taylor’s debut album turns twenty THIS SATURDAY, and i keep coming back to how she simply named it after herself. no elaborate title. no grand explanation. just a sixteen year old girl introducing herself to the world, unaware that two decades later, that name is attached to childhood memories, lifelong friendships, wedding songs, and millions of stories that would’ve never existed without her music. she had no idea how many lives those first eleven songs would become part of.
I truly have no idea how to explain how transcendent this bridge is to people who weren’t taylor fans when they were young. I’m a 29 year old woman and any time I see this played live, or in a random karaoke bar, I get tears in my eyes. like it really is that serious.
don’t tell me “there’s other fish in the sea” those fishes don’t do what my fish does, they don’t even look like my fish. my fish swims a little different, kinda sideways, a little autistic. i like that fish. i want that fish