You're On Your Own, Kid

The message of this song is so intense and incredibly helpful. I wish I could have listened to it when I was younger. No prince on a horse is coming to save you, you are on your own but you got this. I remember so well how it felt to think I need to just do everything right so that someone will love me. Be thinner, be more this or that, do this or that. But that's all just wrong. You do you kid and be your own best friend, because no one can spend as much time with you like yourself, you need to be your best friend

"I didn't choose this town, i dream of getting out" really hits hard for me, very relatable

Midnights is full of excellent burning bridges. Taylor has literally mastered the art of writing bridges, each of them gives goosebumps 🔥🔥🔥

i remember when this song first came out and people thought it wasnt 'hard hitting' enough for track 5 which are generally emotional. but the more you listen, the more you see the impact this song has. my most replayed off this album along with would've because its a lyrical masterpiece

Summer went away Still, the yearning stays I play it cool with the best of them I wait patiently He's gonna notice me It's okay, we're the best of friends Anyway I hear it in your voice You're smoking with your boys I touch my phone as if it's your face I didn't choose this town I dream of getting out There's just one who could make me stay All my days From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I waited ages to see you there I search the party of better bodies Just to learn that you never cared You're on your own, kid You always have been I see the great escape So long, Daisy May I picked the petals, he loves me not Something different bloomed Writing in my room I play my songs in the parking lot I'll run away From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I called a taxi to take me there I search the party of better bodies Just to learn that my dreams aren't rare You're on your own, kid You always have been From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this I hosted parties and starved my body Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss The jokes weren't funny, I took the money My friends from home don't know what to say I looked around in a blood-soaked gown And I saw something they can't take away 'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned Everything you lose is a step you take So make the friendship bracelets Take the moment and taste it You've got no reason to be afraid You're on your own, kid Yeah, you can face this You're on your own, kid You always have been

As an international student, a million miles away from any family or friend, managing studies, internship, job, money and myself it becomes a lot and this song, maybe momentarily, just gives me enough strength to not give up and fight each challenge that life throws at me.

“From sprinkler splashes, to fireplace ashes, I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this, I hosted parties, and starved my body, like I’d be saved by a perfect kiss” 😭🔥💥 SHE IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

I needed this song growing up. The first time I heard this I felt so many emotions that I can't put into words. Nothing like a Taylor Swift song to remind you of your broken childhood. But thank you Taylor for making this ❤

When she sang this on tour I cried.

I'm so sad I don't get to see her live. I want to at least once in my lifetime. She's such an icon and I feel so cool to live in her time!

I'm going through a stage in my life in which I don't feel very well, but tay tay's songs help me a lot. Thanks for everything ❤❤

This song makes me cry. Almost every time. Something about it. There are way more sad songs on this album than this and this is the one that gets me. Every. Single. Time.

So make the friendship bracelets Take the moment and taste it You. Have. No reason to be afraid

This song talks so much about my moment. I wanted that friendship connection for so long, trying so hard to fit in, taking the not funny jokes, trying to be accepted, and nobody cared. Then, I realized I was the only who talked, and the conversation was fun because that was me starting all the talk and conducting the conversation. I made that fun, I was mirroring myself in that person. They were never trying to keep talking. They were always ghosting me. But not anymore. Now the bridges are being burned and pages turned, and I am not afraid because "everything you lose is a step you take". Taylor Swift is the sweetest person ever, thank you so much for this masterpiece!

"I picked the petals, he loves me not" really hits hard 😢

Grammy Album Of The Year 2024 🎉

I love this song for the meaning, for all the pain, crises and tears of the past that make us who we are, that in the end we only have ourselves 😭

Such a beautiful song, it means the world to me. Thank you Taylor.❤

So I realized that I wasn't that important for them... I gave almost everything for them to notice me but I didn't know they didn't worth it... my tears, my shame, my pain. Thank God I'm on my own now.

For some reason this song reminds me of that transition in middle school where your growing and learning all of these new things are happening and its coming in all at once and it can be stressful. It’s a beautiful song and I wish I had this song to help me throughout middle school.