Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department & The Anthology - English Version

Please note this message may be too long, Taylor Swift has decided to release a double album on April 19, 2024.

My daughter and I bought the album on April 19th at FNAC, because I couldn't pre-order it online on Taylor Swift's website. The trip to Colombo shopping was fruitful, and we returned home with the album which we promptly put on to listen and, soon after, we discovered that it was a double album — throughout the 19th we avoided social media to avoid any spoilers.

 I'll start by sharing my favourite songs from TTPD, “The Anthology” we listen to later, and I'll include my favourites as well. I know there is the possibility of others, there have been cases where a song became one of my favourites after a while, like “Mad Woman”; “Sweet Nothing” or “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”. That's why it's weird for me to have negative reactions because the albums are huge, and sometimes you need a little more time to understand if you love them or hate them... but we need a longer period of time to listen before crucifying something so big and elaborate. 

In this list there is a mix of rhythms and feelings:

Fortnight; The Tortured Poets Department; My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys; Down Bad; So Long London; Guilty As Sin?; lolm; I Can Do With A Broken Heart; The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived and The Alchemy.

The entire album "The Anthology" is a masterpiece for me. It "should" be released on record or CD or cassette.

Before I get into my pure and simple analysis where I only bring my feelings towards the songs and lyrics, it's important to realize that Taylor Swift is an open book and she is the main character of her work - which makes all identifiable for us. She, she's from another planet. Any analysis I've seen is accompanied by facts that encompass the people who are or were part of her life. It's very interesting, but, no matter how fun or sad it is, I'm going to try to create this listen based on my sensations, of course the lyrics will be an important part of my experience. Taylor Swift is a lyric poet and one of the best lyricists of our time. I'm going to put some stars to give more emphasis to my choices.

The First Song is Fortnight ⭐⭐⭐⭐

It was love at first listen. I really like the “synth pop” rhythm, very 80s style. Her voice is perfect and goes very well with Post Malone's voice, which I discovered recently and which I love. He highlights the words she sings, and the song ends With him. In fact, he has the best part of the songs in melodious terms, for me. It's Wonderful. The lyrics are a metaphor about a relationship that was apparently very intense, but lasted a short time. It's certainly an open wound that she will develop throughout the album.

All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February
I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary
And I love you, it's ruining my life
I love you, it's ruining my life
I touched you for only a fortnight
I touched you, but I touched you

The Tortured Poets Department ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

With “The Tortured Poets Department”, the album's title track, we get into what Taylor Swift does best, which is writing the lyrics to her songs. The song is presented with a narrative of the time when the two went on a daring getaway and how this experience made her fall in love with that person. It's a love song. However, she speaks a little ironically about whether the two are tortured poets, but the lyrics are one of the best on the album, they remind me of Simon Armitage in the rhythm and freedom of the words. I may not like the production of the song, which lacks a little depth to fit perfectly with the lyrics, but the way she sings is worthy of 5 stars. In fact, the loss of that person who was so important to her left a space that she had difficulty filling.

You smoked, then ate seven bars of chocolate

We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist

I scratch your head, you fall asleep

Like a tattooed golden retriever

But you awaken with dread

Pounding nails in your head

But I've read this one where you come undone

I chose this cyclone with you

My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

With “My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys” we come to one of my favourite songs on the entire album. There are many! It starts with an infectious and deep beat that accompanies the entire song. From the bridge onwards the dynamics are divine and the ending is incredible. The toys are a metaphor for herself, it's sad to realize that he broke her. Taylor Swift's voice is always impeccable and on point — it never becomes incomprehensible — it is crafted with incredible clarity and this song is moving and intense... She does her backing vocals. Perfect!

Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me

Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me

Just say when, I'd play again

He was my best friend

Down at the sandlot

I felt more when we played pretend

Than with all the Kens

Cause he took me out of my box

Stole my tortured heart

Left all these broken parts

Told me I'm better off

But I'm not

I'm not

I'm not.

Down bad ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

What I like most about “Down Bad” is the rhythm of the song. It's a song where she tries to explain that she would give anything to be with this person, even if it was in another dimension — a dimension that would accept this relationship. It reminds me a little of “I Know Places” from 1989. She was willing to do anything, but it didn't work, and she talks about the difficulty she had in getting over that person. She lived this relationship a little deluded. The rhythm of the chorus is contrasting and invites you to dance. “... Like I lost my twin”... I agree that there are a lot of swear words, but we also say a lot of bad words, especially when life doesn't go in the direction we would like.

