the bridge of this song is everything. in an interview with vogue in 2014, when asked if she could have any superpower which she could have, taylor said “the ability to heal people”. SHE HAS THIS SUPERPOWER this song is healing and i love it so much🥰
The archer is one of her most heartbreaking and beautify written songs. Not only because of the lyrics, but because of her voice, I love how she can make you feel whatever she wants trough her voice, you can feel the pain and the anxiety trough out the whole song. Masterpiece!
I read on twitter that a lot of people don't like this song because they waited for the beat drop to happen but it never came. And some said taylor wrote it that way because thats exactly how anxiety feels like for her; waiting forever to feel relieved. Gosh shes such a genius songwriter, i feel sorry for her bcs she has to go through a lot of bad things🥺🥺
I looked it up, what this song could possibly mean and I learned this song is deeply about Taylor that a lot of others could relate. This song is about her struggles with her vulnerability and trust in relationship. Taylor compares herself to the archer, saying she's ready to defend herself from being hurt, but this also makes it difficult for her to let people in. "I've been the archer, I've been the prey," is about how she has been hurt in the past, but Taylor also acknowledges that she has hurt others. This song is about how she is afraid of getting hurt again, but she also wants to find someone who will stay with her. "Who could stay?" reflects Taylor's uncertainty of finding lasting love. The song ends with the line "You could stay," which suggests that Taylor is finally starting to believe she is worthy of love. This song shows her willingness to be more open and vulnerable with her fans.
I like to think imgonnagetyouback, The Bolter, and the Archer have the same narrator. All their stories 📖 flow nicely into each other. About a woman with Antisocial Personality Disorder, who learns to accepts herself (in The Bolter), and eventually finds someone who's personality gels with hers (The Archer) calming her down. She struggles to figure out how to tell him her feelings. And tell him how everyone else, except her father, has always hated her once they knew who she was. She wonders why this guy is not repulsed by her. Sometimes having doubts he really knows her or that he has some ulterior motive. Just because she has no explanation for him staying loving towards her. She does not blame people for hating her. She hates herself as well. She loves him dearly, finding her true love 💗. And is ready for the "combat" of having to confess her feelings on the matter.
SAME I used to be friends with this kid then they started talking about me then I started hating him and I never did any thing to him then he starts saying stuff to my face I’m not kidding it was 7 AM every time he would do it so I’m just damn it’s 7 am
Yeah, and I am pretty sure it's gonna be a very good album. "Red" had also songs with many styles. The title song, "All Too Well", and "I Knew You Were Trouble" are all different. She had humor on her previous singles, now this is much darker. My favorite so far.
"I've been the archer, I've been the prey" "All of my enemies started out friends" Sis low key talking about self destruction But also being the reason of her own character growth
This song holds a special place in my heart. The day this video was released, was a very hard day for me. I left my family for the first time and went to France for my education. I was staying with a family who treated me so badly. They yelled at me all the time and looked down on me. I was missing my family, trying to focus on my studies and handling with the family that I was staying with at the same time and one day when it was all too much I just started crying in my bedroom. I felt so alone, thousands of miles away from my family and friends, but suddenly I got a notification on my phone. It was Taylor, releasing The Archer lyric video and at that moment I felt like she was there with me and she was telling me that everything was going to be okay and stop crying . Thank you Taylor, you may never read this comment but thank you for making me feel not alone. You were there for me when I needed you the most and I will always be there for you too. I love you.
In one of the Folklore songs I am like "Where in the world are the lyrics?" for about 30 seconds straight. Then I squint in the corner and see "Ohhhhh! There are the lyrics."
this song feels like a warm hug, a late night drive, a cup of hot chocolate, a cosy campfire, it gives me such good but sad vibes. her songwriting speaks volumes. one of the best songwriter of our generation.
This. And she's also capable to write huge mainstream hits like I Knew You Were Trouble to Shake It Off, pop bops like Blank Space and End Game Like she's very versatile, people cant judge her talent just by one song
It makes me sad that people don't realize this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written in history. It is hauntingly beautiful, soul crushing honest and so heartfelt. It's flawless.
@@ibogantesslook, no-ones saying you have to love it, but this song really really gets me. and if it does for me, it does for other people. I'll never subscribe to ppl acting like it's only ok for you to say old music is the best, the best music ever will always be what is best to you alone.
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Sogand fz actually, kinda. But she still knows that she has been a prey. But this time, she rightly acknowledges that she has also been an archer. ‘The archer’ and ‘the prey’ In context of her relationships and friendships.
