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Hiii. Do you have a timeline or an analysis for Half the world away?

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Oh boi. OH. BOI OH BOI DO I. I do have quite a "I have connected the dots! you havent connected shit" for Half The World Away! Of course I do.

First, as for a timeline, the song leaked august 25 2020, and according to *the internet* (I believe the YT account that leaked it) it was recorded in 2013 as a demo for Take Me Home, which is a little weird considering Take Me Home was released late 2012. So either it was written and recorded in 2012 instead, or it wasn't for Take Me Home but maybe for Midnight Memories? I'm mostly interested in it being pre- or post-haylor really as I feel like this song and Two Ghosts are about the same deal, and as Two Ghosts has some haylor nudges, surely it making the most sense of it being written during/about that time.

Of all my song-linking parallel-finding messes this one was one of the firsts where I went full

so I'm happy to share that, it's got some tattoos and dancing and narratives and sadness. So this is gonna be "fun":

To barge right in, right before the cut: this song is one big ol parallel to Nickelback's Far Away. And uh...

Yeeehhp. Let's get into it:

Louis got "Far Away" tattoo'ed on him in october 2012. He hasn't said it's the name of a song, I think he implied a couple of times that it's about being far away from home, he has (allegedly, I mean, in writing, so who knows really) said that the tattoo signifies: Though I’m away from home, my family is always in my heart. (ALWAYS IN MY HEART!?) (I have no clue where that comes from but it's in a couple of grain of salt trying to get clicks articles like this one)

But then in 2015 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback 'gave away' that he has it tattooed because because it was "his and his girls song" (here) Now if you go on to read the tags of that post it's divided in 2 clear fronts: either pure hysterical laughter that that tattoo can't possibly be a nickelback lyric nor about "his and his girl" and it's clearly just about missing home OR "elounor tattoo proof". Meanwhile I'm here all by myself cheering in a lonely corner for this song actually being Harry & Louis' song at the time.

It's a really fking sappy sad love song fighting for a love that is incredibly strong but struggling, really right up their alley:

This time, this place Misused, mistakes Too long, too late Who was I to make you wait? Just one chance, just one breath Just in case there's just one left 'Cause you know, you know, you know That I love you I have loved you all along And I miss you Been far away, for far too long I keep dreaming you'll be with me And you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore On my knees, I'll ask Last chance for one last dance 'Cause with you; I'd withstand All of hell to hold your hand I'd give it all; I'd give for us Give anything, but I won't give up But you know, you know, you know I wanted, I'd wanted you to stay 'Cause I needed I need to hear you say That I love you (That I love you) I have loved you all along And I forgive you (And I forgive you) For being away, for far too long So keep breathing 'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore Believe it Hold on to me and never let me go

And I don't know if that is setting off any alarmbells for you but it is for me. Half The World Away just seems like a fanpiece of this, really let's go over the parallels, I highlight them below but some of the stupid clear ones:

Far Away / Half The World Away (THE TITLE? REALLY!?)

This time, this place / 'cause there's a time, there's a place

Mistakes / I messed up

Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore / I'm scared I'll stop breathing

On my knees / ... on my knees.

I need to hear you say: I Love You / and now you rest everything on these three words

And yeah all these things are just common words common themes for songs but it's a bit much innit?

Side-track: There's also this interview moment with some serious couples bickering going on (starts at 0:40) that I'd say is already absolute gold on it's own, but it's interesting in this context. They're asked about their first concert, and Harry says Nickelback. (Harry the one without a nickelback tattoo likes nickelback, at least at the time, noted) Then Louis makes fun of Harry's mention of them here right? (Louis the one with the nickelback tattoo making fun of someone else liking nickelback ok noted) He just comes in again with that fetus Louis idk what to do with my affection so I'm just gonna resort to bullying for no reason again kinda toddler behavior, then when the bickering is done does this thing where he looks up and licks his lips/hides a smile, something we've seen before, oh I don't know, that time Harry talked about his awards being at his moms place and Louis knowing they're actually at his family's home. It's the I know more face, it is, fight me on it. I mean maybe it was in response to Cascada, or just the bickering on its own, or it was because the mention of Nickelback as it's something special to them as he does when they're on the topic of something harry has that is related to him like the times he kept aggressively hammering on harry's Hi tattoo or "what else harry? What else harry? WHAT ELSE HARRY?!" you know, that behavior.

