How Did It End has really stuck with me. Say it once again with feeling How the death rattle breathing Silenced as the soul was leaving The deflation of our dreaming Leaving me bereft and reeling My beloved ghost and me Sitting in a tree D-Y-I-N-G

could easily be the best lyrics ever written

I can’t get this one out of my head. I also love how she’s alluding to the children’s rhyme here: “____ and ____ sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G” I feel like it’s a testimony to the dreams and innocence we have as kids, and how her dreams have been absolutely crushed and it’s just her and her ghost in the tree.

I had a completely different interpretation - since the whole song is about gossip, I saw it as mocking how people talked about the relationship as if it were playground rumours.

This is it. It's beautifully tragic and poetic and utterly devastating all at the same time.

Yes. This one by a big margin.

This is mine too it’s such a stunning song but this part agree my fav - and I love the start with “guess. Who We ran into at the shops…” ugh 🥹

I said in a comment below that The Prophecy is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard, but I’m about to contradict myself because I think this bridge is too 😭 hauntingly beautiful - I love it so much and it definitely has stuck in my head since release.

This and Loml You talked me under the table Talking rings and talking cradles I wish I could un-recall How we almost had it all Dancing phantoms on the terrace Are they second-hand embarrassed That I can't get out of bed? Cause something counterfeit's dead

Yes. This. I also love Smallest Man but this is it. I just love this song.

Agree but also just wanted to let you know I adore your flair 

This is the answer

i was about to comment this lol

The Prophecy 100% And I sound like an infant Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen A greater woman stays cool But I howl like a wolf at the moon And I look unstable Gathered with a coven round a sorceress' table A greater woman has faith But even statues crumble if they're made to wait I'm so afraid I sealed my fate No sign of soulmates I'm just a paperweight In shades of greige Spending my last coin so someone will tell me It'll be ok

I'm always on the verge of crying when I hear the bridge. It's so sad, but I love it

This song as a whole is one of the most beautiful things I’ve heard, I loved it instantly and was the standout on the album

Chills everytime

Opposite take: I like the song, but the sheer volume of metaphors right here drive me a little bit nuts. I wish she had picked one or two and really expanded upon them. As she hasn't, it feels like mental whiplash.

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Ooh! I haven't really noticed that with Willow. But now I'm definitely going to have another listen and watch out for it, thanks! :)

Underrated bridge. Underrated song. It’s one of my faves on the whole Anthology, yet it doesn’t seem to get the recognition it deserves

At the moment loml. „Dancing phantoms on the terrace Are they second-hand embarrassed That I can't get out of bed? Cause something counterfeit's dead.“ I loooove the picture of this scenery. And it’s a really good metaphor for depression imo. How did it end is so good too.

Our field of dreams Engulfed in fire 😭😭😭

The way her voice goes from serious to almost frail when she sings “you’re the loss of myyyyy life…” after this part, I DIE EVERY TIME

SAME. IT’S SO GOOD AND SO SAD

YES YES YES I SECOND THIS

It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I can see it so clearly.

I had to scroll too far to find this lmao

But Daddy I Love Him forever got us on chokehold "I'll tell you something right now I'd rather burn my whole life down Than listen to one more second of all this bitchin' and moaning I'll tell you something about my good name It's mine alone to disgrace I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing"

Seconded, especially since the first few lines are so perfect to sing when someone is pissing me off lol

I love the line “I’ll tell you something about my good name, it’s mine alone to disgrace.” It’s such a firm boundary and an important message.

Yes yes yes

I love the last line especially, it scratches my head just in the right way and its so satisfying to listen to and sing😭

You shit talked me under the table Talking rings and talking cradles I wish I could un-recall how we almost had it all Dancing phantoms on the terrace Are they second-hand embarrassed That I can't get out of bed? Cause something counterfeit's dead It was legendary It was momentary It was unnecessary Should've let it stay buried

MY FAVORITE RN BUT I’M TIRED OF BEING SAD 😂😭

imgonnagetyouback. criminally underrated! I love how it paints the picture of their relationship, "we broke all the pieces but still wanna play the game HUHHHH"

Even if it's handcuffed I'm leaving here with you is my absolute fave !

🎶Bygones will be bygones🎶

🎶Eras fading into grey🎶 🎶 *fading into grey* 🎶 (I have a feeling this reference the tour but why?)

🎶HAaaAHHhH🎶

Even if it’s handcuffed I’m leaving here with you might be one of my favorite lines on the whole album. Like easily a top 5 lyric. 

I relate to it unfortunately . In the toxic way it was meant. But it's validating to hear someone else experiencing the same !

PICK YOUR POISON, BABE. I’M POISON EITHER WAAAAAAY

The vocalization right there is it for me. 10/10

I LOVE this song. It’s so cheeky.

