"Lessons Learning" by Amy King
Always endlessly thankful for responses I can recognize with accuracy fairly quickly, and I've got to call this one "Cruel Summer."
What an iconic song to start The Eras Tour. I remember listening to Lover (released a day after my birthday!) all fall and winter of 2019. It was always my soundtrack on the walks I would take on my breaks, and I specifically remember thinking what I great song this would be to see live. I wasn't wrong, was I? 😉
I remember being disappointed that Loverfest was going to be the way the album was introduced to the world, because I'm landlocked and didn't have an easy or cost-efficient way to get to either coast. Then the pandemic hit, and everything changed. Selfishly, I was glad that Loverfest was postponed because it was then able to become the beautiful intro to a tour that we'll be talking about for years and years (The Archer reference, anyone?).
Back to the poem - it was the "vending machine glow" line in the poem that was the lightbulb connection for me to "Cruel Summer." There was always something about that line in the song that stuck out to me because it's so oddly specific but striking as an image in your head.
A few other calls to the song in the poem - "summer's last call," "worth every dice roll," "secluded heaven," "glint of a knife," "in the garden," "button-deviled smile."
A favorite Eras Tour callback:
"We have arrived at the very first bridge of the evening. Is there anyone here who knows the lyrics to this bridge? PROVE IT!" 💖
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