While Swifties, critics and the general public have begun analyzing her massive 31-song dual album since its release on April 19, a few lines have stuck out and have been widely circulated, criticized and memed online. At the scene of the crime is "I Hate It Here," one of the extra 15 tracks on the second album, "The Anthology."
In the song's lyrics, Swift tells listeners she escapes into "secret gardens in my mind" because she hates it here. And because she hates it here, she mentions that she used to play a game with her friends to escape. The game entailed picking a decade they wished they could live in instead of their current reality. The musician sings, "I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid."
