift gig? Probably. Will he be trying that sort of thing again now? Almost certainly not. If Taylor Swift gets a peerage or a PPE contract, I’ll let you know. Sometimes, we seem like a very, very small island. Meanwhile, Swift is back at the office, temporarily boosting Florida’s GDP and trying to get a black woman elected as president.

When Time magazine chose the 34-year-old singer-songwriter as its Person of the Year in 2023, its profile suggested her power lay in giving women and girls “conditioned to accept dismissal, gaslighting, and mistreatment from a society that treats their emotions as inconsequential” permission to believe those feelings actually matter, through her songs. A year later, she is asking them to make their feelings matter through their votes. A gentle reminder that if music is to change the world, it’s never going to do so by itself.

[greatestwizardofthisage]

assigning each of the bad kids a taylor swift era because i am feeling deprived of tswift content now that she's on break from the eras tour

Kristen: Fearless. I can't even explain why, but to me that album is just so sunny and in my mind it fits Kristen perfectly. I think maybe it's because Fearless was one of the first album I ever really loved, then when I was older the rerecording is what got me back into tswift and I can totally see Kristen going through a similar journey with it where maybe she loves it as a kid but then stops listening to it as she distances herself from her childhood/family, only to fall in love with it again later on. Also I feel like the country vibes fit her well. (She would also LOVE betty but she would pretend it's a lesbian anthem)

Gorgug: Ok this feels controversial but he's a Lover stan. I just fully belive that to his core Gorgug is a lover not a hater and he would un ironically love Lover. Like to me that album is all about having gone through some bad shit and choosing to only carry forward the best of it? And that fits with my perception of Gorgug. ALSO the end of afterglow 'I want to be defined by the things that I love, not the things that I hate, or the things that haunt me in the middle of the night' just feels very Gorgug coded to me dont ask me why. However if you've seen any of my other posts about music and the bad kids you know that I wholeheartedly believe Gorgug loves all music so I think he'd be hard pressed to choose a favourite album.

Riz: Midnights. And not just because this kid never sleeps. Bassically I really couldn't decide which album he would listen to because none of them really fit, but then I started thinking about specific lyrics and I think Midnights has the most that he could relate to. I mean 'no one wanted to play with me as a little kid so I've been scheming like a criminal ever since' is about him. You can't change my mind. I do think though that Riz is definitely more invested in all the easter eggs and firguring out which album is coming next over actually listening to her music. Like he would for sure be among the first to figure out all her clues.

Fabian: 1989 and Folklore. I fully to the bottom of my heart belive that until his sophmore year Fabian would exclusivly be listening to pop music, sea shanties, and weird elven music. So obviously he would love the greatest pop album ever made. He wouldn't listen to Folklore until post sophmore character development. Also he would For Sure learn the choreography for the dance in the background of Dress on the Rep tour and recreat it perfectly using his sheet.

Fig: Speak Now. I mean do I even need to explain this? It's the perfect album for Fig. It's the kind of thing she would have loved when she was in her Preppy Cheerleader phase, but it has just enough of that pop punk influence that I feel like she could still appreciate it when she's older. I feel like she would definitly take issue with some of the misogynistic lyrics used in some of the songs, and would be all for the lyric change in Better Than Revenge. Also as I've mentioned many times before, Fig would love Paramore, and would LOVE Castles Crumbling. Like you're going to sit here and tell me that lines like 'They used to cheer when they saw my face, Now I fear I have fallen from grace' + 'Their faith was strong, but I pushed it too far, I held that grudge 'til it tore me apart' + 'Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off, And here I sit alone, behind walls of regret' + 'People look at me like I'm a monster, Now they're screaming at the palace front gates, used to chant my name, Now they're screaming that they hate me, Never wanted you to hate me' weren't written by Figueroth Faeth? I also just think songs like Never Grow Up and Long Live would perfectly fit with her not so secret sentimental streak.

