Yeah just take me home, oh
She continues to as to go home where it is safe and she wont be hurt by him.
Yeah just take me home, oh
She continues to as to go home where it is safe and she wont be hurt by him.
Just take me home
She pleads to go home as this relationship has been a long one filled with pain.
Take me home
She wants to go home and break out of this cycle with him.
I said "I've been there too a few times"
She has been through this a couple times before and knows how it goes.
Can't stop thinking about you" and I
He has been messing around with another girl but tells her what he thinks she wants to hear so she will stay with him.
He says "What you've heard is true but I
He confirms that what she heard was true and he had been unfaithful to her.
I say "I've heard that you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl"
He has obviously not been faithful to her and so their relationship spirals out of control again. She confronts him on this and is very hurt.
So it goes, he can't keep his wild eyes on the road
The relationship continues. He cant keep his eyes off her.
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
She has that innocence that he might like but also the rebel aspect of a small tight skirt.
You've got that long hair slick back, white t-shirt
These are probably some things that she likes about him and maybe one of the reasons she wants to keep going back to him.
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
"We never go out of style" might be meaning that they will never stop going back to eachother, like people wont stop wearing clothes that dont go out of style.
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
It always ends badly but they still go back to eachother knowing what will happen.
And I got that red lip, classic thing that you like
He likes her lipstick color and maybe when he sees it he wants to go back to her.
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
She is describing the look in his eyes that she seems to like.
Watch it go round and round each time
She knows how it will end but the cycle keeps going. They keep going back to eachother.
Know exactly where it leads but I
She knows how it will end. It has happened before and it will happen again.
And I should just tell you to leave 'cause I
She knows that there relationship isnt good and she should respect herself and tell him to leave.
(Heard from you)
She gets her point across that he hasnt spoke to her after everything.
It's been a while since I have even heard from you
It obviously ended in flames because now they are not speaking.
Fade into view, oh,
She is now coming back to reality, present day.
Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise
It will be a long drive. The conversation will either end up with fighting or happiness.
Midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights
They are being sneaky about being together, late at night with no lights for anyone to see.
I'll be safe in your sound 'til I come back around
While he is remembering her he feels safe again thinking about all the good. Safe in the sound of his imagination of her until he comes back to reality and remembers shes gone.
I fall into your arms
When he closes his eyes he imagines being safe in her arms.
And I tend to close my eyes when it hurts sometimes
He closes his eyes when he remembers what he shared with this girl. It hurts to remember it.
I guess I kinda liked the way you helped me escape
He liked the way she helped him escape from all his problems.
Now, I need somebody to know
He wants what he had with her.
This all or nothing way of loving got me sleeping without you
It was all or nothing and she chose nothing and now he no longer gets to be with her or sleep by her side.
I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to turn to
He is starting to realize that he doesnt have anyone to make him feel better.
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
He started to accept that she didnt love him anymore
And then you pulled the rug
He put his trust in her and she broke it by hurting him. Maybe out of nowhere
I let my guard down
He trusted her and broke down the walls he had up.
To get me through it all
The person that he loves gets him through it but now that shes not there he is at a loss
And you're not here
The person he needs to get him out of his sadness is not there for him.
Into nightfall
The days and nights are merging together
Now the day bleeds
The days are long and hard.
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain
The person he loved made all his pain go away but now that she is gone its back
But it's never the same
Although he wants to find someone to do all these things that he did in his previous relationship but it wont be the same with someone knew.
It's easy to say
Its easier to say something than actually commit to it
Somebody to hold
I think this is saying that he wants physical touch from someone who will love and hold him
Somebody to have
He wants someone to be there for him. Someone that belongs to him the same way he belongs to them
Somebody to know
He wants to know someone. Like how in a relationship you know everything about your partner.
I need somebody to heal
He needs someone else to help him heal from this heart break
This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy
She needed to give him all or nothing and waiting for the answer is driving him insane
I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to save me
He is struggling to keep going and doesn't think he has anyone to help him climb out of this hole he is in.
Someone You Loved
He was in a relationship with someone who loved him but no longer does anymore.
for you.
She did this for what she loves.
to gather sweet crocuses and jonquils
She stopped to gather sweet fruit that lives in a dirty enviornment.
in this gray, gray sunrise
A dark light that she stopped at. Maybe referring to the polluted air
’ve parked my hors
She stopped the path she was on.
