this song:

okay sooooooo LOVER DROPPED YESTERDAY which i was very excited about and listened to the whole album like five minuits after it came out!!!! BUT while i was listening one of the songs called ‘Miss Americana And The Heartbreak Prince’ caught my attention because it reminded me of the school for good and evil series.
To be honest it reminded me of it mostly because the some was minor and it had some thriller/danger vibes going on. Then i really listened to the words and relised that a lot of them could tie into the stories as well. I will give you a breakdown of why i think some of the lyrics relate now, but be sure to go check out the song now!
‘American glory faded before me
Now I’m feeling hopeless, ripped up my prom dress
Running through rose thorns, I saw the scoreboard
And ran for my life (Ah)’
MY THOUGHTS: feeling hopeless can relate to SGE, i dont know why but going crazy and and ripping things up also soumd like something that would happend in that world. Running away happens ALOT in the books and the scoreboard reminds me of the one possibly in the trial by tale????
‘It’s you and me, that’s my whole world
They whisper in the hallway, “She’s a bad, bad girl” (Okay)
The whole school is rolling fake dice
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
It’s you and me, there’s nothing like this
Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (Okay)
We’re so sad, we paint the town blue
Voted most likely to run away with you’
MY THOUGHTS: You and me! this could mean the bond between sophie and agatha ( or tedros and agatha). Sophie mostly but agatha to do believe that the other is their whole world so……!! Whispers in the hallway ( of a school…) which brings me to the next line: THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS ROLLING FAKE DICE!! omG, um, school?and the words rolling fake dice really ties in to the dystopian, fantastial thriller themes throughut both the songs and the books. Okay so just the words: THE HEARTBREAK PRINCE, the talk of princes, heartbreak. then the bit about being sad in a town ( gavaldon) and runnning away from it…. sophie predicted that she would run away to tedros, and later she and tedros ran away together.: VOTED MOST LIKE:Y TO RUN AWAY WIH YOU!
‘My team is losing, battered and bruising
I see the high fives between the bad guys
Leave with my head hung, you are the only one
Who seems to care
American stories burning before me
I’m feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed
Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?
Darling, I’m scared (Ah)’
MY THOUGHTS: THeir team is losing, and injured (that happens countless times in the books) High fives between the bad guys… Zombies, pirates e.t.c You are the only one who seems to care. this seems like a very Tedros(ish) lyric. Agatha is the only one who really cares about his worries, his flaws whereas everyone else sees him as this stong, good-looking soon-to-be-king. I’M FEELING HELPLESS, happens more times than not (ay, agatha) 😉 THE DAMSELS ARE DEPRESSED,shows that not all fairytales END when the damsel is rescued, you know, they carry on and maybe the damsel isn’t perfectly happy. WHERE ARE THE WISE MEN: omg Merlin!? Where is he all of the time when theyre scared…?!
And I don’t want you to (Go), I don’t really wanna (Fight)
‘Cause nobody’s gonna (Win), I think you should come home
And I don’t want you to (Go), I don’t really wanna (Fight)
‘Cause nobody’s gonna (Win), I think you should come home
And I don’t want you to (Go), I don’t really wanna (Fight)
‘Cause nobody’s gonna (Win), I just think you should know
And I’ll never let you (Go) ’cause I know this is a (Fight)
That someday we’re gonna (Win)
MY THOUGHTS: All this talk of nobody winning, not wanting to fight, not wanting somebody to go, never letting the go, accepting that this is a fight/battle/war, and someday winning….
Really sorry for the long post ( congrats if you read the whole thing ;)) but it s a really good song and you should check it out and appreciate Taylor’s amazing writing skills. I haven’t done all of the lyrics but some of the others do lik too. Thanks xx