Taylor Swift's Track 5 Songs Ranked
There are plenty of ways "My Tears Ricochet" could be interpreted, but listening to it as a story of Taylor's battle with her former mentor, Scott Borchetta, over her original album masters changes everything. She hasn't explicitly confirmed whether this was the angle in which she approached the track, but certain lyrics (ahem, "stolen lullabies") could potentially point fingers in that direction. According to Jack Antonoff, this is one of the best songs Swift has written to date—not just a track 5.
"It's kind of a song about karma, it's a song about greed, it's a song about how somebody could be your best friend and your companion and your most trusted person in your life, and they can go and become your worst enemy who knows how to hurt you because they were once your most trusted person," Taylor said of the track during her Long Pond Studio Sessions documentary, adding that it's a story about the ultimate betrayal. She lets her guard down as she admits she didn't have it in herself to "go with grace," and removes a dagger when she muses, "If I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?"
Whether it's performed with emphasized production in a stadium of 96,000 and counting, or a stripped-back version á la Long Pond, "My Tears Ricochet" goes down in history as one of Swift's best track 5s at a pivotal moment in her career where she's reclaiming her name and her reputation through her re-recorded albums.
Best Lyrics: "And I can go anywhere I want / Anywhere I want, just not home / And you can aim for my heart, go for blood / But you would still miss me in your bones"
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