Oh my goodness. I became obsessed with this project. I took every key word I heard in the folklore album and cross-referenced common songs. Example: The phrase, “chosen family” is in the song, The 1 and also in the song Peace. And that probably means something. It lets you know there is at least one connection between those 2 songs. And that knowledge will help untie the album, which is layered in meaning (see my other post about that). Then, I heard words in folklore that referenced Taylor’s past work. So I looked at 1989, Reputation, and Lover albums and tried to find every instance of common lyrics. For example, the word, “bleed” is in The 1 and Cardigan and Epiphany in this latest album, but it’s also in the lyric, “and if I bleed you’ll be the last to know” from the song Cruel Summer on the Lover album. It became crazy to try to use quotations, and I might italicize later so the format I used was:
-Ignore any capitalization issues, they don’t mean anything. I am working from home and my work is CAPSlock, so many of these things were jotted while I worked.
-Different color for each folklore song
-folklore songs alphabetized for ease of sort & find
-Title of folklore song bolded and underlined
-the bolded word or phrase of interest with a “-” denoting each new one
-wavy (is that what they’re called?) brackets {showing what other song on folklore contains that word/phrase}
-brackets containing song title, followed by album name then an equals sign “=” with the quoted lyric that is connected
-For many words and phrases in folklore, there are multiple song lyrics that apply from other albums, I have put each with a squiggle (?IDK the term?) to denote each
-I attempted to put pictures that apply to the word/phrase/situation at hand, but WordPress is very heavy and unfriendly for that, so excuse formatting.
-ctrl F was my best friend
I think this is the sort of project that is never finished. For timeliness, I am posting as is, with the intention of adding more, clarifying, and amping it up.
The 1
-never bleed you’re never gonna grow {also Cardigan and Epiphany} [Cruel Summer from Lover = “and if I bleed you’ll be the last to know”]
–chosen family {also Peace}
-makin it count
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “I counted days, I counted miles”]
~[So It Goes from Reputation = “number…who’s counting“]
–dream {also Betty and Ephiphany}
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I’m a nightmare dressed like a day dream“] 
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “my baby’s fit like a day dream“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “fever dream“]
~[Delicate from Reputation = Are you ever dreaming of me?”]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “dirty dreams“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “Paper rings and picture frames and all my dreams“]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “in the middle of the night, in my dreams“]
~[Style from 1989 = “you got that James Dean day dream look in your eye”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “red lips & rosy cheeks say you’ll see me again even if it’s just in your wildest dreams…”]
-“on some new shit” *drugs?
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover =”Gave up on me like I was a bad drug“]
~[Don’t Blame Me from Reputation = “Lord, save me, my drug is my baby”]
–films never made {also “FILM REEL” in This is Me Trying and Exile and “movie in Hoax}
~[The Archer from Lover = “cruelty wins in the movies“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “Lost in a film scene”]
–runnin {also Illicit Affairs and Cardigan} 
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “you don’t need to save me, but would you run away with me?”]
~[Getaway Car from Reputation = “while he was runnin‘ after us, I was screamin’, ‘go, go, go!'”]
~[I Know Places from 1989 = “they are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run“]
~[I Wish You Would from 1989 = “if you wanna run and hide then it makes you turn right back around” “this mad mad love makes you come running“]
~[This Love from 1989 = “when you’re young you just run“]
~[The Man from Lover = “I’m so sick of running“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “running through rose thorns”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “stealing hearts and running off and never sayin’ sorry”]
–waking up alone [Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “flashbacks waking me up”]
–roarin 20s [“In the roaring twenties they rewrote the rules.. “✨
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August:
-twistin’ in bedsheets [Daylight from Lover = “back & forth from NY, sneakin’ in your bed“]
-get in the car {also Betty and Cardigan and This is Me Trying}
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I sit casually in the car“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “I’m drunk in the back of the car“]
~[Getaway Car from Reputation = “nothing good starts in a getaway car” “you were drivin’ the getaway car” “we’re ridin’ in a getaway car” “I was crying in a getaway car” “I was dyin’ in a getaway car” “said goodbye in a getaway car“]
~[I Wish You Would from 1989 = “it’s 2 am in your car“]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “all the boys and their expensive cars“] 
–LEVIS {also in Cardigan}
~[Delicate from Reputation = “dark jeans and your Nikes, look at you”]
~[London Boy from Lover = “faded blue jeans“]
–MEMORY [New Years Day from Reputation = “hold on to the memories“]
-cancel my plans [Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = paper cut stains from my paper thin plans]
–runnin’ like water {also The One and Illicit affairs and Cardigan} [Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “I’d hold you as the water rushes in”]
–summer love {also in Betty and Peace and Seven}
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “it’s a cruel summer“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “snuck in through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate”] 
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “summer’s a knife”]
~[Lover from Lover = “loved you three summers now”]
~[Me from Lover = “Livin in winter, I am your summer“]
-bottle of wine
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover “My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust”]
~[False God from Lover = “begging for forgiveness, got the wine for you”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “The wine is cold”]
Betty:
–cobblestones {also in Cardigan}
-couldn’t breathe {also in Madwoman and Epiphany}
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “did you have to hit me, where I’m weak, baby, I couldn’t breathe“]
~[Clean from 1989 = “that’s when I could finally breathe“]
~[Daylight from Lover = “clear in the air, I breathed in the smoke”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…wake up at night and watch you breathe“]
–doorstep {also “doorway” in This is Me Trying and “side door” in Exile and “door” in Hoax} [How You Get the Girl from 1989 = “she’ll open up the door and say, ‘are you insane?'”]
