#i hear cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned everything you lose is a step to take

[shvroyism]

Literally what listening to the You’re on your own, kid bridge feels like

[daisyswift3]

You’re Losing Me Analysis

I wanted to do a short analysis on You’re Losing Me. My first impression of this song is that it’s another breakup song addressed to her fans in allegorical form like high infidelity (see this post). There are multiple lyrics that substantiate this interpretation. It’s horribly ironic that swifties think this is a song abt Joe when it’s really abt them and their refusal to SEE her. I’m more certain than ever now that the eras tour is a goodbye to her fans before she comes out

You say “I don’t understand” and I say “I know you don’t” // This is reminiscent of the bridge of Dear Reader. These desperate prayers of a cursed man spilling out to you for free but darling, darling, please, you wouldn't take my word for it if you knew who was talking. There is a communication issue between her and her fans. Her fans don’t know who she really is and are gonna be really confused when she comes out bc they thought they knew her

We thought a cure would come through in time…Now I just sit in the dark and wonder if it’s time // This parallels the archer. Should she stay in her dark closet or step into the daylight? Dark side, I search for your dark side. But what if I'm alright, right, right, right here? Also the mention of time makes me think of “meet me at midnight” and all the clock/time imagery she’s been using lately alluding to a countdown. Spring breaks loose, the time is near / Are we only biding time 'til I lose your attention? Her Cinderella facade is abt to expire at midnight

The heartbeat is an obvious callback to wildest dreams which she includes twice in the setlist, once in the 1989 era and once in the seven spoken word poem which again makes use of this Cinderella metaphor. This poem essentially tells her fans “You can cling onto this idealized version of me in my Cinderella dress or you can meet the real me at midnight”

Do I throw out everything we built or keep it? // Again the archer. Should she come out and potentially ruin her career and her relationship w her fans or stay in the closet? She chose the first option and burned the lover house down. Dear reader burn all the files, desert all your past lives / He's gonna burn this house to the ground…So yeah it’s a fire it’s a goddamn blaze in the dark / '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 might have just dealt the final blow // Don’t Blame Me transitioning into LWYMMD. Her singing “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Because she’s dead” while all the glass closets keeping her past selves trapped shatter and they walk out finally freed. The Anti Hero mv where her daughter in law (representing the hardcore swifties) is the person that kills her and the younger son (gaylors) points this out which enrages her and sparks a brawl. Happiness, which includes a reference to the Cinderella/midnight metaphor, being a eulogy to the old Taylor and her relationship w her fans—“dappled with the flickers of light from the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind”

These lyrics make it pretty clear who she’s talking to imo. How can you say that you love someone you can’t tell is dying? I sent you signals // Sending signals to be double crossed / You didn’t even hear me out, I gave so many signs so many times

Now you’re running down the hallway // Dear reader, get out your map, pick somewhere and just run

I gave you all my best me’s, my endless empathy // After giving you the best I had, tell me what to give after that

Fighting in only your army, frontlines // Combat, I’m ready for combat / So yeah it’s a war, it’s the goddamn fight of my life

A pathological people pleaser who only wanted you to see her // All of mirrorball and Nothing New. The Dear Reader bridge. They see right through me. Can you see right through me? The delicate mv. Giant Taylor begging the audience to see her in the eras tour Anti Hero performance and storming off after being ignored

Gif courtesy of @iwanthermidnightz

Lastly this track follows Dear Reader and when read together it sounds like she’s telling her fans goodbye

[theoldtaylors]

i'm not saying that yoyok live would solve ALL my problems but i am saying that summer went away still the yearning stays I play it cool with the best of them I wait patiently he's gonna notice me it's okay we're the best of friends anyway I hear it in your voice you're smoking with your boysI touch my phone as if it's your face I didn't choose this town I dream of getting out there's just one who could make me stay all my days from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I waited ages to see you there I search the party of better bodies just to learn that you never cared you're on your own kid you always have been I see the great escape so long daisy may I picked the petals he loves me not something different bloomed writing in my room I play my songs in the parking lot I'll run away from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I called a taxi to take me there I search the party of better bodies just to learn that my dreams aren't rare you're on your own kid you always have been from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this I hosted parties and starved my body like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss the jokes weren't funny I took the money my friends from home don't know what to say 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

[woso-dreamzzz]

how you do the lyric things for princesse, what about you’re on your own kid for bambi 😭

Another nerdy analysis!

