Thoughts on You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
I loved it, aoty, my predictions of my own fav songs were right, no other notes (i have plenty of notes)
drop dead -> genuinely gives whimsy first date vibes, where everything feels a bit too good to be true, but idk i get like an underlying melancholy feeling (maybe not melancholy exactly, but kinda sad? idk how to properly word it). i loved the instrumental and the second verse sm (had it on repeat for a long while), and i feel like it's the perfect opening to the album.
stupid song -> love love love this one. the instrumental, the lyrics, TEH BRIDGE it's all so top tier. i feel like it perfectly encapsultes the feeling of being in love with someone, but being unsure as to how they feel/if they feel the same, and feeling completely consumed by it, which also adds to that generally sad feeling which seems to permeate through the rest of the songs. the chorus reminds of a song, but i just can't remember what the song is. definitely one of my favs on the album.
honeybee -> it's so soft and sweet and so melancholy at the same time, but i feel like it's melancholy due to the instrumental mostly? there's something tender about it, and how it seems to describe the quiet certainty of love, and how 'i think i could spend the rest of my life with this person' moves into 'i want to spend the rest of my life with this person' and how it's almost something beautiful
maggots for brains -> the opening is genuinely so cool, and the instrumental in general is a head-bopper. honestly, i wasn't really sure what i was expecting going into this song, but it seems kinda sad. it seems like there's this dependence on another person/the partner to feel happy or alive or even functional. i feel like it kinda links well to purple, and how that dependency can shift into a loss of identity in a relationship
u + me = <3 -> it's such a cute song honestly. I feel like it portrays a very naive/rose-tinted view of love and relationships, and how it seems to be this grand answer to absolutely everything (this is said with the 'wounds are healing' line and 'the cure' in mind). it's definitely a bop, and i especially like the second verse
my way -> i love her pop-rock songs, and my way is no exception, it's one of my favs of the album. the instrumental and the almost techno-y (??) aspect of it is so catchy, and the lyrics themselves as well. idk it's sorta giving crashout song i love singing it aloud.
purple -> loved this one. it starts off really sweet (the imagery of just being with someone, and having your lives mingle in the smallest but most meaningful ways) before it sorta segues into the 'you seem pretty sad' part of the album, talking about dependency and a lack of individuality (i feel like this links really nicely to maggots for brains)
the cure -> honestly i didn't like the cure all too much after my first listen, but i loved it after like 2 relistens. it's kinda introspective, and i feel like it highlights how a relationship based solely on love, or just love in general, can't solve a person's problems and insecurities
begged -> genuinely heartbreaking. no other notes (i cried listening to this, and the background vocals give me shivers) (i honestly feel like this song can be interpreted in multiple ways (one being that the partner is a pos) (the other (also my personal interpretation) being that it provides a bit of a nuanced view on the breakdown of a relationship, and how it isn't always the fault of one party, and can be due to a multitude of other things (mismatched love languages, unspoken expectations, thoughtlessness etc. (this is said with 'the cure' taken into consideration)) that lend to building resentment (intra-psychic stage))
what's wrong with me -> WOAH A FEATURE were my first thoughts. their voices meld together so well, and the soft instrumental is so fire. it really highlights how your partner can be the cause of your perpetual sadness, but still being slightly in denial about it, because maybe love is supposed to feel this way when its not!!
less -> i heard the opening to this and i was genuienly like 'oh this is going to rip out my fucking heart and trample over it' and i was so right. i got actual shivers listening to this, very heartbreaking i fear. i feel like it's an insight into loving someone so much, and wishing for things to work out, but ultimately understanding that it isn't the same as it used to be, and how that hurts.
expectations -> all of the openings are so catchy, and expectations is exactly the same. it's so so memorable, and the lyrics are so witty and fun. i LOVE the pre-choruses so much especially the 'more, and more, and more/adored, adored, adored' parts, there's just something about them that scratches my brain. i feel like this is one of the few/one of the only songs on the album that doesn't seem sad at all, it's so self-assured and confident and i love it.
cigarette smoke -> the memories still cling like cigarette smoke; almost like something that feels good in the moment, but it ends up being something you regret. idk if i'm phrasing that right? (i am NOT trying to glamorize or glorify cigarettes). I also like the callbacks to some of the other songs on the album, and i feel like it's the perfect closing song
thank you for listening to my ted talk
idk maybe i'm just making everything a bit sadder than what it needs to be/what it was intended to be, but almost every single song carries some sort of undercurrent of sadness, and it's more obvious in some songs than it is in others. i suppose it highlights how feeling sad in a relationship can persist, but we deny it or glaze over it for the sake of the relationship or for the sake of love. idk maybe i'm rambling
anyway i fear i no longer have an excuse to keep procrastinating that one fic i was writing
which i suppose is a good thing because i'm feeling inspired
