Bruh this Max Martin medley was insane! This was the MOST EXPLICIT description of what she’s doing. She’s sending a message in a bottle explaining that to get the girl they have to be free. So leaving her stranded is by design
Message In A Bottle X How You Get The Girl x New Romantics
I just want to explain why The Albatross x DWOHT mashup and the This Love x Ours mashup for Dublin night 2 moved me so much
For the first song on guitar:
She’s saying I knew this would be a mess and you still chose to grab my hand and stick with me because I’m the mess that you wanted. And people on both sides tried to warn them and they still chose this terrible danger together. See the below lyrics she mashed together:
“And i had a bad feeling…if I could dance with you again I'd kiss you as the lights went out. Swayin' as the room burned down. I'd hold you as the water rushes in…” with
“And when that sky rains fire on you. And you're persona non grata. I'll tell you how I've been there too. And that none of it matters.”
“So I crossed my thoughtless heart. Spread my wings like a parachute. I'm the albatross. I swept in at the rescue. The devil that you know looks now more like an angel. I'm the life you chose and all this terrible danger. (This terrible danger)…” with
“We were dancing. Dancing with our hands tied hands tied. We were dancing. Like it was the first time first time.”
Then for her to go into This Love x Ours on piano ugh
She literally said This love is good and bad this love is alive back from the dead (“She's the death you chose. You're in terrible danger). She had to let it go free and this love came back to her. It came back in a new form that is just ours. It is not theirs to speculate if it’s wrong. It’s ours without anyone else’s input.
The key lyrics she mashed together:
“Clear blue water. High tide came and brought you in. And I could go on and on, on and on and I will. Skies grew darker. Currents swept you out again. And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone…”
“Strangers' silence makes me want to take the stairs. If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares. But right now, my time is theirs. Seems like there's always someone who disapproves. They'll judge it like they know about me and you. And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do. The jury's out, but my choice is you
“Your kiss, my cheek, I watched you leave. Your smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees. When you're young, you just run. But you come back to what you need…” directly into
“And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong and Your hands are tough, but they are where mine belong and I'll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you…”
Come on man. I’m tearing up just thinking about it. These two surprise songs just paint such a beautiful picture. The BDILH ties makes it even more beautiful.
Couple of posts I want to reference but would take too long. Private 1 and Private 2
Confirmation from the Lyon n1 surprise songs that…
So High School is a snapshot of the line from Fifteen “in your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team. I didn't know it at fifteen.”
She paired Fifteen with YOYOK to drive home the point that her story is not about some guy who could save her with a perfect kiss. It’s about her.
And to place the snippet of So High School in between But Daddy I Love Him and Whose Afraid of Little Old Me…two songs where she’s points to the crowd and essentially calls them gullible because they want her caged and then says You caged me then called me crazy I am what I am because you trained me.
Taylor performing a medley dedicated to Max Martin including Message in a Bottle x How You Get The Girl x New Romantics as the surprise songs on guitar 🎸 for night 3 in Stockholm
She paired NYD with peace and I am amazed she couldn’t give me NYD mashed up with evermore but wow I can live with this pairing. Two of my favorites.
She literally sang give you my wild give you a child give you the silence that only comes from two people who understand each other part. Felt like a clear message. This felt like an absolutely personal plea for people to get it. Especially ending with please don’t ever become a stranger into i never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near and finishing with you and me forevermore.
Would it be enough if I choose to keep her midnights just for me and give you whatever is left in the morning (the pr show and the music)?
How are y’all not talking about what she did with Us as the surprise song?! She literally performed the whole first verse and chorus before bringing out Gracie then performed it again after saying they wrote it while they were hammered and she pushed it all on to Gracie telling her stuff about her life. And Gracie says sharing secrets.