Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool Chorusīut we were something, don't you think so? She seems to have been surprised that they had to break up, but has come to terms with it and used the painful experience to grow even more as a person. Pre-ChorusĪnd if you wanted me, you really should've showedĪnd if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow She reflects on their history, and decides that just because it didn’t work out, doesn’t mean that their love wasn’t worth it. The references to going out to the movies on a Sunday, or hitting ‘the ground running each night’ may be intended highlight that while she’s enjoying her life, she does notice that she’s not doing those things with him. She still thinks of him at times, and thought she saw him at the bus stop. The narrator tells her ex-lover that she’s doing well and learning to live her life to the fullest. You know the greatest films of all time were never made I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though As she’s speaking to her ex-lover, she wants to know if there’s anything that she could have done differently to keep them together. The narrator seems to be moved on in many ways from the pain of the loss, but still wonders how they could have come so close to a lifetime together and parted ways. ![]() Like many of the songs of ‘folklore,’ “the 1” looks back on a relationship that is already over. “But we were something, don’t you think so?” “I found myself,” Taylor said of the “folklore” album on her Instagram, “Not only writing my own stories, but also writing about or from the perspective of people I’ve never met, people I’ve known, or those I wish I hadn’t.” Since Taylor is currently in a committed relationship, and has been for several years, this song is likely not her own, or at least probably not one that reflects her current life.
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