Taylor Swift: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived | Piano Cover by Jin Kay Teo
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Taylor Swift: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived | Piano Cover by Jin Kay Teo
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The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
Taylor Swift The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived from The Tortured Poets Department piano cover
performed and arranged by me (Jin Kay Teo) for solo piano
Lyrics:
Was any of it true?
Gazing at me starry-eyed
In your Jehovah's Witness suit
Who the fuck was that guy?
You tried to buy some pills
From a friend of friends of mine
They just ghosted you
Now you know what it feels like
And I don't even want you back, I just want to know
If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal
And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give
A message to the smallest man who ever lived?
You hung me on your wall
Stabbed me with your push pins
In public, showed me off
Then sank in stoned oblivion
'Cause once your queen had come
You treat her like an also-ran
You didn't measure up
In any measure of a man
And I don't even want you back, I just want to know
If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal
And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give
A message to the smallest man who ever lived?
Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?
Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?
Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?
In fifty years, will all this be declassified?
And you'll confess why you did it
And I'll say, "Good riddance"
'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden
I would've died for your sins
Instead, I just died inside
And you deserve prison, but you won't get time
You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars
You crashed my party and your rental car
You said normal girls were boring
But you were gone by the morning
You kicked out the stage lights
But you're still performing
And in plain sight you hid
But you are what you did
And I'll forget you, but I'll never forgive
The smallest man who ever lived
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thanks to all of you for making me fall in love with this song. honestly, before that i didn’t think much of it, i only recognised the bridge since it kind of comes in like a train haha the more i listen to and arrange songs from TTPD the more interesting i realise taylor’s songs are from a theory point of view. so here are some of my thoughts about this song (sorry this is really long i hope some of you understand/find at least some of it interesting haha).
since i arranged exile a while ago, i see many comparisons. its structured in a way similar to exile, with the verse (0:02)-“chorus” (0:50) section sounding like just an extended verse, repeated twice before the extra long and powerful bridge (2:27), almost a different song entirely. its so different she actually changes tempo at the bridge (from 71 to 78 bpm, see 2:20 though i didn’t do a very good job of showing that in my cover lol). again, similar to exile the bridge features a I-vi-V-IV chord progression with a tonic (in this case Bb) note as a pedal point for every beat, as was the case in exile. however, the smallest man’s beat is a lot different, including drums in a kind of marching style (as she performs on stage), as compared to exile’s more muted, bell-like repeated fifths on the piano. i guess this shows in the feelings these two songs represent, with the smallest man having a more vengeful, condescending tone while exile represents a deep regret or longing.
another thing is the verse section. the entire first half of the song switches from 3/4 to 4/4 each measure, or i guess you could count it in 7/4. however the first 3/4 is syncopated into 4, which gives the illusion it being a bit faster. this is pretty unconventional especially for pop music, and the way it transitions so gracefully into the 4/4 bridge is awesome.
taylor has a couple other songs written in an odd meter (tolerate it and closure, both in 5/4), and tolerate it especially follows a similar pattern. the first three beats of the 5/4 are syncopated into 4, while the last two have four even eighth notes. given all three of these songs were co-written by aaron dessner, i think he has a thing for odd meters and syncopation that fit quite well to taylor’s storytelling ability.
one last thing i’ve been noticing with taylor’s songs: they are all actually quite rhythmically complex. i think people sometimes underestimate how much rhythm plays into making a song catchy or having a certain feel. in this one, obviously the syncopated 3/4 bar is quite interesting, as well as her vocals for the entire bridge actually. while i was arranging it i was having a hard time writing down the rhythms without actually having to play it out myself a few times (notably at 2:54 and 3:30). in this one she uses a lot of upbeats, all the way down to the sixteenth notes. my theory is it has a continuing effect of having the listener expect more, which is why this bridge can go on for sooo long without getting tiring. i had trouble also with the second verse in my boy breaks his favourite toys, the bridge in so long london, and parts of the verse in the black dog, it’s quite tricky. for so long london, (as well as some parts of tolerate it and august) she uses a more free approach, making it hard to write down precisely, but it generally i try my best to reduce it down to some -plet over an odd amount of beats, and play it as close as possible to the original.
as you can probably tell i’ve been having a lot of fun arranging this album (it fits the piano very well). if you reached the end thank you i hope you enjoyed reading lol, if you have thoughts please comment! i love analysing music and i’d love to discuss :)
sheet music: bit.ly/4aQPeU1
I love this thoughtful analysis!
love the analysis
That was extremely interesting to read. Thanks for sharing your analysis!
很好听的音乐
This version is even sadder 😢 The way you arranged it got me speechless! So beautifully played. Great job!
thanks, i had so much fun arranging it! it fit very well on piano, even the bridge
Perfect❤❤❤
omg it’s so beautiful great job!❤
hoping we could get imgonnagetyouback too. love ur vids btw!!!!
please, could you do the prophecy?🙏🙏
chloe, prophecy, how did it end and peter! love your covers.
THAT BRIDGE IS A MASTERPIECE !!! WELL DONE WELL DONE WELL DONE
thank you! 🙏🙏
highly accurate that was so fking goooood❤
thanks! 🙏
THIS IS PERFECTION U R SO TALENTED
I love your TTPD covers. All masterpieces.
Ps. Hope you can do Chloe and oomfs too 😂
Very good Played great Video
can you do I Hate It Here next :)
to be honest, i don’t think i can do it hate it here, it doesn’t fit the piano too well, i’m so sorry!
@@J_Teo aw shucks would've loved to hear your rendition of it :(
favorite song in ttpd! this is beautiful and brought me to tears 🤍
aw i’m glad it moved you, it is a heart wrenching one
This is beautiful!
thanks so much! it is a beautiful song
im glad that I clicked on this. wow!
thank you! i hope you enjoy my other covers as well :)
Was any of it true?
Gazing at me starry-eyed
In your Jehovah's Witness suit
Who the fuck was that guy?
You tried to buy some pills
From a friend of friends of mine
They just ghosted you
Now you know what it feels like
And I don't even want you back, I just want to know
If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal
And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give
A message to the smallest man who ever lived?
You hung me on your wall
Stabbed me with your push pins
In public, showed me off
Then sank in stoned oblivion
'Cause once your queen had come
You treat her like an also-ran
You didn't measure up
In any measure of a man
And I don't even want you back, I just want to know
If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal
And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give
A message to the smallest man who ever lived?
Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?
Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?
Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?
In fifty years, will all this be declassified?
And you'll confess why you did it
And I'll say, "Good riddance"
'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden
I would've died for your sins
Instead, I just died inside
And you deserve prison, but you won't get time
You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars
You crashed my party and your rental car
You said normal girls were boring
But you were gone by the morning
You kicked out the stage lights
But you're still performing
And in plain sight you hid
But you are what you did
And I'll forget you, but I'll never forgive
The smallest man who ever lived