There is always a track in Taylor’s albums that doesn’t stand out to me at the first hundred listens but slowly becomes my ultimate favorite. It was seven in Folklore and it is this song in Evermore.
the most fascinating thing about this song is how ts beautifully paralleled "only if they pay for it" (literal money/payment) and "and i know i'll pay for it" (her having to face her consequences).
"Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon." Beautiful imagery Taylor, just beautiful. The way she not only uses the architectural aspect of things as a simile, but also due to the fact that the existence of the Hanging Gardens has been up to debate make the lyrics even more bittersweet. It's like the speaker is hanging on to the idea of it because if they don't, they'll lose the only thing that makes it real, turning it into just the imagination of the persona.
This line has been stalking me for a week now. Without analyzing it the way you do (so well) I find the words just beautiful. The whole song is so delicate. If she ever wrote a poetry book the whole world (except for her fans) would be surprised once again.
Your interpretation is beautiful, I really like it. I googled the hanging garden on wikipedia and i found this: According to one legend, the Hanging Gardens were built by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, for his Median wife Queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland. This story reminded me ''Just being in your arms takes me back to that little farm '' from Christmas tree farm, here taylor is referring to how her boyfriend makes her feel at home.
She just cares about making music now, no popularity, no business, no making money mindset. She has found peace and love in her life. I'm so happy for you Taylor :) You're legendary
@Payton Duquette I’m a big Taylor fan and never buy what the media says about her but I don’t think it can be denied that in the past Taylor has been rlly concerned about appealing to the public
I mean she’s still a business woman lol But a business woman who makes amazing art so hey , I’ll take it ;) I’ve been a fan of hers since her speak now album and yeah, Taylor’s career is quite incredible to have been around for so much of it!
@@haleighnoelle6323 well she admitted it herself during the speech of woman of the decade award. She said she was so concerned about media that whenever people shaded her with little things she tried to mould herself into something they would like. But now she doesn't care about anything, she's just doing what she wants to do.
Everyone is talking about the Babylon line. But I find some other lyrics also really impressive like "but i said dancing is a dangerous game", it makes me think that she's a con artist, she knows exactly how vulnerable people can become once they fall in love, and dancing is an activity that can make people feel so in love.
Furthermore, she doesn't wanted to be found by the old man that she's planning to swindle for money. If that old man saw her dancing with another man, it's over for her.
“Now I’m waiting by the phone like I’m sitting in an airport bar.” When you’re sitting in the airport bar waiting for the boarding to start. Anxious, alerted, not to miss the flight. Listening to every announcement. And the same happens when we’re just falling for someone. Everytime our phone rings we run to it hoping that it’s that person! Alerted, anxious.
The gardens of Babylon line is my ultimate favourite! The gardens were ‘created’ by a fancy ruler for his wife. However, there isn’t any archaeological evidence to suggest it actually existed. So Taylor is alluding to the fact that there is a great love there but it may not be real. Her mind...
From what I know of the story, the gardens were said to float in the desert, like a mirage. However, when you got close enough, you could see that it actually hung from a building owned by the fancy ruler you mentioned. The building just blended into all the sand and the heat, in a way that you could only see the gardens from distance, giving the illusion it floated above the ground. Therefore, this line could mean two things: his love for her is an illusion, not truly there, just a mirage like the gardens; or he's in love with her, but no one knows -- if he's the gardens, she's the building no one knows it's there. Either way, it's a beautiful line, and its multiple interpretations just goes to show her writing is too complex and layered to be nailed down to a single interpretation. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
@@shankhasubhra1238 yess i think its a really dreamy song and i've found that i usually listen to it when i'm doing online shopping and when i think of people i cared about
I'm in love with this story, it's so sad and powerful. The player who's cheated so many people had the tables turned on them, falling in love, then becoming broken forever.
i read a fanfic inspired by this song and istg it was beautiful and sad at the same time. Taylor really is an amazing songwriter to able to come up with this kind of love story
"But that was all before I locked it down" She sings it in a way that makes you feel like she's absolutely smug about it. There's this feeling, of utter satisfaction when someone is yours, your person. No matter how much other people may want them, none of them can possible have them. Not because you're holding them with a chain, but because they want you to have them, and in return, you want them to have you. This song tells the journey of wanting someone, to reaching them, and to having them. She says how men wanted her and women wanted him, but that was all in the past, that it was before they were each other's. And that feeling definitely deservers a level of smugness. You can't see her face, but you can tell that she's probably smirking while singing this, almost whispering into the mic, before she seals her lock and hold the key.
I love the multiple meanings behind the line, "I've had some tricks up my sleeve, takes one to know one". She's referring to the idea that they both are cowboys, bandits, con artists, hustlers, they are both tricksters, so many ways of describing who and what the two people in the story are, and all of it is summed up with that one line.
@@carolinegrace3963 definitely, and it describes a bearded relationship, and her wanting to come out of the closet officially, but the “rich folks” not letting her
Is that because of all the Gaylor theories right now? Or is it "Brokeback Mountain", vibes because of the country music she has started to infuse a lot of her last 3 albums with or the cowboy imagery or all of the above? I am new to all of the deeper obsessive Easter eggs in her albums etc, so just curious.
