#Carry Me Away-John Mayer

[jewishrizahawkeye]

hello! welcome back to my FMA Characters as Taylor Swift albums!!! please note this was written before ttpd dropped. previous albums are here:

debut, fearless (taylor’s version), speak now (taylor’s version), RED (taylor’s version), 1989 (taylor’s version), 𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆

now, let’s discuss the 13 20 21 22 sleepless nights from taylor’s past:

Midnights

Roy Mustang

- this isn’t a surprise is you follow me considering how often i’ve gone crazy over how roy coded antihero is

- the concept of the album is 13 midnights from taylor’s past that she’s revisiting. though the album feels more like a conversation between taylor’s relationship to fame and her personal life AND from very recent events of finding out when certain songs were written (jack antonoff you petty as bitch i love you) the album has a deeper meaning. while still about 13 nights from taylor’s past it also feels like it’s her trying to find a way to save her current relationship and she’s doing that by looking back at old relationships and how’s those failed/ended or started to understand what is going wrong now.

- it also feels like a threat at times to yogurt boy (ex boyfriend i won’t name) that she can leave though it’s clear she doesn’t want to leave. she wants to make this work because of all he did to help at her lowest of lows and helped show her a different aspect of life she could have. but her partner isn’t giving anything. and she is slowly dying.

- …

- alright now that i’m done with my rant, that very well be edited later because we’re getting new taylore by the fucking day and it’s changing perspectives on EVERYTHING, we can move on

- this album has been criticized for not having as deep of lyrics as her previous two albums (cause people are fucking idiots and can’t read anything past a pop beat ((STARES AT AYHTDWS))) but the album is still full of great lines and songs that show us different sides of taylor.

- i do however think that based off how the album is presented and shown it feels very roy coded. with the album showing different sides of taylor and her past regrets and knowing just how different her life could be if she did just one thing differently (john mayer i am in your fucking walls). this resonates a lot with roy’s character and what we know about his life

- most notably the song anti-hero is roy coded as hell. a monster of your own making and the deep fear of driving the person you love away because of your own hands… that’s roy baby!

- but that theme carry’s over into several other songs such as midnight rain or you’re on your own kid. and while those songs are different stories and from a female perspective, there is still a voice of loneliness in them and your past decisions haunting you and being unable to escape it. that you had wanted of this one thing for so long but now that you got it you fully see the damage it has done not only to you but others and now have to live with the decision. this comes through for taylor as her wanting to be famous and her disliking of celebrity life as she doesn’t see herself as human anymore, while for roy he views himself as a monster for his previous actions and is doing everything he can to try and right his wrongs

- both have a similar view of themselves but also feel like this is their own fault. they both made their bed now they must lie in it.

- so i wander through these nights/i prefer hiding in plain sight/this fourth drink in my hand/these DESPERATE PRAYERS OF A CURSED MAN!/spilling out to you for free…/but darling darling please you wouldn’t take me word for it if you knew who was talking…/if you knew where i was walking…/to a house, not a home, all alone cause nobody’s there…/where i pace in my pen and my friends found people who care…/no one sees you lose when you’re playing solitaire

- (of course user dearreader assigns sad little meow meow as dear reader)

- everything i touch becomes sick with sadness…

- all of me changed like midnight rain/he wanted it comfortable i wanted that pain

- i have this thing where i get older but just never wiser

- sometimes i feel like everyone’s a sexy baby and i’m a monster on the hill/to big to hang out slowly lurching toward your favorite city/pierced through the heart but never killed/did you hear my cover narcissism i disguise as altruism like some kind of congressman?

- do you see the difference? i love how riza walked several steps behind roy while still protected him. riza doesn't put roy in the basement. she’s not afraid of his shine. she lets him bejeweled.

- there are love songs on here that i’ve already talked about being royai coded in their own posts and or me feral posting about royai (labyrinth, sotb, sweet nothing, lavender haze, etc.) and like… yeah that’s there.

- also, while i don’t view the song in this way, it has been pointed out to me how you’re losing me is very Roy vs. Envy coded and i have to acknowledge that here but not in my own heart cause if i do that then ill lose my mind over the song even more than i already do.

- but, that’s my ted talk. thank you all for coming and reading these posts! and remember:

[you-remind-me-of-the-babe]

Shuffle your On Repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, then tag 10 people.

Sappho - Frankie Cosmos

Make Them Gold - Chvrches `

girls - girl in red

Silhouettes - Colony House

Wild Blue - John Mayer

Carry Me Away - John Mayer

Not Strong Enough - boygenius, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridget’s, Lucy Dacus

Decide to be happy - MisterWives

I Want to Be With You - Chloe moriondo

World Keeps Turning - The Strike

I shuffled my Most Played Songs of 2023 to make this list.

