#star dusting

" i thought i heard bells ringing,

re: stardusting i took the opposite from the song compared to the other people (not to say they’re wrong, more to point out how neat jd’s lyricism is). i figured bells were wedding bells, probably after the alpha couple got married. they’re so blinded by their own need to make this dead end, already failing relationship work that they’ll take all the warning signs for celebration, even when those warning signs are anything the other says, even when that’s what the point of a relationship is. they’re doomed not because they never knew, but because they refused to look outside their own idea of a perfect joyous marriage to see that they were already fucked; in that way, it’s a horror story because it’s the dawning realization (from the listener) where they know how it ends, but can’t do anything to fix it, because both parties are too wrapped in theirselves to care

Re: Star Dusting. I agree with what was previously said about the song but wanted to point out one detail that stood out to me. The bells coming from the partner make me think of alarms, but also something like a school bell. A sound that demands action, movement but "then I remembered I no longer knew what bells sounded like". How can you act when you can't identify the stimulus? You are not only losing your connection to someone else but also reality, signals, and yourself.