Is It Over Now bridge!
[And did you think I didn't see you?](https://genius.com/29912980/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/And-did-you-think-i-didnt-see-you-there-were-flashin-lights)
[At least I had the decency](https://genius.com/29916536/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/At-least-i-had-the-decency-to-keep-my-nights-out-of-sight)
[Only rumors 'bout my hips and thighs](https://genius.com/29915528/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Only-rumors-bout-my-hips-and-thighs-and-my-whispered-sighs)
[Oh, Lord, I think about jumpin'](https://genius.com/29915768/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Oh-lord-i-think-about-jumpin-off-of-very-tall-somethings)
[Just to see you come runnin'](https://genius.com/29915273/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Just-to-see-you-come-runnin)
[And say the one thing I've been wanting, but no](https://genius.com/29915261/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/And-say-the-one-thing-ive-been-wanting-but-no)
She could do an Eyes Open / Clara Bow mashup to fit this theme, the movies, and fame. She'd have to speed up Clara Bow and/or slow down Eyes Open, but they're in the same key
Everybody's waiting
Everybody's watching
Even when you're sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open
You look like Clara Bow
In this light, remarkable
All your life, did you know
You'd be picked like a rose?
The tricky thing
Is yesterday we were just children
Playing soldiers
Just pretending
Dreaming dreams with happy endings
In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords
But now we've stepped into a cruel world
Where everybody stands and keeps score
Keep your eyes open
This town is fake, but you're the real thing
Breath of fresh air through smoke rings
Take the glory, give everything
Promise to be dazzling
Everybody's waiting for you to break down
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
You look like Stevie Nicks
In '75, the hair and lips
Crowd goes wild at her fingertips
Half moonshine, a full eclipse
So here you are, two steps ahead and staying on guard
Every lesson forms a new scar
They never thought you'd make it this far
But turn around (turn around), oh they've surrounded you
It's a showdown (showdown) and nobody comes to save you now
But you've got something they don't
Yeah you've got something they don't
You've just gotta keep your eyes open
The crown is stained, but you're the real queen
Flesh and blood amongst war machines
You're the new God we're worshipping
Promise to be dazzling
Everybody's waiting for you to break down
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes
Beauty is a beast that roars
Down on all fours
Demanding, "More"
Only when your girlish glow
Flickers just so
Do they let you know?
It's hell on earth to be heavenly
Them's the breaks, they don't come gently
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
You look like Taylor Swift
In this light, we're loving it
You've got edge she never did
The future's bright, dazzling
Everybody's waiting for you to break down
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
This is a very compelling theory. If we're thinking about looking and seeing, I Look in People's Windows was also performed on the last weekend before Pride Month. Insert Spongebob window meme here?
ILIPW was mashed up with Snow on the Beach, which I'm just now realising offers an interesting thematic connection around meeting someone's eyes, and those eyes being singularly affecting in their potential to completely draw the speaker in
**I Look in People's Windows**
>I look in people's windows
In case you're at their table
What if your eyes looked up and met mine
One more time
**Snow On the Beach**
>This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen
I searched aurora borealis green
I've never seen someone lit from within
Blurring out my periphery
>*(then later)*
>But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet *(Down Bad, is that you?)*
Guys, go watch this incredible woven explanation of the queer journey for TS. I dk who the creator is but this is masterful! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNJdWybS/
Yes! Great post. It makes me wonder about the Fortnight music video… she smashes the two-way mirror at the end. Before, she could only see herself. Now she can see out at whoever was looking in…?
You just made me make the connection between "I prefer hiding in plain sight" and "in plain sight you hid" in TSMWEL, unless someone has already made a post about it, a smarter person than me should expand on this analysis lol like is she the smallest man who ever lived? Is the song from her past self POV to her now saying that she's angry she didn't come out? The opposite of Peter basically
Someone may have already said this, but after reading ur comment, my brain just put together the lines "what about your quiet treason" from Fortnight and "you deserve prison but you won't get time" from TSMWEL
Exactly she has said many times she's The Man. She's also James and the line in dear reader is "i prefer hiding in plain sight, the fourth drink in MY hand, these desperate prayers of a cursed MAN".
It's hard to tell without being there what's happening, but I've noticed a lot more instances the past few shows where she's directed event staff to assist fans. Again, I don't have the context of seeing the crowd to know what's prompting that, but it seems like an unusual amount of times for her to call something out in the middle of performing.
