Here is song #3 from TTPD/The Anthology and why it reminds me of OUAT.
Today’s song is So Long, London.
So, this song reminds me of two people from OUAT.
The first person is reminds me off is
Emma, mainly when Emma found out why Neal abandoned her.
The whole bridge perfectly describes this scene and Emma’s reaction!
“And you say I abandoned the ship, but I was going down with it. My white knuckle dying grip” PERFECTLY describes the bar scene to a tea!
“You say I abandoned the ship”, On one hand, you have Neal, who doesn’t understand that Emma has every right to be made at him. Neal, who never once apologized to Emma in this scene and just wanted to make HER sorry for HIM. Neal, who months later would want a relationship with her again.
Neal never once apologized to anything he did to Emma and also mad it seem like it was her fault in a way and even blamed her for what happened!
“but I was going down with it,” On the other hand, you have Emma, who at just 17 years old literally going to prison because her adult boyfriend let her fall for his crimes. Who would literally find out she was pregnant while she was in prison. Who would end up have to give birth in prison with handcuffs on her feet because of what this man did to her.
“My white knuckle dying grip.” And yet despite what he did to her, she still waited in Tallahassee for 2 years for him.
Another set of lyrics that reminds me of the Bar scene, “And I’m just getting color back into my face. I’m just mad as hell cause I loved this place.” Referring to how it took over 10 years for Emma to start healing from what Neal did to her and right when she was getting happy again, he comes back into her life.
Overall, a lot of the lyrics in So Long, London remind me of the Bar scene, of Emma’s inner thoughts as she fully realizes why Neal abandoned her and why this all happened.
But as I said before, she is not the only character that reminds me of So Long, London.
Now, I am in the camp that Rumbelle was an extremely toxic relationship and Belle deserved so much better then Rumple. Especially all the BS he pulled in season 5.
Literally, every lyric in So Long, London remains me of Belle and Rumbelle! It is honestly so had pick specific lyrics from this song because they all remind of Rumbelle, that I am only doing the first 4 lyrics of the song for this post!
“I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist.” Belle seeing the light within Rumple and fighting to get the darkness out of him. “I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift” Belle never giving up on Rumple and being a voice of reason for him. “Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting away” Although she never gave up on him, he continued to slid down into the darkness. The more she fell in love with him, the deeper the darkness had a hold on him. “My spine split from carrying us up the hill” Belle literally giving up her emotional being basically to be a guiding light to this man.
And I could go on! Hell, I could even made a separate post detailing all the lyrics to this song and why it reminds me of Belle and why she deserves better!
RIP Belle, you would have loved You’re Losing Me and So Long, London.
Overall, both of these women deserve so much better and yes, while one got better, the other one didn’t and was stuck in an incredibly toxic relationship.
That is all for today, see you tomorrow!