#the lyric 'i was built from special pieces that i learned how to unscrew' is sooo buck

[stevethehairington]

lonely is the muse by halsey goes sooooo hard

[hope-ur-ok]

fave 13 lyrics this week?

oof that's hard, these are gonna be in no particular order

pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere - Vanilla Twilight (Owl City)

you kill me with your kiss it's so hard to resist you when you look me in the eyes tonight - Heart Heart Heartbreak (BLG)

you once called me forever now you still can't call me back - Stick Season (Noah Kahan but actually its the Olivia Rodrigo cover)

I don't need to read a horoscope to know you'll die alone - Under the Influence(r) (The Summer Set)

look in my eyes you'll see a million tears have gone by and still they're not dry - If Only Tears Could Bring You Back (Midnight Sons)

I was built from special pieces that I learned how to unscrew - Lonely Is the Muse (Halsey - new album is out tonight!!!!)

nothing chages, nothing ever can, round about the roundabout and back where you began - Turning (Les Miserables - I am seeing the tour again in Hartford on Nov. 2nd!!)

like an old and ancient fable, you're the sacred red and I'm the raging bull - Passing Through (Brother Elsey)

forgive me peter please know that I tried to hold to the days when you were mine - Peter (Taylor <3)

it's an uphill slope but I won't lose hope - Go The Distance (We The Kings cover specifically)

waking up like what did I say and why the fuck did I say it - My Own Medicine (The Summer Set)

I know things will get better, hold it together take your time - Stuck In the Middle (BLG)

and this is me trying to let it go - This Is Me Trying/Daylight Mashup (it is living in my mind rent free right now)

[iamnotawomanimagod]

fave lyrics from the singles from TGI singles so far?

Thanks lyric anon! <3 (Also Idk if it was you or someone else who sent the 29 lyrics ask but I am working on it!)

"I always knew I was a martyr and that Jesus was one too, but I was built from special pieces that I learned how to unscrew. And I can always reassemble to fit perfectly for you or anybody that decides that I'm of use." - Lonely is the Muse

"And why's she losin' so much weight? I heard it's from the drugs she ate. I feel her, but I can't relate, because I'd never end up in that state. A girl like that is a mother, must be tough. A problem child, I was rough, but what do you do with a difficult grown up?" - Lucky

"Still a little kid that can't make friends, wanna be invited but I won't attend." - Ego

"When I met you, I thought I was damaged goods, had a fucked up childhood, and there's poison in my brain and in my blood. If you knew it was the end of the world, could you love me like a child? Could you hold me in the dark?" - The End

"I took off chasing you down Route 22, 'cause you never listen and I'm terrible too. You kept on driving far away from the issues. If you stopped, I would've kissed you." - I Never Loved You

I will say, lyrically speaking, this album is shaping up to be truly excellent and already rivaling IICHLIWP for me.

Thanks again!! <3

[emoqueer44]

Lyric Appreciation Post for Lonely Is The Muse

"I spent years becoming cool and in one single second you can make a decade of my efforts disappear"

"I always knew I was a martyr and that Jesus was one too"

"I was built from special pieces that I learned how to unscrew"

"I can always reassemble to fit perfectly for you or anybody that decides that I'm of use"

"Where do I go in the process when I'm just an apparatus?"

"I've inspired platinum records I've earned platinum airline status"

"I mined a couple diamonds from the stories in my head"

"I'll be a wind chime in the window catching light to throw around"

"I will exist in every second just to decorate your life"

"I will nurse my wounds until another artist needs me new"

"Lonely and forgotten is the [muse]"

[funnier-as-a-system]

[ID: two sets of lyrics. They read:

First set: But I was built from special pieces / That I learned how to unscrew / And I can always reassemble / To fit perfectly for you / Or anybody that decides / That I'm of use

Second set: I want you to know / I'm a mirrorball / I can change everything about me to fit in / You are not like the regulars / The masquerade revelers / Drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten

/ end ID]

Halsey, Lonely Is The Muse (2024) || Taylor Swift, mirrorball (2020)

[iamnotawomanimagod]

fave lyrics this week?

Thanks as always, anon! <3

This week, predictably, it's all about Lonely is the Muse.

I'm especially obsessed with the chorus:

"I always knew I was a martyr and that Jesus was one too, but I was built from special pieces that I learned how to unscrew. And I will always reassemble to fit perfectly for you, or anybody that decides that I'm of use."

But my favorite line from the verses right now:

"Where do I go in the process when I'm just an apparatus? I've inspired platinum records, I've earned platinum airline status. And I've mined a couple diamonds from the stories in my head, but I'm reduced to just a body here in someone else's bed."

