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Nov 14

And the next song in our #MidnightsTS lyrical analysis is: Bigger Than The Whole Sky! We will discuss how this song touches on the many aspects and manifestations of grief, as well as explore the potential lyrical connections to Would've, Could've, Should've. A 🧵:

1) A disclaimer to begin: this song is about grief, period. The genius of Taylor's songwriting is in the universality of her emotional expression, meaning that absolutely anyone can relate this song to their own personal experiences with grief. That is what makes it so beautiful.

2) Many have related this to a lost love, or else the unimaginable loss of an unborn child. This song can absolutely apply to any and all of these scenarios. The purpose of this analysis is not to speculate about what specific, deeply personal grief inspired this song for Taylor.

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Nov 8

Next up in our #Midnights lyrical analysis series is...Maroon! This deep dive will focus on Taylor's use of highly sensory imagery to both convey the complexities of an intense, raw, flawed relationship and provide a mature contrast to the themes explored in the Red Album. A 🧵:

1) Before we start the Maroon analysis, it is important to consider where we left off with Red. The album's themes are well encapsulated in the title track, in which Taylor consistently depicts love as a a wild, high-stakes, emotionally fraught, "burning" force, built to consume.

2) Love was the rush of a high-speed Maserati, culminating in a violent crashing halt on a dead-end street. Love was the brilliant blazing color of autumn leaves, followed by a sudden demise in the dead of winter. Love was an all-consuming emotional experience.

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Nov 6

You really did ask for it this time...😊 Up next in our lyrical analysis series, we have You're On Your Own, Kid: a thematic analysis and deep dive into the line-by-line parallels to Taylor's discography and public life. A 🧵:

1) "Summer went away, still the yearning stays." Immediately, Taylor sets the stage to describe her younger teenage years. We can all remember when summer represented the freedom to REALLY live and love, to yearn for experiences outside the day-to-day sameness of school.

2) But for Taylor, the yearning stayed. She perpetually wants something more, beyond her daily life. She may "play it cool with the best of them," but coolness is a facade she puts on to fit in. She feels and wants things intensely. This yearning becomes a central theme.

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Oct 30

ABSOLUTELY no one asked for this, but here it is: an in-depth lyrical analysis of Would've, Could've, Should've with a focus on trauma, recovery, loss of innocence, tie-ins to Dear John, and the religious imagery explored in the song. A 🧵:

1) "If you would've blinked then I would've looked away at the first glance." Taylor is implying that she would not have begun the relationship if he was not so relentless (ie, unblinking) in pursuing her. She had second thoughts, but his persistence encouraged her.

2) This opening line is an incredibly important set-up for the rest of the song, because JM himself (and the media) portrayed her as a starstruck girl who chased and then tried to smear him. She immediately sets the stage by letting us know that he was the predator all along.

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Oct 23

No one asked for this, but I am giving it to you anyway: a line-by-line lyrical analysis of the Great War as learning to feel safe in a relationship after emotional trauma. A 🧵:

"My knuckles were bruised like violets:" while she is attacking/figuratively "punching" her partner (likely Joe), the comparison of her knuckle bruises to soft, easily injured violets indicate that the violence is coming from a place of vulnerability and weakness, not strength.

"Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep talked:" indicating that her partner is not actually the reason for her hurt and anger; her anxiety and fear (likely from last trauma) are manufacturing situations in her own mind (sleeptalking) and projecting them onto her partner.

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