#if you wait

[free-if-we-want-it]

Could you have your arms around my heart...

LONDON GRAMMAR performing "Interlude" live on KEXP FM, Seattle, US (2013)

[the-orange-tabby-cat]

ALBUM OF THE DAY: London Grammar - If You Wait (2013) (2/?)

WHICH PEDRO BOY IS BASED ON? Joel Miller/Ellie Williams

ALBUM VIBES (listen to it on Spotify)

Coming of age and a couple dealing with the detrition of their relationship. Most songs reflect the vocalist's wishes or dramas in her relationship, often referencing cheating or a cycle where the couple breaks up to get back together. Fear, mirrored behaviour, and a wish to move on from the past are some current topics.  The lyrics are beautifully written and show a range of emotions in the history of two people, similar to what Joel and Ellie live between their first meeting until [spoiler for season 2 of TLoU] their abrupt and brutal end. I’ve included the songs present in the deluxe version as well, even if the experience of listening to the album itself is way better with the original tracklist of 11 songs.

JOEL/ELLIE CODED LYRICS

“I don't have a soul like you, the only one I have Is the one I stole from you” (Stay Awake)

“Do you find it hard to sit with me tonight? I've walked these miles, but I've walked them straight lined, you'll never know what it's like to be fine” (Wasting My Young Years)

“Don't you know that it's only fear? And I wouldn't worry, you have all your life I've heard it takes some time to get it right” (Wasting My Young Years)

“What are you afraid of? I know that you are, keep it in your sights now and don't let it go far” (Sights)

“What are you afraid of? Making it better keep it by your side now” (Sights)

“What have you done? My only friend keep on, wander or leave” (Sights)

“What you're feeling It's what I'm feeling too, what you're made of It's what I'm made of too” (Sights)

“I've excused you for a while while I'm wide eyed and I'm so damn caught in the middle” (Strong)

“And if a lion roars, would you not listen? If a child cries, would you not forgive them?” (Strong)

“I might seems so strong, I might speak so long, I've never been so wrong” (Strong)

“I'm gonna tell you something you don't want to hear, I'm gonna show you where it's dumped, but have no fear” (Nightcall)

“And so, you built a life on trust, though it starts with love and lust and when your house begins to rust, oh, it's just metal and dust” (Metal & Dust)

“And all foundation that we made built to last, they disintegrate” (Metal & Dust)

“We argue, we don't fight, stay awake to the middle of the night” (Metal & Dust)

“Some miracle-man must have shot me while I wake I never ran fast enough for my mistakes. Would you really want me in the light of day? That very same man shot flaws right through my face” (Interlude)

“And you can hope for a life that is calm but come in time, you’re gonna pick up one that feels a little hard” (Flickers)

“The wind lays heavy, it weighs in stone, my instinct tells me I should walk this path alone” (Flickers)

“From a clock to the past, a future that I own and to find just one other seems to be the goal of everyone. From the search to the hurt, I believed I could take you on” (If You Wait)

“And can you give me everything? 'Cause I can't give you anything” (If You Wait)

“If letters spell out words, son you chose to put them in order, didn't you? From the meaning, the moment you tried to take me on” (If You Wait)

“Quiet, he sleeps with anything but love” (Help)

“Summer's gone and now I'm bleeding, I can tell now you're thinking of leaving” (Darling, Are You Gonna Leave Me?)

“Talk to me, and watch me crumble. You will see me come undone, faithfully I will look over there I'll find what you've become” (Help Me Lose My Mind)

“Carefully we will come through, could it be easy to start over? Somehow I will bring you to what you've become” (Help Me Lose My Mind)

TRACKLIST (highlighted are the most Joel/Ellie coded songs)

Hey Now (03'25")

Stay Awake (03'05")

Shyer (03'06")

Wasting My Young Years (03'24")

Sights (04'13")

Strong (04'35")

Nightcall (cover) (04'30")

Metal & Dust (03'27")

Interlude - Live (04'04")

Flickers (04'47")

If You Wait (04'43")

Help (03'54")

Darling Are You Gonna Leave Me (03'00")

Help Me Lose My Mind (feat. Disclosure) (04'04")

High Life (04'02")

Maybe (04'22")

When We Were Young (03'06")

[quitecontraryy]

Excuse me for a while

While I'm wide-eyed

And I'm so damn caught in the middle

I excused you for a while

While I'm wide-eyed

And I'm so damn caught in the middle

[alucienasmusic]

London Grammar - Wasting My Young Years [Official Video]

[noodles-and-tea]

Haha… yeah… that’d be crazy…

[trashy-greyjoy]

really love dynamics that are like 'it honestly doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic, the point is that they love each other. the type of love is inconsequential, all that matters is that it's there'. gotta be one of my favorite genders.

[scribefindegil]

Everyone is so weird about people who cry easily. Fellas, is it evil and manipulative to *checks notes* have an involuntary stress response?

[adaarsvitaar]

reminder to myself and whoever else needs it to stop feeding the machine. I'm aware I'm yelling into the void but look at the past couple years of games. They're pushing $70, $80, $100!!! for games that are completely unfinished, unpolished, and sometimes completely unplayable. Yes the game showcases were cool. The doom game looks sick and I don't even go there, but they're shaking the shiny keys to distract you and get you swept up in the hype. They're going to push so much fomo marketing to get you to jump for it full price.

Wait for sales. Wait and buy a used copy. Hell, wait a couple days (even hours!!!) after launch and reviews and breakdowns will start coming out. Our game backlogs are already packed, and mr big AAA studio can deal with some of us waiting to see if they actually delivered what was promised.

[daincrediblegg]

OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.

[cordspaghetti]

some more of these two

[sabertoothwalrus]

was anyone gonna post cuntchuck or do I have to do everything myself

[verflares]

just how long is forever? // not long enough, with you

pssst. check this out on inprnt :]

[quitecontraryy]

You crossed this line

Do you find it hard to sit with me tonight?

I've walked these miles, but I've walked 'em straight lined

You'll never know what was like to be fine

Don't you know that it's only fear

I wouldn't worry, you have all your life

I've heard it takes some time to get it right

[ahoyimlosingmymind]

best depiction of the batfam will always be "You grew up to be the person who would have saved you" but it applies to them each respectively and that's why none of them can see eye to eye and also get up their own asses about things and go to such great lengths to defend their personal brand of justice. Because they can never stop trying to save themselves from their own history.

[lilpegchamp]

[sangrefae]

i love getting to see day one expac launch bugs such as "eating pizza breaks male au ra faces" and "syrcus tower now has savage level difficulty mechanics"