–dream {also Epiphany and The 1} 
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I’m a nightmare dressed like a day dream“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “my baby’s fit like a day dream“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “fever dream“]
~[Delicate from Reputation = Are you ever dreaming of me?”]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “dirty dreams“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “Paper rings and picture frames and all my dreams“]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “in the middle of the night, in my dreams“]
~[Style from 1989 = “you got that James Dean day dream look in your eye”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “red lips & rosy cheeks say you’ll see me again even if it’s just in your wildest dreams…”]
-in front of your stupid friends {also in The Last Great American Dynasty and Peace and Cardigan}
~[The Archer from Lover = “…my enemies started out friends“]
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I know you heard about me, so hey, let’s be friends“]
~[It’s Nice to Have a Friend from Lover “it’s nice to have a friend“]
~[Dress from Reputation = “I don’t want you like a best friend“]
~[This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things = “it was so nice being friends again” “friends don’t try to trick you” “I’m not the only friend you’ve lost lately” “here’s a toast to my real friends“]
~[London Boy from Lover = “…watching rugby with his school friends“]
~[Lover from Lover = “…let our friends crash in the living room”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…high, like your friends were the night that we 1st met”]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “…comin at my friends like a missle”] 
-in the garden
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I can make all the tables turn, rose garden filled with thorns”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “snuck in through the garden gate”]
–home {also in Exile and Peace and Tears Ricochet}
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “leading us home” “I took the long way home“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “…I cried like a baby coming home from the bar”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “do the girls back home touch you like I do?”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “guess I’ll just stumble on home to my cats”]
~[I Think He Knows from Lover = “I’ll make myself at home“]
~[Lover from Lover = “take me out and take me home (forever and ever)”]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “I think you should come back home“]
~[New Year’s Day from Reputation = “or if you strike out and you’re crawling home“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “went home and tried to stalk you on the internet”]
~[Style from 1989 = “takes me home” “just take me home“]
–party {also in The Last Great American Dynasty} [New Year’s Day from Reputation = “there’s glitter on the floor after the party“]
-kiss me on the porch {also in Cardigan}
–summer {also in August and Peace and Seven} 
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “it’s a cruel summer“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “snuck in through the garden gate every day that summer just to seal my fate”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “summer’s a knife”]
~[Lover from Lover = “loved you three summers now”]
~[Me from Lover = “Livin in winter, I am your summer“]
-only 17 idk anything [I Think He Knows from Lover = “it’s like I’m seventeen, nobody understands”]
CARDIGAN:
-DOWNTOWN BARS
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “…I cried like a baby coming home from the bar“]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “dive bar on the East side, where you at?”]