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Anyway back to Half The World Away, I think this song is a combination of Harry's true feelings at the time and coating it in some One-Direction-Approved-Narrative. In terms of sadness this is pre-Two Ghosts: Half The World away: "we're starting to lose who we are", Two Ghosts: "we're not who we used to be, we're two ghosts swimming in a glass half empty", and the worst: Ever Since New York: "there's no water in this swimming pool" (ESNY explained here)

I think I should attempt to break down the lyrics, although in this song, egh, I think there's quite some filler, some storytelling narrative, of all his songs I personally find this one... not... that... impressive? Is it OK to say that? I'm sorry? But I'm gonna do my best to properly look at it anyway:

If you’re a good friend You’d always be there when I need it

Harry screaming don't cut me off. The Too Young analysis is too fresh this is hurting me with Too Young's "so I cut you off 'cause I didn't know no better" and it fits way too well with this song, and also the "you" in Half the World Away (starts with an L ends with ouis William Tomlinson) is referred to as a friend although the whole song is making clear they're... not friends (Alexa play Ed Sheeran - Friends)

'Cause I’m on my knees and babe I’m bleeding And it kills me that you’re not around

Far Away parallel but 10x sadder, self-deprecating harry is already fully active here in 2013

So you’re not my girlfriend

This is some good double-meaning shit. Sad we can't be together openly because you're not a girl sadness while also dropping a "girl" too, that's some classic One Direction lyrics right there.

Don’t pretend that makes us nothing

DON'T CUT ME OFF

Tell me you don’t miss this feeling I’m starting to see who you are

growing bitter because his not-girlfriend is being cold towards him.

'Cause there's a time, There's a place

high fiving Far Away again

and I'm always gonna hear your name

yeah that's cause you're in a band together

There's a right, there's a wrong And now I see it all along, I messed up, you'll be fine

Sorry but just some easy songwriting using antithesis, rights and wrongs, messing up and being fine? But also the right vs wrong is used a lot in 1D/solo career songs and for sure some of the times, possibly all of the times it's in the context of , the "but this 'wrong' love feels right?", the "Why is our love 'wrong'?" kinda thing ("is it so wrong that you make me strong"), I mean maybe.

I'm gonna sleep alone tonight

They really really don't like sleeping alone that's clear time and time again.

Never gonna be the same 'Cause you're half the world away

Things have changed, he can't touch what he sees, Two Ghosts, all that.

The story you’d heard

Ok so throughout the song he's creating this whole story right, I did something and you found out, now I'm trying to make things right and I'm scared we can't come back from this thing I did, which could be that, maybe he literally did mess up something and as a result he's getting cold-shouldered, sure, but it's so smackbanginyourface I feel like it's just for the sake of the concept of the song, makes sense?

As I said before, whenever songwriters plomp down words like "story" in their songs I take it as a hint that it's just that, a story. A narrative, fictional. Especially with One Direction's sneaky lil shits where all this band does is lie, and has the balls to release "Story Of My Life", here with "the story you'd heard" I'm just going HMMMMM once again.

It can just as well be taken literal tho. Bringing this 2013 interview in because it describes a partner hearing a story better than I can, it's literally Harry giving an answer in an interview that fits the story of Half The World Away:

GQ: Do these rumours feel at all intrusive? Harry: Some of them are funny. Some of them are ridiculous. Some of them are annoying. I don't want to be one of those people that complains about the rumours. I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, "This isn't true!" It is what it is, I tend not to do that. The only time it gets really annoying is that if you get into a relationship and you get into a place where you really like someone and then things are being written in the papers that affect them and how they see you. Then it can get annoying. (x)

And uh for context, he says this right after being asked if uh "gryles is real" basically, which he denies, as well as confirming he's not bisexual, this interview is wild.

Now you rest everything on these three words

I need to hear you say these 3 words, I need to hear you say I Love You, nice little Far Away parallel again

Now I’ll walk to you till my feet hurt, So tell me that’s not good enough

Coming back to this one after going over the lyrics.

And I started drinking I don’t know half of what I'm thinking

alcohol to cope, reoccuring theme, don't like this at all, moving on

And deep in I’m scared I’ll stop breathing

Again Far Away parallel, but scared. They're in deep. I dont know what to say about this but my heart is hurting

We’ve started to lose who we are

All I'm thinking here is "To Be Continued In Two Ghosts"

I want you around-round-round Are we going down-down-down? I want you around-round-round Are we going down-down-down I want you around-round round Are we going down-down-down? Are we going down? (down, down)

It's just pure sadness, not wanting to let go but seeing they're on a downward spiral.

