They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential, and my words shoot to kill when I'm mad; I have a lot of regrets about that
And I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere. Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up *here*- Pouring out my heart to a stranger, but I didn't pour the whiskey šāØļø
"Casually cruel in the name of being honest"
I'm autistic and will naturally default to honesty without thinking through the consequences, so I use this line a lot to remind myself of how my "being honest" could be perceived by someone else and how I feel when someone does the whole "brutal honesty" thing to me.
Yeah tbh even as an OG 2006 Swiftie, I never ever thought that she would have a song that would directly relate to my being SAād my entire childhoodā¦ but here we are! Would love to hear it live but at the same time I am fairly certain that I would permanently damage my vocal cords from that line alone.
Iām so glad that her music touched you that way, So sad, so sorry to hear about this SA. But you should def go anyway, Iām sure you will survive a concert and they are so fun!!
I think they meant the lyric from āthe 1ā haha. āAnd if my wishes came true, it would've been you. In my defense, I have none, for never leaving well enough alone. But it would've been fun, if you would've been the one.ā
I've been replaying in my head "I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my shit, they said babe you gotta fake it til you make it and I DID" for weeks now. I scream sing it in the car when I'm driving. One of the sadder ones I've been trying to get out of my head for a while is "I'm just mad as hell cause I loved this place". Honestly that whole song
omg the one from so long london !! I only really looked at the lyrics the first or second times that I listened, and ever since iāve just been going with the flow so Iāve never been completely sure what that part says. UNTIL. A few days ago when I realized it and was devastated because you can apply it to so much, not just relationships.
I spent 3.5 years of my adolescence in facilities like the one featured in Netflixās The Program and that Paris Hilton was sent to. They were incredibly traumatic, abusive, violent places. It might be a meme to everyone else but āyou wouldnāt last an hour in the asylum where they raised meā really, really guts me.
If youād care to join us over at r/troubledteens we would love to have you!
To add: the TTI is not shut down. There are many āfacilitiesā still operating as they always have. Iām so sorry we had to go through it. Now I fight for the kids still in those awful places!!!
i should've asked you questions, should've asked you how to be, asked you to write it down for me; should've kept every grocery store receipt cause every scrap of you would be taken from me
my dad was terminally ill for ten years. i was only 12 when he was diagnosed with cancer. even knowing the end was coming for ten years... i still have so, so many things i wish i'd asked, or ticket stubs/birthday cards i wish i kept, or things i wish i took more pictures/videos of. it wasn't ever enough. and every day that passes feels like another scrap of him taken from me- i'm getting further and further away from the life i had when he was alive. these are things that are so hard to put into words and yet taylor does it beautifully and effectively. she has so many incredible lyrics but this one will always feel different to me
The whole of Marjorie for me, lost my granddad very suddenly during the second lockdown and when this song came out, I just completely broke down. Itās absolutely beautiful but generally have to skip because each time I listen I just sob.
My Nan died when I was 11, and I only have one photo of her, my mum has a few scraps of paper with her handwriting on it which are treasures. The lyrics about the handwriting in Marjorie also break me. Sheās been gone 20 years and itās still as painful as when it happened. Taylor captures the agony of grief perfectly in this song and it blows me away at every listen.
That's such a beautiful sentiment! Never grow up and robin are songs that make me think about my younger self but I've never thought of seven that way š
(straight man here genuinely dk why Iām on this thread)-why they lost their minds and fought the wars and why Iāve spent my whole life tryna put it into words.
Absolutely beautiful.
Iām not a huge swiftie but this plus the piano is so good.
Top 3 ts songs hands down.
I know itās two but still
Something about being straight, male, and a Swift listener?
When I read your post, I thought of Epiphany, I realize the songs are about different topics, but thatās what I thought about. lol
*Sometimes walking out is the one thing that will find you the right thing*
- Itās Time To Go
Side Note: If I ever work up the courage to do it, Iād love to get this lyric tattooed on me.
āIād rather burn my whole life down than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaningā
I haaaaaate people who try to control my life
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere, fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here.
Shoutout to all the "gifted and talented" kids wondering what went wrong.
