Take me homeJust take me homeYeah, just take me homeOh, whoa, oh(Out of style)
She wants to be taken away from him after hearing him admit, she says out of style to say that he is no longer relevant to her
Take me homeJust take me homeYeah, just take me homeOh, whoa, oh(Out of style)
She wants to be taken away from him after hearing him admit, she says out of style to say that he is no longer relevant to her
I said, "I've been there too a few times"
she admits that shes seen others too
He says, "What you heard is true, but ICan't stop thinkin' 'bout you and I"
he admits his mistake and doesn't realize the severity
Fade into view, oh
disappearing from her mind
I say, "I heard, ohThat you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl"
instead she confronts him about him seeing another
Takes me homeThe lights are off, he's taking off his coat, mm, yeah
he takes her home and expects more
He can't keep his wild eyes on the road, mm
in a car again, hes risking crashing just to get a glimpse of her
So it goes
story repeating
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
her classic trait and innocent fate that their relationship will work out.
You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirt
his more laid back look, doesn't care to look perfect for her
Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
both are very relevant in the news so people never stop talking about them
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
no matter what they've been through they have both recovered
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
Taylor's one classic, traditional, timeless look
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
he has a traditional and timeless look
And I should just tell you to leave 'cause IKnow exactly where it leads, but IWatch us go 'round and 'round each time
she wants to tell him to leave but at the same time she enjoys what happens when he doesn't leave and the cycle repeats.
t's been a while since I have even heard from you (heard from you)
this person hasn't reached out and could of replaced her
Could end in burning flames or paradise
it could end in a fight or peace
Long drive
the drive feels longer then it actually is
You come and pick me up, no headlights
no headlights indicates the the driver is trying to stay hidden
Midnight
darkness, loneliness
Boys only want love if it's tortureDon't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
media Taylor believes that boys only believe in love requiring pain
But you'll come back each time you leave'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
shows Taylor two sides, one being welcoming and the other being jealous and crazy
I get drunk on jealousy
taylor considers jealousy as an addiction
"Oh, my God, who is she?"
her lover is betraying her
I can make all the tables turnRose garden filled with thorns
threatening no longer temptation
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
the story switches to more intense and erratic mood
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
foreshadows a turn in the story
Find out what you wantBe that girl for a month
lover is beginning to treat Taylor how shes been treating them
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
viewing her lover as superior to her
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
unexpected actions
I could show you incredible things
temptation
Cherry lips, crystal skies
red, sweet, clarity
But I've got a blank space, babyAnd I'll write your name
taylor is ready for a relationship
Got a long list of ex-loversThey'll tell you I'm insane
they refers to the media labeling Taylor as insane
It'll leave you breathlessOr with a nasty scar
the outcome with be damaging
We'll take this way too far
the speaker and the lover both know they will get carried away in the relationship
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
blame there mistakes and behavior on their age and naivety
Cause you know I love the playersAnd you love the game
the toxicity is two sided
Got a long list of ex-loversThey'll tell you I'm insane
its not the speakers first time playing the game of love
You can tell me when it's over, mmhIf the high was worth the pain
Speaker questioning if the pain is worth the small amount of time spent together
flames
fire, passion, anger, angst
So it's gonna be foreverOr it's gonna go down in flames
the relationship will either work end or end horribly
Grab your passport and my handI can make the bad guys good for a weekend
The speaker uses her wealth with a spontaneous trip to impress the muse
And I know you heard about meSo hey, let's be friendsI'm dying to see how this one ends
speaker implicates there popularity. The speaker invites them to be nothing but casual friends but secretly knowing that it will lead to more
Ain't it funny rumors fly
someone who is well known or both are well known so people talk about them
I can read you like a magazine
though this person is beautiful, they can still be understood easily
New money, suit and tie
new money referring to money thats been acquired recently or inherited.
Love's a game, wanna play?" Ay
considering love a game, something that you do often, can get addicted to and view it as a hobby.
"Oh, my God, look at that faceYou look like my next mistakeLove's a game, wanna play?" Ay
the speaker is awe of this persons beauty and believe they are too good to be true.
Saw you there and I thought
first impression impressed the speaker significantly.
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
mystical, higher power things
I could show you incredible things
the speaker is tempting
where you been?
