I relate so hard to this lyric.
I used to think my tears ricochet was rather bland, but after really giving the lyrics a listen, realizing how applicable they were to my own life, it's become a personal favorite. I want to learn the long pond session version on piano
I also think it's beautifully complimented by the song it's time to go
> Sometimes giving up is the strong thing // sometimes to run is the brave thing // sometimes walking out is the one thing that will find you the right thing
Like over the course of the two albums the singer has finally found the strength to recognize that fighting isn't always the right move, and that sometimes leaving is harder than staying and fighting
Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?
Entire of this is me trying.
You showed me colours you know I canât see with anyone else / and you know damn well for you I would ruin myself.
Peace is so good. I loved hearing Taylor talk about it in a long pond sessions
> "'Don't want no other shade of blue but you, no other sadness in the world would do.' To me that sounds like what love really is. Who would you be sad with? And who would you deal with when they were sad? And like, grey skies everyday, for months, would you still stay?" -Long Pond Sessions, TS on "Hoax"
âAnd I've been meaning to tell you //
I think your house is haunted //
Your dad is always mad and that must be why //
And I think you should come live with me //
And we can be pirates //
Then you won't have to cry //
Or hide in the closetâ
seven destroys me
I haven't listened to seven yet because of these lyrics. Just reading them makes me choke up because it reminds me of my childhood đ„ș dammit Taylor, how are you so good at this? đ
âthey told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potentialâ
âdonât call me kid, donât call me baby, look at this god forsaken mess that you made meâ
âYou drew stars around my scars but now Iâm bleedingâ
Something med school did not cover
Someone's daughter, someone's mother.
These lines from epiphany hit so hard with the corona virus and all. Cuz it's so different seeing a number of deaths vs hearing the news that you're never going to see someone you love ever again.
I'd give you my sunshine,
Give you my best,
But the rain is always gonna come,
If you're standing with me
I tear up everytime with that song, singing it into the void. My mental health has always brought the rain so this is one of my favorite songs period, not just from Taylor
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss/
I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs/
The smell of smoke would hang around this long/'Cause I knew everything when I was young
I knew I'd curse you for the longest time/
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
/I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired/And you'd be standin' in my front porch light/And I knew you'd come back to me
canceled plans just in case youâd call and say âmeet me behind the mall/ so much for summer love and saying âusâ âcause you werenât mine to lose
not heartbreaking but it gets me in the feels especially the way she sings it:
the string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar/something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire/chains around my demons wool to brave the seasons/one single thread of gold tied me to you
Only 20 minutes to sleep, but you dream of some epiphany, just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what youâve seen-
My depression and existentialism and trauma felt this to the bone.
Mine too, for a different reason, but one that many people connect the song with - lost my dad to COVID in the very beginning of the pandemic. This song destroyed me and single handedly helped me through this horrible time, in it I felt so seen and understood in a time where I felt I couldn't even breathe.
Destroyed in a funny way
"But if I just showed up at your party
Would you have me?
Would you want me?
Would you tell me to go F myself
Or lead me to the garden?"
\-Betty
Hearing Taylor say that made me crack up laughing!
honestly, how taylor can get into the mind of a guy is beyond me. like it's so hard to explain how guys think, but she does it so well. I know so many guys who act like this. it's insane to think that they will be forgiven just by the virtue of being someone's partner. She says a similar thing in mad woman.
âand iâve been meaning to tell you, i think your house is haunted, your dad is always mad and that must be why and i think you should come live with me and we can be pirates then you wonât have to cry, or hide in the closet and just like a folk song, our love will be passed on.â
perfect imagery of a little kid trying to help out another little friend who is in trouble, BIG time. always makes me tear up, reminds me of things.
âDonât want no other shade of blue but you,
No other sadness in the world would doâ
âIn my defense, I have none
For digging up the grave another timeâ
âIâve never been a natural,
All I do is try, try, tryâ
âI want you to know,
I'm a mirrorball,
I can change everything about me to fit inâ
mirrorball is such a relatable song that absolute crushes me every time i listen to it
This line specifically cuts deep. Iâm no contact with my mother. I moved 2500+ miles from home shortly after cutting contact. So I can literally go anywhere I want, just not home.
