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"Sixteen carriages drivin' away While I watch them ride with my dreams away"

this is prob my fav song on the album. beyonce's life story told through the repetition of "16 carriages" is fucking genius. it paints such a vivid story almost like a folktale. it emphasizes her determination for her dreams with every reiteration as her life changes and the repercussions of it (giving up a normal life girlhood.)

At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray Had to take care of home at an early age I saw Mama cryin', I saw Daddy lyin' Had to sacrifice and leave my fears behind The legacy, if it's the last thing I do You'll remember me 'cause we got somethin' to prove In your memory, on a highway to truth Still see our faces when you close your eyes

idk smth about pocs talking about legacy always makes me emo (like rina sawayama's dynasty.) the stakes are sm higher with us. our parents had to give up so much of their lives or culture for their children. so carrying a part of your history is so important to prove that culture doesn't have to be at the complete sacrifice of better opportunities for living.

the slow progression and dramatization of the drums is empowering and gives this anthem a whole character arc. they also resemble to me the whipping sound of the saddle on horses to make them go faster.

this song feels like a young girl getting on a horse for the first time because it's fun. she is excited for the new experience and gallops through the open, dirt road but the more she rides the older she becomes--going thru the storms and turbulence of life. until one day she's trailblazing through.

#i've been really getting into this album lately #there's an intimacy in it that i usually don't get when i listen to country music but beyonce really did that #Beyonce #cowboy carter #music #music audio #song #beyoncé #16 carriages #idk maybe i'm finally getting into my roots

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LORD PLEASE LET ME MAKE IT THRU THIS PHASE IN MY LIFE AND BE OKAY IM PRAYING AND BEGGING

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“Linger” by The Cranberries covered by Royal Otis

#i have not moved on from this cover #nobody could even begin to attempt to replicate the original but this is a damn good cover #literally inspired me to make a yearning playlist #we as a society need more yearning songs LMAOOO BRING IT BACK #royal otis #linger #cover #the cranberries #music #video #performance #live #song

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Britney’s audition for the Notebook. She was runner up for the part. Emotions on cue 🔥

""Britney Spears was unbelievable. She was absolutely unbelievable, I’m glad her fans have now gotten a chance to finally see it. And I just honestly, I think she should really go back to it," -Matthew Barry (casting Director ) 

#WHAT

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I don’t know which author needs to hear this right now but even if you never update your wip i would never regret reading it a time of joy is never wasted

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#sailor moon #promise of the rose #anime #movie #gif #usagi tsukino #usagi

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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) + Joe Wright's DVD Commentary

#pride and prejudice #film #gif #gif set

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lord ive seen what you've done for others (in this piece of fictional media)...

#LOL #text

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It's funny how a silly fictional character can come into your life and then take over your entire brain chemistry

#oikawa tooru

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Julian Merrow-Smith

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Trying to draw chrollo as pretty as he deserves

#how did op draw chrollo and kim taehyung combined 😵‍💫 #chrollo #hxh #hunter x hunter

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rb and tell me what’s your most re watched movie.. and be honest

#uhhh if i'm gunna be so real here...ffvii advent children complete

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do it scared do it stupid do it badly whatever it is that's worth doing, that's worth anything at all, we do it. be it scared be it stupid be it badly. the sincerity remains the same.

#the time will pass anyways #fuck #text

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MAVIS NICHOLSON: "Do you think it is possible, then, for someone to forgive themselves even when they've done something absolutely terrible?"

TONI MORRISON: "Yes. It's called grace. At some point you do. If you don't, you're in a cul-de-sac. But you have to go through the fire first. You have to experience the full fall, and the complete self-loathing, in order to come around to something like the forgiving of oneself. It's when you skip responsibility, when you use a subsititute emotion like guilt--which is of no use to anyone--but if you feel the real thing which is shame, hatred, humiliation, and self-loathing: that is the door. And if you get through that, then you can forgive yourself."

Toni Morrison interview, Mavis on Four, 1988

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"why can't they just be friends" not in the homophobic way but in the "their platonic relationship in the source material is far more dynamic and complex than the sanitized personalities they gain as a result of shipping" way

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cheng xiaoshi is always so handsome in his bday arts

#I NEED TO WATCH SZN 2 LOL MY BABYYYYYY