WHO DO YOU THINK TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW SONG 'ELDEST DAUGHTER' IS ABOUT?
The Life of a Showgirl has been out for approximately two seconds and it's already become our entire personality. Like, memorising lyrics, reading into everything, and figuring out who all these songs are about, this is a full time job. Which brings us to 'Eldest Daughter.'
The song could be interpreted in a few ways, but it seems to be about Taylor promising love and fidelity to someone, with lyrics like "I'm never gonna let you down / I'm never gonna leave you out."
This will inevitably lead to speculation that the song is about Travis, which...pretty sure it is! But it also speaks to Taylor's experience as an eldest daughter, being somewhat jaded as she tries to "seem cool," and finally feeling like herself with the "you" (ahem, Travis) of this song.
Go ahead and read into the lyrics below, via Genius!
Everybody's so punk on the internet Everyone's unbothered till they're not Every joke's just trolling and memes Sad as it seems, apathy is hot Everybody's cutthroat in the comments Every single hot take is cold as ice When you found me, I said I was busy, that was a lie I have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness I've been dying just from trying to seem cool But I'm not a bad bitch, and this isn't savage But I'm never gonna let you down I'm never gonna leave you out So many traitors, smooth operators But I'm never gonna break that vow I'm nеver gonna leave you now Now, now You know, thе last time I laughed this hard was On the trampoline in somebody's backyard I must've been about eight or nine That was the night I fell off and broke my arm Pretty soon, I learned cautious discretion When your first crush crushes something kind When I said I don't believe in marriage, that was a lie Every eldest daughter Was the first lamb to the slaughter So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire But I'm not a bad bitch, and this isn't savage But I'm never gonna let you down I'm never gonna leave you out So many traitors, smooth operators But I'm never gonna break that vow I'm never gonna leave you now Now, now We lie back A beautiful, beautiful time lapse Ferris wheels, kisses, and lilacs And things I said were dumb 'Cause I thought that I'd never find that beautiful, beautiful life that (Ah) Shimmers that innocent light back Like when we were young Every youngest child felt They were raised up in the wild But now you're home [Chorus] 'Cause I'm not a bad bitch And this isn't savage And I'm never gonna let you down I'm never gonna leave you out So many traitors, smooth operators (Ah, ah) But I'm never gonna break that vow (Never gonna break that vow) I'm never gonna leave you now Now, now Never gonna break that vow (Ooh) Never gonna leave you now, now I'm never gonna leave you now