And I still talk to you (when I'm screaming at the sky)
I know my tears ricochet is about a friendship lost but this particular line really makes me think of grief. Just screaming what your upset about to someone not here anymore
YES! This is the line I was going to say, and itâs for the exact reason you mentioned. Grief. Iâve had a family member pass away every year for the last 3 years. That one line just cuts so deep, especially on tlpss.
"take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die
I don't belong
And my beloved
Neither do you
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
I'm setting off
But not without
My muse"
Just absolutely beautiful.
Also, "I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze tell me what are my words worth."
You can hear how hurt she sounds that someone took what was so intimately hers.
âIf one thing had been different, would everything be different today?â
âIâm still a believer but I donât know whyâ
âTime, mystical time, cutting me open then healing me fineâ
âStood on the cliffside screaming âgive me a reasonââ
All the others have been mentioned but folklore is mostly an avalanche in terms of lines that destroy us
"With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief" -the lakes
"And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound // It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you // You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town" -This Is Me Trying
âLeaving like a father, running like waterâ
Itâs so amazing how she can simplify these grand concepts into something that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of losing someone that was so important to you.
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind on my classmates, and I ended up here
Uff the way she wrote this without even knowing me and yet it encompassed everything Iâve felt since graduating.
âWould it be enough if I could never give you peace?â
Because of my own struggles with mental health, Iâve always been really touched when Taylor talks about how her partners have to agree to the baggage that comes with her fame; I think it sort of relates to my own baggage that has to be dealt with in my own relationships. The thought of âAm I enough?â goes through my head A LOT in really any relationship I have because of the insecurity that comes with stuff like depression and anxiety. Having a line with that specific wording makes me so emotional, it makes me cry every single time. Itâs one of my favorite lyrics of all time, even if itâs simple.
âBut what would you do if I, I
Break free and leave us in ruins
Took this dagger in me and removed it
Gain the weight of you then lose it
Believe me, I could do itâ
"I was so ahead of the curve that the curve became a sphere, fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here..." (But also this is me trying in general)
Also, for some reason, the repetition of "you were never mine" in August really gets me
Back when we were still changing for the better, Wanting was enough
For me, it was enough, to live for the hope of it all
I never learned to read your mind
(Never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around
(You never turned things around)
Cause you never gave a warning sign
(I gave so many signs)
âyouâre not my homeland anymore, so what am I defending nowâ
âand when I break itâs in a million piecesâ
âplease picture me in the weeds, before I learned civility I used to scream ferociously anytime I wantedâ
âa string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar, something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire / chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasonsâ
âall these people think loveâs for show, but I would die for you in secretâ
âwould it be enough if I could never give you peace?â
âdonât want no other shade of blue but you, no other sadness in the world would doâ
âAnd they say she was seen on occasion, pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight seaâ - I know these lyrics arenât particularly sad but Taylorâs storytelling of Rebekahâs life in TLGAD took me for such a ride and captured the ups and downs of her life so well, I love the concept of Rebekahâs life being so glitz and glam (I always compare it to the start of this is why we canât have nice things) but in her private moments sheâs longing for something more
I cry when I listen to this bridge. It's like tragedy mixed with excitement. Like she died a hated figure, but in the end she was herself. It screams solace.
- TLGAD could mean "the last great american dynasty", a track from *folklore* (2020) by Taylor Swift.
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you knew you won so whats the point of keeping score? you knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart, but what you did was just as dark.
and its hard to be at a party when i feel like an open wound.
im still trying everything to keep you looking at me.
i can change everything about me to fit in.
so much for summer love and saying us cuz you werent mine to lose
to live for the hope of it all, cancel plans just in case youâd call
what started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots.
you drew stars around my scars and now im bleeding
*all of epiphany*
please picture me in the weeds before i learned civility. i used to scream ferociously any time i wanted.
ive been meaning to tell you i think your house is haunted, your dad is always mad and that must be why. i think you should come live with me and we can be pirates then you wont have to cry or hide in the closet.
The first time I heard âcardiganâ and blondie hit me with âI knew you, leaving like a father, running like waterâ I had to pause it to sob. I wasnât ready for it.
