“the 1” opens with a loud piano chord that rings through your ears. It is a song that sets the tone of the album as it is melancholic and longing of what could have been. Swift here reflects on what could have been with a lost love. If only the one had not slipped away from here. Here she wonders if only one thing had been different would they have still been together. The most profound lyric is “But we were something, don’t you think so?”.
“the 1” opens with a loud piano chord that rings through your ears. It is a song that sets the tone of the album as it is melancholic and longing of what could have been. Swift here reflects on what could have been with a lost love. If only the one had not slipped away from here. Here she wonders if only one thing had been different would they have still been together. The most profound lyric is “But we were something, don’t you think so?”.