Now it’s up to you to pass them down.

july 24th – one year of folklore

folklore: the video game mockup

Me introducing folklore to my whole family at 6 in the morning

Listening twice through

the 1

And if you bleed, you’re never gonna grow - And if I bleed, you’ll be the last to know (Cruel Summer)

Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool - Jump in to the pool from the balcony // feeling so Gatsby for that whole year (This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things)

In my defense, I have none, for never leaving well enough alone - I never leave well enough alone (ME!)

cardigan

Chase two girls, lose the one - Call back to “Girl at Home”?

the last great american dynasty

There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen - Mad Woman

Filled up the pool with champagne and swam with the big name - Everyone’s swimming in a champagne sea (This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things)

I had a marvelous time - I said oh my, what a marvelous tune (Starlight)

exile

With his arms around your body, laughin’ but the joke’s not funny at all - Reminds me of the photos of her with TH on the rocks

You’re not my homeland anymore, so what am I defending now? - Keep your helmet, keep your life, son, just a flesh wound, here’s your rifle, crawling up the beaches now, "Sir, I think he’s bleeding out" //  With you I serve, with you I fall down  (epiphany)

I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending - You knew the hero died so what’s the movie for? (hoax)

You were my crown, now I’m in exile, seein’ you out - They took the crown but it’s alright (Call It What You Want)

We always walked a very thin line - You and I walk a fragile line, I have known it all this time (Haunted)

my tears richochet

And if I’m on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too

- I am ash from your fire (hoax)  - But I’m a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm (peace)

We gather stones, never knowing what they’ll mean, some to throw, some to make a diamond ring - People throw rocks at things that shine (Ours)

You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me - LWYMMD MV

mirrorball

Spinning in my highest heels, love  - Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress (Holy Ground)

I’m still on that tightrope - You and I walk a fragile line, I have known it all this time (Haunted)

august

Whispers of “Are you sure?” “Never have I ever before” - We are alone, just you and me, up in your room and our slates are clean (State of Grace)

And I can see us twisted in bedsheet - I can see it all in my head, back and forth sneaking in your bed (Daylight) - All of you, all of me intertwined (Daylight)

And say, “Meet me behind the mall” - You can meet me in the back (Delicate)

Remember when I pulled up and said “Get in the car” - She said “James, get in, let’s drive” (betty)

this is me trying

I had the shiniest wheels, now they’re rusting - Salt air, and the rust on your door (august)

I just wanted you to know that this is me trying - This is me swallowing my pride, standing in front of you saying I’m sorry for that night (Back to December)

They told me all of my cages were mental - Gold cage hostage to my feelings (So It Goes…)

And my words shoot to kill when I’m mad - Mad woman

illicit affairs

Hood over your head, keep your eyes down - My baby’s fit like a daydream, walking with his head down, I’m the one he’s walking to (Call It What You Want)

Don’t call me “kid,” don’t call me “baby” - My baby’s fit like a daydream (Call It What You Want) - Call my bluff, call you babe (It’s Nice To Have a Friend)

You showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else - and ode to all of her lyrics about colour!

invisible string

Green was the color of the grass // Teal was the color of your shirt - another ode to lyrical colours

Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA - Now we’ve got bad blood (Bad Blood)

Out of all the wrong arms, right into that dive bar - dive bar on the east side, where you at? (Delicate)

One single thread of gold // Gold was the colour of the leaves - I once believed love would be burning red, but it’s golden, like daylight (Daylight)

Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies - Light pink sky up on the roof, sun sinks down, no curfew (It’s Nice To Have a Friend)

And it’s cool, baby with me - it’s cool, that’s what I tell them no rules in breakable heaven (Cruel Summer)

mad woman

And women like hunting witches too - they’re burning all the witches, even if you aren’t one (I Did Something Bad)

I’m taking my time, taking my time - time, wondrous time (invisible string) - time, mystical time (invisible string) - time, curious time  (invisible string)

hoax

My only one - only 1

My smoking gun // my twisted knife - bought a knife to a gun fight (Call It What You Want)

Don't want no other shade of blue but you - it’s blue the feeling I’ve got (Cruel Summer) (and a million references to Blue she’s had!)

You know I left a part of me back in New York - back and forth, from New York (Daylight)

You knew it still hurts underneath my scars - You drew stars around my scars (cardigan)

My kingdom come undone - my castle crumbled overnight (Call It What You Want)

peace

Suddenly this summer, it’s clear - Cruel Summer

I would die for you in secret  - Remember how I said I’d die for you? (False God) - Your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep (King of My Heart)

You paint dreamscapes on the wall - We never painted by the numbers, baby (the 1)

But there’s robbers to the east, clowns to the west - ‘nuf said

The devil’s in the details, but you got a friend in me - It’s Nice to Have a Friend

Sit with you in the trenches - epiphany

Family that I chose, now that I see your brother as my brother - Trust him like a brother (Call It What You Want)

betty

When I passed your house it’s like I couldn’t breathe - Windows down, I pass my street the memories start // Headlights pass the window pane, I think of you (I Wish You Would)

You can’t believe a word she says most times, but this time it was true - So I guess all the rumors are true (London Boy)

Or lead me to the garden? - I snuck through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate (Cruel Summer)