I'd hate to compare myself to Taylor Swift (how on earth could I be on that level of genius? That woman is great at what she does!l, but I get the vibe that TTPD feels like a very confused kind of poetry with complex metaphors and makes almost no sense – and is somehow cohesive as a whole. BTW this is not a dig lol. I mean that TTPD is literally her brain and emotions (all confused, all complex) basically being dumped into music and producing this raw, emotional work of art. So beautiful that, back in the mundane world, away from the creative whim and not knowing what goes on in the creator's head, we simply could not wrap our heads around this masterpiece.
It kind of reminds me sometimes of poems I used to write as a preteen because I couldn't sleep and I felt sad about something and something snagged in my head and I had to write them. And the poems never really made complete sense unless I polished them. But the emotions I felt... were pretty raw. And somehow, in writing complex metaphors and comparing life to random things in life and colours and concepts I found a way to make sense of things. When I wake up the next day I feel detached from them in a way. I either don't get what's going on or sit back and stare at the piece of art I wrote in a stream of consciousness.
And the topics aren't always about just one thing. It can be many things. I could talk about past experiences and fantasies and my current situation all in one go and the finished work is based on me, but is almost a work of fiction.
I wonder if that's what TTPD is to Taylor. All of us are overanalysing everything, doing paternity tests on songs and making theories as to why she felt this and that, and confused with anything that doesn't line up, and don't realise that poetry doesn't need to make sense or be a polished work with a perfect, smooth plot. It was made in the heat of a moment's emotion. It's not meant to tell the story; it was meant to explore that emotion in every way possible.