~[So it Goes from Reputation = “met you in a bar“]
–bleedin {also “bleed” in The 1 and Epiphany} [Cruel Summer from Lover = “and if I bleed you’ll be the last to know”]
–BLOOD STAINS {also “bloody” in Tears Ricochet and Exile} [Bad Blood from 1989 = “baby now we got bad blood” “if you love like that blood runs cold”]
-kiss in cars {also Betty and August and This is Me Trying} 
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I sit casually in the car“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “I’m drunk in the back of the car“]
~[Getaway Car from Reputation = “nothing good starts in a getaway car” “you were drivin’ the getaway car” “we’re ridin’ in a getaway car” “I was crying in a getaway car” “I was dyin’ in a getaway car” “said goodbye in a getaway car“]
~[I Wish You Would from 1989 = “it’s 2 am in your car“]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “all the boys and their expensive cars“]
–COBBLESTONES {also in Betty}
–DRUNK {also Mirrorball} 
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I get drunk on jealousy”]
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “drunk in the back of the car”]
~[Dress from Reputation = “you kiss my face and we’re both drunk“]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk”]
–FRIEND {also in The Last Great American Dynasty and Peace and Betty}
~[The Archer from Lover = “…my enemies started out friends“]
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I know you heard about me, so hey, let’s be friends“]
~[It’s Nice to Have a Friend from Lover “it’s nice to have a friend“]
~[Dress from Reputation = “I don’t want you like a best friend“]
~[This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things = “it was so nice being friends again” “friends don’t try to trick you” “I’m not the only friend you’ve lost lately” “here’s a toast to my real friends“]
~[London Boy from Lover = “…watching rugby with his school friends“]
~[Lover from Lover = “…let our friends crash in the living room”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…high, like your friends were the night that we 1st met”]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “…comin at my friends like a missle”]
-HIGH HEELS {also in Mirrorball}
–LEVIS {also in August}
~[Delicate from Reputation = “dark jeans and your Nikes, look at you”]
~[London Boy from Lover = “faded blue jeans“]
–PORCH {also in Betty}
–SCARS {also Hoax}
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “It’ll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar“]
~[Lover from Lover = “with every guitar string scar on my hand”]
–SMOKE 
~[The Archer from Lover = “room filled with smoke” “the room is on fire, invisible smoke“]
~[Daylight from Lover = “breathed in the smoke“]
-UNDER a STREETLIGHT {also in Betty} [Cornelia Street from Lover = “street lights pointed in an arrowhead, leading us home”]
–TRAIN [The Archer from Lover = “jump from the train, I ride off alone”]
–RUNNIN’ LIKE WATER {also The One and Illicit affairs and August} [Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “I’d hold you as the water rushes in”]
–WEEKENDS
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I can make the bad guys good for a weekend“]
~[It’s Nice to Have a Friend from Lover = “feels like home stay in bed the whole weekend“]
–WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG, THEY ASSUME YOU KNOW NOTHING {also in Betty}
–black lipstick
~[Taylor wore very dark lipstick to the Met]
~[Reputation album cover features Taylor in black lipstick]
–tattoo kiss [Dress from Reputation = “made you mark on me, a golden tattoo”]
EPHIPHANY:
–BLEEDIN‘ {also “bleed” in The One and Cardigan} [Cruel Summer from Lover = “and if I bleed you’ll be the last to know”]
–breathe {also in Betty and Madwoman}
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “did you have to hit me, where I’m weak, baby, I couldn’t breathe“]
~[Clean from 1989 = “that’s when I could finally breathe“]
~[Daylight from Lover = “clear in the air, I breathed in the smoke”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…wake up at night and watch you breathe“]
–DOC {also in The Last Great American Dynasty} [SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER from Lover = “Doctor”]
–dream {also Betty and The 1}
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I’m a nightmare dressed like a day dream“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “my baby’s fit like a day dream“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “fever dream“]
~[Delicate from Reputation = Are you ever dreaming of me?”]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “dirty dreams“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “Paper rings and picture frames and all my dreams“]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “in the middle of the night, in my dreams“]
~[Style from 1989 = “you got that James Dean day dream look in your eye”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “red lips & rosy cheeks say you’ll see me again even if it’s just in your wildest dreams…”]
–SLEEP {also in Tears Ricochet and Hoax} 
~[Daylight from Lover = “I’ve been sleepin‘ so long in a 20 year dark night”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “sometimes I wonder when you sleep“]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “you ask me for a place to sleep“]
Exile:
–bloody {also in Tears Ricochet and cardigan} [Bad Blood from 1989 = “baby now we got bad blood” “if you love like that blood runs cold”]
–CROWN
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “they took the crown but it’s alright”]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “like you’re an American queen“]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “we all got crowns“]
–film {also in The One and “FILM REEL” in This is Me Trying and “movie in Hoax}
~[The Archer from Lover = “cruelty wins in the movies“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “Lost in a film scene”]
–HOMELAND {also “home’ in Peace and Betty and Tears Ricochet}
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “leading us home” “I took the long way home“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “…I cried like a baby coming home from the bar”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “do the girls back home touch you like I do?”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “guess I’ll just stumble on home to my cats”]
~[I Think He Knows from Lover = “I’ll make myself at home“]
~[Lover from Lover = “take me out and take me home (forever and ever)”]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “I think you should come back home“]
~[New Year’s Day from Reputation = “or if you strike out and you’re crawling home“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “went home and tried to stalk you on the internet”]
~[Style from 1989 = “takes me home” “just take me home“]
-SIDE-DOOR {also “doorstep” in Betty and “doorway” in This is Me Trying and “door” in Hoax} [How You Get the Girl from 1989 = “she’ll open up the door and say, ‘are you insane?'”]
