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meredithscratches · 3 years
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Just a friendly reminder that I would never have thought it was possible to go back and remake my previous work, uncovering lost art and forgotten gems along the way, if you hadn’t emboldened me. Red is about to be mine again, but it has always been ours. Tonight we begin again. Red (my version) is out now.
https://taylor.lnk.to/redtaylorsversion
📷: Beth Garrabrant
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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how is 2022 in only four months?
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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i first saw him from afar, hair shifting in the wind. he was listening to music, in the sort of half-paying-attention-half-trying-to-hide-it way teenagers so often embody, but it was somehow charming given that he was wearing a tee shirt featuring a 90s band, and it didn’t hurt that he looked like cedric diggory, either.
the second time i saw him, he was leaning on a tree, listening to the music once more. this time, i was listening too, and we shared an unspoken moment of respect for the musicians. i envied them for having his full attention. i wanted his eyes trained on me, his feet pointed towards mine.
the third time, i was the one playing the music. he stopped and watched for a while, an ice cream cone in hand, then disappeared. i didn’t expect to see him again.
but the fourth time, he joined, clad once more in a band tee. i’ve always fallen for musicians; this was a perfect example. i forgot the words to songs i knew by heart when he asked if anyone was familiar with them. every single thought left my mind.
after that day, i didn’t see him for two weeks. i assumed he’d left for the summer, and the regret of not talking to him was burning into my mind like a tattoo.
i saw him again, surrounded by his friends; a girl had slung her arm around his shoulder. i avoided looking at him after that. she was perfect, and i had met him once.
and then the last time i saw him, i was on my bike. he stood in half shadow against a lamppost, eyes trained on mine. we watched each other for a few moments, and despite others around us talking or cycling away, we never broke eye contact. i felt like i was on fire. i wish i’d said something, but he always seemed to steal the words directly from my mouth.
and now i’m stuck wondering what could have been.
^this is all real— it’s me romanticizing a missed connection that i’ll never forget.
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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sittin pretty
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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just dreaming about playing elise whisks in the selection movie, don’t mind me 😌
(lol i do act though so hopefully this isn’t a pipe dream)
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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alison - a snippet of lyrics from an original song i wrote!
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she sings the blues with a voice like honey and wine
she’s a charm, a grace, and an angel in disguise
braids daisy crowns, apple rosy cheeks raised high
a smile that folds in on itself when it’s wide
and she
signs her name with a broken heart
like all the tangible shattered beautiful parts
will bare her soul so someone
will mend it, someday...
cause she’s a hopeless romantic like me
alison’s a girl and she’s
one with endless standards cause she
wanted the world
and if i’m being honest,
by fifteen,
it was hers.
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meredithscratches · 3 years
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i would like to clarify that i have absolutely zero idea how tumblr works, but i am here for three reasons only.
1) post random song lyrics from 💖 songs and 😭 songs that i write, which i started writing because of @taylorswift (please go check the actual songs out on my instagram!!! same username as this!!!)
2) post about what a genius @taylorswift is and pray i get to go to a secret session one day
3) read posts about @taylorswift and her cats
so, in summary, i am on tumblr solely for @taylorswift 😌😌 fellow swifties please be friends with me 🥰🥰🥰
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meredithscratches · 4 years
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ode 2 best friends
i know the shape of your voice by heart / i know the way you tiptoe across the floorboards when it’s dark
i love the way your handwriting bares your soul on the page / i love your tears, your smiles, your quiet fits of rage 
cause we’re not just ordinary friends / i know the beginning of our story, but i don’t want it to end 
so this is an ode to best friends / to the people you love / to the one’s whose wishes come before, no, above your own 
best friends are one in a billion / we should present them at a special cotillion / it’s true / they’re worth so much more than a handwritten thank you
so here’s to best friends / here’s to you. 
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meredithscratches · 4 years
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folklore
there are multiple reasons why i aspire to write an album as cohesive and magical as folklore, and why i think it is a masterpiece. disclaimer: this is not up for discussion, folklore is amazing and no one can dispute that in my opinion. :)
1) the whole album tells a story. the title itself is representative of the entire album, which tells one story through multiple different stories: inez, james, betty, rebekah, bill. they are folklore because they are stories told by word, by song, but they seem so real that any listener feels as if they know them. 
2) the songwriting and lyricism is AMAZING. i cannot get over the pure poeticism and beauty that went into every. single. line. of every. single. song. taylor swift, you are a genius. you tell every story so beautifully-- they are both song and poetry, both music and memory. oh how i wish the songs i wrote were nearly as perfect. 
3) the album feels FREE. it feels like liberation; it feels like imagination. it is entirely different from all of her previous albums, and that makes it special, unique, creative, and imaginative. the album feels like taylor swift’s folklore, but it feels like our folklore, because it feels personal yet personable and memorable and relatable. 
thanks 4 coming to my ted talk haha ! taylor alison swift u are amazing ahh !!
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