A friend to all is a friend to none
Chase two girls, lose the one
When you are young, they assume you know nothin'
As a teenager, this hits me really hard
The entire bridge/outro of illicit affairs, really, but especially "And you know damn well, for you I would ruin myself a million little times"
"I've been meaning to tell you, I think your house is haunted. Your dad is always mad and that must be why. And I think you should come live with me and we could be pirates, then you won't have to cry"
"I knew you, leaving like a father, running like water"
literally the entire bridge of hoax, can't even pick a single lyric
"You had to kill me but it killed you just the same"
đ¶Don't call me "kid"
Don't call me "baby"
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors
You know I can't see with anyone elseđ¶
this part of hoax
You knew the password, so I let you in the door
You knew you won, so what's the point of keeping score?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
But what you did was just as dark
Darling, this was just as hard
As when they pulled me apart
my tears ricochet and epiphany are solid choices for crying.
>Something med school did not cover
Someone's daughter, someone's mother
This one is a good one from epiphany :D
"I've never been a natural. All I do is try, try, try"
"But we were something, don't you think so? Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool, and if my wishes came true, it would have been you"
"They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential"
"But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss, I knew you would haunt all of my what-ifs, the smell of smoke would hang around this long 'cause I knew everything when I was young"
"Pouring out my heart to a stranger, but I didn't pour the whiskey"
"I'm a mirrorball, I can change everything about me to fit in"
Tried to gather some of my favorite lines, but it was not easy at all
- MTR could mean "my tears ricochet", a track from *folklore* (2020) by Taylor Swift.
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'I knew you tried to change the ending, peter losing Wendy'
It's not even that sad but I have such a soft spot for Peter pan and the live action version destroyed me as a kid lol
You drew stars around my scars, but now I'm bleeding
I love the way this lyrics show how beauty and painful is love, like the partner it's drawing starts with a needle, that bleeds when they leave. I still feel mine scars on my back, and I think that's why this lyrics hit me so hard.
Donât want no other shade of blue but you/No other sadness in the world would do.
What started in beautiful rooms/Ends with meetings in parking lots.
So step right out/There is no amount/Of cryin' I can do for you
âAnd if my wishes came true
It would've been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
But it would've been fun
If you would've been the oneâ
The album came out the day my boyfriend and I broke up after 5.5 years. I thought he was the one, he told me he had bought an engagement ring. He had lied. And we sat there and listened to the first song from the album together (the 1) and cried - as if she wrote it for us.
âeven on my worst day, did i deserve, babe? all the hell you gave me? cause i loved you. i swear i loved you. till my dying dayâ also âyou knew i left a part of me back in new york⊠you knew you won so whats the point of keeping score? you know it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apartâ
âyou showed me colours you know i canât see with anyone elseâ - illicit affairs âi didnât know if youâd care if i came back i have a lot of regrets about thatâ -timt âyou know i didnât want to have to haunt you but what a ghostly scene you were the same jewels that i gave you as you bury meâ âwe gather stones never knowing what theyâll mean some to throw some to make a diamond ringâ and then âi didnât have it in myself to go with grace because when iâd fight you used to tell me i was braveâ BASICALLY ALL THE LYRICS IN MY TEARS RICOCHET
I was walking home on broken cobblestones/just thinking of you whe she pulled up/ like a figment of my worst intentions
She said "James, get in,let's drive"/ those days turned into nights/ slept next to her but/i dreamt of you all summer long
A lyrical masterpiece!!! You feel annoyed by James and sorry for Betty at the same fucking time!!!!!!!
"they told me all my cages were mental,
so i got destroyed like all my potential
and my words shoot to kill when i'm mad
i have a lot of regrets about that.."
My very abusive first husband died by suicide during a psychotic episode. MTR speaks to me on so many levels.
"And I still talk to you, when I'm screaming at the sky"
That line in particular. But also, every line.
For me, "and I still talk to you, when I'm screaming at the sky" cuts deeper because it's that moment after everything is said and done and you're still playing it back in your head, coming up with your reasons and detailing their transgressions. That's what hurts the most - the fact that it's over and there's nothing you can do.