TW for Bambi's eating disorder

Summer went away Still, the yearning stays I play it cool with the best of them Bambi's childhood leaving her after Jaume is born and how she just kind of accepts it while still yearning for attention she doesn't get

I wait patiently He's gonna notice me It's okay, we're the best of friends Anyway Bambi waiting on the attention from Alexia or at least any idea that Alexia still cares about her

I hear it in your voice You're smoking with your boys Alexia constantly being out with the team or with Olga and Jaume while Bambi is pushed to the side

I touch my phone as if it's your face I didn't choose this town I dream of getting out Bambi wishing she could stay with Alba and Jenni rather than going back to Alexia

There's just one who could make me stay All my days But Alexia's attention and love being offered makes it so easy for Bambi to go back to her

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I waited ages to see you there Bambi's waited so long for the attention that she doesn't even care if it comes late just so long as she has it

I search the party of better bodies Just to learn that you never cared Bambi believing that Alexia never actually cared about her, that she was just the 'test run' so Alexia could be the perfect mother to Jaume

You're on your own, kid You always have been Bambi has always been isolated in her family, at least in her own opinion. She doesn't quite fit

I see the great escape So long, Daisy May I picked the petals, he loves me not Jenni taking Bambi to Mexico and Bambi coming to the conclusion that it's because Alexia doesn't love her

Something different bloomed Writing in my room I play my songs in the parking lot I'll run away Bambi further isolating herself further by choosing dance over football and the way it just pushes Alexia further away from her

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I called a taxi to take me there Bambi might as well be taking herself to dance because Alexia would never stick around and she never fully knew Bambi's schedule

I search the party of better bodies Just to learn that my dreams aren't rare Bambi can never live up to Alexia's dreams of having a footballer daughter and they both have to come to terms with that

You're on your own, kid You always have been Bambi's always been fairly by herself. She's not the best socially so she doesn't really have friends when she's younger

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this Bambi worked super hard to do ballet. She's truly sweat, cried and bled for her dance

I hosted parties and starved my body Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss Bambi suffers with an eating disorder in both versions. She's truly starved her body before and she desperately craves someone taking care of her when she's an adult because for years she felt like she didn't deserve it

The jokes weren't funny, I took the money My friends from home don't know what to say All of the Barcelona girls not knowing how to react during Bambi's hoe era and when she brings much older women home

I looked around in a blood-soaked gown And I saw something they can't take away Bambi bleeding in her pointe shoes from practising too hard and just holding onto her dancing because it's the one thing that's been with her since she was very young

'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned Everything you lose is a step you take Alexia burning bridges by giving Bambi up in Jenni's Version and her actions towards Bambi burning bridges between her and Alba

So make the friendship bracelets Take the moment and taste it You've got no reason to be afraid Bambi growing up and dancing professionally. Coming out of her hoe era and meeting her girlfriend (depending on the version) and everything suddenly just making sense for her

You're on your own, kid Yeah, you can face this You're on your own, kid You always have been Alexia choosing to either keep or let Jenni keep Bambi but either way Bambi actually gets attention and begins to thrive. But the trauma stays with her forever

[celaenaeiln]

(pops into your inbox to give you my latest brainrot)

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes (from being Robin to being Nightwing)

I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this (literally, Dick gave his blood, sweat, and tears for others, for the hero life)

I hosted parties and starved my body (galas and I’d imagine he’d be on/was once on a semi-strict diet)

Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss (we all know how Dick’s love life looks like)

The jokes weren't funny, I took the money (being adopted by Bruce Wayne wasn’t easy. the upperclass elders and the media were never the kindest growing up. even as an adult, how many jokes have been made about his body or his love life?)

My friends from home don't know what to say (could refer to the Haly’s Circus people seeing him years later, could refer to when Dick was Batman and how the Titans felt, maybe even S1 Young Justice gang looking at S3 Young Justice Dick)

I looked around in a blood-soaked gown (blood soaked Nightwing suit. he tries his best. he can’t save everyone.)

And I saw something they can't take away (hope. Dick Grayson has always been a symbol of hope. he is hope, he loves his friends and family, that’s something you can’t take away from him no matter what)

'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned (how many people has he lost? how many ties has been cut?)

Everything you lose is a step you take (despite everything, Dick Grayson keeps moving forward)

So make the friendship bracelets (he seems like the type to make friendship bracelets)

Take the moment and taste it (more so, he savors the time he has with his loved ones)

You've got no reason to be afraid (he’s been through worse and came put stronger than ever)

You're on your own, kid

Yeah, you can face this

You're on your own, kid

You always have been (but despite it all, despite all the friends and family members and relationships he’s acquired, he feels lonely. Dick Grayson’s pains are his alone, he would never want to burden his loved ones with all the secrets he keeps. he’s not alone but he carries his burdens and secrets alone. no one trusts a frayed net after all)

(leaves your inbox)

*SNEAKS OUT THE WINDOW TO KIDNAP YOU AND CUDDLE YOU AND STICKS ELECTRODES IN YOUR BRAIN TO HEAR MORE*

[perspectivestarters]

Perspective's Sentence Starters; MIDNIGHTS by Taylor Swift (Part I)

LAVENDER HAZE

"Meet me at midnight."

"You don't ever say too much."

"You don't really read into my melancholia."

"You handled it beautifully."

"All this shit is new to me."

"I feel the lavender haze creeping up on me."

"I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say."

"I just wanna stay in that lavender haze."

"All they keep asking me is if I'm gonna be your bride."

"The only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife."

"I find it dizzying."

"You weren't even listening."

"Talk your talk and go viral."

"I just need this love spiral."

"Get it off your chest."

"Get it off my desk."

