THE ANTHOLOGY DEEP DIVE 🖤 breaking down The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift

[@AllySheehan]

Who else decodes you?? Me! Welcome to the Anthology deep dive, it's been a long time coming 🥹 Get Loop Earplugs!! bit.ly/43YZLuO (10% discount code: LOOPXALLY10) Follow along my trip in America! instagram.com/agirlnamedally

[@EvelynPlayz5115]

Love you and your videos sm 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍

[@Pennytherose]

I wanna join but I'm not allowed to have insta 😭😭😭

[@EvelynPlayz5115]

@@Pennytherose same 😭

[@maddyelizabeth9062]

i read that as “ME HE HEEE!” so….now i need to hear that mashup

[@MadAboutBrows]

I'm so excited for this, thank you!!

[@RajkaSkipina]

"How Did It End" is one of the most underrated and underappreciated songs, may i say ever. Those choruses, the bridge, her vocals (ESPECIALLY live !!).... Surely in my top 50 Taylor Swift songs of all time ( i know its a hot take )

[@OliviaLaurie-zd1ow]

Omg I’m so glad someone else feels this way I love it so much definitely one of my favourites on the album

[@AllySheehan]

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL

[@Chaoticallynikki]

Yesss it really gives how it is in a small town like ooo how saddddddd but how did it end? Who did it? What happened ?

[@KvotheArcano]

How did it end is DEFINITELY one of the best writing Taylor has done, and sounds incredible (incredibly sad)

[@Blitx182]

Plus, it's the anthology track 5. It's poetry

[@molly_isobel23]

From imgonnagetyouback: "Even if its handcuffed i'm leaving here with you" its so delusional and i love it

[@happ7_happy]

REAL

[@MadisonDT21]

Lol true

[@LukeAlexander]

We got Ally’s Anthology deep dive before Taylor gave us the Anthology on vinyl and cd. Not all heros wear capes!!! 👸 🫶

[@AllySheehan]

this is me doing my part to nudge her along

[@apphilosophy79]

@@AllySheehan Yes please!!

[@akashvalsan6609]

I don't think she will be releasing them

[@JammyFeathers]

😢​@@akashvalsan6609

[@ziva8337]

@@akashvalsan6609thankfully you were wrong!!

[@robynlaura]

“Afterwards she only ate kids' cereal And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed” - from the Manuscript. I think this song, and this particular part of the song, is Taylor Swift at her best and probably why I love her music and writing so much. It is simple language that creates such a profound image that can be so relatable and understandable. It is that classic, “show don’t tell”. This line captures the pain that she went through after this relationship by showing the listener how she regressed to childhood comforts to cope with the stress and heartbreak. This line shows how devastated she was, so much more than simply expressing heartbreak. Even if you as the listener haven’t experienced the kind of relationship she has, that feeling of regression and seeking comfort in this way is so universal and relatable.

[@itsa_peanut]

I’m so happy Ally dropped out of medical school to give us this content ☺️

[@obscurasangser570]

“Thought I caught Lightning on a bottle, but oh! It’s gone again” it just represents so much of the anxiety of the feeling

[@Thesecretlifeof_swift1e]

I also think it means she thought she had found her love but oh it’s gone again she thought she found the one she would be with forever but it was gone in a blink of an eye

[@usoniandreamYou]

I'm not sure what you mean? Can you elaborate?

[@mgalv0309]

You asking people to consider adopting black dogs and black cats is for sure the sweetest thing I'm going to watch today. 🖤🖤🖤 You're amazing, Ally.

[@amyholzapfel3851]

So true! We lost our beloved Black lab a few years ago and we miss him every day! He was the best dog!

[@kaylabellinger9775]

“Please, let it once be me.” The chorus of The Prophecy sounds like sobbing - like heaving, pleading sobs while you beg, and that’s why it’s my favourite.

[@stormvexed]

This. Same.

[@eszterk8394]

The Prophecy is absolutely one of my faves!