~more side-tracks~

Back to the "Now I’ll walk to you till my feet hurt" line. I'm just gonna go for a stupid reach, why not. I'm clinging onto Louis' Far Away tattoo already, and now I'm dragging Harry's Never Gonna Dance Again into it. This tattoo is a line from George Michael's Careless Whisper:

and put this on his feet as the song goes "never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm", and here in Half The World Away we got hurty guilty feet walking. Which... could be a Careless Whisper nudge? Half The World Away's storyline kinda matches Careless Whisper's pretty well too. Maybe maybe not? Am I thinking too highly of him again? Is it just a "'cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles if I could just see you tonight" MAKING MY WAY DOWNTOWN TUTUTHTUTUTUT little feetwalking thing because the person is far away and that's all?

~Wow look at that it's another sidetrack and it's not even about Half The World Away anymore~

Sidetrack no 369: there's also this dances and chances thing going on in all these songs floating around Half The World Away. I already mention this in the Perfect Now analysis, so if this looks familiar that's why, and I realise it’s an easy thing to rhyme, so don’t take me too seriously on this but:

Harry’s tat Never gonna dance again:

I'm never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it's easy to pretend I know you're not a fool I should have known better than to cheat a friend And waste a chance that I'd been given So I'm never gonna dance again The way I danced with you

Louis’ tat Far Away:

One last chance for one last dance

Later on Louis got a tattoo Given a chance along with the dagger, a line from Kings Of Leon’s Be Somebody:

Given a chance, I’m gonna be somebody If for one dance, I’m gonna be somebody

Then there's Perfect Now:

And you don't wanna dance, I know you love to dance, You never stop given half the worldaway chance

But then, in TPWK, we’re starting to dance again

Giving second chances I don’t need all the answers Feeling good in my skin I just keep on dancin’

Now don't get me wrong, dancing/chances is really really really damn common in music, just listen to 3 random songs and you'll probably get some of it (Literally right now I'm hearing music playing and it's going "dance fucker dance man he never had a chance" while I'm typing this), but, it's a little excessive right? Not saying this all is definitely related, how would I know, just pointing it out. It just seems that they're drawn to this theme of having a chance to dance. Further enforced by ofcourse the (not) dancing in the Walls and TPWK music videos. They just really really fancy a chance to go ballroom dancing.

Also these tweets just turned 10 today cry with me:

And while on the topic of tweets:

In conclusion, 2013 was sad, haylor was bad, Harry doesn't wanna be Half The World Away from Louis, and they just wanna dance.

Oof that went places

For more lyric analyses: Too Young - Perfect Now (short) (full breakdown) - Sunflower vol 6 - Louis’ 28 songs playlist parallels Fine Line - Ever Since New York - Harry’s top 10 songs - Love You Goodbye - Right Now

#i hope that was what you were looking for anon #the dancing spiral im sure came out of nowhere lol #cry with me they just wanna dance #dances and chances #welikeparallels #smart things with lyrics #half the world away #two ghosts

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Showhonon! Again! Because i have no life ((help pls.)) How likely do u think shownu being sad that he almost ruined their friendship just went fuck it!! Im bad w words so imma dance for him. And he wants to make it special so he dances to one of wonhos songs(w/o knowing the song was meant for him cuz wonho was just like dude listen to dis isit good?) then they end up slow dancing together (after lots of crying n confessing)

kHFJKSAHKSF WHAT A MOOD STOPT my life is rly mx shownu nd then shownu pairings :/// but !!!!!! i talked abt this a little nd like . i decided to just Bullet point the Fuck out of this but ,,,, here we go . also i stuck this under read more bc it got so long yEET

can u imagine shownu Just floating around in the pool after hurting wonho’s feelings nd hes so frustrated w himself nd he’s so like !!! wow !!!! im dumb as hell !!!!!! i really almost ruined our friendship bc i just dont know how to communicate

but then he gets the Brilliant idea of dancing to convey his feelings (nd bc wonho’s always hoping shownu will One Day understand that the songs he writes is for him he always gives shownu a copy) nd shownu grabs minhyuk nd hes like “i need ur help can u tell me what u think of this choreo” nd minhyuk is like wtf do i Look like a dancer to u but he judges shownu anyways bc what are bffs for !!!!

