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“LOUDER!”

The Away From Home Festival. (30 August 2021)

“I’m Still Alright To Smile”

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 21k

Summary:

“ “I think someone needs to confront him.”

“What, like an intervention?” Louis snorts. This isn’t the first time Harry’s bailed, but it’s definitely the first time he didn’t try to come up with some lame excuse they all knew was shit.

“Sort of. I mean, he denies a reunion every time, then in an interview weeks later will say he misses us and would love to get together. Like, why lie to us?”

“Fucked if I know.” Louis mumbles. He doesn’t know why Harry does the things he does. Used to. Used to know everything about him, once upon a time. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly how that changed, and exactly how they ended up where they are now.

OR

The one where Larry was never real. “

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Elo I’ve been unhinging lately with the lyrical breakdowns, song parallels and whatnot that it’s gotten to a point where I can’t even keep track of them myself. So I think this will solve that: linking this post in my description! (thank you @louismyantidote for the encouragement lol)

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1D/Louis/Liam - Steal My Girl (mentions: L:Perfect Now, Little Black Dress, Journey - Faithfully)

Harry - Kiwi (mentions: this thing is massive and covers way way wayyy too much it’s huge)

1D/Harry/Louis - Perfect (mentions: some interview breakdowns, Style)

Harry - Watermelon Sugar (not my song analysis but a collection of links that cover all I think about it) 

1D/Harry - Stockholm Syndrome (mentions: an interview breakdown, 1D/L: No Control, Home, L:Kill My Mind)

Harry - bunch of lyrical parallels within his music (centered around “my eyes, want you more than a melody”)

Niall - So Long (ties in with Right Now - mentions: 1D: A.M., Right Now, Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here)

1D/Harry - Half The World Away (mentions: most significantly Nickelback’s Far Away [Louis’ tattoo])

Harry - Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart talk

Louis - Too Young (mentions: significant ones are H:Two Ghosts and 1D/L:Home)

Niall/Harry/Louis being too young theme (mentions: N:So Long, This Town, H:Sweet Creature, To Be So Lonely, L:We Made It, Too Young, Fearless)

1D - Right Now (mentions: A.M., N:This Town, Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here)

Harry - Ever Since New York (mentions: Two Ghosts, L:DLIBYH, Badfinger - Baby Blue, bunch of Taylor’s songs)

Harry - mixtape (a reading of his top 10 songs of all time) (mentions: loads, most significantly 1D/H:If I Could Fly)

1D/Louis - Through the Dark x Bridge Over Troubled Water (from Harry’s mixtape)

1D - Girl Almighty (mentions: More Than This, also I made it gay and sad, it’s a weird one, this addition is better)

1D/Louis - Love You Goodbye (mentions: a whole bunch of 1D songs)

Harry - Sunflower Vol 6 (mentions: Harry’s mixtape, Two Ghosts, Louis’ playlist)

Zayn - Vibez (mentions: Better, Mind of Mine as a whole)

Louis - Perfect Now (+parallel) (mentions: H:Falling, 1D: Little Things, WMYB, Through the Dark, their tattoos)

Louis’ playlist parallels Fine Line, he is ridiculous and I am too for noticing(mentions: I really go over all the songs on Fine Line here enjoy this deranged puzzle)

Louis’ other playlist parallels HS1(mentions: same as the above but for HS1)

Also: Another masterpost of lyric analyses by @ialwaysknewyouwerepunk

okay, first of all. this one was hard. this one was complex. at times i was like ??? and !!! about these lyrics, especially because they can mean so much all at once. they tell so many stories. so i guess that this is my disclaimer that if you absolutely disagree and your own interpretation is way different, then you should own it and hold on tight to it bc who is a random stranger on the internet to tell you what to feel about a song by your fave, right????? alright. let’s fucking go and see where this takes us

there is a cut, bc this is a long one. i get into louis’s references to oasis, mention possible parallels to his as well as others’ earlier work, and try to wrap my head around walls’ message as a whole, basically. open at your own risk

walls, track 6

TITLE SONG. - statement: this is what the album is about, this ties everything together

6th song on the album: last of the first half - lot of personal struggles in that first half: devil in my brain, please kill my fucking overactive mind, kept me living, prison of a past life, doing better, life gets hard, driving to something better, don’t give up, we made it, waving to the hard times, what i could’ve become, i gave in to the pressure etc etc etc last warning are you sure you wanna get into this