–TOWN
~[Daylight from Lover = “…stormed out of every single room in this town“]
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “in this small town“]
~[False God from Lover = “staring out the window like I’m not your favorite town“]
~[I Forgot that You Existed from Lover = “would’ve fought the whole town for ya”]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “we’re so sad, we paint the town blue”]
~[New Year’s Day from Reputation = “I’ll be there if you’re he toast of the town, babe”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “he said, ‘let’s get out of this town‘”]
~[You Are in Love from 1989 = “he keeps the picture of you in his office down town“]
–KNUCKLES BLOODY {Bad Blood music video = Karlie boxes Taylor}
–STARIN’ HONEY 
hoax:
-PULLED ME APART
~[Getaway Car from Reputation = “X marks the spot, where we fell apart“]
~[Out of the Woods from 1989] = “we were built to fall apart, then fall back together”]
–blue {also in Peace and Invisible String}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “I blew things out of proportion, now you’re blue“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “shape of your body, it’s blue“]
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “deep blue, but you painted me golden”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “oh damn, never seen that color blue“]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “ocean blue eyes looking in mine”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in”] 
~[Lover from Lover = “my heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue“]
~[Miss Americana from Lover = “we’re so sad, we paint the town blue“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I’m with you even if it makes me blue“]
-ASH FROM FIRE {also “fire” in Peace and Tears Ricochet and Madwoman}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “burned us down”]
~[The Archer from Lover = “the room is fire“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “he built a fire just to keep me warm”]
–died {also in Peace and Illicit Affairs}
~[The Archer from Lover = “…all of my heroes die all alone”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “when the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst”]
~[False God from Lover = “crazy to think this could work, remember how I said I’d die for you?”]
–DOOR {also doorstep in Betty and “side-door” in Exile and “doorway” in This is Me Trying} [How You Get the Girl from 1989 = “she’ll open up the door and say, ‘are you insane?'”]
–frozen my ground [Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “love had been frozen“]
–hero {also Tears Ricochet} [The Archer from Lover = “…all of my heroes die all alone”]
–Kingdom
~[Call it What You Want from Reputation = “my castle crumbled overnight” and “they took the crown but it’s alright” “all the drama queens taking swings’]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “and we rule the kingdom inside my room”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I don’t like your kingdom keys”]
-TWISTED KNIFE 
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “did you think we’d be fine, still got scars on my back from your knife“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “I brought a knife to a gunfight”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “SUMMERS A KNIFE“]
-WHAT’S THE MOVIE FOR -{also “FILM REEL” in This is Me Trying and The 1 and Exile}
~[The Archer from Lover = “cruelty wins in the movies“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “Lost in a film scene”]
–New York
~[Daylight from Lover = Back and forth from New York (sneakin’ in your bed)”]
~[False God from Lover = I’m New York City]
~[Welcome to New York from 1989 = “Welcome to New York“]
–sadness
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “oh, it’s so sad to think about the good times, you and I”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “You make me so happy it turns back to sad“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “we’re so sad, we paint the town blue”]
–scars {also Cardigan}
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “It’ll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar“]
~[Lover from Lover = “with every guitar string scar on my hand”]
–SCREAMIN {also in screamin’ in Seven and scream in Peace and Illicit Affairs}
~[The Archer from Lover = “screaming who could ever leave me, darling?”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “the water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing”
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I get mystified by how this city screams your name”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “scream I love you” “and I screamed for whatever it’s worth, I love you”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “in silent screams, in wildest dreams, I never dreamed of this”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “but there were strangers watching, and whispers turned to talking, and talking turned to screams“]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate”]
–SLEEPLESS NIGHT {also in Tears Ricochet and Epiphany} [Daylight from Lover = “I’ve been sleepin‘ so long in a 20 year dark night”] 
–SUN {also August and sunshine in Peace}
~[I Forgot that You Existed from Lover = “sunshine is gone”]
~[Out of the Woods from 1989 = “when the sun came up, I was lookin’ at you” “when the sun came up, you were lookin’ at me”]
ILLICIT AFFAIRS:
–COLORS I CAN’T SEE W/ANYONE ELSE [OUT OF THE WOODS from Reputation = “In screaming color“]
–DIES {also Peace and Hoax}
~[The Archer from Lover = “…all of my heroes die all alone”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “when the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst”]
~[False God from Lover = “crazy to think this could work, remember how I said I’d die for you?”]
