#ttpd theories

[pastwhereourfeetcouldtouch]

in loml the first verse describes how the love affair started, and she thought it was legendary. second verse describes how it then turned out to be fake, and it was momentary, she adds that to the list. third one goes over all the cruelty and pain of how her heart got broken, which was unnecessary, and she adds that to the list too: "it was legendary, it was momentary, it was unnecessary" 😭

[pastwhereourfeetcouldtouch]

guys... every Spotify canvas on ttpd is from either fortnight video or eras tour, except for tracks 3, 18, 25, and 30... I'm not sure what the 30 is about but doesn't 3/18/25 look like a date 👀👀👀

[taylanaracie]

From “you ruined my life by not being mine” to “i love you it’s ruining my life”, we all grew up

[taylanaracie]

London boy:

stick with me I’m your queen

Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney on the HEATH

So long london:

I left all i knew

You left me at the house by the HEATH

Im gonna cry

[taylanaracie]

TTPD THEORIES

everyone thinks that the pretty baby in fresh out the slammer is matty but I don’t think so. I think she’s talking about her career. The tour. Her fame and popularity. Because we all know that the main reason joe and taylor broke up is because he wanted to remain hidden. I think this song is about that. How she was in jail (hidden in her house with joe) and now that she’s out (broken up) she gets to go back to her baby (singing on the tour). Earning her fame.

[adultswiftie]

thanK you aIMee

The more I think about the overall arc of the album and what lead to it, the more 'thanK you aIMee' showing up on TTPD actually makes sense.

First, I want to preface this by saying that everyone has things they don't 'just get over,' and anyone griping that Taylor should Just Get Over the whole Kimye business is just bored with it as a form of entertainment. She doesn't have to be over feeling it, or even writing about it, just because you're over hearing about it. /rant

But to my actual point: on TTPD Taylor talks about Joe as her consolation prize. About how long and hard she fought to keep that relationship going even when it was on life support and actively harming her for literally years before she pulled the plug. And at least some part of why she fought so long and hard has to be because of the story she had crafted and comforted herself with over the years - that all of the hell she went through in 2016 must have been worth it, because she came out of it with Joe. That maybe 2016 was fate, was the price she had to pay for true love, etc. etc.

To then end that relationship? To have to say 'no, maybe 2016 didn't leave me with anything important and valuable and sacred'? No wonder she's thinking back to it. Trying to still mine whatever good she can from it (probably that she is a lot more resilient now), but also still find a hearty "fucK you aIMee" in her, because seriously what the hell.

[pastwhereourfeetcouldtouch]

how did I JUST realize "fresh out the slammer" paints joe as her jailer... but that used to be something she begged for: "and he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor" 🥺

[pastwhereourfeetcouldtouch]

it feels like people are taking the lyrics a little too seriously and literally ?? taylor said in the iHeartRadio intro to Fortnight that the album is hyperbolic, everything is overdramatic, all the mentions of forever, death etc. like she's calling it "tortured" ironically. she knows it's overly dramatic. she even makes fun of using typewriters. it's all a satire of poets themselves and how everything is so dire to them and they take themselves so seriously. she's telling us not to take it so seriously, that she's playing a part