Another Taylor Swift album, another poignant Track 5 to listen to on repeat.

After The Life of a Showgirl officially dropped at 12 a.m. ET on Friday, Swifties quickly went to work attempting to dissect the meaning behind the lyrics of each and every song on the 12-track pop extravaganza. Naturally, the album's highly-anticipated fifth track, "Eldest Daughter," inspired particular interest.

Way back around the time Red came out in 2012, Swifties started to notice Taylor had a tendency to place a consistently heart-wrenching song in the fifth spot on an album. A few album eras later, she confirmed her fans were in fact onto something. "I didn’t realize I was doing this, but as I was making albums, I guess I was just kind of putting a very vulnerable, personal, honest, emotional s

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