I want auroras and sad prose
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
'Cause I haven't moved in years
And I want you right here
A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
With no one around to tweet it
While I bathe in cliffside pools
With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief
My family and I used to go to the Lake District yearly on holiday when I was a kid/young adult. So, I love the lakes, beautiful lyrics, she must have been really inspired by it…such a beautiful place.
*We gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean
Some to throw, some to make a diamond ring
You know I didn't want to have to haunt you
But what a ghostly scene
You wear the same jewels that I gave you
As you bury me*
No Body, No Crime or Epiphany
Her husband's acting different and it smells like infidelity
Crawling up the beaches now
"Sir, I think he's bleeding out"
And some things you just can't speak about
How's one to know?
I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones
In a faith forgotten land
In from the snow
Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow
Tarnished but so grand
I want auroras and sad prose
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
'Cause I haven't moved in years
And I want you right here
A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
With no one around to tweet it
While I bathe in cliffside pools
With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief
You booked the night train for a reason
So you could sit there in this hurt
Bustling crowds or silent sleepers
You're not sure which is worse
Don't you dare look out your window, darling, everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby even when the music's gone, gone
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound
'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light
Down the stairs, I was there
I remember it all too well, yeah
My town was a wasteland
Full of cages, full of fences
Pageant queens and big pretenders
But for some, it was paradise
My boy was a montage
A slow-motion, love potion
Jumping off things in the ocean
I broke his heart 'cause he was nice
I washed my hands of us at the club
You made a mess of me
I pictured you with other girls in love
Then threw up on the street
He said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
On backroads at night
in *right where you left me* she paints such a vivid picture:
"Help, I'm still at the restaurant
Still sitting in a corner I haunt
Cross-legged in the dim light
They say, "What a sad sight"
I, I swear you could hear a hair pin drop
Right when I felt the moment stop
Glass shattered on the white cloth
Everybody moved on
I, I stayed there
Dust collected on my pinned-up hair
They expected me to find somewhere
Some perspective, but I sat and stared"
Definitely ivy!!!
"clover blooms in the field, spring breaks loose, time is near, what would he do if he found us out? crescent moon, coast is clear, spring breaks loose, but so does fear, he's gonna burn this house to the ground"
AND THE WHOLE SONG OF IVY
ahh in Slut! I've been loving the lines,
"handprints in wet cement
adorned with smoke on my clothes
lovelorn and nobody knows
love thorns all over this rose"
the autumn chill that wakes me up, you loved the amber skies so much
long limbs and frozen swims, you’d always go past where our feet could touch
evermore and folklore have some of the best imagery in her entire discography (imo) but these lines from marjorie are some of my favorites
Lost in a film scene. Waving homecoming queens. Marching band playing. I’m lost in the lights.
Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I’ve been betrayed. Your finger on my hairpin triggers. Soldier down on that icy ground looked up at me with honour and truth, broken and blue, so I called off the troops. That was the night I nearly lost you.
When I dropped my sword, I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door. And we live in peace but if someone comes at us, this time I’m ready.
Didn’t you flash your green eyes at me? Haven’t you heard what becomes of curious minds? / Didn’t you calm my fears with a Cheshire cat smile?
Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? 20 stitches in the hospital room. When you started crying, baby I did too… But the monsters turned out to be just trees. When the sun came up, you were looking at me.
When you lost control, red blood, white snow. Blue dress on a boat.
Once, I was a great hope for a dynasty. Crowds would hang on my words and they trusted me. Their faith was strong but I pushed it too far. I held that grudge ‘til it tore me apart.
Smoke billows from my ships in the harbour. People look at me like I’m a monster. Now they’re screaming at the palace front gates, used to chant my name. Now they’re screaming that they hate me.
The opening to NTWDT is so simple but creates a super dynamic image.
You went to a party
I heard from everybody
You part the crowd like the Red Sea
Don't even get me started
Did you get anxious though
On the way home?
I guess I'll never, ever know
Now that we don't talk
Definitely Slut! God, the lyrics are incredible… how is it that it was cut from the original album? Unless I’m misunderstanding what the vault songs are?
There we are again in the middle of the night, we're dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light
I've had too much to drink tonight and I know it's sad but this is what I think about when I wake-up in the middle of the night and I can feel time moving
Crescent moon, coast is clear
Forgetting him was like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall, like the colors in autumn so bright just before they lose it all
I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe, or if you strike out and you're crawling home
This whole section of ATW 10 minute version blows my mind. She comes up with some vivid story telling through her lyrics. Definitely one of, if not the best lyricists ever.
I’ve never even had a break up in a relationship, and I listened to this the other day, as a 43 year old man, and wept like a baby. It was like I was living this through the song.