There's a rumour going around that a third sister album is in the works so idk. If she posts "not a lot going on at the moment", just know that an album is coming 😭😭 Edit: she debunked the woodsvale rumours 😭😭
@@kaya3441 gardens of babylon was one of 7 wonders of the world where each buildings during the babylonian empire has terraces full of plants, which make them look like they're 'hanging'. so the line is pretty much self explanatory; the name is hanging from her lips just like the gardens of babylon..
@@kaya3441 Psyche Lover in comments explained it the most beautiful away "Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon." Beautiful imagery Taylor, just beautiful. The way she not only uses the architectural aspect of things as a simile but also due to the fact that the existence of the Hanging Gardens has been up to debate make the lyrics even more bittersweet. It's like the speaker is hanging on to the idea of it because if they don't, they'll lose the only thing that makes it real, turning it into just the imagination of the persona.
Just when you think she wouldn't be able to deliver anything surpass folklore for a while...There's something so tender, so quietly heartbreaking, surrendering yet incredibly hopeful & mischievous in the melody / lyrics. Quite possibly my favourite Swift song ever.
What is so *impressive* about Taylor's last two albums to me is how all the *songs are so similar* in style yet *all sound different.* Every song sounds new but fits the theme. *How does she do it?*
This is what I imagine Taylor's country music would sound like if she released a country album now. I'd love to hear her do country album with this vibe, just once.
why is this song so underrated throughout the album?it's literally one of her best songs lyrically,vocally,you name it,hello? people? don't sleep on this track
The precision and nuance here is outstanding: Taylor's tremor in the word "boots", Marcus Mumford effortlessly coming in behind her, the emotional resonance of the string bass. Simply superb sound and great storytelling about an unlikely pair randomly finding each other, evermore. I'm doffing my cowboy hat and bowing low to THE singer-songwriter whose songs got me through this most horrible of years.
No no u don't get it, Taylor didn't just write that ''the tennis court was covered up with some 'tent-like thing' coz she didn't know what that word was... The woman is a dictionary mate! She said that coz this is from a con-woman's perspective, pretending to be rich and posh to get rich dates and a fancy life..... So it just fits perfectly!
1. Taylor Swift - The Country Girl 2. Fearless - The Teenage Girl 3. Speak Now - The Princess 4. Red - A Heartbroken Woman 5. 1989 - The Party Woman 6. Reputation - A Brave Woman 7. Lover - The Lover 8. folklore - A Wise Woman 9. evermore - The Woman who told the Stories
This song is so underrated. It's a gem for sure. Everything about "cowboy like me" is so special and unique, the lyrics, the melody and even the song structure is so unique and beautiful. This song is about 2 con artists and despite of some melancholy here, it's so calming and the tranquility just hit me and relaxes me. Def. My top 5 from evermore !!!!
dancing with our hands tied 🎶 love her so much ! btw i make videos on films! i recently made one on ‘Her’ and ‘Queens Gambit’! if you’re interested, please check it out! heart ❤️
I think this song is so romantic, from the lyrics obviously to the need to sway to the music. If I got married today it would be cowboy like me, although we were enchanted
this song alone deserves a grammy, im so mad evermore didn't get more nomination this year, to me some of the song are even better than ones on folklore.
"And the old men that I've swindled really did believe I was the one." - makes me feel like a really gorgeous lady just charming and toying with older men left and right
this song doesn't click to me the first time i listen to it but it grows on me so fast that it has become my go-to song on evermore. it's really well written and provides a level of comfort that not even the softest blankets could achieve.
There's not a song in Evermore that I've listened to as many times as I've listened to Cowboy Like Me. And it still breaks me every time I listen to it.
this is one of the best song on evermore fr. i wasnt even a taylor stan when folklore and evermore dropped and now im obsessed with these two albums, all the songs make me feel loved...i dont really kmow how to explain, taylor really saved 2020
Can't believe Swift wrote this song & forgot about it while "now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon" still haunts me in the middle of the night.
This song made me a Taylor Swift fan. Her ability to communicate the human experience into song is special. Evermore was the first album I heard, the maturity in the songs, the heartbreak she can convey was surprising to me. The choice to not always right autobiography was truly a great gift to the music world. The woman has worked so damn hard, this music is a testament to the life she lived, and the heart she has for others. It's been a heartbreaking year for my family and this album was the soundtrack to some of the most felt moments of my life. Everyone can groove to shake it off, but the complexity of emotions that I now see trickled though her albums, well it's always been there. Can't say enough, thank you Taylor for somehow understanding the ache I feel in my chest right now...and how I will know when it's time to go. love.
I think this is the song that was Taylor referring to her post which is "about two young con artist that fall in love with each other while hanging out in a fancy resorts trying to score rich romantic beneficiaries."
cowboy like me : "you asked me to dance but I said dancing is a dangerous game" champagne problems : "I dropped your hand while dancing left you out there standing ..." Taylor Swift is a lyrical genius
There is always a track in Taylor’s albums that doesn’t stand out to me at the first hundred listens but slowly becomes my ultimate favorite. It was seven in Folklore and it is this song in Evermore.
Same except in folklore it was exile for me, I'm embarrassed to admit that.
