#this album is insane lyrically

[thebreakfastgenie]

Say Goodbye to Hollywood Life is a series of hello's and goodbye's I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

Summer, Highland Falls How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies Perhaps we don't fulfill each others fantasies

All You Wanna Do Is Dance Well you can hide away honey, in your rock and roll dreams And you can stand by your blue suede shoes

New York State of Mind I don't have any reasons I left them all behind I'm in a New York state of mind

James And will you ever change? Will you ever write your masterpiece?

Prelude/Angry Young Man And there's always a place for the angry young man With his fist in the air and his head in the sand

I've Loved These Days A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets

Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) They turned our power down And drove us underground But we went right on with the show (Oh, oh, oh)

My favorite lyrics from each Billy Joel song

Cold Spring Harbor | Piano Man | Streetlife Serenade | The Stranger | 52nd Street | Glass Houses | The Nylon Curtain | An Innocent Man | The Bridge | Storm Front | River of Dreams | Turn the Lights Back On | You're Only Human

[fishsticksart]

Francesca - Hozier

If someone asked me at the end, I'll tell them put me back in it

[Francesca, Hozier // The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil, Ary Scheffer // Francesca, Hozier // Canto V, Inferno, Dante Alighieri // Francesca (Official Video), Hozier // Francesca, Hozier // Ship on Stormy Seas, Ivan Aivazovsky // Francesca, Hozier // Canto V, Inferno, Dante Alighieri // Paolo and Francesca, Mosè Bianchi // Francesca, Hozier // Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, Gustave Doré // Before Romeo and Juliet, Paolo and Francesca Were Literature’s Star-Crossed Lovers, John-Paul Heil // Paolo and Francesca, Frank Dicksee // Francesca i Paolo, Ludwik Wiesiołowski // Before Romeo and Juliet, Paolo and Francesca Were Literature’s Star-Crossed Lovers, John-Paul Heil // Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, Dante Gabriel Rossetti // Francesca, Hozier // Francesca (Later with Jools Holland), Hozier on BBC Music // Canto V, Inferno, Dante Alighieri // tumblr user @handgf // The Kiss, Auguste Rodin // Paolo e Francesca, or Morte di Paolo e Francesca, Gaetano Previati // Hozier // Hozier // Hozier]

[decarath-s]

Listen ofc all of the Unreal Unearth songs are amazing because it's Hozier we're talking about but holy fuck-

Personally the song in this album that smacked me across the face at first was Abstract (Psychopomp), and I can't believe more people are not going feral over it like I am, look-

H U H

I saw you perform this ultimately fruitless yet incredibly significant, humane and selfless act of kindness. You put your own life at risk for something others would have considered "too small". I saw you run into moving traffic, stain your own hands, just to offer a little comfort to this poor animal in its dying moments. I was terrified, I knew I had no choice but to love you.

[radioslashvideo]

You cannot reach me now, no matter how you try.

GOODBYE, CRUEL WORLD, IT'S OVER- WALK ON BY.

@barrenclan

[collectorcookie]

If Nobody Will Talk About Shiawase No Uta Lyrics, I Will

Here are my fave parts:

1. Makoto and Mao giving it their all to catch up to Subaru and Hokke and to live up to Trickstars Name

2. Subaru and Hokuto being bound by a similar fate and holding onto eachother

3. Subaru suffering through darkness and then finding light within trickstar

[franklyimissparis]

mr schwartz: a line-by-line queer-coded lyrical analysis

warning: this is quite long but mr schwartz is one of my favourite songs off the car album (and one of my favourites of alex’s in general) and i’ve ALWAYS read it as super queer but have yet to dive into precisely what makes it queer and the themes within it. it’s TRULY such an understated lyrical masterpiece.

Put your heavy metal to the test

- this is a play on words of the phrase ‘test your mettle’ which basically means to see whether or not someone will carry on through something that is difficult. immediately, this indicates that the relationship between alex and the other person is a difficult one and requires strength/determination to move forward with

- it also could refer to heavy metal music (which isn’t a very traditionally romantic genre) as is played off of in the next few lines

Might be half a love song in it all for you

- the phrase “half a love song” is particularly interesting to me as there are many ways to take it: it could be half a love song because it is unfinished or because it isn’t fully a love song (and both interpretations tie into other lyrics in the song)

- if we go down the route that it’s only half a love song because it isn’t fully a love song, it implies that there is more to the relationship than romance or that the song/relationship isn’t meant to be viewed (solely) through a romantic lens (but the other person may see it as such)

- whereas the idea that the song is unfinished could either suggest a lack of passion or the feeling that the story isn’t done yet.

