Episode 8: That Became My Religion

Show Notes

• Lover Era
  • Color: Pink
  • Years: 2018-2020
  • Brighter
  • Political Activism
  • Rainbow
  • Miss Americana Documentary on Netflix
    • Miss Americana: The idea of being good – as the watered down version of faith…. know what you stand for and stand up have that foundation… this is why “Jesus”
  • Album released on August 23, 2019
  • First album she did not tour
    • Cancelled ‘Lover Fest’ due to Covid
  • First album she owned
    • Also when she announced that she would be re-recording her first six albums
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellK-CXh7B4 
• The Stories
  • @Megan
    • Soon You’ll Get Better- Job
    • I forgot that you existed
  • @Paige 
    • I think we are moving into the writings? So not chronological?
    • You Need to calm down- Jonah 4
    • False God – Song of Songs
    • I forgot you existed – Jonah, Job
    • It’s nice to have a friend – Job
    • Lover and death by 100 cuts – Proverbs- common phrases written, maybe proverbs taken out of context
    • In Timeline – Ezra Nehemiah – Cornelia Street… rebuilding the temple, Tay rebuilding with a new label, falling in love again 
• Lover Verses- what’s a line on debut that describes your understanding of God? 
  • @Megan
    • I Think He Knows
      • I think he knows/When we get all alone/I’ll make myself at home/And he’ll want me to stay/I think he knows/He better lock it down/Or I won’t stick around/‘Cause good ones never wait
    • Daylight
      • I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you/I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you/I’ve been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night/And now I see daylight, I only see daylight
  • @Paige 
    • Tell me that you’re still mine / Tell me that we’ll be just fine / Even when I lose my mind – afterglow
• Where is God?
  • False God
    • Led by blind faith
    • Religions in your lips, even if it’s a false god
    • We’d still worship
    • The altar is my hips
• Lover Verses- What’s a line on Lover that describes God/the people in this Era?
  • Megan
    • Death By A Thousand Cuts
      • My heart, my hips, my body, my love/Trying to find a part of me that you didn’t touch/Gave up on me like I was a bad drug/Now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club/Our songs, our films, united we stand/Our country, guess it was a lawless land/Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand/Paper cut stings from our paper thin plans/My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust/Trying to find a part of me you didn’t take up/Gave you too much but it wasn’t enough/But I’ll be all right, it’s just a thousand cuts
    • All the girls you’ve loved before 
  • The Paige
    • Cruel Summer
      • And I scream, ”For whatever it’s worth / I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?”
    • Cornelia St
      • You hold my hand on the street / Walk me back to that apartment. / Years ago, we were just inside / Barefoot in the Kitchen / Sacred new beginnings / That became my religion, listen
• What would God’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/)
    • The Archer
• What’s Next?
  • Folklore
• Sunday Question
  • Lover God Story
  • Track Five God Story
  • Lover Verse(s)
• Thank you! 
• Swift Psalm
  • Song- I Forgot You Existed
  • Psalm- psalm 27