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While the rest of us were either a) attempting to panic-buy eclipse glasses, b) accidentally staring directly into the sun, or c) rolling our eyes at the phrase "path of totality," Taylor Alison Swift decided it would be a good time to drop some new lyrics.
Enter: three (3!!!) lines from a yet-to-be-determined song on The Tortured Poet's Department. Ahem:
"Crowd goes wild at her fingertips
Half moonshine,
Full eclipse"
🚨 | NEW Lyrics from @TaylorSwift13’s “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT”
“Crowd goes wild at her fingertips. Half moon shine, Full eclipse” pic.twitter.com/wRdzCSdXfy— Taylor Swift Facts (@blessedswifty) April 8, 2024
I'll give you a minute to...
“crowd goes wild at her fingertips, half moonshine, half eclipse”
pic.twitter.com/NJyWV4U1E8— kadriye (@tayspetsch) April 8, 2024
the way moon knew to block sun exactly today so they could relate to
“crowd goes wild at her fingertips
half moonshine, full eclipse"pic.twitter.com/GyeyV5wW9E— t. (@crumbshizz) April 8, 2024
Crowd goes wild at her fingertips
Half moonshine,
Full eclipsepic.twitter.com/g6B6cy6I5e— Taylor Swift Brasil (@taylorswiftbr) April 8, 2024
Now, what do these lyrics mean, you ask?
Truly couldn't tell you, but fans already have theories that range from speculation that it's a reference to her "golden" love suddenly turning dark amid a breakup...
half moonshine... full eclipse
basically saying their love was golden and it suddenly turned into white/darkness (TTPD color and Midnights) HER MIND OMGGG pic.twitter.com/hvpWRwevFy— K E I T H ✨ (@thegodlore) April 8, 2024
...To the thought that the eclipse represents Tay herself—moonshine-happy for crowds, but eclipse-sad on the inside:
Here’s my interpretation of the lyrics that no one asked for but I’m gonna tell u anyways:
She can make the crowd do anything and believe anything. She had the crowd believing she was moonshine (happy; lit up and bright), but really she was a full eclipse (sad; something was…— holls ⸆⸉ (@holltoleratesit) April 8, 2024
Oh, and there's also the more literal interpretation that Tay is singing about the power her fingertip holds, which based on the below video, makes total sense!
this is exactly what i pictured when i read “crowd goes wild at her fingertips” #TSTTPD @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/HRy5VVSgkl
— taylor (taylor’s version) 🤍 (@taylorcurl1) April 8, 2024
“crowd goes wild at her fingertips”you say??? #TaylorSwift pic.twitter.com/cGU0aSKAyJ
— sage⁵⁰¹ 💌 bad batch & ttpd era (@ahsokasgoggles) April 8, 2024
Meanwhile, there's also a not-at-all-casual link to the musician's fellow tortured poet Emily Dickinson, which is!!! considering they're low-key cousins.
“crowd goes wild at her fingertips
half moonshine, full eclipse.”
– the tortured poets department pic.twitter.com/178FHcerdr— archive steinfeld (@archiveshailee) April 8, 2024
Either way, we only have to wait a few more days until The Tortured Poets Department, and as of now, it seems as though Taylor will be dropping the entire album at once as opposed to track one at a time (that said...there are still 10 days, so things could definitely change).
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