the beautiful thing about evermore is that she mourns about all these painful things that leave us in grief for the longest times and then she ends the album by saying it doesn't last forever anyway
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I've been on my knees change the prophecy COZ I'M A SINGERRRRR and you just watched it happen OH HE LOOKS SO CUTEEE were you sent by someone who wanted me dead YOU motherFUCKer
ttpd isn't filled with catchy bops and is hard to digest, not made for the public or charts
I see it as a "Hey this was my life and I just wanted you to know." album. a "None of your business but I'll tell you bcuz I know you care." album. and that feels so much more meaningful
"let it once be me" is such a simple phrase and yet it encompasses that feeling of "please, just for once. just THIS ONCE. let it be me. EVEN IF ONLY ONCE, EVEN IF IT'S NOW AND NEVER AGAIN. LET IT ONCE BE ME, CHANGE THE PROPHECY." so perfectly. taylor gets it.