Taylor loves to lure people in to read her songs autobiographically while always keeping her deepest mysteries to herself. People love to speculate about Taylor the celebrity, Taylor the myth, Taylor the tabloid staple. That’s the nature of the game, and that’s part of the fun—I love playing that game as much as anyone does (though not as much as she does). But the most fascinating Taylor will always be the one in the music. She’s the one none of us will ever understand—a jigsaw puzzle that turns out to be a mirror.