Several of these (Sappho, girls, I Want to Be With You) came from the Heartstoppper: Official Playlist because I listened to that shit A LOT. Some good stuff on there that just made me happy.

Chvrches. My love.

Silhouettes came from a playlist @fatalfangirl and I made for @whatevertheweather when she finished A Space In Between. I thought this song reminded me of Ebb telling Simon to try and live. IYKYK.

Wild Blue is about Blue from WS. Tell me I’m wrong.

Carry Me Away is one of a few songs that tell the story of a fic that lives purely in my brain and that plays itself out when I listen to them. It’s about a sad, lonely, teenage Baz at Watford who yearns to design clothes and makes elaborate paper designs of clothes that he puts on a paper doll of himself. This evolves to him making a paper doll boyfriend from his imagination that he dress up and magically makes move around with the paper doll of himself while he fantasizes about the life he wishes he could have if he managed to get away from his oppressive family. He somehow brings boyfriend doll to life a la Life Size the movie (Simon, ofc) and he helps to bring Baz out of his shell. This song depicts them sneaking out of school for a night on the town like Baz has always dreamed of doing. I told @thewholelemon about this last summer, and yes, this story stills plays like a movie when I listen to key songs. No, I have not put one word to paper for any of it.

Not Strong Enough is from my Depth of Reason playlist. Think Simon in chapters 1-2.

World Keeps Turning came from the Star Trek Redemption playlist. Idk who put it on there, as several people contributed to this playlist, but it works perfectly for Snowbaz ✨in space✨ @raenestee have we shared this playlist with you?? If we haven’t, that should be rectified. It’s banging. I didn’t create it, otherwise I’d share it here!

Thanks for the tags @raenestee @alexalexinii @valeffelees @aristocratic-otter @emeryhall @letraspal l love seeing the variety in music. I started listening to some of your picks today and it was fun discovering some new music 🥰

Throwing out some tags, apologies if you did it and I missed it @fatalfangirl @whatevertheweather @thewholelemon @cutestkilla @moodandmist @mooncello @onepintobean @shrekgogurt @artsyunderstudy @iamamythologicalcreature

[addiedevereaux]

i never had something that I can't walk away from but, girl, my self control's so paralyzed when it comes to you, no, I ain't got no patience there's something 'bout you that I just can't fight

adelaide devereaux x week eight passion week playlist

🎧 everytime, britney spears 🎧 love is embarassing, olivia rodrigo 🎧 diet mountain dew, lana del rey 🎧 oops i did it again, britney spears 🎧 woman like me, little mix, nicki minaj 🎧 before he cheats, carrie underwood 🎧 slow dancing in a burning room, john mayer 🎧 delicate, taylor swift 🎧 love on the brain, rihanna 🎧 cowboy casanova, carrie underwood 🎧 run for the hills, tate mcrae 🎧 delicate, taylor swift 🎧 levii's jeans, beyonce, post malone 🎧 craving you, thomas rhett, maren morris 🎧 we can't be friends (wait for your love), ariana grande 🎧 leave (get out), jojo 🎧 crazy in love, beyonce, jay-z

[t-nd-rfoot]

Put me on the dance floor with Rooster, birthday bb xx Tell me what we’re dancing to?

Rooster's pulling you to the dance floor to Maneater by Hall & Oates, then it's a slow dance to Carry Me Away by John Mayer 😌✨

[smithlibrary]

Read More 2023  How Sporting

Fiction Beartown by Fredrik Backman The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon Sooley by John Grisham Calico Joe by John Grisham Miracle at St. Andrews by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Romance No Strings Attached by Kate Angell Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey The Deal by Elle Kennedy Thrill Me by Susan Mallery

Religious Steal Away Home by Billy Coffey A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury

Mystery Hangman's Game by Bill Syken

Science Fiction and Fantasy Head On by John Scalzi

Horror Daphne by Josh Malerman

Classics The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata

Biography Arthur Ashe by Raymond Arsenault All In by Billie Jean King

Non-fiction The Rise by Mike Sielski The Black Fives by Claude Johnson Basketball by Jackie MacMullan Three-ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger The Mosquito Bowl by Buzz Bissinger NFL Century by Joe Horrigan How 'bout them Cowboys? by Grary Mayers The Inside Game by Keith Law Moneyball by Michael Lewis Big Data Baseball by Travis Sawchik The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

[associatedwithpumpkin]

Songs That Empower Me & Help Me With Navigating My Feelings About My Parents and Embracing My Boundaries

Love Is Not Enough: Setting Boundaries with Toxic Parents

Let’s get real: love is an amazing thing, but it’s not a catch-all solution for bad behavior. This is especially true when it comes to our parents. We often hear the phrase, "But they're your parents!" as if that alone should excuse their toxic actions or hurtful words. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t.