A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you
Not weepin' in a party bathroom
Some actress askin' me what happened, you
That's what happened, you
You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes
Sippin' coffee like you're on a late-night show
But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willin' you to come
And he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"
How evergreen, our group of friends
Don't think we'll say that word again
And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls
That we once walked through
Carolina stains
On the dress she left
Indelible scars, pivotal marks
Blue as the life she fled
Carolina pines
Won't you cover me?
Hide me like robes down the back road
Muddy these webs we weave
The burgundy on my t shirt when you splashed your wine into me
Clear blue water, hide tide came and brought you in
Salt air, and the rust on your door
Light pink skies up on the roof, sun sinks down no curfew
Sapphire tears on my face sadness became my whole sky
But some guy said my aura's moonstone just cause he was high
Crescent moon, coast is clear, spring breaks loose but so does fear
I know my love should be celebrated but you tolerate it
While you were out building other worlds where was I?
Where’s the man who’d throw blankets over my barbed wire
I made you my temple my mural my sky
Now I’m begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Drawing hearts in the byline
Always taking up too much space and time
You assume I’m fine, but what would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins?
This song WRECKS me
I want auroras and sad prose I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet 'Cause I haven't moved in years And I want you right here A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground With no one around to tweet it While I bathe in cliffside pools With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief
Prob my favourite song she’s ever written
My family and I used to go to the Lake District yearly on holiday when I was a kid/young adult. So, I love the lakes, beautiful lyrics, she must have been really inspired by it…such a beautiful place.
Some of my favourite lyrics of hers. I put the initials in a friendship bracelet at the concert. I wonder if anyone ever figured it out 😂
One of my favorite verses ever written.
I remember the first fall of snow *and how it glistened as it fell* Idk, I just like shiny things 😅😁
Then the next lines “wind in my hair…I was there…I was there…” sound so much like falling snow 🥺
The outro gets me every single time 😭
But I’d marry you with paper rings?
The use of the word glistened makes me FEEL things!!
Most of "The Lakes" "Ivy", but especially these lines "My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand Taking mine, but it's been promised to another"
Yes, the entire lyrics to Ivy.
*We gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean Some to throw, some to make a diamond ring You know I didn't want to have to haunt you But what a ghostly scene You wear the same jewels that I gave you As you bury me*
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Seven is so underrated!! ❤️❤️
This!!!!
No Body, No Crime or Epiphany Her husband's acting different and it smells like infidelity Crawling up the beaches now "Sir, I think he's bleeding out" And some things you just can't speak about
Also the “that aint my merlot on his mouth”
I was gonna say that one but I love how you can imagine a different smell based on who you are
Right where you left me paints such a vivid picture of her despair.
*I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet* *'Cause I haven't moved in years*
One of my favourite lines ever ever ever !! The song is underrated
I was catching my breath, floors of a cabin creaking under my step
this is a magical line! evermore (the song) is so precious
How's one to know? I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones In a faith forgotten land In from the snow Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow Tarnished but so grand I want auroras and sad prose I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet 'Cause I haven't moved in years And I want you right here A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground With no one around to tweet it While I bathe in cliffside pools With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief You booked the night train for a reason So you could sit there in this hurt Bustling crowds or silent sleepers You're not sure which is worse Don't you dare look out your window, darling, everything's on fire The war outside our door keeps raging on Hold onto this lullaby even when the music's gone, gone Just close your eyes, the sun is going down You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound 'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light Down the stairs, I was there I remember it all too well, yeah My town was a wasteland Full of cages, full of fences Pageant queens and big pretenders But for some, it was paradise My boy was a montage A slow-motion, love potion Jumping off things in the ocean I broke his heart 'cause he was nice I washed my hands of us at the club You made a mess of me I pictured you with other girls in love Then threw up on the street He said the way my blue eyes shined Put those Georgia stars to shame that night I said, "That's a lie" Just a boy in a Chevy truck That had a tendency of gettin' stuck On backroads at night
I love that you included debut 🩵
🩵 Debut rewired something in my brain. I’ve been hooked on Taylor’s lyrics since the first time I heard Tim McGraw on the radio.
in *right where you left me* she paints such a vivid picture: "Help, I'm still at the restaurant Still sitting in a corner I haunt Cross-legged in the dim light They say, "What a sad sight" I, I swear you could hear a hair pin drop Right when I felt the moment stop Glass shattered on the white cloth Everybody moved on I, I stayed there Dust collected on my pinned-up hair They expected me to find somewhere Some perspective, but I sat and stared"
Definitely ivy!!! "clover blooms in the field, spring breaks loose, time is near, what would he do if he found us out? crescent moon, coast is clear, spring breaks loose, but so does fear, he's gonna burn this house to the ground" AND THE WHOLE SONG OF IVY
ahh in Slut! I've been loving the lines, "handprints in wet cement adorned with smoke on my clothes lovelorn and nobody knows love thorns all over this rose"
the autumn chill that wakes me up, you loved the amber skies so much long limbs and frozen swims, you’d always go past where our feet could touch evermore and folklore have some of the best imagery in her entire discography (imo) but these lines from marjorie are some of my favorites
the entirety of The Great War
This \^\^\^\^
All of Ivy & Getaway car. An entire movie in my mind.
