#tswift hoax

[theerastour]

stood on the cliffside screaming give me a reason...

[erosedits]

Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in. Don't want no other shade of blue but you, no other sadness in the world would do.

[sapphos-honey]

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[placeapuppyinmyhair]

your faithless love's the only hoax i believe in

[thegreatimpersonator]

"Now the sun burns my heart and the sand hurts my feelings."

Jen's 1K Celebration!!! For @eclipsedsuns

☀️☀️ hoax // last kiss // out of the woods // anti-hero // forever winter // hits different // august ☀️☀️

[binary-dontknowher]

In-Depth Analysis of "You're Losing Me" by Taylor Swift

Pt. 1(?)

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So this first part, I'm just gonna go line by line and point out comparisons to other songs or possible hidden meanings.

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[Verse 1]

You say, "I don't understand" and I say, "I know you don't"

We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won't

Remember lookin' at this room, we loved it 'cause of the light

Now, I just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time

Damn, it gets deep reallll fast. Clearly from the first line, Taylor broke up with Joe, not vice versa, and he was confused why. The second line refers to the later line about being sick. She compares their relationship to a terminal illness.

The third line is a reference to Daylight, and the fourth line is contrasting like three. I wonder if it's a reference to her (possibly) writing the song before they broke up but she thought they might, so the song is the one sitting in the dark wondering if it's time, to be recorded and let the world know what happened.

[Pre-Chorus]

Do I throw out everything we built or keep it?

I'm getting tired even for a phoenix

Always risin' from the ashes

Mendin' all her gashes

You might just have dealt the final blow

Obviously the first line is a reference to the Lover House rooms being empty and later burned down during The Eras Tour. Taylor compared herself to a phoenix rising from the ashes, a reference to Reputation. Taylor has come back from so many things, but she doesn't want to repeat that cycle with her lover, Joe. The "final blow" is a mystery, but I have to think (going by the bridge) it was Joe's refusal to get married.

[Chorus]

Stop, you're losing me

Stop, you're losing me

Stop, you're losing me

I can't find a pulse

My heart won't start anymore for you

'Cause you're losing me

I interpret this chorus as Joe upsetting Taylor and she's asking him to stop before he loses her, but he doesn't. By the third time, it has killed the relationship, and her "heart won't start anymore, for" Joe. 💔

[Verse 2]

Every mornin', I glared at you with storms in my eyes

How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'?

I sent you signals and bit my nails down to the quick

My face was gray, but you wouldn't admit that we were sick

Storms in my eyes could be a reference to Ready For It? MV, where she has lighting in her eyes, but the line is saying that she was troubled and you could see it, but he never did. The second line is just heartbreaking- but that and the fourth line are a direct reference to All Too Well's "dead, gone, buried/come back swearing it's the same". The third line is a reference to Exile (that they wrote together) saying "I gave so many signs"; it's also referencing the anxiety she's had in the relationship lately.

[Pre-Chorus]

And the air is thick with loss and indecision

I know my pain is such an imposition

Now, you're running down the hallway

And you know what they all say

"You don't know what you got until it's gone"

Joe clearly is not able to make a decision about furthering the relationship. Taylor feels like her pain of not getting married or taking the next step in the relationship is just annoying to Joe, and not something he cares about. The hallway could be a reference to Maroon "standing hollow-eyed in the hallway", but Joe runs down the hallway to get away. The hallway line could also be furthering the picture of the relationship being terminally ill, and he leaves the hospital room (to the hallway) because he can't take it. The 3rd and 4th lines show their regret and pain at it ending, but know they can't go back.

[Post-Chorus]

My heart won't start anymore (Stop 'cause you're losing me)

My heart won't start anymore (Stop 'cause you're losing me)

I think the post chorus is cool (in the saddest way) with the heart beat stopping at these lines.

[Bridge]

How long could we be a sad song

'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?

I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy

And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier

Fighting in only your army, frontlines, don't you ignore me

I'm the best thing at this party (You're losing me)

And I wouldn't marry me either

A pathological people pleaser

Who only wanted you to see her

AHHH the best part. This bridge is sooo sad, but very eye-opening. I think the first 2 lines are referencing the songs they wrote together (the majority of them have sad overtones), but now THEY are becoming the sad song, and again, he ignores it. The 3rd lines is a direct reference to Mirrorball, with "all my best me's" paralleling with "I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me." "The bravest soldier" line and the 4th and 5th line are a reference to The Great War. She's taking the worst of the arguments and battles, but he, again, ignores her pain. The 6th line is a reference to YOYOK, "I searched the party/just to learn you never cared."

