I Look In People’s Windows is genius

I Look In People’s windows is the shortest song in ALL of Taylor’s discography, and I think this is intentional.

The shortness of the song symbolizes how brief it is when you do walk past someone’s house and look inside their window. It’s just a few seconds of a fully-lit room, and before you know it, it’s out of view.

It could also reference what the relationship felt like to her. For a momentary glimpse she can see everything, the relationship is beautiful and comforting, but then suddenly she finds herself on the outside of it, unable to get back in.

I think the song mirrors her feelings of trying to find hope —and one last stolen glance of her lover— in these fleeting, soul-crushing moments.