For the fun of it, can you give us a rundown of why exile is swiftgron even though you said you wouldnāt yetš
ok yāall have earned a lyric analysis
so i think itās possible that exile is about dianna seeing taylor with joe at snl/the afterparty in 2019 + all the people dianna has had to see taylor out with after their breakup
we know that taylor and joe were seen making out at the afterparty, but dianna was noted to be in taylorās inner circle there, making me think they were hanging out, and a gaylor eyewitness said that dianna made a face when taylor sang magnetic force of a man in lover:
the vibe of exile is this hurt betrayal that goes beyond your ex simply moving on and makes me think joe being a guy plays into it... i canāt exactly explain it but sometimes it hurts more if she moves on to a guy.
taylor bringing in a man to sing a whole verse about seeing taylor out with another guy feels like what she used to do with her pov switches likeĀ āfrom the male perspectiveā to the max
the first verse i think is diannaās pov and i think it makes sense that part of the offense, as stated in the first lryic, is that dianna can see it āi can see you standing honey, with his arms around your bodyā because taylor gets to be public with joe in a way she never was with dianna.
i think iāve seen this film before, and i didnāt like the endingĀ
1. sounds like allllll the guys taylor had to parade around in front of dianna as she could only watch, conor and harry during their relationship, then calvin and tom so publicly in the aftermath of their relationship and then joe being real and special in a way most of these other guys werenāt and donāt even get me started on kaylor and karlie and how publicĀ that was.
2.Ā the film reference and how the ending doesnāt spell out good new for the couple is also expressed in the 1 with the lyricĀ āthe greatest films of all time were never madeā and ofc you guys know i think the 1 is about dianna
3.Ā all the film references in this song make me think itās possible sheās singing to someone who acts in films - dianna!
You're not my homeland anymore
So what am I defendin' now?
this whole vibe of a homeland and defending something makes me think of a war or a fight and the 1989 breakup muse taylor goes to war with (i donāt think against, i think theyāre on the same side and they were fighting to make it/come out, but thatās another post for another day) in clean she loses the war and in iwyw she says she wants to remember what theyāre fighting for.
I can see you starin', honey
Like he's just your understudy
again - dianna is an actress and so is joeĀ so him being herĀ āunderstudyā is a really apt metaphor if it is about her.
Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
gives me major dianna vibes since we think she shoved harry just for adjusting taylorās scarf š(maybe)
Second, third, and hundredth chances
gives me swiftgron vibes,Ā āit was months and months of back and forthā just painful, slow to end, and on and off is very much the 1989 muse imo
Balancin' on breaking branches
Those eyes add insult to injury
swiftgron vibes 100% now weāre in taylorās pov and ofc sheās mentioning diannaās eyes which she sang about again and again and she mentions the balancing act they had to do for their treacherous loveĀ
I'm not your problem anymore
So who am I offending now?
this also sounds like taylorās pov of swiftgron, i think it was taylorās career and fame that broke them down in the end, the pressure of staying a secret was unbearable and they ended up breaking up due to that.Ā taylor framing herself and all the baggage that comes with secretly dating her asĀ āyour problemāĀ
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
this feels like a macabre play on beingĀ āoutā - i always theorize dianna wanted them to come out together.Ā but they didnāt and now sheās out with joe, instead of out of the closet.
So I'm leavin' out the side door
more commentary on hiding in the shadows, even their breakup is shielded from public similar to the silent screams taylor keeps framing their break up(s) as in this love and clean also reminds me ofĀ dianna having to leave out of side doors of restaurants like she did when she met andrea (while harry got to stride out of hotels forĀ āmorning afterā pap walks in full view of everyone)
I donāt know if we talk about this simple lyric enough!Ā whatever taylor is singing about itās been a connection for a long time!Ā it certainly fits for that damn 1989 muse that taylor seems to keep coming back to.
I never learned to read your mind
this is such a dianna lyric - she is this confusing amalgamation of mystique and even winston comments on it in the song he wrote about her, woman, which says,Ā āi canāt read your mind though iām trying all the timeā
now letās talk about how she sent the song to radio on karlieās birthday.Ā i do think itās possible this song is about her (though it feels more dianna to me) the mentions of a crown, and packing up in five minutes reminds me of that blind (back before enty went crazy) that said Taylor kicked karlie out and had her stuff packed up in a few minutes do make me think of karlie.Ā but if the song is dianna the reasons i can think of taylor sending it to radio of karlieās birthday are: 1.Ā itās simply a coincidence, we do have to allow for coincidences even as gaylors.Ā 2.Ā she was just being petty, you guys know i think theyāre not on good terms(x, x), if she had to send a sad song to radio in late summer, like the release of folklore demanded, why not send it on karlieās birthday just as a bit of a snub. 3. maybe itās because karlie was one of the people dianna had to see taylor out with (amas! 143 remember those days!) so it was proper timing and thematic and it just worked out like that.
anyway this is just a theory, maybe the song is about someone else, maybe itās fictional, but you guys are here for swiftgron takes so iāll deliver them!Ā i guess iām gonna add exile to the official songs about dianna agron playlist!Ā Ā