That was peace for me in folklore!
I think in evermore it's coney island 😊
@@adelynbravenec Exactly
OMG YES SEVEN APPRECIATION
@@adelynbravenec im lss to coney island
Just the lines "you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon" and "forever is the sweetest con" makes this song one of my top 5 on the album
Please can you tell me what you think theses lines means because no matter how I try I cannot understand.
@@februaryone5923 con means a lie and because they are two con artists falling in love it means "forever is the sweetest lie"
@@champagneprobl3ms Thank you.
@@februaryone5923 I think the garden of Babylon is a hanging garden. One of the 7 wonders of ancient world.
me toooo
I love the way she says "you're a bandit like me" because it sounds like she's smiling there
omg so accurate
i always thought it was "you're abandoned like me"... maybe double meaning?
@@пинксвитспайси But on the lyrics video it is written as "you're a bandit like me"
But yeah whatever the one you said is pretty cool too
Yeah, i can see that lol
my fave is how says "dancing is dangerous game"😍😍
the most fascinating thing about this song is how ts beautifully paralleled "only if they pay for it" (literal money/payment) and "and i know i'll pay for it" (her having to face her consequences).
YES
YASSSSS
And that one line from kiwi
Pfp big slay
This song is actually so genius , and it’s so not recognized enough
"Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon."
Beautiful imagery Taylor, just beautiful. The way she not only uses the architectural aspect of things as a simile, but also due to the fact that the existence of the Hanging Gardens has been up to debate make the lyrics even more bittersweet. It's like the speaker is hanging on to the idea of it because if they don't, they'll lose the only thing that makes it real, turning it into just the imagination of the persona.
Nebuchadnezzar was found silent after taylor wrote this line 😹
This line has been stalking me for a week now. Without analyzing it the way you do (so well) I find the words just beautiful. The whole song is so delicate. If she ever wrote a poetry book the whole world (except for her fans) would be surprised once again.
@@R-jt4ud Thank you!!! And yeah I agree with you. If Taylor wrote a poetry book, it'd flood the world by storm!!!!!
Your interpretation is beautiful, I really like it.
I googled the hanging garden on wikipedia and i found this: According to one legend, the Hanging Gardens were built by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, for his Median wife Queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland.
This story reminded me ''Just being in your arms takes me back to that little farm
'' from Christmas tree farm, here taylor is referring to how her boyfriend makes her feel at home.
I absolutely love this, thank you for your mind
This song is criminally underrated
Facts
😭❗❗❗❗❗❗
Sad truth 😭
underrated with 4M views? wow, taylor is indeed a queen
agreed
Never thought a song titled "cowboy like me" will be so emotional
I mean....it is Taylor Swift so expect everything
yeehaw!
It's got me. I've listened to it at least 10 times in a row.
Wow. She really feels it.
I picture this playing in the movie "Brokeback Mountain"
This song is deep.
I STILL can’t get over “Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon. With your boots beneath my bed. Forever is the sweetest con”
YESSSSSSSSSSSA
I am totally stunned by the lyrics here, so poetic and beautiful
rightt!! so perfect
UR SO RIGHTTT
FRR
Is noone gonna talk about how she rhymed "way forward" with "pay for it"?
Truly Brilliant!!!
YES
Like gurl!!! How?!!?!
@@nuralhelaly way forward means a particular action that lead to development or success
omfg i just noticed??? hello give me her brain cells?!?!!,she's such an amazing songwriter,SHE IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
I wouldn't put anything past Taylor. Remember how she made "ooh, whoa oh" rhyme with "cruel summer". Queen of melodies and lyrics!
She just cares about making music now, no popularity, no business, no making money mindset. She has found peace and love in her life. I'm so happy for you Taylor :) You're legendary
@Payton Duquette Also because of her label.
@@childrensmusic4075 ye
@Payton Duquette I’m a big Taylor fan and never buy what the media says about her but I don’t think it can be denied that in the past Taylor has been rlly concerned about appealing to the public
I mean she’s still a business woman lol
But a business woman who makes amazing art so hey , I’ll take it ;) I’ve been a fan of hers since her speak now album and yeah, Taylor’s career is quite incredible to have been around for so much of it!
@@haleighnoelle6323 well she admitted it herself during the speech of woman of the decade award. She said she was so concerned about media that whenever people shaded her with little things she tried to mould herself into something they would like. But now she doesn't care about anything, she's just doing what she wants to do.
Why does all her songs feel familiar inside? Like it's hers, it's new but somehow it gives the feeling of familiarity. This is just... wow.
Because the new music she's making is her, it's who she is. This genre of music suits her voice so well.
Yes 😭😭😭😭😭😭
because its home for us
Felt that too is it country or what? It is so peaceful
Yesssss 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
Everyone is talking about the Babylon line. But I find some other lyrics also really impressive like "but i said dancing is a dangerous game", it makes me think that she's a con artist, she knows exactly how vulnerable people can become once they fall in love, and dancing is an activity that can make people feel so in love.
Furthermore, she doesn't wanted to be found by the old man that she's planning to swindle for money. If that old man saw her dancing with another man, it's over for her.
This whole album is like tapping us on the shoulder saying: "it's okay I got you."