-eyes down
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “head down“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = hang your head low“]
–DRUG
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover =”Gave up on me like I was a bad drug“]
~[Don’t Blame Me from Reputation = “Lord save me, my drug is my baby, I’ll be usin‘ for the rest of my life”]
-A MILLION LITTLE TIMES {also million pieces in Mirrorball}
–road
~[All You Had to do was Stay from 1989 = “all I know is that you drove us off the road“]
~[False God from Lover = “They say the road gets hard and you get lost when you’re led by blind faith.”]
~[New Romantics from 1989 = “we’re so young but we’re on the road to ruin”]
~[New Years Day from Reputation = “I can tell it’s going to be a long road“]
~[Style from 1989 = “he can’t keep his wild eyes on the road“]
–runnin {also The 1 and Cardigan and August} 
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “you don’t need to save me, but would you run away with me?”]
~[Getaway Car from Reputation = “while he was runnin‘ after us, I was screamin’, ‘go, go, go!'”]
~[I Know Places from 1989 = “they are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run“]
~[I Wish You Would from 1989 = “if you wanna run and hide then it makes you turn right back around” “this mad mad love makes you come running“]
~[This Love from 1989 = “when you’re young you just run“]
~[The Man from Lover = “I’m so sick of running“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “running through rose thorns”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “stealing hearts and running off and never sayin’ sorry”]
–SCREAM {also in screamin’ in Seven and Hoax and scream in Peace}
~[The Archer from Lover = “screaming who could ever leave me, darling?”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “the water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing”
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I get mystified by how this city screams your name”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “scream I love you” “and I screamed for whatever it’s worth, I love you”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “in silent screams, in wildest dreams, I never dreamed of this”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “but there were strangers watching, and whispers turned to talking, and talking turned to screams“]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate”]
–SECRET {also in Peace}
~[“I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you”]
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “I loved you in secret“]
~[Dress from Reputation = “our secret moments in your crowded room”]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep”]
–STARES 
–GREEN
–TEAL 
INVISIBLE STRING
–BLUE {also in Peace and Hoax}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “I blew things out of proportion, now you’re blue“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “shape of your body, it’s blue“]
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “deep blue, but you painted me golden”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “oh damn, never seen that color blue“] 
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “ocean blue eyes looking in mine”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in”]
~[Lover from Lover = “my heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue“]
~[Miss Americana from Lover = “we’re so sad, we paint the town blue“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I’m with you even if it makes me blue“]
–cutting me open
[Cruel Summer from Lover = “waiting for you to cut me to the bone”]
[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “death by a thousand cuts“]
[So It Goes from Reputation = “cut me into pieces”]
-dive bar
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “…I cried like a baby coming home from the bar“]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “dive bar on the East side, where you at?”]
~[So it Goes from Reputation = “met you in a bar“]
–gold 
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “deep blue, but you painted me golden“]
~[Daylight from Lover = “golden like daylight”]
~[Dress from Reputation = “made you mark on me, a golden tattoo”]
~[End Game from Reputation = “Your body is gold“]
~[So It Goes from Reputation = “gold cage, hostage to my feeling”]
–HEAVEN {and Tears Richchet}
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “unbreakable heaven“]
~[False God from Lover = “I know heaven’s a thing I go there when you touch me, honey…”]
–hell {also in Peace and Tears Richchet}
~[False God from Lover = “honey hell is when i fight with you”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “he’s so tall and handsome as hell“]
-PURPLE PINK SKY [It’s Nice to Have a Friend from Lover = “light pink sky“]
–3 year trip
-BAD BLOOD
-TEAL -GREEN
Lakes:
TBA
The Last Great American Dynesty:
-bitch pack friends (from the city) {also in Betty and Peace and Cardigan and Betty} 
~[The Archer from Lover = “…my enemies started out friends“]
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I know you heard about me, so hey, let’s be friends“]
~[It’s Nice to Have a Friend from Lover “it’s nice to have a friend“]
~[Dress from Reputation = “I don’t want you like a best friend“]
~[This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things = “it was so nice being friends again” “friends don’t try to trick you” “I’m not the only friend you’ve lost lately” “here’s a toast to my real friends“]
~[London Boy from Lover = “…watching rugby with his school friends“]
~[Lover from Lover = “…let our friends crash in the living room”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…high, like your friends were the night that we 1st met”]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “…comin at my friends like a missle”]
-card games W/DOTTIE 
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “back when we were card sharks, playing games“]
