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“exile is a song that was written about miscommunications in relationships, and in the case of this song, I imagined that the miscommunications ended the relationship. They led to sort of the demise of this love affair, and now these two people are seeing each other out for the first time, and they keep miscommunicating with each other like they can’t quite get on the same page, they never were able to, and so even in their end, even after they’ve broken up, they’re still not hearing each other. So we imagined the beginning of it would be his side of the story, second verse would be her side of the story, and the end would be sort of like them talking over each other and not listening to the other. Sort of like an argument. I’m really stoked about how it turned out because it really does seem like this sort of tragedy of two people, two ships passing in the night.” -Taylor on exile

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“I think I might’ve been coming from a place of somebody who’s been in a relationship for decades and wakes up one day and realizes that they’ve taken their partner completely for granted, so whether you want to look at it from the perspective from somebody who’s in a new relationship or fairly long-standing relationship, I think it just really speaks to if two people are trying to communicate but they’re two ships passing in the night. They’re trying to love each other but the signals are somehow missing each other and I just found it really interesting.” -Taylor on Coney Island

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