There is always a track in Taylor’s albums that doesn’t stand out to me at the first hundred listens but slowly becomes my ultimate favorite. It was seven in Folklore and it is this song in Evermore.

Just the lines "you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon" and "forever is the sweetest con" makes this song one of my top 5 on the album

the most fascinating thing about this song is how ts beautifully paralleled "only if they pay for it" (literal money/payment) and "and i know i'll pay for it" (her having to face her consequences).

I STILL can’t get over “Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon. With your boots beneath my bed. Forever is the sweetest con”

"Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon." Beautiful imagery Taylor, just beautiful. The way she not only uses the architectural aspect of things as a simile, but also due to the fact that the existence of the Hanging Gardens has been up to debate make the lyrics even more bittersweet. It's like the speaker is hanging on to the idea of it because if they don't, they'll lose the only thing that makes it real, turning it into just the imagination of the persona.

I love the way she says "you're a bandit like me" because it sounds like she's smiling there

THIS AGED LIKE FINE WINE ONE OF THE BEST SONGS ON EVERMORE

Everyone is talking about the Babylon line. But I find some other lyrics also really impressive like "but i said dancing is a dangerous game", it makes me think that she's a con artist, she knows exactly how vulnerable people can become once they fall in love, and dancing is an activity that can make people feel so in love.

“Now I’m waiting by the phone like I’m sitting in an airport bar.” When you’re sitting in the airport bar waiting for the boarding to start. Anxious, alerted, not to miss the flight. Listening to every announcement. And the same happens when we’re just falling for someone. Everytime our phone rings we run to it hoping that it’s that person! Alerted, anxious.

This whole album is like tapping us on the shoulder saying: "it's okay I got you."

Why nobody is talking about the guitar solo????? It’s one of the best things of the song

No no u don't get it, Taylor didn't just write that ''the tennis court was covered up with some 'tent-like thing' coz she didn't know what that word was... The woman is a dictionary mate! She said that coz this is from a con-woman's perspective, pretending to be rich and posh to get rich dates and a fancy life..... So it just fits perfectly!

Folklore Taylor: rhymes "car again" with "Cardigan" Evermore Taylor: rhymes "way forward" with "pay for it"

This song is criminally underrated

I'LL NEVER FORGIVE SWIFTIES FOR MAKING THIS SONG FLOP! THIS IS LITERALLY THE BEST SONG OFF OF EVERMORE ALBUM I-

This is what I imagine Taylor's country music would sound like if she released a country album now. I'd love to hear her do country album with this vibe, just once.

Why does all her songs feel familiar inside? Like it's hers, it's new but somehow it gives the feeling of familiarity. This is just... wow.

Is noone gonna talk about how she rhymed "way forward" with "pay for it"? Truly Brilliant!!!

For me, musically, vocally, and lyrically, this song is perfect

"But that was all before I locked it down" She sings it in a way that makes you feel like she's absolutely smug about it. There's this feeling, of utter satisfaction when someone is yours, your person. No matter how much other people may want them, none of them can possible have them. Not because you're holding them with a chain, but because they want you to have them, and in return, you want them to have you. This song tells the journey of wanting someone, to reaching them, and to having them. She says how men wanted her and women wanted him, but that was all in the past, that it was before they were each other's. And that feeling definitely deservers a level of smugness. You can't see her face, but you can tell that she's probably smirking while singing this, almost whispering into the mic, before she seals her lock and hold the key.

Never thought a song titled "cowboy like me" will be so emotional

✨ This song sounds so expensive ✨

The way she pronounces w o r d s in this song is just *chef's kiss* I'm obsessed

This is the classiest song she has ever written

Me: Wow I've finally almost memorized all of folklore's lyrics Taylor: I'm about to end this mans whole career

does anyone else like this one the best off of evermore? it's so beautiful

this song alone deserves a grammy, im so mad evermore didn't get more nomination this year, to me some of the song are even better than ones on folklore.

This song would make a great movie.

The gardens of Babylon line is my ultimate favourite! The gardens were ‘created’ by a fancy ruler for his wife. However, there isn’t any archaeological evidence to suggest it actually existed. So Taylor is alluding to the fact that there is a great love there but it may not be real. Her mind...

Am I the only one who felt the sound of this song is so sophisticated. Like all I need is a glass of wine then everything is perfect.

people who call this "weak spot" will never see the gates of heaven!!

It was my wedding's first dance music. This song is a true gem of this album.. 'I'm never gonna love again', this explains all.

cowboy like me is slowly becoming my evermore stan song.

“Dancing’s a dangerous game” - Cowboy like me. “I’m not much for dancing but for you I did” - Last kiss

this song will be 2 years old in 3 days and its still my favorite taylor song of all time

The bridge of this song feels like an amazing plot twist in a quiet movie. I love you Taylor Swift.

Teachers: “ NeVeR STaRt A SEntEnCe WitH ANd!” Taylor: “ And the tennis court...” Teachers: 👁👄👁

Damn this song sounds so classy

This her best song to ever exist. If she doesn’t sing this live during her Eras Tour, I’ll be damned :(

this song doesn't click to me the first time i listen to it but it grows on me so fast that it has become my go-to song on evermore. it's really well written and provides a level of comfort that not even the softest blankets could achieve.

this song makes me want to slow dance with someone in an an empty parking lot in the middle of the night

Cowboy Like Me: “ Dancing is a dangerous thing” Out Of The Woods: “We moved the furniture so we could dance, baby like we stood a chance.”

The pic used for this video fits perfectly. It gives off an expensive, classy vibe much like this song, with it's lush and smooth vocals and arrangement. It might not be a popular choice but this song is one of my favorites from evermore.