And for fun - I've been listening to some of Chappell Roan's old music, and my current favorite is "Die Young." My favorite lyric:

"Sleep with the devil, go dance with him. It's your life, do what you want to. Baby, why you so locked up in lies? Don't you know you could have the truth?"

[elytrafemme]

ok firstly HI. HI HI HI <333 HI :D

REALLLLL RAEL ASF okay my faves would be like: dog years, letter to God (1974), the end, letter to God (1983), lonely is the muse, arsonist, life of a spider (draft), letter to God (1998)

I LUV READING UR THOUGHTS ON ONLY LIVING GIRL IN LA & HOMETOWN ESPEC when i have listened to the album those two have not been my faves but like... I appreciate the opening being a six minute song u are so real for this and also hometown the refrain the way she sings it is like DEVASTATING augh. Ugh. YEAH!

DOG YEARS IS CRAZY when she was dropping the insta promos i was like oh this is going to be devastating to the culture and it WAS. it's kind of unlocked things in me i fear its like soo good.

EXACTLY EXACTLY WITH THE LETTERS TO GOD EXACTLY!!!!!!!! I think 1983 was my OG fave and agree that i dont love 1998 as much but i think like... first of all crazy cool conceptually to have those but the progression going thru it like u said of I wanna be sick I don't wanna be somebody they're tryna get rid of -> I don't wanna be sick I don't wanna be somebody you're wanna get rid of -> You have to be sick I've finally found somebody I don't wanna get rid of . ACTUALLY SEVERELY FUCKED UP OF HER.

the end originally didnt hit as crazy for me and then i relistened to it when the album dropped and i was like what the FUCK man. ending the song on "my treatment starts today" and also making that the first single is genuinely like. halsey u are a fucking genius

Darwinism is such an incredible track when i was first listening to it i was like. the snippet led me in one direction and then i heard the song and was like this is a different direction and iactually love where they took this and i also love them. like musically such an incredible song

LONELY IS THE MUSE IS MY TOP SONG THIS YR IM SO SURE OF IT ive not been listening to it as much since the album dropped (ill explain in a moment) but it is one of the best songs ever written imo. so where do i go in the process when i'm just an apparatus <- this lyric is maybe my fave but even just the refrain being i always knew i was a martyr and that Jesus was one too but i was built from special pieces that i learned how to unscrew so i could always reassemble to fit perfectly for you or anybody that decides that im of use (i might have mistyped some of that srry) like THEY GET IT. THEY FUCKING GET IT!!!! When i first heard it i was like oh halsey just transcribed my life crisis rn ok cool awesome. and then its all i listened to

Shout out to arsonist when i heard a song was going to be fiona apple inspired i was SO EXCITED and like. Fuck. that song is so crazy good i love it so bad. i love the different directions they took all these songs in theyre so unique like fuckkkkk

life of the spider is quite seriously the only thing i have listened to since the album dropped. like occasionally ui'll listen to TGI or like... Two other songs. but i have been looping life of a spider nonstop. u understand me halsey understands me but like this song... again is like oh let's just transcribe mare's current thought process and life crisis and make it a beautiful incredible song and im like okay no for sure. cause i'm the spider in the kitchen weaving webs through every year and i worked real hard on the last one but the last one got me here i'm minding my own business but my presence makes you curse i should be getting better but i'm only getting worse and God how dare i even thinking of choosing here to die cause then i'm just a problem that you have to take outside <- GENUINELY THE MOST INSANE LYRICS EVER WRITTEN. BEST LYRICS EVER WRITTEN. I love this fucking song top 5 songs ever for me like. fuck them seriously for this but also. God. GOD.

NO NO NO TRUE LIKE I FEEL LIKE UGh so much artistry was put into this album they put so much care into every song!!! which is why even though there are some songs that are not as faves for me (only living girl hometown & hurt feelings i am so sorry beautiful beautiful nation) this album is truly a no skip and every single song especially those three have so much love and vision put into them. i'm literally writing a zine article abt this album and im like i have so much shit to say how do i even do this........ also i appreciate what u said about the album order bc i was originally on the fence about whether it was like Purposefully ordered but reading ur thoughts and thinking through it like. yeah! yeah. there's nothing i would change here.

and on the tiktok note genuinely like while halsey obviously does write bops and is a pop artist so they have songs on this album that are like... ego and panic attack where i can see this being like The Hits, it's also so important that this album really ISN'T made to be like a host for a bunch of radio hits. so many of these songs are not palatable for that! they're honest and brutal in a way that can't be easily like commercialized and i dont know thats really meaningful to me too

