do you have any thoughts on long story short? it's not one of my favourites, but "no more keeping score / now i just keep you warm" is just so ????AJFOIFJAIOFJAOJ!!!!! you know what i mean?
anon to be 100% honest with you I have so many thoughts about long story short that every single time I listen to it I have to pause to Think about lyrics. because I never shut up, I’m going to talk about my general thoughts on the song then under the cut I’ll talk about specific lyrics.
I think it is the most fascinating thing that Taylor will tell the same story in so many different ways. evermore’s title track, reputation, long story short — all the same girl! but obviously in very different ways: in evermore, she dwells on every single moment and even that last hint of light is just that minute when she realizes maybe she’ll be okay one day, whereas long story short is a lot bouncier and more focused on her relationship’s aftermath, not just her own. I think every single lyric in this song is incredible and some are glossed over a lot and it has a lot of my favorite technique — changing up words to reflect growth. I’m going to talk about my favorite lyrics and because I’ve spoken about this song before I’m going to link old posts of mine :)
fatefully, I tried to pick my battles till the battle picked me: this sums it all up huh? This is the best description of Taylor’s choices up to 2016 she could have written. so many times she let things slide, didn’t cause a feud, apologized when she did, etc...until that one event which to her felt like fate in the way it so completely rearranged her life.
and I fell from the pedestal, right down the rabbit hole: I think about this lyric all the time because she’s acknowledging that as a famous and loved celebrity in 2014, she was put on a pedestal, something she could easily be knocked off of, and the rabbit hole is all those other bad consequences. it reminds me of “barefoot in the wildest winter”, how sometimes one dark thought can lead to a whole dark mindset.
pushed from the precipice, clung to the nearest lips, long story short it was the wrong guy: I love songs that make a little fun of Tom Hiddleston (as a treat) and I LOVE the imagery of falling off a cliff and catching onto whatever you can. the fact that it’s lips is funny but it’s also accurate for where she was.
actually, I always felt I must look better in the rear view, missing me at the golden gates they once held the keys to
when I dropped my sword, I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door, and we live in peace but if someone comes at us this time I’m ready: these lines are talked about a LOT in the fandom but I really love the parallels to daylight and description of the moment when she decides the fighting and pettiness isn’t worth it: he is and she’ll do anything to protect them.
no more keeping score, now I just keep you warm, no more tug of war, now I just know there’s more: yes I LOVE this. there’s like eight songs where she’s like And Then We Stopped Playing Games. those last few words are super underrated: one of the reasons she’s okay stopping the friction and the tug of war is the confidence that this will last.
and my waves meet your shore ever and evermore : not going to lie this is one of my posts I love the most! and obsessed with the concept that love is when two people change together (“our coming of age has come and gone”)
past me verse: AKSNDJSSKJSWJSKSK!!!! AKSJDJDKSKSKSKWOWJSJSKSJSJSJSJ!!!!!!! I hope this is a helpful analysis ♥️
and you passed right by, I was in the alley surrounded on all sides -> and he’s passing by, rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky: again, this concept that she was so busy fighting she missed him the first time around, but realized it the second time around.
if the shoe fits, walk in it till your high heels break -> walk in it everywhere you go: linked post and what it all comes down to is a symbol of feminine attractiveness that is extremely uncomfortable vs a shoe that you can walk in ALL the time and if it breaks you don’t fall straight to the ground. “if the shoe fits” is also important because that 1989 lifestyle DID “fit” her at the time, it wasn’t 100% horrible and there were aspects of being that much on top that she loved.
pushed from the precipice, climbed right back up the cliff: this is so crucial because she’s acknowledging that in getting back to the top again she could fall down, that she’s still on a cliff
long story short I survived
If you made it to the end of this I love you!!!! Idk if when you asked for thoughts you wanted uh this or “I think it’s neat” but I hope anything you were looking for is here!
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