While Taylor's sophomore release is a slight improvement from her debut (both in terms of songwriting and general song construction), it still lacks in many areas. The main focus of lyricism on nearly EVERY TRACK is the typical 'girl loves boy/boy hurt girl' theme. I understand that Taylor was still incredibly young here, but I would've assumed that she would venture out more in terms of song topics. That same lyrical pattern over and over again gets very tiresome, very quickly. However, just ...
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