Adaine: Evermore and Folklore. I think theres just a sort of elegence to these albums that really reminds me of Adaine. I also think theres so much vulnerability in them and a lot of the songs touch on feelings of not being good enough for others (mirrorball, tolerate it, this is me trying, right where you left me) that I think she could relate to not from a romantic relationship standpoint but from all the expectations placed on her by her parents. I also think that although these are probably the most low key of tswifts albums, they have some good angry songs (no body no crime, illicit affairs, mad woman) that she would definitly love. But yeah this is mostly based on aesthetics. Evermore and Folklore were albums written with a quill and Adaine is the kind of girl to appreciate this.

[zenmasterlover]

Today’s artists that I think Jackie would listen to:

Taylor Swift: her anthem would be “Right Where You Left Me” (this song is totally her). She would totally buy eras tour tickets

Olivia Rodrigo: specifically the SOUR album only on repeat

Harry Styles: another anthem of hers would be “Matilda” (another song totally about her). Would try and dress her current boyfriend like HS

Britney Spears: what she would get ready to

Black Eyed Peas: another pregame song

Miley Cyrus: would be an avid Hannah Montana watcher

One Direction: was a HUGE fan when they were together and had a crush on Zayn

Rihanna: a queen

Beyonce: the queen bee

Gwen Stefani: “Hollaback Girl” on repeat

Bruno Mars: his love songs would make her cry

Justin Timberlake: HUGE JT fan. Has a crush on him

[bearsinpotatosacks]

If anyone saw my post about a what if fic for Richie & Mickey, here it is.

It's also on AO3

---------------------------------------------------

Mickey came to him when he dreamt. He’d knock on his door, bags under his eyes, hands shaking, and he wouldn’t have to ask to come in. He’d fall into the apartment with the morose glaze he often got when coming down from a particularly bad high. He’d fall into his arms, he’d card his hands through his hair that had grown out too long and everything would be matched, perfect.

In reality, if Mickey came back, he’d scream at him, bellow and hit him asking why he went away, how he’d survived and why he’d let them all believe that he was dead for so long. Why he'd made him identify his body, and choke down the changes to the restaurant, and force him to find purpose again.

In his dreams, his imagination as the hours ticked by unslept, these questions would go unspoken. He liked to think he’d come out of rehab, that Richie had bit the bullet and forced him to go before it got too out of hand, maybe he’d be on some meds for what was clearly bipolar, now he’d had time to distance himself from his whirlwind, and the conversations with Syd had told him what was probably every Berzattos problem.

Mickey would be shaking, maybe from cold, maybe out of fear. He always knew that if he’d gone that far, if he’d sucked up the fees and got him into a decent rehabilitation facility, Mickey wouldn’t talk to him. Richie had always been safe, this secure person always at his side, his soulmate in certain ways. To send him away would be an ultimate betrayal, at least to him.

After he got his head out of his ass, though, he’d turn to Richie. Donna was never an option, Carmy would still be in New York if Mickey hadn’t died, he never answered Richie’s calls after Mickey overdosed, time after time, and Nat would make herself ill with worry, and distance herself to protect what she’d built, simultaneously. Richie was the only valid option.

Speech wouldn’t be needed. They’d be past words even if they thought there was so much to be said, the moment they saw each other, the pure human need to care, this echoing radar they both had, took over. Tiff always said that despite everything, despite his abrasive demeanour, Richie was an empath at heart, always aware of what was going on and how people were feeling, she’d say it like a flaw.

“You’re shaking.” Richie would say.

Mickey wouldn’t reply. When he got in those kinds of moods, he never did.

“I’ll run you a bath.”

He’d let Mickey strip in his room while he sat on the edge of the tub, swishing the water until it felt soothing under his hand. Mickey had lost weight near the end, and he dared to say that he wouldn’t have regained it spending so much time in rehab, so his dressing gown would’ve comfortably swaddled him as he padded to the bathroom.

Richie would apologise for only having Eva’s unicorn bubble bath to hand. Mickey would huff out a laugh as he stripped off, nothing they hadn’t seen before, and submerge himself in the pink-purple sparkles. His hair would smooth against his neck as his eyes closed.

