"We never painted by the numbers, baby, but we were making it count." (The 1) I love when she gets all poetic like this. "You did a number on me, but honestly, baby, who's counting?" (So it Goes.) These lyrics are particularly heart-rending. Swift always does an incredible job of conveying the game-like nature of love. And I lived in your chess game, but you changed the rules every day." (Dear John) "You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain. "'Cause you know I love the players and you love the game." (Blank Space) But I don't, I just sit here and wait, grieving for the living." (Ivy) "The old widow goes to the stone every day. This song, a moving tribute to health care workers during the pandemic, never fails to give me goosebumps. "Only 20 minutes to sleep, but you dream of some epiphany." (Epiphany) There's a reason this song gets Swift choked up. "I hate to make this all about me, but who am I supposed to talk to? What am I supposed to do if there's no you?" (Soon You'll Get Better) This level of specificity is a vivid illustration of just how much she fears losing the love of her life. "Please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere." (New Year's Day) Cold, sharp lyrics to convey the struggle of coping with detrimental loss. "You're not my homeland anymore, so what am I defending now?" (Exile) Oh, how quickly things can change and render our dreams useless. Love slipped beyond your reaches." (Champagne Problems) Swift poignantly depicts the dichotomy between feeling worthy of love and questioning that very right. "Who could ever leave me, darling, but who could stay?" (Archer) "Wasn't it beautiful running wild 'til you fell asleep, before the monsters caught up to you?" (Innocent) A truly accurate characterization of both the optimism and struggle of getting over someone. Both of these things can be true." (Happiness) "There'll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you. "If I'm dead to you why are you at the wake, cursing my name, wishing I stayed?" (My Tears Ricochet)
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