I loved your hostile take-overs

Encounters closer and closer

All your indecent exposures

How dare you say that it's

I'll build you a fort on some planet

Where they can all understand it

How dare you think it's romantic

Leaving me safe and stranded?

'Cause fuck it, I was in love

So fuck you if I can't have us

(Ah)

'Cause fuck it, I was in love

So long, London ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

On the album “Lover” Taylor Swift wrote a song about “her” London Boy”, after 6 years of relationship and another separation she decided to respond to the song with “So Long, London”, as a farewell to the city and their relationship. The lyrics are beautiful, the atmosphere of the song lives up to the lyrics and this is probably one of the best songs on the album. The moment when he sings: “And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free”. ... Chills!

And you say I abandoned the ship

But I was going down with it

My white knuckle dying grip

Holding tight to your quiet resentment and

My friends said it isn't right to be scared

Every day of a love affair

Every breath feels like rarest air

When you're not sure if he wants to be there

So how much sad did you think I had,

Did you think I had in me?

How much tragedy?

Just how low did you think I'd go?

Before I'd self-implode

Before I'd have to go be free

But Daddy I love Him ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ 

"But Daddy I Love Him" ​​is a satire about the people who judged her. About how she feels she needs to justify her love choices to the public eye. It is a song about the hypocrisy inherent in religion, because, the people who said they are empathetic, are the most critical of her. They try to control women in general. Great!

I'll tell you something right now

I'd rather burn my whole life down

Than listen to one more second of all this griping and moaning

I'll tell you something about my good name

It's mine alone to disgrace

I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing

Fresh Out The Slammer ⭐⭐

It's one of my least favourite songs. I understand the premise, she leaves a relationship that imprisoned her, but the music that sounds like something out of a western didn't impress me. Taylor sings very well but, despite the feeling one gets when realizing the weight the relationship had on her, I don't like the production. I say for now, because it has happened to not like a song and then not stop listening to it.

Gray and blue and fights and tunnels

Handcuffed to the spell I was under

For just one hour of sunshine

Years of labor, locks and ceilings

In the shade of how he was feeling

But it's gonna be alright, I did my time

FLORIDA!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

FLORIDA!!! At first listen, I didn't immediately love it, but after listening to it several times I liked it and I like it. That percussion that supports the name of the song seemed a little too much to me, however, the song evolves in a very interesting way. Taylor Swift's voice with Florence Welch behind is gold in my ears. And out of nowhere, a song that seemed strange to me started to make sense. It's not in my plans to go to Florida, but it seems like a good destination to heal the wounds.

I need to forget, so take me to Florida

I've got some regrets, I'll bury them in Florida

Tell me I'm despicable, say it's unforgivable

At least the dolls are beautiful, fuck me up, Florida

I need to forget, so take me to Florida

I've got some regrets, I'll bury them in Florida

Tell me I'm despicable, say it's unforgivable

What a crash, what a rush, fuck me up, Florida

Guilty As Sin? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Guilty As Sin?” It's one of my favourite songs, the rhythm is inviting, very soft, but danceable. The lyrics are about the fact that she imagines a relationship linked to an attraction with someone, who could be from her past and who could be the person who saves her after the relationship described in “Fresh Out The Slammer”. She makes an allusion to religion throughout the song, counterbalancing it with the happiness that this possible sinful relationship gives her. That's why she asks why she's guilty of something? She “only thought” of him in sensual terms. Who never did it?

"There's no such thing as bad thoughts

Only your actions talk

These fatal fantasies

Giving way to labored breath

Taking all of me

We've already done it in my head

If it's make believe

Why does it feel like a vow

We'll both uphold somehow?"

Who´s Afraid Of Little Old Me? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The first time I heard this song, it immediately made me think of the album “Reputation” which I love! So much so that I bought the “Stolen Version” — which is incredibly beautiful. The song is very powerful, it talks about her journey and what she achieved, about all the criticism and attempts to diminish her achievements from her detractors or the media. She demonstrated that she is very strong and that is why “Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me” is a message to say that if she survived everything that happened to her, she has the strength to overcome all the challenges of today and tomorrow. Good Girl! When she sings “I'm Always Drunk On My Own Tears” it's fantastic.

