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Happy Friday have we talked about “you talked me under the table” as in she was drunk on his promises while he remained unaffected, like when you say that someone is drinking you under the table as in they hold their liquor so seemingly well that you can’t keep up with them you’re so inebriated while they seem completely unaffected????

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"i thought that i was better safe than starry-eyed" has me on the floor

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my misheard lyric was (in the smallest boy who ever lived) “once your queen had come you treated her like an ulcer and” which tbh made sense so I didn’t question it at all

ngl the term or word that surprised me most on this album was "also-ran"! i feel like it's not a very commonly used term!

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Wait this is such a funny change from explicit to clean 😂

the bolter

explicit: ended with the slam of a door / then he'll call her a whore

clean: ended with the slam of a door / then she'll call him a bore

I KNOW and it's also funny because taylor clearly doesn't really give a fuck about the clean versions 😭

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#none for sam sorry

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anyway here's all the clean/alternative lyrics compared to the original lyrics on ttpd:

the tortured poets department explicit: who's gonna hold you like me? / nobody / no-fucking-body clean: who's gonna hold you like me? / nobody / no-o-body

down bad explicit: everything comes out, teenage petulance / fuck it if i can't have him clean: everything comes out, teenage petulance / [gasp] what if i can't have him? explicit: 'cause fuck it i was in love clean: 'cause what if i was in love?

but daddy i love him explicit: i'd rather burn my whole life down / than listen to one more second of all this bitchin' and moanin' clean: i'd rather burn my whole life down / than listen to one more second of all this gripin' and moanin' explicit: all the wine moms are still holdin' out, but fuck 'em, it's over clean: all the wine moms are still holdin' out, but... it's over

florida!!! explicit: so you pack your life away just to wait out / the shitstorm back in Texas clean: so you pack your life away just to wait out / the firestorm back in Texas explicit: at least the dolls are beautiful, fuck me up, Florida clean: at least the dolls are beautiful, f-- me up, Florida explicit: can I use you up? / Florida / is one hell of a drug / Florida / go on, fuck me up clean: can I use you up? / Florida / is one hell of a drug / Florida / can i use you up?

loml explicit: you shit-talked me under the table / talkin' rings and talkin' cradles clean: you talked me under the table / talkin' rings and talkin' cradles

i can do it with a broken heart explicit: 'cause i'm a real tough kid / i can handle my shit clean: 'cause i'm a real tough kid / i can handle it explicit: lights, camera, bitch, smile clean: lights, camera, and smile

the smallest man who ever lived explicit: in your Jehovah's Witness suit / who the fuck was that guy? clean: in your Jehovah's Witness suit / who the hell was that guy?

the black dog explicit: and i hope it's shitty in the black dog clean: and i hope you miss me in the black dog

thanK you aIMee explicit: screamed, "fuck you, Aimee" to the night sky as the blood was gushing clean: screamed, "f--k you, Aimee" to the night sky as the blood was gushing

cassandra explicit: when it's "burn the bitch," they're shrieking clean: when it's "burn the witch," they're shrieking

the bolter explicit: ended with the slam of a door / then he'll call her a whore clean: ended with the slam of a door / then she'll call him a bore explicit: all her fuckin' lives / flashed before her eyes clean: all her many lives / flashed before her eyes

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Okay Rae hear me out. The canes and top hats are guilty as sin. It fits with the angel wings/ sin heaven hell but also the top hats and canes are a nod to Cabaret about a dancer at a gentlemen’s club during the war ( the Great War, downtown lights) just like vigilante shit is a nod to Chicago. The chair dance is pretty close to the Chicago choreo ( I only know this because we did the dance at theater camp)

AHHH i hope you're right!! and the wings would make sense!

#predictions #guilty as sin?

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it’s called character development

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I’m a real tough kid, I can handle my shit (except for even the tiniest inconvenience)

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Getaway Car / august / The Other Side of the Door mashup lyrics (Melbourne Night 2)

Aaaand their possible connection to The Tortured Poets Department

I’m going to do this for each of the mashups she performed at the 2024 shows, because I firmly believe that she chose the songs for a reason and arranged the lyrics / switched between songs carefully to craft entirely new stories. A lot of the themes those songs hinted at have since been explored in detail on the new album. This mashup, which discusses the concept of cheating from three different perspectives, is perhaps the best example. She switches POVs between the cheater in the getaway car, the other woman realizing she never had her lover in the first place, and the woman who had to leave after being cheated on but still misses her ex.

Taylor switches to the chorus of august

back to Getaway Car

and onto the outro of The Other Side of the Door

She wants to leave her relationship, and this man is the perfect getaway car/‘reason’ for her to do so. Of course she would leave. She quickly realizes that the new relationship is doomed as well. They never had a shot. He was never hers. The entire relationship seemed to only last a single month and was over when the summer ended. At the end of the mashup, she assumes the position of the woman who was cheated on. Was she worth this mess? I need you.

See: Fortnight, Fresh Out the Slammer, loml

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

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the tiny envelope that comes with the special editions is SO CUTE. i love tiny stationery

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what is your interpretation of fortnight?

#i think it's a story about the fear of waking up one day and realizing you did it all wrong #you can end up in the wrong relationship without the person you want #you can do everything in your power (move to florida buy the car you want) to satisfy your soul #but ultimately none of that matters if you don't have the person you want #also acknowledgment that this happens all the time (another fortnight lost in america) #fortnight

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#opening notes of state of grace you will ALWAYS be famous

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Should we talk about some favorite misheard lyrics yet? When I first heard Down Bad, I heard it as "did you really have to *beat* me up" which seemed weird with the next line but I was like ~whatever metaphor. But THEN I read what she said about it being an alien invasion and everyone was talking about it and I was like...why does everyone think this is about aliens? What??? Then I listened again and realized it was BEAM and the metaphor was very obvious 😂😭 (In my defense I'm usually a very early-to-bed person and I stayed up to listen lmao)

makes waking up in blood sound even more sinister 🫠

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What if I can't have us?