Rachael

taylor pleading with her partner that she’ll even pay them “good money” if all they do is try to understand her for who she is is maybe her most heartwrenching lyric ever…she’s not even asking to be liked or loved, she just wants to be known

high infidelity’s “at the house lonely good money i’d pay if you’d just know me” matches dear reader’s “if you knew where i was walking - to a house not a home all alone ‘cause nobody’s there”

how do you think hits different feels right now?

hey (with the intention of brainwashing you into loving me forever)

i love how delusional some articles of clothing are, like you read the tag and its like “hand wash only/tumble dry on low” son you are a cotton tshirt. youre going in the warsh and whatever happens in there is in gods hands

appreciation post for the way taylor sings ‘but diesel is desire, you were playin’ with fire’ in the great war

something people don’t appreciate enough is the fact that different songs on midnights explore the same topics in numerous, sometimes contradictory ways. on snow on the beach, she’s scared that a new relationship might not work out; on labyrinth, she’s terrified that it might. snow on the beach also talks about the celestial forces that bring two people together; mastermind confesses that she was the force in question all along. bejeweled describes the confidence and freedom of bending the rules of a relationship; high infidelity is filled with guilt and terror for simply dancing with another guy. she takes the money on you’re on your own, kid, but she feels stifled by it on anti-hero. she ends you’re on your own, kid with inspiring words; on dear reader, she warns the audience not to listen to her advice. she burns in hell on anti-hero, but karma is her god on karma. she can face any struggle fame throws at her on you’re on your own, kid, but she’s too soft for all of it on sweet nothing. she’s a diamond and a monster on the hill at the same time. it’s almost like each story is told from multiple perspectives like the love triangle on folklore, but instead of several fictional characters, the narrators all exist in different corners of taylor’s mind.

never grow up has always hit hard but in the wake of would’ve could’ve should’ve…………… god

“you got nothing to regret, I’d give all i have honey if you could stay like that” vs “I regret you all the time” // “it could stay this simple and no one’s ever burned you, nothing’s ever left you scarred” vs “I can’t let this go, I fight with you in my sleep, the wound won’t close” // “wish I’d never grown up” vs “now that I know, I wish you’d left me wondering” // “even though you want to, please try to never grow up” vs “the god’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven, and now that i’m grown i’m scared of ghosts” :(