"… I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

So all you kids can sneak into my house with all the cobwebs

I'm always drunk on my own tears, isn't that what they all said?

That I'll sue you if you step on my lawn

That I'm fearsome and I'm wretched and I'm wrong

Putting narcotics into all of my songs

And that's why you're still singing along"

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) ⭐⭐⭐

I Can Fix him (No Really I Can) is not one of my favourites. Once again, it reminds me of a song straight out of a Western and I don't really like it. The whole song is about public opinion and the reaction to involvement with “this” person who ended up being lynched, especially by Taylor's fans. Everyone said he wasn't the right person for her, even though she confirmed that he was the one she wanted. It's a metaphor about these reactions and of course "They” are these people. She complains that she can change him because she loves him, even though it wouldn't be easy to make him accepted as part of her life. She tries, but, obviously... she can't.

They shook their heads saying, "God, help her"

When I told them he's my man (I told them he's my man)

But your good Lord didn't need to lift a finger

I can fix him, no, really I can (no, really I can)

Whoa, maybe I can't

lolm ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

What can I say about this song... the beginning is so beautiful. I always get a lump in my throat because of how sad she is. It's going to be difficult to write about “loml” despite it being one of my favourites. Aaron Dressner is the producer and once again creates magic with the music that accompanies these stunning lyrics. It's about a relationship that started out as something she felt was worth (re)investing in, because for her, it was the right time, however, all the events turned what could have been a loving apotheosis into the biggest loss of her life. Taylor's interpretation is perfect, once again there is a correctness in the way her voice is placed in the song. WOW! The reference could be her boyfriend of 6 years or the boyfriend she spent 14 days with.

It is evident that the depth of the lyrics alludes to a loving relationship that triggered sadness, resentment and acceptance. Does it leave a door open? It's one of the most beautiful and saddest love songs ever written. Whoever this song was written for is very lucky.

This song is “The Anthology”, it should be at the top of the “Rankings” all over the world. A song doesn't have to be happy or have a strong beat to be at the top of the charts.

I'm going to share the whole lyrics, there's no way.

Who's gonna stop us from waltzing

Back into rekindled flames?

If we know the steps anyway

We embroidered the memories

Of the time I was away

Stitching, "We were just kids, babe"

I said, "I don't mind, it takes time"

I thought I was better safe than starry-eyed

I felt aglow like this

Never before and never since

If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary

You and I go from one kiss to gettin married

Still alive, killing time at the cemetery

Never quite buried

In your suit and tie, in the nick of time

You lowdown boy, you stand up guy

Holy Ghost, you told me I'm

The love of your life

You said I'm the love of your life

About a million times

Who's gonna tell me the truth

When you blew in with the winds of fate

And told me I reformed you

When your impressionist paintings of Heaven

Turned out to be fakes

Well, you took me to hell, too

And all at once, the ink bleeds

A con man sells a fool a get-love-quick scheme

But I felt a hole like this

Never before, and ever since

If you know it in one glimpse

It's legendary

What we thought was for all time

Was momentary

Still alive, killing time at the cemetery

Never quite buried

You cinephile in black and white

All those plot twists and dynamite

Mr. Steal Your Girl, then make her cry

You said I'm the love of your life

You talked me under the table

Talking rings and talking cradles

I wish I could un-recall

How we almost had it all

Dancing phantoms on the terrace

Are they second-hand embarrassed

That I can't get out of bed?

Cause something counterfeit's dead

It was legendary

It was momentary

It was unnecessary

Should've let it stay buried

Oh, what a valiant roar

What a bland goodbye

The coward claimed he was a lion

I'm combing through the braids of lies

"I'll never leave" ...

"Never mind"

Our field of dreams, engulfed in fire

Your arson's match your somber eyes

And I'll still see it until I die

You're the loss of my life

I Can Do With A Broken Heart ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” is spectacular! I immediately loved it, it made me laugh because of the message and the beat, but I also felt sad, because, as she is a public figure who is doing a huge tour, she feels like she can't show her real feelings. It's true, like all of us, when we have a broken heart, these are difficult moments to overcome, but we have to turn around and carry on. A TOP song!