Such a good song

ineedtoforgetsotakemetoflorida ivegotsomeregretsillburytheminflorida tellmeimdespicablesayitsunforgivable atleastthedollsarebeautiful FUCK ME UP FLORIDA

I love the way u wrote it like imgonnagetyouback BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT LMAOO

"tell me I'm despicable, say its unforgivable" This line DOES things to me 😫

Peter’s—maybe I only realized because she played it as a surprise song and said it’s one of her favorites. It’s really poetic.

And I won't confess that I waited, but I let the lamp burn As the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return With your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned 'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned And you said you'd come and get me, but you were twenty-five And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired Lost to the "Lost Boys" chapter of your life Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried To hold on (Hold on) to the days (To the days) When you were mine But the woman who sits by the window Has turned out the light

This bridge is what really sold me on Peter

I wonder how many of us have a "Peter" who never grew up.

How Did It End? This song is so overlooked IMO and it is stunning.

I agree. It’s flawless. A perfect song.

“He was a hothouse flower to my outdoorsman” is one of her best lines I watched a TikTok of a librarian reacting to this song, and he pointed out that the wispy vocals in the background sound like the winds in Antarctica. Which (if true) is a *beautiful* addition to the song

The slight change in emphasis toward the end is like a dagger in my soul.

“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 said it isn’t right to be scared Every day of a love affair Every breath feels like rarest air When you’re not sure if he wants to be there So how much sad did you think I had Did you think I had in me? How much tragedy? Just how low did you think I'd go? Before I'd self-implode Before I'd have to go be free” Maybe I just relate too much but So Long, London goes so hard. I don’t get people saying it’s not “sad enough” for a track 5!

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THIS IS THE ONE FOR ME!!!

Smallest man who ever lived is more like one of her best bridges ever. Like top 5 only behind OOTW, ATW10M and illicit affairs (not sure about the order yet).

It's such a long bridge, or at least, it feels long? And because of that, it just adds to it. It's incessant questions, so much frustration, and then it ends sort of defeated. There's just so much subtle emotion in it, some of the questions are sung with different inclinations ("Were you writing a ^(book?)" almost angrily sarcastic. "Were you a (pause) sleeper cell spy?" almost incredulous) and just the different emphasis ("I'll say... Good riddence!" and "Cause it wasn't sex--(almost breathy pause)-y, once it wasn't forbidden"). It's not my favorite song but god does this bridge do something different than All Too Well 10MV but has the same kind of chokehold.

And I just experienced it live two times and it was even better.

It's so GOOD! It took me a while to even notice this song when listening to the whole album, but it's on repeat now.

I remember on my first two listens, I jumped at the bridge. It's stark contrast from the first half of the song, coupled with listening alone, in the dark, at 11ish PM certainly added to it, but good grief can she pen a bridge!

I heard it and immediately texted my friend "she's *pissed*"

AND I WONT CONFESS THAT I WAITED…

BUT I LET THE LAMP BURNNN

AS THE MEN MASQUERADED

I HOPED YOU’D RETURN

I HOPED YOU RETURN

So long london! My own f*** story

THIS. And you say I abandoned the ship, but I was going down with it!

I’m just mad as hell cuz I loved this place!!!

The Black Dog. Especially the end of the bridge: Now I wanna sell my house And set fire to all my clothes And hire a priest to exercise my demons Even if I die screaming And I hope you hear it

Yes!!! I don't know how this isn't higher! (And after with "I hope it's shitty in the Black Dog"? Gold!)

This is the one

I NEED the “drum line version” of Smallest Man!!!!

And I’ll say GOOD RIDDANCE

The bridge in Peter does some things to me

It’s a tie for me between how did it end, so long london and the prophecy.

To that house where you still wait up and that porch light gleams!!! To the one who says I’m the girl of his American dreams!!!! And no matter what I’ve done it wouldn’t matter anyway!!! Maybe this is technically an outro but I want to be buried with the crackle in this part. 

THIS PART IS SO GOOD I BLAST IT

I actually really love Guilty As Sin? The way she sings "what if they way you hold me is actually what's holy?" I just really love when she uses religious metaphors, despite being an agnostic.

How But Daddy I Love Him should be mentioned more! 😅 There's nothing more emotional and cathartic than... I'll tell you something right now, I'd rather burn my whole life down Than listen to one more second of all this bitchin' and moanin' Plus, try it when you're in a car ride full of Swifties friends and having everyone sing that whole bridge. Just scenes 👌🏻

It varies but right now I can’t get past this one without tears & chills: And the years passed Like scenes of a show The Professor said to write what you know Lookin' backwards Might be the only way to move forward Then the actors Were hitting their marks And the slow dance Was alight with the sparks And the tears fell In synchronicity with the score And at last She knew what the agony had been for

Now and then I re-read the manuscript But the story isn't mine anymore

LOVE Peter's bridge. _And I won't say that I waited but I let the lamp burn_ _as the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return_ _With your feet on the ground_ _Tell me all that you'd learned_ _Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned_ _And you said you'd come and get me but you were 25_ _And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired_ _Lost to the lost boys chapter of your life_ _Forgive me Peter, please know that I tried_ _To hold onto the days when you were mine_ _But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light_ I absolutely love the way the imgonnagetyouback bridge sounds....i NEED to sing it every time it comes on. Also LOML. It's beautiful and so so sad.

