DEAD BOY DETECTIVES INCORRECT QUOTES!!! (CRYSTAL EDITION)

truly what is it about edwin that has every man he meets falling madly in love with him

Dead boy detectives is just Edwin and the bad bitches he pulled by being weird and autistic.

Being a little too cold: brrrr i’m a little too cold !!!

Being a little too warm: i am going to kill the next person who makes eye contact with me.

**Shudders** “this is FAR too much emotion for one day!” -Edwin Payne is so me fr

tbh the more time you spend around open, wild bodies of water like rivers, lakes and seas the more you begin to understand why pretty much every culture in the world has a similar eerie, hypnotically beautiful yet terrifying temptress figure who lures people into the depths to drown them and/or eat them in its folklore representing the seductive call of the water. it really is just like that.

People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see

I made a Dead Boy Detectives uquiz, if anyone's interested

I constantly think about the quote (literally no idea what it’s from) I read once about how teenage girls want to fuck their band guy idols because it’s the closest they can get to wanting to BE their band guy idols. Like damn… way to recontextualize my entire adolescence with 1 sentence

NANCY, GEORGE, AND BESS

Nancy Drew ⋆ 1.08, 2.10, 3.07, 4.01

it’s small joys saturday y’all let’s get it

this does not apply if you wear exclusively leggings. Those things tear all the time you need like a million on standby

For people who are demanding to know how the hell “Take Me to Church” never hit #1, I went and looked it up—

That was when “Blank Space” was #1 for seven weeks.

I’m sure Taylor will be all over the charts once a full week has passed from the Tortured Poets release, but I find it delightful that Hozier finally got his #1 the same weekend she dropped a double album. Like it just feels like planets returning to the same alignment, it feels right.

Much like Hozier at the end of Unreal Unearth (and Dante at the end of Inferno) i have emerged from the depths of hell (the consequences of my own actions) with a lot to say.

Too Sweet - what can I say about this one that hasn't already been said. Like many, I am deeply annoyed with how misinterpreted this song is, but much smarter people than me have already written about that. A lot of 'wow is Hozier super pretentious about liking black coffee and neat whiskey' when thats NOT the point AT ALL. He's describing two things: First is that him and the other person just in general have incompatible views and tastes. And secondly is that he's not the one being pretentious about his tastes. The other person is. He says 'hey i'm a night owl, and you're a morning person. We're so different!' and then she says 'you need to live your life RIGHT (the way I do)'. There's an implied moral judgment that the other person in the song is judging the narrator for not living 'correctly.' And look, I think in this day and age we all know someone like this - someone who is optimizing every aspect of their life for maximum efficiency (the Right time to go to bed, the Right time to wake up, the Right amount and kind of exercise, the Right diet (with the Right balance of macros) and the Right time to be the most productive at work etc etc etc). And look, if you're anything like me (and apparently Hozier) and find this difficult, people like this can be so frustrating. Also, it's interesting that this was supposed to be the in Gluttony circle. I think it could be easy to say he's the glutton here (indulges in his desires, lacking the discipline of the other person). And yet she's the one who is 'too sweet,' and the song treats that sort of obsession with health and wellness as the over-indulgence.

Wildflower and Barley - So so so many things to say. First of all. real 'in a week' vibes (especially the 'put my body to work' line'). You know, just the beauty of nature and springtime along with the idea of decay. Also just the sound of this song, its like they bottled the Platonic Ideal of a perfect spring day. And finally. Allison Russell is a goddess. Her voice is so gorgeous. If you haven't checked out her other stuff do so right now.

Empire Now - I love the production on this one. It sounds so epic, like a movie score or something. Also the almost Western twang of the song is really cool. But also the discussion of the hundred years since Irish independence from the British Empire is really cool. All that has been gained from that independence, what work still needs to be done, as well as the promise and possibility of the future. Also interesting to note that this was originally supposed to be in the violence circle of the original album. I do think it's interesting that the 'violence' circle was supposed to have two songs about colonialism specifically (butchered tongue being the other).

Fare Well - This song was meant to be on the 'ascent' section along with First Light. Which is interesting since it has such different implications. I can see why he'd want the ascent to be more focused on the hope in First Light instead of this more tragic take. Also considering the idea of indulgences in Too Sweet makes this song's "any solitary pleasure that was sorrow in disguise," where all these little joys (chocolate, being cozy, etc) being dangerous a particularly interesting concept.

I will have Thoughts and stuff about the new hozier ep…. In a week or so when I have the time and energy to really dig into the new songs, as I am currently in a hell of my own making.

Thanks sm for the tag!

HISS - Megan Thee Stallion

Casual - Chappell Roan

Dial Drunk - Noah Kahan

Curses - The Crane Wives

De Selby (Part 1) - Hozier

making the bed - Olivia Rodrigo

Daughter - Beyonce

Metaphor - The Crane Wives

I'm Your Man - Mitski

Empire Now - Hozier

Can very clear the three distinct playlists i've been listening to all month. One is my high energy hype playlist I play when I workout or need an energy boost (Chappell Roan, Megan Thee Stallion, Beyonce) my writing/work playlist (LOT of Hozier, Noah Kahan, and the Crane Wives) and a character playlist (lot of MItski and Olivia Rodrigo on that one lol).

Thanks for the tag @two-hands-toward-the-sun !!!

(Put your "On Repeat" playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people)

1. First Light, by Hozier (YEAHHHHHHH. this is one of my fave songs to sing in the shower)

2. Battle Cry, by Imagine Dragons (this one and several others are on an OC playlist i have!!!)

3. There Are Other Ways, from Epic: The Musical (I AM BEGGING EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO THIS MUSICAL)

4. Wild Things, by Alessia Cara (OC playlist but also i love her)

5. Castle, by Halsey (OC playlist but also it slaps)

6. Growing Pains, by Alessia Cara (OC playlist)

7. Wouldn't You Like, from Epic: The Musical

8. Just A Man, from Epic (god i fucking love this musical)

9. Fast Times, by Sabrina Carpenter (another fave for singing in the shower!)

10. Karma, by Taylor Swift (..... OC playlist. i have nothing to say for myself)

Tags (no pressure!!!): @milfzatannaz @gatorinator @unreal-unearthing @bookish-bi-mormon @phuckphragmites @willshaper @lostacelonnie @burnt-kloverfield @the-troijan-horse @aroace-rizgukgak i love seeing y'all in my notes and on my dash 💜💜💜

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