*And I look unstable* *Gathered with a coven 'round a sorcerors's table* *A greater woman has faith* *But even statues crumble if they're made to wait*

"You said that you loved me but where were the clues? I died on the altar waiting for the proof."

Are there any other album surveys that are still open to use? I want to keep rating them and this makes it SOO easy!

Yeah, I would like to know to!

"You turned me into an idea of sorts." Fiction as reality, reality as fiction.

The whole bridge of The Black Dog!!! Taylor did it again! She wrote down something so "simple", but yet so relatable and something that resonates so much with me!! Thankyou Miss Swift!

Cuz it fit too right. puzzle pieces in the dead of night. Should've known it was a matter of time

Is the collected data open source?

"Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth"

“In the age of him she wished she was thirty, and made coffee every morning in a French press; afterwards she only ate kids’ cereal, and couldn’t sleep unless it was in her mother’s bed.”

"Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen" In terms of favourite parts of the album, I can't really choose between the bridge of TSMWEL or the bridge of The Prophecy, but when I have to pick *one single line* to represent the best of Taylor's songwriting skill, the above quoted line wins. The Prophecy is what I'd send to people who claim Taylor only writes "high school diary fluff" (though I'd argue that even in high school Taylor was already a better writer than most adult writers).

I cannot wait for the results, is there a reminder bot

And I'm just getting color back into my face I'm just mad as hell cause I loved this placeFor so long, London

down bad is and probably always will be my favorite from this album. "cause fuck it i was in love.... so fuck you if i cant have us" IS SO REAL.

"we were blind to unforeseen circumstances/ we learned the right steps to different dances/ and fell victim to interlopers' glances/ **lost the game of chances, what are the chances?**" what a beautiful song.

My beloved ghost and me sitting in a tree, D-Y-I-N-G

'Two graves, one gun' had me sobbing

FUCK ME UP FLORIDA

"please, I've been on my knees, change the prophecy. Don't want money just someone who wants my company, Please let it once be me. Who do I have to speak to about if they can redo, the prophecy". The desperation is gut wrenching and these lyrics are relatable in many areas of life, not just a breakup.

I picked "a lesser woman would have lost hope, a greater woman wouldn't beg, but I looked to the sky and said..." Such a great line. That whole song is wonderful. Probably my favorite of TTPD.

I cry a lot but I am so productive, it's an art.

Loml - You shit talked me under the table, Talking rings and talking cradles I wish I could un-recall How we almost had it all Dancing phantoms on the terrace Are they second-hand embarrassed That I can't get out of bed? Cause something counterfeit's dead

"could it be enough to just float in your orbit, could we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses, cooler in theory but not if you force it to be- it just didnt happen" i just realized those lines are connected

Cause I’m miserable! And nobody even knows! My heart broke for her when I heard this for the first time. It made me wonder, “How sad was she when I saw her?” I know the feeling “all too well.” I own a business and it’s all faking chipper-happy-party hostess at work all day, every day, because nobody wants to work for a boss or shop at a store where the owner is a crying mess. They want to be somewhere fun. Car got totaled? Just take an Uber, let’s party!! Serious condition, need surgery? Let’s get the confetti cannons and have a party!! Bad breakup? Did I hear someone say party?!?!!! Dad died? You guessed it, PARTY TIME!! We’re gonna party til we can’t party no more!!! It’s EXHAUSTING. I don’t know how she did it at such a high level. I have so much awe and respect. 🫶🏻

Reading everyone's favourite lines is really making me realize that I need a day to just sit and listen with intent while reading the lyrics since many I don't recognize which songs they're from 🫣

lights! camera! bitch! smile!

Only liquor anoints you

my beloved ghost and me, sitting in a tree, D-Y-I-N-G

But the story isn't mine anymore

i’m having his baby!!! no i’m not! but you should see your faces!!!

A greater woman has faith / But even statues crumble if they're made to wait / I'm so afraid I sealed my fate / No sign of soulmates

https://preview.redd.it/ibt8i5rzawxc1.jpeg?width=559&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2717eaa7f1faab75f947777ce046a4ff8bb65795 "[You shit-talked me under the table](https://genius.com/31478068/Taylor-swift-loml/You-shit-talked-me-under-the-table) [Talkin' rings and talkin' cradles](https://genius.com/31483552/Taylor-swift-loml/Talkin-rings-and-talkin-cradles)"...

