Samee, I'm here because of the chorus. It's just amazing. I even have a feeling like I've heard it before, like if there's a song out there quite similar. I don't know haha. It's just amazing. My favorite of the album right now. 🤍
Love how she used broken toys as a metaphor for turbulent relationship. the boy destroying sandcastles or dolls could be that he's exhausting her and hes only taking what's functioning and leaving the broken parts not realising that she's had enough.
The extend metaphors, between an innocent boy playing with his adoring favorite toy, solving puzzle pieces in the night when they're not supposed to be awake vs the emotionally turbulent manchild discarding something he said he loved like she was just a toy and now the toy has no boy (Toy Story style), because he was intimidated by the emotional vulnerability the relationship exposed hits hard. the juxtaposition between childhood innocence and adult brokenness is so perfectly eerie
@@zemyhussin it means joe doesn't want to get married with taylor, while taylor wanted it, so from taylor's pov joe is ruining her by wasting 6 years of dating but he still don't want to get married.
@@byunbaekhyun2283I think this song is about Matty. "Our days of wild" is not how she describes her relationship with Joe, it's how she describes her fleeting relationship with Matty in all the other songs.
@@priiifrg I don’t think that just for that phrase the song is about Matthew, taylor talks about wildness with joe too, what about “I will give you my wild” in peace ??? and that’s just one example
Can't believe how it describes the relationship with avoidant and traumatized person, its about that 's self sabotage behaviors , a person who doesn't know how to keep the beautiful and run away.
When she sings "my boy only breaks his favorite toys" and the words fall out broken, it makes me think of how many times Taylor was broken and it makes me even sadder. I can't.
This is the most beautiful, accurate depiction I’ve ever seen of broken relationships in music. She’s truly lyrical and this whole album is a tear jerker!
the usage of "toys" and "dolls" and "play pretend" represents a type of child-like innocence, HOWEVER, like a bully or a misbehaving child, he destroys the "sandcastles" the narrator builds. from what i'm gathering, Taylor is illustrating a relationship she presumed was innocent and and she worked so hard to build it up, only to be knocked down (like the sandcastles) every single time. If she rebuilds it, it will never be the same as before.
I’m not sure. I’ve felt like this before and I guess the way I felt was, I was his favorite toy until he slowly broke me and then when you’re broken they don’t want anything to do with you anymore, so you’re put back on the shelf and left there. But you love them so you make excuses for them, so you stay and are played with like a toy. I’m not sure if that’s where she’s coming from but this song definitely brought me back to that relationship and those feelings.
There are somethings about the melody of the part when she sang "oh, here we go again. The voices in his head called the rain to end our days of wild" made me so hooked on. OMG what is that melody??!!!!
Sitting in my car crying bc I’ve never heard a song I could relate to, that captured exactly what I’m going through rn. My boyfriend of almost two years breaks all of his belongings when he’s mad, and I feel broken that my feelings have never mattered since we started dating. Going to counseling this morning for some help- This album came out at the perfect time 🥹
For me, it's the lyric "I know I'm just repeating myself / Put me back on my shelf / But first, pull the string / And I'll you that he runs because he loves me" that really captures the denial that she found herself in, trying to convince her friends and family (and ultimately herself) that he "runs because he loves me"... And the imagery of a doll with a string in its back that you can pull to make it repeat the same thing over and over again robotically.... It's just such a strong, vivid picture she's painting of a loveless couple! It also makes me think it could apply to anyone who's been a victim of DV (even if it's not her case specifically)... How many victims repeat over and over again that their abuser does X or Y thing "because he loves me"? Taylor Swift is such an impressive storyteller.
most songs made by other popular artists are just 3-4 lines repeating again and again, and thats the whole song. But taylor’s songs aren’t like that. each verse is a whole different story she tells. that’s why shes so different from other singers, and its just amazing 💗💗💗
Probably one of my favorite song on the albums it so deliciously layered in the musicality pop gold synth heaven love it so much it should be a single super catchy ,and bop.