Now the SADDEST part of the whole song T-T. "I wouldn't marry me either", clearly means Joe didn't want to marry her, and she blames herself for that, calling herself a "pathological people pleaser." Her goal in people pleasing, though, is so that he would see her. Very clear reference to the chorus of tolerate it.

And I'm fading, thinkin'

"Do something, babe, say something" (Say something)

"Lose something, babe, risk something" (You're losing me)

"Choose something, babe, I got nothing" (I got nothing)

"To believe, unless you're choosing me"

Taylor is now begging Joe to take action, in any way. Say something, take a risk, lose, and choose her. The chorus after tells us he doesn't. The last two lines here are a reference to hoax, "your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in."

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All in all, this is my all-time favorite Taylor Swift song. There's so much more to dive into (I spent hours talking about it yesterday) so I'll probably do a part two with more stuff! Anyway, let me know what you think of the song!

[ex-justmychampagneproblems]

Pinterest: @feysand_sparksfly

[shittinggold]

🎵 FUFFY!!!!!!!

Okay. OKAY. You have to have known that I would never be able to narrow it down to just one song. I am going to have to dump about a dozen songs on you, each corresponding to a different era of Fuffy. If that's a problem - tough, you knew what you were getting into.

To start us off, both Bodybag by Chloe Moriondo and Saccharine by Jazmin Bean capture that early-Fuffy feeling of "I'm not sure if I want to fight you or fuck you and frankly I think it might be the same thing".

I could cry when I hear you speak but that just makes me angry Wanna kiss you on your cheeks but I also wanna punch your teeth I just don't get it, I just don't know Don't know if I hate you or if I wanna date you Put you in a body bag instead of my bed

You make me afraid Come closer, wait no, go away Disgusted at the fact I care Cut you the fuck off like dead hair

Speak Your Mind by Alice Merton is the anthem for That final scene in Revelations. I saw her in London a couple of months ago and she was great, but I need to see her again until she performs this song.

And you know that it's hard for me To look at you and realize you're part of me But nowadays you seem so far away from me So out of reach Won't you speak your mind? There's a silence in the room and it is killing me Won't you speak your mind?

If you wanted something for their wild nights bonding in Bad Girls, then Untouched by The Veronicas is a classic, and 100% captures that vibe: horny, but perpetually unconsummated. Speaking of Bad Girls, the song that plays when they dance in the Bronze - Chinese Burn by Curve - is a very Faith song.

She burns friends like a piece of wood And she's jealous of me because she never could Hold herself up without a spine And she'll look me up when she's doing fine Because the rage it burns like Chinese torture She's just someone's favorite daughter Spoilt and ugly as she willingly slaughters Friends and enemies they're all the same

I know they're TSwift, and putting Taylor Swift songs on a fanmix is a cliche beyond parody at this point, but I have to shout out three songs from Folklore - Hoax, My Tears Ricochet and The 1 - for being unavoidably great Fuffy songs.

For what it's worth, any song that references "the one" instantly rings Fuffy bells in my head, because "the one" is SUCH a loaded term for them (being soulmates who are in direct competition to be The One). As such, I present Uno by Muse, which gets at that post-Enemies feeling thy both have of feeling like the other really messed up by not following them.

You could have been number one And you could have ruled the whole world And we could have had so much fun But you blew it away

For the same period, but more focused on the rage and denial that comes with self-recognition through another, we have Anything Like Me by Poppy, which is definitely up there as one of the most Fuffy songs around.

I'm everything she never was Now everyone's out for my blood Stop, you're making a scene You're coming at me with blood in your teeth You shouldn't be anything like me You shouldn't be anything like me You'll never be anything like me You shouldn't be anything like me I feel her heart beating in me Get her out of me Love is never-ending in me Take it out of me

While we're doing cliches, I obviously have to mention that Kiss With A Fist and Girlfriend In A Coma both exist. They're like the complimentary breadsticks of Fuffy mixes - they're not what you're there for, but their exclusion would be a choice. Knife Going In by Tegan and Sara is also another surprisingly appropriate set of lyrics given how on-the-nose the title is.