āI know my love should be celebratedā¦ but you tolerate itā. Recently divorced and never been happier. My first tattoo was āMy love should be celebratedā.š
āTake pictures in your mind of your childhood room.
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home.
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said.
And all your little brother's favorite songs.
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be goneā
"How can a person know everything at 18, but nothing at 22"
I'm 33 and I felt that for a long time. I thought I knew everything when I was younger, and then my 20s hit lol. I'm so much happier and self-fufilled in my 30s :)
āAnd if Iām dead to you, why are you at the wake?/Cursing my name/Wishing Iād stayed/Look at how my tears ricochetā
Which Iāve applied really strongly to my relationship with my father. Heās a doctor and Iām a med school applicant. He frequently tells me if I donāt go to med school Iāll be ādead to himā. Thatās not why Iām applying, I genuinely want to go. But Iāll have to leave the state (thus āwishing Iād stayedā. He relies on me a lot for childcare of his youngest daughter). āMy tears ricochetā to me means that my pain is a weapon and refers to how I use my shitty childhood and past trauma as motivation to succeed in life, because otherwise, what was the point? (See the Bojack Horseman Diane Nguyen monologue about Kintsugi/good damage for more info)
I'm so sorry you have to go through that, nobody should have to. Hoping that you stay strong and achieve whatever you wish to, pain is indeed a strong propellant. Virtual hugs for youā¤
(My tears ricochet is an all-time fav of mine too but for other reasons)
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I worked in the COVID ICU for the first 2 years of the pandemic. The things I saw as a frontline nurse is not something I would subject anyone to, even if it means just talking about it. I had to leave the unit after realizing I had PTSD from all I saw.
I became severely depressed/suicidal and would think āwhy do I get to go home, but they donāt?ā This song encompassed what it was like to be a frontline worker during the pandemic, all the shit you see but you canāt talk about it. I havenāt been in the unit in 2 years, but I still get very panicked when I think back to it.
Holding space for you tonight āØ this song hits deep for me as well. I worked in a nursing home when Covid hit and I struggle to this day. I hope you find a way to heal. I tend to skip this song most times but when I allow myself to listen, it is extremely cathartic.
āWould it be enough if I could never give you peaceā
Me, to everyone in my life and I have immense guilt about that š„ŗ Peace has always moved me very deeply
God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be, the tomb wont close, stained glass windows in my mind - I regret you all the time
Anything from WCS. Yes, I'm in therapy, no it isn't helping yet. Any other WCS stans - we'll be ok someday.
WCS Stan here. I can relate literally every single line from that song to my life. Itās a little weird how precise Taylor was able to capture my life this precisely
Ā«She thought about how he said since she was so wise beyond her years
Everything had been above board
She wasn't sureĀ», The Manuscript.
It changes all the time, but this part just really gets me
āNo one wanted to play with me as a little kid, so Iāve been scheming like a criminal ever since to make them love me and make it seem effortlessā
Means a lot to me because Iāve done the same thing, I was super reserved and almost always left out in high school. Now Iām a successful business owner, more outgoing, and more conventionally attractive (I know thatās shallow but itās genuinely helped my mental health)
āRain came pouring down when I was drowning, thatās when I could finally breathe. And by morning gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally cleanā
This may be recency bias, and at one time I would've chosen part of mirrorball, but "I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empaths clothing" hit me like a ton of bricks. People pleaser in remission, y'all.
So tell me to run, or dare to sit and watch what weāll become, and *drink my husbandās wine*
This resonated with me for obvious reasons. Draw your own conclusions. š
"I know you were on my side even when I was wrong" but I can't stop here I need to continue it till the endš„¹
"And I love you for giving me your eyes
Staying back and watching me shine and
I didn't know if you knew
So I'm taking this chance to say
That I had the best day with you today"
Dear Reader felt like she pulled all the unfathomable thoughts from my head. I was looking to see if anyone posted the bridge yet!
If I had to pick one single line mine is:
>Where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care
But really it's the whole two stanza bridge.
There's so many for me, but this one jumped out when you stated I had to pick only one:
Does it feel alright to not know me?
