#Or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht

[dontmeanyoudontmissit]

Spent a while trying to figure out what part of Now that We Don't Talk reminds me of and it's Single Soon

[rorygilmcre]

someone inject now that we don't talk directly into my veins right now please and thank you

[labyrinthhofmymind]

now that we don’t talk by taylor swift is such a black brothers song, it’s literally regulus’ pov once sirius leaves

HEAR ME OUT

“you went to a party, i heard from everybody, you part the crowd like the red sea, don't even get me started

did you get anxious though, on the way home? i guess i'll never, ever know, now that we don't talk”

SIRIUS BEING THE LIFE OF EVERY PARTY AND A CONFIDENT BASTARD EVEN THO HE’S AN ANXIOUS KID WHO JUST MISSES HIS BROTHER

“you grew your hair long, you got new icons, and from the outside, it looks like you're tryin' lives on

i miss the old ways, you didn't have to change, but i guess i don't have a say, now that we don't talk”

LONG HAIR??? SIRIUS BLACK!!! NEW ICONS???? JAMES, PETER, AND REMUS!!!!!

“i call my mom, she said that it was for the best, remind myself the more i gave, you'd want me less

i cannot be your friend, so i pay the price of what i lost, and what it cost, now that we don't talk”

LITERALLY WULBURGA TELLING REGULUS TO STOP TALKING TO SIRIUS AND THAT ITS WHATS BEST FOR THE FAMILY!!!! REGULUS BELIEVING THAT IF HE LEAVES SIRIUS ALONE, THAT MAYBE HE’LL COME BACK!!!!

THEN THE OUTRO/BRIDGE IS A SWITCH OF POVS BETWEEN REGULUS AND SIRIUS

“i don't have to pretend i like acid rock, or that i'd like to be on a mega yacht, with important men who think important thoughts, guess maybe i am better off, now that we don't talk” (SIRIUS)

“and the only way back to my dignity, was to turn into a shrouded mystery, just like i had been when you were chasing me, guess this is how it has to be, now that we don't talk” (REGULUS)

thank you for coming to my red talk.

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Taylor calling Harry out:

“Now that we don't talk / I don't have to pretend I like acid rock”

“Or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht / With important men who think important thoughts”

“Your new girl is my clone / And did you think I didn't see you? There were flashin' lights / At least I had the decency / To keep my nights out of sight”

“You search in every model's bed for somethin' greater”

[cheezecakeee]

seventeen as taylor swifts songs🫧 (angst ver.) part 2

part 1

main masterlist | seventeen masterlist

❉ ╤╤╤╤ ✿ ╤╤╤╤ ❉

╰┈➤ DK: Happiness

"Tell me, when did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk? When did all our lessons start to look like weapons pointed at my deepest hurt? I hope she'll be a beautiful fool who takes my spot next to you. No, I didn't mean that. Sorry, I can't see facts through all of my fury, you haven't met the new me yet" "I can't make it go away by making you a villain, I guess it's the price I pay for seven years in heaven and I pulled your body into mine every goddamn night now I get fake niceties. No one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you and you know you hurt him too" "Honey, when I'm above the trees, I see it for what it is but now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head. After giving you the best I had, tell me what to give after that. All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness, you haven't met the new me yet and I think she'll give you that." "There'll be happiness after you but there was happiness because of you too. Both of these things can be true, there is happiness in our history, across our great divide there is a glorious sunrise, dappled with the flickers of light from the dress I wore at midnight. Leave it all behind, and there is happiness"

╰┈➤ Mingyu: Midnight rain

"My town was a wasteland, full of cages, full of fences, pageant queens and big pretenders but for some, it was paradise. My boy was a montage, a slow-motion, love potion, jumping off things in the ocean... I broke his heart 'cause he was nice," "It came like a postcard, picture perfect, shiny family, holiday, peppermint candy but for him it's every day, so I peered through a window, a deep portal, time travel, all the love we unravel and the life I gave away..." "'Cause he was sunshine, I was midnight rain, he wanted it comfortable I wanted that pain. He wanted a bride, I was making my own name, casing that fame, he stayed the same. All of me changed like midnight" "I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted, some kind of haunted and I never think of him except on midnights like this..."

