#If We Were Vampires by Jason Isbell

[gaydioactivewaste]

“Brat Summer” is over, babes. It’s time for “Hyperfixating On Like Three Specific Indie Folk Songs Fall.” 🍁

[housepilled]

it's knowing that this can't go on forever

likely, one of us will have to spend some days alone

maybe we'll get [twenty] years together

but one day i'll be gone

or one day you'll be gone

if we were vampires and death was a joke

we'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke

and laugh at all the lovers and their plans

i wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand

maybe time running out was a gift

i'll work hard till the end of my shift

and give you every second i can find

and hope it isn't me who's left behind

(if we were vampires / jason isbell and the 400 unit)

[sasswonfp]

"Its knowing that this can't go on forever, Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone. Maybe we'll get forty years together - but one day I'll be gone, or one day you'll be gone." I have a lot of teen titans feelings and also jason isbell music feelings and combining them made sense.

[undeadbetareads]

One of my favorite genres of music is folk/country music that is about loving someone till death. They often have the most hauntingly beautiful imagery, and are so excepting of death. This is mainly about "If We Were Vampires" by Jason Isabell and the 400 Units and "In a Week" by Hozier and I highly recommend both. These are honestly some of the most romantic songs I have ever heard because.

[smoreboi]

im being attacked (<-has ‘if we were vampires’ repeating on loop in my brain and is going to start crying if it doesn’t go away soon)

[theresidualhope]

This is the single-most haunting and lovely and tragic song I’ve ever heard. It’s a perfect song.

[skylightangels]

[amplifyme]

I'm sad this evening. Just read that Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are ending their 11 year marriage. I know they've been struggling the last few years (and have been very forthright about it) but I was really rooting for them. I wish only the best for them and their little girl as they start down different paths in life. Sometimes love just isn't enough. 💔

[claudiajcregg]

For the fic ask game - 😈 + 🎶

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

Oh, here and there, for sure 😉 (Though I never do it to be mean.) It's fun to write something knowing it's going to elicit a certain reaction from a prospective reader. I can think of meaner examples in unposted stuff, but I guess my go-to mean move is almost kisses. Always fun to build that up! Especially if they get interrupted 😈 (Specific examples I remembered: Christmas dinner, St. Augustine/campaign fic)

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

It depends on whether I feel like it or not. It's great to get into certain moods, but it can sometimes feel distracting.

As for the song on loop, it's probably Stick Season by Noah Kahan. Much like with other artists I love and follow, he's come up in playlists in the past and I had a few songs of his saved, but it wasn't until recently that it hit and now I'm a fan. (I've also had GUTS on loop, fwiw.)

Thank you for the questions, anon! I appreciate it. 💜

[housepilled]

hilson coded jason isbell songs…save me..

[thatonesquintern13]

i put the saddest songs on playlists and then accidentally hurt myself on a random tuesday morning

[circularcheez-it]

This is a song I think anyone who enjoys this post would like.

people like to bring up things like "all your loved ones would die before you" as a concern re: immortality. But the real danger for me would be that i'd literally never get anything done again. I'd adopt the elvish lifestyle immediately. Not doing anything in a week that could be done in a century. Not getting anything done in a century that can be done in 10 centuries. Spending the next 100 years reading 1 book very slowly because i have infinite time and don't care.

[gummyartstradingcards]

[gotweim]

It's knowing that this can't go on forever

Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone

Maybe we'll get forty years together

But one day I'll be gone

Or one day you'll be gone

✨,❤️&✌🏼

[vitalwombat]

if we were vampires and death was a joke / we'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke / and laugh at all the lovers and their plans / I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand

[seventh-district]

CW: mention of death and health issues (but it’s in a relatively positive light, for once!)