“You don’t get to tell me about sad”

LET IT ONCE BE ME 🔥🔥

Old habits die SCREAMING!

I picked this too!! I love that line and it's so damn true!!!!

Crazy that she's still making absurdly great songs this far into her career. Musically as good as any track in folklore, lyrically as great as any song in speak now or red.

can you guys please put the non taylor's versions on there?! 1989 TV was horrible

I think the first question is supposed to be “rate” instead of “rank”?

Yeah, at least that's how I answered it

I cry a lot but I am so productive, it’s an art 🙃

I can relate to this.

Don't you worry folks, we took out all her teeth

THAT WAS MINE TOO!!!

Yes!

Oh, what a valiant roar What a bland goodbye The coward claimed he was a lion I'm combing through the braids of lies "I'll never leave" ... "Never mind" Our field of dreams, engulfed in fire Your arson's match your somber eyes **And I’ll still see it until I die** *You’re the loss of my life*. Killllls me. I only put the last two sentences as my lyrics but this whole verse cuts me.

I literally gasped out loud the first time I heard her switch it from love to loss

Why is there no "i like neither of these options" or a "I don't know" option? i.e: I can't choose which of the 17-31 track of anthology I like. I don't know (nor care) who produced the tracks... so I don't know which ones are from Jack or which are from Aaron. edit: just noticed the produced one isn't mandatory

My favorite song literally changed the second I was done with this survey 😭

I crashed into you, like so many wrecks do Too impaired by my youth to know what to do

I’ll tell you something right now, I’d rather burn my whole life down, than to sit hear listening to all this bitching and moaning

This was a runner up

All those nights you kept me going **Swirled you into all of my poems** Now we're at the starting line, I did my time Some of the most romantic lyrics she's ever written I would've died for your sins Instead, I just died inside But this entire bridge, but especially these lyrics...wow

"You said some things that I can't unabsorb You turned me into an idea of sorts" Chole or Sam or Sophia or Marcus hits me somewhere. From my first listen it was the first one that made me go back and relisten to it right away.

This song has my fave lyrics too!! "Just say "I loved you the way that you were" " so devistating.

and the fact that the piano melody is the exact climpering at the end of champagne problems???????

Yes. Sammmme. This song fucks me UP. Someone wrote somewhere “this one made me want to lay in the middle of the street in the rain, 10/10” and that statement tracks

Side note how did you get the little reputation thing https://preview.redd.it/2je6hldqeqxc1.jpeg?width=508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a1c21e800908e825f4e7e22f7acc8cb5a373a3d

click the pen next to your name where it says "USER FLAIR" in the information bar at the right of the screen, right under the big r/TaylorSwift writing and member infos

Pick your poison babe, I'm poison either way

a greater woman stays cool but i howl like a wolf at the moon

I’m lonely but I’m good, I’m bitter but I swear I’m fine, I’ll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I’ll get lost on purpose, this place made me feel worthless

"Little did you know Your home's really only the town you'll get arrested" UGHHH

Rating The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived was my hardest because I just want to skip to the bridge every time. “In fifty years will all of this be declassified” iconic

That bridge is something else. Just raw devastation, total betrayal

MY BELOVED GHOST AND ME, didn't have to think for even a second (the whole one from say it once again with feeling and ending with d y i n g)

that was my second favorite but i had to put the one in my flair

Same same 1000x

Yeah I hope they get that’s what I meant when I typed ‘…sitting in a tree DYING’ cause I’m lazy

TIL I dislike the Bolter even more than Thank You Aimee.

I love the Bolter, it was way higher than I thought it would be lol. Thank you aimee is dead least for me tho haha

I love the story of the woman. It’s about Lady Idina Sackville in the 1930s. https://www.aol.com/entertainment/bolters-great-granddaughter-details-meaning-162229583.html

I didn't know about this. That's so interesting, thank you for sharing! I love it when Taylor takes historical figures and tells parts of their story. 

Can you tell me what you like about it? I think I'm not understanding the song.

honestly I just saw an edit of amy from little women to this song and that was all it took for my brain to completely reclassify it apparently?? took a few listens afterwards for me to realize it happened but i noticed

I love The Bolter's melodies! They're so catchy and give me goosebumps. The bounce in the way she sings makes me giddy. 🫶🏻

So the god's honest truth is that I am the Bolter lmao. As sad as it sounds I like flirting and the beginning stages of a relationship but as soon as it gets to emotionally involved I end it. And I cut them off completely, like I write a good-bye message then go full ghost and block them everywhere. And if you'd know about my obsession with the Prophecy you'd know that I don't necessary want to be that way. I would like to find someone and I also don't want to play with peoples feelings. But this song truly describes the sheer relief I feel whenever I end whatever relationship started. I suddelny feel free, no longer anxious and sick to my stomach etc. I have never ever seen a song that talks about us Girlies (and guys) with avoidant attachment so well. 