╰┈➤ The 8: Now that we don't talk

"You went to a party, I heard from everybody. You part the crowd like the Red Sea don't even get me started. Did you get anxious though, on the way home? I guess I'll never, ever know. Now that we don't talk" "You grew your hair long, you got new icons and from the outside it looks like you're tryin' lives on. I miss the old ways, you didn't have to change but I guess I don't have a say. Now that we don't talk," "So I call my mom, she said to get it off my chest, remind myself the way you faded 'til I left. I cannot be your friend so I pay the price of what I lost and what it cost, now that we don't talk" "I don't have to pretend I like acid rock or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht with important men who think important thoughts, guess maybe I am better off. Now that we don't talk. And the only way back to my dignity was to turn into a shrouded mystery, just like I had been when you were chasing me, guess this is how it has to be. Now that we don't talk"

╰┈➤ Seungkwan: The last time

"Find myself at your door, just like all those times before. I'm not sure how I got there all roads, they lead me here. I imagine you are home, in your room, all alone and you open your eyes into mine and everything feels better and right before your eyes, I'm breaking. No past, no reasons why, just you and me..." "You find yourself at my door, just like all those times before, you wear your best apology but I was there to watch you leave and all the times I let you in just for you to go again. Disappear when you come back, everything is better and right before your eyes I'm aching. Run fast, nowhere to hide just you and me," "This is the last time I'm asking you this, put my name at the top of your list. This is the last time I'm asking you why you break my heart in the blink of an eye. This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong, this is the last time I say it's been you all along, this is the last time I let you in my door, this is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore..."

╰┈➤ Vernon: the 1

"I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit, been saying "yes" instead of "no"... I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though. I hit the ground running each night, I hit the Sunday matinée, you know the greatest films of all time were never made. I guess you never know, never know and if you wanted me, you really should've showed and if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow and it's alright now..." "I have this dream you're doing cool shit. Having adventures on your own, you meet some woman on the internet and take her home. We never painted by the numbers, baby but we were making it count... you know the greatest loves of all time are over now. I guess you never know, never know and it's another day waking up alone," "But we were something, don't you think so? Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool and if my wishes came true, it would've been you. In my defense, I have none for never leaving well enough alone but it would've been fun if you would've been the one"

╰┈➤ Dino: Peter

"Forgive me Peter, my lost fearless leader in closets like cedar preserved from when we were just kids. Is it something I did, the goddess of timing once found us beguiling, she said she was trying... Peter was she lying? My ribs get the feeling she did... and I didn't want to come down, I thought it was just goodbye for now" "And I won't confess that I waited but I let the lamp burn as the men masqueraded. I hoped you'd return with your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned 'cause love's never lost when perspective is earned and you said you'd come and get me but you were 25 and the shelf life of those fantasies has expired. Lost to the lost boys chapter of your life. Forgive me Peter, please know that I tried to hold onto the days when you were mine but the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light" "You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me. Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me. You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me. Words from the mouths of babes, promises, oceans deep but never to keep"

❉ ╧╧╧╧ ✿ ╧╧╧╧ ❉

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

“Swinging a sword he could barely lift” ASDFGHJKL right up there with “I don't have to be your shrink to know that you'll never be happy” and “I don't have to pretend I like acid rock, or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht with important men who think important thoughts” and “So dignified in your well-pressed suit” etc in cutting down these douchebags to size lol

[tayloralison]

i don't have to pretend i like acid rock or that i'd like to be on a mega yacht with important men who think important thoughts

[lovesickallovermybed]

NOW THAT WE DON'T TALK I DONT HAVE TO PRETEND I LIKE ACID ROCK OR THAT I'D LIKE TO BE ON A MEGA YACHT

[fabledresources]

𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗 ; a collection of prompts from taylor swift's 1989 tv! some prompts might have been slightly adjusted to work better as dialogue, but most remain unchanged!!

"𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐓!"

" being this young is art. "

" what if all i need is you? "

" got love-struck, went straight to my head. "

" got lovesick all over my bed. "

" love to think you'll never forget. "

" lovelorn and nobody knows. "

" i'll pay the price, you won't. "

" if i'm all dressed up, they might as well be looking at us. "

" if they call me a slut, you know it might be worth it for once. "

" if i'm gonna be drunk, might as well be drunk in love. "

" send the code, he's waiting there. "

" the sticks and stone they throw froze mid-air. "

" everyone wants him, that was my crime. "

" the wrong place at the right time. "

" i break down, then he's pulling me in. "

" in a world of boys, he's a gentleman. "

" you're not saying you're in love with me. "

" you're not saying you're in love with me, but you're going to. "

" it's a big mistake. "

" it might blow up in your pretty face. "

𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐆𝐎

" i've known it from the very start. "

" we're a shot in the darkest dark. "

" the waiting is a sadness. "

" i would stay forever if you say don't go. "

" why'd you have to lead me on? "

" why'd you have to twist the knife?