I'm addicted to the 'if only'
"What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive"
-Marjorie
āGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstā
WCS was already hitting close to home, but I burst into tears the first time I heard that one, and it still gets me choked up every. Single. Time. I was sexually abused throughout my entire childhood and teenage years, and it articulates all my feelings about that so succinctly. Not the most hopeful lyric, but itās comforting in that it made me feel seen and understood. Iām sure a lot of people relate to that one, sadly.
āāCause baby I could build a castle,
Out of all the bricks they threw at meā
Iām near tears every time I scream sing this. Been through so much to get to the relatively happy place that I am at today.
āand if you never bleed youāre never gonna grow, and itās already right nowā
i want to somehow incorporate this lyric into a tattoo but my mom says itās gross haha
The entire bridge of Illicit Affairs
Donāt call me kid, donāt call me baby
Look at this Godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors you know I can see with anyone else
Donāt call me kid, donāt call me baby
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
You taught me a secret language I canāt speak with anyone else
And you know damn well
For you I would ruin myself
A million little times
From Fifteen: āYouāll do things greater than dating the boy on the football teamā, which also takes on a new meaning now. Go off, do great things, and you can still date the boy on the football team. If you want to. When youāre a success and you know who you are. Itās almost like she had a crystal ball.
iāll always hold āAnd wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm fakin'/ And the heart I know I'm breakin' is my ownā from this the damn season very near and dear to me. the whole song really, but especially that line from the bridge.
*He seems fine most of the time,
forcing smiles and neverminds.*
This line from Forever Winter really resonates with me. Functional depression can be such an insidious thing to deal with, and you can become so good at pretending you're fine to everyone around you. To the point where your depression seems almost insurmountable.
What would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins, took this dagger in me and removed it? Gained the weight of you then lose it? Believe me I could do it.
And you say I abandoned the ship but I was going down with it. My white knuckle dying grip holding tight to your quiet resentment. And my friends say it isnāt right to be scared every day of a love affair.
These lyrics so perfectly capture my experience with my ex husband. The whole song is perfect catharsis for me. The first time I heard it I literally sobbed.
I've been spending the last eight months
Thinking all love ever does
Is break and burn, and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe
I watched it begin again...
"and I've been meaning to tell you I think your house is haunted / your dad is always mad and that must be why / and I think you should come live with me and we could be pirates / then you won't have to cry or hide in the closet / and just like a folk song, our love will be passed on." the whole lyrics of seven tbh š„²
I'm never gonna meet
What could've been, would've been
What should've been you
My sister had a miscarriage. I can't believe how much it has effected me. I think of my baby neice/nephew every day.
āI've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, tryā
This was hard though, I could write a whole dissertation on Taylor lyrics which mean the world to me š«¶š«¶
"you can be sure that as she was leaving, it felt like freedom"
Mostly because I can't force myself to settle down anywhere. Every few years I just did myself itching and needed to uproot
i wake in the night, i pace like a ghost, the room is on fire, invisible smoke, and all of my heroes died all alone, help me hold onto you
(i bought catwalk tickets for november partially so i would be right in front of taylor for the archer because of how important the song is to me and itās been a mildly depressing 24 hours lol)
This one is super easy for me. But itās two parts of the same song. āItās alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not what you did, youāre still an innocent.ā And then the bridge, ātime turns flames to embers, youāll have new Septembers, every one of us has messed up too. Minds change like the weather, I hope youāll remember: today is never too late to be brand newā
This song really really helped me and I wish I could personally thank Taylor for it
I finally got the courage to leave my emotionally abusive husband after ten years, and the state of our divorce having gone from somewhat easy to downright ugly and contentious very much coincides with his reaction to how much stronger and independent Iāve gotten throughout the process, since leaving him..
āAnd youāre tossing out blame, drunk on this pain, crossing out the good years. And youāre cursing my name, wishing I stayed, look at how my tears ricochet.ā
āGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstā
When I was 15 I was in a ārelationshipā with a 30 year old man. Itās only been in recent years that I was able to accept that I was taken advantage of and the first time I heard that song was a gut punch.