"I just wanna stay."

MAROON

"We lost track of time again."

"You were my closest friend."

"How'd we end up on the floor anyway?"

"I see you every day now."

"I chose you."

"So scarlet, it was maroon."

"How the hell did we lose sight of us again?"

"Ain't that the way shit always ends?"

"Carnations you had thought were roses, that's us."

"I feel you, no matter what."

"I lost you."

"Looked up at the sky and it was maroon."

"I wake with your memory over me."

"That's a real fuckin' legacy to leave."

ANTI-HERO

"I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser."

"Midnights become my afternoons."

"My depression works the graveyard shift."

"All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room."

"I should not be left to my own devices."

"They come with prices and vices."

"I end up in crisis."

"Tale as old as time."

"I wake up screaming from dreaming."

"I'm the problem."

"I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror."

"It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero."

"I'm a monster on the hill."

"Pierced through the heart, but never killed."

"Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism?"

"I've realized all this time."

"Life will lose all its meaning."

"She's laughing up at us from hell!"

"It's me, I'm the problem, it's me."

SNOW ON THE BEACH

"I saw flecks of what could've been lights."

"It might just have been you."

"Life is emotionally abusive."

"Time can't stop me quite like you did."

"My flight was awful, thanks for asking."

"It's like snow at the beach."

"Weird but fuckin' beautiful."

"This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen."

"I've never seen someone lit from within."

"To hide that would be so dishonest."

"It's fine to fake it 'til you make it."

"I can't speak, afraid to jinx it."

"I don't even dare to wish it."

"Your eyes are flying saucers from another planet."

"Can this be a real thing, can it?"

"It's comin' down."

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID

"Summer went away, still the yearning stays."

"I play it cool with the best of them."

"He's gonna notice me."

"We're the best of friends anyway."

"You're smoking with your boys."

"I didn't choose this town."

"I dream of getting out."

"There's just one who could make me stay all my days."

"I waited ages to see you there."

"I search the party of better bodies, just to learn that you never cared."

"You're on your own, kid."

"You always have been."

"I picked the petals, he loves me not."

"Something different bloomed."

"I'll run away."

"I called a taxi to take me there."

"My dreams aren't rare."

"I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this."

"The jokes weren't funny."

"I took the money."

"My friends from home don't know what to say."

"I saw something they can't take away."

"There were pages turned with the bridges burned."

"Everything you lose is a step you take."

"You've got no reason to be afraid."

"Yeah, you can face this."

"You're on your own, kid. You always have been."

MIDNIGHT RAIN

"He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain."

"He wanted a bride, I was making my own name."

"He stayed the same."

"All of me changed like midnight."

"My town was a wasteland."

"But for some, it was paradise."

"My boy was a montage."

"I broke his heart 'cause he was nice."

"He was sunshine, I was midnight rain."

"But for him, it's every day."

"All the love we unravel."

"The life I gave away."

"I guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted."

"He never thinks of me except for when I'm on TV."

"I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted."

"I never think of him except on midnights like this."

QUESTION...?

"I remember."

"We had one thing goin' on."

"I swear that it was somethin'."

I don't remember who I was before you."

"You painted all my nights a color I've searched for since."

"One thing after another."

"Fuckin' situations, circumstances, miscommunications."

"I just may like some explanations."

"Can I ask you a question?

"Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?"

"Then what did you do?"

"Did you lеave her house in the middle of the night?"

"Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight?"

"She said it was too much."

"Do you wish you could still touch her?"

"It's just a question."

"Did you realize out of time?"

"She was on your mind with some dickhead guy."

"It was one drink after another."

"Fuckin' politics and gender roles."

"You're not sure and I don't know."

"I just may like to have a conversation."

"Does it feel like everything's just like second best after that meteor strike?"

"What's that that I heard?"

"That you're still with her?"

"That's nice, I'm sure that's what's suitable."

[lookwhatyoumademedohaha]

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID

Summer went away

Still, the yearning stays

I play it cool with the best of them

I wait patiently

He's gonna notice me

It's okay, we're the best of friends

Anyway

I hear it in your voice

You're smoking with your boys

I touch my phone as if it's your face

I didn't choose this town

I dream of getting out

There's just one who could make me stay

All my days

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I waited ages to see you there

I search the party of better bodies

Just to learn that you never cared

You're on your own, kid

You always have been

I see the great escape

So long, Daisy May

I picked the petals, he loves me not

Something different bloomed

Writing in my room

I play my songs in the parking lot

I'll run away

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I called a taxi to take me there

