#cause baby i could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me and every day is like a battle??? 😞

[seongpinkhwa]

WE CRY TEARS OF MASCARA IN THE BATHROOM HONEY LIFE IS JUST A CLASSROOM

[kru-sader]

So this was in my Spotify Wrapped...

I mean...I wasn't surprised when this was me last year two days before my exam.

[defective-titan]

mood: New Romantics (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

[foryoufirst]

the feminine urge to play dumb but know exactly what you’re doing… to cry tears of mascara in the bathroom… because life is just a classroom. aaa aaa AAAAA AHH

[through-broken-eyes]

Cause baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream 🖤

[ohdorothea]

This tournament is being run by and for queer fans so please keep that in mind! Homophobes will be blocked on sight <3 More polls here and more info and lyrics for the songs under the cut!

The question is which song is queerer to you! Queerer can mean whatever you want it to mean; you might consider a song queer because you think it was written that way, or because of Swiftian lore. It might be queer to you because of how you relate it to your own life. Maybe you think from a purely literary standpoint the lyrics have queer themes; maybe you're just thinking about vibes!!!

If you’d like to send in interpretations or propaganda for a specific song you can send them to my inbox! All interpretations are welcome and let’s be open and kind in response to all interpretations <3

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Suburban Legends lyrics

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

And when it came to you

I didn't come here to make friends

We were born to be suburban legends

When you hold me, it holds me together

And 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

When I ended up back at our class reunion

Walking in with you

You'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries

With the pages ripped out

I am standing in a 1950s gymnasium

And I can still see you now

I didn't come here to make friends

We were born to be suburban legends

When you hold me, it holds me together

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

I know that you still remember

We were born to be national treasures

When you told me we'd get back together

And you kissed me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

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, I dash to the door

You don't knock anymore, and my whole life's ruined

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 to the shore, I dash to the door

You don't knock anymore, and I always knew it

And my life had been ruined

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New Romantics lyrics

We're all bored, we're all so tired of everything

We wait for trains that just aren't coming

We show off our different scarlet letters

Trust me, mine is better

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

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

We cry tears of mascara in the bathroom

Honey, life is just a classroom

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah

'Cause, baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream

Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heart break is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the new romantics

The best people in life are free

We're all here, the lights and noise are blinding

We hang back, it's all in the timing

It's poker, he can't see it in my face

But I'm about to play my ace

We need love, but all we want is danger

We team up and switch sides like a record changer

The rumors are terrible and cruel

But, honey, most of them are true

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah

'Cause, baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream

Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heart break is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the new romantics

The best people in life are free

So come on, come along with me

The best people in life are free

Please take my hand and

Please take me dancing and

Please leave me stranded, it's so romantic (It's so romantic)

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah

Oh, 'cause, baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

Every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream

'Cause, baby, I could build a castle (Castle)

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream

Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heart break is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the new romantics

The best people in life are free

[sobblesources]

ALL WE WANT IS DANGER ,

a collection of sentence starters taken from taylor swift's album 1989 . edited to fit rp needs , adjust pronouns as necessary .

