#for context my hood has a population of 5.5 million

[firewoodfigs]

🎵 i have to do it for our girl riza 😌

shameless self-promo but the first song I have about our best girl riza is a WIP -- I recorded a very sloppy demo acapella here and am still toying around with the chorus, but I'm quite happy with how the lyrics turned out so far :)

I was waiting for change / in that same old spot when the midnight train / brought you to the porch

A rose garden, snowed under by any other name, and I

came to you like a moth to flame never knowing dust would be our end

But in this dream, we were bending time carved our names in the fading light and you were once more, and hence forth, forever mine And in this dream, you were shimmering Aurora in spring, chasing brass rings wasn't worth our weight in gold

verse 2 (unrecorded) goes something like:

Now I sit and weep before stone-faced graves Haunted by the weight of unwanted legacies Mother used to warn me of beautiful fools I should've known you were one too But I choked on pearls of wisdom And turned in a kingdom / just to flirt with freedom

the bit in bold is supposed to be Riza's response to an old song I wrote from Roy's perspective (this time/old-time lovers), where the chorus goes: but I promise I'll be a better man, be a bit less of a fool, someone wise / this time, I'd like to make you mine (except Riza has the discernment to know that they can only exist as lovers in a dream ahahaha I feel like Roy would have a harder time reigning his desire because he's just so passionate about every single thing, probably about carrots as well).

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on to the actual playlist!!! to nobody's surprise, dr. swift features heavily:

(1) You All Over Me - Taylor Swift feat. Maren Morris) (2) Dreams Tonite - Alvvays (3) The Great War - Taylor Swift (4) epiphany - Taylor Swift (5) Time Lapse - Taeyeon (this is a Korean song but the English translation of the lyrics cut so deep aaaahhhh)