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mirrorball//miss americana

And they called off the circus, burned the disco down When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns I’m still on that tightrope I’m still trying everything to get you laughing at me And I’m still a believer, but I don’t know why I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try I’m still on that trapeze I’m still trying everything to keep you looking at me

I’m a mirrorball And I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight

Favourite Taylor swift’s songs?

This is my first ask! And an insanely hard one! Here are my favorites from each album...

Debut: Picture to Burn

Fearless: Forver & Always Piano, The Other Side of the Door,

Speak Now: Sparks Fly, Last Kiss

Red: Holy Ground, All Too Well, Treacherous

1989: Out of the Woods, Style

Rep: Delicate, King of my Heart

Lover: Daylight, The Archer, Cruel Summer

Folklore: August, Mirrorball, Exile

Evermore: Evermore, Champagne Problems, Coney Island

#taylor swift #asks

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Ivy is about Sue Gilbert Dickinson and Emily Dickinson.

For those who don’t know, the poet Emily Dickinson was in a romantic relationship with her best friend and (unfortunately) sister-in-law. Just look at this snippet of a letter from Emily to Sue:

It is unknown if her brother Austin (!!) ever knew about it, but their marriage did eventually deteriorate and Austin began having an affair with someone else. Sue and Emily remained close until her death.

Taylor mentioned the year 1830, an oddly specific year, in her recent Entertainment Weekly interview:

She then dropped evermore on December 10th.

Emily Dickinson was born December 10th, 1830.

One of Emily’s famous poems about Sue ends with the word ‘forevermore:’

She also uses the word ‘forevermore’ in this letter to Sue while Sue was in a teaching position out of town:

We know Taylor has been inspired by historical poets while making these albums, made especially clear in the lakes.

Ivy tells the story of two people who are in love in secret, fearing the reaction if one of their husbands finds out, which seems to match with Emily and Sue’s story.

The narrator is seemingly trapped in a marriage with a man while she secretly finds ways to be with her true love, the owner of the ‘opal eyes.”

A lot of the imagery in this song reminds me of Emily’s poetry, particularly:

Emily is known for writing about death and spirits, and one of her most famous poems, “Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me,” reminds me of this.

Ivy is Sue singing her side of the story.

A gif from Dickinson, an Apple+ series starring former squad member Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson:

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WHAT GAY LITTLE SONGS DID JOE ALWYN WRITE FOR US THIS TIME

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august cared more about james than james ever did about her and that makes me the saddest. james talks about her in such a nonchalant and unfeeling way (“like a figment of my worst intentions” “it was just a summer thing” “slept next to her but dreamt of you all summer long”) while august talks about james with such adoration and hope and hurt (“never needed anything more” “to live for the hope of it all / cancel plans just in case you call” “so much for summer love and saying us”). it’s the story of wanting someone who never intended to keep you in the first place. justice for august

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Bold waitress: you look like an american singer

Taylor:

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mirrorball//miss americana

And they called off the circus, burned the disco down When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns I’m still on that tightrope I’m still trying everything to get you laughing at me And I’m still a believer, but I don’t know why I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try I’m still on that trapeze I’m still trying everything to keep you looking at me

I’m a mirrorball And I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight

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Not a lot going on at the moment

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APRIL 27TH YOU SAY?!

mirrorball//miss americana

And they called off the circus, burned the disco down When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns I'm still on that tightrope I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me And I'm still a believer, but I don't know why I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try I'm still on that trapeze I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me

I'm a mirrorball And I'll show you every version of yourself tonight

#the parallels between this scene and mirrorball go so deep #taylor swift #mirrorball #folklore #miss americana

divebarontheastside

Holy shit someone said my tears ricochet is about taylor and big machine/scott and the death of her masters and at first I didn’t understand it but now after really looking at the lyrics it’s so clear. she is a GENUIS at crafting metaphors

In the preface she mentions an “embittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of obsession”… taylor was scott’s prized musical possession, but now he’s bitter because of their falling out and everything masters related. she embarrassed him and he clearly tormented her. he’s also probably bitter about all the success taylor is now having and how she’s not afraid to tell him to fuck himself

“We gather here, we line up, weepin’ in a sunlit room” = funeral for her masters?

“If I’m on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too” = if he’s gonna burn her you better believe she’s fighting back

“Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe / All the hell you gave me?” = pretty self explanatory….taylor was always good to scott, what did she do to deserve this?

“Didn’t have it in myself to go with grace” = she couldn’t stay quiet and be the good, complicit girl he always tried to force her to be, she had to fight back

“You’re the hero flying around, saving face” = scott running around trying to save his image and make her the bad guy

“If I’m dead to you, why are you at the wake?” = if he’s so mad at taylor why can’t he keep her name out of his mouth and leave her alone?

“Cursing my name, wishing I stayed” = he’s mad at taylor and he knows he messed up and lost what made his label special

“We gather stones … some to throw, some to make a diamond ring” = I could be wrong about this but I’m guessing the stones are her songs? reference to sticks and stones break bones & possibly also how her songs put big machine on the map and made scott money hence the diamond ring?

“You wear the same jewels that I gave you / as you bury me” = taylor made scott and big machine big and now he’s turning around and betraying her by taking the very thing that made him. also jewels because taylor’s music is very precious and valuable to her

“I can go anywhere I want … just not home” = she started with big machine and it was her home, but now after what scott has done she has to leave

“When you can’t sleep at night (You hear my stolen lullabies)” = the stolen lullabies are her stolen masters. wow

It’s also worth mentioning that one of taylor’s first big hits with big machine was teardrops on my guitar. back then, her tears were falling onto her guitar. now, they’re ricocheting off of the guitar and back onto big machine for the pain they caused her