And we really needed it.
OMG YES
she knows when we need her the most
couldn't agree more
Beautifully put.
“Now I’m waiting by the phone like I’m sitting in an airport bar.”
When you’re sitting in the airport bar waiting for the boarding to start. Anxious, alerted, not to miss the flight. Listening to every announcement.
And the same happens when we’re just falling for someone. Everytime our phone rings we run to it hoping that it’s that person! Alerted, anxious.
Wow thanks for this. An amazing explanation 👏
Heard this song waiting for my late flight and this lyric HIT
omg, i knew there must be something about that lyrics
my favourite line from this song💓
Excellent analysis.........
Am I the only one who felt the sound of this song is so sophisticated. Like all I need is a glass of wine then everything is perfect.
I thought the same thing. Melodically and lyrically it's very mature sounding
This is my favorite song on the album
With that background I need scotch lol
@@alequ3505 finally someone else who thinks that! ❤
I'm thinking pole dancing
THIS AGED LIKE FINE WINE ONE OF THE BEST SONGS ON EVERMORE
Same with long story short
Literally!
The gardens of Babylon line is my ultimate favourite! The gardens were ‘created’ by a fancy ruler for his wife. However, there isn’t any archaeological evidence to suggest it actually existed. So Taylor is alluding to the fact that there is a great love there but it may not be real. Her mind...
There are hanging gardens in babylon this day actually
OH MY GOSH SHES A GODESS
@@gsiya4023 no they’re saying that there is no evidence to support that it was made by a fancy ruler for his wife
or that the greatest loves of all time are over now?
From what I know of the story, the gardens were said to float in the desert, like a mirage. However, when you got close enough, you could see that it actually hung from a building owned by the fancy ruler you mentioned. The building just blended into all the sand and the heat, in a way that you could only see the gardens from distance, giving the illusion it floated above the ground. Therefore, this line could mean two things: his love for her is an illusion, not truly there, just a mirage like the gardens; or he's in love with her, but no one knows -- if he's the gardens, she's the building no one knows it's there. Either way, it's a beautiful line, and its multiple interpretations just goes to show her writing is too complex and layered to be nailed down to a single interpretation. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
cowboy like me is slowly becoming my evermore stan song.
Are we in the clear yet?
Omg same
@@shankhasubhra1238 yess i think its a really dreamy song and i've found that i usually listen to it when i'm doing online shopping and when i think of people i cared about
Are we in the same page? I love this song too
this one and champagne problems are my favorites!
the way she says "dancing is a dangerous game" and "Now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon" just makes me wanna slow dance with someone
When she says dancing she doesn't literary mean dancing
@@gilbertsenyonjo963 I know, but it still makes me wanna slow dance to the song
SAME SAAMMMEEEE I COMMENTED THE SAME THING!!
KWKSJSJ WHEN I MEET MY TRUE, FELLOW SWIFTIE LOVE, WE’RE GONNA SLOW DANCE TO LOVER AND CBLM
For me, musically, vocally, instrumentally and lyrically, this song is perfect
does anyone else like this one the best off of evermore? it's so beautiful
I think so! I know this is the best.
this one and ‘tis the damn season are my favourites
Yesss I'm obsessed with this song!!! Definitely my favorite on the album.
@@zoem5530 I totally agree with you.
Yes!!! This is my favorite song from the album😍
I don’t know why, but when she sings, “perched” everything is right in the world
it’s sounds like she says ‘pooched’ and I absolutely love that
this song is literally the best song that exists and i can’t explain why
Me neither.
agreed
literally
truer words never been spoken
Exactly
Why nobody is talking about the guitar solo????? It’s one of the best things of the song
It’s really beautiful.
and the guitar transition that happens at 3:17. gives me chills
@@stevesthoughts from there starts the best part of the song.
It sounds so beautiful!! I loved it 😍
Aaron Desner in the solo. Only the real music enthusiastics know what I'm talking about, and you apparently 👌
So nobody is talking about this song is about “two con artists fall in love with each other”, and she wrote “Forever is the sweetest con”.
The best lyric ever!
🙂👍💜
it's definetely about 2 onlyfans creators falling in love
@@jits8767 LMAOOOO
@@jits8767 hhahaha lol xDddddd
Folklore Taylor: rhymes "car again" with "Cardigan"
Evermore Taylor: rhymes "way forward" with "pay for it"
Lets dont forget “pubwe” in london boy! Still one of my favourites
OMG YES
Also “slow motion” “double vision”
"mascara run" with "met someone"
And “girl in a brand new dress” with “city all to ourselves” in Holy Ground
I'm in love with this story, it's so sad and powerful. The player who's cheated so many people had the tables turned on them, falling in love, then becoming broken forever.
They actually end up together lol.
“When you passed through town
But that was all before I locked it down”
“I will never love again.”
yup, they end up together. it continues with
"now you hang from my lips, like the gardens of Babylon"
"with your boots beneath my bed"
i read a fanfic inspired by this song and istg it was beautiful and sad at the same time. Taylor really is an amazing songwriter to able to come up with this kind of love story
@@Dhidur18 where can I find it?
@@Dhidur18 omg where????