I search the party of better bodies

Just to learn that my dreams aren't rare

You're on your own, kid

You always have been

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this

I hosted parties and starved my body

Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss

The jokes weren't funny, I took the money

My friends from home don't know what to say

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

[whenhewaswickeds]

summer went away still the yearning stays i play it cool with the best of them i wait patiently he’s gonna notice me it’s okay we’re the best of friends anyway i hear it in your voice you’re smoking with your boys i touch my phone as if it’s your face i didn’t choose this town i dream of getting out there’s just one who could make me stay all my days from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes i waited ages to see you there i search the party of better bodies just to learn that you never cared you’re on your own kid you always have been i see the great escape so long daisy may i picked the petals he loves me not something different bloomed writing in my room i play my songs in the parking lot i run away from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes i called a taxi to take me there i search the party of better bodies just to learn that my dreams aren’t rare you’re on your own kid you always have been from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes i gave my blood sweat and tears for this i hosted parties and starved my body like i’d be saved by a perfect kiss the jokes weren’t funny i took the money my friends from home don’t know what to say 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

[criminalmindsgonewrong]

assigning midnights songs to the bau and ships

characters

emily;

anti-hero; did you hear my covert narcissism idisguise as altruism like some kind of congressman, tale as old as time, i wake up screaming from dreaming one day i'll watch as you're leaving and life will lose all its meaning for the last time

would've, could've, should've; all i used to do was pray // i would've stayed on my knees and i damn sure never would've danced with the devil (at fifteen)// if you never touched me, i would've gone along with the righteous // you're a crisis of my faith, would've, could've, should've, if I'd only played it safe // god rest my soul, i miss who i used to be, the tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind, i regret you all the time

dear reader; dear reader, get out your map, pick somewhere and just run, dear reader, burn all the files, desert all your past lives, and if you don't recognize yourself, that means you did it right // never take advice from someone who's falling apart // dear reader when you aim at the devil make sure you don't miss // you wouldn't take my word for it if you knew who was talking, if you knew where i was walking, to a house, not a home, all alone

penelope, bejeweled; best believe I'm still bejeweled when I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer // baby boy, I think I've been too good of a girl, did all the extra credit, then got graded on a curve // what's a girl gonna do? A diamond's gotta shine

jj (about ros or maggie), bigger than the whole sky; ive got a lot to pine about, ive got a lot to live without, im never gonna meet what could've been, would've been, what should've been you // did some force take you because I didn't pray? every single thing to come has turned into ashes // it's all over, it's not meant to be so ill say words I don't believe, goodbye

elle, vigilante shit; and she looks so pretty, driving in your Benz. lately she's been dressing for revenge. she don't start shit, but she can tell you how it ends, don't get sad, get even // someone sweet and kind and fun the lady simply had enough

morgan, karma; i keep my side of the street clean, you wouldn't know what I mean // karma is a god // me and karma vibe like that // don't you know that cash ain't the only price? it's coming back around // ask me what i learned from all those years, ask me what i earned from all those tears // im still here // karma's gonna track you down step by step, town to town

spencer, you're on your own kid; 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, you always have been

haley, high infidelity; high infidelity, put on your records, and regret me // do you really want to know where I was april 29th? do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes? // storm coming, good husband, bad omen // at the house lonely, good money // you know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love, the slowest way is never loving them enough, do you really want to know where i was april 29th? do i really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?

hotchniss;

the great war; all that blood shed, crimson clover, uh-huh, sweet dream was over, my hand was the one you reached for, all throughout the great war // your finger on my hair pin triggers, hold you down on that icy ground, looked up at me with honor and truth, broken and blue, so I called off the troops. that was the night I nearly lost you

labyrinth; it only hurts this much right now was what I was thinking the whole time, breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out, ill be getting over you my whole life// you would break your back to make me break a smile, you know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back, just like that

mastermind; what if i told you none of it was accidental? and the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me, i laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line // no one wanted to play with me as a little kid so I've been scheming like a criminal ever since to make them love me and make it seem effortless is this the first time I feel the need to confess? and i swear, im only cryptic and machiavellian 'cause i care

jemily:

maroon (emilys perspective); and I chose you, the one I was dancin' with in new york // the burgundy on my tshirt when you splashed your wine onto me and how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was maroon //sobbin' with your head in your hands ain't that the way shit always ends? // and I wake with your memory over me, that's a real fucking legacy to leave

paris; privacy sign on the door and on my page and on the whole world, romance is not dead if you keep it just yours // i wanna transport you to somewhere the culture's clever confess my truth in swooping sloping cursive letters

snow on the beach (jjs perspective); and it's like snow at the beach, weird but it was beautiful, flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful, you wanting me tonight feels impossible, but it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around // i can't speak, afraid to jinx it. i don't even dare to wish it

glitch; we were supposed to be just friends // i think there's been a glitch, five seconds later, i'm fastening myself to you with a stitch and I'm not even sorry // a  brief interruption, a slight malfunction, id go back to wanting dudes who give nothing, ihought we had no chance and that's romance, let's dance

other ships

willifer, lavendar haze; all they keep asking me is if i'm gonna be your bride the only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife // im damned if I do give a damn what people say, no deal, the 1950s shit they want from me

hotchniss/willifer/jemily, midnight rain; he was sunshine, i was midnight rain he wanted it comfortable, i wanted that pain, he wanted a bride, i was making my own name, chasing that fame, he stayed the same, all of me changed like midnight // i broke his heart 'cause he was nice // Picture perfect, shiny family, holiday, peppermint candy but for him it's every day // i guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted

garvez, sweet nothing; they said the end is coming, everyone's up to something, i find myself running home to your sweet nothings, outside they're push and shoving, you're in the kitchen humming, all that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing // to you i can admit that im just too soft for all of it

jeid, question...?;  one thing after another fucking situation, circumstances, miscommunications and I have to say, by the way, i just may like some explanations// did you leave her house in the middle of the night? did you wish you'd put up more of a fight, when she said it was too much? do you wish you could still touch her? it's just a question // half-moon eyes, bad surprise, did you realize, out of time, she was on your mind with some dickhead guy that you saw that night but you were on something

