Perhaps some of the heartbreaking verses on Midnights just isn’t a breakup tune, however a tune about Taylor’s personal self-reflection and trauma. In the crushing “You’re On Your Own, Kid” bridge, Taylor sings, “From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes / I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this / I hosted parties and starved my body / Like I’d be saved by a perfect kiss.”
In “Maroon,” she sang, “And I wake with your memory over me / That’s a real fuckin’ legacy to leave.” And in “Karma,” the 11-time Grammy winner sings, “Ask me why so many fade but I’m still here.”
I’m undecided we have witnessed her sing about her personal mythology in such contrasted, poignant methods.
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