Taylor Swift proving she's really a genius lyricist through TS8 #Folklore [ a thread]

the 1
"We're something, don't you think so? Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool. And if my wishes came true, it would've been you."

cardigan
"When you’re young, they assume you know nothing."
"I knew you tried to change the ending. Peter losing Wendy."

the last great american dynasty
"50 years is a long time
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Free of women with madness
Their man and bad habits
Then it was bought by me."

exile
"Now I'm in exile seeing you out. I think I’ve seen this film before. And I didn't like the ending."
"You’re not my homeland anymore. So what am I defending now?"

my tears ricochet
"And I still talk to you when I’m screaming at the sky.
"You hear my stolen wallabies."

mirrorball
"I'm still on that trapeze. I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me. Shining just for you."

seven
"I still got love for you. Your brains like a battery. Love you to the Moon and to Saturn, passed down like folksongs, the love lasts so long."

august
"Cause you weren't mine to lost. Meet me behind the mail. For the hope of it all."

this is me trying
"And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound.
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you."

illicit affairs
"Don't call me kid. Don’t call me baby. You know you damn well, for you I would ruin myself a million times."

invisible string
"Time, mysterious time, cutting me open, then healing me fine. Time, wonderous time. Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies."

mad woman
"Do you see my face in the neighbor’s lawn?
Does she smile?
Or does she mouth, “Fuck you forever”?"

epiphany
"Just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what you’ve seen."

betty
"But if I’d just showed up at your party, would you have me? Would you want me?"

peace
"The devil’s in details but you got a friend in me. Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?"

hoax
"You knew you won so what's the point of keeping score?"

How I wished the lakes were here 'cause for sure it's a masterpiece too. Picking lyrics here was so tough for me 'cause @taylorswift13 really did well here as always. [end of thread]

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