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mypartoftown · 7 days

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It’s hell on earth to be heavenly, thems the breaks they don’t come gently

Photos of Taylor Swift: Beth Garrabrant

#i put this on Twitter but everyone there is too obsessed with Taylor’s personal life to appreciate her artistry #these are real portraits from the silent film era vaudeville etc #her and Beth NAILED IT #taylorswift #taylor swift #taylurking #taylornation #ts ttpd #ttpd #beth garrabrant #the tortured poets department #also what kind of boring lives has everyone else lived that this album didn’t whiplash them with resonating #or does it mean more abt my life 🤪#anyways this album is my fav Taylor album to date #thirty home games

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moderndayamymarch · 9 months

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they’re kenough <3

#mash #life with father #just watched this ep for the first time #this scene feels like a lynchian fever dream #but how ken coded #hawkeye pierce #i’m not even a shipper particularly i just appreciate the image of these two men riding off into the sunset together on a horse #where did hawkeye get the horse? we will never know #cowboy like me by taylor swift is their song

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yoisami · 5 months

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now that we don’t talk

i don’t have to pretend i like [your laugh]!

#૮₍•᷄ ࡇ •᷅₎ა —୨୧ chats #😴 hmm #every time i think ab all the romantic stuff he said to me #i shudder #what did i see in him #he was a literal red flag painted in green #but it’s not like i hate him #bc in that point of my life #i needed someone to be there with me #and he was there #so ig i appreciate him too 😕#ANYWAYS STREAM NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK BY TAYLOR SWIFT !!!!!

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x-ladydisdain-x · 7 months

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Seeing an anti Taylor swift instagram post liked by my ex bf who got into Taylor swift because of me like wow I really did a number on you didnt I

#this is a joke we dated for like two seconds like two years ago I doubt he thinks about me at all #it is sad to see he went down the taylor hater life path though I hope that wasn’t #my fault #and here I was thinking I was the reason he gained an appreciation for taylor swift #sometimes opal says stuff

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youngeditor1999 · 14 days

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🖤💖Lovesick playlist live now 💖🖤

#This playlist brought to you by me re-listening to and fully appreciating Taylor Swift's 'Slut!'#And yeah--this playlist DOES have a LOT of other Taylor songs on it!!#I like and deeply appreciate Taylor's music fr even if I don't always agree with her personal life choices <3 #I just needed to say that!!!#Anyway...!!#playlist #lovesick #love songs #As the description says: A little bit sad and a lot in love <3 #Manifesting these vibes for the rest of 2024 <3 <3 <3 #Spotify playlist #Imagine your OTP #lovestruck #'Got lovestruck went straight to my head; got lovesick all over my bed' <3 #Spotify

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filmmakerdreamst · 1 year

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wavesoutbeingtossed · 10 months

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“Back to December” is such a bittersweet song, but I think in light of everything we know now, the post-Dear John, WCS, I Can See You of it all, there’s something even more poignant about it.

On the surface, it’s an apology to a boy whose heart she broke because she just didn’t love him enough at the time, and how much she misses these very innocent things about him — his sweet smile, his tan skin lol that line always makes me laugh though, his uncomplicated love. It’s a romance that’s painted with summer sunshine and easy affection.

But as we know with later songs, at this point it wasn’t enough. She was tempted by the “forbidden fruit,” the thrill of the chase, the furtive glances and electric touch (lol sorry) of someone else and followed the path to desire. (OK that feels a little gross to type out, but you know what I mean.)

And as we also know, that experience, that fall from grace as it were, is one of the single most traumatizing experiences of her life. The god’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven, maybe, but it came at the cost of the very person she thought she was, and is something she’s been trying to rebuild over and over again ever since.

Which is why “Back to December” is so sad to me, taken in that context. It’s like she’s not just wistful for a sweet relationship that fizzled and the boy she left behind; she’s yearning for the very idea of what that relationship represented. The summer car rides, the laughs, the earnestness of their youth. She wants her girlhood back and this is the last moment she had it in her reaches before it was taken from her before she was ready.

And then the cold came, the dark days

When fear crept into my mind

You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye

In the context of the songs that came in years to follow, we know those dark days are not just from their breakup; someone made her days very, very dark, and she’s replaying the moment before that penny dropped.

But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right

Sure, the song is about making amends to the boy for breaking his heart, wishing she could get a do-over, but given how these themes are explored afterwards, it feels like it means more than that. Because after this point in time, she knows exactly how it feels not to be loved right, and she’s desperate to go back to a time when her world made sense.

I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind —> And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said, "Run as fast as you can" —> I regret you all the time

It’s just a constant loop of, this is the moment everything changed, and this is the last time I felt safe.

And then the last thing that just kind of clicked for me, is the recurring theme of reliving a moment over and over again and being unable to let it go. In Back to December, she’s replaying the moment she let him go, but again in light of what we know now, I don’t think it’s a reach to relate to the other closely related memories she relives in spite of herself. There are other examples of the theme of memories in her discography I’m sure, but this is obviously the one that sticks out in this discussion:

I go back to December all the time —> Memories feel like weapons —> The tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind

Sure I may be seeing things where there are none, but to me, underneath the puppy-love surface of “Back to December” are the seeds of trauma at work, yearning to return to a time before it happened and staying on the same “righteous” course with the right boy, the right behaviour, the right responses. She may not have the words to voice them at the time, but the feeling permeates all of her writing. Speak Now the album(s) is all about the things she wished she’d said or done in the moment, and this right here is one of the most poignant ones for so many reasons.