"But that was all before I locked it down"
She sings it in a way that makes you feel like she's absolutely smug about it. There's this feeling, of utter satisfaction when someone is yours, your person. No matter how much other people may want them, none of them can possible have them. Not because you're holding them with a chain, but because they want you to have them, and in return, you want them to have you. This song tells the journey of wanting someone, to reaching them, and to having them. She says how men wanted her and women wanted him, but that was all in the past, that it was before they were each other's. And that feeling definitely deservers a level of smugness. You can't see her face, but you can tell that she's probably smirking while singing this, almost whispering into the mic, before she seals her lock and hold the key.
Yes exactly, i love how her line delivery so much
i love this sm
bros YAPPING
I will never understand how this has one of the least views in her album.
Such beautiful tune, beautiful lyrics, beautiful voice... and so underrated.
Yes, this song is just beautiful def. my favourite of the whole album
my top 5s
Exactly😭this is my fav song from folklore
This is my favourite ❤️
Hazim Taqiuddin this is not folklore this is evermore
"Forever is the sweetest con"
I FELT THAT.
Powerful line. She is pure genius.
@@thatBroErick ikr! 🤧❤
what does ´con´ mean? contradiction?
@@arielajoannas849 it means its a lie.
@@thatBroErick oohh omg now i feel it, this woman be hitting us hard
I love the multiple meanings behind the line, "I've had some tricks up my sleeve, takes one to know one". She's referring to the idea that they both are cowboys, bandits, con artists, hustlers, they are both tricksters, so many ways of describing who and what the two people in the story are, and all of it is summed up with that one line.
I've always mused about bandits being a metaphore for the people on this love story being gay
@@carolinegrace3963 definitely, and it describes a bearded relationship, and her wanting to come out of the closet officially, but the “rich folks” not letting her
@@carolinegrace3963 Yeah, this gives me major Brokeback Mountain vibes.
Is that because of all the Gaylor theories right now? Or is it "Brokeback Mountain", vibes because of the country music she has started to infuse a lot of her last 3 albums with or the cowboy imagery or all of the above? I am new to all of the deeper obsessive Easter eggs in her albums etc, so just curious.
To me it’s about meeting your match, the person you drop the con for, not knowing if they are conning you
she's absolutely a lyrical genius and she's insanely talented. I dont get why some ppl dont like her....
Because she's popular, people hate on popular things
@@lapissed9620 true, they always find reasons to bring someone down....
either that or they're mad jealous.
or bc they hv too much free time :/
She is a modern day Shakespeare . I always say that to appreciate her music you need a mind, a heart, and often a dictionary.
Let’s just hope the reason Taylor is releasing albums so quickly is because she can’t wait to write her thirteenth studio album
at the rate she's going we could have her 13th album by her birthday 💀
YESSSS album #13 will be super special Does anyone know what # evermore is???
@@JF-ct5sg it’s 9
There's a rumour going around that a third sister album is in the works so idk. If she posts "not a lot going on at the moment", just know that an album is coming 😭😭
Edit: she debunked the woodsvale rumours 😭😭
Or maybe she wants us to supply songs to listen to and keep us off from her old songs now owned by scooter the rat til she finished the rerecordings
I'LL NEVER FORGIVE SWIFTIES FOR MAKING THIS SONG FLOP! THIS IS LITERALLY THE BEST SONG OFF OF EVERMORE ALBUM I-
true.
Im glad Giyyu agrees with me
I know Giyuu, I know
who says it’s flop?
This song plays my heart like no man ever could
*with tricks up her sleeve* Taylor: not a lot going on
IKRRRRR
at the moment
Do you really have to comment in each video? Well, same tho
22 reference?
Yay
This is the classiest song she has ever written
Because "Forever is the SWEETEST con."
I think this is low key the best song she’s made in the past five years.
YESSS
Absolutely
💯💯💯💯💯💯
And the lakes 😍
yass
"Now you hang from my lips like the gardens of babylon" ART
Do you what that full sentence means ..i dony quite catch that its more confusing
@@kaya3441 gardens of babylon was one of 7 wonders of the world where each buildings during the babylonian empire has terraces full of plants, which make them look like they're 'hanging'. so the line is pretty much self explanatory; the name is hanging from her lips just like the gardens of babylon..
@@kaya3441 Psyche Lover in comments explained it the most beautiful away
"Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon."
Beautiful imagery Taylor, just beautiful. The way she not only uses the architectural aspect of things as a simile but also due to the fact that the existence of the Hanging Gardens has been up to debate make the lyrics even more bittersweet. It's like the speaker is hanging on to the idea of it because if they don't, they'll lose the only thing that makes it real, turning it into just the imagination of the persona.
Favorite line in this song
@rose petal it could also mean that he's hanging on her every word.
Just when you think she wouldn't be able to deliver anything surpass folklore for a while...There's something so tender, so quietly heartbreaking, surrendering yet incredibly hopeful & mischievous in the melody / lyrics. Quite possibly my favourite Swift song ever.
This is the most beautiful and perfect description of this song. I applaud you.
best song in Evermore and possibly my fave TS song like EVERRRRR!!!