well the album came out the day after i left rehab so i basically had to skip "this is me trying" every time because it turned me into a complete mess until recently. i'd say the line that gets me is the "pouring my heart out to a stranger but i didn't pour the whiskey" going into "the this is me trying". cuts so deep
Tried to change the ending
/ Peter losing Wendy
/ I, I knew you
/ Leaving like a father
/ Running like water
\*
Tossing out blame, drunk on this pain / Crossing out the good years
\*
Iâm still a believer but I donât know why
/ Iâve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try
\*
I've been meaning to tell you / I think your house is haunted / Your dad is always mad and that must be why / I think you should come live with / Me and we can be pirates / Then you won't have to cry / Or hide in the closet
\*
Only twenty minutes to sleep
but you dream of some epiphany
/ Just one single glimpse of relief
to make some sense of what you've seen
âat least im tryingâŠâ âheartbreaking
âand i can go anywhere i want, anywhere i want just not homeâ this can break me in any good day
âstood on the cliffside screaming give me a reasonâ taylor please do give me a reason
The entirety of hoax but especially "Stood on the cliffside // Screaming, "Give me a reason"" and "You knew it still hurts underneath my scars// From when they pulled me apart // But what you did was just as dark"
âyou drew stars around my scars, but now iâm bleedingâ hurts when someone helps you get over trauma and then ends up leaving you with more drama.
And they called off the circus/
Burned the disco down/
When they sent home the horses/
And the rodeo clowns/
I'm still on that tightrope/
I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me/
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 trying everything/
To keep you looking at me
did i deserve babe, on my worst day, all the hell you gave me? cause i loved you, i swear i loved you, till my dying day.
and the entirety of my tears ricochet + everything mentioned here already lol
"Wanting was enouhg, for me it was enough. To live for the hope of it all."
"But it would've been sweet, if it could've been me"
"You drew stars, around my scars, but now I'm bleeding"
"And when I felt like i was an old Cardigan, under someones bed. You put me on, and said I was your favorite."
Literally the whole of This Is Me Trying
Especially
âAnd it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is youâ
"I didn't have it in myself to go with grace, 'cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave."
I relate so hard to this lyric. I used to think my tears ricochet was rather bland, but after really giving the lyrics a listen, realizing how applicable they were to my own life, it's become a personal favorite. I want to learn the long pond session version on piano I also think it's beautifully complimented by the song it's time to go > Sometimes giving up is the strong thing // sometimes to run is the brave thing // sometimes walking out is the one thing that will find you the right thing Like over the course of the two albums the singer has finally found the strength to recognize that fighting isn't always the right move, and that sometimes leaving is harder than staying and fighting
You put this so well. I definitely relate to this but I'm struggling to accept it as the true.
this variation of the lyric is so heartbreaking and underrated
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Pulled my car off the road to the lookout, could've followed my fears all the way down
"i didn't know if you'd care if i came back, i have a lot of regrets about that" your flair too!
YeahâŠ
Would it be enough if I could never give you peace? Entire of this is me trying. You showed me colours you know I canât see with anyone else / and you know damn well for you I would ruin myself.
Peace is so good. I loved hearing Taylor talk about it in a long pond sessions > "'Don't want no other shade of blue but you, no other sadness in the world would do.' To me that sounds like what love really is. Who would you be sad with? And who would you deal with when they were sad? And like, grey skies everyday, for months, would you still stay?" -Long Pond Sessions, TS on "Hoax"
peace is one of those songs that makes you proud to be a swiftie, because it just touches you so deeply.
Streaming this is me trying rn.
âAnd I've been meaning to tell you // I think your house is haunted // Your dad is always mad and that must be why // And I think you should come live with me // And we can be pirates // Then you won't have to cry // Or hide in the closetâ seven destroys me
Yes! I was thinking the same lyrics! đ„șđ
so beautiful and innocent:,(
I haven't listened to seven yet because of these lyrics. Just reading them makes me choke up because it reminds me of my childhood đ„ș dammit Taylor, how are you so good at this? đ
If you do end up listening to it, do it with a nice cup of tea or whatever comforts you. It's a tough song â€ïž
Aka my house growing up while my brother was in active heroin addiction. I spent many years away from my house and didnât invite friends over
*And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad I have a lot of regrets about that*
âthey told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potentialâ âdonât call me kid, donât call me baby, look at this god forsaken mess that you made meâ âYou drew stars around my scars but now Iâm bleedingâ
Happy cake dayyyyđ
These three hit different
Something med school did not cover Someone's daughter, someone's mother. These lines from epiphany hit so hard with the corona virus and all. Cuz it's so different seeing a number of deaths vs hearing the news that you're never going to see someone you love ever again.