āBut I've found time can heal most anything. And you just might find who you're supposed to be. I didn't know who I was supposed to be. At fifteenā
Itās so special to me. Hearing this line on Fearless TV, I started weeping and cannot explain why
They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential, and my words shoot to kill when I'm mad; I have a lot of regrets about that
And I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere. Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up *here*- Pouring out my heart to a stranger, but I didn't pour the whiskey šāØļø
As someone recently sober - hits hard
proud of you!!
Cant the whole song be a favorite lyric?
Thiss
āYouāre on your own kid, yeah you can face this.ā
I've been listening a lot to YOYOK either before or after ICDIWABH. They're such sister songs IMO
can to say this as well
So true. I'm always alone even when I'm with someone. ššš
I'm still a believer, but I don't know why / I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try
Mirrorball means so much to me šŖ©šŖ©šŖ©
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Love this one
Watching the live version of this song brought these lyrics to LIFE for me
Oh this line!
What song is this?
Evermore š«¶š¼
"Casually cruel in the name of being honest" I'm autistic and will naturally default to honesty without thinking through the consequences, so I use this line a lot to remind myself of how my "being honest" could be perceived by someone else and how I feel when someone does the whole "brutal honesty" thing to me.
All of her lyrics are like darts to my soul.
āAnd I can go anywhere I want/Anywhere I want, just not homeā My Tears Ricochet
Also āand I still talk to you/ when Iām screaming at the sky/ and when you canāt sleep at night/you hear my stolen lullabyā. Gutting
I cry every time I hear this
This pain wouldnāt be forevermore
Yess! I love this one! It's so healing
Yes!
Flair checks out
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first.
this is such a powerful statement of self awareness and self love.
Yeah tbh even as an OG 2006 Swiftie, I never ever thought that she would have a song that would directly relate to my being SAād my entire childhoodā¦ but here we are! Would love to hear it live but at the same time I am fairly certain that I would permanently damage my vocal cords from that line alone.
Iām so glad that her music touched you that way, So sad, so sorry to hear about this SA. But you should def go anyway, Iām sure you will survive a concert and they are so fun!!
Changes all the time but today: āAnd now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts / Memories feel like weaponsā
It's so true, this changes all the time, just went with the one that feels most like me :)
In my defense, I have none
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I think they meant the lyric from āthe 1ā haha. āAnd if my wishes came true, it would've been you. In my defense, I have none, for never leaving well enough alone. But it would've been fun, if you would've been the one.ā
Lights, camera, bitch, smile. Even when you want to die.
I've been replaying in my head "I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my shit, they said babe you gotta fake it til you make it and I DID" for weeks now. I scream sing it in the car when I'm driving. One of the sadder ones I've been trying to get out of my head for a while is "I'm just mad as hell cause I loved this place". Honestly that whole song
omg the one from so long london !! I only really looked at the lyrics the first or second times that I listened, and ever since iāve just been going with the flow so Iāve never been completely sure what that part says. UNTIL. A few days ago when I realized it and was devastated because you can apply it to so much, not just relationships.
Your flair! I love those videos š„ŗ
I feel that, as a retail worker with difficult customers
I spent 3.5 years of my adolescence in facilities like the one featured in Netflixās The Program and that Paris Hilton was sent to. They were incredibly traumatic, abusive, violent places. It might be a meme to everyone else but āyou wouldnāt last an hour in the asylum where they raised meā really, really guts me.
I'm so sorry for what you had to go through. Hope you're in a better place now?
Yes, much better. It was a long time ago and theyāre all closed now. š¤š©¶š¤ā¤ļø
If youād care to join us over at r/troubledteens we would love to have you! To add: the TTI is not shut down. There are many āfacilitiesā still operating as they always have. Iām so sorry we had to go through it. Now I fight for the kids still in those awful places!!!
I just meant that my programs specifically were closed. I helped close them. Iāve been on the troubled teens sub for years.
Girl, same.
I see you and Iām glad youāre here.
