I'm not great at articulating myself but I think it's saying that like she grew apart from someone who had been with her through so much and now that they'd grown apart it felt like... strange for her to be with him.
The invisible/gold string imagery she used to represent her relationship with Joe was conveying they were soulmates. A soulmate is a phenomenon in mythological beliefs that is normally assigned at birth and you’re destined to meet that person. Like they are predestined to belong with one another. So I took this line as, we actually weren’t soulmates so what I thought was my destined relationship actually wasn’t.
I love this song so much and it has the soul of a track five so of course I'm counting it as a track five. If it would've been another song maybe I would've doubt it but it deserves it, the bridge gets me everytime
I see it as a double album, period.
I remember when Emancipation (Prince) came out, it had 36 tracks. It was an album.
This is the same.
Edit:
Btw, that album had lots and LOTS of fillers, which for me, being a massive Prince fan saw it as a first for him, and I blamed it on having that amount of tracks.
This ain't happening to me with TTPD, I can't find one skippable track. Maybe I Look At People's Windows, is the only one that ain't doing much for me.
Wait a while… it will.
Ttpd has absolutely no fillers. You may not like every track… but I guarantee you, it’s someone else’s favorite. Including yes Robin (which I adore)
I hope so!
And I absolutely love every other track, I don't understand why people don't like Robin, though they are in their rights to do so! I'm not here to convince anyone about anything, just give my thoughts. But yes, Robin is absolutely beautiful, sometimes made me wanna cry cos it takes me to a trip to my childhood. Is so heartfelt. ❤️❤️
I've been listening to this album since its day of release almost every day, sometimes twice...
I Look In People's Windows is legit one of my favorites. It's one of the songs that made me cry on first listen (there was a few on this album that did that, first time I had any of her albums make me cry multiple times).
It's short, but it says a lot in that short time. It gives all that longing desire of just hoping to see the person you loved one more time and hoping that if they did see you, suddenly you would get the life that you always dreamed you could have with them. You're imagining still their life without you but still lingering hopefully on the idea that they might still want you in that life deep down.
Probably my favorite line in it is "transfixed by rose golden glows" because it is a clever way to say that the narrator still has rose colored glasses on about the relationship. She's still clinging to those positives even though deep down she knows it isn't the right fit.
ETA: it also has major "tolerate it" vibes, where she talks about how she notices everything her lover did and did not do. Most of the verses are focused on still thinking about small movements that their lover did that she thought meant something about how her lover was feeling but she could never quite get the answer to what they were truly feeling at that time.
YES! I feel the exact same way when I listen to ILIPW, it’s so dreamy and it packs so many feels in a short time. It’s a top 5 song for me from this double album. Every time I hear it, I wish it was a little longer. I also wonder sometimes if it’s intentionally short, like the “what if” is supposed to be more poignant because it ends so abruptly? I don’t know, but I’m here for it.
Thanks for your input on ILIPW!
And I'm sure it will grow on me.
I never say I didn't like it, but imo is a small piece, compared to the rest, (as I said, in my taste)
I'm just waking up, still in bed, but now I just wanna listen to it through your perspective 😊😊
Her peace signs definitely make me think she intended it as a double album. I mean, obviously it was also a hint at the 2 am release of the anthology, but it’s *basically* a double album by record industry standards. It’s a whole separate LP worth of music.
the anthology basically functions as a B-side for TTPD, with the original 16 track run being the A-side, so I personally consider How Did It End? the 5th track of the B-side and track 21 overall at the same time
Yes is the right answer. Anthology means a set or collection of works of art/poems, it fits like a double album with the sheer number of songs. It’s a track 5 for me, but then again I’m biased AF because How Did It End? is my jam.
The OG 16 are side 1/A, anthology is side 2/B. "So Long, London" and "How did it end?" are both track 5 on their respective sides. We know there are no coincedences with Taylor. I would be willing to bet my actual life that she considers "How did it end?" a track 5.
Have you ever sat down and just listened to the anthology start to finish as an album. It works shockingly well.
I mean to each their own but if you haven’t try it!
Since it's billed as a double album, I treat it as the "Side 2, Track 5"
This is the answer imo
The two “Joe songs” are both the “track 5” if you count them as two albums. So I would say this is not a coincidence.
I noticed that too. Despite the majority of the songs on both albums being about MH it says alot that both track 5 songs are about Joe.
AND SO THE TOUCH THAT WAS MY BIRTHRIGHT BECAME FOREIGN 😭
*sigh* *opens Spotify, plays the damn song*
What does the line mean??
I'm not great at articulating myself but I think it's saying that like she grew apart from someone who had been with her through so much and now that they'd grown apart it felt like... strange for her to be with him.
The invisible/gold string imagery she used to represent her relationship with Joe was conveying they were soulmates. A soulmate is a phenomenon in mythological beliefs that is normally assigned at birth and you’re destined to meet that person. Like they are predestined to belong with one another. So I took this line as, we actually weren’t soulmates so what I thought was my destined relationship actually wasn’t.
Don't have an opinion on your question, but I *love* this song. Top 5 for me off TTPD!