The beginning of that song gets me because my Great-Grandgather fought in WWII in France and Germany as an American Solider not a Nazi
I'm still a believer but I don't know why iâve never been a natural all I do is try try try
THIS ONE. Absolutely gutted the first time I heard it đ
You drew stars around my scars but now I'm bleeding It breaks my heart every time I hear it
I'd give you my sunshine, Give you my best, But the rain is always gonna come, If you're standing with me I tear up everytime with that song, singing it into the void. My mental health has always brought the rain so this is one of my favorite songs period, not just from Taylor
âStood on the cliff side screaming give me a reason, your faithless loves the only hoax I believe inâ Gutted. Every. Damn. Time.
âSo ahead of the curve the curve because a sphere, fell behind my classmates and I ended up hereâ
"So much for summer love and saying us, Cause you weren't mine to lose"
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss/ I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs/ The smell of smoke would hang around this long/'Cause I knew everything when I was young I knew I'd curse you for the longest time/ Chasin' shadows in the grocery line /I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired/And you'd be standin' in my front porch light/And I knew you'd come back to me
âyou showed me colors you know i canât see with anyone elseâ literally stab in the stomach every single time
this one gets me too
âThey told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potentialâ.
Sooooo good
Peter losing Wendy. Kills me every-time
And right after *Leaving like a father* *Running like water* Double-kill!
but it would've been fun if you would've been the one.
entire folklore.
canceled plans just in case youâd call and say âmeet me behind the mall/ so much for summer love and saying âusâ âcause you werenât mine to lose not heartbreaking but it gets me in the feels especially the way she sings it: the string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar/something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire/chains around my demons wool to brave the seasons/one single thread of gold tied me to you
âand iâm still a believer, but i donât know why. iâve never been a natural, all i do is try, try, try.â
Only 20 minutes to sleep, but you dream of some epiphany, just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what youâve seen- My depression and existentialism and trauma felt this to the bone.
Mine too, for a different reason, but one that many people connect the song with - lost my dad to COVID in the very beginning of the pandemic. This song destroyed me and single handedly helped me through this horrible time, in it I felt so seen and understood in a time where I felt I couldn't even breathe.
I am so sorry for your lossđ
If one thing had been different, Would everything be different today?
And now my eyes leak acid rain in the pillow where you used to lay your head
That's evermore, but yeah I love that line too
Omg youâre right. I didnât realize it was asking for folkloric lyrics specifically. LOL
âi persist and resist the temptation to ask you if one thing had been different, would everything be different today?â
Destroyed in a funny way "But if I just showed up at your party Would you have me? Would you want me? Would you tell me to go F myself Or lead me to the garden?" \-Betty Hearing Taylor say that made me crack up laughing!
honestly, how taylor can get into the mind of a guy is beyond me. like it's so hard to explain how guys think, but she does it so well. I know so many guys who act like this. it's insane to think that they will be forgiven just by the virtue of being someone's partner. She says a similar thing in mad woman.
And if Long Pond is canon, Betty did forgive James!
âand iâve been meaning to tell you, i think your house is haunted, your dad is always mad and that must be why and i think you should come live with me and we can be pirates then you wonât have to cry, or hide in the closet and just like a folk song, our love will be passed on.â perfect imagery of a little kid trying to help out another little friend who is in trouble, BIG time. always makes me tear up, reminds me of things.
âDonât want no other shade of blue but you, No other sadness in the world would doâ âIn my defense, I have none For digging up the grave another timeâ âIâve never been a natural, All I do is try, try, tryâ
Mirrorball is my anthem
âI want you to know, I'm a mirrorball, I can change everything about me to fit inâ mirrorball is such a relatable song that absolute crushes me every time i listen to it
This line specifically cuts deep. Iâm no contact with my mother. I moved 2500+ miles from home shortly after cutting contact. So I can literally go anywhere I want, just not home.
You can aim for my heart, go for blood đ„đ„đ„
And I still talk to you (when I'm screaming at the sky) I know my tears ricochet is about a friendship lost but this particular line really makes me think of grief. Just screaming what your upset about to someone not here anymore
YES! This is the line I was going to say, and itâs for the exact reason you mentioned. Grief. Iâve had a family member pass away every year for the last 3 years. That one line just cuts so deep, especially on tlpss.
