#THEY TOLD MEBOTH OF THEM

[moonlight-prince]

want moon knight friends…….

[seeminglyranchmetaphor]

Phil as 1989 (Taylor's Version)

so this is my very long analisys and comparison, but mostly it's just putting all the stuff about the 1989 album in one place. this series was inspired by this post, and this one was the trickiest one for me, because, like i mention later on here, 1989 was always exactly about the things taylor actually wrote about, it's been already ten years since we've had this album and in those ten years i was always picturing scenes from taylor's life so clearly that i thought this one would be hard, but it was actually very fun, and very easy to back this up because as soon as the thought is in your head there's no going back - it's so obvious that this is phil's mind through and through

the prologues:

original 1989 prologue

"I've told you my stories for years now. Some have been about coming of age. Some have been about coming undone. This is a story about coming into your own, and as a result... coming alive." - like he is so uniquely himself, aliveand vibrant, this somehow fits him so well, also he has been telling his stories for so long <3 "I hope you know that you've given me the courage to change. I hope you know that who you are is who you choose to be, and that whispers behind your back don't define you. You are the only person who gets to decide what you will be remembered for." - i can't give a single explanaiton why i chose this quote but you and meboth can imagine him saying this

1989 tv prologue

"The sense of freedom I felt when traveling to big bustling cities? I wanted to live in one." "You[the audience], who followed my zig zag creative choices and cheered on my risks and experiments. [...] You, who saw the seeds of allyship and advocating for equality"

and i really have to use jack's words because they justified this perfectly in the original post (that's haunting me for weeks, thank you very much) - "phil's unbothered princess nature reads so 1989 to me though like he is the it girl"

yes!! he is *the it girl*, and also yes taylor realy changed her entire life on purpose just to get to the unbothered princess state she's portraying in 1989!!! (but phil has naturally reached that hehe)

also what really gets me is how much she experimented here creatively, and how much she actually changed the entire pop music with this, and like... it reminds me so much of phil's early work with his creative explorations so this is comparison on another level

and i do think that the sound of the album matters more in this case than with midnights, first of all - the entire point of it is that it's inspired by the sound of the decade taylor was born in - the 80s, and do i have to mention a certain someone who was also born in the 80s??, second of all - in a weird way this sound really suits his persona (and now that he's blond even more so)

now onto lyrics, which i admit was a bit more difficult because i had this album for so long and i already had many other stories interwoven with these songs, plus there's too much talk about breakups and that's not really relevant. and while on midnights the meaning of lyrics was the key to understanding it, this one is less literal, and i'm looking more into the artistic ways of putting the vibes together to send the message (if that makes sense).

1 . welcome to new york

When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors/ Took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer/ Everybody here was someone else before/ And you can want who you want/ Boys and boys and girls and girls

The lights are so bright, but they never blind me

Like any great love, it keeps you guessing/ Like any real love, it's ever-changing/ Like any true love, it drives you crazy/ But you know you wouldn't change anything

2. blank space

listen, he just is that girl, i don't know what more do you need

no i don't think he's a nightmare dressed like a daydream, going around dating boys and ruining their lives or whatever tabloids were saying about taylor at the time that inspired this song, but he has that something about him, like, respectfully he so could be doing all of that and make it seem cool, just like the song does (the song's not about him, he is the song??)

Nice to meet you, where you been? I could show you incredible things Magic, madness, heaven, sin Saw you there and I thought "Oh, my God, look at that face You look like my next mistake Love's a game, wanna play?"

and everyone would say "yes please"

Ain't it funny? Rumors fly/ And I know you heard about me (of course)

I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

'Cause you know I love the players and you love the game (maybe too niche but this line also in a way that she sings it on the eras when travis is there!!! just not a football game but a video game ofc)

'Cause we're young and we're reckless we'll take this way too far/ It'll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar

Cherry lips, crystal skies/ I could show you incredible things

But you'll come back each time you leave/ 'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream (i just said he isn't but he is a little bit)

3. style

the whole idea of never going out of style (without the part of the songs where they sleep with other people...) - you get it! because they will never go out of style

I should just tell you to leave 'cause I know exactly where it leads, but I watch us go 'round and 'round each time

And when we go crashin' down, we come back every time 'cause we nеver go out of style

4. out of the woods

Looking at it now it all seems so simple/ We were lying on your couch/ I remember you took a Polaroid of us/ Then discovered the rest of the world was black and white, but we were in screaming color (this one makes me go insane)

Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet, in the clear yet? (controversial but think about this not in the way of an anxiety inducing relationship, but him asking himself if they can finally be comfortable together in public, or like are we out of the woods, are we in the clear yet? is it safe to come out finally????)

