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speaking my turth: loml is about both of them. its intertwined. but the bridge is all yb.

I think it's about both of them, but not like that. The text is all Matty imo. But the change at the end to "loss of my life" is not "I'll never be over you." It's literally, she gave up her whole life for him. She gave up Joe. She gave up their dreams (even if they were in the midst of shattering for other reasons). She gave up her respectability. She even gave up Eras in a sense ("I just want to know / If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal" and "Lights, camera, bitch, smile? / Even when you wanna die / He said he'd love me all his life") for months. She lost herself.

#I think there’s many layers bc she was trying to fufill things she lost ie marriage / kids #and he was filling her head with stuff #prev #yes I noticed that too #it’s also so clever that she never calls him/either of them the love of her life #it’s “you said i’m the love of your life” and you saying those empty words caused all this destruction #ttpd #loml

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The albatross is so good.

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How are y’all ranking songs I am still learning lyrics

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I’ve literally had this album on repeat and I’m not even sorry

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most of the nyt article about poets reacting to tortured poets department was nice but this made me laugh out loud. be so real

#the way this was before the album even came out #😭 #reminds me of people being mad she used wolves as symbolism for the media in ootw mv #saying she portrayed innocent animals as predators #she herself has never glamorized her own mental heath struggles or tried to be a tourtured artist #pretty sure it’s a reference to a gc

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I think the black dog could’ve been an amazing track 5

#but I think so long london talks more about her / her feelings which shapes the album

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This Jack hate is ridiculous. The black dog is literally produced by Jack shut up

#I checked the credits for the black dog assuming it was Aaron #t

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People acting like Taylor should be uncomfortable with Donna listening to the album bc of a few lines about her son. Didn’t the woman say she watched catching kelce ? I think a few songs are more than fine 😭

#they are adults it’s fine #Taylor literally has played songs with her own parents in the room #I miss when the fandom was a bit older all these new kids

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I remembered my Spotify password again and premium sounds so much better than free

#I was using a different free account on my phone #I often use Apple Music but I wanted to contribute to records #I had to pay again but it’s worth it

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Old habits die screaming >>>>even if I die screaming

She literally became an old habit

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It’s honestly concerning how relatable I find elements of this album

#I don’t have a therapist rn 😭 #I should prob get one #ttpd

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Help I just saw a tt of a guy wrestling an alligator with florida as the sound😭

#dude climbed onto and started wrestling it #video wouldn’t post but I linked

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She really does put narcotics in her songs bc why is every listen getting better

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I do think my favourite part of the tortured poet's department is how unreliable the narration is. Like it's done purposefully from the very beginning. This is not from a moment in time where the writer is making sense of things in a way that is logical or connected to reality. It is contradictory, incorporates toxic behaviours, and the actions and reactions throughout different strands are based in feelings that are not grounded or even necessarily based on reality at all.

#yeah I noticed this too #it’s very human #ttpd

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— i love you it's ruining my life / you don't get to tell me about sad / am i allowed to cry? / old habits die screaming

#ttpd

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She really sounds so good. I love her lower register so much and the way she’s emoting

#she really sounds like Miley in some songs I can’t explain #i don’t know what it is but her voice sounds different on a lot of songs #she emotes well

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The way all these songs could be #1 but they are blocking each other