The speaker is questioning the presence of someone
He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’
tradtional, past on in generations
n each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees
neighbor sneaks around when placing new stones
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather He said it for himself. I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
one neighbor witnesses the other neighbor bringing stones to keep the wall secure
And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him,
neighbors have different opinions on the wall
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out,
asking for others opinions
If I could put a notion in his head: ‘Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Neighbor trying to convince the other
He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’ Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
spring brings the game back every year, neighbor views it as foolish
My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
explains the comparison
There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
showing the difference between the neighbors personalities by comparing to apples and pines.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game, One on a side. It comes to little more:
considers it a game
‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’ We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
rough hands from the handling of the stones
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance:
Keeping the wall balanced by placing the stones in a specific way
We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
When the stones of the wall fall the make sure to always rebuild to keep distance
And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go.
securing the wall
day we meet
designated day
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line
Interactions with the neighbor happen sporadically.
No one has seen them made or heard them made, But at spring mending-time we find them there.
The wall is put back up in spring.
The gaps I mean,
Louder expression, wakes reader up.
Where they have left not one stone on a stone, But they would have the rabbit out of hiding
Constructing the wall with many stones to make sure its very secure to have stable privacy from the neighbor.
The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair
The art of the hunters relating to the possible relationship with the hunter.
And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
Describes the wall.
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
The wall holds negative effects on environment
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
The wall is negative
Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident the art of losing’s not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
The speaker is speaking to the reader as someone who they have a close relationship with.
I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Speaker is losing things that meant something to them. Houses changing could refer to aging again, meaning that they are buying different homes for different parts of there live. For example, buying a bigger home to start a family.
places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
Refers to aging, forgetting people and desires you had when you were young.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
Except loses that are difficult and that happen more frequently.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Repetition
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
Humans have losses everyday but we must except it.
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Your loss doesnt compare to someones win.
seem filled with the intent
Purpose completes many things
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
Losing is easy.
Repeated evidence has proved that it can live on what can not revive its youth. The sea grows old in i
The sea grows old and the damage that's done cant be reversed. The damage will continue to worsen as years pass.
ll the physical features of ac-cident—lack of cornice, dynamite grooves, burns, and hatchet strokes, these things stand out on it; the chasm-side is dead.
Negative things occurring to oceans. Damage to the ecosystem.
Allexternal marks of abuse are present on this defiant edifice—
Poem is taking a turn. Abuse of a system which is the ocean and the ecosystem of the marine life.
slide each on the other.
Marine life coexisting in a habitat.
bespattered jelly fish, crabs like green lilies, and submarine toadstools, slide each on the other.
Describes more sea life.
The water drives a wedge of iron through the iron edge
Imagery of the separation of water and land.
turquoise
Could relate to calmness and spirituality.
split like spun glass, move themselves with spotlight swiftness into the crevices— in and out, illuminating theturquoise sea of bodies.
Describes the barnacles appearance and effect on the ocean.
The barnacles which encrust the side of the wave, cannot hide there for the submerged shafts of the sun,
Describes more ocean life (barnacles). The sun being mentioned could have meaning to the sun archetype. The speaker could be trying to hide from truth and awareness.
opening and shutting itself like aninjured fan.
Describing a sea organism.
Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps adjusting the ash-heaps;
Dark, ominous color is repeated. Ash could relate to death.
wadethrough black jade.
Swimming through dark and aggressive water.
the air like a cherished possession
Worshiping the ball when finally obtaining it.
by himself now and laying it gently against the glass for a lay-up, but losing his balance in the process, inexplicably falling, hitting the floor with a wild, headlong motion for the game he loved like a country and swiveling back to see an orange blur floating perfectly through the net.
The player successfully gets the ball through the net after a difficult game.
until the guard finally lunges out and commits to the wrong man
Player makes a mistake which opens an opportunity to the opposing team.
both forwards racing down the court the way that forwards should, fanning out and filling the lanes in tandem, moving together as brothers passing the ball
The tension between players on the court and their roles in the game or play.
of a high, gliding dribble and a man letting the play develop in front of him in slow motion, almost exactly like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard
Players have a quick ability to create how they want to play the game under pressure.
and for once our gangly starting center boxes out his man and times his jump
The player is preparing to make a perfect shot. Feels like slow motion.
A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop,
A tense moment in basketball as the ball is shot at the net.