- it could also communicate that the someone else needs to finish the song for alex - which is somewhat implied in the previous line. this could also indicate that, like alex, the other person gets musical inspiration out of their relationship

Timing wise, it’s probably for the best

- the use of “timing” ties in with the musical references but also highlights that the relationship is heavily tied to the timing of what’s going on in their lives (invoking “right person, wrong time” in a way)

- alex is acknowledging that because of forces outside of their control (i.e. time) it’s probably best they don’t pursue a serious relationship (or, like the previous line, a “full” love song)

Come here and kiss me now, before it gets too cute

- he’s asking his lover to quickly kiss him before they can let the moment become sweet, implying that, while he is fine with the physical aspect, the emotional side of things makes him uncomfortable

- musically, he also wants to avoid being cheesy or overly sentimental which ties in thematically with the ultracheese as well

- it’s important to note that this is also the only explicitly romantic line on the entirety of the car album: this (and the half a love song line) is the only line on the album that cannot possibly be read as platonic

Mr Schwartz is stayin’ strong for the crew

- here we switch to discussing the persona/character of mr schwartz, which as seen later, is obviously meant to be an extension/alter-ego of alex himself

- the reference to “staying strong for the crew” directly after talking about his lover implies that there is a conflict between the two: that staying strong for the crew entails keeping an emotional distance from his lover

- he recognises that those around him rely on him to keep up his persona to do their jobs (in this extended metaphor of a film set)

Wardrobe’s lint-rollin’ your velveteen suit

- alex is known to emphasise his personas via clothing choices and the velveteen suit is representative of that here. the crew removes any imperfections, like the lint, off of the suit (the persona)

- this also ties into alex’s obsession with perfectionism and control and how, though he is wearing the suit (i.e. persona), there is a mutual reliance between him and the “crew” to maintain his image

- also have to mention that velveteen is a rather untraditional material choice for something as traditional as a suit, there is a bit of a clash here between the two (a fully velveteen suit could also be seen as quite camp - and is also very 70s, which ties into eycte’s aesthetic too)

And smudgin’ dubbin on your dancin’ shoes

- dubbin makes leather softer and waterproof: again, others are trying to prevent damage from occurring to the persona

- this could also refer to the musical direction that the band has gone to in tbhc and the car: their music is softer and more contemplative than it was before, especially since ‘dancing shoes’ is also a song off of their first album. this could be commentary on how alex’s personas have evolved and the mixed reactions he’s gotten from his audience over it

Gradually, it’s coming into view

- we move from music imagery to film imagery with the line “coming into view”.. things were blurry or unclear before but he (or the other person) are slowly coming to realizations about their situation

It’s like your little directorial debut

- having a directorial debut suggests that this is the first time they are taking control of a situation and telling others what to do, they are directing someone else instead of being directed - with the word little being used to emphasise that this isn’t a massive change yet

- but he’s also directing himself to behave in a certain way: alex is directing his new persona, mr schwartz, in his debut

As fine a time as any to deduce

- to me this line also implies that this realisation has sort of been a long time coming, they’ve been through this cycle so many times that they might as well come to the realisation now

The fact that neither you or I has ever had a clue

- going into the next verse as well, this hints that alex and his lover have had struggles with seeing where alex ends and the persona begins and have also never been able to get their relationship right as a result

And if we guess who I’m pretending to be

- here he is confirming what is obvious: alex is mr schwartz and the persona is clearly differentiated from himself as “pretending”. alex and his lover are both keenly aware that mr schwartz is a persona which almost becomes a joke to them in the next line

Do we win a prize?

- alex pokes fun at how obvious it is to him and his lover that mr schwartz is a character but i think he’s also pointing out here: do we get anything out of the persona that i’ve created?

