#Song I'm listening to is called The Revelation and it's not bad imo

[the-punforgiven]

man Zornheym is one of the metal bands I've ever listened to

One of the metal bands I've ever heard tbh

When I listen to them I think "Yep this is a metal band alright" when I look at their lyrics I go "Yeahp that sure is a metal band"

Those are some metal band lyrics right there, yeap

[taylortruther]

See I get those interpretations but I don’t think *she* sees it that way at all lmao. Shining for someone is an intrinsic part of her nature. She loves impressing people, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing necessarily. What she doesn’t love is that, when the party is over, she’s still shattered and hanging there in the dark; her pain is short-term entertainment for people who don’t actually care for her, and once they stop watching, she’s still hurting (as she explained during her long pond session). Meanwhile, her lover sees her for who she is; he never takes his eyes off of her, for he isn’t like the drunk masquerade revelers who aren’t actually paying attention. Now that the circus has been called off, her shows have been canceled, and the world is in a pandemic, she still has one person to shine for/play songs to or with. The rodeo clowns might be gone, but she still has someone left who will appreciate her as she hangs onto her lifeline, which is her artistry. So long story short, the song is about him being her primary support system during the pandemic (after all, she said she would’ve become ‘completely listless’ if she hadn’t started writing songs, and though she didn’t yet know that people were going to hear them and enjoy an alternative album from her, she still had someone). So like… it’s sad in the way the lakes is, which means it’s sad to the average listener but extremely romantic and tender to her imo

it's true - it's part of who she is! well-said bestie, thank you for sharing. i guess as fans we want taylor to give us songs that say "i'm so in love and so happy and life has never been better!" but that's not realistic because taylor has been through a lot, relationships go through ups and downs, plus taylor is kind of fatalistic about her own happiness. plus, something to be said about how she said in miss americana that people who go into her line of work NEED validation.