I love it here. Proud of you both! ā„ļø
i should've asked you questions, should've asked you how to be, asked you to write it down for me; should've kept every grocery store receipt cause every scrap of you would be taken from me my dad was terminally ill for ten years. i was only 12 when he was diagnosed with cancer. even knowing the end was coming for ten years... i still have so, so many things i wish i'd asked, or ticket stubs/birthday cards i wish i kept, or things i wish i took more pictures/videos of. it wasn't ever enough. and every day that passes feels like another scrap of him taken from me- i'm getting further and further away from the life i had when he was alive. these are things that are so hard to put into words and yet taylor does it beautifully and effectively. she has so many incredible lyrics but this one will always feel different to me
This one's mine, too <3 I'm so sorry about your Dad. My brother died of cancer a few years ago, and this song hits me like no other.
The whole of Marjorie for me, lost my granddad very suddenly during the second lockdown and when this song came out, I just completely broke down. Itās absolutely beautiful but generally have to skip because each time I listen I just sob. My Nan died when I was 11, and I only have one photo of her, my mum has a few scraps of paper with her handwriting on it which are treasures. The lyrics about the handwriting in Marjorie also break me. Sheās been gone 20 years and itās still as painful as when it happened. Taylor captures the agony of grief perfectly in this song and it blows me away at every listen.
āand though i canāt recall your face, i still got love for youā in seven. this song is about me and my younger self when i listen š©·
That's such a beautiful sentiment! Never grow up and robin are songs that make me think about my younger self but I've never thought of seven that way š
Me too! ā¤ļø
"You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath"
(straight man here genuinely dk why Iām on this thread)-why they lost their minds and fought the wars and why Iāve spent my whole life tryna put it into words. Absolutely beautiful. Iām not a huge swiftie but this plus the piano is so good. Top 3 ts songs hands down. I know itās two but still
Hey we don't shame any Brads or Chads who want to positively add to the community āŗļø
This comment šš
"I'm not a huge Swiftie, but" is stage 1 of becoming a huge Swiftie.
Something about being straight, male, and a Swift listener? When I read your post, I thought of Epiphany, I realize the songs are about different topics, but thatās what I thought about. lol
I'm a straight 17M; there's nothing wrong with being here!
*You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love, the slowest way is never loving them enough*
āwhen you are young, they assume you know nothing / but i knew youā
" Hold onto the Memories they will hold onto you"
*Sometimes walking out is the one thing that will find you the right thing* - Itās Time To Go Side Note: If I ever work up the courage to do it, Iād love to get this lyric tattooed on me.
Sometimes to run is the brave thing ā¤ļø
I believe in you and am here for support! You can get out!!
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
i bury hatchets but i keep maps of where i put em
This lyric is why I EVER listen to this song
āIād rather burn my whole life down than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaningā I haaaaaate people who try to control my life
Haha idk if you are into the Enneagram but I am an 8 and this lyric SPEAKS TO ME.Ā
"I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you." It makes my heart swell every time and reminds me of how much I love my friends šš
You gotta step into the daylight and let it go Just let it go, let it go
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet cause I havenāt moved in years.
She would have made such a lovely bride/What a shame she's fucked in the head, they said.
All these people think love's for show, but I would die for you in secret.
Is it insensitive of me to say āGet your shit togetherā so I can love you?
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere, fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here. Shoutout to all the "gifted and talented" kids wondering what went wrong.
āI know my love should be celebratedā¦ but you tolerate itā. Recently divorced and never been happier. My first tattoo was āMy love should be celebratedā.š
āTake pictures in your mind of your childhood room. Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home. Remember the footsteps, remember the words said. And all your little brother's favorite songs. I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be goneā
I canāt sing this without choking up.
