My Tears Ricochet

My Tears Ricochet by Taylor Swift focuses on how someone you love deeply can actually be your worst destroyer. She mentions how toxic relationships are easily disguised because of words said by the person you love. I think in the song she talks about how she regrets not seeing the signs sooner but being thankful that she eventually noticed and chose to be the wise/ greater person in the relationship. The one verse in her song that really stood out to me was when she said “And if I’m dead to you, why are you at the wake? Cursing my name, wishing I stayed. Look at how my tears ricochet.” This was a very powerful verse because she is saying how this boy dragged her down until she couldn't take it anymore but yet he still is showing up when she needs him the most. Another example of a powerful verse would be “You were the same jewels that I gave you, as you buried me.” This is her trying to explain that she kind of influenced all the good he had and he gets to live on his life as a better person than when they first met but all he did to her was knock her down and make her lose hope within herself.