Maybe he’d play music, soft anthems from their childhood, or the newer ones that would give Mickey a chance to rib into him about liking Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande, and Olivia Rodrigo. Or they’d say nothing. Say nothing as Richie rubbed shampoo on his hands and worked his fingers into his scalp. Say nothing as he purred under his touch and sank into the bathwater. They never did speak about the important shit.

After letting him wash off the clinical smell of rehab and psych wards, he’d wrap him in a towel and blow dry his hair, making sure the temperature wasn’t too warm like he did with Eva. Once it was all fluffy, perhaps with a joke about how he should cut his hair, or a more genuine comment about how he shouldn’t, he’d cross his legs and clip his nails.

At this point, he’d hope that he’d be talking. A joke about Richie giving him a manicure, and an offer to actually do so with Eva’s paints. She’d done his more than once, he’d forgotten to take it off before work before and got a smiling reminder from Nat that nail varnish wasn’t allowed for front of house staff.

Mickey would remind him he had no clothes, due to just getting out of rehab, or coming back from the dead, one of the two. Richie would scoff as though they hadn’t had a shared wardrobe since they’d met, even before Mickey shot up and filled out. The suits in his closet would surprise him, if he came through the door today, he’d get a joke about that before he found the Beef shirts folded at the back. He may have started wearing suits, but they were still great to lounge in.

It would only be after all that, after washing him, clothing him, feeding him, because he was trying to cook properly now, making pierogi and borscht because he was reconnecting, that Mickey would talk about shit that mattered. How the sober life was treating him, how being medicated, legally medicated, was faring, and how his family was taking it.

Richie would want to ask why. Why he tried, and why he hadn’t got a letter, or the Beef, but he’d yawn, blink all slow and flop onto his shoulder, or his lap and the words would catch in his throat. Mickey bear would be back, the familiar feeling hanging on in, lying on him, and the tightness in his chest both gone and returning.

Then he’d wake up. Or something, a red light turning green, someone calling him from the back of house, or Eva poking him for not paying attention to Peppa Pig, would require his attention and it would fade. Mickey’s death would settle back in, that hunch to his back and scratch of his throat would come back to his chest. And the tears would have to dry by themselves.

[yhamh]

Writing Prompts Inspired by Taylor Swift

Collection of lyric prompts

“Like we were in Paris”

“Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur”

“That was the night I nearly lost you”

“I’m still trying everything to get you laughing at me”

“And you know damn well for you I would ruin myself”

“Who could ever leave me, darling?”

“Never be so clever you forget to be kind”

“I think your house is haunted”

“I had a marvelous time ruining everything”

 “I don’t want to miss you like this”

 “Friends break up”

 “You’re the hero flying around”

 “Drunk on this pain”

 “Don’t want no other shade of blue but you”

 “I didn’t like the ending”

 “What should have been you”

 “Is it too soon to do this yet?”

 “This night is flawless”

 “I’m really gonna miss you picking fights with me”

 “Been saying yes instead of no”

 “I knew everything when I was young”

 “Lights are off”

 “I can make the bad guys good for a weekend”

 “Got a long list of ex-lovers”

 “Say you’ll remember me”

 “You made a really deep cut”

 “The 1950s shit they want from me”

 “One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving”

 “Broke his heart cause he was nice”

 “And by the way, I’m going out tonight”

 “They ask, ‘Do you have a man?’”

 “I’ve been scheming like a criminal”

 “None of it was accidental”

 “They see right through me”

 “My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been bruised”

 “Taking shots at me like it’s Patron”

 “Stealing hearts and running off”

 “Burton to this Taylor”

 “He looks up grinning like a devil”

 “We’ll make it out of this mess”

 “Did the love affair maim you too?”

 “Maybe I asked for too much”

 “I’m still a believer”

 “Lovelorn and nobody knows”

 “In a world of boys he’s a gentleman”

 “I didn’t like the ending”

 “Meet me at midnight”

 “I’d be saved by a perfect kiss”

 “I’m the problem, it’s me”

 “I wanted that pain”

 “Weird but fucking beautiful”

 “Lately she’s been dressing for revenge”

 “Did you leave her house in the middle of the night?”