❛ everybody here wanted something more , ❜

❛ the lights are so bright , but they never blind me , ❜

❛ everybody here was someone else before , ❜

❛ you can want who you want , ❜

❛ you know you wouldn't change anything , ❜

❛ nice to meet you , where've you been ? ❜

❛ i could show you incredible things , ❜

❛ you look like my next mistake , ❜

❛ love's a game , wanna play ? ❜

❛ i know you heard about me , ❜

❛ i'm dying to see how this one ends , ❜

❛ it's gonna be forever , or it's gonna go down in flames , ❜

❛ it'll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar , ❜

❛ the worst is yet to come , ❜

❛ i get drunk on jealousy , ❜

❛ darling , i'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream , ❜

❛ it's been a while since i have even heard from you , ❜

❛ i should just tell you to leave cause i know exactly where this leads , ❜

❛ we'll never go out of style , ❜

❛ what you heard is true but i can't stop thinking about you & i , ❜

❛ the rest of the world is black & white , but we're in screaming color , ❜

❛ are we out of the woods yet ? ❜

❛ we were built to fall apart , ❜

❛ i'm setting you free , ❜

❛ people like you always want back the love they gave away , ❜

❛ people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye , ❜

❛ all you had to do was stay , ❜

❛ it's gonna be alright , ❜

❛ i'm just gonna shake it off , ❜

❛ my ex brought their new girlfriend , ❜

❛ why don't you come on over , baby ? ❜

❛ i wish you would come back , ❜

❛ i wish we could go back & remember what we were fighting for , ❜

❛ i miss you too much to be mad anymore , ❜

❛ we've got problems & i don't think we can solve them , ❜

❛ did you have to do this ? ❜

❛ i still have scars on my back from your knife , ❜

❛ if you're coming my way , just don't , ❜

❛ you say sorry just for show , ❜

❛ let's get out of this town , ❜

❛ heaven can't help me now , ❜

❛ this is getting good now , ❜

❛ say you'll remember me , ❜

❛ someday when you leave me , i'll bet these memories follow you around , ❜

❛ say you'll see me again , even if it's in your wildest dreams , ❜

❛ are you insane ?! ❜

❛ i want you for worse or for better , ❜

❛ remind me how it used to be , ❜

❛ this love is alive back from the dead , ❜

❛ i struggled through the night with someone new , ❜

❛ you showed up just in time , ❜

❛ they are the hunters , we are the foxes , ❜

❛ i know places we won't be found , ❜

❛ let them say what they want , ❜

❛ loose lips sink ships all the damn time , ❜

❛ just grab my hand & don't ever drop it , ❜

❛ the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst , ❜

❛ when i was drowning , that's when i could finally breathe , ❜

❛ i screamed so loud , but no one heard a thing , ❜

❛ just because you're clean doesn't mean you don't miss it , ❜

❛ now that i;m clean , i'm never gonna risk it , ❜

❛ we took a wrong turn & fell down a rabbit hole , ❜

❛ haven't you heard of what becomes of curious minds ? ❜

❛ i should have slept with one eye open that night , ❜

❛ i reached for you but you were gone , ❜

❛ you can hear it in the silence , ❜

❛ you keep his shirt , he keeps his word , ❜

❛ you're my best friend , ❜

❛ & you knew they were in love , ❜

❛ you understand now why they lost their minds & fought the wars , ❜

❛ you are in love , true love , ❜

❛ trust me , mine is better , ❜

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

❛ i could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me , ❜

❛ heartbreak is the national anthem , ❜

❛ i'm about to play my ace , ❜

❛ the rumors are terrible & cruel , but honey most of them are true , ❜

[nevernonline]

✧.* svt as songs from 1989 (taylors vrs)

happy 1989 day to all my bbs celebrating!! xoxo. idk whose but one of these will prob end up being a full fic vv soon give me a suggestion lol im indecisive 🩵😌

seungcheol: i wish you would.

"2 AM, here we are see your face, hear my voice in the dark. we're a crooked love in a straight line down. makes you wanna run and hide but it made us turn right back around. i wish you would come back, wish i never hung up the phone like i did, i wish you knew that I'd never forget you as long as i live and i wish you were right here, right now, it's all good i wish you would."

jeonghan: is it over now?

"was it over when she laid down on your couch? was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse? "come here," i whispered in your ear in your dream as you passed out, baby. was it over then? and is it over now?"

joshua: new romantics.

" 'Cause baby, I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me. and every day is like a battle but every night with us is like a dream. baby, we're the new romantics, come along with me. heartbreak is the national anthem, we sing it proudly. we are too busy dancin' to get knocked off our feet. baby, we're the new romantics the best people in life are free"

junhui: wonderland.

"flashin' lights and we took a wrong turn and we fell down a rabbit hole. you held on tight to me ’cause nothing's as it seems and spinning out of control. didn't they tell us, "don’t rush into things"? didn't you flash your green eyes at me? haven't you heard what becomes of curious minds? oh, didn't it all seem new and exciting? i felt your arms twisting around me, i should have slept with one eye open at night. we found wonderland, you and i got lost in it"

soonyoung: how you get the girl.