- he’s questioning, perhaps for the first time, if in the end keeping the persona up will be worth it to him and his lover or if it is all meaningless

Having attempted twice, both incorrectly

- okay so obviously the majority of us reading this are immediately going to go to a certain side project of alex’s and the two albums they’ve released (with talk of there being a third to complete the trilogy)

- this suggests that there have been two attempts at happiness between him and his lover but both times there was something fundamentally wrong with the relationship that caused them to drift, which is likely related to the act that he is putting on

Do we get a third try?

- the phrasing on this line is interesting as well as alex doesn’t ask his lover directly like “can we have a third try?” instead, he poses this question more existentially: will a third try be given to the two of them? it implies that he and the other person aren’t in control of their situation to some extent, they have to rely on being given chances by others.

- though this also could be interpreted as alex shirking responsibility of the situation onto others instead of being straightforward. he simultaneously wants and does not want control.

The gloved hand’s reachin’ in to hit the switch

- by wearing gloves, there is the desire to avoid leaving fingerprints/evidence of the relationship. and because the hand is gloved it is intentionally anonymous: is it alex’s hand? mr schwartz’s? the other person’s? or someone outside of things meddling in the relationship?

- interesting also that a switch is a binary thing: either on or off (gay or straight, platonic or romantic, alex or mr schwartz) ignoring the possibility of things being on a more complicated spectrum as is implied earlier (“half a love song”)

- hitting the switch is sometimes used as a euphemism for triggering a permanent change but can also be seen as a temporary action (the switch can be endlessly turned off/on), highlighting the back and forth in their relationship.

There’s not one goddamn thing that you can do about it

- this is the only time alex curses in the song which highlights how frustrating the persona and lack of power can be

- he feels stuck in the situation, just continuously flicking the switch between persona and reality, and indicates that his lover is also likely frustrated at this too. though they want to help fix the situation, they can’t, or at least they feel like they can’t

But Mr Schwartz is havin’ tea with the grips

- again, he’s switching back and forth between the real him and mr schwartz: while alex is frustrated and insecure about the lack of control in his life, mr schwartz charms those around him and takes hold of the situation

- more film imagery with mentioning the grips (those who help with camera and lighting equipment on a film set): to me, this line is fascinating as we’ve seen that everyone (including the crew) is working towards keeping the mr schwartz persona up and through the metaphor of the film set they are creating something imaginary, however, behind the scenes the grips still get to be real people with real families while alex, or mr schwartz, has to continue to keep the persona up.

Askin’ after all the wives and the kids

- the use of the phrase “askin’ after” instead of “talking about” etc. implies that the question is not mutual: mr schwartz is not being asked about his wife/kids because he does not have any and the others know it. yet he knows that it is important that he shows interest in their nuclear families. this is also clearly commentary on how alex is the only unmarried and childless member of the band

- it could be seen as him directing conversation away from his personal life: focusing on others and letting them talk is more comfortable than discussing yourself honestly and breaking the act

It’s at the heart of what the business is

- the final line of the song breaks down the essence of why the persona is kept up: ultimately, it is a business decision. alex understands how closely tied together business and personal lives are as a celebrity and is invested in the persona to keep the two separate, though by choice or force is up for debate

- also poses the question of whether or not he’s genuinely interested in their lives or if it is just business to him. it could be read as bittersweet in the sense that the heart of the business is human connection, but if you don’t conform you aren’t allowed to drop the act without punishment

- finally, this line also ties back to “staying strong for the crew”: he has to keep up the persona so that the ‘crew’ can continue to work and take care of their families. and hearing about them is both a reminder of what he is denying himself and what is at stake for the others.

to summarise: alex is torn between putting on the straight persona of mr schwartz and being truly himself within the fractured relationship he has with his lover - which has been heavily influenced by external and internal pressures. gee i wonder who the song is about (rhymes with schmiles schmane.)

