He got my heartbeat skipping down 16th Avenue.

Niamh, 21, AUS, T follows 

[h-f-k-deactivated20230406]

[gemgemswift]

it’s a love story

[quinnfebrey]

here’s a hot take: the 1 is not about a past relationship, it’s about a relationship that never happened, but almost did. if you wanted me you really should have showed / if one thing had been different, would everything be different? / if my wishes came true, it would have been you / it would have been sweet if it could have been me like good friends that were both into each other but never acted on it for whatever reason, and then ultimately grew apart altogether.

[quinnfebrey]

ok more thoughts

“we never painted by the numbers, babe, but we were making it count” makes me think of like a relationship where it’s never official but they have fun and enjoy it anyway

i feel like “roaring twenties” is referencing an age, not a decade

all the stuff about “never leaving well enough alone”/“digging up the grave another time” i could see in reference to solidifying the relationship. like pushing too hard to define and make it serious and then the other person gets scared and cuts it off and then “you never know never know” if it could have been a great love

[redtherecord]

seven // folklore

[swifty-cat]

hahahhahahhaa i’ve just listened to the clean version of mad woman and i-

does she smile or does she mouth hate you forever?

[youpaintmeabluesky]

kinda think the last great american dynasty is one of taylor’s best ever songs???? the songwriting is literally insane she fit a woman’s entire biography into a 4 minute song with intricate details and an easy-to-follow storyline and then connected it back to herself…..jesus i hope she is proud of herself for that one. like she really is the best songwriter of our generation it feels so much like a billy joel piano man type song god i’m just proud of her whO ELSE IS DOING IT LIKE THIS GIRLY??? NO ONEEEE

[eva-mei-10]

𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑

𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜,

𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚜,

𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚎

𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗?

[locketnote]

hoax, taylor swift

[swifty-cat]

wait are you being sarcastic or do you not actually know that the album is, for the vast majority, fiction (i.e. folklore)?? 😟

I think it’s only been confirmed that betty, cardigan, and august are the fictional tracks.

The lyrics in invisible string are definitely about Taylor and Joe, then use of “chosen family” appears in both invisible string and the 1 too, which leads me to think that song is also a personal one. Peace is also clearly personal, again, with use of “family that I chose now that I see your brother as my brother”.

[swifty-cat]

Huh huh huh huh ?!!

NAMEDROPPING SLEAZE

[swifty-cat]

I’m so confused by this album, are Taylor and Joe still together? Did they break up?

The 1

Invisible String

Peace

Hoax

??!!!

[loveisbraveandwild]

lover may be bridge city but folklore is chorus central!! taylor swift literally invented choruses with this album!!!

[thecalmthatkeepsyouawake]

if this album doesn’t cement taylor as one of the greatest songwriters of all time then i give up

[jesicajones]

TAYLOR SWIFT - cardigan (2020)

[alltooalex-deactivated20240103]

my personal favourite lyrics from folklore (x)

[whenemmafallsinlove]

the visual of taylor lost at sea with only the piano keeping her afloat really hits because she’s said so many times she always turns to music like music literally keeps her alive

[folk-laur-en]

Listening to Taylor Swift feels like coming home