“queen of sandcastles he destroys” reminds me a lot of joe. He once made taylor feel comfortable with a broken castle that she built once using all the bricks people threw at her, but now he is the one who destroyed her sand castles knowing this was the weakest castles she ever had. He left taylor and all she get in this relationship is anything but a broken heart
do any of y’all feel like running through a field and crying and it’s sunshine and all of the memories of that one person come back and for a second you forgive them a little during the bridge ? he was my best friend :(
The way she is saying the world just views her as a commodity that can be bought, broken, and discarded like a plastic doll with no emotions and soul 🤯
How can a singer who lives thousands and thousands miles away from me can describe my relationship so perfectly!! Today marks exactly one year of the great break up of my life.. 'My boy' told me that I was better off without him. And I thought I couldn’t live without him... Well, here I am, alive and more soulful than ever. And I'm glad that I'm here to witness his majestic piece created by the Chairman of TTPD ❤❤. You gave me a theme song for this day, my queen.
My heart shrinks with "Cause you should have seen him when he first saw me" and "Once I fix me, he is gonna miss me" Why are people cringing about this?
The maturity that Taylor brings to this newest album is just brilliant. I am really enjoying the increased depth and understanding that shine through the lyrics. What an amazing album!
Rating the tortured post department songs as a non-Taylor Swift fan part 1 Now, I’m not much of a Taylor Swift fan but I like this song. Solid 7/10 for me.
Has anyone noticed that at the end, when all the crushed or broken letters or lyrics ascend, the only words you could clearly read are "BREAKS HIS ONLY FAVORITE"? 😢💔 How sad, from " and when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someones bed, you put me and said I was your favorite" to this realquick 🙃💔
It's true when they say the world is a very small place and is the same wherever you go. We deal the same problems, the same kind of (bad) people... Gosh, If I wasn't sure there's no chance in the world she knows "my" boy, I would have said he's the person she's talking about. The ability to make you feel like she's singing your story in the same way you would have done it, well... That's the reason she's so great and so loved. And she does EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.! So far, one of my favorites ❤️
By listening you already know what's she's talking about...strong lyrics..What I like in Taylor is that she always writes what's true, just how is is or was with a "boy". I love Taylor because of her texts and music, and she really doesn't care what other people think about her...that's also a reason that she got so far! Fearless...
Hi! My name is Katie. You might not see this Taylor, but I love your music! I wasn’t a Swiftie until my friends and mom really showed me that you are a strong, resilient woman. Your music could be taught in an English class for the outstanding poetry in the songs. This is one of my favorite songs in the album, and the wording is brilliant. I wish you the best with the next pieces of poetry!
The way this song especially describes our relationship and I literally called him “my sweet boy”, brb gonna bawl my eyes out. This album is bringing up so many memories and feelings but feels so comforting and healing at the same time knowing other people understand what I went through. To all of you, you can move on and heal from toxic and/or abusive relationships even if you can’t forget them. Sending love and peace to everyone🥹🤍
“queen of sandcastles he destroys” i can’t with this lyric.
Wdym
Btw I love your channel
was that sarcastic? /gen
same girll this is like my new favorate song
girlyyy pls do an instrumental version of ttpd 😭
“He saw forever, so he smashed it up” GUYSSSSS!!
Joe?
WHAAT
REALL I THOUGHT THE SAME
I have a feel this one could be about a friend. One that married one of her exes and had a very public divorce…just a thought
@@lucalalee who?
WHY'S NOBODY TALKING ABOUT MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVOURITE TOYS??? THE PRODUCTION AND THE VIBE??????
Sleeper hit but it’s so beautiful.
FR IM IN LOVE WITH IT
@blissedbren I agree, I wasn't a fan on my first couple listens tbh but it grew on me very quick
Simp
@@SLCplanter do you think it's likely your activity here is winning souls for Christ? Proverbs 15 suggests otherwise.
i know most people will focus on the lyrics which are awesome of course but i can't get over how unusual and cool the melody of the chorus is
♡♩♡♩♡
Same
Samee, I'm here because of the chorus. It's just amazing. I even have a feeling like I've heard it before, like if there's a song out there quite similar. I don't know haha. It's just amazing. My favorite of the album right now. 🤍
@@helentg3425 well considering the amount of music released so far, there is a non-zero chance :D
@@helentg3425 I think “Bad Romance” is what the chorus reminds me of possibly?
