This is the most heartbreaking track from the album. It's so scary to think of how people could easily forget about you today, despite being so deeply in love yesterday.

The way screaming becomes softer in tone at the very end of this song says she’s too tired to scream like that for anyone now. That was so clever! 😮🤍

The first "ScREAmINg" hit hard and was very unexpected but GREAT! IM OBSESSED!!!

The tail between your legs line mixed with the imagery of the black dog is so haunting

"Six weeks of breathing clean air I still miss the smoke" is a sequel to Daylight's "Clearing the air, I breathed in the smoke" where she's trying to get over past memories with this former guy but she's holding back.

Everyone here agree that it is one of the best song in this album. The whole metaphor is crazy

"And remember how my rain soaked body was shaking" Reference to the ending of delicate music video? Also in delicate, it says "you must like me for me", here, "Do you hate me?" ....heart shattering💔

Have you guys noticed how Taylor lowered her voice's note each time singing "screaming" Cuz the FIRST time you scream is always the LOUDEST ..

Those vocals during screaming just "Hits Different"

POPULAR OPINION: "Taylor Swift's raw vulnerability shines through every note. Masterpiece."

This has become my favorite track for the sheer attention to every. single. detail. It’s heartbreaking, and desperate, and delicate. and literally can feel this one in my bones.

I Hope people think hard about how Taylor was feeling while writing this, instead of who it's written about She's expressing her raw and unspoken emotions into a painfully beautiful song, and trust me it helps a lot of ppl And I want everyone to know that

Taylor if you’re lurking through the comments…. This album is so unique and, I hope you know what a great role model, storyteller, singer, poet, person and songwriter you are. I have no idea how you can make a song sound and feel like a story/journey. Can’t spell PoeTS without TS!! And hello to your cats (that last bit is random but I like cats :)

Black Dog is also associated with depression and mental health. In fact, there is a video on YT by World Health Organisation called “I had a black dog, his name was depression”. We can also see a black dog appearance in the Fortnight video. 😢

im happily married but there's something in this song that makes me want to cry.

"Say it like you mean it" by THE STARTING LINE.. is the greatest album of all time! The swifties should give it a listen.

How is she so gorgeous in these photos?!

The last ‘screaming’, so much emotions

Only Taylor can describe a dark tragedy with eloquence and lyrical grace.

Anybody who dares to say she doesn’t have talent obviously doesn’t know what talent is

This one broke me so hard. She said all the things my heart feels but my brain won’t let me put into words.

The “you forgot to turn you location off” part being repeated is so perfect. It’s like she’s saying you forgot to turn it off but it shouldn’t have been off at all

This song is the song she feared when she wrote New Year’s Day and ‘please don’t ever become a stranger again who’s laugh I could recognise anywhere’

Whoever says taylor can't sing or write needs to listen to this

Can we appreciate how she was able to make 16 songs in three years and surprise us with 15 more and almost all of them are five minutes long!

I'm so happy Taylor mentioned The Starting Line, easily one of the best bands that emerged from the pop punk/emo scene and became something much better.

She's not just a singer-songwriter, she's also a very effective storyteller

her new era really shows how much she’s changed. I LUV U TAYLOR

this being the first song after the surprise double drop??? I will never have that amount of serotonin for a ballad again. never before and ever since.

This track broke me. I hope the people I used to love don’t forget about me..

This is my comfort track. I don’t know why, it just hits me like I’m screaming.

The way she sings SCREAMING 😮

"intertwined in the magic/tragic fabric of our dreaming" is one of the most beautiful lyrics she's ever written 🤍

This song is so underrated. One of my top 5 from TTPD. ❤️💔

If this was a painting, the contrasts would be stunning. Great art, Taylor. Just great.

Everyone talking about the SCREAMING but anyone notice she ends the last one in a whisper

Let's appreciate how she wrote a whole beautiful ablum while she doing the Eras Tour. We love you Taylor 💜

When I think she cant get any better ,she proves Im wrong

But the way she says "i still can't believe it" 😭😭😭

That feeling when you used to go to a place with a person, where you (for some time now) established your reputation, influence and power there- like a persona. And then, suddenly after the fallout, you just see him going there casually like you guys never happened. You see him doing things you used to do together, and he does them painlessly without any trace of missing you. :( how do they do that? "How you dont miss me in the black dog??"

This is amazing. Taylor really comes back stronger then a 90s trend!

This one is my favorite. My heart felt it and still does

“I move through the world with the heartbroken, my longing stay unspoken, and I may never open up the way I did for you” 😭😭😭

I just realised that breaking up hurts because when they forget, you are forgetting and grieving the person you were with each other.

Favorite song of the album

THE WAY HOW TAYLOR UPLOADED ALL LYRIC VIDEOS AT ONCE!

I personally think you can tell which songs are about Joe from the tone and overall vibe - in all of them it’s more tragic, sadness and love still there even tho the relationship is over (such as a song like this). We know she sold their home and also this pub is around where he lives

BLACK DOG IS A MASTERPIECE😭🖤

Taylor Swift's unstoppable creativity with music knows no bounds

Ofc she wrote this one solo. She always comes THROUGH with her solo-written songs🥺

I really believe that Taylor needed to make this album....fkn. amazing..

The whole album is getting me cry. The sad songs suit my emotions right now cause I've lost someone who I'm in love with.

