#screaming a choir of mute / as they brace for the ground

[tragedykery]

GOD'S VERY SIMPLE AND LOVE SHOULDN'T BURN//GOD'S VERY SIMPLE AND LOVE DOESN'T BURN

FR THAT CONTRAST MAKES ME SO INSANE

[theamazing-sunny]

Square - Mitski

Your room was square

I once noticed from there

In your bed, as you slept

And I held my breath

Everything had its own place

And I wondered what space would I take

In the order you kept

The beginning of the song builds this character that the narrator is presumably dating. This guy has a square room, everything in it has a fixed place. That's probably how his life is built as well, clean, organized. He has a place in this world and so does everything that belongs to him. At this point of the song, the narrator seems rather scared in this relationship. Not feeling like they belong until their partner determines their space.

The instruments and vocals are calm, it sounds like the narrator is simply talking to their partner.

I tried to eat like your girlfriend

Just tea in the night, I'd end up

Too hungry to sleep

So lying awake

I would follow the aching inside

I would find

It's for you won't be mine

The narrator doesn't eat to fit a mold that was set by the guy's previous relationships. They do whatever they think will make them more desirable to the guy, not caring if it leaves them awake at night. It's also notable that the narrator is playing a role because they think that this dude will like that role more than their genuine self. I also feel like the narrator is hungry for more, they want this dude to like them so bad, they want that guy's affection, attention, approval so bad. They just long to have a place in this guy's world. They are so hungry for his love that they are willing to water themselves down for him.

The instruments start to slowly intensify

I tried my hardest, for I'd never learned

God's very simple and love shouldn't burn

And I would've offered you all that you yearned for

But I was still waiting for something to earn

The first time this chorus plays, it sounds very sad, the narrator is still yearning for this guy's love. They tried SO hard to make this relationship work but they just couldn't learn how to properly play their part. And they know that this is not how it should be, love isn't meant to be confusing, it doesn't burn. The narrator bent over backwards to give their partner all they could but got nothing in return.

The vocals are emotional but they aren't mad, it's more of a disappointment in oneself, like they could have done more. And I think you can really feel the desperation.

What is that quiet of snow in the night?

The dark rings with white noise as you stand and drown

Maybe it's all of these snowflakes

Screaming a choir of mute

As they brace for the ground

This first half is the narrator talking about their relationship in the past. Now they are talking about their last date in the presence. It's all so vividly described. A cold winter night, it's snowing and the stars are shining. Even though all of this sounds like they are talking to him, I don't actually think that is what's happening. The snowflakes are falling - the narrator is burning up in this relationship. Screaming a choir of mute - the narrator would rather play the role, staying quiet than be vulnerable with him. Brace for the ground - the narrator knew this relationship was doomed for a long time now, just a matter of time till they finally reach the end.

This part gets a lot more intense, you can hear the frustration especially on the snowflake part when you can just hear the narrator just realizing how much they were actually hurting in their relationship.

Well, that's my ride

Hope you had a good night

You know, you made me happy

Here, shake my hand

You make such a good man

Never once did you know me

But then quickly before you think that's when the narrator cracks, actually breaking their role they get interrupted by their taxi. The music settles back down and the narrator just keeps going like before. It was a good night, you were a good boyfriend, let's shake hands. Calm and sweet and then the last line just so bitter. The narrator wasted so much energy into this relationship and he never even got to know them. They haven't been once vulnerable with this dude. From the beginning, it was just play pretend.

I tried my hardest, for how do you learn

God's very simple and love doesn't burn

And maybe you'd offered me all that I yearned for

But I was still waiting for something to earn

Silly me, waiting

The second time the chorus starts playing it's so much more frustrated. They are mad at themselves for going along with this fake relationship for so long and for him to have never given something back. The first time it was "love shouldn't burn" knowing this is not right but still putting up with it and this time the like being "love doesn't burn" being certain that this is wrong. And god maybe he actually did give them everything they yearned for but they just couldn't belong in this relationship. They are left feeling empty. Yet they are still waiting for something to get out of this, calling themselves silly for still yearning.

[mourningmaybells]

WHAT IS THAT QUIET OF SNOW IN THE NIGHT?

THE DARK RINGS WITH WHITE NOISE AS YOU STAND AND DROWN

MAYBE IT'S ALL OF THESE SNOWFLAKES SCREAMING A CHOIR OF MUTE AS THEY BRACE FOR THE GROUND

[romanticinpanic]

Summaries of said fics

screaming a choir of mute as they brace for the ground

Gwen's thought process as she falls

what to expect when your crush's ex-girlfriend is expecting

Where Ice decides the best way to deal with his unrequited feelings for Maverick is to raise a baby together. What could possibly go wrong?

