Holy shit someone said my tears ricochet is about taylor and big machine/scott and the death of her masters and at first I didnβt understand it but now after really looking at the lyrics itβs so clear. she is a GENUIS at crafting metaphorsΒ
In the preface she mentions an βembittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of obsessionββ¦ taylor was scottβs prized musical possession, but now heβs bitter because of their falling out and everything masters related. she embarrassed him and he clearly tormented her. heβs also probably bitter about all the success taylor is now having and how sheβs not afraid to tell him to fuck himself
βWe gather here, we line up, weepinβ in a sunlit roomβ = funeral for her masters?
βIf Iβm on fire,β
you'llβ
be made ofβ
ashes, tooβ = if heβs gonna burn her you better believe sheβs fighting back
βEven on my worst day,β
did I deserve, babe / All the hell you gave me?β = pretty self explanatoryβ¦.taylor was always good to scott, what did she do to deserve this?
βDidnβt have it in myself to go with graceβ = she couldnβt stay quiet and be the good, complicit girl he always tried to force her to be, she had to fight back
βYouβre the hero flying around, saving faceβ = scott running around trying to save his image and make her the bad guy
βIf Iβm dead to you, why are you at the wake?β = if heβs so mad at taylor why canβt he keep her name out of his mouth and leave her alone?
βCursing my name, wishing I stayedβ = heβs mad at taylor and he knows he messed up and lost what made his label special
βWe gather stones β¦ some to throw, some to make a diamond ringβ = I could be wrong about this but Iβm 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?
βYou wear the same jewels that I gave you / as you bury meβ = taylor made scott and big machine big and now heβs turning around and betraying her by taking the very thing that made him. also jewels because taylorβs music is very precious and valuable to her
βI can go anywhere I want β¦ just not homeβ = she started with big machine and it was her home, but now after what scott has done she has to leave
βWhen you canβt sleep at night (You hear my stolen lullabies)β = the stolen lullabies are her stolen masters. wow
Itβs also worth mentioning that one of taylorβs first big hits with big machine was teardrops on my guitar. back then, her tears were falling onto her guitar. now, theyβre ricocheting off of the guitar and back onto big machine for the pain they caused her
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