ALWAYS BE SWIFTING

19 | Leo | Philippines | Swiftie since 2008 | Music-enthusiasts | Fanboy | Team Abangers | Taylor is my life, my reliever, my light and my girl.  

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THAT WHOLE BODY SWING AROUND HAIR WHIP TAYLOR DID ON THE BED, SIGN ME TF UP

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THIS FREAKIN THING THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT OH MY SSGFHFAD;DFS

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aohmBYGOD

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IM DEAD

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UMMM WHAT?!

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HDNFMFMFMDM

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SHIT

[outofthewoods27]

OH MY GOD

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Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don’t Wanna Live Forever

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YES TAYLOR

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YES THAT GIF

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This would have been a perfect moment for Zayn to climb on.

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Up all night, all night and every day….

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[sunsetbabe]

I Knew You Were Trouble // I Don’t Wanna Live Forever

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I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) - ZAYN & Taylor Swift

I'm watching I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) by ZAYN & Taylor Swift

#idontwannaliveforever #fiftyshadesdarker

[speaknow]

you are a half hour late binch

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(x)

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Taylor getting lost in confetti…. ( why am I laughing so hard at this picture)…

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who is that

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oh my god who is she

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all too well is taylor swift’s absolute best song and anyone who doesn’t think that can choke on my big fat scarf

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That song is actual poetry. Like the way she uses “we” in the first line of the chorus and then “I remember” in the last line to show the contrast between what was and what is now. Then in the very last chorus she doesn’t use we at all but “you remember it all” “I remember it all too well” to show their transition into two separate entities were they once were a combination. 

She brings up stuff she mentioned earlier in the song later on like “I left my scarf there at your sister’s house and you’ve still got it in your drawer even now” and then at the end “you keep my old scarf from that very first week,” as well as the final chorus where she repeats the former choruses to signal the conclusion to the story and elicit the feeling of recollection and memory so that the listener feels the same nostalgia she feels, especially with “that very first week” which brings you back to the beginning of the story where everything was warm and happy. 

The scarf line also packs a punch because it brings the other member of the relationship into the equation as well. So far it’s only been her remembering the relationship but then she starts talking about “it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me. you can’t get rid of it ‘cause you remember it all too well”. She also contrasts lines like “I’d like to be my old self again, but I’m still trying to find it” and “you lost the one real thing you’ve ever known” to show that they both lost things in the relationship and are struggling to recover from the aftermath, tying them together whilst simultaneously keeping them at arms length. 

We’re shown that her former partner is also mourning the relationship, so when it closes by inserting him into the lines from the earlier choruses with “wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all” and “down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all” all her previously solitarily mourning becomes shared, while still being isolated. Throughout the entire song she’s leading us to believe that she’s just remembering this relationship alone but the final emotional strike occurs when we learn that the other person misses and loves her as well but they’re still isolated, lonely and unable to make it work. They’re both drowning in the memories of this love affair, but at a great distance, so even though in spirt they’re close, they’re still totally isolated. That way when you look back on the song as she’s looking back on the relationship you can feel the whole arc while knowing it’s doomed. The contrast of intimacy through shared experience and abandonment highlights the turmoil, complexity, and tragedy of the relationship. It’s the most beautiful goddamn song; I’m in disbelief.

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Wow.

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I will never not reblog this