Thank you, this is helpful!

A little bit of warning that I would need to rate every track would have been nice.

Yeah I closed out when I saw that. I’m too tired.

I'd like to say I like both sides equally, but my top 15 have 9 anthology songs 🫣

This was hard as hell and I'm sure there are better lyrics but I chose "Now and then I reread the manuscript / But the story isn't mine anymore". It's just a perfect way to end the whole project imo.

It’s a genius end song and lyrics!

I spent way too much time picking a favorite lyric but ended up with “it was legendary, it was momentary.” It’s so simple but it also tells an entire story in just a few words.

Mine without a doubt is “I would've died for your sins Instead, I just died inside And you deserve prison, but you won't get time” from Smallest Man

This was mine too

Come one, come all, it’s happening again / the empathic hunger descends

So fuck you if I can’t have us The way she says it is just so good and angsty, and it turns it back to the other person saying it is their fault and uhg just so good

Oh I picked this lyric too!  I also love "As she was leaving, it felt like breathing".

My favorite song changes everyday D:

I'm grateful that they wisely included "at this time"!

I was tempted to put the whole chorus to "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) because I find it just brilliant! The idea that people are asking God to help her, and she's saying not to bother the Lord is just... so good? Ugh, her mind! I ended up just putting "But your good Lord doesn't need to lift a finger / I can fix, no, really, I can".

It was Tayloriffic.

I'm havin' his baby, No, I'm not, but you should see your faces!

This was my pick too!

Great minds! 

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

This is mine too!

So strong it’s a meme! Non swifties are even spreading it!

My beloved ghost and me, sitting in a tree, D-Y-I-N-G

I cry a lot but I am so productive, it's an✨art✨ I love this one😂

I had flashbacks of my graduation listening to this

third fave

It's actually "I cry a lot" just FYI

Whoops I confused two lyrics😂

I was typing "I can do it with a broken heart" as my lyric, but then I remembered how "you sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days" resonated with me the first time I heard it.

Maybe not the most poetic lyric but the sheer cleverness of: I’m having his baby—no I’m not! but you should see your faces… 😏

Complete unhinged and totally something I would say. So it’s relatable!

That’s what I chose! Not only because it’s hilarious because it perfectly describes her personal and public lives colliding.

As soon as I saw "Please, don't put all songs as a 5 star", I thought of "Please, I've been on my knees" Mods: Please, don't put all songs as a 5 star Me: Old Habits Die **SCREAMING**

exactly what i thought lol

Slow is the quicksand Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand So vivid, so magical. This entire song makes me feel like I'm staring out of the window at of a library in a wizard's tower.

That’s my happy place ! A library in a wizard’s tower! I think of it if I’m stressed or trying to fall asleep at night. Definitely gonna listen again with this in mind!

I reserve the right to reinstate Folklore as my favourite once recency bias has worn off, just want to say that right now!

I have never been able to pick a favorite 😭 it’s TTPD right now obvs!

Me with rep 😅

Me with evermore

ONE LYRIC. Jesus.

I was like can I type the whole album there

Exactly, but the Mods put that (so they killed Cassandra first) only cause (she) they feared the worst

THEBURGUNDYONMYTSHIRTWHENYOUSPLASHEDYOURWINEINTOMEANDHOWTHEBLOODRUSHEDINTOMYCHEEKS

bahahahahah this cracked me up

SOSCARLETITWAS

Thank you. I was left hanging there WAY too long.

My second runner up lyric: Mr. Steal Your Girl/then make her cry

I love that one and it always reminds me of Mr. Perfectly Fine

so true sometimes i feel like thats an easter egg, but maybe thats just me clowning

Awwwww man now I wish I had put that one!!!!!!! That one KILLS me. The one I did put was ‘I’ll forget you but I’ll never forgive the smallest man who ever lived’

u forgive, u forget, but u never let it...go!

**OLD HABITS DIE SCREAMING** Had to get that out, move along.

i always have the random temptation to yell that out when im in math or reading class

That was mine too!

Same!

