“The most striking difference between ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, though, is that, occasionally, the new album sees her reaching for fizzing pop heights again. Both ‘Gold Rush’ (co-written with Antonoff) and ‘Long Story Short’ add a layer of ‘1989’-style gloss to the proceedings, imbuing Swift’s ‘folklorian’ sound with a dash of the ‘80s-inspired synth-pop that coursed through that 2014 album. Both tracks feel like they could explode into a banging, stadium-ready chorus if placed into the hands of pop master-producer Max Martin chorus, but instead pull it back at the last minute and favour subtlety.”
— ‘Evermore’ review: the freewheeling younger sibling to ‘Folklore’ (NME)
‘cause I knew you steppin’ on the last train marked me like a bloodstain, i i knew you tried to change the ending peter losing wendy, i i knew you leavin’ like a father running like water, i and when you are young, they assume you know nothing