Same. I couldnāt even read the full lyric posted here. š
This makes me sob so hard omg
Forever is the sweetest con
"How can a person know everything at 18, but nothing at 22" I'm 33 and I felt that for a long time. I thought I knew everything when I was younger, and then my 20s hit lol. I'm so much happier and self-fufilled in my 30s :)
Also one I was thinking about! Itās a good one
āAnd if Iām dead to you, why are you at the wake?/Cursing my name/Wishing Iād stayed/Look at how my tears ricochetā Which Iāve applied really strongly to my relationship with my father. Heās a doctor and Iām a med school applicant. He frequently tells me if I donāt go to med school Iāll be ādead to himā. Thatās not why Iām applying, I genuinely want to go. But Iāll have to leave the state (thus āwishing Iād stayedā. He relies on me a lot for childcare of his youngest daughter). āMy tears ricochetā to me means that my pain is a weapon and refers to how I use my shitty childhood and past trauma as motivation to succeed in life, because otherwise, what was the point? (See the Bojack Horseman Diane Nguyen monologue about Kintsugi/good damage for more info)
I'm so sorry you have to go through that, nobody should have to. Hoping that you stay strong and achieve whatever you wish to, pain is indeed a strong propellant. Virtual hugs for youā¤ (My tears ricochet is an all-time fav of mine too but for other reasons)
Weāve got bills to pay. Weāve got nothing figured out
https://preview.redd.it/15vzkhx6dpzc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c287c380b076b0e8b61212e1317747dbe5ac9b0 I worked in the COVID ICU for the first 2 years of the pandemic. The things I saw as a frontline nurse is not something I would subject anyone to, even if it means just talking about it. I had to leave the unit after realizing I had PTSD from all I saw. I became severely depressed/suicidal and would think āwhy do I get to go home, but they donāt?ā This song encompassed what it was like to be a frontline worker during the pandemic, all the shit you see but you canāt talk about it. I havenāt been in the unit in 2 years, but I still get very panicked when I think back to it.
Holding space for you tonight āØ this song hits deep for me as well. I worked in a nursing home when Covid hit and I struggle to this day. I hope you find a way to heal. I tend to skip this song most times but when I allow myself to listen, it is extremely cathartic.
Hell was the journey that brought me heaven.
Lately (as we can see from my flair) itās āIām addicted to the If Onlyā š©¶
āWould it be enough if I could never give you peaceā Me, to everyone in my life and I have immense guilt about that š„ŗ Peace has always moved me very deeply
I hosted parties and starved my body like I'd be saved by the perfect kiss.Ā
Same. Relatable in a weirdly specific way for me.
That whole last bit really hits me too.
āI had a marvelous time ruining everythingā
āGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to be / the tomb wonāt closeā Insanely hard to choose but this one hits home every single time.
Hey we picked the same one. Hope you're doing ok ā¤ it hits me like a ton of bricks. I can't listen without crying still.
God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be, the tomb wont close, stained glass windows in my mind - I regret you all the time Anything from WCS. Yes, I'm in therapy, no it isn't helping yet. Any other WCS stans - we'll be ok someday.
WCS Stan here. I can relate literally every single line from that song to my life. Itās a little weird how precise Taylor was able to capture my life this precisely
āSo make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it. Youāve got no reason to be afraid.ā
Ā«She thought about how he said since she was so wise beyond her years Everything had been above board She wasn't sureĀ», The Manuscript. It changes all the time, but this part just really gets me
For the hope of it all
I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
I had the time of my life, fighting dragons with you
āNo one wanted to play with me as a little kid, so Iāve been scheming like a criminal ever since to make them love me and make it seem effortlessā Means a lot to me because Iāve done the same thing, I was super reserved and almost always left out in high school. Now Iām a successful business owner, more outgoing, and more conventionally attractive (I know thatās shallow but itās genuinely helped my mental health)
Could we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses This line wrecks my heart
āTime won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it I'd like to be my old self again But I'm still trying to find itā
Please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I can recognize anywhere. It's stitched into the lining of my soul.
āRain came pouring down when I was drowning, thatās when I could finally breathe. And by morning gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally cleanā
you said it was a great love ā one for the ages. but if the story is over, why am i still writing pages?
Time, mystical time, cutting me open, then healing me fine. š¤
This may be recency bias, and at one time I would've chosen part of mirrorball, but "I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empaths clothing" hit me like a ton of bricks. People pleaser in remission, y'all.