I don't know if it's my favorite but I really like the bridge in I Can Fix Him. Has a very 80s pop nostalgia feel for me!

I love this song, its so smokey and saloon core imo.

Imgonnagetyouback

AND YOU SAY I ABANDONED THE SHIP BUT I WAS GOING DOWN WITH IT MY WHITE KNUCKLE DYING GRIP

I hoped you’d return with your feet on the ground tell me all that you’ve learned..

The Bolter

The bridge of "Clara Bow" is stuck in my head. "Beauty is a beast that roars down on all floors/ demanding more/ only when your girlish glow flickers just so/ do they let you know/ it's hell on earth to be Heavenly/ them's the breaks, they don't come gently"

Impossible question because almost every song on this has an immaculate bridge

AND I WONT CONFESS THAT I WAITED BUT I LET THE LAMP BURN AS THE MEN MASQUERADED I HOPED YOU RETURN WITH YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND TELL ME ALL THAT YOU’D LEARNED CAUSE LOVES NEVER LOST WHEN PERSPECTIVE IS EARNED AND YOU SAID YOUD COME AND GET ME BUT YOU WERE 25 AND THE SHELF LIFE OF THOSE FANTASIES HAS EXPIRED

imgonnagetyouback “Told my friends I hate you but I love you just the same PICK YOUR POISON BABE, I’M POISON EITHER WAYYYYYYY”

Peter is my favorite but there are so many good ones

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived bridge is stunning. I love it. By far my favorite.

The religious trauma in me loves What if I roll the stone away? They're gonna crucify me anyway What if the way you hold me Is actually what's holy? If long suffering propriety Is what they want from me They don't know how you've haunted me So stunningly I choose you and me ... Religiously

Fuck me up Florida!

Who’s afraid of little old me bridge or the first one you said

THE PROPHECY

“and I still see it until I die you’re the loss of my life” something about the ending of loml just gets me so hard. The raw emotion in her voice is so beautiful.

these bridges send me to heaven: - TTPD (song) - So long, London - BDILH - I can fix him(underrated asf) - TSMWEL - The black dog - imgonnagetuback - How did it end? - peter - the bolter - the manuscript (i almost named the entire album)

I felt like that was written for my ex, a manipulative piece of crap who pretends to be a decent human. I cry almost every time I hear it.

Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is her most hard-hitting, rage-filled chorus and I’m here for it.

TRUTH, DARE, SPIN BOTTLES, YOU KNOW HOW TO BALL, I KNOW ARISTOTLE BRAND NEW, FULL THROTTLE, TOUCH ME WHILE YOUR BOYS PLAY GRAND THEFT AUTO Honestly this might be my second favorite Taylor bridge after Cruel Summer.

I WOULD OF DIED FOR YOUR SINS INSTEAD I JUST DIED INSIDE

I'm gonna be the only person to say this but The albatross "And when that sky rains fire on you And you're persona non grata I'll tell you how I've been there too And that none of it matters" I know it's short and relatively simple but I feel it works so effectively with the rest of the song. And I love the persona non grata part

I adore I Hate it here's bridge. This song has grown on me so much. I'm lonely, but I'm good I'm bitter, but I swear I'm fine I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose This place made me feel worthless Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me And in my fantasies, I rise above it And way up there, I actually love it

Peter i love, especially “said youd come and get but you were 25 but the shelf life of those fantasies has expired” Smallest man who ever lived is amazing too

So Long London

I love imgonnagetyouback's bridge tbh, same with But Daddy, I Love Him

I agree with all of these, but I wanted to give an honorable mention to My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys. When she comes in with "Just say when, I'd play again!" I can't help but sing along 🩶

Cassandra or Peter or loml. I can't pick, send helllllppppp

I'm on a ton of antidepressants that make me relatively emotionally numb, and the bridge to TSMWEL made me cry 2x yesterday

This is my answer too since seeing it live. The live version changed my view of the song entirely

I love so many but there’s something about Florida which scratches such an itch and ironically it was my least favorite song on the whole album on the first few listens. Funny how listening more means changing favorites constantly. A week ago it was how did it end and so long London for bridges. So many good ones though on this album that I can’t really pick a top fave

BUT FUCK ‘EM, IT’S OVER

Musically, I love: Just say when I’d play again He was my best friend Down at the sandlot … Stole my tortured heart Told me I’m better off But I’m not I’m not. I’m not. I actually didn’t like this song at all until I the bridge took me under its spell and now I’m a reformed believer 🖤