" walk away and leave me bleeding. "

" why'd you whisper in the dark just to leave me in the night? "

" your silence has me screaming. "

" you kiss me, and it stops time. "

" i'm yours, but you're not mine. "

" i'm trying to see the cards you won't show. "

" why'd you have to make me want you? "

" why'd you have to give me nothing back? "

" why'd you have to make me love you? "

" i said i love you, you say nothing back. "

𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊

" you went to a party, i heard from everybody. "

" you part the crowd like the red sea. "

" don't even get me started. "

" did you get anxious, though? "

" i guess i'll never, ever know. "

" you grew your hair long. "

" you got new icons. "

" from the outside, it looks like you're trying lives on. "

" i miss the old ways. "

" you didn't have to change. "

" i guess that i don't have a say now that we don't talk. "

" i call my mom, she said that it was for the best. "

" remind myself the more i gave, you'd want me less. "

" i cannot be your friend, so now i pay the price of what i lost. "

" what do you tell your friends we shared dinners, long weekends with? "

" truth is, i can't pretend it's platonic. "

" i don't have to pretend i like acid rock or that i'd like to be on a mega yacht. "

" guess maybe i am better off now that we don't talk. "

" the only way back to my dignity was to turn into a shrouded mystery. "

" guess this is how it has to be now that we don't talk. "

𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒

" you had people who called you on unmarked numbers in my peripheral vision. "

" i let it slide like a hose on a slippery plastic summer. "

" all was quickly forgiven. "

" you were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious. "

" flush with the currency of cool. "

" i was always turning' out my empty pockets. "

" i didn't come here to make friends. "

" we were born to be suburban legends. "

" when you hold me, it holds me together. "

" you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever. "

" i had the fantasy that maybe our mismatched star signs would surprise the whole school. "

" you'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries with the pages ripped out. "

" i know that you still remember. "

" we were born to be national treasures. "

" you told me we'd get back together. "

" i broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it. "

" you don't knock anymore and my whole life's ruined. "

𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐖?

" i slept all alone. "

" you still wouldn’t go. "

" i see your profile and your smile on unsuspecting waiters. "

" you dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor. "

" you search in every maiden's bed for something greater. "

" was it over when she laid down on your couch? "

" was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse? "

" was it over then? and is it over now? "

" your new girl is my clone. "

" and did you think i didn't see you? "

" at least i had the decency to keep my nights out of sight. "

" only rumors about my hips and thighs and my whispered sighs. "

" i think about jumping off of very tall somethings just to see you come running. "

" say the one thing i've been wanting. "

" if she’s got blue eyes i will surmise that you’ll probably date her. "

" you search in every model’s bed for something greater. "

[lucreziaces]

ceslu writing prompt that i need someone to fill (i'd do it myself but am not creative enough to come up with why they're famous around the world in a modern au or what roles they have within the family that feel close enough to their roles in the show) basically they're mega-famous for some reason or another and rodrigo has some crazy important week of dinner parties and/or charity galas or whatever coming up that there can be absolutely no scandal at and right before this week of chaos begins juan, micheletto, cesare, lucrezia, and giulia are on a yacht playing truth or dare (maybe a version that involves stripping since they're all young adults/adults?? idk your pick I guess), and it's juan turn to ask cesare who naturally picked dare and juan dares cesare to fake date their sister and see if their father notices "because the two of you may as well be dating, anyway" and it turns into a bet between everyone there with cesare and lucrezia being like "idk why you think this'll work, juan? we're just spanish lol" so then ceslu has to fake date the week of this family mandatory stuff in front of very important people that could cost their family everything and they get caught (by whomever you feel like)

[thelasttime]

"your organic shoes and your million dollar couch" -> "i don't have to pretend to like acid rock or that i'd like to be on a mega yacht"

she loves a pretentious fake deep man

matty healy

[disco-elysium-via-polls]

2. "Thanks, I'll pass. I'd just go wild."

CALL ME MAÑANA - "And then we might go wild together, which sounds fun. But I guess I have a strike to watch."

"So, anything else you wanted to discuss, boiadeiro?"