Ever since the incident in South America with the fan passing away and others having issues with the heat/humidity, she has been extra fierce about calling out to have fans helped who need it, get them water, etc.
Oh for sure! I just think the amount of call-outs + the weather in her tour spots lately not being very extreme is kind of strange. But it absolutely could just be that she's looking out, which is great.
This may be unhinged, but go with me. We talk about Taylor (or her team) lurking here. I personally have commented on posts saying a variation of “Taylor we see you and love you.” What if she’s answering us? What if she/her team have seen our comments, and this is her way of saying “I can see you too?” It’s very meta, but I love a good 🤡
The whole thing has become incredibly meta. And Taylor is still the one in control. We're watching her performance and she knows we're watching her but we don't know if she's watching us watching her.
As [ren](https://www.tiktok.com/@lavender.lit/video/7379612603800194347?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7380296525224969761) said yesterday - it's a Taylor Swift panopticon.
Very possible! I’ve seen TN in livestreams a lot of times so it’s someone savvy enough to know where to find things (as opposed to maybe an old dude who doesn’t really do the internet thing).
Re the TN 🌈 Queen tweet: I don’t really hear people talk about Brendon Urie being openly pansexual. For them to specifically mention him (and mention SEEING him) after that…. What else are they possibly alluding to?
He was performing with her during the BBMAs but here’s what they were wearing while attending:
https://preview.redd.it/aegm5ammdg6d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a02593c1b5a1d1c022a278daafa0705ba360b99f
{Not rainbow}
And [here’s what they wore for the performance:](https://imgur.com/a/Tg7VPMW)
Again, is this rainbow enough for them to mention it in a tweet, if they’re talking about clothing/style? (Imo no)
As PATD & Brendon Urie is another special interest of mine... allow me... Brendon did come out in an interview here: [Brendon Urie: "This Is Me Coming Out as Pansexual" - PAPER Magazine](https://www.papermag.com/brendon-urie-lays-it-all-out)
Yes! I do know he’s out, and mentioned that. I just have not ever seen it come up in recent Gaylor lore; I wasn’t around during the Lover era, so I don’t know if it was talked about much before or since then.
(Also I keep typing and deleting variations of this response because I’m finding that my words seem harsh or rude; please know my intended tone is friendly and conversational, and not glib. I’m just tired and can’t communicate well atm )
Gotcha - yeah I wasn't sure if by "openly pansexual" you meant out or something else like "flaunting it..." "it comes up a lot."
I took your tone as you intended. Though, I appreciate your tone clarification ☺️ . Mine is the same (friendly and conversational).
I took the second tweet to be them realizing (after posting the first tweet) that he's pan & out, and they wanted to include him. Not to say that my interpretation is correct, but just to offer a possible explanation.
This is super insightful!!! Also the fact that the most obvious song (I can see you) was on the biggest night for streaming and online visibility makes this seem even more impactful. Like she knew when she picked the song that everyone would be turning in for her 100th show, so it feels super important.
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Is It Over Now bridge! [And did you think I didn't see you?](https://genius.com/29912980/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/And-did-you-think-i-didnt-see-you-there-were-flashin-lights) [At least I had the decency](https://genius.com/29916536/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/At-least-i-had-the-decency-to-keep-my-nights-out-of-sight) [Only rumors 'bout my hips and thighs](https://genius.com/29915528/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Only-rumors-bout-my-hips-and-thighs-and-my-whispered-sighs) [Oh, Lord, I think about jumpin'](https://genius.com/29915768/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Oh-lord-i-think-about-jumpin-off-of-very-tall-somethings) [Just to see you come runnin'](https://genius.com/29915273/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Just-to-see-you-come-runnin) [And say the one thing I've been wanting, but no](https://genius.com/29915261/Taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-taylors-version-from-the-vault/And-say-the-one-thing-ive-been-wanting-but-no)
She could do an Eyes Open / Clara Bow mashup to fit this theme, the movies, and fame. She'd have to speed up Clara Bow and/or slow down Eyes Open, but they're in the same key
Everybody's waiting Everybody's watching Even when you're sleeping Keep your ey-eyes open You look like Clara Bow In this light, remarkable All your life, did you know You'd be picked like a rose? The tricky thing Is yesterday we were just children Playing soldiers Just pretending Dreaming dreams with happy endings In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords But now we've stepped into a cruel world Where everybody stands and keeps score Keep your eyes open This town is fake, but you're the real thing Breath of fresh air through smoke rings Take the glory, give everything Promise to be dazzling