Coming back here after midnights dropped and i don't think she'll ever write a song as beautiful as this

the way she says "dancing is a dangerous game" and "Now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon" just makes me wanna slow dance with someone

this song is literally the best song that exists and i can’t explain why

My favorite Taylor Swift bridge fr

this is literally the best song on evermore and people are sleeping on this.

"Now you hang from my lips like the gardens of babylon" ART

I don’t know why, but when she sings, “perched” everything is right in the world

evermore is pure poetry

I cannot get over "and now you hung over my lips like the gardens of Babylon" line. It has an insurmountable emotion to it. Freaking love this song.

the country vibes in this song are IMMACULATE.

other singers: we’re kissing Taylor swift: now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon

Can't believe Swift wrote this song & forgot about it while "now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon" still haunts me in the middle of the night.

the Babylon line is obviously utterly gorgeous, but my favourite is “i'm never gonna love again.” so simple, and yet it hits so hard

"Forever is the sweetest con" I FELT THAT.

I just love how she pronounce the word "perched"

nothing is ever gonna top folklore & evermore!!! this song is a gem

2:47 Is the best part of this song and nobody can say otherwise.

Me: waiting for re-recordings Taylor: how about a brand new album Me: but but.... you didn't give a warning sign Taylor : I gave so many signs

*with tricks up her sleeve* Taylor: not a lot going on

This song is so underrated. It's a gem for sure. Everything about "cowboy like me" is so special and unique, the lyrics, the melody and even the song structure is so unique and beautiful. This song is about 2 con artists and despite of some melancholy here, it's so calming and the tranquility just hit me and relaxes me. Def. My top 5 from evermore !!!!

evermore has so many songs that make me feel like i'm reading a novel while i listen to them. this one is a great example of it.

Taylor Swift: Not a lot going on at the moment Also Taylor: This is me lying

If "expensive" was a song, this would be it

9 studio albums into her career and her music is only getting better. my favorite Taylor song

This song made me a Taylor Swift fan. Her ability to communicate the human experience into song is special. Evermore was the first album I heard, the maturity in the songs, the heartbreak she can convey was surprising to me. The choice to not always right autobiography was truly a great gift to the music world. The woman has worked so damn hard, this music is a testament to the life she lived, and the heart she has for others. It's been a heartbreaking year for my family and this album was the soundtrack to some of the most felt moments of my life. Everyone can groove to shake it off, but the complexity of emotions that I now see trickled though her albums, well it's always been there. Can't say enough, thank you Taylor for somehow understanding the ache I feel in my chest right now...and how I will know when it's time to go. love.

I will never understand how this has one of the least views in her album. Such beautiful tune, beautiful lyrics, beautiful voice... and so underrated.

What is so *impressive* about Taylor's last two albums to me is how all the *songs are so similar* in style yet *all sound different.* Every song sounds new but fits the theme. *How does she do it?*

this song's bridge changed my life

She foreshadowed Midnights with “eyes full of stars” and “never thought I’d meet you here”

this is the best song in evermore. and y’all are not ready for that conversation.

when you and your homie plotted to scam sugar daddies but fell for each other instead

3:50, either i'll never love another again, or you left and i've lost the ability. literary gold.

Love the support vocals by Marcus Mumford. Perfect pitch.

taylor: releases an album my dictionary: it's my time to shine

I can’t believe people are sleeping on this

A few years have passed, and this is still my favorite song of hers. It's just wonderful in every sense... both the lyrics and the melody.

I can listen to Taylor say "perched" for an hour straight

Who’s over here stressed bc u can’t watch all of these vids at once 🥲

“Dancing’s a dangerous game” - Cowboy Like Me “I’m not much for dancing but for you i did” - Last Kiss

"forever is the sweetest con" AHHHH

every time she says “and the ladies lunching have their stories about when you passed through town” I get chills I don’t know why but this is my fave TS song🖤

Unpopular opinion: THIS IS THE BEST SONG IN EVERMORE

I'm in love with this story, it's so sad and powerful. The player who's cheated so many people had the tables turned on them, falling in love, then becoming broken forever.

This song is so underrated

why this song is so underrated af ???? guys, this is such A MASTERPIECE

I think this is low key the best song she’s made in the past five years.

Just when you think she wouldn't be able to deliver anything surpass folklore for a while...There's something so tender, so quietly heartbreaking, surrendering yet incredibly hopeful & mischievous in the melody / lyrics. Quite possibly my favourite Swift song ever.

This song has something I can’t explain. It’s one of my favorites

And you asked me to dance, but I said, "Dancing is a dangerous game." goshhhhhhhh the words n the way she sings them............ no wonder taylor is always praised for being a lyrical genius😩

So nobody is talking about this song is about “two con artists fall in love with each other”, and she wrote “Forever is the sweetest con”.

whenever I hear "forever is the sweetest con" my heart DROPS. It´s ne of my favourite songs on evermore.

I know I'm way late now but I just had to comment because this is such a beautiful song. And obviously everyone's what there getting from the song can be different. What makes this song so beautiful is that it's a song about two people. Who aren't really lucky in love or maybe more so they felt like they never would be lucky to ever find real love. Or that sadly that they both felt like they didn't deserve love. Like everyone else and somehow they knew when they meet that was going to be it for them. Basically summing up to keep it short two broken people who finally find love with each other. They finally get that and deserve it more than ever Taylor Swift is amazing for this song.

Let’s just hope the reason Taylor is releasing albums so quickly is because she can’t wait to write her thirteenth studio album

Who else just woke up and is immediately listening through the whole Taylor album?

now i get how my friend is SO OBSESSED with taylor swift

The most underated song in her discography

Us freaking out about Taylor releasing Folklore out of nowhere: Taylor: And I'll do it again * pow* *pow *