MIDNIGHTS MANIFEST x TTPD
In the context of library science, a manuscript is defined as any hand-written item in the collections of a library or an archive. For example, a library's collection of hand-written letters or diaries is considered a manuscript collection.
Taylor writes handwritten notes. Taylor keeps diaries. This is her collection.
In Cornelia Street, she says "We were a fresh page on the desk
Filling in the blanks as we go."
This album comes from the Desk of Taylor Swift and in Lavender Haze she wants to "get it off her chest, and get it off her desk."
From Taylor's tiktok Calendar of Events for Midnights release week it says "MANIFEST" underneath "Taylor Swift Midnights".(see photo below) I think this is referring to that The Midnights album IS the Manifest.
Manifest can mean : be evidence of; to prove. // show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts. // clear or obvious to the eye or mind. // (of an ailment) become apparent through the appearance of symptoms. // (of a ghost or spirit) appear. // to manifest something into existence.
This fits with the album Midnights and the release of TTPD afterwards.
Lets look into these meanings in relation to Midnights and TTPD and The Manuscript
to be evidence of - Midnights album shows evidence of whats to lead up to in TTPD. In Hits different Taylor says " I find the artifacts" "I trace the evidence, make it make some sense" It says "Artifacts" on each file/bonus track released so far for TTPD.
show a feeling of one acts - Midnights tells the feelings the actions of both her and her lover had on each other.
clear or obvious - its become clear in Midnights that he is losing her. She learns in Bejeweled when she decides to reclaim the land. I think Hits Different and You're Losing Me sum up the events of the whole album.
an ailment of symptoms - my heart wont start anymore- youre losing me // I wanted that pain, midnight rain // Sadness became my whole sky, bejeweled, // It only hurts this much right now, labyrinth// my sadness is contagious, hits different // etc. etc.
of a ghost or spirit - All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room, anti-hero & I used to switch out these Kens, I'd just ghost, hits different - the TTPD album color of THE MANUSCRIPT is Ghosted White
you could also say Manifest can mean to think about something often and with focus until you receive it. It's the idea that if you want something, you can mentally attend to it and will it into existence.
In Midnights she wants to stay in that "Lavender Haze", manifesting to stay there for as long as she can. "I just wanna stay in that lavender haze" She also manifests in "PARIS" she sings "I wanna brainwash you Into loving me forever" then "Let the only flashing lights be the tower at midnight In my mind"
The flashing lights could be in reference to when there is warning signs they flash at you, but she doesnt want to see them, shes trying to ignore them.
She stares at the ceiling in LAVENDER HAZE and She draws a map on her bedroom ceiling in PARIS which connects the two songs.
bonus thought: In DEAR READER she says "Dear reader Get out your map, pick somewhere and just run" - She's realized that she shouldn't draw a map on the bed room ceiling but get out a real map.
Basically what I'm getting at is that this whole time Midnights has been a Manifest of whats to come in TTPD. She has been keeping TTPD a secret for 2 years, and wrote/recorded You're Losing Me in 2021 which would line up both albums simultaneously.
It seems to be a sister album like folklore and evermore are to each other.
This is just my theory. I do not claim to know anything about Taylor and her relationships. This is purely an opinion and observation from her album Midnights and little information about TTPD
Posted March 1 2024
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MY HEART MY HIPS MY BODY MY LOVE TRYING TO FIND A PART OF ME THAT YOU DIDN’T TOUCH GAVE UP ON ME LIKE I WAS A BAD DRUG NOW I’M SEARCHING FOR SIGNS IN A HAUNTED CLUB OUR SONGS OUR FILMS UNITED WE STAND OUR COUNTRY GUESS IT WAS A LAWLESS LAND QUIET MY FEARS WITH THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND PAPER CUT STAINS FROM OUR PAPER THIN PLANS MY TIME MY WINE MY SPIRIT MY TRUST TRYING TO FIND A PART OF ME YOU DIDN’T TAKE UP GAVE YOU TOO MUCH BUT IT WASN’T ENOUGH BUT I’LL BE ALRIGHT it’s just a thousand cuts…
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Maroon - Midnights
Interesting facts about the color Maroon:
The exact opposite color of Maroon on the color wheel is Teal
Teal was the color of your shirt
When you were sixteen at the yogurt shop - invisible string
and one of its *Tetradic Colors is Indigo
Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh, i think he knows
*A tetrad is four colors, that is, two pairs of complementary combinations.
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