“Once I fix me he’s gonna miss me” she’s such a lyrical Kweeen!!! 😭😭😭
That's my favourite line
Nobody talks about the guy that had to deal with this broken kween
@@arpreetkaur8c952i see what you did there with “favorite “ 😂
@@TravisKelce-TheKelceManTouché
@@bonniejane01"I see what you did" Are you referencing to ME? From Lover album? 😅 ("Me" Is accusative of "I") 😂
Love how she used broken toys as a metaphor for turbulent relationship. the boy destroying sandcastles or dolls could be that he's exhausting her and hes only taking what's functioning and leaving the broken parts not realising that she's had enough.
oh wow! Here before this blows up btw ❤
I thought it was about S3X toys 😅
Exactly that!! 👐👐❤❤
You have a nice logical sense !
Also that she could be just a “toy” for him to play around with then leave them broken.
"Stole my tortured heart, left all the broken parts" hit me so hard!!!!
Yes! ❤
:(
The extend metaphors, between an innocent boy playing with his adoring favorite toy, solving puzzle pieces in the night when they're not supposed to be awake
vs
the emotionally turbulent manchild discarding something he said he loved like she was just a toy and now the toy has no boy (Toy Story style), because he was intimidated by the emotional vulnerability the relationship exposed
hits hard. the juxtaposition between childhood innocence and adult brokenness is so perfectly eerie
True 🎶🎶🙌
"he saw forever so he smashed it up." YOURE JOKING. THIS LYRIC?!
Sorry what this mean ? Explain please 🙏🏻
@@zemyhussin it means joe doesn't want to get married with taylor, while taylor wanted it, so from taylor's pov joe is ruining her by wasting 6 years of dating but he still don't want to get married.
Thank you! I didn't get it at 1st but this makes so much sense now@byunbaekhyun2283
@@byunbaekhyun2283I think this song is about Matty. "Our days of wild" is not how she describes her relationship with Joe, it's how she describes her fleeting relationship with Matty in all the other songs.
@@priiifrg I don’t think that just for that phrase the song is about Matthew, taylor talks about wildness with joe too, what about “I will give you my wild” in peace ??? and that’s just one example
May we heal from the things we never talk about. TAYLOR, THIS IS SUCH A THERAPEUTIC ALBUM.
Agree and the one she said she really NEEDED to write
Bot
@@kathleenmoyer2084Bo Bo bot
REAL
2:00 The oh-oh's are so satisfying to listen to especially when you have headphones on 😍
RIGHTTTT im obsessed
I randomly put taylor on whilst I cleaned the kitchen with my headphones on, this song is 👌👏
@@skyeclarkson1901 if you like this you need to listen to 1989 and Reputation, they have the same sound
Totally❤❤
and the oh-oh's at 2:15 too
Can't believe how it describes the relationship with avoidant and traumatized person, its about that 's self sabotage behaviors , a person who doesn't know how to keep the beautiful and run away.
WE REALLY NEED A MUSIC VIDEO FOR THIS SONG.
Yeah, she could really do some clever things with the toy/doll analogy
Yesss
@Cows731yesss
PLEASEE TAYLORRR
I need music video for this song and also a 10 min version 😭
When she sings "my boy only breaks his favorite toys" and the words fall out broken, it makes me think of how many times Taylor was broken and it makes me even sadder. I can't.
What
why would you say that now I’m gonna cry
Creepy
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa😢
And all words appear at the end 😢
This is the most beautiful, accurate depiction I’ve ever seen of broken relationships in music. She’s truly lyrical and this whole album is a tear jerker!
Yeah😂❤
"My boy only breaks his favourite toys" so .. " This is why we can't have nice things" 💫
He needs to calm down 💅
the usage of "toys" and "dolls" and "play pretend" represents a type of child-like innocence, HOWEVER, like a bully or a misbehaving child, he destroys the "sandcastles" the narrator builds.
from what i'm gathering, Taylor is illustrating a relationship she presumed was innocent and and she worked so hard to build it up, only to be knocked down (like the sandcastles) every single time. If she rebuilds it, it will never be the same as before.
