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the rust that grew between telephones💋 she/they, 28 💌 edi n1+n3 🫶🏼 trans rights!!! free 🇵🇸
![Picture of a book page:
"Like, I was thinking about Taylor—"
"Me too. Always."
"And I started thinking about the rerecords, right? You've got the old version, and now there's this new one. Taylor's version. So it's this cool little juxtaposition of past and present."
"Yes." I clasped my hands.
"But it's not." She titled her head sideways to face me. "Like maybe at the very beginning, it is. But then it stops being the present, right? Think about it!"
Her cheeks were so flushed when she said it. Might have been the alcohol, might have been a Swiftie thing. But with Nat, it really could have been the conversation itself. Nat's always liked the feeling of unlocking things.
And then there's my galaxy brain: "So time... passes?" I'd said.
Boom. Nailed it!
But Nat nodded eagerly. "Yes! So it carries two moments. Two timestamps. Like – okay – look at Speak Now (Taylor's Version). It's a snapshot of a snapshot. It's 2010 but it's filtered through 2023 – which is also the past. I mean, look at Simon & Garfunkel!" She was propped on her elbows by then. "Concert in Central Park. 1981. But the songs – 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' – came out in what, 1970? And even on top of that it would have been recorded in 1969."
"And if you listen to the Drama Clash cover—"
"We are living in so many moments at once Amelia, so many."
I stared up at her. "It's four different decades"
"Or five. Because you could think about the first time [next page]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6mhdqjcjtfdmpt4dhjhsprm5/bafkreidivrrnkcp5l236rxom457szgghwhoinms5kuadz6mkkbar6enjom)