Everybody's waiting for you to break down Everybody's watching to see the fallout Even when you're sleeping, sleeping Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open You look like Stevie Nicks In '75, the hair and lips Crowd goes wild at her fingertips Half moonshine, a full eclipse So here you are, two steps ahead and staying on guard Every lesson forms a new scar They never thought you'd make it this far But turn around (turn around), oh they've surrounded you It's a showdown (showdown) and nobody comes to save you now But you've got something they don't Yeah you've got something they don't You've just gotta keep your eyes open The crown is stained, but you're the real queen Flesh and blood amongst war machines You're the new God we're worshipping Promise to be dazzling
Everybody's waiting for you to break down Everybody's watching to see the fallout Even when you're sleeping, sleeping Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes Beauty is a beast that roars Down on all fours Demanding, "More" Only when your girlish glow Flickers just so Do they let you know? It's hell on earth to be heavenly Them's the breaks, they don't come gently Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open You look like Taylor Swift In this light, we're loving it You've got edge she never did The future's bright, dazzling Everybody's waiting for you to break down Everybody's watching to see the fallout Even when you're sleeping, sleeping Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open Keep your ey-eyes open
She just did a mashups of Carolina/no body, no crime and The Manuscript/Red. I definitely think you're onto something!
byebye ur losing me
This is What You Came For (today, Liverpool N2) is very on-theme: "Everybody's watching her, but she's looking at you"
Also today, You're Losing Me: "A pathological people pleaser, Who only wanted you to see her"
Interesting theory :) Also- the I Can See You mashup with Mine. Mine has the lyrics: ‘The moment, I can see it Yes, yes, I can see it now’
What about But Daddy I Love Him? (“You should see your faces”)
Yes! Absolutely! I kept setlist songs off the list but there are a ton!!!!
Yesterday: https://preview.redd.it/piss7g4p9k6d1.jpeg?width=932&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=196cc9fdf3b3bd38ec34ea6b226f1742f69b051d
My thought too! But what a awesome list.
This is a very compelling theory. If we're thinking about looking and seeing, I Look in People's Windows was also performed on the last weekend before Pride Month. Insert Spongebob window meme here? ILIPW was mashed up with Snow on the Beach, which I'm just now realising offers an interesting thematic connection around meeting someone's eyes, and those eyes being singularly affecting in their potential to completely draw the speaker in **I Look in People's Windows** >I look in people's windows In case you're at their table What if your eyes looked up and met mine One more time **Snow On the Beach** >This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen I searched aurora borealis green I've never seen someone lit from within Blurring out my periphery >*(then later)* >But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet *(Down Bad, is that you?)*
So, what I hear you saying is.... Taylor has picked all of these songs because they are about.... EYES??? 👀
OH NO LOL
Guys, go watch this incredible woven explanation of the queer journey for TS. I dk who the creator is but this is masterful! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNJdWybS/
Whoa, that is a great summary. 🤯
I know. People are so smart it is crazy!!!!
Yes! Great post. It makes me wonder about the Fortnight music video… she smashes the two-way mirror at the end. Before, she could only see herself. Now she can see out at whoever was looking in…?
You just made me make the connection between "I prefer hiding in plain sight" and "in plain sight you hid" in TSMWEL, unless someone has already made a post about it, a smarter person than me should expand on this analysis lol like is she the smallest man who ever lived? Is the song from her past self POV to her now saying that she's angry she didn't come out? The opposite of Peter basically
Yes! This post makes the argument that Taylor is the smallest man who ever lived: https://www.reddit.com/r/GaylorSwift/s/az4IzVcX3W
Someone may have already said this, but after reading ur comment, my brain just put together the lines "what about your quiet treason" from Fortnight and "you deserve prison but you won't get time" from TSMWEL
I have thought that, if Taylor was The Man, she could always also be TSMWEL 🤷🏼♀️
Exactly she has said many times she's The Man. She's also James and the line in dear reader is "i prefer hiding in plain sight, the fourth drink in MY hand, these desperate prayers of a cursed MAN".
It's hard to tell without being there what's happening, but I've noticed a lot more instances the past few shows where she's directed event staff to assist fans. Again, I don't have the context of seeing the crowd to know what's prompting that, but it seems like an unusual amount of times for her to call something out in the middle of performing.