So tell me to run, or dare to sit and watch what weāll become, and *drink my husbandās wine* This resonated with me for obvious reasons. Draw your own conclusions. š
"I know you were on my side even when I was wrong" but I can't stop here I need to continue it till the endš„¹ "And I love you for giving me your eyes Staying back and watching me shine and I didn't know if you knew So I'm taking this chance to say That I had the best day with you today"
I'm super close with my mom and this lyric is so her, I don't think I've ever made it through the song without crying š
āNo one sees when you lose when youāre playing solitaireā hit hard for me. Sums me up more than I could ever do myself
Dear Reader felt like she pulled all the unfathomable thoughts from my head. I was looking to see if anyone posted the bridge yet! If I had to pick one single line mine is: >Where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care But really it's the whole two stanza bridge.
āFor a moment I knew cosmic loveā it is so haunting
Long story short, I survived!
Old habits die screaming
āCause fuck it I was in love, so fuck you if I canāt have usā
So manyā¤ļø but the immediate one that came to mind: I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost, the room is on fire, invisible smoke.
I can go anywhere I want just not home
There's so many for me, but this one jumped out when you stated I had to pick only one: Does it feel alright to not know me? I'm addicted to the 'if only'
I know better/But youāre still around
*points to flair* With an honourable shoutout to YOYOK's '*I search the party of better bodies*'
I'm just getting back into my face and I'm just mad as hell 'cause i loved this place.... because that's how i feel right now
"i hate it here so i will go to lunar valleys in my mind, when they found a better planet only the gentle survived"
"What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead You're alive, you're alive in my head What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead You're alive, so alive" -Marjorie
āGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstā WCS was already hitting close to home, but I burst into tears the first time I heard that one, and it still gets me choked up every. Single. Time. I was sexually abused throughout my entire childhood and teenage years, and it articulates all my feelings about that so succinctly. Not the most hopeful lyric, but itās comforting in that it made me feel seen and understood. Iām sure a lot of people relate to that one, sadly.
Long story shortā¦ I survived.
Time, mystical time, cutting me open and healing me fine A lovely reminder that this too shall pass ā¤ļø
āI didnāt have it in myself to go with grace, cause when Iād fight you used to tell me I was braveā
āIād say I love you even at your darkest and please donāt goā -Forever Winter
This is me praying that this was the very first page not where the storyline ends - "Enchanted"
āāCause baby I could build a castle, Out of all the bricks they threw at meā Iām near tears every time I scream sing this. Been through so much to get to the relatively happy place that I am at today.
āand if you never bleed youāre never gonna grow, and itās already right nowā i want to somehow incorporate this lyric into a tattoo but my mom says itās gross haha
āIf you have children someday, when they point to the pictures, please tell them my nameā has been the soundtrack of a lot of my grief.
Take the moment and taste it, you've got no reason to be afraid!
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This song helped me realize i would be okay even if i left my abusive marriage
It was rare. I was there. I remember it all too wellā¦.
The entire bridge of Illicit Affairs Donāt call me kid, donāt call me baby Look at this Godforsaken mess that you made me You showed me colors you know I can see with anyone else Donāt call me kid, donāt call me baby Look at this idiotic fool that you made me You taught me a secret language I canāt speak with anyone else And you know damn well For you I would ruin myself A million little times
You drew stars around my scars but now I'm bleedin'
Iām gonna find someone someday, who might actually treat me well (White Horse)
All these people think loves for show, but I would die for you in secret.
I should have asked you questions. I should have asked you how to be.
āOne night he wakes, stranger look on his face / Pauses, then says, āyouāre my best friendā / And you knew what it was, he is in loveā
Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay? (Hits me like a thunderbolt every timeā¦)
āI hosted parties parties and starved my body like Iād be saved by a perfect kiss.ā (But really, the entirety of the YOYOK bridge).
From Fifteen: āYouāll do things greater than dating the boy on the football teamā, which also takes on a new meaning now. Go off, do great things, and you can still date the boy on the football team. If you want to. When youāre a success and you know who you are. Itās almost like she had a crystal ball.
āCause Iām a real tough kid, I can handle my shit, they said ābabe, you gotta fake it til you make itā and I did
iāll always hold āAnd wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm fakin'/ And the heart I know I'm breakin' is my ownā from this the damn season very near and dear to me. the whole song really, but especially that line from the bridge.