Exactly I still creation mine 🤣 that's how I pick them apart 😂
There's always 2 sides then you got the left over tadpoles learning 🎉
I’m not sure. I’ve felt like this before and I guess the way I felt was, I was his favorite toy until he slowly broke me and then when you’re broken they don’t want anything to do with you anymore, so you’re put back on the shelf and left there. But you love them so you make excuses for them, so you stay and are played with like a toy. I’m not sure if that’s where she’s coming from but this song definitely brought me back to that relationship and those feelings.
"he told me I'm better off, but I'm not"
Not me associating it with *THAT* scene of Fleabag and the Priest
GIRL NO DONT REMIND ME OF THAT SCENE 😭😭😭
WOW
“it will pass” 😭
Omg 😭
IT WILL NEVER PASS!!
“Just say when I play again, he was my best friend” had me sobbing because this cuts too deep
There are somethings about the melody of the part when she sang "oh, here we go again. The voices in his head called the rain to end our days of wild" made me so hooked on. OMG what is that melody??!!!!
Taylor continues to outdo herself, never underestimate the power of the pen
If only she didn't forget about the power of her eraser
@@TravisKelce-TheKelceMan she writes with pens nice try
This has become one of my favorite songs ever
SAME
I’m really loving the deeper sounds
Sitting in my car crying bc I’ve never heard a song I could relate to, that captured exactly what I’m going through rn. My boyfriend of almost two years breaks all of his belongings when he’s mad, and I feel broken that my feelings have never mattered since we started dating. Going to counseling this morning for some help- This album came out at the perfect time 🥹
bless your heart
Run. Soon he'll start breaking your bones. If he can't control his anger, he can't control his anger.
❤ heal your heart and go away from boys who try to break you
"HE SAW FOREVER, SO HE SMASHED IT UP" SLAYYYY
The deep vocals on this 🤩
I’m most impressed by her lower register, I know most ppl love the belting but I am amazed by her low notes
YES!!
@@KatelynDawnI think her voice has really matured here, for the entire album. She sounds incredible
YES THE DEEP VOCALS AT THE BEGINNING >>>>>
Her deep vocals are eargasm.. sounds better than her belting out
It’s literally like a mix between evermore, 1989, rep, and midnights and I’m here for it
red vibes
This would definitely suit 1989!
My favorite album ever!
Same
@@katejohnson2403 ya i love it its the perfect album can listen to it running,walking,sleeping,relaxing ,working out,cooking its the best
For me, it's the lyric "I know I'm just repeating myself / Put me back on my shelf / But first, pull the string / And I'll you that he runs because he loves me" that really captures the denial that she found herself in, trying to convince her friends and family (and ultimately herself) that he "runs because he loves me"... And the imagery of a doll with a string in its back that you can pull to make it repeat the same thing over and over again robotically.... It's just such a strong, vivid picture she's painting of a loveless couple! It also makes me think it could apply to anyone who's been a victim of DV (even if it's not her case specifically)... How many victims repeat over and over again that their abuser does X or Y thing "because he loves me"? Taylor Swift is such an impressive storyteller.
most songs made by other popular artists are just 3-4 lines repeating again and again, and thats the whole song. But taylor’s songs aren’t like that. each verse is a whole different story she tells. that’s why shes so different from other singers, and its just amazing 💗💗💗
Who are you even listening to
I said it just the other day that most songs it's the 1st part ..chorus..2nd part.. chorus..and bridge but with Taylor it's so so different
Bfr now
Can we all agree that this the best song on the album?
I can
Yes
No, they all are at the top of my list, lol 😊❤
yeees
Yesss
the bridge is just everything
🙂↕️
@@ericperry9397 why “lol”
“My plastic smile” This is officially my favorite song from TTPD
The more I listen to this album, the more I appreciate it. It's truly a gem and one of the best albums she has ever made to date.
She's not just a singer-songwriter, she's also a very effective storyteller..