~[End Game from Reputation = “I wanna be your end game” “I’ve passed days without fun, this end game is the one”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I don’t like your little games“]
~[Miss Americana from Lover = “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”]
~[…Ready for it from Reputation = “Let the games begin”]
–DOCTOR {also Epiphany} [SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER from Lover = “Doctor”]
–madwoman {also in Madwoman}
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “you know what used to be mad love”]
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I could show you incredible things, magic, madness, heaven, sin”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “you are so gorgeous it makes me so mad“]
~[I Wish You Would from 1989 = “this mad mad love makes you come running”]
~[The Man from Lover = “it’s okay that you’re mad” “so it’s okay that I’m mad“]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “and in the end in wonderland we both went mad“]
–parties {also in Betty} [New Year’s Day from Reputation = “there’s glitter on the floor after the party“]
-fill the pool with champagne [This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things = “jumping to the pool from the balcony”]
–WEDDING [Lover from Lover = wedding imagery]
–STL= where Karlie Kloss is from
MADWOMAN:
–BREATHE {also in Betty and Epiphany}
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “did you have to hit me, where I’m weak, baby, I couldn’t breathe“]
~[Clean from 1989 = “that’s when I could finally breathe“]
~[Daylight from Lover = “clear in the air, I breathed in the smoke”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…wake up at night and watch you breathe“]
–fire {also “fire” in Peace and Tears Ricochet and Hoax}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “burned us down”]
~[The Archer from Lover = “the room is fire“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “he built a fire just to keep me warm”]
-breathe flames
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “it’s gonna be forever, or it’s gonna go down in flames“]
~[I Did Something Bad from Reputation = “I can feel the flames on my skin”]
~[I Know Places from 1989 = “love’s a fragile little flame, it could burn out”]
~[Style from 1989 = “cound end in burning flames or paradise”]
–dead {also in Tears Ricochet}
~[I Know Places from 1989 = “I know places, in the dead of night, your eyes so green”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time” “back from the dead” “cause she’s dead“]
~[This Love from 1989 = “this love is alive back from the dead“]
–drive
~[I Think He Knows from Lover “we can follow the sparks, I’ll drive“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I want to drive away with you”]
–HUNTING [I Know Places from 1989 = “they are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run”] 
–kill
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “killing me slow, out the window” “what doesn’t kill me makes me want you more”]
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “I dress to kill my time”]
~[I Forgot that You Existed from Lover = “I though that it would kill me, but it didn’t”]
–madwoman {also in The Last Great American Dynasty}
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “you are so gorgeous it makes me so mad“]
~[The Man from Lover = “it’s okay that you’re mad” “so it’s okay that I’m mad“]
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “you know what used to be mad love”]
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I could show you incredible things, magic, madness, heaven, sin”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “you are so gorgeous it makes me so mad“]
~[I Wish You Would from 1989 = “this mad mad love makes you come running”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “and in the end in wonderland we both went mad“]
–WITCHES [I did something bad from Reputation = “they’re burning all the witches, even if you aren’t one”]
-YACHT = Karlie Kloss’ 2nd (fake) wedding was on a yacht?
mirrorball:
–clowns {also in Peace}
–drunk {also Cardigan} 
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I get drunk on jealousy”]
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “drunk in the back of the car”]
~[Dress from Reputation = “you kiss my face and we’re both drunk“]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk”]
-highest heels {also Cardigan}
–million pieces {also million little times in Illicit Affairs}
PEACE:
DISTRACTING BEEPING BACKGROUND MUSIC—DOES IT SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING?
–BLUE {also in Invisible String and Hoax}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “I blew things out of proportion, now you’re blue“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “shape of your body, it’s blue“]
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “deep blue, but you painted me golden”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “oh damn, never seen that color blue“]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “ocean blue eyes looking in mine”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in”]
~[Lover from Lover = “my heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue“]
~[Miss Americana from Lover = “we’re so sad, we paint the town blue“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I’m with you even if it makes me blue“]
-ROBBERS TO THE CLOWNS TO THE WEST {also in Mirrorball}
–DEVIL IN THE DETAILS 
[Cruel Summer from Lover = “devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes” “he looks so pretty like a devil“]
[dancing w/our hands tied from Reputation = “looked up grinnin like a devil“]
–DIE {also Hoax and Illicit Affairs}
~[The Archer from Lover = “…all of my heroes die all alone”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “when the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst”]
~[False God from Lover = “crazy to think this could work, remember how I said I’d die for you?”]