5. "Good talking to you. Gotta run." [Leave.]

BOIADEIRO

Research time: 6h 30m Temporary research bonus: -1 Physical Instrument: Astra country

It has been brought to your attention that there are men who live by the law of the land and the strength of their arms. Sunburnt, rugged, smoking men who explored the great rivery veins of upper-Magritte and tamed the Mundi wilds. Frontiersmen, cow-herders, philosophers -- the *boiadeiros*... with a gun in one hand and an unfiltered cigarette between their lips, these men made their own rules. What would it take for you to become one too?

🎵 Martinaise, Terminal B

CARGO CONTAINER DOOR - You're back before the cargo container. Its draw has not lessened since you were last here. If anything, it seems to have grown slightly.

3. [Rhetoric - Impossible 18] Persuade the door to open.

+1 Erratic, yet thorough. +1 Been in the world for two days. +1 Been in this world for many days. +1 Precarious world. +1 One more door. +1 Icosahedral Dice Set "Sirens"

RHETORIC [Impossible: Success] - Despite the dirt that surrounds and trails you, a beacon of light emerges from deep within you.

"Hello, is there anybody in there?"

CARGO CONTAINER DOOR - The door stands silent.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Satisfied, detective?" A wry smile crosses the lieutenant's face.

RHETORIC - Try again.

"If there's someone in there, I'd like to talk to you."

CARGO CONTAINER DOOR - Just like that, you hear a click. Then a rattle. Some mechanism unlocks itself inside the door.

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - From deep within the container, a voice: "Ahoy! Come on in!"

+5 XP

KIM KITSURAGI - The smile disappears. "You can't be serious."

As we approach the centre of the container.... the amount of real we have increases?

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - The man stands at the far end of the shipping container. It's hard to say anything more about him. You cannot make out any of his details, but you do feel the overwhelming presence of... capital.

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT [Trivial: Success] - The feeling causes all the hairs on your body to stand at attention like soldiers preparing for review.

Squint.

Cover your eyes…

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - Something's amiss. The light beams bend around his face and scatter in a thousand directions. It seems the laws of physics do not apply here. They are suspended, distorted, an echo.

VISUAL CALCULUS [Impossible: Failure] - Trying to visualize the physics at play is liable to give you an aneurysm. Don't think about it too hard!

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - In the general stillness, only your tongue moves, flickering as you utter...

"Hello!"

"What's going on in here?"

"Wow."

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - "Welcome, welcome! Not too much, actually, just pleasantly surprised to have company today."

PERCEPTION (HEARING) [Trivial: Success] - You can't *hear* him, exactly, yet you're able to understand every word he says. It is very strange. An overwhelming hum covers everything -- voice doesn't escape from him.

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - "Now." He claps his hands together. "What can I do for you gentlemen?" What you can see of his body appears composed. In a sharp summer suit. And yacht shoes.

"Who are you?"

"We should get back to our investigation. Thanks for your time." [Leave.]

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - "Who *am* I? Oh, I haven't been asked that question for such a long time." There's genuine surprise in his voice. "I don't meet a lot of people outside my circle these days..."

"Anyhow, my name is Roustame Diodore -- investor, licence holder, and extremely high-net-worth individual. And you are?"

+5 XP

KIM KITSURAGI - "Mr. Diodore, I am Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi of the RCM, and this is my partner..."

"Harrier Du Bois."

"The name's Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau. Most likely."

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - "Pleasure to meet you, Harrier Du Bois," he says warmly. "I must admit, the name suits you very well."

"Who are you?"

"How did you become so rich?"

"What are you doing in this container?"

"You're a rich investor, right? Can I have some money?"

"We should get back to our investigation. Thanks for your time." [Leave.]

KIM KITSURAGI - "Oh, lord, not this again."

"What's the matter, Kim?"

Ignore him.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Oh, nothing. It's just that we've got this *murder* to solve, and yet you go around asking everyone about *money*. And every time I ask, 'Are you sure this is related to the case?', you say, 'Sure, Kim. I think it is'..."

"And yet it never seems to get us any closer to solving the case."

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - The man chuckles. "It's quite alright. I'm used to the question by now. To be blunt, I inherited my fortune from my grandmother, who, herself, was an extremely high-net-worth individual back in Graad..."

"All I did was take her fortune and invest it prudently. Believe it or not, it takes more than a bit of skill not to blow a vast fortune on sailing boats, bad choices, and *unsupervised* state policy."

ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Medium: Success] - And blow.

"What's it like being an extremely high-net-worth individual?"

"Cool. But I want to ask you about something else."

MEGA RICH LIGHT-BENDING GUY - The man exhales with a whistle. "I gotta tell you, at first, being rich is a lot of work. You've got to work hard because everything's so darn expensive. You know, prices increase exponentially at this income level..."

"But then, once you've reached my position, it's nearly impossible for me *not* to make money. My assets are so diversified that I'm bound to come out ahead no matter what..."

"Some of my lower-net-worth friends say to me, 'But doesn't that take all the fun out of it?' and I tell them, 'Not really.'"

[meganmc2369]

Wait, THE MAN, was an Easter egg for Now That We Don't Talk!?!?

"Or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht

With important men who think important thoughts"

[stuckonstarker]

The way that Now That We Don't Talk is so starker coded actually!!!!

I don't have to pretend I like acid rock

Or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht

With important men who think important thoughts

That's soooo Peter being petty after a breakup coded im losing my mind

[munchmemes]

taylor swift lyrics, 1989 from the vault edition

❛  what if all i need is you?  ❜ ❛ got love-struck, it went straight to my head. ❜ ❛ i'm lovelorn and nobody knows. ❜ ❛ i'll pay the price, you won't. ❜ ❛ but if i'm all dressed up, they might as well be looking at us. and if they call me a slut, you know it might be worth it for once. ❜ ❛ if i'm gonna be drunk i might as well be drunk in love. ❜ ❛ that was my crime, the wrong place at the right time. ❜ ❛ in a world of boys, he's a gentleman. ❜ ❛ you're not saying you're in love with me but you're going to. ❜ ❛ it's a big mistake. it might blow up in your pretty face. ❜ ❛ i'm not saying 'do it anyway' but you're going to. ❜ ❛ the waiting is a sadness fading into madness. ❜ ❛ i'm holding out hope for you to say 'don't go'. ❜ ❛ why'd you have to lead me on? ❜ ❛ why'd you have to twist the knife? walk away and leave me bleeding. ❜ ❛ your silence has me screaming. ❜ ❛ it's not fair 'cause you kiss me and it stops time. ❜ ❛ i'm yours but you're not mine. ❜ ❛ i'm about to fold unless you say 'don't go'. ❜ ❛ why'd you have to make me want you? ❜ ❛ why'd you have to give me nothing back? ❜ ❛ why'd you have to make me love you? ❜ ❛ i said, 'i love you', you said nothing back. ❜ ❛ i guess i'll never know, now that we don't talk. ❜ ❛ i miss the old ways, you didn't have to change. ❜ ❛ i remind myself, the more i gave, you'd want me less. ❜ ❛ i cannot be your friend so i pay the price of what i lost. ❜ ❛ truth is, i can't pretend it's platonic. ❜ ❛ now that we don't talk, i don't have to pretend i like acid rock or that i'd like to be on a mega-yacht. ❜ ❛ guess maybe i am better off now that we don't talk. ❜ ❛ you had people who called you on unmarked numbers. i let it slide like a hose on a slippery plastic summer, all was quickly forgiven. ❜ ❛ you were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious. ❜ ❛ i didn't come here to make friends. ❜ ❛ when you hold me, it holds me together. ❜ ❛ when you told me we'd get back together and you kissed me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever. ❜ ❛ i broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it. ❜ ❛ you dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor. ❜ ❛ you search in every girl's/guy's bed for something greater. ❜ ❛ was it over when she laid down on your couch? is it over now? ❜ ❛ was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse? is it over now? ❜ ❛ your new girl/guy/fling is my clone. ❜ ❛ did you think i didn't see you? there were flashing lights. ❜ ❛ at least i had the decency to keep my nights out of sight. ❜ ❛ i think about jumping off of very tall somethings just to see you come running. ❜ ❛ if they've got blue eyes, i will surmise that you'll probably date them. ❜ ❛ i was hoping you'd be there and say the one thing i've been wanting but no. ❜

[jessource]

1989 (VAULT TRACK) SENTENCE STARTERS.