She should have just been a songwriter and left it at that
True
how many times yall gonna comment this exact comment 😂
This song tickles the part part of my brain that no one’s ever been able to reach except this exact song
Bro same. This is an instant fav when I first heard it.
Reall
@sofianasaruddin same!!! instant favorite
Lorde might.
I don’t usually like Taylor Swift but this album is amazing!
This is how it start.....you will like taylor now ! I didnt like her before, I felt in love with the Lover album and since.... love her !!!
Probably one of my favorite song on the albums
it so deliciously layered in the musicality pop gold synth heaven love it so much it should be a single super catchy ,and bop.
❤
While I don't think this album is as strong as a couple before it, the technical quality of the production is out of this world.
“Once I fix me, He’s gonna miss me” 😭😭 this is the best album!!! 🖤🤍
😭😭😭😭😭 took me out
"Im queen of sandcastles he destroys." is now one of my favorite Taylor Swift Lyrics of all time!
This was my first favourite. Now its on the top5. Could perfectly be a single
Yes
her power on writing never disappoints.
“queen of sandcastles he destroys” reminds me a lot of joe. He once made taylor feel comfortable with a broken castle that she built once using all the bricks people threw at her, but now he is the one who destroyed her sand castles knowing this was the weakest castles she ever had. He left taylor and all she get in this relationship is anything but a broken heart
"he left Taylor" always blaming him, right?
The song is about matty
Taylor didn't lose the boy, the boy lost an amazing woman, that's for sure
Who’s joe
This song needs to be a single pleeeeeaaaseee!!!
2:31 the bridge sounds much like getaway car
One of my favs on this album!!
Easily!!!
do any of y’all feel like running through a field and crying and it’s sunshine and all of the memories of that one person come back and for a second you forgive them a little during the bridge ? he was my best friend :(
yeah, realest comment
oh man this comment is so reallll
I love how the lyrics are breaking. Like breaking off. Showing how she was breaking in the relationship. Quite genius of the mastermind
"He stole my tortured heart,
Left all this broken part,
Told me im better off ,
But im not . "
Oh man o man! How does she come up w such lines 🫡🤍🥹
this song, Guilty as Sin? & The Albatross are my favs off the album 🤍🔥
Same
Yes! ❤❤
The entire album is AMAZING BRILLIANT CHERISHED but this one might be my favourite of all those masterpieces.
The way she is saying the world just views her as a commodity that can be bought, broken, and discarded like a plastic doll with no emotions and soul 🤯
The sound and vocals of this song make me so sensitive and euphoric at the same time.
My fav on the album 🤍
Taylor did an amazing job, proud to be a Swiftie
How can a singer who lives thousands and thousands miles away from me can describe my relationship so perfectly!!
Today marks exactly one year of the great break up of my life.. 'My boy' told me that I was better off without him. And I thought I couldn’t live without him...
Well, here I am, alive and more soulful than ever. And I'm glad that I'm here to witness his majestic piece created by the Chairman of TTPD ❤❤.
You gave me a theme song for this day, my queen.
This is exactly what a relationship with an Avoidant feels like.
Soooo very (sadly) true.
That lyric "once I fix me, he's gonna miss me" is a literal fvckin truth!!!!!!
“I’m the queen of sandcastles he destroys” I just love this lyric it just got to me IN LOVE 😻 ❤
My heart shrinks with "Cause you should have seen him when he first saw me" and "Once I fix me, he is gonna miss me" Why are people cringing about this?
"Once I fix me
He's gonna miss me"
dayumm
THE LETTERS WERE SLOWLY BREAKING LIKE HER AND WERE FALLING TO THE DEPTHS OMG
One of the catchiest songs on this album, it really gives me the sort of 1989 pop-bible vibes
The maturity that Taylor brings to this newest album is just brilliant. I am really enjoying the increased depth and understanding that shine through the lyrics. What an amazing album!
