She was sometimes
drunk and loud
trapped in this plane
a brittle heart
that life snapped into
cranking those filmstrips
of silver screen lasses
she never quite
measured up
somewhere in the lovelorn night
a dream
a river
a life coated with silver sheen
just beyond her grasp
so she knocked
a few more back….
I like the poem even better than the song 🙂 A beautiful voice.
Well that’s a big compliment, Diana. I have to say, and it might be the wrong answer at the literary party, but I think Taylor is quite the poet. In that song, I particularly like, “Heaven can’t help me now….” In other songs: “I get drunk on jealously” “it will leave you breathless or with a nasty scar” “He’s bad, but he does it so well…” and perhaps my favorite one is: “I can make the bad guys good for a weekend”… Thank you! 😉
I have to admit I don’t listen to much music. I know, horrible. I need silence for writing and when the hubby is home, he has the tv on! *Sigh*
I can relate. These guys must have their TV 😀
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a “brittle heart” (i like that phrase) and a penchant for drinking. hm. destined for unhappiness, it would seem, and also for public displays. i found that all of the references to sounds in the first few lines brought his poem alive for me.
Thank you, Michael. I have always loved the screen goddeses: Marilyn, Rita, Lana Turner, etc. I was dismayed to discover that Veronica Lake was a chronic alcoholic 🙁
That’s one way to deal with us!
Yeah, I’ll bet a lot of people choose that route which probably sounds good at the time, then bites them later on down the line!
“…a life coated with silver sheen” – nice! They don’t make them like that now.
Thank you, and you are so correct, they sure don’t make them like that anymore. I always admired the silver screen goddesses of Hollywood’s heyday, and I was really sad to learn that Veronica Lake suffered from alcoholism (hence the inspiration for this).
Lana, the poem catches another era, sad, poignant – the song matches perfectly. Don’t know much about Taylor Swift but this is converting me to her. Amazing voice and amazing atmospheric video.
Thank you Annika. I really like Taylor, and that might be the wrong answer at the grown up ladies party, but she is quite the poet, even winning awards when she was a child. Talented young woman. I love the old Hollywood flashback in that song.