My darling, please, don’t be sad
She doesnt want him sad because she is doing this for good.
with the man I love.
The man might be referring to the city and how she loves it.
a stroll through the Tenderloin
A walk through a luxury place.
persimmons from Chinatown
permissions from a town she knows.
Oh, the small delectables of day
All the little beautiful things of each day
he talent, the courage, the wherewithal.
The things she couldve had.
we could’ve had everything
She could have had whatever she wished of
you cry, “Mei Ling, Mei Ling, once
Mei Ling was her chinese name and she is calling to her old self
Urban Love Poem
Maybe like a love that has developed over time.
A quick fix in your veins; a white rush in my mind—
A quick fix might be referencing a drug like feeling, a white rush in my mind is how it makes her feel
t suspends where no prophet can touch.
it ends where not even a prophet can touch.
is a three-tiered freeway. Look up:
The path is like a three-tiered freeway/
the path through the “Golden Mountains”
Somewhere where it might have been born. They have a lot of indangered species there.
Hong Kong, San Francisco, San Jose,
More places being said to guess where it was born.
the Yangtze, the Pearl?
Places she is guessing it was born at.
Where is your birthplace,
She is asking where it was born.
Where is the Yellow Emperor who nurtured you?
The person who cared for it is gone and now it is falling because it has nobody to care for it.
on the land of your displacement.
Land where it shouldnt have been placed.
One pellicle, another, falls
The pellicle helps protect from damage and dirt. Maybe its not enough to protect and they fall
your gentle bark can’t protect you now.
The bark of the Gingko tree cannot protect it from something. The tree is innocent
city’s oxygen, small men’s shadow
The gingko is where they get a lot of oxygen, trees produce oxygen. insignifficant shadow
Gingko, vomit-eater of the metropolis,
Gingko is a tree that can be used to help many sicknesses. It can take away the sicknesses of the city.
n the comfort of night.
Everything is peaceful at night and thats where you can get away with more things than you could in the daylight. Dont fall in the night because its very easy to.
don’t fall as civilizations fall
Dont fall as a person like how civilizations fall. Don't give up
and we pay the rent. So, please
They get the resources while we pay the rent for the place.
You arrange the amenities
You get the stuff you need.
like a thin-hipped dowager.
A dowager is a woman who receives property or a title from her dead husband. it stays in the earth like a dowager.
squats in the sinking earth
It stays in the earth without moving.
refuses to bend in the wind,
It does not break,it stands upright without worry of falling down. Maybe she is referring to herself.
Condominium, stiff bamboo,
The building (condominium) might be strong like stiff bamboo.
And when we've had our very last kiss
After their last kiss, meaning the end of their relationship, she has one last request for him.
My last request is
The last thing she asks of him to do for her.
Even if it's just in your (Just pretend, just pretend)
Even if he never sees her again she wants him to see her in his dreams and pretend she is there with him.
Follow you around
She bets that the memories with her and their relationship will follow him around after he leaves her.
I bet these memories
All the memories he has with her and about the relationship.
Someday when you leave me
"Someday" meaning nothing has happened yet. She just knows it will not last forever and someday he will leave her. She is directing it at him although, not even questioning if it could be her leaving him. She believes he will be the one leaving.
Burnin' it down
Everything is going to get destroyed, it will all be burned to the ground.
Tangled up with you all night
He will remember all the long nights they shared together.
You'll see me in hindsight
He will see her after it all has happened, after the relationship ends.
Nothing lasts forever but this is getting good now
Nothing lasts forever and this will end, but right as its getting good. She doesn't want it to end but she knows it will.
And his voice is a familiar sound
His voice is comforting. It reminds her of something familiar to her.
His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room
This is one of the things people don't have to know that they do. Its personal and intimate and should stay between them.
I said, "No one has to know what we do"
What they do can stay between them, nobody has to know about them or what they do.
Wildest dreams, ah-ha
In his wildest dreams she wants him to see her and long for that feeling of being with her.
Even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-ha
Even if he never sees her in person again, she wants him to at least dream of her in this beauty.
Say you'll see me again
She doesn't want it to be the last time he sees her. She wants him to promise he will see her again.
Red lips and rosy cheeks
She wants him to remember her beauty.
