“Our Song” isn’t a top-50 Taylor Swift song, and it’s not the example I’d use to try to convert a skeptic. But it is good. It’s characteristically clever for Taylor Swift of all people to write a song about the feelings that music can’t capture. And it has an ear-worm hook, conversational lyrics, specific but unversial details, and a subltle lyric shift at the end. It also demands that you take young people’s emotions seriously and is performed by someone who’s actually thinking about what she’s saying (“when you talk reaaaaallllll slow”). Sure, it lacks the lyrical complexity, next-level bridge, and wisdom beyond her years that characterize her best work.
The day after continues to be pretty great, Mariners beat Oakland 5-1
