#the escapism chapter

[taylornation]

Have you listened to folklore and thought 💭 that you could thematically pair some of the songs together?! Well, taylor decided to split the album into themed chapters, the first one includes six songs and is called “the escapism chapter.” ✨🔭 Check it out here: taylor.lnk.to/escapism

📷: Beth Garrabrant

[truthdarespinbottles]

folklore: the escapism chapter + birds

[sombrewoodlandfairy]

folklore : the escapism chapter

escapism | sleepless nights | saltbox house | showed up at your party

[ts-parallels]

folklore: the escapism chapter

[thegirlwiththecinderblockgarden]

I have a theory that every ‘chapter’ will begin with the last song from the previous one... So it’s one long story.

Also consider that exile is from two perspectives - the person leaving (escapism) and the person left behind (sleepless). And mad woman could link into last great american dynasty...

[ohgaylor]

es·cap·ism

/əˈskāpˌizəm/

the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy

[dwindlingmecurialhigh]

* . • the escapism chapter • . *

the lakes : physically escaping from critical society to a calm atmosphere //

“those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry/I’m setting off, but not without my muse”

seven : escaping into the memory of a more peaceful time //

“and though I can’t recall your face/I still got love for you”

epiphany : escaping into the past and into dreams to forget reality //

“only twenty minutes to sleep/but you dream of some epiphany/just one single glimpse of relief/to make some sense of what you’ve seen”

cardigan : escaping into a fond memory to forget the reality of betrayal //

“but I knew you/dancin’ in your Levi’s/drunk under a streetlight... and when I felt like I was an old cardigan/under someone’s bed/you put me on and said I was your favorite”

mirrorball : escaping who you truly are for only society’s and others’ benefit //

“I’m a mirrorball/I can change everything about me to fit in”

// OR escaping who you pretend to be to show your true self to those who you care for //

“hush, when no one is around my dear/you’ll find me on my tallest tiptoes/spinning in my highest heels, love/shining just for you

exile : trying to escape the painful memories of a break-up even after having to relive them //

“you’re not my homeland anymore/so what am I defending now?/you were my town, now I’m in exile seeing you out”

[uaijatp]

{folklore: the escapism chapter}