When you started crying, baby, I did too/ But when the sun came up, I was lookin' at you

5. shake it off - the phil song

i don't even know where to begin with this because no words are needed - just listen to it - it is phil

like anyone could say whatever they want, he will keep cruising, and he does in fact got some music in his mind playing all the time, and he makes the moves up as he goes and he just. doesn't. care. do you know whos winning the idgaf war - this song, and so is phil lester, because they are the one same entity, i rest my case.

now go listen to the song to make you feel better i'm not providing lyrics this needs to be experienced through listening always, no exceptions

*** i wish you would has nothing to do with anything we're talking about here but these "We're a crooked love in a straight line down/ Makes you want to run and hide/ Then it makes you turn right back around" together with "This mad, mad love makes you come runnin' To stand back where you stood" are the way i could see loving phil in the beginning would be like, i don't know what that means, but i had to mention it

6. wildest dreams

(and like always i'm ignoring the real meaning of this song and picking it apart because some of these lyrics are way too insane not to mention them, so forget that this is about imagining the inevitable end of a relationship as soon as it started)

He said, "Let's get out of this town, drive out of the city, away from the crowds"/ I thought, "Heaven can't help me now"

He's so tall and handsome as hell/ He's so bad, but he does it so well (oops)

Red lips and rosy cheeks/ Say you'll see me again, even if it's just in your wildest dreams (idk but it feels like it belongs here, definitely not because of the first five words...)

I said, "No one has to know what wе do"/ His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room/ And his voicе is a familiar sound/ Nothin' lasts forever/ But this is gettin' good now (why does this reads as something so comforting instead of paranoid as soon as phil is involved)

*** all jokes aside(even though the title makes it very funny), should i add "how you get the girl" ??? because why is this phil in all his giving relationship advice videos????

7. this love

Clear blue water/ High tide came and brought you in/ And I could go on and on, on and on, and I will (also this in relation to dan's mastermind!! like: tide came and brought you in | none of it was accidental,, i'm a mastermind)

Tossing, turning/ Struggled through the night with someone new/ Baby, I could go on and on, on and on/ Lantern, burning/ Flickered in my mind for only you

In losin' grip, on sinking ships/ You showed up just in time

This love left a permanent mark/This love is glowing in the dark/ These hands had to let it go free and this love came back to me

When you're young, you just run but you come back to what you need

8. i know places

(i feel like this is another one that's up there! for how relatable it is to phil)

You stand with your hand on my waistline/ It's a scene and we're out here in plain sight/ I can hear them whisper as we pass by - It's a bad sign

Somethin' happens when everybody finds out/ See the vultures circlin', dark clouds (you can't convince me this wasn't one of their constant fears)

Baby, I know places we won't be found/ And they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down/ 'Cause I, I know places we can hide (i'm sure he does)

Lights flash and we'll run for the fences/ Let them say what they want, we won't hear it

Loose lips sink ships all the damn time, not this time (!!!!!!! they won't let that happen)

Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it, my love/ They are the hunters, we are the foxes and we run

They take their shots, but we're bulletproof (I know places)

*** now, it's not a coincidence that on a phil album™ there's a "When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst" line, to justify clean being on there even though it's not otherwise phil-related

9. wonderlan

(this is from a 2009 phil's perspective, how they found each other and for a short time it was perfect until they started being more known to a general public)

You held on tight to me/ ’Cause nothing's as it seems/ And spinning out of control

Didn't it all seem new and excitin'?/ I felt your arms twistin' around me/ I should have slept with one eye open at night (should've been more careful about what they're posting for everyone to see...)