–dying {also in Tears Ricochet}
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I’m dying to see how this one ends”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “I’m not dying, we say that we’ll just screw it up in these trying times”]
–fire {also in Tears Ricochet and Hoax and Madwoman}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “burned us down”]
~[The Archer from Lover = “the room is fire“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “he built a fire just to keep me warm”]
–friends {also in The Last Great American Dynasty and Betty and Cardigan} 
~[The Archer from Lover = “…my enemies started out friends“]
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I know you heard about me, so hey, let’s be friends“]
~[It’s Nice to Have a Friend from Lover “it’s nice to have a friend“]
~[Dress from Reputation = “I don’t want you like a best friend“]
~[This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things = “it was so nice being friends again” “friends don’t try to trick you” “I’m not the only friend you’ve lost lately” “here’s a toast to my real friends“]
~[London Boy from Lover = “…watching rugby with his school friends“]
~[Lover from Lover = “…let our friends crash in the living room”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this”]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “…high, like your friends were the night that we 1st met”]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “…comin at my friends like a missle”]
–ghostly {also in Tears Ricochet}
~[The Archer from Lover = “pace like a ghost“]
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “you live like that you live with ghosts“]
~[End Game from Reputation = “we do the most, I’m in the Ghost like a whippin’ a boat”]
~[How You Get the Girl from 1989 = “stand there like a ghost shaking from the rain”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “your kiss, my cheek, I watched you leave, you smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “but if he’s a ghost, then I can be a phantom”]
~[You Are in Love from 1989 = “and for once you let go, of your fears and your ghosts“]
–grace {also in Tears Ricochet} [Don’t Blame Me from Reputation = “and, for you, I would fall from grace“]
–haunted {also in Seven}
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “wondered how many girls he loved and left haunted“]
–HELL {also in Invisible String and Tears Ricochet}
~[False God from Lover = “honey hell is when i fight with you”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “he’s so tall and handsome as hell“]
–HOME {also in Exile and Betty and Tears Ricochet}
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “leading us home” “I took the long way home“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “…I cried like a baby coming home from the bar”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “do the girls back home touch you like I do?”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “guess I’ll just stumble on home to my cats”]
~[I Think He Knows from Lover = “I’ll make myself at home“]
~[Lover from Lover = “take me out and take me home (forever and ever)”]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “I think you should come back home“]
~[New Year’s Day from Reputation = “or if you strike out and you’re crawling home“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “went home and tried to stalk you on the internet”]
~[Style from 1989 = “takes me home” “just take me home“]
–jewels {also in Tears Ricochet}
–screamin‘ {also in screamin’ in Seven and Hoax and scream in Peace and Illicit Affairs}
~[The Archer from Lover = “screaming who could ever leave me, darling?”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “the water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing”
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I get mystified by how this city screams your name”] 
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “scream I love you” “and I screamed for whatever it’s worth, I love you”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “in silent screams, in wildest dreams, I never dreamed of this”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “but there were strangers watching, and whispers turned to talking, and talking turned to screams“]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate”]
–secret {also in Illicit Affairs}
~[“I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you”]
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “I loved you in secret“]
~[Dress from Reputation = “our secret moments in your crowded room”]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep”]
-CAN’T SLEEP AT NIGHT {also in Tears Ricochet and Hoax and Epiphany} [Daylight from Lover = “I’ve been sleepin‘ so long in a 20 year dark night”]
–stones {also in Tears Ricochet} [You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “snakes and stones never broke my bones”]
–WAVES {also in Tears Ricochet}
–family I chose {also The 1}
Seven:
–folksongs {folklore is album title}
–haunted {also in Tears Riccochet}
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “wondered how many girls he loved and left haunted“]
–scream {also in Tears Ricochet and screamin’ in Peace and Illicit Affairs}
~[The Archer from Lover = “screaming who could ever leave me, darling?”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “the water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing”
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I get mystified by how this city screams your name”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “scream I love you” “and I screamed for whatever it’s worth, I love you”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “in silent screams, in wildest dreams, I never dreamed of this”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “but there were strangers watching, and whispers turned to talking, and talking turned to screams“]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate”]
