Taylor's Pov
The large banners flew up revealing me in my sparkly pink bodysuit. I smiled big looking out at the crowd in front of me as I sang the last notes to the opening song making sure to soak it in.
"Oh hi!" I waved hearing the screams from the direction I waved at increase. The backtrack for Cruel Summer blasted through the speakers and I could feel the atmosphere of the stadium rise.
I got through the first half of the song but choked up slightly right before the bridge. "Vancouver will you cross the bridge with me one last time?" I shouted into my mic letting the sound of the crowd drown out the thoughts in my head.
Tears pooled in my eyes as I slipped the guitar over my shoulder.
This was the last time I'd play lover on this show. This was the last time I'd do anything on this show. That phrase kept echoing in my head. Every note, every song, every cheer. It was the last time any of it would ever happen again on this tour.
I swore to myself I would only cry twice. During the Champagne Problems cheer and the final bow but I knew damn well I would be in tears by the end of every song.
"Vancouver it is an honor and a bittersweet thing to be able to say but for the last time welcome to the eras tour!" I threw my arms up walking around the mic a little to give myself time to compose myself.
"I just want to say that Vancouver you are looking excellent tonight, absolutely beautiful." I gushed. "So you and I, we're about to go on an adventure and that adventure is going to span the 18 years of music that I have written whether that be songs I wrote when I was 16 and even some I wrote during this tour." I smiled hearing the cheers from the crowd.
"Now before we really kick this show off I just want to make sure that the memories we leave with tonight are not sad but happy and celebrating just how far we have come on the Eras Tour can you do that for me?" The crowd exploded and Lover began to play.
It's weird to think about how when I was adding this song to the tour setlist I never thought I was going to fall in love again. I never in a million years would have thought this tour would have been the reason I met and truly fell for my lover.
I cried while slipping out of my Lover bodysuit knowing it was the last time I was going to wear it again, I cried while putting on my Fearless dress I cried while getting ready to go back out on stage. I cried a lot. But hey, I added an extra five people to the makeup crew today for a reason.
I teared up holding up the last Fearless heart, it was the last time I would look out into this crowd and have a sea of hand hearts in front of me.
The Red era was even worse. I was nearly a sobbing mess when I put the hat on the head of the sweet little girl dressed up in a miniature version of my purple Speak Now dress. "Can you believe you're getting the last hat?" I sniffed wiping my eyes with the back of my hand.
"No." She giggled through her tears reaching up to give me another hug. I didn't even try to continue singing all I focused on was the little girl soaking the last few moments of it.
When I finally managed to pull away and skip over to my dancers I could see the tears shimmering in their eyes. It had been an emotional rollercoaster for everyone and I knew they weren't doing much better than I was.
Kam gave me a bittersweet smile as I held the mic up for the last We Are Never Getting Back Together line. "For the last time no." He half yelled with all the sass in the world. God I was gonna miss that.
The lights dimmed and I slipped my coat and guitar on, the backtrack to All Too Well playing softly in the background. "Is everyone having a good time?" The crowd screamed in response. "Good, good. You know when I started this tour no one really knew what was going to happen or what traditions you guys would start. But, I've got to say I defiantly have a favorite tradition and that is one that you started all by yourself and it has gotten to the point that the stadiums have been trading a giant inflatable friendship and I think that is something you guys have to be pretty proud of." I laughed giving the crowd a small round of applause.