[@blairsgirl.ৎ]

this is the most relateble besides i hate it here

[@carolinesteele3815]

"cause love's never lost when perspective is earned" really stuck with me because a lot of times we regret loves that never worked out or crashed and burned, but you still learn something about yourself each misstep you take

[@maibe3530]

“Could it be enough to just float in your orbit?” Loving someone so much that even being in their vicinity or same universe is enough to hold onto

[@sophielem59]

"RIP Hannah Montana you would've hated the Anthology" is so funny 😂

[@emma-q3f]

i was litearlly saying last night if ally will break down the anthalogy and now our bravet swiftie solider reported back THANK U ALLY

[@AllySheehan]

so sorry it’s taken so long! my personal life has been insane pre-travel and then it kept getting copyrighted for days haha. glad it’s finally out!!

[@emma-q3f]

​@@AllySheehan omgg queen take ur time don't ever feel pressure to post anything . we love u

[@vannab3214]

Yes! I’ve needed this for so long

[@madelinene5342]

“I hate it here so I will go to lunar valleys in my mind; when they found a better planet only the gentle survived” 😭 underrated

[@jeffcarter6352]

Yes i love that sing!

[@jeffcarter6352]

*song

[@Ileftyouinthemotelbar]

True

[@levisacallizo4959]

“I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind People need a key to get to The only one is mine I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child” I cannot explain how much I cried when I listened to this song for the first time, it was so healing for me as a child who hated my home town and used to read fantasy books in order to scape reality, they’re still my safe place

[@niemalsmehrdiegleiche]

Yes, it's one of my favorite lines.

[@kaitlinkkk]

“You have no room in your dreams for regrets” really feels like a hug from Taylor 🤍

[@JerronGarcia]

"Now and then I re-read the manuscript. But the story isn't mine anymore." Because it's just SUCH a nice way to end the album

[@nickybull2361]

I cry at this line every damn time! 😢

[@nalabrown7765]

I’ve been revisiting this song recently and im starting to think the true manuscripts are the unreleased or vault songs that will come out with rereleases not the songs we got

[@juliaa_128]

My attention span might suck but Ally's 2 hour videos will always get my full attention

[@AllySheehan]

this means so much to me!

[@tilia6062]

"I'm lonely but I'm good, I'm bitter but I swear I'm fine" its just soooo relatable :)

[@senanursaglam6097]

"But as she was leaving, it felt like breathing" The whole song is just hits different to me, one of my all time favourites.

[@smoke98ful]

As an anxious girly, the bolter hit. “That’s when she sees the littlest leak down in the floor board, and she just knows she must bolt.”

[@clarapessanha7239]

“The magic fabric of our dreaming” for me it’s just such a beautiful way to describe a relationship, and the size of the role that the people involved in that relationship played in each others lives

[@Michael_FeltBear]

The rescue dog story isn't silly and you are the sweetest thing for taking the time to tell it. 😊

[@anna_bananna_13]

"If you wanna break my cold, cold heart just say I loved you, the way that you were"

[@teresaabadia5948]

Saddest lyric in the whole album.

[@teresaabadia5948]

As in heartbreaking I mean.

[@MadisonDT21]

Those lyrics are so heartbreaking 💔

[@LauraLizSmith]

This reminds me of Ivy. "In from the snow" and "My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand". And she refers to her "house of stone" and "stone cold" is a really common expression

[@zifkaziraffa2393]

"Don't want money, just someone who wants my company" That's my favorite lyric and The prophecy is really a special song.

[@jenrt927]

It’s so real and makes me cry nearly every time. Such a human need that doesn’t always get fulfilled.

[@lilyytaylorr]

“six weeks of breathing clean air, i still miss the smoke” i love how it links back to london with london being known as the smoke, and i love how it ties in with clean so well!

[@hannahk56]

“I look in people’s windows in case your at their tables” first of all I love the way it’s sang, and the change in the lyric from lover, “and at every table, I’ll save you a seat lover” talks about the way she is moving on and doesn’t want to be reminded of this person and the change from when they were in her life to now. Ally, I love your videos and the way you look at some of the meanings behind lyrics and songs that I would never have thought of, plus you are such a big sister in the best ways❤❤

[@yuliasreviews7656]

"But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light" gets me every time. It's such a sad way to say "I'm still hoping, deep down, and watching out for you but have realized and accepted that you'll never come back to me".

[@awsome182]

I interpreted this more as "I'll always keep an eye on you, watching from the shadow, but I'll never again give you a sign that I'm here. That door is closed". But I can be wrong obv.

