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A few post-production notes:

1) I realize that I continually refer to the "In Summation" poem as the album's 'prologue' but it seems that most people consider it to be an epilogue instead. Personally, I find that the album is much more easily understood and analyzed if the poem is read before you dive into it, and I think Taylor was very much aware that most people would be reading it before they listened for the first time (especially if they bought a physical copy of it), so I still think it's appropriate to think of it as a prologue.

2) I've heard different theories about two of these tracks since I initially recorded this that I wish had been included in my analyses here. The first is that 'The Alchemy' seems to have as much to do with Taylor returning to touring as it does about her relationship, and upon a closer inspection of the lyrics, I completely agree. I think that song has several layers of meaning and one of them is absolutely her retaking the throne of 'biggest live entertainer in the world'. The second is 'The Bolter', which many people have connected to Idina Sackville, and I definitely buy that Taylor is playing with parallels between herself and Idina similar to those on The Last Great American Dynasty.

00:00 Intro
06:38 "In Summation" Poem
09:42 Fortnight
13:58 The Tortured Poets Department
18:15 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
22:41 Down Bad
26:08 So Long, London
29:11 But Daddy I Love Him
32:59 Fresh Out the Slammer
35:57 Florida!!!
39:37 Guilty as Sin?
42:50 Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
46:20 I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
49:51 loml
53:15 I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
56:59 The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
1:00:15 The Alchemy
1:02:25 Clara Bow
1:05:48 The Black Dog
1:08:07 imgonnagetyouback
1:10:14 The Albatross
1:13:54 Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
1:16:17 How Did It End?
1:20:09 So High School
1:22:13 I Hate It Here
1:25:12 thanK you aIMee
1:28:18 I Look in People's Windows
1:31:17 The Prophecy
1:34:37 Cassandra
1:37:30 Peter
1:40:08 The Bolter
1:43:18 Robin
1:46:32 The Manuscript
1:50:32 Outro & Song Rankings

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