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'Trouble' Parody

by willachilles


Pop Parodies

The series where I take songs and parody them to fit YWS.

'Trouble' BY TAYLOR SWIFT

Once upon a time, a few long days ago
I was invisible, but you got me alone
You found me, you found me, you found me
I guess I didn't care, and I guess I just lol'ed
But when I tried the same, time wasn't on my side
I missed you, I missed you, I missed you

Now you're long gone, nowhere to be seen
But then I realise, I can private message you

I look around me before I click in
The black box at the top
It takes me to a place I hope have rarely been
When I rush back to safety
I look around me before I click in
The black box at the top
It takes me to a place I hope have rarely been
Now I'm staring at my inbox screen
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

Water in my eyes, staring at my messages
Scrolling down deeper, into the abyss
I'm drowning, I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I 'PgUp' and that is when I see
The 'NewPM' button, with a star next to thee
I click it, click it, click it

My heart's pounding, this screen facing me
Extreme déjà vu - 'NOT THE SMILIES!'

But I need to take revenge on that dude
Who got me when I
was about to turn invisible
I smash his name in, oh
I need to take revenge on that dude
Who got me when I
was about to turn invisible
I start punching my message in the keys
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

And the saddest fear comes creeping in
That maybe my message is too harsh, for him, or anyone, or anything, yeah

But then I realise that he was an idiot
No shame on me now
I will destroy him and everything near him
From a personal message
I type, de-lete, and even have a subject line
I want this to be formal
He's taking me to extents I've never been
Screw you, Will Achilles, yeah,
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

I send the message that I just wrote.
Two letters, 'H' and 'I'
I look down at the 'Friends Online' list but
His name was gone, gone, gone.


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Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:02 pm
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Hi, willachilles! RagingLive here to review one of your parodies!
I've heard a lot about you in the short time you've been here, but I haven't really met you. I have, however, read other parodies that you've written and I must say that I am a fan! It can be hard enough to write a new song or lyrical poem without having to conform to someone else's time signature and rhythmical beat. You seemed to pull this off effortlessly! Great job!! :D

'Trouble' is one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs, so I will try my best to give a good review, based on what I know about the actual song.

I guess I didn't care, and I guess I just lol'ed

I feel that you have just one too many syllables in this line. Trying to sing it through aloud, I came up with 'just' as being the problem child. However, if you did want to keep 'just' I would suggest you take out 'and.' Because of the presets of the actual song, it's going to be hard for both of these to fit at once.

But when I tried the same, time wasn't on my side

Coming off of the before mentioned phrase, edited or not, this doesn't make much sense at all. If you're talking of 'doing the same' then I believe you need to change other sentence to talking about the other person, or else your readers might just be confused during this verse.

It takes me to a place I hope have rarely been

Again, this isn't making too much sense to me, and I wonder if you meant to say "It takes me to a place I hope [b]I've[/I] rarely been"
If I'm just missing something, please take time to set me straight on it. :)

I 'PgUp' and that is when I see
The 'NewPM' button, with a star next to thee

I know that it's difficult to find something to rhyme here, and I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out some solution so that I don't end up sounding like I'm tearing your parody apart. I do want you to know, though, that 'thee' would be used when you're talking to someone. Here, when you used 'thee' you switched from talking to the other person in the song to talking to the 'NewPM' button. Do you get that at all? Again, I don't want to sound like a meanie, but I just don't have any ideas of how to come up with a rhyming solution.

That maybe my message is too harsh, for him, or anyone, or anything, yeah

In Taylor's original song, this line is 16 syllables, in your parody you have 19 - not counting the 'yeah.' It isn't a huge deal, but it is confusing to someone who knows the song. I usually try to stay within a one to two count difference in my syllable sequence of a poem, so here I would suggest you say something like:
"My message is to harsh, for him, or anyone, or anything, yeah"
Or rearrange it however you want, but my advice would be to take off at least two syllables for ease of understanding.

I really liked your parody and found it very creative! If I was too harsh myself on any of the points above, or you just have a question, please message me in the comments below!!
I hope I get to see more of your work in the future!

Until then, keep writing and keep on smiling!! :D
~RagingLive




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Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:24 pm
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Hey, Will! Artemis here for a short review.

Well, nice parody you've got here, eh? I think it's pretty good. I sang it to myself and most of it fit; some of the lines had some extra syllables, but it's not all that bad and you can leave them if you want.

I also wanted to ask you... Is there someone you're singing about? Anyone in particular? This happened to you, right? Just wondering... :D

Good job on your parody and keep writing, Will!

-Artemis28 :)




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Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:15 am
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Haha! Thanks for tagging me before. It was funny!




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Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:31 am
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Sweet. :) thanks for tagging me. Will review this later lol.




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I am so touched. You mentioned me. *wipes tear*. I apologize for not getting in touch with you. To me, what made you really noticeable was that essay you wrote on Pseudo-feminists. I should really like to chat with you. Please PM me.
Another TS parody. Good job on it. I could never write a parody on anything. I hope to chat with ya soon.

@fantasydragon01.




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This was gold for someone who - just last night - saw Taylor Swift on tour. I love her to death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was like, twenty yards away from her!!!





Spoiler! :
Okay that seems like much more than it truly was. I think.




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Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:57 am
deleted21 says...



Let me tell you a thing willa, you're one of those insane geniuses!
Now, i wanna do parodies too! xD Great job again!





I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.
— William Shakespeare