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TTPD is about IWTV
(Part Eight)
This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Department. Part One will be linked at the bottom, if you want to start from the beginning.
15.) The Alchemy
Executive decision: This one is about Lestat and Louis finally getting their shit together and going back to each other.
“This happens once every few lifetimes”
“These chemicals hit me like white wine”
“What if I told you I'm back?”
“The hospital was a drag”
“Worst sleep that I ever had”
“These blokes warm the benches”
“We been on a winning streak”
“Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me”
“Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?”
16.) Clara Bow
This one is for all of ‘em. I like the idea of paralleling “fame” with being chosen to receive the Dark Gift. Just like a small town girl who never thought she’d see the big city, I think the vamps would never have imagined their lives to turn out the way they did.
The allegory of vampirism and fame is really interesting to me. Being chosen to receive a gift that so many desire and, yet, so few receive. A gift that feels more like a curse once you have it. Beauty and aesthetic being a cornerstone to your existence.
Are you seeing the vision?
Also, Lestat’s rockstar era fits nicely into the context of these lyrics as well.
“All your life, did you know you’d be picked like a rose”
“No one in my small town thought I'd see the lights of Manhattan”
“Promise to be dazzling”
“I'm not trying to exaggerate”
“But I think I might die if it happened, die if it happened to me”
"You look like Stevie Nicks in '75, the hair and lips”
“Crowd goes wild at her fingertips”
“You're the new god we're worshipping”
“It's hell on earth to be heavenly”
“... Dazzling”
Part One: https://www.tumblr.com/funtheysaid/749134183115456512/ttpd-is-about-iwtv
fin.