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So I don’t know if this has been spoken about or if it’s a hot take, but I genuinely feel like Peace is a Taylor/Joe song from Joe’s point of view. I know there’s the blue reference which are usually about Joe and the fire reference which connects with all the other fire/ash references Taylor makes about herself in the album, but hear me out:

1. Taylor has indicated that she is usually the anxious one in this relationship. The song as a whole is Joe saying “I can’t promise that you won’t feel anxious with me or that your old haunts won’t come up but I will give all I can to make it clear I love you”.

2. “Family that I chose now that I see your brother as my brother” Note that it says brother as in a singular brother, not multiple. Joe has 2 brothers, and while it’s possible that Taylor clicked with one of them far more than the other, it is also the case that she only has one brother so perhaps the reference is between Joe/Austin, not Taylor/Patrick.

3. “But I’m a fire and I’ll keep your brittle heart warm” feels like the other side of “He built a fire just to keep me warm”.

4. “All these people think love’s for show, but I’d die for you in secret” the people who hate this relationship are always making it out as if Joe is using Taylor or somehow ‘tricked’ her into being with him when she was at his lowest. Like there seems to be some weird consensus that if this love is PR, it’s Joe benefiting so this feels like a weird line for Taylor to be saying when outside the people who think she is not into men, the haters of this relationship that I have seen are all taking aim at Joe and the supposed benefit he’s getting from Taylor.

5. “But you’ve got a friend in me” is the other side of “It’s nice to have a friend”.

6. “You paint dreamscapes on the wall” is the other side of “I am an architect I’m drawing up the plans” and just a general reference to her music in my opinion.

7. Somewhat connected to my first and third point, while I don’t want to make comments on Joe’s mental health, the fandom has taken the ‘blue’ references as a sign that Joe may have depression and if that’s the case, that could explain the rain references as rain is also used as a metaphor of depression a lot in art.

Anyway, this is just something I’ve been thinking about a lot since the album came out and it’s a hill I’m willing to die on.

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Rainy days are for folklore and red ✨❤️

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Swiftok it my favorite thing and I am so glad I’m on Tay’s side of tiktok😂

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August 8th I am proposing we fill our pages with nothing but

Taylor, I love you to the moon and Saturn.

For one day, and reblog nothing else! Reblog yours and everyone else’s. Hoping Taylor will see an entire fandom come together with love for her.

Please spread the word, and use hash tag #weloveyoutaylor to help and reblog all the posts

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Everytime I listen to the album it gets better and better 🥺

@taylorswift @taylornation it’s so beautiful

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Can’t believe we’ve made it this far guys..

🥺😭❤️

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I made this! Just thought I’d share!

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The lover pictures with folklore😂

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That moment when you realize Cardigan, August, and Betty are about a love triangle but from different perspectives. Cardigan=Betty, August=Inez, Betty=James.

TAYLOR’S MIND OMG! HER TALENT IS UNMATCHED

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I wanted to write out the song’s different POV’s for myself since fictionalization also plays a big role in this album, just to make things more clear in my mind. And I thought I’ll share my notes for anyone else interested. Everything in this post is just my opinion! Just to be clear, everything is up for interpretation. I feel like folklore gives me many vibes of Taylor’s older albums as well.

the 1: Taylor’s POV. Quotes Me!: “For never leaving well enough alone”

cardigan: a song part of the “love triangle” Taylor described. POV of a girl named Beth.

the last great american dynasty: POV of Rebekah Harkness, former owner of Taylor’s house in RI, at the end it shifts to Taylor’s POV. Rebekah was also known as “Betty”, -> cardigan

exile: Taylor’s POV I think. Interesting is “and i didn’t like the ending” which reminds of the lyric in “if this was a movie”. 

my tears ricochet: Taylor’s POV I think. It gives me treacherous vibes kinda, but the lyrics are literally the opposite. taylor said the song is about an embittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of affection.

mirrorball: Taylor’s POV. she is the mirrorball. she sings “I’m still on that tightrope” which immediately reminded me of “lost your balance on a tightrope” 

seven: child POV. this is the only song in which she sings “folk songs” and sings about braids which reminded me of the album photoshoot.

august: teen POV / POV of the “other” girl part of the “love triangle”. the summer love. this is one of the songs that gave me such debut album vibes.

this is me trying: student / young adult POV. why I’m thinking this is because of “I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere // fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here” and the use of metaphors like alcohol. anyway, more mature. I was thinking, these 3 tracks (seven, august and this is me trying) are actually perfectly fit behind each other on the track list. They are all different timeframes.

illicit affairs: Taylor’s POV. “you showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else” -> red / golden / daylight reference. the whole song makes me think of “i loved you in secret”. it actually gave me “the other woman” vibes first, but then i read the lyrics again and i don’t think it’s part of the love triangle, but august is because it fits the “young love” narrative.

invisible string: Taylor’s POV, very clearly <3

mad woman: Taylor’s POV. yeahhh!! tell ‘em….

epiphany: military / doctor’s POV?

betty: part of the love triangle, the guy’s POV.

peace: Taylor’s POV. “I would die for you in secret” she sings again, like in earlier albums “I loved you in secret” // “Remember how I said I’d die for you?”

hoax: Taylor’s POV. “don’t want no other shade of blue but you”. she also sings “my kingdom come undone” which reminded me of the kingdom lyric in long live. thought it was interesting they both are closing tracks.

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when you are young, they assume you know nothing.

taylor swift - cardigan

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In preparation I also made these cards and left them in my friend’s mailbox’s today!

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In preparation for folklore, today we have watched: Miss Americana, The Reputation Stadium Tour, and Speak Now world tour! WE ARE SO READY

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This acount is run by two swifties named Brooke and Maddy!! :):)

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LESS THAN 3 HOURS TILL FOLKLORE