'Cause I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my shit

They said, "Babe, you gotta fake it 'til you make it" and I did

Lights, camera, bitch smile, in stilettos for miles

He said he'd love me for all time

But that time was quite short

Breaking down, I hit the floor

All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, "More"

I was grinning like I'm winning, I was hitting my marks

'Cause I can do it with a broken heart (one, two, three)

I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday every day

I'm so obsessed with him but he avoids me like the plague (he avoids me)

I cry a lot but I am so productive, it's an art

You know you're good when you can even do it

With a broken heart

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

“The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” is very powerful. There is a lot of resentment in the lyrics and this relationship was anything but happy. What's strange is that, if it was the person she spent 6 years with there was a lot of suffering on her part to fit into the life of this person who, apparently, didn't put her on the pedestal she deserved. He apparently had it in hers. The lyrics are very strong, they remind me of “Tolerate it”. The title alone is suggestive.

Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?
Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?
Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?
In fifty years, will all this be declassified?
And you'll confess why you did it
And I'll say, "Good riddance"
'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden
I would've died for your sins
Instead, I just died inside
And you deserve prison, but you won't get time
You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars
You crashed my party and your rental car
You said normal girls were boring
But you were gone by the morning
You kicked out the stage lights
But you're still performing

The Alchemy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Taylor Swift rushed to write “The Alchemy” because it is the first song on the album that is related to her current relationship, and after TSMWEL this song has a deeper meaning. Very good choice, Jack Antonoff's production is very good, the song has a universal progressive rock/pop dimension and the lyrics are happy and hopeful. We will see...

This happens once every few lifetimes

These chemicals hit me like white wine

What if I told you I'm back?

The hospital was a drag

Worst sleep that I ever had

I circled you on a map

I haven't come around in so long

But I'm coming back so strong

Clara Bow ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I really like “Clara Bow”, in the time of cinema, television, media and social networks we all have our icons. These are icons that, for those trying to make it in these circles, are important to look like before they deserve to have their “name” and be the next star. I liked the choices she mentions: Clara Bow; Stevie Nicks and herself. There is no one better than her at this point, and some people are compared to her. Who will be the next global icon?

"You look like Taylor Swift

In this light

We're loving it.

You've got edge she never did

The future's bright

... Dazzling."

Stevie Nicks wrote a poem for the album. I will share it here.

The album we bought ends with “The Manuscript”, but I will respect “The Anthology” and leave this track for last

The Black Dog ⭐⭐⭐

I like “Black Dog”, once again the lyrics are the most interesting part of the song. The lyrics imply that there can be great loneliness, even when you live with a person. Does she miss her when she's not with her? The lyrics show that the person with whom she had this relationship was not that involved.

I move through the world with the heartbroken

My longings stay unspoken

And I may never open up the way I did for you

And all of those best laid plans

You said I needed a brave man

Then proceeded to play him

Until I believed it too

And it kills me

I just don't understand

imgonnagetyouback ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 “imgonnagetyouback” has a very engaging song, I love this song. It's interesting because it breaks a little the mystique found in “The Anthology”. I think it is a testimony to the person she refers to and who was part of her past. At this point, despite not being in her life, she intends to win back. Jack Antonoff is the producer, and he's very, very good.

… I can feel it comin', hummin' in the way you move

Push the reset button, we're becoming something new

Say you got somebody, I'll say, "I got someone too"

Even if it's handcuffed, I'm leaving here with you

… Bygones will be bygone eras fadin' into gray (fadin' into gray)

We broke all the pieces but still want to play the game (oh)

Told my friends, "I hate you but I love you just the same"

Pick your poison, babe

I'm poison either way

The Albatross ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The Albatross” has a lot of symbolism because she is compared to a beautiful, transcendent and imposing bird, but also dangerous and frightening. The production is once again wonderful, the violins are reminiscent of the flight of a bird — beautiful! The message is what Taylor does best, puts herself in the shoes of a woman who is too powerful, independent and her history related to her relationships makes her someone who is not worthy, and she is judged because of that. She is here to prevent her conquests from the dangers she can cause.

So I crossed my thoughtless heart

Spread my wings like a parachute

I'm the albatross

I swept in at the rescue

The devil that you know

Looks now more like an angel

I'm the life you chose

And all this terrible danger

So cross your thoughtless heart

She's the albatross

She is here to destroy you

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

And here we go with another extraordinary song!!! The lyrics are beautiful, beautiful, beautiful and extremely emotional. “loml”, “How Did It End”, “Peter” and these lyrics... She makes reference to a very important person to her... A wink at the people in our lives.