Slayer of Watchers

AU where after Xin Rong died not to Spike but to her cruciamentum, causing him to learn all about the Council and how it treats slayers. Motivated by remnants of his victorian gentleman’s honor, cryptic words from Drusilla and the moralistic prattling of a recently souled Angel, he sets out to combat the Council and help slayers with and after their cruciamentum. Almost a century later, this leads him to Sunnydale as he hears reports of preparations for the tento di cruciamentum of one Buffy Summers.

[vlindervin7]

your room was square i once noticed from there in your bed as you slept and i held my breath everything had its own place and i wondered what space would i take in the order you kept i tried to eat like your girlfriend just tea in the night i'd end up too hungry to sleep lying awake i then followed the aching inside i would find it's for you won't be mine i tried my hardest for i'd never learned god's very simple and love shouldn't burn and i would've offered you all that you yearned for but i was still waiting for something to earn what is that quiet of snow in the night the dark rings with white noise as you stand and drown maybe it's all of these snowflakes screaming a choir of mute as they brace for the ground well that's my ride hope you had a good night you know you made me happy here shake my hand you make such a good man never once did you know me i tried my hardest for how do you learn god's very simple and love doesn't burn and maybe you'd offered me all that i yearned for but i was still waiting for something to earn silly me waiting

[merevide]

i don’t think i’ve ever posted this one and that’s a shame bc what is that quiet of snow in the night? the dark rings with white noise as you stand and drown. maybe it’s all of these snowflakes, screaming a choir of mute as they brace for the ground.

[distansolarsystems]

when mitski said

"What is that quiet of snow in the night? The dark rings with white noise as you stand and drown Maybe it's all of these snowflakes Screaming a choir of mute As they brace for the ground"

i felt that

[istillhaveyourlighter]

Your room was square

I once noticed from there

In your bed, as you slept

And I held my breath

Everything had its own place

And I wondered what space would I take

In the order you kept

I tried to eat like your girlfriend

Just tea in the night, I'd end up

Too hungry to sleep

So lying awake

I would follow the aching inside

I would find

It's for you won't be mine

I tried my hardest, for I'd never learned

God's very simple and love shouldn't burn

And I would've offered you all that you yearned for

But I was still waiting for something to earn

What is that quiet of snow in the night?

The dark rings with white noise as you stand and drown

Maybe it's all of these snowflakes

Screaming a choir of mute

As they brace for the ground

Well, that's my ride

Hope you had a good night

You know, you made me happy

Here, shake my hand

You make such a good man

Never once did you know me

I tried my hardest, for how do you learn

God's very simple and love doesn't burn

And maybe you'd offered me all that I yearned for

But I was still waiting for something to earn

Silly me, waiting

[yomkippur]

what is that quiet of snow in the night? … maybe it’s all of these snowflakes, screaming a choir of mute as they brace for the ground

mitski, “square” / midnight kids biography photograph / unknown source

[jungwooisms]

circle & square in my top five mitski songs and i don’t think that’ll ever change

[gnomebud]

i won’t listen to mitski for months on end and then a random uquiz on here will make me choose between “square” and “pink in the night” and “i want you” and then i will be lying in bed at 1 am losing my everloving mind

[burnt-ghost-toast]

Mitski Lyric Starters pt.2

*lyrics from Retired From Sad, New Career In Business (2013)

Lush | Retired From Sad, New Career In Business | Bury Me At Makeout Creek | Puberty 2 | Be The Cowboy | Laurel Hell

Retired From Sad , New Career In Business .

Goodbye , My Danish Sweetheart

‘ there's nobody better than you ’

‘ it took me a while till i knew ’

‘ i don't blame you if you want to bury me in your memory , i'm not the girl i ought to be ’

‘ maybe when you tell your friends , you can tell them what you saw in me , and not how i turned out to be ’

‘ it's kept me from falling apart ’

‘ would you just tell me what i'm meant to do ? ’

Shame

‘ it feels so good ’

‘ i never was very good ’

‘ i haven’t been so good ’

‘ right outside the door nobody knows ’

Because Dreaming Costs Money , My Dear

‘ the smoke still hangs in my hair ’

‘ darling , play your violin ’

‘ we will manage somehow ’

‘ bring me to your ear , you can hear the tide where i used to be , though now i'm but a shell ’

‘ don't say sorry ’

‘ don't dare regret anything ’

Humpty

‘ it's all that i need ’

‘ the room is now empty , nothing left to throw ’

‘ all the eggshells are on the ground ’

‘ it’s all too much . too frail for me to touch ’

‘ i broke what you gave me , but you kept giving more ’

‘ i'm sorry for taking , but i keep wanting more ’

Circle

‘ there’s a lie that i told to you ’

‘ one soft drunken night ’

‘ in the morning i walked home alone ’

‘ you told me once you were happy to have me , but i never gave me away ’

‘ i would give you my heart , i think ’

‘ put my heart where i couldn't reach ’

