D e a r R e a d e r

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Produced By: Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift

Editions: 3AM Edition, The Till Dawn Edition & The Late Night Edition

“Dear Reader” is the final track of the 3AM edition of Taylor Swift’s 2022 album Midnights. The song is written from the perspective of an advice columnist, and in it, Taylor attempts to give the listener (or reader) life advice. She advises the listener to, among other things, be wary, reinvent themselves, bend when they can but not bend over for others who ask of them, and keep secrets. These are all meant not to be trusted, as the narrator themself warns the listener not to. In the song “Dear Reader”, the narrator has come into a very isolated, desperate life, which provides a fitting finale to an album touching on self-doubt, mistrust, and pain throughout.

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“Dear Reader” Here’s The Meaning Behind MidnightsTweet 11-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift released her new album “Midnights” on October 21st, 2022. The album is supposed to be about different sleepless nights where she was up late thinking about something. Many people have different opinions about what and who she was thinking of. As a dedicated Taylor Swift fan for the last...

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[Verse 1]

Dear reader, if it feels like a trap

You're already in one

Dear reader, get out your map

Pick somewhere and just run

Dear reader, burn all the files

Desert all your past lives

And if you don't recognize yourself

That means you did it right

[Chorus]

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart (You should find another)

[Verse 2]

Dear reader, bend when you can

Snap when you have to

Dear reader, you don't have to answer

Just 'cause they asked you

(You should find another)

Dear reader, the greatest of luxuries is your secrets

Dear reader, when you aim at the devil

Make sure you don't miss

[Chorus]

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

[Bridge]

So I wander through these nights

I prefer hiding in plain sight

My fourth drink in my hand

These desperate prayers of a cursed man

Spilling out to you for free

But darling, darling, please

You wouldn't take my word for it if you knew who was talking

If you knew where I was walking

To a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there

Where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care

No one sees when you lose when you're playing solitaire

[Outro]

You should find another guiding light, guiding light

But I shine so bright

You should find another guiding light, guiding light

But I shine so bright

You should find another, you should find another (Guiding light)

Find another, you should find another

You should find another

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