Happy Valentine's Day to the most underrated romantic lyrics in Taylor's discography
My Tweets Ricochet
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Lyrical Analyst. Currently chasing shadows in the grocery line, lost in the labyrinth of my mind. 27, She/Her.
needed your thoughts on wood bc I'm also like ????? about this one (why was my first thought a euphemism lmao 😭) but also ophelia fell from a willow tree after a branch broke, so I wonder if that imagery of the willow tree that once was a positive now turned onto her downfall, will play onto that
listening to the podcast back again (🫣) it stuck out to me that taylor mentions "romantic" wrt music: making music more of an event/romantic, romanticising our first look at the eras tour given the showgirl theme, i wonder if it could be about how she approaches/views romanticising her art form?
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My Tweets Ricochet@tweetsricochet.bsky.social · last yr.5) "Eldest Daughter" This, to me, is the most interesting title. The role of the eldest daughter has enormous long-term psychological implications, and we've heard very little from Taylor about how her family role has influenced her, in both her relationships and her career.
This title as a track five to me as the oldest most responsible daughter that had to solve all the shit already has me crying
BLUESKY. I'M BACK. AN ANALYSIS OF THE SONG TITLES OF TS12 AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE THEME OF "A LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL" AS USUAL. AN EXTREMELY UNHINGED 🧵:
Broke: I've had a traumatic experience Woke: I've unlocked an intimate, personal connection to a new Taylor Swift song
I need everyone to appreciate the simple, sincere joy of Everything Has Changed today.
Real courage is waking up every day and choosing vulnerability, connection, and emotional honesty--knowing that you are opening yourself up to pain, but also that you are finally opening up to yourself. So many of us were taught that this was weakness. But really, it's strength.
A new friend told me she had written a book, and I only just found out that it was almost entirely written by ChatGPT. She sees nothing wrong with this, because she "wouldn't have been able to get the words out otherwise." We are in hell.
One of the most damaging consequences of being emotionally starved in a relationship--any kind, whether romantic or familial--is that it teaches you to be desperate for the smallest scraps of love and validation. And worse still, to think that you don't deserve anything more.
One of the things I love most about Taylor is that she recognizes that it is sometimes even harder to admit that you are happy than that you are angry or sad. Hope is the most vulnerable emotion.
I usually interpret I Look In People's Windows through the lens of a break-up, but I also love listening from the perspective of a relationship that just never happened. Of potential you wish you could forget. Does it feel all right to not know me? I'm addicted to the if only.
My friend gifted me this book months ago and I hadn't read it yet, neither of us knew I was quoted in it 😭😭😭
elderberry 🍜@daylightlor.bsky.social · 2y agookay this book is truly amazing and shout out to @tweetsricochet.bsky.social for being quoted!
In honor of TTPD's anniversary tomorrow: Which song took forever to click, but once it did, became ingrained in your psyche? I'll go first: The Bolter.
Can never get over the fact that literally all of Question...? can essentially be boiled down to "am I bad, or mad, or wise?"
People are often so shocked to find out how long ago You're Losing Me was written, but I think that anyone who has ever suffered through the painstaking end of a years-long relationship knows exactly how many layers of grief you need to process before you're ready to leave.
There is something so resigned, so plaintive, about the lyrics in Chloe or Sam. Gone is the agency of albums past. It's all about "what if." She and her lover aren't "cardsharks playing games;" instead, "the decade [played] us for fools." She is totally ruled by her own fate.
Inside of you are two wolves. The Archer and The Bolter
TTPD title track is for the girls who cried to Renegade. If you know, I am sorry that you know.
Extremely underrated line in a criminally underrated song
I think this very specific, very painful experience is far more common than any of us are willing to admit, because so much of it is steeped in misogyny and shame. As young women, we are prized for our innocence, and then shamed for our inexperience.
Whenever I listen to TTPD, I remember that twin-flame relationships are often said to be marked with painful conflict, because the people who remind us most of ourselves also reflect our worst qualities, amplifying and exacerbating every challenge we've ever had in relationships.
