This strategy continues throughout the song as she pairs words like "whispered" and "whisper" with "you." "Her" would have been the natural word here, and the substitution seems designed to be obvious - particularly for a lyrical expert like Swift. ![]() The final "you" is jarring since the ear is trained to expect a four-line stanza made up of two rhyming couplets. However, the next couplet doesn't rhyme: "Didn't read the note on the Polaroid picture / They don't know how much I miss you." In the pre-chorus, Swift sings, "They don't know about the night in the hotel / They weren't riding in the car when we both fell," establishing a classic rhyme scheme known as AA BB. "The Very First Night" was released as a vault track on "Red (Taylor's Version)," meaning it was cut from the album's original tracklist in 2012.įans immediately found the song notable for its apparent bait-and-switch. "The Very First Night" is the 29th track on "Red (Taylor's Version)." Notably, those fathers are mentioned in the first two verses but absent in the final chorus, when Swift recounts Mary's wedding. Their relationship is defined by fate, but also by disbelief: "Our daddies used to joke about the two of us / They never believed we'd really fall in love." This could point to attraction that breaks with convention, or a fantasy tinged with the fear of familial rejection. ![]() Swift seems to narrate the story from Mary's perspective, opening with a female pronoun: "She said, I was 7 and you were 9 / I looked at you like the stars that shined."īecause the other half of the couple is neither named nor gendered in the lyrics, Swift seems to fill the role herself, as if she and Mary share these intimate memories ("Our very first fight," "Our favorite spot in town"). ![]() "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" was apparently inspired by a couple who lived next door to Swift's family while she was growing up. "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" is the 10th track on "Taylor Swift." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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