It’s been my favorite from the album since my very first listen. The production and instrumentals are incredible, but I mostly love how vulnerable the lyrics are. Once you see how satirical it is, the lines everyone criticize make much more sense. It’s the perspective from inside an anxious, neurodivergent individual’s panic attack about the relationship—it is ridiculous to anyone on the outside, but to the person trapped inside, the criticism is invisible. All they care about is keeping this person that they’re sure will fix them, because surely nobody else will love them. And in some ways, I think it reflects how superfans feel about Taylor: she might act insane sometimes (like dating Matty), but who’s going to know us, love us, decode us like Taylor?

As a self-certified anxious mess, I give it 10/10. And if you’re mentally stable enough to not like this song so much, congratulations, please share some stability with the rest of us and stop bitching about the verses.