#repuatation

I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed.

Taylor Swift - Getaway Car

20201031

Fever dream high

In the quiet of the night

You know that I caught it

Bad, bad boy shiny toy with a price

You know that I bought it (oh yeah, you're right, I want it)

My interpretation is that she and Joe were almost like ‘friends with benefits.’ They were just messing around throughout the summer. But he had a price. It was she fell in love with Joe.

Killing me slow

Out the window

I'm always waiting for you

To be waiting below

She doesn’t know if he likes her back and it’s killing her. She’s waiting for him to reciprocate her feelings or give her a sign that he does.

Devils roll the dice

angels roll their eyes

What doesn't kill me makes me want you more

Taylor is willing to go through the stress and pain of confessing her love to Joe because she wants him so much. She’s playing out how the situation could go. He could “roll the dice” and begin a real relationship or he could “roll his eyes” and reject her.

And it's new

the shape of your body

it's blue, the feeling I've got

And it's ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

Taylor still doesn’t know him that well. He’s still new to her. She’s upset because summer is almost over; she’s scared they won’t be able to see each other anymore.

It's cool

That's what I tell 'em, no rules In breakable heaven

I’m guessing she told Joe that there weren’t any strings attached to their relationships. There are no rules to it. She was fine with just messing around.

but

Ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

With you

She realizes that there are feelings and she broke the unbreakable heaven.

Hang your head low

In the glow of the vending machine

I'm not dying (oh yeah, you're right, I want it)

We say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times

We're not trying (oh yeah, you're right, I want it)

Taylor didn’t want to start another relationship again because she is so used to heartbreak. She doesn’t want to try because she is convinced it’ll fail.

So cut the headlights

Summer's a knife

I'm always waiting for you

Just to cut to the bone

In this verse she is anticipating Joe to ‘cut to the bone’ and reject her or leave her. The headlights are a sign that she doesn’t know how the relationship will go

Devils roll the dice

Angels roll their eyes

And if I bleed

You'll be the last to know

She doesn’t want to tell him that she is hurting because she doesn’t know if he’ll want to start a relationship with her, especially after her bad reputation.

I'm drunk in the back of the car

And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)

Said "I'm fine", but it wasn't true

I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you

Taylor doesn’t want to keep her feelings as secret just to make sure he stays with her.

And I snuck in through the garden gate

Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)

And I screamed for whatever it's worth

I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?

Finally she can’t take it anymore and just admitting she likes him. She is convinced he doesn’t want her so “it’s the worst thing he’s ever heard.”

He looks up, grinning like a devil