I'm actually starting to like this album more than folklore, it's just more creative and classy to me
@@quirkygirlboss SAME! At first I liked Folklore better but the more I listen the more evermore grows on me. Its addictive
The bridge of this song feels like an amazing plot twist in a quiet movie. I love you Taylor Swift.
"forever is the sweetest con"
all the feels man. all the feels..
Dang Aina Jasmin “you said forever and always”
Been there before, it's a lie and at best a manipulation
canNOT believe that this song exists. Sooo underrated. It's easily top 3
The only song i listen from evermore
@@tuti5521 I totally understand!
This and Ivy are the stand outs!!
this reminds me of her country roots... and it makes me so happy🥺
YESSS. In some parts the instrumental sounds like Tim Mcgraw
@@damienxenon was coming here to comment this lol. exact same sound
Saw you in other video. I'm also listening all the songs in the album. So far I'm loving it! 😍❤️Taylor is amazing!
I’m getting those same feelings inside from this just like back in today.
@@beatrizcoimbra5595 HAHA I am just breathing in this entire album for the next few hours🥺🥺 ENJOY!
Came to check it out again after Travis said this is one of his favorite Taylor songs.
Poor, simple, simple lad.
this is the best song in evermore. and y’all are not ready for that conversation.
RIGHT? it's my favorite too + ivy i can't choose between the two lol
Absolutely
Agree!
@@meayuu9281 I also love those two the most!!!
@@user-bj7em4fv1p taste! ✨❤️
“backing vocals by Marcus Mumford” Taylor honey, you’re really out there giving me everything!!!
I thought I was just dreaming a mans voice in there lmao
Right? I wondered why he wasn't on the credits like Justin or Haim? Anyways, l loved this song
@@diamondheart0723 prolly because he wasn't really a prominent feature in the song, idk tho
@@diamondheart0723 because they are _backing_ vocals, it's not a collab.
I need collab Taylor Swift feat Mumford & Sons
I had no idea how much I needed it until I heard this 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
What is so *impressive* about Taylor's last two albums to me is how all the *songs are so similar* in style yet *all sound different.* Every song sounds new but fits the theme. *How does she do it?*
Thats the work of a true legend 😍
Exactly!!
It's defined as differentiation but no discrimination.
I mean, she's Taylor Swift. I guess that's how she does it
They fit every kind of sadness
This is what I imagine Taylor's country music would sound like if she released a country album now. I'd love to hear her do country album with this vibe, just once.
Me too!
She probably will in the debut TV era
I was literally just thinking the exact same thing (:
this is more of a relaxing country vibe while the debut and fearless are more upbeat country (in my opinion)
Saaaaaame!
Damn this song sounds so classy
Yes!
Feels like 80' trend.. but stronger than 90' trend
it sounds ✨expensive✨
why is this song so underrated throughout the album?it's literally one of her best songs lyrically,vocally,you name it,hello? people? don't sleep on this track
the country vibes in this song are IMMACULATE.
Yessss
OMG YES
There’s no place like home 🎻
This song is an underrated masterpiece. 'Cowboy Like Me' + 'Ivy' + 'Champagne Problems' = Evermore's holy trinity
Champagne Problems is a winner.
I feel this is like the most sophisticated song on the album. The electric guitar is so exquisite.
It’s going to be super cute in a decade or two from now when people realize this is legit one of the best songs ever made...
“I was born in the wrong generation!!”
Luckily we were born in the right one, weren’t we
The precision and nuance here is outstanding: Taylor's tremor in the word "boots", Marcus Mumford effortlessly coming in behind her, the emotional resonance of the string bass. Simply superb sound and great storytelling about an unlikely pair randomly finding each other, evermore. I'm doffing my cowboy hat and bowing low to THE singer-songwriter whose songs got me through this most horrible of years.
you said it beautifully
OMG i thought u was the only one. The emotion on how she sang the words "phone" and "boots" really resonates with me.
Yes! You put it into words perfectly.
Taylor will have a great day if she reads this
No no u don't get it, Taylor didn't just write that ''the tennis court was covered up with some 'tent-like thing' coz she didn't know what that word was... The woman is a dictionary mate! She said that coz this is from a con-woman's perspective, pretending to be rich and posh to get rich dates and a fancy life..... So it just fits perfectly!
Ofc there’s no way she doesn’t know the word
@@angelinebena9675 What is the word?
@@cloudberry7241 Pavillion. Or, just 'tent'.'
@@cloudberry7241 marquee?
Wow omg :0 she's so great I am in tears :')
“Dancing’s a dangerous game” - Cowboy Like Me “I’m not much for dancing but for you i did” - Last Kiss
Dancing with our hands tied
"but i don't wanna dance if i'm not dancing with you." - holy ground
All of her songs are some how connected and it beautiful
Exactly what I was thinking
“I’m dancing on my own, make the moves up as I got”-shake it off
1. Taylor Swift - The Country Girl
2. Fearless - The Teenage Girl
3. Speak Now - The Princess
4. Red - A Heartbroken Woman
5. 1989 - The Party Woman
6. Reputation - A Brave Woman
7. Lover - The Lover
8. folklore - A Wise Woman
9. evermore - The Woman who told the Stories
Now this is complete and the addition is just so perfect 😌
Growing up with Taylor
Evermore : A storyteller
She's a bard, spinning stories with music 🥰
Reputation should be "the badass woman"
The way she sings “with your boots beneath my bed” gives me chills
This song is so underrated. It's a gem for sure. Everything about "cowboy like me" is so special and unique, the lyrics, the melody and even the song structure is so unique and beautiful. This song is about 2 con artists and despite of some melancholy here, it's so calming and the tranquility just hit me and relaxes me. Def. My top 5 from evermore !!!!
