#harry styles stockholm

[savebylou]

One Direction tribute on Niall's show!!!!

credit: holdOnEn see part of the colors here and here, the performance here.

[hldailyupdate]

Harry singing STOCKHOLM SYNDROME, the 2023 Harry way!

Love On Tour 2023: Horsens, Night 1. (13 May 2023)

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[foxes-that-run]

I'll never leave

loml | Stockholm Syndrome.

[womanexile]

Taylor always saying her favorite songs on albums is Haylor songs 🥹 girl we get it, they’re our favorite too

[eyeboogerslol]

like, i need to rip the skin off my flesh and pop out my eyeballs every single time i hear EITHER of these songs when they show up on my rotation. i have to be strapped into a straight jacket and locked in my own room for a solid 8 hours after these play just by themselves. i dont even want to know what type of monster i could become if they played back to back. it's genuinely so not even funny.

[goldencherryhazz]

Literally the best night of my life!! Nothing will compare to Wembley N4 🫶🫶🫶🥹🥹🥹

[whoreforlarrystuff]

I just saw this interesting theory on Back to You

[harrloui28]

Stockholm syndrome mentioned!!

[jlf23tumble]

oooh i wanna hear your interpretation of little freak

I think it's a fascinating song because a) it's him being his most hyper-literal self, and like my tags say here, the reactions I've seen about it (gender???? whut) truly underline his Cassandra curse, people forever thinking he's being deep or whatever, but really, he's literally SAYING it as it is (I'll plop some other examples in the tags), b) it's the only time he's been overtly mean (or at least petty or at least that I can remember) in a song, just ouch, what a read, and c) me as him, truly #annoyed with the typical LA party vibes, he really took a swing with the golf club trampoline of it all

[onlyangelolivia-ao3]

Fourth chapter of Stockholm Syndrome is up now! Go read! :)

A clue for this chapter:

[savebylou]

The One Direction color tribute on Niall's show:

For context read this previous post.

TSLOT, Dublin n2 [24.02.24]. credit: Belinda_JonasJB

[hldailyupdate]

Harry singing ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ tonight! 🥹

Love On Tour 2023: Horsens, Night 1. (13 May 2023)

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[foxes-that-run]

Ransom / hostage

Stockholm Syndrome | Ready for it…?

[sunshineandlyrics]

Louis vs Harry's reactions to the sign x x

FITFWT Stockholm, 2 September 2023 / LOT London 3, 16 June 2023

Twitter trends from FITFWT Stockholm.

[lets-talk-spirituality]

I was wondering -if you ever feel up to it- if you could do a lyric analysis on with you all the time and Stockholm syndrome?

I have a lot of Stockholm Syndrome typed up already, so I’ll share that. It’s been super interesting with all the leaks coming out to see even more how the songs interplay and connect!

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

The idea of Stockholm syndrome is that a kidnapped or abused person will begin to sympathize with their abuser and will choose to stay when given the option.

Who's that shadow holding me hostage? I've been here for days

Another mention of shadow (WDBHG, shadows you’re running from), something hidden, he doesn’t know who this person or thing is. That implies distance, if they were near he’d say this. He said he related this to being kidnapped which is interesting because it implies something not in his control. He’s been here for days, so a while.

**Harry comparing love to Stockholm syndrome should give some insight into his feelings around love lol.**

Who's this whisper telling me that I'm never gonna get away?

Whisper, so hard to hear and he doesn’t recognize the voice. He’s never going to get away, can’t escape this person

I know they'll be coming to find me soon

Who is they? They will in the future come to find him? Does they imply people in reality? Fans? Other women?

But I fear I'm getting used to being held by you

Fear, he’s afraid that he’s finding comfort in the embrace of a stranger, someone he doesn’t know (I can feel you take control, of who I am and all I’ve ever known—golden)

Baby, look what you've done to me (Oh), Baby look what you’ve done now

He puts his feelings onto them, they did this to him, and he’s asking them to look (get the picture cut out my middle—daylight) more closely at how he’s acting, now implies presence but connotes that maybe this person has done other things in the past,

Baby, I'll never leave if you keep holding me this way (Ooh ooh)

Makes you wonder what they offer him, is this the same person he dreams of? To me it seems he likes the physical comfort they bring him,

Baby, look what you've done to me (Oh), Baby, you got me tied down (Oh)

Tied down, again connected to being restrained against your will, tied down as in a romantic relationship,

Who's this man that's holding your hand and talking 'bout your eyes? (Ooh ooh)

This time he’s saying he doesn’t recognize himself and who he’s become since getting involved with this shadow, (I get so lost inside your eyes “adore you”)

Used to sing about being free but now he's changed his mind (Ooh ooh)

Now he doesn’t want to be free, he wants to be owned? Claimed?

I know they'll be coming to find me soon (Ooh ooh)

Again who is they?

But my Stockholm Syndrome is in your room, yeah I fell for you

In their room, and he was left in the hallway? Interesting. He likes being trapped in a room with this person

All my life I've been on my own (Ooh ooh)

So here we go with loneliness, he’s on his own, no support, no one to be close to, (I’m still the only one who’s been in love with me—only angel; I don’t want to be alone—golden)

I used the light to guide me home (Ooh ooh)

This part always confused me by what it meant, because he’s talking about shadows, light, not being able to see, being lost, but also going home to this person, this Stockholm syndrome, but it makes sense if thought of in the context of a soulmate, which is a light that guides him back to himself, which is where he connects to her, he follows the light, the light of spirit, of enlightenment to find where he belongs, home in himself and in their energy (step into the light—lights up; take me back to the light—golden; hit me like a ray of light— (make my day),

But now together we're alone (Ooh ooh)

Another line that always confused me, how are they together and alone, because they are together in spirit not physically, spiritually together but physically apart, he may also be saying they are alone together, like each person is alone and in that aloneness they are together, it could also mean he’s publicly “alone” or single but there’s someone he’s together with in private (a theme in his music over and over)

And there's no other place I'd ever wanna go

He wants to be alone with this shadow, he’s content there with them, even feeling trapped,