"It's a clock, it makes a clock. It can help you tell time."

Lately I've been wondering if a lot of the Easter eggs associated with the midnights era were intended to be a red herring, especially those that are often associated with karma the lost album. In an attempt to think outside of the box I tried lining up each album Taylor has released with the lover album, just like the Midnights Mayhem with Me trackless. Altogether there are eighteen tracks with six each of TS1-6, TS1-6 (Taylor's version) and TS7-12 in chronological order. I've included some lyrics from each that stood out when compared to the associated album.

(This is one of those 'throw it out there and see what sticks' kind of theoretical posts. And as always, take what works and leave what doesn't.)

1 - Taylor Swift 💚

I forgot that you existed

"Your name on my lips, tongue tied"

2 - Fearless 💛

Cruel summer

"Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

What doesn't kill me makes me want you more"

3 - Speak now 💜

Lover

"My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue

All's well that ends well to end up with you

Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover"

4 - Red ❤️

The Man

"I'd be the man

I'd be the man (oh)

I'd be the man (yeah)

I'd be the man (I'd be the man)"

5 - 1989 🩵

The Archer

"'Cause they see right through me

They see right through me

They see right through

Can you see right through me?"

6 - Reputation 🖤

I think he knows

"I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans

It's like I'm seventeen, nobody understands"

"We can follow the sparks, I'll drive"

7 - Lover 🩷

Miss Americana and the heartbreak prince

"It's been a long time coming, but

It's you and me, that's my whole world"

8 - Folklore 🩶

Paper rings

"Darling, you're the one I want

In paper rings, in picture frames, in dirty dreams

Oh, you're the one I want"

9 - Evermore 🤎

Cornelia Street

"We were a fresh page on the desk

Filling in the blanks as we go

As if the street lights pointed in an arrowhead

Leading us home"

10 - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 💛

Death by a thousand cuts

"My heart, my hips, my body, my love

Trying to find a part of me that you didn't touch"

"I look through the windows of this love

Even though we boarded them up"

11 - Red (Taylor's Version) ♥️

London boy

"They say, "Home is where the heart is"

But that's not where mine lives

He likes my American smile,

Like a child when our eyes meet"

12 - Midnights 💙

Soon you'll get better

"And I hate to make this all about me

But who am I supposed to talk to?

What am I supposed to do

If there's no you?"

13 - Speak now (Taylor's Version) 💜

False God

"They all warned us about times like this

They say the road gets hard and you get lost

When you're lead by blind faith, blind faith

But we might just get away with it"

14 - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 🩵

You need to calm down

"And snakes and stones never broke my bones"

15 - The tortured poets department 🤍

Afterglow

"This ultraviolet morning light below

Tells me this love is worth the fight, oh"

16 - The anthology or TS12? 🧡

Me!

"Girl, there ain't no I in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

And you can't spell "awesome" without "me""

17 - Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)? 💚

"It's nice to have a friend

Have my back, yeah, everyday"

18 - Reputation (Taylor's Version)? 🖤

Daylight

"There are so many lines that I've crossed unforgiven

We lie awake in love and fear, in turmoil and tears. We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t - right this minute - about to make some life-altering mistake.

Updated, color coded, AND COMPLETE!

The Midnights track list sorted by how she held the phone, in order of when they were announced.