2:07 I feel like my heart will flip out, the nerves, the anxiousness, the heartbeat not slowing down, the beat keeps getting louder as if you're finally, finally been seen. Taylor, you've really seen right through me
@@mthsongs3596 Taking this line alone, I understand literally she doesn't liking her self image for some reason. But, when you take it with the line before "and I cut off my nose just to spite my face..." I understand it as she takes action/does things for revenge or whatever/allows things to happen to her, knowing it won't be good for her, then she dislikes the consequences, she regrets doing/allowing that to happen, but she has to live with that for a long time, cause what's done is done. Of course, I can be totally wrong 😅
I love the part where it goes like “can you see right through me?” And all of that, it starts at about 2:08 in the song and I feel like it is a perfect representation of intruding and unwanted thoughts, and I really appreciated this part because that’s how it feels for me, thank you Taylor for this masterpiece.
What I relate to:- "I jump from the train, i ride off alone" "Hate my reflection, for years and years" "I see right through me" "Cause all of my enemies started out friends" "Who could ever leave me darling, but who could stay" The increase in beat ( makes me feel like anxiety is building up and there is no way to stop it.) And it never drops
This song is like an arrow was shot at you but in slow motion. Taylor is just so genius. She really portray the feeling of anxiety in this song. Thats an artist yall!!
@@larryjane4926 Why wouldn't she write the songs herself? Or do you mean ALL by herself? Because she has co-writers at least for most of the newer songs. Still HER songs, though. Do you write songs? Because I do. And just because my band co-writes them of course, it's still my song if the idea and the lyrics and the main structure are my creation.
@@juls2695 "I've been the prey" ---> in I Know Places she has a part where she says "They are the hunters we are the foxes" which refers to them being preyed upon
"Who could ever leave me darling but who could have stayed" Hits hard when none of your friends remember your birthday, I know it's immature to have expectation but I was the one texting them always
I relate a lot to this line!! But for me it's because I'm still in the closet and my friends don't know about me so I wonder what'll happen if they knew and question myself, *"Who could ever leave me darling and who could stay?"*
its not immature. dont lower your expectations becase of people like them. Dont ever settle for less. Know your worth, and just know, you're not the only one.
It’s crazy how this song is exactly how i feel when i experience anxiety. I can literally not only feel my heart like this but also hear my heart beating like that
@@craloslius8631 I used to listen to country radio a lot growing up when Sugarland and Rascal Flatts' Life is a Highway from the Cars movie anthem were killin it, and Taylor's been a big name starting off during that fall of 2006. For someone her age at that time to get airplay was headlines. I will never forget hearing Tim McGraw being hyped up. :)
i havent saw a fan noticing it but in 3:10 u can hear taylor's voice of "ahh" and her deep breaths with trying to calm down. its about anxiety and makes me cry everytime.
'Who could ever leave me darling, but who could stay?' this line broke me, i still can't believe this song didn't got the love & recognition it deserved 😭
it’s almost like through song she’s writing in her diary, about her secrets, struggles, fears, and at the end she snaps it shut, ending the song so abruptly
Aaron Fortier people can write about the same thing for a long time, even if jack influenced this a lot she has talked about writing this song and she writes all her songs
There are opposites to everything, so turn it around, own the room. When I was 10, my mom told me the truest words ever spoken...."If you can't find the friend, then BE the friend others need to come to."
You should be glad she’s been nominated before - trying being Madonna - she’s been snubbed for many of her amazing albums like a prayer , true blue , erotica
@@luna_writes Oh yeah the chorus has the tempo of Getaway car. Additionally, I think it's "teardrops on my guitar" when she sings the first line of the song.
for me the first part of "they see right thru me" is about how people around me just saw past me and never tried to know me on a deeper level. but "can u see right thru me" is asking a specific person is they can see my pain, my hurt, my suffering, my anxiety. however that person, just like the others see past me and hence the second part of "they see right thru me" and in the end, even i myself started ignoring my own self, "i see right thru me".
“help me hold onto you” has the same energy as “please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh i could recognize anywhere”
YES
@@blueangel5050 bad
DAMN THE TEAAAAAARS
YES AMEN
omg
"hated my reflection for years and years" is heartbreaking after taylors eating disorder confession in Miss Americana
And how she Said she Was Glad that she finally isolated herself from looking at her pictures everyday cause it makes her more insecure of her body.
Truly
Ikr!! When I heard that line that’s exactly what I thought about
I can relate a lot about this song, but mostly in that part, because I hate myself a lot.
I JUST WATCHED THE FILM AND WENT HERE FOR THISSSSSSSSSSSSSAHHHHHHHHH
I'll never forgive this fandom for ignoring this song's existence after the album came out
True
Same
saaame
Ill never forget a track 5 hahahahah
Exactly
the bridge of this song is everything. in an interview with vogue in 2014, when asked if she could have any superpower which she could have, taylor said “the ability to heal people”. SHE HAS THIS SUPERPOWER this song is healing and i love it so much🥰
The archer is one of her most heartbreaking and beautify written songs. Not only because of the lyrics, but because of her voice, I love how she can make you feel whatever she wants trough her voice, you can feel the pain and the anxiety trough out the whole song.