[masthya]

I only know taylor swift as someone who sucks ass at writing lyrics, what are the banger lyrics im missing??

lmao i totally get that. I think it will always be a bit of a personal preference thing, just like some ppl love some writing styles which others cant stand, same with lyrics.

I personally love the lyric writing that tells a good story i can see in my head, and the song creates an atmosphere which you can touch and even smell. I think Taylor's strength is in her storytelling, which shines through especially in folklore and evermore. I personally love "seven" ("Please picture me/In the weeds/Before I learned civility/I used to scream ferociously"), august ("To live for the hope of it all/Cancel plans just in case you'd call"), peace ("Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?"), "illicit affairs" ("Leave the perfume on the shelf/That you picked out just for him/So you leave no trace behind/Like you don't even exist"), "champagne problems" ("Sometimes you just don't know the answer/'Til someone's on their knees and asks you"), "cowboy like me" ("Perched in the dark/Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear/Like it could be love/I could be the way forward/Only if they pay for it"), "'tis the damn season" ("We could call it even/You could call me babe for the weekend/'Tis the damn season, write this down/I'm stayin' at my parents' house/And the road not taken looks real good now"), "ivy" ("Oh, goddamn/My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand/Taking mine, but it's been promised to another/Oh, I can't/Stop you putting roots in my dreamland/My house of stone, your ivy grows/And now I'm covered in you").

Now every album she releases has its misses and its hits. I don't love "Lover" that much bc it's a bit too happy poppy for me, though the song "Lover" itself tells a very palpable feeling. Other songs I like are "All Too Well" ("And you call me up again just to break me like a promise/So casually cruel in the name of being honest"), "Dear John" ("Long were the nights when/My days once revolved around you/Counting my footsteps/Praying the floor won't fall through again"), "Back to December" ("It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you/Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine"), "The Story of Us" ("I'd tell you I miss you, but I don't know how/I never heard silence quite this loud"), "Clean" ("Ten months sober, I must admit/Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it"), "Begin Again" ("And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid/I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did"), "Don't Blame Me" ("Don't blame me, love made me crazy/If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right/Lord, save me, my drug is my baby/I'll be usin' for the rest of my life"), "Delicate" ("We can't make any promises/Now can we, babe?/But you can make me a drink").

Now many people have been dissing the latest album's cringey lyrics for a while, and while I hate them too (god the vigilante one is such a skip its unreal), i actually like some songs with cringey lyrics. "Anti-hero" really grew on me bc it's Taylor self-analising and talking about how she is her own worst critic, which is something we all experience, and I think she made it in a fun self-deprecating way in the song that still delivers the message. other songs in the album which i love and dont have those kinds of cringe lines are "you're on your own, kid" ("'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned/Everything you lose is a step you take"), "Lavander Haze" ("The only kind of girl they see (only kind of girl they see)/Is a one-night or a wife"), "High Infidelity" ("Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?/Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?"), "Would've, Could've, Should've" ("If I was some paint, did it splatter/On a promising grown man?/And if I was a child, did it matter/If you got to wash your hands?") (tbh I love all the lyrics in this song it's my fave atm).

Sorry for the long post! I really feel like Taylor's best lyrics are hidden away in her albums many times, but I do get how she gets called a good lyricist, because she is good at telling stories in them. I believe many people look at her stuff from a biased perspective most of the time bc of the way the media has portrayed her in part, and also bc she got a lot of hate from misogynists when she was young and it stayed around as mindless hate/disregard. She isnt the greatest ever but she's earned her reputation as a lyricist imo.

[hotpoopymilk]

no offense, but

summer went away, still the yearning stays

i play it cool with the best of them

i wait patiently, he's gonna notice me

it's okay we're the best of friends, anyway

i hear it in your voice you're smoking with your boys

i touch my phone as if it's your face

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

there's just one who could make me stay all my days

from sprinkler splashes, to fireplace ashes

i waited ages to see you there

i search the party of better bodies just to learn that you never cared

you're on your own, kid, you always have been

i see the great escape

so long, Daisy Mae

i picked the petals, he loves me not

something different bloomed, writing in my room

i play my songs in the parking lot

i'll run away

from sprinkler splashes, to fireplace ashes

i called a taxi to take me there

i search the party of better bodies just to learn that my dreams aren't rare

you're on your own, kid, you always have been

from sprinkler splashes, to fireplace ashes

i gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this

i hosted parties and starved my body like i'd be saved by a perfect kiss

the jokes weren't funny, i took the money

my friends from home don't know what to say

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

[bittwitchy]

TAYLOR SWIFT MIDNIGHTS SENTENCE STARTERS

Change pronouns as you see fit. CW: ED, depression, etc

Lavender Haze

“Meet me at midnight”

“You don’t ever say too much.”