I feel the knife going in I'm feeling like she's not enough to kill me I thought it up and fast But I'm feeling it now And I feel like she's sleeping inches from me I let it pass

Before we finish, I wanna take us to S7, which is just a goldmine - so many songs about that specific feeling of "we were once friends and now we're so far apart". I'll shout out Bad Blood by Bastille, I Want You by Mitski, and Maria by AliceBand, but most of all a slight wildcard - Forget About What I Said by The Killers.

We used to tear it down But now we just exist. The things that I did wrong, I bet you got a list. Now I know how you remember And those moments that you choose Will define me as a traitor Stealing everything you lose.

If S4!Fuffy is more your thing, then we have When I Needed You by Carly Rae Jepsen and Crash and Burn by Maggie Lindemann to both capture Faith's jealousy and anger after waking up.

You picked him over me And you left with no apology Felt a knife in your back Yeah, you thought I was the killer You're looking in the mirror

Or for the Who Are You body-swapping soul-muddying you-and-I-have-begun-to-blur of it all: Bloodstream by Stateless.

Words can be like knives They can cut you open And the silence surrounds you And haunts you I think I might've inhaled you I can feel you behind my eyes You've gotten into my bloodstream I can feel you floating in me

(Yeah, knives is another trigger word for the Fuffy bells)

To finish off, I'd like to bring us back to S3, and Graduation Day Part II. For me, this is the absolute peak of love and tragedy that makes their story what it is. Strawberry Gashes by Jack Off Jill is a great Buffy-POV song that expresses her feelings of wishing she have reached out and done something different to save Faith, while also understanding that it was Faith's choices that led them to this.

Scold me, failed her If only I'd held on tighter To her pale white skin That twisted and withered away from me, way from me Watch me lose her It's almost like losing myself Give her my soul And let them take somebody else, get away from me Watch me fault her "You're living like a disaster" She said, "kill me faster" With strawberry gashes all over, all over me

But if there's one song that works for both of them at this moment, it's Switchblade by LP. If I had a gun to my head and was forced to pick one song to sum up Fuffy, it would be Switchblade by LP. Both the mood and lyrics manage to capture the soul of it - the wistfulness and melancholy, the lost love and lost innocence, the doom and destiny, the pain that comes intertwined with affection. The homosexual yearning. Seriously, go listen to Switchblade by LP.

We were electric We were wild, we were free And I thought that you meant it It's hard to accept it That it's not meant to be But I'll never regret it I don't, I don't No, I don't, I don't Long live the beautiful hearts Who find love and tear it apart Long live the beautiful hearts Who find love and tear it apart All of the hurt you've been hiding away Cuts me at once like a switchblade So take every stab you can take And I'll give it to ya, give it to ya I always knew that you'd cut me someday I fell in love with a switchblade And I know that you did the same And I'll give it to ya, give it to ya

[noireasy]

had another dream where I invented new music this one was what I imagine hoax by tswift to be, since I have never listened to that song. This is so riveting.

[areiton]

Hello! I love your fics so much but I have a COMPLAINT (not really)... between you, Alle and Meidui giving us all the amazing TSwift-inspired fics, I finally caved and started listening... and now all of the angsty songs are giving me Stony feels too 😭 The Great War post-CACW? Hoax mid-Blip? Exile AU? And I don't even WRITE angst, damnit!😭 anyway this is a very roundabout way of saying I love all of you and keep up the good work 😁

I've been grinning over this complaint all morning, tbh. It's fantastic. @meidui & @iam93percentstardust & I out here doing the mother's work.

And you are right. The Great War is THE post-CACW song. I haven't written the fic yet, but it's waiting. Just. Waiting. Tell me all your thoughts about Hoax and Exile though. *chinhands*

Here's a secret: I am (lovingly) bullying meidui into writing a band au that is very much inspo'd by Taylor that I'm very excited to share with y'all next year.

[freyaswolf]

For years, I lived in bewildered befuddlement regarding the musical musings of Taylor Swift. I usually listen to rock or metal, so her brand of pop was not a part of my usual lineup. However, I gained lovely friends here on Tumblr who swear by our Lady TayTay, so I decided I should check out her stuff. But there was SO MUCH, I didn't even know where to start. Luckily, my dearest mutual and actual friend, @idontgettechnology , took pity on me and made me the most amazing playlist to get me started. She titled it Taylor Swift 101, with a description of "Class is is session bish".