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

“the old widow goes to the grave but i don’t i just sit and wait grieving for the living” OMFG is her sitting and waiting in that song the woman who no longer sits and waits!!! ahhhhhhh

[@LeonStransky]

"And at last, she knew what the agony had been for" gets me every time. It basically describes Taylor's entire carrier

[@IsabelTrimble]

i’m obsessed with every lyric but most of all in peter « because love is never lost when perspective is earned » because it’s actually such a good outlook on life

[@JanetCox-dc7px]

Absolutely love your insights and your positive vibes. Quick thought on the line from Chloe or Sam et al: "I crashed into you like so many wrecks do." Rather than referencing the Harry of it all, for me this harkens back once again to a line from Maroon -- "The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me." It's a description of someone (Matty) "crashing" into her, but she was too young to know what to do (the blood rushed into her cheeks). Given the overall themes of TTPD, this makes much more sense than revisiting HS tropes.

[@tarajijones335]

I love your take on the line "old habits die screaming" as this slow loss of faith. I have been trying to articulate the feelings evoked by that line and you hit the nail on the head! My favorite line at the very minute, because I am destine to change my mind all the time, is "a rose by any other name is a scandal". Seriously, this album is so poetic!

[@bonniemcghee05]

My favourite lyric from the anthology is “and at last, she knew what the agony had been for.”

[@prettylittlebookends1480]

“A greater woman has faith but even statues crumble if they are made to wait. I’m so afraid I sealed my fate, no sign of soul mates” hit me so hard. That feeling that you have done something exhaustingly permanent that you will never be able to get the one thing you want and it’s essential etched in stone. It absolutely kills me. I related to it so much.

[@MinnieMarie16]

My absolute favourite lyric was "I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind". I've had a rough few years. Between my mom passing away, getting a divorce, and losing my job during covid. Writing has been my escape to stay sane

[@angrydango]

Personally, when I hear the sad songs that you say you have a hard time listening to, it's like a cathartic release. To see someone else able to process those emotions that threatened to flatten me and come out on the other side of it, I feel this hope and comfort that is just all-enveloping even when it's the hardest feeling I've ever had to deal with. You've said it a few times that it's unreal that someone like Taylor can write the most relatable things while being so famous, it's that relatability that means everything when you're really going through it and can't relate your heartbreak woes to anyone else, but Taylor gets it all too well. It's a validation. Listening to them reassures me that it's okay to feel that way and that my feelings aren't 'bad' or something to be afraid of. It's telling me I wasn't alone in feeling that way and that I'm still not alone. I definitely can't say I don't get sad when I listen to them but there's less of an edge to that particular blade to the heart than just feeling those sad emotions without having the music. I feel like that's why you see people going through a breakup seeking out and listening to those tracks. Yes they might be bawling while they listen, but there can be a healing aspect to it too. In terms of like having those same songs on a playlist when you're on the other side of the pain? I feel like there's a certain kind of grounding effect for me lol It keeps me in line and reminded, when I start playing with fire and I shouldn't be, what could be waiting on the other side of all that (ashes >_>). I think everyone takes something different from music of all sorts though. I still think it's totally valid to hear something like loml and decide wow that is so gut-wrenchingly sad, I don't think I can listen to that over and over.

[@charm9883]

“The story isn’t mine anymore,” is one of my favorite lines. I feel like it captures Taylor’s creative process and storytelling so well-turning her heartache into stories that we look through and turn into our own because each song she puts out speaks to something within each of us, and I find that really beautiful and poetic.

[@becstasy]

ally uploads a 98 minute video, i simply drop everything and watch 🤩 my favourite anthology lyric is "when the truth comes out, it's quiet"! it's so simple but i got chills the first time i listened!!

[@AllySheehan]

how relevant for taylor right now too!

[@antoniodauria195]

2:39 on Peter the lyric “Love’s never lost when perspective is earned” just stuck with me and was the part l actually bursted into tears during first listen. It amazes me how she keeps finding the perfect way to put these feelings into words, she truly is a mastermind.

[@reneesmith983]

@@antoniodauria195 Time doesn't it give some perspective?

[@antoniodauria195]

@@reneesmith983 NO, YOU CAN’T COME TO THE WEDDING

[@lydia7349]

“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 Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me, and in my fantasies I rise above it And way up there, I actually love it” Something about that is so incredibly relatable!!! Thank you ally!!!