Growing up, many of us were taught that love conquers all. We were told to forgive and forget, to tolerate behaviors that made us feel small or unworthy, simply because they came from someone who "loves us." But here’s the truth: love does not give anyone a free pass to treat you poorly. Not your parents, not your friends, and certainly not your partners.

I’ve been on the journey of recognizing that my boundaries matter just as much as any familial bond. It’s not about tearing down the relationship; it’s about building up myself. If love is the only reason you stick around while someone continuously disrespects you or crosses your boundaries, it's time to reevaluate the dynamics.

You see, setting boundaries is a powerful act of self-love. It’s saying, “I deserve respect. I deserve kindness. I am worthy of healthy relationships.” It means recognizing that just because someone is family doesn’t mean their behavior is acceptable. We have the right to say, "Ba bye!" to toxic relationships that drain us.

Being able to walk away from harmful interactions doesn’t mean you don’t love your parents; it means you love yourself enough to prioritize your well-being. It’s about understanding that love should lift you up, not weigh you down.

So, if you find yourself in a situation where love seems to excuse bad behavior, remember this: you don’t have to tolerate it. Stand firm in your boundaries, and don’t hesitate to distance yourself from negativity. You are not obligated to maintain relationships that hinder your growth or well-being.

In the end, love should be a source of strength, support, and positivity. If it’s not, it’s time to rethink the relationship. So, let's raise our glasses to healthy boundaries and a life free from toxic love. Cheers to putting ourselves first and saying, "Ba bye!" to anything that doesn’t serve our highest good! ✌🏻

Respectfully…

🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

[antheamerican]

John Mayer - XO (Official Audio)

This song carried a whole new meaning to me tonight. I have a close friend whose wife passed away and I thought of him today while I listened to this song.

Loving someone deeply for as long as we can while we're alive is the gist of what I took from it. We search the crowds and might find one we want to spend our lives with but we can't stay forever....all we can do is love until our light goes out or the relationship burns out.

Wow...

[discos-e-pensamentos]

Sob Rock-John Mayer

1-Last Train Home

2-Shouldn't Matter But It Does

3-New Light

4-Why You No Love Me

5-Wild Blue

6-Shot In The Dark

7-I Guess I Just Feel Like

8-Til The Right One Comes

9-Carry Me Away

10-All I Want Is To Be With You

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2021

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[season-77]

Pick just five? Sounds easy, but it’s a right pain in the neck at the same time!

Little Things Mean a Lot - Bettye Swann

Your Love is King - Sade

Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police

Waiting for That Day - George Michael

Carry Me Away - John Mayer

tagging @sircolinmorgan

When you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to then send this to your favorite mutuals ♥️

Hmmm - I am currently on my seasonal music horse combined with going through a whole lot of inherited records and CDs. So it is an - ahem - interesting list 😉

Octopus’s Garden (The Beatles)

Top of the World (Carpenters)

White Christmas (Bing Crosby version)

Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel version)

Burn (from the Hamilton musical)

1 and 4 are perennial faves though because they are probably the only songs my dad knew and he sang them for all occasions from lullabies to birthdays to soothing playground hurts 🥰

[music-alcacira]

You know I need you, and that's for sure

You're just the kinda crazy I've been lookin' for

[soundchxck]

John Mayer has shared a new single Last Train Home from his upcoming album Sob Rock due out July 16, stream it now!

[irkedmusicgeek]

RIP, Emphasis on Peace | Episode 127

LISTEN BELOW

[jreed3842]

From my Spotify “On Repeat” playlist.

1. ‘Down by the River’ - Borislav Slavov

2. ‘No Strings’ - I Fight Dragons

3. ‘What Else Can I Do?’ - from ‘Encanto’

4. ‘It’s All Coming Back to me Now’ - Celine Dion

5. ‘Show me the Way’ - Styx

6. ‘Heads Up, Hearts Down’ - I Fight Dragons

7. ‘Chasing Pavements’ - Adele

8. ‘Human’ - The Killers

9. ‘Carry me Away’ - John Mayer

10. ‘Hold On’ - Wilson Phillips

Tagged by: @countingprimes

rule: shuffle your on-repeat and list 10 songs that come up. Or just share 10 fave songs right now. Or share whatever music lol.

Drunk Again - Reel Big Fish

Escape from the A-Bomb House -Less Than Jake

Gut Feeling - The Fantastic Plastics

Twilight (w/ Prelude) - Electric Light Orchestra

Future 86 - Bomb the Music Industry

Shed Some Skin - Slow Gherkin

Ain't No Grave - Jamie Wilson

Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes - They Might Be Giants

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

In My Head - Queens of the Stone Age

Tagging: @marshmallowsmelter @kotin @eldritchscholar