 “Wear the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man”

 “Now I’m All For You like Janet”

 “I thought that it would kill me but it didn’t”

 “No rules”

 “For you I would ruin myself”

 “The joke���s not funny at all”

 “The stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo”

 “A tiny screen’s the only place I see you now”

 “What must it be like to grow up that beautiful”

 “Were there clues I didn’t see”

 “You heard the rumors from Inez”

 “You’ll be made of ashes, too”

 “And there’s a lot of cool chicks out there”

 “Guess it was a lawless land”

 “Heartbreak is the national anthem”

 “Trying to find a part of me that you didn’t touch”

 “The note on the polaroid picture”

 “Please don’t be in love with someone else”

 “You can make me a drink”

 “Is it chill that you’re in my head”

 “It used to be mad love”

 “This is our house, we make the rules”

 “Think about the place where you first met me”

 “I’ve been the prey”

 “Make fun of our exes”

 “Love made me crazy”

 “Since she brought you down”

 “I’m so sick of running as fast as I can”

 “Heartbreakers gonna break”

 “I could feel you sneaking in”

 “I’m getting tired even for a phoenix”

 “In a storm in my best dress”

 “I guess I don’t have a say”

 “I pay the price of what I lost”

 “You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess”

 “Cancel plans just in case  you call”

 “I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you”

 “I’m so furious at you for making me feel this way”

 “It’s you and me, that’s my whole world”

 “You’ve still got it in your drawer even now”

 “I got that good girl faith”

 “The role you made me play of the fool”

 “The lights are so bright but they never blind me”

 “Tried to stalk you on the internet”

 “Was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?”

 “Your mama don’t know” 

“Walk away and leave me bleeding”

[chicknparm]

69 or 98 or 8

69. ivy - Taylor Swift

It wouldn't be right to do one of these without at least one Taylor song, so we got pretty lucky that you picked this number! Nice!

This song gets thrown around by a lot of swifties as an example of how good her songwriting has gotten, and I think it is quite a good example, but not really for the reasons they think. One could easily read the lyrics and dismiss her verbosity as pretentious set-dressing; a cynical shortcut to make herself and her songs appear deeper than they really are. I think the way some fans talk about her lyrics invites this kind of reading, but I promise you that indulging in that line of critique is doing a disservice to both the music and yourself.

The story told in ivy is one of conflict and infidelity; the narrator is having a passionate affair with someone else while her loveless, lifeless marriage gathers dust. The poetic language, instrumentation, and tone of Swift's voice all evoke much older forms of storytelling. Evocative stories are a cornerstone of country music, but have fallen out of favor in recent decades, and ivy seems to want to reach back even farther and remind the listener more of Jane Austen than Loretta Lynn (in fact, ivy wasn't out of place when it was used as a needle-drop in the Dickinson series). The melody is dark and tense, as are the dancing arpeggios on the guitar, as she sings verses about the pair being magnificently cursed; drinking her husband's wine and grieving for the living. The tension gets resolved in the chorus, where the melody warms up and she exclaims with relief (the use of "goddamn" feels more profane here than many of her uses of "fuck") that her "pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand taking mine."

The warmth becomes heat becomes fire when we reach a classic Taylor Swift Bridge where she proclaims "So yeah, it's a fire, it's a goddamn blaze in the dark, and you started it." From there, we never return to the tension of the verses, instead riding out the chorus until the end, with the narrator resigning herself to an imperfect life half-loved, crooning "my house of stone, your ivy grows, and now I'm covered in you" as electric guitar peaks its head out of the background.

This one's pretty good.

98. Psycho Killer- Talking Heads

cw: french

I didn't know he was speaking french in parts of this until I played this song in Rock Band 2. I couldn't understand a lot of the lyrics when my parents played Bruce Springsteen tapes so I didn't think this was that weird. I still don't know what the french sections mean, aside from qu’est-ce que c’est, perhaps we'll never know.