Masterpiece!
YESSSSSS 💕
@@jessailardi8908 I agree!!!!!!
❤
"All of my enemies started out as friends."
That hit me right in the feels. Sad that some of my closest friends are gone from life
I just made youtube look forward to communicating with everyone
And all of mine became friends🤦♀️
That hits home honestly
☹️☹️
“Cause all of my enemies started off friends”
*That one hit me hard Taylor*
Me too man 💔
OMG sameee💔
Me too!!
what does that line mean?
@@stillbrook most of her actual enemies used to be her friends, she trusted 'em but then they betrayed her and talked sh*t bout her :/
Its March 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this incredible song💖
i literally see u everywhere now-
I'm here.
🎉
Hi- stop stalking meh pls
YOU ARE EVERYWHERE💀
this could trigger anxiety. and the beat sounds like the heartbeat. genius
Just like wildest dreams but not with a steady heart rate and with a heavy breathing heart
Thank YOU ❣️ love
The beat is supposed to sound like an archer pulling back their bowstring and letting go at the end
Literally just explained what "music" is
This actually helps calm my anxiety 😅😂
I read on twitter that a lot of people don't like this song because they waited for the beat drop to happen but it never came. And some said taylor wrote it that way because thats exactly how anxiety feels like for her; waiting forever to feel relieved. Gosh shes such a genius songwriter, i feel sorry for her bcs she has to go through a lot of bad things🥺🥺
That makes a lot of sense. The repeating "they see right through me" definitely makes me think of anxiety
Its 200x better that there was no beat drop. It was more emotional that way.
Dang i felt the same way, seemed half baked, but i love this song, maybe she can do a remix, would love both versions.
I think it’s perfect the way it is ❤️ I have it on repeat I especially love the Bridge “I see right through me”
She is literally an artist, lyrics alone had me in tears her genius is her talent! She does it all!
When Tay said "All my enemies started out friends" I felt that.
Selenator Forever same
Yeah me too
Yes I was literally shot by an arrow on that line.
Same...😭
The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was true. :(
I looked it up, what this song could possibly mean and I learned this song is deeply about Taylor that a lot of others could relate.
This song is about her struggles with her vulnerability and trust in relationship. Taylor compares herself to the archer, saying she's ready to defend herself from being hurt, but this also makes it difficult for her to let people in.
"I've been the archer, I've been the prey," is about how she has been hurt in the past, but Taylor also acknowledges that she has hurt others.
This song is about how she is afraid of getting hurt again, but she also wants to find someone who will stay with her.
"Who could stay?" reflects Taylor's uncertainty of finding lasting love.
The song ends with the line "You could stay," which suggests that Taylor is finally starting to believe she is worthy of love.
This song shows her willingness to be more open and vulnerable with her fans.
I love how you explained this... thank you.🙂
Wow this was long and I’m glad I took the time to read this thanks😊
It also refers to the Sagittarius sign being referred to as the archer
Ouch...wow. This hit me.
I like to think imgonnagetyouback, The Bolter, and the Archer have the same narrator.
All their stories 📖 flow nicely into each other.
About a woman with Antisocial Personality Disorder, who learns to accepts herself (in The Bolter), and eventually finds someone who's personality gels with hers (The Archer) calming her down.
She struggles to figure out how to tell him her feelings. And tell him how everyone else, except her father, has always hated her once they knew who she was.
She wonders why this guy is not repulsed by her. Sometimes having doubts he really knows her or that he has some ulterior motive. Just because she has no explanation for him staying loving towards her.
She does not blame people for hating her. She hates herself as well.
She loves him dearly, finding her true love 💗. And is ready for the "combat" of having to confess her feelings on the matter.
This song is criminally underrated.
IS IT? Can u explain yue difference between prison trade and just regular trade? I need to know because I'm finally marketing myself appropriately!
Anybody wanna buy a hear
Just like archery
@@albumusicon2150 what-
It's perfect
"All my enemies started out as friends"
Damn! That hit right at home...
SAME!!
Anonymous Person same. I’m in that position now.
Same
She just exposed her snakeness!! 🐍🐍🐍
SAME I used to be friends with this kid then they started talking about me then I started hating him and I never did any thing to him then he starts saying stuff to my face I’m not kidding it was 7 AM every time he would do it so I’m just damn it’s 7 am
This is so different from the other two songs we've heard from Lover - I'm so excited for the variety in this album
Yeah, and I am pretty sure it's gonna be a very good album. "Red" had also songs with many styles. The title song, "All Too Well", and "I Knew You Were Trouble" are all different. She had humor on her previous singles, now this is much darker. My favorite so far.
