"it's time to go"

13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of 13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast, we’re diving deep into “It’s Time to Go,” the final track on Taylor Swift’s Evermore deluxe edition — a song packed with emotional clarity, quiet courage, and some of Taylor’s sharpest storytelling to date. Whether you’re searching for Evermore analysis, Taylor Swift song meanings, or lyric breakdowns, this episode uncovers the moments that tell you it’s time to walk away… and why that act of leaving can be the bravest move you ever make. The 13 Podcast unpack the raw themes of betrayal, intuition, self-worth, and emotional awakening, exploring how this track ties together the Evermore universe — from shattered friendships to industry betrayal to the quiet voice inside that whispers, you know when it’s time to go. We get into: The deeper meaning behind key lyrics and the “old familiar body ache” that signals personal awakening The rumored connection to Taylor’s fallout with Karlie Kloss The emotional parallels to Better Man, Right Where You Left Me, and Tolerate It Taylor’s powerful references to Big Machine, her masters, and reclaiming ownership of her art Why this song hits different when you’re standing at a crossroads in your own life How this track serves as the perfect thematic finale for folklore + evermore Personal stories about real-life “time to go” moments — and how this song becomes the validation you didn’t know you needed Plus: We talk about Swifties using Taylor’s music to recognize their own turning points, share listener insights, and prepare for our Evermore rankings episode coming up next. If you love Evermore, emotional deep dives, hidden meanings, lyric symbolism, and conversations that go beyond the surface — this is one you don’t want to miss. Stay Connected with 13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast Join the conversation in our exclusive Lobster Lounge: station.page/13 Contact the Podcast Voicemail: (689) 214-1313 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @the13podcast TikTok: @the13podcast Twitter/X: @the13TSpodcast YouTube: 13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast Follow the Hosts Ana – @anaszabo13 Lacey – @laceygee13 Amy – @amysnichols Nick – @heynickadams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yay Media Group
0:02.0	13 has been my lucky number for a while, like it's always a sign of good things to come for me.
0:09.7	This is 13, a Taylor Swift fan podcast, breaking down every song, every Easter egg, every era, and every theory.
0:19.7	Hosted by the biggest Swifties, Nick Adams, Anna Zabo, Amy Nichols, and Lacey G.
0:27.8	Welcome to 13, a Taylor Swift fan podcast. I'm Nick Adams. I'm Anna. Amy. And I'm Lacey G.
0:33.9	And today we're breaking down track number 17. It's time to go. The very last track on
0:40.2	Evermore. We made it. We made it. Here we are. This song was written by Taylor Swift and Aaron Desner.
0:47.3	Man, what a closing track. Even if we are doing the Choose Your Own Adventure, you know, for this to be the
0:53.6	final final song i feel
0:55.2	like so perfectly encapsulates the evermore album you know with you know feeling stuck things
1:02.5	ending um you know oh there's still hope at the end but it's like when you know what it's time to go
1:08.0	when it's time to end things like that's just i think beautiful storytelling it's such a beautiful song and i remember discovering it at a time when um when i when i heard the call and knew it was time for me to go and um i heard this and I was like, Anna, why didn't I ever
1:29.4	hear this song before? It's because I didn't really have the deluxe versions. So I discovered this
1:35.1	a little bit later and it hit so hard and almost like justified the last couple of moves that I made in my life, that it had taken
1:45.9	me a long time to come to terms with this is what I have to do, but eventually something
1:51.7	triggers and there is no coming back from that. I see this for what it is and I know my worth
1:58.1	and I have got to go. Wait, so were the two deluxe songs just on the CD for a while, like before they were on streaming?
2:05.3	Like, what do you mean that you didn't hear them for a while?
2:07.5	I, because I had only listened to, I guess, my CD, and I wasn't listening to Spotify and as much Taylor Swift event.
2:20.0	So that wasn't the only thing.
2:21.6	So I simply didn't know of their existence.
2:24.2	Whenever we broke down the album many, many years ago, we didn't break down those two songs.
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