https://nypost.com/2020/07/24/taylor-swifts-folklore-recorded-in-quarantine-is-radical/amp/
By: Jaclyn & Marcella
HAVE YOU HEARD TAYLOR SWIFT RANDOMLY DROPPED AN ALBUM AND SHOOK THE ENTIRE WORLD? We blasted it the moment it came out like we always do with a Taylor Swift album, and we were immediately transported to this folklore world Taylor created.
Naturally, the lyrics absolutely stand out which is what fans have come to appreciate in Taylor’s music. Here are 35 of our favorites!
𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘
(cardigan)
𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰
𝓟𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓦𝓮𝓷𝓭𝔂 (cardigan)
𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗
𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎’𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚍
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍
𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎
(Cardigan)
ᗩᑎᗪ Iᖴ YOᑌ ᗯᗩᑎTEᗪ ᗰE,
YOᑌ ᖇEᗩᒪᒪY ᔕᕼOᑌᒪᗪ’ᐯE ᔕᕼOᗯEᗪ
ᗩᑎᗪ Iᖴ YOᑌ ᑎEᐯEᖇ ᗷᒪEEᗪ,
YOᑌ’ᖇE ᑎEᐯEᖇ GOᑎᑎᗩ GᖇOᗯ (the 1)
It would have been fun,
if you would’ve been the one (the 1)
ι тнιик ι’νє ѕєєи тнιѕ fιℓм вєfσяє αи∂ ι ∂ι∂и’т ℓιкє тнє єи∂ιиg (exile)
Yᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ I ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴜɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ
Bᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛʟʏ ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ (my tears ricochet)
🅽🅳 🅸🅵 🅸’🅼 🅳🅴 🅳 🆃 🆈 🆄 🆃🅷🅴🅽 🆆🅷🆈 🆁🅴 🆈 🆄 🆃 🆃🅷🅴 🆆 🅺🅴? (my tears ricochet)
𝕎𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪’𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨, 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 (my tears ricochet)
𝓘 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷’𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓸 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓫𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮
𝔀𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓼 (my tears ricochet)
ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ ᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴄᴜʀsɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴡɪsʜɪɴɢ ɪ sᴛᴀʏᴇᴅ (my tears ricochet)
₳₦Đ ₩ⱧɆ₦ ł ฿ⱤɆ₳₭,
ł₮’₴ ł₦ ₳ ₥łⱠⱠłØ₦ ₱łɆ₵Ɇ₴ (mirrorball)
𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖘
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖘
𝕯𝖗𝖚𝖓𝖐 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍 𝖒𝖞 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖊𝖉𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖌𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓(mirrorball)
𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝐼’𝓂 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝓎
𝐼’𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓁, 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝓎, 𝓉𝓇𝓎, 𝓉𝓇𝓎
𝐼’𝓂 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓏𝑒
𝐼’𝓂 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝑒
(Mirrorball)
ᗩᑎᗪ I TᕼIᑎK YOᑌ ᔕᕼOᑌᒪᗪ ᑕOᗰE ᒪIᐯE ᗯITᕼ ᗰE
ᗩᑎᗪ ᗯE ᑕᗩᑎ ᗷE ᑭIᖇᗩTEᔕ
TᕼEᑎ YOᑌ ᗯOᑎ’T ᕼᗩᐯE TO ᑕᖇY (seven)
Ⓐⓝⓓ ⓙⓤⓢⓣ ⓛⓘⓚⓔ ⓐ ⓕⓞⓛⓚ ⓢⓞⓝⓖ
Ⓞⓤⓡ ⓛⓞⓥⓔ ⓦⓘⓛⓛ ⓑⓔ ⓟⓐⓢⓢⓔⓓ ⓞⓝ (seven)
ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴ’ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ
ᴡᴀɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ,
ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴏғ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ
(August)
🆄🅶🆄🆂🆃 🆂🅸 🅴🅳 🆆 🆈 🅻🅸🅺🅴 🆃🆃🅻🅴 🅵 🆆🅸🅽🅴
‘🅲 🆄🆂🅴 🆈 🆄 🆆🅴🆁🅴 🅽🅴🆅🅴🆁 🅼🅸🅽🅴(august)
𝓒𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭’𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝔂𝓫𝓮 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓪𝔂
𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓘’𝓶 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻𝔀𝓪𝔂 (this is me trying)
𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖
𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕
𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟
𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦
𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞 𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕟 (this is me trying)
For you, I would ruin myself
A million little times(illicit affairs)
тαкε тнε ωσя∂s ғσя ωнαт тнεү αяε
α ∂ωιη∂ℓιηg, мεяcυяιαℓ нιgн
α ∂яυg тнαт σηℓү ωσякε∂ тнε ғιяsт ғεω нυη∂яε∂ тιмεs
(illicit affairs)
looĸ aт тнιѕ godғorѕaĸen мeѕѕ тнaт yoυ мade мe yoυ ѕнowed мe colorѕ yoυ ĸnow ι can’т ѕee wιтн anyone elѕe (illicit affairs)
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓼𝓷’𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓽𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴
𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮
𝓘𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰
𝓣𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮? (invisible string)
🄲🄾🄻🄳 🅆🄰🅂 🅃🄷🄴 🅂🅃🄴🄴🄻 🄾🄵 🄼🅈 🄰🅇🄴 🅃🄾 🄶🅁🄸🄽🄳 🄵🄾🅁 🅃🄷🄴 🄱🄾🅈🅂 🅆🄷🄾 🄱🅁🄾🄺🄴 🄼🅈 🄷🄴🄰🅁🅃 (invisible string)
𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕕
ℕ𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕕 𝕨𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟
𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 (mad woman)
ɆVɆⱤɎ ₮ł₥Ɇ ɎØɄ ₵₳ⱠⱠ ₥Ɇ ₵Ɽ₳ⱫɎ,
ł ₲Ɇ₮ ₥ØⱤɆ ₵Ɽ₳ⱫɎ
₩Ⱨ₳₮ ₳฿ØɄ₮ ₮Ⱨ₳₮? (mad woman)
𝒪𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓎 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓁𝑒𝑒𝓅
𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝓅𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓎
𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝑔𝓁𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝒻
𝒯𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 (epiphany)
I’m only seventeen
I don’t know anything
but I know I miss you
(Betty)
🅣🅗🅔 🅦🅞🅡🅢🅣 🅣🅗🅘🅝🅖
🅣🅗🅐🅣 🅘 🅔🅥🅔🅡 🅓🅘🅓
🅦🅐🅢 🅦🅗🅐🅣 🅘 🅓🅘🅓 🅣🅞 🅨🅞🅤
(Betty)
ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɢᴏᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴅᴇsᴛ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴏᴡɴ ʜᴀs ᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴇᴇɴ
sʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀʀᴠᴇʟᴏᴜs ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʀᴜɪɴɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ
(The last great American dynasty)
TᕼE ᗪEᐯIᒪ’ᔕ Iᑎ TᕼE ᗪETᗩIᒪᔕ,
ᗷᑌT YOᑌ GOT ᗩ ᖴᖇIEᑎᗪ Iᑎ ᗰE
ᗯOᑌᒪᗪ IT ᗷE EᑎOᑌGᕼ Iᖴ I ᑕOᑌᒪᗪ ᑎEᐯEᖇ GIᐯE YOᑌ ᑭEᗩᑕE?
(Peace)
I’ᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍʏ ꜱᴜɴꜱʜɪɴᴇ,
ɢɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍʏ ʙᴇꜱᴛ
Bᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɪɴ ɪꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ
ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴ’ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ
(Peace)
🅶🅸🆅🅴 🅼🅴 🆁🅴 🆂 🅽
🆈 🆄🆁 🅵 🅸🆃🅷🅻🅴🆂🆂 🅻 🆅🅴’🆂
🆃🅷🅴 🅽🅻🆈 🅷 🆇 🅸 🅴🅻🅸🅴🆅🅴 🅸🅽
(Hoax)
уσυ києω ιт ѕтιℓℓ нυятѕ υи∂єяиєαтн му ѕ¢αяѕ
fяσм ωнєи тнєу ρυℓℓє∂ мє αραят
вυт ωнαт уσυ ∂ι∂ ωαѕ נυѕт αѕ ∂αяк
(Hoax)