“You don’t really read into my melancholia.”

“I’ve been under scrutiny.”

“You handle it beautifully.”

“All this shit is new to me.”

“I feel a lavender haze creeping up on me.”

“I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say.”

“I just wanna stay in the lavender haze.”

“All they keep asking me is if I’m gonna be your bride.”

“The only kind of girl they see is a one night or a bride.”

“I just need this love spiral.”

“Get it off your chest.”

“Get it off my desk.”

Maroon

“Cause we lost track of time again.”

“How’d we end up on the floor anyway?”

“The lips I used to call home, so scarlet it was maroon.”

“When the silence came we were shaking blind and hazy.”

“How the hell did we lose sight of us again?”

“Sobbing with your head in your hands.”

“Ain’t that the way shit always ends?”

“Carnations you thought were roses, that was us.”

“I feel you no matter what.”

“When I lost you.”

“Awake with your memory over me.”

“That’s a real fucking legacy to leave.”

Anti Hero

“I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser.”

“Midnights becomes my afternoon.”

“When my depression works the graveyard shift l of the people i ghosted stand in the room.”

“I should not be left to my own devices.”

“They come with prices and vices.”

“I end up in crisis.”

“I’ve realized all this time.”

“I wake up screaming from dreaming.”

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

“You got tired of my scheming for the last time.”

“I’m the problem.”

“It’s me, I’m the problem, it’s me.”

“At tea time, everybody agrees.”

“I’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror.”

“It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti hero.”

“I’m a monster on the hill.”

“Pierced through the heart, but never killed.”

“Did you hear my covert narcissism disguised as altruism”

“Life will lose all of its meaning for the last time.”

“I have this dream my daughter in law kills me”

“She’s laughing up at us from hell.”

Snow on the Beach

“I saw flecks of what could’ve been lights.”

“It might have just been you.”

“Life is emotionally abusive.”

“My flight was awful, thanks for asking.”

“I’m unglued thanks to you.”

“It’s like snow on the beach.”

“Weird but fucking beautiful.”

“Tonight feels impossible.”

“I’ve never seen someone live from within.”

“To hide that would be dishonest.”

“It’s fine to fake it til you make it.”

“I can’t speak, afraid to jinx it.”

“I don’t even dare to wish it.”

“Can this be a real thing?”

You’re on your own, kid.

“Summer went away, still the yearning stays.”

“I play it cool with the best of them.”

“I wait patiently, he’s gonna notice me.”

“I didn’t choose this town.”

“I dream of getting out.”

“I waited ages to see you live.”

“Just to learn you never cared.”

“You’re on your own kid. You always have been.”

“I see the great escape.”

“I picked the petals, he loves me not.”

“Something different bloomed.”

“I run away.”

“I gave my blood, spending tears more or less.”

“I hosted parties and starved my body.”

“Like I’d be saved by the perfect kiss.”

“I looked around in a blood soaked gown.”

“Cause there were pages turned when the bridges burned.”

“Everything you lose is a step you take.”

“Yeah you can face this.”

Midnight Rain

“I don’t remember what you said or how you said it.”

“The way you looked at me so different.”

“Cold as ice, I won’t forget it.”

“The way you change your heart, it’s like the weather.”

“You’re willful, I’m headstrong.”

“The daybreaks, I move on.”

“Still one thing I can’t long for.”

“Feels like midnight rain.”

“I can’t help it, I hear your name.”

“I can’t seem to wash you away.”

“Still I got myself in your flames.”

“I wouldn’t wonder what you’re doing with your time.”

“If you have a lover.”

“I pretend you’re forgiven.”

“When I change my heart, you’re not forgiven.”

Question…?

“Big cities, wrong choices.”

“We had one thing going on.”

“I swear that it was something.”

“I don’t remember who I was before you.”

“One thing after another fucking situations, circumstances, miscommunications.”

“By the way, I just may like some explanations.”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?”

“Then what did you do?”

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

“Did you wish you put up more of a fight?”

“When she said it was too much, do you wish you could still touch her?”

“She was on your mind with some dickhead guy.”

“You’re not sure and I don’t know.”

“Does it feel like everything’s just like second best?”

“What was that that I heard? That you’re still with her?”

Vigilante Shit

“Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man.”

“You did some bad things, but I’m the worst of them.”

“Sometimes I wonder which one of them will be your last lie.”

“They say looks can kill and I might try.”

“Lately I’ve been dressing for revenge.”

“I don’t start shit but I can tell you how it ends.”

“Don’t get sad, get even.”

“She needed cold hard proof, so I gave her some.”

“Picture me, thick as thieves with your ex wife.”

“And she looks so pretty driving in your benz.”

“Ladies always rise above.”

