SIDEBLOG TO RINGSTRAINED.

i’ve been the archer,   i’ve been the prey.   who could ever leave me,   darling?   but who could stay?       /       singing karaoke,   killing backstreet.   touching in the photo booth,   something you can hold onto.   babe,   just in case i’m the one that gets away.       /       said this ain’t what you usually do,   and a girl like me is new for you,   and i can tell you mean it ‘cause you’re shaking.       /       you’re taking up a fraction of my mind,   oh,   every time i watch you serpentine.       /       just tell me when you’re wrong,   so i’ll forgive you when you’re wrong.       /       boy,   you got me blinded.   oh,   pretty baby,   there’s nothing i wouldn’t do.   it’s not the way i planned it.       /       the skyline falls as i try to make sense of it all,   i thought i’d uncovered your secrets but,   turns out,   there’s more.   you adored me before,   oh,   my good looking boy.       /       i don’t like slow motion,   double vision in rose blush.   i don’t like that falling feels like flying ‘til the bone crush.       /       and if i’m unable,   tell him that i’ll try,   but underneath the table,   i will spin the wheel and hope for gold.       /       pulling me in softly at the coat check,   i’m seeing double.       /       and when the sky’s looking starless,   searching for light in the distance,   until i find that the darkness was only shade.       /       now here you go again,   you say you want your freedom.   well,   who am i to keep you down?       /       you’re the scars on my skin,   you’re the past i don’t want to erase.

Amanda Seyfried for Givenchy Parfums

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS | dir. Destin Daniel Cretton (2021)