This song is for all of us who love Getaway Car, So It Goes and Is It Over Now
Why do you type like that
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO RELISED IT SOUNDS LIKE IS IT OVER NOW I
THIS JUST BECAME ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS 😭
Why am I replaying this one million times everyday 😭
my favorite song on this album, I'm literally obsessed
sameee
this is taylors best era 130000%
OMG. Always been a TS fan but this entire album is ..NO WORDS (Im 67 years old and been through ALL the stuff)
Taylor we need this song to be the next single 🤍 this is so superior
The Fabric Taylor put into every song ,The whole album is electric
"breaks his favorite toys" Reminds me of the guy I don't know what he wants but he definitely breaks me to pieces
Omg I hope you're ok
I'm seeing odd parallels to her stories in Folklore & Evermore with Caridigan, Ivy, etc.
Needs a music video! I can only IMAGINE how intricate a music video to this song could be!!!
Rating the tortured post department songs as a non-Taylor Swift fan part 1
Now, I’m not much of a Taylor Swift fan but I like this song. Solid 7/10 for me.
The vocals and the lyrics!!
I'm having an emotional turbulence with this album
Has anyone noticed that at the end, when all the crushed or broken letters or lyrics ascend, the only words you could clearly read are "BREAKS HIS ONLY FAVORITE"? 😢💔
How sad, from
" and when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someones bed, you put me and said I was your favorite" to this realquick 🙃💔
@mmslndnn26 holy sh i t turns out it's actually a bad thing being his favorite
@@tenderwall FR, sad reality.
Plus Joe was in the movie ‘The Favourite’
Is forgotten that?! That movie was so weird, that I had totally blocked it?!
the i am not, i am not at the end sounds like "you know in your soul when it's time to go" from evermore
Can we just talk about how Taylor is the sole songwriter of this song?
Every song is becoming my favorite of this album. Can't decide "one" fr😭
Why is this song so underrated till now?
This is my favorite song on the album …..
He took me off my shelf and left me running back to it - CRYING AND CRAWLING.😢
I’m not even a Swifie but after this prolly am 😂
this has potential to be an amazing music video
" im queen of sand castle he destoys" gives me castles crumbling vibes.
Wordsmith supreme! Nobody uses language like Tay. Amazing! ✨✨✨✨✨
she came back stronger than a 90's trend
The analogy lasts the entire song and I love it so much. The most favourite toys get played with the most 🤧
"Once I fix me he's gonna miss me"
"He was my best friend"
These two lines are just.... I can't
It's true when they say the world is a very small place and is the same wherever you go. We deal the same problems, the same kind of (bad) people... Gosh, If I wasn't sure there's no chance in the world she knows "my" boy, I would have said he's the person she's talking about. The ability to make you feel like she's singing your story in the same way you would have done it, well... That's the reason she's so great and so loved. And she does EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.!
So far, one of my favorites ❤️
This is my favorite song of this album 😭
This is why we can’t have nice things - Taylor Swift
She's an amazing poetess!!! Besides a great singer! 🎉❤
By listening you already know what's she's talking about...strong lyrics..What I like in Taylor is that she always writes what's true, just how is is or was with a "boy". I love Taylor because of her texts and music, and she really doesn't care what other people think about her...that's also a reason that she got so far! Fearless...
Hi! My name is Katie. You might not see this Taylor, but I love your music! I wasn’t a Swiftie until my friends and mom really showed me that you are a strong, resilient woman. Your music could be taught in an English class for the outstanding poetry in the songs. This is one of my favorite songs in the album, and the wording is brilliant. I wish you the best with the next pieces of poetry!
The way this song especially describes our relationship and I literally called him “my sweet boy”, brb gonna bawl my eyes out. This album is bringing up so many memories and feelings but feels so comforting and healing at the same time knowing other people understand what I went through. To all of you, you can move on and heal from toxic and/or abusive relationships even if you can’t forget them. Sending love and peace to everyone🥹🤍
THE ENDS SLAP SO HARD! ✋🏻
This song is literally addicting
And people thought she couldn't write AND be in love for real. This album is everything ❤
This is the bopiest song on the album. I LOVE IT!
Nope. I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART.
I can do it with a broken heart is amazing , and I love it, but I honestly think this one is bopier
Down Bad would like a word
My top 1 favorite so far rn!🥹😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Morning over the loss of this not being on the setlist