Other people relate to 'lover', 'gorgeous', 'paper rings' and 'invisible string'.
I relate to "the archer"
Katie perry>>>
I also relate to This Is Me Trying
@cosmomcfloso5820 you can't even spelled her name right😭💀
@@cosmomcfloso5820this isn’t Katy perry it’s Taylor Swift
@@little.miss.fangirly ik
The reason why this song doesn't sound right because people are waiting for the beat to drop, but it never does. And that's how anxiety feels like.
Her mind istg😭😭
exactly it just keeps building and building and it feels like there’s no end or release
The beat does build up, though
@@xXmlgamingXx355 yeah, but it never drops, which makes us all anxious. And this whole song is a representation of Taylor's anxious feelings.
@@emmy5658 yes, I know, but it’s not like the beat stays static throughout the entire song
"I've been the archer, I've been the prey"
"All of my enemies started out friends"
Sis low key talking about self destruction
But also being the reason of her own character growth
I think it's about her hurting people and people hurting her and how both were done
It reminds me of I know places where she is a fox and foxes are prey's to humans.
This song holds a special place in my heart. The day this video was released, was a very hard day for me. I left my family for the first time and went to France for my education. I was staying with a family who treated me so badly. They yelled at me all the time and looked down on me. I was missing my family, trying to focus on my studies and handling with the family that I was staying with at the same time and one day when it was all too much I just started crying in my bedroom. I felt so alone, thousands of miles away from my family and friends, but suddenly I got a notification on my phone. It was Taylor, releasing The Archer lyric video and at that moment I felt like she was there with me and she was telling me that everything was going to be okay and stop crying . Thank you Taylor, you may never read this comment but thank you for making me feel not alone. You were there for me when I needed you the most and I will always be there for you too. I love you.
are you okay now darling🥺 stay strong!!❤
how is france?? did you make friends??
@@buzzcutseason142 France is great, yes I've made a lot of friends and my French really improved! :)
I hope you’re doing well now! Stay strong archer! ♥️
@@ann_vocado The way this comment made me smile... Thank you! ♥️
In my opinion, this is Taylor Swift's best song in her entire catalog. It is hauntingly beautiful and tragically underappreciated.
100% agree. Taylor's best song, there is so much emotion contained in this song, that I can feel ever time I listen to it.
I wish the lyrics in Folklore's videos are as huge as the lyrics here.
Lmao
OMG JSKSKSKSKSKK
I know right I'm literally struggling
😂
In one of the Folklore songs I am like "Where in the world are the lyrics?" for about 30 seconds straight.
Then I squint in the corner and see "Ohhhhh! There are the lyrics."
this song feels like a warm hug, a late night drive, a cup of hot chocolate, a cosy campfire, it gives me such good but sad vibes. her songwriting speaks volumes. one of the best songwriter of our generation.
Thats actually true
This. And she's also capable to write huge mainstream hits like I Knew You Were Trouble to Shake It Off, pop bops like Blank Space and End Game
Like she's very versatile, people cant judge her talent just by one song
Exactly man!
*cozy but yes
I like your profile pic😊
This sounds so much like "This Love" from 1989 and I'm here for it
Exactly.
Yessssss. 😭😭😭😭
A select few
I wish it had the lyrical genius that this love has tho
I think they were both produced by Jack Antonoff!!
I found the song with the same vibes as Wild Heart by the bleachers which is also done by Jack Antonoff
It makes me sad that people don't realize this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written in history. It is hauntingly beautiful, soul crushing honest and so heartfelt. It's flawless.
You don't know a lot of songs do you?
@@ibogantess"one of the..."
@@ibogantesslook, no-ones saying you have to love it, but this song really really gets me. and if it does for me, it does for other people. I'll never subscribe to ppl acting like it's only ok for you to say old music is the best, the best music ever will always be what is best to you alone.
Preach ❤❤❤
I'm 51 and I can kick you all off of my lawn 🎉
Right?!
this is like a perfect song for a sad drive home alone at night.
Cheyenne Venables I’m with you.
Nope. That would be Me by 1975, the song Taylor's song here rips off for its beat.
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Exactly
Yesss this song made me sad every time I listened to it
red: stay stay stay
1989: all u had to do was stay
lover: who could stay?
Star of All Donuts me: *dies*
Star of All Donuts im happy she says you could stay after that this song was so effortlessly good
Star of All Donuts reputation: but i stay...
I HAVE TO STAY NOE
reputation : stay here honey i dont wanna share
“ ‘Cause all of my enemies started out friends” - I really felt that
Same
Same
Me too :(
I didn't
same :)
It's like RED and 1989 had a child, this is so emotional for me
I really love those two album of her 💖
Exactly!!!