[navigateme]

As a lifelong Taylor Swift & The 1975 stan, this album was …a lot to digest 🫠 My initial thought of “I should print out the lyrics so I can learn the songs faster” turned into a bigger project than I intended but I’m OBSESSED with the outcome 🤩

Typeset was made by me ☀️

Lyrics and content obviously made by Taylor Swift ✨

The patches in the front cover pocket were designed by @reputayswift 💕

[perfectly-clear-from-here]

tranquility base hotel + casino concept ads because i love this album more than anything and i have an incurable urge to create:

inspired by!!: x - x - x

[glowing-and-confused]

Fall Out Boy lyrics and sunshine 🌅

Love From the Other Side || The Sun, Edvard Munch || Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year || Sunset, Caspar David Friedrich || Heaven, Iowa || The Eclipse, Alma Thomas || Sunshine Riptide || The Weather Project, Olafur Eliasson || Calm Before the Storm || 27 || Wheat Field at Sunrise, Vincent Van Gogh || The Carpal Tunnel of Love || The Weather Project, Olafur Eliasson || Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet || A Beaming Sunset, Wojciech Weiss || So Much (For) Stardust

[grendelsmilf]

I had a dream that taylor swift released a new album that employed her most despicable marketing move yet: she promised that new joanna newsom songs were buried as hidden easter eggs within the ends of her other songs, but every time a new jnew song was about to play, it would simply skip to her next track. a disgusting display of capitalist trickery. naturally, i had no choice but to listen.

now, this album of hers, like most of her creative output, played it extremely safe to appeal to the widest possible commercial audience, wherein she deployed inane similes such as “clear like crystal” and “red like a rose.”

however, one song that was clearly controversial, but only in ways taylor herself was too obtuse and tone deaf to realize, was her ballad “sleep in the middle east,” which argued that being with her “middle eastern” lover signified an act of decentralization of global imperialist powers that locationally designate the region as being “the middle east” within a complex political/geographic framework, as when they are together, their love is what becomes central to our cosmological paradigms.

the title comes from her line in the chorus “I get no sleep in the middle east,” to imply that she is either wide awake tossing and turning over her lover, or that they are too busy staying up all night having freasknasty dominatrix and/or tame vanilla sex (I can only assume that with t-swift it’s only one or the other).

aside from the obvious glaring problematics of composing such a song in the first place, some other lines are also suspect in subtler ways. for example, her opening line, “why does bombay feel so different from mumbai” is clearly her gesturing towards the idea that every city in the middle east feels so locationally specific due to the nature of experiencing it with her lover, whereas she feels “no different going to france or congo.”

the keen-eared listener will immediately notice many issues here. first of all, she is listing cities in india, a country that is not part of the middle east in even the most generous estimation. secondly, bombay cannot possibly feel “so different” from mumbai, as they are, in fact, the same city. i also have a hard time believing that taylor did not notice a difference between “france and congo” (a line she rhymes with “let’s go to a place that only we know”), or, frankly, that she has ever set foot in the drc.

it was clear by the nature of this song that taylor did not expect to receive any flak for this harmless tune, and in fact i believe she expected to receive praise for finally (alluding to) dating her first ethnic. however, as you can imagine, her detractors had a field day tearing apart this song, myself included, which is why i am now reporting back from my dream world to deliver my somnial findings to all of you.

[blueskittlesart]

whats your favorite song on ttpd?

right now it's ttpd (the title track lol) but i havent actually listened to the whole album all the way through since release night and my tastes tend to change as i re-listen so that's subject to change! ttpd just has that sort of 1989/reputation-ish sound which is my favorite kind of music from her lol. my other favs so far are the albatross, clara bow, and the bolter :)

[questwithambition]

“[lt's about] the significance of something so mundane but so remarkable - to experience a bed that has been warmed by somebody else in a space that you now share now with somebody new. It's a love song."

~ Hozier, on "To Someone From a Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe)"

[glittergroovy]

Ladies - Fiona Apple

[perfectlysunny02]

you’re pretty like a girl until you’re vicious like a man. you give up like a ghost leaving halfway through the band. you’re invasive on the phone until you’re sorry on the floor. i’m throwing you a bone because you want me and you’re sure. if i’m not careful, i’ll wake up and we’ll be married and i’ll still flinch at the sound of the door.

[thekidsarentalright]

just remembered i got to hear 7-9 legendary live. absolutely insane he was insane for that

[andoutofharm]

paramore self titled album: last hope / anklebiters / hate to see your heart break / future