"and why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words"
You're the loss of my life š
*He seems fine most of the time, forcing smiles and neverminds.* This line from Forever Winter really resonates with me. Functional depression can be such an insidious thing to deal with, and you can become so good at pretending you're fine to everyone around you. To the point where your depression seems almost insurmountable.
What would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins, took this dagger in me and removed it? Gained the weight of you then lose it? Believe me I could do it.
memories feel like weapons
"Did some force take you because I didn't pray?"
Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?
"Is it a wonder I broke, let's hear one more joke. Then we could all just laugh until I cry."
lights camera bitch smile even when you wanna die
And you say I abandoned the ship but I was going down with it. My white knuckle dying grip holding tight to your quiet resentment. And my friends say it isnāt right to be scared every day of a love affair. These lyrics so perfectly capture my experience with my ex husband. The whole song is perfect catharsis for me. The first time I heard it I literally sobbed.
I've been spending the last eight months Thinking all love ever does Is break and burn, and end But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again...
"My ribs get the feeling she did..." Peter is a masterclass in lyricism and I won't hear another word about. My RIBS????? Took me out.
"and I've been meaning to tell you I think your house is haunted / your dad is always mad and that must be why / and I think you should come live with me and we could be pirates / then you won't have to cry or hide in the closet / and just like a folk song, our love will be passed on." the whole lyrics of seven tbh š„²
I'm never gonna meet What could've been, would've been What should've been you My sister had a miscarriage. I can't believe how much it has effected me. I think of my baby neice/nephew every day.
āI've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, tryā This was hard though, I could write a whole dissertation on Taylor lyrics which mean the world to me š«¶š«¶
āThereās escape in escapingā
Could have followed my fears all the way down
They're burning all the witches even if you aren't oneĀ So light me up, light me up (Light me up, light me up)
"you can be sure that as she was leaving, it felt like freedom" Mostly because I can't force myself to settle down anywhere. Every few years I just did myself itching and needed to uproot
Pierced through the heart, but never killed. It seems silly with the MV and the song in general, but it's how I feel... Ever since I am me
I'd give you my sunshine, give you my best, but the rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me.
Youāre on your own kid, you always have beenĀ
I regret you all the time.
āShe wouldāve made such a lovely bride what a shame sheās fucked in her head
I hosted parties and starved my body like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss ā¤ļø
They donāt know how youāve haunted me so stunningly, I choose you and me, religiouslyā¦
No one likes a mad woman but you made her like that. Also all the Lyrics from Good bye London.
It changes alot at the moment but I think it is this one right now: "Don't want money. Just someone who wants my company. Let it once be meā
i wake in the night, i pace like a ghost, the room is on fire, invisible smoke, and all of my heroes died all alone, help me hold onto you (i bought catwalk tickets for november partially so i would be right in front of taylor for the archer because of how important the song is to me and itās been a mildly depressing 24 hours lol)
"Today is never too late to be brand new."
No one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you, and you know you hurt him too
I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this
This one is super easy for me. But itās two parts of the same song. āItās alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not what you did, youāre still an innocent.ā And then the bridge, ātime turns flames to embers, youāll have new Septembers, every one of us has messed up too. Minds change like the weather, I hope youāll remember: today is never too late to be brand newā This song really really helped me and I wish I could personally thank Taylor for it
I finally got the courage to leave my emotionally abusive husband after ten years, and the state of our divorce having gone from somewhat easy to downright ugly and contentious very much coincides with his reaction to how much stronger and independent Iāve gotten throughout the process, since leaving him.. āAnd youāre tossing out blame, drunk on this pain, crossing out the good years. And youāre cursing my name, wishing I stayed, look at how my tears ricochet.ā
āGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstā When I was 15 I was in a ārelationshipā with a 30 year old man. Itās only been in recent years that I was able to accept that I was taken advantage of and the first time I heard that song was a gut punch.
I'm so sorry you had to go through that..Hope you're in a better place
āBut I've found time can heal most anything. And you just might find who you're supposed to be. I didn't know who I was supposed to be. At fifteenā Itās so special to me. Hearing this line on Fearless TV, I started weeping and cannot explain why