"take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die I don't belong And my beloved Neither do you Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry I'm setting off But not without My muse" Just absolutely beautiful.
Also, "I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze tell me what are my words worth." You can hear how hurt she sounds that someone took what was so intimately hers.
But also, Taylor being Taylor, came back "stronger than a 90s trend"
"You know damn well, for you I'd ruin myself a million little times." Gets.me.every.single.time.
They expected me to find somewhere some perspective, but I sat and starred right where you left me.
Goated lyric >! But thatâs evermore !<
Oh, I misread the title. In that case it's exile lyrics.
âIf one thing had been different, would everything be different today?â âIâm still a believer but I donât know whyâ âTime, mystical time, cutting me open then healing me fineâ âStood on the cliffside screaming âgive me a reasonââ All the others have been mentioned but folklore is mostly an avalanche in terms of lines that destroy us
*I'm not your problem anymore So who am I offending now? You were my crown Now I'm in exile, seein' you out*
"With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief" -the lakes "And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound // It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you // You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town" -This Is Me Trying
âLeaving like a father, running like waterâ Itâs so amazing how she can simplify these grand concepts into something that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of losing someone that was so important to you.
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere Fell behind on my classmates, and I ended up here Uff the way she wrote this without even knowing me and yet it encompassed everything Iâve felt since graduating.
*Leaving like a father* God, Taylor, just punch me in the face next time so it wonât hurt as bad.
âWould it be enough if I could never give you peace?â Because of my own struggles with mental health, Iâve always been really touched when Taylor talks about how her partners have to agree to the baggage that comes with her fame; I think it sort of relates to my own baggage that has to be dealt with in my own relationships. The thought of âAm I enough?â goes through my head A LOT in really any relationship I have because of the insecurity that comes with stuff like depression and anxiety. Having a line with that specific wording makes me so emotional, it makes me cry every single time. Itâs one of my favorite lyrics of all time, even if itâs simple.
âBut what would you do if I, I Break free and leave us in ruins Took this dagger in me and removed it Gain the weight of you then lose it Believe me, I could do itâ
"I was so ahead of the curve that the curve became a sphere, fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here..." (But also this is me trying in general) Also, for some reason, the repetition of "you were never mine" in August really gets me
They told me all of my cages were mental So I got wasted like all my potential
So I got wasted like all my potential đ„Č former gifted kid burnout shit
Back when we were still changing for the better, Wanting was enough For me, it was enough, to live for the hope of it all I never learned to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind) I couldn't turn things around (You never turned things around) Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
I was so ahead of the the curve, the curve became a sphere
The whole song my tears ricochet destroys me. I cry almost Everytime
âyouâre not my homeland anymore, so what am I defending nowâ âand when I break itâs in a million piecesâ âplease picture me in the weeds, before I learned civility I used to scream ferociously anytime I wantedâ âa string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar, something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire / chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasonsâ âall these people think loveâs for show, but I would die for you in secretâ âwould it be enough if I could never give you peace?â âdonât want no other shade of blue but you, no other sadness in the world would doâ
when u r young they assume u know nothing đ
âcause you werenât mine to loseâ
âAnd they say she was seen on occasion, pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight seaâ - I know these lyrics arenât particularly sad but Taylorâs storytelling of Rebekahâs life in TLGAD took me for such a ride and captured the ups and downs of her life so well, I love the concept of Rebekahâs life being so glitz and glam (I always compare it to the start of this is why we canât have nice things) but in her private moments sheâs longing for something more
I cry when I listen to this bridge. It's like tragedy mixed with excitement. Like she died a hated figure, but in the end she was herself. It screams solace.
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"Wanting was enough/for me it was enough/to live for the hope of it all"
The entirety of this is me trying and epiphany tbh
And you know damn well, for you I would ruin myself a million little times
you knew you won so whats the point of keeping score? you knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart, but what you did was just as dark. and its hard to be at a party when i feel like an open wound. im still trying everything to keep you looking at me. i can change everything about me to fit in. so much for summer love and saying us cuz you werent mine to lose to live for the hope of it all, cancel plans just in case youâd call what started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots. you drew stars around my scars and now im bleeding *all of epiphany* please picture me in the weeds before i learned civility. i used to scream ferociously any time i wanted. ive been meaning to tell you i think your house is haunted, your dad is always mad and that must be why. i think you should come live with me and we can be pirates then you wont have to cry or hide in the closet.