I really like her songs in this style.
same. i love this so much
Hsgdjrujikgddhi i loved it
This song is a power fusion of reputation and lover
@tijrus Bruh I couldn't even say "articulate". But I felt it.
and folklore
and evermore
and folklore
hi me
"All of my enemies started as friends."
That hit me.
Maria Gracia absolutely
So sad, and yet so true ...
But if so many of your Friends turn into enemys maybe you are doing something wrong...
the fact that i heard this live … probably the best moment of my life.
You were at the concert?! Jealous but so happy for you guys! The Archer is my personal fave so I was happy to see a clip of her singing this live. ❤
I'm going to the eras tour on August 7th, and I am 100% going to cry my eyes out when I hear this song live 🥲
this song live HURTS.
me too 💖 this song healed something inside me the day I heard it live
I am so jealous! i tried to get tickets...
When she said “Cause all of my enemies started out friends” I felt that-
Tory :3 me tooo
MEEEEE TOOOOOOO
Same 😔
Perfect song for driving around at night thinking about life....
Omg that is so what i feel and think of the mood. 😂
Dang I'm agree
Yeah ...🤘👍😁
ArtsyPutsy IM FEELING THAT
damn i’d fall asleep
1989: "They are the hunters, we are the foxes"
Lover: "I've been the archer, I've been the prey"
👏👏
I think she has grown up to be the archer not the fox
I thought the same thing, and I love I Know Places, wonderful song
Sogand fz actually, kinda. But she still knows that she has been a prey. But this time, she rightly acknowledges that she has also been an archer. ‘The archer’ and ‘the prey’ In context of her relationships and friendships.
I know places... I love this song so much.
2:07 I feel like my heart will flip out, the nerves, the anxiousness, the heartbeat not slowing down, the beat keeps getting louder as if you're finally, finally been seen. Taylor, you've really seen right through me
Makes me almost want to throw up but I love it 😮
"Then hate my reflection for years and years."
-Taylor Swift 7/23/2019
That hit me so hard
Katie Silva I’m dumb. What does that mean
Katie Silva
Mulan said it better
ʇɹɐǝɥ ɐɹʇɔǝןǝ nah
Simon Cowell
yah
@@mthsongs3596 Taking this line alone, I understand literally she doesn't liking her self image for some reason.
But, when you take it with the line before "and I cut off my nose just to spite my face..." I understand it as she takes action/does things for revenge or whatever/allows things to happen to her, knowing it won't be good for her, then she dislikes the consequences, she regrets doing/allowing that to happen, but she has to live with that for a long time, cause what's done is done.
Of course, I can be totally wrong 😅
Taylor and Jack never disappoints .This is so 1989 vibes
Jan Hofmeyr that’s what I thought
And a little bit of synth 2010 throwback to 1980's and I am so dying for this.
They are the definition of talent
"we were riding in a getaway car"
---
"i ride off alone"
jayden omg agfin ♥️
Unknownymous User 🥰🥰
I love the part where it goes like “can you see right through me?” And all of that, it starts at about 2:08 in the song and I feel like it is a perfect representation of intruding and unwanted thoughts, and I really appreciated this part because that’s how it feels for me, thank you Taylor for this masterpiece.
"All of my enemies started out friends" damn I felt that.
True this!! :)
Yeah makes my chest heavy.
Can u name them??
Nobody's gonna love you like me. Same here
It's very appreciate to hear my best artist in my birthday,Can't wait to see more official music video. ^^
Unpopular opinion: The Archer would get much attention if it was put in Folklore.
Yessss
My thoughts exactly
Not unpopular. It's true. I don't know why the Archer was ranked last by Billboard in the top songs from Lover.
it has a folklore vibe in it, agreed.
Jan. 20, 2021
it sounds like "this is me trying" for me.
"All of my enemies, started out friends" omfg I CAN RELATE TO THAT IN SPIRITUAL LEVEL
I love your profile pic!
@Angelica Phan Me?
It is spiritual! She's a demon n well, jesus christ is jesus christ n no one will beat him!
What I relate to:-
"I jump from the train, i ride off alone"
"Hate my reflection, for years and years"
"I see right through me"
"Cause all of my enemies started out friends"
"Who could ever leave me darling, but who could stay"
The increase in beat ( makes me feel like anxiety is building up and there is no way to stop it.) And it never drops
This song is like an arrow was shot at you but in slow motion. Taylor is just so genius. She really portray the feeling of anxiety in this song. Thats an artist yall!!
Btw she liked a tumblr post saying that which means she confirmed this so we can call her a GENIUS for thinking to do this
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Nah. That's true. Just like an arrow coming at you in slow motion
Being an Emiya is suffering.
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this kinda sounds like a mashup of “this love”, “so it goes”, and “call it what you want” and it’s amazing
Yes, but without so it goes...