SORRY THIS IS SUCH A LONG RESPONSE but i love hearing ur thoughts on music always i am a very loyal arowrath post reader and i saw all ur stuff about TGI and im like well i need to be brave and reach out to him its very imperative for me at this time. sorry for my lengthy yap hehe i hope u are doing so well beams at u!!! <3333333

ps i havent heard any of the extra tracks or the vma performance hwich i need to because my friend told me that victoria de angelis from måneskin is bass for that performance and like i gotta be there man. i gotta

i have been deeply appreciating ur TGI posting and was wondering what ur fave songs off of it are !! - mare

HI MARE im free from academia for the day (FINALLY) so i can answer this yayayaayy

as of right now. and this is in album order And im about to list off like a good third of the album sorry in advance but: only girl living in la, dog years, letter to god 1974, letter to god 1983, darwinism, lonely is the muse, and life of the spider

first of all. only girl living in la is an INSANE way to start an album. Like i knew i was absolutely in for it seeing the track list and that we were Starting with a 6 minute long song i was like Oh she loves me specifically she knew id been tormented by songs that are 2 minutes long for too long. i dont think ive ever finished the first song on an album and been, like, scared to listen to the rest of it before (good thing)

dog years. i canteven say anything yet Like theres no words. probably one of my favorites out of my favorites

letter to god 1974 and letter to god 1983 are twins to me. (well triplets shoutout letter to god 1998 no disrespect to my girl its just the first two are my faves personally) Thank u halsey for addressing the "wanting to get really sick so people would pay attention to you" to "getting really sick and it turns out people kinda dont gaf if ur in ur 20s about it" pipeline

hometown- is anyone else trying so hard to escape their hometown or is it just me and halsey and gerard "i know im never getting out of belleville" way. also i love her voice on this one

darwinism- i was reading it as being about physical disability but apparently she said it was about neurodivergence either way is anybody else feeling ostracized from the rest of society or is it just me and halsey out here

lonely is the muse- INSANE FUCKING SONG vocally lyrically musically everything. when i found out there was gonna be a Whole Album and lonely is the muse was on it i realized i was going to die.and then i did. <3

life of the spider- i knew there was a tori amos song on the album and the one tori amos song im really familiar with is me and a gun so of course i was terrified .and i was right to be. love a song i cant listen to without having a panic attack one of my favorite genres. insanely haunting song i cant really listen to this one casually yet or possibly ever i have to like sit down and prepare. this morning i saw a spider in my bathroom and started crying. tomorrow more of the same. "favorite" not in the way where i listen to it a lot favorite in the way where i can barely listen to it at all

also one more thing i feel like in general the album is organized very well does that make sense. like the songs are in a specific order that is good and makes sense. only girl living in la -> ego -> dog years -> letter to god 1974 is an insane run of songs generally let alone first on the album but also it like. makes sense why theyre in that order. also darwinism -> lonely is the muse -> arsonist -> life of the spider i can say the same of. like yeah thats the exact order those songs should go in. this is really not a Shuffling Album to me at ALL theres a specific order they all go in and i really like that Bc half the time These Days it feels like everythings so focused on having 2 minute long songs with 15 second clips that blow up on tiktok that its always nice to have an album thats like. Ok thankgod they actually give a fuck about this and its not optimized for social media analytics

thank u for reading My essay ^___^<3 u sent this 5 hours ago when i was working on my school stuff and i waslike oh thank god i get to talk about music later. A little treat for meeee to rewind and such.And then immediately i wrote A lot of sentences but, like, for fun this time so it counts as Rewinding

[queer-lemons]

And I mean her voice in Lonely is the Muse is killing me the mix is so fucking good, her screaming behind the singing is SO GOOD

[id: two screenshots of lyrics from Halsey's new single Lonely is the Muse

"I always knew I was a martyr and that Jesus was one too But I was built from special pieces that I learned how to unscrew And I can always reassemble to fit perfectly for you Or anybody that decides that I'm of use Lonely is the muse Ah-ah Lonely is the muse"

"And I will always be a martyr, I will fill your life with sings I'll be a wind chime in the window, catching life you throw around And I will tear apart your bedroom, I'll call you in the night I will exist in every second just to decorate your life And when you're done you can discard me like the others always do And I will nurse my wounds until another artist stains me new"

/end id]

halsey's new album coming out song by song and being about chronic illness and slow diagnoses and suffering and balancing life and illness is something so personal to me right now