I agree! Its my favorite of evermore. I always listen and picture a story that I wish it was a book.
✨ This song sounds so expensive ✨
omg yes, it gives me vibe of dinner in a fancy classic restaurant in Paris
@@yosifadillah hahaha true. You can actually feel the grandeur of this song
Couldn't agree more
the gold from gold rush could never-
yes!!
“Dancing’s a dangerous game” - Cowboy like me. “I’m not much for dancing but for you I did” - Last kiss
Solid catch 👍🏻
Yes!
dancing with our hands tied 🎶 love her so much ! btw i make videos on films! i recently made one on ‘Her’ and ‘Queens Gambit’! if you’re interested, please check it out! heart ❤️
True!!!!!!!!
“But I don’t wanna dance if I’m not dancing with you” - holy ground
I think this song is so romantic, from the lyrics obviously to the need to sway to the music. If I got married today it would be cowboy like me, although we were enchanted
Absolutely!
@@rida4492 how
@@aisha1614 actually its a love song itself, but i thought it was a breakup one, its a love song sorry not a breakup one :) its one of my favs.
this song alone deserves a grammy, im so mad evermore didn't get more nomination this year, to me some of the song are even better than ones on folklore.
It’s literally nominated for album of the year.
@@shaunacardwell you're saying you're mad the album didn't get nominated this year, and I'm telling you it did. It's nominated for best album.
@@solangemorell2048 no I didn't say that. I said im mad it didn't get MORE nominations.
@@shaunacardwell and im more mad that it didn't win
i know!! i love folklore ofc, but evermore is just so beautiful
If "expensive" was a song, this would be it
And gold rush....
GOLD RUSH
+ gold rush, this love, & clean.
"And the old men that I've swindled really did believe I was the one." - makes me feel like a really gorgeous lady just charming and toying with older men left and right
AAAH SAME
Gold digger 😂😂
@@Alhapra that's kinda the point 💀 they're con artists that fell in love
Poor Mr. Hiddleston
@@subchannel3571 lol Taylor is way more richer than Hiddleston
Marcus mumford coming in behind taylor is the softest thing I ever heard... i'm so greatful for this gem
this song doesn't click to me the first time i listen to it but it grows on me so fast that it has become my go-to song on evermore. it's really well written and provides a level of comfort that not even the softest blankets could achieve.
why is no one talking about how ENCHANTING the bridge is on this song smh
I would never forgive any swifties that hate this song so much. This is ONE OF THE BEST SONG IN EVERMORE!!!!!
Her best song in her entire career !!!
Who hates this masterpiece omg?? This is the best i play this song like thousands time
agree
How could someone hate atliest one song from the album they all are amazing
I didn't liked it when I first heard it, but now I love it!!
There's not a song in Evermore that I've listened to as many times as I've listened to Cowboy Like Me. And it still breaks me every time I listen to it.
Samedt.
I still don't quite know what this song is about
@@carolinegrace3963 Two con artists falling in love and leaving their old life behind to be with eachother.
@@elcat2577 that's beautiful on its own, but I just thought it could be a metaphore.. I guess we'll never know(;
evermore has so many songs that make me feel like i'm reading a novel while i listen to them. this one is a great example of it.
Unpopular opinion: THIS IS THE BEST SONG IN EVERMORE
Its also my favorite
it issss
Yesssss
Yes
Absolutely the best
The way she pronounces w o r d s in this song is just *chef's kiss* I'm obsessed
“Dancing is a dangerous game” - Evermore.
“Love is a ruthless game.” and “ I don’t want to dance if I’m not dancing with you.” Red
'But we were Dancing with our hands tied'
I cannot get over "and now you hung over my lips like the gardens of Babylon" line. It has an insurmountable emotion to it. Freaking love this song.
in my head 24/7
Me: Wow I've finally almost memorized all of folklore's lyrics
Taylor: I'm about to end this mans whole career
Same LMAO it almost feels like folklore was released yesterday 😭😭
I relate🥺😂
Same
😭
Ikr!!😂
this song makes me want to slow dance with someone in an an empty parking lot in the middle of the night
ik it’s basic but that’s what it reminds me of 💀
In the rain, wearing out best little black dresses and bright red lipstick! 😉💞
or maybe in the refrigerator light?
Your picture fits this song ahaha 🤠🤠
@@Miley-vk1sw lmaoooo you’re right 🤠
The bridge is brilliant and so inviting..... She's a genius songwriter
I almost jumped in 🎵
3:50, either i'll never love another again, or you left and i've lost the ability. literary gold.