‘ i didn't mind , i adored him so ’

‘ nobody knows my lover is buried underground ’

I Want You

‘ i want you ’

‘ it's the end of the world we're starting over ’

‘ i love you , darling ’

‘ i just need a quiet place where i can scream ’

‘ i found you ’

‘ when i stepped through there was no floor ’

Square

‘ and i wondered what space would i take in the order you kept ’

‘ lying awake , i would follow the aching inside ’

‘ god's very simple and love shouldn't burn ’

‘ i would've offered you all that you yearned for ’

‘ maybe it's all of these snowflakes , screaming . a choir of mute as they brace for the ground ’

‘ you know , you made me happy ’

‘ never once did you know me ’

‘ maybe you offered me all that i yearned for ’

‘ silly me , waiting ’

Strawberry Blond

‘ because i love you ’

‘ and the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape . i looked over it and i ached ’

‘ all i need , darling , is a life in your shape . i picture it , soft and i ache ’

‘ you tell me you love her i give you a grin ’

‘ can you hear the bumblebees swarm ? ’

‘ i love it when you look my way ’

Class of 2013

‘ can i sleep in your house tonight ? ’

‘ is it alright if i stay for a year or two ? ’

‘ this once , and then we can forget ’

‘ can i dream for a few months more ? ’

[romanticinpanic]

Summary: Gwen's thought process as she falls

Rating: G

Warnings: (Canonical) Major Character Death

Relationships: Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy

Additional Tags: Gwen Stacy-centric, POV Gwen (Spider-Man), Canon Compliant, Movie: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Unhappy Ending, Canonical Character Death, Drabble, perfect drabble, title from, Song: Square (Mitski)

Wordcount: 100 words (completed)

[vrnite]

(what is that quiet of snow in the night?

the dark rings with white noise

as you stand and drown

maybe it’s all of these snowflakes, screaming

a choir of mute

as they brace for the ground

- mitski // square)

[the-unseelie-court-official]

Fairy, poltergeist and hexes for the ask meme. 😊

Fairy I just answered, however.

Poltergeist- Favorite song lyric? Favorite is difficult, however recently I’ve really felt

“What is that quiet of snow in the night?

The dark rings with white noise

As you stand and drown

Maybe it's all of these snowflakes, screaming

A choir of mute

As they brace for the ground” by Mitski

Hexes- What’s your favorite smell? This ones easy, old growth forests in late autumn early winter.

[kermitskistan]

in honor of mitski’s tour tickets being on sale and my birthday im writing my favorite mitski lyrics:

(as of today goodbye my danish sweetheart, square, humpty, two slow dancers, and i bet on losing dogs have made me cry the most)

goodbye my danish sweetheart

“and i don’t mean to make your heart blue but could we be what we're meant to be? i’m just about to beg you, please and then, when you tell your friends you can tell them what you saw in me and not the way I used to be”

i will

“i will wash your hair at night and dry it off with care”

square

“but i was still waiting for something to earn”

“what is that quiet of snow in the night? the dark rings with white noise as you stand and drown, maybe it's all of these snowflakes, screaming a choir of mute as they brace for the ground”

eric

“blue light, dark room, the white of your teeth as you smile at my trembling shoulders but your skin, did you notice your skin it cries a soft weep like mine”

a burning hill

“i am a forest fire and i am the fire and i am the forest and i am a witness watching it”

townie

“and I want a love that falls as fast as a body from the balcony, and i want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground”

“so tonight, tonight the boys are gonna go for more more more”

“i am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be”

pink in the night

“and i know i’ve kissed you before, but i didn't do it right can i try again, try again, try again”

real men

“and real men don't eat, 'cause they're above that, damn it”

humpty

“all the eggshells are on the ground and i try, i’m trying to pick them up but they crack and crumble, it's much too much too frail for me to touch”

i bet on losing dogs

“baby, my baby tell your baby that i’m your baby”

two slow dancers

“it would be a hundred times easier if we were young again but as it is and it is to think that we could stay the same”

brand new city

“and if i gave up on being pretty i wouldn’t know how to be alive, i should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die”

class of 2013

“and i’ll leave once i figure out how to pay for my own life too”

“mom, am I still young? can i dream for a few months more?”

first love/late spring

“yet now i find i’ve grown into a tall child”

liquid smooth

“how i feel this river rushing through my veins with nowhere else to go, it circles 'round”

fireworks

“and then one warm summer night i’ll hear fireworks outside and i’ll listen to the memories as they cry, cry, cry”

your best american girl

“you’re the sun, you've never seen the night”

“you’re all i ever wanted i think i’ll regret this”

i want you

“you’re coming back and it's the end of the world we’re starting over and I love you, darling”

last words of a shooting star

“and you'd say you love me and look in my eyes but i know through mine you were looking in yours"

shame

*insert anxiety inducing violin part*