I spent today working my way through it, and it was a revelation! I took notes, cause that's what you're supposed to do in class, so here are my highlights from the 56 song playlist. I know I'm missing out on years of lore regarding TSwift, but I'm eager to learn. After a few more listens I may even be ready for the 201 level of this class lol

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Ok, here we go! (I'm pretty sure these are in the intended order, and mostly these are first impressions)

1. Fifteen: wow, this took me straight back to highschool!

2. Teardrops on my Guitar: yep, I'm already hooked

3. Fearless: UGH!!!!

4. Tied Together with a Smile: FUCK!

5. Whitehorse: Holy shit!

6. Cold as You: DAMN!!!

7. You Belong with Me: (SCREAMING) I'm officially invested!

8. Stay Beautiful: 😍😍😍

9. That's The Way I Loved You: FUUUUUUCK!!!

10. Come Back, Be Here: I'm dead over this one ☠️

11. Sparks Fly: EHRMEHGHERD!!!

12. All Too Well: DUUUUUDE!!! I think this is about Jake Gyllenhaal? Also, OOOUUUUUCCCHHH, I can feel her pain!

13. Dear John: EW! Girl, he's a toxic ass narcissist! Babygirl, you need to ditch those boys, get you a girlfriend instead. I volunteer as tribute, or I would if I wasn't too old and boring lol

14. I Almost Do: 🥺🥺🥺🥺

15. Enchanted: Oh the feels!!! Also, my personal head canon is that this is about Chris Evans 😜

16. Red: oh boy, have I been here!

17. Long Live: THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SONG! OH MY HEART!

18. Blank Space: HA! I love this song!

19. Out of the Woods: girl does not have normal relationships

20. How You Get the Girl: OOOOF! I mean come on, she's literally giving instructions!

21. Bad Blood: Fuck you song if ever I heard one! "You made this mess, you know that right?" Kinda vibes

22. Clean: (hand over heart in salute) I feel you sis!

23. Wonderland: Love this! Also, who is this green eyed boy she keeps mentioning?!

24. Look at What You Made Me Do: love this! "Fine, now I'm the bad guy" vibes 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

25. This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! DUDE!!! LOVE THIS!!! 🤣

26. Gorgeous: Love this! UGH SHUT UP YOUR PRETTY FACE! Also about Chris Evans lol

27. Getaway Car: Damn, I've had a few of these, and yeah nothing good happens in a getaway car. Doomed! Lol

28. Dress: HOT!!!

29. New Years Day: Oh my heart!!!

30. The Man: FUCK YES!!!

31. The Archer: wow, exhausting/exhausted, this poor kid!

32. London Boy: FUCK. (This totally made me think of JQ) lol

33. Paper Rings: LOVE!!! ❤️❤️❤️

34. Cruel Summer: relatable lol

35. Cardigan: Sobbing 😭

36. Ivy: UGH! Made me cry!

37. Exile: FML. SOBBING. FR UGLY CRYING.

38. Champagne Problems: this girl needs a hug

39. Illicit Affairs: OUCH!

40. Coney Island: 🖤

41. Hoax: I am bereft. I feel like I just broke up with all of my exes at once.

42. Gold Rush: definitely about Chris Evans. Also the way I flirt, if you're too perfect, I avoid and ignore. And if I can't do that, I heckle.

43. Tis the Damn Season: FEEEEELS!!!

44. Mirrorball: she needs all of the hugs, and some real friends.

45. No Body, No Crime: I would absolutely hide bodies for her. I would die for her.

45. Betty: I have questions? Also, I 🖤 when she says fuck.

46: Evermore: I liked it, but I didn't have a definitive "note"

47. Antihero: HA!

48. Maroon: I really love it when she says fuck. It may be a new kink for me.

49. Lavender Haze: I really want her to get a girlfriend.

50. You're on Your Own Kid: SO GOOD!

51. Bejeweled: FUCK YES!!!

52. Mastermind: 😈😈😈 I've done this. This is me.

53. The Great War: bonded like war buddies lol

54. High Infidelity: Feels decidedly Hellcheery

55. Would've Could've Should've: DAAAAAMMMMNNN!!!!

56. Dear Reader: WOW

And I am SPENT! This was a rollercoaster of emotions, and I enjoyed the whole fucking time. I am now a ride or die T Swift fan. Dude, I had no idea. Thank you so much MJ for this guided tour, I had the best time today! 🥰

[fearsomeandwretched]

Folklore feels and sounds like a summery album to me but I think it's more depressing in general than evermore esp with its closing song being hoax the only tswift closer that's so somber. And evermore feels and sounds like a wintery album to me but it's warmer and more hopeful than folklore is imo

@mustlikemeforme thots?

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