the swiftgron red holy trinity plus 22
Ok so you guys may know I have fully become obsessed with three songs Taylor wrote in the Spring of 2012:Ā Everything Has Changed, Treacherous, and Come Back... Be Here.
Thereās a lot to say about these songs as Gaylor proof, how she assigns Treacherous to Harry, how she assigns EHC to Conor, and how neither Conor or Harry fit as the muse for CBBH... but today I want to talk about how these songs are all thematically linked to one another and the song 22(particularly the original lyrics.)
The songs all talk about night/are set at night
EHC - she sings about waking up and being changed, insinuating that something changed the night before, she also asks the person toĀ āmeet me there tonightā
Treacherous - in Styleās little sibling she sings about being out driving around at night and how sheās sleeplessĀ āTwo headlights shine through the sleepless nightā
Come Back... Be Here - Sheās up at 4am (sleepless night!) chatting with this person
and in 22 - she has breakfast at midnight during theĀ āperfect nightā,Ā ātonightās the night we forget about the heartbreakā, PLUSĀ āIt feels like one of those nights,Ā We won't be sleepingā (sleepless night!)
EHC - She just wants to know this person better now
Treacherous - Itās not as explicit but sheās getting swept away by this new person, gravity pulling her to them, theyāre a new love and there is an air ofĀ āunknownnessā to them in the song even if not explicitly commented on in the lyrics
Come Back... Be Here -Ā āhow strange that I donāt know you at allā
and in 22 -Ā āIt feels like a perfect night, For breakfast at midnight, To fall in love with strangersā
Rushing into things (didnāt they tell us donāt?)
EHC - She falls for this person in the space of 18 hours and sheās worried it might be all in her mind because itās so new
Treacherous - Itās not as explicit but the quicksand nature of slipping into something with this new person feels rushed
Come Back... Be Here - Itās only the second day, they barely know one another, and sheās already completely besotted
and in 22 -Ā āsometimes it hits me, weāre moving quicklyā
EHC - sheās worried itās all in her mind and asking her new lover to come back and assure her itās not
Treacherous - she canāt decide if getting swept away is a choice or not, sheās feeling very conflicted, she even says sheād be smart to walk away but she isnāt going to
CBBH -Ā āThe feeling you can know so much, Without knowing anything at allā ...Ā āIf I had known what I'd known now, I never would've played so nonchalantā
and in 22 -Ā āYeah, we're happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time
It's miserable and magicalā
Furthermore the original scrapped lyrics of 22 are the exact same vibe of Treacherous which tells of a dangerous love that sheās slipping into despite her trepidation that she has almost no choice but to plunge into as headlights cut through the nighttime haze.Ā She knows thereās danger and they might get her into trouble or be bad news but sheās going to do it anyway.
Sometimes it hits me, We're moving quickly, Toward something hazy, A future I can't see, Let's break the old rules, While we're still 22, You look like bad news, I gotta have you.
Now we are supposed to believe that these four songs have four different muses.Ā Harry for Treacherous, Conor for EHC, A mystery man for CBBH, and the fulltime fancy girls + selena for 22.Ā But it seems like sheās talking about the same relationship/connection.Ā Someone sheās up late nights with that sheās getting swept away by and fast.Ā Someone she has conflicted feelings for.Ā Someone she doesnāt know all that well but is already enamoured with in which sheās in a confusing but tantalizing situation with.Ā Ā
Thereās this heightened level of emotional stakes that are are raised so high the situation is both miserable and magical, itās treacherous and dangerous and reckless but itās worth the drive.Ā Itās only the second day and sheās already saying she misses this person so bad sheās breaking down over it.Ā Sheās worried itās all in her mind but itās all she thinks about as their name echoes through her mind... This person looks like bad news but sheās gotta have them anyway.
Now of course Taylor loves a reoccuring theme. we know from debut to folkmore she addresses similar ideas about life and love again and again in similar terms.Ā So itās of course possible that the artist is the common denominator here, not the muse.
However wouldnāt it make a hell of a lot of sense if Dianna were the muse for all of these songs?Ā The male muses associated with the songs are a mess.Ā Dianna is of course an appropriate muse for 22 with her name in the liner notes and Taylor did spend that whole spring and summer with her but Dianna also works as a fine muse for the other three songs too.
Taylor reflects on her new lover as the rain pours down around her in EHC and we know it rained all day in LA the first time she hung out with Dianna.Ā Furthermore, Dianna went to London and New York City (a couple times!) without Taylor that spring.
I donāt claim to have all the answers guys.Ā I donāt know who these songs are about but god damn if it doesnāt add up in my mind for them to all be about Dianna.