You forgot 'Stay,stay,stay' a song about Taylor and Dianna being domestic and in love.
befas;lkdjfadkls;fj god i KNOW there are so many dianna-/red-era songs i forgot and iām SORRY⦠like. i forgot STATE OF GRACE??? you know what letās do gayest lines of songs in red, here we go:
state of grace āĀ āiāve loved in shades of wrong / we learn to live with the pain / mosaic broken hearts / but this love is brave and wild. / and i never saw you coming / and iāll never be the sameā are you FUCKING kidding me taylor
red āĀ āloving him is like trying to change your mind once youāre already flying through the free fall / like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it allā ā¦Ā āregretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that strongā LITERALLY thereās no reason for a straight couple to be this fuckin DRAMATIC like⦠oh noĀ this love is too strong, itās too late for me to change my mind but i CANāT be in love with this person, iāll lose it ALL!!! like! no bitch, unexpectedly falling in love with generic white boy no.3 isnāt that tragic
treacherous ā i already mentionedĀ āput your lips close to mine / as long as they donāt touchā last night but i canāt believe i FORGOT aboutĀ ācanāt decide if itās a choiceā ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ taylor please⦠iām want to believe that you were trying to be subtle but youāre just so BAD at it
i knew you were trouble ā i mean OBVIOUSLY the infamousĀ āsheā which i already mentioned, but like the whole thing just screamsĀ āshe walked in andā oh no. oh shit sheās hot⦠fuck this is gonna fuck shit up for me FUCK she canāt be hot. oh this shit is gonna get my gay ass in TROUBLEā
all too well ā someone else mentionedĀ āplaid shirt days and nights when you made me your ownā which is i mean. obviously gay. but honestly the wholeĀ āwell, maybe we got lost in translation, maybe i asked for too much / but maybe this thing was a masterpiece ātil you tore it all up / running scared, i was there, i remember it all too wellā thing just SCREAMS either one of us is ready to come out and one us of isnāt, or one of us is queer and wants to turn this friendship into a romantic relationship but the other one is too scared or too deep in the closet (or just⦠straight tbh) and you canāt unring that gay bell so everything got fucked up
22 ā okay i already mentionedĀ āeverything will be alright if you keep me next to you / you donāt know about me but iāll bet you want toā which is obviously gay, but this whole song is all about her hanging out with her girl squad or whatever but then she singsĀ āit feels like one of those nights we ditch the whole scene / it feels like one of those nights we wonāt be sleeping / it feels like one of those nights you look like bad news / iĀ gotta have youā and YET there is not one (1) man in sight so itās obviously like⦠youāre hanging out with all your best friends and everyoneās drunk and happy but then youāre actually crushing on one of them and you uhhh ditch everyone else to go hook up on the roof or something, which is bad news cause it might fuck with the friend group dynamic but you just GOTTA do it. because ur gay and a horny idiot. alsoĀ āweāre happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best way / itās miserable and magicalā is def about bein gay and still trying to figure out how that fits into the rest of your life and where you fit into the rest of the world
EDIT: I FORGOT the original lyrics to 22 are even GAYER:Ā āsometimes it hits me / weāre moving quickly / toward something hazy / a future i canāt see / letās break the old rules / while weāre still 22 / you look like bad news / iāve gotta have youā letās break the old rules????? HONEY
stay stay stay ā āitās been occurring to me iād like to hang out with you for my whole lifeā is literally how lesbians decide to uhaul and get married
holy ground ā āwe blocked the noise with the sound ofĀ āi need youā / and for the first time i had something to lose / and i guess we fell apart in the usual way / and the storyās got dust on every page / but sometimes i wonder how you think about it nowā¦ā literally every time she sings about having something to lose and love falling apart, itās about the danger of being closeted and/or coming out. like explicitly saying you haveĀ āsomething to loseā means that 1) there is somethingĀ moreĀ than the relationship itself at stake, i.e. your ~reputation~, and this is the first time a relationship has been serious enough that it might threaten that or this is the first time your reputation/career has been on a trajectory where it seems like that would matter, but also 2) for the first time, this relationshipĀ is the āsomething to loseā and youāre considering putting everything on the line and maybe coming out because you donāt want to drive the other person away by forcing them to stay hidden⦠and thenĀ āi wonder how you think about it nowā is literally like. in retrospect did we make the right decision to notĀ come out, which sure did protect our careers and reputations but at the cost of driving a wedge between us
sad beautiful tragic ā beautiful magic love and sad beautiful tragic love affairs belong to The Gays send tweet
the lucky one ā oh my GOD do not talk to me about this song. this is glinda singingĀ āthank goodnessā in wicked. is your supposed happy ending and your name up in marquee lights worth it if you had to give up so much of yourself on the way there?? āand your lover in the foyer doesnāt even know you / and your secrets end up splashed on the news front pageā is all the glamor and the fame worth the bearding and the secrets and being surrounded by people who donāt really know you? and THENĀ āthey say you bought a bunch of land somewhere / chose the rose garden over madison squareā ā¦ā¦ā¦ this is literally every farm lesbian aesthetic tumblr post thatās likeĀ āi just want to move out to the country with the girl i love and my dog and two cats and plant flowersā
begin again ā she uses male pronouns to describe the ex who was a fucking asshole and never laughed at her jokes and belittled her taste in music and hated when she wore heels (aka straight man warning signs 101) and then she begins again and meets this new person but only refers to them asĀ āyouā which is⦠a Choice she makes a lot in her writingā¦ā¦ā¦
in conclusion: sheās really fuckin gay but also still a baby during red era, like if you compare this to reputation especially but even 1989, you see the progression of her relationship with her own sexuality and coming to terms with what that means and how being being together in a homophobic world or wanting to stay closeted because youāre afraid to come out can really fuck shit up for you. like 1989 and reputation definitely still have a lot of the same themes and emotions and struggles re: being gay and/or closeted, but i feel like after red we start to see her get more comfortable with herselfĀ at least, and thereās less feeling like being in love with a girl is in itself inherently dangerous andĀ āshades of wrongā and instead more of the conflict is like⦠you and me against the world. thatās GROWTH and iām so proud of her :ā)