#swiftbonds

Written by: Taylor Swift Produced by: Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift Length: 4:47

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Fair warning, this is one is gonna be long.

[Verse One] I think this first verse is about the night that he hit her up and told her to come to this bar, and sneak through the back. The same night she is talking about in 'Delicate', " dive bar on the east side, where you at, phone lights up my nightstand in the black, come here, you can meet me in the back". A lot of swifties think that the bar that she is singing about is called "Lovers of Today" in the East village. The entrance to the bar is in the back of a different bar, and it's a 15 minute car ride from there to Taylor's Cornelia Street apartment.

We were in the backseat Drunk off something stronger than the drinks in the bar Being "drunk off something stronger than the drinks" just means the lust and attraction they were feeling for each other, was much stronger than the actual drinks that they had. "I rent a place on Cornelia Street" I say casually in the car We were a fresh page on the desk Filling out the blanks as we go As if the street lights pointed in an arrow head Leading us home Here she is letting us know that the relationship is new. It's a fresh page, and they don't really have a plan. They are just filling it in as they go, but she is saying the traffic lights are leading them home, like that's where they are meant to be. [Chorus] And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends I'd never walk Cornelia Street again That's the kind of heartbreak, time could never mend I'd never walk Cornelia Street again And baby I get mystified by how this city screams your name And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away I'd never walk Cornelia Street again At this part she is just telling Joe that if they ever broke up, she couldn't walk that street ever again. There's too many memories there and it would be way too painful. And I've seen a lot of people question why New York would scream Joe's name, but I think it's because that's the city where it all started for them. You know? There are memories every where she looks with him, that's why the city is screaming his name.

[Verse Two] Windows flung wide open, autumn air Jacket around my shoulders is yours We bless the rains on Cornelia Street We know it's raining, and it's autumn. We know her and Tom broke up late August or early September... Okay, please don't think I'm crazy... but I checked the weather report for New York. I really like research, okay?! I want to know what night this was.

So we can see that it rained on three different nights in New York in September of '16. The only night where it looks cold enough to have his jacket on would be the 24th or even the 27th. And we know their anniversary is the 28th... So one of those days. Memorize the creaks in the floor Back when we were card sharks, playing games I thought you were leading me on I packed my bags, left Cornelia Street Before you even knew I was gone I guess she was kind of over the games and she didn't wanna be toyed with anymore. She dipped. She got in her car and left her own home. I'm not sure where she was headed, but there are a good bit of tunnels in the city. The Hudson Tunnel is the closest to her apartment. It's only a 5 minute ride.

[Pre-Chorus] But then you called, showed your hand I turned around before I hit the tunnel Sat on the roof, you and I

This is the roof of the Cornelia Street apartment. [Chorus] I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends I'd never walk Cornelia Street again That's the kind of heartbreak, time could never mend I'd never walk Cornelia Street again And baby I get mystified by how this city screams your name And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away I'd never walk Cornelia Street again I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

[Bridge] You hold my hand, on the street Walk me back to that apartment There are photos of Taylor and Joe holding hands with some friends walking through Greenwich village on December 30, 2018. They walked past the old property.

Years ago, we were just inside Barefoot in the kitchen Here's the kitchen that they were barefoot in!

Sacred new beginnings That became my religion, listen

[Chorus] I hope I never lose you I'd never walk Cornelia Street again Oh, never again And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away I'd never walk Cornelia Street again I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

[Post Chorus] I don't wanna lose you (hope it never ends) I'd never walk Cornelia Street again I don't wanna lose you (yeah)

[Outro] "I rent a place on Cornelia Street" I say causally in the car

AND WHEN WE MEAN INSANE, WE MEAN INSANE ! @taylorswift <3