“Someone sweet and kind and fun.”

“Well he was doing lines, and crossing all of mine.”

“I don’t dress for villains, or for innocents.”

“I’m on my vigilante shit.”

Bejeweled

“Didn’t notice you walking all over my piece of mind.”

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

“Best believe I’m still bejeweled when I walk in the room.”

“I can still make the whole place shimmer.”

“Familiarity breeds contempt.”

“Diamonds in my eyes, I polish up real nice.”

“I think I’ve been too good of a girl.”

“I think it’s time to teach some lessons.”

“I made you my world, but have you heard, I can reclaim the land?”

“I miss you, but I miss sparkling.”

“When I meet the band, they ask ‘do you have a man’ i can still say I don’t remember.”

“Sapphire tears on my face, sadness becomes my whole sky.”

“Some guy said my aura’s moonstone just ‘cause he was high.”

“What’s a girl gonna do? A diamond’s gotta shine.”

Labyrinth

“It only hurts this much right now.”

“Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out.”

“I’ll be getting over you my whole life.”

“You know how scared I am.”

“It rises past, it can’t last.”

“Uh-oh, I’m falling in love.”

“Oh no, I’m falling in love again.”

“How’d you turn it right around.”

“Lost in the labyrinth of my mind.”

“Break up, break through, break free, break down. “

“You know how much I hate that everybody expects me to just bounce back.”

Karma

“You talkin’ shit for the hell of it.”

“Addicted to betrayal but you’re relevant.”

“You’re terrified to look down.”

“If you dare, you’ll see the glare of everyone you burned just to get there.”

“I keep my side of the street clean.”

“You wouldn’t know what I mean.”

“Karma’s a relaxing thought.”

“But for you, it’s not sweet like honey.”

“Flexing like a god damn acrobat.”

“Weave your little webs of opacity.”

“My pennies made your crowns.”

“Trick me once, trick me twice.”

“Did you know cash ain’t the only price?”

“Ask me what I learned from all those years.”

“Cause Karma is the thunder, rattling the ground.”

“Sweet like justice.”

Sweet Nothing

“Does it ever miss sometimes?”

“They said the end is coming.”

“Everyone is up to something.”

“All you ever wanted from me was sweet nothings”

“You say what a mind, it happens all the time.”

“The voices that implore, you should be doing more.”

“I can’t admit that I’m too soft for all of it.”

Mastermind

“Once upon a time, the planets and the fates aligned.”

“You and I ended up in the same room at the same time.”

“The touch of a hand lit the fuse.”

“A chain reaction of counter moves.”

“Checkmate: I couldn’t lose.”

“What if I told you none of it was accidental?”

“The first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me.”

“I laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line.”

“What if I told you I’m a mastermind.”

“And now you’re mine.”

“It was all by design.”

“We were born to be the pawn in every lovers game.”

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

“What if I told you none of it was accidental, and the first night that you saw me, i knew I wanted your body?”

“It was all my design”

“No one wanted to play with me as a little kid.”

“I’ve been scheming like a criminal ever since.”

“To make them love me, and make it seem effortless.”

“This is the first time I felt the need to confess.”

“I swear I’m only cryptic and Machiavellian because I care.”

“Saw a wide smirk on your face- you knew the entire time?”

[wornkindness]

MINI CHARACTER PLAYLIST

SHARE AT LEAST FIVE SONGS THAT REMIND YOU OF YOUR MUSE, OR THAT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH YOUR MUSE’S CHARACTER ARC. Including lyrics is optional.

i have idk like 6 playlist for amelia, but my main one for her has almost 100 songs because i have a problem. so i guess i’ll just list songs i’m currently vibing with the most

stronger than a lion - delta rae

oh yeah, you want to drag me down / i'm stronger than a lion when the jackals come around / you may think i'm weak, that my heart beats faint / but you shouldn't judge an engine by the car's ripped paint / baby, i'm a fighter in the robes of a saint / pull me through your fire, but i feel no pain / i'll be a survivor when i rise from the flames

daughter - sleeping at last

the sunlight shines a little brighter / the weight of the world's a little lighter / the stars lean in a little closer / all because of you […] this is your kingdom / this is your crown/ this is your story / this is your moment / don't look down / you're ready, born ready

all-american bitch - olivia rodrigo

and i make light of the darkness / i've got sun in my motherfucking pocket, best believe […] i am light as a feather / i'm as fresh as the air / coca-cola bottles that i only use to curl my hair / i got class and integrity / just like a goddamn kennedy / i swear / with love to spare […] i don't get angry when i'm pissed / i'm the eternal optimist / i scream inside to deal with it […] i'm sexy and i'm kind / i'm pretty when i cry

you're on your kid - taylor swift (this is more specifically tied to amelia queen’s arc)

from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes / i gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this / i hosted parties and starved my body / like i'd be saved by a perfect kiss / the jokes weren't funny, i took the money / my friends from home don't know what to say / 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

history of man - maisie peters (again a song tied to amelia’s queen arc)