So if I sell my apartment

And you have some kids with an internet starlet

Will that make your memory fade from this scarlet maroon

like it never happened

Could it be enough to just float in your orbit

Can we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses

Cooler in theory but not if you force it

To be, it just didn't happen

So if you want to break my cold, cold heart

Say you loved me

And if you want to tear my world apart

Say you'll always wonder

How Did It End ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“How Did It End” is another “Masterpiece” from “The Anthology”. Taylor Swift plays it perfectly, the heavenly voice at the beginning and later in the song adds timeless moments and the production is once again on point. The lyrics touch me deep down, they evoke people's reactions to separations. She asks “How Did It End” without knowing the answer herself, but she focuses on the intense interest of the media and people outside of relationships.

Say it once again with feeling

How the death rattle breathing

Silenced as the soul was leaving

The deflation of our dreaming

Leaving me bereft and reeling

My beloved ghost and me

Sitting in a tree

D-Y-I-N-G

It's happenin' again

How did it end?

I can't pretend like I understand

How did it end?

So High School ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“So High School” is a jovial song about her current relationship. She points out that this relationship makes her feel like she's in high school. I like everything about this song, the production is “on top!”

I feel so high school every time I look at you

I wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from you

And in a blink of a crinkling eye

I'm sinking, our fingers entwined

Cheeks pink in the twinkling lights

Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me

I'll drink what you think, and I'm high

From smoking your jokes all damn night

The brink of a wrinkle in time

Bittersweet sixteen suddenly

I Hate It Here ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 “I Hate It Here” is once again a brilliant song. It's obvious that she talks about her relationship, which ended up breaking down. Apparently, she stayed and took advantage of what happened to her to write songs, invent worlds, escape from reality because it was painful for her. Once again Aaron Dessner, who produces, worked miracles.

I hate it here so I will go to

secret gardens in my mind

People need a key to get to

The only one is mine

I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child

No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears

I'm there most of the year

Cause I hate it here

I hate it here

ThanK you aIMee ⭐⭐⭐

Apparently thanK you aIMee is about the tragic episode of the video edited by Kim Kardashian. I still think she could apologize, it was hideous. In this song she ends up saying that she is grateful because it was what allowed her to create the entire concept behind her resurrection — her rebirth — with one of her best albums: Reputation! Waiting for “Taylor's Version”. “We ask for more”, sorry, but we LOVE Reputation! It's important to understand that all the cancellation, in the time of social media, on Twitter or Instagram, made her feel like she had to “disappear”. It was very painful for her and for all the people who share her life. Watch the documentary “Miss Americana” on Netflix.

I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool

I built a legacy that you can't undo

But when I count the scars, there's a moment of truth

That there wouldn't be this if there hadn't been you

I look on people Windows ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I Look In People Windows” is very beautiful and once again the song is phenomenal. The narrative is very simple, she looks for that person anywhere in order to catch her eye once again. It's a feeling we can all share at some point in our lives. Her life needs something that she no longer has and that's why she looks at the lives of others or her past. Taylor once again does the lyric's justice.

You had stopped and tilted your head

I still ponder what it meant now, now

Now, now, now, now

I tried searching faces on streets

What are the chances you'd be downtown

Downtown, downtown

Does it feel alright to not know me?

I'm addicted to the 'if only'

So I look in people's windows

Like I'm some deranged weirdo

I attend Christmas parties from outside

I look in people's windows

In case you're at their table

What if your eyes looked up and met mine

One more time

The Prophecy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The Prophecy” is more than a song, it's a prayer to improve her life. She asks to change the prophecy because despite being very successful in life, she feels that she is unlucky in love. “Sorry but” Taylor for us this are the source of inspiration for your fabulous songs and albums, but I understand the desire to get a happy ending. If it's what you wants, it's what we want too, truth be told, you deserves it! The lyrics are so vulnerable and the production is fantastic.

And I sound like an infant

Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen

A greater woman stays cool

But I howl like a wolf at the moon

And I look unstable

Gathered with a coven round a sorceress' table

A greater woman has faith

But even statues crumble if they're made to wait

I'm so afraid I sealed my fate

No sign of soulmates

I'm just a paperweight

In shades of greige

Spending my last coin so someone will tell me

It'll be ok

Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo

The prophecy?

