Put together at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York
Played together for the first time September of 2020 and became the Long Pond Sessions
Label did not know she had an album to put out until week before she released it
Comfort
Our Eras:
When did we first listen to this album
How we each defined “Folklore”
Paige – Covid made guilty pleasures not guilty any more… Tay was the beginning of that for me.
Megan- Didn’t listen to it much when it first came out, was so different from previous albums and needed the familiar Taylor to get through the beginning of the pandemic
The Stories
@Megan
The crowds that surrounded Jesus when he taught/having to teach from a boat- Peace
Disciples and being sent out- what they were called to do (this is me trying) Matthew 10 (specifically 13)
Jesus’s parables, other lessons he taught. Things we didn’t/don’t listen too (exile)
@Paige
The Love Triangle – The prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32
LGAD – Where should you build your house? Matthew:24-27; Luke 6:46-49
The persistent Widow – Mad Woman Luke 18:1-8
The Good Samaritan – Epiphany Luke 10:29-37
August (based on her story about the line “meet me behind the mall” being in her phone for years) – KOG is like yeast – Matthew 13:31-33; also wine skins Matthew 9:14-17, Mark 2:18-22, Luke 5:33-39
This is me trying to- parable of the talents Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 19:11-27
The Lakes – These Mountains look like the perfect place to cry — Jesus goes off to rest by himself
Illicit Affairs – Let your Yes be Yes Matthew 5:37
Folklore Verses
@Megan
First listen
Exile 4:30-36
All this time/I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)/I couldn’t turn things around (you never turned things around)/‘Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
Epiphany 13:18-20
But you dream of some epiphany/Just one single glimpse of relief/To make some sense of what you’ve seen
This is Me Tryin’ 9:27
At least I’m tryin’
Re-listen
August 8:35, 36
To live for the hope of it all
Canceled my plans just in case you called
Seven 7:17
Love you to the moon and to Saturn
My Tears Ricochet 5:38-40
And I still talk to you/When I’m screaming at the sky/And when you can’t sleep at night /You hear my stolen lullabies
The Lakes 17: 13-17
What should be over burrowed under my skin/In heart-stopping waves of hurt/I’ve come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze/Tell me what are my words worth
Invisible String 11: 12-15
And isn’t it just so pretty to think/All along there was some/Invisible string/Tying you to me?
@Paige
First listen
The Last Great American Dynasty 3: 20-21
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen/She had a marvelous time ruining everything
Mirrorball 6:19,43-44
I can change everything about me to fit in .. I’ve never been a natural all I do is try try try.
This is me trying 9:1-3
I’ve been having a hard time adjusting / i had the shiniest wheels / now they they’re rusting
Re-listen
Invisible String 11: 27
Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven
Illicit Affairs 10:41-43
and you know damn well that for you I would ruin myself a million little times
Peace 15:32-35
I’d give you my sunshine/give you my best/ But the rain is always gonna come/if you’re standing with me
Where is God?
Mirrorball
Show you every version of yourself
I’m still a believer and I don’t know why
Paige shared the book “Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome” by Reba Riley who talks about God as a Divine Disco Ball.
Epiphany
Peace
Invisible String
How we are all connected
Connected to God by this string we cannot see, but we know is there
Mystical time
Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven
What would Jesus’s track 5 story be?
Taylor’s track five meaning: On every Taylor Swift album, track five has a very specific meaning. The fifth track is always the most emotional, tear-jerking and vulnerable song on the album. It always follows a sad, heart-wrenching story about Taylor’s past, usually about one of her relationships or her emotions and anxieties in life. (https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/11/26/track-5-meaning/)
My Tears Ricochet
Song about greed, betrayal, about someone that hurt you from the inside. Villain who used to be your best friend. (From Long Pond Sessions documentary)
