#coney island

[midnightsslut]

no one asked, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the albatross and its placement on the bargaining playlist. I have come to the conclusion that the song serves as a warning to anyone who tries to avoid/‘imprison’ her. this man was told that she would kill his garden, tempt him, and eventually destroy him. she was a wild wind instead of a normal, harmless rose. yet, he could neither avoid her nor lock her away in a tower. he was too drunk to think his decision through (‘cross your thoughtless heart / only liquor anoints you’). he chose her despite all the warnings he received. he shot all the messengers who tried to persuade him. he couldn’t fully commit to being with her, either, so he locked her away in a tower. ultimately, she was the only one who could protect him from the same men who once condemned her. he chose to be subjected to that danger by being with her (‘the rain is always gonna come if you’re standing with me’ —> ‘I’m the life you chose, and all this terrible danger’). the two characters in the song seem to finally be at peace. however, the outro switches to third person and makes it clear that she will, in fact, destroy him. she is the albatross in his life. he will wear her around his neck forever. he could try to bargain with her all he wants, but he was delusional to think this would end any other way. she is both the angel and the devil in his life. she could protect him from the media attention she subjected him to, but she could simultaneously destroy him by feeding into the rain of fire through her songwriting.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Sunshine and cloudless skies lured hundreds of visitors to Coney Island on Sunday, April 24, 1938. Many were seen promenading on the boardwalk, but some ventured on the rides in Steeplechase Park.

Photo: George Rinhart via Corbis/Getty Images/Ranker

[oldmanpeace]

Coney Island, 1960's.

[rosiemarieyn]

[hope-ur-ok]

everyone say thank you to Sabrina for learning White Horse on guitar at 9 years old cause without her doing that we would never have gotten this

[unknownn-girl]

⊹ ࣪ ˖ one day you’ll never see me again

[ohgaylor]

castles crumbling 🤝 nothing new 🤝 the archer 🤝 dear reader 🤝 mirrorball 🤝 anti-hero 🤝 coney island 🤝 you're on your own kid 🤝 this is me trying

[diaryofcarriewhite]

Lizzy Grant (2010)

four days before the release of Lana Del Ray the album

[colonellickburger]

Garry Winogrand. Coney Island, New York City, 1952-58

[punkbarnes2]

Happy Birthday Steeb ❤️💙🤍

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[marysong-mp3]

i know we all go feral over coney island but GENUINELY. some lightening bolt of creativity shot down from the skies and joined these powerhouse artists together so that they could craft a perfect melody and prose that makes my bones ache and my heart break and my eyes well up and my soul leave my body. i think about the second verse at least once a day. it is a revelation every single time that i listen to them harmonise "a universe away". i understand something deep within myself in the closing chorus when i hear them sing "the sight that flashed before me was your face/when the sun goes down". they truly captured something poignant and fundamental and human and every single piece of praise that people give it is more than well deserved

[stillgotscars]

coney island - taylor swift (feat. the national)

[hanxoxo111]

I'm your little harlot, starlet, Queen of Coney Island~

[exdeputysonso]

Coney Island (1917)

[the-night-picture-collector]

/ Sid Grossman, Coney Island, 1940s

[prettygirlsmakegraves6]

says he’s gonna teach me just what fast is, says it’s gonna be alright