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"Cassandra" is the twenty-seventh track from The Anthology edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, released on April 19, 2024 through Republic Records.

Background[]

"Cassandra" is a track exclusive to the Anthology edition of The Tortured Poets Department. Along with the other Anthology edition tracks, the song was surprise-released at 2:00 AM EST on April 19. A version of the album containing a "First Draft Phone Memo" version of the song was released on May 17, 2024, for digital download.

The song is rumored to be about the 2016 Kanye West-Kim Kardashian drama, the same event which would lead to the making of her sixth studio album, Reputation. [1]

The name of the song is based off the Greek mythological priestess and prophetess, Cassandra.[2]

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
I was in my new house placing daydreams
Patching up the crack along the wall
I pass it and lose track of what I'm saying
'Cause that’s where I was when I got the call

[Pre-Chorus]
When the first stone's thrown, they're screaming
In the streets, there's a raging riot
When it's “Burn the bitch,” they’re shrieking
When the truth comes out, it's quiet

[Chorus]
So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst
And tried to tell the town
So, they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say
Do you believe me now?

[Verse 2]
I was in my tower weaving nightmares
Twisting all my smiles into snarls
They say, “What doesn’t kill you makes you aware”
What happens if it becomes who you are?

[Chorus]
So, they killed Cassandra first ’cause she feared the worst
And tried to tell the town
So, they set my life in flames, I regret to say
Do you believe me now?

[Bridge]
They knew, they knew, they knew the whole time
That I was onto something
The family, the pure greed, the Christian chorus line
They all said nothing
Blood’s thick but nothing like a payroll
Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul
You can mark my words that I said it first
In the morning warning, no one heard

[Verse 3]
I patched up the crack along the wall
I pass it and lose track of what I’m saying
'Cause that's where I was when I lost it all

[Chorus]
So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst
And tried to tell the town
So, they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say
Do you believe me now?

[Bridge]
Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah
I was onto something
Ah-ah-ah, ah
They all said nothing
Blood’s thick but nothing like a payroll
Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul
You can mark my words that I said it first
In the morning warning, no one heard
No one heard, not a single word was heard

[Outro]
When the first stone's thrown, they're screaming
In the streets, there’s a raging riot
When it's “Burn the bitch,” they're shrieking
When the truth comes out, it's quiet
It's so quiet

Audio[]

Live performance[]

"Cassandra" was performed for the first time as a surprise song on The Eras Tour on November 22, 2024 in Toronto, Canada mashed-up with "mad woman" and "I Did Something Bad".

References[]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
"Fortnight" • "The Tortured Poets Department" • "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" • "Down Bad" • "So Long, London" • "But Daddy I Love Him" • "Fresh Out The Slammer" • "Florida!!!" • "Guilty as Sin?" • "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" • "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" • "loml" • "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" • "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" • "The Alchemy" • "Clara Bow"
THE ANTHOLOGY
"The Black Dog" • "imgonnagetyouback" • "The Albatross" • "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus" • "How Did It End?" • "So High School" • "I Hate It Here" • "thanK you aIMee" • "I Look in People's Windows" • "The Prophecy" • "Cassandra" • "Peter" • "The Bolter" • "Robin" • "The Manuscript"
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