Holy shit someone said my tears ricochet is about taylor and big machine/scott and the death of her masters and at first I didnât understand it but now after really looking at the lyrics itâs so clear. she is a GENUIS at crafting metaphorsÂ
In the preface she mentions an âembittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of obsessionâ⌠taylor was scottâs prized musical possession, but now heâs bitter because of their falling out and everything masters related. she embarrassed him and he clearly tormented her. heâs also probably bitter about all the success taylor is now having and how sheâs not afraid to tell him to fuck himself
âWe gather here, we line up, weepinâ in a sunlit roomâ = funeral for her masters?
âIf Iâm on fire,â
you'llâ
be made ofâ
ashes, tooâ = if heâs gonna burn her you better believe sheâs fighting back
âEven on my worst day,â
did I deserve, babe / All the hell you gave me?â = pretty self explanatoryâŚ.taylor was always good to scott, what did she do to deserve this?
âDidnât have it in myself to go with graceâ = she couldnât stay quiet and be the good, complicit girl he always tried to force her to be, she had to fight back
âYouâre the hero flying around, saving faceâ = scott running around trying to save his image and make her the bad guy
âIf Iâm dead to you, why are you at the wake?â = if heâs so mad at taylor why canât he keep her name out of his mouth and leave her alone?
âCursing my name, wishing I stayedâ = heâs mad at taylor and he knows he messed up and lost what made his label special
âWe gather stones ⌠some to throw, some to make a diamond ringâ = I could be wrong about this but Iâm guessing the stones are her songs? reference to sticks and stones break bones & possibly also how her songs put big machine on the map and made scott money hence the diamond ring?
âYou wear the same jewels that I gave you / as you bury meâ = taylor made scott and big machine big and now heâs turning around and betraying her by taking the very thing that made him. also jewels because taylorâs music is very precious and valuable to her
âI can go anywhere I want ⌠just not homeâ = she started with big machine and it was her home, but now after what scott has done she has to leave
âWhen you canât sleep at night (You hear my stolen lullabies)â = the stolen lullabies are her stolen masters. wow
Itâs also worth mentioning that one of taylorâs first big hits with big machine was teardrops on my guitar. back then, her tears were falling onto her guitar. now, theyâre ricocheting off of the guitar and back onto big machine for the pain they caused her
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