"stand there like a ghost, shakin' from the rain. she'll open up the door and say, "are you insane?"say, "it's been a long six months" and you were too afraid to tell her what you want. and that's how it works that's how you get the girl and then, you say i want you for worse or for better i would wait forever and ever. broke your heart, i'll put it back together, i would wait forever and ever and that's how it works. that's how you get the girl."

wonwoo: blank space.

"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?" new money, suit and tie i can read you like a magazine. ain't it funny? rumors fly and i know you heard about me. so, hey, let's be friends i'm dyin' to see how this one ends, grab your passport and my hand i can make the bad guys good for a weekend."

jihoon: you are in love.

"morning, his place burnt toast, sunday, you keep his shirt, he keeps his word and for once, you let go of your fears and your ghosts. one step, not much, but it said enough. you kiss on sidewalks, you fight and you talk 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."

dokyeom: suburban legends.

"i didn't come here to make friends we were born to be suburban legends. when you hold me, it holds me together and you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever. i know that you still remember we were born to be national treasures. when you told me we'd get back together and you kissed me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever."

mingyu: wildest dreams.

"he's so tall and handsome as hell, he's so bad, but he does it so well and when we've had our very last kiss, my last request it this. say you'll remember me standin' in a nice dress starin' at the sunset, babe. red lips and rosy cheeks say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams."

minghao: i know places.

"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, bad sign. somethin' happens when everybody finds out, see the vultures circlin', dark clouds. love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out. 'cause they got the cages, they got the boxes and guns. they are the hunters, we are the foxes and we run baby, i know places we won't be found and they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down. 'cause i know places we can hide"

seungkwan: sweeter than fiction.

"seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade. wish i could make it better, someday you won't remember this pain you thought would last forever and ever there you'll stand, ten feet tall i will say, "i knew it all along" your eyes are wider than distance this life is sweeter than fiction"

vernon: 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. i call my mom, she said that it was for the best remind myself the morе i gave, you'd want me less i cannot bе your friend, so i pay the price of what i lost and what it cost, now that we don't talk."

chan: slut!

"send the code, he's waitin' there the sticks and stones they throw froze mid-air. everyone wants him, that was my crime, the wrong place at the right time and i break down, then he's pullin' me in. in a world of boys, he's a gentleman."

[xoxochb]

cabin nine - children of hepheastus, god of fire, metalworking, and sculpture. helpful, caring, builders

‘cause baby, I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me and every day is like a battle, but every night with us is like a dream’ - new romantics

[throwbackgaylor]

august 11, 2015 | nine years ago

taylor tweeted:

““Cause baby I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me” -a line from New Romantics

But I'm not actually buying a castle.”

[taylortruther]

slut! reminds me of i stay out too late, i go on too many dates... i'm lightning on my feet, and that's what they don't see and for you i would fall from grace and i would be complex, i would be cool and i'm so sick of them coming at me again and we show off our different scarlet letters, trust me mine is better and 'cause they got the cages they got the boxes and guns and baby i could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me and they say i did something bad then why's it feel so good?

say don't go is giving people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye and tell her how you must've lost your mind when you left her all alone and never told her why and i used to think i must look better in the rearview and heartbreak is the national anthem, we sing it proudly and you were all i wanted but not like this

now that we don't talk is i forgot that you existed and i thought that it would kill me but it didn't and i can't recall your face but i still got love for you and bridges burn, i never learn and the best people in life are free

suburban legends feels like who's taylor swift anyway? ew! and i used to think one day they'd tell the story of us and who could ever leave me, darling? and do you miss the rogue who coaxed you into paradise and left you there? and but who could stay?

is it over now? might be i've never been a natural all i do is try try try and no one sees when you lose when you're playing solitaire and honey i rose up from the dead i do it all the time and i can still make the whole place shimmer and it's like i can feel time moving and who's taylor swift anyway? ew!

[everytaylorswiftsongisaboutcats]

Surprise Song o’ Clock: Vancouver Night 3

Dress: Purple✨sparkle💖

Guitar:

A Place In This World x New Romantics

“Maybe I'm just a girl on a mission, but I'm ready to fly — so — Please take my hand and please take me dancing, and please leave me stranded, it’s so romantic. Oh, 'cause baby, I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me. And every day is like a battle, but every night with us is like a dream. 'Cause baby, oh-Oh, I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know… Oh, I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world.”