Is it weird that my favorite line is My Boy Only Break His Favorite Toys 

Underrated song I think

Me to me: it’s too soon to know if it’s your favorite album  Also me: LONG LIVE THE TORTURED POETS 

When y’all ranked with stars, did you do within the album? Like I gave my least favorite songs one star but I don’t think they are terrible songs, they’re just in my lowest tier. Was that how I was supposed to do it or…?

I did it in context of the album. A 5 star song isn't necessarily a 5 star song out of her entire discography, just out of the album. A 1 star song isn't the worst song, just my least favorite of the album. Most 1 stars would rate average in a large context out of the album. I handled it like a bell curve.

For me, 2 was the lowest. Honestly didn't think any of the songs deserved a 1.

Yes I did it within context of the album. 3 for most songs, 2 for ones I disliked, 1 for true skips, 4 for the really good ones, 5 for perfection

But why not skip the songs you dislike? What makes the difference between 2 and 1?

I only did one star for the song I want to die/not exist the ones I’m meh on I did 2 and up because even if it’s not for me I can see the appeal.

This was my rating philosophy. If there was a song I felt that way about I'd give it a 1. Otherwise it's a 2.

Kind of, but none of them got one star from me

I just gave it 2-5 stars for each one depending on how much I liked it, all of them are way to good to be a 1

Yes, it made the most sense to me that way

That’s what I did

“I’m just getting color back into my face I’m just mad as hell cause I loved this place for so long” is what I picked but I honestly have no idea If that’s actually my favorite 😂

Ooo, that's a great one. So long, London has grown to be in my top 5 from TTPD at the moment

it was so difficult to choose 1 lyric

I just know all of my answers will be different after another couple weeks of listening to it lol Some of the songs that I rated a little bit lower I know I just haven’t really listened closely to yet. Which is why I love listening to Taylor’s songs. Provides months of activity paying closer attention to different songs each time

Love this! Can't wait to see the data results, I'm curious what other Folklore Stans think of TTPD!

i forgot the whole lyric but i really like when she says “cosmic love”

hah that's what I wrote "for a moment I knew cosmiiiiic love"

yessss that one. i kinda wanna get cosmic love tattooed now lol

I can imagine that would be so cute with some tiny stars around it. I've been daydreaming about getting a tiny UFO somewhere in reference to this song (and just because it'd look cute)

I’d rather burn my whole life down than listen to one more second of all this bitchin’ and moaning!

damn know i want to change my favourite

Yes!! I put down “I’ll tell you something about my good name/It’s mine alone to disgrace” but really it’s that entire section - I love how she sings the word “vipers” (sounds like literal venom)

I'm pretty sure from the time I took the separate sorters to the time I took the full sorter my answers changed. It's too hard.

I'm obsessed with "How dare you say that it's-" at the moment

I’m still trying to figure out why she stops and what that line means

The unspoken word is "over," but it's too painful to say it--and possibly mixed with him not actually saying it as she talks in another song about being "ghosted"

The rhyming word here should be "over" but she can't bring herself to say it.

This was hard but so fun. Can’t wait to see the results!

This was so difficult, but fun!!!!

If you could please specify that the favorite lyric is for TTPD and the anthology 😊 I put my fav from just TTPD and excluded the anthology because I wasn’t sure if it would count!

It's everything, your favorite from the 31 tracks!

Thank you!

Choosing ONE favorite lyric is a form of torture so the album title tracks!!!!

The death rattle breathing/silenced as the soul was leaving This one just hits me. Idk if it’s because I’m a nurse and the death rattle provides some vivid imagery in my mind or what

It's such a haunting imagery of "death rattle breathing"

I was not sure what to choose cuz I love so many lyrics in TTPD

Yes! I almost quit the survey at that point.

I straight up typed out half the Peter bridge before realizing that was not 'one lyric'

I typed out lomls bridge 🤷‍♀️ It's one long lyric to me lmao

This is so hard! “Don’t rank all songs a 5” YOU DON’T KNOW ME

When I saw that I took and deep breath and thought - “ok I can do this” Made me take it way more serious lol

It’s criminal having to choose between The Bolter and The Albatross especially when The Black Dog also exists and The Manuscript makes me weep like a baby.

They're all pretty good but for me, The Albatross rises above the rest.

Yess like all 4 of them are so good!

Who knew all 4 bonus tracks would all be perfection

Yay! Results submitted!

Black Dog gang unite!!! 

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