#characters in folklore

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characters in folklore (part three)

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my tears ricochet

“you wear the same jewels that i gave you/as you bury me”

shares this song with betty, talking about how badly james hurt them, and specifically james leaving august to go back to betty

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mirrorball

“spinning on my highest heels, love/shining just for you”

genuinely loved james and would do anything for him, even though it’s in secret

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august

“august slipped away into a moment in time/‘cause it was never mine”

knew her love for james was wrong and shouldn’t have happened, but glad they had the time they did

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illicit affairs

“make sure nobody sees you leave”

determined to keep her affair with james a secret, no matter how much it hurts

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mad woman

“it’s obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together”

james and betty briefly get back together and blame august for the affair (although i can see this song being from james pov too)

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characters in folklore (part two)

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the 1

“if one thing had been different/would everything be different today?”

if james hadn’t met august, would he and betty still be together?

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cardigan

“you drew stars around my scars/but now i’m bleedin’”

she’s hurt by how badly james betrayed her

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exile

“i can see you starin’ honey/like he’s just your understudy”

shares this song with james, still love each other but james hurt betty too much for them to last long + referencing “plus i saw you dance with him”

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my tears ricochet

“even on my worst day, did i deserve, babe/all the hell you gave me?”

shares this song with august, talking about how badly james hurt them, and specifically james cheating on betty

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hoax

“your faithless love’s the only hoax i believe in”

betty loved james until he was unfaithful

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characters in folklore (part four)

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exile

“i can see you standing honey/with his arms around your body”

shares this song with betty, still love each other but knows that he did too much damage + references “plus i saw you dance with him”

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this is me trying

“and maybe i don’t quite know what to say/but I’m here in your doorway”

showing up at betty’s party, trying to apologize for what he did + references “would you kiss me on the porch”

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betty

“the worst thing that i ever did/is what i did to you”

*genuinely* feels bad about cheating

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peace

“the devil’s in the details, but you got a friend in me”

knows what they’re doing is wrong, but also finds a friend in august and loves her but also knows he’s hurt them both too much to be with both august and betty

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characters in folklore (part one)

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the last great american dynasty

“who knows, if i never showed up, what could’ve been?”

literally living her best life in her beautiful house

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seven

“but i, i was high in the sky/with pennsylvania under me”

cute song about childhood love (all the mary’s song vibes)

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invisible string

“green was the color of the grass/where i used to read at centennial park”

literally just a song about how much she loves joe :,)

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epiphany

“just one single glimpse of relief/to make some sense of what you’ve seen”

personal song, like sygb, about her grandfather and the pandemic

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the lakes

“i’ve come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze/tell me what are my words worth”

all the shade but mostly about escaping to her happy place with her beloved :,)

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