[@naomi_hyde]

Impossible to pick a favourite lyric but I love ‘you know how to ball I know Aristotle’ - it’s so fun and cheesy, makes me smile every time! 😊

[@asiabree1]

"I'm afflicted by the not knowing, so I look in people's windows" and basically the whole chorus of I hate it here speak to my soul on a level I didn't know was possible

[@tiana.h02]

I think about „as she was leaving it felt like breathing“ and „as she was leaving it felt like freedom“ literally everyday. The Bolter has a really special place in my heart🖤

[@Shanttiii]

“You know what you wanted and boy you got her” it just makes me feel so happy that she’s happy and the entire song just feels so carefree and joyful.

[@changeyourticket36]

ik its so cute

[@tarar3280]

"Nostalgia is a mind's trick" gets me every time. I feel like looking back you can view memories and events as being so much better than they were. Looking back I journal entries, I can see certain time were horrible, but years later I remember them without so much pain. A lot of Cassandra and the Prophecy also hit me hard.

[@zara_t.s]

you’re my all time favorite swiftie youtuber, sharing my videos to all of my family because you breakdown her lyrics so well 💕

[@emmamartinez1438]

"Even if it's handcuffed i'm leaving here with you" the level of crazy in this line is what i needed

[@jbeastly96]

“We learned the right steps to different dances” in how did it end? gets me EVERY time. Such a beautiful way to describe the growth/distance between people in a relationship even when they’re working soo hard at trying to make it work.

[@typewriterTTPD]

Had fun decoding your twitter post "I won't confess that I waited, but I let the lamp burn; as the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return. With your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned. Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned."

[@AllySheehan]

i am soooooo excited to talk about peter

[@ratflowerrat]

« touch me while your bros play grand theft auto » genuinely gagged me and unironically made me fall in love with this song

[@ratflowerrat]

Also the way she says « you’re in terrible danger » in the albatross is just aaaaaaaah

[@taylahtrengrove4427]

My favourite lyric has to be “Come one, come all It's happenin' again The empathetic hunger descends”. This is so reminiscent of “vipers dressed in empaths clothing” from but daddy I love him. I love how she’s commenting on how people pry into peoples lives under the guise of caring for them. I’m sure this is a struggle she faces greatly when trusting people in her personal life and if they truly care or if they want to sell her personal life to the highest bidder. I can’t imagine how hard that would be. As you said this song is devastating and Thankyou for being so vulnerable in sharing your experiences and feelings towards this song. As devasting as this song is it’s also beautiful and I love it. I love your videos. Your insight and deep dive of these songs are truly genius ❤❤

[@mimimccartney5206]

“we both did the best we can do under the same moon, in different galaxies” it hurtssss

[@jazbicego]

"excellent fun til you get to know her" is so real i cannot even begin to explain how relatable that is and yes im smiling through the tears writing this

[@nadiabouk8712]

There’s so many good lyrics on the anthology but I think my favorite is “when it’s burn the witch they’re shrieking, when the truth comes out it’s quiet” from Cassandra

[@laura95384]

i'm so happy to know that there's a part two! and as a new swiftie, really amazed with the Mary song explanation.. it's so cute! It makes me love so high school even more

[@CarolinaGifalli]

11 minutes into the video I needed to pause and come to say thank you, Ally! I only found out about black cats and dogs not being adopted after adopting my baby, a black dog named Café (coffee in portuguese) and everytime I hear about these facts it breaks my heart for the ones that still need a home and to think that it could just as easily be him in this situation. So THANK YOU for being so responsible and addressing this problem!!!!

[@sadlyjjayy]

the lyric from the albatross: "cross your thoughtless heart, only liquor anoints you, she's the albatross, she is here to destroy you" is so captivating

[@sylvie7220]

“And the tears fell in synchronicity with the score” from the Manuscript is such good storytelling and overall just a beautiful projection of sadness.

[@TaylorTaylor1989]

"Forgive me, Peter, Please know that I tried To hold on to the days When you were mine" Most heartbreaking lyrics for me personally…

[@KD214_]

😭

[@idamaeology]

So high school is good, I don’t get how people can hate it

[@MadisonDT21]

​@idamaeology I think people hate that song because it's immature, but It's supposed to be like that to represent high school, another reason they could hate that song is because their music taste is different

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

@@MadisonDT21their music taste is wrong* it has the best instrumentation on the album.