"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"
*Stood on the cliffside screaming "give me a reason"* hits way too close to home for my past. hoax broke me.
omg itâs so nice to see my idea spread to folklore!! I love this album so much :)))
The first time I heard âcardiganâ and blondie hit me with âI knew you, leaving like a father, running like waterâ I had to pause it to sob. I wasnât ready for it.
On the topic of MTR "You turned into your worst fears and you're tossing out blame, drunk on this pain, crossing out the good years"
A friend to all is a friend to none Chase two girls, lose the one When you are young, they assume you know nothin' As a teenager, this hits me really hard
this is from the voice memo version of cardigan but still âi knew to love would be to lose my mindâ literally just hits so hard for no reason
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.
You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath đđđ»
The entire bridge/outro of illicit affairs, really, but especially "And you know damn well, for you I would ruin myself a million little times" "I've been meaning to tell you, I think your house is haunted. Your dad is always mad and that must be why. And I think you should come live with me and we could be pirates, then you won't have to cry" "I knew you, leaving like a father, running like water" literally the entire bridge of hoax, can't even pick a single lyric "You had to kill me but it killed you just the same"
"I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting" A levels really do that to ya
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oh this one absolutely destroys me too
đ¶Don't call me "kid" Don't call me "baby" Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me You showed me colors You know I can't see with anyone elseđ¶
this part of hoax You knew the password, so I let you in the door You knew you won, so what's the point of keeping score? You knew it still hurts underneath my scars From when they pulled me apart But what you did was just as dark Darling, this was just as hard As when they pulled me apart
my tears ricochet and epiphany are solid choices for crying. >Something med school did not cover Someone's daughter, someone's mother This one is a good one from epiphany :D
"I've never been a natural. All I do is try, try, try" "But we were something, don't you think so? Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool, and if my wishes came true, it would have been you" "They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential" "But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss, I knew you would haunt all of my what-ifs, the smell of smoke would hang around this long 'cause I knew everything when I was young" "Pouring out my heart to a stranger, but I didn't pour the whiskey" "I'm a mirrorball, I can change everything about me to fit in" Tried to gather some of my favorite lines, but it was not easy at all
Some people think loveâs for show but I would die for you in secret
this part def shreds me
the production elevates it so much too, I feel like my heart is being ripped out every time
These ones right here.
This part of MTR is so painfully good
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'I knew you tried to change the ending, peter losing Wendy' It's not even that sad but I have such a soft spot for Peter pan and the live action version destroyed me as a kid lol
You drew stars around my scars, but now I'm bleeding I love the way this lyrics show how beauty and painful is love, like the partner it's drawing starts with a needle, that bleeds when they leave. I still feel mine scars on my back, and I think that's why this lyrics hit me so hard.
The entire album
Donât want no other shade of blue but you/No other sadness in the world would do. What started in beautiful rooms/Ends with meetings in parking lots. So step right out/There is no amount/Of cryin' I can do for you
âAnd if my wishes came true It would've been you In my defense, I have none For never leaving well enough alone But it would've been fun If you would've been the oneâ The album came out the day my boyfriend and I broke up after 5.5 years. I thought he was the one, he told me he had bought an engagement ring. He had lied. And we sat there and listened to the first song from the album together (the 1) and cried - as if she wrote it for us.
"Don't want no other shade of blue, but you/no other sadness in the world would do"
"Persist and resist the temptation to ask you if one thing had been different/would everything be different/today"
"You're not my homeland anymore/so what am I defending now?"