She needs to make a screamo album. We 30-somethings are living for this

One of my favorite songs on the album.The first time I wasn’t expecting the screaming part am all for it!,

Those vocals during screaming just hits different 😊

This is one of not the best song on the albums such an intimate ballad it so raw ,and beautiful the production is top tier that chorus hit so hard all of the detail yet so relatable absolutely heartbreaking.

By far my favourite song of the album. Its haunting and so beautifully written.. sending chills 🤍

look how far Taylor got! By “just a girl” singing about her high school life and boys, to now having 11 successful albums and a 1.1b air! Wow Taylor we are veryyyyy proud of you.👏

It’s crazy how much of a genius Taylor Swift is. The fact that she prepared all of those hints, easter eggs, and clues, all connecting to the songs/albums she’s going to release. I felt like I’m in an escape room trying to solve those riddles she gave-straight up genius.

This song embodies how betrayal trauma creates scars for a lifetime. I think the best cure was watching I bet you think about me.

I am something of a skeptic when it comes to Jack Antonoff productions in the current day, but this one is an overwhelming exception to that rule. The most heart-shattering song in this album both lyrically and production wise.

Taylor Swift is the most reckless poet of all time. Brilliant.

Taylor’s seriously spoiling us with all these songs! And she looks absolutely stunning in these photos

✨✨ a u t h e n t I c v i e w s ✨ ✨ really propelled Taylor Swift to the big leagues, and for that, I'll forever be grateful

the fact that she single-handedly wrote this song, and how vulnerable it is sends me through so many emotions 🤧

songname: "XLP2 - Sober" Genre: singer songwriter. your honest opinion is valid

This song really brings out how life has so much heartbreak and confusion. Excellent work, Taylor. 👏

i repeated this so many times, i think its beautiful ☹️🫶🏼

instantly my favourite song of all time on this album

The lyrics are great...I think this is one of her best!

Melancholy songs, not what we're accustomed to, but their 100% Swifty's OG compositions so respect for sure

With every screaming....my heart shattered....how could you write something so devastating Tay

Can we all agree that Taylor is sooo beautiful!?!?!?

The storytelling in this one, wow 🥺🫶

I hope she sings this one live!

I think black dog is actually about Matty, not Joe because the lyrics make more sense for him. I want to point out around 2:02, she talks about how you dont miss me in the shower and "remember how my rain-soaked body was shaking." Matty was at her epic eras tour concert in NASHVILLE where she performed in the rain. So this is after that concert and being in the rain and intimate together 😮.

Honestly Taylor changed my life so much just with her presence, love from India and Australia ❤

I'm literally SCREAMING inside! This album is pure art and poetry, I still can't believe it. Thank you, Taylor 🥹🤍

I have taken the time to listen deeply to every single song and I'm crying. These songs and their lyrics are so vulnerable! I love this album so much!

I LOVE THIS SONG THIS ALBUM TTPD IS EVERYTHING THE LYRICS REALLY REVEAL SO MUCH IM CRYING RN THE VOCALS EVERYTHING 🤍🤍🤍🤍 I LOVE U

At 48 years old, everything now hits different. She gave all of us warning signs, but I think we all believed he was the one. This song hits me in the heart and gut! ❤

When her voice breaks on that last, whispered, "screaming." WHY AREN'T WE ALL TALKING ABOUT THAT I FELT THE PAIN IN MY SOUL 💔

The whole album is Sacred Rage! Speak your truth girl 💖

The starting line reference ❤

The next Nobel Prize for Literature winner. Every bit as worthy as Bob was. She captures the heart of us all.

When my boyfriend left me I had to see all the calls he was making to his ex-girlfriend on my phone bill for the next 6 months because we shared a phone plan. He took her to the places we used to go. It shattered my heart. And he felt nothing. I feel every ounce of rage, pain, grief she is feeling in this song. There is healing in relating to another's story. Taylor you are such a brilliant writer. You have helped heal my heart in ways you don't even know. Thank you. I am so happy you have found joy, you deserve every moment of it.

Loooooove this song so much. Immediate emotional connection to the lyrics, the vocals and the production.

By far my most fav song on the album. It wrecks me each time 😭🫶🏻

I agree with the comments, album is a work of art, a masterpiece. Really shows off her vocals, symbolism, and poetry through music.

The words of these lyrics are so heart rending and true. Taylor Swift really gives you understanding the true meaning of words. What a gift she has! A brilliant soul.

the way the black dog is a real bar in London. I’m shook.

I cried whilst hearing this beautiful song. Somehow Taylor managed to perfectly capture the feeling of losing someone. I recently fell out with my friends of 9 years and this song just captures what I been feeling lately.

Origin of Black Dog: mid 17th century (as a name for a small or counterfeit coin); the sense ‘melancholy or depression’ dates from the late 18th century, and may derive from folk tales of ghostly black dogs tormenting people. Winston Churchill used the expression when alluding to his periodic bouts of depression.

This is the best song from the album. So heartbreakingly, hauntingly beautiful

Everyone is talking about how she sings "screaming" but my favorite is how she softly and painfully she says "demons" 😢😢😢😢

I love EVERYTHING on this album!!! ❤❤❤

2nd song of both albums are the two best, (Black Dog & The Tortured Poets Department), of the whole masterpiece.

The cohesion between the sonic of screaming and its meaning, it actually is shivering, and the way the last screaming is silent. So thouroughly thought out.

i like how the first ScrEAmiNG gives an impression of a dog suddenly barking at you.

Incredible. I am mesmerized by every track I've heard so far.