[@MadisonDT21]

@imawakemymindisalive13 I love the song, too, but everyone has different opinions when it comes to songs. Please don't hate me for saying this

[@amaliaboemeke2538]

"And I may never open up thе way I did for you"- it's so realistic, it shows how we close up after something or someone disappointed/lose us for whatever reason. It's not necessarily that you are mad or sad. it is more like a statement or a thought that you may never be able to go through that again.

[@nickybull2361]

Here for the so high school appreciation Ally! It makes me SO happy just to hear how happy Taylor is now. Like you said, I feel like it’s the first non anxious love song is soooooooooooo long. She deserves this and I’m living it vicariously 😂❤

[@lautaylorsversion-e4y]

Well, as a european i have to say: good morning to you too Ally. I'll be back for the class this afternoon, love you💖

[@AllySheehan]

good morning lovely have a great day i'll see you later!!

[@archisman13]

HIII ALLY!! was literally decoding your Twitter post when this came out lol.. just wanted to say, if you've been feeling stressed out or anxious, just know that you're not alone, and we are all here with you

[@AllySheehan]

Thank you so much!!

[@ewus9990]

"I hate it here so I would go to secret gardens in my mind" is one of my favourite lyrics because it perfectly encapsulates something I've been feeling since I was like 5

[@mariahbranin9603]

Also thanks ally for all you do! You help me appreciate songs I potentially skipped the first time. It’s so nice to know what’s going on. Also thanks for being so personal. It must be hard but we all appreciate you. I can tell you loved your dad dearly. You’re the coolest KZbinr! Also your makeup is always flawless

[@AllySheehan]

thank you so much

[@rosieraptor1093]

So High School is my favorite song from the entire double album- it reminds me of early 2000/90s rom coms and speak now (my fav early Taylor album) thanks for sharing the love for this song!!

[@alydettwiller9864]

“Our maladies were such we could not cure them” hits so hard. You can try so much, but sometimes things just can’t be fixed 🥺

[@its_dani1501]

My favourite lyric is from The Manuscript: ‘The story isn’t mine anymore’ because it just reminds me so much of other Taylor songs, especially All Too Well, and how every song that Taylor makes from her experiences become songs for us to relate to our own experiences, and to make our own stories. It was just the perfect lyric to end the whole album/era with!

[@TaraCreel]

Thank you for the shoutout to the black cats and dogs at shelters. I work at a shelter and can confirm, black animals are adopted less. Many shelters even halt adoptions of black cats during October in the states due to Halloween and black cats being adopted to be abused/sacrificed during the month. I can also confirm that the black cats are most always the sweetest/most affectionate. I have two black cats myself (they’re my favorite!) and they are the sweetest babies of all of my animals 🥹

[@siasingh8437]

✨"Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned" this lyric really hits hard as someone who has forever given her all to everyone and everything and has only experienced loss in return. Its a feeling that truly cannot be described by anyone other than taylor. This lyric makes me realise that perspective is the most important thing. Even when you experience loss or rejection or any kind of grief, if perspective is earned you truly realise all the lessons you've learned and all the wisdom you've gained. Everything you lose is a step you take✨

[@iwascleopatra99]

“could it be enough to just float in your orbit? can we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses?” such beautiful imagery and i love this song 🥺

[@piercebrown7938]

1:36:40 it’s the feeling worse that makes me feel human and gives me comfort in knowing I’m not alone while also giving me allowance to feel my emotions instead of burying them

[@inesprestes4388]

My fav lyric is from I hate it here: "I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose" and the part and the way she sings "and way up there I actually love it", literally all the bridge in this song haha, I identify 100% with this song and it feels like it was written for me 😭😭😭I'd be dead if I heard it with the lakes mashup, love you Ally ❤❤

[@TaylahLouiseBudgets]

The switch from ‘magic fabric of our dreaming’ to ‘tragic fabric of our dreaming’ will always take the wind out of me 😢 so perfectly encapsulates that excited giddiness of falling in love, and contrasted with the hollowness of love lost.