Anyway this song is a classic, obviously. The bassline is rock solid but still has enough movement to keep the rhythm fun and danceable despite the slower tempo. David Byrne is an all-time great vocalist and he gives a great performance. I, too, hate people when they're not polite. This is such an obvious choice that you'd think it would be overdone and cliche to use it in movies, and maybe it is, but I still pop for it every time. It's like using Fortunate Son in Vietnam movies, sometimes the obvious choice is the right one.

8. Savior Complex - Phoebe Bridgers

I liked Phoebe Bridgers' first album, but Punisher was an improvement in basically every way. Savior Complex was a literal jaw-dropper the first time I listened to it, coming at the end of a devastating three song run including Chinese Satellite and Moon Song. Some musicians just have an ear for perfect pop melodies. Call their songwriting sophomoric (and you'd be correct), but power pop writers like Billie Joe Armstrong and Rivers Cuomo have always reminded me a bit of Paul McCartney in their ability to craft memorable, joyous, sometimes anthemic hooks and melodies seemingly in their sleep. Another skill of McCartney's, which far fewer are able to replicate, is his ability to write a melody that plays your heartstrings like a fiddle. Truly skilled musicians can tell a story and take you on an emotional journey without words, and Phoebe proves more than capable of that here. And I don't know if you've heard, but she's pretty fucking good at the "words" bit too.

Savior Complex might be my favorite Phoebe Bridgers song, even though there are plenty of others with stronger lyrics. But that melody, man. Those strings. The guitar nervously walking the bass notes around. The way her voice flutters when the title drops. Her breathy falsetto as she pleads that she's too tired, and a bad liar. Other songs got more attention on this album (and they deserve that attention), but Savior Complex is an understated masterpiece in my opinion. Just a gorgeous, gorgeous song. I love it so much.

[lethalharpyphylactery]

But Daddy, I love him

Sorry not sorry for posting the entire song. This song has been my whole personality since TTPD came out

Such a great "eff you" to everyone who has tried to hold me back over the years. It has become my deconstruction anthem.

I forget how the West was won

I forget if this was ever fun

I just learned these people only raise you to cage you

Sarahs and Hannahs in their Sunday best

Clutching their pearls, sighing "What a mess"

I just learned these people try and save you

... cause they hate you

Too high a horse

For a simple girl to rise above it

They slammed the door on my whole world

The one thing I wanted

Now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned

Screaming "But Daddy I love him!"

I'm having his baby

No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

I'm telling him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my senses

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want

Dutiful daughter, all my plans were laid

Tendrils tucked into a woven braid

Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all

He was chaos, he was revelry

Bedroom eyes like a remedy

Soon enough the elders had convened

Down at the city hall

"Stay away from her"

The saboteurs protested too much

Lord knows the words we never heard

Just screeching tires and true love

And now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned

Screaming "But Daddy I love him!"

I'm having his baby

No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

I'm telling him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my senses

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want

I'll tell you something right now

I'd rather burn my whole life down

Than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning

I'll tell you something about my good name

It's mine alone to disgrace

I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing

God save the most judgmental creeps

Who say they want what's best for me

Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see

Thinking it can change the beat

Of my heart when he touches me

And counteract the chemistry

And undo the destiny

You ain't gotta pray for me

Me and my wild boy

And all this wild joy

If all you want is gray for me

Then it's just white noise

And it's just my choice

There's a lot of people in town that I

Bestow upon my fakest smiles

Scandal does funny things to pride

But brings lovers closer

We came back when the heat died down

Went to my parents and they came around

All the wine moms are still holding out, but fuck 'em

It's over

Now I'm dancing in my dress in the sun and

Even my daddy just loves him

I'm his lady, and oh my God

You should see your faces

Time, doesn't it give some perspective

No, you can't come to the wedding

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want

I'll tell you something right now you ain't gotta pray for me

Me and my wild boy and all of this wild joy

He was chaos, he was revelry

If all you want is gray for me

Then it's just white noise, and it's my choice

Screaming "But Daddy I love him!"