Piano:

Long Live x New Year’s Day x The Manuscript

“I said remember this moment, in the back of my mind; the time we stood with our shaking hands, the crowds in stands went wild. We were the kings and the queens, and they read off our names. The night you danced like you knew our lives would never be the same. You held your head like a hero, on a history book page. It was the end of the eras, but the start of an age. Long live the walls we crashed through. How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you. I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made" and bring on all the pretenders… One day we will be remembered… so, hold on… so, hold on, to the memories we made — Hold on to spinning around… Confetti falls to the ground… May these memories break our fall… and please don’t ever become a stranger who’s laugh I could recognize anywhere — And the years passed, like scenes of a show. The Professor said to write what you know, lookin' backwards, might be the only way to move forward… Then the actors, were hitting their marks. And the slow dance, was alight with the sparks. And the tears fell in synchronicity with the score. And at last… She knew what the agony had been for… we will be remembered.”

[mirrorballmusing]

'Cause baby, I could build a castle Out of all the bricks they threw at me And every day is like a battle But every night with us is like a dream Baby, we're the new romantics Come on, come along with me Heartbreak is the national anthem We sing it proudly 🎶

[bloodwrittenletters]

jason grace ⌇ heroes of olympus

you're a weapon, and weapons don't weep.

⋆ 'cause baby, i could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me ― new romantics ; taylor swift

[excaliburwielded]

YOU HELD YOUR HEAD LIKE A HERO, ON A HISTORY BOOK PAGE. IT WAS THE END OF A DECADE, BUT THE START OF AN AGE.

gavin stenhouse, bisexual, cis man + he/him → isn’t that arthur pendragon? i hear that they're king arthur from the sword in the stone. i hear they’re 38. they seem to be chivalrous & protective, but also reckless & destructive. their aesthetics include showing off his fighting skills, golden hair in the wind, glowing eyes and a glowing sword.

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: [ ARTHUR CLUDWR CLEDDYF PENDRAGON ] NICKNAME: [ THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, KING ARTHUR, SWORD BEARER, ART ] AGE: [ 38 ] GENDER: [ MALE ] PRONOUNS: [ HE/HIM ] FAIRYTALE: [ KING ARTHUR, THE SWORD IN THE STONE ] ETHNICITY: [ BRITISH, WELSH, CELTIC ] RELIGION: [ PAGANISM ] LANGUAGE, IN ORDER OF PROFICIENCY: [ WELSH, ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTTISH GAELIC ] ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: [ BIROMANTIC ] SEXUAL ORIENTATION: [ BISEXUAL ] SEXUAL TEMPERAMENT: [ DOM-SWITCH ] SEXUAL POSITION: [ TOP-VERSE ]

RELATIONSHIPS

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: [ TBD. ] PARENTS: [ UTHER PENDRAGON. IGRAINE PENDRAGON. ] SIBLINGS: [ MORGAN, HALF-SIBLING, UNBEKNOWNST TO ARTHUR. ] FRIENDS: [ MERLIN. MORGAN. LANCELOT. ]

PHYSICAL TRAITS

FACE CLAIM: [ GAVIN STENHOUSE ] EYE COLOUR: [ BLUE ] HAIR COLOUR: [ BLONDE ] HEIGHT: [ 1.92 METRES ] BODY BUILD: [ ATHLETIC, BUFF, MUSCULAR ] FACIAL HAIR: [ BEARD CENTRED AROUND THE MOUTH, EXTENDING TO THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. ] TATTOOS + PIERCINGS: [ tba. ] NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: [ VARIOUS SCARS OVER HIS BODY FROM TRAINING AND BATTLES ]

PHOBIAS AND DISORDERS

PHOBIAS/FEARS: [ TBA. ] MENTAL DISORDERS: [ tba. ]