the choreo itself is pretty slow nd like . intimate ? bc shownu wants to convey years nd years of hidden feelings to wonho nd by the end minhyuk has tears in his eyes nd hes like shownusus u are truly the dancer of our generation nd they spend the whole afternoon just getting the practice room ready (nd by ready its literally just cleaning it up)

minhyuk gets wonho to the practice room by telling him that he needs wonho for a modeling practice thing or w/e nd wonho is like :D sure :D but when wonho gets there minhyuk is nowhere to be seen and in the center of the room its just shownu whos nervously playing with his shirt nd wonho is abt to be like >:( wheres minhyuk when shownu speaks up nd hes like “listen i know ur Mad at me and i wanna tell u how i feel but im just . Not Good with my words bc i have so much i want to say so i choreographed something to ur song nd minhyuk also ,, nudged me in the right direction nd i realize that the songs u’ve been showing me are for me” nd wonho is like ? o worm ?? nd shownu just . does a lil gesture like u can sit down if u want

wonho takes a seat nd hes like . expectant . bc whats shownu gonna do nd then the music starts nd its really Slow but very like . ardent . bc shownu is really doing his best to get his feelings across nd at the end hes breathless nd tired but he manages to squeeze out a “i like you, i do, i’ve liked you for such a long time” nd wonho is just Floored bc hes been pining for what ? since they were teenagers ?? nd here is shownu just Handing his own feelings on a silver platter nd wonho is just staring at shownu w his mouth open like :o nd shownu for Some Reason takes this as a sign he needs to talk more so he just starts fuckigng Rambling

hes like “i guess it was when were were thirteen and sleeping over at my house nd u were asleep by the first half of the second harry potter movie nd i looked at you and i thought you were just . really pretty and soft and i kind of hated myself for thinking that bc we’re both guys but i couldnt help it nd it just . spiraled from there . i hated the fact that u dated boys and girls that werent me nd i hated that i didnt say anything abt it” nd hes abt to continue when wonho gets up nd just plants his hands on either side of shownu’s face nd hes frowning nd shownu is like Damn lol i fucked up but then he’s like “ur so Dumb u know . i wrote songs for you, pretended to date so many people so that Maybe u could open ur eyes a little more, i even complained to minhyuk because i couldnt get u to see how i felt” nd shownu is like Huh . so u did . nd then shownu’s like hold the phone lol are u saying u’ve been flirting w me this whole time nd wonho is like holy shit ..... ur one whole dumbass Yes Shownu i’ve been flirting with you since we graduated High School nd shownu’s like Huh .... wow . me too nd wonho’s like ???? how

nd shownu launches into this lil story of how he tried to b touchier nd smilier w wonho nd offer to work out with him all the time nd wonho’s like ,,,,,, wow we need to work on ur flirting skills lmfao ur game is Weak ! nd shownu’s like yeah it rly is but he cant even find offense in that bc hes looking at wonho so Softly nd wonho breaks the silence by being like “so... can i kiss u ? will u be ok w that ?” nd shownu’s like Oh Yeah totally go ahead nd its so cute nd clumsy ?? bc theyre both leaning in but bump noses nd then wonho is pulling away nd laughing nd shownu cant help but feel so Endeared !!! hes in love yall !!!!! nd they try again after wonho’s like ok u go this way i’ll go this way nd shownu’s trying to hold back a laugh nd they finally !! kiss !!!! nd its so sweet nd chaste nd they pull away like :0 worm that was kinda . Nice . that was really nice why didnt we do this before

nd then shownu accidentally starts up all of me by john legend nd hes like hm . worm . wanna dance ? nd wonho loops his arms around shownu’s shoulders nd starts swaying nd shownu follows his lead nd theyre just slow dancing in a practice room at 9pm nd just !! bein so soft . smiling at each other nd laughing when they make eye contact :-(

they break the news to everyone else after a week nd everyone is like stfu we Know we’ve known for the whole damn week bc jooheon walked in on u guys making out and came running to us on the verge of Tears bc his shirt was underneath wonho nd it was his favorite shirt too nd showho are like o worm jooheon we’re so sorry we’ll buy u a new shirt but jooheon is Fake Sniffling nd being upset nd hes like Screw u guys i let shownu sleep in my apartment . in my guest room . nd yall wanna make out like teenagers on top of my laundry . >:(

showho end up becoming That couple like . constantly doting on each other nd being cute but only in each other’s company,,,, its all Sweet nd soft ...... the end

#showho anon #thiS IS LITERALLY 1K WORDS LMFAOOOOO GAJSDHJKD #anonymous #reply

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