Staring at the sunset, babe
She wants him to remember her with a pretty scenery.
Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress
She wants him to remember her in a good way. Where she looks beautiful (standing in a nice dress) and not in a bad way.
My one condition is
As it ends, she has one request for him.
I can see the end as it begins
She can see the relationship ending before it even does, its barely even started.
He's so bad but he does it so well
Hes the bad boy. Obviously not good for her but "he does it so well".
He's so tall and handsome as hell
Shes describing him. He is very attractive to her.
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down
She realizes nothing lasts forever but this is really going to hurt. She is most likely talking about their relationship. Once is ends it will hurt and be the thing to take her down.
I thought heaven can't help me now
Nothing is going to save her from this.
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds"
He wants to leave the city and get away from all the people.
He said, "Let's get out of this town
He wants to leave with her.
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
She is warning you that torture is the only thing men want from a relationship.
Boys only want love if it's torture
Because of her bad experiences with men, she believes all men want is torture out of a relationship.
'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
She is beautiful and makes him think she is perfect but in reality she is a nightmare that he would've never seen coming.
But you'll come back each time you leave
no matter what she does, he will always come back to her.
I get drunk on jealousy
She gets consumed in jealousy. Being jealous is a problem in the relationship.
"Oh, my God, who is she?"
She discovers the cheating and lying that is going on.
Keep you second guessing like
He will keep second guessing himself like if it was all his fault the relationship is turning toxic.
Rose garden filled with thorns
It was beautiful like a rose garden. From what you can see of a rose garden, its just the pretty petals, but if you look deeper the stems are filled with sharp thorns that can hurt you.
I can make all the tables turn
She can get crazy but turn it on him and make it seem like he is the crazy one.
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
These are some things that hes never seen yet that shes been hiding from him. Negative things that she is finally showing to him "the worst is yet to come" these are some of the worst that is coming.
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
He hasn't even seen the worst of her yet, there is so much more still coming that he has yet to see.
Be that girl for a month
Ones she finds out what his "perfect girl" is, she will be that girl for a short amount of time until she breaks from the act and starts showing who she really is.
Find out what you want
Shes going to find out his perfect girl.
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Like king and queen, they are side by side and "made for eachother".
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
More incredible things but now in a more negative way. Stolen kisses(maybe cheating?) and pretty lies (lies she is trying to make pretty by not telling the to not harm the other person?).
Cherry lips, crystal skies
Almost fantasy like, everything he mightive dreamed of.
And I'll write your name
She will use her lover to fill that blank space within her.
But I've got a blank space, baby
Shes got a blank space within her. Like an empty hole she needs to fill.
Or with a nasty scar
The end of the relationship could also leave you with a "nasty scar". You might not be able to forget it but in a negative way. It will stick with you forever.
It'll leave you breathless
Like a sudden loss of air you might not expect it to come. This could also mean you are out of breath from playing the game so hard. You continued until you are out of breath.
We'll take this way too far
They will take it father than it needs to go, dragging out the relationship until it is nothing.
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
They are still young. They make mistakes and are reckless. They don;t know when to stop and will keep going until the game is dreadful.
And you love the game
She loves the players and he loves the game she is playing. He eats it up and continues it for as long as the game lasts.
'Cause you know I love the players
The players being the men she chooses to date. She loves the players, the people who will play her game.
They'll tell you I'm insane
If you ask her ex's about her they will tell you shes crazy, as if there are no good things to say about her and the whole relationship was terrible for the most part.
Got a long list of ex-lovers
She has had many past relationships, she could make a long list.
If the high was worth the pain
She will ask if all the highs with her was worth also going through all the lows.
You can tell me when it's over, mmh
She tells him whenever hes done putting up with her he can tell her he wants out from the relationship.
Or it's gonna go down in flames
If they are not together forever, its going to "go down in flames" its going to end badly.
So it's gonna be forever
They are going to be together forever.
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
She can make any guy, even bad ones, good for a period of time until they end up going back to their original self.
Grab your passport and my hand
She wants to runaway with him, asking him to grab her hand and trust her.
I'm dying to see how this one ends
After having so many failed relationships and them ending many different ways, she jokes about the suspense of seeing how the one she is going to start with him ends.
So hey, let's be friends
She wants to start out by being friends and building her way into a relationship with him.