TL;DR: apologies to the boy in question, but it isn’t just about you.

#long post #me thinking too hard about taylor lyrics #taylor swift #speak now #speak now tv #back to December #lyrics #the way trauma just permeates so much of her discography is 😳 and she doesn’t get enough credit for it #I didn’t end this very well but to be fair my brain is fried #and like also I know the ‘her’ is Taylor obviously #but the songs take on a life of their own so the narrator becomes her own entity at this point #also I’ll probably get so much shade for this #but speak now tv has given me a new appreciation for Back to December #because it was a song I was never particularly attached to #like it’s good obviously #but I used to find it a little schmaltzy and would have to be in a certain mood to listen to it #but post Midnights and especially in light of Speak Now Tv #it’s making me think thoughts #writing letters addressed to the fire

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conanssummerchild · 4 months

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ngl now that i actually know what it feels to wholeheartedly love someone and for them to wholeheartedly love me back taylors happy love songs hit so different, songs that i used to think were more boring now make me feel shit

#its not even romantic it just feels like shes my first real friend in my whole life #and i love her sm #and now i can appreciate that love is beautiful #and worth writing about too #also realising how depressed i was before JEEZ #alex says shit #alex is an idiot #taylor swift #alex loves

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liesmultixxx · 4 months

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your love for debut legitimately makes me want to double follow you

<333 that’s so sweet 🥺 i love that we’re both debut stans, that’s amazing

finally someone who appreciates this underrated masterpiece!!

i mean,,, tim mcgraw, picture to burn, our song, mary’s song, invisible, a place in this world, stay beautiful, tied together with a smile,,, THEYRE ALL AMAZING SONGS AND I CANT WAIT FOR DEBUT TV!!!

#debut taylor swift #debut taylor’s version #debut tv #taylor swift #music #debut appreciation post #debut is so underrated it hurts #i will defend debut with my life

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straightfromthetorturedpoetsdept · 10 months

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*celebrating because no matter how hard life got I never dirtied the masterpiece ultimate break-up song cold as you by listening to it while actively going through one*

#i listen to it and its more like wow i used to feel like this alot and now im so happy #no shitty real life memories attached to it just appreciation for the lyricism and the melody and how much better life is now #cold as you #personal #taylor swift

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french-toast-moonys-version · 1 year

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vibing to Dont Blame Me with my earphones on at 1am in my childhood bed, trying not to wake my family up after christmas eve while simultaneously acting as though im a crazy girl giving a concert (silently).

life is literally so good rn

#carla is rambling #dont mind me just appreciating life #and taylor swift #thanks for the song queen #taylor swift #dont blame me #reputation

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titsthedamnseason · 2 years

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cant wait for everyone to finally show debut the respect it deserves after the rerecordings

#insta chat talks about this all the time #we are the only ones that appreciate her 😤#i’d lie taylor’s version i cant wait for you to change my life #TOMG TAYLORS VERSION I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY #taylor swift #mine

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allstarbysmashmouth · 2 years

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I really adore lover (the album) it takes me on such an emotional journey every time i listen to it. Unfortunately that journey includes cringing every 10 minutes.

#i appreciate the cultural impact of pubwe for the swiftie community #but i think I've managed to listen to london boy all the way through maybe 3 times in my life #to be clear this isn't a criticism i love when celebrities are cringe #taylor swift

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elsmirrorball · 2 years

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everytime i see finn wolfhard, gold rush starts playing in my mind.

#finn wolfhard #taylor swift #gold rush #evermore #whaaat must it be likeee to grow up that beautiful?#with your hair falling into place like dominos #my mind turns your life into folklooore #and he looks really good with long hair idc what anyone says #beautiful #finn wolfhard appreciation

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kingofmyborrowedheart · 2 years

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Here’s the thing, when reputation came out, the media/critics and general public were anticipating an album full of angry songs addressing all of the 2016 drama and hoping to just rip into her some more. However, when the album came out and like only two songs touched on that topic, they were mad and disappointed that they couldn’t do just that. I feel like that “let down” is a large reason why the album is underrated/under appreciated/cast aside in the grand scheme of things and I really hope that when reputation (Taylor’s Version) is released that people will be able to see and appreciate the great album that it is and not try to make it something that it’s not.

#taylor swift #reputation #like just because it’s not what you wanted/were expecting doesn’t mean it’s not a good album #the production is fun and she experimented with a handful of sounds #her songwriting chops are still there #it’s still a very Taylor Swift album #under appreciated by the gp rather than the fandom #let down in their eyes because they couldn’t go off and write all of their little think pieces #in case you forgot I love repuatation and would defend it with my life #this was a tooth brushing thought enjoy!#added that last bit cause it just popped up and I hope it gets its flowers because it deserves them #gonna go read about a serial killer and then watch my Seinfeld episode have a good night!

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ash-in-lavender · 7 months

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every day I struggle because my sister is in her nightcore phase and it triggers some old trauma memories but I don't wanna ruin her fun. one day she will learn and hopefully that day is soon

#at least she's not listening to exclusively gacha life songs anymore #i do appreciate that #its just nightcore taylor swift rn

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