you didn't even falter / didn't look back once, did you? / so samson blamed delilah, but given half the chance i / i would have made him weaker too / sirens sounded, trumpets blaring / you walked out oh, without sweating […] the men start wars yet troy hates helen / women's hearts are lethal weapons / did you hold mine and feel threatened? / hear my lyrics, taste my venom […] i've seen it, in the poems and the sands / i've pleaded, with the powers and their plans

i hope you dance - lee ann womack

i hope you never lose your sense of wonder, / you get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger, / may you never take one single breath for granted, / god forbid love ever leave you empty handed, / i hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean, / whenever one door closes i hope one more opens, / promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance, / and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance. / i hope you dance… i hope you dance… / i hope you never fear those mountains in the distance, / never settle for the path of least resistance, / livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin', / lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin', / don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter, / when you come close to sellin' out reconsider, / give the heavens above more than just a passing glance, / and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance./ i hope you dance

tagged by: @debelltio (thank you friend uwu) tagging: you!

[madwoman14]

Summer went away, Still, the yearning stays

I hear it in your voice, you're smoking with your boys, I touch my phone as if it's your face.

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

From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes, I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this

The jokes weren't funny, I took the money, my friends from home don't know what to say, 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. You always have been.

you’re on your own, na hee do…

[badlucksav]

AtLA Characters and the Taylor Swift songs that make me think of them:

Zuko: Anti-Hero (Midnights, 2022)

I should not be left to my own devices

They come with prices and vices

I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

One day I'll watch as you're leaving

'Cause you got tired of my scheming

(For the last time)

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

At tea time, everybody agrees

I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

Katara: the 1 (folklore, 2020)

I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit

Been saying "yes" instead of "no"

I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though

I hit the ground running each night

I hit the Sunday matinée

You know the greatest films of all time were never made

I guess you never know, never know

And if you wanted me, you really should've showed

And if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow

And it's alright now

Sokka: New Romantics (1989 [Deluxe Edition], 2014)

'Cause baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream

Baby, we're the New Romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heartbreak is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the New Romantics

The best people in life are free

Toph: You’re On Your Own, Kid (Midnights, 2022)

‘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

Aang: The Best Day (Fearless, 2008)

I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

But I know you're not scared of anything at all

Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away

But I know I had the best day with you today

I'm thirteen now

And don't know how

My friends could be so mean

I come home crying

And you hold me tight

And grab the keys

Suki: Cowboy Like Me (evermore [Deluxe Version], 2020)

You're a cowboy like me

Perched in the dark

Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear

Like it could be love

I could be the way forward

Only if they pay for it

You're a bandit like me

Eyes full of stars

Hustling for the good life

Never thought I'd meet you here

It could be love

We could be the way forward

And I know I'll pay for it

If you guys wanna see any other characters, send me an ask!

[wexhappyxfew]

ATTDC OCs as Taylor Swift Songs (just AHHHH)

[mainly because this post has been in progress for ages and recently i've been doing a lot of listening to taylor swift so here we are....let's just say the accuracies are THERE for these ladies!]

Esther Armstrong — The Archer

Combat / I'm ready for combat / I say I don't want that, but what if I do? / 'Cause cruelty wins in the movies / I've got a hundred thrown out speeches I almost said to you

Mercy Codona — You’re On Your Own, Kid

'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

Margareta Geringher — mad woman

And there's nothing like a mad woman / What a shame she went mad / No one likes a mad woman / You made her like that / And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out / And you find something to wrap your noose around

Lucy Gardner — mirrorball

When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns / I'm still on that tightrope / I'm still tryin' everything to get you laughing at me / And I'm still a believer, but I don't know why / I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try / I'm still on that trapeze / I'm still tryin' everything to keep you looking at me

Rolande Pelletier — Anti-Hero

It's me, hi / I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me) / At teatime, everybody agrees / I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror / It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

Mildred Carter — Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve

If clarity's in death, then why won't this die? / Years of tearing down our banners, you and I / Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts / Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first

Yvette St. Clair — champagne problems

How evergreen, our group of friends / Don't think we'll say that word again / And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls / That we once walked through / One for the money, two for the show / I never was ready so I watch you go / Sometimes you just don't know the answer

Jeannie Deschamps — my tears ricochet

And I can go anywhere I want / Anywhere I want, just not home / And you can aim for my heart, go for blood / But you would still miss me in your bones / And I still talk to you (When I'm screaming at the sky) / And when you can't sleep at night (You hear my stolen lullabies)

Mitzi Kasatkina — The Great War

It turned into something bigger / Somewhere in the haze / Got a sense I'd been betrayed / Your finger on my hairpin triggers / Soldier down / On that icy ground / Looked up at me with honor and truth / Broken and blue / So I called off the troops / That was the night I nearly lost you / I really thought I'd lost you

Padmavati Solanki — this is me trying

They told me all of my cages were mental / So I got wasted like all my potential / And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad / I have a lot of regrets about that / I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere / Fell behind on my classmates, and I ended up here / Pouring out my heart to a stranger / But I didn't pour the whiskey