–summer {also in Betty and August and Peace}
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “it’s a cruel summer“] 
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “snuck in through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “summer’s a knife”]
~[Lover from Lover = “loved you three summers now”]
~[Me from Lover = “Livin in winter, I am your summer“]
TEARS RICCOCHET:
–BLOOD -bloody {also in Exile and cardigan} [Bad Blood from 1989 = “baby now we got bad blood” “if you love like that blood runs cold”]
–BONES [You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “snakes and stones never broke my bones“]
–BURY ME [End Game from Reputation = “I bury hatchets, but i keep maps of where I put ’em”]
–DEAD {also in Madwoman}
~[I Know Places from 1989 = “I know places, in the dead of night, your eyes so green”]
~[Look What You Made Me Do from Reputation = “I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time” “back from the dead” & “cause she’s dead“]
~[This Love from 1989 = “this love is alive back from the dead“] 
–DIAMOND
–dying {also in Peace}
~[Blank Space from 1989 = “I’m dying to see how this one ends”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “I’m not dying, we say that we’ll just screw it up in these trying times”]
–FIRE {also “fire” in Peace and and Hoax and Madwoman}
~[Afterglow from Lover = “burned us down”]
~[The Archer from Lover = “the room is fire“]
~[Call It What You Want from Reputation = “he built a fire just to keep me warm”]
–ghostly {also in Peace}
~[The Archer from Lover = “pace like a ghost“]
~[Bad Blood from 1989 = “you live like that you live with ghosts“]
~[End Game from Reputation = “we do the most, I’m in the Ghost like a whippin’ a boat”]
~[How You Get the Girl from 1989 = “stand there like a ghost shaking from the rain”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “your kiss, my cheek, I watched you leave, you smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “but if he’s a ghost, then I can be a phantom“]
~[You Are in Love from 1989 = “and for once you let go, of your fears and your ghosts“]
–grace {also in Peace} [Don’t Blame Me from Reputation = “and, for you, I would fall from grace“]
–haunted {also in Seven} 
~[Death by a Thousand Cuts from Lover = “now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club”]
~[…Ready for It from Reputation = “wondered how many girls he loved and left haunted“]
–HELL also in Invisible String and Peace}
~[False God from Lover = “honey hell is when i fight with you”]
~[Wildest Dreams from 1989 = “he’s so tall and handsome as hell“]
–HOME {also in Exile and Betty and Peace}
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “leading us home” “I took the long way home“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “…I cried like a baby coming home from the bar”]
~[Delicate from Reputation = “do the girls back home touch you like I do?”]
~[Gorgeous from Reputation = “guess I’ll just stumble on home to my cats”]
~[I Think He Knows from Lover = “I’ll make myself at home“]
~[Lover from Lover = “take me out and take me home (forever and ever)”]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “I think you should come back home“]
~[New Year’s Day from Reputation = “or if you strike out and you’re crawling home“]
~[Paper Rings from Lover = “went home and tried to stalk you on the internet”]
~[Style from 1989 = “takes me home” “just take me home“]
–jewels {also in Peace} 
–screamin‘ {also in screamin’ in Seven and Hoax and scream in Peace and Illicit Affairs}
~[The Archer from Lover = “screaming who could ever leave me, darling?”]
~[Clean from 1989 = “the water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing”
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I get mystified by how this city screams your name”]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “scream I love you” “and I screamed for whatever it’s worth, I love you”]
~[This Love from 1989 = “in silent screams, in wildest dreams, I never dreamed of this”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “but there were strangers watching, and whispers turned to talking, and talking turned to screams“]
~[You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate”]
-CAN’T SLEEP AT NIGHT {also in Tears Ricochet and Hoax and Epiphany} [Daylight from Lover = “I’ve been sleepin‘ so long in a 20 year dark night”]
–stones {also in Peace} [You Need to Calm Down from Lover = “snakes and stones never broke my bones”]
–WAVES {also in Peace}
This is Me Trying:
–car {also Betty and August and Cardigan}
~[Cornelia Street from Lover = “I sit casually in the car“]
~[Cruel Summer from Lover = “I’m drunk in the back of the car“]
~[Getaway Car from Reputation = “nothing good starts in a getaway car” “you were drivin’ the getaway car” “we’re ridin’ in a getaway car” “I was crying in a getaway car” “I was dyin’ in a getaway car” “said goodbye in a getaway car“]
~[King of My Heart from Reputation = “all the boys and their expensive cars“]
–CAGES
~[I Know Places from 1989 = “love’s a fragile little flame, it could burn out, cause they got the cages, they got the boxes”]
~[So It Goes from Reputation= “gold cage, hostage to my feelings”]
–doorWAY {also doorstep in Betty and “side-door” in Exile and “door in Hoax} [How You Get the Girl from 1989 = “she’ll open up the door and say, ‘are you insane?'”]
–fears
~[Dancing with Our Hands Tied from Reputation = “deep fears that the world would divide us”]
~[Wonderland from 1989 = “didn’t you calm my fears with the Cheshire cat smile?”] 
~[You Are in Love from 1989 = “and for once you let go, of your fears and your ghosts”]
–FILM REEL {also The 1 and Exile and “movie in Hoax}
~[The Archer from Lover = “cruelty wins in the movies“]
~[Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince from Lover = “Lost in a film scene”]
–REGRETS ABOUT THAT [I Did Something Bad from Reputation = “I don’t regret it one bit, ’cause he had it coming”]
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