Song
So High School
The Tortured Poets Department · 2024 · Track 22
Co-written
Written byTaylor Swift, Aaron Dessner
Produced byTaylor Swift, Aaron Dessner
Also known as: SHS
Mash-ups & Live Pairings
- Mary's Song (Oh My My My) / So High School / Everything Has Changed (Eras Tour, Amsterdam)
the hand on the throttle, flight and full speed
“Brand new, full throttle”
“Hand on the throttle” — The Prophecy
Community readers hear the throttle recur across the catalogue as Taylor's image for a relationship taken at full speed: "Hand on the throttle" here, "Brand new, full throttle" in So High School. The same control surface that means surging forward, gripped tight, reads as exhilaration in the later song and as the white-knuckle effort to steer her own fate in this one.
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