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The Life of a Showgirl has been out for approximately two seconds and it's already become our entire personality. Like, memorizing lyrics, reading into everything, and figuring out who all these songs are about, this is a full time job. Which brings us to "Eldest Daughter."

The song could be interpreted in a few ways, but it seems to be about Taylor promising love and fidelity to someone, with lyrics like "I'm never gonna let you down / I'm never gonna leave you out."

This will inevitably lead to speculation that the song is about Travis, which...pretty sure it is! But it also speaks to Taylor's experience as an eldest daughter, being somewhat jaded as she tries to "seem cool," and finally feeling like herself with the "you" (ahem, Travis) of this song.

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