[@annika6809]

For me it‘s definitely “cause love’s never lost when perspective is earned” because it emphasizes the hope that everything will turn out happily even though you know that the relationship is over. Especially in the context of the song it seams like the last straw you hold on to, even when the person is not right or doesn’t put that much effort in the relationship or doesn’t believe in it the way you do 🥲 and by the way thank you so much for your effort to create videos like this 🥹 I love hearing and thinking about different perspectives or interpretations of songs, especially because not only you but the whole community has soooo interesting and thoughtful thoughts and it’s such a safe space for everyone 🫶🏻

[@jadelumapas1401]

As someone with commitment issues, my fav lyrics from the Anthology is from "The Bolter". It's "But as she was leaving It felt like breathing" and "There's escape in escaping".

[@lubnaalhakeem3401]

I simply love the bolter

[@LolaKirby-b5u]

the black dog is so so special to me especially the lyric “6 weeks of breathing clean air i still miss the smoke” and how i feel it links to clean which is my number 1 fav song!

[@NazaninHasannejad]

Thanks for the amazing video ally i enjoyed every second!! Also my fave lyric from the anthology has to be "a lesser woman would've lost hope, a greater woman wouldn't beg" it's just so vulnerable and beautiful and hits me hard everytime 🖤

[@visro_5942]

when i first listened to ttpd i didn't really enjoy so high school because just like you said it really pulled me put of that tortured poetry and i didn't really think it fit into the whole vibe but i've come to really enjoy this song and just last month i had a moment where i was in my wifes and my kitchen alone (and baking something for her) and the song came on and i just GOT IT, i didn't listen to any other song for the rest of the night and was just dancing around our kitchen doing the eras tour so high school dance and singing along like i was in a romcom! it was such an amazing moment and its one of my favourite songs now!! also while i was watching this video i was crocheting a christmas present and i didn't look at the screen much but just the way i HEARD your huge smile while talking about that song made me so happy! you're such a sweet person, thank you for another amazing video!! 💗

[@schadenfreudepiano]

"The tears fell in synchronicity with the score." Just so good for some reason.

[@deborahsimoes2918]

“Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen “is devastating and beautiful at the same time. Some relationships take everything out of you and at the end you are left feeling empty and nothing

[@vyktoriaa97]

It’s really hard to pick one lyric but there’s a few that really hit home for me from “Peter”, most specifically in the bridge. “And I won’t confess that I waited But I let the lamp burn” “Lost to the lost boys chapter of your life” “But the women who sits by the window has turned out the lights” This line from the chorus as well - “You said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me” My reasoning for this is I have recently made a different connection to this song. Not one about a romantic relationship, but rather about my biological father who I always held out hope for and reassured people he’d come back around. After about a year and a half of my life, he was never really around except here and there. I’d get my hopes up. And then be crushed. But always thought he’d be back. I bought his ticket to my high school graduation and he stood me up. My final straw was when he started dating someone 4 years younger than me (she was 22, he was 46) & I brought my concerns to his attention and his only response was “good point”. He never grew up and out of his immature ways/lifestyle. He has 5 kids with 3 different women and has nothing to do with any of us (& we’re all adults now except one who is 15) Wow, this turned into a mini therapy sesh so I apologize. 🤦🏽‍♀️ but yeah, for some reason one day I randomly made the connection between the lyrics in “Peter” & my feelings towards my sperm donor & it has forever changed that song for me.

[@lillycracknell4660]

from peter: "said you were going to grow up, then come find me", broke my heart in ways i didn't think i could

[@hanwilby]

from Robin: 'But now we'll curtail your curiosity, in sweetness'... to me the whole song is like a letter to her younger self and it's so soul soothing to me, the moment of 'you have no room in your dreams for regrets' too - feels like an add on to Never Grow Up except now she has the perspective of knowing all the pain that's ahead but that she wouldn't change a thing of the experience so she won't warn her younger self and stop it happening. It can be frustrating when you're young for people to not tell you everything but it is in sweetness - it's out of the love they have for you, the desire to keep that innocence as long as possible.

[@baraodvarkova]

I find absolutely fascinating how when you started talking about how did it end, the lights got darker and when you started talking about So high school, it was all rainbow suddenly! 😄❤️ how the universe works to align for Taylor and you is truly amazing

[@cassy1389]

“i move through the world with the heart broken, my longings stay unspoken” is probably my favorite lyric from the anthology

[@francescasantarone9477]

From I look in people’s windows “I’m addicted to the if only” such an underrated song

[@nickybull2361]

I wish it was longer! I need a bridge!

