#evermore my beloved

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Randomly thinking about “tolerate it” (narrator voice: it was not random) and how under the cloak of fiction it is ostensibly inspired by works like “Rebecca” (which Taylor said she read during the 2020 lockdowns I believe?), with the line of “you’re so much older and wiser” indicating that the speaker is significantly younger and inexperienced compared to the person she’s speaking to and a pretty direct reference to the plot of the book.

But I saw something somewhere once that stuck with me about how it might not be referring to relative age between the characters but chronological age as in the passage of time in a relationship. And that made me think about how in a contemporary context, it might not necessarily be referencing an actual age gap between the two characters, but rather a sarcastic or cynical response to the man’s claims that he has matured (“you’re so much older and wiser [than you were before/than you were when we met/etc.]”), which then made me think about that line in relation to the woman. And that it could be taken like, “you act like you’ve matured so much in our time together and like you know everything, while I’m supposedly still stuck as the girl I was when we first met.”

Which then made me think of the “right where you left me” of it all and did you ever hear about the girl who got frozen time went on for everyone else she won’t know it and the bit in Miss Americana where she talks about how celebrities get frozen at the age at which they got famous, and how she’s had to play catch up in a lot of ways not just in her emotional growth but kind of in general. (Which also made me wonder if she’s ever been called out for immaturity/lack of curiosity/lack of education about things in her life…)

Which then made me think about the rest of the song, and @taylortruther’s posts yesterday about “seven” and “Daylight” and the way Taylor idealizes her youth yet contrasts it with an almost sinister reality in its wake, and the line, “I sit by the door like I’m just a kid,” because the discussion raised that her relationship let her recapture some of the childlike joy and wonder she’d lost. So this line is a double-edged sword: the speaker sits by the door with childlike hope that the person will come home and cherish her, but on the darker side, feels like the child dealing with the monsters she doesn’t have names for yet and the feelings of isolation she felt as she aged.

I’m not saying the song is necessarily autobiographical; like most of the songs on folkmore, it’s clearly a fictionalized story based on media she’d consumed and created, but we know a lot of the fictional songs were infused with her own feelings and experiences and… This idea swirling in my head picked up steam and now I kind of can’t stop thinking about it. Sorry but I’m a little obsessed now.

Like maybe it might start to shed light on why she identified so strongly with the novel in the first place…

#the third eye has been opened #😵‍💫 #like tolerate it was always a difficult song #even when we learned it was based on Rebecca it obviously took on new meaning post-joever #and especially in light of ttpd #but the thought spiral i went on last night when i started thinking about all these connections #and the evermore of it all #I’m Charlie at the conspiracy board again #writing letters addressed to the fire #me thinking too hard about Taylor lyrics #evermore my beloved #tolerate it #i kinda gave myself the ick with all this 😵‍💫 #because of the ttpd of it all coming up #and i feel like i remember interviews where Taylor said joe was so well-read especially about like world events and politics and stuff #and supported her when she wanted to start speaking up (not getting into that) #but just based on ~vibes now I wonder if that was like a sore point too at some point #which again i have no proof of but just like… experience with pretentious millennial art bros lol #oh man oh man oh man #this feels like some sort of huge revelation at 1:00 am #when i started writing this lol #eta: when I queued this in the middle of the night i didn't see all the excellent discussion about the seven/folklore posts #so all of you who have been posting about them this morning consider yourselves tagged too!

[architectdrawingtheplans]

Happy 2nd birthday evermore 😌🍂🍂✨

#taylorswiftart #taylor swift #taylorswiftedit #evermore #myart #userdaphne #mine #tsedit #evermore my beloved #evermore album #tswiftedit #tswiftart

[iwanttokisstheirbloodstainedlips]

"i've got some tricks up my sleeve. takes one to know one, you're a cowboy like me"

-cowboy like me, taylor swift

#i rly like how this turned out <33 #by vick ☆ #vick's moodboards #cowboy like me #taylor swift #evermore taylor swift #evermore album #evermore era #evermore ts #evermore my beloved #taylor swift lyrics #ts moodboard #moodboard #my moodboards #aesthetic board #moodboard aesthetic #mood board #moodboard soft #aesthetic moodboard #aesthetic moodboards

[notesonartistry]

The evermore set is just .... ooooh, I LOVE IT.... even though TTDS was bumped. Willow and the witchy dancing .... then Marjorie that I didn't expect to make the cut (but I'm so happy did) ... champagne problems and that build in the bridge .... and THEN tolerate it which is just a whole performance within a performance .... I MEAN!!!!