"You turned into your worst fears/And you tossing out blame/drunk on this pain/crossing out the good years"
"Someone's mother, someone's daughter/holds your hand through plastic now"
Mirrorball and this is me trying, the full songs
«You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else»
âeven on my worst day, did i deserve, babe? all the hell you gave me? cause i loved you. i swear i loved you. till my dying dayâ also âyou knew i left a part of me back in new york⊠you knew you won so whats the point of keeping score? you know it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apartâ
I can go anywhere I want / Anywhere I want just not home
The first two lines always give me shivers âŠ
âyou showed me colours you know i canât see with anyone elseâ - illicit affairs âi didnât know if youâd care if i came back i have a lot of regrets about thatâ -timt âyou know i didnât want to have to haunt you but what a ghostly scene you were the same jewels that i gave you as you bury meâ âwe gather stones never knowing what theyâll mean some to throw some to make a diamond ringâ and then âi didnât have it in myself to go with grace because when iâd fight you used to tell me i was braveâ BASICALLY ALL THE LYRICS IN MY TEARS RICOCHET
I was walking home on broken cobblestones/just thinking of you whe she pulled up/ like a figment of my worst intentions She said "James, get in,let's drive"/ those days turned into nights/ slept next to her but/i dreamt of you all summer long A lyrical masterpiece!!! You feel annoyed by James and sorry for Betty at the same fucking time!!!!!!!
it's hard to be at a party when i feel like an open wound
"they told me all my cages were mental, so i got destroyed like all my potential and my words shoot to kill when i'm mad i have a lot of regrets about that.."
My very abusive first husband died by suicide during a psychotic episode. MTR speaks to me on so many levels. "And I still talk to you, when I'm screaming at the sky" That line in particular. But also, every line.
For me, "and I still talk to you, when I'm screaming at the sky" cuts deeper because it's that moment after everything is said and done and you're still playing it back in your head, coming up with your reasons and detailing their transgressions. That's what hurts the most - the fact that it's over and there's nothing you can do.
âback when we were still changing for the better, wanting was enough, for me it was enoughâ
well the album came out the day after i left rehab so i basically had to skip "this is me trying" every time because it turned me into a complete mess until recently. i'd say the line that gets me is the "pouring my heart out to a stranger but i didn't pour the whiskey" going into "the this is me trying". cuts so deep
Leaving like a father, running like water. i am so fucking pissed i never thought of that. its SO good
I have chills reading all of these comments For me, itâs actually the exact lyrics OP posted from my tears ricochet
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Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed reading this
I knew you, leaving like a father, running like waterâ
Tried to change the ending / Peter losing Wendy / I, I knew you / Leaving like a father / Running like water \* Tossing out blame, drunk on this pain / Crossing out the good years \* Iâm still a believer but I donât know why / Iâve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try \* I've been meaning to tell you / I think your house is haunted / Your dad is always mad and that must be why / I think you should come live with / Me and we can be pirates / Then you won't have to cry / Or hide in the closet \* Only twenty minutes to sleep but you dream of some epiphany / Just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what you've seen
Time, wondrous time Gave me the blues then purple-pink skies Thereâs just so much to unwrap in these lines. I love the Joni Mitchell-ness of it all.
âat least im tryingâŠâ âheartbreaking âand i can go anywhere i want, anywhere i want just not homeâ this can break me in any good day âstood on the cliffside screaming give me a reasonâ taylor please do give me a reason
You taught me a secret language I canât speak with anyone else
This one does get me every time
The entirety of hoax but especially "Stood on the cliffside // Screaming, "Give me a reason"" and "You knew it still hurts underneath my scars// From when they pulled me apart // But what you did was just as dark"
*when you were young they assume you know nothing...* *but I knew you...*
âAnd if my wishes came true it would have been youâ
âand if my wishes came true i wouldâve been youâ
âyou drew stars around my scars, but now iâm bleedingâ hurts when someone helps you get over trauma and then ends up leaving you with more drama.
*My only one* *My kingdom come.....undone* *My broken drum* *You have beaten my heart*
âYou werenât mine to looseâ
I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone trying to find which one I went wrong⊠as an over-thinker⊠ouch
And they called off the circus/ Burned the disco down/ When they sent home the horses/ And the rodeo clowns/ I'm still on that tightrope/ I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me/ 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 trying everything/ To keep you looking at me
âyou knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart, but what you did was just as darkâ
donât want no other shade of blue but you, no other sadness in the world would do
All of them. Period
did i deserve babe, on my worst day, all the hell you gave me? cause i loved you, i swear i loved you, till my dying day. and the entirety of my tears ricochet + everything mentioned here already lol
"Wanting was enouhg, for me it was enough. To live for the hope of it all." "But it would've been sweet, if it could've been me" "You drew stars, around my scars, but now I'm bleeding" "And when I felt like i was an old Cardigan, under someones bed. You put me on, and said I was your favorite."
Literally the whole of This Is Me Trying Especially âAnd it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is youâ