Episode 13: “Bigger Than The Whole Sky” and Grieving The Loss of Your Childhood Self

In this episode, I unpack the lyrics of “Bigger Than The Whole Sky” by Taylor Swift from the 2022 album, Midnights, through the lens of grieving the loss of your childhood self after enduring trauma.

Childhood ends for everyone, but if you experienced trauma at a young age, you might have been forced to grow up way too fast. As an adult, we can look back at our past with sadness, grieving the ways we were prevented from being the children we were. I see “Bigger Than The Whole Sky” as an ode to this grieving process; in addressing the fact that we never deserved the trauma we went through, we can let go of shame that we somehow deserved it.

This is a heartbreaking song and episode, so please be gentle with yourself when listening.

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