[@nickj2600]

My favorite line is “I look through peoples windows like I’m some deranged weirdo, I attend Christmas parties from outside.”

[@whitneyhendrix8075]

I’m sure that’s a reference to 13 going on 30

[@WithLoveCourtneyMarie]

That song is SO SLEPT ON

[@SN-bk5xj]

I love ”i look in people’s windows” 👏🏻

[@zephyrusne]

“I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free” just hits where it hurts

[@TeppiNguyen-cu3qo]

"I look in people's window. In case you're at their table, what if your eyes look up and met mine one more time." Is just so sad and beautiful and paints such an imagine of longing for that connection - has to be my fav!

[@antoniafrank6192]

'Promises ocean deep, but never to keep' was the first lyric from the anthology that really stuck with me when i was still really overwhelmed with the number of songs in the beginning and that made me feel excited to dive deep into the album in time❤️‍🔥

[@elisfine]

Ally, unbeknownst to you, you have been such a big part of my Eras Tour journey! Watching your videos last year when I had no hope or prospect of going, watching them with a ticket secured, watching them while making my midnights bodysuit and karma jacket, and now watching to fight the Eras Tour blues 💕 you have been a part of this experience and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making Taylore videos, sharing your knowledge, rocking out imaginary drums and guitar together 🫶 You’re truly special, thank you for creating this safe internet space for all swifties ❤

[@AllySheehan]

ahhh i'm so happy to hear that!

[@elsiepointe6978]

"The goddess of timing Once found us beguiling She said she was trying Peter was she lying My ribs get the feeling she did" There is something about this lyric that's extremely vulnerable because it shows that we are not the ones in control; the goddess of timing is. Ahhh, it's so good! I don't know how to explain it!

[@chrismcmurry8508]

As someone who once experienced the full wrath of that goddess... My ribs agree with you.

[@AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever]

I think this passage is my favorite too, the alliteration is chef’s kiss but it’s SO hard to pick just one 😵‍💫

[@KristinLugo]

I enjoyed this so much. Thank you Ally for once again breaking down all the songs and helping me see some of the references I missed. So High School is AMAZING and it is exactly what Taylor deserves. Everyone should be rooting for her.

[@makenawade0221]

I feel like “Just someone who wants my company” from The Prophecy not in the context of romantic relationships but friendships has been the theme of my life. Every time I make new friends, it feels like I put so much effort and heart into it and it’s not ever really reciprocated the same way. I remember times where I’ve prayed and asked for true friends who will stick around through thick and thin

[@CR-fb6ib]

My favourite lyric from the anthology is "you turned me into an idea of sorts" from Chloe et al. This album and the anthology has been a really relatable and strange album for me. I broke up with my long term partner of 15 years last November because of his mental health issues, then briefly got together with my best male friend who said he'd loved me for the last 7 years then bolted as soon as it became real. I've now started a new and healthier relationship. It's been a whirlwind and this album was ridiculously close to how I'd been feeling- I am continually amazed by how she can put these complex feelings into such perfect words. I don't usually enter give aways but this album has been so important to me I had to share my experience with someone.

[@findleypollock760]

I love 'I'm the life you chose and all this terrible danger' and I can't help but think it is a nod to how Travis just accepts and deals so perfectly with the stalkers, fans and invasion.

[@TateInUK]

From How Did It End?: "Say it once again with feeling how the death rattle breathing" Chills, just chills every time.

[@aubreyann2237]

it’s so so sweet of you to be doing a giveaway! you are by far my favorite youtuber and i when you make these videos. i learn so much from them :) my favorite lyric comes from peter when she says “we both did the best we could under the same moon, in different galaxies” it’s such a brilliant way to phrase that situation and i’ll never get over it.

[@kayleebarbie6404]

My favorite anthology lyric is probably “sitting in a tree d-y-i-n-g.”

[@dobrienloverr]

“Forgive me Peter my lost fearless leader in closets like cedar preserved from we were just kids…IS IT SOMETHING I DID??” only marauders fans understand why this hits so hard😭💀#ripjamespotter

[@AllySheehan]

omg...... why would you make me thing this,.... OUCH

[@Blitx182]

The man: I was a fearless leader Ttpd: my lost fearless leader