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1%% Please don't speculate/WMG about real people as if they were fictional characters. This page is meant to be for the characters portrayed in her songs, as they are fictionalized to varying degrees.
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3[[WMG:"Mine" happens directly after "White Horse"]]
4* "Left a small town and never looked back" could refer to him... but it could just as easily refer to her, or both of them. And yes, I realize that since these are [[LampshadeHanging her diary entries]] they must be in the same story, but that doesn't mean the same arc.
5** Or the protagonist of "White Horse" is the love interest in "Mine." She never mentions a gender for the love interest.
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7[[WMG: "Better Than Revenge" is from the POV of the liar in "Mean" who is also the lovely bride-to-be in "Speak Now."]]
8After the POV character in "Speak Now" interrupted her wedding, she went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge - or the small-town version of it anyway, spreading lies about how the Speak Now POV character was able to steal her man ("She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress") which lead the "Speak Now" POV character to defend herself in "Mean."
9* You do know that "Speak Now" is fictional where as "Better Than Revenge" is about Camilla Belle, don't you?
10** It's WildMassGuessing dear. Play along.
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12[[WMG: You Belong With Me is about two homosexual teenagers.]]
13It's Taylor Swift singing it, but it's told from the point of view of a boy who knows his jock friend is gay, and is hiding it by dating a popular cheerleader.
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15[[WMG: "Love Story" actually does make sense with the literary references.]]
16* Romeo had a relationship with Juliet. He met Swift at the party, and they had an affair. Her dad found out and said that Romeo had to leave Juliet, and the lines where Swift calls herself Juliet are her convincing Romeo to actually fall in love with her instead of resenting her because of the situation.
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18[[WMG: "Love Story" and "White Horse" are sung by the same character.]]
19* The former song is about her younger, more impressionable self who gets swept off her feet and feels like a princess. In the latter, she's more mature and jaded and realizes she's ''not'' a princess.
20** To [[{{Tropers/Spinosegnosaurus77}} my]] knowledge, you're most likely correct.
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22[[WMG: Another possible theory for "Love Story"...]]
23The scarlet letter means exactly what you think. Juliet in this song is an adulteress. Possible evidence:
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25-The first line, "We were both young" if it is considered in a historical context. The song takes place during times when girls were married off at a young age while men waited till they were financially stable. Juliet was married to a much older man that she had no feelings for. Due to her young age, she mistook infatuation for love when she met a handsome young stranger. Her affair was uncovered and she was left by both husband and lover.
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27-Because she was branded a scarlet letter,no man wanted anything to do with her. When she says, "You were everything to me", she is completely serious. All the begging she does for Romeo to stay is out of desperation, not love. He is pretty much her last chance at marriage, otherwise she's doomed to live as a spinster and we know how well they were treated back in the day.
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29-Every time her father is mentioned, he is telling Romeo to stay away from Juliet, not vice-versa. He is ashamed of his daughter and is warning Romeo to stay away for his own good.
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31-Romeo in this song is a lot like Romeo from the play; melodramatic and willing to marry a pretty girl without giving it much thought. Juliet's father tried to talk Romeo out of it but he wouldn't listen. Eventually, the father just gives up and lets them marry.
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33-Isn't it possible "Love Story" is a simple ReWrite of the ending of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet?
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35[[WMG: "Mean" is about David J. Stewart of the ''Jesus is Savior'' website.]]
36There are several lines of evidence for this:
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38- WordOfGod confirms the song is about a specific individual.
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40- [[http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Hellivision/taylor_swift.htm This article by Stewart]] is about as mean and false as one can get.
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42- The song's bridge refers to its subject as "a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life and mean". This description fits Stewart perfectly.
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44- As some have pointed out about the song on Swift's official forums, those who are tormented often lead better lives than their tormentors. [[http://www.fmh-child.org/david-j-stewart.html Mr. Stewart is now suffering severe neck pains]] [[http://davidjstewartexposed.blogspot.com/2009/09/david-j-stewart-is-removing-evidence.html and has been convicted of child molestation.]]
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46- {{Jossed}} - [[{{Tropers/Spinosegnosaurus77}} The original WMGer]] saw on ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' that the song was inspired by the critics of a particularly off-key performance.
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48[[WMG: Tying in with the above theory, Swift's fourth album will have at least one IntercourseWithYou song.]]
49Honestly, it wouldn't be that surprising.
50* Yup. From "Treacherous" :
51--> I'll do anything you say
52--> If you say it with your hands.
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54[[WMG: "Better Than Revenge" is about Camilla Belle.]]
55[[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2357847/board/nest/183382933 Probably the most plausible WMG here.]]
56* This is pretty much fact since it's a response to "Much Better" which is definitely about her.
57** "Much Better" was a response to "Forever & Always", so they're just really going back and forth, aren't they?]
