“thanK you alMee” is Swift’s subtle jab at Kim Kardashian. The song’s stylized title, “thanK you aIMee,” cleverly spells out KIM with capitalized letters, a nod to Kardashian. Swift has had a history of hiding messages in her lyrics using this technique. This track is part of the ongoing saga between Swift and Kanye West, referencing their conflicts, including the infamous leaked phone call involving Kim.
In the song,
Swift sings about a high school bully, one whose “bronze, spray-tanned” statue
stands in her hometown. While there are no other explicit references to her
particular feud with Kardashian, the takeaway that her experience with the
bully only made her stronger in addition to the title, seem to confirm the
theories that “thanK you aIMee” is about K-I-M, not anyone named “Aimee.”
Taylor
Swift 'thanK you aIMee' Lyrics
When I
picture my hometown
There's a
bronze spray-tanned statue of you
And a plaque
underneath it
That
threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school
And it was
always the same searing pain
But I
dreamed that one day, I could say
All that
time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin'
And I can't
forgive the way you made me feel
Screamed
"F—k you, Aimee" to the night sky, as the blood was gushin'
But I can't
forget the way you made me heal
And it
wasn't a fair fight, or a clean kill
Each time
that Aimee stomped across my grave
And then she
wrote headlines
In the local
paper, laughing at each baby step I'd take
And it was
always the same searing pain
But I prayed
that one day, I could say
All that
time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin'
And I
couldn't wait to show you it was real
Screamed
"F—k you, Aimee" to the night sky, as the blood was gushin'
But I can't
forget the way you made me heal
Everyone
knows that my mother is a saintly woman
But she used
to say she wished that you were dead
I pushed
each boulder up the hill
Your words
are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head
I wrote a
thousand songs that you find uncool
I built a
legacy which you can't undo
But when I
count the scars, there's a moment of truth
That there
wouldn't be this, if there hadn't been you
And maybe
you've reframed it
And in your
mind, you never beat my spirit black and blue
I don't
think you've changed much
And so I
changed your name, and any real defining clues
And one day,
your kid comes home singin'
A song that
only us two is gonna know is about you, 'cause—
All that
time you were throwin' punches, it was all for nothin'
And our
town, it looks so small, from way up here
Screamed
"Thank you, Aimee" to the night sky, and the stars are stunnin'
'Cause I
can't forget the way you made me heal
Everyone
knows that my mother is a saintly woman
But she used
to say she wished that you were dead
So I pushed
each boulder up that hill
Your words
were still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head
Thank you,
Aimee
Thank you, Aimee