Welcome to “The Lyrics of a Showgirl.” Any Taylor Swift album is endlessly quotable, and her 12th is far from the first exception, even if you have to go a few tracks in to start getting to the truly provocative or meme-worthy lines you know are coming. It’s an album primarily of romantic songs — more flagrant and uninterrupted professions of love than she’s ever allowed herself on a single album before, that’s for certain — and so, with grievances fading into the background a bit, you should be prepared for Swift coming on as a swooning softie. But there are also a couple of numbers in which her more lacerating side is in full view, even if she sounds playful as she tells perceived adversaries what’s what.

Here’s a song-by-song guide to the most telling lyrics in each of the 12 songs.

See Full Page