She wrote this song about her grandfather who lived through one of the bloodiest battles in WWII. He never talked about but her dad and brother researched it. She saw that his story was what COVID workers were going through. Hits me in the gut. I'm an RN/NP.

Thanks for the shout out to health care workers. I’m a RN who worked through Covid and I hope we never ever have to go through that again. You should see the video that someone put together to this song. So powerful!!!! I can’t hardly listen to this song without crying!!!!😢

@melindatintle9728

6 ай бұрын

Same girl. Same. I couldn’t get through the song for the first few months. And every time I hear it, it takes me back. And I didn’t even have the worst experience. ❤

@suznbee55

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for all you do!

@heatherbish1003

6 ай бұрын

I am a Respiratory Therapist, who worked through COVID, and I cry every single time as well.

@leahmoore6820

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for what you do. i hope we don't and I hope we don't have idiots next time if we do.

@9livesholistic753

4 ай бұрын

Do you have a link to that video, @tamarawyatt9360?

I Feel sorry for the peps who hate this Woman for no reason , she's truly a treasure a musical genius

People who haven't heard Taylor sing with just a guitar or piano accompaniment haven't really heard her sing. She is considered a good singer with a vocal range of A2 - E6 (3 octaves 6 notes ). It was D3- G5 (2 octaves 3 notes) when she started, but she since matured and has trained extensively. However, her octave range is just part of her vocal skill. Her ability to speak passion, sorrow, joy, pain and more into her songs gives them an emotional depth and presence that comes across to the listener in sound and emotion. Your ears hear it, your heart feels it. Taylor is amazing.

“Only 20 minutes to sleep but you dream of some epiphany; just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what you’ve seen” may be the most haunting and beautiful line I’ve ever heard, even though overall this isn’t my favorite song of hers sonically. In the midst of so much trauma and pain, all you want is for it to be for some reason, for it to have a meaning, and the visual of dreaming of that meaning in the scant moments of rest you have is just chilling. Love the reactions!

@ABtheKreator

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I’m a veteran this song was actually played at a battle buddy funeral because it was his favorite song I can’t listen to it with out crying I showed him it .

@ABtheKreator

6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss ❤️

Epiphany is a criminally underrated song 🥺❤

@aimeemarie5462

4 ай бұрын

I think many people just can't listen to it a lot bc it brings back a lot of emotions from those few years.

@JoleneDaviesITKWJ

2 ай бұрын

So AGREE! I love this song so much

I don't know if anyone's told you yet but Taylor separates her songs by the different implements she imagines having used when she writes them. So there are three categories of Taylor's songs and they are 1) ballpoint pen songs (ie: Ready For It, Blank Space etc) which she says a lot of her songs are written with & are often hard hitting and/or emotionally heavy songs, 2) glitter gel pen songs (ie: Shake It Off, 22 etc) & are pretty self explanatory and quill (Epiphany, Ivy etc) which fans like to say are her emotional songs that make people have to get out a dictionary or thesaurus!😂 Welcome to the TS universe of Quill written songs!❤

@vjmcdonn

6 ай бұрын

Love this!

Gawd, her voice is stunning... hauntingly beautiful and angelic. All those who say she can't sing are ignorant or have never heard her live. ❤

It has 2 storylines... it tells the story of her grandfather on WWII and modern day Healthcare workers. It's a beautiful song.

She also wrote this about her grandpa who fought at Normandy

@kalyani22398

6 ай бұрын

I think it was Guadalcanal

@carmendowler1708

6 ай бұрын

I've never heard this. Hauntingly beautiful

@ladybirdrose

4 ай бұрын

​@@kalyani22398 Yes, Guadalcanal. It sort of seems like Normandy because of the beach line so maybe she included elements of other battles too 🤷🏻‍♀️

Two more songs that deal with illnesses and hit like this song are Soon You'll Get Better (about her mom having cancer) and Ronan (about a little boy who had cancer). Gonna wanna get your tissues ready for Ronan.

Amanda being the prototypical Swiftie name is hilarious 😂 love your reactions!

Aaron Dressner's studio in upstate NY called Long Pond Studio. They recorded Folklore in separate studios around the country and released it in July 2020. In August they came together at Long Pond Studio (after quarantining for 2 weeks) and talked about each song. It's a documentary of Folklore. Swiftie MADE!

If you listen to the commentary before she sings, it explains what this song is about. Starts with her grandfather.

The long pond sessions are so darn beautiful and this is a masterpiece

No, you're not wrong. Folklore is an incredible album but this song does NOT get the recognition that it deserves, for so many reasons. Her ability to write with the voice of soldiers on the frontline during war between nations and being healthcare workers on the frontline during the war against COVID, with all having to watcg death after death after death, DESPITE not actually directly experiencing either role speaks to her incredible empathy for others.

Taylor's grandfather was in the war and bever once spoke about it, and her mother has been fighting cancer off and on for 8 years and she cannot speak about it, she wrote a song about it and only played it once for Covid relief its called # SoonYoullGetBetter

i worked in icu during those two years and this song hit hard. so well done.