I'm having his baby

No, I'm not! But you –

Should see your faces

But oh my God you should see your faces

🖤🩶🤍

[yourgoldennotebook]

Taylor A. Swift, 12, of Wyomissing Hills thought her 10-year-old brother, Austin K., might have been playing an April Fool's Day joke on her when he told her the Philidelphia 76ers invited her to sing the national anthem at an upcoming home basketball game.

But Austin was telling the truth, relaying the information from their father, Scott K., who phoned with the thrilling day-after-Easter news.

"My mom and I were just jumping up and down we were so excited," said Taylor, who sang the anthem just before tip-off of the Sixers game against the Detroit Pistons on April 5.

"I just really love doing that sort of thing," she said. "It is an adrenaline rush for me."

Swift, a sixth-grader at West Reading Elementary Center, sang the national anthem at a Reading Phillies game several years ago.

Last month she did another rendition at a basketball game at Wyomissing High School in which the Harlem Wizards played against the Wyomissing Heroes, made up of school faculty and other members of the community.

It was her performance at the Wizards' game that gave her the chance to sing at a much larger venue, Philadelphia's First Union Center, where 20,754 fans came to see the Sixers and the Pistons play.

Scott Swift sent in a video of his daughter singing the anthem to the 76ers, hoping the team would recognize her talent.

Sixers manager of game operations Kathy Drysdale, who said she gets hundreds of videotapes from performers interested in singing the anthem at one of the team's exhibition games or 41 regular season home games, sat up and took notice of Swift.

"She has this fantastic voice that catches everyone's attention," Drysdale said. "Her voice is so strong and powerful at 12 years old. You look at her and think, 'Did that come out of her mouth?'"

Swift left for Philadelphia right after school on April 5 with her parents, brother and a friend of her brother. They encountered lots of traffic and wound up making it to the arena just in time for her sound check at 5.

Shortly after their arrival, team officials presented Taylor, Austin and Austin's friend with duffel bags full of 76ers merchandise, including basketballs, jerseys and hats. Taylor also received a jersey signed by some of the Sixers players.

After getting ready in a private dressing room, Swift was escorted by a security guard onto the court, which was adorned with a red carpet.

Her mother, Andrea F., admitted she was very nervous leading up to the anthem.

"They had a number of cameras all focused right around her and she was up on the big screen," Andrea said. "It's very, very scary as a mom to see your child out there."

Taylor was much more relaxed about the whole thing, experiencing a few butterflies even as the lights were dimmed just moments before her performance.

"I was just practicing the first note over and over in my head," she said.

Swift, who sang the final words of the anthem in the midst of deafening cheers from the crowd, said the whole experience was a big thrill.

"All of these NBA players and all of these other people were looking at me," she said. "It was a really wonderful feeling."

Swift has been performing practically all of her life in local theater productions.

Next Friday and Saturday she will perform in Wyomissing High School's production of "The Sound of Music."

Swift, whose maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, Wyomissing Park, is a retired opera singer, has been pursuing a country music singing career.

The aspiring singing star, who also plays electric guitar, performed with the Pat Garrett Band at last year's Bloomsburg Fair and has cut a country CD.

Late last month the Swifts traveled to Nashville, where they distributed the CD to record companies in the hope of landing a record deal.

When she is not busy performing, Swift enjoys spending time with her friends.

— written by Jeremy Carroll, c. 2002

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My Ranking of Taylor Swift’s Albums 🎵✨

Here’s how I rank Taylor Swift’s discography. I also listed my favorite tracks from each album—the songs I’ll add to “My Favorite Taylor Swift Songs" playlist on Spotify. As a big Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine) fan, I only became a Swiftie after hearing their collaboration on "Florida!!!" Because of that, I don’t have the same nostalgia for Taylor’s early work as fans who’ve been with her since the beginning.

My album ranking and favorite songs are also heavily influenced by watching The Eras Tour movie and following live streams of her Eras Tour concerts. The first full Taylor Swift albums I listened to were Folklore and Evermore, so they hold a special place in my heart. While my ranking reflects that bias, it also celebrates Taylor’s ability to tell stories, evolve as an artist, and create moments that resonate deeply across all her eras.

