#god this song is so good

[prentolomaea]

i think ptolomaea by ethel cain is one of the most brilliantly crafted songs i’ve ever listened to.

the way it opens with this distorted deeper voice (isaiah) and you hear the sound of flies buzzing in the background underneath the voice, thats such a cool detail. and while isaiah is singing, you hear ethel incoherently mumble (you literally hear her say “mama?” its so 😭😭) as she’s waking up from the drugs. when we finally hear her voice, it’s high pitched, raw, and vulnerable. because of how vulnerable of a situation she is in, but she doesn’t realize it yet because of the drugs she’s on. so this whole beginning is echoey and it captures the whole aloneness she’s feeling.

and then we get a beat drop at “even the iron still fears the rot,” where the instrumentals are a little heavier, her voice is still high and raw but there’s a sense of knowing in it. (“hiding from something, i cannot stop. walking on shadows, i cant lead him back”) as her hallucinations and the drugs start to wear off, she’s facing this darkness that’s been eating away at her with “daddy’s left and mama won’t come home,” which is something she rarely comes to terms with.

then we get that dark distorted voice again saying “you poor thing, sweet morning lamb. there’s nothing you can do, it’s already been done,” which is incredibly terrifying. not to mention that deafening crash of the drums, god the way those drums thunder so intensely like you can feel the dread in your bones. and then we hear ethel’s voice again saying “what fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me? please dont look at me..” which refers to when isaiah tells her to “show me your face,” during that line. and she’s pleading for him to stop looking at him, you can’t hear it because it’s in the background but he says “come here,” and right after you hear ethel say “i can see it in your eyes, tell me, what have you done?” which then goes into a sea of begs and pleas for him to “stop, stop” until the final “stop” is not sung, but instead a bone chilling shrill shriek. which is cut off by “i am the face of love’s rage.” and if you listen to the acapella, during “i am the face of love’s rage,” right underneath that main vocal, you hear a second high pitched scream, you hear bundles “no’s” and even a “no! please!” which i think ties the story really well together.

in the acapella, while “blessed be the daughters of cain,” is being read out, you can hear the gargling and choking noises as ethel is struggling to breathe and as she’s literally dying its really sickening but so well executed from an artist perspective. and then at the very very end, you hear a death rattle like that is INSANE

i love ptolomaea, i love how the instrumentals create such a unique atmosphere that makes it as terrifying as it sounds and how hayden uses her voice in different ways to tell the story effectively. and it works, it all works.

ptolomaea is the best song on preacher’s daughter thank you for coming to my ted talk

[aurora-starlight-silly]

I. I had to. I listened to ghosting (it was on the stream and I found it cool), and I just. I opened ibis paint and began drawing this. And I LOVE IT SO MUCHSVJEVDKDB

@eriscary I hope you like itt :33

It's not the one I was making in the stream but I just. I love tear too much. He's so cute, he's so fun to draw, he's adorable.

..so yeah you'll have three tear fanart from me in the end :D

(edit: click on the picture for a better quality <3)

[neverbesokind]

Oh my god it's The Alchemy day I have SO many thoughts about this song so I'm gonna try and condense them.

First of all, the song starts and ends with "This happens once every few lifetimes," which is a statement filled to the BRIM with irony, in my view. The entire album up to this point has been concerned with two romances, both of which Taylor states she felt were destined and fated and "storybook" in their own ways. The entirety of TTPD is exploring how these fated, destined, storybook romances could actually crumble, and with it, her faith and belief in the existence of fate and destiny and storybook love.

But THEN... almost at the end of the standard run of the album, Taylor states that she's getting back from recovering from this tragedy - "I'm back / The hospital was a drag / Worst sleep that I ever had". She gets back from the messy process of healing from the events described on the album, and despite everything finds herself falling in love again.

This is why the title is significant, too. Alchemy is the pseudoscience of making a material into something more valuable. And this reflects the emotional process of Taylor falling in love again - she felt like the past two tragedies took the shine off of everything, killed her belief that love could ever work. But then, despite everything, she falls in love again and the normal, even tragic world she lived in before is transformed into something golden.

And then the first line repeats again, to reflect the cyclical nature of what she has experienced. Obviously, "this" doesn't happen once every few lifetimes, it's happened twice before on the album and is happening again in this song. She's falling in love, she's finding something beautiful and fated, and she can't help but find it gorgeous and meaningful, even if she's been shown again and again that she might be proven wrong in the end. And it feels so special that even if it's obvious that it isn't a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it feels that rare and that precious.

In this song, love is the alchemy, the process of turning normalcy into meaning and beauty, and she can't help it.

[tinydabber]

"SWEET" - BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION II (2017)

"DONT CALL ME STUPID THAT AINT THE WAY MY NAME PRONOUNCED"

[darusaka]

Eternal Force Blizzard!

厨病激発ボーイ cover by oriens

[sfsolstice]

I still can't believe That you noticed me An ocean away The heavens would say It was meant to be

[blx018348945]

I can't find the original audio for this, it seems to have disappeared over the last month. but here's another upload i think

[drewbs]

addicted to chappell roan

[deermouth]

And the angel smiled to himself again.

He said, "I can't believe I'm asking

But, Sir Galahad, please tell me,

What is that makes you want to go to Heaven?

In Heaven there's no lamb chops,

Queen Guineveres for handjobs,

Marijuana, Kenny Rogers, or ecstasy.

No pillaging, no rape—

Perhaps you've come by some mistake to me—

This seems more error than knight errantry."

[voltives]

found out that the “woman is” music video from lempicka just dropped and remembered i have tickets for april …. eden espinosa the phenomenal and gorgeous woman you are …

[ceroseis]

I HAD A WOMAN IN WISONSIN AND A WOMAN IN MAINEEEEE BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY'D NEVER LOVE A MAN SO INSANE

[hoes4hoseok]

I BET YOU'RE SICK OF ITTTTT, BELIEVE ME SO AM I!! ALWAYS THE PROBLEM KID, I COULD NEVER PICK A SIDE!! 🤌🤧😫