#best years

[thylacines-toybox]

Knit plesiosaur plush by Best Years, bought from a little fairtrade gift shop in Paisley in January 2024. I got the bead necklace for it there too.

[shay]

July 1 2023

My @hughhowey ❤️

Our love, as timeless as the universe and as thrilling as the dawn of a new day, is the melody that dances in my heart as we celebrate our first year together. Celebrating one year with you is an honour. The magic you have brought into my life has been a ceaseless wonder. This year, our love story has painted a canvas, a vibrant tableau brimming with love, respect, and unparalleled companionship. Each stroke, bold or delicate, tells a tale of the strength we have nurtured together. Our love story is not just written in the constellations, but also in the cosmos we create, right here on earth. Our time together is both precious and perfect. Not perfect in the sense of being without flaws, but perfect in its authentic, raw, and beautiful connection. It's a harmony that carries us through life, a force that empowers us to face any melody, be it melancholy or joyous, with courage and grace.You have my heart, Hugh. You have my soul. And as we journey together, creating life experiences that will echo for lifetimes to come, I want you to remember that I love you with all my might and without fear. I hold on to the belief that every experience we share, every memory we create, is a priceless thread in the tapestry of our shared destiny. Here’s to us, my love, to our first year together and to the countless more to come. Let's continue creating our magic, let's keep singing our harmonious tune, and may our love continue to spiral upwards, unfettered, towards the cosmos, forever and a day.

Your person, Shay

[dumblr]

I miss my life before 2019.

[edge-oftheworld]

the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to capture orchestrally is the best years bridge. seems almost like karma to classical musicians—brass and woodwinds and strings can capture any kind of synth, vocals and most percussion (and we have actual percussion when we can’t) but it’s simply impossible with any other instrument to capture the likeness of a jangly guitar

[ilostyou]

dash cleanse! you’re welcome

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Renee Rapp Edits ✤ Casey Boone x Jess Mariano

Everything To Everyone ✤ In The Kitchen: Strangers to lovers to enemies

Tag List: @airwolf92 – want to be added?

[visceral--feeling]

Roses - Pierre-Auguste Renoir // Best Years - 5 Seconds of Summer

[livetoseeparadise]

I miss being on tumblr

[bluedragonflydream]

I hate being an adult. I want to go back to my childhood, running through fields, pretending to be elves in the forests and never grow up.

[tmhdaylight]

i really hope they don’t take best years off the set list next tour

i will do anything i have to to be at the 5sos5 tour and i need to hear best years live at least once in my life

[edge-oftheworld]

the one singular thing that annoys me about the calm release cycle is how hard they tried to market best years as a happy love song. like it’s cute and lovely don’t get me wrong ‘I wanna hold your hand while we’re growing up’ but like. for all that malum were talking about playing it at mystal wedding and for all that ashton said he left the room bc it was too happy a song for him to write—the narrator in the song has the most desolate view of themselves so it almost feels like begging, like ‘if you love me I might love myself’ ‘I’ve been completely bad in this relationship and you’ve been so good but today I think I have it in me to change so I’m gonna promise you that’ like I’m sorry this is NOT a happy song

[liquidstar]

If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

[ilostyou]

thinking about this video always

[dontyoufinditstrange]

CALM Lyrics That Alter My Brain Chemistry

Red Desert

"i'd dive deeper for you" "what a blessing to feel your love" "won't you leave all your fears at the edge of the world?" "it doesn't take too long to heal and replace" "you're the only one i'd do this for"

No Shame

"love is fatal, won't you give it a chance?" "go on and light me like a cigarette even if it might be something you regret" "you got me now" "i love the way you're screaming my name" "you'll always be forgiven" "go on replace me" "when you're craving something sweeter than the words that i left in your mouth" "go on and spit me out"

Old Me

"had to fuck it up before i really got to know me" "and they wondered how long i could keep it up while i wondered if i'd ever get enough" "and i did some shit i never should've done, i would do it over now" "shout out to the old me and everything you showed me" "another round here we go, going in blow for blow" "look into the mirror, take the punches that i throw" "i'm constantly reminded of all the compromises by the people from my past who have a hard time letting go"

Easier

"i love you so much that i hate you" "i know that i'm never ever gonna change and you know you're always gonna stay the same" "you know we need it like the air we breathe" "the hardest part of all is that we're only built to fall"

Teeth

"some days you're the only thing i know" "sometimes you're a stranger in my bed" "don't know if you love me or you want me dead" "every little lie gives me butterflies" "something in the way you're looking through my eyes, don't know if i'm gonna make it out alive" "you're looking at me like you don't know who i am"

Wildflower

"i heart you calling out my name, i love the sound, i love the taste" "and i can see it in your face, you've got a side you can't explain" "i wanna hold you" " a fatal love song"

Best Years

"i wasted so much time on people that reminded me of you" "i'll build a house out of the mess and all the broken pieces" "i wanna hold your hand while we're growing up" "past love burned out like a cigarette"

Not In The Same Way

"i love you, you love me, but not in the same way" "rip my heart out and leave, on the floor watch me bleed" "you won't let me let go" "i can't forget you" "baby, i'm sick of sadness and you're sick of xanax" "i know you think i'm bulletproof but you know how to hurt me too" "leave your mark with every bite then everything's alright" "i don't know if i love you, don't know if i hate you"

Lover Of Mine

"kaleidoscope mind gets in the way" "lose me in the sight of you" "take all of me deep to where your secrets hide" "if my name never fell off your lips again, i know it'd be such a shame" "when i take a look at my life and all of my crimes, you're the only thing that i think i got right" "i watched the world fall from your eyes" "all my regrets and things you can't forget, light them all up, kiss them goodbye"

Thin White Lies

"i don't feel your love" "watch me as i disappear" "killin me slow with the words you wrote, the hearts you broke" "just one more taste of you my love" "you got me by the mouth" "she says she loves me, she don't show it" "i don't think i like me anymore, can someone tell me who i was before?"

Lonely Heart

"if you can't find another reason to stay then i know i'm gonna always have a lonely heart" "can i have a second chance?" "when i wake up in a haze and i haven't slept in days, you're a thousand miles away" "lonely, it ain't nothing new"

High

"i hope you think of me high, i hope you think of me highly" "i think that my heart was built to last more than a night" "i need to stop letting me down"

Kill My Time

"stained hearts trying to find a home" "you're the only one who makes me feel alive" "i can't keep drowning in the shadows" "dancing in the dark til the sun comes" "want you all to myself" "we can leave it all tonight"

[visceral--feeling]

Thorn - Charles West Cope // Best Years - 5 Seconds of Summer