‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ lyrics get attention in DC area

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — If you haven’t heard, Taylor Swift dropped a new album on Friday, and the Internet and social media exploded with reaction and commentary about the album, as a whole, and each track that appears on it. (We’ll pause for you to put your surprised face on.)

Among the songs on The Tortured Poets Department , one appeared to be of high interest in the D.C. area: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived . Google Trends showed it as one of the things people were searching by late in the morning, with the song appearing as a breakout search in the the District.

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived has a bit of an ethereal sound to it as it begins, picking up momentum as the song progresses, with Swift directing her lyrics toward someone, but whom? (Not unusual that that question gets asked when it comes to a Swift song.)

Here’s just a portion of the lyrics :

And I don’t even want you back
I just want to know
If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal
And I don’t miss what we had
But could someone give a message
To the smallest man who ever lived?

There are many questions Swift asks of the person who is the subject of the song, which she concludes by singing: “And I’ll forget you, but I’ll never forgive…The smallest man who ever lived.”

Thoughts?

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