Slut!

flamingo pink.

sunrise boulevard.

clink, clink.

being this young is art.

moonlit swimming pool.

what if all i need is you?

got lovestruck, went straight to my head.

got lovesick all over my bed.

love to think you'll never forget handprints in wet cement.

lovelorn and nobody knows.

love thorns all over this rose.

i'll pay the price, you won't.

if i'm all dressed up, they might as well be looking at us.

and if they call me a slut, you know it might be worth it for once.

if i'm gonna be drunk, i might as well be drunk in love.

send the code.

he's waiting there.

the sticks and stones they throw froze mid-air.

everyone wants him, that was my crime.

the wrong place at the right time.

i break down, then he's pulling me in.

in a world of boys, he's a gentleman.

love to think you'll never forget.

we'll pay the price, i guess.

they might as well be looking at us.

half asleep.

taking your time.

in the tangerine, neon light, this is luxury.

you're not saying you're not in love with me.

but you're going to.

taking your chances.

it's a big mistake.

it might blow up in your pretty face.

do it anyway.

Say Don't Go.

i've known it from the very start.

we're a shot in the darkest dark.

oh no, oh no.

i'm unarmed.

the waiting is a sadness.

fading into madness.

it won't stop.

i'm standing on a tightrope, alone.

i hold my breath a little bit longer.

halfway out the door, but it won't close.

i'm holding out hope for you to say, 'don't go'.

i would stay forever if you say, 'don't go'.

why'd you have to lead me on?

why'd you have to twist the knife?

walk away and leave me bleeding.

why'd you whisper in the dark, just to leave me in the night?

now your silence has me screaming.

don't go.

now i'm pacing on shaky ground.

strike a match.

it's not fair.

you kiss me and it stops time.

i'm yours, but you're not mine.

you're not there.

i'm standing on the sidewalk, alone.

i wait for you to drive by.

i was trying to see the cards that you won't show.

i'm about to fold unless you say, 'don't go'.

why'd you have to make me want you?

why'd you have to give me nothing back?

i said, 'i love you', you say nothing back.

i want you more.

i would stay forever if you say, 'don't go', but you won't.

Now That We Don't Talk.

you went to a party, i heard from everybody.

don't even get me started.

did you get anxious though, on the way home?

i guess i'll never, ever know now that we don't talk.

you grew your hair long.

you get new icons.

and from the outside it looks like you're trying lives on.

i miss the old ways.

you didn't have to change.

i guess i don't have a say.

i called my mom, she said that it was for the best.

the more i gave, you'd want me less.

i cannot be your friend.

i pay the price of what i lost, and what it cost.

what do you tell your friends?

we shared dinners, long weekends.

truth is, i can't pretend it's platonic.

it's just ended.

i called my mom, she said to get it off my chest.

remind myself the way you faded till i left.

i cannot be your friend, so i pay the price of what i lost.

i don't have to pretend i like acid rock.

i'd like to be on a mega yacht.

important men who think important thoughts.

guess maybe i am better of now that we don't talk.

the only way back to my dignity was to turn into a shrouded mystery.

just like i had been when you were chasing me.

guess this is how it has to be.

Suburban Legends.

you had people who called you on unmarked numbers.

i let it slide.

all was quickly forgiven.

you were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious.

i was always turning out my empty pockets.

i didn't come here to make friends.

we were born to be suburban legends.

when you hold me, it holds me together.

you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever.

i had the fantasy that maybe our mismatched star signs would surprise the whole school.

i ended up back at our class reunion.

you'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries.

i am standing in a 1950s gymnasium.

i can still see you now.

i know that you still remember.

we were born to be national treasures.

you told me we'd get back together.

tick-tock on the clock.

i pace down your block.

i broke my own heart, 'cause you were too polite to do it.

waves crash on the shore.

you don't knock anymore.

my whole life's ruined.

i always knew it.

my life had been ruined.

Is It Over Now?

i slept all alone.

you still wouldn't go.

let's fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later.

i see your profile and your smile.

you dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor.

you search in every maiden's bed for something else.

baby, was it over when she laid down on your couch?

was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?

come here.

baby, was it over then?

and is it over now?

when you lost control.

red blood, white snow.

blue dress on a boat.

your new girl is my clone.

did you think i didn't see you?

there were flashing lights.

at least i had the decency to keep my nights out of sight.

only rumors about my hips and thighs.

oh lord.

i think about jumping off of very tall somethings.

but no!

let's fast forward to 300 awkward blind dates later.

if she's got blue eyes, i will surmise that you'll probably date her.

you search in every model's bed for something greater.

was it over then? and is it over now?

i think about jumping off of very tall somethings just to see you come running and say the one thing i've been wanting.

i was hoping you'd be there.