#the Alcott

[stillgotscars]

the alcott - the national, taylor swift

[youareinlove]

"did my love aid and abet you" is a line to end all lines by the way. did my forgiveness and grace enable you? did you only treat me that way because you knew you could? did i allow you to do that to me because i didn't stop loving you? i love you, it's ruining my life

[girlwith1braincell]

[flowercrowngods]

did my love aid and abet you?

[ts-kk-blog]

of course she take Notes

and there you are, sittin' as usual with your golden notebook

writin' something about someone who used to be me

[taylor-swift-bracket]

🎇Please reblog!🎇

[swanfireprincessmydear]

‘And I’ll ruin it all over

I’ll ruin it for you

I’ll ruin it all over

And over like I always do.’

[taylortruther]

ooh to me that line is actually sexual. i’m pretty sure it has a double meaning of some sort, but i see it as an elegant way of saying, ‘i want to relish in the emotional pain and physical pleasure of our relationship.’ rain on my parade! rip my dress apart! i love this curse on our house because it combines these things! I accept my sentence to be miserable and passionate with you at the same time. idk idk

oh SHIT maria i think you just unlocked this for me. yes! it makes complete sense with the way those lines are structured. why DON'T you do these things? that feels totally right. thank you big brain!

[natashaaromanova]

illicit affairs // the alcott

[love-bites-and-poetry-burns]

and there you are, sittin' as usual, with your golden notebook

writing something about someone

who used to be me

[stillgotscars]

the alcott - the national, taylor swift

[taylor-on-your-dash]

we don't talk about the alcott and the implications of Taylor singing "I tell you that I think I'm falling back in love with you" enough

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Do I throw out everything we built or keep it -> cause I love this curse on our house -> I loved this place for so long

[daisyswift3]

The way that all of these lyrics are talking abt the same exact thing. This literally confirms my Midnight in Paris theory (that the amazing @chickawah23 also had) where “golden thinking/notebook” refers to being trapped in nostalgia and not being able to stop writing abt the past and using these things as a form of escapism. This means the alcott is definitely not abt Matt and is abt Taylor (which isn’t really a shocker). I just can’t believe how well it all fits. Not to mention the connection to the 7th pumpkin message and to the other lyrics that mention gardens (betty’s garden, your wife waters flowers I wanna kill her)

(X)

[kwyw]

Oh my god, I forgot all about this.

Oh, this has been planned for a LONG time. 🙈🙈🙈

[witchmd13]

and I'll ruin it all over I'll ruin it for you.

-- the alcott by the national (feat. taylor swift)