Cassandra ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Cassandra” is her, the witch who was burned before the truth was known. Once again it is a song alluding to the album “Reputation”, especially the song “I Did Something Bad”. Since the truth is now known about the editing of the video — she wrote in a tweet at the time denying her approval in relation to the lyrics of Kanye West's song. In this song she can finally shout that she was the one who was right and who never gave her approval as it was in the video. Good girl! I love everything about this song!

Blood's thick but nothing like a payroll

Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul

You can mark my words that I said it first

In a morning warning, no one heard

No one heard

Not a single word was heard

When the first stone's thrown, there's screaming

In the streets, there's a raging riot

When it's "Burn the bitch, " they're shrieking

When the truth comes out, it's quiet

It's so quiet

Peter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 "Peter" is one of the most beautiful songs on this album. The lyrics are about Peter Pan who, despite Wendy waiting for him, he didn't honor his word and didn't show up. She grows up and feels that he is no longer the person for her - she turned off the light! Who the song is about is irrelevant to me. The song is very well produced and the lyrics are beautiful. Taylor Swift surpasses herself in this performance - if anyone doubts her as a singer, you can stop here!

And I won't confess that I waited

But I let the lamp burn

As the men masqueraded

I hoped you'd return

With your feet on the ground

Tell me all that you'd learned

Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned

And you said you'd come and get me but you were 25

And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired

Lost to the lost boys chapter of your life

Forgive me Peter, please know that I tried

To hold onto the days when you were mine

But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light

The Bolter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The Bolter” is another very good song, it alludes to someone who runs away from their relationships, who have more than one, it's reminiscent of “Getaway Car” from Reputation. She is “The Bolter”, as the fugitive says, because she is the “serial dater” of 1989, and she uses her boyfriends. Another way to approach this topic. So good!

Started with a kiss

"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"

But it always ends up with a Town Car speeding

Out the drive one evening

Ended with the slam of a door

Then he'll call her a whore

Wish he wouldn't be sore

But as she was leaving

It felt like breathing

All her fuckin' lives

Flashed before her eyes

It feels like the time

She fell through the ice

Then came out alive

Robin ⭐⭐⭐ 

Robin is a song about childhood innocence. It sounds like a lullaby. Rumour has it's for Aaron Dessner's son. Beautiful!

You got the dragonflies above your bed

You have a favorite spot on the swing set

You have no room in your dreams for regrets

You have no idea

The time will arrive for the cruel and the mean

You'll learn to bounce back just like your trampoline

But now we'll curtail your curiosity

In sweetness

Way to go, Tiger

Higher and higher

Wilder and lighter

For you

The Manuscrit ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The Manuscript” is a song that ends well on any of the albums, whether vinyl or digital. I like Aaron Dessner's production, Taylor Swift's lyrics and interpretation. The reference to someone older is notable and so is the suffering that this relationship entailed. However, it is possible that the manuscript is her story turned into songs. She relays her sketches, her manuscript that in the end, when it is placed for everyone's appreciation through the albums it becomes for all of us. The lyrics are very vulnerable, and she sings once again with a lot of heart. A perfection!

And the years passed

Like scenes of a show

The Professor said to write what you know

Lookin' backwards

Might be the only way to move forward

Then the actors

Were hitting their marks

And the slow dance

Was alight with the sparks

And the tears fell

In synchronicity with the score

And at last

She knew what the agony had been for

The only thing that's left is the manuscript

One last souvenir from my trip to your shores

Now and then I reread the manuscript

But the story isn't mine anymore

And we come to the end of these 31 songs, I hope you liked my vision. It was weeks of listening, weeks of writing... I work, so I can't do it any faster.

This double album is made with two different dimensions with two fabulous producers and Taylor Swift. I wanted to highlight that in the songs she sings the “backing vocals” and that, in addition to the vocal performances, it makes everything more cohesive and homogeneous. Maybe it could be the definition of such “narcotics”...

The allusion to “Reputation” is notable and that's why I like it even more. On her Eras Tour she names the excerpt from TTPD as “Female Rage The Musical!” is a bit like “Mad Woman”, and the name is well-chosen. There is some similarity with Folklore and Evermore, which are two albums that I love, in the composition of “The Anthology” where my favourite songs are.

Taylor Swift is a very generous and hard-working person, there should be no one with her professional ethics and dedication. Living in her time is our great luck!

I'm hungry to go see The Eras Tour in Lisbon, but I couldn't get tickets for myself and my most of all, anyone who has extra tickets should tell me and I'll buy them right away!

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