PERSONALITY

INTELLIGENCE: [ SMART. KNOWLEDGEABLE. ] LIKES: [ SWORDS. GALAVANTING AROUND. SCALING CLIFFS. FIGHTING. ] DISLIKES: [ DARK MAGIC. LONG COURT SESSIONS. SCHEMING NOBLES. ] ALIGNMENT: [ CHAOTIC GOOD ] POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES: [ DETERMINED, CHIVALROUS, PROTECTIVE, FIRM LEADERSHIP, JUST ] NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES: [ RECKLESS, DESTRUCTIVE, COCKY, ROGUISH ]

COMBAT INFORMATION

WEAPONS: [ EXCALIBUR. WOODEN STAFF. EXCELLENT HAND TO HAND COMBATANT. ] POWERS: [ LATENT MAGIC. SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND SPEED WHEN WIELDING EXCALIBUR. MINOR MAGIC CHANNELLED THROUGH EXCALIBUR. ]

AESTHETICS

AESTHETICS: [ SHOWING OFF HIS FIGHTING SKILLS. GOLDEN HAIR IN THE WIND. GLOWING EYES AND A GLOWING SWORD. FAST HANDS. RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET. KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN. CROWN ADORNED WITH JEWELS, OCCASSIONALLY FORGOTTEN. POLISHING HIS SWORD. PRISTINE ROBES WORTHY OF HIS STATUS. RUGGED LOOKS WHEN NOT IN COURT. SWEATING WITHOUT HIS SHIRT ON. ] INSPO: [ KING ARTHUR, KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD. ] LYRICAL INSPO: [ I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE FIGHTING DRAGONS WITH YOU. // CAUSE BABY, I COULD BUILD A CASTLE OUT OF ALL THE BRICKS THEY THREW AT ME. AND EVERY DAY IS LIKE A BATTLE, BUT EVERY NIGHT WITH US IS LIKE A DREAM. // THERE WILL COME A SOLDIER WHO CARRIES A MIGHTY SWORD. HE WILL TEAR YOUR CITY DOWN, OH-LEI, OH-LAI, OH, LORD. ]

KINKS

KINKS: [ BREEDING. COLLARS. LEASHES. VERBAL FEMINISATION. WORSHIP. OBJECTIFICATION. COCK WARMING. RESTRAINS/BONDAGE. PUBLIC. SOMNOPHILIA. GAPING. OBJECT PLAY. ] ANTI-KINKS: [ VORE. SCAT. INFANTILISM. ]

BIOGRAPHY

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when his father, uther was poisoned and the throne had been seized by the leaders of the coup. merlin took arthur away to be raised in secret by the knight and lord sir ector, with the boy being unaware of his true heritage. merlin would later befriend arthur as the boy became of age and grew into a man. a man that had mastered the art of various combat techniques and styles, becoming extremely proficient with a sword, and hand to hand combatant — as was fitting of someone of royal birth.

with the help of merlin, events unfolded which led to arthur, now in his 30s, learning about the truth of himself and his royal blood. arthur's greatest feat and catalyst of learning about his heritage turned out to be the pulling of the legendary sword, excalibur, from the stone. the blonde struggled with the revelation for a time but eventually came around to it and accepted both his royal heritage and his destiny. with his chivalrous leadership and kinship with people, arthur amassed a large following to his cause and name. and with excalibur's might and power, and loyal knights and followers behind him, the rightful king stormed camelot to liberate its people from tyrannical rule and oppression. arthur then claimed his crown and throne, born for the role he assimilated well and ruled justly and righteously. even so, arthur still constantly yearned for adventures and often dresses down in something more comfortable and taking his horse out for a ride to places unknown.

eventually with the prophecy of ruin upon their kingdom, merlin brought all of them to a new realm, now named avalon, where the king has to begin his kingdom anew.

[ note: guinevere is not in my (current) portrayal and backstory, so if anything does end up happening it takes place after the inhabitants of camelot have moved to the new realm. ]

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

'Cause baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream

This song is so underrated but describes perfectly the Marauders Era. It is so queer coded. It is so 'die young' code. It is so 'grow up fast' coded. And it is so 'live life intensely because we are in a war' coded.

It describes the friendships, the enmities, and the romantic and platonic relationships between all the characters.

Their best years were their teenage years because they couldn't grow up into adults. They were lead into a battle for their inevitable death. So this song fits so well.