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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: 10 Saddest Lyrics That Will Have You ‘Down Bad’

Taylor Swift's sad lyrics invade 'The Tortured Poets Department' in a way that'll have you down bad, crying. Here are the 10 saddest lyrics on 'TTPD.'

“This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page,” Swift wrote as she set free The Tortured Poets Department and its sad lyrics on April 19. The song is seemingly a callback to the “Peter losing Wendy” idea in Folklore ‘s “Cardigan.” Here, Swift sings sadly about coming to terms with an old flame’s inability to ever grow up or keep promises: “The shelf life of those fantasies has expired.” “How Did It End?” has a spelling lesson, but it’s a far cry from “ME!” Swift swaps the children’s rhyme of “Sitting in a tree/ K-I-S-S-I-N-G” for a nauseatingly tragic scene within the sad lyrics of a song that has no real answer for how the relationship came to a close.

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