#the tortured poets department (song)

[swirlingyouintomypoems]

Can’t believe Taylor wrote the tortured poets department (song) abt buck and eddie. What a crazy world we live in.

[theircrazyfandoms]

"Like who uses typewriters anyway"

[thetorturedpoetheadquarters]

The Tortured Poets Department Song Title Analysis

Similar Lyrics:

“Back when you fit my poems like a perfect rhyme” - Holy Ground

“Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die” - The Lakes

“On the way home, I wrote a poem, you say, “what a mind,” this happens all the time” - Sweet Nothing (which Joe wrote with her apparently)

The title “The Tortured Poets Department” is seen as a reference to a group chat Joe Alwyn was in with some of his co-stars called “The Tortured Man Club” - which was revealed to exist in a Variety interview of him and Paul Mescal that came out December 15, 2022.

A source talked to The Daily Mail (which is believed to be the news source that Joe’s PR team talks to) and discussed how Taylor felt about it.

"It’s undeniable that the name of her upcoming album is in reference to Joe’s WhatsApp group chat. Taylor knocked him for the name of this when they were together. She didn’t want people to think that it had anything to do with her, so when he spoke out about it, she was, of course, bothered."

Apparently, Joe also had a Soundcloud account where he read poetry. It dates back to a little bit before him and Taylor met. However, knowing Taylor this fact most likely helped him in winning her over.

Often accidentally called the Dead Poets Society which is a movie that came out in 1989 and stars Robin Williams.

Synopsis: Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

Taylor does have serious ties with New England, mentioning Rhode Island in The Last Great American Dynasty due to Holiday House residing there - which is Taylor’s Rhode Island Home. She has been residing in Rhode Island since 2013 and it's where she holds her well-known Fourth of July parties.

It's also giving, "I'm standing in a 1950s gymnasium," from Suburban Legends.

[junesuckerfamefucker]

me when i find a new fictional character to obsess over

[rainswhenyouregone]

we're modern idiots

[fearlessandless]

So I've been thinking a lot about "I chose this cyclone with you." Specifically, about "chose" rather than "choose"

Lyrically, it sounds better because of the assonance of the long O with cyclone.

SEMANTICALLY, it means this is a choice she's made in the past. She's here in the cyclone because she chose it once and she lives here now. Maybe not stuck, exactly, but who else is going to hold him like her? Where else is she going to go? She chose this cyclone, she doesn't get to go somewhere else now.

[purpledancingpolarbear]

"Who's gonna hold you like me, no fucking body"

"I scratch your head, you fall asleep, like a tattooed golden retriever"

"and that's the closest I've come to my heart exploding"

Just the sweet bits thank you very much 😭 I can't

[imgonnagetyoubackk]

florida being the closing night song IN LONDON because IVE GOT SOME REGRETS SO TAKE ME TO FLORIDA and florida is the next show….. oh taylor swift you are THE MASTERMIND

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

The thing that is striking me the most about this album is just how messy and human it is. She’s not holding anything back or trying to appear one way or another. She’s just letting it all out regardless of what anyone might say. She found that trying to be polished and keep all the ugly, imperfect, human stuff in to be stifling and just said fuck it I need to do this for me. This album was an exorcism for her.

[cametotheshowinsd]

I love you, it's ruining my life.

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT || April 19th, 2024

[missegyptiana]

SAY IT. ONCE. AGAIN. WITH FEELING. HOW. THE. DEATH. RATTLE BREATHING. SILENCED. AS. THE. SOUL. WAS LEAVING. THE DEFLATION. OF. OUR. DREAMING. LEAVING ME. BEREFT. AND REELING. MY BELOVED. GHOST. AND. ME. SITTING. IN A. TREE.

D-Y-I-N-G

[theircrazyfandoms]

"What if he's written mine, on my upper thigh, only in my mind"

[xcleanx]

WHAT IF HE’S WRITTEN MINE ON MY UPPER THIGH ONLY IN MY MIND????? ONE SLIP AND FALLIN BACK INTO THE HEDGE MAZE OHHHHHHHH WHAT A WAY TO DIEEEE!!!!! I. KEEP RECALLING. THINGS. WE. NEVER. DID. MESSY TOP LIP KISS!!!!!!! HOW I LONG FOR OUR TRYSTS!!!!!! WITHOUT EVEN TOUCHING HIS SKIN!!!!!! HOW CAN I BE GUILTY AS SINNNNNN

[folklorefearlessts]

I can do it with a broken heart 🌚❤️

[me-the-sand-and-the-sea]

[ohgaylor]

The Prophecy (redesign) (credit) — I’m so afraid I sealed my fate