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Date of upload: May 29, 2023 ^^
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I get the feeling that she wrote this either right before or during the breakup, and didn't want to release it immediately because the fans would definitely speculate. It got put on the backburner til the news broke and she felt okay enough to put it out. If she wrote this with the rest of Midnights then.... damn.... it was a long road to release it. My heart breaks for her.
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I personally think this is one of Taylor's best songs she's ever written. There are so many lyrics that call back to previous songs: Invisible String, Betty, Peace, Lover, Paper Rings, Afterglow, The Great War, Maroon, Labyrinth, Tolerate it, Champagne Problems. Not only that but the symbolism of the heart beat and performing CPR. It's so powerful that there's at least one line that everyone can relate to, even if it's not a romantic relationship. I've seen people on TikTok say that they had a friend breakup or went no contact with their parents and this song gutted them. It truly is a masterpiece.
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I also initially thought Sweet Nothing was about Joe, but something felt off about that, and You're Losing Me and the breakup made it click: all the songs about Joe have had an element of melancholy and/or sacrifice. From the very beginning, there was a theme of needing to run/hide from the world for the relationship to work. Even Paper Rings, which is so tonally upbeat, is Taylor offering to give the (shiny) things she wants up for him. Whoever Sweet Nothing is about wants nothing from Taylor except that she be herself. Not only did Joe want something from Taylor, he wanted something she couldn't possibly give him: a quiet, normal life. She literally asks in Peace, "would it be enough if I could never give you peace?" and You're Losing Me sounds like her coming to the realization that the answer is no.
(Sweet Nothing fits Andrea far better)
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The part where she says āIām getting tired even for a Phoenixā KILLS ME. Cause unfortunately she has been disappointed time after time in trying to find and have that one true love that will last for a life time. As a fan of hers, she is always the one cheering me up when I listen to her music and getting me out of my darkest points in life. So to hear her say sheās at a point where it is getting hard for her to rise again from the ashes when sheās been such a motivator for me to do so COUNTLESS of times IS SO heartbreaking
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The way this woman can write a whole book within a song is probably one of the most magical things about her. The fact that songs about her life can fit so well into ours shows how masterful she is at her craft. This girl was just born with so much talent & luckily had a family see that talent and support her in this journey! Iām so thankful for Taylor Swift! She deserves everything she has (one of the few rich celebrities who actually do)
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My takeaways from this song:
1-it lasted way longer than it should have, she knew there was no hope but she stayed, she was gaslighting herself basically
2- she's tired of dating
3-at the begining she liked that joe was distant because she thought it meant he was mysterious and elusive, but as time went by she started to see that distance for what it really is, indifference
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One thing I havenāt heard as many people mention is the line āhow long could we be a sad song til we were too far goneā¦ā bc during a folklore interview, she mentioned that she and Joe bonded a lot over specifically sad song. And the fact that the relationship where they WROTE sad songs TOGETHER then became the next sad song she wrote just breaks me
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It's interesting to me that she said "you wouldn't admit that we were sick" instead of "you wouldn't admit that we were dead". If the relationship was dead, there would be no hope at all for it and it'd be much easier to let go of it. We have to bury what's dead and move on from it, no matter how much it hurts. You'd never rethink what's dead because there's nothing left to rethink, just reminisce.
However, what's sick can be healed. This relationship could've been healed and reinstated back to its usual happiness. For whatever reason, they were not doing so well, but it didn't seem as severe or it really wasn't as severe, but they never sought the medicine for it. They never bothered to try and be healthier. This hurts all the more, because there was hope, just a hopeless opposing party.
And the "you wouldn't admit". This realization didn't go both ways. One of them had snapped out of denial and the other was either too clouded by denial to see what was really going on, or didn't admit it in worry of what would go wrong if they did. They'd rather hang onto the guilt and the false sense of security the silent guilt gave them then actually do something about the problem. This gives a lot of space to rethink constantly, which is really painful.
Taylor's word choice is unmatched.
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This just broke my heart, I was with a guy on and off for 4 years who I desperately wanted to marry but he just couldn't make that commitment to me. The line "I wouldn't marry me either, a pathological people pleaser" broke my heart because all Taylor has ever wanted was to be loved. At 17 she talked about finding the one, in Lover she talked about wanting to be with him forever in multiple songs, in folklore she made it clear in invisible string that she thought he was her soulmate.
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I remember her saying in one interview that her and Joe loved sad songs so muchā¦ And listening her singing āHow long could we be a sad songā¦ā cuts so deep š Then she was the happiest but still loving writing sad songs and here I could feel the real pain and lossā¦ š¢ I hope she finds her one š
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@ariannac3767
11 months ago
This song in my opinion is the saddest of all her ābreakupā songs because thereās nothing angry or feisty about itā¦itās just sad.
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