So it goes. Is so underrated its one of my favorit songs
Virginia Klenske yessss you’re so right!
it kinda reminds of sad beautiful tragic
And "You are in Love"
Taylor's strongest weapon is her impeccable songwriting skills.
"Only" the strongest among many many others. :-)
That's funny because her songs are written for her she just sings them and adds autotune 😂😂
@@drishyashah2463 Don't feed the troll! ;-)
If you think she writes all her song your under 25 and living in bliss enjoy it👍🏽
@@larryjane4926 Why wouldn't she write the songs herself? Or do you mean ALL by herself? Because she has co-writers at least for most of the newer songs. Still HER songs, though. Do you write songs? Because I do. And just because my band co-writes them of course, it's still my song if the idea and the lyrics and the main structure are my creation.
this is so folklore coded. i love it. it’s so underrated
@Swiftie-1989TV yeah ik i’m just saying that it reminds me of folklore
id like to gatekeep this song
This sounds like something you'd hear at the end of an 80's movie when the two leads are slow dancing at their prom. Anyone else get that vibe?
yesss
jesse candiver YASS! It gives me that awesome feeling! Where in that moment everything is very intimate!
jesse candiver YES I HEAR IT I TOTALLY HEAR THAT WHOA
jesse candiver now that you say it
jesse candiver yes!!!!!
"cause all of my enemies started out friends"
and it's true:(
Woawwww purfect 💓💚💚💚💓
Justin Bieber says HELLO
Ik that's rly deep, for example Karlie and this dumbass S*cott
im sobbing
I cried
I love how she reference her old songs, refreshing and building on them each time. Taylor is one of the most memorable and genuine of our generation.
where did she reference her old songs?
Aryaman Sharma fue example when she says: I never grew up; cause in Fearless he wrote Never grow up (my favorite TS song)
@@paulinaconsuelo5474 what else
@@juls2695 "I've been the prey" ---> in I Know Places she has a part where she says "They are the hunters we are the foxes" which refers to them being preyed upon
Aryaman Sharma "help me hold onto you" references to new year's day
"hold on to the memories"
PUT IT BACK ON THE SET LIST I'M BEGGING YOUUUUUUUU
YESS
yes , pleaseeeeeee
I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost. The room is on fire, invisible smoke.
This portrays exactly how a panic attack feels.
Yes! Dude I got that part and that part got me.
Corey Wollard it’s actually why I like the song so much .... makes the panic attacks more elegant
W the music ...🤷♀️💔🏹🏹❤️❣️☺️🤭
agreed!
exactly !!
Yes!!!
I just love the fact that it says
"©2019 TAYLOR SWIFT"
at the end
as it should be
proud of her!!
ME! Too
GIRL POWER
& you are in love kinda
The Beatles didn’t even own their own music. Proud.
Abandoning this song was one of the worst ideas Swifties have ever thought of
😿Yes!
Can't agree more
THEY DID BAD WITH THIS SONG
i never abandoned this song
this song is a masterpiece and i love it
abandoning this whole album was, and still is one of the worst ideas swifties have ever thought of 😔
"Who could ever leave me darling but who could have stayed"
Hits hard when none of your friends remember your birthday, I know it's immature to have expectation but I was the one texting them always
I don’t think it’s immature to want reciprocity
it's not immature at all
I think "tolerate it" from Taylor Swift's 'evermore' album describes your situation
I relate a lot to this line!! But for me it's because I'm still in the closet and my friends don't know about me so I wonder what'll happen if they knew and question myself, *"Who could ever leave me darling and who could stay?"*
its not immature. dont lower your expectations becase of people like them. Dont ever settle for less. Know your worth, and just know, you're not the only one.
If Call it what you want and Wildest Dreams had a baby, it would sound like this.
omg YES
Agreed x10
and the baby’s sibling would be Clean
holden
SO TRUE!!
When you're happy you enjoy the music, when you're lonely you understand the lyrics.
True
This isn't yours but true.
When you're happy you enjoy the music, when you're lonely you copy someone**
@@Gumshoe2603 this is me on another level
@@Sidsahoy liked and made it 667 likes instead of 666 likes
“All of my enemies started out friends” That hit deep. 🥺💔
This is the punch line in the song...
Emily Holt that hit me so hard 😭
but its true to me...
The whole song hit deep!
Emily Holt KATY
It’s crazy how this song is exactly how i feel when i experience anxiety. I can literally not only feel my heart like this but also hear my heart beating like that
*“I've got a hundred thrown out speeches I almost said to you.”*
I felt that.
23:20 SAME.
23:20 yes
That’s when the song got to me. That lyric hit me deep down
All I can think about is hearing Taylor perform this acoustic on a summer night at the Lover Tour surrounded by 70,000 light up bracelets.