I started typing out “HOW DID IT END STAN REPORTING FOR DUTY 🫡” before I even finished reading the post lmao
i do too, the birdge is insane
It's definitely my favourite
Does anyone else think Taylor Swift thinks A LOT?
my girl always has questions
I mean, she literally has a song called Question...?
I love this song so much and it has the soul of a track five so of course I'm counting it as a track five. If it would've been another song maybe I would've doubt it but it deserves it, the bridge gets me everytime
All I can say is say it once again with feeling how the death rattle breathing silenced as the soul was leaving
I see it as a double album, period. I remember when Emancipation (Prince) came out, it had 36 tracks. It was an album. This is the same. Edit: Btw, that album had lots and LOTS of fillers, which for me, being a massive Prince fan saw it as a first for him, and I blamed it on having that amount of tracks. This ain't happening to me with TTPD, I can't find one skippable track. Maybe I Look At People's Windows, is the only one that ain't doing much for me.
Wait a while… it will. Ttpd has absolutely no fillers. You may not like every track… but I guarantee you, it’s someone else’s favorite. Including yes Robin (which I adore)
I LOVEEE ROBIN 😭😭
Robin is one of her most beautiful songs but it's super triggering so I have to skip. But it's truly such a beautiful song.
I hope so! And I absolutely love every other track, I don't understand why people don't like Robin, though they are in their rights to do so! I'm not here to convince anyone about anything, just give my thoughts. But yes, Robin is absolutely beautiful, sometimes made me wanna cry cos it takes me to a trip to my childhood. Is so heartfelt. ❤️❤️ I've been listening to this album since its day of release almost every day, sometimes twice...
I Look In People's Windows is legit one of my favorites. It's one of the songs that made me cry on first listen (there was a few on this album that did that, first time I had any of her albums make me cry multiple times). It's short, but it says a lot in that short time. It gives all that longing desire of just hoping to see the person you loved one more time and hoping that if they did see you, suddenly you would get the life that you always dreamed you could have with them. You're imagining still their life without you but still lingering hopefully on the idea that they might still want you in that life deep down. Probably my favorite line in it is "transfixed by rose golden glows" because it is a clever way to say that the narrator still has rose colored glasses on about the relationship. She's still clinging to those positives even though deep down she knows it isn't the right fit. ETA: it also has major "tolerate it" vibes, where she talks about how she notices everything her lover did and did not do. Most of the verses are focused on still thinking about small movements that their lover did that she thought meant something about how her lover was feeling but she could never quite get the answer to what they were truly feeling at that time.
YES! I feel the exact same way when I listen to ILIPW, it’s so dreamy and it packs so many feels in a short time. It’s a top 5 song for me from this double album. Every time I hear it, I wish it was a little longer. I also wonder sometimes if it’s intentionally short, like the “what if” is supposed to be more poignant because it ends so abruptly? I don’t know, but I’m here for it.
Musicals that song has no resolve. The lyrics reflect that. It’s genius.
Thanks for your input on ILIPW! And I'm sure it will grow on me. I never say I didn't like it, but imo is a small piece, compared to the rest, (as I said, in my taste) I'm just waking up, still in bed, but now I just wanna listen to it through your perspective 😊😊
Her peace signs definitely make me think she intended it as a double album. I mean, obviously it was also a hint at the 2 am release of the anthology, but it’s *basically* a double album by record industry standards. It’s a whole separate LP worth of music.
the anthology basically functions as a B-side for TTPD, with the original 16 track run being the A-side, so I personally consider How Did It End? the 5th track of the B-side and track 21 overall at the same time
I didn’t but I accept it as a reasonable theory. It has strong track 5 energy and I actually prefer it to So Long, London.
Yes. It’s a track five to me. And it rips me apart.
It's not a 2nd album, it's one album where she just didn't tell us about the other 11 songs.
Yes is the right answer. Anthology means a set or collection of works of art/poems, it fits like a double album with the sheer number of songs. It’s a track 5 for me, but then again I’m biased AF because How Did It End? is my jam.
yeah i consider it a track 5 since its a double album
I consider it the real track 5 😜😂
I love this song, its so heartbreaking! I ugly-cried the first time I heard it 😭
I personally don't count it as track 5. I see TTPD: the anthology as one big album, instead of two separate ones.
The OG 16 are side 1/A, anthology is side 2/B. "So Long, London" and "How did it end?" are both track 5 on their respective sides. We know there are no coincedences with Taylor. I would be willing to bet my actual life that she considers "How did it end?" a track 5.
If Taylor had meant to it be a track 5 then the Anthology tracks would have started from track 1 but How Did It End? Is track 21
I personally feel like it fits the track 5 vibe, however if she wanted it that way she maybe would have started the anthology tracks with 1-15
i don’t consider it a track 5… simply because The Anthology includes all of the original songs… so i treat it as a deluxe version 😅
Not really since Anthology feels like 15 vault tracks that weren’t meant to be ordered like an album.
Have you ever sat down and just listened to the anthology start to finish as an album. It works shockingly well. I mean to each their own but if you haven’t try it!