The Tortured Poets Department
- Now That We Don't Talk (TV) / The Tortured Poets Department (Eras Tour, Lisbon)
- The Tortured Poets Department / Maroon (Eras Tour, Vancouver)
“At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger and put it on the one people put wedding rings on”
“You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate”
“You smoked then at seven bars of chocolate”
“Throwing spikes down on the road”
Dylan Thomas, Patti Smith
“you're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith”
Angela connects Who's Afraid of Little Old Me to the title track of The Tortured Poets Department and its you're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith, the two songs sharing the album's argument about who gets called a real artist.
the lover figured as a dog
“Like a tattooed golden retriever”
“'Cause tail between your legs, you're leavin'” — The Black Dog
Community readers add The Black Dog to the album's thread of the lover figured as a dog, alongside the title track's "like a tattooed golden retriever". The tender pet of the title song becomes here the dark folkloric hound that pads after the speaker, tail between his legs as he leaves.