Скачать или смотреть Bitter, Angry, DONE WITH HIM! (Taylor Swift Reaction & Analysis) "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"

I reacted to my first time listen of "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" by Taylor Swift, as I listened to the album in order, and you see my authentic emotions the first time I heard it! Then I analyzed the song in depth, doing a complete breakdown of the lyrics within the context of analyzing the album of "The Tortured Poets Department" as a whole. Breaking down the meaning of each lyric and explaining many possible interpretations!

This is my 2nd analysis I completed despite being track 14. I decided to do these out of order. I found myself referencing back to so many other songs on the album in this analysis, which means in a way I actually was beginning to analyze a handful of the rest of the album too, in addition to just this one song! But I was doing so all within the context of this one song.

Album: The Tortured Poets Department / Track Number: 14 / The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

Original Lyric Video:    • Taylor Swift - The Smallest Man Who Ever L...  

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:36 Start of first time REACTION! (never heard the song before)

6:44 Reaction to THE BRIDGE!! (my genuine first reaction to this intense bridge!)

9:50 loving the production, layering of voices for the "Good Riddance!" part

10:15 Reacting to the rest of the song

14:16 ANALYSIS begins

14:38 Final song on the main (not extended) album about Matty Healy (in my opinion) out of likely 10 or 11 of the songs being about him. This is her conclusion of her emotional arc about him as well, where she's done with him.

15:27 I'm reminded of her song "I Forgot That You Existed" off her Lover album.

17:19 the "you needed me, but you needed drugs more" line in "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus" on the anthology edition of the album compared to in this song's "you tried to buy some pills / from a friend of friends of mine" and "sank in stoned oblivion"

19:26 "I would've died for your sins" line and analysis, Jesus, I reference the "crucify" part of the song "Guilty as Sin" and also reference "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" and "But Daddy I Love Him" (lots of callbacks to other songs, mostly on this album throughout this song!)

21:11 Analysis of "'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden" line

22:06 Dude ghosted her! 👻

23:38 "also-ran" definition and in-depth analysis, queen word choice is relevant as is "you didn't measure up, in any measure of a man" -- "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" reference

25:31 "You deserve prison" line analysis! Did he really commit a crime?

26:43 "slip through the bars" double meaning :)

27:53 "if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal", her sparkly dresses on The Eras Tour, timing of her breakup with Matty Healy being summer of 2023...

29:03 "in your Jehovah's Witness suit", actually the style of suit Matty Healy tends to wear! Also extra meaning about "selling the idea of heaven" to her, perhaps... a proselytizing religion. Kinda reminds me of "Stand up-guy/suit and tie" from "loml".

31:24 "Could someone give the message of this song to him" part of the chorus...

32:58 My Favorite Lyric for this song, "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"! :)

36:55 Outro


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