Tied Together with a Smile

Adam admits he dated someone with an eating disorder, and Best reveals why “Tied Together with a Smile” is her emotional emergency button. The duo traces Liz Rose’s fingerprints all over the extended currency simile and debates whether the song’s country twang ages better than Taylor’s solo-written tracks. What happens when a song is too relatable to actually analyze?

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