1. Folklore 🪵🌊 This is Taylor at her poetic best. Every song is a story. The entire album feels like walking through a misty forest full of secrets.

Favorite Songs: "The Last Great American Dynasty," "My Tears Ricochet," "Cardigan," "The 1," "Invisible String," "Exile (Featuring Bon Iver)," "This Is Me Trying," "August," "Seven," "Mad Woman," "Mirrorball," and "Betty."

2. Reputation 🖤🐍 Taylor’s villain era was iconic. She came back with fire and fury. I find every track is an unapologetic anthem.

Favorite Songs: "Look What You Made Me Do," "...Ready For It?," "Don’t Blame Me," "End Game (Featuring Ed Sheeran and Future)", "Getaway Car," "I Did Something Bad," "Delicate," "Gorgeous," "King of My Heart," "Dress," and "This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things."

3. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology ✍️🖤 An emotional and theatrical masterpiece, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology captures Taylor at her most experimental. The lyrics are raw, vulnerable, and haunting. The lyrics are paired with some of her most ambitious productions to date.

Favorite Songs: "Florida!!!, (Featuring Florence + The Machine) " "The Alchemy," "Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?," "Down Bad," "But Daddy I Love Him," "Clara Bow," "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart," "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived," "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys," "So High School," "The Black Dog," "I Hate It Here," "The Bolter," "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus," "Prophecy," "Cassandra," and "Peter."

4. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) 🏙💙 The ultimate pop album. Every track is a sleek, shiny bop. The songs are impossible not to dance to it.

Favorite Songs: "Out of the Woods," "All You Had to Do Was Stay," "Blank Space," "How You Get the Girl," "I Wish You Would," "Wildest Dreams," "Shake It Off," "Style," and "Bad Blood (Featuring Kendrick Lamar)."

5. Evermore 🍂🌾 The cozy, introspective sister to Folklore. It’s like sitting by a fire with tea while Taylor tells you stories.

Favorite Songs: "Ivy," "Marjorie," "Willow," "Champagne Problems," "Dorothea," "Gold Rush," "It’s Time to Go," and "’Tis the Damn Season."

6. Midnights 🌙✨ A late-night reflection on love, heartbreak, and self-discovery. It’s both shimmering and haunting. The album is a soundtrack to a sleepless night.

Favorite Songs: "Vigilante Shit," "Anti-Hero," "Bejeweled," "Mastermind," "Karma," "Midnight Rain," "Lavender Haze," and "You’re On Your Own, Kid."

7. Lover 💕🌈 A kaleidoscope of emotions, Lover is romantic and uplifting. The songs are full of sunshine.

Favorite Songs: "Lover," "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince," "The Archer," "Cruel Summer," "You Need to Calm Down," "Death By a Thousand Cuts," "Paper Rings," and "Afterglow."

8. Red (Taylor’s Version) 🧣🍁 This sprawling masterpiece hits hard with heartbreak. It’s raw and beautiful and includes the legendary "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)."

Favorite Songs: "All Too Well," "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "22," "Stay Stay Stay," "Starlight," "The Very First Night (From The Vault)," and "Everything Has Changed (Featuring Ed Sheeran)."

9. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) 💛✨ A true classic. The vault tracks are a delightful window into Taylor’s teenage heart.

Favorite Songs: "Love Story," "Fearless," "You Belong With Me," "White Horse," "Dear Stephen," "The Best Day," and "Fifteen."

10. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) 💜✨ Taylor’s most personal album—written entirely by her—feels raw and unfiltered. The re-recorded Vault tracks add even more to love.

Favorite Songs: "Long Live," "Enchanted," "The Story of Us," "Back to December," "Mine," and "Mean."

11. Taylor Swift (Self-Titled) 🌻💚 Her country roots shine here. The album gives us a glimpse of the artist she’d grown into. While it feels young compared to her later work, it’s still charming.

Favorite Songs: "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Tim McGraw," "Picture to Burn," "Mary's Song," and "Our Song."