#evermore my beloved

[yantao-enthusiast]

AND I PULLED YOUR BODY INTO MINE. EVERY GOD. DAMN. NIGHT.

NOW I GET FAKE NICETIES.

#every song on evermore gives me a reason why it is the number one song on evermore and i agree with every one #no but #this line genuinely makes me fucking insane. #and it's SO UNDERAPPRECIATED????? FOR WHAT??????? #actually every fucking line of this song #sooo so so insane #happiness #happiness taylor swift #evermore #evermore my beloved #evermore taylor swift #taylor swift #<3

[suckersakaria]

taylor swift when she knew that the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up but their skeletons were fitter than I was and then the skeletons were better at seduction than me and the skeletons won and the old men did not think I was the one and I did not in fact lock it down and I think I need to go to sleep

#cowboy like me #taylor swift #I could be the way for it #and I know I'll pay for it #never wanted love just a fancy car #t swizzle #taylor swizzle #swifties #spotify #what am i doing #i love taylor swift #taylor swift eras #taylors version #taylor nation #ts the eras tour #evermore #evermore my baby #evermore my beloved #is this about something that happened today or six months ago you will never know

[aithusarosekiller]

Y'all are not ready for this

#Archie is writing #starkiller #rosekiller #sirius black #Dorcas Meadowes #evermore my beloved #violence is always the answer #- Sirius and Dorcas 2023

[typingwithmyhandstied]

favourite taylor album and why?

Evermore. I love it's story telling. I also love the way it deals with the tough realities of the world.

#thank you for the ask <3 #evermore my beloved

[folklorianhaze]

evermore is just such an evocative album. whenever I listen to it, I can so clearly see the setting for each song — pine trees and wooden fences and farmland lining a slushy, snowy road on the drive home to your small town for the holidays; a house in the deep of the woods with a stone facade covered in creeping ivy; a woman sitting alone at a table by the window in the back of an empty restaurant; a cabin in the woods in deepest winter; a lonely train ride home, clutching a rejected engagement ring in your hands as you watch the night blur past through a foggy window. even if I’m just listening on shuffle, it transports me every time and I just love that feeling.

#taylor swift #evermore my beloved #I love how the production establishes setting too. the creaking of the keys of an old piano. the warmth in Taylor’s vocals #it really does make you feel like you’re actually in the room with her

[jeansyvesmoreau]

who needs therapy when this exists

#melone.txt #evermore my BELOVED #Spotify

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Being a little petty for a second, I do find it amusing that evermore was played on the piano by a certain someone on the album and girlie pop took it and ran with it to make it sparkle even more elaborately and personally on the piano on tour 🥰😏

#she said I Can and I Will #evermore my beloved #eras tour #i loooooooooove how she’s filling in the notes when she plays it live #and she’s developing it more each time she plays it!

[mayaannart]

Taylor as a break from my thesis work

#taylor swift #evermore #evermore taylor swift #taylor swift fanart #evermore my beloved #work in progress #swiftie

[elegantturkeycroissant]

I'm sorry but this is hilarious. And I want to believe that Emma was being ironic because that makes it even more hilarious

#evermore my beloved #taylor swift #emma stone #carey mulligan #marcus mumford #Folklore #cowboy like me

[notesonartistry]

Favourite evermore theme?

It's basic, but I think it's just endings - she covers lots of different types that everyone can relate to. There's death, jilting, daydreams, divorce, ghosting. Plus, even though they might be difficult and emotional, I think the emphasis is on what you can take from them - it's an excellent life lesson!

#evermore my beloved #endings

[yantao-enthusiast]

putting in my bets right now that my most listened song on my spotify wrapped is going to be tolerate it i just fucking know i’ve listened to that song more times than i fucking breathed,, it’s so good

#tolerate it #evermore #evermore my beloved #taylor swift #<3

[straightfromthetorturedpoetsdept]

i personally think evermore is better than folklore

#personal #taylor swift #evermore my beloved