im not saying im the reason tally hall seems to be scheming again im just saying that every time I get really fixed on a band/artist on a long hiatus they come back within the year.
I had First Time lead into Anything But on my shuffle just now and realized that the last verse of the former ties itself to the latter in a way I think is [through extremely gritted teeth] interesting
Like, here you've got the singer saying "c'mere to me" to his lost lover, someone who he's argued with, someone who's called him 'baby' for the last time because they've broken up. It's a bittersweet line, intimately pulling this person close to ask about something so heartbreaking.
AND THEN!
I've seen other people talk about the duality of Anything But - it's the Fraudulent circle of Hell; it seems at a surface level to be the singer pledging all his effort to his lover, when upon reflection it belies a coldness or indifference towards them. It's a similar tone to that last verse of First Time!! It feels like Anything But is a conversation these two are having as they part ways for that final time. There's an initial sweetness to the words that fades into a wish for distance and a subtle cruelty. Huge divorce energy.
I also think the fact that there's mention of the Liffey in both songs (and that the latter comes so close to the opening line in Anything But) serves to underscore this connection.
The river Liffey is notably kind of gross. At this point he would rather be trash in a polluted river, or drink it all down, than think of the time they spent together, which is a hell of a burn now that I think about it. It'd be a beautiful image if you didn't know anything about what it's actually like, which sums up the story of their relationship.
funniest character dynamic in one piece is morally irredeemable murderer and slaver and merciless conqueror Kaido and his transgender son whose gender identity he unquestioningly respects but who also kins Kozuki Oden who is on Kaido’s DNI so he says “hm, prison cave behind big boulder for 100 years”
I feel like we fans project a better version of him onto our fanart/fanfiction, like he's got a great foundation just... He needs some help; a little nudge in the right direction if you will. As far away from women as we can get him-