my favorite lyrical connections in folklore by taylor swift: a thread

if you never bleed, you’re never gonna grow (the 1) you drew stars around my scars but now i’m bleeding (cardigan) you knew it still hurts underneath my scars (hoax)

it would’ve been fun if you would’ve been the one (the 1) chase two girls, lose the one (cardigan)

when you are young, they assume you know nothing (cardigan) i’m only 17, i don’t know anything (betty)

if i’m on fire you’ll be made of ashes too (my tears ricochet) i’m a fire and i’ll keep your brittle heart warm (peace) i am ash from your fire (hoax)

hush, when no one is around, my dear (mirrorball) i would die for you in secret (peace)

so much for summer love (august) would you trust me if i told you it was just a summer thing? (betty)

pulled the car off the road to the lookout (this is me trying) stood on the cliffside screaming (hoax) i bathe in cliffside pools (the lakes)

but i’m here in your doorway (this is me trying) i’m here on your doorstep (betty)

you’re a flashback in a film reel (this is me trying) i think i’ve seen this film before (exile) you knew the hero died so what’s the movie for? (hoax)

look at this godforsaken mess that you made me (illicit affairs) you made her like that (mad woman)

for you i would ruin myself a million little times (illicit affairs) and when i break it’s in a million pieces (mirrorball)

they strike to kill and you know i will (mad woman) my words shoot to kill when i’m mad (this is me trying)

you took everything from me (mad woman) you hear my stolen lullabies (my tears ricochet)

family that i chose now that i see your brother as my brother (peace) rosé flowing with your chosen family (the 1)

this has frozen my ground (hoax) a red rose grew up out of ice-frozen ground (the lakes)

is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me? (the lakes) if i’m dead to you why are you at the wake? (my tears ricochet)

burrowed under my skin in heart-stopping waves of hurt (the lakes) if your cascade ocean wave blues come (peace)

end of thread
there are lots more but these are my personal favorites!!
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