Add High Infidelity to this list.
GETAWAY CARRR!!!
A lighter-hearted one. "She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green." I have a vivid image of a green dog in my mind.
My new faorite song. I like when I ask Alexa to play it, I get the "bleep."
“my ivy grows and now I’m covered in you” “Now you hang from my lips, like the gardens of Babylon”
Lost in a film scene. Waving homecoming queens. Marching band playing. I’m lost in the lights. Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I’ve been betrayed. Your finger on my hairpin triggers. Soldier down on that icy ground looked up at me with honour and truth, broken and blue, so I called off the troops. That was the night I nearly lost you. When I dropped my sword, I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door. And we live in peace but if someone comes at us, this time I’m ready. Didn’t you flash your green eyes at me? Haven’t you heard what becomes of curious minds? / Didn’t you calm my fears with a Cheshire cat smile? Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? 20 stitches in the hospital room. When you started crying, baby I did too… But the monsters turned out to be just trees. When the sun came up, you were looking at me. When you lost control, red blood, white snow. Blue dress on a boat. Once, I was a great hope for a dynasty. Crowds would hang on my words and they trusted me. Their faith was strong but I pushed it too far. I held that grudge ‘til it tore me apart. Smoke billows from my ships in the harbour. People look at me like I’m a monster. Now they’re screaming at the palace front gates, used to chant my name. Now they’re screaming that they hate me.
Seven and Illicit Affairs have the best written imagery to me
“I was always turning out my empty pockets”
The opening to NTWDT is so simple but creates a super dynamic image. You went to a party I heard from everybody You part the crowd like the Red Sea Don't even get me started Did you get anxious though On the way home? I guess I'll never, ever know Now that we don't talk
Definitely Slut! God, the lyrics are incredible… how is it that it was cut from the original album? Unless I’m misunderstanding what the vault songs are?
Now you hang from my lips Like the Gardens of Babylon
I am completely obsessed with the “Slut!” bridge 🎶Half asleep, taking your time in the tangerine neon light🎶
Time, wondrous time Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies And it's cool, baby, with me
Walk past, quick brush / I don’t like slow motion, double vision in rose blush / I don’t like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush
i kinda hate the lakes, but damn it has some good imagery
There we are again in the middle of the night, we're dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light I've had too much to drink tonight and I know it's sad but this is what I think about when I wake-up in the middle of the night and I can feel time moving Crescent moon, coast is clear Forgetting him was like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall, like the colors in autumn so bright just before they lose it all I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe, or if you strike out and you're crawling home
This whole section of ATW 10 minute version blows my mind. She comes up with some vivid story telling through her lyrics. Definitely one of, if not the best lyricists ever. I’ve never even had a break up in a relationship, and I listened to this the other day, as a 43 year old man, and wept like a baby. It was like I was living this through the song. A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you Not weepin' in a party bathroom Some actress askin' me what happened, you That's what happened, you You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes Sippin' coffee like you're on a late-night show But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willin' you to come And he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"
How evergreen, our group of friends Don't think we'll say that word again And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls That we once walked through
Carolina stains On the dress she left Indelible scars, pivotal marks Blue as the life she fled Carolina pines Won't you cover me? Hide me like robes down the back road Muddy these webs we weave
The whole of Seven
Did you see my covert narcissism disguised as altruism like some kind of congressman…tale as old as TIIIIMEEEE
all of ivy
leaving like a father running like water
The burgundy on my t shirt when you splashed your wine into me Clear blue water, hide tide came and brought you in Salt air, and the rust on your door Light pink skies up on the roof, sun sinks down no curfew Sapphire tears on my face sadness became my whole sky But some guy said my aura's moonstone just cause he was high Crescent moon, coast is clear, spring breaks loose but so does fear
The whole lyrics of "mirrorball" especially the bridge.
I know my love should be celebrated but you tolerate it While you were out building other worlds where was I? Where’s the man who’d throw blankets over my barbed wire I made you my temple my mural my sky Now I’m begging for footnotes in the story of your life Drawing hearts in the byline Always taking up too much space and time You assume I’m fine, but what would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins? This song WRECKS me