Alright #ClassicsTwitter friends, the thread you've all been waiting for.
Classical figures as Taylor Swift songs.
I include the lyrics that made me think of the character, and a link to the full song (1/)
Classical figures as Taylor Swift songs.
I include the lyrics that made me think of the character, and a link to the full song (1/)
Sappho: Invisible
And you just see right through me but if you only knew me/We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable/Instead of just invisible (2/) #ClassicsTwitter
And you just see right through me but if you only knew me/We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable/Instead of just invisible (2/) #ClassicsTwitter
Catullus #1: Death by a Thousand Cuts
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts/Flashbacks waking me up/I get drunk, but it's not enough/'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby (3/) #ClassicsTwitter
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts/Flashbacks waking me up/I get drunk, but it's not enough/'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby (3/) #ClassicsTwitter
Catullus #2: this is me trying
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere…pouring out my heart to a stranger but I didn’t pour the whiskey (4/) #ClassicsTwitter
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere…pouring out my heart to a stranger but I didn’t pour the whiskey (4/) #ClassicsTwitter
Sulpicia: King of My Heart
And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for/King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa (5/) #ClassicsTwitter
And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for/King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa (5/) #ClassicsTwitter
Ovid #1: mirrorball
I want you to know/I'm a mirrorball/I can change everything about me to fit in (6/) #ClassicsTwitter
I want you to know/I'm a mirrorball/I can change everything about me to fit in (6/) #ClassicsTwitter
Medea: my tears ricochet
And if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too/Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe/All the hell you gave me? (8/) #ClassicsTwitter
And if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too/Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe/All the hell you gave me? (8/) #ClassicsTwitter
Dido #1: The Archer
I've been the archer/I've been the prey/Who could ever leave me, darling?/But who could stay? #ClassicsTwitter (9/)
I've been the archer/I've been the prey/Who could ever leave me, darling?/But who could stay? #ClassicsTwitter (9/)
Dido #2: All Too Well
Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much/But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up…/ Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise (10/) #ClassicsTwitter
Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much/But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up…/ Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise (10/) #ClassicsTwitter
Cicero: Look What You Made Me Do
I don't like your kingdom keys/They once belonged to me/You ask me for a place to sleep/Locked me out and threw a feast (what!?) (11/) #ClassicsTwitter
I don't like your kingdom keys/They once belonged to me/You ask me for a place to sleep/Locked me out and threw a feast (what!?) (11/) #ClassicsTwitter
Augustus: Bad Blood
'Cause baby now we got bad blood/You know it used to be mad love/So take a look at what you've done (12/) #ClassicsTwitter
'Cause baby now we got bad blood/You know it used to be mad love/So take a look at what you've done (12/) #ClassicsTwitter
Ariadne: White Horse
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down/Now it's too late for you/And your white horse, to come around (13/) #ClassicsTwitter
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down/Now it's too late for you/And your white horse, to come around (13/) #ClassicsTwitter
Propertius: Forever & Always
Baby what happened? Please tell me/'Cause one second it was perfect, now you're halfway out the door (14/) #ClassicsTwitter
Baby what happened? Please tell me/'Cause one second it was perfect, now you're halfway out the door (14/) #ClassicsTwitter
Horace: Change
You know it's all the same, another time and place/Repeating history and you're getting sick of it/But I believe in whatever you do/And I'll do anything to see it through (15/) #ClassicsTwitter
You know it's all the same, another time and place/Repeating history and you're getting sick of it/But I believe in whatever you do/And I'll do anything to see it through (15/) #ClassicsTwitter
Cleopatra: mad woman
And there's nothin' like a mad woman/What a shame she went mad/No one likes a mad woman/You made her like that (16/) #ClassicsTwitter
And there's nothin' like a mad woman/What a shame she went mad/No one likes a mad woman/You made her like that (16/) #ClassicsTwitter
Vergil: peace
I never had the courage in my convictions/As long as danger is near/And it's just around the corner, darlin'/'Cause it lives in me (17/) #ClassicsTwitter
I never had the courage in my convictions/As long as danger is near/And it's just around the corner, darlin'/'Cause it lives in me (17/) #ClassicsTwitter
Patrochilles: the 1
And if my wishes came true/It would've been you/In my defense, I have none/For never leaving well enough alone (18/) #ClassicsTwitter
And if my wishes came true/It would've been you/In my defense, I have none/For never leaving well enough alone (18/) #ClassicsTwitter
Calypso: august
August slipped away/Like a bottle of wine/'Cause you were never mine/Your back/Beneath the sun/Wishing I could write my name on it (19/) #ClassicsTwitter
August slipped away/Like a bottle of wine/'Cause you were never mine/Your back/Beneath the sun/Wishing I could write my name on it (19/) #ClassicsTwitter
Penelope: hoax
Stood on the cliffside/Screaming, "Give me a reason"/Your faithless love's the only hoax/I believe in/Don't want no other shade of blue/But you/No other sadness in the world would do (20/) #ClassicsTwitter
Stood on the cliffside/Screaming, "Give me a reason"/Your faithless love's the only hoax/I believe in/Don't want no other shade of blue/But you/No other sadness in the world would do (20/) #ClassicsTwitter
Jason: ME!
I know I tend to make it about me/I know you never get just what you see/But I will never bore you, baby… And you can't spell "awesome" without "me" (21/) #ClassicsTwitter
I know I tend to make it about me/I know you never get just what you see/But I will never bore you, baby… And you can't spell "awesome" without "me" (21/) #ClassicsTwitter
Julius Caesar: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
This is why we can't have nice things, darling/Because you break them/I had to take them away/This is why we can't have nice things (22/) #ClassicsTwitter
This is why we can't have nice things, darling/Because you break them/I had to take them away/This is why we can't have nice things (22/) #ClassicsTwitter
Odysseus #2: Blank Space (with thanks to @sentantiq )
We'll take this way too far/It'll leave you breathless, mm/Or with a nasty scar/Got a long list of ex lovers/They'll tell you I'm insane (23/) #ClassicsTwitter
We'll take this way too far/It'll leave you breathless, mm/Or with a nasty scar/Got a long list of ex lovers/They'll tell you I'm insane (23/) #ClassicsTwitter
Aeneas: Shake it Off (with thanks to @sentantiq)
But I keep cruising, can't stop, won't stop moving/ It's like I got this music in my mind, sayin' it's gonna be alright (24/) #ClassicsTwitter
But I keep cruising, can't stop, won't stop moving/ It's like I got this music in my mind, sayin' it's gonna be alright (24/) #ClassicsTwitter
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