This album feels like taylor singing together with all of her friends, family and us outside their porch 😭😭😭
this is one of the best song on evermore fr. i wasnt even a taylor stan when folklore and evermore dropped and now im obsessed with these two albums, all the songs make me feel loved...i dont really kmow how to explain, taylor really saved 2020
it’s like a wise woman telling you stories of people she used to know and it just feels so personal which is why i love it so dearly
Me: waiting for re-recordings
Taylor: how about a brand new album
Me: but but.... you didn't give a warning sign
Taylor : I gave so many signs
😄👏😍
😂😂😂
You didn't even read the signs
Exactly 💖. Waiting for re-recordings 💖
🤣🤣
This her best song to ever exist. If she doesn’t sing this live during her Eras Tour, I’ll be damned :(
Done
She did! T__________________T
Great news, bestie!
@@Lady_vesuvius IKR i’m so torn between feeling grateful and jealous🥹😭
:D
I will never stop obsessing over each individual lyric of Taylors songs, _sorry not sorry_
SAME
You’re not sorry... ohhhoohohohhohhhh
Didn't thought a song called "cowboy like me" would be one of my favourite songs on the album but I think it is
this song will be 2 years old in 3 days and its still my favorite taylor song of all time
no but frrr, Ivy and cowboy like me are my 2 favorite songs of all time forever and always
@@danielhalawi7728 frrrrr
@@danielhalawi7728 absolutely same!!
@@danielhalawi7728 yeaaaaa!!!
3 years old in 3 days now and yesss
It really feels like yesterday when we were hyping for TS7 and here we have her 9th studio album 😭
When she said she was excited for the next chapter, we never ever in our wildest dreams thought it would be all this 😭 life is so weird and wonderful.
Love your dp @jay ❤️
@@TiasenlaJamirLoner thanks 😌
@Cony Budding nope bro. Everyone here are Taylor Swift stans.
OMG DONT MAKE ME CRY 🥺🥺🥺
This NEEDS to be the next single. It's the best song of the album, hands down.
Needs so much. But I don't hope we Will get more singles from Folklovermore era. But I Really want too for It happen
I just love how she pronounce the word "perched"
I know right
Am I hallucinating or it sounds like a horse? Just love it, anyway.
Taylor showing off her British accent
OMG PLS I THOUGHT SHE SAID PUSHED I AM SHOCKED BRITISH ACCENT SAID PRESENT
@@brunavilars.. a horse?
Can't believe Swift wrote this song & forgot about it while "now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon" still haunts me in the middle of the night.
Maybe her new album "midnight" will haunts you more 😂
I can’t believe people are sleeping on this
Literally me
Same
Me too.😭
I am very much wide awake 😌
Taylor's voice makes me half asleep
I AM LITERALLY GOING TO CRY I CANNOT BELIEVE WE GOT MORE TAYLOR MUSIC
i already did😁😁
other singers: we’re kissing
Taylor swift: now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon
HAHAHAHHAA I KNOWWWW
WITH YOUR BOOTS NDDER MYBEDFOREER IS THE SWETEDST CON LDSKHFLd
Pretty mid compared to other poets
@@ricardo_valadez but poets don't make songs :(
@@ficklenut7018 ehm idk, songs are basically poems. So any singer who actually writes their songs are poets
This song made me a Taylor Swift fan. Her ability to communicate the human experience into song is special. Evermore was the first album I heard, the maturity in the songs, the heartbreak she can convey was surprising to me. The choice to not always right autobiography was truly a great gift to the music world. The woman has worked so damn hard, this music is a testament to the life she lived, and the heart she has for others. It's been a heartbreaking year for my family and this album was the soundtrack to some of the most felt moments of my life. Everyone can groove to shake it off, but the complexity of emotions that I now see trickled though her albums, well it's always been there. Can't say enough, thank you Taylor for somehow understanding the ache I feel in my chest right now...and how I will know when it's time to go.
love.
welcome to swifties!
What a beatiful comment. Evermore completely changed me as a person and this resonates
fun fact: Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) sings the background vocals on this song.
Wuuttt seriously?
I was looking through the comments for this info because I didn't want to close TH-cam to Google it 😅
that's not what they sounds like, maybe that's the voice of real William Bowery
@@bellerobinson6365 nah, check the credits. It's Marcus Mumford.
Finally a name for those beautiful backing vocals!! I've always been so curious who it is but no one's mentioned it in the comments until now so ty!
I think this is the song that was Taylor referring to her post which is "about two young con artist that fall in love with each other while hanging out in a fancy resorts trying to score rich romantic beneficiaries."
cowboy like me : "you asked me to dance but I said dancing is a dangerous game"
champagne problems : "I dropped your hand while dancing left you out there standing ..."
Taylor Swift is a lyrical genius
“dancing with our hands tied” has entered the chat
@Cony Budding why tho??
@@JF-ct5sg yesss, swifties sleep on this masterpiece :( but its my fav :)
9 studio albums into her career and her music is only getting better. my favorite Taylor song
Who else just woke up and is immediately listening through the whole Taylor album?
i’m doing that right now 😎🕺✨✋
🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
Meeeeeeeeee 😭😭 we don’t deserve her.
donating platelets listening and dreaming
Its like 12:18 am here and there s a thuderstorm outside while i m hearing the full album with my headphones on