Lover Prologue

I wanted to end the Lover album with the Prologue that Taylor wrote for it. I think it's important to see her words about this body of work that we all enjoyed together.

Going forward, would y'all like the Prologues to be before I start the new album? Or keep it at the end as a way to end the album?

Lemme know! I'm totally open to questions, ideas, and theories!

"When I found old diaries from my childhood and my teens, they were covered in dust. I'm not just saying that for poetic effect, they were truly dusty with pictures drawn of the first day of school outfits and inspirational quotes I used to retrace over and over to get me through doubtful moments. I'd practice my autograph and tape my guitar picks to the pages. In the entires, I daydreamed on paper and mused about who might ask who to the dance or how nervous I was saying the national anthem at the local baseball game. I frequently and drastically changed my opinions on love, friends, confidence, and trust. I vented, described memories in detail, jotted down new song ideas and questions why I would ever try to shoot for a career I had such a small chance of ever attaining.

But what shocked me the most was how often I wrote down the things I loved. Writing a new song, riding in the car with my mom, the purple-pink skies on the soccer field on the walk home, the one night in middle school when none of my friends were fighting, the dazzle of opal necklaces I couldn't afford gleaming from a department store jewelry case. I wrote about tiny details in my life in these diaries from a bygone age with such... wonderment. Intrigue. Romance. I noticed things and decided they were romantic, and so they were. In life, we grow up and we encounter the nuanced complexities (the shady complications) of trying to figure out who to be, how to act, or how to be happy. Like invisible smoke in the room, we wonder what kind of anxiety pushes you forward and what kind ruins your ability to find joy in your life. We constantly question our choices, our surroundings, and we beat ourselves up for our mistakes. All the while, we crave romance. We long for those rare, enchanting moments when things just fall into place. Above all else we really, really want our lives to be filled with love.

I've decided that in this life, I want to be defined by the things I love, not the things I hate, the things I'm afraid of, or the things that haunt me in the middle of the night. Those things may be struggles, but they're not my identity. I wish the same for you. May your struggles become inaudible background noise behind the loud, clear voices of those who love and appreciate you. Turn those voices up in the mix in your head. May you take notice of the things in your life that are nice and make you feel safe and maybe even find wonderment in them. May you write down your feelings and reflect on them years later, only to learn all the trials and the tribulations you thought might kill you... didn't. I hope that someday you forget that the pain ever existed. I hope that if there is a lover in your life, it's someone who deserves you. If that's not the case, I hope you treat them with care.

This album is a love letter to love itself - all the captivation, spellbinding, maddening, devastating, red, blue, gray, golden aspects of it (that's why there are so many songs). I honor of fever dreams, bad boys (Cruel Summer), confessions of love on a drunken night out (Cruel Summer), Christmas lights still hanging in January (Lover), guitar string scars on my hands (Lover), false gods, and blind faith (False God), memories of jumping into an icy outdoor pool (Paper Rings), creaks in floorboards and ultraviolet morning light (Cornelia Street), finally finding a friend (It's Nice To Have A Friend), and opening the curtains to see the clearest, brightest, daylight after the darkest night (Daylight).

We are what we love. This is Lover.

Treacherous (Taylor's Version)

Written by: Taylor Swift & Dan Wilson Produced by: Dan Wilson Length: 4:02

Here's what Taylor had to say about this song, "I brought in this idea because I wanted to explore the idea that something could be dangerous, and enticing at the same time. You know, but the positive side of that, like I believe this can work. It's got this big bridge at the end that kind of sounds like a second chorus, it's got all these vocals in the background, and it says, "nothing safe is worth the drive". And to me, that says so much about this album, because I really do feel like even if something hurt you if you made you feel something it was worth it.

HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THE LYRICS: "Won't stop til it's over"

The amount of research I did for this song is crazy. Swifties everywhere have different theories of who this song is about. Some think is about "Mr. Scarf Boy", others think "Mr. Expert at Sorry", and even some think it's about "Mr. Paper Airplanes". I'm not going to speculate who this one is about, bc I honestly have no idea... So I'm just going to tell you what the song means.

The word "Treacherous" literally means: guilty of or involving betrayal or deception. So by the title, we know that this love was based on lies and deception. We know that this guy told her things that he never planned on doing, or made promises he never planned on keeping. That alone makes me think it's Scarf Boy. But who knows?

[Verse One] Put your lips close to mine As long as they don't touch Out of focus, eye to eye 'Til the gravity's too much So here she is saying that she wants to be near this guy, but she doesn't trust herself with him. She's saying to put his lips close, but don't touch. Maybe she wouldn't be able to stop herself. And I'll do anything you say If you say it with your hands And I'd be smart to walk away But you're quicksand Here we learn that Taylor is at this man's beck and call, she will do anything for him. He means a lot to her, but she also knows it's not right. She knows this isn't the situation or relationship that she should be in. But she can't walk away because every time she tries, she slips further into his grasp. Just like quicksand.

[Chorus] This slope is treacherous This slope is lying to me This path is reckless This path is a bad idea This slope is treacherous And I-I-I like it But I'm all in

[Verse Two] I can't decide if it's a choice Getting swept away So what she is saying here is, "I can't decide if falling for you was my own choice, or you were just so captivating, I couldn't help but to fall". I hear the sound of my own voice Asking you to stay This is so sad to me All we are is skin and bone Trained to get along Forever going with the flow But you're friction Going with the flow and friction are completely opposing ideas. Friction is not going with the flow, friction is working AGAINST the flow.

[Chrous] This slope is treacherous This path is reckless This slope is treacherous And I-I-I like it

[Bridge] Two headlights shine through the sleepless night And I will get you a-, get you alone Your name has echoed through my mind And I just think you should, think you should know That nothing safe is worth the drive And I will follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home

[Chorus] This hope is treacherous This daydream is dangerous This hope is treacherous And I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I-

[Bridge] Two headlights shine through the sleepless night And I will get you a-, get you alone Your name has echoed through my mind And I just think you should, think you should know That nothing safe is worth the drive And I will follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home

[Outro] This slope is treacherous I-I-I like it

It feels like the autumn wind is still there