22 (Taylor's Version)

The 'who cares about tomorrow' silly joy, still delighted. A decade on she's long past twenty-two, but singing it she turns herself back into the age that didn't need to understand — that 'borrow a song to be young again' privilege is enviable.

I laugh every time. It isn't real naivety, it's 'I choose not to be the adult right now.' In Red TV this is a breather: after a whole record of red, here you can just be silly a moment.

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