Alex Luque yesssss !!
Ikr. I still have my light up bracelet from the Reputation tour.
Imagining this made me tear up for a little bit
Alayna Jones Saaame!
Omg😭😭
"I wish I'd never grown up." -Never Grow Up
"I never grew up." -The Archer
This is how i feel like all the time, nervous, shy, worried, anxious, wanting to fit in. The beat Never drops in my life, just like this song.
Taylor: "I'm ready for combat"
Me: I'm ready for the TOUR!!!!
Same here however I must start saving my money.
Don't forget to vote at VMAs every day!
I'm not! I'm only half way to my goal and I've been saving for months
Ready to combat people for tour tickets 😭
If you don't mind... I fell in love with this that I did a cover! I'd love it if you check it out
In case you didn’t know, Taylor’s zodiac sign is a Sagittarius, and it’s symbol is The Archer
Omg I didn't noticed that😱
My zodiac sign is also sagittarius
Sagi's! 🙆🏽♀️
Fellow Sagittarius here♐
Saggy's unite! Lol
Taylor”who could stay”
Me:well I’ve been listening to ur songs since I was eight so I CAN STAY
Me 22222222222
I’ve been listening since I was like 6
YAAASSS!!! And we will continue to listen to her songs for the rest of our lives...
Be been listening to her since I had an iPod which is when I was like 4.
I started listening when I was 4 so I can stay to
I just finished the Once Upon a Broken Heart saga and I'm literally crying with this
“All of my enemies started out friends” MY HEART JUST BROKE that’s so hard love this song
That girl is in the music industry since 2006 and she keeps surprising me every time
Since 2008... she wasn’t known in 2006.
Scorpio Midheavens never get done reinventing ourselves.
@@craloslius8631 I used to listen to country radio a lot growing up when Sugarland and Rascal Flatts' Life is a Highway from the Cars movie anthem were killin it, and Taylor's been a big name starting off during that fall of 2006. For someone her age at that time to get airplay was headlines. I will never forget hearing Tim McGraw being hyped up. :)
@@friendfromindia5474 hahaha never
babu gavhane That was unnecessary
“All my enemies started as friends”
Why is this so relatable🔥💔
yes so true ):
This song is so hypnotic. The lyrics are like listening to a story and feeling her experience behind the music.
i havent saw a fan noticing it but in 3:10 u can hear taylor's voice of "ahh" and her deep breaths with trying to calm down. its about anxiety and makes me cry everytime.
@𝓑𝓮𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓬é 𝓼𝔀𝓲𝓯𝓽 ur welcome. i think the archer stans should know that cause this is so deep :(
I noticed it since the first time but decided not to point it out bc I thought it was just an adlib 😅
@@anjeanette7305 lol
@@anjeanette7305 lol
that's so subtle, i never noticed that
It's like if Getaway Car and Wildest Dream had a baby 💓
Exactly.
TRUE
"Getaway Car" thats what it is called ik it was the mix of the genres of two of her songs couldn't think of the name to "Getaway Car" thanks though!
Lol
And if the baby way born in the 80s
Taylor swift: you need to calm down
Also Taylor swift: I'm ready for combat
Good comment
sierra _ 😂😂😂
sierra _ Hey, are you okay?
@@jellyjordy1154 hahaha thanks!
'Who could ever leave me darling, but who could stay?' this line broke me, i still can't believe this song didn't got the love & recognition it deserved 😭
2014: All you had to do was stay
2019: Who could stay?
Track Five vibes
Stay here honey I don't want to share
Not to mention in the You Need to Calm Down Video, Hayley Kiyoko shot an arrow into the number 5.
Eder Mota. Watch Taylor’s instagram video she just posted. This is track five
To reply to Eros Azrael: that was the Easter egg I can’t believe I missed it
I know guys it’s track five. That’s why I see the resemblance ✨
Unpopular opinion: This is one of her best songs.
it’s my favorite song of hers
And so its rightfully unpopular
It's my favourite
saddest song ever by Taylor Swift
@@ericdarmawan9504 I think back to December is sadder
The Archer, mirrorball, this is me trying, and Dear Reader are the kind of songs you need to listen to, when you want to cry but simply can't...🥲
the archer with mirrorball and this is me trying is so heavenly😭
Add Nothing New as well😭😭
dear reader 👏
Plus, Castles Crumbling
champagne problems make me cry every time
it’s almost like through song she’s writing in her diary, about her secrets, struggles, fears, and at the end she snaps it shut, ending the song so abruptly
so true!!!!! Ayna Gupta
Perfect wow
like a archer too...she is preparing herself to shoot it and then there's silence
This song has Jack Antonoff written all over it. He co-wrote it and produced it. Can definitely hear his influence in it
Aaron Fortier people can write about the same thing for a long time, even if jack influenced this a lot she has talked about writing this song and she writes all her songs
"who could ever leave me, darling, but who could stay" was my life for SO long, that line really hits
Speak Now: "Darling don't you ever grow up"
Lover: "I never grew up"
Omg one of my favorites songs from SN
@@dannievicente1254 I love every songs in SN. All of them are a masterpiece!