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59[[WMG: "I'm Only Me When I'm With You" takes place during "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)."]]
60It's during the time covered by the third and fourth verses, or possibly between the fourth verse and the bridge.
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62[[WMG: She didn't miss the point of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet in ''Love Story''.]]
63Romeo and Juliet do die, just like in the source material. That last part about them being able to marry and live HappilyEverAfter is actually [[DiedHappilyEverAfter Romeo and Juliet]] [[TogetherInDeath reuniting in Heaven.]]
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65[[WMG: "Ours" is about lesbians.]]
66(This WMG disregards the video, obviously.) There's not a male pronoun in the whole song, and it's never stated that the love interest is a "bad boy," or ''why'' exactly people disapprove. So my theory is the narrator is actually singing to her ''girl''friend, which gives a new meaning to certain lyrics. ("There's always someone who disapproves." "The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours.")
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68[[WMG: The indie record that's much cooler than Taylor Swift's is Music/LauraMarling's.]]
69* It's about Jake Gyllenhall, who has said he is a fan of Laura before. Laura is an indie folk artist who critics love, and her third album came out at the time that they were dating. It's a possibility...
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71[[WMG: The boyfriend in "Stay, Stay, Stay" is another self-indulgent taker.]]
72Consider: He doesn't take her seriously when she's mad and has convinced her that no one else will love her when she's mad. He carries her groceries not out of politeness, but to remove control she has over her own life in even the smallest aspects. He took the time to memorize her. He's given her no choice but to stay. [[spoiler: And overall he just looks a whole lot like [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Prince Hans]].]]
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74[[WMG: "Shake it Off" is about Music/DaftPunk.]]
75Specifically, it's about her "shaking off" her loss to them.
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77Either that, or she really likes the fella over there with the [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/1/19783/1180808-guy_manuel.jpg hella]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfz5iky7bM1qfj4j3.jpg good]] [[http://showbizgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-21-at-19.43.31.png hair]].
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79[[WMG: The couple in "Style" are ghosts.]]
80Sometime in the 1950s (the boyfriend is compared to Creator/JamesDean and his slicked-back hair and white undershirt suggest a GreaserDelinquents kind of look), the couple met up one night for a joyride/makeout as described in the song. The girlfriend brought up the rumors of her boyfriend's cheating and they argued. They got back in the car and drove somewhere else, but the boyfriend was distracted by their earlier argument and made some kind of mistake, resulting in an accident that killed the couple. Now they're [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the kind of ghosts who are stuck in a "replay"]] of those events that starts with the girl being picked up and ends with the crash, then starts over ("when we go crashing down we come back every time"-- because they can't die twice, the crash just starts the cycle over again.)
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82Now it's several decades later (either the present or the 1989 of the album title), and the girlfriend singing the song has relived the cycle many times ("I
83 know exactly where it leads, but I watch us go round and round each time") and it all feels very familiar. She describes their JacobMarleyApparel in detail because it's become so familiar, and is aware that it's become dated-looking but loves her boyfriend enough not to care ("''we'' never go out of style"). Both of them hope that each replay will be the time they finally are able to break the cycle (the boyfriend now keeps "his wild eyes on the road" trying to prevent the crash) and pass on to either "burning flames or paradise". (Hopefully the later, the poor kids.)
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85[[WMG: Alternatively, the singer's boyfriend in "Style" is much older than her -- possibly older enough to constitute statutory rape.]]
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87The singer is a teenage girl (I picture her being seventeen or so), and her boyfriend is in his twenties. He's old enough that they keep the relationship a secret. Hence why he "picks [her] up [with] no headlights" at midnight, and why the whole thing could end "in burning flames or paradise" -- she ''knows'' it's a disaster waiting to happen, but she loves him too much to break it off. The lines "good girl faith" also give the impression of someone very young and naive. This makes the fact that he's cheating on her with "some other girl" and justifies it by the fact that he was thinking about the singer the whole time even worse -- he's basically just using this impressionable teenage girl for sex. Even when they "go crashing down, [they] come back every time", because she keeps crawling back.
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89The "we never go out of style" part is meant to represent the romanticism of the "older guy / younger girl secret romance" trope. Even though, legally speaking, she ''can't'' consent, and some of the lines also give the impression she's afraid of him ("He can't keep his wild eyes on the road", and the bridge where she begs, "Just take me home!"), these relationships get told and retold in movies, TV shows, and books over and over again as a love story -- the dynamic never goes out of style. This sort of thing keeps happening to other impressionable teenage girls, and the cycle repeats.
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91[[WMG: "Bad Blood" is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, sung from the perspective of the USSR about Nazi Germany.]]