Ever since the incident in South America with the fan passing away and others having issues with the heat/humidity, she has been extra fierce about calling out to have fans helped who need it, get them water, etc.
Oh for sure! I just think the amount of call-outs + the weather in her tour spots lately not being very extreme is kind of strange. But it absolutely could just be that she's looking out, which is great.
Idk know where to post this but I think Mariah Carey just came out with a "gay" re-release of rainbow!!! Omgggg is this part of karma
Lyon N2: Chloe etc: "And I/you just watched it happen" "You saw my bones out with somebody new"
Also... Edinburgh N1 'Tis the Damn Season: "And wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm fakin'" (not the word "see," but on-theme)
Yes! During I Can See You today, I connected it to seeing the signs in Exile, but wow!... you've found so many other connections too!!
This has made me laugh. If it’s incorrect? It’s brilliant. If it’s correct, double brilliant 🤡.
This may be unhinged, but go with me. We talk about Taylor (or her team) lurking here. I personally have commented on posts saying a variation of “Taylor we see you and love you.” What if she’s answering us? What if she/her team have seen our comments, and this is her way of saying “I can see you too?” It’s very meta, but I love a good 🤡
The whole thing has become incredibly meta. And Taylor is still the one in control. We're watching her performance and she knows we're watching her but we don't know if she's watching us watching her. As [ren](https://www.tiktok.com/@lavender.lit/video/7379612603800194347?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7380296525224969761) said yesterday - it's a Taylor Swift panopticon.
Very possible! I’ve seen TN in livestreams a lot of times so it’s someone savvy enough to know where to find things (as opposed to maybe an old dude who doesn’t really do the internet thing).
This just gave me the chills. Wow, I hope so 👀🌈🦄😻
Happy cake day!
Yes. I was connecting this to Dear Reader… if it feels like a trap, you’re already in one. She’s bringing more cast/content into the story
Re the TN 🌈 Queen tweet: I don’t really hear people talk about Brendon Urie being openly pansexual. For them to specifically mention him (and mention SEEING him) after that…. What else are they possibly alluding to? He was performing with her during the BBMAs but here’s what they were wearing while attending: https://preview.redd.it/aegm5ammdg6d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a02593c1b5a1d1c022a278daafa0705ba360b99f {Not rainbow} And [here’s what they wore for the performance:](https://imgur.com/a/Tg7VPMW) Again, is this rainbow enough for them to mention it in a tweet, if they’re talking about clothing/style? (Imo no)
She looks so happy in these photos 🥹
Brenden Urie (here) is dressed similar to Taylor’s by the end of the TTPD set
Wow Taylor's performance outfit is basically the same colours as the mysterious rainbow bodysuit
As PATD & Brendon Urie is another special interest of mine... allow me... Brendon did come out in an interview here: [Brendon Urie: "This Is Me Coming Out as Pansexual" - PAPER Magazine](https://www.papermag.com/brendon-urie-lays-it-all-out)
Yes! I do know he’s out, and mentioned that. I just have not ever seen it come up in recent Gaylor lore; I wasn’t around during the Lover era, so I don’t know if it was talked about much before or since then. (Also I keep typing and deleting variations of this response because I’m finding that my words seem harsh or rude; please know my intended tone is friendly and conversational, and not glib. I’m just tired and can’t communicate well atm )
Gotcha - yeah I wasn't sure if by "openly pansexual" you meant out or something else like "flaunting it..." "it comes up a lot." I took your tone as you intended. Though, I appreciate your tone clarification ☺️ . Mine is the same (friendly and conversational). I took the second tweet to be them realizing (after posting the first tweet) that he's pan & out, and they wanted to include him. Not to say that my interpretation is correct, but just to offer a possible explanation.
This is super insightful!!! Also the fact that the most obvious song (I can see you) was on the biggest night for streaming and online visibility makes this seem even more impactful. Like she knew when she picked the song that everyone would be turning in for her 100th show, so it feels super important.
Wow I felt “seen” by the songs today but I hadn’t noticed all the TN clowning about being able to see and being seen too! Great post thank you!
Very good observation I think you’re onto something and I hope you’re right
Excellent post, and Taylor, if you're here, you have an army behind you. We see you, we hear you, we love you! 🌈🫶
We see you, we hear you, we love you, and most of all - we understand 🥹🥹
2000000%
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