Thanks for being you, you crazy, crazy thang. I don't know about you, pandah, but I don't think a lot of people have any questions about whether or not they still have a relationship with someone who is dead. Now I realize that there are a lot of indications that this might be about a woman, I do not necessarily think it's about anyone who's alive. Tunde said in concert that this song was about anyone who lost someone who they could never see again. He also filled the role of the person(s) who assume that every song in the existence of humanity is about a relationship between a singer and his girlfriend. Thanks pandah! The much needed breath of halitosis and poorly executed douchebaggery has been established. Fortunately, the lyrics meister pandah462 was kind enough to fill the role of the asshole on this song. Just like there is always five+ people who like to talk about how much they like the song, there always has to be at least one asshole who has to rain on everyone's parade in a totally unecessary, smartass way. What do you guys think? I'm not sure what to make of the chorus, but the first couple versus really seem to point to a suicide. He says I knew you'd never be the same because she's dead. This sounds a little corny, but the silhouette could be her soul that escapes her body. The "comfort plush all laced in lead" may be a gun (hence the lead part) and it would be comforting to her to take her life as she sees this is the only way out ("to quell your sentiment"). Here's where I see that it could be a suicide. She was trying to get better for whatever reasons but the problems were too much for her.Īnd keep your trembling sentinel hand at bay" Were hard to see and harder still to say" The only way to control the patients is to keep them sedated and to take away their personalities and motives. Maybe she was given anti-depressants or some other medication that took her personality. Perhaps this Halfway Home is some sort of rehabilitation center that this girl is in.Īnd did it all in gold and blue and grey" I may be way off here but has anyone considered that it might be about a suicide. You can find the complete lyrics below.And keep your trembling sentinel hand at bayĪll eyes ablaze the day you break your mold The music video above, written and directed by Taylor Swift herself, is the perfect transposition of this message into images. The full lyrics are fascinating, as they show how Taylor Swift sees her weaknesses, labeling them with modern psychological terms and explicitly saying that fans should not consider her a hero. The line “ It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me” has been quoted massively in the social network, both ironically (TikTok is full of women “training” their boyfriends to say those words and being prepared for when they will have to repeat them, in future misunderstandings) and seriously (by people who relate with Taylor Swift’s self-analysis and exposure of insecurities). For this reason, I have a revelation for you: I’m not a hero you are worshipping an anti-hero, a personality with many weaknesses. I can be brave and stare at the sun without fear, but I’m scared to watch inside myself (the mirror). I struggle in many ways (the song talks about depression, narcissism, ghosting, and insomnia, all signs that something is not entirely in harmony inside our psyche), and I can recognize that the problem is inside myself. Identifying and recognizing our weaknesses is a sign of intelligence, and this is the meaning of these lyrics: I’m not perfect, although you all worship me. It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-heroĬonfessing “I’m the problem” doesn’t necessarily mean that the singer feels she’s a bad person. I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror From this point of view, the chorus comes as a sort of confession, starting with the line that became famous on social networks. In the lyrics, Taylor Swift goes through all the ways she sees herself, exposing her weaknesses and dark sides. “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem”: Anti-Hero, the lyrics & their meaningĪnti-Hero is a song about human insecurities.
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