@Seahorse0418

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service 🙏. My family was lucky enough to shelter in place and keep working and schooling during Covid. But we saw you all on TV… your sacrifice, putting your own family at risk for trying to save lives… your utter heartbreak when losing a patient. Our heart broke for you all. So we stayed home like y’all asked. It was the least we could freaking do. You are a hero ❤

Nah I agree, this didn't get enough attention. I lost family during the height of Covid and wasn't allowed in the hospital - I can only thank the absolute valkyries in the strained healthcare who cared for my loved ones when the rest of us couldn't.

This song makes me cry every time, the live version is great but there’s something about the studio version…with the vocal effects that send chills all over and hit my heart so hard. It definitely never got the attention it deserved at all, it really didn’t go mainstream

This is a studio called the long pond studio and aron dessner (one of the producers playing) owns it. The long pond sessions is a documentary where they film all the songs and explain the background. Since this album was originally recorded during the pandemic, it was the forst time they got to record it in the same room together

@user-pd1yt1ty7x

5 ай бұрын

I came here to clarify this too but I'm late to the party, as always 😄

that "i'm fully committed like travis" at the end tho 😂👌

That’s the Long Pond studio on her property where they (Taylor, Jack and Aaron) all got together to make this album for the first time after they each created their own parts separately in their own studios during Covid. She actually made the 2 full albums during Covid. She/they needed to stay busy because they felt unhealthy due to not working and the studios were closed. So they made their own. That’s why Bon Iver has the bandana on in “Exile”; the camera crew was in his studio. He couldn’t be there at Long Pond because of the full travel ban restrictions. Such a wonderful song. Definitely underrated!!!

@robertthompson7242

4 ай бұрын

Almost. The Long Pond Studio isn't hers: it belongs to Aaron Dessner of The National. He wrote a lot of the music on both albums. It is in upstate NY, in the Hudson Valley (but not right on the river). Taylor doesn't have property upstate; her home in NY is in the city. There are a couple guest rooms above the studio (looks like a converted barn), and a second guest house with more space. The main house will be close; Dessner has had the band there and works with other bands as a music producer.

Thanks a lot I take care of hospice patients and the elderly ❤

So. Love to hear that she’s not just a pretty face. Thank you. There’s more to Taylor Swift than meets the eye.

I'm new to your channel. You get it!!! You get, what makes Tay Tay extraordinary in all aspects. You really need to watch the live version on Tolerate it. OMG!!!

I see people talking about the hospital workers and any other healthcare provider and that’s amazing but everyone is missing something else. So at the beginning of the song she talks about someone seeing the horrors of war with people telling a soldier it’s just a flesh wound get back in there and fight, someone commenting that someone else is bleeding out. Her grandpa fought in WW2 and relates the horrors of war with the horrors of being a nurse,doctor or med student that those are todays soldiers fighting a never ending war

Someone tell Amanda to request the 10 minute All Too Well performance on SNL! xD

This song gets me every time. If not crying, nearly.

No one writes like her. What a powerful tribute!

This song is so important. And the men she talks about still don't talk about their experiences in the war. Healthcare workers dealt with the sick and dying then had to deal with the morons who thought it wasn't real.

Iwant to add my thanks to all the healthcare workers for what they do on a the daily. I know y’all are not afforded the same respect as the docs which is ridiculous. Thank you all. You rule.

You’re right, it didn’t get enough attention. It’s an extremely powerful song. ❤

The way that you recognized Marjorie's vocals... impressive!

Just found your channel; I wanted to tell you you have a beautiful voice yourself.

@ABtheKreator

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

We’re just lurking, liking, and listening.

Great album. The Long Pond Sessions.

Every song from the Long Pond Sessions is extraordinary!

I'm a Swiftie subscriber, not a patron member just yet...I'm Angie, nice to meet you.😋

@ABtheKreator

6 ай бұрын

Welcome!!

I'm here, swifty I am

Precious sentiments are the best songs

GOLD RUSH AMAZING TOO FROM EVERMORE

Favorite song ❤

This song destroyed me in SO MANY ways... I thought of Covid, but you have to remember her mum's had breast cancer (twice I think?) Apparently the first verse is about a grandfather who was in the pacific war... If I remember right(I have a bad memory... so very possibly way off...) But no matter how you interpret the lyrics to this song - covid or personal experiences... It's just a masterpiece. I had this one, Tears, This is Me Trying on repeat for so long. and shed many tears for so many reasons.

New subscriber loving Taylor Swift!

@ABtheKreator

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

Try This is Me Trying

This song STILL doesn’t get the attention it deserves

Your patreon has you doin deep cuts

“Look what you made me do” is a reference to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West pushing TAY-TAY over the edge 🎉 Talk about getting your KARMA Kanye and Kim ended up in a crazy divorce. I keep saying it and I’ll continue saying it, your commentary keeps me well entertained and laughing 😂. Keep doing what you do because we need more people like you who can make people laugh with your honesty ❤

How about Your Losing Me.

Imagine how cheap it was to make this video compared to most . Major $ for her .

@hazmania

5 ай бұрын

And that’s relevant how?

It’s wonderful to actually watch the intro / interview bit in the long pond sessions where she talks about the meaning behind the song.

@darsynia

6 ай бұрын

It completely changed how I felt about the song; I'd not really vibed with the sound of the song so I'd skipped over it and never really heard the lyrics in their full power. I love it now! I am almost ashamed of that-- I felt the same way about Exile, did not enjoy the echoes in the studio, so I listened a few times and gave up. Long Pond is bae.