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Taylor wanted kids, and Karlie’s lavender marriage was the cleanest way to make it happen. That’s the truth no-one around here can face.

Where are all these songs about how Karlie betrayed her trust and sold out for money? They don’t exist. But Taylor keeps telling us SHE is the sell out and the problem, and Karlie never actually betrayed her. Read between the lines. She’s been in on it all along.

They cooked this up together. And you know what? That’s fine. But be honest about it, Taylor. Stop trying to keep your side of the street clean and letting your wife take the heat. If the plan is to let your kids be known as little Kushners forever anyway, then stop pretending you have beef with that family. Go back to hanging out with Jerk and singing for his boyfriend like before. Just stop the pretense. You’re not bothered by that family and what they do. You’re jealous Jerk got to fake-marry your wife, sure, but when you wanted a baby you went right back to him to use him as cover. IBYTAM is a story, and we all fell for it. 

The song is beautiful. Overall great. The National rarely disappoint.

Taylor’s additions to The Alcott really are just top tier. They paint this picture of unrelenting and reassuring love. Someone who loves the other person flaws and all and is just waiting for them to get it. It’s like saying I’m still going to see the best in you even if you don’t and I’ll wait for you to come back and let me love you.

Tell me which side are you on, dear? Give me some tips to forget you. Have I become one of your problems? Could it be easy this once? Everything that’s mine is a landmine. Did my love aid and abet you? Why don’t you rain on my parade? Shred my evening gown. Read my sentence out loud. Cause I love this curse on our house.

It’s like a sweeter version of Renegade.

Is it insensitive for me to say get your shit together so I can love you? Is it really your anxiety that stops you from giving me everything or do you just not want to?

You wouldn’t be the first renegade to need somebody.

Labyrinth and The Alcott also feel connected.

The “uh oh, I’m fallin’ in love” gives off the same energy as “it’s the last thing you wanted it’s the first thing I do I tell you that I think I’m falling back in love with you.”

Have you seen this theory?

I’d be curious to know what you think…

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR3BfEVp/

Super interesting .... I am going to let others chime in on this one. I have a full inbox and I am exhausted.

So according to the video, the previous albums tell the story or "It can help you tell time" of Taylor's narrative. She assigned each time/numbers of the clock accdg to the earliest (Reputation era) to the latest (Midnights) music videos Taylor released since then:

And then she mentions "Glitch" which we all know has the infamous "it's been 2190 days of our love blackout". Now if we trace back from the Midnights album release day, that would be around October of 2016 - also the time when Taylor had rumors about an album "Karma" (Hence why the only previous albums included for this clock theory are the ones after 2016). So if we *glitch* back to 2016... the system breaking down 😳

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Ok now i want to add on this with a theory we've had here before (13th hour, burning the lover house + clock), about matching the color of the clock to the Lover House:

Matching the colors of the clock to the house, and then using the clock as the compass... 12 o'clock would then POINT TO THE DOOR (here's a theory i did about the Clock).

Now, remember how there's a literal door during her Karma segment in the Eras Tour??

And at one point, the door bursting into rainbow dusts after first turning to WHITE (the 12 o'clock in the Midnights clock is colored White!)...

So will there be a Karma music video, to "complete" the clock? What will the music video be about? Also note how she exited the stage when she finished the last song of the tour (Karma) - she went down. She could've exited through the door at the end, but she exited via an elevator.. 🤔 Remember in the Willow music video how she escaped the Glass closet? Yep, by going DOWN + How she escaped exile in the Bejeweled mv? Yep, by an ELEVATOR!

Glitching back to 2016, we can also recall this specific photo (taken in Sept. 2016)

The world moves on another day another drama / But not for me, not for me / All I think about is Karma

Note the breaking in into the vault + Cat masks on... then connecting it with Taylor's recent sighting of filming a music video in Liverpool:

Stealing (back?) an artwork (her music?) + a theorized Cat suit? Is the Speak Now lookalike in the sighting referencing the many versions of Taylor like in LWYMMD? So if Karma really is the 12th music video in the clock theory.. we're circling back to LWYMMD mv? A reset of sorts?

There's also this old theory about Karma + the card in the mad men episode Taylor mention (with the flag)

Adding here, rumors that Karma might be released as a radio single soon? Will there be a music video for it too? 👀

Taylor Nation seemingly teasing Karma (a day ago) and Haim using a sped up version of Karma on their tiktok earlier.

Like ... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ????

Ok so if you see it, i wanted to circle back to the Mad Men episode Taylor mentioned that had the Lavender Haze phrase in it... this was also the episode where Don Draper had a Tarot reading, and the Judgement card was shown...

And the Judgement Card's meaning includes: Re-birth, Second chance and... KARMA

LWYMMD lyrics:

Honey, I rose up from the dead (resurrection/rebirth) I do it all the time

The world moves on, another day another drama, drama / But not for me, not for me, all I think about is Karma / And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure / Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours

Karma lyrics:

It's coming back around / And I keep my side of the street clean / You wouldn't know what I mean

(Emphasis on the "Et Tu, Brute?" Written on the posts in LWYMMD mv, and its meaning in this context) Also, idk if it's a coincidence but the "Ides of March" was in 44 BC, and the 44th song in the Eras Tour is... Karma...

She had her resurrection moment / Ides of March on Easter day (the break-up), so... Karma moment next? 🙌🏻