And I know you heard about me
She knows he has heard about these rumors, as everyone has.
Ain't it funny rumors fly
Shes most likely talking about all the rumors about her and her failed relationships. She has had a lot of hate towards her for being known that her relationships always fail.
I can read you like a magazine
It is easy for her to read men, and more specifically, read this one. Just as easy as it would be to read a magazine.
New money, suit and tie
She is describing him and his appearance.
Love's a game, wanna play?" Ay
By this point with all her failed relationships, love just looks like a game you can either win or lose. She asks if he wants to play, asking if he is down to go through all the terrible and wonderful parts of a relationship with her.
You look like my next mistake
Taylor swift has had a long history with dating and ex's. She looks at him like her next mistake knowing that all her relationships in the past have failed and this one likely will too.
"Oh, my God, look at that face
She obviously liked the way he looked and wanted to show him the incredible things she talked about before.
Saw you there and I thought
When she saw him for the first time, thoughts immediately popped into her head about him.
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
These are some of the incredible things she could show him, good and bad. Magic and heaven being wonderful and amazing. Madness and sin being the bad parts of her that could also be incredible, but in a negative way.
I could show you incredible things
She could show him incredible things.Things he would be shocked by and maybe not expect from her.
Nice to meet you, where you been?
In this line she is asking him where he has been, like asking where have you been my whole life. Its like she has been waiting for someone like him to show up into her life.
Nor any know I know the ArtI mention ‑ easy ‑ Here ‑Nor any Placard boast me ‑Itʹs full as Opera ‑
Although she cannot dance and is not a ballerina, she knows her work is just as great even though it might not be popular and praised like a ballerina being praised by a crowd after dancing. Her mind is as full as an opera and she knows she is just as great as a ballet dancer.
Till I was out of sight, in sound,The House encore me so ‑
She has never danced until she was out of sight and then applauded by an audience.
Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls,Nor rolled on wheels of snow
She continues to compare herself to a ballerina but she has never had those experiences.
Nor hopped for Audiences ‑ like Birds ‑One Claw opon the air ‑
She compares the way ballerinas hop in the air to birds, and "one claw upon the air" like how the ballerina moves and acts like a bird.
And though I had no Gown of Gauze ‑No Ringlet, to my Hair,
She does not wear fancy clothes or have fancy hair. She has never experienced that like a real ballet dancer.
In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe ‑Or lay a Prima, mad,
She would surpass even the best with her great skill if she was taught.
That had I Ballet Knowledge ‑Would put itself abroad
If she had the knowledge of ballet, she would outshine it with her skill. She would be the best there can be.
But oftentimes, among my mind,A Glee possesseth me,
Sometimes, she feels great joy or glee although she cannot dance. This is like the joy dancing can bring to a person.
I cannot dance opon my Toes ‑No Man instructed me ‑
She is saying how she cannot dance because she was never taught. Nobody has showed her how "no man instructed me".
Nor any know I know the ArtI mention—easy—Here—Nor any Placard boast me—It's full as Opera—
Although she cannot dance and is not a ballerina, she knows her work is just as great even though it might not be popular and praised like a ballerina being praised by a crowd after dancing. Her mind is as full as an opera and she knows she is just as great as a ballet dancer.
Till I was out of sight, in sound,The House encore me so—
She has never danced until she was out of sight and then applauded by an audience.
Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls,Nor rolled on wheels of snow
She continues to compare herself to a ballerina but she has never had those experiences.
Nor hopped to Audiences—like Birds,One Claw upon the Air,
She compares the way ballerinas hoop in the air to birds, and "one claw upon the air" like how the ballerina moves and acts like a bird.
And though I had no Gown of Gauze—No Ringlet, to my Hair,
She does not wear fancy clothes or have fancy hair. She has never experienced that like a real ballet dancer.
In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe—Or lay a Prima, mad,
She would surpass even the best with her great skill if she was taught.
That had I Ballet knowledge—Would put itself abroad
If she had the knowledge of ballet, she would outshine it with her skill. She would be the best there can be
But oftentimes, among my mind,A Glee possesseth me,
Sometimes, she feels great joy or glee although she cannot dance. This is like the joy dancing can bring to a person.
I cannot dance upon my Toes—No Man instructed me—
She is saying how she cannot dance because she was never taught. Nobody has showed her how "No man instructed me".