#You Could Start a Cult

[apureniallsource]

Niall performing You Could Start A Cult with a fan in Aberdeen - 08/31

[heartbreakire]

coming to the conclusion that you could start a cult by niall horan is the ultimate percy jackson + annabeth chase song 🥲⚡️

[niallsaturn]

NIALL PLAYING THE HARMONICA DURING YOU COULD START A CULT 🫀🎶

[placeinsideyou]

was talking to my sister the other day about niall’s music and we started talking about how deeply he gives his mental and physical to the object of his affections and so obviously i brought up ‘cross your mind’ and ‘you could start a cult’ to explain this but it got me thinking about how those two songs alone exist within the same theme but are complete opposites!

‘cross your mind’ opens with “it’s your world i wanna live in, its your ocean i wanna swim in / it’s your show and i’m just watching, losing you is not an option” and the first two lines are so similar to YCSAC because he is essentially conveying the same idea that he would join a cult for them, but bam! the next two lines follow and the bubble is burst for the listener and we go from being on the journey of his romance to an omniscient presence. “losing you is not an option” automatically indicates that this relationship is toxic, and of course the rest of the song just doubles down on the pain he’s taking on “tell me that you love me, but I know you're out there running wild / give me all the pain, give me everything, don't hold back, don't hold back” but at the same time niall in the song doesn’t even recognize or care that it’s toxic, because he’s willing to do anything for them. it’s such a manic story against an upbeat production and non-indicative title

WHEREAS!!!! ‘you could start a cult’ is a TITLE! you already know it’s going to be about some crazy shit!! but it’s not🥺 it’s the sweetest love song, that despite is of course putting his partner on a pedestal, so much of it is about reciprocation! “to wake up by your side is all i wanna do / oh, i'll follow you 'til there's no tomorrow, i'll follow you 'til there's no tomorrow” there is that to-the-bone devotion in it, but in CYM, niall is eagerly taking on the pain without anyone committing to him, whereas in YCSSC, niall is singing about committing to one person until the end of time and the world is swallowed by the sun because there is no pain with them… AND I THINK THAT’S BEAUTIFUL!!!

[locklylemybeloved]

hey babe dont cry. 1989tv the good witch deluxe AND you could start a cult featuring lizzy mcalpine !!!!! ok ???

[oldhollywoodniall]

always thinking about when the independent compared how niall horan wrote about women versus other male artists

[uhoh-but-yeah-alright]

Y'all the end is v cute

[highladyofterrasen7]

Something about Niall Horan singing in French scratches my brain

[perryjohnsonfanclub]

Harmonica on You Could Start A Cult was not on my bingo card

[liberty-barnes]

i'll follow you til there's no tomorrow by liberty_barnes/@liberty-barnes (G, 12.2k words)

Written for @theshowficfest inspired by the song You Could Start A Cult

“Do you know if you want to keep her or surrender her to the shelter?”

Well. Did he?

He wasn’t equipped to take care of a dog. He could barely take care of himself and since his… fatigue started, he didn’t want to. It would be better to surrender her. Give her a chance to be taken in by a loving family who would love her like she deserves.

One look into her golden brown eyes was all it took for him to throw caution to the wind.

“What do I need to do to keep her?”

[or, the story of how a stray puppy saved Niall's life.]

Read on AO3

(Don't forget to check out the other fics in this fest!)

[apureniallsource]

Niall performing You Could Start A Cult with a fan he brought up on stage in Aberdeen - 08/31

[heartbreakire]

“You Could Start A Cult” - Niall Horan / “This Is How You Lose the Time War” - Amal El-Mohtar / “A History of My Brief Body” - Belcourt / “For My Lover” - Tracy Chapman / “Wouldn’t Come Back” - Trousdale

[niallsdaya]

i need that niall horan fucking asylum level of being in love right NOW!

[youcouldstartacult]

niall literally giggling and blushing while talking about you could start a cult IM GONNA LOSE MY MIND

[miss-mouse99]

LISTEN that piano at the end of You Could Start a Cult changed my life

[mons-mensae]

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