Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift & Sabrina Carpenter
Taylor Swift
“Eldest Daughter” is the fifth track on The Life of a Showgirl. It falls into the vulnerability that is undeniably displayed on Swift’s track fives.
Lyrically, the track deals with the mental struggles that can often come with being both an oldest child and elder sister, and how Swift has taken her...
[Verse 1]
Everybody's so punk on the internet
Everyone's unbothered 'til they're not
Every joke's just trolling and memes
Sad as it seems, apathy is hot
Everybody's cutthroat in the comments
Every single hot take is cold as ice
When you found me, I said I was busy
That was a lie
[Pre-Chorus]
I have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness
I've been dying just from trying to seem cool
[Chorus]
But I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
But I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow
I'm nеver gonna leave you now, now, now
[Verse 2]
You know, thе last time I laughed this hard was
On the trampoline in somebody's backyard
I must've been about eight or nine
That was the night I fell off and broke my arm
Pretty soon, I learned cautious discretion
When your first crush crushes something kind
When I said I don't believe in marriage
That was a lie
[Pre-Chorus]
Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire
[Chorus]
But I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
But I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow
I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now
[Bridge]
We lie back
A beautiful, beautiful time-lapse
Ferris wheels, kisses, and lilacs
And things I said were dumb
'Cause I thought that I'd never find that
Beautiful, beautiful life that
Shimmers that innocent light back
Like when we were young
[Pre-Chorus]
Every youngest child felt
They were raised up in the wild
But now you're home
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
And I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow (Never gonna break that vow)
I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now
[Outro]
Never gonna break that vow (Oh)
I'm never gonna leave you now, now
I'm never gonna leave you now
Eldest Daughter was written by Taylor Swift & Max Martin & Shellback.
Eldest Daughter was produced by Max Martin & Shellback & Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift released Eldest Daughter on Fri Oct 03 2025.
Track five on my album is called ‘Eldest Daughter,’ and this is—it’s a love song about kind of the roles that we play in our public life, because nowadays everyone has a public life. You have a life that you portray to other people or what you portray on social media, and then you have the you that...
“Eldest Daughter” debuted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated October 18, 2025.