Favorite Lines in Taylor Swift's "folklore"

Taylor Swift announced yesterday that she will be releasing a whole album she wrote and produced over the quarantine period. That really caught us unprepared for this masterpiece! Stream folklore at various platforms: taylor.lnk.to/folklore. Here are my favorite lines from the album.

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the 1

You know that greatest films of all time were never made.

We never painted by the numbers, baby, but we were making it count.

If one thing had been different, would everything be different?

cardigan

When you are young, they assume you know nothing.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

You put me on and said I was your favorite.

You drew stars around my scars, but now I'm bleeding.

the last great american dynasty

She had a marvelous time ruining everything.

Who knows, if I never showed up, what could have been.

exile

You're not my homeland anyomre, so what am I defending now?

Those eyes add insult to injury.

There's no amount of crying I can do for you.

my tears ricochet

If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too.

Even on my worst day, did I deserve, baby, all the hell you gave me?

If I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?

You had to kill me, but I killed you just the same.

mirrorball

I'm still on that trapeze. I'm still trying everything to get you looking at me.

seven

Just like a folk song, our love will be passed on.

Before I learned civility, I used to scream ferociously any time I wanted.

august

August sipped away like a bottle of wine, 'cause you were never mine.

So much for summer love, for saying "us", 'cause you weren't mine to lose.

this is me trying

They told me all of my cages were mental, so I get wasted like all my potential, and my words shoot to kills when I'm mad.

illicit affairs

What started in beautiful rooms end with meeting in parking lots.

You showed me colors you knew I can't see with anyone else.

invisible string

Gave me no compass, gave me no sign--where there clues I didn't see?

mad woman

No one wants a mad woman. You made her like that.

It's obvious that wanting me dead has really brough you two together.

Everytime you call me crazy, I get more crazy. What about that.

I'm taking my time, 'cause you took everything from me, watching you climb over people like me.

epiphany

Something med school did not cover: someone's daughter, someone's mother holds your hand through plastic now; "Doc, I think she's crasing now"; and some things you just can't speak about.

betty

The worst thing that I ever did was what I did to you.

Would you tell me to go fuck myself?

Will kiss me on the porch in front of all your stupid friends?

peace

Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?

You know that I'd... give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other... Is it enough?

hoax

Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in.

You knew you won, So, what's the point of keeping score?