I can so relate to SN songs. 😭
This song encapsulates what it feels like to feel all alone in a crowded room.
44GlenCoCo and self destruction:(
"Encapsulates"- I like this word
@@lovebug8482 Me too! It's such a good word.
There are opposites to everything, so turn it around, own the room. When I was 10, my mom told me the truest words ever spoken...."If you can't find the friend, then BE the friend others need to come to."
That is so Story of Us
Anyone else notice at the end, instead of say 2019 Big Machine it said 2019 Taylor Swift!!!!
Go Taylor!! We stand with you❤️
SmartBlondey 99 love the username and I stand with Taylor as well
She's done that starting with ME!. 🤨😅😂
Immediately noticed that!
@@keathenyoung8499 ...
I noticed that since ME!
even after it was on the eras tour this song is still one of the best and most underrated songs on the album 💘💘💘
Taylor: "Easy they come, easy they go"
Me: Little high, little low...
Anyway the wind blows doesn't really matter to me
A N anywhere the wind bl0ows
MamaaaAaaAa!!!
Just killed a man
It’s like my natal chart reading on cafeastrology
If I'm not back this time tomorrow...
She's Sagittarius so she is an archer! Gotta love the symbolism 🏹
i was about to say that!
All the Sagittarius can relate, well no, I think is a personal song from her heart
*The Archer by Taylor Swift but you're in the bathroom at a party alone, crying*
oh wait that's just the original version
michael in da bathroom but archer taylor swift
Partner this with John Mayer’s Heartbreak Warfare for the perfect double-hit combo
Rea Pagara meeeee
Mia Butterfly Diaz yeeeeees
“Hate my reflection for years and years” 😢😢
"cause all of my enemies started as friends" well that still hits home
“Cause all of my enemies started out friends”
This hits me differently 😢
Yeah nearly made me cry!
Same 😧
Fr tho
"Screaming who could ever leave me darling but who could stay" this one is my fav lyric
same. i mean with the word "screaming"
And the answer is so obvious, her fans could stay😍🏹💞
"Who could ever leave me darling, but who could stay" that hit me so hard
I don’t see why Taylor didn’t get a Grammy for this album this album is better than the ones nominated
👍🏻👍🏻💙
Grammy is rigged!
Grammy is rigged dahling. 😂
You should be glad she’s been nominated before - trying being Madonna - she’s been snubbed for many of her amazing albums like a prayer , true blue , erotica
Agree too disagree but at least shouldve gotten a nomination in Album Of The Year
Others: new taylor will not write sad songs
Taylor:the archer
Me:crying...
This did not age well 💀
The melody reminds me of This love.
The instrumental reminds me of her heartbeats from Wildest dreams' background.
1989 is now having her baby sister!
Sounds like getaway car to me
@@luna_writes Oh yeah the chorus has the tempo of Getaway car. Additionally, I think it's "teardrops on my guitar" when she sings the first line of the song.
@@luna_writes A little bit of CAY too :)
It reminds me of Welcome to New York but in a sad, vunerable, insecure way
It has little feels of many songs I think, you can get a feel of getaway car, delicate, wildest dreams... A lot of them
for me the first part of "they see right thru me" is about how people around me just saw past me and never tried to know me on a deeper level. but "can u see right thru me" is asking a specific person is they can see my pain, my hurt, my suffering, my anxiety. however that person, just like the others see past me and hence the second part of "they see right thru me" and in the end, even i myself started ignoring my own self, "i see right thru me".
There's just so much emotion packed into this one track (classic track 5)... how does she manage to write such beautiful songs?
Overflowing talent man
@@struckbyamightygustofwind true, she's really one of a kind!!!
andy amazing lyricist
“All my enemies started as friends.” DANG I FELT THAT 😭
Real talk. We've all been there.
Facts!!
Taylor: "I cut off my nose to spite my face"
*Voldemort has entered the chat*
XD you put a smile on my face 😂❤
This comments wins
Lmao
It's a saying tho. You can type that line on Google and you'll find out the meaning.
James Lawner 😂😂😂😂
My fav line is 100% "They see ratatouille, they see ratatouille. I see ratatouille, I see ratatouille" its just such an emotional and relatable line😔💔
HAHAHAHA
Lmao real❤
FINALLY SOMEBODY SAYS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT
SAME LOLL
DUDE MY TEARS WENT UP NOO HAHDHAH