Lover

Album Notes

Lover is either an apology for, or a vindication of, Reputation-- depending on how you look at it.  

I Forgot That You Existed

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I forgot that you existed 

It isn't love, it isn't hate, it's just indifference


Related Readings:

Samuel Scheffler, "The Importance of the Afterlife. Seriously." (link)


Commentary: 

 RIP Calvin Harris :( 

Cruel Summer

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Said, "I'm fine," but it wasn't true 

I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you


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Lover

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We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January 

And this is our place, we make the rules


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The Man

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If I was out flashing my dollars 

I'd be a bitch, not a baller 

They'd paint me out to be bad 

So, it's okay that I'm mad


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The Archer

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Combat, I'm ready for combat 

I say I don't want that, but what if I do?


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I Think He Knows

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I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans 

He's so obsessed with me and, boy, I understand 

Boy, I understand


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Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince

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You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes


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Paper Rings

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I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings


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Cornelia Street

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And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends 

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again


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Death By A Thousand Cuts

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You said it was a great love, one for the ages 

But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?


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London Boy

Lyrics (Here)

They say home is where the heart is 

But that's not where mine lives


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Soon You’ll Get Better 

Lyrics (Here)

Holy orange bottles, each night, I pray to you 

Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too


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False God

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But we might just get away with it 

Religion's in your lips Even if it's a false god 

We'd still worship 

We might just get away with it 

The altar is my hips 

Even if it's a false god


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You Need to Calm Down

Lyrics (Here)

Say it in the street, that's a knock-out 

But you say it in a Tweet, that's a cop-out


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Afterglow

Lyrics (Here)

Tell me that you're still mine Tell me that we'll be just fine 

Even when I lose my mind I need to say 

Tell me that it's not my fault Tell me that I'm all you want 

Even when I break your heart I need to say 

Hey, it's all me, in my head I'm the one who burned us down 

But it's not what I meant Sorry that I hurt you


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ME! 

Lyrics (Here)

But one of these things is not like the others 

Like a rainbow with all of the colors


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It’s Nice to Have a Friend

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Church bells ring, carry me home 

Rice on the ground looks like snow 

Call my bluff, call you "Babe" 

Have my back, yeah, every day


Related Readings:

Vitrano, Christine (2017). What Does the Shape of a Life Tell Us About Its Value. Journal of Value Inquiry 51 (3):563-575." (link)



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Daylight

Lyrics (Here)

I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night 

And now I see daylight, 

I only see daylight


Related Readings:

J. David Velleman, "Love as a Moral Emotion" (link)


Commentary: 

Taylor says that loving someone is seeing them in the daylight. Velleman says that loving someone is seeing their true self.


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