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do it for her (your thirteen year old self)

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you paint dreamscapes on the wall… your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes… I talk shit with my friends… you shit talked me under the table… give you my wild, give you a child… talking rings and talking cradles…

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The Pond

Aron Wiesenfeld — 2023

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I hate it here so I will go to

Secret gardens in my mind

People need a key to get to

The only one is mine

I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child

No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears

I'm there most of the vear 'cause I hate it here

#ts ttpd #taylor swift #i hate it here #the tortured poets department #ttpd lyrics #ttpd era #the tortured poets department lyrics #i hate it here lyrics

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i think the songs on the album will be utterly earnest and personal, but it is so interesting that she's juxtaposing the supposed authenticity of the "tortured poet" (the idea that to be artistic you must be dark, tortured, etc and your work must reflect that in a specific way, or you're not considered a real artist, maybe even a sellout, a shill) with "department," a concept that implies administration or detachment, a mere method of organization. as if the act of creating "tortured art" has been catalogued, maybe even commodified or turned routine. like, even the way she presents her art, her truth, as "evidence"... the way her songs about her life are organized and labeled as "artifacts," even though they are intimate and personal. there's just a few layers of irony here that i'm really excited for, and that addresses so much of discourse around her artistry, life, and mythology.

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we all should be scared that taylor had 2 years to work on tortured poets because it only took her a matter of months to write lover folkmore and midnights… call me a cupcake but i fear this may be her best album yet

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The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

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🕰✨💎Best believe I’m still bejeweled💎✨🕰️

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so tortured, so poet

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who’s afraid of little old me? me girl, i’m terrified

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the feminine urge to isolate from society and meditate in the mountains and let my soul rest

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you ever feel like you were born with something rotten inside you and if people get close enough they’re gonna find out

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I am a terrible combination of “whatever happens, happens” and “If everything doesn’t go according to plan, I will vaporize”

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“source?” divine intuition, gut instinct, and cryptic symbolism from my dreams

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If you see beauty in something, don't wait for others to agree.

Sherihan Gamal

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Paris Opera Ballet Is Headed to New York By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011. Giselle.

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𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖾 <𝟥