The Prophecy, Cassandra & Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

Song(s): The Prophecy, Cassandra & Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

Artist: Taylor Swift

I can NOT believe how many Taylor Swift songs has shown up on this particular playlist over the past two years 😆 But, if it works, it works! I feel like these three songs could go hand in hand, talking about the same person. In The Prophecy, someone is fearful of a dark fate that is coming their way and hopes to change it. In Cassandra, this same girl watches the demise and destruction of another young woman (Cassandra) in a possibly similar situation, fearing that she will share the same fate. Finally in Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? the girl comes back  set on revenge for those who have wronged her in life! I don't know, I'm not super familiar with these songs, I've only heard them a couple of times. But it's giving me "witch" vibes again (see mad woman & I Did Something Bad for past examples). What's up with Taylor Swift and comparing her musical self/protagonists to witches?? Sus. But perfect for my playlist! 😜 (For the record, I'm not saying Taylor Swift meant for these songs to be connected in anyway...this was my own thoughts. I don't want anyone to confuse me with any crazy Swifities who interpret her music and create their own conspiracy theories, lol. It's just me interpreting them to fit my "Halloween" music narrative 😁😂)

The Prophecy

Two, one, two, three, four

Hand on the throttle

Thought I caught lightning in a bottle

Oh, but it's gone again

And it was written

I got cursed like Eve got bitten

Oh, was it punishment?

Pad around when I get home

I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope

A greater woman wouldn't beg

But I looked to the sky and said

"Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo the prophеcy?"

Cards on the table

Mine play out likе fools in a fable

Oh, it was sinking in (Sinking in, oh)

Slow is the quicksand

Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand

Oh, still I dream of him

Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo the prophecy?

And I sound like an infant

Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen

A greater woman stays cool

But I howl like a wolf at the moon

And I look unstable

Gathered with a coven 'round a sorceress' table

A greater woman has faith

But even statues crumble if they're made to wait

I'm so afraid I sealed my fate

No sign of soulmates

I'm just a paperweight in shades of greige

Spending my last coin so someone will tell me it'll be okay

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo the prophecy?

Who do I have to speak to

To change the prophecy?

Hand on the throttle

Thought I caught lightning in a bottle

Oh, but it's gone again

Pad around when I get home

I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope

A greater woman wouldn't beg

But I looked to the sky and said ("Please")

Cassandra

I was in my new house placing daydreams

Patching up the crack along the wall

I pass it and lose track of what I'm saying

'Cause that's where I was when I got the call

When the first stone's thrown, there's screamin'

In the streets, there's a raging riot

When it's "Burn the witch," they're shrieking

When the truth comes out, it's quiet

So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst

And tried to tell the town

So they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say

Do you believe me now?

I was in my tower weaving nightmares

Twisting all my smiles into snarls

They say, "What doesn't kill you makes you aware"

What happens if it becomes who you are?

So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst

And tried to tell the town

So they set my life in flames, I regret to say

Do you believe me now?

They knew, they knew, they knew the whole time

That I was onto somethin'

The family, the pure greed, the Christian chorus line

They all said nothin'

Blood's thick, but nothin' like a payroll

Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul

You can mark my words that I said it first

In a mourning warning, no one heard

I patched up the crack along the wall

I pass it and lose track of what I'm saying

'Cause that's where I was when I lost it all

So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst

And tried to tell the town

So they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say

Do you believe me now?

Ah, ah, ah

I was onto somethin'

Ah, ah

They all said nothin'

Blood's thick but nothin' like a payroll

Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul

You can mark my words that I said it first

In a mourning warning, no one heard

No one heard, not a single word was heard

When the first stone's thrown, there's screamin'

In the streets, there's a raging riot

When it's "Burn the witch," they're shrieking

When the truth comes out, it's quiet

It's so quiet

Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?

The who's who of "Who's that?" is poised for the attack

But my bare hands paved their paths

You don't get to tell me about "sad"

If you wanted me dead, you should've just said

Nothing makes me feel more alive

So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street

Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

You should be

The scandal was contained

The bullet had just grazed

At all costs, keep your good name

You don't get to tell me you feel bad

Is it a wonder I broke? Let's hear one morе joke

Then we could all just laugh until I cry

So I lеap from the gallows and I levitate down your street

Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

I was tame, I was gentle 'til the circus life made me mean

"Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth"

Who's afraid of little old me?

Well, you should be

(You should be) You should be

(You should be) You should be

You should be (You should be)

You should be (You should be)

You should be

So tell me everything is not about me

But what if it is?

Then say they didn't do it to hurt me

But what if they did?

I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

So all you kids can sneak into my house with all the cobwebs

I'm always drunk on my own tears, isn't that what they all said?

That I'll sue you if you step on my lawn

That I'm fearsome and I'm wretched and I'm wrong

Put narcotics into all of my songs

And that's why you're still singin' along

So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street

Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

I was tame, I was gentle 'til the circus life made me mean

"Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth"

Who's afraid of little old me?

Well, you should be

(You should be) You should be

(You should be) You should be

'Cause you lured me (You should be)

And you hurt me (You should be)

And you taught me

You caged me and then you called me crazy

I am what I am 'cause you trained me

So who's afraid of me?

Who's afraid of little old me?

Who's afraid of little old me?

WHO'S AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD ME?? 😊😈