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93A lyrics analysis:
94"'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood. You know it used to be mad love. So take a look what you've done. 'Cause, baby, now we've got bad blood." The "bad blood" refers to the fierce hatred between the USSR and Nazi Germany. It could also be considered a reference to the bloodiness of both regimes. Having had "mad love" refers to the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact, which resulted in Nazi Germany breaking the treaty and attacking the USSR, which is what "take a look what you've done refers to." The repeat of "now we got bad blood" emphasizes the bitterness of the hatred of these two countries.
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96"Now we've got problems. And I don't think we can solve them. You made a really deep cut. And, baby, now we've got bad blood." The problems are [=WW2=], and not being able to solve them references the way neither country was willing to surrender. "You made a really deep cut" refers to both the anger of the USSR at being betrayed by Nazi Germany and the violence of [=WW2=]. Bringing back the phrase "now we've got bad blood" brings the focus back onto the rivalry.
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98"Did you have to do this? I was thinking that you could be trusted. Did you have to ruin what was shiny? Now it's all rusted. Did you have to hit me, where I'm weak? Baby, I couldn't breathe, and rub it in so deep, salt in the wound like you're laughing right at me." The part about thinking someone could be trusted is about the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact, mentioned above. "Ruining what was shiny" refers again to the breaking of the treaty. Being hit in a weak spot also references the way Nazi Germany broke the Non-Agression Pact, which caught the USSR off-guard. Not being able to breathe and "salt in the wound" refers to the SaltTheEarth tactics used by both the Nazis and the Soviets.
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100"Oh, it's so sad, to think of all the good times, you and I." This refers to the way the USSR thought it was on good terms with Nazi Germany
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102"Did you think we'd be fine? Still got scars on the back from your knife. So don't think it's the past, these kinda wounds they last and last. Now did you think it all through? All these things will catch up to you. And time can heal but this won't, so if you're coming my way, just don't." This refers to the way that the scars of [=WW2=] have never really gone away. "All these things will catch up to you" refers to the violent vengeance extracted by the USSR on Nazi Germany at the end of [=WW2=].
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104"Band-aids don't fix bullet holes, you say sorry just for show. If you live like that, you live with ghosts. Band-aids don't fix bullet holes, you say sorry just for show. If you live like that, you live with ghosts. If you love like that, blood runs cold." The bullet holes both refer to the violence of [=WW2=] and the way the USSR felt when Nazi Germany broke the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact. Saying sorry "just for show" refers to the USSR's feeling that the western Allies didn't punish Nazi Germany enough. "Living with ghosts" refer to the ghosts of the people who died in [=WW2=]. "Blood runs cold" refers to both the hatred of the USSR and Nazi Germany for each other and also for both regimes' cold-blooded brutality.
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106[[WMG: The little girl being bullied in the "Mean" music video is trans.]]
107The blue sash is a metaphor.
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109[[WMG: The line-up of Taylors at the end of the "Look What You Made Me Do" video represents the tracklist for ''reputation''.]]
110There are fifteen Taylors in the shot (fourteen in the line and one behind on the plane), and there are fifteen tracks on the album. Several of the Taylors are in new outfits, while others are dressed in earlier outfits of hers. Each one could be a hint towards the theme/style of that song-- three new style songs, one reminiscent of Red, another of Fearless, etc. Adding to this is the fact that the sixth Taylor in the line is a new Taylor, who [[OtherMeAnnoysMe snarks]] another Taylor's crying and records her; LWYMMD is the sixth track on the album, and her comments seem thematically relevant to it.
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112[[WMG: Gorgeous is a love declaration from a bi girl/closeted lesbian toward a beautiful lesbian.]]
113The subject's pronoun didn't mentioned in the song, and the protagonist being tsundere ("you should take it as a compliment, that I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk") to mask her attraction.
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115[[WMG: "Getaway Car" is a sequel to "Style".]]
116If we go with the statutory rape version of "Style", then "Getaway Car" is what happens when the girl gets bored (or just comes to her senses, relatively speaking) with her original boyfriend who gets carjacked following a bank robbery (hence the Film/BonnieAndClyde comparison), but she doesn't get hurt and [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} finds the new guy more exciting anyway]].
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118[[WMG: "Better Than Revenge" is a sequel to "You Belong With Me," from the point of view of the cheerleader girlfriend]]
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120[[WMG: The "Lovely bride to be" from "Speak Now" is the narrator of "Haunted"]]
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122* I mean think about it, the narrator is begging this person not to leave her, saying that she thought she had him figured out. The "Fragile line" mentioned in the first verse could allude to the fact that the fiancce in "Speak Now" is still very much in love with his ex-girlfriend and she knows it but she "Never thought she'd see it break" as in the ex comes back and confesses her love to the fiancce in which he accepts and runs away with her down the isle as the bride stands there she "stood there and watched him walk away from everything they had" aka their relationship and she still isn't processing it properly
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124[[WMG:"dorothea" was originally written about Creator/SelenaGomez]]
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