We found Wonderland, you and I got lost in it/ And we pretended it could last forever/ We found Wonderland, you and I got lost in it/ And life was never worse, but nevеr better

So, we went on our way/ Too in love to think straight (definitely)

All alone or so it seemed/ But there were strangers watchin'/ And whispers turned to talkin'/ And talking turned to screams

It’s all fun and games 'til somebody loses their mind (don't think about this for too long, it's a bit too painful)

10. you are in love

(aka the song that makes any dnp playlist of mine complete, this is the song)

One look, dark room, meant just for you/ Time moved too fast, you play it back/ Buttons on a coat, lighthearted joke/ No proof, not much, but you saw enough

He says, "Look up" and your shoulders brush/ No proof, one touch, but you felt enough

You can hear it in the silence/ You can feel it on the way home/ You can see it with the lights out/ You are in love, true love, you are in lovе

You keep his shirt, he keeps his word/ And for once, you lеt go of your fears and your ghosts

One night, he wakes, strange look on his face/ Pauses, then says, "You're my best friend"/ And you knew what it was, he is in love (i cannot scream about this enough)

And so it goes - you two are dancing in a snow globe 'round and 'round

And you understand now/ Why they lost their minds and fought the wars/ And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words (this last part might give off dan more because he's really been trying to put it into words in the weirdest ways for his whole life, but that's not the point)

11. new romantics

(this one always somehow reminds me of phil's way of thinking and seeing the world, in an abstract way??also this one is anoter one that so easily reads as unbothered princess mindset)

We're all bored, we're all so tired of everything/ We wait for trains that just aren't comin'/ We show off our different scarlet letters

We're so young, but we're on the road to ruin

We play dumb, but we know exactly what we're doin'

And evеry day is like a battle, but evеry night with us is like a dream/ Baby, we're the new romantics, come on, come along with me(he should be luring us in to watch his videos with this, it's so on point)

We are too busy dancin' to get knocked off our feet (philip "shake it off" micheal lester)

The best people in life are free (he's talking about himself<3)

The rumors are terrible and cruel/ But, honey, most of them are true (the man who asked for conspiracies and only got real life events as replies)

//and now the vault tracks// (that are almost a whole another album in my head)

12. "slut!"

(okay i don't think this is that phil coded but i'll mention some lyrics, but also this is just another side of the blank space, so it's fitting)

Adorned with smoke on my clothes/ Lovelorn and nobody knows/ Love thorns all over this rose

But if I’m all dressed up/ They might as well be lookin' at us/ [...] You know it might be worth it for once

Send the code, he's waitin' there/ The sticks and stones they throw froze mid-air

Everyone wants him, that was my crime

Got love-struck, went straight to my head / Got lovesick all over my bed/ Love to think you’ll never forget/ We’ll pay the price, I guess

Half asleep, Takin’ your time in the tangerine neon light, this is luxury/ You're not sayin' you're in love with me but you're goin' to/ Half awake, Takin' your chance, it's a big mistake - I said, "It might blow up in your pretty face"/ I'm not sayin', "Do it anyway"/ But you're going to (can you imagine this scene happening in like 2010???)

13. say don't go

(i already said this in the tags but this is phil's hiatus song, waiting for dan to decide to bring dnpg back, trust me, even though he was the nicest person ever about it <3)

The waiting is a sadness, fading into madness

I’m standin' on a tightrope alone/ I hold my breath a little bit longer/ Halfway out the door, but it won't close/ I'm holdin' out hope for you to say "Don't go"

I would stay forever if you say "Don't go" (he would!!!!)

Oh no, you're not there

I'm tryna see the cards that you won't show (=observing him to see if there would be a moment to ask him if he wants to come back)

*** suburban legends, again - not about him, but: "And when it came to you- I didn't come here to make friends, we were born to be suburban legends"??? and "When you hold me, it holds me together, And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever" (but that one is just insane on it's own, when i'm not even thinking about these two)

so this one is the second in the collection, here's the post with the other two