Innocent (Taylor's Version)

Innocent is the song she wrote to someone who hurt her, handing their innocence back anyway. The re-recording is gentler, like she's actually put it down. That line 'everyone's all forgiven now' got mocked as naive; now it sounds like strength.

It moves me — forgiveness doesn't mean the other person was right, it means she chose not to carry it. That generosity isn't weakness; it means she no longer needs the debt.

This is an interpretation based on publicly available material. Not official commentary.

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